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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

SGA must be open regarding Cochran resignation

Our View October 4, 2011

“Transparency” has become a buzzword in the Student Government Association in the last two years. We’ve seen a revolving door of presidents and cabinet members preach the importance of openness in...

City takes a step forward

Our View September 8, 2011

The Tuscaloosa Forward plan approved by the city council Tuesday provides a good framework for rebuilding the areas devastated by the April 27 tornado. The entire city will benefit from the revitalization...

Objective criteria key for seating

Our View September 1, 2011

  When students bought their tickets for this fall’s football season, each one paid $5. They all applied through the same process and got their tickets in order of credit hours.  Determining who gets...

Blackburn smart to delay law

CW Staff August 31, 2011

Yesterday, Federal Judge Sharon Blackburn pushed back the day on which Alabama’s HB 56 would become law from Sept. 1 to Sept. 28. Regardless of your views on immigration policy, you have to be glad that...

Our View: Block seating needs reform

Our View August 30, 2011

Saturday, students will fill their part of Bryant-Denny Stadium and cheer on the Crimson Tide as it faces Kent State. Most students will find their seats as they get there, hoping to spot enough seats...

A necessary evil, but not necessarily evil

CW Staff June 22, 2011

When it was announced last Friday that the trustees for The University of Alabama System voted to raise in-state tuition by nearly 9 percent and out-of-state tuition by nearly 7 percent, the group was...

Block seating must go

Our View April 22, 2011

When student organization seating was opened to a variety of new organizations last year, we were initially optimistic that those reforms would lead to a less divisive student section on game day. While...

Fowler presidency fulfills its promises

Our View April 5, 2011

Last year, after James Fowler was inaugurated as Student Government Association president, The Crimson White wrote that, during his campaign, “a typical Fowler sentence included a noun, a verb and ‘transparency.’”...

Election guidelines should be revised

Our View March 30, 2011

In a memorandum sent to Dr. Mark Nelson, University of Alabama Vice President for Student Affairs, SGA president James Fowler has recommended a series of revisions to student government elections policies....