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WeCar zooms on campus Students use new car sharing program Megan Smith Writer

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Part of a home on Elkins Drive is damaged by a fallen tree resulting from yesterday’s storm. Homes and property were also damaged on Gay and Green streets.

Tornado touches down Tornado causes damage in Auburn Kate Jones Intrigue Editor

The National Weather Service in Birmingham cannot yet confirm whether one or multiple tornadoes touched down yesterday, causing damage to areas surrounding Wire Road and Gay and Green streets. A tornado warning was issued at 11:48 a.m. after a storm was sited at 11:46 a.m. Dirk Perkins, resident of Elkins Drive and student at Drake Middle School, thought the Wednesday tornado siren he’s used to hearing at noon had sounded early. Perkins, who was out of school sick and home alone, said his mother called immediately after the siren and told him to go to their safe room. “I got my dog and I ran straight into the room,” Perkins said. “All the power went out a couple of seconds before it

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hit, and I was scared to death … The tornado sounded like a giant wave coming through, like with an amplifier and three wars.” He took shelter near the center of his home and felt the house lift from the foundation and turn. “And it went straight through our guest room,” Perkins said. “There is a hole in our ceiling.” He opened up a door in his house and saw through a window across the hall wind and water swirling around. “In the backyard, our neighbor’s tree came and fell down and it hit our deck, and it basically broke the deck,” Perkins said. He said the tornado passed through in 10–30 seconds. “It felt like three hours” he said. He said he thinks no one else was hurt on the street. “Besides my heart about to come out of my chest, I’m OK.” Perkins said. John Raines, resident of Fontaine Drive and engineering adviser, was on campus when the tornado hit. “It’s material stuff,” Raines said.

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A car covered in insulation and with a cracked windshied sits on Elkins Drive.

“We’ll be all right.” Joy Knotbohm, also a resident of Elkins Drive, was at work at Village

Mall when the tornado hit. “Good lord, it’s like a warzone isn’t it?” Knotbohm said.

Take a ride on the new car sharing program at Auburn. WeCar by Enterprise is an automated, membership-based car rental program. “All you need is a valid driver’s license and credit card,” said Amy Cook, senior in marketing and WeCar brand ambassador at Auburn. WeCar was brought to Auburn’s this semester and currently has two Ford Focuses on campus. One is in the Quad, and the other is at the Village in front of Magnolia Hall. “Auburn is partnering with WeCar because there was a big need on campus for freshmen who don’t have cars and international students as well,” Cook said. “So they were seeking out a company like this and that’s how WeCar got brought to campus.” Katelynn Randall, junior in sociology, said she had to share a car with her sister during her freshman year. “I only had the car on the weekends,” Randall said. “If I needed to go somewhere I would have to call someone and inconvenience them.” Students, faculty and staff may register at WeCar.com/Auburn. After registering, applicants will receive a membership card in the mail. With the card, they may go online and register for a time slot to use the car. There is a detector in the front window of each car that responds to the card of the person with the allotted time slot. “If you sign up at 3 you can’t show up at 2:30 because the car

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Koi pond cleaning accidently kills fish Chelsea Harvey Campus Editor

The koi pond in front of Ross Hall is missing a few of its inhabitants. A mistake involving the cleaning of the koi pond Nov. 8 resulted in the death of almost all of the fish. “We failed to put the sodium thiosulfate into the water, which I’m also certain that was the problem all the way,” said Steven Johnston, superintendent of landscape services. Sodium thiosulfate is commonly used to remove chlorine from water in order to make it safe for fish. According to David Cline, extension specialist for the fisheries and allied aquaculture department, said too much chlorine can easily kill fish. “The water needs to be treated after being refilled with city water just to remove that chlorine because it doesn’t take much, only parts per million, to hurt them,” Cline said. According to Johnston, the fish were removed from the pond while it was being drained to remove algae and other debris. After its cleaning, the pond was refilled with city water, but the fish were returned to the pond be-

fore the water was treated, resulting in their deaths. Emily Key, senior in environmental design and owner of a koi pond, said she received a text from a friend Nov. 8 saying there were dead fish in the pond. “So when I got out of class, I went over there and there were, I think, five left swimming—all the other ones had died,” Key said. Key said she, along with Carol Lovvorn, student adviser for the Office of International Programs, removed the dead fish from the water. She and Lovvorn moved the remaining live fish in the koi pond in front of Foy Student Union. Key said she removed approximately 25 dead fish from the pond. “A lot of people don’t seem to understand that fish are animals, too,” Key said. “If Auburn had a whole bunch of puppies playing in a field and there was a whole bunch of dead ones, imagine the outrage that they would see with that. But if it’s fish, it’s like, ‘Oops, you know, someone killed all the fish. Maria Iampietro / Photo Editor

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The koi pond is empty after its fish died from a cleaning mistake Nov. 8.

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DUI Arrests in the City of Auburn Nov. 11 – Nov. 16, 2011

Crime Reports for nov. 11 – nov. 15, 2011

■ Chad E Mueller, 32, of Minneapolis, Minn. Tacoma Drive Nov. 12, 1:26 a.m.

Nov. 11 — Opelika Road Breaking and entering of a vehicle reported. One DVD player and one vehicle key.

■ Levi B. Hall, 25, of Opelika Commerce Drive at Opelika Road Nov. 12, 1:58 a.m.

Nov. 12 — North Ross Street Breaking and entering of a vehicle reported. $25.

Nov. 11 — Harvard Drive Burglary of residence reported. One 42” TV, one Xbox 360, one desktop computer and one checkbook.

■ Bradford H. Mitchum, 32, of Roanoke South College Street Nov. 13, 1:35 a.m. ■ Jason L. Lovett, 35, of Opelika Shelton Mill Road at Shelton Cove Nov. 15, 3:39 a.m.

Nov. 11 — Harvard Drive Burglary of residence reported. One 40” TV, one 15” laptop and one digital camera.

■ Michael D. Evans, 21, of Opelika East Veterans Boulevard Nov. 16, 1:23 a.m.

Nov. 11 — Bibb Avenue Breaking and entering of a vehicle reported.

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isn’t going to respond to your card yet,” Cook said. “Once you swipe into the detector in the front window, the key is located in the glove box and it’s on with a magnet. And from there you use the key like normal.” There are several pricing options for renting the car. It is $8 per hour on weekdays and $8.50 on the weekends. For an entire day, it costs users $56 and $35 to keep the car overnight.

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Nov. 13 — Martin Luther King Drive Burglary of residence reported. One safe and one video project.

Nov. 15 — West Longleaf Drive Breaking and entering of a vehicle reported. One C-zone hangtag.

Nov. 13 — East Glenn Avenue Burglary of residence reported. Theft of property reported. One Playstation, one memory card and two controllers

Nov. 15 — Lee Road 57 Burglary of residence reported. One 12-gauge shotgun. Nov. 15 — Lee Road 12 Burglary of residence reported. Two TVs, one 9mm pistol and one .45 caliber pistol.

Nov. 14 — South College Street Breaking and entering of a vehicle reported. One automobile battery. Nov. 14 — South College Street Theft of property reported. Two houseshoes and 15 hanging air fresheners.

Nov. 12 —Felton Lane Theft of property reported. One cocker spaniel.

“It’s very affordable transportation, Cook said. “It’s convenient.” The alternative pricing is $3.75 per hour and $0.25 per mile. “It depends on how far you’re going to go,” Cook said. “If not far, you should probably pay the lower plan.” A maximum of 60 members are allowed per car, Cook said. Once the 120 member limit has been reached, another car will be brought to campus. There are currently seven members.

Nov. 14 — Lee Road 18 Theft of property reported. One Alabama elephant head yard decoration.

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» From A1 No big deal.’” Key said her biggest concern now is the koi pond in front of Foy. “There’s another pond closer to the entrance of Foy that has not been cleaned yet and it’s full of fry, which is baby fish, and they’re all less than an inch long,” Key said. “And if they clean it, even the same way that they cleaned this other one, even if they fix the water to where there’s no chlorine,

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the stress of moving those babies, most of them are probably going to die.” Johnston said he is looking into ways to avoid having to empty the ponds in the future. “We’re looking now at I guess what you’d say biological measures, so we don’t want to have to get in there and even clean and take that chance anymore,” Johnston said. Johnston said he is working with Cline on this process. According to Cline, changing the fishto-plant ratio in the ponds may naturally

help keep the ponds cleaner. “The biggest problem with the ponds on campus there is that everybody wants to feed the fish, and they end up with excess nutrients in them so it’s very difficult for the plants in there to keep up,” Cline said. “What happens is the algae is also able to utilize those nutrients and they get the jumpstart and take off. So what we need to do is maybe find a few less fish and a few more plants so that the waste that’s generated by the fish can be easily taken up by the plants.”

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‘Un-Supersize Me’ challenge explores healthy dining Elizabeth Bonner Staff Writer

It may not be a challenge of epic portions, but “Un-Supersize Me AU: The Dining Hall Challenge” could change the way students look at food on campus. Campus Recreation Nutrition and Tiger Dining have come together for the challenge that includes eating nothing except on-campus food for one week. Jessica-Lauren Roberts, Campus Recreation Nutrition’s registered dietitian, and Eric Smith, director of health promotion and wellness services, came up with the culinary challenge and decided to take it on themselves.

