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Harvey Updyke misses November payment courts

Maria McIlwain Community Editor

Harvey Updyke, the man responsible for poisoning the original Toomer’s Oaks, did not make a restitution payment for the month of November.

The last payment he made was a $200 payment on Oct. 20, according to April Brown with the Elmore County Circuit Clerk’s office.

Updyke is behind on his payments, according to Brown.

“It’s not going to have an updated due date

ed in 2011. because he’s so far behind,” Brown He served 6 months in jail, and said. was ordered by Lee County Circuit Updyke has paid $1,887 of Judge Jacob A. Walker III to pay a the $796,731.98 he owes. He typirestitution fee of $500 per month. cally pays $100 per month, $99 goHe was also sentenced to 5 years ing toward restitution and a $1 proprobation. He is also banned from cessing fee, according to Brown. setting foot on any Auburn-owned Updyke pleaded guilty to crimproperty, attending intercollegiate inal damage to an agricultural faupdyke athletic events and speaking with cility in 2013. He allegedly poisoned the original Toomer’s Oaks after Auburn the media as part of his probation.

Updyke’s lawyers attempted to have Upwon the 2010 Iron Bowl, 28-27, and was arrest-

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Auburn football player’s death still making an impact a year later

dyke’s monthly dues reduced to $50 per month, citing financial hardship. However, the request was denied.

This is not the first time Updyke has failed to pay. He was found in willful contempt of court in December 2014, and was ordered to pay $700

by Feb. 11 or go back to jail. Updyke paid $350 in January and $450 in March, but did not make a payment in February.

If Updyke fails to make his payments, his probation could be revoked and he could be sent to prison to complete his three-year sentence.

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Hillary Clinton at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church.

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Candlelight Vigil for Jakell Mitchell in downtown Opelika on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 in Opelika

Maria McIlwain Community Editor

Mario Mitchell has been living a “nightmare” since Dec. 14, 2014.

That is when his son, Jakell Mitchell, freshman football player at Auburn University, was shot and killed at Tiger

Lodge.

“It’s like half of your heart’s been cut out,” Mario said.

Mario said he remembers his son every day, and the grief of losing him has not changed in almost a year.

“It’s constant pain,” Mario said. “It’s

not one of them that lets up today because you had a good day doing everything else ... my other son might score 10 points, it just makes me remember when (Jakell) was doing the same thing.”

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Hillary Clinton speaks in Montgomery Jim Little

ton spoke in the same church where the bus boycott was organized.

From the historic setting, Clinton addressed members of the Dexter Avenue King

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Sixty years after Rosa Parks took a seat in the front of a Montgomery city bus and sparked of the Civil Rights movement in Alabama, presidential candidate Hillary Clin-

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year in review

Looking back at the biggest Auburn news stories of 2015 New evidence revealed in Tiger Lodge shooting

New Toomer’s Oaks Planted

Community outraged over Kesha Obama visits Selma performance at Toomer’s

Federal court strikes down Alabama’s samesex marriage ban

Student Affairs announces Student Media restructuring

University facalty member charged with distributing date-rape drug

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Emails released in Mike Hubbard ethics case

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Board of trustees approved new video board at Jordan-Hare

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DUI reports

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The following were arrested and charged with driving under the influence by the Auburn Police Division from Nov. 17- Nov. 30: Nov. 20 - Hannah Elisabeth Langmack-Albright, 19 East Glenn Avenue at 2:34 a.m.

- Jacob Reed Waddell, 23 Lee Road 12 at Lee Road 147 at 3:16 a.m.

Nov. 21 - Seth R. McConnell, 27 South College Street at 2:31 a.m.

- Kristin Eliza Davidson, 24 North Gay Street at Opelika Road at 2:33 a.m.

- Emmanuel Yaw Agyei, 56 South College Street at Shell Toomer Parkway at 8:25 p.m.

Nov. 22 - James Russell Stanford,22 South College Street at East University Drive at 3:34 a.m.

Nov. 23 - Lisa Gail Harrison, 45 Sandhill Road at Society Hill Road at 9:51 p.m.

and any evidence that needs to go through lab testing.

“We’ll just move it forward as quickly and efficiently as we can,” Treese said.

Hart pleaded not guilty Nov. 12, and Jerry Blevins, Hart’s attorney, said Hart shot Jakell in self-defense after Jakell allegedly pulled out a gun during an altercation.

Mario said he does not pay attention to any media or stories about that night. He said he will wait until the trial to hear everything and understands that Hart’s lawyers have to do their jobs.

“If I’m going to be surprised, it’s definitely going to be that day,” Mario said.

Mario and Arlicia said they will never be able to forgive Hart, and the trial will not bring them any closure.

Mario said family doesn’t visit or talk about Jakell sometimes, because the pain is so intense.

“Nobody wants to talk about it, nobody wants to remember it that way,” Mario said. “It’s one of those that you never want to do because you’re not supposed to. You’re not supposed to bury your son, your son is supposed to bury you. It’s never supposed to happen that way.”

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Nov. 29 - Lila Richie Holsenback, 53 Moores Mill Road near Stoneridge Drive at 9:33 p.m.

Nov. 30 - Donna Willis McFarland, 42 Burke Place at 8:49 a.m.

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Mario said Jakell related so well to his younger brother and other children because he was so childlike.

“He told his mom that day, ‘I’m just going to be a kid today,’” Mario said.

Arlicia said Jakell spent the day with her at a family gathering before going to the party at Tiger Lodge.

Mario said his son wanted to love and be loved by everyone, regardless of their needs or whether he knew them.

“His best friend in high school had seizures,” Mario said. “And people picked on him. So Jakell just took him under his wing and made him now one of the most popular little kids at school.”

Arlicia and Mario said people loved Jakell’s smile and giving personality. Arlicia said Jakell once wrote about taking food from home and giving it to people in need.

“He couldn’t stand to see nobody cry,” Arlicia said.

Markale Hart was arrested and charged with Jakell’s murder the same day of the shooting, however, Robert Treese, Lee County District Attorney, said it could be up to a year before Hart stands trial because of other cases, preliminary hearings

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Arlicia Mitchell, Jakell’s mother, said she does not remember many details from the night of the shooting.

“I had so many people talking to me, asking me questions,” Arlicia said.

Mario was in Texas that night, and Arlicia called him to tell him what happened.

“My world just stopped,” Mario said.

“My world just stopped, and it hasn’t started back up.”

He said he was in “total denial.”

“I just wanted someone to tell me that she was wrong,” Mario said.

Mario and Arlicia said they find solace in the people who come visit, whether they are family, friends, teammates or coaches from Auburn or Opelika High School.

“Especially Auburn, they have been wonderful,” Arlicia said. “They really do keep in touch.”

Mario said younger children looked up to Jakell, especially his younger son, Jamius. He said Jakell was Jamius’ hero.

“You got little kids that just want to wear that No. 9 jersey,” Mario said. “They fight over it, I mean, they just miss him.”

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Memorial Baptist Church and members of the National Bar Association on Tuesday, Dec. 1, about the civil rights problems still facing the nation.

“There are still injustices perpetrated everyday across our country, sometimes in spite of the law, sometimes, unfortunately, in keeping with it,” Clinton said. “There are still too many Americans, especially too many African-Americans, whose experience of the justice system is not what it should be.”

Local leaders, including U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, civil rights lawyer Fred Gray, Montgomery County Commission Chairman Elton Dean and Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, a Republican; addressed the at-capacity crowd before Clinton stepped to the pulpit.

