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The Auburn Plainsman THURSDAY, January 21, 2010

A Spirit That Is Not Afraid


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Th e B-zone Petrie Lot, commonly referred to as “the pit” is permanently closed and covered with construction workers and equipment.

Th e pit is located north of Jordan-Hare Stadium between the stadium and Petrie Hall.

“Th e lot is permanently closed and Duncan will be relocated,” said David Ve-

dder, manager of parking services.

Th e lot is closed because the Tiger Transit route takes the busses down Duncan Drive and left on West Th atch Avenue.

“Th e angle is too steep for buses right now,” Ved-der said.

Th e pit will be fi lled in and a new transit route will be paved with an outlet on South Donahue Drive.

Parking services plans for a more level road for the busses to exit from the

Transit station without a hill to climb.

When the project is completed, the remaining section of West Th atch Av-

enue will be turned into a pedestrian walkway.

For more information, call the Parking Services’ offi ce at 844-4143.

‘Th e pit’ closes permanently

DREW THOMPSON

ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR

If one were to dig up an issue of The Plains-man from early 1964, one would fi nd a story de-scribing Jan. 4 as being “just another day on The Plains.” This was the day Harold A. Franklin arrived in Auburn, soon to be the fi rst black student at Au-burn University.

Franklin had just gradu-ated from Alabama State University and was living in Montgomery, seeking an institution where he could do graduate work.

“We got to the point where Hood and Malone had desegregated Ala-bama and we needed someone to desegregate Auburn.” Franklin said. “Since I lived in Montgom-ery and I fi lled all the re-quirements.”

Compared to the turmoil

associated with integrating other southern colleges, particularly the University of Alabama and the Uni-versity of Mississippi, Jan. 4 was just another day.

Franklin’s arrival came seven months af-ter Gov. George Wallace, who, in his inaugu-ral speech, pro-claimed “seg-regation now, s e g r e g a t i o n tomorrow, seg-regation for-ever,” stood in the schoolhouse door in Tusca-loosa to prevent black students from enroll-ing.

Franklin’s fi rst two appli-cations were rejected.

“When Auburn turned me down it wasn’t because I was black, at least that’s what they told me” Frank-lin said. “They turned me down because Alabama

State wasn’t accredited.”Members of the Auburn

Board of Trustees wished to avoid the same scenes that had taken place at Al-abama and modeled their approach on Clemson

Univers i ty ’s uneventful ad-mission of it’s fi rst black stu-dent, Harvey Gantt.

Dean Ralph D r a u g h o n said his goal was to “pre-vent the fo-cusing of public opinion upon Auburn

University,” and “to pres-ent no target, or, as small a target as possible, to the advocates of integration.”

Registration day was to be before the other stu-dents returned. The cam-pus was sealed to all but authorized faculty, staff and security, and desig-

nated secure routes to Franklin’s classes were organized.

Before Christmas break, Draughon had established a series of special rules to be applied upon the stu-

dent body’s return. These called for stu-

dents to take fi rearms home during the break and deposit them at the

Auburn University stu-dent leaders say students must give back to Au-burn, which has given so much to the students.

Th e Student Develop-ment Board, a new orga-nization at Auburn, con-sists of 31 students and 10 staff members.

SDB is designed and organized to represent the student body, with the campaign slogan “It Starts With One.”

Th e goal of SDB is to encourage students to give back to the Univer-sity and create a philan-thropic culture at Au-burn.

SDB provides an orga-nized way to distribute gifts given by the stu-dents to their depart-ment of choice.

“We were asked to be on the SDB because we are leaders on campus, and we would hopefully inspire other students to give back to Auburn in any way they see fi t,” said Lena Hulse, junior in Spanish international trade.

SDB allows students to give to their passion point, said Hank Gal-breath, SDB adviser.

“Th is probably got go-ing through student lead-ership,” Galbreath said.

Hulse said Auburn is

New club inspires students to give back

DREW THOMPSON

ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR

Rod Guajardo / MANAGING EDITOR

The B-zone Petrie Lot is closed permanently to parking.

Auburn veterinary dean emeritus John Th omas Vaughan received the Distinguished Educator Award by Th e American Association of Equine Practitioners.

Vaughan, a 1955 gradu-ate of Auburn and former president of AAEP and the American College of Vet-erinary Surgeons, accept-ed the award in Las Vegas during the President’s Luncheon at the 55th Con-vention Dec. 8.

“It’s always a great honor to be recognized by your peers,” Vaughan said. “I’ve been a member of that organization since 1961, and in that time I have ac-quired a great number of

friends worldwide, so that is very signifi cant to me. I was greatly touched.”

Vaughan, who is now retired, was actively em-ployed at Auburn for a lit-tle more than 38 years, but said he still remains active

in that he makes regular calls into the dean’s offi ce.

Upon graduating with a veterinary degree spe-cializing in large animal surgery and medicine in 1955, Vaughan immediate-ly became a professor at

Auburn. In 1970, he went to Cornell University as a professor of surgery and director of the large ani-mal hospital.

Vaughan remained at Cornell for four years, then he returned to the dean-ship at Auburn in 1977 for 18 years. He retired in 1995.

“(Returning to Auburn) was a homecoming, and I like to think that my asso-ciation with the students, and with the faculty, was always the high point of my professional career,” Vaughan said.

Being a native Alabam-ian, born and reared in Tuskegee, Vaughan said returning to Auburn was rewarding.

“My mother’s family has

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Some people may not associate scholars with fairs, but Th ursday, Jan. 21, the two will come to-gether in the Haley Cen-ter lobby.

Th e event is the Auburn University Law School Fair and it will be hosted by the Pre-Law Scholars Program.

“It’s an opportunity for students interested in en-tering law school to meet with representatives on

a personal level,” said Dorothy Littleton, a polit-ical science professor and director of the Pre-Law Program. “Each school will have a table and at least one representative and materials available for distribution.”

Littleton said the event will feature representa-tives from 43 diff erent law schools from all over the country.

Students can expect to talk to admissions offi -cers from well established

Law Fair gives students options

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John Vaughn received the Distinguished Educator award.

BLAKE HAMILTON

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

MAXWELL NEWFIELD

ASSOCIATE CAMPUS EDITOR

MICHELLE WILDER

CAMPUS EDITOR

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Harold Franklin walks through the Auburn campus during 1964.

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DUI Arrests in the City of Auburn Jan. 1 - Jan. 14, 2010

The Auburn PlainsmanNews, A2 Thursday, January 21, 2010

CRIME REPORTSDec. 21, 2009 - Jan. 14, 2010

Dec. 21, Kappa Sigma 145 East Drake Ave. – Burglary and larceny reported. One Gateway laptop, one replica single-action revolver, one 12’ HDMI cable, one Sony Playsta-tion 3 and six PS3 games.

Dec. 23, Chi Phi 319 N. College St. – Burglary and larceny reported. One mini-fridge (Black w/ silver doors) and one 27” plasma fl at-screen TV.

Dec. 23, Chi Phi 319 N. College St. – Larceny-theft reported. One black

Panasonic surround sound, one black Samsonite suitcase, one large silver Marmot backpack, 18 Playsta-tion 2 and Xbox 360 games and 53 DVDs.

Dec 28, AU Federal Credit Union. – Sharon Nichols of Auburn.Possession of forged instrument. One counterfeit $50.00 bill.

Dec. 30, Hyundai of Auburn 645 Opelika Road- Auto theft reported. One gray 2006 Hyundai Sonata.

Jan. 13, Th e SkyBar 122 W. Magno-lia Ave.– Th eft/pickpocket reported. One Compass Bank checkbook, one Compass Bank debit card, one Citi Visa credit card, one Auburn Univer-sity ID card, one Alabama driver’s li-cense and one brown leather wallet.

Jan. 14, Papa John’s N. Donahue Dr.- Robbery reported. Two pizzas and two two-liter sodas.

- Reports provided by Auburn

Department of Public Safety

Christopher D. Berry, 22, of OpelikaAuburn Drive/Brookwood DriveJan. 1, 1:46 a.m.

Jonathan B. Massaquoi, 21, of Gwinnett, Ga.Gentry Drive/Opelika RoadJan. 1, 2:39 a.m.

Brian O. Barker, 31, of OpelikaExit 50 I-85 NorthboundJan. 1, 3:58 a.m.

Macareo Hernandez, 25, of MexicoExit 54 I-85 NorthboundJan. 1, 4:26 a.m.

Alex Godines, 23, of GuatengoN. Donahue Dr./Spencer Ave.Jan. 1, 8:42 p.m.

Arneka S. Reeves, 28, of OpelikaMoe’s Southwest Grill 114 Magnolia Ave.Jan. 2, 12:56 a.m.

Choi W. Young, 28, of Seoul, South KoreaN. Donahue Dr./ Luverne Ave.Jan. 3, 1:42 a.m.

Kathleen A. Hormel, 21, of DecaturCheng-Du Chinese RestuarantJan. 4, 12:45 a.m.

Lauren A. Powell, 21, of Locust Grove, Ga.Church of Christ 721 S. College St.Jan. 13, 11:33 p.m.

Jacqueline M. Zook, 22, of Akron, OhioCreekside of Auburn 650 Dekalb St.Jan. 14, 12:16 a.m.

Carl Michael Hewitt, 27, of Fort Knox, Ky.Annalue Dr./Thorpe St.Jan. 14, 3:15 a.m.

Mario Barajas-Medina, 44, of MexicoWalgreen’s Pharmacy 765 E. Glenn Ave.Jan. 14, 12:07 p.m

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one of the lowest schools in the SEC in the rankings for students giving back.

Students noticed their peers were not giving back to the University and decided to make a change.

SDB representatives said they want people to realize that it is not so much the amount that they give, but the fact that they have given.

“It is important to return to your school what your school has given to you,” Hulse said. “Th ere is a reason that we are all at Auburn and that is because we love it. By giving only a dollar you are still giving to some-thing that you believe in.”

Giving back to the school can also be done by getting involved in their community, said Lauren Batts, assis-tant adviser of SDB.

“I think that Auburn students are already involved in their community and the only reason they haven’t giv-en to Auburn is because no one has told them about it,” Batts said.

Every member of SDB has given to their community, Batts said.

“We want to lead by example,” Batts said. “If one person, say, gives $20 and you challenge your friends and fellow students to give $20, it causes a ripple eff ect.”

Batts decided to give her contri-bution to Th e Southeastern Raptor Center.

“We hope that when we go talk to friends or we talk to the other stu-dents on campus that they’ll see that it is something that we’re passion-ate about and it will trickle down to them,” Hulse said.

Galbreath said he has been in Au-burn since 2003 and has worked with diff erent development programs.

“Upon doing so, that brought me in contact with diff erent student groups,” Galbreath said. “More re-cently I’ve had the pleasure of talking to a couple of the SGA presidents.”

Galbreath is working with the cur-rent SGA President, Jacob Watkins, who is the main leader of SDB.

“I’ve seen a couple of presidents and more recently Jacob has a real interest in (philanthropy) from the student’s standpoint,” Galbreath said.

SDB is encouraging all students to take part in the campaign and take the time to educate themselves on the importance of giving back to Au-burn fi nancially and fi nd out ways they can play a part, Watkins said.

Students interested inSDB should contact Galbreath at (334) 844-1431 or [email protected], or Lauren Batts at (615) 243-0729 or [email protected].

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been in Alabama since 1832, and my father’s family has been in Alabama since before the Civil War, so we have a great deal invested in the state of Alabama,” Vaughan said. “To return to Auburn from Cornell seemed like a step down to others, but to me it was a step up.”

Vaughan said the greatest reward of returning to Auburn was investing his career in his alma mater.

“(Th e most rewarding part of my job) is the cooperation and respect of the faculty and students,” Vaughan

said. “I say that because being in the administrative circle sometimes puts you at odds, and it’s some-times diffi cult to maintain a foot in both camps, but I like to think and, I would hope that my older associ-ates would agree, that I always tried to put the faculty and students of the college over the concerns of the cen-tral administration that sometimes were at odds.”

Sally Baker, director of marketing and public relations at AAEP, said the recipient of the Distinguished Educator Award is someone who has made a signifi cant impact on the development and training of equine

practitioners, either in an academic setting or as a mentor.

Some factors included are how many students have been impacted by the individual and that person’s dedication to promoting excellence in equine practice.

“Dr. Vaughan’s 40-year career in veterinary medicine has touched more students than can be counted,” Baker said. “Many of his former stu-dents say that Dr. Vaughan was the mentor who most infl uenced their careers.”

Baker said Vaughan is a “tremen-dous ambassador” for equine medi-cine.

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law schools such as the University of Georgia School of Law and Vander-bilt University Law School or brand new programs such as Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.

Th e Law School Fair is the fi rst event of its type the Pre-Law Schol-ars Program has hosted.

Littleton said she thinks the Law School Fair will benefi t anyone in-terested in applying for law school, soon or in the future.

“A lot of times students are reluc-tant to telephone the offi ce of a law school they’re interested in, they may be a little intimidated by that,” Littleton said. “So this is getting them a chance to have a one-on-one conversation with a representative in person, which is a good thing. Even though most of these materials are

available on the Internet these days it’s still nice to have that personal relationship so if you have questions later on you have the business card of a person you feel comfortable call-ing.”

Paul Pless, the assistant dean of admissions at the University of Illi-nois College of Law, said law school fairs are just as important to school administrators as they are to stu-dents.

“Even though we are a state school, 51 percent of our student body is from out of state,” Pless said. “It’s important to us to have that kind of diversity in our classrooms.”

For Pless, a diverse classroom is es-sential to education at the University of Illinois.

“For students at a state school like Auburn, they may not have consid-ered another school like the Univer-sity of Illinois,” Pless said. “I would

say for any event we go to, if we get one student then it was worth what-ever we spent.”

Tyler Evans, senior in political sci-ence, is looking forward to the Law School Fair as well. As president of the Pi Lambda Sigma Pre-Law Hon-or Society, Evans helped organize the Law School fair.

“Th is is the fi rst time we’ve actually had this big of a showing,” Evans said. “As far as I know, in terms of some-thing this big, I think it’s the fi rst.”

Evans said people who want to gather information at the fair should plan to devote some time during their day to attend, as Pi Lambda Sigma is anticipating between 300 and 500 people throughout the day.

“Th is will defi nitely be benefi cial for the students because these law schools come to them; they just have to step out their front door,” Evans said.

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ROTC building if they had to bring them back.

Th ey also forbade the congregation of large groups during registration and only allowed for the distri-bution of university-approved pamphlets or newspapers.

Aside from isolation in on-campus housing and social situations, Franklin’s stay was un-eventful.

“I’ve been to Auburn any number of times and I don’t mind com-ing to Auburn,” Frank-lin said. “I’m not the kind of person to car-ry a grudge. Nobody struck me physically, but had they struck me

physically there would have been a grudge for the rest of my natu-ral life. I would have struck back.”

Franklin went on to complete his master’s degree in history at the University of Denver and taught at Alabama State, North Carolina A&T University, the Tuskegee Institute and Talladega College.

Auburn awarded Franklin an honorary doctorate of arts in 2001.

“We’re going to keep on struggling,” Frank-lin said. “We’re going to do what we know to be right, and then go on to make men and women out of our-selves; to make a posi-tive contribution to society.”

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ATHURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010

The white-washed boards and shutters of a building of-ten house more than just the family who lives inside it.

It can house the inspiration of a community.

The hope of a people.One such edifi ce

is the Dr. John W. Darden House on Auburn Street in Opelika.

“The Darden House has a lot of culture to it,” said Yvonne Brown Phil-lips, former presi-dent of the Darden Foundation. “Know-ing the culture of the Darden House and what it means to this area will mean that other people would try to keep their property preserved and restored and processed.”

Darden was born in 1876 and moved to Opelika from North Carolina in 1902.

“He came to Opelika be-cause one of his friends was working in Tuskegee and told him that if he came here to Opelika, there was not a black doctor in Opelika, and he would be able to make a decent living here,” Phillips said.

During the fi rst half of the 20th century there was no hospital in Lee County that treated blacks. Phillips was delivered by Darden in her family’s home.

During their time in Auburn the Dardens established

roles as leaders and benefac-tors in the community.

“Everybody loved Dr. Darden,” Phillips said. “You could just tell when Dr. Darden spoke in our church, people appreciated (it).”

While Darden was serving Opelika’s black residents by meeting their medical needs, his wife opened their home

for social events, particularly for youth and promi-nent black lead-ers such as George Washing-ton Carver and Booker T. Wash-ington.

Phillips said Darden offered etiquette and charm lessons to

the girls she knew.Every Christmas she host-

ed a party.“And that’s what

we looked forward to, going to Mrs. Darden’s house for a Christmas party,” Phillips said.

As Darden grew older and his health dete-riorated he closed his practice down-town and contin-ued treating patients in his home.

He used his screened porch as a waiting room and had an examining room in the home.

However, for almost two de-cades the Darden House was not used for anything.

After the Dardens passed

away the house was sold, eventually foreclosed on and then stood vacant for years.

But it was later purchased by the J. W. Darden Founda-tion and restored because of its cultural signifi cance.

The foundation continues the history of treating Opelika residents in the house.

“It is being used right now as a wellness center,” Phillips said. “People go there to have blood pressure and anything dealing with wellness (taken care of). .”

It is because of the founda-tion’s interest in preserving the heritage of the home that it was added to the historic register in August 2009.

“Basically, the national reg-ister is the nation’s offi cial list of properties that are worthy of preservation,” said Edson Beall, a historian with the national parks service. “It of-

fers protection from federally funded projects.”

The nomination submitted by the foundation cited the signifi cance of the house and the prominent role Darden played in the community.

However, some think having the

house placed on the register is just the beginning of what they would like to see done for the house.

“I would love to see the Darden house turned into what it should be, an African-American cultural center,” Phillips said.

Ashlea Draa / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

The Darden House at 1323 Auburn Street in Opelika was originally owned by Dr. John W. Darden, the fi rst black doctor to practice in Lee County. It was restored by the J. W. Darden Foundation.

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Construction affects Wire Road traffi cPATRICK DEVER

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Residents run, walk for Cancer Center

Samuel Hodges / PHOTO STAFFA man and his son walking during the marathon.

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Construction on Wire Road will temporarily detour drivers.

JESSICA SHADDIX

WRITER

On the Web site: gambling bill may permit operation of bingo machines

Th e bridge on Wire

Road crossing over Choc-

tafaula Creek is being re-

placed this spring to meet

regulations for safety.

Project manager Bryan

Wood said the replace-

ment, which began Jan.

11, should be completed

and ready for students

and residents to drive on

by April 11.

“Th e bridge has reached

the end of its useful life,”

Wood said.

Th e three month proj-

ect costs $441,000, Wood

said.

Th e new bridge will be

longer and extend the

Wire Road Bikeway so

that it reaches Chadwick

Lane.

“We’re making it a few

feet longer and widening

it for a bike lane,” Wood

said.

J.R. Smith, Auburn

graduate of 1986 and resi-

dent of the Tamplin Farms

neighborhood off Wire

Road, said the project is

similar to another bridge

in Auburn that was re-

cently replaced.

“Th ey’re going to widen

it somewhat like the one

they did on Beehive Road,”

Smith said.

With the bridge out,

Wire Road traffi c will be

diverted from Martin Lu-

ther King Drive to de-

tour on Webster Road on

the east side and Chad-

wick Lane on the west

On your mark.

Get set.

Race toward cancer

awareness.

Th e 10th Auburn Classic

Half Marathon was held

Saturday, Jan. 16.

It was for a good cause

in an eff ort to raise mon-

ey for the Cancer Center

of East Alabama Medical

Center.

Th e 13.1 mile race began

at 7:30 a.m. and stretched

across Auburn.

It started in the Ogle-

tree Shopping Center near

Moore’s Mill Fitness.

Runners made their way

around the parking lot,

down Ogletree Road, left

down Wright’s Mill Road

and then onto Shell Toom-

er Parkway.

Once the runners

reached the halfway point

near Chewacla State Park.

Th ey then made their

way back to the fi nish line.

Th e race was walker-

friendly.