“Jessica-Lauren and I had the opportunity to go on a dining hall tour about a month ago,” Smith said. “We were really impressed with not only the variety, but some of the healthy options there also. “We were on the dining hall tour, and I basically said, ‘Wouldn’t it be neat if we could eat for a week like college students and see what it’s really like?’ It dawned on me, I blurted it out and (Tiger Dining Executive Chef Emil Topel) said he loved the idea.” Roberts began the challenge Nov. 5, and Smith followed Nov. 8. They plan to explore as many options as possible while seeking the healthiest

choices. Smith and Roberts are documenting every meal they eat, and after the challenge nutrition students will evaluate their results. They will also check to see if the cost and availability of Auburn’s food options fit into a student’s budget and schedule. The pair is tweeting thoughts about their meals, pictures and any questions that arise during the food selection process. The Tiger Dining team tweets back responses. “I’m the one sitting on the other end of the Twitter answering the questions,” said Gina Groome, marketing di-

rector for Tiger Dining. “If I don’t know the answer, I shoot an email to our chef, and he answers the question.” The tweets can be found under the hashtag “UnsupersizeMeAU.” Roberts and Smith have found there is more nutritious variety in on-campus food than students think. Roberts insists that if students are willing to put in a little effort, good options are there. “If I can make it a point to weave around campus and choose different things, considering I’m not a student and don’t live on campus, then it’s really not that difficult,” Roberts said. If students want to find the

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best options for them, part of this effort must include planning. “They need to be willing to pull up the menus,” Roberts said. “It’s a lot about looking and planning ahead for yourself. That doesn’t mean you have to know everything you’re going to eat for the next seven days, but it can’t hurt to look at it the night before or two hours before.” The synopsis of the challenge will be posted on the Auburn Health and Wellness blog for students to read within the next two weeks. Roberts and Smith will make recommendations to Tiger Dining regarding any of their negative experiences,

and they said Topel intends to use their feedback to better serve students. “We’re working with Gina Groome and senior chef Emil Topel, and they’re very anxious to see what we have to say so they can improve their services,” Smith said. “They’ve definitely opened their arms wide open and let us in.” Roberts and Smith hope this challenge will change the way students feel about oncampus food and open their eyes to the healthy options around them. “Education is power, so if they know what type of food is available to them, then hopefully they can make better choices,” Roberts said.

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New contact lenses eyeing FDA approval Andrew McCaslin Writer

Mark Byrne and his team have developed a new contact lens they say will make eye drops obsolete. The new lenses allow a dose of medication to be delivered through contact with the eye. “Eye drops are the current state of the art,” said Byrne, associate professor of chemical engineering. “The medication is out of the eye within 30 minutes. The concentration of the drug goes up and down. There’s only a limited amount of time to push the fluid in the eye tissue. It doesn’t work as well as it should.” Byrne said he studied many of the body’s cooperative functions to develop the contacts. “We wanted to control the release of molecules from a polymer structure,” Byrne said. “There are a lot of interactions with certain molecules within the body, such as the binding of protein. “We looked at that chemistry and asked if we could extract information out and put chemistry in the films, which would allow interaction between drugs and the polymer structure.” The interactions, Byrne said, slow the intake of medication throughout the day, eliminating the need to use eye drops every few hours. “The technology is very powerful,” said Matt McBride, undergraduate research assistant and senior in chemical engineering. “You can replace putting eye drops in twice a day and just put a lens on.” A recent development was a successful trial on a rabbit. “We were able to put a contact lens in an animal and were able to study how the contact lenses performed,” said Arianna Tieppo, graduate student and research assistant. The experiment’s success,

Byrne said, marks the beginning of commercialization. “The rabbit tests were the last validation to move forward with major financing,” Byrne said. “It’s the first demonstration of a nice, constant amount of medication for the tear fluid in 24 hours.” Byrne collected information by detecting molecules in the rabbit’s tear fluid. After collecting data on the molecules, Byrne used ultraviolet light to measure their energy levels. “When a molecule absorbs energy, light comes out,” Byrne said. “This measures the transmittance of energy and relates to the concentration of the molecule.” Research for the project began in 2004. Most of the funding came from Ocumedic Inc., which Byrne co-founded and where he serves as chief technical officer. Byrne couldn’t say when the product will appear on the market, but said the project is heading in that direction. “Before it appears on the market, we have to go through the FDA,” he said. “The drug is already approved, all materials have been approved, but we still have to go through the FDA to make sure everything is OK to move ahead with human testing.” The project, in addition to receiving attention from faculty, has gained traction in the medical community and has been detailed in numerous journals including the Journal of Controlled Release, the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics and the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Byrne expects to see pharmaceutical companies moving toward the new technology. “This is a much better delivery for ocular medication,” Byrne said. “It’s taking the dosing out of the patient’s hand.”

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Country stars shine for families in need Hudson Family Foundation to host benefit concert at Auburn Arena Sarah Cook Writer

Put on your cowboy boots. Country music artists Justin Moore, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, Josh Thompson and Luke Bryan will take the stage at the Auburn Arena Thursday at 8:45 p.m. and Friday at 6 p.m. for the 2011 Hudson Family Foundation homecoming benefit concerts. Tickets are between $30 and $50 and are available at the arena box office, Kinnucan’s and J&M bookstores. All proceeds benefit the Hudson Family Foundation, which serves children and families in need in Georgia and Alabama. “We love country music, and we knew it would be great for our area and thought we would get a lot of support with the college students and business owners in the Lee County area,” said

Kim Hudson, Auburn alumna and co-founder of the foundation. This is the third concert Hudson and her husband have organized to raise money. “We picked the (Country Music Television) tour because we really love Luke Bryan and have seen him in concert before and knew that he would be a popular draw,” Hudson said. Moore and Gilbert will perform Thursday night, with Bryan, Brice and Thompson taking the stage Friday as part of CMT’s “Tailgates & Tanlines” tour. Auburn is Brice’s last stop on the tour. “We have been having the time of our lives out here every weekend, so I’m sure it wont be any different in Auburn,” Brice said. “I have personally hung out there on campus before, and it’s always a good time.” Brice said he is also excited to play his new single. “Folks are just starting to get to know it,” he said. “There is nothing like people singing along with me at the top of their lungs.” Hudson said she thinks the arena will be a great venue for

the concert. “It’s on the smaller size, and it’s more intimate,” Hudson said. “We’ve seen almost all these guys in concert before and know that they put on a good show, which is why we chose them to come to a college town.” Brent Hall, event coordinator for Hudson Family Foundation, said he’s been working with the University for a little more than a year to organize the concert. “When the students attend the concert, they need to know that they are going to be helping dozens of nonprofit organizations who are benefiting from the proceeds of this event,” Hall said. Hudson and her husband, Tim, started the foundation in 2009 when they saw children and families in areas of Alabama and Georgia whose financial needs were not being met. “We just decided that we should form something on our own so we could be more strategic and be able to meet those needs that we were seeing,” Kim said. Kim said she hopes Auburn will become home base for the foundation’s charity work.

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Kathleen Hale’s latest book explores how information from organizations can affect public policy.

Professor simplifies world of nonprofit organizations Anna Claire Conrad Staff Writer

For six years Kathleen Hale has taught her students to keep an open mind and be ready to question the everchanging environment that is the real world. “My most effective teaching skill would have to be ambiguity,” said Hale, associate professor of political science. “I challenge my students to understand that the work world and the life world they will encounter is ambiguous. “The tools we provide them with here at Auburn will help them know how to properly address any obstacle they encounter.” David Adams, graduate student in the Department of Political Science, said it’s this encouraging teaching method that makes Hale stand out among other faculty. “Dr. Hale has the ability to let her students find solutions to their problems without giving absolute direction,” Adams said. “It’s more of a seek-anddiscover teaching style.” Jay Lamar, director of the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities, said Hale is an extraordinary professor. “I have sat in on some of her classes last spring, and she has made me want to be a student all over again,” Lamar said.

“She has a way of helping her students realize things on their own as opposed to just giving them the answers.” Lamar said Hale’s latest book, “How Information Matters: Networks and Public Policy,” is a key contribution to the field of information systems and public policy. “This widely praised book details how systems interact and produce solutions,” Lamar said. “She accomplishes this by taking extremely dense information and translating it in a way for those of us who aren’t as familiar with the inner workings of laws, economics and political science as she is.” Hale said her ongoing research investigates how and why networks of organizations— primarily nonprofit organizations—form, how they interact and how the information they generate produces change. “I was inspired to write this book from my lifelong love affair with nonprofit organizations—from the work I did with them, around them and for them before I came to Auburn,” Hale said. Lamar said it was these shared interests that attracted her to Hale’s book and the work she has done with nonprofits. “We have worked togeth-

er on many committees at the University, such as some community and civic engagement initiatives,” Lamar said. “I also became very interested in her work with nonprofits because of the interaction we at the outreach center have with nonprofit organizations and other cultural entities.” Lamar also said she and Hale are currently working on a concept committee to develop a curriculum tract for students to teach them how to work with established nonprofits. “My book refutes the stereotype that nonprofits are ‘slacker’ organizations, and it investigates what these organizations do and how they go about producing change,” Hale said. “It also discusses how nonprofits produce a platform for improvement.” Hale said one of the most exciting parts of her book is when she discusses how the works that nonprofit organizations foster actually build new knowledge and new capacity for organizations to become better. “I feel that this is a key feature of what they can offer to government,” Hale said. For more information on her book, email Hale at halekat@auburn.edu, or pick up a copy of “How Information Matters” at the bookstore.

