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Central Classroom ‘not another Haley Center’

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a rendering of the possible two-building Central Classroom facility shown where Parker and allison Hall currently stand.

“once we have new buildings built and Haley is completely empty, we’d like to take it down, but until we build all these facilities we can’t take Haley down.”

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anticipation is in the air, as poten-tial locations for the Central Class-room Facility have been chosen.

“We’re making sure that the rec-ommended placement of the new fa-cilities takes into account the other facilities projects that will follow this plan,” said Jim Carroll, capital project program architect.

two of the options for the central classroom facility are having one, large facility, while the other three op-tions split the central classroom facil-ity into more than one building.

The colleges that will be affected by the new construction are the col-leges of science and mathematics, liberal arts, human sciences, agricul-ture and education.

“We’ve had overwhelming com-ments between students in sga about keeping the central classroom facility in one spot,” said richard Pet-ty, sga treasurer.

Petty also said the majority of stu-dents favor the Parker/allison loca-tion.

“If you split the buildings, it takes away the concept of a central class-room facility,” Petty said. “By build-ing one central classroom facility, it would keep students from walking across campus to all their classes.”

Collier tynes, sga chief of staff, also commented on the importance of keeping the students on campus when building the new facility.

“I know that we have made a really big push to keep students on campus because it helps improve graduation rates,” tynes said. “Having this facility near the student center will do that.”

The other location under discus-sion for the single building concept is

east of tiger Concourse, where Dun-stan Hall, the l-building and the en-gineering buildings are located.

the locations where the central classroom facility is proposed to be split into more than one building are the Parker/allison location and ti-ger Concourse location, as well as in front of the library and by tiger Con-course.

“Based upon where we decide to place the central classroom facili-ty, it’s going to set off some dominos and force some other projects,” Car-roll said. “COsam and the college of liberal arts are the two that we felt are the most affected by the locations we selected for the new central class-room facility.”

Carroll stressed that Haley Center is not coming down any time soon.

“Once we have new buildings built and Haley is completely empty, we’d like to take it down, but until we build all these facilities we can’t take Haley

down,” Carroll said.emmett Winn, chair of the central

classroom committee and associate provost stresses that space for stu-dents to get to class on time will not be an issue.

“The idea is not to build another Haley Center,” Winn said.

all of the recommended sites will be reviewed, approved and selected by the Board of trustees, Carroll said.

“We’re not asking people to vote on the locations, because that won’t necessarily be at our discretion to de-cide,” Carroll said. “We’re trying to gather the information by socializ-ing and getting this information out there to bring back to the executive Facilities Committee and ultimate-ly to the president of the Board of trustees.”

rebeCCa CrooMes / PHoto editor

geology professor Mark steltenpohl spoke at the forum for the Central Classroom facility Monday, oct. 8.

Thrown under the busNegotiations continue for Tiger Transit employees with unmet demands

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Vince groome, owner of groome transportation, met with transit drivers Wednesday afternoon to dis-cuss employee complaints.

transit driver Cassandra Young said negotiations with groome went well, and groome promised to create a list of upcoming benefits by Friday.

“We did sit down, face-to-face, and had a peaceful discussion in a re-spectful manner,” Young said. “We’re not going to protest tomorrow, but we did tell him if he didn’t do it by Fri-day in writing, which he’s promising us now, we’re going to have to take further action.”

the meeting with groome was the last in a long series of communi-cations between transit drivers and groome management.

laura mcConnell, director of em-ployee development at groome, visit-ed auburn to observe and talk to the drivers.

“We are looking at these issues and what we can do to improve con-

ditions,” mcConnell said. “We want to do everything we legally need to do, and we’re willing to do everything we legally need to do. I have talked with auburn officials, and I’ve been talk-ing to our drivers, then I am going back to our corporate office and let-ting them know what drivers are tell-ing me.”

However, despite attempts at communication, the exact nature of working conditions is under dispute.

One of the benefits drivers hope to receive are breaks during the day, but mcConnell said she already observed drivers being relieved from duty.

rebeCCa CrooMes / PHoto editor

tiger transit drivers are in negotiations with groome transportation to receive the same benefits university employees receive, including holiday pay and sick pay.

danielle lowe / assistant PHoto editor

tiger transit driver Clementyne banks is one of the many drivers asking for benefits equal to university employees.

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Campus A2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, October 11, 2012

Oct. 3 — Dekalb StreetThird-degree theft of U.S. currency between 7 and 11 a.m.

Oct. 4 — North Cedarbrook DriveLeft the scene of an accident be-tween 2:25 and 2:33 p.m.

Oct. 4 — North Gay StreetThird-degree burglary of shotgun, rifles, television and compound bow between 7:10 and 9:20 p.m.

Oct. 5 — East University DriveHarassment report

Oct. 5–6 — Aspen Heights LaneAuto breaking and entering at 2 p.m. Oct. 5 and 10 a.m. Oct. 6

Oct. 6 — Dean RoadHarassment report

Oct. 6 — W. Magnolia AvenueThird-degree assault between 1 and 1:30 a.m.

Oct. 6 — LCSOThird-degree assault at 11:17 a.m.

Oct. 8 — Kurt CircleThird-degree assault at 2:14 p.m.

Oct. 8 — Biggio DriveSecond-degree theft of wallet, debit card and ID card between 6:15 and 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 8 — Williams AvenueDischarged firearm into unoccupied dwelling between 8:55 and 9 a.m.

Oct. 9 — N. Ross StreetLeft the scene of an accident be-tween 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 — Britnee CourtThird-degree burglary of Lenovo lap-top computer, video games and Xbox between 9:20 and 9:25 p.m.

Oct. 9 — Lee Road 12Third-degree burglary of DVD’s, videos and U.S. currency between 7 p.m. and 11:55 p.m.

Oct. 9 — Harper AvenueThird-degree burglary of U.S. cur-rency betwen 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.

— Reports provided by Auburn Department of Public Safety

Crime reports for oCt. 3 – oCt. 9, 2012DUi Arrests: oCt. 3–oCt. 9

■ Yeasive Ware, 34, OpelikaJones Street and Martin Luther King Drive; Oct. 3, 12:20 p.m.

■ Clayton Robinson, 29, AuburnLege Street and Devall Drive; Oct. 4, 12:12 a.m.

■ Alexander Hand Jr., 22, BirminghamSouth College Street; Oct. 5, 11:27 p.m.

■ Emily Fant, 39, ChelseaFord Avenue and South College Street; Oct. 6, 6:41 a.m.

■ Bradley Adams, 19, TrussvilleWire Road and CDV Extension; Oct. 7, 12:03 a.m.

■ Megan Manning, 21, MontgomerySouth College Street and East Thach Avenue; Oct. 7, 12:39 a.m.

■ Darrol Lindsey, 53, Columbus, Ga.East Glenn Avenue and East University Drive; Oct. 9, 3:36 p.m.

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Zeta Tau Alpha sorority illuminated the hearts of attendees along with various spots in Auburns campus Thursday, Oct. 4 in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

“We came to this event to give back to the community and show that we’re trying to give back to a great cause,” said Lindsay Gerber, ZTA member and senior in communications.

Cater Hall, samford Hall and the Jule Collins smith museum of Fine Art were lit pink in sup-port of the cause.

“I think it’s really important to find answers because finding cures to breast cancer can help lead to finding cures for other cancers,” said Courtney Gray, ZTA member and senior in mar-keting. “It not only helps women who’ve suf-fered from breast cancer, but every other per-son who’s suffered from cancer.”

Karla simmons, two-time breast cancer sur-vivor and assistant professor for the college of human sciences, was the first to share her story.

“every year I come back because I want to tell the same story,” simmons said.

In 2006, simmons was diagnosed with breast cancer. she found her first lump through a self-exam.

“I am absolutely thrilled that someone will hear me and do the self-exam and find some-thing, and they will be cured of cancer,” sim-mons said.

simmons stressed the importance of self-ex-ams.

“I believe that knowing your body and self-ex-ams saved my life,” simmons said. “every month there is another girl that is being affected by breast cancer with someone in his or her life.”

Gerber said breast cancer has affected her through a good friend.

“my best friend’s mom, when I was growing up, had breast cancer, and it was really hard for her, so we took her in,” Gerber said. “Her moth-er survived, but it was still really hard for every-one.”

Linda maxwell-evans, breast cancer survivor and director of employee relations at Auburn, received her news shortly after the passing of her father from lung cancer in 2008.

Cancer runs in maxwell-evans’ family.“I was upset, but I wasn’t shocked,” maxwell-

evans said.maxwell-evans’ advice to women struggling

through cancer treatment is simple and bor-rowed from a famous American rapper.

“I often thought of the words of Tupac shakur, ‘I know it seems hard sometimes, but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there is a bright day after that,’” maxwell-evans said. “so no matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out and deal with it. And that is what I de-cided to do.”

Pat Abrams, breast cancer survivor and mother of a current ZTA member, did not re-alize the philanthropy work she was doing through her daughter would so greatly impact her life.

“The color pink took on a whole new mean-ing,” Abrams said. “my husband wore his pink shirt to each of my six rounds of chemotherapy.”

Advice given throughout the night was that self-examinations are the most important thing a woman can do.

“I encourage you to do your shower-check and inform your doctor if anything looks dif-ferent or something doesn’t feel right,” Abrams

said.simmons offered her time to talk with anyone

struggling with breast cancer affecting a fami-ly or friend.

“I’m in spidle—room 363,” simmons said. “You can come and cry or be mad, or whatev-er. I’ve been through that, and I certainly want to be there for you.”

ZTA sorority also participates in other fund-raising events throughout the year, such as Ope-lika Walk for the Cure and Race for the Cure in Birmingham. In the spring, ZTA will hold its annual philanthropy event, called Big man on Campus.

“Big man on Campus is our biggest fundrais-er of the year,” Gray said.

The sorority was able to raise $41,000 last year, Gray said.

“We raise the most amount of money in Al-abama,” Gerber said. “And we beat Alabama ev-ery year.”

simmons said after surviving cancer two times, she is positive of her purpose in life.

“As long as I am still breathing and still on this earth, I will do whatever it takes to raise money, so that not only breast cancer, but cancer in gen-eral, can take a leap and be gone forever,” sim-mons said.

Cater Hall turns pink for breast cancer awareness

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Students gather at the steps of Cater Hall. The building was lit pink to support breast cancer awareness.

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“I was out on the sidewalk myself, and I watched driv-ers getting on and off the bus-es for breaks,” mcConnell said. “I even asked some of the driv-ers what they were doing, and there were drivers specifically there for break relief.”

Young said what mcConnell saw was not representative of a normal working day.

“They do not give us breaks all the time,” Young said. “sometimes people work all day and don’t get a break. They were just doing that to cov-er things up. People don’t get that all the time. As a matter of fact, on mell street where she didn’t see, a lot of people didn’t get breaks or lunch.”

Auburn became involved when a written declaration from Groome employees was sent both to Auburn City Councilman Arthur Dowdell and Bob Ritenbaugh, Auburn’s vice president of auxiliary ser-vices.

“I’m doing some inves-tigation,” Ritenbaugh said. “They’ve expressed some frus-tration with the management Groome is giving them, so we’re going to investigate.”

Auburn is now in discus-sion with Groome Transpor-tation management about the contract between the two or-ganizations.

“ We’re st i l l w orkin g through some of these issues,” said Groome attorney Jared Churchill. “We want to make sure we do right by everyone.

We have a contractual obliga-tion to Auburn and their stu-dents, and we want to make sure we meet those, but at the same time, we want to make sure our employees are satis-fied and continue to work in conditions that are good for them.”

Young said she hopes Groome will address prob-lems such as unpaid overtime hours and insurance.

“every time I apply for my insurance I never qualify, but, in the contract, if you’re a hired full-time employee you’re supposed to get every-thing,” Young said. “I ain’t got nothing out of that. I haven’t had holiday pay or sick day pay.”

mcConnell said increas-ing employee benefits would

be relatively easy, but did not want to address the issue of overtime pay.

Transit driver Omar mu-hammad said he often logs about 55 hours a week, and he hasn’t received overtime since march 1.

Young said another area of concern was Groome’s treat-ment of Clarence Cobb, for-mer general manager of Au-burn’s transit drivers.

“mr. Cobb, the man they just fired, he was standing up for us, and he doesn’t even re-ally know the reason he got fired,” Young said. “To my knowledge, mr. Groome want-ed to take more things from us, and he told (Cobb) that he was sensitive, meaning he was feeling sorry for the employ-ees.”

Cobb said Alabama’s at-will employment law allowed Groome to fire him with-out telling him why, but he thought it might be due to his sympathy for Groome em-ployees.

Churchill, however, said Cobb was removed from his office for different reasons, though he did not want to comment on specifics.

Young said many of the transit drivers were disap-pointed when Cobb was re-placed.

“I was very concerned,” Young said. “I’ve known him for over 12 years. He’s like a fa-ther figure to me, and I know he’s a man of honesty, and he always fought for us and stood up for us no matter what. We feel like our backbone’s been

taken away from us.”Though Cobb left Groome

about two weeks ago, Young said his absence wasn’t the cause of the drivers’ petition.

“That’s still not why we’re standing up for our rights,” Young said. “We miss him, and we had a lot of respect for him, but we’re standing up for our-selves. We’re standing up be-cause we’re tired of feeling like they’re pissing on our head and telling us it’s raining.”

Young said a lot of drivers were nervous about confront-ing Groome, but she hopes to see results soon.

“There’s a lot of people who love that job,” Young said. “They don’t want to lose that job, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do to survive.”

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G.i. Jobs magazine has recently named Auburn one of the top mili-tary-friendly schools in the nation.

