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A SPIRIT THAT IS NOT AFRAID
www.theplainsman.com Vol. 118, Issue 8, 20 Pages
Annua! report shows increase in drug, alcohol incidents
ROBERT E. LEE
ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR
Campus safety concerns can
now be answered with one prac­tical
solution.
The Department of Public Safe­ty
and Security has released its
annual security and fire safety re­port
to help students, parents and
faculty access safety information
on demand.
"1 think it offers them a wealth
of information and gives the re­sources
for students to succeed
in any situation' that prises in re­gards
to public safety," said Mel-vin
Owens, executive director of
public safety and security.
Ten burglaries were reported in
Auburn University residence halls
in 2010, eight fewer than in 2008.
Drug law arrests on campus
have increased from five inci­dents
in 2008 to 18 in 2010.
Liquor l#w incidents ending in
disciplinary actions have risen
from seven incidents in 2008 to
159 in 2010.
Owens said students should
take advantage of the guide.
"It's an opportunity for the Uni­versity
to make students aware
of programs, policies and proce­dures,"
Owens said. "Secondly, it's
a mandate for the Department of
Education."
Owens said the guide details
safety services offered by Auburn
and useful information students
can use in a practical format.
The guide, accessible at www.
auburn.edu/administration/pub­lic_
safety, offers numerous top­ics
of discussion including phone
numbers to various campus ser­vices
and security authorities,
emergency guidelines, the City of
Auburn public safety information
and advice on crime prevention.
Chance Corbett, associate di­rector
for emergency manage­ment,
explained how the guide is
being used as a convenient tool.
"For students and parents, you
get to see a snapshot of what was
reported on campus," Corbett
said. "We pride ourself in having
a safe campus."
The guide is in response to a
mandate put forth by the Jeanne
Clery Act, a federal law requiring
colleges and universities to dis­close
certain timely and annual
information about campus crime
and security policies, according
to www.securityoncampus.org.
Originally known as the Cam­pus
Security Act, the current act
» See REPORT, A2
REBECCA CR00MES,
a three-foot gap between the motorist
Graduate school moves from Hargis Hall to Langdon Hall
NICK BOWMAN
OPINIONS EDITOR
Hargis Hall will most likely re­main
empty until next year.,
"It just really depends on the
results of the inspection," said
George Flowers, dean of the grad­uate
school and professor of me­chanical
engineering. "There's
been some indication that it
might be passed December, so it's
looking more like it's going to be a
bit longer."
Flowers said that the graduate
student is moving from its tem­porary
office in the OIT build­ing
back onto the main campus,
where it will function fully until
the office is moved back to Hargis.
"We are moving today and are
almost completely moved into the
basement of Langdon," Flowers
said. "We're in the building right
next door to where we were. The
same staff is in this building. We'll
be back up and running full-speed
tomorrow morning."
Hargis Hall, near Toomer's cor­ner,
caught fire on Oct. 6 at 6 p.m.
No cause for the fire has yet been
determined, but Robert Hodge,
battalion chief of C-shift with the
Auburn Fire Department, said the
building didn't sustain any signifi­cant
structural damage.
"There may be a little structural
damage to the steeple, but noth­ing
that would cause a collapse,"
Hodge said, "just some charred
wood."
The flames were held in check
before the firefighters arrived.
"A sprinkler system in the build­ing
activated and pretty much
held it in check," Hodge said.
"When we got. here there wasn't a
lot of fire left."
Flowers said that plans are un­certain
until the inspection is fin­ished.
"It's going to depend very much
on what the building inspectors
can find in regards to what needs
to be done to get the building back
up to standards," Flowers said.
Students
take on
Wall Street
Supporters
of Occupy
Wall Street
create group
CHELSEA HARVEY
i CAMPUS EDITOR
A nationwide protest has
taken root in Auburn.
Occupy Auburn was recent­ly
formed as a means of exj
pressing local support for pro­testers
in New York opposing
the federal government's in­volvement
with large corpo­rations—
a movement known
as Occupy Wall Street. A num­ber
of other cities nationwide,
such as Atlanta and Birming­ham,
have already formed or­ganizations,
collectively re­ferred
to >as Occupy Togeth­er,
to express local support for
the protesters.
"We have a lot of different
people in our group that have
different thoughts on politics
and political ideology, so we
decided kind of on a baseline
position that we don't think
businesses should work with
the government to receive un­fair
privileges, just in general,"
said Ross Kenyon, chief orga­nizer
of Occupy Auburn.
Katelyn Cowser, senior in
English and member of the
group, said she viewed Occupy
Auburn as a way for her to par­ticipate
in a nationwide issue.
"Well, I got involved with
this just because I wanted to
go to Wall Street to help out
with the protesters there, but
being a student here I can't re­ally
skip my classes to go to
Wall Street," Cowser said.
Kenyon said the movement
began when he created a Face-book
page approximately two
•
» See BIKE, A2
NCAA clears
Cam Newton
MADELINE HALL
ASSOCIATE COPY EDITOR
The National Collegiate Ath­letics
Association announced
Wednesday that its investigation
into Auburn's recruitment of for­mer
quarterback and 2010 Heis-man
Trophy winner Cam Newton
is over.
Auburn fans everywhere cele­brate
while Alabama fans shake
their heads in disappointment.
The University received a let­ter
from the NCAA enforcement
staff announcing the conclusion
of their investigation.
No major rule violations were
found.
The NCAA's statement read, "Af­ter
conducting more than 80 in­terviews,
the NCAA has conclud­ed
its investigation into Auburn
Uhiversity.
"The NCAA enforcement staff
» See NCAA, A2
A different
dry campus
Local Red Cross
low on blood supply
SARAH COOK
WRITER'
Orange and blue are not the
only colors Auburn needs to bleed
right now.
With the April storms and gen­eral
need for blood in Alabama,
the Plains are in need of healthy
blood donors.
The Student Government Asso­ciation
partners with the Amer­ican
Red Cross each year to host
four blood drives, one in January,
April, September and November.
On average the drives accumu­late
400-600 pints of blood.
