This gubernatorial campaign season, it seems everyone involved in the election in this state is saying “Gambling this,” or “Lottery that.” Occasionally there’s a “Job market the other” thrown...

Well, it seems as though Paul Thompson drank the Kool-Aid. Thompson’s article, “Witches, Nazis, and Tea Party Lunatics,” is nothing more than the raving lunacy of an ignorant lemming who can’t...

?? Our nation should be concerned with the rising debt in this country and its affects as a whole. As of Oct. 15, 2010, the U.S. national debt is $13,600,000,000,000. Debt per citizen is $48,785, and...

Sometime in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, a group of people decided to steal a large chunk of the unfinished Homecoming float sitting in front of the Mallet Assembly. This theft shook our hopes...

I am completely displeased with the availability of seats in Bryant-Denny Stadium. I paid for a student ticket package over the summer in order to gain access to all of the home Alabama football games....

There is no better time to be a student at the University than the fall. The sounds of Bryant-Denny on gameday, the sight of the plants on the Quad changing color, and the cool breeze signaling the coming...

If there is one sentence I’ve heard more than any other during my first two years on campus, it would be this one: “The University just wants your money.” I’ve heard it from different people almost...

Alabama is a major player in the oil and gas business. The state earns nearly $3 billion per year from direct oil and gas production and its share of lease bonuses, royalties, trust-fund investment income...

This week, Alabama Congressman Bobby Bright aired a new television ad reminding everyone of the derangement that comes with being a Democrat in Alabama. In the clip, titled “Just Bobby,” the Democratic...

By Christy Boardman Friends, Alabamians, Countrymen (better than plainsmen), lend me your eyes. I come to address concerns, not to bury them; The good that HCA does grows as HCA grows, The success...

Over the years, the University has brought several excellent musical talents to perform for the student body on Homecoming week. Johnny Cash, Jimmy Buffett, Alan Jackson, Blues Traveler, Chris Daughtry,...

This past Tuesday, I witnessed something extraordinary. No, not the Rangers clinch against the Rays or a dormitory hallway covered in fire extinguisher chemicals (though both certainly happened), but rather...