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Panel discussion focuses on intersectionality of race and gender

Panel discussion focuses on intersectionality of race and gender

Patrick Smith February 25, 2016

In front of a packed house in Gorgas Library Room 205 the University of Alabama Feminist Caucus, UA Blend and Collegiate 100 Black Men hosted the “Black Girls Rise” panel discussion.  The panel on...

Petitioners call for the University to rename Morgan Hall after Harper Lee

Petitioners call for the University to rename Morgan Hall after Harper Lee

Elizabeth Elkin February 19, 2016

A petition was created on Feb. 19 to rename Morgan Hall, The University of Alabama's Department of English building, to Lee Hall after Harper Lee, who was confirmed dead at age 89 earlier in the day.Morgan...

Straight outta nominations

Sarah Howard January 21, 2016

On Jan. 14, movie buffs and casual watchers alike checked to see if this could be Leonardo DiCaprio’s year to finally win an Oscar. In the 88th year of the Academy Awards, Leo received his fifth nomination,...

We Are Done hosts demonstration to promote change on campus

Nick Privitera November 19, 2015

 This morning, students with the We Are Done organization gathered in protest on campus at the Malone Hood Plaza and then marched to the steps of Gorgas library, where several students spoke at length...

UPDATED: We Are Done demands equality on campus

Elizabeth Elkin November 18, 2015

A group calling itself "We Are Done," which, according to its Facebook page, is a coalition of students and faculty concerned about racism and discrimination on campus, has released three demands of the...

Don’t underestimate the power of students

Madelyn Schorr November 18, 2015

Today students are typecast as self-absorbed, apathetic and out of touch with problems plaguing society. Pundits and parents say we spend too much time on Snapchat and Twitter and not enough time studying...

A crack in the façade of democracy

Almosa Pirela-Jones November 17, 2015

Long before daybreak on Sunday, Nov. 8, Tuscaloosa police officers knocked on the apartment door of a University of Alabama student, responding to a routine noise complaint. The man in question attempted...

(Fearing the) power of the people

Matthew Gillham November 16, 2015

The protests at Mizzou this past week have begun to usher in new accountability for college administrations by using the tremendous power of the public to bring about progress – and progress they have...

Students protest for diversity on campus at Rose Administration

Students protest for diversity on campus at Rose Administration

Alyx Chandler November 13, 2015

Mizzou isn't the only university concerned with lack of diversity this week.At 8 a.m., an interchanging group of 20 to 40 students dressed in all black stood outside the doors of Rose Administration,...

The confederate flag and window dressing racism

The confederate flag and window dressing racism

Kyle Campbell October 21, 2015

I can’t tell you the date; all I remember is that it was a Sunday morning. It was one of many long, nondescript Sunday mornings I spent on the hour-long ride from my home in the Wiregrass to DeFuniak...

Progressive activists must become organizers to change campus

A.J. James September 10, 2015

One of the greatest things about our short time here at the University is that over the course of a matter of years, we have the ability to bring about positive change that can last far past our tenure....

A note to white progressives

Kyle Campbell September 8, 2015

In the wake of the Ferguson riots in the Spring of 2014, over a hundred UA students associated with the Black Lives Matter movement orchestrated a “die-in” in the Ferguson Center, during which they...