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It’s my collegiate experience, and I’ll cry if I want to

Ryan Flamerich April 23, 2013

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I find it profound that these small rectangular views of moments, which are already over before the camera’s shutter closes, are worth so much. It is then...

Students are the real bosses of the Student Government Association

Students are the real bosses of the Student Government Association

Ryan Flamerich February 4, 2013

It was a cold Saturday morning in Fayetteville, Ala., last January when SGA President Stephen Swinson, Treasurer Christian Smith, and I, serving as Speaker of the Senate, represented Alabama at the SEC...

Ethics code will strengthen Student Government

Ryan Flamerich January 26, 2012

The Student Government Association Senate will vote tonight on the most important legislation to come before it this year – a bill establishing an ethics code for the entire SGA. This bill was crafted...

UA must develop ethical leaders

Ryan Flamerich November 10, 2011

Last summer, people around the country buried their heads between the pages of “The Help,” a heartwarming story of African-American maids in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. The book spent...

Student seating must be fair

Ryan Flamerich September 8, 2011

Last spring, SGA president Grant Cochran and I discovered a problem with a major SGA project that affects a lot of students on this campus: student organization seating. As we moved closer to the start...

Student Senate elections important

Ryan Flamerich March 1, 2011

Next Monday, students will go to the polls to elect Student Government Association leaders for the next year. While the presidential campaign between Nancy Hogan and Grant Cochran has gotten the most attention,...

Chinese aircraft threaten U.S.

Ryan Flamerich January 14, 2011

This past Monday, intelligence officials from the United States received word from sources within China that the J-20 stealth fighter took its first test flight. From grainy cell phone pictures, analysts...

Elections reaffirm America’s desire for change

Ryan Flamerich November 8, 2010

This past Tuesday, we witnessed a pivotal election in American history. Call it a referendum on Obama, a Republican insurgency or a political realignment; one thing is clear: It was a call for a new type...

Debate an example that should be followed

Ryan Flamerich September 21, 2010

This past Thursday was a chance for the University to shine, and did it ever. With the eyes of the state upon it, the Capstone showed everyone watching something that we Capstonians already know: This...

High tide club offers new options for students

Ryan Flamerich September 1, 2010

Wesley Vaughn’s column in Wednesday’s issue of The Crimson White – “High-dy Tide-y dumb almighty” – is filled with a number of concerns about the High Tide Program that we would like to address....

Make the most of freshman year

Ryan Flamerich August 17, 2010

By Ryan Flamerich Freshmen, let me start by welcoming you to the University of Alabama. Roll Tide! Congratulations on becoming Alabama’s Class of 2014. Let me also answer a few questions you might have....