The National Bar Association and the Tuskegee History Center hosted the event at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. was once pastor.

“The Black Church was so pivotally important during the Civil Rights movement, but also the courtroom played a very important role in the Civil Rights movement,” Sewell said.

Gray, now 85, represented Parks in 1965, but said he remembers his first client Claudette Calvin, who was arrested nine months before Parks for refusing to give up her seat to a white person.

“If Claudette Calvin had not done what she did on March 2, 1955, because … she gave courage Rosa Parks and all of us,” Gray said.

Although the event was titled “The Role Lawyers Played in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and in the Civil Rights Movement,” Clinton addressed current issues of the Democratic campaign, including the recent driver’s license offices closings in Alabama.

Gov. Robert Bentley announced in September that the license offices at 31 locations, mainly in poor majority AfricanAmerican counties, would close to save money.

Clinton called the closure an attempt to restrict voting of African-Americans. “(The right to vote) cannot and must not be taken away,” Clinton said.

Bentley announced in October that the offices would be open one day a month af-

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Hillary Clinton speaks at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church on Dec. 1.

ter facing criticism in the national media.

“To suggest the closure of the driver’s license offices is a racial issue is simply not true, and to suggest otherwise should be considered an effort to promote a political agenda,” Bentley said in a statement issued in October.

Clinton also brought up the need to reform the criminal justice system.

“There is something profoundly wrong when African-American men are still far more likely to be stopped and searched by police, charged with crimes and sentenced to longer prison terms for doing the same things as a white man,” Clinton said. “…

Right now, an estimated 1.5 million black men are missing from their families and communities because of incarceration and premature death.”

Clinton said although the United States is less than five percent of the world’s population, it has almost 25 percent of the world’s prison population, the majority of which are in prison for nonviolent offenses.

“Keeping (nonviolent offenders) behind bars does little to reduce crime, but it does a lot to tear apart families and communities,” Clinton said. “It’s time to change our approach and end the era of mass incarceration in America.”

Clinton said the trust must be restored between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

“Across the country, many police officers are out there every day inspiring trust and confidence,” Clinton said. “Honorably doing their duty, putting themselves on the line to save lives. And many police departments are deploying creative and effective strategies demonstrating how we can protect the public without resorting to unnecessary force.”

Clinton also called the epidemic of gun violence a “national emergency” and criticized Congress for refusing to take up any bills on gun control, even one that would prohibit people on the National No-Fly list from buying a gun.

“It seems reasonable to assume that if you’re too dangerous to fly in America, you’re too dangerous to buy a gun in America,” Clinton said.

Clinton was not the only presidential candidate in Alabama on Tuesday. Sen. Marco Rubio, who is running for the Republican Party’s nomination, made a stop in Guntersville.

Alabama will see several visits from presidential candidates leading up to the “SEC primary” on March 1.

After Clinton spoke, Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., gave a benediction, and following her prayer the crowd joined hands and sang “We Shall Overcome” as photographers snapped away on their cameras.

U.S. Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage Magnolia Oak replaced with backup

Meg McGuffin crowned Miss Alabama

NAACP ‘Journey for Justice’ march from Selma to Washington D.C. passes through Auburn

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Butch Thompson named new baseball coach

Wall Street Journal publishes article “At Auburn,Athletics and Academics Collide” on the high number of football players in public administration

Sean White starts as quarterback Toomer’s Corner renovation completed

Taylor Wesley crowned Miss Homecoming

Auburn loses the Iron Bowl 29-13

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Blindfolded Muslim student asked for hugs Tuesday, Dec. 1 Corey Williams Campus Editor

“I am Muslim and I trust you. Do you trust me?”

Basim Ismail, treasurer of the Auburn University Muslim Students Association and junior in industrial and systems engineering, stood blindfolded with his arms outstretched on the Student Center concourse Tuesday, Dec. 1, next to a sign inscribed with these words.

Ismail couldn’t see students’ reactions, but said people had only made positive comments.

“I feel the love,” Ismail said. “It’s awesome.”

An unidentified man in Paris stood with a similar sign outside the Place de la Republique. He reportedly received hundreds of hugs and a video of the demonstration has been viewed more than 1 million times on YouTube.

Members of AUMSA were inspired by this anonymous man, said Susan Rashid, vice president of public relations for AUMSA and graduate student in biology.

They wanted to make people think with this experiment, Rashid said.

“It’s getting people’s attention at the very least, even if they’re not willing to come and hug him,” Rashid said. “And that’s the most important part of it.”

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I couldn’t even imagine something so great like this. This is a good example of the Auburn community and how warm and welcoming it is.”

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The student response far surpassed her expectations, Rashid said. She saw some curious glances, but none were mean-spirited or negative.

“I couldn’t even imagine something so great like this,” Rashid said. “This is a good example of the Auburn community and how warm and welcoming it is.”

Annie Quindlen, freshman in undeclared liberal arts, was participating in a philanthropy event for Chi Omega on the concourse next to Ismail.

Quindlen, along with many of her friends, hugged Ismail. She said she was moved by his sign.

“I thought it was very sad because of everything going on in the world,” Quindlen said.

“I didn’t want him to think everyone feels that way about Muslim people.”

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Contributed by Asim Ali

Ismail stood on the concourse for approximately two hours.

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Senate discusses possible changes to Code of Laws Claire Tully Campus Writer

Emily Enfinger / photo editor

Cooper Manley, age 5, sits with Santa at his Panhellenic-sponsored visit in the Student Center on Dec. 1.

James Beauchaine, senator at-large, and Lucy Anne Link, senator at-large, presented changes to the SGA Code of Laws to the senate on Nov. 15.

The primary concern was with the wording of certain articles within a section in the Code of Laws. They debated whether students with double majors should vote based on their primary college or be allowed representation in two colleges.

Drake Pooley, business senator, said he is enrolled in two colleges and wants to further discuss the issue.

“This is a conversation that needs to be had on the floor regardless,” Pooley said. “Obviously I have invested interest in this since I have a major in the College of Business and the College of Liberal Arts, and there are many students on Auburn’s campus that are in this situation.”

Hunter Gibson, senator at-large, disagreed with Pooley and said he believes students should only be able to represent and vote in their primary college.

“Even though you may have multiple degrees and you may have to complete all the hours in each college, the University still recognizes you

in one college as your primary school or college, and that is the school or college that you graduate in,” Gibson said. “If you have your primary degree in liberal arts and you also have a business degree, you graduate with liberal arts.”

Gibson gave an example of what he said is a contradiction in the Code of Laws.

“Also, say you want to run for senate,” Gibson said. “You can only run for senate in your primary college. So why would you be able to vote in different schools that you wouldn’t be able to run in?”

Brandon Honeywell, COSAM senator, said he believes allowing double representation would create inconsistencies, seeing as it is not allowed within the U.S. government when it comes to land ownership.

Honeywell said vote splitting on a national scale is not allowed because people may only vote where they are a homeowner and resident, not in all the places they own land.

Gibson said he believes having at-large senators cover any issues students with double majors may face concerning representation in SGA. “We have at-large senators to cover that gap, as well as the fact that we’re all here to represent not only our school or college, but every student at Auburn,” Gibson said.

ELECTIONS

SGA announces revised Miss Auburn Top Five Corey Williams Campus Editor

SGA announced Meredith Thomley, junior in biomedical sciences, will be included in the Top Five Miss Auburn candidates after Sapphira Glemaud was disqualified because of an eligibility violation.

Caroline Holmes, SGA’s director of elections, sent The Plainsman a statement about the change.

