After 14 years of competition between Auburn and its biggest rival, the Beat Bama Food Drive has collected over 1.5 million pounds of food for local food shelters. The University of Alabama and Auburn compete each year to see which community and campus can collect the most food. The competition started on Oct. 20 and ends Nov. 20.



Auburn has won nine of the past 14 years, but lost last year. Ashley Nichols, the director of this year’s food drive, said, “We’re hoping to reclaim that… Continue

In January of 2008, an elderly woman in Opelika called Leigh Warren, the health and community services manager for the Lee County Red Cross, to ask for assistance in help paying her electricity bill. The woman said her power was being cut off that day. The problem was her husband was on a breathing machine. Warren told her to come straight to the Red Cross so they could keep this from happening.



Warren was able to get her bill paid for that day, but when the woman returned home, her… Continue

Faith Palmer, a senior at Auburn University, is representing Auburn and the SEC in round four of the 2008 Athlon Sports Sideline Spirit contest. Cheerleaders or members of dance teams at universities are nominated by their school and selected to be in the competition. The competition consists of five rounds of voting. Each round lasts three weeks, with Palmer's round lasting from Nov. 1 until 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 21. The final round will consist of a run-off with each of the previous round… Continue

On Oct. 29, 2008, the Research Initiative for the Study of Diversity held the "Understanding Differences that Matter: Diversity Research at Auburn University" conference at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center. Distinguished Diversity Researcher Awardees gave presentations on their research, and keynote speakers such as Elijah Anderson from Yale University and Patricia Arredondo from the University of Wisconsin gave addresses on affirmative action and multicultural perspectives in… Continue

Juan E. Gilbert was recently named one of the 2008 Distinguished Diversity Researcher Awardees. He is a TSYS Distinguished Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Software Engineering Department and a Center for Governmental Services Fellow at Auburn University.



Gilbert has been conducting research for a total of 10 years. His research is classified as Human Center Computing, where he tries to build innovative solutions to real world problems by integrating people, culture… Continue