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The new Snapchat update will make the app obsolete

The new Snapchat update will make the app obsolete

Sara Beth Bolin March 1, 2018

Snapchat has gone through several changes over the past few years. From best friends lists to stories and filters, the app has been praised and criticized for the small formatting edits and added components...

Young Americans must honor Parkland victims with active citizenship

Young Americans must honor Parkland victims with active citizenship

Emma Royal February 27, 2018

Last week, a gunman entered Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, pulled the fire alarm and open-fired a legally acquired semi-automatic weapon on students aged 14 to 18. The community is...

Elect John Martin Weed for SGA Senate

Elect John Martin Weed for SGA Senate

Megan Friend February 27, 2018

As the campus campaign season begins, most of the attention will naturally go to the Student Government Association presidential race. Since this week will be a whirlwind of debates and competition, marketing...

Apathy from independents gives the Machine its power

Apathy from independents gives the Machine its power

Michael Smith February 26, 2018

Since the spring of 2016, my freshman year at The University of Alabama, I have dreamed about the year when The Machine finally comes crashing down.  That year, a glut of independents ran for SGA positions,...

Armed teachers can and should keep schools safe

Samantha Fisher February 26, 2018

Whether warranted or not, students and parents expect schools to be safe places. We trust teachers and administrators to protect as well as to educate. Sadly, this is an expectation that seems to be becoming...

Men's comfort should not supercede female pleasure

Men’s comfort should not supercede female pleasure

Madeline Anscombe February 22, 2018

I can vividly remember the first time I was dress-coded. I was about 12 years old, and it was over 100 degrees outside. I thought nothing of it when I put on a pair of shorts before school, but soon after...

OUR VIEW: Students need more comprehensive sex education

OUR VIEW: Students need more comprehensive sex education

CW Editorial Board February 22, 2018

Almost everyone has a story about the comically incorrect things we learned in sexual education. Having sex even once will forever decrease your ability to bond with people. Skin-to-skin contact anywhere...

Trump should focus on issues more important than a military parade

Trump should focus on issues more important than a military parade

Emily Barron February 21, 2018

On February 6th, the Washington Post broke the news that Donald Trump wanted to organize a military parade after returning from his trip to France for Bastille Day. While in France, Donald Trump was front...

Our University must further its recognition of the history of slavery

Our University must further its recognition of the history of slavery

Ruben Tarajano February 19, 2018

The University of Alabama owes the black community the human decency of a real apology. Progress coming through the slow-moving wheel of Alabama’s bureaucracy cannot occur if we don’t start at the...

College students should not compare their life paths

College students should not compare their life paths

Lota Erinne February 19, 2018

Everywhere I look, it seems like another one of my peers has scored a high-profile internship or been presented with another prestigious award. My Facebook feed is constantly showing me my friends’ achievements,...

OUR VIEW: Gun laws must change in wake of school shooting

CW Editorial Board February 15, 2018

Today, seventeen students woke up, said goodbye to their parents and went to school. They were probably stressed about tests and upcoming college acceptances, giddily talking to their friends about who...

E-cigarette makers must stop false advertising

E-cigarette makers must stop false advertising

Annie Milbourn February 15, 2018

Vaping, “juuling,” smoking an e-cigarette – whatever you choose to call it, young people are doing it. E-cigarettes as an industry were worth $224 million in sales in one year, according to Business...