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The Auburn Plainsman A Spirit That Is Not Afraid Thursday, September 18, 2014 Vol. 121, Issue 15, 14 Pages Online

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Nerdfighters club officially recognized

SGA looks to GPA Student block seating no longer awarded by Ignited points Ben Ruffin

Campus Reporter

The Student Government Association joined with the Office of Sponsored Programs to bring another major change to Auburn campus operations.

SGA has changed the way organizations compete for block seating during football season.

The system, which prior to the change, was based on the amount of Ignited points an organization earned will now concentrate on the organization’s overall average GPAs. “Grades from previous semesters are not considered, so each organization begins the year with a blank slate,” said Colson Smith, executive vice president of programs.

The organizational average GPA earned in the fall 2014 semester and the

spring 2015 semester is the only factor for next year’s football season seating.

The organizations that earn the highest average GPA will be rewarded with seats in the block seating section; a game day tradition that Smith said is disappearing across the SEC. “The reason we made these changes is because at other SEC schools the block seating is a thing of the past,” Smith said.

“It’s kind of died out and that’s been in large part because they didn’t have a good reason to allocate it, and it was one of the problems. So we’re taking proactive steps that we think need to be made for us to have the block in the future.”

According to members of SGA, the mission of the SGA Organizational Seating Program is to fairly and efficiently

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Cottage Food Law helps locals

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Students share thoughts on amount of handicap-accessible transits on campus Nicole Fulkerson Campus Writer

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Auburn University strives to provide equal opportunities for all of its students, including those students bound to wheelchairs. However, only one of the Auburn University Department of Public Safety’s security shuttles is wheelchair accessible.

The department added a wheelchair-accessible van to its fleet in the spring of 2011, and as of now, they do not plan to add more.

When not in use, the van stays parked at the department’s office building on Magnolia Avenue.

The van can hold two wheelchairs, up to six other passengers and operates like the other security shuttles.

Students call the same number as the other vans, but must let the operator know the wheelchair-accessible van is needed.

Handicapped students feel more than one wheelchairaccessible shuttle should be available on Auburn’s campus.

“A possible solution would be for them to add more buses that are wheelchair friendly,” said Auburn wheelchair basketball team member Taylor Wright.

According to Philip Crain, graduate student and member of the wheelchair basketball team, the wheelchair-accessible van is not well known on campus, even to those in

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Doorknobs, light fixtures and metal mail slots were stolen from the historic train depot.

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The handicap-accessible security shuttle does not run unless someone specifically requests it.

wheelchairs.

“There’s enough of us on campus in chairs that could use it,” Crain said. “We need to make it more well known and maybe they would consider adding more.”

Lt. Keith Walton of the Auburn Public Safety Department said it doesn’t feel the need to add more vans because of low use.

“We’ve had this vehicle for three years and we probably don’t have but about 1,200 or 1,300 miles on it,“ Walton said.

However, Crain said he disagrees with the department’s decision and said he feels an accessible van should always be available.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s going to be used or not because there’s always the potential for

it to be,” Crain said. “Ideally, I would like them all to be accessible.”

Jared Rhem, Office of Accessibility employee, said the University should try to make everything accessible from the beginning.

The public safety department occasionally allows organizations on campus to rent the van.

“We’ve had a couple of departments that had students that needed wheelchair access and we have let the department use that van,” Walton said.

Because the wheelchairaccessible van is sometimes rented out, there is concern a student in a wheelchair could be put in a situation where a

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Jim Little

Community Reporter

The building that once brought thousands of people into Auburn now has a fence around it keeping people out.

Auburn’s Industrial Development Board (IDB) installed the fence around Auburn’s historic train depot after they noticed light fixtures, doorknobs and metal mail slots were missing, according to Megan McGowen, deputy economic development director with the city of Auburn.

“Someone knew what they were taking was valuable, and it’s really unfortunate,” McGowen said.

The large, pink, Victorianstyle train depot has sat on Mitcham Avenue since 1904 and is the third train depot on that plot of land.

The previous two buildings burned down.

Also a historic placard marks the spot where Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy,

reviewed Auburn University cadets before they went to fight in the Civil War. No police report has been filed, according to Capt. Lorenza Dorsey of the Auburn Police Division.

The stolen items were only from the exterior of the building, and the IDB is working on gathering a complete list of everything stolen before filing a police report, according to McGowen.

The building has not been used since 2003.

“Over the years, people have found ways inside, and they’ve left beer cans and trash behind, but nothing stolen,” McGowen said.

IDB, which is a public corporation, bought the building last year, according to David Dorton, director of public affairs with the city of Auburn.

“We’re actively seeking a tenant who will agree to restore

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DUI reports The following were arrested and charged with driving under the influence by the Auburn Police Division on September 1215: September 13 - Pamela York Wiseman, 54, at East University Drive

crime reports The following crimes were reported by the Auburn Police Division on September 12-15: September 12 - Forgery of checks was reported at the 1700 block of Opelika Road at 12:19 p.m.

- Harassing communications was reported at the 1000 block of North College Street at 2:40 p.m.

- Second-degree property theft ($500-$2,500) was reported at the 700 block of Anna Brook Drive at 4:50 p.m.

- First-degree property theft (greater than $2,500) was reported at the 1000 block of Donahue Drive at 9:05 p.m.

September 13 - Reckless endangerment was reported at the 1700 block of South College Street at 12:45 p.m.

- Discharging a firearm within city limits was reported at the 1300 block of Shug Jordan Parkway at 8:44 p.m.

- Unlawful breaking and entering of a vehicle was reported at the 2000 block of East University Drive at 12:05 a.m.

- First-degree criminal trespass was reported at the 900 block of Stage Road at 2 p.m.

September 14 - Verbal harassment was reported at the 400 block of North Dean Road at 7:32 p.m.

- Third-degree lost property theft was reported at the 100 block of South Donahue Drive at 9:47 p.m.

- Third-degree burglary was reported at the 3000 block of Highway 14 at 1:50 a.m.

September 15 - Theft from a residence was reported at the 400 block of Webster Road at 7:07 a.m.

- Criminal mischief with damage to business property was reported at the 200 block of West Thach Concourse at 7:50 a.m.

- Third-degree criminal mischief was reported at the 700 block of West Magnolia Avenue at 11:18 a.m.

- Child abuse, non-family, and endangering the welfare of a child were reported at 600 block of North Ross Street at 1:18 p.m.

- Identity theft was reported at the 100 block of East Thach Avenue at 2:12 p.m.

- First-degree property theft and practicing law without a license were reported at the 900 block of Lee Road 9 at 4 p.m.

- Vehicle parts theft was reported at the 200 block of Heisman Drive at 5:40 p.m.

- Shoplifting was reported at the 1700 block of South College Street at 6:45 p.m.

–Reports provided by the Auburn Department of Public Safety

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the building,” McGowen said.

“We think we’re close, but we can’t release any information on that yet.”

IDB’s goal is to have a tenant who will restore the historic train depot and preserve its historical status, according to McGowen.

“It’s a protected historic building, so no one is trying

to tear it down,” McGowen said. “Nor could they.”

Ron Russell, previous owner of the depot, wanted to sell the building to Auburn for $1.2 million dollars, according to an earlier report in The Plainsman. IDB eventually agreed to buy the historic train depot for $950,000.

“We wanted to get the building under public control so it would be preserved,” McGowen said.

Student Think Tank brings local issues to forefront Brian Stultz Campus Writer

Students are coming together to voice their concerns about public issues in the Auburn-Opelika community and are taking action to bring positive change.

According to their website, the Tigers’ Den, “seeks to promote and develop a more thoughtful and engaged student body, one that is mindful of current events and prepared to offer solutions to the issues of our time.”

David Earnhardt, president of Tigers’ Den, said the focus of the organization is to bring positive change to communities.

“It is a student think tank,” Earnhardt said. “The idea behind it is to look into problems in the area and figuring out way to make an impact for the better.”

The organization holds Student Think Tank, an event where students are encouraged to get involved in debates on public issues at the University, local and national levels.

“Whether students are looking to beef up their résumé or looking to make a real difference in the community, I encourage them to join,” Earnhardt said.

The lack of parking has some citizens frustrated and is an issue discussed.

“The lack of parking downtown, especially on game weekends, is miserable,” said Ashley Adams, Auburn citizen who works downtown.

Members of the Tigers’ Den are actively involved in research to see how they can help change the issues.

Campus activities and outreach opportunities are also available.

“It is a unique opportunity to volunteer and get involved,” Earnhardt said.

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Michelle Roberts, senior in anthropology, speaks about local issues at the Student Think Tank.

The organization has taken to social media to get the word out about their efforts, starting the #WhatMattersToAU hashtag.

Using the hashtag, students and citizens of the area can tweet out their concerns and reach the Tigers’ Den straight from their phone.

“We launched the What Matters to AU campaign to try and find the issues that matter in the community,” Earnhardt said.

“It is unique because we get some specific ideas from our members.”

Citizens of Auburn, such as Adams, have taken notice of the organization’s efforts.

“It is great to see students care about not only what happens at the University, but in the community as well,” Adams said.

The next Student Think Tank is temporarily scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 25.

The organization is free to join and has no annual fee.

“We are just trying to find the issues that matter to our fellow citizens,” Earnhardt said. “It is a great opportunity for students to get involved.”

The organization can be followed on Twitter @AUTigersDen and all students are welcome to attend the think tanks.

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van would not be available.

“There needs to be more than one,” Crain said. “My problem is, what do you do if that bus, for whatever reason, isn’t operational or available?”

No wheelchair-bound student has been put in this situation, but Wright said he feels the system could be more dependable.

“If there is only one, it would make sense that the bus system is unreliable for a wheelchair user,” Wright said.

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allocate reserved seating as a reward to organizations whose members demonstrate academic excellence.

Logan Powell, SGA president, said he believes this system is better for the Auburn Family because it promotes academic success in a place where it is the main focus of going to school.

