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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Breast cancer only takes a single second

Breast cancer only takes a single second

Savannah Vankirk October 22, 2015

It only takes a single second.On Feb. 7, 2014, my mother, a healthy 43-year-old middle school teacher and mother of three, with no previous health problems up until this point, was diagnosed with breast...

More than aware

More than aware

Nina Clevinger October 22, 2015

The month of October brings with it many things. Trees in differing shades of red and gold, front porches lined with jack-o-lanterns and spider webs and awareness to an affair that affects thousands of...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: there’s good news and bad news

Peyton Shepard, Dominique Taylor October 22, 2015

The good news is that the month of October now belongs to the little pink ribbon that represents the hundreds of thousands of women diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Sports teams wear pink. Newspapers...

It always happens to someone else

Erin Mosley October 22, 2015

Like everyone, I knew of people with cancer. I knew of someone who knew someone else whose sister was sick, but it was never anyone close enough to make a significant impact on my life or emotional state....

Increasing purpose when addressing breast cancer awareness

Samantha Rudelich October 22, 2015

October is breast cancer awareness month, and that means an overload of pink merchandise and reminders to donate to breast cancer research. This also means the overwhelming amount of shirts, bracelets...

Women of all ages asked to conduct 5-step check

Women of all ages asked to conduct 5-step check

Tara Massouleh, Reed OMara October 14, 2014

About one in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. While most breast cancers are found in women who are older than 50, breast cancer also affects younger...

Foundation to host cocktail event

Foundation to host cocktail event

Lindsey Parrish September 24, 2014

The DCH Foundation will host the 11th annual “Nite on the Green” Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The cocktail party event will feature food, music and a silent auction of everything from a Budweiser vintage...

Pink meet making an impact

Pink meet making an impact

Jason Galloway February 17, 2011

Not long after former Alabama gymnast Ann Wilhide Dziadon was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, she came to Tuscaloosa before the team’s annual Pink Meet to talk to the current Crimson Tide gymnasts...

Tide defeats Arizona in sixth annual Pink Meet

Tide defeats Arizona in sixth annual Pink Meet

Jason Galloway February 22, 2010

Although the Alabama gymnastics team won by more than two points (197.25-195.1), Friday night’s meet between the top-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 21 Arizona was hardly about gymnastics. With almost the...

Tide hosts sixth annual Power of pink meet

Tide hosts sixth annual Power of pink meet

Jason Galloway February 19, 2010

Although the Alabama gymnastics team won by more than two points (197.25-195.1), Friday night’s meet between the top-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 21 Arizona was hardly about gymnastics. With almost...