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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

OPINION

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...

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...

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,...

City takes a step forward

Our View September 8, 2011

The Tuscaloosa Forward plan approved by the city council Tuesday provides a good framework for rebuilding the areas devastated by the April 27 tornado. The entire city will benefit from the revitalization...

Welcome to the new normal in Tuscaloosa

Xavier Burgin September 8, 2011

I walked toward a man standing over a used Toyota wrenched in two. He kneeled over the car as the stench of something dead wafted from the confines of the backseat. Snap! Mike and Ed’s BBQ sign was...

Governing bodies for higher education need reform

Tray Smith September 8, 2011

Auburn alumni erupted into an outcry over the summer when a committee Governor Bentley serves on recommended Bobby Lowder for another term on the school’s board of trustees. Lowder, the controversial...

Student seating must be fair

Ryan Flamerich September 8, 2011

Last spring, SGA president Grant Cochran and I discovered a problem with a major SGA project that affects a lot of students on this campus: student organization seating. As we moved closer to the start...

Don’t let problems overshadow progress

Brad Tipper September 7, 2011

If we were to take a poll of our student population and ask each person if he feels like our “student leaders” are properly representing him here at the University, what would the result be? Would...

Guitars killed Christian music, no resurrection in sight

Will Edwards September 7, 2011

When John Lennon said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, Christian music knew it had to do something, because in a sense, he was right. The Beatles and rock ’n’ roll were of course not more popular...

Sometimes numbers do lie

John Davis September 7, 2011

On Tuesday, the student body – and one Crimson White columnist in particular – was addressed by Dr. Judy Bonner, the Executive Vice President and Provost for the University of Alabama. In her letter,...