“Please, see that my brain is given to the [National Football Leagues]’s brain bank.” Dave Duerson left these dying words to his family before he ended his own life. That was a month ago ­— old...

The scene is familiar. Impressive missile strikes pounding a foreign land, broadcast live on televisions around the world. We saw it in Bosnia in 1995, in Iraq in 1998, in Yugoslavia in 1999. We saw it...

Wesley Vaughn’s recent column mentioned the Progressive Potluck as a force of change on campus. The following day, Michael Patrick’s column discussed the potluck with a similar attitude. In both instances...

A year ago this week, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. The law enacts significant health insurance reforms that will take effect over the next several years. But one very important piece...

As we begin the annual process of transitioning to a new administration in the SGA, it is important that we look at how far we’ve come, where we are and where we’re going. The James Fowler administration...

The election results were no surprise. Though I endorsed Coresa Nancy Hogan, Grant Cochran seemingly has the qualifications and the intentions to bring about positive change on campus. Though the desire...

After reading the highly critical and condescending opinion piece by Ben McGough in the March 9, 2011 issue of the CW, I feel compelled to respond to the know-it-all, holier-than-thou spirit of his writing....

Self-loathing is a fickle mistress. On the one hand, the perpetrator can seem acutely aware of faults. On the other, it’s an excellent method of aligning oneself with the problems and not any foreseeable...

Ben McGough’s letter titled “CW caters to thoughtless student body” is unfair and misinformed. The Crimson White is first and foremost a student-run university newspaper produced for students of...

The Machine, or Theta Nu Epsilon, is an organization of white sororities and fraternities that use collaborative efforts to elect SGA representatives and homecoming queens. There are people that question...

So what’s worse than waking up early for class on a dreary day with the entire campus tense from the election of yet another Machine candidate last night? Having it topped off by having to read “CW...

With an escalating war in Afghanistan, a forgotten war in Iraq, the death of the last U.S. veteran from World War I (not to mention the controversy surrounding his memorial services), the prospect of $5...