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The Auburn Plainsman THURSDAY, April 8, 2010

A Spirit That Is Not Afraid


Vol. 116, Issue 2532 Pages

Muddin’ for Marines

Rod Guajardo/ MANAGING EDITOR

A female participant grabs an orange after fi n-ishing the Mud Run course on Saturday.

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Participants ran, crawled through mud to support Marines of Auburn

Off -road trails, waist-high creeks

and huge mud pits might sound

like obstacles from boot camp from

hell, but for the contestants of the

Amphibious Warrior Mud Run

these challenges were part of the

fun.

Aubie even got in on the action,

crawling through the mud to show

his support.

Hosted by the Marines of Au-

burn, the Amphibious Warrior Mud

Run consisted of a 5K and 10-mile

run which raised money for the

Wounded Warrior Project and the

Auburn University Marines.

Twenty percent of the proceeds

go toward the Wounded Warrior

Project, which was created to sup-

port service members severely

wounded in combat.

“We wanted to show our respect

and let them know they aren’t for-

gotten,“ said Gunnery Sgt. John

Hunter.

Th e Mud Run raised more than

$2,000 for the Wounded Warrior

Project and hosted 488 runners

from a variety of states, including

Auburn, Virginia, North Carolina

and Maryland.

Th e day of the run, 170 partici-

pants signed up.

With 12 students currently en-

listed in the Marines, Major Jeff

Dyal, Marine offi cer instructor, said

sponsoring the Wounded Warriors

Project allowed them to see and

understand the price they paid for

their fellow country men and wom-

en.

Hunter said they wanted to host

the Mud Run, not only to raise

money for the Wounded Warrior

Project, but also to create aware-

ness of the Marines’ involvement in

the community.

“We want people to talk about

this,” Hunter said. “ We want it to be

a run where kids and the family can

have fun.”

Th e Mud Run started at the Au-

burn intramural fi elds and wound

through three miles of obstacles,

including hills, mud and a surprise

water balloon ambush sprung by

the Auburn Mariners, which is a

support group for the Marines of

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Firefi ghter Jason Eversull hoses down the participants at the end of the obstacle run.

Th e Goo Goo Dolls will be

headlining the University Pro-

gram Council-sponsored con-

cert Wednesday, April 28. Doors

will open at 7 p.m., and the con-

cert will begin at 7:30 p.m. with

the band’s opener, Sister Hazel.

Th e Rocket Summer has been

touring with the Goo Goo Dolls

and will open for the band as

well.

Tickets will be available April

21. Th ere will be stations on the

Haley Concourse, Lowder and

Miller Gorrie Center. Tickets are

free, but in order to get one stu-

dents need to have their student

IDs in hand.

Tickets will be given to about

8,000 students.

Students will need to bring

their IDs along with their tickets

in order to get into the concert.

“It’s going to be in the Colise-

um, as usual,” said Paul Bagley,

the director of major entertain-

ment for UPC.

He said there will be at least

1,000 people allowed on the

fl oor.

“We’re not going to have the

chairs anymore,” Bagley said.

“Th ere’s going to be a lot more

fl oor space—more of a concert

feel.”

Th e spots on the fl oor will be

fi rst come, fi rst serve. Th ose in-

dividuals will be provided with

wristbands. Everyone else will

be in seats.

“Something the Goo Goo

Dolls do is they like to give back,”

said Sharne’ Rice, president of

UPC. “So we’re asking students

to bring a canned good to the

concert, and it will be given to

East Alabama Food Bank.”

Students can drop the cans off

in bins by the door on the way in,

Rice said.

“Previously we’ve tried to

do more things that are new,”

Bagley said.

“We were going with new

stuff , and now I’m trying to go

with stuff that may be a little bit

older, but stuff that’s good for

Auburn,” Bagley said.

He explained he didn’t come

up with the bands off the top of

his head.

Th ere were major entertain-

ment surveys given out to about

2,000 students.

UPC also had a billboard for

major entertainment, kind of

like the SGA’s Campaign Com-

plain billboards, where they got

suggestions from students on

performers they would be inter-

Th e kickoff of a new campaign hopes to

encourage safety awareness for pedestri-

ans and drivers alike in Auburn.

Th e City of Auburn and Auburn Univer-

sity has teamed up to tackle this issue in

light of recent occurrences of people be-

ing struck by cars on Magnolia Avenue

and College Street.

“It has been a long ongoing relation-

ship between the city and between Au-

burn, the campus, to look at all forms of

safety,” said Auburn University President

Jay Gogue. “We were concerned in the

last year or so. We have had a number of

pedestrian accidents and car-related in-

cidents, and so our goal has been to work

together to recognize the educational ef-

forts, enforcement eff orts and engineer-

ing solutions to the problem.”

Gogue encourages people to know the

rules and comply to traveling safely in Au-

burn.

Mayor Bill Ham, Gogue and Aubie

along with other city and University of-

fi cials gathered under the toilet-papered

trees of Toomer’s Corner Monday to in-

troduce the week-long safety campaign.

“We are obviously here to talk about

an event that really started in June of ’09,”

Ham said “And that is utilizing some stim-

ulus funds for pedestrian safety.”

Th e campaign is called “Travel With

Care” under the slogan “However you go,

go safely.”

“Th is is actually a duplicate, just a re-

vamp of some of our past campaigns,”

said Brandy Ezelle, traffi c engineer for the

City of Auburn. “Th is is not anything new

to us, but we are just getting a lot more

publicity out of it this time due to the re-

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City bolsters ‘traveling with care’

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Crosswalk signs have been put in place as part of Auburn’s “Travel With Care” initia-tive.

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ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

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DUI Arrests in the City of Auburn April 1, - April 4, 2010

CRIME REPORTSMarch 28, - April 4, 2010

March 28, North Ross Street – Th eft of property reported. One black 42” Vizio Plasma TV and one Apple Macbook Pro.

March 28, Biggio Drive – Th eft re-ported. One DirectTV receiver, one black 550 18” wheels Trek bicycle, Netfl ix “Men Who Stare at Goats” DVD and fi ve Xbox 360 games.

March 29, Harbet English Center – Th eft of property reported. One Schwinn 27” wheels bicycle with rack ($500).

March 30, 500 Block of Webster Road – Th eft reported. One black Apple Macbook charger and one white Apple Macbook.

March 31, North College Street- Th eft of fi rearms reported. One Beretta .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol.

April 2, Webster Road.– Burglary and theft reported. One 32” Sony fl atscreen TV, one pink Sony Vaio laptop, one Sony Blu-ray player and one Nintendo Wii.

April 4, Webster Road- Th eft reported. One 37” 1080p black Vizio TV, one 17” silver fl atscreen TV, one Xbox 360 and one Camoufl age Remington 870 Express youth model rifl e.

April 4, East University Drive – Burglary and theft reported. One 52” Pioneer TV, one 50” TV, one 27” Apple Mac desktop, One Apple Mac-book Pro, One Acer laptop, one HP laptop and one JL Audio Subwoofer.

- Reports provided by Auburn

Department of Public Safety

Stephen K. Hammon, 22, of Fort PayneEthan LaneApril 1, 1:56 a.m.

Pablo R. Diaz, 54, of Veracruz, Las Chiapas Lee Road 10April 1, 11:31 p.m.

Anna E. Speigner, 20, of DothanSouth Dean Road / McKinley April 2, 2:37 a.m.

Rachael L. Robinson, 26, of Denver, Colo.Wire RoadApril 2, 2:59 a.m.

Jinyeong Lee, 37, of Seoul, South KoreaShug Jordan ParkwayApril 2, 10:49 p.m.

Courtney M. Langlois, 20, of MobileRoss Street at East Thach AvenueApril 3, 3:27 a.m.

Rolando G. Sarat-Tum, 26, of Quiche, GuatemalaDuke Circle / Opelika RoadApril 3, 3:32 a.m.

Willie L. Ligon, 56, of OpelikaWest Longleaf Drive / Video WarehouseApril 3, 5:28 p.m.

Thomas W. Putnam, 22, of Winterhaven, Fla.South Debardeleben StreetApril 4, 2:38 a.m.

ested in seeing.Th e concert will last until about

11 p.m.UPC’s Tiger Nights will be held

this Friday from 7 p.m.–midnight in the Student Center. Th e theme is “City Lights, Tiger Nights.”

“What we did was we focused on seven main cities in the U.S.,” Rice said.

Cities featured will be Miami, Se-

attle, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York and Nashville.

“For each city we have themed food, like for New Orleans, we’re do-ing jambalaya,” Rice said. “We also have themed attractions. Like with Las Vegas we’re doing the casino tables. For New York we’re making street signs where you can have per-sonalized street signs for your name. And, of course, for Nashville there’s the mechanical bull and barbecue sandwiches.”

Another freebie that will be of-

fered is personalized Koozies. Participants can get their picture

printed on their own personalized Koozie.

Th e artist featured will be F.L.Y., which is known for “Swag Surfi n’.”

Th e band will perform at 7 p.m.Th e band’s opener will be D.J.

Coco, an up-and-coming British art-ist.

Tiger Nights is free for students, as long as the student has an ID.

Th e even will also be open to the general public for a $5 fee.

UPC>From A1

Auburn. Hunter said they also set up a 10-

mile race for the more adventurous.“People want to have a challenge

and we are going to give it to them,” Hunter said.

Hunter said that preparation for the Mud Run started earlier this spring.

During planning, they met every week at 7 a.m. to work on budget-ing, set up a Web site and pushed for spirit points.

“Th is event is good practice in leadership,” Dyal said. “It’s like a mis-sion given to them in the military.”

Th e Mud Run received help from

other contributors such as the Ma-rine Corps Recruiting Command and Auburn Firefi ghters.

Hunter said the MCRC was re-sponsible for most of the promotion-al aspects of the race and the Auburn Firefi ghters provided a hose for run-ners to cool off in after fi nishing the race.

According to the Tie Dye Super-stars, a team consisting of three Auburn swimmers, Alana Dillette, Jenny von Jouanne and Emile Ewing, and one alumna, Katherine Cold-well, all of the Marines hard work paid off .

“When Emilie told me about it I was really excited,” Coldwell said. “I highly recommend it.”

Th e Tie Dye Superstars said it was

challenging but fun and created op-portunities for team building.

Th e Marines of Auburn want to continue hosting the Mud Run every year.

“We are excited to bring some-thing new to the community,” Hunt-er said.

Hunter said he hopes in the future Auburn will endorse the Marines with other areas in which to race.

Encompassing the whole city of Auburn would provide more trails, lakes and terrain to race in, through and around.

Th is year was the fi rst Mud Run, but the Marines hope to make it an annual event.

“We want people to look forward to it every year,” Hunter said.

MUD>From A1

cent incidents.”Ezelle said a grant was received

in Sept. 2009 and this campaign was set to be in the spring during nice weather when more people are out-side.

“We want people to be thinking about safety no matter what mode of transportation they’re using,” said Susan McCallister, associate director of Auburn University Department of Public Safety and Security.

McCallister also wants students to think about using alternative trans-portation such as the transits, night security shuttles and bicycling in a safe manner.

“We even have a section on our Web site for other modes of trans-portation that talks a little bit about skateboards and golf carts,” McCal-lister said. “Trying to educate people about the shared-use paths on cam-pus.”

McCallister said any walkway that is 10 feet or wider is considered a shared-use path.

Any non-motorized traffi c can use these paths.

“We want bicyclist to use those, but use them with caution,” McCal-lister said. “We don’t want them going 35 mph through a crowded concourse, so it’s basically common sense.”

Improvements have been made with the temporary installation of lights and caution signs at every crosswalk on Magnolia Avenue.

“We had about six accidents in the fall semester of 2009 and we thought this is happening too much and let’s do some homework on this,” said Ainsley Carry, vice president of Stu-dent Aff airs. “We thought the light-ing could be improved, the signage could be improved and we could do more educational opportunities.”

Carry made the point of the large amount of visitors in Auburn on a daily basis who may not be familiar with rules and regulations of a cross-walk.

“It comes to our attention that we need to step up an educational piece,” Carry said. “It’s one of the hardest conversations in the world

to meet with a parent or meet with a family whose son or daughter has been injured in a car accident.”

Carry said these accidents are avoidable and cell phones or text messaging seemed to be involved in 90 percent of the accidents.

According to a press release, dur-ing the week of the campaign, mem-bers of the Auburn Police Division will increase awareness of traffi c and safety regulations, which will in-clude visibility, jaywalking and red-light running.

Volunteers will be distributing educational materials and refl ective giveaways throughout the week.

“(Police Offi cers) are going to be doing some handouts on the city streets,” Carry said. “Th en they are doing these kind of mock citations when they see people crossing the middle of the street inappropriately.”

Wednesday, April 7, everyone is encouraged to wear white in obser-vance of those who have been af-fected by pedestrian, bicycle, transit or vehicular accidents.

For more information visit www.travelwithcareauburn.com.

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Peter Cottontail hopped down the bunny trail a day

early as Auburn and Opelika celebrated Easter Saturday.

Opelika Parks and Recreation hosted Easter on the

Square in downtown Opelika, a day fi lled with egg-tiv-

ities like face painting, sidewalk chalk drawing, cookie

decorating, an egg hunt and a parade around the square.

Approximately 2,000 people gathered with friends and

family in front of the courthouse to enjoy the celebration.

“I’ve been with Opelika Parks and Recreation for 27

years, and when I was a little kid they were doing this,”

said Sam Bailey, assistant director for parks and recre-

ation. “It’s been a great venue up here.”

More than 25,000 eggs were scattered around the area

in diff erent sections for toddlers, preschoolers and fi rst

through third graders. A fl ash light egg hunt was held on

Th ursday for older children.

“I wanted my children to have a good time, especially

my daughter,” said Keith Rhyne, joined by his children

Katie and Kyle. “It’s the last year she can do it.”

Once the signal was made for the start of the hunt,

a frenzy of children dressed in pink, yellow and green

scampered in chaos until the grass was clear of eggs.

Afterward children sat with their parents to sort

through the bounty to see which eggs held the best trin-

ket or treat.

A few miles away in Auburn, a similar celebration took

place in Kiesel Park.

Th e City of Auburn Parks and Recreation hosted its

29th Annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Wachovia.

Th e egg hunt is one of the largest in Lee County, featur-

ing more than 30,000 eggs.

“It’s just a fun day to spend really as a family more than

anything else,” said Dan Gibbons, joined by sons Lee and

John.

Each egg held an age appropriate prize for each of the

four age groups, from 3 years old to 12.

Th e prizes ranged from small toys to prize slips, such

as coupons for Chick-fi l-A.

Th e most coveted of eggs were two golden ones which

held $50 savings bonds from Wachovia. Th ey were found

by Brian Armbruster, 4, and Luke Burgess, 11.

“We encourage everyone to stay after the hunt, be-

cause we don’t do some of the events the other commu-

nities do,” said Alison Hall, community programs direc-

tor with Auburn Parks and Recreation. “We want ours to

be more of a laid-back family picnic kind of atmosphere.”

For the rest of the day, families enjoyed music, picture

taking with the Easter bunny and free soft drinks.

Hamburgers and hotdogs were provided by Th e Great-

er Kiwanis Club of Auburn with proceeds benefi ting

needy families through the community.

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(Above) Carson Bailey of Opelika paints an Easter egg on Kallie’s, 3, face during Easter on the Square in Opelika Saturday morning. Bailey, an Opelika High School student, volunteered during the event. (Right, from left to right) Alex, 3, and Wyatt, 3, throw bread for the fi sh in the pond to eat during Auburn Egg’s Hunt at Kiesel Park Saturday morning.


Clarence Perry of Opelika helps his son Jaclarence, 5, frost a cookie during the Opelika Easter festivi-ties. In addition to cookies, kids also got goodie bags from the stand.

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Honors were given to employee of the month and all resolutions were approved Tuesday night at the Auburn City Council meeting.

In the Committee of the Whole meeting before the Council meeting, the results for the City of Au-burn’s 2010 Citizen Sur-vey were presented to the council.

Th e survey is conduct-ed annually to evaluate citizen satisfaction with the city government and operations, according to auburnalabama.org.

“Th e thing I am most pleased with are the ar-eas citizens wanted to

pay attention to, traffi c in neighborhoods, speeding and intersection improve-ment,” said Mayor Bill Ham. “Th ose are areas we have spent a lot of exper-tive hours to duplicate.”

Th e six-page survey was sent to 1,500 random households in Auburn. Of those, 778 were completed and returned.

Flow of traffi c and main-tenance of city streets were the areas residents thought should receive the most emphasis in Auburn for the next two years.

Th ese have been the top priorities since 2004.

Satisfaction with traffi c fl ow and ease of travel by bicycle is signifi cantly in-creased in the 2010 survey, according to auburnala-

bama.org.Earline S. Cobb, deputy

city clerk, was named em-ployee of the month.

Cobb has been working for Auburn for 36 years.

“It was quite an honor being selected employee of the month,” Cobb said. “I have served the city for a number of years and just appreciate being recog-nized for what is really my job.”

Service pins and plaques were also reward-ed to honor Todd White, of the economic develop-ment department, Ralph Hovey and David Ponder, both of the public works department.

Bill Sherling was nomi-nated to fi ll the vacancy on the library board.

Th e position is a four-year term. It was previ-ously occupied by William L. Alford, who has served two full terms.

Under Boards and Com-missions, Joel Tremaine and Charles Hendrix were nominated to fi ll the va-cancies on the Historic Preservation Commission.

A Korean automotive supplier is expanding its operations in Auburn. Pyongsan America, Inc., has invested $5 million in expansion and create 100 additional jobs during the next two years.

“We are thrilled to be able to off er Pyongsan a solution for growth in Au-burn,” Ham said in a press release. “Under the lead-ership of Chairman Bang

Soo Lee, and President Francis Yoon, Pyongsan has grown to employ over 100 employees, and plan to double the number of jobs over the next few years. Th is is great news for our citizens and evidence of our success of our strategy to build a diverse indus-trial base in Auburn.”

