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Baseball jumps in rankings, falls against Troy Andrew Mitchell yells after Auburn baseball wins vs. Arkansas on Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Auburn, Ala.
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Before the season, Auburn was pegged to finish sixth in its own division. Now, in head coach Butch Thompson’s second year at the helm, the Tigers head into the home stretch ranked fifth in the entire country. On Monday, the Tigers wrapped up a brilliant week by jumping from No. 10 to No. 5. The top-five ranking is the highest ranking an Auburn team has reached since 2003. The Tigers began the four-game stretch with a midweek game versus Kennesaw State, and they took the 15-7 victory with ease. The next series would be a tall task for Thompson’s squad. With 16th-ranked Arkansas coming into town a game ahead of Auburn in the SEC standings, it was important for the Tigers — who had only dropped one series all year — to take the series from the Razorbacks. Fantastic pitching put the Tigers in position heading into last weekend, and it would need to continue in or-
der to down the Hogs. It was, and the bats weren’t too shabby either. In game one of the series on Friday night, The Tigers were without their No. 1 pitcher Casey Mize, who sat out the weekend to rest his arm. With the righthander not participating in the crucial series, Auburn was forced to go with Plan B. The Tigers took the field and for the first time in the season, blasted three home runs en route to a 15-2 series-opening victory over Arkansas. “The boys just felt good and came out swinging,” Thompson said of the victory. Saturday was a different story for the Tigers. The red-hot bats showed up early, as Auburn jumped out to a 3-0 lead through two innings, but the lead didn’t last. The bats cooled dramatically as the Tigers recorded only two hits in the final seven innings. In total, 14 Auburn batters struck out on the day. Freshman star Davis Daniel lasted five innings on Saturday’s start, giving up three runs
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on five hits. Andrew Mitchell came on in relief, but he couldn’t find a rhythm and lasted only one-third of an inning after giving up two quick runs. Arkansas went on to win game two, 7-3. Mitchell and the Tigers had a chance for redemption in the rubber match the next day. On Sunday, the Tigers and Razorbacks went back and forth in a great old-fashioned SEC West baseball battle to decide the series. Mitchell and Josh Anthony made sure the Tigers walked off of the diamond with an 11-6 victory and a series win. Mitchell got his revenge on Sunday and earned the win for Auburn. The lefty fired the final five innings for the Tigers, giving up just one run on three hits while striking out three. “We talked about it yesterday, I just have a lot of confidence in him,” Thompson said. “I didn’t think that was him yesterday, and getting another shot, I didn’t know he’d go five innings now, I’ve got to be honest.”
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Students on sexting Lily Jackson
LIFESTYLE EDITOR
To sext or not to sext? Whether you do or don’t, a class of Auburn students agreed that sexting is here to stay. “I feel like [sexting] is a part of our society because we are moving so fast and people are moving on to the next person so quickly,” Cydne Wright, junior in journalism, said. “Everyone is trying to figure out what they can do to keep someone interested.” While not casual classroom conversation, the question of whether to partake in sexting is one that infiltrates the lives of millions of college students across the country. Where it’s happening The Plainsman conducted a survey that polled 433 Auburn students on their thoughts and experiences involving sexual content across a range of digital platforms. Fortyfour percent of students surveyed said they have shared revealing or sexualized photos using a mobile device. In search of personal anecdotes, The Plainsman held a facilitated conversation with a class of 12 students studying media law. From Snapchat, Facebook, texting and dating apps to video chat and more, the platforms for sexting seem to grow daily, many students said. Emma Reifenberger, junior in public relations, said sexting implies the action of texting, but in today’s tech-driven society other social media platforms shouldn’t be excluded. Platforms like Snapchat seem safer, with a timer and the apparent vanishing effect, said
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Former Auburn coach won’t run for governor Chip Brownlee
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Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville won’t step into the political arena. A top aide, Tripp Skipper, who was assisting with Tuberville’s exploratory campaign confirmed to The Plainsman Tuesday that he had decided against running for Alabama governor. “After a lot of thought and prayer, he just felt like the timing wasn’t right,” Skipper said. “He decided to forgo the race to pursue other opportunities.” Tuberville, who recently finished up a three-year stint as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, said in February that he was considering a run for governor in Alabama. He had not made a final decision at that time. Tuberville had been on a listening tour for the past few weeks, hearing Alabamians’ concerns and gauging whether a run for the state’s highest office would be right for him. “If I’m the guy that can make lives better for the people of Alabama, then I’m going to run and I’m going to win,” Tuberville said earlier this month in an interview with The Plainsman. Tuberville decided this week that he wasn’t the right guy. “Basically too many negatives for this thing to add up to being a positive,” Tuberville told the Montgomery Advertiser. “I think I could’ve gone through legal channels to get the residency issue solved but my fami-
ly wasn’t wild about the idea either.” Tuberville, who just recently moved back to his Lake Martin home, could have faced legal battles over establishing his residency. Last month, Tuberville loaned himself $100,000 for his gubernatorial campaign, according to campaign finance records. Such a loan is not uncommon for major candidates, and Tuberville warned that the campaign filing nor the loan should have been taken as a final decision. “I basically loaned myself some money so that we could get a few people to look at it in the right way, to travel, to listen, to learn,” Tuberville said. “That’s all that was.” Under his leadership at Auburn, the Tigers had an 85-40 record — one of the most successful in Auburn history. After leaving Auburn in 2008, Tuberville coached at Texas Tech and then moved on to Cincinnati. In a state characterized by its devotion to football and college athletics, it could have taken a lot of convincing to get Alabama fans on board with the guy who had a 7-3 record against the Crimson Tide during his time at Auburn. If Tuberville had decided to run for governor, he would likely have faced off against now-Gov. Kay Ivey, who recently ascended to the post after former Gov. Robert Bentley resigned. At the time Tuberville began considering his run, Bentley was still governor and would have been term limited.
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Blake Shelton performs at the second annual Music and Miracles Superfest on April 22, 2017, in Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Music and Miracles Superfest hosts thousands Lily Jackson
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The second annual Music and Miracles Superfest brought well-known acts such as Blake Shelton, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, David Ray and Lynyrd Skynyrd to Jordan-Hare in the name of curing cancer and feeding the hungry. As the gates opened at 3 p.m. and fans flooded into Jordan-Hare, Ray prepared for the performance at 4 p.m. He was followed by Ballerini, who told the crowd they were the largest she thought she’d ever played for. Between acts, two screens on either side of the stage showed a video honoring Kevin Brown, co-founder of Chicken Salad Chick foundation. Brown
passed away from colon cancer in 2016 before the first Music and Miracles Superfest occurred. The screen read, “Tonight he has the best seat in the house. Thanks, Kevin!” The Chicken Salad Chick Foundation raises money through the Music and Miracles event to research cures for cancer and feed the hungry. The concept was the brainchild of Brown. Barclay Smith, director of the Chicken Salad Chick Foundation, said the event has a purpose, and, while it is important for people to have fun, it is also important to remember the reason why they are all there. Lynyrd Skynyrd opened to a roar from the crowd that was followed by a “Skynyrd can’t hear you!”
Rhett got the crowd involved in his performance of “South Side” and asked, “Do y’all like to dance in Auburn, Alabama?” Rhett closed out his performance with a “War Eagle” and a loud finale. Blake Shelton, headliner and final act of the night, jokingly stopped his fans’ singing. “We have to talk about y’all’s singing,” Shelton said. “This is going to hurt y’all’s feelings. But, I am a coach on The Voice, and I just have to do it — I just have to tell people what I think about their singing.” Overall they had good pitch and tempo, Shelton said. “Tonight is a special night,” Shelton said.