“i think it’s just the southern envi-ronment,” said scott Luis, senior in political science. “Almost everyone knows a friend or family member in the military, and i’ve just been wel-comed by everybody.

“i’ve had people come up and say, ‘thank you for your service,’ and every time i go to the student Center some-body says it. it’s just such a great envi-ronment, and it encourages people.”

Katelyn reed, senior in English, said participating in Auburn’s rOTC program is an honor for all the ca-dets.

“Participating in Army rOTC pro-vides students with unique experi-ences,” reed said. “Army cadets get to travel to different posts and train with equipment and weapons reserved for soldiers. it is a privilege to work with the same thing that our troops over-seas are. The cadets understand the reality of it and always take training

seriously.” maya Nguyen, sophomore in com-

munication, said the most important part of rOTC is the Leadership devel-opment Assessment Course.

“it’s 28 days of training after your junior year and it essentially decides your future in the Army,” Nguyen said. “How you do in LdAC, plus your GPA, plus your physical training score is what decides whether you’re in ac-tive duty or the reserves.”

in order to prepare for the LdAC camp, Nguyen said the ArOTC hosts lab sessions every Wednesday so ca-dets can get practical experience.

“What we do for lab depends on the seniors who train us,” Nguyen said. “(The grenade assault course) is one of the funner labs. We also do land nav a lot. They give us a direc-tion and a distance, and we have to go find these triangular numbers in the woods. it’s really important for camp, so we do it a lot.”

reed said for the grenade lab they use equipment allotted to the ArOTC by Fort Benning.

“This is a special lab because we’re

using live grenades at some of the stations,” reed said. “We’re allotted so many, so we have to use them up. We’re not going to lose trees, though. They’re training grenades, so they’ll go off, and if you held onto it with hand, it’s like a grenade version of holding a sparkler too long. it will spark, and it will hurt very badly, but they don’t blow things up.”

As part of the training, cadets learned to throw grenades from standing and kneeling positions, and they also raided a makeshift bunker made of wood.

“You’ll see in movies there’ll be a big concrete dome, and it’ll have like a machine gun in it, so we learn to properly clear it by throwing a gre-nade with a bunker assault team,” Luis said.

Luis and reed are two of the se-niors in charge of organizing these labs.

“We get jobs once we’re a senior, and there’s five of us who are training the freshmen and five who train the sophomores,” Luis said. “We all got here because we like to teach. We’re

all trainers because they thought we’d be good teachers, and we en-joy dealing with the underclassmen, so i’ll stay here until six of someone wants to stay and learn more. it just depends on the needs of the people you’re training.”

Nguyen said the equipment used during the labs makes the experi-ence as true-to-life as possible, and the uniforms they wear are the same as they would wear on active duty in the military.

“We have our ammo pouch, but we don’t have any ammo, so usual-ly it holds our starburst and skittles for land nav when you get bored,” Nguyen said. “We also use our ranger beads for land nav. You pull one bead every hundred meters to help you keep track of how far you’ve gone.”

Nguyen said the Army uniform is a lot more practical than every-day clothes, so she likes being able to wear it on lab days.

“There are a lot of pockets,” Nguyen said. “i love Wednesdays because my keys go here, and i don’t have to dig in my backpack for them. There’s even a

pocket in the hat.”Luis said the cadets usually carry

plastic rifles as well.“The fake weapons we usually have

out,” Luis said. “We almost always do that in any sort of tactics because you’ll always be carrying a weapon when you’re doing stuff like this.”

The activities and classes are dif-ficult, but reed said they also bring ArOTC members closer together.

“These kids work really hard, and you have to maintain your GPA to be on active duty status with the Army these days,” reed said. “They have PT (physical training) every morn-ing for an hour and a half, and they have classes. it takes a lot out of you because you’re competing with each other, but you also have to be good friends.”

reed said ArOTC members will continue to follow four major princi-ples as they continue their training.

“it is important that the Auburn campus knows what Army rOTC is all about: hard work, academics, physical training and brotherhood,” reed said.

Army ROTC training labs simulate real-life combatCourtesy of the ArotC

Army rotC cadets found an extra-large uniform for Aubie during a special combat lab. During the lab, cadets practiced with grenades and claymores donated by fort Benning.

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Auburn university received the grand donation of the Har-ris Early Learning Center in Birmingham to fund outreach research and student intern-ship possibilities for the col-lege of human sciences.

The $6.4 million center pro-vides childcare in an advanced facility accommodating 200 children, ranging from 6 weeks to 5 years old.

The university associa-tion began in 1994 when El-mer Harris, an Auburn alum-nus and president of Alabama Power Company from 1989-2001, invited Auburn’s human development and family stud-ies department to participate in the center’s creation. The current co-directors are Au-burn faculty members. They administer the facility and have for its entire 17-year his-tory. The facility is equipped with an observation room and an apartment for overnight stay for people engaged in ex-tended study. it provides in-ternships for HdFs students and opens avenues to poten-tial careers.

“What was a state-of-the-art facility when it was built and continues to be a leading-edge kind of facility, it is quite a remarkable building,” said Joe Pittman, head of the depart-ment of HdFs. “it has high-quality care, highly educat-ed staff and just a really excel-

lent partnership between Au-burn and the city of Birming-ham. From what i gather, it is a place people want to get their kids.”

The facility is home to re-search like peer-to-peer tests and observational studies. The research gauges social compe-tence and behavioral affects within children.

“social development is about how kids develop emo-tionally and interpersonally in the context of relationships with peers and teachers,” Pitt-man said.

Brian Vaughn, professor in the college of human sciences, has been conducting an on-going study of social develop-ment in young children.

“it’s a not-for-profit orga-nization, and one of the goals within that was to participate and initiate leading-edge re-search on infants and young children in care, with the ulti-mate goal to advance under-standing and development, but also provide a framework for improving the quality for service delivery,” Vaughn said.

Vaughn is trained in child psychology and development. “my work in Birmingham ini-tially started with trying to characterize what it meant to be a socially competent pre-school kid,” Vaughn said. “That evolved to studies of friend-ship. The bulk of my research initially was devoted to finding a valid way of assessing what it

means to be a socially compe-tent 3-to-5-year-old kid.”

Vaughn’s research led to a examination model of deter-mining social competence us-ing a hierarchical structure based off three domains: peer acceptance, children’s social engagement or the frequency of social interaction, and then comparisons of behaviors based on a similarity index.

“The very young child is as-sembling a set of skills and some products of those skills at an early age that actually support their integration and interaction as they get old-er,” said Vaughn. “Once estab-lished, this social competence quality changes in the sense that kids get more skilled as they get older, but that doesn’t change the relations among the various factors or do-mains.”

Harris Center donated, providesoutreach research, internships

“Quote It has high-quality care, highly educated staff and just a really excellent partnership between Auburn and the city of Birmingham.”

—Joe Pittman dEPArTmENT HEAd OF HdFs

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Letter to the Editor

Recently, I was waiting in a queue at a gro-cery store counter, when the person standing behind me chose to start a conversation.

It started out something like this: Him: “Where are you from?” Me: “I am from X,” (where X is my birth country.) Having been routinely asked this question by every Tom, Dick and Harry, I already knew where this conversation was going. Him: “What brought you to the U.S.?” Me: “I go to school at Au-burn.” Him: “Are you going back to your coun-try after school?”

I could already notice a hint of contempt in his eyes, betrayed by his upper lip folded up on one side. I replied anyway.

Me: “I am not sure. I may choose to work here for a while before I decide if I want to stay back.” Him: “� at is one American job lost to a foreigner.”

At this point, I didn’t know how to reply. I tried to give him a wry smile; thankfully, the awkward situation was di¼ used as my turn came up at the counter. I paid for my stu¼ at the counter and left hurriedly.

� e American South is known for its ami-able people, soulful food, country music and football craze, which is why many people from across the world who initially arrived here for better opportunities in life, such as education or job, eventually decide to call this their home, raise a family and remain productive citizens of this society. Howev-er, there is a small, yet non-negligible, frac-tion of people here that considers foreign-ers as the root cause of all problems plaguing them and their brethren, starting from unem-ployment, strained health care system, high-er crime rates, rising de¾ cit, higher taxes and commodity prices, right down to practicing their religion freely.

To such people, I’d like to say the following: Come on folks, are you serious? Get a life! � is is the 21st century where the world is getting Á atter with each passing day. We are operat-ing in a global economy where the creative, competent and resourceful get to make the most of their lives and build the best societ-ies around them.

So the next time you see a xenophobe ridi-culing a foreigner or expressing anguish over foreigners stealing American jobs, remind him or her that America is a land of immi-grants and occupies a preeminent position in the world, much to the credit of many gener-ations of immigrant families. If America has to sustain this position, she has to embrace foreigners and the diversity they bring with them, rather than fear or alienate them.

Suraj Sindia Graduate Student Electrical and Computer Engineering

With almost half of this football season un-der wraps, we are inching closer and closer to one the most talked-about football games of the season: homecoming.

� is game is a time for former Auburn stu-dents to come back to the Plains to recon-nect with old friends, and a time for current students to create new memories by enjoying all the festivities that accompany this week. Growing up in the Opelika/Auburn area, I have watched the flocks of Tiger fans crowd Jor-dan-Hare for an exciting football game we are sure to win. As we watch our athletes play their hearts out on the ¾ eld, students also watch an-other competition: the homecoming queen race.

� e pomp and circumstance of homecom-ing week is fun, but I do not truly understand or value the Miss Homecoming aspect. Some might argue that the Miss Homecoming race is the most important part of the homecoming festivities, but I beg to di¼ er.

All the hype has me wondering, “Who really cares about Miss Homecoming?”

� is may seem insensitive, but if you aren’t in a sorority or if you do not personally know the Miss Homecoming candidates, who is pay-ing attention? Most students do not go out of their way to learn about the candidates or their platforms.

During homecoming week, most students infamously avoid the Concourse to avoid be-ing bombarded by Miss Homecoming candi-dates and their sisters wearing brightly colored T-shirts, giving out trivial goodies. For the per-son not lucky enough to avoid the Concourse, he follows the simple rules to avoid being both-ered: pull out his phone, keep his head down and avoid all eye contact at all costs.

Sadly, after all the candidates’ arduous ef-forts, most students will not even vote. I am not saying we need to get rid of the Miss Home-coming competition, because doing so would rid Auburn of an engraved tradition.

Miss Homecoming candidates do, however, need to be mindful that the majority of the stu-dent body does not give a crap about them. I urge all of this year’s Miss Homecoming candi-

dates to go up, above and beyond to show why the student body should pay attention to the homecoming queen race. � ey need to explain why the “Average Joe” student needs to be in-vested in their platform.

Once selected, the future crown-holder needs to publicize her progress throughout the school year. It seems as though there is a lot of attention given to the newly crowned winner the week after homecoming, and then it is as if Miss Homecoming completely disappears, be-cause we hear nothing about her until the next school year, when it is time to vote again.

Until one of these ladies really stands out to me, I will blend into the mass of Auburn stu-dents who show no interest. I will do my best to avoid the Concourse, but if I’m unlucky, I’ll pull out my phone, keep my head down and avoid eye contact, and homecoming season will be over before I know it.

Quentin TorbertJunior

Business Management

How do you talk to a xenophobe?

Miss Homecoming, no one cares about you

Sometimes, we as a nation forget just how exceptional the United States is, especially in the midst of election season.

  Americans often gripe about the mudslinging, me-dia bias, dishonesty, attempts to deter voters and other neg-ative aspects of elections. And yes, those things do happen. And no, they shouldn’t. But, it would behoove us to remem-ber that it could be worse—much worse.

 On Oct. 7, Venezuela held a national election. Not known for being a particularly demo-cratic country, Venezuela has been run by President Hugo Chavez for more than 13 years. Chavez’s party is the Unit-ed Socialist Party, and Chavez has earnestly pursued a so-cialist agenda throughout his term. As man who loves pow-er, Chavez attempted a coup in 1992, was elected in 1996, passed a referendum in 2006 that abolished term limits and has stated his intention to re-

main in oÇ ce until 2031.   Howe ver, Henriqu e

Capriles Randonski and the Democratic Unity Coalition challenged Chavez in the elec-tion. Capriles was seen as one of the few serious challengers to Chavez’s power, but Capriles himself faced massive chal-lenges in the electoral system, as was reported in e Econo-mist last week.

 First, Chavez has a strong grip on national institutions and media outlets. Accord-ing to the Wall Street Journal, Venezuelan television chan-nels were often strong-armed by the government into broad-casting Chavez’s messages for an average of 43 minutes per day. However, election laws limited Capriles to one three-minute recording per day. Government buildings and websites, though required to be free of election propagan-da, were frequently covered with pro-Chavez materials.

 Second, Chavez also exert-

ed power over any voters that he could possibly control. For example, the two million plus government workers in Ven-ezuela were all required to in-form their employer (that is, Chavez) where they would cast their signed and thumb-printed ballot. In other words, government workers were re-quired to describe where their ballot could be found, allowing the government to potentially sift through ballots and deter-mine if they voted against their boss.

While Capriles and his par-ty sought to assure voters their vote would be anonymous, The Economist correctly pre-dicted the threat of non-ano-nymity would likely dissuade some voters. Furthermore, as the Wall Street Journal report-ed, government workers who expressed intent to vote for Capriles were in many cases reprimanded by their superi-ors and told they would lose their jobs.

 Finally, Capriles faced vio-lence at many of his campaign rallies. Rocks were thrown at the candidate’s car, and oth-er vehicles were looted and set on ¾ re. Such violence was planned by pro-Chavez groups and then blamed by local oÇ -cials on Capriles.

  Obviously, as the Demo-cratic Unity Coalition’s secre-tary-general said prior to the election, the Venezuelan elec-tions are free, but they are cer-tainly not fair. This fact like-ly played a non-trivial role in Capriles’ defeat Sunday.

