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The Auburn family had a special birthday celebration awaiting its newest men’s basketball head coach Tuesday night. Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs introduced Bruce Pearl as the program’s 20th men’s basketball coach Tuesday night in front of a raucous crowd of students and fans in the Auburn Arena. “We’ve raised the bar for men’s basketball, I’ll tell you that,” Jacobs said. “Like I’ve always said, we’re committed to winning championships here, and doggone it, we started that right here tonight.”

International student makes friends and overcomes obstacles Edgar Diomande traveled from West Africa to the United States to better his English language and make life-long friends.

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Auburn and Pearl agreed to a six-year, $2.2 million dollar contract Tuesday, making Pearl one of the top 20 highest paid coaches in the nation. According to Jacobs, Pearl, who celebrated his 54th birthday Tuesday, is a perfect fit for an Auburn program that went just 48-75 in the past four seasons. “When I started visiting with Bruce, I found a man that had passion, who had a vision, who is a family man, a man that wants to win and do it the right way,” Jacobs said. “And to take Auburn basketball to a sustainable level that we haven’t had in

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New men’s basketball head coach Bruce Pearl steps off the plane as it lands in Auburn Tuesday, March 18.

Top 6 solidified All SGA executive positions have recently been filled

Ben Ruffin Baseball finding its groove After a slow start to the 2014 season, Auburn rebounds with a long winning streak and their first SEC series win

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Two remaining SGA executive positions were filled Monday, March 17 during the weekly senate meeting. The vacant executive officers positions included the executive vice president of initiatives and the executive vice president of programs. Logan Powell made all of the appointments. Powell appointed Jackson Pruett, senior in political science, as the executive vice president of initiatives. Pruett served for two years on SGA senate prior to serving as a senator at large on last year’s senate. Pruett said the executive officers’ focus will be on getting students’ feedback in hopes of improving the University. “Hopefully, over this next year, we are going to launch a new program to gather student feedback directly,” Pruett said. “It’s going to involve going to where students are, whether it be organizations, fraternities or sororities. It’s all about finding out what is going to make Auburn a better place.” While the executive officers as well as senate members try and reach out to students, it’s

Pruett’s job to try and make the elected officers platforms come to fruition. “For me, from my appointed position, my job is going to be helping these elected executive officers, the president, vice president and treasurer execute their platforms,” Pruett said. “Those were the platforms proposed to the student body and those are the ones the student body voted for. We will consider it a successful year if the students’ voices are heard.” Colson Smith, senior in biomedical sciences, was appointed as the executive vice president of programming. Smith, who served on last year’s cabinet, said his focus will be on improving homecoming for everyone in the Auburn family and downsizing the Big Event to some extent. “Homecoming should be an awesome thing in Auburn,” said Smith. “With the Auburn family and the way alumni like to come back, Homecoming should be a big deal to not us, but everyone in the Auburn family.” Smith also plans to downscale Auburn’s Big Event not in the number of volunteers but

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of Auburn’s eye Apple CEO reflects time spent on The Plains Kelsey Davis EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Tim Cook enters a dimly lit private room in The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. The room is part of the hotel’s restaurant, outfitted with two long dining tables with placemats set at each spot. He pauses in the doorway and says, “Let’s go get some coffee.” His transitions lenses change from clear spectacles to a pair of shades as he strolls down College Street the Saturday before spring break. The Apple CEO and 1982 Auburn graduate is on an abbreviated visit to receive the Life-

time Achievement Award from the Alumni Association. He’s already made use of his time, commenting on how still campus was the night before and how impressed he is with the new Recreation and Wellness Center. Once he arrives at the Wake Up Coffee Company, Cook settles into a leather chair. Sitting cross-legged in faded blue jeans, Cook appears at ease in the town of his alma mater. “I get flooded with memories when I come back [to Auburn],” Cook said. “It always gets overwhelming.” He sips on a black hand-brewed coffee from

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Campus A2 DUI ARRESTS For March 12-16, 2014 Lori Surfield, 42 3/13, East University and Wrights Mill Road Joseph Bagley, 33 3/14, East University

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Aubie presents new basketball coach Bruce Pearl with a cake to celebrate his 54th birthday.

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a long time. We found that in Bruce Pearl.” Pearl remains under a showcause sanction until August for NCAA violations he committed as head coach at the University of Tennessee. Pearl was fired in 2011 due to those violations and has spent the last three years in marketing and as a college basketball analyst at ESPN. “It’s been a long three years being away from the game,” Pearl said. “When I made the mistakes that I made at Tennessee, I let a lot of people down. I let my family down, I let my university down and I let the people down that be-

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» From A1 rather in the management side of the event. “It’s time to downscale the Big Event a little bit, not as far as volunteers go but from the management side of it,” Smith said. “We’ve grown too big with our committees which makes it hard to give people their specific duties and responsibility has started to spread too thin.” Although Smith’s focus will remain in SGA programs, he wants to ensure that each member of SGA does not look past the reason they are there, which is to take the job seriously and enjoy it at the same time. “In SGA, we talk about image,” Smith said. “Programs tend to be something that is very visible to the outer student. People say we need to clean up our image and do this and do that so I just want to make sure that we move our focus off of making an image

lieved in me. That’s why I still walk around with pain.” Pearl said Auburn’s forgiving atmosphere convinced him it was the right place for he and his family to make a fresh start. “I have found this part of the country to be a part of the country that offers grace,” Pearl said. “But for the grace of God, I wouldn’t be here today as your next men’s basketball head coach.” With an estimated crowd of 2,000 students and fans on hand to see his arrival, Pearl described the reception from Auburn students and fans to be “beyond our wildest dreams and expectations.” “We feel your love, we feel your support and we’re going to represent you in a very, very

significant way,” Pearl said. “Is this not the biggest press conference you’ve ever been to?” Pearl has a 462-145 record as a college basketball head coach and carries a history of turning around SEC programs mired in mediocrity. The former Volunteer head coach gave no timetable for when Auburn would achieve success, but assured fans that he and the players would lay a foundation for future championships. “We will play for championships at Auburn, there is no question in mind,” Pearl said. “These guys have a chance to make history by being the guys to lay the foundation for a championship basketball program.”

and instead focus on doing an excellent job and enjoying it. I think the image will come naturally from that.” Powell chose to appoint Taylor Akers, junior in communications, as the chief of staff. Akers, who has experienced both inside and outside of SGA, said she hopes to get students more involved in SGA life. “The goal I have for next year is to get a calendar out to the student body to say that this is what SGA is doing right now,” Akers said. “So, if they want to volunteer or get involved in SGA like things like Hey Day and the Big Event they can just look at the calendar and then go volunteer.” While Akers aims to bridge the gap between SGA senate and the students, she also plans to close the gap between cabinet and senate. “Improving internal communications is going to be a big goal over the coming year,” Akers said. “We need to improve internal communi-

cations in order to bridge that gap between senate and cabinet, so the cabinet can communicate with senate to say ‘hey this is what cabinet has been talking about like the events, programs, and initiatives going on, and vice versa.’” As Akers attempts to link the senate with Auburn’s students as well as with other parts of SGA, she also plans to revamp the marketing aspect of SGA. “With the marketing department, my big goal or push is to get the stuff for projects, programs, and initiatives done weeks in advance so we are not stressing about that,” Akers said. “Then we need to make sure all of the senate events are being publicized and getting those out with the SGA logo.” Akers, Pruett and Smith will join alongside Powell, Vice President Olabode Anise and Treasurer Richmond Gunter to serve as the 20142015 SGA executive officers.

Bali and continues speaking at a metered pace about his time during undergrad. “I played intramural softball. I was on a great team. We won very few games, but it was a lot of fun.” He recalls working on UPC, selecting entertainment and showing movies at Langdon Hall, which he glances at through the coffee shop window. But the mark Cook left on the University extends beyond extracurricular activities or receiving a diploma in cap and gown. Seventeen years after his graduation, Cook’s field of study, industrial engineering, faced the possibility of being shut down. At the same time, Dr. Alice Smith arrived as the program’s new department head. One of the first moves she made to revitalize the program was to form an alumni advisory board. The initial group that served on the board chose Cook as its chair. Cook acknowledged his duty as the board’s chair was simply to advise. He likened it sitting shotgun, or sometimes in the backseat, but never driving. Riding as a passenger didn’t stop his vision for the destination. “He wanted to provide students with not only excellent technical education, but also with being well rounded, and with a lot of what he would call ‘high touch’ (education). This means that [students] have a lot of personal interaction with faculty, with staff and with each other,” Smith said. “It’s a very conducive environment, not just to help with book learning, but really learning to stretch as a human being and as a future professional.” Cook envisioned a collaborative learning environment for the industrial engineering program, blurring the lines between teacher and student. The goal was not to have the highest enrollment, but a hands-on learning experience that produced well-rounded students. “The best places where people learn, you can’t tell the difference between teacher and student,” Cook said. “The truth is, we all learn from each other and we teach each other. I don’t think the schools that focus on having the most students can do that very well.” The decision to pursue holistic learning wasn’t based solely on educational tactic. The community also played a key role. “Auburn is about family and community, (it’s) very high touch,” Cook said. “And so, to me, bringing that back, bringing that human feeling back, was key in getting the program back on track. It’s something I always wanted for the school.” Fifteen years after the program scare, the industrial engineering program is thriving. Cook has contributed to its status by funding a professorship attracting prestigious faculty, as well as two student scholarships. Cook was a typical Auburn student. He

