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Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

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Elections Board: Our Resignation Letter

Elections Board: Our Resignation Letter

August 28, 2017

The SGA Elections Board is a committee of students, faculty and non-voting administrative staff who volunteer in an effort to regulate and to safeguard the integrity of the SGA election process. The Elections...

Students should strive for independence

Students should strive for independence

Carter Yancey August 28, 2017

As many of our readers join us on our beautiful campus as freshmen, they will experience for the first time what is perhaps the most attractive aspect of college life: a taste of true independence. They...

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

Elizabeth Elkin August 28, 2017

The Crimson White is entering its 124th academic year as the student news outlet of The University of Alabama. Each year has brought new challenges and incredible new stories to tell, and the many talented...

Charlottesville exemplifies America's regressive tribal politics

Charlottesville exemplifies America’s regressive tribal politics

Nicolas Briscoe August 24, 2017

As a Miami Dolphins fan, the 2014 saga featuring Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin remains seared in my memory. Beginning in 2012 Incognito, an all-star offensive guard with a well-known mean streak...

The president's shameful response to Charlottesville

The president’s shameful response to Charlottesville

Chandler Gory August 22, 2017

The headlines out of Charlottesville read like something straight out of the Jim Crow-era South: Klansmen, Neo-Nazis, and white nationalists wreaking havoc and committing murder in a relatively cozy, quaint...

Trump's ban on trans military service hurts our country's most marginalized

Trump’s ban on trans military service hurts our country’s most marginalized

Ruben Tarajano August 3, 2017

The White House has become a series of smoke and mirrors, from the unprecedented restricted filming of some press briefings, to the maneuvering of Donald Trump Jr.’s interrogation to be held behind closed...

College students should consider eating less meat

College students should consider eating less meat

Allison Kosyk July 10, 2017

I don’t believe in dieting, but I do believe in my diet. I don’t believe in exclusion; I believe in restraint. I eat a mainly plant-based diet, but I also know that the best way to recover from a long...

Governments should be careful creating hate speech laws

Governments should be careful creating hate speech laws

Nicolas Briscoe July 6, 2017

On June 20, the Sussex Police Force, of Sussex, England, posted a tweet  that would go on to draw mixed reactions from those responding. It read “This man used Facebook to express his hatred for Muslims...

Women should not be pressured into motherhood

Women should not be pressured into motherhood

Chandler Gory June 29, 2017

“You’ll change your mind when you’re older.” It’s a statement that I’ve heard too many times to count, and it’s always delivered the same way: Just a little bit of casual ‘hint-hint, wink-wink’...

Our View: University of Alabama must take action to stop sexual assault

Our View: University of Alabama must take action to stop sexual assault

CW Editorial Board June 27, 2017

Sexual assault has been brought to the forefront of campus dialogue once again. Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common occurrence that The University of Alabama has chosen to ignore time and time again....

The AHCA represents more of the same

The AHCA represents more of the same

Jordan LaPorta June 26, 2017

In 2009, the Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act, now known both affectionately and pejoratively as Obamacare. The bill passed through Congress without a single Republican vote, and was signed into...

The Republican health care bill is attempted murder

The Republican health care bill is attempted murder

Kyle Campbell June 22, 2017

I woke up late on June 14. The first thing I remember seeing was a tweet from Larry Lessig, a Harvard law professor, asserting that we are “AllRepublicansToday.” I’ve been numb to mass shootings...