Zombies are making a comeback. What used to be confined to horror movies played strictly in October can now be experienced year round. Classic movies such as “Night of the Living Dead” and “Dawn of the Dead” have made way for countless remakes as well as new interpretations such as 2009’s horror comedy “Zombieland” and AMC’s hit “The Walking Dead.” [...]
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Romney’s recent remarks show ‘disdain, apathy’
Mother Jones released a video Monday showing remarks made by Mitt Romney at a private fundraiser. These remarks, which Romney did not realize were being taped, tell us more about his character than he perhaps would like. Here is an excerpt from Romney’s comments: “There are 47 percent of people who will vote for the president no matter what. All [...]
Read more ›Reflecting on FYC gate, one year later
One year ago this Sunday, Grant Cochran resigned as The University of Alabama’s Student Government Association president. He was the first SGA president to resign in over 60 years and stepped down in the midst of an investigation into the selection process for the SGA’s First Year Council, a freshman leadership forum within the student government. I was one of [...]
Read more ›UA’s new Starbucks: ingenious or excessive?
Every morning on The University of Alabama campus, students witness an abundance of common factors: packed buses, deadlocked traffic, sleep deprived students glued to their iPods and the infamous Starbucks line in the Ferguson Center. That line usually stretches across the front entrance of the Ferg, and even wraps around the help desk or goes out of the door around [...]
Read more ›Don’t make the same mistakes I made
We all share the same vision for campus. We all may not have reached the same point of understanding yet, but we do. On the specifics, such as block seating or our segregated greek system, we have our differences, which have clearly been presented through opinions columns and discussion forums on campus. It sounds simple enough. An equal playing field [...]
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