Last weekend, a family friend invited us to her home. I entered the house as I would any other invitation of this sort. I took my shoes off and placed them near her door. She greeted me in Bengali, my...

Legendary Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: “If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought – not free...

My father’s father had a saying, “These are the most carefree days of your life.” He was referring to my father’s college days. And my father has been repeating the same saying to me recently....

In today’s music world, an artist with a message containing much depth is hard to come by, it seems. Look at the top artists in any given genre right now and you can sum up a majority of their songs...

I recently came across a television show called “Catfish” that has been getting attention since parts of the first episode were filmed in Tuscaloosa. This show, along with the movie it is based off,...

During the third presidential debate between President Obama and Governor Romney, the two were asked about drones. Both candidates, shockingly, agreed and supported the use of unmanned combat vehicles...

Follow your heart, and you will not get lost. Do what you love, and the money will follow. Leap, and the net will appear. Find your passion, and run with it. Lies. All lies, I say. Well-meant but stupid...

For Alabama fans in Bryant-Denny Stadium, the worst moment during last Saturday’s Iron Bowl may have been when “Gangnam Style” played over the sound system. The same day, the song’s music video...

“Ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness,” said Malcom Gladwell in his 2008 book “Outliers.” I read the book sometime in high school, when my interests varied and my passions had not...

It seems like every year, the parking debate begins. Students and The Crimson White complain about the lack of parking while Parking Services rebuts that parking is plentiful. In reality, the University...

Upon returning to campus just in time for the Iron Bowl after a short but much needed Thanksgiving break, characterized by turkey-induced comas followed by hours of frenzied Black Friday shopping, I was...

In a manner that has become emblematic of U.S. politics in recent years, it has taken only slightly more than a month for our country’s politicians and media to attempt to stir the American people into...