Th ose who chose to

walk were encouraged to

start early so they would

fi nish with the majority of

the participants.

Aid stations quenched

participants thirst with

water and Gatorade and

were set up every two

miles.

Th e stations also helped

runners stay hydrated

throughout the duration

of the course.

Race director Tracey

Buckingham said the fi rst

runners usually end in a

little over an hour.

Th e bulk of runners end

in about two hours.

“It’s really rewarding

to fi nish and to reach the

goal that you set,” said

Kyle Cannon, freshman in

chemical engineering.

“Th e feeling you get af-

ter fi nishing is worth it all.”

With more than 200 par-

ticipants trying to beat the

clock, Cannon clocked in

at almost two hours with

the time of 1:44:40.

Cannon, who fi nished

fi rst in the 19 and under

age group, said this was

his fi rst time doing a half

marathon.

Cannon said he had

been training for the past

two months.

He also said he did bet-

ter than he thought he

would.

Before the race began he

said his goal was an eight-

minute mile.

He hoped to fi nish in an

hour and forty-fi ve min-

utes.

He achieved his goal by

20 seconds.

Cannon fi nished 22:10

after the fi rst place partici-

pant.

Th e overall winner, Ja-

son Reneau, 33, clocked in

at 1:22:30.

Reneau said his favorite

part about the race was

the people cheering for

him and the other runners.

Reneau said he felt bad

for his encouragers be-

cause he wanted to thank

them, but said he didn’t

have enough breath to do

so.

Reneau received an

acrylic platter trophy and

$100 prize for his victory.

All participants of the

half marathon received a

medal and an Under Ar-

mour long-sleeve running

shirt at the fi nish line.

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DR. J. W. DARDEN

JEAN DARDEN

Barbecue judging class comes to Auburn

People on Plains: Victoria Bott

ELLISON LANGFORD

NEWS EDITOR

Darden House is symbol for Opelika

In addition to typical business, the Planning Commission also held elections during its Jan. 16 meeting.

“Th e nine members are appointed by the mayor with confi rmation by the City council for 6-year terms,” said Warren Mc-Cord, planning commis-sion member. “Our bylaws

say we select our own offi cers. So what we did tonight was reaffi rm Dr. Sparrow as the chair and the vice chair, who was ab-sent today, Mr. Williams.”

Twelve Stones Hold-ing Co. LLC was granted preliminary plat approval for a residential subdivi-sion consisting of approxi-mately 63.4 acres of land off of Lee County Road 56. Th ese lots will not be able to be subdivided with-out meeting city require-

ments, such as putting in public streets.

Moores Mill Golf Club was granted a preliminary plat approval for the devel-opment of lots to be used for a single-family subdivi-sion.

“We have residential ar-eas which allow people to live there in one living unit which is bedrooms, kitch-en, cooking facilities and that sort of thing,” McCord said. “And you have to be related by blood, marriage

or adoption and one other person. Th at pretty well describes the single-family neighborhoods.”

Multi-family neighbor-hoods are those in which the residents do not have to be related.

Th e diff erence between the two is signifi cant in Auburn.

Th e city of Auburn is also working on expand-ing the Frank Brown Com-munity Recreation Center to include a senior center.

During its Jan. 19 meet-ing, the city council an-nounced a list of expenses that will be going toward improving the city.

Mayor Bill Hamm au-thorized $1,245,375 to go toward resurfacing various streets.

“Th e planning commis-sion would have to look at it and take a vote and

it takes the majority vote to get it up to us,” said council member Arthur Dowdell. “Th ey make recommenda-tions and we’d have to ap-prove it. We’re the legisla-tive body and they’re the recommendation body.”

A $75,202.40 contract with Compliance Enviro-Systems LLC was approved by the mayor to go toward closed circuit television inspections, cleaning, reha-bilitation and root control services.

$22,695.00 was approved to go toward inspection and design to repair water damage to the roof of City Hall. City Hall will remain open when the repairs take place.

A representative of the Auburn University Student Government Association announced that SGA elec-tions will take place Feb. 14-18.

Th e actual vote will begin taking place on the 18th.

Should there need to be

a run-off election, the date scheduled is Feb. 22.

On a lighter note, the mayor showed a YouTube video sent to him by the City council of Evanston, Ill.

Th e two councils had placed a bet on the out-come of the Outback Bowl, each member rooting for the team of their home city.

Th e loser of the bet would have to wear jerseys of the winning team to a city council meeting.

The Auburn PlainsmanCAMPUS, A4 Thursday, January 21, 2010

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City council authorizes resurfacing

Commission elects new offi cials

LAURA MAXWELL

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

LAURA MAXWELL

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Society teaches barbecue judgingBEN BARTLEY

COPY EDITOR


A KCBS judge explains how to judge smoked barbecue.

First rule of barbecue judging: love barbecue in all its forms — ribs, pulled pork, brisket, chicken.

Palates were tested and paper towels devastated Saturday at Th e Auburn Hotel and Dixon Confer-ence Center during the Kansas City Barbecue So-ciety Certifi ed BBQ Judg-ing Class.

When completed, the c l a s s , w h i c h costs $65 for Kansas City Barbe-cue Society m e m b e r s and $95 for non-members, gives grad-uates the opportunity to judge KCBS contests.

Ron Harwell of Trinity said he has been a mem-ber of KCBS since 1992 and a certifi ed instructor

since 1996. Harwell was the lead

instructor for the Auburn class.

“It happens to be the largest (barbecue society),” Harwell said. “We have over 8,000 members right now. Th at’s worldwide, all 50 states, the eight Cana-dian provinces and 15 for-eign countries.”

KCBS started out as a group of about 40 friends who shared a common love of barbecue, Harwell said.

“I had just learned the taste of smoked food and knew I liked it,” Harwell said. “So I

went and bought a smok-er. Th ere’s a huge diff er-ence between grilling and barbecuing. Huge diff er-ence.”

Table captains aided Harwell in teaching prop-

er barbecue judging tech-niques. One such captain was Mary Alice Robinson of Birmingham.

“It’s something (me and my husband) go and do together,” Robinson said. “(My husband) is also here. He is in the back preparing boxes. He is also a certifi ed judge and table captain.”

Robinson is a certifi ed judge. She said she took the judge certifi cation class in 2007.

As table captain, Rob-inson’s job was present-

ing brisket, pork, ribs and chicken for the future judges to rate on a scale of one to 10 based on texture, taste and appearance.

Robinson has been all over the Southeast judging barbecue competitions.

“It’s a hobby we have,” Robinson said. “We go for the fun, and we have made so many great friends.”

For more information concerning the Kansas City Barbecue Society, in-cluding how to become a judge, visit kcbs.us.

Check online for

video coverage of this story.

side.“It’s the best alterna-

tive for traffi c,” Wood said.

Th e city has set up multiple detour and “bridge out” signs from Shug Jordan Parkway to where the road is actu-ally blocked off .

Smith said he thinks residents who live in the area aren’t going to like the extra drive around the construction of the bridge.

“It doesn’t aff ect me now,” Smith said, “but when I go to Lochapoka, I have to go around a lit-tle ways.”

However, Smith said he thinks the city is be-ing proactive in replac-ing the b r i d g e now in-stead of w a i t i n g for an ac-cident to happen.

“ I f it col-l a p s e d , t h e r e would be calamity and name call-ing and so forth,” Smith said.

Th e widening of the bridge for the bike lane will provide cyclists a safe way to cross the bridge.

Th e current bridge is too narrow and doesn’t provide enough room for multiple vehicle traffi c.

Smith said he’s look-ing forward to having the bike lane on the new bridge because he said

the old bridge was a rut in his bike route.

“When you hit that bridge and you meet oncoming traffi c or you have traffi c coming be-hind you,” Smith said. “You have barely enough room for two cars.”

Th e detour will only aff ect one Tiger Transit bus, the “long run” Wire Road bus.

Th e University manag-er of transit services, Rex Huff man, said this isn’t the fi rst time something like this has happened to the “long run” route.

“It happened last se-mester and we had to deal with it then,” Huff -man said.

Although the bus now has to take a detour, Huff man said no stop will be lost.

“We’ll s t i l l h a v e one bus an hour at the s a m e t i m e s ,” he said. “It af-f e c t s t h e general

population more than it does us.”

Smith said he thinks the Wire Road bridge isn’t going to be the only bridge to be replaced soon.

“Th ey have another bridge that they’re go-ing to have even more of a problem up on North Donahue, just north of Yarbrough school,” Smith said. “It’s going to really eff ect people up in Cam-den Ridge.”

WIRE>From A3

For the fi rst time, along with the half marathon, the East Alabama Medi-cal Center contributed and sponsored a Chil-dren’s Half Marathon at 10 a.m.

It’s purpose was to include the children of adults participating in the original marathon.

In order to participate, all 150 children had to bring proof that they walked or ran 12.5 miles before the race.

During the fall semes-ter, the children were en-couraged to walk or run about one mile per week during their physical edu-cation program.

“One of the elementary schools has made it their passion,” said race direc-tor Tracey Buckingham. “And we have almost a hundred children com-

ing from Wright’s Mill El-ementary School.”

Th e children ran the re-mainder of the marathon requirement around the Ogletree Shopping Cen-ter parking lot to com-plete their half marathon.

Buckingham said she likes the race because it goes to a great cause and raises awareness of cancer to children and gets them in shape and active at a young age.

All the children who participated received a medal and a T-shirt at the fi nish line.

Concluding the day’s events was an after party sponsored by Adams Bev-erages in the Moore’s Mill Fitness Center.

Snacks and beverages were provided to all par-ticipants.

Th e race was sponsored by the Auburn-Opelika Running and Track Asso-ciation.

RACE>From A3

If it collapsed there would be ca-lamity and name call-ing and so forth.”

J. R. Smith, Auburn resident

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Slouching towards equalityWith Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

having come and gone this week, we

thought it necessary to refl ect on the

state of our nation, to see how far we’ve

come as a nation and to see how far

we’ve still got left to go.

In a span of a little more than 40 years,

we’ve gone from being a nation where

black people couldn’t vote to a nation

with a black President.

Th at’s something at least.

However, we are not yet where we

should be.

We still have miles to go before we

reach the mountain top King spoke of.

We’re a nation divided, a people so

obsessed with our personal identities

and roles.

We emphasize the personal self over

all else, and fail to notice the joys and

benefi ts to be found in reaching out and

learning something new.

We sequester ourselves into groups

that help support our constructed

identities, groups that bind us together

by race, location, gender, sexual identity,

religion, politics or any other value from

a long laundry list.

We exclude ourselves, creating com-

fortable cliques we may never branch

out of, limiting what we can discover

about the world around us.

In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need

racial quotas, affi rmative action or even

our own Offi ce of Diversity and Multicul-

tural Aff airs.

In a perfect world, we would take it

upon ourselves to fi nd out more about

other people and other customs, fi nding

a spirit of kinship and togetherness in

the bonds of humanity.

Th e world we live in still desperately

needs all of those things and could do

with a great deal more.

Th e good folks at the Offi ce of Diver-

sity and Multicultural Aff airs can host all

the forums and seminars they can think

of, but they won’t truly be eff ective until

we begin to change what’s in our hearts

and minds.

Diversity is no longer an issue of skin

tone, as gender and sexual identity are

also moving to the forefront as critical

issues.

We preach tolerance, as if tolerance

were a virtue to be revered.

Tolerance allows us to “be patient

with or indulge the opinions of others.”

Tolerance is simply recognizing some-

one else’s right to exist. You can still hate

them; you just don’t show it.

We think it’s time to throw up the

“Mission Accomplished” banner on tol-

erance and begin to move towards true

equality and understanding.

Th is will not be an easy process.

Change does not and should not come

easily if it is change worth having.

Treat everyone with kindness and re-

spect, not because you expect the same

treatment in return, but because that’s

what we should do.

Or, to quote John 15:12: “Th is is my

commandment: that you love one an-

other, just as I have loved you.”

Show love, Auburn.

With construction now going on at

the Wire Road bridge and in the “Pit”

parking lot, it gives us the opportunity

to revisit one of our favorite editorial

chestnuts: construction.

We’re fairly certain we write this

editorial once a semester, but this time

we came to a realization we had not

previously been aware of: the odd con-

nections between our football schedules

and the timelines for Auburn’s construc-

tion deadlines.

For example, the Wire Road Bridge

project is scheduled to be fi nished by

April 11, almost a week before the A-Day

Game April 17.

It does somewhat make sense that

Auburn’s construction schedules fol-

low the football ones. Gamedays turn

Jordan-Hare into the fi fth largest city in

Alabama, so making sure those fans can

get into town quickly and undisturbed is

a priority issue.

Th e football fans help drive our local

economy. Many local businesses depend

on their foot traffi c to make ends meet.

We understand the peak times for

having construction projects done

coincide with when they are being used

less, and when football isn’t here, those

places don’t see as much use.

We get it, but that doesn’t make it

right.

We kowtow a lot to the football pro-

gram around here.

We begrudgingly sacrifi ce already

scarce parking for rabid fans in RVs that

show up days before the game.

We deal with road blocks and closures

to divert gameday traffi c.

We know not to drive around in the

hours before and after the games.

However, we’re here, too.

Th e students, faculty and staff at Au-

burn are also a huge factor in Auburn’s

continued well-being.

Without the University, Auburn would

just be Opelika’s smaller sister city.

Th e football fans are temporary in-

vaders; we live here, work here and shop

here year-round.

Fans come and go, but this Univer-

sity is a market of tens of thousands of

people who will always be here.

Perhaps it’s time to start thinking

locally, to take care of our own before

we bow to the whims of the orange and

blue clad invaders.

We hope such a day will come, but we

doubt it will.

Battling the unholy alliance: football and construction

Being a hockey fan and

living in southern Ala-

bama makes life diffi cult.

I grew up playing every

organized sport there is,

except hockey.

Th e game has always

had my attention though.

It’s probably because one

of my earliest hockey

memories is of the 1997

Stanley Cup Finals, where

the Detroit Red Wings de-

feated my favorite team,

the Philadelphia Flyers.

I believe it is one of the

more diffi cult sports to

master because, well, it’s

played on ice.

A hockey player has to

handle the puck, avoid

defenders and balance on

skates.

It’s amazing how NHL

players can incorporate

all of those factors so

fl uidly into a game.

Th e honor in the game

also attracts me to it.

It’s one of the only

sports where a player

can be called for taking

a dive, a skill Pittsburgh

Penguins captain Sidney

Crosby has mastered.

Th ey also get to fi ght.

Every other sport

frowns on fi ghting and

usually hands out hefty

fi nes to athletes that, for

lack of a better term, drop

the gloves.

Hockey teams have

players on their team who

specialize in fi ghting.

Ever since the owner’s

lockout in 2004-2005, it

has been nearly impos-

sible to watch a hockey

game on TV.

I’ll only be able to

watch seven more Flyers

games this season at

home.

If I want to watch any of

the others, I have to fi nd

a place that has the NHL

Center Ice package.

Listening to the online

radio broadcast of games

or receiving text message

updates isn’t the same as

getting to watch it.

Even outside of the

NHL, Auburn doesn’t have

a varsity or club team like

most schools up North.

When I go visit my

parents in Marietta, Ga., I

always drive over to Ken-

nesaw State University

to watch its club hockey

team play.

It’s always a good time

and I go out with the team

to party after the games.

It would be great if I

didn’t have to drive across

the state line to see a

hockey game.

I also like to hang out

with other hockey fans,

but they are few and far

between in Auburn.

Not a week has gone

by, however, that I

haven’t argued with the

sports editor Abby about

whether the Flyers or the

Washington Capitals are

the better team. (I usually

get snubbed because the

Caps have beaten the Fly-

ers three times this year.)

Th ere is a passion in

hockey fans I don’t see in

other fans.

In football, I’ll root for

another SEC team playing

an out of conference op-

ponent and chant “SEC”

whenever we are play-

ing an out of conference

team.

I cannot bring myself

to root for another team

from the Atlantic Division

or the Eastern Conference

of the NHL.

I also can only hate

Alabama in football, but

in hockey, I fi nd myself

saying I hate almost every

team Philly plays.

I hope February brings

some much needed relief

with the Winter Olympics

in Vancouver.

Women’s preliminary

rounds begin Feb. 13 and

the men’s begin Feb. 16.

And, speaking of the

Winter Olympics, who

can forget the great Olym-

pic past time of curling?

I’m looking forward

to it.

Staff Column

Auburn is not Hockeytown

Patrick Dever is

associate sports editor of

Th e Auburn Plainsman.

You can reach him at

844-9109.

Patrick [email protected]

Tom HopfBusiness Manager

Customer isn’t always rightI’ve worked in food ser-

vice for 10 years, and, in

that time, I’ve learned a

few things about modern

human behavior.

Customers are now en-

dowed with a set of rights

and a sense of entitle-

ment that is becoming

increasingly problematic.

We’re becoming a

society so focused on our

own individual needs

and wants that we run

roughshod over anyone

or anything that stands in

our path.

I know what you’re

thinking. “How do you

know this, Cliff ?”

Well, working on the

front lines of this battle in

food service, I can tell you

about the most damning

piece of evidence I have:

the inability of customers

to order off of a menu.

Customers now seldom,

if ever, follow the menu.

Instead, they create

their own dishes, fusing

together various items

that I’d previously thought

were uncombinable, all

in an eff ort to slake their

desire for their perfect

meal.

I’ve received orders for

quarter sandwiches, and

I had to cut two pieces of

bread into four distinct

parts and make four tiny

sandwiches.

Th e key word in that

sentence: had. Was forced

to do so.

In business, you have

to keep the custom-

ers happy, even if their

requests are whackadoo

and show a complete lack

of understanding or logic.

Businesses empower

customers to act in such

a manner because they

are deathly afraid of bad

word-of-mouth reviews.

In a small community

like this one, a few nega-

tive customers can easily

begat a going-out-of-busi-

ness sale.

Because businesses

empower customers to

act this way, customers

become emboldened

and make even crazier

demands.

Th ey show up 30

minutes after businesses

have offi cially closed and

expect to be waited on

and served.

Th ey scream and yell,

and they get their way,

often getting free items

from management wish-

ing to quell any negative

vibes.

Folks, I implore you, be

better customers.

Show retail staff ers and

food service employees

the amount of respect you

should show your fellow

human beings. Pets get

treated better than wait-

ers in our society, and we

allow it to happen.

Realize businesses have

limitations, and don’t

expect your perfect item

or dish to be there exactly

as you envisioned it.

If you do want to have

things exactly your way,

stay the hell at home.

Don’t poison the world

with your self-centered-

ness.

Cut the crusts off of

your own sandwich, and

please leave me be.

Cliff McCollum is

opinions editor of


You can reach him at

844-9109.

Cliff [email protected]

Thursday, January 21, 2010 A7COMMENTARY

Lindsey [email protected]

“She could throw me over her

shoulders and carry me off

into the sunset.”

-Th omas Achey,senior in biomedical science

about Auburn women’s basketball player Keshonda Carrier

Last week’s question:

“How would you rank our football team this year?”

>Moving forward: 89 percent> Staying about the same: 6 percent> Falling behind: 5 percent

Th is week’s question:

“Do we live in a truly post-racial society?”

>Yes> No

Go to www.theplainsman.com to vote.

It’s the start of a new se-mester and a new cycle here at the paper.

Th ere have been some new additions to the paper to better suit you as our readers.

Most of the sections have new, themed pages to in-clude more students, faculty and staff and to better focus our content on your needs.

Th e Campus section has a Greek Page devoted to Auburn’s greek life.

While this is not a cheer-leader page for sororities and fraternities, it is a place

to focus on 30 percent of the Auburn population.

Intrigue created a month-ly fashion page alternating between both sexes and the season’s latest trends.

Th ere is also an Arts and Entertainment page where the local scene’s informa-tion can be found.

Sports has a section fo-cused on non-varsity sports relating to the Auburn com-munity.

Th is can include intra-mural, club sports, physi-cal education classes and athletic activities around campus.

Th ese special sections are for our readers.

Th at being said, we want your feedback, and we are making it easy for you to give it to us.

