The world mourned over the weekend as the world’s oldest person died in Italy at the age of 117.Emma Morano, born on Nov. 29, 1899, was officially the last living person born in 
the 1800s.On her 117th...

The brand new sign for the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument was unveiled during a dedication ceremony Saturday afternoon downtown.The national monument includes sites such as the Birmingham Civil...

Tens of thousands of activists joined 
together on Tax Day over the weekend to demonstrate in cities across the country and demand the release of President Donald Trump’s tax returns.Trump is the first...

United Airlines announced late on Friday that it will now require commuting staff and crew members to check into flights one hour before departure. The policy change is in response to the viral video from...

North Korea attempted a missile launch on Sunday that failed “almost immediately,” according to military officials.“The President and his military team are aware of North Korea’s most recent unsuccessful...

Students at Auburn University are asking the school to take strong, proactive stands against white supremacy after the school’s White Student Union distributed anti-Semitic flyers last week.The alt-right...

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz said on Wednesday that he felt “shame” when he saw the viral videos of a passenger being dragged from his seat on a Sunday night flight. He apologized to passenger...

The University of Alabama, which opened on April 12, 1831, celebrated its 186th birthday yesterday. While 186 is a substantial number and worthy of recognition and reflection, the UA community was much...

A Fresh Express Walmart salad has been recalled after two people in Florida found a dead bat in their package.The affected products are five-ounce containers of Organic Marketside Spring Mix with a best-if-used-by...

 A man who allegedly tried to kill a Florence, Alabama, police detective escaped from jail this weekend.Christopher Kilpatrick, 43, escaped late Saturday from the Lauderdale County Detention Center. Kilpatrick,...

Impeachment proceedings for Gov. Robert Bentley are set to begin in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee today as the committee will make a recommendation for or against impeachment to the...

By SomeonAlabama legislators voted on Tuesday to remove the power of state judges to hand down the death penalty despite a jury’s recommendation for life in prison, and vice versa.According to the Associated...

Chief White House Strategist Stephen Bannon was removed from his role as a member of the National Security Council on Wednesday.The White House has been largely silent about Bannon’s removal, not announcing...

The University of Alabama’s partnership with the free food ordering app “Tapingo” began on Monday, giving students the ability to order food from campus restaurants via their phone and have it delivered...

A state senator from Tuscaloosa has proposed a bill in the Alabama legislature that would require women seeking abortions to hear a detailed description of the embryo or fetus during a sonogram.Sen. Gerald...

The National Weather Service is forecasting stormy weather in Alabama in the upcoming week.Starting on Monday, heavy rain is expected statewide. Tuscaloosa and surrounding areas have a slight risk of severe...

A federal judge approved a $25 million settlement in the Trump University lawsuits on Friday.The suits, filed by former Trump University students, alleged the real-estate school defrauded customers with...

Though the country is in a fake news frenzy, and though media outlets are doing their best to keep their content as accurate as possible, there is one day of the year when all of that is thrown out the...

A year after a white Montgomery police officer received charges for fatally shooting a Black man, a 
committee in the Alabama State House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that created procedures...

The president and CEO of the West Alabama Boys and Girls Club was arrested over the weekend for allegedly possessing child pornography.Following his Sunday-night arrest, Anthony Dellon “Tony” Bush,...

Road work-induced traffic jams are far from over, as the Tuscaloosa News reports that $23.2 million will be put into improving Lurleen Wallace Boulevard, which could begin as early as this fall.“To me,...

An email from the University Registrar was sent to students on Monday, reminding them that Wednesday is the last day to drop all except one class with a grade of “W” for the full, spring 2017 term.“All...

The University of Alabama will celebrate the principles expressed in its Capstone Creed in #BamaCreed Week this week. “The goal of #BamaCreed Week is to help the UA community consider what it means to...

An email regarding train safety was the sent to students from the dean of students on Monday morning.Over the weekend, a video was posted on social media showing supposed students climbing between and...

The city of Tuscaloosa has purchased a portion of Patriot Parkway from developer Stan Pate for $1.861 million, according to The Tuscaloosa News. The purchase follows discussion of developing a Walmart...

Discount shoe chain Payless Inc. may file for bankruptcy as soon as next week, Bloomberg reports.According to AL.com, the store, which has nearly $665 million worth of debt, will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

Three Tuscaloosa City Board of Education seats failed to have candidates receive a majority of votes earlier this month, and voting deadlines for the upcoming runoff elections are now quickly approaching....

After a year of his administration being shrouded in scandal after scandal, rumors have begun to swirl around the state Capitol about whether or not Governor Robert Bentley will resign his post in the...

