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Ellis Johnson’s tenure as Auburn defensive coordinator came to an end Sunday, Nov. 30, a day after Auburn surrendered 55 points in a loss to No. 1 Alabama.

Rumors have swirled since his firing regarding potential replacements. Will Muschamp, former Florida head coach and Auburn defensive coordinator, has reportedly received a contract offer.

Even if Muschamp does not accept the position, a number of former head coaches and rising defensive assistants could be candidates to fill Johnson’s role.

Coaching Candidates • Bo Pelini: Former Nebraska head coach, 67-27 overall record • Manny Diaz: Defensive coordinator, Louisiana Tech • Bill Clark: Former UAB head coach, 6-6 overall record UF ATHLETICS

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Friend of Philip Lutzenkirchen speaks to local high schools about his accident Corey Williams CAMPUS EDITOR

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Philip Lutzenkirchen, former Auburn football player, died in a one-vehicle accident that also killed Joseph Ian Davis, the driver, outside LaGrange, Georgia, on June 30.

Davis’ blood alcohol content was .17. The legal limit for a driver in Georgia is below .08 BAC. Lutzenkirchen’s was .377 BAC. Tanner Case, sophomore in building science, is one of two survivors of the fatal accident.

Five months later, Case is using his experience to help others.

“God inspired me to start sharing my testimony,” Case said. “I felt like it was a calling.”

Case has already spoken to three high school football teams and said he plans to speak with more.

“There are three things I talk to the groups about,” Case said.

“I start off with the day of the accident and give a little background. Then I talk about my faith. That’s where I give my testimony. Then I finish up by talking about living for today, because we’re not guaranteed

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Banished to the basement Boxes share the hallways with the economics department.

Department tries to relocate after five years in Haley Derek Herscovici CAMPUS REPORTER

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Tanner Case has a tattoo with Philip and Ian’s name within a Bible verse.

In August 2014, the economics department spent the fifth anniversary of its forced relocation to the Haley Center basement the same way it always did: by trying to get out.

In 2008, the economics department was moved from the College of Business to the College of Liberal Arts because of internal disputes, Stern said.

The home of the College of Liberal Arts is the Haley

Center.

Despite trying to work with administration to leave the basement and, at least, return to its original home in Lowder Hall, the department remains in the basement, along with storage closets, leaky bathrooms and collapsing ceiling tiles.

Many professors and faculty members have spent time in the basement while their offices or classrooms were

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Johnson out as defensive coordinator David McKinney Sports Reporter

Auburn defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson has been fired from Auburn, according to the website Football Scoop and Phillip Marshall of 247 Sports.

The firing comes one day after Auburn suffered a double-digit loss to Alabama, finishing the season 8-4 one year after going all the way to the BCS National Championship game.

Malzahn said he felt it was time for the program to move in a different direction for the future.

“At this time, I felt it was best for our program to make a change with our defensive coordinator,” Malzahn said.

“Ellis is a true professional, and I would like to thank him for his contributions at Auburn.”

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Ellis Johnson was let go after the Iron Bowl on Nov. 29.

Johnson said he knows why Malzahn felt he had to make the move.

“This is part of the business, and I totally understand,” Johnson said. “I did think we were good in sever-

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renovated, but no one has spent as much time as the economics department, said Michael Stern, department chair and associate economics professor.

“We’re the only known department to have moved here without a plan or a facilities emergency,” Stern said. “The space we were in on the second floor of Lowder that we vacated was then left vacant. We were not moved out of there because anyone needed to move in or because there wasn’t any problem with the facility.”

According to Stern, the administration’s inaction over the department’s facilities isn’t just a burden on students and faculty members.

Stern said leaving one of the top 10 credit-hour-generating departments in an unused basement poses a serious threat to the department’s credibility.

“When you come down here you think, ‘What are these guys doing down here?’” said Alexander Richter, assistant professor of economics.

al areas, but overall it wasn’t good enough. I’m disappointed for our players, but this is a results business. I want to thank coach Malzahn and Auburn for the opportunity the last two years.”

“Let’s say we’re interviewing for an open faculty position.

What (this situation) says is nobody takes us seriously from an administrative level, and that’s a fundamental problem. People would be willing to come here, but they’re not going to go work in this environment.”

Richter said students routinely get lost on the way to his office in the basement, though he still teaches the majority of his classes in Lowder.

Although the lack of available office space is a contributing factor to their lengthy stay, John Sophocleus, economics instructor, said the time for the University administration to make a decision about moving the department is long overdue.

“What better thing can you say than we’ve entrusted the administration for five years to deal with this?” Sophocleus said. “We have been patient. It’s time for them to do something. If five years of waiting isn’t enough, pray tell, how many more?”

Stern said former Provost Mary Ellen Mazey made the decision to transfer colleges, and eventually move to

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According to Case, Lutzenkirchen and Davis were admired by countless people.

“If you live in Alabama, you know who Philip Lutzenkirchen was, and if you live in Georgia you know who Ian Davis was,” Case said. “Both were incredible men who made an impact on so many lives. Philip’s name is well known because of athletics, but there was so much more to him than just sports.”

Case tattooed his arm as a permanent reminder of his friends.

“Ian had a Philippians 4:13 tattoo on his side,” Case said.

“I thought it was incredible that Philippians is ‘Philip’ and ‘Ian’ put together. The ‘I’ is capitalized for Ian’s name and the four and the three are a little bit highlighted for Philip.

the Haley Center basement in 2009.

“They were informed at essentially the same time that we were,” Stern said. “(Mazey) wrote up this memo, called us in, looked at her watch and said, ‘As of 9:05 a.m., you are now in the College of Liberal Arts.’”

Mazey shut down the department’s academic programs over conflicts with their curriculum when the undergraduate economic students didn’t meet the foreign language requirements as a result of transferring to the College of Liberal Arts, Stern said.

“In the fall of 2009, students could not sign up for any form of curriculum at the University,” Stern said. “[Macroeconomics professor] Liliana Stern, who directed our undergraduate studies at the time, had to go with the undergraduate students to the president to get our programs opened. When he found out that Mazey had shut them, he ordered them reopened.”

Mazey’s assistant, Laurel Zawodny, said Mazey, current Bowling Green State University president, was unable to comment. “(Mazey) has business to take care

I also have a guardian angel, who I felt like was with me that night.”

Case said the tattoo reminds him of his friends every time he looks at it.

“I also have the letters T.I.P. on my arm,” Case said. “That is something Ian, Phil and I joked about. We were going to open a restaurant called T.I.P., because it stood for Tanner, Ian and Philip.”

Richard Stark, Case’s friend and junior in building science, said he believes Case will also benefit from sharing his story and experiences from the accident.

“I think he’ll have a great effect on the people he talks to,” Stark said. “He’s one of those people who other people look up to. I think people are really going to learn from what he’s saying. I think it’ll have a good effect on them and on Tanner.”

Case is set to speak in Columbus, Georgia, on Dec. 7.

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of and does not have the time to revisit decisions made while at Auburn,” Zawodny said.

Mazey left Auburn University in 2011 to become the president of BGSU. The decision over the economics department’s future was left unresolved, said economics professor Randy Beard.

“All of this just shows that when we were moved here to this college, and then also physically moved here into this building, it was very poorly planned,” Beard said. “They didn’t prepare for (the move) properly. It was an off-the-cuff kind of decision that nobody paid any attention to.”