"The Red Cross is always in
constant need of blood, especial-
» See BL00D, A2
Auburn City
Council passes
new bike law
MELODY KITCHENS
ONLINE EDITOR
A law requiring a three-foot
gap between a motorist and a bi­cyclist
was passed at the Oct. 4
Auburn City Council meeting.
"Unfortunately, in our society,
you have to have a law or ordi­nance
before it becomes an ac­ceptable
idea," said Tommy Eden
of the Auburn Bicycle Commit­tee.
"Just like seat belts or things
like that. It's been a great idea
for a long time, and until some­body
put up a law or ordinance
in place, relatively few people did
it."
At the meeting members of
the Auburfi Bicycle Committee
said they were glad to see the
council recognize and address
their concern for safety.
"Thrilled. In one word,
thrilled," Eden said. "I am ex­tremely
grateful for the city
council's decision."
Police Captain Tommy Car-swell
agrees.
"We're glad that the city coun-,
oil has considered it and dealt
with it," Carswell said. "A lot of
people think it's just for recre­ation,
but in the college area es­pecially
it's a great mode of trans­portation
for some people."
Before the 5-3 vote to approve
the law, councilman Bob Nor­man
expressed his concern re­garding
future enforcement is­sues.
"I just don't think we can legis­late
courtesy!' Norman said.
Carswell said there are vari­ous
factors at play in enforcing
this law.
"The bike law enforcement
will lie in an exaggerated cir­cumstance
where a citation is
warranted," Carswell said. "I may
not know what three feet is, but
I know what way less than three
feet is."
In addition to this new law, the
Auburn Bicycle Committee said
they plan to put up "Share the
Road" signs throughout the city.
"We're actually trying to locate
signage in other states that have
some kind of three-foot visual
so you can look at it and under-a
It's been a great idea
for a longtime, and
until.somebody put
up a law or ordinance
in place, relatively
few people did it,"
—TOMMY EDEN
AU11URN BICYCLE COMMITTEE
stand what it means," Eden said.
Dustin Woodley, bicyclist and
senior in industrial design, said
he feels confident this law will be
enforced correctly.
"If they enforce it as much as
they've been enforcing the other
bike rules, like making sure you
have lights on at night, making
sure you're not riding in the mid­dle
of traffic, it'll work," Woodley
said.
Woodley organizes and partic­ipates
in Critical Mass, a student-led
bike ride through Auburn
that happens the last Friday of
each month starting around 6 or
» See BIKE, A2
A new bike law orders cars to maintain
CROOMES / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
and the bicyclist.
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DUI ARRESTS IN THE CITY OF AUBURN
OCT. 7 - OCT. 11, 2011
• Demarcus J. Martin, 22, of Union Springs
Interstate 85 North
Oct. 8,1:12 a.m.
• Daniel M. McCarty, 24, of Homewood
Farmville Road at North Donahue Drive *
Oct. 8, 7:33 a.m.
• Young Ku Jung, 54, of South Korea
South College Street
Oct. 8, 8:03 p.m.
CRIME REPORTS FOR OCT. 7 - OCT. 11,2011
Oct. 7 — Padgett Court
Burglary of residence reported. One
Nintendo Wii.
Oct. 7 — Armstrong Street
Burglary of residence reported. One
gold ring with diamonds and light
green stone and one 40" LCD TV.
Oct. 8 — South College Street
Theft of property reported. One sap­phire
ring and one sterling ring.
Oct. 8 — Webster Road
Theft of property reported. One Griz­zly
Smokeless Tobacco Display Case
Oct. 8 — Webster Road
Theft of property reported. One 42"
flatscreen TV and one Playstation 3
with two controllers.
Oct. 9 — Old Mill Road
Theft of property reported. One
digital camo wallet with debit card,
Medicaid cards, Social Security
cards and $450.
Oct. 9 — Lee Road 12
Theft of property reported. $70.
Oct. 9 — South College Street
Burglary of residence reported. One
laptop and one Vera Bradley laptop
carrying case.
Oct. 9 — Warrior Court
Burglary of residence reported. One
46" flatscreen TV, one Xbox with two
controllers, one Playstation 3 with
two controllers, one Wii with one
controller, 20 video games and one
HDMI cord.
Oct. 10 — Opelika Road
Burglary of residence reported. One
cellphone.
Oct. 10 — West Thach Avenue
Theft of property reported. One Dell
Inspiron computer.
Oct. 11 — South College Street
Theft of property reported. $13.
Oct. 11 — South College Street
Theft of property reported. $450.
- Reports provided by Auburn
Department of Public Safety
pie from the community
that were older, other folks
that were younger, people
from all different political
backgrounds that wanted
to take an active interest in
Auburn," Kenyon said.
Cowser said partici­pants
in the first meet­ing
were overwhelmingly
members of the communi­ty
rather than students.
Cowser said she is in
the process of securing a
permit to distribute flyers
on campus so the organi­zation
can become more
involved with recruiting
members.
"I think it gives poten­tial
to grow the move­ment
in terms of diversity
of people, but I think what
we've already encountered
is that a lot of people don't
even know about Occupy
Wall Street movement, you
can't describe this to them
if they don't know about
that," Kenyon said.
Kenyon said some stu­dents
have also discussed
going through the process
of having an official Occu­py
Auburn student organi­zation
on campus.
Tyler Look, freshman
in aviation management
and member of the group,
said he thought Occupy
Auburn would be unique
among student organiza­tions
if this were to occur.
"I think if that did hap­pen,
I would personally
not want it to be mixed up
with other organizations,
like recreational and stuff
because this is actually
something going on in our
REPORT
» From A1
was named after Jeanne
Ann Clery, a 19-year-old
college freshman who was
raped and killed in her res­idence
hall on April 5,1986.
The parents of Clery
were unaware of 38 violent
crimes on their daughter's
campus at the time, bring­ing
about the current act
which passed in 1990.
A portion of the guide in­cludes
criminal offense sta­tistics
for the prior year, as
mandated by the act.
