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December 2010
THIS ISSUE Catering to the Cause pg. 2 Victoria’s Secret PINK pg. 6 Crawfish Boil pg. 7 Ignite Auburn pg. 10
COLLEGE S N A P S H O T S
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e s u a C e h t to “It is important for the university to be involved with breast cancer awareness to protect and support the employees.” -Jenny Swaim
Samford Hall show pink pride for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
3 Auburn University Goes Pink in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by Christie Bradley
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he pink illuminations all over campus and town are not a hoax. Auburn University is showing its pink spirit with the fourth lighting of Cater Hall in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Jenny Swaim, former staff council chair for Auburn Facilities, and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority worked together in 2007 to make Auburn apart of the Global Illumination Movement for breast cancer awareness . Swaim initially had received approval from the president’s office to light Cater Hall pink. Since 2007, three more pink illumiations have popped up around Auburn. New additions include the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in 2008, Samford Hall in 2009 and the Lowder College of Business is the 2010 addition. “The lighting of Cater Hall on Oct. 1 usually draws a crowd of about 200. We pass out pink ribbons and pamphlets of information. We also give time to breast cancer survivors to speak about their experience along with anyone in the community that comes who feels lead to share something,”
Swaim said. Along with the pink illuminations, Swaim also headed a campaign in 2007 to encourage female Auburn employees to receive regular mammograms. “In 2007, breast cancer was one of the highest medical costs Auburn was paying for. The issue was found that only 44% of eligible participants were taking advantage of Auburn’s Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance benefit of a free mammogram. As a campaign to make our employees aware of this benefit, we started the awareness of the event – AU Mammogram Day,” Swaim said. Swaim felt it necessary , with all of the events occurring during the month of October for the East Alabama Medical Center, to hold AU Mammogram Day in November. Female employees of Auburn receive a free mammogram on that day and are allowed time off from work to have the precedure. “We encourage employees who have never had a mammogram done or have not had one in the last two years to take advantage of this day. Colleen Alsobrook, EAMC’s breast health coordinator and I,
work to coordinate this day and her wonderful staff provides the service,” Swaim said. Swaim says governance groups and student groups on campus, Facilities’ shops, EAMC, the Department of Communication and Marketing and the president’s office play key roles in adding new illuminated buildings each year and making the AU Mammogram Day happen. “ It is important for the university to be involved with breast cancer awareness to protect and support the employees. Auburn is invested in great employees and we do all we can do to support and help them,” Swaim said.
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Crawl for t
he Coast “I am from the coast. That fact alone is the main reason for my involvement with the event.”
Local band rock/jam band Mr. Jr. will perform at “Crawl for the Coast.”
Albert Fernandez
5 Auburn Locals Bring Coastal Cleanup Efforts to Auburn with a Bar Crawl by Christie Bradley
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ith nine hours of musical entertainment, Auburn locals Walter Ager and Albert Fernandez are bringing coastal cleanup efforts to Auburn with a bar crawl this Thursday, Sept. 2. “Crawl for the Coast” will kick off at 5 p.m. and go until 2 a.m. It will include seven bars and 11 bands. There will also be discounts offered at Little Italy, Mellow Mushroom, Pita Pit, Calypso’s and Big Blue Bagel. Tickets are on sale now for $25 at Da Gallery, Little Italy and Bourbon Street. Participating bars include SkyBar, 17-16, The Vault, Big Blue Bagel, Speakeasy, Ale House and Bourbon Street. Big Blue Bagel General Manager John Mark Davis said they decided to participate because they thought it was a worthy cause. Bands that will be participating and playing for free are Ernest goes to Jazz, Mr. Jr, Katie Martin, The Vegabonds, Miles Yarbrough, Jason McMillan, Chronic Blues, Senate Horse, The Good
Doctor, Noise Organization and Big Gigantic. Fernandez, a New Orleans and Mobile native, came up with the idea of “Crawl for the Coast” over the summer. He and Ager started planning the event in June. “I am from the coast. That fact alone is the main reason for my involvement with the event,” Fernandez said. “I have very strong feelings towards the devastation the oil spill has caused right in my backyard. It’s affecting everyone, and this is a fun and easy way for college students to get involved in helping out with the relief.” The Community Foundation of South Alabama, Greater New Orleans Foundation, Gulf Coast Community Foundation and Greater Escambia Community Foundation are four organizations that have been involved with relief funds for the Gulf Coast. Money raised from the bar crawl will be given to these organizations. “The proceeds from ‘Crawl for the Coast’ will provide food, shelter and mental health services to the thousands of distressed individuals and families,” Ager said.