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Foy Hall sign vandalized, removed Kailey Beth Smith COMMUNITY WRITER
On Tuesday morning, Foy Hall’s sign became the target of more white supremacist propaganda. The Foy Hall sign facing the Thach Concourse was altered to say “Goy Hall.” The F was replaced with a G of similar font, creating the illusion that the hall was named Goy, an informal derogatory term often used by Jews to identify non-Jews (gentiles). Underneath the text, there was a poster that displayed two white citizens, one male and one female. Wording on the poster stated, “We have a right to exist.” Since the time of the initial discovery, several students had taken to the poster with markers and pens, crossing out the statement and writing above it comments such as, “I am white, and this is not okay.” “We are trying to monitor the situation,” said Bobby Woodard, associate provost and vice president of student affairs, told The Plainsman Tuesday afternoon. “[The sign] has been taken down. That was our top priority.” Earlier in the day, at about 10 a.m., The Plainsman reached out to Auburn University Facilities Management. An official said she, at that time, was unaware of the vandalism. By noon, the sign facing the concourse was removed.
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He also went five innings, which is further than Thompson thought he would go in the ballgame, Thompson said. “I hope that makes our player Andrew Mitchell feel like his coaches and his team believe in him, to give him an opportunity to walk right back out there,” Thompson said. “He made us look good today.”
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Foy Hall’s sign was removed after becoming the target of white supremacist propaganda.
Four new posters also appeared on the columns outside of the hall. Two of them, titled “Hate Facts” gave statistics concerning African-American and Latino crime statistics. The posters encouraged hate and gave statistics and facts that were derogatory towards nonwhite people. One poster stated, “Our kindness will no longer be exploited... United together, we are unbreakable. Take your country back.” “It’s not about racism, it’s about reality,” another poster stated. The
Anthony was also brilliant in the series. The SEC Player of the Week finished the series 9-12 with three doubles, one home run, seven RBI and five runs scored. The bats would not stay alive on Tuesday night in Plainsman Park. With Christian Camacho on the mound for a midweek start against Troy, Auburn could not get anything going and fell 5-2 to the visiting Trojans.
phrase was written surrounding a Black Lives Matter banner, which had been crossed out. A similar poster, concerning illegal immigration, stated, “Without borders, we have no country.” It is not clear whether the posters and vandalism were in response to Richard Spencer’s controversial speaking event last week. “It just happened this morning,” Woodard said. “We are working with campus security to get leads. ... At this point, we have no leads.”
Jay Estes and Jonah Todd each had a pair of hits on the night, but the rest of the team struggled against the Trojan pitching. The lack of hitting was not expected, but Thompson said he had to credit Troy. “I thought [Max] Newton’s changeup was really good, and I thought he really competed well,” Thompson said. “We hit three or four balls really hard but right at them.
They hit a few balls early in the game that fell in front of our outfield and kind of set the tone for the night. They definitely out-executed us in the ballgame.” Auburn will now refocus for a weekend trip to Mississippi State, which is ranked first in the SEC West. However, Mize is still questionable for a start on the mound. Friday night’s game can be seen on the SEC Network+.
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Addie Smith, senior in communications, but the risks are still there. She recalled a male friend having an app to prevent senders from knowing a screenshot has been taken. There is a problem with people being naive and assuming the photo is just gone when it is absolutely not, Smith said. Where pictures are saved, pictures are shared. The question of whether explicit and sexual content shared in confidence stays in the original hands was answered by head shakes across the classroom. Students told story after story in which photos were passed around and sent in group messages. A student who wished to remain unnamed said that once photos are sent, there is not much the sender can do. “If you send someone a picture, you are sending them that property, and it now belongs to them,” he said. “To say that it is anyone else’s fault for them showing your pictures around is absolutely asinine. You are making that decision, and you are assuming the risk when you send a picture or a message.” Reifenberger and Lindsey Engles, junior in public relations, agreed that they aren’t ever surprised by a request for explicit photos or conversation. “I’ve started to expect it to come up at some point,” Engles said. When it starts and whether it should Where sexual activity slacks, sexting fills in the gaps, many in the class said. Wright said sexting was somewhat of a gateway activity. While prominent among college-aged students, sexting starts behind the doors of high schools all over the country, Engles said. Solely considering college students and those older than 18, 56 percent of students polled in the survey said sexting is morally OK. Sexting can be seen as a form of expression, Wright said, but at a certain point, the circumstances can be questionable, eventually settling on how the whole action is “blurry.” “I think it is OK, but I don’t think it is wise or smart,” Reifenberger added. “I think it is like posting a picture on Facebook of you holding alcohol while you are looking for a job. It may not be smart, but it is OK. You don’t know who is go-
ing to get those pictures or what they will do with them.” Does religion makes a difference On the other hand, Ann Leonard, junior in journalism, spoke about her religious beliefs and how they influenced her opinion on sexting. “I don’t think it’s OK, but I am not going to judge someone who does it,” Leonard said. “Speaking on behalf of the whole, I can’t say if it’s right or wrong.” According to The Plainsman poll, 65 percent of those who identified as nonreligious had sent sexual or explicit photos. In contrast, 34 percent of those who said they were religious said they have sent photos. Brittney Beasley, senior in journalism, attributed the religious stance on sexting as a result of the Bible Belt’s influence on students, as many have grown up being told sexting defies moral and spiritual teachings. Caroline McMullan, junior in journalism, said she was unsure of how much of a correlation there was between religious stance and sexting. She referenced people she had known with strong foundations in faith and church who have sexted. The repercussions Regardless of religious identity, the overall conclusion of the class was that sexting, if you’re caught, is embarrassing. Society frowns upon those who sext, they said. “I think women are under pressure to have a more pure image,” Wright said. “I think it goes back to women being expected to not have a lot of sex or to keep it to themselves. The idea of sending out pictures goes along with that.” The consequences of being caught are not worth it, many said. “It’s not too long now before every presidential candidate will have a d--pic,” said Timothy Herring, senior in agriculture communications. But others said society is becoming more understanding of sexual activity, including sexting. “In the future,” Wright said, “I’m curious to see how different we are with accepting our bodies.” Editor’s Note: Kris Martins, enterprise editor, and Sam Willoughby, community reporter, contributed to the research for this article. The Auburn Plainsman’s poll conducted through Qualtrics surveyed 433 students but was not a scientific poll.
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LEFT: Everyone hits the dance floor during Alpha Xi Delta’s A Night to Shine. RIGHT: An Alpha Xi Delta and prom-goer dance the night away.
Alpha Xi Delta hosts second annual Night to Shine Kressie Kornis CAMPUS WRITER
Alpha Xi Delta hosted its second annual special needs prom, A Night to Shine, on Friday night at the Dean Road Recreation Center. Ashton Leddon, freshman in early childhood education, helped plan the event. “This is a prom for students in the community who have all types of special needs to come and have their own prom since at a
lot of schools they get outcasted from them, which is horrible. ... So we just kind of wanted to give them a prom of their own,” Leddon said. “It’s all about them for the night.” Leddon said about 50 members of her sorority volunteered for the night. Volunteers dressed up for the event and had T-shirts made. “Since our philanthropy is Autism Speaks, we have a true heart for working with those with disabilities,” Leddon said.
Alpha Xi Delta raised money through a few different events throughout the year in preparation for the night, Leddon said. “We raised money through our Illuminate event, which was different vendors and boutiques in the Auburn community that came to our chapter room and set up clothes and items to be sold off,” Leddon said. “Another was our letter-writing campaign where the women of Alpha Xi Delta sent out letters to family members or different people throughout the
community asking for money to sponsor our event.” Alpha Xi Delta raised approximately $550 for the event in total. Leddon said the sorority ended up using all of it to create a special night. “This is just our way of giving back to them so they have the most special evening that they can,” Leddon said. “We’re going to eat snacks with them, and we’re going to dance the night away.”
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LEFT: Model showcases a black evening wear piece on the runway. MIDDLE: The runway show featured monochromatic looks with pops of color. RIGHT: Models wore outfits to go along with the “urbanistic” theme.
Urbanistic fashion event showcases student designs Amanda Ronan CAMPUS WRITER
The Apparel Merchandising and Design Association and the department of Consumer and Design Sciences hosted the 8th annual ‘Urbanistic’ Fashion Event on April 20 at 8 p.m. The event, organized by the fashion event class, showcased original work designed, styled and created by Auburn students. There was a silent auction benefiting apparel students, as well as a design exhibition and runway show showcasing their designs.
