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College of Agriculture receives $6 million in grants Charles Martin Writer

The National Science Foundation has awarded Auburn University a $4.6 million grant to renovate research laboratories that will enhance the University’s biological engineering programs.

The College of Agriculture’s Department of Biosystems Engineering will use the funding to upgrade the Tom Corley Building Annex, which was constructed in 1948.

The renovated 23,000-square-foot facility will allow Auburn to increase its research into bioenergy and bioproducts engineering, ecological engineering, food safety engineering, biosystems automation and best management technologies.

The grant is funded through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. An additional $1.4

million is being provided by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, bringing the total renovation cost to $6 million. The work is scheduled for completion in late 2012. “Our nation is facing serious challenges in providing renewable energy, safe and healthy food, and a clean environment,� said President Jay Gogue. “I believe Auburn is at the forefront of answering those challenges. The annex was very appropriate when built, and it has allowed faculty to make advances for decades, but now it is outdated for the type of contemporary biological engineering research needed. This grant will give our faculty and students much greater ability to make new discoveries and address global issues.�

Auburn scientists and graduate students will use the laboratories to expand their research into complex

problems where engineering and biology intersect. This includes finding bioenergy sources, improving production and refining and developing new biobased products for consumers.

Steve Taylor, head of the Department of Biosystems Engineering and director of the Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, said the new funding will complement a $4.9 million U.S. Department of Energy grant obtained in 2009, which is being used to develop new production systems for harvesting pine biomass for biofuel. “The renovated labs will give us much-needed research space for this project and other interdisciplinary efforts from across campus,�

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Darcey Haggan uses a thermogravimetric analyzer, or TGA, to study the thermal decomposition of a biomass sample.

Texting while driving ban considered Jill Clair Associate News Editor

Auburn may join the quickly growing list of cities across the nation that are banning texting while driving.

Brent Beard, councilman in Ward Four, said he is passionate about pushing the ban and said if passed, the ordinance would be in effect as soon as Jan. 1, 2011. “If you’re texting and driving, you’re 23 times more likely to have an accident,�

Beard said. “That’s an eye-opening number.�

Because Auburn is a college town and also has a large population of high school students, Beard said the issue was even more important to address. “Part of this is going to be an awareness thing as much as anything,� Beard said. “You take a lot of things for granted at that age. We want to make them aware of how dangerous it actually is.�

Beard said enforcement of the ordinance will be the hardest task. “We don’t want to burden our public safety staff with the problem of not being able to enforce what we put in the books,�

Mall stays successful despite foreclosure Courtney Smith Writer

As misleading as it may sound, “foreclosure� does not necessarily mean the mall will close.

Although Auburn’s University Village Mall is technically in foreclosure, it is still making a profit and is even expecting new developments. “The City of Auburn has been informed that the current owners of the Village Mall and Wells Fargo Bank were unable to come to terms in regards to the current financing facility in place for the property,� according to a press release from City Manager Charles Duggan’s office. “This has resulted in the bank placing the mall in foreclosure.

The mall itself is financially stable.�

The mall had been making regular

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payments on the property loan, but for some reason, the bank demanded the remaining balance on the loan, Duggan said. The mall was unable to pay the large sum, resulting in foreclosure. “It could be that the bank regulators were requiring additional capital,�

Duggan said. “The key is that they were making their payments—the mall is completely solvent in other respects.

What the foreclosure does is the bank takes over the property and markets the property to a new buyer.�

Because of the foreclosure, the mall’s ownership will change.

Previously owned by Babcock & Brown and GPT Group, the mall will now be managed and leased under CBL & Associates Properties Inc., said John Stanley, Village Mall general manager. “The foreclosure is not a reflection

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of the condition of the mall,� Stanley said. “It is a reflection of the bank and owner and the lending environment. It is strictly about the inability of the lender and borrower to come to terms with refinancing. We are not in bankruptcy.�

Even though the mall has not dealt with a situation like this before, it apparently is not an uncommon occurrence. Many shopping centers have faced similar problems when they transfer ownership, Stanley said. “This is just business as usual for the mall,� Stanley said.

Stanley said the mall remains in good condition thanks to major stores, such as Dillard’s, Belk, JC Penney and Sears.

Referred to by Stanley as the mall’s “anchors,� these popular stores ensure

Auburn University has achieved its highest enrollment in history this fall, and its freshman class boasts the top average ACT score of any previous class, according to numbers released by Auburn’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment.

Enrollment is 25,078 among all student groups—undergraduates, graduate students and those enrolled in professional schools— which is up from 24,602 in fall 2009.

Auburn has students from all 50 states and from 81 foreign countries.

New freshman enrollment consists of 4,204 students, up from 3,918 last year. The class compiled an average score of 26.9 on the ACT college entrance exam, outpacing last year’s then-record of 26.2. They also earned an average high school grade point average of 3.79, up from 3.69 last year.

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News, A2 DUI Arrests in the City of Auburn Sept. 17 – Sept. 23, 2010 Hannah E. Washington, 22, of Scottsboro West Glenn Avenue at Hemlock Drive Sept. 17, 3:30 a.m.

Thomas W. Kiser Jr., 27, of Auburn McKinley Avenue Sept. 17, 12:40 p.m.

Joseph M. Griffin, 20, of Alexander City West Magnolia Avenue at Donahue Drive Sept. 18, 1:14 a.m.

Jacob F. Gillikin, 20, of Birmingham West Glenn Avenue Sept. 18, 3:12 a.m.

James R. Shannon, 20, of Houston, Texas North Ross Street Sept. 18, 4:50 a.m.

Jerry P. Robinson, 49, of Florence Bent Creek Road at Hamilton Road Sept. 18, 7:33 a.m.

Michael A. Johnson, 50, of Opelika Lee County Sherriff ’s Office Sept. 18, 3:44 p.m.

Sydney A. Fuller, 21, of Birmingham Opelika Road at Pitts Street Sept. 19, 5:54 a.m.

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The Village Mall on Opelika Road is under foreclosure.

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the mall will maintain a steady influx of shoppers for years to come.

Business seems to be booming for other shops and restaurants located throughout the mall as well.

Bath & Body Works is finishing remodeling and is scheduled to re-open soon. Restaurant TeppanYaki and the Rainbow USA store opened a few weeks ago. Additionally, a new restaurant is under construction.

“We are doing just fine,” said Sam Andress,

Sears manager. “Business has been great for us, and we have absolutely no complaints.”

For shoe department manager William Brand, business has been equally good. Brand said the foreclosure does not mean there is anything wrong with any of the stores.

“Business now is better than it was last year,” Brand said. “I see it trending up and up.”

Stanley remains optimistic about the current condition of the mall and does not believe the foreclosure will affect its customers or any of its stores.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Crime Reports for Sept. 17 – Sept. 23, 2010 Sept. 17, North College Street – Burglary and theft of property reported. One floor safe, various beers and $290.

Sept. 17, 800 Block of Harvard Drive – Burglary of residence and theft of property reported. One Philips 42-inch LCD TV, one Sony Radio/TV/VCR, One Insignia 20inch LCD TV. Sept. 18, West Magnolia Avenue – Breaking and entering a vehicle and theft reported. One Cobra radar detector, one Apple iPod.

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Beard said.

Councilwoman Sheila Eckman said she is concerned about the enforcement issue as well.

“Why do we want to put on the books an ordinance that’s going to be difficult to police?” Eckman said.

“Everybody with any sense knows not to text when they drive.”

Eckman said she understands the concept, but feels that it wouldn’t be effective and would be a waste of time for police.

“I get a lot of complaints about, ‘We don’t have enough police in the neighborhood’ and so forth—you hate to think they’re just driving around looking to see if somebody’s texting,” Eckman said. “To me, it’s a little bit like drinking and driving: you’re only going to really know that they were doing it if they had an accident and you look at the phone.”

One option the Council may consider is making texting while driving a secondary violation, which means officers could only write a ticket for texting

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Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences and other colleges and departments.”

While the new NSF grant will go toward only the renovation, Auburn faculty have been obtaining grants to acquire highly advanced equipment that will be housed in the labs. Equipment for atomic force microscopy, gas chromatography and multiple types of infrared and near infrared spectroscopy had already been attained.

“Current physical spaces

Sept. 18, 1100 Block of Terrace Acres Drive – Breaking and entering a vehicle and theft reported.

Two sets of Auburn University football season tickets, four credit cards, $90.

Sept. 18, West Glenn Avenue – Breaking and entering a vehicle and theft reported. One .38-caliber automatic handgun, one Wachovia debit card, one Samsung digital camera.

Sept. 18, 1100 Block of Terrace Acres Drive – Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle and theft

reported. One Benelli 12-gauge shotgun, one Gamo pellet gun, one Ithaca 12-gauge shotgun, one Apple MacBook Pro. Sept. 19, Melissa Court – Breaking and entering of a vehicle and theft reported. One Smith & Wesson 9 mm handgun, $150.

Sept. 19, Alpha Building – Theft of property reported. One Huffy Black Widow 21-speed bicycle.

— Reports provided by Auburn Department of Public Safety

while driving if the driver violated another law, such as speeding, reckless driving or running a red light.

This is the case with the Huntsville Police Department, said Harry Hobbs, communications relations officer.

Hobbs said the Huntsville Police Department began enforcing the ordinance this week, as did several other Alabama cities, including Birmingham, Gadsden and Jacksonville.

So far, no tickets have been written for texting while driving, Hobbs said.

Like Beard, Hobbs said one of the main purposes of passing an ordinance like this is awareness.

“What we’re hoping is that just by the fact that this is out here, it’ll make people think twice,” Hobbs said. “Maybe just having this ordinance on the books will make people think twice and say, ‘I just don’t need the headache.

Let me just leave that out of the equation.’”

Hobbs said the Huntsville Police Department has been trained verbally in meetings and has also been given training brochures on the topic, but

the department has not assigned any special units to patrol for drivers texting.

“We’re not setting up a ‘texting chokehold,’” Hobbs said.

The Auburn Police Department hasn’t received word whether the violation will be a secondary or primary offense, said Paul Register, assistant chief of police.

“If that becomes a law, we will absolutely train all of our people—in first interpreting that policy and giving them advice and guidance in enforcing it, so that we can all be on the same page and consistent in our enforcement of that,” Register said.

Register and Hobbs both said it was a judgment call for each officer whether they think the driver is texting or just looking at their phone to dial a number.

“We leave it to the officers to be able to visually observe what they would perceive to be texting,” Register said. “Obviously, there’s going to be questions as to whether someone’s making a phone call or whether they’re texting, and to me, you’d probably

have to do some observation before you actually were able to contact somebody specific to that charge.”

Register said if someone is caught texting while driving, the charges will probably not exceed the range of other traffic citations.

“I don’t think it would be outside of the normal range of a ticket you would get for, say, for speeding or something along those lines,” Register said.

Beard said he wasn’t sure if the ordinance would decrease the number of people who text while they drive, but said he was hopeful.

“It would be nice for people to decide on their own that it’s not safe to text and drive, but some people will continue to do it no matter how stiff of a penalty you make,” Beard said.

Register said he was also unsure of the effect the ban would have.

“You’ll have some people that will never stop doing that, unfortunately,” Register said. “If it saves one person by somebody not texting, then it’ll be worth it.”

to house these systems are inadequate, so many of the functions are being conducted in leased, offsite locations,” said John Mason, Auburn’s associate provost and vice president for research. “The renovated labs will allow us to bring state-of-the-art programs into a modern, onsite facility.”

Examples of Auburn’s research include developing techniques for processing biomass for production of liquid fuels or electrical power; converting biomass into intermediate products suitable for further biorefining; studying emerging contaminants in the environment;

quantifying the impact of climate variability on water resources; developing food processing and packaging techniques to extend shelf life; refining food traceability systems; developing sensors to reduce the use of fertilizers and pesticides; and developing data collection to ensure long-term sustainability of agricultural and forest lands.

The labs also will allow Auburn to expand its new graduate degree programs in the Department of Biosystems Engineering.

“Our master’s and doctoral programs began this fall and we already have 17 students, including

international students,” Taylor said. “We should be able to accept more graduate students now and be able to recruit the very top ones.”

William Batchelor, dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, added, “This grant is a major boost to our research efforts in bioenergy, food safety and the environment. To be recognized nationally by agencies such as the National Science Foundation attests to the ability and dedication of our faculty, staff and students. We will continue to build upon this success.”

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Free local music Every Thursday, the Fall Sundown Concert series showcases another band at Kiesel Park Libby So Writer

While frequent attendees of expensive concerts at major venues may find themselves with a burning hole in their pockets, Auburn residents have the opportunity to enjoy free concerts as a part of the Fall Sundown Concert Series at Kiesel Park every Thursday at 6 p.m.

“It’s a great chance to enjoy music in a very laid-back atmosphere,” said Meg Rainey, public relations specialist for the city of Auburn and co-planner of the series. “You’re under these huge trees and you relax. The week is winding down. It’s just a great free event.”

The concert series brings 175 to 250 people to Kiesel Park every Thursday.

The Sundown Concert Series was started as a way to promote the newly built Kiesel Park, a gift from the late George Kiesel of the School of Veterinary Medicine.

Since its establishment more than 10 years ago, the concert series has been funded and provided by Auburn for the months of September and October.

Although it started as a way of advertising, the series’ motive now is to allow residents to relax, munch on some tasty food, walk the dog and chat with friends and family, Rainey said.

For energetic tykes, there is plenty of running room on the 157-acre plot and trees to hide behind for a game of hideand-seek.

The park gives local musicians and bands the opportunity to play, as well as the chance for the audience to hear local music.

“We’re always on the lookout for new

bands,” Rainey said. “One of the things we try to do with the series is mix it up and have a genre appeal to all different tastes.”

Martha’s Trouble, a band consisting of husband and wife Rob and Jen Slocumb and friend Patrick Sweeney performed last Thursday, Sept. 16, kicking off the 2010 season.

The band got its start in Houston, Texas, in 1994 and has become increasingly popular over the years for its female vocals and upbeat melodies of pop folk music.

Currently on tour, Martha’s Trouble came to Auburn for the concert series.

“We love the family atmosphere, the kids running around and the people hanging out,” Jen said. “This event is important to the community.”

Toddlers danced with their arms raised in the cool fall air.

Some concertgoers played frisbee with their dogs, while others lay on the ground with their eyes closed and ears open.

“Next time, I’m bringing my family and friends with me,” said first-time attendee Katherine Spyker, freshman in mechanical engineering, “not to mention some food.”

The bands understand that Auburn is working with a limited budget, so they provide their own equipment.

Fans and new listeners alike can purchase CDs and merchandise to further support the bands.

The following is a list of upcoming dates and musicians for the Sundown Concert Series: Sept. 23, Dave Potts; Sept.

30, Weston Burt Band; Oct. 7, The Auburn Knights Orchestra; Oct. 14, Spoonful James; and Oct. 21, Highway 280 Band.

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(Above) Patrick Sweeney, Martha’s Trouble guitarist, picks his electric axe as the sun sets in Kiesel Park Thursday. (Top) Martha’s Trouble performs for the attendees of Kiesel Park.

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Volunteers from Lee-Scott Academy help the Kiwanis Club of Auburn raise funds for the children of Lee County by serving breakfast on Pancake Day at Auburn United Methodist Church.

