Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• March 9, 2022
Multiple Alabama Panhellenic Association sororities incentivize members to vote in Student Government Association elections. They endorse candidates and heavily promote or require voting.
The Student Government Association Judicial Board has postponed the confirmation of presidential election results until after spring break because of the ongoing appeal process for a complaint against...
College of Arts and Sciences
Sam Akins
Freshman
Key points:
Bridge the gap between students and the SGA.
Remind students how to get in contact with senators.
Jonathan Benton
Sophomore
Key...
Student Government Association presidential candidate Sarah Shield’s campaign team is facing a potential election violation after reporting opponent Madeline Martin for overspending on campaign materials.
A...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• March 2, 2022
Correction: The Crimson White removed the name of the UA student who reported Jamiah Stroud to UAPD because her name was not made public by the department.
UA freshman Jamiah Stroud was arrested by...
The University of Alabama dedicated Autherine Lucy Hall in honor of its first Black student Friday afternoon.
Previously named for former Alabama governor and Ku Klux Klan leader Bibb Graves,...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• January 30, 2022
The University of Alabama System office confirmed that no candidates were interviewed for the position of UA System chancellor before now-Chancellor Finis St. John was appointed.
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• January 17, 2022
University Medical Center will host a virtual town hall meeting to discuss the current state of COVID-19 on campus and in the Tuscaloosa community.
Date & Time: Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 11 a.m.
How...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• January 16, 2022
The University of Alabama is hosting events for students, faculty and staff throughout the coming weeks to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service — Jan. 17
8:00...
Two UA students filed an impeachment petition against Matthew Curl, the chief justice of the judicial branch of the Student Government Association, on Nov. 24.
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• December 2, 2021
A federal committee ordered The University of Alabama to return all remains and funerary objects of the Muscogee Nation found in Moundville Archaeological Park to the tribe.
Tuscaloosa police chief Brent Blankley said Garrett Walker’s body was recovered from the Black Warrior River around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Walker was last seen early Sunday morning and reported missing...
The Student Government Association Elections Board released a statement Tuesday refuting claims about the homecoming election, denying that a runoff is necessary and disclosing all violation reports.
Contesting...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• October 30, 2021
Vice President for Student Life Myron Pope sent an email to the student body on Saturday to address “misinformed narratives” about the homecoming election.
This email came after The Crimson White...
This year, the Elections Board published the homecoming election timeline on Sept. 30 — 10 days later than required for the Oct. 19 homecoming queen election — which invalidated it from the beginning.
The...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• October 25, 2021
The University of Alabama has temporarily removed the online vaccine reporting tool that students, faculty and staff use to self-report their COVID-19 vaccinations.
UA spokesperson Shane Dorrill said...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• October 19, 2021
Almost 13,000 UA students — or 98% of Tuesday’s voters — voted in favor of making federal election days a campus holiday.
The referendum on the homecoming ballot passed according to preliminary...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• September 22, 2021
Living in Tuscaloosa means living around the Black Warrior River, a body of water that provides critical resources to citizens across Tuscaloosa and provides for hundreds of ecosystems.
The University of Alabama will review President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for all companies with over 100 federal employees once the mandate is implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Under...
The Alabama Panhellenic Association’s fall primary recruitment ended on Aug. 15, and 2,307 women — 92% of the students who participated in open house events — accepted bids to join one of 17 Panhellenic...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• August 27, 2021
The Ferguson Center is hosting a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic Aug. 27 from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. The clinic will offer the Pfizer vaccine, which was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
University...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• August 18, 2021
Returning to school is a chance for a fresh start — new year, new classes, new professors. Yet, something feels familiar about the return to campus this fall.
As the University returns to in-person...
The 2020-2021 academic year took place in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. Events were canceled or postponed, classes were divided between Zoom and socially distanced face-to-face meetings, and masks...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• August 5, 2021
The University Medical Center in Tuscaloosa is holding Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine clinics, which will take place Aug. 7, 14 and 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
UA students, faculty and staff can participate...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• July 21, 2021
The University of Alabama announced a return to pre-pandemic operations for the fall semester on Tuesday, July 20, but some students and faculty members are hesitant to call the new health and safety guidelines a “plan.”
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• July 20, 2021
The University released its health and safety plan for the fall semester on July 20, one month ahead of classes. A larger student population will descend on Tuscaloosa in August as campus returns...
A month ahead of the fall semester, the University has not released an official health and safety return plan.
Last year, the University of Alabama System released a 22-page Comprehensive Health and...
The University is considering a proposal for paid parental leave for faculty members.
The proposal, which was sent to University administration several weeks ago, is for all UA employees. It was...
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• June 23, 2021
The Office of Information Technology’s Telecommunications Department is upgrading the emergency blue phones on the Quad. The devices, which connect users to UAPD in an emergency, have been temporarily covered until upgrades are completed.
Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor
• June 16, 2021
Potential new members can still indicate their legacy status during recruitment, but that status shouldn’t influence the selection process under the new policy.
Mike Rondini wants things to be different.
That’s why he’s telling the story of his daughter, Megan, a former UA student who died by suicide in 2016 after alleging rape against T.J. Bunn Jr.,...
Biracial, Pacific Islander and Native American faculty members account for less than 1% of tenured UA faculty, making them the least represented minority groups in the University’s tenure system.
There...
Oliver-Barnard Hall, a campus building owned by the University’s Blount Scholars Program, might be turned into a library dedicated to Senator Richard Shelby. Some Blount students are speaking out against...
Three UA instructors hosted a community forum to discuss Israel-Palestine relations on Wednesday, May 26. More than 30 people gathered at Monarch Espresso Cafe to join the conversation.
The forum was...
It's been 10 years since the April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak. In the aftermath, rebuilding and reflecting were quick to follow, and the changes made to safety policies on campus and around Tuscaloosa seem here to stay.
Tornado season brings a whole new level of stress to the college experience in Tuscaloosa. But for students from out of state, the stress of severe weather impacting their homes or loved ones isn't limited to a few months in the year, and that panic can take an emotional toll.
How did you originally get involved with the Student Government Association (SGA)?
I currently serve as the chief of staff to Caitlyn McTier, who is vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion...
Isabel Hope, Contributing Writer
• February 28, 2021
How did you originally get involved with the Student Government Association (SGA)?
I had the fortune of being selected to be in First Year Council, so that was kind of my first introduction into SGA....
