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OPINION

Group assignments solve cheating

Group assignments solve cheating

Nathan Polk | @snpolk2, Staff Columnist February 20, 2020

No one likes group work in college, but it is far and away the greatest defense against cheating that instructors have at their disposal.  Cheating is by no means a modern invention. Desperate, lazy...

Gender constraints are harmful to children

Gender constraints are harmful to children

Heather Gann, Staff Columnist February 20, 2020

This past weekend, I attended a birthday party in honor of a 6-year-old girl and was somewhat surprised by the decorations. From ceiling to floor, the entirety of the place was decked out in Starbucks...

In defense of traditional family values

In defense of traditional family values

Brett Hodges, Opinions Editor February 20, 2020

The probability of guessing correct on your next multiple-choice test question is lower than the probability that you could point at a married couple and correctly determine whether they will be divorced...

Third party textbooks cut down bias

Third party textbooks cut down bias

Kelby Hutchinson, Staff Columnist February 17, 2020

In my time at the University, various classes have required me to pay outrageous amounts of money for textbooks with no guarantee that they would be used. In a majority of these classes, these textbooks...

Every student should register to vote

Every student should register to vote

Samuel G. Reece | @_samreece, Contributing Writer February 17, 2020

Politics can be exhausting. From sniping back and forth across party lines to a stream of endless ads on YouTube, we are inundated by political messaging and news via sound bites and practiced debate one-liners....

Pornography degrades women

Pornography degrades women

Savanna Briscoe, Staff Columnist February 13, 2020

For years, pornography has been widely available, mostly free and easily accessible. With the touch of a button on our cell phones or laptops, we have access to anything we could want to watch. Although...

Our View: We must be more accepting of human sexuality

Our View: We must be more accepting of human sexuality

CW Editorial Board February 13, 2020

While you might’ve been under the impression that the sex edition of The Crimson White would be more akin to an Alabama-themed copy of “Hustler,” complete with a tear-out Nick Saban car wash calendar,...

Bureaucracy stifles student opportunity

Bureaucracy stifles student opportunity

Kylie Heitman | @kylieanne_13, Staff Columnist February 10, 2020

Here at The University of Alabama, there are a wealth of scholarships that one can apply for and receive based on grade point average, extracurriculars, ACT and SAT scores and other essential factors....

Cancel culture needs to end

Cancel culture needs to end

Madison Pettway, Staff Columnist February 10, 2020

Lately, we as a collective have decided that when public figures do something wrong in the media, they are no longer valuable to us. “Cancel culture” started as a movement to boycott those who have...

Participation challenges our ideals

Participation challenges our ideals

Keegan Hinsley, Contributing Writer February 6, 2020

It’s 8:00 in the morning, and you’re propping your eyes open for an obligatory literature survey. It’s enough to have gotten there, and to have done the readings, but the professor enters and asks...

Valentine’s Day isn’t a big deal

Valentine’s Day isn’t a big deal

Heather Gann, Staff Columnist February 6, 2020

It’s the first week of February, which means some people’s favorite or least favorite day of the year is quickly approaching: Valentine’s Day. Whether you are a candy heart connoisseur or you stay...

Brexit: The inevitable circus

Brexit: The inevitable circus

Noah Greene, Contributing Writer February 5, 2020

Traditional structures that compose the British political system have seen radical change during periods of crisis. Unsteadiness and undulation in the government occurs at times of social stress. For our...