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OPINION

Higher Education Partnerships Drive Local Growth

Higher Education Partnerships Drive Local Growth

Justin McCleskey, Opinions Editor August 17, 2022

Each year, students from across the state gather in Montgomery to participate in Higher Education Day. The advocacy event is hosted by the Higher Education Partnership to bring funding and attention to...

Local Gyms Should Affirm LGBTQ+ Health

Local Gyms Should Affirm LGBTQ+ Health

Alex Brewbaker, Contributing Columnist August 17, 2022

Just four days after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall begged the federal courts to drop their block on Alabama Senate Bill 184.  This bill effectively eliminates...

Tuscaloosa’s Top Five Coffee Shops

Tuscaloosa’s Top Five Coffee Shops

Elle Standish, Contributing Columnist August 17, 2022

With over 38,000 students enrolled at The University of Alabama, there is a clear demand for coffee shops around the city. Whether providing a quiet place to study or supplying the caffeine to finish a...

Students Shouldn't Overlook Local History

Students Shouldn’t Overlook Local History

Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist August 17, 2022

While residing in Tuscaloosa, we find ourselves easily fixated on the luxuries accessible to us here. Whether that be new student housing apartments popping up within months to accommodate growing student...

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Students should place an emphasis on mental wellbeing

Sarah Cosner, Contributing Columnist August 9, 2022

Editor's Note: This story was updated on Aug. 17, 2022 to reflect more accurate information regarding the UA Counseling Center.  The thought of moving to college and having greater independence is...

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Value the fun organizations on campus

Mary Claire Wooten, Contributing Columnist August 9, 2022

Within the first months of the fall semester, new organizations, councils and clubs flock to welcome the incoming first-year class and recruit them into these campus subgroups. In the beginning, some groups'...

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Learning to lead on campus

Justin McCleskey, Opinions Editor August 8, 2022

As freshmen enter new environments and begin taking different courses, college can be daunting on many fronts. Many struggle to find their footing while juggling social and aspirational goals. These changes...

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Discovering your path in college isn’t always easy

Victor Hagan, Contributing Columnist August 8, 2022

The University of Alabama wastes no time throwing you into the vast possibilities of its campus. There is truly something for every kind of interest that a student could have. That’s why we have over...

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Letter from Opinions Editor: Make Alabama your sweet home

Justin McCleskey, Opinions Editor August 8, 2022

I should admit that I stumbled into The University of Alabama out of sheer circumstance. I did well in my high school classes and learned to enjoy research from debate, so I assumed academia would be the...

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Letter from the Managing Editor: Grow as you go

Jeffrey Kelly | @jeffkellyjr, Managing Editor August 8, 2022

Before I sat down to write this letter, while on a little walk, I poked at the proverbial bee's nest of advice I’ve accumulated throughout college. As the swarm of good, bad and unsolicited advice buzzed...

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Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: There is no set path

Bhavana Ravala, Editor-in-chief August 8, 2022

Welcome to The University of Alabama. After an undoubtedly nontraditional four years of high school marked by long hours on Zoom and masks in classrooms, you have reached the next chapter of your life.  Maybe...

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Opinion | Why we shouldn’t tolerate tuition increases

Carson Lott, Contributing Columnist August 3, 2022

On June 15, The Crimson White reported that the University of Alabama board of trustees approved a tuition increase of 3% for in-state students and 4% for out-of-state students for the 2022-2023 academic...