Written by Jeremy Henderson / Filed in Featured, Loveliest Of The Plains (Redux), Vintage
Folks have understandably marveled at how cavalier the Plainsman seemed with the privacy of the Loveliests; the model’s address / dorm was always included in the caption. Obviously, it was a different time (specifically, in this instance, May 15, 1969). But Sheila Ledbetter, a Dorm 1 resident and Plainsman staffer herself, probably wouldn’t have had [...]
1983. Auburn 13, Georgia 7. Randy Campbell handed Coach the game ball. But not before he poured a packet of sugar onto the laces. Coach thanked Randy Campbell. Coach licked off the sugar. That football was changed forever. Football was changed forever. Related: Pat Dye builds a fence in Jordan-Hare. … Keep Reading: * Best [...]
The Plainsman has had some great cartoonists over the college years. But there was this stretch from the early 70s through the early 80s where there was some real, like, graphic novel quality stuff happening in the editorial pages. Case in pointiest: “Kevin and Kell,” “Safe Havens,” and “On The Fastrack” creator Bill Holbrook‘s copyrighted [...]
Written by Staff / Filed in Featured, Photo of the Day: Auburn Scenery, Screen Caps, etc., Vintage
We’d heard there was a ‘Bear’ skin rug in Sewell Hall. Just didn’t know what it was used for. (It was used for the greatest Auburn photo ever.) For more Aubie calendar magic, go here. AU Archive photo: @SuiteAuburn Related: That time Aubie dressed up as Bear Bryant. … Keep Reading: * Jimmy Buffett in [...]
“The future of Auburn’s Aviation Management Program is up in the air.”That was going to be my first line a month ago, back when the uproar over the possible shuttering of America’s “oldest continuously operated aviation program”—since 1941!—first took flight via Twitter, Facebook, everywhere, back when the puns were still so fresh. I was primed [...]
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