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When you come here, you think of Auburn as a place, as a location.You might think of it as a football team, but somewhere along the line I think for many people, it certainly clicked for me, you realize Auburn is not a location at all. It’s not a place. It’s a spirit that you take with you for the rest of your life.” —Tim Cook

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lived on Gay Street. He spent too much time at a shop that used to serve homemade ice cream. He and a group of buddies even broke into Samford Hall one night, climbed to the clock tower, and tried to change the music it played. “We thought we were [successful] because we put a tape cassette in. We were waiting for it to play but then the hour comes, and it chimes. So, we failed miserably,” Cook said, laughing. “Somehow, at the time, it seemed like a good idea.” He’s come a long way - from swapping cassette tapes in Samford Hall to playing a part in the digital music revolution. But for Cook, life isn’t about the destination. “The journey is the reward,” he said. “You should live every day like it’s your last one. If you’re always waiting for something to occur, some destination to get somewhere, if you’re always saying, ‘I’ll do that when I graduate, or I’ll do that when I get a job, or I’ll do that when I’m married, or I’ll do that when I get the promotion...’ I see people putting off their life so much, waiting for something to occur, and it invariably just moves. “The graduation becomes the job, the job becomes the promotion, the promotion becomes the next promotion, and so I think people that get caught up in that are postponing their life. I credit Steve (Jobs) a lot in getting me to look at that very differently. His dream was always in his journey.” For many, Auburn becomes a destination, a check off life’s to-do list. For Cook, it remains with him as part of the journey. “When you come here, you think of Auburn as a place, as a location,” Cook said. “You might think of it as a football team, but somewhere along the line I think for many people, it certainly clicked for me, you realize Auburn is not a location at all. “It’s not a place. It’s a spirit that you take with you for the rest of your life. That’s the magic of the place. Said in a simple way, that is the magic of the place.”

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Steve Forbes to speak on campus March 21 Derek Herscovici Campus Reporter

Steve Forbes is coming to Auburn Friday, March 21, bringing with him decades of international business and political wisdom. The editor-in-chief of Forbes, former Republican presidential nominee and icon of finance is the featured keynote speaker at the second annual Auburn Conservatives For Tomorrow’s Spring Conference. “Our focus was to bring in somebody who could deliver a good speech on growing the economy locally here in Auburn and within our state,” said Cody Garton, junior in political science and president of the ACFT. “We couldn’t find anyone better than Mr. Forbes to do that.” Garton said the $40 million donation to the Lowder college of business in the summer of 2013 provided the inspiration to bring a fiscallyoriented guest speaker to Auburn and capitalize on the new resources available. “I’m not a business major, but I feel like if you are that would definitely be something that

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should interest you,” said Brock Daughtry, senior in biosystems engineering. “I would probably go if I didn’t have something else to do.” The ACFT spent more than eight months working to bring Forbes, starting almost immediately after last year’s event featuring Ann Coulter, Garton said. Forbes agreed to come to Auburn for $30,000, a $10,000 increase over Coulter’s asking price, though the total budget for the event after donations and sponsorships totaled $70,000, Garton said. The event is free to students, but $30 otherwise

to hear Forbes’ speech and $150 for a seat at the VIP dinner featuring Forbes and local businesspeople from around the southeast. Being a “ticket buyer” means you’re actually helping support the event, Garton said. Funding culled from local businesses, such as John Rice Realty, helped the ACFT with items like food and door prizes for the VIP dinner beforehand with notable public figures and businesspeople. “We have elected officials from both sides of the aisle coming,” Garton said “We have big business leaders from both the Auburn commu-

nity and around the state and region that will be in attendance in addition to various media outlets. It’s an opportunity not only for you to take part in the event yourself but at the same time kind of contribute more toward the event.” When asked if she would be attending, Anna Thompson, senior in business, she said would probably not be interested in attending the speaker event. “Not really,” Thompson said. “I am a business major, I just don’t do guest speakers.” Ticket buyers are coming to Auburn from as far away as Miami and Houston, Garton said, but not everyone is as enamored with Forbes. “If it was Warren Buffet, I might listen to what he has to say,” said Christopher Booth, 2012 graduate in philosophy. “He didn’t really make his fortune in a way that I care about. At all.” The VIP dinner will take place on the floor of the Auburn Arena March 21 at 5:30, followed by Forbes’ keynote address at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for non-students can be purchased at conservativesfortomorrow.com

Aubie celebrates his 35th birthday Corey Williams Campus Reporter

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Aubie struts his stuff at the Auburn vs. Georgia football game in 2013.

Auburn University is known for many things – Toomer’s Corner, Samford Hall and the “War Eagle” cry, to name a few. However, one could argue the most famous of Auburn’s symbols is its mascot, Aubie. Phil Neel, a Birmingham Post-Herald artist, created Aubie for the Auburn vs. HardinSimmons program cover in 1959. The cartoon tiger proved to be good luck for the team. Aubie appeared on program covers for the next 18 years, leading the football team to a home record of 63-16-2. In 1979, the Student Government Association decided Aubie was ready for a change. The organization sent copies of game programs to Brooks-Van Horn Costumes, with hopes of bringing the mascot to life. On Feb. 28, 1979, Aubie made his first live appearance at an Auburn vs. Vanderbilt basketball game. The Tigers defeated the Commodores

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I’m not from here, so I had never heard of Aubie growing up. I really think he embodies the Auburn spirit.” —Jen Ashman

freshman in international business

59-53. The next day, the mascot led the team to victory against Georgia in the longest game in SEC tournament history. Megan Lacy, senior in agriculture, said she has wanted to attend Auburn for as long as she can remember. “When I was little, the main reason I wanted to come here was Aubie,” Lacy said. “It doesn’t matter what kind of mood I am in, I completely light up when I see Aubie. To

me, he represents the Auburn family.” Lacy said she has a fond memory of Aubie. “One time I was studying really hard for a test in the library,” Lacy said. “Aubie just showed up out of nowhere and gave out free food and did those goofy dance moves he always does. It was really fun, but for some reason it made me work even harder.” Jen Ashman, freshman in international business, said she was not familiar Aubie before attending Auburn. “I’m not from here, so I had never heard of Aubie growing up,” Ashman said. “I really think he embodies the Auburn spirit.” Aubie gets recognition off campus, too. He has been selected six times for the AllAmerican Mascot team, and has won the Universal Cheerleaders Association competition seven times. Taylor Prouty, junior in communications, is an SGA Direc-

tor of Aubie for the second year in a row. “I wanted to be a part of this because nothing says ‘Auburn’ more than hanging out with Aubie every day,” Prouty said. According to Prouty, Aubie is in high demand. “Aubie is at all athletic events,” Prouty said. “If it’s an athletic event, you will find him there. But athletic events are only about 1/3 of what he does. A lot of it is off campus, and around the community.” Prouty said Aubie is a fixture on campus, and is always quick to brighten a student’s day. “I think when people see Aubie on campus it automatically puts a smile on their face,” Prouty said. “People always want to take a picture with him.” Prouty said she thinks of Aubie as a campus celebrity. “No one’s afraid to ask to take a picture with him,” Prouty said. “He is just a really good representation of the Auburn spirit and the Auburn family.”

Auburn University Foundation: the gifts that keep on giving Juan Price

Campus Writer

The Auburn University Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1960, and helps provide millions of dollars of funding to programs within the University. According to the Auburn University Foundation website, the Auburn organization was “established to develop, support and enhance the educational interests and programs of Auburn University.” Michael Tullier, manager for the communications and marketing department, said the foundation takes gifts and donations sent from donors and gives it to an organization within the University. “You can designate your gift in a number of ways,” Tullier said. “You can make your donation to benefit the University, [or] you can make the donation benefit your own school.”

The Auburn University Foundation board is made up of 24 donors who run the foundation. “This isn’t just an organization that helps Auburn employees, it helps Auburn volunteers as well,” Tullier said. “Many of them give $1 million or even more than that during their lifetime.” The gifts given to the University are small and large based on the area the donors want the gifts to go to. According to Tullier, many donors split their gifts between different educational or recreational programs at the University. “They split their support between schools and programs they graduated from,” Tullier said. Jane Parker, president of the Auburn University Foundation, said the endowment for Auburn University, the Auburn University Foundation, the Auburn Alumni Association and Tigers Unlimited Foundation are

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all invested and managed through the foundation. “The endowment provides support and perpetuity basically forever for the University,” Parker said. Parker said she wants people from Auburn to give back to the University once they have graduated and become alumni. “We are looking for people with strong ties to Auburn,” Parker said. “We want people who are invested in Auburn’s success. We want people who care deeply about this insti-

tution.” Parker said the gifts received support the University’s academic programs. “They support scholarships for our students, they support professorships and chairs for our faculty and they support facilities,” Parker said. “Last year, the endowments generated over $17 million in support for activities and programs across the University.” Raymond J. Harbert donated $40 million to the College of Business, which was one of the recent gifts do-

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Student finds home away from home at Auburn

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learning a new language. “When I got here, I couldn’t even order at a restaurant,” Diomande said. “I just had to point at what I wanted.” Diomande worked tirelessly with Auburn’s ESL department to learn English quickly. “I knew English classes were not good enough to learn English,” Diomande said. To complement his English classes, Diomande developed some of his own learning tools. “I watched any English television show I could,” Diomande said. “I would just watch random shows, or the news. I also listened to a lot of English music. I mostly listen to rap, and I also like R&B. I know a lot of people here who like to listen to country music, but I am not a big fan.” Diomande, who now speaks fluent English, credits Sue Ann Balch, assistant director of international education, with helping him during his adjustment period. “Sue Ann Balch is like a mother to me,” Diomande said. “She assisted me when I needed it, and she is such an angel.” The English language was not the only part of American culture Diomande had trouble adjusting to. “People here really like football, and I was not so crazy about it at first,” Diomande said. “It is called soccer where I am from, so I had to learn all the rules.” Diomande said he thinks his decision to attend Auburn University was the right one. “I like Auburn because it is a small college town, and there is nothing to distract me from my studies,” Diomande said. “I have met people that have helped me with my learning, and I’ve made new friends.”

