By Adrian Morris Within 30 minutes of “God of War III,” I traveled inside the Titan Gaea, fought a leviathan upside down on the titan’s arm and traveled limb to limb along her and past the leviathan...

By Jordan Berry Every so often, a film comes along that defies all expectations. “Star Wars” and “Avatar” ruled the box office despite their sci-fi themes. “Slumdog Millionaire” dominated...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 30 Alabama men’s tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision Sunday to No. 32 Vanderbilt at the Currey Tennis Center. With the loss, the Crimson Tide falls to 7-9 on the season and...

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Alabama rowing team won two races, as well as notching a silver and bronze medal finish, at the Clemson Sprints on Lake Hartwell in Clemson, S.C., Saturday. It was the Crimson Tide's...

The No. 5 Alabama softball team tied a school record with a 14-run inning and six home runs to earn a series sweep over South Carolina by a score of 21-1 Sunday afternoon at the Alabama Softball Complex....

BIRMINGHAM - The women’s tennis team battled past No. 67 Tulane 4-0 on Sunday at the Pat M. Courington Tennis Pavilion on the campus of Samford University. With the win, the Crimson Tide evens its record...

Time change on Sunday Daylight saving time is 2 a.m. on Sunday. Remember to move your clock ahead by one hour. Spring Break Transit Schedule: Thursday night was the last night for 348-RIDE and 348-RIDE...

In short: For a law that does little other than enforce the religious and moral belief of a few, the Sunday alcohol sales ban stirs a lot of controversy. While the argument that lifting Tuscaloosa County’s...

The Alabama Crimson Tide men’s swimming and diving team is headed to the NCAA Zone B Championships in Atlanta, this weekend. The meet will be hosted by Georgia Tech and will be held at the Yellow Jackets’...

By Clara Goode Tuscaloosa is among the top-ranked college cities for providing rental satisfaction to residents according to ApartmentRatings.com, a popular apartment review Web site. In a ranking of...

Arts and Sciences West A. Honeycutt Sophie Santos Taylor Scruggs Ebony Smith Olivia Taylor Hanceri Matt Graffeo Andrew Jackson Mills, IV David Simpson Hallie Majure Phillips Jeff Elrod Alan...

In short: When a student organization is requiring its members to vote for certain people, democracy is not served, and officials need to stop covering for these organizations. Just as Americans have...

By Zackary Al-Khateeb The Alabama men’s track and field team will compete in the NCAA Indoor Championships Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark. The No. 26 Crimson Tide, which finished seventh...

By Adriene LaPorte Applications for a 2010-2011 Creative Campus intern position are due by Friday at midnight. Applications can be found on the Creative Campus Web site, and there are no official academic...

By Tori Luna The College of Arts and Sciences and the Black Faculty and Staff Association will host a memorial honoring the late Paul R. Jones today. Jones donated 1,700 pieces of art valued at $5 million...

By Lacey Ezekiel Since March 1, The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center has offered an event for women, by women and about women – the Lunafest Lecture Series and Film Festival. To bring...

If you had a health problem – we’ll say diabetes – you would visit the doctor. You would expect that the doctor would give you sound advice on how to combat your diabetes and improve your health,...

The Crimson White is covering the SGA Presidential Debate live. The debate starts at 7:00 p.m. Click Here To View Live Coverage of the SGA Presidential Debate

Blood drive competition next week The University’s fourth annual School Blood Drive challenge is Tuesday through Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at Capstone Drive near Gorgas Library. Colleges...

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – The Alabama baseball team, one strike away from its ninth straight win, found itself on the short end of 7-6 loss in the series finale against the College of Charleston Sunday afternoon...

NORMAN, Okla. - In a meet that lived up to its billing as one of the most exciting of the season, No. 1 Alabama fell at No. 2 Oklahoma, 197.950-197.275. The meet stayed tight into the final rotation in...

Foster Auditorium parking changes Beginning March 13, the following parking changes will be in effect for the remainder of the spring semester. -Parking in the Burke lot will be limited to approximately...

Through the Greeks for Green campaign, part of the SGA Greener Way for UA program, fraternities and sororities on campus are taking steps to help the environment. Greeks for Green started Feb. 9 with...

Alabama men’s track and field freshman Kirani James was named the Southeastern Conference Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year, while women’s track and field freshman Krystal Schade was named the SEC...

St. Francis Univeristy Parish continues "Theology on Tap" On Thursday at 7 p.m. at Mugshots, St. Francis University Parish will continue its four week fall Theology on Tap speaker series. This series, directed...

Starting March 4, the Ferguson Art Gallery located in the Ferguson Student Center will be displaying a collection of James Michener’s prints along with various other Ukiyo-e prints entitled Hanga: 200...

Limited bus service will be available on the UA campus until First Transit and the Amalgamated Transit Union agree on a contract, and the bus operators return to work. The following schedule should allow...

Many Americans (probably) suffer from geniophobia, a fear of chins. However, their fear was apparently not enough to keep huge chin-owner extraordinaire Jay Leno from returning to his late-night time slot....

