Student dedicates her game days to recycling
Courtney Lu, senior in chemistry, has dedicated her last three football seasons at Auburn University to help promote recycling and sustainability on campus.
Courtney Lu, senior in chemistry, has dedicated her last three football seasons at Auburn University to help promote recycling and sustainability on campus.
Unlike other Christmas movies however, It's a Wonderful Life has a darker part of the storyline when the main character, George Bailey, contemplates committing suicide by jumping off of a bridge.
An Auburn High School student was arrested and charged with first degree rape and sexual abuse on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
It was almost midnight as fans began to exit Jordan-Hare Stadium after Auburn's win against LSU. After rolling Toomer's Corner, traffic began to circulate as police officers stationed themselves at intersections and barricades to direct thousands of cars safely out of Auburn.
The Auburn City Council heard a number of complaints from Auburn residents pertaining to Auburn High School student parking at the Tuesday, Nov. 18 council meeting.
A public forum on gun and domestic violence was held at the Lee County Emergency Management office in Opelika on Tuesday night, Nov. 18. The Auburn alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sponsored the event with Lee County Sherriff Jay Jones and Lisa Stephens, director of the Domestic Violence Intervention Center.
The city of Auburn is planning a re-design of the intersection of South College Street and Magnolia Avenue to accompany the new oaks at Toomer's Corner.
Nia Denham has a passion for music -- specifically, to help young musicians find places toperform. For the past five years, Niahas helped young musicians in the Auburn-Opelika area find places to perform. This year, she decided to form Amplify Auburn, a nonprofit group helping young musicians find performance venues and make music connections in the area.
The community has many places to help those in need, but they are always looking for more volunteers. Lakeview Baptist Church, the Food Bank of East Alabama and Auburn United Methodist Church are some of the places accepting food donations, especially around Thanksgiving.
Racial barriers were everywhere in James Owens' life growing up, but instead of accepting them, he decided to break them down. Owens broke the college football color barrier in the state of Alabama when he enrolled at Auburn University in 1969, becoming Auburn's first African-American scholarship player.
Using a fake ID is a way for younger students to party like upperclassmen, but the Auburn Police Division and local businesses are cracking down on people using fake IDs.
Quixotes was packed Nov. 8, even though it was the Saturday night after Auburn lost to Texas A&M 41-38. After the game, fans of both teams found their way to the bars. The line outside Quixotes stretched to the doors of the Gap next door.
A man found dead under the bridge at the South College Street exit along Interstate 85, Saturday, Nov. 8, has been identified as John Michael Maines, 54, of Tennessee.
A state board denied a $1 million claim made by the parents of murdered student Lauren Burk Wednesday, Nov. 12. Burk's parents, Jim Burk and Viviane Guerchon, filed the claim against Auburn University in February with the Alabama Board of Adjustment alleging the University didn't provide adequate security.
Auburn is considering instituting a moratorium that would entail a delay or suspension of the construction of new apartment buildings. A public hearing on the issue is scheduled to take place at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce at 714 E. Glenn Ave. on Monday, Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
A three-car collision occurred at the intersection of Glenn Avenue and College Street temporarily blocked traffic.
Opelika Road will be getting a facelift. The Auburn City Council approved phase one of the Renew Opelika Road Project on Nov. 4.
Patriotism may run through the Auburn community year round, but this week is a day made specifically to honor those who have fought, died, served, and protected our country. This Veterans Day there is plenty for the community to do to honor veterans.
Edzard Van Santen, professor in the crop soil and environmental science department, has dedicated more than a decade to the growth of a new creeping bentgrass, a grass that has long been used for putting golf green surfaces. According to Van Santen, the new grass, named AU Victory, is a cool-season species with origins in 1999, when putting greens in the southeastern region of the United States suffered in the prolonged heat and humidity of summer, causing the grass to become too thin and resulting in poor golf greens.
Marleigh Jones is a slim girl with red hair as fiery as her passion for music. Jones graduated high school in May 2014 and is following her dream of being a folk musician. Her first album, "Jubal," was released in April 2014 through Noise Train, a music blog, under her solo project's name Streetparty in Liverpool.