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The Crimson White

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Tuscaloosa: Unite for Sunday alcohol sales

Kingsley Clark January 25, 2011

Dearly beloveds, we are gathered here today to celebrate the holy matrimony of two wonderful things, kept separate by the holier-than-thou city of Tuscaloosa. If anyone has any reason why students and...

Mo’ students, mo’ problems

Wesley Vaughn January 25, 2011

Our student body is growing by the hour, On a given day, we should call Jack Bauer. Because campus crowding is a time bomb ticking, Already, it has gotten rather sickening. Packed are many campus locations,...

College isn’t right for everyone

Gregory Poole January 25, 2011

Last week, parents nationwide received a jolt from front-page headlines that detailed the activities of college students and how it affects their studies. In their newly published work, Drs. Josipa Roksa...

Freshmen meal plan a waste

John Brinkerhoff January 21, 2011

At the end of last semester, while some students were frantically studying for finals and others were busy not caring, I and many other freshmen had a second challenge to overcome: using the remainder...

Why shouldn’t we run up the score?

Ben Friedman January 21, 2011

When Alabama took Greg McElroy out of the game with considerable time left to play in the Capitol One Bowl against Michigan State, I was enraged. Granted, the outcome was apparent even before halftime,...

Bentley starts on wrong foot

CW Staff January 21, 2011

After being inaugurated Monday afternoon, newly sworn-in Gov. Robert Bentley told a congregation at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church that, “If you have been adopted in God's family like I have, and...

Davis, Vaughn misunderstand

Greg Houser January 21, 2011

There has been much talk of late about the ills of inflammatory rhetoric, so my next sentence gives me some pause. But, there is really no other way to express my sentiments. In the words of the immortal...

A tale of two winning streaks

Tyler Rigdon January 20, 2011

When I sat down to begin this article, I had a clear vision of the argument I wanted to support. The Connecticut women’s basketball team has had a streak of 90 consecutive wins. The team has surpassed...

Rand fights for our fiscal future

John Anselmo January 20, 2011

The 112th Congress has pulled out the toolbox, looking to fix the broken machinery of government that was left by their predecessors. The 2010 campaign season was chocked full of these tales of reform...

Vaughn, Houser: missing the elephants (in the room)

John Davis January 20, 2011

Last week Wesley Vaughn wrote about establishing a unified campus identity – a stance that prompted criticism from graduate student Greg Houser about the concept of discussing a problem without offering...

SGA Constitution step in the right direction

Wesley Vaughn January 19, 2011

Soon, our Student Government Association will release its rewritten constitution for students to vote on. Maybe 20 students will read it—the 20 who convince themselves that the SGA matters and who dream...

Mandatory on-campus freshmen housing a mistake

Gregory Poole January 19, 2011

The resumption of classes this week marks not only the beginning of the last semester before many graduate, but also the beginning of apartment searches as more than 25,000 students make deals with others...