“For design, all week long we create looks in our classes,” said AMDA President Taylor Grant. “For the runway show, we have a general section. This is basically every single look from all of our classes, and then we have a Capstone line.” Capstone is where seniors in apparel design and merchandising combine every class they’ve had and each individual group, created in the beginning of the year, creates a different segment for an “arty-made” brand. “My brand that we created for was Marc Jacobs,” Grant said. “He does not current-
ly have a lingerie line, so we made a lingerie line.” The Capstone lines included Vice by Marc Jacobs, Nette by Jeffery Campbell, Club MR by Man Repeller, Trouvallie by Yves Saint Laurent and Petite Lela by Lela Rose. The event was sponsored by Mint Julep, Dillard’s, Sieu Tang Wood, Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Production Advisory Board, AMDP Faculty and Charming Oaks. The proceeds from the event help support the AMDP Fund for Excellence. In previous years, the event has been able to award schol-
arships to many AMDP students who demonstrate academic excellence. The first segment included various outfits, from casual looks to evening wear, designed from students all throughout different stages in the apparel design program. The second segment included original designs conceived and executed by seniors and graduate students. All four of the designs were made to submit to a national competition. The finale had an appearance by Aubie and one last walk on the runway by all the models in their designs.
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International Student Organization hosts Iranian-themed social hour Amanda Ronan CAMPUS WRITER
Every Friday the International Student Organization hosts a Social Hour event in the third-floor lobby of the Student Center offering food, games and presentations about a specific country. Friday, April 21, from 4 6 p.m., the International Student Organization and the Iranian Student Association got
together to host an Iranianthemed social hour. Hossein Talebinezhad, Iranian Student Association vice president, said the social hour is a chance to meet a lot of different people and learn about different cultures. Talebinezhad said the social hour is also a chance for people to celebrate their own culture as well as ones they’re just learning about.
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We are really happy that we can show our country and our culture to other people. We love the diversity and having good friendships with everyone.” —Hossein Talebinezhad IRANIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION VICE PRESIDENT
“Usually anyone will come and meet each other here,” Talebinezhad said. “We have the food, and we all socialize about the country with everyone.” The Social Hour event offered Iranian cuisines. Cucumber yogurt dip with pita chips, saffron basmati rice and khoresh, an Iranian stew, were all served at the event.
Along with the refreshments, there was a cultural presentation about Iran. Guests could also participate in games at the event as a way to meet new people and start conversations. “We are really happy that we can show our country and our culture to other people,” Talebinezhad said. “We love the diversity and having good friendships with everyone.”
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Gamma Phi Beta seeks to empower Auburn women Claire Tully CAMPUS EDITOR
Gamma Phi Beta utilized concourse hours this week to hear from students about the strong and inspiring women in their lives. The sorority set up a board on the Haley Concourse where they encouraged passers to write stories, characteristics and names of women they wanted to honor. Joelle Trollinger, Gamma Phi Beta philanthropy chairwoman, said the “She Is” campaign focuses on celebrating and building powerful women. “Gamma Phi Beta sorority’s philanthropic mission is to build strong girls, and one of the many ways we do that is to promote our ‘She Is’ campaign,” Trollinger said. “The ‘She Is’ campaign is a way to recognize individual women in our life as role models and also to empower each other to build strong girls together.” Students have gotten creative with what they put on the board, Trollinger said. “So this week on the concourse we’ve got a board that says ‘She is...’ and we’re asking peo-
ple walking by if they would write a word to describe a strong woman in their lives,” Trollinger said. “Some people have written character traits and others have written names.” This event is one way Trollinger said Gamma Phi Beta empowers the women of their chapter as well as the ones surrounding them. “All the Gamma Phis are wearing shirts that say, ‘She is strong, kind, authentic, courageous’ to remind ourselves and others of who we are,” Trollinger said. Trollinger said Gamma Phi Beta also supports strong women through “Girls on the Run.” “Girls on the Run is an after school program for elementary school aged girls that promotes fitness and life skills such as confidence, relationship building, gratitude and empowerment,” Trollinger said. “So on Wednesday in our chapter room, we’re having crescent cupcakes which is $5 for unlimited cupcakes and other, desserts.” All of the money raised during this chapter room event will go to the local Girls on the Run chapter in Montgomery.
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Gamma Phi Beta’s “She Is” board on the Haley Concourse.
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Get to know the 2017 Big Man on Campus Claire Tully
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Zeta Tau Alpha hosts the Big Man on Campus event each spring to raise money for breast cancer research in the form of an all-male pageant. Contestants performed in opening numbers, individual talents, dressed in formal wear and answered on stage questions at the event. This year, Curry Cates, junior in health services administration , was crowned the winner after impressing judges with his performance of “You Raise Me Up.” “My entire family can sing,” Cates said. “My dad, sister, grandparents, so I grew up in church singing and sang in choir in high school.” Cates said singing has been a hobby of his for years, so it made sense for him to perform a song during the pageant. “During high school I attended Alabama Allstate chorus all 4 years, and I started taking voice lessons,” Cates said. “I participated in NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) competi-
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Curry Cates was a contestant and winner at the 22nd annual Big Man on Campus.
tion where I placed 1st in my category senior year. I have always enjoyed singing, and love being able to sing with family and friends.” As for the fundraising portion of the competition, Cates said he worked closely with Tri Delta. “I partnered with my nominating sorority Tri Delta in raising the funds necessary to support The Zeta Foundation,” Cates said.
Prior to competing, Cates participated in other organizations, which have kept him active on Auburn’s campus. “I am a prior CWE counselor and am the Director of Auburn Family for Dance Marathon for this year,” Cates said. Cates said one of the greatest things he’s had the opportunity to do is donate stem cells. He said the connection to Auburn occurred when he entered the registry on the concourse
one day. “I would have to say getting the opportunity to donate stem cells to a patient with Acute Myeloginis Leukemia, which was set up through Be The Match, a national bone marrow registry,” Cates said. “I was able to go to D.C. over Christmas break and donate these potentially life saving stem cells to a patient in France who was around my age. Really great experience.”
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LEFT: Students learn about root systems and sample locally grown tomatoes during “Tigers on the Green.” RIGHT: Local brands came onto campus at the event sponsored by Freshman Leadership Program.
The ‘Auburn Foods’ brand launches on campus Loren Kimmel CAMPUS WRITER
SGA discusses finals week hours and Gov. Kay Ivey
The Auburn Foods brand launched Friday morning with a local farmer’s market and accompanying band on the Green Space. Local vendors and farmers set up tables and stations equipped with food samples and information about the local food they contributed and its impact on campus. Katie Peters, Tiger Dining marketing intern, was responsible for putting on the event and said students were encouraged to interact with vendors and meet the people making the food they eat on campus every day. “We wanted to give students the opportunity to meet those people who are involved directly in their food,” Peters said. Peters said students feel comfortable eating the food on campus when they learn more about it. “They are able to learn more about where their food comes from and we think that is a valuable thing,” Peters said. “We also want the students to know that when they eat these foods they are directly supporting Auburn.”
Each of Auburn Foods’ partners are affiliated with the University as alumni or departments on campus. Some of these include the Office of Sustainability, T.Lish Dressings, Marinades and Sauces, Wickles Pickles, FireTruck Bar-B-Que and more. Auburn Foods is looking to continue to grow and expand their local partnerships, Peters said. “We think supporting the local community is amazing, and you know it is fresher, more nutrient-dense food,” Peters said. “We want to provide our students with quality foods while also supporting the Auburn community.” Auburn Foods can be found throughout campus at almost all the dinging locations. Signs have been placed near the particular items to indicate which ones are Auburn Foods. Some of these include McEwen and Sons grits, SGA treasurer Frank McEwen’s father’s company, sold at Plains 2 Plate, and Food Science’s yogurtcovered pretzels and trail mixes found at the C-stores. “I just want students to know when they see the Auburn Foods logo that
they are supporting the Auburn Family,” Peters said. Auburn Foods is in the process of launching their website where students can visit to find out exactly where everything is from and where to find it on campus. The planning for the event took approximately four months including submitting proposals, contacting the vendors and farmers, getting the necessary licenses and permits and coordinating the event. “It’s been a wonderful process. It’s been a wonderful learning curve for me,” Peters said. “From what I can tell, students are really excited and satisfied, and we really do hope to do this annually if not more.” Auburn Foods has completed its official launch and is continuing to meet their main goal of helping students make the connection between farmer and food. Their catch phrase is “Keep your friends close and your food closer.” A previous version of this article suggested O’Town ice cream was an Auburn Foods partner. We regret the error.