Beard said nobody owns this decision, now that Mazey is gone, though that hasn’t stopped the department from appealing to the University administration.

“In fairness to Mazey, she indicated to me that this was temporary,” Stern said. “It was just a cooling-off period. She did tell the business school not to touch our space on the second floor, and so she may have been rolling around some plans in her head, she

baseball coach at Columbus High School, said he contacted Case as soon as he heard what Case was doing at high schools.

“Teenagers make bad decisions, and they don’t always think of consequences,” Stinson said. “Regardless of how many times a coach, parent or other adult leader tells them something, they’ll really listen to someone who is very few years removed from their age.

He can share with them that there are consequences that will definitely affect them and others for a lifetime.”

Stinson said he hopes Case’s story will positively impact his team.

“There’s a lot of free time when school gets out for Christmas,” Stinson said. “A lot of decisions will be made, and, hopefully, if someone like Tanner speaks to the kids and tells them it can happen, it will be worth every ounce of our preparation to have him over. Kids will listen to other kids.”

just didn’t finalize them yet.”

Joseph Aistrup, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, said in an email to Beard that he is working on the issue now and does not have information that he can share with the department “either in private or public.”

Aistrup said he had no further comment.

Timothy Boosinger, current provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, said he wasn’t aware the economics department was trying to move out of their current office space until a few months ago.

Boosinger said he’s put a process in place with the facilities division, the economics department and the College of Liberal Arts to discuss the current situation and evaluate the best decision.

Beard said the large amount of construction over the last five years evidence their complaints are not being heard. “(The University) has all these beautiful jogging tracks, coffee shops, indoor practice facilities,” Beard said.

“This (location) is like a dungeon.”

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Nicole Fulkerson Campus Writer

Bill Hardgrave, dean of the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, is making his college Styrofoam-free one ceramic mug at a time.

Tiger Dining, the Office of Sustainability and the waste reduction and recycling department eliminated all Styrofoam products from on-campus dining areas in August.

The College of Business followed suit when Hardgrave replaced all Styrofoam cups in the Lowder Hall break room with individual mugs for staff and faculty.

According to Jeff Long, chief operation officer for the College of Business, the change from Styrofoam cups to mugs will save the college approximately $3,000 per year.

“We did an analysis that showed that we were

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“I love the fact that dean Hardgrave saw the amount of money the college had been spending on paper coffee cups,” Woodard said. “Marketing instructor Jasmine Le said she enjoys the mugs for several reasons.

“If you have a guest and you want to offer them a cup of coffee or hot tea, they can drink out of a nice, fancy cup instead of a Styrofoam cup,” Le said.

Long said he hopes the switch will inspire other colleges on campus to make the same changes.

“There has been a push on campus [to remove Styrofoam], and we were feeding off that idea of doing the right thing for the environment,” Long said. “I think, hopefully, that when other colleges read about this, they’ll start looking at their own costs of what they are spending on Styrofoam cups.”

Making Styrofoam cups in itself is a pretty dirty process that uses chemicals that have been known to cause health issues.”

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spending a couple of thousands of dollars a year buying Styrofoam cups,” Long said. “We have 150 staff and faculty here in the building, and at any given day we could easily go through 250-300 cups.”

The mugs cost $5, so the switch cost the college $700.

The process of making Styrofoam releases toxic chemicals into the air, according to Courtney

Washburn, recycling coordinator at the waste reduction and recycling department.

“Making Styrofoam cups in itself is a pretty dirty process that uses chemicals that have been known to cause health issues,” Washburn said.

Cheryl Woodard, outreach program specialist for the College of Business, said this change is a great way to save money while positively impacting the environment.

Faculty investigates non-native lizards RESEARCH

Kris Martins Campus Writer

An invasive lizard species known as the Argentine black and white tegu,or Tupinambis merianae, may be coming to Alabama, and University researchers want to know if the creatures are capable of thriving in the state’s climate.

David Steen of the Alabama Natural Heritage Program heads the project.

Steen said the primary concern is the potential harm the non-native lizards could pose on native wildlife and other sensitive species over time if they can reproduce and survive in Alabama environments the way they have in Florida.

Steen said the project originated through a conversation with one of his friends from the United States Geological Survey.

The study uses 19 tegus captured in southern Florida set up in individual semi-natural fiberglass enclosures outdoors, which are maintained

by Craig Guyer, professor of biological sciences.

According to Guyer, the enclosures are set up to accommodate the lizards as much as possible, with sandy soil, deep burrows where they can overwinter, constant access to water and objects to climb in and on when they are active outside the burrows.

“We expect them to survive through winter and, if they do, we will place adult males and females together to determine whether they are capable of reproducing this far north,” Guyer said. “There is no native lizard that fills the ecological role that tegus fill.”

But Steen said their survival comes with some concerns.

“The issue is that tegus can cause environmental problems,” Steen said. “They’re big predators of reptile eggs, bird eggs. Tegus are not only carnivorous, but they eat vegetation as well. If there was a large established population, they could cause problems for some farmers’ vegetables.”

Jack Kottwitz, graduate student in Auburn’s College of Veterinary Medicine, served as exotic animal and zoo and wildlife veterinarian.

Kottwitz planned the anesthesia protocol and assisted in the surgical implantation of radio tracking and temperature monitoring devices into the tegus. Kottwitz also addresses follow-up medical care after the procedure, as well as additional medical concerns that may arise over the course of the study.

Kottwitz said there has been speculation over the last few years as to how far north the climate

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environment of concern,” Kottwitz said. “We are doing something very unique here at Auburn University, something that will give much more information than assumptions made based on a computer model.”

will allow non-native species to thrive and reproduce before conditions become too severe.

“Computer models have made some concerning predictions, but this study represents one of the first attempts to actually test reproduction in the

student spotlight

Tori Jones creates her own fashion line

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Nicole Fulkerson Campus Writer

Tori Jones, senior in biomedical sciences, said she has had an eye for fashion since she was 5 years old.

Jones transformed her love of clothes into her own fashion line, Yen Gang.

Yen Gang came from Jones’ love of customizing clothes and shoes.

Jones said she got started by transforming her own clothes into unusual statement pieces.

“If I saw something I liked that I couldn’t afford, I would try to make it myself,” Jones said.

“One time, I decided I wanted to make a pair of my shoes pink, so I did.”

Friends and classmates took notice of Jones’ style, so she started selling her clothing online.

Jones sells one-of-a-kind clothing, shoes and accessories on her site.

“The style is so unique and fun that it’s easy to say everything she makes is my favorite,” said Lauren Whatley, sophomore in hotel restaurant management. “But my favorite piece is the down-to-business dress, which is a chartreuse skater-style dress.”

Jones said her favorite items to design are shoes.

“The thing that makes Tori unique is her custom shoes she creates,” said Chelsea Phillips, model for Yen Gang and senior in public relations. “It definitely sets her apart from other small business owners.”

Native to New Orleans, Jones describes her style as eclectic and edgy, reflecting the culture of her hometown.

“New Orleans culture is super fun and unapologetically unique,” Jones said. “I would say my style is the same way. I’m not afraid to do things different.”

Jones said she gets inspiration for her eccentric fashion line from Tumblr and Instagram, as well as from famous clothing designers.

