In short: An FBI investigation into the Alabama Legislature is not a scare tactic. It’s a service to the state. The FBI is launching an investigation into possible corruption surrounding a recent vote...

The other day I was checking Facebook when I came across a group called "No school on September 11." Now, being the non-addicted Facebook person that I am, I normally don't pay attention to the groups,...

Most of my friends know I’m a member of the Baha’i Faith. It’s not that I go around telling people all the time. Religion just tends to come up here. Few people have heard about the world’s newest...

I have to admit — I’m no fan of flame wars in The Crimson White. But Will Thomas’s editorial “Sacrifice key to success” terrified me into responding. First, I strenuously disagree that “Lost”...

In short: Recent reforms to student loan policies will make college more affordable and make student loans less predatory. Student loans can be a risky thing. If you don’t qualify for federal loans...

The year America spent in health care fear and loathing proved once again that our country is perfectly capable of having a spirited, complex, even ostensibly polite debate about a controversial issue...

Throughout my soon-ending undergraduate career, there has been one theme that my professors, mentors, critics and the people I pay off to be my friends have reinforced time and time again, and it’s something...

As graduation looms just around the corner, I find myself wondering if anything that I did during my four years at this University will be remembered in the years to come. What is my legacy? What impact...

In short: The Church needs to crack down on scandals and abuses if it wants to be seen as a moral compass. The Catholic Church has a reputation of fighting for morality and the greater good, but it is...

On March 21, the day of the House of Representatives’ historic vote on health care reform, around 200,000 people descended on Capitol Hill to make a point. They weren’t there to spit on congressmen...

By Peter Sloan Something has been happening this year on campus that I find very encouraging. More than in my previous three years at the University, students and faculty have been engaged in an extended,...

When I received UA President Robert Witt’s campus-wide e-mail urging me to call my representatives and tell them to support the bill that would not place a tuition cap on PACT students, I almost lost...