During the Student Government Association’s last meeting of the semester, senators discussed finals week, the campus safety walk and Gov. Kay Ivey. Dane Block, business senator, said Lowder Hall will be open 24 hours a day during finals week to accommodate students’ study schedules. Brad Smith, SGA adviser, encouraged senators to take the campus safety walk seriously so helpful changes can be implemented as soon as possible through the University. “We never know what tangible things tonight’s safety walk prevents, but I guarantee you there are things it’s preventing because of your work,” Smith said. “Whether it’s more lighting on campus, more blue lights on campus, whether it’s shrubs that we ask the University to trim down to make pathways feel more safe, things always come out of this that the University very quickly acts upon.” Ashley Johnson, human sciences senator, said she is looking to work with the University to try and improve the condition of Spidle Hall. “We’ve been talking more about the conditions in Spidle,” Johnson said. “A lot of teachers have been canceling classes because there’s no air conditioning.” Dixon Simmons, budget and finance committee chair, said the initial budget is due Wednesday, April 26. “We’ll be in contact with SAP’s [student activity portfolio] tomorrow about that,” Simmons said. Liberal Arts Senator Ken
Ward presented an accommodation during general orders of business asking the senate to recognize the accomplishments of Kay Ivey, Auburn alumna and Governor of Alabama. “Governor Ivey is actually an Auburn graduate and during her time at Auburn was a member of the SGA senate and was also the first female [SGA] vice president in Auburn’s history,” Ward said. “She’s a big example of what someone who’s an Auburn graduate is and what they can become later in life. She has served in three of the state’s constitutional elected offices. For all three of those positions she was the first Republican woman to serve in those positions in the state of Alabama. That’s a big accomplishment.” Simmons echoed Ward’s sentiments and said he believes Ivey deserves to be celebrated by the senate. “I think this is so awesome that we’re doing this,” Simmons said. “Governor Ivey really embodies what it means to be an Auburn woman, and I don’t think we’ve had a female governor in quite a while.” During his remarks at the meeting’s close, Smith said he was extremely impressed with the initiative each member of SGA’s shown during their time serving this semester. “The initiative that has been taken in your committees already is stronger than I’m used to, which is really encouraging and exciting,” Smith said. “Thank you for the way that you’re pushing the agenda in good ways. I look forward to you guys finding your way to do that over the summer as well.”
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Hundreds attend Spring Fling Loren Kimmel CAMPUS WRITER
The University Program Council filled the Green Space with inflatables, games, food and students. UPC’s Tiger Nights hosted their Spring Fling event on the Green Space from 10 a.m. to noon. The event had a large inflatable trampoline, a velcro wall, a rockclimbing wall, a zip line, flower crowns and food. “People saw the zip line. They loved it. Everyone loves the Velcro wall; every event we’ve had it at they’ve loved it,” said Assistant Director of Tiger Nights Evan Kinchler. “And, of course, food. You cannot ever go wrong with food.” Carnival-style food was offered at the event including, but not limited to, soft pretzels, popcorn and cotton candy. Pizza and Mugshot’s burgers were offered in addition to a variety of bottled
sodas and water. Building off of the success of last year’s event and the fun surrounding a “Spring Fling,” Kinchler said she and the team chose the attractions with that idea in mind. “We planned this about a month ago,” Kinchler said. “We contacted vendors first and got all that set up so the big attractions first and then the minuscule details.” The goal turnout for the event was 1,500 students and by 12:30 p.m., thousands of students had participated in the event, Kinchler said. By 1 p.m., the event had run out of food due to the turnout. “UPC is here to make fun events for the students and UPC students who want to create events for students,” Kinchler said. “That is what we are doing, and we just want it to be fun. That’s our goal. That is what we are here for— to get other students out here.”
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Don’t hasten to be hateful Spring Editorial Board 2017
On April 20, three Auburn University softball players were arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. As was expected, many people had opinions on the matter and put them on social media. Many were positive and reassuring, some expressed reasonable disappointment and others displayed unwarranted anger toward the women. In discussing these women’s lives, especially in public, it’s important for us to fully regard them as human beings. We shouldn’t fall into the habit of thinking of them solely as softball players, college students or representatives of Auburn. They aren’t one-dimensional people, and to treat them as such allows unwarranted, unkind thoughts and words toward them to surface. Of course, it’s important to consider their roles as representatives of Auburn. But our conception of the situation must also include the fact that these players are imperfect human beings like the rest of
us. Saying they shouldn’t get an education because they smoked a relatively harmless drug is an incredibly disproportionate and unempathetic response to their actions. Excessively punitive opinions dig their way into our minds because of our innate urge toward justice at all costs. If we don’t temper that urge with a sense of basic compassion toward people, we’ll end up with the sort of destructive opinions that help real-life injustices thrive — the very opposite of what we should aim for. This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t criticize people who err. Expressing disappointment in the players’ actions is reasonable and probably beneficial to them. But it is to say we shouldn’t forget to place ourselves within their shoes and empathize with them through our own mistakes. As human beings, they will make mistakes and occasionally disappoint us. We are all constrained to that reality, and so it must play a vital role in determining our opinions on the matter.
Four years ago, the then-Plainsman adviser said something I haven’t forgotten. “Your apartment is where you sleep,” he said. “This office is where you live.” He was right. I’ve dedicated the last few years years of my life to this paper, at the expense of my grades and social life. I believe I’ve earned the right to publish a sappy, self-indulgent column during my last week. To The Plainsman’s 2016-17 editorial staff: You are all incredible. I’m constantly amazed at your talent and dedication. To our readers: Thank you for taking time out of your busy lives to pick up a paper or click on a link. You have the right to fair and balanced news. We’ve done our best to provide you with reliable University and community coverage. As I reflect on my time here, certain people come to mind. My editors — Kelsey Davis, Becky Hardy and Jim Little — who encouraged me to become a better writer and who showed me there isn’t one right way to lead. My advisers — Alec Harvey and Austin Phillips — who believed in me when I definitely didn’t believe in myself. My managing editor, Dakota Sumpter, who did everything I couldn’t. He did a thankless job, but he did it well. My successor, Chip Brownlee, couldn’t be more qualified. I’m so excited to see how the paper grows and changes under his leadership. I started working at The Plainsman one month into my freshman year. The 18-year-old I was when I walked into this office for the first time four years ago wouldn’t recognize who I am today. This newspaper has changed me as a writer and as a person. During the last few years, The Plainsman has also undergone serious changes. Some have benefitted the paper, others have not. But this newspaper has been a pillar at Auburn University since 1893. For almost as long as the University has existed, its students have relied on The Plainsman for fair and balanced news, often in the face of administrative pressure. Readers can rest assured this won’t change anytime soon. As long as there are dedicated student journalists who work tirelessly to report the news, The Auburn Plainsman will remain “A Spirit that is Not Afraid.”
