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A Spirit Th at Is Not Afraid
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Smoke, shower steam and burnt microwave products are causing fi re alarms to go off on campus and might hurt some tenants’ pockets after a warning.
Th e annual contract with the fi re depart-ment for fi re-alarm response is $267,850, ac-cording to Jack Lee, Auburn’s director of fi -nancial servic-es.
“Th e criti-cal thing to re-member is the alarm systems are doing ex-actly what they are asked to do,” said Lee Y. Lamar, Auburn fi re chief. “Th e type of sensor have a criteria they have to meet, according to the National Fire Protection Association stan-dards.”
Every time an alarms sounds, the Auburn Fire Department is re-quired to respond to the call and arrive on the scene in moments to secure the perimeter.
“We send a minimum of one lad-der company, three engines and a battalion,” Lamar said. “So you’re getting quite a few people and quite a few resources on campus
to check what is going on.”An average of two calls are
made to campus per day, but the funds are previously contracted by AUFD and the University, ac-cording to Lamar.
Th e sensitivity of the alarms are correct, but the other problems
revolve around people who use the facili-ties, including residents and workers, ac-cording to La-mar.
“You (the res-ident) learn the fi rst time, don’t keep doing this,” said Kim Trupp, director of Auburn Uni-versity Housing and Residence
Life. “We do have $150 charge on
that because we want residents to be responsible.”
No negligence charges have been issued yet, according to Trupp.
Unannounced drills are also done to prepare students and staff , she added.
“What is happening is typical for a brand new academic year,” Trupp said. “Actually, our fi re alarms are greatly
reduced at the Village compared
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Auburn fi refi ghters provide
fi re safety demonstration
for theatre students
New chief fl ight instructor lifts program to new heights
False fi re alarms burn campus cash
Annual contract between the fi re department and the University
Eric Austin
Campus Editor
After several months of tur-bulence, the Auburn Univer-sity fl ight school appears to be back on level wings.
Wayne Ceynowa will be the school’s new chief fl ight in-structor.
“Auburn is very fortunate to be able to attract someone with Mr. Ceynowa’s creden-tials,” said Joe Hanna, director of aviation and supply chain management. “Wayne’s expe-rience will be a tremendous asset to our entire program and will be particularly ben-efi cial to our students.”
Ceynowa is enthusiastic about his new post.
“It’s certainly the reputa-tion of the school that is im-pressive,” Ceynowa said. “It’s also very impressive that the University has its own air-port.”
Ceynowa comes to Auburn with several decades of fl ight experience. He will leave his post as a training manager at
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla.
“I’ve been in this business for several years, and I always enjoy trying new things,” Cey-nowa said.
Th e Auburn fl ight school has faced uncertainty since an incident on the afternoon of May 28 that led to the resig-nation of former Chief Flight Instructor Rae Williams.
Williams and former fl ight student Berry Brown crash-landed a Cessna 172 RG.
Because of a communica-tion breakdown between the two, the landing gear was not deployed, causing dam-age to the plane’s underbelly and propeller, according to Hanna.
Both Williams and Brown were unavailable for com-ment.
However, in a Twitter post, Brown confi rmed the crash.
“Crash-landed a plane last Friday during a check ride… not fun,” he posted on June 1.
Williams resigned shortly
after an FAA investigation of the crash determined the in-cident was a result of human error.
“He felt he had lost the con-fi dence of some of the lead-ership within the program to lead,” Hanna said. “And at that point, he felt it was in the best interest of the program to resign.”
Th e loss of the chief fl ight instructor changed Auburn’s fl ight program from an FAA Part 141 designation to Part 61. Because of the change in classifi cation, the program could no longer issue exams for fl ight certifi cation itself. Instead, the program has been forced to bring in an outside examiner to certify its pilots.
Ceynowa is not ignoring the recent incident.
“In a situation like that you have to look at the bases of training to see what’s in place now and if anything needs shoring up,” Ceynowa said.
Emily Clever
Copy Editor
Firefi ghters undergo 240 hours per year of
special training, but with a few hours of educating the public, most fi res can be prevented.“Our job is to train
others to put our-selves out of business,”
said Rodney Hartsfi eld, deputy fi re chief. “If we
can train them to put the fi re out or not to have fi res caused, then put us out of business, we want it to happen.”
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DUI Arrests in the City of Auburn Sept. 3 – Sept. 9, 2010
Dwayne T. Colbert, 20, of EnterpriseCollege Street at Glenn AvenueSept. 3, 8:30 p.m.
Evan M. Hallmark, 21, of BirminghamShelton Mill RoadSept. 4, 3:26 a.m.
Daniel C. Gonzales, 33, of MobileBellwood PlaceSept. 4, 7:53 p.m.
John T. Miericke, 21, of Dallas, TexasSouth Donahue Drive at South College StreetSept. 4, 8:55 p.m.
Christopher R. Barnes, 23, of BirminghamHwy. 27 at West Samford Avenue Sept. 4, 9:34 p.m.
Marco P. Garcia, 18, of Mazadlan, MexicoLogan Square ApartmentsSept. 5, 3:41 a.m.
Colin A. Walter, 19, of Ogden, UtahSouth Donahue Drive at Heisman DriveSept 7, 2:07 a.m.
Crime Reports for Sept. 3 – Sept. 9, 2010
Sept. 3, North College Street– Shoplifting reported. Th ree bottles of Budweiser beer.
Sept. 4, Wire Road– Th eft of property reported. Various credit and debit cards, one Outback Steakhouse giftcard, one Florida driver’s license, one Auburn Uni-versity ID card, $20.
Sept. 5., East University Drive– Unlawful breaking and enter-ing a vehicle reported. Various debit cards, one Chanel purse, one social security card, one Georgia driver’s license, one GPS unit, $50
Sept. 5, Dekalb Street– Burglary and theft of property reported. One Pavilion HP laptop computer, one Mario Kart video game, one Tiff any silver necklace and brace-let.
Sept. 5, South Donahue Drive– Th eft of lost property reported. One Vera Bradley purse, one Canon Powershot 1000 digital camera, one debit card, one Au-burn University Ignited card, $55.
Sept. 5, East Th ach Avenue– Un-lawful breaking and entering a vehicle reported. Various purses,
one wallet, various debit and credit cards, one cell phone.
Sept. 6, Stonegate Drive– Bur-glary of residence reported. One HP laptop computer, one Verizon wireless card, various rigngs.
Sept. 6, West Magnolia Avenue– Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle reported. One pair of Costa Del Mar sunglasses, one Apple iPod Touch, one Springfi eld .40 caliper handgun.
— Reports provided by AuburnDepartment of Public Safety
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Students combated a fl aming bucket with fi re extinguishers as fi re safety offi cials monitored their PASS method technique Wednesday morning.
Th e fi re safety demon-stration was part of the Th eatre Technology I class taught by Robin Jaff e, pro-duction manager and fac-ulty technical director for the theatre, and National Campus Fire Safety Month, which takes place during September.
Th e PASS method is to fi rst Pull the pin on the fi re extinguisher, Aim the nozzle or hose at the base of the fi re and Squeeze the handle in a Sweeping mo-tion.
Fires require oxygen,
fuel and heat, and the ob-ject of fi refi ghting is to re-move one of the three key elements.
“Put the wet stuff on the red stuff ,” Hartsfi eld said is a motto of the Auburn fi re department.
Kenny Harrison, Uni-versity fi re safety manager, said poor housekeeping and carelessness are the most easily prevented fi re safety hazards.
“Elementary school stu-dents are more in tune with fi re safety than adults,” Harrison said. “And that’s sad. But the reason is, once a month, in elementary school—grades K-12—state fi re laws requires that a fi re drill be made.”
Jaff e was involved in a 1999 Auburn Th eatre fi re that was caused by lighting equipment placed near old
curtains.Most theatre curtains
contain fi re retardants, Jaff e said, but these cur-tains were old and needed to be replaced.
Jaff e said because of a lack of experience with theatre equipment, the fi re department at the time wasn’t sure how to fi ght the fi re.
Jaff e said he was pulled out of an ambulance to help the fi re department and put his hands into a fl ame to pull down the cur-tain, suff ering third degree burns as a result.
“I looked at the fl ame and I thought, ‘this is go-ing to hurt later,’” Jaff e said.
Jaff e said the entertain-ment aspect of theatre causes them to be around fi re hazards frequently, such as during scenes
using torches or lanterns and use of hot electrical equipment, and they need to be prepared.
“I don’t like fi re,” said Jessica Cohen, freshman theatre major. “My mom always says that she thinks I was burned in the last life or something, because I have always just been ter-rifi ed. If the fi re alarm goes off at home, I’m out the door.”
Hartsfi eld said he re-sponds to less than one fi re a year on campus, but in the community that num-ber is much higher, espe-cially during the colder months.
“Fire safety is not only our responsibility or the fi re department’s respon-sibility, it’s everyone’s re-sponsibility,” Harrison said.
“You have to look at the program’s strengths and weaknesses.”
Hanna said the pro-gram faced some issues during the absence of the fl ight instructor, but they were addressed on a stu-dent-by-student basis.
Th e hiring of a new chief fl ight instructor will eventually enable the program to return to a Part 141 certifi cation, though the exact time frame is not clear.
Ceynowa is set to
begin as the new fl ight instructor on Oct. 4, but “ultimately the FAA has control over the certifi -cation,” Hanna said. “It is dependent on their decision about whether we get our certifi cation back.”
Regardless of when the certifi cation is back in place for the fl ight school, Ceynowa is ready to begin his new post.
“When I made my visit to Auburn, I met some very friendly people, and I am looking forward to working with them,” Cey-nowa said.
to this time last year be-cause people are getting used to the location of the smoke detector.”
Burnt microwavable foods are a problem in the Village because of the proximity of the detector in the kitchen.
“Popcorn is the big one no matter where you are living on campus,” Trupp said. “In the Quad, the smoke detector is lo-cated right outside the bathroom.”
Students are asked to crack the window in the showering area, but some new residents are unfamiliar with the con-sequences of steam es-caping and setting off the alarm.
Mandatory meetings are held at the beginning of each semester to in-form newcomers of the rules and regulations of dorm life.
Pranks are not typicall the problem, and a guide to residential living is also available online, ac-cording to Trupp.
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Students from the Theatre Technology I class sit with their ABC fi re extinguisher in the ampitheater.
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Alison McFerrin
Staff Writer
Th e eagles that fl y in Jor-dan-Hare Stadium aren’t the only birds that can draw a crowd.
Five barn owls took fl ight from Town Creek Park last Th ursday. Th e Southeastern Raptor Cen-ter at Auburn University staff released them after several months of rehabili-tation.
“Four of them came from Albany, Ga., and they were found as orphans,” said Liz Crandall, raptor rehabili-tation specialist. “One was an adult that came from Montgomery, Ala., and she was just underweight.”
Cars lined the road in front of Town Creek Park, and the open fi eld was fi lled with people eager to see the release.
“I heard about it on the radio this morning, and then a friend e-mailed me about it,” said Russ Jenkins, a teacher at Drake Middle School, who brought his whole family out to see the owls.
Lindsey Phillips, junior in forestry and wildlife science, is a student em-ployee at the Southeastern Raptor Center.
She and many other stu-dent volunteers were at the park to aid in the re-lease.
Phillips said the owls have only been at Auburn since the beginning of the summer.
Th e timing for when to release them was based on how they were doing medi-cally.
“We do fl ight evalua-tions,” Phillips said. “So it’s based on how high they can get, how much el-evation they can get off the ground, how long they can
stay in the air, how well they perch, those kinds of things.”
Th e barn owls were in-dependent after Th ursday.
Phillips said Auburn would not tag or track them in any way. Th is pol-icy begins when birds are fi rst taken in by the Center.
“What we want to do is take all precautions to not imprint them, so that they are still releasable,” Crandall said. “We do our best to not expose them to humans a lot, to limit our time with them.”
Human involvement is limited to the rehabilita-tion of the birds.
Th is involves providing a proper diet, a fl ight cage, protection from preda-tors and a “foster parent,”
Crandall said.“We don’t name them
because they’re wild birds,” she added. “We give them numbers. We don’t want to treat them as pets or any-thing like that.”
Student volunteers re-leased the owls as the au-dience cheered.
In true Auburn fashion, like the eagles on game day, the last owl circled the silo at Town Creek Park be-fore fl ying away.
Th e birds took off in diff erent directions, and Crandall said that is not uncommon.
“One study that was done in Utah showed that they could go anywhere, from less than a mile from where they were born to over 900 miles,” Crandall
said. “Usually, they want to go far enough that they don’t breed with their sib-lings or anything like that.”
Th e four birds found as orphans were from the same clutch, which means they were hatched at the same time.
Th ere is some uncer-tainty as to how these
birds will fare in the wild because of unpredictable circumstances, but Cran-dall said their chances are good.
With the ability to hear and see in almost com-plete darkness, to deter-mine the size and type of prey just by listening, and to fl y soundlessly, these
birds’ main challenge is fi nding a habitat, Crandall said.
“Th ere’s no reason why they shouldn’t be able to hunt on their own, to fi nd a mate or anything like that,” Crandall said. “As long as they can fi nd a suit-able habitat, they should be OK.”
Nicholas Bowman
Writer
Th e National Science Foundation, an independent federal agency, has awarded Auburn University researchers $700,000 via fi ve grants to investigate how the oil pollutants released as a result of the Deepwater Horizon explosion will aff ect the Gulf Coast ecosystem.
Ming-Kuo Lee and James Saunders of the College of Sciences and Mathematics are working with Alison Keimowitz from Vassar College to determine the eff ects of oil on arsenic crystals and mercury in the coastal wetlands.
A variety of bacteria in the wetland wa-ters feed on oil contaminants.
“If you have a high infl ux of oil, it can stimulate the activities of natural bacteria,” Lee said. “Th ese activities can potentially release the toxic metals.”
Active bacteria consume oxygen in the water, and in this environment, solid arsenic can be dissolved into the wetlands.
It could then be absorbed by bacteria and plankton and transferred up the food chain, increasing in con-centration until the toxins pose serious health risks for humans.
Lee’s research will begin in October and will last
about one year.One of the grants will be used to purchase a FlowCAM.“Th e FlowCAM is a specialized laser microscope that
can very rapidly identify planktonic organisms as large as 3 millimeters, down to 3 mi-
crons,” said Anthony Moss of the Col-lege of Sciences and Mathematics. Moss was one of the names attached
to the FlowCAM grant. “Sea water fl ows through tubing in
front of the microscope optics, and a very fast camera records
an image of the object as it moves by.”
Th e device will arrive in October and will be ac-c o m p a n i e d by FlowCAM
technicians to instruct Moss and the
other researchers in its use.Stephen Bullard, from the Department of Fisheries
and Allied Aquacultures, is studying parasites of fi sh as biosensors.
Parasites can grow within a fi sh or can attach to its exterior, and many parasites must travel between mul-tiple hosts.
“We hypothesize that if any one of the parasite’s re-quired hosts is missing, we will observe a lower abun-dance of that parasite species, or that parasite will be eliminated from the ecosystem,” Bullard said.
If the dispersant-mixed crude oil is aff ecting the hosts, the number of parasites should be aff ected simi-larly.
Kenneth Halanych is participating in additional NSF research with the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of New Hampshire. Th ey hope to achieve a better understanding of the biodiversity of benthic zones of small animals living in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as how man-made disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon spill will aff ect them.
Benthic zones are communities of aquatic life at the lowest level of a body of water.
Other grant winners included Prabhakar Clement, Cliff ord Lange, Ah Jeong Son and Dongye Zhao, from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, who were awarded an NSF Major Research Instrumentation grant to construct a laboratory to serve the engineers while they research the eff ects of crude oil and dispersants on a soil and water environment.
