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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

A question for the sororities: Why do you vote for the Machine?

Caroline Bechtel, Andrew Parks March 8, 2015

SGA elections are a pivotal time for our campus each year. They determine which students among us will serve as the collective face of our student body for the 
ensuing term.It goes without saying that...

Campus divisions hurt unification cause

Mary Catherine Connors February 10, 2015

Scott Stern’s piece in the Feb. 2 edition of the “Yale Daily News” was entitled “The New Yale Man.” It was strikingly honest and charged and it cast an interesting perspective on the stereotypical...

Freshman fights cystic fibrosis

Freshman fights cystic fibrosis

Collin Burwinkel February 2, 2015

Flawless, extraordinary and perfect are just a few of the adjectives friends of UA freshman Sabrina Kelley use to describe her. Just like many other students, Kelley came to the University with aspirations...

Far from home, Combs finds independence at UA

Far from home, Combs finds independence at UA

Rachel Brown October 5, 2014

Rebecca Combs sat inside Bryant Denny Stadium Saturday, Aug. 16, with over 2,000 women 
anxiously waiting to finally open their bid 
day envelopes. At 10 a.m. the girls were given permission to open...

UA administration’s policies towards greeks hypocritical

John Davis February 13, 2012

Recall with me, if you will, a series of articles and editorials published last semester by The Crimson White regarding the perceived racial barrier of the University of Alabama’s greek system. Ultimately,...

Sigma Delta Tau looking to expand membership

Sigma Delta Tau looking to expand membership

Judah Martin January 12, 2012

Sigma Delta Tau, a National Panhellenic Sorority originally founded at Cornell University in 1917, is looking to significantly expand its membership at the University of Alabama. Recruitment for the sorority...

Ambassadors introduce greek life

Chuck Matula October 6, 2011

Thousands of freshmen come to the University of Alabama each fall interested in getting involved with greek life but with little or no idea what to expect. The UA Greek Ambassador Program is working to...

Miss Sorority Row pageant comes to Bama Theatre

Jared Downing September 22, 2011

Who’s the prettiest gal on Sorority Row? Hard to tell, but we may find out at Friday’s Miss Sorority Row pageant, starting at 6 p.m. at the Bama Theatre. Sixteen damsels will compete with feats of...

The history of Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Rich Robinson September 22, 2011

The Crimson White was recently given the opportunity to tour the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house in an effort to understand more about the history of the oldest fraternity on campus and in the South. The delegation...

Diversity increasing in black greek organizations

Jonathan Reed September 21, 2011

Eve Dempsey doesn’t look like her sisters. When she joined the Zeta Phi Beta sorority in the spring of 2007, she joined because she believed it was an organization with the same values she had, the...

Sororities to acquire four new houses

Sororities to acquire four new houses

William Evans November 4, 2010

The UA system board of trustees approved a Stage I resolution to build new housing for the sororities Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Delta Delta and Delta Gamma, Thursday. As the separate resolutions...

Kappa Sigma gets charter revoked

Jennie Kushner September 14, 2010

The UA chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity lost its national charter on Sept. 8, according to University and national organization sources. “[They lost their charter due to] violation of our code...