Kiwanis Club flips flapjacks for children Tysonn McKinnon Writer

Five bucks won’t buy much these days, but at the Kiwanis Club pancake event, it will pay for more flapjacks than Paul Bunyan can eat.

The organization held its 25th annual Pancake Day Saturday at the Epworth Center of the Auburn United Methodist Church.

Crowds of up to 3,000 people were expected.

“Many folks even coming out of state—they come here knowing that it’s Pancake Day,” said Golden Jenkins, president of the Kiwanis Club of Auburn. “We have a lot of folks come through. It’s a real neat tradition.”

Part of that tradition is holding the event at the start of the college football season.

“We always do it at one of the home games,” Jenkins said. “We like it to be an evening game, so it doesn’t really blend into the game situation.”

The breakfast consisted of unlimited pancakes, sausages and beverages for $5 per person.

Starbucks provided coffee and hand sanitizer.

Donations were also accepted.

Proceeds from the event go toward projects impacting the children of Lee County.

“All of this money goes back to the county to make a difference with children’s lives,” Jenkins said.

The Kiwanis Club provides support for several organizations around the county. Some of the organizations included the Boys & Girls Club of Lee County and Boy and Girl Scout troops.

Other fundraisers the club holds throughout the year include golf tournaments and a pecan and peanut sale.

Mayor Bill Ham, a longtime member of the Kiwanis Club, could be found in the kitchen for most of the morning, wearing an apron and assisting volunteers.

Mike Fellows, Kiwanis Club member and Republican candidate for Lee County Family Court Circuit Judge, served coffee during the event.

There were activities aimed at making the event fun for the whole family.

Kids could learn how to juggle or ride an unicycle.

Seth Granberry, a Kiwanis Club member who has been unicycling for 32 years, jumped rope while bouncing on his vehicle. A clown-and-face-painting station was also on site, providing entertainment.

“Kids that grew up, they’ll come back,” Jenkins said.

“They’ve grown up and gone on, and they’ll come back to the Pancake Day.” The highlight of the morning was a pancake-eating contest for anyone brave and hungry enough to try.

Eight attendees participated.

The contest was won by Eric Halverson, vice president of the club.

The grand prize: another stack of pancakes.

“It takes a lot of work, and a lot of our amazing members help organize this,” Jenkins said. “It really requires a synergy from all of us. There were folks here at 4:30 in the morning.”

Pancake Day started at 6:30 a.m. and ended at 11 a.m.

The Auburn United Methodist Church, located at 137 S. Gay St., provided the venue.

“They have been very, very generous throughout these years,” Jenkins said.

The Auburn United Methodist Church can be found at www.aumc.net. Both organizations are on Facebook.

Weekly lunches for Kiwanis Club meet Mondays noon - 1 p.m., at the Auburn University Club at Yarbrough Farms, located off of Donahue Drive in Auburn.

Alumna advocates accessibility, inclusion Chelsea Harvey Staff Writer

Stefani Busansky, founder of the Freedom Playground Foundation, returned to Auburn for the first time in 20 years as part of her organization’s Wheel-A-Thon 2010 road trip.

Auburn is part of the third stop on her itinerary.

“This was more of just a nostalgic [trip],” Busansky said.

Busansky, Auburn alumna, visited her alma mater last Thursday with her two children, Claire, 6, and Sarah, 11.

Sarah, who has cerebral palsy and uses a power wheelchair, was the inspiration behind the foundation, which works to design outdoor spaces that are inclusive of people of all physical abilities.

“Our main goal is just to promote and encourage people to be more inclusive in their design of outdoor spaces,” Stefani said. “Be open-minded that people of all abilities want to be outside and do sports and recreation just like everyone else.”

The Wheel-A-Thon, which usually takes place in Busansky’s current residence of Tampa, Fla. The Wheel-A-Thon is used to promote awareness of the foundation’s goals, took to the road this year for the first time.

“This year was different because Sarah has to go to an evaluation at the Gillette Children’s Hospital,” Busansky said.

She and her daughters planned to stop at various cities and tourist attractions on their way to Minnesota and evaluate playground inclusiveness while having fun as a family.

Along the way, they will be blogging about their experiences and evaluations of each location.

Locations exhibiting inclusiveness are awarded a “Roll Model” award, and locations that could work on their inclusiveness are assigned a “Bad Biscuit.”

The rating process is informal, Busansky said.

“I think criteria is subjective because what is accessible for one person might not be for another,” she said.

Sarah said the family does not plan to confront owners of “Bad Biscuit” locations.

“I think it’ll make them probably feel bad if we reported it to them in a negative way,” she said.

Busansky said a lot of confusion comes

from a misunderstanding of inclusion.

“I think that people also confuse accessibility with inclusion,” Busansky said.

“Accessibility is just getting into a place; inclusion, you feel welcome and part of whatever is happening.”

Sarah said she believes inclusive design is an important contribution to society.

“The good thing about that is that people with physical disabilities can get anywhere they want to go, not just with power chairs, but with manual chairs,” she said. “And it is important.”

Claire said she is just happy that, thanks to the work of her mother and the Freedom Playground Foundation, her sister is able to participate with her in outdoor activities.

“I like my sister playing with me,” she said.

Although Busansky said this year’s trip to Auburn was more for fun than work, she said she hopes to return in the future to speak to landscape architecture students about inclusive design.

“The root of the problem is it’s not taught in landscape architecture schools,” she said. “My ultimate goal would be to come back to Auburn and just talk to the students. You can change this by just changing the pathways and the way you design things. It’s an easy fix.”

The Busansky’s and her family’s travels can be followed online through freedomplayground.org.

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T-Pain @ Green Space, 8:30 p.m.

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Tennessee @ Student Act, 1:30 p.m.

Dance Crew Showcase @ Student Act, 7 p.m.

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International Film Series: “Iron & Silk” @ Haley Center Room 3195, 5 p.m.

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Trivia @ The Independent, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Lecture: “Educating GirlsSolution to Global Hunger and Poverty” @ Biggin Hall Auditorium, 4 p.m.

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Rod Bramblett (left) and head coach Gene Chizik (right) read the winner of a raffle for a piece of Auburn artwork during Tiger Talk Thursday night.

Cannoli, chatting and Coach Chizik

Sarah Weeks Writer

Energy was high at coach Gene Chizik’s weekly visit to Ariccia for the Auburn ISP Sports Network’s weekly radio show, Tiger Talk.

At 5:30 p.m. every Thursday night before a home game, Auburn fans have a chance to enjoy traditional Italian cuisine with Chizik at Ariccia, the Italian restaurant located inside the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center.

Other coaches occasionally participate as well.

Audience members are able to ask Chizik questions directly. Callers are also given the opportunity to call in and talk with the coach.

Last week’s topics included the win at Mississippi State, ESPN GameDay being on campus, the game plan for Clemson and Chizik’s thoughts on the blue-out.

An audience member stepped up to the microphone to ask a question, and Chizik addressed him by name, thanking him for returning to Tiger Talk week after week.

Claire Cawthorne, freshman in animal science, has worked at Ariccia as a hostess for a month and has attended two Tiger Talks.

“It’s just such a good atmosphere— everyone is so excited about the games coming up,” Cawthorne said. “It’s a very ‘war eagle’ feeling.”

Tiger Talk is a joint partnership between Auburn University, Auburn ISP Sports Network and the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center.

Televisions and speakers broadcast the radio show throughout the restaurant.

The show is also affiliated with a number of radio stations around the Southeast.

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Chizik and Rod Bramblett, Auburn football’s play-by-play radio announcer, sat on a stage at the front of the restaurant for the broadcast, visible to most of the main dining room.

There is limited visibility of the coach— only about 15 tables are set up in front of the stage—but there are televisions in the bar area and the private dining room that allow more guests to view the broadcast.

Ariccia’s executive assistant manager Arif Kor loves the event and encourages everyone to come experience the excitement and good food.

“We encourage everyone to come before and after the show,” Kor said. “We have lots of space on the patio and bar areas. People can come get appetizers or cocktails if they don’t want the buffet.”

Each week, an Italian-cuisine buffet is offered for $17.95 per person. The buffet opens at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 8 p.m.

The buffet includes a salad station, complete with cheeses, meats, fresh vegetables, fresh-baked breads and pizza, as well as traditional Italian specialties, such as lasagna, penne pasta and spaghetti.

For dessert there is a selection of homemade cakes, cheesecakes and more.

“Knowing that 70 percent of our clients are regulars, we don’t want them to come back and have the same thing,” Kor said.

“So we actually have four different rotations.”

Ariccia also offers catering services for tailgating events.

In light of ESPN’s GameDay being on campus, the atmosphere at last week’s Tiger Talk was “electric,” as described by many attendees.

Hans Van de Reijden, the hotel’s general manager, described the feeling in Auburn as being that of the Iron Bowl weekend.

“My favorite part of Tiger Talk is seeing the excitement in the guests’ eyes,” Kor said. “The employees also get so excited about setting this up, and it is good to see everyone so excited and happy, especially when the team is doing well.”

Because of the popularity of the event, the staff recommends making reservations by calling 334-844-5140.

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Text and drive at personal peril Brian Woodham copy@theplainsman.com

Unsweet tea The amorphous, fledgling Tea Party has an image problem.

When I think of the Tea Party, I picture a baby circus elephant abandoned on the Astroturf of some corporate-sponsored stadium, trumpeting for a peanut of recognition.

But that’s probably not a fair or comprehensive depiction.

While Tea Parties fashion themselves as grassroots organizations, they are anything but.

In an Aug. 30 article in the New Yorker, Jane Mayer details how the Tea Party movement has been largely underwritten by the billionaire Koch brothers, David and Charles, through organizations such as Americans for Prosperity, which David Koch started in 2004, as a way to push their political agenda and libertarian policies.

The Kochs, Mayer notes, own Koch Industries, with an annual revenues estimated at $100 billion.

Mayer quotes conservative economist and historian Bruce Bartlett, who says the Kochs are “trying to shape and control and channel the populist uprising into their own policies.”

While Tea Party activists often bemoan the influence of special interests and corporations on governmental policies, they are underwritten, both monetarily and ideologically, by what they bemoan, if one believes Mayer’s depiction of the Kochs’ influence on the Tea Party’s direction.

I often hear Tea Partiers take aim at what they consider to be high taxes, deficit spending and the government’s intrusion in business through regulatory policy, all of which they primarily blame on President Obama.

Of course, Obama has not raised income taxes, and much of his deficit spending has been to rein in out-of-control health care costs, stave off an economic depression, keep states afloat and support the unemployed.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a non-partisan organization that focuses on fiscal policy, projected future deficits are mostly driven

by Bush-era tax cuts and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

That narrative is largely missing in tea partiers’ arguments.

Until tea parties distance themselves from corporate-funded policy organizations, honestly look at the genesis of deficits and actually propose an agenda that includes specific policies that deal with our long-term problems, I, for one, will not consider their movement either genuine or serious.

Hey chica. Wat r u doin?

Nm. Drivin to atl to meet james. Be back soon K. howd u do on ur chem test?

An hour passes. No response.

Hey, u make it to atl?

No response.

Kim? U ok?

Kim is not OK. She removed her eyes from the road while attempting to respond to the last text message, and she drove into the rear of an eighteen-wheeler. She was decapitated and died instantly.

Text messaging kills. Keep it out of the car.

Paid for by Concerned Citizens Against Texting while Driving (CCATD).

The above is a fabrication, but it’s based on actual advertising.

We’ve all seen similar billboards and commercials for texting while driving or on the need to wear seatbelts or concerning drinking and driving.

Worse-case scenarios are amplified and exaggerated to scare the bejesus out of everyone.

Drink two light beers and drive home and the mothers of MADD will lump you with child abusers and murderers.

Don’t wear a seatbelt one time on a late-night Walmart run and you’re endangering yourself and others.

After all, you could become a “human missile.”

Text and drive and you might as well be a cannibal.

That’s what these ads would have you believe anyway.

Not that drinking and driving or refusing to wear a seatbelt or texting and driving are good.

By all means, don’t do any of the above with any regularity.

But these things do happen.

We’re all human after all, human and flawed.

As much as our generation texts, we’ve probably all texted behind the wheel.

Sometimes texts are timesensitive. Quickly responding to a text from the pretty girl or handsome fellow you met at your friend’s ’80s party lets him or her know your interest level.

(Or so we think. The opposite is actually better. Do less.)

Waiting on textual responses can be agony. Motives and reasons are analyzed, self-worth is questioned and vague pleas to deities uttered—all part of our post-modern existence.

So, yes, we all know texting and driving is dangerous and bad, but we do it anyway.

As of now, 30 states have

laws banning texting and driving, with other, city-specific laws in place nation-wide.

Auburn’s City Council is attempting to pass a texting while driving ban which would take effect Jan. 1, 2011.

The Council is considering making it a secondary violation, meaning “officers could only write a ticket for texting while driving if the driver violated another law, such as speeding, reckless driving or running a red light” ( from “Texting while driving ban considered,” A1).

Officers in Huntsville, which recently made texting while driving a secondary violation, have received “verbal training” on how to spot texting drivers.

Harry Hobbs, communications relations officer for the

Huntsville Police Department, said the ordinance is mostly aimed at awareness.

Which makes sense, as trying to punish those texting at inappropriate times seems near impossible.

Almost all stops would dissolve into he said/she said type arguments: “I saw you texting./I wasn’t texting.”

Police could perhaps check phone records or even the phone itself on the scene, but that leads to a discussion of privacy rights.

The ordinance proposed as of now is too nebulous and full of gray areas.

Either get serious about stopping drivers from texting or stop invading our privacy.

Regardless, don’t text and drive.

Love your Islamic brothers and sisters It’s hard out there right now for people of the Islamic faith in this country.

Phrases like “Ground Zero Terror Mosque” permeate throughout the media, as what was a New York City issue became a national debate.

A mosque in Murfreesboro, Tenn., was threatened and even had property destroyed by suspected arson attacks.

So-called “patriots” and “true Americans” threatened to and did burn the Quran, the holy book of Islam, Sept. 11.

Have we as a nation lost our collective minds?

Islam, one of the fastest growing religions on the planet, is truly a religion of peace, and the people who choose to be members of that faith do so because of a genuine desire to worship and live as they see fit.

Being a member of the Muslim faith does not automatically make someone a member of a suspect class, even in a post9/11 world.

Fanatic Islamic terrorists are to true Islam what the Ku Klux

Klan is to Christianity—a violent perversion of a noble faith.

Rather than immediately condemn all Muslims as terrorists or terrorist sympathizers, we should take time to discover more about the Muslim faith before we make rash decisions and judgments.

There is joy to be found in discovering our similarities and knowledge to be gained in seeking and understanding our differences.

More knowledge and more understanding can only lead to our betterment.

It is when we remain obstinate and refuse to make an effort to learn that we become like the terrorists we’ve come to hate, hardened by a rigid ideology and worldview that isn’t a true version of reality.

Muslims are not the enemy; ignorance and blind hatred are.

Islam is not evil; bigotry and intolerance are.

There is more that unites us than divides us, if we would only take the time to learn and observe.

Alabama isn’t traditionally known for its tolerance and religious understanding, but Auburn is (mostly) an exception.

The Auburn Islamic Center is a haven for Islamic students and professors.

