EDITORIAL | We need statues of Auburn women
Girls get it done.
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Girls get it done.
When we talk about racial justice on campus, let us not forget about the workers.
To President Gogue, Lt. Gen. Burgess, and Provost Hardgrave:
To preface this, obviously, we all want the pandemic to be over.
This letter is being written to the Auburn Family to provide a point of view from Black Alumni on Sunny Slope, one of the documented former plantations that has a history with Auburn and members of the Auburn Family. It also is being written in hopes to educate current students, staff and faculty on one of the lesser known buildings associated with the enslavement of Black people in the Auburn and Tuskegee area.
On its way to potential signage by Governor Ivey, the Alabama Senate's medical marijuana bill is sure to garner much discussion and support over the next few weeks. A similar bill gained much attention and support this time last year and even passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee, however, it had to be pushed to the side as the state government transitioned into creating coronavirus relief for millions of Alabamians.
On Monday, March 1, The Auburn Plainsman will be reentering the world of college journalism as an online publication after 127 years of print. The only thing changing is the mode in which we expend most of our energy. For years, we’ve given our all into having the print product you know and love, but now we’re shifting. We’re still The Plainsman, and like always, we care what our readers think.
On Nov. 7, 1894, Alabama Polytechnic Institute’s two literary societies, the Websterians and the Wirts, joined together to publish the first edition of The Orange and Blue.
In the midst of a booming real estate market — one soon to see its day of correction — Auburn students and parents have unknowingly become numb to the rent prices which out-of-state investors have finessed them into paying.
As we celebrate Black History month, we were disturbed by a recent article about Auburn University’s failure to increase the number of Black students in its enrollment. Alabama’s Black population proportion is about 26%. In comparison, AU’s undergraduate enrollment is about 5% Black.
Recently, Gov. Kay Ivey signed lease agreements with CoreCivic to build more privately-owned prisons.
I am writing this letter to respectfully and rightfully call attention to the lack of action following the Sept. 28 article titled “Greeks face two drugging allegations.” When looking from a feminist and post-colonial point of view, I am not shocked that allegations were placed within Greek Life; however, such instances are not unique to this setting. While the context of these occurrences offers meaningful insight, I urge that we challenge the greater community at large.
For the past few months, I have been working with Alabama Students Against Prisons, a movement of students and community members across Alabama who oppose Governor Kay Ivey’s private prison plan. We believe that these prisons would be a blight on Alabama, completely failing to address the Department of Justice’s recommendations for how to mitigate the unconstitutional cruelty and violence that mar our state’s facilities. We know that new buildings won’t stop decades of patterns in racism and abuse. Since I began this work, I have been moved every day by the urgency of this mission, largely because Alabama is my home. For the first time in my life, I truly understand what it means for the personal to be political. What I didn’t realize, though, was that this prison plan is not only connected to my state but to my university, too.
At the beginning of 2020, Ada Ruth Huntley made history by becoming the first Black woman to be elected Auburn's SGA president. This was certainly a surprise considering what we all know about Auburn, but the surprises didn’t stop there. About a month after transitioning to take on her role, the University was forced to shut down because of the looming threat of COVID-19.
Today, while ignoring pleas and demands from a variety of individuals and organizations throughout the state, Gov. Kay Ivey signed lease agreements for CoreCivic to construct new prisons in Tallassee and near Atmore. Along with the announcement of these contracts, her office released a "Fact Sheet" listing a number of supposed justifications for signing the contracts so urgently and secretly. The last — and perhaps most egregious — of these is her statement that “a mass prison release of incarcerated individuals is more likely if the Alabama Prison Program does not move forward now.” Here, Gov. Ivey is painting an image of our streets overrun with crime, and telling us that the only solution is to move forward with this plan, which has failed to be transparent to the public and even Alabama legislators.This fear-mongering is both untrustworthy and cruel.
Last semester was rough.
One word that has come to mind for any student or instructor over the course of this year has been frustration.
For financial reasons related to the ongoing pandemic, The Plainsman staff has chosen to not publish a printed edition this week. With the University's decision to allow remote learning during the first few weeks of the semester, we thought it best to conserve our resources until a larger percentage of the student population is on campus later in the semester.
On January 11, Auburn University President Jay Gogue expressed deep concern and anger about the January 6 insurrection, and, on behalf of Auburn University, he called on the nation’s leaders to ensure a peaceful transition of power.
Auburn University had low COVID cases at the end of the fall semester, an impressive feat considering the population of the University and the open bars every weekend. Sadly, it seems that the University is using these low numbers to justify not having reentry testing for the spring semester, despite peer schools like the University of Alabama and the University of Florida requiring reentry testing for at least those who live on campus.