By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief It feels incredibly surreal to be writing my final letter from the editor. Very surreal, and very sad in a certain way. I feel like there’s a spectrum of…
Letter from the editor: An apology to our…
At the beginning of the year, in the very first letter I wrote to our readers, I made a promise that The Alabamian would act with integrity and work hard to keep our readers informed.…
Fear-Mongering Bigot or Fear-Induced Bigotry?
For the past two days, Pastor Luke Beets has shown up to campus bearing a condescending message to LGBT+ people, drug addicts, and non-Christians. As a non-Christian member of the LGBT+ community who has lost…
Letter to the editor: Residence hall visitation policies.
Dear University of Montevallo Housing Office, I am a student at the University of Montevallo seeking a change about the visitation policies in place at the resident’s halls on campus. Currently we are only allowed…
Has the War on Drugs Been Won?
By Jacob Gross Throughout its diverse and extensive history, cannabis has been one of the most divisive plants to exist. In the last two centuries, the plant has transformed in public policy from a helpful herbal…
In defense of Valentine’s Day
By Cady Inabinett For being a holiday about love, Valentine’s Day gets a lot of hate. There are many valid criticisms of Valentine’s Day. It’s overly consumeristic, with a 2020 report showing that Americans expected to spend, on average, $142 to celebrate;…
Hellbent on nuclear war: the Biden administration’s reckless…
By B. Kyle Robles In recent weeks, tensions between Washington and Moscow have reached heights not witnessed since the peak of the Cold War. Western media propagates the narrative that Russian president Vladimir Putin is…
Budgeting for the police
By Rose Davis The image of the police is complicated. For some they are visions of defense against a world of crime, with TV shows and news stories depicting them as saviors of the innocent.…