MULTICULTURAL CENTER Watch and Learn Series Some Assembly Required Today, November 17, 2011 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. 2216 AU Student Center The documentary Some Assembly Required follows protestors at the Republican National Convention in New York City in 2004. Directed by John Walter, this film is an illustration of the conflict between the need for security and the First Amendment right to peaceable assembly.

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Chefs at the Hotel at Auburn University take gingerbread houses to a whole new level Nick Bowman Opinions Editor

Adelle Bonilla earns her living in November making gingerbread houses. But these aren’t normal gingerbread houses. They’re sizeable and complicated. She has to think about where to put the little candy Aubie and how to get the bell tower of Hargis Hall to look scorched. Bonilla is the pastry chef at the Auburn Hotel and Dixon Conference Center, and she’s tasked with making the Auburn gingerbread village, which goes on display Dec. 1. Four new buildings are being added to this year’s display: the Auburn Hotel and Langdon, Cater and Hargis halls. Missing this year is JordanHare Stadium. “Our general manager wanted to change things up

a little bit, so we added four buildings and took out the stadium,” Bonilla said. “It was just a lucky year last year. We won the championship, and to have the stadium at the same time was a perfect chance.” Last year, Bonilla used 90 eggs, 80 pounds of flour, 30 pounds of sugar, 7 pounds of molasses and 5 pounds of ground cinnamon, sugar and nutmeg. “The molasses gives (gingerbread) that color and that taste,” Bonilla said. “It’s not necessarily the ginger.” She began working Nov. 1 and spends most of each day in the back of the hotel with her staff of chefs, part-time workers and volunteers. The team must first make the gingerbread dough, shape the dough into shingles and bake them. They then mix ic-

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Chef Adelle Bonilla leads a team to create an Auburn gingerbread village masterpiece each year. Last year she used 90 eggs, 80 pounds of flour, 30 pounds of sugar, 7 pounds of molasses and 5 pounds of ground sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to finish the job.

ing to glue the gingerbread shingles to the wooden skeleton of each building. The icing hasn’t always held in the past.

“It’s so humid here in Alabama,” Bonilla said. “I had one year when one of my walls started sagging. I had to scrape it all down and, while it’s al-

ready on display, I got to do it all right there (in the lobby). Eventually the kids start picking at it, but it’s OK. I don’t mind.”

Black Friday meets Big Blue Nov. 25 Lane Jones Staff Writer

Scheduled for the day after Thanksgiving, Blue Friday is combining the savings of Black Friday with football and block party festivities. “We wanted to do something a little special,” said Jennifer Fincher, vice president of communications and marketing at the Chamber of Commerce. “That’s how we came up with Blue Friday, which is a play on Black Friday. “We know we have lots of visitors in town when the Iron Bowl comes to Auburn, and during that Thanksgiving week lots of Auburn folks will stay in town.” Merchants will offer Black Friday deals that morning, and

the Nov. 25 Blue Friday festivities will begin at 2 p.m. “There will be a DJ and children’s activities,” Fincher said. “We’re going to do an Iron Bowl ticket giveaway, and the event will end with a pep rally.” Fincher said she hopes Blue Friday will attract Auburn students and families to the shops downtown. “It’s really to help the business community and to give visitors something to do,” Fincher said. “We hope it will make everyone shop right here and stay right here and enjoy Auburn.” Fincher said he hopes the event will provide some entertainment for visitors prior to the Iron Bowl. “I travel to every game,” said Chris Kearns, Downtown Mer-

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chants Association secretary. “When you’re in town visiting for the game, you don’t really know where to go or what to do. This gives everyone coming in for the game a chance to come downtown and have some entertainment and some good deals.”

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The event will be a joint effort of the Downtown Merchant Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the Auburn-Opelika Tourism Bureau and the Athletic Department. Kearns said the event will help local businesses, which can’t afford to miss the economic opportunities provided by the Iron Bowl. “Home football games are a big boost for businesses around town,” Kearns said. “We were worried that people would stay home for Black Friday and shop in Birmingham and Atlanta. It’s not a fundraiser necessarily— it’s just out to help the businesses downtown.” The section of Magnolia Av-

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Auburn talents will be on display Iron Bowl weekend, but not just in Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Villager in downtown Auburn will display the work of local artists Nov. 25–27. “We’re going to feature about 10 local artists that weekend,” said Kathy Taylor Myles, gallery manager at the Villager. “Some will be here Friday, others will be here Saturday, and a few will be in the store Sunday. We’ve got everything represented, from jewelry, painting, wood, pottery, prints.” Myles said the Villager chose the weekend specifically to showcase local talents. “Small Business Saturday is Nov. 26, and every year we have artist shows on home-game weekends,” Myles said. “When we were trying to plan for artist shows throughout the season we just thought, ‘What better people to bring in that day than local artists?’” The artists’ works are not only for display. “Everything is for sale,” Myles said. “Artists will be bringing new pieces as well as the things we have of theirs already.” Some of the artists are Auburn students, and they all live

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Mary Iraggi and local jewelry designer Kate Kirby (left) model some of Kirby’s pieces, which are sold at The Villager. Kirby is one of 10 local artists who will be featured at the Nov. 25–27 show.

in Auburn or have ties to the University. “I’ve been making jewelry since high school, so that’s like 10 years for me now,” said Kate Kirby, graduate student in sports nutrition. “I had a bunch of jewelry I had made for a lo-

cal art show, and I had some left over. I thought about asking the Villager to take it, and they did. They’re very, very nice, very gracious with their artists.” Kirby isn’t the only artist grateful for the opportunity to showcase works at the Villager.

“I work mainly in oil on canvas and have a lot of still-life, impressionistic style painting, some local type things: landscapes, Toomer’s Corner oaks, that kind of thing,” said Kathy

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Whether home is too far away, the stack of projects due is too massive or there’s too much tailgate prep to do before the big game, a number of students are choosing to stay in Auburn for Thanksgiving break. A local apartment complex is reaching out to its residents staying in town for the holiday by offering them a traditional taste of the season. University Village is hosting a free Thanksgiving dinner in the clubhouse featuring traditional turkey, dressing, pecan pie and more classic holiday cuisine courtesy of Cambridge Catering. “We’re expecting about 30 to 40 for our turnout,”

said Brittany Rawls, a leasing agent at University Village. “Everyone usually brings friends and just comes out and has a good time.” For most Americans, Thanksgiving revolves around feasting, football and family. Brooke Shippee, sophomore in biomedical sciences, is bringing her favorite part of Thanksgiving to Auburn. Her family is spending Thanksgiving Day at Shippee’s house in town and going to the Iron Bowl together the following Saturday. Shippee said extended family is her most cherished part of the holiday and the thing she’ll miss the most about Thanks-

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AACT director is hard act to follow Lane Jones Staff Writer

Barbara Stauffer-Brewi doesn’t fit the mold of a Southern lady. As an actress, dancer, director and ordained minister, Stauffer-Brewi has never fit anyone’s preconceived notions—she’s flaunted them. “Nobody expects a woman to be a minister who’d be on stage,” Stauffer-Brewi said. “I guess that’s one of those unique quirks, or one of the things that leads to my insanity, is that maybe I’ve thumbed my nose at convention.”

Stauffer-Brewi, managing board director of the Auburn Area Community Theatre, has been in love with theatre since she was 14. She was living in Clanton when she was cast in a production at the Town & Gown Theatre in Birmingham. “We drove over an hour every night to get to rehearsals,” Stauffer-Brewi said. “We weren’t paid, of course. We had the privilege of working with them.” Stauffer-Brewi received her undergraduate degree in music and theatre at Indiana University. Her husband’s medical residency brought the couple back to Alabama, where she joined the staff at Auburn First Baptist as the minister of education. Her search for a theatrical community in the area brought her to the AACT. “In theatre, you can step outside of yourself,” StaufferBrewi said. “That’s one great advantage. But the other part

of it is you build a life and relationships with people that you would not ordinarily have.” Her involvement with the theatre began with acting, and Philip Beard, an AACT actor, has been performing with Stauffer-Brewi since 2004. “She’s a lot of fun to act with,” Beard said. “I’ve experienced her as a very groupminded, team-playing actress. More recently, I’ve gotten to know her as a director.” Stauffer-Brewi is currently directing the community theatre’s production of “Hairspray.” Instead of the small ensemble comedies common to the theatre, Barbara chose to put on the first large-scale musical production the company has ever done. “This is the first thing I’ve directed here at Auburn,” Stauffer-Brewi said. “There was no one else who was willing to step up and do a musical, so I said, ‘I will do it!’ We had the money and it was the

right time.” Despite the obstacles she faced, Stauffer-Brewi put together an enormous cast of multicultural young people with musical abilities. “In this play she has done something that hasn’t been done before,” Beard said. “She’s helped organize, direct and energize a dramatic production that should have been done before, but hadn’t.” Stauffer-Brewi said she believes the theatre is a vital part of Auburn’s community. “It’s very important for a community to be able to showcase its talent,” Stauffer-Brewi said. “It improves the quality of life for everybody.” Andrea Holmes, AACT artistic director, said StaufferBrewi has been instrumental in expanding the group. “We have some long-range goals of having our own building, and that’s what Barbara is good at: thinking ahead to the future and having some ambi-

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help,” Bonilla said. “She’s so enthusiastic, and working with people like her makes this a lot more fun.” Ware, senior in Spanish and hotel and restaurant management, also worked with Bonilla last year. “Last year we had a month to complete it as well,” Ware said. “We hit crunch time there at the end and had about 36 hours straight of gingerbreading. It was ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.” Ware said the biggest challenge is the time constraint, and the biggest change from last year is the lack of a Styrofoam skeleton, to which icing

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giving in Florida. “Every year we would have most of my family come into town and stay with us, and it was always one of the highlights of my year,” Shippee said. “That will be the hardest part.” The Shippees’ Thanksgiving Day plans and dinner menu are still undecided. “We’ll probably just order something,” Shippee said. “I’m definitely not cooking.” A variety of events and businesses will also be available to students who remain in town during the holiday.

