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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

OPINION

Kicking and punting Bama’s Achilles Heel

Jake Gray October 17, 2011

Capstonians, over the past several months, we have all had the opportunity to witness a great college football team. In fact, the 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide team could be one of the greatest. The offense...

Here we go again

Katherine McClellan October 17, 2011

Thanks to the University of Alabama’s Student Government Association, The Crimson White may never have to search for a story idea again. From block seating to the resignation of SGA president Grant Cochran,...

Patrick for Machine President

Michael Patrick October 17, 2011

I know my loyal Twitter fandom has been waiting in anticipation for this day for the past few weeks, and it’s finally here. I am officially announcing my candidacy for the presidency of Theta Nu Epsilon,...

UA has potential to overcome

Letter to the Editor October 17, 2011

By Alexander Parks Yet again, faculty, staff and students have to confront a cowardly, bigoted and hateful act that was displayed in public on the campus of The University of Alabama. It seems as if something...

SGA represents the students, not the administrators

John Davis October 16, 2011

Some weeks I like to think these columns write themselves. What I mean is that occasionally an event occurs or a story is reported on and everyone more or less comes to the same conclusion. Case in point:...

Encourage others to be a part of change

SoRelle Wyckoff October 16, 2011

Change is in the air. It’s an indescribable sensation. The core of our cultural institutions is being challenged. The United States is undergoing a change. Today marks one month since Occupy Wall Street...

Passive responses are not solutions

Trey Irby October 12, 2011

We clearly don’t know what to do. In lieu of the recent horrific racist chalking found at Moody Music Building on Tuesday, a tepid email was sent to us by UA President Robert Witt. To no surprise, his...

A balanced approach to immigration reform

Austin Gaddis October 12, 2011

When Governor Bentley left his office on the night of June 2 the state of Alabama took a major step backward and entered again into a George Wallace-era culture of discrimination, hate and injustice. ...

Leadership needed on racial problems

Letter to the Editor October 12, 2011

By Michelle Fuentes Our community can no longer allow acts of verbal and written racial violence.  We are failing our mission, our creed and our commitment to producing leaders that will help our state...

The Little Italy Renaissance

Tray Smith October 12, 2011

After the Tide defeated the Florida Gators last year, a group of friends and I went to Little Italy to celebrate the victory with great pizza. We were greeted by a burst of inappropriate language over...

A guide to FERPA for your daily life

Wesley Vaughn October 11, 2011

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? Was it me? Couldn’t be. Then who? Well, if the alleged crime took place at the University of Alabama, we will never know because of FERPA. FERPA stands for...

Administration lacks courage, conviction

Andrew Forsman October 11, 2011

I am really excited to see all the articles calling out the SGA and the UA administration that have appeared in the CW this semester, and I can’t agree more with John Davis’ “Free the Docs, and why...