You can always send us your letters to our offi ce, call and talk to any of our reporters, e-mail any of your comments or submit

them electronically on the Web site.

You can also post com-mits to individual articles online and vote on our online poll.

We enjoy all of your feedback because it helps us improve, to better serve you.

In order for us to get a more in-depth understand-ing of your wants, there will be a survey going out next week via e-mail and our Web site.

Th ere will be questions re-lating to the physical news-paper and the Web site.

Which one do you read more often: the weekly Th ursday newspaper or the Web site?

How would rank the navi-gation of the Web site?

We also will be asking about our community and campus coverage and over-all content.

What other areas do you feel we could cover better?

I want your opinion.With your input, we will

be able to improve this newspaper by including more of what you want to read and see.

We will also be able to use the results and input to add more features for your convenience.

All this is so we can get the news to you in the best way possible.

We are daily online with breaking news, videos, slide shows, digital copies of the paper and calendars of events. We are always trying to improve what we already have.

Be looking out for the e-mail and check on our Web site for the survey.

We are here to serve you.

Constant C-zone parking chang-es continue to cause conun-drums, student seeks simple solutions

Editor, the Auburn Plainsman

I would like to know why the University has

decided to make C-zone parking even smaller. Now, no complaint, in my opinion, should ever

be voiced without a solution.Here are my solutions.Th e University decided, since it spent so much

money on the new dorms, called Th e Village, it would require all freshmen students to live in the dorms.

I have no problem with that philosophy.Auburn is one of the very few campuses that

allow freshmen to have cars on campus: i.e. FSU, U of F and U of TN.

Solution: No cars for freshmen.At one time, the entire parking lot located

along Magnolia Avenue and Donahue Drive was all C-zone.

Th en it was chopped off at what I will call the back half, the part directly across from Th e Village; the top half was C-zone and the bottom was residents.

In fall 2009, Auburn then cut C-zone down again for more residents.

Why?Th is is wrong.Every day, hundreds of students play the

“Parking Lot Game” looking for a spot when in fact the RO zone has numerous open spots in it.

Yet, if I park there I am ticketed and every-day while walking to Lowder and Nichols I see resident tags in the windows.

Solution: ticket the resident tags and give the spots back to C-zone drivers that were taken in the fall.

Yesterday, while I looked for a spot, I noticed at 7:38 a.m. the C-zone was almost full.

I counted 14 open spots and a line of cars coming in as I pulled out.

I also understand that there could be security issues and that is why the parking was zoned the way it is.

However, isn’t that why the University started the 24-hour security shuttles?

Chris Rattan

senior, fi nance

Your View

Survey to come next week

God, gambling and Randy Owens: where does it end?


Th ere is a strange business relationship that

has emerged involving gambling and bingo in Alabama.

I am sure it surprises no one in Alabama that those entities and individuals who continue to push gambling in Alabama, specifi cally bingo, seem to have a limitless supply of cash and are being somewhat successful in using their clout to force their interest on the rest of us.

Th e news media has touched on possible confl icts of interest involving Attorney General King and possibly Gov. Bob Riley due to alledged contributions by gambling interest to their respective campaigns..

Th e most disappointing and troubling story, however, is the involvement as a spokesman and actual investment by Alabama singing group

leader Randy Owen.We have all seen the TV ads by Owen and

now he is opening an entertainment facility bearing his name at the bingo development, Country Crossing, near Dothan.

For many years we have witnessed Randy Owen’s phenomenal singing success. Often, he publicly lends credit for his talent to his Chris-tian upbringing.

Just this week I saw him appearing on the Bill Gaither Homecoming Series on PBS giving his Christian testimony & performing Christian hymns.

His last CD was all Christian music. What image should we accept of one of our

most famous sons? Should Randy Owen be accepted to give

witness of his Christian faith and at the same time publicly promote and invest in gambling in Alabama?

Is it not reasonable that the good Christian people should now reject Randy Owen and his newest venture, gambling in Alabama?

Th is Sunday, will you join me in praying for Randy Owen?

James W. Anderson

director,

Th e SonShine Satellite Network

Talladega

Alumnus troubled by players’ behaviors in Outback Bowl


While I was thrilled with the

outcome of our Bowl game, I was very disappointed with the way the team conducted itself on the fi eld.

I have always taken a great deal of pride in the way Auburn conducts itself compared to a lot of other teams during com-petitive events: not taunting, no excessive trash talking, etc.

I realize players get pumped and it is ridiculous to think that none of it should go on but not to the extent that I saw in this bowl game.

We looked like the Miami of old or worse yet, Bama.

On almost every play I saw us trash talking for a while to the player that had been hit

Not once did I see us help an opposing player up.

Th is is a bowl game, not Bama. We acted like we hated each player on the other team.

I have no problem with getting pumped, celebrating good plays (tear their head off then help them up) and even small trash talking. But we looked like thugs, not my team that I’m always proud of for having class.

I live in S.E. Georgia and even my friends that are Bulldog and Tech fans commented that it was unusual for AU to look like they did.

Please speak to the team and other coaches.

I want us to play hard and annihilate other teams, but do it with Class.

Coaching staff – Great start to a new era in AU Football. Th anks for all the hard work in 2009.

Joe Hart

Class of ‘83

Auburn’s hazing rules out of line?


I am a FH Alum (93) and, like

many others, think that the sanc-tions against FH fraternity are excessive.

Th ere were three hazing items listed in Th e Plainsman article: verbal harassment, requiring pledges to perform errands or chores and conducting interro-gations.

If there was verbal harassment, it was, much like the “interroga-tions,” isolated.

FH is about “Building Men,” not tearing men down.

If FH was not serious about what it is doing on the campus

of Auburn University, it would not have expelled three brothers who were involved in any hazing activity.

As far as the chores that a pledge does, they are no diff er-ent from any chores a brother performs.

Th is is not a hazing violation (Ala. Statute 16-1-23).

I don’t understand how the IFC could place a 36-month suspen-sion on FH given that FH took steps immediately to solve a problem.

(Th is is much like the NCAA sanctions against Auburn even though Pat Dye stepped down).

If there is an issue with a haz-ing incident, a pledge should go to his big brother and the fraternity president and allow them the opportunity to handle the situation.

If that doesn’t work, then, they can call the hotline.

WAR EAGLE!

Rob Etheridge

Auburn alumnus

Send us your letters, rants, complaints and raves at

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844-9021.

A new year brings two

things to the minds of

Americans: resolutions

that won’t be kept and fi l-

ing taxes before April 15.

As a new tax season be-

gins, the state of Alabama

can see the light at the end

of the “income tax refunds

from 2008” tunnel.

Th e economy and the

recession are the reason

for the slow returns on re-

funds this fi scal year.

One of those delayed re-

funds belonged to Ray Ga-

briel of Gulf Shores.

“Th e department of rev-

enue told me my refund

was approved, but they

don’t have any money,” Ga-

briel said.

He was one of the 11,774

taxpayers who were still

waiting for their income

tax refunds at the begin-

ning of 2010.

Gabriel said he received

his refund Jan. 14 after

making numerous calls

and waiting since Oct. 9.

“In good economic

times when the refunds

come in to be processed

and issued there is a quick

turn-around time,” said

Carla Snellgrove, public

information manager of

the Alabama Department

of Reve-

nue. “Th is

is because

r e v e n u e

c o l l e c -

tions are

able to

meet the

r e f u n d

exp endi-

tures.”

T h e s e

e x p e n -

d i t u r e s

come out of the Education

Trust Fund.

“Th e ETF funds grades

K-12, colleges and univer-

sities as well,” Snellgrove

said. “So there are pay-

ment priorities the ETF

must make.”

Snellgrove said refunds

come after the ETF in the

pecking order of priorities

for the ADOR.

As of Jan. 15 ADOR has

approved 7,347 refunds

for issuance totaling

$8,260,395.12.

Th ese refunds will be is-

sued as the ETF balances

allow.

Th ese refunds represent

refund returns that were

received under extension

that ran through Oct. 15,

2009, for the 2008 tax year

returns.

It also represents the

amended refund returns

for prior years, delinquent

refund returns received

after the Oct. 15 extension

date and refund returns

that had some type of is-

sue that needed resolving

before the refund could be

approved.

Th e number of approved

refunds grows each year in

the still depressed econo-

my.

“Th is year we have had

larger refunds and the

state has issued more re-

funds in dollar amounts

than in past fi scal years,”

Snellgrove said. “We be-

lieve the signifi cant reason

for that is capitol losses

that individuals realize

during 2008, whether it is

in stocks or real estate.”

Tim Russell, revenue

commissioner, said Ala-

bama is the only state

where investments sold

at a loss can be fi led as an

income-tax refund.

In the fi scal year of 2007,

1,209,389 income tax re-

funds were issued totaling

$489,093,769.

Th e fi scal year of 2008

issued 1,240,832 refunds

totaling $517,973,346. Th e

fi scal year of 2009 issued

1,265,403 refunds totaling

$659,279,050.

“We don’t have a par-

ticular

f u n d

t h a t

t h e

f u n d s

can be

issued

from,”

Snel l-

g r o v e

s a i d .

“There

is not

a re-

fund fund because any-

thing like that would re-

quire legislation.”

A boost to the economy

and smarter investments

by taxpayers are a possible

solution to the problem of

backed-up refunds.

A new addition for tax-

payers in 2010 on the Ala-

bama tax forms is a refund

donation check-off for the

Alabama Military Support

Foundation and health

care benefi ts.

“We have about 17

check-off s on the form for

refund donations available

to Alabama taxpayers,”

Snellgrove said. “Also for

the 2009 tax year, a health

insurance deduction will

be available to small busi-

ness employees.”

To the sound of tran-

sits accelerating, stu-

dents drowsily shuffl ing

across the crosswalk and

the tweeting of her blue

whistle, Victoria Bott di-

rects traffi c fi ve days a

week on Donahue Drive.

Bott, 49, guides drivers

in the early morning and

during lunchtime.

“I love it!” Bott said. “It’s

tons of fun.”

Bott likened her job to a

puzzle in which she has to

make the passing vehicles

and walking students all

fi t together.

Or, the “folks” as Bott

likes to call them.

Bott said she has to

make sure traffi c doesn’t

get clogged during the

intersection’s peak hours

while keeping pedestrians

and drivers safe.

However, this diffi culty

is compounded by stu-

dents and drivers talking

and texting on their cell

phones, Bott said.

Bott is originally from

Lake Worth, Fla., but

moved to Auburn eight

years ago because her boy-

friend graduated from the

University.

Bott got into directing

traffi c while working as a

security guard for another

company.

She said she had a friend

who worked at CPO Secu-

rity and Bott asked if the

company needed more

help.

Bott was soon given a

job directing traffi c for

CPO Security.

She also works in the of-

fi ce as offi ce manager.

But as soon as Bott

started her job directing

traffi c, she quickly became

known around the Univer-

sity for her upbeat person-

ality and enthusiasm for

her job.

“Most people are nice,”

Bott said. “Th ey’ll wave at

me and smile. Th e other

ones are just like, ‘Curse

her!’”

Despite her few detrac-

tors, Bott continues in her

attempt to keep Auburn

drivers and students safe,

smiling and laughing as

she does it.

“I try to be pleasant with

everyone,” Bott said. “I’m

everybody’s cheerleader.”

The Auburn PlainsmanNews, A8 Thursday, January 21, 2010

State pays income

tax refunds as new

tax season beginsDANIEL CHESSER

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

ELLISON LANGFORD

NEWS EDITOR

Ellison Langford/ NEWS EDITOR

Victoria Bott directs traffi c on Donahue behind the stadium.

Th e department of revenue told me my refund was approved, but they don’t have any money.”

Ray Gabriel, Gulf Shores resident

“

Victoria Bott keep students, drivers safe, smiling


CAMPUS


BTHURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010

MMLKK WWeeek: Shhariingg thhe DDrreaam....

In today’s workplace, most people will do anything they can to keep their job, but Over-toun Jenda, associate provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, spends every day work-ing to make his job obsolete.

As the provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, Jen-da strives to make sure every group of people in Auburn’s community is represented. Unfortunately for Jenda, this means he does not have abso-lute job security.

“The way it goes in the di-versity offi ce is that we are al-ways looking for a time when we don’t have to work,” Jenda said. “We always work very hard to see if we can elimi-nate our daily function. There’s all these things to be done so that, like Martin Luther King said, one day it doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like or the color of your skin, everyone can just get along.”

Their goal is to make sure that diversity becomes “institu-tionalized,” Jenda said.

He would not mind if he worked himself out of a job. After all, Jenda said he never imagined he would work in a position such as his in the fi rst place.

“I left Africa because I did not want to do administration,” Jenda said. “I wanted to do my research so I came here to do my research. Usually you can-not dictate the path that has

been created for you so I’m do-ing exactly what I didn’t want to do in Africa, but I’m enjoying it.”

Born in Malawi, Jenda was the fi rst-born of his seven sib-lings.

Jenda said his father, a high school teacher, always empha-sized the importance of educa-tion.

After receiving a bachelor’s with distinction from the Uni-versity of Malawi, Jenda at-tended the University of Ken-tucky where he received both a master’s degree and doctorate in mathematics.

Jenda went on to teach at the University of Malawi, Univer-sity of Botswana and his alma mater. It was not until 1988 that Jenda was set on the path that led him to his current adminis-trative position.

“I came to Auburn in 1988 to teach mathematics, not to do diversity so I don’t know how I ended up in here,” Jenda said. “I really only wanted to teach mathemat-ics, but at some point I started working with mi-nority students on campus. Re-ally to help them to focus and do well in mathemat-ics so I started tutoring them and that program grew and grew to the point where it is now.”

Jenda was ap-pointed to the po-sition of associate

provost of the Offi ce of Diver-sity and Multicultural Affairs on Jan. 1, 2006. Since then, Jen-da has worked to create an Auburn University com-munity that represents everyone equally.

“Our goal in the Offi ce of Diversity and Multi-cultural Affairs is to help Auburn fulfi ll its mission, and our fi rst goal in that is to help underrepresented groups on campus,” said Paulette Dilworth, assis-tant vice president for

Overcoming Diversity

Timeline of Desegregation in Auburn

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student to enroll at Auburn. He enrolled in

graduate school classes.

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black scholarship football player.

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on Auburn’s campus was Omega

Psi Phi, Inc.

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Auburn’s campus was Delta Sigma

Th eta, Inc.

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“Our goal in the Offi ce of Diversity and Multi-cultural Affairs is to help Auburn fulfi ll its mission,and our fi rst goal in that isto help underrepresentedgroups on campus,” said Paulette Dilworth, assis-tant vice president for

“For me, it’s a day for each one of us to step back and recognize that we are all accountable for one another.”

- Dahlia Hylton, graduate assis-tant in the Offi ce of Multicultural Aff airs

“It’s a day on, not a day off . It’s a day to express yourself, to do community service, to be a part of something bigger than yourself.”

- Marvin J. Price, graduate as-sistant in Offi ce of Multicultural Aff airs

“It reminds me that he made a stand for not just African-Ameri-cans, but white people too. Plus I love the day off from school.”

- Racquel Fuller, junior in fi nance

“It’s just a day to celebrate his life and how far we have come since the time of the Civil Rights Movement, and how far we have to go.”

- Latoya Harris, senior in human development and family studies

“It’s just another day to refl ect on his life and look around and see how far we’ve come. We need to remember to celebrate everyone involved with the Civil Rights Movement.”

-Dominique Allen, senior in communication disorders

“It’s a time for us all to designate a specifi c day to the things the Civil Rights Movement did for our nation.”

-Jonathan Howard, senior in elec-trical engineering

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access and community af-fairs.

Dilworth said she thinks Jenda is a positive force in Auburn’s quest for diversity.

“He has the ultimate responsibility of imple-menting strategy and of shepherding implemen-tation, and I think he has done that,” Dilworth said.

One aspect of Jenda’s role of promoting diversi-ty in the Auburn commu-nity is working with the Multicultural Center.

“Dr. Jenda has actu-ally been pretty infl uential with helping the Multicul-tural Center come under the banner of the Offi ce of Diversity and Multicul-tural Aff airs,” said Sha-keer Abdullah, director of the Multicultural Center. “He’s been open to taking

a broad defi nition of di-versity and encouraging more folks off campus to get involved in the Mul-ticultural Center and en-couraging folks to attend our events. And I think he’s been pretty helpful in making sure we have the resources to be as suc-cessful as possible.”

When working in a fi eld as broad as diversity, one cannot do his or her work without inspiration from others, and Jenda said Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. constantly motivates him in his line of work.

“Dr. King was a great person and a great human being,” Jenda said. “Peo-ple, a lot of times, forget his message. He really in-creased the notion of lov-ing each other and getting along. Th at really under-lines what we do, if people love each other and get along in a peaceful man-

ner then we are really able to talk to each other then you can learn, ‘We all as-pire for the same thing.’ So I think the message of Martin Luther King is that we need to continue to tell young people is the message of love.”

Jenda said he doesn’t know if he’ll ever work himself out of a job, but he hopes so.

One thing people do agree on is the Offi ce of Diversity and Multicul-tural Aff airs, along with Jenda, has made progress in diversifying Auburn.

“Auburn hasn’t made it, but I think we’ve done a good job of staying on our path of being relevant in the world, and I think that’s what any univer-sity wants to accomplish is to stay relevant so that students want to come be a part of that broad com-munity,” Abdullah said.

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Th e new year brings new resolutions, including vows to eat healthier or to work out more, but some students have taken physi-cal activity to a whole new level in 2010.

Nerf sword fi ghting is one option for creatively burning calories.

“(We get exercise) be-cause we are kicking in doors and running through buildings,” said Josh Jinright, sophomore in polymer and fi ber en-gineering. “Th ere’s a lot of standing around, but there’s also a lot of run-ning. If you look around the corner and hear that click of a gun, you’re div-ing.”

Th e game consists of rules that make it more re-alistic, Jinright said, so one head shot plus two chest shots disqualifi es a player. If a limb is hit, that limb is lost.

“Th is is not about anger,” Jinright said, “(but) merely a fun way to get out and have some swashbuckling fun.”

Jinright said he and his fraternity brothers started playing Nerf wars in early 2009 and have been re-cruiting by word-of-mouth since then.

“Th e wars have been spreading, and there have been more and more peo-ple getting involved every time,” Jinright said.

As many as 20 people have shown up on campus to engage in Nerf sword

fi ghting, Jinright said. “We arrange to get to-

gether to have small wars and shoot each other for a bit,” Jinright said.

Nerf sword fi ghting has a Facebook group called “Nerf Sword Fights on Campus” for anyone inter-ested in getting involved.

Minus the colorful foam swords, Parkour off ers an-other avenue for staying in shape.

A French term, Park-our engages the mind and body to overcome any ob-stacle using the fastest, most effi cient way pos-sible, Jinright said.

“Th e main idea is that there’s a table or some-thing in front of me, and I have to fi gure out the most effi cient way to get over it,” Jinright said.

Eric Ingram, senior in electrical computer engi-neering and president of the Parkour Club, said he has been involved in Par-kour around Auburn for almost three years.

Th is extreme sport requires both physical strength and mental con-centration, Ingram said.

“You need a mind ready to do anything,” Ingram said. “Some people see an eight-foot wall, but we see an obstacle we want to get over.”

Parkour Club members are given the privilege of having free run of campus, Jinright said.

“We talked to school (of-fi cials) ahead of time,” Jin-right said, “and we don’t do anything stupid like jump-ing off the top of the Haley Center.”

Ingram said the key to Parkour is starting out with small moves and gradually working up to bigger ones.

“We aren’t thrill seek-ers, and we don’t try to go against law enforcement or do anything too fl ashy or dangerous,” Ingram said. “We like to keep it low and moderate, espe-cially at fi rst.”

Jinright agreed with In-gram and said they con-centrate more on getting to know one’s self and ca-pabilities.

“When you’re fi rst learn-ing, it’s all about tech-nique,” Jinright said, “so it’s fi nding your inner fl ow when you’re running and getting the movements go-ing.”

