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The opportunity cost of studying abroad

The opportunity cost of studying abroad

Lauren Lane February 15, 2016

Kaitlyn Nott left her home in South Korea to have a college experience that would be different from her friends back home. She was finished with her years in the Korean school system, being ranked against...

Alabama couple travel US in vintage camper

Alabama couple travel US in vintage camper

Lauren Lane November 12, 2015

Kyle Brady and Olivia Gould’s love story began in Fairhope, Alabama, but it has since journeyed across the country with them as they begin to pursue their dreams of living simply. The couple has been...

Travel Guide: Places to go in Athens

Travel Guide: Places to go in Athens

Lauren Lane October 2, 2015

University of Alabama students may be in record attendance at an away game this weekend versus the UGA Bulldogs. Athens is well­-known for its music scene, nightlife and one-­of­-a-­kind restaurants...

Hidden Gems: Finding piece of mind

Hidden Gems: Finding piece of mind

Lauren Lane October 1, 2015

When searching for the perfect job, Tessa Albert, a junior majoring in Advertising, found herself in the historic downtown Northport. She stepped inside the wooded, unassuming storefront of Restoring Piece...

It's not that easy eating green

It's not that easy eating green

Lauren Lane September 28, 2015

With each new fad diet, figuring out what healthy eating looks like becomes more distorted. For Jackson Spradlin, a junior majoring in biology, it means not eating meat. “Being a vegetarian is more than...

Why college students should try vegan

Why college students should try vegan

Lauren Lane August 28, 2015

Going vegan may sound like a near impossible feat, especially in college, and in a place where barbecue is considering a sixth food group, but what if you knew that it was one of the best decisions you...

Druid City Music Hall to replace Jupiter Bar

Druid City Music Hall to replace Jupiter Bar

Lauren Lane August 20, 2015

Hosting Moon Taxi on Aug. 26, Tuscaloosa’s iconic and currently-closed Jupiter Bar will rise from the ashes as a live music venue once again, reincarnated and rebranded into Druid City Music Hall.After...

UA alumnus' company to expand

UA alumnus' company to expand

Lauren Lane April 21, 2015

A Nashville-based startup company is giving University of Alabama business students the opportunity to work on a program that will streamline immunization forms for 
incoming students.Med+Pass Health...

​SGA now accepting applications

Katie Shepherd April 15, 2015

The Student Government Association is now accepting applications for director and standing committee positions. Over 80 positions are open for applications, which are available on the SGA website and close...

Embrace your choices

Rachel Brown April 14, 2015

I’ve always loved the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, and I’m sure you are familiar with the over-quoted ending, “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled...

Dare to be Different

Katie Shepherd April 13, 2015

After four years at the Capstone, it is hard to believe that my time as an undergraduate is coming to an end. The things I have learned here and the people I have become close with will never be forgotten.Since...

​EY to host networking event

Rachel Brown April 1, 2015

EY, formally known as Ernst and Young, will partner with Veterans in Business to host a professional development event for University of Alabama students April 15. The goal of the event is to provide a...

​20-year-old psychology student dies

Katie Shepherd April 1, 2015

Corbyn Kelly Wile, a freshman majoring in psychology from Enterprise, Alabama, died March 18, according to a notification sent by the University. Wile was born Dec. 9, 1994, and was a member of Delta Zeta....

Holle Media Writing Award

Rachel Brown March 26, 2015

The deadline for the Holle Media Writing Award is March 30, 2015. The contest is open to all University of Alabama students enrolled as undergraduates or graduates. To enter, students submit three single-authored...

UA Revive members empower high schoolers

UA Revive members empower high schoolers

Lauren Lane March 24, 2015

The University of Alabama’s Revive Progress Association has made efforts to make voter registration more convenient for University of Alabama students, working with political organizations and by providing...

Bonner's UA cookbook to return

Bonner's UA cookbook to return

Lauren Lane March 24, 2015

The College of Human Environmental Sciences is bringing back a cookbook started by the University’s current president.“Nothing But the Best,” developed 20 years ago by Judy Bonner while she was dean...

Corolla to return after cancellation

Katie Shepherd March 11, 2015

The University of Alabama announced Monday it would publish a 2014-2015 edition of the Corolla yearbook for students, employees, alumni and parents, according to an email sent from UA News just before...

