Month: August 2013

By Lisa Raineri We sat down with Auburn University at Montgomery's own Joel Hughes to discuss his journey to AUM, as well as campus activities and events. --- Meet Joel Hughes, Associate Director of Orientation at AUM. The first two years of his college experience he played football at a community college. Afterwards, he decided to move back home to Auburn and transfer to Auburn University. While at Auburn, he received his undergraduate degree in Communications in 2005. He was the head cheerleader his junior and senior year of his undergraduate career.  Joel also participated in Student Government Association. After completing his undergraduate degree, he went to the University of Southern Mississippi to obtain his Master's degree. He completed it in 2010. While at So...

The website you are on is not the first online version of the AUMnibus. The AUMnibus was published exclusively online for a number of years. Thanks to the Internet Archive, we can recover some of those articles. This was one of the very first articles published on the site around 2007 or 2008. Bon Iver is a household name when it comes to current music, but when this article was published he was merely an independent artist trying to make a living. --- iPod Update: Bon Iver Bon Iver- “For Emma, Forever Ago” By Katy Williams Time spent isolated from the world can do one of two things: drive a person completely insane or inspire that person to create something so beautiful that any outside factor would do nothing more than spoil its authenticity. Bon Iver is a band whose...

  Check out this amazingly high quality panorama of Tokyo. Zoom in and look at the incredible detail. The panorama was made of thousands of high resolution photographs, so get to exploring this concrete jungle. Check it out here.      

Did you know that Alabama is home to the only authenticated account of a person being struck by a meteorite? Check out today's YouTube Tuesday video by SmarterEveryDay to find out when it happened. What if you got hit be a meteorite? Imagine explaining that on to your friends.

By Darrell Puckett The Southeastern Conference ranks at the top when talking about power in college football. Everyone has a favorite college football team, but in the south if you’re not going for a SEC team you are certainly the exception and not the rule. The following is a breakdown of the top teams from the west and east divisions. They will be sorted into powerhouse rankings. The equation to come up with these ranks deals with recruiting and current roster. WEST: 1. Alabama: Seriously, Bama is at the top again? Yes, the Crimson Tide’s success ranging from 2008-present gives top recognition for this number one rank. Under Nick Saban, the tide has a record of 61-7 since ‘08. Saban hasn’t dropped below fifth in the Rivals rankings, and has amounted five number one classes since...

Last week we looked back at the very first AUMnibus article. Today let's jump forward in time to 2003 to look at an event that may be of some relevance today. Some around campus have said that parking has been a problem. Was parking a problem 10 years ago? This was the lead article in the January 22, 2003 print edition of the AUMnibus. Click the article for a larger image. A text transcript is located below the photograph. 2500 Parking Tickets Issued Last Year By Austin Gaines Auburn University Montgomery received $20,015 in revenue from parking tickets during their fiscal year, Oct. 1, 2001 to Sept. 30, 2002. The revenue generated from parking tickets goes into AUM's general funds.The AUM campus police gave 2500 tickets for parking violations last year. There are 10 ...

By Matthew Estes What if I told you that you don't have to pay $100 a year for good virus protection on your computer? You would possibly reply using the old adage "you get what you pay for." That is a perfectly logical thing to say, as it is counter-intuitive to think that the most effective antivirus on the market is not, in fact, on the market at all. Avast Antivirus is, in my experience, the most effective at doing its job of preventing system crippling programs and malware from finding their way onto a computer's hard drive. I am not alone. Computer geeks the world over use Avast as a simple solution to cleaning their clients infested computers. CNET consistently ranks it as the number one most effective and most downloaded anti-virus.  The best part is the fact th...

The debate rages. Use butter, or use margarine? This week we turn to AsapSCIENCE to compare the pros and cons of both, and to help us find acceptable substitutes. What do you use? Are you a die-hard butter fan, or do you use a tub of margarine? Did you ever even know there was a difference? Sound off in the comments.  

By Darrell Puckett The dream to achieve something that is bigger than yourself runs through the veins of every American.  It’s something that is contagious and gives a sense of self accomplishment beyond words.  Auburn University at Montgomery’s Jacob Nummy and Tyler Strock know a few things about fulfilling dreams. Nummy started the AUM Anglers club four years ago in hope of achieving the top college ranks.  He then passed the honors of being club president to Strock a year ago, but not without attaining the top rank. The team of Nummy and Thomas Frink won the Carhart College National Championship on Georgia’s Lake Chatuge this past month.  They mounted a three-day total of 43 pounds 3 ounces, posting the win by 6 pounds 11 ounces over Young Harris College. Nummy not only ...

By Lisa Ranieri   We sat down with Stacey Little of Southern Bite fame to ask about his work with the AUMnibus and his current success. Article to follow. Have you ever wanted to cook something so delicious but remembered you're on a college budget or you are busy with life? Stacey Little, author of The Southern Bite cookbook, could help you with that. His book will be in stores and on all electronic reading platforms on March 11, 2014. He began his career at Auburn Montgomery as a Communications major and was the managing editor for the AUMnibus. After attending college for two or three years, he wrote restaurant reviews for the Montgomery Advertiser. When that chapter closed, he began reviewing restaurants on his own personal blog, as well as posting recipes. ...