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The Crimson White


Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

OPINION

If mandatory health insurance is struck, mandatory attendance should go, too

Tray Smith April 9, 2012

Supreme Court arguments over President Obama’s signature healthcare reform law made national headlines last week. The main issue before the Court is the constitutionality of the law’s mandate that...

My proposal to end Aramark’s dining monopoly

Letter to the Editor April 5, 2012

Early this semester, UA accepted proposals from vendors to determine who will operate Bama Dining’s monopoly on all on-campus dining. However, before the University decides whom to grant this monopoly...

Complaining won’t help Obama

Austin Gaddis April 5, 2012

In a speech indicative of the mounting pressure on his administration, President Barack Obama lambasted Republicans Tuesday on the budget proposal authored by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) during an Associated...

TIger needs win in Masters to win back the favor of many fans

TIger needs win in Masters to win back the favor of many fans

Brad Tipper April 5, 2012

I still can vividly remember watching the Iron Bowl on television three seasons ago, when a breaking news story cut short one of the commercial breaks. A CBS broadcaster came unto the screen, reporting...

Independents who blame the Machine are hypocritical

Evan Ward April 4, 2012

I suppose that enough time has passed since the annual post-SGA election lament for me to pen a reasonable response of my own. Throughout this year, much as been made of the greek system’s “Machine”...

Lack of sleep led to sickness

Letter to the Editor April 4, 2012

I will be the first to admit that sleep was not on the top of my priority list as a freshman. My first semester I would regularly stay up all night at the sorority house cramming for tests one night, and...

Dance Marathon is a new way to fundraise

Tyler Rigdon April 4, 2012

The nation's largest college philanthropy has finally reached the University of Alabama. Dance Marathon is a year-round fundraising event benefitting Children's Miracle Network and Children’s Hospitals...

The importance of spaying and neutering

Letter to the Editor April 4, 2012

Bama Paws is the UA campus chapter of T-Town PAWS, Tuscaloosa’s Animal Welfare Organization. Our chapter is over 100 members strong, full of students who love pets and care about their welfare. I am...

Affirmative Action still warranted because of history of inequality

Michael Patrick April 3, 2012

Last week, a column ran that called for the end of race-based affirmative action, ultimately claiming that race does not contribute much by the way of diversity. One line from this column really resonated...

Alabama lottery should be reconsidered

SoRelle Wyckoff April 3, 2012

I bought my first lottery ticket on my eighteenth birthday, and I bought my second one this weekend. On my birthday, it was a purely symbolic purchase. I bought it alongside a Swisher Sweets cigar (classy,...

Coach Sean Payton deserves his punishment

Jake Gray April 3, 2012

Last week, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was given a yearlong suspension from the NFL. This unprecedented punishment comes weeks after a shocking bounty program was exposed from within the...

There is economic opportunity in local, healthy food

Letter to the Editor April 2, 2012

As Thursday’s article in The Crimson White, titled “Affording food problem for state,” pointed out, Alabama has serious problems in the area of food security; however, it’s also worthwhile to point...