The idea that college is “the journey of a lifetime” might be the single largest cliché employed by college recruiters. Still, there is some truth to that sentiment. Over the past three years, this...

As a realist, I know the advice of a CW farewell column means little, but writing this means a great deal to me. To 99 percent of you, this column will seem ridiculous. To some it will be common sense,...

You are a number, sitting amid other numbers, some higher, some lower. In a fleeting moment of barbaric clarity, you remind yourself that humans are animals, and as an animal, you will face competition....

I am what one may call a mutt, a hybrid, a crossbreed. I am a mix of two distinctly separate definitions of a University student. More so, I am a member of a subset on campus that is far too small. I...

Freshmen students could be moved to the upper-deck next year and block seating attendance could be monitored quarterly with photographs, according to comments from UA President Judy Bonner reported in...

No more hurting people. So read a sign created by 8-year-old Martin Richard just one year ago, blue and proudly decorated, with one more word visibly apparent. Peace. A year later, he and two others...

In the world of politics, the hot topic has shifted from gun control to gay marriage. President Obama has spoken out in support of gay marriage, making him the first president to do so. For the president,...

I must leave the anger, wounded feelings and misery of the abortion debate to another pen; my conscience is anxious to provoke thought on another score and leave the murky waters of the pro-life argument...

Only a few shorts weeks ago, I stood at the 9/11 memorial in New York in awe of the loss and heartache it commemorated. Now as I read headlines about the Boston Marathon bombing, I am again in that state...

As Alabama progresses further and further into its spring training, I’ve noticed something: This Alabama offense is looking to be the most explosive one yet under head coach Nick Saban. Considering...

A few weeks ago, police officers shut down a harmless student organised “Harlem Shake,” which took place in front of Gorgas Library steps after barely five minutes of action. This Wednesday, as I walked...

A campus group assembled last week for a demonstration in which they referred to other people on this campus as perpetrators and proponents of genocide. I am tempted to simply invoke Godwin’s law (the...