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Supreme Court should rule in favor of Masterpiece Cake Shop

Supreme Court should rule in favor of Masterpiece Cake Shop

Jack Kitchin January 22, 2018

Ever since the events surrounding Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission came into the public eye in 2012, it has been a hot-button issue when discussing LGBTQ rights.  Oral arguments...

UA must take steps towards real racial integration

UA must take steps towards real racial integration

January 22, 2018

On January 15, 2017, Harley Barber, 19, former member of Alpha Phi and student at The University of Alabama, spent her Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday using racial slurs and derogatory comments on her...

Modern marketing won't save Christianity

Modern marketing won’t save Christianity

Zach Boros January 19, 2018

As someone who grew up in an evangelical church for the majority of my life, I can attest to the strides that the church has made to make Christianity more modern, tech savvy, and even trendy. When church...

We should not support celebrities for president

We should not support celebrities for president

Cassie Kuhn January 19, 2018

You wouldn’t hire a chemist to teach an English composition class educating the next generation, nor would you want an English major working in a chemistry lab to develop the products that’ll end up...

"Nice guys" can be part of the sexual harassment problem, too

“Nice guys” can be part of the sexual harassment problem, too

Madeline Anscombe January 18, 2018

One of the most vivid memories I have, one that I replay time and time again in my head, is of leaving the site of my first sexual encounter. As I entered the car weak and confused, I told the boy driving...

OUR VIEW: Barber indicative of larger problem

OUR VIEW: Barber indicative of larger problem

CW Editorial Board January 18, 2018

By now, most University of Alabama students, and many people besides them, have seen the appalling racist rants of Harley Barber, a girl who was an enrolled student and member of the Alpha Phi sorority...

Courts, representatives should crack down on gerrymandering

Courts, representatives should crack down on gerrymandering

Emma Royal January 17, 2018

Earlier this week, federal judges ruled North Carolina’s congressional district map unconstitutional because the jagged, interlocking districts were a product of partisan gerrymandering. This is the...

All publicity is good publicity for the gender pay gap

January 17, 2018

In the wake of an influx of sexual assault allegations, where prominent news anchors and actors are being taken down left and right, recent events in Hollywood have called just as much media attention...

Federal and state overreach should be a bipartisan concern

Federal and state overreach should be a bipartisan concern

Nathan Campbell January 16, 2018

The new year saw the implementation of California’s legalization of recreational marijuana. California was the fifth state to have done so, following Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. News reports...

"The Room" is the best worst movie ever created

“The Room” is the best worst movie ever created

Megan Friend January 16, 2018

 By now, odds are that you’ve heard about The Room. Endearingly referred to as “the best worst movie ever made”, the decade-old film recently inspired the James Franco-directed, Golden Globe nominated...

Stop telling athletes to "stick to sports"

Stop telling athletes to “stick to sports”

Matthew Speakman December 7, 2017

Politics and sports are no longer separate entities. Now more than ever, athletes are using their platforms to address issues that they feel passionately about. Football players, specifically, have used...

We should value conservative writers

We should value conservative writers

Ben Jackson December 7, 2017

Conservative writers are disappearing. Outside the narrow confines of Fox News and Breitbart, hardly worthy arbiters of philosophy, conservative intellectuals are becoming increasingly absent from mainstream...