Josh Shumate | OpinionsAt 9 a.m., in Judge Robert’s courtroom, the long awaited trial to decide a 2013 Tuscaloosa City School Board election will take place. This marks the beginning of the end to a...

The right to bear arms is granted to all Americans by way of the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution. It is an integral piece of the Second Amendment. This privilege gives any U.S. citizen...

Last week, The University of Alabama announced that this year’s freshman class was not only the largest in the school’s 185-year history, but also the most academically talented, with more than 40...

As homecoming week comes around the corner, a mix of emotions are rising in response to the different traditions the university and Greek life has for the event. Many of these emotions stem from complaints...

Culture has always been an interesting topic for me. Culture is shaped by politics, religion, language, technology, you name it. Of the seven billion people on Earth, culture is what both unites and distinguishes...

“When you get in the endzone, act like you’ve been there before.” – Coach Paul "Bear" BryantWe’ve been there before. We’ve been there to sing the traditional "Yea Alabama" after Crimson Tide...

Since 2011, the top four coal mining companies in the U.S. have lost 99.9 percent of their market capitalization. That’s an astonishing number. A confluence of social and scientific motivations underpins...

By now, you might be tired of reading about Colin Kaepernick. You might think the issue has been overdrawn, dragged out by the media just looking for a controversial story. You might be tired of football...

I got my first iPhone, a 5s, back in April for my birthday. I wasn't the biggest Apple fan after having used Android phones my whole life, but slowly I began to get comfortable with Siri and even fall...

“Four or five men get together, they think up some way to fool the emperor, and they inform him of whatever he must approve…. As Diocletian himself used to declare, an emperor –– good, careful,...

According to many, we are living in the age of anxiety, even though it has been around since the beginning of mankind. Before the 21st century, having a mental illness was viewed as a character flaw, when...