  The differences between the United States and Venezu-ela are striking and obvious. In our nation’s election process, Mitt Romney is not unfairly restricted from television ads, and in fact, he can gain a great deal of press on a daily basis. We do not see Obama’s “For-ward” logo plastered over the White House website. We do not see voter anonymity be-ing potentially revoked. Mitt

Romney is not assaulted when he makes a campaign rally, but rather enjoys Secret Service protection.

 I hope you see the contrast between the two countries. One allows open criticism of and opposition to the sitting executive, while the other at-tempted to tilt the elections to help ensure an incumbent vic-tory.

 American elections are tru-ly exceptional. Candidates are allowed unparalleled freedom and protection. While the line between candidate and oÇ ce-holder can be blurry, it still ex-ists. And, while o¼ ensive and a turn-off to Americans, the campaign mud slinging re-mains relatively calm when compared to other nations.

  Our transition process is even more extraordinary. In the history of our nation, we have never experienced an overthrow of the government. Every four or eight years, there is a peaceful transition of exec-

utive power. Term limits are re-spected (and, with the excep-tion of FDR, were obeyed even when they constituted mere tradition). The winning can-didate is allowed to take of-¾ ce and is actually accompa-nied by the former president to the inauguration. � ese fac-ets of our transition process are commonplace in America, but are rarely fully implement-ed in other parts of the world.

 So, next time you are tempt-ed to criticize the election cy-cle, remember that it could be much worse. You have a re-prisal-free, legitimate choice between candidates, and the choice is yours and yours alone. While our election cy-cles can become tiresome and muddy, at least here in the States, our process is both free and fair—further proof of American exceptionalism.

Caleb WolanekJunior

Political Science

Venezuela election reminder of how bad it could be

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

We love to root for the under-dog; to root for those who stand up against seemingly impossible odds. At e Plainsman, we have a special place in our hearts for anyone who ¾ ghts for their right to be heard.

Since the middle of the 2012 spring semester, employees of Groome Transportation, the company contracted to run Tiger Tranist, have allegedly suffered under unethical and unfair busi-ness practices. Drivers have re-ported wage cuts, lack of proper bene¾ ts and unnecessarily long working hours with no overtime.

Although Groome has not ad-mitted to the absence of bene-¾ ts and wage cuts, it did admit to not paying overtime wages. In a Plainsman article, published � ursday, June 28, Groome said the cut in overtime is a result of the current economic and busi-ness climate.

We think not receiving over-time pay, which is against the law in the state of Alabama, is enough reason alone to justify a strike. In fact, we want to encourage the drivers to continue picketing if their demands are not met. Fight-ing for well-deserved bene¾ ts is more important than some col-lege kids ¾ nding a ride to school.

If the small-scale picketing is not e¼ ective, you have our sup-port to move on to an all-out stoppage of work. Make your voices loud and your message clear. Do not be stop until you are treated fairly and ethically.

� e dismal nature of the cur-rent economic and business cli-mate does not give any employ-ers the right to treat their em-ployees like they don’t matter. Ri-diculous rules and arbitrary poli-cies only demean employees and make employers look cruel. � is is a time when we should be help-

ing each other, not sacrificing wages for the sake of pro¾ t.

We want to extend a pledge of solidarity to the Tiger Transit drivers taking a stand.

We admire you and what you are trying to accomplish. You, along with anyone else who re-fuses to be subject to unfair work practices, embody what makes America a truly free country.

Don’t worry about the stu-dents. We have your back. We appreciate all the hard work you have done to get us to school and back every day; we appreciate you taking us home when we’ve had a little too much to drink. You are part of the infrastructure that keeps this great university run-ning, and you have earned all our respect.

As long as we are students here, we will never take for grant-ed all your hard work and dedica-tion to the students.

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Sydney CallisCOmmunity RePORteR

Osher Lifelong Learning in-stitute at Auburn university, or OLLi at Auburn, is looking back to a time when tensions were high and the threat of nu-clear war hung over the head of all Americans.

its next Brown Bag program event will be monday, Oct. 17 at noon and will feature a lec-ture commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Cuban mis-sile crisis.

A Brown Bag program event is an opportunity for OLLi at Auburn members and the gen-eral public to bring a lunch and listen to a noontime lecture, said Linda Shook, OLLi at Au-burn coordinator. OLLi at Au-burn offers two Brown Bag programs each semester.

“it is always important to contemplate important mile-stones in history, and clearly

the Cuban missile Crisis is one of these special markers in his-tory,” Shook said. “On Oct. 22, 1962, the relationship between Cuba and the united States changed, and it continues to impact our relationship.”

the lecture, which will be held in the Lexington Hotel’s ballroom, provides an oppor-tunity to learn more about the details surrounding the Cuban missile Crisis, Russian and u.S. relations and negotiations and the role of nuclear weapons.

John neubauer, member of OLLi who also teaches an OLLi class on financial plan-ning, said he experienced the impact of the Cuban missile Crisis in his life.

“i am a retired Air Force fighter pilot, and my assign-ments and training were af-fected a lot by the Cold War,” neubauer said. “the Cuban missile Crisis played a signif-

icant role in shaping the Cold War relationship between the u.S. and Soviets and many world events during the next 28 years.”

neubauer said he is looking

forward to hearing James na-than, the lecturer for the event, speak about his insights on how the negotiations between the u.S. and the Soviet union transpired.

nathan, a professor at Au-burn university at montgom-ery is the author of several books about u.S. foreign poli-cy. two of his books are “Anat-omy of the Cuban missile Cri-sis” and “the Cuban missile Crisis Revisited.”

The lecture provides an op-portunity to learn about the past and possibly apply it to fu-ture situations, Shook said.

“understanding the facts about what occurred will help us understand our current sta-tus with Cuba,” Shook said. “Hopefully, it will also provide us with the opportunity to contemplate our future with better understanding.”

neubauer said he recom-mends arriving early because there is limited seating in the ballroom.

“it should be a very educa-tional and interesting lecture,” neubauer said. “The speaker is

very accomplished.” Because of the age of a ma-

jority of OLLi at Auburn mem-bers, Shook said the topic holds a great deal of interest for them. However, this event is not restricted to just OLLi at Auburn members.

“Since many of our mem-bers were young adults dur-ing the early 1960s, they are es-pecially interested in the his-tory of Cuba in relation to our country,” Shook said. “Anyone in the community that wants to learn more about and re-flect on this topic is welcome to attend.”

no reservations or tickets are required to attend the lec-ture, and Shook said the ball-room holds about 200 people.

“Folks of all ages and back-grounds are encouraged to at-tend,” Shook said. “it is a great way to share lifelong learning with the community.”

OLLI brownbaggers chat over lunch on Cuban Missile Crisis

Songwriter explores her own ‘Wide Open Spaces’ as a solo act

Caitlin WagenseilWRiteR

The Dixie Chicks can attest to songwriter Susan Gibson’s talent.

The popular country group took her “Wide Open Spaces” to the top of the charts for four weeks in 1998.

now, Gibson is coming to Auburn to showcase materi-al herself.

the Sundilla music series provides a forum for up-and-coming folk and bluegrass art-ists to perform in front of a live audience.

“i love performing there,”

said Dave Potts, local singer/songwriter who played at Sun-dilla this past summer and re-corded a live CD.

“in a bar, people are there to talk to their friends and hang out, so you really have to con-vince them to listen to your music,” he said. “But at Sun-dilla, they come just to listen to music, so they’re there for you already, so it’s a lot easi-er to connect to the audience and tell them the stories be-hind your songs.”

Potts praised the type of art-ists brought in by Sundilla.

“A lot of the artists that

Sundilla brings in most peo-ple don’t know of,” he said. “There’s people like eric taylor and David Wilcox; lots of peo-ple that no one would know their names, but if you’re in the scene, they’re great.”

Gibson began making mu-sic in 1997, but she said mu-sic has always been a part of her life.

“i grew up singing all the time in choirs, and i started playing guitar when i was a senior in high school,” Gibson said. “i started writing when i was a freshman in college, just kind of doing it recreationally

and performing at open mics and that sort of thing.”

Singers such as melissa etheridge and natalie mer-chant influenced Gibson’s mu-sic.

“i started writing after lis-tening to some of what i would call contemporary folk sing-ers,” she said. “At first i was learning and playing songs that i could emulate before i really got into acoustic-type music.”

Bailey Jones, volunteer at Sundilla since 1998, is in charge of booking artists.

“i saw her (Gibson) at the Folk Alliance Conference and was very impressed,” Jones said. “i made a point to intro-duce myself to her and to her agent; not long after that i got an email from her agent.”

Booking a show, however, is a long process.

“We actually finalized the booking of this show in August 2011, and she’ll finally take the

stage in October 2012,” Jones said.

“i really am excited (to per-form in Auburn),” Gibson said. “i really, really am; i’ve only been to Auburn one other time last spring, and we played at a really cool bookstore.”

Gibson said Sundilla’s repuation enticed her into coming.

“they’re such a reputable house concert that have been steadily on our radar for a long time and have probably been pretty steadily booked,” Gibson said. “i know they do a real-ly good job over there — we’ve known about them probably for longer than they’ve known about me.”

the adventure aspect is something Gibson said she loves about touring.

“One of my favorite things about performing and about the travel is not knowing what you’re getting into and get-ting to be surprised every day

when you go to work,” she said. “i love playing in a venue that is geared for songwriters — it’s so effortless; you just go in there and the people, they might not know who i am, but they like listening to songwrit-ers, they like listening to the stories and they give you all the energy that you put out there and more.”

the first Sundilla concert was in July 1993.

“in early 1996, the series found a permanent home at the AuuF, which offered their space for no charge,” Jones said. “they still let us use it for free and that’s crucial for us; we are a nonprofit series, so every dime that comes in the door goes straight to that night’s performer.”

Jones said it is great working with the performers.

“i’ve been lucky enough to see her twice before, and it will be good to see her perform-ing for an audience that has never heard her before,” Jones said. “So many of them have become much more than per-formers — they’re friends, and we’re always getting to hear great music that you really can’t hear anywhere else.”

Jones said Sundilla is always looking for more volunteers.

“We have volunteers help-ing with unloading, setting up, hanging posters around town,” she said. “in the end, all of our volunteers do a little bit of ev-erything, a little of whatever it takes to pull off a concert.”

AuuF is located at 450 Thach Ave., and the price of ad-mission is $12.

Courtesy of susan Gibson

singer/songwriter susan Gibson is a well-known writer in musician circles, as well as among pop listen-ers for her 1998 Dixie Chicks hit “Wide open spaces.”

Sydney CallisCOmmunity RePORteR

Historic Downtown Ope-lika is bringing music, vendors and food and wine tasting to the streets for a night of ele-gant fun for the 14th biannu-al On the tracks event.

Pam Powers-Smith, direc-tor of Opelika main Street inc., said the group has found a good formula when it comes to the event from planning the last 13 On the tracks events, and because of that, the pub-lic continues to attend.

“i think it is just really differ-ent,” Powers-Smith said. “i just don’t think there’s anything else in the area that’s similar. i think people enjoy being out-side in the fall and running into people they know.”

Located in historic down-town Opelika at the intersec-tion of Railroad Avenue and eighth Street, the event fea-tures live music, food and wine tasting and local vendors, said Powers-Smith.

“We have live bands set up outside,” she said. “We have a bar set up outside, and then you can also do the trail, which includes food tastings and wine tastings.”

Some of the outdoor ven-dors participating in the event include Ariccia, Jane Sweet Jane, maestro 2300, Wilton’s Catering and Kiss my Sass.

Dine-in restaurants in the area that are participating in-clude Jefferson’s, irish Bred Pub, ma Fia’s, Jimmy’s and Café 123.

Powers-Smith said the event provides a great atmo-sphere for socializing and eat-ing and drinking good food.

“it’s just a really great night to visit with their friends,” Powers-Smith said. “typically, people make new friends that night because it’s such a great atmosphere and the people are just kind of hanging out and enjoying themselves.”

There will be vendors to buy food and drinks from along

with the restaurants in down-town Opelika that are open for the event.

“it’s an outdoor event, but if you want to sit down inside and enjoy a meal you can go into the restaurants,” Powers-Smith said.

“We have a little something for everybody because some people don’t want to walk around all night. Some people love being outside and talking to people, so they’ll do the trail all night long. There’s options for everyone.”

Powers-Smith said the streets are blocked off in a horseshoe-shape during the event.

She said the trail includes the outdoor vendors as well as the restaurants.

Café 123, Jimmy’s and ma Fia’s are some of the restau-rants in downtown Opelika that are open for people who want to sit and dine in during the event.

to purchase tickets before

the event, visit Onthetracks.org or call 334-737-1474. There are two types of tickets avail-able.

For $5 admission, people can have entry to the down-town blocked area. the $25 dollar tickets encompass all the tastings inside the stores.

“you can get tickets the night of the event, but we al-ways sell out,” Powers-Smith said. “So i always recommend you get here early. “

musicians Destiny Brown and Funk n’ Wagnols will be performing live during the event.

Powers-Smith said Brown and Funk n Wagnols will be playing different areas during the event and both are great musicians that are a good fit for the event.

“it’s a really nice, relaxed, casual good time,” she said. “People really just seem to en-joy the event. The atmosphere is nothing like any other event in Auburn or Opelika.”

Dining and wine ‘On the Tracks’

Courtesy of on the traCks

on the tracks will feature live music, wine tasting and catered food from many local restaurants, all for patrons to enjoy in the historic railroad district.

Courtesy of susan Gibson

Gibson will be performing at the sundilla music series this season.