Th e FlowCAM grant was awarded to Moss, Kenneth Halanych and Mark Liles of the College of Sciences and Mathematics, and Alan Wilson of the Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures in the College of Ag-riculture.
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Shawn Smith, junior in wildlife science, holds Jiffy, a young Mississippi Kite, for attendants to get close.
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A wildlife science volunteer holds an owl for spectators to see up close.
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Chelsea Harvey
Staff Writer
Th e Olde Auburn Ale
House celebrated its offi -
cial reopening Sept. 1 with
live music and no cover.
A mix of students and
nonstudents attended.
Paul and Josh Acous-
tic began the evening at 9
p.m. with a series of selec-
tions ranging from classic
rock to blues, often taking
requests from the audi-
ence.
“If we know half the
chords, we’ll try it,” said
Paul Gross, one half of the
guitar duo.
Th erapy took the stage
at 11:30 p.m., changing
the atmosphere with a set
of originally-written soul
and jazz pieces.
Alfred Body, band mem-
ber, said, “It’s hard to put
us in one category. We’re
really eclectic.”
Both groups of musi-
cians expressed enthusi-
asm about the venue.
“Absolutely love it,” Body
said. “It’s not too much,
and it’s not too little. It ca-
ters to a certain comfort
level.”
Th e building now
known as the Ale House
operated as the Strutting
Duck through the spring.
Th e Ale House occupied
the same building prior to
the opening of the Strut-
ting Duck approximately
one year ago.
Th e reason for the
switch back has not been
publicly disclosed.
“It didn’t work out, so
we went back to this,” said
James Joshua Motley, gen-
eral manager.
Russ Widhalm, patron
of the Ale House, greeted
the venue’s reopening with
enthusiasm.
“It’s not a ‘college’ bar,”
Widhalm said. “Th at’s the
big draw.”
Widhalm said he
stopped coming to the bar
while it was occupied by
the Strutting Duck.
“A big reason I stopped
coming here is they
switched to the Duck, and
they got rid of the brew-
ery,” he said. “Th at was a
big draw for me. Th ey used
to make their own beer.”
Th e brewery was one of
the major features of the
old Ale House before it be-
came the Strutting Duck.
State law indicates that
only certain historical
buildings can be used as
breweries.
According to Motley, the
Ale House was once used
as Auburn’s printing press.
“Th e only reason they
could brew in this build-
ing was because it was a
national historic site,” he
said.
Although the bar has
not reopened its brewery,
Motley said there is a pos-
sibility operations may re-
sume on a smaller scale in
the future.
With or without the
brewery, Motley is hopeful
about the bar’s future suc-
cess.
“It’s had its ups and
downs, but hopefully, it’ll
be nothing but ups from
now on,” he said.
Th e Ale House features
a new menu starting this
week with a move toward
more traditional pub food.
It will also host live en-
tertainment throughout
the week.
“Sometimes we have
shows on Wednesday or
Th ursday, but we always
have shows on Friday and
Saturday,” Motley said.
Th e bar is host to a
traditional Irish session
Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
“It’s very unique to
here,” Motley said. “I don’t
know anyone else who
does that.”
Th e Ale House will be
open Monday through Sat-
urday, with the bar operat-
ing from 3:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
and the kitchen open from
5 to 10 p.m. Th e kitchen
will make an exception for
brunch Sundays following
home football games.
Charlie Timberlake / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Customers enjoy live music as the bartender prepares drink orders at Olde Auburn Ale House’s reopening Thursday, Sept. 1. The building formerly housed Strutting Duck.
Olde Auburn Ale House reopens doors
Charlie Timberlake / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Alex Norred, junior in business, attempts a shot on the 8 ball at Olde Auburn Ale House’s reopening Wednesday night. The Ale House celebrated with live music and drink specials.
Mary Gillman
Writer
Practicality isn’t
a word usually as-
sociated with the
Graduate Record
Examination, but
beginning in Au-
gust 2011, some
practical changes
might make the
test less threaten-
ing.
Th e test will have
the same basic
parts as before, but
it will be updated
to better suit pres-
ent-day graduate
school applicants.
“Th e revised test
is going to have a
much more test-
taker friendly de-
sign,” said Dawn
Piacentino, direc-
tor of communica-
tions and services
for GRE.
Previously, test
takers had to learn
a specifi c test-
ing style that was
unique to the GRE.
“Test takers will
really appreciate
the changes be-
cause it will al-
low them to
use natu-
ral test-
t a k i n g
s t r a t e -
gies,” Pi-
a c e n t i -
no said.
T h e
test will
h a v e
q u e s -
tions that
better refl ect
the types of
things students
will be doing in
graduate school,
Piacentino said.
Nancy Bernard,
director of Student
Career Services,
said the most ben-
efi cial change will
be with the tech-
nology and com-
puter updates.
Previously, the
GRE was taken on
basic, low-tech and
restricted comput-
ers.
On the revised
GRE, there will
be an on-screen
calculator and op-
tions to edit an-
swers and go back
to previous ques-
tions, Bernard
said.
Another change
is in the verbal rea-
soning portion of
the test.
“Th ey are chang-
ing the verbal rea-
soning to be more
related to topics
and to involve
higher-level
cognitive skills,”
Bernard said.
“With the vocabu-
lary, I didn’t really
see the point. Now
it is going to in-
volve more cogni-
tive skills and try-
ing to assess the
test takers’ ability
with reading and
skills.”
Debra Worthing-
ton, associate
GRE gets makeoverAuburn Weekly Gas Monitor
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Darcie Dyer
Writer
Auburn’s downtown
bars and restaurants
helped raise $2,300 Th urs-
day during Crawl for the
Coast, a fundraiser ben-
efi ting those struggling
from the eff ects of the
Deepwater Horizon oil
spill.
Participating venues
drew a crowd by opening
their doors with live music
and specialty prices.
Th e nine-hour event,
organized by 2009 Auburn
graduate Walter Ager, in-
cluded 11 bands and eight
bars. Of the participating
bands, 10 were local and
played at no cost.
Wristbands to partici-
pate in the bar crawl were
$25 and guaranteed access
to all the participating
bands and businesses.
Ager also had T-shirts
made to raise awareness
about the cause.
“All the proceeds are
going straight to the non-
profi ts,” Ager said.
Stephanie Ryan, com-
munications offi cer at the
Community Foundation
of South Alabama, said
she has been working with
Ager since early August.
“I was immediately im-
pressed by Walter’s com-
passion for others and his
desire to take action to
help those in need,” Ryan
said. “He also shared with
me his goal to reach out
to other SEC schools to
continue the fundraiser in
other towns. We hope Ala-
bama will accept Walter’s
challenge to raise more
than Auburn.”
Th e Disaster Relief Fund
will support programs
in Baldwin and Mobile
counties that address
the unmet basic needs of
fi shermen and individu-
als working in the seafood
industry who are strug-
gling as a result of the Gulf
Coast oil spill, Ryan said.
Th e Community Foun-
dation of South Alabama,
Greater New Orleans
Foundation, Gulf Coast
Community Foundation
and Greater Escambia
Community Foundation
are four of the nonprofi t
community foundations
that Ager is working with
to guarantee that the pro-
ceeds reach families in
regions aff ected by the oil
spill.
Auburn students
participating in the Crawl
were pleased to see Au-
burn spearheading a char-
itable event.
“I thought it was a great
way to get recognition
for local artists and local
restaurants while raising
money for a great cause,
especially because anoth-
er oil rig just broke,” said
Mary Baker Maund, senior
in marketing.
“It brought a good
crowd and good busi-
ness and publicity for the
bar,” said Tommy Board-
man, senior in business
and 1716 employee. “We
felt good about the pro-
ceeds going to such a good
cause. I think it was great
for Auburn, and other
schools should join in.”
Mr. Jr. was the local
band playing at 1716.
“Ager really knows how
to throw an event,” said
Ross Wall, junior in bio-
systems engineering, Mr.
Jr. band member and close
friend of Ager.
Ager hopes that the
large turnout, marked by
the sellout of Big Gigantic
at Bourbon Street, will en-
courage other schools to
host Crawl for the Coast
events.
“We have a bunch of ex-
tra T-shirts, so we’re going
to go to other schools and
just put them on and see
what we can do,” Ager said.
“We’re thinking whatever
away games we have will
probably be the best way
to time it.”
Ager said future events
at other schools could be
slightly diff erent than Au-
burn’s.
Details about future
events will be posted on
the event’s Facebook page,
“Crawl for the Coast.”
Bar crawl raises money for Gulf Coast
Brian Woodham / ASSOCIATE COPY EDITOR
LavaLamp plays funky ‘70s tunes at SkyBar Café to a groovy crowd Thursday night as part of Auburn’s Crawl for the Coast.
Laura Maxwell
Managing Editor
Tuesday’s City Council
meeting started with a
bang… sort of.
Lengthy discussions
about am-
b i g u i t y
b e t w e e n
state and
local laws
c on c er n -
ing con-
c e a l e d
w e a p o n s
on public
p r o p e r t y
and de-
bate about
traffi c-calming devices
were the main topics of the
meeting.
Donald Sirois, an elec-
tion volunteer coordinator
for the NRA and resident
of Auburn, made a com-
plaint about signs stat-
ing that handguns were
not allowed in particular
buildings, which brings
into question the confl ict
between what the sign says
and state law.
City Manager Charles
Duggan pointed out that
if Alabama’s law is taken
literally, it suggests a per-
son who has a permit and
knowingly has intent to do
bodily harm may even take
a handgun onto the prem-
ises of public schools.
“Th e city has known this
at least since June 2008
and has taken no action to
resolve the matter,” Sirois
said in reference to the
sign. “Nothing’s been done.
What I’d like to know is
why no action was taken.”
Councilwoman Sheila
Eckman said she felt bad
that he thought there was
some ulterior motive in
not responding to his con-
cern the fi rst time, but that
she wasn’t clear on what
his current concern was.
“I’m not ready to change
it if we only
have one
p e r s o n
complain-
ing about
it,” said
c o u n c i l -
man Arthur
D o w d e l l ,
explaining
he feared
he would
open a Pan-
dora’s Box by reacting to a
single complaint.
Since no fi nal decision
was made, Eckman said
nothing will come of the
discussion unless some-
one brings it up again.
Another hot topic at the
meeting was traffi c calm-
ing devices.
Although two men ex-
plained their concerns
about how emergency ve-
hicles would navigate a
traffi c circle, the Council
approved making the traf-
fi c circle between South
Cary Drive and North Do-
nahue Drive.
A three-way stop sign
was approved for the in-
tersection of Kimberly
Drive and Ferndale Drive
in eff orts to help the fl ow
of traffi c.
Aubie made an appear-
ance at the end of the meet-
ing to recognize four Lee
County Special Olympics
athletes and their coach,
who represented Alabama
in the 2010 Special Olym-
pics USA National Games.
Citizen takes aim at vague city gun laws
I’m not ready
to change it if we
only have one person
complaining about
it.”Arthur Dowdell,
councilman
“
COMMENTARY A6The Auburn Plainsman
Our View
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Th e Auburn University campus is idyllic.
Students frolic in fi elds, tossing Frisbees, sunbath-ing, studying and swap-ping sundry stories.
Th e sun always shines. Strangers greet other strangers with smiles.
Cats lie with dogs.It’s a beautiful thing. But, even in Auburn,
small town America incar-nate, safety is an issue.
We’re more than two years removed from the 2008 death of Lauren Burk which shook the campus and community, bringing national attention to our Southern oasis and forcing all present to ask just how safe Auburn is, campus and town.
While a tragedy of such magnitude has not been repeated, only last year, at least 12 citizens were in-volved in pedestrian acci-dents.
After the numerous car-meets-person accidents, the University installed fi ve generator-powered lights to help light darkened Mag-nolia Avenue.
Th e lights, which were ugly and loud, showed the University was at least try-ing to improve pedestrian safety, even if it damaged Auburn’s oh-so-important aesthetic.
Two red-lettered warn-ing signs were placed on crosswalks on Magnolia and various other high-risk crosswalks around campus, all but forcing drivers to stop for oncoming pedes-trians.
Th ese signs served their purpose—drivers are now more apt to stop for walk-ers.
A new problem arose, however.
Th e signs are bolted to the street and sometimes cause for awkward and, depending on the location, dangerous turns, such as at crosswalk signs near Chick-fi l-A.
Th e signs have also dis-rupted traffi c fl ow.
Some drivers don’t seem to realize they only have to stop when pedestrians are present.
Th ey aren’t stop signs; they’re there to remind drivers to yield to pedestri-ans.
Even with increased crosswalk awareness, stu-dents still jaywalk with reckless abandon.
Th e attitude seems to be,
“I’m not in danger. No one’s around. Who cares?”
Which is often true, but mistakes happen.
Mistakes like the dozen or so which ended with si-rens and ambulances.
University cops threat-ened to begin ticketing jaywalk off enders and even gave “warning” tickets for a few days, but nothing came of the threat.
To get the attention of a college student, hit his or her wallet.
Th ey’ll gnash teeth and complain, but the desired result—less jaywalkers, safer streets—will be ac-complished.
Th e University should be applauded for the morning and afternoon crosswalk guards on Donahue.
Th ese guards allow the droves of students walking from the Village to campus
to cross in a timely fashion. Safety is a year-round
issue, but September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month.
Th is month, the Uni-versity’s Department of Public Safety and Security will host various events to highlight safety issues and improvements around campus, such as the above crosswalk improvements as well as newer additions, such as the campus’ new state-of-the-art P.A. system, which will “alert students by voice of any emergen-cy on campus, from fi res to bomb threats.” ( from “Campus safety takes prior-ity in September” C1)
Campus safety is a con-stant battle. New threats and dangers appear con-stantly. Constant vigilance is the only defense.
Be smart, be safe.
Did you know Opelika has a taco truck?
An actual truck that sells freshly-made, authentic ta-cos and assorted Mexican food?
It doesn’t look like much, this taco truck, with its sin-gle naked lightbulb and its inconspicuous darkened tire and auto repair store parking lot location on Opelika Road.
But there’s something there, something which separates it from all other Mexican restaurants in Au-burn and Opelika.
Maybe it’s the food. Th e taco truck, Lili’s
Food offi cially, off ers tacos, tortas, burritos and que-sadillas all with a variety of meat, everything from steak to beef tongue to spicy pork.
Th e tacos are served double-shelled and open with onion and cilantro
plus lime and a green spicy sauce.
Maybe it’s the speedy ser-vice.
Th e combo waiter/ca-shier was friendly and help-ful.
He spoke English and Spanish and readily ex-plained diff erent menu of-ferings, even when talking to a clueless gringo.
Maybe it’s the price. Two tacos will cost you
$3. Th row in a Coke or a
Sindral Mundet and you’re looking at $4.50.
Couple that with the evening hours, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., and you’ve got a great early late-night eating op-tion in Opelika.
But, most likely, what sets the taco truck apart is the atmosphere.
Th e zoom of passing cars mixed with the hum of the truck’s lone generator.
Th e dangling light creat-ing a halo which encom-passes the scattered plastic table and chairs, adding mystery to the night.
Spectral faces hovering on the edges of the light, almost convincing custom-ers’ they’re not in Opelika but some sublime South American city full of mis-chief and night-life possi-bilities.
At night, with the right light, even the parking lot of AB Tires looks exotic.
Not that a patron is likely to totally get lost in Latin American longing.
Take a step back and you realize you’re sitting in the parking lot of a closed me-chanic shop across from Clayton Homes and adja-cent to a Pizza Hut.
But, still, it’s nice to imag-ine, because it’s easy to for-get the supposed ancillary people in life—the janitor,
the construction worker, the gas station cashier.
Taking that time out to chat with people you’re not likely to encounter any oth-er way will remind you how big our world is.