“On November 17, the top five candidates for Miss Auburn were announced,” the statement reads.

“The verification of eligibility of the top five candidates was then performed, and it was determined that not all five met the published requirements. Therefore, the revised top five candidates for Miss Auburn 2016 are as follows: Jennifer Ashman, Madison Gaines, Eva Mavrakos, Madison Rolling and Meredith Thomley (in alphabetical order).”

Prospective SGA candidates must maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of qualification and during his

or her term of office, according to SGA Code of Laws sections 704.2.2 and 704.4.1.

Glemaud said she is grateful for the experience.

“I was incredibly excited to be given the opportunity to love on my peers and help my University with my platform,” Glemaud said in an email. “Although I will no longer be running for Miss Auburn, I’m still incredibly honored to have made it to the Top Five. I am excited for the other five girls and the opportunity

they have to impact this campus and their platforms.”

Thomley was nominated by the Mortar Board, a senior honor society.

She said she is honored to be included in the Top Five.

“It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours, to say the least,” Thomley said.

“I’m slightly overwhelmed, but incredibly overjoyed to be blessed with this opportunity.”

Miss Auburn campaigns will begin in February.

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ACADEMICS

Bookstore to allow students to charge course materials to eBill S taff Report

Students enrolled in the spring 2016 semester will be allowed to charge course materials and school supplies to their eBill beginning Dec. 7.

The new purchasing option is a joint effort between Auburn University’s Student Financial Services

department and the Auburn University Bookstore, according to a press release.

“For many years, we’ve heard the Auburn family calling for an option like this,” said Auburn University Bookstore Assistant Director Russell Weldon in the release. “We’ve seen students who struggle to afford

textbooks and have to make a decision about when or even if to buy a book. This program will allow families the time and flexibility to be able to afford all course materials at the beginning of each semester.”

Students must be in good financial standing with the University to use the eBill option, according to

the press release.

There is a $1,000 limit per semester and students can only charge course-related materials, including textbooks, course materials, school supplies and technology accessories.

Returned merchandise will be credited back to the original pay-

ment type and all charges to the Ebill are payable in full according to the Ebill billing schedule The eBill option will be available until Feb. 3, 2016, the class drop date.

For more information, contact the Auburn University Bookstore at (334) 844-1352.

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Bentley, the costly governor Source: Federal court documents

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In August, Gov. Robert Bentley sent a letter to Planned Parenthood Southeast terminating its contract with the Alabama Medicaid Agency. He cited controversial secretly recorded videos of Planned Parenthood officials talking about harvesting organs from aborted fetuses.

A settlement between the governor and Planned Parenthood was announced this week.

The governor’s office will pay $51,000 for Planned Parenthood’s legal fees — about nine times what the state has paid the organization through Medicaid in the past two years.

The Alabama Medicaid Agency paid $5,600 to Planned Parenthood’s two Alabama clinics over the last two years, according to U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson’s order. The Services covered under the state’s provider agreement include gynecological exams, pregnancy counseling and screenings for breast and cervical cancer.

The payments did not include abortion services.

Bentley’s mistake cost taxpaying Alabamians approximately $45,400.

“The fact that Planned Parenthood Southeast doesn’t participate in tissue donation programs

in Alabama underscores that this investigation is all about political grandstanding, not facts,” said Susan Watson, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Alabama, in a statement.

We agree with Watson.

Bentley’s frivolous decision was based entirely on emotion, not fact. The videos he cited were proven to be heavily doctored.

One of the editors revealed he worked on the video for at least 11 months in a Facebook status.

Planned Parenthood was receiving reimbursement for fetal tissue donations, a perfectly legal practice. The organization announced in October that it would

no longer accept money for donations. This should have effectively ended the discussion.

Especially since Planned Parenthood Southeast does not, and never has, participated in fetal tissue donation programs.

Yet, Bentley continued his crusade to defund Planned Parenthood for months.

This impulsive, irrational and fact-free mindset is disturbing and should have no place in politics.

The issue here is not about abortion. It’s about whether Alabamians can trust their governor to make responsible decisions and to use their money wisely.

In this case, they couldn’t.

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Health should come first during finals Kris Martins Campus Writer

The last week of the semester is one where the stress of finding a parking space in the library parking deck may come close to the amount of stress you’re about to deal with in the library. The gift of finals week.

With it comes some of the sights and challenges around us that we really all just want to survive through.

Though the class material is difficult and the amount of material is even more overwhelming at times, we sometimes sacrifice what should be the most important concern of finals week: our health.

During my first finals week, I

saw students, some whom I went to high school with, embrace the culture of finals week.

Getting coffee after soda after doughnut after Monster. Anything to stay up. Including what some call “study drugs,” such as Adderall, Ritalin and Vyvanse.

These medications are stimulants that help increase attention and decrease impulsiveness and hyperactivity in patients with ADHD, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

However, some students abuse these medications to concentrate on studying and to stay awake. But not only is taking or distributing the medications illegal, their side effects can include nervousness, insomnia and headaches, according to the U.S. Library of Medicine. They can also become habit-forming.

Not every student illegally takes

drugs, but the reasons to take it are the same that underlie the whole spirit of finals week. We think we have to do whatever it takes to make the grade: forget about sleep, forget about food that helps your brain function best and forget about the consequences it has on your mental health.

Our student leaders have discussed and emphasized the importance of mental health for the past months with initiatives like the SGA Task Force on Mental Health. It is an issue University members want to have conversations about and want prevent among students.

College is, in part, about learning who and what is most important to us now and in the future. It’s prioritizing the test over the night out with your friends sometimes.

And at others, it’s about closing the book and sleeping rather than

taking medication that could seriously alter your mental and physical health.

Its foundation, I believe, lies in a student body that embraces the stress and sleep-deprivation that comes attached to “finals week.”

It’s almost a rite of passage to stay up until 3 a.m. with a cup of coffee or pull an all-nighter. But that is, at its core, crossing a line.

If we as Auburn students truly wish to strive for a sound mind, a sound body and a spirit that is not afraid, we must make decisions that uphold these beliefs and uplift each other. That means making up our own mind, and sometimes our biggest barrier is our attitude.

The decisions people made during previous finals week don’t dictate the decisions we make for ourselves this time around. That’s yours and mine to make this semester.

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Tiffany Mumford “Yep, to the Harrison School of Pharmacy-Mobile Campus Student-run clinic to serve the underserved in Mobile! War Eagle!”

Response to “Blindfolded Muslim student asks for hugs on campus” Doc Waller “This takes guts, compassion, and a good heart. Kudos to this young man. Whatever promotes positive dialogue, tolerance, and diversity...I’m all for.”

Beth Cooper McDaniel “This is absolutely awesome and makes my heart smile!!!

Thank you for taking the time to make our day, and the world, brighter! Cheers!!”

Griff Shelley “Yes. This is what we need.”

Response to “Montgomery man arrested in Auburn for automobile burglaries” Cunningham Kel “Ha, come to our city and see what happens! Everyone is pretty vigilant in keeping an eye out for their neighbors.

Response to “Tiger Dining provides options for students with gluten-free diets” Cunningham Kel “Great article, but how about an Alpha-Gal section, as this is deadly to several students that attend Auburn University?

Most people don’t even know they have it until they nearly end up in the emergency room, or they have an incredible allergist that figures it out, because they see how deadly it is. http://alpha-gal.org for more info on this deadly allergy.

Those with it, have no option but to carry Epi Pens with them.

