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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

MJW is a learning experience from all fronts

Letter to the Editor July 6, 2011

When the Wordpress website for the 28th Annual Multicultural Journalism Workshop was completed on June 26, it was a moment to celebrate. The intensive journalistic efforts of the last ten days had finally...

Commuter west parking woes

Letter to the Editor July 6, 2011

I will be a senior this fall, meaning this is my fourth year on campus. For the past three years, I have been able to register for my parking permit basically as soon as I registered for my classes, and...

UA needs to address student concerns

Sean Randall July 6, 2011

Every student who wasn’t quite lucky enough or studious enough in high school to get a large scholarship has one major issue constantly weighing on his brains: money. If it weren’t for the cost of...

New direction for medical marijuana in state of Alabama

Ron Crumpton June 28, 2011

Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition is an organization dedicated to the rights of patients. Its primary focus is organizing individuals and groups in the common goal of changing the laws concerning medical...

America 2.0

West Honeycutt June 28, 2011

America: the greatest country in the world. At least, that is what we are indoctrinated with from the time we are born. "The land of the free, the home of the brave." We are a land of Davy Crockets, Louis...

The shows must go on

Sean Randall June 28, 2011

Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Everyone in Tuscaloosa knows that date. Almost two months later our town is still reeling from the blow dealt us by that EF-4 tornado. The tornado ruined many things. It ruined...

The GREndel’s mother of standardized tests

Wesley Vaughn June 21, 2011

So, you’re foregoing the real world for graduate school. Congratulations! You have chosen to delay the inevitable by another two to three (or even six) years. I know, I know. Of course, your intended...

Tornado exposes true heart of UA

Grant Cochran June 21, 2011

If anyone had asked me to outline how I expected my first three months as SGA president to go, chances are it would be nothing like what has actually taken place. Nowhere in my plans was a massive tornado...

A necessary evil, but not necessarily evil

CW Staff June 21, 2011

When it was announced last Friday that the trustees for The University of Alabama System voted to raise in-state tuition by nearly 9 percent and out-of-state tuition by nearly 7 percent, the group was...

Letter to the Editor – Tornado changes perception

Ymani Wince June 21, 2011

Alabama:  where the sun is always at its highest peak and football reigns supreme. The state where sweet tea is served at almost every restaurant, and the smiles are as welcoming as the accents. Looking...

A new age of disco

John Davis June 14, 2011

Recently, a friend and I were driving when a song by Katy Perry came on the radio. Or Ke$ha. Or Rihanna. One of those. Anyway, he made the comment that this music is our generation’s disco. It made...

Reflections on a surreal storm experience

Dana Andrzejewski June 14, 2011

It was 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, and my boyfriend, Daniel, and I were eating a late lunch while watching the tornado rip through Cullman, Ala. “If I saw that headed my way, I would probably vomit...