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Auburn is home to nearly 1,000 international students. One of those students, Edgar Diomande, junior in finance, did not originally want to attend Auburn University. “I did not even want to come to the United States,” Diomande said. “I hated my English classes in high school. I hardly ever went. What I really wanted was to go to school in Paris.” Diomande was born in Côte d’Ivoire, a country in West Africa. He lived with his father, a politician, his mother, and his three siblings. “My life was basically normal back home,” Diomande said. “I went to a private middle and high school, and I lived with my family.” In December 2010, Diomande’s life changed drastically. The Ivorian Crisis, a dispute over which candidate won a presidential election, sent his country into a tailspin. “I used to be very interested in politics, but after that happened I lost a lot of my interest,” Diomande said. When Diomande was 18 years old, his father told him they needed to talk. “He told me I had to go college in the United States,” Diomande said. “I said, ‘How do you expect me to do that? I don’t even know English.’ He convinced me it would be the best thing for me, and for my education.” Diomande applied to a number of American schools, but eventually decided on Auburn. “My father told me Auburn was the best choice in order for me to get the best education possible,” Diomande said. “My dad’s friend went to school here, so that made it easier. Also, we knew Auburn has a good English as a second language program.” According to Diomande, the transition to American life was difficult at first. “I had never been so far from my family,” Diomande said. “I wanted to make friends but people move so quickly, and sometimes I didn’t know if they were making fun of me. It was frustrating at first. But then I said to myself ‘If you want to do or learn something you can’t care what people think about you. You just have to do it.’” For Diomande, though, the real struggle was

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Social Media on The Plains In response to our post, “Who’s next? Ten possible head coach candidates for Auburn men’s basketball”

T Csongor Kalasz: “Most of these names are a pipedream. Amaker doesn’t want this job because there is no recruiting base. There are HS teams in the Boston, NYC, and Philly who can beat Auburn. Also, this is a hoops wasteland. The SEC is at best a mid-major in terms of basketball.”

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Tiger Transit leaves students out in cold Our View

We’re eager to put our noses back to the grindstone in the wake of spring break. The University has picked up on this and has scheduled our next classroom makeup day resulting from the snow days on Saturday, March 29. Frankly, we don’t see the point. Many professors are opting out of giving up half of their weekend to lecture. Additionally, the makeup days are spaced out enough to make restructuring their syllabi a logistical nightmare. Many professors cramming in material catch up to their original schedule. But if professors wish to use these makeup days to their advantage, so be it. Besides, students have paid for these class days when they paid their tuition. It makes sense that the University should offer them the opportunity to get exactly what they paid for. But students have also paid for the buses. Tiger Transit is owned and operated by First Transit, a subsidiary of FirstGroup who also own Greyhound Lines. One of the reasons the University shut down was because the roads were too dangerous for First Transit to operate its buses. But now that stu-

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dents will need to use the bus to get to campus on Saturday, First Transit is giving them the cold shoulder by not operating on makeup days. First Transit is punishing students for something that is out of their control—the weather. Many students rely heavily on the Tiger Transit to get on campus and will still need them on the makeup days, despite the parking that will be available.

The University and First Transit have made it their business to see to it that each student has a way to get on campus. We expect to see them come through on their promises. But students are not the only ones being punished. Tiger Transit drivers were out of work when the snow days hit. While the students were out playing in the snow, the bus drivers were busy not being paid. Steady work is one of the few things the

drivers are able to rely on from First Transit. The drivers lack a workers’ union to fight for the benefits they deserve. Ever wonder why we don’t hear bus drivers calling “checkpoint” anymore? It turns out, the transit’s CB radio has been consolidated down to one channel, leaving many of the drivers driving blind, forcing them to communicate with hand signals if they are lucky enough to drive a route where they pass one another. The Tiger Transit not running on makeup days is just another smack to the face for the drivers. Do not turn the other cheek. First Transit needs to run its buses to fulfill their obligation to the students and its workers. It must prove to us they are about more than their bottom line. It may not be cost effective to operate on the weekends, but at least it’ll be doing the work the students are paying them to do. First Transit has the option of insulating their wallets with cash or leaving broke college students out in the cold. We are not too confident they will make the right decision. Surprise us First Transit.

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It’s one thing to compliment a woman, and it’s another to yell vulgar and sexually offensive phrases at a woman across the street who is waiting for the pedestrian light. Compliments are polite and positive. Catcalling isn’t meant to be flattering. It’s negative and meant to show dominance and power. If you think catcalling is appropriate behavior toward women, then it’s appropriate for you to get punched in the face. It’s disgusting, it’s inappropriate and it shows what little respect the caller has for women and how it affects them. Like many women, I’ve expe-

rienced my fair share of catcalling. This time last year, a man sitting in a lawn chair yelled “How much?” as I waked on the opposite side of the empty street on my way to campus. I didn’t understand why. I wasn’t dressed provocatively. I was wearing jeans, a crew neck tee shirt and sneakers. The two words he yelled across the street made me feel disgusting and humiliated, as if I needed to shield my body from the public eye. Several weeks ago, I was in downtown Opelika taking pictures for a class assignment. A guy in his early twenties, and a boy, maybe eight years old, turned down the street I was on, and walked past me on the sidewalk. I stopped to take pictures of the landscape. Moments later, I heard the guy say loudly, “Hey girl, you

want my number?” I ignored him as I focused my lens and adjusted the aperture. I glanced over at him for a brief second. He continued to repeat himself while watching me as he and the kid walked down the street, away from me. I ignored him again while I worked to compose my picture in the viewfinder. He yelled, “Bitch!” I heard him mumble several other things, but they weren’t as loud. Let’s be real for a moment. Calling me a “bitch” by yelling it down the street isn’t what he did wrong. What he did wrong was expecting that I was going to stop what I was doing and “want his number.” He felt sorry for himself because I ignored him, refusing his attempt to be dominant. If he had stopped and talked to me like a decent person instead of passively

catcalling with the hopes of getting some attention from the opposite sex, then perhaps he would have gotten a response as opposed to being ignored. This instance didn’t humiliate me, it frightened me. It didn’t take long for him to become verbally aggressive. What if the next time I, or any woman, ignore someone’s catcalls someone becomes aggressive, not just verbally but physically? Catcalling is a gateway behavior. I myself have been followed on two separate occasions. Both instances had evolved from catcalling. No woman should be treated like meat or objectified as some sexual object. Catcalling is intimidating, irritating and unnecessary. Any man who tries catcalling as a means of “getting some,” in my opinion, isn’t worth the time of day.

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The NFL draft is quickly approaching, and teams everywhere are constantly scrutinizing on which player they think can either turn their franchise around or help continue their success. Without a doubt, the most talked about player in the upcoming class is former Texas A&M quarterback, 2012 Heisman winner Johnny Manziel. That, for the most part, is due to his style of play, but also has a lot to do with his near celebrity status. Let me start by saying that I love mobile quarterbacks. They are an absolute blast to watch and a real treat for football fans who love offense. Quarterbacks who can run like a wide receiver are the biggest of defensive headaches on a col-

lege football field, but that doesn’t mean Nick Marshall is the next Peyton Manning. I don’t think Manziel is either. To back this up, take a look at some of the recent running QBs who took a shot at the bigs. When you think about running quarterbacks, you most likely immediately think of Michael Vick. Vick was a trailblazer for mobile quarterbacks everywhere, and he certainly saw substantial success in Atlanta running around making defenses look incredibly confused before he went to jail. Where is Vick now? He’s riding the bench behind Nick Foles, who looks like he’s the got the starting job in Philly locked up for a while. Next, there’s Vince Young. In college, Young was the engineer of what was the greatest pre2013 Iron Bowl college football game of all time, a 41-38 win over Reggie Bush and USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl for the BCS National Championship. During his time at Texas, Young ran through defenses as if they

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weren’t even there. NFL scouts salivated as they thought they had discovered the next Vick. Like Vick, after he was drafted third overall by the Tennessee Titans in the 2006 draft, Young saw some success, but it was limited. Sure, he won some games and was even named to the Pro Bowl following his rookie season, but two years later, he suffered a season ending injury and watched from the sidelines as career-backup Kerry Collins led the Titans to a 13-3 record. Young remained on the bench the following season and he was gone by 2010. He’s out of the league now and probably won’t be coming back anytime soon. There’s plenty of other examples, such as Tim Tebow of Florida and Matt Jones of Arkansas. Of course there are success stories like Auburn’s own Cam Newton, but Newton is a once-in-ageneration athlete. I’m not saying for certain that Manziel won’t pan out in the NFL. I’m just saying it’s not likely.

