I remember studying pollution once in third grade as part of a big lesson on ecosystems and the environment. I remember it because, right in the middle of my teacher’s lesson about how much trash we...
The Crimson White often holds those in our campus community to a high standard of transparency. We can – and should – do no less when it comes to our own staff. The work of one deliberately deceitful...
SELMA, Ala. — Vice President Joe Biden and other civil rights leaders decried the Supreme Court’s recent examination of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act at events held to mark the 48th anniversary...
John Allan Clark wouldn’t cuss as long as the recorder was on. That is, until the 30-year old Marion, Ala., native couldn’t explain the problems Alabama’s impoverished Black Belt region faces with...
Today, you may read a story under my byline on the front page of our print edition that uses offensive language. Because of its offensive nature, an explanation for its use is necessary—much in the same...
When I became editor, I envisioned a Crimson White more engaged with its community. I wanted to build a Crimson White that had the ability to pull students together and make things happen. I believe it’s...
The Australian head-of-state called Williams Wednesday. [View the story "Australian Prime Minister Skypes Jesse Williams to congratulate him on Tide's BCS win" on Storify]
UA President Guy Bailey announced today through a campus-wide email that he would be stepping down from his post as the University president. “Today I have notified Chancellor Witt that I am stepping...
Guy Bailey has taken over officially as the president of the University of Alabama, and will address the media at 1o a.m. on Tuesday morning. Check back on this post for a video recap of the press conference...
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Nathan Van Wilkins, 44, has been charged in two shooting cases that injured 18 people, including three University of Alabama students, in Northport and downtown Tuscaloosa overnight Monday. He is being...
When he allegedly opened fire in a Northport residence around 11:47 p.m. Monday, Nathan Van Wilkins, 44, of Northport started a 12-hour ordeal that would leave 18 people injured and end with 18 counts...
Seventeen people arrived at Druid City Hospital with injuries related to a shooting that occurred around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday near 4th Street and 23rd Avenue, according to DCH spokesman Brad Fisher. Authorities...
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees has invited Guy Bailey, the current president at Texas Tech University, to interview with them for the UA president job on Wednesday. But who is this Guy?...
Today’s Crimson White bears almost no resemblance to the Crimson White Victor Luckerson inherited two years ago. He led a team of the most talented, dedicated and loyal people I can imagine and with...
Tuscaloosa police at the Bama Belle Riverboat dock confirmed late Thursday night that a UA student had gone overboard and was still missing earlier in the evening. "At 9:50 p.m. we received a call that...
Several weeks after Bama Memes clogged students’ Facebook feeds with incorrectly-used meme jokes, the Office of University Relations has released several memes of its own in an attempt to better relate...
In a poll on The Crimson White's Facebook page, several students sounded off on their preferred source of by-the-minute storm coverage. As the severe weather over Alabama continues into the night, the...
The Superdome won’t be the only venue in New Orleans ringing with “Yea Alabama” and the rest of the Crimson Tide’s fight songs on Monday. Across town, several hundred Bama fans will pack into The...
SGA President Stephen Swinson said that no voting bloc on campus has influence over the current SGA administration. Swinson never directly referenced the Machine, a secret political coalition of traditionally...
SGA Vice President for Student Affairs David Wilson first heard about the Machine, a secret political coalition of traditionally white fraternities and sororities at the University of Alabama, even before...
The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that rapper Lil Wayne, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, country music singer Kenny Chesney and others will be in Tuscaloosa for the Alabama-LSU football game...
The irregularities in the selections process for the SGA First Year Council included the altering of applicants’ grade point averages by SGA officials, according to SGA officers involved with the investigation....
Follow the popular campus hashtags #uachat and #uatweet through the week. Tweet this post if you're featured in this week's review. [View the story "Week in Review 9/26-10/2" on Storify]
The first business day of the Stephen Swinson administration, according to the new president, was hectic as the Student Government Association attempted to move on with regular business after the resignation...
The first headlines in newspapers across the country on Sept. 11, 2001 didn’t come from New York City. Before four airliners changed course and changed history, one of the top national stories that day...
The chair of the SGA block seating committee has made several decisions without the consent of other committee members. Emails obtained by The Crimson White reveal Mckenzie Jones conducted the block seating...