There is also a Muslim Students’ Association on campus.

Ansab Ali, president of the Muslim Students’ Association, said the group has regular inter-faith dialogs, discussing both the similarities and differences between Islam and other religions ( from “Arms Wide Open,” B1).

After all, any student of theology can tell you that Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a common origin: Abraham.

According to scripture, Abraham was the father of Judaism (through his son Isaac, born of his wife Sarah) and of Islam (through his son Ishmael, born of his servant Hagar).

The main disagreement inherent in the development of those two faiths seems to be about whom upon God bestowed his blessing, with both

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faiths claiming theirs is the truly blessed one.

While the two brothers spent most of their lives apart from one another, developing the families and bloodlines that would become our modern faiths, they did manage to come back together and unite for a time: to bury their father upon his death.

By that story, we’re all just distant cousins involved in a family spat we inherited from generations that came before us.

But, in times of trouble and sadness, we can and will come together.

While family may disagree at times, there is still love there.

Love our Muslim brothers and sisters.

Show kindness.

Show respect.

Be willing to learn from diverse cultures and others. Living should be learning.

If we do these things, perhaps the sons of Isaac and Ishmael can unite once again, this time in a permanent bond of friendship and love.

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Juggling aspects of college life

Rod Guajardo editor@theplainsman.com

I tend to think that I do my best work under deadline.

This could be my journalistic qualities shining through, my apathetic attitude toward things of great importance or poor time management.

This, of course, varies on the situation or task I am attempting to complete.

Even as I am writing this column, I have 22 minutes to meet my deadline of sending pages.

One would think this would implore me to begin writing my thoughts down earlier right?

Wrong.

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things early and getting them done with time to spare never seems to set in with me.

For the most part schoolwork always ends up getting thrown on the backburner.

This is generally accompanied with the thought, “I’ll just do that before class.”

Ninety percent of the time these things either never get accomplished or get half way done before rushing off to class—late.

These assignments always leave me reflecting the same thing: I should manage my time better and do things ahead of schedule.

In theory it makes so much sense: Do things ahead of time.

Don’t stress later.

And yet it is a rarity that it actually happens.

It’s not an issue of stubbornness.

I completely understand that there are things that should be taken care of in advance.

In reality it’s because there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done.

Preaching to the choir?

I was afraid of that.

There must be a solution to this.

I constantly refer to the act of juggling when it comes to my life.

Life takes all the things that constitute my weekly routine and throws them at me furiously.

I will catch them all and begin to juggle them successfully.

However, as more and more items get thrown into my circulation some things must get dropped.

It’s inevitable.

This will happen.

There is just no way I can manage to keep all of these things up at the same time.

The obvious thing that falls first are social life.

Understandable.

Where it begins to get bothersome is when things that normally shouldn’t have

priority do.

This means that school gets dropped for work, some work gets dropped for other work and I end up spending way too many hours inside this freezing office.

Is there a way to juggle all these things successfully without having to drop things that are vital in life?

The beauty and beast of journalism is that each week is different.

No one week is the same.

There is no way to completely prepare for the paper we will release next week.

So it is rare that I can actually begin preparing for work.

The key would seem to be to drop all social aspects of life, begin school work months in advance and sleep after I graduate.

Seems resonable.

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

“So what we’re doing is allowing them to utilize the patio and everything outdoors that they were already using illegally?’”

-Sheila Eckman Auburn City Council member, from ‘SkyBar no longer breaking the law,’ A8

Last week’s question: “Should Auburn be a concealed-carry campus?” » It’s our right: 46 percent » I wouldn’t feel safe: 46 percent » I don’t know: 4 percent » I don’t care: 4 percent

This week’s question: “Do you text and drive?” » Of course, doesn’t everyone? » Sometimes » Try not to » Never Go to www.theplainsman.com to vote.

Relationships are a two-way street... if you’re a 10

Daniel Chesser news@theplainsman.com

I’m lookin’ for a dime that’s top of the line, cute face, slim waist, with a big behind.

Well, I’ll settle for a nine with a cute face and a slim waist.

This column is to all the young women of Auburn and, why not?, all the women of the world.

Ladies, if you want to be desirable to men and feel appreciated once you have them wrapped around your little pinky finger, you have to first carry yourself with the attitude that you are, in fact, worth the work dudes put into making you happy.

If you act like a six, then I am probably going to treat you like a four.

I am referring to these numbers on a scale of behavior, not just looks.

So if you act like a ten, then there is no limit to what you will get in return, whether it is love, money or just companionship.

It relates directly to treating others how you would like to be treated, aka The Golden Rule.

If you read my column from last week, you know I am a prick, and I don’t care what anyone thinks about me or what I do.

If you didn’t read it, I saved you the trouble and summarized it in one sentence. I am a prick. The end.

I am going to die alone and miserable in my own arms, but so is everyone.

We all come in and out of this world alone.

Back to the point: ladies, you get out what you put in a relationship.

I understand romantic relationships work both ways for the two parties involved.

Sacrifices and changes have to be made on both parts, but

not forced by either.

If you are in love with someone, you will accept that person for his or her faults and work with them to make a better future together.

Clear communication is the key to a successful relationship.

If you talk with your partner instead of throwing up walls of silence or storming out at the drop of a hat, your partner will value and respect the way you are handling yourself and the relationship as a whole.

Make concessions for the one you love.

Learn to pick your battles and find the appropriate place to discuss your issues.

A lasting relationship will stay

afloat with mutual trust and respect.

Ladies, you gain these from a man by valuing yourself and acting like you’ve been somewhere before, not acting on every impulse you feel.

Men are simple creatures with short tempers and sharp tongues, but if he is a catch and worth it to you at all, you will learn to cater to his simpleminded needs, like food, back rubs and the occasional asspinch.

Learn to be cool and the confidence follows.

Once you are comfortable with yourself, your man will take notice and do anything for you at anytime.

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Drop the Sinatra, hit me with some Lady Gaga The stadium was rocking for the Clemson game, and it reminded me of my years at Auburn.

I was there through the Sullivan/Beasley years when you screamed until you were hoarse... and you never left the

game early!

It brought back great memories.

My one “complaint”... Frank Sinatra songs???

Our band is awesome, but could we liven up the music choices a bit?

I love Sinatra’s music, when sung by Sinatra.

But it isn’t what I’d call marching-band material. Please don’t consider this a criticism of the band’s wonderful talent.

But how about a little “Paparazzi,” com-

plete with photographers following the majorettes during the song?

Have a little fun!

Jeanna Watts Dennis AU Alumna

‘I will never feel safe Plainsman wrong on concealed weapons, would prevent incidents on campus again’ I am terrified by the idea that concealed carry may become legal on Auburn’s campus.

Concealed carry is supposed to allow students to use guns as a form of self-defense, but it has the possibility to cause more harm than good.

Suppose that a student is walking back to his or her residence hall late at night, and someone begins to follow them.

The other person may be completely harmless, but if the student is frightened enough or possibly intoxicated after a night at the bars, the student may feel compelled to shoot at the other person.

This could cause serious injury or death to the other person.

Even if a student is being openly threatened or attacked, guns are still not the answer.

I myself carry pepper spray in case I am ever assaulted.

Pepper spray is a preferable means of self-defense than a gun because it enables one to defend him or herself and get away from an attacker without causing serious injury or death to the other person.

The University also offers selfdefense classes in which students can learn how to defend

themselves without weapons if they are assaulted.

Even if guns are permitted as a means of self-defense only, there is certainly a risk that they will not be used as such.

Do not forget the tragedies of Columbine, Virginia Tech, UA Huntsville and other less publicized school shootings.

If guns are permitted on campus, it would be easier for a large-scale shooting to occur, and thus the chances of one would increase dramatically.

I hope that those in charge of resolving this issue will realize that permitting guns could make Auburn University far less safe than it is now.

I know that if concealed carry is allowed, I will never feel safe on campus again, and it will force me to transfer to a different university where concealed carry is not allowed.

Lindsay Schneider sophomore, psychology

Thursday, The Plainsman claimed Auburn was not ready for concealed weapons on campus.

My question: If not now, then when?

The writer acknowledges, “more than likely, a person carrying on campus will not be searched, and no one will ever know he or she brought a weapon onto University grounds. For all we know, classes could be full of students packing heat... you’d never know.”

If it’s so easy to bring a weapon onto campus, then why should only criminals have the opportunity?

The writer claims, “it would be difficult for police officers and trained professionals to decipher who was shooting whom,” but officers must already be prepared to react to this exact scenario.

It’s part of their training.

Still, the writer worries the wrong person could get shot during the panic.

I can’t predict what will happen in every situation, but I can guarantee that without legal weapons the “right person” has very little chance of being shot before he has inflicted consider-

able damage.

The writer further insists, “even though a person must be properly trained and licensed to concealed carry, that person is still not a professional.”

On this point, they’re right.

Concealed-carry license holders are not trained law enforcement officers.

Of course, they also don’t use police radios, respond to 911 calls, set up traffic stops, make arrests or respond to other police emergencies.

They’re not cops, and they don’t pretend to be.

Carrying concealed is about self-defense, not becoming a one-man vigilante team searching for trouble.

The writer asks, “would students be and feel safer if guns were allowed on campus, and they knew, chances were, their classmates were carrying?”

As for being safer, I recommend looking at Colorado State University’s crime statistics.

After concealed carry became legal on campus, crime rates plummeted.

As for feeling safer, it may seem intimidating at first, but given the CSU student body’s overwhelming reaction to an at-

tempt by the administration to ban guns on campus, I’d say they got used to it and felt safer with weapons than without.

Finally, the writer claims, “allowing guns on campus to try to combat outlier situations, situations which are difficult to predict and hard to prevent, seems like poor logic.”

Concealed carry isn’t just about “outlier situations.”

As I’ve already mentioned, crime rates at CSU plummeted after concealed carry became legal.

It wasn’t just “outlier situations” that fell off the charts.

Even nonviolent crime took a nosedive.

Concealed carry isn’t about stopping “the next mass shooting.”

It’s about granting licensed students the same right to legal self-defense on campus they currently enjoy virtually everywhere else.

Erik Soderstrom media liaison and state director for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus

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Bookstore owner connects business skills with love of books Abby Townson Writer

Gnu’s Room owner Tina Tatum had no idea what the future had in store for her when she graduated from Auburn in the ‘70s.

She certainly didn’t

foresee being the owner of an eclectic, hip bookstore in Auburn.

Tatum, 53, worked at a used bookstore in Birmingham in the late ‘90s. It was then that this entrepreneur with a degree in marketing realized that her true calling was bound to the book business.

“I’d always wanted to have my own business,” Tatum said. “I just didn’t know what I wanted to do exactly, and so it’s like ‘ding,’ you know. The light went on, and it’s like, ‘OK, this is what I want to do.’”

Ten years later, Tatum was able to make her calling a reality.

Brought to Auburn by a job that didn’t work out, she began working part time at the Gnu’s Room.

In September 2007, Tatum and her partner Kelley Prickett took over the store when the former owner, Bill Shirling, retired.

“It’s just a pleasure for me to come to work every day,” Tatum said.

Since 2007, Tatum has expanded Gnu’s Room, bringing in more books and even adding an in-store coffee shop to the mix.

“I think we have a good bookstore,” Tatum said. “We have a really nice selection of books that you won’t find

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anywhere else in town.

We have, I think, the best coffee in town. We have the most reasonable prices, but more than anything else, it’s about conversation.”

Tatum said she has always had an appreciation for the arts, especially literature.

“It’s weird because my parents were not particularly arts-inclined,” Tatum said, “but once I was exposed to it, I don’t know, it just spoke to me.”

Tatum said being around books makes her happy and brings her peace.

“I don’t know how to describe it,” she said.

“It’s almost like a Zen

thing for me.”

Tatum said her goal is to create an environment where people can come together and share ideas.

“It’s about people meeting people, learning about things they might have thought they had absolutely no interest in, just because it is presented in an interesting way,” Tatum said.

Tatum said she strives to make customers feel comfortable and welcome.

“To me this is kind of my living room, if you will,” Tatum said.

“When you walk in, I want you to have a good experience.”

Elaine Busby / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Tina Tatum graduated from Auburn in the ‘70s and now owns Gnu’s Room bookstore.

SkyBar no longer breaking the law Laura Maxwell Managing Editor

SkyBar Café may now legally use its patio as an extension of the lounge.

The patio, which was built in August 2009, was approved by the planning commission, but the owners of SkyBar never requested for it to be used as an extension of the lounge.

“So what we’re doing is allowing them to utilize the patio and everything outdoors that they were already using illegally?” asked councilwoman Sheila Eckman, seeking clarification. “I’m just thinking if we deny it, it’s gonna be a nightmare to police it.”

City Manager Charles Duggan said, “You can’t legislate dishonesty.”

Councilman Thomas Warden said it seems like the same people try to get away with a lot.

Allowing the patio to be used legally will not have an effect on the occupancy allowed for the facility.

After much deliberation, the council approved the commercial and entertainment use for the lounge, after which Councilman Bob Norman applauded.

In other business, Auburn resident Charles Segrest returned to the council to ask them to rethink building a traffic circle on Cary Drive.

“Please reconsider and hold up on the development of that circle and any other future circles in or around Cary Drive,” Segrest said. “The circle will not benefit or slow these people down who refuse to follow the speed limit.”

Part of Segrest’s dissatisfaction with installing a traffic circle is that he said he feels the money would be more beneficial if used elsewhere.

“If we had that much money to spend, we certainly could improve safety for everyone in the neighborhood,” Segrest said.

As an alternative, he

suggested installing sidewalks along Cary Drive.

Segrest said while the whole idea of installing a traffic circle came from concerns about speeding along the road, by the time people drive around the circle they are going to speed up to make up for that lost time.

Segrest said he plans to start a petition to show that residents do not want the circle to be installed, though he was not sure whether it would be prepared by the next meeting.

Elsewhere on the agenda, Sean Foote, representative of Jim Parker Family Properties, discussed the building of a telecommunications tower for Knology on Skyway Drive.

The tower would be within 60 to 75 feet of the Auburn University Regional Airport runway.

While it could be as low as 65 feet tall, Foote said it could reach heights as tall as 90 feet.

Foote said Knology has begun doing signal tests to determine how tall the tower needs to be.

“I think everybody’s anxious to see this [Knology] come into the city,” said councilman Arthur Dowdell.

Jim Parker Family Properties also received permission for the use of a cable office. The office will be used as a payment center.

At the end of the meeting, the owner of Philly Connection, Sunel Merchant, made a special appearance. He was in one of the Twin Towers on 9/11.

His daughter, Saloni, accompanied him.

He said she wanted to do something on her own to help support the public safety department.

In the past, she sold her toys to raise money.

This year, she presented Mayor Bill Ham with money she raised to give to the department.

“The public safety has been doing a great job, and they are the real superheroes,” Sunel said.

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ARMS WIDE PEN Despite national tension, Auburn’s Muslim community feels right at home Charlie Timberlake / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Chelsea Harvey Staff Writer

There are worse places than small-town Alabama to be a Muslim.

At least, this is the general consensus from Auburn’s Islamic community.

According to Asim Ali, information technology specialist for the College of Education, Auburn’s attitude toward Islam seems to be largely indifferent or sometimes curious.

