This is what Auburn supporters feared most. This is what the Board of Trustees couldn't wait for. This is the end of the regular school year. There are but a few days remaining before most students head home and remove Auburn from their daily thoughts. Soon, faculty will take a few months and try to recuperate from Auburn's first year under the semester system.
Football season is just around the corner.
This year, however, summer must mean so much more. Auburn is fighting for its mission and existence, and it cannot afford to take the summer off. During the past few months, unprecedented pressure has been directed toward the Auburn Board of Trustees, demanding its members to release their deathgrip on Auburn while they serve their own interests and degrade the name and reputation of this university. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, administrators and just about everyone else under Auburn's orange sun have fought diligently since February to restore respectability and democracy on the Plains. Our memories of disgust and disappointment must not fade as the warmer months approach.