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Alumna completes thru-hike from Georgia to Maine Chris Jurkiewicz community writer

When Jessica Mills, Auburn local and alumna in biosystems engineering, was young she vacationed in South Carolina with her family. She recalls her mother explaining what the Appalachian Trail was at Newfound Gap, where the trail crosses over the Tennessee and South Carolina border.

“Back then, I was like, ‘Well let’s go do it,’” Jessica said.

Jessica recently completed a total thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, finishing Oct. 19.

The trail spans 2,190 miles from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to the summit of Mount Katahdin, Maine.

Jessica began the hike on a trail extension at Amicalola Falls State Park, Georgia, on March 29.

“It’s really like 400-600 stairs that are the beginning of the trail, and halfway up the stairs you’re like, ‘I can’t even walk up the stairs.

How am I going to make it to Maine?’” Jessica said.

She said the trip was her first overnight backpacking trip and an adventure a long time coming.

However, her early aspirations would be de-

layed by the processions of life, including seven years at Auburn University and two jobs after graduation.

Jessica said she originally planned to hike the trail after she graduated in 2012 but decided to take a job offer instead. After being dissatisfied with her second job in Colorado, she returned to Auburn in the fall of 2014 with plans to begin the trail in the spring.

“Jessica has always been that person to tackle something head-on, and I really admire that about her,” said Whitney Bell, a friend who managed Jesssica’s YouTube channel for the hike. “That quality also let me know that she could do this. To take something that was a dream from a young age and turn it into a reality is very inspiring.”

Rhonda Mills, Jessica’s mother, said she was glad her daughter did not complete the hike by herself.

“When Jessica left for the trail, I was naturally afraid for her safety,” Rhonda said. “Although I would have felt better if she wasn’t starting out by herself, I knew she would soon make friends and wouldn’t be hiking alone for long.”

Jessica soon formed a “tramily,” or trail family, and was known as Dixie.

“It’s pretty crazy how much folks give back

to the community once they’re done, and just the community that exists out there,” Jessica said. “People are helping folks all the time.”

Jessica said she was twice boarded by strangers who had either hiked the trail or had family members that had. She also described the concept of trail magic, in which food, beer and other goods are left along the trail for others to take.

Jessica said she was a purist who demanded to see every white trail blaze, even if this required backtracking after going into town. On the other end of the spectrum, she said there are yellow blazers, or those who skip certain sections of the trail by hitchhiking or driving. Jessica said she laments that some of these yellow blazers report themselves as completing the Appalachian Trail thru-hike.

Jessica recommended hiking the Appalachian Trail as an Auburn student.

“You’re going to be an expert at hanging a bear bag because you have so much experience throwing toilet paper rolls,” Jessica said.

Jessica plans to stay in Auburn for now and explore her job opportunities and grow microgreens.

She said completing the trail was “the most difficult, the most rewarding and the most exciting thing of everything in my life.”

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Jessica Mills completed the hike in several months.

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Auburn City Schools teacher wins award Anne Dawson

community reporter

Tonya Nolen, Title I teacher at Dean Road Elementary School, recently received an award from the Alabama Reading Association honoring her as an outstanding reading teacher.

Nolen received her award Nov. 12 in Birmingham, along with eight others who were recognized.

Nolen helps students in kindergarten through second grade improve their reading skills with 30-minute group sessions. She offers explicit reading instructions for students who are slightly behind their peers.

Nolen said she always had a passion for teaching. She said when she was younger she felt the need to teach.

“My mom said I have taught ever since I was little,” Nolen said. “I would line my baby dolls up and teach them.”

Nolen earned her undergraduate degree in elementary eduction at the University of South Alabama and received her graduate degrees in elementary education and special education at Auburn University at Montgomery.

Nolen has been teaching for 18 years, including first and second grades and special education.

According to Nolen, there is a difference between being a grade teacher and being a Title I teacher.

When she taught first and second

grade, she said she had a self-contained classroom where she taught reading, math, science and social studies all day.

Now, as a Title I teacher, she has six or seven small groups that visit her for 30 minutes at a time. The smaller groups allow for more personal and individual attention and help in needed areas for each child.

Ann Willett, instructional coach at Dean Road Elementary School, has worked with Nolen for three years and said the individual groups help Nolen get to know each child and their individual needs, allowing her to help the students make quick progress.

Willett said Nolen deserved the award because she is good at problem solving and figuring out steps to take to help each child reach their full potential, while also building their confidence.

“She knows how to look at kids, look at their data and diagnose what their difficulty is,” Willett said. “From there, she’s good at prescribing the right intervention.”

As a teacher, Nolen said she has always made it her place to help children reach their full potential. She said the best part for her is watching children learn.

“My goal is to make sure that they not only learn to read, but that they love to read,” Nolen said.

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Nolen helps children in elementary school who struggle with reading.

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Purpose-built student housing will not be permitted in urban core Chip Brownlee

community writer

Purpose-built student housing will not be allowed in Auburn’s downtown urban core.

Under the Auburn Planning Commission’s preliminary regulations for the new Downtown Master Plan, which is set to be implemented in March, multi-unit housing specifically for students will not be permitted in the urban core.

The commission will recommend designating purpose-built student housing as a new category of residential developments named “private dormitories” when it submits its recommendations to the City Council next spring.

A private dormitory contains no additional commercial space and is aimed solely at housing college students.

The Auburn Planning Commission discussed the issue again at its fifth and final work session Tuesday evening, Dec. 1.

The Planning Commission has

been holding public meetings to discuss the implementation of the Auburn City Council’s Downtown Master Plan, which was approved in September.

Mixed-use developments and other multiple-family developments will be permitted in the urban core zoning area and the university service zoning areas under the commission’s recommendations.

Private dormitory developments will be permitted in two of the three university service areas and conditionally permitted in the third.

The three university service areas include most of the surrounding areas west of the traditional downtown to Byrd Street, several blocks east to Ryan Street and south to Reese Avenue.

Mixed-use developments may contain both commercial or retail space and residential units above.

Multiple-family developments, as opposed to a private dormitory, may include apartments, which must be open to any demographic and priced

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at a market rate.

The commission is tasked with codifying the City Council’s Downtown Master Plan, and the issue of private dormitories has consistently remained in the forefront of the meetings.

The Downtown Master Plan expanded the urban core from the traditional downtown area to as far south as Samford Avenue and as far east as Armstrong and Burton streets.

Many of the lots in the expanded

urban core area currently bear private dormitories, which will not be permitted for future redevelopments of those lots.

“I have no problem with us leaving [private dormitories] out of the urban core,” said Sarah Brown, chair of the Planning Commission. “It’s the expanded urban core that I have a problem with. Urban core current is where we’ve had the issues and concerns from the public [not the expanded].”

The Downtown Master Plan is intended to bolster a more vibrant and economically attractive downtown area, according to planning commissioner Charles Pick.

“If we don’t restrict [private dormitories], we will have an entirely urban-living, student-housing [area] downtown,” Pick said.

Both Pick and commissioner Warren McCord said a diverse and prosperous downtown will only be possible by prohibiting purpose-built student housing in the entire urban core area.

“I don’t think we’ll ever get a diversity of housing in the urban core without blocking purpose-built student housing,” McCord said.

McCord and Pick said the downtown area should have residential areas, but not developments aimed specifically at students.

“We don’t necessarily not want people living in the urban core,” Pick said. “We want a mix of people living in the urban core.”

Multiple-family and mixed-use market-rate residential developments may still house students, but are generally more spacious and oriented toward a wider range of renters.

Most new developments in the urban core, and some in the university service areas, will be required to maintain commercial or retail frontages as well.

