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Updyke not down to pay

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Only $99 out of $796,731 of restitution has been paid so far Brian Stultz Campus Writer

Harvey Updyke owes $796,731.98 in restitution to Auburn University for poisoning the famous Oaks at Toomer’s Corner.

Currently, he has paid $99 to the University.

According to April Brown of the Elmore County Clerk’s Office in Wetumpka, Updyke made one payment of $100, with a $1 processing charge, and has not made a payment since.

Updyke was ordered by Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker III on December 2013 to make monthly payments of $500.

Citing substantial hardship, Updyke’s attorney Margaret Brown requested the monthly payment be $50 instead of the $500, but the request was denied.

“Let’s face it, he will never be able to pay off the entire debt he owes,” said Clay Ogata, Auburn resident. “The fact he has only paid that little of an amount in almost a year is a joke.”

Updyke served six months in prison, part of his sentence, and is currently on five years of supervised probation. One of the terms of the probation is making the monthly payments. If he fails to do so, he could have his probation revoked.

April Lyon of Auburn wonders if he is making any effort at all.

“I understand that he might have financial difficulties, but at some point he has to pay the price for his actions,” Lyon said.

“Paying just $99 over the course of nine

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Toomer Corner’s lemonade refreshes spirits after 9/11 Corey Williams Campus Editor

It has been 13 years since the terrorist group al-Qaida killed almost 3,000 people in the Sept. 11 attacks.

The attacks occurred in New York City, Washington D.C. and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, but they affected people around the country.

Wanda McGatheran, Opelika resident, said 9/11 reminded her of another dark day in American history.

“I remember thinking this must be what my parents felt like during Pearl Harbor,” McGatheran said. “This was the first time we had been attacked

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on American soil since that day.”

McGatheran also said many local people feared for their loved ones’ safety.

“There were a lot of people in and around Auburn who knew people in New York, and they didn’t know if they had made it out until days later,” McGatheran said.

According to McGatheran, the Auburn community came together in the wake of the attacks.

“There were lots of prayer vigils held,” McGatheran said. “There were lots of first

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Michelle Overstreet squeezes lemons for the lemonade.

Zazu Gastropub relocates to Opelika community

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This past year, downtown Auburn acquired a variety of new restaurants, such as BurgerFi and Uncle Maddio’s, but now, it’s losing one.

Zazu Gastropub is moving from its downtown location on East Magnolia Avenue to a new Opelika location in on 112 S. 8th St. “There’s a building,” said

Graham Hage, owner and executive chef at Zazu Gastropub. “It was built by William Samford about 140 years ago.

It’s just a complete shell right now. We have to do all the interior stuff. The outside is mostly done.”

The old location closed at the end of June, and Hage said he hopes to open the new location sometime between January and March.

“We had a huge increase in our rent and looked at some places in downtown Auburn, but nothing really fit what we were looking for, so we decided to look a little more in [the] Opelika area,” Hage said.

Hage is also the owner of Halftime, and he said some employees have taken jobs there until the new location

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Zazu Gastropub on Magnolia Avenue is now closed.

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DUI reports The following were arrested and charged with driving under the influence by the Auburn Police Division on September 6: September 6 - Kyle Nathan Harger, 20, at West Thach Avenue and South College Street - William Carlisle Trost, 24, at Opelika Road and North Dean Road - Alexander James Pippin, 23, at the 100 block of North Gay Street

crime reports The following crimes were reported by the Auburn Police Division on September 5-8: September 5 - Third-degree property theft was reported at the 700 block of East Glenn Avenue at 1 a.m.

- Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle was reported at the 700 block of Cornstalk Lane at 11:19 a.m.

- Illegal possession and use of a credit card was reported at the 300 block of East Magnolia Avenue at 3:27 p.m.

- Harassing communications was reported at 1550 Opelika Road 5 at 4:34 p.m.

- Burglary of a residence (no force) was reported at the 300 block of South Donahue Drive at 7:54 p.m.

September 7 - Third-degree criminal mischief was reported at the 600 block of North Ross Road at 1:20 p.m.

- Leaving the scene of an accident was reported at East Glenn Avenue and North Ross Street at 7:30 p.m.

- First-degree criminal trespass and harassment (simple assault) were reported at the 4000 block of Lee Road 137 at 7:43 p.m.

- Unlawful breaking and entering of a vehicle (no theft or damage) was reported at the 2000 block of Lee Road 137 at 4:49 p.m.

- Third-degree burglary was reported at the 700 block of West Magnolia Avenue at 2:55 a.m.

September 8 - Unlawful breaking and entering of a vehicle was reported at the 1000 block of Pleasant Avenue at 8:15 a.m.

Scalping fills wallets and stadium Kate Seckinger Intrigue Reporter

Scalping is a gruesome act of war, but the slang term for reselling sports tickets can be equally gruesome to students’ wallets.

On game day, dozens of students and fans adorn the outside of Jordan-Hare and are sprinkled throughout the streets of Auburn.

They hoist homemade cardboard signs in the air that read “Tickets” scrawled in permanent marker and shout, “I’ve got two together!” to draw ticketless fans to their offers.

Some fans scalp because plans change, but many sell to make a profit.

Auburn students expressed complaints over the inflated price of football tickets on the Unofficial Official Auburn Student Ticket Exchange Facebook page Aug. 2324.

The angry posts sparked debate throughout the week.

“Stop inflating the price for those of us who aren’t relying on mommy and daddy to get us through the semester,” said Taylor Shelton, senior at Auburn.

Nick Melvin, senior in social science, had problems looking for an Arkansas ticket.

“We are the Auburn Family, and I’m not looking to put a down payment on a ticket,” Melvin said. “Remember, this is a family, not a business.”

Scalpers disagreed that they were trying to rip fellow students off.

Crystal Cafiero, junior in communication, has been selling her student football tickets for the past three years.

“I can’t stand when people condemn me for selling my ticket and say, ‘You must hate Auburn football,’” Cafiero said.

“That’s not true. I’m a huge Auburn fan, but sometimes making the money is more important than having a good time.”

Cafiero said she doesn’t buy tickets to make a profit like other students, but said she doesn’t understand why people get upset about those who do.

- Harassment was reported at the 900 block of Stage Road at 2:15 p.m.

- Theft from yard was reported at the 900 block of Webster Road at 1:30 p.m.

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months is him getting past the system.”

In a statement after Updyke’s release, attorney Andrew Stanley said, “He doesn’t want to have to deal with this anymore. He wants to pay his money back and be done with the five years and never be heard from again.”

Contrary to his attorney’s statement, Updyke has remained a constant presence on Twitter.

Updyke also recently made national news when he agreed to appear in a dunk tank at a charity event in Mobile.

Updyke’s appearance was ultimately canceled after organizers of the event claimed to have received death threats about hosting Updyke at the event.

Updyke’s probation also prohibits him from going onto Auburn’s campus or attending any college sporting event.

While Updyke has not been able to make the monthly restitution payments, he was able to make at least two trips earlier in 2012.

Updyke was seen on Bourbon Street in New Orleans in the days leading up to the BCS National Championship between Alabama and LSU in January 2012, taking photos with both Tide and Tiger fans that appeared on social media and in news outlets.

Four months later, Updyke was escorted out of the SEC Softball tournament being held

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Toomer’s Corner’s most popular menu item is the lemonade.

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I understand that he might have financial difficulties, but at some point he has to pay the price for his actions.

Paying just $99 over the course of nine months is getting him past the system.”

—April Lyon

Auburn resident

in Tuscaloosa a few months after the University of Alabama had issued a formal directive to him stating that he is not to come to the UA’s campus.

After construction and replacement, the soil around Samford Park at Toomer’s Corner was declared poisonfree for the first time in three years May 2.

New oak trees at Toomer’s Corner are scheduled to be planted in early 2015, according to Auburn University’s Office of Communications and Marketing.

“It was sad when they cut the old trees down but the new ones will bring so many great memories for years to come,” Ogata said. “Hopefully I will be taking my kids there for years to come.”

Efforts to contact both Updyke and Updyke’s attorney Andrew Stanley were unsuccessful.

“It’s supply and demand, and it’s common sense,” Cafiero said. “If we shouldn’t rip off the Auburn Family, why is it OK to rip off yourself? I’m a part of the Auburn Family too.”

Kevin Koziol, junior in anthropology, has sold his football tickets in the past, but he’s done it for more than a fair price.

“I gave my Georgia ticket to a friend last year for nothing,” Koziol said. “I didn’t know how amazing of a game it’d be, but in the end it didn’t matter. She was my friend and she wanted to go, and I’m glad I could give her that opportunity.”

Koziol said it’s one thing to give a ticket away or sell it cheaply to a friend, but it’s another to do that for a stranger.

“I don’t sell my tickets most of the time, but when I do, I’m not going to sell it for less than it’s worth,” Koziol said. “You’re giving someone the experience of an Auburn game, and no matter what, that’s priceless.”

Cassie Arner, associate athletics director for strategic communications, claimed while it sparks controversy, ticket scalping is inevitable.

Most know football tickets are sold by students’ experience in school, which means season tickets for freshmen are limited, Arner explained.

“Most freshmen don’t get a season ticket, which means there are hundreds of students without access to the games,” Arner said. “The freshmen want to go most of all because it’s their first season, so they’ll always be willing to pay more than the $140,

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- Mischellaneous theft was reported at the 600 block of Dekalb Street at 12:05 p.m.

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—Crystal Cafiero

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- Animal cruelty was reported at the 1000 block of North Donahue Drive at 10:20 a.m.

–Reports provided by the Auburn Department of Public Safety

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If we shouldn’t rip off the ‘the Auburn Family,’ why is it OK to rip off yourself? I’m a part of the Auburn Family too.”