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Miller, who has shown her art at the Villager for more than three years. Miller said she appreciates how supportive the Villager is of local artists. “They are very supportive of everything in the community,” she said. “They are great to work with because they are very professional. Everybody there knows everything about what’s in the store, the art, the artists they sell there. I think

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tious plans, bringing new ideas on fundraising and networking and reaching into the community,” Holmes said. “That’s where Barbara excels.” Stauffer-Brewi’s passion for theatre transcends box-office sales and sold-out shows. For her, the biggest draw is being

part of a community. “There’s a kind of intimacy in the theatre that you grow to have,” Stauffer-Brewi said. “As you go through the trials and tribulations and lose your temper with these people, it becomes an intimacy almost like family.”

sticks more easily than wood. “As far as volunteers, we take anyone we can con into helping,” Ware said. “If you have some extra time, come on in.” Bonilla moved to Auburn from Miami. “The food is the thing that changes,” she said. “We get a lot of tourists down in Miami. Here it’s more homey. You get a lot of locals, a lot of repeat customers. I had to study up on my Southern cooking, and I’ve gotten pretty good at it. “Red velvet, they don’t eat much of that down there. Bread puddings, you know, just the homey comfort stuff. Down there it’s more tropical fruits, light and airy things.” Bonilla said Southerners

have responded well when she adds foods she picked up in Miami. “The other day I did dessert sushi,” she said. “It looked just like sushi, but the raw fish was thinly sliced fruit. The rice on the bottom was coconut. Instead of seaweed it was a little chocolate wrapping.” Bonilla said she is confident her team will finish the gingerbread creations in time. “I have my great staff who help me out a lot,” she said. “We’ll get it done for sure, (even) if it means all-nighters. “We have a lot of fun when we sit back here—listen to some tunes, get to know each other, do something we like to do. “I love to do this stuff.”

The Moore’s Mill Golf Club Turkey Trot benefits the Food Bank of East Alabama. The three-mile and one-mile runs begin at 8 a.m. Nov. 24 and cover the nine-hole golf course. Registration costs $12. For students who don’t feel like cooking, but still want a Thanksgiving meal, several restaurants will be open. Ariccia is hosting both a brunch and a dinner the day of Thanksgiving. Brunch seating times are 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.; dinner seating begins at 5:30 p.m. Locos will also have Thanksgiving Day hours from 4–10 p.m.

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they are a great asset to the community.” Myles said the store will

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enue between College and Gay streets will be closed during Blue Friday to promote pedestrian traffic. Brown said Blue Friday is a chance to show everything Auburn has to offer. “We want people to realize what a fun downtown we have,” Brown said. “I just love the atmosphere. When we’ve had the block parties before, it’s been one big happy family and everyone’s down there having a great time. That’s what we really want to bring to downtown.” have special deals and extended hours all weekend so visitors can start on their Christmas shopping. “That’s what we’re really hoping,” she said, “that people can just find some really unique, fun Christmas gifts.” Myles said there are a wide variety of items in the gallery for purchase. “We specialize in handmade American art,” she said. “We were inspired to have these local artists, and with Auburn-Alabama, it just goes along with that.”

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ESPN film paints odd picture of Alabama I am not sure how many people watched the ESPN film “Roll Tide/ War Eagle,” but after watching, I didn’t know exactly how I felt about the show. ESPN depicted the Auburn family as an upper-class, wealthy, well-educated group of individuals that do care about Auburn Football, but also care about what does happen at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. On the flip side of that, the film depicted the Alabama fan base as being very much like Harvey Updyke. Not well-educated or having not attended the university itself, caring more about Alabama and its football team than themselves or anyone else and expecting the university and football team to support its fan base, regardless of how they act. I personally felt that Updyke had too much time face time on that film, but then again, we can all see why Updyke has gone through four attorneys thus far. Every time that man would open his mouth, I thought “Can he say anything else that will make him look more guilty and an idiot?” The same feelings were expressed by my father, who lives in Southern California and whose only affiliation to Auburn is that I am enrolled at Auburn University. I am not entirely sure as to what the ESPN film was supposed to prove, but the film did say, to myself and my father, that while Auburn is the underdog in the state of Alabama, here at Auburn we care for others just as much as we care for the Auburn family, and the film made the University of Alabama look like the “bad guy” in the rivalry. I know that the Iron Bowl will be an afternoon game shown on CBS and it will be a big game after everything that has happened in the past few years between the two schools, but let’s help show the nation that will be watching Nov. 26 that the Auburn family does care about what happened in Tuscaloosa back in April, and this is just a football game. We are not angry at UA for Toomer’s, just an individual. And at the game, we will refrain from making signs that say otherwise. War Eagle! Tim Penix president, Global Tigers Peer Advisory

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Joe Paterno morally guilty Rules must for not notifying the police change for We believe Joe Paterno deserved to be fired. He’s said he should have done more, and he’s right. He should have done more than just go to the athletic director. The English philosopher Edmund Burke was correct when he said, “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” We believe the tolerance of evil is as despicable as evil itself. German officers tolerated evil. Some of the German people tolerated evil. Dutch citizens in the Congo tolerated evil. Joe Paterno tolerated evil. Paterno did what he was supposed to do as an employee of Penn State. He was made aware of criminial activity in his department and went to his superior to report it. What he did not fulfill was his obligation as a human being. He was aware of repeated atrocities in his facilities. As a thinking, feel-

ing man he absolutely should have gone to the police. He should have done all in his power to stop what was happening to those boys. What does his legacy mean now? Is a lifetime of achievement negated by one shameful act? We believe so. His legacy is shattered just as the innocence of the boys who fell prey to Sandusky is shattered. As for the 2,000 or so students who rioted after Paterno was fired, we understand the frustration of seeing your icon, your living legend, shamed and fired from the university of which he’s been an integral part for so many years. We can understand it, but we cannot empathize. The students of Penn State should be angry that this was allowed to go on for so long. Also, surely there is a better way to show your support for the man who represents your town than to run through its streets and wreak havoc.

We also believe that every football game ever played means nothing compared to the well-being of children and people in general. What honor is there in a program corrupted by pedophilia? What fun is there to be had in a game if those coaching lack the backbone to stop the filth of a terrible crime? There is none. Then there is the suspect himself—Sandusky. We believe evil exists in this world, and we believe people are capable of evil acts, but we don’t believe that a person can be, at his or her core, evil. However, Sandusky comes as close as anyone in the United States has in quite a while. It’s sad that humanity is capable of such great atrocities. It’s sad that Penn State must deal with this crisis. Most of all, it’s sad that nearly 20 young boys must carry this with them for the rest of their lives.

LGBT students need protection In high school I had the opportunity to participate in a campaign called “Support Student Safety.” Our student-led group worked tirelessly for an academic year to urge the Metropolitan Nashville School Board to adopt a nondiscrimination policy that included sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories. While the experience was rewarding for organizing and activism experience, what stuck with me most were the stories I heard from students who had been bullied simply for who they were. I do not have enough words to reproduce them here, but needless to say, they were heart-wrenching. I raise this anecdote to illustrate something the editorial board seemed to misunderstand in its editorial “LGBT petition highlights anti-bullying legislation.” Anti-progressives have always cynically dismissed those who push for true equality in America as “special interests.” They seek to flip the diversity argument on its head by asserting they are the ones who are truly pushing for equality under the law by arguing that the law must be “neutral” in all cases. What these folks do not understand is that groups pushing for greater inclusion and protection under

the law are not arbitrarily demanding special protection. They seek protection because they realize and experience the consequences of the fact that the law is not blind. It is administered by men with personal biases and prejudices that very often do seek to disenfranchise minority groups. The work of the members of Spectrum Alliance and countless other LGBT activists around the world is no different. They are fighting for policy changes because students from grade school to college are DYING. We’re not just talking about failing a class here. LGBT suicides that can be attributed to bullying are becoming more and more public, and the cases are horrifying. We were all bullied for something. But the vast majority of us were not bullied for who we were as human beings. LGBT students cannot change who they are. Bullying based on a student’s race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc. is different. It’s the kind of bullying which seeks to tear down and isolate the individual on a fundamental level. This is not a game. It’s a human issue with (literally) life and death consequences. Eric Austin junior, political science

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Recent allegations against Congressman Spencer Bachus (R, AL-06) are an embarrassment to this state and to this University (of which he is an alumnus) and bring to light a gross conflict of interest that exists within our legislative branch. “60 Minutes,” with the help of Peter Schweizer, a fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover institution, profiled members of Congress who have allegedly used nonpublic information to execute trades in the stock markets. Allegations were made against both Republicans and Democrats, including, but not limited to, Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus, Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The legislative branch is not limited to the same conflict of interest rules as the executive and judicial branches and corporate executives. In one 2008 example, congressman Bachus, then ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, purchased a large share of options for Proshares Ultra-Short, a popular fund that shorts the market, just one day after participating in a closed-door meeting with congressional leaders, Secretary Henry Paulson, and Chairman Bernanke. In this meeting Bernanke warned Congress that the trouble in the financial services industry could have a dramatic effect on the rest of the economy. The gentleman from Alabama doubled his money in a matter of days. While it is difficult to prove that Bachus or any other members of Congress acted on private information, it is easy to see that the legislative branch needs to be subjected to the same conflict of interest laws as other branches. As for the future of Bachus, that is for his constituents to decide. Daniel Bauman sophomore, accounting and economics