The original idea that Ager and Fernandez came up with was to have a bar crawl in all of the Southeastern Conference school’s towns to generate friendly competition among students and a way for them to become involved with the relief fund. “We challenge all the SEC schools to do their own bar crawl and show these families we care,” Ager said. All bars downtown will still be open for regular business Thursday night. Those with a $25 bracelet will have access to all bars participating in the “crawl,” food discounts and the grand finale, Big Gigantic, at Bourbon Street from 12 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Victoria’s Secret PINK Takes Over the Orange and Blue
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Student Alumni Association Turns up the Heat with Annual Shrimp Boil
PINK Representatives Help Debut New Collection on Campus
Auburn’s SAA has Annual Shrimp Boil
by Christie Bradley
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ictoria’s Secret PINK carpet event, the Campus Tour, is taking over the Auburn Thach concourse Thursday, Sept. 30, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sara Trowbridge and Haley Porter are this year’s Auburn University PINK campus representatives and put together the entire event. “They bring out a pink carpet and all of their winter collection that hasn’t been seen in stores, online or in catalogs yet, so the girls at Auburn will get a firsthand look at it. It’s like a store on campus,” Porter, junior in engineering, said. There are only 13 schools involved in the Campus Tour and Auburn was chosen as one of the campuses to be visited by a “PINK pop-up shop,” which carries never before seen collections. “Our roles and responsibilities as interns are to sign girls up for PINK Nation, which is the free members club that gets them freebies and special promotions. When girls sign up they put their school down and it tallies how many are registered from Auburn,” Porter said. Haley Porter says when she first heard about the internship she didn’t know if she would qualify
because she is an engineering major, will be the Happy Project, a clothing but she used it to her advantage to reach out to other girls about the brand instead of strictly business and liberal arts students, which is what the internship typically targets. Porter and Trowbridge were flown to corporate headquarters for Sarah Trawbridge, 2010 Auburn PINK representathree days in Columbus, Ohio, tive talks about internship. where they received special brand training for drive to raise 2,500 donations for the their yearlong internship. Both report Salvation Army. to Caroline Wilson, the corporate Porter and Trowbridge passed PINK representative in Columbus. out PINK Collegiate Coupons for $10 “We put in about 20 hours off of any $30 purchase that can be per week. We love doing it so it’s not used on Thursday. The event will also really work for us. It’s a lot of fun. feature a prize wheel that will give We even get to help out on game days girls the opportunity to win PINK and take pictures for PINK’s Game mini dogs or gift cards and the items Day Style Spotter and some of the sold can only be purchased with a pictures have already been uploaded debit, credit or angel card. to vspink.com,” Trowbridge, sophomore in public relations, said. The next campuswide fundraiser
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hrimp, corn-on-the-cob, potatoes, music, a rock wall and an inflatable “bungee run” brought around 400 members of the Student Alumni Association to the annual crawfish boil Thursday. As one of the largest organizations of campus, SAA has around 3,400 members that enjoy benefits of great networking opportunities, two large events with all-you-can-eat food, a free t-shirt upon joining and a discount card. Vice President of Campus Relations for the Student Alumni Board of Directors, Wendy Norred, helped put together the event. SAB is the governing body of SAA. “The Creole Seafood Shack catered the teh variety of shrimp, sausage, corn on the cob, potatoes and onions. Music was provided by DJ Moon Oh and we handed out 300 ‘Boil the Cajuns’ t-shirts to the first 300 SAA members in line,” Norred, senior in health administration, said. “The inflatable ‘bungee run’ was sponsored by Career Development Services. The rock climb was sponsored by SAA and of course there was socializing with fellow Auburn students and the ‘Auburn family,’” she said. Norred said the shrimp boil always brings a good crowd and the
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Shrimp Boil Recipe
■1/4 lb. Keilbasa (or other spicy, smoked sausage)(crab food is amazing. SAA members enjoy optional) many benefits to network while in ■1/2 pound Raw shrimp in school and after graduation. shell per person “I have met many influential ■3 Red bliss potatoes per alumni by being a part of SAA, such as Dr. Debbie Shaw. She graduated person in 1984 with her master’s degree in ■1 Ear of corn per person higher education.” Norred said. ■2 Lemons “She served as VP of Student ■Cayenne pepper Affairs, founded the Aubie program and Camp War Eagle. She now serves ■Cloves ■Garlic as VP of Alumni Affairs. SAB members also get ■Bay leaves to attend the Lifetime Achievement ■Old Bay Seasoning Awards where some of the winners ■Black pepper include the first woman astronaut ■Tabasco and other influential people that have graduated from Auburn. Also, we get to mingle with people who are special to Auburn, like the Golden Eagles,” she said. Norred said putting together the shrimp boil is a process and small committees offer support and help along the way. She also had the ticket prices for non-members dropped to $10 instead of the former $20. For those interested in joining SAB, elections are held every November. Applications can be downloaded on the organization’s website, www.aualum.org.
Boil water in a large kettle on stove or outdoor cooker. Season water with salt and your choice of above flavorings along with the juice of two lemons or 2 tablespoons of vinegar. Add potatoes and cook for 10 minutes. Add carrots, sausage and onions. Bring back to a boil. When potatoes and carrots are almost tender, add corn and crab. Bring to a boil, then add shrimp. Cook a few minutes until shrimp are just done - they will be pink in color. Drain and pour into a basket or onto platters. Have cocktail sauce and Dijon mustard at hand.
