LIFESTYLE

While locations on-campus do sell menstrual hygiene products, those who started the petition said these products need to be offered for free to help alleviate period poverty on college campuses. 

While locations on-campus do sell menstrual hygiene products, those who started the petition said these products need to be offered for free to help alleviate period poverty on college campuses. 

4/19/2021, 10:00am

Students fight for free menstrual hygiene products in AU’s restrooms

By Abigail Murphy | Lifestyle Editor

Over the past year, PERIOD: The Menstrual Movement, members of SGA and various other individuals have been part of a petition to get free menstrual hygiene products in Auburn's restrooms. Regan Moss who started the petition discusses why she believes it is important for this measure to be taken.

Josh Herring is an editor at The Auburn Circle and a creative writing major.

3/15/2021, 10:28am

'It's a harsh truth that had to be said'

By Jack West | Editor-in-Chief

Originally from a small town in the middle of Georgia, Josh Herring came to Auburn as a computer science major. With square, metal-frame glasses, wide shoulders and a really easy smile, he kind of fits into a lovable computer geek mold.  If you're attempting a heist, Herring looks a little bit like the guy with the computers who hacks the mainframe from the van and fires off one-liners before he tells you that the vault door has been unlocked. But computer science got old. Fast. And after a little more than a year, he took a sharp turn.