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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

SENIOR COLUMN: Your opinion matters

SENIOR COLUMN: Your opinion matters

Morgan Nicodemus April 25, 2017

When I first applied to write a biweekly opinion column for The Crimson White, I applied with the intent that this position would equip me with the writing experience I needed and the publishing perks...

Bending the arc

Bending the arc

Leigh Terry May 3, 2016

My first memory of senior columns is a feeling of anger at the dishonesty I saw in several of them. As a freshman, many of the seniors I admired wrote about how they wish they had partied more, spent less...

Ode to the Capstone

Mark Hammontree May 3, 2016

If you drive into Tuscaloosa and look,You’ll come across a house made of Windows.It’s quite a large house, and beautiful, look;Every last bit of it’s covered in Windows.There have to be thousands,...

More, but not enough

More, but not enough

Vel Lewis May 3, 2016

Whenever I see my grandma and we talk about school, she tries hard to hide the tears that stroll down her cheeks as she exclaims how proud she is of me. She is happy that the opportunity to attend college...

A choice for the future

Elliot Spillers May 3, 2016

I’d be lying if I said finding the words for this column was easy. Truly, who at the end of their journey can eloquently summarize multiple moments of pleasure, discomfort, achievement and disappointment...

Don’t call me an evangelical

Will Sorrell May 2, 2016

I’m an evangelical, but don’t call me that.I am by no stretch of the imagination a minority. As a white, straight, cisgender, able-bodied male, I’m the poster-child for the majority. Yet there’s...

I did it

Sehar Ezez May 2, 2016

I’ve really struggled to think of what I could write in my senior column. As I look to my peers taking gorgeous senior pictures by Denny Chimes and posting their post-grad plans, I’ve felt less than...

A frightening reflection I didn’t want to see

Matthew Gillham May 2, 2016

I used to cross the quad every morning, grotesquely navigating the sidewalks that seem to point in every direction except the one that I was going, and thank God for letting me attend this University....

Brothers and sisters

Amanda Bennett May 2, 2016

I would like to address the contents of my senior column to the black community of The University of Alabama. All too often, we find ourselves trapped within the margins, relegated to functioning as social...

A recipe for lemonade

Halle Lindsay May 2, 2016

Beyonce’s Lemonade is poetic and strategic. It aims to illustrate the grasp of freedom in the midst of adversity and reconciliation in spite of pain. In essence, the story of the black woman. Through...

Somewhat misanthropic? reflections of a continuing confusion

Abigail Thompson May 2, 2016

I’ve pretty much been confused since the day I arrived on this campus. I’d venture so far as to say I’m even confused about what I’m confused about, and what’s more - I’m not entirely convinced...

​The making of a masterpiece

Kendall Roden May 2, 2016

When I initially began mulling over ideas for what to share in this senior column, I got overwhelmed...fast. Four years worth of memories rushed into my head: the mistakes, successes, trials and triumphs...