Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - To access the full story, click on the underlined story title found in the top bar of each entry.

 
The Green Dean
Source: Opelika-Auburn News (AL) circ: 14,500
Indexed At: 9/26/07 3:25 AM 651368425
Abstract: ... to do just about anything for the students at Auburn University, even make a fool out of himself. “Do I look as ridiculous as I ...
Notes: This story is about how AU Dean of Students Johnny Green is helping to promote the idea of sustainability to students. The story also mentions that Auburn has a "successful Sustainability Initiative that promotes sustainability practices on and off campus." Dean Green includes Tiger Transit as one of AU's "green" initiatives: "Tiger Transit system now operates its buses on biodiesel, a cleaner-burning, alternative fuel produced from domestic, renewable resources. AU is the first university in the state to make the switch."


'Deadwood Dick or the Game of Gold' to open Telfair Peet Theatre's season
Source: Opelika-Auburn News (AL) circ: 14,500
Indexed At: 9/26/07 3:54 AM 651368422
Abstract: Abstract not available.
Notes: “Deadwood Dick or the Game of Gold” opens the 2007-2008 Auburn University theater season. AU Theatre professor Daydrie Hague. Set in the Old West, the play is "built on theatrical melodrama, musical accompaniment and a hyperactive plot with justice ultimately being served in the end,” said AU Theatre professor Daydrie Hague.

Homewood Middle wizards take on big kids with robots
Source: Birmingham News (AL) circ: 192,004 [Registration Required]
Indexed At: 9/26/07 6:17 AM 651478320
Abstract: ... engineering outreach in the Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University, which is also a contest hub. The idea is that the robots will be ...
Notes: This story is about the BEST robotic competition, for which AU is a contest hub. "This year's theme, "2021: A Robot Odyssey," is based on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission, said George Blanks, director of K-12 engineering outreach in the Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University."

ALABAMA HISTORY UA goes co-ed
Source: Montgomery Advertiser (AL) circ: 48,100 [Registration Required]
Indexed At: 9/26/07 6:07 AM 651474081
Abstract: ... the first women to enroll at the university. Auburn University had allowed women to attend beginning Sept. 13, 1892, becoming one of the first ...
Notes: Auburn University admitted women as students beginning Sept. 13, 1892 "becoming one of the first universities in the Southeast to do so." The University of Alabama went co-ed in 1893.

Traveling classroom teaches students about the importance of milk and where it comes from (with help from Jane the cow)
Byline: Patrice Stewart
Source: Decatur Daily (AL) circ: 21,400
Indexed At: 9/26/07 5:58 AM 651364845
Abstract: ... a dairy museum children can visit. In Alabama, Auburn University's Department of Veterinary Medicine assists with cows, feed and hay. “And every time a ...
Notes: For the Southwest Dairy Museum Mobile Dairy Classroom project described in this story, Auburn University's Department of Veterinary Medicine assists in Alabama with cows, feed and hay.

High Schools looking for ways to boost ACT scores
Source: Troy Messenger (AL) circ: 3,000
Indexed At: 9/26/07 2:12 AM 651321687
Abstract: ... requires a minimum score of 20, and while Auburn University does not have a minimum requirement, its average score for incoming freshman this year was ...
Notes: This story about ACT scores mentions AU: "Auburn University does not have a minimum [ACT] requirement," and "its average score for incoming freshman this year was 24.8."

Gay rights lawyer brings message of hope to AU students
Source: Opelika-Auburn News (AL) circ: 14,500
Indexed At: 9/26/07 3:25 AM 651368424
Abstract: ... gay, bisexual and transgender students and their allies at Auburn University need to do to get gender identity and gender expression included in the university’s ...
Notes: Cole Thaler, an attorney for Lambda Legal, spoke to AU students Tuesday about gender identity and gender expression in reference to AU's discrimination policy.

Auburn objects to county's request
Byline: VIRGINIA BRIDGES
Source: Mobile Register (AL) circ: 99,361 [Registration Required]
Indexed At: 9/26/07 5:38 AM 651460415
Abstract: ... MINETTE -- Baldwin County commissioners on Tuesday accused Auburn University of not playing fair in its oversight of property needed to complete a third north-to-south ...
Notes: Excerpt from story: "Baldwin County commissioners on Tuesday accused Auburn University of not playing fair in its oversight of property needed to complete a third north-to-south corridor on the Eastern Shore."