“Of course, there’s always people who are ignorant, but

you can’t shape your life around them,” Ali said. “You have to find what’s positive in a society.”

Khawla Suhaila, senior at Auburn High School, had her brush with such people in middle school. Suhaila moved to Auburn in March 2001 and did not experience any negativity for several years.

“Of course, when I came in March, it was before 9/11,” she said. “After 9/11, I still didn’t see anything different because I was in elementary school. But once I got to the junior high, there were some kids who would say, ‘Go

back to where you came from.’”

Despite this experience, Suhaila has not had any other problems.

“Kids are a little more immature, and they tend to do that,” she said. “Overall, I think Auburn has been exposed to diversity, so they’re a lot more understanding than some places, and they’re a lot more open.”

Ansab Ali, senior in accounting, finance and management of information systems, said he has seen several instances in which non-Muslim Auburn residents have reached out to connect

with or defend Islam.

Ansab said after 9/11, Auburn’s Muslim community experienced compassion rather than the hatred exhibited in other larger cities.

“People actually sent us letters saying, ‘Are you ok?’ to our homes and to our local mosque,” he said. “Not only people in general, but churches as well sent us letters.”

Ansab also said that a recent derogatory letter to the editor published in The Auburn Plainsman regarding Islam sparked a defensive response from the

Auburn community.

“To combat this, not only did the Muslims respond, but also students—just random students responded to this, which I found amazing,” Ansab said. “You know, I don’t even know these people and they’re defending Islam.”

Despite recent anti-Islamic attitudes in other cities, Auburn has yet to exhibit any similar negativity.

In light of a planned event last month by a pastor in Gainesville, » Turn to ISLAM, B2

Therapy grooves to its third title Asia Ashley Writer

For the third year in a row, the Auburn sextet Therapy rocked Battle of the Bands and claimed first place, earning a prize of $400.

The second-place winner, Just Marked, won a $300 cash prize, and third-place winner, Blame Sydney!, took home $200.

“Even though this is our third year winning, it was a relief when they announced it because all the bands were so good this year,” said Erika Daniels, one of the singers in the band.

The band members said they learned one of their new songs in just three days and were hoping they would not forget the words.

Nikita Miller, also a singer in the band, wrote two of the three songs her band performed.

One of them was inspired by a recent breakup with her boyfriend,

which she announced to the audience.

The band also said the performance was the debut of the song and that the audience was the first to hear it.

“She wrote the song on Monday, so we practiced every day this week,” said Rodney Kings, vocalist and keyboardist.

The band also performed its own soulful rendition of “American Boy” by Estelle.

The six-member band, including guitarist Khalil Roundtree, drummer Steve Lawson and percussionist Al Body, said they spent countless hours practicing, sometimes up to four hours at a time, to prepare for the show.

“It was a tough decision, but the judges did fairly well in their choice,” said Raiyan Haq, freshman in undeclared sciences and math, who attended the competition. “Therapy did well, along with the other bands.”

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John Tourtellotte, Bridget Knapik and Eli Jolley gather at the kitchen table in “The Birthday Party.”

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Auburn University Theatre opens its season tonight with “The Birthday Party” by Harold Pinter.

The play follows Stanley Webber, who lives in an English boarding house run by Meg and Petey Boles.

Two strangers arrive on Stanley’s supposed birthday and cause quite the disruption.

“It has humorous elements, but at the same time it’s scary,” said Chase Bringardner, director and assistant theatre professor. “It’s about what happens when you live in a

society with constant fear around you. What does it do to people? How does one choose to either survive that or succumb to it?”

Although the play was written in 1958, Bringardner said it speaks to the contemporary moment.

“It’s relevant in terms of the way we are in a post-9/11 society, constantly living under that fear,” Bringardner said. “This play does a really important job of showing how people cope with that and the ways in which that kind of fear can cause people to act out in very different ways.”

The play’s nuance and depth offer

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“You can’t see the show and not feel anything about it, whether you’re interested in theatre or not,” said Bridget Knapik, senior in musical theatre who plays Meg in the play. “There’s so much great stuff in the writing alone, but especially when it comes to life.”

Pinter’s writing style leaves room for interpretation, according to John Tourtellotte, senior in musical theatre who plays Petey. » Turn to BIRTHDAY, B2

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Fla., who would have burned the Quran on television, Suhaila said she did not experience any backlash in Auburn. “I actually did not see that a lot of my fellow students were aware of the ‘Burn a Quran’ day,� she said. “Students who did seemed to think it was ridiculous.�

Asim said he noticed a similar attitude. “I guess it’s kind of fitting with our character as a city—a lot of indifference,� he said.

Asim said the only positive thing to come from the experience is that the Christian world was given a greater understanding of the challenges facing Islam. “Now at least Christians have an idea of what it feels like to have your faith misrepresented across the world by a fringe group of people,� he said.

Understanding is a goal

that Suhaila encourages as well. “I would really encourage people to explore the difference between religion and culture,� she said.

As a woman who wears a head scarf, Suhaila said a common misconception is that women who wear the scarf are oppressed by their male family members. “The men who are forcing their wives or daughters are actually breaking religious law,� Suhaila said.

The Muslim Students’ Association exists on campus to foster understanding.

Their events usually attract a modest showing from students who want to learn about the faith. “We do a lot of events— we bring in speakers from all around the nation to speak about Islam,� said Ansab Ali, president of the organization. “We also have interfaith dialogues with other religions as well, just about various topics.�

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“Not much information is given about exactly what is going on and why,�

Tourtellotte said. “It’s just enough to make you want to know. You stay engaged the whole time because you’re waiting for that next little answer.�

The play’s lingering questions will be eased by comedy, said Eli Jolley, junior in performance theatre who plays Stanley.

“By the end, people will be wondering what just happened, but hopefully they will have laughed enough to relieve some of the tension,� Jolley said.

The play’s style is rarely seen in student theatre, according to Chase Cox, senior in theatre who plays Goldberg. “A lot of times at universities, you find plays that are either funny or serious, but rarely is it really skin-tingling,� Cox said. “So I think this play is very

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Only two students comprise the entire class roster for “Flight Simulation,� a class focusing on the physics and engineering behind aerial vehicles. “We try to make a mathematical model of different flight vehicles, such as rockets, missiles, airplanes and other aerial vehicles,� said John Cochran, professor and head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering. “To make these models, you have to use different principles you have learned in physics, aerodynamics and different parts of aerospace engineering. You mix those all together, and then you simulate what the airplane is gonna do or what a missile is going to do while in flight.�

The course incorporates the computer programs MATLAB and Simulink to input data. These two programs, used in many areas of engineering, are able to process the numerous forms of data entry required to accurately map a vehicle’s flight path.

One of the main goals in this type of flight simulation is to make the production of these aerial vehicles more efficient. “You can see what different types

of flight vehicles can do without actually having to build them,� Cochran said. “You can save a lot of money by not having to build one, test it and build another. You can change things like the wing area or the weight and virtually build it on the computer.�

The class has been around for more than 20 years, but has evolved and grown over the years because of better simulation techniques.

Cochran said the technology has allowed the class to look at the flights of almost all aerial vehicles, whether a satellite orbiting thousands of miles above the Earth, rockets launched by NASA or just a weather balloon. “It’s amazing how accurate the information is,� Cochran said. “The data and formulas we enter into our program can almost exactly mimic the performance of different vehicles of flight.�

Clay Robertson, doctoral candidate in aerospace engineering, said he is using the class to further his research on aircrafts and their stability. “I need this course to learn how to use MATLAB and Simulink to later apply toward my own ideas in my thesis,� Robertson said. “My thesis is going to be based around the

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Bringardner said he chose this play because of Pinter’s recent death. “Harold Pinter is a really important British playwright, and this was his first really popular play,�

Bringardner said. “I hope the audience takes away the legacy of Pinter and the important contributions he made to theatre and society in general.�

Bringardner said the audience will have an

emotional experience. “They’re going to have a good time,� Bringardner said. “They’re going to be led on a mysterious, sometimes crazy journey. It’s a really exciting ride in the theatre, and I think it’ll be something people would not expect to see.�

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stability and control of aircrafts. The class takes what we have learned in undergraduate courses and illustrates the more complex ideas behind flight.�

As the class progresses, so does the level of difficulty.

Cochran said the class starts out with simple flight vehicles and develops them into more complex projects. “We start off by teaching how to predict how a rocket that has one degree of freedom will perform,� Cochran said. “That basically means the rocket is going to go on a straight path, directly up. We then work our way to six degrees of freedom, which involves flight maneuvers like rolls.�

Kevin Albardo, doctoral candidate in aerospace engineering, said he is hoping to advance his knowledge and develop his own simulation of a six-degrees-of-freedom flight. “The most interesting thing about the class I have learned, so far, is how complex a suite of codes like this is,�

Albardo said.

According to Cochran, students can develop several different careers using this type of knowledge.

Graduates have worked as engineers for the military, NASA and other aeronautical institutes around the country.

The Auburn Plainsman

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Campus, B3

Antique Auburn Two buildings on Auburn’s campus celebrate benchmark anniversaries in 2010

RBD Library Library serves students for half a century Jake Cole Writer

The familiar smell of dusty books has permeated the Ralph Brown Draughon Library for 50 years, having soaked into the foundation of the building that has survived many changes.

Dwayne Cox, head of Special Collections and Archives, said he remembers when the building, built in 1960 to handle the space limitations of the previous library, doubled in size in 1991.

“The expansion of the building was desperately needed,” Cox said, “but what surprised me was how quickly we filled

the space.”

Every year, the staff receives suggestions from students and faculty on how to improve the library.

“I’ve only been here five years—10 percent of the 50 years,” said Bonnie MacEwan, dean of AU Libraries, “but I think this library has constantly changed and responded to the needs of our users.”

Since MacEwan became dean, RBD Library has added various elements to make the building more conducive to learning.

Caribou Coffee, added in 2009, provides students with a quick pick-me-up, while rearrangements of study areas

allow students to work alone in rooms or move tables around for group studies.

Perhaps the most notable remodeling is the addition of the Learning Commons, completed this year.

In an effort to consolidate the various student services on campus for easier access, the Learning Commons houses officials from the Office of Information Technology, the Miller Writing Center and Study Partners in one place.

“It’s been very, very popular, full all the time, and people are disappointed when they come in that direction and there’s no place to sit and work,” said Marcia Boosinger,

associate dean for public services. “I think the combination of the type of seating, the tables, outlets and lighting makes it conducive to people wanting to be there and be\ more productive.”

The library will hit another milestone when its 3-millionth volume is added Nov. 5, the same date that the finished library was dedicated almost three years after then President Draughon broke ground on the facility in 1960.

Several pillars adorned with old photographs and Plainsman articles have been erected near the Mell Street entrance, and the Special Collections and Archives room

on the ground floor has several cases filled with materials. Items in the display cases include doodles Draughon drew in his spare time and a story about Harold Franklin, Auburn’s first black student, who enrolled in 1964.

Recent additions to the library have included online databases and collections.

Regardless, students still flood the building every day to study.

“I think it’s the quality of the services,” MacEwan said. “People feel we’ve paid attention to user groups and worked hard to create spaces. I don’t think the kind of academia students need will be entirely online.”

Comer Hall

Agriculture building celebrates 100 years Maddy Hall Writer

Comer Hall is notable for its exterior features: white stone arches, large columns, balcony and detailed carvings of rams’ heads surrounded by stalks of corn and wheat.

This year marks the 100th birthday for Comer Hall, a building that has been called “the cornerstone of agriculture” at Auburn University.

Since being built atop the highest point on Ag Hill in 1910, Comer Hall

has been home to more departments and units than any other building except Samford Hall.

“President Charles Coleman Thach called the agricultural building more imposing than any other campus landmark,” said Dwayne Cox, Archivist III with Special Collections and Archives and expert on the University.

The building, named for former Alabama governor Braxton Bragg Comer, currently houses the College of Agriculture, Department of Research

Information and the Department of Agriculture Economic and Rural Sociology.

“A 1907 appropriation, coupled with private support, launched a building spree,” Cox said. “Auburn employed historic architectural styles to lend the campus an air of venerability.”

A fire in 1920 ruined the inside of Comer Hall, but left it standing tall.

A major renovation left the building ready to be used again only two years after the fire.

During the fire, “students were able to save some books, which they carefully carried down the stairs, and typewriters, which they threw out the windows,” said Leigh Hinton, communications editor for the College of Agriculture. “Radio station WAPI, ‘The Voice of Alabama,’ was located on the third floor of Comer Hall. The station broadcast news, weather and educational materials related to agriculture and home economics.”

The building has

advanced along with history, as its inhabitants have found diverse purposes for it, adapting to the changes of the day.

“During the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1960s, part of the basement was equipped as a fallout shelter, complete with food, water and portable sanitation facilities,” Hinton said.

Working in an 100-yearold building does have its negative sides, but not enough to overshadow the positives.

“Not everything works

all the time, but I consider it a real privilege to work here,” said Katie Jackson, agricultural communications editor, who has worked in Comer Hall for 22 years. “The plaster is old and the plumbing sometimes leaks, but nothing horrible.”

While its history spans a century, if you’re hoping to meet a ghost, Comer Hall is not the place to look.

“We’ve never heard a ghost, although it would be cool, if it was a friendly one of course,” Jackson said.

The Auburn Plainsman

Campus, B4

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Group works to take slice out of local hunger New organization utilizes leftover food from Sewell Hall to supply Lee County citizens in need Eric Austin Campus Editor

You’ve all done it. The waiter carries out the food to your table, sets it down in front of your growling stomach and bulging eyes, and suddenly, you realize the steak is cooked a bit too much to your liking.

Politely (or perhaps not), you have the food sent back and a new meal is promptly returned to your table at the standard you requested.

So what happened to that first meal?

Chances are it’s decomposing in a landfill, providing sustenance to the ground or a raccoon.

classmates in a hunger capstone course decided to choose Campus Kitchens, a national program that is fighting world hunger.

The premise behind Campus Kitchens is obtaining the large amount of food that is thrown away every day on campus and delivering it to the hungry citizens of a particular community.

Campus Kitchens task force chair Daniel Ballew, senior in building science, said the program is in the pilot phase.

The first Campus Kitchen event was Friday. “We want to start small and move out,� Ballew

It is with this knowledge that several concerned students have brought Campus Kitchens to Auburn, which will seek to save that food from the landfill and deliver it to the plates of people who need it. “I stumbled into the ‘Intro to Hunger Studies’ course and realized I had a deep passion for issues concerning hunger,� said Ashlyn Yuratich, junior in anthropology and vice-chair of the Campus Kitchens task force. “We decided to do a semesterlong project that would be sustainable on Auburn’s campus.�

Yuratich and several

said.

Currently, the food is only being served from the leftovers of Sewell Hall. “Eventually, we want to have food coming in from restaurants all over Auburn,� Ballew said.

While Auburn may not have big-city characteristics like widespread homelessness and housing projects that make hunger visible, the group stresses there is a great need for a program like Campus Kitchens in Auburn and the surrounding area. “Forty-five percent of Lee County’s population west of Auburn lives below the federal poverty

line, and the declining economy only increases the need,� Yuratich said.