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One of my biggest reasons for my hesitance to be sold on Manziel is his tendency to throw a ball up for grabs. There have been plenty of times where Manziel, in a scrambling situation, will just launch the ball into the air, hoping some Aggie will come down with it. You can’t do that in the NFL; just ask Brett Favre, the league’s career leader in interceptions. As far as the character issue everyone loves to harp on so much, I don’t see it as an issue. If you really think about it, Manziel is doing the same sort of things any college student would do. He’s just doing it on an exponentially larger budget. I think Manziel can be a decent NFL player, but I don’t see him as a top 10, or even first round pick. If I’m an NFL general manager, I’d take Manziel in the third or fourth round. Put him on the Aaron Rogers system. Let him learn from your starter for a few years, and then when it’s his time, he’ll be ready.

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Steve, the scaly special delivery Auburn students purchase baby alligator, Steve, to spice up their lives and living room

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A FedEx employee with a small brown box tucked under his arm knocked on the door of an apartment complex less than a mile from Auburn’s campus. The residents woke up early, waiting for the box they had shipped to themselves overnight. One key piece of information separated the residents inside the door and the FedEx deliveryman outside; the box contained a live, baby American Alligator. The cost of the one-foot alligator was split between three of the four residents for $94.99, plus $39.99 shipping. A small price to pay for an unusual college pet, according to the buyers. The owners named their new pet Steve, in honor of the late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin. Alligators are listed as threatened on the U.S. Endangered Species List. An adult male can grow as large as 14 feet and can be found in the wild from North Carolina to Texas. These reptiles are also illegal to have as pets. A disclaimer on the alligator purchasing site said, “It is your responsibility to research any potential regulations governing the ownership of alligators in your area. We will not knowingly ship an alligator to a state that does not allow them.” Under the Alligator Protection Act, anyone possessing an alligator, alive or dead, can be charged with a felony or Class B misde-

meanor. The lesser of the charges, which comes with a maximum fine of $2,000, is usually given, according to Capt. Chris Lewis, who works with the law enforcement division in District IV of the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries department. Lewis said the majority of pet alligators confiscated are picked up along the Chattahoochee River, in the Mobile Delta or local ponds. “I don’t know if we would call them pets, per say,” Lewis said. “But we have had people that possessed alligators. It’s not very common, maybe once a year or every couple years.” Steve’s owners said their neighbors don’t know about the animal living next to them. “We had our neighbor’s dog run in one time,” said one of Steve’s owners. “We all yelled ‘Don’t let him eat the alligator,’ but she thought we were joking.” The alligators are bred in captivity, according to the purchasing site. “An alligator is a wild animal,” said Richard Tharp, wildlife biologist with the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries department. “Wild animals do not make good domestic pets. People are probably not prepared to take care of an animal like this because they will not know their nutritional needs or the proper care.” In the wild, alligators eat whatever they can catch. They are cold-blooded and have times of the year when their diet slows down. Overfeeding a pet alligator is one of the many dangers of keeping them in captivity, according to Tharp. Three months after arrival, Steve has grown. His black scales are interrupted by bright yellow stripes. What will one day be carnivorous teeth are only sand-sized nubs. His yellow-tinted olive eyes follow every movement. Steve spat out a constant hiss in his four-and-a-half foot long metal trough. Hiding under his four-rock shelter in two inches of

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The baby alligator, Steve, smiles and shows off for the camera in his home in an apartment near Auburn’s campus.

water and a thin layer of sand, he watched as people came and peered into his home. He also watched the gold-fish swimming on the other side of his tank, carefully avoiding his hungry jaws. Peter caught a gold-fish with his bare hand, holding Steve in the other. Steve snapped it up, shook the fish and swallowed it whole. Finally, the hissing stopped.

Tragic family secrets take woman to new heights in life Anna Claire Conrad Copy Editor

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Tangela Johnson sits in her home with her book “Can a Storm be Weathered? Memoirs of a Broken Past.”

Tangela Johnson isn’t fond of handshakes. She’ll slap that outreached hand away almost as though she was offended. However, she is a hugger. She will smile widely and insist on a hug. Her embrace is short-lived, but its warmth lingers. In her living room, dozens of framed photographs portraying her loved ones— children, grandchildren, extended family and friends—smile up at the onlooker. Her trophies, her most treasured possessions, are the memories tied to them. Even though she’s living in subsidized housing, Johnson considers herself the richest she’s ever been, and those photographs are proof she’s right. However, Johnson hasn’t always been so opulent. Growing up in Detroit, Mich., Johnson endured hardships. At age 4, she was molested. Fourteen years later, she was raped. At 20, while feeding off of the depression she was already in and trying to hide those secrets,” she propelled herself into an emotionally, physically and verbally abusive marriage. At a time in a young woman’s life when she is flooded with opportunity and optimism, Johnson found herself spiraling into a life-threatening depression. She was a victim, and she knew it. Even worse, she

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I refuse to be broken, and you can always move forward.” —Tangela Johnson

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believed that was all she could be. “Is this me?,” Johnson said Johnson said looking down at the floor ashamedly. “Is this all that I have? Is this what my life is about? I just kinda gave in to that. I felt like I didn’t have anywhere else to go in my life.” “You can’t feel sorry for yourself, and I found myself doing that. That was not me. That was not the woman God wanted me to be. I couldn’t see myself being the victim all my life.” Had Johnson continued to victimize herself, her story may have ended there. However, she took hold of her own fate the day she decided to leave Detroit, move herself and her family to Auburn and write her story down on paper. “After everything I went through, God got me through it,” Johnson said. “I’m here, and I’m here for a reason. It didn’t kill me. It made me stronger, even though I gave up many times.” What started off as a self-medicating diary metamorphosed 12 years later

Citizen suggests using liquor taxes for school budget Ashtyne Cole

Community Reporter

Sitting on the back of truck at an Auburn football tailgate, many things are needed to complete the ambiance. Chicken fingers, a multitude of chips and dips and some beer to wash it down come together to complete the tailgate experience. In Auburn, when the football season begins, alcohol sales shoot through the roof. Auburn resident Vaughn Maceina saw the trend and wants to put the sales toward a good cause. Maceina spoke to the Auburn City Council Tuesday, March 17, and proposed increasing the alcohol sales tax to specifically benefit the new city school system. How to accomodate the expanding school system has been a topic of ma-

jor conern for the city and residents since the Septermber tax was denied. Maceina plans to remedy that with the new tax. “It wouldn’t go to building some huge sky scraper or anything like that,” Maceina said. “It would go to a school, and that would largely benefit our community.” Maceina is a weight-training teacher at Auburn Jr. High School and presented a highly researched plan of action. He asks for a small increase in already the 3 percent alcohol tax, and the funds would be earmarked for Auburn City schools. “It would be so small, like 50 cents, and the average person wouldn’t even realize it,” Maceina said. “Tax revenue on alcohol goes up every football season and the extra money would all go to the school.” Maceina also said the students who he

said consume a large amount of alcohol, would be paying a kind of occupancy tax. Maceina said the taxes would have generated 2.3 million dollars in the last five years.Kroger of Auburn has $50,000 worth of beer sales in one month alone. Mayor Bill Ham and members of the council welcomed his plan of action. “We appreciate all your time spent on this and I know we have been in touch with you on this for a while now,” Ham said. “The idea is a good one and has some specifics dealing with state law that we will have to deal with. I know all nine of us are as equally concerned over school funding as you are.” City Manager Charlie Duggan said they would take the plan and see if the city could authorize such a tax.

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into a self-published autobiography titled “Can a Storm be Weathered? Memoirs of a Broken Past.” Going by the pen name Ta’Ressa, Johnson wrote about her life experiences, and she spared no details. Ta’Ressa told Johnson’s story and gave a needed voice to free herself of her past. “I had to take things in my own hands and put it out there,” Johnson said. “My book is basically about secrets—secrets we hold in our families—and that doesn’t do anything but torment you. “You hold that secret in so that your family doesn’t get overwhelmed or embarrassed, but what about how you feel? My thing was to let my secret out. So, I let my secret out.” By releasing her secrets, this novel served as Johnson’s agent to empower women in her neighborhood to come forward about their own abusive pasts and catalyze their recoveries. Through her testimony, Johnson ministered inspiration and encouragement to those in similar situations. “My book is [here] to let people know you don’t have to stay where you are in life,” Johnson said. “A lot of people like to carry their past with them, and they feed off of it, and it becomes a tool that they use to gather sympathy. “Well, you ought to be saying, ‘I’m a victor. I’ve got a testimony. This is where I came from.’ I refuse to be broken, and you can always move forward.”

The new Taziki’s Mediterranean Café was approved a retail beer and table wine alcoholic beverage license. The motion to fill in a portion of five lots in Hickory Woods South was denied. The City Planning Commission unanimously denied the plan and many residents of the neighborhood also spoke about negative feelings on the plan going through. The Council approved the closing of streets and Gay Street Parking Lot, invoking the Entertainment District. These closings will coincide with the 2014 events held in the area. The Council approved the consumption of alcohol at Kiesel Park for Auburn CityFest 2014 Juried Art Preview and Reception that will be held on April 24, 2014. The Council approved a purchase of three 2014 Ford F150 Supercab 4x2 Pick-up Trucks from Stivers Ford Lincoln for the Parks and Recreation Department.

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Blooming Colors always in bloom Ashtyne Cole

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Top Right and Left: Inside Blooming Colors lives a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Bottom Left: Anna May smiles as she smells the flowers.