“The big question we faced was: how do you take away that burden of going to events and just reward students for being students?” Powell said. “Obviously, GPA is the universal factor for all students. Every student at Auburn earns grades and so that’s how we leveled the playing field for everybody.”

Powell said the system used last year that included Ignited points had many shortcomings, which ultimately led to the decision to change the credentials for block seating.

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Philip Crain uses his wheelchair to go everywhere on campus and downtown.

From top to bottom, we thought it was a better program for students because it’s asking them to do what they are here to do.”

—Logan Powell

SGA President

Some of the issues with the Ignited points system were the burden it put on participants, the fandom it created and enforcement problems because people would leave early.

“There would be 500 people walking out during the national anthem and it was very bad as far as how it made students look and how it made the athletes perceive the student body and their interests in sports,” Smith said.

According to Powell and Smith, the Ignited points system was greatly affected by organizations’ size.

More people from an organization who attend an Ignit-

ed event meant more points for that organization.

Powell said smaller organizations competing for block seating were at a disadvantage from the beginning of the semester.

Now, with the GPA system in place, Powell said the size of the University organization has no bearing on an organization’s ability to receive block seating in the stadium.

Thomas Bucker, sophomore in business, said he agrees with the new system since it offers an extra incentive.

“I never really liked having to go to sporting events I didn’t care about,” Buckner said.

“Now, with the GPA system, it will keep everyone focused on their schoolwork.”

The Ignited points reward system still exists through Auburn Athletics to give individual rewards for attending events where Ignited points are rewarded, but will no longer determine organizational block seating in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Powell said the rules for block seating will be the same as they have in the previous years.

This includes the rule an organizations section must be filled an hour prior to kickoff, or else the section will be opened to students trying to find seats.

“From top to bottom, we thought it was a better program for students because it’s asking them to do, what they are here to do and that’s make exceptional grades and go on to have great careers because of the educational experience they had here at Auburn,” Powell said.

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Mary Hannah Arrington, 4; Alyssa Ivey, 18; Alexa Filley, 21; Courtney Crable, 7; Breanna Barksdale, 11 and Emily Klitzke, 5 get pumped for a volleyball game.

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Aubie’s Poem-of-the-Day introduced to Auburn’s campus Patricia Green Campus Writer

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Keetje Kuipers, English professor, reads from a poem at a picnic.

Auburn University is initiating the public arts project Aubie’s Poem-of-the-Day (APOD) on campus.

The program will place Quick Response (QR) codes accross campus, which will allow students who scan these codes to access to poetry provided by APOD. QR codes are located in areas of campus that tend to have more student traffic, such as Tiger Transits, around elevators and Ralph Brown Draughon Library. These areas are where students will be waiting in lines for meals. APOD is a collaboration of writers, publishers and a college campus utilizing social media and technology. The contemporary poetry found on APOD will be accessible to students by downloading a free QR code-reading app on iTunes or Google Play.

“Aubie’s Poem-of-the-Day is the latest example of the ways in which reading and writing can extend into the community,” said Chantel Acevedo, associate professor of English and alumni writer-in-residence.

According to Acevedo, the project is intended to spread a love of reading.

“The joy of reading and writing poems can be a lifelong thing and not just a thing one does for class,” Acevedo said.

The purpose of this new public art project is to inspire public conversation about the topic, so poems members of the Auburn community can relate to will be used.

APOD said they hope discussion of top-

ics, such as history, identity, nature and culture will demonstrate the commitment of the University to engage with a complex global community.

“I really hope this project appeals to a broad audience, not just English majors or liberal arts students, but students, faculty and staff in all disciplines,” said Jaena Alabi, librarian at RBD Library.

Alabi said she hopes Auburn students will identify with at least one of APOD’s chosen poems.

“The poems we’ve selected for the project’s inaugural year cover a broad range of topics, which I hope allows everyone in the Auburn Family to find at least one poem they can connect to,” Alabi said.

In addition to the daily poetry, APOD will bring one of the program’s featured poets to Auburn as a guest lecturer for a reading and to speak with students in recognition of National Poetry Month in April.

APOD originated from the success Auburn had with the Poem-In-Your-Pocket Day the English department sponsored in the spring of 2013.

On that day, people from across the country are encouraged to carry their favorite poems in their pocket and pass them along to friends and strangers in the hopes of sharing poetry through their community.

After both faculty and students enthusiastically participated in this day around Auburn’s campus, English professor Keetje Kuipers said she began to think of a way to share poetry with the University every day

of the year.

In collaboration with Alabi, Aubie’s Poem-of-the-Day began.

With the partnership of small media, APOD is given the ability to easily secure the permission focusing hundreds of contemporary poems that will appeal to Auburn’s campus and community.

One of the partners, Copper Canyon Press, helped to select the first poems.

The English department, Ralph Brown Draughon Library and the College of Liberal Arts are giving credit to a seed grant from Auburn University’s Office of the Vice President for research.

“I hope the project shows students that poetry can be relevant to their lives, as well as accessible.” Alabi said.

Alabi said she is grateful to Copper Canyon Press.

“I hope the poems we’ve chosen will showcase hundreds of contemporary poems thanks to our partners at Copper Canyon Press,” Alabi said, Aubie’s Poem-of the-Day is the first project of its kind to be used on a university campus. According to the organizers of the project, they are hopeful daily poetry, such as this, will spread onto other college campuses.

“I think the whole thing is a really cool idea,” said Will Matthews, senior in political science and creative writing. “Integrating an app like this onto a college campus will get poetry out there faster and make it easier for students to get exposed.”

History

Civil War symposium opens to public in Langdon Hall Patricia Green Campus Writer

On Saturday, Sept. 13, Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts held The Yellowhammer War, a Civil War symposium to commemorate the 115 anniversary of the Civil War. Langdon Hall opened their doors to the public at 8:30 a.m.to begin the symposium’s morning events with coffee and lectures.

Kenneth Noe, Draughon professor of Southern history in the College of Liberal Arts and editor of “The Yellowhammer War: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama,” moderated the symposium.

The book, which examines political and military history of the civil war, was offered to audi-

ence members at the end of the event.

According to lecturers at the symposium, contributing authors made this book stand out among other Civil War history books because it covers topics such as race, women and the Reconstruction era. The book focuses on topics that will be relevant to people from the entire south.

“Reconstruction is an era where people of the South had to make a transition from wartime to peacetime,” said Jason Battles, speaker from the University of Alabama. “It was a really hard time for Southerners.”

The event, which was led by several presenters from around the South, focused on teaching Alabama’s role and experiences during and after the Civil War.

Speakers traveled from Kennesaw State University, Birmingham Southern College and the University of Mobile. A majority of the speakers from the symposium were also contributors to the book.

“You may be wondering, why should we care?” said Harriet Amos Doss, speaker from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “This time in history affected us all differently.”

The crowd interacted with speakers who contributed different parts of their own research for the symposium.

The Special Collections and Archives Department of Auburn University Libraries also opened the “Hampton Roads Peace Conference Exhibit,” a special exhibit for symposium attendees. The

exhibit displayed a collection of American Civil War documents from the Hampton Roads Peace Conference, which took place in February 1865.

To conclude the event and lecture series, graduate teaching assistants and professors led a walking tour of Civil War sites around Auburn to display how Auburn was influenced.

Several different Civil War topics were covered at the event, and according to the amount of books that were sold at the symposium, speakers made their topics relevan people who lived in not only Auburn, but also all of Alabama.

“People of the South during the Civil War were doing more than fighting,” said Bertis English, professor at Alabama State University. “They were praying for respect and freedom.”

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Auburn Nerdfighters kick their way into becoming officially recognized Megan Barkdull Campus Writer

Auburn Nerdfighters, a new, officially recognized club, said they hope to reach out to students through discussions on popular books, TV series and movies.

Vice president Margaret Caulfield, junior in computer science, said Nerdfighters is a national club.

According to Caulfield, a famous pair of siblings inspired the club.

“John and Hank Green were two brothers who decided back in 2007 to not textually communicate with each other,” Caulfield said.

John Green authored “The Fault in Our Stars,” a recently released film and New York Times best seller.

In the years after, their videos created a following and clubs sprouted among the viewers.

Elizabeth Hall, senior in interdisciplinary studies and president of Nerdfighters, is a fan of John Green’s work.

Hall said she enjoys discussing John Green’s books because they relate to real-life circumstances.

“To me, I think it kind of gives you the impression that tragedy happens, depression happens, mental illness happens, but you have to go on,” Hall said. “You can go on.

Life, as painful as it is, goes on.”

Mitchell Kilpatrick, graduate student in communication, and Hall came up with the idea of starting a chapter of Nerdfighters at Auburn last year.

The benefit to becoming an official club, they both agreed, was being able to get their information out to more students through the use of O-days and AUInvolve.

Hall said she hoped the club would be able to do charity work, such as working with the Humane Society or This Star Won’t Go Out (TSWGO).

According to its website, TSWGO, which was founded

by John Green, is a nationally recognized charity organization that works to provide funding to families caring for terminally ill children.

According to Hall, creating lasting friendships for people who do not feel like they fit in elsewhere on campus is one of the main reasons the club was

formed.

“I want it to be a good, stable club with members who really believe in reaching out to people who don’t really have a place to go that’s in their comfort zone,” Hall said.

Kilpatrick encouraged students who are interested in Nerdfighters to come to one of the meetings.

According to Kilpatrick, chances are, at least one person there has similar passions.

“That’s really the best thing, having someone that you can share your interests with,” Kilpatrick said.

A variety of topics are discussed during Nerdfighters meetings, from movies to books to TV shows.

“We still have some official club business, but after that, it’s really just a lot of talking about the shows that we’ve watched this week and the movies that have just come out,” Kilpatrick said.

According to Kilpatrick, the Nerdfighters club provides members with a good time.

“It can get pretty random sometimes, but it’s always very entertaining,” Kilpatrick said.

