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SGA appoints two remaining executive officers

SGA tables unisex restroom bill

After nearly an hour of debate at the Nov. 3 Student Government Association Senate meeting, the senate tabled a bill that favored the implementation of unisex restrooms in future buildings on Auburn's campus.


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Alabama not included in same-sex marriage legalization

While the rest of the country continues to pass progressive legislation providing same-sex couples the legal and economic rights heterosexual couples have, much of the South and Midwest continue to oppose such measures. Many of those states contain the highest populations of same-sex couples, Mississippi being the highest and Alabama ranking in the top 10.

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OPINION: Issues with on-campus dining

On-campus dining -- what an awful experience. Last year as a freshman, I was looking at my $995, often referred to as monopoly money, wondering how quickly I'd use it over the semester. So I did my math and came up with a budget of about nine dollars a day. Well, as I quickly found out, that wasn't going to last.

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Auburn Family weighs in on midterm elections

Midterm elections are when political parties vie to win a majority of the seats in government. With the first open presidential election just around the corner in 2016, winning a majority of the available positions would give either major political party control over the nation's decision-making process.

SGA appoints two remaining executive officers

SGA approves alterations to final exam schedules

The Student Government Association approved a proposal at the Oct. 27 meeting that will affect final exam schedules beginning in fall 2017. The recommendation of alterations to the final exam schedule were proposed by Walker Byrd, Senator at-large, and Caroline Beauchaine, senator for academic affairs and mandated that teachers must have all tests, projects and assignments finished for that class the last Friday of the semester.

Mason Briles announced he was gay on OutSports.com.

Student uses Internet to announce sexuality

Mason Briles felt he had nowhere to turn for support. Briles said he felt no one was in his situation and would understand. He anonymously turned to Twitter to see if there was anyone out there who knew what he was going through. He quickly found many people who have gone through the same thing he was experiencing. Briles, junior in business, announced he was gay last month on Outsports.com. Before that, he was only known by the Twitter handle Closeted Athlete.

NSA Head, Senator Speak On World Affairs at Forum

NSA head, Senator speak at Forum of World Affairs

United States Senator Jeff Sessions and Admiral Michael S. Rogers spoke on Wednesday afternoon at the "Forum of World Affairs" at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center. Rogers, an Auburn alumni, is currently head of the National Security Agency and Director of the U.S. Cyber Command.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lessons have been learned

One thing we pride ourselves in as a University and a student body is being the "Auburn Family." With that in mind, it's sad to see how The Plainsman has abused their voice as the major media outlet on campus to excessively shame fellow students with no regard to the countless hours of work they put in on a weekly basis to better this University.