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Justin’s Legacy

Two months ago, Justin Weimer shot himself in downtown Auburn; his parents hope his death is not in vain, and that it may shed more light on mental illness and suicide Corey Williams Campus Editor

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Justin Weimer 1993-2015.

The last time Scott Weimer saw his son, Justin, everything seemed fine.

They played catch and, over lunch at Chick-Fil-A, Justin discussed changing his major from marketing to human development and family studies.

He wanted to be a counselor.

But a week later, while sitting in his car at the intersection outside Live Oaks, Justin put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. He was transported to Columbus Midtown Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:29 a.m.

Justin, 22, became the fifth Auburn student to commit suicide in 2015.

“I don’t know anyone who had more faith than Justin,” Scott said through tears during an interview. “I don’t know anyone who loved life more than him.”

Justin’s struggle with mental illness began around 18 months ago, his parents believe.

The Justin his parents describe was a charismatic and friendly athlete. He loved to dance, sometimes without music. He was a world traveler and spent five months in Kenya after he graduated from high school.

Scott and Cynthia Weimer said he experienced life fully. While he was in Africa, Justin completely immersed himself in the culture. His Kenyan family gave him their name: Mwangi.

An African choir performed at his memorial service.

Most of all, his parents agree, Justin was genuine. He was a devout Christian who talked about God to anyone who would listen. But he truly wanted to connect to people regardless of their religious beliefs.

Justin was born with a rare, deep sense of empathy, Scott said.

“If you met Justin for the first time, chances are you would dance together,” Scott said.

“And you’d probably laugh a lot, but you’d probably also talk about some of the deepest subjects - your purpose in life, maybe God. But he wasn’t pushy. He wanted to get to know you as a human being.”

Cynthia said her son’s “situational” depression set off something chemical inside of him. Depression runs on her side of the family.

“Of our three kids, Justin seems to have gotten this (genetic) predisposition,” Cynthia said.

Justin was under a doctor’s care in Atlanta, his

hometown, and he was prescribed medication he knew was meant to be taken daily. He listened to his doctors and he knew how serious his condition was, but deep down, Scott suspects, he wanted to fight through his depression. With enough prayer and faith in God, he thought he could take care of it on his own.

Scott is the senior pastor at North Avenue Presbyterian Church, a historic Atlanta church. He said there’s a “strong faith perspective” in Auburn. So strong that it’s “almost like a Christian campus.”

He thinks that atmosphere is mostly a good thing, but with it there is sometimes a stigma regarding psychological issues.

“There’s this sense that, if you had enough faith, you wouldn’t have these struggles,” Scott said. “People ask themselves, ‘Why would you be depressed if you have faith?’”

He told his son that depression is an illness just like any other physical ailment.

“If you have cancer, you pray that God will heal you, and sometimes He will,” Scott said. “But in most cases, part of that healing comes from medicine.”

Justin listened to him, Scott said. But he doesn’t know how seriously he took his advice. Scott believed him when Justin said he was taking his pills and regularly going to counseling sessions. But because of doctor-patient confidentiality, he’ll never know for sure.

Scott returned to work a little more than a month after the tragedy. He spent the following weeks researching the issues that led to his son’s death. He has particularly identified with a Wall Street Journal article, “More Help for College Men with Depression and Anxiety.” He thinks the stigma that surrounds mental illness is something that affects young men in particular.

“A guy doesn’t want to be identified as ‘that guy’ who has a mental health issue,” Scott said.

Justin had recently expressed interest in establishing a meeting place for people with mental health issues, according to his parents. He wanted to create an environment where students could feel comfortable talking about their feelings and problems. No matter how welcoming a counselor’s office may be, he thought it would be easier for people, specifically men, to open up in a more casual setting.

In 2014, Justin wrote a blog post that he titled, “New Beginnings,” that has been

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Athletics

Committee confirms athletic department offered money to public administration Jim Little

Editor-in-Chief

Athletics department officials offered money to keep the public administration major alive, according to the findings of a committee formed by Timothy Boosinger, provost and vice-

president for academic affairs.

Before the Wall Street Journal article “At Auburn, Athletics and Academics Collide” published in August made the public aware of the issue, an email from a colleague of Michael Stern, economics department

chair and former University senator, brought the issue to his attention in November 2013.

The email pointed out how odd it was to have that high of a concentration of football players in a major, a term known as clustering.

During the Feb. 4, 2014 meeting of the University Senate, and a presentation by the Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics (CIA), a committee mandated by the NCAA to monitor the athletics department compliance with NCAA rules.

Mary Boudreaux, professor and director of the hemostasis laboratory in the College of Veterinary medicine and chair of the CIA in 2014, presented a slide on clustering at Auburn.

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SGA senators, representing different campus groups, presented carryover fund requests to the senate to be voted on at next week’s meeting.

India Way, budget and finance committee chair, introduced the bills requesting thousands of dollars toward this group.

“We have the carryover bills that are going to come in as future orders tonight, so those will be voted on a week from today,” Way said.

Lucy Anne Link, senator at-large, represented leadership and student services and requested carryover funds worth $12,124 for its activity portfolio for the 2015-16 fiscal year.

Ashley Archer, engineering senator, represented programming student activity. Archer requested $81,812.56 for its activity portfolio to go toward University programming.

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shared a number of times since his death.

In it, he expressed a deep understanding of mental illness. But he also admitted deep-rooted fears about abandonment and unworthiness. He was terrified people would judge him if he acknowledged his darkest thoughts.

“Perhaps the greatest fear of all is that if I expose the impostor and lay bare my true self, I will be abandoned by the ones I love and those who love me,” Justin wrote.

These aren’t uncommon feelings, said Student Counseling Services Director Doug Hankes.

Many people think about committing suicide at some point in their lives, Hankes said, but not everyone feels comfortable talking about it.

The Student Government Association initiated a Mental Health Task Force in August.

The force, comprised of students, faculty and administrators, is designed to assess the long-term mental health needs of the student body. The group is scheduled to report its findings next month.

One suggestion keeps coming up during focus groups, Hankes said.

“We need to have a more open discussion, campus-wide, about mental health,”

activity portfolio.

Daniel Hess, senator at-large, represented student organizations. He asked for $51,128.08 for its carryover funds.

Following the presentation of carryover bills, the senate discussed more election related bills.

Hunter Gibson, senator at-large, detailed the changes to the senate.

“This is just the third bill in the process of auditing the election law,” Gibson said. “We obviously have a lot of changes as far as numbering goes and clearing up some confusion where parts were in paragraph form originally, so we broke it down so it’s a lot easier to read.”

For this particular bill, Gibson said many changes were made to the wording.

“It’s a lot of wording changes and kind of cleaning up the language and formatting of it,” Gibson said.

Trey Fields, student affairs committee chair, cleared up misconceptions surrounding SGA elections and said you do not need to be slated to run for senate.

“I was talking to someone today, the Hankes said. “Suicide specifically.”

When a student commits suicide, especially in a public place, it tends to generate a strong reaction from the community. Friends and witnesses might feel any number of emotions, from sadness to shock to numbness. That’s OK, Hankes said. Student counselors only start to worry a month or two down the line if a sense of normalcy hasn’t returned.

