You’ve heard the saying before – a chain is only as strong as its weakest link – we all have. We rolled our eyes in high school at the motivational posters lauding teamwork littering our teachers’...

By Victor Cuicahua | Guest Columnist Meeting someone in a different part of the country, whether it is as international as New York City or as small as Dodge City, Kansas, there is one question I dread...

I love The University of Alabama. Our success on the football field is how many people know us, but we all know there is much more to this special place. Our campus is one where anyone can learn and grow...

A recent NBC/WSJ poll asked Americans whether or not they agreed with the statement that America is a nation where people are judged by their character, not their skin color. Fifty-four percent of Americans...

There are a lot of concerns over how Alabama will play against Texas A&M this weekend following what some would call a “lackluster performance” by Alabama standards against Virginia Tech. But while...

Light in the Attic Records is reissuing three of Roky Erickson’s early records – “The Evil One,” “Don’t Slander Me” and “Gremlins Have Pictures” – Sept. 17. I listened to them yesterday,...

Unfortunately, I mistook my filing deadline two weeks ago and was unable to respond to Claire Chretien’s throwback piece on this page titled “Same-sex unions not equal.” She was rebuffed in a letter...

Around this time each year, something interesting happens. For a period of about two weeks, there will be a concerted effort by student media to hold the greeks accountable for their actions. It has become...

Two weeks ago a group of female students from the Auckland University School of Law released an impressively poignant parody of Robin Thicke’s controversial “Blurred Lines” music video. The parody...

As I think back to my freshman year and the community dorm lifestyle, I remember how excited I was to experience life in residence halls. I am an only child, so sharing a room and living in such tight...

It is a long-held truism in American politics that at their root, all politics are local. However, if the recent School Board District 4 election taught us anything, it’s that the politics may not be...

Before you happily begin to follow up with groups you met at Get on Board Day, think carefully about the organizations with whom you become involved. More often than not, the well-intentioned programs...