Within the Jewish community, the breaking of glass carries a heavy connotation that swings from polar ends. Originally a tradition at a wedding after the exchange of vows, on the night of Nov. 9, 1938, the breaking of glass had a vile purpose to drive out business owners and community members from their homes.
I was sent home from school my first day of junior year of high school. My crime was not loudly disrupting class; it was not fighting or throwing food or disrespecting my teachers. It was wearing a skirt....
Editor's note: Charlie's name has been changed for privacy reasons.
Before a date party freshman year, Charlie ate an early dinner, got ready, then started drinking before heading to a pregame.
“I...
UA students are finalists in more than 10 categories for the Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence Awards for collegiate journalists in Region 3. Students working for the student publications...
On Wednesday afternoon, UA President Stuart Bell sent an email denouncing another recent viral video depicting a former student making racist comments. In the email, Bell said that "discriminatory behavior...
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Tuscaloosa County until 11 p.m. Monday night. The University will maintain normal operations for now, and if a warning is issued the North...
Two weeks after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in Parkland, FL, UA students from Florida still feel the reverberations of the shots fired in their home state. “I’m better about it now, but...
Names have been changed for the privacy and protection of sources. It was Jennifer’s first time meeting a man she’d met on SeekingArrangement. She’d liked his profile; it showed him in Africa surrounded...
Names have been changed for the privacy and protection of sources. Lounging with a glass of wine on a bed with black silken sheets and talking about BDSM, Kelly looked like she could be in the new “Fifty...
After a delay in the campaign season, the Elections Board released a new spring elections manual for 2018. “People won’t be as confused this election,” said Ethan Fialkow, chair of the Elections...
According to an email from uanews, at 8 p.m. on Monday, two armed suspects attempted to rob one person and successfully burgled a separate apartment just off campus at 10th Ave. and 14th St. Both of...
The UA administration requested the SGA Elections Board revise the current elections manual, delaying the spring election timeline according to an email from Chair of the Elections Board Ethan Fialkow....
Casey Nelson was sworn in as SGA president on Tuesday morning using the same Oath of Office and on the same Bible as the rest of this year's administration, but that's where the similarities ended. Nelson...
The candidate list for the SGA special election being held on Tuesday wasn't released until Monday morning, the day before the election. Ethan Fialkow, chair of the Elections Board, said the board released...
Last week, Professor John McDuffie, a part-time temporary instructor with the University in the chemistry department, died at home after contracting the flu. "He will be missed by those who knew him,"...
The University of Alabama will suspend campus operations until noon on Wednesday, Jan. 17 due to inclement weather. Lakeside Dining Hall, Burke Dining Hall and Julia's in Tutwiler will remain open. ...
The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County will suspend operations Tuesday, Jan. 16 due to possible severe winter weather. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for 6...
The north end of the Druid City Hospital campus is on lockdown after a police pursuit led to the emergency entrance and a man put a gun to his head, according to Brad Fisher, corporate director of marketing...
The Crimson White is entering its 124th academic year as the student news outlet of The University of Alabama. Each year has brought new challenges and incredible new stories to tell, and the many talented...
By Elizabeth Elkin | StaffBid Day activities have been moved back four hours on Saturday due to a computer glitch affecting today's final round of rush activities, according to Chris Bryant, interim director...
The University announced it has developed an action plan to promote inclusion in the recruitment process for greek life on Friday, July 1.A statement on the UA website said the plan clarifies expectations...
There are "confirmed cases" of Zika virus on the University of Alabama campus, according to an email sent to UA students and faculty involved in study abroad programs in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central...
She had called in sick to work. The warnings start. She receives calls from her workers, asking what to do. She tells them to go home and seek shelter.Outside her window, the sky darkens, the wind howls....
He groans in frustration as he stares at the smoking washing machine. He guesses he won’t be able to wash his clothes tonight. He turns the machine off and jumps back out of its way as water pours...
It is dark in a bar in downtown Tuscaloosa. Michael Tant is wearing a rugged-looking vest he had just bought. Zachary Koch, a friend of his, tells him he likes the vest. “How much do you want to pay...