“Some people are going to feel very emotional, and some people will feel very numb,” Hankes said. “That’s your reaction, and that’s fine.”

Four or five years ago, statistics showed Auburn had a more mentally healthy student body than most universities across the country. For reasons he can’t explain, Hankes said, that data has gradually changed.

“Now, we look exactly like the rest of the country,” Hankes said.

At the end of the 2015 spring semester, there were approximately 300 students on the waiting list at Student Counseling Services. A university of Auburn’s size should employ 20-25 full-time counselors, according to the International Association of Counseling Services. Auburn currently employs 11.

Walker Byrd, SGA president, admitted the University doesn’t have the resources to deal with the increase in students who are seeking help. He said it’s nobody’s

president of an organization on campus, and there was kind of some misconceptions about running for senate,” Fields said. “There was some disconnect with knowing how to run for senate, so please encourage people to know.”

Olivia Tofani, SGA chief-of-staff, also touched on elections and the declarations to be posted on AUinvolve.

“Elections are about to happen, and declarations of intent are actually out tonight,” Tofani said.

Following executive announcements, Drake Pooley, diversity and multicultural affairs committee chair, talked to senate about the issues the University of Missouri is facing.

“Referencing diversity overall, those issues, while they are in the news at Missouri, are prevalent at all of our institutions including Auburn,” Pooley said.

“So just make sure whenever you’re talking with your constituents and other students that you’re always keeping those concerns in mind and representing Auburn well.”

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Justin with his father, Scott Weimer.

fault, however, and the University is doing everything it can to bring its counseling services up to speed.

Byrd said he believes open discussion is crucial to fight the stigma surrounding mental illness. Students need to know they aren’t alone, he said.

“Students are more likely than ever to seek help for their problems,” Byrd said.

“We need to normalize that.”

Justin’s parents said they’re proud of the steps the University is taking to promote mental health among its students.

Cynthia believes her son would be proud, too.

“That’s something that was dear to Justin’s heart,” Cynthia said. “He deeply wanted to erase the stigma of depression and to talk about it openly.”

Crime

Girlfriend of police shooting victim speaks about incident Maria McIlwain

Community Reporter

Betty Ligon will never be able to forget the image of her boyfriend, Bennie Lee Tignor, being shot and killed by police.

It happened in her front yard, after a low-speed chase through Opelika streets in the last minutes of Halloween.

"He was everything to me ... and to see him get murdered like that ..." Betty said.

The shooting occurred at approximately 11:50 p.m. at the 400 block of Comanchee Drive. According to Opelika Police Chief John McEachern III, OPD Officer Jared Greer shot Bennie after he brandished a small-caliber pistol. Tignor was transported to East Alabama Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 12:32 a.m.

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"I thought, after he was buried, I would get relief, but I still can't sleep," Betty said.

"Based on preliminary review of the facts of this case, I believe the actions of Officer Greer were clearly justified under Alabama law," McEachern said at a press conference Monday,

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The slide showed studentsathletes spread out through all of the colleges and majors.

Stern remembered the information his colleague had found and asked if there was any information on specific sports and their majors.

Boudreaux replied they did not have that information, according to transcripts of the meeting.

Later, in December 2014, the issue was raised again in a blog post, “Math Meets Football: One in 600 Billion,” by John Urschel, offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens and a published mathematician.

Urschel used data from Auburn on football players’ majors, mainly because it was the only top five school at the

Nov. 2.

Betty said she had known Bennie for 30 years, and they had been living together for 9 months.

She said they met in school, where she was studying nursing and he was studying security.

"He used to walk me to class every day," Betty said.

She said over the years, she watched him grow, despite past arrests. She said he was a changed man.

"You got to see the good in this man, and he was a good man," Betty said.

He was involved in his church and respected in their community, according to Betty. She said he loved her, his children and grandchildren.

“I know he’s in heaven right now,” Betty said.

Walter Tignor, Bennie’s brother, said both Betty and her daughter, Shikeria Ligon, saw the entire scene unfold. He said they took photos of the scene after the incident.

Walter said Betty has been “really upset” since the shooting.

“Every time she close her eyes, she sees [the shooting],” Walter said.

time that made the data publicly available, and concluded the odds of the high concentration of athletes in public administration was one in three undecillion, or 3,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000. The same odds as flipping a coin 125 times in a row and landing on heads, according Urschel. In the February 2015 University Senate meeting, during the presentation by the CIA, Stern again came back and asked about clustering in specific programs, and again was told there was no information on it.

However, an email obtained

by Stern through a Freedom of Information Act request was sent on Feb. 20, 2014 to Boosinger from an athletics official that detailed the public administration major had 57 studentathletes out of 111 students en-

rolled.

“So it’s not that a cluster implies a scandal, but it just seems like every time there’s a scandal, you find a cluster,” Stern said.

Boosinger formed the a committee to look into clustering after Stern pushed to have issue put on the University Senate’s agenda in May. Daniel Svyantek, professor of psychology, was appointed chair of the committee.

The committee presented their findings at the Oct. 20 University Senate meeting.

“One of the things that surprised me was how common this is,” Svyantek said.

The NCAA 40-60-80 rule, which states an athlete must complete 40 percent of their major by their sophomore year, 60 percent by their junior year and 80 percent by their senior

John Andrew Harris, Lee County District 5 commissioner, has been a family friend of the Tignors for approximately 30 years.

“It’s a sad situation,” Harris said.

Both Walter and Harris said they want the truth to come out.

“I just want to see justice done,” Walter said.

In the past week, Betty said Bennie’s family has been supportive, and her relationship with them has not changed. However, her life has changed forever. “[I’m] never going to be the same,” Betty said. year; is a major factor in an athlete’s decision to pick a major.

The committee confirmed the Wall Street Journal’s report that the athletics department offered money to keep the public administration major alive, but the offer was not accepted.

Boosinger released statements to the press after the WSJ report.

“I identified resources to make it unnecessary to close a viable and long-established undergraduate program,” Boosinger said in the statement. “I did this within my scope of authority and budget as Auburn’s chief academic officer. None of those resources came from Athletics. That is a boring story, I fear, but it is the truth.”

Svyantek said his committee recommended publicizing anytime the athletics department supports academics.

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Left: The location Bennie Lee Tignor was killed by Opelika police during an incident that occurred on Oct. 31. Right: Betty Ligon, girlfriend of Tignor.

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War Eagle Bike Share will provide a new form of transportation for people on campus. Bike Share allows students and faculty to check out a bike from a campus hub to use for two hours free.

Bike Share was intended to be launched the fall 2015 semester, but paperwork complications delayed the start date. Gotcha Group and SoBi will perform the final routine inspection Jan. 4, and War Eagle Bike Share is scheduled to launch Jan. 13.

The Gotcha Group is a national sustainable bike sharing program that partners with SoBi, or Social Bicycles, to create bikes that can be locked and unlocked using an app.

There will be a total of 75 bikes spread out over 10 different campus locations. The hubs that will house the bikes will be located outside Village Dining, the Lowder Starbucks, Cambridge at Auburn, Student Center, near the South Donahue Residence Hall, Roosevelt Concourse, Courtyard

by Terrell, Quad deck, near RO parking and by the veterinary school.

