Natalie Wade / Copy Editor - The Auburn Plainsman

Rod Guajardo/ ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Campus

Students pack Pat Dye Field to watch 'The Dark Knight"

By Natalie Wade / Copy Editor | April 29

The normal crowd-driven roar of Jordan-Hare Stadium was replaced by the deafening sound effects of "The Dark Knight" last Thursday.More than 2,000 students covered Pat Dye Field, sitting on blankets and beach towels.The stadium's HD screen and students counted down to the movie, and students erupted in cheers as the movie began.This was the second year UPC invited students to watch a movie in the stadium.

Campus

Service sorority, social fraternity spike for cancer

By Natalie Wade / Copy Editor | April 29

Omega Phi Alpha and Delta Chi team up, raise $800 at first 'Volley for a Cure.'

Sports

Video game sales increasing

By Natalie Wade / Copy Editor | April 15

The seemingly recession-proof gaming industry will be watching how well its summer sports-related video game releases fare in sales after a 3 percent increase in overall sales from 2007 to 2008."Video gamers are a loyal group, and they will do what they need to get the games," said Mike McEwen, assistant store manager for the GameStop in TigerTown.

Opinion

Start making "change" for my bailout, please

By Natalie Wade / Copy Editor | April 9

The last time I checked we lived in a free country. So, why does it cost so much to live here?My lame joke is an attempted criticism of the economic meltdown my bank account has been experiencing the last few months.This wasn't caused by the stock market plunge or billion dollar bailouts for companies I'd never heard of until CNN's correspondent made me feel like a Google search was appropriate.

Natalie Wade / PHOTO STAFF

News

UPC hosts Tiger Nights Casino: High Rolling on The Plains

By Natalie Wade / Copy Editor | April 3

Students, faculty and community members get opportunity to mimic gambling on campus

Students walk behind Petrie Hall and Jordan-Hare Stadium to get to class after being dropped off by Tiger Transits because of construction near the Haley Center drop-off points.

Morgan Thacker / Associate Photo Editor

Campus

Tiger Transit takes detour

By Natalie Wade / Copy Editor | April 1

Tiger Transit is now dropping off students behind Petrie Hall and by Jordan-Hare Stadium instead of infront of the Haley Center location until August 12 because of construction.

Jennifer Foster, right, attended the Auburn City Council meeting to show her concern about the possibility that a bar could be built so close to a day care.

News

Representative pulls application for bar near day care

By Natalie Wade / Copy Editor | March 25

Outraged citizens didn't need their five minutes of individually-allotted time during the citizen's communications part of the Auburn City Council meeting Tuesday.

Sports

Bonner, Fortner nab top SEC honor for women's basketball

By Natalie Wade / Copy Editor | March 25

The Auburn women's basketball team, regular season SEC champions, celebrated three more accomplishments before heading into last weekend's SEC Tournament, where Vanderbilt topped them in the finals.Coach Nell Fortner was named SEC coach of the year, DeWanna Bonner was named SEC player of the year and Whitney Boddie was named to the first team All-SEC, all announced March 3."That is such a team award and I am just surrounded by an outstanding staff and this team has worked so hard this year and bought into everything that we were wanting to accomplish and how to accomplish it," Fortner said, in an article on the official Web site of Auburn Athletics.