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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

Some tips for weathering hurricane season

Sarah Cunningham May 27, 2014

Come June 1, the 2014 Hurricane Season begins. Although it is forecasted to be a mild season due to the El Niño Southern Oscillation phenomenon and relatively cool water temperatures, it only takes one...

Different voices on campus welcome at The Crimson White

Patrick Crowley May 27, 2014

My name is Patrick Crowley and I have the exhausting challenge as the Opinions Editor of The Crimson White to generate conversation on campus through a selection of diverse opinions from all reaches of...

Everything was more than worth it in the end

Mazie Bryant April 22, 2014

When I was young, I would rummage through my mother’s dresser drawers. I loved her, and so I wanted a glance into her life – the details of her preferences, the objects of her comfort, the evidence...

Empathy the most important trait

Guest Column April 22, 2014

As a child, history was easily my least favorite subject in school. Anything before my Nickelodeon/Britney Spears-filled world was irrelevant and therefore boring, in my selfish opinion. It wasn’t until...

Stop painting by the number

Guest Column April 22, 2014

Mom, I have a weird confession to make. I enjoyed being sick as a child. It wasn’t the physical pain or emotional exhaustion that I found pleasurable. It wasn’t missing school or rewatching the same...

An optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty

Guest Column April 22, 2014

When I first sat down to write this article, a thousand different ideas ran through my head. This was my final opportunity to voice my opinion on a plethora of things that I have seen as major issues or...

Holding on to hope amongst the chaos

John Brinkerhoff April 22, 2014

College has been chaotic. Over the last four years, I have studied four completely unrelated fields and engaged in pursuits unconnected to any of them. As with most other students, I grew, learned, made...

It’s not you, it’s me

Elizabeth Lowder April 22, 2014

Sorry, University of Alabama, but I think we should really go our separate ways. I’ve decided to take my life in a different direction, I can’t keep getting degrees here. I think three is kinda pushing...

Blunt advice from a salmon

Asher Elbein April 22, 2014

Over the past few weeks, the opinion pages of The Crimson White have been filled with a curious seasonal phenomenon. Like the migration of the salmon, a procession of senior columns has arrived to leap...

UA is a better place with the Mallet Assembly

Marina Roberts April 21, 2014

When I came here as a freshman, I was invited to an event at Mallet my first weekend of college. Having no connections to speak of, I was eager to investigate the mysterious Mallet Assembly, and I decided...

11 years at the Capstone

Michelle Fuentes April 21, 2014

Like so many other students who will proudly walk across The University of Alabama graduation stage, I am thrilled to take my next steps, reflective on the experience of our individual formative journeys...

Find more than contentment

Lauren Ferguson April 21, 2014

I hate to be that girl. You know, the one who devotes her entire senior column to the college newspaper, but I’m going to do it. Hear me out, please. When I first arrived on campus four years ago,...