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Iconic College Street hotel to be razed, re-energized

Zeke TurrentineCOMMUNITY EDITOR

An iconic Auburn landmark of more than 50 years will soon appear much di� erent to driv-ers coming into downtown from South College Street, though its name will still be a part of its replacement.

The Heart of Auburn Inn and Suites will be officially closed Dec. 16 and will make way for a shopping center an-chored by a CVS, said Mike Landers, the hotel’s assistant manager.

A sign under the marquee for Fine Garden, a Chinese res-taurant operating in the same complex, says Birmingham’s Orange Development Inc. will convert the property into a 17,000-square foot shopping center based around the CVS called “The Shoppes at The Heart of Auburn.”

The center will consist of two buildings separated by a private drive.

� e north building will host CVS, while the south building will be home to retail shops and restaurants, according to Auburn director of planning Forrest E. Cotten.

The property was sold to CVS approximately three weeks ago by Arvind Patel, the hotel’s owner, who owns sev-eral area hotels, such as the

Lexington Inn by South Col-lege Street and East Universi-ty Drive.

� e War Eagle Reader said the Heart of Auburn Inn and Suites opened in 1961 as one of the few lodging options in the city and continued to rack up visitors, particularly for football season, for more than 40 years.

The story recounted the classic Auburn football tale in which Pat Sullivan and his par-ents watched his Heisman cer-emony in 1971 on a television at the old hotel.

“My parents had come down to hear the announce-ment,” Sullivan said to Kenny Smith of the War Eagle Read-er. “Our TV went on the blink, so we had to go rent a room at the Heart of Auburn.”

COURTESY OF THE WAR EAGLE READER

The Heart of Auburn is pictured here as it appeared in the 1970s. The hotel has been a staple of the community for more than 50 years. The hotel will be of� cially closed Dec. 16 to make way for a new shop-ping center called “The Shoppes at the Heart of Auburn.”

Heart of Auburn Inn and Suites prepares to close

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A brilliant and talented art-ist may be in our midst, but until now, the possibility of large-scale recognition has es-caped his or her work.

Downtown gallery and store Auburn Art is holding an artist search contest for “the next great feature artisan,” ac-cording to a press release sent out Wednesday, Sept. 26.

The contest began Monday, Oct. 1 and will continue to ac-cept submissions until Mon-day, Oct. 22.

Cliff Hare, owner of Auburn Art, said the contest is not limited to students, and art-ists may submit their artwork by either posting an image to Auburn Art Facebook page or bringing their artwork into the store.

“Anyone can bring their art into the store for submission,” Hare said. “We just prefer dig-ital files because it’s easier to round up everyone’s submis-sions.”

Artists may submit their artwork for review in three categories: “All Artists, All in,” which will be composed of any Auburn artwork, “Southern

by the Grace of Art,” in which all Southern pieces will be ac-cepted, and “Tradition Never Dies,” which will be a tribute to the “majestic and timeless nature of trees in the South.”

Artists are allowed to sub-mit up to fifteen entries total, with no more than five in each category.

From Monday, Oct. 22 to Monday, Oct. 29, anyone will be able to vote on their favor-ite pieces via Auburn Art’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

Five finalists will be decid-ed by the highest number of Twitter and Facebook votes by Tuesday Oct. 29 and will have the opportunity to showcase and sell their artwork in Au-burn Art’s Southern Art Show at the store Nov. 16–17.

A panel of three judges will then vote from Monday, Oct. 29 to Thursday, Nov. 1 to choose an overall winner from the five finalists.

The winner will receive a cash prize and will have his or her work featured online and at the Auburn Art store.

Hare said the judges haven’t agreed on an exact cash prize yet, but that it will be approxi-mately $100.

Judges on the panel include Cliff Hare, owner of Auburn-Art and avid photographer; Kevin Smith, professor of visu-al communication at Auburn University; and Molly McDon-ald, owner of The Darling Dog Portrait Company.

McDonald spoke of her passion for art, giving a taste of the value the judges see in helping new art succeed in Auburn.

“The pressure to create something (clients) would be proud to hang in their home pushed me to tread new wa-ters,” McDonald said.

“The whole business was accidentally born when i went outside my normal comfort zone of portraiture for two friends that also have a very artistic taste.”

The five finalists and overall winner will be announced Fri-day, Nov. 2 via Facebook and Twitter, and they will show-case their work at the South-ern Art Show.

To submit a work online or view the official rules, visit Au-burn Art’s Facebook page at facebook.com/auburnart or share a photo with its Twitter account @AuburnArt.

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Jason Crane, self-described ‘hobo poet’, returns to Auburn for Gnu’s Room poetry reading and to work on new bookZeke TurrentineCOMMUNITY EDITOR

Auburn’s “come here once and fall in love” atmosphere has been discovered by new-comers for generations. Jason Crane jumped on the band-wagon after his summer vis-it and is already planning a re-turn this Friday, Oct. 12.

Crane, a 39-year-old Massa-chusetts-born interviewer and poet, visited Auburn in July on his “Jazz or Bust” tour and said he fell in love with it. � e Gnu’s Room welcomes him back Fri-day, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. for a poet-ry reading.

“I came to Auburn this sum-mer having never been here before,” Crane said. “I didn’t re-ally know anything about Au-burn at all. It took less than a day to realize this was some-place I wanted to come back to. The people, the environ-

ment, the pace of life — they all make Auburn a very special place.”

Crane hosted the online show “The Jazz Session,” of which he has produced more than 400 episodes since 2007.

� e show features in-depth interviews with some of jazz’s most respected contemporary names, such as Sonny Rollins, Marian McPartland and Vijay Iyner.

His “Jazz or Bust” tour ran from June through September and saw him travel the coun-try, and even Canada, as he found jazz artists to interview in their hometowns as well as venues where he could hold poetry readings.

� e tour was well-received by music critics, drawing cov-erage from NPR, the Village Voice and countless local blogs and papers.

“Jason’s poetry speaks to our common experiences,” said Tina Tatum, owner of � e Gnu’s Room. “Folks real-ly seemed to connect to him when he was here before, and I think anyone who missed

hearing him read last time should not miss their second opportunity.”

Crane called an end to the “� e Jazz Session” in Septem-ber after « ve years and more than two million downloads.

He said he’s going to San-ta Fe, N.M. later this month to spend time meditating at a Zen Buddhist center, after which he’d like to return to Auburn and work on a book about his travels, which will include his recent tour and his experiences living all over the U.S. and Japan.

All 400 plus episodes of his show are available at thejazz-

session.com.Crane’s « rst collection of po-

ems, “Unexpected Sunlight,” was published in 2010 by Foot-Hills Publishing, an indepen-dent poetry press in New York State.

COURTESY OF SETH FREEMAN

Poet Jason Crane, host of online show “The Jazz Session,” visited Auburn over the summer and said he would like to return.

“I came to Auburn this summer having never been here before... It took less than a day to realize this was someplace I wanted to come back to”

—Jason Crane POET/INTERVIEWER

Opelika police investigating $700K in electronics stolen from Best BuySpecialSTAFF REPORTS

� e Tiger Town Best Buy is missing equipment val-ued at nearly $70,000 af-ter a burglary early Sunday, Oct. 7.

MacBook Pro laptops and iPads were found to be sto-

len after the Opelika Police Department found the load-ing doors in the back of the store had been forced open.

The items were taken from storage containers in the back of the store.

� e police were respond-ing to an alarm going o ́ at

about 6:25 a.m. Sunday.“We are working with lo-

cal authorities on the inves-tigation,” Best Buy spokes-woman Amy von Walter said Monday in a statement.

Opelika Police detectives are looking at security foot-age handed over by the store

to help identify any sus-pects.

Information regarding the break-in is requested to by the Opelika Police De-partment Investigative Ser-vices Division at 334-705-5220 or the Secret Witness Hotline at 334-745-8665.

ZEKE TURRENTINE/COMMUNITY EDITOR

Opelika police are investigating the theft of $700,000 in the form of electronics at the Tiger Town Best Buy.

Auburn teenagers tracked, arrested for string of theftsSpecialSTAFF REPORTS

Auburn Police trailed two teenagers by following blood from one of the suspects’ hands Sunday, Oct. 7, catch-ing the pair they believe to be responsible for several car burglaries over the weekend.

Police went to Woodfield Drive responding to a 15-year-old with a cut hand at 4:36 p.m. Sunday, Auburn Police Capt. Tom Stofer said.

The blood led to a 2008 Ford F-150 pickup truck that had been reported stolen ear-ly Sunday morning.

The owner said the vehi-cle was parked at his home on Summertrees Drive. Oth-er burglaries in the area in-cluded addresses on Brook-side Drive, East Veterans Bou-levard, Camellia Drive and

Summertrees Drive. � ese included four home

burglaries and several addi-tional car burglaries.

� e two juveniles, ages 15 and 17, are not being identi-« ed by the police.

They are being charged with first-degree theft of property, and police say more charges related to the oth-er burglaries are likely to be brought as the investigation continues.

According to Auburn Po-lice, the items recovered were a handgun and numer-ous electronic items, includ-ing laptops, iPods and cell phones.

� e pair was taken to the Lee County Youth Develop-ment Center, where they are currently awaiting the possi-ble further charges.

Niffer’s expands to downtown OpelikaSpecialSTAFF REPORTS

A favorite of visiting fans and hometown crowds alike, Ni ́er’s Place has been an Au-burn establishment since 1991 for its tasty sandwiches, burg-ers and corn nuggets.

� e restaurant, which has already operated a second location on Lake Martin in Dadeville since 2002, is now opening a third location in downtown Opelika at 917 S. Railroad Ave. by Las Margari-tas Mexican Grill.

� e Opelika-Auburn News reported senior project man-ager John Alexander said the restaurant will be 7,000 square feet, with a main dining area, a catering area and a reserva-tion room for parties.

In August, workers began renovating the old Opelika Mercantile Company space to transform it into the new res-taurant.

Alexander said memora-bilia relating to the early 20th century feed and seed store will be decorating the interi-or of the restaurant. He said it will help connect patrons to the historic downtown district and the new store to its build-ing’s history.

He said there is excitement all around town about the new opening.

One man in particular ex-pressed his readiness for the new Ni ́er’s to open.

Opelika mayor Gary Full-er said in a statement there is excitement over the new addi-tion making downtown even more desirable to residents and visitors looking for great dining options.

“We have a number of great places to eat, and Ni ́er’s will make downtown even more of a destination for food and fun,” Fuller said. ”I look for-ward to having them.”

COURTESY OF OANOW.COM

Niffer’s is planning to open a new location in downtown Opelika. Con-struction began on the new building in August, which will take the place of the old Opelika Mercantile Company building.

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Cam Newton – (QB, Carolina Panthers)12 of 29 for 141 yards and no touchdowns passing. He also carried seven times for 42 yards. L CAR 12 -SEA 16

Ben Grubbs – (OG, New Orleans Saints)San Diego recorded three sacks on the Saints’ offensive line and the offense amassed 404 yards. W NO 31 - SD 24

Takeo Spikes – (LB, San Diego Chargers)Three tackles. L NO 31 - SD 24

Quentin Groves – (LB, Arizona Cardinals)No tackles. L ARI 3 - STL 17

Karlos Dansby – (LB, Miami Dolphins)Five tackles. W MIA 17 - CIN 13

Devin Aromashodu – (WR, Minnesota Vikings) Three receptions for 34 yards. W MIN 30 - TEN 7

Rob Bironas – (PK, Tennessee Titans)Hit one extra point. L MIN 30 - TEN 7

Spencer Johnson – (DE, Buffalo Bills)No tackles. L BUF 3 - SF 45

King Dunlap – (OT, Philadelphia Eagles)Returned from injury this week, but quarterback Michael Vick’s turnovers ruined the comeback. L PHI 14 - PIT 16

Sen’Derrick Marks – (DT, Tennessee Titans)Two tackles. L MIN 30 - TEN 7

Ronnie Brown – (RB, San Diego Chargers)Ran twice for 27 yards and had 5 catches for 47 yards. L NO 31 - SD 24

Ben Obomanu – (WR, Seattle Seahawks)One rush for 11 yards. W CAR 12 -SEA 16

Jerraud Powers – (CB, Indianapolis Colts)Had four tackles and fi rst interception of the season. W GB 27 - IND 30

Carlos Rogers – (DB, San Francisco 49ers)Three tackles. W BUF 3 - SF 45

Tyronne Green – (OG, San Diego Chargers)Helped the offense hang 427 yards on the Saints’ defense, but was part of an O-line that allowed fi ve sacks. L NO 31 - SD 24

Josh Harris – (DS, Atlanta Falcons)Harris continued to be consistent with his snaps. His team is also consistent, and has won each of the fi rst fi ve games this season.W ATL 24 - WAS 17

Will Herring – (LB, New Orleans Saints)Recorded no tackles. W NO 31 - SD 24

Injuries:Philadelphia Eagles tackle King Dunlap returned to action this week, but the injuries continue for Auburn’s NFL representa-tives. San Francisco running back Brandon Jacobs missed his fi fth straight game with a knee injury. Cincinatti defensive tackle Pat Sims has been put on the Physically Unable to Perform list with an ankle injury. Houston Texans running back Ben Tate missed his team’s Monday, Oct. 8 win over the New York Jets with a toe inju-ry. Dallas defensive tackle Jay Ratliff is expected to start this week after missing the fi rst four weeks and using last week’s bye week to heal. Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley and Oakland cornerback Pat Lee also had a bye week last week. Injured reserve:Tristan Davis – (RB, Washington Redskins)Mario Fannin – (RB, Denver Broncos)Brandon Mosley – (OG, New York Giants)Lee Ziemba – (OT, Carolina Panthers)

Auburn in the NFL

By the numbersArkansas vs. Auburn

77While this is not a pure game stat, its importance puts it at the top of this list. So far this season, Auburn’s o­ ense has only for-warded 77 points, ranking them fourth to last in the league, ahead of only South Alabama, Florida Atlantic and Tulane. � e total is the worst in the SEC and is 63 points behind the next worst scoring o­ ense: Arkansas. � e o­ ense is averaging 15.4 points per game and has managed only 11 points per game in its four losses.