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Homecoming game offers new hope Coleman McDowell Associate Sports Editor

There is one silver lining the Auburn Tigers can find this week as they prepare for their Homecoming game: the Bulldogs that will be standing across the field from them this Saturday won’t be from the University of Georgia. After suffering a defeat by the largest margin in 16 years, the Tigers (6– 4, 4–3 SEC) can’t afford to let their loss to rival Georgia affect them as they prepare for Saturday against the Samford Bulldogs and for archrival Alabama the following week. Coach Gene Chizik had one comment about his team’s preparation after the 45–7 shellacking they received in Athens last week. “They don’t have a choice,” Chizik said. “We’re going back to work. The only choice is the exit sign over the door if they don’t like it.” The Samford Bulldogs (6–4, 4–4 Southern) travel to Auburn for the first time since 1993, when they lost 35–7 in the second game of Auburn’s 11–0 season. Chizik’s coaching counterpart should be recognizable to Auburn fans. Pat Sullivan, the 1971 Heisman Trophy winner, is in his fifth year as head coach for the Bulldogs and will be honored before the game for the 40th anniversary of winning the first Heisman Trophy in Auburn University history. Sullivan won’t be the only familiar face across the sideline Saturday. Samford offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee was the offensive graduate assistant for Auburn in 2010. Lashlee left Auburn for Samford, but his former boss still holds him in high regard. “He’s an extremely bright young football coach,” Chizik said. “He’s doing a great job as offensive coordi-

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Pat Sullivan to be honored in pregame celebration Christina Santee Sports Editor

Before Samford coach Pat Sullivan sics his Bulldogs on the Tigers in Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday, he will be honored by the same family on the same field where he first made a name for himself as an Auburn football star beginning in 1969. “It’s very humbling,” Sullivan said, “It’s forever, what you get out of athletics. The relationships last for a lifetime.” The pregame celebration will devote a half hour to recognizing the Auburn legend’s accomplishments and commemorating the 40-year anniversary of his 1971 Heisman Trophy achievement. “What they’re going to do, I think, is a little recognition about 25 minutes before the game and have my teammates from Auburn, and I’m going to bring our Samford team out,” Sullivan said.

Before the names Bo Jackson or Cam Newton had any meaning to the University, Sullivan was a dominating force that set the standard for Auburn football. In addition to winning the Heisman his senior year, Sullivan was named SEC Player of the Year and achieved All-American honors in 1970 and 1971. He finished his collegiate quarterback career with 6,284 passing yards and was responsible for 71 total touchdowns, then an NCAA record. The former Tiger is also a member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. “We are thrilled to have the chance to honor Pat Sullivan on the 40th anniversary of his Heisman Trophy,” Director of Athletics Jay Jacobs said. “Coach Sullivan is and will always be an Auburn football legend, but

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It’s very humbling. It’s forever what you get out of athletics. The relationships last for a lifetime.” —Pat Sullivan samford coach and heisman trophy winner

more importantly he is a class act with the utmost character and integrity. “Recognizing coach Sullivan along with many of the players from his era will be a special moment for the entire Auburn family.” Saturday will be more than just a gameday for Sullivan, as he eagerly awaits a reunion with old friends and family. “My family will be there, so that

will be very special,” Sullivan said. “My grandkids will go back, and that’s something they’ve never experienced. “My wife and I have had an awful lot of fond memories with the people there at Auburn. They’ve all been special to me, so it’ll be great to go back.” For Sullivan, only one thing will be missing from the 11:25 a.m. celebration. “The one person that won’t be there will be my dad, and I’ll certainly miss him,” Sullivan said. Saturday will bring an unusual mood for Homecoming, as Auburn welcomes a gameday opponent with open arms. “Obviously everybody knows what a phenomenal football player he was here and what he did for Auburn University,” said coach Gene Chizik. “Let me go on the record for saying what a phenomenal man he is. He is

a great Auburn man. What he did for this University and what he means to the fans, what he means to this University, I’m thrilled for him to be celebrated in this way. “It’s (Samford’s) last game of the season, and he’s playing it here at his alma mater. I’m just excited for him because there’s nobody that deserves it more. “It’ll be a great day for him and his family. I know a lot of his teammates. A lot of those former guys will be coming back. It will be a great celebration for them. It doesn’t get any better than that. It couldn’t happen to a better guy.” Despite the heartwarming event, Sullivan will remember what his purpose is in Jordan-Hare: earning a win for his Samford Bulldogs. “I want it to be business as ususal and want to try and do everything I can to help our football team be the best they can be,” Sullivan said.

Soccer advances to second round of NCAAs, prepare for Terrapins Bianca Seward Writer

Fresh off a win against Utah State in the opening round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament, the Lady Tigers are headed to Stillwater, Okla., to face the Maryland Terrapins of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Coach Karen Hoppa said in order for the Tigers to come away with a win, they will need to capitalize on their scoring opportunities, something the team struggled with Saturday against Utah State despite winning 2–1. “We had a lot of looks tonight (against Utah) that we didn’t finish,” Hoppa said. “You won’t get that many looks against Maryland.” Hoppa said she anticipates possession to change quickly and often against the Terrapins. “It is going to be a back and forth game,” Hoppa said. “Defense has to get good pressure on the ball so that if we lose it we can get it right back.”

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Hoppa said the plan is to keep Friday’s game physical while staying under the foul radar. “Maryland’s front five players are outstanding,” Hoppa said. “To be successful we need to play a physical game. We don’t want to foul out, but Maryland’s strength is attack, so we’ve got to be dominant if we are going to succeed.” Senior midfielder Katy Frierson

said playing the entire field and being aggressive on every defensive series will be integral to an Auburn victory. “The offense has to get through 11 players to get a goal,” Frierson said. “So we have to remember that, in a way, we all have to be defending. Maryland is a team full of dynamic personalities, and they can score goals with flare. It is crucial to defend well. We need to put pressure all over the field.” Frierson said winning the SEC Championship and the first round of the NCAAs provided a huge boost of confidence for the team. “We are starting to believe we can win these games,” Frierson said. “And in a tournament where you lose one game and you’re out, that belief is crucial.” A victory against Maryland will advance the Tigers to the Sweet 16 and pit them against the winner of Illinois vs. Oklahoma State. The Auburn vs. Maryland match will begin at 2:30 p.m. Friday.

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Senior midfielder Katy Frierson scores a goal against Utah State Saturday.

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The Auburn women’s basketball team, fresh off hitting a program milestone of 800 career victories, will reach for 801 Friday when taking on one of basketball’s most historic programs: Duke University. Coach Nell Fortner said the 800th win Tuesday night in the team’s home-opener against Belmont was a special one. “It is a great milestone for the program,” Fortner said. “I am a very small part of that in my coaching here, but I think it is just a testament of the longevity of women’s basketball here at Auburn.” Fortner said the team will have to put aside the emotion of achieving 800 wins and focus on the task ahead if it is to upset the Blue Devils. “We have a great challenge coming up going to Duke playing on their home court,” Fortner said. “We will work hard these next two days and see what we can do. It is a great challenge, and we are looking forward to playing it.”

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nator there. He’s a future star in this business. He’s doing a great job, just like I thought he would.” Lashlee had coached under Auburn’s offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn dating back to 2004, where he served as an assistant coach at Springdale High School. One of the biggest losses last Saturday in Athens wasn’t on the scoreboard, but in the defensive backfield. Starting cornerback T’Sharvan Bell went down with a knee injury that will cost him the remainder of his junior year. His position will be filled

Fortner expects sophomore guard Camille Glymph, who scored 18 points against Belmont, including five baskets from 3-point range, to have another great game against the No. 8 Duke team. “She is a rhythm shooter,” Fortner said. “Really though, nothing surprises me from where she shoots from because I see her do it all time. She puts so much time into her game that she can shoot them.” The Tigers look forward to increasing their success rate from the 3-point line. While the Tigers failed to knock down any 3-pointers in the season-opener against Mercer University Nov. 11, they made 10 from behind the arc against Belmont. Glymph said the 3-point line, which this year is the same as the college men’s at 20 feet and nine inches, has not affected her. “I’ve always shot from deep, so it really it has not made that much difference for me.” Glymph said Against Belmont, Glymph by three freshmen: Jermaine Whitehead, Robenson Therezie and Jonathon Mincy. “We’ll rotate those guys in there,” Chizik said. “One of those guys is going to have to step up. We’ll let them battle it out during the week and see who has the best week of practice.” Even with the offensive struggles of late, Michael Dyer has remained a stalwart for the Auburn running game. Last Saturday, Dyer became the fifth running back in Auburn history to pass the 1,000yard plateau in consecutive seasons. Dyer joined James Brooks, James Joseph, Stephen Davis and Carnell Williams as the only other running backs to

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hit a three that was closer to the half court line than the 3-point line. “I was feeling it and I let it go and it dropped for me,” Glymph said about the shot. Sophomore forward Tyrese Tanner said she agrees the team has not noticed the difference in the line, and they have to hit them no matter the distance.

