While this campus seems to place a great deal of importance upon the idea of “unity” in the student body, a different division has largely been ignored: one between the student body and the city at...

  Do you have a favorite body of water? Mine is the river. I love rivers, especially because of what they do to cities – that is, they authenticate them, give them resiliency, knowledge, history, life....

I remember pacing the field of the Rose Bowl hours before kickoff of the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. Former assistant sports editor Spencer White and I were taking in the atmosphere in Southern...

In times of crisis, leaders emerge. After the April 27 tornado devastated parts of Tuscaloosa, leaders across our campus responded incredibly. Faculty members accounted for students, staff members worked...

Students returning for summer classes this week will find a community still very much in need of their service and support. Over a month after a tornado ravaged much of Tuscaloosa, it is important that...

As far as advice and farewells go, I’ve always liked what Conan O’Brian said on his last Tonight Show: “All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism – it's my least favorite...

by Meridith Shook I was in the bathroom of my house in the Forest Lake neighborhood when the tornado came through on Wednesday. Early that morning, I had woken up to rain beating down on my bedroom window...

Good people died in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday. They died suddenly, unexpectedly, through no fault of their own. They died at Mother Nature’s hand. On 13th Street, a man pointed to trees that narrowly...

by Bo Black “Don’t go… I’ve got a gut feeling.” These were the text messages I sent to my girlfriend Jessica at 2:51 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27. We both decided not to go to class thinking...

by Abby Connally I don’t know if words can accurately describe everything I’ve thought, felt, and seen over the past two days. On April 27, 2011, my college town was ripped apart by a tornado. My...

When the winds calmed and the skies lightened, I walked into the debris and disarray of the tornado. Less than two hours after an F-5 demolished homes and businesses and lives on and around 15th Street,...

by Jessica Trull Wednesday, April 27, 2011 was a day that began like all other Wednesdays this spring semester. I prepared for my regular, daily routine. I left my apartment in University Village at 11:30...