“Anyone can use (the bikes), even someone just visiting campus,” said Don Andrae, Auburn University director of parking services. “You just have

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to login on the website or app.”

Andrae said the bikes can be checked out and returned to any one of the campus hubs. People will be charged $5 for each hour after the first two.

“We also aren’t allowing people to use the bikes for more than seven hours a day,” Andrae said.

“But, if you see a bike abandoned somewhere that wasn’t returned to a hub and you check it in, you

get a credit of $2.”

Each bike will be equipped with a bell, basket, automatic kickstand and GPS. “The GPS is so that you can pull up on your app where the nearest hub to you is and how many bikes are available there,” Andrae said. “It also helps me, because I can track all the bikes.”

Director of Bike Share Division Kathryn

Sargeant said the bike share was designed so students would have more transportation options available.

“War Eagle Bike Share aims to increase the number of short trips made by bicycle,” Sargeant said. “It offers an affordable, healthy and ecofriendly way for students, faculty and visitors to get around campus.”

Andrae said there will be a number of unique features on the app besides just reserving, renting and returning the bikes.

“If something is wrong on your bike, there is a screen on the back that gives you options for what you want to fix,” Andrae said. “It sends me a message, and then Gotcha Bikes goes and fixes it for you.”

Auburn University was recently awarded a silver rating for “bike friendliness” by the League of American Bicyclists. Auburn University is the first university in Alabama to be named a Bicycle Friendly University.

“The silver rating shows that Auburn is taking strides to make the campus infrastructure more bicycle friendly,” Sargeant said. “Bike lanes, maintenance tools, clinics and racks positioned in key locations make bicycling an easy option for transportation.”

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Senior selected as Rhodes Scholarship finalist Corey Williams Campus Editor

Chloe Chaudhury, senior in biochemisty, said she was surprised when she was told she was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, the world’s oldest fellowship program.

She was also nominated for the Marshall and Mitchell scholarships, but didn’t receive either of them.

“When I opened the email it said, ‘Congratulations, you’re a finalist,’” Chaudhury said. “I was super shocked.”

Chaudhury is an undergraduate

learning assistant for freshman physics students and conducts research under Assistant Professor Satya Pondugula in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Her research examines the development of new and safe therapeutic approaches to reverse chemoresistance in human cancer patients, according to a University press release.

Chaudhury is an Auburn native.

Her academic achievements are mostly science-related, but she is minoring in dance.

She is also a member of Phi Beta

Kappa honor society and a Summer Science Institute counselor for the College of Sciences and Mathematics.

She is captain of Auburn University Rhythm dance team and a member of the Auburn Indian Music Ensemble.

Approximately 1,000 students are endorsed annually for the scholarship, according to the release.

Two hundred are named finalists.

The scholarship honors Cecil J. Rhodes and the criteria include “high academic achievement, integrity of character, a spirit of unselfishness, re-

spect for others, potential for leadership and physical vigor,” according to the release.

Chaudhury is Auburn’s 10th Rhodes Scholar finalist since 2009.

If Chaudhury is awarded the scholarship, she will be among 32 U.S. students to receive an opportunity to study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Chaudhury will participate in a two-day interview in Birmingham on Nov. 20-21.

“I’m very excited, but it’s also nerve-racking,” Chaudhury said.

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The world entered a collective state of shock when news of Robin Williams’ suicide broke.

He didn’t seem depressed.

How could Williams, the electric and confident comedian who made us laugh countless times, take his own life?

But the truth is, depression doesn’t fit into a neat little box. Neither does anxiety, addiction, bipolar disorder or any other mental illness.

Our preconceptions tell us they do, though, and we freak out when those ideas are challenged.

So we just don’t think or talk about them. People who live with these disorders are forced to endure, not only the extreme stress of having a mental illness, but also

suffering by themselves.

They’re not.

Almost one-third of college students report having felt so depressed they had trouble functioning, according to Active Minds. More than 80 percent said they felt overwhelmed and 45 percent felt things were hopeless.

More than 1,000 college-aged students die of suicide each year and more than half of college students have had suicidal thoughts.

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scrutiny and sideways glances from people who don’t understand them.

More importantly, they are made to feel alone.

This year, SGA created a task force to assess the long-term mental health needs of the student body and the new Miss Homecoming campaigned on a platform that focused on mental health.

But there’s still a stigma that surrounds these conditions and it will remain there until we start talking, openly and honestly, about them.

As a society, mental illness makes us uncomfortable and we don’t want to talk about things that make us feel that way.

When we’re silent, though, people who live with these disorders feel like they’re

Letter to the editor

A word of gratitude from the family of Justin Weimer Dear Auburn Family, The Weimer family wants to take this opportunity to thank the incredible community of Auburn University and the City of Auburn for your remarkable kindness toward our family, in the wake of our beloved son’s recent passing.

Justin lived a full and meaningful life in his brief 22 years on this earth.

According to him, his years at Auburn were among his best.

He counted many of you as his friends for life.

After Justin’s death, we were so touched as the University family reached out to us in such thoughtful and meaningful ways, from the flying of the Auburn flag and the displaying of his memorial plaque in his honor on campus, to so many of you sending us messages of comfort, hope, and love.

Others of you have spent healing time with us.

You have shared our grief and helped to ease our pain.

We appreciate each of the ways Justin’s vibrant life has been honored.

As Justin’s family, we only hope and pray that we may live into his deep love

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Alan Lee “It’s the preconceieved notions of faculty and administration that concerns me most. Restriction of speech and the assault on first and second amendment rights by universities is a emminant threat to our country.”

Sam Bartlett “Such a student should only expect that reception if they would be willing to do the same Alan.”

Griff Shelley I’m sorry, if you can’t handle what’s being said in a classroom (short of verbal abuse or humiliation) how are you going to handle the real world. I tell my students that we’re going to cover some controversial material, but I don’t give them the chance to opt out of the discussion.

Megan Haselschwerdt I think that is the gist of what is being said. I didn’t read anywhere about students should be able to opt out of discussions, but the idea of letting students know ahead of time about potentially retraumatizing content (e.g., child abuse) sounds similar to your approach. I teach lots of controversial topics and do not acknowledge each of them ahead of time, but I do give a heads up. Like Dr. Alexander said, maybe this will help us create more thoughtful and mindful students, not students who won’t engage with difficult topics.

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Justin (holding the dog) poses for a family photo.

for God and his compassion for people from all walks of life, and to carry on, too, the love he had for Auburn.

Again, we are more than grateful for

all of your kindnesses and support.

Gratefully yours, Scott and Cynthia Weimer and family

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It’s almost the time of year to start decking the halls as Christmas is a little over a month away.

This year, a group of Opelika teens is taking Christmas spirit to another level by recording its own Christmas album, “Advent.”

The album includes the musical talents of Abby Miracle, Judith Fuller, Isaac Hayes of Pepperspice, Marleigh Jones of StreetParty in Liverpool and Cooper Prater, Cullen Marquis and Caleb Etris of C Squared + C. Miracle originally had the idea for the project.

“I was brainstorming, because I love recording, writing and making music,” Miracle said. “I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do, because I always write my own Christmas songs ...

