Opinion

COLUMN: The President delivered a unifying message

By Cole Davis | Contributing Columnist | January 31

President Trump delivered an optimistic and unifying message for the 21st century last night in his historic State of the Union address.

EDITORIAL | Attention turns again to affirmative consent

By Editorial Board | Spring 2018 | January 26

In the early weeks of 2018, the #MeToo movement’s focus shifted from blatant sexual offenses to persistent and pervasive questions of consent — a discussion that is far more nuanced, but for many, more relevant.

COLUMN: Forgetting about our own backyard

By Emily Hale | Contributing columnist | January 25

Poverty is a political choice, not some inconsequential apparition. If Alabama wants to harness our advantages for the greater good, we must make the conscious choice to make and sustain fighting poverty as a central, communal goal.

COLUMN: The John and Tommy Morning Show is sexist, must get a clue

By Lily Jackson | Managing Editor | January 23

Y102 is no longer a pre-set in my car after the John and Tommy Morning Show released a sexist, degrading and unnecessary bit about women.

COLUMN | Misconceptions about college students

By Christie Shiovitz | Columnist | January 19

Many people think that the lives of college students consist merely of going to parties and taking pictures for Instagram.

EDITORIAL | Miss Auburn: Fix it or get rid of it

By Editorial Board | Spring 2018 | January 11

Candidates for Student Government Association president, vice president, treasurer and senate will soon take to the concourse to argue their vision and their qualifications for their preferred office.

EDITORIAL: Leath’s appointment warrants criticism

By Editorial Board | Spring 2017 | January 11

Monday morning, Auburn's Board of Trustees unanimously voted Iowa State President Steven Leath.

EDITORIAL: For the good of Auburn, Jay Jacobs should go

By Editorial Board | Fall 2017 | January 11

A driving force in many stories of institutional struggle is the specter of inappropriate sexual appetite, which is often coupled with an unhealthy power dynamic between the perpetrator and victim.

Our View | Voters should reject Roy Moore's antics

By Editorial Board | Spring 2018 | January 8

Any other Republican. Any other Democrat. Anyone but Roy S. Moore.

COLUMN: Why students should study philosophy

By Justin Thomason | Lifestyle Writer | December 15

Philosophy may have a much higher potential than it seems. Looking back at the ideas of the past could guide our understanding of the present.

COLUMN: How the Auburn Family transformed the 2017 football season

By Bennett Page | Sports Writer | December 8

It isn’t something that can be defined to someone who isn’t a part of it. When you experience it, you know that nothing else compares to it.

COLUMN: It Takes a Village

By Emily Hale | Contributing columnist | December 8

I write with the intention of reminding the Auburn Family of what a community means – at all levels.

COLUMN: Family ties to the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry

By Christie Shiovitz | Columnist | December 8

I used to never care about football.

COLUMN: The Implications of Dismissing Roy Moore's Accusers

By Camille Morgan | Community Writer | December 8

Roy Moore is still on the ballot, which leaves exactly three different options left for voters continuing to support Moore during the remainder of his campaign in light of the accusations against him.

COLUMN: Conservatism is the new counterculture

By Cole Davis | Contributing Columnist | December 7

When Americans think of the 1950s we are reminded of a conformist, cookie-cutter world. Make no mistake, Americans in the ‘50s were definitely living an “another brick in the wall” type of existence physically and metaphysically. Inevitably, thinking of the conformity of the ‘50s makes us think of the countercultural revolution of the 1960s. Back then, popular culture, the media, etc.