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opens. Tavaris Washington, line cook for Zazu Gastropub, is one of the employees who moved to Halftime.

“I’m kind of excited about it actually,” Washington said about moving the restaurant to Opelika. “New location, new opportunities, a lot of new people to feed.”

Washington said many of the buildings in Opelika are historic and have a vintage, rustic look to them, so they plan on trying to keep as many of those elements as possible for the new location.

“It will be like a fine dining experience and a pub atmosphere,” Washington said.

Hage said once the new location opens they will need more employees.

“The response from the Opelika side is great,” Hage said. “They’re really looking forward to it and can say nothing but nice things about it, so we’re excited about it.”

Hage said many of his regular customers at Zazu Gastropub said they were sad Zazu Gastropub was moving locations.

“I would like to thank Auburn students and the community for supporting us for seven years, and ask if they would still do the same when we’re in Opelika,” Hage said.

There is speculation a new Panera Bread Company may open in the old Zazu location in the future.

“We are looking at that lo-

responders there. I think after that day, we started to take them a little less lightly. So many of them did not know it was a terrorist attack, but they still would’ve gone even if they did.”

In December 2001, Esquire magazine published the article “162 Reasons It’s Good to Be an American Man,” by Charles P. Pierce in an attempt to boost morale.

The lemonade sold at Toomer’s Drugs was No.1

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A scalper sells tickets outside of the Auburn vs.

San Jose State game Saturday, Sept. 6.

or roughly $20 per game, that you paid for.”

Cafiero said when selecting a price for a ticket, she just looks at the student ticket exchange Facebook page to see what the going rate is.

“Contrary to what people believe, most of us don’t inflate the price to make a huge profit,” Cafiero said. “We see what others are selling for and choose our price based on that, and that’s it. There’s no scheme to get your money.”

Ticket reselling prices are always a hot issue, but there’s a bright side to all the scalping, Arner claimed.

“There are plenty of people students can sell to who would be more than excited to go to the game,” Arner said. “We have a very passionate student fan base and we’re grateful for that. We want the stadium to be full of Auburn students because you guys change the atmosphere in a great way.”

on the list.

Pierce wrote of the lemonade, “When God was a little boy and He needed extra money, He put up a card table outside His folks’ house. This is what He sold.”Michelle and Michael Overstreet, Toomer’s Drugstore managers, were in college in 2001.

“We were in college when it happened,” Michelle said.

“I was in class, and I didn’t believe it when someone said a tower had fallen. I was almost in disbelief.”

According to Michael, people were not sure how to respond to the news of the terror-

ist attack.

“I think for the first day or two, everyone was kind of in shock,” Michael said.

Michael said he did not know about the Esquire article until one of his employees informed him.

“We ran out to get one, and wanted to make sure everyone we knew saw that what we were involved in was getting national attention,” Michael said.

According to Michael, the article was the talk of the town.

“People would come in and say ‘I saw y’all in a magazine,’” Michael said.

New location, new opportunities, a lot of new people to feed.”

—Tavaris Washington

Line cook for zazu gastropub

cation, but it’s still in the developmental (stage),” said Mark Jinnette, general manager at the Opelika Panera location. “There’s a process that corporate goes through when they’re looking at locations and we have done a couple of the things that needed to be done in that process, but it’s not official yet.”

If Panera Bread decides to open up a new location in downtown Auburn, Jinnette said they would still keep the Opelika Panera location as well.

“The student population has grown and there’s been a lot of changes on campus as far as parking and that sort of stuff,” Jinnette said. “A lot of the student business that we used to get, we don’t have as much of now because it’s just not easy to, you know, get out of class, get to your car, get over here and go back. The Tiger Transit doesn’t have a stop anywhere near us.”

Although it is not official Panera will open a new location, Jinnette said if they do, they would be hiring new employees, including Auburn students.

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Zazu Gastropub will move to 112 S. 8th St. in Opelika.

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Industrial design students go green with Groovystuff Savannah Downey Campus Writer

A class of industrial design students is gaining hands-on design experience by working with reclaimed farm tools and converting them into furniture.

The students work with the sustainable furniture company Groovystuff.

Groovystuff has partnered with the University through the University Hall of Innovation and Job Creation project, which allows students firsthand experience designing and marketing products.

This is the fourth year Auburn has worked with Groovystuff.

In addition to the 19 Auburn students participating, 13 visiting students from Shu-Te University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan are involved.

Students submit three design sketches and one scale model for Groovystuff’s co-founder Chris Bruning to look over each week.

The course instructor, Tin-Man Lau, provides feedback on the structure of their designs as well.

Materials the students have access to range

from plows and yokes made of weathered teak to oil drum barrels in various shades. Students may use supplemental pieces in their designs, but the reclaimed materials should not be drastically altered from their original state.

“Using all the pieces and not chopping them up is the most difficult part of the project,” said Zach Willard, sophomore in industrial design.

“You have to use as much of the reclaimed material as possible and not make new cuts.”

Groovystuff’s aesthetic calls for distressed and antique pieces, so polishing touches, such as excessive sanding or altering major portions of the material, are not necessary.

“It’s very different in the class because Chris wants the model to be rough, when usually they want the final product to look clean,” said ShaoWen Liao, senior in industrial design at Shu-Te University.

The project not only offers real world experience in design, but also in marketing and networking.

In October, the students will showcase their models for the High Point Market furniture show

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The fact that it could actually be produced is exciting. It’s a chance to get your name out there and market yourself before you get into the business.”

—Zach Willard

SOPHOMORE IN Industrial design

in High Point, North Carolina.

“There are infinite opportunities for students,” Lau said. “They go to one of the biggest furniture shows in the county and get to meet with people in the field.”

Some students also work Groovystuff’s booth at High Point, where they meet buyers and gain experience taking product orders.

“Last year I didn’t go to High Point, but this year I’d like to go and actually stand next to my

project and hand out business cards,” said Keith Locke, senior in industrial design.

Each student signs a contract with Groovystuff, which states they will receive one percent of the earnings from their piece if chosen to be produced and sold by the company.

“The fact that it could actually be produced is exciting,” Willard said. “It’s a chance to get your name out there and market yourself before you get into the business.”

Groovystuff’s collaboration is not just a design challenge or networking opportunity, but also a lesson in sustainability.

“It’s good to show students that even though it’s someone’s junk, it has high market value once it has design in it,” Lau said.

Lau’s students echo the same sentiment about the importance of working with sustainable materials.

“There are so many things that are made to be thrown away,” Willard said. “With things that are reclaimed, you’re doing your part to help not use so much material while turning it into something useful again.”

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A group of industrial design students meet to discuss their next project with sustainable furniture company Groovystuff.

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

Canine Performance Sciences program puts bark into bomb detection Brian Stultz Campus writer

The Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Animal and Health Performance program has been renamed Canine Performance Sciences (CPS).

James Floyd, interim director of the program, said the new name better reflects the program’s mission.

“The short version is that it is just doing a better job of describing what we do,” Floyd said. “We have really concentrated on mostly detection dogs and performance. They have to be able to perform.”

According to the program’s website, CPS is a national leader on working animals.

Exercise can have benefits on animals’ general health and their physical, physiological and psychological needs.

“The Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine has invested years of research in developing a strong and versatile detection program in the fight against terrorism,” said Calvin Johnson, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, in a statement to the Universtity. “This new name reflects that work.”

Right now, the program has four breeding females and averages 60 puppies a year. Floyd says their goal is for more.

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A dog’s nose is an excellent detection device. If a dog can smell it, they can be trained to let us know they can smell it.”

—James floyd

Interim director of Canine performance sciences

“We are trying to grow the number of puppies from 60 per year to up to 200,” Floyd said.

The program’s research is funded by various agencies and depends on what kind of grants they receive.

“A lot of it is federal government,” Floyd said. “Some of it comes from private donors.”

The detection of bombs has been a focus of the program, especially since 9/11.

“A dog’s nose is an excellent detection device,” Floyd said.

“If a dog can smell it, they can be trained to let us know they can smell it.”

Terry Fischer, Auburn University’s chief canine instructor, spoke about the process of finding and training a dog.

“First, you have to have a good foundation,” Fischer said.

“The selection process is a ma-

jor component. You have to have a very focused dog.”

Fischer said evaluating the dog is also a major part of knowing whether the dog will be trainable.

“You have to evaluate him on his reward,” Fischer said.

“What is he going to work for?

When you find a dog that is environmentally sound, he can go into any environment and not be bothered whatsoever. He will do anything for that reward.”

According to Fischer, imprinting, or programming, the dog comes next.

“Everyone has their own ways of imprinting a dog,” Fischer said. “You have to be very concise and clear what you want the dog to learn.

Dogs are very clever.”

CPS has a reputation for groundbreaking research efforts in detection and understanding animal performance.

The program has a patentpending technology named VAPOR WAKE®.

According to its website, VAPOR WAKE® is a technology that trains dogs to detect explosives.

VAPOR WAKE® is licensed through the Auburn Research Technology Foundation for delivery by AMK9 Academy to expand its employment in defense of the nation and society.

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The Canine Performance Sciences program trains dogs from a young age.

SGA

Senate balances budget, cuts $18,000 from University Program Council Nicole Fulkerson Campus writer

The Monday, Sept. 8 meeting of SGA Senate ran longer than usual.

Senate meetings typically run about 45 minutes.

This week, the meeting lasted longer than two hours.

The extended meeting was to balance the SGA budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year.

Representatives from student activities programs explained their budgets for the year.

Each representative shared

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We would really like to have all these supplies ready by next game day. “ —Meredith Smith SGA Senator

the goals of the program for the year along with the cuts and increases to the budget.

After an hour and 15 minutes of voting, the budget was balanced by cutting from line

items of various programs.

The largest cut was $18,000 from the University Program Council.

