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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

Republican pledge insults intelligence

Chris Brummond September 26, 2010

How dumb do Republicans think we are? On Thursday, the Republican Party took a page from their 1994 revolution by unveiling their “Pledge to America,” exposing a clear sense of desperation for the...

Obama needs to connect

Ben Friedman September 26, 2010

I voted for John McCain in 2008. I do and always will support conservative economic and social policies. Ronald Reagan speeches give me goose bumps and I gave Bush the benefit of the doubt. Regardless...

Intraparty fighting will threaten Republicans

John Brinkerhoff September 26, 2010

The whole idea of the Tea Party movement seems a bit confusing. If taken alone the overwhelming frustration with status quo politics is easily understandable and completely rational. However, the approach...

Thanks for the hospitality

Letter to the Editor September 23, 2010

Permit me to share my thoughts and thanks for the wonderful treatment I, as well as all other Penn State fans, received during our trip to Tuscaloosa. The welcome we were given was truly outstanding and...

Campus already congested enough

Tray Smith September 23, 2010

The University has 30,232 students enrolled this fall. This far exceeds President Witt’s goal, first announced when he arrived in 2003, of enrolling 28,000 students by 2013. At that time, there were...

Medical marijuana in Alabama?

Austin Gaddis September 23, 2010

            Anyone who follows current events closely can tell you an unprecedented event is coming this November when Californians go to the polls.             For the first time in...

Freshman struggles: meal plans, buses, online classes

Laura Corley September 23, 2010

When I first moved into my dorm room, I had yet to experience the vast and diverse plethora of students buzzing around campus. There is about a 300-mile stretch between my hometown in Georgia and Tuscaloosa....

Don’t besmirch Taking Back Sunday

Greg Houser September 22, 2010

Ryan Flamerich made several salient and valid points in his recent column about the lack of quality entertainment on campus. As a former denizen of a large city, I often sit at home in my apartment mewing...

Rounders brought on tears

Ashley Williams September 22, 2010

After the Penn State game, I decided to go to Rounders to celebrate Bama’s victory with the Psi Phi fraternity. The party was broadcasted as “Fifth Quarter,” and they advertised that they would provide...

Don’t vote, don’t progress

Michael Patrick September 22, 2010

For months Lady Gaga has been diligently working to bring “don’t ask, don’t tell” and its outdated, discriminatory policies back to the floor of the U.S. Congress. Just last week Gaga used her...

False charges make real victims

Debra Flax September 22, 2010

“Hey pretty girl, do you want to take a drink of this?” Those are the words Bethany Storro claimed a black woman said to her before throwing acid on Storro’s face Aug. 30 in Vancouver, Wash. Storro...

Make them fear Bryant-Denny

John Anselmo September 21, 2010

No one can deny who presently stands alone at the top of the college football world: our very own Crimson Tide. Who can argue? We finished the regular season undefeated for the second year in a row, all...