Bradley Roberts / WRITER - The Auburn Plainsman

The house has been renovated numerous times throughout the years, and will undergo restoration one more time starting in February of 2013. (Bradley Roberts / WRITER)

Campus

The unique history of "Pebble Hill"

By Bradley Roberts / WRITER | January 2

A piece of Auburn history sits at the end of East Magnolia.

Chris Roberts will replace Larry Benefield as dean of the College of Engineering starting July 1. Roberts has served the college for 19 years as a professor and as the chemical engineering department chair. (Contributed by the college of engineering)

Campus

Engineers receive new leadership

By Bradley Roberts / WRITER | April 26

The College of Engineering has ended the search to replace Larry Benefield, the dean of the college for the past 14 years.

Campus

Students' research lands national fellowship grants

By Bradley Roberts / WRITER | April 19

Two students from the College of Engineering have received research fellowship grants from the National Science Foundation.

Opinion

Dubstep isn't music

By Bradley Roberts / WRITER | April 12

Dubstep is for people who hate music, but love bass, subwoofers and neon clothing.

The Donald E. Davis Arboretum will provide New Orleans-style food and music Saturday at 6 p.m. as part of a fundraiser for future projects, including an indoor facility and outdoor lighting. The arboretum is commonly used as an educational tool by the University. (Danielle Lowe / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR)

Campus

Arboretum meets New Orleans

By Bradley Roberts / WRITER | April 12

The Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics will sponsor a "Night in New Orleans" Saturday at 6 p.m. benefiting the Donald E. Davis Arboretum.

Katie Guthier, right, sophomore in industrial engineering and Spanish, and Michael Lambert, junior in wildlife ecology and management, face off for the quaffle, a ball in play in the mythical sport of quidditch from the Harry Potter series. In the last decade, qudditch has been adapted and played at colleges across the U.S. Engineers Without Borders will be hosting a quidditch tournament April 21 to raise funds for the "Bolivia Project." (Rebecca Croomes / PHOTO EDITOR)

News

Quidditch for Quesimpuco

By Bradley Roberts / WRITER | April 5

Fans of the Harry Potter series will soon get their chance to relive childhood fantasies by participating in a tournament of quidditch.

Allison Chandler, IT specialist, takes a look at the computer of Tyler Claxton, junior in forestry. (Christen Harned / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR)

Campus

OIT, SGA team up to evaluate performance

By Bradley Roberts / WRITER | March 29

Technology is ever changing, and with those changes comes room for improvement

Francis Robicheaux, professor of theoretical atomic physics, works with international researchers on antimatter studies at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. (Christen Harned / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR)

Campus

Researchers participate in international study

By Bradley Roberts / WRITER | March 22

Auburn researchers, in collaboration with the Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus team in Geneva, Switzerland, are helping make breakthroughs in the study of antimatter material and its properties.

Sports

Tennis travels to capital for Blue-Gray

By Bradley Roberts / WRITER | February 23

The Auburn men's and women's tennis teams will head to Montgomery Feb. 24-26 for the annual Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic.

Jeffrey Bolan, junior in aerospace engineering, blends photographs of buildings from the past and present to show a changing Auburn. This photo of Cater Hall is the building in the present with former Auburn women gathering on the lawn. The parked cars indicate a road used to be nearby. (Courtesy of Jeffrey Bolan)

News

Present blends together with past

By Bradley Roberts / WRITER | February 16

Change is inevitable and expected over the course of more than 150 years, but the passion the Auburn community has shown for its school has remained the constant of this ever-changing, quaint college town.