Rote routine robs us all of chances to broaden ho-rizons; consider the other and gain much-needed em-pathy.
Th e best way to combat the malaise of everyday existence is to step outside preconceived boundaries.
To every now and again take an unplanned trip to a new location.
To eat at a new restaurant or order a diff erent meal at an old one on whim.
To make daily decisions which snap you into con-scious thought.
You live in a large world. Don’t let your mind be
small. Try the taco truck.
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President Obama re-vealed the details of his latest plan to jumpstart the slowing economic recovery, proposing more than $180 billion dollars in tax cuts for businesses and infra-structure projects.
Not surprisingly, Con-gressional Republicans have already come out in opposition to the plan. Ironically, the par-ty of “tax cuts” seems to forget this in a polarized election year in which any chance of a legisla-tive victory for Presi-dent Obama will be ob-structed.
While Obama’s plan is ambitious, the ma-jor development of the week has to be his draw-ing of a line in the sand against the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest two per-cent of Americans.
Tuesday, the presi-dent said he wouldn’t al-low the huge tax breaks for the rich to continue, signaling he will allow a return to the rates of the Clinton era.
By no coincidence, the Clinton era was a time of unprecedented economic growth.
For this proposal, Obama must be given the highest praise.
While some Congres-sional Democrats have been wavering on the issue, a signal from the leader of the Demo-cratic Party that there will be no compromise on this issue should rally the Party to ensure these tax cuts are not extended.
And rightly so. In a time with almost 10 per-cent unemployment, a never-ending housing crisis and the largest inequality of wealth we have seen in decades, why should the most fortunate among us en-joy lucrative tax rates?
Th e economy is not and has never been stimulated by lining the pockets of the super-rich.
Th e “trickle-down” theory of wealth has been repudiated time
and again. History has shown
that the key to a strong economy is a strong middle class with the power and the confi -dence to spend.
If the enormous in-equality of wealth and ever-shrinking middle class were not reason enough to let the tax cuts for the rich expire, how about the national debt?
Conservatives love to scream about the bal-looning national debt and place the blame on Democrats for their spending and stimulus.
Have they no memo-ry?
Do they not remem-ber that when President Bush took offi ce, Clin-ton had left behind a budget SURPLUS?
It was two unneces-sary wars that cost bil-lions of dollars a month that set off the huge in-crease in government spending.
And how did Presi-dent Bush address the is-sue of funding the war? He cut taxes for the group that brings in the highest revenue!
Th e stimulus un-doubtedly aided the na-tional debt, but the tax structure created under the Bush administration along with the horribly expensive wars is the root cause.
President Obama is right to let these tax cuts expire.
If conservatives are serious about cutting the defi cit and stimu-lating the economy, it would be nice to see them get tough and do what needs to be done, not babble on about cutting programs like Social Security and un-employment benefi ts.
Th e President’s deci-sion not to compromise signals once again he is on the side of the 98 percent of Americans who are simply trying to make ends meet, while the GOP continues to suckle at the teet of the wealthy donors who put them in offi ce.
Delicious tacos with a side of diversity
Eric [email protected]
Campus safety ain’t no joke
Obama’s plan packs tax punch
A7COMMENTARYThursday, September 9, 2010
After nearly two years of clinging to my coveted press pass, my glorious return to the student section of Jordan-Hare Stadium occurred this Saturday.
Aside from the mass crowds and loss of vocal chords, both of which were expected, the Auburn family I was huddled with seemed to be a bit more like the distant cousin who you don’t want to associate with in public places.
While I realize that I may be generalizing the entire student body into one cate-gory of fan, the behaviors dis-played in the student section
were intolerable and frankly unAuburn.
After fi ghting through hoards of orange-and-blue clad fans, our seats were ac-quired after confronting sev-eral fans who were attempt-ing to save half a row of seats.
First rule of the student section: no saving seats.
Learn it, love it, live it.One, maybe. Two, your
pushing your luck. Half a row of seats, no way.
Luckily, those fans seemed to understand and frankly were just waiting on some-one to call them out because they posed no resistance in allowing us to sit there.
Congratulations, you thought you could cheat the system by placing shakers on the bleachers. Wrong.
Th e other row of seats in front of us got quickly occu-pied by a gaggle of freshman students who climbed over the railing quicker than a group of Bama fans packing into Walmart to see an unde-
served BCS trophy.While you may be thinking
I am generalizing these stu-dents as freshmen, you are wrong.
I know they are freshmen because they wouldn’t stop telling us they were fresh-men.
Why, you say? Why would one repeatedly annoy some-one during a season opener Auburn football game with something as insignifi cant as collegiate grade level?
Th e answer: alcohol.Th e student was already
belligerently intoxicated after taking his seat and then also revealed a disposable fl ask with liquor that he mixed in with his stadium soda.
Th is happens all the time. It’s no big deal. I don’t patron-ize this one student for some-thing hundreds of people do each game.
My problem is not with the fact that the alcohol was brought into the stadium.
It is more regarding the au-
dacity the student had to do so.
Th is is your fi rst game as an Auburn student. Enjoy it. Th ere will never be another.
However, that doesn’t mean you need to get com-pletely obliterated, sneak liquor into the game and have your girlfriend take you home half way through the fi rst quarter.
At a risk of sounding like an after school special pro-gram, that is merely not the Auburn way.
Realize that there are rules and criteria for sitting in the student section.
Represent yourself as Au-burn men and women, and realize that none of your ac-tions go unnoticed, even if you don’t remember them.
And for God’s sake, don’t be that guy.
“Nobody is actually like that on the Shore, except for some of the guidos.”
-Madelyn Timminsjunior in animal sciences
on the real Jersey Shore, C2
Last week’s question:
“How many games will Au-
burn win this year?”
» Every stinking one: 47 per-cent
» 12: 0 percent » 11: 6 percent » More than 8: 34 percent » Fewer than 7: 12 percent
Th is week’s question:
“Has campus safety im-proved over the last year?”
» Yes » No » No noticeable diff erence
Go to www.theplainsman.com to vote.
3/5ths Compromise—A fi nal solution for The Gays
Don’t be an UnAuburn student section
Rod Guajardo is editor of
Th e Auburn Plainsman. You
can reach him at
844-9109.
I wish I’d known as a freshman what I know now.
I’ve always been introverted. I can be my fun, silly self when I’m comfortable with people, but until I reach that point, I keep to myself.
I wanted to relax my fi rst few months. I thought I needed time to adjust to college life and didn’t want to put too much on my plate.
I applied to get in a couple of or-ganizations, but didn’t make the cut. So I gave up and stopped look-ing for ways to get involved.
In some ways, that was a good thing. I believe everything happens for a reason, and I ended up where I needed to be. But I could have got-ten there faster with more eff ort.
By volunteering for Th e Plains-
man, I found something I had fun doing and made great friends along the way.
I also found a major that I love. Th at never would have happened if I didn’t make the decision to go out-side of my comfort zone.
I don’t want others to make the same mistake I did by waiting so long to get involved.
O-Days was held last week, so as you could probably tell, there are numerous campus organizations.
Join one that is relevant to your major, or join something just for the
fun of it. Not only will it give you the opportunity to make friends, but it will also look great on a resume.
I also suggest studying hard and making the best grades you can your fi rst year of college.
For many people, there’s at least one class in college that just kills your GPA. It’s a lot easier to recover from it if you have a strong GPA to begin with.
It’s important to develop strong study skills as a freshman. A lot of it has to do with time management.
As hard as it can be to motivate yourself to study a little each day, it makes it a lot less stressful when tests roll around.
Don’t be worried if you don’t know exactly what you want to do with your life.
I would have loved to be one of those people who always knew they were destined for a certain career. But it’s OK to be a little confused right now.
College is about discovering yourself, so it’s fi ne to keep your op-tions open and be open to new pos-sibilities. Somehow it all works out as it’s meant to.
And, fi nally, remember it’s OK to have fun. While grades are impor-tant, it would be a shame to look back on your college years and not have fond memories of your time at Auburn.
Take it from someone who has pushed through to earn her under-graduate degree in three years.
Time goes by fast. Try to enjoy every moment while
you’re here at Auburn.Go to football games. Go to UPC
events. Take advantage of all the fun events the school and com mu-nity have to off er.
Enjoy every day, time fl ies fast
Laura Maxwellmanagingeditor@theplains-
man.com
What I’m about to advise may seem radical, but I implore you to see the rea-son in my suggestion.
As a long-time admirer of Mr. Jonathan Swift, I am writing to off er a solution to the problem of Th e Gays that I think Mr. Swift would be proud of.
Although Swift’s ideas were frowned upon, I believe that mine will seem quite tame now that people have had centuries to get used to this forward way of think-ing.
Th e issue of Th e Gays has long been de-bated, but everyone skirts around an ac-tual solution, and the real question: how much of a person do these undesirables count as?
I propose a reinstatement of the 3/5ths compromise, not in regards to votes, but to marriage.
Th is proposition is made taking in con-sideration the views of both Gay Rights Activists and Anti-Gay Enthusiasts.
While Th e Gays are acknowledged as more than half a person, they also do not count as equals among us.
In this way, everybody wins.In terms of marriage, I propose the un-
desirables receiving three out of fi ve sta-ples of marriage.
One: Th e can be allowed to divorce in order to have equal misery as the rest of us.
Two: Th ey can only adopt children whose parents have disbanded their straight relationship; by this clause, it is obvious they will not be able to spread their infl uence as it is clear that straight people make better parents than gay peo-ple and never give up their children.
Th ree: Th ey may be married by law.I exclude, of course, marriage under
God because with the inclusion of divorce clause, that would simply be hypocritical if they were to implement it, and would
be seen in the same light as if they were to mix their fabrics!
I also exclude the right for a tax sti-pend, as we are in a recession.
To those who may feel as though this 3/5ths Compromise is a throwback to ra-cial discrimination, I assure you I intend this clause to extend to Gays of all races, gender and culture. I may be many things, but I am NOT a racist.
Hopefully this suggestion will be con-sidered thoroughly and, perhaps one day, be implemented as the social norm.
—Th is column is meant for satirical pur-
poses. Th e views expressed are not repre-
sentative of Th e Auburn Plainsman nor its
staff .
Kate [email protected]
Th e Ground Zero mosque debate is getting old, I know.
When it started eating up sections of newspapers and consuming chunks of airtime on all the news networks, I rolled my eyes, thinking the debate would be over soon.
After living peacefully and happily in a 98 percent Mus-lim country this summer and having several Muslim friends in Auburn, Muslim-phobia seemed irrational.
Surely, I assumed, everyone knew terrorists are not repre-sentative of an entire culture or religion, just as Christian extremists like the Westboro Baptist church crazies don’t represent the United States or the Christian church as a whole.
So, I’ll admit, I didn’t follow the debate much.
I understand the sensitiv-ity of the issue, butI thought it was soley based on the proximity of the mosque to Ground Zero and would blow over quickly.
Th en, a couple of weeks ago in my agriculture law class, I was shaken into the sad real-ity of the seriousness of the ignorance pervading our cul-ture.
We were discussing the First Amendment.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establish-ment of religion, or prohibit-ing the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…”
Th e discussion quickly turned from interpreting the Constitution in relation to the Ground Zero mosque to my classmates raising their hands to spew regurgitated, uninformed assumptions about Muslims out to the rest of the class.
For example, one of my classmates said that Muslims make it a goal to reproduce faster than the culture they immigrate into as a means of increasing their infl uence in society.
He gave an example, claim-ing that Muslims in Europe reproduce fi ve times as much as the Europeans they live among.
I have also traveled to Eu-rope, where there is a negative birth rate because abortion and birth control (neither of which are encouraged in tra-ditional Islam).
I don’t think that equates to Muslims strategically out pro-ducing Europeans.
However, being uninformed isn’t what pisses me off .
What makes me livid is the
perversion of Christian teach-ings into a holy war against Muslims.
Another classmate actu-ally said (I’m paraphrasing), “I think we should let them build (the mosque) so they have to pay taxes on it. Th at’ll just give us more money to build bombs to go blow ‘em up with.”
Others in the class who previously talked about their Christian faith chuckled.
I will ask you the same questions I asked my class fol-lowing this comment.
Have you ever actually talk-ed with a Muslim?
Are you remembering these people are all moth-ers, daughters, brothers and friends, just like you?
Are there not Muslim Americans who are as patri-otic as you are?
Aren’t there crazy, radical people in every culture, reli-gion and race?
We need to evaluate what we say before we say it.
How can we justify defend-ing our “Christian values,” yet speak of “blowing people up” who have never heard the truth of Jesus’ message?
Ethnocentric, arrogant, un-informed attitudes and opin-ions are not appealing, and they certainly don’t promote peace, spread the Gospel or ensure national security.
Travel. Talk to people.Don’t hate.
Jillian [email protected]
Open your mind,stop with the hate
The Auburn PlainsmanNews, A8 Thursday, September 9, 2010
Friday block parties return to AuburnJeremy Gerrard
Writer
Kicking off Friday eve-ning, the block party took control of downtown Au-burn, fl ooding the area with a sea of orange and blue from Auburn fans, students and alumni.
Th e block parties, which are in their second year of operation, will be held every Friday before home football games from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and off er a vari-ety of live music, activities and food to engage the Auburn community and promote a family-friendly environment.
“Our main goal is to give the people from out of
town and the locals some-thing to do on Friday night before the game,” said Eric Stamp, president of the Auburn Downtown Mer-chants Association and owner of Stamp merchan-dise, both sponsors of the event. “If we do our job in reaching the other schools and other fans that are coming, then we’ll get to draw them downtown so they can appreciate what we’ve got, which we’re pretty proud of.”
Th e block party featured activities like face paint-ing and balloons for chil-dren and music by Th e Good Doctor, a local band.
Th e Good Doctor’s lead singer and guitarist,
Austin Gray, said the band was excited to be asked to be part of this event this year.
“It’s a really cool thing how they can block off the streets downtown like that and get a crowd you might not usually get at the bar scene around here, so it’s good exposure for us,” Gray said.
While representation from the Auburn student body was not as preva-lent, many alumni and fans took the time to bring their families downtown to enjoy the festivities.
Auburn resident Seth Granberry won the crowd’s aff ection with his orange-and-blue unicycle
and jump-roping tricks. Th e city occasionally
asks Granberry to perform at events, but at the block party, he donated the en-tertainment out of his love for Auburn football and its fans.
“I’m just an Auburn fan,” said Granberry, who turned 68 this year.
Th e block party was well-received by attend-ees.
“We loved it,” said Kris-tin Vardaman, Auburn res-ident and mother of three. “We love coming down here and letting them (her children) run loose and enjoy the music, check out all the vendors and get something to eat.”
Katie Wittnebel / PHOTO STAFF
Ashley Sanders dances with her 4-year-old daughter Reese at the downtown block party Friday.
professor in communica-tions and journalism at Auburn University, said students have taken Latin classes to prepare for the vocabulary on the GRE, but it did not help signifi -cantly. Th e vocabulary on the revised test will no lon-ger be out of context, she said.
Updating the test has initiated a change in the scoring.
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At halftime of Saturday’s game against Arkansas
State, the War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen lined up
on the fi eld to be introduced to the Auburn faith-
ful.
Either by fate or coincidence, Danny Feltham
and Meghan Kaple were lined up side-by-side in
the middle of the fi eld.
Feltham had been waiting for this day for fi ve
months, ever since he got the idea while eating
with his friends at Momma Goldberg’s Deli.
He had asked permission from Kaple’s par-
ents, bought a ring and planned it out perfectly.
“I pulled the ring out of my pocket as last
names were being called, and there was a pretty
big eruption from the student section,” Feltham
said. “I’m awful with secrets, and I had tried to
keep this one; probably everybody in Auburn
knew but her.”
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Th e University Program Coun-cil hosted a Mexican Cooking Workshop Sept. 2 in Spidle Hall, where students were able to feed their zesty sides.
