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Our top picks for gaming Spring Sale season

April 9, 2020 Opinion

Asem Abdelfattah Opinion Editor Time is abundant, and money is tight. You’re staying at home. You want the most entertainment for the least money. Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo are having their Spring sales now! There are many great deals, here are our top-three games for each console that are college-budget friendly. Some of these are available on more than one console, so make sure to check them all. And time is of the essence because these deals end on April 13. Xbox: Batman Arkham Collection: The bundle includes enhanced versions…

Opinion: Biden needs Democratic unity

April 9, 2020 Opinion

Scott Shelton Sports Editor Last month on Super Tuesday, I voted in the Democratic primary, and I didn’t vote for former Vice President Joe Biden. I voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders. Four years ago, I had voted for Sanders, too, in the Democratic primary. Had Biden run in the 2016 election, he likely would have been my second choice. I respect Biden, but I have reservations about the former vice president now that he is the presumptive nominee to face President Donald Trump in November’s general election. However, despite my…

A message to graduating seniors from Chancellor Hawkins

April 3, 2020 Opinion

(Photo/Troy University) Jack Hawkins, Jr., Ph.D., Chancellor Contributor To the members of the Class of 2020: Mission accomplished! Only 7 percent of the world’s population holds the baccalaureate degree, so you are in elite company. You are earning your degree in unusual times, as the coronavirus epidemic has dominated headlines and cancelled or postponed spring commencement ceremonies across the globe. This is a temporary situation, however, and I urge you to accentuate the positive at this pivotal time in your lives. Author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau said: “It’s not…

Opinion: Alabama needs shelter-in-place order right now

April 2, 2020 Opinion

Scott Shelton Sports Editor In Alabama, we typically use our neighbor to the west, Mississippi, as a scapegoat to make ourselves feel better about the current situations of our state. But during the current COVID-19 pandemic, even Mississippi is showing better leadership by having a shelter-in-place order to try and flatten the curve of the virus. Alabama has yet to do so. In fact, every state bordering Alabama has now enacted a shelter-in-place order. There’s no excuse for Alabama not to have one already. Though Alabama has fewer cases than…

Opinion: Early bird is a free bird

March 31, 2020 Opinion

Asem Abdelfattah Opinion Editor Two years ago, I moved into a house that did not have window blinds. Not that it had inadequate ones, it had absolutely no way to block sunlight whatsoever. To make matters worse – or ironically brighter – the window in my room was more than 70 inches wide and 50 inches long. For the entire year that I spent in that house, I woke up with sunrise and slept a few hours after sunset pretty much every day. Previously, that would have been a nightmare.…