When the tornado struck Tuscaloosa on that fateful April 27, students were in class, in their cars, at work. Some of those working students, on duty for The Crimson White, became breaking crisis news reporters in the span of an hour.
You do your school work. You get the grades. And finally its time for some on-the-job experience. For some medical students, that experience has been more elusive than ever as hospitals and clinics adhere to COVID-19 regulations.
You’ve heard complaints about quarantining and masking up. Maybe you brushed them off; maybe you made them yourself. But the family members of some who died from COVID-19 say those complaints aren’t funny—they’re hurtful.
Sit in your dorm. Get your food to go. Stay six feet away from your classmates. Many freshmen, new to campus and living on their own for the first time, were held at arm's length this semester. They all navigated the experience differently.
April 27 left Tuscaloosa a wreck. Though the city has rebuilt, Alberta City residents feel they were left out—and the empty lots around their neighborhoods are keeping them from catching up with the city-dwellers next door.
Some things will change; others may not. As the University approaches a fourth COVID-19-affected semester, this is what we know about rules and regulations moving forward.
After being thrown into quarantine to stop the spread of COVID-19 in March 2020, the unemployment rate soared to 14.7%, a rate that hasn’t been seen since the Great Depression. Students fell behind in...
The University had two nearly back-to-back tornado scares this semester. Part of a population that turns over every four years, one columnist worries that UA students no longer have a healthy fear of the destruction a tornado can cause.
Sixty-two tornadoes ripped through the southeast on April 27, 2011. More than 300 people were killed, including former Alabama long snapper Carson Tinker’s girlfriend, Ashley Harrison.
Tinker and...
It's been 10 years since the April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak. In the aftermath, rebuilding and reflecting were quick to follow, and the changes made to safety policies on campus and around Tuscaloosa seem here to stay.
Well, we’re back. Yes, we look a little different now, but after a year cloistered indoors without a printing press in sight, what did you expect? Even The Crimson White, your devoted student newspaper...