Other sections include
lifestyle improvement, bi-
BL00D
» From A1
ly since the tornadoes last
April," said Courtney Ky-'
zar, SGA director of blood
drives. "The blood supply is
extremely low."
In the Alabama and Cen­tral
Gulf Coast Region,
about 21 percent of blood
donations come from high
school and college stu­dents,
according to the Red
Cross.
Although Auburn has
about 24,000 students, par­ticipation
in blood drives
has been low in compari­son
with other universities.
"We just went to a blood
drive at Appalachian State
University where they had
over 12,000 students give
BIKE
» From A1
7 p.m.
"It's just a group of bik-'
ers getting out there to
cycle safety and a weapons
policy.
The Rape Aggression De­fense
program is also an
important focal point of
the guide.
RAD demonstrations
help women to prepare
themselves for times of as­sault.
Corbett also mentioned
the department is always
trying to improve the guide
to further benefit students.
"It leaves no doubt," Cor­bett
said. "We show you
what we are improving on
and welcome feedback and
put it in place whenever we
can."
blood in one day, and they
have 15,000 students, which
is a lot less than what Au­burn
has," Kyzar said.
SGA has been investigat­ing
why Auburn's donations
are low, but can't find a con­crete
reason.
"I think Auburn is defi­nitely
in a more conserva­tive
area where they're may­be
a little bit more stuck in
their ways," Kyzar said.
"Students up North tend
to be a little bit more open
to change and trying new
things, so that could be a
reason."
Students will have an op­portunity
to donate Nov.
8-10 at the annual Beat
Bama Blood Drive. Last
year, Aubujn collected 525
units beating Bama.
show the community that
yes, you see bikers out on
the road, but when'you see
a big group of us, it really
makes everybody think, 'I
should watch out for these
WALL STREET
» From A1
weeks ago advertising the
' idea of Occupy Auburn.
As people discovered the
page, the group grew in
membership.
"I have some friends that
have been doing it in dif­ferent
parts of the coun­try
that kind of encour­aged
me to do it here in Au­burn,"
Kenyon said. "I just
started the page one day
on a whim."
The group held its first
general assembly last
Sunday at 1 p.m. in Ross
Square, the courtyard area
in front of Ross Hall on
campus, Kenyon said ap­proximately
40 people at-i
tended the meeting.
"There were a lot of peo-
NCAA
» From A1
guys,"' Woodley said.
Carswell said prior to the
law there was no statute
mandating the distance re­quired
between a motorist
and a bicyclist
partt public speculation
online and in the media.
"The allegations must be
based on credible and per­suasive
information and
includes a good-faith be­lief
that the Committee on
Infractions could make a
finding.
"As with any case, should
Members of the Auburn
Bicycle Committee said
they feel unsafe riding on
the road at times.
• "When I'm going through
a stop sign, I'm sometimes
the enforcement staff be­come
aware of addition­al
credible information, it
will review the informa­tion
to determine wheth­er
further investigation is
warranted."
Athletic Director Jay Ja­cobs
released a statement
Wednesday evening.
afraid that drivers won't see
me, but I try and make eye
contact With them so I can
be sure they see me," said
Jenny Myer, first-year phar­macy
student.
nation today, its extremely
applicable to our lives and
our future," Look said.
Occupy Auburn is orga­nizing
several more events
to take place on campus
this weekend.
"On Saturday, Oct.-15 is
the National Day of Soli­darity,
so Occupy Together
groups around the country
are gonna be having dem­onstrations
and showing
that they stand with the
occupiers of Wall Street,"
Kenyon said.
Members of Occupy Au­burn
will be present on
the Student Center green
space Saturday before the
football game, handing out
flyers and talking to peo­ple
about the organization
in the hopes of recruiting
more members.
His response read, "We
appreciate the NCAA and
thank them for their pro­fessionalism
and thor­oughness
during this ex­haustive
investigation.
We are pleased to put this
matter behind us."
The letter concluded a
13-month investigation.
Law enforcement and
members of the Auburn Bi­cycle
Committee said they
agree this law will further
educate the community on
bicycle safety.
is committed to a fair and
thorough investigative
process. As such, any alle­gations
of major rules vi­olations
must meet a bur­den
of proof, which is a
higher standard than ram-
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Auburn physics professor Connor Ballance speaks on nuclear fusion at the Atom­ic
Data Analysis Structure workshop Oct.7 at the Dixon Conference Center.
Fusion finds home in AU
HAYLEY BLAIR
ASSOCIATE CAMPUS EDITOR
The Atomic Data and
Analysis Structure, a Eu­ropean
group that has
worked for the last 15
years on making nucle­ar
fusion a valid source of
energy, held its first work­shop
in the United States
Oct. 6-8 at the Auburn
University Hotel.
"It's a historically Euro­pean
thing, but there are
more Americans becom­ing
involved," said physics
professor Stuart Loch. "It's
getting bigger." •
Martin O'Mullane, the
current head of ADAS, said
in order to expand the or­ganization
they are reach­ing
out to universities be­yond
Europe and the U.S.
"All the major European
universities have joined,
and we have an increas­ing
membership in the Far
East and Japan, India and
China," O'Mullane said.
Auburn was the first
American university to
join ADAS, and the histo­ry
of cooperation between
them was o|ie reason the
workshop was held here.
"The Americans have
never really been much
in it, but over the last two
years they've expressed
more interest," said phys­ics
professor Mitch Piud-zola.
"I think Auburn for
many years was the only
participant that worked
beside Europe."
Both Piudzola and
Loch have connections to
ADAS. Loch worked un­der
its founder at the Uni­versity
of Strathclyde in
Scotland.
"My supervisor started
this project, so after I fin­ished
my research with
him I came over here as
a researcher, but I kept a
connection back to Scot­land,"
Loch said. "When
they needed a place to
hold the workshop I vol­unteered
Auburn"
The workshop was
made to bring researchers
together t'o work toward
the International Thermo­nuclear
Experimental Re­actor,
a large-scale nucle­ar
fusion reactor.
Some of the research
presented even came from
two Auburn graduate stu­dents,
Di Wu and Josh
Vander Hyden.
