Editorials

Our View: Work needed to realize the dream

By Editorial Board | January 20

As the birthday of Civil Rights legend Martin Luther King Jr. came and went Monday, we were reminded of the troubled racial past of the South, the state we live in and the university we attend by our discovery of the Nov. 8, 2001 issue in the Plainsman archive.

AU fans once again demonstrate Southern class, spirit

By Jeremy Gerrard / ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR | January 20

"Family. All in."Those were the only words in my head as I scraped the ice and snow off my car in West Chester, Pa.

Take the offseason as a chance to discover Auburn

By Chelsea Harvey / ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR | January 20

Don't get me wrong: it's not that I am not a football fan.Yes, I bought full season tickets this year; and yes, I went to the games. (At least, until I had to pay a towing fee and a parking ticket in the same month and found selling tickets necessary for survival.)

Our View: Sixty minutes to glory

By Editorial Board | December 2

Has it all been a dream?Could all this really be happening?For an entire half last Friday, it all seemed to be crashing down.

Let my diploma serve as my sail in the wind

By Daniel Chesser / NEWS EDITOR | December 2

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next."- Gilda Radner.

You don't even know, man

By Ben Bartley / OPINIONS EDITOR | December 2

I don't think anyone outside those being addressed enjoy reading farewell columns.So if you glance over the last half of this page, I totally understand. This most likely isn't for you.

Feline fancier's farewell

By Brian Desarro / INTRIGUE EDITOR | December 2

Farewell to four and a half years of school, farewell to all the trailer park rules. I won't miss sitting through that stupid class, but maybe just a little of that Plainsman sass.

Our View: Fannin' the flames of Toomer rumor

By Editorial Board | November 18

Sunday morning about 2 a.m. a concerned citizen called the fire department to report a fire in the Toomer's tree.

Your View: Alabama Power should be ashamed of 'customer service'

By Philip Smith 2010 Auburn Grad | November 18

I hate paying bills. We all hate paying bills.Bill time is that time of the month when we see the bottom fall out of our checking accounts and our credit balances jump through the roof.

Auburn student section greatest, could be even better

By Brent Godwin / ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR | November 18

Well, we did it.An (up to this point) undefeated season.A SEC West championship.A Heisman hopeful in Cam Newton.A shot at a national title.The student body truly went "All In" after Coach Chizik's now legendary speech, which has propelled us into this magical season.

Our View: Newton scandal sad day for journalism, future journalists

By Editorial Board | November 11

The Cam Newton recruiting allegations perpetuated by The New York Times' Peter Thamel, ESPN and a "journalist" for FOXSports.com named Thayer Evans are a new low for the field of journalism.

Your View: Four Loko fad nothing new, plenty of other ways to get equivalently jittery, sauced

By Kirstin DeRosa sophomore, microbiology | November 11

I don't understand all the fuss about Four Loko.People have been mixing energy drinks and alcohol for probably almost a decade now, and frankly, banning Four Loko will just force college kids who drank them to mix their own alcohol and Monster or Red Bull.

Our View: WEGL manager goes corporate, weird revolt

By Editorial Board | November 11

WEGL is at an ideological crossroads.On one side sits new station manager Cheeano Cambridge.He wants WEGL to be more professional.

Your View: Auburn fan wants answers

By Pete Zervakis University of Illinois senior, broadcast journalism | November 11

Let me start by saying that, although I'm currently a senior at the University of Illinois at Champaign, I've grown up watching Auburn football and have always admired the way the program there is run.

Our View: Four Loko fad in full swing at Auburn

By Editorial Board | November 4

Not sure if you've been paying attention, but the "in" drink these days is Four Lokos, a 23.5 ounce energy drink containing 12 percent alcohol.

Your View: Time to come together to create 'more perfect Union'

November 4

Editor, The Auburn Plainsman,This past election cycle has revealed bitter divides between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.Unfortunately, our long national discussion culminates in an election, and the work ends there.But today, as before the election, a man in Auburn seeks a job he cannot find.A woman in Opelika is secretly illiterate.And a child in Beauregard will go to school hungry.We in the Democratic Party, and we as Americans, have a social obligation to those individuals, and our fight for them must not end on election night.We must continue to work every day to ensure those Americans less fortunate can share in that "more perfect Union" we have so long sought after.We call on Republicans, as we call on Democrats and Independents, to finally put aside our partisan differences so that, together, we might end the love of greed over giving, war over peace, hate over tolerance and the status quo over progress.We have now, as we do after every election, as we do every day, the opportunity to better the lives of all.It is not a modest endeavor.It is not an easy challenge.But it is ours.And we look forward to accomplishing it together.Alex Robersonpresident,Auburn University College Democrats

Your View: Women's Hope offers free student STD, AIDS test

By Larry Webb executive director, Women's Hope Medical Clinic | November 4

Editor, The Auburn Plainsman,I want to respond to the Sexual Health Report Card that was published in the October 21 edition of The Plainsman. To say the least, it was distressing for us at Women's Hope to see that Sperling's BestPlaces actually published the statement that HIV testing wasn't available to AU students or couldn't be found.The same remark was made for STD testing as well--that it was not available and couldn't be found for Auburn students.Both statements are false.Women's Hope Medical Clinic at 820 Stage Road here in Auburn, a very short drive from campus, provides both HIV testing and STD testing for both men and women at no cost to the student.And it's totally confidential.In addition to HIV/AIDS, we also test for chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, trichomoniasis and HPV/genital warts.This testing is done at no charge to the student and, again, it's confidential. Women's Hope is on campus at AU every month eager to give out our testing information.We're on the Haley Center Concourse.If AU students see us there, please stop by and get all the info you need to be sexually healthy.We love AU students, and we're here to serve.Larry Webbexecutive director,Women's Hope Medical Clinic