FACES will be having its fourth annual 5K Festival Nov. 4, 2012, at the Auburn High School track. Proceeds from the event directly benefit Auburn City Schools.

FACES, the Foundation for Auburn’s Continuing Enrichment in Schools, has been a foundation for Auburn City Schools for more than 25 years. Through the foundation, teachers are able to submit grant requests of up to $600 per grant. For the past two years, FACES has funded $25,000 in teacher grants and this year it has…

Real world experience is one of the best ways to learn about a particular field of study. This semester Dr. Brigitta Brunner’s case studies for public relations class is putting together a campaign for ANGA, America’s Natural Gas Alliance. 

Mallory Bennett, a junior studying public relations at Auburn University, said, “We took on this campaign for real experience. Instead of just reading a text book and looking at power point slides, Dr. Brunner wanted us to get a glimpse of…

Four friends came together with an idea. They wanted to provide college-age students with an alternative to the standard college bar. With the concept that began in Mobile, Stir has come to Auburn as the area’s premier upscale cocktail lounge.

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David Shipman, Paul Dunning, Dipan Patel and Anand Patel…

Once upon a time there was a monkey who wanted to be part of the Auburn family and be “ALL IN.”

 

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Weagle is the official sock-monkey of Auburn Athletics, and
has been given a special opportunity. Being part of the Auburn family is something special that isn’t always easy. It means standing behind a team of…

In Biology class, my professor introduced us to a website that immediately plucked away at my heart. It is a site that allows you to change the lives of others while educating yourself in the process. It is a website that champions a mighty cause dear to all of our souls. And it is a website that offers this service at everyone’s favorite price—free. 

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The Auburn Tigers have experienced a depressing bell curve of steam over the past few years.  In 2008, the disheartening 5-7 losing season resulted in the dismissal of Coach Tommy Tuberville, leading Auburn into the Chizik years. 

In 2009, first-year Head Coach Gene Chizik helped the team rebound.  The Tigers finished with a respectable 7-5 in the regular season, capping it off with a win in the Outback Bowl, despite difficulty settling on a…

University Program Council will host Hot Plates, Hot Topics: Political Debate on Tuesday, Oct. 30 in the AUSC Ballroom at 6:00 p.m. The event is being co-sponsored by College of Republicans & Democrats.

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Shoppers will have an opportunity to get ahead on their Christmas shopping at the Holiday Open House in downtown Opelika on Sunday, Nov. 4 from 12 to 5 p.m. Stores will be displaying their newest merchandise for customers to get a first look at what is new for the holidays this year.

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“All our retail stores will display…

      “The Official Halloween Party”, The Monster Bash, will take place October 26, 2012, at The Event Center Downtown from 7:00 pm until 10:00 pm. The event is open to the public, but geared toward adults in the community.

     “The place will be decorated with creepy things like spiders, skeletons, ghosts, and such,” said Lisa Ditchkoff, the creator of the event.

     Ditchkoff is the co-owner of The Event Center Downtown. She coordinates all the…

Awkward camera angles, ambiguous story line and lots of screaming. These film staples seem to make up the bad horror movie sequel trinity. As the fourth installment of the Paranormal Activity series heads into its second weekend in theaters, viewers are wondering if this series has run its course.

 

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The University Program Council is bringing childhood favorite, Bill Nye the Science Guy, to Auburn University.  Ricky Scheuerle, Director of Speakers and Comedians for UPC, expressed his excitement for the event. “UPC’s motto is ‘by students, for students,’ so we try to always remember that when we are planning for events on campus.  When we came across the option to have Bill Nye, we knew that students would go crazy,” said Scheuerle.…

Get your hiking boots ready because this year’s AlaRuck camping and hiking event is taking place on November 16 through the 18 in Fort Toulouse Historic State Park in Wetumpka, AL. Only one-year-old, this annual event was created for one simple purpose: to bring families and friends together for a weekend under the stars.…

Robert Lorenz depicts a baseball scout, played by Clint Eastwood, with deteriorating health taking a final scouting trip with his daughter, Amy Adams. The movie shows the not-so-happy moments in the main characters' relationship.

The story begins with the audience being made aware of the fractured relationship between Eastwood and Adams. The audience discovers that Eastwood’s wife died when Adams was only a child and he repeatedly left her.…

On a beautiful October night, the Freewheelers performed in the back area of the Lambda Chi house at the DHOP, an event to raise money for St. Jude’s Hospital. The Freewheelers brought a great energy to the event, and students enjoyed the band as they ate pancakes.

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The Freewheelers consist of Joseph Settine as the lead singer…

Why Care?

The Why Care Campaign is an international campaign that was initiated by a group of students to spark a global conservation about hunger.

The campaign began spring of 2012 when four students, who were taking the Hunger Studies capstone class at Auburn University, were trying to come up with a project that would be their focus for the semester.

All four students knew they were passionate about ending hunger and began to ask themselves, “Why should we…

The Auburn University Baseball Team will be hosting the 9^th annual Celebrity Home Run Derby on Friday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at Plainsman Park.

The baseball team will be partnering with Tim Hudson and the Hudson Family Foundation to make the Home Run Derby a fundraising success.

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A typical Auburn student may only know the drum majors as the white uniforms that throw a mace in the ground before pregame at football games, but getting to be a drum major is a bit more than getting to spearhead the turf with a pointy stick.

This year’s drum majors for the Auburn University Marching Band have already gotten a fair…

Auburn University’s Modeling Board is putting on its third annual Couture for the Cure event, Thursday, October 25th.

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Couture for the Cure was created two years ago to help raise awareness and money for the East Alabama Breast Health Center.

“The reason why we do this is because our advisor, Dr. Simmons, is…

Opelika Main Street will be having its seventh annual Howl-O-Ween dog parade and costume contest Monday, Oct. 29, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Downtown Opelika. All proceeds and donations benefit Rescue K911, who helped start the event seven years ago.

Rescue K911 is a local nonprofit, no-kill organization dedicated to reducing overpopulation, abuse and neglect of domestic animals by providing food, shelter and care for animals in need. For more information visit…