I thought about this, because last year there was a lady who was helping teen musicans get gigs and stuff but we have never had the money to do it.”

Miracle created a GoFundMe page for the project, and the group ended up raising more than enough money to record and produce the album.

“Advent” will feature seven Christmas songs, including an introduction. All of the songs will be covers except for Miracle’s own Christmas song.

“Everybody is technically a different genre of music, like C Squared + C is British rock, which is really cool because they get to play The Bea-

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“Advent” blends musical genres from several different bands.

tles and all of that good stuff,” Miracle said. “My band is pop-rock and StreetParty in Liverpool is folk, and so it is all these different genres and I get to listen to all of their different talents and their different sounds. And it’s really cool.”

Christmas songs covered on the album in-

clude, “Please Come Home for Christmas” by The Eagles, “Go Tell It on the Mountain” by John Wesley Work Jr. and “Happy Christmas, (War is Over)” by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Jones said she hopes people have a nostalgic feeling after hearing “Advent.”

“The main point of Christmas albums in general is to make everyone feel happy, and there is a lot of nostalgia that comes with certain songs,” Jones said. “We picked the songs for ‘Advent’ with that in mind so that listeners would think of things like where they were when they first heard that song or who they were with when they first heard that song, things like that.”

The group has been recording the album locally in Auburn and Opelika. The album is set to release Nov. 27, which is Black Friday.

Miracle and Jones both said they hope to continue making albums with the group.

“I hope we do more albums after this,” Miracle said. “Hopefully it can be something that won’t be as rushed. We started recording ‘Advent’ at the beginning of October, so this album has been really rushed.”

Jones said she enjoyed the process of recording the album.

“The recording process was my favorite part,” Jones said. “Abby is my best friend, and getting to do anything with people you enjoy is just great in general. My solo song on the album is ‘Go Tell It on a Mountain,’ and Abby added this really great harmony to it that I love, so really the production of the album was my favorite part.”

Jones said she would like to do a similar project next year.

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Walmart to open two new locations, create 95 local jobs Chris Jurkiewicz community writer

Walmart plans to open two Neighborhood Market stores January in Auburn.

Without any delays, the market at 2047 E. University Drive is expected to open Jan. 13, 2016, and the market at 1810 Shug Jordan Parkway is expected to open Jan. 27, 2016.

Each Walmart Neighbor-

hood Market is approximately 41,000 square feet, or about a quarter of the size of a typical Walmart Supercenter. “[The market is] geared toward the smaller community,” said Shannon Moser, store manager for the East University Walmart Neighborhood Market.

The markets will have an emphasis on convenience and basics, according to Moser.

“Most of our selection will be from the local area,” Moser said.

A Walmart Neighborhood Market features fresh produce and meats, a deli, a bakery, a pharmacy and basic home goods. The East University Drive Walmart Neighborhood Market will also feature a selfservice gas station.

Each of the new locations is estimated to hire approximate-

ly 95 full-time and part-time employees.

A temporary hiring center for the new neighborhood markets is located at 2560 Pepperell Corners in Opelika and operates Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

The construction of the Walmart Neighborhood Market at the intersection of East University Drive and Opelika Road coincides with de-

velopment of the intersection through the City of Auburn’s Renew Opelika Road project.

“Renew Opelika Road is a revitalization and redevelopment plan designed to help encourage reinvestment and new investment to maintain and improve one of Auburn’s most crucial commercial corridors, which was showing some decline,” said David Dorton, public affairs director for the

City of Auburn.

The Walmart Neighborhood Market being constructed at the intersection of Shug Jordan Parkway and North Donahue will provide a grocery closer to many residential areas.

“We look forward to bringing Auburn its first Walmart Neighborhood Market, and are eager to meet potential applicants as we build our team,” Moser said.

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The house Saugahatchee Animal Hospital will be located in was built in 1907.

Doggy day care and doctor coming to 98-year-old house Anne Dawson

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Dr. Thad Moore thought the Auburn area could use a veterinary practice with a homier feel.

To reach this goal, he decided there was no better way than to open up one of his own practices in the comfort of an actual home.

Saugahatchee Animal Hospital, which is currently being renovated and will open in the next few weeks, is located at 6412 Stage Road in Loachapoka and will see all small animals and horses.

The house — hospital — will be located in was built in 1907 but underwent its first set of renovations in 2000, when it was used as commercial property until Moore purchased it in August.

Moore said he knew the house would be a good fit for

his project when he saw the large rooms inside. He said it was easy to picture which rooms would be used for exams, surgery and intensive care.

The animal hospital will also feature a “doggy day care,” which Moore said would soon have a more creative name.

Lacee Andrews, technician and assistant manager of Saugahatchee Animal Hospital, said this would be a place like no other because of the personalized care that will be given to each animal.

“Other day cares feed the animals a few times a day and let them out once or twice,” Andrews said. “But we will allow the animals to have more social interaction depending on what they need.”

Moore said he chose Loachapoka because of the

growth he thinks is about to take place.

He also said while the Auburn area is blessed with many skilled veterinarians because of Auburn’s and Tuskegee’s veterinary schools, there is no veterinary practice in Loachapoka.

“The town is definitely growing,” Moore said. “We feel there is enough need for us to be here.”

Saugahatchee Animal Hospital will be a paperless facility with a state-of-the-art software system to make the process less stressful.

“We may be in a 1907 building, but we are definitely up to date on technology,” Moore said.

Moore currently has a starting team of six plus himself, but plans to grow that team as the business takes off in the weeks to come.

Political columnist and former state representative Steve Flowers visited Auburn and Opelika on Thursday, Nov. 5, for a series of lectures and book signings. Flowers is widely regarded as Alabama’s most famous political commentator and historian.

At a lecture Thursday afternoon at Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Flowers shared his take on Alabama political history and made several predictions about the 2018 gubernatorial race.

“We’re going to have a really good governor’s race in 2018, unlike last time when (Gov. Robert) Bentley basically ran unopposed,” Flowers said. “I know of five or six that are going to run right now.”

Flowers bases his predictions on the idea of “friends and neighbors politics,” a theory that claims Alabamians and Southerners generally will vote for someone they know or someone from their hometown or county before they will vote for anyone else.

“Roy Moore is going to run for governor,” Flowers said.

“If you don’t think Roy Moore is going to run for governor, then you’re wrong.”

Moore is currently serving his last term as the chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court and became well-known in 2003 when he was removed from the Alabama Supreme Court for refusing to follow a federal order to remove a display of the Ten Commandments from state grounds.

Flowers also speculated about the possibility of Auburn Rep. Mike Hubbard running for governor in 2018.

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Steve Flowers signs books at his lecture event at RBD Library on Nov. 5

Flowers recently released his first book “Of Goats and Governors,” a collection of political history, stories, lore and comedy from Alabama’s political history dating back more than 50 years.

“I contend that our politics was our entertainment, especially in the early years,” Flowers said. “Our politicians were our characters. We had no other entertainment. The only things we had were the Grand Ole Opry and our politicians.”

Flowers represented Pike County for 16 consecutive years in the Alabama House of Representatives before retiring in 1998, but his history in Montgomery did not begin there.

At the ripe age of 12, Flowers began paging for his representative from Pike County and eventually became the head of the senate pages before he graduated high school in Troy. Flowers has been heavily involved in Alabama politics ever since.