SGA treasurer Richmond Gunter, senior in finance, said he would like to increase the Miss Auburn budget from $1,000-$2,000.

According to Gunter, it is necessary to raise the budget for Miss Auburn to successfully execute her platform.

“Caroline Stephens, Miss Auburn this year has been very gracious in terms of providing a very detailed budget break-

down of the way she’s strategically spending that money to serve this campus,” Gunter said.

The senate also proposed a bill to allocate $4,587 from their reserve fund to publicly campaign for Aubie in the Capitol One Mascot Challenge.

The Capitol One Mascot Challenge bill is set to be voted on Sept. 15. This money would go to stickers, buttons, wristbands and shirts to promote Aubie’s campaign.

Code of Laws Senator Meredith Smith, senior in political

science, said she does not only want to bring awareness of the competition to students enrolled in the University.

Smith said she wants to raise awareness for the competition in the Auburn community at large.

“We want to especially reach out during game days,” Smith said.

Smith said she wants to be prepared to reach out to the community as soon as possible.

“We would like to have all these supplies ready by next game day,” Smith said.

The senate proposed a second bill to appoint Jack Wagster as the 2014-2015 SGA vice president of facilities.

Senator for Pro-Tempore John Le Master, senior in chemical engineering, said he believes Wagster is devoted to positively impacting Auburn’s campus.

“If you know Jack, you know how committed he is to SGA,” said LeMaster.

The meeting ended with an announcement from the vice president to remind the senate of the blood drive next week.

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Live Animal Lab walks on the wild side Derek Herscovici Campus Reporter

Less than 200 years ago, Auburn and the surrounding area was an undeveloped wilderness teeming with diverse species of flora and fauna.

Though development and growth have altered the landscape, graduate students in Auburn University’s biology department are striving to preserve Lee County’s ecosystem.

“Our main effort in the Live Animal Lab is to keep animals from getting killed,” said Katelyn Henderson, senior in zoology. “The live animal collection is mostly rescued snakes from people owning them illegally. Once we find out about it, we go in as Auburn University and pick up the snakes.”

According to Henderson, the University’s biology department is the only organization in town that will deal with unwanted animals, such as the Eastern indigo and rat snakes, without killing them.

The Live Animal Lab, a haven for dislocated animals from around town, provides researchers with live specimens and form the basis of several ongoing conservation projects.

Among the animals in the room are a California king snake, Gila monsters and a tank of newborn alligators.

Henderson, undergraduate TA in herpetology,

first volunteered to help out in the Live Animal Lab out of personal interest, and she now uses it as a base for her research on sexual dimorphism in the color patterns of marbled salamanders.

“The old research said that females were this grayish yellow color with black spots and the males were this whitish blue color with black spots,” Henderson said. “My research showed that while, yes, the females were a grayer color, the males were gray and white. Now my research is looking at why there’s a difference in color, and I’m thinking it’s either predation or sexual preference from the females of why they have the different colors because the bigger male salamanders were darker and they were with females.”

The animals collected in the lab are returned to the exact place they were first collected, sometimes through GPS coordinates, in order to ease the transitions back to the wild.

The department’s reputation for humane treatment and productive research has netted them some high-profile state-funded projects, like the Eastern indigo snake conservation project, now entering its fifth year.

“The Indigo Snake project was a project where the state came to us with the idea and we were excited to do it,” said zoologist and Auburn professor Craig Guyer. “We collect and then release them into the Conecuh National Forest. We’re

trying to bring back that species in that habitat after they got wiped out by humans.”

Indigo snakes, once exterminated as pests before being sold as pets, are starting to successfully return to the Southeast, partially due to the enthusiasm and activism of the students involved, Guyer said.

Guyer is currently involved with a joint research project with the entomology department to trace the origin of equine encephalitis.

Similar to West Nile, the neurological disease is spread between mammals and mosquitoes and can be fatal to humans.

“We know that birds are the main host for the disease, but birds’ (immune systems) can get rid of it and we couldn’t figure out how the birds still contracted it every year,” Guyer said. “We think that birds get it and transmit it to mammals at the end of the year, then mosquitoes take it from the mammal to the snakes, snakes keep the disease here over winter and the mosquitoes that feed on both snakes and birds transmit it back to the bird population the next year.”

The study found that water moccasins are a leading host species in the disease cycle, Guyer said, and a number of graduate students are already collecting DNA samples in the field.

Graduate biology student Melissa Miller spent the past few weekends collecting water moccasin

samples from Montgomery to Miami.

“My dissertation research is aimed at examining how the Burmese Python in southern Florida has altered the pattern of parasite infection in native snakes,” Miller said.

Miller said her research team made a discovery about pythons. “ We discovered that pythons have acquired a native lung parasite commonly found in our native pit vipers. If pythons are acting as a reservoir of that parasite, I expect the prevalence of the shared lung parasites should be higher in cottonmouths living near pythons compared to cottonmouths collected from locations separate from pythons.”

The greater awareness of conservation has prompted cooperative efforts between construction companies and environmental groups, Guyer said.

Hopefully, Guyer said, in the future, animals will no longer need to be relocated, but can coexist with urban development.

“Rather than building in a way where those organisms have to live somewhere else, we’re exploring designs where you would still have the same number of people, but have your parks and green spaces created in a way where the animals can still maintain themselves as well,” Guyer said.

Charles Tatum / Photographer

The Live Animals Lab studies reptiles to preserve Lee County’s ecosystem.

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Katelyn Henderson, undergraduate in zoology, studies a snake.

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Auburn Panhellenic recognized nationally Greek life

Patricia Green Campus Writer

Auburn University’s Panhellenic system was recently recognized by the National Panhellenic Conference, after being awarded the College Panhellenic Achievement Award.

Elizabeth Stone, communication specialist for the division of student affairs, said it was a coincidence Auburn University was nationally acknowledged at the end of the fall 2014 recruitment season, and both of the Panhellenic systems’ success stories exemplify the hard work done by the leaders of the organization.

“The national recognition was not because of the fantastic recruitment,” Stone said. “They just happened to coincide.”

Now that Panhellenic has received this recognition, the executive board said they are hoping to accomplish many goals in the next year.

“Our Panhellenic Council has always placed emphasis on thinking new and innovative ideas for the years to come,” said Alexis Barranca, Panhellenic president and senior in public relations.

According to Barranca, teamwork is vital to Auburn’s sororities’ national success.

“The sorority chapters work together well to accomplish certain goals, whether that be fundraising for a certain philanthropy or promoting the positive aspects of Greek Life

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The national recognition was not because of the fantastic recruitment.They just happened to coincide.”

—Elizabeth Stone

communication specialist for the division of student affairs

on Auburn’s campus,” Barranca said.

“With the cohesion that exists between all 17 NPC chapters on Auburn’s campus, a platform is created that causes the Panhellenic Council to be successful with any project or event.”

Panhellenic will begin to organize recruitment in early spring by Panhellenic’s executive board. This year was record breaking for Panhellenic, as 1,401 young women registered to go through a week of recruitment.

“When you are expecting 1,401 women to participate in recruitment, every detail needs to be thought and planned out,” Barranca said.

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A group of disaffiliated sorority members known as Pi Chis lead potential new members through the week of recruitment.

“Pi Chis play an incredibly large role in the success of Auburn University’s recruitment,” Barranca said, “I attribute the success of recruitment this year to every single one of the 84 girls who served as Pi Chis.”

Erin Gready, junior in marketing and member of Alpha Xi Delta, said she developed lasting relationships during recruitment.

“My favorite part about being a Pi Chi was definitely getting to know my girls,” Gready said.“I thought I would be overwhelmed having 17 girls in my group, but they were all so amazing in so many different ways. I got to make an individual connection with each one of them, and it was so fun being able to lead them through recruitment.”

Barranca said she considers herself a member of all 17 sororities on Auburn’s campus, and not just her own.

“Being a part of Auburn Panhellenic has made me confident in my abilities to lead and help me create lifelong friendships,” Barranca said. “I don’t consider myself to be a member of just one amazing sorority, but instead to be an attributing member to the entire Panhellenic Council.”

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Topic: Nick Marshall not starting

Current students make future bright

Viewpoint: the public shouldn’t exaggerate misdemeanors In 2009, a photo of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps smoking a bong caused him to lose a sponsorship from Kellogg’s. He was also suspended from USA Swimming for three months.

The year before, he won eight gold medals.

When the photo was released, he was crucified by the media.

All his achievements were completely ignored, and his name was dragged through the mud by every self-righteous pundit in the country.

This past July, Nick Marshall faced a similar scandal.

Marshall was cited for possession of marijuana.

He was fined $1,000, which his mother paid, and was not allowed to start in the season opener against Arkansas.

Much like Phelps, Marshall became the focus of undeserved media outrage.

He was called everything from a drug addict to a thug. His stellar performance as quarterback during the 2013 season was pushed to the side.

There is a problem with these stories, but it has nothing to do with these men getting high.

The problem is how we, as fans and as a society, react whenever people we look up to, such as Phelps and Marshall, get caught smoking marijuana.

While the public opinion of marijuana may be shifting, the old fears and stigmas hold firm when it comes to athletes, especially college football players.

They aren’t allowed to make mistakes. We expect them to follow an ill-defined yet strict

Things are different when you come back for another degree in your thirties. Trust me, I am living it.

I returned to Auburn for my second undergraduate degree last August and have seen the differences between college back then and college now.

This whole “submit your assignment via Canvas” was foreign to me. What was this Canvas they were talking about? I didn’t want to ask because I didn’t want to seem old.

I was once asked in class to explain to my entire class the significance of a cigar in the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky case. A professor then told me I would be her go to guy for all old references.

When I state how old I am, I have experienced the gasps of my classmates. When I bring up the 1980s, I lose everyone.

