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We can still be friends, CW

We can still be friends, CW

Kelsey Stein April 27, 2011

I opened my Facebook on Friday with a feeling of foreboding. I had to do the deed quickly – remove my job as a lifestyles editor at The Crimson White. It felt like a particularly gut-wrenching breakup,...

Conversation on abortion needed

Marina Roberts April 26, 2011

As someone who considers herself a feminist and a fan of civil discourse, I’d like to make a few observations about the article in Monday’s CW titled “Reps discuss anti-abortion bills.” John Merrill’s...

Senior columns blur reality

Evan Ward April 26, 2011

It is that time of year when, after all honors and awards have been handed out and graduation looms, the pages of The Crimson White are graced with senior columns. These sappy and generally inane contributions...

Sidewalks are for pedestrians, not cyclists

Kyle Davis April 25, 2011

I sympathize with Anna Turkett’s desire to make our campus more bike-friendly. Bicycles offer an affordable, low-impact way of quickly navigating an area, weather permitting. They run off fat and save...

Tweets of the week

Tweets of the week

Marion Steinberg April 24, 2011

Over the last year, I have had the privilege of directing a team of talented UA students as we embarked on a brand new adventure for The Crimson White.  It was an adventure full of laughs, taunts and...

CW a product of passion

CW a product of passion

Patty Vaughan April 24, 2011

Three years at The Crimson White has created more memories, experiences and moments than one can really handle. I have seen people scream, blow up, create awkward situations and fight. However, after physically...

So long and thanks for all the (inside) jokes

So long and thanks for all the (inside) jokes

Hannah Mask April 24, 2011

Let me preface this column by saying I’m no good at writing columns, so please bear with me as I stumble through countless inside jokes and what will probably turn out to be really lame thank yous—though...

Block seating must go

Our View April 21, 2011

When student organization seating was opened to a variety of new organizations last year, we were initially optimistic that those reforms would lead to a less divisive student section on game day. While...

What I’ve learned

Benton Atchison April 21, 2011

- Ninety percent of people who tell you “Don’t do things for your resume” either have done or are currently doing something for their resume. - Never in the history of time has someone gotten a job...

UA: Both progressive and restrained

Marshall Houston April 21, 2011

This past November, Autherine Lucy Foster took the stage in Foster Auditorium, and with one question framed my experience as a student at The University of Alabama.  Her words —“Am I in heaven, or...

Discover your own set of Angels

Richard Cockrum April 21, 2011

As the final days slip by with a strange lack of bravado, I have busied myself tying up loose strings and passing torches to my peers who will carry on after I leave the Capstone. After four years of pouring...

Make UA more bike friendly

Letter to the Editor April 21, 2011

There are many options for getting around on campus, and they all have their challenges — parking, long wait times for buses, trying to get from ten Hoor to Galalee in ten minutes. But bikes offer the...