In addition to these in-ventive twists on physical activity, students fi nd op-portunities for traditional exercise on campus.

“Students can take any-thing from golfi ng to scu-ba,” said Lindsey Schreiber, doctoral student and phys-ical education instructor in kinesiology. “However, if they don’t have time to go to the gym and aren’t in a physical education class, (they should) go out for a 30-minute jog or play some basketball.”

Shikanda Khasiani, freshman in chemical en-gineering, said she enjoys basic workouts.

“I like the feel-good feeling when you get the sweat out during exercise, and I like to stay healthy,” Khasiani said. “I fi nd that physical activity is relax-ing, in a weird way.”

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Matthew Tassone, freshman in pre-mechanical engineering and member of Parkour Club, climbs a tree to demonstrate Parkour’s goal of effi cient movement while conquering objects.

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Jackson Harris, secretary of the Interfraternity Council, dis-cusses the terms of the sanction against FarmHouse during the Fraternities and Sororities Committee meeting Dec. 3.

FarmHouse appeals hazing chargesELLISON LANGFORD

NEWS EDITOR

Panhellenic Events

Jan. 24

NPHC Meet the Greeks at 6 p.m. in Student Center Rm. 2222/2223

Jan. 25

at 6 p.m. in the SC Ball-roomIFC Rush Orientation

Jan. 25-27

IFC Formal Rush7 p.m. to 9 p.m.Contact Joseph Cov-ington for more infor-mation at [email protected]

Jan. 22

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Jan. 25-27

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April 11-17 Delta Sigma Th eta Greek Week

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Campus, B3Thursday, January 21, 2010

Th e Alpha Zeta chapter of FarmHouse is no longer under University suspen-sion after appealing the sanction to University of-fi cials Dec. 15.

Instead of the original six-month suspension, which was handed down by the Fraternities and Sororities Committee be-cause of allegations the fraternity had been hazing its pledges, the fraternity is now under 36 months of disciplinary probation.

During the next 36 months, if the fraternity is convicted by the Interfra-ternity Council Court of an infringement that requires disciplinary action, it will be suspended for at least a year.

Th e appeal was com-piled by fraternity presi-dent Paul Stone, former president Josh Murphy and two fraternity alumni.

Th e fraternity submitted its appeal Dec. 9.

“Being suspended for six months is extremely det-rimental to any campus organization because it hurts various assets of the fraternity,” said Josh Mur-phy, former FarmHouse president. “In lieu of the six-month suspension we’re going to be pretty much just on a probation-ary period.”

After talking to mem-bers of the fraternity and the Greek community, Carry presented his fi nd-ings to Gogue, who sent a letter to the fraternity that amended the origi-nal punishment based on Carry’s recommendation.

Th e president sent his decision to the fraternity Dec. 15.

“We pretty much were just appealing the six months suspension,” Mur-phy said. “And we gave reasons as to why.”

Th e appeal noted that the fraternity thought the punishment did not fi t the crime, and that the frater-nity was implementing a variety of modifi cations to ensure hazing would be eliminated.

Murphy also said the fraternity is working with the international fraterni-ty to make sure the modifi -cations it implements will be eff ective. Th e interna-tional fraternity told the University it supported the rulings made by the IFC and the FSC.

Th e fraternity claims the hazing was not an or-ganization-wide issue, but rather the result of a few brothers acting inappro-priately.

After a sanction is hand-ed down by the FSC, an or-ganization has 10 days to appeal the decision.

Th e appeal is submitted to the offi ce of the Uni-

versity president and the vice president of student aff airs.

Th e vice president of student aff airs is then responsible for research-ing the issue and submit-ting a recommendation to the president that de-tails whether the sanction should stand. Th e presi-dent then makes an offi -cial decision based on the information presented.

Ainsley Carry, vice presi-dent of student aff airs, said one of his purposes during his fi ve days of research

was to assess how the be-havior of FarmHouse com-pared to the rest of the greek community.

Carry said he spoke with members of FarmHouse, the IFC, the FSC and other areas of the greek com-munity to assess whether the activities FarmHouse was involved in were con-sistent with the rest of the greek community.

Carry said he was also trying to see if the activi-ties the fraternity was ac-cused of using to haze its pledges had any edu-

cational or brotherhood building purpose.

“I try to determine what’s the intention of this behavior,” Carry said. “Is it to humiliate a person? Or is part of a shared respon-sible of being part of a brotherhood? And it’s very diffi cult to do that.”

After the information-gathering period, Carry presented a recommenda-tion to the president that was based on his fi ndings.

Carry’s recommenda-tion acknowledged that FarmHouse deserved a form of punishment, but that the severity of the hazing behavior did not merit suspension.

Carry said the milder type of hazing the frater-nity was accused of, which included activities such as wall-sits, was not as hei-nous as more physically abusive types of hazing, and so is better suited to a 36-month probation than a six-month suspension.

However, Carry also acknowledged that just because a form of hazing may be milder does not make it permissible.

Carry acknowledged there is a signifi cant dif-ference between forcing a pledge to perform wall-sits for 15 minutes and a group of brothers beating up a pledge.

Carry said the problem with the law regarding hazing is it does not refer-

ence levels of severity, and so all hazing is treated the same.

“Our goal as an institu-tion is to stop it when it’s a slap on the wrist,” Carry said. “To send a clear mes-sage that this behavior will not be tolerated.”

Members of FarmHouse said the fraternity is work-ing hard to implement changes that will prevent hazing from being an issue in the future.

“I’m defi nitely assist-ing our new (president) and going forth with this and implementing these changes so that they’re lasting and so this is not a problem that’s going to arise in the future,” Mur-phy said. “I care about the fraternity. I’ve always been taught to leave something better than you found it.”

Director of Greek Life Paul Kittle said the admin-istration of a sanction, the appeal to University ad-ministration and the quick return of a decision was a positive refl ection of the greek political system.

Kittle also said this is the fi rst time during his fi ve years at Auburn that an appeal has been made.

“When you look at it big picture, long term, our FarmHouse chapter should be better and our students should be safer,” Kittle said. “And, at the end of the day, that was our end goal.”

Taking a blind leap into “Th e Blind Side,” Lindsey Holland made her way onto the big screen in one of the top grossing fi lms of 2009.

Holland, senior in com-m u n i c a t i o n , appeared in a scene at the end of the movie.

“(Th e play-ers) imme-diately turn their heads and watch us walk by,” Hol-land said. “It’s a really funny scene.”

Holland said “Th e Blind Side” was her fi rst role in a motion picture.

“I was just supposed to be an extra,” Holland said, “but when I got there, they told me to walk down and say that line.”

Sabrina Sikora Produc-tions in Holland’s home-town of Macon, Ga., sent her photograph and per-sonal information to the directors, Holland said.

Aside from her experi-ence with commercials,

Holland said she also took the beginning the-ater class and learned basic skills while having a great time.

“We talk a lot about how to fl ush out two-dimen-sional words on the page to a three-dimensional character,” said Chase Bringardner, Holland’s

theater pro-fessor.

Th e class serves as a general in-troduction to the basic skills an ac-tor needs t h r o u g h v a r i o u s s p e e c h ,

movement, listening and responding exercises, Bringardner said.

“Sometimes, people just have a natural gift, and no matter how hard someone else might try to learn, it may just not work out,” Bringardner said. “Th e actors I tend to like are those students are those who don’t make it as much about themselves as they do about the other actors on stage around them.”

Pam Holland, Lindsey’s mother, said Lindsey has

been aware of her natu-ral abilities since she was young.

“She has been inter-ested in (acting) since she was three,” Pam said.

Holland’s family and friends have been excited and supportive of her recent success, Holland said.

“Th is is kind of tacky, but I almost peed in my pants because I was so excited,” Pam said. “I don’t think there’s another feel-ing like it in the world.”

Even so, Holland’s fam-ily reminds her that school comes fi rst.

“Lindsey probably could have gotten a lot more roles, but her col-lege education has always been our priority and will continue to be so,” Pam said. “I told her that once she gets her diploma, then she can worry about going after more.”

Holland said when au-ditions confl ict with her class schedule, she will not sacrifi ce missing class for auditioning for a part.

“I really enjoy acting, and not that many people really get to make it big,” Holland said. “For me, I just don’t want this role to be the last one.”

The Auburn PlainsmanCampus, B4 Thursday, January 21, 2010

Auburn Acts In Recent Movies

HOLLAND

“Th e Last Song” may not be the last casting op-portunity for one of Au-burn’s recently discovered actresses.

Abby Hamann, sopho-more in elementary edu-cation, landed a spot at the end of Miley Cyrus’ up-coming movie “Th e Last Song” after a friend told her to submit her picture for a part as an extra.

“I didn’t really know what I was going to be doing because I sent in my picture and a little bit about myself to a casting director, and he ended up calling me to tell me that he wanted me to come down the next day or something,” Hamann said.

Hamann appeared in a scene where she and an-other actress were on the beach, and Cyrus walked toward them.

“We laugh at her and give her mean looks,” Ha-mann said.

Th at kind of behavior seems unlikely for Ha-mann, but she is good at molding into a character, said Ashley Ahner, senior in fi nance and friend of

Hamann.“I’m not saying she’s in-

timidating, but she can be rough if she needs to be,” Ahner said. “It’s funny

because she’s only about a hundred pounds and not scary to anyone.”

Shelley Hamann, Abby’s mother, said Hamann has had opportunities such as competi-tive cheer-l e a d i n g and dance, s t r e n g t h -ening her ability to perform in front of peo-ple since childhood.

“She is o u t g o i n g and not afraid to try new things,” Shelley said. “She is assured in her own per-sonality, has a level head on her shoulders and is comfortable with who she is, and she never meets a stranger.”

Even so, Hamann said she was overwhelmed upon arriving on set for two weekends in Tybee Is-land, Ga.

“It was really hectic (on set) because there were a bunch of people rac-ing around, and I just felt

like it was almost kind of stressful,” Hamann said. “It was fun to see how ev-erything worked.”

Th is was Hamann’s fi rst time acting in anything.

“I had no idea how much time went into fi lming,” Hamann said. “I learned a lot more than I knew be-fore about how movies are

made.”H a m a n n

spent two weekends fi lm-ing and is now just waiting for “Th e Last Song” to be re-leased in April, Hamann said.

“At one of Mi-ley’s concerts,

they were play-ing clips from the movie behind her,” Hamann said. “I had a bunch of people message me on Facebook and text me saying they saw me on the big screen.”

Hamann keeps her fo-cus on college and school work despite her recent success in acting, Shelley said.

“I think (acting) is something that she really enjoys doing and would like to do again, but she has her goals planned out,” Shelley said.

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Christian Identity and Economic Justice in the Rural South3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Draughon Library Archives and Special Collections

Watch & Learn Series: “Boycott”4 p.m. to 5 p.m.in Multicultural Center Reading Room

Welcome Week Lead-ership Team Interest Session6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in AUSC Room 2326

Open Mic Night7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at AUSC Starbucks

Women’s Basketball vs. Vanderbilt (CSS)8 p.m., Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum

Friday, Jan. 22 Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpiec-es of Southern Craft and Traditional Art8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

Watch & Learn Series: “Boycott”4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Multicultural Center Reading Room

Friday, Jan. 23 2010 Women’s Health and Wellness Choco-late Festival and 5K8 a.m. to 9 a.m. in RDB Library at Mell Street

Women’s Tennis vs. Kennesaw State11 a.m., Yarbrough Ten-nis Center

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday

Celebration11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Auburn University Stu-dent Center

Women’s Tennis vs. Mercer5 p.m., Yarbrough Ten-nis Center

Monday, Jan. 25

“Graduation Essen-tials” Grad Fair10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Haley Center Lobby

CWE: Parent Coun-selor Info. Sessions5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.in AUSC 2225

Sarah Anderson Scholarship Benefi t Concert7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Opelika Performing Arts Center

Tuesday, Jan. 26

CWE: Parent Coun-selor Info. Sessions5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.in AUSC 2225


Lecture: Th e Alabama-Cuba Connection4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

Movie: Where the Wild Th ings Are7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Haley 2370

Wednesday, Jan. 27


Guest Artist Recital: Bay Street Brassworks6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in

Goodwin Music Build-ing’s Recital Hall

Korean Film, “My Sassy Girl”: Asian Film Series7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Haley 3195

Th ursday, Jan. 28


Beyond the Rhetoric of Crisis: Strategies for Future Success in the HumanitiesNoon to 1 p.m. in the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Auditorium

Chocolate FestivalNoon to 3 p.m. in AU Student Center — 2200 Quadrant

Men’s Basketball vs.

Ole Miss (ESPNU)8 p.m., Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum

Friday, Jan. 29


Gymnastics vs. Geor-gia7 p.m., Beard Eaves Memorial Coliseum

Miss Auburn Uni-versity Scholarship Pageant7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Student Activities Center

Saturday, Jan, 30

Men’s Basketball vs. Alabama (SEC Net)3 p.m., Beard- Eaves Memorial Coli-seum

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Concrete that is full of holes may sound like a useless invention, but at the Donald E. Davis Ar-boretum it is just what the doctor ordered, or at least what the build-ing science professor or-dered.

Th at professor is Mi-chael Hein and the con-crete is pervious con-crete. Since 2003, Hein has run a student project to replace deteriorating asphalt at the Arboretum with the porous pave-ment.

Hein said the project began when he was ap-proached by Dee Smith, the curator of the Arbo-retum, because the rain water run-off was dam-aging the pond in the Ar-boretum.

“Th at’s when we had

the idea to start using pervious concrete to re-place the trails,” Hein said. “Many of the trails run cross slope, so you’ve

got this sponge and all of the water comes rushing down, and it’ll get sucked into this pervious con-crete.”

Pervious concrete dif-fers from traditional concrete because a fi ne material, such as sand, is not used to fi ll in the gaps between the larger pieces of rock that make up the concrete. Th ese gaps allow water to pass through the concrete instead of forcing it to run across the sur-face.

Th e Environmental Pro-tection Agency has recog-nized pervious concrete as a legitimate substitute for traditional concrete when trying to reduce water run-off .

“Th e whole idea is to get the water back into the

soil where it belongs,” Hein said. “Instead of having all of these hard surfaces where the water sheets off and goes back into the street. It goes back into the ground where it is fi ltered naturally.”

Now, whenever the Ar-boretum has asphalt that needs to be replaced, Hein instructs his classes to carry out the project.

Hein said he was un-sure of the total amount of work his classes have done, but it amounts to “several hundred feet” of pathways over the course of several projects.

Regardless of the exact amount of path laid, the people of the Arboretum appreciate the eff orts of Hein’s classes.

“It’s defi nitely been ben-efi cial for the Arboretum,” said Patrick Th ompson, an Arboretum employ-ee. “Th ere’s less work in path maintenance and

it’s an avenue for stu-dents to work with green technology.”

Hein said the eco-friendly nature of pervious concrete is one of the rea-sons he wanted students to get involved with the project.

“It’s becoming more popular around the coun-try so they’ll be prepared when they go out into the industry because they’ll have this knowledge of this material,” Hein said.

Hein’s students enjoyed the project as well.

“It was outside the norm; it’s not something everyone knows about,” said Preston Cope, senior in building science. “It was really hands-on and I en-joy that type of stuff ,” Cope said the experience was valuable.

“I feel like its going to be a big part of building in the future,” Cope said. “It’s go-ing to be and it should be.”


Auburn student and faculty members can set a course for adventure at the Auburn Uni-versity Challenge Course.

Laura Herring, the course co-ordinator said the course was created with the Auburn com-munity in mind.

“Auburn has priority over the course,” Herring

said. Herring

said the Au-burn course

is diff erent than other challenge c o u r s e s because it has activi-ties that

s t r i v e

for teambuilding and individual success, both of which are new to the industry.

Located just off of North Col-lege Street, Auburn’s challenge course off ers a static course for independent work and other high elements that encourage teamwork by requiring team members on the ground to assist the person who is har-nessed in the air. Although the course is off ered to everyone, high ropes participants must be 12 years or older.

Herring said the course also has a series of low ropes for people of all ages with plans for addition of new elements soon.

Th ey are currently preparing to add a series of new low ropes elements to the course, Herring said.

Th e Challenge Course is only open to groups of patrons.

Herring said the course hosts several types of groups. She di-vides the groups into four cat-egories to determine payment: Auburn students, Auburn faculty and staff , non-profi t groups and for-profi t groups.

“We’ve mostly seen college students and faculty,” Her-ring said. “We’ve also seen corporate businesses, banks, churches and girl scouts. People of all ages.”

Th e course off ers special prices for Au-burn students at $8 a

person for half a day and $20 a person for a full day.

G r o u p s must have at least eight people.

Herring also said they are considering opening the course to students on Dead Day. If students show interest, she said they may off er more open days for students to come.

Lauren Lewis, senior in agri-culture business and econom-ics, said going to the challenge course was a relaxing experi-ence because the course is far from the “hustle and bustle.”

Lewis said the lake and wooded scenery helped her to escape everyday life and focus on leadership and teamwork.

“It’s great having 15 people there to support you,” Lewis said. “I’m afraid of heights, but with my teammates there supporting me, I conquered my fear.”

Lewis was part of a pilot class started by Donald Mulvaney, professor in the College of Agri-culture.

Th e class focused on team-building and helped students become more confi dent as fa-cilitators.

Th e class also tested the dif-

f e rent e l e -ments on the course to ensure that learning would occur.

“I was involved in the con-struction and evolution of the course, and I realized that we would need potential employ-ees,” Mulvaney said. “We needed employees that were properly trained to add an extra safety

measure.”Employees of the

course are typically Auburn students who volunteer at least 50 hours. After volunteering, students may apply for employ-ment.

Mulvaney said he hopes to off er a second course in facili-

tation that involves the chal-lenge course. He said he

plans to target students who are interested in leadership development and want to expand in ex-periential learning.

To use the course, par-ticipants must reserve a

day using the course’s Web site, www.ag.auburn.edu/adm/adventure.

Th e required waiver is also on the course Web site.

For additional information or to schedule a group event, call (334) 321-1603.

Course ropes in student groups

Drew Thompson / ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR

Students help a friend scale a climbing wall.

Michael Hein / CONTRIBUTED

Building science students replace the torn, weathered asphalt with pervious concrete at the Donald E. Davis Arboretum.

New concrete saves Arboretum paths

Th e Lambert-Powell Meat Lab is a place for Auburn residents to pur-chase locally grown and sometimes discounted meat.

Amanda Harbison, se-nior in animal science and employee at the meat lab, said several students visit the meat lab weekly.

“Most are looking for steaks for grilling out,” Harbison said.

Other products, includ-ing specialty items, are also available at the lab. Diff erent sausages such as chorizo, which is sausage with chili powder added into the meat, are popular products, Harbison said.

S p e -c i a l s f e a t u r -ing a 20 percent discount on dif-f e r e n t p r o d -ucts are o f f e r e d w e e k l y to all custom-ers. Fro-zen meat is always 20 per-cent off regular price.

Harbison said most of the meat and other prod-ucts at the lab are locally grown.

Typically, the meat lab’s pork comes from the Au-burn Swine Unit. Some of the lab’s beef comes from the Beef Teaching Unit, and the lab’s eggs are pro-duced at the Poultry Unit.

Many college students go to the meat lab to pur-chase meats of all kinds.

Shelby Million, senior in animal science, and Alex Jost, junior in ani-mal science, both said they shop at the meat lab regularly.

Million said she pur-chases beef, pork and bacon.

Jost said she prefers the beef and eggs.

Both students said they were made aware of the locally grown prod-ucts in the meat lab in an Introduction to Animal Science class they had.

Million said she is not aware of many students who shop at the lab out-side of the College of Ag-riculture, but she does see several older Auburn

residents w h i l e shopping.

S o c i a l fraternity president A n d y R a m s e y said his fraternity has pur-c h a s e d b u l k a m o u n t s of poultry

from the meat lab. Ramsey said he knew

the lab served locally grown products, and he was impressed with the variety of meat products available.

“We trusted the quality because it’s local, and we believed in the strength of our ag program,” Ramsey said. “Our ex-pectations were certainly

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student savings

We trusted the quality because it’s local, and we be-lieved in the strength of our ag program.”

