Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
A spirit that is not afraid
Logo of The Auburn Plainsman
Donate Submit a tip Subscribe

News

The State Press

Alumnus’ war story portrayed on big screen

On February 17, 2014 a movie hit theaters that would also hit close to home for 94-year-old Auburn man, Pete Turnham. The Monuments Men was a movie directed by George Clooney, and was based on the true story of a World War II platoon that was tasked in guarding a castle that held over one thousand years of history.

The Auburn Plainsman

Auburn Student Science Program receives grant from National Science Foundation

By Rachel Sprouse l Campus Writer | November 3

The Auburn Student Space Program has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to design, build and test two CubeSat satellites. The idea began when J-M Wersinger, director of the Auburn University Student Space Program, was working with Dr. Michael Briggs at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. "We had been talking for a while about doing some joint work on CubeSats because he had been doing work on a big satellite,"  Wersinger said.

The Auburn Plainsman

AUInvolve reaches 500 organizations and counting

By Rachel Sprouse l Campus Writer | November 3

The Office of Student Involvement announced this week that there are now more than 500 student organizations on campus. John-Michael Roehm, coordinator for the Center of Student Involvement, said it's "incredible" to have so many organizations available to students. "[It] means there are more opportunities for students at Auburn to get plugged in and to get involved in something that interests them," Roehm said.

The Auburn Plainsman

Football brings tourism and traffic jams

By Jesse McLeroy | Community Writer | November 2

It might be hard to remember while seething on South College Street in game day traffic that traffic means tourism — and tourism greatly benefits the Loveliest Village on the Plains, according to Penny Smith, finance director for the City of Auburn. According to Smith, home games cause increased sales within the city in numerous ways. “We see increased sales tax from purchases within the city, both for restaurants and for goods, like game day paraphernalia and that kind of thing," Smith said. "We also have lodging taxes for hotel stays within the city limits ... and then of course the sales of the actual tickets to the game produce a sales tax also.

Popular
Print Edition
Sports 2025 Sports 2025
Print Archive