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On Tuesday, Jan. 28, winter storm Leon coated Auburn with a light blanket of snow, effectively canceling classes Tuesday, Wednesday, Jan. 29 and Thursday, Jan. 30.

Along with the University shutting down, many businesses and local eateries also closed up shop.

Students were advised to stay off of the roads due to extremely icy road conditions.

Ice on the roads did not prevent students from braving the cold to throw snowballs, make miniature snowmen and take pictures in front of a frosty Samford Hall.

For our coverage of the snowfall, see feature photos on A7 and photos submitted through social media on A13.

ThePlainsman.com features photo galleries from the day of snow, as well as video coverage.

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Patrick Davis watches as Brenton Thompson throws snow into the air.

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TOP: Jordan Procell smokes out of an e-cig at a local vape shop.

RIGHT: Owner Nick Sherwood displays a vape starter kit at Vapor Craft located on North College.

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Tanner Tandem Sibling rivalry fuels individual and team success for Auburn’s Tanner sisters on the hardwood

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Becky Hardy Campus Editor

Auburn’s smoke-free campus was initiated Aug., 21, 2013, but a recent reminder about electronic cigarettes being included in the ban has some students and business owners up in arms.

“I see where they’re coming from because it shows the exact nature of what a cigarette is,” said Nick Sherwood, managing partner at Vapor Craft. “I think with [electronic cigarettes] being banned, I believe that it re-

moves people’s chances of showing individuality. Who is anybody to say they can’t do small things here or there.

It’s not illegal, but we’re banning something that we haven’t proven to be bad, and, yes it hasn’t been proven to be good, but why not do the research?”

Although the use of electronic cigarettes has not been proven to be bad, the University included them in the ban because of the unknown factor.

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With the winter season reaching its peak in the prior weeks, many Auburn students have failed to recognize one of the biggest seasons is nearly just a week away from reaching Auburns campus, election season.

Viewed by many as a time to avoid the concourse and the bombardment of overjoyed campaigners that lurk on the concourse, others who have put much of their time and effort into their dream of becoming a member of the Student Government Association, this time represents opportunity.

For these Auburn students, the journey to fill a seat in SGA began back on Nov. 12 of last year with the first Major Candidate Info Session and will end with the election callouts on Tuesday, Feb. 11. However, the amount of work and preparation that goes on during this period is often overlooked.

“There is a lot of behind the scenes work that goes on prior to the election,” said Wilson Yielding, senior in human exercise science and

behavior and candidate for treasurer in last year’s SGA elections. “Watching everyone come together and support the candidates is a lot of fun and really shows Auburn’s true colors and what the University is about.”

During this period, candidates can use all of the help they can get to get their name and platform out to Auburn students.

“For the people who want to get involved in elections, they can contact the candidates directly,” said Jessica Bishop, SGA executive director of elections. “The biggest way people can help is by voting and encouraging people to vote and look at candidates platforms.”

In between deciding to run for a seat on SGA and the ending callouts, comes a large amount of work.

A student running for a major candidate position must choose his or her platform, or what the main focus of the campaign will be, as well as build a campaign staff, design posters and billboards, and come up with a

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Burk family files $1M claim over daughter’s death Downtown store promotes local talent Auburn graduate fosters school pride through merchandise and art contest

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Community Reporter

In 2008, Auburn freshman Lauren Burk’s murder shocked the University, the town and every single resident. Now, six years later, Burk’s parents have filed a claim with the University, based on their belief that their daughter would still be

alive if Auburn had a campus police department at the time, according to WSB-TV. Courtney Lockhart was convicted for the kidnapping and brutal murder of Burk, and sentenced to death. According to Auburn police, Lockhart attempted to rob Burk while she was walking alone from a park-

ing lot on campus.

Investigators say Lockhart then forced Burk into the vehicle, while making her undress.

Burk jumped from the moving vehicle and was then shot in the chest. Burk was found on the Alabama Highway and died later at the East Alabama Medical Center.

Burk was a graduate of Walton High School in Marietta, Ga. and a member of the Delta Gamma sorority on campus.

Burk was studying graphic design and art.

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SGA Senate sets next year’s agenda early at meeting Derek Herscovici CAMPUS REPORTER

Cross-country networking might get a little easier for Auburn student media in the future.

The Auburn Student Government Association’s Senate Council addressed funding a conference trip in Las Vegas for members of Eagle Eye and an eventual restructuring of all media-related conference trips in the future Monday, Jan.27.

“There is not enough money in this current travel expense line item for all four different parts of the student media portfolio to go to a conference every single year,” said Richmond Gunter, College of Business senator. “The reason for this document is it will alert next year’s senate that the way we do conference travel for student media needs to really be examined and looked at.”

Eagle Eye is set to represent Auburn at the National Association of Broadcasters, a convergance of media and entertainment professionals, to exchange skills, gain knowledge and net-

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with a gimmick better than the opposition, all of which can be tedious work.

The campaign staff for campaign organization is limited to 6 people, the top 5 plus the campaign manager, whose jobs range from organizing committee heads to thinking about strategies and slogans.

The work, difficult enough in itself, is made more difficult by the election laws in the Student Government Association’s Code of Laws that govern the campaigning and elections of candidates.

For example, Election Law 708.7.3.3 states the following: “Black and white may not be used for primary or secondary colors, but may occupy up to 10 percent of the overall piece of Campaign Material for the purpose of augmenting a Candidate’s design.”

Or this election law, Law 708.7.9.4 which states, “that all billboards must be at least ten (10) feet from the nearest road to the billboards closest point to that road.”

While these laws serve a purpose, they take away from the matters SGA candidates should truly be focusing on, such as bettering the school for its students and faculty.

“Some of the laws may hinder some points of campaigning such as who candidates can contact,” Bishop said. “However, these laws are in place to protect candidates and Auburn students. They uphold the integrity of the elections and also serve a purpose in protecting students from being bombarded by campaigners.”

Over the next week, students on campus will be barraged with free hand outs ranging from buttons to koozies, food to craft supplies and many more items as a way for candidates to earn votes from passing students.

In the past, students have not typically reacted majorly to a candidate’s platform, but rather voted for the person with the most gimmicks or coolest t-shirts, ultimately becoming what seems to be a popularity contest.

“I hope that people will look at the candidates platforms,” Bishop said. “I know that some people will vote for someone because one of their friends did or because they know the person but I really hope that people will pick a platform to support and get involved in that candidates campaign.”

However, in attempt to prevent the election from becoming a popularity contest, candidates will have the opportunity to promote their platform and beliefs in a debate on Monday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.

This venue will provide candidates an opportunity to show debate goers that the election should not be based on gimmicks or handouts, but rather should be based on the beliefs and change each candidate has to offer the University.

All of the work prior to and during the campaign week comes down to voting day and, ultimately, the release of all of

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There is not enough money in this current travel expense line item for all four different parts of the student media portfolio to go to a conference every year. The reason for this document is it will alert next year’s senate that the way we do conference travel for student media needs to really be examined and looked at.”

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS SENATOR

work with industry veterans from April 5-10 in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Funding for the trip is slated for approval at next week’s senate council and was culled from the SGA reserve fund.

But, as Gunter pointed out, the current reserve fund for student media conference trips is not enough to allow all four university-funded media outlets (the Circle, the Glomerata, WEGL and Eagle Eye) to attend conference trips every

the election results at callouts.

Formal Campaigning will begin Feb. 5 and will come to a close on Feb. 11 when students will vote prior to the results being released at callouts Feb. 11 at 10 p.m. on the Cater Hall Lawn.

The following is a list of candidates and position sought: SGA President: 1. Logan Powell 2. Hayden Harrelson SGA Vice President: 1. Olabode Anise 2. David Wisdom SGA Treasurer: 1. Richmond Gunter Miss Auburn: 1. Caroline Stephens 2. Kinsey Crow 3. Jazzmin Carr 4. Rebekah Davis 5. Sloane Bell Senator-At-Large: 1. Elizabeth Moody (The Extra Mile) 2. Katie Knell (The Extra Mile) 3. Jackson Pruett (The Extra Mile) 4. Walker Byrd (The Extra Mile) 5. Will Hightower (The Extra Mile) College of Agriculture President: 1. Brady Peek (The Shovels) 2. Andrew Pinyan (Sustainable Solution) Vice President: 1. Sarah Stephenson (Sustainable Solution) College of Architecture, Design, and Construction President: 1. Christine Cameron Senator: (1) 1. Justin Matthews 2. Nicole Jones Raymond J. Harbert College of Business President: 1. Alexandra McGauley (Business Party) 2. Jake Wright (Lowder Than the Rest) Vice President: 1. Rhyan Ruf (Business Party) 2. Cole Kinchler (Lowder Than the Rest) Senator: (4) 1. Rob Garcia (Lowder Than the Rest) 2. Charles Welch (Business Party) 3. Abby Lemons (Lowder Than the Rest) 4. Griffin Donnelly (Business Party) 5. Brett Walton (Lowder Than the Rest) 6. India Way (Lowder Than the Rest) College of Education President: 1. Addison Combs 2. Kirby Webb Vice President: 1. Annie Page Senator: (3) 1. Kathlina Roat 2. Elizabeth Jackson

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering President: 1. Bethany Jenkins (enGINNeering) Vice President: 1. Brayden Payne (enGINNeering) Senator: (6) 1. Sharon Kalva 2. Lucas Tribble (enGINNeering) 3. Meredith Jones (enGINNeering) 4. Daniel Hess (enGINNeering) 5. Jeremy Wiley (enGINNeering) 6. Conor Flynn 7. Neal Bhavnani 8. John LeMaster (enGINNeering) Graduate School Senator (1) 1. David Burel College of Human Sciences President: 1. Emily Levinson Vice President: 1. Bennett Davis Senator: (1) 1. Anna Jane Taylor College of Liberal Arts President: 1. Rachel Gamlin (All In Party) Vice President: 1. Hannah Dean (All In Party) Senator: (4) 1. Caroline Beauchaine (All In Party) 2. Dillon Nettles (All In Party) 3. Meredith Smith (All In Party) 4. Sam Wilcox (All In Party) 5. Savannah Silver (The Golden Ticket) 6. Savanna Williams (The Golden Ticket) 7. Rachel Eilers (The Golden Ticket) Harrison School of Pharmacy President: 1. Aimee Paterson 2. Neill McNatt 3. Veronica Mote 4. Elise Aucoin

year.

By addressing the issue ahead of elections, the discussion will continue into the next administration and hopefully be resolved, Gunter said.

The most immediate order of business addressed at Monday’s meeting was the reversal of a bill passed in the fall semester of 2013.

The bill called for the randomization of ballot positions and obscuring of campaign colors during SGA elections.

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cigarettes under the policy because the harmful effects on others are not well known or studied, and because it will make it more difficult to enforce a smoke-free campus.

“The primary and driving force in the decision was the health concerns of the Auburn Family,” it said.

Ryan Huddleston, senior in communication, said he originally started using electronic cigarettes because he thought they were not included in the University ban. “[The University] has kind of turned this into smokers being pariahs and outcasts for us to run off into our little corners to go smoke,” Huddleston said. “I think they just don’t want the look of smoking around campus.”

Sherwood has been smoking electronic cigarettes since April 2013, when he had his last cigarette.

“The biggest difference between a cigarette and an electronic cigarette is in a cigarette you absorb nicotine in your lungs,” Sherwood said.

“In an electronic cigarette, the nicotine is bonded to the water molecules in your mouth. Much like taking a liquid cap to taking a basic aspirin.”

Although research is still being done to discover negative affects electronic cigarettes can have on a user and by-stander, Huddleston said he can breathe better since smoking less cigarettes and more electronic cigarettes.