Let’s just say I haven’t been to Skybar in a long time.

During summer classes, I noticed I was closer in age to the parents bringing their kids to Camp War Eagle than the freshmen themselves. This took a hilarious turn when an incoming freshman asked me, “Are you moving your kid into a dorm as well?”

Coming back to school at this age has its advantages, though.

I now see professors in a new light. Instead of fearing them and thinking they are there to make your life hard, I know they are doing their best to educate and prepare us for our careers. I consider a couple of professors friends now.

Class is not just something you have to attend, but a place where you can have intelligent conversation with others. Nothing excites me more than a great discussion in class.

Sometimes, though, I feel myself talking too much in class and can only imagine my classmates saying, “When will this dinosaur shut up?”

Returning at my age has also given me a chance to see that our future is not as bad as some make it out to be.

I am constantly impressed by my classmates and have learned from them. They teach me new things every day (Snapchat!) I like the fact they aren’t afraid to make fun of my age (and neither are my professors).

Most of all, I am inspired by their thirst for knowledge and striving for success. The amount of extracurricular activities and the time some of my classmates contribute to Auburn are what makes this University so great. I am bewildered at times by the poise and maturity of my much younger classmates.

They inspire this old guy every day.

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moral code. Perhaps worst of all, we think we have a say in how they live their lives.

So when one of them does make a mistake, we get offended and think it’s our job to chastise and correct them.

It’s time to stop punishing college athletes for doing the same thing other college kids, and millions of other people, do every day.

It’s time to stop expecting them to be punished by the University as well as the criminal justice system.

Not letting Marshall start was ridiculous.

It served no purpose other than to placate those who chose to be offended by his actions.

Marshall was not on steroids; he didn’t commit armed robbery or beat his wife, but many still expected him to punished as if he had done these things.

If Marshall, or any other athlete chooses to smoke, it’s none of our business.

If they get caught, their punishment should be the responsibility of the criminal justice sys-

tem; that’s it.

While the state and federal laws making marijuana illegal may not change anytime soon, the way we look at people who do smoke certainly can change.

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9/11 made me who I am, gave my life a purpose Derek Thompson Sports@theplainsman. com

Tears were streaming down my mother’s cheeks the entire ride home.

She was mourning with the rest of America after they heard the North and South towers were struck by two planes, later confirmed to be hijacked by al-Qaida terrorists.

Precautions were taken seriously on Ft. Benning, the military base in Georgia I lived on, after the World Trade Center was attacked Sept.

11, 2001.

As a seventh grader, all I knew was Americans had been killed, and more were in danger because of the airplane crashes.

I remember telling my mom in the car it was going to be all right. I didn’t have a clue what was really going on, or what al-Qaida or Taliban even meant. I was glued to the television when we got home.

Seeing the footage of the planes flying into the towers horrified me, but realizing there are people who willfully want to hurt us changed

me.

Watching the Marines, soldiers, airmen and sailors fighting in the Middle East after 9/11 on television motivated me to do something about what happened to our country when I was in middle school.

I wanted to make a difference, so I joined the United States Marine Corps Infantry when I turned 18.

Casualty rates in Iraq and Afghanistan were rising and service people were coming back with the invisible wounds of PTSD, among other things from their combat experiences. I knew it wasn’t a matter of if I was going to go to combat when I joined, but a matter of when.

I wasn’t worried about any of that. You can’t be worried about every bad thing that might happen to you because it prevents you from doing your job.

I just wanted to join the thousands of others who signed up for duty after the 9/11 attacks.

My unit was deployed to some of the worst areas of Iraq and Afghanistan. We saw firsthand the evil the Islamic terrorist groups are capable of.

While I saw plenty of bad things over there, I will never again experience the camaraderie like I had with the Marines

We deployed in some of the most hostile environments imaginable, but we still knew how to make each other laugh, and we all knew we had each other’s back when something goes down.

We all shared a sense of pride I couldn’t have found anywhere else.

If the attacks on 9/11 did not happen, I’m not sure I would have enlisted in the military or ever experienced any of that. That’s the kind of stuff that made me who I am today.

Going to the Middle East and fighting was my way of looking evil in the eye. It gave me the opportunity to do my small part and let people know that Americans are not going to live in fear.

Being able to see many of my brothers, ordinary guys, do extraordinary things was an experience I couldn’t have gotten from any civilian job.

As devastating as 9/11 was, it revived a sense of pride in this nation. It encouraged brave Americans to run toward danger and face evil head on.

It changed peoples’ lives, like mine, and pushed them to do things they probably would not have. Most of all, 9/11 taught people how to be a part of something bigger than themselves.

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Craft beer and German food offered at Oktoberfest Jim Little

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A taste of Germany and its favorite beverage will come to Auburn on Saturday, Sept. 20, when The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center hosts the 2014 Oktoberfest.

Breweries from all over the country, and one from Scotland, will have more than 100 craft beers on tap from 3-9 p.m.

German-style food will also be available.

The Hotel at Auburn University began holding Oktoberfest in 2010, with approximately 10 breweries and 150 people attending, according to Adam Keeshan, executive assistant manager for food and beverage at The Hotel at Auburn University.

“Last year we had about 600 or 700 people show up,” Keeshan said. “This year we’re anticipating 800 to 1,000 people will show up.”

Ticket prices for the event start at $35 if ordered at least 24 hours prior, and include beer tasting and a souvenir glass, according to Allison Duke, social

media specialist for The Hotel at Auburn University. After Thursday, tickets will be $45 for general admission.

“We have a lot of people who walked up last year and bought their tickets the day of,” Duke said. “That’s a disadvantage for them, because they’ll be paying $10 more, so we hope people will buy online and save $10.”

This year’s Oktoberfest will also feature approximately 10 homebrewers competing for the best beer in the Homebrew Alley section. The competition is registered with the American Homebrewers Association (AHA).

Judges certified with AHA’s Beer Judge Certification Program will decide a winner.

The best homebrewer will brew their craft beer at the Blue Pants Brewery in Madison in a 10-gallon batch, according to Keeshan.

“Brew clubs from all around Alabama will be participating in Homebrew Alley,” Keeshan said.

Designated drivers will be allowed into the event free and

given non-alcoholic drink tokens, according to Duke.

Scottish brewery Innis and Gunn will be one of the breweries offering event goers a taste of their product.

Innis and Gunn age their beer in oak barrels similar to whiskey distillers.

The result has grown in popularity since the brewery was founded in 2003, becoming the best-selling bottled beer in the UK and Canada, according to a 2010 report with the BBC. Along with beer, Germanstyle food will be available to purchase.

“Bratwurst, big pretzels, German potato salad and coleslaw with a German twist will all be served,” Keeshan said.

High-definition televisions will be set up so event goers will be able to watch football games that afternoon.

Live music will be performed

by Opelika-based band Route 66 according to Keeshan.

Higher-priced ticket packages that include food can also be purchased online at auhcc.com/ oktoberfest.

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Hamilton’s on Magnolia chef Pat Gallagher chose to volunteer his time in the Signature Chefs Auction event.

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Local chefs donate time to March of Dimes Kerry Coppinger Community Writer

For the third year in a row, the March of Dimes of East Alabama will bring together Auburn’s top local chefs to display their culinary expertise for the Signature Chefs Auction.

This auction is set to take place Sept. 16 at the Auburn University Club on Yarborough Farms Boulevard.

Similar events have taken place across the country for the past 20 years led by various March of Dimes chapters.

Chefs from local restaurants, such as Acre, Zazu’s Gastropub and Hamilton’s on Magnolia will provide samples to guests.

According to Linda Gross, March of Dimes senior community director, a silent auction will take place during the tasting at 6 p.m., followed by a small live auction.

All items being auctioned will be donated to benefit March of Dimes to help improve the lives of mothers and babies in the community.

“We can’t raise money if we have to buy stuff,” Gross said.

“The chefs donate their time, their food, their talent.”

One of the events’ sponsors is Rex Maynor, publisher of Opelika-Auburn News.

Maynor spoke highly of both the event and March of Dimes.

“I can think of no other organization that supports the birth and growth of healthy children that is more deserving of support,” Maynor said.

Once the auction is complete, a local ambassador family will

We wanted to do something that was a little different and might be interesting to people who don’t necessarily want to do a walk. It’s really just an enjoyable evening for people to come out and support a great cause ” —Linda Gross

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share their personal March of Dimes experience.

“It’s their opportunity to share their story and to thank everyone there,” Gross said.

Two event chairs, Tricia Peterson and Lisa Persons, run the Signature Chefs Auction. Both are local business owners and have co-chaired the event for the past two years, as well as this year.

“It has been exciting to see this event grow over the past three years,” Persons said.

“Even the attendance last year was at least double the first year.”

Gross works closely with Persons and expects approximately 150 guests this year.

Persons, like many March of Dimes supporters, said she feels she has a personal connection to the organization.

“One of the reasons I have chosen to be a part of the Signature Chefs Auction event is because I have four children of my own, and am passionate about the education and support the March of Dimes provides to ex-

pectant mothers,” Persons said.

“I am blessed and thankful for my own children’s health, but have witnessed firsthand several of my close friends give birth to premature babies.”

The March of Dimes works on improving the health of premature babies in addition to typical babies.

“March of Dimes is about all babies,” Gross said. “We consider the healthy babies to be our happy endings.”

Gross said she sees it as an opportunity for more people to get involved with the organization.

“We wanted to do something that was a little different, that might be interesting to people who don’t necessarily want to do a walk,” Gross said. “It’s really just an enjoyable evening for people to come out and support a great cause.”

The Signature Chefs Auction is expected to begin at 6 p.m. and end at approximately 9 p.m. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased via phone at (334) 513-7381.

