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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The best NBA season in recent history came to an end when the pure, undaunted knights of the Dallas Mavericks slew the vile dragon that was the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night. At...

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...

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...

The state of Alabama came from behind to declare itself king of regression last week. Alabama legislators often get really antsy when other states are stealing the spotlight over being the most racist...

While this campus seems to place a great deal of importance upon the idea of “unity” in the student body, a different division has largely been ignored: one between the student body and the city at...

  Do you have a favorite body of water? Mine is the river. I love rivers, especially because of what they do to cities – that is, they authenticate them, give them resiliency, knowledge, history, life....

I remember pacing the field of the Rose Bowl hours before kickoff of the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. Former assistant sports editor Spencer White and I were taking in the atmosphere in Southern...