Andy Ramsey, Auburn University senior

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Drew Thomp-son / ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR

Megan Chard, freshman in

horticulture hangs from the zip line at the

Challenge Course.

Many people associate college with

drinking alcohol, but few realize Au-

burn actually teaches students the

proper forms of consumption.

Th e College of Human Sciences is

off ers a class called “Beverage Ap-

preciation” for students ages 21 and

older.

Th e course is comprised

of lessons of production,

selection, service and

sensory evaluation of

alcoholic and non-

alcoholic beverages.

“Th e class is a

professional elec-

tive in the Hotel

and Restau-

rant Manage-

ment major,

designed to

give students

a broad over-

view of bev-

erages,” said

Martin O’Neill,

a professor in ho-

tel and restaurant

management.

Fewer than 20

students meet at the

Auburn University Ho-

tel and Dixon Conference

Center every Friday after-

noon where O’Neill educates

the group on wine, beer and other

drinks.

“A lot of people eat away from home,

which is not only food, but also beverage,”

O’Neill said. “It helps to have an under-

standing of what is going on in restau-

rants, for example, comprehending their

beverage lists.”

In the class, essential lessons are taught

concerning sensory perception, wine and

beer production, labeling and styles as

well issues pertaining to

the storage, service and re-

sponsible handling of bever-

ages.

Later in the semester, stu-

dents learn how alcoholic

beverages are best combined

with food.

“Th is turns a student into a pro-

f e s -

sional, knowing how to pair food with

beverage,” O’Neill said. “My students will

have a better understanding of what’s go-

ing on with the palette.”

Th roughout the semester, students gain

experience through O’Neill’s sensory eval-

uation and tasting lessons, during which

they learn indicators.

Various guest speakers discuss several

beers, wines and international beverages,

such as a representative of Samuel

Adams, Tim McNally, wine judge

and president of Th e New Orleans

Wine and Food Experience, and

Peter Schwartz, founder and

president of International

Beverage Company.

As the semester pro-

gresses, the class takes

a more international

approach to bever-

age appreciation.

T“We will go over

France and all

of the regions in

France,” O’Neill

said. “Climatic

and cultural infl u-

ences, the predomi-

nant types of wines,

as well as how wines

are classifi ed. In the

end, students will eval-

uate each of the wines.”

Students agree the

knowledge they gain in Bev-

erage Appreciation has a real

world application.

“Th is class studies viticulture and

brewing, which have been a part of hu-

man history through the ages, said Nor-

man Van Aken, celebrity chef and James

Beard Foundation Award winner. “To un-

derstand culture and sociology is to un-

derstand what people from various parts

of the world eat and drink. Drinking alco-

holic beverages is not a self-indulgent ac-

tivity, it is an activity that gets to the part

of civilization of human customs.”

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Th is Week in History:1977

–18 oz. box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes cost 64 cents

– First shuttle bus system was cre-ated by Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity. Th e system consisted of one bus.

– Auburn’s fi rst heavy snow in four years

– Former Tennessee and Baylor assistant Dal Shealy was announced as new off ensive coordinator, replacing Larry Beightol, who left to join Lou

Holtz’s staff at Arkansas.

On the Concourse


“Where do you usually get your textbooks?”

“Last semester I got them from Anders, but I also use the University bookstore and online.”

“All over the place. Anders or Haley, some-times J & M.”

“Th e bookstore.”

“Th e Auburn bookstore unless they don’t have it, then I go to Anders.”

- Portia Duncan, junior in English

- Matt Wills, junior in chemistry

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When it comes to walk-ing on campus, not many students are watching their step.

Most are talking with friends, trying to fi nd that class in Haley or running to catch the next transit.

But when walking near Langdon Hall, it’s best to step lightly.

In front of Langdon lies the Auburn University seal, a symbol of Auburn with more meaning than the “instruction, extension and research” enscribed on it. It’s one of Auburn’s most commonly known and be-lieved myths.

“It is said that if you step on the Auburn University

seal in front of Langdon Hall, you will never gradu-ate from Auburn,” said Matthew Goodloe, an Au-burn alum and previous Camp War Eagle Counsel-or. “(Also) you will never fi nd your true love.”

It is com-mon to fi nd students walk-ing in front of Langdon Hall on any given weekday, often gathering in the grassy areas to re-lax and enjoy the beautiful Alabama weather.

But how often do stu-dents consider the danger they are apparently facing when coming in contact with the sacred seal?

“I see people all the time walk right over it,”

said Claire Davis, senior in graphic design. “Some will step on it and jump off when they realize they touched it.”

Davis has also seen many people ride

their bikes over the seal, but didn’t know if that would count because they technically aren’t walking across it.

“I’ve never stepped on it,” Davis said. “Just in case the myth is true.”

Although Langdon Hall is a signifi cant building on Auburn’s campus, some students never venture out of their routine to notice the seal.

“I just don’t go to that part of campus,” said Jenna

Roth, junior in communi-cation disorders. “I live in the Haley Center.”

But if she ever found her-self accidentally walking over the seal, she wouldn’t be worried about the con-sequences.

“If you’re smart you’re going to graduate no mat-ter what,” Roth said.

Either way, the myth of the Auburn seal will con-tinue to be told each year by Camp War Eagle coun-selors and the origins will remain a mystery to all.

“Maybe Auburn just wanted to keep the seal looking new,” Davis said. “So they made up the myth to keep people from walk-ing on it.”

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CTHURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010

With the dawning of the new year comes the popular New Year’s Resolution. From working out to quitting smoking, these resolutions range from picking up a good habit to dropping a bad one.

Th ese commitments are meant to make a person better in any aspect of life.

Th e origins of this trendy vow date back to ancient Babylon and have a stake in Caesarian Rome, said Gor-don North in his article titled “Th e Origins of New Year’s Reso-lution.”

Having a New Year’s Resolu-tion is nothing new for Richard Penaskovic, pro-gram director for religious studies.

“I want to pray more faithfully,” Penaskovic said. “I am sticking with it fairly well.”

He tries to strengthen his prayer habits when the new year rolls around, Penaskovic said.

Not everyone is a seasoned resolution maker, however.

“It’s my fi rst time to ever have a New Year’s Resolution,” said Sarah Simmons, junior in biomedical sciences. “And I’m sticking with it so far!”

When asked why she has been so suc-cessful thus far, she said she has plenty of motivation.

“Probably because spring break is right around the corner and getting in shape is the thing to do,” Simmons said.

Simmons also said she found it easier to stick with her resolution when she made a detailed schedule.

“My dad recently lost a lot of weight,” Simmons said. “So I am going to follow his example and use it as inspiration.”

Arguably one of Auburn’s strangest New Year’s Resolutions came from Cameron Payne, sophomore in engineering.

New year brings new resolutions

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Emily Adams / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Will Geeslin, junior in accounting, explains the myth of the seal to Tatijana Malone and Annissia Wellman of Orlando.

SARAH PHILIPS

STAFF REPORTER

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This Monday’s holiday recog-nized a man who affected each in a different, yet positive way through his wisdom and words.

It’s a day which is widely cel-ebrated, with people coming to-gether to recognize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the milestone in history he worked so hard to see: having the African American community become a part of the United States.

Each person celebrates differ-ently, with food and festivities, but one of the most common addi-tions to these gatherings is gos-pel music.

Gospel music is Christian-themed music, which was cre-ated to express emotions, sang by many activists during the Civil Rights Movement in order to keep spirits high when times were diffi -cult.

This Thursday, Jan. 21, Auburn University’s gospel choir will be performing a selection of spiritu-

als and gospels in celebration of MLK, Jr. Day.

Directed by Dr. William Pow-ell, this performance will give students a chance to sing along to familiar songs that have infl u-enced many people throughout the world.

“Basically there is a body of lit-erature and research of the songs from the Civil Rights Movement,” said William Powell, associate professor of music and director of choral activities.

These include both spirituals and gospels, which are two sep-

arate varieties of songs.“Spirituals were sung by

slaves,” Powell said. “They were developed by an oppressed peo-ple in dire circumstances… and they were kept through oral tradi-tion.”

Gospels, however, were spe-cialized in churches and are available in many hymnals.

“In the 20th century during the Civil Rights Movement, they be-came important because they were with our forefathers,” Pow-ell said. “(They) sang them as

encouragement and rallying up and beating (the oppression).”

Aashana Vishnani, sophomore in vocal music education, has been a part of the gospel choir for two semesters and has found it to be benefi cial in many ways.

“I think music is one of the pur-est forms of expression and to make a connection with God, or any Higher being, through music is a phenomenal experience,” Vishnani said.

Jeremy Pyles has now been a part of

Gospel choir sings heritageSARAH PHILIPS

STAFF REPORTER

Contributed by William Powell, director of AU Gospel ChoirThe Auburn Gospel Choir performs their talent to the community showing its passion of their heritage and ethnicity background.

Contributed by William PowellAndrea Crayton and JaLeesa Gibbs join to-gether in singing with the AU Gospel choir.

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MYSTERIOUS MYTHS

BUSTED!Students dodge the Auburn seal

My dad recently lost a lot of weight. So I am going to follow his example and use it as inspiration.”

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The Auburn PlainsmanIntrigue, C2 Thursday, January 21, 2010

Biggest fashion crime ever

committed? I used to wear those pantyhose necklaces.

Favorite article of clothing?

Nikes

Quickest way to bruise your

ego? Just be insulting.

Favorite board game? Mo-nopoly

Dogs or cats? Defi nitely dogs because cats are boring.

New Year’s Resolution up-

date? I have kept up with working out and studying more this semester.

Best way to stay warm while

partying this winter? Snug-gle up with some friends.

Favorite class? English Comp I. It was pretty awe-some.

Hidden talents? I am good at basketball.

Nervous habits? When I meet new people, I stutter a lot.

iPhone, Blackberry, or

Droid? iPhone

If you could be on vacation

right now, where would you

be? Australia. I’ve never been but really want to go.

Last book you read? Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. Th e ending is terrible but I still want to see the movie.

Did you get vaccinated for

H1N1? No, because my par-ents told me not to.

Favorite Disney movie? Th e Lion King.

Usual bedtime? 11:30 p.m.

Usual walk-up time? 7 a.m.

Who is your favorite bas-

ketball team other than

Auburn?

Kentucky

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Jordyne Buckner wishes she could be in Australia right now rather than being in class.

ABOUT JANE:

Age: 19

Hometown: Springville

Greatest fear: Spiders

Hobbies: Basketball

Random fact: I like sports and am a huge Kentucky fan.

Jordyne Buckner

sophomore, secondary education

Jane Random

Payne is avidly playing arcade-style Donkey Kong in an attempt to become the greatest player in the world.

“I just love to game,” Payne said.

Steve Wiebe overtook Billy Mitchell as the world’s greatest player in arcade-style Donkey Kong with a score of 1,049,100, accord-ing to stevewiebe.com. (Later, Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe. Here comes Cameron Payne.)

Academically speaking, the new year marks a new

semester and a new semes-ter means a clean slate. Cristyn James, freshman in engineering, resolves to make better grades this year.

“I got a 100 on my fi rst history quiz,” James said, “so it must be going well so far.”

James also said she would like to be more ac-tive on campus and in her sorority.

Auburn students and faculty members aren’t the only people trying to bet-ter their lives and making resolutions this new year.

According to proac-tivechange.com, 40 to

45 percent of American adults are making one or more resolutions this year.

Only 46 percent of those people make it past six months successfully.

In an eff ort to combat this extremely low success rate, Maria Th omas sug-gests making easy resolu-tions like eating 100 per-cent fat-free ice cream or pledging to do less work, in her article titled “Humor: New Year’s Resolutions.”

In a competitive world, self-improvement is a ne-cessity, and undertaking and sticking to a challeng-ing resolution could bring with it rewards in 2010.

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it isn’t doing any dam-age to the seal or to those students who are walk-ing over it.

“If you do step on the seal, there is only one way to reverse the curse,” Goodloe said. “You have to jump in the fountain at the President’s Man-sion at midnight on leap day.”

Th e next leap day is Feb. 29, 2012.

Good luck to those who just panicked when they realized it’s their last semester here at Auburn and they have indeed walked on top of the seal.

No worries, freshman and sophomores. Th ere is still time.

BUSTED>From C1

The Auburn PlainsmanINTRIGUE STAFF

Callie GarrettEditor

Olivia MartinAssociate Editor

To reach the staff , call 844-9109 or e-mail [email protected]

Brian DesarroAssistant Editor

the gospel choir for four semesters after being heavily involved with his church choir.

“(Gospel choir) is an aerobics for the soul,” Pyles said. “It allows you to express not only your work for music but your love for Jesus…. It’s a workout.”

Vishnani explained that not only does the gospel choir involve sing-ing, but also dancing.

“When I dance, it is an amazing feeling because there are no inhibitions, it is just my connection with the music and God,” Vishnani said. “Singing can be really fun because you just get to let go, and

people in the choir aren’t afraid to do so.”

Th is singing and danc-ing created many popular gospels during the 20th century, such as “We Shall Overcome,” which Pow-ell said was the anthem of the Civil Rights Move-ment.

Vishnani also agreed that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers made a large impact on gospel music.

“Th e freedom songs that were sung during that time fostered hope and unity among the peo-ple who sang them,” Vish-nani said. “Martin Luther King taught a message of hope and equality in the future, and these songs express that message very clearly.”

CHOIR>From C2

Award winning ChiliContributed by: Brittany Godwin, senior in political science

Ingredients

• 3 pounds ground beef• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil• 3 cups beef broth• 1 15 oz. can red pinto beans• 1 14 oz. can diced tomatoes (Do not drain)• 1 15 oz. can tomato sauce• 1 6 oz. can tomato paste• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar• 2 large onions, diced fi nely• 1 large green bell pepper, diced fi nely• 6 cloves garlic, minced• 3 tablespoons ancho chile powder• 3 tablespoons pasilla chile powder• 1 tablespoon sugar• 3 tablespoons cumin, ground• 1 teaspoon dried thyme• 1 teaspoon dried oregano• 1 teaspoon black pepper, ground• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper• 4 chipotle peppers, seeded and chopped in adobo sauce

Directions

In a large pot, heat and brown the ground beef, making sure to continuously break up large pieces with a spoon or spatula. Once browned, drain fat from ground beef in a strainer. Return the ground beef to the pot.

Add onions and green bell pepper to the ground beef and cook over medium heat, stir-ring until the onions are soft and translucent.

Add garlic, ancho chile powder, pasilla chile powder, cumin, sugar, thyme, cayenne powder, oregano and black pepper. Heat over medium heat and stir for 12 minutes.

Pour the beef broth, pinto beans, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, cider vinegar and chipotle peppers into the pot. Stir to mix well. Reduce heat to low and simmer for at least 2 hours before serving or refrigerating.

Cook’s Note: Most chili recipes with beef have you leave the fat in the chili then remove it once you have refrigerated the chili over-night. You can also do that with this beef chili recipe, but if you are serving the chili right away, you should go ahead and drain the fat off .

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ARTS ENTERTAINMENT

Aziz Ansari, who stars as Tom in NBC's "Parks and Recreation" and ap-pears in this summer's "Funny People," released his fi rst stand-up com-edy album "Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening" Tuesday. Th e co-median from South Caro-lina started performing stand-up while going to college at New York Uni-

versity. Comedy nerds may

have already heard some of his earlier material on his 9-minute track

from 2006's "Invite Th em Up" stand-up compila-tion pulled from a perfor-mance at a show hosted by Eugene Mirman in the East Village.

Th e opening track of his new album, "Gay Rights," is a perfect scene-setter for what the listener is about to hear: an album of great observational comedy often heightened to absurdity.

Th roughout the album, Ansari touches on the pe-culiar fi gures of speech he encountered while growing up in the South, bizarre transactions on Craigslist and parents who trust strangers a lit-tle too much.

On the track "Harass-ing Harris On Facebook," Ansari recounts an ex-perience where he suc-cessfully trolled a Face-book group for one of his younger cousin's his-tory classes. By doing so, Ansari accomplishes something in a comedy performance that is al-ready diffi cult enough in a conversation, relating a funny thing seen on the Internet to an audience without fi nishing the sto-ry with, "I guess you had to be there."

Six minutes of the al-

bum are devoted to Ansa-ri's close encounters with rapper Kanye West.

West invites Ansari to a club and then back to West's house for an after-party. Ansari off ers an inside look to those in-terested in what the ego-maniacal rapper is like when he's not rushing an awards show stage.

Th e last ten minutes of the album consist of An-sari doing material as his Raaaaaaaandy (with eight A's) character from Judd Apatow's "Funny People."

Before the fi lming of the movie, for a part that required him to be on-screen for about 5 min-utes, Ansari developed a set of material specifi cal-ly for the comic he's char-acterized in interviews as "what Soulja Boy would be like if he did stand-up."

Paul F. Tompkins' sec-ond album "Freak Wharf" was released last month.

His debut, "Impersonal" saw Tompkins exploring many concepts, briefl y and hilariously.

But on "Freak Wharf" we see the comic growing and taking his time on ideas, mining the premise for ev-ery bit of comedic poten-tial.

I'd guess this was a result of his growth in the last year into becoming the ul-timate podcast guest, ap-pearing on "Comedy Death Ray Radio," Doug Benson's “I Love Movies" and "Com-edy and Everything Else."

Th e result is an album that sounds more con-versational and less re-hearsed, but not sloppy.

Th e fi rst 15 minutes of the album is Tompkins riff -

ing with the audience, be-ing funny off the top of his head about such topics as how self-conscious about his level of education a job application can make him, how relaxed might be too relaxed for Google and the unashamed admittance of T.

Th e prepared material is equally funny, such as the fi lm trope of the monster appearing in the mirror behind the protagonist af-ter a refreshing splash of water to the face (and how this could never happen to him).

Th e inconsiderate dog owner and the insuff er-ableness of new fathers who feel they must drop existential knowledge on their unenlightened friends are also covered.

Tompkins' dressing down of pie in the track "Cake V. Pie" leaves you feeling sorry for pie, but he's right.

Cake's better. And “Freak Wharf ” is excellent.

An Auburn student group is getting off to a rocky start in the new year. Th e Auburn University Players, the student-run theater organization, an-nounced the January dates for its annual performance of Th e Rocky Horror Pic-ture Show.

Th e typically raucous performances of the cult classic will take place Jan. 25, 26 and 28 at SkyBar. Th e doors open at 9 p.m. and the show begins at 10 p.m.

Th e change of venue from the Telfair-Peet Th e-ater is part schedule con-fl ict and part calculated

move. “We used to use the the-

atre, and with their sched-ule, it’s too hectic to try and do Rocky there now,” said Heather Rule, senior and student director. “You have to keep Rocky more tame in the theatre. It’s not a show where you need to be tame, to put it lightly.”

Performances of the 1970s B-movie musical are traditionally focused

on audience interaction, with the actual fi lm play-ing a supporting role to the actors and audience. A special initiation for Rocky virgins usually precedes the show.

Dressing up, singing along and throwing items at the stage are all encour-aged. In fact, the $10 price of admission includes a throw bag fi lled with items that are signifi cant to the

movie’s plot and musical numbers.

“People who don’t know how to use throw bags will catch on really fast,” Rule said.

Th e atmosphere of the shows and the camarade-rie of the cast was enough to bring a former Auburn student and AU player back into the fold.

Mike Leigh, who left the university last year to act full time in New York City, will reprise the lead role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the Transylvanian transvestite and mad scientist.

“Last year, every night was diff erent,” Leigh said. “Th e audience is defi nitely a huge factor in the perfor-mance.”

Th e Rocky Horror Pic-

ture Show began its uphill struggle into the cultural consciousness in 1975 as a box-offi ce failure. Twen-tieth Century-Fox con-tinued to search for an audience for the fi lm until it became a fi xture in the midnight movie circuits of the East and West Coasts.

Now the longest-run-ning theatrical release, it was the fi rst major stu-dio fi lm to be shown in the manner of the 1950s midnight movie matinees and word of mouth soon spread in a way that is no longer conceivable in the modern age of marketing.