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Nerdfighters Elizabeth Hall, Mitchell Kilpatrick, Brewer Kight, Sydney Willig and Amber Black discuss their club.

SGA

SGA appoints AVP of Facilities and launches Auburn Answers Ben Ruffin

Campus Reporter

The Student Government Association’s Monday, Sep. 15 meeting introduced Jack Wagster, sophomoreZ in business, as the new AVP of facilities.

Wagster was was previously a director of facilities. Wagster is filling the shoes of Taryn Wilson.

Wagster said Wilson laid the foundation for his plans for this year.

“Taryn Wilson was the last AVP of facilities and she really set a great framework for what I’m going to be doing this year,” Wagster said.

The major project Wagster and Jackson Pruett, executive vice president of initiatives, have been working on is a student memorial Wagster said will be constructed to honor students who passed away during their time at Auburn. The memorial will be located

across from the president’s mansion.

Corey Edwards, director of student involvement, spoke about the calendar for the 2015 school year.

Edwards questioned whether freshmen benefitted from moving in on the Wednesday prior to school starting.

Olabode Anise, vice president of SGA, said he found those extra days prior to the beginning of classes to be valuable in his acclimation to his new

home.

“I personally valued those extra days,” Anise said. “It gives you time to get here and settled in and see what you need for your room without the stress of classes bearing down on you and that can be very beneficial.”

SGA launched a new way to collect student feedback and comments.The program is called Auburn Answers.

According to Tray Fields, director

of student feedback, the new system has been utilized by a number of students.

Many students find it to be a great way to voice their concerns “We’ve already gotten a lot of positive feedback from some students,” Fields said. “We do things like ‘100 things you should do before you leave Auburn,’ and it’s just been very positive and fun at the same time.”

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Cosplayers embrace inner characters and combat harassment Savannah Downey Campus Writer

Only at a Cosplayers’ Association meeting can Ghostbusters and ninjas create and chat about costumes alongside Disney princesses and Pokémon.

“Cosplay is the hobby of creating and assembling costumes based on various characters and pop culture, such as anime, manga, novels and TV shows,” said David Railey, secretary and sophomore in software engineering at Southern Union Community College.

Cosplaying has dual purposes, serving both as means of entertainment and self-expression.

Choosing which character to cosplay is deeply personal, with childhood nostalgia or pop culture preferences affecting the decision.

For some, cosplaying can increase self-esteem.

“The character choice can be a confidence booster,” said Harley Heaps, treasurer and senior in chemistry, who also cosplays as an original character. “I feel much more powerful than I am because she’s a powerful, independent leader. I can embody that with cosplay and leave my normal shell behind.”

Since the organization’s founding in 2012, the reception of cosplayers in Auburn has become more positive.

“No matter where you go as a cosplayer more people are interested and curious than downright hateful,” Railey said. “And for those who are, who cares?”

This past summer the cosplaying community made headlines when the issue of sexual harassment arose at San Diego Comic-Con and other conventions.

The fantasy element of costumes mixed with overzealous

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They like you to be in character, and a lot of people took advantage of that. I was lifted, grabbed, touched without permission and asked to pose inappropriately for photos.”

—Miranda Smith

Vice President of the Cosplayers Association

fans can result in inappropriate behavior.

“Cosplay does not mean that you can grope us or take upskirt shots.” said president Samantha Kelly, senior in psychology. “We do this because this is a character we like and we took the time to make the costume.

It’s gotten to the point where we need to speak up about it.”

By discussing and bringing the issue to light, cosplayers have found ways to combat harassment by traveling in groups and looking out for other cosplayers.

Miranda Smith, vice president and sophomore in computer science, experienced convention harassment firsthand while cosplaying a confident, physical character.

“They like you to be in character, and a lot of people took advantage of that,” Smith said.

“I was lifted, grabbed, touched without permission and asked to pose inappropriately for photos.”

According to Sydney Jenkins, sophomore in psychology, behavior like this threatens the safe and accepting community cosplaying offers.

“Cosplay does not equal

consent,” Jenkins said.

In addition to harassment, issues involving race, body image and gender also affect the community.

“They don’t mean to do it, but people aren’t as enthusiastic about my cosplays because my race doesn’t match the character,” said convention coordinator Jessica Moore, junior in software engineering.

The discrimination is rooted in the belief the cosplayers should completely imitate their chosen characters. The same issue arises with gender and body type.

“I’ve not been shamed, but due to everything I’ve seen, I feel like I shouldn’t cosplay certain characters that I don’t look like because I don’t want to deal with the harassment that comes from cosplaying a character that I don’t look like,” said Kelly.

The hobby of crossplay, cosplaying as a member of the opposite gender, is also scrutinized.

“People are derogatory about males cosplaying female characters,” Smith said. “ They tend to make automatic assumptions about them and who they are.”

Despite the discrimination that arises, the Auburn cosplayers said they face adversity with optimism and unity.

“The whole point of this club is to foster not only a community feeling, but a family feeling for people who participate in the hobby of cosplay,” Railey said.

According to Heaps, the Cosplayers’ Association has created a strong family within Auburn.

“Being in the Cosplayers’ Association has opened my mind a lot,” Heaps said. “I’m definitely different from who I used to be, for the better.”

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Courtney Lopatine, sophomore in business, poses in her costume.

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David Railey wears his psychokinetic energy meter, a part of his Ghostbusters costume.

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Student bands battle it out on the Plains Kristie Martins Campus Writer

At 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept.

12, students gathered to watch their peers showcase their talent against other student performers in the annual Battle of the Bands on Cater Lawn.

Auburn’s University Program Council (UPC) amped up the atmosphere with seven bands battling for four grand prizes presented by UPC and other contributors.

Lauren Miele, senior in biomedical sciences and director of special project for UPC, spoke about the tradition behind Auburn’s Battle of the Bands event.

“It’s a great way to showcase local talent and let students show lots of passion,” Miele said. “And it is a fun tradition that people get to enjoy.”

Three judges decided the outcome of the contest that evening.

Each judge represented an organization or business that contributed to the awards.

Tim Spicer represented Spicer’s Music, which donated several freebies and gift certificates of varying amounts to all contestants based on their placement at the end of the event.

Tom O’Shea, owner of the Auburn Guitar Shoppe, presented the winning band with a recording session in the Shoppe’s professional recording studio.

O’Shea spoke of the connection he enjoys between the University and the Shoppe since he

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I look for people having fun and a band that’s well rehearsed and ready to go.”

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Owner of the Guitar Shoppe

also teaches English at the University.

O’Shea said he has enjoyed seeing Auburn and music coincide for the past two years from his judging platform at Battle of the Bands..

“I look for people having fun and a band that’s well rehearsed and ready to go,” O’Shea said.

Gerritt Keaton, head drum major of the Auburn University Marching Band, also served as a judge. Keaton helped decide which bands would win the UPC-funded cash prizes, ranging from $200-$400.

After all bands performed, viewers voted on which band they liked most, doling out the fan-favorite $100 prize to the group with the most votes.

The seven bands each played a mixture of originals and cover songs, presenting the audience with familiar and new music.

The bands were Americo, Cameron DuBois, Nate & Function, Loblolly, Back Porch, The Sidekicks and Point of Sizzle.

DuBois, sophomore in civil engineering, was the only solo

composer.

DuBois said her love for music began in middle school when she learned to play guitar.

However, her first on-stage experience took place in college.

“My cousin is with UPC and mentioned how I should register for the event,” DuBois said.

“I thought it’d be a great opportunity to get my music out there and get some stage experience.”

DuBois said music provided her with a middle ground for her creative personality and her engineering career path.

“Going through civil engineering, the program is hard,” DuBois said. “But I try to balance it with time to be creative and create music. The beginning of this summer has been the first time I wrote an original song.”

DuBois won third place in the competition, following Point of Sizzle in second and Nate & Function in first.

Point of Sizzle also won the fan favorite award.

“It’s always interesting what the area has to offer as far as independent artists,” said David Harris, freshman in software engineering.

According to Harris, Battle of the Bands brings the Auburn community together and introduces new artists.

“It’s a nice way to connect with Auburn and the community, and I’ll probably go home and check out some of their work now,” Harris said.

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Cameron DuBois performs at Battle of the Bands.

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Michael Pace of Americo gets into the music during his performance at Battle of the Bands.

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Topic: CHANGES TO GAME DAY IN JORDAN-HARE

Starting to carry society’s burden

Viewpoint: THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE A GREAT START Jordan-Hare has always been a special place.

During football season, it’s the heart of the raw energy that is the Auburn spirit. Even after the season ends, students look to the stadium as an integral part of Auburn’s campus and history.

Much like the football team, the stadium has seen its share of ups and downs. However, it has remained a beacon for the Auburn Family since 1939.

For the past few years, the amenities at Jordan-Hare have been sorely lacking. Overpriced food, water and cramped seating have made it seem more like a NFL stadium than a college one.

Perhaps this was due to the collapsing national economy; perhaps the athletic department was hurting for money.

We can’t say. However, we are pleased to see the athletic department making changes for the better.

Now, water is $2, half the price it used to be, and hotdogs are $1 cheaper. More free water stations have also been installed, saving fans even more money. The student section has also been expanded.

These improvements may seem small, but we think they are a step in the right direction.

All too often, sports venues are centers for greed and price gouging.

They function under the mentality of milking fans for every last dollar.

Anyone who’s been to a professional football, basketball or baseball game in the last 10 years can attest to this.

It happens more than you think, and it’s not OK. It is the one in six women who have been victims of rape or attempted rape, according to the Center for Family Justice, or the 60 percent of sexual assaults not reported to the police.

It’s how I can look at one of my own college classrooms and know, if those statistics are correct, the other women in that room and myself are four times more likely to be date raped than any other age group in the country.

It’s how I can sit around with my female friends and recall countless times where we felt harassed, threatened or afraid, and it’s how some of those stories turned into something much worse than being scared.