When students are looking for movies with plots that are a little out of the ordinary, such as a girl who sleeps with men to change their political opinions or a boy who tries to save his parents marriage...
The UA Division of Student Affairs began calling students living in areas affected by the April 27 tornado last week as part of Project Reach Out, an attempt to connect with students after the storm, according...
ABC 33/40 weatherman James Spann would have you know he’s no genius—he just had an idea that worked. Spann, a self-proclaimed social media geek, said he did indeed start the Twitter hashtag “WeAreAlabama.”...
The Tuscaloosa Police Department is starting to turn away volunteers who don’t have a clearly defined mission in most affected areas. However, those with a clear mission don’t necessarily need a wristband...
On Monday, the City of Tuscaloosa provided a missing persons list—the first of its kind from the city since the storm on April 27 tore through the area. “I don't think we can get this list all the...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s first wave of responders is on the ground in areas across Alabama, according to FEMA spokesperson Tim Tyson. The second wave, Tyson said, is currently being...
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Psi Chapter on the University of Alabama campus began asking for frozen foods—anything that can be baked, heated, or cooked—from other fraternity houses and the community to...
For a comprehensive list of opportunities to volunteer or offer aid in Tuscaloosa, visit http://alabamapossible.org/2011/04/tornado-relief-how-you-can-help/.Robyn Hyden, Communications and Development...
An estimated 38,000 Alabama Power customers in the Tuscaloosa area are still without power, said Fredey Padilla, director of external affairs for the Western Division of Alabama Power. In Alabama Power's...
Word of mouth and social media led about 300 volunteers, including Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, to the Ferguson Plaza at 10 a.m. Thursday, despite the fact that no official University meeting...
The University plans on continuing its campaign to cleanse campus of explicit images and landmarks, according to University sources. “Many people find several of our historic landmarks just plain offensive,”...
Seven UA engineering students placed 13th out of 50 teams at the IEEE SoutheastCon Hardware robotics competition on Mar. 20, according to team member Chris Millan. According to a UA news release, the...
Current Vice President of Student Affairs and candidate for Executive Vice President Stephen Swinson said he wants to take more of a managing role over the vice presidents in the SGA office. “I can...
The national president of Delta Tau Delta formally apologized to Justin Zimmerman Monday for a fraternity member’s use of a racial slur to address him Friday afternoon, according to a release from the...
In the wake of the campus-wide e-mail directly from University President Robert Witt, students turned to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook as rumors spread Saturday about the events surrounding...
In a rare occurrence, University President Robert Witt addressed students, faculty and staff in a campuswide email sent Saturday afternoon. The message addressed a racially charged incident that occurred...
The UA student body passed the Student Government Association’s rewritten constitution 92.28 percent to 7.72 percent in a referendum vote Tuesday. The vote capped months of work and compromise by members...
The senate would get more power over the other branches of the Student Government Association under the new constitution, and will need to use that power quickly to answer a few big questions left from...
Homecoming week will start Sunday afternoon on Capstone Drive and end Saturday on the field in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Between Sunday’s Roll Tide Run, which starts at 2 p.m. at Capstone Drive, and the...
Shane Sharpe’s voice reflected the Honors College dean’s excitement about the event’s keynote speaker before Tuesday’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” 50th Anniversary Celebration at the UA Law School....
If a resolution proposed Thursday afternoon passes, UA students and organizations will have the opportunity to hitch a ride with the Student Government Association to the LSU-Alabama football game on Nov....
After the SGA Senate’s comprehensive review and overhaul of the SGA Code of Laws near the end of the 2009-10 academic year, the SGA has driven into a second, larger initiative to start the 2010-11 year...
As the University continues to grow, so does students’ awareness of the growing pains—specifically in class sizes. “[The growth] has certainly pressed the limits,” said Larry Bowen, associate...
I now know what inspired Patagonia Co.’s logo. At five in the morning, flying into Santiago, the purple, blue, black and orange mountains stamped on all the clothing company’s products appeared just...
Natalie Latta refuses to stop learning after her graduation this May. She, like many other seniors, plans to challenge herself with something other than a paying job right out of college. She plans to...
This year, UA students looking to buy football season ticket packages won’t have to race 15,000 of their peers to acquire the tickets that sell out online in less than 75 minutes. They’ll just have...
