Editorial

EDITORIAL: Let's extend our family, Auburn

By Editorial Board | Fall 2016 | October 27

Every year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation issues a Municipal Equality Index. This scorecard shows the rankings of more than 500 cities nationwide with respect to how well or poorly they promote LGBTQ inclusivity and equality.

EDITORIAL: Vote yes for Amendment 2 in November

By Editorial Board | Fall 2016 | October 19

For Alabamians, the Nov. 8 ballot won’t just include a list of candidates.

EDITORIAL: Retire, Justice Moore

By Editorial Board | Fall 2016 | October 6

In January, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice attempted to let his personal beliefs supersede the United States Constitution.

EDITORIAL: What our focus should be after the fire

By Editorial Board | Fall 2016 | September 29

We believe this week’s tree burning is an attack on the Auburn Family’s desire to band together through both good times and bad.

EDITORIAL: Firing Malzahn is premature and costly

By Editorial Board | Fall 2016 | September 21

Fall Editorial Board 2016 With high expectations and Auburn football’s low performance comes calls to boot the easiest person to place the blame on: our head coach. The deficit between fans’ expectations and the team’s performance casts a pall over our lovely village. But to do away with Gus Malzahn would be more detrimental for Auburn than beneficial, assuming the gamble wouldn’t amount to our school hiring a Nick Saban. Malzahn’s contract with Auburn ends in 2020, and if he were fired today, Auburn would have to pay him his signed allotment of $13.7 million. Add the high price it would take to hire a new, good coach and you’ve thrown quite a bit of money away. The difficulty in hiring a new coach would be exacerbated by Auburn’s unique history of throwing its coaches away after discontent fans start complaining. Only six coaches in history have gotten Auburn into the postseason bowl games.

EDITORIAL: The Alt-right is dangerous

By Editorial Board | Fall 2016 | September 14

The Alt-right movement represents the oldest of human sins repackaged into a form that crawls around the dark recesses of the internet.

EDITORIAL: In Defense of Parking Services

By Editorial Board | Fall 2016 | September 14

Some students argue more parking lots need to be created on campus, an idea that isn’t inherently wrong, but may not be easily reconciled with the way Auburn’s campus is designed.

EDITORIAL: State lottery should fund education

By Editorial Board | Fall 2016 | August 18

In 2015, Governor Robert Bentley proposed a series of tax increases which would generate 541 million dollars in revenue for Alabama.

EDITORIAL: Auburn, release the footage

By Editorial Board | Summer 2016 | July 19

EDITORIAL: Speak up to end the stigma

By Editorial Staff | Fall 2015 | November 12

But there’s still a stigma that surrounds these conditions and it will remain there until we start talking, openly and honestly, about them.

EDITORIAL: Daylight saving is pointless

By Editorial Staff | Fall 2015 | November 6

As most know by now, in addition to Halloween and a tough loss in football against Ole Miss, last Saturday, Oct.

EDITORIAL: Overhyping leads to higher expectations

By Editorial Staff | Fall 2015 | September 25

Before the season started, we hired a new defensive coordinator, Will Muschamp, and until this past Tuesday, Sept. 23, when it was announced Sean White would be the starting quarterback for this weekend’s game against Mississippi State, our starting quarterback, Jeremy Johnson, was projected to be a star.

EDITORIAL: Reality will eventually stump Trump

By Editorial Staff | Fall 2015 | September 18

Yes, many people are tired of the nation’s current political state, but he is simply appealing to what people want to hear through his ridiculous claims.

Unprofessionally helping to produce professional players

By Editorial Staff | Fall 2015 | September 4

While we are definitely not excusing such behavior, we think the way in which the NFL eligibility requirements are set up opens this door for corruption at the collegiate level.

OPINION: FFRF is hypocritically intolerant

By Editorial Staff | Fall 2015 | August 28

Because participating in services the chaplain provides is voluntary, requiring Auburn to remove Williams would be violating freedom of religion, which is unconstitutional.

Editorial: Greek Life stereotypes can be harmful

By Editorial Board and Editorial Staff | Fall 2015 | August 20

At Auburn University, there are currently 32 fraternities and 19 sororities. According to Auburn University’s website, almost 6,000 of over 25,000 students were Greek in 2011 alone. These statistics help to explain how big of a role Greek Life is at Auburn. In addition, Friday, Aug.

EDITORIAL: Alabama needs a state lottery to fund higher education

By Editorial Staff | Summer 2015 | August 6

In addition to creating jobs, establishing a state lottery has many possible benefits, one of the most obvious being helping fund the state budget.

EDITORIAL: Learn to agree to disagree

By Editorial Staff | Summer 2015 | August 1

There have been several controversial issues consuming the citizens of our country over the past few months. The controversy of the Confederate flag, the legalization of same-sex marriage, gun control and police brutality are only a few examples. Another popular issue which has been highly disputed lately is Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce.

EDITORIAL: Lack of gun control may hurt our citizens

By Editorial Staff | Summer 2015 | July 26

An unfortunate fact is people commit heinous crimes. For those who are clearly guilty, is it not uncommon for one to claim their actions were because of mental health issues. James Holmes, who killed 12 people and injured 70 more in a Colorado movie theater in 2012, plead not guilty because of insanity, but was still found guilty last week.

EDITORIAL: Scalping the Auburn Family

By Editorial Staff | Summer 2015 | July 17

With the start of Auburn University’s 2015 football season less than two months away, the excitement of one of Auburn’s most beloved traditions is quickly escalating. To add to the usual buzz that seems to overwhelm the student body around this time, this year we have a new defensive coordinator as well as a new scoreboard coming up which is record breaking in size.