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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

OPINION

We aren't saving Houston, Houston is saving us

We aren’t saving Houston, Houston is saving us

Ben Jackson August 30, 2017

The Houston storm is shaping up to be one of the worst in recent American history. Unprecedented flooding is ravaging coastal communities, leaving thousands homeless and incurring hundreds of billions...

White people must hold each other accountable for racism

White people must hold each other accountable for racism

Zach Boros August 29, 2017

I’m getting tired. Tired of seeing people rationalize, normalize and sympathize with Nazis and white supremacists. Tired of seeing people going to great lengths to somehow draw a jagged, unclear parallel...

College students should get hobbies

College students should get hobbies

Caroline Builta August 29, 2017

“I’m in college, Mom. Give me a break.”  This was probably the sentence I uttered the most this past summer. My mother was—rightfully—unamused by the amount of time (and money) I spent on bar...

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’...