There was a flash mob in the middle of the taco truckin’ Haley Center concourse early this afternoon, perhaps lacking the numbers (or books or beach balls) of Auburn’s last flirtation with the decade-old fad, but definitely packing more star power—yes, that would be the mascot national champion right in there middle of the mobbing. [...]
They’re all blending together like so many Cam Newton rookie year NFL records: Golden Globe Award nominee, SAG Award nominee, Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee, Essence Magazine “Breakthrough Award” winner, accidentally being referred to in a TWER tweet as the Burger That Made Auburn Famous (more like a burger supreme, am I right Theo?), and now SAG [...]
So popular has Tiger Pause: Tracking Auburn in Pop Culture become even Bama fans feel obligated to cough and jerk their heads toward Auburn hoodies (thank you, Matthew Phillips). This particular Auburn hoodie is being regularly worn by David Jaffe, a video game developer who seems to have garnered a bit of cult following by [...]
And it don’t stop for Octavia Spencer.
1991 wasn’t the best of years Auburn fans. Our first losing season in a decade was in the works; a traitorous, sanction-loving moon was in the 7th field house. But while the quality of football Auburn had cultivated in the late 80s was waning, by God, the low-fat, low-calorie ground beef its meat scientists had developed during that same time had arrived, and what it may have lacked in taste it made up for in pride.
Our chances of landing that TWER interview grow slimmer by the day.
We’re still holding out hope for an Otis Mounds historical crime series.
It took several days and 2,600 photos—and at least one orange and blue outfitted LEGO figure.
Lisa Weldon, ’74, decided last year she needed something different in her career. A lifelong advertising executive based in Atlanta, she felt she was missing out on the newest trends in the business, primarily social media. She set out to change that by enrolling in a course at Parsons in New York City. She found [...]
Auburn laid a tiny claim to its first Golden Globe Sunday night. Montgomery native and 1994 Auburn graduate Octavia Spencer won the Hollywood Foreign Press’ award for Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role for her critically acclaimed performance as a maid in Civil Rights-era Mississippi in the 2011 film “The Help.” [...]