“It was good practice,” said Kelsey Hayes, sophomore in an-thropology. “We’re making sexy quesadillas.”
Participants took part in pre-paring the meal before getting to enjoy their delicious hard work.
“I enjoy teaching those classes because I love the interaction with the students,” said chef Car-ol Duncan. “More than anything, I hoped to inspire the students to want to do more cooking for themselves. Again, my goal is to inspire students and people in general to go to farmers’ mar-kets, buy their own food and prepare their own meals. I want everyone to know that food does not or should not come from a
box and that the cooking expe-rience itself nourishes the body, mind and soul. Food is all about love and is meant to be shared.”
Students got their cook on with grease, steak, pineapples and more.
“It is here to entertain the stu-dents and take them away from stress of classes and work,” said Matthew Ciuros, director of the UPC special projects committee and junior in engineering. “It is to give them something healthy and fun, for that is part of the Auburn experience: to be a part of something and grow for the future.”
More than 20 students attend-ed the workshop.
“I have wanted to do this for two years, just wanted to have fun and adventure,” said Michael Storms, sophomore in chemical engineering.
One group of students made quesadillas using beans, corn, wraps and more.
“We just want to know how to cook,” said Chris Ahmed, junior in marketing, and Chynna Dulac, junior in nutrition science and pre-physical therapy. “We always come to workshops. We wanted to do Mexican style.”
Quintilyn Parker, senior in bio-medical sciences, said she came to the workshop to learn how to make better food, since she already knew how to cook basic Mexican dishes.
“I am teaching another class Oct. 14, and I hope to teach more in the spring,” Duncan said. “My passion is working with students who want to learn more about cooking for themselves. I always receive lots of positive feedback and e-mails from students who attend these classes. Th ey tell me that they are cooking more for themselves and ask me for fur-ther advice. I am willing to coach them further.”
More classes will be held later this year.
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The Auburn PlainsmanCampus, B2 Thursday, September 9, 2010
Eric Austin
Campus Editor
Almost one in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
It is these staggering numbers that keep the Re-lay for Life team working, not just in the spring, but all year long.
Relay for Life takes more than a year to plan, it but has become an expected tradition for the spring semester, as hundreds of students and community members take to the track to walk in the fi ght against cancer.
Along the way, they raise awareness and thousands of dollars that Th e Ameri-can Cancer Society pours into research and services for victims.
“Every time I give a speech to a group of peo-ple I always ask who has been aff ected by cancer,” said Kelley Andrews, se-nior in communication and the publicity chair for the American Cancer So-ciety’s Relay for Life com-mittee in Auburn. “Every single one of them raises their hand.”
Andrews does not exag-gerate.
Despite that the event won’t take place until April 2011, chapter visits are al-ready underway to frater-nities and sororities in an eff ort to build teams.
“Th e more people we have participate, the less each individual has to push themselves,” said Em-ily Simpson, senior in bio-medical sciences and chair of Relay for Life at Auburn.
For Andrews and Simp-son, the fi ght against can-cer has not always been one of raising money and getting people to walk around a track.
It has been real and per-sonal.
A n -drews is one of nine can-cer survi-vors in her family.
She has been in-volved in Relay for Life since she was a young child.
Simpson’s mother was diagnosed with breast can-cer in 2005.
One year later, she was
leading a Relay for Life team at her high school.
Andrews looks at the eff ort that goes into Relay for Life no diff erently than
the eff ort it took her entire fam-ily to battle the dis-ease.
“ F a m i -lies and f r i e n d s come to-gether, and it becomes a part of your nor-mal, ev-
eryday routine,” Andrews said.
It is this spirit of the community against a com-mon evil that Relay for Life seeks to foster in Auburn.
“Cancer doesn’t
discriminate,” Simpson said. “It doesn’t care if you’re male, female, your color or you age.”
Th is reality is hammered home every spring at Relay for Life.
“My favorite part of last year’s event was cheering for the survivors during the opening lap,” said Mi-chelle Duplantier, unde-clared science and math sophomore. “Knowing that they were students my own age and a part of the Auburn family made it a unique experience.”
Duplantier walked with her sorority last year and said she would encourage anyone to participate this year.
“To be involved in some-thing like this at such a young age is great,” Simp-son said. “And it doesn’t
stop at college. You can do this for the rest of your life.”
While chapter visits have already begun, the year of cancer awareness will pick up in early Oc-tober with the weeklong “Paint the Campus Purple” event.
Th e week will feature daily publicity events to raise awareness and to en-courage people to sign up for Relay for Life.
“A cure will never be possible if it’s not for the outstanding volunteers in our communities that in-spire, encourage and im-pact,” Andrews said.
Experience has taught Andrews and Simpson that with enough fi ght, anything is possible.
Th is same fi ghting men-tality will go into Relay for Life in 2011.
Year-long efforts begin for Relay for Life
J.P. Kelsey
Staff Writer
You don’t have to be an architecture major to ap-preciate artful architec-ture.
“(Th e ‘Art of Architec-ture’ is) really the only class that we have that stu-dents outside of the dis-cipline can fi nd out more about architecture,” said James Burleson, associate professor in the College of Architecture, who is teach-ing one of the two sections
available this semester.Th e focus of the course
is signifi cant buildings throughout world history and the impact they have had on architecture.
Many of the buildings discussed are unique and esoteric, but display how architecture can be ap-plied in diff erent contexts.
“I wanted them to un-derstand that when they saw architecture as a building, they were de-humanizing it,” Burleson said. “Th ey were making
the architecture more like an industrial design project that was design-ing a machine or an object building.”
Dan Bennett, dean of the College of Architec-ture, Design and Construc-tion, said the course has been off ered at Auburn for about 20 years.
“Th e course gives stu-dents a better understand-ing of what architecture is and how it benefi ts them,” Bennett said.
Even though the class
has evolved throughout the years, the content has remained consistent.
“I think architecture is about more than just a building and how it func-tions,” Burleson said. “I think architecture is more about cultural expression and personal expression and the feelings about where we are in life.”
Burleson said he had encountered some limita-tions in getting the average student to see the inner workings and implications
of architecture. “I think it’s diffi cult to
get the artistic side of ar-chitecture to translate to the pragmatic side or to some of the aesthetic of-ferings it has,” Burleson said. “I wanted the stu-dents to make the human connection, that it’s the architecture of people that gets infused into these ar-tifacts, these buildings. It’s the same way as how a painting becomes more than just paint on a can-vas.”
Amanda Breen, unde-clared freshman, is en-rolled in Burleson’s class to satisfy a fi ne art require-ment.
“When I looked at a building, I just saw a build-ing,” Breen said. “Th is class has made me more aware of the work that goes into creating structures.”
Burleson said there’s a personal connection be-tween buildings and archi-tecture.
“Architecture can really lift one’s spirits,” he said.
Class of the Week: Architecture course builds new perspectives
To top off such a unique proposal, both Feltham’s and Kaple’s parents were in attendance because it was parents’ w e e k e n d for the War Eagle Girls and Plains-men.
“ O u r p a r e n t s and fam-ily made it over to sing the Alma Mater with us,” Feltham said.
Luckily, the parents did not tell her about what was waiting for her at half-time, even though they had been tailgating to-gether all day.
Another person who kept the secret is Cameron
Crosby, senior in biomedi-cal sciences and Feltham’s fraternity brother and roommate.
“I knew that he was planning on proposing for about a year, but I didn’t
know the day or how until about a month ago,” Crosby said.
C r o s b y was sit-ting with FarmHouse f r a t e r n i t y in the stu-dent sec-tion when F e l t h a m
proposed.Crosby stood up and
got his camera out while the War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen were being an-nounced, much to the con-fusion of his fraternity.
“It was the equivalent of
scoring a touchdown for us,” Crosby said. “We went wild basically.”
Th e newly engaged cou-ple celebrated their fourth anniversary in July. Kaple knew the big question couldn’t be too far away.
“I expected it sometime this fall, but not on the 50-yard line,” Kaple said.
Th ey met when Kaple moved to Birmingham from Texas, and their rela-tionship began in New Or-leans during a mission trip after Hurricane Katrina.
“We met in high school,” Feltham said. “I played baseball, and she was my diamond doll.”
Th e wedding is planned for June, but no church is booked yet. Feltham said they were trying to regis-ter at his parents’ church in Birmingham.
It will be tough to match the scale of the proposal at the wedding.
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Danny Feltham, senior in fi nance, embraces his new fi ancee, Meghan Kaple, senior in human development, throwing a triumphant fi st into the air. Feltham proposed to Kaple Saturday.
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Spectators sit on the stairs in front of the Student Cen-ter to watch fraternities perform at the Unity Yard Show.
Joshua Agee, junior in graphic design, sports his glasses and tie as he leads the line while stepping with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. outside the Student Center.
Christopher Love, John Dansby, Jeremy Foster, Anthony Wells and Chris Neal of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. warm up before the Unity Yard Show.
STEPPINGPhotos by Emily Adams / PHOTO EDITOR
Story by Derek Lacey / ASSOCIATE CAMPUS EDITOR
Most students know stepping as just another kind of performance art.
But to the students who perform, it is a cherished tradition, much like rolling Toomer’s Corner or dodg-ing the Auburn seal when walking in front of Lang-don Hall.
“Stepping is a rich tra-dition of all the National Pan-Hellenic Council or-ganizations,” said Reynard Butler, current Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi Frater-nity Inc.
Th e Unity Yard Show, an event held by the Auburn University Black Student Union, included stepping performances and was in-tended to promote unity among the Auburn stu-dent body.
Outside the Student
Center last Wednesday afternoon, the event drew a large crowd of students that encircled the steppers and climbed up the stairs on the concourse.
“We worked really hard at it,” said Andre Hamilton, of Alpha Psi Alpha Frater-nity Inc., “about three weeks to a month.”
Hamilton said his or-ganization’s involvement in the Unity Yard Show helped the Greek com-munity grow closer and showed campus they are united.
For Butler, stepping is a way to maintain tradition and help brothers bond and boost fraternity mo-rale.
“Stepping is a part of the very fabric of Kappa,” But-ler said.
Mario Jones of the Sigma Delta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. steps with members of his fraternity.
Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. show their support for the fraternities brothers and steppers at the Unity Yard Show on Wednesday afternoon.
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Appreciating the art of the Great DepressionChelsea Harvey
Staff Writer
Th e Great Depression came to life in the Jule Col-lins Smith Museum of Fine Art last Th ursday.
Th e museum was host to Elizabeth Broun, director of the Smithsonian Ameri-can Art Museum, who conducted a lecture titled “1934: Artists Respond to the Great Depression.”
Th e event was organized in collaboration with Au-burn University’s Caro-line Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities and was one of a series of programs on Alabama’s Works Progress Administration.
“We’d hoped to re-ally draw attention to Alabama’s WPA history, which is very rich,” said Jay Lamar, director of the Center for the Arts and Humanities.
Th e lecture began at 4 p.m. in the museum’s audi-torium.
Its focus was to bring awareness to the way art was aff ected by federal sponsorship during the Great Depression and how it portrayed the lifestyles and attitudes of the time.
“Th e arts are truly a mir-ror of whatever time and place they were made,” Broun said.
Broun began with a brief discussion of the history of the public works project during the Great Depres-sion.
“Along comes the Great Depression and with it one of the fi nest experiments of federal patronism of the arts,” she said.
Th e project began in December 1933 and was closed in June 1934.
During this time, ap-proximately 3,600 art-ists were registered with the program, and almost 15,000 works of art were produced.
Following this intro-duction, Broun began a slideshow of works of art
produced during the Great Depression.
Th e art featured in the slideshow is a collection of 56 pieces held by the Smithsonian, all produced under the public works ex-periment.
“Th ese artists were told only one thing: go paint the American scene,” Broun said.
Th e art in the slideshow expressed several diff erent attitudes toward life dur-ing the Depression, with many pieces focused spe-cifi cally on industry.
“What they (people dur-ing the Great Depression) needed was work,” Broun
said. “And so workers are celebrated.”
Works in the slideshow expressing this attitude in-cluded “Gold is Where You Find It” by Tyrone Comfort and “Natural Power” by Raymond Skolfi eld.
Other works of art con-veyed an optimistic view of life during the Depres-sion, with many pieces portraying normal activi-ties without the despair one would expect them to contain.
Agnes Tait’s “Skating in Central Park” was another example.
“In 1934, there were just plenty of people out of
work who were ready to put on their skates and go skating,” Broun said.
Multiculturalism was another surprising subject portrayed by artists of the Great Depression. Since many artists of the time were immigrants, they em-braced the variety of cul-tures present in America.
Broun said such works of art were “a reminder that the American scene could encompass some thoroughly broad sub-jects.”
She concluded her pre-sentation by restating the idea that the public works experiment was an inte-gral part of American his-tory.
“Th e point here is how this little six-month period captured something quite extraordinary and won-derful,” she said. “It’s kind of a special moment where we could see what would happen if artists were truly brought in.”
Th e event was attended
by a mix of students and nonstudents.
“We were hoping to bring in people to the mu-seum who had not been there before,” Lamar said. “Also to get faculty, stu-dents and townspeople to sort of have that com-mon experience of having dialogue and engaging in question and answer.”
Audrey Maze, graduate student in public adminis-tration, was especially in-terested in paintings that showed the positive side of the Great Depression.
“I was interested to see how art did depict what life looked like back then and what people wanted it to look like,” she said.
Th e lecture was her fi rst experience at the muse-um, but she said she hopes to return in the future.
Th e museum expects Broun’s lecture to be the last in this particular se-ries, but will announce up-coming events throughout the semester.
Elizabeth Fite
Writer
Th e Southeastern Rap-tor Center kicked off the football season with its fi rst “Football, Fans and Feathers” event of the year Friday.
Friday’s show consisted of raptor demonstrations by a red-tailed hawk, a black vulture, three spe-cies of owls and four spe-cies of falcons.
Th e show ended with a demonstration by War Eagle VII, the golden eagle aff ectionately known as Nova.
“Football, Fans and Feathers” takes place ev-ery Friday at 4 p.m. before home football games.
Th e event is sponsored by the education depart-ment of the Southeastern Raptor Center, a division of the Auburn University College of Veterinary Med-icine.
“We’re not open to the public like a zoo is,” said
Roy Crowe, eagle consul-tant education specialist at the Southeastern Rap-tor Center. “We just don’t have the staff for that, and this is an opportunity for us to give the general pub-lic a chance to come and see the birds.”
First-time visitors to the event, Jamie Donaldson and 2-year-old son, Luke, enjoyed the up-close-and-personal aspect of the show.
“For him to actually be able to almost touch the birds is as close as you’re ever going to get,” Donald-son said. “I think it’s a re-ally good hands-on expe-rience—it makes the kids interested, and it makes them want to learn more about birds.”
Th e event was particu-larly exciting for the chil-dren.
“You get to see them up close, and they can fl y over your head,” said Ken-ley McCombs, 10. “I think that’s really cool.”
McCombs was
introduced to the show by her friend Hannah Dyal, 9, a six-time veteran of the show who favors the screech owl demonstra-tion.
“We love the show—they beg to come,” said Hannah’s mother, Cappy Dyal. “We bring family, we bring friends. We love it. Th e kids get excited about it. All I had to do was say the fi rst game’s Saturday.”
After the raptor demon-strations, guests have an opportunity to visit with the birds, ask questions and take pictures.
According to Crowe, the show has evolved since its beginning four years ago.
“Th e quality of the pro-gram has greatly improved with the free fl ight,” Crowe said. “When I fi rst came here in 2000, the only bird that fl ew free was the eagle, and now in the fall, we’ll fl y eight or 10 or 12 birds free.”
Crowe said the birds enjoy being a part of the show.
