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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Students must collectively work to beat the textbook system

A.J. James August 27, 2015

The rising costs of textbooks should be of no surprise to any college student. Many of us have experienced the pain of shelling out $200 for a single book, which, to our disappointment, we discovered to...

In defense of Donald Trump

Will Gonzalez August 27, 2015

First and foremost, I would like to air my personal bias on the subject: even though I am a Republican, I am in no way a Trump-et, Trump-ite or in any other way a Donald Trump supporter.In many ways, I...

The quarter life crisis

Anna Scott Lovejoy August 25, 2015

The digital generation deals with the responsibility of perpetually advancing technology, yet they also reap the benefits of having the entire world at their fingertips. With iPhones, laptops, iPads,...

Political correctness or developed empathy?

Sehar Ezez August 25, 2015

Political correctness is formally known by Oxford Dictionaries as “the avoidance, often considered as taken to extremes, of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize,...

UA’s smoking policy fails the test of effectiveness

Samantha Rudelich August 25, 2015

This past fall semester, when I first heard about the new Smoke-Free Campus Initiative, I was excited for the change. The thought of walking through campus without being engulfed in someone else’s cloud...

The danger of college’s self-obsessive allure

Matthew Gillham August 24, 2015

Yeah, this one is, ironically, for you freshmen—but it’s also for me, too. Just don’t spend too long thinking about yourself while reading it.Between goodbye hugs from your parents and helping your...

A Note from the Underground: The Alpha Phi controversy and institutional racism

Amanda Bennett August 20, 2015

“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me...[I]t is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard,...

To Greek Women, From Greek Women

To Greek Women, From Greek Women

Leigh Terry, Sarah Huff Moore August 18, 2015

We all know the names of the major Greek scandals of recent years. The University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s racist chant. Georgia Tech Phi Kappa Tau’s “luring your rapebait” email. The...