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Auburn University Tree Poisoning Suspect To Receive Psychiatric Exam

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 11.28.2012 | College
Read More: Auburn University, Auburn Trees Poisoned, Harvey Updyke Jr., Auburn Oak Trees, Alabama University, Harvey Updyke, Auburn Tree Poisoning, College News

AUBURN, Ala. — A University of Alabama fan accused of poisoning Auburn University's landmark oak trees in a fit of football rivalry voluntarily ...

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The Strange New Southern Politics: Court-Approved Biracial Accommodation

Glen Browder | Posted 09.13.2012 | Politics
Read More: University of Alabama, Louisiana, Alabama, Alabama State University, Knight v. Alabama (2006), Biracial Accommodation, Southern Politics, Auburn University, James Hood, Tennessee, Mississippi, Vivian Malone Jones, Equal Education, Politics News
Glen Browder

A new version of race relations seems to have taken hold in Southern political life. Cynics can snicker; but the changed order is better than anything practiced in the past in this part of the country.

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Updyke's Lawyer Denies Alleged Confession To Student Newspaper

The Huffington Post | Alyssa Creamer | Posted 06.20.2012 | College
Read More: Auburn, Auburn University, Video, Paul Fineman Show, Student Newspapers, Harvey-Updyke-News, Confession, Harvey Updyke, Harvey-Updyke-Trial, College News

Harvey Updyke may have said too much to Auburn's student press. A reporter from the Auburn Plainsman, Auburn University’s student-run newspaper,...

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Auburn Shootings 'A Senseless Act,' Mayor Says

Posted 06.11.2012 | College
Read More: Auburn University, Auburn, Video, Auburn Football, Auburn Murders, Mayor Bill Hamm Jr, Auburn Shooting, Auburn Tigers, Desmonte-Leonard, Auburn University Shootings, College News

Investigators in Alabama are searching for a gunman who killed three people, including two former Auburn University football players, and wounded thre...

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Manhunt Is On For Alleged Auburn U. Killer, Former Football Players Among Dead

AP | BOB JOHNSON | Posted 08.11.2012 | Crime
Read More: Auburn Football Shooting, Auburn University, Video, Auburn Football, Desmonte Leonard Shooting, Mug Shots, Desmonte Leonard Football, Auburn Shooting, School Shootings, Desmonte Leonard, Auburn University Shooting, Crime News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Authorities searching for a man charged with fatally shooting three people near Auburn University swarmed a house Monday wher...

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Auburn Discovers New Hunter Spider In Its Backyard (VIDEO)

Posted 05.11.2012 | College
Read More: Scary Spiders, Auburn Tigers, Big Spiders, Slideexpand, Jason Bond, Myrmekiaphila Tigris, Auburn University, Auburn, Video, New Spider Species, Trapdoor Spider, Charles Ray, College News, Discovered Species, Auburn Spider, Green News, Nature News, Entomology, New Spider, Science News, New Species, Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Slidepollajax, College News

Researchers with Auburn University have discovered a new species of trapdoor spiders in a well-developed housing subdivision in the heart of Aubur...

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Sharing The Stories Of LGBT Youth: Braxton, 20, From Auburn, Ala.

Diana Scholl | Posted 06.10.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Auburn University, We Are the Youth, LGBT Youth, Gay Youth, Auburn Gay-Straight Alliance, Auburn University Gay-Straight Alliance, Gay Voices News
Diana Scholl

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5 Ways To Look Hireable On Facebook

Posted 02.29.2012 | Women
Read More: Auburn University, Video, Facebook Personality Score, Urban Living, The Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Donald Kluemper, Bob Sullivan, Facebook Timeline, Facebook, Career Advice for Women, Northern Illinois University, University-of-Evansville, Women News

There’s another reason to feel a twinge of envy toward those acquaintances with 1,000-plus Facebook friends. You know, the ones whose walls are an i...

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WATCH: New NYPD Super Dogs Will Hunt For Explosives In Crowds

Posted 08.02.2011 | New York
Read More: Vapor Wake Dog, Auburn University, War Dogs, Nypd, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, Ny News, Bomb-Sniffing Dog, Najibullah Zazi, New York News, Mta, Grand Central, New York News

If this dog jumps on you while you're walking to the train, you're in some serious trouble. NBC New York recently caught up with the NYPD's newest ...

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9 Former Workers Sue Auburn, Allege Discrimination

AP | JOHN ZENOR | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Auburn Racial Discrimination, Auburn University, Auburn Lawsuit, Auburn, Auburn Civil Lawsuit, The South, College News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Nine workers in the Auburn University athletic department who were laid off or reassigned have filed a federal lawsuit accusi...

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Celebrate Learning: It's the Only Thing that Keeps Us From Being Dumber Than Coal Buckets

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Auburn University, World Food Prize, Un World Food Programme, Durham College, John F. Ross CVI, University of Alabama Birmingham, Universities Fighting World Hunger, Tim Duncan, reachlesotho.com, University of Guelph, College News
Dan Silverstein

I keep running into extraordinary students -- of all ages -- from all over the world, and I think there should be a day set aside every year to honor them for making the effort to learn.

