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OPINION

This holiday season, re-examine your traditions

This holiday season, re-examine your traditions

December 1, 2017

It’s here—the most wonderful time of the year.  Early evenings seem to hush business hours’ rush, and reduce the harshness of deadlines and exams with the glitter and gleam of street and holiday...

Self-driving cars will revolutionize more than just driving

Self-driving cars will revolutionize more than just driving

Nathan Campbell November 30, 2017

We romanticize cars. When people think of America, they think of the loud muscle cars and heavy, quasi-military-grade SUVs populating our streets. Cars satisfy a lust for freedom. They become an extension...

Our View: Net Neutrality must be protected

Our View: Net Neutrality must be protected

CW Editorial Board November 30, 2017

On December 14, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to repeal Net Neutrality rules adopted by the same body in 2015. These rules are integral to preserving the internet as we know...

REBUTTAL: We should be thankful for those fighting for change

REBUTTAL: We should be thankful for those fighting for change

Zach Boros November 29, 2017

“I am thankful for many of the blessings that the American people and the students of the University of Alabama will enjoy due to the events of the past year,” my fellow opinions columnist Jack Kitchin...

College students should stop glorifying failures

College students should stop glorifying failures

November 28, 2017

As college students, it seems we’ve unlocked the next level of suffering. We spend hours in the library frantically working on whatever project or essay we’ve been putting off for way too long. We...

We should be thankful for a Republican government

We should be thankful for a Republican government

Jack Kitchin November 27, 2017

Family gatherings, turkey with all the trimmings, and a tax bill that could bring economic growth, the likes of which haven’t been seen in over 30 years, inspired me to reflect on the things in my life...

It's important to take care of yourself this holiday season

It’s important to take care of yourself this holiday season

November 27, 2017

The holidays are often a paradoxically stressful time for Americans. Under so much pressure to give thanks and share joy with loved ones, it can be hard to fulfill the holidays’ expectations and to make...

We should value non-political opinions

We should value non-political opinions

Sophie Williams November 20, 2017

For three years I have moved in, out, and around UA’s campus. I have been one of many that make up its whole body of thought and action; I have both participated in and been affected by its news. I thought...

We can start celebrating Christmas before Thanksgiving

We can start celebrating Christmas before Thanksgiving

Emily Strickland November 20, 2017

November is nearing its end, and I have yet again found myself in the middle of one of the season’s most heated disputes.  It splits families. It strains friendships. Both sides of the aisle are met...

We should all appreciate the little things

We should all appreciate the little things

Christina Ausley November 16, 2017

I can admit without hesitation that my world for the past 20 years or so was relatively small, as was my awareness of it. This past weekend, however, I found myself overlooking the city skyline of New...

We need more non-violent video games

We need more non-violent video games

Michael Dawson November 15, 2017

Video games are an expressive art media, capable of inspiring empathy in users through an entire canvas of characters and backstories with which player can interact. In that regard, video games are a somewhat...

Respect for our troops should not be controversial

Respect for our troops should not be controversial

Jack Kitchin November 14, 2017

“Why do you like them so much?” Lieutenant Sam Weinberg asks of Lieutenant Commander Joanne Galloway in Rob Reiner’s 1992 film, A Few Good Men. Galloway replies, “Because they stand on a wall and...