“Wherever we don’t restrict [private dormitories], it’s like kudzu, it will expand,” Pick said. “If you don’t preserve an area for [commercial development] to expand, then there won’t be any area for it to expand.”

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The City of Auburn and Auburn City Schools recently received rankings.

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Some old laws are still on the books, but are no longer enforced.

A look at some of Alabama’s odd laws Liz Maddux

community writer

Laws are established to keep order and govern behavior, but sometimes they can be outdated.

Although most of the events that caused the creation of these laws are still unknown, the laws themselves could be considered somewhat comical today.

James Seroka, professor in political science, said Alabama doesn’t always review old laws to determine if they are outdated.

“These odd laws are still around because no one has paid any attention to them,” Seroka said. “If the police tried to enforce them it would be embarrassing. There are sunset legislations where each law is reviewed after a long period of time, and if the laws are seen as outdated they are flagged and abolished,

but Alabama doesn’t do that.”

One possible Alabama law that is no longer enforced is that it is legal to drive down a one-way street the wrong way as long as you have a lantern attached to the front of your car. The reasons for this law are a complete guess, but it is a strange law.

“Frivolous laws like these just prove how outdated and far behind laws in Alabama are,” said Carson Smith, sophomore in political science. “I think we should get rid of these laws because they are irrelevant now and could potentially cause pointless law suits that could waste our courts time.”

Incestuous marriages are also legal in the state of Alabama.

When dealing with incestuous marriages a lot of states make laws based on how incestuous the marriage actually is. Most states have outlawed mar-

riage between siblings or first cousins, and some states have even outlawed marriage to step family members.

Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said these laws are now only mentioned out of curiosity.

“A lot of these laws did exist at one time, and the laws that became issues were eventually abolished,” Jones said.

Jones said although the laws are still enforceable, they are not.

“I’m sure these old laws sounded like a good idea in the past, and I am sure there were good reasons for why they were made,” Jones said. “As a result, even though they are still on the books and technically enforceable, they are not because they do not apply to present day circumstances.”

For a list of odd Alabama laws, check out Page 11.

The City of Auburn was ranked by CollegeValuesOnline.com as No. 12 out of the 50 best small college towns, while Auburn City Schools was ranked fifth out of 131 public school districts in Alabama, as well as 181st out of 10,488 national districts.

“Auburn University is a great educational institution and a great partner with the City of Auburn in many aspects from community entertainment to economic development,” said David Dorton, director of public affairs for the City of Auburn.

Ward 5 Councilwoman Lynda Tremaine said people love the atmosphere of Auburn, and the town is a vital part of that.

According to Tremaine, former principal at Wrights Mill Road Elementary School, the downtown atmosphere sells the University and the small town charm. She said the City Council has been discussing the future of Auburn for a while, and many citizens are trying to pre-

serve the small-town feel.

Tremaine said while Auburn needs to grow, it also needs to maintain its small-town quality.

The small-town feel of Auburn, Tremaine said, comes from a combination of things, including the history and age of Toomer’s Corner. Students and alumni visit Auburn often to relive memories made at Toomer’s Corner.

The other thing that adds to the charm is the friendliness of the residents. Tremaine said citizens of Auburn are outgoing and friendly at all times.

She also said Auburn is well known for its spirit.

“Everything that is out there about Auburn shines a very positive light,” Tremaine said.

Tremaine said Auburn is always progressive and achieves many goals because the bar is always being raised.

“The strength of education locally and everything that comes with quality schools and a major university is among the reasons so many people find Auburn to be a great place to live,” Dorton said.

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Politicians tour roads and bridges in Lee and Chambers counties Chris Jurkiewicz community writer

Many of Alabama’s roads and highways do not receive the necessary maintenance or improvement in relation to the increasing amount of traffic they sustain.

“DRIVE Alabama is a coalition of community leaders, elected officials and everyday citizens who are committed to developing a transportation and infrastructure vision that will meet Alabama’s 21st century mobility needs,” according to their website. “The coalition was the brainchild of Alabama’s 67 county engineers who recognized the urgent need to educate the public about the current state of Alabama’s county roads and bridges.”

The purpose of DRIVE Alabama is to raise awareness of the infrastructure of Alabama, and hopefully generate the funds to improve roads, which impacts the quality of life in Alabama.

The Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (ATRIP) was introduced by Gov. Robert Bentley in 2012 as a one-time investment of federal funds into the infrastructure of Alabama.

In Lee County alone, a combined total of $38 million in ATRIP and county funds has been allotted for 41 miles of road pavement resurfacing and 15 bridge projects.

However, many smaller local and county roads are exempt from ATRIP funds because of their classification, leaving many areas still in need of maintenance or improvement.

County engineers lament the rising costs of materials and lack of funds to maintain roads, and consequentially their inability to serve public citizens.

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Politicans and officials toured roads in Lee and Chambers counties.

ATRIP has funded many significant projects within Lee County, according to Justin Hardee, Lee County engineer.

“The first road they see in the morning and the last road they see after working at their job to get money they don’t want to have to pay more taxes on is the road that they live on,” Hardee said.

While a portion of the state gasoline tax is given to counties to pay for the maintenance and improvement of county roads, the funds cannot keep up when it costs $600,000 to pave 11,000 feet of road.

“What most people don’t understand is that for every dollar you put into infrastructure, you get a five to one return benefit,” said Josh Harvill, Chambers County engineer.

Alabama Sen. Gerald Dial said it is important to maintain roads throughout the county.

“It’s obvious we’re at the point where something has to be done ... these roads are important, these people, they travel this road every day, they pay their fuel taxes and they want something done on it, and we are going to have to make some adjustments in our fuel taxes,” Dial said.

He said people’s safety is most important when maintaining the roads.

“It won’t solve all the problems, we have to address them and we have to prioritize them so that people, number one, feel safe and number two, have adequate transportation methods that aren’t damaging their vehicles,” Dial said.

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Leaving ‘The Old Gray Lady’ in the dust The historic Legion Field, once the site of the Iron Bowl — and one of Auburn’s possible bowl destinations — has become a dilapidated shell of what it once was Nathan Deal Sports Writer

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The upper deck of Birmingham's Legion Field once had the words "Football Capital of the South" emblazoned on its facade.

In 2005, the upper deck was torn down because it was unsafe.

That alone serves as a microcosm of the history of the venue once considered among the best in America.

It was the home of the biggest rivalry in college football, the Iron Bowl, for many years.

It hosted arguably the most significant college football game of all time, the inaugural SEC Championship Game between Alabama and Florida in 1992. It even helped give to a football program at the University of Alabama-Birmingham in 1991.

But while "The Old Gray Lady" has had her day in the sun, the sun has long since set on the stadium.

The SEC Championship Game left Legion Field in 1994, and the Iron Bowl followed suit six years later.

Last year, the stadium played a significant role in (temporarily) killing the same UAB program it helped build.

But at some point, it all went wrong. Legion Field started as a bastion of college football in the South, but the biggest reason it has become so discarded has a lot to do with the environment surrounding the field.

The stadium is old, for sure. Legion Field was built in 1926. But the Rose Bowl was built in 1921, and it still plays host to some of the biggest games in college football.

The difference between the Rose Bowl and Legion Field, besides location, is the city of Pasadena, California, still treats the Rose Bowl as the city's crown jewel.

Numerous renovations have been made to the Rose Bowl in recent years, including an improved press box and a new videoboard.

Birmingham, on the other hand, stopped caring about its football stadium years ago, and it shows.

While the Rose Bowl is still hailed as one of the greatest stadiums in American sports, Legion Field is considered one of the worst.