The task force members share a central goal of curbing hunger in Auburn. “The fight against world hunger has been on the forefront of my mind for the last four years,� said Emily Butler, senior in health and family development studies and a task force member. “I had the opportunity to partake in several international trips that opened my eyes to the global issues concerning our world.�

For Ballew, the motivation runs deeper. “Ultimately, it comes down to my relationship

with Christ,� Ballew said.

While the first kitchen was held in Sewell Hall, Ballew said they will be having them in the new Auburn Arena in the future.

As the program gains momentum, more opportunities for students and community members to volunteer will become available. “I’m planning a kickoff day which will be held on MLK Day of Service, Jan. 17, 2011,� Yuratich said. “This will be open to everyone in the community to come get involved with Campus Kitchens and learn the importance of service.�

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Engineering program offers students free summer in India Rachel Shirley

summer semester is spent working on case studies in India; and fall semester is dedicated to putting the case studies online.

“It’s essentially a yearlong program,” Clayson said.

While most of the students who participate in the program are in majors related to math, science or engineering, LITEE doesn’t discriminate based on major.

The program, which has an average of five to six students each semester, seeks graduate and undergraduate students interested in creating case studies, ranging from thermal conditions in dorms to solar power to designing handbags for a rural rehabilitation center.

“They work with the professionals and researchers there to gather data, and then they create a case study, which is basically an instructional

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The search is on for participants in an all-expenses-paid summer abroad program for two months in India.

The program is made possible through Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education, a research group at Auburn, and funding from the National Science Foundation’s International Research Experience for Students.

“They go to India and work with some of our contacts in India on a research project for the two months that they are there,” said Ashley Clayson, executive assistant for LITEE. The program has a three-semester requirement.

Spring semester is devoted to a one-hour credit preparing for India;

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tool and website,” Clayson said.

While the program is a good resume builder, it also gives students the ability to work on real issues and help other students learn through the case studies.

“The cool thing about

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With an effort to maintain the land regulations to save the forest, the university struggled between making a few unappealing, high-rise dorms that take up little room or many low-rise dorms, which the students found more comfortable.

For Marsocci, it was the global experience in India which he said made an impact.

“I think the great thing about India is actually staying in another country and living like normal people there,” Marsocci said. “It is a lot easier than you think to work with people on the other side of the world.”

For more information on the summer abroad program in India, attend an informational meeting Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. in Ross Hall, Room 278.

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On the Concourse Do you think Auburn is a welcoming place to different religions?

“I do. I feel like you can be who you want to be without judgment.”

-Jasmyne Farr, freshman, early childhood education

“Yes, I really do think so. It seems like they are really open about religion around here.”

- Savoskl Woody, freshman, civil engineering

“Yeah, I think we’re pretty welcoming to everything—religion, cultures, whatever.”

-Rachel Lee, senior, human development and family studies

“Yes. Everybody’s welcome here. No one really puts you down because you’re a Christian.”

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- Sam Edwards, freshman, mechanical engineering

From her trendy style, it’s clear this week’s Loveliest has big-city tastes. She’s Shelli, straight from Birmingham and ready to put a smile on your face. This senior in psychology is a War Eagle Girl, AU Singer and is active in the University Honors College. Don’t think her busy professional life doesn’t leave her time for play, however. “I like singing, reading, Tweeting and watching television shows that start with G,” she says.

We’re certainly Glee-ful to have her grace our pages.

“I think it definitely is. Everyone’s willing to accept other religions. You can go to church with each other even if you’re not the same religion.”

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From tree to tree, hammocks are the new campus craze Alison McFerrin Staff Writer

The human-sized cocoons popping up across campus aren’t mutant bugs trying to take over the world. They’re hammocks.

Rob Davis, sophomore in hotel and restaurant management, said he bought his hammock to go backpacking.

“Once I had it, I was like, ‘Ah, all the things I can do with this.’”

Davis said he usually goes out at night.

With a hammock, he can go camping any time he wants.

“It’s really awesome when you’re in it because you look like a bat or something hanging from the trees,” Davis said. “Or

you can pretend like you’re a caterpillar, going into a cocoon.”

Mac Mosher, junior in pre-nursing, also enjoys some good quality time in a hammock.

“I use it to study,” Mosher said.

“I’ll set up outside my dorm. It’s kinda nice because you can lie down in it or if you sit sideways in your hammock, you can use it as a chair.”

Mosher said his favorite spot is just off Haley Concourse, but if he is going with a group of friends, they go to Samford Lawn.

“They’ve got a couple more

trees, so you c a n hang up multiple hammo ck s,” Mosher said.

D av i s said a good hammock costs about $90.

Most people use the Eagle’s Nest Outfitter’s brand.

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Aaron Nette, sophomore in pre-nursing, bought his hammock to use during backpacking as well.

“But since I don’t get to backpack every few months, I wouldn’t want to waste the money on a hammock,” Nette said. He also uses it on campus about twice a week.

“Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I like because I get out of class around two and I normally don’t have anything else going on the rest of the day,” Nette said.

“It’s a great way to relax after class and study.”

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Mold allergies wreak havoc Chelsea Harvey Staff Writer

Auburn University’s most prevalent and least acknowledged enemy may be the mold that grows in our bathrooms.

According to Dr. Suzanne Graham-Hooker of the Auburn University Medical Clinic, the clinic regularly sees patients complaining of mold allergies.

“We’ve had students bring in Q-tips with black, dirty substances from their air conditioners, from their walls, from their bathrooms,” she said.

Graham-Hooker said mold problems are common in both dorms and old apartments and can cause various complications for students with allergies.

“It causes students to miss class, and it causes them to have problems with sleep,” GrahamHooker said. “It becomes a disability. I have written disability paperwork for students concerning

allergic problems. I have and later asthma, from the also had to write paper- mold. work for them to leave “I was in the Medical apartments or living situ- Clinic so much, the doctor ations.” knew me by name,” Eiland Mold allergies are treat- said. “I can't even begin ed with to tell several difyou how ferent medim u c h I was in the money I cations.

“The main medical clinic so spent on three are a doctor nasal ste- much the doctor bills and roid spray, knew me by name.” prescripan anti-intions.” flammatory Shanmedication non HenCarmen Eiland called Sinn e s s e y, senior, accounting gulair, and u n d e an antihisclared tamine, and an example of sophomore, said she also that could be something had a bad experience inlike Claritin or Zyrtec,” volving mold in her dorm Graham-Hooker said. room.

Carmen Eiland, senior “Fall semester of last in accounting, said she year, the air conditioner in suffered a severe reaction our dorm room was leakfrom mold in her dorm ing,” Hennessey said. “It last year. caused mold in our wood “My freshman and floor, and it also caused a sophomore year I lived in raised bump to form in the Dobbs Hall on the Hill, and middle of the room. The never in my life have I got- bump grew until it was ten so sick,” she said. about a foot and a half Eiland said she devel- wide and a couple of inchoped a staph infection, es off the floor.”

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Dustin Genton, Auburn alumnus and ex-resident assistant, said he received complaints about mold two or three times a year.

“Usually the nonbathroom mold was found in the windows or on the ceiling,” Genton said. “I have seen several rooms over the years that had multiple moldy spots on the ceiling where it looked like water had come through.”

According to GrahamHooker, it is common for students to come in not knowing what is causing their symptoms.

“They usually don’t know at first, but they come in multiple times, usually two, three, four episodes, and we ask them to try to identify the reason for their chronic allergy symptoms,” she said.

Eiland said things have changed since she moved away from the mold.

“Since moving out of the dorms over a year and a half ago, I've been to the doctor twice. I'm so much healthier and not near as sick anymore,” she said.

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In many cases, mold grows in bathrooms as a result of moisture, causing many problems for students with allergies.

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by these thoughtless individuals,� Crawford said.

Depending on how the hammock is hung up and what kind of tree the hammock-user chooses, the tree can become damaged.

That would be destruction of state property.

“Our trees are some of the most beloved things on campus,� Crawford said. “Often they connect it to smaller limbs and so forth that are stressed and crack and break, and then the tree becomes deformed.

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with this.�

Crawford said he has never seen anyone hanging hammocks in the trees, only the damage that is done. “If I saw someone doing that, I would be compelled to call the police

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Nette said some hammocks could damage the trees, depending on what kind of support was used and how they were hung. “However, for the ENO hammocks that many

students use, the type of support is a strap, instead of something like a rope, which I believe causes more damage,� Nette said. “The strap allows the pressure to be spread out and not as pressing on the tree, in my opinion.�

technical problems solved Jeremy Gerrard Writer

If you thought you were the only one having problems with the University e-mail lately, you’re not alone.

TigerMail Live, the new e-mail system offered through a partnership between Microsoft and Auburn University, has caused its share of problems with students, some of whom say they regret making the switch.

Director of OIT User Services Ellyn Hix and Manager of OIT User Services Brian Anderson said they have heard the cries of students and are doing their best to fix them as soon as possible.

According to Anderson, TigerMail Live is now available to about 90 percent of the student body, excluding graduate students.

Since they began to offer the new service, only one-third of students have made the switch, making it difficult for them to get feedback that may easily solve some of the problems. “We need more feedback and need more students opting-in,� Hix said. “The students need to make sure they use the Auburn help desk and OIT numbers if they are experiencing any problems because we want to know about them.�

Eventually all students must make the change to TigerMail Live, although an exact date has not been set.

However, the new system does offer services that are not available with the old TigerMail.

Among these new features are a SkyDrive, which will let students store data online, a 10 gigabyte

ad-free mailbox, live chat, for setting up the account the capability to upload on my iPhone were awful photos and completely and extremely complicustomize Web pages for cated,� said Justin Neisler, you or groups you may be a recent Auburn alumnus. “While I did finally get involved with. incomAnother ing mail feature to work, I that is sure We need more have yet to to entice be able to students is feedback and need get outgothe ability ing mail to use any more students optfrom my Micro s of t ing-in. phone to Office prowork yet.� gram onNe i s l e r line, even Ellen Hix did point if the operDirector of OIT User out that ating comServices he likes puter does the ability not have to keep his them.

Many students who Auburn e-mail active past have made the switch, the one-year expiration though, say they have date for alumni, a feature had trouble navigating the that both Hix and Andernew system and that the son confirmed.

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usage on smart phones, mail not coming in or out, a two-week transfer for old e-mails, slow response time and confusing setup.

Andrew Mackey, senior in political science, said he started receiving e-mails at the new address before he gave it out to anyone. “My saved e-mails took two weeks to fully transfer over, and all of my inbox had been labeled as ‘unread,’� Mackey added.

Many students remain unaware of the new service.

Some that have been invited to make the switch are hesitant because they are comfortable with the old system or because of the feedback they have gotten from friends about TigerMail Live. “I haven't signed up because I generally like the way my e-mail functions as it is, and I don’t really want to take the time to

switch to the other system because I have not really had to,� said Alexander McSwain, senior in philosophy.

While TigerMail Live left a bad impression for many students, others who have yet to change have also experienced problems.

Overall, change is probably the issue for most students.

Anderson and Hix said they promise OIT is doing its best to make the switch comfortable for students and is considering putting a link on the TigerMail login page that will allow anyone to submit comments or feedback.

At this time, OIT said the best decision for students is to make the switch and give the new system a chance, adding that they are there for help when students need it, and that these minor problems should be temporary.

Kerry’s recipe of the week:

Leborah Smith sophomore, biomedical sciences

Age: 19 Hometown: Geneva Greatest fear: Snakes Hobbies: Watching football Random fact: I am 4’9�.

Availability: Single

Would you lie in a hammock on campus?

Yes. I don’t know if I would set one up, but if there was one setup already.

Where would you go to college if you couldn’t go to Auburn?

South Alabama

What book would you ban if you could? “The Jungle� by Upton Sinclair because it is really nasty and extremely depressing.

Where would you travel if you could travel anywhere in the world?

Italy

Who do you like to sit with at Auburn football games?

Just friends and my dad

What is the weirdest dream you have ever had?

I was six, and I just finished watching “Jurassic Park� for the first time. I had a dream that my cousin died in the forest, and everyone had to go to their nearest church. Then they all had to fly to outer space until all of the dinosaurs died.

When did you realize you wanted to major in biomedical sciences?

Last year—my grandmother passing away from cancer made me want to help people.

Corrections: The article “Campus safety takes priority in September� in the Sept. 9, 2010 issue of The Auburn Plainsman misspelled the name of Lauren Burk. The correct spelling is Lauren Burk, not Lauren Burke.

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“Twilight,” created in 2004, features egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panel.

“Tree Whisperer,” painted in 2005, features egg tempera, acrylic and gold leaf on wood panel.

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Leaves you breathless Glistening gold leaf and sparkling gemstones adorn the walls of the art museum as featured in collaborated works created by married couple Mary Gillman Writer

Their subjects often reflect opposites, such as East and West, male and female, spirit and matter, and yet they work as one.

An exhibition at the Jule Collins Smith Museum featuring the work of Suzanne Scherer and Pavel Ouporov opened Aug. 28.

“Scherer and Ouporov are very interesting artists who are starting to achieve wide recognition,” said Dennis Harper, curator of collections and exhibitions for JCSM.

Harper researches art for the museum and is responsible for choosing which exhibitions will be shown.

The exhibition “As Above, So Below: Recent Works by Scherer and Ouporov” includes 36 paintings, drawings, prints and various other forms of art.

Many of the pieces involve trees made by using gold leaf and outdoor scenes. One print shows a cloudy sky looming over the trees, while the words “as above so below” are visible in a pool of water.

Letters are also integrated

throughout many of the pieces.

“My favorite works are the silver prints and the etchings,” said Jessica Hughes, curatorial assistant.

One thing that makes the exhibition unique from the museum’s other works is the relationship between the artists—they are married.

“What’s amazing, to me at least, is that it’s a collaboration,” said Colleen Bourdeau, marketing and events manager.

Scherer was born in the United States and traveled

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Scherer and Ouporov created “Language of the Birds” in 2009 using egg tempera, gemstones and 24-karat gold on wood panel.

to Moscow after earning a Master of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College.

Harper said she was the first American visual artist accepted into the International Research & Exchanges Board during the Soviet period.

Ouporov attended the Surikov Academy before being sent into mandatory military service. His skill in art helped steer him away from combat duty.

Harper said Ouporov produced things like billboards and posters for the city of Pechi instead.

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rov met in Moscow while working under opposing art directions.

Harper said neither was proficient in the other’s language. They began marking on each other’s art as they could not verbally critique it. This is where they began their collaboration as artists.

“Their subjects often reflect opposites...while simultaneously dispelling the idea that they are some how separate entities or concepts,” Harper said.

Harper said he believes Scherer and Ouporov’s work could appeal to a di-

verse audience.

“We have published a fully illustrated, hardcover catalogue to accompany the exhibition,” Harper said. “However, I do encourage each viewer to reach within his or her personal experiences to draw their own conclusions about what Scherer and Ouporov’s art implies.”

The exhibition is open until Nov. 27. The museum encourages anyone interested to attend a free lecture and reception

by Scherer and Ouporov about their work Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.

Gleeks go gaga over FOX’s hit TV series Ben Burkett Writer

They pass you in the halls. They sit in the same row as you in class. They lurk in your dorm hallways and lobbies. And they may have even attracted your closest friends to their ever-growing, ever-singing numbers: Gleeks.

“Glee,” the hit comedydrama about a high-school show choir’s rise to success, has hit a high note with fans and launched a takeover headed by its harmonious horde of followers. It returned to the screen for its second season Sept. 21.

