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Leath aims to expand AU’s Birmingham footprint

By CHIP BROWNLEE Editor-in-chief editor@theplainsman.com

Auburn President Steven Leath is seeking to expand the University’s academic presence in the state’s largest city.

Auburn already has a small academic footprint in Birmingham with the College of Architecture, Design and Construction’s Urban Studio program being the flagship.

The Urban Studio program, located in the heart of downtown, provides fifth-year architecture and interior architecture students hands-on experience in urban planning and design.

“As many of you know, we have a presence in Birmingham, but it’s kind of an understated presence,” Leath said at a Board of Trustees meeting earlier this month.

At the meeting, the board approved the purchase of a new facility in the downtown area, the Hood-McPherson Building.

The total cost of the acquisition is expected to be about $1.55

million, and the new space will be used by the Urban Studio and other academic programs that could be added in the future.

Instead of renting more space for Urban Studio, the board chose to purchase a larger building that could provide future growth space.

“To fully enable Urban Studio, we would have to put about $3 million into a property we rent to update it, and then our

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Is Malzahn’s job safe?

Report: Malzahn planning to accept reduced buyout

By NATHAN KING Sports Editor sports@theplainsman.com

Gus Malzahn is close to accepting limitations and tweaks to his seven-year, $49 million contract, including a reduced buyout, in order to remain Auburn’s head coach, Auburn Undercover reported Tuesday.

The monetary reduction on Malzahn’s buyout is unspecified, and any other coaching moves on the staff would have to be revenue-neutral, according to Phillip Marshall’s report. That would likely keep Auburn from paying buyouts to assistant coaches, meaning offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey can’t be forced out.

According to Marshall, Auburn University President Steven Leath negotiated the offer with Malzahn on Sunday. Tuesday morning, Leath left the deal in the hands of Trustee Raymond Harbert, per the report’s sources from the Auburn Athletic Department.

Malzahn’s massive contract, which guaranteed 75 percent of the $49 million, was finalized last season before the Tigers’ SEC title game appearance. Malzahn’s buyout under the original contract was upward of $32 million.

The Alabama Political Reporter’s Josh Moon reported Monday that “high-powered” officials at Auburn were pushing for Malzahn’s firing and had begun gauging interest from possible replacement coaches.

According to multiple reports, Auburn went after former Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops. Stoops denied that Auburn reached out.

“I haven’t talked to anybody from Auburn,” Stoops told USA Today’s George Schroeder Monday. “I haven’t met with anybody ... nor am I set to talk to anybody. It’s just foolish speculation ... that has no basis to it.”

After a 10-4 campaign last season that saw the Tigers’ claim the SEC West crown and beat Alabama and Georgia, Malzahn’s 2018 squad had immense expectations in the offseason.

Auburn fell well short this year, finishing 7-5 (3-5 SEC), with the primary knock being the offense, which was inept for the most part despite returning most of its talent, including preseason All-SEC quarterback Jarrett Stidham.

In his career on The Plains, Malzahn is 5727 overall and 28-20 in the conference. In his first season in 2013, Auburn went 12-2 with an SEC Championship and BCS title game appearance.

In five full seasons under Malzahn, Auburn is 1-4 in bowl games with its only win in 2015 over Memphis in the Birmingham Bowl.

According to the report from Auburn Undercover, Auburn has yet to decide on a date to finalize Malzahn’s new agreement.

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Coach Bruce Pearl talks to Jared Harper (1) during Auburn Basketball vs. Washington on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, in Auburn, Ala.

Pearl inks first top-10 recruiting class

By BEN KEY Sports Writer sports@theplainsman.com

Auburn basketball has been off to an electrifying start this year, and next year looks like it will follow suit.

The signees for the 2019-20 season marks head coach Bruce Pearl’s first top-10 class at Auburn, as the current high school seniors were officially signed Monday afternoon.

“For me, the common denominator for all five of these kids are pretty high character, hungry, humble, not entitled,” Pearl said of the 2019 class. “They’ve got a level of toughness to them. You put them all together and they’re highly ranked, but I don’t think any one of them is all that much concerned with their own ranking.”

The signees are highlighted by 4-star forward Isaac Okoro, who averaged 20.3 points per game and 6.4 rebounds per game in his junior year. He is ranked 44th in ESPN’s top 100.

Pearl said future teams will lean on the talent of Okoro like past teams did with 5-star prospects Mustapha Heron and Austin Wiley.

“I’m not even sure there are 15 players better than Isaac Okoro in the country,” Pearl said. “He’s got great versatility, great toughness, really attacks the rim, can cover anybody, can cover point guards, can cover centers. He’ll be one of the most versatile defenders that I’ve ever had.”

Okoro’s teammate and fellow 4-star recruit Babatunde Akingbola will be joining him next year as well. The center averaged 6.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and three blocks during his junior season.

“Babatunde just does a great job of being communicative, aggressive,” Pearl said. “He

defines himself by his ability to protect the rim and rebound the basketball. That’s who he is. He’s better offensively than he gives himself credit for, but that’s not how he defines his game.”

The Tigers are also gaining a great shooter in 4-star guard Tyrell Jones. Jones averaged 17.2 points, 3.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game during his junior year. And he holds his school record for made threes in a game with 12.

“A scoring point guard,” Pearl said of Jones.

“He can pull it, has great range. He can get in the lane and score. He’s a willing passer.”

Another highlight of this class is forward and 4-star recruit Allen Flanigan. Flanigan is the son of Auburn assistant coach and former Tiger Wes Flanigan. He averaged 13.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.9 steals per game as a junior and is the No. 1 player in the state of Arkansas.

“Great upside,” Pearl said. “Allen is a terrific athlete. I think he’s going to be a really good shooter, can guard lots of different positions, gets off the floor quickly with ease. He’s the youngest of the players that we’ve recruited from the standpoint of his age and his development. His best basketball is ahead of him.

He’s improved a great deal.”

The final signee for this class is forward Jaylin Williams. Williams is also a 4-star recruit and is capable of scoring in bunches.

He dropped 44 points in consecutive games during his junior year. Williams followed up those games with a 51-point and 10-rebound double-double while also adding six blocks to his stat line.

“I think Jaylin and Isaac can both play 3 and 4 depending upon the matchups and things like that,” Pearl said. “I think they’re versatile.

Depending upon how much bigger, stronger,

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faster, quicker they evolve because they’re all freshmen, it will give us some flexibility.”

Pearl noted that the five signees go 1-2-3-45, meaning they could theoretically round out a starting lineup of their own.

Pearl’s class ranks No. 10 nationally and third in the SEC. “Certainly this was a year where we felt the quality of the footprint of high school basketball was very strong, very deep,” Pearl said.

“We’ve been working for several years to try to take advantage of that deep class. Really pleased with each one of them.”

Isaac Okoro Powder Springs, Georgia Consensus prospect Top-50 player

Babatunde Akingbola Powder Springs, Georgia prospect One of the top players in Georgia

Tyrell Jones Chicago, Illinois Consensus prospect Ranked in the top 100

Allen Flanigan Little Rock, Arkansas prospect No. 1 player in Arkansas

Jaylin Williams Nahunta, Georgia Consensus Top-120 player

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The atrium of the President’s Home on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 in Auburn, Ala.

The Plainsman tours president’s renovated home

By LILY JACKSON Managing Editor managing.editor@theplainsman.com

A house that represents Auburn’s transformative future — that was the goal.

Most importantly, a home.

University first lady Janet Leath walks through the bright and open halls of the home of Auburn presidents past and future as light streams in from the expansive front yard.

“My husband was hired with a goal of bringing Auburn into a new age,” Leath said.

It only made sense to bring the home — built in 1938, just over 80 years ago — into a newer, prosperous time. The home under the care of the Gogues, Auburn’s former first family, was

more antique driven, said Jon Thompson, executive director of city and community relations, special events and estate operations.

Vinnie Nathan, dean of the College of Architecture, Design and Construction, gave “invaluable input.” Leath said she helped shop around for some of the accent pieces, keeping her frugal heart in mind with each purchase.

The timing was troubling, Leath said, but allowed them to throw in their two cents on the design. Renovation to the 80-year-old house began after the Gogues announced their departure in fall 2016 and concluded in spring 2018.