On the stadium review website Stadium Journey, Legion Field scored a 1.7/5 and a 2/5 on two writer reviews, as well as a 1.8/5 crowd score.

Those numbers place Legion among the worstreviewed college football venues on the entire site, which features 250 college football stadiums.

Other older stadiums have been treated with care by their cities, but Legion Field has not been so lucky.

Before the 2004 season, when it had been determined that the upper deck was unsafe, the University of Alabama withdrew its scheduled games at the stadium, and the Crimson Tide hasn’t returned since.

There have been no major renovations to the stadium in many years.

The closest the stadium’s come to being full since the Tide left town is the 2013 Birmingham

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Bowl between Ole Miss and Pittsburgh, and even that game fell approximately 12,000 tickets short of a sellout.

On a Thursday night in 2011, UAB defeated Southern Miss, a team ranked No. 22 in the BCS standings, at Legion Field. The attendance was a mere 14,103.

The city of Birmingham’s poor treatment of Legion Field drove away the SEC Championship Game, the Iron Bowl and Alabama football altogether.

That negligence, coupled with poor decisionmaking by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees and the higher-ups at UAB, helped kill the Blazer football program, though the team will return in 2017.

When the Blazers return, hopefully they won’t be calling Legion Field home for too much lon-

ger.

“The Gray Lady on Graymont,” as it’s referred to by some, was once great, and it shouldn’t be forgotten.

It’s hosted some of the greatest and most important college football games ever played.

A plaque of Paul “Bear” Bryant still stands in front of the stadium, serving as the lone remnant of Legion’s legacy.

However, the stadium serves little purpose anymore. All it’s good for is a mediocre bowl game and a temporary home for UAB football when it returns.

Legion Field lacks any semblance of the charm that once made it the “Football Capital of the South.”

All that remains is a dilapidated, outdated monstrosity of concrete and Astroturf.

CLUB SPORTS

Auburn club rugby team looks to expand reach across campus Jonathan Hefner Sports Writer

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Legion Field, once the site of the Iron Bowl, has become a shell of what it once was.

Club sports have slowly become a thing of the past for some time now.

Back in the “good ole days,” flag football, powder puff and all sorts of intramural sports were an integral part of students’ college experience.

There were a number of season games, playoff games with implications, and everyone was competitive.

Nowadays, seasons have been cut short and different rules have been in place for safety purposes.

Safety precautions are, of course, necessary to protect participants, but they perhaps decrease the entertainment of the game and discourage people from participating.

However, rugby is not one of those sports.

Rugby was, is, and will continue to be a physical, smash mouth sport, involving carrying, pitching, tackling and wrestling of and for the ball, and not to mention, a tremendous amount

of strategy is required.

Essentially, rugby seems to contain all of the fun elements of football, including almost everything except blocking in the trenches.

Everyone can score. It’s high speed, requires toughness and, in every sense of the word, bravery.

The Auburn rugby team played from about the beginning of school until late fall in the Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference.

This year, the team went 2-4.

After losing its first four games, the team finished the season strong with two wins over Mississippi State and Ole Miss.

Rugby scheduling works similarly to other sports.

Basically, the team represents the University in the SEC West division during the season, and then a playoff takes place later between the eastern and western divisions.

But despite the success to close out the season, the club wants to get more competitive.

Senior team member Nick Magnella com-

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“The Auburn Rugby club wants anyone who wants to learn a new sport, hit some people, win an SEC title and most importantly become part of a great team and have fun while being at Auburn University,” Magnella said.

“It is a very fun sport where everyone has a chance to score points … plus, you get really cool gear with the dues that you pay.”

But what the senior standout really emphasized about the team is the camaraderie, saying it is similar to what he experienced in high school sports.

“There is no better feeling than putting the jersey with the AU on (it) … I joined because playing rugby was how I got to represent the University,” Magnella said.

Magnella encourages anyone who is interested in joining the team to check its Facebook page (Auburn University Men’s Rugby) or looking them up on the campus recreation website.

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LEFT: Alyssa Ivey serves the ball against Arkansas. RIGHT: T.J. Dunans dribbles the ball down the court against Northwestern State.

This Week in Auburn Sports Men’s Basketball Nov. 27

Graduate assistant Frankie Sullivan spent most of the second half of Auburn’s win over Northwestern State running up and down the Tigers’ bench.

He was attempting to hold back the Auburn players who, along with the crowd of 8,529, erupted in celebration following each of the Tigers’ 27 made field goals in the second half.

Auburn dropped the fourth-most points and second-most three-point field goals in program history Friday night, downing Northwestern State 119-81.

Six Tigers scored in double digits, and Auburn scored 72 points in the second half, which equaled the total the Demons scored in Auburn Arena in the second half in 2013.

While coach Bruce Pearl was pleased with his team’s scoring output, he was not pleased with the overall performance.

“I don’t know that we built on last week’s defensive performance,” Pearl said. “This week we were just very unorganized, and we did not value our possessions in the first half.”

Auburn turned the ball over 14 times in the first half, which equaled the team’s seasonhigh for a game.

Despite the turnovers, Auburn led by 10 at halftime in part because of Cinmeon Bowers’ 14 first-half points.

The Tigers’ offense began to catch fire at the end of the first half, as Auburn made 10 of its final 14 shots.

The hot streak continued for the rest of the game.

The Tigers made 11 consecutive shots over a four-minute, 43-second span in the second half, and they went 10-of-13 from the field over another second-half stretch.

“In transition we were awfully good, and you can see when the game gets going, we got some weapons,” Pearl said. “But our execution in the halfcourt, particularly offensively in the second half, was awful.”

T.J. Dunans was held scoreless in the first half, but he erupted for 20 points in the second half, including four of the Tigers’ 17 three-pointers.

“T.J. Dunans, I need him to play great when he’s not scoring,” Pearl said. “When he’s scoring, he’s playing great. But I need him to play great when he’s not scoring, and if I can get him to do that, we’re going to be pretty good.”

Dunans tied with true freshman Bryce Brown for the team lead in threes.

Brown played his first full game in Auburn’s rotation, as he has struggled to regain his minutes after serving an NCAA suspension in the season opener.

“You could see how (Brown) could score.

He can really score,” Pearl said. “And he’s working hard defensively. I think Bryce has got really good upside. I was really pleased with his effort.”

The big win did not come without a cost.

Tahj Shamsid-Deen, playing in his third game since returning from a dislocated right shoulder, dislocated the same shoulder in the first half.

Shamsid-Deen, who has suffered four shoulder injuries in his Auburn career, was seen with a large ice wrap on his shoulder after the game.

He and Pearl met with Dr. James Andrews

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Casie Ramsier rears back to fire a shot during Auburn’s loss to Florida State in the Sweet 16.

Saturday, who determined Shamsid-Deen would miss anywhere from 10 days to two weeks with another dislocated shoulder diagnosis.

“Tahj is like a leader,” Dunans said. “He helps us on defense. He’s the guy we feed off on defense, so it’s gon’ hurt us a lot, but other guys got to step up and play. Losing Tahj is big to us.”

While the Tigers lost Shamsid-Deen, they gained a third win, rewriting the Auburn record books in the process.

“We scored 72 points and shot 69 percent [from the field] in the second half, so you can see that there’s some hope, and there’s some things to look forward to,” Pearl said. “I think our fans came in, and they were entertained.

We’re entertaining. We’re just not very solid.”

