Editorial

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.”

EDITORIAL | It's MLK Day, not Robert E. Lee Day

By Editorial Board | Spring 2020 | January 19

Times change, and eventually, it becomes less of a good idea to celebrate the legacy of a proponent of the deadliest opposition America has ever faced and a symbol of oppression for a large portion of the population.

EDITORIAL | Make your voice heard

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | November 18

If you are upset about the lack of available on-campus housing, get involved with SGA. If you care about how your school is represented to the rest of the state, get involved with SGA. If you want to stand up for your fellow students, make your voice heard and be a force to enact change, you should get involved with SGA. Applications for next year are open until Nov. 20 and can be found at aub.ie/elections.

EDITORIAL | SGA's sexual assault nurse program calls for action

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | November 1

As too many Auburn students know, sexual assault is a prevalent threat on campus, and the subsequent trauma from an assault can ruin families, lives and futures. SGA’s newest initiative, a fundraising campaign to train and certify a team of six sexual assault nurse examiners, is an absolutely positive development for Auburn.

OPINION | It’s not about who’s right; it’s about being involved

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | October 18

As political voices continually trade jabs and soundbites on social media, in-person debates such as the Great Debate, are essential to having a thoughtful and involved public.

EDITORIAL | Turning controversy into conversation

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | October 3

By keeping reporting and editorializing wholly separate from each other, news outlets can start to rebuild trust among the large swaths of the public where they have lost it.

EDITORIAL | What's on next week's agenda?

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | September 27

We have to express our concerns at council meetings and by reaching out to our representatives. In the same way that voting is a duty, this kind of in-between-election participation should not just be appreciated — it should be utilized.

EDITORIAL | Inmate State

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | September 19

Our prisons aren't filled with criminals, they're filled with fathers, husbands, brothers, sisters, wives and mothers. Yes, the people in prisons have done some bad things, but that doesn't mean they deserve to be forgotten.

EDITORIAL | Board of Distrustees: Auburn governed in the dark

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | September 12

Even if Leath had gone on to have a lengthy and stable tenure at Auburn, the opaqueness surrounding his hiring would be disgraceful. However, given his hasty resignation and $4.5 million farewell gift, that opaqueness is untenable.

EDITORIAL | Oh, Kay ... we haven't come a long way

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | September 5

It’s shameful how low the bar has been set for Alabama, and it’s embarrassing that people still manage to trip over it.

EDITORIAL | Auburn goes from play calls to curtain calls

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | August 30

For a school in Alabama that has often been labeled as a cow college or a sports school, this is a large step in a different direction for Auburn.

A student holds his fist up during a chant during a sit-in protest at the Student Center Greenspace.

EDITORIAL | Stop pretending everyone's happy

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | August 22

Princeton Review ranking doesn't tell full story.

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EDITORIAL | ‘I ask’: April brings awareness to sexual assault

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | April 23

There is a nationwide problem with survivors not feeling comfortable enough to report.

EDITORIAL | Ordinance fails citizens of Northwest Auburn

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | April 19

City Council’s inaction and undue amendments trample on the last hope to protect what little remaining community Northwest Auburn’s residents have.

EDITORIAL | State lottery could greatly benefit Alabama

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | April 2

Alabama’s budget is sorely needing sources of funding. No longer can the state face more budget cuts, and Alabama’s politicians are unwilling to increase the state’s main tax sources.

EDITORIAL | Pearl turned Auburn into a basketball school

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | March 26

Auburn’s basketball program is now one of the best basketball programs in the SEC, and five years ago, nobody would have guessed that would be the case. Auburn's a basketball school now.