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achieve this mark. While the Tigers have struggled this season, their strength of schedule is not to be overlooked. All four of Auburn’s loss-

“I’m really not a 3-point shooter, but I really don’t think it makes much of a difference for our 3-point shooters like Camille and Blanche (Alverson),” Tanner said. “We just have to learn how to knock them down.” Duke defeated Brigham Young University 61–55 in their only regular season game this year. However, in an exhibition game against Pfeiffer University, Duke proved the team’s explosive scoring capabilities in a 112–27 blowout of the Falcons. To be successful against Duke’s offensive attack, the Tigers will have to defend the interior offense that Duke thrives on. Auburn will attempt to avenge last year’s 75–62 home loss to the Blue Devils. The Tigers were outscored 48–10 in the paint in that game. The Tigers and the No. 8 Blue Devils will meet in Durham, N.C., Friday at 11 a.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

es have come on the road and have been to the Nos. 1, 6, 7 and 14 teams in the current BCS rankings. Based on the opponent’s cumulative record, Auburn is tied with Kansas for the most difficult schedule in the nation. Auburn’s opposition has a total record of 58–33 for a winning percentage of .637. No matter which Bulldogs await them on the other sideline, the Tigers have one goal this Saturday. “We have one goal in this room united, and that is that we are going to go out and work really hard to get our seventh win,” Chizik said. Auburn vs. Samford will air on pay-per-view Saturday at noon.

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Gus Malzahn: innovative mastermind or overpaid? Coleman McDowell sports@ theplainsman. com

Gus Malzahn is overrated. Someone had to say it. So far this season through 10 games, Auburn is ranked 84th in total offense. With the talent Malzahn has to work with, the production has been unacceptable. Granted, Auburn is a youthful team. But with talent like running backs Michael Dyer and Onterio McCalebb, wide receiver Emory Blake and tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen, there is no way Auburn should be behind Bowling Green, Middle Tennessee State and Ball State in total offense. Malzahn is not living up to his $1.3 million yearly salary. Is he a capable offensive coordinator? Yes. Is he the “genius” he has been labeled after only a few seasons at the collegiate level? No. Malzahn came to Arkansas in 2006 after he had taken two different Arkansas high schools to new heights with his spread attack offense. He had one of the most gifted athletes I have ever seen in Darren McFadden at running back, along with future NFL pros in Felix Jones and Peyton Hillis. He had success. But not with his offense. With David Lee’s offense. David Lee was Arkansas’ quarterback coach in 2006, and the Wildcat offense that led Arkansas to the SEC West crown and SEC Championship game has been widely credited to him, not Malzahn. Malzahn rode the publicity of the hot, new offensive attack to the offensive coordinator job at Tulsa. Yep, Tulsa. After the marriage between Malzahn and head coach Houston Nutt ended so bitterly, Malzahn left for Conference-USA powerhouse Tulsa.

There, Malzahn’s high school offense shined. He finished in the top three in offense both years with the Hurricanes. He parlayed that into one of the most high-profile jobs in the SEC, offensive coordinator at Auburn. His first year here, he took Chris Todd and made him into a capable quarterback, just not in his offense. The 2009 Tigers were so hindered by Todd’s lack of arm strength, that they relied on running back Ben Tate to be the focal point of the offense, which opened things up for Todd. Auburn jumped from 110th to 17th in total scoring, and the offense was a drastic improvement over the failed Tony Franklin experiment of 2008. In 2010, Auburn was dominating on offense because of Cameron Newton. Malzahn tailored his entire offense to this once-in-a-lifetime talent and rode Newton the entire season. Auburn’s offense set many records in 2010, but it wasn’t running Gus Malzahn’s offense. It was letting the best player in the nation run the ball off tackle over and over again to beat the defense into submission. So far in 2011, this has been Gus Malzahn’s offense only for the second time in the SEC without an all-world talent at his disposal. And it’s been pathetic. What seemed like genius earlier has now turned dunce. 1st and 10, Dyer off tackle for 4 yards. 2nd and 6, McCalebb sweep for 4 yards. 3rd and 2, incomplete bubble screen and a punt. Malzahn’s response to his third-down playcalling? “I try to be unpredictable.” Well, you succeeded, Gus. But you didn’t get the first down. Jay Wisner should never be blocking on the quick screen to the slot receiver. He can’t block. And that’s nothing Wisner can necessarily help; he’s just 160

pounds. On top of that, the quick screen to the slot receiver has lost more yards than it’s gained this year. But Malzahn doesn’t care, because throwing it 15 times a half will set the defense up for something in the second halfwhen the Tigers are down by 21. Malzahn’s offense is simply this: speed sweep to McCalebb, off tackle to Dyer, the bubble screen or a trick play. This isn’t sandlot football— this is the SEC. The reverse statue of liberty worked once. The double reverse worked once. Defensive coordinators watch film. They know your playbook; they know your tendencies. And it’s showed. Against Georgia, Auburn moved the ball on one drive. And that was a result of a trick play. Auburn scored on one drive. And that was on a reverse pass. I hate to say it, but Alabama’s defense is more talented at every position than Georgia’s. It might get 2008 ugly. Malzahn is meticulous with his planning, preparation and focus on the little things. But it seems like he forgets the big picture sometimes. This 2011 Auburn offensive unit has potential to be as successful as the 2009 team, but it won’t because Gus is set on running his high school offense. Sure, we don’t have a quarterback, but neither do LSU or Alabama. What do they do? They tailor their offense to their playmakers. Alabama has a mediocre, young quarterback, but two electric running backs. So they run the ball constantly and lead the league in rushing this year. Why can’t we do the same with Dyer and McCalebb? But we are slowly finding that Gus isn’t quite the genius he appears when he doesn’t have a Heisman trophy finalist in the backfield.

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The Auburn volleyball team collects in its traditional postgame huddle after losing to Mississippi State.

Volleyball blunders continue Brandon Miller Assistant Sports Editor

Though Auburn has struggled on the road this year, the volleyball team will have two more opportunities to earn its third away win this weekend. “We’ve gone through a tough stretch, and we have to find a way for people to respond,” said coach Rick Nold. Friday, Auburn (10–17, 4–13 SEC) travels to South Carolina (12–15, 3–14 SEC) to face a team which has dropped six of its last eight matches—including two last weekend—and was swept by the Tigers 3–0 in early October. The Tigers lost 3–0 Sunday against Mississippi State, racking up 26 errors compared with the Bulldogs’ eight. Nold said it’s something the team needs to work on in order to be successful. “We’ve got drills set. We do them every day,” Nold said. “We’ve changed them around

different ways. We just have to find something different to spark the team.” Senior outside hitter Kelly Fidero is coming off an impressive game against Mississippi State, leading the Tigers with 14 kills. However, she’s focused more on the coming matches than her previous performance. “We need to work on our consistency,” Fidero said. “We had a lot of errors (Sunday). We need to work on keeping the ball in play and the other team make the errors. We need to get control on that now before we go into next Friday.” Fidero attributed some of the Tigers’ errors to their overly aggressive play against the Bulldogs. “A couple of those could have made a difference,” Fidero said. “We need to learn to control that and make smart decisions.” Nold is approaching the

team’s blunders with a positive attitude as he tries to work out the kinks this week. “Right now we’re trying some different things, but bottom line, I think they’ve learned it’s time to step up and play,” Nold said. After the Tigers face South Carolina, they travel to Gainesville Sunday to face the No. 19 Florida Gators (21–5, 14–3 SEC). The Gators swept the Tigers in Auburn earlier this season, and the players know Sunday’s match will be a challenge. “We’ve got to work on coming out and playing hard from the first point on and learn how to give everything we’re capable of,” Nold said. “Right now we’re waiting to see what the other team is going to do.” Auburn’s match against South Carolina is set for Friday at 6:30 p.m., and the competition against Florida will be Sunday at 12:30 p.m.

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Diving team to compete at Georgia Tech Diving Invite Christina Santee Sports Editor

Following Friday’s meet in Athens, Ga., the Auburn diving team will break from its swimming counterpart this weekend to compete at the Georgia Tech Diving Invitational Friday through Saturday in Atlanta. “Every time you have an opportunity to step up and compete, you have an opportunity to get better,” said diving coach Jeff Shaffer. “Sometimes you get better by maybe performing a dive not necessarily as well as you want to, and you analyze where your errors were and you work on correcting them. Along with Auburn, Geor-

gia Tech will host competitors Clemson, Emory, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida Atlantic, Florida, Florida State, Miami and Virginia Tech. The invitational will serve as an opportunity to see what other teams have in store for future competitions. “We use the fall to break down skills and start to put together our competitive list,” Shaffer said. “The Georgia Tech meet gives us an opportunity to be in a championship format just like we will go through at the SECs, the NCAA zone meet and the NCAA championships where they have to do well enough in the preliminaries to advance to the finals.”

Furthermore, the meet will prove a useful tool in evaluating Auburn’s current ability and untapped potential. “Diving is a very difficult sport. I’m a very patient person in developing our athletes, and they understand that sometimes you can’t get better without making mistakes. So, we analyze the mistakes, break down the skills and work on the individual parts of the skill that are going to make the whole better.” The team spends hours each day practicing the dives and platform routines. They are confident they will impress at the invitational. “I think we have a really good chance,” said senior diver

Vennie Dantin. “These meets that we’ve had have built up to be great, and everyone’s kind of gotten in their groove. The invitational will be the diving team’s first platform meet this season. “There will definitely be some good competition,” said sophomore diver John Santeui. “There will be 40-plus divers in each event. It’ll be good to be on platform for the first time competing this year. “I’m hoping that this season can be as good as last year and better.” The divers will rejoin the swimming team Dec. 2–4 when they compete together at the Georgia Invitational in Athens.