HER VIEW
Don’t be afraid to challenge yourself while at Auburn Kris Martins ENTERPRISE EDITOR
At moments during the past week or so, I’ve felt discouraged in the face of rejection and failure at a time in my life when things are supposed to launch into a new, exciting phase of post-graduation. Failure will have you question your capabilities when you know you have talent and work ethic but you aren’t seeing the results you expected. But in the past few days, I’ve acknowledged that being denied is probably one of the most valuable experiences I could have at this point. Failure, I found, is bittersweet company. Bitter from the sting of falling short and sweet from the growth that can flourish if you decide you will trudge through at whatever cost to hit success, even if it feels like a small triumph. Failure forces self-reflection, and you can like or dislike what you find, but those moments are when
you decide how you want to reorient your life. If you fail, let it be by first putting all your effort into something. Let it make you stronger and smarter, clearing the way for triumph instead of allowing it to tear you down. In a TED Radio Hour podcast, one speaker discusses how in his company he works to reframe what it means to truly fail. He decided to celebrate it as a way to encourage better problem solving and as an avenue to course correct, rather than continue to link it to defeat and shame. Shift your perspective on failure. Learn, move on and come out knowing more about yourself and what you need to change to achieve your goals. Auburn is a safe place to fail, and in turn, it’s a great place to grow. Growth isn’t just limited to failing and responding, of course. Branching out and growing toward empathy will make your relationships more genuine. Find someone you disagree with, take them to go get coffee, share ideas. Listen.
This campus is full of brilliant people with different experiences, stories, hurts, triumphs and beliefs. It’s impossible to agree with everyone, and no one expects you to. You can stay rooted and leave your comfort zone. But if we actively tried to make ourselves a little uncomfortable more often, we’d grow, learn to love people better and solve more problems rather than perpetuate them. It doesn’t have to be a grand gesture. Small ones sometimes end up turning into so much more. At times, I’ve been disappointed in Auburn’s leaders and students, but I see more young adults on this campus who are insistent on making their voices heard — to stand up for what is right, what is peaceful and what seems like glimpses of familylike attitudes and actions. I think of the Muslim student who, in 2015, blindfolded himself and held out his arms for a hug as a sign at his feet read, “I am a Muslim, and I trust you. Do you trust me enough for a hug?” I see the group of Black Auburn student-protesters who refused to be silent in the face of appalling
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March for Science sweeps downtown Auburn
ALEX HOSEY / COMMUNITY WRITER
Demonstrators gather at the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Saturday, April 22, 2017, for the March for Science.
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Hundreds of Auburn men, women and children gathered behind the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship building Saturday morning, multicolored signs and banners in hand. Their purpose: to remind people of the value and importance of science. Marches for Science brought together concerned citizens all over the world, with five of them happening in Alabama alone, including Auburn, Montgomery, Mobile, Huntsville and Birmingham. Massive crowds swept larger cities like Chicago. The event began with a speech from Kelli Thompson, the primary organizer for Auburn’s March for Science, who informed the crowd that Auburn's march was added to the national registry as an official March for Science. A local band, Noisy Deirdre, which describes itself as “nearly traditional, industrial folk,” began playing Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is
Your Land” after being introduced by Thompson. The Auburn march featured several guest speakers such Mike Kensler, the director of Auburn University’s Office of Sustainability. “‘I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use,’” Kensler said, recalling the words of Galileo. “Here we are, 400 years later, and we can all relate to that.” Kensler spoke of the purposes that the March for Science had, such as bringing awareness to elected officials to support science that helps the common good, that scientific research should be funded by our government and that the public deserves scientifically informed policy that serves the people’s interests as opposed to corporate interests. Upon Kensler mentioning President Donald Trump’s plans to cut funding to the National Institutes of Health by $1.2 billion, the crowd
booed. “I think, frankly, either our elected officials serve the public interests, or we find new elected officials,” Kensler said to a cheering crowd. Jesse Smith, a U.S. military veteran and a former Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, spoke at the event as well, beginning by leading the crowd in a chant of “Science is good.” “If you don’t care about environmental justice, then you don’t really care about humanity at all,” Smith said. “You will not get clean water by hoping. Wishing will not reduce our carbon footprint. Political will and scientific advancement will do exactly that.” After the speeches, Thompson led the marchers in singing MILCK’s song “Quiet” before heading to go downtown with their posters held above their heads. As the march made its way down Magnolia Avenue, College Street and Gay Street, numerous car horns from the busy downtown traf-
fic were met with applause and cheers from the marchers, who shook signs with messages like, “There is no Plan(et) B,” “Science: The Solution to Alternative Facts” and “Demand Science-based Policies!” as their numbers formed a river of people down Auburn’s sidewalks. Children walked beside their parents or in strollers chanting “We love Earth” and “Save the trees,” while holding their own hand-drawn posters. Thompson seemed to have a kind of ubiquity in downtown that day, dashing to and from multiple crosswalks to lead marchers in chanting “Science, not silence” and encouraging them to raise their signs higher. “It exceeded my expectations. I was going to be happy if 50 people showed up, and I think we had around 250,” Thompson said after the march. “The citizens of Auburn will stand up for what they value, and science, education and research are some things we value here, and we definitely showed up and made that clear.”
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New downtown coordinator hired Alex Hosey
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Jessica Kohn woke up at 4 a.m. on the Tuesday of her interview for the position of Auburn’s downtown coordinator. Due to a miscalculation of her travel itinerary, she missed her flight from California to Atlanta and didn’t arrive until midnight. She and her husband then spent the night in LaGrange, Georgia, before waking up early the next day to drive back to Auburn. Running on two hours of sleep, Kohn arrived to the interview, surrounded by members of Auburn’s Downtown Merchants Association and representatives from the city. “It was probably one of the toughest interviews I’ve ever had,” Kohn said. “It was a lot of very smart and intelligent people in a room together and me, and they all had very structured questions. … They got straight to the point.” After leaving the interview and feeling nervous for two weeks, Kohn got the call. She was hired. When Kohn graduated from Auburn University in 2009 with a degree in mass communication and media studies, she had dreams of becoming a sports reporter like Erin Andrews, but after meeting her future husband during her senior year, she decided to stay and find a job in Auburn. She soon found employment managing student housing, and though she didn’t love what she was doing, she was good at it, eventually managing the properties of up to 900 students at a given time. Kohn also joined the Auburn Chamber of Commerce’s diplomat program in 2011 as a volunteer and began promoting local businesses and attending events with other professionals and entrepreneurs. “It wasn’t long until I realized, ‘Wow, Auburn is so much more than a university,’” Kohn said. “It was with the Chamber of Commerce that I realized just how special this town is and how many people love the City of Auburn.” She was a diplomat for four years before being promoted to the Chairman Circle: a group of five members of the Auburn chamber tasked with planning
ALEX HOSEY / COMMUNITY WRITER
The Downtown Merchants Association recently hired Jessica Kohn as a downtown coordinator.
events for the chamber’s Young Professional’s program, which she is still a member of, and meetings with the chamber’s top-tier investors. However, after having a daughter in 2014, she began to long for a job that would allow her to spend more time with her family and wasn’t as stressful as property management. “I feel like I owed it to her and my husband to be more present,” Kohn said. “Property management is 24/7. ... Anything can go wrong at any given time, so I was constantly at work.” Then Kohn heard about the downtown coordinator position made this year by the DMA. The downtown coordinator would provide the DMA with a representative who would be able to advocate for downtown businesses, help organize and plan downtown events and communicate with the City of Auburn, the Auburn Chamber of Commerce, Auburn University and the Auburn-Opelika Tourism Bureau. At their meeting on Jan. 24, the Auburn City Council voted to allocate $30,000 in city funds to help pay for the position for fiscal years 2017 and 2018. Since being hired as the downtown coordinator, Kohn has been promoting downtown businesses on multiple social media platforms and has filled her personal calendar with events she is organizing for Auburn’s downtown and meet-
ings with members of the city as well as the DMA. “Probably the biggest thing is the events and things that take place in downtown Auburn, advocating for the businesses and making sure it’s in their best interest,” Kohn said. “We’re already planning through December and looking ahead at the Mardi Gras parade for next February.” Other events that Kohn is helping organize or is involved in are Summer Nights, a downtown art walk and parade planned for June 9; Restaurant Week, a promotion for downtown restaurants on the week of June 18; Cheers on the Corner, a wine and beer tour through participating downtown businesses planned for July 28; Come Home to the Corner, an entertainment event with live music scheduled for the start of football season; Roar on the Corner, a pep rally-like event to support Auburn High School’s athletic teams and Blue Friday, a day of discounted goods from participating downtown businesses scheduled for the Friday after Thanksgiving. “There’s been a lot of brainstorming and putting new ideas on the table, and asking how we can advance the Auburn experience is really the main goal for my position,” Kohn said. “It’s not just about the game-day experience. It’s not about a football experience. It’s about an Auburn experience.”