Th e remainder of the resolutions were passed without objections.

Th e resolutions includ-ed granting liquor licenses for Baja Burrito Company and China Palace, both on South College.

Drainage and utility easements for the Bent Creek West Sewer Phase II Project and the intersec-tion of East Glenn Avenue at Mike Hubbard Boule-

vard were accepted.Contracts for sanitary

sewer construction with Glass Garden LLC., side-walk construction in El-lington Place subdivision and parking deck mainte-nance repairs project were also approved.

In the “Other Busi-ness” portion of the meet-ing, Councilman Arthur L. Dowdell of Ward 1 brought up his concern about the ethnic diversity of construction workers in his district.

“A lot of Mexicans was doing a lot of the dealings over in our community,” Dowdell said. “I think several community lead-ers wanted to see more blacks have subcontracts in North Auburn projects.”

A long-planned Auburn interchange has offi cially been given the go-ahead for construction.

Exit 50, known as the Auburn Technology Park Exchange, has been part of the city of Auburn’s plan for years, but lack of funds delayed construction.

“Just recently funds were put back from the federal government to the state for major highway projects,” said City Man-

ager Charlie Duggan. “It was essentially put on hold back in September with us not knowing when or if it would get funded.”

Th at September delay was caused by the expira-tion of the Alabama High-way bill, which led to Ala-bama losing about $170 million in highway funds, Duggan said.

Jeff Ramsey, director of Auburn Public Works, said the funding for the inter-change came from a com-bination of contributors.

“(Th e money) is split be-

tween the special earmark for transportation bills, the money from the De-partment of Transport and some money we get from the federal government with a little bit of match money from us, about $300,000 or $295,000,” Ramsey said.

Ramsey also said he be-lieved money from the fed-eral stimulus package was used, and without that money, the project would not be completed this year.

Money issues momen-tarily solved, Ramsey said

the main function of the interchange would be to increase traffi c fl ow.

“Th is goes back to when the South College exit was designed and built,” Ramsey said. “Obviously, Auburn is a growing com-munity. We depend on a lot of traffi c between here and Montgomery. A lot of people use the interstate. And so, in order to keep the good level of service at the South College inter-state, we needed another interchange to separate some of that traffi c.”

Th e city had another in-terchange slotted for Au-burn since 2004, 2005 and even earlier in the long-range plan, Duggan said.

“We had an interchange slotted, another inter-change for Auburn, and the long-range plan is to create an outer loop for the city of Auburn,” Dug-gan said.

Duggan said the “outer loop” eff ect created by the interchange would be similar to the loop-like structure of Shug Jordan Parkway and East Univer-

sity Drive. Both Ramsey and Dug-

gan said Auburn was a growing city and needed the extra interchange to help traffi c fl ow smoothly.

“If you look at the city of Opelika, there are fi ve interchanges and in that city there is half the popu-lation,” Duggan said. “But there are only two inter-changes here in Auburn serving twice the popula-tion.”

Duggan said he expects construction to mobilize toward the end of May.

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Cable TV customers

of Auburn will gain the

knowledge of competition

between their service pro-

viders.

Auburn was intro-

duced to cable television

in 1959 and has had only

one choice in service, said

Mayor Bill Ham.

Knology is moving into

the area and will put an

end to the 50-year reign of

a market monopolized by

Charter Communications.

A groundbreaking cer-

emony was held Th ursday

April 1 at the Knology of-

fi ce in the Tutton Hill de-

velopment off Hamilton

Road.

“We are thrilled Knology

is willing to bring high-end

Internet and all the capa-

bility that come with their

services to the local area,”

Ham said. “And bring

some competition for our

citizens. Th ey have been

begging for this for years

and years.”

Ham said he gets the

most questions and com-

ments about whether an

additional cable company

is going to provide compe-

tition in the market.

“We think we are part-

nering with a very good

company,” Ham said.

“Small enough to provide

excellent service and still

has incredible integrity.”

Th e vote for progressive

movement on this project

was unanimous in City

Council, Ham said.

“We already have one

cable provider,” said City

Manager Charlie Duggan.

“But we think by an intro-

duction to another that

everyone’s service is going

to improve and rates will

go down. Th at is certainly

what we are hoping for.”

However, service is not

going to be here tomor-

row, but rather in time as

Knology spreads its wires

throughout Auburn, Dug-

gan said.

“Th e product that

they’re off ering, they’re all

about high-speed and also

customer service,” Dug-

gan said. “Th ose are two of

the things I know citizens

have been very interested

in.”

Duggan also said Knol-

ogy’s data off erings for

broadband service are ex-

cellent and they have two

call centers located do-

mestically.

“We are going to pro-

vide advanced services

that will meet everybody’s

needs,” said Bill King, net-

work manger for Knology.

“It won’t be anything be-

low the current desire of

the people.”

Knology’s headquarters

are in West Point, Ga. Th e

company claims it is the

leading provider of inter-

active communications

and entertainment ser-

vices. Th e company also

founded the Internet ser-

vice provider, Mindspring.

Knology off ers more

than 200 digital channels,

local and long-distance

calling and high-speed In-

ternet access.

“As a resident of Auburn

for 12 years I can tell you

this is just a phenom-

enal and wonderful place

to live, but it is about to

be even more wonder-

ful when Knology comes

to town,” said Todd Holt,

president and CFO of

Knology.

Anticipation about the

new business venture is

shared between Auburn

and Knology.

“We are excited to be

moving in and the plan we

are going to put in is state

of the art basically,” said

Paul Lujam, network su-

pervisor for Knology. “We

are not going fi ber to the

home, but fi ber to the curb

with a node plus eighty.”

A node plus eighty

means only one amp feed-

ing 80 homes with service,

Lujam said.

“It is going to be a lot

easier to maintain, a lot

quicker to upgrade, so the

future is going to be pretty

bright for people in this

area,” Lujam said.

Lujam also said modem

speeds will be top notch

with the installation of

new equipment.

“We are going to invest

about $15 million in the

next three years to build

out a broadband network,”

said Royce Ard, general

manager for Knology.

Representatives at

Charter Communications

were not available for

comment.

“I am actually pretty ex-

cited about Knology com-

ing in,” said Bradley Green,

senior in radio, television

and fi lm. “I may be in the

Auburn area after I gradu-

ate. Charter has been a

pain in the past, and I look

forward to having some

choice.”

The Auburn Plainsman News, A5Thursday, April 8, 2010

Knology ends 50-year cable monopolyDANIEL CHESSER


Emily Adams/ ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

(From left to right) Chad Wachter, vice president of Knology, Gene Dulaney, City Council member, M. Todd Holt, president of Knology, Mayor Bill Ham, Tom Worden, City Council member, and Royce Ard, general manager of Knology, at the ground-breaking ceremony of Knology. Knology will offer Auburn residents an alternative for cable and internet service.

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Staff Column

I love the spring and

summer.

I love getting to wear

shorts, tank tops and fl ip-

fl ops.

But every year it never

fails: as soon as it gets

warm outside, it gets freez-

ing inside.

It’s frustrating because

even when its 80 degrees

outside I have to bring a

jacket to class.

It bothers me carrying

extra weight in my already

burdensome backpack for

such a dumb reason.

And having a sweatshirt

on doesn’t keep your legs

from getting cold—and

I’m not about to wear

sweatpants in the blister-

ing Alabama heat.

I understand the air

conditioner is turned on in

the summer. Th at’s fi ne.

But why is the tempera-

ture turned down so low?

Why can the tempera-

ture not stay about the

same inside throughout

the year?

It baffl es me.

It doesn’t make sense for

me to be sweating outside,

but have goose bumps in-

side.

Th is is a constant strug-

gle I have with my parents

when I’m at home.

Th ey’re warm-natured,

and like to keep the house

at about 70 degrees.

Th at doesn’t work.

Call me high-mainte-

nance, but it has to be at

about 73 degrees for me to

be comfortable.

I truly can tell a diff er-

ence between tempera-

tures.

I don’t feel that I should

have to wear a sweatshirt

inside.

And when I was pack-

ing to go home for Easter,

sweatshirts were the last

thing on my mind.

Needless to say, I was

shivering the whole week-

end.

If only I’d had a Snuggie.

Problem solved.

But seriously, this is

something that bothers

me year-round.

I don’t have a problem

controlling the tempera-

ture in my own apartment.

Why can the school not

do the same?

Can the faculty mem-

bers not feel how unrea-

sonably cold it is?

Do they not care that

there students are shaking

during class?

I’m not saying it needs

to be a particular tempera-

ture that suits my personal

preferences.

But there have been

times when I’ve walked

into a classroom that was

set to about 58 degrees.

Th ere is absolutely no

reason for that, and I high-

ly doubt that anyone fi nds

that to be a comfortable

temperature.

I agree that it’s better for

it to be too cold than too

hot.

But both extremes are

distracting when you’re

trying to pay attention in

class.

If my body is convulsing

to keep me from getting

frost bite, I’m not focusing

on what the teacher is say-

ing.

My survival is more im-

portant to me than learn-

ing oxidation numbers.

It’s not that I don’t try to

pay attention.

If I could will myself to

be comfortable, I would.

But that just doesn’t

happen.

Th e point is that it’s fi -

nally spring, and it would

be nice if it would feel like

it inside, too.

Ladies: pale is the new tan

Michelle Wilder is cam-

pus editor of Th e Auburn

Plainsman. You can

reach her at 844-9109.

Walking around cam-

pus, it is easy to want to

conform to the ways of

other students.

Wearing the same types

of clothing, shoes and

hairstyles is hard to avoid.

But one thing I notice is

how tan every girl is at the

beginning of spring.

It makes me wonder if

everyone else has some-

how been slipping off to

a tropical island while I

am bundled up during the

frigid winter weather.

I mean, when it gets

even the slightest bit

warm outside, out come

the bare legs.

And might I say, they

are not the same pale

color as mine that have

not seen the sun for about

six months.

Last time I checked,

skin does not get darker

from being covered up in

winter clothes.

Being golden brown at

the start of short-wearing

weather can only mean

one of two things: you

are either addicted to a

tanning bed or you have a

natural dark complexion.

If it’s the latter, then

good for you.

If not, shame on you for

subjecting your skin to

dangerous, concentrated

ultraviolet rays that put

you at a high risk for

developing malignant

melanoma.

In fact, studies have

shown that a person who

lies in a tanning bed more

than 10 times a year is

seven times more likely

to develop malignant

melanoma than a person

who does not use tanning

beds.

Th e Centers for Disease

Control also says tanning

beds can cause serious eye

problems such as damage

to the retina and corneal

infections.

So although your skin

may look tan and ready

for a bathing suit, the ma-

chine darkening your skin

is doing more damage

than you think.

Th e benefi ts of hav-

ing darker skin for a few

summer months should

not outweigh the costs of

damaging your body in

the long run.

Tanning beds are un-

healthy. Th e ultraviolet

rays in them penetrate

deeply, which can develop

cancer and eye problems,

increase your risk of pre-

mature aging and damage

your immune system.

Unless you want to

look like a piece of leather

stretched over a skeleton

and have numerous skin

issues when you get older,

ditch the visits to the tan-

ning bed.

Whoever said everyone

has to have a golden skin

tone?

Embrace pale.

It’s a good color on you.

Sweatshirts? In 80 degrees?

Laura [email protected]

Michelle [email protected]

Laura Maxwell is

assistant news editor of

Th e Auburn Plainsman.

You can reach her

at 844-9109.

Tenure changes a welcomed writIt seems odd to have to say this, but

Alabama school districts now have

the power to fi re teachers convicted of

major felonies or sex off enses.

Until last week, due to Alabama’s

strong teacher tenure laws, school

districts were unable to take such ac-

tions and those felonious faculty were

allowed to stay on the payroll.

We’re mainly upset it has taken this

state this long to pass such a bill.

What does it say about our state that

we actually have to even pass such a

bill?

For too long, teacher tenure has been

taken for granted.

While every teacher doesn’t abuse

the system, some use the protection of

tenure to slack off from their responsi-

bilities in the classroom, knowing full

well their institution would be hard

pressed to fi nd a way to fi re them.

Th e intent behind tenure was origi-

nally a noble one.

Afraid of persecution from angry

parents or school boards for teaching

controversial material like evolution or

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” tenure was seen

as a way to insulate the classroom from

the sway of public opinion.

If teachers could live free from the

fear of fi ring, they could plan lessons

and activities perfectly designed to

engage and excite young minds.

Th ose great intents gave way to pow-

erful unions and iron-clad contracts,

allowing the type of abuse we have in

Alabama today.

While these reforms are small steps

in the right direction, more revisions

are needed.

Th e methods through which tenure

is achieved need to be closely exam-

ined.

At the high school level, tenure is

given by some districts by just working

at a school for three years and passing

a basic review process.

If teachers are going to be aff orded

protection from fi ring, shouldn’t they

be required to do more than just stay

in one place for an extended amount of

time?

Th e problem with instituting the nec-

essary amendments to the tenure is-

sues is the strong opposition bound to

come from teachers and their unions.

Giving up the long-standing protec-

tions teachers have enjoyed for nearly

a century will prove diffi cult, but these

reforms must happen if we want to

have schools fi lled with eff ective, en-

gaged teachers.

Th e system must be reformed and

revived so that it can survive.

Th e status quo in our schools is

not where we need to be, so we need

solutions and suggestions that up-end

normalcy.

True tenure reform is a beginning.

Toughen ‘Travel with Care’When we fi rst saw one of the “tickets”

being handed out to pedestrians on

Magnolia this week, we all had a good

laugh.

“Seriously?” was heard throughout

the offi ce, and jovial joking soon gave

way to anger and indignation.

Is this a joke?

What good will handing out meaning-

less tickets to passers-by do?

It turns Magnolia into a vehicle-fi lled

version of the Concourse—they might

as well be standing out there with blank

pieces of paper saying, “Here, please

throw this away.”

While we applaud the City’s and the

University’s quick action here, we can’t

help but think their combined eff orts

are more than a bit misguided.

We had reports of “tickets” being

handed to students without any expla-

nation whatsoever.

One student told us he thought he

had won something.

Does this sound like an eff ective use

of time, money and eff ort to combat this

issue?

Would we fare better if attentions

were focused elsewhere?

Tickets that have no fi rm, tangible

consequences attached with them are a

waste of the paper they are printed on,

money provided in part from the gov-

ernment’s economic recovery package.

If you honestly want to encourage safe

pedestrian behavior, take some advice

we’ve given you before: issue real tickets.

Let one student get hit with a $138

jaywalking ticket and we sincerely

doubt you’ll need any more.

And, if the behavior still continues,

those fees and fi nes will no doubt prove

a great boon to the budget necessary to

run the “Travel with Care” program.

Th e city could even raise the fees to

a seemingly astronomical number like

$300. Such penalties are not uncommon

in large cities—why not bring some of

that zeal here?

Th e Web site and information off ered

by the “Travel with Care” program are

great, but we doubt students will take

the time to actually fi nd said Web site.

Th e structural and aesthetic changes

made to Magnolia, while severe, will no

doubt help save a life or two.

Sadly, a simple yellow piece of paper

with safety tips on the back is not

enough to hold or even pique the inter-

est of the average student.

Bold change is needed.

Strong enforcement and constant

vigilance should be the guiding prin-

ciples in a continued endeavor to keep

our citizenry safe.

Let loose the full force of the law.

End these travesty “tickets” and treat

this issue with the dignity it demands.

Send us your letters, rants, complaints and raves at

[email protected]

Th e music scene in Au-

burn is steadily growing.

Th e local bands are begin-

ning to come out of hiding

and slowing replacing the

piercing sound of the Velco

Pygmies with something

more enjoyable to listen to

on a Saturday night.

As far as the larger names

go, we sadly have to depend

on UPC to bring one band

a semester to the campus,

and they have to fi nd a way

to please the entire student

body with one band in one

genre.

Th is year the Goo Goo

Dolls are coming to Auburn.

Let me just say, I am

thrilled.

And Sister Hazel is open-

ing up for them.

Usually UPC focuses

specially on the upcom-

ing bands and the newer

names.

But this year we get a free

trip back to high school.

Cheers to you: UPC and

Paul Bagley.

I haven’t been a fan of all

the bands that have visited

Auburn in my time, but I

can say I will be one of the

fi rst in line at this concert.

Th ere is approximately

1,000 allotted spaces avail-

able on the fl oor in front

of the stage to give it a real

concert feel in the Coliseum.

Th ey aren’t the next big

band nor the new, hot thing,

but they are a ’90s classic

that everyone enjoys singing

along with.

Bagley put it into a great

perspective when he said

he wanted to bring a band

that the whole Auburn

community could enjoy and

not single out one group of

people.

UPC did surveys, ques-

tionnaires and asked for

input from their recent

concerts to come to this

decision.

Th ey made a good choice.

Obviously, not everyone

is going to be pleased. You

can’t bow to everyone.

But as a whole for the

general student body, this

was a great choice.

Th e budget and contract

time that the band will be

playing hasn’t been released

yet, but we will let you know

next week in a interview

with Bagley about the selec-

tion process of bands.

It’s a way for you to know

what goes on behind the

scenes.

For this year, the work

behind the scenes seemed

to work.

I’m looking forward to the

concert, UPC.

Your View

Thursday, APril 8, 2010 A7COMMENTARY

Lindsey [email protected]

“A lot of Mexicans was doing a lot of the dealings over in our community. I think several com-munity leaders wanted to see more blacks have subcontracts in North Auburn projects.”

-Arthur Dowdell,city councilman,

on the ethnicity of construction workers in his district

Last week’s question:

“Was the April Fool’s Issue a success?”

>Yes: 39 percent> No: 41 percent> Th e news was fake?: 20 per-cent

Th is week’s question:

“Should jaywalkers be ticketed?”

>Yes> No

Go to www.theplainsman.com to vote.

Editor, Th e Auburn Plainsman

I regret to inform you that my vote for the new Student Activity Center is in no way “yes.”

