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Anti-gay-marriage group and LGBTQ students protest downtown

By Caroline Craig | Campus Writer | April 13

The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property — a group opposed to same-sex marriage — held a rally at Toomer's Corner on Tuesday. The group's protest was met with approving honks from drivers and a group of LGBTQ-supporting counter protestors.

Auburn student completes over 100 skydives

By Nicole Lee | Campus Writer | April 12

Many students at Auburn engage in activities like hiking at Chewacla or bowling, but Ashley George, junior in rehabilitation and disability studies who has completed over 100 skydives, these were not enough.

Gogue Center announces in-person performance schedule

By Emma Kirkemier | Campus Reporter | April 11

The Gogue Performing Arts Center is returning to an in-person format for concerts beginning April 18 after a suspension in March 2020 because of the pandemic.

'I just want to be known as an athlete'

By Evan Mealins | Editor-in-chief | April 11

Sam Armas became the first player in Auburn wheelchair basketball history to score 1,000 career points last season, but he said the team is still fighting for respect and exposure on campus.

AU Food Trucks Tour photo for CWE article

Campus dining introduces Late Night Food Trucks

By Tim Nail | Campus Editor | April 9

Auburn students can visit food trucks from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. for a late-night meal for the next three weekends.

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, formerly the Social Center, was named after Katherine Cooper Cater, Dean of Women, on April 25, 1980.

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.