34 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
(09/23/15 9:52pm)
An Auburn University study found there is no connection between a state’s leniency on payday lending regulation and the political party that controls the state.
(04/16/15 5:29am)
Logging onto Tiger i to pay an eBill gives students a glimpse into how much it takes to receive an education at Auburn University. Nevertheless, tuition is only a portion of what students pay, and the rates aren’t static.
(04/09/15 5:40pm)
Transitioning into the springtime, pollen isn’t the only thing expected in Alabama. As tornado season approaches, Auburn University Emergency Management lays out its severe weather procedures.
(04/06/15 11:50pm)
Spinning into Motion with Tornado Preparedness
(04/01/15 11:00pm)
As students returned home from spring break, residents in the South Donahue Residence Hall discovered several of their valuables missing.
(04/02/15 10:01pm)
During the first week of March, STDcheck.com released a satirical blog stating Auburn University and the University of Alabama are among the top five colleges with the highest sexually transmitted disease rates.
(03/23/15 2:14am)
Jonathan Armbruster, biological sciences professor and curator of fishes at the Auburn Museum of Natural History, recently named a new species of catfish after the “Star Wars” character Greedo featured in Episode IV.
(03/17/15 8:47pm)
There was no old business so Brandon Honeywell, of the College of Science and Mathematics and junior in biomedical science presented the first order of business, which addressed the Chapter 201 code of laws amendment.
(03/14/15 7:29pm)
The annual Big Event kicked off this morning with 2,050 volunteers rallied in the Student Center Ballroom before being sent to 200 work sites, according to Michael Waldrum, junior in business and director of the Big Event.
(03/13/15 2:45pm)
An Auburn journalism major and alumna in journalism took their love of fashion to a new level when they managed to land internships at their favorite New York magazines.
(03/05/15 10:54pm)
With a customer count of approximately 25,000 students and 325 associates serving, Tiger Dining rakes in close to $120,000 from Monday to Thursday, according to William Sallustro, resident district manager of Tiger Dining.
(03/02/15 7:24pm)
Allie McCafferty, freshman in undeclared
math and science, took her Krispy Kreme doughnut craving to the Internet, and
it seems she wasn’t alone.
(03/17/15 8:47pm)
We don’t define our realities from the beginning. Our families train the eyes that see right from wrong, they shape the mouth that learns what is appropriate and what is best left unsaid and they try their best to position the feet that eventually walk to what we would define as a successful life.
(02/24/15 7:35am)
The change of venue for Rodeo 2015 is not the only change being made to the event this year.
(02/18/15 5:30pm)
Blending horror with comedy, Chad Oliver, junior in media studies, visual media option, scored his first script-writing award in a Doritos commercial contest.
Initially interested in competing in the 30-second Super Bowl commercial contest, Oliver also entered a 30-second commercial script for the Doritos Dinamita under the Doritos Legion of the Bold contest.
Though Oliver was not a finalist for the Super Bowl commercial, he was selected in early February as one of the three first-prize winners for his script, earning him $1,000.
Oliver said he received an email from Doritos about using his script for a second contest, which takes the script to the storyboarding phase.
The best storyboards will compete in the final contest, which will transform the storyboards for the screen.
Oliver described his commercial as "Friday-the-13th style."
A man with a chainsaw chases teenagers in a cabin. When the teenagers hide in the bathroom, one teen eats a spicy Dorito Dinamita chip. He starts to sweat from the spiciness until the man with the chainsaw discovers them. The man puts down the chainsaw, takes off his mask and asks, "Are those Doritos?"
Oliver said the commercial concludes with the logo and everyone having fun eating the chips.
"Since I want to be a screenwriter and this is the first time I got paid to write a script, it tells that my idea was good enough to pay me $1,000," Oliver said. "It was the first time I cheered when I was in a house alone."
Oliver said his passion for film began before college.
"I've always loved working with cameras and just making little videos since I was a kid," Oliver said. "If I could write or direct for movies, that'd be a dream come true."
Oliver said he learned the correct format and strategies to organize his thoughts and write a full story for screenwriting in Anna Weinstein's writing for TV and film class last semester.
"I wouldn't be writing in my free time if it weren't for her class and her guidance," Oliver said. "I probably wouldn't have entered this contest if it hadn't been for learning the format from her."
Weinstein, adjunct instructor in communication and journalism, said Oliver is entirely responsible for his success.