The Tuscaloosa area will be under an elevated risk of severe weather Thursday, March 24 from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuscaloosa could be at risk for tornadoes, damaging winds up to 70 mph and golf-ball-size hail.For...
Kay M. Palan was named dean of the University's Culverhouse College of Commerce effective July 1, an email from the University read.Palan is currently dean of Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan...
Alex Golden, a sophomore majoring in elementary education, has to special order jeans because she’s so tall.“It’s one of my biggest problems,” she said. “Jeans are too short, dresses are too...
“No hard feelings.”SGA presidential candidate Caroline Morrison called fellow independent candidate Patrick Fitzgerald after receiving the news of both of their losses on Tuesday night.“It’s not...
Lillian Roth, a rising junior political science major from Montgomery, Alabama, was elected the next University of Alabama SGA president for the 2016-2017 term, read the unofficial elections results, emailed...
Q: What’s a quick rundown of your life story?A: So I’m a junior here at The University of Alabama. I’m actually from Columbia, Missouri, so out-of-stater and all that fun stuff. My sister is a freshman,...
Q: What’s a quick rundown of your life story?A: Well, I first heard about The University of Alabama my junior year of high school, and then it kind of dropped off my radar. I was thinking about other...
In the early hours of the morning on Feb. 27, a fire caused massive damage on 13th Street in Tuscaloosa.Katherine Battle, a senior majoring in psychology, said she lives near where the fire occurred, and...
Q: What’s a quick rundown of your life story?A: Well, I am a junior. I moved here from Birmingham, Alabama, and I’m the oldest of four. My little sister is a freshman here, so I loved the tide enough...
On Tuesday, attendees of the strategic plan listening session left with more anticipation than answers.Darrell Meyer, a consultant for KPS, the group that deals with the University’s Master Plan, led...
On Feb. 23, Caroline Morrison, SGA presidential candidate, posted a video to her campaign Facebook page. In the video, Morrison stated that she refused backing from the Machine and the Capstone Coalition.(function(d,...
Ross D’Entremont, College of Arts and Sciences Senate candidate, created a pledge asking SGA candidates to run an ethical, open and honest campaign centered around ideas, not intimidation. This followed...
Nelle Harper Lee sits at the podium in front of a crowd of 200 people. The photographer kneels down and points his camera, prepared to take a picture.Lee looks at him and stops talking to the audience....
A petition was created on Feb. 19 to rename Morgan Hall, The University of Alabama's Department of English building, to Lee Hall after Harper Lee, who was confirmed dead at age 89 earlier in the day.Morgan...
“Hey kids, I’m the AIDS guy.”Joshua Miller, a sophomore majoring in English and political science remembers this, above all else, as the meat of his sexual education program in high school. The AIDS...
With Valentine’s Day rounding the corner, singles and couples alike are worrying about what to do on this capitalistic, romantic holiday.This annual holiday has a long-standing tradition for romantic...
The Tuscaloosa Police Department posted a statement on their Facebook page stating one officer involved in the tasing incident on Nov. 8, 2015, Officer Sams, has received a written reprimand and remedial...
University President Stuart Bell sent an email to students, faculty and staff on Feb. 5, 2016, marking the 60th anniversary of the day the first black student was accepted and enrolled at the University.On...
In 1986, 19-year-old Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her dorm room at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and the crime left people across the U.S. in outrage, permanently changing how...
After the tornado, the mangled remains of the man’s metal sculpture lay on the ground, a mile from where he last saw it. He found it, metal shards missing, pieces twisted, tree bark and rocks permanently...
An email from Reginal King, senior state trooper, said a single vehicle crash on I-59 near the 76 mile marker is blocking both northbound lanes.There is one confirmed fatality, the email read.The Alabama...
We Are Done created an online petition to diversify the Strategic Planning Committee at the University. The group claims the committee was created to increase inclusivity on campus but, the petition reads,...
Kentuck Art Center in Northport returned to its last location after a bat infestation and structural problems forced the center to relocate.After more than two years of renovations, the Kentuck Art Center...