5Auburn had � ve turnovers during the game. While turnovers are expected, if not desired, from most teams occasionally, Au-burn’s quantity of turnovers in critical situations has to alarm the coaching sta­ . Clint Moseley started the second half in re-lief of ine­ ectual starter Kiehl Frazier. While Moseley did seem more decisive than Frazier and gave the team more scoring op-portunities, he squandered those chances by throwing two in-terceptions in the end zone to � nish the game.

8Arkansas sacked Auburn’s quarterbacks eight times Saturday. Auburn has allowed 17 sacks in � ve games for a total loss of 127 yards. Against Arkansas, Frazier was slow to make his reads and nearly every attempt to evade pressure resulted in him be-ing on the grass. Two sacks were especially costly as Frazier was sacked far enough behind the line of scrimmage on third down to push the team out of � eld goal range and force a punt. � e team lost 80 yards from sacks in the Arkansas game alone.

20Auburn’s three-headed monster of running backs Mike Blakely, Tre Mason and Onterio McCalebb had a total of only 20 carries during the game. On those 20 carries, the trio gained 94 rush-ing yards with Mason and Blakely each averaging more than � ve yards per carry. In comparison, the quarterback tandem of Frazier and Moseley attempted 35 passes. When a team’s pass-ing game has been stymied by every defense this year, the com-mon belief would be to put the ball in the hands of the players that have had the most success. � e running game has been the only o­ ensive weapon, and yet o­ ensive coordinator Scot Loe� er continues to give the quarterbacks chances to throw picks.

Ali JenkinsSPORTS REPORTER

Championship teams need lead-ers. That’s the way it’s always been and the way it will always be. Say what you will about the 2012 Auburn Tigers, but at the end of the day, this season will be de� ned by those that put the team on their backs and ex-emplify what it means to be hard workers.

Going into the seventh week, a 1-4 record is hard to swallow for any team. The key to getting back on track lies not in what plays the coach-es draw up, but what players step up.

“I just know this,” said o­ ensive co-ordinator Scot Loe� er. “Our guys are going out every day, not just in the quarterback position but every posi-tion, and they’re busting their tail.”

Wide receiver Sammie Coates called out his teammates Monday, Oct. 8, saying a lack of leadership has directly influenced the team’s suc-cess.

“We either have to step up and turn around ... We’ve got a good team,” Coates said. “We’ve got good ath-letes. We’ve got some of the best ath-letes that you can ask for. It’s just, is it in their heart that they want to win or do they just want to keep going down?

“With me, I think some of us just need to see the picture like it is. Some of these older guys, they want it but they don’t want it bad enough. We don’t have enough leadership on this team.”

But despite the tough losses to SEC foes Mississippi State, LSU and Ar-kansas, other players on the team dis-agree with Coates.

“We de� nitely have leaders on of-fense,” said fullback Jay Prosch. “Sam-

mie Coates, last game, he was trying to pump people up; getting everybody going. I think from their group he re-ally stepped forward. Philip (Lutzen-kirchen), he’s always been a leader. He leads by example, and he knows how to get everybody going. Kiehl’s a lead-er just because he’s in a leadership role, and people look up to him. He leads in the huddle and everything. Really, it’s not one standout guy. It’s everybody trying to work together and get everybody going.”

Defensive coordinator Brian Van-Gorder said he’s been especially im-pressed with senior defensive back T’Sharvan Bell.

“He’s in a backup role right now as a player, but as a leader he’s tremen-dous in our room,” VanGorder said. He’s absolutely tremendous. I have great respect for him. A guy that was starting and now is backing up, he shows up here every day with great spirit and he represents everything we really want and look for in an Au-

burn player. He’s a champion young man.”

Sophomore lineman Chad Slade echoed both Van Gorder and Prosch when asked what players were at the heart of the team’s locker room.

“To me, the two that set the tone, I would say, are Lutz and T Bell,” Slade said. “� ose are the two people where it’s their � nal season. � ey come out here every day with energy and pas-sion to play. � ey make us better. If one of us is down on O-line, and we’re just slopping around, Lutz will come out there and say, “get yourself � red; get up.

“T Bell is the same way on the de-fense. If he sees someone messing up on something they knew, T Bell will get on to them,” Slade said. “I have re-spect for Lutz, and I have respect for T. Bell, and I would never talk back to either one of them, because they know what it takes to play. � ey’ve been playing longer than I have, so them being our leaders, I have much

Auburn will travel to Oxford, Miss. this weekend for its annual meeting with Ole Miss, and the 1–4 football team badly needs a win.

� e Tigers are coming o­ a dismal o­ ensive performance against what was thought to be a weak Arkansas defense and are last in the SEC West, a place occupied by Ole Miss for the past two seasons.

The Auburn quarterbacks threw three combined interceptions and two di­ erent o­ ensive players fum-bled the ball last week. � e o­ ensive line allowed eight sacks.

Besides coming off a miserable loss, there is not even a certain start-ing quarterback for Auburn, as Kiehl Frazier and Clint Moseley each played a half last week. Frazier started last week’s game and was 9–14 passing with an interception, while Moseley came in after halftime and completed 13 of 21 throws, one of which was for a touchdown and two were picked o­ .

� e Tigers have not lost to Ole Miss since 2008, and will try to extend their win streak over the Rebels to four.

Ole Miss is 3–3 so far, already sur-

passing last season’s win total, but has lost both conference games. � e Rebels’ other loss came against Tex-as A&M.

Last week, the team from Oxford played SEC-newcomer Texas A&M close, but came up three points short. Ole Miss rolled for 464 yards and 27 points on offense, but gave up 481 yards and 30 points on defense.

Rebel quarterback Bo Wallace passed for 305 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions in the loss. A glaring statistic was the 290 yards Ole Miss gave up on the ground.

If Auburn is to have any chance, the running backs will need to exploit this apparent weakness.

Last week the Auburn running game gained only 40 net yards, but Moseley lost 43 yards and Frazier was backed up another 25 yards. Running backs Mike Blakely and Tre Mason av-eraged more than � ve yards per carry, but only had a total of 13 rushes.

The glaring inadequacies of the Auburn football team through five games has led more than a few peo-ple to question whether head coach Gene Chizik’s job is safe, and while it’s highly doubtful his position is in jeop-ardy at this moment, the head coach is surely feeling the heat coming o­ the seat.

As the Auburn head coach, there is only one way to cool o­ the hot seat:

win this weekend at Ole Miss. The problem is the Rebels look

nothing like they have for the past three years.

The Ole Miss offense is far more potent under new head coach Hugh Freeze, and the team is averaging more than 400 yards and just above 30 points each game.

The Rebels have smashed the teams they were expected to defeat and have been beaten by the teams that were supposed to have defeated them, but Ole Miss is still favored by four and a half points at home, like-ly because of its improved o­ ense and Auburn’s contemptible play thus far.

For the second week in a row, the Tigers will be playing a defense that has been dreadful, and Auburn needs to capitalize on the weakness this Sat-urday.

To accomplish this e­ ectively, the team must maintain possession of the ball and avoid turnovers.

With bowl game hopes fading more every Saturday, Auburn must begin to win to avoid winning the “Worst in the SEC West” title.

Game time is at 11:21 CST and will air on the SEC Network.

COURTESY OF TODD VAN EMSTFullback Jay Prosch said quarterback Kiehl Frazier is still considered a leader de-spite his poor play due to the nature of his position.

Leadership woes add to struggles

How the West was lost

DANIELLE LOWE / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITORWide receiver Emory Blake loses the ball in the second quarter of Auburn’s 24-7 loss at home against Arkansas. Turnovers have been the deciding factor in games this season, and the team ranks second-to-last nationally in turnovers lost.

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The Auburn women’s soccer team lost a physical match to no. 25 Tennessee Sunday Oct. 7, 1–0.

The loss snapped the Tigers’ three-game win streak coming off a 2–0 win over Mississippi State Friday, Oct. 5.

Tennessee (10–3–2, 5–2–1 SeC) senior midfielder Kylie Bono scored a free kick from 22 yards out in the 61st min-ute, giving the Lady Vols the victory and only goal of the match.

Bono blasted the ball into the bottom right corner, just out of Auburn senior goal-keeper Amy Howard’s reach.

Auburn (8–7–0, 4–4–0 SeC) created several chanc-es throughout the match, but couldn’t find the finish in the final third.

Auburn’s best chance came in the 56th minute, when junior midfielder Maddie Barnes’ shot from the top of the 18 nailed the crossbar. The referee waved off a penalty call just before Barnes’ shot, when junior forward Kim Spence was brought down in the box.

The match was physical throughout the afternoon,

and Tennessee suffered a crit-ical injury, although it was not player-induced.

The Vols’ junior midfielder CC Cobb, who has five goals on the season so far, was cart-ed off in the 19th minute after attempting to head away an Auburn goal kick at midfield.

The teams combined for 14 fouls in the second half, but the referee only awarded one yellow card in the match and often allowed play to contin-ue.

Auburn senior goalkeep-er Amy Howard’s five saves against the Lady Vols pushes her career total to 326 saves. Howard is now tied for ninth all-time in the SeC record books in career saves.

“Overall we played a good game, and i thought we had better chances, but Tennes-see is a terrific team and they scored off of a great free kick, putting it right in the far post in the perfect spot,” said coach Karen Hoppa. “They made one more play than we did. We had plenty of opportunities and we felt like we let this one get away.”

Auburn’s previous meet-ing with Tennessee was in the 2011 SeC Tournament semi-

final game where the Tigers won 2–0. Auburn shut out Mis-sissippi State Friday, Oct. 5 for Howard’s fourth clean sheet of the season and the 19th of her career, winning 2–0.

Senior midfielder Ana Cate grabbed Auburn the victory before freshman forward Al-exa Allen sealed it eight min-utes later.

in the 63rd minute, Cate scored a header following a save by Mississippi State’s se-nior goalkeeper Skylar rosson to give Auburn the 1–0 lead.

The goal was Cate’s first this season and the 15th of her ca-reer. in the 71st minute, Al-len sealed the Tigers’ victory when she put away a deflect-ed Barnes’ shot past rosson — Allen’s third this season.

The Tigers’ offense was dominant Friday night, re-cording 20 shots and 13 cor-ners against the Mississippi State Bulldogs (7–6–1, 0–6–1 SeC).

Auburn will now go on the road to take on Georgia Friday, Oct. 12.

Danielle lowe / assistant Photo eDitorreigning seC offensive Player of the week tatiana Coleman was un-able to get anything going against tennessee sunday, oct. 7.

Danielle lowe / assistant Photo eDitorauburn’s 1-0 loss to no. 25 tennessee sunday, oct. 7 was a physical showdown highlighted by an injury to tennessee junior CC Cobb, seen here being carted off the field after heading a goal kick near midfield. Cobb was then taken to an unspecified hospital.

Winning streak snapped as No. 25 Lady Volunteers scrape by Tigers

Spikeball quickly nets students’ attention

anDrew Yawn / sPorts eDitor(From left to right) Jordan French and John Mcniell take on will ib-sen and Drew rolader as the teams prepare for the Beat Bama Food Drive spikeball tournament.

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Spikeball nets and the trade-mark yellow balls can now be seen almost daily across cam-pus. Junior Jason Bass, unde-clared in liberal arts, has a lot to do with that.

Bass was residential adviser of Aubie Hall in the Village last year, and as a way to socialize with his residents, Bass took advantage of the spacious lob-bies and taught his fellow stu-dents how to play Spikeball.

A year later, Bass is the rA of Plainsman Hall, and, while it is still a staple of his dorm’s lob-by, Spikeball has quickly built a cult following with those who have played it.

Fellow Spikeball player Coleman Cowart, undecid-ed sophomore in the pre-med track, became enamored with the game last semester and credits the game’s lack of com-plexity with its blossoming popularity.

“it doesn’t take too long to get good,” Cowart said. “it’s easy to pick up, and it’s not too complicated.”

To play, a Spikeball set must be acquired, including a yellow rubber ball and an elastic net that acts as a minature tram-poline standing about six inch-es above the ground.

The game is played with two teams of two. One team begins the game by serving or hitting

the ball down onto the net.As the ball springs into the

air, possession changes and the opposing team can tip the ball a maximum of two times. The third hit — usually a spike — must hit the net, returning possession to the other team and giving it a chance to spike it out of the other team’s reach. A point is earned for anytime a team is not able to smash the ball back onto the net or if the ball hits the rim of the trampo-line.

The ball cannot be cupped or held; it must be hit with the flat of the hand.

Besides the rules, any close calls are often judged fairly by the teams in accordance with the game’s “gentlemen’s rules,” according to Cowart.

“Anything questionable is a redo,” Cowart said.

As Bass and Cowart dis-cussed the nuances of spike-ball with their set sitting un-touched in front of them, its novelty appeal was apparent by the numerous groups of students who stopped to ask what the game was.

Will ibsen, senior in me-chanical engineering, said that was how his Spikeball ca-reer began.

“i just saw a bunch of guys playing it one day and jumped in,” ibsen said. “it’s really easy to catch on.”

even for those already ac-

quainted with the fast-paced game, the sight of a stranger playing it has the same effect as unexpectedly meeting a family member or hometown friend on campus, according to Bass.

“As we began to play more on campus, we’ve met differ-ent people that are like, ‘Oh my gosh you know about Spike-ball?’” Bass said.

Cowart agreed and said the game was a great way to build relationships.

