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T•Pain Live At tiger nights Eric Austin Campus Editor

T-Pain wants to buy Auburn a drank. The University Program Council has announced the hip-hop superstar will send the Plains into an AutoTune frenzy Thursday, Sept. 23. The event, officially called “Tiger Nights: Tiger Mania Tailgate, featuring T-Pain,” will be held on the green space in front of the Student Center from 5 to 10 p.m. T-Pain is expected to perform at approximately 8:30 p.m. “We’re expecting a large variety of the Auburn community to come out and celebrate tailgating,” said Anne Smead, a junior in public administration and director of UPC’s Tiger Nights. The concert will take place two days before the Auburn vs. South Carolina football game, and UPC is hoping to energize the student body for the crucial home game. The concert and surrounding festivities will be open only to Auburn students with a valid student ID. “It’s going to be a really exciting time,” said Meredith Walkup, graduate adviser to UPC, “especially before the South Carolina game. Hopefully he’ll get a lot of

students excited before the game.” Brittany D’Angelo, senior in biomedical sciences and director of UPC Major Entertainment, is in charge of the event planning. “We wanted someone from the rap or R&B genre,” said D’Angelo. Both D’Angelo and Mead said they felt that with previous concerts from artists like Sister Hazel, The Goo Goo Dolls and Kelly Pickler, a change of pace was needed. “Our main goal was to bring an artist that we think would satisfy the majority of the student body,” Smead said. Smead worked throughout the summer on securing the contract for T-Pain, and D’Angelo took on the role of event planner with the start of fall semester. “With anything we plan, we have to be able to justify it,” Smead said. UPC feels being able to land an artist as popular and unique as T-Pain was justification enough. Smead said T-Pain and company were very excited

to get to perform specifically for a group of college students. The event will feature all of the usual festivities associated with UPC’s Tiger Nights, but the presence of such a well-known act is sure to drive up audience numbers. “It’s going to add more to the event in general,” said Mike Smith, also a graduate advisor

to UPC. “I think attendance is going to be up and they’re going to experience more than they would in a normal Tiger Mania.” Prior to the show, there will be food, games, moon bounces and Auburn-

themed give-aways. The evening is intended to celebrate the fall tradition of tailgating. “We feel his music is so new and fresh that we think a lot of people will come out for it,” D’Angelo said. “Akon was such a huge hit when he came to Auburn, so hopefully he (T-Pain) can bring out a crowd like that.”

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College Colors Day declared by Riley, SGA J.P. Kelsey Staff Writer

Mascots and other representatives from Alabama public colleges met in Montgomery on the steps of the state Capitol Tuesday. The gathering was in recognition of Gov. Bob Riley’s “college colors day” proclamation. College colors day has been recognized by the governor since 2007, but this year it’s official. “There is something special about the South and living in Alabama,” Riley said. “No other state in the union understands football like Alabama does.” The College Colors Day idea was spearheaded by Gordon

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Stone, executive director of the higher education partnership. “We want the people to help tell the story of what it means to be a student in Alabama,” Stone said. “We want everyone to help encourage people to support their school with pride.” SGA representatives from each school were in attendance at the event. “It has been very special to come out here and share this experience with everyone,” said Kurt Sasser, SGA president. “ Auburn is more than just orange and blue. Our colors help everyone express the spirit of what Auburn is and all that it entails.”

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Auburn University President Jay Gogue speaks to members of the Black Student Union Monday.

Organization offers ‘sweet’ deal The Black Student Union enticed prospective members at its first meeting Laura Maxwell Managing Editor

The first meeting of the Black Student Union was a treat for all who attended, including President Jay Gogue.

The organization’s annual ice cream social drew a large crowd, as most seats were filled. When all the seats were filled, students lined the walls of the room in order to attend. “Everything that we’ve been doing this year has been bigger crowds than what we expected,” said Shawntell Pace, president of BSU and senior in radio, television and film. “But it’s all due to our leadership team. We’re known on

campus for actually getting the job done.” Pace said topics discussed in BSU meetings can vary from college retention rates to why single black women have a hard time finding a man after the age of 30. Gogue said he could relate to worries about college retention. Gogue admitted he didn’t do well as a freshman at Auburn. “It’s incredibly important to use your time wisely while you’re here,” Gogue said.

Gogue said he would study from 6 to 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, taking Fridays and Saturdays off. Gogue pointed out three important factors relating to college retention. “They always encourage the development of friendships in small groups,” Gogue said. The other two factors he mentioned were living and eating on campus and getting to know faculty and » Turn to BSU, A2

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Crime Reports for Aug. 27 – Sept. 3, 2010 DUI Arrests in the City of Auburn Aug. 27 – Sept. 3, 2010 Carrie L. Coker, 21, of Montgomery South College Street/Reese Avenue Aug. 27, 2:33 a.m.

Aug. 27, 500 Block of East Thatch Avenue – Burglary and theft of property reported. One Dynex 40-inch LCD TV, various PlayStation 3 video games, various DVD’s, various PlayStation 3 power cables, various PlayStation remotes.

Eric J. Jones, 25, of Ashland South College Street Aug. 28, 4:39 a.m.

Aug. 27, West Glenn Avenue – Burglary and theft of property reported. One Polaroid TV/VCR/ Radio, three Fossil watches.

Jeremiah D. Tuck, 21, of Fort Knox, Ky. Woodfield Drive at South College Street Aug. 29, 2:37 a.m.

Aug. 29, 800 Block of West Magnolia Avenue – Theft of property reported. One Xbox 360 game

Morgan A. Rhodes, 18, of Montgomery South College Street Aug. 29, 3:19 a.m. Robert K. Luckie, Jr., 37, of Montgomery Mile marker 57, I-85 North Aug. 29, 11:10 a.m.

console. Aug. 29, 800 Block of West Magnolia Avenue – Theft of property reported. One Nintendo Wii game console. Aug. 29, 800 Block of West Magnolia Avenue – Theft of property reported. One Swiss Army backpack, one Federal Indian law textbook, one evidence and legal reasoning textbook. Aug. 29, 800 Block of West Magnolia Avenue – Theft of property reported. One Xbox 360 game console, various Xbox 360 video

games. Aug. 29, 500 Block of Webster Road – Theft of property reported. One 30-06 caliber Ruger rifle with Nikon scope, one Vizio 22-inch LCD TV, one HP laptop computer. Aug. 29, 1200 Block of South College Street – Theft of property reported. One Apple MacBook Pro, one Lexmark printer/copier, one Sony 32-inch flatscreen TV, one Vizio 26-inch flatscreen TV, $20. —Reports provided by Auburn Department of Public Safety

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staff members. Tabresha Langham, secretary of BSU and junior in English, said she was excited to have Gogue attend the meeting because it shows he recognizes the group as an important campus organization that has the power to affect the campus. The organization promotes unity on campus, Pace said. Pace said the organization isn’t narrow-minded. “We’re open-minded to everything,” she said. “We respect everybody’s cultures.” Membership in the

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Members of Auburn’s Black Student Union discuss upcoming volunteer opportunities Monday.

organization has increased since last year. Langham said she

believes the increase in membership is because students are becoming

more aware of BSU’s purpose and goals. For those who missed the meeting, but are still interested in becoming active members of BSU, sign-up forms are available in the SGA suite on the third floor of the Student Center. “Technically, everybody is a member because they pay for it out of their tuition,” Pace said. “They’re just becoming an active member.” To remain an active member, Pace explained students are required to attend at least four meetings per semester. The organization meets Mondays at 5 p.m. in Room 2222 in the Student Center.

Gov. Riley meets with SGA president Kurt Sasser and members of his cabinet at the Capitol in Montgomery to declare Sept. 2 official College Colors Day

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Brewfest brings beer beer,, bands, barbecue Jill Ji llia ll ia an Clair r A ociate Ass As ate News News w Edi Edittor tor

A vari riet etyy of beerss weree on dis ispl play pl ay and distributed in sampl plee si sizze Saatturda urrd y during “BBQ Q aand nd dB Bre rewf wfes est” t t” at the reccen entl tlyy re reno no n ovaate t d Even nt Ce Cent nter nt er D Dow ownt ow ntow nt own n in i Opelika. More re tha han n 40 4000 pe peop ople le att tten end ded the Br Brew ewfeest s , wh whic ich offere red d ba barb rbec ecue ue ssan andw dwic iche h s, sam mpl plin ings gs of mo more r ttha re han n 35 craftt bee eers rs, ac acce cess ss to a fu full bar ar aand nd d liv ivee mu m si sic fo forr $225. The event began n at 4 p.m .m.. wi w th h lliv ivee musicc an and d barb rbebee cu ue, and the beer sa samp m le les we were seerrveed fr from fro om 6 tto o 9 p. p.m . p.m The music, whi Th h ch in nclu ude ded th he ba band n s Go Good od D Docto or, Cheap per tha han n Th Therap apy, y, Ced darr Hil Hil illl,l, Glo ow and n The Packwayy Ha Pa Hand nd dlee B Baand, d, ccon nti tin nued nu d unttil 1 a.m m. L sa B Li Bec eck, k, own wner er of th he O Op pel elik ikaa Event Ceent ik nteerr Dow nter Dow o nnto own, sa said id d she b beg egaan plaann eg n ing th thee evven entt eiigh ght ht we week eks eks ago. ag o. “II did ssom omee rese om rese re sear arrcch h on la largge ci larg citi tiies e aand n eve nd vent ntts th hatt take ke pla lace ce iin n la larg rgge ci citi ties ti es, an es and be beer ffes esti tiiva vals ls cam amee up iin n my ressea earc rcch a go good od bitt,” Beecck ssaaid i . Beckk sai a d sh shee wo work rked rk d with itth Gus Cl Clar arkk of F Fin ine Wi Wine ne and Beeeerr by Gu G s to select thee 35 35 beeeers rrep ep pre r se sent ntted at the even nt. t Clark said id d vaarrie i ty was the mai ain n ggu uiid del e in inee fo for se for sele lect cttingg be b ers for th thee eevven e t. “II tri ried e to o st stay ay awa wayy fr from om ssuper err hig ighh-gr grav avit ittiiees,” Clar Cl arkk sa ar said id. id d “O “Oth ther tha han n th thatt, we just trie ied ie d to o hav ave a c os cr osss-se ss ctio ion of o b bee eers r . Th That at’ss why tthere were so many

diff d iff ffeeerrent en nt styylless.” Alllll o A off the h brewe ewe w ri ries es repr ep prreesented att Br Brew ewfe f st are lesss thaan th an a yea yeaar ol o d. d. “By “B By la law, aw, iiff they theyy gett a fre th reee sample or so some meth thin th ingg frrom in om a di dist dis strib stri buto torr, tth he can hey n on only ly d do it in th he beer beeer er wor orld ld d if it it’s it’ ’s th he firs rstt yeear ar,,” Clark sai aid. d. B ewer Br erie iess re repr presented d in incl clud uded ed Thomas Creek, k Choc Ch o , Erie, Unib ibro roue u and nd d tthe he local Bac ackk Fo Fort rtty Be Beer Beer Co Co., o., among oth hers. s. Pric Pr i e’s Barbeccuee Hou use se,, on one off the h Event vent C ve Cen e ter D wn Do nto t wn’s 12 prrefferre red d ca cate tere rers rs,, prov rs pro ided the bar ar-becu be ecu c e. “You “Y ou hav a e to pro ovide de foo od at a beeer fe fest ssttiv i al al,, an and d b rb ba rbec eccue jus just ma make kes seens nsee, e, and it goes welll wi with th bee eerr,” Beck sai Be aiid. “BBQ “B B and BQ d Breewfes wfesst” t willl be beco come co m an an annu ual eve vent nt, shee sa sh said id. id Clar Cla Cl ark saaid ark i thee ord rdin inan aan ncee tha h t li lim mits the aamo m un mo untt off tiime me alc l oh hol o can an n be se serv rrvveed d aatt an n eve vent ccou ould ld pos ossi siibl blyy b ap be pp peeaaled lee forr ne next yea next ear’ r s ev even en nt. Harp Ha rper er Carrso son, n, 26, dro ove ve ffrom Birmin ingh in ghaam gh m to to atattteend nd.. Caarsson’ on’s favvor orit ri e brew ewer ery re r prres e en nte ted waas the Wi Wiscons co con nsin-o nsin -own wned wn ed d and nd ind ndep epen nde dent ntly ly o ope pera pe rated Stevvens Po oin nt Br B ewer ew werry. y. “II rea e ll llyy li like the ssum umme merr wh whea eatt an and d th thee ho h ri rizo zon n wheea wh eat,” C Caarson rs sai aid. d “I’ I’ve tri r ed d all l of th them em m, an and d th t ose aree de ar defini nite tely the he b bes est.” Cars Ca arson o said d $2 $255 wa was a reasonable prriice c ffor o w or wha hatt ha was offered. d.

“II th hiinkk it’ t’ss gr grea eatt be beca caus usee it b bri ringgs ev ever eryb yb bod o y to og th ge her er,” Car a so son n sa said.. “P “Plu lus, s it’ it’ss a li litt ttle le m mor oree fa fami mily mi ly oriien nte ted d.. I think d nkk iit’ t s a go t’ g od social ev e en nt to o gget et p peo eoplee ou ut and an d fo or brew e eries—es eesspe peci cial ci ally al llyy loc ocal a s— al s to mar arke k t th ke their eiir prod pr odu uct.” uc Jane Ja nee aand n Mike Bracht, 52, nd 522, of Aub u urn, n, used the Brreew wfest fe st as a wa wayy to get ge out of th thee ho h use and d have fun un tog th ge ther e. er “IIt re real ally iis just a n al nig ight h out ht ut,” Jane said. “We h haave four ch chil hil ildr d en dr en—w —w —we we do don’t go oo out utt ver eryy often.” Mike sai a d hi hiss fa favo v rite te beer wa wass th the he Ch hoc oc hef e ew eweizen, and thatt he h wou uld definit i el elyy re retu turn rn ffo or nexxt ye year arr’ss Brewfest. “Mike loves beer er,, so it’s ggrreat eat fo forr hiim to get tto o taast stee diff fferent ones,” Jan ne saaid. C ark said he is sur Cl urp prissed ed and dp plle le d witth th leased thee co commmunity’s pos osit itiv ivee reeac acttion to the Brewfeest st.. “O Our ttow own, n,, a few w years ea ago, would ha ea have vee nev never ever emm braced brac br d tth his, s reaallly, y, and nd so it’s just kind d off inte interesting in bein be in ng on thee fore orefro ront nt of so s meth hingg like thi his,” Clark said sa i . The nu umb mbeer er of beeer erss av avai aila labl blee in Alaaba bam ma will increa cr ease se draasttic ically allyy in th thee ne next xt tw wo yea ears rs,, wh rs w ich wi willl provvid pr de fo forr a wh whol o e ne ol new w se select ctio io on ne next xt year, Cla l rk said sa id d. “Right “R htt now w, we h hav avee a fe av few w hu hund dre red d di diff ffer errent en be beer erss in n the hee sta tate ate,,” Cla lark rk ssai a d. “IIn ai In a mat atte terr of llik ikke tw ike two o mo more re year ye arrs, s, we’ e ll l pro roba baabl babl b y haavee llik ikee 80 ik 800. 0. This is ssuc uch h an iinnfan fa antile nt stag agge we we’’re ’re in n—i —it’ t’s kiind o off ne neat th that we w ’re ac actu tu-ally doing ng sso omet omet ethi hin hi ng to be iinv nvvol olve v d now. w” Christen Harned / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Hearing pushes housing plans into development Katie Brown Writer

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(L-R): General manager Chris McBride and bartender Brooke Mobley toast opening night with co-owner Joseph Garofalo, Monday.

Pub opens doors in Opelika Chelsea Harvey Staff Writer

Despite celebrating the opening of Irish Bred Pub only three days ago, coowner Joseph Garofalo already has high hopes for the business. “My goal is to be here for 100 years,” Garofalo said. Garofalo’s overall message is one of giving back to the community. “So the sign of a good job in this economy is being able to hire over 50 people to work here,” he said. “I feel great that I’m giving people jobs.” The pub, located in downtown Opelika, held its grand opening Monday night with food, drinks and a poker tournament.

“We’re going to do poker on Mondays,” Garofalo said. “It’s free to enter, and we’ll be giving out prizes weekly.” The pub will be offering entertainment most nights, including live music, Irish dancing, trivia and card games. “There will very often be something going on out here,” said Matt Catchpole, waiter and event staff. “They’re not trying to cut anybody out. This is going to be open to everybody.” Garofalo’s wish is that the pub will be a haven for all kinds of people. “Pub stands for public house,” Garofalo said. “If you go to Ireland or England, every town has a pub, which is like a

meeting place. We hope to draw everyone—young people, old people.” Garofalo is confident the pub will contribute to Opelika’s downtown scene. “At first I saw this quiet little town,” Garofalo said, “so I figured we’d become an anchor and revitalize this little town, Opelika is a beautiful town; I get a good vibe here.” According to Garofalo, the secret to a good business is to cater to the people. “A successful pub takes on the flavor of the neighborhood by serving good food at good prices,” he said. Jordan Clark, » Turn to IRIS, A4

The first public hearing to discuss amendments to Auburn’s Community Development Block Grant was held Tuesday morning. Under the Section 108 loan application, the city is requesting a loan of $3.95 million from the federal government. “The Section 108 loan is a process by which the city is able to borrow funds against its Community Development Block Grant program,” said Jim Byram, the consultant for the city of Auburn on the Section 108 initiative and CDBG. “What the law allows the city to do is to borrow five times its annual allocation on its most recent

appropriation.” The loan will go toward four issues: $2 million for renovations on the Moton Public Housing Development; $1.25 million for economic development aimed at creating and maintaining jobs; $300,000 to create a micro-loan program to aid small and start-up businesses; and $400,000 as a debt service reserve to help with annual payments. While all of these programs can benefit the community, Byram said having a low or moderate income is a requirement to receive any funding. Built in 1952, the Moton Public Housing Development is in need of renovations which will enable it to meet health and safety

codes, as well as making it livable again. Sharon Tolbert, director of community development, said the complex currently has 38 units, but with the loan, they will be able to create 16 three-bedroom units, 16 two-bedroom units and 6 one-bedroom units. The loan will give technical assistance to those applying for a small business micro-loan of up to $35,000, with the help of Auburn University’s Small Business Development Center, “This partnership with Auburn University Small Business Development Center is for them to work with small businesses one-on-one,” Tolbert said. » Turn to CDBG, A4

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Jim Byram and Sharon Tolbert discuss the $3.95 million grant for the new housing development plans on Martin Luther King Drive, Tuesday.

