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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Find the balance between past, present, future

Tara Massouleh October 16, 2012

I study on Sunday afternoons. So, the other day, as I stared dully at my dimly lit computer screen, struggling to remember what was so important about the Rule of Thirds in photojournalism, I was looking...

South Alabama shooting forces us to look at media bias, question law enforcement

Henry Downes October 16, 2012

The Collar family of Wetumpka, Ala., is mourning the loss of their son Gil this week after the freshman was gunned down by a campus police officer at the University of South Alabama on Oct. 6. There is...

Pledgeship ‘suspension’ poor solution to greek problems

Amber Patterson October 14, 2012

I recently stumbled upon an article concerning the suspension of the Interfraternity Council. When I read the word suspension, I automatically assumed that it meant a month or two of deceased pledgeship...

Expanding patient choice key to health care reform

Tray Smith October 14, 2012

An average of 140 million Americans shop at Walmart every week. Online retailers like Apple, Amazon and Google sold over one billion digital tracks in the first three quarters of this year. Americans...

Absence of Steve Jobs reflective in lackluster iPhone 5

SoRelle Wyckoff October 14, 2012

The Apple empire has dominated the technological world for the past decade. The iPod, iPhone, iPad and Mac have redefined the fields of music, phones, tablets and computers, as well as introducing a slew...

New Starbucks: bigger size doesn’t translate to better service

Tori Lee October 14, 2012

In my week of adjusting to the new, fancy, biggest college campus Starbucks, I realized that a bigger size does not necessarily mean better functionality. I let the day of the grand opening slide –...

Pictures can document memorable activities or distract from them

Tara Massouleh October 9, 2012

“Pics or it didn’t happen!” How many times have we all heard this challenge from one of our friends regarding even the most mundane happenings, like our latest high score in Mario Kart. How many...

Remembering Matthew Shepard: 14 years later

Austin Gaddis October 9, 2012

Friday, Oct. 12, will mark 14 years since the death of Matthew Shepard, the 21-year-old college student who was brutally beaten in the rural Wyoming countryside and left for dead because he was gay. He...

Roy Moore’s intolerant rants deserve no place on Alabama Supreme Court

Henry Downes October 9, 2012

In case you haven’t heard, Roy Moore is seeking to reclaim his former position as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court next month. Besides raising fundamental questions about the rationale behind...

Our generation’s drink of choice, the Starbucks brand

Hannah Waid October 8, 2012

There is something about the changing of the seasons that excites me. As the weather cools and the leaves begin to fall, we all start to adorn ourselves with boots and sweaters. But now the best way to...

People of New Orleans make it ‘barely a place, barely real’

Lucy Cheseldine October 8, 2012

As I sat bleary-eyed in a hostel in New Orleans, I listened to two French men tell me how they had sneaked into a hotel room on the top floor to see the sunrise. Only when the bartender became suspicious...

‘College has taught me the art of making trade-offs’

Tarif Haque October 8, 2012

On Sunday morning, I felt the pressure. Fall break had come to an end, and I found myself in that familiar state of mind. There were papers to write and tests to study for. My to-do list hung over my conscious...