Alex Jobin, Staff Reporter
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![Opinion | It’s time to fully legalize marijuana in Alabama](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | It’s time to fully legalize marijuana in Alabama
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• April 21, 2024
![Opinion | Union-busting won’t stop Alabama’s autoworkers from organizing](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | Union-busting won’t stop Alabama’s autoworkers from organizing
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• April 3, 2024
![Opinion | Stop exploiting student-athletes. Let them unionize](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Union-1200x883.png)
Opinion | Stop exploiting student-athletes. Let them unionize
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• March 27, 2024
![Opinion | Want to know the facts? Don’t listen to Katie Britt](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | Want to know the facts? Don’t listen to Katie Britt
Alex Jobin and Chance Phillips
• March 14, 2024
![Opinion | Universities are meant for growing minds, not harvesting them](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | Universities are meant for growing minds, not harvesting them
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• February 25, 2024
![Opinion | Do away with standardized testing](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/uuid411701AC-90AC-40C8-B573-337724DC0353library1type1mode1loctruecaptrue-1200x800.png)
Opinion | Do away with standardized testing
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• February 11, 2024
![Workers from ZF Chassis Systems picket on Oct. 4 across the street from the plant where they work.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_6501_1-900x1200.jpeg)
Opinion | Don’t be fooled. Unions are saving American labor
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• February 4, 2024
![Opinion | Infrastructure and salaries reveal the University’s uneven priorities](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RWT_0043.jpeg)
Opinion | Infrastructure and salaries reveal the University’s uneven priorities
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• January 17, 2024
![Opinion | Kevin Abstract’s ‘Blanket’ is one of the year’s best albums](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-1-1200x1200.png)
Opinion | Kevin Abstract’s ‘Blanket’ is one of the year’s best albums
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• November 26, 2023
![Opinion | Drake could make genuine art. He won’t](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/210509_1365740.png)
Opinion | Drake could make genuine art. He won’t
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• November 5, 2023
![Alabama football players walk out to the field before a game.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/RWT_0220.jpeg)
Opinion | The Crimson Tide deserves a rebrand
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• October 15, 2023
![SGA sign outside of its office located in the Student Center.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CNS_8340-1200x800.jpeg)
Opinion | AMP students interested in SGA deserve more flexibility
Chance Phillips and Alex Jobin
• October 1, 2023
![Opinion | Is an accelerated master’s degree worth it?](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/version1uuid9360AF54-637C-4FE0-8689-F2849F3587DDmodecompatiblenoloc0.jpeg.jpg)
Opinion | Is an accelerated master’s degree worth it?
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• September 20, 2023
![Opinion | A second minority district is a necessity to Alabama](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/version1uuidA3423F06-5997-4EB8-BD87-E1C3611546AFmodecompatiblenoloc0-1200x675.jpeg)
Opinion | A second minority district is a necessity to Alabama
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• September 6, 2023
![Opinion | Keeping a schedule makes college life easier](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/version1uuidEABF752B-8E98-4A0B-8174-B1A27FBD541Fmodecompatible.jpeg.jpg)
Opinion | Keeping a schedule makes college life easier
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• August 23, 2023
![The Supreme Court building located in Washington D.C.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot_8.jpeg)
Opinion | The Supreme Court stays rich while we stay in debt
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• July 5, 2023
![Break the status quo at UA](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Break the status quo at UA
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• May 29, 2023
![CW file](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | Blunt brilliance in modern rap
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• May 18, 2023
![Opinions in quotation marks](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | Advising can (and should) be improved
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• April 2, 2023
![Opinion | Stop worshiping billionaires](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_3554.PNG-720x900.png)
Opinion | Stop worshiping billionaires
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• March 1, 2023
![Derrick Barnes at BookExpo Convention in 2019.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/images.jpeg-1.jpg)
Opinion | Baseless fears of critical race theory lead to real discrimination
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• February 12, 2023
![Opinion | The filibuster stands in the way of justice and democracy](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/thumbnail_CWTEDCRUZ_ReaganC-900x506.png)
Opinion | The filibuster stands in the way of justice and democracy
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• February 2, 2023
![Kanye West performing at a Washington, D.C. show in 2013.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/kanye_jobin.jpeg-900x675.jpg)
Opinion | How should we react when our favorite art is tainted?