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sophomore in sports broadcasting at Southern Union, was impressed with the food after attending the pubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The food was good,â&#x20AC;? Clark said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had teriyaki chicken wingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it was really good. And we had cheese dip. That was some of the best cheese

dip I ever had.â&#x20AC;? The menu includes predictable fare, such as salads and sandwiches, as well as more traditional Irish dishes, such as shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pie, Irish stew and fish and chips. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did free food on Saturday,â&#x20AC;? Catchpole said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and the reaction was just incredible from everyone tasting the food.â&#x20AC;? The pub hosted an

invitation-only event Saturday prior to its Monday opening. According to Garofalo, business started off well before it had even officially begun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a family and friends event, which turned into like 300 people coming afterward,â&#x20AC;? Garofalo said. Clark said she would recommend the pub, especially to couples.

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Whether it is financial help or how to better structure the business, Tolbert said the people applying for the loan can benefit from these meetings. While the amendment could take months to pass, the City Council is confident the community

will embrace and benefit from the loan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten really good support,â&#x20AC;? said Phillip Dunlap, director of economic development. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m comfortable with it, and the City Council is obviously comfortable with it.â&#x20AC;? Tolbert said while there has not been any strong opposition, a few residents, like Jimmy Glenn, have voiced their opinions

on changes that could be made to the amendment. Glenn, an Auburn resident and member of the Community Action Group of Auburn, questioned the amendmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impact on minorities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the goals of a program like this,â&#x20AC;? Byram said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;should be to reach out and get minority business start-ups and business owners.â&#x20AC;?

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Jennifer Chambliss of Auburn and Patricia Contart of Florida enjoy an evening of jazz, drinks and laughter while celebrating Piccoloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one-year anniversary Saturday night.

Piccolo celebrates first birthday Emily Adams Photo Editor

With a bounty of libations, small bites and jazz music, Piccolo celebrated its first birthday at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center Friday and Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The jazz bar had a successful first year,â&#x20AC;? said Miguel Figueroa, restaurant chef. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It went above what we were expecting. We were expecting to be ahead, but it was much more than that. People accepted it right away.â&#x20AC;? The hotel has been preparing for Piccoloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday for nearly three months, arranging special four-piece bands for the weekend. Piccolo added two new aspects to the hotel, including an appetizer menu and live music, according to Hans Van der Reijden, managing director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always had a successful restaurant with Ariccia,â&#x20AC;? Van der Reijden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want a full meal, Piccolo is the perfect place to go. And if you want live jazz music, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only place in Auburn and Opelika to be.â&#x20AC;? Piccolo opened as an alternative to the downtown bars. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you think about what we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have in Auburn, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small plate restaurant, jazz music, comfy seats, a nice fireplace,â&#x20AC;? Figueroa said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we created.â&#x20AC;? Denizcan Billor, senior in electrical engineering, said he attended the celebration for the $1 specials and

relaxing atmosphere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Piccolo definitely attracts a different crowd,â&#x20AC;? Billor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just somewhere thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot more laid back. The service is always good, the food is different, and it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t smell like a bar.â&#x20AC;? Holly Muncie of Auburn went to meet up with her friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Piccolo is enjoyable because it caters to a different age group,â&#x20AC;? Muncie said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cozy and a fun place for friends. We like that it offers food because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not necessarily here to be at a bar. We just want to have a bite to eat and head home.â&#x20AC;? Piccolo creates an atmosphere that was missing before, according to Figueroa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before we opened Piccolo, we had the lounge, but there was no ambience, there was no theme,â&#x20AC;? Figueroa said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;so we decided to do something completely different.â&#x20AC;? Piccolo and Ariccia work with the University to provide a restaurant experience for students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(At Ariccia) they can understand how the restaurant runs, how to wait a table,â&#x20AC;? Figueroa said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But in the bar, you have the lounge ambience, you have the small servings, you have the option of talking about the food and making recommendations.â&#x20AC;? In the future, they hope to add new machines and different cooking methods to Piccolo, Figueroa said. A cotton candy machine has been ordered, and Figueroa hopes to experiment with molecular cuisine, a

Emily Adams / PHOTO EDITOR

Tim Chambliss, Tyrone Jackson, Mike Beshara and Ryan Whitehead play jazz music at Piccolo Saturday night.

type of organic cooking. Attracting jazz musicians to the area is another continuing goal of Piccolo, according to Van der Reijden. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What has been really great for us is the quality of musical talent,â&#x20AC;? Van der Reijden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It goes up every month, and now that it is more established, a lot of musicians call our agents and say they would like to play. It makes it very fun.â&#x20AC;? Piccolo has live jazz music 8 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights.

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

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GE-Aviation plant to provide jobs Chelsea Harvey Staff Writer

Alabama will soon be the new home of an environmental coatings facility for jet engine components. GE-Aviation, an international company specializing in the production of jet engines, recently announced its intention to open a plant in Alabama. The company expects the plant to boost employment in the area by 300 to 400 jobs, but no location has yet been selected. The facility will be responsible for applying certain engine components with coatings to protect

them from heat and other environmental factors. The facility will specifically work to enhance the GE Rolls-Royce F136 engine, which is used in Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, an aircraft favored by the U.S. military. “The F136 requires new technology and manufacturing processes,” said Deb Case, media relation for GE-Aviation. “GE doesn’t have a facility dedicated to this specialized type of work, so this facility will be a good asset for the company.” GE-Aviation formally announced its plan to construct the facility in

Alabama during a ceremony held at the state Capitol Aug. 25. “The selection of Alabama was based on several criteria, including incentives from the state government, the outstanding university system and the successful partnership other GE businesses have enjoyed in the state,” Case said. Representatives from towns and universities

across the state were in attendance, including officials from Auburn. David Dorton, director of public affairs for the city of Auburn, said those in attendance included City Manager Charles Duggan, Economic Development Manager Phillip Dunlap, Mayor Bill Ham and representatives from other communities. “The dean (of the College

of Engineering) was there as an invited guest,” said Jim Killian, director of communications in the College of Engineering. Although a representative from Auburn University was invited to the event, the University itself has not been given any advance notice of whether the plant is considering a location nearby, he said. “I think all we know at this point is that the plant is coming to Alabama and is looking for a location,” Dorton said. Case said the exact location should be announced in the next 90 days, although the company has

yet to disclose any sites being considered. “It’s kind of a win-win either way,” Dorton said. “If it came to Auburn, it would be good for jobs and for the economy. Auburn’s had kind of a long-term economic strategy of sort of diversified technology.” Case said GE-Aviation expects the plant to begin an initial production run in 2013, although it will begin operations before then. The company has been successful so far in expanding into different states. “We anticipate similar technology successes in Alabama,” Case said.

Alabama not affected by salmonella eggs Rachel Shirey Writer

An outbreak of salmonella in two Iowa farms has resulted in the voluntary recall of half a billion eggs since April. Wright County Egg Farms and Hillandale Farms, the supposed sources of the salmonella outbreak, distribute eggs to states across the nation. Alabama probably won’t be impacted by the outbreak, but Auburn University and local restaurants are still taking precautions to ensure the safety of their customers.

As a rule, campus only serves thoroughly cooked eggs for breakfast, such as omelets or scrambled eggs. Undercooked eggs can result in salmonella. “I do not use whole shell eggs on campus,” said Emil Topel, Auburn University’s executive chef. “We buy pasteurized liquid eggs. And if we did have any whole eggs, I checked with our supplier, and they have not carried any of the infected brands.” Local restaurants are also concerned with the salmonella outbreak. M.K., owner of M.K.’s

Asian Kitchen in Tiger Town, said the restaurant regularly uses eggs in fried rice, egg-drop soup and noodles. M.K. checked the egg provider to ensure the eggs weren’t affected. Customers haven’t been concerned about the issue, but the price of eggs has risen because of the scare, M.K. said. “I don’t know how it will affect us long term,” M.K. said. The prices of beef, chicken and other poultry products have also risen. “Less than 2 percent of the total eggs produced

in the United States are infected with salmonella,” said Patricia Curtis, director of the Poultry Products Safety and Quality (PPSQ) Peak of Excellence Program at Auburn. After eggs are recalled, they are pasteurized, heating the eggs to kill bacteria. “Therefore, there is no chance of salmonella contamination,” Curtis said. The FDA has also created a set of egg regulations to ensure public safety. It insists that poultry houses are regularly inspected for salmonella, and eggs are shipped

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reh eat those dishes before eating.” The specific cause of the salmonella outbreak is yet to be determined. Visit www.eggsafety.org for a list of affected brands and product numbers.

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HELEN NORTHCUTT I used to envy my friends on the outside, friends who didn’t have to worry about late nights at the library, 20-page papers or huge finals. Then I realized I wasn’t seeing the big picture. Being on the outside ultimately brings an end to the things I love. This year, my senior year, I’m not taking anything for granted. The stress of worrying about a fulltime job and paying the big-time bills has evaded me for another year. Luckily, I played my cards right and got a schedule chock full of electives. I’m taking classes for fun and not because they are required. Yes, I’ll be kayaking this semester. But now, I’ve realized this is the time to accomplish all of the things I thought I would do before my graduation. It is my last year, and I can feel it in my bones. This is my last chance. I want to have explored, or at least stepped foot in, every building on campus and to have written a secret message somewhere where someone will eventually find it years from now. I want to Rollerblade down the Concourse, play in the snow on Samford. Have a Spring Break to remember, sing karaoke and play all of the town’s trivia. Learn the ins and outs of Photoshop and also how to do my taxes. I want to perfect my resume and vote in all elections. Host a potluck dinner and check out a book for myself from the campus library. I want to own a Toomer’s Drugstore and Momma G’s T-shirt and to have my picture taken with Aubie. I want to clean out my Tigermail and wake up early for the 6 a.m. yoga class. I want to try something new every day. My goal is to make sure my weekends are filled with adventures, even if small. This community is filled with opportunities to learn something or discover something you have never experienced. Don’t question doing something different, because it is in these instances you will make your memories. We all hear that these are the best years of our lives; I know my fondest memories are on this campus, and this year I am further embracing my environment. I won’t worry too much about pulling my next all-nighter, because I know that along with them I am able to celebrate Halloween for a week straight, get tickets to a free concert in the spring and get student discounts. I want to know when I put on my graduation cap, I can look back and be proud of the time I have spent in Auburn and know that none of it was wasted, and I have fulfilled my college bucket list. Freshmen take note: make your own checklist because the time flies—especially when you are having fun. And don’t forget to thank your professors.

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It’s cute to watch old-school newspaper columnists and reporters try to get “their blog on,” as they’d probably say. These old fogies seem to think the supposed Internet generation is a giant herd of social maladroits rapidly clicking between videos of explosions and flash-based Facebook games, switching sites every five seconds to satisfy their ever-shrinking attention spans. Jorts? Still “hysterically funny.” Mid-’90s “Saturday Night Live” references? Party on, readers. Socks and sandals? Ridiculous! It’s insulting, really, that we encourage these senile shysters—Rick Reilly with his lazy metaphors, e.g. “In big games, Bo grabs more bench time than Sandra Day O’Connor” (actual quote), Paul Finebaum with his deliberate rabblerousing, Skip Bayless’ old dumbass and all the talking heads on “Around the Horn,” “Pardon the Interruption,” “Talkin’ Football” and a dozen others. We encourage their work

by giving their opinions m e a n ing. Ignore them, don’t angrily d i a l a sports call-in show or troll a message board, and they magically disappear. These self-righteous snakeoil salesman are trying to ruin sports for you. Don’t let them. That said, they do serve as great rallying cries and common enemies. Every fan thinks ESPN hates his or her team and that the crew from College Gameday is biased. Group hate is one of the perks of team sports. “We’re (Southeastern college team), and we hate (nearby Southeastern college team).” Collectively reveling in the failure of your enemies might be the best part of SEC football. Mark Bradley of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, who finds jorts “hysterically funny” and “More cowbell!!” edgy Internet humor, has declared himself an enemy of Auburn. Bradley, a self-proclaimed

“ blogging fool,” blogged Auburn to be the most obnoxious fans in the SEC, even though the AJC blog poll ranked Auburn sixth. (Are you blogging yet?) Yep, ahead of Alabama, ahead of Florida, even ahead of LSU, who finished at No. 6. His reasons: “Because Tiger fans still worship at the tainted feet of Pat Dye… run off coaches on a whim… grown as arrogant as Alabama backers without one-tenth the justification… still whining over the national championship they didn’t win in 2004… Because the world’s worst fan—the Montgomery banker Bobby Lowder—is an Auburn man.” At the risk of joining the ranks of sports demagogues: Is that all? Worship at the “tainted feet of Pat Dye?” Auburn fans certainly respect and appreciate Dye’s time as Auburn’s coach, but we don’t worship the man. No more than Tennessee worships Johnny Majors, Florida Steve

Spurrier and certainly less than Alabama fans worship the chalk-white carcass of Bear Bryant. Auburn doesn’t run off (head) coaches on a whim. By the end of Tuberville’s tenure, it was obvious Auburn needed a newer, fresher approach. Auburn has had four ( five, counting Oliver) head coaches over the last 30 years. LSU has had eight and Alabama nine. If Bradley polled the SEC schools, he would find Auburn to be near the middle of the pack (as the AJC found), more hated than some, but not on the level of Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Sure, some fans clamored for the championship, but where is the whining? The majority of Auburn people realize Auburn doesn’t need a ring or a trophy to validate 2004. That year was enough unrewarded. Maybe Bradley just really hates Bobby Lowder. We’re not big fans of his antics either. To use a word he’d understand, Mark Bradley is a hater.

Use, don’t abuse drunk bus During Rush, the nine vans of the Night Security Shuttle Van Service, aka the drunk bus, average 100 miles each night. From 6 p.m. to 7 a.m., these vanguards of vice ferry students to any location oncampus. Most of the time this means frats, bars or parties. “These students, they’re just trying to experience college life, and most of the time, we’re able to help them have a good experience,” said Wilbur Brown, retired police captain and drunk bus driver. (For more Brown quotes and information on Night Security Shuttle happenings, check out “A sobering view from the

passenger seat of the ‘Drunk Bus’” on B7.) The buses also take students to the library, back to their dorms from RO-zone parking and other on-campus locations not solely focused on debauchery. Still, it’s called the drunk bus for a reason. Some students use the shuttle service as a free taxi around campus, hopping from frat to frat, bar to bar, merrily drinking the whole way. (No reports of actual drinking on the bus itself.) While in the spirit of a riproaring college experience, one full of drunken nights and shameful mornings, these

students abuse what is and should be a University-sponsered student service. Sober students, students carrying groceries back to their dorm or riding the shuttle to avoid walking alone across campus at night, literally take the backseat to drunken buffoons and their shenanigans. On the other hand, if these buses did not exist, would drunk, under-age students take to the streets in their own cars? In theory, the night security shuttle is a University service dedicated to getting students wherever they need to be oncampus.

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But, realistically, college students will be college students. They’re (we’re) going to drink and party and wave hands in the air in a careless fashion. That’s how it is, and that is probably how it always will be, at least until the robot revolution or the apocalypse when higher education becomes obsolete. Next time you ride the drunk bus, be respectful, take time to thank the men and women driving your sloppy self around campus. Use University services, like the drunk bus, but don’t abuse them.

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

COMMENTARY

Another redundant drunk bus rant

“We’re trying to get some cool out of him, without taking away his swag, as they say.” -Trooper Taylor

Rod Guajardo editor@theplainsman.com

What’s better than a free campus security shuttle that offers late night transportation to any location on campus? One that doesn’t care about the state of your inebriation. Most of you that have lived on campus have probably used the night security shuttle van, or ‘drunk bus,’ at least once or twice during your residency at Auburn. Whether you have used it for the right purpose is left undetermined. On the page to my left and in the campus section, you will find the night security

shuttle van mentioned several times. The articles and editorial are featured not to bash the student’s use of the shuttle, but to shed light on the original purpose of this free mode of transportation. Realize that the money used to fuel the nine security shuttles that run from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. is taken from your student fees. We pay for them, but are we using them for the right purpose? Living off-campus since my freshman year has hindered me from ever needing to call upon the security shuttle. I have only ridden a Tiger Transit once. I’m not using them, so why do I have to pay for them? Needless to say, the required Tiger Transit fee put into our tuition always seemed a bit useless to me.