“Th ey would like to go out there and kill a rabbit,” Crowe said. “We don’t let them do that, so this is the best part of their day. Th e later in the year it gets, the better the birds fl y.”
Most of the birds’ han-dlers are Auburn student volunteers from wildlife, biology and zoology back-grounds, but any student is welcome to volunteer at the Raptor Center.
Th e U.S. Fish and Wild-life Services owns all the birds in the show.
Auburn is permitted to keep and use the birds as long as they are for educa-tional purposes.
Raptor demonstration continues with tradition
Emily Adams / PHOTO EDITOR
Elizabeth Broun, director of the American Art Museum at the Smithsonian, gives a lecture on the history of art from the era of the Great Depression.
Katie Wittnebel / PHOTOGRAPHER
Trainer Roy Crowe shows off War Eagle VII, Nova, Friday at the Southeastern Raptor Center.
Th e arts are truly a mir-ror of whatever time and place they were made.”
Elizabeth Broundirector, American Art Museum
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hobby. If she rides the wake as hard as she hits the books, she’s well
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If you hear a severe weather siren or radio alert, take shelter immedi-ately or head to the lowest area of a building. Do not go outdoors under any circumstances. After the storm, report any injuries or damage to 911.
If a spill occurs, do not attempt to clean up hazardous material. Alert authorities, and evacuate the area immediately. Close all doors, and turn off air conditioners when leaving. If you or anyone else comes in contact with the hazardous material, they should be isolated and wait for treat-ment from professionals. To reach a poison center in the US, call 1-800-222-1222.
In the event of a fi re or fi re alarm, leave the area immediately, closing all doors as you exit. Before leaving a room, feel the door with the back of your hand. Do not open a door that feels hot. Never use an elevator—al-ways take the stairs. If smoke is present, stay low to the ground.
If a person threatens violence against you or anyone else, barricade yourself and others in an area away from the intruder. Call 911, and give specifi c details about the intruder and your location.
A bomb threat or suspicious package should be taken seriously. Do not handle a package. If you receive a bomb threat, remain calm. Keep the caller on the line as long as possible, and pay attention to his or her voice and words. Record time, Caller ID information, sex of the caller, back-ground noises and any other information that stands out to you. Call 911 immediately to report the incident, and give specifi c information to the dispatcher.
If you notice a strange odor, turn off all air conditioners and evacuate the area immediately. Call 334-844-HELP, and be as specifi c as possible when reporting the odor. Stay outside until it is safe to return.
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Miranda Dollarhide
Associate Intrigue Editor
Nestled between endless miles of trees and cotton fi elds, Auburn looks like the safest place on Earth.
However, with recent pedes-trian accidents and the death of Lauren Burke in 2008, Sep-tember’s National Campus Safety Awareness Month is more important than ever.
Chance Corbett, associate director of public safety and security, takes students’ safety seriously.
“Something could hap-pen anywhere you’re at, from Walmart to on campus,” Cor-bett said.
Corbett said NCSAM is im-portant not only because it reminds students of campus safety, but because it reminds the employees as well.
In accordance with NCSAM, the Department of Public Safe-ty and Security will be host-ing various events during the month of September.
Corbett said they will be creating handouts and e-mail notifi cations as well as giving talks to various University or-ganizations.
“We are working on several things to try to make sure all procedures are up-to-date,”
Corbett said.Even though the University
is dedicating a full month to campus safety awareness, re-maining safe on campus is not intended for only 30 days.
“Our department tries to preach safety to campus 365 days, every day,” Corbett said.
One of the newest safety fea-tures to be added is a state-of-the-art public announcement system.
With eight dif-ferent locations, the new P.A. sys-tem alerts stu-dents by voice of any emergencies on campus, from fi res to bomb treats.
Corbett said they can be con-trolled from the public safety of-fi ce or remote-activated from the parking lot.
“We try to change with the times,” Corbett said. “If we can improve something, we will try to change it.”
With new technology come better ways for students to stay safe, but Corbett advocates us-ing the features already set in place.
Corbett said students should
sign up for AU Alert because it is the best way they can com-municate with everyone.
However, campus safety is not limited to knowing about emergencies as extreme as bomb threats and campus shootings.
Corbett said people should be more aware of their sur-roundings.
To put students’ minds at ease, the department has added more se-curity guards and continues to run the night security shuttle.
“Th ere is never a time you can’t get from point A to point B with-out help,” Corbett said.
But, not all stu-dents take advan-tage of the public
transportation provided. If students are going to walk
alone, they should remember not to walk in dimly lit areas and bring a buddy with them, Corbett said.
Corbett said he does not want to scare anyone.
“Th e campus is a very safe campus,” he said. “We are proud of that.”
Th ere is nev-er a time you can’t get from point A to point B without help.”
Chance Corbett,associate director of
public safety and security
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How do you stay safe while on campus?
I usually have guys around me to make sure I
get home safe.
What do you like about TigerMail Live?
Shows today’s and yesterday’s e-mails grouped
together
Do you watch “Jersey Shore”? Why?
No, because it is over-dramatic and stupid.
What author would you like to host a book
signing?
Nicholas Sparks
What is the best Christmas present you
have ever received?
My ring because my dad got back from Iraq
and gave it to me.
What do you like about Auburn?
Th e people are really friendly.
What safety feature do you take the most
advantage of?
Night security shuttle
What is your favorite meal to make in the
microwave?
Ravioli
What tip do you have for singles that
mingle?
Be really open and friendly. Have a smile on
your face.
Where is your favorite place to go on vaca-
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If you meet any Auburn students from New Jersey, don’t expect them to give you a fi st pump.
While the media’s latest obsession is following the antics of Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Mike “Th e Situation” Sorrentino, of MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” na-tives from New Jersey say that’s not how the Garden State really is.
“Visitors are kind of dis-appointed to see that the people there aren’t like they’re presented on the show,” said Melissa Ed-wards, senior in special education.
Edwards, from Princ-eton, N.J., said she is indif-ferent to the show.
“I can see why it’s en-tertaining,” Edwards said. “It’s good to sit and laugh at it, as long as people
know that’s not really how it is.”
Edwards said when peo-ple hear the words “New Jersey,” they automatically think of tan and made-up people.
“Once people get to know me, they realize that I’m not like that,” she said.
Edwards said she thinks part of the reason why there’s such a stereotype is because producers choose one club and one beach and only fi lm that.
Parts of the Shore are like that, but not all of it, Edwards said.
Madelyn Timmins, ju-nior in animal sciences, grew up on the actual Jer-sey Shore and said many of the people on the show are exaggerated.
“Nobody is actually like that on the Shore, except for some of the guidos,” Timmins said.
Timmins said she thinks the show is entertaining
and enjoys watching it with her friends.
“It’s one of those shows that you mock while you’re watching it,” she said. “We have to see what’s going on in ‘Jersey Shore’ so we can tell people what’s right about it and what isn’t.”
Even though she is able to laugh at it, Timmins said she thinks the show has cast a bad image and made New Jersey the butt of everyone’s jokes.
“It’s not like other real-ity shows, such as ‘Rock of Love,’ because on those shows only the contes-tants are ridiculed,” Tim-mins said. “With shows like ‘Jersey Shore,’ the whole state is put in the spotlight and made into a laughingstock.”
Other shows, like Oxy-gen’s “Jersey Couture,” Bravo’s “Th e Real House-wives of New Jersey” and Style Network’s “Jerseyli-cious,” are all cashing in on
the public’s recent obses-sion with all things Jersey-themed.
Edwards has been to the store from “Jersey Cou-ture” and said the owners seem to put on more of a performance since the cameras are there.
“Th e show gives New Jersey a slightly better reputation, since the cus-tomers don’t behave over-the-top like the owners,” Edwards said.
Edwards described the women of “Th e Real Housewives of New Jersey” as “crazy.”
“I personally do not know anyone like them,” Edwards said. “Not every-one in New Jersey is rich or acts like that.”
Timmins watches “Jer-seylicious” and said the people on the show act like some of the people she knows.
“I know some people
who are actually like that,” Timmins said. “You don’t see anyone else like that around here.”
Edwards said she thinks it’s funny how people are obsessed with the shows and are amazed there are now at least fi ve shows out there all about New Jersey.
“Don’t judge New Jersey off of the people you see on television,” Edwards said. “We’re not all Italian, and we’re not all rude.”
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Q What is your role as part of the Auburn Magazine
advisory council?
A Th ere are a few goals that came up in the meeting:
how to increase readership, increase people getting
the magazine, and how to integrate social media more
eff ectively into the magazine. Everybody that is on the
advisory board brings their diff erent kind of experience
in publishing, or some people in advertising or just from
the media world, to see if we can help in any way for the
Auburn Magazine.
Q You graduated from Auburn in 1987. What are
some of the biggest changes you have noticed since
then?
A Well, traffi c is just as bad as it always has been.
It may have even gotten a little worse. Parking is still
crazy, too. Physically, the campus has changed so much,
with so many new buildings. Th e progress is great, and
obviously, we have to keep expanding. Th e college gets
bigger every year, which is a testament to how great
it is. But I think that is the biggest change I’ve noticed
around campus —just trying to fi nd my way around
campus with it as developed as it has become.
Q What is your fondest Auburn memory?
A I have a couple. Th e fi rst one is Bo Jackson. I had the
privilege of being here at school when he was here and
got to see him play, so that’s the fi rst one. Th e other one
was at Auburn —it
took me a
couple of years—but I fi gured out that journalism
was the direction I wanted to go in. I always think of
Auburn, and I loved the journalism department here:
Mickey Logue and Jack Simms and all the great profes-
sors and instructors. Th at’s my best memory —fi nally
fi nding journalism at Auburn because that changed my
life.
Q Looking at your career, you have worked extremely
hard to get where you are. What was it like going from
assistant copy editor to managing editor in four years at
Child Magazine?
A It was hard work, and it was also a great team with
a wonderful editor, a woman named Freddi Greenberg,
who was a great mentor, and she really helped get me to
have the confi dence and have the experience to get to
that position as managing editor. It was a magazine of
a certain size, so it wasn’t a huge magazine, so in many
ways that helped. I was able to get involved with a lot
of diff erent departments, and I got to learn so many
diff erent things in every department, so it was a perfect
foundation for me to go there as a managing editor out
into other titles.
Q Before transferring to Food Network Magazine
in January, you had previously worked at “Glamour,”
“House & Garden,” “InStyle” and “Teen People.” What
was it like going from primarily women’s fashion and
style magazines to a food magazine?
A Completely diff erent world in many good ways. It
makes a little more sense to know that I own a cupcake
shop in the East Village with a couple of friends, so I
have some interest in food. I am not a good cook at all
though, so there is some irony that
I am at Food Network
Magazine. My
family
loves to remind me of that regularly, but I am becoming
a cook because of the magazine—that’s how good it is.
It can take someone like me and give them some abil-
ity to do it. So I’ve been in fashion and celebrities with
“Glamour,” “InStyle” and “Teen People” early on, which
is an area I loved. I love that world, and I felt really for-
tunate to be anywhere near it.
Q You started at “Teen People” as part of the launch,
which was responsible for the fastest startup of any
magazine in publishing history. What was that like?
A Th at was an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime oppor-
tunity, to be on the launch team of a magazine. It was
priceless. Th ere were four or fi ve of us just starting out,
and we didn’t have the green light to publish yet. It was
still being kicked around within the upper levels of
Time Inc. Th e CEO of Time Inc. at the time was Don Lo-
gan, and he is an Auburn grad. So as soon as I got there,
which I am not taking any credit for the support we got
for “Teen People,” but I have to say the fi rst thing I did
was e-mail him and say “War Eagle! War Eagle! War
Eagle!” and he couldn’t have been nicer, and he e-mailed
me back and said “War Eagle,” and every time I would
see him, I would feel really special having a connection
with him.
Q Tell me a little about your cupcake business, Butter
Lane Cupcakes.
A My partners are two very good friends, southern
girls, but not Auburn grads unfortunately. Pam Nelson
and Linda Lea are my two partners in the shop. We
wanted to start a business and do something around
food. We immodestly thought that maybe we could
make a better cupcake. Th ere are a lot of serious cup-
cake shops in New York, but we thought we could off er
something diff erent. It wasn’t until Pam left her job in
fi nance right about the time the economy was about to
go south. It was like the Great Depression was coming,
and we just signed our life away with this lease, but so
far it has turned out really well. Th e shop is doing well,
and it has been a great adventure for us.
Q Could you also tell me a little about the scholarship
you have in your name?
A My partner and I really wanted to do something for
the school. It just felt like a way to pay back a little bit
and give someone else an opportunity, who might not
have it otherwise, to get what they wanted and to do
something with journalism. Th e way I look at it, person-
ally, is it is a way to say thank you to the school or the
karmic world, and I feel really fortunate and grateful.
Q I have to ask. What is the best thing you ever ate?
A Well, I have to say the best thing I have ever eaten is
a banana cupcake with a chocolate French butter cream
icing. Th e second best thing I ever ate was Guthrie’s,
which is where I am going tomorrow for lunch.
was at Auburn —it
took me a
makes a little more sense to know that I own a cupcake
shop in the East Village with a couple of friends, so I
have some interest in food. I am not a good cook at all
though, so there is some irony that
I am at Food Network
Magazine. My
family
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Alison McFerrin
Staff Writer
At the intersection of
Airport Road and Pepper-
ell Parkway, in the park-
ing lot of AB Tires, a food
venue appears every night
at 7 p.m. One table and six
chairs make up the din-
ing room. It’s a place most
people know as “the taco
truck.”
At “the taco truck,”
which is called Lili’s Food,
Artemio Trujillo sells ta-
cos, tortas, burritos and
quesadillas, along with
chips and drinks.
“It takes a lot, you know,
for us to come over here
and bring clean food,” Tru-
jillo said. “We do quality.
We try to buy everything
from Sam’s. Th at way I
know I’m buying good
quality meat.”
Trujillo said the taco
truck has always been a
family business.
“My dad’s been doing it
since ’85, back in Califor-
nia,” Trujillo said.
Th e family moved the
business to Texas in 1995,
and Trujillo said he started
working in the concrete
business in 2001, but quit
in 2009.
“I didn’t have no job by
that time in Texas,” Trujillo
said. “So we had the trucks
already. I said I’m gonna do
the same as I used to do,
and I already know how to
do it.”
Trujillo and his fam-
ily moved the taco truck
to Auburn in April of this
year.
“My sister, she married a
guy here in Alabama,” Tru-
jillo said. “She said there
is not that many taco ven-
dors over there. So I said
‘OK, I’m going to give it a
shot over there.’”
Th at seems to have been
a good decision. Trujillo
said he has about 50 cus-
tomers per night, mostly
from the Hispanic com-
munity.
One of those customers
is Sergio Mata, who said
he’s been to Lili’s Food fi ve
or six times.
“I live here in this place,
in Midway Manor,” Mata
said. Midway Manor is
right across the street from
Lili’s Food, so Mata said it’s
convenient. “I like every-
thing.”
Th ose in the Hispanic
community, however,
aren’t the only ones who
have taken an interest in
Lili’s Food.
Jordan Yarbrough, se-
nior in exercise science,
and Daniel Ballew, senior
in microbiology, had seen
the taco truck in passing
and have been to eat there
several times.
“It’s going to become a
regular thing,” Ballew said.
Yarbrough said he and
Ballew have already start-
ed to become friends with
Trujillo.
“I think that’s what’s
gonna take us back, the
relationships,” Yarbrough
said.
Both have made it their
goal to get the word out
about Lili’s Food. Th ey
have started a Facebook
fan page and are hoping
to get Trujillo to bring the
truck to a party they are
planning for October.
“It’s a diff erent experi-
ence than a restaurant, but
that makes it fun,” Ballew
said.