“I love Marc Jacobs,” Jones said. “I’m also a big fan of Betsey Johnson. She’s out of the box, and that’s where I want to go with my stuff.”

Jones said she also gets spontaneous inspiration while in class or studying for a test and admits her notes are usually filled will sketches of designs.

“I’ll be studying and an idea will pop in my head, so I immediately write it down or draw a picture of it,” Jones said.

Jones said her clothing line’s name comes

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Tori Jones wearing an original Yen Gang design.

from her love of the Japanese yen symbol.

“You can have dollars, but once you have international money, you’ve made it,” Jones said.

She chose the word “gang” because she said she wants her clothes to bring people together in a positive way.

Jones said she plans to move to Los Angeles after she graduates to pursue her love of fashion.

She said her dream is to attend fashion school, but her main priority is putting all of her efforts into expanding her brand.

“I’m giving it 80 percent of my energy right now, and I want to see where it can go if I gave it all 100,” Jones said.

Jones’ designs can be found at yengang.bigcartel.com.

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Professor studies communication between squirrels Brian Stultz Campus Writer

The next time you’re walking across campus and spot a squirrel, sit down and listen to it.

Robert Lishak, associate professor in biological sciences, is researching how squirrels communicate with each other.

“We were interested in seeing how these acoustic signals that squirrels make, make contextually significant to a predator,” Lishak said.

Lishak said he and his students use software that turns barks into jagged lines known as spectrograms, which show the sound’s duration and frequency.

“We used a series of model and live cats, and the squirrels would start relaying to the potential predators that they have been spotted,” Lishak said. “The squirrels were letting the predator know that they know you are present. The cat would get up, stop stalking and then walk away.”

Lishak, who is on the verge of retirement, has been teaching at Auburn since 1976, with his specialization being animal behavior, along with the acoustic behaviors of animals.

Lishak graduated from Seton Hall University with honors and went on to earn his Ph.D. in zoology at Ohio State University.

In a Q&A with The Washington Post, Lishak answered questions about his studies.

Asked if squirrels really had a language, Lishak said, “Don’t think of squirrel calls as being the equivalent of our words. Instead,

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A campus sqirrel scampers across the Quad.

think of these sounds as signals that squirrels innately respond to, like you would jump if startled by someone slamming a door.”

Lishak said communication during mating is also important, along with a mother with its young.

“What is interesting is how the adults communicate during mating season and how mothers communicate to their young when nursing in the nest,” Lishak said.

Tooth chattering is used as an aggressive signal - warning sign to other squirrels.

“Let’s say you have a squirrel in a fountain,” Lishak said, “If another squirrel approaches, he or she will determine whether or not they are the dominant one. If they are, they will start to posture and chatter their teeth as a warning sign to go away.”

Lishak said if squirrels get angry, they will bite.

“The squirrel will stick its teeth into the other,” Lishak said.

The squirrels also communicate with each other, letting others know of the location of a

predator.

Stating that you can do this even in your own backyard, Lishak said the next time you see a squirrel, start doing a rapid “kuk-kukkuk” sound, and the squirrel will alert you to where the predator is located.

“Just follow their tail and it will tell you where the danger is,” Lishak said.

Jordan Wampler, senior in English literature, said he performs this trick often in his yard.

“I put my cat out there and make the noise,” Wampler said. “The squirrel was also correct in pointing me toward my cat. It amazes me.”

According to a study by Richard Bicknell of the City of Palo Alto, California, the vocalizations of a squirrel range in frequency from .0110 kilohertz.

It can also range from a chirp to a long series of barks, screams and purrs.

As far as the dominant hierarchy in squirrels, Lishak said it goes in this order.

“Adult male, adult female, young male and then young female,” Lishak said.

Some students on campus said they were intrigued by the idea of communicating with squirrels.

Some laid out what they would ask if able to talk to squirrels around campus.

“I would ask if they could sneak into the football games and watch,” said Jessica Bloom, senior in psychology, jokingly. “Actually, I would ask about their daily routines and nesting rituals.”

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SGA approves purchase of golf cart, hears referendum for dining options Ben Ruffin

Campus Writer

The SGA’s Monday, Dec. 1, senate meeting had three new orders of business following a week off for Thanksgiving break.

According to Patrick Michael, senator for the College of Science and Mathematics, the Student Activity Portfolios will have access to a golf cart once the purchase of one is made.

The senate approved a reserve fund request of $14,266 to purchase a golf cart with a bed for loading and

unloading items.

“This will be available to all Student Activity Portfolios, being all the people we saw money allocated to through the budget and finance process,” Michael said. “That’s SGA, UPC, BSU, ISO, student media for whatever reason.”

Michael said he wanted to pass the request in time to pair up with the Division of Student Affairs in buying the golf carts.

The Division of Student Affairs is purchasing a passenger golf cart over the winter break for its own purpos-

es.

“The golf cart they are purchasing is a passenger golf cart for touring people around campus or to escort people,” Michael said. “This golf cart has to do with loading items and materials on to it, which there has been an expressed need by many SAPs over the last couple of years.”

Michael said SAPs used to have a golf cart, but when the golf cart broke down, SGA funds were dry.

Therefore, the golf cart could not be maintained.

“Five-plus years ago, we did in

fact have a golf cart for SAP use, and it was used very heavily and it broke down and, at the time, there wasn’t funding available to replace it,” Michael said.

In other news: • The senate heard from Elizabeth Moody, senator at-large, and Walker Byrd, senator at-large, on a referendum for campus dining options that will take place during the spring SGA elections.

According to Walker and Moody, there will be three on-campus dining options, represented by one person

just like the normal SGA elections.

“It’s all based on President Powell’s initial campaign platform in which he said he wants to give the students a voice pertaining to the new dining options, so we’re trying to get these three options to be put on the ballot in the spring elections,” Moody said.

The potential dining options have yet to be released.

• The senate recognized Benjamin Andrews.

Andrews has been an SGA graduate adviser for the past two years.

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University should schedule dead days during the week and not allow exams the week before finals

Jeremy Leff “One small correction: Will Muschamp actually began his coaching right here at Auburn under Terry Bowden.”

As finals week approaches many students have begun their attempts to cram a semesters’ worth of information into a few days of all night studying at the library.

Finals week is an understood necessary part of being a college student. However, some of the stresses that come with finals week at Auburn University could be avoided.

If you look at Auburn University’s official school calendar, which is available online at auburn.edu/main/auweb_calendar. html, you can see the University has designated study/reading days before finals week.

Those days also happen to be Saturday and Sunday.

The University shouldn’t call Saturday and Sunday dead days. Students have every weekend off, regardless of how it’s marked on the calendar.

Many universities have a week or at least a couple of days before finals designated as dead days, in which students don’t have classes to focus on preparing for finals.

The University of Georgia has Dec. 10, a Wednesday, as a designated reading day before their exams begin on Thursday.

The University of Arkansas has Dec. 12, a Friday, marked as a study day. Their exams begin on the following Monday.

The University of Florida has two reading days, Thursday, Dec. 11 and Friday, Dec. 12, as well the weekend to allow for studying for final exams.

Most of these universities achieve this by having a few more days tacked onto their

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While adding a few more days to the calendar may be unpopular to students, it would be worth the improvement in grades that could come from the extra time to study. Currently, Auburn has a month-long break, one of the longest breaks for schools in the area. A few more days in the calendar would not hurt students’ vacation time.