But I stood behind it because I support every kind of public transportation. If it is bringing less cars and traffic to Auburn, it gets two thumbs way up. Plus, after visiting a different state or even country where public transportation is the main source of travel, it makes you appreciate it a lot more. The point where we are crossing the line is when it is encouraging and promoting underage drinking. They will drink. I understand that. Who can say whether they would be drinking as heavily without the thought of just being able to hop on a security shuttle and cruise around campus? Not I, but it does need to be considered. If students are relying on the shuttle to get them

around campus after drinking, in theory, it would make the threat of drinking more alcohol less scary. While it keeps students safe by keeping them from getting behind the wheel of their own car, it seems to be an issue that needs to be addressed before an incident occurs. It almost seems too good to be true. Maybe that’s because it is. Lets nip this thing in the bud. Do you drink more because you know you can ride the shuttle safely?

Rod Guajardo is editor of The Auburn Plainsman. You can reach him at 844-9109.

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University working to unite diverse faiths, belief systems Editor, The Auburn Plainsman I am writing in response to the letter to the editor titled “Obama, Muslims, media not to be trusted: look here for proof ” that was published in your Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 edition of The Plainsman. It is my hope that the letter writer’s tongue-in-cheek attempt at political satire is not representative of the views of Auburn faculty, students and staff. Auburn University has done a wonderful job of encouraging global exploration and promoting dialogue and understanding about the world around us. This is evidenced through the increased focus on global initiatives, including increased travel, research and service abroad. Projects like “Auburn Connects!,” (auburn.edu/ academic/provost/auburnconnects/), featuring the

Common Book “Three Cups of Tea” and a wide variety of programming related to the people and the region that the book represents, are additional examples of the University’s commitment to raising global awareness. Places like the Multicultural Center, Office of International Education, Auburn Abroad, International Student Services and many more efforts are visible reminders of this commitment to global understanding. I encourage our campus community to take advantage of these resources, visit these offices and reach out to your neighbors, as we all attempt to embody the Auburn Creed, particularly the lines that state, "I believe in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy with my fellow men (and women) and mutual helpfulness and brings happiness for all.” If the Auburn community continues to embrace this

perspective, then I highly doubt that the writer of last week’s letter is representative of our students, staff and faculty. Thank you to “The Plainsman” staff for having the courage to share multiple perspectives and sparking debate. I encourage you all to get out on campus and beyond and engage your fellow global citizens and experience all of the diversity that the world has to offer. The Multicultural Center is located in Suite 1330 of the Auburn University Student Center and hosts a number of programs representing multiple forms of diversity throughout the year. Please stop by or visit us on the Web at www.auburn. edu/mcc.

Shakeer Abdullah director, Auburn Universtiy Multicultural Center

Muslims, Christians should realize, respect religious commonalities Editor, The Auburn Plainsman I am writing in response to the letter last week from Mr. Anderson implying that the president of the United States is a Muslim, that The New York Times is complicit in covering up the true faith of the president and that the innermost desire of Muslims worldwide is to decimate all nonMuslim life on earth. Although I support the right of the author to his opinion, we as a University community also have the right to stand up in the face of unfair or otherwise unwarranted accusations, whether related to the personal faith of one person or to the global faith of millions. Muslims, Jews and

Christians believe we are all children of the same mortal father, Adam. Therefore, we all consider ourselves sons of Adam. This is a simple lesson, but one that we probably need to be reminded of from time to time. I invite all those in our community who would teach others about Islam, for the sake of their own credibility, to first learn about Islam for themselves, or at least to take the time to ask a Muslim regarding their perspective. As a Muslim, my belief is defined by the Oneness of God, not the killing of innocent people of any faith. The Islamic belief in One God echoes the

fundamental principle stated in the First Commandment, which we believe was given to Moses, and which all of us—Muslims, Christians and Jews—hopefully try to remember, celebrate and put into practice. If history gives any indication, it is not our common belief in One God that has caused the terrible atrocities committed in the name of religion on all sides, rather it is misinformation and intolerance stemming from a basic fear of cross-cultural diversity and the possibility, however remote, that we might be enlightened by someone different from ourselves. Mark Dougherty associate professor, biosystems engineering

Student compares, contrasts Islam with other religions Editor, The Auburn Plainsman Dear fellow students, those of you who believe the basis of Islam is that “all infidels must be killed,” are sorely misinformed. Allow me to set the record straight. Islam is based on five pillars, some of which have striking similarities to Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and—you guessed it—Christianity. The five pillars include the acceptance of the one God and the prophet Muhammad, the expectation of praying at certain times throughout the day, the

obligation to practice charitable giving, fasting as a sign of dedication to God and Muhammad during the month of Ramadan and the expectation of all Muslims to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime. How, may I ask, is that at all related to the “killing of infidels?” As for the similarities Islam has with Christianity: Does the first commandment, “You shall have no other gods before Me,” not sound awfully similar to the first pillar of Islam? Is it not a Christian’s duty to play the good Samaritan? Are

Christians not asked to regularly pray to our one God and prophet, the Christian prophet being Jesus Christ? So, in certain respects, Islam and Christianity are not so different. So what if President Obama has appointed two Muslims to Homeland Security? Just because those individuals practice the same faith as a group of people who actually do seek to destroy us “non-believers” does not inherently mean true Muslims and Muslim extremists are one in the same. Everyone views his or her

religion in a different way. How are Muslims any different? Extremists do not speak for an entire religion or ethnic group; they speak for themselves. Eric Robert Rudolph bombed Centennial Olympic Park during the Olympic Games in 1996 in the name of Christ. And we cannot forget the Ku Klux Klan: a group which promoted extreme violence, a group that not only terrorized African Americans, but also Jews and Catholics. History has shown that acts of terrorism are not specific to Muslims.

Perhaps we should see President Obama’s appointments as his way of promoting unity among the religions of the world, instead of “sleeping with the enemy.” After all, the “enemy” is an extremist group separate from the average Muslim. So yes, I will pray for our nation, not because of President Obama’s sympathy towards Islam (and all faiths), but instead because people like Mr. Anderson of Talladega are encouraging intolerance toward others. Annelise Marianetti junior, zoology

Auburn Man, grandfather to miss first game in 53 years Editor, The Auburn Plainsman Let me tell you about my granddaddy, L.B. “Tex” Williams. He is the man I think about when I think of the Auburn Creed. He served in University Relations from 1956 to 1988. For extra money to support his family, he began working

with the stats crew in the press box at home football games. When he retired from University Relations in 1988, he got a call, on the morning of the first home game, from then athletic director David Housel asking where he was. He was told he had not retired from the athletic department. Mr. Housel sent a

police car to pick Granddaddy up and bring him to the game. From 1956 to 2009, my granddaddy did not miss a single Auburn home game. He is now bedridden with cancer, and his time remaining on this earth is short. However, he will leave behind a great legacy in the lives he has touched.

Granddaddy truly loves Auburn and continues to support the team and the University. When the Tigers take the field this Saturday against Arkansas State, it will be the first home game he has not attended in 53 years. But he will be watching from his easy chair, cheering for the Orange and Blue.

Granddaddy Tex has inspired me for many years, and as an Auburn student, I have been further inspired by his dedication to the school. Auburn will lose a treasure when he is gone. Kristin Easterling junior, English

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News, A8

Hickoks teach music to students of all ages Jake Cole Writer

Their house is alive with the sound of music. Stephen and Karen Hickok, who respectively earned a Ph.D. and master’s degree in music education, have given music lessons out of their home for 15 years, primarily to kindergarten through fourth grade children in the Auburn-Opelika area.

“If you’re classically trained, you can play anything,” Karen said. While both offer private lessons— Karen for piano, Stephen for guitar and voice—the Hickoks now run group sessions for four students at a time. The younger children enjoy working with their peers and even competing with each other, Karen said. What stands out, however, is the studio Stephen built in their basement for group lessons. He connected four electric keyboards to computers, allowing students to visualize their playing by matching the notes played on the keyboard with the monitor. Each keyboard is then wirelessly connected to a single input unit that permits the instructors to listen to one or more students at a time through headphones and send back specific instructions to the children’s headphones. With this setup, the Hickoks can track each student’s pupil’s progress individually, getting the personal connection of a

APD warns of new telephone phishing scam Jillian Clair Associate News Editor

Residents in the Auburn-Opelika area have been receiving phone calls from scammers posing as the security department of the Auburn University Federal Credit Union. The recording asks for the customer’s debit card number and their PIN number, and once the scammers have the debit card number, they create a debit card and use it to deplete the customer’s bank account, said Henry Armstrong, Credit Union president. “They’re saying to press ‘1’ for further information or to call another number, which is a legitimate number for us,” Armstrong said. Although members of the Credit Union are the target of the scam, anyone could receive a call, Armstrong said. A similar call is targeting Alabama Power customers in the area. “It’s happening to anybody that lives in the service area,” Armstrong said. “They don’t have access to our member information, so they call everybody and hope they get some of our members.” Captain Tom Stofer of the Auburn Police Department said the callers try hundreds of phone numbers hoping to get one or two people to give them information. One person has fallen

victim to the scam so far, Stofer said. Stofer said college students who are new to banking may be more likely to become victims. “We just want to make them aware that if you ever get a phone call saying ‘we need you to give us personal information,’ don’t ever do that,” Stofer said. Armstrong echoed Stofer’s warning and said he advises people to hang up if they receive a call asking for personal information. “If they’re questioning whether it’s real or fake, they should immediately call their financial institution,” Armstrong said. “The Credit Union and any financial institution I’m aware of would never call one of its members and ask for any personal information.” Financial institutions don’t ask for this information primarily to prevent scams like this from happening, Armstrong said. Stofer said the scam is under investigation , but it is difficult to find out the origin of the calls. “A lot of times the calls originate from another state or even from overseas,” Stofer said. Armstrong said the Credit Union will reimburse anyone who falls victim to the scam, but he advises people to never give out their personal banking information, even to friends.

private lesson with the added benefits of the group dynamic. Stephen plans to hook up electric guitars to the unit in a similar fashion for his group guitar lessons. Despite the advanced learning techniques used in the home-studio, the Hickoks still have a traditional approach to instruction. They provide incentives to young students who keep up their practicing in the form of “money” that can be used toward prizes and parties at the end of a semester. That traditional attitude creates a comfortable, familial atmosphere, even in the high-tech studio. Both Hickoks understand the likelihood of one of their students growing up to be the next Glen Gould or Andrés Segovia, but they are content simply to pass on a bit of knowledge to children who want to learn. Lessons cost $325 for 18 lessons per semester. Private lessons last 30 minutes, while group sessions stretch to an hour.

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Opportunities abound with O-Days Chelsea Harvey Staff Writer

“Get in the game with organizations” is the theme for this semester’s O-Days, short for “Organization Days,” an Auburn tradition which is familiar to returning students. O-Days is a chance to see what opportunities are available to get involved on campus. “We decorate the concourse and encourage all the organizations to decorate their table according to the theme,” said Neena Singhal, assistant director of organizational programs for the SGA. “We also award a prize for the membership of the organization who decorates their table the best.” O-Days, held once a semester,

gives groups a chance to set up camp on the concourse and distribute information in an attempt to raise awareness and recruit new members. All interested campus organizations are welcome to participate, provided they reserved a table through the SGA. “There are a number of steps to being recognized as a University-sponsored organization,” Singhal said. “You must submit a membership list, bylaws, dues, have an adviser, set up a bank account and various other things.” This year, approximately 150 organizations participated, with Monday and Tuesday reserved for the first 75 groups, and Wednesday and Thursday held for the other half. Students walking by can stop

at any of the tables to take a flier or speak to a representative of the organization. “SGA tries to bring in food from venues on campus and donations from local businesses like Panera Bread, and we encourage organizations to pass out food and freebies or do some other type of entertainment to get themselves noticed,” Singhal said. Caitlin Guffin, sophomore in public relations, said, “There’s a lot of stuff on Auburn’s website, but this gives you the opportunity to go and talk to people in the organization and find out more about what they do.” Guffin said she had already signed up with one organization through O-Days and was hoping to talk to a few more.

According to Singhal, a wide variety of organizations participate in O-Days. Haley Porter, director of volunteers for the SGA, said, “It’s really good for freshmen because there are over 300 organizations on campus.” In addition to students looking for groups to join, O-Days is helpful to organizations looking to promote membership. “It’s just good publicity, I guess, and there’s good traffic,” said Cailin Thomas, project coordinator for IMPACT. “When people come up to ask about it (the organization), we can actually explain it.” Sabrina Lynn, member of the Bolivia project team for Engineers Without Borders, said ODays was especially helpful for

lesser-known organizations. “I think with it being a new organization, it definitely helps get our name out there because we don’t have a lot of history here,” Lynn said. In addition to the usual fall and spring semester O-Days, Auburn will be hosting its first “Organizations showcase” in October. “It is going to support the Beat Bama food drive and we will have a contest for which organization can collect the most cans during the day,” Singhal said. “We are trying this out to give the organizations another chance to show off what they do on campus, promote their upcoming projects and recruit members again since school has gotten under way.”

Professor endowments offer incentives Alison McFerrin Staff Writer

Fifty professors were given a $14,000 per year salary boost Friday, as Auburn University awarded a record number of endowments at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center. “It’s very unusual to award so many at once,” said Deedie Dowdle, executive director of Office of Communications and Marketing at Auburn University. The endowments brought donors, family and friends together to recognize the accomplishments of Auburn’s faculty. President Jay Gogue set a goal of awarding 80 endowments within a calendar year. With Friday’s event, the University has now reached 95. Professors from 11 colleges were recognized. The greatest number of endowed professorships was awarded to the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, with a total of 13 professors receiving recognition. Deans introduced the professorships for their respective colleges. “This will help us keep wonderful faculty,” said Tim Boosinger, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Keeping wonderful faculty, as well as trying to recruit new faculty, is the main idea behind granting endowed professorships. Gogue opened the ceremony with a few lighthearted remarks explaining the initiative and praising Auburn’s faculty.

“We have a desire to reward exceptional faculty who are committed to Auburn University in order to encourage them to remain with the University,” Gogue said. “The very heart of the University is the faculty.” Endowments were made possible by donations from current and former faculty and students, as well as corporations. In many cases, donations were made in honor of colleagues or teachers, or, in the instance of the endowments given to the College of Veterinary Medicine, favorite pets. “They were given because of the love owners have for their dogs,” Boosinger said of the contributions. “That says a lot about what we do.” This recognition might not have been possible without the contributions of so many donors. Gogue said the decision to award the endowments was made before the economic downturn. Against the financial odds, Auburn University was still able to surpass its endowment goal for the year. Curtis Jolly, chair and professor of agricultural economics and rural sociology, was one of the recipients. “It is a great feeling to be recognized by your peers and the institution,” Jolly said. “It makes me feel more devoted to give something back.” Each recipient was given a wooden chair by Auburn University to commemorate the honor, as well as a set of business cards including the new distinction.

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Y.Y. Lee, professor of chemical engineering, accepts his endowment from President Gogue.

“This is a way to recognize our outstanding faculty,” said Mary Ellen Mazey, Auburn University provost and vice president of academic affairs. After the ceremony, faculty, donors and guests were given the chance to mingle and enjoy a catered, buffet-style dinner.

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“I’m just proud of the work that our faculty have done,” Gogue said. Gogue said he hopes the endowments will cause the professors to want to stay at Auburn University for the rest of their careers to maintain consistency, as well as help to recruit new faculty.

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Qunekka Dowdell hands a Philly cheesesteak to Matthew Hardwick, junior in software engineering, at Nathan’s Famous in the Student Center, Tuesday afternoon. Satisfatcion awaits.

Nathan’s brings new meaning to ‘top dog’ Laura Thompson Writer

Whether it is a taste of home, a new experience or just a quick bite before class, Nathan’s Famous has something to offer every student. Nathan’s has finally made its way to the Plains after establishing 18,000 stores worldwide since its 1916 opening in Coney Island, N.Y. “I would not be able to make a hot dog this good at home,” said Sam Marshall, junior in pre-graphic design. “Words cannot describe Nathan’s.” Nathan’s offers an extensive culinary variety in traditional American food. Conveniently located next to Starbucks

on the second floor of the Student Center, Nathan’s has been rapidly gaining popularity with students. Along with hot dogs, Nathan’s also serves up corn dogs, corn dog nuggets and hamburgers. Cody Abney, sophomore in building science, said he chose to eat at Nathan’s because “it’s good and famous.” He said his favorite hot dog from Nathan’s is one with just mustard. “They seem to think it’s great, and the store has seen a steady increase in sales every day,” said Director of Student Center Dining Services David Anderson. Though business has been thriving at the new venue since its opening Aug. 17, a system has been developed to ensure

customers’ orders are taken every 30 seconds so students quickly receive their food. Anderson said Nathan’s will be serving hot dogs at an outdoor stand next to the Student Center on game days. “The fries are really good at Nathan’s,” said Susie Pettigrew, junior in agriculture business and economics, who chose to eat there because it had the shortest line of all venues in the Student Center. Nathan’s provides a speedy alternative to other on-campus venues because it is easy for busy students to quickly grab the food and eat it on the go. Toppings include cheese, chili, salsa and red onions for hot dogs, and bacon with cheese or ranch dressing for the fries. Ashley Smith, senior in language arts

education, said she decided to branch out from her normal routine. “I had seen the signs around the Student Center, and then one of my professors said that they have really good hot dogs, so I decided to try it,” Smith said. “I got a normal hot dog with fries. I usually eat at Chick-fil-A, but now I am going to be eating at Nathan’s, and I’ll definitely try to convince my friends to go over there with me.” In the short time since it has opened, Nathan’s has successfully added a fresh and fun experience in dining on Auburn’s campus. However, Nathan’s growing popularity may not keep its lines short for much longer.

