Editorial

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.

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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.

EDITORIAL | Act now to prevent further gentrification

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | March 4

The Auburn City Council was given an opportunity to prevent this encroachment of student houses into historically single-family neighborhoods but instead chose to table a vote on an ordinance pertaining to ADDUs, thereby prolonging gentrification.

EDITORIAL | Blackface: It was racist then, and it’s racist now

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | February 13

Remnants of our violent, racist past linger with us today. They are not gone. The racism of today is generally more subtle. It is words spoken behind closed doors, sentences prefaced with, “I have a black friend” or “I am not racist, but,” and through empty apologies and denial.

EDITORIAL | Students deserve timely AU Alerts

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | February 1

Auburn University’s Campus Safety and Security office did not send an AU Alert or a public safety notice after the police chased Mitchell Lee Stewart across campus, alarming students. This silence opened the door for rumors to swirl around campus and persist with fervor until the campus safety office finally made a statement, via an email hours later, insisting that there was no threat on campus.

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EDITORIAL | Performing Arts Center next great thing for Auburn

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | January 19

The Gogue Performing Arts Center is a means of community outreach for the University and will undoubtedly be a cultural hub for Auburn.

EDITORIAL | University, city should accept responsibility for Northwest Auburn gentrification, displacement

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | January 16

Growth of the University and the city are inevitable — and a good thing — but it must be done in a way that protects everyone in the city, not just those who have the time and the influence to sway city officials.

EDITORIAL | Care about the First Amendment? Pay attention to what's happening at UNA

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | December 7

If the University of North Alabama’s actions are allowed to stand, it will have a serious chilling effect on student editors and student media advisers in the state of Alabama.

EDITORIAL | Hateful speech has turned into action. It must end

By Fall 2018 Editorial Board | November 1

Hateful rhetoric has infiltrated our nation’s thoughts and has perpetuated violence across the country, and Auburn is not immune.

EDITORIAL | Reporting sexual assault not as simple as it seems

By Fall 2018 Editorial Board | October 5

Reporting an assault gives a survivor dignity. It allows them for their voices to be heard and for them to take a stand against their abuser. There is no perfect time to report an assault, except for when the victim is ready to come forward.

EDITORIAL | The Auburn Family should mean the community, too

By Fall 2018 Editorial Board | August 26

Auburn students, it is time to register to vote, attend City Council meetings and engage in discussions with the community at large.

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 | Student newsrooms are struggling, need your support

By Editorial Board 2018 | May 9

The Auburn Plainsman has been around longer than The Creed. Longer than the rolling of Toomer’s Oaks.

EDITORIAL | Auburn should stop penalizing interns

By Editorial Board | Spring 2018 | April 20

Internships are an excellent way to gain hands-on experience in a chosen field and add another level of learning to your higher education.

EDITORIAL | Trump sending National Guard to the border is wasteful

By Editorial Board | Spring 2018 | April 12

This action is preposterous, supported by embellished premises and is outright wasteful.

EDITORIAL | All undergraduates should receive their fair share

By Editorial Board | Spring 2018 | April 6

An intent to better Auburn as a research institution should come as part of a plan to better Auburn as a whole. This requires hiring more tenure-track professors for all colleges and majors and ensuring resources are distributed fairly across disciplines.