University President Stuart Bell sent an email Tuesday morning announcing who will be on the Strategic Planning Council for the University. The council consists of 14 members of faculty, staff and students...
Tuscaloosa Police Department investigators arrested Kaleb Quinn Caddell, 20, in connection with a series of robberies of Dollar General stores in the city of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa county and surrounding...
Investigators found a woman who went missing in the April 27, 2011 tornado healthy in Florida, a press release from the Tuscaloosa Police Department confirmed.TPD investigators received information that...
An emailed release from Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steven Anderson said TPD is continuing to investigate the animal cruelty case in which a video of a man beating a cat was posted on the Internet and went...
A group calling itself "We Are Done," which, according to its Facebook page, is a coalition of students and faculty concerned about racism and discrimination on campus, has released three demands of the...
Students received an email from the University today stating that University of Alabama President Stuart Bell announced today that he has directed the Strategic Planning Council to add a central diversity...
Taylor Force, 19, was charged with first-degree rape by Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide and has been referred to the University's Office of Student Conduct. According to a press release from Metro...
The Crimson White won the highest award in collegiate journalism for its 2014-15 run: the Pacemaker Award, given annually to the top collegiate newspapers in the nation.The Associated College Press and...
Caleb O’Connor began creating art as a child. His mother tells stories of him in elementary school doodling in class. Once, his teacher picked up one of his drawings and asked him who drew it. When Caleb...
Former Alabama football player John Fulton launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $25,000 for Altee Tenpenny’s funeral costs. Tenpenny, another former Alabama player, died Tuesday in a car accident.“Although...
The tornado flew through the streets, leaving devastation and destruction in its wake. The woman had no basement, no place to hide. She and the dogs stood in the bathtub and waited for it to hit.A branch...
Starting Oct. 10, organizations must give out wristbands from the SGA to students who wish to sit in their organization’s seating. President Elliott Spillers and Dr. George Brown said in an email that...
A University of Alabama student was arrested on a charge of rape after a weekend incident, the Crimson White has learned. Jacob Norris, 20, has been placed on interim sanctions by the University, UA spokesman...
After being unanimously appointed as Chancellor Robert Witt’s successor for The University of Alabama System, Ray Hayes feels confident in his ability to do the job justice.“Everybody was kind of anxious...
Tears and snot dribbled down a one-year-old’s face as he tried to breathe through his swollen throat. Robert Bulloch wasn’t actually crying, but his cold made his little body puff up and leak like...
Students, faculty and fans flooded into The University of Alabama’s Moody Music Concert Hall Monday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. Heads turned, eyes searched. An excited murmur travelled through the hall. ...
At the first part of the Sports Management Lecture Series last Friday, Travis Tygart and Marty Lyons warned against doping in the sports industry, citing negative effects on the players, the sports and...
According to the SGA’s public Code of Laws and multiple SGA senate sources, the section of the Code of Laws cited by the SGA Judiciary in order to strike down the block seating chart never passed the...
At The University of Alabama, it’s important that the student body thinks of the SGA as a governing family - a family there to help with everything from new campus initiatives to cat troubles.President...
The new SGA student selection process using the Board of Governors has decided the seating placement of 42 organizations for the University's game days.Out of all of the organizations that applied, Alpha...
College campuses all across America deal with the issue of student alcohol consumption, and The University of Alabama is no exception. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s...
Rachael Chudoba and Blain Bradley met only five days ago on their first training trip as the Bud Light Duo for The University of Alabama. The two will work together as brand reps for Bud Light for the...
Anyone driving through a college town like Tuscaloosa knows the struggle of heavy traffic in small streets, but the roadways of Tuscaloosa have been more like slow-ways as of late.As dismal as the...
The Ferg theatre was far from full this Sunday night for the mandatory Student Organization Seating meeting, which may work in favor of those who attended, since the cap this year is 40 organizations.Other...
According to an emailed statement by the University of Alabama Police, a UA student reported a sexual assault to UAPD on Aug. 30 at 1:47 p.m.The student reported the assault occurred on Aug. 30 at 3:15...