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Justin Knox and Mikhail Torrance each had 17 points and Alabama, playing without leading scorer JaMychal Green, spoiled Devan Downey's final South Carolina home game with a 79-70 victory...

Alabama senior Charlotte Morgan was named to the ESPN.com NCAA Early Season All-American team, the Web site announced. Morgan was named to the first-team and joins 23 other players on the two squads. ...

By Lacey Ezekiel Art comes in all shapes and sizes. Artists with disabilities and chronic illnesses will be able to showcase their art in a Creative Campus-sponsored art show at Harrison Galleries located...

By Jordan Berry I would be lying if I said I had an easy time predicting this year’s Best Picture race. Never in the ten years that I’ve been doing this have I been more uncertain: “Avatar” or...

Jazz ensemble, standards combo to perform chamber concert The UA School of Music presents the Alabama Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Standards Combo in concert on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody music building...

Have you ever heard the phrase, “You’re not an alcoholic until you graduate”? That sums up the way a lot of college students think about drinking. When people are in college, many think they are...

A new sound will be rocking through the Jupiter Bar and Grill this Wednesday night. The band Telepath is set to bring their multi-layered sound to the stage in Tuscaloosa for the second time since playing...

The 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team will visit the White House on Monday, March 8. The team will depart Tuscaloosa for Washington on Monday morning and take part in a service project during the...

Effective this morning, drivers for the CrimsonRide are on strike. After rejecting the latest offer from First Transit, the company running the bus system, the unionized drivers are currently on strike...

by Clara Goode The University held its annual financial aid awareness day event Friday. The UA financial aid office has been working to provide students with information on financial aid through this...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Powered by the fourth highest vault total in school history, the No. 2 Alabama gymnastics team beat No. 12 Kentucky in Memorial Coliseum, 197.225-195.650. The Crimson Tide scored a...

The Alabama men’s tennis team defeated Winthrop University by a score of 6-1 on a chilly Sunday night. During the doubles matches, both teams showed frustration as the matches went on. The first pairing...

The Alabama women’s tennis team dropped just one set Sunday en route to a 7-0 win over Eastern Kentucky at the Alabama Tennis Stadium. The Crimson Tide remains undefeated on its home courts at 5-0 in...

The Alabama men’s golf team returned from the Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico after finishing 11th overall. The Crimson Tide finished 6-over-par 870, after carding rounds of 288 (E),...

With only three seniors and three juniors filling the upperclassmen cleats, the 2010 Crimson Tide softball team is filled with youth, but this group of 18 ladies isn’t lacking any of the drive or talent...

Homecoming committee applications due March 5 The SGA Homecoming office is now looking for new committee members to begin planning for next semester.  If selected, each committee member will work under...

Exalting sounds will be trumpeting from the Moody Music Building this weekend. Musicians from across the region will be traveling to the University for the annual Trumpet Festival of the Southeast. A...

Student photos needed for Capstone Creed Week display The Office of Student Involvement & Leadership is seeking student photograph submissions for a compilation of work to be featured during Capstone...

The UA Outdoor Recreation program will hold a mountain biking trip to Oak Mountain State Park this Saturday. “This is the first and only mountain biking trip the Outdoor Rec has planned for this semester,”...

The annual A-Day Game will be televised live to a national audience by ESPN on April 17. A-Day is the 15th and final practice of the spring with kickoff from Bryant-Denny Stadium scheduled for 2 p.m. Admission...

While growing up in Stockholm, Sweden, Camilla Lennarth never thought playing golf would take her anywhere. In fact, before she started playing golf at the age of 9, she didn’t even follow golf that...

Student photos needed for Capstone Creed Week display The Office of Student Involvement & Leadership is seeking student photograph submissions for a compilation of work to be featured during Capstone...

Everyone remembers the Five A Day campaign and that we are supposed to get five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has replaced the Five A Day program...

Fraternity, sorority hold bone marrow drive Pi Kappa Phi and Chi Omega will hold a bone marrow drive Wednesday in honor of Blaise and Madeline Finnegan. Blaise, a UA freshman, and Madeline, a freshman...

Sophomore forward JaMychal Green scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to notch his fifth double-double of the season and twelfth of his career, but the Alabama men's basketball team was unable to hold...

The No. 8- ranked Alabama softball team claimed the Hatter Invitational championship by defeating No. 14 Ohio State for the third time in the weekend by the score of 7-1 Sunday morning at Patricia Wilson...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Alabama women’s basketball team (11-16, 3-11) outscored Arkansas (12-15, 4-10) by 13 points in the second half to win 69-58 over the Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville,...

Fraternity, sorority hold bone marrow drive Pi Kappa Phi and Chi Omega will hold a bone marrow drive Wednesday in honor of Blaise and Madeline Finnegan. Blaise, a UA freshman, and Madeline, a freshman...

Multiple reports state that Alabama safety Robby Green might have been suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules. Head coach Nick Saban said he admits there is a situation with Green, but a decision...

