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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 Matthew Bailey

Push Against the Status Quo

Matthew Bailey April 15, 2015

I’ve been at The University of Alabama since August 2008, and the amount of changes that the University and city have undergone is staggering to consider.The University has gone from having a Machine...

2014-2015 SGA had successes, failures

Matthew Bailey March 30, 2015

The 2014-2015 SGA Senate had its final meeting on Thursday, March 26. It was an interesting experience to serve as the law school Senator. Unsurprisingly, all of the legislation that was moderately controversial...

Students must vote in elections to break the SGA's cycle of mediocrity

Matthew Bailey March 3, 2015

I’m in my seventh year here and am currently an SGA senator for the law school, so I’ve seen the work and sometimes disgusting actions that have happened inside and outside the SGA and SGA elections....

Student protests protect speech

Matthew Bailey February 22, 2015

Student protests of individuals chosen to speak at their schools, especially commencement speakers, have increased over the past few years. Many have considered these protests to be an attack on the free...

Terrorism is not limited to Islam

Matthew Bailey February 17, 2015

Imagine that there was a terrorist organization operating within the United States that had killed several thousand Americans, had over one hundred loosely-organized chapters, and was continuing to plan...

Obama misses mark in State of the Union

Matthew Bailey February 3, 2015

President Obama gave his last important State of the Union earlier this month. Though he has one more address to give, that one will be overshadowed by electoral politics. This speech outlined what he...

MLK saw more than a 'dream'

Matthew Bailey January 20, 2015

Monday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for the federal and state governments in America. Many will spend the day focusing on his “I Have a Dream” speech, especially his hope that his children would...

UA Board should undergo reform

Matthew Bailey November 17, 2014

UAB football appears to be once again in trouble from their biggest foe, the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. The University of Alabama Board of Trustees oversees the entire University of Alabama...

Racial biases steer prison sentences

Matthew Bailey November 3, 2014

The Huntsville City Schools paid a former Federal Bureau of Investigations agent $157,000 last year. This salary is probably more than any school teacher made in the district that year, but more importantly,...

Uber must have stricter criteria

Matthew Bailey October 20, 2014

Tuscaloosa has recently become involved in a debate many other cities are dealing with: ridesharing. Uber, a California-based ridesharing company, expanded to Tuscaloosa and was providing its services...

Abortion laws show state legal problems

Matthew Bailey October 6, 2014

In Alabama, the current laws on abortion require an insane parental consent law 
to be followed. Under HB 494, minors who are seeking an abortion without the consent of their parents will now essentially...

NFL sparks domestic violence conversation

Matthew Bailey September 23, 2014


 The NFL has been backed into a corner and Roger Goodell has had to face serious questions regarding whether or not he will keep his job. This is for good reason. The NFL has not taken domestic violence...

Racist NFL team names should go

Matthew Bailey September 8, 2014

Washington, D.C.’s NFL team and their owner Daniel Snyder have been under increasing pressure to change the name from the racist one that they currently go by. The pressure from Native American and...

Campus change demands some students' input

Matthew Bailey August 25, 2014

This is my seventh year at the Capstone, and it’s probably the year that the University has been most open to change. In response to last year’s criticism, the sorority rush program has taken quite...

Nation's leaders should not look to Alabama

Matthew Bailey July 29, 2014

This past week, Governor Robert Bentley said national leaders should look towards Alabama as a model on how to run a government, especially in getting jobs. This is nothing sort of delusional. If Governor...

Immigrant children coming to U.S. due to violence, not lax security

Matthew Bailey July 16, 2014

Despite the conspiracy theories put forth by many who hate President Obama, the immigrant children that are arriving in record numbers to the United States border are not doing it at the administration’s...

Alabama needs to reform prisons, jails

Matthew Bailey July 1, 2014

Alabama’s state motto is “Audemus jura nostra defendere,” which translates to “We dare defend our rights.” One way this state has been failing greatly in defending human rights is when it comes...

The U.S. should go back to postal banking

Matthew Bailey April 3, 2014

In the state of Alabama, many individuals resort to payday and title loan dealers to pay off regular expenses. Sixty-nine percent of first-time borrowers are taking out a payday loan for regular expenses...

Alabama should support, pass an expungement law

Matthew Bailey February 27, 2014

Growing up in the state of Alabama, several things became apparent to me very early on. The most important of these was that the unofficial state motto was “thank God for Mississippi.” Unfortunately,...

Clarifying the legal mess surrounding the BSFL poster removal

Matthew Bailey February 17, 2014

The First Amendment right to free speech is not absolute, and this is especially true when discussing students’ rights. The Supreme Court’s decision in Tinker v. Des Moines makes clear that administrators...

America’s pseudo-science problem

Matthew Bailey February 10, 2014

I chose to sit at home last week and watch the “debate” over evolution between scientist Bill Nye and creationist Ken Ham. It was particularly illuminating the way that Ham, by the end of the debate,...

Alabama’s priorities ignore real issues

Matthew Bailey January 23, 2014

Last week, the United States Department of Justice released the findings of their investigation into Alabama’s Tutwiler Prison for Women. They laid out an environment where one-third of the staff has...

Religion does not guarantee exemption from law

Matthew Bailey January 9, 2014

A column yesterday argued that the “Obamacare” mandate that employers cover birth control in their employee’s health plans is a clear tyrannical violation of religious liberty in the United States....

Negative stereotypes, dirty politics fuel welfare hatred

Matthew Bailey November 25, 2013

By Matthew Bailey | Staff Columnist In his 1976 campaign for the Republican nomination, Ronald Reagan spoke about a woman who represented the worst in the United States’ welfare system. He talked about...

NFL culture of bullying, hazing needs reform

Matthew Bailey November 11, 2013

The sports culture in the United States has shown its ugly side in the past year in a variety of ways. The most recent example has been the reaction that both the sports media and the mainstream media...

Stipends for college athletes unrealistic, problematic proposal

Matthew Bailey October 28, 2013

The idea of giving college football and basketball players stipends has become extremely popular since allegations toward reigning Heisman winner Johnny Manziel popped up during the college football offseason....

Affordable Care Act expansion of Medicaid not entirely complete

Matthew Bailey October 14, 2013

  Ever since the Affordable Care Act started to be debated in Congress, Republicans and conservatives have made it their goal to fight against all forms of the act. Unfortunately, their refusal to...

Current actions against institutional racism not enough

Matthew Bailey September 30, 2013

On Sept. 18, I woke up early to join several hundred students, faculty and those in the community to show my support of fighting against institutionalized racism in The University of Alabama community....

Look at the larger context of UA’s greek discrimination

Matthew Bailey September 16, 2013

A recent NBC/WSJ poll asked Americans whether or not they agreed with the statement that America is a nation where people are judged by their character, not their skin color. Fifty-four percent of Americans...

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