Piudzola said the focus
of ADAS and the special­ties
of Auburn's physics de­partment
are closely relat­ed,
a reason for Auburn's
early membership.
"Physics departments
are spread over many dif­ferent
disciplines, and
they all have their exper­tise,"
Piudzola said. "Au­burn's
strength has been
in plasmic physics and the
atomic physics associated
with nuclear fusion."
Other American univer­sities,
including Princeton
and the University of Wis­consin,
are contributing
research as well. Ihe fees
paid by member universi­ties
are key to the project's
continuation.
"Each of tHese univer­sity
sites has a yearly fee,
which makes it a self-sus-taining
organization,"-
O'Mullane said.
Loch made sure to dif­ferentiate
nuclear fusion
from fission, a more dan­gerous
and Jess environ­mentally
friendly process.
"What the experiment
tries to do is the same re­action
as the sun does,"
Loch said. "If you can
make it, you have an en­ergy
source that doesn't
make greenhouse gases,
it's not radioactive and it
runs on hydrogen, which
you get from water."
HAYLEY BLAIR
ASSOCIATE CAMPUS EDITOR
Marie Wilson, long­time
women's advocate
and founder of the White
House Project, will speak at
the Extraordinary Women
Lecture Thursday at 2 p.m.
at Telfair Peet Theatre. The
lecture is sponsored by the
Women's Leadership Insti­tute.
The White House Project
was created to increase the
amount of women in White
House leadership, and Wil­son
will speak on this issue
in her lecture.
"Marie Wilson's theo­ry
is when we bring wom­en
to the table to make de­cisions,"
said Barbara Bak­er,
executive director of the
WLI, "we bring in a differ­ent
kind of leadership. We
bring in a more inclusive
leadership, we bring in a
more feminine leadership.
That changes the tone of
the conversation."
The WLI has earlier in­vited
Lt. Gen. Leslie Ken-ne,
the first woman to be a
three-star general, and Lily
Ledbetter, the only woman
from Alabama to have a law
named after her, to speak at
the annual conference.
"Dr. Baker creates a
theme for the year," said
Maria Reyes, technology
coordinator for the WLI.
"When the Lt. Gen Les­lie
Kenney was here it was
military leadership. When
Lily Ledbetter was here, it
was equal pay, so the whole
year's theme was equal
pay."
With Wilson's scheduled
appearance, the theme is
leadership in all arenas, not
just in the White House.
"This time it's not only
political leadership," Reyes
said. "It has to do with civ­ic
engagement, communi­CONTRIBUTED
ty, volunteerism and how
all of those things will help
raise a feminist type of
leadership."
Baker began the Extraor­dinary
Women Lecture se­ries
after she was put in
charge of the institute in an
attempt to inspire women
to pursue their goals.
"I really wanted to try
to find people our stu­dents
could connect with
so it wasn't just some ran­dom
speaker, but some­body
who really had some
connection so the students
could see themselves as
leaders," Baker said. '
Reyes said meeting such
powerful women in person
can make-the most ambi­tious
dreams seem possible
for those who attend.
"When you meet a gen­eral
and you yourself are a
cadet in ROTC, it makes it
a possible goal," Reyes said.
"It makes it something you
can reach. Just that tan­gible
experience of meet­ing
someone who is maybe
where you can be inspires
you."
Baker said a big part of
the lectures is not only in­spiration,
but networking.
"We've invited all sorts of
groups from all over the re­gion
to be at the reception,"
Baker said. "We have con­nections
to the American
Association of University
Women, Vision 2020 and
Center for American Wom­en
and Politics. All these
groups are going to be com­ing
in to work together,
meet each other and form
bonds."
Because those who work
in women's leadership are
so few, they have becpme a
tight-knit group able to co­operate
on many levels.
"That's one of the main
purposes of the institute:
the networking we're able
to offer to the students, and
the networking we've been
able to build through these
speakers," said Tracy Snod-dy,
program director for the
WLI.
The WLI will contin­ue
the lecture series in the
hope that it can address the
pressing issues that contin­ue
to crop up.
"We try to find cur­rent,
relevant topics and
people in leadership po­sitions
for those," Snod-dy
said. "There's always a
relevant topic and always
something going on as far
as leadership goes, and we
hope to always be useful."
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HAYLEY BLAIR
ASSOCIATE CAMPUS EDITOR
"Things Unsaid," a
sculpture-sound exhibit
created by the husband-and-
wife team of Noah
Kirby and Alison Ouel-lette-
Kirby, is echoing
through Biggin Hall.
"They were invited be­cause
of their reputations
as artists," said Barb Bon-dy,
exhibitions and lec­tures
coordinator for
the art department. "We
worked very hard to cre­ate
an exhibition sched­ule
that features diversity,
both in the artists and the
disciplines in which the
artists work"
At the beginning of the
exhibit a wall of speak­ers
obscures the other
sounds from the exhibit.
"We were very cpn-scious
of where pieces
were placed and how they
would affect the viewer,"
Kirby said. "You might
start off hearing one
voice, but as you move
through it and get accli­mated
to the environ­ment
you start hearing
multiple voices and it's
easier for you to navigate."
The exhibit was in­spired
by miscommuni-cationg
the couple expe­rienced
in their marriage.
"We have these con>v er-sations
that are very in­tense
debates, and for all
intensive purposes we're
arguing," Kirby said. "At
some point during the
conversation we realize
we are actually arguing
the same point, but using
different kinds of words
and coming from slightly
different perspectives."
Kirby said the exhibit is
interactive, and viewers
must make hard choices.
"Some of it's political­ly
motivated," Kirby said.
"In one of the pieces you'll
have Barack Obama and
Hitler speaking at the
same time, so you're faced
with a choice of what to
focus on and what you
can focus on."
Bondy said the exhib­it's
message is effective in
highlighting National Arts
and Humanities Month.
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The Egyptian Student Association set up a panoramic display in the Student
Center last week, detailing with photographs the history of Egypt through this
year's Arab Spring revolution.
CONTRIBUTED
Students help artist Noah Kirby install pieces of his
exhibit at Biggin Hall.