“Spikeball itself brings peo-ple together,” Cowart said.

Besides its ease of play and social magnetism, Spikeball can be played anywhere and has the quick play ability of hackey sack or throwing the frisbee. While it is still a rela-tively new sport to the Plains, Spikeball has already been served into the Auburn-Ala-bama rivalry.

Tuesday, Oct. 9, Bass, Cow-art, junior Leah Peterson, 2012 Beat Bama Food drive Pres-ident Mark Price and other Spikeball fanatics joined to-gether to hold the first ever Beat Bama Food drive Spike-ball tournament on the green space.

The event was held as a way to both promote Spikeball and raise money,. To enter, partici-pants had to donate two cans of food or $2, with all proceeds going to the Food drive.

After coming up with the idea for the tournament, how-ever, the group realized it could not afford to provide all the sets necessary, listed at $49.99 on Spikeball.com. Bass then reached out to Spikeball president Chris ruder and saw the group’s fantasy realized.

“We’ve been correspond-ing, and they’re contributing to the Beat Bama Food drive, and they’re donating the sets for the tournament,” Bass said. “We could not have had the tournament if it wasn’t for the donations of Spikeball.”

The tournament has already had an impact on campus and community, but participants hoped to see more Spikeball sets in the future.

“i’m hoping it’ll be a fun tail-gate game,” ibsen said.

John McNeill, sophomore in pre-aerospace engineering and resident of Bass’s dorm this year, has more ambitious plans for the game.

“The way our football team is playing, we might be able to get it going in the stadium,” McNeill said.

As for Colwart and Bass, the two hope to keep sowing the seeds of a Spikeball revolution by eventually donating sets to the dorms and forming a team.

“We just want to get its name out there and hopeful-ly even become an intramural sport,” Cowart said.

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Sophomore Tori Ball is an integral part of the team providing staunch defense and

occasional goals for the Tigers.

Women’s soccer sprints to 2–0 startAli JenkinsSPORTS REPORTER

The Tigers didn’t miss a beat this offseason, starting their campaign for a second consecutive SEC champion-ship with victories over Georgia State and High Point.Auburn’s defense proved to be too

much for Georgia State as the Tigers went on to win 1–0 in Friday night’s season opener at the Auburn soccer complex.

Despite controlling the ball for the majority of the match, it took 78 min-utes for senior forward Mary Cof-fed to get the ball past Panthers goal-keeper Rebecca Ingram.  “[It started with] our midfielders

digging it out,” Coffed said. “Ana Cate and Tatiana doing what they do and feeding it to one of our freshmen, Hal-ey Gerken, who carried it up the field, and I was able to peel wide and rip a shot.”

Auburn defenders established their domination early on. This resil-ience allowed ample scoring opportu-nities for the Tigers, ending the night with 27 shots on goal as opposed to Georgia State’s one. But simply getting shots on goal is

not enough if the Tigers hope to make a seventh straight NCAA tournament appearance. “[It’s] very frustrating,” Coffed said.

”You know, some games you just dominate like we did, with 28 shots, but it definitely shows that we need to work on our finishing and offen-

sive attack. It is a good team to figure out a way to get done, and I think that was shown tonight a little bit, so we’re excited for the win.” With junior defender Bianca Sierra

and junior midfielder Ashley Kotero playing for the U-20 Mexico World Cup team, it was up to senior Mary Nicholson and the rest of the defense to protect the ball.“We were a little nervous about

it,” Nicholson said. “But everyone stepped up and played great. The freshmen came in and it was like they’ve been here all year and last year. We miss them, but we’ll wel-come them back when they get here.”

Coach Karen Hoppa reiterated Nicholson’s statement, giving praise to the depth and talent the defense showed throughout the night.

“We’re missing some players in the back, but I thought Mary Nicholson, our senior captain centerback, was outstanding at just keeping every-body organized and everybody calm,” Hoppa said. “We played a few differ-ent people at centerback and a few people that had never played some different positions before. I thought Kala Faulkner in her first game as a freshman was outstanding. She was great defensively and also a threat of-fensively. I’m really, really happy with that defensive group.” Last year’s top scorers, sophomore

forward Tatiana Coleman and senior midfielder Ana Cate, picked up where they left off, with seven shots from Coleman and six from Cate. The duo combined for seven shots on goal.

The shutout was senior goalkeeper Amy Howard’s 16th in her college ca-reer and marks the third time in four years she has started the season with-out allowing a goal.In Sunday’s afternoon match

against High Point, the rust began to fall away, showcased by an offensive explosion by the Tigers.Sophomore defender Tori Ball led

the team with two goals, extending Auburn’s record to 2–0–0 as the Ti-gers defeated the Panthers 4–1.

With last year’s right-footed taker Katy Frierson gone, the job was hand-ed to Ball.

» See SOCCER, B2

“You know, some games you just dominate like we did, with 28 shots, but it definitely shows that we need to work on our finishing and offensive attack.—Mary Coffed SENIOR FORWARD

Ali JenkinsSPORTS REPORTERFormer Tiger Jason Dufner

was poised for a top five fin-ish in the Wyndham Champi-onship until the rain came, ex-tending his stay at the Sedge-field Country Club in Greens-boro, N.C. for one more day.Dufner was the highest-

ranked player in the field, en-tering the tournament at No. 3 in the FedEx Cup standings.

The Auburn graduate began the final round Monday tied for fourth following a 7-under 63 outing on Saturday. The break in play did not

benefit Dufner, ending the day shooting 1-under-par to fin-ish the week tied for seventh at 13-under 267. Dufner started his round on

par before making birdies on holes three and five. A double-bogey on hole seven widened the gap between Dufner and

the leaders. He ended the day with a birdie on hole 11.His finish, five strokes be-

hind winner Sergio Garcia, moved the Cleveland, Ohio native past Rory McIlroy and to the No. 2 spot on the points list, just behind Tiger Woods.A victory would have

pushed Dufner to No. 1. Dufner amassed two wins, his first ever on the PGA Tour, one second-place finish and eight top 10s during the 2012 tour.

Dufner’s ranking on the PGA Tour also landed him an automatic roster spot for next month’s Ryder Cup where he’ll team up with stars such as Ti-ger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker to try to wrest the title from the European team.

Dufner also got married this summer, and due to his chaotic schedule, the 35-year-

old decided not to compete in this week’s PGA Tour playoffs opener, The Barclays, opting for a week of rest before head-ing to TPC Boston in Norton, Mass. for next week’s Deutsche Bank Championship.“I’ve had a pretty heavy

schedule since Firestone or so, and I’m looking forward to the second part of the playoffs,” Dufner told PGATour.com last week. “I’m just not going to be able to do eight out of nine weeks with the Tour Champi-onship and Ryder Cup at the end of it.”

Dufner opened the week with a solid round, shooting for birdie on the first hole of the tournament, followed by a pair of birdies on holes four and five to go 3-under. A bogey on hole nine put him 2-under going into the turn. He began the back nine with

his fourth birdie of the match,

but a bogey on hole 14 kept him at 2-under par for the day.

Round two proved to be more of the same. Dufner teed off at 7:40 a.m. and quickly got back into the previous day’s rhythm.

He collected his fourth bird-ie of the tournament on hole two, but a bogey on the fol-lowing hole pushed him back down to 1-under. He finished the front nine

with two more birdies on holes five and eight. For the second day in a row,

Dufner recorded a birdie on the 10th hole. He ended the round with a birdie and a bo-gey on holes 15 and 16 respec-tively, finishing 3-under. The third round proved to

be Dufner’s best. His only bogey-free round of the week started with a bird-ie on hole one before making birdies on holes three and five.

He added to his birdie count on hole eight. Dufner ended the round

with three birdies in the final four holes, closing out the day 7-under par.  Also in the field were former

Auburn golfers Will Claxton and Gary Christian.Going into the round tied

for 10th, Claxton saw his top-10 spot get away after shooting a bogey on hole one. After making a pair of bird-

ies on holes five and eight, Claxton double bogeyed to start the back nine, then tacked on two more bogeys to finish the day. Claxton ended the tourna-

ment 7-under, moving down 21 spots to tie for 31st.Christian went 6-under 274

for the week, dropping four slots to tie for 37th after com-ing shooting even par in the fi-nal round. 

COURTESY OF TODD VAN EMSTJason Dufner will look to extend his steady play into the Ryder Cup and FedEx Cup playoffs.

Dufner falls at Wyndham, now No. 2 in FedEx Cup rankings

Coleman McDowellSPORTS REPORTER

Incoming freshman Jovon Robinson was prepared to help ease the loss of running back Michael Dyer, who was released from his scholarship in January.

The 6-foot-1, 227-pound player even wore the same No. 5 during his time with the team this summer. But last Friday, coach Gene Chizik re-vealed that Robinson was ac-ademically ineligible after his guidance counselor at Wood-dale High School in Memphis, Tenn. admitted to altering the four-star prospect’s high school transcript.Chizik announced the rul-

ing after Friday’s practice and said, “Our main focus now for Jovon, who is not enrolled in school here obviously, is we are looking for the best option for him outside Auburn. Our focus for right now is to make sure we get him in the best sit-uation we can to help him in his future. We are still looking

into that.”Robinson can attend a prep

school, play football this sea-son and still play for Auburn in 2013 with four years of eligibili-ty. If Robinson attends a junior college, he would return to Au-burn in 2014 with two years of eligibility left; three if he red-shirts one of his years at the ju-nior college.Senior running back Onte-

rio McCalebb, who was already scheduled to shoulder more carries this year, can relate to Robinson’s predicament.McCalebb didn’t qualify ac-

ademically out of high school either in 2008 and enrolled in Hargrave Military Acade-my in Chatham, Va. McCalebb stayed one semester at Har-grave and returned to Auburn the following year with four years of eligibility remaining.

Chizik said “without ques-tion” that the U.S. Army All-American wants to return to Auburn, but it’s a path full of obstacles to overcome. The Ti-gers have had 12 signees fail to

qualify academically from high school in the past four recruit-ing classes, but only one (Mc-Calebb) found his way back to Auburn.

“It has been a tough road here in the last few hours,” Chizik said Friday night. “As you can imagine, he is down.”Robinson rushed for 3,285

yards and scored 49 touch-downs in his high school ca-reer.

Muscle Shoals High School senior Dee Liner is just trying to finish up his high school ca-reer. The aptly-named five-star defensive lineman was sus-pended from the team indef-initely last Friday, according to TimesDaily reporter Bryan App.

“We are more concerned with helping Dee Liner as a person than a football play-er,” Muscle Shoals coach Scott Basden told App the previous day.

Liner, who became Au-burn’s first commit for the 2013 class when he pledged to

sign with the Tigers June 11, 2011, has already been in the news this summer. The 6-foot-4, 260-pound defensive tack-le was arrested for alleged-ly jumping a fence at a public pool. The initial charge of bur-glary was dropped to a misde-meanor count of criminal tres-passing.

According to reports, Lin-er was also recently charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing government op-erations for “screaming, curs-ing and throwing objects” at a police officer that had pulled over his mother.These incidents continue a

streak of bad publicity for the Tigers that began with the rob-bery, burglary and theft charg-es levied against former play-ers Antonio Goodwin, Dako-ta Mosley, Mike McNeil and Shaun Kitchens.Freshman quarterback

Zeke Pike was also dismissed this summer after being sus-pended following his arrest for public intoxication in June.

Off-the-field issues continue to plague Chizik’s squad

COURTESY OF TODD VAN EMST

Freshman running back Jovon Robinson (middle) was released from

his scholarship after it was revealed his transcript was altered by his

high school counselor.

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After two tough road losses at the hands of Arkansas and Kentucky, the Auburn volley-ball team returned home Oct. 5 and quickly dispatched the visiting Mississippi State Bull-dogs in three straight sets, im-proving its record to 13–4 (4–3 in SEC).

Senior Sarah Bullock con-tinued her run of successful play, leading the dominant Ti-gers with 12 kills.

Junior Katherine Culwell re-corded nine kills to go along with a match-leading nine digs.

“Our mindset was to take care of business,” Bullock said. “After coming o£ of two straight losses, we worked re-ally hard this week in practice on improving our game. We were focused more this week on our energy, cutting down mistakes, serving aggressive-ly, winning the serve and pass game ... we put more emphasis on improving us this week, and it showed.”

� e rest of the scoring op-portunities were spread out amongst the rest of the Au-burn roster as nine different Tigers registered points in the dominating win.

Head Coach Rick Nold said after the match he was pleased with his team’s balanced at-tack.

“Sometimes we get in the habit of throwing a lot of balls outside, but we’ve got to get more people involved,” Nold said. “It’s something that we will continue to work at, try to get better at as the year goes on. We want to re§ ne our of-fense so we can attack di£ er-ent teams in different ways. We got a chance to show that tonight.”

Auburn jumped out to an

early 8–2 lead before Mississip-pi State called its § rst timeout.

By the time Mississippi State called its second time-out, Auburn was on a 7–0 run and leading 16–5.

� e Tigers forced an aston-ishing 10 Bulldog attack errors and registered 12 kills en route to a commanding 25–11 § rst-set victory.

The Tigers would take an even larger victory in set two as they raced past the visitors 25–10.

� e 15-point di£ erential is Auburn’s largest margin of vic-tory this season.

� e Tigers’ balanced attack combined for a .400 hitting percentage with four Tigers scoring multiple kills.

Mississippi State tried to inch back late in the set, but Auburn’s Chloe Rowand quick-ly sent the match to intermis-sion with two powerful kills.

� e visiting Bulldogs looked energized following the break, and they hung with the Tigers through the § rst half of the § -nal set.

However, Auburn broke away at the halfway point, ral-lying around Culwell, who scored seven of her nine total kills in the § nal set.