Driving along Interstate 59 toward Birmingham from his hometown of Gadsden, Josh Dowdy listened to his dad warn him that Auburn University would probably lose the 1986 Iron Bowl.

It was Dowdy’s first Iron Bowl, and he was already an avid Auburn football fan.

He didn’t know the University of Alabama was favored to win in that game, and he didn’t care.

Late in the game, Lawyer Tillman scored on the reverse, bringing in an Auburn win to the score of 21-17.

For Dowdy, that was a big moment, and Tillman’s touchdown fanned the fire of Dowdy’s Auburn obsession.

Dowdy is now an author. His new book Orange Is Our Color is a history of the head football coach Tommy Tuberville era.

“Not history for history’s sake,” Dowdy said. “But history to answer the question of why the Tuberville era matters, mixed with something of a fan’s memoir.”

More than a fan, Dowdy is an Auburn graduate.

He said he attributes learning how to be an Auburn man from his father and the meaning of Auburn football from Pat Dye. He discovered writing in sixth grade through a daily journal and has been writing ever since.

Despite a passion for writing, Dowdy chose what he considered to be a practical major, and graduated in 1999 with degree in operations management.

At Auburn, he dabbled in the marching band his freshman year, joined Auburn Christian Fellowship and played intra-

When I got into looking at the Tuberville years, I became curious about why it is that some people in the Auburn Family today still thinks so fondly of Tuberville. ” —Josh Dowdy

Author of Orange is our Color

murals. The biggest moments of his college career, however, were football Saturdays.

Dowdy has a full-time sales job in Birmingham, where he lives with his wife and two kids. Writing about Auburn football has become a bigger part of his life in recent years, but it started small.

In 2004, before Dowdy had a full sense of what a blog was, he would send a mass email to friends and family with his thoughts about the Auburn game each week.

Later, he wrote a couple of different blogs. Now he has a website with the same name as his latest book.

Dowdy’s approach encompasses Auburn culture and the identity of the Auburn Family.

Dowdy credits his writing approach to his graduate education at Baylor University, where he earned an M.A. in religion in 2012.

Originally, Dowdy planned to write a book about the succession of Auburn coaches, from Pat Dye to Gene Chizik.

Each coach’s early success drew him into the topic, but one caught his eye more than others.

“When I got into looking

at the Tuberville years, I became curious about why it is that some people in the Auburn Family today still think so fondly of Tuberville,” Dowdy said.

Another topic Dowdy became interested in inspired the title of his book.

When Tuberville asked Auburn fans to wear Auburn orange to the game, they listened.

Despite Tuberville now working at the University of Cincinnati, Auburn still asks their fans to fill the stadium with orange.

Dowdy began his research by reading newspaper articles about Auburn football from 1999-2008, old issues of the Auburn Football Illustrated game programs and anything he could get his hands on.

Besides his time in Texas, Dowdy has made it to Auburn games religiously.

He was in Auburn for opening weekend this year, and did a book signing at the Auburn Bookstore before the San Jose State game.

He is still interested in the early success of Auburn coaches, and Gus Malzahn is now added to that list.

“I’m not sure that we’ve all grasped the reality of how incredible he is just yet,” Dowdy said. “The negativity and the problems that had turned into an infection in 2012 is so far in the past right now. I do not expect Auburn to lose a game this year.”

Dowdy admits his prediction is bold.

Regardless of this season’s outcome, Dowdy’s 2-and 3year-old children will be singing the fight song and the alma mater with him beside a painting in his house of the ‘Reverse to Victory;’ the play that started it all.

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Cindy Thrash, owner of Cindy Cakes, stands under the shade of her canopy tent at University Station Motor Coach and RV Resort.

It’s Friday, and like other home football game weekends, RVs have been piling onto University Station’s more than 500 lots all week.

Near the entrance, pop-up tailgates and TVs tuned to ESPN are packed side by side.

Further into the park, past the golf cart traffic, RVs are parked on plots of land filled with trees, flowers and small wooden buildings.

One backyard has a small putting green, while a few spaces down the road, another has a full two-story, one spot RV parking garage.

The shadow of Thrash’s tent provides a small amount of protection from Alabama’s September heat for her; her father, Earl Willis; family friend, Bob Duke and the baked goods she is selling. Sept. 6 marked

her second week at University Station, and the distinctive atmosphere is already obvious to her.

“It is really a tight-knit subculture here,” Thrash said. “I saw someone at 6 a.m. planting new shrubs, and that’s what they do, they make this a home.”

The atmosphere isn’t the same atmosphere of an average home. It is more like a community that fulfills all of the residents’ needs without leaving the park.

On Thursday nights, University Station shows a movie. On Friday nights, a band will play, with dinner provided. On Saturdays, breakfast is served before the game.

Before people leave their lots Sunday, a church service is held from 9-10 a.m.

Across Highway 14 at Auburn Legends Luxury RV Resort, owner Russ Hart said he built the park for the home atmosphere.

“I wanted some place that was kind of permanent,” Hart said. “It’s easy. You own your lot. It’s like a second home. You just unpack your car, get your chairs out and you’re good.”

Hart’s children went to Auburn, and he

has spent the last 15 years bringing his RV to tailgate. He went from housing his RV on Wire Road to the hay field and then the old Alpha Psi house.

After Alpha Psi closed their house for its new location, he began to look for property to start his own RV resort.

In 2010 he built Auburn Legends with 67 spaces, a clubhouse and a pool.

The design reflects the comfort side of RV life, with full power and water, as well as Wi-Fi and grounds maintenance.

Four years later, the park is growing, and Hart sold four lots the Friday morning before the San Jose State football game.

When the lot owners come with their families for the weekend, the atmosphere is calm and family-oriented.

Hart said he believes the RV culture is only going to grow and is selling spots with the future in mind.

“With this park, we try to make something here that people will have for a long time,” Hart said. “They will bring their children, and their children will have it and just keep going.”

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City Council treats Uber like any taxi service Jim Little

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Auburn taxi owners want the Auburn City Council to stop Uber.

Jeff Steiger, owner of taxi company KGM Auburn Trax, spoke on behalf of other taxi companies to the Council at the Tuesday, Sept. 9, meeting and asked the City Council to apply taxi regulations to Uber.

Uber, a popular ride-for-hire service ordered and paid for through a smartphone app, announced it was operating in Auburn on Aug. 28.

“The city of Auburn’s licensed taxi business owners

would like the Council to support us in maintaining safe transportation for our community members,” Steiger said.

City Manager Charles Duggan told the Council Uber would have to follow Section 23 of the City Code, the same regulations as a traditional taxi company. “(Uber) appears to be a taxi service, so we’re going to treat it like one and being fair to everyone we need to apply the same regulations,” Duggan said.

Mayor Bill Ham agreed with Duggan’s assessment.

“We want everybody to

be playing on a level playing field,” Ham said.

Section 23 of the City Code requires taxi companies to have public liability insurance for its passengers, and for drivers to undergo background checks by the city-requirements Uber doesn’t have to follow, according to Steiger.

Kaitlin Durkosh, Uber communications representative told The Plainsman via email uber want to work with the city officials to modernize regulations.

“Taxi companies should focus thier efforts on improving quality of service for their customers rather than trying to re-

strict competition and limit the opportunity and choice that the people of Auburn deserve.

Small taxi companies are at a disadvantage when Uber doesn’t have to follow the same regulations, according to Steiger.

“You have to compare apples to apples,” Steiger said, “It woud be like having a store move across the street from your store and they didn’t have to pay for utilities and insurance.”

Steiger was representing Twin City Taxi, Spirit Town Taxi, Tiger Taxi, Eagle Town Taxi and Fourth Quarter Taxi.

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Auburn soccer had an impressive home debut in the Tiger Classic, winning the tournament without conceding a goal.

Their momentum continued as the Tigers took to the road to compete in the Rebel Classic, where they beat Memphis 3-0 and Minnesota 3-1.

So far, the defense has stepped up their play, something goalkeeper Alyse Scott said was a goal for this season.

“We’re holding ourselves to a higher standard,” Scott said. “We set goals, and last year, we didn’t meet the goals that we wanted.”

Last year’s disappointing season stayed in the minds of Auburn players, and defender Kala Faulkner said it motivated them to improve their play during the offseason.

“Last season we didn’t have the season we wanted,” Faulkner said. “There were a lot of close games that if we wouldn’t have let in one goal it could have changed our season. So there’s been an emphasis to not let that happen again.”

Head coach Karen Hoppa said she can already see improvement in the defense from last season.

“I think we’ve improved a ton defensively,” Hoppa said. “We’re deeper on our defensive line and our goalkeeping line. Kala (Faulkner) is even more experienced than she was last year, and last year she was an all-SEC selection. She’s really leading the charge for us with that group, and I think we have a lot of players that can play back there and that helps us a ton.”

According to Faulkner, Hoppa has put more empha-

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Sophomore forward Casie Ramsier plays a header against UC Irvine on August 29, 2014.

sis on the defense this season and has stressed its importance.

“People say defense wins championships, and she’s emphasized that,” Faulkner said. “Each week, we do a defensive practice just to emphasize that so we can be

one unit.”

Hoppa said Faulkner has been the standout player in Auburn’s defense, especially in the Tiger Classic, where she won defensive MVP honors.

“She had an MVP type performance this past weekend at our own tournament,” Hoppa said of Faulkner.

“She’s been a leader both vocally and in her play. She’s been the outstanding performer so far.”

Scott has also taken note of Faulkner’s performance so far this season.

“She’s made an immense impact,” Scott said. “She’s such a natural leader on the field. As soon as she steps on the field she knows it’s business. She’s all about winning for the team, and she’ll sacrifice everything to make sure we win.”

Faulkner and the rest of the defense have bought in to Hoppa’s defensive philosophy, and Hoppa has taken notice of their new attitude.