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A new coffee shop is set to occupy a historic home on Ross Street.
Coffee shop to open in historic Ross Street home Gabby Dance
COMMUNITY WRITER
A historic home on Ross Street will soon be serving a new purpose for college students, as Ross Coffee Shop prepares for its grand opening. According to Toni Holt, the owner of both Toomer’s Coffee and the new coffee shop, Ross Coffee is set to open sometime within the next few weeks. The house, located next to 160 Ross, was built 111 years ago by Abb Chreitzberg, a building contractor, and has been a staple in the Auburn community for decades.
After being deserted for a few years, there was a possibility of the house being torn down. That’s when Holt stepped in. “I had heard from a friend that there was a possibility of the house being torn down, so I contacted the owner, Steve Benson, about putting a coffee shop inside,” Holt said. “He was looking into turning it into commercial property, so we met and started working out all the details.” The new coffee shop will include a study room and meeting rooms for special events. There will also
be outdoor seating on the home’s wrap-around porch. “It is an incredible house,” Holt said. “Every room has a fireplace in it, because that is how they heated the houses back then. It has high ceilings to make it seem even bigger.” As for the coffee, customers should expect the same quality delivered by Toomer’s Coffee. “This shop will focus on the tastes and qualities of coffee by using pour over and Chemex techniques,” Holt said. “We will be roasting inhouse, so you can watch the coffee being roasted. We will
carry the same great items as before.” The house is currently being renovated by Korey Webb Construction to prepare for the coffee shop opening, but changes will be minimal to preserve the history of the house. After a petition went viral in the Auburn community called #SaveTheRossHouse, many people wrote words of love for the home on its walls. Currently, there is a book being written about historic homes in Auburn, which the Ross House will be included in.
CRIME
No students arrested during protests Chip Brownlee COMMUNITY EDITOR
Police released the names and mugshots of the three individuals arrested after a violent altercation during protests of Richard Spencer last week. Police arrested Ryan Matthew King, 38, a tattoo artist from Montgomery; Benjamin Lee Hansen,
19, of Trussville; and Seth Miles Waldon, 27, a clerk from Birmingham. All three were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct. The arrests were made at approximately 6 p.m. after a fight broke out between two middle-aged protestors. None of the three were
students at Auburn University or affiliated with the University in any way. They also do not live in the Auburn area. Other than the one fight, no other violence broke out during Spencer’s visit. “I’m pretty happy with the way things have gone,” Polcie Chief Paul Register said. “It could have been
a lot worse. I attribute the peaceful nature to the students.” Some behavior was chaotic last week but no other altercations became violent. “I think it means a lot that the arrests weren’t students,” Register said. “It really speaks to how well behaved our students are.”
CHIP BROWNLEE / COMMUNITY EDITOR
Reps. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Maxine Waters, D-Cali., speak at Auburn University on Friday, April 21, 2017.
Waters rips into Trump during Auburn speech
Sam Willoughby COMMUNITY REPORTER
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Cali., made a splash during her visit to The Plains, spending the better part of her speech at the Alabama College Democrats Spring Convention kick-off event railing against President Donald Trump and his first months in office. "Not my president," Waters, introduced by Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., said as she took the stage in Foy Hall. "I've decided to put my career on the line," Waters said. "Because I've never seen anything like Donald Trump before in my life. "I am so offended by him. I cannot believe that this is the leader of the freest country in the world." Waters powered through her laryngitis to air a dirty laundry list of Trump's misgivings. The list included the airstrikes in Syria, the bombings of ISIS tunnels in Afghanistan and the possibility of further conflict without Congress' approval. "If he continues to do that and try to disregard us and try to create war — I've already said he needs to be impeached," she said. Waters said she has begun to disregard the reaction to some of her controversial statements, saying she has stepped "outside the box" to bring attention to the numerous impeachable offenses she believes Trump has committed. "I get that I make some of our colleagues nervous and some of the leadership nervous," she said. "That's okay. You know what I've discovered in life? I discovered if you're doing something, you're going to make somebody nervous." Waters also noted the recent popularity she's garnered with Democrats as one of the party's most vocal detractors of the White House. "I've been adopted. I've been adopted by millennials," Waters said. "And now I'm everybody's auntie: Auntie Maxine." Waters took aim at Trump's cabinet, especially Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, calling her a threat to public education in the country; Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, saying he was appointed to get sanctions on Russian oil drilling lifted; Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, accusing the former Goldman Sachs executive of being a predatory lender; and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson. "He had the audacity to appoint Ben Carson to HUD," Waters said. "Some people say, 'Maxine don't be too hard on Ben Carson. He's an African-American man. Give him a chance.'
I'll give him a chance, alright, to make it to the door. He doesn't know anything about HUD." Waters then launched into the investigations looking into connections between Russian authorities and the Trump campaign currently being conducted by various bodies, including the House Intelligence Committee, a committee that Sewell sits on. Waters named numerous former Trump staffers with alleged ties to the Kremlin, including Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn. Waters called on Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes, R-Cali., who has already recused himself from the investigation, to remove himself from the committee altogether. She said she has placed her faith in any results from investigations in Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee. "Democrats, our democracy is at stake," Waters said to the crowd. "It's time for us to grab from them [Republicans] the fact that we love this country as much as anybody else, and we're prepared to fight for it." Before leaving the stage by leading an "impeach 45" chant, Waters referenced the dossier published earlier this year, which included uncorroborated allegations of wrongdoings by the Trump campaign and transition team, calling on Sewell to get to the bottom of it all. "When someone shows you who they are, believe them," Waters said, recalling the words of Maya Angelou. "I believe him, and the more I learn about him, the more I discovered about him, the more I'm moving to say, 'We got to impeach him.'" Foy Hall was a little more than half full on Friday night. Several prominent state officials, including state House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, and Democratic Chairwoman Nancy Worley, attended the College Democrats' kick-off event. "I think the energy was very positive," said Alabama College Democrats President Calvin Wilborn. "Most of the audience here today came ready and looking to hear something from the congresswomen to empower and encourage and motivate them, and I think that's what they did." Wilborn linked the congresswomen's visit with that of altright figure Richard Spencer, who spoke in the same room three days prior to a larger, albeit less friendly, audience. "For us to be in the auditorium that a white nationalist spoke in just three days ago and the message that was delivered on how we need to unite against what is wrong and how much unity can help us right now, I think it was very timely,” Wilborn said.
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Kaylee Carlson (16) pitches during Auburn softball vs South Carolina on Sunday,April 23, 2017, in Columbia, S.C.
‘We’re not done yet’
Tigers take the series over Gamecocks in Columbia Nathan King SPORTS REPORTER
It was a trying week for the Auburn softball team. After three team members were arrested early Thursday morning, the Tigers set off for a road series in South Carolina without their starting shortstop and number two pitcher. Auburn remained focused. After defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday night, the Tigers were ready to silence their critics and take the series from South Carolina. They did just that on Saturday
afternoon. South Carolina runners were unable to advance past first base against Swindle, (1-0) as the freshman rifled 14 first-pitch strikes and two total strikeouts on the day. “I was just really nervous but excited at the same time,” Swindle said. “I had all the [coaching] staff telling me just to trust myself and let my defense work.” Ace Kaylee Carlson (22-2), the Friday night winner in the circle, came in the fifth inning to record her second save of 2017.
Centerfielder Victoria Draper, who received the nod at the leadoff spot for the weekend, kicked off the Auburn offense in the opening inning. Following a Draper single and a Carlee Wallace walk, the bases were loaded with no outs. Catcher Courtney Shea then forced Draper home from third with a walk to score the first run of the day. Sophomore Kendall Veach topped off the Auburn side of the scoreboard in the fourth inning with a solo shot, adding to her team-high of 11 home runs of the season.