Projects and exams assigned the week before finals also frustrate students already stressed out because of limited time to study.

Professors should also not be allowed to give exams the week before finals and then give the final a week later. Some professors in subjects, such as psychology, marketing and chemical engineering have given exams this week, while still requiring their students to take a final exam next week.

That type of exam schedule, within a two-week period, puts too much stress on students, especially students who are about to graduate who may not find out their graduation status until the night before the graduation ceremony.

Final exams are already stressful for students and the grades received in one week can impact students’ GPAs. The University needs to rearrange this

question of the week: Should Auburn have dead days outside of Saturday and Sunday?

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Why Christmastime is awkward for out-of-state students Kailey Miller community@ theplainsman.com

Thanksgiving and Christmas truly are the most wonderful times of the year.

My parents, however, may not feel the same way.

Going home for Thanksgiving break was extremely necessary after one of the busiest semesters I’ve had in awhile.

With Auburn having a week off of school, I was home before most of my friends.

This gave me time to spend with my family before the influx of college students came back into town, and after that I spent most of my time with my friends.

My parents tolerated my scattered schedule and lack of productive plans for Thanksgiving break because it was only a week and they hadn’t seen me in awhile.

Christmas break is an entirely different story.

It is my belief Auburn students could benefit from having a shorter Christmas break.

With more than a month off for Christmas break, this can be difficult for out-of-state students like myself.

It’s that awkward period of time where you’re home for long enough that if you don’t get a job or have some sort of plan, your parents get mad at you for just laying around and watching Netflix all day.

It’s also too short to apply to any sort of real job.

No company wants to hire someone so as soon, as they are finally done training the person it’s time for them to leave and go back to school.

When I’m at school, my parents say school is my job.

My job is to make good grades and to get involved in as many things as possible to help my résumé and hopefully find a good job after graduation.

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That is still a long time to be idle, but it’s short enough where your parents haven’t really gotten tired of you being home yet.

I love going home, and I love seeing my friends and family.

However, there’s only so much laundry and house-cleaning I can do so I don’t feel like a freeloader to my parents before I start getting restless and wish I could come back to Auburn where I’m busy all day, every day.

Babysitting is always another option, but that’s not a consistent job for the most part and it’s you and every other college student home for the holidays fighting for the same families.

I’m not saying that we should have more class days. However, if Christmas break was shorter, the University could push graduation back to an earlier time to make up for the difference, which would give students more time to work after they graduate.

Instead of having a paying job at school, I have devoted my time to working for two newspapers and joining organizations.

Over the past three years, Christmas break has always been the constant battle of my parents telling me to get a job and me telling them that it’s almost impossible to get a job anywhere for a month unless you’ve already worked there in the past.

Over previous Christmas breaks, I have worked at the Sportsclub Kids Camp.

They allowed me to work there because I had already worked there for many summers before that, so training me was not an issue.

It’s a great job, but it is only about two weeks or less of Christmas break, so I still had a lot of down time.

I have other friends who go to Washington and Lee University who just have a little bit more than three weeks off from school for Christmas break.

Other universities have a similar policy, such as the University of Georgia, which only gives students an 18-day break.

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Rachel Davis

Community Writer

Downtown Opelika is getting gussied up for the holiday season and for one of its longstanding traditions.

The night of December 12, Christmas in a Railroad Town will draw in visitors and residents alike to the growing downtown.

Christmas in a Railroad Town was started 20 years ago by the same woman who started Opelika’s Victorian Front Porch Christmas Tour.

She started the downtown event the year after the Christmas Tour’s first year.

“She created Christmas in a Railroad Town to add a downtown commercial feel because the other event is in the residential district,” said Pam Powers-Smith, director of Opelika Main Street.

Shortly after its inception, Opelika Main Street, a program which works to revitalize the downtown area, took over the event.

“It’s basically what most people would consider an oldworld-village Christmas,” Powers-Smith said.

The event includes wagon rides and covered trolley rides through the Victorian Front Porch Christmas Tour, a petting zoo and outside food vendors.

Restaurants and shops will

also have extended hours.

“Some of our vendors have been with us all 20 years, which is kind of rare to see these days,” Powers-Smith said.

The event hasn’t strayed from its roots much, with the exception of the size of the crowd according to PowersSmith.

“An interesting fact about this event is that it has grown every single year,” PowersSmith said. “We’ve never decreased in attendance. Sometimes I get a little scared about how many people are going to show up.”

However, with the event not charging for admission, Opelika Main Street has to make estimations of the crowd. Last year, they estimated 3,500 people attended.

Nonetheless, people have seen a growth in Opelika’s downtown with events such as these.

Powers-Smith said the amount of restaurants and shops downtown has grown significantly along with the event’s growth.

“My job is to get people downtown,” Powers-Smith said. “Events are a logical way to do that. ten, twelve years ago, we had to have events to get people out. We’ve grown a lot in the past couple years. It’s easy to get people downtown

now, but we used to beg people.”

Not only does the event “foster community,” according to Powers-Smith, but it also encourages visitors to shop locally.

“It really fulfills a lot of goals, because not only is it fostering community, but it’s helping local retailers,” Powers-Smith said. “People are shouting mad all the time that we should shop local, so it really fulfills that because you’re shopping from local merchants, so it’s really hitting a lot of different goals.”

According to Powers-Smith, Christmas in a Railroad Town attracts visitors. PowersSmith said she is most excited for those who haven’t been to downtown Opelika in five or ten years to visit to see how much it has grown.

“I, personally, feel it, as well as the Victorian Front Porch Tour, and the other Christmas events are a gift to the community and surrounding areas,” said Dinah Motley, Opelika chamber of commerce business marketing director. “Christmas in a Railroad town is our heritage since the railroad was so important to the building of Opelika. I love that through events like this, people come downtown and see our quaint but prosperous city.”

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Christmas in a Railroad Town begins Dec. 12 and features attractions, such as train rides and decorations.

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Dec. 2 - Wanda Louise Richards, 67 West Longleaf Drive at Downs Way

crime reports The following crimes were reported by the Auburn Police Division from Nov. 26-Dec. 2.

Nov. 26 - Third-degree theft of property was reported at the 700 block of Glenn Avenue at 2:45 a.m.

- Breaking and entering of a vehicle was reported at the 200 block of Cary Drive at 8:57 a.m.

- Criminal littering was reported at the 100 block of North Gay Street at 10:31 a.m.

- Shoplifting was reported at the 100 block of North Donahue Drive at 12:59 p.m.

Nov. 27 - Third-degree assault was reported at the 300 block of North Gay Street at 12:40 a.m.

- Third-degree criminal trespass was reported at the 1600 block of West Farmville Road at 9:53 a.m.

Tis the season for annual holiday art sale Rachel Davis

Community Writer

For the eighth consecutive year, the Auburn Arts Association and Auburn Parks and Recreation are partnering to host the Holiday Art Sale.

Located in the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center, the event is scheduled for Dec.13 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The sale will have 60 vendors selling everything from pottery to jewelry to visual art. Everything sold is handmade by the artists.

Shelley Shields, member of the Art Association’s Board of Directors and the association’s former president, also presents her art at the Holiday Art Sale every year.

