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

Serving the campus of the University of Alabama since 1894

The Crimson White

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Jared Hunter should be disqualified

Jared Hunter should be disqualified

Mike Smith March 27, 2017

This Thursday, the Elections Board released one of the last, if not its final, SGA election violations report. In it, most alleged violations turned out to be nothing, even as two sorority houses were...

Open textbooks present solution to book prices

Open textbooks present solution to book prices

Mike Smith August 24, 2016

Education is said to be one of the great equalizers in our society. Accessibility to quality education has been hailed as a solution to poverty, social injustices, and systematic oppression. As much as...

Stop stigmatizing polyamorous relationships

Mike Smith August 18, 2016

During the debate over marriage equality, I heard a lot of liberal politicians say something along the lines of "whatever two consenting adults do in the bedroom is none of the government's business." With...

Trump is the most dangerous candidate since Wallace

Mike Smith July 27, 2016

There has never been a time that I have agreed with Jeb Bush more than when he said, "Donald Trump is a chaos candidate." While it may have been a last ditch effort by a dying campaign, that doesn't make...

Leave Benghazi in the past

Mike Smith July 6, 2016

Last week, Congress finished its investigation into the terrorist attack on an American consulate in Benghazi, Libya... again.This investigation, led by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), was the eighth of its kind....

Climate change is the defining issue of our time

Mike Smith June 22, 2016

Last month was the 13th consecutive month to break all-time temperature records. The 13th consecutive month. Think about that. This May was so hot that it beat out the previous hottest May on record,...

Raising Congress' pay gives more opportunities to future legislators

Mike Smith June 8, 2016

While browsing through Facebook, at least once a week I see a political cartoon on my newsfeed that goes like this: "Congress cut funding to (senior citizens/veterans/the poor/etc.), and they believe they...

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