Flowers began writing political columns for more than 60 Alabama newspapers and online publications in 2002. His

columns cover both contemporary politics and historical anecdotes, which, according to Flowers, can help one better understand the intricacies of Alabama politics. “(Flowers) is a keen observer of Alabama politics, and he’s always straightforward, sometimes maddeningly so,” said Greg Schmidt, a special collections librarian for Auburn University who helped organize Flowers’s lecture.

Stories featuring Alabama politicians such as George and Lurlene Wallace, Albert Brewer, “Big Jim” Folsom and modern giants Sen. Richard Shelby and Bentley populate his book.

Folsom was the 42nd governor of Alabama and one of the most interesting characters in the state’s history, according to Flowers. He was a drunk and a demagogue, according to Flowers, but one of Alabama’s most successful politicians.

“Back when he was running for governor, he had a suds bucket and he would come to the square with a broom,” Flowers said. “He would say ‘I’m going to sweep out the capitol. I’m going to clean up the capitol.’”

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LAST WEEK vs. South Carolina (W, 3-1) vs. Florida (W, 3-2) THIS WEEK Nov. 13 at Mississippi State (5 p.m.)

Nov. 15 at Alabama (3 p.m.)

UPCOMING Nov. 20 vs. Ole Miss (5:30 p.m.)

Swimming and Diving

In September, the season looked lost in Death Valley.

After a November trip to Kyle Field, however, a flicker of life sparked in the Auburn Tigers.

Turmoil, chaos and tumult engulfed a team once destined to waltz into the SEC Championship, or so the national landscape predicted.

The starting quarterback, prematurely heralded as the fourth Heisman winner in Auburn history, was benched after having more interceptions thrown than games started.

The offense, which led the nation in rushing in 2013, wasn’t anywhere close to that type of production.

But on Saturday, in the heart of Texas, it turned.

Gus Malzahn was determined to get the ground attack turned around, and he did. The Tigers ran the ball 52 times for 311 yards, significantly higher than their 189 yards-per-game average.

Jovon Robinson, the junior college transfer who had been struggling with a nagging ankle injury for the majority of the season, led all rushers for the

second straight game, netting 159 yards on 27 carries.

Meanwhile, Will Muschamp’s defense finally looked like what was expected. After being torched

by Louisville dual-threat quaterback Lamar Jackson in the season opener, it held Texas A&M quarterback Kyler Murray to 37 yards on the ground, consistently corralling him on the edges and forcing him to play in the pocket.

It was the type of game where every area seemed to click for Auburn, something Malzahn had repeatedly said the Tigers had yet to do in the weeks prior.

“Tonight was a true team win,” Malzahn said after the game. “I felt like we played good in all three phases, really for the first time all year … I’m excited for our players, and we played our best game tonight.”

Johnson emerged from the ashes to assume the mantle of starting quarterback once more, a job he almost regained for Ole Miss, but Sean White was able to play through a knee injury. White wasn’t able to go against Texas A&M, so Johnson had another chance to prove why he was so highly touted.

The coaching staff learned how to effectively uti-

lize Johnson and emphasized putting him in better situations.

They didn’t get greedy by having Johnson throw deep into tight coverage, one of the areas he struggled with. Instead, Malzahn and Rhett Lashlee dialed up shorter, easier throws for Johnson where he wasn’t able to overthink his reads.

Despite his encouraging performance, Johnson knew there was another quarterback sitting on the sidelines.

But he wasn’t concerned about animosity between the two — in fact, he had nothing but love for the player he will be competing for a job with.

“I played this game for (White),” Johnson said.

“He’s been a great player, great teammate. I really just played this game for him.”

Add in a revitalized stable of running backs — led by Robinson — and the Tigers are beginning to look like a team picking up steam as they head into the final three regular season games of the season.

Now with a suddenly limping Georgia team next on the docket, Auburn can reach six wins and gain bowl eligibility — attaining a goal that looked nearly unobtainable a mere month ago.

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Taylor Denman, sports editor of the Red & Black, The University of Georgia’s student newspaper, answered a few questions about this year’s installment of The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.

bound to leave, but Richt will have to be dragged from his office. For now, winning will keep everything status quo. This is what happens when your fanbase is “The Boy Who Cried Fire Richt.”

1. What's the feeling like around campus? Auburn-Georgia is usually a massive rivalry game, but both schools have had disappointing seasons, to say the least. Is Athens still as excited for the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry this year like years past?

4. Is there any clarity in the QB situation? Georgia's had somewhat of a revolving door for most of the year. Has any one of them separated themselves?

TD: Students are just about as excited as any fan of a team playing to finish the season. Georgia can have a bad year and it still means a lot to fans if the Bulldogs can get a couple wins over rivals. People have stopped coming to games, though.

The student section on the sideline didn't fill up until kickoff last week, and the endzone seats might as well have been empty. Florida knocked the wind out of the fanbase more so than the team.

TD: It seems likely Greyson Lambert will continue to get most of the snaps by virtue of having been the guy most of the season. Schottenheimer's progressionbased offense means good things happen when the quarterback's first few reads have been open. As they get to the third progression or check down, they start to force throws. Georgia was shifty against Kentucky last week, running some wildcat sets. I guess you could say it's likely Michel or receiver Terry Godwin could start if Georgia decides to stick with what ain't broken.

2. What happened to the Dawgs this season? There was a ton of promise to start the year, but it seems the wheels have come off the wagon, so to speak.

5. What aspect of Georgia's offense will give Auburn's defense the most trouble this week?

TD: The first wheel that may not have ever been precisely attached is the offense. New coordinator, three quarterbacks — who hardly know who will start week-to-week. It makes for a lot of three-and-outs. The second wheel to fall off was Nick Chubb. Sony Michel is a dynamic player, but as the season's gone on it's apparent that he isn't built to carry the ball as much as Chubb did. Add in a missed opportunity at Tennessee and a pair of gut-wrenchers against Alabama and Florida, you find out it’s been tough to be a Georgia football player this season.

TD: Let's say the wildcat offense, if they stick with it. Godwin and Michel are a pretty lethal combo back there, and Godwin can throw as well. Otherwise Auburn can look forward to Michel and Keith Marshall trying to wear the defense down.

3. How hot is Mark Richt's seat? Year after year, it constantly seems like he's on the verge of having to worry about his job, but he always does well enough to stave off the pressure. But this year seems different.

TD: It's not that people are satisfied with the staff after beating Kentucky, but it at least likely saved them for the remainder of the season. It seems like most of the discontent is between Richt and his coordinators, Jeremy Pruitt and Brian Schottenheimer. It's very possible that this program looks different at the top if Georgia fails to make a bowl or busts in a bowl game. Even then, someone is

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6. Is there anything about Auburn that will particularly worry the Bulldogs?

TD: If Auburn can run up tempo and spread the ball out, Georgia's linebackers could struggle to get to the point of attack, and they'll keep the secondary on its heels. Defensively, Auburn's front needs to stand up to Michel and Co. Being forced to throw is Georgia's worst nightmare.

7. Score prediction?

TD: Despite the rough start, Auburn has mostly been the victim of some tough opponents and heartbreakers this season. I like the Tigers by one possession at home, 17-13.