If there are so many students using the current Student Act at localized times of the day then may the authorities consider extending the operating hours.

Also which facilities of the current Act are used extensively?

After reading Th e Plainsman, it appears my un-derstanding was the exercise equipment is under the most demand.

One would rationalize how it’s possible that there are waiting times for the equipment at concentrat-ed times like the morning and late afternoon.

For me, I have yet to use the facility for any event. Let’s see I’m sure, actually, quite certain, that I am

already, have been and will be, paying student fees towards its services, an “amenity” along with athlet-ics that does not benefi t me.

Although I understand my contribution is crucial for the whole of the student population.

Th e student population I support is the present one of which I am a tiny part of.

Th is Referendum will not benefi t me, nor my student population to whom I belong.

A campus subject that most certainly alters my quality of life is Th e Plainsman.

Irony at its best?How ironic that the campus newspaper, some-

thing I look forward to, is NOT, let me emphasize “not” included in my student fees.

If I can choose which party my $7.50 goes to well I pick Th e Plainsman.

So, may I vote for the option of where and who will receive my fi nancial support?

After hearing of the gray news about the decline of Th e Plainsman I was shocked.

First of all, how can something like this occur considering that the students seeking [education for] a career in the writing fi elds greatly benefi t [boon] from this, above me and any other readers of the campus news.

Secondly, who else will the students on campus turn to for literature on professors, events, & oh yeah the sports section!

Th e reasons for concern of Th e Plainsman’s fading are unique to each reader.

Ultimately it boils down to 1984 whence the newspaper, Plainsman, was no longer included in Auburn Student fees.

What occurrences edited the fi nancial support of Th e Plainsman?

Or better yet who wrangled this recision of funds for Th e Plainsman?

Th e fact that print of news is in a rut baffl es me.I grew up in a time when this thing, system which

utilizes the high data transfer ports connecting users with a guide for composing thoughts relayed through communication, known as the internet wasn’t so trusted & readers weren’t so gullible to internetted means.

Enough with “the times they are a changin’.”Our species relies on seeing is believing and a

documented story is priceless to/for history.Th ey sayers ridding of printed news is ludicrous. What’s next to diminish printed journals?Articles of all forms?Magazines? Catalogues?Books?Our society will waste ink pens by not using one

until it is empty and can not put forth $1.50 to Th e New York Times’ ink and paper.

Besides the history and tradition newspaper represents I enjoy the Auburn campus newspaper Th e Plainsman.

It would be unfortunate for the student body to support a building they may never see while all along the status of that building will not receive such a grandiose report worthy of all War Eagle[d] Plains-Men.

Rebecca Anthony

AU Alumna

Almost one year ago, I

was inadvertently in-

troduced to a series of

sentence fragments that

would forever alter the

course of my life.

I was going through the

drive-thru at the Burger

King in Opelika with my

friend Bobby, eagerly

awaiting our order of fries

and Coke-fl avored Icees.

As we pulled up to the

window to pay for our

purchases, we were met

by a heavy-set woman

with long DayGlo colored

fi ngernails who mumbled

the price incoherently and

grabbed the $20 from my

hand the minute I stuck it

out of the window.

She quickly tapped

several buttons on the reg-

ister, eventually hitting the

magic one that allowed

the register to open to

produce our change.

As she handed me my

change and our order,

she uttered those life-

changing and mystifying

fragments: “ ’Preciate it.

Have a day.”

Bobby and I thanked

her and I rolled up my

window as we started to

speed out of the parking

lot.

“What did she just say?”

I asked Bobby. “Did she

really just say...”

“ ‘Preciate it. Have

a day,’” Bobby replied.

“Th at’s what she said.”

I hardly knew where to

begin.

As an undergraduate

English major, I have to

watch myself to keep my

inner pedantic grammar-

ian in check.

I’m a threat to take the

trusty red pen and correct

copy mistakes I see out in

the world at large.

When presented with

such a lovely example of

authentic sentence frag-

ments as a part of real

world dialogue, my inner

English teacher jumped

for joy.

“Have a day,” I replied,

trailing off as I reached the

end. “What kind of day

am I supposed to have?

Th ere’s no adjective there.”

Was I supposed to have

a good day fi lled with joy,

happiness and gratuitous

action scenes fi lled with

explosions?

Was I fated to have a

horrible day fi lled with

enough angst and grief

to make 19th-century

German literature seem

exuberant and buoyant by

comparison?

Where was my adjec-

tive, that delightful,

necessary word to give

that noun “day” a sense of

direction and purpose?

“Maybe that’s just it,”

Bobby said. “Maybe she

just means have a day.

Make your own day, you

know?”

When Bob’s right, he’s

right.

“ ’Preciate it. Have a

day.” has become a bit of a

personal mantra, a way to

bolster my spirits and pre-

pare myself for whatever

day may lie ahead of me.

Good or bad, I should

“ ’preciate” the life I have,

the living I’m allowed to

continue.

Th ere is no adjective

there because we are em-

powered to adjectivize our

own days.

We have to take power

of our own lives and mold

our actions to create the

world in which we want

to live.

If you want to have a

happy day, choose to be

happy. Make choices and

decisions you think will

make you happy.

If you are determined to

have a bad day, go all out

and wallow in self pity and

sorrow until you’ve cre-

ated your own Sylvia Plath

scenario. Just don’t put

your head in that oven—

it’s not worth it.

So often we render

ourselves powerless by not

taking control of lives.

You can’t be passive

when it comes to you; you

must be an advocate and

lobbyist for your own best

interests.

I don’t know what sort

of life experiences led

that noble Burger King

employee to impart that

wisdom to Bobby and

me, but we will be forever

indebted to her.

To this day, we generally

end our phone conversa-

tions and meetings with

those two simple sentence

fragments, reminding

ourselves we can have

whatever kind of day we

want to have.

In life, there will always

be what I like to call

“peripheral people,” the

random background ac-

tors in your life that will

occasionally bless you

with words of hope or

wisdom.

Th ese peripheral people

can be anyone or every-

one, so you must have

constant vigilance in look-

ing for them.

If you don’t wake up and

pay attention, you may

miss the unadorned bril-

liance of an error-laced

non sequitur or throw-

away factoid.

Keep an eye out and an

ear open for your periph-

eral people.

You’ll appreciate it and

have a day.

Wisdom, life lessons from Burger King drive-thru window

Cliff [email protected]

Cliff McCollum is opin-

ions editor of Th e Auburn

Plainsman. You can

reach him at 844-9109.

Staff Column

Alumna raises concerns with new Student Activity Center

helen northcutt

Magnolia’s Future

Lindsey Davidson is

editor of Th e Auburn

Plainsman. You can

reach her at 844-9021.

UPC gets seal of approval

A bill removing teach-

ers who have been con-

victed of major felonies

was signed into law last

Wednesday by Gov. Bob

Riley.

Th e bill was fi led in re-

sponse to a Washington

County teacher who was

convicted of child entice-

ment, but was still receiv-

ing pay while serving a

prison sentence.

Th e bill aff ects K-12

schools, not colleges.

In order to prevent

similar situations from oc-

curring, the bill also says

schools will “provide for

the immediate cancella-

tion of the employment

contract of a teacher on

continuing service status,

a principal, or a contract

principal and the imme-

diate termination of em-

ployment of a non-proba-

tionary employee who is

convicted of a felony or sex

off ense involving a child.”

Principal Jason Wright

of Auburn Junior High

School said he thinks this

bill is well overdue.

“We do not need to have

convicted felons working

on a daily basis with our

children,” Wright said.

Jacque Williams, a Pine

Level Elementary School

teacher in Autauga Coun-

ty, said she also thinks the

bill is a good idea.

“I think school systems

will be better for remov-

ing teachers who are not

responsible role models

for our children,” Williams

said.

Wright said the Wash-

ington County situation

pointed out a fl aw in the

state’s tenure system.

Wright said he hopes

this bill will address ten-

ure-related issues.

Williams also said she

thinks the bill will begin

the process of weeding out

teachers who slack on the

job, but remain employed

because of the tenure sys-

tem.

“Because our school sys-

tems have tenure, some-

times teachers who aren’t

doing their job are get-

ting paid,” Williams said.

“While at the same time,

teachers who could do a

better job are unemployed

because schools aren’t hir-

ing new teachers.”

However the bill is not

limited to sex-related of-

fenses, Wright said.

“Th e new law covers

Class-A felonies such as

murder, fi rst-degree rape,

fi rst-degree arson, fi rst-

degree robbery and fi rst-

degree burglary,” Wright

said.

Th e law goes into eff ect

immediately and impacts

anyone holding a certifi -

cate, regardless of place of

employment.

“Even though it seems

somewhat harsh to weed

out teachers, it’s some-

thing that is long overdue,”

Williams said. “Our chil-

dren deserve the best edu-

cation they can get, and

if that means removing

some teachers and equip-

ping schools with more

eff ective teachers, then

that’s what’s best.”

Elizabeth Cook, a for-

mer teacher in the Ala-

bama school system, said

she’s excited to see Ala-

bama Legislature begin to

take action in this particu-

lar area.

“I don’t think we should

pay somebody just be-

cause they’re tenured,”

Cook said. “Th ere should

be limitations on it. Th ere

are so many people who

have their teaching posi-

tion just because they’ve

been in the school system

for three years.”

He gets bored running more than 15 miles on a road.

So he decided to run 135 miles in Death Valley.

Will Ansick, senior in health administration, is the

youngest Alabama resident to be accepted as a runner in

the Badwater Ultramarathon. He’s 23.

“Th ey only take 90 runners from around the world

every year,” Ansick said. “It’s been something I’ve been

shooting for for a couple years.”

While Ansick played soccer and wrestled in high

school, he did not focus on running until about six years

ago when he got to college, and he “got fat.”

“I guess one of the things that really attracted me to

(running) is, with a team, there’s always someone that

can hide and get by by their team pulling up for them,”

Ansick said. “When you’re running, whether it’s triath-

lons or duathlons or marathons, it’s you, by yourself,

against the elements and the other racers.”

Ansick met his wife Emily through running. He said

they love marathons so much they named their now

19-month-old son “Miles.”

To gain acceptance into Badwater, Ansick had to have

run at least two races of 100-miles within a certain time

frame within the last two years. He said there are other

qualifi cations, but what helped him is having acted as a

pacer for a Badwater runner during the last few years.

“Leading up to my fi rst 100-miler I had a lot of anxiet-

ies, a lot of doubts,” Ansick said. “Even though I trained

my butt off for it (it was still kind of scary).”

Ansick said he is also feeling some nerves looking to-

ward Badwater. During the race temperatures can blaze

up to 130 degrees, and the pavement can get so hot it

melts the racers sneakers.

Ansick said he thinks he can complete the race in 33

to 40 hours. He said racers typically drink a bottle of fl uid

every mile. His favorite running drink is grape-fl avored

Motor Tabs.

Ansick said racers complete the race through a combi-

nation of running and walking the 135 miles.

“During that week (I got accepted) I was going back

and forth the whole time,” Ansick said. “Because it was

something I really want to do, but I almost hope I didn’t

get accepted so that I wouldn’t have to go out there just

because it’s so scary. But at the same time it’s really ex-

citing.”

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BTHURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010

Women in short skirts, high

heels and skin-tight leggings pa-

raded down the run-way in the Student

Center ballroom Sat-urday night as cheering

onlookers showered the models with dollar bills.

Soon after, stylish rappers and a long-haired dude in the

style of Carlos Santana and Jesus were rocking out. The party went on well into

the night and, by the end, the Au-burn Gay-Straight Alliance hoped

it had made its point. “We feel that transgendered in-

dividuals need the same protections as the rest of us,” said Bryan Stisher

of AGSA. The second annual “What a Drag”

event sought to bring attention to Auburn’s transgendered students who are currently

not protected under Auburn’s non-discrimi-nation policy. “It was a huge effort by the entire organiza-

tion,” said Katie Rowe, AGSA president. “We all just banded together and said let’s get this go-

ing.” The night featured AGSA members and others

dressed in drag performing musical numbers. The performers took stage names including “Sir

Walter Riley,” “Francesca Diamond” and “Butch Cas-sidy.” The evening was meant to poke fun at the stereotypical

ideas of gender roles AGSA feels the University adminis-tration is endorsing by excluding gender identity from the

non-discrimination clause. “It’s about expressing yourself,” said Braxton Tanner, an

AGSA member. “It’s about getting others out of their comfort

Auburn Gay-Straight

Alliance hosts

second annual ‘What a Drag’

zone to get them to understand something. This breaks down the wall.”

Self-expression was a major theme of the evening, as perform-ers “went for it” in every sense.

Perhaps producing the most head turns was the professional dancer “The Grand Duchess,” Cotaliya von Trapp. Trapp hip-hopped her way through songs, pulling off several splits that one attendee described as “epic.”

Trapp seeks to inspire a new perspective of entertainment through her performances.

“I want people to understand that entertainment is entertainment,” Trapp said. “No matter what race, or gender, or any other category, anyone can express themselves.”

While the performances were the highlight of the evening, AGSA also pushed the attendees to sign a petition they intend to deliver to President Jay Gogue and other administrators stating their case.

“We want to make an impact,” Rowe said. “This year we have a petition to show the higher-ups. They think if we already have sexual orientation protected, it’s enough. Unfortunately, it’s not.”

Auburn added sexual orientation to the policy in 2007 when AGSA and other like-minded organiza-tions lobbied the administration.

However, the administration felt gender identity was not a neces-sary distinction to be addressed. AGSA feels otherwise.

Trapp has lived in the Auburn area for three years and recog-nizes that the culture on campus is not always friendly toward the LGBT community, particularly the transgendered population.

ERIC AUSTIN

WRITER

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Left to Right: Camille von Trapp, Jennifer An-gleina Dazzle and Kitty St. James perform at the second annual “What a Drag,” hosted by Gay-Straight Alliance Saturday night.

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Auburn’s College of Ag-riculture will say good-bye to its dedicated dean, Richard Guthrie, in May.

Since giving up his semi-r e t i r e m e n t and returning to the Univer-sity to serve as interim dean in 2005, Guthrie has also served as director of the Alabama Agricultural E xp e r i m e n t Station for the last fi ve years.

“Most of his eff orts have been related to the Experi-ment Station, associated research and coordinat-ing programs within the Extension service,” said Dale Coleman, professor and coordinator of un-dergraduate programs in animal science. “However, he has always valued the academic side and recog-nizes accomplishments of students and faculty.”

Growing up on a small farm in Union Springs, Guthrie has had a rich ag-ricultural background.

Guthrie’s family owned dairy and beef cattle and raised broilers for a period of several years.

“My brother, dad and I had to get up early and milk cows every morning,”

Guthrie said. “We had to get done in time to catch the school bus. We did whatever we could do to make a living.”

Guthrie’s mother helped on the farm when her sons were at school and her husband worked else-

where, but she was re-sponsible for many other h o u s e h o l d tasks too, Guthrie said.

“She did a whole lot of cooking, canning and freezing and also worked

in the garden,” Guthrie said. “She didn’t have a job, but she worked really hard all her life.”

Guthrie graduated from Auburn and worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the Soil and Conservation Service for 20 years.

He returned to Auburn University in 1983 to be-come a professor and head of the Agronomy and Soils Department.

“Managerial training, like learning how to man-age and supervise person-nel in government, helped me realize that I might like (a dean’s position),” Guthrie said. “I became a manager in the govern-ment at a reasonably high level, and the faculty here recognized that I had a

Ph.D. and had done well in my government job and might have the potential to manage aspects at the University.”

Two years later, Guthrie became dean of the Col-lege of Agriculture.

In 1988, he was named associate dean of inter-national agriculture pro-grams until his fi rst of-fi cial retirement in 2003, according to the Auburn University Web site.

His contributions to agriculture have not gone unnoticed among col-leagues.

“He has a deep connec-tion to agriculture because he grew up in agriculture and understands the joys and plights of family farm-ing,” Coleman said. “Th e core of his decision mak-ing has been what’s best for agriculture and what’s best for Auburn.”

Guthrie’s recent induc-tion into the Agriculture Hall of Fame refl ects just how many people recog-nize his contributions, Coleman said.

Wayne Greene, profes-sor and head of the animal science department, came to Auburn a few weeks be-fore Guthrie returned as dean in 2005 and has been in direct contact with him ever since.

“Dr. Guthrie is my im-mediate supervisor within the College of Agriculture and the Experiment Sta-tion, so I’ve looked to him

for leadership in various areas as I have set the stage within the department to become who we are today in teaching, research and extension programming,” Greene said.

Guthrie said he has spent his time at Auburn attending meetings with faculty, other deans, farm-ers, cattleman, forest land-owners and state offi cials.

“A big part of this job is building relationships,” Guthrie said. “Also, we have faculty in the Col-lege of Agriculture who are committed to getting to know and working closely with students.”

Th ose relationships are what Guthrie said he will miss most.

“My plans (after retire-ment) are to do a whole lot less of what I’ve been do-ing and to relax,” Guthrie said. “I have a membership at a fi shing club, and I en-joy playing golf. I’ll spend more time with my grand-son, Will, who is almost 2 years old.”

Guthrie and Greene are working together to fi nd a deserving candidate to re-place Guthrie as the dean of the College of Agricul-ture.

“I hope that when the next history of the College of Ag is written, they’ll say I was a good dean and di-rector,” Guthrie said. “I want my time here to be remembered as a good pe-riod in Auburn’s history.”

JENNIFER BECKETT

WRITER

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During the SGA Senate meeting Monday evening, Sen. Vanessa Tarpos an-nounced the Safety Walk will take place April 19.

The walk takes place ev-ery semester.

Tarpos said senators will be divided into six groups.

They will work with the police department and

go to designated areas on campus to check the blue emergency lights and look for poorly lit areas.

Tarpos said the senators will be fi lling out a report on the information they gather during the walk.

Senators will be submit-ting their reports to Mel-vin Owens, the director of public safety and security at Auburn University.