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The Gamecock offense mustered only two hits against Swindle, as the freshman came out of the gates scorching, retiring nine of the first 10 batters faced. The Tigers and Gamecocks return to the diamond on Sunday for game three, as Auburn looks to record their second conference sweep of the season. Auburn (39-7, 12-5 SEC) recorded their fifth SEC series victory of the year with the win. The softball team played Alabama State on Wednesday night. Check ThePlainsman.com for results.
SOFTBALL
Auburn wins series at South Carolina, falls to No. 9 Nathan King SPORTS REPORTER
VIA THE AUBURN POLICE DIVISON
Makalya Martin, Haley Fagan and Brittany Maresette were arrested on April 20 for second-degree marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia.
Three Auburn softball players arrested
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Auburn softball players Haley Fagan, Makayla Martin and Brittany Maresette were arrested on April 20, according to arrest reports from the Auburn Police Division. The Tiger trio was arrested for seconddegree possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at about 12:45 a.m. on East
Samford Avenue. The Auburn Plainsman reached out to the Auburn Police Division and Auburn Athletics for more information surrounding the arrests. Auburn Athletics does not have a statement at this time, they said. The Auburn Athletics Department confirmed that all three of the players have
been suspended from the team indefinitely for violating team rules. The three women did not make the road trip to South Carolina with the team over the weekend. At the time of publication, the softball team had not played its Wednesday game. Check ThePlainsman.com for more details about the story.
Auburn softball fell two spots in this week’s National Fastpitch Coaches Association Poll, tumbling from the No. 7 spot to No. 9 in the nation. The Tigers took two of three from unranked South Carolina this past weekend, winning games one and two both by a score of 2-0. Auburn was shut out on Sunday by the SEC bottomfeeding Gamecocks, who sit directly in front of Georgia in second-to-last place in the conference. In avoiding the sweep, South Carolna picked up their fourth conference win of the year. Wi t h t h e w i n , t h e Gamecocks improved to 20-8 at home. Auburn traveled to Colombia without freshman
Brittany Maresette, sophomore Makayla Martin or senior Haley Fagan, after the trio was arrested Thursday morning and suspended indefinitely from the team. Junior Whitney Jordan assumed Fagan’s position at shortstop. Tiger freshman Ashlee Swindle pitched the second game of the series on Saturday in place of Martin. The ninth spot serves as Auburn’s lowest ranking of the season. The Tigers flirted near the top five for most of the early season, but have slowly dropped after struggling lately in league play Auburn hosts unranked Mississippi State this weekend at Jane B. Moore Field in the second-to-last SEC series of the season.
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BASEBALL
Anthony earns SEC Player of the Week Jack Winchester SPORTS EDITOR
Auburn’s Josh Anthony was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Week Monday following a brilliant four-game performance, including a series win over No. 16 Arkansas. Anthony batted .688 (11-for-16) with three doubles, one homer and nine RBI over the past four games. He also scored six runs and stole two bas-
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es. The junior recorded three hits on Friday and a career-high four hits on Sunday’s rubber match versus the Razorbacks. Anthony is batting .298 on the season with 11 doubles, one homer and 26 RBI. He is hitting .297 in SEC play with six doubles, one homer and 10 RBI. Anthony is the fourth Tiger to be honored by the SEC this season joining Keegan Thompson, Davis Daniel and Will Holland.
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Alizee Michaud during a match against USC at the ITA National Indoor Championship.
Auburn’s Michaud selected for SEC All-Tournament team Jack Winchester SPORTS EDITOR
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Auburn’s Alizee Michaud was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Tournament Team after leading Auburn in its run to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the weekend, Michaud recorded two ranked singles wins and a ranked doubles victory. “Alizee played at a phenomenally high level during the SEC Tournament, and we could not be more proud of her,” Auburn head coach Lauren Spencer said. “She has positioned herself to be able to compete with the best in the nation and has the ability to make her mark in Auburn program history.” In the Tigers first match against Arkansas, Michaud won a three-set thriller in singles, defeating No. 70 Ana Oparenovic, 0-6, 6-2, 7-5. In the semifinals against the top-
ranked Gators, Michaud upset No. 16 Josie Kuhlman, 6-3, 6-1. In the quarterfinals against No. 4 Georgia, No. 18 ranked doubles pair Michaud and Taylor Russo upset No. 4 ranked Caroline Brinson and Ellen Perez, to clinch a doubles point for Auburn. On the season, Michaud has compiled a 33-11 record in singles, including 14 wins over ranked opponents. She is also 22-12 in doubles. She currently stands at third on Auburn’s all-time single season wins list and stands only three wins away from becoming the all-time leader. She also stands three wins away from tying the all-time single season mark for combined wins with 54. Auburn will find out its fate in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Tournament on May 2 at 4:30 p.m. NCAA Regionals will take place May 13-14.
Josh Anthony (3) celebrates after hitting a double, leading two teammates home against the Gamecocks during the Auburn vs. South Carolina game on Friday, March 31, 2017 in Auburn,Ala.
TRACK AND FIELD
Odean Skeen makes history
S T UD E NT A F FA I R S
SPOTLIGHT
2017 Involvement Awards
Exceptional Campus Organization Student Government Association
Excellence in Marketing and Design Auburn University Dance Marathon
Excellence in Practical Application American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists
Female Student Leader of the Year Meredith Smith ANTHONY G. HALL / AUBURN ATHLETICS
Odean Skeen competes in an SEC track and field event.
Will Sahlie
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Odean Skeen made history Saturday afternoon as he became the third Auburn runner in school history to run the 100-meter dash in under 10 seconds. Skeen finished with a time of 9.98 to lead Auburn on day two of the War Eagle Invitational. On the day, Auburn posted 12 personal bests and seven event wins on the day. “This was another strong meet for us as a team,” Auburn head coach Ralph Spry said. “We keep improving every week, and that’s what we are looking for. Our sprinters once again put up some strong national level times. We look forward to seeing the team run at Penn Relays next weekend.” Auburn got the running events started as the men’s and women’s squads swept the 4x100 meter relays. Jenae Ambrose, Jonielle Smith, Sashel Brown and Natalliah Whyte teamed to run a 43.95. Odean Skeen, Raheem Chambers, Kahlil Henderson and Teray Smith won the race with a 39.61. The Tigers kept the momentum as Rachel
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Victoria Draper (27) throws in a ball against South Carolina on Sunday,April 23, 2017, in Columbia, S.C PHOTO BY DAKOTA SUMPTER/AUBURN ATHLETICS
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TOP LEFT: Luke Jarvis (9) is greated by teammates at homeplate after a homerun against Arkansas on Sunday, April 23, 2017 in Auburn,Ala. TOP RIGHT: Dylan Ingram (27) rounds third after hitting a homerun against Arkansas on Sunday, April 23, 2017.
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Josh Anthony (3) smiles after scoring against Arkansas on Sunday, April 23, 2017 in Auburn,Ala.
