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Aviation management program flies into accreditation

By Becky Hardy | Editor-in-Chief | March 27

After a close call of possible termination in 2013, the oldest continually running aviation program in the nation was reaccredited this month by the Aviation Accreditation Board International, AABI. The AABI accreditation will hold for five years.

It's not hump day without a camel on campus

By Keely Shearer | March 26

The College of Agriculture celebrated Ag Week today with a picnic in front of Comer Hall. Many students came to take pictures with the camel, which will be uploaded to the Auburn Agriculture Facebook page.

Annual fashion event Soiree at the Auburn Arena on Thursday, March 27

By Kailey Miller | Community Reporter | March 26

Auburn University's annual fashion event, Soiree, will be making a fashion statement on Thursday, March 27, at the Auburn Arena. The show is a product of the Department of Consumer and Design Sciences, Apparel Merchandising and Design Association and the students in the fashion show management course. The show will have a gallery and a runway portion.

Button Mashers Anonymous is calling on all gamers

By Becky Sheehan | Intrigue Reporter | March 26

The club formerly known as the Super Smash Brothers Club has reinvented itself into the more inclusive Button Mashers Anonymous. The videogame club meets every Friday from 6-11 p.m.in the Student Center game room to show off expertise and hone new moves on console, online and handheld video games.

SGA forms new committee

By Ben Ruffin | Campus Writer | March 25

The March 24 Student Government Association meeting had a smaller agenda than usual. While the past two SGA meetings were filled with senator and executive officer appointments, the March 24 meeting only saw two new appointments.

College of Business attacked by cyber hackers

By Becky Hardy | Editor-in-Chief | March 25

The University announced the College of Business was cyber hacked by an unidentified hacker from October-November 2013.

Adult Swim's Fun House comes to Cater Lawn this weekend

By Derek Herscovici | Campus Reporter | March 25

Adult Swim, the late-night mini-network that takes over Cartoon Network, is making a stop on its nation-wide Fun House tour, with plans to build a fully inflatable "wonderland" on Cater Lawn from Saturday, March 29, to Sunday, March 30.

Bruce Pearl speaks to an audience of media and students at Tuesday night's press conference in the Auburn Arena.

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Pearl talks recruiting, publicity and returning players after his first few days at Auburn

By David McKinney | Assistant Sports Editor | March 24

Prior to tipoff of the women's basketball team's second round WNIT matchup against Old Dominion Monday night, Pearl returned to Auburn Arena about his first week on the job.

Baseball cracks Baseball America's Top 25 poll

By Kyle Van Fechtmann | Assistant Sports Editor | March 24

Baseball America ranked Auburn as the No. 21 team in the country Monday, two days after taking a road series from ranked conference opponent Tennessee.

VIDEO: Check out this year's celebration of mother nature at Earthfest 2014

By Caitlin Shostak | Assistant Copy & Multimedia Editor and Kris Sims | Multimedia Editor | March 24

Check out this year's celebration of mother nature.

Chloe Covin creates Care by Chloe, a line of homemade bath salts

Chloe Covin creates line of all-natural bath salts to treat her own cancer symptoms

By Kelsey Davis | Editor-in-Chief | March 23

Chloe Covin clearly remembers the moments after she woke up from her brain surgery.

Steve Forbes speaks at the Auburn Arena

By Derek Herscovici | Campus Reporter | March 21

Auburn received a lecture on financial planning and healthcare by the head of one of the most recognized financial publications in the world. \0x200B Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine and champion of conservative politics made a show of force Friday, March 21, at the Auburn Arena.

Advanced stage makeup class prepares students for careers in film

By Becky Sheehan | Intrigue Reporter | March 21

Using the growing popularity of bloody dramas and zombie shows such as "The Walking Dead", the Tracy Oleinick's advanced stage makeup seizes the moment to take center stage.

Aubie struts his stuff at the Auburn vs. Georgia football game in 2013

Aubie celebrates his 35th birthday

By Corey Williams | Campus Editor | March 20

Auburn University is known for many things - Toomer's Corner, Samford Hall and the "War Eagle" cry, to name a few. However, one could argue the most famous of Auburn's symbols is its mascot, Aubie.

Steve Forbes to speak at the Auburn Arena on Friday, March 21

By Derek Herscovici | Campus Reporter | March 19

The editor-in-chief of Forbes, former Republican presidential nominee and icon of finance is the featured keynote speaker at the second annual Auburn Conservatives For Tomorrow's Spring Conference.

Pearl introduced to energetic crowd at Auburn Arena

By Eric Wallace | Sports Writer | March 18

Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs introduced Bruce Pearl as the program's 20th men's basketball coach Tuesday night in front of a raucous crowd of students and fans in the Auburn Arena.

Auburn hires Bruce Pearl as new men's basketball head coach

By Taylor Jones | Sports Writer | March 18

Six days after firing Tony Barbee, Auburn men's basketball has its new head man: former Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl.

SGA appoints two remaining executive officers

By Ben Ruffin | Campus Writer | March 18

The SGA Student Senate meeting March 17 followed in the same fashion as the previous senate meeting. While the previous meeting readied the student senate for a year-long term, tonight's meeting aimed at filling the remaining vacant executive officers positions, which included the executive vice president of initiatives and the executive vice president of programs.

Two in custody in connection to a shooting Monday afternoon

By Nickolaus Hines | Community Reporter | March 17

Two individuals have been taken into custody in connection with a shooting in Auburn on Monday afternoon, March 17, according to Auburn Police Capt. Lorenza Dorsey.

It's time to transition to spring fashion

By Elizabeth Wieck | March 17

The official start of spring is Thursday, March 20, but the state of Alabama rarely follows regular seasonal weather patterns. We are all too familiar with a pleasant 70-degree week followed immediately by the threat of an ice storm.