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Softball primed for 2016 season, despite injuries Bailey Rogers Sports Writer

A mere five months after an incredible season ended with a loss to Florida in the Women's College World Series, Auburn softball is prepared to start it all over again, and it appears the team is picking up right where it left off.

On Friday, Oct. 30, the Tigers completed their fall ball schedule, remaining undefeated despite some key injuries.

Two Auburn shortstops, Haley Fagan and Kelsey Bogaards, have suffered potentially serious knee injuries. It is still unclear as to when these players will be able to return.

“Both of them are going to be out for an undetermined amount of time based on the rehabilitation," said coach Clint Myers. “The rehabbing is very stringent, and both of them are looking forward to getting back early in the season."

Despite the setback, the Tigers are

moving forward.

“We've got some freshmen (who are) accelerating now,” Myers said. “We’ve got Whitney Jordan back in the middle, and she has been refreshing."

With these key additions, the Tigers are hoping to build on last season's success.

This team is young, yet experienced.

The Tigers are made up of 10 juniors and eight sophomores, all with a common goal: to finish what they started last year.

“I think it’s more perfecting everything now instead of trying to get our bearings on what we want to do with new coaching,” said senior pitcher Lexi Davis.

"So now that we have kind of been seasoned and we have everybody, we want to round out what we did last year and build on it.”

The experienced players have made an effort of changing the mentality in the locker room. They no longer just want to

get to the Women’s College World Series, they want to win it all.

“We definitely have that expectation now, and I think we are putting that on (the underclassmen),” Davis said. "We are taking on more of a teaching role with them and trying to bring them up to speed, which they have been doing a really good job of.”

The culture around the program is one based on winning. Last year was good, but the players want more.

This fall, they have been nothing short of dominant throughout the fall games.

They finished the fall season with two wins in a doubleheader.

The first came against Northwest Florida by a score of 19-1, and the second came against Columbus State, against whom the Tigers strolled to an 11-1 victory.

If this continues, annother fantastic season can be expected out of the Tigers.

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LEFT: Tiffany Howard slides into home against Northwest Florida State.

RIGHT: Makayla Martin fires a pitch during Auburn’s final exhibition game.

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Talented crop of freshmen bring an influx of talent Jonathan Hefner Sports Writer

It’s fair to say fans expected a little bit more out of the Auburn basketball team.

Bruce Pearl was a big name who got everyone excited, but last year was simply not what was expected.

However, it’s to be understood that the team would still be largely based on the previous coach, Tony Barbee.

Barbee took over the team after serving under coaching legend John Calipari at Kentucky.

He led the Tigers to a combined 48-75 record and was fired after losing the first round of the SEC Tournament in 2014.

Almost every player was a product of the Barbee regime.

Also, it was Pearl’s first year, and settling in can be tough for a head coach.

But everyone seems to forget it is equally as hard for the players and the administration to be comfortable with the new coach.

Think about it.

Learning a new system, working with the athletics director and recruiting office, earning the trust of 15 players — all of these things take time, especially longer than one year.

This year is different, though.

Auburn has got a few good senior players returning, including Cinmeon Bowers, who was an absolute force in

the post and led the team with over 300 rebounds.

What’s bound to be exciting is the new class of recruits.

Bryce Brown was the first recruit to sign with the Tigers in the 2015 recruiting campaign.

Brown has been praised for being a guy who lives at the gym and hits the books hard.

And, he’s a lights-out shooter.

His combination of a great work ethic and his shooting capabilities is sure to provide some depth at the shooting guard position.

T.J. Dunans is a guard coming from Columbia State Community College and is a name every fan will know by the end of the season.

The guy is an animal, and is ranked as the No. 1 JUCO prospect in college basketball. Dunans was a huge win for Pearl and should be fun to watch.

New Williams is combination guard with tremendous athletic ability. He can shoot, play the point and has a 48-inch vertical, which he showed off with an electrifying through-the-legs dunk at Pearl Jam. As exciting as Williams sounds, he underwent surgery for a torn ACL his junior year of high school, so he flew under the radar of powerhouse programs.

Typically, these injuries can take a while to heal and tend to have complications.

This being said, Pearl seems to have a lot of confidence in Williams’s talent.

Danjel Purifoy is a small forward who had the biggest game in the team’s latest scrimmage.

Hailing from Hargrave Military Academy, the small forward has made a name for himself for his driving and finishing abilities, particularly his soft hands around the rim.

The four-star recruit outscored Cinmeon Bowers by six with 18 points and had a respectable six rebounds in the team’s latest scrimmage.

Certainly not least is Horace Spencer, the No. 48 recruit in the country.

When Spencer committed in April, the big power forward was entertaining offers from the likes of North Carolina, Kentucky and Georgetown.

Spencer is considered possibly the best athlete of this class.

This year, the new players will undergo a lot of fine-tuning.

They’ll learn Pearl’s offense and learn how to trust each other and their older teammates.

These guys have a lot of potential and are vital to the team’s success.

Auburn may not be Kentucky this season, but if Pearl keeps bringing in these types of recruits, Auburn basketball is going to have a name for itself in the near future.

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LEFT:Tyler Harris goes up for a hook shot during Auburn’s overtime win over Indianapolis. RIGHT: Kristen Dodson looks to move the ball upfield during the soccer team’s loss to Florida in the SEC Tournament.

This Week in Auburn Sports Soccer Nov. 4

The Auburn soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament after defeating No. 16 South Carolina 3-2 in overtime.

Sophomore Ellie Leek was the hero of the game, equalizing in the 76th minute in a twogoal Auburn comeback to give the Tigers a chance to win and providing the clinching goal in penalty kicks. After 60 minutes, Auburn was down 2-0 before Kristen Dodson scored her fourth goal of the year in the 61st minute, and Leek followed just 14 minutes later to tie the match.

The Tigers' win is the first in the SEC Tournament since defeating LSU as the 10-seed before falling in the quarterfinals in 2013. Friday will be Auburn's first appearence in the semifinals since 2012.

"Our team has dealt with adversity all year long," said coach Karen Hoppa. "South Carolina is a great side. They finished all their chances early to go up 2-0, but a credit to our team and its character. They never quit. They fought back and battled together and found a way to survive and advance."

In 110 minutes of play, redshirt freshman Sarah Le Beau had four saves on the night with one miss against the Gamecocks in penalties.

Courtney Schell scored on the first penalty kick, missed by South Carolina's Sophie Groff, to give Auburn the advantage for the remainder of the game and eventually the win.

Nov. 6 Seeded in the No. 4 spot, the 19th-ranked Auburn soccer team advanced to semifinal play Friday in the SEC Tournament but was unable to defeat the Florida Gators, falling 2-0 at the Orange Beach Sportsplex.

Christen Westphal and Savannah Jordan were keys for the Gators, scoring within the first 18 minutes of the match.

Auburn fought back but was unable to answer.

“We came out a little bit flat in the first half,” said coach Karen Hoppa. “We got unlucky in the second half. Our girls really went after it in the second half, and I was proud of our fight and we gave ourselves a chance.”

