“You’ll change your mind when you’re older.” It’s a statement that I’ve heard too many times to count, and it’s always delivered the same way: Just a little bit of casual ‘hint-hint, wink-wink’...

Sexual assault has been brought to the forefront of campus dialogue once again. Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common occurrence that The University of Alabama has chosen to ignore time and time again....

In 2009, the Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act, now known both affectionately and pejoratively as Obamacare. The bill passed through Congress without a single Republican vote, and was signed into...

I woke up late on June 14. The first thing I remember seeing was a tweet from Larry Lessig, a Harvard law professor, asserting that we are “AllRepublicansToday.” I’ve been numb to mass shootings...

The media: it is a mammoth institution—the great gatekeeper of American democracy. Like it or not, the American people rely on the news media for the proper dissemination of information. At a time when...

If you’re white, you’re probably racist. I don’t necessarily mean you say openly bigoted things or that you like spending your weekends defending Confederate monuments (though you might be that...

Somewhere in the state of Alabama, whether it is in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains or the boonies of Jackson County, a veteran has been stripped of their constitutional right to bear arms....

I have always known that I wanted to impart stories from my four years at the Capstone. My mind has swirled these last few weeks about advice, topics, and theses, but mostly how I would avoid sounding...

August 21, 2013, marked the first day of my collegiate career. Though that day might seem uneventful to the rest of the world, it was not for me. I remember that day vividly. An overwhelming mix of emotions...

The summer before my first semester at UA, it was continually reinforced to me that college is a time to “find yourself” and that I would “discover who I really am” once I got here. So, being the...

It is no secret that there is a problem with the distribution of power at UA. With not-so-secret societies and inaccessible elite institutions like The Machine and Argentum having such a stronghold in...

These four years were literally the best blah blah blah…go by so fast blah blah… let’s cut the crap, here is exactly how to do college: The SECOND you step on campus high tail it over to your local...