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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

Debunking Jim Crow misconceptions: name refers to stage character, not a historical racist

Debunking Jim Crow misconceptions: name refers to stage character, not a historical racist

Letter to the Editor January 24, 2013

I commend The Crimson White for taking the trouble to quote from James Hood’s op-ed piece and to make it available. I also think Maxton Thoman’s piece about students ignoring MLK Day was well thought...

Alabama state leadership must learn to cope with reality of health care law

Letter to the Editor January 23, 2013

If you’re anything like me, you have probably grown tired of the seemingly endless debate over health care in the past year. The health care law appears to be almost as divisive as the Alabama-LSU rivalry...

Thank you, Alabama fans

Letter to the Editor January 16, 2013

Dear Alabama Students, Alumni, and Fans, As a recent University of Notre Dame alumnus, I would like to thank all of you for being a great group of college football fans. From the moment I boarded my plane,...

Block seating crowded, chaotic; drunk fans tend to detract from experience

Letter to the Editor November 20, 2012

One of the things that has always been on my bucket list is sitting in the section behind the field goal at a football game. After the game against Mississippi State, I have officially scratched that off...

Quest for peace in Israel

Letter to the Editor November 19, 2012

Since 2001, rockets have been fired more than 12,800 times towards southern Israel from the Gaza strip. That’s an average of about three rockets a day for 11 years. Kids have grown up in southern Israeli...

It’s time the smoke cleared on the rules of on-campus smoking

Letter to the Editor November 15, 2012

Maybe I’ve been hoodwinked. Maybe I chose to attend The University of Alabama under the wrong impression. You see, out of my numerous acceptance letters to various universities around the country, I...

In response to: ‘Bikers must follow University policies’

Letter to the Editor November 14, 2012

On Monday, the CW ran a column written by Ms. Tori Lee demanding that bike riders abstain from using the sidewalks around campus. As a longtime bike rider myself, I’d like to point out that this isn’t...

In response to, ‘Real reason Mitt Romney, GOP lost; party must adapt to evolving society’

Claire Chretien November 12, 2012

Many factors will contribute to the Republican Party’s success or defeat in the 2014 midterm and 2016 presidential elections. However, Mr. James’ assertion that Mitt Romney lost the election because...

We must overcome division, see people not parties

Letter to the Editor November 12, 2012

Election Day is something that every American looks forward to. It’s a day set aside for us to exercise one of the many rights we have as Americans, and we get to show the politicians of today who we...

In response to, ‘Florida task force proposes beating cuts by basing tuition on behavior’

Letter to the Editor November 7, 2012

I am a public relations major double minoring in biology and psychology, on the pre-physician’s assistant track. I am that student, the one who bounced around from major to major trying to decide which...

UA’s response to hazing reveals ‘dysfunctional system’

Letter to the Editor November 5, 2012

“A society is as healthy as its orphaned, widowed and elderly.” This means everyone is equally valuable. A society can tell what kind of job it’s doing by measuring how it treats its most powerless....

Letter to the Editor: Pledgeship introduces new students to one another, builds trust in fraternities

Letter to the Editor October 23, 2012

With all the negative attention on pledgeship and the entire fraternity system, I think it is time to tell my thoughts and what I know to be the thoughts of the majority of pledges. I feel like something...