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The Auburn Plainsman THURSDAY, October 22, 2009
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Th e Black Student Union and the National Pan-Hellen-ic Council hosted the Free-style, Fish, and Fun event in the Auburn University Stu-dent Center Monday.
Th is event hosted to a gath-ering of students who went to have fun and eat free food.
“Th e purpose of the Free-style, Fish, Fun and Stroll Off is basically a social thing that we do with NPHC for ev-eryone to come together af-ter midterms and just come have a nice time having food, and we also have a contest with the Greeks,” said Sha-quoya Williams, administra-tive vice president of the BSU. “So they get to win a trophy for the best fraternity and so-rority.”
Th e participating Greek or-ganizations included Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Beta Sigma,
Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Th eta and Omega Psi Phi.
Th ese Greeks were involved in a stroll-off which saw the Omega Psi Phi as best frater-nity and Delta Sigma Th eta as best sorority. Stroll-off is an-other form of stepping, which is a form of dancing.
Th e music was provided by Opelika resident DJ Holley-wood.
Hip-hop played while Au-bie himself made an appear-ance at the event, dancing with the Greeks.
Dinner included chicken, green peas, corn, fi sh, maca-roni and cheese and apple pie. Th e drinks provided in-cluded coke and orange soda.
Another major part of the event was the freestyle. Free-style is a display of talent in-cluding dancing, singing and rapping.
“It has always been an an-
A car’s GPS is primar-ily known for getting one from point “A” to point “B,” but it may be able to make sure one gets there alive.
Ford Motor Company is working with Auburn’s De-partment of Mechanical Engineering to develop a system linking positioning satellites to a car’s stability controls.
“Basically, Ford has a URP program where they
select universities to work with them on partner-ships,” said David Bevly, professor of Auburn’s GPS and vehicle dynamics lab-oratory. “Th ey wanted to see how they could inte-grate the current systems on their vehicles and they called us to see if we could come up with better algo-rithms for stability.”
Th e program is fi nanced by a $120,000 grant from Ford, part of a $4 million total investment for 2009.
Th e satellites’ ability to
detect the precise speed, sideslip and inertial mea-surements of a vehicle will enable the stability system to prevent incidents such as rollovers.
Th e measurement and correction of a car’s skid, even at minimal levels, will be used to prevent larger-scale deviations from the road if the driver were to temporarily lose focus.
“A satellite orbiting the Earth could someday pre-vent an auto accident,” said Gerhard Schmidt,
Ford's chief technical of-fi cer and vice president for research and advanced engineering. “We applaud the Auburn team for these advancements and look forward to working to-gether on the next phase of this research, including developing prototype ve-hicles.”
Th ough the research was presented last week at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ International Conference on Systems, Man and Cy-
bernetics in San Antonio, Texas, it is unclear how long it will be before these systems are available on the market.
“We’re in year two of our partnership with Ford,” Bevly said. “Th e research takes a long time, and it’s not exactly up to us when the technology is imple-mented. It’s up to Ford to integrate it into vehicles, and that time line is some-times quite long.”
It will likely be several years before a usable pro-
totype is produced. Ford executives are con-
fi dent the steps being tak-en at Auburn will signifi -cantly shape how the cars of the future are produced.
“Stability control is one of the most important safety technologies of this decade,” said Jeff Rupp, manager of Ford Active Safety Systems Engineer-ing. “Ford is committed to safety leadership, and research partnerships like our work with Auburn help us achieve success.”
Ford, Auburn create GPS featureBy BLAKE HAMILTON
Associate Campus Editor
BSU hosts Fish, Freestyle
After nearly two decades at the helm of the College of Sciences and Mathematics, Dean Stewart Sch-neller is stepping down.
New $40 million buildings, the securing of $10 million in research funding and a growth in the aver-age of COSAM majors by approxi-mately 11,000 since the year 2000 are among the changes in Sch-neller’s tenure.
So why give it up?Auburn and COSAM will be un-
dergoing reaccreditation over the
next four years, followed by a capi-tal campaign ending in 2016, involving the securing of donations.
“One of the things that came to mind was that I didn’t see myself as being dean in 2016,” Schneller said. “Do-nors give to people be-cause they recognize the confi dence and vision that you have. I thought that perhaps it would be a good time for a new dean to come into COSAM and pre-pare themselves for the reaccredi-
tation and work with the campus and SACS committees.”
Schneller is a tenured professor of chemistry and biochemistry who directs a research pro-gram of Ph.D. and post-doctoral students. His desire is to spend time pursuing new education techniques and potential research abroad.
“Over the past few years it has become
more competitive to seek outside
Reaccreditation causes dean to retireBy BLAKE HAMILTON
Associate Campus Editor
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Chris Todd completes a pass to wide receiver Terrell Zachery.
Tigers sink to Wildcats, 21-14
Auburn football (5-2, 2-2 SEC) lost to the University of Kentucky (3-3, 1-3 SEC) 21-14, Saturday.
Th is marks the second loss for the Tigers this sea-son.
“Th e kids played hard and they played right down to the end,” said head coach Gene Chizik. “We fell short.”
Kentucky’s defense held Auburn to 315 yards of total off ense, 220 yards on the ground and 95 through the air.
“Th ey played a lot of base defense and didn’t give up any big plays to us,” Chizik said.
Auburn opened up the scoring on a 69-yard fi eld goal block return for a touchdown by sophomore defensive back Neiko Th or-pe, in the fi rst quarter.
Th e Wildcats answered in the second quarter with a rushing touchdown by freshman quarterback Morgan Newton.
Auburn was able to score a touchdown before the fi rst half ended on a rush by senior running back Ben Tate.
Tate tallied 132 rush yards on 31 carries. He has rushed for more than 100
yards in all four SEC games this season.
Th e third quarter was quiet, but Auburn penal-ties in the fourth quarter led to two Kentucky touch-downs.
“Most of the night, I thought we played really well on defense, but they hit us with a couple of big ones, and it really ended up being the diff erence,” Chizik said.
Kentucky was able to score two touchdowns in the last seven minutes of the game on runs of two and four yards by junior quarterback Will Fidler and sophomore wide re-ceiver/quarterback Ran-dall Cobb.
Senior Auburn quarter-back Chris Todd was 10 for 24 for 80 yards, an in-terception and no touch-downs.
“We had our chances to hit some open receivers on some diff erent routes, and it just didn’t seem like we were clicking in the pass-ing game like we needed to be for whatever reason,” Chizik said.
Kentucky is fi rst to hold Todd under 100 yards passing this season.
“He is out there trying hard,” Chizik said. “Some-times you have those type of games.”
By PATRICK DEVERAssistant Sports Editor
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By DAVID CRAYTONStaff Writer
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
DJ Holleywood provides music for the BSU Freestyle, Fish and Fun.
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DUI Arrests in the City of Auburn Oct. 11 - Oct. 18, 2009
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CRIME REPORTSOct. 11 - Oct. 18, 2009
Oct. 12, Chateau Apartments 450 N. Gay St. - Th eft reported. Blue 2005 Ford Expedition reported stolen.
Oct. 12, Th omas Street – Th eft reported. Black 2008 Jeep Wrangler reported stolen.
Oct. 14, Shell 600 Shug Jordan Parkway – Th eft reported. Th ree cases of Budweiser and three cases of Bud Light.
Oct. 14, Auburn Trail 1131 S. College St. - Th eft reported. One 2008 Alumacraft boat, one Alpine DMR radio, one iPod touch and one aluminum boat trailer.
Oct. 15, Nash Creek Drive – Th eft reported. One Kobalt Milter saw, one Makita circular saw, one Porter cable, two Hilti screw guns, four 100-foot 12-gauge extension cords, one 25-foot 12-gauge extension cord and one 100-foot 16- gauge exten-sion cord reported stolen.
Oct. 16, Winn Dixie 1617 S. College St. - Crimi-nal mischief reported. One white University of Alabama “A” car fl ag reported damaged.
Oct. 18, Creekside 650 Dekalb St. - Larceny re-ported. $400 in assorted lingerie reported stolen.
Oct. 18, Donahue Crossing 1477 N. Donahue Drive – Th eft reported. One Cobra radar detec-tor, one Kenneth Cole watch and $40.
Oct. 18, Donahue Crossing 1477 N. Donahue Drive – Larceny reported. One white iPod video.
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nual thing to do,” Williams said. “People get to come and show their talents.”
Th is event, as well as other events, enables members of the BSU and NPHC to work together.
“We try to make sure we all stay together, NPHC and the Black Student Union,” Williams said. “We work
together throughout the year doing a lot of things. We always try to incorpo-rate them.”
Nicole Bolden, publicity director of BSU, said the event was a success.
“It gives a lot of oppor-tunities other than class to meet people of the same culture, the same age and everything,” Bolden said.
Bolden said the food was provided by Tiger Ca-
tering.Th e funding for the fi sh
fry came from BSU itself. “We put a lot of money
aside, and we budget for all our events,” Bolden said.
One purpose for this event was charity. Bolden said the BSU will give the money they raised to char-ity in order to fi ght the War on Hunger.
“I think it’s just the mat-
ter of the social and the fa-milial kind of atmosphere that it brings with the fi sh fry,” said adviser Charus Campbell. “It’s almost a home gathering.”
For the rest of the se-mester, the BSU will host an event called Wing Jam Nov. 2, and for all those who are interested in go-ing to graduate school, BSU will host a Graduate Student Forum Nov. 9.
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funding for research,” Sch-neller said. “I’ve got scripts to write and patents to work on. I’ve also got some good ideas on teach-ing, such as 3D technology to help students see things in a diff erent way.”
Provost Mary Ellen Mazey held an open forum regarding the search for a new dean Monday.
Topics covered included qualities deemed neces-sary for the next head of COSAM.
“Th e forum went really well,” Mazey said. “We had a lot of compliments for Dean Schneller and some
good, constructive discus-sion. Dean Schneller has many successes as dean of COSAM as he has worked with the faculty, staff , stu-dents and alumni to build the college’s teaching, re-search and outreach mis-sions. He will be missed as dean, but he will continue to make major contribu-tions to the college and the University.”
Further developments in Schneller’s tenure in-clude the COSAM Out-reach program for stu-dents from kindergarten to 12th grade.
Th is program provides mentoring and hands-on laboratory activities.
Another of Schneller’s successes is an improve-
ment in the variety of COSAM students.
“Th e quality of COSAM undergrad students is out-standing,” Schneller said. “I’m proud of the diversity the college has achieved, both in gender and race.”
Associate Dean for Re-search Marie Wooten ex-pressed her appreciation for Schneller’s work.
She cited his rousing of alumni support and se-curing of facilities for the college as key in bringing COSAM to where it is to-day.
“He’s had a remark-able impression on the infrastructure and state of this college,” Wooten said. “He took helm of relatively new college and
gave it fi rm footing, leav-ing us with bright future. He invested an incredible amount of personal time and eff ort and will sorely be missed.”
Schneller, though glad to be able to focus on his research, is also apprecia-tive of those who helped him in his tenure as a COSAM dean.
“From a personal stand-point, being dean has been a very fulfi lling expe-rience,” Schneller said. “To be able to work with the faculty, have wonderful alumni and to be given the opportunity to build the college, I have a feeling of great satisfaction to have been able to work with such wonderful people.”
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The Alpha Phi Alphas compete in the stroll-off during the BSU Freestyle, Fish and Fun event.
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Th e intrigue article ‘Massage Th erapy off ers body retreat’ (C1, Oct. 15, 2009) had a misspelled name. Th e correct spelling is Terri Gilmore.
Th e campus article ‘Auburn University Dean of Nursing retires after 11 years’ (A1, Oct. 8, 2009) had a misquote. Th e quote “I feel as if I’m coming to the end of my career. I’ve loved my job and my work, and at some level I’m sad to be leaving it. On the other hand, it is very reassuring and en-couraging to know that people appreciate what I have done,” was said by Barbara Witt.
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Th e U.S. Department of Veterans Aff airs issued emergency funds for vet-erans who applied for the Post-9/11 GI Bill and have not yet received their edu-cation benefi ts.
Th e Post-9/11 GI Bill says veterans who have been on active duty on or after Sept. 11, 2001, are eli-gible to receive tuition and mandatory fees to a public university, said Don Pugh of the Veterans Resource Center.
“Th e amount depends on the state,” Pugh said, “and there is a percentage based on the individual’s time of service.”
Th e bill was approved June 30, 2008, and pay-ments were expected to begin distribution Aug. 1, 2009, said Chuck Rice, Ala-bama’s education liaison representative.
However, as of Oct. 2, more than 25,000 veter-ans had not received their
benefi ts for the fall 2009 term, Rice said.
Secretary of Veterans Aff airs Eric K. Shinseki approved advanced pay-ments up to $3,000 for veterans who have not yet received benefi ts from the GI Bill, said Col. Keith Pickens, battalion execu-tive offi cer.
“If you’re counting on this money to pay your tuition, and it hasn’t been dispersed to the Univer-sity yet, and you’re getting ready to register for the spring semester, there’s a hold on your account until you pay the bill,” Pickens said. “At Auburn Universi-ty, people are going to reg-ister this month for their spring classes.”
Th e veterans are forced to cover expenses accrued by the delayed distribution of GI funds, Pickens said.
“$3,000 won’t cover a whole semester, but it’s $3,000 they won’t have to borrow,” Pickens said. “Our veterans are feeling like this is a good thing.
I’m sure they’d like $6,000, but in some schools $3,000 will almost go all the way.”
One of the main rea-sons for the delay may be transfer-ability.
Un d e r the Post-9 / 1 1 GI Bill, v e t e r -ans who served on or after Sept. 11, 2001, and who have been on active duty for at least 10 years, can transfer the benefi ts to their spouse, and at 15 years, they can transfer the money to their dependents, Pickens said.
“Th is is the fi rst GI bill in history that veterans other than disabled veter-ans could transfer to their dependents,” Pickens said.
Th is is a signifi cant shift from how the government did business with veterans in the past, Pickens said.
Because of the transfer-ability of the bill, many more veterans applied for the benefi ts, Pickens said.
Th is vol-ume of eli-gible appli-cants led to a backload on the gov-e r n m e n t a l level, he said.
Two gov-e r n m e n t a l d e p a r t -ments are responsible
for separate parts of the bill. Th e Department of Defense certifi es the vet-erans’ eligibility, while the Department of Veterans Aff airs administers the benefi ts, Pickens said.
“Veterans Aff airs can’t take action until Depart-ment of Defense does what it needs to do, and Depart-ment of Defense can’t do what it needs to do until the veterans claim their
By EMILY CLEVERStaff Writer
Grant provides funds to students with disabilities
Bill aids scholastic war vets
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Army ROTC students report back to William F. Nichols Center after their morning workout.
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National Science Foundation provided $3 million for Au-burn students with disabilities to earn degrees.
Auburn and six other East Central Alabama colleges received $3 mil-lion from the National Science Foundation to support students with dis-abilities and are pursuing science, technology, en-gineering or mathematics degrees.
The Department of Diversity and Multicul-tural Affairs combined its efforts with Alabama State University, Auburn University Montgomery, Tuskegee University, Central Alabama Com-munity College, Southern Union State Community College and the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind.
“Our mission is to bring under-represented groups into the (science, technol-ogy, engineering or math-ematics) programs,” said Maria Zacharias, public affairs specialist for the NSF.
The program’s concen-tration within this amount of time is to increase the amount of students grad-uating with degrees in the STEM areas.
“There are a lot of intel-ligent, hard working stu-dents with disabilities,”
said Daniela Marghitu, a co-principal investigator for the program. “They can do it, it’s just making the best of their aptitude.”
Marghitu said the pro-gram motivates students with disabilities by of-fering opportunities to be mentored.
Marghitu said they are also working to eliminate any intimidating factors in STEM fi elds of study.
Marghitu spoke from experience and is pas-sionate about the pro-gram.
From her wheelchair, the professor of comput-er science and software engineering encourages students with disabilities to keep going.
“They can do it,” Mar-ghitu said. “If I can do it, and there have been so many other that have done it too, they can do it too.”
The grant helps any student in the STEM ma-jors with a documented disability.
The range of disabili-ties includes mental and physical handicaps.
“As long as they certify that indeed this (student) qualifi es, then it’s all right with us,” said Over-toun Jenda, Auburn’s pro-
By CHARLEY GAINESStaff Writer
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City of Auburn develops traffi c routing application
The City of Auburn has introduced a new Web ap-plication allowing citizens to fi nd more effi cient routes around town thanks to the Information Technology Department-Geographic Information System divi-sion.
The idea was a melding of two projects, said Chris-topher Graff, GIS coordi-nator for Auburn.
“The application not only helps the fi re and po-lice departments’ response times,” Graff said. “It also helps with saving fuel by more effi ciently routing city vehicles.”
The second part of the project came for Auburn’s cycling community, Graff said.
“They wanted a way to publicize how effective
cycling in Auburn has be-come,” Graff said, “and that you can, indeed, ride pretty easily anywhere in the city while avoiding ma-jor roadways.”
Graff also said since they began publicizing the proj-ect and Web site Oct. 9, the department has seen a steady rise in traffi c for the site.
“We’re seeing 30 to 50 people using it per day,” Graff said.
For the public, the ben-efi t lies in the accuracy of the data used to route a ve-hicle.
Unlike some of the nota-ble routing engines such as Google, Yahoo and Map-Quest, this system uses much more precise data, Graff said.
“Additionally this appli-cation takes into account local road closures,” Graff said. “So, when the city closes a road or intersec-
tion, that road or intersec-tion is closed in the ap-plication and will fi nd an alternate route for you. So, what sets this apart from other routing engines is the local knowledge ours draws from.”
Another benefi t this ap-plication offers is to the fi re department.
It is used to defi ne the city’s fi re response zones.
“These zones say which stations respond to which areas,” Graff said. “Our application quantitatively measured how fast an en-gine can get from each fi re station to every home in Auburn. With that data, we know exactly which station or stations should respond to any call, what order to dispatch them and approxi-mately how long it should take to arrive.”
However, feelings are mixed about whether this application is actually nec-
essary in a city such as Au-burn.
“I have an iPhone and have been delivering pizza in this town for four years,”
said Philip Smith, senior in French. “Everything in Au-burn goes straight or in a circle. It’s not that hard to fi gure out.”
Lizanne DeSonier, se-nior in international busi-ness, said she does not
By SIMPSON FLETCHER
Staff Writer
Contributed by CHRISTOPHER GRAFF
A map provided by the city’s new Web routing application. The map gives directions and shows which route through the city is quickest.
Our veterans are feeling like this is a good thing.”
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battalion executive
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By SAMUEL SOLOMON
• A cat who rode two miles through New York City trapped in the engine compartment of an SUV is still here to tell the tale. Th e driver, Wildfred Rodriguez, heard a rattling while he was driving in the Bronx Mon-day. When Rodriguez saw a fl uff y tail and paw sticking out from the front of the car he was sure he’d killed it, but then he saw the paw move. Th e feline was freed by the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit.
• Clinton Township, Mich., police say a Detroit-area man bit through a man’s lips after he picked up a football that had been acciden-tally thrown into his yard by some teenagers Sunday. Th e man was ac-cused of confi scating the ball and refusing to return it until a parent went to him to ask for the ball. Th e victim was treated at a hospital for deep lacerations on both his upper and lower lips. Th e suspect, 44, was arraigned Monday on charge of as-sault with intent to maim, which is a 10-year felony.
eligibility,” Pickens said. Another reason could be
the time tables applied to the bill when it was signed in to law, Pickens said.
“Th ere were some pretty aggressive time tables to kick off a brand new ben-efi t package,” Pickens said.
A combination of the volume of eligible appli-cants and aggressive time frames may have led to a delay in payment, he said.
Th e emergency funds
will eventually be taken out of the total benefi ts the veteran receives, Pick-ens said.
“What they’re essen-tially doing here is loaning veterans’ money against a payment they will have to make later,” Pickens said. “Th ere will be a point in time when they have to disperse the funds, (the veterans) will get $3,000 less.”
But once the system is fully in place, additional emergency fund distribu-tions will not necessary.
“As the veterans admin-istration gets its proce-dures in place to handle this new benefi t, there will be no need for that in the future,” Pickens said.
Th e veterans are less concerned about the fu-ture deduction, however. Th ey are more concerned about getting immediate payment and registering for classes.
“As a parent, this is a great benefi t,” Pickens said. “As a tax payer, I’m a little concerned about the bill that has to be paid.”
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gram director. The students involved
in the program receive a stipend of $2,000 as an un-dergraduate.
Students demonstrating a commitment to pursuing a doctoral degree within STEM programs move into the competitive Graduate Bridge Program. These participants receive $3,500 to help with their studies.
Jenda said the money is not a scholarship.
Students participating in the program that receive the money have to work.
“We expect something in return, so we’re not just giving them money,” Jenda said. “What we want them to do once they are in this program is to help us men-tor other students with dis-abilities.”
Jenda said this is the main element of the project that got their proposal ap-proved as a program.
Students involved in
the program will be active participants in motivating each other and developing the program.
The program encourages active participation from each student.
“We’re really focusing on making these students talk to each other and help each other out,” Jenda said.
The Bridge to Baccalau-reate Peer-Mentoring pro-gram is for freshmen and sophomores at all of the participating schools.