“Attempting to make a cult fi lm is kind of like try-ing to catch lightning in a bottle,” said Deron Over-peck, assistant professor

of fi lm studies in Auburn’s radio, television and fi lm program. “Th e organic feel of a phenomenon like the Rocky Horror Picture Show just isn’t possible anymore. Th ere’s just too much opportunity for it to feel like it’s being marketed to us.”

Overpeck said that even though it’s a crappy fi lm, the group experience is what has kept it around.

“Th e sense that you’ve discovered it with a lot of other people and are able to use it as a kind of com-mon language and be in a group of people and ex-perience that pleasure is something that a lot of people aren’t going to have the opportunity for any-more,” Overpeck said.

DAVID NORWOOD

WRITER

Rocky Horror moved to SkyBar Cafe Attempting to make a

cult fi lm is kind of like trying to catch lightning in a bottle.”

Deron Overpeck, assistant professor of fi lm studies in

radio , television and fi lm

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ALBUM REVIEWS

KEVIN SAUCIER

MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

★★★★★

‘Freak Wharf ’ and ‘Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening’

Paul F. Tompkins’ ‘Freak Wharf ’ takes the cake

as a conversational, entertaining album

Aziz Ansari’s ‘Intimate Moments for a

Sensual Evening’ is humourously absurd

★★★★

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Th e Strutting Duck – Dueling PianosTh e Independent – Blame Sydney, Romanenko, Saturn 5Overtime Sports Bar and Grill – DJ King SlamAuburn Oyster Bar and Grill – Kevin and JohnBourbon Street - Th e Last WaltzSkyBar Cafe - Alex Ruth, Flyby Radio

Th e Strutting Duck – Paul Goins. No Cover.Th e Independent – Alabama King Snakes, SomnolenceOvertime Sports Bar and Grill – KaraokeAuburn Oyster Bar and Grill – Bubba Hall and Friends, KaraokeBourbon Street - High Tide BluesSkyBar Cafe - Vegabonds

This Week’s Lineup

Th e Independent – My Two Wings, Paul Johnson and the about last nights, Th e GillsOvertime Sports Bar and Grill – DJ Hard RockBourbon Street - Good DoctorEighth & Rail - Marshall Ruffi nSkyBar Cafe - Stevie Monce, Poptart Monkeys

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Tuesday �Th e Strutting Duck – Open Mic Night hosted by Tony Brook Auburn Oyster Bar and Grill – Kevin Adair

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MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

Do wear tights or leggings under dresses, shorts or tunic tops.

Don’t wear leggings as pants with tops that don’t cover to at least your upper thigh.

Do buy bold graphic prints in bright colors to en-hance your wardrobe.

Don’t buy prints that are inappropriate to your body type. Petites should go with smaller prints,

while taller girls can go with larger prints.

Do mix prints in the same outfi t. Mix-ing stripes and fl oral prints is very in right

now.

Don’t mix more than two prints and be sure to tie the outfi t together with a belt or neutral cardigan.

Do go for the military trend with one piece of your outfi t, such as a mili-

tary-inspired blazer.

Do rock volume. Just make sure that the volume is not all over. A ruffl ed skirt should be paired with a fi t-ted tee and blazer. An oversized top and sweater combo should be complemented with skinny jeans. A belt is al-ways a great option to accent the skinniest part of your body and bring an outfi t together.

Don’t wear Ugg boots with shorts or skirts. Stick to wearing Uggs in the cold months with skinny jeans or pants.

Do wear tailored shorts, but don’t wear shorts that are too short or long for you. Make sure they comple-ment your height and body type.

�Transition pieces to buy for the spring: booties, high waisted shorts, blazers, loose pants tapered to the ankle and anything with sparkle or glitz.�Th e color palette for spring are a mix of pastels with a brighter kick. Neutrals are a mix of grey, caramel and khaki.�Store chunky knits but keep out lightweight sweat-ers, such as cardigans to pair over lightweight dresses. Open front cardigans with some drape in short and long sleeves are very popular right now.�Buy sheer fabrics and tulle. Pair a sheer top over a cami-sole with jeans and a blazer and then over tailored shorts for warmer weather. Also, tutu inspired skirts can easily transition from winter to spring.�Buy dresses with layers of ruffl es and fl ounces in fun colors.�Buy scarves. Th ey are a fun and inex-pensive way to update your wardrobe.

�Keep out your lighter weight scarves and buy ones in sheer fabrics. Th ey work well for colder weather and you can still wear them in the spring with a tank and shorts and cute leather sandals.

�Buy jumpsuits and rompers. Th ey are a fun trend right now that is easy to layer up. Wear short rompers with tights, booties and an oversized sweater for now and replace with sandals and bare legs for warmer weather.�Invest in a little black dress that can transfer from winter to spring. Wear it with a leather jacket, tights and booties for winter and heels for spring.�Tall boots can still work into the spring. Choose light

brown riding inspired boots and pair them with skinny jeans or tights now, later with dresses. �Grab medium to small size purses with long straps that go across the body. Th ey combine cute with functionality.

Accessorize: Th is is always the easiest way to make an outfi t look new. Whether it’s a scarf, headband or necklace, accessories make an outfi t.Neon: No longer is color just for the spring or summer. A great way to make any outfi t pop is with some color. Put a neon cami under that black cardigan and you are good to go.Floral: Go with fl oral this winter. Forget fl oral just for spring and summer. Use a fl oral cardi-gan or skirt in the winter and show people you know what you are doing.Tights: Wear your favorite mini in the win-ter and spice it up with some neon or lace tights.Turquoise: Th is is the color of the sea-son and can easily be carried over into the spring and summer.Layer: It’s all about playing with textures. Layer a ruffl e blouse under a wool cardigan or a leather mini with a silk top.Mix match: Forget about matching every piece of clothing. Pair a fl oral cardigan with a striped shirt.Transition from winter to springMini: Bring the mini skirt worn with tights from winter into spring with a fl irty top.Plaid: Put a plaid top on with some cuff ed shorts. Blazers: Pair a blazer with a fl oral skirt and there’s a great spring outfi t.Hardware: Don’t put away that studded bracelet or belt and pair it with a fun, fl irty dress for an easy spring look.

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Contributors: Therapy and Behind the Glass

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The Auburn Plainsman Intrigue, C5Thursday, January 21, 2010

Job interviews, wed-dings, dates, oh my! Dress-ing for these occasions is a diffi cult task for many men.

It is a challenge to keep up with the styles and faux pas of the ever-changing fashion world.

Th e fi rst impression is made in less than three seconds, said Josh Da-vis, sales associate at Th e Locker Room, a locally owned men’s clothing store in Montgomery.

“If this impression is negative, it will take at least 20 minutes to negate

these ideas, and this can be detrimental in a job in-terview or fi rst date,” Davis said.

For an interview requir-ing business formal attire, career counselor Karen Pruett with Career Devel-opment Services said em-ployers should remember an interviewee’s skills, not

his or her outfi t. Flashy ties or shirts are

too noticeable. CDS rec-ommends wearing a navy blue or grey suit with a light blue or white shirt. A blazer and slacks are usu-ally not acceptable.

“Black shoes should only be worn with a char-coal or black suit or sport

coat,” Davis said. “Oth-er color suits and sport coats should be worn with brown shoes.”

For weddings, it is bet-ter to overdress when in doubt, said Hunter Henry, senior in apparel merchan-dising, design and produc-tion and a member of the modeling board.

“You can always take off your jacket,” Henry said.

For a day wedding, Hen-ry suggests khaki pants and a blazer.

However, for an evening wedding, wearing a jacket and tie is the minimum. Henry said wearing a suit is the best option.

Pocket squares can add a nice fi nishing touch to a

formal look, but there are several rules to remember. White pocket squares are appropriate with any com-bination of shirt, jacket and tie.

“If you choose to wear a colored pocket square, do not choose one that is the same color as your tie, but rather a minor color in your tie,” Davis said.

When wearing a suit, Henry said it is important to make sure the jacket and pants fi t. When standing up straight with shoulders back, the fi ngers should be able to cuff around the edge of the sleeve.

Pants should be long enough to touch the top of the shoe, even when sitting

down.Men should choose a

dress shirt that has a collar appropriate for their face shape, Davis said.

“If your face is long and narrow, you might want to try a widespread collar to accentuate your posi-tive features,” Davis said. “On the other hand, wear a narrow point collar if your face is rounder.”

For dates, Henry recom-mended slacks or dressy jeans and a button-up shirt or sweater.

Whatever the occasion, Henry said to remember to look in the mirror and ask, “What would I think if I saw someone wearing this?”

Dressing the Part: Guy’s guide to formal wear

What would I think if I saw someone wearing this?”

Hunter Henry, senior in apparel merchandising,

design and production

“JILLIAN CLAIR

STAFF REPORTER

For students looking to pad a lackluster resumé, the volunteer fair held in the Student Center lobby Jan. 14 showcased many diff erent opportunities for community involvement and volunteering.

Th e Louise Kreher For-est Ecology Preserve, an outreach program of the School of Forestry and

Wildlife Sciences, is seek-ing nature lovers who want to expand their na-ture knowledge and skills as well as make a diff er-ence in the lives of families in the community.

Jennifer Lolley, admin-istrator and the only em-ployee of the preserve, said they need help in all areas, including trail, land and facility maintenance, helping with community programs, public relations and publicity, clerical,

fundraising and animal care.

Lolley explained how the work can give students an opportunity to de-stress.

“Th at’s what’s neat,” Lol-ley said. “I can give you a project and you can work on your own time.”

Open from sunrise to sunset, the Forest Ecology Preserve has more than 15 trails spanning four miles through diff erent habitats. Th e area features an am-phitheater, an open pavil-

ion, reptile, fern and native wildfl ower viewing areas, a waterfall and streams, a butterfl y garden and a turtle habitat.

Lolley said everyone can fi nd something they would enjoy doing while volun-teering at the preserve, and she urges students who are interested to visit the Web site at auburn.edu/preserve or to stop by 3100 N. College St.

For those who prefer a volunteer opportunity in-

volving helping other peo-ple, East Alabama Services for the Elderly (EASE) is looking for volunteers to help in a variety of ways.

Th e services provided by EASE, a non-profi t organi-zation, allow the elderly to stay at home and enhance their quality of life. Volun-teers visit the elderly to clean their houses, help with personal hygiene, go to the grocery store and pick up prescriptions.

Among the diff erent pro-

grams EASE has to off er is Auburn Adult Day Care, a center that provides an environment for adults 18 years of age or older who can’t stay at home during the day by themselves.

Transportation is pro-vided to and from the cen-ter each day.

BREE BOWEN

WRITER

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The Auburn PlainsmanIntrigue, C6 Thursday, January 21, 2010

As the temperature falls and

weekends are no longer

fi lled with football, tailgat-

ing and games, many stu-

dents fi nd fun and easy ways to

fi ll their time and go a little wild.

Many students fi nd house par-

ties are a simple way to distract

themselves from classes and the

dullness of winter weather.

“First semester is basically all

football, all the time,” said Sar-

ah Goggans, senior in English.

“Second semester is when all

my friends start having themed

house parties that get a lot

crazier because people aren’t

exhausted from going to the

game.”

When attending one of these

winter parties, Goggans sug-

gests dressing in layers.

“I usually just leave my

jacket and hat near the door

s o when I want to go outside,

I can just grab it and put it on,”

Goggans said.

Shannon Gothard, junior in

social work, also said she tries

to dress in layers.

“Wearing leggings or tights

under your jeans helps won-

ders,” Gothard said.

Event planner Julie Bunkley

of Invision Consulting and Pro-

duction off ers some helpful tips

to remember when planning a

party to help guests stay warm:

1) Th ere is strength in num-

bers. Bunkley said the more peo-

ple that are around, the warmer

people tend to stay.

2) Keep people moving.

“Have something interac-

tive like a band so people will

be dancing,” Bunkley said. “If

you are serving food, have it at

diff erent stations so people will

travel around to eat rather than

just sitting down.”

3) Food should be hearty and

easy to handle. Bunkley said she

likes to serve chili or something

that will go a long way with

guests to keep them warm.

4) Choose drinks that most

people like.

“Any alcohol warms you up,

but I would go more for red

wine,” Bunkley said. “Also, I like

martinis whether it’s cold or

not.”

5) Choose a theme that’s easy

for guests. Bunkley said she

likes to plan parties around cer-

tain events like the Super Bowl

or Valentine’s Day.

“It’s always nice to have a

Valentines Day party to keep

the pressure off people to get a

date,” Bunkley said. “Besides,

it’s better to eat chocolate in a

group.”

Gothard agrees that themes

should be kept simple, but still

creative. She said her favorite

winter themed party is a Bill

Cosby sweater party.

6) Party activities are a must

have. For outdoor activities,

Goggans said bonfi res and fi re

pits always make for a good

party.

“It’s nice to be able to go out-

side and stand by a fi re,” Gog-

gans said.

However, indoor activities are

just as important. Gothard said

she likes to move beer pong in-

doors to keep fi ngers from freez-

ing, and games like Apples to

Apples can be turned into a fun

group drinking game. Th e key is

to keep games simple.

How

To

Stay Warm at a Winter Party

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It’s an age-old question which often separates people into two opposing groups: dog or cat person?

Th e immediate stereo-type associated with those who like cats is the crazy cat lady.

When it comes to those who like dogs, there is a negative stereotype for those that love an animal as if it was a person.

But whether a person loves cats or dogs there al-ways seems to be a degree of separation.

Hilary Johnson, fresh-man in radio, television and fi lm, is an avid cat lover.

“Cats you can just leave alone,” Johnson said. “Th ey don’t require as much, and they basically just sleep and snuggle all the time.”

For Lindsay Porter, se-nior in anthropology, cats are her worst nightmare.

“Cats are just creepy,” Porter said. “Th ey give me a creepy feeling whenever I see them.”

Although Auburn’s psychology department doesn’t focus on this area, Sam Gosling, a psycholo-gist at the University of Texas at Austin, conducted research about the diff er-ences between cat and dog owners.

Th e research included a questionnaire about peo-ples’ personalities.

According to Gosling’s results, people who like dogs are more social and outgoing, whereas those who like cats are more open and neurotic.

Th is doesn’t necessarily mean all dog and cat own-ers fall into this pattern.

Some pet owners sim-ply have allergies to either dogs or cats, making them dislike the animal.

Th ere are also personal diff erences in the type of pet an owner wishes to handle.

“Dogs are fun, but I can’t really control them,” John-son said. “Th ey’re hard to train.”

But for some, previous experiences may have left them psychologically ef-fected.

“When I was little (a cat) scratched me,” Porter said. “Th e movie the ‘Lady and the Tramp’ also had Sia-mese cats that freaked me out.”

Th is seems to have left Porter with a highly nega-tive outlook on cats.

“Cats are associated with the devil in my mind,” Porter said.

Luke Farmer, sopho-more in political science, was also eff ected by his childhood experiences with pets.

“I got my dog Leo when I was four or fi ve,” Farmer said. “I didn’t have any oth-er brothers or sisters, so he became my best friend. I have loved dogs ever since.”

Cats or dogs? Choose wisely.

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SARAH PHILLIPS

STAFF REPORTER

Cats Versus Dogs

Th e evening thus far was successful, he thought. Th ey had an amazing conversation over a romantic dinner and she seemed to enjoy herself.

At least he thought she did until she said one phrase: “You are such an amazing guy, we are going to become great friends.”

In her mind the com-ment was meant to be a compliment, but to the male ego it is the biggest kick in the face.

Students agree that just about everyone has hurt someone’s ego.

“Yes, but not on pur-pose,” said Katy Ashley, senior in medical tech-nology.

People’s feelings get hurt.

Th e question that should be focused on is: what bruises egos?

A study done by CNN.com found things that men are sensitive to.

Hot button issues such as “insulting his job, pointing out the gut and buying him clothes.”

James Robert Dear-man, freshman in for-estry engineering, can vouch for these claims.

“It gets on my nerves when girls don’t accept chivalry,” Dearman said.

He said when a guy wants to pay for dinner on a date, it’s not because he doesn’t think she can do it for herself, but be-cause he loves and cares about her.

Physical appearances are also a touchy subject for guy’s egos.

“My girlfriend is al-ways trying to pluck my eyebrows,” said Travis Treece, senior in forestry. “It really bothers me.”

Women are hurt by comments toward their physical appearance and their sense of humor.

“One time a guy told me I was not funny and that I shouldn’t try to be,” said Laura Beth Fraley, freshman in Spanish. “It really hurt my ego.”

Jim Brinkerhoff , the campus minister and pre-marital counselor at the Auburn Christian Stu-dent Center, deals with situations between stu-dent couples often.

“First off , when feelings

are hurt it is because peo-ple do not feel respected,” Brinkerhoff said. “We identify ourselves with things such as, careers, hobbies, etc. — we are what we do. When dis-approving comments are made about those things we feel attacked and that our identity is being threatened or ques-tioned.”

Another issue that causes confl ict between men and women is that they are just diff erent, physiologically and psy-chologically.

“My ego was bruised when a girl told me that she didn’t get me,” said Lucas Orr, senior in bio-medical sciences. “What’s not to get?”

Obviously, egos are going to get hurt at one point or another.

“Th e antidote for ego bruising is this, our so-ciety must realize there is a respect issue on our hands, and we must make a conscious eff ort daily to respect those around us by controlling our words,” Brinkerhoff said.

So the next time egos are bruised, just remem-ber: respect is key.

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Caitlyn Sweet, junior in interior design, and Clifford Wade, senior in business administra-tion, argue over hurtful comments.

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Aquarius: Th e rotational tilt of the moon makes you a smartie pants this week, your peers may be an-noyed but your professors and parents will love you.

Aries: Th e rotating position of Mars makes you susceptible to unexplained levels of intoxication. “Beer before liquor never sicker” should be your mantra during these weeks of back-to-

school partying.

Cancer: Th is week may be a good week to cut people out of your life. Choose carefully.

Capricorn: Work it. Your mojo lev-els are high this week.

Gemini: Th e two sides in your sign are at confl ict, you may struggle this week with talking to with yourself, being indecisive and/or inhabiting multiple personalities.

Leo: While Venus colliding into Ju-piter has made this semester unusu-ally stressful for your sign, just put some new shoes on, everything will be alright.

Libra: You will look inordinately suspicious this week, try to avoid doing illegal activities in public.

Pisces: Because you are a water sign, you’ll be obnoxiously cheery through-out the upcoming rainy days. Ugh

Virgo: Th e planets are not aligning in your favor this week. Sorry.

Sagittarius: Your butt will look good in those jeans this week.

Scorpio: Th e planets endow you with an affi nity toward animals this week, don't be surprised if the campus cats start following you around.

Taurus: You will meet an attractive person this week. Don’t mess it up again.

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Th e foundation of Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum shook Saturday with the deafening cheers of the Au-burn faithful, even to the end.

Despite coming off a 81-55 loss to Tennessee on the road last Th ursday, the Auburn Men’s Basketball team came within an eyelash of upset-ting No. 2 Kentucky in an arena 11,669 strong.

Th e Tigers were inconsis-tent in the fi rst half, shooting

a mere 29 percent. Kentucky, meanwhile,

took advantage of the home team’s missteps, hitting 16 foul shots.

“Obviously the big diff er-ence of the game was the foul line,” said Auburn head coach Jeff Lebo. “Th ey got to the line 27 times in the fi rst half. Th at’s the most I think I’ve ever been involved with in a half.”

Auburn went to the locker room trailing 39-26.

Th ough senior guard De-Wayne Reed had missed his

fi rst 10 shots, he rallied his team back in the second half, scoring a game-high 19 points.

As Kentucky scored Au-burn an-swered, but when oppor-tunities to take the lead p r e s e n t e d themselves, n o t a b l y a missed 3-pointer by Kentucky’s Dar-ius Miller, the Tigers couldn’t rise to the occasion.

With 12 seconds to go, Reed missed a 3-pointer that would have tied the game.

“It was a great look,” Reed said. “I just had to put it in,

but unfortu-nately it didn’t go.”