It’s how I can’t tell you what I wore on my thirteenth birthday, but I can remember with perfect clarity how the construction workers in my neighborhood would wolf-whistle and cat-call every time I walked the family dog that same year.

A group of young men at North Carolina State University invented a nail polish with the ability to test a drink for date rape drugs with the quick dip of a finger.

I don’t intend to belittle their idea, because it’s awesome and I wish them nothing but the best, but do we — not just girls, not just women, but everyone — deserve a society where date rape drug nail polish needs to exist at all? If I buy this nail polish and it saves me from an assault, what about the girl who decided to spend her money on a meal or school supplies instead?

A Columbia student named Emma Sulkowicz has carried a mattress around campus in protest of the school’s refusal to expel her rapist. Now a senior, she was assaulted two years ago in her own dorm room by a classmate.

Two other students have come forward to claim the same man raped them, but by some gross judgment, the case has been dismissed. Sulkowicz said she would carry around the mattress until her rapist is no longer at the school.

On Sept. 11, a group of Columbia students, male and female, gathered to help her carry the mattress from place to place.

In the end, Sulkowicz’s protest is still just a protest. Her rapist is still at her school, and while I can’t speak to how she feels, I can only imagine seeing him expelled won’t do much to clear out the memories.

But if we want to see a change in this world, and if you want to see your daughter, or sister or yourself be able to walk around without a rape whistle or scientific nail polish, maybe helping Emma Sulkowicz lighten her load is a good place to start.

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Because sports, whether professional or college, are a big industry, venues are allowed to get away with this graft. Fans either pay up or watch the game on TV. It’s great to see Auburn beginning to buck this trend.

After all, without the fans, the Tigers would just be a bunch of guys running around on a field.

The recent improvements are the athletic department’s show of loyalty, a recognition of the people who keep them employed.

Hopefully, this is just the beginning.

In the future, we would love to see cheaper student tickets and a better system for selling them.

Anything the athletic department can do to make the game day experience more affordable, and therefore more enjoyable, is something we will support.

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The greatness in writing the worst story ever Kyle Nazario intrigue@theplainsman. com

Out of all my time here at Auburn, one of my favorite experiences was the time I wrote a spectacularly bad story.

It was sophomore year, and I had just moved into Aubie Hall. I met all kinds of cool people, including Matt Diaz, then a junior who worked for The Circle.

If you’ve never heard of The Circle, well, you’re not alone. The Circle is one of Auburn University’s best-kept secrets. A group of English majors, photographers and other creative people spend each semester working on a huge magazine of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and photography.

You might have seen them handing it out on the concourse at the end of each semester. It’s cool, and more people should come to their semester-end gatherings.

Diaz and my roommate Matthew Pollock both worked for The Circle. Pollock told me they were running into the same problem. They needed more stories to fill the space in the magazine.

I immediately turned to another roommate, Abraham Schnake, and challenged him to a contest.

We would each try to write the worst story possible and submit it to The Circle. The winner was the person who got their worst story published.

I was thrilled with the challenge. After spending my life trying to write quality work, it would be fun to cut loose and produce the worst piece of fiction anyone had ever read.

It took only an hour in the library to create my monstrosity. It had everything a good bad story needs: epic battles, evil clones and overwritten drama.

I loved it.

The protagonist was a thinly disguised version of Schnake. Writing bad fiction about my own roommate was too amusing to pass up.

I was proud of my efforts. One of the more exciting passages read something like: “Schnake swung his sword upward and deflected every missile up into the sky. Instead of hitting the rebels, the missiles instead hit the evil empire’s ships in orbit. Brilliant!”

That’s the level that I was writing at.

Imagine a 10-year-old hyped on Mountain Dew after sitting through a nonstop showing of the old “Star Trek” films and you’d have a good idea of my state of mind while writing this

story.

We submitted our stories to The Circle.

We waited eagerly to hear back from the editors, to see if either one of us had somehow passed the editorial gauntlet and gotten into the paper.

Of course the answer was no. They rejected our stories immediately.

The Circle may have been having trouble getting submissions, but it still had standards.

That wasn’t the point of the joke, though.

The real fun was taking an existing Auburn institution, like The Circle, and tweaking it by sending in God-awful stories. The best part was writing the stories and sharing them with our friends.

I got a laugh from talking to Diaz after he read our stories. He wasn’t a fan.

Diaz was even less of a fan when we did the same thing the next year and wrote him into the story.

You can find enjoyment out of unexpected things, like writing silly stories for The Circle.

This week, try doing something new — something out of your comfort zone. I did, and it proved to be one of the better experiences I’ve had at Auburn.

If you’re stuck for ideas, don’t worry about it. The Circle will be accepting submissions in January.

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Homes become businesses under new Cottage Food Law Nickolaus Hines

Community Reporter

Behind the closed doors of a home in an Auburn neighborhood, a new business opportunity is being discovered.

Cindy Thrash opens her double oven in her spotless, white, monogrammed apron and sticks a toothpick in two angel food cakes. A few moist crumbs stick to the wooden toothpick.

She shuts the door and puts five more minutes on the timer.

A baked frosting marshmallow brownie sits on the counter; two whole wheat banana bread loaves are cooling next to it.

The mixer is taking a break after making an old chocolate chip cookie recipe passed down on Thrash’s mother’s side of the family.

The kitchen is in full-production mode by day, and except for the size and the location in the middle of Thrash’s home, the kitchen resembles a commercial baking kitchen, with high-end thermometers, scales and a drawer full of different aprons.

Thrash is operating under Alabama’s new Cottage Food Law, which became active in June.

She’s not the only one.

Since that time, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) has had nine agents across the state training more than 200 people to safely sell food from their homes, according to Jean Weese, food safety, preparation and production extension agent for ACES. The idea for the law began several years ago when two legislators in south Alabama had constituents who wanted to sell non-haz-

ardous food from their home legally, without going through rigorous processing and education. Alabama legislators reviewed states with similar laws and found a balance between safety and business.

The law allows an individual to sell oven baked goods, candy, canned jam, jellies and dried herb mixes they make in their home.

Individuals must sell the product directly to consumers, pass a food safety course offered by ACES and label the food with their name, address and a statement saying the food is not inspected by the local health department.

It is still illegal to sell meat, fish, low acid or acidified foods produced from home, and individuals cannot sell their products over the Internet or to distributors.

“I think the biggest seller in this kind of thing is people making birthday cakes or wedding cakes, which a lot of people did out of their house, but it wasn’t legal,” Weese said. “Now they can sell those types of products legally,” The Cottage Food Law requires sellers to sell directly to customers so people can have the opportunity to ask about the type of homes sellers kept and any allergens the food may contain.

“There is a requirement they take a food safety course, which is two hours, then they get a certification that lasts for five years,” Weese said. “That is to tell them if they are going to be manufacturing and they are going to sell it, you need to make sure the cat’s not on the counter, you’re washing things off, you’re doing it in an environment that is as safe and as healthy as it can be.”

The law also stipulates a person can-

not make more than $20,000 per year from the sales of their goods. The state reasoned it would be difficult for a person to make that amount of money without a commercial kitchen.

Thrash agrees $20,000 is a fair amount.

“You set your goal,” Thrash said. “Do I want or need to make $100 this week, or do I want or need to make $1,000 this week?”

When shopping for ingredients, Thrash will typically buy 300 eggs from the Auburn Meat Lab and 100 pounds of sugar and flour at one time.

Her monthly income from baking varies, and when she files her sales taxes on the 20th of every month, she uses her Social Security number as a sole proprietorship to pay her state and federal taxes.

Local food production in Alabama is becoming more popular. Thrash’s appreciation for the farm-to-table movement and her desire to share family recipes handed down from the early 1900s piqued her interest.

Her family was eager for her to stop talking about selling her baked goods and to actually do it.

The warm cookies come out of the oven and Thrash is nearly done with her Friday baking.

Her monogrammed apron her daughter helped design is still completely white, without an ounce of dough or chocolate on it.

The immediately recognizable soft, rich smell of sugar and sweets fills the house.

Talking to her mother over the phone from Birmingham, Catherine Gayle can imagine the smell of her mother’s in-home business.

“It smells like home,” Gayle said.

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Cindy Thrash decorates homemade cookies with orange and blue candies.

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Kiesel dog care grooming and kennel barks up the right tree Rachel Davis

Community writer

Pet owners in Lee County have a new place to board their dogs and get them groomed.

Kiesel Bark, pet sitter, groomer and kennel, is located across from Kiesel Park on Lee County Road 51.

They are open from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. during the work week and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturdays for normal business. Sundays, they are open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. for drop off and pick up for boarding.

Angie Assel, student at Tuskegee University, said these hours are a big reason why she uses Kiesel Bark as her dog’s day care.

Donna Cullins is the self-described “jack of all trades” of the business. Originally from Maine, she has been in the South for nearly 40 years.

“It sure beats an office job,” Cullins said about working at Kiesel Bark.

The business has been open for appoximately three and a half months.

Van Dozier and Wendell Smith are the owners. The entire property, used to belong to Circulation Solutions, but now the location is shared by both businesses.

“Van owns the building and has been watching the dog park for 25 years,” Cullins said. “He said it was time to open the place up.”

Kiesel Park, otherwise known as the “dog park,” brings in customers, Tracy Taylor, groom-

er, said.

According to Taylor, the only requirement for dogs is they be vaccinated.

“Everybody needs to be vaccinated,” Taylor said. “That protects everybody-your dog and our dogs.”

In addition to walk-ins, Cullins said they often have repeat customers.

The busiest days are close to the weekend, with the slowest days on Mondays.

“We maybe have two or three dogs on Mondays,” Cullins said.

No matter the amount of dogs to take care of, the dogs are treated well, Cullins said.

“They’re going to be taken good care of,” Cullins said. “They’re not going to be stuck in their kennels all the time. They’re in and out and in and out and in and out all day, and that’s what they like.”