The sounds
of sculpture
Do you Do Deutsch?
KRISTEN OLIVER
WRITER
Visiting professor of ge­ography
William Bailey has
been part of the Auburn
family for 22 years and has
found a way to impact stu­dents
of all majors.
"I have had contact with
many different profes­sors
from different back­grounds,
butVione like Wil­liam
Bailey," said James
Chapman, senior in soft­ware
engineering. "He has
made the absolute greatest
impact upon my academ­ic
career, and more impor­tantly,
upon my life."
Chapman said Bailey
shows interest in his stu­dents
outside the class­room.
"He has valuable knowl­edge
from many of his past
experiences that he can re­late
to the class materi­al
to make it easier to un­derstand
and draw paral­lels
to," said Cody Blair, se­nior
in accounting. "He
also takes numerous mea­sures
to ensure that his stu­dents
succeed in all of their
classes, not just his, as well
as their out-of-school activ­ities."
Bailey said he is strict
about attendance, but tries
to make classes interesting
for students.
"I think there are things
you can do other than ex­ams,
especially in big class­es,"
Bailey said. "You get the
multiple choice test and
there's a right answer and
wrong answers, no in-be­tween,
although life is in
between."
Chapman said he enjoys
Bailey's unique teaching
style.
"His classes are real­ly
great," Chapman said.
"I don't have to take ge­ography,
but I took his in-tro
class one semester be­cause
I needed to make a
good grade in a class and I
thought it'd be a good class
to do that in. I was so inter­ested
that I took another
class, and I plan on taking
more until I graduate."
Blair said he looks for­ward
to Bailey's classes.
•'It has a different atmo­sphere
than many of the
other classroom environ­ments,"
Blair said. "Bailey's
teaching methods are a lit­tle
different than most of
the other instructors. I al­ways
feel as though I have
learned something new
when I leave."
Bailey said he tries to
style his classes differently
from the usual lecture for­mat.
"I try to have a conver­sational
style of teaching,"
he said. "I don't just get up
there and lecture or read
them the book."
Bailey came to Auburn in
1989.
"I was an elementary
school principal in Rabun
County, Ga., and I got a
call from my major profes­sor
at Tennessee who said
he wanted to recommend
me for a job at Auburn,"
Bailey said. "I said, 'Well,
j^ou know, I'm really hap­py
where I am.' I thought I
might even want to retire
there. Nevertheless, I came
down."
At the time, the geogra­phy
department was look­ing
for someone in geo­graphic
education who
could also teach in liber­al
arts.
Bailey stayed from 1989
until 1996, and he then
worked in consulting in
Auburn until 1998 before
moving to AtSanta to retire.
Bailey said he has en­joyed
being a visiting pro­fessor
the last four years.
"Each time they offer it
I think about it, and it's an
easy choice^' Bailey said.
"Who knows? They need
to hire somebody full time.
I guess once they do that,
they'll change the situa­tion.
I'm enjoying it in the
meantime."
only because of the compe­titions
and giveaways, but
also because it can help
them learn more about
their German heritage.
"I bet that some students
here actually have a Ger­man
background," Wal­ters
said. "Do Deutsch will
help them learn about what
goes on in Germany and its
history."
Ritchie said she believes
Do Deutsch will be a great
way for students to learn
about a different culture.
"I'm most looking for­ward
to the film portion
of the week," said Katie
Ritchie, sophomore in nu­trition.
"I've been taking
German for six years count­ing
my high school class­es,
and I've learned that
watching foreign films is a
great way to learn about a
nation's culture."
O'Brien said she hopes
students will walk away
with a desire to learn more
about Germany.
"In addition to the cul­tural
exposure, this will be
a great way for students to
get involved in something
they're interested in with
other students," O'Brien
said. "Through a love of one
thing in particular you can
meet people you may not
have met otherwise."
For more informa­tion
contact O'Brien at
tso0001@auburn.edu or
visit the event's webpage
at www.cla.auburn/edu/
forlangs/documents/do-deutsch.
pdf or www.do-deutsch.
com.
ANNA CLAIRE CONRAD
STAFF WRITER
The Auburn community
is about to receive a crash
course in what it means to
be German.
The Department of For­eign
Languages and Litera­tures
will be hosting a week
of campus events to cele­brate
German culture Sun­day
through Oct 22.
"The Do Deutsch event
will help make Auburn stu­dents
aware of other cul­tures,"
said Kelly Walters,
senior in German language
education. "Germany is so
much more than just Hit­ler
and World War II. It has
a lot to offer our generation,
and I think that college stu-*
dents would love to learn
more about it"
Traci O'Brien, assistant
professor of German, said
she and her colleagues had
to create a plan of action for
the week and submit an ap­plication
to participate in
this national event.
"Auburn was one of 50
universities chosen to host
Do Deutsch," O'Brien said.
"Since this program of­fers
grant monies funded
by Germany's federal gov­ernment,
we had to gather
and come up with ways to
include the entire Universi­ty's
community, not just the
small portion that is taking
German classes."
O'Brien said the week
will have competitive and
noncompetitive events
open to all students.
"There will be a variety of
contests in the categories
of poetry and song writ­ing,
speech and essay writ­ing,
visual art and film," she
said.
O'Brien said she encour­ages
students who are not
competing to come, too.
"We want students to
come support their fel­low
students, and we plan
to reward them for this ef­fort,"
she said. "We're go­ing
to have free give-away
items, such as T-shirts, can­dy,
pens and binders."
O'Brien said the grand
prize on the national lev­el
of competition will be
an all-expenses-paid trip
to Berlin sponsored by the
German embassy.
Walters said in addition
to the variety of German
media, Do Deutsch will also
RACHEL SUHS / GRAPHICS EDITOR
be hosting a coffee and cake
sale Monday called "Kaf-fe
und Kuchen" and an Ok-toberfest
celebration at the
Auburn Ale House Oct. 20.
"These social events will
help students experience
what German youth gets to
partake in on a daily basis,"
O'Brien said.
