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Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Nation’s future in our hands

Brad Tipper November 30, 2011

Take your pick of any of the number of issues the U.S. is currently facing. The economy has been in a downturn for what seems like forever now, and the so-called “super committee” that was charged...

Don’t make the same mistakes I made

Wesley Vaughn November 30, 2011

We all share the same vision for campus. We all may not have reached the same point of understanding yet, but we do. On the specifics, such as block seating or our segregated greek system, we have our...

Rush process needs reform

Michael Patrick November 29, 2011

As the fall semester is coming to a close, many sorority sisters are settling into their new homes as official members of their respective greek organizations, thus indicating that they have survived pledgeship...

Machine can work for change

Michael Patrick November 22, 2011

Just as the Occupy Wall Street movement seemed to be losing much of its momentum as the cold apathy of winter started creeping through the skyscrapers of New York City, Mayor Bloomberg managed to almost...

The burden we share is our own

John Davis November 21, 2011

Early Saturday morning, a fight broke out between three black students from Alabama A&M University and members of the Delta Chi fraternity. I, like most of the student body, learned of this incident through...

Machine not essential for greek success

SoRelle Wyckoff November 21, 2011

It’s never easy to admit your faults. It’s even harder when your failures are thrown at you on the pages of the student newspaper. But as history shows us, it’s how mistakes are handled that determines...

Farewell to the CW Opinions page

Tray Smith November 17, 2011

“Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.” – Justice Hugo Black The last thing I ever expected to be involved with in college was The Crimson White. The...

Black and white greek life different

Xavier Burgin November 17, 2011

It has been a very exciting and introspective semester for many individuals if you’ve kept up with the plethora of on-campus political scandals and secret society exposés presented by The Crimson White....

The Nonexistent Basketball Association

Wesley Vaughn November 16, 2011

The NBA has built itself on some of the planet’s most athletically gifted individuals, has always boasted players with enthralling personalities that light up sports-talk radio stations and has successfully...

UAB football deserves a chance

Brad Tipper November 16, 2011

Let me describe a hypothetical situation. A family has two children. The older child is the superstar of the family – a gifted athlete, the most popular in school, and always on the front page of the...

OPINION: The Machine story never told

Victor Luckerson November 16, 2011

In the one and a half years I have been the editor-in-chief of The Crimson White, I have never run a news article about Theta Nu Epsilon, more commonly known as the Machine, until today. When I took over...

Tide basketball the real deal

Jake Gray November 15, 2011

Alabama is a football school. There is no doubt about that and no point in arguing otherwise. Each year, the expectations just get higher. A down year is a ten-win season and a blowout in a big bowl game....