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...

As someone who met basically all of her friends via extracurricular activities, I am always going to be the one to encourage students to “get involved.” In terms of volunteerism specifically, the number...

Though I can’t speak with absolute certainty, I am pretty confident in saying that the UA student body’s investment in SGA elections is rather unusual. At most schools that my friends attend, nobody...

From the Civil War era and 
antebellum South to the turbulent 1960s, there is no denying that the state of Alabama has a less-than-positive civil rights track record. Fortunately, in this day and age,...

About 1,300 international students currently study at The University of Alabama. My freshman year, I learned that the majority of these students will never step foot in an American home, a fact that changed...

Now that we have safely made it to October, fall break is on my mind. My family lives in Pennsylvania, and this will be my first trip home to see them since May. Fall break comes at the perfect point in...

Lauren Deutsch | OpinionsI have come to hate the word millennial, even though I am one. All too often, “millennial” is preceded by “lazy,” or “cynical” or “selfish,” and quite frankly,...