On the corner of South College Street and South Donahue Drive stands a place where residents can get fresh produce, a bouquet of flowers, delicious crepes and even hang out with a couple of roosters. Blooming Colors and the Crepe Myrtle Café have been staples in Auburn, but still manage to seem like one of the best kept secrets of the community. Stepping-stones lead to the entrance of the Blooming Colors storefront, where Donna Dallas, an employee, will greet and help with all flower needs. The store overflows with locally-made knick-knacks, organic scrubs and plants. Local paintings are featured on the walls and hand-painted planters are plentiful. “I’ve been here for about eight years, and nothing is better than being able to work outside and talk to people,” Dallas said. “I wouldn’t like to be stuck in an office all day.” The store keeps an assortment of seasonal flowers and plants in its large greenhouse and along the grounds in the back of the store.

Roosters join the plants outside and serve as natural pesticides. Visitors can choose to sit on the benches shaded by Blooming Colors’ multiple trees or inside The Market at Blooming Colors. Inside, The Market offers seasonal fruits, vegetables, spices and jams. “We’re all one big entity here, [and] all the stores are connected,” Ginger Purvis, who works in the produce section at The Market, said. “The Market and Café opened in 2009, but Blooming Colors has been open for 22 years.” Purvis spends her days running The Market and gathering produce for baskets that they deliver to customers. Its “basket program” allows a customer to purchase a weekly or monthly basket of produce in a variety of sizes. Avery Werner has been working at Blooming Colors for almost two years. She has worked in the nursery, The Market and the Café and learned each aspect of the business. “As a small business in a town with such an emphasis on agriculture, we like to take advantage of all the local produce and feature it in the store,” Werner said. “We even

base our daily menu off of the specific produce we will have in the store that day.” The Crepe Myrtle Café serves just what is expected—crepes. It offers a variety of crepes in almost any flavor imaginable. Vegetarian, breakfast, steak, dessert, Greek, buffalo and fajita steak, just to name a few of the options. “We like making southern food, but also putting a twist on it,” Werner said. The daily special includes a different soup, salad and panini. The Café also has a baker who comes in to make fresh cupcakes, mousse and other desserts during the week. Werner said she appreciates interacting with people who are passionate about local and sustainable business methods and getting to know local farmers and learn from them. Blooming Colors even had a hand in Auburn’s new Recreation and Wellness Center. It has created the flowerbeds surrounding the facility and has a contract to do the flowers for the Jules Collins Art Museum. “I feel blessed to be a part of this business, community and Auburn University,” Werner said.

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Jane Drake quartet featuring Jonathan Harms. 7 – 10 p.m. Eight and Rail in Opelika.

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LAST WEEK Win at Kennesaw State, 6-1 Win vs. Alabama State, 6-5 Win vs. Texas A&M, 4-0 Win vs. Texas A&M, 5-2 Loss vs. Texas A&M, 9-0 Win vs. Coppin State, 10-0 THIS WEEK March 21-23 at Tennessee

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The start of Auburn’s 2014 spring practices will bring head coach Gus Malzahn a luxury he’s yet to experience as a collegiate head coach. “This is the first time we will have a quarterback in the spring who started the fall before, and I know Coach Lashlee is excited about that,” Malzahn said. “It’ll be a good thing moving forward.” Elusive senior quarterback Nick Marshall is expected to again lead the Auburn offense in 2014 with goals of improving his throwing ability in the offseason. “Nick is a very talented player, [and] not just running,” Malzahn said. “I said that a lot during the fall, but now that he has spring he will be more comfortable and more reactive.” With a season of experience under his belt, Marshall’s teammates said they’ve seen his role change on the team. “It’s good to see him evolving as a team leader,” said offensive guard Chad Slade. “He was a team leader last year, but this year it’s getting more and more as he gets used to the offense.”

Though Marshall is normally soft spoken, Malzahn said the senior’s words carry weight throughout the Tigers’ locker room. “He doesn’t say much, but when he does, people listen,” Malzahn said. “I think he is really looking forward to the spring and being comfortable.” Marshall is also expected to benefit in the passing game from an influx of talented wide receivers in the 2014 recruiting class. D’haquille Williams, the nation’s No. 1 junior college recruit in this year’s recruiting class, has already turned heads in the Auburn secondary. “D’haquille is going to talk, get in your face and that’s something you want from your wide receivers,” defensive back Jonathon Mincy said. “We’re ready to get out there and play with them.” Malzahn’s second season on the Plains will bring new experiences for the 48-year-old head coach, but Malzahn said not to expect his process to change. “We felt like we got that mental and physical toughness that Auburn is known for,” Malzahn said. “Look for a very physical spring, just like we did last spring.”

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Cornerback Jonathan Mincy sprints between drills during the first day of Auburn’s spring practices March 18.

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LAST WEEK Win at Arkansas, 4-3 Win at LSU, 4-3 Loss vs. Alabama, 4-2 NEXT WEEK March 21 vs. Florida March 23 vs. South Carolina

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LEFT: Auburn linemen participate in pad drills. RIGHT: Jimmy Hutchinson practices his punts on the first day of practice.

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Pearl could bring the magic back to men’s basketball Justin Ferguson Sports editor

I still have the magazine. It is sitting somewhere in a drawer at my grandparents’ house outside of town. The date on it reads Nov. 15, 1999 — Sports Illustrated’s college basketball season preview. “Auburn is No. 1.” Chris Porter is flashing a massive smile at the camera while throwing down a dunk in that classic navy uniform. Head coach Cliff Ellis’ Tigers had their Sweet 16 run seven months before Porter’s famous cover photo. The country’s biggest sports magazine was picking Auburn to go all the way in the 19992000 season. Doc Robinson thrilled at point guard, Scotty Pohlman drilled 3-pointers from the corner, Mamadou N’Diaye famously “packed lunches” for bucket-bound forwards coming against him and Porter — well, Chris Porter did everything on his way to becoming Auburn’s last AllAmerican selection. As the son of two passionate Auburn alumni, I have watched Auburn basketball since birth. Even though I was in elementary school, I remember those teams around the turn of the millennium. I remember Auburn basketball being fun. Yes, the same program that lost four consecutive SEC Tournament games a little more than a decade later. Yes, the same program that has not been to the Big Dance in 11 years. Fourteen years and some change after Auburn men’s basketball graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, the program made its return to national attention.

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Auburn students hold up a cutout of new men’s basketball head coach Bruce Pearl at his introductory press conference.

Even though this season’s NCAA Tournament was due to tipoff a few hours later, Auburn dominated the college basketball splash page of ESPN. com. Bruce Pearl, arguably the most successful coach on the market in the young offseason, was coming to the Plains. Pearl would be the fourth new head coach at Auburn since November 2012. Athletic director Jay Jacobs has hired a football coach who led the team to a completely unforeseen BCS National Championship run, a baseball coach who had been to the College World Series and a softball coach who won a national championship on the other side of the country. And after firing Tony Barbee after four fruitless seasons of Auburn men’s basketball, Jacobs could have easily gone the traditional route in hiring Barbee’s replacement. With attendance and excitement at an alarming low rate in Auburn and throughout most of the conference, Ja-

cobs could have picked another up-andcoming mid-major coach and hoped he would translate his success into the SEC. He did not have to get a championship-caliber coach like baseball’s Sunny Golloway or softball’s Clint Myers. It worked out with Malzahn, and Auburn fans are generally not as passionate about men’s basketball nowadays. Not anymore. In Pearl, Jacobs hired the head coach most basketball fans wanted — someone who has won quickly and made a SEC program a consistent NCAA Tournament team. Pearl showed Tuesday night inside Auburn Arena what he could bring to the program. Sure, anyone could look at Wikipedia to learn Pearl’s career record and honors, but you had to be in the Arena for his opening press conference. He was the ultimate showman, giving the few thousand fans what they wanted: energy and passion from a program that lacked both for most of Barbee’s tenure. He cracked jokes. He promised to

play fast-paced basketball. He passionately spoke about his past issues with the NCAA and his appreciation of Auburn giving him a second chance. Pearl knows he has a tough job ahead of him. He loses the team’s leading scorer and inherits an undersized roster. Recruiting will be tough with his expiring show cause penalty. But Pearl has done a lot with a little everywhere he has been. He knows how to build a program and how to get people fired up about it. Tuesday night at Auburn Arena was the closest thing this campus has gotten to the days of Porter and Company in a long time. With time, patience and a little luck, Bruce Pearl might be able to get Auburn back to those heights in a wideopen SEC. Justin Ferguson is the sports editor of The Auburn Plainsman. You can contact him via email at jdf0014@auburn.edu or on Twitter @JFergusonAU.