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Interviews are underway for the Student Government Association’s freshman leadership program, Tiger Tuesdays. Tiger Tuesdays consists of six programs designed to facilitate a new class of leaders for Auburn University. Though not crucial, many Tiger Tuesdays participants go on to successful careers in SGA. The focus on Tiger Tuesdays this year is expansion. Each program jumped from 40 to 45 students, and a brand new program, Freshman Academic Communication Team (FACT), has been introduced. “We wanted something that would ease the transition from high school to college and also would serve as a liaison between the students and the faculty, advisers and SGA Senate,” said Colton Campbell, junior in journalism and director of FACT. Campbell was the assistant director of the Politics and Leadership Tiger Tuesdays program last year and this year will be joined by three assistant directors: Alura Neville, sophomore in undeclared science and math; Chelsea Reynolds, sophomore in public relations; and Jeffrey Bolan, sophomore in aerospace engineering. All three were Tiger Tuesdays members last year. “I am so excited for it

this year,” Neville said. “I was so surprised when I learned that we did not have a Tiger Tuesdays program that dealt with the academic aspect of why we all came to Auburn.” While each has its own focus, all of the Tiger Tuesdays programs serve as forums on building the leadership skills necessary to lead in SGA and beyond. FACT will touch on leadership, but the director and his assistants stress that academics is the most important part of the program. “We hope to equip them with the skills they need to tackle their freshmen year,” Reynolds said. “We all realize how difficult it can be to adjust to collegiate academics, so we want to make that transition as easy and successful as possible.” The program will work with the SGA Senate on its academic initiatives, and Campbell said they will host “Academic Integrity Day.” The day will be headlined by a popular figure within the Auburn athletic community speaking on the importance of academic honesty. While the program will build useful college success skills, Campbell stresses it is not solely for the benefit of program members. “It sounds like it’s for people who are struggling with academics,” Campbell said, “but it’s not. We want people who are academically minded, who

can drive these initiatives to success for everybody.” In essence, the FACT team hopes its members will take the lessons in academic success and honesty and be ambassadors to the entire freshman class. In addition to the important academic mission of FACT, the directors are looking forward to the fun that is waiting to be had with 45 new “FACTers,” whomever they may be. “This program is in position to provide a truly unique opportun i t y ,” Bolan said. “ T h e other pro-

grams have a history and their own unique traditions. With FACT, however, our tradition is ready to be written.” The directors are ready to go with their new program, which will meet every Tuesday in the Student Center. “Programs like FACT allow you to meet 45 motivated, involved and all-around awesome students,” Bolan said. Call-outs for the program will take place Sept. 16 in the Upper Quad.

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(Left) Lauren DeWeese, a fifth grader, works on her illuminating manuscript page during the Renaissance-themed Adventures in Art at the Jan Dempsey Art Center Monday. (Middle) Baroness Dagrny saunters to the center of the circle with students as part of a Renaissance dance. (Right) Baron Blackwolf twirls Baroness Dagrny down the aisle.

Beyond the Three Rs: Art taught in a new way Alison McFerrin Staff Writer

For the fourth and fifth graders of Auburn city schools, reading, writing and arithmetic weren’t the only focus of education this week. “Adventures in Art,” a program organized by the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center in Auburn, is a field trip component of a community-based art education program. Each day, fourth and fifth graders from area elementary schools have been involved in interactive arts. This year’s theme was the Renaissance. “Art’s important because you can always succeed in art,” said Cari Philen, art education specialist for the city of Auburn. “There’s

no wrong answer.” Philen was in charge of the event this year, and said 1,000 to 1,300 students would be involved. “With so many kids, we need so many volunteers,” Philen said. That’s where the Auburn University Panhellenic Council comes in. “Each sorority was asked to provide five girls,” said Christina Huckaby, junior in education and director of benevolence for the Panhellenic Council. “A lot of people who are art history majors were interested in it,” she said. Sam Lamere, senior in political science and president of Panhellenic Council, said this type of philanthropic work is close to the girls’ hearts. “It’s just something that every girl in Panhellenic

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Baron Blackwolf and students run toward the center of the room while playing a Renasissance period game.

cares about: helping others for the greater good,” Lamere said. As sororities became larger, they became more social, but community service is still a focus.

“We’re trying to get really involved in the school system,” said Huckaby. Huckaby said the public school system is something to which everyone can contribute.

“We’re happy to be a part of it,” Huckaby said. And the Auburn city schools are happy to have the sorority sisters at hand. “The University is great because they are here and they’re willing to help,” said Philen. She said she wants the volunteers on hand to give the students that one-onone push. “They just want volunteers to have a good attitude and a willingness to participate,” Lamere said. Students who attended the event didn’t just watch art being created by others. They were also able to participate in the creation. “I danced!” said fourthgrader Maggie Hardin from Ogletree Elementary School. “We got in a circle,

but when we were with the boys I didn’t like it.” Each day’s events included a show by a performance group from Virginia, Renaissance games, a gallery presentation and the creation of illuminated manuscripts. Charlotte Rea, senior in management and a member of Phi Mu, volunteered last year as well as this year. Rea helped the children make the illuminated manuscripts and said her favorite part was “just hanging out with the kids and getting to know them a little bit.” Both the Panhellenic volunteers and the children enjoyed the event. “Kids don’t get the exposure they need to the arts,” Philen said. “We need to utilize this opportunity.”

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New education dean brings international emphasis Alison McFerrin Staff Writer

Betty Lou Whitford has been named the new dean of the College of Education. Whitford comes to Auburn from the University of Southern Maine, where she served as the dean of the College of Education and Human Development, as well as a professor of education for almost eight years. Whitford said she is looking forward to the new challenges of working with Auburn University. “It’s a much bigger university,” she said. Such a large difference in size difference will have an influence the way Whitford interacts with the staff and colleagues. “I could work directly with faculty,” Whitford said about her job at the University of Southern

Maine. “Here, I’ll work with department heads and staff.” Michael Tullier, director of the Office of External Relations in the College of Education, said Whitford’s previous work at the Teachers College at Columbia University is significant particularly because of the level of national recognition the center has. “She is really going to be an asset to our college,” Tullier said. Whitford said one of her immediate plans for the college are to get to know the programs and people. “It’s a complicated and complex college,” Whitford said. “We’ll probably do selectively new programs to keep the curriculum alive.” Some of those programs may include a greater focus on international efforts, such as additional study abroad programs,

online expansion with more distance learning and interaction with institutions outside of Auburn University, such as public schools, public agencies and the military. Susan Villaume, associate dean of the College of Education, said one of Whitford’s particular strengths is her expertise with building partnerships between universities, schools and community organizations. The College of Education works closely with outside organizations in order to assist in teacher preparation, for example. “We need to be serious about outreach, and Auburn University is serious,” Whitford said. In addition to being excited about the quality of faculty and students at Auburn, Whitford said she’s looking forward to collaboration across colleges.

Auburn is the fifth institution with which Whitford has worked, and she says experience is the greatest strength she brings to the College of Education. “I’ve seen how different institutions deal with processes and ideas,” Whitford said. “I can bring ideas from those experiences.” Whitford said she is looking forward to meeting a lot of students because she believes the dean should be accessible. She said she already has plans to achieve this goal in the near future by meeting with various leaders of student organizations. Whitford said she will miss the people she worked with at the University of Southern Maine, but she is happy to be here. Whitford was selected by a panel of 12 people, Villaume said.

TIMELINE OF WHITFORD’S EXPERIENCE

1972-1975 Taught high school social studies in Virginia

1968–1972 Undergrad at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (majored in social studies education)

1981 Completed Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction and sociology of education at University of Chapel Hill 1981-1999 University of Louisville: progressed through the ranks from assistant professor to associate professor to professor

1975-1976 Earned a Master of Arts and Teaching in political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Betty Lou Whitford brings a wealth of experience to Auburn

The chair of the search committee that selected her was June Henton, dean of the College of Human Sciences. The only other thing

Whitford has to get used to? “Living on Central time,” Whitford said jokingly. “I’ve never lived on Central time before.”

1999-2002 Worked with the Teachers College at Columbia University Aug. 2, 2010 First day as dean of the College of Education at Auburn University

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Popular finance professor brings worldwide recognition Brent Godwin Assistant Campus Editor

It would be an understatement to say that professor Jim Barth is accomplished. Barth has been at Auburn since 1989, serving as the Lowder Eminent Scholar in Finance for 21 years. “Dr. Barth is a renowned expert in financial institutions and markets,” said John Jahera, head of the Department of Finance. Since 2009, Jahera and Barth have worked together as co-editors of the “Journal of Financial Economic Policy.” Numerous committees, institutions and countries

around the world regularly seek Barth out for his expertise and advice. Barth is spending this semester in Santa Monica, Calif., at the Milken Institute, where his research focuses on domestic and global capital markets. He will be back on campus at Auburn in the spring of 2011 to teach his “Financial Markets and Institutions” class. “Jim is respected all around the world and brings tremendous recognition to himself and to Auburn,” said Dan Gropper, associate dean of the College of Business. Barth, who published three books in 2009, has traveled to China, India

and Egypt to speak on various financial topics, according to the Milken Institute website. He has also appeared on television programs such as ABC’s “Nightline,” CNN and C-SPAN. From 2002 to 2004, he served as the international team leader for the Asian development bank project on reforming China’s banking laws and regulations. “The world is now very global,” Barth said. “These days students are competing with people from China, India and other countries for jobs. It wasn’t that way for me, but now that is why so much of what I do is global.”

Barth said he is proud to be associated with Auburn University, even though he did not intend to end up here. “After teaching for several years at George Washington University, I left when I was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be chief economist of the Office of Thrift Supervision,” Barth said. He also served under President George H.W. Bush. Barth said he began to miss the world of academia, and Auburn made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. “I came to visit and noticed how friendly everything about Auburn

is—the students, my colleagues and the campus,” Barth said. “No matter where you are in the world, if you run into Auburn people, you notice how proud they are of the University and how friendly they are.” Gropper said Barth keeps a team of graduate students working at full capacity. He said it is widely known that if you can work for Dr. Barth, you can handle anything. “He is an extremely hard-working individual, and he expects the same of his students,” Gropper said. Alex Helm, 2005 Auburn graduate with a degree in finance and economics, said he has benefited

tremendously because of Barth. Helm and Barth are still friends after Helm’s graduation. “I got an internship at the U.S. Treasury Department largely in part to Dr. Barth’s recommendation,” Helm said. Only 7 out of 12,000 applicants received a position. Since graduation, Helm has held positions at several banks and now owns his own company, with multiple investments in insurance companies and ATMs. “Since I’ve been out of school, Dr. Barth and I still talk for advice on potential investments,” Helm said. “Dr. Barth helped me achieve my dreams.”

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

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Lifts and scaffolding mark the construction site where the Office of Information Technology will open its new building in early 2011. A parking deck will accompany the new building.

Office of Information Technology builds for the future Mary Gillman Writer

Construction of Auburn University’s new Office of Information and Technology building and third parking deck is underway. “It has been a decision we have been working toward, but it took a while to get the resources,” said Bliss Bailey, executive director of OIT. Construction of the building started in January, with a goal to be finished by February 2011. The new building is located next to the University Medical Clinic on Lem

Morrison Drive, and takes up the same lot as the AU marching band’s old practice field. “We had to move to a new field, but what we did get out of it was one of the nicest practice fields in the country,” said Jamie Bowman, graduate assistant with the band. The OIT building had a $22 million budget, with help from bond money, OIT reserves and other sources. The new building will be divided into two parts. Part A will be used for reception, with two main entries, and part B will

be the data center, with a nice and secure computer room, Bailey said. The new location will help reduce the cooling cost by 20 to 30 percent. Bailey said the data center will be much more reliable, with an uninterrupted power supply. “If a sustained outage occurs, the generators will power the room and keep things on and cool,” Bailey said. OIT has employees in seven different locations, including Haley Center and the Student Center, and they need to work more closely together,

Bailey said. OIT’s current building, Parker Hall, is prone to flooding and has had water rise into it multiple times. The move for the band may cause game days to be hectic, as parking has been the biggest problem since there is no straight path from Goodwin to the new field, Bowman said. However, the move has also sparked a new goal for the department. The band department has been given an estimate of $15 million as the amount needed to build a new band building.

The University has made a contribution, and the band will be able to raise funds for the rest of the money. Along with the new OIT building are plans for Auburn’s third parking deck. “The parking deck is a piece of a much bigger transportation program,” said Catherine Love, civil engineer in the Facilities Division at Auburn. The cost of the parking deck is $9.6 million, and it will have 600 spaces. The division of spaces between faculty and students has not been decided.

It is possible there will be more faculty and Hill dorm spaces available because many Hill dorm spaces are currently taken for OIT, Love said. The parking deck will have motorcycle and bicycle parking, with a parking pass window for visitors. There will be a transit stop, with covered parking for buses and students and a few vending machines. “The intention was for the deck to be open when the OIT building opened, but it looks like it will be next spring or summer,” Love said.

A sobering view from the passenger seat of the ‘Drunk Bus’ Derek Lacey Associate Campus Editor

It’s 2 a.m., and you stumble out of a fraternity house, trying to figure out how you’re getting back to the dorm. A security shuttle pulls up at the curb, and in an effort not to miss this golden opportunity to make it back to the box of Pop-Tarts in your room, you run to the van, arms waving in the air like a panicked tenant running from a burning building. Luckily, the Auburn University Department of Public Safety operates what is officially called the Night Security Shuttle Van Service from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. to give you a ride back to your beloved pastries. With one phone call to 334-844-7400, students can summon the security shuttle, a free taxi service for students anywhere on campus. Shuttle driver and

Derek Lacey / ASSOCIATE CAMPUS EDITOR

A security shuttle picks up passengers Monday night at one of its frequent stops, the Village.

retired police captain Wilbur Brown knows your story better than you think. He drives Auburn students to and from, whether they’re sober or drunk, headed to the library or a bar. While he drives, Brown records how many students get on the shuttle, where and when they get

on, and how long it takes to get to their destinations. This information is used to efficiently accomplish the shuttle service’s goal: safely getting students where they need to go. “I feel like I’m helping the kids not get hurt— that’s the whole point of the security shuttle,” Brown said.

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The benefits of the shuttle can be seen in the state of its riders. Exhibit A: Chad Crosson, junior in business administration, said he sometimes tries to get hit by the Tiger Transit because he heard that’s how you can get free tuition. “If I don’t die, I’ll break a leg,” Crosson said. “It’s

totally worth it—that’s like $100,000.” During a ride on the shuttle, he also took a poll on whether the rest of the people in the shuttle thought Taylor Swift was hot. While this is the image most people get when they think of the security shuttle, students also use it to get to the library or a late-night study party. Students riding the shuttle Friday night had no lack of gratitude for the drivers or the system. “Not only is it a free taxi, but if I rely on them, they get me where I need to be late at night, so I don’t have to drive,” said David Butts, freshman in premechanical engineering. In reality, it is a highly monitored, efficiently designed system created to move hundreds of students around campus after-hours. “I think it’s mostly

serving its purpose,” Brown said. “It’s being a little bit misused, I guess, when they’re going off and getting so inebriated, but at the same time, if they’re not getting arrested and they’re not getting into wrecks, then I guess it’s OK.” This is what led to students’ nickname for the security shuttle: the “drunk bus.” “I don’t care for it, but I can’t stop it,” Brown said. “Everybody calls it the drunk bus.” Driving the shuttle gives Brown a chance to see Auburn students in a different light than most of the professors and faculty—an inside look at what students are up to all night. Still, Brown is optimistic about the students. “They’re just trying to find their legs and see who they are,” Brown said. “Everybody has good days and bad days.”

Thomas Craton, sophomore, mechanical engineering: “This couple got in the very back of the bus and just started going at it. Nobody said a word. They came in the bus wasted, and the bus driver just looked in his rearview mirror and kind of tilted it up and kept driving.”

Taylor Griffin, junior, journalism: “Two boys started beating the heck out of each other on one. The police had to come, I was stuck on it—I was crying.”

Brook Robertson, sophomore, pre-physical therapy: “One time, I don’t think he works here any more, but some man let me listen to his iPod and just ride around on the shuttle for like 30 minutes, and I loved it.”

Alissa Davis, junior, communication disorders: “Well, one time, my friend brought her own CD, and they played it the whole time we were riding the bus, and that was really fun because he like blasted it. It was a mix CD, some country and some rap, a little bit of everything. It was a party CD.”

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

On the Concourse What are your predictions for the Arkansas State game? Are you going? “I don’t plan on going, and I have no idea. I don’t keep up with football.”

“I’m saying Auburn-45, Arkansas State-10, and yes, I’m going.”

“Oh, I’ll be there. Auburn will win.”

Kristyn Carroll, freshman in zoology

Stephen Baugh, senior in history

Vince Perez, sophomore in business.

“I’m going, but I can’t give you a prediction. We’re going to win.”

“I’m definitely going to be there. I don’t know what the score’s going to be, but we’re going to win.”

“I’m not going, I got a mini-season; hope we win.”