Yarbrough said the food
can compete with other
Mexican restaurants be-
cause it is authentic. From
beef tongue to spicy pork,
Lili’s Food off ers fl avors
and tastes you won’t fi nd
just anywhere.
“Sometimes you don’t
really even know what
you’re getting,” Yarbrough
said. “It’s really good for
people who are adventur-
ous with food.”
Considering the grow-
ing interest in food trucks
in America, especially in
bigger cities, Ballew and
Yarbrough said having a
taco truck with authentic
Mexican food is great for
Auburn.
“It’s kind of cool that
Auburn can jump on that
bandwagon,” Ballew said.
Trujillo said the most
important thing in run-
ning the taco truck is giv-
ing good service to the
customer.
“Everybody seems to
be real nice here,” Trujillo
said. “I really like the city.
Quiet. Not much traffi c.”
Trujillo said he would
like to have a restaurant
one day.
“We’re not too familiar
with the city yet,” Trujillo
said. “Eventually, we will
open up one, if we can.”
In the meantime, Tru-
jillo is working to improve
the taco truck business. Li-
li’s Food will soon give way
to Lili 2, a new taco truck
he just bought from Texas.
“Maybe I’m gonna have
two locations, but I’m not
sure yet,” Trujillo said. He
said they will keep the cur-
rent location, but may also
set up the second truck
somewhere else.
Lili’s Food is open from
7 to 10 p.m., seven days a
week.
Abby Townson
Writer
It’s fresh, it’s homemade,
and thanks to one man, it’s
ready and raring to go.
When it comes to pro-
viding sushi for Auburn
University dining, Kyaw
Soe Lin is on a roll.
Responsible for keeping
Auburn’s campus stocked
with fresh sushi, Lin pro-
duces an average of 250
boxes a day at the Student
Center’s Outtakes alone.
Lin, 33, came to the U.S.
from Myanmar when he
was 15 years old.
He has been making
sushi since 2001 and now
has his own company, Tsu-
nami Sushi.
“I wanted to be my own
boss,” he said.
Lin said he likes the cre-
ativity involved in making
sushi.
“It’s fun,” Lin said. “Sushi
is a creative food.”
Lin’s company also pro-
vides sushi for the Krogers
in Auburn and Opelika, for
Fort Benning in Georgia
and for Columbus State
University.
While Lin makes the
sushi for the Village and
Outtakes himself, he said
he has eight other chefs
working for him at other
locations.
Lin said he gained his
knowledge of the art of
sushi-making from many
places, specifi cally at culi-
nary school.
“It’s all about taste,” he
said. “If it looks good and
tastes good, people are go-
ing to love it.”
A m o n g
the varieties
of sushi of-
fered at Out-
takes are the
C a l i f o r n i a
roll, cream
cheese roll,
c r u n c h y
shrimp roll,
dragon roll,
full moon
combo, ma-
rina combo, veggie combo
and many more.
Lin said it is hard to tell
what the most popular
kind is.
“Whatever you make,
they buy,” he said.
Lin’s favorite is the
crunchy eel, a fl avor he
has developed.
He said he has no least
favorite.
“ E v e r y -
thing’s fun
to make,”
Lin said.
Outtakes
e m p l o y e e
Tonya John-
son, 38, said
the sushi is
the store’s
most popu-
lar item.
“Th ey love it,” Lin said.
“It tastes good.”
Lin said the reasons
people love sushi diff er
from person to person.
Some enjoy it as a diet
food, while some love the
taste and don’t care about
what ingredients are in it
or its nutritional benefi ts.
Reid Bishop, freshman
in undeclared business
and already a sushi lover,
recently discovered the
sushi off ered at Outtakes.
“I was walking by,
and I saw the Olo Sushi
sign,” Bishop said, “and I
thought, ‘All right, I’ll just
try it.’ Ever since then, like
every other day, I’ve been
to get sushi.”
Brittney Beatty, fresh-
man in pre-nursing, often
gets sushi twice a week on
campus.
Her favorite is the
crunchy shrimp.
“I love sushi,” Beatty
said. “I eat it whenever I
can.”
Lin also takes special
sushi orders.
Customers can now re-
quest sushi to suit their
individual tastes.
Leave a written request
ahead of time with the
worker at the register, and
then come back later to
pick it up.
For sushi enthusiasts,
or individuals who sim-
ply want to learn to do
it themselves, Auburn is
off ering a free, single-ses-
sion class where students
can learn the art of mak-
ing sushi.
Th e class will be Sept. 23
at 6 p.m. in Terrell Hall on
the Hill.
Th e class has 16 slots,
Lin said, but they fi ll up
fast, so students should
sign up now.
Sushi chef gets creative in the kitchen
If it looks
good and tastes
good, people are
going to love it.”
Kyaw Soe Lin, Sushi Chef
“
A day in the life of Jairo RosaTh ere aren’t many people more important to incoming freshmen than their
dorm Resident Assistants. For Jairo Rosa, junior in aviation management and
second-year RA in Tiger Hall, being an RA is about giving back to the residents.
“I came down here from the Bronx, New York, not knowing anybody, and one of
my fi rst friends was my RA,” Rosa said. “He was a really cool guy. What he was for
me, if I can be that for someone else, that would make my time here at Auburn
just a little more worthwhile.”
Rosa said the duties of an RA include making themselves available to the resi-
dents for any issues that may arise.
“Our duties are pretty much to monitor the building and make sure everything
is fi ne,” Rosa said. “All maintenance issues that residents might have, I will con-
tact maintenance to get the problem fi xed. Also, on the academic side, you are a
friend and counselor to them, giving them any advice they may need.”
Elaine Busby / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Lili’s Food, parked in the parking lot of AB Tires in Opelika, serves tacos, tortas, burritos, quesadillas and platos from its main serving window seven days a week.
¡Fiesta de Opelika!
Auburn gets a taste of the rising food truck trend, where authentic Mexican
food and customer service are a priority.
Typical desk-duty day for Jairo
10 a.m. - Wake up and eat breakfast. Shower and get all the morning hygiene out
of the way.
Noon - 3:50 p.m. I go to class and try and do some homework in between classes.
4 p.m. - I head over to the Village to grab something to eat before my desk duty
shift starts.
5 p.m. - Th is is when I usually try and do my homework for my aviation classes.
6 p.m. to 2 a.m. - Th is is when I am on desk duty. During this time, I sit at the
front desk and either socialize or work on homework. It is basically a time where
the RAs are available for the residents, setting up activities and being there for
advice.
Brian Desarro / INTRIGUE EDITORJairo Rosa sits at the front desk of Tiger Hall, making himself available to students for any maintenance or personal issues that may arise.
The Auburn PlainsmanThursday, September 9, 2010 Intrigue, C5
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Represent your true self. Some people think it necessary to primp themselves beyond recognition. Dress appropriately while still keep-ing your personal style visible. Th e most important thing to remember is to be confi dent in yourself.
Sara Weeks
Writer
Th at long line at the bookstore isn’t just for textbooks and Auburn gear this fall.
Th e Auburn University Bookstore is also host to book signings by various authors.
“During the fall, I usu-ally aim to get authors of football books,” said Mar-garet Hendricks, general manager. “I want some-one of interest, someone who people will be excited about.”
Th is week’s featured signer was Auburn gradu-ate Chad Gibbs, author of “God and Football.”
“God and Football” is a memoir of Gibbs’ ex-periences traveling to 12 Southeastern Conference football games and tail-gates in an attempt to dis-cover why college football has become, in a sense, a form of worship for some football extremists.
“Th e reason I wanted to do it was after Auburn’s 2008 season (5-7 overall and 2-6 in the SEC),” Gibbs said. “I wondered, ‘Why is
this so important to me, and why do I let it aff ect me the next day and the way I worship God?’”
Born and raised an Ala-bama fan, Gibbs said he visited Auburn his senior year of high school on a whim and fell in love with the campus.
He graduated from Au-burn in 2002 and now re-sides with his wife in the Auburn-Opelika area.
One author Hendricks said she is particularly ex-cited about is Greg Morten-son, author of “Th ree Cups of Tea.” Mortenson will be
coming to the new Auburn Arena Oct. 26 from 1 to 10 p.m. Th e event is free for Auburn students.
Th e No. 1 New York Times best-seller “Th ree Cups of Tea” is a tale of Mortenson’s journey to promote peace through helping establish schools in remote regions of Af-ghanistan and Pakistan that have been crippled by poverty and acts of vio-lence.
“I’m really excited about Mortenson coming,” Hen-dricks said. “I think ev-eryone on campus is. We
don’t see an author of that stature that comes very often. Th is is going to just about be the biggest book signing we’ve done.”
Mortenson will feature two of his other books, “Stones into Schools” and his children’s book, “Listen to the Wind.”
By having the book sign-ing in the Arena, the event will be open not only to students, but also mem-bers of the community.
Th om Gossom, author of “Walk-On,” will be at the bookstore Sept. 18 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Ray Glier, author of “What It Means to be a Ti-ger: Pat Dye and Auburn’s Greatest Players,” will also be there Sept. 18, Oct. 23 and Nov. 13. Times are contingent on game times.
Former Auburn coach Pat Dye and former Au-burn players will be at the book signings as well.
“I love that the authors of these books come,” said Kayla Payne, graduate stu-dent in communication disorders. “It makes me feel more connected to the book, and that is a cool feeling.”
Bookstore brings popular authors to campus
Take breaks. Maintaining an enthusiastic attitude and self-confi dence can be tiring, so take breaks whenever you feel yourself getting tired. Recharging your batteries every once in a while is a must.
6.7.8.9.10.
1.2.3.4.
Prepare yourself. Before going out on a date, get ready for all the awkward silences and forced conversation. Have some answers ready for those typical fi rst-date questions, and think of hot topics to keep the discussion going.
Keep yourself in check. When trying to meet your signifi cant other, remember your fi rst pri-ority should be talking to people. Don’t let yourself get sloppy by having too much to drink or letting yourself get too loose.
Get involved. Th e best way to meet people is to get involved in diff erent campus and community events. Join that club you were eyeing last week at O-Days, volunteer with that organization or start a study group with those people in your class.
5.
Don’t be uptight. Remember dating for what it is: dating. Part of the process is putting yourself out there and socializing with people outside of your regular social sphere. Most people have something to off er, and whether you fi nd someone to date or not, you may end up with at least a friend or two.
Be realistic. Dating, for most people, is based on the whole package: personality and looks. Th e package you present is what other people are basing their opinion of you on, so try to do the same for others.
Don’t feel pressured. Remember, you are never obligated to call him back or meet her for that drink. Only go as far as you are comfort-able, and don’t put yourself in situations you don’t want to be in.
Maintain a support system. Sur-round yourself with people who support your dating goals rather than those who are always negative about dating and relationships. Th ey will only bring you down.
Don’t be afraid. Th e whole point of dating is to fi nd someone to date. Don’t let yourself pass up the chance for love just because you are playing the fi eld.
Th e world of dating can be scary, so this week we are
bringing you 10 tips to navi-gate the waters and prepare
yourself for the harsher realities of love.
Written by Brian Desarro / INTRIGUE EDITOR
J.P. KELSEY
STAFF WRITER
Th e Crepe Myrtle Café has been dabbling in more than just crepes.
According to Ian Ware, general manager, the café is developing the idea of implementing a “beer garden” into the unique atmosphere it already has.
Th e café, which opened last year, has slowly evolved by adding diff er-ent things to the menu, as well as diff erent attrac-tions.
“I’ve worked at several diff erent kinds of restau-rants, and there is defi -nitely something diff erent about this place,” he said.
Ware said the café strives to be unique and off er more eclectic items.
“We are trying to en-courage a casual setting,” Ware said. “Th ere is a big fi replace on the property that is surrounded by trees and fl owers. In about a month, we are going to be serving alcohol out there.”
In addition to expand-ing the beverage menu, Ware said he is expanding the food fare as well.
“Th e menu had origi-nally been infl uenced by German pastries, but the changes to southern-style baking have been a suc-
cess,” Ware said.He has also introduced
a specialty item to the menu that hasn’t been seen before.
“Me and my buddy Sam introduced bleu cheese-pimento cheese to the world,” Ware said. “It’s kind of like pimento cheese, but with a few things added. It has been a pretty popular item on the menu.”
Jamie Krywicki, senior in interior design, has been honing her pastry skills at the café.
“ I ’ v e been bak-ing since I was a kid, but work-ing at the café has a l l o w e d me to be more cre-ative and add cer-tain touches to some of the pastries they have,” she said. “ I have been working a lot with cup-cakes recently. I just made some that look like sun-fl owers. I have also done nontraditional cupcakes, like Boston cream pie and blueberry.”
Katy O’Bryan-Flannery, junior in human develop-ment, has been with the café since it opened.
“I like how this place is diff erent from any other place in Auburn,” she said. “Everybody gets to do a little bit of everything, so I have gotten a chance to do some baking and work with the pastries.”
Th e café is located off South Donahue Drive, tucked away behind the trees and fl owers of “Blooming Colors” nurs-ery.
John Braswell, co-owner of Crepe Myrtle Café and
B l o o m -ing Colors, said he originally wanted to start a café that was based on s u s t a i n -ability.
“We use all fresh vegetables and ingre-
dients in our food,” Bras-well said.
“We have a farmers’ market located right in front of the store, and all the produce comes from local growers.”
According to Braswell, the café hopes to keep growing and is explor-ing diff erent avenues that will give Auburn residents something unique that they will enjoy.
I like how this place is diff erent from any other place in Auburn .”
Katy O’Bryan-Flanneryjunior, human development
“
Café plans to serve beer
Christen Harned / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Jamie Krywicki, head pastry chef, returns her lemon custard crepe cake to the display.
The Auburn PlainsmanIntrigue, C6 Thursday, September 9, 2010
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14 Sonic bounce15 Gawked at16 Arm bone17 King in a play 18 Goyas hang here
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Aquarius: Your fascination with “Toddlers & Tiaras” is causing your friends concern. Turn off the tube and hit the bars with some friends. It will make them feel better.
Aries: Build a shrine to Cam Newton. He is your god. Worship him and hismotorized steed.
Cancer: Take the trash out, wash the dishes and fold your laundry. Expect a surprise visit from your parents this weekend.
Capricorn: Your inspirational mon-tage song: Bon Jovi’s “Wanted (Dead or Alive).”
Gemini: Th is isn’t your week. Roll again.
Leo: Sell your dad’s rare coin collec-tion on eBay and couchsurf aroundEurope. He’ll understand.
Libra: If you spend another dime at Chick-fi l-A, your TigerCard may just explode. Change it up and walk downtown for dinner this week.
Pisces: Don’t talk to any guy on the bus wearing gym shorts and $2 fl ip-fl ops. He ain’t gonna put a ring on it.
Virgo: Look in the mirror and ask your-self, “Am I a winner?” Repeat until the answer is yes.
Sagittarius: Sleep in tomorrow. You de-serve the time off after four consecutive nights out.
Taurus: Annnd you’re not the father.
H o r o s c o p e s
Scorpio: You will soon meet a dark mysterious stranger. He wears a mask and enjoys carving the letter Z on people and inanimate objects. Becareful.
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4. Number of numbers provided in this Octo = 59
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Crystal Cole
Sports Editor
Junior quarterback Cam Newton ran his way into Au-burn history books Saturday night.
Newton’s 171 rushing yards on 15 carries against Arkansas State was a school record for a quarterback.
Head coach Gene Chizik said the quarterback had plenty of preseason expectations from fans and media and handled them well.
“He’s very competitive,” Chizik said. “He puts a high lev-el of pressure on himself, good or bad or indiff erent. Th at’s just kind of the way he is because he’s such a competitor. He
expects a lot out of himself.”In Newton’s debut game,
he ran for two touchdowns, passed for three and accounted for 357 yards of total off ense.