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After losing a close Capital City Classic to Alabama on an error and dropping back down to .500 on the season, the Auburn baseball team rallied by going on a seven-game winning streak and earning their first SEC series win against No. 23 Texas A&M to improve to 13-7. Head coach Sunny Golloway said he knows his team is headed in the right direction, but also has room for improvements. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are not even close to where we started,â&#x20AC;? Golloway said after Dillon Ortmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s completegame shutout win pitching against Texas A&M on Friday, March 14. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were out in the pasture. We can see the barn, but the hay is still not in it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting there. Our guys are all running in the right direction, so that makes it fun.â&#x20AC;? After Ortman led the Tigers to the game one win against the Aggies, freshman standout Keegan Thompson followed on the mound with a complete game of his own in their 5-2 win in game two to clinch the series. Thompson had 10 strikeouts on the day and improved his record to a team-best 4-0 with a 0.69 earned run average. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first series win in the SEC is really big,â&#x20AC;? Thompson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would have liked to come out and swept them, but we just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come out with the same fire we had the first two games. We have to change that.â&#x20AC;? The Tigers could not complete the SEC series sweep and were shut out 9-0 on March 16 to end their seven-game winning streak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fault our guys as much as I give (Texas A&M) credit,â&#x20AC;? Golloway said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I try to preach to them that these games are so important. You just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to have that letdown. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take two out of three, four out of five for the week and get ready for next week. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a long journey.â&#x20AC;? After the Capital City Classic against Alabama and before the game-three loss against Texas A&M, the Tigers not only won seven consecutive games, but also improved on their hitting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Offensively, I think we are swinging the bat better,â&#x20AC;? Golloway said after the 6-5 rematch

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You saw it with our football team. They go in and have a lot of close games against below average to pretty good teams. As soon as they realized they were good enough to do it, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where it changed. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what is happening with this team. We are realizing we are pretty good.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jordan Ebert

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win against Alabama State on March 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are driving the ball. Our slugging percentage has really, really gotten better, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been big for us. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before, it was taking four or five singles to score a run.â&#x20AC;? Damek Tomscha and Jordan Ebert have been on a hot streak at the plate and gotten their numbers up during this turnaround. Tomscha now leads the team in multiple categories with a .400 batting average, 18 RBIs, five home runs and a .764 slugging percentage for the season. After a slow start to the season, Ebert has turned it around, finding his swing with a .350 batting average on 21 hits and 10 runs scored. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are really starting to believe we can do it in the locker room, and I think that makes the biggest difference,â&#x20AC;? Ebert said. Ebert also compared their recent turnaround to another turnaround on campus from earlier this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You saw it with our football team,â&#x20AC;? Ebert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They go in and have a lot of close games against below average to pretty good teams. As soon as they realized they were good enough to do it, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where it changed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what is happening with this team. We are realizing we are pretty good.â&#x20AC;?

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In her second season as head coach, Terri Williams-Flournoy has led the Auburn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team to its second consecutive Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NIT berth and will be playing Furman at Auburn Arena on Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.m. After dropping their last regular season game to a last-place Ole Miss team in overtime and exiting the SEC Tournament in the second round with a 86-54 loss to Texas A&M, Auburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NCAA Tournament bubble was busted. However, the Tigers are still looking forward to playing for a WNIT championship this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With such a young team, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always great to get into postseason play and stay active,â&#x20AC;? Williams-Flournoy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one wants to end their season so soon. Everyone wants to be playing at this time â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another opportunity to win a championship.â&#x20AC;? This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team features six freshmen and two junior college transfers, therefore any postseason experience will help them down the road. This will also be captain Tyrese Tannerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last shot at winning a championship after having an impressive 17.0 points per game senior season, which was good enough for third in the conference and also earned Tanner a spot on First-Team All-SEC. Auburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other two scorers averaging more than double-digit points are freshman Brandy Montgomery with 11.5 and sophomore Traâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Cee Tanner with 10.5. Furman finished second in the Southern Conference with a 12-6 conference record and

an 18-12 overall record on the season. The Paladins finished only behind Chattanooga, who beat Auburn 80-52 on Nov. 24 and also posted an overall record of 29-3 to earn an 11-seed in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NCAA Tournament. Furman has two players who earned AllSoCon honors, including sophomore forward Holli Wilkins who leads their team in scoring with 15.1 points per game and senior guard Brigid Morrissey, who leads the Southern Conference in assists this season with 182. This is Furmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third time in program history making the postseason and first since 2000 when the Paladins qualified for the NCAA Tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very excited to participate in the WNIT against a program like Auburn,â&#x20AC;? Furman head coach Jackie Carson said to FurmanPaladins.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our non-conference schedule helps prepare us for exciting challenges like the one ahead, and our players are looking forward to competing against Auburn.â&#x20AC;? After winning their first three games last year at home against UAB, Western Kentucky and Tulane, Auburn lost in the Elite Eight round to eventual 2013 WNIT champion, Drexel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought our fans did a great job coming out and supporting us in the WNIT last year and we need them again,â&#x20AC;? Williams-Flournoy said. The opening round game against Furman this Thursday, March 20, will be free for the first 100 students to enter Auburn Arena and $5 for every other student after those 100. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great opportunity for our ladies to play in the postseason, and a great opportunity for our fans to continue to watch basketball,â&#x20AC;? Williams-Flournoy said.

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Former Auburn tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen dives for the end zone pylon in Auburn’s game against Ole Miss in 2011.

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Philip Lutzenkirchen walks off the field against Ole Miss in 2011.

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Former Tiger making the transition from football to finance after NFL stint Taylor Jones Sports Writer

Auburn prides itself on being a family. A few years ago, one member of the family found a way to capture the hearts of the Auburn faithful like few have managed to do. His name is Phil, but he is also known as “Lutzie.” Philip Lutzenkirchen was a tight end on the Auburn football team from 2009 until 2012. In that span of time, he became the top scoring tight end in Auburn career history with 14 career touchdowns. He broke the single-season touchdown record for touchdowns by a tight end in 2011. Lutzenkirchen also caught three game-winning touchdowns during his Auburn career, including the famous fourth-quarter touchdown to complete the “Camback” in 2010’s Iron Bowl at Bryant-Denny Stadium. At 6-foot-5, Lutzenkirchen could catch and run as well as he could block in Gus Malzahn’s Hurry Up, No Huddle offense. “He’ll fit in well in any system,” Malzahn said at the 2013 Senior Bowl. “He’s very flexible. That’s his biggest asset. He can do a lot of different things well, and he’ll be very successful.” After winning a national championship in 2010 and breaking records in 2011, Lutzen-

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I’ve never regretted coming back to play my senior year and getting my degree. We didn’t finish the way we wanted to, but I still thought I’d be a fourth- or fifth-round pick in this year’s draft.”

kirchen’s collegiate career ended in the 2012 Ole Miss game after trying to play the entire season with a hip injury. “I heard if I had come out last year, I would have been taken in the third or fourth round,” Lutzenkirchen said before the 2013 NFL Draft. “But I’ve never regretted coming back to play my senior year and getting my degree. We didn’t finish the way we wanted to, but I still thought I’d be a fourth- or fifth-round pick in this year’s draft. “It was a long and frustrating day for me that Saturday by not getting taken.” Regardless of his absence on the field, fans still cheered on “Lutzie.” After graduating from Auburn, Lutzenkirchen was signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Rams. The hip injury, however, lingered and affected Lutzenkirchen’s play.

—Philip Lutzenkirchen former auburn tight end

Lutzenkirchen was released several months later, but said he has no regrets. “I got released, and I could tell it was the right time to step away from it,” Lutzenkirchen said. “It was a tough decision, but not many people get that opportunity, and I’m just glad I got the shot.” After being cut from the Rams, Lutzenkirchen delayed making any decisions about his future for a few more months. “I gave it about a month or two to see if any teams would call,” Lutzenkirchen said. “After I had my hip surgery, it kind of went downhill from there, and I didn’t get back to my career here, athletically and physically. “So, I decided to look elsewhere and hang up the cleats.” Soon afterward, Lutzenkirchen met Brandt McDonald at Tim Hudson’s annual Iron Bowl

Charity Golf Tournament. Brandt is the Owner & President at McDonald & Barranco, Capital Wealth Management in Montgomery and graduated from Auburn in 1989 with a degree in finance. It didn’t take long for the two to hit it off. “We started having a conversation about life after football, and it just so happened that he was looking and trying to figure out what he was going to do,” McDonald said. “He’s got honesty and integrity, he’s an honorable person and he’s proven that to the Auburn people, so that was a hurdle that we didn’t even have to overcome because I knew that immediately.” McDonald hired Lutzenkirchen shortly afterward as an assistant financial adviser. McDonald saw Lutzenkirchen’s knowledge of sports and connection with Auburn as a business advantage. “We manage money for a lot of [professional] athletes and a lot of them have gone to Auburn and so it was like a hand in glove for Phil to join us,” McDonald said. When asked if McDonald would do the famous “Lutzie” dance after Lutzenkirchen signs a big client, McDonald said there would be a good chance. “If he brought on board a first-round draft pick, I’d do it,” McDonald said. “I might not look as good as him, but I’d do it.”

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The Auburn University cricket club poses for a team photo before the start of Nationals..

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The 2014 Auburn University cricket club made big strides last week in the American College Cricket National Championship in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. as it finished second overall in the championship. The club wasn’t established or recognized as an Auburn University club sport until 2010. The club has seen major successes in the few years it has been on campus. Club president Vignesh Venkatasubramanian explained how the club prepared for the championship in the weeks leading up to nationals. “We did a lot of hard cricket ball practice by going to Montgomery,” Venkatasubramanian said. “We have a cricket pitch over there, so

we then gather Sunday for the past two months in preparation for this tournament.” Twenty-four teams competed at the national championship that included American universities as well as some universities in Canada. Auburn defeated five teams en route to their runner-up finish in the national championship — Boston University, Pennsylvania, Harvard, Maryland-Baltimore and West Virginia. “All the teams we played against, except for Boston University, was the local champion of their region,” Kulkarni said. “They’re the regional champions.” Venkatasubramanian said he believes the team will continue to have success and support in the upcoming years.