However, the frequent time spent outdoors can be tiring for the humans of Kiesel Bark, especially when large dogs are present.

“We have dogs, like George, that like to jump over the kennels,” Cullins said. “He discovered he can jump the fence outside, so he has to be supervised all the time when George comes. But they’re so stinking cute, you can’t get mad.”

Another aspect of working with dogs that can get frustrating is grooming, according to both Cullins and Taylor.

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Kiesel Bark regular, Rudy, greets guests at the entrance of the store.

“Grooming gets a little hairy sometimes,” Cullins said. “You get snippy little, dogs, but then you get a nice mom, like today, that had her dog all drugged up. That dog just laid; it was an easy job.”

The gratifications of a job-well-done is one of the best parts for Taylor.

“When you get the phone call after they take

them home, and they tell you what a wonderful job they did, that they’ve never looked better, it’s a rewarding feeling,” Taylor said.

Cullins said it’s nice the dog owners trust them with their dogs also. “[The best part is] spoiling them rotten,” Cullins said while holding one of the dogs . “I’d rather work with dogs than with people. They can’t

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Auburn Arts Association hosts 16th annual photography competition Nickolaus Hines

Community Reporter

The Auburn Arts Association and the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center will be hosting a juried photography exhibition and competition.

The contest is called Photo XVI, and the Dempsey Center has been holding the show every fall since they opened 16 years ago.

Each photographer can submit three pieces, and all submissions must be turned in by Oct. 9.

Chosen photographs will be shown in the from Oct. 15-Nov. 21. The exhibition is open to all photographers 17 years and older.

There is no defined category for submissions, and usually there are approximately 100 entries, according to Margaret Gluhman, who runs the gallery.

Two judges, one professional photographer and one artist, independently pick the work that will be shown in the gallery and then judge once more to determine the winners of the competition.

“I usually enter three different categories because you never know who

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The best images are different, interesting subjects that will grab someone’s interest.

You are basically at the mercy of the judges.

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Photo XVI will be held at the Dempsey Center and the gallery will be shown from Oct. 15- Nov. 21.

the judges are and what they like,” said John Rhodenizer, photographer and sales manager at Cameragraphics.

Rhodenizer also teaches basic photography and Photoshop at Auburn University, and has entered the competition the past nine years.

Much of the work submitted to the previous photo contests are printed at Cameragraphics, and Rhodenizer said he has seen a vast range of pictures from portraits to macro landscapes.

“The best images are different, in-

teresting subjects that will grab someone’s interest,” Rhodenizer said. “You are basically at the mercy of the judges.”

Although there are a large number of entries, there is a lack of a true photography community in Auburn, said local photographer David Aaron.

“There’s such a small saturated market that it’s very competitive,” Aaron said.

To break through the competition, Aaron suggests submitting pictures different from the typical butterflies,

sunsets and landscapes. Aaron hasn’t participated in past competitions, but he is thinking about entering this year.

“I would like to see more street photography and portraits,” Aaron said.

“People playing with light, contrast and shapes. Photography is all about painting with light.”

The subject matter isn’t confined to Auburn, but “local people like to keep it local, which is OK with me as long as it’s a good show,” said Gluhman.

Behind the closed door of the gallery storeroom, Gluhman flips through

pictures that were left over from the past. A black and white image of a woman on a Cuban beach, a butterfly and a Star Wars Lego figurine standing on a clear jellyfish paperweight, sit in a pile of matte photographs.

“Most of the people that enter are people that just like to take photos, not necessarily someone who makes their living from photography,” Gluhman said.

University students are encouraged to enter, but there haven’t been a large number of students involved in the past, according to Gluhman.

There are cash awards, but the judges don’t always pick a definite first place.

The competition is $20 to enter. At the exhibition, sales are encouraged and the Auburn Arts Association will charge no commission.

The public is invited for a free reception Oct. 24 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Rhodenizer has encouraged his students and others at Auburn to enter.

“You don’t have to be an exceptional photographer to enter,” Rhodenizer said. “You just have to produce a good photo with good composition.”

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Motorcycle Benefit revs up for austism Kailey Miller

Community Writer

Auburn residents who hear an influx of motorcyclists driving by this weekend shouldn’t be alarmed.

It’s for a good cause.

On Sept. 20, the second Angels Riding for Autism Motorcycle Benefit and family fun day will take place at Springvilla, Park in Opelika.

Luanne Helms, director and coordinator of the event, started planning events and activities in 2012. Helms said this year, they hope to double the turnout from last year’s event.

“We’ve got four live bands that’ll be playing (and) we’re going to have a car show,” Helms said. “We have a kids area that will have the Home Depot kids workshop and inflatables.”

Helms has been working with the Autism Society of Alabama to plan the event.

Helms said she decided to do the event because her son has autism and epilepsy.

“She and her son love to go to Springvilla Park and they love to look at the motorcyclist on the road,” said Lynn MaGill, coplanner of the event. “She just put two and two together and she said, ‘Hey, I could do this.’ Last year it was like her baby and it just blossomed. We had 85 motorcyclists from Georgia, Alabama and Florida.”

MaGill is in charge of the vendors for the event this year.

“We have 15 vendors,” MaGill said.

“We have several that are doing crafts, like embroidery and quilting and jewelry. It’s a big assortment.”

Other vendors include Wake Up AU, DMD Creations, a tie-dye booth, a blacsmith and a leather smith.

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Aubie will be at the benefit Saturday, Sept. 20.

The event will feature live music from Junior Cardiel, singing country and Southern rock; Hollow Sky, singing rock; August Redemption, singing alternative and Brittany Avery, singing Southern rock and country.

Food will be available from vendors, such as Bama Jama Barbeque and Sno Biz. The money raised from the event goes to providing activities all year for children with special needs.

“We provided them with the fall party,” MaGill said. “We did a Christmas party with presents, we did a Spring Fling (and) a summer party. This year, some of the money is going to start a program in Auburn (and) Opelika, where once a month they can bring their children to the location and then the parents can go have a date and not

have to worry about who is watching their children.”

Jeff Pokorny, Springvilla Park manager, said the event turned out great last year.

“Last year they had Aubie.” Pokorny said.

“He came out and people (were) able to get pictures with Aubie,” The event is $20 for a bike and $10 for a passenger, which includes lunch and a bracelet.

The park will still be open to the public for $5 per person.

The event is from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

“I have two children on the autism spectrum, and I just like to see them get out with other children with autism,” MaGill said.

“I like to meet the other families so I don’t feel so sheltered, like I’m the only one going through this.”

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Pat Dye’s hunting lodge puts on Blue Jean Ball Rachel Davis

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For those not inclined to black tie events, there’s a more relaxed ball coming to town.

The 14th annual Blue Jean Ball will be held Friday, Sept.

26, at Pat Dye’s hunting lodge, Crooked Oaks.

Festivities will include a birds of prey presentation from the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Southeastern Raptor Center, silent and live auctions, tours of Pat Dye’s home, dinner and music.

The net proceeds from the ball will be used to provide scholarships for both Auburn University’s and Auburn University in Montgomery’s Schools of Nursing, as well as support for faculty and program initiatives.

“We are excited to be back at Coach Dye’s home for the 14th annual Blue Jean Ball,” said Gregg Newschwander, dean of the AU and AUM Schools of Nursing. “The ball is our largest annual fundraiser. It continues to draw a great crowd devoted to supporting our Schools of Nursing. We hope this year’s party will be better than ever.”

The ball began in 2001, when Barbara Witt, then dean of nursing at both Auburn and AUM, and then assistant dean, Nancy McDonald, came

“

(Pat Dye) is a terrific individual to work with.

We are so grateful for his support over the years and his continuing advocacy for nursing. He understands, from having been a patient in recent years, he understands the importance of nurses and how they really help in the healing and recovery process.”

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and event planner for the Blue jean ball

up with the idea. McDonald, Dye’s significant other, teamed up with Dye to hold the ball at his hunting lodge.

“Out at the lodge, in that beautiful, rustic setting, they decided to have a casual event rather than a black-tie event — something different,”said Shelley Grider, developmental officer of Auburn’s School of Nursing and event planner for the Blue Jean Ball.

The inspiration to title it the “Blue Jean Ball” came from the setting of the hunting lodge.

“Blue jeans are very appropriate at Pat Dye’s,” Grider said. “There are a lot of people that wear their blue jeans or their cowboy attire. Crooked Oaks is a hunting lodge, so it’s this very deep, dark brown

lodge that the hunters stay in; a lot of wood everywhere, very rustic. It’s very appropriate to be dressed in that kind of attire and to call it the Blue Jean Ball.”

The two musical artists performing this year will be Jay Hughes, who will perform country music earlier in the evening, and Blue Denim, a band from Atlanta.

“Blue Denim is a fairly local band,” Grider said. “We’ve had different bands. It varies year to year. They provides a wide variety of country music, as well as some light rock music.”

Dye is deeply involved in the event, personally preparing the farm for the ball, according to Lynn Huggins, personal assistant to Dye and event coordina-

tor for the ball.

“He’s not there right at the beginning because he works during the day—all day—getting ready for it, but he takes a nap, takes a little rest and comes over in the evening,” Huggins said. “He spends a lot of time meeting and greeting and taking pictures and seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Then he enjoys the food and dances a little.”

Each year, Dye emcees the live auction. This year, men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl will join him.

“When it’s time for the live auction, Pearl has always in the middle of it,” Huggins said.

“He’s, of course, hilarious and lots of fun. He’s not used to taking a back seat, you know.”

Grider said the Schools of Nursing are grateful for Dye’s support.

“He is a terrific individual to work with,” Grider said.

“We are so grateful for his support over the years and his continued advocacy for nursing.

He understands, from having been a patient in recent years.

He understands the importance of nurses and how they really help in the healing and recovery process.”

Tickets are available at auburn.edu/academic/nursing/ bluejeanball.

