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The Crimson White


Serving the campus of the University of Alabama since 1894

The Crimson White

Serving the campus of the University of Alabama since 1894

The Crimson White

All content by Dylan Walker
Study Abroad series: I studied abroad, but my life did not peak

Study Abroad series: “I studied abroad, but my life did not peak”

Dylan Walker June 1, 2016

Editor's Note:  In each issue this summer, The Crimson White will publish a column written by a student who is studying abroad in order to share their experiences in a foreign country.Summer is the season...

Loans paid with online currency

Loans paid with online currency

Dylan Walker April 19, 2015

Brandon Chicotsky pays his student bill in a way distinct from several other students – he uses Bitcoin.Chicotsky, a doctoral student in the College of Communication and Information Sciences, uses the...

Local startup helps breweries

Local startup helps breweries

Dylan Walker October 7, 2014

For many people, craft beer is a hobby, but for two Tuscaloosa entrepreneurs, it is a business venture. Brewery Buddy, established last month at Tuscaloosa Startup Weekend 2014, is an online service where...

Amateur theater group to present farce in Ferg

Dylan Walker April 9, 2014

Four couples at an upscale New York diner party hardly makes for an interesting evening. Add a bullet wound, missing hostess, suicide conspiracy, police and slew of other complications, though, and you...

Plank Center honors PR founder and UA alumna

Dylan Walker April 2, 2014

When Tuscaloosa native Betsy Plank graduated from The University of Alabama in 1944, the public relations field did not exist. By the time of her death in 2010, Plank was known by professionals and students...

A history of mystery

Dylan Walker March 18, 2014

It was a day like any other outside the Riverside dormitories until two people crawled from underneath a manhole cover. Looking travel-worn and curious, the two adventurers asked their onlookers what year...

Local soup bowl fosters community atmosphere

Dylan Walker March 5, 2014

Charlie Simmons sits at a round table, which is covered by a white tablecloth and an assortment of candy. It is Friday at the East Tuscaloosa Community Soup Bowl, and a dozen volunteers are getting ready...

Chinese radio show dicusses two different cultures

Chinese radio show dicusses two different cultures

Dylan Walker March 3, 2014

It’s Thursday night, and the halls of Reese Phifer Hall have long been empty. However, up three sets of winding stairs, down a hallway that smells of pizza, two of the building’s remaining occupants...

Students start space exploration program

Students start space exploration program

Dylan Walker February 27, 2014

Students from the aerospace engineering department are taking their space interest to the next level. As the aerospace engineering program at The University of Alabama is commonly associated with only...

Students fly into world of model airplanes

Students fly into world of model airplanes

Dylan Walker February 25, 2014

Tuscaloosa weather is warming up and students are turning off their laptops, putting down their books and heading outside to enjoy the spring. For some, this means walking the dog or tossing a football...

Pulse Check lunch joins students, administrators

Pulse Check lunch joins students, administrators

Dylan Walker February 20, 2014

University of Alabama President Judy Bonner, alongside Mark Nelson, vice president for student affairs and vice provost, joined students at a table in the Ferguson Center to discuss University affairs...

International community faces limits

Dylan Walker February 20, 2014

With graduation approaching, University of Alabama seniors are applying for graduate school, looking for jobs and getting ready for the future. While some seniors may already have jobs lined up, others...

Student develops popular word game app

Student develops popular word game app

Dylan Walker February 13, 2014

Hakeem Hasan, a senior majoring in electrical engineering, pulls out his Android phone and uses his thumb to quickly scroll across the screen. However, he doesn’t pull up Twitter. He doesn’t send a...

Society recreates culture of medieval world

Society recreates culture of medieval world

Dylan Walker February 3, 2014

A once-open field is now a sea of armor. Five hundred men stand across from 500 others, ready for a battle of weapons, balance and skill. As chests are knocked and swords swing, the sound of laughs,...

Students face online job hunt

Dylan Walker January 28, 2014

Online applications, employment search engines and digital questionnaires have taken the current crop of job applicants into what Time.com calls “the recruiting black hole.” Companies are standardizing...

Brewery to show student art

Brewery to show student art

Dylan Walker December 5, 2013

After a semester of painting, Michael Meads takes a minute to take in his collection of oil paintings, entitled “Cookies ‘n Kreme,” as it hangs in a Woods Hall art studio. The works, now complete,...

Human bones replaced by synthetics

Human bones replaced by synthetics

Dylan Walker November 21, 2013

Gretchen Anderson came to The University of Alabama to work with animals and pursue veterinary studies, but she ended up with human bones on her hands. As the lead graduate teaching assistant for Anatomy...

Tyler Barron and the BOX to play Rounders on the Strip

Dylan Walker November 14, 2013

When Tyler Barron left college halfway through his first semester, his only goal was to take his music career as far as it would go. He played bars from Birmingham to Gordo, Ala., covering popular country...

Honors College to host Ultimate Xpress Night

Dylan Walker November 7, 2013

Will Gillette started rapping in high school after someone challenged him to a battle in the lunch room. He then took up juggling to accompany his raps. Upon coming to The University of Alabama, he wanted...

University full of free opportunities for live music on campus

Dylan Walker October 30, 2013

College is known for being a hub of creativity and art culture, but local art, including live music, is inaccessible to many students. Bars on the Strip have DJs and local bands, but there is usually an...

Rocky Horror still the king of camp

Dylan Walker October 28, 2013

I went to my first showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” Friday, presented by Pink Box Burlesque at the Bama Theatre. It is safe to say that experience revived my faith in the power of film. While...

Ivy Leagues offer free classes

Dylan Walker October 17, 2013

It is now possible for anyone with Internet access to be an Ivy League student. No applications are required, there are no prerequisites, and all of the classes are free. Massive open online courses,...

Vigil honors domestic abuse victims

Vigil honors domestic abuse victims

Dylan Walker October 16, 2013

When Debbie Norris’ daughter Heather was 20 years old, her life came to an early end as the result of domestic violence. Now, Norris travels the country, telling the story of her daughter’s murder...

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