“My overall nicotine craving is basically gone, so I’m not buying a pack a day,” Huddleston said. “The initial adjustment is a little much to get started with an e-cig, but they end up paying for themselves over time compared to buying cigarettes every day.”

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Foundation, which awards a scholarship to incoming students majoring in graphic design.

Those from Cobb County, Ga., where Burk’s home town is located, receive preference.

Attempts to reach the Lauren Burk Foundation were unsuccessful.

WSB-TV reports that due to immunity laws, Auburn University cannot be sued. Lauren’s parents, Jim Burk and Viviane Guerschon, filed a claim with Alabama’s Board of Adjustment against the University. The board has the ability to use state money to pay for the claim, which is in the amount of $1 million.

College of Sciences and Mathematics President: 1. Colson Smith (Fix the Temp in Parker) Vice President: 1. Sarah Whitmore (Fix the Temp in Parker) Senator: (4) 1. Edgar Solis 2. Collin Myrick (Fix the Temp in Parker) 3. Brandon Honeywell (Fix the Temp in Parker) 4. Natalie Thomley (Fix the Temp in Parker) 5. Patrick Michael (Fix the Temp in Parker) 6. Eric Turner

Along with the popularity of electronic cigarettes rising, the use of marijuana in electronic cigarettes is also rising. “[Vapor Craft] doesn’t promote it,” Sherwood said. “With anything that’s electronic, there’s always someone looking for things they shouldn’t do. With laws being passed in Colorado and Washington and passing in majorly large states, it’s only a matter of time before it becomes a nationwide thing. However, it’s not going to stop employers from denying people who smoke.”

An Auburn graduate, who would like to remain anonymous, said he has used an electronic cigarette to smoke marijuana in public two times.

“It’s vaporized so there’s no smoke and it’s not as harsh for your lungs,” the Auburn graduate said. “It’s smoother and more mellow. The high you get is more of a body high instead of just a head high.”

The source said students should avoid smoking marijuana through an electronic cigarette on campus because it is illegal.

“Students given the chance will still probably drink a beer on campus,” Auburn graduate said. “I don’t think it will be the next thing on campus, but for those of you who want to and have a way, it’s just another way to recreationally enjoy it and go under radar.”

Although electronic cigarettes are not allowed on campus, Sherwood said if anyone has any questions regarding electronic cigarettes to stop by Vapor Craft on North College Street anytime.

“The educational process of this is not only positive, it’s also good to know,” Sherwood said. “With kids and adults around it, they know not to fear it because every study so far has not proven any negative second-hand smoke affects.”

Jim Burk, Lauren’s father, told WSB-TV in Atlanta the claim is not just about the money, but so another family would not have to go through what his family suffered.

Burk’s parents believe that if Auburn still had a campus police department, it would have saved their daughter’s life.

According to WSB-TV, Auburn has not had a campus police department for at least 10 years. When Auburn City police took over patrols, the University shut down the campus program to save money.

“Auburn University is not aware of any new claims,” said Mike Clardy, director of university communications and media relations at Auburn. “It is University policy not to comment on matters of pending investigation.”

CLARIFICATON Due to inclement weather issues, The Plainsman was unable to retreieve the police reports for Jan. 23-29.They will return next week.

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The bill, passed by Gunter and Rob Garcia, College of Business senator, is still slated to go into effect by the next election, but the bill must be delayed for this election in order to make the results valid.

“It turns out that it’s going to take a little longer than we expected and a little longer than they expected,” Garcia said.

Garcia said they need to change the bill back so the code of laws reflect un-randomized ballot positions in order for the election to be valid. “[But] we hope to change the wording back after this election process in order to randomize ballot positions for future elections,” Garcia said.

Gordon Stone, cofounder of Home Energy Matters and a management consultant for major businesses for over 30 years, will be a featured guest speaker at the next SGA senate council meeting on Feb. 3.

The SGA presidential debates will be held in place of the senate council meeting on Feb. 10 and all are welcome to attend.

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Gotcha Ride offers free rides on and off campus KEELY SHEARER CAMPUS WRITER

Many people know about the free transportation Auburn University offers, such as the Tiger Transit and the Campus Security Shuttle, but many people seem to overlook another free source of transportation offered on and off campus.

Gotcha Ride is custom-made golf carts that provide rides to college students completely free of charge. The company originated at Florida State University five years ago and has been in Auburn for the past three years.

Gotcha Ride services are also located at Georgia Tech, the University of Alabama, Clemson University, and North Carolina State University.

The advertisements that cover the outside of the carts generate funds for the business and are what allows the rides to be free.

Tom Hopf, senior in accounting, is the manager for Gotcha Ride at Auburn and has been driving for Gotcha Ride for two and half years.

“We can wrap the entire vehicle with a sponsor,” Hopf said. “We also have TV sets on the back of headrests that show advertisements.”

There are currently three carts available for Auburn students to use day and night.

The carts run Monday–Thursday from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. and until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.

“Our busiest times are definitely at night on Wednesday and Friday,” Hopf said. “Probably from 10 p.m. until the end of the night, it stays pretty steady.”

According to Hopf, football weekends are known to be the most chaotic for Gotcha Ride and they receive approximately 80 calls during game days.

Gotcha Rides are able to go anywhere the speed limit does not exceed 35 mph.

The carts are able to hold up to five people at a time and even supply seat belts.

“They are golf carts, and we want to make sure we stay safe on the road,” Hopf said.

Every driver must be at least 21 years old and is required to have a background check to make sure they have not had any incidents in the past three years.

Patrick Craig Stewart, sophomore in engineering, experienced his first ride in a Gotcha cart on Wednesday afternoon.

“I’ve heard of them before,” Stewart said. “I would definitely use it, provided it was immediately in sight. It wouldn’t necessarily be my first thought when I needed to call something.”

This semester is the first time Gotcha Ride has provided rides for students during the day fulltime.

According to Hopf, they have had 40–50 customers per day, so far.

“We’re hoping it’ll pick up the more people realize that it is free,” Hopf said. “Hopefully, we

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We’re hoping it’ll pick up the more people realize it’s free.

Hopefully we can start going further out than just campus.”

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can start going further out than just campus. So far, most of the rides are just between buildings on campus. We can actually pick people up and bring them to class.”

Many people who have heard about Gotcha Ride but have not used it find it hard to believe that it is free.

Alex Jardine, freshman in business, along with a friend, came across a Gotcha Ride Wednesday night for the first time.

“We know what it is, but we don’t really use it,” Jardine said. “We haven’t really heard much about it. If I had the number, and I knew all about it, I would use it. I thought there was a catch at first, honestly.”

Auburn’s Gotcha Ride service is looking to make future upgrades and will be purchasing a new fleet of carts and will be hiring more drivers.

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ABOVE: Cameron Johnson, senior in civil engineering, parked outside Skybar. Gotcha Ride provides free rides on and off campus.

Students determined to keep memory of friend alive

Chandler Jones Community Editor

The last thing Barrett “Bear” Townsend said to his Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity brother Tanner Scott was “I love you.”

Scott recalls the memory with a nod, straight-faced, not actually looking at anything. A face that says more than words can about the emotions that daunt him.

His name was Bear, and he hugged like one too.

Most kids on this campus knew who Townsend was. They knew him by his laugh, his charm and his radiating happiness.

Townsend passed away at 5:47 p.m.

Jan. 23. Bill Harris, Lee County coroner, determined Townsend died of multiple blunt force injuries.

On Jan. 25, a vigil was held in his name, attended by friends and family, many bussed in from Townsend’s home in Tampa, Fla. Townsend was 22 years old and a senior in software engineering.

He graduated in Tampa from Jesuit High School, the motto of which says, “Always be a man for others.”

Jack Townsend, Bear’s father, said Bear always exemplified that motto.

“Bear was a very bright light with

a boundless spirit for life,” Jack said.

“He could make a party. He never met a stranger. He was an open-hearted, wonderful man. I had an immense love for him.”

Jack was deeply touched by the stories presented at the vigil. He was honored to know his son had helped and taken the time to brighten people’s lives.

Townsend, a certified instructor, taught yoga, a kettle bell class, according to Gene Buckley, one of Bear’s previous roommates.

According to Jack, Bear was a precocious, curious and creative young man. He liked to draw and build,and the young boy even had an idea book.

When Bear was 12, he and his friends started a band named “Almost a Band.”

As a garage band, their name was a double entendre: if they nailed a song, you’d say “they’re almost a band.” If they didn’t do so good, then after all, “they’re almost a band,” it fit too.

Jack said Bear always had tons of friends. As a high school student, Bear was a wrestler, football player and extremely talented guitar player.

Bear watched his older brothers, Lyght and Jake, and his parents Jack and Helen were a constant source of

enforcement and positivity. They taught him that through creativity, you can always make a difference.

Alex Harper lived with Bear his sophomore year in 2009. Harper said Bear was a beautiful person in all aspects of his life.

Harper reminisces on days in Bear’s “big purple chair.” Harper said he could just sit and talk, and whatever Bear was doing he would put on pause to listen.

“Any moment or experience I shared with him was better than the last,” Harper said. “He was always evolving. He was Bear Townsend” Gene Buckley, senior in building science and Bear’s pledge brother, said the first time he met Bear, they were instantly best friends and throughout their friendship they gravitated toward one another.

“He’s just internally optimistic, loving and caring, everything you’d ever want in a person,” Buckley said.

Buckley said he and Bear would talk to for hours about the future and anything on their minds. Buckley said Bear gave 100 percent open ears and accepting and honest feedback.

“There were days where I actively told myself to be like Bear,” Buckley said. “To be open and not to be timed.

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Hundreds gathered to remember Barrett “Bear” Townsend, Jan. 25 on Samford Lawn.

It made me a much better person.”

To see more of how Townsend im-

pacted his friends, read Nick Hines’ column on A5.

Auburn Aquatics Center dives into ceiling improvements DEREK HERSCOVICI CAMPUS REPORTER

All visitors are welcome to the James E. Martin Aquatic center, except stray ceiling tiles.

Built in 1969 as the original competition pool, the instructional pool has needed an update, and a fallen ceiling tile prompted the University to make the first serious renovations since the pool’s construction.

“It just kind of happened overnight,” said Mitch McDowell, senior in econom-

ics and aquatic center employee. “We came in the morning and found a tile on the deck in that pool, and, immediately, we closed that pool down.”

A net was put in place by facility managers to prevent more debris from water-damaged or fragile ceiling tiles from falling onto the deck or pool while it’s still in use.

The net will hang high above the pool, just below the drop ceiling, for at least the remainder of the spring semester, construction manager Gregory Forthofer said.

“Our goal is to eventually take all of the drop ceiling down and just eliminate the problem altogether,” Forthofer said. “We plan on having the netting in place until we can get a contractor under contract to do some improvements to the instructional pool area. There’s more improvements than just removing the ceiling.”

According to Fortofer, those improvements include moving and replacing the light fixtures to more accessible places around the deck, retiling the area around the pool and re-

painting the basin.

The ceiling tiles will be removed and the drop ceiling taken out, exposing the concrete beams that support the roof over the instructional pool and eliminating the threat of falling debris, Forthofer said.

Any new construction is welcomed by the aquatic center staff, but it can’t come soon enough.

“Auburn likes to repurpose instead of rebuild,” said Seamus White, junior in history and lifeguard at the pool. “Two weeks ago, all the pipes froze,

and then they burst.”

Though the pipes were eventually fixed when an internal boiler was added, hot water shortages have often forced the staff to shutter the locker rooms, putting additional pressure on the school to make changes.

