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American infrastructure is failing.
The Plainsman has become such a huge part of my life during the past eight consecutive semesters, and it's going to be hard to steer myself away from the office between classes or during a free moment.
This semester has come and gone and with that, we at the paper have had successes and room for improvement.
There are few Christmas movies that make me angry.
Director Chris Weitz fails to bring anything aesthetically captivating to his work on "New Moon," the second entry in the "Twilight" saga; compared to Catherine Hardwicke's slimy blue color timing and queasy camera movements; however, his direction is as exciting and breathtaking as Scorsese's.
One film has been buzzed about more than any showing in theaters this holiday season. Of course I am talking about "New Moon."
Last Friday, we saw Auburn come up short against arch rival Alabama.
When I came back to Auburn after Thanksgiving break last year, I realized that my apartment was in need of a serious make-over. My home in Atlanta had been decorated beautifully by my mother in preparation for the Christmas season; however, my home in Auburn was spreading anything but Christmas cheer.
Lately in the news, and I don't mean the Fox News and CNN floating heads that yammer back and forth about who is bending the truth more, but the people that I trust, we are talking about returning to "responsible" journalism.
For me, no major holiday would be complete without a five-hour plane ride home to California from Atlanta.
There's nothing like a good Harry Potter book to complete your holiday. When my suitemate made a Potter reference earlier this week (posting "Dumble" on her door), I realized I had the whole series tucked away in my dorm and decided to re-read the series.
"We were just dirt pur,'" Granny said. That's my granny's explanation for the reason she and her family never traveled anywhere when she was growing up. They were just dirt poor.
The young men of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity could be seen as a controlled group study for a policy that could soon affect almost every Greek organization on campus.
When we heard the Universities of Alabama at Birmingham and Huntsville were extending insurance benefits to homosexual members of their faculties, we became excited and filled with hope.
Last weekend I traveled to Athens, Ga., for the Auburn vs. UGA football game.
I'll be the first to admit I'm not the biggest fraternity supporter, and I don't drive around with a "Go Frat" sticker on my car.
Though my time on The Plainsman staff was short lived, I felt it was only right to leave my legacy to the ones I leave behind.
I guess the saying, "the third time's the charm" really is a true statement.
John Mayer, once an innocent-looking pop heart throb, has been on a quest for several years to change that image.
When I first heard about the name and concept of singer/songwriter John Mayer's fourth studio album, "Battle Studies," I winced.