“The good part was that because [of the delays], Ms. Leath and Dr. Leath had the opportunity to come in and make it a home, a home

that reflects them,” Thompson said.

Leath said she wanted to be certain the house had personality, in contrast to it being designed in a vacuum.

To the right of the front corridor are three separate and intimate seating arrangements.

Leath says she remembers a visit from the War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen as she looks around.

Just through a rounded archway, one finds a room opening up to the formal garden.

All the beauty and comfort aside, the conservatory lies waiting for guests to stand in awe — starting with the stone flooring and crawling all the way to the glass ceiling.

Leath said the glass is similar to light-sensitive glasses. When it is hot outside, the glass lets in less light and vice versa.

“None of this existed. Susie Gogue really wanted this,” Leath said. “There were no private living quarters in the president’s house.

They lived in this part of the house and had bedrooms upstairs. Now, there is a wing. It is a much better long-term solution.”

Leath said she is lucky her husband has a similar style. The private wing is brand new, and Leath said they have settled in well.

Her sons plan to join them for the holidays, one having recently been married. Although the house was just recently topped off with finishing touches, the Leaths and their team of decorators are now working on the Christmas decor.

“It’ll be nice to have everyone together,” Leath said.

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rent would go up to about $250,000 a year,” Leath said.

“And that doesn’t solve the long-term problem of having a real Auburn presence in Birmingham to serve the Birmingham community.”

Urban Studio is continuing to grow, and the University is looking to add more programs in the city.

“While the Urban Studio will serve as its anchor, we are considering several additional possibilities, such as the Auburn Executive MBA program, that would allow us to further extend our instruction, research and outreach mission in Birmingham,” Leath told The Plainsman.

The Hood-McPherson Building is located on 4th Avenue North in downtown. The six-story, 44,000-square-foot building was the former home of Hood-McPherson Furniture. The building has been long vacated, but it’s located in an up-and-coming neighborhood, which piqued Auburn’s interest, Leath said.

“This is an area that is coming up,” Leath said. “It’s a great space for a successful program.

We can put Urban Studio in there, but then we have a greater vision for Birmingham.”

In addition to the executive MBA program, Leath said the University is considering putting Auburn University Foun-

dation and Auburn Alumni Association offices in the building, too.

“I think Auburn has ceded away too much of our presence in Birmingham,” Leath said.

“This is a place where we could raise a flag.”

In addition to the $1.55 million up-front purchasing cost, the building will also need renovations. But Leath said it is a better investment than leasing

a building long-term if the University has plans for growth.

“We’re expanding Auburn’s role as a partnership university, so it puts us closer to business and industry in the area as well as Birmingham’s large population of alumni, friends and prospective students,” Leath told The Plainsman. “It also makes good financial sense for us by owning instead of leasing space.”

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Auburn’s equity problem needs action, not just signatures

By EDITORIAL BOARD Fall 2018

Auburn University is known for its Southern charm, welcoming atmosphere and family environment. After all, we are known as the Auburn Family. But, seemingly Auburn has not done its best at including everyone.

It’s no secret that Auburn is lacking in diversity. Auburn has a long history of not welcoming black students on campus.

In 1985, Judge U. W. Clemon labeled Auburn as the most segregated University in Alabama. At that time, 3.4 percent of Auburn’s enrollment were black students.

Now, 23 years later, 5.9 percent of Auburn’s student population is black. That’s down from an all-time high in 2007.

Clemon saw that Auburn had a way of idolizing black athletes while forgetting about black students who were not part of an athletic program. Ironically, he issued that order on the same day Bo Jackson won the Heisman Trophy.

In the years since, Auburn has seemingly not done enough to increase enrollment of black students at Auburn or to ensure that black students feel included while enrolled.

The first sentence of the University mission reads, “Auburn University’s mission is defined by its land-grant traditions of service and access.” As a land-grant University, Auburn’s mission is to serve the public — we are a University for the people.

We are supposed to care for and represent the community, but almost 27 percent of Alabama’s population is black. Auburn’s demo-

graphics are obviously skewed white.

In simple terms, Auburn University isn’t living up to its mission.

Auburn loves to compare itself to its neighbor in Tuscaloosa. The University of Alabama has an almost 11 percent enrollment rate for black students. Even though that’s still not entirely representative of the state’s population, it is almost twice as high as Auburn’s enrollment rate.

The University, though, is not oblivious.

University President Steven Leath has indicated that diversity and inclusion are important to him.

He has recently signed on to an initiative called Powered by Publics: Scaling Student Success, started by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and billed as the “largest ever collaborative effort to improve college access, advance equity and increase college degrees awarded.”

Only 5.9 percent of Auburn’s student population is black, obviously Auburn has a long way to go in improving access and equity. But how will Auburn change?

There have been orders from federal judges and past diversity initiatives, but Auburn has only seen the percent of black student rise 3 percent, still roughly 20 percent away from truly representing the population of the great state it resides in.

But it’s not enough to get these students on campus, it’s Auburn’s duty to ensure they graduate. To do that, Auburn must ensure black students feel as welcome as any white student on campus.

What will Auburn do differently?

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How will Auburn ensure they make black students feel welcome?

Surely not by allowing fraternities to hang racist posters on gameday with only a slap on the wrist as punishment.

Not by allowing alumni, students and members of the community to make racist comments on social media underneath posts and articles about Black Alumni Weekend.

Not by ignoring the underlying racist attitudes of some students and organizations and overtly racist attitudes of others, like those belonging to the so-called White Student Union.

Not by ignoring a racially charged and segregated past.

It’s a great first step for Leath to sign an ini-

tiative dedicated to creating positive change on Auburn’s campus.

Now, it’s time for the follow through.

There is no simple solution, but something needs to be done — and it needs to be done quickly.

Auburn technically first desegregated in 1963, when one black student enrolled at the University.

But we can’t forget that again, 20 years later, in 1985, Auburn was once again reminded it was largely segregated.

Since that time, only 3 more percent of students are black.

Fifty-five years have passed, what is Auburn waiting for?

HER VIEW

Straw ban first step in a long process toward plastic free oceans

By EMILY HALE

Contributing Columnist

Starbucks. The City of Seattle. Walt Disney World. The State of California. American Airlines.

Governments and multinational corporations alike are moving full steam ahead with the movement to ditch plastic straws.

A marine biologist shared a video in 2015 of her team removing a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nose. You may remember the video — it understandably went viral.

Good on them — the UN estimates that 9 million tons of plastic waste make its way to into our oceans each year. That plastic has the capability of physically harming and killing marine animals and releasing toxic chemicals, among other environmental detriments.

Most single-use plastics degrade into ‘microplastics’ that are becoming increasingly pervasive due to the difficulty of capturing such infinitesimally

small particles.

However, we’ve only begun to scratch the surface: of the 9 million tons of plastic, only about 2,000 of those tons of plastic come from plastic straws — amounting to approximately 0.022 percent. The greatest contributor to marine plastic waste is fishing gear used in commercial fishing practices, such as discarded fishing nets.

The straw ban is undoubtedly a step in the right direction. It makes me happy to see mainstream momentum around any issue of environmental protection. However, in our noble quest to cut down on waste, I am afraid we are ignoring a larger system of excess production and waste.

Sure, Starbucks got rid of their green plastic straws. Consider how many other sources of single-use plastic still exist in every Starbucks, in every convenience store, in every home. The problem extends far beyond straws. Think Q-tips, wet wipes, coffee stirrers, water bottles, shopping bags.

Beyond its environmental impact, the seeming-

ly small act of banning straws has unintended consequences for people with disabilities.

Straws may seem like a luxury, but straws are not optional for many people. Individuals with mobility and strength issues may be unable to lift their cup high enough.

Individuals with poor motor coordination may not be able to hold a drink steady enough to drink without a straw. Reusable straws can get too hot and cause injury.

In some situations, the health risks are too great to use a reusable straw for sterilization reasons.

People without access to a dishwasher or full kitchen, or people with mobility issues may be unable to wash a reusable straw.

Some establishments offer plastic straws upon request. This is a compromise, but it places the responsibility of accessibility on the disabled and could potentially pose a problem for individuals with sensory processing issues.