“I don’t really sell my visual art, but I make scarves and hats,” Shields said. “I crochet. That’s what I sell at the show.”

Shields has been a part of the association for 20 years and has been involved with the art sale since its inception eight years ago.

Sara Hand Custer, cultural arts director for Auburn Parks and Recreation, started the sale when she was the arts education specialist.

“I decided to start this sale really to give local and regional artists an opportunity to sell their work,” Custer said.

Most vendors are from the Auburn-

Opelika area, though there are others from throughout the Southeast.

“It was mostly local people [at first],” Shields said. “Then the word got out and more people wanted to participate. We see them at other art shows and invite them to come.”

The sale has the goal to help “give the artisans a little Christmas money,” according to Shields, and acts as a fundraiser for the Arts Association.

Ten percent of the presenting artists’ profits go back to the Association, according to Custer.

This year, the sale will take place both in Arts Center and the newly built Harris Center, adjacent to the Jan Dempsey Arts Center, creating the room to open 20 extra spaces for artists.

Even with the extra space, the demand from vendors has created a waiting list.

“The sale has always been popular ever since its beginnings,” Custer said. “Now, it’s become so popular, we literally run out of spaces within two weeks of announcing the sale.”

If the weather is agreeable, artists on the waiting list will have the opportunity to set up in the parking lot connecting the Harris Center and the Arts Center.

The sale is not only for art, however.

Hot chocolate, apple cider and coffee are

among the beverages being served.

The vendors will also bring a surprise in the way of refreshments.

“We definitely have a community spirit with all who participate,” Custer said.

“We ask all of the artists participating to bring a sweet treat for patrons to enjoy and of course the Arts Association and our Arts Committee. We love luring in the community with amazing food and beverages.”

A recent addition to the event is live music.

“Last year, we had a band called The Electric Rangers, and they were a hoot,” Custer said. “They were so much fun.

They’ve played some of our city events and our concert series. We might be getting them back this year, but I’m not sure if we’ve got confirmation yet.”

If the weather isn’t bad, the Arts Center will serve as home base for festivities.

The art gallery in the Arts Center, which is also coordinated by the Arts Association, will have a holiday exhibit featuring small works.

“We’ll try to centralize it in the front lobby of the Arts Center,” Custer said. “So even though it’s in two locations, the Arts Center serves as a home base because we definitely want our patrons to experience the small works exhibition.”

Nov. 28 - Harassing communications was reported at the 1300 block of Kurt Circle at 5:02 p.m.

- Miscellaneous theft was reported at the 1600 block of Kurt Circle at 5:02 p.m.

- Theft from a residence was reported at the 300 block of East Longleaf Drive at 9:18 p.m.

Nov. 29 - Third-degree robbery was reported at the 100 block of North Donahue Drive at 11:45 p.m.

Nov. 30 - Shooting into occupied building was reported at the 400 block of West Longleaf Drive at 3 a.m.

- Unlawful breaking and entering of a vehicle was reported at the 400 block of West Longleaf Drive at 10:14 p.m.

Dec. 1 - Criminal mischief and damage to business property at the 1000 block of South Donahue Drive 7:05 a.m.

- First-degree theft of property was reported at the 1100 block fo South College Street at 3:36 p.m.

Dec. 2 - First-degree burglary was reported at the 400 block of North Donahue Drive at 5:54 p.m.

–Reports provided by the Auburn Department of Public Safety

Contributed by Meg Rainey

Located in the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center, the event is scheduled Dec.13 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Toys for Tots runs for another year Kailey Miller

Community Writer

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas meals, there is a chance to take a break from the festivities to get exercise. The Auburn-Opelika Running and Track Association is hosting their annual Toys for Tots run Saturday.

The race will take place at Auburn High School with the help of the AHS Junior ROTC. This will be JROTC’s second year helping with the race.

“We took the cadets, and they became traffic directors,” said Jon Segars, senior Army instructor for JROTC. “They were out on the course, not only stopping the vehicular traffic, but telling the runners where to go.”

Segars said JROTC members must be passing all of their classes and behave in class if they want to help with community service events such as the race.

“If you can’t behave yourself in class in high school, you don’t get to do community service with us,” Segars said.

Jarnard Richmond, junior at AHS, is a

JROTC cadet. Richmond said he encouraged his family and friends to participate in the run.

“I try to tell them that it’s good and that they should do it,” Richmond said.

Richmond said his favorite part of helping at the Toys for Tots run was being able to help a good cause.

Approximately 25 of the students from JROTC help with the run, while others participate in the run.

Alvin Walls, AORTA member, said AORTA was started in the early 1970s, and he has been involved since 1981. The group has weekly group runs and promote running and physical fitness in a fun way.

AORTA is a volunteer organization that organize races within the community and have training programs for different level runners.

“We wanted to do a race in December between Thanksgiving and Christmas and thought this would be a good opportunity to provide some support for community activities,” Walls said. “We can, contribute some gifts to needy children.”

Walls said the group has been doing a Toys for Tots run for approximately 20 years at locations around the community.

The Auburn Police Division and Fire Department help collect and distribute the money and toys.

“The requirements are you need to bring an unwrapped new toy,” Walls said. “Also, there’s an entry fee, which usually covers your T-shirt and awards.”

Any money left over goes to Toys for Tots along with the donated toys. There are three options for participants to run. Starting at 7:30 a.m., there is a 5K and a 10K option.

At 9 a.m., there will be a one-mile fun run.

“A lot of people — new runners and children — participate in (the event),” Walls said. “For many of them it’s their first opportunity to participate in a competitive event.”

Walls said normally 200-250 people participant. For more information on the race visit runsignup.com/race/al/auburn/aortatoysfortots5k.

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Former Councilman Arthur Dowdell addressed the Auburn City Council claiming Councilman Clemon Byrd is not a legal resident of Ward 1 at the meeting Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Byrd defeated Dowdell for the Ward 1 seat in the Aug. 26 city elections.

Dowdell filed a lawsuit alleging Byrd does not live in Ward 1 in the Lee County Circuit Court.

Judge Jacob A. Walker dismissed the suit without hearing any evidence because it was filed 12 days after a five-day deadline for contesting elections had passed, according to court documents.

During the citizen’s commu-

“My reaction to him is basically still the same,” Byrd said.

“I’m just going to keep on doing what I’m doing for the people.”

Other items discussed at the City Council meeting: • Jeff Steiger, representing Auburn taxi owners, brought up concerns about Uber.

City Manager Charles Duggan said a new ordinance is being drafted to allow officers to issue citations to drivers operating without a license that will include a $500 fine and up to 6 months in jail.

• Approved a contract with Adams Construction & Associates, Inc. for $865,130 to finish the renovation of the alleyways connecting College Street and Magnolia Avenue.

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According to Dowdell, Byrd rented the house on Martin Luther King Drive from Dowdell’s cousin.

Dowdell claimed he has video of Byrd’s house, which proves Byrd does not live in Ward 1.

“As of this date, if you want to see the films and the videos, Mr. Byrd does not stay at my first cousin’s house,” Dowdell said.

After Dowdell finished speaking, he left the room, and Mayor Bill Ham called the next speaker to the podium without acknowledging Dowdell’s statement.

Byrd has always said he lives in Ward 1 every time he has been asked about it.