The Senate also approved three new appointments:

Kirby Turgnage, chaplain; Matthew McGough, sec-retary of the budget and fi nance committee; and Kelsey Chauvin, senator of veterinary medicine.

Senators were reminded that Verizon Wireless Ap-plications are due this Fri-day.

Positions for cabinet will be posted at the end of the week.

The SGA is still looking for a speaker for Academic

Integrity Week. President Kurt Sasser

acknowledged the launch-ing of the safety campaign which began Monday morning.

Sasser also reminded those in attendance to vote for “All Auburn, All Orange” T-shirts April 5 - April 9.

During the invocation, senators were reminded to act with humility and mercy.

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Tyler Clarkson graduated from the profes-sional fl ight management program in 2008. Clarkson now works as a fl ight instructor in the aviation education program.

How did you get involved with the Au-burn fl ight program?

I had always heard of the Auburn Univer-sity’s fl ight program growing up. I’m from Houston, Texas, and my father graduated from Tuscaloosa in engineering. Ever since I was a kid, I knew I wanted to fl y and from the due process of visiting different colleges. I chose Auburn for the campus and the atmosphere and the fl ight pro-gram because it has a good name in the airline industry. It’s the fi rst or second oldest in the United States. So that’s how I chose this program. I didn’t have any friends that went through it; I just knew it had a good name in the airline industry and I wanted that to back me up for the future.

What was your experience like going through the fl ight pro-gram?

I was pro-fl ight. I enjoyed it thoroughly. If it’s something you do and you love, you will soak up the knowledge so quick and that’s the way it was for me in pro-fl ight. I enjoy coming out here. I enjoyed the business classes but if you think about if you wake up early in the morning and go fl ying and you’re fl ying in the air by 8 o’clock you re-alize there are some people sitting in class right now, trying to stay awake, and you’re fl ying around on this beautiful morning, so I loved it a lot.

What do you do now that you have graduated?

I am a full-time fl ight instructor. I fl y from one to fi ve times a day, depending on weath-er of course. I teach ground school, I teach lab and I have about ten students. I’m getting them through private, instrument and com-

mercial (certifi cation). We have a good inof students who come through here–gostudents too. Most people who come aviation at Auburn, they know this is wthey want to do and they work hard.

Has your experience with fl ight turnout to be what you expected when ywere young?

Yes and no. Ever since I was a kid, I’veways thought military aviation, military avtion, and I didn’t do military aviation. I didknow too much about commercial aviat

These are 172s. In commeraviation you’re not going to the “Top Gun” experience cause you’re carrying peoand you’re going to be swith them as much as you cWhen I came to college thwhat I learned, when you’rean aircraft you need to besafe and professional as psible. People think a good pis someone who can do barolls, hammerheads and shother aircrafts down. A good

lot is a safe pilot, which is a knowledgeapilot and when you’re in the aircraft, younot trying to be “Top Gun.” You are alwthinking, “If the engine goes out, where I safely put this aircraft?” So that’s how experience has changed. It went from, yknow how a teenager wants to be all Marand “Top Gun,” to being safe and knoedgeable.

Is it safe say that overall, you have joyed your experience at Auburn?

Oh yeah, very pleased. It surprised how much I learned through the progrhere and how much, even after teachhow much you can still learn. That’s whencourage my students to continue thtraining more and more because yes, I knthis stuff going through the program when you start teaching it, it only makes tknowledge concrete.

Every major at Auburn University can prepare someone for a successful and rewarding career, but only one can teach someone to fl y the Goodyear blimp.

Th e professional fl ight management degree prepares students for careers in every variety of fl ight.

“With the professional fl ight man-agement degree, students can come to Auburn to obtain a 4-year accredited business degree and also learn how to fl y,” said Joe Hanna, aviation and supply chain management department chair-man and professor. “Upon graduation, students typically have their private, in-strument, commercial and multi-engine pilot licenses.”

Unfortunately for students hoping to release their inner Maverick, Goose or Iceman as soon as possible, the profes-sional fl ight management program be-gins on the ground.

“You know how physics has a lecture and a lab associated with it? Well it’s the same sort of idea with fl ight,” said Dale Watson, director of aviation education.

All aspiring pilots begin their educa-tion in ground school, where the fun-damental concepts of fl ight are taught. Upon mastering the basics of ground school, students can expect to fl y up to three or four times a week.

“From the very fi rst lesson you have the

controls in your hands while the instruc-tors are there to guide you,” Watson said. “It’s a very hands-on start.”

Watson said the program for the fi rst level of pilot certifi cation, private pilot, is designed to take two semesters, but most students receive their certifi cation in a semester and a half. After receiving their initial certifi cation, professional fl ight management students pursue certifi ca-tions in instrument reading (so they can fl y in less than optimal conditions), com-mercial fl ight, multi-engine fl ight and fl ight instruction.

Th e professional fl ight courses are open to all majors. Th ere are no pre-requisites for the courses, except for ground school.

“Students in many diff erent majors either pursue a minor in profes-sional fl ight or simply take a couple of our courses and learn how to fl y,” Hanna said. “Many of these students simply want to get their private pilot li-cense or obtain an instrument rating so they can fl y as a hobby.”

Watson said a background in fl ight is “a big distinction” on a résumé.

“It’s no small deal,” Watson said. “(A background in fl ight) shows a clearly demonstrated ability to learn to do a very complicated thing and succeed at it.”

Watson said students in any major will benefi t from fl ight education as there are pilot jobs available throughout soci-

ety. “From a business standpoint, fl ying smaller aircraft from smaller airfi elds off ers time savings and effi ciency that is not available through commercial air travel,” Watson said. “You can visit more business contacts in less time in more places and still be home at night with your family.”

Of course, the majority of students who receive fl ight education from Auburn will enter the professional piloting world.

“Upon graduation, students of the pro-fessional fl ight management program have the capability to become pilots for

regional commercial air-lines, fl y for freight carri-ers, or pursue a career in business aviation,” Hanna said. “Auburn profes-sional fl ight management graduates currently fl y for FedEx, JetBlue, Delta and even serve as pilot of the

Goodyear blimp.”Th at’s right: the Goodyear blimp.“Th e reason you see (the blimp) on our

campus more than others is Marty Chan-dler is an alumni and he comes around every chance he gets,” Watson said. “He is one of many outstanding program alum-ni who serve on our department advisory board.”

Chandler has many alumni to com-pete with for the distinction of serving on the advisory board. Th e Auburn Univer-sity fl ight program was established in the late 1930’s when the University started a

training program to teach civilians to fl y in World War II.

Th e professional fl ight management program is now the second oldest in the country and well-respected within the aviation community.

“It comes from a combination of long heritage and a history of successful grad-uates,” Watson said. “Th ere are lots of Auburn graduates doing good things in aerospace which creates a positive repu-tation.”

Students who want to become part of Auburn’s storied aviation program will have to pay the price, not only with their textbook, but with their checkbook. Air-planes cost between $130-$200 to rent per hour and Watson estimated students could spend $8,000-$9,000 on a private pilot certifi cation, in addition to the Uni-versity’s class enrollment fee.

For Watson, the price of the course is worth it, considering the education the aspiring pilot will receive.

“Th ere are other places to learn to fl y,” Watson said. “You can become a pilot at your local airport. But the University aviation program provides a more solid foundation and a deeper comprehension of fl ight education.”

But whatever the price, Watson said fl ying an airplane is an experience unlike any other.

“Th e fi rst solo fl ight is a nervous expe-rience for all concerned,” Watson said. “But it is a day the new pilot will remem-ber and cherish for the rest of their life.”

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Auburn aviation program fast factsAuburn University operates a fl eet of 15 airplanes, most of which are single engine Cessna 172.

There are currently 115 fl ight students, 85 percent of whom are pro-fessional fl ight students.

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Auburn University planes can be rented for private fl ight for $130 - $200 an hour.

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Every major at Auburn University can prepare someone for a successful and rewarding career, but only one can teach someone to fl y the Goodyear blimp.

Th e professional fl ight management degree prepares students for careers in every variety of fl ight.

“With the professional fl ight man-agement degree, students can come to Auburn to obtain a 4-year accredited business degree and also learn how to fl y,” said Joe Hanna, aviation and supply chain management department chair-man and professor. “Upon graduation, students typically have their private, in-strument, commercial and multi-engine pilot licenses.”

Unfortunately for students hoping to release their inner Maverick, Goose or Iceman as soon as possible, the profes-sional fl ight management program be-gins on the ground.

“You know how physics has a lecture and a lab associated with it? Well it’s the same sort of idea with fl ight,” said Dale Watson, director of aviation education.

All aspiring pilots begin their educa-tion in ground school, where the fun-damental concepts of fl ight are taught. Upon mastering the basics of ground school, students can expect to fl y up to three or four times a week.

“From the very fi rst lesson you have the

controls in your hands while the instruc-tors are there to guide you,” Watson said. “It’s a very hands-on start.”

Watson said the program for the fi rst level of pilot certifi cation, private pilot, is designed to take two semesters, but most students receive their certifi cation in a semester and a half. After receiving their initial certifi cation, professional fl ight management students pursue certifi ca-tions in instrument reading (so they can fl y in less than optimal conditions), com-mercial fl ight, multi-engine fl ight and fl ight instruction.

Th e professional fl ight courses are open to all majors. Th ere are no pre-requisites for the courses, except for ground school.

“Students in many diff erent majors either pursue a minor in profes-sional fl ight or simply take a couple of our courses and learn how to fl y,” Hanna said. “Many of these students simply want to get their private pilot li-cense or obtain an instrument rating so they can fl y as a hobby.”

Watson said a background in fl ight is “a big distinction” on a résumé.

“It’s no small deal,” Watson said. “(A background in fl ight) shows a clearly demonstrated ability to learn to do a very complicated thing and succeed at it.”

Watson said students in any major will benefi t from fl ight education as there are pilot jobs available throughout soci-

ety. “From a business standpoint, fl ying smaller aircraft from smaller airfi elds off ers time savings and effi ciency that is not available through commercial air travel,” Watson said. “You can visit more business contacts in less time in more places and still be home at night with your family.”

Of course, the majority of students who receive fl ight education from Auburn will enter the professional piloting world.

“Upon graduation, students of the pro-fessional fl ight management program have the capability to become pilots for

regional commercial air-lines, fl y for freight carri-ers, or pursue a career in business aviation,” Hanna said. “Auburn profes-sional fl ight management graduates currently fl y for FedEx, JetBlue, Delta and even serve as pilot of the

Goodyear blimp.”Th at’s right: the Goodyear blimp.“Th e reason you see (the blimp) on our

campus more than others is Marty Chan-dler is an alumni and he comes around every chance he gets,” Watson said. “He is one of many outstanding program alum-ni who serve on our department advisory board.”

Chandler has many alumni to com-pete with for the distinction of serving on the advisory board. Th e Auburn Univer-sity fl ight program was established in the late 1930’s when the University started a

training program to teach civilians to fl y in World War II.

Th e professional fl ight management program is now the second oldest in the country and well-respected within the aviation community.

“It comes from a combination of long heritage and a history of successful grad-uates,” Watson said. “Th ere are lots of Auburn graduates doing good things in aerospace which creates a positive repu-tation.”

Students who want to become part of Auburn’s storied aviation program will have to pay the price, not only with their textbook, but with their checkbook. Air-planes cost between $130-$200 to rent per hour and Watson estimated students could spend $8,000-$9,000 on a private pilot certifi cation, in addition to the Uni-versity’s class enrollment fee.

For Watson, the price of the course is worth it, considering the education the aspiring pilot will receive.

“Th ere are other places to learn to fl y,” Watson said. “You can become a pilot at your local airport. But the University aviation program provides a more solid foundation and a deeper comprehension of fl ight education.”

But whatever the price, Watson said fl ying an airplane is an experience unlike any other.

“Th e fi rst solo fl ight is a nervous expe-rience for all concerned,” Watson said. “But it is a day the new pilot will remem-ber and cherish for the rest of their life.”

Tigers take to skies in professional aviation managementMAXWELL NEWFIELD

ASSOCIATE CAMPUS EDITOR

Tyler Clarkson graduated from the profes-sional fl ight management program in 2008. Clarkson now works as a fl ight instructor in the aviation education program.

How did you get involved with the Au-burn fl ight program?

I had always heard of the Auburn Univer-sity’s fl ight program growing up. I’m from Houston, Texas, and my father graduated from Tuscaloosa in engineering. Ever since I was a kid, I knew I wanted to fl y and from the due process of visiting different colleges. I chose Auburn for the campus and the atmosphere and the fl ight pro-gram because it has a good name in the airline industry. It’s the fi rst or second oldest in the United States. So that’s how I chose this program. I didn’t have any friends that went through it; I just knew it had a good name in the airline industry and I wanted that to back me up for the future.

What was your experience like going through the fl ight pro-gram?

I was pro-fl ight. I enjoyed it thoroughly. If it’s something you do and you love, you will soak up the knowledge so quick and that’s the way it was for me in pro-fl ight. I enjoy coming out here. I enjoyed the business classes but if you think about if you wake up early in the morning and go fl ying and you’re fl ying in the air by 8 o’clock you re-alize there are some people sitting in class right now, trying to stay awake, and you’re fl ying around on this beautiful morning, so I loved it a lot.

What do you do now that you have graduated?

I am a full-time fl ight instructor. I fl y from one to fi ve times a day, depending on weath-er of course. I teach ground school, I teach lab and I have about ten students. I’m getting them through private, instrument and com-

mercial (certifi cation). We have a good infl ux of students who come through here–good students too. Most people who come into aviation at Auburn, they know this is what they want to do and they work hard.

Has your experience with fl ight turned out to be what you expected when you were young?

Yes and no. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve al-ways thought military aviation, military avia-tion, and I didn’t do military aviation. I didn’t know too much about commercial aviation.

These are 172s. In commercial aviation you’re not going to get the “Top Gun” experience be-cause you’re carrying people and you’re going to be safe with them as much as you can. When I came to college that’s what I learned, when you’re in an aircraft you need to be as safe and professional as pos-sible. People think a good pilot is someone who can do barrel rolls, hammerheads and shoot other aircrafts down. A good pi-

lot is a safe pilot, which is a knowledgeable pilot and when you’re in the aircraft, you’re not trying to be “Top Gun.” You are always thinking, “If the engine goes out, where can I safely put this aircraft?” So that’s how my experience has changed. It went from, you know how a teenager wants to be all Marine and “Top Gun,” to being safe and knowl-edgeable.

Is it safe say that overall, you have en-joyed your experience at Auburn?

Oh yeah, very pleased. It surprised me how much I learned through the program here and how much, even after teaching, how much you can still learn. That’s why I encourage my students to continue their training more and more because yes, I knew this stuff going through the program but when you start teaching it, it only makes that knowledge concrete.

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Auburn aviation program fast factsAuburn University operates a fl eet of 15 airplanes, most of which are single engine Cessna 172.

There are currently 115 fl ight students, 85 percent of whom are pro-fessional fl ight students.

Professional fl ight alumni currently fl y for companies such as Delta, Jet Blue and FedEx.

Auburn University planes can be rented for private fl ight for $130 - $200 an hour.

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While other programs at colleges across the nation have seen a decline in the past two years, computer sci-ence programs have seen a 14 per-cent increase nation-wide.

Richard Chapman, professor in computer science, said enrollment in computer science programs gen-erally follows pat-terns of the econo-my, and Auburn is on the high end of the curve.

“When people see opportunity in a fi eld, they fl ock to it,” Chapman said.

Barrett Hoover, junior in mechanical engineering, said he chose engineering because he sees the need for engi-neers.

“Engineering applies to every part of our lives now,” Hoover said. “Ev-erything that is designed is designed by an engineer. Engineering is a fi eld that will continue to grow.”

An article published in 2009 by Techweb stated enrollment of U.S. students in computer science had increased for the fi rst time since the dot com bust.

“We’ve seen this three times in computer science,” Chapman said. “In the mid-1980s, when PCs be-came available to the public, anoth-er in the late ’90s with the Internet and now after the economy has bot-tomed out.”

A major reason for this increase is because of the multitude of tech-nical jobs available to students graduating with a computer science

degree, said James Cross, professor in computer science,.

“Jobs are across the entire spec-trum,” Cross said. “Anything from en-try level work to very technical, it could be a network administrator or software techni-cian.”

Techweb’s article said U.S. employ-ers complained about falling U.S. student enrollment in computer sci-ence.

Th e article stated people can be optimistic about the fi eld of com-puter science, as more and more stu-dents are seeking advanced degrees in computer science.

In December 2009, an article pub-lished by Th e New York Times stated a re-vamping of high school comput-

er courses will increase enrollment in the programs. According to the article, too many high schools focus on using the software—not how it works.

Robert Reich, professor at Univer-sity of California, stated in the ar-ticle that new technology would be the focus of most jobs in the modern economy.

Th e Auburn computer science program has seen increases similar to the recent national trends.

Chapman said Auburn attracts students because of the many op-tions available in computer science and software engineering.

Auburn also has a wireless engi-neering program, an opportunity students may not fi nd elsewhere in the nation. Th e degree is available to those hoping to work with mobile software development, such as cell phone technology, Chapman said.

Enrollment in the program dropped from 900 to 300 after the dot com bust, and it has begun to increase in the last year, Champan said.

Hoover said he thinks the increase in the program’s popularity can be attributed to computers permeation of popular society.

“It is an obvious choice for our generation because we have grown up around computers,” Hoover said.

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Th e “egg-celent” stu-

dents of the Department

of Poultry Science and

members of the Poultry

Science Club sponsored

their second annual Egg-

stravaganza last Th ursday.

Th e event consisted of

dinner, an egg hunt and

the Egg-Stravagant Olym-

pics.

“Th e idea came from a

similar event that I started

while working in the Col-

lege of Agricultural Sci-

ences at Southern Illinois

University,” said Amanda

Martin, co-adviser of the

Poultry Science Club. “I

gave the idea to the Poul-

try Science Club and let

them run with it. Th e pur-

pose of the event is to pro-

vide a fun-fi lled evening

for College of Agriculture

faculty, students, staff and

their families. It is just nice

to get everyone together

for great food and enter-

tainment.”

