Like most Americans, I’m a supporter of the Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees us, especially the freedom to force people to violate their religion. Oh, that’s not constitutional? The Obama...

I don’t see box turtles anymore. I used to find them all the time when I was a kid. On rainy summer afternoons they’d come wandering out onto the road from the forest, their shells patterned with...

I’m a girly girl who loves to shop, go out with friends, watch football, listen to hip-hop and drink Starbucks. Looking at me, you would never know I’m different. However, when I was 3 years old,...

No one in this country would be shocked by the statement that Congress is unpopular. In fact, that concept has become so common to the average American that it has almost been accepted as the norm. As...

The idea that China will overtake the United States of America as the dominant world power has grown in strength throughout the years, but it is largely a myth. China has neither the capacity nor the will...

As I sat at home during break and surrounded myself with an assortment of home-cooked food, like I am sure many of my fellow classmates did, I took a moment to step back and think. I realized this semester...

The agony of defeat still clings to the minds of most here at The University of Alabama as Saturday’s last-minute Iron Bowl loss continues to make headlines on “SportsCenter” even days after the...

In the spirit of the seasonal holidays, maybe we need to have a conversation about empathy for fellow humans. As students pursuing higher education degrees, we will soon constitute the 30 percent of American...

Everyone was watching Saturday, either in your family living rooms or at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The images still run through everyone’s mind. T.J. Yeldon steps out with one second left, the long field...

The name Hunter Alford might not mean anything to you, but it should. Hunter is a young child in Texas who was born with a rare type of cancer and lost his health insurance when Obamacare went into effect....

As a non-Catholic, I can honestly say that I never understood people’s fascination with the Papacy. However, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned, I quickly tuned in – largely due to the scandal of it –...

College is often promoted as an opportunity to break out of the cliques and cliched labels we endured in high school and revel in creating a new identity among a wider circle of acquaintances. At The University...