Th ese stats earned the quar-terback SEC Off ensive Player of the Week honors. Newton said he knew he had a good game, but after talking with off en-sive coordinator Gus Malzahn, knew he could do better.
“I missed key throws that I felt as if I could make on a regu-lar day,” Newton said. “As far as it being a fi rst game, I think I got a lot of jitters out. I’m just going to have to get more com-fortable being the every-down quarterback relatively quickly.”
Newton’s 71-yard touchdown run was the longest run from
scrimmage since Tristan Da-vis’s 75-yard sprint against Ken-tucky in 2005.
Newton said maturity is the biggest change he has made since backing up Tim Tebow at Florida.
“I was too young and naïve to notice it, but now that I look back on the things that I have done, I just laugh about it and am really somewhat embar-rassed,” Newton said. “I had a good leader that I could look up to in Tim Tebow. I look at the things he did and try to do the same things he did.”
Looking ahead to tonight, Newton faces an opponent he is all too familiar with.
Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen was the off ensive
coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Florida while Newton was at the school.
Newton said he has respect for Mullen, but can’t wait to play Mississippi State. Newton added telling Mullen he would be playing for Auburn was one of the hardest things he’s had to do.
“It was probably one of the hardest decisions I’ve made in my recent life,” Newton said. “I had to go through so many people to see what they think, whether my family or the clos-est people toward me. It felt best that my career would be played in Auburn.”
Chizik said even though Newton was highly recruited by Mississippi State, he feels it’s
water under the bridge.“Th ose things are in the
past, and he has to go out and play football,” Chizik said. “We haven’t even talked about it. He’s focused on being a better teammate and a better foot-ball player and helping Auburn win.”
Tonight, when the stadium lights fi re up in Starkville, New-ton looks to improve upon his Auburn premiere with an of-fense in which he is confi dent.
“If you have a lot of guys around you that are set on what they’ve done in the past, you are really not going to get any-where,” Newton said. “Th ese guys here are hungry and eager to be great. Good to great, that’s our saying.”
With only four days of preparation following the
Tigers’ 52-26 victory, Au-burn has no time to waste to prepare for a stellar Mis-sissippi State team.
Mississippi State is com-ing off a convincing 49-7 win over Memphis Sat-urday, a game which saw the Bulldogs rack up more than 500 yards of total of-fense, 372 coming from quarterback duo Chris Relf and Tyler Russell.
Th e duo will more than
likely share playing time tonight creating threats not only in the short pass-ing game, but down the fi eld as well.
Since the Bulldogs don’t have a go to running back like they did in Anthony Dixon, I expect the Bull-dogs to mainly be a threat through the air.
As long as the Tigers continue to pressure the quarterback, they should
be able to force some turn-overs, something Auburn failed to do Saturday.
I see the Tigers play-ing several running backs, since the Bulldog defense is now forced to take New-ton into account as a vital running threat.
Looking to stop the run for Mississippi State is All-America candidate Pernell McPhee, whose defensive line held Memphis to only
41 rushing yards.Although the Bulldog
defense is fast, physical and will challenge the Ti-gers’ off ensive line, fatigue will set in somewhere in the fourth quarter.
Th is gives the Tigers the opportunity to run the ball at will.
Since the game is played on a Th ursday night, it will be broadcast on national television, and Mississippi
State is well aware of this fact.
Both schools have high expectations for their teams, and a conference loss would be detrimental this early in the season.
Head coach Dan Mul-len has stressed this is an important game and all the pieces are in place for State to pull an upset.
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Tigers look to follow up win in SEC game
Crystal Cole
Sports Editor
Th e Auburn football team travels to Mississippi State for its fi rst confer-ence game tonight, just fi ve days after the win over Arkansas State.
Auburn leads the se-ries against the Bulldogs 58-23-2, with a 11-4-1 ad-vantage when playing in Starkville, Miss.
Head coach Gene Chizik said both teams are in of-fensive transitions and both focus on more rush-ing yards.
“Th eir run game is ex-tremely challenging be-cause they have a lot more of the option feel in their game,” Chizik said. “It’s very challenging, and on top of that, it seems now they’re throwing the ball much better than they did last year.”
In Saturday’s game against Memphis, Missis-sippi State rushed for just 197 yards, but passed for 372.
Defensively, the Bull-dogs held Memphis to 41 rushing yards, nine fi rst downs and 237 yards of to-tal off ense.
Head coach Dan Mullen said his team was excited to begin SEC play.
“We have a tough oppo-nent in Auburn, who had a great win last week,” Mul-len said. “We’ll have our challenges because they have a solid off ense and
an explosive defense, but I am looking forward to the challenge of playing this game.”
Davis Wade Stadium is notorious for fans ringing cowbells in celebration and to throw off opposing teams.
With stadium capacity for 55,082 fans, noise could be distracting, especially to younger players.
Th is season, new rules have been put in place to limit bell ringing to times when the ball isn’t live and when Mississippi State scores.
Chizik said his team will be ready for any level of noise tonight.
“Every stadium in the SEC has tradition and pas-sion for the game,” Chizik said. “You’re going to get the noise, and whatever happens on Th ursday night, we’ll be prepared for.”
Junior quarterback Cam Newton has played in situ-ations where he couldn’t hear inside a stadium, but hopes the cowbells remain at home.
“Th at’s something our coaching staff is going to have a fun time trying to scheme up with that,” Newton said. “We’re just going to go out there and do what we signed up to do, play football.”
In week one, both teams had similar numbers in to-tal off ensive plays and fi rst downs.
Chizik said his defense has to improve signifi cant-ly to compete against Mis-sissippi State.
“Th ey do a lot of things that challenge you in terms of a lot of motions and tight end trades and a lot of movement that try to get you out of being in the right spot obviously,” Chizik said. “Th ey do what they do, and they are really good at it. Th ey don’t need to change anything.”
Mullen was off ensive coordinator and quarter-backs coach for Florida while Newton was playing.
After his move to Starkville, Mullen heavily recruited Newton until the decision was made to at-tend Auburn.
““I am never confi dent on a recruit till that piece of paper comes through on a fax machine, but yes, I re-cruited Cam and recruited him when I was at Florida and he was in high school in Florida,” Mullen said. “It appears he decided to go closer to home.”
One thing both coaches can agree on is the short week interfering with preparation.
“Your schedule is set, so it is tricky to balance the practice time and rest time,” Mullen said. “Nor-mally, Sunday is a recov-ery day and Tuesday is your most physical day of practice. Now, you look at Tuesday, and it is like a Th ursday for you.”
Th e fans will be loud and ready, and starting this year, Bulldog fans will be allowed to ring cow bells during games (not that they haven’t in the past).
Th e new rule allows fans to openly bring bells into the stadium, ring the bells before games, at halftime, during timeouts and fol-lowing a score.
If you ask me, those are all the times when it doesn’t matter if you ring it or not.
Th e University is urging fans not to ring the bells at any other time because they would be fi ned.
Are you kidding me?! Th ey really expect fans to “ring responsibly?”
Everyone knows that ev-ery third down those bells will be ringing as loudly and as obnoxiously as the
vuvuzela of the World Cup.Not only that, but I’m
pretty sure the University wouldn’t mind spending a few extra bucks to beat a top 25 opponent on na-tional television.
If Auburn shows up to-night and plays with as much emotion as Missis-sippi State most likely will, they should take care of business, while improving to 2-0 and continuing their run at an SEC West title.
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Forty seconds may
sound like a short time,
but every moment counts
during circuit training at
the Student Activities Cen-
ter.
Th e class, off ered Mon-
day through Th ursday at 5
p.m., combines cardio and
weight training for a full-
body workout.
“It’s appealing because
it’s almost like personal
training,” said Rob Da-
vis, class instructor and
sophomore in hotel and
restaurant management.
“Th e class is mostly girls,
and a lot of them don’t feel
comfortable in the weight
room, or they don’t know
what to do. It’s also not
embarrassing like a dance
class can be, where you
have to be coordinated.”
Th e class consists of 10
exercise stations.
Participants start at dif-
ferent stations, doing as
many repetitions as they
can in 40 seconds.
Th ere is a 15-second re-
covery time to move to the
next station.
Th e goal is to visit each
station four times during a
class.
“I like that it’s intense,”
said Lindsey Donfran-
cesco, senior in human
resources management.
“I used to be on the Au-
burn soccer team, and we
would do circuit workouts
like this. It’s not like some
classes you go to that are
really easy.”
Amy Feigleson, senior in
communication disorders,
said she has been going to
the class for two years.
“I’m a lot more toned,”
Feigleson said, “and I feel
like my arms are stronger
than they have ever been.”
Th e class has exercises
for each of the major mus-
cle groups.
“A lot of us hate the
mountain climber—it’s re-
ally hard,” Donfrancesco
said. “One of the good
things about the class,
though, is that there is a
lot of variety. Every class is
diff erent, and it works on
everything—cardio, legs,
abs and arms.”
Donfrancesco said the
intensity of the class in-
timidates some people.
“Th e fi rst couple of times
you come, you’re going to
be really sore the next day,
which actually scares a lot
of people away,” Donfran-
cesco said.
Participants control the
number of repetitions they
do to meet their fi tness
levels.
Davis said the class is
good for college students
because it off ers personal-
ized attention and a fl ex-
ible schedule.
“Of course, it’s better
if you come on a regular
basis, but you’re not going
to fall behind if you miss a
few classes,” Davis said.
Th e class routine fre-
quently changes to work
muscles diff erently and
meet participant’s needs.
“I feel like our teacher is
always more personable,”
Feigleson said, “If you say
you want to work a certain
part of your body, they’ll
change it to fi t you.”
Blake Hamilton
Associate Sports Editor
As it gets cooler on the
Plains, Auburn women’s
lacrosse prepares to heat
up the fi eld.
Th e 24-woman club
team experienced some
reshuffl ing in the off sea-
son, including the rise of
Stephanie Grant, sopho-
more in sciences and
mathematics, to its presi-
dency.
“I didn’t really like my
high school team, so I
wasn’t sure about playing
at Auburn,” Grant said.
“But when I came to the
information meeting, the
girls seemed to love each
other.”
Among the things Grant
said the team needs to
improve from last year is
conditioning.
Arriving to remedy that
is Janna Faulkner, the
team’s de facto coach for
2010.
“I played Division I
lacrosse at Duquesne,”
Faulkner said. “I just
graduated, and I just want
to keep helping and be a
part of the sport. I’ve been
coaching for a long time
in high school and middle
school, so this is going to
be a step up doing college.”
Faulkner said her fi ance
played lacrosse while a
freshman at Auburn and
enjoyed it enough to rec-
ommend the club to her.
“I ended up getting on
the website and contact-
ed them,” Faulkner said.
“I said ‘Hey, I’m coming
down for a year and would
really like to be a part of
the team somehow, so if I
could help out, be an as-
sistant or be a coach, I’d
really love it.’”
Faulkner said one
hindrance to the team
is that it is largely self-
coached.
W h e n
w o m e n
who act as
c o a c h e s
are play-
ers them-
s e l v e s
and run
drills with
the team,
they can’t
make cri-
t i q u e s
and, thus, improvements.
“My role is really to over-
look and see what’s going
on and to really help to
give some one-on-one at-
t ention ,”
Faulkner
s a i d .
“ S i n c e
it’s really
hard to do
that while
y o u ’ r e
p l a y i n g ,
I think
that’ll give
a better
p o s i t i o n
to help
with some of the condi-
tioning.”
Another advantage of a
new season is new faces,
according to Jen Bieszc-
zak, sophomore in bio-
medical sciences.
Th e team will travel to
Nashville, Tenn., for a se-
ries of unoffi cial matches,
Oct. 10.
Auburn will face Van-
derbilt and Western Ken-
tucky, but Grant has high-
er goals for her team.
“If we go to play Ala-
bama this year, that’d be
huge,” Grant said. “We
want to redeem ourselves
against some of the Flori-
da teams. We just want to
kick butt and take names.”
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DTD vs. CP
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New coach, new attitude for lacrosse
Emily Adams / PHOTO EDITOR
Seniors Lindsey Donfrancesco, Christie Kibler and Caitlin Hollis do ab exercises Tuesday at Circuit Training.
Circuit training works many muscle groups in short time
We want to
redeem ourselves
against some of the
Florida teams.”
Stephanie Grant, lacrosse team president
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Taylor Jones
Writer
Since the Auburn wom-en’s soccer team defeated No. 5 Florida State, it looks to beat the 2007 national champions University of Southern California.
“We have to get better, stronger, faster and apply pressure,” said junior de-fender Heather Havron.
Th e Auburn women’s soccer team recently pulled off a huge win after star junior midfi elder Katy Frierson blasted the ball into the back of Florida State’s net in double over-time.
Th e USC Tournament begins Friday in Los Ange-les, Calif., with play ending Sunday.
Along with Auburn, the teams involved in the tour-nament are the USC Tro-jans, the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks and the Cal State Fullerton Titans.
Th e USC women’s team has been a powerhouse in women’s soccer in recent years, winning the NCAA Championship in 2007.
Th e Trojans fi nished the 2009 season ranked 19th with a record of 12-7-2.
Th is year, USC returns eight starters and 13 let-terwinners.
Ali Khosroshahin has coached the Trojans for two seasons, accumulat-ing an impressive record of 36-8-4.
Going into the USC Tournament, the host team is currently 2-1-2, with wins against Texas Christian and Purdue.
USC and Cal State Ful-lerton are both possession-style teams, and Auburn has several challenges.
“We are a young team, with a lot of young play-ers, and we switched our formation,” said senior for-ward Ashley Marks.
While many people may not be familiar with Northern Arizona Univer-sity, the Lumberjacks are a legitimate threat to any team it plays.
Coach Andre Luciano is in his 10th year with the Lumberjacks, having led NAU to the NCAA tourna-ment in 2008 and 2009, winning the Big Sky coach
of the year in those years as well.
T h e L u m -berjacks f ini sh ed the 2009 s e a s o n 1 0 - 9 - 2 and have won the Big Sky Champi-o n s h i p for the past two years.
In the Big Sky Coaches Poll, Northern Arizona is favored to repeat for a third straight champion-ship.
Th e Lumberjacks return 10 starters and 17 letter-winners, including star senior defender Kristi An-dreassen, junior forward Jenna Samora and senior midfi elder Brenna Boles.
Th e Lumberjacks have had a slow start to the 2010 season, with a current overall record of 0-2-2, but they will look to surprise in the USC Tournament.
Th e Cal State Fullerton Titans compete in the Big
West Conference. Th e Ti-
tans won the Big West Champion-ship in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Th is sea-son, the Ti-tans return 18 players.
A m o n g the return-ing are junior for-
ward Stacey Fox, senior midfi elder Danielle Biton-ti and senior goalkeeper Shannon Simpson.
Th e Titans are led by coach Demian Brown.
So far in 2010, the Titans are 2-2-0, which includes an upset victory against No. 18 UNC Greensboro.
Th e Auburn Tigers come into this tournament con-fi dent, with wins against Tennessee Tech, Milwau-kee, Florida State and Western Carolina.
Th e only loss this year was a 0-3 defeat at the hands of Marquette in the MKE Cup.
Th e Tigers were picked
in the preseason SEC Coaches Poll as favorites to win the SEC West.
Junior defender Heather Havron is determined to succeed.
“We can’t ever back down,” Havron said.
With players such as team captains Frierson and Sammy Towne, the Tigers have no intentions of backing down. Frierson has been named America’s top soccer player by Top-DrawerSoccer.com.
She has also been placed on the Hermann Trophy Watch List, as well as the preseason All-SEC and All-American teams for 2010.
Another key player for Auburn is sophomore goalkeeper Amy Howard.
Last year, Howard led the SEC in saves, with 121.