Donald Conner, head

of the poultry science de-

partment, said the event

was intended to instill an

atmosphere of fun and re-

laxation in the College of

Agriculture.

“We try to give back to

the college and just have

a fun event,” Conner said.

“We want some publicity

for poultry science out of

it, but it’s just something

we can do for the whole

college.”

When dinner began, Ag

Heritage Park was crowd-

ed with students, faculty,

staff and their families.

Th e buff et included Coun-

try’s Barbecue potato

salad, beans, barbecue

chicken sandwiches and

beverages .

“Th e chicken is actu-

ally stuff that they smoked

down on the farm,” said

Leslie Rose, research assis-

tant and poultry science

graduate student. “We’ve

got a big smoker out there,

and we have the smoked

bird sale every year. Th ose

are some of the ones that

they had, and they just

shred them and mix them

with barbecue sauce.”

Poultry Science Club

members use the profi t

from the fall and spring

smoked chicken sales to

put on the Eggstravaganza

and other events.

“We have to help out

with some things to keep

our scholarships,” said

Matthew Bailey, senior

club member.

Overall, member atten-

dance increased this year.

“Th e Eggstravaganza is

a very good opportunity

for students to get out of

the classroom,” said Wayne

Greene, head of the animal

sciences department. “It’s

after offi ce hours for the

faculty and staff to also

join in. Families bring

their children to do Easter

egg hunts and to do some

Egg Olympic events in a

competition that’s outside

of the classroom reducing

the stress of taking tests

and studying hard.”

As Greene said, many of

the students, faculty and

staff brought their families

along to do the egg hunt

and participate in the Egg-

Stravagant Olympics with

them while getting an op-

portunity to experience

the unique event.

Faculty member DQ

Fields attended with his

family.

“Th e kids don’t want

to leave,” said Fields after

an entire afternoon spent

searching for the decora-

tive trophies.

After the egg hunt, the

games for the adults be-

gan. Teams of four were

created prior to the event

to compete in the Egg-

Stravagant Olympics. Th is

year the Egg-Stravagant

Olympics featured the

blind egg hunt, orange

pass, egg in spoon and wa-

termelon roll.

Th e Olympics were the

last event this year, but

Martin said egg searchers

can expect the same type

of revelry next year.

‘Eggstravaganza’Poultry Science students sponsored egg-themed events for College of Agriculture

MARNIE JUSTER

WRITER

On the Concourse

“Considering I have to cross

Magnolia every day it’s prob-

ably a good thing, but it’s bad

that it took someone getting

hit for them to get put up.”

- Rachel Edgar, senior in in-

dustrial systems engineering

“I think they’re helpful

because it enhances the

safety of the street.”

- Justin Smith, sophomore

in biomedical sciences

What do you think about the new safety signs on Magnolia Street?

Carolyn Rush / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Lee Simmons watches his daughter Kimberly open her eggs during the Eggstravaganza.

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Two Auburn students seeking a

hug from Taylor Swift have creat-

ed a Web site and uploaded videos

targeting the Grammy award win-

ning singer-songwriter, shocking-

ly receiving a response from Swift

via YouTube.

Swift’s video response request-

ed a challenge for the two men,

Michael and Ryan. Th ey success-

fully completed their fi rst chal-

lenge, helping an old lady across

the street, and now Swift has is-

sued challenge No. 2: creatively

incorporate the number 13 in

their next video.

Th e initial response from Swift

to the Web site, A Hug From Tay-

lor Swift, came as a complete

shock to Michael Wekall and Ryan

Leander.

“We were both completely

shocked and still are to this

day,” said Wekall, senior in his-

tory. “When we started, I think we

thought it was a possibility that

we would get this to happen, but


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Students swiftly seeking hugs

CALLIE GARRETT

INTRIGUE EDITOR

For as long as scientists have

been studying animals, any be-

havior observed that could be

deemed “homosexual” has usu-

ally been overlooked and thought

of as practice for when it comes

time to actually mate.

Until now.

Recently, biologists have begun

to look at same-sex animal rela-

tionships in a more serious man-

ner.

“Here’s the problem: we know

that animals engage in same sex

mounting, so we call it homo-

sexual,” said Linda Wolfe, physical

anthropologist with a specializa-

tion in primates at East Carolina

University. “But the deal is with

humans it’s the eroticism that’s

behind the behavior. We don’t

know about the eroticism behind

homosexual behavior in animals,

so you can’t say they’re homo-

sexual.”

Recent studies in Oahu on

albatross, large seabirds, have

shown out of 125 nests at one

location, 39 belonged to female-

female pairs.

Albastross can live for 60 or 70

years, and typically mate with

the same bird throughout their

lifetime.

As a result, biologists claim the

birds have the lowest “divorce

rate” of any bird.

Th e studies showed that many

female birds would copulate with

a male, but do everything else

a “couple” would do, such as in-

cubating the egg and preening

feathers, with another female.

“Everything animals do is in-

stinctual,” said Ted Albert, veteri-

narian at South College Vet Clinic.

“A male dog will hump another

male dog, but that’s not sexual

activity, that’s a dominance issue.”

Biologists who studied the al-

batross said that terms such as

“lesbian” or “straight” are strictly

human terms and should not be

assigned to the birds.

Even though the birds are do-

ing everything a normal couple

would do, they are not actually at-

tempting to have sex.

“When there is same-sex at-

BREE BOWEN

WRITER

Can animals be gay?

Jared Waters / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Many species, such as ducks, show same sex affection, causing people to question if animals can be either gay or lesbian.

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Whether it’s from lack of sleep, too much stress or rainy weather, people are plagued with headaches.

With the combination of poor diets and heavy procrastination, students’ heads seem to be pounding more than ever, but the an-swers to ending them may be easier said than done.

Dr. Frederick Kam, ex-ecutive and medical direc-tor of the Auburn University Medical Clinic, said head-aches are one of the most common ailments.

“There are those that are sinus related, (or caused by) allergies or cysts,” Kam said. “You can have head-aches related to eye strain. People often get them from staring at computer screens.”

Laura Macedonia, junior in pre-vet, said she gets headaches frequently.

“(They’re worst) anytime I’m really stressed out about school,” Macedonia said.

Kam said stress and poor eating habits are often the easiest headaches to re-lieve.

“If you can fi nd the under-

lying cause, then you can end them,” Kam said. “Take care of the cause.”

But if the pain cannot easily be resolved, Kam said he suggests taking medications such as Tyle-nol, Motrin or Advil.

For migraines, he said Aleve would work best.

Instead of running to her medicine cabinet, Macedo-nia said she goes to bed.

“I try to sleep it off,” Mace-donia said. “If that doesn’t work, I take some aspirin.”

Although Macedonia will occasionally pop a head-ache reliever, she fi nds the most effective way to get rid of her pain doesn’t involve medicine.

“Drinking a lot of water and sleeping is best for me,” Macedonia said.

Rachel Greer, senior in elementary education, also avoids medicine until she feels it’s necessary.

“I’ll eat and nap,” Greer said. “Exercise is also good for me.”

But if the pain gets to be too much, or she realizes her headache is really a migraine, Greer turns to a more powerful resource.

“I can’t function without Excedrin for migraines,”

Greer said.Unlike Greer, many peo-

ple live with headaches that are more than just a natural nuisance.

“There are a number of people with migraine head-aches that are misdiag-nosed,” Kam said. “They’ll say, ‘It’s just sinuses,’ or ‘It’s just the weather,’ but it’s of-ten neurological.”

Many people also blame caffeine for their daily cra-nial aches, but Greer said she feels the opposite works for her.

“I don’t drink caffeine,” Greer said. “But the caf-feine in Excedrin is what helps me. I’m pretty con-vinced.”

Macedonia agrees caf-feine only helps a head-ache, not enables one.

“I know that some aspi-rin is made with caffeine,” Macedonia said. “That’s more of a part of the solu-tion.”

Kam agrees and dis-agrees with Greer and Macedonia.

“It can help a headache,” Kam said. “Maybe a mi-graine or a tension head-ache. But if you’re a regular caffeine user you can expe-rience caffeine withdrawal.”

SARAH PHILLIPS

ASSISTANT INTRIGUE EDITOR

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The Auburn PlainsmanIntrigue, C2 Thursday, April 8, 2010

With only fi ve weeks left until graduation for se-niors, interviews are more important than ever.

But before someone can get his or her perfect job, they need to be aware of a few common myths deal-ing with interviews.

First, regardless if a job off er is received, a thank-you note is always neces-sary.

Janet Johnson, principal at Auburn Early Education Center, said group inter-views often give an appli-cant time to stand out.

"When there is a group panel for an interview committee, then the per-son being interviewed should follow up with a note to each member of the committee,” Johnson said. “Th at is what will set the applicant apart from others. Usually the per-son only follows up with the one person they inter-viewed with."

Joyce Morgan, associate superintendent for Au-burn City Schools, said she thinks thank-you notes have become underrated.

“I think it shows respect for the (interviewer),” Mor-gan said. “I have received very few thank-you notes and I have been interview-ing for 30-plus years.”

Also, interviews should always be approached as a learning opportunity.

Jake Brantley, senior in electrical engineering and music, said he had never thought about taking notes at an interview.

“I never have (taken notes),” Brantley said. “But I don’t think it would be a prob-lem.”

A l -t h o u g h B r a n t l e y was inex-perienced with note taking, he said he knew certain things mentioned in an in-terview should always be remembered.

“(I’d write down) com-pany philosophy, mission statements and job de-scriptions,” Brantley said.

Another important thing to remember when looking for a job is to know

when to apply. Most college students

have heard to start apply-ing early and to be sure to have a guarantee by spring, but many busi-nesses are actually looking for work at all times of the year, including summer.

“In the business of edu-cation, often times appli-cants are hired during the summer months,” Johnson said. “Th is is quite dif-ferent from other busi-

nesses, but it is i m p o r t a n t

for those students seeking jobs to c o n -t i n u e to con-

tact the d i f f e r -

ent busi-nesses and

to check online for any possible open-

ings.”It is true that before

applying to a job an ap-plicant should make sure they’re an appropriate fi t for the position, but being the most qualifi ed candi-date does not always guar-antee a job off er.

“Th e interview process is a very complex process,” Johnson said. “Th e com-mittee has to base their decision on what's written on paper, which is often times limiting as well as the interview itself. Many times candidates who have a relationship with the organization already may have a slight advan-tage in getting the job.”

Morgan said she be-lieves that many business-es will soon be moving to-ward performance-based interviews.

“People go into paid in-ternships to get observed,” Morgan said. “You see their comings and goings.

Upon receiving a job off er, it’s important to re-member that compromis-es and negotiations are always allowed.

It is also important to speak up in the beginning about the desired job re-sponsibilities and posi-tions before work actually begins.

“If it’s your fi rst job, you don’t have much negotiat-ing power,” Morgan said. “I’d have an off er in my hands before I started ask-ing questions.”

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ASSISTANT INTRIGUE EDITOR

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when she came out with that video and challenged us, it was beyond my wild-est imagination. It is pretty cool to say that you get to play a game with Tay-lor Swift, with hundreds of thousands of people watching.”

Leander, senior in bibli-cal studies, said the fi rst time he heard there was a response from Taylor Swift he said he basically had a wave of emotions, every-thing from laughing to crying and laughing again.

Swift said in her You-Tube video that Wekall and Leander went com-pletely over and beyond what she expected of them for their fi rst challenge.

She said she and her band watched their vid-eo of helping an old lady across the street over and over, amazed by the dedi-cation.

“Challenge No. 1 experi-ence was amazing,” Lean-der said. “Everyone help-ing out with videos from

around the world and then having everyone at Toomer's Corner was just awesome. It meant a lot to me that people would show up to support us and I really enjoyed meeting the people there and then on top of that having Au-bie come and be a part of it as well! It was all around a blast and I wouldn't have changed a thing.”

Th e feedback they have received from A Hug From Taylor Swift has escalated since the day they received a response video from Swift.

“We have had people from all over the world join our group; we have had radio interviews in North Dakota and Michi-gan,” Wekall said. “It has just been very surreal and so much fun.”

Nicole LaMontagne, se-nior in public relations, said she is friends with Wekall and Leander and off ered to help them with any media publicity they may need. She has been helping out with the cam-paign by promoting A Hug

From Taylor Swift in vari-ous ways.

“I have written an article about A Hug from Taylor Swift on my Auburn Fam-ily blog, tweeted Taylor on Twitter, tweeted and Facebooked about their eff orts and contacted Star 94 (a popular radio station in Atlanta),” LaMontagne said. “Also, my roommate and I have contacted the Ellen Show, Regis and Kel-ly, Oprah and Good Morn-ing America. We are all hoping that one of these will pull through!”

Th e Auburn family has pulled together through-out this challenge receiv-ing help from PR majors and Web site designers.

“Our friend David helped build the Web site,” Wekall said. “I am the video person. I love to shoot and edit videos, and so that is why this whole idea really came about. It is something that I would love to do the rest of my life.”

Th ose interested want to know if Swift is going to issue this perfect hug

when Wekall and Leander complete all challenges.

“I don't know exactly when the hug might hap-pen but so long as we are completing the challenges I think we are going to get the hug,” Wekall said. “I'm thinking it might happen at one of her concerts since she is on tour right now, but honestly I have no idea when and how it is going to happen.”

Leander said he doesn’t plan for his hug to be anything like what they showed in their fi rst video, but possibly something in between the two extremes.

“I am aiming for one not too short and not too long to avoid awkwardness, but I will treasure the moment and just have to play it by ear,” Leander said.

Th e second challenge was issued from Swift April 1. Michael and Ryan continue to brainstorm on how to incorporate the number 13 for their sec-ond challenge, while host-ing a contest for others to submit videos of their ideas.

tempted mating going on in some species, it is showing dominance a lot of times, but I think there are other species that are more highly evolved that may actually show ho-mosexual tendencies,” said Hannah Gunter, ju-nior in wildlife sciences.

Albatross, however, are not the only species observed to have “homo-sexual” behaviors.

Same-sex sexual and non-sexual mating activ-ity has been recorded in more than 450 diff erent species, including pen-guins, dolphins, bears, gorillas, owls, guppies

and fl amingos.While “practice” seems

like a logical explanation for this same-sex sexual activity, Wolfe thinks otherwise.

In studies of the Japa-nese Macaque, a type of primate, Wolfe observed female-female pairs mounting each other, playful head bopping and even looking in each other’s eyes.

“Th ese are adult fe-males,” Wolfe said. “Th ey don’t need the practice—they have off spring.”

Whether instinctual, dominance-relate, terms like “homosexual” or “gay” will not be assigned to non-humans any time soon.

ANIMALS>From C1

SWIFT>From C1

What is your favorite Taylor Swift song? None of them

What is your favorite beer? Yuengling

How do you get rid of a headache? Drink Yuengling.

What was your fi rst pet’s name? Snowy

Have you ever used self tan-ner? No. I don’t need to.

Who is your celebrity crush? LeAnn Rimes

What is your favorite ice cream? Raspberry

What was the last thing you cooked? Roast beef

What did your last text message received say?“I love you.” It was from my girlfriend.

What was the last movie you watched? Th e Express

Are you left or right hand-ed? Predominantly right. But I use my left hand for things.

Do you have a tattoo? Yes

How many states have you lived in? Four

Who do you want to win the NCAA National Cham-pionship Game? Neither, but I’ll go for Butler because I really dislike Duke.

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The Best and the WorstTh ree local bands weigh in on the best, worst

parts of the Auburn music sceneErnest Goes to JazzTh e Quiet Words Bottle Up and Explode

“Th e best part is probably the downtown area. I just like the way everything is built up and compact down there.”

Review: 2K Sports goes yard with MLB 2K10

If you’re like me and have been a baseball fan all of your life, you might recall spending blissful hours playing those old Se-ga-based baseball games from the ’90s.

Someone has fi nally produced a game to sur-pass the 16-bit glory of my beloved Genesis days. In my childhood years, a good game meant it had either Griff ey or Clemens’ face on the front of the cartridge.

In the year 2010, MLB 2K10 will be the only name that matters. Th is is the

perfect game.From the seamless game

play and awe-inspiring graphics, to the company giving out $1 million to the fi rst person to pitch a perfect game, there is no doubt in my mind that this game will become a clas-sic.

I got the game the day it came out, have been play-ing it for a solid month and have innumerable praises and only a few small com-plaints.

2K10 is everything that its predecessor, MLB 2K9, was not. 2K9 was frustrat-ingly glitchy and aestheti-cally disgusting. Th is year’s version has its glitches, but they aren’t the kinds

that make me want to throw my Xbox controller through my fl at-screen.

For example, no player-controlled outfi elder in 2K9 could ever make a catch, while the computer had no problem running laps around the fi eld be-fore laying out for a sick web-gem, robbing you of a double through the gap. 2K10 players will occa-sionally make a ridiculous catch, but it’s never any-thing superhuman.

Th e graphics and com-mentary are amazing. It’s like being able to watch the Braves in HD three times a day, every day.

Überkudos go to the broadcasters and writers

that spent so much time thinking out every possi-ble play-by-play situation to make this game as real as it could be.

Th e MyPlayer feature benefi ted from the recent patch, which fi xed many errors.

Th e feature gives the game an interesting, en-tertaining perspective of the game, but the sched-ule still seems to be a bit glitched. I fi nished my fi rst season with the Missis-sippi Braves, but can’t pro-ceed to the next season.

Th e game play is smooth but challenging. Th e com-puter will score off any mistake you make and you will hang your head in

shame every time DBack’s pitcher, Ian Kennedy, em-barrasses you with his knuckle curve. Tommy Hanson will burn every one of your batters with a high and tight, third strike 97 mph fastball. Albert Pu-jols will make your entire pitching staff cry, so go ahead and mash the right stick to draw the inten-tional walk with the bases loaded. You’re better off that way.