“For last year’s season

finale, we showed it on a big screen on the lawn in front of Aubie Hall,” said Luke Howard, junior in information systems management. “And this year, I’m having a big party with all of my Gleek friends.”

Gleek, a term that combines the show’s name “Glee” and the social term geek, is a name applied to the truly loyal “Glee”watchers—the show’s millions of weekly viewers.

“I like the term Gleek, and I’m proud to call myself one,” said Tony Cook, freshman in software engineering. “I’d say a true Gleek is a fellow who watches the show when it airs, buys the songs off

iTunes and grabs the season DVDs as soon as they come out.”

Each episode features five to eight songs that range from Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” to Wicked’s “Defying Gravity” to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin.’”

“I find myself walking down the concourse listening to ‘Glee,’ and then I start singing out loud,” Howard said.

“Then, after a while, I find out that other people can hear me.”

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“I love seeing the way they incorporate the different types of music into the show and how they use that music to tell us something about the characters,” said Chase Bringardner, assistant professor of theatre. “I like [the character] Sue Sylvester because I feel like she says what all of us want to say, but don’t.”

Other than the earworms the show produces on a weekly basis, “Glee”

fans are attracted to the show’s zany characters.

“There’s a character on that show that every single person can identify with: the teacher, the coach, the football player, the diva, the cheerleader, the bad kid, the nerd,” said Alexis Scheuermann, freshman in chemical engineering.

Since the premiere of the show, the popularity of show choirs has increased dramatically.

“It wasn’t long ago that show choir was more or less unheard of in high schools and colleges,” said Samuel Maddox, AU singer and sophomore in architecture. “I really had no connection with show

choir before auditioning for the AU Singers. In fact, ‘Glee’ inspired and excited me to pursue a position with the Singers, and the advent of ‘Glee’ has helped inspire a show choir at my old high school. It’s a great show that’s making a great impact.”

Members of AU Singers said they agree “Glee” accurately portrays real-life show choir for the most part.

“The diverse personalities on the show are pretty accurate,” Maddox said. “We are made up of so many people from so many walks of life, but we all get to come together to do what we love: perform.”

Every week the Plainsman runs a full color section updating students on upcoming events in the arts and entertainment world. From spotlighting local authors to reviewing local bands, the section focuses on happenings relevant to Auburn students.

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A day in the life of Jay Gogue Everyone knows that Auburn University President Jay Gogue is a busy man, but not many students know what he is busy doing. From teaching a class to business lunches with alumni, Gogue acts as Auburn’s leader every day. Between dealing with troublesome students and helping the University achieve its goals, the one thing that he wants everyone to know: “It is a lot of fun!”

Typical Day 5 a.m. – Wake up and exercise for about an hour.

6 a.m. – Feed the dogs Pogo and Sofie, eat breakfast and read the newspaper.

7:30 a.m. – Arrive at the office in Samford Hall.

8 a.m. – Meetings begin.

“A typical day will involve meetings with staff, alumni, students and folks who have given money to Auburn,” Gogue said.

Lunch Break – Lunch usually lasts about 30 minutes unless it is a business lunch.

Afternoon – Meetings throughout the rest of the day, sometimes requiring travel to Montgomery, Birmingham or Huntsville.

3 p.m. – Teach Honors Book Club class on Mondays.

5 p.m. – Leave the office.

Evening – Host events at the President’s Mansion or attend events elsewhere.

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Enviro lover attemps to save the world Rachel Shirey Writer

Haley Porter, trash police. If only the Student Government Association had a badge for that.

Porter, junior in biosystems engineering, developed SGA’s Department of Environmental Awareness and Sustainability on campus.

At one meeting, Porter noticed students who were drinking from plastic bottles would just throw them away when they were finished, rather than recycling them.

“I drug one of the big Coke bottle recycling bins into the meeting, and [my assistant] and I dug through the trash to get all the plastic bottles out,” Porter said.

Porter said when people

have access to the recycling bins, they should use them.

“I really just want other people to care,” Porter said.

However, she said causing people to care can be a difficult task.

Porter’s main goal is to encourage environmental awareness among college students.

She has been working toward her goal since she was a freshman, but she has always been an avid recycler because of her parents.

“People don’t understand,” Porter said. “They think that just one person at Auburn University isn’t going to be able to convince all these people to make a difference in the world. But it can happen.

One person can trickle

down and affect so many people.”

Porter’s assistant, Meha Jha, said she admires Porter’s genuine passion to help the environment and the future.

“Our generation is what’s going to carry through the next few years,” Jha said. “ W e are the o n e s who really have to bring out this change.

It starts with us.”

Porter wants to start the change by introducing hydration stations in the Student Center and passing out reusable water bottles with the Auburn logo and

green leaves to promote recycling and reusing.

These are intended to cut down on the amount of plastic bottles students use on campus and also to make students excited.

“People don’t really understand that companies that are m a k ing the plast i c bottles are making a huge carbon footprint and that they are cutting down trees to make those factories,” Porter said. “People don’t understand that there is a reason for it.”

Porter also makes

recycling exciting for herself and her friends with what she calls “target practice.”

She lines empty glass pickle jars at the recycle center and throws empty glass Febreze plug-ins into the jars to shatter them.

Porter said the recycle center wants people to crush their glass, but most people forget.

Brittany Henderson, junior in political science and member of Porter’s sorority, said Porter sees the bigger picture.

“I think what she’s trying to do is really hard and some people laugh at her, but her determination is going to make her successful,” Henderson said.

Porter also started the Environmental Awareness Event Planning Form, which works with events

on campus to make their activities green.

“It goes through everything your events have, like transportation, waste and recycling, energy, water and publicity,” Porter said. “And then we educate [on how to go green].”

However, Porter has come across difficulties during her green efforts.

“This is like taking a beating—people don’t support you as much as they say they will,” Porter said with difficulty.

Porter said she doesn’t understand why people joke about recycling and criticize her.

She said people have to believe in something in order to make it happen.

“It’s our earth, and we need to give back to it, instead of take away from it,” Porter said.

Student-led research rivets Jake Cole

biomedical sciences, is conducting a project monWriter itoring the diets of mice.

Research doesn’t have During a span of 20 to be boring, and many weeks, Hoyt and his coldepartments offer extra leagues will monitor two credit or course credit as groups of mice, one given an incentive. a high-fat diet, the other a In her “Lab Drinking low-fat regimen, to study Game” projthe effects ect, Jessica of fat on the Britt, senior body. in clinical Through Our depart- blood, inp sy c h o l o g y, measures the ment deems under- sulin and a v e r a g e graduate research as tissue tests, amount of a critical component s t u d e n t s alcohol con- to enhance the qual- hope to sumed dur- ity of learning.” gauge obeing a game sity, insulin of beer pong resistance and the deciand diabetes Suresh Mathews, sion-making assistant professor, in the mice abilities of the better nutrition to players afterunderstand ward. how diets U s i n g affect our breathalyzer tests and health. computer measurements, “Our department deems the researchers ensure undergraduate research as no participant consumes a critical component to enmore than the legal limit hance the quality of learnso they can monitor the ing,” said Suresh Mathews, effects of legally accepted assistant professor in nublood alcohol levels on be- trition. “Though students havior. know what research is, “The drinking game they’ve never had a handsseemed interesting and an on approach conducting exciting way to learn in- original research. It helps formation that pertains to them understand the scime and my fellow peers,” ence behind the theories Britt said. “With drinking they read in textbooks.” being a social event now, Lindsey Garner, senior it almost always occurs, so in biomedical science, why not learn more about took up research in biolthe social events most of ogy to get her credit hours. our peers take part in?”

Assisting a graduate stuAustin Hoyt, senior in dent, Garner is studying

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Marshallia mohrii, also known as the “Barbara’s Button,” an endangered plant indigenous to the Southeast.

With their research, the students hope to discover why the plant grows primarily in Alabama and Georgia and why so few types of the plant exist.

The wide range of options afforded to students enables them to find projects that interest them and provides helpful experience imperative for getting a job or into graduate school.

“Just having a background in doing research on anything in biology, chemistry, nutrition looks good because you’ll do tons of outside fieldwork,” Garner said.

Britt also works as an intern at a correctional center in Mount Meigs where she tests juvenile sex offenders to gain experience with criminal profiling.

It empowers her to pursue her interest in forensic psychology.

“Interning at Mount Meigs has changed my perspective on young delinquents,” Britt said.

Such projects allow students to find what they enjoy doing and give them experience.

Britt said, “I’ve always had a passion for helping others and exploring the abnormal, so both of these labs are very self-fulfilling.”

Can’t hold us down The AU Bookstore celebrates Banned Book Week in unique ways Darcie Dyer Writer

Fifty years after the publication of the Alabama classic “To Kill a Mockingbird,” critics of Harper Lee’s work are still challenging it in hopes it will be banned from curricula, libraries and even bookstores.

This book and countless others are being celebrated with the kickoff of Banned Books Week Sept.

25.

The week is nationally recognized and attempts to bring attention to the danger of censorship and celebrate the freedom to read.

Margaret Hendricks, general books manager at the Auburn University Bookstore, said the bookstore plans on getting creative with its celebration of Banned Books Week.

“We will be doing a display of banned books on

the floor, and then, also to make it a little more real to people, we have a bunch of people in the store that will actually dress up as characters from banned books and let customers guess what characters they are and what book they’re from,” Hendricks said. “We’d also like to celebrate it on Friday with a banned book cake, but we’re trying to see who we can get to do that for us.”

Hendricks said the potential dress-up subjects should be easily recognizable.

Among the top 10 most challenged books in 2009 were “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Catcher in the Rye” and “The Color Purple.”

It also included recent sensations like the “Twilight” series.

“The biggest thing about Banned Books Week is it’s something to put out the dangers of censorship,

and that is really why it’s important to most bookstores or libraries because when you ban books, you’re actually banning ideas, and I think there are a lot of students that find that offensive as well,” Hendricks said.

Bonnie MacEwan, dean of Auburn University libraries, said in previous years, the library displayed an exhibit celebrating Banned Books Week, but ran out of time this year.

“In the past, we’ve shown the public the kind of books that get banned and how various they are—everything from children’s books to the Bible,” MacEwan said.

MacEwan said the AU library has never had any books banned.

“We’re an academic library, so it’s often something that is more focused on public libraries,” she said.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010 Hang a message board. Communication is key, especially when you are living with someone you may not know. The easiest way to keep the lines of communication open is to post a dry-erase or corkboard where you can leave quick messages between classes.

Respect each other’s space. Remember that even though this may not be your first time living with someone else, it may be your roommate’s. You may like having your significant other over every night, but your roommate may not.

Don’t expect to be best friends. Having a good relationship with your roommate is important, but if you don’t spend every second together, don’t be offended. It is okay and even encouraged to try new and exciting things, even if your roommate is staying in.

Avoid gossiping. We all get caught spreading a rumor here and there, but keeping the gossip inside your room will save you an argument in the future. Nothing good can come from making unsavory comments about your roommate.

Establish rituals. Creating a time when you can watch a TV show or eat together will strengthen your relationship. It gives you an opportunity to get to know your roommate better and enjoy each other’s company.

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Writers have their pencils sharpened and notebooks in hand for Auburn’s first writing conference Oct. 8 and 9.

The theme of the event is “The Child on the Page” and will center around literature made for and about children.

The price for nonstudents is $150 for both days, $110 for Friday (includes a lunch and dinner) and $55 for Saturday.

Auburn students will be able to reserve their spots for a discounted price: $25 for Friday and/or Saturday. This cost includes a dinner at Ariccia in the Auburn University Hotel

and Conference Center.

The conference, which creators hope will become an annual event for the University, will have a different theme each year.

This year’s theme was developed by Chantel Acevedo, professor in Auburn’s English department. Acevedo, a former middle school teacher, said she thought a conference centered around young adult literature was needed since few exist.

According to her blog, “Those of us who love to read and write discovered the page as kids. We think that’s something worth celebrating. We’re launching this conference with a theme that echoes most of our personal journeys

with the written word.”

Professionals in the fields of poetry, illustration and young adult literature, and even a writing agent from New York who specializes in query letters and manuscript submissions, will be speaking at the conference.

Students can expect to be involved in small-group workshops, panel discussions and readings.

Three Auburn professors will be leading workshops.

Jill Sutton, senior in English language arts education, said the writing conference is causing excitement around campus.

“I’ve heard a couple of people in my classes mention that they wanted to

than waking up to use the bathroom and finding your roommate has beat you to it. If you both like using the bathroom at the same time, create a bathroom schedule to avoid having to use a public restroom.

Keep it clean. Having a dirty shirt on the floor or keeping your desk a little messy is okay, but when it comes to dust, dirt or mold, remove it. No one wants to live in an unsanitary room.

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go,” she said. “I think it could be really interesting and fun. I’m definitely thinking about signing up to attend.”

The workshops are filled on a first-come, firstserved basis. Each participant chooses two workshops a day to attend, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

To register, visit the College of Liberal Arts page at www.auburnwritersconference.org, where you can reserve your spot online or receive directions on mailing in your registration form.

Students of all majors are welcome and encouraged to participate, regardless of skill level or major.

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For Mike “Bones” Boniol, assistant equipment manager for the football team, Saturday nights revolve around doing laundry.

After the game, the equipment staff takes all players’ and coaches’ uniforms and towels from Jordan-Hare Stadium to the football complex.

Boniol and company usually spend the next three hours doing laundry.

“Basically, the laundry room operates 10 to 12 hours a day,” Boniol said.

“There’s always a load of something going on.”

Laundry is done on what is known as the “loop system.”

Every player has multiple laundry loops, including practice loops, workout loops and game loops.

A loop consists of whatever the player wears for that particular activity.

A game loop includes the jersey, pants, socks and towels a player used during the game.

An equipment manager at Montana State University named Peggy Durnay invented the concept of

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An athletic equipment staffer takes football uniforms out of the washing machine in the Athletic Complex.

the laundry loop.

“We have a pretty good system,” Boniol said. “Everything is basically sorted for us.”

There are bins set up in the locker room, in which every player drops his laundry, and a number on

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of Trooper’s towel,” Boniol said. “It takes a while.

This isn’t just your typical ‘dump a scoop of Tide in and you’re good to go’ laundry.”

All towels used by trainers, players and coaches are washed and dried

along with uniforms.

The football equipment staff uses Formula One by Ecolab for the laundry.

Boniol said it is more intensive than washing laundry in your washing machine at home or at a Laundromat.

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every player’s laundry loop distinguishes it from the others.

The football equipment room, located at the football field house, includes two 100-pound washers and one 125-pound dryer.

“Yes, we are in charge

The machines are programmed with specialized cycles for each sport or stain.

The last step in the process, after everything has dried, is called Sports O Zone, which sanitizes to get rid of harmful bacteria that can cause viruses like staph infections.

“I’ve never thought about calculating it before, but I would say in a calendar year we probably use about 2,000 pounds of detergent,” Boniol said.

Calloway and his staff handle the laundry for the soccer, baseball, softball, track and field and even equestrian teams.

“Sports don’t really have an offseason anymore,” said Dale Calloway, Olympic sports equipment manager at Auburn.