“We expect more good and publicity in the coming years because more often people don’t know that there is a cricket club at the University,” Venkatasubramanian said. “So, publicity is a main criteria to get to know that there is a cricket club.” This was the first time ESPN broadcast a cricket competition that wasn’t an international event, and Venkatasubramanian said he thinks that this helps out the sport. “This is a big step for cricket at the university level, and this is the first time they are covering an event, and to be part of the first two teams to appear on a national channel is a big thing,” Venkatasubramanian said. “This is a big thing for Auburn and cricket in general across the nation.”

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Valentina Muzaric competes during an indoor meet earlier this season.The shot put athlete recently finished second place at nationals.

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Caryn Kadous competes on the balance beam against Missouri, March 7.

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The Auburn women’s track and field team finished tied for 12th, its highest finish since 2010, with 16 points at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, March 15. The Tigers were led by second-place finishes from junior Valentina Muzaric and freshman Marshay Ryan in the shot put and triple jump, respectively. The finishes are the highest by a female athlete since 2010 when Nivea Smith placed second in the 200m. Muzaric is the first Auburn female athlete to score in the shot put, while Ryan’s finish is the highest by a triple jumper since Elva Goulbourne won the event in 2003. Muzaric broke her school record in the second round of throws with a distance of 58-8.5/17.89m. Muzaric claims the nine longest throws in school history in the shot put. The Velika Gorcia, Croatia, native was defeated by Iowa State’s Christina Hillman, who had a distance of 18.15m. Ryan broke the Auburn freshman record in the fifth round of jumps as the Chambersburg, Pa., native recorded a distance of 44-0.5/13.42m, besting Shelly-Ann Gillimore’s record of 43-11.5 set in 2000. San Diego State’s Shanieka Thomas won the event with a 13.97m. Junior Samantha Scarlett competed at

the NCAA Indoor Championships on Friday, March 14, finishing 11th in the 60 meter hurdle preliminaries with a personal best time of 8.20. Auburn will begin the outdoor season March 27-29 at the Texas Relays and Yellow Jacket Invite.

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Despite counting a fall on balance beam, Auburn scored 196.125 in a loss to No. 4 Alabama on Friday, March 14, in Coleman Coliseum. Alabama scored 197.925 on senior night for the Crimson Tide. It was the second meeting of the season between the instate rivals following the Feb. 14 matchup in Auburn Arena. Sophomore Caitlin Atkinson was the star for Auburn on Friday. The Houston native scored 9.85 on vault and bars, added a 9.875 on floor and finished her night with a career-best 9.95 on beam. She finished with an all-around total of 39.525. The Tigers started the night with a 49.100 on uneven bars, led by a 9.875 from Megan Walker and a 9.85 by Atkinson. Kait Kluz added a 9.825. Auburn posted a 49.200 on vault in the second rotation. Lexus Demers posted a career high 9.900 to record the top score for the Tigers. Kluz equaled her career-best score with a 9.875 and Atkin-

son scored 9.85. Freshman MJ Rott added a 9.825. Aided by totals of 49.500 on vault and 49.275 on bars, Alabama held a 98.77598.300 lead at the midway point. Brittany Webster and Atkinson recorded the top scores for Auburn on floor with identical 9.875 totals in the third rotation. Demers scored 9.85 and Walker closed out the event for the Tigers with a careerbest 9.85 in only her third career floor routine as Auburn posted a 49.250. Led by a perfect 10.0 from Kaitlyn Clark, Alabama scored 49.650 on beam. Auburn was forced to count a fall on beam and totaled 48.625. The Tigers’ top scorers in the fourth rotation were Atkinson (9.95) and Walker (9.875). Demers added a 9.85 and Kullen Hlawek equaled her career high with a 9.825. Auburn’s next competition is the 2014 SEC Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham on March 21. In other gymnastics news, junior gymnast Megan Walker has been named to the Southeastern Conference Community Service team Walker is the gymnastics represntative to Auburn’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and a member of the 2013 SEC Gymnastics Community Service Team. Compiled by Justin Ferguson

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David Britt, senior in theater, applies makeup on a classmate as a part of the advanced stage makeup class. Popular television shows using extensive makeup and prosthetics have helped expand interest in the course.

Using the growing popularity of bloody dramas and zombie shows such as “The Walking Dead”, the Tracy Oleinick’s advanced stage makeup seizes the moment to take center stage Becky Sheehan Intrigue Reporter

Step into the actors’ dressing room in the Telfair Peet Theatre on a Monday morning and you’ll find blood, gore and latex—just some of the tools used by costume designer Tracy Oleinick’s advanced stage makeup class. Oleinick said since the success of competition shows such as FX’s “Face Off” and gnarly dramas like “CSI,” interest in working in makeup has grown. “Several students have been able to go on to Hollywood and have been able to audition with other makeup artists and get to be either into the advanced makeup schools or in with effects artists because there’s a lot of [gore] in ‘CSI’—they have that need for accident victims and body parts,” Oleinick said. “That’s really big right now—and zombies.” Oleinick pointed out that Atlanta—the location on AMC’s “The Walking Dead”—is a nearby market for talent in makeup arts. As part of the advanced stage makeup class, students learn how transform themselves into zombies using latex molds for gruesome wounds and rotting flesh. “We start with sculpting masks,” Oleinick said. “A lot of kids have never had a chance to take an advanced art class where they even got to sculpt in clay…Then we begin casting their own faces. The plaster cast of your face is a wonderful surface to sculpt on so everything fits exactly.” After the face cast has been set, more clay is sculpted on top to exaggerate features, such as a nose or chin. Oleinick explained that the new mold is next cast in plaster, then in latex fortified

with cheesecloth. The latex nose can be removed and fit perfectly to the wearer. “All of that blood and gore and guts stuff is very popular right now, so it’s gotten a lot of people through the door,” Oleinick said. “They have the skills, now they just need to meet the people that will give them the job. It’s very marketable right now.” After graduation, a student interested in pursuing a makeup career may go to graduate school or enter the job market in theater or film, according to Oleinick. “You have to have a cosmetology license to work on movie sets,” said Alison Hora, junior in theater. “It’s going to allow me to be head of hair and wig department. Very soon, I’ll be going to cosmetology school because that license is really going to push me forward and give me that extra experience and just open up a whole new spectrum of opportunities for me.” Hora, who took advanced stage makeup as a freshman, has lent her talents to Auburn theater productions, including “9 to 5: The Musical.” She said her desire to work in makeup started when she was a child. “I would spend hours in my room doing the craziest makeup on my face that I could possibly do and my hair and take pictures of myself acting like a diva,” Hora said. Meghan McCarthy, senior in theater, said she enjoys the practical approach of Oleinick’s course. “I feel like I’m actually learning skills that I want to use outside of class,” McCarthy said. The course is open to all majors and artistic expertise is not a requirement. “I’d recommend it to anyone, even if they’re

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Kelly Davino, senior in theater, works on a classmate’s face after using her own as a guinea pig.

not theater majors,” McCarthy said. “Mrs. Tracy teaches you step by step how to do the different techniques.” Oleinick pointed out that with technological advances, the world of makeup artists is more accessible than ever before, whether or not someone is naturally artistic. Advanced stage makeup students work actively behind the scenes of Auburn University theater productions by applying old-age makeup, mustaches or more grotesque scars and wounds. McCarthy and her peers also work to educate actors in applying their own makeup—a valuable skill for a newly graduated acting student,

according to Oleinick. For both actors and makeup artists, the world of theater and film is always about collaboration, Hora said. “Everyone respects each other and we all work together to make everyone else look good,” Hora said. Whether they’re creating zombies or ingénues, the makeup crew’s job is to bring the audience into the fantasy. “Most people don’t stay and watch the credits,” Oleinick said. “There are about 10 actors, and then there’s a list of 100 people. Behind the scenes—that’s where the jobs are.”

Auburn family gives help internationally Kailey Miller

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Students added international members to the Auburn family this spring break with service trips through Alternative Student Breaks. Two locations the group visited were Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. Approximatey a week before the trip, Rohith Vadlamudi, senior in biomedical sciences; Patty Maxham, junior in special education; and Nic Ellison, senior in biomedical science, described what the groups would be doing during their trips. According to Vadlamudi, the Costa Rica group went to San Jose and La Fortuna, Costa Rica, where they worked at an orphanage the group has also worked with in previous years. The orphanage houses approximately 25 children up to the age of 11. “We’re starting off our trip

at an orphanage in La Fortuna, and we’ll be spending the first three days there doing renovation projects, playing with the kids, [and] fixing up the place,” Maxham said. “Then we’ll be traveling to the capital, San Jose, and we’ll be aiding a Nicaraguan refugee center. We’ll be doing construction, painting, fixing up whatever they need done, as well as working in an after school program for the kids there.” The group had 11 students going, and they stayed in hotels. Vadlamudi said in the future, they would like to stay with a family that could house them in one location. Maxham said they would also have a guide to help translate. Maxham said she was most excited about going to the orphanage. “That’s what really hit home for me last year on the trip – getting to see all the kids and

interacting with them and just seeing their pure joy regardless of their circumstances,” Maxham said. A second group of 15 students went to to San Cristoval, Dominican Republic. Vadlamudi said they would be staying with a host family they know closely from previous years. “[The students] will be going to some of the poorest parts in the entire world really,” Vadlamudi said. “They’ll fly into Santa Domingo. [Then] they’ll immediately drive out to this tiny little town – run down, so poor – it’s called San Cristoval.” Vadlamudi said this group would be working with orphanages, housing and on a small project. “The best part definitely (is) it gets people out of their comfort zone,” Ellison said. “You meet people and experience cultures that you’re not accus-

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Service is such a big part of [the trip], but it’s also about teamwork. It’s about building relationships with other people. —Rohith Vadlamudi

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tomed to.” Vadlamudi said when the students have free time on their trips, they play games and do activities that help them get to know each other better. “We intend ASB to be a wholly immersive type of alternative break,” Vadlamudi said. “Service is such a big part of it, but it’s also about teamwork. It’s about building relationships with other people.”