O'Brien said all the
week's activities will be free
except the bake sale, which
requires a $1 donation.
Also, having a knowledge of
the German language is not
necessary to enjoy and par­ticipate
in Do Deutsch.
"All the events are in Eng­lish
so that everyone can
participate," Walters said.
Walters said she expects
Auburn students to thor­oughly
enjoy this event not
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ALEX SAGER / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Listed as a 2010 Place in Peril, the third train depot to serve passengers traveling to and from Auburn sits vacant on Mitcham Avenue. It is on the market for $1 million.
when the Georgia Tech football
team came into town—a story
that has been told and retold, and
led to a popular pajama pep rally.
"There's a lot of opportunities
for the depot," said Charlie Dug-gan,
Auburn city manager. "I'm
sure we will do everything we can
to work with anyone who wants
to rehabilitate the depot."
The city once had plans to make
the purchase. Those plans disin­tegrated,
however, when costs
couldn't be negotiated for the
building which Duggan described
as having "quite a lot of charm, but
needs some specialized care."
"The city council had some re­quirements
to complete all the
environmental studies," Duggan
said. "It kind of fell apart from
there."
Any future use of the depot and
saved the day'
The train station has not had
such luck. Matt Mosley, Auburn
planner and staff representative
for the historical preservation
commission, said the building is
structurally sound, but in need
of exterior repairs such as the re­placement
of rotted wood, win­dow
repairs and new paint.
"We're interested in preserving
that piece of history' Mosley said.
"We really feel that the depot is
the centerpiece of the North Col­lege
historic district."
The current depot was, built in
about 1905 after the first depot
was attacked during the Civil War
and the second burned. It was the
gateway for travelers to Auburn,
whether dignitaries or students.
It was near this site where Au­burn
students greased the tracks
ALISON MCFERRIN
NEWS EDITOR
This pink brick building on Mit­cham
Avenue may go unnoticed.
Today, its only use is for gameday
parking, but in years past the Au­burn
train depot served as a hub
of activity in the town.
The current depot, which has
been vacant since 2003, was put
on the 2010 Places in Peril list
through the Alabama Trust for
Historic Preservation. Not much
has changed since.
"The intent of putting things on
the Places in Peril list is to try to
get them not to be in peril," said
David Schneider, executive direc­tor
of the Alabama Trust for His­toric
Preservation. "We've had
quite a few sites over the years
that publicity was enough to find
the right person that came in and
CONTRIBUTED
The Auburn train depot used to be a prime site for pep rallies
the land on which it sits would
need to be preceded by environ­mental
studies, Mosley said.
"It may take some deeper envi­ronmental
cleanup," Mosley said.
"Someone would do an environ­mental
assessment of the site and
the building ... They would be
looking at whether fuel or other
material leeched into the topsoil,
or mayba some metals."
Environmental issues are a con­cern
because trains were refueled
at the site, and the Spur gas sta-
» See TRAIN, A6
NATALIE YARID
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Chizik family has become
heroes off the football field to
many in Dadeville and the Lake
Martin area.
Earlier this year the Chiziks
founded The Chizik Family You-
Turn Foundation.
One of its first major projects
is raising money to support lo­cals
affected by the area torna­does
this spring.
"It was during many trips to
the Dadeville and Lake Mar­tin
area where we witnessed
the treasured possessions of so
many being tossed to the side
of the road as trash," said co-founder
Jonna Chizik.
During multiple trips to clean
andcrebuild the Dadeville area,
Chizik recovered various items
of "tornado trash" from the
storm's aftermath and was in­spired
to help restore the trash
into valuable items.
Chizik said she was astound­ed
at the items that managed to
survive such an intense storm.
"We were, more important­ly,
in awe of the resilience of
the human spirit and in awe of
people who stood even stron­ger
and not only survived the
storm, but were already recog­nizing
the blessings that come
from such a trajedyr Chizik said.
Since the foundation's start, it
has grown into an effort of more
than 100 people. And over the
last few months, local artists
helped transform the trash into
beautiful artwork.
"When Jonna told me about
this upcoming event, she in­spired
me to transform a piece
of my own," said Kristen Cooper,
ALISON MCFERRIN / NEWS EDITOR
Charles Mitchell,' professor of agronomy and soils, explains how to harvest sugarcane at Pioneer Park
in Loachapoka as part of Lee County Historical Society's Second Saturdays.
Colonial customs CONTRIBUTED
Jonna Chizik holds a few of
the tornado treasures created
from Lake Martin-area trash.
at the LCHS, said the
program, sponsored by
the historical society, is
held the second Satur­day
of each month at Pi­oneer
Park.
"There are always dif­ferent
events going on,"
Gonzalez said. "Last
Saturday we had black­smiths,
spinners, weav­ers
and gardening dem­onstrations."
One of the most pop­ular
events is the rain
barrel making dem­onstration,
the cost of
which covers the re­quired
materials.
"The rain barrel pro­gram
is put on by Doyle
Keasel. He works for ex­tension
here at Auburn,"
Gonzalez said. "He'll
brick from the tornado site into
a treasure.
"I painted a tornado for the
background with a cross in the
center of the brick to show that
Christ is always there in a time
of need and desperation," Coo­per
said.
Limited artwork, along with
other items like Auburn football
memorabilia, celebrity auto­graphs
and vacation packages,
were available through an on­line
auction, but the rest of the
items are available at the main
event, Trash2Treasure Art Gala
and Celebration Concert, tak­ing
place Thursday at The Event
Center Downtown in Opelika.
Some of the artists will be
present at the event to share
their personal story of trans­forming
the trash and what in­spired
them. The restored items
ANNA CLAIRE CONRAD
STAFF WRITER
It's hard to imagine
what life was like in Al­abama
during the 1800s,
but volunteers at the
Lee County Historical
Society's Second Satur­days
event have helped
Loachapoka and the
surrounding communi­ty
relive that era.