For the observers of Lent, Wednesday marked the beginning of the 40-day fast. For Christians, Lent is the 40 days, not counting Sundays, during which something of personal importance is sacrificed in...

Freshmen aren’t the youngest music students at Moody Music Hall. Through the Community Music School, a non-degree grant-funded program, UA offers Kindermusik music outreach classes for children six...

On Sunday night, Birmingham-based radio station Live 100.5 officially swapped from live DJs to automated programming, beginning a process to switch its format to an exclusively talk radio format. The switch...

Each time Molly Brooke Threadgill receives a call from her grandmother, the first question is usually the same: “Are you rummaging?” her grandmother jokes. The answer is often yes. Threadgill is a...

“Shhh!” That phrase is the most common one associated with libraries across the country, and some students just can’t seem to keep quiet. Silence can be as loud as The Million Dollar Band blaring...

According to a report by ABC News, organic produce costs up to 32 percent more than conventionally grown produce. Despite the drastic price difference between conventionally grown produce and organic...

The swimming and diving Southeastern Conference Championships will be held today through Saturday in Athens, Ga. In a conference nationally renowned for its success in athletic competition, these championships...

Kappa Delta holds Shamrock Run 5K The Zeta Chapter of Kappa Delta is sponsoring a registered 5K run to benefit the local charity CAPS: Child Abuse Prevention Services and the national organization Prevent...

With the National Weather Service predicting 2 to 4 inches of snow for the Tuscaloosa area between 7 and 11 a.m., UA will suspend classes and normal operations for Friday, Feb 12. Non-essential personnel...

Student bus available for UGA basketball game Crimson Chaos is sponsoring a bus trip to the Alabama vs. Georgia men's basketball game on February 20th to the first 50 interested students. Bus and ticket...

Genealogy event to be held Saturday In celebration of Black History Month, the UA Black Faculty and Staff Association and the department of race and gender studies present “Researching African American...

Student book collectors are invited to participate in the University Libraries’ fourth annual book collecting contest this spring. Contest winners will receive cash prizes and a one-year membership in...

Every so often, a new fad in weight loss rears its head in the media. Television viewers are constantly attacked by advertisements promising quick weight loss results. Consumers often have a difficult...

In his State of the Union address, President Obama succinctly mentioned his backing of high speed rail development in the United States. He followed his words up on Jan. 28 when he announced the recipients...

It’s not an easy thing to take a nearly 400-year-old Shakespearean play and transform it into a show for a modern audience. It also isn’t easy to turn a four-and-a-half-hour tragedy into a one-and-a-half-hour...

BATON ROUGE, La. – The No. 1 Alabama gymnastics was unable to overcome a pair of falls on its first event, the uneven bars, Friday night and lost for the first time this season to No. 12 LSU, 196.475-196.050....

OXFORD, Miss. - Sophomore forward JaMychal Green scored 18 points while freshman forward Tony Mitchell added 16 points and eight rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to counter a second half rally that allowed...

The No. 19 Alabama men’s tennis team qualified for the 2010 ITA National Indoor Championships after defeating No. 23 Arizona and No. 18 Duke. The Tide’s win in their match against Tulane Sunday moved...

President Barack Obama’s proposal to repeal the military’s current “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which keeps open homosexuals from serving in the military, has been met with both resounding...

Dr. Arnold G. Diethelm, founder of the University of Alabama Birmingham Transplant Program, as well as the first surgeon to perform a transplant of any kind in the state, will speak at the eighth annual...

Spring 2010 SGA Election Information New Statement of Candidacy/Statement of Intent forms for SGA executive offices and SGA Senate are now posted on-line at http://vote.ua.edu and http://sga.ua.edu. The...

Send championship photos to The Crimson White The Crimson White is looking for photos from the BCS championship game (tailgating, championship celebrations, action shot, etc). Submit your photo and a...

On Jan. 21, The Crimson White wrote about the Student Government Association and SGA money that was spent to send five students to Pasadena, Calif., for a community service event planned around the BCS...

The Alabama track and field team started off its season at the Kentucky Invitational in Lexington, Ky., last weekend, earning two NCAA provisional qualifying marks. The Tide’s performance was sparked...

Alabama junior guard Varisia Raffington will miss the duration of the 2009-10 season due to a torn medial collateral ligament (MCL) and partially torn posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), head coach Wendell...

Student organization resource meeting planned for next week Foresight is an interactive workshop designed to equip and empower student organizations through providing information about the various resources...

Law school fair to be held today The College of Arts and Sciences will host a law school fair today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m in the ballroom of the Ferguson Center. Representatives from over 35 law schools...

Judy Green has announced that she will retire as The University of Alabama head volleyball coach after the 2010 season. Green, the Crimson Tide's longest tenured volleyball coach, is preparing for her...

Crimson Ride/348-Ride operations adjusted for MLK, Jr. holiday Crimson Ride will not operate on Monday since the University is closed in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. 348-Ride will...

Send your football photos to The CW today The Crimson White is publishing the best student-submitted photos from the 2009 football season in Friday’s edition. Send your pictures along with your name,...