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Former aerospace engineering chair's lawsuit against Auburn alleges widespread racial discrimination

By Chip Brownlee | Editor-in-chief | October 31

The allegations of discrimination on the basis of race and national origin extend beyond just the College of Engineering. The suit alleges administrators in the provost’s office also engaged in discrimination against Majdalani.

Lee County sees massive increase in voter registration ahead of midterm elections

By Chip Brownlee | Editor-in-chief | October 31

Close to 116,000 people are registered as active or inactive voters. That number is an increase of nearly 6,000 registered voters over the number in September of this year, when only 110,082 people were on the rolls in Lee County.

NYT photographer Chester Higgins speaks on the stories behind his work

By Marie Lipski | Photographer | October 30

“The reason I began as a photographer had to do with seeing myself through my relatives,” Higgins said. 

CADC students celebrate spooky season with 30th annual Pumpkin Carve

By Seth McGraw | Campus Writer | October 30

“I think it brings a lot of community to architecture students. It’s nice to be out here doing something in the spirit of Halloween.”

Spooky Senate: SGA OKs earlier organization visits for campaigns

By Hannah Lester | Campus Writer and Trice Brown | Campus Reporter | October 30

Max Zinner, graduate school senator, presented a bill to the senators on Monday Oct. 29 at SGA Senate that would allow campaigning students to visit student organizations a week before formal campaigning began. 

Police: Opelika High School student arrested for bringing gun on campus

By Staff Report | October 30

There were no disruptions in school operations.

Students build home in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity

By Katie Dunne | Campus Writer | October 30

“I saw this as a chance to really better someone else’s life as well as gain practical construction skills," said Fox Carlson, senior in architecture. "Even though Michelle got a new house, I felt pretty lucky to be a part of it.”

Maddox: College students stand to benefit most from education lottery

By Chip Brownlee | Editor-in-chief | October 29

The Maddox campaign estimates an education lottery would generate $300 million in revenues that could be put toward public schools and college scholarships.

Editorial | Ivey, Rogers won’t debate, but do voters care?

By Fall 2018 Editorial Board | October 29

Voting is one of American’s greatest rights — a right many Americans had to fight to receive. So when candidates running for office do anything that might devalue the institution of voting, it calls into question how much these candidates truly care about the Americans within their constituencies. As ...

New York Times photographer Chester Higgins to give lecture at Pebble Hill

By Staff Report | October 28

New York Times photographer, Chester Higgins, will be presenting a free lecture titled “Expressions of the Soul: Authentic Southern Images Embody the African Diaspora” on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at Pebble Hill.

Ukulele Club strumming its way back onto campus

By Megan Feringa | Campus Writer | October 28

Students don’t need any prior experience nor own their own ukulele to join the club, as they have loaners for beginner members. Accord said half the members who join have never picked up the instrument before, but by the third practice, they’re able to play the song they learned at the first meeting.

11 die in gunman's attack on Pittsburgh synagogue

By David G. Savage | Los Angeles Times and Matt Pearce | Los Angeles Times | October 27

The shooting, which began shortly before 10 a.m. EDT, was probably "the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the history of the United States" and is a worrying new peak in violence against Jewish Americans in recent years, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which has monitored anti-Semitism in the U.S. for more than a century.

Federal authorities detain one person in connection with suspicious packages

By Noah Bierman | Los Angeles Times | October 26

Earlier Friday, the FBI found two more packages with suspicious devices — sent to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and to former Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper — while Trump attempted to downplay the seriousness of the acts of terrorism as a political ploy intended to help Democrats.

Ibtihaj Muhammad shares experiences as a Muslim-American woman in the world of fencing

By Jack West | Editor-in-Chief | October 26

 "I found that in fencing, people challenge my existence in the sport," Muhammad said. "As a religious minority and an ethnic minority in a very white sport, there was a lot of pushback."

Michael Waller shares stories and lessons at CLA speaker series

By Kayla Kelly | Campus Writer | October 25

“Just by working hard at something I loved, writing and storytelling, by passionately pursuing an activity I loved I was able to establish some credentials that opened a few extra professional doors for me and strengthened a skillset that would benefit me down the road although in ways I did not imagine at the time,” Waller said.

Despite no ocular melanoma cancer cluster at Auburn, survivors aren't giving up research efforts

October 25

A study conducted by the Alabama Department of Public Health did not find rates of cancer higher than the number of cases that would be expected. But local survivors say they are not giving up their efforts.

Student political groups go back and forth at The Great Debate

By Stephen Lanzi | Campus Editor | October 24

“Some areas I felt like should have been covered a little bit more,” Mills said. “But they did a good job of covering things at the very topical level. I do think they could have gone a little more in-depth. I think it was because of their age or experience or what not.”

The spooky side of Auburn

By Abigail Murphy | Operations Editor | October 24

  Auburn as a city and a college has such a long history, so it wouldn’t be too surprising if some of the people from that history stuck around.  Faith Serafin, a paranormal investigator and coauthor of Haunted Auburn and Opelika, along with John-Mark Poe, a part of the Alabama Spectral ...