The program groups three students, one fresh-man, one sophomore and one high school student, together forming a mentor-ing support group.
“We have the juniors and seniors in the Post-baccalaureate Program mentoring the sophomores, and the graduate students mentoring the juniors and seniors building a cascad-ing mentoring system,” Jenda said. “We’re al-ways encouraging kids to go all the way up to graduate school.”
Requirements for the baccalaureate program in-clude maintaining a 3.0 GPA, participation in re-tention and enrichment ac-tivities such as time man-agement and study skills, leadership opportunities and tutoring and counsel-ing services.
Students are required to complete at least two hours of mentoring each week within their groups.
The Bridge to Post-Bac-calaureate Peer-Mentoring program is similar to the Baccalaureate, but encour-ages students moving fur-ther with their education.
Participants in the pro-gram include juniors and seniors at the four-year col-leges in the alliance.
These students mentor younger students at their college or at two-year col-leges, and are mentored by graduate students in the program.
The graduate bridge program is for disabled students committed to ac-quiring a doctoral degree
in their fi eld of study. The project also offers
summer internships giving students the opportunity to conduct research in labora-tories.
Such labs include Ala-bama State University’s Center for NanoBiotechol-ogy Research; Auburn’s Cellular and Molecular Biosciences Program, Materials Research and Education Center, and Na-tional Center for Asphalt Technology; and Tuskegee University’s Center for Ad-vanced Materials and Na-tional Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care.
With the grant money the alliance gives toward the program, students will have access to computer programs, tools and tech-nology to further their studies.
The program aims to in-crease the graduation rate of students within STEM programs by motivating them and giving support, Jenda said.
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think the application is necessary, but would con-sider using it.
“Would I use it?” DeSonier said. “Abso-lutely. “If the application delivers on its promise by promptly guiding me to where I need to be, then why not?”
The program works by having geographic infor-mation system data for each street in Auburn,
Graff said. With the data and GIS software, the de-partment wrote a program that traverses the street network based on their lo-cations and intersections.
Each street in the sys-tem has a series of val-ues attached to it such as length, speed limit and traffi c volume.
There is also similar data for bike facilities such as bike routes, lanes and off-road paths.
“We then wrote some formulas that tell the rout-ing software to preference
certain streets based on those values,” Graff said. “So, for example, if a user wanted a bicycle route, the formula would pick low traffi c volume, low speed limit streets that had bike lanes on them. So, the user tells the com-puter where they want to go, and these formulas tell the routing engine to select the best match-ing streets to connect the points.”
The application can be accessed at www.aubur-nalabama.org/maps.
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Menstruation: also known as, “the curse.”
But that moniker may not be useful much longer if the trials of a drug being tested by Vantia Th erapeu-tics are successful.
Th e drug is aimed at treating dysmenorrhea, a condition that causes 10 to 15 percent of women to suff er moderate to se-vere cramps during their periods, according to Dr. Michelle Warren, medical director of the Center for
Menopause, Hormonal Disorders and Women’s Health at Columbia Uni-versity.
Th ere are two types of the condition.
“Dysmenorrhea is a fancy word for menstrual cramps,” Warren said. “You can have what we call primary dysmenor-rhea. (It’s) very often what teenagers get.”
Th ere is also secondary dysmenorrhea, which has an underlying cause, un-like the primary form.
“It can be due to endo-metriosis, or an infection, or the presence of fi broids,
or something like that,” Warren said.
But dysmenorrhea can cause more than just monthly discomfort.
Th e pain is sometimes so severe, suff erers are forced to miss activities such as sports, school and work.
However, Warren said the severity will some-times alleviate as the suf-ferer grows older or has children.
Vantia’s drug, VA111913, is meant to target the pri-mary form of dysmenor-rhea.
Dr. Jim Phillips, CEO of
Vantia Th erapeutics, said the drug is intended to block the V1A receptors in the uterine lining.
Th ese receptors accept a hormone called vasopres-sin. Phillips and his col-leagues think high levels of vasopressin uptake are what are responsible for some cases of severe men-strual cramps.
Warren said she wasn’t sure Phillips’ hypothesis about vasopressin was completely certain, but she did say she thinks his argument has merit.
“I’m not aware that that’s been defi nitely prov-
en,” Warren said. “I may be wrong. But they think that vasopressin may have something to do with the muscular contraction of the uterus and the lack of blood supply that the uterus gets at the time of the period.”
Th e drug would not be intended for all women.
Phillips said it is de-signed for women with symptoms of dysmenor-rhea, such as moderate to severe menstrual cramps.
What side-eff ects the drug may present are not yet certain, Phillips said, because the trials are still
in the early stages.Th e effi cacy of the drug
is also uncertain. Phillips said the trials thus far have focused more on safety than effi cacy.
But Vantia should have a better idea of the drug’s effi cacy by the middle of next year after VA111913 undergoes further testing in Europe and the U.S.
“As an outsider, my is-sue would be have they re-ally targeted the appropri-ate muscle,” Warren said. “Can they really stop the menstrual cramps safely. If they can, I think it’s going to be a very useful drug.”
The Auburn Plainsman News, A5Thursday, OCTOBER 22, 2009
Drug may eliminate one cause of crampsBy ELLISON LANGFORD
News Editor
Th e folks at Seven Oaks Farm in California are proving that almost any-thing can be organic.
Including lube.Th eir product, Aloe Ca-
dabra, is marketed as a healthier alternative to conventional chemical-based personal lubricants like K-Y Jelly.
“No. 1, it’s better for you,” said Brian Chossek, president of Seven Oaks
Farm, about Aloe Cadabra compared to conventional lubricants. “You don’t have the same chemicals, but you get the same perfor-mance.”
Aloe Cadabra contains aloe vera, xanthine, a thickener Chossek said can be found in salad dressings, essential oils and food-grade preserva-tives.
Chossek said using in-gredients like these elimi-nates one of the dangers posed by petroleum-based lubricants, like Vaseline,
which have the potential to degrade latex condoms.
“If you’re using prod-ucts with oil on condoms,” Chossek said, “certain oils have the ability to degrade the rubber. And they can be more susceptible to tears, or to developing small holes in them. Th ey become less sturdy, for lack of a better word.”
Th e idea for the prod-uct arose when Chossek’s business partner, Rinaldo Brutoco, started hear-ing about friends having challenges with yeast in-
fections and dryness that often arise as women age.
Chossek said they were looking for lubricants that would help their friends maintain an active sexual relationship, but were having diffi culties fi nding lubricants that were not chemical-based.
However, Brutoco owns an aloe vera farm and tried to manufacture something based from that.
After several months of tests, 95 percent organic Aloe Cadabra was born.
Chossek said it is priced
comparably to conventional lu-bricants.
Chossek likens choosing Aloe Vera to making healthier eat-ing choices, as both go into the body.
“Our hope with this prod-uct is to give men and women who care about what’s going in their body an alterna-tive,” Chossek said. “And a healthy one. And we
hope that people will choose to take the time to under-stand what they’re putting on and in their body.”
By ELLISON LANGFORD
News Editor
Farm markets organic lube as alternative
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Our appearances are a refl ection of how we would like to be per-ceived. Carefully crafted to look as cool or sexy as possible, we spend a lot of time trying to create a certain look.
Yesterday, I decided to dye random strands of my hair pink. Not just any pink, but a bright fuschia pink, neon pink, if you will.
Of course, I’ve spent the past 24 hours getting high fi ves, strange looks and being told I was “pimp” for the fi rst time in my life. Above all that, however, was the ques-tion: Why?
Some of my roommates couldn’t believe I would take my perfectly good blonde hair and infect it with pink streaks.
Th e answer, of course, is because it is fun. Every time I look in the mirror I see my bright hair and get a huge smile on my face.
Th e past day or so of this experience made me wonder, “Does everyone take their appearances too seriously?”
We spend hour after hour trying to make ourselves look perfect, but I doubt anyone tries to make themselves laugh about the whole thing.
Last March, my best friend from home decided to shave his head into what I can only describe as “an old balding man haircut” and maintained
it for a couple of weeks. He called himself “old
man Ferguson” and had a great time running around getting reactions from people.
Why?Because it made him
smile. Like the reaction to my
pink hair, no one could comprehend why he would purposely make himself look anything other than the best he could look.
It makes me wonder what society would be like if we valued our ap-pearance by how much it made us smile.
What if instead of wor-rying about how attrac-tive we were to the other sex, we put a premium on how much our appear-ances make us smile?
Little kids get this idea. Th ey go to the grocery
store in Batman and princess costumes and run around the house in Bugs Bunny sweatshirts, diapers and Mom’s high heels (OK, that was actu-ally me, but I’m sure you have an equivalent).
When they look in the mirror, they strike a pose
and smile.Th eir outfi ts were de-
signed with only them-selves in mind, not if their fellow 4-year-olds fi nd them attractive.
Children visibly take pleasure in their clothing and appearances, and it is something we seem to have lost while growing up.
Beauty is ephemeral, and we have gotten to the point where we cling to it in the form of exercise, clothes and cosmetics.
College may be the only time where you have the freedom to dress and decorate yourself as you please.
I certainly don’t plan on interviewing for my fi rst job with pink hair, or in my Bugs Bunny sweat-shirt for that matter.
Th is is not a social cri-tique, but a call for people to consider themselves fi rst when they get ready in the mornings.
Stop taking attractive-ness so seriously and take pleasure in your appear-ance whether it is whim-sical, silly, fun or serious.
Instead of clinging to beauty, cling to the free-dom of appearance and the ability to make your-self smile every morning.
It’s fun, I promise.
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Tom HopfBusiness Manager
Ben BartleyCopy Editor
COMMENTARY Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Our View
Cliff McCollumOpinions Editor
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Helen NorthcuttIntrigue Editor
Abby AlbrightSports Editor
Brittany CosbyCampus Editor
Ellison LangfordNews Editor
City’s new Web app helps, informs, delights
We heard the city of Auburn had taken the initiative in creating a Web applica-tion in order to help people better fi nd their way around the city.
Our fi rst question: Our Auburn?Are you sure it wasn’t some other Au-
burn? Th e one in Maine, perhaps?No, it was, in fact, our Auburn that has
created this interesting new device.We hate to say it, but when we usually
think of the city, our working motto has almost always been “Auburn: You can’t expect too much.”
We’re having to rethink our positions a bit here.
By making citizens aware of possible road closures or traffi c problems, the application could be useful in cutting down the much-dreaded traffi c gridlock that does occasionally plague this lovely village, especially on gamedays.
Th e application has already had posi-tive results, as it has led to shortened response times for city fi re and police forces. In situations where even seconds matter desperately, every little bit helps.
According to city offi cials, 30 to 50 people a day are using the application, and we certainly hope those numbers will continue to rise.
Since the system is hyperlocal, it allows for faster updates and more up-to-date information than a normal GPS device or Google Earth might have.
Th e interactive map is relatively easy to use and handles similarly to Google Earth. Th e navigation problems are slightly diffi cult to work with at fi rst, but ease comes with continued usage.
We’re highly impressed with what the folks in the Geographic Informa-tion System division of the Information Technology Department have come up with here.
We are anxious to see where they go from here, and we hope they will continue to improve and build upon the system in place.
We would also like to see them pos-sibly shorten the name of their de-partment, as saying they work for the Geographic Information System division of the Information Technology Depart-ment must be quite a mouthful. We’re tired from just typing it.
Th is should be something for the city of Auburn to be proud of, as, to our knowledge, there aren’t many towns of our size that can boast of systems like this.
A small town in Alabama using tech-nology like this is a big deal both locally and regionally.
It’s not often that Alabama gets to be near the cutting edge of technology, so this is a welcomed and delightful change.
Keep up the good work, Auburn.
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Aloe Cadabra: a mildly amusing name for what is a very serious product.
(Yes, we’re actually writing an edito-rial about lube this week.)
A sexual lubricant that is made from 95 percent organic materials is an interesting breakthrough in an industry largely dominated by petrochemicals.
Yes, the same fossil fuels that make up the gasoline in your cars also make up oil-based personal lubricants. Th ink about that one for a little while, kids.
Of course, oil-based lubricants come from non-renewable resources, mean-ing that one day, there will be none left.
Since aloe vera is the primary compo-nent of Aloe Cadabra, it’s a product that has an added benefi t of being ecologi-cally sustainable.
It’s the sort of thing that makes Al Gore happy.
Also, organic lubricants such as Aloe Cadabra don’t contain many of the harsh chemicals other lubricants do.
You may not think such things are important, but some chemicals found in lubricants have been known to not only degrade the latex in condoms, but have also been known to cause holes in latex.
We’re fairly certain that’s a Doomsday scenario for almost all of you.
We know it is for us.
For the most part, we thoroughly ap-prove of this new breakthrough, except Kevin, our multimedia editor, who feels that aloe vera should only be used for burns.
We do feel the need to mention that while aloe vera is known for its sooth-ing, healing properties with regards to burns, it is probably not going to help with any ... ahem ... problems with burn-ing in the particular regions where one would use personal lubricants.
Th at sort of thing is best handled by your personal physician or Dr. Fred Kam and the good people at the Auburn Uni-versity Medical Clinic and is generally accompanied by penicillin.
Organic and eco-friendly products seem to be a trend that is becoming a permanent fi xture of our everyday lives, and we don’t think this is a bad thing.
As loathe as we are to admit it, the adult industry does drive the economic market in many ways.
For example, when adult videos began to move to DVDs, so did the rest of the market.
If organic is making a splash in the adult entertainment world, it could eas-ily become a permanent fi xture.
Organic lube: it is not just for hippies and the dangerously liberal anymore.
Organic sexual lubricant raises interest
Lindsey DavidsonEditor
Andrew SimsOnline Editor
Kevin SaucierMultimedia Editor
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Random Steve
Celebrate joy of self-caused smiles
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Seventh-grade Rhode Island student seeks help with school project
Editor, Th e Auburn Plainsman, and Citizens of Alabama,
I am Kevin Aralo, currently in seventh grade attending Goff Junior High School in Pawtucket, R.I.
I am writing for my geography project and I need to write an oral, written and a poster project on Alabama.
Could you please publish this letter so that all your readers can help me out on this project?
You are allowed to send me pictures, information, tourist information and mate-rials that are used in Alabama.
You can just send me all of that at my school’s address.
Kevin Araloc/o Brian GilmoreGoff Junior High School974 Newport Ave.Pawtucket, R.I. 02861
Kevin Aralo
7th GraderPawtucket, R.I.
Thursday, October 22, 2009 A7COMMENTARY
People have sex. It doesn’t matter what
your beliefs, practices or daily routines consist of, individuals engage in inter-course.
It is part of human na-ture.
Now, some people like to spice it up with outside objects from the bedroom.
In Alabama, some people see this is a crime.
Maybe not the practice, but the selling of such goods seems to turn into one law suit after another.
Alabama does have an agreeable anti-obscenity law banning adult-only en-tertainment near churches and child care centers. Th ey have to be outisde of 1,000 feet of these centers.
I do believe those are suitable grounds. Little Sally Walker doesn’t need to leave daycare everyday asking mommy what Entice means and why there are handcuff s looped around the ‘t.’
Just last year, Hoover Love Stuff owner fi led an appeal with the Alabama Supreme Court saying the
state’s law was unconstitu-sional.
Over a year later, the court ruled against Love Stuff saying they failed to show the law banning the sale of sexual aides was unconstitutional.
Th ey have been fi ghting since 2005 with their three locations in the state.
Now, there is a Love Stuff in Auburn.
Yes, it was slightly snuck in as a women’s clothing store, but the way people are dressing these days, I’m sure some of those costumes could pass as everyday clothing.
Lil’ Kim wore a shell to the VMA’s on national television. Love Stuff has to have more conservative
clothing than that.Now that it is out in the
open that there are other goodies besides T-shirts and belts tucked away in the back, it has become quite the scandal in the Lee County gossip.
Gene Dulaney said, “We don’t need that kind of busi-ness in Auburn. I wouldn’t vote for a conditional use for this type of business anywhere in Auburn”
It’s a sex store!People sneak in and out
to fi nd devices for personal use.
But, purchases must be made for “a bona fi de medi-cal, scientifi c, educational, legislative, judicial or law enforcement purpose,” ac-cording to the state law.
I don’t really know how the law enforcement would explain buying some ‘aide’ from behind the curtains in the back, but if the Alabama law says so, it must be right.
Possibly the handcuff s and nightsticks? But I hope the state of Alabama has already given those out.
Th ere have been com-
ments made that investiga-tions are being made about the legality of this store.
Who cares?Again, it is a sex store.Shouldn’t eff orts be
focused on higher priority tasks on the city’s agenda?
It took them how long to put readable signs in the ground?
Leave Love Stuff alone. Let it prosper in the conser-vative, but college town.
If anything, there is money to be made and a place of employment.
Georgia and Texas are the only other states that have laws on the selling of sex toys.
It’s time to catch up with the rest of the states and move on from this outdated issue.
Let’s focus on more important problems with the state and leave the bedroom time out of the government’s agenda.
Sex sells, so let it do its job
Lindsey [email protected]
Lindsey Davidson is the editor of Th e Auburn
Plainsman. You can reach her at 844-9021.
Your View
“I got on top of it, put my hands
on it, squeezed tight with my
hips, let it ride and held on
tight. It felt good. It felt real
good.”
-Brandon Self,junior in fi nance
on getting to ride in the
Farmhouse Rodeo
Last week’s question:
“Are you glad Auburn
is replacing the cement
street signs?”
>Yes: 70 percent> No: 13 percent> Do not care: 17 percent
Th is week’s question:
“Are you a fan of organic
personal lubricants?”
>Yes> No
Go to www.theplainsman.com to vote.
Staff column
Universal Studios is probably one of the most under-rated places ever.
It’s not its fault Disney World is as attention hogging as its princesses, and people tend to forget about good old Universal Studios.
Th is past weekend I ventured to Orlando to visit Universal Studios and
Disney World.I never made it to Dis-
ney because I refused to be torn away from Univer-sal and all it had to off er.
First of all, I highly rec-ommend seeing the Blue Man Group. It’s highly entertaining for kids and adults.
However, don’t be tardy for the show or they will call you out with a spot-light and sirens signaling to the rest of the audience your rudeness.
Be afraid.Secondly, Universal is
lucky enough to house two awesome parks, Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios.
I know Disney has more than a couple parks, but they are not conve-niently located near each other while Universal’s two parks are next-door neighbors.
Th e main reason Uni-versal received an A++ in my book, is I could go there with my nieces and nephews and have a great time knowing they will as well.
As much as I love pink and glitter, Disney is just a little too juvenile for me and probably most adults.
Islands of Adventure has tons of roller coasters and 3D rides for everyone to enjoy, and if you buy
the Express Pass (which I am so thankful we did) you can jump to the front of all of the lines.
Th e Incredible Hulk line said it was a 35-minute wait, I was in line for fi ve minutes and had pick of what row I wanted to sit in—front, of course.
I’m no Harry Potter fan, but this entire section of the park they are dedi-cating to the new Harry Potter attractions looks amazing.
Hogwarts (I’m ashamed I know that, sorry wizard fans) is huge and almost complete.
Apparently it’s sup-posed to be part 3D and
part roller coaster. It’s scheduled to open in
spring 2010, but I don’t see how that will happen, but I know I’ll have to go back and check it out.
Th e Universal Studios park was also a surprising blast.
Th e Mummy and Men in Black were two of my favorite attractions, espe-cially because of all of Th e Mummy’s special eff ects.
I tend to think of theme parks as fi lled with the people I usually avoid rubbing elbows with and all-around pretty dirty grounds, but I was pleas-antly surprised.
All of the people were
friendly, very family oriented and the parks seemed so clean, a huge change from the people at the theme park near my home, Kings Dominion in Virginia.
It was so nice to take a break from assignments, tests and quizzes and be able to be a kid again and hug Scooby and Curious George, while eating pop-corn and cotton candy.
Well done, Universal Studios.
Well done.
Theme park vacations no longer just for kids
Abby [email protected]
Abby Albright is the sports editor of Th e
Auburn Plainsman. You can reach her at
844-9108.
Staff column
As opinions editor, it’s my job to make sure that the people who take the time to write letters and e-mails to our paper get those letters published, and this week is no exception.
I am, however, breaking one of my own long-estab-lished rules regarding letters that we receive by person-ally appealing to you, our readers, to read one of these letters.
A seventh-grader from Rhode Island, Kevin Aralo, took the time to write us about a project he is work-ing on for his second period geography class, and has asked for our help.
He wants to know more about Alabama and our way of life here, so that he can take that information and help enlighten his class-
mates and, hopefully, get an A on this project.
As a graduate student in English language arts educa-tion, I can’t ignore a request like this.
My inner teacher voice won’t let me, and I’m not going to let you.
Readers, a young man from outside our Auburn Family has asked us for help.
If there is one thing that we as a family are capable of, it is our spirit of kindness and generosity.
Th e Auburn Family helps others when called upon.
So, I, on behalf of the rest of Th e Plainsman staff , ask you to join us in giving Kevin Aralo just what he asked for: pictures, tourist information, other types of information and other materials that we use here in Alabama.
We get to be ambassadors for our entire state here, folks.
Th is group of seventh-graders is going to judge the entire state by how we choose to respond to Kevin’s letter.
How great would it be for
the mailboxes of Goff Junior High School in Pawtucket, R.I., to be stuff ed to the brim with mail from the Heart of Dixie?
