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The Crimson White

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Opinion | Capstone Wellness Explorer: Redefining student engagement and belonging

Opinion | Capstone Wellness Explorer: Redefining student engagement and belonging

Reid Nagle, Contributing Columnist January 22, 2025

Across the nation, campus communities have been grappling with the removal of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives as conservative lawmakers have painted these as discriminatory toward people not...

Alabama struggled heavily against Michigan during the ReliaQuest Bowl.

Opinion | Nick Sheridan needs to prove he belongs

Noah Scoggins, Contributing Writer January 15, 2025

While Alabama may have started the 2024 season with some dominant offensive performances, a final record of 9-4 with a bowl loss to Michigan suggests that a coaching change may be needed. Offensive...

Opinion | For the days when everything feels too heavy

Opinion | For the days when everything feels too heavy

Swastee Regmi, Staff Columnist January 15, 2025

Sometimes when you’re alone in your room, listening to your favorite song, working on an assignment and having a good day, a sudden wave of sadness hits. There’s no warning, no signs it’s coming...

Opinion | Alabama and Pornhub battle over surveillance and morality

Opinion | Alabama and Pornhub battle over surveillance and morality

Zoe Bernstein, Contributing Columnist January 15, 2025

When I call for a ban on Pornhub, I am not here to be the pornography police. Alabama’s government has taken the wrong steps in breaking with Pornhub, while Pornhub has wrongfully poised itself as...

Opinion | Choosing the path you desire

Opinion | Choosing the path you desire

Kaitlyn Brown, Contributing Columnist January 12, 2025

Across campus, sections of sidewalks that have been inefficiently designed are met with worn areas of grass where people seeking efficiency have beaten down a new path by skipping the sidewalk and taking...

Students cheer during a football game in Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Opinion | ‘Dixieland Delight’ is college football’s greatest tradition

Elizabeth Blackwood, Contributing Columnist January 12, 2025

The fourth-quarter singing of “Dixieland Delight” has become one of The University of Alabama’s most famous — or some may say infamous — traditions. At each home game, fans of the Crimson Tide...

Opinion | Holiday break blues

Opinion | Holiday break blues

Ella Seaton, Staff Columnist January 8, 2025

After unpacking my suitcase from winter break, I take a moment to look around my carefully curated college bedroom. After spending nearly three weeks in my childhood bedroom, adorned with a cow-print tapestry...

Opinion | An ode to old college houses

Opinion | An ode to old college houses

Abby Cope, Opinion Editor January 8, 2025

As I was filling out a job application recently, a prompt appeared that made me think more than previous ones had. It read, “Tell us about a place you lived that shaped you into who you are today.”  There...

Opinion | Lessons from the South

Opinion | Lessons from the South

Abby Cope, Opinion Editor December 9, 2024

Growing up, I spent every major and non-major holiday in Hurley, Mississippi. With an astounding population of 1,391, locals would tell you that it’s on an upturn. Anytime a friend or teacher would ask...

Opinion | The Return of Trump: The end of accountability and the road ahead

Opinion | The Return of Trump: The end of accountability and the road ahead

Carson DuBose, Contributing Columnist December 5, 2024

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, America made a disastrous decision. Despite clear warnings from former administration officials, felony convictions, an attempted coup on the United States government, election denialism...

Alabama fans cheer in Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Opinion | My ‘Dixieland Delight’: Let’s take her back

Kathryn Briggs, Contributing Columnist November 28, 2024

I love Alabama football. For many, it comes naturally with loving The University of Alabama. For years I anticipated partaking in student game day traditions, including singing “Dixieland Delight,”...

Opinion | Red wave rising: Did young voters really shift to the right?

Opinion | Red wave rising: Did young voters really shift to the right?

Reid Nagle, Contributing Columnist November 23, 2024

On Nov. 5,  President-elect Donald Trump decisively won the 2024 presidential election. Whether or not Trump should have won is an entirely different story, but there were many trends from this presidential...