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EDITORIAL | SGA's sexual assault nurse program calls for action

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | November 1

As too many Auburn students know, sexual assault is a prevalent threat on campus, and the subsequent trauma from an assault can ruin families, lives and futures. SGA’s newest initiative, a fundraising campaign to train and certify a team of six sexual assault nurse examiners, is an absolutely positive development for Auburn. 

EDITORIAL | Logo in limbo: Murky messages create confusion

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | October 25

Up until now, most of the journalistic and public discussion has been focused on the logo change itself, but in focusing too strictly on the slight design difference between the two logos, we lose sight of the bigger problem

EDITORIAL | Turning controversy into conversation

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | October 3

By keeping reporting and editorializing wholly separate from each other, news outlets can start to rebuild trust among the large swaths of the public where they have lost it. 

EDITORIAL | What's on next week's agenda?

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | September 27

We have to express our concerns at council meetings and by reaching out to our representatives. In the same way that voting is a duty, this kind of in-between-election participation should not just be appreciated — it should be utilized.  

EDITORIAL | Inmate State

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | September 19

Our prisons aren't filled with criminals, they're filled with fathers, husbands, brothers, sisters, wives and mothers. Yes, the people in prisons have done some bad things, but that doesn't mean they deserve to be forgotten.

EDITORIAL | Board of Distrustees: Auburn governed in the dark

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | September 12

Even if Leath had gone on to have a lengthy and stable tenure at Auburn, the opaqueness surrounding his hiring would be disgraceful. However, given his hasty resignation and $4.5 million farewell gift, that opaqueness is untenable. 

EDITORIAL | Auburn goes from play calls to curtain calls

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | August 30

For a school in Alabama that has often been labeled as a cow college or a sports school, this is a large step in a different direction for Auburn. 

EDITORIAL | ‘I ask’: April brings awareness to sexual assault

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | April 23

There is a nationwide problem with survivors not feeling comfortable enough to report.

EDITORIAL | Ordinance fails citizens of Northwest Auburn

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | April 19

City Council’s inaction and undue amendments trample on the last hope to protect what little remaining community Northwest Auburn’s residents have.

EDITORIAL | Blackface: It was racist then, and it’s racist now

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | February 13

Remnants of our violent, racist past linger with us today. They are not gone. The racism of today is generally more subtle. It is words spoken behind closed doors, sentences prefaced with, “I have a black friend” or “I am not racist, but,” and through empty apologies and denial.  

EDITORIAL | HBCUs deserve adequate funding

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | February 11

Black History Month is a time to recognize the importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, their imperative role in the state of Alabama and the importance of ensuring they are well funded. 

EDITORIAL | Students deserve timely AU Alerts

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | February 1

Auburn University’s Campus Safety and Security office did not send an AU Alert or a public safety notice after the police chased Mitchell Lee Stewart across campus, alarming students. This silence opened the door for rumors to swirl around campus and persist with fervor until the campus safety office finally made a statement, via an email hours later, insisting that there was no threat on campus. 

EDITORIAL | Performing Arts Center next great thing for Auburn

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | January 19

The Gogue Performing Arts Center is a means of community outreach for the University and will undoubtedly be a cultural hub for Auburn.

EDITORIAL | University, city should accept responsibility for Northwest Auburn gentrification, displacement

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | January 16

Growth of the University and the city are inevitable — and a good thing — but it must be done in a way that protects everyone in the city, not just those who have the time and the influence to sway city officials.

EDITORIAL | Care about the First Amendment? Pay attention to what's happening at UNA

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | December 7

If the University of North Alabama’s actions are allowed to stand, it will have a serious chilling effect on student editors and student media advisers in the state of Alabama.

EDITORIAL | Hateful speech has turned into action. It must end

By Fall 2018 Editorial Board | November 1

Hateful rhetoric has infiltrated our nation’s thoughts and has perpetuated violence across the country, and Auburn is not immune.

Editorial | Foolish contract prevents Auburn from doing what it needs to do — get rid of Gus Malzahn

By Fall 2018 Editorial Board | October 17

As the fifth-highest-paid coach in college football, it would seem as though Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn should be performing as though he deserved a salary so high. He’s not.

EDITORIAL | Reporting sexual assault­­ not as simple as it seems

By Fall 2018 Editorial Board | October 5

Reporting an assault gives a survivor dignity. It allows them for their voices to be heard and for them to take a stand against their abuser. There is no perfect time to report an assault, except for when the victim is ready to come forward.