Indeed, small decisions collectively add up to cre-

ate large-scale change. We can reduce and reduce and reduce at an individual level but if we still have a system markedly absent from the central tenets of sustainability we will be constantly fighting back an avalanche.

If we want to get serious about waste reduction and environmentally sound policies, we must take a critical and comprehensive review of what our production systems are motivated by.

Short-term corporate profits must be balanced with a long-term concern for our environment and for the quality of life of our planet’s inhabitants.

I don’t want this small victory to soothe us into a false sense of comfort and think we have made more of a difference than we really have and ultimately prevent us from fully tackling the problem.

Otherwise, we will continue to make minor repairs on a house with a fundamentally flawed foundation.

Emily Hale is a graduate student at Auburn University.

HIS VIEW

Democrats didn’t complain when Obama was using tear gas on migrants

By MICHAEL JONES Contributing Columnist

Remember when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared former President Barack Obama’s use of tear gas and pepper spray at the border to Jewish people fleeing Germany during the Holocaust? What about when Rihanna called it “terrorism?” Maybe when John Legend called him “evil” for it? When Kathy Griffin said he should be sent to prison? When Sen. Bernie Sanders called him “authoritarian?” Or any of the other plentiful examples of liberals calling him wicked or calling for his impeachment?

No? You don’t remember any of these instances? Well, that’s probably because they didn’t happen. These comments are about Pres-

ident Donald Trump. And, these people just so happen to conveniently forget that their ever-so-perfect president facilitated the same type of “evil” and “authoritarian” behavior that they find so appalling now.

These people, and many more, took to their respective outlets to bash Trump and try to paint him as an immoral, vehement dictator for using non-lethal gas to impede the migrant caravan from aggressively invading the border.

Yet, they gave Obama a pass when he did the exact same thing.

Here are the facts: Between 2012 and 2016, during the Obama administration, border patrol agents used tear gas at the border at least 79 times. Additionally, during the same period, they used pepper spray at least 434 times.

These statistics come from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

It is worthy to note that since the data collection didn’t even begin until 2012, an entire term of “authoritarian” behavior and “terrorism” from the Obama administration can’t even be examined but would likely show similar numbers.

So, here we have over 500 confirmed instances of migrants being gassed at the border in only one of Obama’s terms.

With over 500 instances in four years, how many calls for impeachment, allegations of terrorism, comparison to the Holocaust, etc. were there from the left? I’m going to guess none.

That because leftists don’t actually care about migrants being gassed. If they did, they would’ve

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been in the streets rioting against the man they’ve enshrined as their savior the same way they’re currently rioting against the man they’ve deemed as “literally Hitler.”

Instead, they’re willing to ignore Obama’s socalled “crimes against humanity” that they frequently attribute to Trump because it doesn’t fit their narrative.

The fact of the matter is that there is absolutely and unequivocally no difference in the way that Trump and Obama have deployed these deterrents. If you’re willing to take to the streets and excoriate Trump for it but give Obama a hall pass for the same thing, you’re a hypocrite.

Michael Jones is a senior in business at Auburn and contributes to The College Fix, a conservative blog, and the Lone Conservative.

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Intramural participants discuss sexism in co-rec sports

By MEGAN FERINGA Campus Writer

When Annie Quindlen, senior in communication, scored her first touchdown in her very first flag football game, she wasn’t thinking about the points.

“I felt so athletic and awesome,” Quindlen said.

But amidst her celebration, something caught her off guard.

“I was surprised when the ref said, ‘That’ll be 9-0.’ I was thinking, ‘You mean 6-0, right?’”

But Quindlen didn’t realize that a touchdown scored by a woman receives three more points than if scored by a man, according to Auburn University’s co-recreational intramural flag football rules. The same applies for a touchdown pass thrown by a woman.

“It makes everyone feel pressure to have to pass to a girl or give her the ball, even if the guy is by the endzone so that she can run the ball in and get nine points instead of six,” Quindlen said.

The rule isn’t special to Auburn, nor is it new. According to Daniel Overstreet and Nicholas Head, Auburn’s competitive sports co-coordinators, Auburn’s program adopts rules from the National Intramural and Recreation Sports Association.

Auburn has followed the rule since before 2000 along with other intramural programs at universities across the country, such as those at the University of Georgia, University of Alabama, Ohio State University and Florida State University.

Along with differences in the point system, co-rec flag football teams must adhere to other regulations, such as maintaining an equal or greater number of females than males on the field at all times. With the rules requiring a minimum of six players on the field, co-rec teams are required to have at least three women on the field. No rule exists regard-

ing the minimum number of men.

Overstreet and Head said one reason the rules exist is to foster inclusion.

“Guys are out there playing, and girls are out there standing to the side because they aren’t getting passed to,” Overstreet said. “We’ve both officiated games where that has been the case.”

However, Overstreet’s main reasoning behind keeping the rule is to make co-rec flag football distinguishable from other forms of the sport.

“If we don’t have any different rules, there’s no reason to have a separate co-rec league,” he said.

“We could just make the guys league open and have girls on the field. This makes it a different sport.”

Co-rec sports garner the most female participation, according to Overstreet and Head, even more than female-only intramural teams.

And flag football isn’t the only sport to differ in traditional rules when applied to co-rec leagues.

In co-rec soccer, if a woman takes a penalty kick, a woman must be in goal to defend it, and rules regarding the minimum number of women are the same as in flag football.

In volleyball, the number of hits to sail the ball over the net determines if a girl must be involved in the play.

In softball, males are required to use their non-dominant hand at bat.

In basketball, baskets scored by women count for twice as many points as those scored by men, and men can’t leave their feet to block a woman’s shot in lieu of goal-tending.

“I think it’s good incentive for girls to want to play more and actually contribute to the game because we know we could rack up points for the team,” Quindlen said. “But it’s also very sexist that the rules or system automatically classify women as less capable of scoring or running or catching. And with that, their need to give us more points is patronizing.”

Quindlen’s teammate Julianna Dinsmore, senior in marketing, has similar conflicting feelings on the matter. Dinsmore, who has yet to score a touchdown this year, felt the difference in points had little effect on the team’s camaraderie.

While she understands the intent to incentivize women to actively participate, she is still unsure if the execution of equality is as hoped.

“To me, no matter who scores, there should be only one score that’s possible,” she said. “I think that’s the most fair and equal scoring system.”

Brady Jernigan, senior in supply-chain management, said he doesn’t think the rules affect female treatment regarding equality, especially with the open and closed plays.

According to the rules, teams cannot have two consecutive plays in which a male player completes a pass to another male player. A play in which any combination of pass completion is allowed is referred to as an open play. Following a play with a pass from a man to another man, the play is said to be closed. This means a woman must either throw or catch for positive yardage before a man is allowed to complete a pass to another man.

“This really evens out the plays and football touches for both genders,” Jernigan said. “The rule does place a larger emphasis on girl’s athletic abilities.”

Yet, despite an understanding of the different treatment, he isn’t sure if the point values assigned to the different genders are where they should be.

“Ten points with the extra point does seem a little much,” he said.

“Perhaps, eight points instead of 10 would be better.”

The issue of the point system has persisted since Head attended Auburn as an undergraduate in the early 2000s. He recalled a time both his

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flag football and basketball team lost in the finals due to the increased points for women.

“The thing is, we don’t want to devalue anyone’s points, but we also want to reflect the game as accurately as we can,” Head said.

Every year, Overstreet and Head re-evaluate NIRSA’s co-rec rules to determine whether Auburn students’ needs are being met.

“It’s really just a product of what the students want,” Overstreet said.

“If we thought it was something that would benefit the participants and make their experience better, absolutely we’d be willing to change those rules.”

However, Overstreet said in his 13 years as coordinator and during his time as a student at Auburn from 2000-2005, no women or men have outright officially complained about the point system. While he and Head have asked students and staff members, many of whom are also intramural participants, the most common answer they receive is one of conflicted interest.

“They’ll say, ‘Oh, I’m playing corec. I’ll just stop and wait for a girl,’”

Overstreet said. “When I was in undergrad and in graduate school, I was like, ‘Absolutely not.’ I played defensive line in high school, so I didn’t get a chance to score, so I’m scoring when I get the chance, but half our workers will say, ‘No, I’m waiting,’ and the other half will say, ‘No, I’m scoring the touchdown.’”

