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EDITORIAL | Hey, Auburn, get it together

 With life on campus starting back up again, Auburn University and its students have entered into a sort of trust exercise with each other. 

EDITORIAL | 'It is time that we put action behind them'

For the last three months, our lives have been drastically altered by the quarantines, shutdowns, illnesses and deaths caused by the coronavirus. We've spent weeks at a time locked inside and sequestered from the lights and sounds of our public places. Campuses have been deserted, and businesses have been closed. We've been kept apart from our loved ones because the kind of arm-in-arm comfort we rely upon has become dangerous.  

EDITORIAL: Stay home

COVID-19 is here. There is no more normal.

EDITORIAL | SGA amendment fails due to absences

For some students, SGA is an afterthought, something that only comes up when you get bombarded on the concourse from campaigns urging you to vote. In actuality, SGA provides students with an opportunity to fundamentally change the university that they attend.

EDITORIAL | Make your voice heard

It’s no secret that Auburn University has some big issues ahead of it. 

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

EDITORIAL | Logo in limbo: Murky messages create confusion

EDITORIAL | Turning controversy into conversation

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

As a growing city, Auburn is continuously facing new and unexpected problems. There have been loud, public debates about building height limits, zoning regulations, short-term rentals and a multitude of other issues that are consequences of a growing population. 

EDITORIAL | Inmate State

Correction: The Plainsman wrongly stated that CoreCivic had been accused of stealing $20 million from a previous prison construction bid in Kansas. According to reporting by The Kansas City Star, the governor of Kansas, Laura Kelly, said she felt "hoodwinked" by CoreCivic, Inc. The state signed a deal with the company to construct a prison facility and to temporarily house 600 Kansas inmates in a CoreCivic facility in Arizona. The Plainsman also assessed the private prisons to be human-rights violating companies — a characterization that has not been thoroughly proven. We sincerely regret the errors and apologize to our readers. 

EDITORIAL | Board of Distrustees: Auburn governed in the dark

EDITORIAL | Oh, Kay ... we haven't come a long way

EDITORIAL | Auburn goes from play calls to curtain calls

Last week, the Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center officially opened its doors. With a construction timeline lasting more than two years and a budget of over $70 million, this performing arts center is one of the most expensive building projects that Auburn University has ever completed. 

EDITORIAL | Ordinance fails citizens of Northwest Auburn

After months of postponement on an issue that required expedited fixing, the City Council has once again given constituents in Northwest Auburn a plethora of reasons for outrage.

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

Sexual assault on college campuses is endemic. 

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

Over the last two weeks, images of students, influencers and elected officials clad in theatrical costumes with black paint plastered on their skin resurfaced with due criticism, but also resounding apologist sentiment. 

EDITORIAL | HBCUs deserve adequate funding

February is a month during which it is integral to look at the past and learn from the country’s failures and triumphs. 

EDITORIAL | Students deserve timely AU Alerts

Confused, concerned, scared — Auburn’s campus community was all of those things last Thursday.

EDITORIAL | Performing Arts Center next great thing for Auburn

It’s been said before, “Auburn is a football school.” Some even said this year, “Auburn is a basketball school.” Pretty soon, however, people may say, “Auburn is a performing arts school.”

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

As Auburn’s population of students and residents grows, so does its development.