Lauren Ketron, senior in English

Sharon Masterson, freshman in education

Michael Weedman, junior in chemical engineering

Inspired by The Plainsman’s 1950s archive, this semester we will give a weekly nod to the gal who embodies a true Auburn lady. What exactly is that? You tell us! Tell us if you or a lovely lady friend has what it takes to be Auburn’s Loveliest.

COURTNI WARD, 20 Ready to work and willing to serve, Courtni Ward finds herself 2010’s first loveliest. This international business junior is always willing to lend a helping hand as a War Eagle Girl, V.P. of Student Recruiters, and representative from the College of Business to the Committee of 19. But don’t expect anything but a humble response from our Loveliest. “I love almond butter,” she says. The taste of a true humanitarian.

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The Ultimate Guide to Tailgating Tailgating in the SEC is a social affair like no other. From food and drinks to everything for the perfect setup, here is your guide to that perfect tailgate. Drinks From water to beer, sweet tea to soda, the best way to keep your cool while partying before the big game is with plenty of drinks. When planning a tailgate, keep in mind that variety is the spice of life, and most of your tailgating guests will enjoy having options. First off, remember when packing the cooler, it is only as heavy as what you put in it. If it doesn’t have wheels or a handle, make sure it is light enough to lug across campus. Obviously, one of the top items on your list of drinks should be water. Try freezing it the night before to act as an ice pack to keep your coleslaw crisp, and take it out and put it in the sun for fresh ice water. Next to water, the most popular refreshment for game day is an icecold beer. Avoid dangerous situations by leaving the glass bottles at home. Instead, stick with canned brews, and don’t forget your favorite koozie. If your tailgating group prefers liquor, choose something a majority of people in your group will enjoy. By setting up a bar table, you can keep everything organized and impress your friends, as well as prevent accidents and spills. Also, remember to keep a designated driver on hand for post-game activities. For a non-alcoholic option, double up on the amount of soda for people to drink by itself or to use as a mixer.

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Good food is essential to any perfect tailgate. When choosing the menu for your ultimate tailgate, remember to consider a variety of food options. Traditionally, a tailgate is incomplete without hot dogs and hamburgers, but other options, like steak and ribs, are just as successful. For the less traditional, fish filets and assorted vegetables make perfect grilling food as well. Even though a tailgate seems incomplete without a grill, they can be heavy and uncomfortable to haul around. For those without a grill, chicken fingers or deli sandwiches can be just as rewarding. Once the main course has been established, it is vital to find sides that not only work cohesively with the meat, but also keep tailgaters satisfied for a long day in the heat. For those on a low budget, everybody can bring a side of their choice, from homemade macaroni and cheese to a bag of potato chips. The most important thing to remember about the sides is to keep them simple and inexpensive. Most people will be more concerned with what is cooking on the grill. You can bring snacks as simple as chips and dip or something with more preparation such as an assortment of baked goods. No matter what food is served at your tailgate, the most important thing is to remember to enjoy yourself, and bring home the leftovers.

Nothing is better at easing digestion than a little physical activity, and on game day, you will be faced with a multitude of options. One of the most popular options for college students is a rousing beer pong tournament. Find a flat surface and remember to keep plenty of extra Solo cups on hand. To avoid drinking dirty beer, fill the cups with water instead of your favorite brew, and just take your turn by drinking from the can. Flip cup is another game perfect for getting tanked before kickoff. A student favorite, this game offers competition that requires honed cup-flipping skills and a tough stomach. For those looking to step out of the box, splurging on a party game can add a bit of fun and rivalry to your tailgate celebration. Tailgate Golf, a game consisting of two ladders and golf balls connected by string, has become a classic for tailgate setups. While only a two-player game, holding tournaments can get everyone involved. This game can also easily be turned into a drinking game. Another party game that requires a little extra hardware is cornhole. This take on the classic beanbag toss requires coordination and technique and can be built on a budget in one weekend. Finally, the classic party games are still as popular as ever. Horseshoes and bocce ball can be seen at tailgates all around campus.

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The setup and equipment can make or break your tailgate. Be prepared to entertain friends and enjoy the day with all the necessary (and even the blatantly unnecessary) tailgate gear. First, prevent the heat from spoiling your day and your food with a large tailgating tent. The high canopy will block the sun to keep your coveted tailgating spot shady. With all the food you will be serving, plenty of table space is essential. Sturdy folding tables are perfect to set up and break down easily. Where there is food, there are hungry tailgaters, so be sure to have plenty of seating available when old friends or random fans show up. Portable tailgate chairs are easy to carry and unfold where space is available. Serious tailgaters get in the game day spirit and keep guests entertained with football all day on radios or televisions. Listening to games on the radio will suffice, but die-hard fans lug generators, televisions and even satellite dishes to stay informed about game predictions and other scores. Proper tailgating takes a great deal of preparation and supplies. Some fans choose to stick to the basics, while others opt for the opulent. But don’t get too caught up in the details. All a great tailgate truly needs is friends, family and plenty of team spirit.

Post-game Traffic: When leaving the game, don’t get caught going the wrong direction. Follow these traffic arrows to stay on the right track.

Tailgate Guys: With convenient parking and tailgating right next to the stadium, these paid tailgating spots are prime real estate.

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the show and the Red Diamond Tiger Tailgate in the center of the Village.

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Tiger Walk: Watch as your favorite Auburn players march to the stadium.

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Before going into the stadium, cheer alongside the cheerleaders and Auburn University Marching Band.

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Beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guide to wine Brian Desarro Intrigue Editor

When throwing a dinner party, choosing a good wine can complete the perfect meal. And choosing a bad wine can ruin it. For beginner wine aficionados, choosing the ideal wine for an evening can be daunting. After all, the average wine consumer does not know the difference between a flinty wine and a flabby wine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Typically, most beginners like things that are sweet,â&#x20AC;? said Gus Clark, owner of Fine Wine and Beer by Gus. For white wines, Clark recommends starting off with a sweeter style Riesling or Moscato. Both of these wines offer the drinker a fruity flavor.

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For the salad dressing: In a small bowl, combine the Dijon mustard, balsamic vinegar, and salt and pepper. Whisk until combined. While whisking, slowly stream in the olive oil and set aside. In a large bowl, combine the watermelon, olives, feta cheese and mint. Pour the salad dressing over top and toss until the salad is coated in the dressing. Serve cold. Serves: 4 Written by Kerry Fannon / WRITER

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What is your favorite thing about tailgating? Grilling out and hanginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; out with my friends. What is your best Auburn football game experience? When all of my family comes up and tailgates. What pest do you dislike the most? Mosquitoes What do you like to do on the weekend? Hang out with friends or go see family. I like to hunt during hunting season. What is the best tailgating game? Hillbilly golf Where do you use your Tiger Card the most? Chick-fil-A Who is your favorite actor? Johnny Depp. He can do almost any role.

How do you stay hydrated? Drink lots of water and sweet tea. How do you get rid of pests? Chemical spray or bug zapper Who is your favorite comic book hero? Batman, because he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have superpowers, but he does stuff because it has to be done. What is your favorite food? Macaroni and cheese Where do you like to go downtown? Cheeburger Cheeburger If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? China because I have never been, and it is a completely different culture from America. What are you reading right now? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Corsair,â&#x20AC;? by Clive Cussler

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Anatomy of a dinner party Laura Maxwell Managing Editor

Although there are no definite rules for throwing a spectacular dinner party, plenty of things should be taken into consideration. Dinner parties can be thrown for a variety of reasons, whether it’s to celebrate an engagement or just an excuse to spend time with friends. Throwing a party to honor a specific event will help set the mood for the evening. But if there is no particular occasion being celebrated, consider having a theme such as Old Hollywood, murder mystery or even simply choosing a color scheme. Different styles of dinner parties require varying

forms of attire. For formal dinner parties, men wear tuxedos. A nice suit may also be appropriate. Women should wear either cocktail dresses or formal gowns, depending on the type of event. The little black dress will always be acceptable attire for a formal dinner party. For a more casual affair, khakis with a button-down shirt are a great choice for men. As for women, a flowing summer dress is appropriate. When hosting a dinner party, be sure to inform your guests through your invitations of what type of attire to wear. Including phrases such as “dinner and dancing” or “cocktails and hors d’oeuvres” will help clue them in without you having to explicitly tell them what to wear.

No dinner party is complete without the proper table setting. Dinner plates should be placed in the center, with the salad plate on the upper left side. Charger plates may be placed underneath the dinner plates to add some color and help make the table appear more formal. And if you’re having soup, the bowl may be placed on top of the dinner plate. When it comes to silverware, the salad fork should be on the far left, and the dinner fork will be to the immediate left of the dinner plate. On the right side of the dinner plate, place the dinner knife with the blade facing the plate. The spoon should be on the far right. The wine and drinking glasses are always on the

upper right side of the dinner plate. The bread should be placed to the left. (If you have trouble remembering this, make the “OK” sign with both hands using your thumb and index fingers. Your right hand will look like you’re making the letter “d” for “drink,” while your left makes the letter “b” for “bread.”) During the party, it is important to be a good host or hostess. Try to find connections between your guests. Are two of them from the same hometown? Do they have the same hobby? If so, bring it up. Try to make everyone feel included in the conversation. Remember, it’s easy to get caught up in trying to make every detail of the evening perfect. Have fun. After all, it’s your party.

Dinner Party Countdown 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE PARTY:

5 DAYS BEFORE THE PARTY:

2 DAYS BEFORE THE PARTY:

Think about how you want the party to look. Do you want it to be formal and elegant or casual and comfortable? What colors do you want to use? Start thinking of who you want to invite. Think of whether they will mix well together.

Select what type of music you would like to have playing in the background. If you need to buy songs from iTunes for this, go ahead and do that now.

Purchase the alcohol and ingredients for the meal at this time.

10 DAYS BEFORE THE PARTY:

3 DAYS BEFORE THE PARTY:

1 DAY BEFORE THE PARTY:

Finalize your guest list and send out the invitations. With this comes considering seating arrangements. Also, it’s time to start thinking about the menu. Consider what foods are in season and start looking for recipes.

Decide what type of wine you want to serve with the dinner. Red wines are good for heavier foods, such as beef or pasta. White wine pairs better with appetizers, poultry and seafood. Consider purchasing beer as well in case some of your guests don’t like wine.

Make sure your home is neat and clean. You can prepare the table by putting the tablecloth on it, setting the table and adding a floral centerpiece for a pop of color.

THE DAY OF THE PARTY: As the guests begin to arrive, make sure to introduce them to one another. Though you may be busy preparing the meal, make time to mingle with your guests before eating. Most importantly, remember to relax and have fun. Your guests will be more comfortable if you’re not stressing over minor details. Maria Iampietro / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

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A day in the life of Bo Cordle While the football team plays on the field, AUHD Producer Bo Cordle keeps the action playing on the Jumbotron. From the Tiger Walk to game-altering replays, Cordle makes sure fans see every aspect of Auburn game day in HD. “Every year we strive to produce videos that enhance the atmosphere and energize fans and players alike,” Cordle said. “It’s always a challenge, but I’m very excited about the videos this year.” From producing intro videos to running the Jumbotron, life as an AUHD producer can be stressful, but always worth the work. “I’m thrilled and honored to be a part of the best pre-game in all of college athletics,” Cordle said.

Typical Gameday Schedule 12 p.m. – Arrive at the stadium six hours before kickoff. 12:30 p.m. – Review the game script, which details what will happen on the video board, ribbon boards and PA system throughout the game. “Every moment from Tiger Walk until the final whistle is accounted for in the script,” Cordle said. 1 p.m. – Begin system checks, and make sure all the displays are functioning. This includes checking the press box and concourses to ensure the video feed is reaching all monitors, and testing the computer that runs live stats, out-oftown scores and the game clock. 2 p.m. – Run through the intro videos and ensure that all backup systems are in place. “The server has only failed once during a game since I’ve been here, and it happened to be during the first intro video of the very first game last year,” Cordle said. “We were very glad we had a backup system in place!” 3 p.m. – Production meeting with athletics operations and marketing departments to review the script and coordinate special recognitions. 3:45 p.m. – Tiger Walk is played live thanks to two people who stand at the top of the video board holding antennas for the wireless camera. Emily Adams / PHOTO EDITOR 4:15 p.m. – Begin the “Auburn Everyday” pre-game show and pre-game meal for the crew. Bo Cordle works on the computer as he and the AUHD staff run through gameday procedures in preparation for Saturday’s big game. 4:45 p.m. – Prepare for pre-game activities, practice camera shots and record shots for later use. 5:40 p.m. – The first video plays, signaling the beginning of Auburn’s pre-game when the team leaves the field after warm-ups. 5:43 p.m. – The eagle flies, and then the band enters and performs. 5:56 p.m. – Approximately 87,000 people watch the tunnel video play. “This is the most nerve-racking part of my entire day,” Cordle said. After the tunnel video and the kickoff video, the game begins and the crew works steadily throughout the game. During the game – Cordle keeps everything running smoothly. He ensures the right graphics and videos play during timeouts and listens to the TV truck to know when commercials will be played. When possible, he shares behind-the-scenes info via @auhd on Twitter. After the game – The opposing coach’s post-game speech is recorded, and Chizik’s speech is played live in the press box and suites. Finally, at the post-game meeting, the “Game Tape” is awarded to the most valuable member of the crew.

Ready are you? The force is strong at Dragon*Con Students attend the sci-fi convention in Atlanta for the elaborate costumes, celebrity sightings and discussion of favorite fantasy fiction. J.P. Kelsey Staff Writer

If you’re in Atlanta the weekend of Sept. 3-6, you may see characters such as Darth Vader or Frodo Baggins walking the streets. No, it isn’t an early Halloween, it’s just “Dragon*Con.” The event, which will celebrate its 24th anniversary this September, boasts itself to be “the largest multimedia/popular culture convention focusing on science-fiction, fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music and film in the universe.” More than 30,000 participants will descend on at least four hotels in downtown Atlanta that are sponsoring the event, event coordinators said. The event offers several forms of entertainment for its patrons, and people

come from all over the country to take part. Included in this year’s event is Robot Battles, the second oldest robotic combat competition in the world, scientific paranormal investigation workshop and a talent show. Catherine Price, senior in French and history, will be making the trek to Atlanta for the festivities. For Price, this will be her first time attending. “My friend Coral went last year, and she talked me into going this year,” Price said. “It sounded like a lot of fun, and I am really excited about going. There will be celebrities and other people from television and film there, so that will be really cool to see.” Price, an avid sciencefiction fan, will be joining her fellow Dragon*Con-ers by dressing the part of her

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discussions. “They are going to have discussions about the filming and writing of the show (“Stargate SG1”), so I will get the chance to ask some questions about the show that I have been curious about knowing,” Price said. But Dragon*Con covers an eclectic range of interests and is sure to offer something for everybody. “I am really looking forward to the fantasy literature attractions that will be there,” said Kathy Ziemann, 40-year-old Auburn alumna and current Opelika resident, who has attended Dragon*Con five times. “There have been some of my favorite authors there in the past, and I have been lucky enough to get an autograph from some of them.” Ziemann's husband,

also an Auburn alumni, has been to 15 previous Dragon*Cons. She said he has been to several other events like Dragon*Con and typically goes primarily for the gaming attractions and speakers. “This is the biggest weekend for freaks, geeks and nerds,” she said. “It is huge.” Jessica Klinger, freshman in psychology and Atlanta native, said just observing the people in attendance is great entertainment. “I have never went, but I'm from Atlanta so I am pretty familiar with the event,” Klinger said. “It is always cool to see the people walking around dressed up in costumes. They even have a parade.” Dragon*Con is a one-ofa-kind event.

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Susan High and owner Sally Barrett have run Flowersmith’s, a family-owned business, for nearly 50 years in the same location. They claim their staying power is due, in part, to downtown Auburn foot traffic and the large student population.

Trey Johnston, current owner of J&M, has been providing students with a “tiger of a bookstore” for more than 50 years.

Businesses in Auburn with staying power Sarah Hansen Writer

Downtown Auburn, the strip of College Street with family-owned businesses like Flowersmith’s, J&M Bookstore and Ware Jewelers, is rooted in decades of rich history. Susan High, co-owner of Flowersmith’s Flowers and Gifts, has been working at the store since she was a little girl. Her grandmother, Esther Lewis, and mother, Sally Barrett, bought the already-established florist shop Jan. 2, 1961. Forty-nine years later, Flowersmith’s remains in its original location at 130 N. College St. With the store’s 50th anniversary right around the corner, it has seen trends come and go. “Being in a college town, the students keep you young,” High said. “We’ve seen everything from paper flowers to Beanie Babies.” Third generation customers are still shopping at Flowersmith’s.

Establishing and maintaining a customer base is important to success. The location of the store has its advantages, including the heavy traffic of pedestrian window shoppers and slow-moving cars, High said. “We’re surrounded by restaurants, which works to our advantage,” she said. “People will wander over from Mellow Mushroom while they’re waiting to be seated.” Every fall semester, moms want business cards and birthday bouquets for their children, especially the daughters, High said. “I have consoled many a mother in the store,” High said. “We’re in a very emotional business here, but we love it.” Flowersmith’s staff consists of family members. High said her nieces help out in the store, providing input for what the next big trends will be. High’s nephew and Auburn football player, Ryan Pugh, used to help out in the store when he was younger, she said.