The discrepancy in point values and participation remains difficult to hash out for those involved in intramurals.

Ultimately, Head said the students participating in the sports have the final say in enacting a change if they so desire one.

“I think the biggest thing is who is advocating for that change,” Head said. “Sometimes folks just want to be heard or there’s a frustrating night where the girl didn’t score a touchdown or the other team’s girl did, but we have to realize it’s about those participating, not about Daniel or myself. It’s about those who register, and if they don’t like something or they do like something, we want to reflect the change and speak up because if they don’t think anything will change, then nothing will.”

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Time management from a student-athlete

By JORDAN WINDHAM Campus Writer

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ASB opens spring break applications

By HALLE BOSO Campus Writer

Alternative Student Breaks is an Auburn University organization with a simple mission: to engage students in an affordable and hands-on service project that encourages an understanding of pressing social issues in a significant way.

Applications for the 2019 spring break trips are open now.

ASB hosts a series of trips during both winter and spring breaks to a variety of international and domestic destinations. From Boulder Creek, California, to Costa Rica, each of the trips take on a specific “trip issue,” which range from animal welfare to children’s healthcare to environmental issues.

Applications for the 2019 spring break trips are open until Jan. 25, 2019. There will be five domestic trips and one international trip. The trips and the associated organizations that the groups will volunteer with are: • Asheville GreenWorks in Asheville, North Carolina • Serve901 in Memphis, Tennessee • Loggerhead Mainerlife Center in Juno Beach, Florida • Camp Summit in Paradise, Texas • YMCA Camp Campbell in Boulder Creek, California • Wine to Water in the Dominican Republic Each trip is led by a student site leader, but before a student can lead a trip, they must first be a volunteer on an ASB trip. One site leader, Ashley Gardner, junior in animal sciences, will be leading a group of her peers to Big Cat Rescue in Tampa Bay, Florida.

“I’m excited,” she said. “Hopefully I will gain a better understanding of the issues that face big cats. Another thing is just kind of getting out of my comfort zone and being able to lead a group. I hope to be a role model to them.”

Gardner said that one of the main reasons she pursued being a site leader was the great site leader she had as a participant, and she hopes to live up to the great example she got see firsthand.

“I know my site leader from freshman year,” Gardner

said. “She is someone I look up to. She is in vet school now.

So, I just hope to be a role model to them like I’ve had my past site leaders be to me.”

Abigail Campbell, junior in biomedical sciences, will be leading a group to the Dominican Republic to volunteer with Wine to Water, a non-profit group devoted to providing clean water for impoverished areas.

Campbell first participated in ASB during the winter break of 2017 when she went to Nicaragua and had nothing but positive experiences.

“I definitely gained a lot of memories, and I’ve maintained friendships with people on my trip,” Campbell said.

“Ever since we’ve gotten back, I’ve talked to some of them every single day. So, that’s a great thing about ASB, too. You get to meet people from Auburn that you otherwise would have no connection to.”

Campbell added that her motivation to become a site leader had a lot to do with a desire to be even more involved with what she thought had been a great experience.

“I think it’s really important for people to experience other people’s lives,” Campbell said. “I think ASB is a great way to do that while doing something that is actually benefiting other people. I think that it is a great service-learning combination. Being a site leader is fun because you’re a lot more invested in your trip because you’re a lot more involved in planning it.”

Aside from the hours of paperwork and attention to detail that go into planning the trip, the site leaders partake in training to prepare for their upcoming leadership roles.

“We do a bunch of leadership training,” Gardner said.

“We do diversity training just trying to reach all corners of campus. We have meetings every week where we discuss how to handle situations that could be stressful or not go as planned. So, it makes you feel really prepared.”

Gardner and Campbell both agreed that all the training and planning that goes into the trips ensures a safe, fun trip and enables Auburn students to devote their breaks to a greater cause as well as create long-lasting friends and memories.

Walking around campus, you can hear comments on anything from how cute that dog is to how someone has already had six cups of coffee before lunch, but one of the most prevalent themes is time, especially never having enough of it.

Dani Solaru, junior in political science, plays for the Auburn women’s soccer team. After three years of balancing her studies, social life and soccer practice on a Division-I level, Solaru has some advice to share.

“I still remember my freshman year just being completely overwhelmed at how many things there were,” Solaru said. “Like I would always say, ‘Why are there always so many things to do as an adult?’ Like I don’t understand this.”

Solaru said she didn’t totally realize how playing a sport makes college more difficult.

Getting a schedule was Solaru’s first step to taking control over her busy life, filling it out with her monthly, weekly and daily events and assignments. She even has to plan out what to take to class with her every day because she doesn’t have time to go home between events.

After her freshman year, with her affectionately dubbed “organized chaos,” Solaru learned the importance of not spreading herself too thin in her commitments.

“So it really was just a shock value of wanting to do everything, right when you come into college and thinking that you can do everything and you have all of this freedom and your home is here, so you’re at school all of the time so you just kind of end up taking on too much, and its a little bit of a panic,” Solaru said.

She stressed that the rhythm and practice of going through a daily schedule and trying to budget time more wisely every day are essential to good time management.

“I think that people now, like my trainers and my strength and conditioning coach, actually notice a huge difference in me,” Solaru said.

“Even my parents are like ‘Dani, you’re not the same Dani as you were freshman year.’”

To help her budget her time wisely, Solaru had to learn to control her effort as well.

“I would always have just anxiety if I wasn’t able to spend 100 percent of my time on something or make it perfect like writing a paper,” Solaru said. “If it’s bad, I’m like I just can’t keep writing. This kind of allowed me to find a balance between me understanding what I need to do to get a good grade on something or to do a good job at practice while still delegating time to other things.”

Spending six hours a day on soccer commitments gave Solaru plenty of opportunities to practice this skill set.

Being able to gauge the amount of work necessary for a task without overextending her time and resources has helped her to find a balance.

“So, it doesn’t always need to be 100 percent,” Solaru said. “It just needs to be good enough. That sounds really bad, but it’s kind of like if you can’t do something to a satisfactory degree in anything, then you have too much on your plate. There are some things that you’ll be able to do to 100 percent, but it’s not everything. So, it’s also being able to learn that and cope with that type of idea, too.”

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Mayor Ron Anders making his mark The 6-year City Council member turned mayor has already made several changes to Auburn’s city government after taking office earlier this month

By ELIZABETH HURLEY Community Editor

Auburn Mayor Ron Anders has created task forces and altered the format of City Council meetings after taking office earlier this month.

Two council members lead each of the four task forces that focus on four prominent issues in Auburn.

“There were four items I felt like needed immediate attention from the Council and needed immediate discussion,” Anders said.

“Some of these are going to need public discussion.”

Anders also altered the format of City Council meetings to allow community members more opportunities to speak.

Citizens can now address the Council during citizens’ communications at the beginning of each meeting about any issue on that night’s agenda. The other opportunity to address the Council about any issue is at the end of the Council’s meeting during citizens’ open forum.

“I believe, and the Council believes, that it is worth it for us to see if there is a more efficient way of conducting our business and

if there is a more inviting way for people to participate in the process,” Anders said.

Anders choose student housing, diversity, short-term rentals and board and commission appointments as the four issues for the issue-based task forces.

He said those are the issues he felt needed the Council’s immediate attention. Some of these issues will require public input before the Council makes any decisions about any changes they would like to make.

These are just a few of the issues that were frequently brought up during Anders’ mayoral campaign.

Transparency was one of those issues that Anders is handling without task force.

“Transparency is very important,” Anders said. “Before the first two City Council meetings we have had work sessions that most of the Council has attended; where we have gone through the agenda — that has been a public meeting.”

Anders has streamed several City Council meetings to his Facebook page.

This is a short-term solution, Anders said.

“We have continued to do [stream] the City Council meetings through my Facebook site, and that will be the short-term

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Mayor Ron Anders (right) celebrates his election victory with former Mayor Bill Ham Oct. 9, 2018 in Auburn, Ala.

what we will do,” Anders said.

He said he hopes streaming City Council and other public meetings will become the city’s job once Auburn’s new public safety building is up and running later this year.

The new building will have professional recording equipment that will make streaming City Council meetings easy.

“I believe we are taking the necessary steps to become a more transparent City Council,” Anders said. “I say that saying we are not where we want to be, but we’re going to get there.”