Despite the challenges, you can always have a trick or two up your sleeve.

From breaking up dou-ble plays at second and plowing through catchers at the plate, to using the defensive swing feature to

get your perfect pitch and the power swing to drive the 3-2 off ering over the fence for a walk-off bomb, you will always have the upper hand.

Th is game is perfect and has set an astronomically high standard for every baseball game to come.

I recommend forgetting about pitching the $1 mil-lion perfect game, though.

You should instead write e-mails and letters to 2K asking why baseball’s prodigy, Jason Heyward, isn’t in the Braves lineup. Seriously, 2K?

Th e kid is 20 years old and has already been com-pared to Mantle and Aar-on. Get your act together!

PHILIP SMITH

ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

“I wish there were more bands. It’s not a very big town and there’s not too much you can expect. I think if the University still had a jazz program, there would probably be a bigger pool of players.”

“I feel like the best part of it is the intimacy. It’s all your friends who come to the shows and their friends. You see a lot of the same people at shows who are really passionate about dis-covering new music. I think we’re on a wave of some new, good bands.”

“We have 26,000 students, but most of the bands around are cover bands. I think a lot of young people around here have forgotten that it’s good to be youthful and experiment. I feel like Th e Independent is the only place in town really fostering the creative spirit, and I don’t know what Auburn would be without it.”

“Th e best part of Auburn's music scene is knowing there will always be a ton of people at shows. From my perspective as a listener, I feel like there are many good bands in Auburn that I like to go see.”

“What I don't like is that there aren't a lot of places to play where you don't have to charge people at the door. We played at Th e Indepen-dent once, but everywhere else charges fans. We sometimes play at house parties, but those almost always get called for noise complaints. It's pretty hard to fi nd a place to play.”

Caleb Th omasJonathan Harms

Ernest Goes to Jazz started in January 2009 with fi ve guys trying to play jazz every night. Th e band started playing around bars in Auburn and was once the house band for Amsterdam Cafe. Th e band still performs, but now with a few of the original members replaced. Th e band calls its sound folk rock and lists Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley as infl uences. All the members are jazz-trained musicians who come from the Auburn-Opelika area.

Joseph Wolnski

Photo submitted by Jonathan Harms Photo submitted by Caleb Th omasPhoto submitted by Joseph Wolnski

Interviews and band biographies by Crystal Cole / STAFF REPORTER

Th e Quiet Words is a relatively new band to Auburn, hav-ing only formed last semester. Joseph Wolnski, junior in computer science, writes songs for the band, something he has been doing for years. Th e band’s fi rst show took place in a backyard on Toomer Street, and they have since continued performing, making appearances at the Independent and Nomad Supply in Birmingham, Woln-ski’s old stomping ground. Th e band describes its sound as folk rock with a bit of a fl air.

Bottle up and Explode is a pop infl uenced fi ve piece garage rock band from Auburn. Th ey're currently self recording their debut EP to be released this summer. More at their Web site bottleupandexplode.bandcamp.com.

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ROD GUAJARDO

MANAGING EDITOR

Screaming, crying and

mourning are typical emotions

students can feel after having

their computers freeze and

crash unexpectedly.

With applications and pro-

grams requiring more memory

from computers, the simple

steps to making a computer

run at peak performance can

vary depending on the machine

and operating system.

Todd Chaloupka, student PC

shop manager, has been run-

ning the on-campus computer

repair shop since it opened in

1997.Chaloupka has seen the

worst of the worst in com-

puter malfunctions, but uses

the same techniques for most

all Windows-based machines

brought into the shop.

“Something easy they can

do,” Chaloupka said, “if they

have anti-virus programs, one

that’s expired, one they are pay-

ing for and one that’s free, take

one of them off .”

Having several diff erent

anti-virus programs will slow

machines down as they are all

fi ghting to scan the same fi les,

Chaloupka said.

Having suffi cient free space

and memory is another easy fi x

that can speed up your ma-

chine, Chaloupka said.

“If they’re running a Win-

dows XP machine, they need

512 MB of ram or better,”

Chaloupka said. “If they are

running a Vista machine, they

need a minimum of 1 GB of ram

and if it’s a Windows 7 machine

they need a minimum of 2 GB

of ram.”

Web sites, such as www.

crucial.com, are useful in de-

termining and purchasing the

amount of ram your machine

needs to run at its highest

potential.

After buying ram from a third

party, Chaloupka said the cam-

pus repair shop will install it for

a fl at rate of $50.

With Apple machines becom-

ing a more popular choice for

students, the techniques used

to speed up Macintosh com-

puters are a bit diff erent from

that of PCs.

Matt Caudle, computer

specialist for the Haley Center

Bookstore, said Apple com-

puters need little to no extra

service or tampering to keep

them running at maximum

performance speed.

“If your hard drive runs out

of free space it’ll get slower,”

Caudle said. “A good rule of

thumb is to keep about 10% of

the hard drive capacity free.”

Th e benefi t of the Apple oper-

ating system is that it does a lot

of things, such as disk defrag-

mentation, automatically in the

background, Caudle said.

William Woodall, senior in

software engineering, works on

and repairs Apple computers in

his spare time.

Woodall said some of the

quickest and easiest solutions

to help your Apple computer

run faster is to not run numer-

ous applications at the same

time. “If you have lots of web pages

open that have fl ash on them,”

Woodall said, “sometimes fl ash,

Youtube videos or even a G-

mail Web site, can start to take

up a lot of processing power

and make your computer work

a little harder.” Jared Waters / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Mark Toppen, junior in political science, gets frustrated using a computer in the library.

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Before a college graduate

faces the real world, he or

she must fi rst successfully

make it through graduation

and all that comes with it.

Claire Jackson, senior in

accounting, said there are

several things she thinks

may be overlooked by her

graduating friends.

“Make sure to address in-

vitations to friends and fam-

ily at the very least three to

four weeks prior to gradu-

ation,” Jackson said. “Th e

sooner the better.”

Jackson emphasized every

graduating male should look

his best on graduation day.

A white collared shirt

looks best under a cap and

gown, and it is even nicer

to wear a shirt that is color-

coordinated with the tassel,

Jackson said.

“Wear dark shoes and

socks to coordinate with

the black graduation gown,”

Jackson said. “And if you

don't have time to iron your

gown, make sure to hang it

in the bathroom while you

shower to steam out the

wrinkles.”

Ryan Brooks, senior in ac-

counting, said he is planning

to dress his best.

“I'm defi nitely planning to

dress up,” Brooks said. “It's

important to wear pants

and shoes that when they

come out of the bottom they

won't clash, so I'm probably

going to wear black pants

and black shoes.”

Simple black and white

color combos are always a

safe choice.

On graduation day, getting

to the ceremony early to get

a seat with friends is recom-

mended, said Dale Coleman,

professor of animal sciences

and co-chair of the gradua-

tion committee.

Also, Coleman said stu-

dents should make sure

their tassel matches their

classmates.

“Every once in a while

you fi nd out that every-

one around you is wearing

a golden tassel, and you're

the only one sitting there

wearing a purple one, and

you start wondering what's

going on,” Coleman said.

“Th ere are extra tassels on

the fl oor, so you can get that

corrected if it's incorrect.”

After the ceremony, Jack-

son said it is important

to fi nd family and friends

quickly.

“Find a creative place to

meet up with your friends

and family after the ceremo-

ny,” Jackson said. “Everyone

usually meets at the eagle

outside of the Coliseum so it

may be easier to regroup in a

less chaotic place.”

Brooks said he is planning

to get his cap and gown as

early as possible.

“If you go get it around the

last day close to graduation,

it's going to be really chaotic,

and it would be much more

likely there's an error or

something that they can get

it taken care of ahead of time

if you don't wait till the last

minute to go,” Brooks said.

Graduation gowns must

be turned

in immediately after

the ceremony, so

make sure to

take pictures

b e f o re h a n d ,

Jackson said.

Gowns may be returned

to the Student Activities

Center.

Graduates should also be

prepared for receiving gifts,

as those are often sent in re-

sponse to a graduation invi-

tation.

“If you receive any gradu-

ation gifts, be sure to write

and send a thank you note

within one week of receiving

the gift,” Jackson said.

Coleman said that aside

from the serious things to

remember on graduation

day, there are a few other

things students often forget.

“Remember that the front

of Samford Hall has better

light in the morning,” Cole-

man said. “So if you're get-

ting graduation pictures in

front of Samford Hall, be

there in the morning,”

Coleman also said it is im-

portant for graduates to re-

member to thank those who

supported them up until this

point, like parents, grand-

parents and other family

members.

“Don't get so wrapped up

in the moment that you for-

get to thank those that got

you here,” Coleman said.

Cap and gowns are avail-

able to be picked up in the

Haley Center lobby May 12

and 13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

and May 15 from 8 a.m. to 2

p.m.

Guy’s Guide: Advice for upcoming graduates

JILLIAN CLAIR

STAFF REPORTER

Google “beer terminology” and the

results will pull hundreds of beer dic-

tionaries associated with beer fl avors.

Two well-known beer fl avors are

“light” and “dark.”

Ask a frequent beer drinker which

one they prefer and they will likely an-

swer right away.

Ben Clayton, junior in psychology,

prefers light beer.

“I like India pale ales,” Clayton said.

“Th ey aren’t as bitter as plain pale

ales.”

Clayton said he likes the hoppy fl a-

vor of the pale ales and the slightly

fruity taste.

“I like my beer to taste really hoppy,”

said Caroline Huff man, senior in eco-

nomics.

Huff man said her friend’s family

owns Schlafl y Brewery in St. Louis.

“I’d have to say it’s probably the best

beer in the world,” Huff man said. “I’ll

drink any of their beer, light or dark.”

Schlafl y Beer brews a variety beers,

drawing an interesting crowd.

“When I turned 21, I started trying

every beer I could,” Clayton said. “I

learned that I don’t like the heaviness

of dark beers.”

Clayton said his favorite beer drink-

ing situation is watching a basket-

ball game and drinking a pale ale on

draught.

“My favorite beer of all time would

have to be Bell’s Two Hearted Ale,”

Clayton said. “It’s perfect, it’s smooth

and it’s wonderful.”

Dan Horn, an employee of Th e Bank

Vault, a bar in downtown Auburn,

prefers dark beers. “If you can’t shine

a light through it,” Horn said, “that’s

the way I like it.”

Horn said the dark beers have a bet-

ter taste spectrum. “You don’t have to

put fruit in it to make it taste better,”

Horn said. “It also reminds me of cof-

fee, which I like.”

Dan recalled his fi rst discovery of

the fl avor of dark beers back in the

summer of 2006.

“I was living with a roommate who

knew a lot about beer,” Horn said.

“We’d go to Georgia to buy a bunch of

bottles of diff erent kinds of beer and

we’d all sit around having a beer tast-

ing and that’s when I decided I liked

dark beers.”

Horn worked for Mellow Mush-

room in Auburn and learned more

about beers while working there.

“Th ey have well over a hundred

beers including what’s on tap,” Horn

said. “Darks are by far my favorite.”

Casey Carrigan, manager of Mom-

ma Goldberg’s Deli on Magnolia, no-

ticed patterns in their beer sales.

“We sell more light beer during the

summer,” Carrigan said. “When it’s

hot people want something refresh-

ing and light.”

Carrigan said in the winter they

generally sell more dark beers.

“People want something more fi ll-

ing,” Carrigan said. “Th ey want to feel

warm.”

Carrigan also noticed patterns in

who was buying beer.

“Th e young kids buy the light beers

because it’s cheaper,” Carrigan said.

“Older customers appreciate the taste

more and will buy the dark beers.”

Huff man said she prefers light beer

for vacations and dark beer when

she’s in pub like atmospheres, which

she said is rare.

Beer drinkers can choose light or

dark beers for their own reasons, but

can they all agree on which music to

listen to while drinking?

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“With a little air guitar.”

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With a cheap college

budget, buying organic

fruits and vegetables is

probably not a top priority.

However, there are cer-

tain produce items for

which buying organic is

always advisable.

Th e Environmental Pro-

tection Agency helped

release a list in 2001 of 12

Persistent Organic Pollut-

ants know

as the “Dirty

D o z e n ”

that can be

found on

most pro-

duce and

are linked

to some dis-

eases.

P e a c h e s

are the most

chemically

dangerous,

followed by

apples, bell

peppers, cel-

ery, nectar-

ines, straw-

b e r r i e s ,

c h e r r i e s ,

kale, grapes,

pears, lettuce and carrots.

When buying these

items in the grocery store,

it is better to spend the

little extra cash and go or-

ganic.

“In a perfect world, I

would like to see us eat-

ing organic as I believe it

results in more sustain-

able agriculture,” said Ann

Johnson, nutrition gradu-

ate teaching assistant at

Auburn.

POPs are toxic chemi-

cals that can be transport-

ed product to product by

wind and water, making

them easily spread as most

food is shipped and dif-

fi cult to contain or eradi-

cate them from the envi-

ronment.

Th e EPA advises that

produce with these chemi-

cals on them should be

avoided at all costs.

Some diseases linked

to POPs include malaria,

cancer and other muta-

tions.

“I’ve never bought or-

ganic,” said Chelsea Biele,

junior in business. “It

just seems like a waste of

money and I barely have

enough as it is. I still have

to pay rent, buy gas, books

and all those things.”

Biele said since there

are no signs or warnings

at any super markets, she

continued to buy normal

produce.

“It’s pretty scary that

the grocery stores don’t

even have any signs hang-

ing up,” Biele said. “If these

germs are so dangerous,

someone should make it

more apparent.”

However, since 2001, the

U.S., in cooperation with

other governments, has

been working to outlaw,

r e d u c e

or elimi-

nate the

“ D i r t y

D o z e n ”

f r o m

use.

John-

s o n

said she

k n o w s

a b o u t

the risks

and be-

lieves in

the im-

portance

of buying

o r g a n -

ic, but

s o m e -

times it

is not reasonable to do so.

"Th e health benefi ts of

the increased fruit and

vegetable consumption

outweighs any potential

downside of pesticides in

the food," Johnson said.

"As a poor Ph.D. student,

my refrigerator is packed

with fruits and vegetables,

but not organic."

Johnson said it is more

important to eat the rec-

ommended 5-9 servings of

fruit and vegetables a day.

"I am used to eating or-

ganics because I'm used

to it, but I'm not sure that

many other college kids

know how important it is,"

said Lee Davis, senior in

health administration and

promotion.

For more information,

visit http://chm.pops.int/

Dangers of the ‘Dirty Dozen’

ASHLEY MARKS

WRITER

Pets pose for photo contest

It’s time to primp your pooch,

fl uff your feline and brush your

bunny because the Lee County Hu-

mane Society is accepting photo

entries for the 2011 Best Friends

Calendar.

Entries, accepted April fi rst

through May 28 for $10 each, will

be voted on during the summer to

see which pet can capture the most

votes and become the 2011 “Cover

Pet.”

“We have people enter pictures

of their pet and take a small entry

fee,” said Stacee Strength, public re-

lations director of Lee County Hu-

mane Society. “Over the course of

the summer, we accept votes for $1

and the winner will be featured on

the cover of the calendar.”

Th e money raised will benefi t the

shelter’s welfare fund, which is used

to purchase medical tests, vaccina-

tions, enrichment needs and pre-

ventative treatments for more than

6,000 animals each year.

Th is year, Strength said they are

changing it up by adding a “Best in

Show” category which will be cho-

sen for its artistic merits, as well as

off ering an alternative $20 entry fee

that will garner the contestant 15

extra votes.

Strength said entries can be of

any pet, not just shelter-adopted

animals, and can even be entered

in memory of a pet.

“Th e only thing we ask is that

there are no people in the photo

and no advertisement,” Strength

said. “We really want to keep the

calendar just about pets.”

Strength said that some people

strategize to ensure their photo will

win.

“Th e people who had the most

votes last year really encouraged

all their friends to take advantage

of the online voting,” Strength said.

“Also, it’s better to choose just one

picture to enter that has your pet

or all of your pets in it and con-

centrate on that one picture rather

than having three or four.”

To enter, forms can be picked up

at the shelter or at leecountyhu-

mane.org and can be submitted in

person, through mail or through

e-mail.

Submitted photos should be a

4x6, high-resolution digital photo.

Last year, the contest had over 75

entries and raised approximately

$8,500. Strength said they hope to

have even more entries and raise

even more money with this year’s

contest.

Voting on this year’s submissions

will begin June 21 and end Sept. 11

at the shelter’s Woofstock celebra-

tion.

BRIAN DESARRO

ASSOCIATE INTRIGUE EDITOR

Safe, sexy sunless self-tanning

While Auburn’s pools

are inundated with peo-

ple soaking up the sun-

light, student schedules,

like Whitney Gibbs’, don’t

allow for daily bronzing

sessions.

“I’m studying to be a

nurse and, because I’m a

senior, I never have time

to go to the pool anymore,”

Gibbs said. “I would love

to lay out, but instead I

go to the tanning bed. I go

to Palm Beach Tan some-

times and it really works.”

Various means of arti-

fi cial coloration include

tanning beds, gels, wipes,

foams, mousses, lotions,

sprays and innovative

pills.

Although natural sun

exposure is a signifi cant

source of vitamin D, self-

tanning products satisfy

those that crave instant

gratifi cation.

Sunless self-tanners,

with the exceptions of

tanning beds, can give

skin a tanned look with-

out exposing it to harmful

ultraviolet rays, according

to the Mayo Foundation

for Medical Education

and Research.

Tanning beds are in-

creasingly popular with

people who want a natu-

ral looking tan, Gibbs

said.

“I really think tanning

beds work because they

use a form of real sun-

light,” Gibbs said. “I see

the results very fast and

it doesn’t look like a fake

orange tan.”

Although tanning beds

are a fast solution, physi-

cians suggest alternative

methods.

“We suggest that our

patients use any of the

lotion self tanners,” said

Tracy Firluf, nurse at Hai-

ley, Brody, Casey & Wray

Dermatology and Derma-

tologic Surgery in Atlanta.

