Over the past year, I have had the honor and privilege of serving the student body as Student Government Association vice president for student affairs and am now a candidate for executive vice president....

The supreme law of the land is in jeopardy. On Feb. 27, the nine justices of the Supreme Court heard testimony for Shelby County v. Holder, a landmark case focusing on one of the nation’s most powerful...

This year, as our campus and state pause to remember our defining role in the nation’s civil rights movement, we will have many opportunities to take part in and witness the many commemorative ceremonies,...

I wonder how many trees died to circulate thousands of copies of this newspaper today. I imagine some tropical rainforest was bulldozed on the perimeter of the Amazon, as endangered rodents fled from...

Recent events in the Alabama Legislature force me to address the lack of authentic reform in Alabama’s education system. As a part of a series, I intend to deconstruct certain myths surrounding school...

After spending most of the weekend curled up in the fetal position watching Jean Luc Godard’s film collection and questioning the meaning of solitude and love, I had a sudden thought. It’s time to...

I have recently been contemplating the future and, like most college students, I wonder if I can handle the business world. Do I have the right instincts to make quick decisions? Do I have what it takes?...

We all love a villain. Those that we love to hate create a sense of solidarity, but they can also allow for unproductive tantrums. This might be why students and CW staff in particular have portrayed a...

The Oscars were Feb. 24. I might be a bit late on this, but my column only runs biweekly, so bear with me. I’m not going to talk about Seth MacFarlane as a host, per se – that place has been visited...

Over the past few weeks, an interesting trend has emerged amongst the pages of our student newspaper. No, it’s not the continued trend of a consistent magnifying glass on the Machine, IFC pledgeship...

Non habemus Papam. Pope Benedict XVI left office last week, becoming the first Pope emeritus in more than 600 years. His tenure has been as reactionary as many of us feared when he started. Catholics should...

Today marks the centennial of Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration as president of the United States. This moment is especially relevant, coming less than two months after Barack Obama’s inauguration to a...