Growth was also a hot topic of Anders’ campaign. He said the city’s growth needs to be managed so it does not outgrow its available resources.

When considering new developments, the Council and other city leaders need to examine the city and determine if the city can support the new development.

This means asking questions, like how the new development will impact emergency services, sewer services and school systems, and whether the roads near the development can handle the added traffic.

“We will take all of that into consideration as we look at annexing property,” An-

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ders said. “We have to.”

Anders is looking forward to working with the new Council on these issues and many more throughout the next four years.

“They are a group that is enthusiastic,” Anders said. “They are energized. I look forward to hearing their thoughts and their ideas.”

He does have some experience dealing with these types of issues. Anders has served on the City Council since 2012, and has served as mayor pro-tem since 2014.

Anders said he has a perspective that is based on experience that he can bring to the table at each Council meeting and in other governing aspects. He feels prepared to serve as mayor because of his amount of experience on the City Council.

Though becoming mayor is an adjustment, Anders said, he is working to adjust his schedule and pattern of life to best serve Auburn.

“It’s an awesome honor and it’s an awesome responsibility,” Anders said.

“It’s certainly exciting to be in a position to lead this really vibrant and growing, wonderful city,” Anders said. “I look forward to the work.”

LODGING

AirBnb hosts made over $400,000 this football season

By ELIZABETH HURLEY Community Editor

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Members of Auburn University SGA jump out of their car to walk during the annual Auburn Christmas Parade, On Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017.

Christmas Parade comes under guidance of businesses this holiday season

By TIM NAIL

Community Writer

As the temperature and colors of the leaves change, the leadership of the annual Auburn Christmas Parade is changing, too.

The event now finds itself under the direction of the Auburn Downtown Merchants Association.

Previous parades were under the leadership of Auburn’s Chamber of Commerce.

The organization, which is a coalition of various businesses in the heart of the city, such as Behind the Glass and Mountain High Outfitters, will take charge in parade operations to better represent the stores on College Street that are getting involved.

Though the Downtown Merchants Association will see the assembly of this year’s and future parades, its structure will remain relatively unaffected, said associa-

tion coordinator Jessica Kohn.

“We are not changing anything from what [the Chamber] has done in the past.

The route will stay the same and the way that you participate as a float. The lineup and all the logistics regarding that [won’t change] and it’s still free for the public to come and enjoy the parade,” Kohn said.

Despite the Chamber of Commerce relinquishing full control to the association, it will continue to assist in the proceedings whenever needed, given its longer experience in handling the parade.

It will provide registration forms for interested participants at its office on East Glenn Avenue as an alternative to downloading the online application on the Downtown Merchants Association website.

One difference between past parades and the 2018 edition of the parade is that this is the second occasion on which it will be held on a Sunday afternoon — as opposed to the weeknight timing of years

past.

“We feel that having it on a Sunday during the day will encourage the patrons who are coming to view the parade to shop or dine local either prior to the parade or after,” Kohn said. “I do expect all the merchants to be open that day, so if anyone would like to get Christmas shopping done, they should be able to do so.”

The deadline for parade entries is Nov. 30, and forms can be scanned and sent to the association’s email, mailed to its physical location or dropped off at the Chamber of Commerce.

There is a $25 entry fee. Further details may be found online at downtownauburnonline.com under the “events” tab.

As of Nov. 21, there were 45 businesses and organizations that have signed up to participate. There is a limit of 70 entries to the parade, Kohn said.

The Auburn Christmas Parade will begin at 2 p.m. on Dec. 7 in downtown Auburn.

Auburn residents who rented their homes through Airbnb made approximately $440,000 in supplemental income during the 2018 football season, a report from Airbnb released Nov. 19 shows.

The largest influx of guests was during the weekend of Oct. 12-13, which coincided with the Tennessee game and Auburn University’s fall break, with approximately 620 guests brining in $110,000 in supplemental income for hosts.

A number of Airbnb guests hailed from the home states of teams Auburn hosted throughout the season.

Of those approximately 620 guests for the Tennessee game, 33 percent came from Tennessee.

The second-highest grossing weekend was for the Texas A&M game which brought in approximately $92,000, and 29 percent of guests were from Texas, the report said.

This report comes shortly after Mayor Ron Anders’ creation of four issue-based task forces within the City Council. One of those four task forces is focused on short-term rentals, such as Airbnb.

Auburn currently does not have many rules governing short-term rentals, Anders said.

“It’s a policy we really don’t have from a city standpoint unless there are some renters creating problems for the neighbors, and then we attack it,” Anders said on Nov. 16.

Anders said the city needs to decide if short-term rentals are something the city would like to have, and if so, the city needs to establish rules for them. He said he would like to ensure that there is a fair playing field for all available lodging such as hotels, motels and shortterm rentals.

The next step is to hear from everyone on both sides of the issue and make a decision about if short-term rentals will be allowed, Anders said.

Ward 4 Council Member Brett Smith and Ward 6 Council Member Bob Parsons are leading the task force.

“We want to make sure we’re being fair,” Smith said on Nov. 16. “If folks want to use their properties as a hotel, they need to have the same requirements as a hotel, whether that’s a lodging tax or filing for a business license.”

Smith said he is worried about the location of shortterm rentals, which are often located in neighborhoods.

He said he wants to keep the serenity and privacy of Auburn’s neighborhoods while still allowing residents to make extra money if they desire.

Some of Parson’s initial impressions of short-term rentals in Auburn are they need clear regulations that can be easily enforced, he said on Nov. 16.

“Most importantly for me is that the rules are consistent and not left open to interpretation,” Parsons said.

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IRON BOWL | THE AFTERMATH

JUST FACE IT Jarrett Stidham, second-half Auburn offense predictably cold

By TYLER ROUSH Assistant Sports Editor

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Jarrett Stidham was in the right mindset entering halftime.

With a three-point deficit entering the second half, Stidham was 5-of-15 for 36 yards through the air. Despite both the deficit and Stidham’s low passing totals, the team had been mentally prepared to continue with a close game through the fourth quarter.

“Everybody’s mindset during halftime was right where it needed to be,” Stidham said. “We just kind of let it slip away from us in the third quarter.”

Alabama outscored Auburn 21-7 in the third quarter alone, with the Crimson Tide finishing with 213 total yards to the Tigers’ 84. Stidham would finish the game with 127 yards through the air while completing 13 of 30 (43 percent) pass attempts.

Following a 52-yard touchdown pass to Darius Slayton that cut the Tide’s lead to 10, Stidham maintained his confidence despite Alabama pulling away late in the third quarter.

“We were in it the entire first half, halftime and

then obviously when [the touchdown] happened too,” Stidham said. “We thought we were right in it. We just let it get away from us right there in the middle of the third, middle and end of the third quarter.”

Slayton said that the team had the added confidence that head coach Gus Malzahn believed Auburn could come in and knock off another topranked Alabama.

“I really think we did, and that showed for the first half,” Slayton said. “We were right there, within three points.”

The three points separating Stidham from his crimson counterpart did not hold on long as Alabama scored on a two-minute 75-yard drive to open the second half.

Prior to a third-quarter outburst by Alabama, Auburn held onto the ball with potentially enough time to score before halftime.

To freshman Anthony Schwartz, Malzahn was correct in playing it safe.

“You never know what could happen,” Schwartz said. “I feel like playing it safe is just a good thing, especially only down by three going into halftime.”

To Malzahn, Auburn didn’t need to worry about scoring before heading back to the locker room.

FOOTBALL

Tua has record day in Iron Bowl

By NATHAN KING Sports Editor

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — For a pair of drives, Auburn’s defense had the answer.

Before halftime, the Tiger defense forced back-to-back three-and-outs from Tua Tagovailoa and the Alabama offense. After the first stop, freshman Smoke Monday blocked the punt.

Auburn went fancy with the next play, calling a double pass to Ryan Davis, who found Malik Miller for a 23-yard touchdown.

That gave the Tigers confidence at halftime as they were down just 17-14 at the break.

From there, Tagovailoa snapped and couldn’t be contained.

