By Katherine Owen and Ryan Phillips The Westboro Baptist Church, a religious group from Topeka, Kans., known for its extremist ideologies, led a picket on the University of Alabama campus Saturday, May 18, to remind Tuscaloosa residents of their message that the tornado of April 27, 2011 was a sign of the “wrath of God.” The members of the WBC [...]

Demolition of the Kilgore House on the University of Alabama campus began Monday afternoon, sparking controversy about The University of Alabama’s role in preserving its own history. Originally built in 1890 by the trustees of Bryce Hospital for Assistant Steward Charles C. Kilgore, the house served as co-ed student housing in the early 1900s. Anna Hunter, the first female faculty [...]

Westboro Baptist Church, the radical religious organization known for its extremist beliefs and publicized protests, is scheduled to picket The University of Alabama May 18, according to its website. Margie Phelps, a member of the Westboro Baptist Church, said the church believes the tornado of April 27, 2011 was a warning from God to turn from the sins of “fornication, [...]

Former University of Alabama president Guy Bailey was one of five finalists being considered for the next president of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.M. The university’s Board of Regents announced at 4 p.m. today that Garrey Carruthers, dean of NMSU’s College of Business and governor of New Mexico from 1987 to 1991, had been selected as the [...]

Editor’s note: Billy Kirkpatrick, the executive director of West Alabama AIDS Outreach, sent this clarification to The Crimson White on April 24 to clarify some of his quotes featured in the article “AIDs remains an issue for Alabama’s poor, young.” The quotes that ran were shortened because of the contraints of space in the newspaper and word count limits. Because [...]