Johnston and Malone skewed the price structure Bookstore, affectionately of books. known as J&M, has been “The books department a downtown staple since has shrunk,” Johnston said. 1953. “It used to reach all the Trey Johnston, current way up to the front of the owner of J&M, is the son of store. It’s now one-third George the size Jo h n it used s t o n , to be 20 partial years We listen to our ago.” namesake of customers and know Johnthe store. s t o n T h e what they need to help s a i d s t o r e them choose the right tradihas been tion and thing.” helping f a m students ily name p re p a re recogniJo Barreto, for setion are manager, Ware Jewelers m e st ers w h a t for 50 k e e p years. people Johnston and Malone coming back. owned and operated the “In future years, I could store together until 1960, see the name ‘bookstore’ when Johnston bought be changed to ‘college Malone’s share in the store. store,’” Johnston said. The name didn’t change, “Buyers and representaeven though the Malone tives keep the store upfamily was no longer in- to-date on the latest mervolved. chandise to keep the store Johnston said buying relevant.” and selling textbooks Next door, Ware Jewelhas been a noble profes- ers has been providing the sion, but the Internet has area with quality products

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and service since 1946. Ware Jewelers, started by Lamar and Libby Ware, is still in its original location at 111 N. College St. While the store’s original door was 10 feet by 40 feet, it since has expanded the door to meet current building standards. Second-generation owners Ronnie and Tina Ware have expanded the business to three additional store locations in Alabama: Opelika, Spanish Fort and Montgomery. Jo Barreto, manager, said she feels the reputation, ethics and location of the store have aided with success. “Computers can’t do everything,” she said. According to Barreto, the advantage of a momand-pop store is, if something is wrong with the product, there is someone to talk to face-to-face. “I’ve worked at Ware’s for 16 years, and I am proud of the product,” Barreto said. Ware provides a variety of prices and styles so everyone can find something

that suits their taste and budget. One of Ware’s more recognizable products is the official Auburn University name tags, which are used by the SGA, athletic hostesses and Greek organizations. “It’s an honor to do it,” Barreto said. “We follow the University guidelines, and we want to work with (them).” E-mails and phone calls to customers keep them informed about the latest trends, she said. “Lots of AU alums continue to shop with us,” Barreto said. “At one time, our statistics showed that we had customers from all 50 states.” Barreto said it’s important to keep high quality products that are classic in look, but also current. “In this business, we’re part of the special moment, whether it be an engagement, an anniversary, a christening,” Barreto said. “We listen to our customers and know what they need to help them choose the right thing.”

SGA starts sustainable hydration initiative Bottle-filling stations will soon be found in the Student Center as SGA encourages students to stay hydrated and reduce bottled-water consumption. Sarah Hansen Writer

Water fountains are a thing of the past. Auburn’s “Hydration Station” initiative has pushed the installation of two new water-filling stations in an effort to conserve both water and plastic. These filling stations provide students with a free alternative to buying costly water bottles. Instead, students can fill up old bottles with fresh water. Kirby Turnage, SGA assistant vice president of auxiliary services, is the student voice behind the “Hydration Station” initiative. With Bob Ritenbaugh, assistant vice president of auxiliary services, the two came up with this idea last semester. Auxiliary services is a department of the

University that provides “overall leadership, guidance, resource allocation and management, facilitation and strategic planning,” according to its website. With the help of Joe Lewis, project coordinator in maintenance and operations, Turnage and Ritenbaugh chose Halsey Taylor HYDROBOOST bottle-filling stations as a free-water alternative on campus. Turnage said these stations will allow students to refill personal water bottles with free, chilled, hygienic and filtered water. HYDROBOOST will also be a “green counter,” which calculates the amount of plastic water bottles that have been saved by using the system. Two filling stations will be in the Student Center. According to Turnage, these will serve as a pilot

program with hopes of campus-wide expansion. While getting the recommended 64 ounces of water per day may seem a bit excessive, the body is already a little dehydrated when the feeling of thirst occurs, said Douglas White, associate professor of nutrition and food science. Thirst indicates several cups of body water have been lost. “When you’re dehydrated, minerals in your body are becoming concentrated,” White said. “Drinking water loosens the minerals back up. “A loss of five percent total body water causes

dizziness, increased heart rate, headaches and confusion. Losing 10-12 percent causes the body to stop sweating to conserve water, but this stops t h e b o d y ’s ability to cool off, and a loss of 20 or more can lead to shock or death.” W h i t e said water is the best source of hydration. Caffeinated and alcoholic beverages act as diuretics, which cause the body to rid itself of excess water. As a result, drinking these beverage types could counteract daily water intake, meaning less net water than expected in a given day.

Rachel Self, senior in pre-physical therapy, served as one of the 2010 head parent counselors for Camp War Eagle. “Before each session, staff would do their best to remind everyone to start drinking water early,” Self said. “The earlier you start to hydrate, the better off you would be throughout the session. We tried to make it a point to stress no sodas or sweet tea during the sessions.” Most CWE sessions started on a Wednesday, so staff decided to coin the phase “All Water Wednesdays” to encourage the counselors to start drinking water early and stay hydrated throughout the day, Self said. The healthy way to lose body water is sweating. When sweat evaporates, the body cools off naturally. A humid climate like Alabama’s makes sweat

evaporation more difficult; therefore, it makes the cooling-off process slow down. “The best way to stay cool is to wear appropriate clothing and find shade whenever possible,” White said. With local temperatures reaching the mid to upper 90s, drinking water before going outside is imperative, even if it is just for a short walk to class. SGA thought it was necessary to promote an alternative to buying costly bottled water, Turnage said. “(SGA and auxiliary services) will be collecting data behind the scenes to determine the long-term viability and value of such a program, but I hope to see these stations have a major presence on campus in the years to come,” Turnage said. The new stations will be installed Sept. 7.

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From left to right: Sara Humphreys, senior in English; Elyse Albrecht, senior in English; Lacy Knight, senior in history; Ashleigh Davis, junior in psychology; Molly Watkins, senior in secondary English education; and April Hall, senior in secondary English education, in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.

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Kelly Walter met her Onkel Karli and Tante Gerti, part of her grandmother’s family, for the first time when studying abroad in Vienna, Austria.

Eat, Pray, Study Traveling the world, students who study abroad learn more than just foreign languages: some end up with life-changing experiences. Alison McFerrin Staff Writer

Fish and chips, a cold “Bier” and escargot aren’t the only cool things about studying abroad. Sometimes, the unexpected can make an ordinary trip extraordinary. Molly Watkins, senior in English, spent six weeks in London, England. “I’ve always dreamed of traveling, but I never thought it was a reality,” Watkins said. Watkins, who joined the AU Summer in London program because of a friend, said even though she went to an Englishspeaking country, there was still a language barrier. “Just the way that we interact with people is different,” Watkins said, citing things like holding doors open for people. Watkins said there was variance in the way people viewed tourists. Some locals just saw them as loud, obnoxious people, but “some loved sharing culture and hearing about our culture,” Watkins said. More than 900 miles away in

Vienna, Austria, Kelly Walters had the same experience adjusting to the different way in which people treat each other. “When you smile at people in Vienna, they don’t really smile back,” Walters said. Walters, junior in elementary education, went to Vienna with more on the line than experiencing a new culture and earning a few course credits. “The reason I went was because my family was there,” Walters said. Walters was able to meet her grandmother’s family while she was abroad. She said her most profound memory is meeting her uncle for the first time. “I knew exactly who he was right when I saw him,” Walters said. When she left, Walters gave him a hug and told him she loved him. “He was so happy,” Walters said. “It was like he wasn’t r e a l l y expecting that.” Walters said most of the people in Vie n n a

were friendly and accommodating, even without the smiles. “They were willing to go out of their way to help us,” Walters said. Josh Nagel, senior in hotel and restaurant management, spent one month touring 12 cities in Europe. “It was different everywhere you went,” Nagel said. “In Rheims, (France,) it’s like the whole town shut down to watch us 14 Americans. Everyone just stopped and stared at us.” Nagel went abroad as part of his major, and so much of the experience was gastronomical. “I learned the importance of fresh ingredients, local ingredients,” said Nagel, who experienced the meat and potatoes of Germany, the cheeses and breads of Italy and the many sauces in France. “I ate a lot,” Nagel said. Taylor Anderson, senior in history, had a different experience when it came to food. “The lifestyle that I live (in America) is a lot more unhealthy,” said Anderson, who studied in Sala-

manca, Spain, for a month. nervous,” Watkins said. Anderson said he got “You think when you go accustomed to smaller to a different country, evmeals, not much snacking, eryone’s going to be comdrinking lots of water and pletely opposite from you.” exercising more. Watkins said you real“They walk everywhere,” ize you are not as different Anderson said. “I would go from others when you are on jogs in the morning and out of your comfort zone. be running “I found through a lot of old cathethings that drals.” I was used Everyone In adto,” Watdition to focused on what we kins said. studying in had in common. People “All in all, it a variety of left with that attitude was pretty countries, on life. There is good in similar to learning what we’re d i f f e r e n t everyone, and it’s really used to languages not hard to find if you here.” and adjust look.” Walt ers justing to said the foreign greatest Taylor Anderson thing she cultures, senior, history got from these four students the experidiscovered ence was things about themselves learning to enjoy the moand the world they live in. ment, instead of what just Watkins said the trip happened or what will be made her lose the ability coming up next in life. to be scared about things. “I became a lot more “I didn’t want to let the comfortable with fear of not knowing peomyself, with dople hold me back, ing things by but I was remyself,” Walters ally very said. “It was nice to be Kelly.” Through studying abroad,

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Anderson was able to gain new perspectives and see the world, particularly America, through another country’s eyes. “By the time we left, we felt like locals,” Anderson said. Perhaps the ability to fit in with the local culture was due to the mindset of his group. “Everyone focused on what we had in common,” Anderson said. “People left with that attitude on life. There is good in everyone, and it’s really not hard to find it if you just look.” Nagel said he is the same person he was before he left, but his thinking is different. “I kinda liked the fact of slowing things down,” Nagel said about the way people in Europe live their day-to-day lives. “I’m confident that I could go over there now and do it on my own, no problem.” Studying abroad, for these students, amounted to more than leafing through textbooks in foreign classrooms. For them, it was about seeing the world in a new way. “The world is your classroom,” Nagel said.

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Gnats – Also known as fruit flies, gnats prove that not all good things come in small packages. Attracted to the smell of rotten food, gnats can be hard to eliminate; however, a flying-insect spray or bottle of vinegar can solve most gnat problems. Throw away the rotten food and spray the area with an insect spray. If the problem continues, set out a covered jar of vinegar with holes in the lid. They should be attracted to the smell and eventually find their demise.

Cockroaches – Trying to rid yourself of a creature that will most likely outlive the human race is no easy task. Although small, the cockroach is extremely fast and resilient in the face of chemical sprays. They thrive on human and even pet food. The first step to eliminate these pests is to tracking down where they are coming from. If you always see them in the same place, try following them during the next sighting. Then leave either a store-bought or homemade trap near the infected area to catch them. Be careful not to step on them. Although a quick fix, stepping on a pregnant cockroach can spread her eggs, leaving you with an even bigger problem.

Bedbugs – Vampires are not the only bloodsuckers that seem to be everywhere. Bedbugs are on the rise in the U.S., and it takes more than insect repellent to eliminate them. Living on human blood for up to six months, bedbugs can be found hiding in mattress seams or between couch cushions. The best way to protect yourself against bedbugs is to be cautious while traveling. Check hotel mattresses, and do not leave your suitcase on the ground. However, if you have a bed bug problem already, the best option is to call a professional.

Moths – The smell of mothballs may bring back nostalgia from times when you used to explore grandma’s attic. Unfortunately, moths themselves do not. Infesting your closet and attic, moths can ruin your favorite outfit. The best way to eliminate a moth problem is not to throw away your clothes altogether, but instead keep the humidity low in your closet and attic. Also, vacuum regularly and try setting out moth traps consisting of sticky paper.

Opossums – A common victim of roadside death, the opossum thrives in suburban areas. Looking for a promising house to make their playground, opossums are marsupials, like kangaroos, which means the female may not be traveling alone. Opossums enjoy eating anything from last night’s nachos to pet food. Getting rid of these pests can be difficult because they are nocturnal. When you are asleep, they are ready to play. The best and most humane way to get rid of them is to set a live trap. Load the trap with canned pet food or anything that emits a strong smell. Wait for the opossum to climb into the trap, where a door will close behind it, and take it as far away from the house as you want it to be. Be careful–opossums tend to be aggressive when they are afraid.

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Ants – Enemies to most picnics, ants rarely travel alone. They hunt in packs and use human food to feed their colony. Although common ants are rarely a physical threat, they can be a bother. There are a variety of ways to get rid of ants, some effective and others less so. First, figure out from where they are coming. If they are traveling in a straight line directly from an ant hill, use a chemical solution to destroy it. However, this may not kill all the ants, creating only a temporary fix. Cleanliness is the key to solving most pest problems. Try cleaning promptly after every meal. Keep your food boxes and containers tightly wrapped. Also make sure trash bags are replaced frequently and waste is put in a can far from your house. If all else fails, call an exterminator, but remember this can be costly, not only to your wallet, but also to your time.

Spiders – With eight legs and huge fangs, spiders are a common phobia. Leaving behind cobwebs in wall corners or window cracks, their main goals are to find shelter from cold weather and track down their next meal. The best way to prevent spiders from becoming your next roommate is to keep your room clean and eliminate other pests, since the majority of a spider’s diet is other insects.

Snakes – During MTV’s 2001 Video Music Awards, Britney Spears made huge snakes look sexy; however, snakes in your house are not. Snakes can range from harmless garden snakes to deadly rattle snakes. They like to hide in garden shrubbery or tall grass, awaiting their next feast. Maintaining your garden and grass is the best way to rid yourself of snakes. Also, getting rid of small rodents, see number nine, will eliminate your chances of having a snake problem. However, remember snakes can be dangerous, and never attempt to physically remove one–leave that to a trained professional.

Mice – With big pointy teeth, long wiry tails and beady little eyes, mice not only spread disease, but are hard to look at. For those wanting to get rid of a mouse problem, look to a common solution: a mousetrap. Found at most home improvement stores, load the traps with peanut butter and place them near doors and areas where food is kept. Once you have caught the mouse, dispose of it in the most humane way possible.

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Mosquitoes – Swarming mainly at dawn and dusk, mosquitoes prefer to hunt when the temperature is coolest. Mosquitoes are not only annoying, but also deadly, carrying diseases such as West Nile virus and malaria. Using a numbing agent to bite you, they are almost impossible to catch. They leave little pink dots that last for weeks. The easiest way to prevent mosquito bites is to spray yourself with a store-bought bug spray, especially one containing DEET. Written by Miranda Dollarhide / ASSOCIATE INTRIGUE EDITOR

Tiger Card provides options for off-campus use Student identification card allows spending at various off-campus gas stations, restaurants and bookstores. Brent Godwin Assistant Campus Editor

That orange student ID that is hiding in your wallet is more than just the key into your residence hall. Students can use their Tiger Cards to buy things other than food, such as books, clothes, gas, laundry and tanning through use of the Tiger Club program. David Robinson, director of business development for auxiliary services, said the Tiger Club program is different than the mandatory dining plan. Tiger Club can be used in bookstores, vending machines and at other on- and off-campus vendors. Though there may be

some confusion with the University’s required dining plan, a Tiger Club account is an entirely separate plan, although the same card is used for both. There is no charge to students to sign up for a Tiger Club account, according to the Tiger Club account website. The card works like a debit card, with a balance that is deducted from with every purchase made. The minimum for each deposit is $25. Shops in downtown Auburn, such as Behind the Glass, Da Gallery and ellie, accept payment with Tiger Card. Momma Goldberg’s is one of the off-campus vendors that accepts Tiger Card, and has for years. “It’s not too uncommon

to see someone use a Tiger Card to pay for their meal here,” said Lee Andrews, general manager. “We probably get an average of seven to eight (Tiger Cards) a day.” Andrews said days they see $200 to $300 of their sales from Tiger Cards, and it is more common to see people pay with them on weekends. All Momma G’s locations currently accept Tiger Cards. J&M bookstore employee Skip Johnston said they see very little Tiger Card use at their College Street location. “Use of the Tiger Card at our stores used to be a major factor in our business,” Johnston said. “We just don’t see it as much as we used to.”

Another local store, Tiger Rags, is also on the list of off-campus locations that accept Tiger Cards. “I have never seen a Tiger Card used at our store,” said Ashley Carroll, senior in laboratory technology and Tiger Rags employee since May 2009. However, Eric Gevirtz, undeclared freshman, said he uses his Tiger Club account every day. “I use it to buy food,” Gevirtz said. “I’ve used it at bookstores off campus to buy accessories and stuff for my laptop.” Next time you reach for your credit card to pay for your Mellow Mushroom dinner or bagfulls of groceries from Kroger, just remember you’re a part of the club: the Tiger Club, that is.

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Meredith McMillan swipes a Tiger Card at the Chevron on the corner of South College Street and East Glenn Avenue.

Bikers roll with sustainable changes on campus Kelsey O’Neal Davis Writer

Bikers and pedestrians have long fought for concourse space at Auburn. “I used to ride my bike to classes my freshman year,” said Joseph Cortopassi, sophomore in biomedical sciences. “But honestly, weaving through the people during classes was just too difficult. I usually walk now.” As the amount of bikers on campus grows, the

Office of Sustainability is working to facilitate biking, said Matt Williams, program manager for the Office of Sustainability. Some of its actions to suit current bikers’ needs and encourage more students to pick up biking include installing more bike racks—as many as 6,000 to 7,000 over the next two years—integrating more off-road bike paths and incorporating a campus bike shop in the Student Center.