“The last time happened in August,” White said. “When you have people work on the pipes it happens more consistently. We didn’t have the locker rooms for a month.”

The constant influx of swimmers throughout the day only

complicates the process further.

“Peak is definitely during the evening,” McDowell said.

“There’s Auburn Aquatics, which is for little kids through high school swim teams. That’s at least 40 or 50 without the younger kids. If you include the younger kids, you’re pushing a hundred.”

Forthofer said despite all the traffic, there have been no complaints yet about the net.

“When the final changes are made,” Forthofer said, “It’ll go virtually unnoticed, except by the backstrokers.”

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Employee assembles a vegetarian option, four sides.This particular plate includes black eye pea fritters, sweet potato salad, and kale slaw..

Plains to Plate means eating local and eating right CHANDLER JONES COMMUNITY EDITOR

Walking into Auburn’s newest dining experience, Plains to Plate, aromas pique curiosities and the irresistible smell stirs a carnal desire to eat what’s best.

The food filling the bins in the new restaurant in Lupton Hall comes from places near home.

The rolls are Sister Shubert’s, an Auburn alumna, baking out of Montgomery; the sausage comes from Conecuh farms in Evergreen; tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce come from Auburn; and cream comes from the Stone Hollow Farmstead in Harpersville.

“I just purchased as much local as we could: hydroponic produce grown here in Auburn, grits from Birmingham and kale and hushpuppy mix from Alabama,” said Emil Topel, senior executive chef. “We just tried get as much local as we could and build a menu that was healthier.”

Contributors are highlighted along the walls of Plains to Plate.

“Ninty-nine percent of the things that are in here are made from scratch,” said Glenn Loughridge, director of dining services.

Topel guarantees hardly anything in Plains to Plate is bought premade.

“With the hydroponic produce, he picks it and we get it a day later,” Topel said.

Topel compared it to buying from the normal produce supplier, who he says will have picked the produce two weeks before it’s served.

It’s that freshness that gives the food inside Plains to Plate its flavor.

Tiger Dining replaced soda fountains with coffee and hydration stations, with cucumber and lemon infused water jugs.

In Plains to Plate, one meal or four sides, including a drink, is $8.99.

A special dietary-needs counsel, which began last semester, asked for expanding dietary op-

tions. Loughridge and others within campus dining recognize students practicing veganism aren’t just about the lifestyle, but hold it as a belief system.

An internship position associated with the Real Food Challenge, an on-campus group since 2011, established connections with local agricultural companies.

Rosa Cantrell, junior in agricultural communications, serves as the president of the Real Food Challenge and works in the internship position with campus dining.

“When you purchase something, it could lessen or strengthen things like social and environmental injustice,” Cantrell said. “It’s important to know where your food comes from, and where it’s grown.”

One of the biggest Real Food fingerprints can be found in the change of meal styles. A typical meal includes an entree and two sides Real Food asked for a four-sided dish allowing for all vegan items or non-gluten items. These are two of the specialty food options offered in Plains-to-Plate.

“I think that’s why we have an outstanding venue,” Loughridge said. “We had great input from students. We have an outstanding chef who really took that input to heart and made it easier for students to interact with their foods. I think it was really a collaborative process and that’s how you end up with the best results.”

The new restaurant isn’t the last step in dining’s integration of using closer to home foods.

Charlie’s Donuts from Montgomery now sells on campus along with late-night weekend favorite, the hot dog stand Whatcha Want.

Huge changes are also found in Terrell dining hall.

“We wanted to upgrade the space to make it as good as we could make it,” Loughridge said of the renovations to Terrell.

Terrell now works to produce with local foods.

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Plains to Plate, located in Lupton Residence Hall across from the Science Center Laboratories, offers vegetarian and gluten free items.

The C-Store moved to align with the Taco Trek, and both are open until 1 a.m. Across from the new soft seating are an all-you-chose-to-eat buffet and hibachi grill. Replacing Nathan’s, both offer customizable food options.

“We want people to feel at home,” Loughridge said. “You come home, chill out, watch TV, get some food, eat and maybe come back to get some dessert [and] see some friends.”

Topel said there are heated entrees every day,

along with vegetarian options.

There is also a pantry-style refrigerator, open to everyone, that contains all kinds of milk and other standard kitchen items, allowing students to make everything from cereal to sandwiches.

“It’s where we are going as a company,” Topel said. “In dining halls, all the prep is out front.

With the produce all the cooks are out front chopping it up. It just gives a better impression, made to order right in front of you.”

Auburn Outdoors program brings adventure indoors Ben Ruffin

Campus Writer

The opening of the Auburn Recreation and Wellness Center last fall brought about a renewed sense of health and wellbeing to Auburn students.

From the new basketball courts, to the suspended indoor running track and brand new workout equipment, and even the opportunity to play virtual golf, the facility seemed as if it had everything it could possibly have to offer.

False.

As part of the Recreation and Wellness Center, Auburn Outdoors is a new program associated with a rock climbing wall, bouldering cave and the new Auburn Outdoor Rental Shop.

Tucked away in the bottom floor of the recreation center, students strap themselves in and begin the ascent up the rock wall.

The rock wall, which also opened last fall, offers students a different way to go about working out.

The wall, full of foot and hand holds, tests one’s strengths, awareness and agility, and also requires strategic thinking.

Ranging from a level of 5.6– 5.13, climbers of all levels are welcome to climb the rock wall.

Students can climb the rock wall three times under staff supervision prior to having to register for a Rock Climbing Fundamentals class, which Auburn Outdoors offers every Tuesday and Wednesday.

“It’s a two hour class from

5–7 p.m.,” said Rusty Cooper, coordinator for Auburn Outdoors. “We review all of the necessary material that anyone needs to know to be able to climb safely at our wall, including knot tying, belaying, how to use the equipment properly, etc.”

After completing the class, participants take a test and are then able to climb alone or with a friend without having to have a staff member to belay the climber.

“We really encourage people to take those classes,” Cooper said. “They’re free, and it’s helping really to develop those skills so that you could go somewhere else and climb, rather than just have someone belaying you and not learning anything.”

Harnesses and shoes can be rented at the station located next to the wall; however, students are permitted to bring their own gear.

Last semester, the rock climbing wall was host to more than 5,000 students.

While the rock climbing wall is a large part of Auburn Outdoors, the remaining part is what sets it apart from anything Auburn University has offered in the past.

Down a long hallway and behind closed doors lies what appears to be an outdoorsman’s store, or dream come true, rather.

Lining the walls and covering the ground are approximately 1,500 items for rent for Auburn’s 24,000 students and faculty.

From tents to canoes to kayaks to mountain bikes, Auburn Outdoors has almost anything outdoorsmen could think of.

“We have close to 1,500 items for students to rent,” said Jennifer Hazelrigs, assistant director of Outdoor and Campus Recreation. “That includes sleeping bags, tents, mountain bikes, backpacks, stoves and everything you would need for the outdoors. The rental prices are very affordable.”

Hazelrigs said Auburn Outdoors provides affordable rental prices to students.

“A lot of folks might have canoed their whole life, but they live in the dormitory and they’re not going to let you store a canoe in there,” Hazelrigs said. “So, you can check one out for the weekend for $27. That comes with life jackets and paddles and straps and everything.”

While all of Auburn Outdoors rental items are affordable, some major items to note include (for a 1–2 day rental), a five person Front Country tent for $10, a WW Kayak set for $14 and a mountain bike with a helmet and lock for $18.

While Auburn outdoors offers 1,500 items to rent, as well as the rock wall, the program also offers classes and trips in order to bring students together and teach them how to utilize the items available for rent.

“For folks that want to meet other people who have the same interest as them, or who want to try a new mode of travel, they can sign up for one of our trips online or come in here

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Climbers on all levels are welcome to use the rock wall in the Auburn Recration and Wellness Center.

to Auburn outdoors,” Hazelrigs said. “We provide all of the transportation. If it’s a back country experience away from parking lots, we provide all of the backcountry meals, instruction, and equipment to get folks exposed to some different ways

of travel.”

Major upcoming trips offered by Auburn Outdoors include: Feb. 14: Mountain biking trip ($10) March 1: Climbing trip ($30) March 22: Whitewater kaya-

king trip ($15) April 12–13: Backpacking trip ($45) For more information on Auburn Outdoors and what it has to offer, visit CWS.Auburn. edu/CampusRec/cm/AuburnOutdoors/Home.

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In response to our post “Young male jumps from North Park Parking Deck” Cindy Taylor:

“Prayers going up today for the Townsend.”

Sue Javorsky May:

“Breaks my heart”

Tyler Wallace:

“Man, this is sad.”

David Lane:

“I knew him from an English class I had. He always seemed to be a funny, happy-go-lucky character to me. I saw him more recently at one of our shows at 1716, and he was the same guy I remembered. Can’t imagine what happened.”

In response to our post “City Council approves affordable housing, announces Forbes recognition” Sharon Williams Lovoy:

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Event attendance reaches all time high We cover many, many University events.

Speakers who spread messages of inequality and peace, stand-up comedy, celebrations, concerts, racial integration. But do you know what many of these events have in common?

No one goes to them.

Perhaps saying no one goes to these events is a bit of an overstatement. However, we have noticed a trend of embarrassing low attendance from students.

We at The Plainsman cover these events, but that doesn’t mean people go to them. That also doesn’t mean people will read our paper. Despite our coverage of these events, we probably wouldn’t be going ourselves, outside of assignments.

The University and professors do advertise for events; albeit, not the best they could be.

Nevertheless, students have plenty of opportunities to hear about these events, be it a flier or word of mouth.

With the availability of the Internet, there is no real excuse to miss these events other than willful ignorance or an AU_WiFi meltdown, which is entirely plausible.

There is a general apathy about these events, unless it’s a headliner as famous as Ludacris. But not every speaker can be famous for a long string of low-budget racing movies.

We too share this general apathy, not only

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toward the “Fast and Furious” franchise, but toward attending events as a whole.

Many students have busy schedules and genuinely have better things to be doing with their time. This, coupled with a generation growing more introverted with the availability of social media means more couch surfing and less event attending.

Students who choose not to attend these events are perfectly justified in doing so.

Bear Townsend: Leaving a legacy of love Nick Hines

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However, we would encourage everyone to attend as many events as possible.

College is meant to expose students to new things and expand their minds. Students who simply attend class and study are not taking full advantage of the opportunities the University is providing.

How many places can someone take in a lecture on social issues and attend a jazz concert in the same week?

Auburn University offers the potential for students to become cultured.

Searching the Internet and watching TED Talks is great, but nothing compares to taking an active role in the dialogue by showing up in person. Doing so allows for audience members to ask questions and engage in conversation that pales in comparison to an Internet comment section.

Are we as a generation willing to settle and simply polish our Grammy trivia knowledge instead of attending a lecture on inequality?

It’s insulting to the University as well as those who are taking time out of their busy schedules to be here and speak, only to stand and talk awkwardly to the handful of professors who invited them.

It is tragic to see someone’s work, which in many cases has been for the benefit of humanity, advertised and then disrespected with an audience’s absence.

His View

“Darn it-- they let the secret out!”

In response to our tweet “Classes and normal University operations have also been canceled for Wednesday, Jan. 29.”

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A top hat, a coat and a small bottle of Captain. Maybe it was jeans rolled up at the pants leg showing his ankles, and rolled down at the waist to keep them on without a belt. In that case, usually shirtless, always shoeless.

Quirky didn’t define Bear Townsend. He defined quirky.

Somehow for him, it worked. He could always convince the person he was talking to that his next idea was a good one, and if not, he left them with the notion that if anyone could pull it off it would be him.