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Following Auburn’s first game against Arkansas, many things became clear: Jeremy Johnson is extremely overqualified as Auburn’s backup quarterback, Duke Williams is a special player and Arkansas is much improved from last season.

Perhaps most of all, though, is Jordan-Hare Stadium needs some updating.

Right from the start, the scoreboard clocks malfunctioned and could not be repaired until halftime.

For this to happen at all, let alone in the first game of the year, is unacceptable.

The sound system is also subpar.

While that does not seem like a huge

deal, it is something that is missing from the game day experience.

After the game, Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema complained his assistant coaches were stuck in an elevator during halftime, something that is, again, unacceptable.

Those are just the technical problems.

Aesthetically, Jordan-Hare falls short of other conference rivals’ stadiums, many of which have recently undergone significant upgrades.

LSU is finishing their expansion to Tiger Stadium, which brings its capacity to more than 102,000 and cost approximately $80 million.

Texas A&M is also finishing renovations to Kyle Field, bringing its capacity to more than 102,000, and costing $450 million.

Mississippi State finished renovations to Davis-Wade Stadium, adding approximately 8,000 seats, as well as several suites.

Not to mention Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa is one of the bestlooking stadiums in America.

The renovations are not just about adding seats; they are about improving the game day experience.

I’m not saying Jordan-Hare needs to expand.

Considering this was the first year since 2011 Auburn sold all of its season packages, it would be difficult to consistently sellout for most of the smaller games.

First of all, the little things need to be fixed: improve or add scoreboards, improve the sound system, renovate the usually forgotten press box.

Instead of expansion, the outside of the stadium needs to be focused on.

Large, plastic murals are the most aesthetically pleasing aspects of the outside of our stadium.

Those are nothing compared to the stadiums of Auburn’s rivals.

The concrete “ribs” descending from

the upper decks need to be covered or at least made visually appealing.

The metal bleachers in the end zones are outdated and need attention sooner rather than later.

With Gus Malzahn leading the program, Auburn football is heading in the right direction.

But to stay in that direction, you need to be able to recruit.

Recruits love nothing more than being wowed by impressive stadiums. As it stands, several other stadiums in the SEC outshine Jordan-Hare.

If Malzahn continues his success on the field, other programs with more impressive facilities will come calling with loads of cash.

I do not see Malzahn leaving for another school, but why give him any reason to?

Just improve the man’s facilities, especially the stadium, and enjoy rooting for one of the smartest coaches in the country.

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Sophomore Clara Baena and the Auburn women’s golf team were named Golfweek’s Player and Team of the Week, respectively, after their winning performances at last week’s “Mo” Morial in Bryan, Texas.

Baena, a sophomore from Madrid, had seven birdies and a bogey in a final-round 66 (-6) – her collegiate best round by five shots – to earn a share of medalist honors with a 54-hole total of 209 (-7), tying Florida State’s Kayla Jones.

Her final-round score tied for the second-lowest in Auburn history and gave Auburn its 43rd all-time individual tournament title.

The Tigers finished under par as a team for the first time since 2012 and also earned their first team title since that year with a 13-stroke win at the “Mo” Morial.

Auburn’s 54-hole total of 860 (-4) was the third-lowest in program history and best since 2006, and it gave head coach Kim Evans her 36th tournament victory in 21 years as Auburn head coach.

The Tigers return to action this weekend at the Mason Rudolph Championship.

The tournament runs Friday-Sunday, Sept. 1921, at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tennessee.

Cross Country

The Auburn men’s cross country team took second place with 62 points, while the women’s team finished third with 58 points at the Second Annual Furman Classic on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Furman University Golf Course in Greenville, South Carolina.

“During the men’s race, Furman meant business on their home course,” said head coach Mark Carroll. “It looked as if the first mile was quicker than what we expected. Ty (McCormack) led the way for us followed by Redatu (Semeon).”

Senior Ty McCormack led the Tigers during the men’s 8K, finishing second at 24:19.53. Junior Redatu Semeon clocked a 25:01.86 to finish 12th, followed by senior Francis Hernandez, who placed 14th at 25:10.31. Senior Niklas Buhner recorded a time of 25:23.89 to finish 16th, while freshman Wesley Pectol finished 33rd at 26:05.29.

Sophomore Veronica Eder paced the Tigers for the second-straight meet, placing third at 21:23.81. Freshman Molly McKenna finished seventh at 21:45.60, followed by sophomore Rachel Givens, who recorded a 13th place finish at 22:04.50. Sophomore Emily Stevens placed 14th at 22:06.47, and junior Taylor Duncan recorded a

new personal best time of 22:22.94 to finish 21st.

Volleyball

Auburn’s volleyball team wrapped up the Active Ankle Challenge with a win and a loss against Winthrop and USF Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Auburn Arena.

The Tigers defeated the Eagles in their first match Saturday 3-2 (26-24, 23-25, 21-25, 17-25, 22-20).

“We’ve got a competitive group, and they have very high expectations,” said head coach Rick Nold. “They want to keep getting better. Each tournament we’ve played, we have gotten better.”

Like both matches, it went to the fifth set.

Auburn recorded a season-high 69 kills, 15 coming from the fourth frame to go to the final frame.

Sophomore Stephanie Campbell had a career high 18 kills, while freshman Courtney Crable added 14 kills to complete her second doubledouble of the last three matches.

Freshman Alexa Filley had a season-high 55 assists against Winthrop, and 24 digs. Junior Alyssa Ivey recorded a career-high 24 digs on defense. The Tigers had nine service aces in the victory.

The night match against USF that concluded

the tournament snapped the Tigers’ eight-game winning streak at Auburn Arena.

South Florida won the match 3-2 (22-25, 2225, 33-31, 25-15, 13-15).

“I think we learn something every week, and what we’ve talked a lot about is we’ve got to make sure how we start our match,” Nold said.

“We didn’t come out the way we wanted to, and South Florida is a good team. They took advantage of that.”

After the Tigers dropped the first two sets to USF, freshman Macy Reese and the Tigers battled to win the third.

The Tigers appeared to be revived after an intense 3rd frame, and outplayed the Bulls 25-15 in the fourth frame. Reese led the Tigers with a career-high 25 kills, including three blocks, two digs and a service ace in the Tigers’ loss. Filley had 55 assists for the second straight match and tied Ivey for the team high with 19 digs.

Campbell had 12 kills along with five blocks, while sophomore Emily Klitzke finished with 10 kills and five blocks. Auburn finished the match with a season-high 18 blocks.

Auburn fell to No. 7 Florida State in five sets in Tallahassee, Florida, on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

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Floyd Mayweather is undefeated in his career as a professional boxer.

Floyd “Money” Mayweather, also known as “Pretty Boy,” remains unscathed after his Sept. 13 rematch against contender Marcos Maidana. The Argentinian lost the first meeting between the two with a round score of 9-3 on May 3. However, the score is misleading and doesn’t show how close the fight was.

The spring contest, labeled as “The Moment,” left Mayweather with a bloody forehead and an angry opponent.

Almost immediately after the first bout, Maidana’s team asked for a rematch, and Mayweather didn’t bat an eye before agreeing.

According to Forbes.com, Mayweather was guaranteed $32 million for the re-

match, marking this his 10th straight fight with a payout of at least $25 million.

The fight itself could be considered a bit of a disappointment compared to the original, and Mayweather’s made his game plan well known to viewers: keep moving and stay off the ropes.

The first round was a feel-out period for both fighters. Maidana came out swinging and was met with Mayweather jabs.

Through the first couple rounds, it was apparent that Maidana wanted to get the Champ to the ropes, but Mayweather’s footwork was too much for the Argentinian.

Mayweather owned the opening three rounds, other than a big right hand at the end of the third round from the contender.

Maidana’s strong right seemed to give him confidence going into the fourth round.

Similarily to the first fight, Mayweather found himself on the ropes taking body shots.

Unfortunately for Maidana, after the

fifth round, Mayweather started to impose his dominance in both technique and strategy.

The strangest turn of events came in the eighth round when Mayweather accused Maidana of biting his hand through his glove and through a mouthpiece. Plausible or not, Maidana seemed amused when returning to his corner.

However, rounds 9-12 seemed rather uneventful, except for a point deduction against Maidana in the 10th. While embraced, Maidana seemingly ran Mayweather into the ground.

The fight ended in a unanimous decision in favor of the world No. 1.

This latest fight shows why, even at 37 years old, “Money” Mayweather is still the world’s best boxer and it helps cement a 47-0 record (26 KO’s).

It’s safe to say when the veteran hangs up the gloves, boxing will lose one of its most dominant and controversial stars since Muhammed Ali.

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‘Unusual challenges’ expected from Waters, KSU Kyle Van Fechtmann Assistant Sports Editor

“How are we going to respond to adversity?” is going to be answered Thursday night on the road at Kansas State, according to offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee.

Both Lashlee and defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson said this road matchup will be a challenge that will show where this year’s team is at after a 2-0 start.

“It’s going to be a test for our players,” Johnson said. “They present some unusual challenges. We probably need to find out if we have improved.”

According to Lashlee, the players are excited to travel and play a nationally ranked team in a hostile environment in front of a sold-out crowd at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

“They know we’re playing a really good op-

ponent at their place,” Lashlee said. “We just keep telling them that it’s a great opportunity to see where we’re at. We’re going to know a whole lot more about our team.”

Because Auburn opened the season with back-to-back home games at Jordan-Hare Stadium, Lashlee said this will be a chance for the approximately 70 players and coaches to step out of their comfort zone and walk into a tough situation playing on the road.

According to Lashlee, a lot of the players and coaches have never been to Manhattan, Kansas, but from what they’ve been told, it’s an incredible atmosphere.

“From all we can tell, it’s going to be a really big challenge for us,” Lashlee said. “How are we going to respond to adversity? How are we going to respond to momentum swings in the game?”

Kansas State has multiple players on both sides of the ball who can cause problems for Auburn on offense and defense.

