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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

OPINION

The 9/11 Generation

Jake Gray September 20, 2011

A discussion was raised in one of my classes last week. My professor simply asked, “Are you the ‘9/11 Generation?’” Although the attacks did happen at the beginning of my adolescence, it was honestly...

Our View: Witt, UA cannot defend systemic segregation

Our View September 19, 2011

As students of The University of Alabama, we were both saddened and embarrassed last week when President Witt defended segregation in the greek community. “It is appropriate that all our sororities...

Lessons abroad for problems at home

John Davis September 19, 2011

This past summer I spent some time in Germany with a good friend. We had worked all summer, so we treated ourselves to a last hurrah of sorts before our senior year by staying in hostels in Munich and...

It’s not you, Block Seating. It’s me.

SoRelle Wyckoff September 19, 2011

Watching a relationship crumble into relationship rubble has few positives, but one of them is some form of entertainment. The level of entertainment depends on how dramatic the separate individuals are...

Taxpayer money shouldn’t be used against businesses

Austin Gaddis September 15, 2011

When President Obama introduced his economic stimulus, the main focus was to create jobs for our country as the economy cratered further into a recession. The Recovery Act pumped over $787 billion into...

Overly casual attire sends wrong message to professors, classmates

Katherine McClellan September 15, 2011

In the not-so-distant past, students wore real clothes. Now, seafoam green, bright pink, neon orange and white are everywhere. I’m not talking about Nike Tempo shorts, but the atrocious tank tops that...

What is hazing, anyway?

Tray Smith September 15, 2011

A column in the Monday edition of The Crimson White entitled “Don’t haze me, bro” linked a lawsuit against the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity with other rumored acts of hazing on campus to paint a picture...

Thanks for the southern hospitality

Jordan Griswold September 14, 2011

I wanted to write and thank the Alabama fans, students, and alumni who travelled to Happy Valley this last weekend for being so kind and respectful! Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it down to...

Fear, hope, and reunification after 9/11

Caitlyn Hearn September 14, 2011

Sept. 11, 2001 started off as a beautiful, crisp autumn day in New York City. It soon turned into one of the darkest days America has seen. I was in my fourth grade classroom with my best friend, Nicole,...

Penn State fans beat Bama’s in terms of class

Ray Little September 13, 2011

Flying home after the Penn State vs. Alabama game, I noticed a newspaper article in the Pittsburgh News. The article was titled “Not in the Same Class,” and that statement could not be any more true....

Walk-on deserves scholarship

Jake Gray September 13, 2011

Over the course of the past few football seasons, the Tide faithful have become familiar with an undersized safety known as Will Lowery. The junior from Hoover has flourished as the dime-back in one...

U.S. violence fuels hatred

Edward Mostoller September 13, 2011

A decade after 9/11, the intense pain and suffering the attacks caused are still abundantly obvious as images of grief stream in via coverage of the anniversary’s various memorial events. Despite bin...