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nications portion of the City Council meeting, Dowdell rose to speak and claimed he has met with the FBI about Byrd’s residency. “(The FBI) did come to our house and they did find that this case was warranted for an investigation by the U.S. Attorney General’s office in Montgomery,” Dowdell said. “We will meet with (the Attorney General’s office) tomorrow.”

Dowdell also claimed his residency underwent scrutiny when he ran for office in 2006, including the Auburn School Board sending people to check his house to make sure Dowdell and his children were there.

“I don’t want to see Mr. Byrd — I do respect him and I like him,” Dowdell said. “He went

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This Week in Auburn Sports Women’s Golf

Auburn women’s head golf coach Kim Evans has been named the recipient of the 2015 Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award, the most prestigious honor of the Women’s Golf Coaches’ Association.

She will be recognized at the WGCA Hall of Fame luncheon, which will take place Tuesday, Dec. 9, in Las Vegas.

“I’m so honored to receive this award,” Evans said. “After reading about Gladys Palmer, I realized that I am a product of what she did for women’s athletics. I don’t know how I got so lucky to have a job in golf where I get to coach at the collegiate level. What she did impacted us all to be able to take this sport to the highest level.”

Evans, in her 21st season, led Auburn to eight SEC Championships, including three of the last five, and has put together a 2,559-939-45 record in her Auburn career. She led the team to 36 tournament titles and 96 top-three finishes in 227 tournaments. Under her direction, the Tigers made 14 NCAA Championship appearances, including seven top-10 finishes and a runner-up finish in 2002.

She has earned several of the profession’s top awards, including induction into the Women’s Golf Coaches Hall of Fame. Evans was awarded the WGCA Founders Award winner in 2006 and the WGCA National Coach of the Year in 2001-02.

Evans volunteers for the local food bank, Jason Dufner Foundation and is an Auburn University Athletics WINGS mentor. She served on the PGA National Steering Committee, 1992-

93, NCAA District Selection Committee, 199697, 2008-09 and has been involved with the Boys and Girls Club of Lee County.

She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in May 2013, just before the Tigers were set to begin postseason play. She went through chemotherapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has been cancer-free since September 2013.

The Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award is given in recognition of outstanding service above and beyond the call of duty. Outstanding service may take the form of years of unselfish involvement in promoting golf or highly significant service of far-reaching proportions.

The award is intended to honor individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the evolution and growth of women’s collegiate golf.

Recipients of this award have influenced women’s golf in a manner that changed the complexion of the sport.

Volleyball

Auburn defeated Mississippi State 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-19) in its final match of the 2014 season Saturday, Nov. 29, at Auburn Arena.

The victory gave Auburn (13-18, 5-13 SEC) its fifth SEC victory and eighth home win of the season.

Sophomore Stephanie Campbell led the Tigers with 16 kills and hit .560, while sophomore Emily Klitzke posted 13 kills and hit .600. Freshman Alexa Filley recorded 43 assists.

Auburn hit .400 in its first two sets against the Bulldogs (7-26, 2-16 SEC) before heading into the locker room.

Freshmen Courtney Crable and Filley became the first Auburn freshman duo under head coach Rick Nold to start every match and play in each set during a single-season.

Filley holds the program’s single-season assist record with 1,132 assists and became the first Auburn setter to post more than eight 1,000 assists since 25-point rally scoring went into effect in 2008.

Auburn has an all-time record of 588-589-4 in its 43rd season of intercollegiate volleyball.

Women’s Basketball

Women’s basketball cruised their way to a 7953 victory over the Marquette Golden Eagles Tuesday night in Auburn Arena. The Tigers improve to 4-2 on the year and remain undefeated at home six games into the season.

“We are playing well at home and that’s what you want,” said Auburn head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy. “We have to be able to play better on the road. Unfortunately, all games aren’t at home. It’s important to protect home floor.”

The Tigers (4-2) came into the contest off to their third straight 3-2 start after losing their last game on the road to Winthrop on Nov. 29, while Marquette (2-5) has started their season 2-4 under first year head coach Carolyn Kiegar.

“Marquette is a very good team,” WilliamsFlournoy said. “They’re big, the guards are really quick, so our young ladies did a good job tonight.”

Brandy Montgomery led the way for Auburn in the first half scoring 6 points and pulling down

2 rebounds as the Tigers were clinging on to a 3230 lead heading into the locker room.

Montgomery finished the game with 13 points on 6 for 13 shooting, two games removed from a career-high performance against Virginia on Nov. 23.

“She’s been taking better shots this year,” Williams-Flournoy said. “She’s got a good percentage this year because of the shots she’s taking.”

After a tight first half where neither team shot the ball well, Auburn changed gears on both end of the floor.

“We really just wanted to turn up the pressure,” Montgomery said. “We knew they were turnover-prone so we used it to our advantage.”

Auburn took control of the game on a 20-2 run and never looked back.

Along with shooting a red-hot 55.9 percent from the floor in the second half, Auburn’s defense held Marquette to 23.3 percent shooting from the floor during a period where Auburn forced eight turnovers.

Auburn held Marquette to an abysmal 27 percent shooting for the game scoring 28 points off of 27 Marquette turnovers.

Tra’Cee Tanner added 16 points and 3 rebounds for Auburn. Katie Frerking did not start, but chipped in 8 points off the bench.

Auburn is now 19-1 in non-conference home games under coach Williams-Flournoy.

The Tigers will be back in action Saturday, Dec. 4, against Southeast Louisiana at 6 p.m. at Auburn Arena.

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Waitin’ for Mason men’s basketball

Tigers eager for scorer’s recovery David McKinney Sports Reporter

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Auburn guard Antoine Mason goes up for a layup against Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Auburn’s play on the basketball court has been a tad inconsistent this season, according to head coach Bruce Pearl.

Three days after putting up 105 points at home against Louisiana Lafayette, the Tigers couldn’t buy a basket against Tulsa in Las Vegas, managing 35 points in the loss.

Part of the inconsistency of scoring has been the absence of the nation’s leading returning scorer Antoine Mason.

“We’ve played 80 percent of our season without him,” Pearl said. “80 percent is a significant number. We’ve played four games without him and one with him. So any time you get guys back, it does change your chemistry and locations. His learning curve is going to be affected. It’s not so much where to be as far as our plays are concerned, but probably more on the defensive side where he had a lot of room to grow.”

Pearl also said Mason is a different type of player and should be at full health to be the best player he can be.

“I think the other thing too is that Antoine’s game is based on explosiveness and power,” Pearl

said. “It’s not just based on finesse and skill. He needs to be closer to 90 percent or 100 percent to be effective, whereas if it were a finesse player or skill player, he could get away without that explosiveness because it has never been a part of his game. For Antoine, that is his game. If he’s back, but not explosive, he’s not as effective. At least getting him back will get him closer to that learning curve of being explosive and able to contribute.”

Senior guard KC Ross-Miller said whenever Mason returns, he should be able to immediately begin making an impact again.

“Obviously, he was someone who could score when we were struggling against Tulsa,” RossMiller said. “On defense, he was a bigger guy, an extra body and his experience as well. He is a big part offensively and defensively in our schemes.”

Driving to the basket has been an issue plaguing the Tigers, as well as early foul troubles, which the Tigers can’t afford because of their thin roster.

