Students come first Come May, morning strolls across a dew covered quad, late nights in Gorgas Library and views of Bryant-Denny from the student section will soon only be memories instead of everyday...

I sit in a lecture hall, filling in bubbles, with a hundred other students around me. It’s the first exam of the semester. I do not know what to expect. I hope the test doesn't have vague questions....

The stage is set for November’s presidential election. With Rick Santorum pulling himself out of competition for a presidential nomination last week, Mitt Romney has firmly grabbed hold of the reigns...

Much more than those who came before us, our generation is characterized by a fear of commitment. Dates are a thing of the past. They occur only after a relationship has miraculously sprouted and indicate...

The Strip was alive last weekend. A-day attracted fans of all types from far and wide. They came not so much to scout out the Tide’s 2012 roster as much as they came for the spectacle. People who aren’t...

Dear Speaker Barto, As someone who served the student body in the SGA Senate with you last year, I feel I have the credibility to speak out about your recent win. In Monday’s paper you discussed “looking...

I’m writing in response to Sophia Fazal’s column “Birth Control should not be considered a controversial issue.” The title of Ms. Fazal’s column is correct; birth control should not be considered...

I had an interesting conversation in my honors seminar today. The professor asked our class of 12 if we considered ourselves “liberal.” After looking around the table, most of us nodded our heads...

Let me preface this column with the darling passive-aggressive bite I’ve gathered since living in Ridgecrest West as a freshman. For the safety and protection of myself from my ex-roommate and definitely...

As many of you already know, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees named former University of Alabama president Dr. Robert Witt as chancellor over the systems’ three universities. Colleagues...

The 23-member advisory committee in charge of searching for UA’s next president need not look further than Gaddafi’s photo albums. Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state and current Stanford professor,...

The birth control debate is on TV screens, newspapers and even my Twitter feed. Between Obama’s new healthcare bill, the Pope’s newest outrage, Dr. Oz’s health claims and Melinda Gate’s “My Uncontroversial...