Johnson pointed out dual-threat quarterback Jake Waters and All-American wide receiver Tyler Lockett as two players who can make play calls challenging for the defense.

Lockett had 81 catches for 1,262 yards and 11 touchdowns last season, and he has carried that success over to this year’s first two games with seven catches for 145 yards and a touchdown.

“He’s on both sides, so you can’t always match up who you want to be on him,” Johnson said. “You can’t necessarily put a designed defense on him. It’s going to be a deal where we’re going to have to get lined up and wherever he shows up somebody is going to have to step up.”

Waters also creates challenges for defenses, not only because he’s a dual-threat quarterback who has rushed for 193 yards and thrown for 462 yards this season, but because he stays on the field even when the offense runs different formations, like the wildcat.

According to Johnson, the defense must be aware of that and prepare for the four or five formations that Kansas State may throw at them.

“When they do the wildcat they give you a lot of different formations just to try to get you misaligned and find an open spot,” Johnson said. “They leave (Waters) out there so you don’t know if it’s going to be the wildcat. We have to really be on our toes.”

On the defensive side for Kansas State, Lashlee said he is impressed with preseason All-Big 12 senior defensive end Ryan Mueller.

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It started with nosebleeds.

Kayla Perry said she thought nothing of them at first. The 18-year-old Birmingham native was too busy working as a missionary in Nairobi, Kenya with the Christian group Youth With A Mission in the spring of 2013.

It was a month after her 18th birthday and she was enjoying herself by helping other missionaries build orphanages and teach in schools.

“Sometimes I would wake up to a nosebleed,” Kayla said.

Kayla attributed the frequent nosebleeds, fatigue and strange bruises to her persistent cold.

The symptoms didn’t stop, though.

Kayla said she returned to America early to get tested at Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham. She said her doctor told her on a Thursday he’d contact her the next day if her bone marrow biopsy came back with bad news.

At 5 p.m. Friday, the doctor hadn’t called. Kayla; her mother, Christen; her father, Rob; her brother, Andrew; and her sister, Morgan, went for ice cream to celebrate.

Kayla said she was enjoying a chocolate sorbet when the doctor called.

The family drove to Brookwood at 7:30 p.m., where the doctor explained Kayla had cancer cells in her bone marrow.

Kayla was diagnosed May 6, 2013, with high-risk stage IV neuroblastoma, a cancer primarily affecting children.

“It just did not seem like it was real at all,” Kayla said. “I was overwhelmed.”

Kayla, who was already accepted into Auburn for the fall 2014 semester on a presidential scholarship, had to stay home and spend a year in treatment.

Kayla said she transferred to Children’s of Alabama to undergo chemotherapy, immunotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.

“She is very independent,” Christen, said. “From the first day, she has been the one to make decisions on treatment and next steps.”

Kayla said on Aug. 14, 2014, the doctors told her they could not cure her cancer. They still do not know how much time she has left to live.

“The cancer wasn’t gone as much as they wanted it to be,” Christen said.

Kayla said the new goal of her treatments is to stop the cancer from moving or growing. She won’t know if the new treatments are working until the results from her next round of treatments come back in three weeks.

Christen said her daughter chose to pursue an education at Auburn University after hearing this news from her doctors. Kayla said it was the only school she applied to.

She lives in Auburn, but has treatment in Atlanta every third week of the month. During treatment, Kayla’s parents stay in Auburn and drive her to and from Atlanta.

Kayla takes classes in the morning and rides to Atlanta in the afternoon.

“Her dream is to stay in school,” Christen said. “I’m committed to doing whatever I can to help her achieve her dreams.”

Kayla said the treatments have cured neuroblastoma before.

“It’s a very, very small number of

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Sometimes, you don’t have an option to not do it. Sometimes, all you can do is push foward.”

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people that are cured not from the original protocol,” Kayla said.

In addition to her treatments and studying nursing, Kayla started the charity Open Hands, Overflowing Hearts (OHOH) to raise money for pediatric cancer research.

Participants are encouraged to raise money however they want.

After launching the campaign Sept.

1, Kayla said it has raised more than $30,000 in seven days, which can fund up to four months of research.

“It’s been amazing,” Kayla said.

“People are aware now, and something needs to be done to find the cure.”

Adjunct finance professor Amanda Harrelson is participating in the OHOH campaign with her students.

Harrelson said she learned about the campaign from talking with the Perry family and reading Kayla’s blog since her time spent in Africa.

“Obviously, Kayla’s story has touched my heart,” Harrelson said.

According to Harrelson, she is raising awareness of Kayla’s campaign by having her students take a picture in their favorite spot in Auburn with a caption or sign saying, “I will do anything to end childhood cancer. What will you do?”

If the students put the picture online with the hashtags #OHOH, #100Days100Ways, #AUSupportsKayla and #HarrelsonFinance, Harrelson said she will donate to Kayla’s campaign and give bonus points to her students.

“I can’t ask my class for money,” Harrelson said. “For everyone that does it, I am donating.”

Harrelson described Kayla as selfless, among other characteristics.

“I think of the word spunky,” Harrelson said. “She is so strong in her faith that she doesn’t look at her situation as devastating.”

Lexi Bice, childhood friend of Kayla and sophomore at Southeastern Bible College, said she shares the same admiration as Harrelson for Kayla.

“She’s brave, a lot braver than I am,” Bice said. “She has challenged me in my walk with Christ.

Harrelson said she applauds Kayla’s focus on helping others.

“I love that she is focusing on research so other people don’t have to go through this,” Harrelson said.

Kayla said she hopes her efforts can help find a cure for neuroblastoma.

“Say I have 10 years left, and during those 10 years, somebody finds a cure — then my 10 years are no longer a limit,” Kayla said. “That’s all we can do, buy time.”

Kayla’s father, Rob Perry, said he is both proud of and blown away by Kayla.

“Kayla is always just solid,” Rob said. “She’s that person that is just focused. She blows my mind.”

The Perry family has big plans for the next five years, according to Rob. “I believe her story is powerful

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Kayla Perry poses wearing a chain with a bone marrow tag, which she has to wear for a year after her transplant.

enough to cast a worldwide vision,” Rob said. “If the people caught hold of Kayla’s vision, they would get involved.”

The current phase of the OHOH campaign, 100 Days 100 Ways, ends Dec. 7 with a celebration at Regions Park in Birmingham, according to Christen.

The event will celebrate the money raised and honor Kayla. “(Kayla’s) got big goals and obviously I’m super proud of her,” Christen said. “I don’t know a stronger person.”

Both Rob and Christen said they believe Kayla’s story will change lives.

“Without awareness, there’s no funding, without funding, there’s no research and without research, there is no cure,” Christen said.

Christen encourages Auburn students to get involved by following @ OHOHKayla on Twitter.

Though fighting cancer has been difficult, Kayla said she focuses on not giving up.

“You just put one foot in front of the other,” Kayla said. “Sometimes, you don’t have an option to not do it.

Sometimes, all you can do is push forward.”

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Kayla Perry sits in the Student Center a day after treatment in Birmingham.

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A pair of joggers hangs on the rack at Body Central.

Victoria’s Secret in the Village Mall released a new style of pants, joggers, approximately two months ago.

Joggers come in different materials and can be intended for a fancy event or a casual outing. In this case, they are made for working out or lounging. However, Victoria’s Secret isn’t the only brand to start selling joggers.

This style of pants resembles what MC Hammer wore.

They have a drawstring at the top, are baggier in the center and come in around the calf or ankles, depending on the length of the pants.

Paige Hawke, sophomore in apparel merchandising, said she has seen brands, such as Neiman Marcus and Joie, selling them online and and at Forever 21 in At-

lanta.

“I know at Forever 21 they have a lot of patterned ones,” Hawke said. “The ones I saw on Neiman Marcus were a solid, darker navy color and those looked like you could probably dress them up more.”

Anna Abernethy, sophomore in apparel design, is familiar with joggers because she has seen them outside of Auburn.

“I’m from North Carolina, and some of my friends at home started wearing them toward the end of summer,” Abernethy said. “My friends go to school all over, so they are in different places.”

While the style of the pants is the same, the look can vary.

Hawke said they can be worn to lounge in or to dress up.

“L.A. wears them in the lounge way, like out to lunch,” Hawke said. “In New York, they would dress them up with the wedge

and a nice top and then maybe belt it.”

The pants can be seen in different places all over the country.

Bronte Taylor, senior in marketing, has worked at Victoria’s Secret for a year and a half.

Taylor said they have been selling joggers for about two months now.

“They’re just really comfy,” Taylor said.

“I don’t see them becoming a fashion trend because they’re not very flattering.”

Taylor said she thinks leggings are more flattering and more popular than joggers right now.

When talking about the people who might be seen wearing joggers, Hawke said the funky look of the pants attracts a certain style of people to wear them.

“I would say hipsters, people in a big city and a lot of New York fashion people wear them,” Hawke said.

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The tradition of rolling Toomer’s Corner is one that seems to have been a part of Auburn’s history from the beginning.

“My first game I went to [in 1969], no one was throwing toilet paper,” said John Varner, reference assistant for the University.

Varner, who grew up an avid Auburn fan, had many years of experience with the tradition of rolling Toomer’s Corner.

“There are different stories as to how it all got started,” Varner said.

According to Varner, one story of the start of the tradition originated from the “Punt Bama Punt” Iron Bowl in 1972.

The trees and power lines were supposedly rolled with toilet paper after the win because of tailback Terry Hanley’s comment Auburn was going to beat the “number two” out of the Crimson Tide.

At the time, Auburn was ranked No. 6 and Alabama was ranked No. 2 in the nation.

Varner said fans continued to roll the power lines along Magnolia until Alabama Power moved the lines underground in the 1980s. It was not until the 1990s fans were allegedly encouraged to roll the Toomer’s Oaks.

Another origin story of the tradition claims receipt paper would be hung over the telegraph wire around Toomer’s Corner to indicate an Auburn victory, according to Varner.

