It’s been almost ten days, and I’m still peeved by this article. The Aug. 29 article titled “Building names reflect different era on campus” perturbed me for multiple reasons, but the one that...

My jaw dropped to the floor when I heard the news: The University of Alabama is about to allow strip-mining on a large plot of its land. In a deal that smells worse than a coal-fired power plant, my beloved...

While I applaud the attempt to make use of the evil side of some our campus namesakes for the purpose of education ("Building names reflect different era on campus" from 8/30) it would behoove the CW to...

I have interacted with enough magnanimous students, professors and community leaders during my time at the University of Alabama to reaffirm my painfully idealistic belief in the amiable spirit of mankind,...

In my four years at the University, I, like most students, have become concerned with the rifts that exist on our campus. While UA offers many excellent academic and social opportunities for students,...

By Ben Baxter “This is not the end. This is the beginning!” Those are the famous words that Coach Nick Saban used in reference to our thirteenth national championship. Ideally, those words apply to...

I was outraged after reading the recent article in The Crimson White titled “KA cancels 2010 Old South parade.” It is obvious to me that many members of this University need an education on what makes...

Recently, I traveled to Birmingham with the Blackburn Institute to meet community leaders and discuss the future of the Birmingham area. Although discussion covered a variety of issues, each reached the...

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell recently issued a proclamation recognizing April as Confederate History Month. Upon hearing this, I was utterly taken aback. Why would any state dedicate an entire month to...

The primary goal of any SGA President should be cultivating an inclusive, transparent and truly representative student government. For months, I have laid out my vision for broadening representation in...

I was sure that attending college at the University was going to be a great experience, and that I was going to have plenty of fun while getting my education. However, during my first two semesters here...

We liberals delivered on health care. Over the course of next few months to the next few years, 30 million more people will get health insurance, and everyone will be protected from the evil tactics of...

The forum of political debate is filled with the same “crises” that have dominated the last fifty years: the threat of nuclear weapons and terrorism, yet another war, global poverty, the environmental...

This November, Americans will face another election. Republicans and the Democrats will once again be pitted against each other in a fight to answer the question of who is wrong and who is right. The question...

When I first visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, I remember three things in particular about the museum. First, it was extremely cramped. I was not able to see some of the...

In response to Tray Smith’s column on Wednesday concerning President Obama’s “unserious Iran policy,” I ask: Have we learned nothing from Iraq? As the recent Nuclear Posture Review makes apparent,...

We liberals delivered on health care. Over the course of next few months to the next few years, 30 million more people will get health insurance, and everyone will be protected from the evil tactics of...

As a Catholic, I feel compelled to respond to the recent editorial concerning the church’s response to sexual abuse scandals in Ireland and across the globe and show that the church is not complicit...

By no means am I denouncing critics of the consumption of milk. Well, maybe I am. Rebecca Howard’s letter to the editor on Friday was definitely biased, almost misleading, regarding the facts about milk....

On Monday, the Obama administration revamped the policies governing the nation’s nuclear arsenal, narrowing the circumstances under which the United States would be willing to use nuclear weapons and...

On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced plans to seriously limit when it is appropriate to use nuclear weapons. Obama made it clear that, even in self-defense, nuclear weapons would never be an...

After reading Friday's letter to the editor titled, "The dairy deception," I was highly offended. Being a huge fan of milk and all of its derivatives, I felt like Rebecca Howard was waging a personal war...

Most of my friends know I’m a member of the Baha’i Faith. It’s not that I go around telling people all the time. Religion just tends to come up here. Few people have heard about the world’s newest...

I have to admit — I’m no fan of flame wars in The Crimson White. But Will Thomas’s editorial “Sacrifice key to success” terrified me into responding. First, I strenuously disagree that “Lost”...

When I received UA President Robert Witt’s campus-wide e-mail urging me to call my representatives and tell them to support the bill that would not place a tuition cap on PACT students, I almost lost...

Supporters have praised President Obama’s health care reform bill as a historic landmark in our nation’s history — and so it is, but not for the reasons that many of them claim. The concept itself...

When Iranian authorities refused to allow western journalists into the country following the controversial 2009 presidential election, many were worried that news of the Iranian citizens’ protests would...

Members of the class of 2010 nationwide and here at the University applied to Teach For America in record numbers – more than 46,000 applicants for this fall’s class of 4,350 teacher corps members....

In addition to having 46 million people without health insurance, Examiner’s Ryan Witt says statistics from the Congressional Budget Office suggest that, by the time I’m 60 and my children are in their...

Did you know that Mercedes Benz is consistently ranked as one of the safest car makers? Although the automobile manufacturer has a reputation for luxurious, high-performance vehicles, their products are...