With the score at 67-70 and 9 seconds to go, Kentucky’s John Wall sank two free throw

shots to make the fi nal score


SPORTS


DTHURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010


Senior Krissy Voss earned a 9.6 on beam against No. 2 Okla-homa. The Tigers lost 196.300-195.325.

No. 9 Auburn Gymnas-tics lost to No. 2 Oklahoma in a close 196.300-195.325 match Friday night at Beard-Eaves Coliseum.

A crowd of 5,750 f a n s c h e e r e d as both t e a m s s p o r t e d pink leo-tards to b a t t l e b r e a s t c a n c e r during the a n n u a l “Flip for the Cure” meet.

“By no means were we the best we could be, but we did better than we did last week,” said head coach Jeff Th ompson. “We made our goal of hitting fi ve out of six routines on each event, and we are moving in the right direction. We couldn’t be more excited.”

Th e Tigers were fi rst on vault, where freshman Toi Garcia led the team with a 9.875.

Sophomores Justine Fos-

ter and Allyson Sandusky scored a 9.850 and a 9.825, respectively, giving Auburn an event score of 48.975.

“I think I did a good job; it’s what I’ve been practic-ing,” Sandusky said. “We did what we came here to do, and we improved from

last week’s score.”

Oklaho-ma began on bars, with a high score of 9.925 from Holly Vise.

Vise en-tered the meet as the top bars gymnast in the nation

after her 9.9 score in the fi rst meet of the season.

All six Sooners in the bars rotation surpassed a 9.8, totaling a score of 49.225.

Auburn rotated to the bars, where Sandusky tied her career high of 9.9 from the SEC Championships.

Auburn fi nished with a 48.950 score in the bars event.

During the second rota-

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Auburn fl ips for the cure

We made our goal of hitting fi ve out of six routines on each event, and we’re moving in the right direction.”

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For Auburn wide receivers coach Trooper Taylor, com-mitment to Auburn football doesn’t stop for a federal holiday.

While the rest of town slept in Monday morning, he was on the road recruiting.

Taylor said he is aware coaching isn’t a regular job with regular hours.

However, Taylor said trav-eling does not take away from the importance of Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Day.

“Just in my own family, I always make sure we talk about the history,” Taylor said. “Kind of what he stood for, how he died, what he died for and always the speeches, we make sure we pass that on.”

Taylor has become a prom-inent fi gure in Auburn Foot-ball, but said many people don’t recognize him without his signature backwards baseball cap.

This has caused his daugh-ter to ask him not to wear it in grocery stores.

That attention motivates Taylor to live like every day is an interview. He tries to make good decisions to be a role model, not only for mem-bers of the black community, but also for young people.

“Those are the things I try to emphasize, not just in my own personal life, but with my players,” Taylor said. “Just to make good choices for those that are not just with you right now, but the ones that are going to come after you.”

The coach said he looks up to for-mer Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy.

Taylor said the coaches in his life helped him become better.

They asked for his best and didn’t accept less.

“I think when I look at coaching I think about all the coaches that I’ve come in contact with, good or bad, I’ve learned something from each one of them,” Tay-lor said. “When my father passed when I was 12, I substituted the word ‘father’ or ‘dad’ for the word ‘coach’ because I thought God put those people in my life along the way to help me, and the funny thing about that is most of them weren’t the same color as me and weren’t the same last name, but they al-ways treated me like family.”

Taylor said Martin Luther King Jr. was especial-

ly important in helping him take pride in his heritage.

“Just with all the things that he went through and he still was able to stay focused, and not let the violent part come out of him during a re-ally tough time and just all of the doors that he opened, not just in the coaching fi eld, but for every aspect of life for mi-norities,” Taylor said.

Taylor said being in Ala-bama helps bring everything together for him.

“Growing up in Texas, I didn’t have a clue about the heritage,” Taylor said. “You just saw it on TV all the time, you really couldn’t relate to it, but being able to come here and go through Selma and go through some of those plac-es and see things brought it right to the front.”

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STAFF REPORTER


Trooper Taylor at the Auburn Athletic Complex, Friday.

Men’s basketball moves past Kentucky loss


Senior forward Lucas Hargrove takes a shot Saturday against Kentucky.

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72-67 and put the Wild-cats at 18-0 overall and 3-0 in conference play.

“Th eir size, you just can’t simulate that,” Lebo said. “Th ey’re bigger than some NBA teams. We try to simulate in practice, but you can’t simulate that speed coming at you like that.”

Another Auburn stand-out was sophomore guard Frankie Sullivan, who add-ed 15 points in 22 minutes to give Auburn an edge in the second half, including three 3-pointers.

Sullivan attributed the team’s dramatic improve-ment to the overwhelming crowd support.

“It’s like an imaginary sixth man,” Sullivan said.

“Our fans don’t support us like that all the time. I wish they would. I’m ready to play every game, but the crowd just gives you a boost like an energy drink.”

Kentucky coach John Calipari said he antici-pates Kentucky’s oppo-nents will try to make a name for themselves at the expense of his team.

“We were very fortunate to win the game,” Calipari

said. “Th ey were shooting 70 percent in the second half, for probably 16 min-utes. 70 percent. I can’t re-member a team doing that to one of my teams.”

Th e second straight conference loss brings Au-burn to 9-9 overall and 0-3 in the SEC.

Th e Tigers’ stretch of league play continued at Louisiana State University Wednesday, followed by a trip to Vanderbilt Satur-

day.However the wins and

losses tally up, Sullivan re-mains confi dent.

“Once we play two com-plete halves, we’ll have a great ball club,” Sullivan said.

After facing off against LSU in Baton Rouge, Au-burn now turns toward a 14-3 Vanderbilt team.

Th e Commodores are 3-0 in the SEC and will meet the Tigers Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in Nashville having enjoyed a week off since defeating South Car-olina 89-79.

“Th is is an opportunity to get ourselves better,” said Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings. “Th ere are some things we need to work on and hopefully we can get ourselves better before next Saturday.”

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tion, the Sooners had four scores of at least a 9.8 on vault.

Natalie Ratcliff led with a 9.85, giving Oklahoma a 49.050 in the event.

Th e Tigers then moved to the beam where sopho-more Kylie Shields shined with a score of 9.85.

Junior Katie Hurley scored a 9.775, giving Au-burn a score of 48.600.

On the fl oor, Oklahoma was led by anchor Jac-queline Flanery, who hit a 9.85. Kristin Smith and Megan Ferguson each scored 9.825, making the Sooners’ fl oor score a solid 49.000.

Auburn’s fl oor perfor-mance was led by senior Krissy Voss with a 9.85.

Voss and Flanery tied for the event title. Shields scored a 9.825 on the fl oor. Th e duo helped Auburn reach a score of 48.800 in the event.

Auburn’s two all-around competitors were Voss, scoring a 38.850, and Shields, fi nishing with a 38.525.

“I wasn’t completely satisfi ed, but I was happy I stepped it up in the last

two events,” Shields said. “I got my head in the game, and I did pretty well.”

Th e enthusiasm was heightened as the stands fi lled with pink “Flip for the Cure” T-shirts, whose sale raised more than $1,500.

Th e purchase of one of the $10 shirts earned free admission, as well as a do-nation to breast cancer.

“We were not just doing our best tonight because we love gymnastics, but for all the people who will have or have had cancer,” Shields said. “It motivated us to do well.”

All proceeds will be do-nated to the East Alabama Medical Center Founda-tion Breast Cancer Fund.

“Our main goal and our only goal is to reach the national championship in April,” Th ompson said. “We are taking small steps each week and focusing on the process of competing.”

Th e Tigers will travel to Baton Rouge Friday to battle LSU.

Last season, then No. 6 Auburn defeated then No. 10 LSU 196.575-195.300 at home.

Th e LSU meet starts at 7 p.m. CT at Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

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Freshman Petrina Yokay earned a 9.825 against No. 2 Oklahoma, Friday. The Tigers’ next meet is Friday against LSU.

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Th ey’re bigger than some NBA teams. We try to simulate in practice, but you can’t simulate that speed coming at you like that. “

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Senior guard DeWayne Reed drives the lane Saturday.

Th e Auburn Baseball team is gearing up for the spring 2010 season, coming off a 31-25 (11-19 SEC) 2009 season.

Junior Hunter Morris is a power hitter coming back this season with experience.

“We have a good group of older guys, a lot of leadership coming back this year,” Mor-ris said. “It is the fi rst time in a while that we’re a really ex-perienced team.”

Morris, who has 25 career homeruns and was a member of the USA Baseball National Team in summer 2009, has been recognized with various awards from the SEC, includ-ing Freshman All-American, SEC Freshman of the Year, Second Team All-SEC and the SEC All-Freshman team.

“It’s more what you put in away from practice that you get the most out of,” Morris said.

He was a second round pick in the 2007 Major

League Baseball draft.Junior outfi elder Brian

Fletcher said he has very high expectations for the 2010 season, too.

“I want to play the best I can,” Fletcher said. “I want to help everyone be a bet-ter player and help the team out.”

Fletcher, who plays left fi eld, has hit 27 homeruns in his two years at Auburn.

“I am excited about this season,” Fletcher said. “I know our team is capable of getting to the postseason, and I am eager to see how far we can go.”

Head coach John Pawlows-ki said the veterans will be looked to help lead the team off ensively.

“You also look at the guys on the fi eld, guys like Hunt-er Morris, Trent Mummey, Kevin Patterson and Brian Fletcher, and those guys have all been through the rigors of this league,” Pawlowski said.

Pawlowski, who is in his second year as head coach, talked about the importance

of off ense on this 2010 team. “Off ensively, we hit a lot of

homeruns, but we need to fi nd diff erent ways to score runs,” Pawlowski said. “I like the experience we have com-ing back we have a lot of guys, off ensively, who have been through the league, and off ensively I am encouraged and excited.”

As the start of the season nears, the players feel the same excitement as their coach.

“It’s an exciting time and we will get better as the sea-son goes on,” Pawlowski said.

Fletcher said the team is ready to make a statement in the SEC.

While excited for SEC play, Morris said he is looking for-ward to out-of-conference games as well.

“Th e Arizona State trip should be a lot of fun,” Mor-ris said. “It’s something dif-ferent, getting out of the SEC, and getting into that West Coast baseball. I have some friends that play out there.”

Th e Tigers open up in Plainsman Park against Southeast Missouri State Feb. 19.

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Auburn infi elder Joseph Sanders fi elds a throw into third base against the University of Arkansas last spring.

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Kickin’ the curves

Th e Auburn Univer-sity Student Activity Center unveiled new exercise classes for the Spring semester Tues-day.

Th e event, Kick-In-2010, was created to communicate the im-portance of exercising during the semester as well as to exhibit a taste of the new class-es to students.

Th is intense set of three classes lasted 90 minutes, beginning with Turbojam, a high energy aerobics class. Turbo Jam was taught by Kristy Cullman, an Auburn graduate.

Pam Wiggins, Th e Student Act’s Group Fitness Coordinator has been working on creating classes that will get students inter-ested in exercising.

“We want the stu-dents to get involved, Wiggins said. “Th is class was designed to have a ‘party feel’ to at-tract students.”

Wiggins is confi dent that the concept of new classes will bring students to the Stu-dent Activity Center.

“Th e purpose of this program is to have a class that has the mind and body in one,” Wig-gins said. “We want to blend sound with movement.”

Wiggins also noted that she wanted the classes to be fun and to give students a chance to socialize while get-ting a high intensity work out.

Students, faculty, and staff of Auburn were encouraged to attend. Approximately 150 students and a few professors were exercising at the event which was advertised on posters across cam-pus this week.

“We usually come to Zumba, Core Abs, Butts and Guts, and Step,” said Cameron Townes, a sophomore in political science. “Tonight we wanted to try something dif-ferent, and this event looked like it would be fun for us.”

One student wanted to get into shape for her New Years resolu-tion, so coming to this event was the start to her success.

“I wanted to start my new year off right,” said Audra Snyder, a senior

in engineering, “Th ese classes are so much fun and the time fl ies by.”

With the entire bas-ketball court to fi ll, directors are urging more students to come and join the fun. In-structors believe there is a class for everyone, no matter their level or experience with fi t-ness.

“We are trying to get students, faculty, and staff excited about the group fi tness classes,” said Jennifer Jarvis, Director of Campus Recreation. “We have an awesome, high- en-ergy staff this year and we are really excited about what is to come with these classes.”

Th e new classes are already under-way, including Power Rhythms, instructed by Wiggins.

“Th is class was cre-ated under another name in Germany,” said Wiggins. “We ad-opted it and created Power Rhythms to make exercise enter-taining for students.”

Wiggins and stu-dents later demon-strated how exciting the class was. Th is new kind of exercise is sure

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Students pump their fi sts as part of the Campus Rec ‘Kick-In-2010’ event held at the Student Activity Center Tuesday night. There was a set of three classes that lasted 90 minutes each.


A class of women work out to the music, Tuesday.

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Freshmen Tori Helsper and Heather Merrick enjoy themselves in the Student Activities Center.


Instructor Meg Pinkerton leads a high-paced class.

Student interested in in-tramurals but not neces-sarily in playing have the opportunity to become paid referees.

“Th e great thing about offi ciating basketball and our other sports is that you make your own sched-ule, you have weekends off and you are paid a lump sum at the end of the sea-son,” said Nicholas Head, intramural sports student coordinator. “So for bas-ketball we will pay offi -cials right around Spring Break, which is always a nice time to have some ex-tra cash.”

Referees earn $7.25 per game and get paid in one lump sum at the end of the season.

Th e referee opportunity is open to both students who are soley interested in offi ciating and those al-ready signed up for an in-tramural team already can be referees too.

“Th at's a great way to see both sides of how a

sport works,” Head said. “Th ey're able to play and then offi ciate after their game. Many times we'll have offi cials who admit that it's a lot diff erent than just playing the game and that it takes more work than you think.”

To become a referee, attend one of the Referee Clinics being held tonight at 8 p.m. or Sunday at 4 p.m. on Court 7 in the Stu-dent Activities Center.

Individuals attend-ing the clinics will learn proper techniques and procedures, in addition to rules and regulations for basketball.

Head said there will be a need for referees for the second season of spring intramurals, including softball and co-ed soccer.

“To ensure that you are paid for basketball offi ci-ating as well as our other sports, students must fi ll out paperwork,” Head said. “Th is includes bring-ing a valid driver's license, a voided check and signed social security card with them when they fi ll out paperwork.”

Don’t play, get paidABBY ALBRIGHT

SPORTS EDITOR


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Th e No. 5 Auburn Men’s and No. 8 Women’s Swimming and Diving teams will face Gregg Troy’s University of Florida Gators for a dual meet at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Friday at 4 p.m.

Florida’s men are ranked No. 6 and the women No. 7.

Auburn head coach Brett Hawke said the team is ap-proaching the meet with its eyes fi rmly set on the Southeastern Confer-ence Championship.

Th is is Auburn’s last confer-ence dual meet before the SEC Championship.

“I think we’re a very well-prepared team leading into SEC’s due to the intense com-petition we’ve had in the past few months,” Hawke said.

Th e Tigers’ last meet was at Texas A&M University Jan. 9.

Th e women fell to the Aggies 169-129, but defeated SMU 204-87. Th e men won 159-126.

Hawke said the team came back from the meet at Texas A&M determined, focused and ready to begin preparation for Florida.

Th e Auburn men defeated the Gators at the 2009 SEC Championship 881-626

“Th eir coach is under a lot of pressure to beat us,” Hawke

said.In the past fi ve years, Au-

burn and Florida have both placed in the top fi ve in the SEC Championship.

Th e Auburn men were 2009 NCAA Champions, and the Florida men were No. 5. Th e Auburn women were No. 6, and the Florida women were

No. 7. Th e Au-

burn men have defeated Florida in dual meets every year since 1999.

Th e Gators are Auburn’s biggest SEC rival, said se-

nior and men’s captain Tyler McGill.

“Th ere’s always a little more incentive to beat Florida,” Mc-Gill said. “Florida’s a very tal-ented team.”

Th e Florida men are unde-feated in dual meets this sea-son, while the women are 8-2.

“I think our biggest chal-lenge will be handing their depth in certain events,” Mc-Gill said.

McGill said practices are beginning to change to pre-pare the team for the end of the year, specifi cally the SEC Championship meet Feb. 17-20.

Quality of practice time rather than quantity is now the team’s training strategy, McGill said.

“It will be a challenge for us to make sure that we win the

events we’re supposed to,” Mc-Gill said. “If we do that, I think the outcome will be in our fa-vor.”

Th is is an especially impor-tant win for the women’s team, said Ava Ohlgren, women’s captain and senior.

Auburn fell to the Florida women’s team in the SEC Championship by 14 points last year in Auburn.

Ohlgren said the women’s team would not accept anoth-er loss to Florida.

“Th ey beat us by 14 points, so we really want to come back and show them we won’t toler-ate that on our turf,” Ohlgren said.

Ohlgren said she and the team are focusing on details at this point in the season.

“If we stay focused, we’ll have one of our best meets,” Ohlgren said. “Energy is defi -nitely the key.”

It is imperative for the team to stay in race mode, Ohlgren said.

“We’ve gotten better and better each meet, and we want to do better than we did in Texas,” Ohlgren said.

Th is is Auburn’s last confer-ence dual meet before the SEC Championship.

As always, the champi-onship-winning team has worked hard all season, espe-cially now.

“I’m proud of the way our men have moved along this year,” McGill said.

Th e coach and captains said they feel they are ready to take on the Gators.

JILLIAN CLAIR

STAFF REPORTER

Th eir coach is under a lot of pressure to beat us.”

Brett Hawke, head coach

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Thad Ellis, freshman in business, competes against the University of Alabama.

AU Swimming & Diving prepare for UF Gators

The Auburn Plainsman Sports, D5Thursday, January 21, 2010

1. You played rugby at Kentucky. How do you go from rugby to gymnastics?A few rugby players dated gymnasts, so we went to meets and we knew the girls and the coach. The coach wanted someone to help move mats and stuff. I was a spring board diver in high school and just had a knack for it.

2. How did you meet your wife? Does it help that she is an associate head coach? I physically ran into her coming out of J&M Bookstore when she was coming in. We were married about a year later. Four out of seven schools in the SEC have husband and wife coaching teams. It promotes the family atmo-sphere, and I think it’s a great recruiting tool.

3. Do you have a motto?Dominate, Intimidate, Destroy.

4. If you could trade places with anyone for a week. Who would it be? My 14-year-old son. Just to be 14 and come home and play Xbox.

5. You have a master’s in biomechanics. Has this helped you in gymnastics?Gymnastics is physics. Once you leave the ground your body is controlled by the laws of physics. I don’t write equations on a board but I can watch a gymnast and tell them how to move their body.

6. If you had a super power what would it be?Fly; I have dreams that I can fl y. Being invis-ible would probably be second.

7. How would your kids describe you? One would say I’m an idiot and the other would say I’m the best dad in the world.

8. How do you tackle stress?Take a deep breath. My wife calls me a procras-tinator but I get a lot more done when I’m under pressure. I don’t stress about things. I should have been a surfer dude.

9. If you had a day off what would you do?If I had a full day off, depending on what time of year it was, I would most likely go fi shing by myself.

alking urkey with hompson...

In the past 11 years, Auburn Gymnastics head coach Jeff Th ompson has led the Tigers to one NCAA national champion-ship game appearance, seven NCAA regional championships and has led individual women to nine NCAA cham-pionship appear-ances.

He has also been SEC Coach of the Year twice. All of this success would not have happened without his dedication and long hours.

“I think my next day off is in May,” Th ompson said.

Auburn Gym-nastics is current-ly ranked No. 9 in the country according to Gym Info, the offi cial rankings for NCAA gymnastics.

Th ompson had a hill to climb to get Auburn Gymnastics back on the map when he got here in 1999.

“People didn’t even know we had a gymnastics team,” Th omp-son said. “Th ey thought it was a men’s team.”

A 1996 fi re destroyed the gym that had been home to Auburn Gymnastics and the men’s bas-ketball training facility.