The sophomore became the first player in Alabama history to account for six touchdowns in a game as No. 1 Alabama cruised to a perfect regular season (12-0) with a 52-

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Russell accepts Senior Bowl invite Sports Editor

Four-year defensive line starter Dontavius Russell is the first Auburn player to accept an invite to the 70th Reese’s Senior Bowl, the organization announced Monday morning.

A product of Carrollton, Georgia, Russell has 151 total tackles, 17 tackles for loss, six sacks and a forced fumble in his career. A start in Auburn’s bowl game would be the

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Tagovailoa connected with eight different receivers for 324 yards and five scores through the air.

“He’s an excellent quarterback and he’s got excellent receivers,” said Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn. “They made some really good plays and got over the top of us. We haven’t let a whole lot of people get over the top of us this year and they got over the top of us a couple of times.”

After Auburn (7-5, 3-5 SEC) prevented the Tide from scoring on their opening drive for just the second time this season (LSU, Nov. 3), Tagovailoa tallied the game’s first score on the ground with a 7-yard designed run.

While Tagovailoa was his usual Heisman-favorite self throughout (his worst stretch was three straight incompletions), the third quarter is when the ‘Bama offense drove

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“Because I thought we were in a good spot,” Malzahn said of his decision to run the clock down. “I didn’t want to turn the ball over. I think we had the ball on the 22 or 25 and all that, and I felt good about that decision. You just got to see how the game unfolds.

“We really thought we had a good chance to come in here and win. Our goal was to get it to the fourth quarter and we didn’t get it done.”

With less than 130 yards through the air from the team’s starting quarterback, Slayton added that he was frustrated with the team’s lack of passing production.

“Obviously, we knew their offense was explosive,” Slayton said. “But so far, we felt like we were right there with them. We just wish we could’ve executed better and scored some more points.”

Finishing the season 7-5, Auburn enters the postseason with high expectations of its younger players. With its second-year quarterback questioning his future on The Plains, Stidham said that he has yet to consider his options.

“I honestly haven’t even thought about it,” Stidham said. “We just played a great team and took a loss. I honestly haven’t given it any thought.”

50th start of his four-year campaign on The Plains, an achievement he called “unreal” at SEC Media Days over the summer.

“I really feel like he’s one of the more underrated players in the league and doesn’t get enough credit for what he does,” said Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn at SEC Media Days. “He’s a very unselfish player; he’s very consistent.”

The 70th Senior Bowl is set for Jan. 26, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. CST at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.

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Shaun Shivers (25) runs the ball during Auburn football vs. Alabama on Nov. 24, 2018, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Opinion: Time to focus on the future

By ZACH TANTILLO Sports Reporter

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The present may seem bleak, but the future is still bright for the Auburn Tigers.

Following the 52-21 throttling by archrival Alabama, Auburn fans may be ready to hit the panic button on the state of the football program. But with a youthful core that has seen serious playtime this season, there might be a silver lining to the disappointing season.

Auburn’s roster is littered with young playmakers on both sides of the ball that can help the Tigers have a bounce-back year in 2019.

The offense had the most notable use of young talent, utilizing freshmen as a focal point of the offense. Receivers like Anthony Schwartz and Seth Williams were thrown into the fire with the injuries to Eli Stove and Will Hastings. The freshman duo did not disappoint, accumulating nearly a third of the receiving yardage this season.

Schwartz hopped into the jet sweep role that was left vacant by Stove and performed well when given an opportunity. The speedster was fourth on the team in rushing yards and tied for the lead in rushing touchdowns.

The wide receiver tandem is joined by a

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Bryce Brown (2) during Auburn basketball vs. South Alabama on Nov. 6, 2018, in Auburn, Ala.

Bryce Brown earns SEC honor

By NATHAN KING Sports Editor

For the first time in his career, Tigers senior guard Bryce Brown has been named SEC Player of the Week.

Brown was honored by the conference Monday for his efforts in No. 8 Auburn’s 2-1 stretch at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational last week. The Tigers beat Xavier, lost to then-No. 1 Duke, then won bronze in the tournament with a victory over Arizona.

In Maui, Brown averaged 20.3 points per game. In the third-place game against Arizona, he finished 4-of-8 from downtown, mov-

ing to No. 1 for most 3-pointers made in program history with 264.

“For Bryce to surpass (Welsey Person) was very historical, and he’s not done yet,” said Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl. “He was the best on-ball defender in Maui... I was really, really impressed. He’s an important piece to what we do.”

Brown shares the award with Tennessee’s Grant Williams. The award is Auburn’s second of the season after sophomore forward Chuma Okeke was named SEC Player of the Week following the team’s first two games.

Auburn returns home for a showdown with Saint Peter’s this Wednesday at 7 p.m.

youthful backfield that should return its topsix rushers. JaTarvious Whitlow – a redshirt freshman – won the starting running back role, but a slew of injuries kept him from being a consistent threat. Shaun Shivers provided a spark in the second-string role – including a 100-yard performance against Alabama State.

“I think a lot of people lose sight of the fact that Boobee Whitlow and Shaun Shivers are just freshmen,” junior receiver Darius Slayton said. “They’ve got a lot to learn. Someone like Pettway or Kerryon leaves, and people are like, ‘Ah, man, we don’t have any more talented backs.’ You’re seeing the junior version of Kerryon, the senior version of Pettway (in 2017). They were good when they were freshmen, too, but they weren’t what they were when they were juniors and seniors.

“I think you’ll see the same progression out of our young backs and even our young receivers. You’ve seen flashes out of Seth and Flash and guys like that. I think the future is bright.”

The high usage rate gave the young offensive playmakers plenty of chances to prove themselves, but that does not mean they don’t have room to improve.

“I feel like we have a lot to grow, especially all of us — me, Seth, Matthew Hill, Shedrick Jackson, Shaun Shivers and Boobee —

we’re all going to grow,” Schwartz said. “We all just got inputted in really quickly, but now we have a year under our belt and have the system down. I feel like next year we have a lot more to prove.”

Auburn’s biggest weakness this season was the offensive line play and its lack of experience heading into the season.

As of right now, it is looking like the entire unit will be returning for next season, which is a good sign for the Tigers’ offense.

“We’re young, especially up front. We’ve got everybody up front coming back,” said junior tackle Jack Driscoll. “We have a lot of young receivers that you guys have seen make plays all year. Offensively — and defensively we can say the same thing — we’ve got a lot of guys who are coming back and a lot of good recruits coming in. Every year, you gotta go into it think you’ve got a chance to win it, and I 100 percent believe we do with the talent we have at Auburn. There’s no reason we can’t duplicate what teams have done in the past here.”

The loss against Alabama will sting for a few days, but Malzahn knows the team can bounce back and use this loss like ones in years’ past.

“I will say this, we’ve got a whole bunch of young guys,” Malzahn said. “The majority of our team will come back, and we’ll rebound from this, I promise you that. We got beat pretty good two years ago here and bounced back the next year. I expect us to do the same thing.”

BASEBALL

Edouard Julien named Canadian Player of the Year

By ZACH TANTILLO Sports Reporter

After a record-breaking freshman season, Edouard Julien has been named the 2018 Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Year.

Julien, who hails from Quebec City, Quebec, nearly swept first-place votes for the award, receiving 43 of 52 ballots.

Julien also was selected as the designated hitter for All-Canadian First Team.

The votes were cast by a panel of coaches, scouts, executives and writers.

The selection comes after one of the more impressive freshman seasons in Auburn history.

Julien led the the Tigers in home runs (17)

and runs batted in (69).

Both marks were good enough to break Nation Baseball Hall of Fame member Frank Thomas’ freshman records, which he had held since 1987.

Julien’s 69 RBIs led the SEC and ranked No. 1 nationally among freshmen. Julien adds this award to his long list of accolades he received last season, such as: ABCA All-South Region, SEC All-Freshman Team, Freshman All-American, SEC All-Tournament Team and Raleigh Regional All-Tournament Team.

Auburn will rely on a young core for much of the team’s success in 2019 that will be led

by Julien.

The Tigers begin the 2019 season with a three-game series against Georgia Southern from Feb. 15-17.

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Anthony Schwartz (5) runs the ball during Auburn football vs. Ole Miss on Oct. 20, 2018, in Oxford, Miss.

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in the dagger.