We would get to show these Rhode Islanders who we are and how we live, bringing knowledge and wisdom for our lives to theirs.
We don’t get many mo-ments in life to do things like this, to help directly further the education of a group of children.
Read Kevin’s letter.Gather up some materials.Tell Kevin your story;
show him the Alabama you know and love.
Let’s let Rhode Island know about Mount Cheaha and Mobile Bay.
Let’s talk about the Space Center in Huntsville, the old steel mills of Prattville and the Vulcan in Birmingham.
We can talk about our history and send informa-tion about both the First White House of the Confed-eracy and the Civil Rights Museum, both in Montgom-ery.
Th ese are just a few sug-
gestions. I’m certain you can think of several more.
And, of course, we have to let these kids know about the Iron Bowl, Toomer’s Lemonade, Samford Hall and Toomer’s Corner.
We don’t want them to turn out to be Alabama fans, do we?
We are citizens of the same nation, but I imagine there is quite a lot of things Pawtucket doesn’t know about Auburn, and vice versa.
I’m glad we have the op-portunity to take place in this exchange of informa-tion, and I commend Kevin’s teacher, Brian Gilmore, for coming up with such an interesting project.
He may be getting more than he bargained for from Alabama, though.
Th e Auburn Plainsman will be sending Kevin a box of stuff .
Won’t you join us?
Please read the letter on the left
Cliff [email protected]
Cliff McCollum is the opinions editor of Th e
Auburn Plainsman. You can reach him at
844-9108.
The Auburn PlainsmanNews, A8 Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Auburn City Council Meeting Summary
Tuesday, Oct. 20
The next Auburn City Council meeting is Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. in the City Council
Chamber on Ross Street.
Marijuana seizure at Auburn residenceBy ELLISON LANGFORD
News Editor
Police discovered 46 marijuana plants and 14 mason jars of marijuana in the basement of an unidentifi ed Auburn resi-dence Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Th e drugs seized had an estimated street value of $50,000, according to an Auburn Police Division press release.
Arrest warrants are pending, and the depart-ment is not going to re-lease further details as the investigation is on-going.
“I mean to be honest, I don’t know,” Capt. Tom Stofer, of the Auburn Po-lice Department, said about whether the bust was one of the more sig-nifi cant to happen in Au-burn. “I would say one of the bigger ones we’ve seen in a while.”
Most marijuana-related incidents occur off -cam-pus, Stofer said.
“It’ll be destroyed,” Stofer said about the fate of the drugs. “It goes to the Department of Foren-sic Science to be weighed, and then it’s destroyed af-ter that.”
Contributed by THE AUBURN POLICE DEPARTMENT
Approximately $50,000 of marijuana was seized from the basement of an Auburn residence by the police last week.
Asphalt may be source of ‘green’ technologyBy SAMUEL SOLOMON
Associate News Editor
Researchers are look-ing into a major source of green energy found not in the air, but within road-ways.
“Th ere are big changes that are occurring right now in the paving industry that are all related to green technologies,” said Ray-mond “Buzz” Powell, as-sistant director for the Na-tional Center for Asphalt Technology in Auburn.
Asphalt is on pace to serve a dual purpose.
One is to provide a me-dium of transportation and another as a second-ary energy source.
“Asphalt has a lot of ad-vantages as a solar col-lector,” said Rajib Mallick, associate professor of civil and environmental en-gineering for Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in a press release. “For one, blacktop stays hot and could continue to gener-ate energy after the sun goes down, unlike tradi-tional solar-electric cells.”
Consider the amount of space that wind and solar farms need.
Th ere is already a mas-sive amount of land taken up by American highways – nearly 50,000 miles, ac-cording to the Federal Highway Administrations’ Web site.
Extracting heat for en-ergy would also reduce the temperature of the pave-
ment, eliminating heat is-lands.
“When you walk on pavement in the middle of the summertime and it burns your feet, that is energy that is just being wasted, being radiated back into the atmosphere,” Powell said.
National Center for As-phalt Technology (NCAT), was formed as a partner-ship between the National Asphalt Pavement Asso-
ciation and Auburn Uni-versity.
It has been testing more effi cient ways to produce asphalt.
“Warm-mix” asphalt al-lows production tempera-ture to drop as much as 75 degrees, when it is mixed with rock and sand.
Th is uses much less en-ergy, resulting in savings for contractors and tax-payers, Powell said.
“Asphalt pavement is
already the most recycled material in the United States by far,” Powell said. “We have produced (as-phalt) with as much as 50 percent recycled material.”
Th is is not the fi rst time-Mallick and Powell have worked together.
Mallick used to work at NCAT.
“Rajib and I have been collaborating on some ideas that we had here about using roadways to
harvest energy,” Powell said.
Powell declined to com-ment on the most recent research project on which he and Mallick have been working.
Several methods exist for harvesting energy from pavement.
Innowattech, an Israeli company, has recently tested a system based on kinetic energy along Route 4 in Israel.
Its “piezoelectric” sys-tem extracts kinetic en-ergy from passing vehicles.
A one-kilometer section of a single lane is capable of producing 200 kilowatt-hours of energy, according to a press release.
A six-lane highway would be able to produce 1.2 megawatt-hours or enough to power approxi-mately 1,800 homes.
At WPI, Mallick worked on a copper pluming sys-tem.
Th e pluming system created energy by using thermal heat built up be-neath the roadway to heat water. Th e water would then run through a ther-moelectric generator to produce electricity.
It could also be pumped into a nearby building to reduce the cost of heating and water, according to a press release by WPI.
“Where you are trying to deploy green technology you could end up acciden-tally creating a higher car-bon cost,” Powell said.
Any time something disruptive is done to the pavement, there is a pos-sibility for problems asso-ciated with future mainte-nance liabilities.
Th e cost of the road should not outweigh the energy it provides, Powell said.
“We are trying to fi gure out a way to harvest ener-gy from pavement with no negative impact on perfor-mance,” Powell said.
Graphic by SAMUEL SOLOMON
This model depicts how future management of asphalt energy might be implemented.
•Alcohol beverage licenses have been approved for the following establish-ments: - Hamilton’s on Magnolia - CVS Pharmacy 1498 Opelika Rd. 1498 Ogletree Rd. - Momma Goldberg’s 133 W. Longleaf Drive 217 E. Th ach Ave. 500 W. Magnolia Ave. - Homecoming Jam (Special Events Retail License)
•“No Parking” zones have been ap-proved for the following areas: - Southeast corner of Terrace Acres Drive and Dean Road. - Southeast corner of Magnolia Avenue and Gay Street.
•Th e southern portion of Eagle Circle will be closed Saturday, Oct. 24 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. for a neighborhood block party.
•Two vacancies on the Auburn Parks and Recreation Advisory Board were announced. Appointments will be at the Nov. 17 meeting.
•Mayor and city manager signed agree-ments to spend $5,000 on preliminary engineering and $1.25 million on road resurfacing projects.
Beginning last Friday
morning, Auburn stu-
dents had the chance to
put a Black Hawk heli-
copter in the air, shoot
down the enemy and
land the craft safely in
front of Beard-Eaves Me-
morial Coliseum.
Army ROTC and Army
Reserve brought a travel-
ing trailer to Auburn last
week, giving students a
chance to learn about
military aviation.
“What we have go-
ing on here is a joint re-
cruiting program with
the ROTC and Army Re-
serves on active duty,”
said Lt. Eric McMurray,
an Auburn alumnus help-
ing with the program. “In
the trailer we have fl ight
simulators for several
diff erent helicopters.”
Th e trailer contains
Black Hawk, Apache and
Kiowa simulators. It also
has a case containing an
Air Warrior uniform, as
well as a video bank to
discuss Army aviation for
those enlisted.
Th e Air Warrior con-
tains a cooling system, as
well as biological, nucle-
ar and chemical protec-
tion. It also holds water
survival capabilities, in-
cluding a one-man raft,
collar fl otation device
and emergency under-
water breathing.
Showcasing the safety
features and cutting-
edge technology of such
equipment is key in the
recruiting process, as
they demonstrate weap-
ons that a soldier will po-
tentially use in modern
warfare.
“Th is is a national as-
set trailer,” McMurray
said. “It goes from coast
to coast, traveling for ap-
proximately 250 days of
the year.”
Th e program travels
to places such as college
campuses and profes-
sional sporting events,
often leaving NCAA foot-
ball games on Saturdays
to arrive at NFL games by
Sunday.
Th e trailer’s videos
discuss Army values and
the procedure of Special
Forces training. Th e
Apache simulator, for
example, implements
the values of teamwork
by requiring both a pilot
and a gunner to direct
the helicopter.
Th e two sit beside each
other, one steering to-
ward the target and an-
other engaging it. While
allowing for students to
emulate the excitement
of fl ying on a mission,
the simulator also com-
municates that, without
one, the other fails. Th is
is a standard value the
armed forces.
“Th is is part of the Ar-
my’s Outreach program,”
said Sgt. 1st Class Brian
Kearns, another offi cer
traveling with the trailer.
“We drive it across the
country to spread infor-
mation about the Army
and to give people the
opportunity to learn
about becoming com-
missioned offi cers.”
Outreach works along-
side the ROTC programs
of the schools at which
it stops, using students
from those schools to
connect with those inter-
ested.
To aid in this, the video
banks detail such infor-
mation as how to enlist,
how to speak with one’s
parents about joining the
Army and educational
The Auburn Plainsman
CAMPUS Thursday, October 22, 2009
BAsk a Professor
Classifi edsPhoto of the week
Agriculture achieves accreditation Happy cows aren’t
choosing California any-
more. Th ey’re choosing
Auburn.
Auburn University’s
College of Agriculture has
earned the highest inter-
national accreditation for
the humane treatment of
research animals includ-
ing cattle.
AAALAC, the Associa-
tion for Assessment and
Accreditation of Labora-
tory Animal Care Inter-
national, is a private non-
profi t organization whose
mission is to promote the
humane treatment of ani-
mals around the world in
universities, government
institutions and compa-
nies.
“Th is means that we can
compete with the best of
the research universities
and institutions across
and international spec-
trum,” said Jim Bannon,
director of outlying units
of the Alabama Agricul-
tural Experiment Station
at Auburn University.
Bannon organized the
process that took three
years to complete and
wrote a 457-page docu-
ment to outline and re-
view the college’s animal
care programs which fol-
lowed an extensive inter-
view and review process
by AAALAC.
“It is a voluntary pro-
cess that involved a physi-
cal assessment in person
and submission of a pro-
gram description, ” Ban-
non said. “Th e program
description states every
aspect of animal care that
is executed in your par-
ticular area, for us it was
a 457-page document that
was submitted back in No-
vember.”
Th e College of Agricul-
ture had to agree to allow
an independent team of
experts, mostly were vet-
erinarians, to come in and
look at the program and
inspect campus research
facilities and the external
units around Alabama last
March.
Currently the College
of Veterinary Medicine
is also accredited by
AAALAC as well as four
other institutions around
the state, including the
University of Alabama.
Bannon said other col-
leges, such as pharmacy
and science and math-
ematics, can also be ac-
credited by the same
institution to have the
By LINDSEY GRUBBSStaff Writer
> Turn to COWS, B2
Joni Mabe is the self-
proclaimed Elvis babe.
Her artwork is fea-
tured at the Jule Collins
Smith Museum, her
life-like glitter mosaics
fi lling the gallery.
“His voice is what
drew me to Elvis,”
Mabe said. “I started
using his image from
that point on.”
Joni Mabe makes
kitsch art, which con-
sists of mainstream
culture and celebrity
adulation.
Her work has won
her awards from the
Southern Arts Federa-
tion and Southeastern
Center for Contempo-
rary Art.
Students fi ght war on hunger
Auburn’s third annual
Hunger Week, sponsored
by the Committee of 19,
kicked off last week on
Auburn’s campus.
Th e members of the
committee organized
events all week to raise
awareness for hunger is-
sues both locally and in-
ternationally.
Can good and mone-
tary donations have been
contributed by students
and event participants.
Hunger week began
with the Victoria’s Secret
“PINK presents the Beat
Hunger Bash” and grill-
off competition.
“I’m just there for sup-
port,” said Harriet Giles,
director of external rela-
tions for the College of
Human Sciences, in refer-
ence to her involvement
in the Hunger Week event
planning and attending.
Lauren Wissert, senior
in nutrition and dietetics
and vice president of the
Committee of 19, empha-
sized the dedication of
the committee members
to Hunger Week.
“Collectively, the mem-
bers of the Committee of
19 have worked hard to
make each event a suc-
cess,” Wissert said.
Harriet Giles, the ad-
visor for the Committee
of 19, goes into classes
and speaks about hunger
awareness, and she spoke
at the Beat Bama Food
Drive Kick-off .
Th e Beat Bama Food
Drive is an annual event,
where Auburn and Ala-
bama compete to donate
the most cans to the hun-
ger cause.
“Th e Beat Bama Food
Drive is SGA’s big event,
and we work together,”
Giles said. “I spoke at
By JORDAN DAILEYAssistant Campus Editor
> Turn to HUNGER, B2
Ashlea Draa / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Army ROTC and Army Reserve displays a soldier’s full uniform inside the simulator trailer on campus.
Simulator gives students real military experience
By BLAKE HAMILTON
Associate Campus Editor
> Turn to MILITARY, B2
Ashlea Draa / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Army ROTC parks the simulator outside the Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum Friday.
Queen of the King
Ashlea Draa / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
By BRITTANY COSBYCampus Editor
Lights, a big screen, speakers and cars made their way onto Auburn’s campus Tuesday night.
Students piled into their trucks and cars and headed to “Th e Beach.”
Only this beach, on the corner of Lem Morrison and Donahue Drive, fea-tured a drive-in movie.
University Program Council found a whole new way to feature fi lms on campus. Th ey pre-miered a free showing of “Transformers 2: Re-venge of the Fallen.”
Previously, the biggest movie event on campus was a showing of “Th e Dark Knight” in Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Th is is the fi rst drive-in movie they have hosted
in fi ve years. “We decided to bring
back the drive in movie as a new way to show fi lms on campus,” said Ryan Higginbotham, UPC’s director of fi lms. “We had a lot of requests for it and have been plan-ning to show Transform-ers 2 since its release this summer.”
UPC members set up the parking by laying out cones and directing traf-fi c as it entered the lot, so that every car had a view of the screen.
Th ey hired a profes-sional for the projector screen and speakers.
“I work with the Na-tional Association of College Activities to help with events on campus such as video games that require a big screen,” said Jeff Cashio of Auburn
Moon Entertainment. “We got everything set up in two hours with the screen and sound. Th e students provided excep-tional help.”
Cashio said a drive-in movie was hosted on campus 10 years ago, and he was happy that they brought it back.
UPC provided refresh-ments for the moviego-ers.
Drinks and candy add-ed to the movie experi-ence. A popcorn maker completed the night.
“Tiger catering pro-vided a popcorn maker, and we provided the rest of the snacks,” said Celeste Daugh, junior in secondary education and UPC’s assistant director of fi lms. “We have been planning this since the summer, and I’m happy
to see that we had a good turn out.”
Daugh said they hope to bring the drive-in movie back next year and add it to the list of UPC’s annual events.
Students brought out camping chairs and bun-dled up in blankets to keep warm in the chilly weather.
“I’m excited they brought a drive-in movie to Auburn’s campus be-cause I have never been to one,” said Elizabeth Folmer, senior in build-ing science. “I liked the movie choice because I didn’t get a chance to see it in theaters.”
Th e drive-in was a hit with students who at-tended, and many of the moviegoers said they would attend drive-ins on campus in the future.
The Auburn PlainsmanCAMPUS, B2 Thursday, October 22, 2009
benefi ts of joining.McMurray said bringing
recruiting tools such as the trailer to areas of large civilian concentration are essential to attracting po-tential soldiers.
“We’re giving students the chance to try out some
simulations and take some propaganda with them,” McMurray said. “What we’re doing with ROTC right now is to try and publicize and give those with Interest a chance to come in and circulate our program.”
Th e simulator helped students learn what Army aviation is all about.
University recognized as a whole, which is a goal he would like to see the Uni-versity work toward.
Th e AAALAC accredi-tation has to be reviewed every three years for reac-creditation.
Some of the guidelines for AAALAC required that the research facilities im-proved and update the surroundings, procedure and overall care for ani-mals and humans working in research.
Brian Gamble, associate director of the Wiregrass Research and Extension
Center in Headland, said to get ready for the accred-itation process the facility saw an increase in overall training, upgrades, health-care and appearance of the center.
Th e Wiregrass Research and Extension Center works with agriculture such as peanuts, cotton, small grains and cattle re-search.
Each year the program conducts 75 to 100 ex-periments and is currently researching diff erent by-products from the food industry with cattle feed to study animal nutrition.
“We are sitting on the pinnacle in terms of re-
search facilities and ani-mal care,” Bannon said. “Not to say that other uni-versities are not good, but they are not there yet.”
By being AAALAC-ac-credited, Bannon said the benefi ts symbolize qual-ity of research at Auburn University to promote reli-able scientifi c testing, in-creased recruiting for stu-dents and professors and an increased amount of funding by grants with its increased commitment of standards in animal care.
“People have so many misconceptions about re-search animals and what is done to them and this will help them see that
some of their ideas are wrong and all research is done to improve human health and the food sys-tem to benefi t consumers,” said Jamie Creamer, com-munications and market-ing specialist with the Col-lege of Agriculture.
Batton said he “already knew this program was superb in its animal care, but just having that en-dorsement is just kind of like big thumbs up to ev-eryone who have worked very hard.”
Th e College of Agri-culture will continue to provide quality animal care, with or without the accreditation.
COWS>From B1
their Food Drive, and they came to our Beat Hunger Bash.”
Th e Beat Hunger Bash kicked the week off .
Friday, the Women’s Resource Center had an event on the Concourse called “Line Up. Stand Up. Speak Up. Against Hun-ger…a Women’s Issue.”
“Women lined the con-course holding hunger facts and representing those women aff ected by hunger,” Wissert said.
Bread for the World was also represented during Hunger Week. Th e group did an alternative advo-cacy activity on Haley Concourse. Students were
provided the opportunity to speak out on hunger.
“Normally, we think of advocacy as writing letters and so on,” Giles said. “Th e Bread for the World repre-sentative was recording a video of Auburn students saying why hunger is an issue.”
Th e video will be sent to the Alabama Senate and posted on YouTube as a method for bringing awareness to the hunger issue.
“Th e pharmacy school hosted a coin drop for stu-dents and faculty, collect-ing more than $1,200 in change,” Giles said.
Th e money will be do-nated to the Beat Bama Food Drive.
Th roughout the week,
the Committee of 19 sold tie-dyed T-shirts embla-zoned with “25 cents,” representing the quarter it takes to feed a child in a third-world country for one day.
Local restaurants showed their support for Hunger Week. Chick-fi l-A, Moe’s and Bazilia’s donat-ed a portion of their pro-ceeds during the week to the War on Hunger.
Sororities were encour-aged to play Free Rice, a trivia game that donates rice to the hunger cause. For each correct answer, the Web site donates 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Pro-gram. Th is helps feed a hungry person in the de-veloping world.
“Student support has grown tremendously this year,” Wissert said. “Ev-ery day more and more students want to become involved in some capac-ity because they genuinely want to make a diff erence.”
Wissert and Emma Keller, president of the Committee of 19, orga-nized the schedule for the week.
“We have had a part in planning each event, but the credit goes to each member of the Committee of 19,” Wissert said.
Th e College of Agricul-ture provided a simulcast of the 26th annual World Food Day Teleconference in Comer Hall. Th e theme was “Achieving Food Secu-rity in Times of Crisis.”
HUNGER>From B1
MILITARY>From B1
Ashlea Draa / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Women’s Resource Center holds signs with hunger facts.
Morgan Thacker / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Students sit in their vehicles to watch “Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen” at the drive-in movie Tuesday.
Students drive-in to ‘Th e Beach’ for Transformers 2
Ashlea Draa / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Students operate the fl ight simulator as partners.
The Auburn PlainsmanCAMPUS STAFF
BRITTANY COSBYEditor
BLAKE HAMILTONAssociate Editor
To reach the staff , call 844-9109.
JORDAN DAILEYAssistant Editor
By BRITTANY COSBYCampus Editor
Oct. 22
Symphonic Band ConcertTime: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: Opelika Center for the Performing Arts
Oct. 23
Hunger MarchTime: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Location: multiple locations on Auburn’s campus
Oct. 23
2009 War Eagle Native American FestivalTime: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art
COSAM’s Minority High School Visi-tation Day at 12 p.m. at COSAM
The Auburn Plainsman Campus, B3Thursday, October 22, 2009
Supply chain management ranks 17th
A national survey said Auburn’s supply chain management program is great, but working profes-sionals said it’s even better.
Research fi ndings re-ported in the September 2009 issue of Supply Chain Management Review ranked the supply chain management program in the College of Business No. 17 among the nation’s top 20.
Th e study was a follow-up to the 2005 report which had the Auburn pro-gram ranked No. 20.
However, practitioners rank Auburn No. 13 among a list of 57 universities identifi ed as national and regional leaders.
Professors and students
agree the program is on the rise.