I had the privilege of being Bear Townsend’s fraternity brother in Sigma Phi Epsilon. Living in the fraternity house, I saw him around almost every day.

Sitting on the front porch on a sun-warmed leather couch, he was always engulfed in the moment.

Whether reading, playing guitar or listening to music obscenely loud, anyone that waked past

knew a full conversation was coming their way.

That was what made Bear special. He truly cared about people. He never had a conversation in which he was waiting to talk; he actually listened. His genuine interest in everyone around him made it impossible to feel like you didn’t know him on a personal level.

Even if you weren’t friends with Bear, he was friends with you.

At Bear’s candlelight vigil on Jan. 25, Sigma Phi Epsilon’s chaplain Tanner Scott recalled a moment that described Bear’s frank way of talking that everyone could relate to.

“Everyone who loves Jesus raise your hand,” Bear said when asked to say a prayer before dinner. “Amen.”

In conversation, Bear had a way of drawing things out of people that made it hard to not feel like his best friend. It was as if he was collecting little facts about people because he knew that one day, he would be able to talk to them again and have a meaningful conversation about what makes them hap-

py.

Bear was born to make people happy.

Thirty minutes and 100 tries into learning to tie a bow tie for a party, Bear walked into my room with his top hat and drink.

“Hold this,” he said while shoving his drink in my hand. He grabbed both sides of the bow tie and whipped out a tight knot.

“Now drink! We did it!” Then he proceeded to play through songs on my guitar until he found one we could sing together.

Sure, there was a party going on downstairs, but that moment wasn’t wasted because he knew that wherever he was, was where he was happiest.

Living in the moment didn’t mean putting on a show. It didn’t mean making the best of where he was at. It meant honestly enjoying and gaining the most from every situation. Where he was always seemed to be where he wanted to be.

Shortly after my mid-college crisis and early into my college writing career, I found a piece of paper shoved under my door.

It was a cut out of a list that I had written for The Odyssey. It wasn’t anything to be proud of, but he had written across the top, “You’ll always be on my front page.”

That was who Bear was. He enjoyed everything about people, and wanted people to have the confidence to do what they enjoyed. He wanted to make someone’s day, and for me, it did much more than that.

If there is one thing that people can get from Bear’s life, it is to live every moment with joy. Everything has a silver lining.

Bear fit more into his shortened life than most will get in 40 years. He didn’t live the longest, but he lived the fullest, not a second wasted.

Bear would not stand to see someone hurting. The number of lives he changed will never be forgotten, and he will always be remembered for his selfless love.

As he often said, “The battle is already won.”

This article is an adaptation from a submission from the Jan. 27 edition of The Odyssey.

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Dining services is changing the way we eat

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There’s a room off to the right of the Student Center.

It’s got clear glass and three doors. Inside works a number of staff dedicated to changing the way we eat on this campus, in particular, Glenn Loughridge and Rosa Cantrell.

In Lupton Hall’s newest restaurant, Plains to Plate, hardly anything goes into the kitchen premade, according to Emil Topel, senior executive chef for Auburn University.

Most of the ingredients: cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, cream and sausage, all come from local sources.

People working in the industries this institution is built on now

feed this institution.

Cantrell, intern with Loughridge and leader of the oncampus organization Real Food Challenge, uses her agricultural communications degree to talk to the people who grow the food she and others now eat.

“It’s more than just mindlessly eating,” Cantrell said.

The Real Food Challenge began, in 2011, under Rosco Davis, an Auburn alumni.

I had the chance to interview Davis many times throughout his journey with Real Foods.

Davis inspires.

His group, they’re a dedicated bunch, determined to change the way we eat, determined to see a difference in this school.

This 2014 group defines their success. Members are active.

Change is apparent. Success is evident.

Real Food strives to integrate

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food that is local, ecological, fair and humane. It’s a godly practice, logical even. Know what you eat. It’s simple, matter-of-fact and wildly ignored.

But with Plains to Plate, Loughridge and Cantrell exemplify that, well, they’re winning.

Walking in to this new spot, what’s in those bins, the name of the family that raised them, ultimately killed them and sold them for you to ingest and sustain you through your day, hangs on the walls, for you to read and know.

Incredible.

Honestly, since I found out, I haven’t eaten anywhere else. Why would I? It smells so good, just being around there.

When I sat around a table outside the new Plains to Plate with Cantrell, Topel and Loughridge, I made a comment, as us journalists do: “It just tastes so good.”

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Topel, with a laugh and head shake, simply shrugged his shoulders to say, “Yeah.”

We all laughed. It’s logical; it tastes better, because it is better.

Not that hard.

So before you put this paper down, give props to Real Foods, Loughridge and the clan behind dining services. They are changing the face of this campus.

Topel told me about an idea he had, for when it gets warmer. He has idea to hang rosemary on the fence around the Plains to Plate dining area to grow outside and use inside.

Imagine this, it’s 2:30, midApril, just getting good outside.

The woman who just made your sandwich walks outside with a pair of garden shears and chops at the rosemary bin in front of you.

Like she did this morning.

Like she put on the sandwich you’re about to bite down on.

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Supper Club, 77 years ago Ashtyne Cole

Community Reporter

For years, Auburn students have gotten off Exit 51 and driven through town.

They pass the familiar restaurants and local places, but one sticks out to current and past students: the War Eagle Supper Club.

Supper Club has been around as far back as anyone in Auburn can remember, 77 years to be exact. The club has seen members come and go, been through seven decades of fashion and style and undergone renovations, yet the building still stands and is going strong.

One of the well-known facts about Supper Club is the strict 21-and-over policy. But now, owner John Brandt has confirmed a little secret: the club will allow underage guests to attend, with a member and a valid ID. This will begin in the next few weeks.

Brandt started working at Supper Club in 1980 when he was a student at Auburn.

He worked the door, then five years later he bought into the family that owned the club.

When the club first opened, it was an place for Auburn residents to join and eat.

It then became the first place in Auburn to offer pizza, known then as Supper Club’s famous pizza. The club offered pizza until the late ’80s.

Supper Club started to undergo renovations when Brandt came along.

“The building wasn’t as big as it was now so we added on and added what is now called, ‘The Pit,’” Brandt said. “We also added a stage around 1985.”

The legal drinking age in Alabama at the time was 19, which changed in 1985 to 21. That is the only time anyone under the age of 21 was allowed in, until now.

“We are a private club and always have been,” Brandt said. “No consumption of alcohol was allowed except in private clubs and only on Sunday. We would be the only place in the state that people could come in and have a beer on a Sunday.”

Supper Club also had to adhere to mandated segregation laws in the ’50s.

Supper Club has always prided itself in bringing in national acts to come perform, three or four per year.

They have always had a saying about the acts that come in: “We see them on the way up and on the way back down.”

Headliners such as Luke Bryan, Widespread Panic and Kenny Chesney have performed on Supper Club’s stage.

Brandt has even seen his favorite band perform.

“Little Feat was my all time favorite,” Brandt said. “They performed in 2003 and I was like a kid on Christmas morning to

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In 1986, Supper Club was the place to go, especially to hear good bands and guys would play pool.”

—Rachel Black Auburn Alum

see my favorite band play on stage.”

Rachael Black attended Auburn and frequented the club during her time in school.

“In 1986, Supper Club was the place to go, especially to hear good bands and guys would play pool,” Black said. “You always ended your night at Supper Club, even though it was on the outskirts of Auburn.”

To enter Supper Club, a $2 membership card must be purchased. Only a member can bring a guest under the age of 21.

Supper Club also offers a shuttle service that runs from 10 p.m. until the club closes at 5 a.m.

“It doesn’t matter what kind of band is playing, you’re guaranteed to leave being super happy that you went,” Amanda Enloe, senior in profession writing, said. “It’s some of the best entertainment and people watching in Auburn.”

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Contributed by John Brandt

TOP: The War Eagle Supper Club has undergone many changes since it’s opening 77 years ago.

BOTTOM: The War Eagle Supper Club’s original sturcture before 1985.

Auburn talks trash City’s recycling commitment and waste management service make for cleaner living and a better future Pierce Ostwalt Community Writer

The Auburn Department of Environmental Services does far more than simply cleaning up the toilet paper from Toomer’s Corner after a Tiger’s win.

Overseeing a wide range of departments including recycling, solid waste, animal control and fleet services, is Timothy Woody, the director of environmental services for the city of Auburn. He and his staff have made major progress in the improvement of waste pollution in the city of Auburn.

“I don’t think [waste pollution] is considered a major problem for the city,” Woody said. who has been the director since 2004.

Curbside recycling programs and adding other items, such as scrap metals, to the list of recyclable goods have been major factors to the cleanliness of Auburn and the surrounding areas.

In 2009, the city of Auburn entered into the East Alabama Recycling Partnership with the University, Opelika and Lee County.

“We formed this group primarily to give us a better chance at having a county-wide recycling and waste-reduction effort,” Woody said. “Everyone was out doing their own thing for their own communities, which people continue to do, but we thought we could do a better job together and looked at things from a comprehensive point of view.”

Recyclable goods are one of the main focuses for the city and Woody has goals and future plans to make them a priority to both help the environment and benefit the community.

In Auburn, recyclable goods are sorted and then taken to facilities called MRF’s, or material recovery facilities.

However, Auburn doesn’t have these facilities.

If someone wants to recycle, they personally have

to separate the glass from the cardboard from the newspaper and so on. With a MRF being put in place, which is Woody’s long-term goal, people in the community would be more encouraged to recycle.

“You’ll have some folks that are conscientious and want to recycle and do the right thing,” Woody said. “Some folks, it’s not that they personally don’t care, but people are busy and it’s easier to not sort it out.”

Woody believes many who do not currently recycle might do so with a MRF in place in Auburn.

“I’m thinking that it would self-enforce itself,” Woody said.

Having an MRF would allow people to simply put all recyclables in one bin and not have to go through the tedious process of sorting the goods on an individual basis.

Solid waste is taken to a separate facility in Salem.

The landfill facility for Auburn’s trash has been operational since November 1985. This landfill contains trash from 13 counties in Alabama as well as three contiguous counties in Georgia: Troupe, Muskogee and Harris.

The landfill is run by privately owned Waste Management; however, other companies such as Advanced Disposal also use the facility.

When the solid waste arrives, it is put through a simple process. “[Waste] is pushed up, spread out and compacted,” said Mike Malphrus, the district manager of the Salem Waste Disposal Facility. “Then, each day, [the waste] is covered in six inches of soil.”

This facility sees all kinds of waste every day.

The most common waste product the facility sees is household garbage.

Malphrus and his facility also try and help the environmental effort by extracting scrap metals from the solid waste to be reused.

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All of Auburn’s unrecycled waste goes straight to Waste Management’s Salem Waste Disposal Center.

Whole state sheds weight

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“People come back year after year,” Briggs said. “They either keep the weight off and want to lose more, or they need another chance to try at it again.”

Mary Kate McCluney, senior in rehabilitation services, is a participant in Scale Back.

“The goal is to lose at least 10 pounds,” McCluney said. “I’m on a team of four and the team with the most weight loss at the end wins cash prizes.”

McCluney’s friend, Rachel Mayberry, is an intern at EAMC and a senior in physical activity and health. She is also one of the interns weighing participants.

“The teams of four really encourage each other to lose the weight,” Mayberry said. “The website is ScaleBackAlabama.com for information, and we are doing weigh outs the week of April 7th.”

Educational materials were provided at the weigh-in site and Scale Back Alabama sends out weekly emails to help encourage participants and keep them on track.

With one-third of Alabamians considered obese, even a little bit of weight loss is a good thing. The annual health care cost is approximately $147 billion a year, and obesity leads to various health problems, many that are considered very dangerous.

