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SGA Constitution step in the right direction

Wesley Vaughn January 19, 2011

Soon, our Student Government Association will release its rewritten constitution for students to vote on. Maybe 20 students will read it—the 20 who convince themselves that the SGA matters and who dream...

Mandatory on-campus freshmen housing a mistake

Gregory Poole January 19, 2011

The resumption of classes this week marks not only the beginning of the last semester before many graduate, but also the beginning of apartment searches as more than 25,000 students make deals with others...

Resolutions for the opinions page

Tray Smith January 14, 2011

I knew I had been away from the CW for too long when, on New Year’s Eve, Microsoft Word had disappeared from the “Recent Items” scroll on my Mac. The next day was especially long, as I resorted to...

Chinese aircraft threaten U.S.

Ryan Flamerich January 14, 2011

This past Monday, intelligence officials from the United States received word from sources within China that the J-20 stealth fighter took its first test flight. From grainy cell phone pictures, analysts...

Tragedy should be catalyst for more political discourse

Austin Gaddis January 14, 2011

The mass shooting in Arizona last weekend has left many of us stunned and concerned about the degree of political rhetoric with today’s up-to-the-minute news cycle and the prevailing unrest with the...

This is your chance to party all weekend long

Sean Randall January 12, 2011

Tuesday, Feb. 22 marks a big moment, and a first (at least in recent years): Tuscaloosa voters will decide whether the county will sell alcohol on Sunday. Let me go ahead and make a bit of a disclaimer:...

Other horrendous deaths in Arizona

Michael Patrick January 12, 2011

The Oregon Ducks vs. Auburn Tigers BCS National Championship is finally over and the Tigers managed to squeeze out a win. I imagine they desecrated Glendale in the same manner they did to our very own...

Progress, fairness should be part of education

John Davis January 12, 2011

Do you have a 4.0 grade point average? Have you received A’s on every assignment since high school? Are you the president or a member of numerous prestigious clubs and organizations on campus? Do you...

Don’t ignore the elephants in the room

Wesley Vaughn January 11, 2011

My last column in December called for the discovery of a UA student body identity. I refrained from mentioning what I think may or should be our identity because that would defeat the purpose of our entire...

Sanity so last Congress

John Brinkerhoff January 11, 2011

Last Wednesday, Representative John Boehner from Ohio was elected to be the 61st Speaker of the House by the new, Republican-controlled, House of Representatives. After tearfully accepting the almost comically...

Radio voice inspires

Gregory Poole January 11, 2011

We hear it all over the news, in commentary shows, and in online newspapers. Stories detailing the worst that is in mankind and the continuous bombardment of bad economic news seem to be constantly pervading...

Faith and myocarditis

Tray Smith December 2, 2010

Three weeks ago, I was taken to the DCH emergency room and was told I was having a heart attack. The nurse at my bedside told me I would be okay; people come in with heart attacks every day. “They just...