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Steroid usage in horse racing must be punished to protect horses

Steroid usage in horse racing must be punished to protect horses

Eric Roddy June 9, 2015

Each year we don our biggest and brightest hats, pick the perfect tie to match our pastel suit, and we punch our tickets to Louisville, Baltimore and Belmont to watch our favorite horse have its shot at...

UAB deserves an on-campus stadium

Kyle Simpson June 3, 2015

When the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced Monday that it was bringing its football program back, merely six months after cutting it, I had mixed emotions. First and foremost, I was excited...

LeBron James surrounded by best team

LeBron James surrounded by best team

Marquis Munson June 3, 2015

LeBron James’ return to Cleveland was one of the biggest moves in NBA history. The break-up between the organization and James in 2010 left the city of Cleveland broken and bitter as it watched its basketball...

Ray Rice blackballed by teams, not league

Ray Rice blackballed by teams, not league

Marquis Munson June 3, 2015

By Marquis MunsonThe American criminal justice system holds as a central tenet that all defendants are innocent until proven guilty. However, in sports you are innocent until off-the-field scrutiny. Those...

Corruption in sports just part of the game

Corruption in sports just part of the game

Joe Puchner June 3, 2015

“And with regard to the actions of all men, and especially with princes where there is no court of appeal, we must look at the final result.... the ordinary people are always taken by the appearance...

Use summer as time to grow

Madelyn Schorr June 3, 2015

I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with summer. I love that for three months of the year my life doesn’t revolve around school, but I hate not seeing my friends every day. I love watching endless...

Why you should care about the Women's World Cup

Why you should care about the Women's World Cup

Caroline Gazzara May 27, 2015

Last summer, I wrote a column titled “Why we should care about the World Cup.” The column addressed how soccer is a growing sport in America with a booming fan-base and how it is important to pay attention...

Student finds joy serving others in Costa Rica

Student finds joy serving others in Costa Rica

Katie Bedrich May 27, 2015

Editor’s Note: In each issue this summer, The Crimson White will publish a column written by a student who is studying abroad in order to share their experiences in a foreign country. If you are studying...

Travelling band Hot Damn Scandal provides Americana soundscape

Travelling band Hot Damn Scandal provides Americana soundscape

Jordan Cissell May 27, 2015

Last week on Pearl Street in downtown Boulder, Colorado, I stumbled onto something beautiful. Four scruffy guys stood playing folk music on the sidewalk, crowded around a beat-up old suitcase with a hand-written...

Lottery only serves to benefit rich

Mark Hammontree May 27, 2015

Alabama needs money. A whole lot of money. As the fiscal due date on Alabama’s bills approaches, the state finds itself well over $260 million dollars short of the funds necessary to keep our budget...

Arguments against Patriot Act reforms 'weak,' unfounded

Eric Roddy May 27, 2015

As I made my return journey to Tuscaloosa this past weekend down Highway 43 and through the town of Haleyville, I found myself searching for something on the radio to occupy my time. Settling on NPR, I...

Ready for Rihanna's new sound, culture

Ready for Rihanna's new sound, culture

Noah Huguley April 21, 2015

In the past two years, only one musician has released no album but has gained significant cultural cachet: Rihanna. After a year between the last single of “Unapologetic” and the debut single of her...