The Tigers came back in the second half to control the ball offensively but were unable to capitalize. Auburn posted seven shots in the second half compared to the one put up by Florida.

Juniors Brooke and Casie Ramsier were pushing hard in the midfield to create opportunity for the Tigers, but the Gators were able to clear their

attempts each time.

“We have a relatively young team, but now they have some tournament experience,” Hoppa said. “We’re going to learn a lot from a lot this week and carry that into the NCAA Tournament.”

Now 14-5-1 on the year, Auburn still has the second-most wins in a single season in program history.

Equestrian Nov. 6

No. 2 Auburn suffered its first defeat of the season againt No. 5 Texas A&M, 11-8, in College Station on Friday. The Tigers (3-1, 2-1 SEC) earned a victory in Horsemanship and had two players earn MOP honors in the loss.

The Tigers defeated the Aggies in Horsemanship 3-1, as freshman Lauren Diaz earned MOP honors by defeating Rachel Lucht, 76.570.5.

In Equitation on the Flat, senior Elizabeth Benson and junior Tory Hoft both earned victories to remain perfect for the season in the event. Benson defeated Anna Rea, 74-65, and Hoft defeated Audrey Gallagher, 93-74, to earn MOP honors.

Nov. 8 Auburn’s equestrian team might not have gotten the perfect result from its Texas two-step, but the No. 2 Tigers did come away from the Lone Star State with a victory. Auburn (4-1) earned a 12-7 victory over SMU at the Sleepy P Ranch in Dallas Sunday, rebounding from Friday’s 11-8 loss to No. 5 Texas A&M. Auburn led, 3-2, after Equitation over Fences, led by junior Ashley Foster, senior Elizabeth Benson and freshman Hayley Iannotti.

After Auburn had a slim 5-4 lead at the break, the Tigers seized control by earning all five points in Equitation on the Flat.

Sophomore Caitlin Creel defeated Schaefer Raposa 99-98, followed by Benson’s 95-90 victory over Nora Gray. Benson is 5-0 this season in Flat.

Junior Tory Hoft narrowly defeated Alexis Graves 85-84, and freshman Caitlin Boyle earned an 89-87 victory over Alexa Boggio. Foster closed the event with a 93-92 win over Sylvia de Toledo.

Volleyball Nov. 8

The Auburn volleyball team won its most important match of the season as it took down Florida Sunday, winning in five sets to snap a

41-match losing streak that dates back to 1990.

The 11th-ranked Gators traveled into Auburn Arena, looking to sweep the season series after defeating the Tigers earlier this year.

Auburn was the heavy underdog coming into this, but the Tigers came out in the first set with an extreme energy and passion, winning the first set 25-22.

The Gators woke up in the second set and took a commanding lead into the intermission, claiming the set 25-16. The noticeable difference with Auburn during this second set was the persistence in the positivity. Although the Tigers were not able to capitalize on the momentum from the first set, they kept level heads and remained calm.

Coming out of the break, the Tigers were on fire. They jumped out to an early 5-0 lead and everything was going their way. After a Florida timeout, the Gators went on an 8-1 run to take the lead and began to run away with the game. Auburn made a late run at the end of the second set to tie the game at 24, but despite the effort, the Gators took the set 26-24.

Auburn came out in the fourth set with confidence despite losing two sets in a row and one set from a loss. In what was the most competitive set of the afternoon, no team could establish a true lead. After being tied at 15, Auburn eventually began to pull away as it was backed by a strong service game and some big blocks by junior Breanna Barksdale. Auburn pushed the match to a fifth set with a 25-21 win.

In the fifth, emotions were high on both sides.

The fans in Auburn Arena were on their feet as the Tigers tried to knock off the talented Gators.

In the end, Auburn had the final say, pulling it out with an 18-16 score.

Auburn came into this weekend on a threegame losing streak but was able to pick up a nice win against South Carolina on Friday and now a major win against the Gators, the third win over a ranked opponent in program history.

The Tigers hope to carry the momentum of this win into their next game on Nov. 13, when they travel to Starkville, Mississippi, to take on Mississippi State.

Men’s Basketball Nov. 5

Coach Bruce Pearl expected Division-II Indianapolis to be a tougher test than Brevard College, which Auburn beat by 40 in its exhibition opener Oct. 30.

But even the second-year coach likely did not expect the kind of challenge Auburn received from the visiting Greyhounds at Auburn Arena Thursday night.

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The Tigers survived a 114-109 overtime thriller in a game that included seven ties, eight lead changes, 67 made field goals, 90 free throw attempts and a much closer final score than the 5,327 people in attendance expected.

“We kind of needed that game, because we kind of breezed by in that first exhibition game,” said point guard Kareem Canty, who paced Auburn with 24 points. “We needed that challenge.

I learned a lot from that game … but most importantly, we stuck together, we didn’t argue on the court and then we came out with the victory.”

Both teams came out of the gate firing and refused to let up.

Tyler Harris scored eight of Auburn’s first 10 points in the first 5:05, and T.J. Dunans added 11 points in the first half to give Auburn a 48-47 halftime advantage.

The action really cranked up in the second half, which saw both teams shoot over 50 percent from the field.

Canty caught fire down the stretch, scoring 14 of Auburn’s 17 points over a 4:40 run.

Indianapolis kept pace with a trio of individual efforts, as Jordan Loyd, Eric Davidson and Alex Etherington totaled for 49 of the Greyhounds’ 53 second-half points.

Davidson wowed with his three-point shooting ability, finishing the game 8-13 from behind the arc, while Loyd did his damage from the free throw line, converting 17 of his 18 attempts.

“I told the team before the game that I thought Indianapolis was going to be a tough cover,” Pearl said. “I thought they were going to be a really good offensive team … You saw what Indiana’s shooters can do in Davidson. That was pretty fun to watch.”

Auburn led by six after Canty’s run and four with 49 seconds left, but Loyd made four foul shots in the final seconds to force an extra five minutes with the score deadlocked at 100.

Auburn jumped ahead 110-107, and Indianapolis guard Joe Retic missed a shot for the tie with 16 seconds left.

Canty snatched the rebound and made four of his 13 free throws to seal the victory.

With two exhibition games, including a nearloss, behind them, the Tigers now look forward to the regular-season opener against UAB Friday with a clear area of improvement in mind.

“Defensive-wise, we should never give up 109 points,” said freshman Horace Spencer, who recorded a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. “It was fun playing, but at the same time, we need to lock down on defense.

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Snapchat always had rights to use My Story content Contributed by Rajul Mistry

Bill Alverson coaches women to prepare for beauty pageants.

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Making faces at one’s camera has become the social norm. The selfie came to life and has been impacting people globally ever since.

Snapchat, an app promoting capturing images and videos to send to friends, was created in September 2011.

One aspect of using apps is receiving the updates for them.

Snapchat released an update Oct. 28 that has created shockwaves on Twitter. Users took screenshots of Snapchat’s Terms of Service and posted them to Twitter underlining specific parts about Snapchat’s ability to manage content from users’ Live Stories.

However, Snapchat’s update mainly focused on three things: reorganizing and rewriting its terms of service and privacy policy to make them easier to understand, making a user’s display name visible to other users and adding general terms for in-app purchases.

This was explained in a pop-up message when users updated the app.

