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OPINION

Letter from the Managing Editor

Letter from the Managing Editor

Bhavana Ravala, Managing Editor August 4, 2021
In the span of one week in March 2020, our lives turned upside down when the increasingly evident danger of the COVID-19 pandemic sent us into a world of nose swabs and social distancing.
Letter from the Opinions Editor

Letter from the Opinions Editor

Ava Fisher, Opinions Editor August 4, 2021
Adults asked you what you planned to study when you had just finished the first grade. Your parents may have started saving for college the day you were born. You have sacrificed sleepless nights of studying, immersed yourself in extracurriculars and gone on tours across the country just for this one moment.
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Keely Brewer | @keelykbrewer, Editor-in-Chief August 4, 2021
Hopefully the stress of move-in has dissipated by the time you’re reading this, and you’ve started to explore the sprawling campus around you. And if you haven’t, what’s stopping you?
Opinions.

Opinion | RAs should welcome their new freshman roommates

Sarah Jaggears, Guest Columnist July 28, 2021
This year, resident assistants in traditional style dorms — Tutwiler, Paty, Parham, Burke and Harris — can expect freshman roommates. In any other year, RAs get a double occupancy room to themselves as a perk of the job, but this year presents a change.
DeVonta Smith in a velvet suit.

Opinion | DeVonta Smith is more than a football player. He’s a fashion icon

Simone Shadd, Contributing Columnist July 28, 2021
The University of Alabama produces some of the most talented athletes in the world. It also produces some of the most fashionable athletes, including 2020 Heisman Trophy holder DeVonta Smith. 
'A Campus Crisis: The Epidemic of Sexual Violence.' Installment Four.

Opinion | ‘A Campus Crisis’ Installment Four

The Ongoing Nature of Consent: Avoiding Retraumatization The words of Tarana Burke (#MeToo) that were shared almost 15 years ago and took hold en masse in 2017 resonate with survivors everywhere, within...

Virtual concerts are a bonus, not a substitute 

Virtual concerts are a bonus, not a substitute 

Alex Jobin, Contributing Columnist July 20, 2021

Even in the age of streaming and digital content, concerts are cornerstones of the music industry. But, as was the case with many things during the COVID-19 pandemic, the necessity of the traditional concert...

University of Alabama vote everywhere.

The Voting Rights Act needs a revival

Alli Swann and Ava Fisher July 14, 2021
To achieve a truly just democracy, one that is representative of all citizens, Americans must reject the idea that discriminatory election practices are an antiquated phenomenon. 
'A Campus Crisis: The Epidemic of Sexual Violence.' Installment Three.

Opinion | ‘A Campus Crisis’ Installment Three

MARS Officers, Guest Columnists July 7, 2021

Men need to be active participants in eliminating rape culture To learn more about the series and the story that inspired it, click here. The UA community does not have to look too far in its past to...

Call your representatives. Protect your vote.

Call your representatives. Protect your vote.

Christion Finch, Contributing Columnist July 2, 2021

In the wake of the 2020 United States presidential election, Americans have witnessed the continued growth of an ever-deepening divide in our political system as fundamental institutions like elections...

'A Campus Crisis: The Epidemic of Sexual Violence.' Installment Two.

Opinion | ‘A Campus Crisis’ Installment Two

Rachel Jakovac, Guest Columnist June 30, 2021
As college students, it is difficult to understand what options and resources are available. In the face of complex emotional experiences, students need a safe space to turn. As the WGRC conducts presentations, events and awareness programming, they are actively changing the world. Survivors become secure in the knowledge that they are not alone.
Opinions.

Opinion | UA should embrace critical race theory

Alex Jobin, Contributing Columnist June 23, 2021
Contrary to the talking points and fearmongering of some conservative lawmakers, critical race theory is not focused on attacking white people for their whiteness. Instead, it exposes the disenfranchisement and oppression of people of color by American systems that are based in the nation’s indubitably racist past.