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campus bike shop is also being discussed. “Ideally, we would like to have a company run a program where students and faculty can swipe their Tiger Card, grab a bike, ride it for a few hours and return it or check out another bike,” said Brad Cink, SGA executive vice president. The Student Center bike shop should be open by January or February of next year. “Bike culture in the ‘70s

and ‘80s was huge at Auburn,” Williams said. “The rise of bikers isn’t so much a new movement as it is us getting back to our roots.” Even Katherine Cater and Jim Foy were spotted riding a tandem bike back in the ‘60s, when biking was all the rage on campus. So cut loose the car keys and jump on a bike to speed past the concourse crowds on campus or around town quickly and conveniently.

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7 Scoldings 8 __ Wooley of 1950s pop 9 Huxtable player 10 In a ferment 11 Plays the drum 13 Moderated 14 Salad-dressing cheese 20 Arith. Term 22 Too 24 Skirt style (hyph.) 26 Fancy scarf 27 Strong emotion 28 Captain’s shout 29 Take up again 30 Conflicts 31 Ice-cream utensil 33 Is rife with 34 “Laugh-In” name 35 Knowing look 37 “Teachers’s Pet” star (2 wds.) 39 Mdse. 41 Carryall 42 Eggnogg topper 44 Slow leak sound 45 Go rollerblading 46 Not bold 47 German city 49 Dice spots 51 Type of cracker 52 Fr. Ladies 53 “Rent-__-__” (1988) 54 Meat substitute 55 Quahog 56 Zeus’ spouse 59 Difficult, for a Cockney Written by Ben Bartley / OPINIONS EDITOR

Aries: Your ethics professor was caught soliciting a prostitute inside a school zone while under the influence of angel dust. Looks like you’re getting an A.

Leo: The reckoning you’ve been ruing has arrived. Take it like a man (or woman, whichever you prefer).

Cancer: Read “A Confederacy of Dunces” by John Kennedy Toole. Just a suggestion.

Sagittarius: Do you ever pretend airplanes in the night sky are shooting stars? Maybe you should enroll in astronomy. Stop being ignorant.

Pisces: The guy two floors up who does nothing but create Warhammer dioramas and drink Mountain Dew White Out likes you lots. He’s a creeper. Eww.

Libra: Make sure to keep running down College Street in your sportsbra. Post-apocalyptic mutant cannibals are going to be tirelessly fast.

Gemini: Convince your girlfriend to purchase a Bumpit. On game day, hide your flask in large, puffy, vortex-ofdespair-like region on her head created by Bumpit. Propose to girlfriend.

Scorpio: If you will it, it is not a dream.

Aquarius: Your patron saint: Big Boi. Listening suggestions: Outkast’s “Oeuvre” and “Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.” Go forth and live in accordance.

Capricorn: You’re the best around, nothing’s ever gonna keep you down.

Virgo: FOOTBAWLL!!!!11!!!!

OCTO Instructions 1. Place the numbers 1 to 8 in each of the octagons such that the numbers are not repeated in any row, column or diagonal. 2. The numbers along the edges, top and bottom are the sums for the numbers in the diagonal that begins or ends at that number. 3. The number in each diamond is the sum of the numbers of each of the four faces that border that diamond. The numbers that border the diamonds do not have to be unique. 4. Number of numbers provided in this Octo = 59

Taurus: Eat nothing but bananas and beef jerky for a week. Trust us. All you need is potassium and protein to live.

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2010 season opens Saturday

LINDEN Nick Van Der Linden Assistant Sports Editor

The start of the 2010 Auburn football season is days away, and the excitement has been impossible to contain. Auburn fans are ready for Gene Chizik’s second season and a possible run at the SEC title. After recording the second-most wins by a first year head coach and becoming the first Auburn head coach to take his team to a bowl game in his first season, Chizik and company capped off a great off-season with a top five recruiting class. Expectations are high on the Plains, and anything less than a nine or 10 win season will be seen as a disappointment by many Tiger faithful. The 2010 Auburn class has 24 seniors, with veterans on both sides of the ball, so experience should not be an issue. The Tigers have one of the best and most experienced offensive lines in the country led by senior tackle Lee Ziemba, who chose to forego the NFL for his senior season at Auburn. If Ziemba can keep the false starts to a minimum, he will be a great leader for the line, and junior quarterback Cameron Newton should have plenty of time in the pocket to find Darvin Adams, Shaun Kitchens, Trovon Reed and other playmakers. The defense is led by senior linebackers Josh Bynes and Craig Stevens, both named to the Butkus Award watch list. Unlike last year, Bynes and Stevens will not have to play every snap and will have relief from Daren Bates, who moved from safety to linebacker. Depth was a serious issue at this position last year, but the signing of Jessel Curry, LaDarius Owens, Jawara White, and Jake Holland should provide plenty of extra depth to significantly improve » Turn to LINDEN, D2

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Chizik is optimistic about his second year and has a game plan to improve his team. He looks for his first win Saturday. Crystal Cole Sports Editor

Head football coach Gene Chizik will begin his sophomore year at Auburn Saturday night. Chizik said he noticed a higher comfort level from year one to year two. “There are some position guys that are new, but for the most part, a lot of our football team has heard it two years in a row now,” Chizik said. Chizik said he couldn’t put his finger on what will make the team better this season, but he is pushing for consistency each week. “Again, going back to last year, too many highs and too many lows,” Chizik said. “For us to be better,

it’s more along the level of when we were playing at a high level. Those are the things that we’ve been stressing since day one, and those are the things we’re trying to get started this Saturday.” Saturday’s Arkansas State game is only the second meeting between the two teams. This game will be the sixth season opener on the road for the Red Wolves in nine years. Head coach Steve Roberts said he wishes he could open at home. “You just have to prepare a little differently for the weekend and all the traveling,” Roberts said. “We’re used to it, so it isn’t really that big of a deal.” Roberts is not only

preparing his team for the road trip, but also to face a nationally ranked team. “We know that we’re going to get multiple looks from what they do offensively, with different formations and personnel,” Roberts said. “They have a good tempo and defensively, they have a lot of guys who can really run, so we know that we are going to face a very good football team.” Senior tailback Mario Fannin was named starter for his last season with the Tigers. “It’s a good feeling being able to suit up your senior season and be at the position you want to be at,” Fannin said. “Now’s just the time to show everyone

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you can fulfill that position; it’s going to be a fun challenge, and I can’t wait to get started.” Running backs coach Curtis Luper said recently he believes Fannin could have a 1,00-yard rushing season. Fannin said he believes he can make it happens. “Coach Luper is a great coach and him saying that shows he has that trust in me,” Fannin said. I have a great offensive line who do the best work they can do. My success really goes to them and the coaches.” Auburn currently has a 90-25-2 record in season openers, second-highest in the SEC. Auburn has also won four straight season

openers, all by at least 10 points. Chizik said an important element of preparing for Saturday was getting junior quarterback Cam Newton into a rhythm offensively. “The most important thing for Cam is to be in this venue. There’s going to be some good things that happen during the game, some bad things that happen during the game,” Chizik said. “Anybody can be good when it’s good. We want to know how everybody’s going to respond, particularly the quarterback, when things aren’t good.” » Turn to CHIZIK, D2

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Offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn said Newton has a good grasp on the offense, and he expects him to get better down the road. “We saw his leadership early on and that’s why we named him number one in the spring,” Malzahn said. “There’s some questions that have to be answered after the first game, and we’ll get to know each other better.” ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit recently named Auburn as his pick to win the SEC

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the linebacker core. The defense will also see the return of veteran safeties Aairon Savage, Mike McNeil, and Zac Etheridge who will make all the difference at the defensive back position. Offensively, replacing Ben Tate might be easier said than done. The 5’-11”, 218-poundformer Tiger broke through in his senior season, rushing for 1,362 yards and 10 touchdowns.

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West title. Chizik said he was flattered to get the recognition, but no one’s expectations for the team should exceed his. “We’ve got to take every practice one day at a time, and I know that’s coaching cliché, but the bottom line is our expectations of ourselves should be really high,” Chizik said. “I didn’t know he was going to pick us to win the West, but again, our football team hears those things, and we know at the end of the day that doesn’t mean anything. You have to earn it on the field every week.”

Senior Ryan Shoemaker recently won the starting punting position and said the race for the position was long and made him a better kicker. “I’ve really worked on just being more consistent and it’s really paid off throughout this entire camp, and I’m hitting the ball really well right now,” Shoemaker said. Senior place kicker Wes Byrum is only 73 points away from becoming Auburn’s all-time leading scorer. In last year’s season opener, sophomore running back Ontario

McCalebb became the first freshman since Bo Jackson to rush for over 100 yards in his first game. Saturday’s game is set to kick off at 6 p.m. in JordanHare Stadium. The game will be an AllAuburn, All-Orange event and will be televised on the Fox Sports Network. “It’s obviously game week, it’s finally here and I know our players are excited, our coaches are very excited,” Chizik said. “The last week, we’ve had some really good, upbeat, highenergy practices. It’ll be fun, and we’re all looking forward to it.”

Looking to fill this void is senior running back Mario Fannin. Fannin has spent most of his career as a hybrid wide receiver, but has the talent to rush for 1,000 yards or more. Runningbacks coach Curtis Luper promised Tate would rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season and has made this promise again for Fannin. Fannin will be accompanied by highly recruited freshman runningback Michael Dyer, who, like many other freshmen, will

see a lot of playing time early on. Auburn’s schedule is in its favor, with big games like Arkansas, LSU, and Georgia at home, while all but maybe the Iron Bowl should be victories on the road. Because of this, I think the Tigers will end their regular season with a 10-2 record and a possible bowl win. Finally, in order for Auburn to call its season a success, the Tigers must beat one or more of its rivals.

Auburn currently has a three game losing streak against LSU and a four game losing streak against Georgia, which could be detrimental to Chizik’s job security if this doesn’t change soon. Auburn has come a long way since last year and is even predicted to win the SEC West by ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit. Although I want it to happen more than anything else, I think the Tigers will need another year or two to get to the big show.

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Members of Auburn’s cross-country teams are lacing up their sneakers and getting ready to hit the ground running this weekend. Saturday, Sept. 4, marks the beginning of the season for Auburn’s crosscountry teams. They will run in the annual Troy Invitational meeting in Troy. The men’s team will start racing at 9:30 a.m. and the women at 10 a.m. Auburn competes against cross-country teams from Troy University and other local schools throughout the Montgomery region. “This meeting is basically the kickoff for the cross-country season,” said coach Mark Carroll. Carroll said the men and women’s teams have already put in two weeks of regular practice.

Besides running six days a week, the team added weight training on Mondays and Thursdays to their normal exercise routines to prepare for the meeting. For runner Jeffery Sanders, junior in architecture, preparation for the meeting began much earlier this summer. Sanders said he began practicing when he started running in June and working out near the end of July. “The Invitational is like a warm-up meeting,” Sanders said. “It gives us the chance to brush the cobwebs off and see which runners have the competitive edge.” Charles Mitchell, junior in history, said the meeting is a good “rust-buster” and sees it as another hard session of practice. “The first race is always kind of tough because we haven’t run against the competition since the spring track season,”

Mitchell said. Mitchell said the meeting is also an indicator of how well the team will do that season, “While the success of a season doesn’t hinge on the first meeting, if you don’t perform well, you’ll have to play catch-up the rest of the season,” Mitchell said. In 2009, both teams enjoyed a strong opening at the Troy Invitational. Ben Cheruiyot, junior in health promotion, won the 2009 season opener, while Sanders finished in seventh place and Mitchell in 28th. Holly Knight, senior in psychology, was named SEC Female Athlete of the Week after winning the individual title at the Invitational in 2009. Stephanie Barnes, senior in health promotion, placed second, while Allison Smith, senior in prenursing, finished sixth. Cheruiyot, Knight and

Barnes will not run in the Troy Invitational this year, but are expected to run at the next meeting, Carroll said. Mitchell is confident they will have another strong season this year and believes they have a good chance of finishing in the top three of the SEC division. “As a team, we should do pretty well,” Mitchell said. “We’ve got a bunch of new, younger runners, and we should have a few of them make the top five.” Sanders said he and his teammates are pumped about the season starting, especially the freshmen runners who are excited about their first collegiate meet. “It’s like the first football game of the season because we’re no longer just training, and all that work you’ve put in finally gets to be seen,” Sanders said. “We’re ready to get everything going.”

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Intramural flag football is a popular pastime, averaging more than 200 teams a year. Cayne Harrelson, senior in secondary science education, said this is his third year participating in intramural sports. “I love coming out here because I enjoy being competitive,” Harrelson said. Brandon Hand, senior in wireless engineering, said the intramural organization previously offered more obscure sports like racquetball, horseshoes and pingpong, but the interest level for these sports was not there. “We would have about three people show up,” Hand said. “It’s because of this we decided to scale back on what we offered while trying to improve on some of the major sports, like flag football.” Auburn’s flag football league consists of a bracket-style, single elimination playoff with three divisions: advanced, intermediate and novice. The top three teams from the advanced league, the top two teams from the intermediate and the top novice team make it to the playoffs. The playoff will crown independent and fraternity champions, who will then compete for the campus championship. Those campus champions have the chance to go on and compete at an even higher level. “Flag football has become more organized, although there is still a lot of room for improvement,” Harrelson said. With more than 200 teams a year, sign-ups can be a hassle.

To try and relieve some of these problems, Hand said they are trying to move the information for sign-ups online. “You used to have to come in, fill out a sheet of paper, turn it in, get your schedule, and if you wanted any changes, you had to come in again,” Hand said. Another change from last year is that teams will no longer have to check out the flags from the field house. With these changes, the organization hopes to make things easier on the teams and captains, Hand said. “We used to take up their IDs, but we no longer want to hold on to them because of all the money that is on there for meal plans,” he said. According to Hand, attendance has mirrored University enrollment, and since the University is expanding, campus recreation is looking to expand as well. “In October, we’re putting a fence around all the intramural fields for safety and to keep game balls out of traffic,” Hand said. “We’ve also looked into starting dodgeball and indoor soccer teams.” Although many are excited about the idea, indoor soccer and dodgeball will have to wait until the new campus recreation center is built. “Since we don’t have the facilities yet, it is not one of the highest priorities,” Hand said. Intramural football winners included: Sweetest influence, ACSC White, ACSC#1, ACSC#2, ACSC#5, Athletics Domination, TD my pants, Hibachi, Beta, Nice Guys, Farm House, KAT, Trippy Watermelons, PKA, AGD, Amusement park, KKG, those guys, and Auburn scene dot com.

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Senior Tyler Cooke races by junior Grant Campbell at the intramural fields Monday night.

Water skiing prepares for fall tournaments J.P. Kelsey Writer

Water skiing may not come to mind when you think of intramural sports and competition. However, this is not the case for the Auburn Water Ski Club. The club team has been hard at practice, preparing for approaching competitions. The team has a roster of about 15 members that includes both male and female competitors. But where would a water ski team in Auburn practice and compete? Since Auburn lacks a

body of water that would accommodate water skiing, the team travels to Faith Lake in Shorter to hold practice and host competitions. Faith Lake is a private lake located about 30 minutes south of Auburn. “We compete in threeevent collegiate tournaments,” said Sara Hix, sophomore in communications and team president. “The events include the slalom, trick and jump. Wake boarding is now accepted as trick for half points. “Slalom is a points system of how many buoys

you get at what speed and line length,” she said. “Tricks are scored by how many you do, and each are worth different point values in the allotted distance, and jumps are scored by distance.” It isn’t all work and no play when practicing, however. “When we are at the lake practicing, we do anything from knee boarding to wake skate,” Hix said. Team members are mostly seasoned skiers, like Kelly Simonton, sophomore in pre-biosystems engineering, who will enjoy her second year on the

team this season. Simonton, a native of Greensboro, Ga., has been skiing for most of her life. “I am really looking forward to traveling to the different schools we compete against,” Simonton said. “Getting to travel with the team is a great way for us to bond and really get to know each other. There’s no better way to get to know someone than to be stuck in the back of a Jeep with them for eight hours.” The Water Ski Club’s first round of competition will be a tournament hosted by Clemson Sept.

18, followed by a tournament hosted by Alabama Sept. 28 and an Oct. 2 regional tournament hosted by UGA. If Auburn qualifies at the regional tournament, the team will earn a showing at nationals. “Our water ski team isn’t hosting any tournaments this fall, but we are scheduled to host in the spring,” said Dianne Harper, associate director of club sports. “I also make sure all risk management issues are taken care of, and I deal with other universities.” Harper spends a lot

of time with intramural teams and is responsible for scheduling events. “I’ve traveled with the team to several events, including two trips to nationals,” Harper said. All students are welcome to join the team. There is a fee of $75 to join, which includes access to the private lake where the team practices and has storage facilities. Having your own equipment is optional, but encouraged. The team has weekly meetings on Mondays at 8 p.m. in Room 2218 of the Student Center.

