The rise of Twitter as a nexus between high-profile political and cultural figures and common people and its use as a platform for communication of specifically political material is unmatched – and...

The arrests started early in the morning, before the sun had its chance to illuminate the captors. It was a brisk 50 degrees outside – warm for mid-February but cold for those who were brought to the...

Extreme vetting: the very term evokes applause from some and fear and anger from others. Even before he was elected to the Presidency Donald Trump was highlighting our less-than-perfect immigration system...

By Madeline Anscombe | Staff Columnist**DISCLAIMER: this contains spoilers for the television show 13 Reasons Why and talks about both suicide and sexual assault. I would also like to acknowledge that...

In 2014, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) generated $989 million according to Northern Illinois University Law Review; however, this nearly billion-dollar industry has strict regulations...

Football is the sport of the South. It does not matter what level; high school, college or professional, 
football has a huge fan following. On game days, Tuscaloosa all but shuts down to accommodate...

In one of her first acts as governor, Kay Ivey signed a bill to get rid of Alabama’s judicial override law, the rule that formerly allowed judges in Alabama to go against the recommendation of a jury...

The goal of capitalism is to improve quality of life by maximizing the number of engagements in win-win economic transactions. This means that one party views a good as more valuable than their money while...

As the semester wraps up and the focus slowly shifts to next fall and the upcoming football season, the campus goes through a period of change. Freshmen become sophomores, and student organizations pick...

I am a proud feminist, as well as a man. Don’t worry. I don’t expect a parade to be thrown in my honor for that statement. But today, it seems like two distinct camps are forming among my fellow men:...

Over my past three years as a college student, I have noticed my own tendency to over-commit. Whether it’s taking 18 hours instead of 15, signing up for that extra service opportunity or volunteering...

I distinctly remember my first encounter with a child who had autism. I was just a child myself, around the age of 10 years old, taking flute lessons from a dear family friend who was a mother of two....