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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.

OPINION: Who’s the fairest of them all?

By Emily Enfinger | Photo Editor | April 7

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Delta Sigma Theta Political Forum

By Lydia White | April 7

On Tuesday, March 17, the Kappa Upsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, a historically black public service organization, held a Political Awareness Forum, to which they invited College Democrats, College Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Response to April 2 issue

By Danielle Guy | April 3

To whom it may concern, Today while on campus, I saw a high school student touring campus with his parents.

Editorial: Left out of the loop

By Editorial Staff | Spring 2015 | April 3

Student Affairs has recently revealed plans to combine all student media, The Plainsman, WEGL, “The Glomerata,” “The Circle” and Eagle Eye TV under one umbrella.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Response to student media restructuring

By Ashley Miller | April 2

Letter to the Editor, On Thursday, April 2, The Plainsman announced the new plan to transfer Student Media from the Office of Student Affairs to the Office of Communication and Marketing.

Editorial: A Pearl of a postseason

By Editorial Staff | Spring 2015 | March 18

The Auburn men’s basketball team surprised us at the SEC tournament when they beat Mississippi State after struggling into the tournament with a six-game losing streak.

Auburn Family slogan simply doesn’t hit home

By Kris Martins | Campus Reporter | March 17

We don’t define our realities from the beginning. Our families train the eyes that see right from wrong, they shape the mouth that learns what is appropriate and what is best left unsaid and they try their best to position the feet that eventually walk to what we would define as a successful life. Isn’t that what family means — shelter, support, belonging and love?

Editorial: We need to talk: it’s not us, it’s you

By Editorial Staff | Spring 2015 | March 17

The Auburn Board of Trustees has approved plans to demolish Parker Hall and Allison Laboratory as well as the construction of a new lab complex and classroom hall, which will be called academic classroom and laboratory complex.

OPINION: We need a weekend transit system

By Tracy Awino | Campus Reporter | March 17

It’s Saturday morning, and I couldn’t be happier that the weekend is finally here. I would love to go visit my friend who lives off campus for maybe a movie day, catch up on how our weeks went, laugh a little about our awkward college experiences, but wait.

Editorial: Women need equal pay for equal work

By Editorial Staff | Spring 2015 | March 17

The Oscars aired throughout the U.S. on Sunday, Feb. 22. Amonst the typical glitz and glamour of Hollywood, there were speeches given that highlighted ongoing struggles throughout the country. Patricia Arquette, who won best actress in a supporting role, spoke out on gender pay equality. “To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights,” Arquette said in her speech.

OPINION: Rodeo safety takes a step back

By Eric Wallace | Sports Writer | March 17

Everyone knows music plays second fiddle at Rodeo. Even if Alpha Psi managed to land Willie Nelson or resurrect Johnny Cash, the opportunity to spend a day in the sun drinking with hundreds of friends would still take precedence.

Editorial: Internet independence essential

By Editorial Staff | Spring 2015 | March 17

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to not regulate broadband Internet and decided not to control prices for different broadband Internet usage in late February.

OPINION: New scoreboard might be unnecessary

By Sam Butler | Sports Writer | March 13

If you’ve walked, driven or otherwise passed by anywhere near Jordan-Hare Stadium during the past week or so, you’ve noticed the new construction zone on Heisman Drive that’s been set up for the workers who will be putting up the new video board on the south end zone. The reported size of 190-feet-by-57-feet will make this scoreboard the largest in college football. This new board will be massive.