President Donald Trump and GOP allies spent Wednesday lobbying for votes for their Obamacare adjustment plan.Without any support expected from Democrats, the Trump administration can only afford to lose...

A Tennessee teacher believed to have abducted his student had researched teen marriage before the alleged abduction, authorities have reported.“That is an issue that we have some major concerns of because...

Studying abroad in college comes with a lot of things – especially questions.In an effort to answer those questions and to educate students on the basics of studying abroad, the Education Abroad office...

A suicide prevention training program that aims to help students recognize and respond to the warning signs of suicide is now available, according to UA News.The program, Ask Listen Refer, is online at...

Philanthropic student organizations and non-profits with student representatives are being given the opportunity to apply for funds through the Igniting Innovation grant competition presented by Capstone...

Tuscaloosa’s municipal elections on Tuesday yielded three runoffs for the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education, according to The Tuscaloosa News. The runoff elections will take place on April 18, with...

Pending approval by the UA Board of Trustees and Compensation Committee, Greg Byrne, the new director of athletics at The University of Alabama, is set to make $900,000 a year, according to the Tuscaloosa...

While some may find news about streaking to be offensive, nothing could have been more offensive to the Alabama community than a Crimson White editorial criticizing the seemingly untouchable Coach Paul...

Dozens of students were elected to positions in the Student Government Association following the election on Tuesday.With 54 percent of the vote, Jared Hunter unofficially won the SGA presidential election,...

University of Alabama students voted for the legislative members of their Student Government Association on Tuesday, voting in 50 senators who proportionately represent each of the 10 colleges.For colleges...

University of Alabama students received an e-mail on Wednesday afternoon alerting them that Alabama Department of Public Health officials have recorded four new cases of mumps at the University since Feb....

Parents and family members of University of Alabama students received an email on Monday notifying them that a 19-year-old student unexpectedly died in a residence hall that day. According to the email,...

Road construction has become a staple of Tuscaloosa, and that isn’t changing anytime soon. Two lanes along a one-half mile stretch of University Boulevard will be closed from March 13 through Aug. 4,...

University of Alabama students will vote for members of the Student Government Association (SGA) elections on Tuesday, March 7. Starting at 7 a.m. and ending at 7 p.m., students will be able to vote through...

Sitting at a bus stop with a box of chocolates and a briefcase, Saturday Night Live’s Kate McKinnon played Attorney General Jeff Sessions once again – this time as if Sessions were Forrest Gump.Talking...

More than 1,000 people, including members of The University of Alabama community, participated in the fifth annual Tuscaloosa Half Marathon (THM) on Saturday, according to The Tuscaloosa News.The mission...

Hello dear readers. After a brief week’s hiatus, Tide Hop is back in action! This week we turn the dial back 37 years to the Feb. 27, 1980 edition of The Crimson White. It is not every day that Tide...

A Mardi Gras parade in Gulf Shores turned from celebration to chaos on Tuesday after a Ford Expedition plowed into a marching band.Twelve students from ages 12 to 17 were injured in the accident. Of those,...

Students received an email Tuesday afternoon notifying them that both The University of Alabama campus and Tuscaloosa County at large are under a tornado watch until 6 p.m.“Thunderstorms, damaging winds,...

The first historical marker to memorialize the lives of Black men lynched in Tuscaloosa County will be unveiled on March 6 by the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit human rights law firm out of Montgomery.While...

The first town hall meeting by a U.S. House Representative member from Alabama was held Saturday morning when Rep. Gary Palmer met with constituents at Hoover City Hall. According to a report from...

Students received an email just before noon on Friday informing that three University of Alabama students were diagnosed with and have recovered from mumps.“The three students are no longer contagious,...

Gov. Robert Bentley signed an executive order on Tuesday that created a task force to study the effects of a possible repeal of Alabama’s grocery sales tax.“My goal for this task force is to remove...

Wells Fargo Bank announced on Tuesday that it fired four senior employees with ties to last year’s fraud scandal.The four employees, former community bank chief risk officer Claudia Russ Anderson, Arizona...

On the day after Christmas of her senior year of high school, Dominique Anderson was exiled from her family. Her parents found out that she was lesbian and cut her off, forcing her to leave home, finish...

An update on the University’s Diversity Mapping Project was offered by UA News on Monday.The report said the project, which was started in 2016, is "nearing completion," though no specific end date was...

More hunters are reporting the number of deer they kill in the state of Alabama, according to Alabama’s wildlife agency.The change is likely due to a new law that makes reporting deer harvests mandatory....

A fireball that was spotted in the sky Saturday night was likely a meteorite dropper, according to Bill Cooke, head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office 
in Huntsville.While the fireball was visible...

