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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

OPINION

Pomp and Circumstance

John Davis October 3, 2011

Choosing a topic each week can become difficult after a month or so, especially when a public figure isn’t doing something profoundly stupid. New SGA President Stephen Swinson made a straightforward...

Sweet home Ala-Texas

Lexi Carter October 3, 2011

Since you obviously attend the University of Alabama, you’ve probably already noticed that there are a ridiculous number of kids from Texas. And with that ridiculous number of Texas kids comes an equally ridiculous...

Run parking problems out of town

SoRelle Wyckoff October 3, 2011

We have accepted parking as an issue that cannot really be alleviated. There are too many cars for too few spots, and we know that more parking passes are sold than spots available. We have accepted the...

Contenders through September

Tyler Rigdon September 28, 2011

As we approach October, the college football preseason poll begins to shape. Teams such as Notre Dame and Florida State long for a restart, while others, such as Clemson and Baylor, soak in the thoughts...

What is your GPA really worth?

Xavier Burgin September 28, 2011

I’m a resident advisor on campus. The majority of students have dealt with my kind for at least one year during their time at Alabama. While most free themselves of my administrative tyranny once they’ve...

Students grow through tragedy

Mark M. Lanier September 28, 2011

As I sit in my office penning this message, it is ten years after the horrendous terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It is just over 150 days since the April 27, 2011 tornadoes that devastated Tuscaloosa...

A modest proposal for campus attire

Patrick Crowley September 27, 2011

In the present, students wear overly casual attire that does indeed send the wrong message to professors and classmates. I have a modest proposal for this sartorial problem. I say, for every pair of norts...

The war on facts

Justin Bond September 27, 2011

Austin Gaddis’s Sept. 15 op-ed piece on the liberal war against fiscal responsibility, jobs, and soda troubled me because of its obvious bias. It is not the conservative bias with which I take issue...

Communication is key

John Brinkerhoff September 27, 2011

Last week, in a strange homage to the Reformation, Wesley Vaughn nailed his “22 Theses” to the already cluttered walls of the opinions page. In it, he essentially criticized the UA administration by...