Howard was also named to the 2009 SEC All Fresh-man team and was award-ed the Rookie of the Year award for the 2009 Auburn team.
“We know how capable we are,” Marks said. “We are really confi dent, and we are just going to take our confi dence up every
game. We know what we can do, and we are just go-ing to keep doing it.”
Under coach Karen Hoppa’s direction, the Ti-gers expect big things this year, including two victo-ries in the USC Tourna-ment.
In 11 years with Auburn, Hoppa has accumulated a record of 125-85-19.
Hoppa said the timing for the tournament isn’t favorable to the Tigers be-cause of the past weekend of games.
Hoppa emphasized how the scouting reports for USC and Cal State Fuller-ton will be essential to the preparation of the Tigers for the tournament.
“Luckily, this week we saw Florida State, and I think they will have simi-lar styles to the California teams, so we are going to have to look at what we did that allowed us to be successful Friday night and try and build on that,” Hoppa said.
Auburn plays USC at 5:30 p.m. Friday and Cal State Fullerton at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Gabbing with GrayRobert Lee
Writer
Christine Gray is bring-ing some color to women’s tennis.
Gray, a successful tennis player in college, turned the love of the sport into coaching.
Th ree years ago, Gray was at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, where she held a seven-year ten-ure as head coach of the women’s tennis team.
She then came to Au-burn, fi nding success with the tennis program and loving the Auburn spirit.
“Having the opportu-nity to be a head coach at Wellesley built my skill set tremendously,” Gray said. “It helped me to perform at a high level and further my ability to coach here at Auburn.”
Gray led Wellesley to four straight New England women’s and men’s Ath-letic Conference Champi-onships from 2004 to 2007.
To top that, she also earned two individual NEWMAC sportsmanship
awards along the way.Dating back to 2004,
Gray has been named coach of the year on eight diff erent occasions, some-thing most coaches fi nd hard to earn once.
In May 2004, Gray was inducted into the Rhode Island Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame.
“To be recognized in any sport is special,” Gray said. “But it means a little extra to be recognized for both academics and sports. It’s something I am very proud of.”
Gray showed leader-ship even before taking on a professional role, serving as captain of the 1991-1992 Brown Univer-sity varsity women’s tennis team.
While attending Brown, she furthered her leader-ship by earning a bache-lor’s degree in internation-al relations while leading her team to the Ivy League Championship in 1991.
After leaving Brown, Gray was a bit unsure of where to go with her new-found life.
“When I left college, I loved the concept of coaching, but I decided to teach instead,” Gray said. “However, with my educational experiences at hand, it eventually lead me to coaching tennis.”
Today, Gray continues to prove herself in the Au-burn tennis department.
Although this is her third season at Auburn, the players agree that her presence is something special.
“She is very positive about what she does,” said Caroline Th ornton, sopho-more on the tennis team. “She has a very calming ef-fect on the players that re-ally translates on the fi eld.”
Gray helped lead senior Fani Chifchieva to the NCAA Division I singles championship.
With her husband Tim Gray as head tennis coach, the Grays make an unstop-pable duo.
“Coach (Christine) Gray is all about hard work on the court, strictly busi-ness,” said freshman Emily Newton.
Emily Adams / PHOTO EDITOR
Junior midfi elder Katy Frierson runs past freshman Florida State defender Kassey Kallman during Friday night’s game. Frierson scored the game winner in double overtime.
Emily Adams / PHOTO EDITOR
Junior defender Heather Havron (left) battles for the ball with junior midfi elder Casey Short (right) during Friday night’s game against No. 5 Florida State. Auburn won 3-2.
Tigers prepare for West Coast battle
We know what we can do, and we are just going to keep doing it.”
Ashley Marks, senior forward
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Getting to know Gray
Why did you choose Auburn?
To be with my husband, and the amazing Auburn spirit
Who is your most recent inspirational sports fi gure?
Boston College linebacker Mark Hertzlich
If you could coach one other sport, what would it be?
Volleyball
What is one thing that not many peo-ple know about you?
I used to be a competitive fi gure skater.
What’s your prediction for the Super Bowl?
Patriots all the way!
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Rachel Shirey
Writer
Hundreds of soccer fans began to “cram the com-plex” for the game against the Florida State Semi-noles 6 p.m. Friday, reserv-ing seats and sporting free promotional Auburn hats.
Parents, children and students dressed up in their favorite Auburn wear.
Coach Karen Hoppa said she hoped the event would draw a huge crowd to cheer the team on to victory.
“Th e fans were lining the fence, and they were cheering the whole time,
and they encouraged us when there was a lull in the game,” said Katy Fr i e r s o n , j u n i o r midfi elder.
T h e r e was also a group of six stu-dents who p a i n t e d their bod-ies and dressed up for the game.
One man sported a Mo-hawk, and six friends had A-U-B-U-R-N spelled out on their stomachs in alter-nating orange and blue.
Drew Robertson, senior in industrial and systems
engineering, said it took the group 45 minutes to get ready for the game.
“We were so excited,” Rob-ertson said. “Th ere wasn’t even a place for six of us to sit together in the stands.
It was packed out—crammed, so to speak.”
Th e lettered friends end-ed up lining the fence.
Robertson said he likes to support the girls’
teams because they don’t get enough credit for the amount of work they do.
“Just to look over in the crowd and see so much orange and blue and so many faces was really en-couraging for us,” Frierson said.
Before the start of the game, members of the Au-burn soccer team stormed the stands.
Th ey threw fans min-iature white soccer balls with an Auburn logo and the individual’s name and jersey number.
Children wrestled for the souvenirs.
“I think all the fans and players were really
excited,” said Sam Linhart, sophomore in exercise sci-ence. “Everyone was a lot louder and more interest-ed in the game.”
At halftime, Aubie danced his way through the stands.
Th e mascot took pic-tures with families and fans went out of their way to visit with him.
“It’s great when we have fans,” Frierson said. “It re-ally just makes the game so much more fun, and it creates a diff erent at-mosphere, and it makes us play to reach the next level, and we hope they en-joyed it and that they will come back out.”
Th e “Cram the Com-plex” event was organized by the soccer team’s mar-keting department.
“It was a great crowd, and it absolutely made a diff erence, and what a performance, and what a show the girls put on for that fantastic crowd,” Hop-pa said. “It made a huge diff erence for us.”
Th e soccer team defeat-ed Florida State University 3-2 in double overtime.
Th e game marked the fi rst win against a top-5 team since the 2004 vic-tory against Florida.
Th e victory was also the fi rst against Florida State since 1995.
Emily Adams / PHOTO EDITOR
Fans cheer on the Auburn soccer team Friday night at the “Cram the Complex” event. The team beat Florida State 3-2 in double overtime. The team plays in Los Angeles tomorrow.
Fans squeeze in the soccer complex
It was a great crowd, and it absolutely made the diff erence.”
Karen Hoppa, soccer head coach
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Eric Yarbor
Writer
Th ough baseball season won’t get started until February, Plainsman Park is far from dor-mant.
Auburn’s ongoing baseball camp is an oppor-tunity for young, aspiring high school players to showcase their skills to scouts and coaches.
Th e camp, open to all, attracts players from all over the Southeast and states as far away as Texas.
Th ird-year head coach John Pawlowski said Auburn is dear to some of these players, many of whom saw Saturday’s football game and stayed for the long weekend to fi nd experience at the next level of play.
“(Th e players) seek opportunities to show-case their abilities, so they actually seek out us,” Pawlowski said. “We’re trying to fi nd athletes. Camps are a very good way for us to see these kids. We look out for diff erent things, and some guys really stand out.”
Pawlowski is a living testament to the success of these types of camps, as he attended one host-ed by Clemson University during his sophomore year in high school and, in turn, was recruited.
“You never really know who’s watching, so you go out there and play with passion,” Pawlowski said. “Th ere’s a work ethic and passion that goes with it. You can outwork the person to your left and right, and next thing you know, you fi nd yourself on the team.”
Th e camp, which ran Sunday and Monday, consists of a series of diff erent drills, but mostly
centers around players catching pop fl ies, fi eld-ing ground balls and making quick throws to the other bases to make would-be plays.
Th e second half is a mock game, where the players truly show what they’re worth in actual competition.
Parents and siblings packed the stands and sought shade in the blistering summer heat, rooting for their kids and enjoying the conces-sions.
Last season, Pawlowski guided the Tigers to an SEC West championship and said he admires their productive season, but still remains unsat-isfi ed with the results.
He said the Tigers’ immediate goals are to win the SEC tournament and make the playoff s.
“We have 17 new faces on this team,” he said, leaning back in his chair under a picture of Bo Jackson hitting a home run. “We want to keep the excitement and energy and enthusiasm sur-rounding the program right now.”
An SEC Championship, if achieved, would be the 10th in school history and the fi rst in more than 10 years.
Before last season, the last time the Tigers made post-season play in consecutive seasons was from 1997–2003.
During this time, they made seven straight play-off trips that included a conference title and a College World Series appearance.
“Auburn is a very special place,” Pawlowski said. “Th ere’s a great history of tradition here, not just athletically, but academically as well. Th is is a place where student-athletes prepare for life.”
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Alex Groves
Writer
With a “can do” attitude,
sophomore volleyball
player Sarah Bullock is on
the fast track to making a
name for Auburn volley-
ball.
Bullock, a business ma-
jor from Allen High School
in Allen, Texas, helped her
team win fi rst team All-
District all four years of
high school and won All-
Area her junior year, help-
ing her club team fi nish
second in the USAV Junior
Olympics.
Coming from a family
full of Nebraska Cornhusk-
ers, Sarah went against the
grain, coming to the Plains
for her fi rst offi cial college
visit.
She fell in love and said
the family atmosphere is
what drew her in.
Th e 5-foot-10 outside
hitter earned a starting
role on the team her fresh-
man year, and started in
31 matches for the Tigers
last year.
One game that stuck out
for Bullock was the game
versus LSU.
“She could do whatever
she wanted that game,”
said head coach Wade
Benson.
Benson said against
such a big team, Bullock
was more than impressive.
She also made the SEC
All-Freshman Team by
leading the team in kills
and attempts, with 296
and 889, respectively.
Th is year, Sarah contin-
ues to shine.
As the “cheerleader” on
the team, she keeps every-
one’s spirits up.
“Sarah is the person you
want on the court with
you,” said teammate Kelly
Fidero, outside and right
side hitter from Temecula,
Calif. “She brings the ener-
gy. Sarah is a momentum
player and can get the en-
tire team to work hard.”
Bullock won MVP of the
War Eagle Invitational, in
which Auburn swept Troy,
UT Martin and Mercer, fi n-
ishing off Georgia South-
ern for the championship.
“I was just really feelin’ it
that day,” she said.
Bullock led off ensively in
the three games she played
in the tournament, averag-
ing 4.57 kills per set and
totaling 20 kills.
“She couldn’t be
stopped,” Benson said. “No
one could touch her.”
Th is weekend at the
Blue Raider Bash in Mur-
freesboro, Tenn., Auburn
started slow, losing its fi rst
matches of the season to
Miami and Duke, but then
went on to beat Middle
Tennessee and Southern
Mississippi for a strong fi n-
ish.
Bullock stood out in the
game against Duke with
eight kills and 11 digs.
“Sarah is constantly
improving and is gaining
a leadership role on the
team,” Benson said. “She
is competitive, confi dent
and has a can-do attitude.
We look forward to see
what else Sarah can do
this year, as she is said to
be working on her ability
to change her shot selec-
tion to have more eff ective
hits. We have a lot to look
forward to this year from
Sarah and the Auburn Ti-
gers volleyball team.”
Bullock on the rise
PLAINSMAN ARCHIVES
Sophomore outside hitter Sarah Bullock goes up for the block last season.
Nick Van Der
Linden
Assistant Sports Editor
Former Auburn stand-
out Jill Palmer, now known
as Jill Adams, will be in-
ducted into the Valley
Central High School Hall
of Fame in October.
“I’m very honored that
they chose me,” Adams
said. “Th is is only their
second year doing the Hall
of Fame, and that I was
nominated and selected is
just great.”
Valley Central High
School is located in Mont-
gomery, N.Y., but Adams
said the distance didn’t
matter.
“I am fortunate enough
to be able to take two of
the girls that I coach with
me to New York,” Adams
said. “We will visit upstate
New York, and because it’ll
be fall, it will be very nice.”
Adams, a native of New
York, has lived in Auburn
for more than 14 years
after being recruited by
former Tiger coach Bill
Wilkins and playing for the
Tigers from 1995-98.
Adams still holds the
record for goals scored at
Auburn, and said playing
for the Tiger was the most
fun she’s had.
“If I could, I would go
back and do it all again,”
Adams said. “I am very
fortunate to have the rela-
tions that I have from play-
ing this sport.”
As a forward, Adams
was named to the All-
Southeastern Conference
Second Team all four years
of her career, while being
named SEC Player of the
Week in 1995 and 1997.
Although her playing
days are over, the love of
the game is not.
Adams coaches the 94
girls of the Auburn Th un-
der soccer team and led
them to a DII State League
Championship in 2007.
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Katie Broun
Writer
After playing in the Blue Raider Bash over Labor Day weekend, the Auburn women’s volleyball team is moving forward to play in another talent-fi lled tour-nament this weekend.
Th e C of C Classic will pit Auburn against Oregon State, College of Charles-ton and Cincinnati; how-ever, the team hopes to take its experiences from this past weekend to help them at the C of C Classic.
“We are learning from this weekend, and the things we need to work on
will be much better next weekend,” said Katherine Culwell, an outside hit-ter and f i n a n c e major.
Th e Ti-gers, who now have a record of 6-2, lost to Duke and M i a m i in three sets at the Blue Raider Bash, but bounced back to defeat Middle Ten-nessee and Southern Miss.
Another area the team
hopes to improve in is closing its matches.
“We would be up by a whole lot of points, and we just c o u l d n ’ t close out the games,” C u l w e l l said. “We still need to work on k e e p i n g the focus throughout the whole
game and match.”Auburn, 2-2 at the Blue
Raider Bash, had an emo-tional game with Middle
Tennessee, defeating them in fi ve close sets (24-26, 25-18, 18-25, 25-23, 15-10).
“Th e overall highlight was beating Middle Ten-nessee because they are a really good team,” said Sar-ah Bullock, pre-business major and outside hitter.
With the C of C Classic around the corner, the Ti-gers face some tough com-petition in Oregon State, 3-4, College of Charleston, 5-2, and Cincinnati, 6-1.
“Cincinnati and College of Charleston are probably top 50 teams, and Oregon State is in the Pac-10,” said coach Wade Benson. “If we went 2-1, we’d be
happy, but 3-0 would be an excellent achievement for us.”
Auburn could face chal-lenges from College of Charleston outside hitter Whitney Russell, who was recently selected as South-ern Conference Off ensive player of the week, and from Cincinnati’s intimi-dating 6-1 record.
Also, Oregon State has shown impressive block-ing skills, with only 12 er-rors and 117 block assists, compared to Auburn’s 22 block errors and 81 block assists.
While next weekend will be highly competitive, the
Tigers remain confi dent in their passing skills, which were evident at the Blue Raider Bash.
“Our passing is really on its game,” Culwell said. “We’ve been working a lot on that.”
Th is tournament will be the Tigers’ last opportuni-ty to gain extra experience before tough conference matches against LSU and Arkansas.
Auburn will play in Charleston, S.C., against Oregon State Sept. 10 at 3:30 p.m., followed by Col-lege of Charleston at noon and Cincinnati at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 11.
Elaine Busby / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Sophomore Sarah Bullock and senior Lauren Mellor defend the net against Troy’s attempt to score during Friday night’s game at the Student Activities Center.
Volleyball prepares for OSU, Charleston, Cincinnati
Our passing is really on its game. We’ve been working a lot on that.”
Katherine Culwell, outside hitter
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