Last year, the program had 27,000 participants statewide and lost 130,000 pounds collectively.

“The main goal is eating healthy and developing a healthy lifestyle while creating realistic weight loss goals,” Briggs said.

The remaining dates for Scale Back Alabama are: March 8-18: Voting for Team Name Contest March 19: Team Name Contest Winner Announced April 5-11: Final Week of Contest; Ending Weights Recorded April 25: Final Event; Announcement of Winners and Prizes

Community Reporter

On Thursday Jan. 16, the weight-loss program Scale Back Alabama kicked off its eighth year. Gina McDonald, the recent winner of the Biggest Loser, spoke at the beginning of the competition, giving inspiration to those taking on the goal.

McDonald lost more than 100 pounds and is the spokesperson for Scale Back Alabama this year. Scale Back is sponsored by the Alabama Hospital Association and the Department of Public Health.

The goal of Scale Back is to help people set a realistic weight loss goal of one pound per week, ending in a 10-pound loss goal at the end of the 10-week competition.

According to US News, Alabama is the second most obese state, with a rate of 31.2 percent. The emphasis is on eating healthy and keeping the weight off while adding exercise to the daily routine.

Participants entered at one of the various weigh-in sites across the state with East Alabama Medical Center in Auburn being the closets.

Kathe Briggs, EAMC’s director of health promotions and disease management, personally helped coordinate the weigh-in site, and is also participating in the contest as well.

EAMC weighed-in people, who throughout the course of 10 weeks, will try and drop weight.

At the end of the 10 weeks, they will weigh in and be up for prizes at the state level. The hospital is also offering prizes for some of the local winners.

The prizes for first place are $1,000 per team member, or a total of $4,000 for the entire team, second team wins $500 per team member amd third place wins $250 per team member.

EAMC has been a weigh-in site since the start of the competition.

Auburn Activities Monday

Sunday 2 Super Bowl Super Bowl Party.

War Eagle Supper Club Jim ‘N Nick’s Grand Opening. Jim ‘N Nick’s Barbeque.

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Tuesday 4

Catechist Meeting.

St. Michael’s Catholic Church. 5:30-8 p.m.

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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$4 Dinner. Wesley Foundation. 7– 8 p.m.

$3 Dinner and DIVE worship service.

Auburn United Methodist. 7 and 8 p.m.

Rexton Lee and Neil Clayton Band. SkyBar. 7 p.m.

Gypsy Riot and River Dan. SkyBar. 8 p.m.

Johnny Sonsone. War Eagle Supper Club

Reckless. War Eagle Supper Club

Tim Tyler and DJ Rainer in the Back Room. SkyBar. 7 p.m.

$2 Dinner.

Auburn First Presbyterian Church of Auburn. 05:15 p.m.

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City determined to protect this house University’s continued merger with the Auburn Police Division increases enrollment and stimulates the growth of the entire city Chandler Jones COMMUNITY EDITOR

In 2004, Justin Timberlake ripped off Janet Jackson’s shirt, exposing her breast during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII; the United States lifted its travel-ban to Libya; Google released Gmail to the public and the American media released images of the U.S. military abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib.

Also in 2004, the Auburn Police Division merged with Auburn University in a contract naming the APD as the official police force of Auburn University.

That merger celebrates its 10-year anniversary in the coming months as 2014 rounds the corner.

“Here, this many years later, I think this merger works great,” Auburn Police Chief Paul Register said. “We have a good relationship with the University. I think the satisfaction seems to be pretty good from the faculty.”

The APD extended their police force to bike and foot officers who patrol daily.

“Just being a presence, being seen,” said Antonio Fanning, an Auburn University on-campus bike officer. “Just trying to see who is all on campus, just making sure we know who is on campus and we can just make sure they’re supposed to be on campus.”

Fanning said patrols focus on high-density areas and dorms.

“Our main focus is to protect the kids and their property, just keeping them safe, the people of Auburn safe,” Fanning said. “That sums it up.”

When police forces are low, such as during late night to early morning shifts, many students rely on the 6-foot-tall emergency lights stationed around campus.

Distinguishable by the bright blue lights emitting from the top of the pole, these are machines directly connected to the APD communications department.

“The purpose of the blue lights would be to look at your campus geographically and place a mechanism in areas where persons who encounter emergency stations or may need assistance right away can move quickly to a point where they can notify emergency help,” said Melvin Owens, executive director for the department of public safety and security for Auburn University.

When triggered, these mechanisms also tell the pan-tilt-zoom cameras stationed around campus to go off their touring and immediately focus on the subject.

These cameras are installed and monitored by another University contract with Allied Barton.

“There’s not a lot of usage: there’s even been a debate about their effectiveness,” Owens said. “When we first put them here, there was not a prevalence of cellphones.”

To Register, the emergency lights are just another means of communication to necessary services.

“It gives people remote locations on campus where they can just pick up that phone and it immediately calls 911,” Register said. “It

CHANDLER JONES / COMMUNITY EDITOR

TOP: Fanning sits busy at his desk on campus’ Auburn Police Division satellite office.

BOTTOM:The APD works the univeristy to provide saftey to all students..

gives us the location of that call, where it’s being made, the time and we get that information in real time.”

Register said in the approximately 300 emergency phone calls made last year, all were answered within two minutes, including ones made from the emergency poles. Register said he had no way of determining how many calls were actually made with the emergency poles.

Auburn University’s Student Government Association tests these lights annually at the Safety Walk. The response record still stands at two minutes.

“Most of them, if you look, are pretty visible. They’re out in the open,” Register said. “They’re near things where people see them.

They pass by them every day.”

Register said he believes between the cameras, bike and foot officers, the APD does a good job of being able to see things going

happening on campus.

Register said for security reasons, the APD doesn’t release certain information, such as how many officers are on patrol or the shift schedule.

Fanning has served as part of APD’s campus patrol since 2009 after he graduated from Auburn University in 2007. He followed with an attendance at Northeast Alabama Law Enforcement Academy in Jacksonville for three months then field training for four months.

Fanning said training never ends and intends to attend a five-day Rape Aggression and Defense training in following weeks.

Owens said on-campus officers must be certified by the Peace Officer Standard Training Commission, graduate from a police academy and receive standard on-the-job training.

Register said off- and on-campus officers receive the same training.

“I think that is one of the things that has improved since the merger,” Register said. “Every officer that comes through now receives training in every facet of our agency. They get exposure to the patrol division, investigative division and do all the things that will help them be a successful officer.”

Fanning said the biggest difference between his job and the city’s officers are the exposure to people. Fanning said patrolling on bikes makes campus officers more immersed in the environment, while sometimes off-campus officers are usually only spotted in vehicles.

“Our presence does a lot to deter crime,” Register said. “You see the officers riding around with yellow shirts on bicycles or in cars. They’re black and white. They’re very visible. We intend for that to be the case.”

Register said educating the community on how to report suspicious activity is paramount to the APD’s job. Register defined suspicious activity as anything abnormal in an environment.

“That’s as large a part of our success, the feedback we get from the community,” Register said. “Citizens and students who report crime to us, that’s where we are successful. You want would-be criminals to not want to drive or walk through your town. We try to have the officers get out, go in businesses, talk with people and owners, learn the people in the city and be familiar with them.

Then you’ll know when something’s unusual.”

Fanning said suspicious activity can be anything out of the ordinary.

“We work campus all the time, so we know when something doesn’t look like it supposed to look like, what it normally looks like,” Fanning said. “We also rely on (students) to call in if they see something that is out of the ordinary.”

Owens said he believes the success of safety on Auburn’s campus comes from a unilateral commitment from administration, police services, emergency management and student associations, such as SGA’s Safety Walk.

Fanning said working with students has been extremely rewarding and he sees them as younger siblings, so he doesn’t mind keeping an eye out for their safety.

“You’re a public servant,” Fanning said. “You have a service heart. There are no off-days when you’re a police officer.”

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Crime Time Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, Auburn Police Division arrested three Montgomery residents for charges including burglary, according to a Jan. 27 police report.

Reginald McClendon, 23, Zederic Andrews, 24, and Dcrawford Toles, 21, were each charged with burglary.

Andrews was also charged with receiving stolen property and carrying a pistol without a necessary permit.

At approximately 3:58 a.m., officers responded to a suspicious incident in the 1500 block of Kendal Court.

The report noted suspicious noises as well as several individuals and a unknown vehicle near a residence.

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Based on a provided description, officers arrived in the area and located McClendon, Andrews and Toles.

Numerous items located in their vehicle were determined to have been recently stolen from residences in the 800 block of West Longleaf Drive and the 100 block of Harmon Drive.

The three were taken into custody. Police recovered the property, valued at over $4,500. The investigation is ongoing and additional charges and arrests are expected.

All three suspects were transported to the Lee County jail.

McClendon and Toles both have a bond currently set at $3,000, and Andrew’s bond is currently set at $15,000.

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Tyrese and Tra’cee Tanner aren’t your average sisters.

At 6-foot-1 and 6-foot-3, respectively, both girls have become keys to the success of the Auburn women’s basketball team.

“It’s pretty fun,” Tyrese said about having her younger sister with her on the court. “But it can be challenging at the same time.”

Tyrese said that the challenges of having a sibling on a college basketball team are the same as just having a sibling at home.

“We fuss at each other in practice, but it’s just like your fussing at a teammate,” Tyrese said.

Individually, Tyrese, a senior, and Tra’cee, a sophomore, are both having great seasons.

Tyrese has had four 20-point games, one of which came against then No.10 Kentucky on Jan. 19 when she put up an in-conference career high of 28.

“I was definitely proud of her,” Tra’cee said. “Kentucky has this reputation of being a great scoring program, so for her to be able to do that, to come

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both competitive together. We want to win. It’s about who scores the most points.”

Both sisters said they will cherish the opportunity they had to play alongside each other.

“Not many people can say they had the opportunity to do that,” Tra’cee said. “To have somebody there for you at all times is great.”

“We’ve had some good times and some bad times,” Tyrese said. “I’ll miss it.”

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with 3:40 left in the second half, while Tra’cee fouled out against Kentucky after scoring 15 points in just 17 minutes.

“Just imagine what she could have done had she been able to stay in the game,” Auburn head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy said after the home loss to Kentucky.

Tyrese said the way Auburn plays defense is aggressive, and that gets them into trouble sometimes.

“Sometimes we get over aggressive,” Tyrese said. “We want the ball so bad, and sometimes we go the wrong way to get it.”

Both Tanner sisters are fierce competitors.

As sisters on the same college basketball team, they said their sibling rivalry is amplified that much more.

“Me and my sister are competitive in every aspect of our life,” Tra’cee said.

“That’s kind of how we were raised.”

Tyrese said since the two started playing together at Auburn, it’s become more about the team than the sisters competing against one another.

“Growing up, it was who could do something first or who was the best at something.” Tyrese said. “Now we’re

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out and show people who she really is, I feel like that’s great for her.”

Tra’cee has been scoring in bunches as well, putting up 15 points of her own against Kentucky, and Florida.

“This year has really been a good year for her,” Tyrese said. “I’m glad she came to play on the team.”

But for all those individual performances, the team itself has little to show.

Two times this season, against then No. 10 South Carolina, and then No.10 Kentucky, Auburn has mounted a substantial lead early in the first half, only to see it be wiped out by halftime.

“It’s the lack of focus in the second half,” Tyrese said. “You get up so much, and you think we’ve got it in the bag, but the team doesn’t lie down.”

A large part of the problem for the Tigers in those losses to Top 10 opponents, as well as other defeats on the season, has been players not being able to stay in the games when they need to due to foul trouble.