Soccer Nov. 22

The 19th-ranked Auburn soccer team’s postseason run ended Sunday, Nov. 22, after falling to the defending national champion Florida State Seminoles, 2-0, in Tallahassee, Florida.

The Tigers had a team goal of reaching Sweet 16 after falling in round two of the NCAA Tournament to Texas Tech last season.

Auburn defeated the Red Raiders Friday in a dramatic overtime rematch to advance to Sweet 16.

“I was proud of them,” said Auburn coach Karen Hoppa. “I was every bit of proud of them today as I was Friday when they won.”

The Seminoles were able to capitalize twice against the Tigers, the first goal coming off a rebound in the 25th minute, and the second coming just three minutes later.

The loss marks the end of Auburn’s historical season at 16-6-1 overall.

The 16 wins are a program record for wins in a season, and the Tigers’ Sweet 16 appearance was the first in program histo-

ry. Florida State managed 22 shots in the match, 10 on goal, but eight were saved by redshirt freshman Sarah Le Beau, who had one of her best performances of the season.

The eight saves tie her career-high for the third time this year.

“I’m very proud of the team,” said senior Kala Faulkner. “Just coming from freshman year and seeing the emotions of the seniors at that time like Amy Howard and Mary Coffed, and just kind of learning from that and seeing the progress that we have made. Each team, each year, knowing that you want to make history. This year, with the adversity that we’ve been put through and things that we accomplished, upsetting teams like Florida and Texas A&M, making it to the Sweet 16 and making history, it has just been an unbelievable season.”

Le Beau finished the season with 81 saves and nine shutouts.

On offense, 11 different Tigers scored at least one goal.

Casie Ramsier led the team in goals with 12, tied for second-most in a season by an Auburn player.

Brooke Ramsier, who recorded her 11th assist of the season Friday, finished first on the team in that category with 17 points, both career-highs for a season.

“Once we get past the emotion of the loss, they’re going to look back on this season with a lot of fun memories,” Hoppa said. “It was a special year. They made history and they set some records. They need to hold their heads up high, because they are a fantastic team. Maybe the best to ever play at Auburn.”

Volleyball Nov. 27

The Tigers took on the 24th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats Friday night.

Although Auburn did not leave Lexington, Kentucky, with the win, it pushed a good Kentucky team to the limit.

For the 13th time this season, Auburn

played the full five sets.

The defense stepped up Friday, recording 81 digs and a season-high 14 blocks. Auburn held the Kentucky hitters to a .064 hitting percentage in the first set. Junior Breanna Barksdale tied her season-high with seven blocks, while sophomore Alexa Filley tallied a career-high six blocks.

Sophomore libero Jesse Earl added 22 digs to her season total, giving her an Auburn single-season record of 516 digs.

Another sophomore, Kelly Stewart, proved her value defensively, as she also recorded 22 digs.

Brenna McIlroy led the Tigers on offense with 15 kills. McIlroy also contributed defensively with 11 digs, making this game her 11th double-double of the year.

Junior Emily Klitzke had 11 kills, while junior Stephanie Campbell and sophomore Courtney Crable each had eight kills.

Along with her six blocks, Filley totaled 42 assists on the evening.

Auburn came out hot and won the first set, 25-21, behind big points from Klitzke and McIlroy.

The Tigers lost the next set, only to come out of the intermission on fire.

They were able to steal the third set with a score of 25-21.

Auburn fought valiantly in the fifth and final set but lost, 15-13.

This game closed out the 2015 regular season for the Tigers. Auburn finished with a record of 18-12, 10-8 in SEC play, good for sixth in the SEC.

Women’s Basketball Nov. 27

The Auburn women’s basketball team defeated the Boise State Broncos Friday, 55-53, in the San Juan Shootout in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The victory was largely in part to the team’s defensive efforts.

Auburn fell behind early in the game, going down 12 points after the first quarter, but quickly rebounded by cutting its deficit to just four going into halftime.

Auburn opened up the second half with a 12-2 run and took the lead after a Khady Dieng steal and layup in the third quarter.

The Broncos kept struggling and battling back but ended up losing in the final moments of the game.

The Tigers forced 27 turnovers in the victory, 16 of which came in the second half.

Auburn also had a season-high 14 rebounds, with Brandy Montgomery and Katie Frerking leading the team with three steals apiece.

Tra’Cee Tanner scored her 1,000th point in the win and had 17 points and 11 rebounds, which led the team in both categories.

Montgomery, Auburn’s leading scorer, had 10 points, while Frerking added 11 points and eight rebounds of her own in the effort.

Janiah McKay finished the game with seven points.

Brooke Pahukoa led the Broncos in points by a considerable margin, scoring 21 in the losing effort.

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Callisto reports sexual assaults online Awareness

Marissa Luckie Intrigue Writer

The facelessness of the Internet tends to receive a bad rap for breeding trolls, people who sling hateful comments at others from behind their computer screens. However, a nonprofit company out of San Francisco is using the lack of direct human interaction over the World Wide Web to its advantage with its new online sexual assault reporting system.

Callisto allows college students to report instances of sexual assault virtually, without coming face to face with another person. The system is designed to make the victim feel comfortable by having different options for reporting assault. A student who has been sexually assaulted can visit Callisto and create a time-stamped report that they can chose to share with their college instantaneously or keep confidential until they feel fit.

Susan McCallister, associate director of the Department of Public Safety & Security and member of the sexual assault prevention and response task force at Auburn, said the University has been working toward providing an online platform for combating sexual assault for close to one year.

“One of those things that came out of that is

we really want to make more information available online and make it more user friendly to students,” McCallister said.

Callisto offers students an option to share their report with their college only if another student reports the same person. If a student chooses to participate in the matching system, they must add the perpetrator’s Facebook URL to the report.

The system will then detect matches in reports entered into the system and send the reports featuring the same perpetrator to the college.

McCallister said while she likes the idea of the matching system, she does not like the system has to rely on Facebook.

“I like the idea of having some kind of matching program,” McCallister said. “I think it is a neat idea to do that behind the scenes electronically, but I hate that they are having to rely on Facebook for that right now, because a lot of people might not know the person’s Facebook profile.”

However, McCallister said she does think an online system like Callisto would appeal to students.

“I think the college population we have now feels more comfortable communicating that way,” McCallister said. “I think it can also be very uncomfortable to go talk to a stranger about

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Callisto offers a private way to report sexual assault.

such a personal incident.”

Trista Head, freshman in engineering, said she thinks an online reporting system would increase the number of students who would report sexual assault.

“It involves less effort, for one thing, and less embarrassment,” Head said.

Lyn Littleton, instructor of R.A.D., a women’s self-defense class offered at Auburn, said while she agrees the online reporting system is good for initially reporting incidents of sexual assault, she still encourages victims to seek person-to-person

help.

“I think in the long run it’s best for them to talk to someone person-to-person,” Littleton said. “I think it is healthier for them to do that and seek that support.”

McCallister said reports of sexual assault have gone up at Auburn in the recent years, which she sees as a positive thing.

“I don’t think it means there has been an increase in actual incidents,” McCallister said. “I think people are just more aware that they can report it and are more comfortable doing so.”

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12 unusual state laws you might not know Emily Esleck Intrigue Editor

Auburn-Opelika area named the drunkest city in Alabama Amanda Myles Intrigue writer

A financial news and opinion website, 24/7 Wall St., released the latest rankings of the drunkest city in each state, and the Auburn-Opelika area claimed the title for Alabama.

The rankings are based on the percentage of people in each city who are binge or heavy drinkers, which was 17.8 percent, in relation to the same criteria statewide, which was 12.2 percent.

