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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

Student summits Kilimanjaro

Student summits Kilimanjaro

William Evans November 10, 2010

Austin Chunn was worried. As a long-time practitioner of martial arts, Austin has made a point of keeping his body in shape, but the fight he anticipated in the coming months would not involve the familiar...

New website offers college poker

New website offers college poker

Victor Luckerson November 10, 2010

College students gamble for many reasons. Number one – it’s fun, Marc Moncayo, a sophomore majoring in education, said. According to statistics provided from Barbara Bucca, owner of the Your Poker...

Harry Potter and the Tide Wizard Tournament

Harry Potter and the Tide Wizard Tournament

Stephanie Brumfield November 10, 2010

Nearly 500 students will mount broomsticks, throw Quaffles, and dodge Bludgers on the Quad for World Cup Quidditch this weekend. Based on the best-selling Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling, the...

Defense braces for complex offense

Tony Tsoukalas November 10, 2010

The last time Alabama faced a Dan Mullen offense as potent as the one Mississippi State will bring to Tuscaloosa Saturday night, Tim Tebow was at quarterback. Just like the offense the Crimson Tide saw...

Underground team goes to state

Underground team goes to state

Brett Hudson November 10, 2010

The Alabama table tennis club has been building up a reputation in the Southeast and is hoping to put together a strong performance in the United States Table Tennis Association Regional tournament and...

Projected enrollment concerns students

Charles Scarborough November 10, 2010

UA President Dr. Robert Witt set the University’s enrollment goal at 35,000 at a Board of Trustees meeting Thursday. In an Oct. 22 interview, Witt told the Crimson White that his focus is on quality...

Solider, student earns Purple Heart

Solider, student earns Purple Heart

Amanda Sams November 9, 2010

At age 20, Purple Heart recipient Christopher Brown knew what fear was. He recalled the night he knew he was going to die, serving as a soldier in Iraq. It was pitch black outside when Brown’s platoon...

Group sends water filters to Haiti

Group sends water filters to Haiti

Jasmine Cannon November 9, 2010

A new campus initiative, Hydrate Haiti, begins its quest to help the people in Haiti today. There will be a series of fundraising events hosted by the initiative Nov. 10 to 13. All of the proceeds raised...

New journal to publish student essays

New journal to publish student essays

Alex Cohen November 9, 2010

The University of Alabama is home to two prominent literary magazines, Marr’s Field Journal and the Black Warrior Review, neither of which is a publication of the University’s English department. Instead,...

Author emphasizes importance of travel

Author emphasizes importance of travel

SoRelle Wyckoff November 9, 2010

Most English students at the University do not live as hobos or travel the roads of Peru. Ted Conover found a way to connect these and other experiences of his own to the writing techniques of college...

Tide wins in double overtime

Tide wins in double overtime

Laura Owens November 9, 2010

In its second exhibition game of 2010, the Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers 73-68 in a double overtime thriller Monday night. “I knew that this would be a very good game...

Saban: Young team needs leaders

Saban: Young team needs leaders

Britton Lynn November 9, 2010

After the loss to LSU, Alabama’s record is now 7-2, unexpectedly the same record as this week’s opponent, Mississippi State. Saban said now is the time for leaders on the team to step up. “When...