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Being Bold on Valentine's Day
I am certainly not proud of being one. My boyfriend says I should hide my face in shame. In public, I just put on a smile and act like nothing is bothering me. But I can’t deny it any longer. I am...
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Yes, I’m a Facebook junkie
People are fascinating to me. I love to sit on campus benches to people watch and occasionally I’ll sit behind two friends on the transit to listen to what they found interesting that day. But my...
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Swallow pride: letting the last word go
There are certain songs out there that will make me cry every time, like “Puff the Magic Dragon” and Don Henley’s “The End of the Innocence.” But the one that gets to me like no other is Rascal Fl...
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Keep your crude comments to yourself
The Plainsman is an open forum. This means you as students, readers and individuals have the opportunity to voice your opinions on issues and make them heard to the Auburn community. We provide th...
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Be Earnest: It’s Good For You
Being a product of the Internet generation has made me realize several things about myself. (Well, many, but this is neither the time nor place for a fetish roundtable.) The main epiphany being I...
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Diversity Brings Better Life
I love culture. I love diversity. Living in the South, as you might imagine, presents a few difficulties. Not that the South lacks culture (it’s definitely unique), but it’s just not a Petri dish ...
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Telling the Truth on Tipping
How do you get an Auburn student off your front porch? Pay him for the pizza and don’t forget to tip him. Seriously. Tip me. I’ve been delivering pizzas on these rolling plains for 3 years now and...
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Taking risks still worth it
Close followers of my articles (I’m sure there are many) will remember a column I wrote last October about the whimsical fun of pink hair. Five months of whimsical fun later, I was fed up. Althoug...
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‘I won’t apologize’ for my tastes
Music is my life. It’s probably one of the most overused phrases on a college campus, especially by fratastic bros trying to pick up girls at the bar. However, for some of us, music is in fact th...
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Fasting Should be More Than a Fad
It’s the season for Lent: a proud tradition for many to feel they are giving back to their religious roots. Being a predominantly Christian tradition, whether it’s Eastern or Western Christianity,...
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I’m Sick of Getting Excuses
Sneezing. Coughing. Aching. Chills. You’ve got a cold. And there’s no cure for it. There’s no reason to go to the doctor and no reason to talk to a pharmacist. But even though you don’t need to vi...
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Bringing Food Brings Love
My grandmother died recently. The doctors said her 90-year-old body couldn’t handle the stress from the emergency brain surgery she had just undergone, but in reality it was just time for her to g...
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