The Tanner sisters have been in the midst of Auburn’s late-game foul trouble for several key games this season.

Tyrese fouled out against Florida

Even though the Auburn Tigers have ended their incredible run this season, several Tigers continue to impress with their talents on the football field.

Auburn was represented by Dee Ford, Cody Parkey, Chris Davis and Jay Prosch at this year’s Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile.

The South team came out on top, 20-10, after impressive performances by several Auburn players.

Ford stood out in particular, winning the Senior Bowl Most Valuable Player Award after getting two sacks and a deflect-

ed pass.

Ford wreaked havoc in the North team’s backfield, and impressed NFL scouts along the way.

The 6-foot-2 defensive end’s draft stock has skyrocketed after his performance in the Senior Bowl, and is now projected to be either a late first-round pick or an early second-round selection.

Scouts are especially impressed by Ford’s explosive speed.

Ford clocked a 4.46 40-yard dash time, and will be a dangerous defensive threat at either outside linebacker or at defensive end in the NFL. Ford had 31 tackles and 10.5

sacks in 2013, and totaled 68 tackles and 17.5 during his career at Auburn.

NFLDraftScout.com has Ford listed as the No. 3 defensive end in the draft, as well as being listed as the No. 18 player overall.

Chris Davis also had a good game at the Senior Bowl, recording three tackles and an interception. Davis had an astounding 75 tackles, adding on to his 296 career tackles at Auburn.

Davis is legend in Auburn after his unforgettable “Kick Six” return to upset Alabama in the final second of the Iron Bowl.

He now seeks to improve his legend in the NFL.

NFLDraftScout.com has Davis listed as the No. 19 cornerback in the draft, and Davis is projected to be picked in either the third or fourth round.

Davis was listed at 5-foot10 prior to the Senior Bowl, but measured 5-foot-9 during Senior Bowl week.

While Davis’ height may hurt his draft stock, his speed, hitting power and special teams skills will make him an appealing pick.

Auburn special teams coach Scott Fountain told reporters in Mobile several NFL teams have called asking about Davis’ potential at wide receiver and running back.

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tended the Senior Bowl. As was the case all season, Prosch’s work isn’t adequately reflected on the stat sheet.

Prosch is listed as the No. 1 fullback in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com and is projected to be a fourth round selection.

On the special teams side, kicker Cody Parkey represented the Tigers as the South team’s kicker. Parkey had a great day, going 2-for-2 and nailing kicks from 50 yards and 39 yards.

While Parkey had an impressive career at Auburn, the No. 7 kicker on NFLDraftScout. com’s boards will most likely go undrafted.

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The Auburn gymnastics team continued to improve its overall score Saturday, Jan. 25, by recording a 196.85 in Baton Rouge, which is the highest road score in program history.

After three rotations No. 14 Auburn was leading No. 2 LSU by a score of 147.8-147.65.

LSU then scored an impressive 49.525 on their floor routines to take the lead and win, 197.175-196.85.

Multiple Auburn gymnasts recorded personal best high scores on the day. Freshman M.J. Rott even tied the school record on vault with a 9.975.

Rott’s mark equaled the school record set by Julie Dwyer in 2008. Auburn’s 49.425 is the second-best vault score in program history.

The meet was postponed from its original time on Friday evening due to inclement weather in Baton Rouge. The judges for the meet were also late to arriving to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Saturday, forcing the two teams to go with an alternate format for the first two rotations.

Auburn continues on the road with a trip next Friday, Jan. 31, to face the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville.

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The Auburn track and field team won five events and claimed four facility records on Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Vanderbilt Invitational at the Vanderbilt Student Recreation Center.

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Freshman Emily Stevens finished fifth out of 33 competitors in women’s mile in 4:55.32, while sophomore Rebecca Nylen set a personal best in the 800m at 2:15.76. Freshman Susan Rachel Givens placed fifth in the 3000m at 9:42.93.

Auburn will return to action February 7-8 at the Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb.

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The Auburn swimming and diving came up short in its final road dual meet of the season as the Auburn women fell 173.5-124.5 to No. 9 Florida, while the men were defeated 180-117 by the second-ranked Gator men on Saturday, Jan. 25, at the O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla. Senior Marcelo Chierighini continued to string together strong performances in the sprint events, winning both the 50 free and 100 free against the Gators for the Auburn men (2-3, 1-1). Freshman Joe Patching continued to find success in the men’s 200 back, picking up the win for the Tigers.

For the Auburn women (3-2, 1-1), senior Emily Bos posted a win in the 100 back and was also a part of the Tigers’ 200 medley win along with Natasha Lloyd, Megan Fonteno and Allyx Purcell.

Auburn’s foursome swam a 1:40.89 to defeat the Gators, who currently hold the SEC’s top time in the vent. Fonteno added her first win of the season in the 100 fly.

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women’s pole vault with a clearance of 13-1.50/4.00m, which ties her school record set last year at the Auburn Indoor Invitational.

Three Tigers placed in the top-5 in the mile run. They were led by senior Niklas Buhner, who broke the facility record with a time of 4:02.60, which is fifth all-time in school history. Junior Ty McCormack finished third with the eighth-fastest time in program history and a personal best time of 4:03.89, while junior Kane Grimster finished fifth at 4:05.95.

Junior thrower Valentina Muzaric won her second-consecutive shot put title after breaking the facility record and recording the second-longest throw in Auburn history with a 54-6.75/16.63m.

Muzaric now claims the six longest throws in school history. In the men’s shot put, junior Marcus Popenfoose won the event with a throw of 57-0.00/13.37m.

Junior Samantha Scarlett paced the field in the 60m hurdles with the fourth-fastest time in Auburn history and a personal best time of 8.24. Scarlett had ran an 8.28 at the Auburn Invitational to start the season.

In the women’s 200m, freshman Ebony Morrison was the runner-up with a time of 24.39, which was good for the facility record.

On the men’s side, freshman Kahlil Henderson recorded a personal best time of 21.61, which placed him fifth.

Senior Keenan Brock finished third in the 60m dash at 6.78. In the men’s 400m Teray Smith finished 11th overall, but was the top freshman finisher with a time of 48.72. Sophomore Parker Shearer set a new personal best in the 800m at 2:07.06.

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Fans, please enjoy next week’s National Signing Day responsibly Justin Ferguson @JFergusonAU

I have a love-hate relationship with recruiting.

It’s my guilty pleasure. Some people love it because it’s a great way to fill the gap between the end of bowl season and the beginning of spring practice.

Those people aren’t doing it right — you need to follow recruiting during the regular season, too.

It’s a 24/7/365 love to some of us.

There are entire websites dedicated to just recruiting coverage.

Sure, they cover a team during the regular season, but they make their money offering premium insider information on the future of your favorite program.

But there are plenty of times where I hate it.

People start to obsess over the decisionmaking processes of 18-year-old kids who just so happen to dominate on the high school football field.

Twitter becomes a cesspool of fans lobbing corny tweets at potential targets.

And if his decision doesn’t go your way, some fans cross the line and make threats.

C’mon, guys.

As a fan of the sport of college football, I follow recruiting because it has a lot to do with how teams will shake out in the future.

Why was Alabama able to build a dynasty that was unrivaled in the BCS Era? Why was Auburn able to bounce back

from a 3-9 season to a spot in Pasadena?

You bring highly ranked recruiting classes in year after year, and then you develop them to realize their full potential.

(Auburn only had the first half of that formula in the Chizik years, but it looks like Malzahn and Co. could have all of it down.)

But it’s not a perfect formula by any means. After winning the 2011 Sugar Bowl, Michigan signed back-to-back Top-5 classes after hanging just outside the Top 10 in the recruiting rankings for several years.

The Wolverines’ last two seasons finished 8-5 and 7-6, respectively.

For every Jadeveon Clowney and Cam Newton (two five-star recruits) there are guys like Nick Fairley and Johnny Manziel (two three-star recruits).

You don’t know who is going to be a bust or a diamond in the rough.

Let’s not even get started on the constant commitments and flips, the fax machine drama and the hat switches.

I believe nothing is for sure until the signee actually puts both feet on the campus after National Signing Day. So why do we keep following it?

Why will some of us wake up at an ungodly hour next Wednesday morning and lock our eyes to ESPNU until way after the sun goes down?

Because it’s college football.

It gives fans hope, no matter what the previous season record turned out to be.

It gives fans of powerhouses even more reasons to be dreaming of a national championship.

And it can be extremely fun to follow.

But like anything else in college foot-

ball, fandom can turn into a dark obsession.

This past weekend I read an article from Tom Green, the preps reporter for the Opelika-Auburn News.

I helped cover area high school football for him during the fall, and I think he does a great job of telling the stories of these athletes we put under a microscope during recruiting season.

Green had a fantastic interview with Rashaan Evans, the five-star linebacker from Auburn High School who is considering Alabama and Auburn for his football future. In the interview, Evans spoke candidly about the constant pressure he’s under as a blue-chip recruit.

“The fact I came out of Auburn High School and I were to go to Auburn, I have no other choice but to be successful,” Evans said in the article. “It would almost be like people would see me as a disgrace to Auburn if I were to not be like everybody plans to make me. They’re really putting me on a pedestal right now…It’s a lot of pressure, man.”

As the final week of recruiting rolls on and we prepare for National Signing Day, do these athletes a favor. Hang back and be a quiet observer of the recruiting chaos.

A tweet never convinced a high schooler to go to a particular college.

We’ll have coverage at our website all day next Wednesday, Feb. 5 — we’ll even cover Evans’ highly anticipated decision that morning on location—and you can expect to see a lot of recruiting recap in next week’s print issue.

So, fans, let us all enjoy the madness of National Signing Day in a positive way — for ourselves and for the athletes.

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Tigers ready for weekend tests from two biggest rivals

Winter storm, unique scheduling sets up Auburn visits from Alabama and Georgia in the span of three days Justin Ferguson SPORTS EDITOR

Thanks to the rare winter storm and resulting snow days on campus, the Auburn basketball team will have to wait an extra day to break a cold streak of its own.

With the home game against Alabama pushed back from Wednesday night to Thursday night, the Tigers will now play their two biggest rivals at Auburn Arena in the span of three days.

Like the football team that will receive the ODK-Foy Sportsmanship Trophy for the “Kick Six” victory on the gridiron, the men’s basketball team will be hoping to make some of its own magic against the nearby rivals, starting with the snow-delayed visit from the Crimson Tide.

“It’s Alabama,” said Auburn head coach Tony Barbee. “Every team in the country has a rival, and obviously for us, Alabama is the biggest one. It’s always good to get a win and for us a much-needed win if we can get it.”

The Tigers are in the midst of a 16-game conference losing streak and have dropped 21 of their last 22 games against SEC competition.

“Last year is last year,” said guard KT Harrell. “We are focused on this year. We realize that we have lost a couple of games in a row and that’s why we’re out here working.”

But the Tigers can take some confidence from last season. Their one win in that 22game span was Alabama’s visit to Auburn Arena last season.

Last season, the Tigers defeated Alabama 4937, a score that would have fit better on the jumbotron at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Auburn outscored Alabama 36-14 in a second half that included a student section appearance from former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Cam Newton.

“It was fun,” said Harrell, who was on the bench during last year’s rivalry victory as a transfer from Virginia. “Cam was in the place that night and we had a lot of energy. The fans were bringing a lot of energy. I expect the same thing (Thursday).”

Holding the Crimson Tide to another recordlow offensive performance would be quite a feat for Auburn in this year’s edition of the Iron Bowl of basketball.

Alabama is coming off a wild 82-80 victory against LSU, who recently upset perennial SEC powerhouse Kentucky in Baton Rouge.

