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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Baseball holds on to romance, leisure lost in modern athletics

Letter to the Editor April 14, 2014

It’s just a couple of weeks after opening day in Major League Baseball, and it’s hard not to feel the romance of the game. It’s a time when hopes haven’t yet been crushed, when we still think that...

It’s time to defend Black Warrior from industrial pollution

Letter to the Editor April 13, 2014

On Jan. 9, Americans were shocked by the news that crude 4-MCMH was released from Freedom Industries into the Elk River, upstream of the West Virginia American Water intake and distribution center. By...

Football unions will destroy college athletics

Letter to the Editor April 9, 2014

Since the recent National Labor Relations Board ruling that Northwestern University’s football players are technically employees of the university and thus can form a union, people are questioning the...

Animal abandonment a problem in college

Letter to the Editor April 8, 2014

Every August when we come back to Tuscaloosa from our summer breaks, we are excited to see our friends that we have missed dearly, and we are excited to begin a new semester. As each academic year begins,...

Throwing the flag on Tuesday’s SGA elections

Letter to the Editor March 16, 2014

My dad has a saying that he has used for as far back as I can remember. As a former lineman for Coach Bryant, it’s safe to say football has been a significant part of his life. Anytime Dad knows that...

Responding to “State gun laws prompt debate”

Letter to the Editor February 26, 2014

I have been a concealed-carry permit holder in the state of Alabama for almost three years now. I typically exercise the right to arm myself whenever and wherever it is legal. Sadly, this right does...

Binge drinking is no laughing matter

Mary Sellers Shaw February 13, 2014

Editor's Note: The parody Twitter account mentioned in this letter has since been edited and no longer includes the description quoted by the letter's author. It seems that Tuscaloosa restaurant T Burger...

Real suffering is not something Americans should support

Letter to the Editor February 12, 2014

While there is very rarely any occasion to get riled up over a sports page in a student newspaper, the recent Crimson White article by Caroline Gazzara on the Sochi Winter Olympics is notable in its lack...

Remembering Juston Martin

Letter to the Editor February 6, 2014

The first memory I have of Juston Martin comes from a middle school football practice in 2005 when we were both in eighth grade. This was a long time ago, but I wanted to highlight this memory because...

What is suitable for a science class?

Letter to the Editor February 6, 2014

Yesterday’s debate between Ken Ham, creationist,  advocate and founder of the Creationist Museum, and Bill Nye the Science Guy posited the question, “Is creationism a viable model of origins in today’s...

In response to ‘Buffer zone at anti-abortion protests is the least that can be done’

Letter to the Editor February 6, 2014

I’m writing in response to “Buffer zone at anti-abortion protests is the least that can be done” by Samaria Johnson. Ms. Johnson made a number of untrue claims that, as someone who spends time outside...

In response to ‘Freedom of religion does not guarantee exemption from law’

Letter to the Editor January 13, 2014

In the column “Religion does not guarantee exemption from law” last week, Matthew Bailey noted that “in order for…groups that have challenged the mandate to succeed, they must prove these businesses...