LETTER TO THE EDITOR | What the editorial board got wrong about abortion
ByGarrett Walden, pastor of Grace Heritage Church and 2014 graduate of Auburn University, responds to a recent Plainsman editorial concerning Texas' abortion legislation.
Garrett Walden, pastor of Grace Heritage Church and 2014 graduate of Auburn University, responds to a recent Plainsman editorial concerning Texas' abortion legislation.
The Office of Health Promotion & Wellness Services provides a brief introduction to their Safe Harbor and Green Dot programs. Safe Harbor is a free and confidential advocacy service for any students, faculty and staff who have experienced any form of power-based personal violence. Green Dot is the bystander intervention program, that trains people on how to recognize the signs of power-based personal violence.
"Auburn University has a sexual assault and rape problem. And as of now, the Auburn administration is actively contributing to rape culture." A columnist urges the university to take more action in educating the male population on campus about sexual assault.
On Sept. 1, Texas enacted the most restrictive abortion law in the nation, and all around the country women are asking the same question: What does the Texas abortion ban mean for me? This editorial is meant not only to serve as an explanation of the Texas and Alabama abortion bans, but also as a plea — Alabama, do not follow in Texas’ footsteps.
Student leaders across campus urge students to get the vaccine to protect their neighbors, their country and the Auburn family.
One of the most difficult things to learn as a freshman is how to cook for yourself and how to create meals without easy access to a kitchen and cooking supplies. Students share easy and sometimes weird meals that only require a microwave to make.
In response to a column posted in July, titled “Urbanization of Auburn leaving behind some community members", Auburn graduate Patrick Reuther writes that urbanism and its principles offer a path to sustainability and inclusion, and Auburn should be embracing it.
It appears that Auburn University's answer to the greatest pandemic in our lifetime is, “Party on!” I guess that’s a personal decision also.
Following the standoff and the suspect's surrender to police, Alabama's 5th District Congressman Mo Brooks released a statement to Twitter — seemingly condemning and "understanding" the threat at the same time.
Dr. Fred Kam, director of the Auburn University Medical Clinic urges students to take personal responsibilities — getting tested, wearing masks and getting vaccinated — to have an uninterrupted fall semester.
Welcome back to the Loveliest Village on the Plains. To the freshmen, welcome to your new home and — perhaps to some of the sophomores as well — welcome, for the first time, to a normal college experience. Or, as close to normal as we can get at the moment.
SGA President Rett Waggoner welcomes students back to campus.
A group of educators from Lee County is asking Auburn City Schools to "talk about race, hold each other accountable for the racial disparities in our schools and address policies that preserve racial inequities."
After four years at The Auburn Plainsman, Jack West and Natalie Beckerink said goodbye on May 1. The two sat down for a final conversation about their time at the paper, the nature of the University and the people taking their place next year.
Auburn is dedicating two halls in The Village to Black trailblazers, Josetta Matthews and Bessie Mae Holloway, which will exist closely to Wallace Hall. The contributions of these people to the University are vastly different, and its time for Auburn to choose what kind of person they wanted represented on the buildings on campus.
The mask mandate is set to end April 9, but there should be just as many masks worn in the days after as there were in the days before.
When discussing racial justice at Auburn, hourly workers are often left out of the conversation. In a letter to the editor, Izaak Standridge demands they are included in the conversation if Auburn hopes to truly actualize the Auburn Family for BIPOC.
With the rise of COVID-19 cases is a rise in Anti-Asian sentiment. During these difficult times, one of the best ways to help is understanding the diversity of cultures that fall under the term Asian, and what it means to be Asian in America.
In early March, the Alabama State Senate passed a bill that would ban gender-affirming surgeries and treatments for transgender minors, making it a felony for medical professionals to provide them care. The bill comes at a time when there are other things Alabamians need instead of destroying children.
