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EDITORIAL | Auburn, you have to choose.

By Editorial Board | Spring 2021 | April 15

Auburn is dedicating two halls in The Village to Black trailblazers, Josetta Matthews and Bessie Mae Holloway, which will exist closely to Wallace Hall. The contributions of these people to the University are vastly different, and its time for Auburn to choose what kind of person they wanted represented on the buildings on campus. 

EDITORIAL | Continue to wear your mask after the mandate ends

By Editorial Board | Spring 2021 | April 8

The mask mandate is set to end April 9, but there should be just as many masks worn in the days after as there were in the days before. 

EDITORIAL | Alabama, leave transgender youth alone

By Editorial Board | Spring 2021 | March 28

In early March, the Alabama State Senate passed a bill that would ban gender-affirming surgeries and treatments for transgender minors, making it a felony for medical professionals to provide them care. The bill comes at a time when there are other things Alabamians need instead of destroying children. 

EDITORIAL | We need statues of Auburn women

By Editorial Board | Spring 2021 | March 21

In Feb. 2020, Auburn Board of Trustees approved three more statues of male athletes — bringing the total to seven — while there are plenty of women athletes or coaches who deserve their own dedication on campus.  We just want to know why.

EDITORIAL | Alabama, why is our mask expiration date now?

By Editorial Board | Spring 2021 | March 11

On March 4, Gov. Ivey extended the mask mandate for the last time until April 9. While there were  other factors that pressured her pen to end this mandate, the decision comes at a time when we need to be holding out longer to see more vaccinations. 

EDITORIAL | What do you want to see from us?

By Editorial Board | Spring 2021 | February 28

As we shift from print to online, please give us feedback on what we can do to improve our online presence overall. 

EDITORIAL: Ivey’s prison plan potentially harmful for Alabamians

By Editorial Board | Spring 2021 | February 11

Gov. Ivey's private prison plan may not only be harmful for Alabamians pockets and communities, but also the integrity of the state.  

EDITORIAL: Huntley made it happen.

By Editorial Board | Spring 2021 | February 7

SGA President Ada Ruth Huntley and her team managed to get a lot accomplished this year despite the circumstances, and for that we say: thank you. 

EDITORIAL: We're all sinking on S.S. Zoom

By Editorial Board | Spring 2021 | January 28

After a tumultuous fall semester, both professors and students could use some understanding from the other. 

EDITORIAL | No reentry testing puts Auburn at risk

By Editorial Board | Spring 2021 | January 20

Auburn University's failure to implement reentry testing despite having the resources puts both the students and the community at risk. 

Thank you, President Gogue

By Editorial Board | Fall 2020 | November 30

When President Gogue decided to serve as Auburn's interim president, there's no way he could have anticipated how crazy the 2020 school year would be. Nevertheless, he has continued to lead this institution through the challenges this year has brought. For that, we want to say thank you.

EDITORIAL | Auburn's fraught history with the LGBTQ community demands progress

By Editorial Board | Fall 2020 | October 26

EDITORIAL | In light of the 30th anniversary of the first official recognition of a LGBTQ presence on campus and this month being LGBTQ History Month, it’s incumbent upon Auburn to reaffirm our mission to create a more equitable University. 

EDITORIAL | The City has a lead right now; don't blow it

By Editorial Board | Fall 2020 | October 11

Unfortunately, it looks like the City hasn’t learned from the Tigers’ woeful lessons on how to close out a lead when it comes to the pandemic. 

EDITORIAL | Auburn continues to lag behind in its racial reckoning

By Editorial Board | Fall 2020 | September 7

Considering Auburn's propensity to brand itself as the premier higher-education institution in the state, it’d be wise to not continue falling behind Troy in realizing racial reckoning. 

EDITORIAL: Delivery workers are some of the unsung heroes of this pandemic

By Editorial Board | Spring 2020 | April 3

To the thousands of food delivery people, truck drivers and grocery store employees who have kept essential goods flowing, thank you. Whether it's bringing pizza to people stuck inside or restocking shelves of bread, milk and toilet paper, these people are continually risking their health to do their job.

EDITORIAL: Protect your mental health during this pandemic

By Editorial Board | Spring 2020 | March 26

As we practice social distancing, check in with friends. Call and Zoom them. Reach out to professionals when you need to, and reach out to the people you love when you can.

EDITORIAL| Nothing to gain from quarry in Lee County

By Editorial Board | February 25

We, the Plainsman editorial board, not only stand behind those who voiced their concerns, but we stand behind the efforts to stop the quarry from being built. 

EDITORIAL | There is no excuse for driving drunk

By Spring 2020 Editorial Board | February 9

As college students, we’re prone to making mistakes. It’s part of growing up, but drinking and driving isn’t the same as oversleeping for a class or tripping on the sidewalk outside of Skybar. Don’t let someone say, “it’s not that big of a deal.”