The Tigers kept the ener-gy up following a Mississip-pi State timeout, scoring 10 of the § nal 14 points to § nish o£ their division rivals.

“I think it was important to come back and respond after last weekend,” Nold said. “Mis-sissippi State got us both times last year, so it’s good to see the improvement we’ve made this season.� ey’re struggling a lit-tle bit right now, and we were able to take advantage.”

Auburn continued its unde-feated streak at home in 2012, improving to 6–0 at the Stu-dent Activities Center this sea-

son. It was a rare one-match

homestand for the Tigers, as the team got an extra day o£ by not having to play the usu-al Sunday match.

“(� e break) is good for us,” Culwell said. “We’ll have three full days of practice next week before going out on the road. We usually only get two days of practice before traveling, so having this extra day is great.”

The win over Mississippi State put the Tigers above .500 in divisional play, and the Ti-gers are now third in the SEC West behind Texas A&M and Arkansas.

� e win was crucial for Au-burn because of the team’s re-cent struggles against SEC op-ponents.

Of the team’s four losses this season, three have come at the hands of conference oppo-nents with the only non-con-ference loss coming at Wichi-ta State.

Auburn will only play SEC opponents for the remainder of the season.

� e team now looks to carry its momentum on the road as it takes on Georgia in Athens Oct. 12 and nationally ranked Florida in Gainesville Satur-day, Oct. 14.

Volleyball returns home to beat Bulldogs after two road losses

“Our mindset was to take care of business... we put more emphasis on improving us this week, and it showed.”

—Sarah Bullock

EMILY MORRIS / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITORJunior Courtney McDonald sets up sophomore Halle Kearney for the spike against Mississipi State Friday, Oct. 5.

Sports B4 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, October 11, 2012

Corey ArwoodWriTer

it’s entirely legal to shoot someone at 7 p.m. on Thurs-days—with paint, that is.

if you’re looking for a new high, Auburn paintball club’s got what you need.

it may not be America’s pas-time or the South’s officially unofficial religion, but accord-ing to the few and the proud who play, it is the most legally addictive rush known to man.

Paintball has not grabbed America by the eyeballs just yet. Unlike its family mem-bers of the same last name — football, basketball, baseball, etc. — the fringe sport still re-mains on the extreme periph-ery.

However, the cult-like fol-lowing, which is always on the hunt for fresh recruits, is hooked and feels as though it has found some new Adrena-

lin high mainstream sport lov-ers aren’t ready for just yet, if ever.

“There’s nothing like the rush that you get, honest-ly,” said Brad Lugar, president of the Auburn paintball club. “When you’re in a situation and you’re trying to keep from getting eliminated, there’s lit-erally nothing like that. That moment is one of the best feel-ings. You’re on the edge of go-ing and getting blew out of the game, or you’re going to stay in and win a battle between somebody else.”

Lugar, senior in industrial design, has played paintball for 10 years.

He has been involved with the club, which has nearly 15 members, for four of those years.

He said they are looking for new people to join.

Whether they are unfamil-

iar with paintball or have been playing for years, as Lugar has, there is a place on the team for all skill sets.

As a warning for newcom-ers that attest to paintball’s drug-like addictive element, Lugar said throughout his ca-reer in the sport, whoever he involves in it cannot quit.

“everybody that has wanted to play with me and has gone out and started playing tour-naments with me — they’ll put their gear up, and they’ll

say ‘i’m not playing anymore,’” he said. “‘i’m quitting, i’m re-tiring,’ blah, blah, blah, and then they’ll literally have the urge to play again., he said.

One the newest members, Chris Kay, junior in architec-ture, who transferred from the University of Alabama at Bir-mingham in the summer and had played paintball in 2008 with Lugar, said he had not played for a while and missed the sport.

Then, after learning of Au-

burn’s paintball club, he joined and said it felt like he had nev-er left the sport.

“everyone was really nice,” Kay said, describing his intro-duction to the club. “Basical-ly, i just kind of walked in. We started playing. We started go-ing to practice. it wasn’t like i was a new person, just anoth-er person on the team to play with.”

The team played its first tournament last Sunday.

it was the first of the year for Payton Howle, junior in en-vironmental science, who said he fell in love with paintball in fourth grade.

Howle explained the paint-ball team primarily keeps in touch through its Face-book page and has meetings throughout the semester to encourage recruitment.

He described a typical prac-tice for the team.

“We played a lot of games,” he said. “As soon as one would end, we would flip sides and run it back. it’s just a lot of practicing being smart, and you know, not getting too wild and making stupid mistakes. it’s just like any sport.”

Lugar said his love for the sport extended beyond the Adrenalin rush.

Something that resonated with the team, as Lugar said, is a connection — a bond that is shared among those that play the sport.

He said he likes represent-ing Auburn, even unofficially, since paintball has not been recognized as an official Au-burn University sport, as it has been among several neighbor-ing universities.

More information on the Auburn paintball club can be found at Auburn.edu/AUin-volve.

“When you’re in a situation and you’re trying to keep from getting eliminated, there’s literally nothing like that. That moment is one of the best feelings.”

—Brad LugarPreSidenT OF THe AUBUrn PAinTBALL CLUB

Inside the Auburn University paintball club

A week in Auburn sportsTennis- The women’s tennis team recorded 15 wins at the roberta Allison Fall Classic hosted by the University of Alabama from Oct. 5–6. Freshman Ashley Kitchen was the only player to win her draw. Kitch-en won her first two singles matches in straight sets, but was forced to grind out a three set victory over Florida State’s Kristina Schleich 7–6 (5), 4–6, 6–4. The men’s tennis team won an impressive victory Sun-day, Oct. 7 as well. At the iTA All-American Championship in Tulsa, Okla., senior Andreas Mies and junior daniel Cochrane played doubles together for the first time competitively and took home the All-Amer-ican doubles Championship. it was Auburn’s first-ever victory at the All-American Championship. The team won its fifth match in four days 7–6 (8–6), 6–2 to claim the crown. Equestrian- Thursday, Oct. 4, the Auburn equestrian team lost to no. 2 South Carolina, the second top 5 team the team has faced in its first two games. The team lost 10–9, but were able to sweep all four Most Outstanding Player awards. indy roper won the MOP in Western horsemanship and reining. Jennifer Waxman earned her title in equi-tation over fences, and Lindsay Portella won the MOP for equitation on the flats.

Golf- The women’s golf team placed third at the Liz Murphey Col-legiate Classic hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens Oct. 5–7. The team led the first two days, but fell on the final day to finish be-hind north Carolina and Alabama. Junior Marta Sanz led the way for Auburn, finished tied for third and shot a 71, 69 and 75 throughout the weekend. Those scores were good for a 1-under-par finish and her first top-three finish of the season. Sophomore Victoria Trapani and senior Carlie Yadloczy also recorded top-30 finishes. The team will play in the Tar Heel invitational in Chapel Hill, n.C. Oct. 12–14. The men’s golf team will look to build on its recent success Tuesday Oct. 15–16 when it plays in the Jerry Pate invitational at Old Overton Golf Club in Bir-mingham.

Swimming and Diving- The Auburn swimming and diving team will begin the season Friday, Oct. 12 with the War eagle invita-tional meet. The meet will last from Oct. 12–14 with the main sched-uled opponent being Alabama. After the War eagle invitational, the Ti-gers will stay at home for a match against LSU Oct. 20 and a women’s meet against notre dame Oct. 26. The first road test of the season will come nov. 2 at Kentucky.

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Auburn a ‘special’ place for Moon Taxi, returns to Supper Club Nov. 2 Melody KitchensIntrIgue edItOr

Playing shows in Auburn is nothing new to nashville band Moon taxi; in fact, Moon taxi played at War ea-gle Supper Club last April from midnight to 5:30 a.m. Moon taxi will return to Supper Club nov. 2.

tommy Putnam,(Moon taxi’s bassist), tellsThe Plainsman about playing in Auburn, touring with tea Leaf green and details on their newest record.

MK: Although you’ve played here a few times be-fore, how do you like playing in Auburn?

TP: Auburn was the very first place we ever played on the road. I’m from Bir-mingham, and I had a lot of friends who went to school at Auburn. It was the first gig I actually booked ever, which was at Quixote’s. It’s always been a special place for us. It was the first time we ever

got in a car and drove some-where to play a show.

MK: What are you looking forward to the most about playing again here?

TP: It’s been a while since we’ve played Auburn. We’ve made a lot of friends over the years. getting to see them and playing for our fans. They haven’t seen us in their hometown in a while.

MK: How does Moon taxi usually prepare for a tour?

TP: We pack accordingly. We were out all summer. You kinda just have to say no to a lot of different things that normal people would do, like weddings and birthdays. You gotta miss a hell of a lot of those things that people generally get to do and take for granted. We write a lot on the road, too; at least I do.

MK: What is one of your favorite songs to play live off

the new record?TP: Mercury is the best

one because the crowd en-joys it the most. It feels like every time we play it, the crowd just goes nuts, and we kind of just feed off that.

MK: How does your sound vary from your first album in 2007 to now?

TP: The first one we made in college, and we really did not know what we were do-ing. We played a lot of shows, and we tried to define our-selves somehow. Almost five years to the day, we put out this other one, and I think there’s a lot of maturity that shows from the first album to the newest one. The one in between was live, but I felt like we weren’t quite ready to put out another studio effort, and I think that one bridged the gap between the first one to this new one.

MK: How is touring with

tea Leaf green?TP: They’re great. They’re

awesome dudes. reed Mathis, the bass player; he’s a monster. everybody knows he’s one of the best guys around. He proves it when he gets out there, and I really respect that. That makes me want to step up my game. They’re from San Francisco, and most of us are from Al-abama. It’s a different world, and it’s really fun to meet these people that grew up north.

MK: Future plans?TP: In the end of novem-

ber and december, we’re go-ing to do another east Coast run, like new York, Wash-ington, d.C. and Philadel-phia. We’re doing one of the days with umphree’s Mcgee in Atlanta after that, and our new Year’s eve show in nashville. those are some things we’re really looking forward to.

Courtesy of Moon taxi

Moon taxi, a nashville band that frequents auburn, will be playing at War eagle supper Club nov. 2. tommy Putnam, the bassist, said au-burn was their first ever gig.

10 things you don’t know about TWER

1. Auburn’s punk rock bi-kini

“In the mid-'00s, I sang in an Auburn pride punk band called Auburn Bikini. the school spirit and sheer ani-mal magnetism that radiated from our house shows led di-rectly to Auburn's undefeated season in 2004.”

2. Conceived in God’s house

“I was conceived at the Baptist Student union, the Paris of Auburn ministries. My parents lived upstairs, so it's OK.”

3. Legendary granddad“My grandfather, an Au-

burn alumnus, worked in Au-burn’s agronomy department for many years. He may have invented the soybean.”

4. Floatin’ baby“I twice levitated as a child.”

5. The dreaded JRNL1100“My mom, who majored in

journalism at Auburn in the '70s, is responsible for the dreaded JrnL1100 spelling test because professor Jack Simms swore he'd ‘never have such a poor speller pass my class again.’ You're welcome!”

6. J-school drop-out

“I'm an Auburn journalism school dropout (only philos-ophy would take me in–Kant touch this!)”

7. Wordsmith“I edited a 'zine for eight

years. the Plainsman wrote a story about it when I was a freshman.”

8. Ghost drummer“I'm an on-again, off-again

drummer for popular Au-burn-born "ghost country" band the Pine Hill Haints. I'm the best drummer they've ever had.”

9. Not-so inebriated “I've never been drunk.”

10. Streaking through

The Quad“I'm writing a book about

streaking at Auburn; at least it's kind of about streaking.”

Jeremy Henderson of the all-Auburn website The War

Eagle Reader is just as interesting as Auburn’s history

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‘Glee Project 2’ star Shanna Henderson and more at upcoming Gnu Fall Festivaltoi garciaWrIter

The gnu’s room is thrilled to be hosting the gnu Fall Festival Saturday, Oct. 13. The event will be on the lawn at Pebble Hill at 101 S. debarde-leben St. in Auburn.

the festival will com-mence at noon and continue until 9 p.m. and will include arts and crafts, performances by eight local bands and food and beverages.

This event is a fundraiser for gnu’s room, said tina ta-tum, owner of gnu’s room.

now that they are a 501(c)(3) organization, which is a nonprofit and private-ly owned organization, they have volunteers to help them raise money for the business and to conduct the event.

tatum said although there will be venders there, “you can bring your own cool-ers with beverages of your choice. This is similar to an event we had in April, which was a great time.”

The cost for the event is $5,

and it gives people an oppor-tunity to go somewhere other than the bars to hear music.

“this event is family-ori-ented and will provide really great music,” tatum said.

the band good doctor will be at the event, tatum said, and they have original songs.

“they usually don’t play anywhere other than at the bars,” she said.

Shanna Henderson, a per-

former at the event and for-mer contestant on “The glee Project 2,” said, “I am excited and honored to be perform-ing at the gnu Fall Festival. The Fall Festival is an amaz-ing opportunity for people in the Auburn area to come see local artists, taste amaz-ing food and coffee and be in connection with one another. You can bring a blanket and simply listen to music all day, or you could walk around

with your friends checking out local art.”

Henderson will be per-forming two of her new songs and will be announc-ing the release dates.

The gnu’s room has spon-sors to make this event hap-pen. Among many others, one of the sponsors is Stan-dard deluxe, a design and screen print company in Wa-verly.

Scott Peek, owner of Stan-dard deluxe, said it will be sponsoring the festival by donating money and helping the gnu’s room. This is just one of the many events the company sponsors.

“The gnu’s room is a non-profit organization book store that is privately owned, and there’s nothing like them right now,” Peek said. “this event will be a good place for people to meet and gath-er. It’s important to keep the arts alive.”