“A lot of companies are starting to pay more at-tention to distribution,” said Daniel Peake, senior in sup-ply chain manage-ment. “It has been (a) tough econom-ic time … c o m p a -nies are s e e i n g real cost savings in making their supply chain more effi -cient.”
Peake said professors are the stand-out feature of the program.
“We have quality faculty members and instructors who are student-oriented,
serving as teachers and mentors,” said Joe B. Han-na, chair and professor of supply chain management.
Brian J. Gibson, a profes-sor in supply chain man-
a g e m e n t , agreed.
“Th e fac-ulty has built a great reputation t h r o u g h their re-search, en-g a g e m e n t with indus-try and in-
volvement in professional organizations,” Gibson said.
Hanna noted a few more features that make Au-burn’s supply chain man-agement program stand out.
“Each of our faculty
members has obtained signifi cant amounts of in-dustry experience prior to entering academia,” Hanna said. “Th is practical experience allows faculty members to provide our students with an applied, practical supply chain management education.”
Hanna said the type of practical education stu-dents receive allows them to “successfully compete for jobs upon graduation, enter the workforce and make immediate and posi-tive contributions to their employers upon gradua-tion.”
Peake has noticed that majoring in supply chain management does not lim-it his job choices.
“It is one of the best ways to learn everything about a company from basic stor-
age to complex processes to international trading, and there are many oppor-tunities, even in this eco-nomic slowdown,” Peake said.
Th e supply chain man-agement program has undergone recent integra-tion.
Th e logistics and opera-tions management pro-grams merged in 2007, re-sulting in a comprehensive undergraduate major in supply chain management off ered to students.
Nearly 130 students are a part of the program.
Th ough the integrated program is a recent de-velopment, Auburn began teaching supply chain top-ics more than 30 years ago.
Hanna noted active alumni are an integral part of the program’s continu-
ing success. “We have an extensive
alumni of supply chain practitioners, which has helped us to build many successful relationships with industry representa-tives who return to Au-burn to participate in our educational process and hire our graduates,” Hanna said.
Gibson emphasized the contribution the structure of the program has made to its success.
“What helps us most is our balance,” Gibson said. “Th e faculty focuses on bringing the industry per-spective to the classroom, doing research that is rel-evant to our colleagues in both industry and aca-demia and being involved in external service and projects.”
By JORDAN DAILEYAssociate Campus Editor
Student team learns how to judge poultryAsk a Professor:
What is the worst thing one can do in a job interview?
“Th ere are a few things that one can do wrong. First, I have heard a lot lately about parents coming with newly
graduated students to job interviews to try to negotiate salary — that is a terrible idea because it shows to the employer that you are not an independent thinker and that you cannot operate on your own.
Second comes talking too much. You want to make sure that you choose your words carefully. You want to answer the ques-tions without telling your whole life history.
Th ird, make sure you tell the truth and don’t embellish too much. Not being honest will always come back to haunt you. Tell the truth. Don’t try to paint something you did as being grander than it was.”
-Sharon L. Oswald, Privett professor and head of department of management, College of Business
Auburn students en-rolled in POUL 2000 are in for an experience: learning how to judge poultry and related products.
“In the class, we learn how to evaluate poultry from start to fi nish,” said Kyle Richey, senior in poultry pro-duction.
Live poul-try judging “ i n c l u d e s future pro-duction lay-ing hens, past produc-tion laying hens, broiler b r e e d e r s and turkeys,” Richey said.
Jessica Butler, graduate student in poultry science, coaches the team.
Th e assistant coach is Ashley Shaw.
Eggs are judged on the quality of the exterior and interior of the shell, as well as the egg yolk and albumen.
Students judge broiler breeders in order of meat yield, and the same is done for turkeys.
“We learn to cull out dif-ferent species of chickens for future breed selection,” said Timothy Camp, junior in poultry production.
Participants also grade “ready to cook” chicken
and as well as t u r k e y carcass-es.
“ F o r l a y i n g hens we judge the f u t u r e pro du c-tion class on how ( w e l l ) they will
lay; with the past produc-tion class we judge how they did lay,” said Caleb Hopper, sophomore in poultry science.
Camp has been to Ar-kansas and LSU competi-tions, which are spread out over two days.
“We have to apply every-thing that we have learned
in class at the competition against colleges from all over the country,” Camp said.
He enjoyed the class and has taken it repeatedly.
“If it was not a good class, I wouldn’t be taking it for a third time,” Camp said.
Camp originally took the class because of friends who were enrolled, but was also interested be-cause of his major.
“After I took the class for the fi rst time and went to competition, I knew I would be taking it again,” Camp said. “It is a chance to get out of school for three days and go on a good trip.”
Hopper also said he is glad he found out about the class and has gleaned new information about poultry judging.
“Jessica is a great teach-er, and she works really hard to help us learn, but still makes it fun for all of us,” Hopper said. “I would recommend poultry judg-ing for anyone wanting to learn and to have a good time doing it.”
By JORDAN DAILEYAssistant Campus Editor
Th e faculty has built a great reputation ... ”
Brian J. Gibson,supply chain
management professor
“
We learn how to evaluate poultry from start to fi nish.”
Kyle Richey,senior in poultry science
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The Auburn PlainsmanCampus, B4 Thursday, October 22, 2009
Students run 5K for United Way
Auburn student lands fashion internship
With more than 300 pre-registered runners, Au-burn University’s Student Government Association’s 15th annual Fall 5K ben-efi ted Auburn United Way agencies, including Project Uplift.
Th e event i n c l u d e d live enter-t a i n m e n t from Au-burn local band Fall-back, food and exercise for the com-munity.
As the temperature reached a high of 55 d e g r e e s , runners bundled up for the fi rst signs of fall weath-er on Cater Lawn, Sunday, Oct. 18.
“I like running 5Ks,” said Chynna Dulac, freshman in nutrition science. “It’s just long enough, and it’s fun and you feel involved.”
Th e 15th annual Fall 5K was open to all students, faculty and staff with food from Shakey’s Pizza, Little Caesar’s and demonstra-tions by Apple and Verizon Wireless.
Rachel Ryhne, direc-tor of the Fall 5K, said all proceeds went to Auburn’s Project Uplift, a big broth-er and big sister program whose mission is to train
volunteers to work with children ages 5 to 12, and spend three to four hours a week with each child from within the Auburn area.
Rebecca Verner, fresh-man in anthropology, helped set up the event with Auburn’s Honors College and said she just wanted to come out and
help sup-port a great charity.
S p o n -sors for this year’s run in-cluded area radio sta-tions, Niff -er’s, Fuze, Crown Tro-phy and ac-tive.com.
Kate FM was live on
location broadcasting and even had morning DJ ANT run in this year’s race. ANT was sponsored by Sam’s Club, who donated $100 to Project Uplift.
“We try to give back to every possible place that we can, and we can’t al-ways be everywhere, but we have been hand-in-hand with SGA in a lot of things they do,” said Jil Mo-ses, afternoon DJ of Jamz ‘n’ Jil.
According to Project Up-lift, anyone can volunteer who is over the age of 18.
Students are then matched up with a child based on common inter-ests, skills and past experi-
ences to spend time with them each week during the school year.
“I have been a volunteer for two years now and I have two little sisters and a partner,” said Marianna Waits, senior in elemen-tary education. “We pick up the girls once a week, and we have developed a really good relationship. It is amazing how much we have learned from them, and it is really neat to see how they have impacted us over the last two years.”
Waits said a typical day could be just hanging out in the park or going to get ice cream.
“It’s a lot about not spending money, but de-veloping a relationship and becoming a mentor,” Waits said. “I can defi nitely tell that they look up to us. It is really rewarding.”
Katie Reid, an Apple campus representative, was also on hand to pro-vide demonstrations and hand out Apple products, such as iPods and iPod shuffl es for runners to try during the run.
Reid said Apple has part-nered with Nike to pro-mote its global 10K race and decided this would be a perfect time to pro-mote Apple products and show runners the products available.
Project Uplift was at the event with a sponsored tent to provide more infor-mation to those who want-ed to get involved.
By LINDSEY GRUBBSStaff Writer
“After a long summer of searching for internships and interviewing with many companies, I chose Vanity Fair Corporation’s Nautica, a men’s sports-wear company.
I’ll be interning here for three months.
So far, my job has been assisting the merchandis-ers in their everyday tasks. I work a lot with the actual product.
We just fi nished Market, where our big customers like Macy’s, Belk and Lord and Taylor come to buy their assortments, for the summer 2010 season.
Come December, I will
graduate from Auburn. Hopefully (I will) fi nd my-self back in New York City with a full-time job.
I’ve found out a great way to enter the work-force, besides completing an internship is through a training program. Many companies have diff erent types of training programs for recent graduates to help pinpoint their per-sonal interests within a company.
So, while I am fi nishing my internship program at Nautica, I am also look-ing for full-time jobs and training programs.
Hopefully, something
will work out. On the bright side, I have many contacts through the Fashion Scholarship Fund and many mentors to help guide me through the pro-cess.
FSF is a foundation that encourages the next gen-eration of talented stu-dents to pursue a career in the fashion industry by awarding scholarships, internships and mentor-ships.
Many companies are af-fi liated with the program and seek FSF scholars for their internship programs.
I was contacted by Nau-tica shortly after receiving
the internship. I kept the lines of communication open until I was ready to begin my internship search. It paid off .
FSF is a great network-ing tool because in the in-dustry it is really all about who you know, and so many executives are con-nected with the program that the opportunities are abundant.
From experience, ev-eryone I have met from FSF has been more than willing to bend over back-wards to help me fi nd a great internship. Th ey are so passionate about FSF, the industry and what
they do.I had to submit a case
study that required me to simulate a retail store of my choosing and come up with a marketing plan, buying plan and assort-ment place. Th is included who my target was, where I would place the store, what I would sell, what I would buy for the fi rst six months and what styles I would have on hand.
I also had to write a personal essay on my per-sonal professional goals and how I would spend the money.
Completing the case study in itself was the
greatest reward because it really made me use every-thing I have ever learned in my courses at Auburn.
I saw how everything comes together from a marketing, design, mer-chandising and consum-er’s standpoint.
You go through college gaining knowledge from diff erent courses that seem unrelated, but this project brought every-thing full circle.
Th en it hits you that somehow everything you’ve studied is so inter-related you have no idea how you ever thought otherwise.”
Th eresa Davidson, senior in apparel merchandising, won the $5,000 Fashion Scholarship Fund award in March. Below, she shares her experiences as a New York City intern.
Ashlea Draa / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Aubie leads participants at the beginning of Project Uplift’s 5K run Sunday. The event was on campus and had more than 300 students, faculty and community members participating.
Ashlea Draa / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
5K participants begin their race on the Thach Concourse.
We try to give back to every possible place that we can ...”
Jil Moses,DJ of Jamz ‘n’ Jil
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The Auburn Plainsman Campus, B5Thursday, October 22, 2009
Th e holiday season is quickly approaching, but Keith Ries and Meredith Raley are already making plans for summer 2010.
Ries and Raley are assistant directors of Camp Ozark, one of the largest Christian sports and adventure camps in the country.
Th ey spent all of last week on campus recruit-ing Auburn students to work as counselors at Camp Ozark next summer.
“I think it’s an oppor-tunity that most people don’t get the option to do, so if they can do it I encourage them to,” Ries said. “Because it will trans-form their lives because of the people you’ll come across, the challenges that you’ll face, but more so just the impact that God will make through you at a summer camp like this.”
Auburn was Ries and Raley’s fi rst stop on their month-long staff recruitment tour around the Southeast.
Both Ries and Raley said they had a positive experience recruiting peo-ple on Auburn’s campus.
“It’s been good; it’s been challenging,” Ries said. “Th e weather has played a diffi cult role so we’ve had to make some changes so I think it kind of aff ected our overall outcome to-day, but it was good. Th e people that I felt like we’re here were great.”
Ries said 30 out of the 250 staff members at Camp Ozark last summer were Auburn students, and he said he hopes they have the same turnout in 2010.
“We usually have a great response from Au-burn,” Ries said. “Th e people are usually very friendly and open to talk,”
Camp Ozark was founded in 1949 and is in Mount Ida, Ark. as Ozark Boys Camp by sev-eral Christian athletes.
Th e camp has changed ownership three times in its 60-year history, boasting 58 cabins and approximately 4,000 campers per summer.
Th e camp is currently directed by Sam and Su-san Torn. In addition to the physical site, the Torn started the Camp Ozark Foundation and Ozone, a ministry based in Hous-ton and Dallas, Texas.
Th e camp is non-de-nominationally Chris-tian and is open for children ages 7 to 17.
Activities off ered in-clude land and water
sports and activities such as basketry and rocketry.
Camp Ozark employs college students as cab-in counselors and ex-treme serve counselors.
An extreme serve coun-selor’s duties include working in the kitchen or the offi ce or acting as the camp photographer.
“To be a counselor you have to love, love, love kids,” Raley said. “You have to have a skill and be a pos-itive Christian role model, and you have to have a wild and crazy streak running up and down your spine. You have to be ready to have a good time, to go 110 percent, 24 hours a day.”
Ries said spiri-tuality is the back-bone of Camp Ozark.
“Th at’s what our main goal is,” Ries said. “When we recruit that’s what we look for. It’s the premise behind why we are there. What the counselors and our staff have experienced, we want the kids to be able to experience that. Th at’s our main focus, that’s why our camp exists.”
Every day of activities at
Camp Ozark ends with a nightly devotional service led by the cabin counselors.
Th e devotionals con-sist of games, songs and sermons deliv-ered by the camp staff .
“We love kids and we love Jesus, and we love to help kids come to know Christ,” Raley said. “More than just who Jesus is, we want it to be personal, and we want it to be a part of their life; for Jesus to be their life. We do that through relationships and showing them Jesus in how we live our day to day lives.”
David Barnett, senior in exercise science, has worked at Camp Ozark every summer since 2006.
Barnett said the friend-ships he has estab-lished at Camp Ozark make him want to come back every year.
“Th ere’s not many op-portunities in your life where you get to do something like this,” Bar-nett said. “You have to do internships and work and stuff like that. Th is is one of those times you can work with kids and
people outside of Ala-bama and make a lot of lasting relationships.”
To conclude their week of recruitment, Ries and Raley hosted a video pre-sentation and informa-tion session in the Stu-dent Center last Th ursday.
Th e majority of people in attendance came be-cause they spoke with Ries or Raley during the week but some Ozark vet-erans, like Barnett, came to show their support.
Taylor Jackson, fresh-man in computer science, said the video presenta-tion convinced him to ap-ply to work at Camp Ozark.
“When the guy stopped me while I was walking by he said, ‘Hey, you want to work at a Christian camp?’ and I was kind of interest-ed,” Jackson said. “I didn’t really know a lot about the camp which is why I want-ed to come down here and learn more about it, and it seems like a lot of fun and I’m really considering go-ing and working there.”
For more information on Camp Ozark, visit w w w. c a m p oz a rk . c o m .
By MAX NEWFIELDStaff Writer
Camp reaches out to Auburn Th is is one of those times you can
work with kids and people outside of Alabama and make a lot of lasting relationships.”
David Barnett, Camp Ozark counselor
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The Auburn PlainsmanCampus, B6 Thursday, October 22, 2009
“What does gossip mean to you?” said Arielle Long, president of Women Helping Other Women or-ganization and a senior in international business.
W.H.E.W., a sigh of re-lief organization, held its fi rst meeting Oct. 19 in the Student Center.
Th e organization began in April 2009 and reached provisionary status in September, Long said.
Nineteen members and friends attended the round table meeting and discussed “gossip” as their fi rst topic of the semester.
“Gossip is an exag-geration or fabrication of any story,” said Kimberly James, treasurer and soph-omore in political science and Spanish. “It doesn’t have to be a false story; if you exaggerate it to de-mean that person, then it is considered gossip.”
Th e organization provides moral sup-port and serves as a place where women can learn from each other.
Th e group also evalu-ates worldly issues with a Christian perspec-tive, according to the W.H.E.W. Facebook group.
Th e meeting began with a prayer, creed re-citing and what was called a “p.i.f. me down.”
During “p.i.f. me down” each person told a per-sonal interesting fact about themselves, such
as an achievement or a life-altering event.
Th e organization’s creed states: “As members of W.H.E.W., we strive to be the woman that God wants us to be. Remembering that unity starts with you, not only will we better our-selves, but we will uplift, encourage and empower each other in a nurturing and confi dential manner.”
Th e question, “What does the Bible have to say about gossip?” was raised by Long for discussion.
“We want to be an out-let and encourage per-sonal growth and work-ing together,” Long said.
Andrea Crayton, sopho-more in biomedical sci-ences, quoted scriptures from the Bible to enlighten the group about gossip.
“Romans 13:9 says, ‘Th ou shalt love thy neigh-bor as thyself,’” Crayton said. “If you wouldn’t do it to yourself, why would you do it to others?”
It was also discussed how gossip can be harm-ful and hurtful, caus-ing anorexia, buli-mia and even suicide.
“We have to watch what we say because the mouth is a powerful thing,” said Tacara Bedell, sopho-more in apparel mer-chandising design and product development.
Positive ways to deal with gossip, how it aff ects people, gossip in the me-dia, such as Juicy Campus, Facebook and MySpace, were also discussed.
How to confront someone about gossip was discussed as well.
“My preacher said ‘if you have haters then you must have something going for yourself, so keep going,’” said Gabrielle Allen, soph-omore in pre-pharmacy.
Joseph Simmons, also known as Rev. Run, from the group Run-DMC, is known for breaking hip-hop into mainstream music.
He wrote on his Twit-ter page, “Don’t argue with the fool, ’cause from a distance people can’t tell who’s who,” Long said.
Group members will be keeping journals to write about things they deal with to purge the information instead of keeping it inside.
“Th e meeting was very enlightening as far as what my friends were talking about,” said Sacona Sherf-fi eld, freshman in math education. “I heard hor-ror stories coming in as a freshman, but I didn’t know it was that serious.”
Th e group will meet every Monday at 6 p.m., in yet-to-be-determined locations.
“I have to come back on Monday, and I will actually become a member,” Sherf-fi eld said. “It was very good, and I want to bring diver-sity because other races go through the same things.” Th e group will work with other on-campus organiza-tions through the spring.
More information can be found at the Women Support-ing Women Facebook page.
By THEADORIS MORRISStaff Writer
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
Ahaja Scott, junior in psychology, holds up a copy of the W.H.E.W. creed as the group recites it.
Advocacy group provides moral support for women
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
W.H.E.W. holds its fi rst meeting in Student Center Room 3163.
The Auburn Plainsman Campus, B7Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Announcements
Omega Tau Sigma Haunt-
ed House: Omega Tau Sigma will host a haunted house Friday, Oct. 23. Ad-mission is $6 or $5 with a canned food item. Canned foods will go to the Beat Bama Food Drive.
Campus Events
Th ursday, Oct. 22
Art Exhibit in Biggin
Hall: Water: Th ree States (Phase II) Exhibition in Biggin Gallery from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Biggio Center Professional
Development Seminar:
Paula Bobrowski, associate dean for research and faculty development for the College of Liberal Arts, will present, ,“Creating Successful High Performance Teams for Your Classroom,” from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Student Center Room 2222.
Round Table Discussion-
Careers in Student Aff airs:
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Student Center Room 2223
Softball vs. Jeff erson State:
7 p.m. at Jane B. Moore Softball Complex
Symphonic Band Concert:
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Opelika Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, Oct. 23
COSAM Minority High
School Visitation Day:
Noon in the College of Sci-ences and Mathematics
Women’s Tennis- ITA
Regionals: Time TBA, Yarbrough Tennis Center
Swim and Dive- War
Eagle Invitational: Starting time TBA, Aquatics Center
Hunger March: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on campus. Exactstarting location TBA
Art Exhibit in Biggin
Hall: Water: Th ree States (Phase II) Exhibition in Biggin Gallery from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
2009 War Eagle Native
American Festival: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
Fisheries Seminar:
Speaker: Greg Moyer of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Swingle Hall Room 303
Volleyball vs. Alabama:
6 p.m. in the Student Activities Center
Saturday, Oct. 24
Women’s Tennis- ITA
Regionals: Time TBA, Tennis Courts
Swim and Dive- War
Eagle Invitational: Starting time TBA, Aquatics Center
Hunger March: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on campus. Exactstarting location TBA
Sunday, Oct. 25
Women’s Tennis- ITA
Regionals: Time TBA, Yarbrough Tennis Center
Swim and Dive- War
Eagle Invitational: Starting time TBA, Aquatics Center
Hunger March: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on campus. Exactstarting location TBA
Volleyball vs. Mississippi
State: 1:30 p.m. in the Student Activities Center
Soccer vs. Georgia:
2:30 p.m. in the Auburn Soccer Complex
Monday, Oct. 26
Women’s Tennis- ITA
Regionals: Time TBA, Yarbrough Tennis Center
Art Exhibit in Biggin
Hall: Water: Th ree States (Phase II) Exhibition in Biggin Gallery from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Seminar and Food Tasting:
J. Shaff er of Slow Food, Emory University will speak from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Haley 3195.
Music Recital- Octubafest:
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Goodwin Recital Hall
Miss Auburn University
Scholarship Mandatory
Meeting: 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Student Center Room 2222
Tuesday, Oct. 27
Art Exhibit in Biggin
Hall: Water: Th ree States (Phase II) Exhibition in Biggin Gallery from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Forestry and Wildlife
Sciences Seminar: Adam Taylor will speak, 11 a.m. to noon in School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Rm. 1101.