Spillers platform to focus on 6 tenets

Spillers platform to focus on 6 tenets

Rachel Brown March 9, 2015

After moving to numerous states and cities throughout his childhood, Elliot Spillers is finally able to call Alabama home. Spillers, the son of two Air Force parents, is a self-described “military brat.”“People...

Keller proposes numerous SGA initiatives

Keller proposes numerous SGA initiatives

Rachel Brown March 9, 2015

By Rachel Brown | News Editor Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and educated at an east coast boarding school, Stephen Keller said he has really been independent his whole life. As a young teen he secured...

Spillers banner taken off ATO porch

Spillers banner taken off ATO porch

Rachel Brown March 5, 2015

Early Thursday morning, two unidentified men took a sign down from the front of the Alpha Tau Omega house. The sign was put up in support of Elliot Spillers, a candidate for president in the upcoming Student...

Student publications announce new leaders

Rachel Brown March 5, 2015

The Media Planning Board announced the new student leaders who will serve in top leadership positions with The Crimson White and Southern Historian, an annual graduate journal, for the 2015-2016 
school...

Panel explores campus safety

Panel explores campus safety

Lauren Lane March 3, 2015

The Honors College held a town hall meeting covering the issue of safety on campus Monday.The panel was made up of Sgt. Vonda Collins of The University of Alabama Police Department, Zoe Storey, peer education...

Trafficking Trail

Trafficking Trail

Lauren Lane March 2, 2015

The Super Bowl frequently spurs some form of controversy, but this year, it was about a much more serious subject than whether or not the Patriots’ deflated footballs should have cost them their right...

Triathlon team accepting applications

Rachel Brown February 19, 2015

Alabama Triathletes, also known as Bama Tri, are now accepting applications for new members. The triathlon team is open to all students at The University of Alabama. According to the team ’s website,...

Honors portal opens

Lauren Lane February 9, 2015

For many college students, springtime brings multiple emails urging them to apply to honor societies. Some students are led astray and end up applying and paying for membership to honor societies that...

UA leads salvage project

UA leads salvage project

Lauren Lane February 4, 2015

In an attempt to continue excavating artifacts, The University of Alabama’s Office of Archaeological Research has started a new archeological project along the shore of Moundville Archeological Park.Moundville...

Class explores ecology

Class explores ecology

Lauren Lane January 28, 2015

One afternoon several months ago, Bart Elmore, a history professor at The University of Alabama, sparked a conversation among his colleagues about the infamous “smell of Tuscaloosa.” He and his coworkers,...

UA startup places second overall

Lauren Lane January 8, 2015

The University of Alabama is home to more than a dozen startup companies that span across multiple fields of study. Some of these include 2b Electronic, whose main focus is on providing more affordable...

Crimson White to assume new leadership

Crimson White to assume new leadership

Katie Shepherd December 29, 2014

By Katie Shepherd | Assistant News EditorThis semester, The Crimson White will undergo some changes in leadership. In a letter sent to Chris Roberts, chairman of the Media Planning Board, on Monday, Dec....

Protest to be held for Brown

Rachel Brown December 3, 2014

University of Alabama students plan to gather on the first floor of the Ferguson Center Wednesday to protest the decision handed down 
regarding Michael Brown. Michael Brown was an 18-year-old male shot...

State reps respond to accusations

Katie Shepherd November 24, 2014

On Monday, Nov. 24, The Crimson White ran an article titled “Clash of Conservatives.” In the article, various members of the University of Alabama College Republicans were mentioned as having a part...

Clash of Conservatives

Clash of Conservatives

Katie Shepherd November 23, 2014

The University of Alabama College Republicans (UACR), a nationally-affiliated political student organization, split last week in what some have called an ongoing ideological struggle between two factions...

Hoole welcomes students

Hoole welcomes students

Katie Shepherd November 17, 2014

The W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library is home to many rare items that are often not readily available to students in a typical 
library setting. To help students gain access to the many interesting...

Device offers diet tracking

Device offers diet tracking

Lauren Lane November 17, 2014

Edward Sazonov, an associate professor of electrical and 
computer engineering, is part 
of a collaboration with other professors from Georgia State University and the University of Colorado at Denver...

