2 BACK TO SCHOOL August 20, <strong>2020</strong>
BACK TO SCHOOL August 20, <strong>2020</strong> 3 WHAT’S INSIDE This pandemic has revealed something we have long known <strong>to</strong> be true: the UA administration has its priorities twisted. cw.ua.edu 4-5 NEWS 6 Fighting for Transparency: Coronavirus data still opaque as fall semester begins AND CASE COUNTS: A timeline of how the city, state and University responded <strong>to</strong> COVID-19 OPINIONS OUR VIEW: No, President Bell, we won’t be your PR P.O. Box 870170 414 Campus Drive East Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom: (205) 348-6144 Fax: (205) 348-8036 Advertising: (205) 348-7845 HAND SANITIZER EDITORIAL STAFF edi<strong>to</strong>r-in-chief managing edi<strong>to</strong>r digital edi<strong>to</strong>r Rebecca Griesbach edi<strong>to</strong>r@cw.ua.edu Leah Goggins managingedi<strong>to</strong>r@cw.ua.edu Adaya Jackson engagement@cw.ua.edu 7 OPINIONS 9 Coping with COVID: Staying healthy means staying in CULTURE <strong>Back</strong>-<strong>to</strong>-school supplies look different this fall visuals edi<strong>to</strong>r Madison Ely chief copy edi<strong>to</strong>r Bhavana Ravala opinions edi<strong>to</strong>r Mikayla Wyatt letters@cw.ua.edu news edi<strong>to</strong>r Jessa Reid Bolling newsdesk@cw.ua.edu assistant news and pho<strong>to</strong> edi<strong>to</strong>r Keely Brewer culture edi<strong>to</strong>r Honorine N<strong>to</strong>h Yuh culture@cw.ua.edu assistant culture edi<strong>to</strong>r Jeffrey Kelly sports edi<strong>to</strong>r pho<strong>to</strong> edi<strong>to</strong>r multimedia edi<strong>to</strong>r lead graphics designer senior designer senior designer social media strategist Alexander Plant sports@cw.ua.edu Hannah Saad Alex Miller Tomia Teague Pearl Langley Garrett Kennedy Cameryn Robertson 10 CULTURE 11 Full-time mask-wearing brings its own set of problems CULTURE UA debuts new guidelines for campus facilities social media strategist Anna Desjardin social media strategist Emily Earle ADVERTISING STAFF creative services Alyssa Sons The Crimson Wh is the community newspaper of The University of Alabama. The Crimson White is an edi<strong>to</strong>rially free newspaper produced by students.The University of Alabama cannot influence edi<strong>to</strong>rial decisions and edi<strong>to</strong>rial opinions are those of the edi<strong>to</strong>rial board and do not represent the official opinions of the University. Advertising offices of The Crimson White are in room 1014, Student Media Building, 414 Campus Drive East. The advertising mailing address is P.O. Box 870170, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. 13 SPORTS 14 Letter from coach Nate Oats MARCH 17 - SEC announced the cancellation of the spring sports season. SPORTS Athletics resume after months-long drought The Crimson White, USPS #138020, Copyright © 2019 by The Crimson White. The Crimson White is published twice weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, August through April when classes are in session by The University of Alabama, Student Media, 414 Campus Drive East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. Business and Edi<strong>to</strong>rial Offices: Box 870170, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, Accounting and Circulation Offices: Student Media, Box 870170, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, Call 205-348-7257 <strong>to</strong> subscribe. Periodicals postage is paid at Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. POSTMASTER: Send address changes <strong>to</strong> The Crimson White, Box 870170, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. All material contained herein, except advertising or where indicated otherwise, is Copyright © 2019 by The Crimson White and protected under the “Work Made for Hire” and “Periodical Publication” categories of the U.S. copyright laws. Material herein may not be reprinted without the expressed, written permission of The Crimson White. 15 SPORTS Volleyball looks <strong>to</strong> improve under Devine