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Chloé Covin cures symptoms with all-nautral ‘Care’ Kelsey Davis editor-in-chief

Chloé Covin clearly remembers the moments after she woke up from her brain surgery. “It was a 9-hour procedure, and, as soon as the anesthesia wore off, I woke up and was trying to sit up,” Chloé said. “I kept trying to get up and tell them I had to go to the bathroom. They had to put restraints on me because I was trying to get out of the bed.” At 10 years old, Chloé was diagnosed with a golf ballsized tumor located in her frontal lobe, right next to her brain stem. The malignant tumor was successfully removed, but 12 years later she was still suffering from its after effects. “A few years ago, I started having extreme migraines and occasionally had seizures,” Chloé said. “When I went to the doctor for that, they put me on muscle relaxers and anticonvulsants, which I took every day for about a month. I became such a zombie and (was) so miserable.” The medication Chloé took for her seizure compromised overwhelming parts of her life. She couldn’t drive. She couldn’t even be alone with the children she was hired to nanny. “I think [the seizures] were the last straw for her to go try something completely new and different,” said Becca Covin,

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Chloé’s older sister. To Chloé, something new and different meant enrolling in a raw food nutrition school—a 10-day intensive course that would teach her the ins and outs of healthy living. But the education wasn’t just about learning better eating habits. It was designed to heal. Part of that process was ridding the body of everything it didn’t need. “I detoxed like crazy for like the first five days I was there,” Chloé said. “I was very addicted to caffeine. It was like coming off hardcore drugs. I felt crappy. That’s the best way I can describe it. I just felt like crap all over for like the first five days, and then, on day six, I woke up, and I was glowing. Best I ever felt.” The release Chloé experienced, however, was not purely a physical process. “It’s almost more emotional than it is physical,” Chloé said.

“There were a lot of things I had to let go of. For instance, being frustrated with the doctor who put me on medicine that didn’t make me feel good and being told that the brain tumor that I had was malignant and then it wasn’t, and just how tough it was to be in fifth grade and not have hair.” Before undergoing her dietary transformation, Chloé had begun using only all natural methods to treat her seizures and migraines. After attending the raw food school, she revised the way she ate and how she viewed health completely. After making these transitions, Chloé’s symptoms have nearly disappeared. “I’ve seen a drastic change in her [health,]” Becca said. “Her seizures that she was having were the last straw to get her to go to [the raw foods] school. She changed her diet completely and changed all her habits. I don’t think that I have heard of her being sick or any of the things that she used to deal with since then.” One of the all-natural treatments she used to treat herself was a homemade combination of herbs and bath salts. After experiencing some success packaging and selling all-natural dog treats, Chloé realized she could do the same with her bath salt treatment. Her line of products has grown from there, encompassing chapsticks, lotions, body

scrubs and more that she creates with usually no more than six ingredients. “She kind of uses me and my roommate as testers of things,” said Megan Crowe, a friend of Chloé’s. “We’ll tell her what we really want out of products, and she’ll just make it the next day.” However, Chloé’s products only form part of a grander plan she wants to pursue. While the raw foods school she attended taught her about healthy living, it came at a hefty price. The high enrollment fee allowed her to realize the information could be distributed to those in need at a lower cost. Because of this, Chloe hopes to start a website where she can distribute information about different healthy living topics, such as super foods and toxicity issues. “My greatest desire is to spread information and empower people to decide what they want to do and just let people know there are other options [than traditional drugs,]” Chloé said. “I’d love to be able to travel and speak and give classes or just whatever it may be, but I just see these products as a launching pad for that.” Chloé’s products will be on sale Monday, March 24, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Mama’s Market in the Mama Mocha location of The Hound. The market will also feature other local vendors.

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Chloé Covin creates Care by Chloé, a line of homemade bath salts she used as an all-natural treatment to help cure her own cancer symptoms,

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Morningside resident dusts off memories Becky Sheehan Intrigue Reporter

In Bytha Faye Allen Bein’s apartment at Morningside Assisted Living, you will find a crowd of birdhouses atop the refrigerator, a herd of elephant figurines stampeding across a table, photographs fanned out on the coffee table and shelves of cookbooks. A small oval portrait of her parents hangs next to her bed. “If any man ever did have his head on straight, it was my father,” Bein said. Bein, 87, grew up in Apache, Okla., in the midst of the Dust Bowl. “I knew there was a lot of dust,” Bein said laughing. “I didn’t know that’s what it was at the time I was living there, but I’ve since learned that it’s called the Dust Bowl.” While much of the country was suffering through the Great Depression and Okies were fleeing their barren state, the Allens were successfully making ends meet. Bein’s father, a teacher and principal, handled the family’s fi-

nances and her mother tended a garden. Bein ran her hands over a quilt at the end of her bed. Her fingers traced the yellow thread, spelling out “Florence.” She explained that her mother stitched the bright autumn trees and sewed the names of Bein’s 17 aunts into the trunks. Bein said she inherited a yen for cooking from her mother. The cookbooks in her kitchen were prizes for winning cooking competitions in Brookhaven, Miss. A Bible propped open on an ornate bookstand belonged to her husband, Theodore Joseph Bein. “Many folks said it would never last because we were so totally different and from two different worlds,” Bein said. “But I believed in the very depths of my heart that you take these vows before God: ‘’Til death do us part.’” Bein met Ted while both were freshmen at the University of Oklahoma. Being said she was a country girl from Oklahoma raised as a Baptist and Ted Bein was a city boy from New Orleans raised in Reformed Judaism.The couple surmounted their differences and

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began traveling the country for Ted’s military career after World War II. A framed American flag above the kitchen cabinets is a reminder of Bein’s employment in the Air Force as a secretary, but she said her most important job was as a mother to three sons. “Those children took first place in my life, I have to admit,” Bein said. “Well, I did a good job of it. They’re three fine men now.” After Ted’s death in 2009, Bein moved into Morningside. She said the staff is attentive and compassionate. The staff, in turn, said they have enjoyed Bein’s personable presence at the assisted living facility. “She’s so sweet, and she loves to talk about her past,” said Ryan McFerrin, interim director of Morningside. Leighanne Temple, marketing director of Morningside, said Bein loves meeting newcomers and loves to be involved. “She’s a joy,” Temple said. “I wish I had 40 more just like her.”

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I can’t afford to pay my rent anymore. It was a shocking discovery. It has been humbling and humiliating. And the hardest part of it all is that this is the best roommate situation I’ve ever been in. I had to call a roommate meeting like a diplomat and break the news to two of the nicest, coolest people I have ever met. “Break the news” is a solid phrase. “Breaking news!” It’s like someone took a sledgehammer and smashed the words into bits. PM Deepening the lines around my mouth that fossilize the

frowns and the sighs I had been wrestling. Breaking like the breaking of a home. Like a home-wrecker. Broken-up, like a spoiled love. And then I felt selfish. Like I should be able to handle it. Magically pull time and energy and money out of the air, as if no one had thought to do that before. Conjure the groceries I need and the medicine to keep me going. My heart castigated itself for making my friends worry and for tearing apart our perfect balance of dishes-garbage-dishes, because girls do dishes and boys haul trash. Hauling the trash from my brain, I wanted to scream, “This is not my choice!” I wanted to yell, “Never mind!” I wanted to shout and break the numb silence that swirled around our living room, freezing the spiraling paisleys of my

Bein shows off her familytree, woven into a quilt.

busy rug, wilting the stiff roses in her vases on the counter. I don’t want to go. I don’t want to fill my gallery room with an anonymous sub-leaser and risk vacuuming months of Himalayan cat fur blotting out all evidence of my being there. I don’t want a more intrepid or wealthier tenant to sequel my presence and win my friends with late night confessions in front of a muted television and baked goods—because I can’t cook at all, it’s embarrassing. I don’t want them to like her more. I don’t want her to light Anthropologie candles or quote The Lord of the Rings or beat everyone at Cranium. Because that’s my job. And I know I’ll still be in the same town, within the same circle of acquaintances, but when you live together, you are a clan. You are united and any so-

ciology book could tell you that you form a special bond. Any psychology book could tell you that breaking up the family core cause stress and trauma and vast amounts of uncomfortable adjustments. And now, what is there to do except to swallow my pride? Swallow my 4.0-gpa-with-twopart-time-jobs-and-a-killerapartment arrogance and move on and move out? Because to live here, I have to work more. To work more, I have to study less. To study less, is to scrape by. To scrape by is to lose momentum. To lose momentum is to miss out. To miss out is to fall behind. To fall behind is to fail, and failing is swallowing my pride anyway. Maybe it’s okay to be selfish? Maybe I shouldn’t call it selfish at all. What do you call it? Self-preservation?