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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

Women’s resource center addresses letters to imprisoned women

Stephen N. Dethrage January 23, 2011

The Women's Resource Center's Student Leadership Council started their second annual campaign advocating awareness and support for women in prison this week in the Ferguson Center. The week of events...

A course on evolution should be required for every UA student

Letter to the Editor November 8, 2010

The article ‘Evolution alternative should be taught’ by Ben Friedman the Oct. 25, 2010 Crimson White shows why college students should be required to take a general course in evolution. Friedman attempts,...

Texting a major distraction

Letter to the Editor November 8, 2010

I sit in class Monday through Thursday and always see at least one student texting during a lecture. While the instructor is talking, I can hear click, click, click, click, click and click. I have even...

Alabama should allow gay marriage

Letter to the Editor November 8, 2010

In light of the recent removal of three Iowa Supreme Court justices for declaring the restriction of marriage to a man and a woman unconstitutional, I think it is time we broach a subject matter that certainly...

Reconsidering religion’s role

Letter to the Editor November 4, 2010

This letter will likely be my only contribution to the opinion page creation-evolution debate. I am writing not to persuade the reader to one side or the other, but simply to rebut some of the more outlandish...

Religious beliefs necessary for modern atheism

Letter to the Editor November 4, 2010

Ah, how refreshing it is to hear someone admit, even if only implicitly, that modern ethics came from religious morality. Of course, I am referring to Sam Arnold’s recent response to Michael Patrick’s...

Your Views: Web Comments

Letter to the Editor November 4, 2010

“I was at the University during that summer and admired her very much. I knew that what she was doing took tremendous courage; however, to be a white student on campus at that time also took courage....

Is fall break a trick or a treat?

Letter to the Editor October 24, 2010

The University scheduled its fall break for Oct. 29-31, which happens to fall on Halloween weekend. Students will also receive a day off on Nov. 18 for the Alabama v. Georgia State football game. In years...

Energy creates new opportunities for students

Letter to the Editor October 24, 2010

Last Monday evening, entrepreneur and alternative energy proponent T. Boone Pickens visited Tuscaloosa to promote his alternative energy movement. The “Pickens Plan” is a coordinated, comprehensive...

So you think you can study better at the library

Letter to the Editor October 21, 2010

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” These wise words were spoken by one of the greatest philanthropists of our time, Mother Teresa. But don’t worry;...

Reenactments aren’t about racism

Letter to the Editor October 20, 2010

Well, it seems as though Paul Thompson drank the Kool-Aid. Thompson’s article, “Witches, Nazis, and Tea Party Lunatics,” is nothing more than the raving lunacy of an ignorant lemming who can’t...

Mallet is able to rise above

Letter to the Editor October 20, 2010

Sometime in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, a group of people decided to steal a large chunk of the unfinished Homecoming float sitting in front of the Mallet Assembly. This theft shook our hopes...