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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

OPINION

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,...

Leashing two dogs with the same chain

Greg Houser September 13, 2011

Having a bi-weekly column can truly be a burden in the whippet-quick news cycle of Tuscaloosa and UA. This realization came down on me this week as hard as an avalanche of dogs - dogs much larger than...

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...

Christian music spans all genres

Tiffany Towns September 13, 2011

When I turn on a country music radio station, I expect to hear a male voice accompanied by a catchy guitar riff crooning about drinking a cold one with his toes buried in a sandy beach. If I change the...

Come on … don’t haze me, bro

John Davis September 11, 2011

On Aug. 18, the University of South Carolina suspended fraternity rush following alcohol violations by six of 18 fraternities on campus. The idea of completely suspending fraternity rush at any southern...

My kingdom for a lefty desk

Theresa Mince September 11, 2011

The University of Alabama is playing an elaborate game of hide and seek on this campus. They have hidden a select number of left-handed desks in the corners, sides, and backs of only a few classrooms and...

Tragedy brings about changes

SoRelle Wyckoff September 11, 2011

Tragedies are given their name because of the intense impact they have on an individual. Large-scale tragedies are especially brutal due to the varying affects they have on different people. But uniformly,...