Over the past year 12 citizens of Auburn have been involved in pedestrian accidents.
When events like those occur, it is natural to want to point fingers and begin playing the “blame game,” and ev...
OUR VIEW: Meal plan not-so-bon pain for some students Jonathan Reeves is one of many Americans who has to live with a gluten-free diet. As an incoming freshman, Reeves would have been required to purchase one of Auburn’s meal plan options, even thoug...
OUR VIEW: Farewell, Jack Smith Effective yesterday, our general manager, Jack Smith, has resigned and left his position. While we find ourselves saddened and slightly dismayed by his decision, we know it is the best one for him...
OUR VIEW: SGA Elections Do Matter,
Take Pause Before You Vote You have important choices to make today, students of Auburn, choices that will forever impact The Plains for you and the generations of Auburn family members who come after you. The Student Gover...
OUR VIEW: Stop, look, listen: Why pedestrian safety matters Occasionally, there comes a time when an issue of importance thrusts itself into the spotlight. After Haluk Yapicioglu was struck by a car while crossing Magnolia last week, pedestrian safety once...
OUR VIEW: War of the Words We’re all familiar with the old adage “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Pardon our French, but bullshit. Whether we like it or not, certain words within our lan...
OUR VIEW: Give Lebo the Heave-ho Although there are nine games left in the basketball season, we feel the need to speak out on this matter now. When we reach the end of this season, we call on Coach Jeff Lebo to step down from hi...
After hearing there could potentially be $8 billion available for new high-speed rail projects, we assumed any state would be jumping through whatever hoops necessary to procure those funds. Alaba...
When the book is written on Generation Y, it won’t be written that we were a repressed generation.
Sex is everywhere. Sex sells, quite literally, as porn is a billion dollar industry.
It seems we...
‘Midst the frozen, corn-filled wastelands of Iowa, a man was charged with a series of Herculean tasks:
Bring new life to a team desperate to return to what it once was.
Find an offense capable of...
With the Governor’s latest railings against the video slot machine racket and Ron Sparks’ borrowing of the Don Seigelman playbook for yet another education lottery program, the gambling debate ha...
The young men of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity could be seen as a controlled group study for a policy that could soon affect almost every Greek organization on campus. Since last month, the...
I guess the saying, “the third time’s the charm” really is a true statement. Producer Roland Emmerich eagerly set out on his third attempt at making an epic disaster film. After producing th...
Well, we got trouble, friends, trouble right here in Alabama.
If you’ve read a newspaper or watched the local news, you should be aware of the current $345 million deficit faced by the Prepaid Aff...
Charter’s malevolent monopoly o’er The Plains could soon be coming to an end. Recent events in both Auburn and Opelika, as well as news from the financial sector, may help to finally bring down ...
We always look forward to receiving our annual package in the mail from Trojan, and not just for the free condoms. Included with a sampling of the company’s products is the annual Trojan Sexual ...
Throughout most of Alabama’s history, the state has not been known as a bastion of truth and openness with regards to governmental actions and spending. The smoke-filled back room deals and spoi...