It's dark on The Strip, and she thinks someone is following her. What this student does or doesn't do next could have a massive effect on her for the rest of her life—which is why sexual assault survivors and their advocates are working to make campus resources accessible and unnecessary.
Jahvon Quinerly was on every list in high school. Recruited by blue-blood basketball programs from all over the country, Quinerly thought he was set up for success. Then his University of Arizona recruiter was arrested.
So you want to change the world. One columnist has a few first steps for you. No. 1: Start small.
In Alabama, the formerly incarcerated typically leave prison with $10 in their pocket and possibly nowhere to go. Many former Alabama prisoners end up returning to the system within three years. Local groups are working to create support systems to prevent that backslide from happening.
UA professors have a new project, and it's like "a Roomba with an iPad attached to the top of it." That little robot, a product of research and collaboration between UA professors and students in multiple departments, will be deployed on behalf of the Tuscaloosa Police Department.
In the summer, people marched down streets and gathered in parks to declare that Black lives matter. Ten months later, here's how Tuscaloosans may have seen the impact of those protesters.
Bad news: that true crime docuseries you love might be having adverse effects on your mind. Mean world syndrome, developed more than a half-century ago but still popular with researchers, has the power to take you from “Crime Junkie” to spooked beyond repair.
Hey, legislators! Looking to pare down your annual budget? One columnist has just the cost-saving trick to keep you from raising sales tax or cutting education funding: Abolishing the death penalty.
Men's basketball headed to Indianapolis. Women's basketball went to San Antonio. And the differences only got more noticeable from there. After players and coaches tweeted, talked and advocated, the NCAA had to address the disparate March Madness accommodations.
A UA student, an Auburn student and a bunch of other Alabama college students walk into a Zoom. What follows isn't a punchline, but a movement to stop the expansion of prisons in the state.
Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd nearly a year ago, is now standing trial. As one columnist writes, Floyd’s death was wholly unnecessary. And it was unconstitutional.
High school football players show up at the University, play for a few years and head off. And while not all of those players make it to the NFL, those who do often have a charitable mission at the top of their budget.
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Here are the off-campus goings-on:
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From the Newsroom
notes from inside the video calls and group chats of The Crimson White
Justice for all.
In this edition, we’re talking about doing the right thing. We’re talking about equality. We’re talking about crime. We’re talking about justice.
Read it now on Yumpu.
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Hot Takes
Quick bites from the opinions desk.
The University of Alabama likes to send emails. You know those mugs your mom buys on Etsy or Amazon that say, “This meeting could have been an email?” Those mugs are devoid of meaning in the Rose Administration Building, where everything requires precisely one email’s worth of acknowledgement and minimal follow-up.
We got an email about March Madness. An email about severe weather. An email about racism.
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Hot Dates
Today, Curtis Flowers, whose wrongful conviction case was covered in the podcast "In the Dark," and his lawyer will speak with students during a moderated Q-and-A session. Find out details here.
On Saturday, get some fresh air and fresh produce at the Tuscaloosa River Market, open from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. We won’t blame you if you zone out by the Black Warrior River for a while.
Alabama faces UCLA Sunday in Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Sweet 16 game will be broadcast on TBS.
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