Well, they’ve done it. The University of Alabama, having declared it “surplus property,” has razed the Kilgore House – that glorious example of late-19th century Victorian domestic architecture, and one of the oldest, most significant buildings on campus. And why? To make room for an eating plaza of some sort. “So what?” you ask. Well, as the late, great Douglas [...]

  On a day-to-day basis, how afraid are you of terrorism? Are you vaguely anxious? Are you actively terrified? Are you afraid enough to surrender your rights? Most Americans, of course, aren’t that concerned at all. The truth is that in the past 12 years, only 2,752 Americans have been killed in the U.S. by foreign terrorists. All of those [...]

Since May 31, a number of news agencies in the U.S. have been reporting recent ongoing protests in Turkey. As the Turkish Community of Tuscaloosa (The University of Alabama students, faculty and Tuscaloosa public), we feel obliged to make a statement regarding the situation. The Turkish demonstrations reported in the U.S. media are against the present government’s decision to build [...]

Shortly after Republicans crushed Democrats in the 2010 election to regain control of the Alabama State Legislature, their first goal was to pass a series of ethics bills that would, in part, create a stronger sense of accountability for Alabama’s elections process. Because of the high profile of these reforms, it may be easy to overlook the electoral reform work [...]

Dear Editor, I wonder if your readers are aware of the recent droves of students visiting the Student Health Center to receive their compulsory immunizations? Most of these students are not visiting the SHC because they desire to be immunized but because the University has prevented them from registering for the fall semester unless they undergo immunization. I have no [...]