In early May, President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage in an impromptu interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts, completing his often-parodied evolution on the issue. On Sunday of...

My freshman year, I wish someone told me that I am, in fact, not awesome, and contrary to what I may believe, I cannot do everything. Let me explain. In high school, I was taught to be “well-rounded.”...

Less than a year after House Bill 56 shocked the national consciousness (and drew a federal lawsuit) with its stringent and unprecedented anti-illegal immigration measures, lawmakers in the state of Alabama...

For multiple reasons, I told myself I wouldn’t write a farewell column. For starters, I’m not going anywhere. As I indicated in my last column, I will be bringing my talents back to the Capstone for...

Before my mother died in February last year she said to me, “I know you’re destined to great things with your life. Just don’t go off and forget about your momma.” And I remember those words like...

There’s a poster in my room above my desk with a poem by Carl Sandburg written beneath an old army helmet. The helmet is partially buried in the ground, with a flower growing out of a rusted hole. The...

Isolation a problem at UA By Nathan James   Everyone has seen at least one film or television show centered on college life. According to these media, college is a nonstop cascade of friends, enemies,...

I had a fairly good idea of everything I was going to say in this farewell column until I sat down at my computer, gathered my thoughts about graduating and got to typing. I’m finding that after my four...

I had an interesting conversation in my honors seminar today. The professor asked our class of 12 if we considered ourselves “liberal.” After looking around the table, most of us nodded our heads...

As many of you already know, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees named former University of Alabama president Dr. Robert Witt as chancellor over the systems’ three universities. Colleagues...