Since none of my fellow columnists have written about the issue of rapid growth on campus in recent weeks, it is thus incumbent on me to write about how this immense change affects the students at the...

“Be yourself.” “Live your dreams.” “Follow your heart.” As Americans, we are daily bombarded with sayings and clichés reminding us to pursue that good old American dream of success and individuation....

If you’re a new student who’s thinking of seeking out opportunities in student government, you’re in luck. Our student handbook tells us that SGA elections are for any student who meets a modest...

Spring is on its way, complete with “norts,” spring break planning, midterms and the threat of severe weather. Oh, and SGA elections. Did the 83 percent of campus who did not vote last year forget...

It’s a Wednesday night, you’re sitting in your room starved, and you’re all out of meal plan swipes. Do you order Domino’s for the sixth time this month? Do you go to Buffalo Phil’s for the second...

Believe it or not, there is a republic where obesity alone leads to the spending of $147 billion annually. The land of the free and the home of the large, where the proportion of obese citizens hovers...

Although I’ve thrown my fair share of rocks at the tactics of certain groups on campus, I do not hide my hand, nor do I present my commentary as value neutral and objective. More often than not, there...

A few days ago, Claire Chretien, president of Bama Students for Life, appeared on Fox & Friends, Fox News’s morning program, to discuss the removal of her organization’s poster from a display case...

While most students probably don’t care much about what happens at academic conferences, we should probably start paying attention to one major development that is shocking and wrong. A few months...

2014 will be a big year for the University. During the past year, whispers across campus have focused on one message: change. SGA elections in 2014 will measure just how committed the student body is...

The First Amendment right to free speech is not absolute, and this is especially true when discussing students’ rights. The Supreme Court’s decision in Tinker v. Des Moines makes clear that administrators...

Last week, The University of Alabama recently displayed a chilling willingness to completely disregard students’ rights to free speech just because some UA students found Bama Students for Life’s display...