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would create a way for the legislature to block funding for state colleges and universities that establish “sanctuary” policies that...

Park employees of Moundville Archaeological Park told the police that someone used a knife to scratch Xs over Alabama logos that are on soap dispensers in the park– an act which is considered misdemeanor...

In American news of 1949, Harry Truman was president, the fourth Geneva Convention was signed, the term “big bang” was coined and the National Basketball Association was born. In University of Alabama...

Andrew Puzder withdrew his nomination for secretary of labor on Wednesday, making him the first of President Donald Trump’s cabinet members to withdraw.“While I won’t be serving in the administration,”...

A recent ranking released by bestcolleges.com places The University of Alabama at No. 4 in a list of America’s Top Military-Friendly Colleges.“…The U.S. military remains one of the largest armed...

Tuscaloosa firefighters proved this weekend that they can do more than just keep local residents safe: they can also make a mean cup of chili. In a landslide victory, Tuscaloosa Firefighters Local 403...

Following student, faculty and staff protests as well as years of debate among university leadership, Yale University announced it will change the name of Calhoun College, an undergraduate residence college...

Jeff Sessions got the Saturday Night Live treatment this weekend, with Kate McKinnon playing the attorney general, southern accent and all.McKinnon’s Sessions was introduced by Melissa McCarthy’s Sean...

Veterans Day was once known as Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of WWI. But in 1926 Congress passed a resolution for an annual observance, and it became a national holiday in 1938. Now, Veterans...

A record number of Alabama voters registered to vote in the upcoming Nov. 8 election, Secretary of State John Merrill said on Monday.While just over two million Alabamians voted in the 2012 presidential...

A Colonial petroleum gas pipeline exploded near Helena, Alabama, on Monday afternoon, about five miles west from where there was a Colonial Pipeline gasoline leak last month. It is not clear if the explosion...

It’s that time of the week, again! For this week’s throwback, Tide Hop we will take a look at The University of Alabama in 1981 through the lens of the Oct. 19 and 21 issues of  The Crimson White.They...

Every building on the University's campus has a past – sometimes a dark one. Even the President's mansion, which has housed every UA President for 150 years is full of stories.The mansion was completed...

The 45th annual Kentuck Arts Festival continued its legacy this weekend with over 270 artists and craftsmen selling different pieces of artwork and handmade items at various booths. Visitors viewed everything...

And back to the '70s we go! For this week’s Tide Hop we will hippity hop our way back to the Oct. 9, 1972 issue of The Crimson White.Student sit-in: On Oct. 5, 1972, approximately 40 students staged...

They play with the most stripped-down setup possible: just lead guitar and drums, in the style of the White Stripes. In the Whale, a band based out of Denver, Colorado, will make its way to Birmingham...

This week we will throw it back to the decade that most college students consider to be the golden age: the 1990s. After all, who doesn’t love NSYNC, Boy Meets World and scrunchies? Let’s take a look...

Surrounded by friends, family, peers, lots of school spirit and bonfire kindling that was ready to burn, Ainsley LeBlanc was crowned The University of Alabama’s homecoming queen last Friday.“It was...

Creative Campus will tap into storytelling’s ability to build connections between people and cultures during their event, LatiNOW: A Night of Storytelling, on Thursday. An event designed to engage the...

Three people were wounded when 50 gunshots were fired near Tuscaloosa's Cypress Inn Restaraunt and Buddy's Food Mart early Sunday morning. Victims include a 22-year-old African-American man, a 20-year-old...

It is incurable, often stigmatized and largely unknown and yet polycystic ovary syndrome affects the lives of over 7 million women in the United States and over 10 million women worldwide, according to...

We aren’t quite done with the ‘60s. This week we travel back in time over half a century, 53 years to be exact, and take a look at the University through the reporting of The Crimson White in 1963.Race...

Annual homecoming activities at The University of Alabama  will cause several roads on campus to be closed this weekend.From roughly 6:30 - 10 p.m. on Friday, University Boulevard, between Hackberry...

The world’s first global film festival, Manhattan Short, will make its way to the Bama Theatre Sept. 29. Community members are invited to watch 10 films compiled into a two hour show. These films will...

As our campus, and the nation, continue to make strides in gender and sexuality equality, there is still a lot to work on. Many people are unaware of people who identify with asexuality, the lack of sexual...

It’s a new trend among young people that’s caused a panic in many a parent and moralist. Teenagers, college students and young adults are using smart phone technology to send each other suggestive...

Les Miles, head football coach at Louisiana State University, was fired on Sunday, four games into his 12th season with LSU. Ed Orgeron will act as interim coach for the rest of the season.Cam Cameron,...