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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

The benefits of college athletics

Kyle Simpson January 13, 2016

As the confetti fell Monday night in Arizona, Alabama’s passionate fan base relished the feeling of being back on top of the college sports world. As the most popular sport in America, football occupies...

OUR VIEW: SGA Judiciary betrays public trust, flouts duty

CW Editorial Board September 14, 2015

On Thursday, Sept. 10, Akeisha Young, chief justice of the SGA Student Judiciary, issued an opinion that the Student Organization Seating violated the SGA Code of Laws and is unofficial until deemed otherwise....

The veteran & military dependent
sitting beside you

The veteran & military dependent sitting beside you

Jason Sellars September 10, 2015

You’re sitting in class, nervous about your test, wondering if you studied enough amidst the party invites, the late night caffeine and computer issues when trying to log in to your myBama account. Beside...

Education budget must be protected to safeguard Alabama’s future

Dr. Robert Witt September 9, 2015

Legislators return to Montgomery this week for a second special legislative session to address the $200 million shortfall in the General Fund budget. It is critical to the economic future of our state...

Intersectionality in the feminist movement

Sehar Ezez September 8, 2015

Last week, my peers Cassidy Ellis and Lindsay Macher, along with Ruth Bishop, put forth two opposing views to explain the obstacles each side perceives as issues with inclusiveness within the feminist...

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...

How the modern Christian church creates college atheists

Matthew Gillham September 4, 2015

More than 70% of college students who regularly attended church in high school leave in college. Why? “Universities are secular hotbeds with biased professors aiming to abolish religion.” “Their...

Roads and rumbling stomachs: Tuscaloosa faces growing pains

Ben Jackson September 2, 2015

Tuscaloosa is growing, quickly. Last week I visited the new Fresh Market, one of the crowning jewels of Legacy Park, a $55 million project at the intersection of McFarland and 13th street. Across the street...

Shoot, write, rinse, repeat

Mark Hammontree August 31, 2015

While college football fans around the country salivate in anticipation of the 2015 season, families across the country mourn the loss of loved ones as a result of a gunfire.You probably have heard by...

Want to know what budget cuts look like? Furlough workers now and see

Kyle Campbell August 31, 2015

Feb. 26, 2015 is the day Robert Bentley stopped acting like a Tuscaloosa dermatologist and started acting like the governor of Alabama. When state Senator Bill Holtzclaw (R-Madison) put up a billboard...

Reflecting on Northwestern Football’s failed union bid, and what it means for Alabama

Meghan Dorn August 28, 2015

I wonder what the mood was like in the Mal Moore Athletic Complex on August 17th, when the National Labor Relations Board announced that Northwestern football players would not be able to unionize. Was...

Alabama government should focus on rehabilitating, not incarcerating, drug users

Alabama government should focus on rehabilitating, not incarcerating, drug users

Kyle Simpson August 28, 2015

After failing to do their jobs in the 2015 regular session and an additional special session, the Alabama State Legislature will soon convene again for a second special session to sort out our state’s...