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Obama needs to connect

Ben Friedman September 26, 2010

I voted for John McCain in 2008. I do and always will support conservative economic and social policies. Ronald Reagan speeches give me goose bumps and I gave Bush the benefit of the doubt. Regardless...

Intraparty fighting will threaten Republicans

John Brinkerhoff September 26, 2010

The whole idea of the Tea Party movement seems a bit confusing. If taken alone the overwhelming frustration with status quo politics is easily understandable and completely rational. However, the approach...

Republican pledge insults intelligence

Chris Brummond September 26, 2010

How dumb do Republicans think we are? On Thursday, the Republican Party took a page from their 1994 revolution by unveiling their “Pledge to America,” exposing a clear sense of desperation for the...

Campus already congested enough

Tray Smith September 23, 2010

The University has 30,232 students enrolled this fall. This far exceeds President Witt’s goal, first announced when he arrived in 2003, of enrolling 28,000 students by 2013. At that time, there were...

Medical marijuana in Alabama?

Austin Gaddis September 23, 2010

            Anyone who follows current events closely can tell you an unprecedented event is coming this November when Californians go to the polls.             For the first time in...

Freshman struggles: meal plans, buses, online classes

Laura Corley September 23, 2010

When I first moved into my dorm room, I had yet to experience the vast and diverse plethora of students buzzing around campus. There is about a 300-mile stretch between my hometown in Georgia and Tuscaloosa....

Don’t vote, don’t progress

Michael Patrick September 22, 2010

For months Lady Gaga has been diligently working to bring “don’t ask, don’t tell” and its outdated, discriminatory policies back to the floor of the U.S. Congress. Just last week Gaga used her...

False charges make real victims

Debra Flax September 22, 2010

“Hey pretty girl, do you want to take a drink of this?” Those are the words Bethany Storro claimed a black woman said to her before throwing acid on Storro’s face Aug. 30 in Vancouver, Wash. Storro...

Bentley, Sparks: I’ll take neither

Wesley Vaughn September 21, 2010

Henry Ford once said, “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” The 2010 Gubernatorial Debate held here at the University...

Debate an example that should be followed

Ryan Flamerich September 21, 2010

This past Thursday was a chance for the University to shine, and did it ever. With the eyes of the state upon it, the Capstone showed everyone watching something that we Capstonians already know: This...

Make them fear Bryant-Denny

John Anselmo September 21, 2010

No one can deny who presently stands alone at the top of the college football world: our very own Crimson Tide. Who can argue? We finished the regular season undefeated for the second year in a row, all...

Folk’s criticism not valid

Nicholas Boyd September 19, 2010

Note: Thoughts expressed in the columns and letters of the opinions section are solely those of the author and do not reflect the opinion of the CW editorial staff. I will attempt to write a somewhat...