Panel Discussion-Careers
in Student Aff airs: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Student Center Room 2310
JCSM Presents Elvis’
America: 1956: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Jule Collins Museum of Fine Art
JCSM Presents 1956 Film:
“Baby Doll,” 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Jule Collins Smith Mu-seum of Fine Art
Career Development
Services Presents
“Negotiating Job Off ers
and Personal Finances”:
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Th e Hotel at Auburn University, Ballroom B
Faculty Recital:
David Odom, Clarinet, and Jeremy Samolesky, Piano. 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Goodwin Recital Hall
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Art Exhibit in Biggin
Hall: Water: Th ree States (Phase II) Exhibition in Biggin Gallery from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
National Italian American
Heritage Month Film
Screening: “MAC,” 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Haley 3195
Percussion Ensemble/
Steel Band Fall Concert:
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Goodwin Band Hall
Th ursday, Oct. 29
Art Exhibit in Biggin
Hall: Water: Th ree States (Phase II) Exhibition in Biggin Gallery from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
STEM Scaring for Kids, a
Halloween Masquerade
Benefi t: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Greystone Mansion on Magnolia Avenue
Auburn Magazine Advisory
Board Meeting: Noon, location TBA
Art Exhibit in Biggin
Hall: Water: Th ree States (Phase II) Exhibition in Biggin Gallery from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Fisheries Seminar:
David Glover will present “Slow Growth of Coastal Largemouth Bass” from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Swingle Hall Room 303.
Football, Fans & Feathers:
4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Southeastern Raptor Center, Shug Jordan Parkway
“A kissing booth. I did it my freshman
year, and it was a pretty fun night.”“A ninja turtle. I was a freshman in college
and made my own costume with toilet
paper.”
“I was the blue Power Ranger when I
was 7. He’s not my favorite, it was just
the last costume in the store.”
“I was a clown in the third grade.”
On the Concourse: What is your most memorable Halloween costume?
Caleb Reeves, senior in building science
Bailey Pride, senior in apparel
merchandising
Saalihah Muhammad, freshman in
liberal artsRodni Perry, freshman in biomedical
sciences
The Auburn PlainsmanCampus, B8 Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Recipe INTRIGUE
Tiger Paw needs spirit votes to win
Contributed by Tiger Paws
Kameron McDaniel, a senior Tiger Paw
member, was nominated by Auburn Univer-
sity and selected by Athlon Sports to repre-
sent the SEC for the Sideline Spirit Competi-
tion.
“War Kam Eagle” is accepting everyone’s
participation in voting as the polls remain
open until Oct. 30 for the third round.
“I would love to give Auburn the opportu-
nity to show how involved its student body
is,” McDaniel said. “To me, it’s more about
the prestige the Auburn family and the SEC
would get.”
McDaniel said she just wants to make the
Auburn family proud, but she needs all the
support she can get.
To vote, go to www.athlonsports.com/
spirit and create a free account, then click
on McDaniel’s picture up to 20 times a day
to help her win.
“I have stayed in fi rst place for the most
part, but every vote helps, and it would be
great to pull even farther ahead,” McDaniel
said.
Tiger Paws agreed that McDaniel de-
Despite their age, college students come home and snuggle with their favorite stuff ed animals, unable to let go.
By CALLIE GARRETTAssistant Intrigue Editor
> Turn to PAWS, C2
Insuffi cient funds. Bal-
ance: -$127. Four purchas-
es less than $3 just cost
more than a college stu-
dent’s paycheck because
of overdraft fees.
Most banks charge more
than $30 each time their
customers make a trans-
action that exceeds the
money in their accounts.
When students arrive at
a university, it is often the
fi rst time they must man-
age their own money.
Bank policies on over-
draft fees and excessive
charges are one of the fi rst
things students must mas-
ter before being able to
manage their money cor-
rectly.
“I went to Nashville and
expected my card to be
denied when I didn’t have
any more money, but it
wasn’t,” said Daily Th omas,
junior in agriculture eco-
nomics. “I wish I would
have known that you can
overdraw on a debit card,
and I wish I would have
kept up with my balance
in a register.”
It is important to be
aware of the bank’s poli-
cies, so there is less confu-
sion when making trans-
actions.
Without checking the
balance of their accounts
many make small purchas-
es and are shocked when
the overdraft fees pile up.
Overdraft fees can accu-
mulate to high amounts
when the account is not
managed on a timely basis.
Some students write
down all of their transac-
tions in a register, even if
they use online banking.
“I keep track of how
much money is in my ac-
count,” said Brendan Mor-
gan, a sophomore in com-
puter science. “When I get
a receipt, I go home and
write it in my register.”
Unlike most students
Morgan said he has never
overdrawn his account be-
cause he keeps close tabs
on his account.
However, technology
has almost eliminated the
use of checks in the cur-
rent generation, so writ-
ing down transactions in a
check register has become
outdated.
Some banks, such as
BBVA Compass, now have
a feature that allows their
customers to receive in-
formation about their ac-
counts through text mes-
saging.
Customers can check
their balances, transfer
funds and even see pend-
ing items, said Patrick
McDuff , a fi nancial sales
representative at BBVA
Compass.
McDuff also said it may
be a good option for some
students to use a credit
card with a low limit dur-
ing college.
“If you have a good cred-
it card, you can use it to
make purchases and then
pay it off on time at the
end of the month,” McDuff
said.
Using a credit card re-
sponsibly allows students
to avoid accidental over-
draft fees and also builds
good credit which is valu-
able when trying to pur-
chase larger items such as
By JILL CLAIRStaff Writer
> Turn to BANK, C2
Students’ beds
stuffed with animals
Illustration by Morgan Thacker / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Allison Hop, a junior in public relations, withdraws money from Auburn Bank’s ATM.
Overdraft fees hinder money control
Illustration by Helen Northcutt
When stuff ed animals or comfort ob-
jects are given to toddlers and children,
they usually hold onto them for a few
years as they adjust to sleeping in a "big
kid bed.”
However, some people are just unable
to let go of snuggling with their beloved
animals and blankets each night.
Students invite them to come play
along into their college years and even
beyond.
Hannah Gordon, a sophomore in
English and French, has slept with her
Simba stuff ed animal since she was 5
years old.
"I don't really even think about sleep-
ing with it anymore," Gordon said. "It's a
part of home for me."
Dr. Vincent Iannelli, associate profes-
sor of Pediatrics at the University of Tex-
as Southwestern Medical School in Dal-
las, said comfort objects such as stuff ed
animals are given to children as a sub-
stitute for the parent helping the child
to learn to be apart from the parent.
Children carry them around every-
where they go providing them with
comfort, even when a parent is not pres-
ent allowing children to establish some
independence.
Tocara Bedell, a sophomore in appar-
el merchandising, still keeps all of her
stuff ed animals including a dog named
Bingo her mom found for her at a yard
sale, a pink cat named Mittens, Mr. Pig-
gles, who likes to be called Mister, and
Strawberry.
Shannon Bonham, a sophomore in
pre-nursing, keeps her animals as well.
She has a stuff ed Elmo and a puppy dog
her brother gave her as a birthday gift.
“Th ey’re just part of my comfort zone,”
Bonham said. “My dad tried to throw
them away, but I got mad.”
Some students like to keep one ani-
mal with them at school as well as one
at home.
Whitney Bonham, an undeclared
sophomore, keeps her chocolate brown
dog named Mr. McGruff at school with
her, but leaves her teddy bear Valentine
at home.
Linus, a character in Charles Schultz's
comic strip “Peanuts,” was rarely seen
without his "security blanket," and was
the fi rst to coin the term. Although
Linus faced criticism from Charlie
Brown and his sister Lucy, he did not
dare let it go.
Th e teddy bear was popularized after
president Th eodore Roosevelt refused
to shoot a baby bear while on a hunting
trip in November 1902.
A cartoon of the event appeared in
Th e Washington Post and later a shop-
keeper in Brooklyn made two stuff ed
animal bears for his window display.
Th e craze for the stuff ed teddy bear
was set into motion.
Anna Twardy, a senior in accounting,
still keeps her teddy bear, Pinky.
She got the bear as a third birthday
present.
"It's comforting to sleep with it,"
Twardy said. "It reminds me of home."
Th e trend seems to be college stu-
dents are hanging onto these "Simba's"
and "Pinky's" because the animals re-
mind them of the comforts of home.
In the new place and new situation
that college throws students into, they
fi nd it comforting to bring along the re-
minders of a more comforting place and
time.
By SIMPSON FLETCHERStaff Writer
Intrigue, C2 Thursday, October 22, 2009The Auburn Plainsman
Oct. 23
Trail of Terror Haunted Hayride
Spring Villa Park, 1474 Lee Road - 148 Opelika
Road. Tickets: $10 for adults, $5 for ages 10 and
under. Th e haunted experience will include a
haunted house, trail of terror and giant maze. For
additional information call 334-705-5552.
Oct. 24
Syrup Sopping
An all-day free festival at 7 a.m., at Loachapoka
Park. It is celebrating cane syrup development and
off ering arts, crafts, entertainment and food.
Forest Eco Preserve 5K Trail Run
At Louise Kreher Forest Eco Preserve. For more in-
formation contact by e-mail at preserve@auburn.
edu or call 334-844-8091.
Campus Rants
To submit your anonymous campus rants e-mail them to
serves to win the Sideline Spirit contest
because of her passion for Auburn spirit
as well as helping the community.
“I don’t think I know anyone with
more Auburn spirit than Kameron,” said
Hannah Milton, junior Tiger Paw. “She is
truly a leader in getting people involved
in the Auburn community, athletics and
University.”
Milton said McDaniel has been a tre-
mendous help to all of the girls on the
team.
“When I came in as a freshman, she
really enabled me to be the best spirit
leader I could and understand the Au-
burn and SEC traditions,” Milton said.
Coach Jennifer Hodge said McDaniel
is a dedicated member, loves to cheer
for the Auburn Tigers and is a true per-
former.
“She is an outstanding Tiger Paw
member, and I do enjoy the time that we
have shared together,” Hodge said.
McDaniel, a dancer since she was 5
years old, said she would spend six days
a week in the dance studio practicing
and competing.
“Tiger Paws was the perfect oppor-
tunity to keep dancing and to do some-
thing for Auburn that I truly cared for,”
McDaniel said.
McDaniel’s dedication to the team is
important to her as well as the friend-
ships she has built over the past four
years of participation.
“Th e girls over the past four years have
been my best friend,” McDaniel said. “All
year, we spend most of our time togeth-
er, so they become more like a family.
I’ve had so many opportunities to give
back to Auburn and the community.”
McDaniel said Hodge selected a Tiger
Paw to represent Auburn and graciously
took the off er after talking it over with
her family.
She knew it would be worth it because
of her passion.
As a senior, she is appreciative of her
nominations and time she has spent at
Auburn.
“I have also had the opportunity this
year to be on the team with my sister,”
McDaniel said. “It means a lot to me
and will always be something special
to remember. Representing Auburn, my
team and the SEC is making for a mem-
orable last year. I’m so grateful to have
this experience.”
Th e Tiger Paws said they believe being
on the sidelines during football games
and other sporting events is an experi-
ence of a lifetime.
“For me, being on Tiger Paws is a way
of doing something I absolutely love
and being involved within Auburn while
in college,” Milton said. “I love getting
to represent Auburn in such a unique
way. It may be more work than required
by the average college student, but it is
an experience I wouldn’t trade for any-
thing.”
McDaniel said if she wins the third
round she will be honored to represent
Auburn and the SEC in the Athlon
Sports Sideline Spirit Competition.
She said she appreciates everyone’s
support and participation.
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a house or car later in life.
Beginning in 2010, some
banks, such as Regions,
will introduce a new ben-
efi t for their customers
that will help them avoid
excessive overdraft fees
by limiting the number of
fees given in a day.
“Regions has made the
decision to eliminate all
overdraft fees for all trans-
actions when customers
overdraw their accounts
by less than $5 and will
charge customers no more
than four overdraft fees
per day,” said Randy New-
ton, branch manager of
Regions in Auburn.
Other banks, such as
Auburn Bank, don’t off er
overdraft protection.
When customers use
debit cards and don’t have
the money in their ac-
counts, the bank will not
pay for the transaction and
therefore will not charge
overdraft protection fees.
Instead, the card will be
denied. Also, the bank will
not pay when a customer
writes a bad check.
Th is way the customer
is solely responsible for
the money they withdraw
from their account.
“Overdraft protection
can send people further
into debt if they don’t
know how to manage their
accounts,” said Jo Hall,
executive vice president
of operations at Auburn
Bank.
Hall said customers
should always keep a cer-
tain amount of money
in their accounts so they
don’t accidentally over-
draw.
Scottie Arnold, vice
president of operations
at Auburn Bank, said it is
important for college stu-
dents to know that cus-
tomer service represen-
tatives at their banks are
there to help them learn
how to manage money
and can off er advice to
help students learn the ba-
sics of bank accounts.
“If you do have a prob-
lem, come in and we’ll
work with you,” Arnold
said.
Overdraft protection
can be a benefi t, or it can
cause major problems.
Regardless of advances in
technology, most banks
agree the easiest way to
avoid fees is to record all
transactions in a register.
Th ey suggest students
keep receipts, bills and a
certain amount of backup
money in bank accounts
to ensure no extra fees.
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Where were you three hours ago?In biology class.
Did you ever have an awkward childhood injury?Yes, I have a scar on my face from being scratched by a cat.
Have you ever eaten a crayon?No.
What are you doing this week-end?I am going to Baton Rouge for the LSU football game.
Snow White or Sleeping Beauty?Snow White
What is your dream vacation?Going to Fiji Island.
What do you wish you knew about the future?What my profession will be.
Do you still sleep with a stuff ed animal?No, I never have.
How do you keep warm?I wear socks at night while sleeping.
Have you ever overdrafted your account?No.Callie Garrett / ASSISTANT INTRIGUE EDITOR
Lauren Justus is going to Baton Rouge this weekend for the Auburn football game.
ABOUT JANE:Age: 18
Hometown: Atlanta
Greatest fear: Spiders
Hobbies: Playing the violin
Random fact: I crack my toes a lot.
Lauren Justusfreshman, pre-nursing
Jane Random
The Auburn PlainsmanINTRIGUE STAFFHelen northcutt
Editor
Olivia MartinAssociate Editor
To reach the staff , call 844-9109.
Callie garrettAssistant Editor
● Last Friday, I drunkenly convinced myself I had dropped my phone and wallet in the bushes beside my house. I think I crawled around in them for nearly an hour “looking” for my stuff . When I came in, they were sitting on my dresser in my room and I had poison ivy.
● Saturday after several kamikaze shots, I thought my best friend was fl irting with a guy I’ve hooked up with several times. We got into a screaming fi ght about whether or not she had, and it ended with her screaming, “He’s not even my type. He is not even cute!” He was in the next room listening against the door.
● A couple weeks ago, I got so drunk that I went over to one of my girl friends’ houses because she lives close to the bar. Apparently I tried to hook up with her, passed out in her roommate’s bed after she tried to kick me out of the house, then threw up in the bathroom, breaking the blinds and dropping my wallet in the toilet in the process. I woke up in her bed, by myself, with a note saying I could see myself out. Th is entire experience had to be pieced together from my wet, vomit-smelling wallet, broken blinds and the story she fi nally told me a week later.
● My Tuesday started off like usual. I woke up and got in the shower. To my surprise the fi re alarm went off , and I had to stand outside our dorm building—in my towel.
Th e Blount County Quil-ters’ Guild is a non-profi t organization made up of members who all share the same passion — quilt-ing.
“Th is guild was formed in 1988 with the goal of promoting the art and quality of quilting through friendship, knowledge and encouragement to others,” said Joyce Foster, presi-dent of Th e Blount County Quilters’ Guild.
Th e quilters’ guild has about 45 members, rang-ing from teens to 89 years old that are both male and female and the guild is always open to accepting new members interested in creating quilts.
Th e group of quilters does other things in addi-tion to stitching and sew-ing pieces of fabrics into unique patterns, which ul-timately end up as quality, handmade quilts.
Th e group generously donates the money raised from events to local chari-ties.
Each year Th e Blount
County Quilters’ Guild has a quilt show as a fundrais-er to raise money for char-itable service projects.
“Th e money we raise goes to various charities and for three $1,000 schol-arships for high school seniors in Blount County,” Foster said. “We award money to St. Jude’s hos-pital, Children’s Hospital, the animal shelter, Christ-mas for a family, Oneonta Art Council and maybe a few more I have forgotten.”
Th is year the Blount County quilt show will be Oct. 23 and 24 at Palisades Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission to the quilt show is $3 and will feature quilts from several diff er-ent vendors in two diff er-ent buildings.
“We have 24 diff erent categories of quilts,” Fos-ter said. “Hand quilted, machine quilted, baby, lap, embroidered, appliquéed, antique and many more; we usually have about 150 items to be displayed.”
In addition to local quilts, patriotic wall hang-ings from all over the U.S. will be on display at the show.
Th e patriotic display
of quilts will pay tribute to and honor servicemen and women of the past and those who are cur-rently in the military.
Th e proceeds from the rental of the display will be used to provide quilts for those injured in the line of duty.
“Th e patriotic wall hang-ing display was obtained from Buckboard Quilts,” Foster said. “We have 45 patriotic quilts that will be on display. Each one has a story to tell about the rea-son for the quilt.”
Th ere is a bit of sen-timental attachment to quilting for Julie Honea, junior in elementary edu-cation.
“I think quilting is a lost trait,” Honea said. “Th ere is a whole generation of girls that are losing touch with a part of our heritage.”
She doesn’t just want to do it as a hobby to pick up.
“I have a quilt that my great-grandmother made my dad when he was 12 years old, and it really goes everywhere with me,” Honea said. “It has been to many concerts, the park, and sometimes I just sleep on it outside.”
Kelley Holmquist, a ju-nior in landscape horti-culture, wants to learn to quilt just so she can have a quilt for herself.
“My grandmother quilts, and she has prom-ised me she was going to make a quilt since I was a baby,” Holmquist said. “Everyone else in my fam-ily has one except me; my cousin’s new baby got one before I did.”
Holmquist has looked into taking public classes that teach people how to quilt.
“I have actually seen at Hobby Lobby where you can go and take a quilting class,” Holmquist said.
She already has the de-sign picked out for her quilt, even though she has not yet mastered the craft.
“Some of my friends from home have a quilt made out of all their old T-shirts from high school,” Holmquist said. “I would like to have a quilt like that to put my shirts to use that I don’t wear anymore. After college, I would like to make one with all my sorority T-shirts.”
Th e Quilters’ Cottage is in the foothills of the Ap-
palachian Mountains. For students interested,
there is more information on quilting and Th e Blount
County Quilters’ Guild an-nual quilt show that can be found at blountcounty-quiltersguild.com.
The Auburn Plainsman Intrigue, C3Thursday, October 22, 2009
Blount County brings quilting tradition to new membersBy MARY-GLENN
SMITHStaff Writer
Contributed by The Blount County Quilters’ Guild
Members of the quilters’ guild gather to help stitch a quilt.
Mock Trial Team provides real experience to court
Aside from CSI and Law and Order, most Auburn students don’t know the inner workings of a court-room.
Th e Auburn Mock Trial Team, however, spends a portion of each year in a courtroom competing against other schools in a “mock trial”.
Th e team is composed of two teams, one with eight members and one with 10, and the members play a variety of roles to prepare for competition every spring.
“Th e American Mock Trial Association sends us a case packet every year with affi davits and exhib-
its that we have to study,” said Paul Bergen, sopho-more in microbiology and treasurer on the team.
From the case book, wit-nesses and attorneys are constructed, and the team comes up with witness performances along with direct and cross examina-tions.
“We have to prepare for both sides, so you don’t know if you’re going to show up to a competition
and be the defense side or the prosecution side, so we prepare for every-thing,” said Sam Lamere, junior in political science.
When the team com-petes, it forms a defense or prosecution and acts out the case with another team who is playing the opposite side.
Just like a real lawsuit or trial, despite preparation with witnesses, the mem-bers never know what
to expect from the other team.
“During the fall se-mester we meet weekly and work out all aspects of the case, then scrim-mage (act out the trial) with ourselves,” said Kate Boston, junior in English and secretary of the team. “We’re coached by local attorneys.”
Th e case this year is Th e State of Midlands v. Jackie Owens and involves three Hollywood stars, two di-rectors and an actor/ac-tress (the role is gender neutral), who form a pro-duction company togeth-er, Bergen said.
Th e three partners were off ered a chance to sell the company and one, Jacob Bennett, owned 55 per-
cent of the company and did not want to sell, while the other two did.
A while later he was found dead and the actor/actress, Jackie Owens, is the main suspect because he/she did not have a strong alibi, Bergen said.
Th is is the team’s second year to compete in the re-gionals.
“It was our fi rst year at competition last year,” La-mere said. “We did pretty well, but we hope to do better this year.”
With new ideas and returning members, the team feels it has improved.
“As a team we did really well, but we didn’t know what to expect,” Bergen said. “Th ere were techni-cal issues like how wit-
nesses were supposed to be more like actors and actresses and how attor-neys should walk in the classroom. Now that we know that, I think we’ll do much better.”