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Senior diver Anna Aguero prepares to execute her diving routine.

Coach’s dismissal rocks all conferences Brandon Miller sports@ theplainsman. com

As the slippery situation at Penn State continues to develop, the firing of Joe Paterno affects all of college football. Whether firing the winningest coach in college football was the right or wrong move can be debated, but it ended an era of something bigger than Penn State. As Paterno’s tenure ended, so did that of football’s integrity. I witnessed a perfect example of this Saturday while in Sanford Stadium. After a Georgia touchdown late in the second quarter, Mark Richt was flagged for excessive celebration. What actually happened was half the team and most of the coaching staff ran on the field, some

to the end zone, to celebrate a score. They could have all been flagged. The lack of restraint is clear, and it isn’t the first time Richt and the Bulldogs have had fullteam celebrations. It’s hard to forget the Georgia-Florida game in 2007 when Richt told the team to join running back Knowshon Moreno in the end zone after the first score of the game. They won that game, too. Coaching legends don’t react with that level of passion. In fact, most coaches punish players who celebrate rather than celebrate with players. This year, especially, LSU has proven off-the-field problems are irrelevant as long as wins come on the field. The Bayou Bengals have had multiple players suspended this year, some of which were starters, for actual crimes. At what point is LSU going

to acknowledge Les Miles cannot control his team off the field? Definitely not while the Tigers are No. 1. There are only four major programs in the NCAA that have not faced major violations in any sport since 1953. One of them is Penn State. And, no, none of the other three are in the SEC. That’s respectable, and it’s why no intelligent college football fan will allow the Jerry Sandusky scandal to cloud Paterno’s legacy. The SEC will never be able to compete with that. There are numerous great coaches in the conference, but the NCAA hands down secondary violations to the SEC like programs hand out scholarships. Nothing else matters, though. With five straight national championships, SEC fans are too full of pride to admit some programs are noth-

ing more than success on the field. That’s what football has come to. Richt’s leadership on the field and Miles’ attitude to things off the field show how far college football has fallen. Integrity is dead. College football is no longer about building character players can take with them in life. It’s now strictly about winning on Saturdays. And if a coach can’t do that, he’s fired. In the scandal, Paterno has been ridiculed for not doing all he could to prevent the awful alleged crimes, but you see it on a smaller scale in most of college football. Coaches want the best players. It doesn’t matter if they’re the best human beings, and can you blame them? Love it or hate it, fans might as well get used to it. Welcome to the new college football.

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port her daughter on her own. “I just really want to graduate,” Volovecky said. “In the long run, I

Like it or not, kudzu is a fixture of the Alabama landscape. While there isn’t much use for the invasive plant, one little beetle is calling it lunch. The Megacopta cribraria, or kudzu bug, has an appetite for the leafy menace, and it’s slowly appearing in Alabama. Charles Ray, a research fellow in the University’s entomology and plant pathology department, said the insect is already in Lee County. “In Alabama, we’ve only found them in seven counties,” Ray said. “They do seem to be spreading northeastward much faster than they’re spreading westward.” The beetle feeds on a variety of plants, but it likes kudzu in particular, Ray said. “It feeds on several plants, kudzu being its favorite host, and a kudzu patch will support thousands and thousands and thousands of the bugs,” Ray said. Kudzu was originally introduced in the South during Reconstruction as a means to feed livestock and control erosion, but the fast-growing leafy vine spread quickly, overtaking native vegetation. “It can grow in some of the worst, dry soil there is and thrive, so it will just typically grow anywhere,” said Anna Leigh Peek, sophomore in agricultural communications. Ray said the kudzu bug’s appearance, which started making headlines in Georgia in late 2009, could help mitigate problems caused by the plant. “And that sounds good, and in some respects it is because kudzu is a problem to the environment,” Ray said. “But the kudzu bug is not going to kill kudzu. It is simply going to reduce the amount of kudzu’s vine lengths, seeds, et cetera—the biomass that kudzu produces in a year.” The benefits of the bug’s presence come with potential drawbacks, however. “When people in the agricultural community first heard about it, we’re like, ‘Man, this is great. There is a bug out there that can help take care of our kudzu problem,’” Peek said. “But then people started realizing that it attacks legumes, and soybeans are legumes,” Peek said. Soybeans are a staple crop in Alabama, and researchers in Georgia found that farmers who didn’t treat their fields with pesticides saw a 20

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Brandy Volovecky got the news that would change her world the month after graduating from high school. When she learned she was pregnant, Volovecky was 17 years old and ready to start the next chapter of her life at Auburn University in fall 2006. At first she thought there was no way she’d be able to follow through with her plans. “My parents really didn’t want me to come, but my best friend and her mom talked them into it,” Volovecky said. She moved to Auburn with her best friend, Christy Reyes, and began her freshman year with more normalcy than she had expected. But once her daughter, Alexis McCovery, arrived, things became tougher. “I had her in March,” Volovecky said. “I was so scared I was gonna get kicked out if I didn’t come to class, so I came back the week after I had her.” Volovecky’s first few months at Auburn with her baby proved to be too demanding, so she moved home to Daphne, Ala., the summer after her freshman year and enrolled at the University of South Alabama for the following term. “I immediately went home for like a year and a half,” Volovecky said. “I had an apartment because I can’t live at home—it just doesn’t work. I worked the whole time, so that was good.”

Home eventually wore on Volovecky, and she decided to give Auburn another try in 2009. “I came back in January because I lucked out and found a house,” Volovecky said. “I just had to get away from down there. I hate where I’m from.” She had always intended to return to Auburn, but knew her family wanted her and Alexis to stay in Daphne. “I knew I was going to come back to Auburn as soon as I got home, but I didn’t know how my family was going to react,” Volovecky said. “They’re fine now. They come and visit, and we’ll go home so they can see Alexis because they miss her like crazy.” Volovecky said there were several reasons why she felt she needed to leave home. “It did have a lot to do with the school,” Volovecky said. “I really liked Auburn a lot more than South. Back home it felt more like I was still in high school, being at that school and being around the same people. “It was probably me wanting to see if I could make it on my own, too—if I came here and didn’t have all that help.” She and Alexis have settled into a routine in the years since. “When she was a baby it was not easy,” Volovecky said. “Now she’s pretty much on her schedule, and it’s good. “The only problem is that I’m not able to work. I’m basically just rack-

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Freshman zips through life with plush, peppy friend Kate Jones Intrigue Editor

For Leigh Andrews, Zip is her life. “He’s been through everything with me,” said Andrews, freshman in prenursing. Zip, her 45-year-old stuffed monkey, was passed down from her mother when Andrews was born. “When my mom saw him, she said, ‘I want that instead of a doll,’” Andrews said. Zip’s body is soft and has hard hands and a hard face, but he has lost an ear, a hand and one of his shoes from being well-loved and from a runin with the childhood dog of Andrews’ mother. “When I was little, he was the only stuffed animal my brothers knew not to touch,” Andrews said. “That was the only doll they respected.” She said Zip is someone to cuddle with. “He goes everywhere with me,” Andrew said. “I don’t sleep without him.” Even sleeping over at a friend’s house in high school, Zip would go with her. “If I don’t sleep with him, I’ll end up waking up with with my arms wrapped around nothing,” she said. The only time she has been separated from Zip besides summer camps was when he was sent away for surgery. “He just had surgery on his legs because they dry-rotted,” Andrews said.

She said her mom found online the woman who created Beanie Babies, and she shipped him there to be fixed. Zip was gone for a month. “It was the first month of college,” Andrews said. “I flipped out.” During that month, it was knowing Zip wasn’t there that bothered Andrews the most. “It freaked me out that he wasn’t in anyone’s care except for that lady, who I had no idea who she was,” Andrews said. She got him back on Parents’ Weekend. “I went ham,” Andrews said. “It was so exciting.” Zip is only one monkey in a family of three, but the others remain at home. Andrews remembers finding them in the attic. “There’s Chip, and that’s the baby monkey, and then there’s Tippi, who’s the mom,” Andrews said. Once, Andrews left Zip at the lake, and her family had to turn around and go back for him. She said they had been on the road for two hours and were almost home. Andrews said she knew it was the last place she was with him, but she got the feeling in her heart that something went wrong. “Your heart just sinks,” Andrews said. “It freaked me out. I cried for a while.” Andrews is protective of Zip and

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When I was little, he was the only stuffed animal my brothers knew not to touch.” —Leigh Andrews Freshman, pre-nursing

doesn’t allow anyone to touch him. “I’ll start crying if you touch him,” Andrews said. “No one is allowed to touch him unless I ask you to hand him to me.” Even when adopting a dog for her 17th birthday, Andrews kept Zip in mind. “My decision on my dog was based on him,” she said. Andrews ultimately adopted a Shitzu because her other choice was noted for chewing on toys. “We have a black lab that isn’t allowed in my room upstairs because it chews on Zip,” Andrews said. Andrews said she will pass Zip to her first daughter, as her mom did for her. She said although she wasn’t close to her mom in high school, it was knowing Zip was always safe that bonded the two together. “I have a bond that I share with my mom and my brothers don’t,” Andrews said.

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Leigh Andrews holds her 45-year-old stuffed animal Zip she received from her mother when she was born.