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Another Attorney Wants Out Of Auburn Tree-Poisoning Case

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Auburn University, Toomer's Corner Trees Poisoned, Harvey Updyke Jr., Jerry Hauser, The South, Toomer's Corner, Auburn Tree Poisoning, College News

AUBURN, Ala. — Getting an attorney in Auburn to represent the man charged with poisoning the Toomer's Corner oak trees has proven to be difficul...

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Thousands Mourn Auburn's Poisoned Trees

AP | JOHN ZENOR | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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AUBURN, Ala. — A steady stream of people began to arrive early Saturday morning to mourn the poisoning of oak trees at Toomer's Corner, where Au...

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Auburn Fans Schedule Rally For Poisoned Trees

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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AUBURN, Ala. — The man charged in the poisoning of two oak trees at Auburn's Toomer's Corner has been released from jail. Lee County Sheriff's ...

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Auburn University Oak Trees Deliberately Poisoned, Officials Say

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn University says someone deliberately poisoned trees at Toomer's Corner, where fans have long celebrated big wins and hundreds ...

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Lauren Burk Tried To Escape Killer, Prosecution Says

ajc.com | Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Courtney Lockhart Trial, Auburn University, Lauren Burk, Lauren Burk Opening Statements, Lauren Burk Trial, Courtney Lockhart, College News

OPELIKA, Ala. -- A prosecutor has told jurors that Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk tried to escape her abductor but was shot through the lungs....

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Auburn Is First In One Ranking, 85th In Another

nytimes.com | PETE THAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Auburn University, Auburn Academics, Auburn Football, Cam Newton, Cam Newton Scandal, Auburn Cam Newton, College News

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. -- In the aftermath of a football academic scandal at Auburn in 2006 that caused two department heads to step down and the N.C....

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Student-Athletes and College Sports: Time to Do Something

Robert E. Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Cecil Newton, Auburn University, Student-Athletes, Reggie Bush, Cam Newton, College Football, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Ivy League, University of Southern California, U.S. Military Academy, Mississippi State University, Heisman Trophy, U.S. Naval Academy, University of Florida, Army-Navy Game, Sports News
Robert E. Murphy

The Army-Navy game and Heisman Trophy presentation have come to represent the opposite poles of what might still be called major intercollegiate football.

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Cam Shafted

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Kenny Rogers, Auburn University, Reggie Bush, Cam Newton, Ncaa, Mississippi State University, Heisman Trophy, Usc, Josh Luchs, Sports News
Roger I. Abrams

What is so troubling about the allegations of academic cheating against Cam Newton, one of the NCAA's premier quarterbacks, is that we are not at all surprised by them.

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Students Study Less, Earn Higher Grades

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Economic Inquiry, Reed College, Auburn University, Philip Babcock, Princeton University, Stuart Rojstaczer, University of California San Diego, Duke University, Grade Inflation, Florida International University, College News

A recent study by University of California-Santa Barbara economist Philip Babcock found that students today work less and have higher expectations in ...

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10 Minutes With...David Edwin Harrell

religionnews.com | Adelle M. Banks | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Christianity, Auburn University, Christian Broadcasting Network, Pat Robertson, Christian Coalition, Religion News

NEWS FEATURE By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) Three years ago, Auburn University scholar emeritus David Edwin Harrell asked religious broadcaster Pat Roberts...

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Legislature Shores Up Alabama College Tuition Plan

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: University of Alabama, Alabama Legislature, Alabama, The South, North Alabama University, Auburn University, Alabama State University, Alabama Tuition, Alabama Prepaid College Tuition, College News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Legislature found a compromise Wednesday that shores up the state's prepaid college tuition plan with nearly $548...

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Jeffrey Whitaker Auburn Bound: DT Prospect Chooses Tigers

Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Auburn University, Auburn, Keenan Allen, Jeffrey Whitaker, Jeff Whitaker, National Signing Day 2010 Football, Jeffrey Whitaker Auburn, Ego Ferguson, Whitaker, Nickell Robey, Auburn Tigers, College Football, Sports News

Jeffrey Whitaker picked Auburn today, ending speculation that the defensive tackle standout could go to Georgia or Miami. Whitaker, a Georgia nativ...

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Eric Mack's Auburn Switch: Picks Auburn, South Carolina Rival, After Commitment To USC (POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Tigers, Erick Mack, Eric Mack Auburn, Poll, Usc, College Football, Calhoun County, Auburn Undercover, Auburn Recruiting, Sports, Auburn University, Auburn, Eric Mack Picks Auburn, Gamecocks, Eric Mack Rivals, Auburnsports, Auburn Rivals, Eric Mack Auburn Switch, Eric Mack, Sports News

Offensive lineman standout Eric Mack is now committing to Auburn, after a surprising switch and de-commitment from rival South Carolina. Auburn Und...

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Life Changing Leadership in a Small Southern Town

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Auburn University, Tnt, Sodexo, World Hunger, Yum! Brands, United Nations, Food Insecurity, National Institute on Food and Agriculture, Universitites Fighting World Hunger, World Food Programme, Roger Beachy, Business News
Dan Silverstein

Hunger is an extremely significant and pressing issue and, yet, it is almost universally misunderstood by the people who have the ability to actually do something about it.

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