“It’s a defensive mentality,” Hoppa said. “We talk about our back line of four, they have to be one unit. If one of the defenders do something that the others aren’t on the same page with, it can cost us a goal. So with our back line in particular, we stress that a ton. They are one unit, as one goes, they all go, and they really buy into that and it makes a difference for us.”

With SEC opponents on the horizon, Hoppa said the Tigers need to keep improving to reach their ultimate goals.

“Our goal is to get better every week,” Hoppa said.

“We’re happy at 5-1, and we’ve gotten better from first weekend to second weekend, but we’re still not where we need to be. We need to build on the way our defense has played so far to get us ready for SEC play.”

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Bruce Pearl is a coach of the people.

In his short time at Auburn, Pearl has shown how important he believes it is to be not only a part of the University, but a part of the community.

“I’m on staff at Auburn,” Pearl said. “Being on a college campus, there’s a lot of different ways I can serve.

I love to contribute in the classroom when I can. I love to support our faculty and our students and things that they’re interested in.”

Pearl and the team are doing several things currently to get students more involved, including looking for those who may be talented enough to join the team.

The team will host an open walk-on tryout Sept. 16 in the Auburn Arena.

“I walked on at Boston College, and my son walked on at Tennessee,” Pearl said. “It’s special to me.”

Pearl said he believes there could be students on campus who are worthy of suiting up on the basketball team.

“There are guys on campus that could’ve been Division II scholarship players some place and still love the game,” Pearl said. “Sometimes that means just practice, but sometimes that means actually playing in the games. Sometimes it even means getting a scholarship.”

Pearl referenced a game during his time at Tennessee in 2010 when the 15th ranked Volunteers knocked off the then No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks, thanks to some crucial play from walk-ons.

“Three walk-ons were in our top players,” Pearl said.

“My son Stephen, Skylar McBee, who hit a game winner, and Josh Bone from Nashville.”

Tryouts will start at 7 a.m. Sept. 16 in the Auburn Arena, but prospective players won’t just be able to walk in off the street.

“There’s a lot of eligibility things they need to do in advance,” Pearl said.

Before Sept. 16, hopefuls will have to file a full physical, and be deemed eligible to compete. In order to do that, they’ll need to contact Todd Golden, Auburn’s director of basketball operations, at trg0012@

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“I’m making a lot of arrangements and changes to be here,” Pearl said. “I’m going to be out recruiting, and I’m coming back for the tryout. That’s how important it is.”

Pearl is trying to get involved with the student body not just on the court, but in the stands of the Auburn Arena as well.

A video was released recently with Pearl asking for students’ feedback on what to call the student section inside the Auburn Arena.

“I’m OK with the Jungle,” Pearl said. “We are the Auburn Tigers. I’m personally more comfortable with a name that revolves around our school or our mascot

than me.”

Whatever it’s called, Pearl said it needs to be exciting.

“I don’t want it to be tame,” Pearl said. “I want it to be wild. We’ve got to give our students something to cheer about. We have an opportunity, both on and off the court, to show the nation that Auburn can represent. The culture we’re trying to change is the fact that basketball has been good here before, it’s just been a while. I’d like to see if we can make some noise that first night.”

Auburn will tip off the 2014 basketball season against West Alabama on Nov. 7 at 8:30 p.m. in the Auburn Arena.

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‘Running Back U’ returns to the Plains Cameron Artis-Payne (left, No. 44) and Corey Grant (right, No. 20) sprint in Auburn’s season openers.

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After their running unit led the country in rushing yards last season, and after Tre Mason declared for the NFL Draft following his record-breaking season, many began to question how Auburn’s 2014 rushing attack would be.

After two games, it looks like ‘Running Back U’ is back once again, thanks to Cameron Artis-Payne, Corey Grant, the offensive line and head coach Gus Malzahn’s offensive system.

Despite Artis-Payne having 22 more carries than Grant thus far, Malzahn said he will continue to stick to the plan of running both of them with the first team offense.

“We’ll utilize both of those guys,” Malzahn said after their 59-13 victory over San Jose State on Sept. 6. “We’re not going to change that. We’ve got to have two of those guys getting carries.”

Even though Artis-Payne is receiving a bulk of the carries, it does not seem to change Grant’s attitude.

“At times, I thought I could have gotten more (carries), but as long as we win, I’m happy,” Grant said after the opener against Arkansas.

Both Artis-Payne and Grant have different running styles, which helps throw off opposing defenses when they switch in and out.

Grant is known for his speed while Artis-Payne carries the perception of a bruiser out of the backfield.

According to Artis-Payne, both running backs want to get away from being viewed as a

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Freshman Racean ‘Roc’ Thomas (No. 9, above) and red shirt freshman Peyton Barber (No. 25, below) saw playing time late in the first two games this season.

one-dimensional runner.

Through two games, it was shown that both of their running styles have become more complex.

Grant has displayed his ability to run through tackles since he bulked up in the offseason,

and Artis-Payne has shown how he can accelerate and break free while in the open field.

“Corey’s always been a strong guy in the weight room,” Malzahn said. “Any time you run the ball downhill in spring and everything that goes with that, he’s getting more comfortable and finishing runs, but he’s a very strong young man.”

Artis-Payne came into his senior campaign ready to prove the critics wrong and prove the Tigers’ running game would be fine this year.

“Yeah, y’all saw me sitting on the bench last year,” ArtisPayne said. “I read everything that everybody puts out, talking about how they don’t know how the running game’s going to be. I’m here to prove it’s going to be all right.”

Through the first two games their running game seems to be more than all right. The Tigers are already back to leading the SEC in rushing yards after just two games.

The Tigers also lead the conference in third-down conversions and red zone offense, which has a lot to do with the effectiveness of the running game.

Artis-Payne is also ranked eighth in the country in rushing yards with 289.

That is good for second in the SEC, and he is also tied for second in the nation in touchdowns with four.

“I’m willing to do whatever to help the team,” Artis-Payne said. “I’m just getting more and more comfortable with my role in the offense.”

With redshirt freshman Peyton Barber and true freshman Racean ‘Roc’ Thomas waiting in the wings, there’s no shortage of depth in the backfield for the Tigers.

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Jake Mondy hits a shot during the Carpet Capital Collegiate, where the men’s golf team finished tied for third.

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The No. 20 Auburn men’s golf team shot a 5-under 283 to finish tied for third at the Carpet Capital Collegiate, four strokes behind No. 12 South Carolina and three behind No. 3 Georgia Tech on Sunday, Sept. 7 at The Farm Golf Club in Rocky Face, Georgia. Sophomores Matt Gilchrest and Ryan Benton finished in the top 10.

Three eagles on the par-5 12th hole by Gilchrest, Benton and junior Jake Mondy helped Auburn (283-852) finish tied with Kennesaw State at 12-under and a stroke ahead of No. 1 Alabama (284-853).

“We played some very good golf over the past two days, and this is a tournament we can build on,” said head coach Nick Clinard. “We were a stroke back with a few holes to play and gave several shots back.”

Gilchrest and Benton each shot 2-under 70s as Gilchrest tied for fourth at 7-under 209 while Benton tied for 10th at 4-under 212. Michael Johnson had an even-par 72 to finish tied for 29th at 1-over. Mondy, Dan Stringfellow and Will Long all tied for 32nd at 2-over 218. Mondy had a 71 while Stringfellow shot 73 and Long a 74 playing as an individual.

South Carolina fired a final round 12-under 276 to edge Georgia Tech (280-849) by a stroke.

Clemson (284-855) and No. 9 LSU (286855) tied for sixth ahead of Wake Forest (286859), North Carolina (284-861) and Chattanooga (293-866).

Tennessee finished 11th at 296-872 followed

by North Florida (294-886), Florida (297-897) and Middle Tennessee State (308-907).

Georgia Tech’s Ollie Schniederians won medalist honors at 12-under 204 with a final

round 68, two shots ahead of Alabama’s Robby Shelton and three ahead of LSU’s Stewart Jolly.

Auburn’s returns to action at the Primland Collegiate Invitational in Meadows of Dan, Virginia, Sept. 29-30.

Soccer

After her two goal and one assist weekend in Auburn’s 3-0 win over Memphis and 3-1 victory over Minnesota, freshman Courtney Schell was awarded the SEC’s co-freshman of the week award Sept. 8, Auburn’s first weekly honor this year.

Schell was a factor in Auburn’s wins in the Rebel Classic in Oxford, Mississippi, this past weekend, helping the team extend its winning streak to five matches. Auburn is currently 5-10 on the season with conference play starting Sept. 21.

Schell scored her first collegiate goal against Memphis on Friday, the third of three goals for Auburn in the game.

Schell received a pass from Brooke Ramsier from 35 yards out and fired a shot into the high left corner of the net, capping Auburn’s 3-0 victory.

Earlier in the match, Schell was part of a double-assist that led to a Kristen Dodson goal, which ended up being the game-winner and gave Schell three points for the game.

On Sunday, Sept. 7, Schell had an encore performance scoring the first goal of the game on a header, giving Auburn the early 1-0 lead.

For the weekend, Schell notched five points, a weekend team-high, and is currently tied for the team-lead this season with seven points.

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‘Confident’ Bray steps up as punt returner

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Between competitions at running back and quarterback this offseason, the race to fill Chris Davis’ return role was often overlooked.

That competition may be over after senior wide receiver Quan Bray’s 55-yard punt return for a touchdown against San Jose State Saturday night.

“When the punter kicked it, I saw one of the guys was already down,” Bray said. “I knew [Stephen] Roberts was going to hold the other guy off of me. Once the first man missed me, it was off to the races.”

It was Bray’s first career punt return for a touchdown and Auburn’s first since Davis’ return against Tennessee in 2013.

