Skip to Main Content
Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White


Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Letter from the Editor: Telling stories since 1894

Letter from the Editor: Telling stories since 1894

Peyton Shepard August 18, 2016

It's been a rough couple of months in the world of journalism. Throughout the tumultuous political hell-fest that has been this election year, a lot has been said of the omnipotent presence of the collective...

Bending the arc

Bending the arc

Leigh Terry May 3, 2016

My first memory of senior columns is a feeling of anger at the dishonesty I saw in several of them. As a freshman, many of the seniors I admired wrote about how they wish they had partied more, spent less...

The sound of change

Landon Nichols April 27, 2016

April 27, 2011 is a day that forever changed me. In so many ways, it laid the foundation for the man I’ve become. In so many ways, it defined my entire Capstone experience.Just a second semester freshman,...

The power of yes

Mary Lieb April 25, 2016

No.It’s just two letters.One syllable.Such a simple word, yet I have the hardest time saying it. And that combination of two letters shouldn’t be daunting, but the thought of a missed opportunity,...

Bama girl

Harriet Washington April 22, 2016

It was a cool Saturday evening in late May, when I turned on the television and began looking through channels to find something interesting to watch. I stopped flipping as soon as I came across the ever...

Why I'm careful

Heather Buchanan April 20, 2016

One week before my move to Tuscaloosa, my mom found out she had cancer. I didn’t truly understand what people mean when they say their world gets flipped upside down until this moment. I spent a good...

UA must change marijuana policy

UA must change marijuana policy

Marissa Cornelius April 11, 2016

I will never forget the first time my mom asked if I could buy marijuana for her.I was shocked – my mother, a staunch Roman Catholic conservative, the woman who gave me the earliest curfew out of all...

The end of intellect

Sehar Ezez April 7, 2016

For the past 10 or so months, I have watched my peers and my country slowly disintegrate down to the intellectual level of a 18-month-old toddler throwing a hissy fit because mommy won’t let them have...

Why invest in diversity?

Meghan Dorn April 5, 2016

The University of Alabama likes being the best. That desire is reflected in the first two sentences on the UA website, “As the state’s flagship university, The University of Alabama family has always...

Sharing stories makes for better professionals

A.J. James April 4, 2016

“I just want to be able to be outside and not worry about the stench or about all of the pollution that my family is breathing in,” she said. “I’ve known people who have died or gotten cancer from...

Fight or flight

Angie Bartelt March 31, 2016

I recently had a meeting with my favorite professor to discuss the D+ I got on her midterm. I had already briefly talked to her about it, cried and then scheduled a meeting.So this morning my heart is racing,...

On Hillary Clinton and the silence of her supporters

Cassidy Ellis March 30, 2016

Full disclosure: I was paid by the Feminist Majority for one month earlier in this semester to campaign for Hillary Clinton in advance of the Alabama primary election.I recently read a Huffington Post...