Patrick Eiland, Author at The AUMnibus

Aug

25

2026

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By Patrick Eiland

Talking sports and having fun: a letter from the sports editor

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Sofia Cerebuch and myself being awarded our editorial scholarships last week from the Alabama Press Association Journalism Foundation Board President Jonathan Stinson of Huntsville. (Picture courtesy of Katherine Irwin) Welcome back to AUM everyone. I’m Patrick Eiland a junior communication major and the new sports editor for the AUMnibus. My journey to where I am now is a bit different than most of yours. I graduated from Prattville High School in 2009 and begun attended AUM the following year. I graduated in December of 2015 with a degree in psychology. I never did anything with it since by the time I graduated with…

Aug

21

2026

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Opinion: The future of gaming looks depressing

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A PlayStation 5 is shown (photo curiosity of Patrick Eiland). Since 2001 when I got my Gameboy Color and copies of Pokémon Yellow Version and Silver Version, gaming has been my go-to hobby to unwind and enjoy myself but this medium is teetering on the edge of falling apart and it’s upsetting me. Back on July 1, Sony announced that they would discontinue physical disks for all games released on their consoles by the start of 2028 with the implication that the PlayStation 6 would not release with a disk drive version at all. The announcement shook the internet and put…

Aug

06

2026

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By Patrick Eiland

The internet is under attack

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Picture provided by Dom J on pexels.com. The Kids Online Safety Act, also known as KOSA, and the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, also known as the KIDS Act, have been making their way through the Government and it threatens to alter the way the internet works by incentivizing users to upload government issued ID. KOSA was introduced by Tennessee Republican senator Marsha Blackburn while the KIDS Act was introduced by Kentucky Republican and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie and includes portions of KOSA. Both aim to do the same thing, tackle how unsafe the…

Jul

01

2026

By Patrick Eiland

AUM hosts 5th annual AV media camp as outreach to area high schoolers

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Auburn University at Montgomery's Communication and Theatre Department held their fifth annual Audio and Video Storytelling multimedia camp June 8-11, allowing area teens to explore podcasting, TV production and voice acting. “This year’s camp was an intensive and fun week filled with audio, video, radio drama and media tours,” said AUM communication lecturer and camp director Katherine Irwin. Students from Prattville High School, St. James High School, Pike Road High School, Evangel Christian Academy, LAMP High School, Percy Julian High School, Brew Tech Magnet High School, Success Unlimited High School, Booker T. Washington High School, and Stanhope…

Apr

29

2026

By Patrick Eiland

Review: Full Moon BBQ is as good as it gets

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Shot of the front of the Full Moon building. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Eiland) Full Moon BBQ on 7660 Eastchase Pkwy in Montgomery is often called “The Best Little Pork House in Alabama” and it more than lives up to the name. Pictures of Alabama Crimson Tide memorabilia featuring Bart Starr and Julio Jones on the walls of the Full Moon BBQ. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Eiland) When you first walk into the brightly decorated restaurant, you’re greeted by sights and memories of this state’s biggest prides, the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers. On one side of the…

Apr

27

2026

By Patrick Eiland

Earth Day means more now than ever

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Zelch Csaba on pexels.com With the ever-growing climate crisis, 2026 Earth Day stands as a reminder of what is most important to us, the home planet of all of us. In an article posted on Oct. 19, 2021 on the Cornell Chronicle by Krishna Ramanujan, more than 99.9% of peer-reviewed scientific papers say that humans are to blame for climate change. So if we are to blame, then shouldn’t it make sense for us to fix it? This year, the theme of Earth Day is “Our power, our planet,” and it’s all about not over-exhorting what you already do to…

Apr

27

2026

By Patrick Eiland

AUM Economics Club debuts at E-Con games

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Auburn University at Montgomery’s E-Con Club takes a group photo at the University of Kentucky. (Courtesy of Agnitra Roy Choudhury) The Auburn University at Montgomery Economics Club took their first trip to the E-Con games at the University of Kentucky on March 26-27, marking a major milestone for the department. Economics department chair and associate professor James Francisco said that for the E-Con on-site competition, students were given a data set from the event sponsor EquiBase, a Kentucky based horse racing data firm. “They released a data set and a prompt and it basically said to come up with a…