“When you have KT [Harrell] on one end and Antoine [Mason] on the other end of the floor, it obviously opens the middle lanes up for your point guards

and your bigs to make plays,” Pearl said. “I still think if you have Tahj [Shamsid-Deen] on one end and KT on the other, you still have to guard him. I think the issue out in Vegas was foul trouble. The issue was when KT picked up two fouls against Tulsa in the first 70 seconds of the game. All of a sudden, you are looking at no [Matthew] Atewe, no Mason, no KT and we’re in trouble and a little bit of panic set in.”

Though Pearl has talked about the lack of depth this year, he pointed out that several guys stepped up and made plays during the team’s time in Vegas.

“KC Ross-Miller has played more minutes with some success,” Pearl said. “Malcolm Canada played very well in Vegas. He was solid and he got more minutes by virtue of Antoine not being there and some of the foul trouble. TJ Lang, who we would have not anticipated being in the rotation, has been in the rotation for the last four games. Again, just having his ability to stretch the defense a little bit has caused his learning curves to improve. What if we didn’t have that body? The next body is Cole Stockton, who is another walk-on.”

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Marko Krickovic extends to return a shot during the ITA Southern Regionals Doubles Final. (INSET) Maxime Hinnisdaels celebrates a point at the ITA Southern Regionals.

Shore, Tigers scour Europe for top international tennis prospects Patrick Lucas Sports Writer

Football, basketball and baseball have been the United States’ most popular sports for as long as anyone can remember.

Tennis is not as popular as those sports, so many college sports teams travel outside the States to find talent for tennis, soccer or swimming.

In particular, men’s tennis in the SEC is made up of approximately 40 percent foreign-born athletes. Every SEC team has at least one foreign player except for the University of Alabama, according to team websites.

Two-thirds of Auburn’s team this season is composed of European players, according to Auburn’s roster.

The top Southeast high school players primarily come from Georgia and Florida. Between Alabama and Auburn, there’s only one home-state player.

Tennis head coach Eric Shore said they’re just tennis players to him, but it can be hard to find American tennis talent.

“There’s only so many Americans to go around at this level,” Shore said.

“There’s probably about 30 or 40 guys that come out a year that can play D-I tennis at this level.”

Shore said the other options for teams are to try and compete with the second tier of American players, which Shore said is like “beating your head against the wall,” or you can go

international.

Junior Marko Krickovic of Munich said the opportunity to play sports and get a college education isn’t available back home.

“One of the reasons so many Europeans come is because they don’t have college sports,” Krickovic said. “So usually you have the decision to either turn pro, you go to college in Europe and don’t play sports or you come to college here.”

In addition, sophomore Maxime Hinnisdaels of Belgium said there are still a large number of top-tier foreign players who retain their amateur status because there is such a small amount of European players from each country that get picked for international

tournaments. such as the Fed Cup. “The other guys that are still really good, if they have enough money, they will try [going pro], but if they don’t, they have an issue because they want to play tennis.” Hinnisdaels said. “But then college tennis opens up, and those guys are probably better than (Americans) that didn’t make it through United States Tennis Association.”

Coach Shore said although the American players he’s found have been great competitors, he’s seen that there’s a different approach to tennis in European countries as well.

“The American kids understand ‘team’ more because they play more team sports growing up as a whole,” Shore said. “But on the other side, the

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Of the last 10 winners of the singles NCAA title, seven of them have been international players.

Two of the three American titles were won by the University of Southern California’s Steve Johnson, who is currently ranked 37th in the world, according to the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings.

The Tigers start the team match portion of their schedule in January, and the team is confident they will improve upon a season in which they finished 42nd in the nation.

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For Auburn fans, 2014 as a whole could be seen as a disappointment. Going from being 13 seconds away from a national championship to an 8-4 record isn’t exactly what fans hoped for.

There are several reasons why the football team didn’t perform as expected , but there were also plenty of pleasant surprises.

In my opinion, one of the biggest disappointments on this team was the defensive line. Losing Carl Lawson and Dee Ford was a huge preseason blow, but this was a veteran group that simply didn’t perform consistently throughout the season.

On the offense, running back Cameron Artis-Payne was the surprise of the year. Filling the shoes of Heisman finalist Tre Mason, Artis-Payne led the SEC in rushing while getting the bulk of the carries for the Tigers. Not so productive was senior running back Corey Grant, to no fault of his own. As the season went on, Grant saw less time on the field, and it felt as though the coach-

ing staff was holstering a weapon.

Junior wide receiver Duke Williams was hyped by fans and coaches all summer, and he certainly lived up to expectations. All season long, Williams gave opposing secondary groups fits while making seemingly impossible catches game in and game out.

Another surprise in this group of receivers was senior Quan Bray, who undoubtedly had his best season not only receiving wise, but returning kicks as well.

One receiver who may not have lived up to expectations was Sammie Coates. I hate to say that, because Coates just had the game of his life against the No. 1 team in the country at their house, but still, Coates didn’t quite have the season people were expecting. He was plagued by an injury and had several drops.

David McKinney is a sports reporter for The Auburn Plainsman.

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Age is only a number to this Ph.D. student Kate Seckinger Intrigue Reporter

After three years of hard work, Diane Barnard sees a light at the end of the tunnel.

Barnard, doctoral student in clothing and textiles, returned to school when she was 58. Now 61, she rides a scooter to class every day to save money for textbooks and other school expenses and said she loves every minute of it.

“I did things backwards,” Barnard said. “I got married young, raised kids, homeschooled them and then went back to school.”

Barnard said she waited to attend school until after her children left home.

“I never wanted someone to meet my child and say, ‘Where are their parents?’” Barnard said. “I was there for them, and now they’re successfully on their own. Now, it’s my turn. It’s mama’s time.”

Ever since she was a child, Barnard said she loved fabric. When something frustrated her, there were two places she would go to let off steam: the library or the fabric store.

“I would just walk and run my hands over those beautiful fabrics,” Barnard said with her eyes closed and a smile across her face. “I can’t explain to you what it is about them, but they’re just a part of me.”

After working with her master’s for a few years as a historic costume and textile consultant, Barnard said she realized research wasn’t what she wanted. When the opportunity arose to return to school and get her doctorate, Barnard decided to go for it.

“You should always be examining your life,” said Karla Teel, associate professor of apparel design. “If you have a dream or there’s a job you want and you have the opportunity to do it, go for it. It sounds cliché, but it’s never too late.”

Teel, who has guided Barnard through the doctoral program, said she wants Barnard to be an encouragement to other mature adults.

“Diane is a great student and teacher, and she’s someone many people can look up to,” Teel said.

“She realized her passion and did something about it. Often, that’s harder to do than it sounds, especially when you’re older than most students in the program.”

Pamela Ulrich, graduate program officer and professor in the department of consumer and design sciences, said she is proud of Barnard for her dedication to the program despite her personal struggles over the years.

“Diane’s been through a lot, but she hasn’t given up,” Ulrich said. “Her experiences have

Barnard wears a historically accurate dress.

helped her be more engaged in learning and conversation with faculty and students.”

Barnard’s life experiences before Auburn have added to her effectiveness as a teacher, Ulrich said.

After raising her children while her husband served overseas in the Army and battling health issues, Barnard said she found ways to give back before going after her dreams.

In 2003, Barnard traveled to Iraq on a mission trip to build a medical clinic in Baghdad while Saddam Hussein was still in hiding.

