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Fundamentals of a pro-life morality

Fundamentals of a pro-life morality

Will Leathers October 20, 2016

Recent events including a column posted on this site and comments made during a 
vice-presidential debate have once again questioned the legitimacy of pro-life beliefs and their place in the public square.Recent...

Don’t call me an evangelical

Will Sorrell May 2, 2016

I’m an evangelical, but don’t call me that.I am by no stretch of the imagination a minority. As a white, straight, cisgender, able-bodied male, I’m the poster-child for the majority. Yet there’s...

Let them play: women's basketball faces double standard

Will Sorrell April 11, 2016

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there were two companies. Company A outperformed its competitor’s profit margin by 158 percent. Company B outperformed its competitor’s profit margin by 7,950...

Alabama deserves better than Bentley

Will Sorrell March 24, 2016

By Will Sorrell | Staff ColumnistI love this state. I love its people. I love this University. I love the way the leaves fall innocently on the Quad in the cool of autumn, the sweet, sweltering heat of...

Students should not have to buy a parking pass to utilize the Recreation, Aquatic Center

Will Leathers March 24, 2016

It’s absurd that The University of Alabama forces students to either buy costly parking passes or get fined in order to park their car while working out at the Recreation and Aquatic Centers.This entire...

Which to abandon: power or conservatism?

Will Leathers March 10, 2016

C.S. Lewis once wrote, “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man ... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the...

Why Pink matters

Why Pink matters

Will Sorrell February 5, 2016

I’ll never forget that damp Montgomery day. I was on a trip with my peers learning about governmental functions and departments; honestly I can’t remember much of what we did. My mom had found a small...

Evangelicals cannot support Trump in good conscience

Will Sorrell January 29, 2016

On Tuesday, the president of Liberty University, an evangelical college in Virginia, endorsed Donald Trump for President, and recent polls show that he has the support of 37 percent of GOP evangelicals....

Reasons abound to stay skeptical of Trump

Will Leathers January 27, 2016

By Will Leathers | Staff ColumnistBefore I begin, I am fully aware that in writing this article I run the risk of joining the myriad of lay and professional social commentators who have errantly predicted...

Don't let technology control your life

Will Sorrell December 1, 2015

As you read this, you probably don't even consciously realize that you are looking at a screen. Chances are it's not your first time today, nor will it be your last. Smart phones, laptops and tablets are...

Stigma: just one of many obstacles to achieving mental health

Will Sorrell November 3, 2015

"I am proud to attend The University of Alabama." This is a statement naturally proclaimed by much of campus, but unspoken or even opposed by many students as well. Personally, I am proud to attend our...

Student resale of tickets is highway robbery

Student resale of tickets is highway robbery

Will Sorrell October 19, 2015

Supply and demand, we’re all at least somewhat acquainted with how they work. If supply of a good is low and demand is high, the price will be high. Prices of goods affect the livelihood of consumers....

Physician assisted suicide preys upon the weak and vulnerable

Will Leathers October 14, 2015

Last Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the End of Life Option Act, which allows physicians to prescribe lethal prescriptions to terminally ill patients, to be taken at a time and...

You are not just your resume

Will Sorrell October 8, 2015

People often say, “Your life is the sum of all of your experiences.” This is a lie.As the autumnal breeze swept the pillared clouds across the Tuscaloosa sky Thursday afternoon, I found myself hunkered...

It's time for an honest argument on abortion

Will Leathers September 30, 2015

Pope Francis, in a historic address before a joint meeting of Congress last Thursday, cited the Golden Rule in order to remind us of our "responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage...

Stop politicizing faith

Will Sorrell September 28, 2015

If you’ve been awake this week, you know that Pope Francis is in the United States, and he’s turning tables per usual. From rolling around D.C. in a Fiat, to becoming the first pontiff to canonize...