Calloway said there are laundry facilities at BeardEaves Memorial Coliseum, Auburn Arena, Samford Stadium, the soccer facility, track facility and McWhorter Center for Women’s Athletics.

Calloway said a typical day starts when he makes his rounds at 7 a.m.

He and his staff usually

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After a thrilling overtime victory, the Tigers have to prepare for their toughest test yet.

The ol’ ball coach is coming to town with what is arguably his best South Carolina team so far.

The 13th ranked Gamecocks are coming off a 3819 win against the Furman Paladins and are 3-0 for the first time since October 2007.

South Carolina is a run-oriented team, and Spurrier knows he needs to mix in the pass offense Saturday to have a chance at beating Auburn.

The Gamecock’s star

runningback Marcus Lattimore has 70 carries for 333 yards and five touchdowns, but will most likely have a tough time finding yardage.

Lattimore is the type of back that loves to run up the middle.

Luckily for Auburn, stopping the inside run has been their strength this season.

Although the Tigers have been strong at containing the inside run, Chizik emphasized the lack of physicality and control on the line of scrimmage.

“We need to improve in a lot of ways on the line of scrimmage and that starts with our offensive and defensive lines,” Chizik said. “I’m not saying there weren’t physical hits and physical play in the (Clemson) game because there was. I think both teams played with a lot of » Turn to LINDEN, D2

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Because of the effort given during the Clemson game, senior linebacker Josh Bynes was recognized as Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

Bynes accounted for 11 tackles, which

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do at least six to 10 loads per day.

His duties also include laundry from the staff locker rooms and horse pads from the equestrian team. “It doesn’t matter if we win or lose, the job for us is always the same,� Calloway said.

All basketball laundry is hung up to dry, not machine dried, because basketball uniforms have ironed-on appliquĂŠ numbers that would be ruined

machines are programmed if run through the dryer.

Calloway said with with different cycles. “When someone asks each sport’s dirty launme what dry comes a typidifferent cal day problems. is like for F o r me, I say soccer, ‘I drink it’s grass a cup of stains, for coffee baseball in the and softmorning, ball, it’s red Mike “Bones� Boniol, and I go clay stains. assistant equipment manager to bed But Calat night’ loway said b e cause it’s easy to switch between loads no two days are the same of laundry of one sport in this business,� Calloway to another because the said.

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The equipment duties at Auburn may appear to run smoothly these days, but according to Mike Golden, former equipment manager, this has not always been the case. “I’ve been at Auburn since 1978,� Golden said. “The way we do things has changed quite a bit since I’ve been here. Back when I first started, the equipment manager used to love to keep the jerseys white, so we’d end up overbleaching them. Eventually this caused the jerseys to disintegrate.�

When Golden started,

Thursday, September 23, 2010 they used to separate every article of clothing for every sport.

Golden was an assistant with the football team for 25 years before retiring in 2002 and has stayed on as an assistant since his retirement. “I thinkk most people would consider this a dream job, doing this,� Golden said. “Fans would love to

be on the sideline and see the players every day, but don’t get me wrong, it has its moments where it’s a job.�

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pride and a lot of passion, but we have to win the line of scrimmage more than weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing right now.â&#x20AC;?

To stop the Gamecocks, Auburn must have a tight defense, put pressure on the quarterback and continue to contain the run.

Last week Auburn did a better job of bringing the blitz, but we still seemed to have problems covering the screen pass.

Once quarterbacks give the ball to their runningbacks, there are too many open spaces and our defensive backs need to make sure they are in position to make a play.

The Tigers lead the Southeastern Conference in rushing offense, averaging 259.3 yards per game, but will need more yards from both Dyer and McCalebb against the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toughest run defense.

The Gamecocks rush defense gave up only 51 rushing yards to Furman last Saturday and have given up only 59.7 yards per game on average this year.

Auburn will once again be broadcast on ESPN 3D, making it just the fifth college football game ever to be broadcast in 3D. South Carolina players will surely have former teammate Kenny McKinley on the back of their mind as well.

McKinley played in eight games for the Denver Broncos before being placed on injury reserve.

According to the Denver Post, the former Gamecock wide receiver was depressed after knee surgery and committed suicide, believing if he could not play football, he had nothing left to live for.

It is a sad situation, and my heart goes out to all those affected.

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Sophomore running back Onterio McCalebb makes a 12-yard run in the third quarter Saturday for Auburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first touchdown of the game.

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Auburn player has received SEC Player The Tigers used a 21-point third quarof the Week honors after Nick Fairley ter to take the lead before winning the and Cameron Newton were recorgized game because of a missed Chandler Catin weeks one and two. anzaro field goal attempt for Clemson There was not an empty seat in the during overtime. house Saturday night as 87,451 watched Auburn and Clemson will meet again the Auburn Tigers edge the Clemson Ti- in 2011 and 2012. gers 27-24 in overtime.

Next season will continue the rivalry â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a very exat Clemson during the citing game to say the regular season. least,â&#x20AC;? said head coach In 2012, the ClemI told our team Gene Chizik. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told son game will be in Atour team that was a that was a God thing. lanta, Ga. in the ChickGod thing. They kept They kept their faith the fil-A Kickoff Game to their faith the whole start the season. whole game, and it was game, and it was one â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a great opone of those games where portunity for Auburn of those games where they just kept fight- they just kept fighting.â&#x20AC;? to play a high-profile ing.â&#x20AC;?

Gene Chizik, game in an outstandClemson worked head football coach ing venue at the Georup a 17-0 lead when gia Dome,â&#x20AC;? said Ausophomore quarterburn athletics director back Kyle Parker hit junior running back Jay Jacobs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Atlanta is home to thouJamie Parker for a 24-yard touchdown sands of Auburn alumni, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an easy pass. drive for the Auburn family.â&#x20AC;?

Auburn was able to answer with a 35The game will have ACC officials and yard Wes Byrum field goal before the have Auburn as the home team. half. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is rapidly becoming one of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are always trying to figure out great college football events of each who your football team is, and you season,â&#x20AC;? said Clemson athletics direcnever know until you get into situations tor Terry Don Phillips. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Playing Auburn where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve basically embarked on in this game that kicks off the college uncharted territory, which is where we season in Atlanta is a great showcase for were,â&#x20AC;? Chizik said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were down two our program and our university,â&#x20AC;?

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Junior Alyssa Murff (left to right), freshman Katie Gauthier and freshman Jerica Pealor follow sophomore instructor Emily Quinn’s cardio routine at the Student Activities Center.

Cardio queen Quinn won’t quit Erik Yarbor Writer

The perpetually smiling Emily Quinn has been involved in aerobics for many years, including the multitude of workout classes she teaches at the Student Activities Center.

“My mom started to get me interested in aerobics during middle school,” Quinn said. “It was a fun way to exercise.”

Quinn teaches classes almost every day, including Cardio Plus, a class meant to develop the cardiorespiratory system; Step and Pump, which is mainly step aerobics; and Butts and Guts, which works the abs and legs.

Her Cardio Plus class, in

“[The class] is a mix of kick particular, is unique, as it has a fluctuating intensity level that boxing with a little bit of dance,” makes the class accessible to Quinn said. “It’s a nice mix because it really gets anyone. your heart rate up.”

“One of the The 45-minute good things class is taught about the class [The class] Mondays at 2:45 is how comp.m. in Room 207B plex the cho- is a mix of kickboxin the Recreation reography is,” ing with a little bit of Quinn said, Step and dance. It’s a nice mix Center.

“You don’t Pump is taught have to be ad- because it really gets Tuesdays at 5:15 vanced to be your heart rate up.” p.m. Butts and a part of it. I Guts and Step AerEmily Quinn, obics are taught start up very sophomore in art Thursdays at 4:45 basic and gradually build up.” p.m. and 5:15 p.m., The class has numerous exer- respectively. cises, including jumping jacks, Quinn began teaching her classes after being approached squats, lunges and knee lifts.

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by Jessica Carry, wife of Vice President of Student Affairs Ainsley Carry, who saw talents in her aerobic abilities and suggested she become an instructor. Quinn had to take a course in order to be able to teach.

In addition to teaching her workout classes, Quinn is also involved in other activities, including Lambda Sigma, an honor society for sophomores.

“Last year was pretty crazy,” Quinn said. “Time management is tough, but I’ve learned to manage my time well. I study a bit in between classes and stay off of Facebook. Exercise is my stress reliever, especially yoga. It clears my head.”

Quinn, sophomore in art, also

spends time painting.

“I really like drawing and photography, and I’ve done a little bit of sculpting, but mostly painting,” Quinn said. “Painting will probably be my concentration. It’s what I love.”

Quinn has been taking art lessons since she was 10 years old, but it wasn’t until her senior year of high school that she considered art as a serious career.

Quinn chose to come to Auburn because she considers it to have a high quality art department compared to other schools.

“I actually didn’t even apply anywhere else,” Quinn said. “I’ve always kind of wanted to go to Auburn. There’s just something about Auburn.”

Auburn University Sailing Team makes waves Blake Hamilton Associate Sports Editor Very few club sports at Auburn can claim to hold practices on Lake Martin.

Fewer can claim to have a website offering both a competitive team and “the more laid-back cruising club.”

Luckily for boating enthusiasts on The Plains, the Auburn University Sailing Team is such a club.

“I love the flexibility of the sailing club,” said Lauren Jennings, junior in marketing. “The more you want to be involved, you can, and if you are busy or things come up, it’s not a commitment that will take over your life.”

The team meets at the Dixie Sailing Club outside

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The spring semester is the main season, and my goal is to go I love the people I’ve met by being a to all five regattas in part of the sailing team. They all have so many the spring.”

C o m p e t i t i v e l y, different characteristics and skills.” the team has parLauren Jennings, ticipated in several junior in marketing contests, including the 2009 Charleston Open Regatta, Alexander City, between Intercollegiate Sailing As- in which the team took the Kowaliga Bridge and sociation, which hosts 11th place overall, with events for similar organi- two members of Auburn’s Ridge Marina.

“I joined the team my zations through the winter A Division placing in the top 10. freshman year just on a and spring.

“I would have to say my whim during O-days on “The club goes to as the concourse,” said Claire many SAISA events as it favorite part is getting Ritchey, senior in horti- can,” said Sammy Hodges, to represent Auburn at culture. “I was just brows- sophomore in wildlife sci- SAISA Regattas,” said Loing through all the club ences and the club’s com- gan Little, junior in electribooths, and when I saw the modore. “Between football cal engineering. “It’s so fun sailing team’s booth I was games and other events to have the opportunity to around Auburn, it’s hard to go to other schools around immediately enthralled.”

The team participates get a full team to go to all the South and race. At the in the South Atlantic five events each semester. same time, I have met so

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many interesting and fun people from schools all around the South.”

Hodges said he plans on the team attending two more regattas this fall.

Venues for competitions include Rollins College in Florida, Charleston, S.C., and the Tennessee Concord Yacht Club.

“Traveling to Regattas held at different colleges around the Southeast has been a great experience for me,” Ritchey said. “The sailing team’s first priority is to have fun at these regattas, and I think we’ve accomplished that every time.”

One factor the team seems to agree on is the amount of camaraderie and fun had by each member.

Though some, like Hodges and Little, have family connections to the sport, others on the team say it’s the lasting friendships that keep them sailing.

“I love the people I’ve met by being a part of the sailing team,” Jennings said. “You can never really guess what is going to happen but you can be sure that it will make memories.”

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The volleyball team came away with mixed results from the two opening games of the SEC season.

Auburn was defeated by LSU last Thursday, 3-1 (set scores: 25-22, 20-25, 17-25, 20-25), but pulled a win against Arkansas Sunday, 3-2 (25-20, 18-25, 25-16, 1825, 15-10).

Wade Benson, head coach, said the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main weakness right now is serving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had double-digit errors in serving, and if we want to be a tough team both on the road and at home, we need our serves to be in and consistent,â&#x20AC;?

Benson said.

Some highlights of the LSU game included sophomore outsider hitter Sarah Bullockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14 kills and 12 digs; freshman setter Chelsea Wintzingerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s careerhigh of 26 assists; and

senior libero Liz Crouchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s after three weeks of away games. season-best 26 digs.

The Tigers will face the Benson said he knew the team had it in them, even University of Kentucky Sept. 24 at 7 with the p.m. and the challenge University of of a fiveTe n n e s s e e set game This might Sept. 26 at a w a y be one where we can 1:30 p.m. from the Johns said t e a m â&#x20AC;&#x2122; s break through against h o m e a top 25 team and get a neither the loss to LSU turf. legitimate win.â&#x20AC;? nor the win Playagainst Arers that Wade Benson, kansas will s t o o d head coach slow the out durteamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focus ing the Arkansas game included for this weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The next day, you have Bullock, who tallied her third double-double of the to come out and pretend season, finishing with 11 none of that happened,â&#x20AC;? kills and a career-high 21 Johns said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to digs; junior setter Chris- focus on the next team. tina Solverson, who had 24 We focus on this weekend, assists; and senior blocker which is Tennessee and Lauren Mellor, who to- Kentucky. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk about Arkansas anymore.â&#x20AC;? taled five blocks.

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Kentucky stands at 7-5 overall and 1-1 in the SEC with its recent win against South Carolina.

In the Auburn Volleyball Report with Andy Burcham, Benson said he sees Kentucky as beatable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some holes,â&#x20AC;?

Benson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This might be one where we can break through against a top-25 team and get a legitimate win.â&#x20AC;?

Tennessee was picked to win the SEC this season. It stands at 9-2 overall and 1-1 in the SEC with its weekend loss to Florida. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tennessee (is) a little more athletic, a little more defensive, a little bit better all-around team (than Kentucky), in my opinion,â&#x20AC;?

Benson said.

Benson added he believe Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s size will slow them down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re smaller, faster and I think we have better ball control,â&#x20AC;? Benson said.

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The Tigers played ferociously in a 2-0 victory over the Samford Bulldogs Friday night at the Auburn Soccer Complex.

Even though Auburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goals didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come until the last five minutes of regulation, the Tigers dominated almost every aspect of play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The biggest thing about the game is that Samford played such good defense,â&#x20AC;? said Auburn head coach Karen Hoppa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their goalkeeper is outstanding, and the defense was super organized.â&#x20AC;?

Forward Gabi Rivera scored the first goal for the Tigers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was great, it was a good feeling,â&#x20AC;? Rivera said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was my first goal of the season, so it meant a lot to me.â&#x20AC;?

Rivera finished the game with three shots and one goal.

She also had an assist on the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; second goal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew Samford was gonna come out tough,â&#x20AC;?

Rivera said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They always play really hard against us, and we just had to match their energy and play with more heart.â&#x20AC;?

Samford goalkeeper Alyssa Whitehead was a key player for the Bulldogs with 13 saves.

Auburn had 26 total shots on goal, with eight shots in the first 20 minutes of the game.

An Auburn shot 11 minutes into the second half looked to be the first score

Emily Adams / PHOTO EDITOR

Junior midfielder Katy Frierson beats a Samford opponent to the ball. Frierson had two shots and two assists in the game.

of the game, until Whitehead tipped the ball over the crossbar for the save.

Although most of the play took place on Samfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side of the field, Auburn defenders did their job to keep the Bulldogs scoreless and keep the Samford defenders on their side of the field for most of the game.