In a little less than a month’s time, my days as an elected official in the SGA will be over. My time as a senator has been rewarding in countless ways, and I plan to continue to serve through the remainder...

During the six years I have been on this campus, the Student Government Association has come to resemble, in my mind, a predator that wounds prey and then allows its young to finish that prey off. The...

Last week, the Ferguson Center hosted an all-day series of student presentations about culture-related research. The event, which was titled “Discerning Diverse Voices: Communication and Information...

Three years of intense Student Government Association experience have not only given me the credibility to run for office, but also a vision for an inclusive SGA that represents a unified student body....

It’s getting late, but you are still not done with your Photoshop project. If you can’t finish before the lab closes, you will have to wake up early and cram it in before class. This is because computer...

Many students don’t care about SGA. I don’t blame them. Few people are able to see the potential for good in a system that has failed in numerous ways to reach out to them over the years. Year after...

A recent Crimson White editorial suggested that the U.S. needs more nuclear power since coal and oil are bad choices. Why do the shortcomings of coal and oil mean that we have to replace them with something...

Jason Galloway commits many obvious and common errors in his latest column, "Turning science on its head." He is wrong when he says atheists are claiming they can disprove a god. No one can disprove a...

In Josh Veazey’s recent column, “We Are Not Listening,” the American people were blamed for Obama’s continuing failures. The author said that “Americans are stupid” and implied that if we...

I went to a high school where I learned more about the Bible than I did about math, and my tenth grade biology teacher refused to teach evolution because, well, people didn’t come from monkeys. They...

The CrimsonRide drivers’ struggle to make ends meet inspires much empathy. Few of us have grown up in such desperation as their families. However, the best decisions are based not on emotion, but on...

Since last fall when it was announced that a secret nuclear facility had been discovered in the Iranian city of Qom, concerns about the nefarious plans of the Islamic regime have been running at a fever...

The current immigration debate is largely based on legal status and job occupation, but the people who are mostly forgotten among the rancor are the children of immigrants. Regardless of these children’s...

While reading last Friday’s edition of The Crimson White, I was taken aback by one of the responses in the “Your View” section. People were asked, “What do you think of African-American History...

Barely into his first term in office, a young, energetic, Democratic president made a decision that would revolutionize the way Americans would think about space travel forever. When President John F....

On the east end of the UA campus where University Boulevard meets Fraternity Row, there once stood a beautiful two-story brick house: the Rotary House. It is now a mere memory. The demolition crew that...

As a UA student from far-off, thriving, bingo-loving Dothan, Birmingham’s political and economic health was never really on my radar until I started dating a girl who was born and raised there. Even...

There is a struggle for economic justice going on right here at the UA campus, and it deserves our support. The drivers of our Crimson Ride buses are being short-changed and mistreated by First Transit....

In a letter to the editor last Thursday, Ashlie Bowman wrote that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is desirable because of its practical benefits: an army in which gays are forcibly hidden will ensure the...

In America today, educational disparities limit the life prospects of 14 million children growing up in poverty. Half of students in low-income communities won’t graduate from high school. Those who...

Jonathan Reed’s article decrying secessionist comments made by two Texas gubernatorial candidates was one of the most misguided things I have ever read in The Crimson White. While the author waffled...

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is, as Ashlie Bowman so intuitively pointed out to us, the most “proven and effective solution for the current situation.” I completely agree. In order for us to allow...

As an out-of-state student who hails from Texas, I knew almost immediately what Jonathan Reed’s article was about when I saw the word “secession” in the headline. Naturally intrigued by something...

I applaud Will Tucker’s enthusiasm for NASA and space exploration. It is my passion, and it excites me when it ends up in the forefront of people’s discussion. More people talking about space translates...

I am a believer in everyone’s right to have their own opinions, but I find it offensive when people who have zero military background ramble on about things they know nothing about. I know my opinion...

Nearly every day, I enjoy a bagel in the designated student “lounge” before I start studying at Rodgers Library. Before I could take a bite Thursday, someone on staff told me that food from home was...

In the summer of 1933, Tuscaloosa endured various racially motivated lynchings, making it one of the most dangerous cities in America. The Tuscaloosa News reported that "the eyes of the world" were upon...

Every semester, new people appear on campus. These collegiate newbies go around swiping their magical card that does everything from opening doors to dispensing between-class snacks and allowing you to...

I don't usually get annoyed by attendance requirements. I go to class, and only once have I exceeded the allotted number of absences. But every day that I was in one of my classes last week – a large...

In 1992, the Alabama Crimson Tide football team claimed the program's 12th national title. That team was honored with a sparkling championship reception at Coleman Coliseum, a massive pep rally on the...