In addition to being prepared for competi-tions, the team members also feels prepared for law school.
“It is really good prep for law school because there is a lot of analytical read-ing involved and you learn how to look deep into something and fi nd the diff erent angles,” Lamere said.
Boston said regionals begin in late February and early March, and the team will compete against other Southeastern colleges.
By OLIVIA MARTINAssociate Intrigue Editor
It is a really good prep for law school because there is a lot of analytical reading involved.”
Sam Lamere, junior in political science
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Contributed by The Blount County Quilters’ Guild
Quilts from last years’ show are displayed in the quilters’ cottage.
When the air starts to turn frosty, many people complain about cold weather and having to wrap up in jackets, scarves and gloves.
For some, however, the fall and winter seasons bring about extreme physical dis-comfort.
Th ese people are actually allergic to the cold, an illness known as cold urticaria, or “cold-induced hives.”
“It is usually an itchy, transient skin reaction caused by re-lease of histamine and other substances in response to exposure to cold temperatures,” said Dr. Fred Kam, medical director for Auburn University Medical Clinic.
Physically induced forms of urticaria are manifested when a person comes in con-tact with something in the environment, such as heat, sun, water or, in this case, cold.
According to a re-port done by the Na-tional Organization for Rare Disorders, “Cold urticaria may be diagnosed by plac-
ing an ice cube on the skin of the subject’s forearm for about four or fi ve minutes.
A positive response is indicated by the ap-pearance of a ‘hive’ in the shape of the ice cube, within 10 min-utes after the stimu-lus is removed.
Hirsh Komarow, a staff clinician in the laboratory of aller-gic diseases for the National Institute of Health, explained hives show up in the area of exposure. General symptoms include redness, some swelling and itchi-ness.
According to Mayo Clinic’s Web site, the symptoms often worsen as the skin warms back up.
Cold urticaria is dif-ferent from just get-ting the goose bumps.
“Goose bumps are caused by the con-traction of little mus-cles at the base of hair follicles causing them to become erect,” Kam said. “Th is can happen with exposure to a chilly environ-ment. Cold urticaria is caused by release of chemicals such as histamine, similar to what happens in an allergic skin reaction.”
Dr. Richard W.
Honsinger of Los Ala-mos Medical Care Clinic Ltd. and clinical professor of the Uni-versity Of New Mexico School of Medicine said the mast cells in the surface of mem-branes are full of tiny granules.
When those gran-ules are disturbed or excited, the cells release some of the granules, including histamines.
Honsinger said the hives last as long as it takes the body to block the histamine. Simply moving to a warmer area or wrap-ping up in a blanket will not speed the re-duction of the symp-toms.
People who have cold urticaria should take great care to avoid cold tempera-tures, Komarow said.
“People that have it should stay away from jumping into cold wa-ter,” Komarow said. “Th at could be life-threatening.”
Cold urticaria is usually only external, Honsinger said, and those who suff er from it can still eat and drink cold things.
Hives could appear on their lips and other sensitive areas after being exposed to cold
temperaturesCold urticaria is
typically treated with antihistamines. Over the counter antihis-tamines can help re-duce the allergic reac-tion. Komarow said the antihistamines will only help as long as the person contin-ues taking them.
Th ey can be used as preventative treat-ment and can also lessen the symptoms for those in which the cold urticaria has already been mani-fested, meaning the symptoms are already physically present.
People with more severe symptoms may require additional medication.
Unfortunately, cold urticaria cannot be prevented, meaning a person cannot do anything to ensure they never get it, but the symptoms can be prevented through the use of antihista-mines.
Th ere are both ac-quired and genetic forms of urticaria.
For the majority of people who suff er from it, Komarow said, the illness will usually go away with-in fi ve years.
For others, it can be a life-long struggle.
The Auburn PlainsmanIntrigue, C4 Thursday, October 22, 2009
Th is month, Lee County Hu-mane Society will host its annual Adopt-a-Dog program in which potential pooch parents can adopt a canine friend at a discounted price.
Most people jump at the chance to bring home a puppy for their children, but a big hope of the Hu-mane Society is that people will also take this opportunity to adopt older dogs that are just as much in need of loving families.
Stasia Dunlop, director of com-munity outreach for LCHS, said she thinks it would be a good idea for college students to adopt an older dog versus a puppy for vari-ous reasons.
“Th ey are instant companions, ready for hiking, riding in the car, walking on leash, fetching, etc,” Dunlop said.
“Older dog” doesn’t necessarily mean the animal already has one paw in “pet cemetery,” it just sim-ply means the dog is not a puppy anymore, Dunlop said.
“Th ey are easy to assess for be-havior and temperament, and you also don’t have to guess how big they’ll grow,” Dunlop said.
When considering adopting a shelter dog, students need to keep in mind a few things: fi rst, a student must remember the rules about pets wherever he or she may live.
For example, no dogs are al-lowed in University dorms with the exception of service animals. Off -campus residents may also want to check their own pet poli-cies.
Dunlop said in order to adopt from LCHS, a copy of a lease with a pets allowed clause and pet de-
posit receipt must be included in the adoption paperwork.
All types of breeds are available for adoption at the humane soci-ety, large and small.
Th e dogs have been de-wormed, micro-chipped and vaccinated with the exception of the rabies shot, which must be done by a vet-erinarian.
Adopted dogs receive a free fi rst offi ce visit to certain vets which could make it easier to obtain a rabies vaccine.
All dogs have also been spayed or neutered. Another advantage of adopting older shelter dogs is that they already have an idea of how to behave.
According to srdogs.com, a Web site published by the Senior Dogs Project that Dunlop recom-mended, “Older dogs have learned what ‘no’ means and how to leave furniture, carpet, shoes and other ‘chewables’ alone.”
It recommended that any stu-dent who adopts a dog should crate the animal to give it its own comfortable, safe place to go dur-ing the day. Crating also prevents unwanted behaviors while the stu-dent is away at class.
“I just don’t know why people would go out and spend hun-dreds of dollars on a puppy from a breeder when there are a lot more dogs in shelters that would
be better pets,” said Tori Smith, s o p h o m o r e in agriculture business.
Smith started a petition at her place of resi-
dence to adopt a “house dog” from a shelter. After gaining permission from the landlords, 3-year-old Ella soon became a part of the collec-tive family at the apartments.
Smith encouraged students to think about adoption before shell-ing out money for pedigrees.
Pound promotes past-prime pooches
By REBECCA CROOMESStaff Writer
Cold causes more than goosebumpsBy LAURA MAXWELL
Staff Writer
Rebecca Croomes / PHOTO STAFF
Three-year-old Ella lives at an apartment complex as “house dog” after Tori Smith, a sophomore in agricul-ture business, convinced the owner to adopt an older dog.
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Fall is upon us here at Auburn, and it wouldn’t be complete without the changing colors of the au-
tumn leaves. Autumn in Auburn is
a great time of year, and along with Auburn Tiger Football and crisp fall cookouts, is some of the most beautiful scenery in the South.
Leaves are changing colors, and when looking for a great place to study, take pictures or just take a walk, keep in mind that Auburn has several sce-nic routes from which to choose.
Enjoying the fall leaves is a simple thing to do, if you know where to look.
Among some of the best places to catch some seasonal scenery are Chewacla State Park, Th e Davis Arboretum, Au-burn’s Town Creek Park and Tuskegee National Forest.
“Th e best place to look for fall leaves is probably Th e Overlook,” said Odell Banks, parks manager of Chewacla State Park.
Th e Overlook is on the Deer Rub Trail of the state park and overlooks a beautiful view of the for-estry below.
Banks also said that since the cool weather is just beginning, it could be a few more weeks before Auburn sees fall leaves around this area.
“Th e drive up to the park is also nice,” Banks said.
Chewacla is open from 7 a.m. until sundown and costs $3 per adult for a full day’s admission.
Th e Davis Arboretum,
which originally began as a collection of south-ern trees, is located in the heart of Auburn’s campus.
Th e Davis Arboretum is open every day of the year from sunrise to sunset and admission is free.
According to the Ar-boretum Web site, the grounds host 261 diff erent types of trees and started as an assortment of native trees of the Southeastern United States.
Austin Smith, sopho-more in wireless hardware engineering, enjoys study-ing in the Davis Arbore-tum.
“It’s a very relaxing place to go,” Smith said. “It’s the best in the fall, when the weather is cool, and the trees have changed color.”
Also among the places to see fall scenery is the Town Creek Park, located on South Gay Street.
Th e park is beautifully landscaped with many trees.
Town Creek also has a walking trail that is almost
one mile long according to the Parks and Recreation Web site, and it’s perfect for a brisk fall afternoon.
Gil Shults, Eagle Scout and Auburn sophomore in business, suggested Tuskegee National Forest as a great place to see fall leaves.
“It’s a short drive from Auburn and has lots of great trails for hiking,” Shults said. “Th e trees are really pretty there as well.”
Tuskegee is located about 20 minutes south of Auburn and has more than 11,000 acres of forest land.
Tuskegee also has eight miles of hiking trails where hikers can see thou-sands of trees in fall color.
Many other parks in the Auburn area also have large amounts of fall foli-age.
Just visit the Parks and Recreation site at: www.A u b u r n a l a b a m a . o r g /parks to see a complete list of parks in Auburn and surrounding areas.
Auburn’s Th ird Annual Hunger Awareness Week over-fl ows with events dedicated to ending the fi ght with hun-ger locally and around the world. Th e “Beat Bama Food Drive”, the Victoria Secret “End Hunger Bash” and the World Food Day Teleconference are some of the few Au-burn events that are collecting money and food to sup-port the world hunger cause.
Mike Mulvaney, Ph.D candidate in agronomy and soils and coordinator of the community garden, brought the issue of hunger into the local spotlight by speaking to students and faculty about Auburn’s food security and involvement with the community garden.
“We are trying to increase awareness of hunger,” said Claire Zizza, professor in nutrition and director of the four series hunger lectures. “I don’t think we realize food insecurity is in our community when it really is. We have lots of poverty stricken areas in Alabama that students could make a diff erence in.”
Mulvaney defi ned food security as an access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life.
In 2007, food insecure households in the U.S. were at 11.1 percent and in Alabama insecure households were measured at 7 percent.
“Food insecurity with hunger is starting to skip meals or going hungry because there is no food in the house,” Mulvaney said.
Auburn chooses to battle against food insecurity by planting, managing and harvesting the community gar-den. Th e Auburn community garden is a single piece of land gardened by a group of volunteers with a common purpose — to donate the harvest to the East Alabama Food Bank.
Th e garden reduces food insecurity by providing fresh vegetables to the needy in our area.
“As an agriculturalist, I like to think we are producing and donating the healthiest kind of produce,” Mulvaney said. “We are donating local, fresh and more or less or-ganic produce directly to the food bank.”
Right now the community garden is growing collards, mustard greens, hot peppers, okra, lima beans and pink eye purple hull peas. Th ey plan to harvest sweet potatoes in another three weeks.
Surrounding businesses in Auburn contribute their resources to help reduce local food insecurity. Arriccia at the Auburn Hotel makes a pot of soup from leftover food to be distributed on Sunday mornings at the East Alabama Food Bank. Panera Bread donates its leftover bread to the food bank, and the Gnu’s Room supplies the community garden with old coff ee grounds for soil fertil-izer.
“Businesses are being squeezed, the food bank is being squeezed, everyone is being squeezed especially in these times, so we’ve just got to start thinking outside the box,” Mulvaney said. “It is all for a good cause. Th e commu-nity is coming together and saying there are people in my area who I could help. I love that we have this kind of volunteerism that is the great thing about these kinds of projects.”
Th e community garden off ers a connection to the en-vironment. People that have never planted a seed before come to the community garden to learn to grow food.
“People love planting a seed, weeding it, and three months later they come back to harvest it,” Mulvaney said.
Will McCartney, sophomore in civil engineering, at-tended the food insecurity speech to gain a perspective on community awareness and starting a community gar-den of his own.
“Mike’s speech was informative,” McCartney said. “I’m planning a trip to South America to help with agricul-tural production in the spring, and I’ve been stumbling
along to try and fi nd someone who knows what they’re talking about, and he did an excellent job.”
Th e community garden hopes to donate close to 2,000 pounds of produce to the East Alabama Food Bank this year.
To help plant, maintain or harvest visit the garden Tuesdays from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. or send Mulvaney an e-mail to be on the volunteer list at [email protected].
Chilies contain high amounts of vitamin C and carotene.
The Auburn Plainsman Intrigue, C5Thursday, October 22, 2009
Fall draws closer, Auburn’s leaves begin to change
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
The community garden plants, maintains and harvests fresh produce that is donated to the East Alabama Food Bank. The garden is between South College Street and South Donahue Drive next to the agriculture research gardens. The garden is currently fi lled with more than seven different types of produce.
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
Okra improves nutrients and boosts food security.
Community garden weeds out local hungerBy HELEN NORTHCUTT
Intrigue Editor
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
Students can fi nd many places around campus and Auburn to view the changing of the leaves.
By MOLLY MONTGOMERY
Staff Writer
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
Th e new iPod Nano, introduced
Sept. 9, off ers a new built-in video
camera and mic allowing music
lovers to shoot video wherever
they may be.
Th e iPod Nano is available in
nine vibrant colors, with a 2.2-
inch screen allowing users to view
their videos more clearly.
It also includes a live FM radio,
voice recorder, voice over—which
speaks the names of the songs
and artists, the Nike pedometer
to count every step you take and
many other advanced features.
Th e most impressive thing
to me is the video camera built
into this extremely slender piece
of technology. I thought it was
remarkable when the Flip cam-
era came out, but this Nano is at
least half the size and off ers much
more.
Th ere are 15 video eff ects built
into the iPod that you can choose
from before you shoot your video,
such as mirror, X-ray, motion blur
and sepia.
After loading the videos onto
the computer, I realized the video
and audio quality transfers over
smoothly as well as simple to load
onto Facebook and YouTube.
Considering how small the
camera lens is, the video quality is
better than expected.
Unlike the Flip camera, the
Nano off ers videos to be taken in
landscape and portrait, which is
convenient.
Another interesting aspect is
the built-in Nike pedometer. Most
of the Nike iPod features require
an additional piece to track your
workouts, but not this one. You
simply select your weight and
start walking. Next thing you
know, it tells you the exact steps
you have taken and how many
calories you burned.
Th e built-in voice recorder is
also a great way to record notes
while you are on the go.
Th is product is particularly
suitable for those who are already
music lovers, because now you
can catch any candid moment on
video since you more than likely
have your iPod on you at all times.
Technology has come a long
way, and Apple has set the bar
high for every other company
with their continuous upgrades.
I am overall impressed with this
product and it was everything I
expected plus more. Apple always
knows how to do it right.
Backstreet’s back with a new genre of
pop music with its newly released album,
“Th is is Us,” after working with legendary
producers such as T-Pain, Max Martin,
RedOne and Ryan Tedder.
Working with various artists, Back-
street Boys are moving back to their origi-
nal roots, a pop genre.
Many people have been skeptical of
their seventh album released because of
the genre change, but I believe they did it
right this time. Not everyone enjoys hip-
hop or pop music, but for those that do
this is a huge comeback for the band.
With only one band member short,
Kevin Richardson, the Backstreet Boys
performed “Strait Th rough My Heart” on
the Conan O’Brien show Oct. 8, with all
the same dance moves from day one.
Th e Boys’ vocals sound brilliant in their
new release, as well as the beat, much like
Usher or Chris Brown. Th eir tempo and
harmony is unique in each song, off ering
a variety of upbeat music.
Th e song “Strait Th rough My Heart” is
one of the more catchy songs that I think
will be a hit.
“Bye Bye Love” is the song that sounds
a lot like Chris Brown’s “Forever,” tempo
wise.
Some of my other personal favorites are
“If I Knew Th en” and “Th is is Us,” these are
some of the songs that will be enjoyed by
almost any pop or hip-hop music lover.
Although this album may not be tar-
geted toward every college student, I am
more than positive it will be successful for
the younger crowd.
As far as pop music goes, the Backstreet
Boys are coming back with a big hit.
Before anyone starts to judge this al-
bum, you need to have an open mind and
appreciate pop or hip hop music. Person-
ally, I enjoy almost every genre of music
and those are the type of people that will
enjoy this variety of an album.
During a four–year break, each mem-
ber of the band lived their life working on
individual projects such as, Brian Littrell’s
extremely successful Christian album,
“Welcome Home.”
Now that they are reunited taking a dif-
ferent road, I think it will expand their fan
base nationwide.
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SkyBar-Blanton Reed acoustic show
Supper Club- Miss Used with Chris
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Th e Independent- Noise Organization
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Supper Club- Westeron Burt Band
Th e Independent- Hematovore, Weak
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When I think of awful movies, I start
at the top and work my way down. From
now on, however, I will start and end with
Pandorum.
Th is movie, if I had any control, would
be renamed and marketed as PanBorum.
I am ashamed to admit it, but I still lay
awake at night wondering what exactly
happened in that movie.
Granted I missed the fi rst 20 minutes
because I was in the lobby attempting to
accurately fi gure out the best popcorn-to-
seasoning salt ratio.
In the end it honest to god did not even
matter. I walked into the theater and saw
this random, handsome scientist armed
with nothing but a tiny mag light and pis-
tol, slightly resembling a cap gun, walk-
ing around the abandoned, dark hallways
of this space station, which was just like
keepin' it real up in space somewhere.
Th ey never told us. Still lying awake
wondering.
So then we realize this space station is
actually a futuristic Noah's ark-type deal.
It has been charged with taking all of
the last remaining life forms on Earth and
relocating them to another planet, in a
galaxy far, far away.
As I am quickly trying to catch up with
a plot and camera angles that are moving
faster and more incoherently than Rush
Limbaugh through a pharmacy, I realize
that I have once again wasted 10 hard
earned dollars, but by god, the popcorn
to seasoning ratio is solid.
On we trudged for about 30 minutes. I
want to die, asking myself why did I come
here before guess what happens?
If you guessed nothing worth mention-
ing, you were spot on the money.
Apparently during the journey, and I
swear to god I am not making this up, the
protein supplements used to nourish the
cryogenically frozen people evolve into a
primitive, cannibalistic tribe of pale, gray
awfulness.
Th ey even had head dresses and tat-
toos.
Th e scientist then along with a really
hot chick, of course, travel through the
bowels of the ship to try and reach the
core of the ship to reset it.
A ship that is the size of a planet oddly
takes no more than 20 minutes to navi-
gate to the center of.
Maybe they move at "space speed"
or something else illogical, like the fact
someone paid money to make this movie.
Oh, and I left out the most important
part. Dennis Quaid is in this fl ick.
Let's review that poor bastards resume:
GI Joe, Th e Parent Trap with Lindsey Lo-
han and even Jaws 3-D.
Th e man has had it rough since he was
in Th e Alamo and Th e Rookie.
OK, back to the movie, the last miser-
able 20 minutes of the movie is dedicated
to this virus that is taking over the brains
of the people still awake in space.
A space virus. Th e virus apparently
makes you oddly paranoid, not nearly as
bad as Tom Cruise in the mental health
section of a bookstore, but more like Mi-
chael Vick at a dog park.
Yes Michael, they are looking at you.
I really just can't express to you enough
how bad this movie was.
Th e ending is just horrible.
I want to tell you, but I just can't. I sim-
ply just cannot force myself to relive the
trauma.
If there was a way to give this movie
negative stars where it would begin to
owe me stars, then I totally would.
I mean you go through this monstros-
ity hoping, pleading for some kind of clar-
ity to appear. I hate to say it, but it never
does. Th is movie is not worth the plastic
wasted to enclose it within the rectangu-
lar case of fail.
I honestly suggest if you want to just
throw away money, you have two options.
First one is obviously you can give it
to me. Or you can get it all changed into
quarters, eat them and then wait for them
to digest.
At least that way you will get some of
your money back and still have an equally
crappy time.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTBackstreet’s back with ‘Th is is Us’
‘Pandorum’
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The Auburn Plainsman INTRIGUE, C7THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009
Students can search the
Internet and fi nd multiple
sites with stories about
how failing to take care of
the hard drive can lead to
problems.Marcus Tigue, a recent
graduate on Best Buy’s Geek
Squad, said he has many
hard drive headache stories.
“I have people coming
in saying my computer
is growling at me, or my
favorite, ‘My computer won’t
work,’” Tigue said.
Tigue said most people
simply don't do anything at
all for their computers.
“Th ey just run the hell out
of them, and then they come
in and think we have like
a ‘medicine’ to make them
better again,” Tigue said. “It
doesn't work that way I am
afraid.”Best Buy, he said, has its
own hard drive diagnosis
software and techniques it
uses, but most people can re-
search their own hard drive
make and model and then go
directly to the manufacture’s
Web site.Trey Darden, a computer
maintenance specialist at
Auburn Student PC Shop
(SPCS), said most of the hard
drive problems they get are
from just the hard drives
themselves going bad.
“Most people, when they
hear a chirping or grind-
ing sound, are going to fi nd
themselves needing a new
hard drive,” Darden said.
He cited his preferred
computers, saying Apple has
the best computer on the
market in terms of mainte-
nance requirements.
“PC-wise, Dell is the best
because of the individual-
ized care and repair you get,”
Darden said.