Up just a field goal at halftime, Alabama scored quickly out of the break thanks to a pair of long touchdowns — a 46-yarder to Jerry Jeudy and a 33-yarder to Josh Jacobs, who finished second to Tagovailoa in yards from scrimmage with 81.

In the third quarter alone, Tagovailoa went 9-for-10 for 176 yards and three touchdowns. Auburn quarterback Jarrett Stidham hasn’t thrown three touchdowns in a game this season.

“I tip my hat to him,” Auburn linebacker Deshaun Davis said. “In the second half, they made some great adjustments.

They tried to push the ball down the field a lot more, that’s what they did, and they won the 1-on-1 battles. He’s a good quarterback. I respect him.”

Alabama’s passing scheme was so successful that when backup Jalen Hurts entered in the fourth quarter, his first pass was a 53-yard catch-and-run touchdown to Jaylen Waddle.

Davis said the halftime adjustments were primarily in the playcalling. “(Tagovailoa) took his 1-on-1 shots on the sideline deep and they completed their pass,” Davis said. “It was just a matter of we didn’t stop the bleeding in time.

It kinda became a snowball effect and the rest is history.”

With his six-score performance, Tagovailoa continued his record season at the helm of a deadly Alabama offense and finds himself at the top of the Heisman race with Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray.

Davis saw enough in Bryant-Denny to seal his proverbial vote.

“Yeah,” Davis said when asked if Tagovailoa can win Alabama’s third Heisman trophy. “Definitely.”

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Brown honored for community service

By ZACH TANTILLO Sports Reporter

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Auburn standout defensive linemen Derrick Brown’s impact is not only felt on the field, but off the field as well.

Wednesday, Brown was selected to represent Auburn on this year’s SEC Community Service Team for football. The team looks to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to their community in superior service efforts.

Brown is a two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient who was named to the 2018 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List and was also nominated for the AFCA Allstate Good Works Team. The junior has represented Auburn the past two years at the SEC Student-Athlete Leadership Council for football and has taken his leadership abilities to another level, serving as the the vice president of school’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council.

Back in May, Brown and some of his teammates took a mission trip to the Dominican Republic where they worked with kids and build houses for the community.

“The biggest takeaway to me was how blessed we are,” Brown said. “We live in a place that’s got endless opportunity. These people in the Dominican Republic, they’re living without anything and they’re surviving and they are happy.”

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FASHION

Custom, retro denim handmade on The Plains

By MIRANDA SHAFFER Lifestyle Writer

Don’t worry about walking down the street and seeing someone else wearing an identical Lilly Pittman Designs jacket because every piece is hand painted to be one of a kind.

Lilly Pittman Designs is the brain child of Auburn University student Lilly Pittman, sophomore with a double major in graphic design and apparel design.

Pittman’s personal style strongly influenced her first jacket designs with their bright colors and contrasting patterns. She describes her style as monochromatic decades, a self-coined term that she said perfectly embodies her look.

“I’m influenced by a lot of decades,” Pittman said. “I love the ‘60s, ‘70s and the hippie vibe, which a lot of people tell me I dress like a hippie.”

The first jacket she ever created actually came to her in a dream when trying to think of a good birthday present for her best friend.

“Once I made the jacket, she really liked it and said I should make a business out of it, and I thought that sounded cool,” Pittman said.

She then designed six more hand-painted jackets before launching an Instagram page,with the handle @lillypittmandesigns, where Pittman and her friends model the jackets she creates.

Even her brand logo was created by hand, sporting the pattern of her first ever jacket.

The original jacket’s pattern was influenced by an abstract painting The Beatles did in July of 1966 called “Images of a Woman.”

The Beatles have been an inspiration to Pit-

tman since she was a little girl.

“I have done two Beatles jackets so far, a Sgt. Pepper-inspired one and my first jacket that was inspired by the painting,” Pittman said.

Rock bands have been a recent muse for her designs, and she is able to keep in touch with that ‘60s and ‘70s vibe since most classic rock bands hail from that era.

“Currently, I’m working on two Led Zeppelin jackets; one is actually for the country singer Sara Evans,” Pittman said.

With Pittman’s business growing in popularity, it’s natural to wonder if she plans on expanding her line. However, for now, Pittman explains it as purely a creative outlet for college rather than a life-long profession.

She enjoys the, slow yet, steady flow of customers since it gives her time to fully dedicate herself creatively to a specific jacket while still focusing on school work.

“The jackets take about 15 to 20 hours a piece,” said Pittman.

Each jacket is hand painted by Pittman, which is what makes the process so lengthy.

If a customer wants to purchase a jacket but doesn’t see one on her site they particularly like, she will also do custom orders.

The customer will give her an idea of what they want their jacket to look like, and Pittman will draw up a design to send to them to see if that is what they envisioned.

Once the design is approved, Pittman searches for a jacket to fit the look she is trying to go for.

“My first resource is usually thrift stores, and if I can’t find one at the thrift store, I’ll look online,” Pittman said.

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Lilly Pittman works on a custom denim jacket for her business.

She then gets to work on creating the jacket by doing the entire design in pencil for preciseness then going over that with several layers of paint.

Once the jacket is complete, she wraps it up for delivery with a card holding care instructions and her favorite Bible verse, Ephesians 4:32.

In the future, Pittman hopes to have a job

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in fashion where she is able to look at styles of the past and recreate them for modern apparel.

This business has been a way for her to begin doing that now while offering a new unique market for jackets.

“Denim jackets have been around forever, and it’s really unique to find one that is custom and catered to you,” Pittman said.

NEWS

Foods that are mistaken as vegan

By LAUREN PIEPER Lifestyle Writer

Jell-O, apple juice and tattoo ink all seem like they are very different from each other; however, they all have one thing in common — they aren’t vegan.

Some foods many new vegans or non-vegans would think are animal-product free contain some form of animal product, whether used for texture, consistency, nutrition or flavor.

Jean Gannett, sophomore in pre-architecture, is a co-president of the Plant Based Plainsman, a vegan club on Auburn’s campus.

Gannett has been a vegan for a year and a half, so she is well educated on what is and is not vegan.

One of the most surprising fruits that some consider not vegan is the fig. Figs are pollinated by wasps, and sometimes the wasp dies in the process. When this happens, the fig consumes the wasp, and it remains inside.

Due to the wasp pollinating and partially being inside the fruit, some consider figs to be containing an animal product.

“My opinion on that subject is that vegans can eat figs,” Gannett said, explaining why she believes this food source is a “gray area” in the vegan world.

“The reason I think vegans can eat figs is that vegans don’t have any part

in the animal product in there,” she said. “You’re not contributing to it, but it is just something that happens sometimes.”

She claims that not all vegans feel this way, but it is not something that most vegans usually forego eating.

Other sweet treats that are not considered vegan include gelatin snacks and marshmallows.

“Jell-O is made from gelatin, which is crushed animal bones and tendons,” Gannett said. “Gelatin is found in gummy bears, gummy worms, marshmallows, Jell-O and pretty much anything that has a gummy consistency.”

Although it may seem like a struggle to find substitutes for these without going to an all-organic store, there is actually a marshmallow substitute sold on Auburn’s campus.

“There’s actually vegan marshmallows sold in the War Eagle Supply Company, that convenience store in the Student Center,” Gannett said.

She also said that for anyone looking for a gummy substitute, organic products are usually vegan.

Aside from food products, other things can be non-vegan.

For example, certain apple juice brands are not 100 percent vegan.

“Some juices are fortified with different vitamins like Vitamin D, which is sometimes derived from sheep’s wool,” she said.

Other brands can use fish products

to extract certain vitamins to add nutritional value to the beverage.

It is common knowledge to most that products can be tested on animals, which ultimately make them non-vegan, but it is not typically known that ink can have animal bones in it.

Tattoo ink can contain burned fragments of animals, typically bones.

However, vegans should not be worried if they would like to get a tattoo.

“I know that there are some shops that offer vegan ink; I’m sure just a quick Google search or looking on PETA’s website would totally show you where to get one,” Gannett said.

Gannett wants others to know that vegans are typically vegan for a cause, and that is why they are strict with their diet.

“Veganism is a way of living, which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of and cruelty to animals for food, clothing or any other purpose,” she said, quoting the Vegan Society’s definition of what it means to be vegan.

For those who are newly vegan and are curious about what unusual products do not meet the vegan standard, Gannett said they should just “question everything” and take the time to read labels as well as do some research.