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Malzahn said the coaching staff expects veterans to step up, which he said the confident Bray has done this season.

“When guys are seniors, they raise their level and we ask a lot of our seniors to do that, and I believe that he is definitely doing that,” Malzahn said.

“We have gotten a little better around all the specialists too.

I’m very happy for Quan, he’s very confident right now.”

With three years of experience under his belt, Bray said his confidence is the result of becoming more comfortable on offense and special teams.

“Coming in my freshman year, they threw me in the fire in the South Carolina game,” Bray said. “Ever since then, I’ve just tried to be the best player I can be, and I feel very comfortable.”

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When the punter kicked it, I saw one of the guys was already down. I knew (Stephen) Roberts was going to hold the other guy off of me. Once the first man missed me, it was off to the races.”

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As the other specialists gain confidence, Bray said the group has the same goal as the rest of the team—to be the best in the country.

“Our special teams are very

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important,” Bray said. “We have play-makers that will make big plays. They are contributors, especially the punt return team who want to be the best in the nation.”

On the Friday before Auburn’s home opener against Arkansas, students lined up in droves outside the Student Center to catch a glimpse of a former Heisman Trophy winning quarterback.

Cam Newton? No, he’s too busy getting ready for the NFL season with the Carolina Panthers. Enter Tim Tebow, who was in town as an analyst for the newly created SEC Network’s traveling pregame show SEC Nation.

Rounded out by play-byplay announcer, Joe Tessitore; former star LSU defensive lineman, Marcus Spears; and talk show host Paul Finebaum, SEC Nation’s crew caused quite the stir by being on Auburn’s campus for the game.

For me, their presence reinforced my beliefs on the exciting opportunities the network presents for students, student athletes and fans of the SEC. While many Auburn fans will be thrilled with the greater coverage of popular sports, such as football, basketball and baseball, I am more intrigued by the exposure the lesser-viewed sports in the SEC will receive.

The SEC is comprised of 21 sports (nine men’s and 12 women’s NCAA sanctioned sports) and yet many of them never get the chance to be seen by fans because they are never on TV. The creation of this new network gives

fans the chance to see lesser known sports, such as equestrian or indoor track and field, from the comfort of their own homes.

What the SEC Network’s involvement with Auburn excites me the most is the opportunity it brings to students like me.

This fall, the SEC Network teamed up with Auburn to create War Eagle Productions to produce live sporting events and coaching shows, while also developing footage for Auburn’s athletic website.

A studio is in the process of being completed at the telecommunications building next to the Auburn Athletics Complex. This building is also home to a new class on sports production that has students working with the SEC Network on a part-time basis.

As a student currently enrolled in the class, and an aspiring sports journalist, I can tell you that this class is an amazing opportunity to get a feel for all aspects of sports production, including filming, editing and broadcasting.

The SEC Network is something that will change the scope of sports in Auburn and the SEC for years to come.

While many students will be excited with the increased appearances of famous people on campus, such as Tim Tebow, they should be even more excited about the bundle of opportunities the SEC Network provides for them.

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Chef Emil Topel stands outside Ceci, the new food truck on campus. Ceci is the first on-campus outlet to offer Halal meat to Auburn students.

New food truck appeals to Muslim and Hindu students Kate Seckinger Intrigue Reporter

Dozens of flags line the inside of the student center to represent students from around the globe, and now for the first time, Tiger Dining is representing them too.

Tiger Dining has introduced a new food truck, Ceci, which excited students across the cultural spectrum when it opened Monday.

The newest campus dining option features Middle Eastern cuisine with a menu that’s “From the Near East to Far East,” but that’s not all that makes it distinctive.

The food truck introduced Halal meat to campus to accommodate Muslim students. It also does not serve beef, which makes it Hindufriendly.

A Halal diet is a religious requirement for Muslims, and is comparable to Jews consuming Kosher foods, said Naved Siddiqui, fifth-year doctoral student in materials engineering.

“In the Halal belief, animals are bled to death during slaughter so the blood does not coagulate

and contaminate the meat,” Siddiqui said. “Like Jews, we also don’t eat pork.”

Ellexia Taylor, senior in interdisciplinary studies and president of the Muslim Students’ Association, brought the need for Halal meat to Tiger Dining’s attention.

“The Muslim students on campus didn’t have access to Halal meat and, until now, only had the option of being vegetarian,” Taylor said. “Auburn’s Muslim population is steadily growing, and Ceci gives them the best options to stay healthy and well nourished.”

Taylor presented the issue to Tiger Dining in the spring, and was impressed with how quickly the solution came about.

“It shows that Auburn University takes pride in ensuring that no group is left out,” Taylor said.

Director of Campus Dining Glenn Loughridge said he made Ceci a priority throughout the summer.

“The Auburn Family is known for being ‘All In,’ so we wanted to be all inclusive,” Loughridge said. “We want to serve all students regardless of

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how much or how little they make up Auburn’s population.”

Bill Sallustro, resident district manager for Chartwells, Auburn’s food contractor, said he wants students to know that if there’s a need for a particular food on campus, Chartwells and Auburn will work together to meet it.

“Ceci will not only appeal to Muslim students, but Hindu, Jewish and vegan students as well,” Sallustro said. “It’s exciting.”

Ceci’s menu features an array of Middle Eastern dishes including lamb, chicken, salads, desserts and other vegan options.

Entrées include hummus, grilled vegetable falafel, curried lentil patties, spice roasted chicken and lamb and mushroom kofta, a dish that Siddiqui grew up with in Saudi Arabia.

“I can’t wait to feel at home,” Siddiqui said.

Siddiqui said he’s very excited to enjoy Ceci’s food.

Loughridge said that the truck will help expose students to new food.

“It will open Auburn students to a different

culture and diet, but it’s not so far off that Alabama folks won’t find something to enjoy there,” Loughridge said. “Ceci is for everyone.”

The food truck will first be located near the engineering buildings, but will move toward central campus as it gains popularity, Taylor said.

Siddiqui and Taylor said they are grateful to Tiger Dining for listening to their request.

“Offering this kind of meat is certainly not common, even in other parts of the U.S.,” Siddiqui said. “Tiger Dining Services was so forthcoming, and serving such a small group on campus isn’t a sustainable thing to do from an economic standpoint. The fact they did it anyway says a lot. I can’t say thank you enough.”

Loughridge said in the Auburn Family, everyone gets a seat at the dinner table.

“We need to be able to feed everybody, Loughridge said. “We were happy to take a step toward accomplishing that.”

Loughridge advised students to check the Auburn App, or the dining services’ Twitter @tigerdining where locations will be posted weekly.

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My museum of wonder Becky Sheehan

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Saturday at noon in Seale, Alabama, greeted me with the heady scent of red Alabama dirt, the singing of cicadas and the dry tickle of September grass. The sun pressed close and beads of moisture clung to my upper lip. Never had I felt so romantically Southern.

A Harper Lee quote danced in my head: “Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.”

The Museum of Wonder is 45 minutes away from Auburn on AL-169 S. I pass it every time I visit family in Dothan.

My boyfriend and I had finally taken a pre-game mini road trip so I could honor my curiosity.

Four shipping containers by the side of the road serve as the world’s first drive-thru art and antique gallery museum — Seale Cultural Center and Butch Anthony’s creative vehicle.

The opened containers display Anthony’s collection of found and repurposed objects, folk art and taxidermy.

Each piece evokes the entwined past of Anthony and his hometown, like a box of jumbled items in their collective attic. Trophies, photographs, portraits and scrawled phrases fit together to create shrine-like structures.

Each item is given meaning.

The profound, sarcastic, comic and heartbreaking all blend into a single expression of a collaborative history.

Walking among buried treasure in a near-sacred space stirred my mind.

Our life experiences, the moments we give meaning, homogenized like a potion we drink daily that determines

how we continue to interpret the world.

My potion is the color of the Carolina foothills where I grew up. It has steely blue and sage in spring. It sloshes in my throat and thrusts forth images, sounds and phantom smells, my own museum of wonder.

There is a mote of dust floating in a sunbeam; a beating from a man other than my father; a cry, “Olly olly oxenfree,” to end flashlight tag; a rush of poetry after midnight and the scramble for my sparkly purple pen; the tiny whistle of air as I fly over the balance beam upside down; applause, accolades, critiques and ear-popping laughter.

There are snatches of quotes from great books and lyrics from all the songs I’ve ever heard. There are movie stills and paintings and faces and buildings — Versailles, Harold and Maude, The Clash and Jane Eyre are all on equal footing.

There are skylines from Buenos Aires to Seoul, from New York to London. There are sunsets and sunrises and cotton fields. There are stories in my grandmother’s genteel Dothan dialect and witticisms penned in my aunt’s handwriting. There is an encouraging glance and a hand on my shoulder. There are bedtime stories and fairy tales and corny dadjokes.

There are 7 billion museums of wonder. Each is unique.

Each is valuable. They evolve daily as we turn over new meaning in our lives — as we put the pieces together and time carries us further from the most painful memories.

Human capacity to translate and record life is essential for survival. We make art. We reach out. We accomplish wonders.

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Tori Rivers, senior in public relations, works at her desk in the Office of Communication and Marketing.

Students work to attend school despite personal costs Gautham Sambandam Intrigue Writer

Not every college student has the same experience at school.

Some students don’t have time to truly enjoy their college experience with night shifts, loans and no days off. Some Auburn students who hold part-time or fulltime jobs for experience or economic support are learning these truths.

Tori Rivers, senior in public relations, learned about these financial realities. An associate trainer at Panera Bread and an intern at the Office of Communication and Marketing, Rivers took on a part-time job just to enroll at Auburn.

“Being from Georgia, my parents told me I would have to transfer schools because tuition was too expensive,” Rivers said. “I took a year off from school, did a little research at the Office of the Registrar and established Alabama residency.

