Opinion

OPINION: Sports see promise despite turnover

By Eric Wallace | Sports Writer | May 14

Women’s sports have certainly carried the banner for Auburn athletics in 2015. From gymnastics’ run to the Super Six to SEC-Champion softball’s ongoing run at history, two smaller-size sports have provided bright spots while bigger money sports have been a bit disappointing.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We call it the Auburn Family

By Hannah Lane | May 2

We call it the Auburn Family. Do we realize that our family is suffering? Do we realize we are allowing our family to go hungry?

OPINION: Experience outside the classroom vital to success

By Becky Hardy | Editor-in-Chief | April 29

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Sorry to throw in a cliché, but that is exactly how to describe my time as editor of The Plainsman. I’ve had to handle covering the shooting of an Auburn freshman at 6 a.m.

Editorial: Keep the change, Auburn dorms

By Editorial Staff | Spring 2015 | April 29

Auburn University’s week of finals begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, May 4, and end Friday, May 8 at 6:30 p.m.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Response to Left Wondering

By Chloe Chaudhury | April 27

The treatment of the article you wrote about Ms. Wright’s sexual harassment case was completely inappropriate.

Editorial: Tackling the too-high tuition

By Editorial Staff | Spring 2015 | April 23

Auburn University agreed on a 2.5 percent tuition increase April 17, with the increase starting in the fall of 2015.

Auburn-UAB basketball series would boost both schools

By Eric Wallace | Sports Writer | April 23

t’s time for the Tigers and Blazers to meet on the hardwood once again. With both schools trending in the right direction after impressive postseason runs, there’s never been a better time to renew an in-state series that was once relevant during the glory days of each program.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Response to UPC concert

By Preston Pound | April 21

I was disappointed in Saturday's concert, not because of the music, but how it was organized. UPC took the money it has budgeted, money that is supposed to be for Auburn students, and put on a concert that was open to the public. Did UPC charge admission for non-students?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We as an Auburn Family need to protect each other

By Drake Pooley | April 20

The date was June 20, 2001.

Pressures of tradition in the Bible Belt

By Emily Enfinger | Photo Editor | April 20

Over the past few years, my Facebook newsfeed has evolved rapidly into a catchall of my peers’ engagements, wedding announcements, babies, “My boyfriend will be the best husband,” anniversaries and kitschy seasonal couple photos.

Editorial: Room for improvement

By Editorial Staff | Spring 2015 | April 16

With the recent announcements of The Vault and The Supper Club closing in the summer, Auburn seems to have become a bar graveyard. Auburn doesn’t have the largest night scene, with arguably only three relevant bars that serve much of the downtown crowd.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bobby Woodard responds to student media restructuring

By Bobby Woodard | Senior Vice President of Student Affairs | April 15

In response to “Without Warning: Student media restructuring” on April 1, 2015 Within Student Affairs, students are our first and only priority.

OPINION: Rank didn’t influence my school choice

By Tracy Awino | Campus Reporter | April 15

I would say most people who were looking to attend college looked at a website’s ranking of the universities at least once.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Students cannot afford to ignore state funding for higher education

By Michael Bullington | April 13

When discussing the need for greater funding for higher education, it is important not to simply say that we need more money.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Understand the past, empower the future

By Vincent Harris | April 9

This February, students across the country celebrated Black History Month. They read books by black authors, wrote research papers on civil rights activists, memorized Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech and watched videos about the Underground Railroad. And as they learned about the struggle of the past, many began to recognize it in their own present – when a cashier squints suspiciously when they walk into a store, when they turn on the news and see another person who looks like them lose his life to senseless violence. These lessons are anything but history.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Racism - a festering disease

By Mark Howser | April 9

Racism plays an unfortunate role in our culture today. Just in the past year, America has seen events such as the Ferguson riots, controversy over the Washington Redskins franchise name, drunken fraternity brothers singing obscenities on a bus and many more incidents. It’s time we put an end to an era of racial tension so the nation can move into a new era of cultural prosperity.

Editorial: Please, Alabama, We want more

By Editorial Staff | Spring 2015 | April 9

Alabama University students will visit the Statehouse in Montgomery on Thursday, April 9, to lobby lawmakers for more higher-education funding and fewer cutbacks. Students from nearly every public university in Alabama will attend, including Auburn students.