“Th ey are really safe. Th e

fastest way to get a tan is

by getting a spray tan at

the salon. It works and it

is very safe.”

Firluf said the cheapest

and overall most popular

method is using lotion.

“We recommend the

Jergens Slow Glow or the

L’Oreal Gradual Tan be-

cause those are both lo-

tions that don’t have a

stain in them, and they

gradually build up a nice

tan,” Firluf said.

Suzanne Smiley, senior

in political science, said

she thinks Jergens Natural

Glow Revitalizing Daily

Moisturizer is the overall,

all-around best self-tan-

ner.

“I have tried three

products and this one is

becoming very popular,”

Smiley said. “It’s also the

cheapest. It looks natural

and it isn’t streaky at all.”

Many self-tanning lo-

tions contain a staining

ingredient in them that

make skin appear as if

there are brown lines

painted on drier areas.

“Th e thing with the lo-

tions is you get a lot of

streaking if you don’t ap-

ply it right,” Firluf said.

“You have to keep apply-

ing it to hold a tan.”

Depending on if pa-

tients want a gradual

build-up or instant re-

sults, Firluf thinks people

should be careful with

damaging the skin in

harsh UV rays.

“Any of the lotions are a

lot safer than getting into

a tanning bed, which we

defi nitely do not recom-

mend,” Firluf said.

Th e risk of melanoma

increases by 300 percent

for occasional users and

800 percent for those us-

ing tanning beds more

than 10 times a year.

Even though sunless

tanning lotions take more

time to become notice-

able, some companies

have created fresh-scent-

ed products to replace

the unusual loud scent of

perfumes.

“I think it’s a good idea

for people to use self tan-

ners before the summer

starts,” Smiley said. “You

should go ahead and get

tan before wearing your

bathing suit. You don’t

want to look as white as a

ghost in a bathing suit.”

ASHLEE WOOD

WRITER

Photo submitted by Stacee Strength, public relations director of Lee County Humane Society

The cover photo winner of last year’s Best Friends Calendar contest was Cam, an orange and white Persian.

12 common produce items

considered harmful by

the EPA

Emily Adams / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Hannah Zondlak, freshman in hotel and restaurant man-agement, applies a sunless tanner before heading to class.

I’ve never

bought organic. It just

seems like a waste of

money and I barely

have enough as it is. I

still have to pay rent,

buy gas, books and all

those things.”

Chelsea Biele, junior in business

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Th e Auburn Tigers (19-10, 5-4 SEC) smashed 24 hits against the Georgia State Panthers (14-15, 2-4 CAA) Tuesday night, go-ing on to win 22-5.

Trent Mummey made his return to the diamond after sitting out seven weeks with an injury. He went 2-for-2 with four RBIs, in-cluding a three-run home run.

“It was probably one of the happiest mo-ments of my life,” Mummey said. “Right be-fore the game, the coaches told me they were probably going to get me in to pinch hit or possibly in the DH role. Baseball is just a humbling sport.”

Th e Tigers off ense, which leads the SEC with a team batting average of .339, continu-ally pounded the seven pitchers Georgia State put on the mound.

“I think every spot in our lineup you got a chance of getting an RBI because all the guys are always on base,” said Justin Hargett, ju-nior second baseman. “We have such a domi-nate off ense I think I’ll always have a chance to get RBIs.”

Hargett fi nished the game going 4-for-5 with fi ve RBIs.

Every Georgia State pitcher gave up at least one run. Auburn had 13 batters get a hit, and eight had multiple hits.

“Tonight I feel like we played a good base-ball game,” said Scott Foxhall, assistant coach. “It was the second game in a row we didn’t have any errors. We also had some quality at bats.”

Foxhall was sitting in for head coach John

Pawlowski who is serving a one game sus-pension after starting pitcher Grant Dayton was tossed from Sunday’s game against Ala-bama for hitting a batter.

Auburn took advantage of an early error by Georgia State and scored a run in the fi rst in-ning with a two-out RBI from third baseman Dan Gamache.

State quickly answered in the top of the second with a run of its own.

After a leadoff walk, Bradley Logan scored on a single by Carl Moniz to tie the game at one.

Th e Tigers struck back with three in the bottom of third. Justin Fradejas started off the inning with a double and then Brian Fletcher brought him in with his 10th home run of the season.

Two batters later Tony Caldwell added a solo homer to make the score 4-1.

Hunter Morris drove in his 34th run of the season with a two out RBI single in the bottom of the fourth.

Auburn pitcher Dexter Price failed to make it out of the fi fth.

After recording two quick outs, he gave up two singles and walked two, which led to two runs in the inning for State, getting within one of the Tigers.

Price pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing three earned runs on seven hits while walking four and striking out one.

Th e Tigers put the game out of reach in the bottom of the sixth with a three run inning.

Mummey drove in a run with a pinch hit sacrifi ce fl y. Hargett drove in his second and third runs of the game with a two out single,

making the Auburn lead 11-5.“It defi nitely boosts the confi dence a little

bit,” Hargett said. “I just got to keep it going. Th is was a good game, but I have to put it be-hind me now and just keep going and try to keep putting quality at bats up.”

Every Tiger batted in the seventh, adding fi ve more runs. Th e scoring was capped with a three-run home run by Justin Bryant, who has homered in his last three games.

With such a huge lead, Auburn was able to get some players some at bats late in the game. Mummey took full advantage and crushed a three run homer in the eighth.

“I think it was pretty exciting (seeing Trent play),” Foxhall said. “It was a big step for our team. We are a better team with Trent Mum-mey. He had a good night and hopefully this will be a stepping stone for him and we can

get him back in with a lit-tle more action in the next few games, because we will be a more dangerous team with him available.”

Th e 22 runs Auburn scored was the most since it beat Mercer 22-6 in 2007.

Sean Ray picked up the victory after coming in relief of Price in the fi fth.

He pitched 2 1/3 innings, giving up only one earned run and striking out two.

Morris and Gamache both fi nished off the night with three hits.

Auburn faced South Alabama Wednesday night and will host the No. 7 LSU Tigers this weekend.

Friday’s game will start at 7 p.m., Satur-day’s game is at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.


Don’t touch Anna Th ompson’s balls.

Th e senior pitcher for the soft-ball team said someone touch-ing the ball before she gets to the mound is her biggest super-stition.

Th is weekend, No. 8 Alabama may have swept the series, but Th ompson struck out her 1,000 career batter.

“I’m glad I was blessed to have a talent where I could actually

do that, but this is a team sport,” Th ompson said. “Everything I do when I go out there is for the team and it’s doing my job, so if I got that many strike outs, I’ve been doing something right.”

Th ompson is just the eighth player in SEC history to reach the millennium mark.

Coach Tina Deese said the achievement came as no sur-prise to her, since Th ompson had to jump into a leadership role early.

“We knew when she stepped foot on the fi eld that there was something special about her,

that she was probably going to draw those numbers, just be-cause she came out with a bang in her freshman year,” Deese said. “We lost a pitcher that year, so she was put in a position where she had to start several games and she really stepped up.”

Th ompson already held the career strikeout record for Au-burn when she hit 796. She also holds the record for most strike-outs in a game, 18, which she re-corded against Middle Tennes-see in 2009.

Th e senior said she started

playing softball when she moved across town and didn’t have many friends.

“It was the middle of the sum-mer, so my dad signed me up for softball to meet some new people,” Th ompson said. “It was over that summer we realized I had an affi nity for the sport and then eventually fi gured out I could pitch.”

In high school, Th ompson set a state and national record with 2,322 strikeouts. She also set a state record for strikeouts in a single season with 657 in 2006, breaking the record she previ-

ously held. She was named Gatorade

Player of the Year for Alabama in 2005 and 2006.

Deese said she has enjoyed watching Th ompson grow as an athlete, since the SEC is a tough conference for pitchers.

“It’s a hitter’s conference and you really do have to have a ma-ture head on your shoulders,” Deese said. “Th ere are as many kids with as much talent prob-ably, but what’s between your ears makes a big diff erence.”


SPORTS


DTHURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010

Philip Smith /ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Senior pitcher Anna Thompson pitches during Saturday’s fi rst game against No. 8 Alabama. Thompson recorded her 1,000th career strike out in the second game.

Thompson reaches milestoneCRYSTAL COLE

STAFF REPORTER

After watching the NCAA basketball tournament championship Monday night, I was left without the feeling of there being a national champion.

Duke won the game, but I feel like Butler won the tournament.

Th e tournament that had 65 teams.

Talk has been circulat-ing around the NCAA about expanding the tournament to include 96 teams.

Why would the NCAA want to do that?

College basketball already suff ers enough by beginning the season while football season is still going on.

PATRICK DEVER

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Th ompson has taken home

many honors over the years, in-

cluding SEC Freshman of the

Week, SEC All-Freshman Team

and second-team All-SEC 2008

As of last season, Th ompson

ranks fi rst in batting average

against, .179, fourth in wins, 42,

third in appearances, 111, third

in complete games, 43, third in

innings pitched, 545.2, fourth in

shutouts, 12, and fi rst in strike-

outs per seven innings, 10.2.

“I feel honored to be in the Au-

burn record books with a lot of

absolutely wonderful athletes

before me,” Th ompson said. “I got

the honor of playing with people

like Holly Curry who really set a

great example my freshman year,

and I hope in some way I’m living

up to what her expectations were

for me.”

Deese said Th ompson was born

with leadership tendencies.

“She came in with that, you

know it wasn’t something that I

had to teach her or I had to work

with her on,” Deese said. “She

comes by it naturally which is

kind of strange.”

Th e pitcher excels in the class-

room as well as on the fi eld, pur-

suing a double major in account-

ing and fi nance. Last year, she was

named to the SEC Academic Hon-

or Roll and ESPN Th e Magazine

CoSIDA Academic All-District

Second Team.

Deese said she has enjoyed

working with Th ompson and has

enjoyed all of their time together.

“She’s always come through and

she’s always been there for her

teammates,” Deese said. “She’s

really worn the blue and orange

with a lot of pride.”

As a senior, Th ompson said this

season reminds her that she is

about to end a part of her life that

has lasted 14 years.

“Th ere are parts of me that are

saying my body’s breaking down

a little bit and it’s time to be

done,” Th ompson said. “Still in my

heart, it’s hard to say goodbye to

it.”

The Auburn PlainsmanSports, D2 Thursday, April 8, 2010

Mental preparation is the name of the game as the Auburn Men’s Golf team prepares for the Bluegrass Invitational April 10-11 in Lexington, Ky.

Th e Tigers fi nished sev-enth at the Hootie at Bulls Bay in Charleston, S.C., last weekend. Auburn opened the fi rst day of the tournament strong, tying with leader LSU in the front nine at 2-under par.

“A lot of it is putting,” said red-shirt fresh-man David Z i c k l e r . “ W e ’ v e been told all year that we’re the best put-ting team nationally, and I be-lieve that. We’re defi -nitely one of the best ball-striking teams, but we just need to improve on a weekly ba-sis on putting and pitch-ing around the green we should be fi ne.”

Auburn entered the back nine with East Ten-nessee State and NC State as sophomore Will Mc-Curdy made a par-5 eagle on No. 10, the course’s longest hole. Th e Tigers closed the day tied for fourth, three strokes be-hind the leader, LSU. In individual performances, sophomore Kyle Kopsick tied for fi fth, while Mc-Curdy tied for eighth.

Auburn dropped to sixth on day two, though the top eight teams were separated by a mere six strokes.

“It’s not too often that you fi nd the top eight teams in a tournament only separated by six strokes after 36 holes of golf,” said Auburn coach Nick Clinard. “Aside from a couple of team who shot

unbelievable rounds, we held our own. Kyle (Kop-sick) and Will (McCurdy) are continuing to im-press with their form this spring.”

Coming into the fi nal day of competition, the top-10 teams’ tightness of ranking began to take its toll as Auburn shot par to drop to seventh place.

LSU fi nished on top, followed by Wake Forest, Virginia, Augusta State and Duke.

“We had a good tourna-ment, we just beat our-selves,” Zickler said. “We

had a cou-ple of freak putts here and there and a cou-ple of bad holes and that’s the only thing that cost us the tourna-ment. If we play our best and we’re the t o u g h e s t m e n t a l l y ,

there aren’t many teams out there that can beat us.”

Auburn heads to Lex-ington this weekend to participate in the Blue-grass Invitational, a tour-nament hosted by the University of Kentucky. Other teams competing include the University of Akron, Austin Peay, Sam-ford, Ball State and Mi-ami.

Clinard said this week-end’s tournament, as with competitions in the few weeks past, are all in prep-aration for the SEC Cham-pionship at the Frederica Club in Sea Island, Ga.

“I think we have a good chance at the SEC,” Clin-ard said. “If we take care of ourselves we have a great chance to win any golf tournament we play in. Our guys are capable of winning a golf tourna-ment and we’re going to need all of them to win an SEC championship.”

Men’s Golf heads to Ky.

Th e regular season is also

usually looked over until Feb-

ruary when people are looking

up statistics for teams they

think will be playing in late

March.

With the expansion to 96

teams, the tournament would

lose the lore it has held since

the previous expansions in

1985 to 64 and 2001 to 65.

Th ey say the tournament

will keep the three-week for-

mat, but would add another

round.

Th e top 32 seeds would also

get byes, negating any chance

for a fi rst-round upset of a No.

1 or a No. 2.

Th e NCAA would also have

to move away from the iconic

64-team bracket that everyone

associates with the tourna-

ment.

One reason the NCAA might

give for expansion would be

that UCLA, Arizona, North

Carolina and UConn didn’t

make the 2010 tournament,

the fi rst time since the 1966,

when the tournament only

had a maximum of 25 teams.

Th ose four teams have also

combined to win 19 national

championships, with 11 com-

ing from the Bruins.

Post-season play should

be a privilege, not a right. If

the teams didn’t deserve to

be in the tournament, they

shouldn’t have the chance to

play in it.

I watch the tournament so

I can see the big teams like

Syracuse, UCLA, North Caro-

lina and UConn get upset by

teams like Butler, St. Mary’s

and Northern Iowa.

Adding an extra game to the

lower seeded teams adds the

risk of injury and fatigue to

hurt them in the later rounds.

Th e lower seeds would have

to play seven games to win

a championship, something

only the teams that play the

play-in game could do now

(which has yet to happen).

NCAA basketball should

not follow in the footsteps of

NCAA football.

Football has so many bowls,

nobody can name all 33.

More than half of college

football teams get to play in

a bowl, basically every team

with a winning record.

Another expansion makes

coaching searches tougher

too.

A coach looking to make

a move to a bigger program

would have to take his team

into the second or third round

of the expanded tournament

to have a legitimate chance of

making an impression on an-

other school.

Coaches, however, seem to

like the idea of an expanded

tournament so they can pad

their resumes with NCAA

tournament appearances.

In the long run, the expan-

sion of the tournament will

help the power conferences to

control the NCAA.

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The Auburn PlainsmanSPORTS STAFF

ABBY ALBRIGHTEditor

PATRICK DEVERAssociate Editor

To reach the staff , call 844-9109.

BLAKE HAMILTONAssistant Editor

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Baseball4/9

vs. LSU @ 7 p.m.

W. Tennis4/9

vs. Ole Miss@ 2:30 p.m.

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vs. LSU@ 2 p.m.

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ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

If we play

our best and we’re

the toughest men-

tally, there aren’t

many teams that

can beat us.”

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Baseball4/11

vs. LSU@ 1 p.m.

Softball4/11

vs. Tennessee@ 1 p.m.

W. Tennis4/9

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LIFESPORTS SPORTS, D3

Spring has sprung on Th e

Plains, and warm-weather

intramural sports are out in

force. Tuesday night saw the

third week of student softball

and soccer teams in play, as

various student organizations

went head to head.

Baby’s Daddies, a coed team

with a female pitcher, lost a

close bout with the Pillsbury

Bro-Boys 15-14.

“It’s just al-

ways a good

time when

you come

out here and

play,” said Ba-

by’s Daddies’

Adam Fur-

rer, senior in

physical edu-

cation. “I like

to come out

here and hang

out with my

c l a s s m a t e s .

It’s a good challenge and gives

us good fellowship.”

Some teams took the oppor-

tunity to practice while watch-

ing other teams and enjoying

the cool night air.

“It’s a lot of fun to get out here

and play,” said Brittney Lant-

rip, sophomore in biomedical

sciences. “We’re not even play-

ing tonight, but I enjoy just

practicing with my coed team,

the Diamond Studs. It’s a great

opportunity to bond with my

sorority sisters. It also helps

that I used to play. I was kind

of a big deal.”

Another pair of softball

teams in play was the War

Eagle Girls and Plainsmen and

I’d Hit Th at. Despite strong de-

fensive performances in the

outfi eld by such WEGP players

as Drew Steverson, sophomore

in aerospace engineering, I’d

Hit Th at came out on top with

a score of 13-8.

“We get some great group

bonding time when we play,”

Steverson said. “It’s a good

chance to get close. You see

a competitive side of your

friends that you might not see

otherwise, but you also get to

see the goofy side.”

Some students who play

intramurals are former high

school athletes who wish to

continue to hone their skills.

“Th is is a great program that

Auburn has set up for us stu-

dents,” said WEGP player CJ

Henley, sophomore in political

science. “I like to come out and

play because of the competi-

tion and to support my orga-

nization, obviously, but also

because it lets me re-live my

glory days a little bit.”

Another advantage of intra-

murals is that players of any

skill level can compete. Such

was the case with Elizabeth

Williams, sophomore in public

relations playing for WEGP.

“Th is is my fi rst time playing

intramurals,” Williams said. “I

think it’s a lot of fun to come

out and play

with my friends.

It’s also the fi rst

we’ve had to en-

joy the spring

weather, so

that’s cool too.”

Some players

such as WEGP’s

Brad Cink, ju-

nior in industri-

al engineering,

have taken ad-

vantage of the

multiple sports

Auburn off ers to students.

