Since the Iranian revolution, sometimes called the Islamic revolution, relations between the United States and Iran have been very uneasy as well as unsteady. The recent election in 2005 of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

I am glad Cheyenne Paiva wrote her opinions piece, ‘Classical music survives, but only teachers and students of the genre listen.’ Whenever and in whatever medium possible, we want feedback on the...

When I think about April 27, 2011, I am back in the laundry room huddled with two of my roommates, praying and trying to contact my family to tell them I love them. We had just heard what we thought was...

Every year, we celebrate Earth Day. For UA this year, it ought to serve as a call to action for students to be more engaged in recycling and taking care of the Earth. As a university, we need to look...

Dear Speaker Barto, As someone who served the student body in the SGA Senate with you last year, I feel I have the credibility to speak out about your recent win. In Monday’s paper you discussed “looking...

I’m writing in response to Sophia Fazal’s column “Birth Control should not be considered a controversial issue.” The title of Ms. Fazal’s column is correct; birth control should not be considered...

Let me preface this column with the darling passive-aggressive bite I’ve gathered since living in Ridgecrest West as a freshman. For the safety and protection of myself from my ex-roommate and definitely...

The 23-member advisory committee in charge of searching for UA’s next president need not look further than Gaddafi’s photo albums. Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state and current Stanford professor,...

The Alabama State House voted Wednesday to cut the General Fund budget by nearly $345 million — about 20 percent — for the next fiscal year. While these cuts will not affect education spending, they’ll...