Because of the social media stir its update created, Snapchat decided to release a blog post Nov. 1 clarifying the update.

“First off, we want to be crystal clear: The Snaps and Chats you send your friends remain as private today as they were before the update,” Snapchat said in its post. “Our Privacy Policy continues to say — as it did before — that those messages ‘are automatically deleted from our servers once we detect that they have been viewed or have expired.’”

The post also explained previous versions of Snapchat’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy stated the

company could access My Story content.

“It’s true that our Terms of Service grant us a broad license to use the content you create — a license that’s common to services like ours,” Snapchat said in the post. “We need that license when it comes to, for example, Snaps submitted to Live Stories, where we have to be able to show those Stories around the world — and even replay them or syndicate them.”

But Snapchat’s Privacy Policy also states the company will never access private content unless users grant consent.

Diana Sisson, assistant professor of public relations, teaches a social media and public relations class.

Sisson said Snapchat could have released a statement before the update instead of a blog post after as damage control. She also said the company could have handled the situation better.

“I think the attempt to clarify the language to make it more accessible to people was probably well-intended, but the wording was way too broad, because nobody ever reads the terms of services,” Sisson said.

“It actually probably freaked a lot of people out because it’s an app that is supposed to get rid of images and videos after they’ve been seen.”

Katy Doss, a senior account executive with createTWO, a public relations and advertising agency in Auburn, said createTWO uses Snapchat, and there are multiple brands on the app.

“I assume that Snapchat would want to use other businesses and then public figures, celebrities and sports figures to just show mainstream individuals that lots of people are on Snapchat,” Doss said. “The people that you follow on other social media platforms are on Snapchat in a very different way.”

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Alumnus stars in TLC series ‘Coach Charming’ Amanda Myles Intrigue writer

In his new show, “Coach Charming,” Bill Alverson proves it’s possible to be an attorney and a pageant coach at the same time.

His father-son law firm, Alverson & Alverson, is based in Andalusia, Alabama. Though Bill is an Auburn graduate, he attended law school at the University of Alabama. He was a staff attorney with Alabama Supreme Court Justice Oscar Adams, and then he moved to Andalusia in 1990.

Not only were people asking him for legal advice, but they were also asking for guidance on other topics, which helped begin his experience as a pageant coach.

“I had someone make a recommendation for me to work with a girl from the Junior Miss Program, and she won it, and it kind of just grew from there to where we are now,” Bill said.

Bill said his show started when The New York Times did a seven-page spread and video clip on him, and then “Nightline” did a short segment on him. He said he met with an agent and filmed and released a mini pilot, which was shot in January.

Bill said they started filming in May, completed the first season and the first two episodes aired on Wednesday, Nov. 4. He also said his show confronts many social issues, and the aspect of personal growth is important to him.

“I call it that our show has legs, it walks,” Bill said. “One of the underlying goals of the show is gender equality and empowerment for females and for women today to know their own voice and to know who they are.”

William Alverson, Bill’s son, said when he first found out his family was going to have a show, he was excited but anxious about being on reality television.

“However, I grew comfortable with the idea after meeting with the production team and hearing their ideas for the show,” William said. “They did a fantastic job of communicating with us and asking us for our input.”

Jessica King, director of alumni communications and marketing, said the Auburn Alumni Association is proud of its alumni.

“The fact that he’s a lawyer and also this pageant coach is so unique and so amazing to kind of watch and hear his story unfold through a television show,” King said. “And what a great outlet to help continue to promote that Auburn spirit.”

Stella Marthaler, freshman in undeclared sciences and math, said the show is interesting.

“It’s cool that he taught several girls that became Miss Alabama,” Marthaler said. “And he went to Auburn. War Eagle.”

“Coach Charming” airs every Wednesday at 9 p.m. on TLC.

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‘Frame by Frame’ director speaks on filming Marissa Luckie

ally early on.

It all started with some unedited footage depicting everyday life in Afghanistan. People were drinking tea, walking their dogs and chatting with one another.

But Alexandria Bombach saw something different in this footage, inspiring her to sell her car and book a flight to Afghanistan with fellow director Mo Scarpelli, camera equipment in tow.

Bombach said when she watched the footage, which was filmed on a street in Afghanistan, she started to question her perception of Afghanistan and became insatiably curious about the stories Afghans would tell about their country.

Two separate journeys to Afghanistan followed, where Bombach and Scarpelli would take 300 hours of footage of four Afghan photojournalists, each taking on the responsibility of capturing the full image of Afghanistan and its people in a country where it is becoming increasingly dangerous to do so.

The resulting documentary, “Frame by Frame,” has won numerous awards such as the Audience and Spirit awards for documentary feature at the 2015 Brooklyn Film Festival and has been screened all over the country.

Q: In the film they talk a lot about the responsibility of having to take pictures. Do you feel like that is something you can relate to or do you think that they are on whole different level over there?

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A: I think it definitely is a whole other level. I mean, obviously the caliber of their work is just through the roof, but the sense of responsibility of their story and the experience that they have had ... There is definitely a fire under my butt wanting to do as much as I can in a sense of telling true stories that impact people’s lives.

Q: What are you planning on doing when you go back to Afghanistan?

A: Screening the film to the U.S. Embassy, and we’ve been invited to screen out there. Hopefully, we will screen with the new president, Ashraf Ghani.

Q: Are there any extra precautions you are taking this time going over?

A: Yeah ... But it always seems much more dangerous when you are here than when you are over there, because the only news we get is the bad news, so your perception even when you get back, even if you’ve been there, starts to shift.

You think it is the most dangerous place on Earth, but they are still living there, and they are fine.

Q: You said you sold your car to have the money to produce the film. Was it scary taking that leap?

A: It wasn’t my first time doing that. Hopefully it will be my last, because I don’t have any more cars. But no, it’s not scary. I feel like my bank account goes pretty drastically up and down all the time. But it is worth it. Filmmaking is what I love to do and what am I going to save up for?

Tupperware?

A: Meeting the people that I met. It was such a gift that they allowed us into their lives like that and it was a huge sense of responsibility in that they are just a lot of amazing humans. But the silly answer is, I’ll remember the fruit. The fruit is really good.

A: Well, doing the Kickstarter was really scary because you are putting yourself out there and if you fail the Kickstarter, it’s up forever, permanently. It’s like permanently in Google and in history that you are a failure ... I think we went for $40,000 and then ended up raising $70,000. So it was huge. It was so much more than the money ... all of a sudden we had 1,200 that said with us, ‘Yes, this is a film I want to see.’ People who couldn’t imagine living without photography. A lot of famous photographers were a huge push for us. And yeah, it was a really great experience and allowed us to have a base for an audience re-

Q: I know you said you just wanted to go there to portray the other side of Afghanistan, but how did you end up deciding to center the film around photojournalists?

A: Well, I found out that photojournalism ... was banned during the Taliban regime, so that was interesting and especially because free press is such a huge part of keeping the government in check ... given that the troops are like diminish-

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A: I always do character-driven, because I think so often we are looking at statistics in the newspaper about how many refugees or how many people were killed, and people just glaze over those facts. But when you get to know one person, it makes such a huge difference.

Q: And what made you want to do such a character-driven documentary?

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