Darden thinks the defrag-
mentization process is im-
portant enough to be done
once or twice a month.
Th e most common reason
is to get rid of those old,
unused fi les and to, more
importantly, organize the
fi les users have.
All of these fi le clumps
should end up together, but
most of the time they spread
out over the hard drive,
Darden said.
Students can buy de-
fragmentization software
directly from Microsoft or
other companies, but many
programs can be download-
ed for free.
Th ese freeware (software)
programs can set up defrag-
mentization schedules on
students’ computers.
Currently Auslogics Disk
Defrag and Defraggler are
common and widely used
Windows-based programs.
Ashley Sisk, a junior in hu-
man development and family
studies, said she was stressed
after three new hard drives
because they had just quit
on her. “I will really take com-
puter stuff seriously now,”
Sisk said. “I had no idea it
was this complicated. Th e
last computer I got, the guy
I bought it from helped me
load a defrag software on it,
and I schedule it to go twice
a month. I have had no fur-
ther problems.”
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Instructions
• Place the numbers 1 to 8 in each of
the octagons such that the num-
bers are not repeated in any row,
column or diagonal.
• Th e numbers along the edges, top
and bottom are the sums for the
numbers in the diagonal that be-
gins or ends at that number.
• Th e number in each diamond is
the sum of the numbers of each
of the four faces that border that
diamond. Th e numbers that bor-
der the diamonds do not have to
be unique.
• Number of numbers provided = 64
Check the Web site for the answers.
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OCTO
Wasting Time
Aries (March 21 - April
19): your fi ery enthusiasm
will be a big help to you early this
week, especially on Tuesday.
Taurus (April 20 - May 20):
You’ll deal with someone
who is not on your side, and
you’ll want to paw the ground
and charge when you confront
your rival
Gemini (May 21- June 20):
You may decide to tell off
someone who is giving you a hard
time on Tuesday, but remember,
you won’t make your situation any
easier even though you’ll feel bet-
ter by venting.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22):
You’ll read between the
lines in a certain situa-
tion you are involved in, and
come to the right conclusion on
Saturday.
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22):
You need to temper your
idealism with a bit of practical-
ity this week, or you will discover
that you are just spinning your
wheels and going nowhere fast
Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22):
Monday, you’ll be unable
to admit the truth to
yourself in a diffi cult matter you
are dealing with. Keep in mind
that it’s in your own best interest
not to go into denial mode.
Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 23):
Th is week, you’ll let your
wise mind control your actions,
thanks to the presence of clever
Mercury in your sector of self.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov.
21): Your sense of self-
esteem will rise very high,
along with your confi dence,
on Saturday as the Sun sextiles
your ruling planet, powerful
Pluto. You will be a powerhouse
of willpower. Be sure you make
good use of all the radiant energy
surrounding you this week
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec.
21): Your friends and family
often come to you to receive
pep talks and encouragement,
because you are normally fi lled
with enthusiasm. An associate will
ask for your guidance and moral
support early this week.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan.
19): Allow your idealism to
soar, as the cosmos may be tell-
ing you to put aside your sensi-
ble self now. Th is weekend, your
desire to explore all that life has
to off er will take center stage.
Aquarius ( Jan. 20 - Feb.
18): Th is week you’ll con-
sider your own needs, fi rst and
foremost. You’ll tackle a com-
munity project on Friday, as your
desire to make the world a better
place accelerates.
Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20):
Remember to look beneath
the surface in a certain cir-
cumstance you are dealing with
on Tuesday. Watch your footing
if you plan to use a ladder during
home repairs on Th ursday.
Weekly Horoscopes
ACROSS1 “A Face in the -”
6 1960 movie, “- to
a Small Planet”
11 Actor/singer
Terrence
13 Peaceful
14 “Th e Prisoner
of Second -”
15 Actor Richard
16 “Walking -
Devine”
17 Ali or Lindsay
19 Horned animal
21 Author Ferber
25 Morning show
28 It’s longer than
an era
30 Intention
31 Heather Lock-
lear on “Melrose
Place”
33 “- House on the
Praire”
35 “Heaven - Wait”
36 “Th e - of the
Aff air”
38 “CSI” captain
played by Paul
Guilfoyle
39 “Cold Sassy -”
41 “Driving Miss -”
43 “Th e Bells of
St. -”
45 Flower pot
48 Tom of “Tropic
Th under”
51 He’s Dr. House
54 Josey Wales,
e.g.
55 Look up to
56 Precipitous
57 Sandra Bullock
thriller
DOWN1 Action Actor
Jackie
2 Meander
3 Was obliged
4 Pale
5 Joanne of “Red
River”
6 Designer Wang
7 Ms. Cara
8 Capitol Hill title:
abbr.
9 “Holiday -”
10 Ms. Leoni
12 Rupert Jee’s
establishment
13 “High - Musi-
cal”
18 “- Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest”
19 Scurried
20 David - Pierce
22 Brent Spiner
sci-fi role
23 Guitarist Lof-
gren
24 “General Hos-
pital”
25 Diplomacy
26 Mr. Sharif
27 Actor Cook
29 Pen ends
32 John Dye on
“Touched By An
Angel”
34 Stab
37 Doris or Den-
nis
40 Actor Hirsch
42 Ms. Fisher
44 Right away
45 French cheese
46 Emerald Isle
47 Achievement
48 Comedian Bill,
for short
49 Channel
50 Western tribe
52 Super Bowl
spots
53 Sports offi cial
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Contact Helen Northcutt at [email protected].
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Worst Pick-up LinesYour body’s name must be Visa, because it is everywhere I want to be.
I may not be Fred Flintstone, but I bet I can make your bed rock.
Do you have a map? I just keep on getting lost in your eyes.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you were Campbell’s soup because you are mmm mmm good!
Are you from Tennessee? Because you are the only ten I see.
I wish you were DSL so I could get high-speed access.
Do you have a sunburn? Or are you always this hot?
Despite a convincing win over Vanderbilt (6-6-3, 3-4-0 SEC) Friday, the Au-burn Soccer team (6-7-3, 3-5-0 SEC) fell to Kentucky (5-7-4, 2-5-1 SEC), 2-1 Sun-day. Th e team is 1-4 in its last fi ve games.
Senior Caitlin King was a bright spot in the Tigers’ loss, scoring her third goal of the weekend in the 64th minute, capitalizing on freshman Ana Cate’s feed.
“Sunday was disap-pointing for us,” King said. “We let it slip away. We
should have come out with a win.”
Auburn took 22 shots, 13 more than Kentucky, but was unable to score any goals aside from King’s fi fth of the season.
“Kentucky did a bet-ter job of fi nishing their chances; it’s that simple,” said head coach Karen Hoppa. “We had the op-portunities, we had the chances, but we didn’t fi nish. Th ey had less op-portunities and fi nished a higher percentage, and because of that one detail, they deserved to win to the game.”
Kentucky scored the fi rst goal in the 20th min-ute when Guileana Lopez fi nished off a cross off a free kick from a step inside the six for her fourth goal of the season.
Auburn took 14 shots in the fi rst half compared to Kentucky’s three, but Ken-tucky goalkeeper Laura Burton, in her fi rst start of the season, had four saves to keep the Tigers score-less.
After King’s goal tied the score, Kentucky’s Laura Novikoff answered with
Auburn Tigers Foot-ball (5-2, 2-2 SEC) con-tinues conference play and travels to Baton Rouge to take on No. 9 Louisiana State Univer-sity Tigers (5-1, 3-1 SEC).
Auburn is coming off a 21-14 loss against the Kentucky Wildcats, its fi rst loss to the ’Cats since 1966.
“We played really well for three quarters, and then at the 11:00 minute mark in the fourth quar-ter we had an epidemic of missed tackles,” said defensive coordinator Ted Rood after Sunday night’s practice. “We missed too many tackles in the fourth quarter.”
Senior quarterback Chris Todd completed 10 our of 24 passes for 80 yards and one intercep-tion.
“Sometimes you just have those types of games,” said head coach
Gene Chizik after Satur-day’s game.
Senior running back Ben Tate rushed for 132 yards on 31 carries, making Saturday his third straight 100-yard game, becoming the fi rst Auburn running back to have three consecutive 100-plus yards games since Kenny Irons in 2005.
Th e series between Auburn and LSU has been a close one with eight of the last 14 games decided by a touchdown or less.
“Auburn is a very tal-ented team,” said LSU head coach Les Miles in Monday’s press con-ference. “I think coach Chizik has done a great job there in his fi rst year.”
Th e series between the two includes games such as the 1994 “In-terception Game,” in which Auburn returned three of its fi ve fourth-quarter interceptions for touchdowns to rally and win 30-26, and
“Th e Extra Point Game” in 2004 in which both teams missed their ex-tra points, but a LSU personal foul gave John Vaughn a second chance to win the game for Au-burn 10-9.
LSU currently holds a two-game winning streak over Auburn, winning 26-21 in Jordan-Hare Stadium last year.
Th e win in Auburn last year snapped an eight-game winning streak by the home team in the series.
LSU is coming off a bye week following a 13-3 loss against top-ranked Florida.
LSU is 48-11 in games in which they are ranked in the top 10 and held a 32 Saturday night home game winning streak un-til its loss to Florida.
Th e LSU Tigers are ranked 14th nationally in scoring defense (14.5) and are tied for ninth in turnover margin (+1.17),
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The Auburn Plainsman
SPORTS Thursday, October 22, 2009
DEquestrian
Coach’s CornerBaseball Celebrity Home Run Derby
Previous Game Stats
First Downs: 12Rushing Attempts: 30Rushing Yds.: 66Passing Attempts: 17Passes Completed: 11Passing Yds.: 96Total Yds.: 162Penalties-Yds.: 9-64
First Downs: 16Rushing Attempts: 49Rushing Yds.: 223Passing Attempts: 25Passes Completed: 11Passing Yds.: 95Total Yds.: 315Penalties-Yds.: 10-76
vs. Floridavs. Kentucky
OFFENSE
Interceptions: 0Fumbles Caused: 1Sacks: 1Punt Returns: 2Punt Returns Yds.: 2Tackles for Loss: 6 Touchdowns: 1Total Yds. Against: 357
Interceptions: 1Fumbles Caused: 0Sacks: 0Punt Returns: 0Punt Returns Yds.: 0Tackles for Loss: 2Touchdowns: 0Total Yds. Against: 327
DEFENSE DEFENSE
OFFENSEL 21-14 L 13-3K t k
Patrick [email protected]
Tigers travel to Baton RougeBy NICK VAN DER
LINDENAssociate Sports Editor
Soccer defeats Vandy, falls to KentuckyBy ANNA SCHIERHOLZ
Staff Writer
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
Senior running back Ben Tate scores a touchdown against Kentucky Saturday. The Tigers lost the game 21-14 dropping their record to 5-2.
Tigers lose Tigers lose to Wildcats to Wildcats
21-1421-14
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
Senior midfi elder Jenni Prescott blasts the ball from inside the 18-yard box during a game against the Kentucky Wildcats Sunday afternoon.> Turn to SOCCER, D2
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Stay behind Chris Todd
Senior quarterback Chris Todd has been catching some fl ak the past two weeks for his less than stellar play against the University of Arkan-sas and the University of Kentucky.
It’s almost like the fi rst fi ve games of the season, when he blew up the stat book, don’t even matter anymore.
He has thrown 12 touchdowns compared to his two interceptions.
Seven games with only two interceptions is amaz-ing, especially in a confer-ence and division that prides itself with good defense.
Th ere is a resemblance to the former No. 12 for the football team, Bran-don Cox.
Cox was criticized as being an inconsistent quarterback, but his inconsistencies would only come against sub-par teams.
In the big games, like 2006 and 2007 against the University of Florida, Cox would step up and get the job done.
Not to mention he never lost to Alabama.
Todd’s recent play is similar to the way Cox played.
He came up big against the University of Tennes-see, but the physical and emotional toll that game took on him seems to have been too much for him to overcome.
Todd is also in the same situation as Cox was in his senior year.
He is a strong quarter-back, but some see him as dead weight because of the highly recruited fresh-man dual-threat quarter-back.
Th is week is a big game, a must win for Auburn, and Todd should have it in him to get a victory.
The Auburn PlainsmanSports, D2 Thursday, October 22, 2009
Working for Auburn Equestrian is much more than a job for Lindsey Neu-barth, associ-ate head coach of the Hunt Seat.
“To have a job where you represent Au-burn and help other people come to know it doesn’t seem like work,” Neu-barth said. “It’s awesome.”
Neubarth said she is en-tering her sixth season of coaching, and she has al-ready helped lead the eques-trian team to two national championships in 2006 and 2008.
Another highlight for the team and coaching staff was being recognized on the football fi eld at Jordan-Hare Stadium and receiving na-tional championship rings, Neubarth said.
Neubarth is no stranger to championship wins and high honors in horseback riding.
She was on the club team all four years of her under-graduate career at Auburn, during which she was one of its top Hunt Seat competi-tors.
“My senior year was the fi rst year the equestrian team became a varsity sport,” Neubarth said. “We went to nationals as a team and won fi fth.”
Neubarth also became the 12th-ranked Hunt Seat rider in the country that year.
“My favorite thing about being on the team was when we became a varsity sport and (part) of the ath-letic department,” Neubarth said.
Neubarth graduated from Auburn in 2003 with a dual
degree in criminology and psychology and a minor in Spanish.
Neubarth said she rode professionally for a year and a half after she graduated.
She also served as a leg-islative aide for Rep. Th om Col-lier of Ohio be-fore joining the coaching staff of the eques-trian team.
“I love work-ing in the athletic de-p a r t m e n t , ”
Neubarth said. “Th ere are a lot of passionate people in-volved with it, and it makes it exciting.”
A native of Cincinnati, Neubarth said she has never owned her own horse.
“My parents are from downtown Chicago,” Neu-barth said. “I got riding les-sons as a gift for my seventh birthday, and then it was all over.”
Neubarth said she was addicted after that, and she began working to pay for her riding lessons.
“I started working when I was 11,” Neubarth said. “I was a working student; I ex-changed working for train-ing.”
Neubarth said she never planned on being a coach, but now she cannot see her-self doing anything else.
“Th e moments I know I’m supposed to be a coach are when athletes come into my offi ce with life problems,” Neubarth said. “And I can help them through my ex-periences. It’s the biggest high.”
Neubarth said her fam-ily members still live in the Midwest, but she loves liv-ing in Auburn.
“I miss my family a lot, but the good thing about Auburn is you get to create your own family here,” Neu-barth said.
Neubarth gives back to AU
1. When you want a good meal in Au-burn, where do you go? Johnny Brusco’s.
2. What is your favorite vacation des-tination? I went to Italy this summer. I would have to say that is at the top of my list, but I al-ways love going to the beach.
3. What is the most recent movie you have seen? I saw “Duplicity” on a bus trip.
4. Do you prefer walking or running? I’m running the Marine Corps marathon this Sunday, so I would say running.
5. Who is a professional athlete you admire? I like Bo Jackson.
6. Are you a “morning person” or a “night owl?” Typically, I’m a night owl, but being a coach and having 6 a.m. workouts, I’m forced to be more of a morning person.
7. What is one of your fondest child-hood memories? My sister was a gymnast at the Univer-sity of Iowa, and my family and I piled in to our station wagon to come to Auburn and watch her compete in the regionals.
8. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I never planned on being a coach, but now I can’t imagine not being a coach. I am working on a master’s degree in sports management right now. Maybe moving to Italy? (laughs) I’m keeping my options open.
9. If you were stranded on an island, what is one thing you would want to have? I’m pretty addicted to Chapstick.
10. What is the best advice you have ever received? My parents have always told me to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.” –Prov-erbs 3:5
NEUBARTH
By EMILY BECKETTStaff Writer
Around the watering hole with Neubarth
Sophomore Kyle Kopsick has accomplished a lot in his short two years at Auburn.
Last week, the Chicago native competed in the 2009 Gary Koch Invitational in Tampa, Fla., last weekend where Auburn placed sev-enth, but Kopsick won the overall tournament.
“I didn’t know I had it won until an hour after or so I got after the course,” Kopsick said. “I shot 63 in the second round which was my low-est tournament score. But I played well and so to top it off with that was great.”
Head coach Nick Clin-ard said although they were rained out during the most of the game, Kopsick kept his composure throughout the tournament.
“He’s a very mature golfer and a little beyond his years,” Clinard said. “His strengths
are his work ethics and his focused mindsets.”
Clinard said Kopsick is one of the more disciplined players on the 10-member team, and he is exceptional-ly good at his ball strike and putting, which he said most players his age aren’t.
“He’s always becoming better at his putting and get-ting his chip and put, which separates the guys that are great to the average player,” Clinard said. “He’s also try-ing to get his golf swing more technically sound.”
Kopsick, who described himself as laid back yet de-termined, said he practices four to fi ve hours a day--Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the afternoons and Tuesday and Th ursday in the early mornings.
“It’s good to see hard work paying off ,” Kopsick said. “What you practice for is to win, so when you actually do it, it shows your hard work and that it’s the right type
of practice, so you keep win-ning.”
Kopsick has been playing golf since he was four years old. His dad and older broth-er played recreationally, so he said it was a natural fi t for him.
“I just love playing it, Kop-sick said. “I started playing for pleasure, and I’m very competitive, so I hope to make a living out of it.”
Kopsick said playing golf gives him something to do--something diff erent.
He noted that there aren’t many people his age who are interested in golf, so he feels privileged to be a part of the sport.
Kopsick does, however, encounter some challenges.
He said balancing his schoolwork with this ath-letics requires a lot of time management and, although it may hinder his social life a bit, he has to stay on top of things and make sacrifi ces.
As far as his performance
goes, he’s a perfectionist and said he would like to im-prove on everything.
“I’m always working on something,” Kopsick said. “Nothing is ever perfect. So I’m always practicing,” he said.
Clinard called Kopsick a tremendous asset to the team in the sense that his work ethic and attitude rubs off on the other team mem-bers.
“Th ey respect him and look up to him,” Clinard said, “and when they see him do-ing well, they that go out there and do the same thing. I think his future is very bright. If he continues to do the right thing and follow his plan, then he has the oppor-tunity to be an All-American and an All-FCC performer and maybe play on the PGA Tour.”
Th e team has one more tournament this weekend at LSU and then they will resume in the spring season.
By MICHAEL HANSBERRY
Staff Writer
her fi rst score of the sea-son in the 75th minute to regain the lead.
“Kentucky’s fi rst goal was off of a free kick into the wind, and it was one of those scrambles in the box where they came up with it, and we didn’t,” Hoppa said. “Th e second one we just got beat. We got beat on the end line on the cutback, and we got beat in the box, and Novikoff had a great fi n-ish on the fl ick header.”
King had a match-high seven shots, fi ve of which went on goal.
Auburn’s freshman goalkeeper Amy Howard fi nished the game with fi ve saves and 90 on the season. Burton had sev-en saves.
King said she was hap-py with her performance this weekend.
“I felt like (Vanderbilt and Kentucky) were the two best games of my season so far,” King said. “With the whole team working hard off ensively, I was able to get the ball a lot and put three goals
away. Unfortunately, we lost Sunday, and I wish I would have put one more goal away.”
Auburn is now sitting third in the SEC West, be-hind LSU and Ole Miss.
Th e Tigers have three games remaining before the SEC Tournament be-gins in Orange Beach.
“I think for SECs we know we are going to have to step it up a level like we did Friday and come out ready right away,” King said. “We need to stay mentally focused and continue to take what we do in prac-tice into the games.”
Th e team will face Tennessee in Knoxville Th ursday at 7 p.m., fol-lowed by a home game against Georgia, Oct. 25.
To fi nish their fall schedule, the Tigers will challenge the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Oct. 30.
“As a team, I think we all know these next three games are extremely important to win,” King said. “We need to play like it could be our last game from start to fi nish in order to get into the tournament.”
but has had trouble on off ense.
LSU is ranked last in the Southeastern Con-ference in total off ense (295.0) and 11th in scor-ing off ense (23.0) .
Auburn will play its seventh night game of the season, which is sec-ond most in a season in school history.
Th e Auburn Tigers are seventh in the nation in rushing off ense (247.3), eighth in total off ense
(464.9) and 12th in scor-ing off ense (34.9).
Th e endzone usually means points for Au-burn.
Auburn scored touch-downs on 70.8 percent of its red zone trips (17 of 24), which ranks second in the SEC.
“It’s a very talented group of off ensive guys,” Miles said. “Quarterback Chris Todd does a great job of throwing the foot-ball and they have two tremendous tailbacks.”
Saturday’s game will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. CDT and televised by ESPN2.
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No. 3 Auburn Equestri-an team (4-1) came home after last week’s match against Tennessee-Martin and defeated Texas A&M Aggies (1-2) 10-8. Th e Ti-gers won 8-2 in Hunt Seat, but lost 6-2 in Western.
“Overall the meet went great, but it was due to the Hunt Seat riders,” said head coach Greg Williams. “I think they felt the sting from South Carolina, and they brought it in today’s match.”
Th e Tigers won Equita-tion on the Flat 3-2 be-hind Most Valuable Player sophomore Maggie McA-lary, who defeated Hannah Siolbelhman, 79-61, on horse Sam.