"One thing I love about Chad's success is the fact that this script that won is a comedy script," Weinstein said. "He was always so serious and studious in class ... It just serves as a reminder that screenwriting is work. It's a job. You don't write a funny script by being a silly goofball. Humor is a skill that you develop and hone, just like any other skill."
Will Runels, junior in finance, said he told Oliver about the Doritos Super Bowl contest the two filmed the submission for together.
"I never had an idea I thought was worth doing," Runels said. "I'm more of the technical person. I do the computer program part of it, but Chad comes up with really good ideas."
According to Runels, Oliver inserted his interests in the Dinamita script.
"When it comes to his creative skills, he draws from something he likes," Runels said. "He likes horror movies, and the contest he won looks like horror aspects mixed with Doritos."
Oliver said he will begin storyboarding when Doritos officially announces the contest guidelines later this month.
"It's definitely changed the way I see my future unfold," Oliver said. "I might be looking for internships in ad agencies now, and that's something I've never considered before. I'm considering commercials now since I've had a little bit of success in that -- maybe pursing that as well."
(02/07/15 1:27am)
Alpha Psi announced its 2015 rodeo headliner Tuesday, Feb. 3, on its Facebook page, driving traffic for tickets.
With the announcement came several procedural changes.
According to Alpha Psi's website, the fraternity decided to move the rodeo from Sand Hill Road site in Auburn to Ingram Farm in Opelika after speaking with the University and Auburn Police Division. Alongside location are changes prohibiting attenders to ride in the back of trucks, free parking and "a much more structured, sanitary, and safe restroom operation."
The website said the "new additions for 2015 will provide our guests with destinations throughout the event that will create a more festive mood and slow down the consumption of alcohol."
According to Opelika-Auburn News, there were six arrests related to public intoxication, drug possession and traffic stops at least year's rodeo, and eight people were taken to East Alabama Medical Center because of injuries or alcohol-related issues.
"Any time you get that many people within a small area like that and you involve alcohol, you are going to have some issues," said city of Auburn Police Division Chief Paul Register in an OANews article.
Captain Chris Wallace of the Lee County Sheriff's Office said there will be a huge law enforcement presence this year.
"We want everyone to have a good time, but we're not going to tolerate any criminal acts, especially DUIs," Wallace said. "We're going to be on high alert, be fair and professional, and we want it to be safe."
Wallace said he would update The Plainsman with more specific procedures when the rodeo date approaches.
No plans regarding bus transportation to and from the event have been announced.
Several attempts to speak with Alpha Psi members on the matter were unsuccessful.
(02/06/15 4:00pm)
* Caroline Beauchaine *
"Fire up with Caroline"
About Caroline:
Caroline Beauchaine, senior in public relations, is a College of Liberal Arts senator and president of Alpha Gamma Delta.
Platform:
Beauchaine said if she is elected Miss Auburn, she will bring awareness to student firefighters.
"I will encourage our campus to support student firefighters, inspiring the student body to join with me as we advocate for these men and women, educate others through an awareness campaign and appreciate the loyal service of past and present Auburn-student firefighters," Beauchaine said.
(01/30/15 2:00pm)
A weekly highlight of stories in The Auburn Plainsman.
(01/30/15 1:00pm)
When two pressure-cooker bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April 2013, the FBI and media investigated to find the individuals responsible.
Behind one team of media investigators was Auburn alum David Ingram working as a producer for NBC News.
According to Ingram, when the FBI released photographs of the two suspects, his team was assigned to remain on standby in case new reports from Boston surfaced.
While on the 24-hour staff, Ingram said the team heard of police activity related to the suspects in Watertown, Massachusetts. They planned to go on air for a couple of minutes, but remained on television for several hours. With new information flowing in every 10-15 minutes, Ingram said he and his team worked until the "Today Show" started, leaving work after one suspect was shot and killed and the other arrested.
"My team and I left work that morning thinking that we had put another day in, and we really didn't think about much because, for me, as a television producer, when I go into work every day, my thinking is not, 'I'm going to go into work today with the sole purpose of getting some kind of recognition for my work,'" Ingram said. "I go in and do the best job that I can with the best information, the most accurate type of storytelling and then if someone wants to recognize it later, that's great."
In July 2014, the NBC News team joined the list of Emmy nominees for the Boston Marathon bombing coverage, and the following September they won.