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• January 11, 2023
![Opinion | UA needs more good trouble](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/good_trouble-900x600.jpg)
Opinion | UA needs more ‘good trouble’
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• November 6, 2022
![Opinions in quotation marks](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | Anyone should be able to create a student organization
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• October 9, 2022
![Opinion | UA Owes More to Students and Our Organizations](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Photo_Courtesy_of_Abigayle_Kneebone-900x598.jpeg)
Opinion | UA Owes More to Students and Our Organizations
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• September 7, 2022
![Parking problems: Improving campus accessibility for commuting students](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/graphic-900x900.png)
Parking problems: Improving campus accessibility for commuting students
Victor Hagan and Alex Jobin
• August 24, 2022
![Opinion | Banning Abortion is About Power, Not Life](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/roe-roe-roe.jpeg)
Opinion | Banning Abortion is About Power, Not Life
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• July 6, 2022
![Opinions in quotation marks](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | It’s Time to Take on Alabama’s Draconian Anti-Trans Laws
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• June 1, 2022
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
Opinion | Stop checking boxes
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• April 6, 2022
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
Opinion | Dismissing complaints of corruption doesn’t make it go away
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• March 27, 2022
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
Opinion | SGA elections disappoint yet again
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• March 9, 2022
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
The Olympics reveals inequalities in sports
Alex Jobin, Contributing Columnist
• February 13, 2022
![An illustration of a campus building with a cardboard sign reading TBD covering the hall name.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TBD_Hall-900x900.jpeg)
Opinion | UA’s activism is performative
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• February 2, 2022
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
New semester, new opportunity
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• January 23, 2022
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
Another mask mandate was the best decision for campus
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• January 12, 2022
![Opinion | Our Auburn rivalry fuels action outside the stadium](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BABH_Culture-900x506.jpeg)
Opinion | Our Auburn rivalry fuels action outside the stadium
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• November 28, 2021
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
Opinion | Thanksgiving break is a time to destress
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• November 14, 2021
![A photo of Garrett Walker and a dog.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Garrett_Walker.jpeg)
Opinion | A tribute to Garrett Walker
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• November 10, 2021
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
Opinion | The University of Alabama is fighting the infodemic
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• November 7, 2021
![Opinion | COVID doesn’t end on Nov. 5](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/chalkboard-5464649_1280-900x403.png)
Opinion | COVID doesn’t end on Nov. 5
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• October 31, 2021
![Opinions.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Opinions_Stock_Graphic.jpeg)
Opinion | Homecoming elections need a remodel
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• October 24, 2021
![Opinions.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Opinions_Stock_Graphic.jpeg)
Opinion | The University should not give a platform to Charlie Kirk’s misinformation
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• October 17, 2021
![SNaHP. Students for a National Health Program.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SNaHP-900x251.jpeg)
Opinion | UA must expand the reach of the Counseling Center
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• October 6, 2021
![Opinion | Football games don’t have to be superspreader events](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Gameday_Opinion_1003-900x600.jpeg)
Opinion | Football games don’t have to be superspreader events
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• October 3, 2021
![Rama Jamas storefront.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Rama_Jama-900x600.jpeg)
Opinion | Students need to support local businesses
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• September 19, 2021
![Opinion | Never forget 9/11 or its disastrous consequences](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3397-900x600.jpg)
Opinion | Never forget 9/11 or its disastrous consequences
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• September 15, 2021
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
UA should embrace the mask mandate extension
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• September 12, 2021
![Opinion | Hurricane Ida is not an isolated incident](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Hurricane-900x604.png)
Opinion | Hurricane Ida is not an isolated incident
Alex Jobin, Contributing Columnist
• September 1, 2021
![Opinion | UA’s vaccine outreach in the Black Belt is a promising step](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Blackbelt-Vaccine-CW-Victoria-Buckley-900x506.png)
Opinion | UA’s vaccine outreach in the Black Belt is a promising step
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• August 29, 2021
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
Opinion | Prioritize your mental health this semester
Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist
• August 22, 2021
![Opinions. The Crimson White.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Opinions-Stock-Graphic.jpg)
Opinion | COVID isn’t over. The University of Alabama needs to stop acting like it is.
Alex Jobin, Contributing Columnist
• August 5, 2021
![Virtual concerts are a bonus, not a substitute](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COVIDConcert-VictoriaBuckley-900x669.png)
Virtual concerts are a bonus, not a substitute
Alex Jobin, Contributing Columnist
• July 20, 2021
![Opinions.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Opinions_Stock_Graphic.jpeg)
Opinion | UA should embrace critical race theory
Alex Jobin, Contributing Columnist
• June 23, 2021
![Opinion | The Death Penalty: Whats the real cost?](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/14224_opinionso-900x583-1.jpg)
Opinion | The Death Penalty: What’s the real cost?
Alex Jobin, Contributing Writer
• March 24, 2021
![Opinion | Why police brutality violates the Constitution](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Saad-TTownPeacefulProtest-2759-769x900.jpg)
Opinion | Why police brutality violates the Constitution
Alex Jobin, Contributing Writer
• March 24, 2021
![Courtesy of Interscope Records.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-7-900x900.png)
Review | This 2020 rap album will age like fine wine
Alex Jobin, Contributing Columnist
• March 11, 2021
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