What was once called “the bar” is now the parking deck ad-

jacent to the baseball stadium. “Th e goal was to take the pro-

gram and get back into the top ten,” Th ompson said.

After the fi re, the gymnastics program moved into an auxil-iary gym. Th e gym had only one tumbling strip where the girls had to do all of their practicing. To practice fl oor exercises, the

girls were forced to move to a bas-ketball court.

“Obviously we didn’t do very well and couldn’t recruit very well,” Th ompson said.

Two years after Th ompson ar-rived in Auburn, the gymnastics program moved into a brand-new facility and now calls one of the premier colle-

giate gyms in the country home. Since the move, Auburn Gym-nastics has excelled.

Auburn qualifi ed for the NCAA National Championship in 2003.

It then hosted the national championship in 2005 but failed to qualify.

“Th at was kind of dishearten-ing,” Th ompson said, “To host the national championship and not be able to compete in it as a team.”

Th ompson said that the Au-burn program still has improve-ments to make.

“We can’t contact athletes

until their junior year of high school and by then they have al-ready been looking at schools,” Th ompson said.

Th e schools that are the pe-rennial power houses in gym-nastics include the University of Georgia, the University of Ala-bama and the University of Utah. Th ompson’s goal is to change that.

“What we need to do is to be-come the school that is the fa-vorite in many of these matches and not the underdog,” Th omp-son said.

If the Tigers win enough, then Auburn may be able to attract many world-class athletes.

“Auburn University and the town of Auburn have a lot to do with our success,” Th ompson said. “Th e world-class academ-ics, the safe town and the friend-ly atmosphere all help us to at-tract world-class athletes.”

Auburn Gymnastics has a lot to look forward to in the future.

It is a top 10 program, has a huge fan base (last meet’s atten-dance had nearly 6,000 specta-tors) and is a signifi cant contrib-utor to the University and the Auburn community.

“Where we are in the season, we are very happy,” Th ompson said.

Auburn travels to LSU Satur-day and are set to return home to compete against the Univer-sity of Georgia Jan. 29th.

“Once people come to a meet once they typically keep com-ing,” Th ompson said.

THOMPSON

Sticking it with Th ompson

Th e Auburn Women’s Basketball team (11-7, 2-3 SEC) hit the road Sun-day for an SEC match up against South Carolina (10-7, 3-2 SEC), but poor shooting by the Tigers con-tributed to a 63-49 loss.

Senior center KeKe Car-rier led Auburn with 14 points and junior guard Alli Smalley fi nished with 12.

USC held Auburn to 39.6 percent from the fi eld. Th e Tigers made just one 3-pointer out of fi ve at-tempts and 6-of-12 free throws.

“It was a tough shooting day for us,” said Auburn head coach Nell Fortner. “South Carolina’s defense was very good. We had some good looks on the in-side and missed some easy shots.”

Smalley said she felt the team slacked defensively and wasn’t as aggressive as it should have been.

“We started out the game in man because of the way they can shoot the three, and they just got

the hot hand and were re-ally knocking down their threes tonight so that hurt us a lot,” Smalley said.

Auburn stayed close in the fi rst half, but two 3-pointers by the Game-cocks in the fi nal 34 sec-onds left the Tigers down by nine at the break.

Carrier said the team didn’t box oor shoot well.

“I think they had more of a high tempo than us at the beginning and they just played really well on the defensive end,” Carrier said.

Leaders for USC includ-ed transfer Valerie Nain-ima with 20 points and four assists and freshman Kelsey Bone with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Early in the second half, Nainima hit three 3-point-ers in as many possessions to extend the USC lead to 20 and the score 53-33.

Assistant coach Kerry Cremeans said the team didn’t play with the same intensity it brought to the 64-62 win against LSU.

“South Carolina played extremely well, they were on their home fl oor and they had a lot of confi -dence,” Cremeans said.

“We have to bring the same fi ght we had at the LSU game into every game, especially when you are away in our league.”

With 3:43 left in the game, Smalley hit a 3-pointer that made her 26th all-time in career scoring at Auburn with 983 career points.

Th e team’s next match up will be against Vander-bilt (13-5, 2-3 SEC) tonight at 8 p.m. in Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum.

Vanderbilt, who gave the Georgia team its fi rst loss of the season, is coming off a 64-57 loss to Tennessee.

“Th ey beat us twice last year, we remember that and I know we’ll have a lot of that competitive fi re going into that game,” Cre-means said.

Smalley said the key to a win tonight would be a good defense and bringing energy early.

Cremeans said the team is excited for the home game and for an in-confer-ence televised game.

“We know how we’re capable of fi ghting and we’ll have to bring one of our best games Th ursday night,” Cremeans said.

Women’s basketball falls to USC, looks forward to Vandy


The Auburn Women’s Basketball team huddles after losing to South Carolina 63-49.

MORGAN POWELL

WRITER

CRYSTAL COLE

STAFF REPORTER

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After earning back-to-back NCAA Regional ap-pearances the last two seasons, the Auburn Soft-ball team will look to build on that success in 2010.

Th e Tigers posted a 30-29 record in 2009 and cap-tured a berth in the NCAA Atlanta Regional before being eliminated with a 5-0 loss to Boston Univer-sity on the fi nal day of re-gional play.

A new spring means a fresh start for the Ti-gers, and last season’s early postseason exit has served as motivation for the 2010 season.

“Last year, we got pretty far into a regional, but we should’ve gotten further,” said senior pitcher Anna Th ompson. “I really feel like this year everybody has their heads in the right place and our pri-orities are straight and we’re really all committed to making it as far as we can.”

Preparation for this season began in the sum-mer with off season work-outs and continued into September and October with the fall season.

Auburn fi nished the fall with an 8-0 record.

“Th e off season went pretty well,” said sopho-

more catcher Elizabeth Eisterhold. “We all worked really, really hard in work-outs, got really good in shape and prepared and got faster and more in shape to get ready for the season.”

Auburn returns 10 starters from last year’s squad, including Th omp-son, Eisterhold and junior infi elder Kyndall White, who hit .275 with fi ve home runs and 19 RBI in 2009.

Th e Tigers also welcome in a class of freshmen to compete for playing time, headlined by Under Ar-mour All-American and Joelton, Tenn., native Kelsey Cartwright.

With a lot of experi-enced players blended in with a talented group of incoming freshmen, head coach Tina Deese made it clear that starting spots will have to be earned through competition.

“We have a bunch of position battles going on right now,” Deese said, who enters her 14th sea-son at the helm. “In terms of just fi ghting for their position, (the players) have done a good job, but we’ve got a lot of competi-tion going on.”

Cartwright, sophomore Aurora Salter and junior Kelley Smiley, a junior college transfer, are bat-tling for the third base job

while sophomore Amber Harrison and junior Alicia Hunolt are in competition for the starting fi rst base position.

White, sophomore Lau-ren Guzman and junior Megan Mitchell are vying for middle infi eld posi-tions.

Smiley could also play shortstop or second base and adds quality depth.

Eisterhold will spend a majority of the innings behind the plate after leading all SEC catchers with a 55 percent caught stealing rate as a fresh-man.

Salter and freshman Caitlin Schultze also give the Tigers options at catcher, as both will see playing time this season.

Th e Tigers have a com-bination of experience and speed in the outfi eld.

Senior Lindsey Harrel-son is the veteran of the group and will compete with juniors Caitlin Stan-gl and Katie Colton, soph-omore Krista Clyde and freshmen Janelle Green and Baylee Stephens for starting outfi eld jobs.

Th e pitching staff is led by Th ompson, who posted 15 wins and a team-best 2.28 ERA and 269 strike-outs a season ago.

Senior Holly Ragsdale and sophomores Angel Bunner, Jenee Loree and Lauren Schmalz round

out the staff and will pitch key innings for the Tigers.

While there may be some uncertainty as to who will grab starting positions, Deese said that the camaraderie among her players and the leader-ship of the upperclassmen have been obvious.

“If chemistry means anything, this is a great group,” Deese said. “One of the best I’ve ever had. Th ey get along. Th ey gel.”

Deese pointed out the maturity and experience of Th ompson and White, who, according to the head coach, have em-braced their leadership roles.

“(Th ompson) has stepped up in a big way in terms of guiding these guys in the right direc-tion,” Deese said. “And then you’ve got Kyndall White, who’s a leader on the fi eld. Th e girls look up to her. I really think those two are heading us in the right direction.”

Auburn will be tested early and often as the Ti-gers open the 2010 season against Washington, the defending national cham-pions, at the Kajikawa Classic on Feb. 11 in Tem-pe, Ariz.

Th e Tigers will also face quality opponents in Ari-zona State, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Texas Tech, Nebraska and Michigan,

in addition to SEC play.Deese gave a simple

explanation for such a daunting schedule.

“If you want to get bet-ter, you’re going to play the best,” Deese said. “We look at it as opportunity. For us, let’s go out, let’s get

them. We’re going to take this year to just see how good we can be.”

If everything goes right for the 2010 Auburn soft-ball team, maybe it will be good enough to capture the ultimate goal — a na-tional championship.

Rod Guajardo/ MANAGING EDITOR

Freshman catcher Caitlin Schultze lays down a bunt in a fall game against Georgia Perimeter College. Auburn won the game 2-1.

DAVIS POTTER

WRITER

Auburn softball prepares for 2010 campaign

Rod Guajardo/ MANAGING EDITOR

Senior pitcher Anna Thompson winds up to deliver a pitch during a fall exhibition against Georgia Perimeter College.

2010 Auburn Softball Schedule

Date-Opponent-Time

2/11- Kajukawa Classic2/14 Tempe, Ariz.2/11 Washington 7 p.m. 2/12 Arizona State 8 p.m.2/13 Texas Tech 12:30 p.m. Notre Dame 5:30 p.m.2/14 Wisconsin 10 a.m. 2/17 Georgia State 4 p.m. 2/19- Tiger Invitational2/212/19 Ohio 5:30 p.m.2/20 Nebraska 12:30 p.m. Central Michigan 3 p.m.2/21 SIU – Edwardsville 2 p.m. 2/24 Jacksonville State 5 p.m.2/26- NFCA Lead-off Classic 2/26 Columbus, Ga.2/26 Kent State 10 a.m. Illinois State 3 p.m.2/27 Virginia Tech 10 a.m.

Southern Illinois 3 p.m.2/28 NC State 9 a.m.3/2 vs Michigan 6 p.m.3/5- War Eagle Classic3/73/5 Louisiana Tech 12:30 p.m. Tennessee State 3 p.m.3/6 Gardner Webb 10 a.m.3/7 Valparaiso 2 p.m.3/10 at South Alabama 6 p.m.3/13 vs Kentucky 1 p.m. / 3:30 p.m.3/14 vs Kentucky 1 p.m.3/17 at Florida 3 p.m. 3/18 at Florida State 2 p.m.3/20 at LSU 1 p.m. / 3 p.m.3/21 at LSU 1 p.m.3/27 at South Carolina Noon / 2 p.m.3/28 at South Carolina Noon3/31 vs Troy University 6 p.m.

4/2 vs Alabama 6 p.m. 4/3 vs Alabama 1 p.m. / 3:30 p.m.4/7 vs Samford 6 p.m.4/10 vs Tennessee 1 p.m. / 3:30 p.m.4/11 vs Tennessee 1 p.m.4/13 at Mercer 4 p.m.4/17 at Georgia Noon / 2 p.m.4/18 at Georgia Noon4/21 vs Miss State 4 p.m. / 6:30 p.m.4/24 at Ole Miss 1 p.m. / 3 p.m. 4/25 at Ole Miss 1 p.m.4/28 at Middle Tennessee 6 p.m.5/8 vs Arkansas 1 p.m. / 3:30 p.m.5/9 vs Arkansas 1 p.m.5/13- SEC Tournament 5/15 Fayetteville, Ark.

The Auburn Plainsman Sports, D7Thursday, January 21, 2010

Th e Auburn University Men’s Lacrosse club has begun practice in prepara-tion to build on last year’s undefeated regular sea-son.

Junior midfi elder An-thony Generotti said he thinks there’s not as much pressure this season be-cause of the undefeated season.

“I feel that there is a fair amount of pressure every season, we have been a contender for the SELC title for the past few years and defi nitely have a tar-get on our backs,” Gener-otti said.

Despite the perfect reg-ular season, the Tigers fell to Florida State University in the SELC tournament and failed to reach the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association tournament.

Junior goaltender Alex Barnes said losing in the SELC semifi nals last sea-son shouldn’t have an ef-fect on this season’s team.

“Losing is never fun, but I’m not thinking about that,” Barnes said. “We’ve got to move forward and focus on this season.”

Barnes is stepping into the cage to fi ll the shoes of former goalie Alex Craw-ford.

Crawford led the Tigers to the SELC tournament semis the past two sea-sons, including an upset victory against the Univer-sity of Florida in the 2008

quarterfi nals.“Th ere’s not too much

pressure that can be add-ed to the goalie position,” Barnes said. “I’m just ex-cited about the opportu-nity to get on the fi eld and help our team have anoth-er successful year.”

Th ere are many new faces around the lacrosse fi eld this season.

Auburn Media Relations intern Scott Kemps will be helping the defense out from the coach’s box.

“Getting Kemps to coach defense this year was huge for us,” Barnes said. “It’s hard to run an effi cient practice with only one coach for O and D.”

Kemps came to Auburn after coaching and playing at three schools in the past three years.

He and head coach Ste-phen Stock have a diffi cult task coaching a club team.

“Coaching a club team is diff erent than coaching a varsity team, due to the fact that our interaction with the team is rather limited due to confl icting class times/practice times, etc,” Kemps said.

Generotti echoed what Barnes said about more coaching helping with the fl ow of practice, but add-ed that returning players have picked up the needed leadership roles.

“Senior attackman Mike Hoff man has been a great asset to our teams suc-cess in the past,” Generotti said. “He is a key returning player.”

Barnes said he is excit-

ed to see his defense play against the top lines of the Tigers’ opponents.

“Th is year’s D is looking solid we’ve a ton of talent new and old,” Barnes said. “I’m really excited about the new guys stepping in this season, and I think they have the potential to shut down any off ense we come across this season.”

Auburn will travel to Or-lando to participate in the third annual Face-off for a Cause.

Th e Tigers will take on the Gators Saturday, Feb. 13.

“I am looking forward to the game against UF and in Orlando on the week-end of Feb. 13,” Generotti said. “Th e game is part of a tournament in support of the Wounded Warrior Project.”

Th e Wounded Warrior Project benefi ts those who have served in the Armed Forces and have been wounded in combat.

Each team competing in the event will be paired with a wounded veteran as an honorary captain.

Barnes said he is look-ing forward to the game on Feb. 19 against the Univer-sity of Tennessee.

“Being from Nashville I’ve got my eye on the UT game,” Barnes said. “I grew up playing with a lot of those guys and it’s always a good game.”

Auburn begins its sea-son Jan. 30 against Vander-bilt University at 3 p.m. on the city fi elds on Shug Jor-dan Parkway.

Women’s Lax heads south

Th e Auburn Women’s Lacrosse club opens its season Saturday by travel-ing to Gainesville, Fla., to match up against the Uni-versity of Florida and the University of Miami.

“Florida teams have been very big struggles for us in the past,” said co-captain junior Katie Back-er. “With Florida and Mi-ami being the fi rst games of the season, we have re-ally needed to focus, right off the bat.”

Backer said the team has been focusing on con-ditioning during fall prac-tices and over the winter break, as well as drills.

In addition to condi-tioning, the team has grown signifi cantly this season, with 21 players.

“We have a lot of subs in midfi eld this year, which is something we have not always have,” Backer said. “With midfi eld players running the most, we will be using the bench a lot and they will be a very big asset in this game with their fresh legs.”

One thing the team is lacking is a coach.

Th e three co-captains and the team’s offi cers lead the team on and off

the fi eld. “We try and keep the re-

spect for one another and the whole team,” Backer said. “With no coach, it is not just the captains doing the coaching, but every-one on the team teaches what they know to the other players.”

With so many new play-ers, Backer said it will be important to work as a team and support each other.

Florida started a varsity team last year and a few of the club team members made the varsity team, which Backer said can only help Auburn.

Co-captain senior Mer-edith Noulis said the team has been told that Florida’s goalie was pulled up to the varsity team, but they are not counting on that.

To prepare for any situa-tion, Noulis said this week the team is focusing on basic fundamentals, such as passing and catching and transitions in the mid-fi eld.

“We know that these games are really impor-tant, and we know that we have to win in order to have a chance in the championship,” Noulis said.

Backer said she thinks their goalie, junior Stacie Busbin, is one of the most

talented goalies she has ever seen, and that is a big strength for the Tigers, in addition to returning all of the defensive starters.

Off ensively, Backer said the midfi eld is “quick and talented” and the off ense is strong.

“As a whole, our team is, in my eyes, stacked,” Back-er said.

Junior Carly Williams said over her three years of playing for Auburn, the Miami lacrosse team has

been a very physical team, and they are working on stick skills to maintain control of the ball.

“Th e teams this week-end are tough teams, but were practicing on work-ing together this week,” Williams said. “We’ve got a lot of new girls and a strong team with a ton of talent.”

Th e Auburn Women’s Lacrosse club takes on Florida Saturday at noon and Miami at 4 p.m.

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KeKe’s CourtSenior Women’s Basketball

standout named Southeastern

Conference Player of the Week

Keshonda Raquel Car-rier, also known as KeKe, has been a huge asset to the Auburn Wom-en’s Basketball team for the past four years.

Born in Lake Charles, La., the Au-burn center was named the South-e a s t e r n Conference Player of the Week at the beginning of the month.

She is one of the fi rst Auburn Bas-ketball play-ers to earn this award.

“I really like play-ing in the SEC,” Carrier said. “It gets me excited.”

She was named to the SEC All-Freshman team for the 2005-06 season.

Carrier is cur-rently the only senior on Auburn’s team.

“I plan on continuing to play (after graduation),” Carrier said. “I would love to go play in Spain.”

Carrier said she began playing bas-ketball in 6th grade.

“I really wasn’t into it at fi rst,” Carrier said. “Ev-eryone in my school and my coach got me to play because I was tall. Th at’s where my fi rst interest in basketball sparked.”

Carrier is 6’7”. She at-tended LaGrange High School, where she was awarded for her many

achieve-m e n t s on the b a s -k e t b a l l c o u r t .

H e r h i g h s c h o o l a w a r d s a n d h o n o r s included S o u t h -

west Louisiana Hall of Fame Inductee, 2005 All-State MVP, 2005 Adi-das Top Ten All-Star, 2005 All-district and All-Southwest Louisiana MVP.

“I am a huge fan of KeKe,” said Th omas Achey, senior in biomedical sciences. “She is such a strong play-er, and I like watching her on the court. She’s a mean center and is very talented.”

Achey said he likes how head coach Nell Fortner and Carrier work together.

“KeKe is very tall, but I

am not intimidated by her height,” Achey said. “Al-though, she could throw me over her shoulders and carry me off into the sunset.”

Such great height also comes with large feet.

Carrier wears a size 15 shoe. Her size is one of her greatest advan-tages on the court, but outside of basketball it can be a little diffi cult.

“It’s hard to fi nd shoes,” Carrier said. “I’m try-ing to fi nd graduation shoes right now. I usu-ally have to go online or order them overseas.”

Carrier’s talents are not limited to just the basketball court.

“I play guitar,” Car-rier said. “Th at is prob-ably something no-body knows about me.”

Something else fans may be interested to know is Carrier’s favorite food, corn bread dressing.

“I lived in Lupton with KeKe my freshman year,” said Melissa Holmes, Au-burn alum. “She was a ton of fun and always made us laugh. KeKe was always very loud and friendly.”

Carrier and the rest of the Auburn Women’s Basketball team takes on SEC rival Vanderbilt at home tonight at 8 p.m.

MOLLY WICKSTROM

WRITER

She could

throw me over her

shoulders and carry

me off into the sunset.”

Thomas Achey, senior in biomedical sciences

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KeKe Carrier takes a shot against the University of Alabama Jan. 14.

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