This was reported to the Centers for Disease and Control.

The CDC defines binge drinking as consuming five or more drinks for men and four or more drinks for women during a single sitting.

Heavy drinking is defined as consuming 15 or more drinks for men and eight or more drinks for women per week.

“More than 26 percent of all driving deaths in the Auburn area are associated with alcohol consumption,” according to

the website.

David Dorton, public affairs director for the City of Auburn, said it is hard to comment on the report without knowing the methodology of the study, but he did say he has no reason to think Auburn-Opelika would be different from any other city.

“I really hope it’s not true,” Dorton said. “I don’t know the methodology they used by certainly, in any case, the message of responsible drinking and discouraging drunk driving should be a focus.”

Captain William Mathews with the Auburn Police Division said he could not directly comment on the issue because he did not know where the statistics came from, but he did address drinking in Auburn.

“Binge drinking continues to be a problem in our university community, and we take that very seriously and work with the University to identify those who need assistance and recovery in the area,” Mathews said.

Mathews said the police de-

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partment works with Student Affairs to help the issue. There were 307 driving under the influence arrests in Auburn in 2014, according to Mathews.

When compared with Tuscaloosa, there is a reasonable difference in the number of DUI arrests.

Pam Lee, certified crime and intelligence analyst with the Tuscaloosa Police Department, said there were 209 DUI arrests in Tuscaloosa in 2014.

Elisabeth Irwin, freshman in architecture, said the report was surprising.

“On Saturday nights of course there are people going out, but there are not people passed out everywhere, so I don’t really see that,” Irwin said. “I feel like the University of Alabama would be way more crazier.”

Ella Sykes, sophomore in history, said she was shocked by the statistic.

“Could that be that Auburn is safer, so they report it more?”

Sykes said.

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Seeing police lights flash in your rearview mirror is never a fun feeling. Whether it’s speeding, no turn signal or not having your seatbelt on, most people don’t like the heartsinking moment when they might have broken a law.

However, there are some Alabama state laws many would not even know they were breaking.

1. It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty or for charitable relief, according to ​Section 13A-14-1.

2. According to ​Section 13A-14-4, it is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.

3. It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle, according to​ Section 32-5A-53.

4. According to ​Section 9.08.010, no person may spit on the floor of a church in the City of Auburn.

5. In Mobile, “spray string” is prohibited according to S ​ ection 39-15.

6. According to Section 30-

4-1, women are able to retain all property they owned before marriage in the case of divorce. However, this does not apply to men.

7. Incestuous marriages are

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8. According to Section 13A-12-5, bear wrestling matches are prohibited.

9. It is illegal to spit orange peels on the sidewalk in Mobile, according to ​Section 3976.

10. In Mobile it is also illegal to possess confetti, according to ​Section 39-77.

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The Dixie Chicks to tour for first time in 10 years Lily Jackson

the United States is from Texas.”

This comment created a whirlwind of problems in the U.S. for the trio, causing the Dixie Chicks to cancel all previously planned U.S. tours.

Country music stars, including Reba McEntire, Toby Keith and Merle Haggard outwardly rebuked the group for its controversial statement.

Having little support from the country music industry, the three musicians were left on their own. However, Bush responded to the band.

“The Dixie Chicks are free to speak their mind,” Bush told the Huffington Post in 2003.

“They shouldn’t have their feelings hurt just because some people don’t want to buy their records when they speak out ... Freedom is a twoway street.”

Maines stood beside her statement at first, explaining her reasoning.

“I feel the president is ignoring the opinions of many in the U.S. and alienating most of the world,” Maines said in response to the situation.

Album sales started to plummet, and tickets sales slowed. Maines released an apologetic statement, reminding people she was still a dedicated American.

“I love my country,” Maines said. “I am a proud American.” This was one of the last statements made concerning the situation.

The documentary, “Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing,” was released in 2006. The film showcased

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After a decade, the Dixie Chicks have announced their North American tour, DCX MMXVI. The tour announcement video, originally released Nov. 16 on Twitter, raised eyebrows all over the U.S. and has left many wondering what is in store for the tour beginning June 1, 2016.

“Just when you thought you were safe, America ... We’re back,” the Dixie Chicks said in their announcement video. “It’s been 10 years since we’ve toured the U.S. There’s no telling what will happen this time.”

While planning the tour, the group was unsure if it would be welcomed to perform in the U.S. following the negative response toward its comments about former President George W. Bush on stage in London.

Olivia Whatley, senior in human development and family studies, said she thinks the tour will be successful, despite their last one.

“It’s been long enough, and there are other things going on in the world to worry about now,” Whatley said. “I think the tour will go well.”

At the concert on March 10, 2003, Natalie Maines, the lead vocalist for the group, made a controversial comment against Bush concerning the war in Iraq.

“Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all,” Maines said. “We don’t want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of

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The Dixie Chicks announce their tour through a Twitter video.

the many years of backlash that came after the incident. Physical threats, scrutiny from fans and hatred from trusted colleagues in country music were a few of the instances covered in the film.

The final response to the widely negative reaction toward Maines’s comment was the release of the single, “Not Ready To Make Nice,” in 2006.

This song added fuel to the fire as it showed the three standing behind their beliefs. The song was a hit and won three Grammy Awards. After 10 years, the Dixie Chicks are back and ready to take the road again in the United States.

Katherine Barker, junior in psychology, said

she is still a big fan of the Dixie Chicks’ music.

“I listened to them the whole way home for Thanksgiving break,” Barker said. “I love their music, and I’m glad they are touring the U.S. again.”

The tour, which includes 40 shows, has sold thousands of tickets after the group’s Twitter announcement.

Jordan Greer, sophomore in communication disorders, said she is looking forward to the show.

“I’m looking to get tickets for the Nashville show,” Greer said. “I’m so excited to see them perform. It’s something I don’t want to miss.”

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Students share No-Shave November knowledge Lily Jackson

Intrigue Writer

November has left The Plains, and that can only mean one thing — NoShave November has come to a close.

As men all over Auburn’s campus dust off their razors and prepare for the return of baby face, some can’t bear to let go of what has become a part of them during the past 30 days.

Brian Hinger, senior in mechanical engineering, said he is proud of his successful month of hair growth.

Hinger is no rookie to growing a healthy beard.

A No-Shave November veteran, Hinger said he is aware of how fulfill-

ing the month is, but hardships are in store for those who chose to make the move toward facial-hair manhood.

“When you first start growing a beard you’ve got the charming 5 o’clock shadow that slowly turns into a stylish stubble,” Hinger said. “That’s just the first week though.”

Hinger refers to the second week as “the itchy or intervention phase.”

According to Hinger, during this time, the beard appears untidy and is bothersome. Friends and family start to comment negatively and question the purpose, hence the intervention stage.

Hinger said people who oppose

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According to Hinton, not having to shave saves money which could have been spent on razors or shaving cream.

Dustin Morgan, senior in forestry, said there are practical aspects of beard growth.

“In the winter, having a beard helps keep the warm in and the cold out,” Morgan said. “Oh, and having a beard helps with the ladies.”

The three men said they have enjoyed the month and do not plan on shaving soon.

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The third and fourth week can be compared to “the promised land,” according to Hinger. He said all those who doubted the beard are now complimenting and praising it. Hinger said these two weeks make the entire month worthwhile.

Jack Buster Hinton, senior in forestry, said there are pros and cons to having a beard.

“There’s no in between for me,” Hinton said. “I go from baby face, a bit scruffy and then poof. I look homeless.”

Hinton referred to the rising beard

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