As football season rushes around the corner, student organizations at The University of Alabama can apply for Student Organization Seating at the Crimson Tide’s home games through the SGA.This year,...
According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, a student enrolled during the spring 2015 semester is receiving treatment for tuberculosis.The treatment is not taking place in Alabama. According...
The University of Alabama’s Child Development Research Center is bringing the latest research on child development to anyone who’s interested at their first Early Learning Child Development Conference...
Ryan Joy has no typical workday. His only constant: cooking, and a lot of it.Joy, Senior Director of Research and Development at Checkers and Rally’s, grew up in the business.“My father was the first...
Friends, classmates and faculty agree Peyton Trueblood was, in one word, positive.“She was a ray of sunshine,” said Stacy Alley, assistant professor of musical theatre and dance. “Both as a person...
The beginning of the year is upon the student body at The University of Alabama, along with the new wave of freshmen. Here are a few tips and tricks for the new students, who have probably been hearing...
The University of Alabama’s new sorority recruitment tradition of being the largest in the nation continued this year for the sixth time in a row.The number of women who registered for recruitment this...
The University of Alabama’s Alpha Phi chapter deleted a recruitment video posted to YouTube after criticism that it objectifies women and is “racially and aesthetically homogenous.”The video gained...
Chris Thomas began working at Smoothie King the summer of his sophomore year at The University of Alabama. He worked there for three years and was involved in opening the store located inside the Student...
Some Tuscaloosa residents are worried there may be a predatory towing problem at a local apartment complex.Will Ledbetter, a junior, said he came out of a friend’s apartment at The Avenue one night recently...
Same-sex marriage has caused a serious debate in the state of Alabama over the last few months.According to a press release by the Human Rights Campaign, as of April 13, no counties in Alabama are issuing...
The University of Alabama hosted its annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference on Tuesday. Over 700 faculty members and students presented their research findings to judges and guests.“I’m...
Pam Parker received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for excellent character and service to humanity. She received an undergraduate degree in business and a masters and doctorate degree in education...
Clark West and Elliott Mitchell met at The University of Alabama and have been together ever since. They share a deep love for the University, have been active University donors and, like many University...
Adventurous nursing students who crave hands-on learning have an opportunity to explore this summer with The University of Alabama’s nursing service-learning program in Cambodia.This 10 day trip immerses...
Entrepreneurs will have the chance to collaborate on business ideas this weekend with the return of Startup Weekend Tuscaloosa.The 54-hour event, hosted by Pam Hill and the STEM Path to the MBA program,...
A member of the Student Government Association’s Senate expressed concern about a column by an SGA executive published in The Crimson White last month. The column, written by Mackenzie Brown, discussed...
Two University of Alabama graduates have become part of the largest franchised moving company both in the United States and internationally, and they are currently part of the company’s expansion...
Next week is the week many students look forward to all semester: spring break. Many students will leave campus and travel all over the U.S. and the world.“I’m going to go to Nashville for a few days...
Any student organization that wishes to hold an event on campus, be it a speech, protest, demonstration or other, must comply with the University’s Grounds Use Policy. Concerns have been expressed in...
The number of counties in Alabama that are issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples is rising.As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Human Rights Campaign, 48 of 67 counties are issuing same-sex...
Leading Edge Institute is a nine-month program designed to prepare college-aged Alabama women to become leaders of the state.Two students at The University of Alabama will graduate from the institute at...
Michael Cleveland, a junior majoring in political science, is the current president of The University of Alabama College Republicans. Cleveland is from Oneonta, Alabama and has been involved with the...
Druid City Garden Project will expand its Gardens 2 Schools program to a new elementary school in the fall of 2015.The project uses gardens on school property to teach science, math and entrepreneurship...
The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences and School of Music created a new organization to support and promote the Million Dollar Band.The Million Dollar Band Association, Million Dollar...
The Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education have named The University of Alabama to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction...
The Tuscaloosa Police Department opened a new precinct office in downtown Tuscaloosa Dec. 27 in order to spread its resources across Tuscaloosa.The precinct is located inside the Alvin P. DuPont Municipal...