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Molding miniature creations around town Kris Martins
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Ari Gutman whipped out a purple Crown Royal drawstring bag, pulled the top open and took out a pack of pale tan clay instead of whiskey — something he said sometimes elicits jokes from people wherever he takes the bag. After he tore off a chunk of the clay, he rolled it around between his fingers. With an iced coffee on the table beside him at Mama Mocha’s Coffee Emporium, he began crafting his miniature sculpture. He chuckled as he remembered the first time he came to sculpt there, his Crown Royal bag in tow. “Somebody came up to me and said, ‘ Are you going to spike your coffee?’” he said, smiling. “And I was like, ‘No, this is my clay.’ I keep telling myself I should get a different bag, but, you know, it [the bag of clay] fits.” Gutman frequents the coffee shop along with a couple Auburn restaurants, where owners and employees are accustomed to his tools, paints and clay creations. At Mama Mocha’s, he began working on a bee sculpture. Gutman, Spanish lecturer at Auburn, has been sculpting since he was a child. The art has evolved as his life has, offering him an escape from hardships and everyday tasks but also bringing him joy from the pieces he’s given to others. About 11 years ago, Gutman saw a sculpture of a mask and said he remembered thinking he could create something similar. He sculpted his own mask, liked the way it looked and continued creating, teaching himself along the way. The first time he remembers making a sculpture for somebody else was in 2006 when he made his girlfriend a rose. Since 2006, he estimated he’s made about 170 different pieces. About six years later, Gutman began sculpting more frequently after experiencing several losses in his family within a few months of also going through a divorce. “Then I started sculpting more to get my mind off of things,” he said. Most of the sculptures he made during that time he gave away. “Maybe seeing the recipients’ reactions made me happy and focus on the positive aspects of my life.” Since 2012, he has pursued the art more consistently, he said. It serves as a creative pastime outside of work. Gutman came to Auburn in 1997 and received his undergraduate and master’s degree from the University. Now he teaches Spanish and is a coordinator of the elementary Spanish program. He has thought about making a career out of sculpting but isn’t
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sure how to enter the field. His mother has encouraged him to go back to school to study art, but Gutman said he doesn’t know if he will do it. He’s considered trying claymation, he said, and even bought a stop-motion camera a few years back, but he has never used it. Time has kept him from learning the process, he said, but he’s considering trying this summer. Just like it requires time, creating the sculptures also requires patience. The sculpting, he said, doesn’t take that long, but the painting is tedious. When Gutman finishes the pieces to his sculpture, he takes them next to his toaster oven. He dials it up to 275 degrees, bakes the clay for 10–15 minutes then finishes them later with acrylic paint before gluing everything together. Most sculptures he makes for friends, but occasionally, he’ll sell them. He’s sold about 10 pieces. One commission for a wedding topper came when someone started a conversation with Gutman at the coffee shop while he was sculpting. The couple who were getting married were both nurses, and the groom played the saxophone, Gutman explained. So he made a sculpture of the two in a hospital wearing stethoscopes and scrubs — white scrubs for the bride and black scrubs for the groom — and painted their tennis shoes their favorite colors. He positioned the groom on one knee playing the saxophone with a trail of hearts coming out of the instrument and into her hand, with the last heart in her palms inscribed with their initials. The majority of his pieces are given away, though. He brought a piece he had just made for a friend’s birthday with him to Mama Mocha’s. He opened a small box and pulled out a sculpted Olaf from the movie “Frozen” holding an open laptop. On the screen, it had the word “Netflix,” and on the laptop front it said “and CHILL.” His friend had requested something that included Netflix and Olaf, and he took care of the rest. Gifting his art, Gutman said, is part of why he continues to create. “When I give it to someone, they’re just so happy,” he said. Of all his works, he said he has made about 20 for himself. About two months ago, Gutman began working on his first series of sculptures that go together as a set, which he dubbed “Cannimals.” The comedic pieces feature animals holding dishes made from their own meat. One is a chicken holding a bucket of drumsticks; another is a fish holding a plate of sushi in one fin and chopsticks
in the other. “I want to say indirectly it came from Chick-fil-A,” he said, noting how the cow mascots always urge people to eat chicken instead of beef. Gutman, who had slowly been working on creating a clay bee as he sat at Mama Mocha’s, pieced the legs, stinger, body parts and antennae together and set it upright on the table. It was no bigger than a rubber eraser. Though his schedule fluctuates, Gutman said he tries to sculpt about a couple times per week. Sometimes he’ll stay home to create, but when he heads out to an eatery to sculpt or paint a baked piece, he’s creating among friends.
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Ari Gutman’s scluptures sit at Mama Mocha’s (top). Gutman sculpts miniature sculptures (bottom right).
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Karl Hackmiller LIFESTYLE WRITER
Recently the campus was overtaken with protests as Auburn students and local community members joined hands and condemned Netflix for announcing the painful removal of “Bob’s Burgers,” “Scrubs” and “American Dad” from its streaming services. Or something, I don’t know, my new sleeping pills have created, admittedly, gigantic holes in my temporal lobe. Of course, it isn’t really as bad as all that, and due to the unique nature of Netflix’s deal with Fox, only weird chunks of these shows will be phased out of the Netflix experience. For example, all 10 seasons of “American Dad” are available, but the latest four seasons are scheduled for removal according to entertainment news service Polygon.Though I don’t care much for “American Dad,” since I am not a 14-yearold boy experimenting with whippets, the news of “Bob’s Burgers” departure shook me to my core. That is, at least, until I saw the new releases Netflix has scheduled for May 2017. According to Digital Trends, the streaming company will be
releasing new seasons of some of its most admired original works. For example, season five of the Emmy award-winning political drama “House of Cards,” starring the object of everyone’s most secret fantasies, Kevin Spacey, is scheduled for release on May 30. Netflix will also be releasing fresh episodes of some of its more successful comedies, such as Aziz Ansari’s “Master of None,” “F is for Family” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” The streaming magnate will also be adding some non-original films to its streaming services. For example, Quentin Tarantino’s World War II drama “Inglorious Bastards” will now be available for streaming, as will “Marvel’s Doctor Strange.” So even though classics such as “Scrubs,” “Jurassic Park” and “Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown” will be leaving Netflix, there will surely be enough new content to keep us comatose in our beds collecting Pop Tart crumbs in the folds of our necks until graduation day or at least our untimely deaths.
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“Desperado” by Rihanna Claire Tully, campus editor “I’m desperate to make it out of finals alive.”
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From Alabama to NYC Jessica Ballard COPY EDITOR
This summer I move to New York City for an internship with Resource Magazine, a photography publication based in Brooklyn. I’ve lived in Alabama since I was 3 years old after moving from Georgia where I was born. I grew up in Birmingham where I cultivated lifelong friendships, developed an interest in politics and began writing and creating art. I grew into myself there. Throughout high school, staying in Alabama was never the plan. I dreamt of a lot of different places, but mainly New York City. New York, to me, symbolized culture, art and diversity. I spent all four years of high school aiming for NYU without any regard for money or logistics. But, as it does for so many seniors in high school, reality set in. I got a scholarship to Auburn University. Thousands of dollars in loans suddenly didn’t seem as appealing as sucking it up for four more years to go to an amazing in-state university. I started classes in the fall of 2015 and soon ended up in the journalism department. In Auburn, I figured out who I want to be. Over the winter break of 2016–17, I applied to about 15 internships and ended up getting one of my top choices. After six years of fantasizing about moving to NYC, it’s happening in less than two weeks. Throughout this past semester, my excitement for the three months I’ll be spending up North has morphed from pure excitement to nervous energy. Of course, I’m grateful for the opportunity, but suddenly, the place I’ve romanticized for so long
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is about to be my home. And it’s a two and a half hour plane ride away from my comfort zone. For some, the giant leap was moving to college. There are people from places all around the world at Auburn. But for me, this is the first time I’ll be living outside of the South for an extended period of time. Not only will everybody in my day-to-day life be almost a thousand miles away, but mundane, everyday tasks of living will completely change. Do people carry their groceries all the way home from the grocery store in NYC? Do I literally carry all of my groceries onto the subway and down the sidewalk? Apparently, most restaurants and stores are cash only and air conditioned buildings are much more rare in New York. Suburban Alabama did not prepare me for this. Along with these fears comes eagerness. There will always be something to do or something to see; music, art and, from what I hear, a lot of brunch. Mixed emotions are at an all-time high. I’ve never been the South’s biggest fan, but as I’ve gotten older, and especially as I prepare to move up the coast, I have started to appreciate it. Parks are abundant and nature is everywhere. My parents are only a two-hour drive away. Perhaps the most cliché but mostly true one is strangers are kind. Once on the subway in New York, a woman called me a “dumb, dumb girl” for not adhering to her wish for me to move about 1 inch to the left. Every place comes with its flaws, and the place you daydream about escaping to is no exception. Your time to leave will most likely come eventually, and when it does, sentimentality will probably kick in. This internship is one of the best opportunities I’ve ever been offered, and New York will be an amazing experience, but leaving is hard. Cherish your home, but embrace new experiences.
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“Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots Chip Brownlee, community editor “‘I miss the good ol’ days’ when I had no finals.”
“Our Time Now” by The Plain White Tees Loren Kimmel, campus writer “It’s time to descend into finals.”
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