“With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a new pair of shoes to a child in need.” “For every retweet, Arby’s will give a $1 to Children’s Hospital.” “Donate $5 to the Humane Society...

While the Obama campaign may not have started publicly promoting their victory party for November just yet, I’m sure they’ve at least bought the champagne. At a time when many in the political world...

On Thursday, Sept. 13, there was an “interesting” opinion piece in The Crimson White. I say “interesting” not because I found this argument particularly insightful or intelligent, but rather because...

A strange thing happened to me a few weeks ago, a sort of baptism if you like. I was born into the Deep South by swimming in the Black Warrior River. It wasn’t the sort of spot made for swimming and,...

Her bones hurt. At 16, she checked into the local oncology clinic after school, awaiting the diagnosis. In the cruel aftermath, her family would receive several bills in the mail each month requesting...

Imagine. It’s your senior year of high school. You walk into an apartment-style dorm at The University of Alabama, and you think, “This is amazing! I can have my own room, no community bathroom and...

For over 350,000 Chicago schoolchildren, vacation has never seemed so politically charged. While the economy continues to limp towards something resembling recovery, the Chicago Teachers’ Union spurned...

I survived off of anything microwavable my freshman year. I lived on the top floor of Julia Tutwiler Hall, and options were limited to anything that could fit in the three-by-six-by-three refrigerator...

With a new school year comes many new exciting events. The startling reminder that the beginning of classes means a new mountain of schoolwork to climb is attached to the weekly anticipation of another...

“At first, I thought it was a sad, handwritten book. I did not know it was your diary.” This is one of my favorite quotes from the very entertaining and well-known movie “Bridesmaids,” and it’s...

“Cultural growth” is a new buzzword on campus. After the last decade’s enrollment explosion, many students are looking for ways we can engineer parallel growth as a unified community. Growth as...

This week, The University of Alabama at Birmingham released documents revealing that the alleged Dark Knight Rises shooter, James Holmes, had applied for a graduate program at UAB but had been rejected....