Jeremy Henderson, editor of the War Eagle Reader, shared views with Varner about how the tradition originated.

“There are a bunch of theories that are more like urban legends,” Henderson said.

Henderson, who has studied the tradition, said the Oaks were approximately 80 years old and no telegraph wire rolling was used to indicate a

victory.

“There will be people who tell you that the trees were 130 years old,” Henderson said. “It started with high school and college kids going wild.”

According to Henderson, the youth of Auburn would celebrate victories by painting cars, vandalizing the city, drinking alcohol and rolling the town with toilet paper.

As the trend of crazy celebration faded, rolling the town carried on, according to Henderson.

“It wasn’t one conscious decision,” Henderson said. “It was the one element from that era that carried on.”

Henderson said he addresses the “Punt Bama Punt” legend as the largest post-game celebration since the tradition began, not the start of the Toomer’s tradition. He attributes the success of the tradition to a number of factors.

“It’s seemingly unique and something you can see,” Henderson said. “It is something everyone can be a part of.”

Although there is much speculation on how the tradition began, Henderson said one thing was, and continues to be, a fact: the bigger the rolling, the bigger the game.

Katie Oliver, sophomore in elementary education, rolled Toomer’s Corner after last year’s A-Day game, and said she does not know how the the long-standing tradition of rolling Toomer’s Oaks started.

“I just know that the Oaks had been there for a really long time,” Oliver said.

According to Oliver, the unity the tradition brings about is what has caused it to last for so many years. Oliver said she believes learning more about the traditions behind Auburn will help her to better appreciate it.

“I feel like if I knew more about it, I could pass it on,” Oliver said.

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Cricket club president Vignesh Venkatasubramian, team captain Aditya Agarwal and webpage coordinator Robin Muthukumar stand by the Student Center.

Cricket Club prepares for success Gautham Sambandam Intrigue Writer

The Auburn Cricket Club has been chirping. Established in 2010 by Auburn graduate Naveenan Thiagarajan, this once-small social sports club placed second in the 2014 American College Cricket National Championship Finals on ESPN, which was the first time cricket had been televised on the channel.

Aditya Agarwal, graduate student in mechanical engineering, played occasionally in his youth at school and in recreational leagues. Currently the team captain, Agarwal said he was surprised at his team’s success.

“Most of the universities didn’t expect us to reach the finals, but we played really well,” Agarwal said. “It was unexpected, but we also seem to have a love for the game.

We’ve won trophies and medals, but to be on national television was far-reaching for our small organization.”

Vignesh Venkatasubramanian, graduate student in chemical engineering and current president of the Auburn Cricket Club, joined the team in 2011.

Venkatasubramanian said he is looking forward to the upcoming season and has high expectations.

“We were kind of underdogs,

but we beat last year’s champions, Penn State,” Venkatasubramanian said. “So, it’s pretty much similar to the football story. You wouldn’t expect a relatively smaller population, such as Auburn compared to New York and Texas, to have such a pool of people to pick from, but we are able to compete on a national level.”

The team is hosting their sixth Tiger Cup tournament next weekend on the intermural fields.

“We invite teams like Alabama, Georgia Tech, South Alabama, Mobile and even Memphis,” Venkatasubramanian said. “Memphis, who we’d consider our friendly rivals, travels the furthest.”

Robin Muthukumar, graduate student in industrial engineering and webpage coordinator of the club, attributed their success to a wide group of people in the community who cherish the game.

“The Indian population is thoroughly adequate in Auburn,” Muthukumar said. “But we also have many Americans who join us. Our club membership has expanded over the last four years, providing for our ability to host and travel for matches. We had over 50 participants in the last Tiger Cup tournament. Not to mention, we are constantly supported by our

team alumni.”

With Memphis winning the Tiger Cup from 2011-2013, the team still has areas to improve.

The University of South Florida, who they lost to in the televised national championship, has been another constant competitor.

“We played (South Florida) not only in the national competition, but also in the SEC Conference,” Venkatasubramanian said. “It was painful. They won by one run.”

Agarwal said their team has been good at bowling and fielding, but lacked batsmen.

“Since the inception of our club, the small amounts of batsmen we’ve had have been graduating,” Agarwal said. “So, that’s what we’ve been focusing on in our practices.”

Agarwal, Venkatasubramanian and Muthukumar practice in the MLK park every other weekend from 4-6:30 p.m. for hard tennis ball sessions, battling for runs and training for the upcoming season.

Venkatasubramanian encouraged newcomers to join the club.

“Just practice with us to see your skill level,” Venkatasubramanian said. “Perhaps you’ll make our team, but more importantly, just come enjoy cricket and meet some great people.”

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Auburn chef cooks his way to season 13 of “Hell’s Kitchen” Kate Seckinger Intrigue Reporter

When Fernando Cruz was finishing high school in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he was assigned a final project. While other students struggled with ideas for weeks, Cruz said he knew what he was doing in a heartbeat.

On the day of his presentation, Cruz walked to his senior classroom with a smile on his face — portable gas stove in tow.

Cruz said his peers watched in awe as he effortlessly seared a skirt steak, mixed an Argentine chimichurri sauce and whipped mashed potatoes.

Ten years later, Cruz is the executive chef at the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center and a recent competitor on season 13 of FOX’s hit show “Hell’s Kitchen.”

“I didn’t just wake up one day and say, ‘I’m going to cook,’” Cruz said. “It just grew into me and became a part of me. From there, I set my goals high.”

In 2003, Cruz left Puerto Rico to attend the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, New York, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in hospitality and hotel and restaurant management in 2007.

The 29-year-old chef said his accomplishments are the product of hard work.

“My family didn’t have any money, and the CIA was incredibly expensive,” Cruz said. “But I went, and I told myself, ‘I’ll pay for it later.’ I’m a very independent person and I’ve paid for everything myself. Even with all the loans, I could never regret my education.”

Roy Khoo, culinary director at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Newnan, Georgia, hired Cruz fresh out of culinary school.

“Fernando was young and he was green, but I hired him because he had an indescribable drive for success,” Khoo said. “As I talked to him, I saw this passion in his eye and knew he had a keen dedication for what he does, and that he’d make it in this business.”

After working with Cruz for five years, Khoo drove more than an hour to attend the “Hell’s Kitchen” premiere watch party at the Hotel at Auburn University Sept. 10.

“The trip was worth it because I got to see Cruz’s great performance on the show while being there with him,” Khoo said. “This will give his career a boost, and he deserves it. People will know his name, and people will see the same passion I’ve seen in him for years.”

Cruz said Khoo has been a mentor throughout his career, and Cruz wouldn’t be as successful without him.

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Chef Fernando Cruz cooks oysters on the Ariccia menu for the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.

“Roy’s the person who taught me how to be a leader,” Cruz said. “When he hired me, I knew how to cook, but he was a mentor to me for so much more. He taught me something very special. I won’t stop for someone in the kitchen, but I will always slow down for them and teach them like Roy did for me. I have so much respect for Roy and his teachings.”

After cooking in different regions around the country with Khoo, Cruz said his experience made him an ideal contestant for “Hell’s Kitchen,” but that’s not what led him to apply.

“I remember watching the show while I was at the CIA and thinking, ‘These people are crazy, I would never,’” Cruz said. “I don’t know what came over me. I wanted to see how I compared to other cooks across the nation and when the opportunity knocked at my door, I answered it.”

While Cruz finished his culinary training years ago, the executive chef said “Hell’s Kitchen” was an extension of his schooling.

“Gordon Ramsay is one of the greatest chefs I’ve ever met,” Cruz said. “What you see on TV is what you get. The audience usually sees him stressed and angry, but his mentoring side is the side you don’t see. He truly wants to help you grow and become a better chef. I couldn’t have asked for a better teacher.”

Maria Gomez, Cruz’s wife, said she was con-

cerned about his decision to participate in a reality television show, even with the opportunity he would receive if he won the competition.

“I rarely watched the show to begin with because it stressed me out,” Gomez said with a laugh. “I just don’t care for reality TV. Sometimes people are portrayed how they’re not. From the Kardashians to ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ the producers can make something out of nothing, and I was worried about how Fernando would be portrayed.”

To keep her husband grounded, she gave him a piece of advice before he left for filming. “‘Don’t lose yourself,’ I told him,” Gomez said. “We have three kids under the age of 5, and he has an entire professional career at stake, but he never lost himself or his values. He didn’t change, and I’m so proud of him.”

Gomez, who also attended the CIA, met Cruz while pursuing her bachelor’s degree in culinary arts.

“We’ve been successful, but we’re not making filet mignon at home,” Gomez said. “We are very simple, and we aren’t food snobs. We’ll feed anything to our family if it’s fresh, good and done right. Simplicity is what it’s all about.”

Now, seeing her husband’s success, Gomez said she’s been able to put her concerns aside and enjoy the “Hell’s Kitchen” experience with her

children.

“We’re all so happy and proud of him,” Gomez said. “We’re so young, and he’s going to have such a long and successful career. We have a lot to look forward to.”

Cruz said he’s glad “Hell’s Kitchen” shaped his culinary abilities and not his personality.

“I got a part on ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ by being who I am,” Cruz said. “The show didn’t change that, and I couldn’t be more proud of the way I handled everything.”

The Hotel at Auburn University is hosting watch parties every Wednesday throughout Cruz’s run on “Hell’s Kitchen.” The parties are free and open to the public.

“On TV or not, I’m still a part of this community,” Cruz said. “I want everyone to come and enjoy this experience with me, young and old. I’ll prepare the dishes on that night’s show, and it will create great memories.”

Cruz said he’s grateful he set his sights high, and advises other young people to do the same.

“Don’t let anything stop you,” Cruz said. “Set your goals as high as you can. You won’t be able to achieve them tomorrow, but that’s why you work on them. If you have a goal and fight for it, but are able to remember who you are, someday you’ll achieve more than you ever thought possible.”

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