“My organization encour-

aged me to play, so that’s why

I came out,” Cink said. “I’ve

always liked the various intra-

mural programs here at Au-

burn. I did the track meet my

freshman year and I’ve played

basketball too.”

On the opposite end of the

fi elds, soccer teams Psygo

and Mean Green duked it out

in a fast-paced game. Psygo is

comprised of graduate level

psychology students like Ben

Carter, who served as the

team’s coach Tuesday night.

“Soccer is great because

people of all skill levels can

play,” Carter said. “It’s also fun

for me to get back out here and

play like I used to a long time

ago in high school. It’s cool

how we all got together. We

just sent out e-mails to see if

any other grad students were

interested in playing and peo-

ple started coming out.”

Aggressive players such as

Mean Green’s Julia Ryczak,

freshman in science and math-

ematics, led her team’s charge

down the pitch, but it was ulti-

mately Psygo that came out on

top, winning 9-4.

“I play intramurals because

it’s a great way to relax,” said

Mean Green’s Ben Nemic, grad-

uate student in hotel and res-

taurant management. “I really

enjoy playing sports that I have

no idea how to play.”

Intramural softball, soccer lets students re-live

glory days on the fi eld while enjoying spring weather, engaging in

competition, fellowship

I enjoy just

practicing with my

coed team. It helps

that I used to play. I

was kind of a big deal.”

Brittney Lantrip, sophomore,

biomedical sciences

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ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR


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Julia Ryczak, freshman in science and mathematics, dribbles for Mean Green, which lost to Psygo 9-4.


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In Room 207 of the Stu-

dent Activities Center, Au-

burn students, faculty and

staff fl ock to yoga classes

for fl exibility, relaxation

and centeredness, at no

cost to them.

“I began teaching yoga

for the Campus Recreation

Lifetime Wellness and Fit-

ness Program in 2009,”

said Pam Wiggins, a certi-

fi ed yoga instructor. “We

started with three classes

in the morning, and to

date, we have added fi ve

more classes and three in-

structors.”

Wiggins said the Univer-

sity off ers other classes as

a part of the fi tness pro-

gram that focus on the

other components of fi t-

ness, cardiovascular and

muscular endurance as

well as strength.

However, yoga fulfi lls

the fl exibility component

of the fi tness program

while also including the

other two components,

Wiggins said.

“Most exercisers want

the aerobic eff ect or the

muscular strength rather

than increased range of

motion,” Wiggins said.

“Yoga off ers that and much

more. Muscular strength

and endurance come from

the diff erent poses, or ‘asa-

nas’ that one holds.”

All three yoga instruc-

tors at Auburn are YogaFit

certifi ed instructors, Wig-

gins said.

According to www.yo-

gafi t.com, YogaFit is an

abbreviation for “Yoga for

the Fitness Industry,” and

was developed by Beth

Shaw in 1994. YogaFit

omits the sanskrit names

for poses and the ohming

and chanting generally as-

sociated with traditional

yoga, making it less myste-

rious and intimidating.

YogaFit is based on the

ancient fi tness science of

hatha yoga, and it blends

balance, strength, fl exibil-

ity and power.

Wiggins’ class includes

upbeat music, laughter

and conversation.

Brian Wells, faculty

member at the space re-

search institute at the Uni-

versity, started doing yoga

10 years ago. He joined the

yoga program at Auburn

last year when it began.

“Often, people will start

off in hatha yoga because

it’s very physical,” Wells

said. “All the yogas are fo-

cused on the union of the

mind, body and spirit.”

Wells said each type of

yoga has a focus, and peo-

ple have to learn to incor-

porate the other compo-

nents to get the most out

of the experience.

“As you develop in ha-

tha yoga, you have to learn

how to focus and get the

mental component,” Wells

said. “Otherwise you fi nd

yourself not holding the

postures properly. You

get to this point where

your body is progressed

enough, and your mind is

really the challenge.”

Yoga is a complement to

all other athletic and exer-

cise activities one can do,

Wells said.

“You’re also less likely to

get hurt if you’re fl exible,”

Wells said. “Th ey should

have more of the athletic

department working with

yoga, because that would

perhaps cut down their

injury rates because the

muscles are loose.”

Above all, yoga is simple

and versatile, Wells said.

“Yoga is one of the ac-

tivities that you don’t need

anything,” Wells said. “You

can do yoga anywhere. I’ve

actually done it on an air-

plane before.”

Chelsea Hodgkins,

freshman in political sci-

ence, started doing yoga

regularly when she came

to Auburn in the fall.

“It calms me down,”

Hodgkins said. “It’s nice to

be able to take an hour for

yourself, and it’s greatly in-

creased my fl exibility and

got me in shape. I’ve lost

15 pounds since I’ve been

here.”

In high school, Hodg-

kins played soccer, and she

still runs. She said yoga is

a diff erent type of work-

out than any sport she has

ever played.

“In my mind, it targets

diff erent parts of your

body,” Hodgkins said.

“Running does good stuff

for your legs and every-

thing, but yoga is kind of

like an all-over training

system. Everybody should

do it.”

Athletes in other sports

benefi t greatly from yoga,

Hodgkins said.

“I’ve had friends who

have been on the track

team and have shed min-

utes off their time because

the more fl exible you are, I

guess the faster you’re able

to go,” Hodgkins said.

She said she had done

yoga classes before com-

ing to Auburn, but Wig-

gins’ class is the best.

“I love Pam,” Hodgkins

said. “She’s funny, and

she’s a really good instruc-

tor. She knows what she’s

doing, and you defi nitely

feel it when you walk out.

She’s the best yoga instruc-

tor I’ve ever had.”

Ancient fi tness with modern twist

Jillian Clair / STAFF REPORTER

Yoga instructor Pam Wiggins leads her class in different yoga positions.

JILLIAN CLAIR

STAFF REPORTER

Th e No. 3 Auburn Women’s

Golf team fi nished in 12th place

at the Bryan National Collegiate

after a third-round score of 300.

Th e team’s tournament total

was 36-over-par, 900 at the last

competition of the regular sea-

son.

“If you look at the leader

board, it doesn’t look like we

played that great,” said coach

Kim Evans. “I thought we

showed improvement every day

which made it a great tourna-

ment.”

Th e strongest performances

of the weekend came from fresh-

man Carlie Yadloczky and soph-

omore Haley Wilson.

“Th ey played well by making

goals each day and working hard

to achieve them,” Evans said.

Yadloczky said she became

sick, possibly from dehydration,

on the fi rst day.

However, by day two, she was

once again healthy and focused.

“I had a couple bad shots the

last couple of holes,” Yadloczky

said. “I think I did well by hitting

most of the fairways and green.”

Yadloczky found herself in a

3-over round until the fi nal two

holes, but returned with back-

to-back birdies to end at 1-over

and fi nish in eighth place.

“I am going to play the best I

can in next week’s SEC Tourna-

ment and hope that it gets me

in the top 10 again,” Yadloczky

said.

Wilson said she was also

pleased with her solid and con-

sistent performance throughout

the three days.

Her score was the second

highest of the Tigers.

“I worked on staying patient

and focusing on the shot at

hand,” Wilson said. “I tried to

not get ahead of myself and stay

in the moment.”

Wilson posted a 1-over, 73 in

the fi nal round of the tourna-

ment. After starting the week-

end with a 76, she tallied a sec-

ond-round of 74 before dropping

her score again to close out the

weekend with a 223 (+7) tourna-

ment total.

“We had a good week as a

team,” Wilson said. “Everyone

contributed with solid perfor-

mances.”

Sophomore Patricia Sanz

scored a 4-over-par, 76 the fi nal

day, earning her the third best

score for the Tigers.

Sanz also lowered her score in

three-consecutive rounds, fi n-

ishing with a 17-over, 233 mark.

Th e native of Madrid, Spain,

fi nished in a tie for 67th.

Of the 18 participating teams,

Florida State claimed fi rst place

with a 9-over-par, 873.

Co-host Wake Forest followed

with an 874 (+10).

Ohio State, Vanderbilt and

Duke completed the top-fi ve

with 22-over-par, 886s.

Wake Forest’s Cheyenne

Woods landed in the top-spot

with a 5-under, 211 weekend per-

formance. Tennessee’s Nathalie

Mansson (-3), Virginia’s Brit-

tany Altomare (-2), Duke’s Lindy

Duncan (-2) and Florida State’s

Macarena Silva (-1) rounded out

the top fi ve, respectively.

Th e Tigers will return to the

green April 16-18 to defend their

conference title at the SEC Tour-

nament. Th e tournament will

take place at the North River

Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa.

Yadloczky and Wilson said

they are confi dent their team’s

hard work will pay off in the next

few weeks.

“Our goal remains to get pre-

pared for each tournament as it

comes,” Evans said.

Th e Bryan National Collegiate

took place at the par-72, 6,323-

yard Players Course at the Bryan

Park Golf and Enrichment Cen-

ter as North Carolina-Greens-

boro and Wake Forest co-hosted

the event.

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WRITER


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Freshman infi elder Kelsey Cartwright hits the ball during the fi rst game of Saturday’s doubleheader against No. 6 Alabama at Jane B. Moore Field. The Tigers fell to the Tide 5-1, 9-1 and 10-2.

Softball swept, looks to learn from mistakes

Auburn Softball fell in three straight home games against the No. 8 Crimson Tide of Alabama this week-end, 5-1, 9-1 and 10-2.

Auburn dropped to 20-15, 5-9 SEC, while Alabama moved to 27-9, 10-4 SEC.

“Alabama is a great team,” said Anna Th omp-son, senior pitcher for the Tigers. “We have learned a lot from what happened this weekend.”

In Friday’s game, sophomore Angel Bun-ner (6-6) took the loss as Alabama capitalized on

two homeruns. Th e Tigers stranded seven baserun-ners.

In the third inning, with two members of the Tide on base, Bunner inten-tionally walked Alabama’s Charlotte Morgan, load-ing the bases for Whitney Larsen. Larsen hit a grand slam, giving the Tide a 4-0 lead.

Sophomore pitcher Je-nee Loree came in to fi nish the inning successfully, but gave up a lead-off home-run to Alabama’s Jazlyn Lunceford in the sixth.

Th e Tigers battled back to score in the sixth, when sophomore Amber Harri-

son doubled with juniors Caitlin Stangl and Kyndall White on base.

Auburn couldn’t stir up more off ense and lost, 5-1.

In Saturday’s double-header, similar off ensive problems plagued the Ti-gers, as they scored three runs to Alabama’s 19.

In the fi rst game, Au-burn’s Th ompson (11-6) started, going just 3 2/3 innings and taking the loss for the Tigers.

Th e Tide took advantage of three Auburn errors to score four runs, while Au-burn’s White scored the solo run in the game with a home run in the fourth.

White continued her off ensive authority Satur-day in the second game, knocking the fi rst pitch of the bottom of the fi rst out of the park.

But, the lead didn’t last long.

Jenee Loree (2-3) started the game, allowing fi ve runs, all earned, and go-ing 2 2/3 innings before Th ompson came in.

Alabama raked in the runs with multiple home runs and hits, driving the defi cit to 7-1 in the sixth.

Auburn started to make a late-game rally, taking advantage of a Tide er-ror in the bottom of the

sixth to plate a run, but Alabama retired the fi nal batter to fi nish the game, winning 10-2.

“We understand this past weekend is over,” Th ompson said. “Now, we just have to take the les-sons we learned and move forward.”

Th e Tigers play Ten-nessee this weekend in a three-game series at Jane B. Moore Field in Auburn. Saturday’s doubleheader and Sunday’s game both start at 1 p.m.

Th ompson said she is optimistic for the rest of the season.

“We have a relatively

young team and many of them haven’t been in this situation before,” Th omp-son said. “Th e next few weeks will be a learning experience for us all.”

She said she is using the next couple practices to prepare for the rest of the season.

She also said the sched-ule for the rest of the sea-son will be diffi cult, but she is confi dent.

“We have the potential to do very well with the last part of the season,” Th omp-son said. “It is going to take everyone buying into that and working towards the same goal (to win.)”

ANNA SCHIERHOLZ

WRITER

The Auburn Plainsman Sports, D7Thursday, April 8, 2010

Clayton’s coaching passion

Church league basketball and Di-vision I track and fi eld usually don’t go together.

However, for assistant head track and fi eld coach Jerry Clayton, an in-terest in the former helped pave the way to his current posi-tion in the latter.

“I started coaching church league basketball I think when I was about a freshman or sopho-more in high school,” Clayton said. “So I guess coaching has always been in my blood.”

While Clayton got an early start in coaching, his passion for track and fi eld began at his high school in Rushville, Ill., where he also played football in addition to competing in track and fi eld.

Clayton, who is in his 11th season at Auburn, said he leaned more to-ward track and fi eld because of its level playing fi eld.

“I come from a very small high school, so if you didn’t play for the larger teams (in football) it’s hard to get notoriety to go to the Division I

level,” Clayton said. “But in track, it all matters with how the far the implement went. If you threw a cer-tain distance, it was all equal, so that kind of helped get more recognition for a Division I level as far as recruit-ing.”

Colleges began recognizing Clay-ton’s abilities on the fi eld.

He decided to stay in-state and accepted a scholarship to the University of Il-linois.

Clayton was a two-time NCAA qualifi er in the shot put as a mem-ber of the Illini.

Clayton’s passion has turned into an occupa-tion, as he has more than 25 years of coach-ing experience under his belt.

Clayton spent fi ve seasons as the head coach at South-west Texas State, leading the Bob-cats to four Southland Conference championships. He also served as an assistant coach at his alma mater and the University of Florida before landing at Auburn.

Clayton said the experience he has gained throughout the years has helped him become the coach he is today.

“I know things that I feel work and things that I feel really do not work,” Clayton said.

While every aspect of coaching is important, Clayton said getting his athletes to perform when it counts gives him the most pride.

“A lot of people can get people to perform, but to me, the highest pin-nacle of the sport is getting the ath-lete to perform at the most critical and most important championship,” Clayton said.

And Clayton has done just that at Auburn.

Two of Clayton’s pupils, Donald Th omas (indoor high jump) and Ja-cob Dunkleberger (hammer throw), captured national championships in 2007. Seven of Clayton’s athletes were selected as All-Americans the same year.

Six track and fi eld athletes ad-vanced to the NCAA Outdoor Cham-pionships in 2008, a year in which Clayton was named USTFCCCA Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year.

Th e success looks to keep coming, as Clayton said he isn’t leaving Au-burn anytime soon, if at all.

“(Auburn) is a great environment to work,” Clayton said. “You don’t ever say never, but I’m not going out and looking for stuff . It’s a great situ-ation.”

DAVIS POTTER

WRITER

CLAYTON

Jumping with Jerry

Who is your favorite athlete of all time?Former U.S. Track and Field ath-lete Al Feuerbach

What is your favorite Auburn tradition?Tiger Walk

Who is the most famous per-son you’ve ever met?Former President George W. Bush

What is your favorite type of music?I like all kinds of music. I guess I’ll have to go with hard rock.

What book are you currently reading?“Transfer of Training in Sports” by Anatoliy Bondarchuk

What would you be doing if you weren’t coaching?Teaching in some capacity. Work-ing with young people.

What is your favorite career coaching moment?Winning national championships as a team. Individually, every national champion that I’ve had because of what it meant for them.

What’s the last movie you saw in theaters?“Avatar”

What is your favorite restau-rant in Auburn?Laredo’s

BlackBerry or iPhone?BlackBerry, because I don’t have an iPhone.

Volleyball spikes teams in Atlanta

In recent years, the Auburn Volleyball team has struggled during the regular season, but this off -season the team is working hard to change that.

Th is past weekend, the team traveled to Atlanta for the to Atlanta Colle-giate Invitational tourna-ment.

Th e Tigers took on Clemson University, Georgia Tech University, College of Charleston and the University of Georgia.

Th e team began the tournament on Easter with impressive wins against Clemson, Geor-gia Tech and Charleston.

Defeating the three teams moved Auburn to the fi nal match vs. SEC ri-val UGA where the Tigers were unfortunately de-feated by the Bulldogs in a close and hard fought match.

Coming off a 16-15 re-cord in 2009, coach Wade Benson said he has seen great progress since the start of the team’s spring season.

Th e team’s advance-ment to the fi nal round of the tournament was a good display of their ef-forts.

Benson was proud of the team for its ability to stay calm and fi nish strong.

“When you’re down a couple games and you’re able to not panic, that’s a tough thing,” Benson said. “We did a great job (of not panicking) and were able to pick up our game and come out on top.”

Sophomore Kelly Fi-dero was proud of her team for making it so far in the tournament and is excited for the team’s up-coming season.

She said her focus is to

help bring success to the program.

“We did a lot of good things,” Fidero said. “Our blocking was really good and we worked really hard.”

Benson said the team jumped a mental hurdle and impressed him with its eff ort and dedicated work ethic.

Like Fidero, red-shirt freshman Sarah Wroblickly had a big weekend at the net. Wroblicky has made an immediate impact on the team, and Benson is a big believer in her.

“Sarah did extremely well for being a redshirt freshman she had a lot of big plays,” Benson said.

Wroblicky, the defen-sive specialist, thought the defense did well and said the team blocked ex-tremely well.

“I thought we played pretty solid the whole tournament,” Wroblickly said. “At the end it just came down to fi ghting for it and I feel like we backed off a little, but overall I think we played really well.”

Although the team was not as successful as it wanted to be in the regu-lar season, Fidero is con-fi dent that everyone on the team is determined and focused to improve for this coming season.

“I want to help build this program and get it where it needs to be,” Fi-dero said. “We’re capable of winning and our focus is to give our team the success it deserves.”

Fidero said the team is working hard on and off the court to get the rec-ognition she knows they are capable of.

Th e volleyball team has one more weekend of matches to keep its hot-streak going when it travels to Nashville to compete in its fi nal tournament of the spring April 10.

ASHLEY MARKS

WRITER

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