"Hie overall purpose
of the Second Satur­days
is to simply get the
members and friends
of the Lee County His­torical
Society involved
with the museum and
to highlight bits of Al­abama's
cultural her­itage,"
said Charles
Mitchell, vice president
of LCHS and professor
ALISON MCFERRIN / NEWS EDITOR
Tia Gonzalez, agricultural program assistant, ex­plains
fall herb planting techniques Saturday.
ALISON MCFERRIN / NEWS EDITOR
of agronomy and soils.
Tia Gonzalez, agricul­tural
program assistant
talk about the rainwater
» See SATURDAY, A6
Doyle Keasal (right) teaches rain barrel making, a
class that attracted about 20 participants Satur­day
at Pioneer Park.
senior in marketing.
Cooper chose to use her cre­ative
abilities to transform a
in the auction range from fiir-
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niture, canvas art, quilts,
, glasswork, doors, shutters
and more.
"The message of Trash-
2Treasusre is to celebrate
the blessings that come
from tragedy and the
healing that comes from
the way our God connects
communities through his
people who are willing to
share their many talents,"
Chizik said.
A committee including
Dadeville city and com­munity
leaders and fami­lies
affected by the torna­does
will gather after the
event to decide where the
money raised will be most
beneficial.
"Trash2Treasure is such
a unique event that shows
how the Auburn family is
so giving and passionate
about the community,"
Cooper said.
SATURDAY
» From A5
harvesting and how impor­tant
this practice is to soci­ety'
The Second Saturdays
program is in its fifth year.
"We at the Historical So­ciety
started this to get the
members and the commu­nity
more involved in the
museum and to expand
the exhibits that we have
there," Mitchell said.
Gonzalez said each
monthly event is free to the
public.
"Since these events are
put on by volunteers, we
encourage participants to
make donations to go tOT
ward the expenses of orga­nizing
Second Saturdays,
but there is no mandato­ry,
up-front cost," Gonza­lez
said.
Mitchell said some Uni­versity
students are learn­ing
how to blacksmith, and
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pot in recent years.
"I think the city should be
very careful about buying
things that we don't have an
identifiable use for," Duggari
said. "What would the city
do if we owned it?" •
Russell said while they
have had three or four inter­ested
parties, price remains
an issue.
"I hate to see it in the
state it's in now," Russell
said. "We've tried to patch
u
It's hard to find
people to invest
in a project like
that right now."
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up and board up until we
can get it sold."
he would love to see more
college students get in­volved
with the program.
"There's just so much of­fered
at each Second Satur-dtjy
that I think college stu­dents
would enjoy," Mitch­ell
said. "While everyone
is working, we spend our
time talking with one an­other
about all sorts of top­ics,
whether it be current is­sues
or agronomy. We're all
learning from one another."
Alana Jones, sophomore
10 years ago. He has since
transferred ownership to
his three children, and the
property is in the name of
MRT, LLC out of Montgom­ery.
"When it came up for
sale, we thought it was a
good buy' said Russell, who
had already purchased the
Spur gas station. "I'd like to
sell the whole thing and see
it looking like it did when it
was originally built."
Russell said they are ask- •
ing $1 million for the de­pot
and gas station, a figure
Schneider called an "awful­ly
large price for that piece
of property''
"A purchase price like
that scares a lot of.peopl6
away," Schneider said. "The
economy being what it is,
it's hard to find people to
invest in a project like that
right now."
Russell said he still thinks
ownership by the city or an­other
government agency
would be the best option.
"That way they could
keep it up and keep it in­tact
and make it a show­piece,"
Russell said. "Noth­ing
would be better than
the City of Auburn owning
it, or some federal agency'
But city ownership isn't
the only option, and Dug­gari
said the city hasn't talk­ed
about purchasing the de-in
nutrition, said although
she would be interested
in helping at Second Sat­urdays,
her busy schedule
doesn't allow her the time
to volunteer.
"I would love to work
with the kids and help
them harvest crops like po­tatoes
and cotton," Jones
said. "But I don't think I'll
have the time to devote to
Second Saturdays, espe­cially
during midterm sea­son."
TRAIN
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tion adjacent to the depot
has underground tanks.
"Right now I think the
best thing for the building
is that they keep the wa­ter
out of it, and it could sit
there until hopefully the
right person comes along,"
Schneider said.
Wayne Russell pur­chased
the building about
Thursday, October 13, 2011 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Community A7 ^
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Love for
children leads
to nonprofit
ELIZABETH BONNER
STAFF WRITER
A few years ago Micah
Melnick was just an ordi­nary
college student with a
desire that changed every­thing:
to serve the people
who needed her.
Melnick is the found­er
and executive director
of BigHouse Foundation, a
Christ-centered nonprof­it
organization created to
meet the needs of foster
children in Lee County.
Melnick was exposed
to the foster care system
when her parents took in
four foster children during
her junior year of college.
"It was overwhelm­ing
at. first with four," Mel­nick
said. "They were just
kind of thrown in the deep
end. They had friends that
would help with tutoring,
babysitting and hand-me-downs."
Melnick saw that people
wanted to help when there
was a tangible way to con­tribute.
She realized many
don't help because they
don't know what is needed.
The idea to form a non­profit
organization came
up during a conversa­tion
Melnick had with her
friend Susannah Jones,
now the program director
of BigHouse.
"We were talking about
how foster kids don't get
to do extra stuff like year­books,
prom and trips to
the beach," Joties said. "We
were saying there need­ed
to be something like a
Make-A-Wish for foster
kids. It was out of that that
Micah came up with the
idea." . «
Melnick said she feels
one of the biggest chal­lenges
foster families face
is clothing their children,
so in 2008 she opened a
clothes closet in donated
office space in Opelika.
In February 2009 the
clothes closet officially be­came
BigHouse Inc. She
and her husband graduat­ed
in May of that year and
returned to Opelika to de­velop
the organization.
They wanted to do more
than offer free clothing for
foster kids, and they found
just what they needed to
achieve that goal: a big
house. They opened it in
March 2010."
Now BigHouse is a place
where foster children can
come to get clothing, help
with schoolwork or just en­joy
BigHouse's dance, mu­sic
and game rooms. They
can also come to special
events like Kids Night Out,
summer camps and family
beach trips.
