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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...

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...

SGA accepting applications for 2015-16 Board of Governors

SGA accepting applications for 2015-16 Board of GovernorsThe SGA is accepting applications through August 21 for the 2015-16 Board of Governors. The BOG will be responsible for meeting during the school...

Relay specialist dedicates career to fighting cancer

Relay specialist dedicates career to fighting cancer

Allison M. Cohen October 22, 2014

For many, fears are what hold them back. But for a select few, their fears unleash their greatest potential. Anna Lisa Weigel is one of those few. Weigel serves on the front line of the fight against cancer...

Tide splits “Power of Pink” meet with LSU

Tide splits “Power of Pink” meet with LSU

Chad Troyan October 24, 2010

Though LSU came to town, there were no signs of the team’s purple and gold. Instead, Saturday’s color was pink, in support of women’s breast cancer. The UA men and women’s swimming and diving teams...

Tide player nearly finished with cancer treatment

Tide player nearly finished with cancer treatment

Ethan Summers September 29, 2010

Fifteen radiation treatments stand between David Kindred and a healthy life. Kindred, a senior majoring in management and an outfielder for the Crimson Tide, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in...