Apr

08

2026

By Patrick Eiland

AUM Theatre’s Fool for Love opens this weekend stirring up themes of toxic love

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photo courtesy of Ann H on pexels.com Auburn University at Montgomery Theatre readies for its spring play “Fool for Love” that opens Thursday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m.in the AUM Theatre in Taylor Center. “Fool for Love” is a 1983 play written by Sam Shepardand the AUM Theatre is bringing this very heavily loaded love story to life by assistant professor of theatre and director Michael Krek. Audiences should leave their children at home as the play is “Rated R and contains violence, strong language, profanity, and challenging subject matter including sexual situations, obsession, stalking, abandonment, suicide, incest, and alcohol…

Mar

05

2026

By Patrick Eiland

Opinion: Let me pay in cash

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photo courtesy of Patrick Eiland When I returned to Auburn University at Montgomery in the fall of 2024 the school had changed a lot since I graduated in 2015. The way you pay now for everything on campus is the one thing that drives me crazy. I’m someone who never liked dealing with credit cards. The hassle you must go through to set one up, how there was a middleman, and the stolen credit card scare. I was never a fan. Handing someone a few bills was simple, and I knew they got my money. So when I came back…

Feb

20

2026

By Patrick Eiland

Warhawks suffer first loss in home opener

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The AUM Softball Complex entrance sign. (photo courtesy of Patrick Eiland) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Feb. 20, 2026) – The Auburn University at Montgomery softball team suffered their first loss of the season falling to West Alabama 5-2 at the AUM Softball Complex last Friday afternoon. “It was nice to finally play at home. We had a great crowd and great fan support. Ultimately, we hate that we couldn’t come out on top.” said AUM softball coach Scottie Wilkes Laney, “West Alabama played a great game and came out swinging.” After playing 10 games away from home to start the season, the…

Feb

17

2026

By Patrick Eiland

Helping the Warhawks find their bird call

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How the AUM’s musical ensemble is establishing itself on campus AUM Spirit Band performs at a home basketball game at the Athletics Complex in the spring of 2025. (Photo courtesy of Chapel McCullough) When you think of college bands you usually think of marching bands playing at football games, but at Auburn University at Montgomery it’s a little bit different.AUM’s three musical ensembles, the Spirit Band, the AUM Chorus and AUMcappella are active and making music on campus whether you know it or not. The Spirit Band started in 2019 by now-retired fine arts professor Mark Benson and if you…

Feb

11

2026

By Patrick Eiland

Warhawks homecoming week spoiled by Union

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photo courtesy of Steve Johnson on pexels.com The Auburn University at Montgomery men’s basketball team couldn’t top off homecoming week as the Union University Bulldogs would spoil the party 71-64. The Warhawks men entered the big homecoming game having won their last two and looked to top off AUM's big week with an addition to the win streak, but they came up just a bit short. The game got out of the gate with both teams trading blows with 11 points each at the first break. AUM Guards Omar Zeigler and Marius Canery each hit a three-pointer within the first…

Feb

10

2026

By Patrick Eiland

Warhawks win a fireworks show to open home slate

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photo courtesy of Chris F on pexels.com The Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team survived a high-scoring affair against Southern Wesleyan Warriors in their home opener 11-9 Friday afternoon. “To show toughness, to show fight, to show grit, that’s something this team has shown since the fall, so I know that’s there but it’s good for us confidence wise to come out with a W tonight,” said AUM coach Franklin Bush after the game. After a tough 1-3 start to the season, the AUM baseball team would look to right the ship in their home opener at QV Lowe Field.…

Sep

28

2025

By Patrick Eiland

For the love of the game: How Stephen Gunter went from reading stats to reporting stats

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Stephen Gunter filming warmups of an exhibition basketball game between AUM and Auburn at Neville Arena at Auburn. By: Patrick Eiland AUM Audio · AUM multimedia specialist Stephen Gunter is interviewed by Patrick Eiland about his reporting days MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The late great Marvel Comics editor and publisher Stan Lee loved his job and once said, “If you do what you really want to do, you feel like you're playing." Everyone has their own passions and sometimes they take us places we could never imagine. Stephen Gunter working in his office in the Auburn University at Montgomery Ida Belle Younge…