In the words of Hender-son, “war damn gnu Fall Fes-tival!”

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Conquer midterm season with tips from Health and WellnessAnna Beth JagerInTrIgue rePOrTer

It’s midterm season, and Health Promotion and Well-ness Services on Auburn’s campus have a few different ways Auburn students can stay healthy and stress-free during midterms.

Health and Wellness staff member Lisa gane suggests that remaining lightheart-ed through stressful times is one small way to stay on top of your game.

“The more you find your-self laughing at little things, be it something funny said in class or whatever, laugh-ter will often keep stress away and keep your mind at ease,” she said.

So take 10 minutes out of studying to watch a Will Fer-rell skit on YouTube.

Have some time to gig-gle over memes on Pinter-

est. give yourself a little bit of leeway and laugh at things around you.

It will help boost both your confidence and your immune system.

Health and Wellness staff member Blake Marble stress-es the importance of taking time out for yourself.

“relaxing, going for a run or walk and taking time to really clear your mind of ev-erything–focusing on your-self and making sure you are relaxed and well-rested can really reduce stress,” Marble said.

While time is of the essence during midterms, Health and Wellness Services said it’s im-portant to save at least thir-ty minutes or so a day just for yourself to unwind and reor-ganize your thoughts.

Marble and gane also not-ed the importance of keeping

up with your work and prior-itizing your to-do list instead of procrastinating.

Marble suggests creat-ing a to-do list in order to get things done in a timely fash-ion.

“If you have everything planned out on a list, a sense of accomplishment and moti-vation can arise when you be-gin to check things off of that list,” Marble said.

“To-do lists also help you plan accordingly so that you are not stuck with cramming in a lot of things at the last minute.”

By following these guide-lines, it is more likely you will avoid illness, stay healthier and be less stressed through midterm season.

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Thursday, Oct. 11Film screening and discussion of

“Intruder in the Dust,” a film based on the 1948 William Faulkner book at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at 5:30 p.m.

german Film Series3195 Haley Center at 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 12Auburn Writers Conference: The

Winding road: Travel and the Search for Voice

Auburn university Hotel and Conference Center at 8:30 a.m.

radio Flyer Theatre production of “The green Door” and “Service of Love”

Auburn unitarian universali st Fellowship at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 15Faculty recital with guest artistgoodwin Music Building recital Hall at

7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 16“entre nosotros: A Dialogue between

poet Francisco Aragon and his readers”Haley Center eagle’s nest South at 4 p.m.

“guarding gold Street,” an original musical

Telfair Peet Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 17“Poetry as Activism,” Brown Bag

Discussion with Francisco AragonStudent Center 2225 at 11:45 a.m.

Bilingual poetry reading and book signing with Francisco Aragon

Haley Center 2370 at 5 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 18Kite-flying carnival and barbeque with

the College of Liberal ArtsCater Lawn from 12-2 p.m.

Sounds of Auburn concert, featuring the Au Symphonic Band, Au Chamber Choir, Au Percussion ensemble, Au gospel Choir, Au Singers, Au Jazz Band and Au Marching Band

Auburn Arena at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 19Journalism Day, featuring lectures from

various journalists around the regionStudent Center9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 23Italian Film Festival presents “Scialla!”Auburn university Hotel and Conference

Center: Ballroom B beginning at 5 p.m. with a reception at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 24Italian Film Festival presents “La

scomparsa di Pato,” followed by an Italian poetry reading with Italiam studies minor students.

Auburn university Hotel and Conference Center: Auditorium at 5 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 25Tuskegee Airmen book talk and “red

Tails” film screeningJule Collins Smith Museum at 4 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 29“Angelou and the Arts: An evening of Art,

Dance and Theatre with Maya AngelouJule Collins Smith Museum at 4 p.m.

For more dates and information, visit auburn.edu/cla/celebrate.

Celebrate the past and create the future with Arts & Humanities monthThe College of Liberal Arts fills the month of October with events honoring the arts

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HelloIn a continued effort to help

you squeeze the most out of your local dining options, I’m focusing on an on-campus op-tion that students can’t seem to stay away from.

Like a loving drug deal-er, Starbucks has been loyal-ly pumping caffeine into our veins for years.

With the help of some in-sider tips, I’ve discovered that there’s an entire world of hid-den treasures at Starbucks if you just know to ask for them.

Here are some secrets that will help you get the most out of your Starbucks experience.

The secret drinkThe baristas at Starbucks

are awake at unearthly hours to open the store and greet early-morning customers. So, how do they prepare for the long morning shift ahead?

Through a secret caffeinat-ed cocktail called the Under-tow. Right before open, baris-tas toss back this carefully-crafted concoction of vanilla, half-n-half and espresso shots to wake up.

“The shots are layered by placing a spoon upside down on top of the cream so that when the shots hit the round side of the spoon, they are lay-ered on top,” said Noelle Wills, senior in microbiology and seasoned Starbucks baris-ta. “Then you chug it. You can

have as many shots as you want. It’s delicious.”

The secret to a late after-noon boost

It’s 3 p.m. You’ve just barely managed to drag your belea-guered body into our on-cam-pus Starbucks. All you want is a simple cup of coffee to get you through the day.

By late afternoon, howev-er, many of the regular roasts have run out.

Resist the instinct to curl up under a table in the fetal posi-tion.

“Pour-over is available any-time,” Wills said. “Custom-ers can also request a French press of their favorite coffee for an additional charge.”

Starbucks offers pour-over coffee by the cup at the same price.

Not only can you hand-pick your blend, but your cup of coffee will be made fresh, in-stead of being poured from the pot that’s been bubbling on the back burner for hours.

The secret slangIt’s a lifelong dream of mine

to walk up to the Starbucks counter, rattle off a stream of seemingly nonsensical words and be delivered a perfectly customized drink.

A cup of coffee with a single shot of espresso is a “Red Eye,” double shots is a “Black Eye,” and three shots is rumored to be called a “JFK,” but it might be more appropriate to stick to calling it a “Green Eye.”

“Some confusion exists with the slang ‘skinny,’” Wills said.

“Many private or local cof-fee shops use skinny to refer to non-fat milk. Starbucks uses 'skinny' to mean your choice of sugar-free syrup and non-fat milk.”

The secret menu items To create a Captain Crunch

Frappuccino, which fans claim tastes just like the childhood cereal, order a strawberries-and-cream Frappuccino with a pump of toffee nut or hazel-nut.

The zebra mocha blends the white chocolate and chocolate mochas.

If you want a bigger boost from your chai tea, a dirty chai is a chai latte with a shot of espresso.

For a new spin on an old classic, you can order your iced caramel macchiatos up-side down.

“What 'upside down' re-fers to is the shots of espres-so,” Wills said. “Instead of hav-ing the shots float on top they are put in after the vanilla but before the milk. This creates a smoother flavor. The shots on top creates a more intense fla-vor.”

The secret sizesTurns out the 12-ounce tall

cup at Starbucks isn't actual-ly their smallest size. Bringing up the rear is the adorable 8 oounce. short cup.

Touted as kid-sized, the short provides just enough coffee to get you moving, but not so much you develop an unflattering facial twitch.

On the opposite end of the scale is the 31-ounce Trenta, another under-advertised size.

The hulking Trenta holds 916 mL of your favorite coffee drink, making it slightly larg-er than the average capacity of the human stomach.

Don’t let campus dining get you down. Armed with these tricks of the trade, you can break the boredom of campus dining by treating yourself to something new and adventur-ous every afternoon...and the caffeine doesn’t hurt.

The hidden secrets of StarbucksLane JonesLANE@THEPLAINSMAN.COM

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Original musical makes its home on Auburn’s stageMallory BarrettWRITER

The Auburn University the-ater department’s 2012–13 season continues to success-fully march on with the fall semester’s second produc-tion of the original musical “Guarding Gold Street.”

Auburn local and compos-er Sean Michael Flowers and his writing partner, Marya Spring Cordes, created, wrote and composed the music for the family-drama “Guarding Gold Street.”

“We were drawn to the idea that the work would be multi-generational in its focus and so began our research read-ing hundreds of actual letters written by American wom-en spanning two centuries,” Flowers said.

Members of the theater de-partment said they have been joyously anticipating open-ing night of the new show and auditions for “Guarding Gold Street” were a popular event in August.

“I wanted to audition for this production because I personally know the compos-er, Sean Michael Flowers, and I have sung his music before,” said Madeleine Koon, senior in musical theater.

“I knew that whatever he created was bound to give us as actors a real opportunity to show life as it is: the beauty in it, but also the hardship and

struggle.”Cast member Perry Jones,

senior in theater, was also ex-cited about having the oppor-tunity to audition for Flowers’ show.

“I wanted the chance to share a story with the city and students of Auburn that I knew would be heartfelt and relevant,” Jones said.

“Guarding Gold Street,” opens Tuesday, Oct. 16, with performances each night through Saturday, Oct. 20 with a matinee Sunday, Oct. 21, tells the story of two sis-ters who return to their child-hood home after a long ab-sence, and the hardships they face upon their return.

“The show is about who we are,” Flowers said. “The ideas of family, home and the American Dream are with us–whether top-of-mind or bub-bling underneath the skin.”

Koon said she believes the original production not only tells a powerful story, but will also appeal to the Auburn community.

“It will appeal to students, I believe, because this particu-lar family dynamic will prob-ably present itself to them either very soon with their grandparents or later in life with their parents,” Koon said.

Michael Flowers, who has written several musicals throughout his career and has received national funding for

doing so, felt “Guarding Gold Street” was a story that must be shared.

“Music is the only univer-sal language on this planet,” Flowers said.

“Watch the classics…hell, watch your favorite show, but get a recording from an in-ternational cast. If the show is any good, you will under-stand what is happening and be moved, whether it's in Ko-rean or French. Being heard? That’s beyond powerful . That’s real. Connecting with people is how we survive. This is my way to do that.”

Flowers said he hopes “Guarding Gold Street” will continue to be performed well after the closing night in Auburn.

“A workshop is in the works with a professional theater ,which may lead to a produc-tion in 2013,” Flowers said.

“We’ll see. In this busi-ness, you really never know. Show business is funny and great and God my stomach can turn. My future plans for ‘Guarding Gold Street?’ Con-tinue to surround it with the love and support that I have found here at Auburn. She’ll find her legs and place in the world. I’m sure of it.”

More information, tickets, show times and upcoming productions can be found on the theater’s website at www.auburn.edu/theatre.

rebecca croomes / photo editor

perry jones, senior in theater, said he wanted the chance to share a story with auburn that was heartfelt and relevant.

rebecca croomes / photo editor

rachel pair, junior in theater, and madeleine Koon, senior in theater, practice for “guarding gold street.”

rebecca croomes / photo editor

jones and Koon will star in “guarding gold street,” a musical composed by sean michael Flowers.

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20 Some shooters,briefly

21 Go on (one’sway)

22 Certain hustler’stools

23 Setting forAriadne

24 Observation after“Clean yourroom!”

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spot32 “Oh no!” from

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Siri: Where can I get my screen replaced? The Phone Repair Place

Rebecca cRoomes / PHoTo eDIToRasher smale, sophomore in graphic design, repairs iPhone screens as a hobby and a business.

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You are walking down the street, talking to friends, when your iPhone falls out of your hands and lands smack dab on the asphalt. You cracked your iPhone screen; now what? Well, Asher Smale can help.

The sophomore in graph-ic design learned this summer to repair the cracks and began fixing iPhone screens a month ago.

“i started out with iPhones, because i figured everyone has an iPhone on campus,” Smale said. “it’s been really fun so far, and everyone that i have been able to fix phones for has been really happy. i like helping peo-ple out.”

He said he is saving money for a business license and will have a website running soon. He is also working to revamp his Facebook page, The Phone repair Place.

“Last year, i taught myself to crochet because i saw a hat that i wanted and it cost like $30,” Smale said. “And so i started making hats and sell-ing them on campus to peo-ple.”

Smale said he made around $200 making and selling the crocheted hats, but he said

the time spent making the hats was not worth the $11 he charged for them.

“it was a really cool way to make money, but it wasn’t making me nearly as much for as much work as i had to put into it,” Smale said. “i would spend like four hours on a hat. i started doing it for my-self, and then people said they wanted to buy some.”

Smale said he enjoyed cro-cheting hats as a hobby, but he wanted to figure out a way to make more money on campus.

Smale said he charges $90 for iPhone screen repairs, which covers the cost of a new screen and installation. Smale said he charges $20 for labor, and the remainder of the mon-ey goes toward the parts. Ac-cording to The Phone repair Place’s Facebook page, iPad 2 screen repairs are $120.

“if anything goes wrong, i try to smooth it over and make it cool with people,” Smale said. “everyone has been hap-py so far.”

Smale said he used his back-ground in graphic design to create business cards, fliers and a logo.

“it’s all getting done well ver-sus some guy doing phones,” Smale said.

He said the repair usually takes two hours, and he will meet the customer where they are. He said he understands people do not want to be with-out their phone for too long.

“if they had any issue with their phone, i would help them for free; i wouldn’t charge them for that,” Smale said. “if i needed to open up the phone or order a part, then i would charge them.”

Smale said his friends help him market his business. if his friends refer a custom-er to him, then Smale gives the friend $5 of the profit he makes.

Smale has only been repair-ing screens for a month, but he already has plans for the fu-ture.

“i would really like to be fixing seven phones a week; i would be really happy with that,” Smale said. “And i’d like to save up and own a physical store one day and do repairs with an actual business.”

Why repair iPhones? Smale said the answer was simple.

“People are breaking their phones all the time,” Smale said. “i can do more than screens on the iPhones, it’s just that iPhone screens are just easy to do and easy to market.”