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Opinion | DeVonta Smith is more than a football player. He’s a fashion icon

Simone Shadd, Contributing Columnist • July 28, 2021

The University of Alabama produces some of the most talented athletes in the world. It also produces some of the most fashionable athletes, including 2020 Heisman Trophy holder DeVonta Smith.

Opinion | Appropriating diversity is disingenuous

Simone Shadd, Contributing Columnist • June 9, 2021

Much as white audiences adopt and appropriate slang from Black culture until it loses its original meaning, we are in the midst of another type of erasure, one that preaches progress but practices regression. While...

Opinion | We should all be more like Gumps

Simone Shadd, Contributing Columnist • June 8, 2021

Gumps — the most dedicated of Alabama fans — are committed to UA Athletics the way one might be dedicated to God. If Nate Oats is their lord and savior, then Coleman Coliseum is their house of worship. While...

Opinion | UA has a class problem

Simone Shadd, Contributing Writer • February 24, 2021

The idea that college is an inherent equalizer or a gateway to the middle class vastly ignores the disparities that exist in higher education.