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Wheels are Turning
Over Opening Date of Campus Shop “We are bicycle friendly.” -Lindy Biggs
Lindy Biggs discusses opening of campus bike shop.
9 The Bike Phenomenon is Here to Stay by Christie Bradley
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ot only is Auburn University pedestrian friendly, but they are also bike friendly. The campus bike phenomenon is here to stay and Auburn’s Office of Sustainability is doing its part to make sure students are knowledgeable and self sufficient by putting a bike shop on campus. Lindy Biggs, Auburn history professor and local of 20 years, dreamed up the idea of an oncampus bike shop. As Director of the Sustainability Office, Biggs has ridden her bike for most of her time in Auburn. “The campus bike project was one of the first things I got started on as the director of the sustainability office,” Biggs said. With less parking on campus from construction and the growing number of freshman living on campus, bikes have become a quick way to get from one end of campus to the other. “When I first started developing the sustainability program, I heard that the campus pedestrian committee had decided to ban bicycles from campus. There would be parking areas at the edge of campus. You would ride your bike to campus like a car; park it and
leave it,” Biggs said. “I went to the committee and said it wasn’t a good idea. Instead of banning them we should do the opposite; we should encourage them,” she said. Auburn University Facilities Division did the construction on the bike shop with the programming help of the Auburn University Bicycle Committee, funding from the new student center fees and designs by Stacy Norman Architects. Catherine Love, in charge of promoting alternative forms of transportation, says an on-campus bike shop is an important part of encouraging bicycling on campus, as well as bike racks and lanes. The campus bike shop will not compete with the downtown bike store. “We don’t anticipate stocking or selling major parts, new or used bicycles or complex services. The shop will provide accessibility for minor repairs, do-it-yourself services and a hub of bicycle related interests and activities,” Love said. Biggs says that the on-campus bike shop will be a more convenient way for students and faculty to learn how to do their own bike repairs because the shop will offer special tools and a work bench. The bike
shop downtown isn’t as close as having on-campus access to these amenities. Biggs imagines the bike shop being not only a place where the campus bike community can come and make repairs, but can also be a gathering place for the bike community. Those running the bike shop will be bike advocates and can help students and faculty learn how to fix a tire or put on new breaks. “My vision has always been to send a message to bike riders and potential bike riders that we want you to ride your bike. We are bicycle friendly,” Biggs said. As soon as management and operations are in place, the shop will open. It is located on the backside of the student center where Tiger Transit picks up and drops off. “The bikes are just a piece of the bigger sustainability vision. We won’t survive as a civilization if we don’t encourage sustainability. It’s really important for Universities to be doing what we are doing, because we are educating leaders of the future,” Biggs said.
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e r a s t s i t r A n a i t s i r e h t i C n g I “ o t g n i Com ” n r u Aub “God’s Glory is falling on this campus and this team.” -Keke Carrier Keke Carrier, former Auburn basketball player, discusses plans for campus revival.
11 Christian Artisists Bring Concert to New Auburn Arena by Christie Bradley
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-Pain, Akon, Taylor Swift and many more popular artists have graced Auburn with their presence, but this Thursday, Nov. 4, a new group of artists will be on campus. Chette Williams, Auburn’s football chaplain, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and Student Government Association (SGA) are sponsoring a campus revival called “Ignite Auburn.” The revival will be held in the new Auburn arena. The revival will include three contemporary Christian artists: Haley Morgan Smith, David Manning and Jimmy Needham. Williams will also be a guest speaker at the event. Keke Carrier, former Auburn basketball player and a spring 2010 sociology graduate, has helped put together the event and is doing the publicity to boost student awareness. Carrier recently had the opportunity to go to Barcelona, Spain, and play professional basketball, but turned it down for a semester to do mission work in Auburn with “Righteous Recruiting,” a platform she created to link students with similar interests. “When I went to go to talk to my agent I was so blown away because he asked me how much time
I needed,” Carrier said. “I told him I just needed the fall semester to take care of some things in Auburn. He said we could keep in touch and that he could get me a contract for the spring. I didn’t know if I was going to be able to play or even come back next year, so it was cool,” she said. Carrier says “Righteous Recruiting” was put on her heart by God and helps her to connect people with Christ, local ministries and other believers. “My plan, when I went to talk to Chette Williams, was to get the money from community sponsors and do a Christian concert this spring. Everything that I had on my heart to do for Auburn was his vision for FCA. He had already come up with the idea ‘Ignite Auburn’ for this fall so I am blessed to be apart of it,” Carrier said. Carrier says that Williams’ vision for this school and this team can be seen when they open the Bible after games. “Everyone can see the external of the football team, but it’s deeper than everyone thinks it. God’s glory is falling on this campus and this team. It’s crazy,” Carrier said. The goal that Carrier has,
along with Williams, FCA and SGA, is to flood the arena on Thursday and to bring in as many people as possible. “It’s really about bringing hope to people and filling them with the joy that God can provide. Students will feel refreshed and revived,” Carrier said. Doors to the Auburn arena will open at 5 p.m. Thursday and the concert will start at 5:30 p.m.
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