Editorials

EDITORIAL | Don't make Jordan-Hare the Petrie Dish

By Editorial Board | Fall 2020 | September 25

EDITORIAL | If you’re going to the game this weekend, make sure to bring a mask, socially distance and sanitize frequently. But maybe most importantly, check your privilege at the gate. Because if not, you may not have another chance this season to do so.

EDITORIAL | Auburn should reintroduce S/U grading

By Editorial Board | Fall 2020 | September 17

it’s sad to say such a respected university as Auburn has to follow in the footsteps of Alabama, but it must be said just as Auburn must return to a grading method that has been shown to be quite effective at increasing equity.

EDITORIAL | Hey, Auburn, get it together

By Editorial Board | Fall 2020 | August 31

We are now three weeks into the semester, and Auburn still doesn't have a centralized platform to share COVID-19 data. The data they are releasing only comes out once a week. Auburn, get it together.

EDITORIAL | 'It is time that we put action behind them'

By Editorial Board | Summer 2020 | June 3

Auburn's SGA and several other prominent organizations have published a letter calling for racial justice, education and tough conversations. It's up to everyone to put these ideals into action.

EDITORIAL: Stay home

By Editorial Board | Spring 2020 | March 19

As a community, as a family, we all need to make sacrifices. We all need to stay home. Now is the time to socially distance ourselves and help save lives.

EDITORIAL | SGA amendment fails due to absences

By Spring 2020 Editorial Board | January 31

Voting on an amendment is one of the most important duties of the job. Being unaware that you don’t have enough senators to vote is irresponsible.

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.

EDITORIAL | Logo in limbo: Murky messages create confusion

By Fall 2019 Editorial Board | October 25

Up until now, most of the journalistic and public discussion has been focused on the logo change itself, but in focusing too strictly on the slight design difference between the two logos, we lose sight of the bigger problem

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.

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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 | 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 | HBCUs deserve adequate funding

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board | February 11

Black History Month is a time to recognize the importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, their imperative role in the state of Alabama and the importance of ensuring they are well funded.

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.