SGA funds flights for veterans

Lauren Lane November 11, 2014

This week, the Student Government Association and the Caring for Camo organization teamed up for Veteran’s Day to promote an initiative going through senate this Thursday, the SGA Honor Flight Funding...

Mooney to discuss science denial at ALLELE

Mooney to discuss science denial at ALLELE

Lauren Lane November 5, 2014

Over the past several years, The University of Alabama has emphasized ALLELE, Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, by providing a series of lectures on specific topics given by well-respected scientists...

Students notice Florey's caring heart

Students notice Florey's caring heart

Lauren Lane October 27, 2014

Betty Finklea Florey, a former UA student, has spent the last 25 years serving students as a teacher, mentor and writer throughout her career as a professor for both the English department and the 
Honors...

Urge Conference Coverage

Katie Shepherd October 27, 2014

Leaders from Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, a reproductive justice activism group based in Washington, D.C., hosted a three-day Reproductive Justice Leadership Institute on The University of...

UADM promotes charity

UADM promotes charity

Lauren Lane October 19, 2014

This week, students saw a Mario Kart game come to life on the Quad as the University of Alabama Dance Marathon dressed up and reenacted the classic video game to spread awareness for their cause. This...

Parking search difficult, even with pass

Parking search difficult, even with pass

Katie Shepherd October 16, 2014

Nina Danilyan lives off campus and loves Alabama football. She goes out of her way to attend every home game she can, but she said the stress of figuring out how to get to campus often overshadows the...

Four professors earn awards

Four professors earn awards

Katie Shepherd October 8, 2014

Each year, the National Alumni Association presents the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award to four professors to recognize their 
excellence in teaching. This year, the association’s selection...

Group teams up for symposium

Group teams up for symposium

Lauren Lane October 7, 2014

The Alabama Rivers Alliance and the Southern Environmental Law Center are teaming up tomorrow to host a “Blue Ribbon” symposium to promote the creation and implementation of a water plan for the state...

Tuscaloosa Transit service adds routes

Tuscaloosa Transit service adds routes

Rachel Brown September 30, 2014

The Tuscaloosa Transit service will continue to extend its service from the Intermodal Facility, the parking deck located downtown, to various stops around the University of Alabama campus. The city council...

Tide Talk emphasizes pivotal changes

Tide Talk emphasizes pivotal changes

Rachel Brown September 28, 2014

“Look at me now,” Aaron Brazelton said to a full audience in the Ferguson Theater. Brazelton, one of four speakers at the eighth Tide Talks speaker series, was speaking to “Mrs. Davis,” a previous...

Theatre to premiere comedy film

Katie Shepherd September 23, 2014

Total Frat Move dubbed “Mantervention” the “greatest raunchy sex comedy since ‘Wedding Crashers.’” The movie will premiere Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Bama Theatre along with only six other theaters...

UA Board of Trustees names female president

Rachel Brown September 22, 2014

The University of Alabama system made history Friday morning by selecting Karen Brooks to serve as the president pro tempore of the Board of Trustees for the next year. Brooks will be the first woman...

App seeks to make giving blood simple

App seeks to make giving blood simple

Katie Shepherd September 21, 2014

Becca Dodge, a senior majoring in psychology, recently lost her father after a seven-week battle with leukemia. If it weren’t for blood that had been donated at blood drives, she said, she wouldn’t...

Heat in Bryant Denny on Saturday

Heat in Bryant Denny on Saturday

Rachel Brown September 9, 2014

Students and fans crowded into Bryant-Denny Stadium, eager for the first home game of the year. Nearly 15,500 students swiped into the game, and 100,306 tickets were sold, despite a forecast of afternoon...

Students struggle to sit in Ferg

Students struggle to sit in Ferg

Katie Shepherd September 7, 2014

During lunch hours, many students are discovering that it is extremely difficult to locate somewhere to sit in the newly-renovated Ferguson Center. Rachel Barwick Gnemi, marketing coordinator for Bama...

37 groups petition for block seats

Rachel Brown September 2, 2014

More than three dozen student organizations presented their case for organized seating, or block seating, during football games in Bryant-Denny Stadium on Monday night. Thirty-seven groups highlighted...