The proposed mine Shepherd Bend will discharge coal mine wastewater into the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River immediately upstream of a Birmingham Water Works Board drinking water intake that daily...

It’s been almost ten days, and I’m still peeved by this article. The Aug. 29 article titled “Building names reflect different era on campus” perturbed me for multiple reasons, but the one that...

When President Robert Witt, set a goal to expand the institution's enrollment to 28,000 by 2013, an overwhelming majority of observers viewed such ambition as laughable and bright-eyed. With the student...

This summer, my brother and I were finally able to fulfill our dream of watching the Boston Red Sox play at Fenway park. As we were walking along the North End Waterfront, a person wearing an Auburn shirt...

School has been in session for the past three weeks. When students were initially attempting to get used to the new CrimsonRide routes and complaining about them, Ralph Clayton, assistant director of Transportation...

My jaw dropped to the floor when I heard the news: The University of Alabama is about to allow strip-mining on a large plot of its land. In a deal that smells worse than a coal-fired power plant, my beloved...

As we approach the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks this weekend, the proposed construction of a mosque near Ground Zero and a Florida church’s decision to commemorate the atrocities by sponsoring...

As we approach the homestretch of the midterm elections, President Obama and other top Democrats have amped up their efforts to paint Republicans as “the party of no.” On the other hand, Democrats...

This Saturday marks the 9th anniversary of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks in New York City. I'd be willing to say that the majority of people who were alive and socially aware back in 2001 still...

I’m sure many of you have heard about the pastor in Gainesville who is planning the “International Burn a Quran Day” on Sept. 11. Terry Jones, who is the pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center...

New York City is often considered one of the most culturally diverse and progressive cities in the world, but a paradoxical shadow of Islamophobia has been cast over New York and the rest of the United...

In March, Congress enacted desperately needed reforms through the student loan provisions tucked in the healthcare reconciliation package. Gone are subsidies to lenders; instead, all federal loans will...