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Dowdell Unhappy With City Council Racial Setup

By Allison Clark/News Editor | June 1

Councilman Arthur L. Dowdell houses concerns for Auburn City Council's racial architecture, saying that it does not efficiently represent the black community."The black community makes up 17.5 percent of the population," Dowdell said.

Summer Art Club at Jule Collins Smith Museum

By Sarah Craft/Associate Copy Editor | June 1

The image that usually comes to mind when thinking of an art museum is one of somber patrons quietly contemplating serious pieces of professional artwork.However, any person who believes that type of entertainment is all that an art museum has to offer needs to visit the Jule Collins Smith Museum at 10 a.m.

The Market at Ag Heritage Park Opened May 21

By Andrew Sims/Online Editor | May 21

Despite the rain, vendors at the opening day of The Market at Ag Heritage Park Friday said it was a success.With booths ranging from fresh tomatoes and cucumbers to homemade grits and goat cheese, there were plenty of choices for those who braved the weather to support local Alabama farmers.Tommy Aplin, of Aplin Farms in Slocomb, was hard at work with his two children, Chesnee Grace, 4, and Graison, 11."We have been coming here since the market opened five years ago," Aplin said as he handed green tomatoes for his son to give to a customer.

Auburn graduate honored at Berlin Airlift exhibit

By Laura Vaughn / Staff Writer | May 4

A city shut off from the outside world left citizens desperate. Heroes stepped in to help and the Berlin Airlift was born. After World War II, Germany was divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union.In an attempt to strangle the Allied Power's control over West Berlin, the Soviets blockaded western supply lines, leaving citizens helpless. Great Britain, France and the United States stepped in to help, airlifting supplies into West Berlin every day from 1948 - 1949. Auburn graduate and long-time resident, Johnie Crance, flew non-stop flights to provide West Berlin with supplies.Crance served as an Air Force flight engineer from 1946-1949 and 1950-1951 and completed 190 missions during the airlift.People like Crance made the Berlin Airlift one of the largest humanitarian aide efforts in history. At its peak, the airlift dropped 13,000 tons of goods per day.

Students should take precautions, "trust respected sources" regarding Swine Flu

By Natalie Wade / EDITOR | May 1

Dr. Fred Kam, medical director for the Auburn University Medical Clinic, said students should not be concerned about the Swine Flu, or H1N1 influenza.

Online ads survive economic slump

By Mallory Boykin / Campus Editor | May 1

Along with mini-feeds and bumper stickers, students are bombarded with advertisements for beauty products, apartments, travel agencies and clothing every time they log onto Facebook to see what their friends did this weekend. Social networking companies like Facebook are allowing businesses to utilize their popularity with young adults to reach their demographic. Brooke Ward, regional college relations manager for IES Abroad who advertises on Facebook, said there are three reasons why IES Abroad advertises on the Web site. "Obviously, it's one of the most used applications online by our target demographic, which is college students," Ward said.

Selling books back for a quick buck

By Vicki Johnson / Staff Writer | April 30

As the semester nears an end, when money is a bit tighter at the end of the month and summer is practically around the corner, students can make a quick buck by selling back their textbooks.

State pre-K program tied for top in nation

By Kristen Bost / Staff Writer | April 30

For the third consecutive year, the National Institute for Early Education Research ranked Alabama and North Carolina as having the top pre-kindergarten programs nationally.

CityFest has largest turnout in history

By Lindsey Davidson / News Editor | April 30

Auburn CityFest held its 9th annual community event with its largest exhibitor attendance yet Saturday, April 25.More than 125 arts and crafts exhibitors set up camp at Kiesel Park to share the day of children's activities, dog walks, food and live music.

Tire plant closes leaving 1000 unemployed

By Loren Willis / Staff Writer | April 30

Michelin of North America recently announced the closing of the BFGoodrich Tire Manufacturing Plant in Opelika.

City Councilman does not regret actions

By Loren Willis / Staff Writer | April 29

Last Thursday City Councilman Arthur Dowdell pulled up some Confederate flags that had been placed in a cemetary by members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to commemorate Confederate Memorial Day.

Special Olympics celebrates its 40th year

By Brittany Cosby / Staff Writer | April 23

Lee County hosted its annual Special Olympics track and field event at the Opelika High School Track Thursday.

PACT bill proposes help from state funds

By Allison Clark / Staff Writer | April 23

The Prepaid Affordable College Tution program is seeking new alternatives of funding from the state for current participants.A bill to rescue the PACT program was given a second reading Thursday, April 17, before the Senate and is expected to receive a vote on Tuesday.The bill would call upon state funds to ensure that the PACT program functions as was originally intended.

Auburn student advocates for TBI bill

By Morgan Stashick / Staff Writer | April 23

A new bill being passed is making it so those--even minors--who inflict brain injury on another do not get away with it. Jason's assault was declared second degree assault.

Increase in illegal immigrants in Alabama

By Reynolds Fuller / Staff Writer | April 21

According to a report released by the Pew Hispanic Center April 14, between 85,000 and 120,000 illegal immigrants live in Alabama.

Students protest on tax day

By Zach McDonald / Staff Writer | April 20

Auburn holds its own tax day tea party.

DNA tests replaces Pap smear

By Brittany Cosby / Staff Writer | April 15

A new DNA test to detect human papillomarvirus, the virus that causes cervical cancer, is outperforming older methods, and gynecologists hope it will replace them altogether.Women over 30 have to get annual Pap smears to test for the virus.

Online membership fees could be increasing

By Christian Becraft / Staff Writer | April 15

For surfers, window browsing and procrastination blogging could soon get costly. Though some rumors might waive, for other Web sites like kodak.com and its online photo services or even rumors of a Facebook membership fee, charging users might be a new trend.As technology becomes more digital, making written journals and printed photos obsolete, companies are looking for better ways to make a profit off of their Web site's services.Kodak Gallery's new online rule has some customers in shock.According to an Associated Press article, if users don't pay the new fee for what used to be a free online photo-album service, the company will delete all its members' photos.This fee can range from $4.99, the price for storing pictures that require less than two gigabytes, to $19.99, if members store more than two GB of photos.However, if customers purchase a product within this set standard, their "free" photo storage will be fine.Kodak is not the only company to start charging its users in hopes to a make profit, after covering the cost for sites and services.According to a Reuters article, Newsday, a newspaper that serves Long Island, N.Y., and the surrounding suburb area announced it will soon phase into charging online readers.Because of the decrease in bought papers and increase in online browsing, newspapers are reverting back to offering its articles only for its subscribers.Other Web site utilities, such as social networking services and journal and blogging Web pages, are starting to test the waters with a membership fee.But the biggest concern that has rippled rumors throughout its network regards the social networking utility Facebook.Farhad Manjoo, author and staff writer for slate.com, wrote an article on how Facebook could soon charge its high-activity users, that is, those who have many friends and applications.Charging for its services will make the site better profit than what it makes from mostly advertisements.However, Manjoo said in an e-mail interview that he does not think Facebook would thrive as well if it did start to charge its members."It seems natural to me that if Facebook did start charging, a lot of people would quit," Manjoo said.