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Homemade Applesauce

Thursday, November 17, 2011

BLACK FRIDAY DE ALS

Kerry’s recipe of the week

Ingredients: 4 large apples (any kind), peeled (optional), cored and diced ¾ cup water pinch of salt 2 cinnamon sticks (or ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon)

Directions: Prepare apples and set aside. In a medium size pot, bring the water to a boil. Then, add the apples, salt and cinnamon. Reduce heat to simmer and simmer for 30 minutes. Using an emersion blender, blend the mixture until desired consistency is reached. A blender can be used also. Transfer applesauce to a bowl and refrigerate. Serve cold.

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Kudzu » From B5

–30 percent reduction in their soybean yield without noticing any visible damage the bugs had caused. Peek said the farmers who did spray found more bugs would return after three to five days. Ray said the kudzu bug is also finding its way onto lawns. “It’s also been found on wisteria, some other ornamental legumes, and it’s been found on fig,” he said. Ray said the greatest concentration of the beetles in Lee County can be found just outside of Auburn around Exit 51 off Interstate 85, where there were thousands of the beetles before temperatures began to fall. Ray said homeowners should be watchful as the kudzu bug decides where to spend the winter. “There are homes in some of the infested areas in Georgia that have had thousands and thousands of the bugs clustering on the outside of the homes and apparently trying

to enter the homes,” he said. While the beetles do not bite or sting and thus pose no threat to people or their pets, Ray cautioned against agitating them. “If you disturb them they do produce a stinkbug-like odor,” he said. “They are not a true stinkbug, but they do produce a foul odor if you crush one in your carpet of your home.” A species native to Asian countries, the beetle’s appearance in the Southeast is a mystery. Ray said researchers from several states are studying the insect’s DNA to pinpoint precisely from where the bugs originated and how they entered the country. Florida is expected to be the next target for the hungry beetles, and their presence has also been documented in the Carolinas and Virginia. Ray said he’s interested in tracking the kudzu bug’s march through Alabama. “I don’t want to see bugs from Georgia,” Ray said. “If someone finds a bug in (Alabama), I would really like to see a specimen.”

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Kudzu vines crowd out vegetation across from the Student Act.

Mom

» From B5

Jane Random Breezi Overby freshman, pre-graphic design ──

What is your favorite color? Blue What is your favorite music? I listen to anything. What is your favorite movie? Right now, “Puss in Boots” What are your favorite games? Three-way tie between Jak and Daxter, Kingdom Hearts and Folklore

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Do you have any hobbies? Drawing, reading, watching anime and cosplay Why did you choose your major? I want to be a concept artist. What kind of art do you want to create? Fantasy What do you like to read? Fantasy and Manga

want to be able to take care of myself and her and just give her extra things.” Volovecky changed her major from aerospace engineering to journalism in the past year, and she is still unsure of what she will do with her degree. “I had already pushed back school for so long after having her, so I had to do something that was a lot quicker,” she said. “Journalism is way less stressful with her. I couldn’t get all of that work done (in aerospace engineering). “It was really tough because I really liked it, and journalism is like the complete opposite, so it’s taken some acclimation.” But Volovecky said she fears the current state of the

journalism industry will prevent her from finding a job that will allow her to provide for Alexis and herself. “I feel like I’m good at writing, and I really do enjoy it,” Volovecky said. “It’s just kind of scary when you hear all of the not-great news about where it’s going in the industry. “The newspaper business does not seem like a safe idea for me and her. If it was just me, I think it would be different.” Despite these struggles, Volovecky said she loves her life with her daughter and has overcome a situation that defeats many young women. “I kind of thought my life was over at the time, so I’m very grateful to my friend for making me come up here because I don’t know what I’d be doing if I hadn’t.”

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Fashion

Thursday, November 17, 2011

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Stay on top of trends The right kind of hat can make or break an outfit. What’s your style?

The Fedora

The Cap

The fedora is one of the more stylish, high-fashion hats available. Celebrities like Zac Efron, Shia LaBeouf and Johnny Depp have been spotted wearing the trendy head-topper. Pair it with a suit for a classic, chic look, or a V-neck, vest, straight-leg jeans and some cool shoes for an urban appearance.

Baseball-style caps are not only for athletes. This style of hat is easy to find and even easier to wear, and they are appropriate for just about any occasion. You don’t have to try on a ball cap— they look good on just about everyone. Caps embroidered with team logos are as much a fashion statement as a collector’s item.

Becky Hardy Assistant Intrigue Editor

All Photos By Christen Harned / Assistant Photo Editor

Milan Dekich from the Auburn Modeling Board showcases different styles of hats, all from The Hat Shack at The Village Mall on Opelika Road.

The Beanie

Beanies are not just for chilly weather anymore. This hat has become common in the skater and punk communities. Pair one with jeans and a hoodie, plain T-shirt or sweater and tennis shoes or slip-ons. Don’t wear a beanie with a collared shirt or slacks—preppy clothing clashes with this edgier hat.

The Fishing Hat

This sturdy hat is stylish for most outdoor adventures like camping, hunting and, of course, fishing. True to its name, the wide brim of the fishing hat is handy for holding fish hooks and keeping the sun out of your eyes when spending a day on the water or traversing the wilderness. Pair this hat with any outdoor apparel.

Most Fashionable On Campus Capi Jenkins sophomore, anthropology and art history

SWEATER: Urban Outfitters JACKET: Forever 21 SKIRT: Forever 21 SHOES: Thrifted TIGHTS: Forever 21

“My sweater is really textured, and the colors of the sweater and skirt are kind of off. I like how I mixed the two colors together.”

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Native American, tribal styles growing in popularity Raye May Associate Intrigue Editor

American fashion is getting back to its roots by taking inspiration from the nation’s first inhabitants. Tribal patterns, suede and Native American-inspired fringes can be found in stores from general outlets like Target and Walmart to more high fashion stores like Rue21 and Ellie. Fringe boots and tribal patterns, especially on dresses, have become popular in Auburn around campus and on gameday. Quinley Ethredge, manager at Ellie Clothing Boutique on South College Street, said she thinks the trend toward Native American-inspired clothing has to do with the Bohemian, earthy-style movement that has been taking place over the past few years. “I think people like it because it’s casual, but chic,” Ethredge said. “You can pair a tribal sweater with heels. It’s just a really cute print.” Ethredge said the vintage styles were popular in late summer and early fall, but she

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I’ve seen these patterns on shirts and jewelry and sweaters and now even shoes.” —Quinley Ethredge Manager, ellie clothing boutique

has even seen late fall and winter clothing arriving that follows the same trend. Ethredge said winter patterns are deviating away from the traditional brown and orange and trending toward shades more suited for the season. “(Tribal patterns) sold really well,” she said. “I’ve seen a lot for fall come in in different colors … like blues and whites and grays.” The tribal trend has become so popular, Ethredge said, it has progressed from tops and dresses to include other articles of clothing. “I’ve seen these patterns on shirts and jewelry and sweat-

Raye May / Associate Intrigue Editor

Native American-inspired tribal patterns can be found on more and more articles of clothing, including these beaded suede moccasins.

ers and now even shoes,” she said. “People seem to really love feathers, too, which kind of goes along with it.” Tiffany Clayton, assistant manager at Rue21 in Tiger Town, said she also sees the trend growing in popularity. “I have noticed it came back,” Clayton said. “I think these old styles tend to roll

back around.” Clayton said Rue 21 carries many different articles of Native American-inspired clothing, but the tribal styles tend to sell better than suede, leather and fringed items. “Most of it ends up on clearance marked down to like $3,” Clayton said. “We do sell more of the patterns … I don’t think

fringe is very popular.” Clayton said Rue21 has sold one fringed item—a crop top with a tribal pattern and fringed bottom—fairly consistently, but she still thinks the tribal pattern is much more popular. Natalie Williams, also an assistant manager at Rue21, said the tribal and Native Amer-

ican styles tend to be more high-fashion and seem to be most popular among college students. “We have more high schoolage kids buying fashion tops,” Williams said. “I think the other stuff is more popular among younger, college-age people. College kids are just more into fashion.”

International students to feast at Thanksgiving meal Melody Kitchens Online Editor

Those whose homes are too far away to visit during Thanksgiving break will still have the chance to spend Thanksgiving dinner with family—their Auburn family. The fourth annual Thanksgiving dinner for international students will be Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the ballroom at the Auburn Hotel. “Thanksgiving dinner will give them a little bit of special treatment since they could not

go home for the holiday,” said Patsy Carter, executive specialist in the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs. “They were left alone, and that’s the reason we started this dinner.” Tickets for the international student dinner are available on a first come, first served basis at the ODMA and the Office of International Programs. The dinner will be a joint event between the two offices and includes a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with vegetarian

Melody Kitchens / Online Editor

options. There are 225 tickets available, and international students are allowed to bring family members. “They enjoy bringing their wives and husbands and introducing them,” Carter said. “I think they enjoy it because we recognize them and make it special for them.” Along with various entertainment, Overtoun Jenda, associate provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, and Andrew Gillespie, assistant

provost for international programs, will each speak at the dinner. “I’m trying to get students who represent different countries to give a short talk on why they came to Auburn, what they are studying and what they had to adjust to,” Carter said. “Just some questions like that to try and get diversity not just between international students and American students, but between the international students themselves. I want

those from India to intermingle with those from China.” Carter said the first Thanksgiving dinner for international students three years ago drew a larger response than the 90 attendees she expected. “I started getting emails and emails and emails,” she said. “The number grew to about 188 people.” As a result, the first dinner has moved from the Alumni Center to the Ham Wilson Arena, and Carter said the event has been popular ever since.

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Thanksgiving dinner will give them a little bit of special treatment since they could not go home for the holiday.” —Patsy Carter Executive Specialist, office of diversity and multicultural affairs