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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

OPINION

The SGA office located in the Student Center.

Letter to the Editor | It’s time we expand the election window

Eyram Gbeddy, Guest Columnist February 4, 2024

Eyram Gbeddy is currently a junior at The University of Alabama serving as an SGA senator for the College of Arts and Sciences. He is also the president of the Black Faculty and Staff Association Ambassadors...

Workers from ZF Chassis Systems picket on Oct. 4 across the street from the plant where they work.

Opinion | Don’t be fooled. Unions are saving American labor

Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist February 4, 2024

2023 was one of the most important years for the labor movement in recent memory. From Amazon to Starbucks to SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America, workers across the country — and the world —...

Presidential candidate visits the campus during his campaign on Jan. 24 at the Bryant Conference Center.

Opinion | Despite his family name, Kennedy can’t break up the two-party system

Chance Phillips, Opinions Editor January 31, 2024

“Dude, he could be like the most powerful man in the world one day,” one awestruck student said on their way out of the selfie assembly line. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would certainly like you to think...

The Republican Primary Debate was hosted in Tuscaloosa on Dec. 6, 2023.

Opinion | New Hampshire shows the problem with Trump

John Armstrong, Contributing Columnist January 28, 2024

On Tuesday, the people of New Hampshire chose whom they want to see on the presidential ballot in November. Though official for the GOP, the primary was an unofficial one for Democrats, who changed the...

Opinion | Alabama must reform its parole-granting process

Opinion | Alabama must reform its parole-granting process

Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist January 28, 2024

In 2013, the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles granted parole to 34% of incarcerated individuals who were considered. In the more than 10 years since, that number has fluctuated significantly, rising...

Hewson Hall houses the Culverhouse College of Business.

Opinion | How the Capstone sold its soul to Marillyn Hewson

Dawson Wilcox, Contributing Columnist January 24, 2024

Whom a society chooses to honor is very important. It shows not only what the values of the society are, but also the values it intends to teach and pass on to following generations.  Honoring is done...

Noccalula Falls Park located in Gadsden, Ala.

Opinion | Save America’s most treasured places

Alyssa Walker, Contributing Columnist January 24, 2024

In 1872, Yellowstone was established in northwest Wyoming and southern Montana as the first national park in not only the United States but the world. However, a bureau wasn’t created to protect it until...

Opinion | Making waves: Diversity in the new Percy Jackson series

Opinion | Making waves: Diversity in the new Percy Jackson series

Elle Standish, Contributing Columnist January 21, 2024

Criticism of the new Percy Jackson series for its diverse casting is misguided and misinformed.  Seeing as over 180 million copies of the complete book series have been sold, it’s not surprising...

UA hosted the Republican Primary Debate in December.

Opinion | Iowa proved that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee in 2024

Garrett Marchand, Contributing Columnist January 21, 2024

Only the first contest of the Republican nominating process is over. Yet Donald Trump has already proven that he will almost certainly win the Republican presidential nomination for the third time and...

Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban celebrates the win over Georgia in the SEC Championship with the team after the game on Dec. 2, 2023, in Atlanta, GA.

Letters from the editors: The Nick Saban era 

Abby McCreary, Sports Editor  January 18, 2024

As a novice journalism student, walking into your favorite team’s press conference, full of beat writers you read weekly and photographers whose pictures you fawn over, can be intimidating enough on...

Opinion | Infrastructure and salaries reveal the University’s uneven priorities

Opinion | Infrastructure and salaries reveal the University’s uneven priorities

Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist January 17, 2024

It does not take long to notice the imbalance that exists between the different colleges on the University’s campus. Walk from the Shelby Quad to B.B. Comer, or from ten Hoor to the neighboring Hewson...

Opinion | Keep mifepristone on the market

Opinion | Keep mifepristone on the market

Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist January 17, 2024

In December, the Supreme Court announced that it would revisit the decision made in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit....