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For most Auburn students getting ready to walk across the graduation stage on Saturday, there are mixed emotions. There is a sense of relief and accomplishment for completing four (or more) years of school. There is also a good deal of nostalgia and the sadness that comes with leaving friends and the place many have called home for the past few years. Julia Jones, a mechanical engineering major, is moving to Atlanta after graduation, where she will get married and find a job. Her advice to stud… Continue

Entering college as a freshman can be intimidating. So can entering as a graduate student new to the campus. But Libbie McElhaney is hopeful about the new chapter in her life. She recently came to Auburn for graduate school after attending school at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. McElhaney said that what was appealing about Auburn’s pharmacy school (besides the in-state tuition for the Huntsville native) was its attention to students. “They seemed a bit friendlier, a little bit more… Continue

The new fall lineup of television shows is quickly approaching. Favorites such as “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Office,” “Scrubs” and “CSI” are returning alongside new comedies, dramas and reality series. “Grey’s Anatomy” seems to be a favorite among female college students. Talk of “The Office” spinoff is already generating great buzz for NBC. Cable networks are getting their fair share of TV talk as well. Bravo’s “Flipping Out” and “Project Runway” have been summer favorites that will continue a bi… Continue

As the summer comes to a close and Auburn students make their way back to the Plains, the staff at AU Bookstore is preparing for textbook mayhem. The beginning of each semester always brings students and their syllabi into the store looking for books and supplies needed for all of their classes. The shelves are labeled by subject, but there are always plenty of employees on hand to help locate items. Professors supply the bookstore with their book order, which the store then orders from differ… Continue

The Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs introduced a new program this summer that allows incoming freshman to get a head start on their college career. The summer enrichment experience, better known as “SEE,” hosts students from underserved areas for four weeks as they take classes, go on field trips and learn more about themselves and college life. The goal of the program is to increase enrollment of students from these popul… Continue