Editorials

Burger love gives hope to promotional-driven campus

By Rod Guajardo / EDITOR | October 28

Auburn University students are used to receiving the occasional free thing on campus: soft drinks from UPC, candy and coupons from the SGA candidates and the feeling of being No. 1 in the BCS rankings from our athletic department.

Our View: University fails to share healthy sexual information

By Editorial Board | October 21

College students have sex. It's an age-old phenomenon.As long as there have been institutions of higher education, with their high-minded ideas and relativistic morals, there have been 18- to 22-year-olds getting to know each other in the Biblical sense.Auburn's no different.

Your View: Breast cancer awareness still essential, important

October 21

The editorial on Breast Cancer Awareness Month should have highlighted the following: breast cancer awareness and community-based education are essential; separation from early detection, treatment and research for a cure are impossible.

Our View: Time to end don't ask, don't tell

By Editorial Board | October 21

Regardless of whether the stoppage of don't ask, don't tell (DADT) enacted by U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips last week sticks, one thing is certain: DADT is wrong and dehumanizing.

Your View: Editorial was 'uncaring, thoughtless and personally disgusting'

By Karla Simmons / assistant professor, consumer affairs | October 14

It is quite evident from your recent editorial (Sinister slant of 'Save the Ta-tas,' Oct. 7) that you have never had anyone in your life be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Your View: IBM may have stolen Auburn prof's patent

By Suraj Sindia / GRADUATE STUDENT | October 14

Tech giant IBM has allegedly infringed a patent filed by the James B Davis professor of ECE Adit Singh of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering as part of the research he carried out almost 10 years ago with his then graduate student Thomas Barnett.

Your View: War Eagle to Dean Foy

By Bradford Boney / SGA president 2004-2005 | October 14

I had what I consider to be the distinct honor of knowing Dean Foy during my four years at Auburn.From character to spirit, no one epitomized the Auburn Creed in daily life the way Dean Foy did.

Our View: Remembering Dean Foy: Auburn man

By Editorial Board | October 14

Regardless of definition, the late James E. Foy was a true Auburn man.He lived by the Auburn Creed.

Sinister slant of 'Save the ta-tas'

By Editorial Board | October 7

For every one woman that dies from breast cancer, five to 15 are misdiagnosed and needlessly treated.That's five to 15 women undergoing unnecessary surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatments, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.

Save our schools, give us electronic bingo

By Editorial Board | October 7

The owners of Shorter's VictoryLand, Milton McGregor, and Dothan's Country Crossing, Ronnie Gilley, as well as four state senators, three lobbyists and two employees were arrested Monday in an alleged vote-buying attempt in April's electronic bingo vote.

Education inflation, a new look at school

By Samuel Solomon / ONLINE EDITOR | October 7

A growing number of college students are approaching the end of their college careers and are worried about finding a job.One reason is academic inflation. Like the U.S. dollar, the value of a college degree has dramatically decreased. If you want to be assured a job, you need a master's degree.

Our View: Auburn loves everyone, except Alabama

By Editorial Board | September 30

Auburn is a special place. Live here for any extended length of time and it's easy to forget just how special.As kitschy as the University-sponsored commercials can be, Auburn truly is a family.

Your View: Classy behavior inspires 'War Eagle' from initially impartial observers

By The JD Smith family / Sarasota, Fla. | September 30

We would like to let you know of the wonderful experience we had at Auburn this weekend.We have a junior at Auburn and also a freshman at USC.This weekend we arrived at Auburn expecting a wonderful reunion of our family (sons) and also we were, for the first time, meeting the parents of a special girl.Our experience was the best!We attempted to be impartial for the game, wearing USC shirts and Auburn shorts, earrings, hats and buttons!At the end of the game, we had more than several gentlemen (and I do mean gentlemen students) from Auburn approach us at different intervals during our walk back to the AGR house to tell us the Gamecocks had put on a fight and wish us a safe trip home.Little did they know that we also have the heart of and love for Auburn as parents of an Auburn student.We want to congratulate you and your University on the sportsmanship and hospitality that was shown to us and, we are convinced, many other Gamecock fans: parents and students alike!Please let your students know how much their kindness and gentle nature was appreciated!The JD Smith familySarasota, Fla.

And the beat goes on, basically

By Rod Guajardo / EDITOR | September 30

Put your seat back upright and store your tray table as we prepare for liftoff.Next week you will see a different version of The Auburn Plainsman, one that hasn't been showcased since 2009.We will be switching to four six-page sections, giving you a 24-page paper.

Your View: Another cry for concealed carry

By Tom Dowling / senior, sociology | September 30

According to data from the "Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Florida 1960-2008" available from the FBI, violent crimes committed with handguns decreased after right-to-carry laws were passed.Data from the "Uniform Crime Reporting Program, District of Columbia 1960-2008" also available from the FBI shows that after D.C.