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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

Find the balance between past, present, future

Tara Massouleh October 16, 2012

I study on Sunday afternoons. So, the other day, as I stared dully at my dimly lit computer screen, struggling to remember what was so important about the Rule of Thirds in photojournalism, I was looking...

South Alabama shooting forces us to look at media bias, question law enforcement

Henry Downes October 16, 2012

The Collar family of Wetumpka, Ala., is mourning the loss of their son Gil this week after the freshman was gunned down by a campus police officer at the University of South Alabama on Oct. 6. There is...

Financial management courses should be required for students

Letter to the Editor October 16, 2012

If any of you watched ESPN Film’s “Broke,” you know that over half of all professional football players go bankrupt three years after retiring from the NFL. And, keep in mind, most of these retirements...

Our View: Anonymity used to keep sources safe

Our View October 16, 2012

Occasionally there comes a time when an editorial board of a media outlet must make the difficult choice to rely on anonymous sources. Today, we have made that decision. In today’s Crimson White, you...

Challenges of defining boundaries of Internet privacies

Brad Tipper October 15, 2012

Before this week, I was fairly unfamiliar to the popular website Reddit and its intricacies, having only visited the site a handful of times and never creating my own account. My prior knowledge of the...

University theatrics: ‘I forget that I’m not actually in a toy town’

Lucy Cheseldine October 15, 2012

Shakespeare once said, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” With midterms rearing their ugly heads, my head is swimming in quotations. Yet, America has felt more...

Beware the label: ‘social outcast’

Tarif Haque October 15, 2012

I knew Grace from high school. Back then, she trickled in and out of my life — mostly in school and sometimes out of school. Though we weren’t remarkable friends, we had mutual ones — but still,...

Expanding patient choice key to health care reform

Tray Smith October 14, 2012

An average of 140 million Americans shop at Walmart every week. Online retailers like Apple, Amazon and Google sold over one billion digital tracks in the first three quarters of this year. Americans...

Absence of Steve Jobs reflective in lackluster iPhone 5

SoRelle Wyckoff October 14, 2012

The Apple empire has dominated the technological world for the past decade. The iPod, iPhone, iPad and Mac have redefined the fields of music, phones, tablets and computers, as well as introducing a slew...

New Starbucks: bigger size doesn’t translate to better service

Tori Lee October 14, 2012

In my week of adjusting to the new, fancy, biggest college campus Starbucks, I realized that a bigger size does not necessarily mean better functionality. I let the day of the grand opening slide –...

Pledgeship ‘suspension’ poor solution to greek problems

Amber Patterson October 14, 2012

I recently stumbled upon an article concerning the suspension of the Interfraternity Council. When I read the word suspension, I automatically assumed that it meant a month or two of deceased pledgeship...

OUR VIEW: Vigilance required for safety

Our View October 14, 2012

On Sept. 16, an anonymous author claiming to represent a group of parents of freshman UA students sent University administrators an email alleging excessive alcohol consumption in greek organizations on...