Although the Tide blew a 19-point lead on the visiting Tigers midway through the second half, the offense rallied for a few clutch shots down the stretch in a come-from-behind victo-

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“They are playing better,” Barbee said. “(Alabama head coach Anthony Grant) has kids on his team that have now matured that were playing like freshmen during that tough non-conference schedule. That has prepared them for conference play.

“Now that those freshmen have grown up, like (Shannon) Hale who is really making a difference for them, they are starting to play better.”

Alabama is led offensively by senior guard Trevor Releford, who is averaging 18.5 points per game for a Tide squad trying to stay on the bubble for an NCAA Tournament bid.

“He is an aggressive point guard,” Harrell said. “He plays the point guard spot but he is not a traditional point guard that is always trying to find his teammates. He can, but he is definitely being aggressive trying to score as well.

You have to make sure to contain him and play our game defensively.”

The Tigers will have a quick turnaround from facing Releford and the Crimson Tide to another high-scoring rival, the Georgia Bulldogs.

Although the Bulldogs found themselves on the wrong end of a 25-point rout with Kentucky at Rupp Arena, Georgia had been one of the hottest teams in the SEC. The Bulldogs pulled off overtime upsets against Missouri and Arkansas, but they have not been able to translate their success at Stegeman Coliseum out on the road.

Barbee sees the weekend’s trips from Alabama and Georgia as perfect opportunities for his team to finally end its conference woes.

“This team is focused,” Barbee said. “This team is ready for the breakthrough. We have been playing well. Obviously we had our moments against Arkansas and we just couldn’t quite get over that hump.

“But this team is working its tail off. They are ready for the breakthrough.”

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KT Harrell and teammates try to help freshman Alex Thompson up during the Missouri game, Jan. 11.

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Help wanted on the hardwood

Harrell and Denson carrying the Tigers’ scoring load as the entire team struggles to break its lengthy SEC losing streak Eric Wallace SPORTS REPORTER

Lost within Auburn’s 0-6 conference start and its near record-breaking SEC losing streak, the Auburn men’s basketball team features two of the SEC’s top scoring threats in guards KT Harrell and Chris Denson.

“Those two play well off each other,” said Auburn head coach Tony Barbee. “They are both different in their own way. Chris Denson is more of a slasher/driver and KT Harrell with the ability to play-make and his ability to shoot the ball from three.”

Harrell, who transferred to Auburn from the University of Virginia, has given the Tigers an outside threat to compliment Denson’s ability to get to the rim.

Harrell’s 19.1 points per game currently place him second in the conference in scoring.

“He’s shooting over 40 percent (from 3-point range) but he has the ability to attack the

rim and finish with his size and strength and athleticism,” Barbee said. “They are as good as any scoring combo in the league.”

Auburn’s duo has been scoring at league leading rates this season, but the same can’t be said for the rest of Auburn’s roster.

The Tigers’ bench has been doubled up in points scored in conference games this season by a total of 84-42.

This was most prominent in Auburn’s 82-74 loss to Mississippi State, where the Tigers’ starters scored all 74 of the team’s points.

“We didn’t get any production off the bench,” Barbee said after the loss to the Bulldogs. “We played with five guys tonight, and that’s disappointing.”

Passiveness, Barbee said, is the main culprit in the Tigers’ offensive and bench woes.

“We got really passive offensively,” Barbee said. “We had nine turnovers in the first half and that gave them mo-

mentum going into halftime.”

Auburn’s bench managed to contribute 10 points in Auburn’s 86-67 loss at Arkansas, but it wasn’t enough to keep up with the up-tempo Razorbacks.

“It wasn’t the press that was bothered us, it was just us executing,” Barbee said. “I thought we were a little inept on the offensive floor on some good looks that we typically make.

“We made our run, but we just couldn’t crack through, with the easy opportunities we had behind the arc and in the paint by the rim.”

With road trips to Starkville and Fayetteville now behind them, Barbee said it will be nice to return to the Auburn Arena and play in front of a friendly crowd.

“We have the rivalry game with Alabama this week, so we are expecting a good crowd and a good game,” Barbee said. “Then we have Georgia at home on Saturday. We are looking forward to being back at home.”

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Both tennis teams are ranked and looking to build upon their previous seasons this spring.

The No. 25 women’s team last spring season ended in a second round NCAA Tournament loss to No. 8 California.

Under second year head coach Lauren Longbotham Meisner, the team finished last season with a 19-9 overall record, which is the most wins in the program since 1989.

“We came away with our heads held high and we are looking forward to the future. I couldn’t be more proud,” Meisner said at the end of last season.

The No. 23 women’s tennis team opened up this spring season at the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Austin, Texas from Jan. 25 to Jan. 26 with a loss against No. 17 University of Texas and a win over No. 24 Florida State.

This year’s women’s spring team only has one senior and three juniors, but has four sophomores and two freshmen.

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The No. 28 men’s tennis team already started their spring season off with a 4-1 record after an impressive fall season.

Through the first five matches, three freshmen: Oliver Plaskett, Dante Saleh and Petar Tomic have had a combined 8-2 singles record and 6-2 record in doubles.

Saleh is currently ranked the No. 89 singles player in the country and has been 3-0 so far this spring.

Their only loss so far this spring came against the No. 7 ranked Baylor Bears.

“We saw some positives on our end and the kids battled tough with a really good team in Baylor,” men’s head coach Eric Shore said after the loss Jan. 26.

Looking forward, both teams have plenty of tennis left to play. The Tigers have 14 non-conference matches and the Blue Grey Invitational tournament left before their SEC matches kick off at the end of February against Ole Miss in Oxford.

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Megan Preston, wife of Wade Preston and store owner of Auburn, AL location, arranges merchandise. Wake Up is a fair trade store; merchandise is made by (mostly) women in developing countries for a sustainable income.

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Owned and run by husband and wife Wade and Megan Preston, new coffee shop Wake Up Coffee Company seeks to encourage fair trade and break the curse of South College location Becky Sheehan Intrigue Reporter

Sunlight twinkled through the paper banner taped over Wake Up Coffee Company’s front window a week before its opening Tuesday, Jan. 28.. Wade Preston shouted down from a ladder while he sanded the whitewashed walls of the formerly sherbet-colored interior.

“We kind of did the opposite of what most people do when they find out they’re expecting a child,” said Wade, who owns the second location of the globally-minded coffeehouse started in 2009 by Bo Mann in St. Simon’s Island, Ga. “We’d rather have our kid grow up knowing that her parents lived out their calling.”

The 2006 Auburn philosophy graduate met his wife, Megan, while both were working for nonprofit organizations. While living in north Florida, the couple became close friends with Mann and regulars at Wake Up Coffee.

A mission trip to Liberia, however, solidified their dream to help further economic growth in developing countries by opening a branch of Mann’s fair trade coffee shop.

“I think going to Liberia and just seeing how they live there and the difference that an education and opportunity can make in their lives [impacted us],” Megan Preston said. “Individuals and families and entire communities are being transformed when they can find meaningful

well-paid work. I think that’s probably what got us hooked.”

Wade left his position in college ministry at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta to train as a barista at Batdorf and Bronson Coffee Roasters and The Dancing Goat’s Coffee Bar, eventually winning third in the Southeast Regional Barista Competition in 2012.

The Prestons then made the decision to spread the practice of fair trade coffee and retail goods to Auburn.

“Coffee is a $90 billion industry and it’s predicated completely of people who live between the 20th parallels in some of the most economically depressed nations in the world,” Wade said. “It can be a tool to empower them or a weapon to oppress them depending on how it’s used.”

In order to ensure coffee bean farmers get a fair percentage of sales profits, Wake Up deals exclusively with fair and direct trade models. The company also has partnerships with farmer-direct coffee importers, such as Thrive Coffee.

Many bags of coffee in the shop are marked with the familiar Fair Trade label, but some remain unlabeled.

“Every time you have a Fair Trade logo on a bag of coffee, you’re paying 25 cents to the Fair Trade organization,” said Chandler Roberds, junior in human development and family studies and barista at Wake Up. “A lot of the stuff we do

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is more like direct trade. So we give the 25 cents directly to the farmer instead of paying for the little stamp.”

Wade explained that direct trade procedures are the best way to give the farmers a fair cut of the profits.

“Some of them are direct partnerships with folks that we know on the ground in places like Nicaragua, for example,” Wade said. “We work on a direct trade partnership there—like we actually know the producer. Here’s the farmer’s phone number. If you speak Spanish, you can call him.”

Wake Up has made a $250,000 million impact on developing countries since its opening, according to Wade.

He is eager to educate others about the importance of fair trade practices.

“If we can pay attention to the way we act as consumers—because that’s what we are in America—if you can think of yourself as a responsible consumer, then you can make a large impact on the world without being the type of person who can stroke a check for tens of thousands of dollars, and that’s one of the reasons we exist,” Wade said.

In addition to selling organic and fair trade coffee, Wake Up specializes in handmade artisan goods.

Megan explained that while she will be run-

ning the coffee bar and managing baristas, the majority of her responsibility revolves around the retail portion.

“I’m buying from companies that work directly with artisan groups in the developing world and pay them a fair wage to create these products which help put them and their families out of poverty,” Megan said.

One company Wake Up works with employs HIV-positive women in Ethiopia who make jewelry out of artillery shells gathered by farmers in fields of civil conflicts.

Megan said she was excited to show people the difference their dollar can make in impoverished countries and that there are alternatives to their usual spending habits.

Wake Up carries fair trade jewelry and scarves as well as more practical home goods.

Ultimately, Wake Up Coffee Company seeks to become a gathering place for Auburn students and the community.

“We want to make awesome coffee and awesome products, but more than anything just create a space for people,” Wade said.

“We want to make awesome coffee and awesome products, but more than anything just create a space for people,” Wade said.

Though the last business to occupy 131 S. College Street closed after only a couple of years, the Prestons are optimistic about their location.

AU professors prohibit a new kind of note passing Kailey Miller

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Cell phone policies can vary from class to class, making it difficult to keep up with what classes students can or cannot use phones in.

Some teachers allow students to use their phones in class to live Tweet speakers or to check facts for group discussions.

Other teachers, however, don’t want the distraction of cell phones in their class at all.

Charlotte Sutton, associate professor in the department of management, has adapted a unique policy for cell phone usage in her classrooms.

“I’ve just implemented a policy that if I catch you texting, then . . . Aubie will take your cellphone,” Sutton said.

Aubie isn’t actually in her classes, but Sutton uses a slipper version of Aubie to keep the student’s phone for the rest of class.

“I have one in each classroom that I just leave there, and I keep the phone until the end of class,” Sutton said.

According to Sutton, her method takes care of the issue without being a direct approach.

“That’s one way of doing it that is perhaps not as confrontational as . . . it could be,” Sutton said.

James Carver, assistant professor in the department of marketing, has a different policy for his class.

Carver said he is going to start asking the student to leave if they are using their cell phone in class.

“I’ve talked to individual students,” Carver said. “It’s getting to the point where people know that I’m trying to give them every benefit of the doubt, and now it’s getting taken advantage of.”

Carver said he knows teachers who will take up a phone if it goes off in class and kick the student out for a day.

Carver also makes the student put their phone in a basket at the front of the classroom for the rest of the semester.

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Carver said he has had students complain that they are being distracted by other students using technology in class.

“I’ve had students come up to me and voice after class that fellow students were texting, Tweeting, Facebooking, Snapping, so on and so forth, and it was extremely distracting to them,” Carver said. “If you look at it as each student pays the same amount of money, then they each deserve the same opportunity to learn.”

Deron Overpeck, assistant professor in radio, television, and film in the school of com-

munication and journalism, said if he sees someone texting, he will ask them to stop.

