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Students must collectively work to beat the textbook system

A.J. James August 27, 2015

The rising costs of textbooks should be of no surprise to any college student. Many of us have experienced the pain of shelling out $200 for a single book, which, to our disappointment, we discovered to...

In defense of Donald Trump

Will Gonzalez August 27, 2015

First and foremost, I would like to air my personal bias on the subject: even though I am a Republican, I am in no way a Trump-et, Trump-ite or in any other way a Donald Trump supporter.In many ways, I...

The quarter life crisis

Anna Scott Lovejoy August 25, 2015

The digital generation deals with the responsibility of perpetually advancing technology, yet they also reap the benefits of having the entire world at their fingertips. With iPhones, laptops, iPads,...

Staying selfless while serving others

Danielle Waddell August 25, 2015

The most common thing that I hear concerning college is that this is the best time of my life, the point during which I will make my own choices that will shape how I will live for the rest of my life....

Fantasy football should not lead fans to real hatred

Jake Bass August 25, 2015

Once the season hits, everyone knows it. The commercials arise, training camps start and people start looking forward to Monday nights. Week in and week out, millions of obsessed fans cheer on these human...

Political correctness or developed empathy?

Sehar Ezez August 25, 2015

Political correctness is formally known by Oxford Dictionaries as “the avoidance, often considered as taken to extremes, of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize,...

The danger of college’s self-obsessive allure

Matthew Gillham August 24, 2015

Yeah, this one is, ironically, for you freshmen—but it’s also for me, too. Just don’t spend too long thinking about yourself while reading it.Between goodbye hugs from your parents and helping your...

Alpha Phi coverage: our fault or the media's?

Anna Wood August 24, 2015

It is no secret that The University of Alabama Greek system is now enduring the third national news-airing scandal in three years, all of which seemed to have occurred right after sorority recruitment....

Trump is dangerous, even if he can’t win

Mark Hammontree August 24, 2015

Around 30,000 people showed up to Mobile’s Ladd-Peebles Stadium Friday night to hear His Holiness Donald Trump, Bishop of America, Vicar of Jesus Christ preach his gospel of 
American exceptionalism.Certainly,...

Protect education by keeping state budgets separate

Hunter Richey August 21, 2015

Lawmakers in Montgomery were called into special session this month to determine their course of action in addressing a massive deficit in the state general fund budget. As students at The University of...

A Note from the Underground: The Alpha Phi controversy and institutional racism

Amanda Bennett August 20, 2015

“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me...[I]t is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard,...

Campus transportation falls short in efficiency

Kyle Simpson August 19, 2015

It’s 9:55 a.m. on a Monday, and campus is a nightmare. Pedestrians are dodging cars, intersections are sites of mass confusion and the parking services attendant is (gleefully, we like to imagine) putting...