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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s not a new view for Edna Fellows Christmas. Edna is 100 years old. She has the Toomer’s Oaks beat by 25 years. She’s seen the corner oak-less before. She hated to see it become that way again. But she wanted to be there when it happened. She insisted. Christmas woke her daughter up at [...]

Sometimes ‘Auburn Family’ just makes sense. Sometimes, no matter what journalism school or conventional writing etiquette tells you, you just have to come out and say it. Sometimes there isn’t any other way to describe it. This weekend was one of those times. The Auburn Family rolled the trees at Toomer’s Corner for the final [...]

Toilet paper was in the air. So was love. Apparently, in addition to the couple (and wasn’t there maybe another one?) that actually got married, at least five couples (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) got engaged on Auburn’s campus on Saturday, in front of Samford Hall, on the 50-yard line after the A-Day game, or, [...]

As the final rolling of the Toomer’s oaks approaches, Auburn fans are reflecting on the special times at Toomer’s Corner etched in their memories. And, in the case of Auburn University graduate Giancarlo Guida, his skin. Guida, a 2002 graduate in geography (and rugby), recently immortalized the Toomer’s oaks with a mural tattooed on his [...]

Rolling Toomer’s? There’s an app for that. Or at least part of an app. The “Roll The Auburn Oaks” game (originally called “Roll Toomer’s Corner”) for iPhone and iPad that we’ve reported on since May 2012 is finally available for free download, but only as part of a new app developed by Auburn’s Division of [...]