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Auburn Goes Crazy for Cadillac

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Interim Auburn head football coach Cadillac Williams said “it’s bigger than me” following the Tigers’ 13-10 win over Texas A&M on Saturday. Still, after the game, the Auburn players presented Williams with the...
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NYU Professor Fired for Being “Too Hard” on Students — Who Was to Blame?

OPINION — In May 2005, as we were finishing student teaching for a master’s degree in education at AUM, a Nigerian classmate said he might not be able to graduate. He was told that the high school students he was teaching in rural Alabama could not understand his...
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Opelika Swim Takes Top Honors

PHOTOS BY ROBERT NOLES / THE OBSERVER The Opelika swim team competed in the 2022 Veterans Classic against five other teams on Saturday, Nov. 5, taking top honors in both the men's and women's groups. The men totaled 2,436 points, ahead of second place Auburn Aquatics...
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‘Poka Pushes Past Bears

PHOTOS BY MATT AUSTIN / FOR THE OBSERVER On Friday, Nov. 4, the varsity Loachapoka football team defeated Keith, 28-24, in the first round of the AHSAA 1A football playoffs. Loachapoka will face Millry, Friday, Nov. 11, on the road in the second round.
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