WELLNESS

Essential oils soothe through smell

By ABIGAIL MURPHY Lifestyle Writer

Essential oils were once an unpopular concept, but now, seeing them around is common.

Each type of oil is specific and has certain moods that are associated with it.

Lauren Shelton, licensed massage therapist in the Auburn Medical Clinic, said only essential oils can cause this phenomenon.

The only part of the brain that is exposed to the outside world, which is found in the nose, is called the olfactory bulb. It is connected to the limbic systems, which transmits emotions, regulates stress, balances mood and blood pressure.

Because of this, certain smells will almost trigger certain emotions. The effects a smell will create differs based on the person, but there are some smells that have common reactions to most people.

For instance, Evan Godwin, Absolute Therapy business owner, notes lavender, marjoram, patchouli, mandarin, chamomile and geranium can all be helpful for

stress relief.

Peppermint, jasmine or any citrus oil are good to help one feel energized, Godwin said.

One common way to use oils is with a diffuser. There is also the option of applying it directly to the skin, such as on the wrist, temples or back of the head, Godwin said.

However, it’s important to use a carrier oil to help dilute the essential oils, so it doesn’t irritate the skin, Shelton said. She recommended six to 12 drops of essential oil per ounce of carrier oil as a good proportion.

The raindrop technique is a special training anyone with a license to touch, such as a masseuse, nurse or doctor, can perform. It uses around 12 different oils and involves a light rubbing motion to apply them to the skin, Shelton said.

When it comes to the safety of essential oil use, it mostly is about being aware and taking precautions.

Godwin said to be careful around infants when using a lot of essential oils since they

tend to be more sensitive to things in the air. Allergies may be an issue for some, too.

When applying oils to the skin, it may be important to be mindful of certain medications or medical conditions that may not react well to certain oils, like any liver complications since everything on the skin will be processed by the liver, Shelton said.

When it comes to diffusing, the main thing to keep in mind is pets’ sensitivity, Shelton said.

As long as essential oils are used in a cautious and thoughtful manner, it can be a good option to help people.

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A man sits on a bend, reading a newspaper.

Students stay informed

By MALLORY PITTS Lifestyle Writer

While most students believe that keeping up with the news takes too much time, Michael Bennett makes it part of his daily routine.

Although Bennett is a double major in political science and marketing, he insists those in other fields of study to stay informed as well.

“Policy impacts literally every field,” Bennett said. “There is not a major or career-field that isn’t impacted by governmental decisions in some way, shape or form.”

While reading the news daily can seem like a huge undertaking, Bennett recommends starting with the topics that are most interesting and branching out from there.

News platform The Skimm was essentially invented for those who feel like they lack the time or discipline to read the news daily.

The Skimm sends users a daily email with a brief summary of the day’s top headlines.

There are also a wide variety of apps and podcasts made for quick news consumption. While most news platforms have easy-to-use app options for subscribers, there are also stand-alone news apps such as BriefMe and iCitizen.

BriefMe presents users with the top 10 news stories of the day, while iCitizen allows users to filter news stories by interest.

Podcasts are another convenient way to take in the news. Professor and associate director of the Honors College Paul Harris recommends public radio podcasts This American Life and Fresh Air. Both Bennett and Harris stressed the importance of seeking out multiple news sources rather than following only one. He instructs a once-a-week honors course called times on Tuesdays in which students discuss current and news-worthy events.

Bennett compared getting news from one outlet to eating the same meal everyday.

“You may like it initially, but it stops doing the job,” Bennett said.

In addition to well-known national news sources like the New York Times, Harris also follows a variety of local news outlets like the Opelika-Auburn News and AL.com.

Ultimately, according to Harris, we have a civic duty to stay informed because an effective democracy not only requires a system of checks and balances, but it demands an informed and engaged citizenry.

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Campus massage therapy helps students relax

By ABIGAIL MURPHY Lifestyle Writer

For any crick in the neck, pull in the back or even just too much stress, a possible fix is massage therapy.

Terri Gilmore, Auburn University’s licensed massage therapist, said the Medical Clinic offers different types of massages. The most common and well-known massages are a Swedish massage, which is a gentle and flowing type pressure, and a deep-tissue massage, which applies a deeper pressure but allows the therapist to get deeper into the muscle.

Additionally, there is a medical massage offering, which is when a person has a certain ache or pain to be worked on. Some common places include the shoulders and upper back.

Also, there is trigger-point therapy. This is based on a chart that maps out the body in order to help pinpoint the spot that is the true source of the pain.

Another type of massage is reflexology, which uses areas found on the feet, ears, hands, face or head that send signals to other parts of the body. For example, someone could be working on a part of the foot but be improving a problem in the lower back.

Gilmore points out this technique is a safe way to work on pregnant women, and it is used as part of the pregnancy massage offered.

There is also Ashiatsu massage.

During this, the massage therapist would hold on to bars on the ceiling in order to safely walk on the patient, which delivers a deeper pressure. This technique can be especially helpful for back pain.

Lymphatic drainage therapy focuses on special points that store debris from the lymphatic system, and the massage helps to release that waste. In return, this helps clean the body. This can be especially useful for cancer patients or for those who have been on strong medications for a long time.

The Medical Clinic also offers a sports massage that focuses on athletes’ needs. It helps clear out lactic acid in the muscle and release the tension in the muscles, making this one good for pre- and post-performances.

Lastly, there is hot stone therapy. This style uses smooth, warm rocks, and because of the weight, the heat and the movement of the stone, it helps soften the muscles.

In a general sense, there are many benefits to regularly getting a massage. Some Gilmore discussed included increased circulation, stress and headache relief and increased flexibility and range of motion.

Amanda Edmanson, a licensed massage therapist in Athens, Georgia, said massages can help calm the nervous system, stimulate the digestive system, release muscle spasms and improve sleep.

Both note the average person would benefit from a massage on a monthly basis. However, if someone has an injury or trouble with a muscle, more frequent visits could be helpful.

“Our therapy helps to get to the origin of the pain, not putting a band-aid on the pain,” Gilmore said.

If someone is prone to migraines, muscle spasms, stiffness, over-stress or not sleeping well, then a massage could help. Someone expecting an operation could also benefit from having massage pre- and post-operation. Under those conditions, the massage will not work on the site of injury or distressed area, but around it to help loosen the muscles and prepare for the healing process, Edmanson said.

Massage therapy is historical and diverse and can be thought of as an evolving practice, Gilmore said. Edmanson said Ayurvedic, a 5000-year-old system of natural healing elements, can be thought of as the foundation of some massage techniques.

However, many other areas

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Massage therapy is offered on campus at the Medical Clinic.

have their own methods that mimic some ideas in modern massage therapy. The Greeks bathed in herbs, which showed they knew heat helps release muscles. This is a concept still used in some therapies.

They also would apply pinching-like motion and slapping-like techniques, both of which increase circulation.

Some of these methods parallel some of the techniques in a tapotement massage, which is described as a light drumming with an open hand generally being applied to the back, Edmanson said.

A lot of work and time goes into being a massage therapist. To acquire a license in Alabama, there are a required 650 classroom hours with topics including ethics, anat-

omy and physiology.

Then, students must pass a test for the state and then another test for nationals. They also must have liability insurance and submit their class and test information along with their diploma to the Alabama Board of Massage Therapy in order to be certified, Gilmore said.

Gilmore also noted each therapist has a license number, and they can be looked up on the state board website. These numbers must be visibly posted in the outer area of any therapist’s office, and they must get their licenses renewed every two years.

Performing massage therapy can be trying on their joints and muscles, so they too need to get massages and must be mindful of selfcare so they do not burnout, Gilm-

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ore said. Although massage can be an important aspect of a healthy lifestyle, it is not the only answer.

“Massage is an investment,” Edmanson said. “You are investing in a person’s knowledge and investing in your body’s health.”

In between massages, it is still important to keep a healthy balance of diet and exercise, which is one of the reasons Gilmore advocates for everyone to drink more water.

As long as those points are kept in mind, massage can provide a lot of benefits and a different perspective in alleviating problem areas.

“You have to look at the body as a whole. If you separate things out, you lose the connectedness, and your focus is too narrow,” Edmanson said.

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