Columns

OPINION | It's time to let college athletes own themselves

By Harrison Tarr | Sports Writer | October 3

Universities should not place their student athletes on payroll; however, the fact that the NCAA forbids players from receiving endorsements and profiting off their own names and likenesses is not only unfair — it’s offensive.

OPINION | Thank you, Mr. President, now how about those guns?

By Jack West | Editor-in-Chief | September 23

Republicans have a pretty good playbook for dealing with dead children, but they haven’t used any of their trademark excuses this time.

OPINION | Lack of handrails at Jordan-Hare leaves some students at risk

By Mary Elizabeth Lane | Photographer | September 16

Watching football should be a part of that experience that every Auburn student can enjoy. Right now, without adequate handrails in Jordan-Hare stadium, I am having to focus on an anxiety that I shouldn’t have to.

Farewell, Auburn: A letter from the editor-in-chief

By Chip Brownlee | Editor-in-chief | April 25

While everything else can look bleak, the goodness of people is what you see the most. That’s what I will remember about Auburn — a community made up of good people, people with flaws, but good people nonetheless.

Guest Column | Evangelical Christianity is losing most of the war, even as it believes it is prevailing

By John Carvalho | March 1

Evangelical Christianity is losing the battle and most of the war, even as it believes it is prevailing. The short-term effects of its obsession with political power are obvious. This distraction brings disastrous long-term effects as well. We see them now, and they’re not pretty.

The Gnus Room was an independent bookstore in Auburn. It has since closed.

OPINION | Where did all of Auburn's bookstores go?

By Camille Morgan | Contributing Columnist | February 22

The rabbit hole that led me to Tatum arrived not by way of a desire to explore the forces that are pushing out local independent businesses — although that came later — but out of pure personal frustration.

OPINION | Mr. Sutton, I'll pay for your ticket

By Jack West | Editor-in-Chief | February 21

Last Thursday, 115 years after Lesseur's murder and 11 miles from Thomaston in the town of Linden, Alabama, a man wrote and published an editorial piece that called for the Ku Klux Klan to lynch public officials in Washington D.C.

OPINION | Dems shouldn’t support Northam after racist photo

By Michael Jones | Contributing Columnist | February 11

The irony of Northam calling out fellow candidate during the 2017 gubernatorial race as a racist should not be lost on the American public, and democrats should no longer give Northam their support.

OPINION | The Oscars: a precarious celebration

By Camille Morgan | Contributing Columnist | January 31

With each year, at least each year since streaming platforms began to engulf television as we understand it, it seems there are less and less pop culture events that unite Americans. The winning films that are celebrated at the Oscars will say something about all of us.

OPINION | Gillette ad demotes traditional, not toxic, masculinity

By Michael Jones | Contributing Columnist | January 28

Gilette's most recent ad against toxic masculinity missed the mark. The issue is, in Gillette’s conquest against toxic masculinity, they didn’t just oppose toxic masculinity, but also traditional masculinity.

Auburn Family needs to take better care of those with autism

January 19

All families cannot afford to have an in-house parent or afford to pay the costs of hiring a nanny. But, that does not make them any less deserving of help and resources. We need to step up as a community and not just become aware, but be active in raising children of all backgrounds and abilities, including those who have autism and other special needs.

OPINION | Americans cannot continue to be deceived by Trump’s divisive rhetoric

By Brytni Emison | Opinion Editor | January 19

Americans cannot let a president who so willingly and frequently lies to the public decide for them. The public must realize that to get all sides of the story Americans must pay attention to what long-standing news sources are reporting so that we can receive the entire story and decide for ourselves what policy is most beneficial to this country and the citizens within it.

FROM THE EDITOR | It’s time for young people to step up to the plate and vote

By Chip Brownlee | Editor-in-chief | October 30

We are the ones who will have to live the rest of our lives with decisions that are made today. No matter how you view politics, there are long-term, structural issues that need to be confronted today so that we still have an amazing country to grow old in.

OPINION | Ford-Kavanaugh hearing showed lack of regard for compassion, due process and decency

By Michael Jones | Contributing Columnist | October 5

The Democrats want to stop Judge Brett Kavanaugh by any means necessary. They do not care about the effects these actions may have on Kavanaugh or his family.

OPINION | Ford-Kavanaugh hearing was an indelible stain on America

By Emily Hale | Contributing columnist | October 5

The Kavanaugh hearing is a stain to America, but it is a stain because it brings to the forefront just one aspect of women's virulent experience with sexism and misogyny.

COLUMN | That Che Guevara T-shirt you’re wearing doesn’t mean what you think

By Cole Davis | Contributing Columnist | April 13

The infamous bright red T-shirt bearing the face of the Latin American revolutionary, Che Guevara, has been a popular fashion piece among many liberals for around two decades.

EDITORIAL | All undergraduates should receive their fair share

By Editorial Board | Spring 2018 | April 6

An intent to better Auburn as a research institution should come as part of a plan to better Auburn as a whole. This requires hiring more tenure-track professors for all colleges and majors and ensuring resources are distributed fairly across disciplines.