Community Articles

Southern Union Welcomes Students to Bison Bound

CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC OPELIKA — Southern Union State Community College welcomed more than 1,000 freshmen to campus during its Bison Bound orientation sessions this summer. Bison Bound helps prepare new students for college. The program exists primarily to orient...

Sportsplex Hosts Kids Duathlon

The Opelika Sportsplex opted for a duathlon, as opposed to a triathlon, this year due to ongoing construction at the Sportsplex. This year's Duathlon for Kids took place Saturday, Aug. 5, for children ages 6 to 15. Participants ran and biked instead of the traditional...

Opelika Goes Back to School

Opelika students returned to the classroom last week. Pictured are students from Carver Elementary, the new Fox Run sixth grade school and Jeter Elementary.  PHOTOS BY ROBERT NOLES/THE OBSERVER The community contributed pictures to The Observer via Facebook last week,...

Auburn Students Displaced from Dorms

BY WIL CREWS  SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM  AUBURN — Auburn University students returned to campus last weekend, but a select few of on-campus residents were told they cannot move in.  Students assigned living quarters in the Cambridge Hall...