latest editorials
OUR VIEW: Blame and Responsibilities Must be Shared by All
5 days ago | 3 3 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Over the past year 12 citizens of Auburn have been involved in pedestrian accidents. When events like those occur, it is natural to want to point fingers and begin playing the “blame game,” and ev...
Telling the Truth on Tipping
by Philip Smith / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
5 days ago | 5 5 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
How do you get an Auburn student off your front porch? Pay him for the pizza and don’t forget to tip him. Seriously. Tip me. I’ve been delivering pizzas on these rolling plains for 3 years now ...
OUR VIEW: Meal plan not-so-bon pain for some students
by Editorial Board
12 days ago | 10 10 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Jonathan Reeves is one of many Americans who has to live with a gluten-free diet. As an incoming freshman, Reeves would have been required to purchase one of Auburn’s meal plan options, even thoug...
OUR VIEW: Farewell, Jack Smith
by Editorial Board
13 days ago | 5 5 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Effective yesterday, our general manager, Jack Smith, has resigned and left his position. While we find ourselves saddened and slightly dismayed by his decision, we know it is the best one for him...
Taking risks still worth it
by Olivia Martin / ASSOCIATE INTRIGUE EDITOR
13 days ago | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Close followers of my articles (I’m sure there are many) will remember a column I wrote last October about the whimsical fun of pink hair. Five months of whimsical fun later, I was fed up. Althoug...
‘I won’t apologize’ for my tastes
by Crystal Cole / STAFF REPORTER
13 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Music is my life. It’s probably one of the most overused phrases on a college campus, especially by fratastic bros trying to pick up girls at the bar. However, for some of us, music is in fact t...
Fasting Should be More Than a Fad
by Lindsey Davidson / EDITOR
13 days ago | 5 5 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s the season for Lent: a proud tradition for many to feel they are giving back to their religious roots. Being a predominantly Christian tradition, whether it’s Eastern or Western Christianity,...
OUR VIEW: SGA Elections Do Matter, Take Pause Before You Vote
by Editorial Board
20 days ago | 3 3 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
You have important choices to make today, students of Auburn, choices that will forever impact The Plains for you and the generations of Auburn family members who come after you. The Student Gover...
I’m Sick of Getting Excuses
by Laura Maxwell / ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
20 days ago | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Sneezing. Coughing. Aching. Chills. You’ve got a cold. And there’s no cure for it. There’s no reason to go to the doctor and no reason to talk to a pharmacist. But even though you don’t need t...
Bringing Food Brings Love
by Maxwell Newfield / ASSOCIATE CAMPUS EDITOR
20 days ago | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
My grandmother died recently. The doctors said her 90-year-old body couldn’t handle the stress from the emergency brain surgery she had just undergone, but in reality it was just time for her to g...
latest cartoons
Cartoon for Dec. 3
by Adam Cooner / Cartoonist
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Cartoon For Dec. 3
by Adam Cooner / Cartoonist
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Cartoon for Nov. 12
by Adam Cooner / Cartoonist
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Cartoon for Oct. 22
by Random Steve / Cartoonist
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Cartoon for Oct. 22
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latest letters
YOUR VIEW: College Republicans respond to letter
by Allison Kajs, AUCR chairmain
5 days ago | 8 8 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
In response to the letter by Brent Culver in the Feb. 25th publication of The Auburn Plainsman, Auburn University College Republicans would like to clarify our position on several key issues concer...
YOUR VIEW: Sophomore responds to last week’s letter
by Ben Mallard sophomore, history and political science
13 days ago | 7 7 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor, the Auburn Plainsman I was a little surprised when I read Dr. Penaskovic’s letter to the editor in the Feb. 18 edition of The Plainsman. There are three types of fans. There are the d...
YOUR VIEW: SGA Vice President Urges Students to Pay Attention and Have a Voice
by Sarah Molony SGA Vice President, 2009-2010
13 days ago | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor, the Auburn Plainsman I would like to thank you for emphasizing the importance of SGA elections in your recent editorial. The SGA is always working to increase publicity for our electio...
YOUR VIEW: College Republicans Wrongfully Endorse Candidate
by Brent Culver junior, public relations
13 days ago | 2 2 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor, the Auburn Plainsman I am a conservative student and I consider myself to be a Republican. I have always thought that the College Republican organization did a good job of providing op...
YOUR VIEW: On Misplaced Blame
by Richard Penaskovic professor, religious studies
20 days ago | 4 4 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor, the Auburn Plainsman I have been a ticket holder for men’s basketball at AU for the past 26 years. I am dismayed, even shocked, that a recent editorial in The Plainsman asks for the re...