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AU adjusts outdoor campus mask policy

By Tim Nail | Campus Editor | April 8

Auburn University will encourage but not require masks outdoors beginning Friday, April 9.

ISO World's Fair promotes Auburn's cultural diversity

By Caroline Craig | Campus Writer | April 7

ISO combined its annual International Peace Dinner and the World’s Fair for one event from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. outside the Melton Student Center.

When Auburn’s fishing team was suspended, he came to their defense

By Evan Mealins | Editor-in-chief | April 7

Joe Durham, a Georgia lawyer and avid fisherman, advocated on behalf of Auburn's bass fishing team following the announcement of their year-long suspension.

Campus Safety addresses lack of communication

By Tim Nail | Campus Editor | April 4

Representatives from Auburn University's Department of Campus Safety and Security spoke with The Plainsman on how the department issues notifications after recent student concerns on its timeliness and priority.

Students spend wellness days working

By Emma Kirkemier | Campus Reporter | April 1

Auburn University substituted the typical spring break this year with three "wellness days" to reduce COVID transmission. Students are spending theirs mostly completing classwork or at their jobs.

AU reports slight uptick of 24 new COVID-19 cases

By Tim Nail | Campus Editor | March 31

Auburn University reported 24 new self-reported COVID-19 cases, the greatest increase on campus since the week of Feb. 8-14.

Cater Hall effected change for Auburn women

By Jillian Minor | Campus Writer | March 31

Cater Hall initiated change in equity for women on Auburn's campus after a 1971 'sleep-in' protest challenged the University's rules on conduct and etiquette for female students.

AU shortens fishing team's suspension

By Evan Mealins | Editor-in-chief | March 30

Auburn University chose to shorten the Bass Fishing Club’s suspension until April 22, 2021, after a “productive meeting” between the team and the University on Tuesday.

AU student survives shark attack

By Jack West | Editor-in-Chief | March 29

Bryce Albert, sophomore in public relations, grew up five minutes from the ocean. Until he went to college, he said he went to the beach every day. This month, he became the first person to be attacked by a blacktip shark in 2021.

Auburn bass fishing team suspended until 2022

By Evan Mealins | Editor-in-chief | March 28

Auburn University’s bass fishing team has been suspended until the end of the year as a result of alleged violations of the school’s COVID-19 travel and event policy, per a letter from Campus Recreation.

AU knowingly allowed classrooms to be filled above CDC guidelines

By Evan Mealins | Editor-in-chief | March 28

Administration still allows classrooms to be filled to 50% capacity, often double the limit social distancing capacity studies found.

Students for Clean Water raises awareness for global water crisis

By Max Mora | Campus Writer | March 24

Students for Clean Water aims to bring attention locally to the estimated 780 million people worldwide that do not readily have access to clean water.

Campus dining to usher in new dining hall, meal plans

By Emma Kirkemier | Campus Reporter | March 24

Students can expect several new updates to dining throughout 2021, such as a late-night food truck this semester, revised meal plans next academic year and most notably The Edge at Central Dining hall in the fall.

AU reports downward trends across COVID data, 8 new cases

By Tim Nail | Campus Editor | March 23

Auburn University reported 8 new COVID-19 cases but saw no sentinel tests return a positive result for the fourth consecutive week and no students in quarantine or isolation housing.

Professors seek to sequence Toomer's Oaks genome

By Tim Nail | Campus Editor | March 23

Leslie Goertzen and Alex Harkess of Auburn University's Department of Biological Sciences are leading a project to sequence the genome of clones of the live oaks that once stood at Toomer's Corner.

New student organization paves the way for Women in Technology

By Abigail Woods | Culture Editor | March 22

Women in Technology is a student organization that started last February with a goal to create opportunities for women pursuing careers in the technology field.

Work continues for some students during pandemic

By Nicole Lee | Campus Writer | March 21

The term "essential workers" encompasses all those who work to provide goods and services to others, including college students in Auburn jobs that have gone on despite the pandemic.

AU ups event attendance to 150 as cases decline

By Tim Nail | Campus Editor | March 19

Auburn University will raise its in-person campus event attendance cap from 100 people to 150 beginning Monday, March 22.

‘Museum in Motion’ initiative promotes art on the road

By Nicole Lee | Campus Writer | March 18

‘Museum in Motion’ will be a moving art exhibit with interactive displays where people will be encouraged to play active roles in the exhibits to better understand different perspectives.

'Still an institution of choice'

By Jillian Minor | Campus Writer | March 18

Auburn's enrollment dip is only expected to lose the University $2.5 million in tuition revenue. Kelli Shomaker, chief financial officer, said this “reaffirms that the University is still an institution of choice in Alabama and beyond.”