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New attitude The new Wellness & Sustainability Center will have a rock wall, golf simulator and one of the largest indoor tracks in the U.S. it’s really awesome,” said Patrick Tighe, freshman in journalism. ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR “There will be a lot more space As time draws near for break- to do activities like basketball, ing ground on the new Student working out and stuff. I think Wellness and Sustainability it’ll be a benefit for the new, inCenter, regulars at the Student coming students. It’ll be another Activities Center may be won- great staple at Auburn.” dering what the new facility has Another notable accommoto offer. dation is a large, “The center indoor track that will provide Auwill span the burn students, (The center) building. faculty and staff “Called ‘The Corkscrew,’ the with an innova- will serve a broad elevated, indoor tive environ- spectrum of users will dip, ment for health and promote healthy, track climb and twist and fitness,” like a roller coastsaid Jennifer sustainable living.” er for a third of a Jarvis, director Jennifer Jarvis, mile,” Jarvis said. of recreational director of campus The structure services. recreation was designed by The building, 360 Architecture, with construclocated in Kansas tion scheduled to begin in the spring, will con- City, Mo., in association with Intain a variety of amenities, in- finity Architecture of Montgomcluding a rock-climbing wall, ery. Jarvis said the architects golf simulator and six regula- aimed to gain the U.S. Green Building Standard’s LEED Certion-sized volleyball courts. “The new Student Act, I think tification, making the building

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environmentally sustainable. “The new Wellness and Sustainability Center will also include programming the current Student Activities Center does not offer,” Jarvis said. “(These include) indoor track, outdoor leisure/activity pool, outdoor recreation and rock climbing wall, etc.” The facility will cover a total of 99,000 square feet, nearly triple the size of the current Student Activities Center, which measures 99,000 square feet. Alison White, junior in envi-

ronmental science, thinks it’s due time the Student Act gets an upgrade. “I am jazzed about the new Student Act,” White said. “I hope it has better times for exercise programs. The old one always schedules theirs at inconvenient times.” Luckily for White, the new center will also contain group exercise rooms, separate cardio/ fitness areas and a spinning studio, as well as a yoga studio. “It will be conveniently located near new student housing,

existing intramural fields and recreational tennis courts,” Jarvis said. Rounding off the slew of features the new building will provide is an indoor soccer pitch, racquetball courts and sand volleyball. Outdoor recreation will also be an option, such as canoeing, kayaking and organized trips away from Auburn. “(The center) will serve a broad spectrum of users and promote healthy, sustainable living,” Jarvis said. “Plans are to break ground Spring 2011.”

Frierson, Rightmer lead Soccer to win in Milwaukee CHELSEA S HARVEY STAFF WRITER

The Auburn women’s soccer team pulled a win Sunday against Milwaukee in its second game of the MKE cup with a final score of 2-1. “Today’s game was important for us,” said Katy Frierson, junior midfielder. After suffering a loss Friday to Marquette University, the Tigers entered their Sunday match with new motivation. Auburn led in the first period, as sophomore Jessica Rightmer, midfielder/forward, landed the first goal after 25 minutes. The goal was assisted by sophomore Julie King, defender, and junior Ashley Marks, forward. “Julie had the ball, and she was dribbling forward and played it through to Ashley,” Rightmer said. “Ashley had a good touch and found me.” From there, Rightmer said she was able

to put the ball into the left corner with erson said. “We were just trying to keep the ball. The field here is very hard for us her right foot. Milwaukee tied the game 22 minutes to play on, but we still managed to get the into the second half with a goal by Keara two goals in.” To coach Karen Hoppa, the game was Thompson. Less than 10 minutes later, noteworthy because it Frierson secured Auhelped redeem the team’s burn’s lead with a secloss on Friday. ond goal for the Tigers. We played “We were really happy “Katie was just doing her thing,” Rightmer much better (Sunday). with the way we played on Sunday, especially as we said. “She got the very tip of her toe and just We played a lot harder didn’t have a good result on Friday,” Hoppa said. kind of toe-poked it in. and a lot faster, and She added she thought It was a really good finit was great for us to the team played well ish.” Despite the loss, come out with results..” against Marquette, but was unable to secure the Milwaukee controlled Karen Hoppa, results they’d hoped for. possession throughout coach “We played much betthe game, as Auburn ter (Sunday).” Hoppa said. attempted three shots in the first half and seven in the second, “We played a lot harder and a lot faster, while Milwaukee attempted four shots in and it was great for us to come out with the first half and 11 in the second. results.” “It was a very physical game for us,” FriTo Hoppa, the game was pivotal in sev-

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eral additional ways. “One, it was the first start for Jessica Rightmer and for Maddie Barnes,” Hoppa said. “It was the first start of their careers. Rightmer’s a sophomore, and she scored the first goal of her career. It was very exciting for her.” Hoppa said she was also impressed with the team’s defensive performance against Sarah Hagen, one of Milwaukee’s most notable forwards. “Our defense played her awesome, never gave her an open look,” Hoppa said. After their performance Sunday, the Tigers have high hopes for the rest of the season. “We want to be better than we were last year,” Hoppa said. “We definitely want to compete not just for the SEC West Championship, but for the SEC championship and get into the NCAAs and go further than we did last year.” Auburn returns to The Plains for its match against Florida State tomorrow.

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Cremeans promoted to women’s basketball associate head coach Brandon Miller Writer

“Patience is a virtue” is a common phrase that newly named women’s basketball associate head coach Kerry Cremeans knows well. Cremeans, means ns,, who ns who has has the ha th he longestt tenure on head tenure tenu te ree o n he h ead coach Ne Nell Fortner’s N ell F ortner er’’s er ’s sstaff taaff taff ff,, received on ed d the thee promotion prom motiion o n Aug. 24. 4. “I am pleased m really real re allly p leas le ased to as to be ablee to name Kerry myy to n nam am me Ke Ker erry m associate head coach, atee he ead a coa coa oach ach c ,” Fortnerr sa said. “She said id d. “S She he is a tremendous basketball ndous coach, and there is no question she would make a fantastic head coach, if that’s what she wants to do. I am fortunate that we enjoy working together and have a great working relationship.” The Ohio native is going into her eighth year with Fortner and sixth at Auburn. Cremeans has worked with guards on the team, and was the team’s recruiting coordinator. She has recruited several top-ranked players, including WNBA picks DeWanna Bonner and Whitney Boddie, as well as seven other WNBA players. “They’re very consistent, probably the most

consistent coaches as far as phone calls and mail,” said sophomore point guard and returning starter Morgan Toles. “I got so much mail from Auburn, it’s ridiculous. Coach Cremeans is a great recruiter. g She Sh he had so many good things to say about coach Fortner. F Fo rtner.” Cremeans has Cre Cr em ans h emea em ass eight eigght ht years off eexperience outyear ye ear arss o xperrie xper xp ienc nce ou out tworking side de o off wo work r in rk ingg with with h FortFor orttner. ne r.. Herr 16-year He 16-yea 16-y -yyea e r coaching coac coac a hi hingg career car ca reerr began beggan n after after ftterr playpla laya ing for in ing f r the fo th Florida Fl a Gators, Gattorss, Ga where she lettered aall lll ffour our ou years of college. After leading the Gators to its first two NCAA Tournament appearances, she took a job in Lexington, Ky., as a graduate assistant for the University of Kentucky in 1994. “Kerry has a great knowledge and experience of the game and has been an excellent recruiter for us,” Fortner said. “I trust her implicitly, and she does a tremendous job with so many things.” After two years with the Wildcats, Cremeans left the SEC for the Big Ten. Fortner, then at Purdue, came knocking and turned the graduate assistant into an assistant coach. While at Purdue,

Cremeans served for three coaches. In 1999, the Boilermakers won the national championship. “The chemistry of the team we had that year was unbelievable,” Cremeans said about the title-winning team. ““The whole miraculous really. year was mirac Itt was was just jus u t a ride rii that was indescribable. ind in de cri desc de r ba bablle. It is definitely nit ni itely tellyy a vvery te erry sp sspecial place in my my heart. hearrt. It’s It’ one that I would hope woul wo u d hop pe to pe to do again.” at Purdue, the Wh Wh While at P won Big team w te team on B on igg Ten regular season in sea se ason championships as cha ham mp 1997, 2001 and 2002. 1997 19 977, 1999, 19999 19 99 20 99, 200 Thee team also Th als won the Big Ten Tournament in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2003. After a one-year tenure at her alma mater, Cremeans packed her bags for the Plains. Since 2004, Cremeans and Fortner have put together successful seasons, including a regular season SEC championship in 2009. “It has been an honor to work with Nell these last six years at Auburn,” Cremeans said. “It will be an even greater honor to continue working with her in the future. She has a great vision for the Auburn women’s basketball program, and I am excited to be a part of it.”

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Creating bonds with Cremeans If you were auditioning for American Idol, what song would you sing? “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas What is something no one on the teams knows about you? I’m taking piano lessons.

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a bus driver.

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? I would love to take a cruise to Alaska.

Where is your favorite place to eat? Uncle Julio’s in Atlanta. Sometimes I go to Atlanta just to go there.

Volleyball team wins invitational, prepares for Blue Raider Bash Auburn wins War Eagle Invitational Tournament, sweeping most match-ups. The Tigers look ahead to prepare for four games in the next three days Patrick Tighe Writer

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Freshman setter Chelsea Wintzinger watches from the backfield as sophomore Sarah Bullock (left) and senior Lauren Mellor (right) go up for a block.

The Auburn Tigers volleyball squad broke ground on its season by winning the War Eagle Invitational. The squad defeated Troy, UT Martin and Georgia Southern on the way to the tournament title. This year’s Tiger volleyball squad is looking to change memories of last season’s tough 6-25 overall record and an 1-19 conference record. “Coach Benson’s famous saying is, ‘If you want it, you will,’” said Invitational MVP and sophomore outside hitter Sarah Bullock. “He reiterates that almost every day during practices and games, which keeps us fired up. Of course it’s always a goal for every team to win the SEC Championship. Let’s just say we are going for the gold.” The Auburn squad swept the Troy Trojans in three quick sets 25-13, 25-13 and 25-21 Aug. 27. Junior setter Christina Solverson had a career-high 28 assists, and junior middle blocker Alyssa Davis had a game-high six blocks. The home crowd was a key factor as the players thrived off the 649-person crowd in the Auburn Student Activities Center. The Lady Tigers scrambled the UT Martin Skyhawks’ flight pattern with a score of 25-22, 25-20 and 25-13. This game saw a lot of play for newcomers, like redshirt freshman middle blocker Chloe Rowand and freshman outside hitter Kathia Rudd. The outside hitter trio of senior Jonelle

Wallace, junior Kelly Fidero and senior Morgan Johns helped push the Tigers ahead for good in the match with some key kills late in the first set. “I chose Auburn for a couple different reasons,” Rowand said. “One, because it is a great school academically, and I knew I would be successful here. Two, because I loved the atmosphere and traditions. I was also excited to become a part of the Auburn family. I don’t look up to one player, we have great leaders on the team and everyone brings something different to the table.” The Invitational championship game matched Auburn against Georgia Southern. The Tigers forced an error on match point, and the championship was secured with a 25-19 fourth set victory. “I think it’s a good start,” said Auburn coach Wade Benson. “I thought Georgia Southern did a great job and put it to us. I thought we showed a little maturity and played steady and physical. It’s early in the season and it’s a good win for us, which will prove to be better than people think later on.” The Tigers will play Mercer Sept. 1. The squad will jump into the Blue Raider Bash Tournament from Sept. 3-5 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. In this tournament the Tigers will play Duke University, the University of Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee and Souther Mississippi. SEC play will begin Sept. 24 against the defending conference champions, the Kentucky Wildcats, at the Student Activities Center at 7 p.m.

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Students swing kettle bells in one of the Student ACT’s exercise classes Thursday.

Auburn offers a new fitness class in the student activities center for students looking to combine cardio and strength training. Abby Townson Writer

Students too busy for separate cardio and muscular workouts should know their time can be saved by the bell—the kettle bell, that is. The Student Activities Center now offers a kettle bell training class, an alternative exercise for the heart and body. Classes are offered in Room 205 of the Student Act. Classes are 30 minutes long and start at 10 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. Monday and Wednesday. Tuesday and Thursday classes start at 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. “That is almost a new concept,” said Christy Coleman, kettle bell instructor for the Monday and Wednesday classes, “because I’ve taught for over 15 years and we’re either focusing on our muscles or we’re focusing on our cardio, but we’re never combining the whole thing.” What is a kettle bell? The answer is simple: the bell is a ball, a 10- to 20- pound metal ball with a flattened bottom and a handle on top. Kettle bell training instructor Benton Abernethy said cannonball would be a more fitting name for it. “Most people, probably, have never seen one,” said Abernethy, who teaches classes Tuesday and Thursday at 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. “I think a lot of people get intimidated by the way they look.” The workout session is

composed of different ex- class will be provided with ercises performed while 10-, 15- and 20-pound holding the kettle bell, kettle bells to use at differbeginning with a basic ent points in the workout. swing. Students can even bring This involves bending their own kettle bells. the knees, reaching down “It was a surpristo grasp the kettle bell’s ing workout because I handle with both hands thought it was going to be and pushing the hips for- arms, like weightlifting, ward while straightening but it was legs and core,” back up. said Kat Harding, senior This movement causes in marketing, who atthe kettended tle bell the class to swing Monday Kettle bells is up, then at 10 d o w n total body. It gives you a.m. “Evagain, ryone your cardio workout as ecan like a use p e n - well as your muscular m o r e d u l u m , strength and endurance legs and and can c o r e be con- and flexibility.” work.” trolled Like Christy Coleman, by keepall exkettle bell instructor ing the erci ses, bodythere core tight and keeping the is a risk for injury. With feet firmly planted in a proper form and right sushoulder-width stance. pervision, injuries can be “Kettle bells is total avoided. body,” Coleman said. “It “There’s really a safety gives you your cardio feature that we build in workout as well as your with our classes by trainmuscular strength and ing our instructors and endurance and flexibility.” making sure that we Abernethy said one of watch them as they work the benefits of kettle bell out,” Coleman said. training was the variety For Abernethy, the chalof muscle groups the class lenges of the exercise keep hits. things from getting bor“It’s not one of those ing. things where you can “I’ve worked out 12 over-train,” Abernethy years, and I started doing said. “You’re going to hit them a little over a year the same muscles every ago, and I love doing this day, but you’re going to do more than anything I ever it in a way that you’re go- did before that,” Abering to keep getting gains nethy said. from it.” Coleman said she enThe basic swing and joys the time she spends other exercises are done in the class. in repetitions and vary in “I like it,” Coleman intensity depending on said, “because I think it’s the size of the weight. a quick way to get everyThose who attend the thing you want to hit.”

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“I love everything about it so far,” Kitchens said. Writer “From the people to footDreams of playing for ball to class, everything the National Football about Auburn, I just like League are now more re- the whole community.” alistic for freshman wide Wide receiver coach receiver Shaun Kitchens. Trooper Taylor is proud of “I see it as, ‘if I’ve made Kitchens’ dedication. it to the South Eastern “He comes to the ofConference, Division I, fice every day in between big-time school like Au- classes and watches tape,” burn and can perform Taylor said. ”We’re trying here, why can’t I perform to get some cool out of in the NFL?’” Kitchens him, without taking away said. his swag, as they say. We Kitchens, a 6-foot-3, just want to teach him, 213-pound broadcast and he’s doing really well.” journalism major from Antonio Goodwin, felCollege Park, Ga., was low wide receiver and named one of ESPNU’s childhood friend of Kitchtop 150 ens, also recruits enjoys the for the company of 2010 reKitchens on We’re trycruiting ing to get some cool the field. season. “It’s very C o n - out of him, without good playing sidering taking away his swag, with Shaun,” offers Goodwin f r o m as they say.” said. “He schools has a great Trooper Taylor, such as personalwide receivers coach Michiity. And on g a n top of that State, South Carolina and I’ve known him for a long more, Kitchens chose Au- time, so it’s great to play burn because of the atmo- on the same college team sphere. as him.” “When you come and Taylor said he was devisit and then come back, lighted with Thursday’s and it hasn’t changed, practice. that’s what I love,” Kitch“We had no drops toens said. “It’s still a family day,” Taylor said. “Now thing.” that’s a great day!” As for transitioning Taylor was also imfrom high school to col- pressed with the players’ lege, Kitchens said he is stamina. handling it well. “The kids were

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flying around,” Taylor said. “They’re going to class, practice and having to manage all of that; you’d think they would get to a point where they are tired and fatigued, and I haven’t seen it, the guys are really pushing through.” Kitchens’ main focus is proving himself to his coaches. “I really just want to show the people who recruited me, coach Chizik, coach Trooper and the whole Auburn staff, what I can do,” Kitchens said. And Kitchens is doing just that. “He’s catching extra balls and doing the little things that you would expect a guy who has been here three or four years to do, not a freshman,” Taylor said. At the end of the day, after classes, practice and homework, Kitchens’ favorite thing to do is sleep. “I really have no hobbies outside of this ( football),” Kitchens said. “I try to be in the coaches’ faces 24/7, trying to learn—watching film, workouts, practice— since I am a freshman.” Kitchens hopes to win an SEC championship and national championship and leaves fans and students with a message. “Just watch us this year,” Kitchens said. “We’ve improved a lot, we practice every day, and I feel like it’s going to pay off this year.”

The Scoop W. Soccer 9/3 vs. Florida State @ 7 p.m. W. Volleyball* 9/3 vs. Miami @ 7 p.m. Cross Country 9/4 @ Troy Invitational @ 9:30 a.m. Football 9/4 vs. Arkansas State @ 6 p.m. W.Volleyball * 9/4 vs. Duke 11 a.m. @ Middle Tennessee @ 7 p.m. * Game is played in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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