Forward Mary Coffed had seven shots on goal for the game, as well as the second score for the Tigers in the 86th minute.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were expecting it, with the history of the two teams,â&#x20AC;? Coffed said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but they just brought a lot of intensity to the game. We went up 1-0 in the last five minutes, and I had an opportunity to get a shot on frame, and it went in to put the game away and secure the win.â&#x20AC;?

Samford played a better defensive game in the second half than it did in the first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, you have to give Gabi credit for getting

a goal when we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for the previous 85 minutes,â&#x20AC;? Hoppa said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a great finish by her, and then Coffedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal was outstanding as well.â&#x20AC;?

The Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; speed and agility were evident through both halves of play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The strength for us was just to keep our composure and keep at it, and not get frustrated,â&#x20AC;? Hoppa said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our team did a good jobâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this is an easy game to get frustrated and just kinda quit doing what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do, and we stayed with it.â&#x20AC;?

Auburn defender Julie King led the offense with five shots on goal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With it being an innerstate rivalry, a lot of the girls know the other girls,â&#x20AC;?

Coffed said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They brought a lot of intensity to the game, and they played with a lot of heart. This was a really big game not only because of the rivalry, but because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our last preseason game before the SEC starts.â&#x20AC;?

Auburn begins SEC play when it hosts Mississippi State. Friday, Sept. 24. at 7 p.m.

The Bulldogs come into the game with a 7-2 overall record.

Mississippi State last defeated Oral Roberts after senior Kat Walsh scored the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only goal late in the second half.

Freshman goalkeeper Abby Risner helped secure a Bulldog win after stopping a season-high nine shots to collect the first blank sheet of her career.

The Auburn Plainsman

Thursday, September 23, 2010

First and 10

Laura Maxwell Managing Editor 27-3

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A Plainsman Tradition: Plainsman staff members make picks each week about which college football teams will win in 10 selected games. The staff members will move up or down on the field, depending on how many games they pick correctly.

Auburn Alabama Boise State LSU Florida Stanford Virginia Tech Miami Mississippi State Michigan

Week 3

South Carolina v Auburn Alabama v Arkansas Oregon State v Boise State West Virginia v LSU Kentucky v Florida

Stanford v Notre Dame Virginia Tech v Boston College Miami v Pittsburgh Georgia v Mississippi State Bowling Green v Michigan

Cross-country outruns competition in Classic Auburn men’s and women’s cross-country teams finish fourth in annual Crimson Classic Nick Van Der Linden Assistant Sports Editor

PLAINSMAN ARCHIVES

Senior Holly Knight sprints in action last season. Knight won the Classic.

The Auburn men’s and women’s cross-country teams traveled to Tuscaloosa for the annual Crimson Classic Saturday.

Both men’s and women’s teams finished in fourth place, while senior Holly Knight won the individual title in the women’s 5K, and junior Ben Cheruiyot finished third in the men’s 8K. “It was a very good day for both teams,” said head coach Mark Carroll. “Fourth-place finishes for both in a very tough competition on a very hot day is very good.”

The men started the Classic at 8:45 a.m. with an 8K run, followed by the women in a 5K at 9:15 a.m.

Knight ran a 16:59.30 5K to start her senior season with a win.

“It was a great win for Holly,” Carroll said. “She opened her season with a strong win and a very fast time today. Hopefully, she builds from here and gets

Barker finished 10th with a back to where she was when she time of 25:08.80, while Sanders was competing at the NCAA’s.”

After finishing in the top 20 had a time of 25:23.90.

Sanders finin every race ished the race last season, Ben 15th.

Cheruiyot ran a Fourth “Colin ran a 23:55.00 to fingreat race today,” ish third, right place finishes for said. “He behind senior both in a very tough Carroll opened his seaMeshack Koyson with a great iaki from Colum- competition on a finish in a tough, bus State and very hot day is very fast race.”

Ole Miss senior good.

Notables for Barnabas Kirui. the women’s “The men’s Mark Carroll, team include serace was very head coach nior Stephanie fast,” Carroll said. “The openBarnes, freshing group took the race out very man Elizabeth Briasco and sefast, and Ben went right with it nior Allison Smith. and had a very good opening All three Tigers finished the race of the season.” day with a top-25 finish.

Auburn finished behind Texas “Stephanie had a great race toA&M, Alabama and Samford in day,” Carroll said. “She ran really the women’s race, but was able well for us, and Elizabeth had a to beat conference rival Ole Miss. great finish for it to be her freshThe Alabama Crimson Tide man year. All of the ladies did won the men’s 8K, led by junior very well and were about as good Carison Kemei. as we could expect.”

On the men’s side, both freshThe Tigers travel to Memphis man Colin Barker and junior Jef- for the Brooks Memphis Twilight frey Sanders had top-25 finishes. Cross-Country Classic Saturday.

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The Auburn Plainsman

Sports, D6

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Auburn 27 Clemson 24 (OT)

By The Numbers First Downs

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It is better to go into overtime at home. We were going to try to hit something early, and we just couldn’t get anything working. We just worked the clock and took it into overtime and tried to get the ball down to our student section.”

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Top 25 SEC Showdown A battle-tested Auburn team prepares for its first game this season against a ranked opponent Crystal Cole

Gamecocks its first 4-0 start since 2001.

From a recruiting standpoint, South Sports Editor Carolina has no players from the state No. 17 Auburn and No. 12 South Caro- of Alabama, but Auburn has one from lina look to remain undefeated in Satur- South Carolina—offensive lineman Eric day’s nationally televised SEC game.

Mack from St. Matthews.

The game, set to kick off at 6:45 p.m., South Carolina has been the best in the is Auburn’s fourth night game in a row league in the red zone, ranking first in the and the second in a row to be broadcast SEC in both red zone offense and defense. in ESPN 3D. Offensively, the Gamecocks are 12-forThis will mark the first meeting be- 12 in red zone opportunities, scoring 10 tween the two teams since 2006. touchdowns along with two field goals.

Auburn head coach Gene Chizik said Conversely, the Gamecock defense has this will be the best football team he has allowed just six scores in 11 opportuniplayed against this season. ties, with all six being field goals.

“They’re just a very sound, solid foot“This is another SEC brand of football,” ball team with a lot of talent, and they’re Chizik said. “It’s fast, physical, hardvery well-coached as you would imag- hitting. Everything starts in the SEC on ine,” Chizik said. “It’s going to be a great the line of scrimmage. Watching them challenge for us.” on film, they play on Currently, Auburn the other side of the leads the series 6-1-1. line of scrimmage.

This will be the first There’s no question They have a lot of meeting between the two momentum going, a big about that.” where both teams are A breakout freshcrowd and it should be a nationally ranked. man for South South Carolina head loud and exciting game.”

Carolina, tailback coach Steve Spurrier Marcus Lattimore said his team is looking Steve Spurrier, has rushed for 333 forward to the matchup.

South Carolina head coach yards on 70 carries, “They’ve been very scoring five of South successful this year, and Carolina’s 10 offenthey closed with a good victory in the sive touchdowns on the season.

Outback Bowl last year,” Spurrier said.

“Just watching him on film, he just “They have a lot of momentum going, a looks really good,” Chizik said. “He big crowd, and it should be a loud and doesn’t run the ball like a freshman. He’s exciting game.” physical, he’s everything we saw in reAuburn currently has the best rushing cruiting. He’s doing a great job.” offense in the SEC, and South Carolina Spurrier’s team is making preparahas the best rush defense in the league. tions for the Auburn home crowd, which Additionally, Auburn leads the nation Chizik credits for many big wins. in passing efficiency, yards-per-attempt “We’ve been in loud places before, aland touchdown percentage. though we haven’t tested our new ‘call Spurrier said his team will be chal- the plays at the line’ (strategy) on the lenged to defend Auburn quarterback road yet,” Spurrier said. “We haven’t used Cam Newton. a silent count yet. Hopefully, we can pick “You have to get a good grasp on a up our foot, snap it and stay onside.” quarterback that’s that big, strong and Chizik said his team wasn’t as physical elusive,” Spurrier said. “He’s a good ath- as it needed to be against Clemson, but lete back there. He may have as many was working on being tougher. rushing yards as their tailbacks, but he’s a “This is going to be three very physigood runner and passer. We have to slow cal games in a row for our football team,” him down, definitely.”

Chizik said. “I don’t feel like this past South Carolina has not defeated an week we were as physical as we needed SEC opponent on the road since Ken- to be. We’ll be up to the challenge, and tucky in 2008. we’ll be ready for it, and it ought to be a A win over Auburn would give the lot of fun.”

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Charlie Timberlake/ ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Head coach Gene Chizik talks with defensive lineman Nick Fairley in Saturday’s game.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

The Auburn Plainsman

Sports, D7

All-star Clanton aims high Senior Cydney Clanton is a 2010 NGCA First-Team All-American and excited about her future golf career J.P. Kelsey Staff Writer

CONTRIBUTED

Senior Cydney Clanton tees off in a tournament last spring. Clanton’s accolades include three all-American honors and a finish in the top three of last year’s NCAA Championship.

Cydney Clanton has been swinging her way to win after win since her introduction to the Auburn women’s golf team three years ago.

The senior is currently ranked in the top 10 of amateur golfers in the nation.

Clanton said although her time at Auburn has been beneficial, she was born with the ability to golf.

“I started golfing when I was 10,” Clanton said. “My whole family is full of golfers, both on my mom’s and my dad’s side.

My dad is kind of the one who got me really into it, though.”

This natural ability to play, combined with work and practice, has led Clanton to earn showings at several top amateur tournaments.

“I played in the Curtis Cup this summer,” Clanton said. “It is the top eight amateurs in the nation against Great Britain and Ireland. As a team, we won by a pretty large margin, and I did pretty well in my individual matches. I won two matches and tied a match.”

The tournament was held at the Essex County Club in Manchester, Mass., and last month, Clanton returned to her home state of North Carolina to compete in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Golf Championship.

She said she didn’t play as well as she had hoped, but enjoyed the opportunity to tee off against other talented individuals.

“Playing at home was great, but I didn’t make it to top 32 like I had wanted,” Clanton said. “It was a good week just being home and having family and friends come out and watch.”

Clanton also had an impressive regular season with the team last year.

The three-time all-American finished in the top 10 of all regular-season

tournaments and tied for third in the last NCAA Championship, finishing 72-71-7266-281 (7 under par).

Clanton was one of only two players in the 126-player NCAA Championship field to record four on-par or better rounds.

Clanton said she has been working on several parts of her performance that played a large role in having such a successful season.

“I have stayed patient with my golf over the past year, and I try to keep my confidence up through that,” Clanton said.

“Working really hard and analyzing what part of the game needs to get better have also been helpful in the improvement of my game.”

Clanton said practice, optional or not, has been another key to her success.

“The NCAA requires there to be at least 20 hours of practice per week, but you usually end up doubling that,” Clanton said. “All the times on the green have paid off as well.”

Clanton set a new Auburn record for the lowest single-season stroke average with 71.45.

She has also earned a spot on the AllSEC First Team for three consecutive years.

Despite her accolades, Clanton strives to continually improve her game.

“One of the goals I have for this year is to get the lowest stroke average in college history,” she said. “I’ve done it at Auburn, but not on the national level, so that is one of my biggest goals.”

Clanton is looking forward to what the future holds for her golf career and has ambitious postgraduation goals.

“After graduation, I will probably tour with the LPGA,” she said.

Clanton said she wants to feel more comfortable with her shots and club selection as she prepares to travel to Nashville, Tenn,, Sept. 24-26 to compete in the Mason Rudolph Championship.

Love of golf, Auburn drives Evans J.P. Kelsey Staff Writer

Kim Evans is going into her 17th year as head coach of the women’s golf team and has racked up her share of accolades along the way.

Evans has managed to direct six SEC championships and 14 NCAA championship appearances during her tenure as head coach, with a tie for second in 2002 and a tie for third in 2005.

Evans’ career record is 2,145658-35, a performance that is on par with the best coaches in the nation.

Evans’ career in golf started many years before her career in coaching.

“I grew up on a golf course in Decatur, Ala.,” Evans said. “I had four older brothers, and we played every sport. My dad was an avid golfer, so I ended up playing golf a lot of the time.”

Evans played golf for Decatur High School in the early and mid-‘70s, when opportunities for women golfers were few. Evans is also an Auburn alumna, graduating in 1981.

According to Evans, the women’s golf team was then in its fledgling years, but provided a chance for some of the female athletes to get some recognition.

“We were pretty good,” she said. “It’s nothing like it is now because Title XI had just been put into place.” Title XI was landmark legislation that banned gender discrimination in collegiate sports. Evans also said there were fewer places to

practice when she was on the Evans had a wide range of exteam. perience with the sport, which “We played and practiced at prepared her for a coaching poIndian Pines,” Evans said. “We sition. didn’t have Moore’s Mill, Grand “I have been a long-time memNational or the University Club. ber of the PGA, and I have taught There was only Saugahatchee lessons,” she said. “I had worked and Indian with the Atlanta JuPines at the nior Golf Association time. The opand the American portunity to Junior Golf Associaplay golf in a tion as a tournament tournament, director, so that went like a junior’s hand in hand with or a college coaching.” tournament, Evans said her inwas nothing volvement with these like it is now.” organizations led to Now, as a her first coaching pocoach, Evans sition.

EVANS attributes “I coached the much of her men’s team at Georgia success to the kind of university Tech,” Evans said. “I was the asAuburn is and the character of sistant men’s coach there for six players that come here. years before coming to Auburn.”

“I think Auburn is a great An overall love for the game of place for a young lady to come golf has also been a big part of to college,” she said. “It’s a great Evans’ coaching career. campus that provides a great ed“I think golf is a lot like life,” ucation. We have great facilities, Evans said. “There is a lot of paand working with the individu- tience involved, and you have to als on the team creates a good take things one day at a time. balance of things that brings You have to work on the mesuccess. The hard work from the chanics of a golf swing, and you players is also a big part.” have to work on a great menA lot of that work and dedica- tal attitude. I like having to go tion has resulted in former play- through the process.” ers making appearances on the When not on the links as a LPGA tour. player or coach, Evans can most “All of our girls that have tried likely be seen at an Auburn have pretty much made it,” Ev- sporting event. ans said. “We have had a lot of “I love anything athletic going success with our girls playing at on at Auburn,” she said. “I went the professional and amateur to school here, so I am a fan just level.” as much as I am a coach or an Prior to coaching at Auburn, employee.”

Getting to know Evans Favorite Sports movie: “The Natural” What type of clubs do you use: Titleist and Callaway What do you do when you’re not golfing: I love anything outdoors, and I have two dogs that keep me busy.

What is your favorite food: Anything home-cooked

What golf course have you enjoyed playing: Getting to play at Augusta was a great experience.

Sports, D8

The Auburn Plainsman

TROTTING TO THE NEW ARENA The Auburn Arena will have its grand opening Friday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. The event will be a celebration of the building’s first official usage for basketball practice, as well as a festival for Auburn students and fans.

The Harlem Globetrotters will also be making an appearance, marking the group’s first performance in Auburn in 41 years.

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We hope fans will come out and suppport our team and experience Auburn Arena for its grand opening. It’s going to be a great night. If you don’t already have season tickets, you better get them quick because you’re going to want to be a part of what we’re building.”

Thursday, September 23, 2010

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