If it happens repeatedly, he will take the phone until the end of class time.

“I have told students that if they leave to take a call, that they should just go ahead and take the rest of their stuff with them because . . . class is over for them at that point,” Overpeck said.

However, there may be exceptions.

Overpeck said he does allow students to discuss with him at the beginning of class if they know they have a family emergency, or something of that nature, going on and that they may need to step out and take an important call.

The Auburn University Student Policy eHandbook, states instructors are encouraged to include guidelines for classroom behavior in their syllabi.

The eHandbook also states, “examples of improper behavior in the classroom (including the virtual classroom of e-mail, chat rooms, telephony, and web activities associated with courses) may include, but are not limited to, the following.”

The eHandbook then lists many disruptive behaviors, including distractive talking and cell phone usage.

“If you were going to into, let’s say, an interview with an employer or . . . you have a job and you’re in a meeting, then obviously you’re going to turn your phone off,” Carver said.

“Why wouldn’t you do the same in class?”

Starting a downtown legacy at Auburn Art

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Becky Sheehan Intrigue Reporter

When Cliff Hare purchased Auburn Art in 2011, he married two of his passions: art and Auburn football.

“I grew up as just a huge Auburn fan and part of the community. After that, I spent eight years hanging out with every type of artist you can imagine,” Hare said.

After graduating from Auburn with his degree in industrial design, Hare received a degree in photography from The Art Institute of Colorado.

Hare, whose great-grandfather’s name is on the University’s stadium, started his own tradition at Auburn Art in 2012 by holding a yearly competition to discover new artistic talent in Auburn.

“It was just a way for us to get that information out there and find new people who wanted to show off their ability and their Auburn spirit in a way that they previously hadn’t had the chance to do so— kind of give all the artists around Auburn a bit more of a voice and a little bit more of a showing that they couldn’t get,” Hare said.

Most of the entrants are Auburn football fans.

“Some of our best artists, like Scott Brannan, for example, are huge football fans. They go to every game—they’re crazy,” Hare said. “They’re your nacho-eating, beer-drinking guys that love it, but they’re also artists.”

For Brannan, the winner of Auburn Art’s first contest, art has always been a way to express himself, but he had never considered a career in it.

The 2000 Auburn graduate was the first of his family to attend college and received a degree in health promotion with a minor in business.

“Back in 1996, when I graduated high school, Auburn was the only place I applied to go to school,” Brannan said. “There was pretty much no other option. It’s always been Auburn.”

Brannan’s winning painting, “Tradition Lives Here,” commemorates Auburn’s 2010 season and features Cam Newton celebrating under Toomer’s Oaks.

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with,” Mosow said.

The Auburn graphic design alumna was working on an independent project in Charleston, S.C., when her sister pointed out that the contest would give her a personal deadline.

Mosow’s winning map of Auburn University was the first in a series of SEC campus maps.

“I know Auburn’s constantly changing, and obviously I guess this is kind of this is my version of Auburn,” Mosow said.

Mosow explained that as a graphic designer, she feels separation anxiety after completing a project for a client.

“I was thinking, ‘Who would be the best client in the world?’—and it would be me,” Mosow said. “I’m going to be my own client and make something that I love and hopefully other people will love it too, and I’m going to promote it and it will be part of my life forever.’”

For Mosow, combining her love for Auburn and her talents is a way to keep ties to the University even after moving to Charleston.

Mosow hopes that her prints can help Emily Enfinger / Staff Photographer other Auburn students cure post-graduation homesickness.

Auburn Art, located on North College Street, sells a “It’s so nice to be able to look on the variety of merchandise from Auburn Tumblers to lowall and reminisce about college and Aucal Auburn Art. burn, or be able to bring it up to friends or The win has allowed Brannan to show- acquaintances and say ‘This is where I went case his abilities and sell new works at Au- to school, I’m proud of it, it’s on my wall, let me tell you about it,’” Mosow said. burn Art. The next Auburn Art competition is set for His latest project, “Midnight on Toomer’s,” was a response to the Toomer’s Oaks’ the fall.

According to Hare, the contest is open to poisoning in 2011. The depiction of Aubie anyone who wants to enter. under the trees has exploded in popularity.

“We’ve had 5-year-olds submit colorings “Midnight on Toomer’s” t-shirts can be purchased at Tiger Rags and Auburn Art. A of Aubie and we’ve had 90-year-olds submit percentage of proceeds go back to the Uni- crochet or needle-point that says War Eagle,” Hare said. “Anybody that wants to be an artversity to fund scholarships.

Lisa Mosow, 2013’s Auburn Art com- ist or show their work or anything like that petition winner, said winning helped bring can get their work out there.”

Auburn Art is always looking for new talawareness to her art.

“Winning the contest, you become their ent, so any medium is acceptable.

“There’s no boundaries,” Hare said. “Anyfeatured artist for the year, so they’re going to carry your art and promote you to people thing you want to do, anything you want to that you could never be able to get in touch show, we’re open to checking it out.”

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As more and more of my friends have had their 21st birthdays this year, it has dawned on me how much the birthday celebrating tradition has changed, and not just because we’re getting older. I mean the way birthdays are planned, celebrated and recognized has completely changed, and I think it’s because of social media and technology.

In middle school, I remember the days when my best friends would wake up before sunrise and sneak into school to decorate my locker with wrapping paper and balloons.

I would pretend to be surprised even though it would have been the end of my birthday happiness had it not been there.

I knew they cared because they chose lack of sleep to make me feel special, and I would do the same for them on their big day.

Now, waking up on your birthday can be followed by a feeling of dread as you check your Instagram and Facebook to see how many unfortunate looking pictures your friends have unearthed of you from Snapchat and selfies you thought would never see the light of day again.

Instead, they are added on Facebook and Instagram and you are tagged in them so your entire news feed can enjoy pictures of you at your worst.

Facebook makes it possible for friends to find pictures of you from your prepubescent days and share them for all of your friends to see in an instant.

An Instagram collage from friends has taken the place of wrapping lockers, and Facebook wall posts have taken the place of phone calls or birthday cards sent in the mail.

People you’ve maybe met once or twice, and who would never think of sending you a birthday card, can now write on your wall wishing you happiness and a safe celebration.

When is the last time you actually received an invitation in the mail to celebrate someone’s birthday?

Before social media, going out and celebrating with your friends used to be more of a private matter.

Now, every embarrassing and awkward thing your friends make you do on your birthday can be set as a Snapchat story or Instagram video for the world to see.

The 21st birthday celebration is no longer safe. Every time you check something off your list of 21 embarrassing things to do on your 21st, there will be people Snapchatting and Instagramming your actions.

Social media has brought the good and the bad to birthday celebrations.

The days of locker wrapping are over, so embrace what may happen on your next birthday, because change is inevitable.

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Getting ready for the madness: survival tips from the festival pros

Adam Wolnski Intrigue Writer

Music festivals are just around the corner. Do you know how to survive?

According to a festival regular, survival is easy.

The real challenge is getting the most for your money and seeing all of your favorite shows.

Reed Stewart, senior in radio, television and film, has been going to festivals for years and has learned plenty of tips and tricks to share.

“My biggest tip would just be to always stay with someone,” Stewart said. “If you’re with a group or with a few people, I would never choose to peel off by myself whether you’re going to the restroom, or concessions, or going to get a drink or something. It just gets so hectic with all those people running around every direction.”

Stewart went on to explain the unreliability of cell phones in the midst of thousands of people.

Stewart said messages don’t send and calls don’t go through, so a simple walk to the port-a-potty could be the last time you see your friends for the day.

Fernando Turpin, junior in English, has a different set of priorities.

“Don’t sacrifice a band you really want to see over what your friends want to do,” Turpin said.

“You’ll see [your friends] later, but the band you won’t.”

Staying together definitely makes things easier, but if you miss Paul McCartney framed by fireworks singing “Live and Let Die” in front of 100,000 screaming fans because your friend was too tired, you wouldn’t be able to forgive yourself.

Some things are worth going solo.

If you’re going to a camping festival, staying clean and hydrated are among the hardest things to master.

“I know I’m gonna be relatively gross so what I do is wash my hair in the free sinks, then you basically use baby wipes to keep the rest of your body clean as well as you can,” Stewart said. “But you just get used to being gross after a while.”

Getting grimy is part of the experience of camping festivals.

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Always stay with someone. If you’re with a group or with a few people, I would never choose to peel off by myself ... It just gets so hectic with all those people running around every which direction.”

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ous, try to embrace it and don’t hesitate to jump in the fountains.

When it comes to water, however, hydration is far more important.

Stewart goes to festivals with a specific budget just for water.

“I always plan on buying one to two bottles every hour,” Stewart said. “Cause you’re sweating, and there’s just non-stop dancing and moving in the hot sun. If you’re not throwing down the water then you’re just going to dry right up.”

At Bonnaroo, a popular summer music festival in Tennessee, you will often find staff throwing bottles of water into the crowd - but only if you can find the right stage.

“The stage names are the ultimate troll,” Turpin said.

“Which Stage” and “What Stage” are the names of the two big stages at Bonnaroo. “This Tent,” “That Tent,” and “The Other Tent” are the names of the smaller tents; you can imagine the confusion that ensues.

Rachel Rubin, junior in communications, gave some advice for first timers.

“Don’t have expectations going into [a music festival],” Rubin said. “Because it’s going to be very different for every person.”

If you are flexible, patient and love music, you’re a perfect candidate for this year’s roundup of music festivals.

foodie corner compiled by kailey miller

With the Super Bowl coming up, it’s time to break out some of the old tailgating recipes you may have used this past football season.

Even if you’re not a football fan, you can enjoy this tradition Sunday. Some dips, like the taco dip, or the Rotel and Velveeta cheese dip, are delicious but time consuming. f you’re tired of the same old recipes, here’s a new one that can be easily doubled or tripled if you want to make more.

This salsa avocado dip has very few ingredients. I found the recipe online at www. greeleaftwentythree.wordpress.com, but I took out some of the ingredients they recommended and added a few of my own.

I also made this recipe before the National Championship, but when I made it this time, I changed a few things This recipe can be made in less than ten minutes.

Ingredients: • 1/3 cup oil (half olive oil and half vege table oil) • 3 tbsp. cider vinegar (I used White House Apple Cider Vinegar) • 1 tsp. garlic salt • 1/2 tsp. black pepper • 1 can Rotel (I used mild, but you can use any other of the spicy flavors) • 2 avocados • 2 tsp. lemon juice • Feta cheese

Directions: 1. Combine the oil, cider vinegar, garlic salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Stir the mixture.

2. Add the can of Rotel to the mixture.

Chop the avocados, making sure they aren’t mushy, and don’t get mashed up in the process of cutting them. You’ll want to use ripe avocados, but not so ripe that they are too soft to cut into little squares.

3. Add the avocados to the bowl. At this point, I noticed the dip had too much liquid in it. I had followed all of the measurements correctly, but the consistency was wrong.

4. I still wanted to add lemon juice and feta cheese, but I didn’t want to lose their flavor. I carefully poured out some of the liquid of the dip, but made sure that I didn’t lose any of the avocado or Rotel.

Be sure to not drain too much of the liquid, or the flavor will be lost.

5. Add the lemon juice, and then the feta cheese. I didn’t put a specific amount of feta cheese, because it wasn’t in the original recipe and depending on how much you like feta cheese, that’s how much you should put in.

6. Mix the dip, but still be careful not to mash the avocado.

7. Serve this dip cold with your favorite chip.I used multigrain Tostitos Scoops and they worked well. * The original recipe did not have lemon juice or feta cheese, but they did include one can of small chopped olives.

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