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On Thanksgiving Day, as most people were settling in to their post-Thanksgiving-meal nap, the Auburn University Marching Band took to the football team’s lighted practice field to get ready for the next day’s 75th Iron Bowl in Bryant-Denny Stadium against the University of Alabama.





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For the last four years, I have marched trumpet… Continue

More than 200 classes on Auburn University’s campus are engaging in learning outside of the classroom and in a real world setting, making a difference for the local community.





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During the last few years, Auburn started an initiative for service learning that takes students out of the typical classroom setting and gives them the… Continue

One Auburn University professor is making waves in the physics world.



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Dr. Edward Thomas, a professor in the College of Sciences and Mathematics Physics Department, recently received a grant from NASA for his work on the project “PLASMALAB: Measurements.”



PLASMALAB is an international microgravity plasma physics experiment that… Continue

Every semester Auburn offers a variety of classes for students to take, but only one offers music and a worship experience for a grade—the Auburn University Gospel Choir.





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The Gospel Choir is compiled of 60 students, including singers and dancers, who meet twice a week to explore, rehearse and perform gospel music and related musical… Continue

Some of the Auburn family has taken table tennis from just a basement game to a more competitive level.





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Since 1988, Auburn University has had an official table tennis club. Although the membership numbers change each year, the group has been active every year since.



Attila Joo, a junior in chemical engineering, said, “I… Continue

In the west corner of campus, Auburn has a new tradition forming on the pitch.



This year marks the first official season of Auburn’s newest club sport, the Women’s Rugby team. Last year, the team competed on provisional status and finished its season 3 – 2.



The Auburn Women’s Rugby team was formed when three girls playing with the Auburn men’s rugby team decided to start a women’s team and get more women at Auburn playing the sport.



Women’s rugby is currently one… Continue

It’s time to strike up the band! Auburn football season has finally arrived, and no one is more excited than the Auburn University Marching Band.



With a new practice field in west part of campus, the AUMB has been hard at work since early August for this year’s Auburn football season. The marching band reported about two weeks before fall classes to start working on some of the aspects that make the Auburn University football game day experiences so great. Through the Alabama heat… Continue