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OPINION

Denny Chimes still stands

West Honeycutt December 8, 2011

Walking across campus yesterday, I hardly recognized the landscape from the one I stepped foot on just over three years ago. I was a freshman then, filled to the brim with ambition: ambition that has carried...

Fall rush should be reconsidered

Letter to the Editor December 7, 2011

By Garrett Teal The greek system at the University of Alabama is certainly a unique one. And by unique, I mostly mean controversial. How fair is it that these sisterhoods subdue nearly 2,000 young girls...

Dr. Cashman a lasting impact on campus

Letter to the Editor December 6, 2011

On December 2, 2011, Dr. James F. Cashman passed away. As a Professor of Management and a professor of the Business Honors Program, Dr. Cashman served as a mentor to many students; I was lucky enough to...

Progress is possible at the Capstone

Letter to the Editor December 6, 2011

Progress is an interesting topic. Different people probably look at progress in different ways. Some probably imagine progress as wholesale changes while others consider progress just simply having dialogue...

My two wishes for the University

Wesley Vaughn December 6, 2011

I was recently asked what I would change about campus. My two choices both relate to creating a better sense of a UA community from the beginning of a student’s life at this university. 1. The design...

Teach for America offers valuable experience

Walker Donaldson December 6, 2011

An alarming crisis exists in public education today. American students fall short on testing in comparison to their international counterparts. Great disparity plagues school systems across the United...

Gender-specific titles create unnecessary division

Michael Patrick December 6, 2011

Last week, First Year Councilor Robert Pendley proposed a bill to the University of Alabama’s student senate that would change their enumerated titles from “councilor” to “councilman” or “councilwoman.”...

The party system key in making an impact

Robert Christl December 6, 2011

2011 will surely go down as the year when progressives suddenly remembered that being politically involved means more than just voting in November. As unions, students and Occupy protestors hit the streets...

Going into airplane mode

SoRelle Wyckoff December 5, 2011

Maybe I’m the only one, but these past few weeks, I’ve noticed that a lot of people are a little tense. Maybe we’ve been a little out of sync since that whack LSU game. Maybe it’s because the weather...

We should express our appreciation

Letter to the Editor December 5, 2011

One morning before Thanksgiving break, I stopped by the Bidgood bathroom between classes, where a University custodian was cleaning. Trying to stay out of her way, I entered a stall, left to overhear this...

Maturity as important as party

John Davis December 5, 2011

Donald Trump is hosting a Republican debate in Iowa in late December. Let that sink in for a moment. In a primary process already resembling something no less absurd than a Lars von Trier film, candidates...

OUR VIEW: Witt should join in the Machine conversation

Our View December 5, 2011

Last week, UA Trustee Finis St. John said, when it comes to the administration’s role in addressing the Machine and its influence on campus, he “trust[s] Dr. Witt and his team to deal with those issues.”...