The SGA senate voted Thursday to approve the salaries of eight elected officials and 10 appointed members of the executive council, including the salaries of two new appointed positions to President James...
Students arrived on their own and in groups to the Women’s Resource Center’s “Take Back the Night” event Tuesday afternoon on the steps of the Crimson Promenade. Maria Perez-Fisher, Peer Education...
Lawrence Kohl, a UA history professor, has a distinct and unique sense of empathy that reaches back through history. Specifically, Kohl empathizes with those who know what needs to be said in society,...
A recently inaugurated Nicole Bohannon began her job as Executive Vice President Thursday night, calling to order a meeting of a new SGA Senate in the Ferguson Forum. New Senators packed the room, and...
The market is never wrong. Thursday, the footwear market made a clear statement essentially mandating more corporate social activism. Oh, capitalism, how you always pull through for the greater good. As...
Basic logic, some people say, proves that a community cannot tax its way out of poverty. Taxing poor people does no good, they say, because in the end, the amount of money changing hands in the form of...
The SGA Senate convened a special session Tuesday night in order to hold voting on major reforms to the SGA Code of Laws. The Senate passed all but eight of the measures, unanimously voting to pass most...
SGA senators convened Thursday night to discuss 108 proposed bills, each amending different aspects of the SGA Code of Laws. The large number of bills represents the largest comprehensive review of the...
Approximately 523,521 Californians signed a petition, presented Thursday, to put legalization of marijuana to a referendum vote in November. Props, California. Good job. Not necessarily because you,...
POINT CLEAR -- Wisdom and experience only add weight and class to former UA president David Mathews’ deep Southern drawl. What was once relevant in the world of peaceful deliberation, his attitude seems...
Editor’s note: This is the second column in a two-part series. In the presence of a constitution that restricts local decision-making and centralizes power in Montgomery, Alabama’s citizens need to...
SELMA — George Smith has seen every March 7 since Bloody Sunday in 1965, when Alabama State Troopers attacked a peaceful march led by civil rights leaders on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge. One Sunday,...
Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series. POINT CLEAR – We live in a state that restricts local democracy. In Alabama, residents don’t see the everyday benefits of home rule, if they...
When students vote next week in the SGA elections, no name will appear on the ballot for the vice president of financial affairs. Edward Patton, who currently serves as treasurer for SGA, represented...
Corporate influence and presence helps Alabama, and helps the South. Under no circumstances should our politicians stop trying to attract new businesses to spur our economy. Initiatives to bring new industry...
The SGA Senate convened a brief meeting Thursday night with only two resolutions and one bill on the agenda. The meeting, however, did not lack significant proposals. Senator Amanda Reyes’ proposal,...
A new initiative to open up parking at the University Recreation Center has its first quantifiable data to illustrate its effectiveness, according to University officials. “This is doing nothing but...
Senators and First Year Council members filled the Ferguson Forum Thursday night as the SGA Senate convened its first joint session with the council, an SGA-affiliated contingent of freshmen. Formal business...
Google “Google Fiber.” In about .18 seconds, you can read all you want about the future of the Internet and a few very lucky communities across America. Google’s plan makes sense. The California...
Thursday afternoon, Aaron Wasserman made a pitch to University administrators, technical support employees, and several First Year Council freshmen students. Via teleconference and long-distance screen...
“A woman opened fire in a biology faculty meeting at the University of Alabama Huntsville on Friday,” the Associated Press reported Friday afternoon. The shooter, still officially unidentified, killed...
The reformist tone established last week in the SGA Senate meeting carried over to Thursday night’s meeting as a united Senate unanimously passed reforms to the SGA Code of Laws. Senators voted on the...
Thursday was a key anniversary in Iran, and today is no different. First, on Feb. 11, 1979, the Shah’s regime fell in the face of the Islamic Revolution. In brutal street fights in the country’s...
Compare Obama to Carter, Kennedy, or even Reagan, if you must — but God forbid you compare him to Richard Nixon. Unfortunately, that comparison is all too appropriate this week, at least when it comes...
An earthquake tore through the capital city, leveling most of it and killing thousands of inhabitants. The disaster displaced almost 50 times that number. Additionally, it left the capital with only 10...
