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OPINION

Open Letter: Stop gaslighting us

Open Letter: Stop gaslighting us

Micheal Innis-Jimenez, Guest Columnist September 5, 2020

This open letter was sent on Thursday, Sep. 3 to UA System Chancellor Finis St. John; members of the UA Board of Trustees; UA President Stuart Bell; Dr. Richard Friend, dean of the UA College of Community...

Opinion: Say it with me, President Bell: I am responsible

Opinion: Say it with me, President Bell: I am responsible

Saul Alpert-Abrams, Guest Columnist September 2, 2020

There is a lot of victim blaming going on in America right now. While President Trump campaigns on the worn out race-baiting promise of law and order (read: harass, prosecute and murder victims of racial...

Opinion: It's clear what's pulling the strings

Opinion: It’s clear what’s pulling the strings

Kelby Hutchison | @thetallcwrepor1, Staff Columnist September 2, 2020

Since the move to online instruction in the spring semester, The University of Alabama has shown lapses in its ability to make moral choices that keep its student body safe. This failure of leadership...

Opinion: Congress must do its job and ease families' suffering during the pandemic

Opinion: Congress must do its job and ease families’ suffering during the pandemic

Robyn Hyden, Alabama Arise August 30, 2020

I woke up today angry about our country’s leadership crisis and how families with low incomes are suffering as a result. I could not stop thinking about members of Congress going on a month-long vacation...

Opinion: Take Morgan off the English building

Opinion: Take Morgan off the English building

Tucker Legerski | @TuckerLegerski, Guest Columnist August 21, 2020

George Floyd's killing and the wave of national reflection – along with the years-long work from UA student activists and faculty– has brought changes to campus. Those changes have included the removal...

Advice from UA 2023 for UA 2024 

Advice from UA 2023 for UA 2024 

Mikayla Wyatt | @minimalistmikk, Opinions Editor August 20, 2020

I sat down with three sophomores, Shanaya Daughtrey, Elissa Nation and Russell Jiles, to see what advice they had for incoming freshmen. Here's what they had to say. Elissa Q: In what ways did you...

Open Letter: A message from Coach Nate Oats

Open Letter: A message from Coach Nate Oats

Nate Oats, Head Men's Basketball Coach August 20, 2020

Welcome back to Tuscaloosa! On behalf of the Alabama Crimson Tide and your men’s basketball players, coaches and staff, we are excited to have you back on campus for the 2020-21 academic year. It is...

Coping with COVID-19 means staying healthy by staying in

Coping with COVID-19 means staying healthy by staying in

Mariah Kravitz, Guest Columnist August 20, 2020

In the spring, many students only went weeks between hearing about COVID-19 for the first time and being sent away from campus because of it. In compliance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention...

Our View: No, President Bell, we won't be your PR

Our View: No, President Bell, we won’t be your PR

The Crimson White Editorial Board August 20, 2020

The University has yet again made national news, but for all the wrong reasons. CBS News, the Washington Post, and Al.com released articles this week highlighting recent photos of University students and...

Should we sign the revised COVID-19 acknowledgment?

Should we sign the revised COVID-19 acknowledgment?

Andrew Ash, Guest Columnist August 12, 2020

On July 31, the Crimson White published an opinion piece by UA law student Haley Czarnek urging all UA students not to sign the acknowledgment form that was included in the University’s COVID-19 online...

We're still waiting for a seat at the table

We’re still waiting for a seat at the table

United Campus Workers of Alabama August 10, 2020

Late last month, United Campus Workers of Alabama (UCW) demanded that the University of Alabama System appoint faculty, staff and students from each campus as full members on the Building Name Review Committee...

Opinion: It's the lack of care for us

Opinion: It’s the lack of care for us

Over a month ago, Safe Return UA called the University out for a plethora of loopholes found within its plan to “safely” return to campus this fall. Though press releases have announced administered...