"I had no idea that this was the type of coverage that was outstanding and exemplary, mainly just because it all moved so fast that evening," Ingram said. "It wasn't something we had planned out. We were doing it on the fly and doing the best job that we could, and, if anything, I think it reminds you of why you're in journalism because it can be a very trying occupation and field to be in, and when you get recognized for doing great work, it re-emphasizes why you did this business in the first place."
Ingram said he decided to major in journalism after receiving positive feedback on an English paper. His English professor suggested he try writing for The Plainsman. During his senior year, Ingram became editor-in-chief of The Plainsman.
Ed Williams, journalism professor emeritus and The Plainsman adviser in 2008, said Ingram was mature, and his staff looked up to him.
"He was a good leader, and he was a good editor," Williams said. "Even as a student, his dream was to live and work in New York City, and he's obviously very successful at it because he's been a part of an award-winning team, and he's only been out of college seven years."
Ingram said The Plainsman taught him skills he still uses every day.
"It may sound elementary, but you have to get stories right," Ingram said. "You have to make sure things are correct and to spell things correctly, you have to double check and triple check your sources to make sure that you have all your ducks in a row. If you don't have those foundations, you are not going to be provident at your job."
Kendra Carter, 2008 Auburn alumna, worked on The Plainsman staff with Ingram.
According to Carter, a student was murdered the day before the paper's weekly print deadline.
Ingram faced the choice of discarding the prepared front page of The Plainsman and placing the breaking news story in its place.
"I think David's decision to throw out that front page we already had and rally the staff together to cover this big news stories that had a big impact on campus started a shift of moving The Plainsman from strictly a weekly paper into a more responsive paper," Carter said.
Carter said there are parallels to Ingram's response to The Plainsman experience and his response to real life, on-the-job situations.
"As long as I've known him, he's had this incredible drive," Carter said. "He wants to get to the bottom of the story. He wants to tell the story well. He has this drive and motivation that gets him there."
(01/29/15 1:00pm)
On Sunday, Jan. 25 U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade, who struck down the same-sex marriage ban, put the ruling on a 14-day hold for Alabama's attorney general to make their case to an appeals court.
According to NBC News, if the appeals court doesn't extend or lift the stay by the end of the 14 days, the ruling will take effect Feb. 9.
According to Time Inc., Alabama is the most conservative state in the union. In 2006, 81 percent of Alabamians voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, an amendment struck down by Granade on Friday, Jan. 23, for being unconstitutional.
Alicia Valenti, president of Auburn University College Democrats and senior in public administration, said she believes the decision was long overdue.
"I think that everyone should be able to marry who they love, and I would hope that it would encourage more people to live here rather than move out of the state," Valenti said.
Valenti said she also hopes the change will attract greater diversity to Auburn's student population.
"We are, overall, a very conservative campus and pretty homogenous in terms of demographics," Valenti said. "I hope that this ban may make Alabama more of a forward-thinking state, and we'd be able to have a more diverse student body and maybe not see so much of the same ideas propagated around campus."
Carson Sprayberry, chairman of Auburn University College of Republicans and junior in polymer & fiber engineering, said though he does not agree with the decision, it was not unexpected.
"With the trend that's been going all around the U.S., it really came as no surprise that another federal judge would strike down a very traditional state's ban on same-sex marriage," Sprayberry said. "In my personal opinion, I don't believe that the striking down by a federal judge constitutes as a reasonable decision when just eight years ago, 81 percent of Alabamians opposed same-sex marriage in the state."
Reed Dudley, president of Alabama College Democrats and junior in anthropology, said she sees the decision as a great historic moment in Alabama's history and as a historic moment in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
"It's always great to see equality win, especially in the South, because Alabama isn't exactly known as being progressive," Dudley said. "It just shows that Alabama continues to lead in helping the lives of others."
Beth Slagle, vice chairman of Auburn University College Republicans and junior in business, said she's disappointed in the outcome.
Slagle said she believes the divide between people will deepen if the ruling stands.
"As a conservative and a Christian, I do believe marriage is defined as between a man and a woman, and it's disappointing to me to see the federal government try to get involved in a state issue because marriage is a state issue," Slagle said. "I do have faith in Luther Strange and Governor Bentley that they will do the right thing by Alabama and take care of it and appeal the decision and stand up for our state."