To establish that residency, I had to make $10,000 [per year] with Alabama state taxes taken out.”

Rivers found a position at Panera Bread. After three years of working there, Rivers started an internship at the Office of Communication and Marketing. Rivers recalled many of her friends relishing their freshmen experience while she was working night shifts.

“It was hard seeing all of my friends transitioning into their sophomore years,

finding leadership positions in clubs and organizations while I was in the real world,” Rivers said. “At 19 years old, I had to wake up at 6 a.m. to work 40-hour weeks, and it kind of sucked growing up that fast.”

But Rivers said she doesn’t regret her sudden maturation; in fact, she said she believes it molded her for the better.

“Panera has been really good to me,” Rivers said. “I’ve met a lot of networking opportunities and it honed my communication skills. They understand student workers, but I have to work there and do a good job.”

Rivers’ position allows her to work and train people in all areas, a responsibility she holds with pride.

Alexis McMillan, junior in fitness conditioning and performance, is another out-of-state student who works to pay for school.

Working at AV Tech and Anders Bookstore, McMillan said she also feels the financial stress of college.

“It’s a lot to manage everything, tuition, rent and social life,” McMillan said. “When I first got here, I immediately started working two jobs and immediately got overwhelmed. I get burned out some days and don’t want to do anything, but I know I still have to.”

McMillan said she often feels like she’s working herself to death.

“My pastor told me if I keep working myself like this, I wouldn’t be young for long,” McMillan said. “But my options aren’t that open. It’s kind of like work or go home.”

Both of McMillan’s parents graduated from Auburn and are real estate agents who instilled her with the importance of independence.

“I feel like at 18, you have to start managing your own affairs and become independent,” McMillan said. “My parents’ work ethic made me realize I had to go get it. I’ve learned more from outside the classroom and I have my work experience to thank for that. But as far as my classes go, Auburn has been great as far as preparing me for my career.”

McMillan said she is taking a class that teaches her how to interact with clients.

Matthew Webb, senior in information and systems management, works at the Office of Management as an office aide.

Webb also said he believes his experience in Auburn has prepared him for the work force and the real world.

“I just started working there because I needed the money to shoulder expenses,” Webb said. “Most companies hire by two things: performance and experience. Even a history with retail jobs tells companies ‘I can work with other people,’ but internships offer those first glimpses of your potential career.”

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Moe’s Southwest Grill and Chipotle are two dining options in Auburn. Although they offer similar cuisines, each restaurant has its own elements that make it different.

Anne Penrose, licensed dietician and graduate assistant, said she has never been to Moe’s Southwest Grill and has eaten at Chipotle only a few times.

After dining at Chipotle, Penrose formed an opinion of her own.

“It’s fast and convenient and it tastes good, to be honest,” Penrose said. “It’s a fast food version of a sit-down meal.”

Although she said she enjoys Chipotle, Penrose said healthy options are available at both restaurants.

“They offer kind of the same things, but it’s all about moderation,” Penrose said. “In terms of the plate you could build, they are similar.”

After researching the two restaurants, Penrose said she learned Chipotle tries to get ingredients locally when possible, and Moe’s tries to get hormone-free meat.

However, she said even though the restaurants share similar dining options, they have their differences.

“I think their overall atmospheres are different,” Penrose said. “They are different from when you walk in one to another.”

Penrose said no matter where students choose to dine, “it’s about knowing the smart choices to make.”

Courtney Cox, junior in nursing, said she prefers Moe’s rather than Chipotle.

“I like their chicken and queso better,” Cox said.

According to Cox, her favorite thing on the Moe’s menu is their quesadillas.

However, she attributes the success of Chipotle in Auburn to its advertisement of fresh and local ingredients.

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Cox said she appreciates Moe’s for reasons other than their quesadillas.

“It’s really good Tex-Mex, and it’s fast,” Cox said.

Andrea Tuttolomondo, sophomore in communication disorders, said she likes Chipotle and Moe’s.

“I don’t think one is better than the other,” Tuttolomondo said.

According to Tuttolomondo, she has eaten at both restaurants, and they share one thing in common.

“They’re both kind of overwhelming,” Tuttolomondo said.

Tuttolomondo said she thinks more people prefer Chipotle.

“I think Chipotle has fresher ingredients,” Tuttolomondo said. “I guess it’s just personal preference.”

Tuttolomondo also considers one thing to be a downfall of Chipotle.

“The cilantro,” Tuttolomondo said.

“That’s why a lot of people don’t like Chipotle.”

Unlike Tuttolomondo, Trent Boyd, senior in information systems management, said he loves Chipotle.

“It is always fresh and consistently good food,” Boyd said.

Boyd said his favorite meal from Chipotle is a burrito with brown rice, black beans, chicken, salsa, corn, cheese and sour cream.

“It’s enough food to always fill me up,” Boyd said.

Boyd said he attributes the success of Chipotle to its organic, homegrown, fresh food.

“People prefer Chipotle and are willing to stand behind Chipotle because Chipotle stands for strong things,” Boyd said.

However, Boyd said he realizes that strong stance may be the reason for people disliking Chipotle.

“You don’t have people who are on the fence about Chipotle,” Boyd said. “You have people who love Chipotle or hate it.”

While the two dining options in Auburn offer similar cuisines in different ways, customers can enjoy healthy choices at each.

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After last year’s miracles in Jordan-Hare, it seems impossible the Auburn Tigers could play a better season.

But it’s time for a new year, new members of the Auburn Family and a new team to make memories with.

It’s time for football season, and though they go head to head on the field, it’s a tradition many Southeastern schools share.

Stephen Reynolds, senior in political science, said his favorite Auburn tradition is gathering in Jordan-Hare.

“I couldn’t wait to get back into the stadium where we experienced those miracle catches,” Reynolds said. “The unpredictability of Auburn football is what makes it so great.”

Game day in Auburn is special because Auburn fans have a sense of community when they gather to cheer their team on, Reynolds said.

“Thousands of people getting together for the same cause and supporting the same people is an amazing experience,” Reynolds said. “You couldn’t start the semester off on a bet-

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ter note.”

Reynolds, a senior, cheered at his last first football game Saturday. Even so, he said it isn’t something to grieve.

“I don’t feel like I have much left on the table during my final year here,” Reynolds said.

“No matter what happens, I’ve already ended on a good note because of the great memories I’ve made in Jordan-Hare.”

While fans enjoy tailgating, rolling Toomer’s and other Auburn traditions, some feel the fellowship of Auburn fans is what sets the Tigers’ game day apart from the rest.

“I love to see the city of Au-

burn busy with alumni, fans and other members of the Auburn Family excited about the game,” said Chance Nowell, junior in apparel merchandising, design and production management.

Jordan Jemison, junior in apparel merchandising, design and production management, said the best part of game day wasn’t the Auburn spirit itself, but what it does for the Tigers.

“It’s seeing the underdog story played out time and time again, and realizing that anything is possible,” Jemison said. “There’s nothing like proving the predictions wrong,

and showing what we’re really made of. We did it once, and we can do it again.”

Students were more than eager to return to Jordan-Hare on Saturday, but it was the determination of the alumni who watched from afar that made the Tigers roar.

Alumna Hannah Jimmerson, who graduated in May with a degree in physics, said while she couldn’t attend the game in person, she was there in spirit.

“It hurts to not be at the game in person, but I was so excited to see my boys play,” Jimmerson said. “It was great to return home to cheer my team on with my family. I wasn’t with thousands of members of the Auburn Family, but I was with them just the same.”

Jimmerson said she hopes to attend at least one home game this season, and witness the traditions in person.

“I can’t wait to watch the eagle fly as we shout our battle cry,” Jimmerson said. “I fell in love with Auburn because I knew it was where I was meant to start my career, and where I was meant to be. On game day and on any day, it’s home.”

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Spandex, bell-bottoms, Afros and big glasses are all trends that have come and gone and come again over the past century. One fashion trend back in the U.S., and more specifically on campus, is Birkenstocks.

Birkenstock is a German company that manufactures shoes for men and women. Birkenstocks are receiving high praise from various patrons of the comfortable, yet stylish sandals.

Lilly Woodruff, senior in apparel design, is intrigued by the brand and their appeal to such a wide demographic.

“People in Europe haven’t stopped wearing them because they are the most comfortable shoe,” Woodruff said. “Fashion over there is a lot earlier than the U.S., especially a place like Auburn.”

Woodruff said the trend hasn’t gone away overseas and people in the U.S. have started catching the trend again.

“Someone may be wearing them for practical purposes and then someone else sees them as something they can throw on with anything, and before you know it, everybody’s wearing them again,” Woodruff said.

Della Smith, junior at Lipscomb University, lives in Nashville, Tennessee. She has noticed the return of the Birkenstocks.

“At first, I thought other people were trying to bring them back,” Smith said. “Then, I real-

ized more and more people wearing them around campus and just out. They really are in style now.

I might get myself a pair.”

Birkenstocks certainly have made their way back into the wardrobes of students all over campus.

The practicality and style are what lure the students in according to Woodruff.

“I think the comfort in big, trendy places like Italy and New York, where people walk everywhere, a shoe like a Birkenstock makes sense,” Woodruff said. “Then, you see them as cute and take an interest in the style.”

She also praised the company for diversifying their look over the years.

“Birkenstock as a brand has done a great job of expanding their appeal,” Woodruff said. “Last year, they came out with a gladiator style. I have been shocked at the number of compliments I receive every single time I wear mine.”

Margaret Manifold, junior in public relations, is skeptical about fads, but she thinks Birkenstocks are a trend that should stick around for a while.

“I think trends are always being recycled, and you can either go right or wrong,” Manifold said.

“I know I want to order a pair, and I like that they have different styles.”

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