Other Auburn winners were freshman Lindsay Portela over Brittany Dod-son, 76-63, and senior Ka-tie Breedlove over Chris-tina Heine, 85-67, on Luke.
“Today was great,” Breedlove said. “I rode the horse with what I had, and he was great for me.”
Th e Tigers then swept Hunt Seat Equitation over Fences 5-0 behind sophomore MVP Grace Socha who defeated Jackie
O’Connell, 89-72.Other winners includ-
ed junior Dottie Grubb, who defeated Lindsay Smith, 84-74, freshman Anna Becker over Brooke Coleman, 83-78, Mag-gie McAlary over Maggie Earle, 92-77, and junior Anna Schierholz over Lia Chafee, 86-85.
Texas A&M won West-ern Horsemanship 3-2 be-hind MVP Carey Nowacek who beat junior Bailey Dy-mond, 73.5-68, on Kitty.
Other Aggies winners included Randi Standley over junior Mary Casey, 71-68, and Caroline Gunn over senior Kylie Miller, 75-73.
Auburn winners were freshman Indy Roper, who defeated Kelsey Adams, 73-69, and sophomore Kristin Hansen over Dana Hall, 68.5-0.
Texas A&M also took the Western Reining event 3-0.
“We didn’t really push enough for the win,” Wil-liams said. “I would not want to be the reining team that faces us next be-cause we’ll be after it.”
Th e Aggies were led by MVP Abigail Grabein who defeated junior Jillian Ful-er, 69-61.
Other Aggie winners
included Courtney Dawe over junior Paige Monfore, 63-62.5, and Maggie Grat-ney over Kristin Hansen, 69.5-64.5.
Auburn’s Lyndsey Jor-dan and Kim Pope had ty-ing scores of 66.5 and 68.
“We made a few mis-takes that we need to clean up if we want to ride
against the No. 1 Western team,” said senior Western rider Kim Pope. “We just need to slow down and think about what we are doing.”
Auburn travels to Beth-any, Conn., and Dover, Del., to face Sacred Heart University Pioneers and Delaware State Hornets
Nov. 7-8 before traveling to Bishop, Ga., to take on rival Georgia.
“Th is will be a time when we’ll let the team re-charge just a little bit right before the Georgia meet,” Williams said.
No. 4 Georgia Bull-dogs are 3-1 and will ride against No. 1 South Caro-
lina Gamecocks and No. 9 Fresno State before host-ing Auburn.
Williams said the rides will be hard and every rider has to go in for a big win if they’re going to beat Georgia.
Auburn’s next home meet is Jan. 31 against No. 6 Oklahoma State.
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Auburn Equestrian defeats Texas A&M 10-8
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Senior Western Rider Kim Pope brings Dolby to a stop during the meet against Texas A&M Friday.
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Following Friday’s Celebrity Home Run Derby, guests were treated to an intra-squad baseball team scrimmage.
Before the game, head coach John Pawlowski said he was excited about seeing the work over in the summer on display.
“Our biggest focus was trying to im-prove our pitching staff ,” Pawlowski said. “We really needed work in that department. Luckily we have got some new faces, a lot of talent and some boys that are working really hard.”
Pawlowski said the team is return-ing a lot of upperclassmen leaders this year, and he is excited to see them step back in and fi ll the leadership roles they always have.
“A lot can be determined in the fall,” Pawlowski said. “Some of the older guys need to be pushed in the fall. Th e younger guys will push them. I don’t think the pitching rotation will be set in the fall. We are going to give a lot of guys a lot of opportunities to go out there and perform.”
Sophomore pitcher Cory Luckie said he has been working during the off sea-son on his pitching.
“I have made some changes and been pitching a lot,” Luckie said. “I am really hoping to bring some new life to the rotation.”
Luckie said the team’s goal is to get back into the SEC tournament at the end of the season.
Junior infi elder Justin Hargett agreed that the team is looking to the tournament at the end of the season, but small things had to be done fi rst.
Hargett said last year the team was hit or miss a lot of its games. He said personal goals are not as important as making sure the cohesiveness of the team is built upon.
Th e scrimmage gave the team some things to work on for the last few months of practice before they start the season.
Junior outfi elder Brian Fletcher hit
two solo home runs and sophomore Creede Simpson hit three doubles to fuel the off enses.
Sophomore pitcher Jon Luke Jacobs threw four shutout innings to lead the visiting Tigers over the home Tigers, 8-6.
Pawlowski said he is excited about the start of the next season.
“Th e spring is going to be a great challenge for us,” Pawlowski said. “We added some new teams on the sched-ule. We open up with Southeast Mis-souri State, a team that is very good year-in and year-out.”
Th e Tigers are also replacing two coaches from the previous year.
“We lost two great guys in Matt Heath and Jeff Duncan, but both of them had great opportunities. I think our team is better for having both of those guys around the program but we have to move forward.”
Pawlowski said he is pleased about the new coaching hire, Ty Megahee, who replaced Duncan.
“We are very fortunate to have Ty Megahee join the Auburn baseball program,” Pawlowski said. “His experi-ence as an assistant coach, recruiting coordinator and a trip to the NCAA Re-gionals last year will certainly help us as we continue to move the program
forward.”In addition to Mega-
hee, the Tigers are also welcoming their new Director of Player De-velopment, Link Jarrett. Jarrett, who spent the past four seasons as the hitting instructor and recruiting coordinator at East Carolina.
Fans were pleased with the improve-ments they saw from the team com-pared to last year.
Sophomore Derek Meullen said things are looking good for the team.
“I came to most of the games last year where sometimes it seemed the team was fi ring on all cylinders, but other times it felt like they just were not all there,” Meullen said. “After see-ing them tonight, I feel like I am seeing their true potential.”
Seventh-inning stretches have been lovelier since the return of the Diamond Dolls last season.
Th is year, the group is back and bigger than ever. Th e Dolls went from 40 girls last season to 60 this season.
Junior Lauren Mills, re-turning Doll and current president of the organiza-tion, said the newcomers this year seem excited and enthusiastic to help out.
Deciding who will be the faces to greet baseball fans wasn’t an easy task, but Mills said there were clear criteria for tryouts.
“We need girls who are committed to the baseball program and to making it as big of a sport as football is,” Mills said.
Th e Dolls worked baseball’s fi rst event of the year, the sixth annual Home Run Der-by Friday, and the Dolls continue to work and devote time to the team throughout the regular season.
Junior Leslie Jennings, also a return-ing Doll, added that a good candidate is someone who isn’t afraid to stand up and get the crowd going and, someone who is knowledgeable about the sport.
In their fi rst year back after a four-year hiatus, the girls kept themselves busy last season.
For every home series, at least 20 girls greeted baseball fans with programs, an-swered questions and smiles.
Th ey also decorated the locker room with posters and streamers to keep the boys in good spirits.
Th e group also organized charity work in the name of baseball head coach John Pawlowski’s daughter, who was diagnosed
with a rare form of cancer.“We decided that would be a good way
to give money to the hospital here for its cancer research center,” Mills said.
To be a part of this group, one must go through two rounds of interviews, the fi rst focusing on baseball knowledge and, for
those receiving a call-back, the second gauging per-sonality.
Callouts are on the base-ball fi eld, and the 60 that made the group pay $75 in dues, which covers every-thing except uniforms.
Last year, the girls had polos made-up, but Jen-nings said the group is working with Under Ar-mour this year and will have a couple of outfi ts made.
In her second year with the Diamond Dolls, senior Britney Morgan said another big role the Diamond Dolls play is brain-storming with the marketing team for give aways to draw fans into the stadium.
Of course, it isn’t all work and no play for the girls. Most of them are passionate about being a part of something on cam-pus.
“I’ve been a huge baseball fan my whole life and I love Auburn, so it’s combining two things I love,” Jennings said.
Morgan and Mills both agreed.“Most college student live for the Satur-
day football games, but I’m weird and live for the Friday, Saturday, Sunday games in the spring,” Mills said.
Fans attending Samford Stadium for a game will see the Diamond Dolls in the Auburn dugout during the seventh-inning stretch leading the crowd in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
Mills said the Dolls look forward to help-ing cheer the team on to a winning season and hopefully the College World Series.
Diamond Dolls are back again, supporting baseball
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Auburn pitcher junior Cole Nelson throws a pitch during the intra-squad scrimmage Friday.
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Some of the Diamond Dolls pose with the celebrities after the Celebrity Home Run Derby Friday.
Th e sixth annual Home Run Derby Fri-day was a smash hit, bringing in more than $5,000 and 1,700 fans.
Gabe Gross won the derby with 15 home runs in the fi rst round and 11 in the second.
Th e proceeds went to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Lee County.
Scott Duval, director of baseball operations, said he is happy to be helping the organization.
“We picked the Boys and Girls Club that fi rst year and it’s turned into a good deal,” Duval said. “We are supporting a lo-cal group and we appreciate everything they do for the community.”
Th e celebrities who par-ticipated this year were Hal Baird, David Ross, Gabe Gross, Frank Sand-ers, Tim Hudson and Bo Jackson.
Two current Au-burn baseball players also participated, senior catcher Ryan Jenkins and junior infi elder Kevin Patterson.
Even the un-seasonably cold weather could not hinder the turnout.
Fans sported coats, gloves and blankets to see their favorite baseball stars play in Sam-ford Stadium.
Auburn legend and Heisman Trophy win-ner Bo Jackson said he was glad to see such a good turnout and get fans out for a fun Fri-day night. He had suff ered from back spasms prior to the event and said he wanted to take things easy.
“I’m the old man out here so I’m not going to do anything crazy to try and keep up with these young guys,” Jackson said. “I haven’t even swung a bat in almost fi ve years.”
Duval said he could not have been happier with the lineup this year and was pleased to see a line outside the door well over an hour before the event began.
“Th ey all love Auburn and just want to be back, so when we get a chance to have these guys around, it’s awesome for the fans and awesome for our players,” Duval said.
Th e derby was broken into two rounds. In the fi rst round, each participant was al-lowed 10 outs. Each out represented a swing which didn’t result in a home run.
To start the second round, the four par-ticipants with the most home runs from the fi rst round were allowed just eight outs. Th e scores reset and the player with the most runs in this round was the winner.
With the sounds of the ’60s blaring through the sound system, the derby got un-der way.
Sanders, who hit two home runs in the fi rst round and was teased by the announc-ers for wearing golf shoes, but said it was great to have his feet on the Plains again.
Atlanta Braves pitcher Tim Hudson agreed with Sanders. He said he tries to help
out and be a part of the Auburn baseball program as much as he can.
In his third appearance at an Auburn Derby, Hudson was modest entering the event.
“I’m gonna be honest with ya, I don’t expect too much out of myself,” Hudson said. “Th e only thing I’m nervous about is hurting myself because I’m not as young as I used to be, and things don’t move as well.”
Hudson hit two home runs in the fi rst round.
Th e fi rst round leaders were Gross (15), Patterson (15), Ross (8) and Jen-kins (8).
Jackson ended up with no runs after the fi rst round, but the audience was still supportive, giving him a standing ovation. Talking to the announcers afterward, he said he was humbled by the show of appreciation.
“I wouldn’t call myself special, you people make us special,” Jackson said, pointing to the crowd. “Com-ing back here, it’s a no-brainer.”
Beginning the second round, there was a pitching change as Todd Jones pitched the rest of the Derby.
Gross blew the other three par-ticipants out of the park in the championship round. He swung for 11 runs with the next closest competitor being Ross at seven runs.
He credited his success with the pitcher always throwing the ball in the same spot.
By CRYSTAL COLEStaff Writer
By ANDREW SIMSOnline Editor
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
Tampa Bay Ray outfi elder Gabe Gross won the 2009 Home Run Derby. Gross hit 26 home runs throughout the course of the night.
Tigers taste fall ball
HOME RUN DERBY
Th e sixth annual Home Run Derby raised funds for Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lee County Friday
By CRYSTAL COLEStaff Writer
We need girls who are committed to making the baseball program as big of a sport as football is.”
Lauren Mills, Diamond Dolls president
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Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
Braves’ catcher David Ross was a catcher at Auburn for two years.
Rod Guajardo / PHOTO EDITOR
Winner of the 2008 and 2009 Home Run Derbies, Gabe Gross, swings.
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Frank Sanders ranks fi fth all-time for career receiving yards at Auburn.
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Braves’ pitcher Tim Hudson was the 1997 National Player of the Year.
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Bo Jackson was a two-sport athlete both at Auburn and professionally.
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Auburn Tigers Vol-leyball team (12-8, 4-5 SEC) fell to No. 9 Florida Gators (14-3, 8-2 SEC) Friday and defeated South Carolina (11-8, 3-7 SEC) 3-1 Sunday.
Th e Tigers fell to the Gators 3-0 with scores of 19-25, 22-25 and 21-25.
Although the Tigers came short of victory, head coach Wade Ben-son said he is proud of how the girls played.
“We could have and should have beaten Florida,” Benson said. “We’re knocking on the door and have defi nitely gained some respect.”
Auburn was led by freshmen outside hitters Sarah Bullock and Kath-erine Culwell, sopho-more Kelly Fidero and junior Morgan Johns.
Bullock earned her third double-double, meaning she earned 10 or more points in two diff erent categories, whether it be digs, as-sists, kills or aces.
Johns said the team knew Florida would be a challenge to beat.
“We came out thinking they were a solid team and that we needed to play to the level that they were, and we did just that,” Johns said.
Culwell said the team gets the scouting reports for each opponent and practices according to the statistics.
Th e scouting report identifi es the go-to hit-ters and strong players.
Auburn took the lead in each game, but the Ga-tors were quick to catch up and take the lead.
Th e Tigers returned Sunday to play South Carolina.
“We worked a lot on our defense on Saturday and came out ready,” Cul-
well said. Culwell said the team
practiced Saturday to prepare for the match against South Carolina and to correct errors the team made in the match against Florida.
Th e extra practice time paid off as Auburn triumphed over South Carolina Sunday, with scores of 28-26, 18-25, 25-13 and 25-17.
“We came out against South Carolina very con-fi dent,” Johns said. “We played well against Flori-da and we knew that this was a win we could get.”
Culwell, Bullock and sophomore setter Chris-tina Solverson recorded career double-doubles,
while junior middle blocker Alyssa Davis fi nished with nine kills and seven blocks.
Junior libero Liz Crouch fi nished the match with a record 23 digs.
Her career total for digs is now 1,059, put-ting her in fourth all-time at Auburn.
Benson said he thought South Carolina was a good match for
the Tigers. “South Carolina is a
low-error team and I think we matched them,” Benson said. “We cer-tainly are a more physical team, but we matched them volleyball savvy wise which is something that we’ve been working on so that’s a huge step forward for us.”
Benson said the team did a good job running down balls and commu-nicating, and the outside hitters did great transi-tioning against blocks.
Auburn faces in-state rival University of Ala-bama (6-14, 4-6 SEC) Fri-day and Mississippi State University (5-16, 1-9 SEC) Sunday. Both matches will be in the Student Ac-tivities Center.
By AUBRIE DAVISStaff Writer
Volleyball prepares for rematches
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Junior outside hitter Morgan Johns spikes the ball as two South Carolina players try for the block.
Th is weekend the Au-burn Volleyball Team faces Alabama (6-14, 4-6 SEC) and Mississippi State (5-16, 1-9 SEC) at home in the Student Ac-tivities Center.
Th e Auburn Tigers faced both teams earlier in the season, defeating Mississippi State Sept. 28, (25-21, 25-19 and 25-15) and losing to Ala-bama Sept. 30, (21-25, 20-25, 25-17 and 20-25).
Head coach Wade Benson said he is look-ing forward to the match against Alabama.
He said it will be a big match, but the team will be ready for it.
“I think we owe Ala-bama for the past cou-ple of times we played at their place,” Benson said. “It will be on Friday night, and it will defi -nitely be worth coming to watch.”
Th e team has several approaches when pre-paring for upcoming matches, Benson said.
“We always watch fi lms and see where their strengths and weakness-es are and try to attack them and defend,” Ben-son said.
He said the team will review scouting reports for both Alabama and Mississippi State to get a better idea of how the teams play.
As for the match against Mississippi State, Benson expects it to be a better match up than before.
“Mississippi State is a team that we handled earlier, but they were in-jured so I think they will be a better team than most people give them credit for,” Benson said. “Th ey’re a team that’s struggling a little bit, but no team in the SEC can be taken light-ly.”
Freshman outside hitter Sarah Bullock said she thinks Auburn will be prepared for
the weekend. “I expect their middles
to come out swinging and their setter being really tricky, but that’s nothing we haven’t seen,” Bullock said.
Bullock has proved to be a key player for the Tigers.
In the team’s most recent match against South Carolina, Bullock fi nished with 10 kills and 10 digs.
“I defi nitely feel that Mississippi State will be a stronger off ensive team than when we played them last time, mostly because their best hitter was out,” said Alyssa Davis, junior mid-dle blocker.
A l -t h o u g h D a v i s expects Mi ssi s -s i p p i State to be im-proved,
she thinks Auburn will prevail.
Both Bullock and Da-vis said they are confi -
dent about the upcom-ing matches and are not nervous.
“We have improved drastically since the last time we played them so we’re going to come out and be a brand new team they haven’t even seen before,” Bullock said.
In order to pull out wins against both Ala-bama and Mississippi State, Benson said the team needs both of its outsides to be prepared and ready for Auburn to have a good chance of winning.
In last weekend’s 3-0 loss to No. 9 Florida (14-3, 8-2 SEC) and 3-1 win over South Carolina (11-8, 3-7 SEC), statistics showed the outside hit-ters played a huge role in the team’s success.
Benson said it will be worth fans coming out and seeing the Tigers take on the Crimson Tide and the Bulldogs this weekend.
Auburn plays Ala-bama Friday at 6 p.m. and Mississippi State Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
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Tigers split with UF, USC
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Freshman Sarah Bullock dives to save the volleyball.
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Cloudy skies and cold temperatures did not stop student members and alumni of Auburn Univer-sity’s Water Ski Club from competing in the annual alumni tournament Sat-urday.
Th e Water Ski Club hosted the event at Faith Lake in Shorter.
“We sent out letters and e-mails for the alumni to come,” said Maegan Mar-cheggiani, a junior in in-dustrial design and presi-dent of the club. “I really like meeting the alumni because it’s neat to hear their stories about when they skied.”
Andy Lushington, a graduate student in busi-ness and fi fth-year mem-ber of the team, said the tournament is an interest-ing way to reconnect and observe how things have changed since the alumni were students.
“We are trying to re-forge a network between Auburn students and alumni,” Lushington said. “A lot of the tournament is walking around, talking to people and hanging out.”
Joe Eakes, a professor in horticulture and the fac-ulty adviser for the team, said he feels the tourna-ment is a fun way to com-pete in water skiing.
“Some of the alumni haven’t been gone that long and can prob-ably compete pretty well against the young folks,” Eakes said.
All 30 student members of the team were required to attend, but only 10 com-peted in each event.
“Th ey have to have some people who are not com-
peting, taking care of some of the logistics,” Eakes said.
Five men and fi ve women competed against alumni members in each of the three events, Mar-cheggiani said.
Participants competed in slalom, trick and jump events.
“Most parents come to this tournament,” Mar-cheggiani said. “It’s closer for some families to come. It’s nice because they get to see where their kids ski.”
Marcheggiani said the club usually aims for at least 20 alumni plus fami-lies to attend.
“We like to have as many people there as possible to walk around, talk and have a good day at the lake,” Marcheggiani said. “I like seeing the older ski-ers come back.”
Admission to the tour-nament was free for the public, and all proceeds from the registration fees for student and alumni skiers benefi ted the water ski club.
Eakes said the team hoped the tournament would be its biggest mon-ey-maker.
“Most money is raised through registration and concessions,” Eakes said.
Marcheggiani said the team has two seasons dur-ing the school year, one in the fall and one in the spring.
Th e team also hosts and travels to tournaments at other Southeastern schools.
“Th ey are competitive, but they are still a relaxed atmosphere,” Marcheg-giani said. “We get to see where the other students hang out, where their schools are and what their campuses look like.”
Marcheggiani said the team usually leaves for out-of-town tournaments Friday and returns Sunday.
“You get to know people not only who go to Au-burn, but other schools, too,” Lushington said. “It’s a very good time.”
Lushington described the team as a close-knit social network of diff erent people that share the same hobby or passion.
“It’s just something they want to learn how to do or they have done as they have grown up,” Eakes said.
Water skiing may not be considered a varsity sport, but the team has earned a number of accolades in re-cent years, including being named the Eastern Region All-Star Team, Eakes said.
“Th e year before I be-came adviser, the team won the national cham-pionship in Division II,” Eakes said.
Auburn has also boasted the top male and female jumpers in its division.
“We have experienced skiers, and we can teach anyone from beginner to pro,” Marcheggiani said. “We’re always looking for new members.”
Marcheggiani said she decided to join her fresh-man year after visiting the team’s table on the Con-course.
“I was looking to join a club, and they had their boat on the Concourse try-ing to recruit members,” Marcheggiani said. “I talk-ed to them and joined the club that way.”
Most students on the team have their own ski equipment, but the club also provides equipment for students to use, Mar-cheggiani said.
By EMILY BECKETTStaff Writer
Water Ski Club Alumni Event draws faithful to Faith Lake
The Auburn PlainsmanSports, D8 Thursday, October 22, 2009