“We never drove the same way twice,” Barnard said. “I had to write a letter in case I didn’t come back home, but those three weeks changed my life.”

Barnard said she’d never forget an old woman who came up to the gate in her hijab and held out her hand to her on her last day in Baghdad.

“She said, ‘Please help us,’” Barnard said. “I can still see her face and the deep sorrow in her eyes. She was the face of the Iraqi people. She was the face of the lesson I brought home.”

Barnard said if anything, she feels her age has helped instead of hindered her as a doctoral stu-

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Barnard creates costumes from different historical eras as part of her clothing and textiles major.

dent.

“Seeing things like the woman in Iraq makes you not so timid anymore,” Barnard said. “These experiences were brought to me for a reason, and I’ve learned that life’s too short to waste it.”

Teel said Barnard will be successful because of the way she listens and teaches from the heart.

“It’s great to get your degree early on because you have your whole life ahead of you, but there’s something really special about getting it after living a few more decades,” Teel said.

“When you come back as a mature adult, you know that each day is a gift and that you can’t waste it doing something you don’t like doing.

That knowledge and wisdom has changed how I talk to my students, and I’m certain it’s made Diane a better teacher to her students.”

Barnard said she appreciates encouragement from faculty and fellow students, but feels her life experiences and decisions aren’t anything to brag about.

“It is what it is,” Barnard said. “I was going to be this age anyway, so I might as well do something with it because I’m still breathing. You don’t stop contributing to this world until you’re dead, so keep on contributing. You never know where it could lead you, or what that light is at the end of it all.”

Day in the life

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Student firefighters perform regular drills to prepare for fighting fires.

Student firefighters juggle safety and saving lives Kyle Nazario Intrigue Editor

It was Thanksgiving break, but 64 college students stayed in Auburn.

They took no time off, continuing to work 24-hour shifts between 48-hour breaks.

The 62 men and 2 women who participate in the city of Auburn’s student firefighter program don’t take vacations.

“It’s a pretty unique program,” said Deputy Chief John Lankford. “No one else in the United States has a program like we do.”

Lankford said after passing 10 weeks of fire and six weeks of emergency medical technician training, students work as fully fledged firefighters.

While other stations might limit how much students can do, Auburn student firefighters perform the same duties as their non-student counterparts.

Lankford said student firefighters’ duties for an average day begin at 7 a.m. when they arrive at the station and relieve the last shift.

The students sweep, mop and vacuum the station. They check their equipment and make sure it’s ready for use.

At 8:30 a.m., they pause for breakfast.

After that, every day is different.

Stephen Jackson, senior in building science with five and a half years experience as a student firefighter, said he enjoys the variety.

“I’ve had shifts where I do everything,” Jackson said. “Fire, wreck, medical calls all day long. You really don’t know what you’re going to get.”

Students go out with the rest of the firefighters, who respond to calls ranging from elderly people who’ve fallen to house fires. Lankford estimates the department receives 10-15 calls per day.

“We go do just about anything,” said Alan McGinty, freshman in nursing. “It might not be the first thing you want to do at 12 o’clock at night, but you at least helped somebody.”

McGinty, who graduated from firefighter training Aug. 15, said he enjoys having the opportunity to go on calls and help others.

Some days, the station gets a fire call. Jackson described fighting a fire as “intense.” McGinty called it “an adrenaline rush.”

Steven Barnes, master’s student in public administration and student firefighter, said firefighters enjoy those

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Anyone who goes through the training to become a fireman enjoys fighting fire.

We all have that same need for adrenaline.”

—Steven Barnes

master’s student in public administration

calls — even with the danger.

“I think anyone who goes through the training to become a fireman enjoys fighting fires,” Barnes said. “I think we all have that same need for adrenaline.”

McGinty said he relies on his training when he’s on the scene of a fire.

Jackson, the five-year veteran, said training is the difference between safety and the very real dangers of fighting a fire.

To prepare, Jackson said the firefighters often perform drills and training exercises.

Between drills and calls, the student firefighters do chores around the sta-

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Auburn firefighters answer an average of 10-15 calls per day.

tion. Between chores, they do schoolwork.

“If we’re not running anything at the moment, we’re in that office or this office doing homework,” Jackson said.

Barnes said the job has helped him procrastinate less. With 24-hour shifts, Barnes said there is little room for delays.

“You develop very good time-management skills,” Barnes said. “It just becomes a balancing act that you just learn to cope with.”

Student firefighters also have to balance their work against attending class. Though shifts are 24 hours, Lankford said students are allowed to leave to attend class without needing

someone to cover for them.

According to Jackson, the flexibility compares well to other jobs.

“You can’t find a job while you’re in school or even out of school that works with you as much as Auburn works with us,” Jackson said.

Jackson said the flexibility is one reason he’s worked as a student firefighter for so long. He said he also appreciates everything he’s learned on the job.

“I honestly thought it was fun at first,” Jackson said. “It is fun, but it’s also extremely valuable work. We get exposed to people at their highs and their lows. If you can work with that, you can work with anything.”

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Bliss Bailey, chief information officer of the Office of Information Technology, said finals week is a major test for the campus Wi-Fi network.

“We know finals are a busy time for us,” Bailey said.

“We’ve made big upgrades in that area.”

According to Bailey, maintaining a University-wide WiFi network, especially during finals week, is a challenge.

The period before final exams is particularly stressful for OIT because of all the students who come on campus to study. Bailey said the increased number of people concentrated in one place, such as RBD Library, slows down or stops AU WiFi. “If you come here over the Christmas holidays when no one is around, we’ve got great coverage,” Bailey said. “You can go to many places and get signal, and it’s not a problem.

The problem comes with those periods of time where we see really heavy usage, and those locations where we see really heavy usage.”

Bailey said wireless coverage can be understood in terms of coverage and density. Coverage is measured in feet and miles, and determines where on campus a device can connect to AU WiFi. Density is measured in how many devices in that area can connect to the network simultaneously.

Bailey said coverage density becomes important in places, such as the Student Center and RBD Library where students gather to study.

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improving AU WiFi’s coverage around campus, especially in the library.

“It’s my impression, and I may be wrong, that those problems are essentially solved,” said dean of Libraries Bonnie MacEwan. “We certainly like to hear if it’s not.”

MacEwan said the library and former Provost Mary Ellen Mazey spent $100,000 in the summer of 2009 to improve coverage in the library by adding 36 Wi-Fi repeaters.

MacEwan said the library also improved coverage for mobile devices during summer 2014.

AU WiFi as a whole can handle 75,000 computers, phones or tablets at once according to Bailey.

On an average day, approximately 25,000 devices will connect to the network. He said OIT is planning to increase AU WiFi’s capacity to 100,000 devices.

“We don’t quite have the demand yet, but it’ll get there,” Bailey said.

Increased demand is another factor contributing to Wi-Fi slowdowns.

OIT Help Desk manager Paula Dale said Wi-Fi is in more demand than ever with the increase in smartphone, tablet and laptop usage.

“The wireless network we have is several years old, and it was developed more for casual network use than the devices,” Dale said.

Bailey said OIT modernizes AU WiFi by upgrading its servers and adding access points.

Servers are large computers OIT keeps in its headquarters and other locations around campus to run AU WiFi. Dale said students with WiFi trouble should contact the HelpDesk at (334) 844-4944.

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