"It's a very long process,
starting an organization,
but because she saw the vi­sion
for it, that enabled her
to put this together," said
Blake Melnick, Micah's hus­band.
"It was a lot of hard
work, but because of the
passion she has for foster
children, she was willing to
put in the time and effort to
start this."
MARIA IAMPIETRO / PHOTO EDITOR
Micah Melnick opened a clothes closet at BigHouse.
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The Auburn Police Division in cooperation with the Central Al-
'abama Highway Safety Office and Alabama Department of Eco­nomic
Affairs, will be conducting traffic enforcement check­points.
Officers will be stationed on Sand Hill Road (Lee Road 10), noon
to 2 p.m. and Bragg Avenue from 3-5 p.m.
Students welcome reduced gas prices
They will be asking motorists for their driver's license, proof of
insurance and vehicle registration.
GRAHAM CARR
WRITER
For students traveling
to upcoming away games
or just going home for the
weekend, filling the tank
won't break.the bank.
After being close to $3.75
for regular grade earlier this
year, gas prices have fallen
to around the $3.05-3.45
range in Auburn.
Ryan Rice, sophomore in
mechanical engineering,
said the lower prices could
not have come at a better
time.
"I was paying almost $80
to fill up my truck earlier in
the year, but now it is down
to about the $65-70 range,"
Rice said. "With bow season
starting (Saturday), I will be
traveling more gbing to my
hunting club. It will be nice
to have a little extra cash."
BUI Steinen of the Liber­ty
gas station on East Glenn
ALEX SAGER / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Jerry Long fills his tank at a station on Glenn Avenue.
the rest of the season and
gas being cheaper," Hont-.
zas said.
Kabrina Carter of the
Chevron at the intersection
ofSand Hill Road and South
College Street said ghe has
not noticed any difference
in people filling their gas
tanks all the way up with
the lower prices.
She also doesn't believe
prices will fall as low as they
were in the spring.
"If a natural disaster like
a hurricane or another oil
spill hit, or just a bad day on
the stock market, our pric­es
would jump," Carter said.
Steinen said he does not
know which way the gas
prices will move next. .
"I think our distributor
sometimes just flips a coin
on how much they want
to charge us," Steinen said.
"We have to change our
prices according to them."
Avenue said last week's
prices were the lowest he
has seen.
"Our prices are based 100
percent on the distributor,"
Steinen said. "If the distrib­utor
goes up, we have to go
up."
Jackie Hontzas, sopho­more
in human develop­ment
and family studies,
said she believes the lower
gas prices will lead to more
traveling by college stu­dents.
"I know I am going to go
see my friends at Alabama
and UAB before the end of
this year, especially with not
many big home games left
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A8
Community
OUR VIEW QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Auburn bike law splits Editorial Board u I just don't think we can
legislate courtesy."
The recently passed bike
ordinance split the Editorial
Board nearly down the middle.
Half of us felt the ordinance
was unnecessary—one ex­tra
ticketable offense on the
books. The other half felt the
law was necessary to make
people aware of the need for
caution around cyclists on Au­burn's
roads.
Of those that felt the bike
law was unnecessary, some
were already annoyed by bikes.
They didn't understand why
we needed another law that
puts more obligation on the
automobile and not the cyclist.
Ihey felt since many cyclists
choose to ride on the side­walks,
a ticketable offense,
that this law is missing the
real problem in Auburn. Police
should-start getting cyclists off
of the sidewalks and back onto
the roads. Once that is done,
a law of this sort would make
more Sense.
A concern with passing the
law was that vehicles turning
right paid no attention to a cy­clist
that may be nearby.
Cyclists must abide by all
the same laws as .motorists,
and braking for a vehicle mak­ing
a right turn is just as oblig­atory
as when driving an auto­mobile.
They argued that cyclists
should be just as aware of the
vehicles on the road as the
drivers are of them. Riding in
a motorist's blind spot is even
more dangerous than a two
or one-foot gap when being
passed.
Others on the board felt that
the law was unenforceable, as
was mentioned in the article.
How would an officer go about
judging the gap between bike
and automobile? How heavy
of a fine would it be?
It seems that the offense
would be applied only after a
separate offense occurred or a
cyclist was struck. In that case,
the separate fine is unneces­sary.
They also argued that it's not
up to the government to legis­late
courtesy. A one-foot gap
leaves the cyclist just as un­harmed
as a three-foot gap,
and as such,-the City Coun­cil
is forbidding perfectly legal
rudeness.
Alabama has a similar law
on the books, and the group
argued that instead of adding a
new law to the Auburn books,
why not just enforce Alabama's
law?
Several members of the
group are regular riders of
bikes, either to and from
school or around town, and
said they've never had a prob­lem
with drivers passing too
close. If possible, they said,
motorists would often change
lanes before passing a cyclist.
Those supporting the law
argued that there is no oth­er
effective way of increasing
awareness of cyclists on the
roads. They said any law which
makes roadways safer is a law
worth having.
They also argued that de­spite
concerns about enforce­ment,
an officer would be able
to judge whether a motor­ist
passed with a one-foot or
three-foot gap, and that this
fact is the essence of the law-it's
not about strict accuracy,
but about- a reasonable and
safe distance between a mo­torist
and a cyclist.
Not all roads in Auburn
have bike lanes, and many of
the streets downtown are nar­row.
They said forcing motor­ists
to give a reasonable berth
to cyclists would reduce colli­sions
with other motorists and
cyclists.
They argued this law is pre-ferrable
to the extensive con­struction
and high cost that
comes with fitting more roads
with bike lanes.
Then there's the numerous
states and cities with similar
laws. They argued that cyclist-awareness
laws have worked
well in other areas and would
reduce motorist-cyclist colli­sions
in Auburn.
There's also the fact that the
number of cyclists in Auburn
has increased recently. More
students are leaving their cars
at home and using their bikes
to get around.
With this recent uptick in
bike usage, it's important to
. make sure the incidence of ac­cidents
doesn't increase, and
they felt this law was a step to­wards
that goal.
-BOB.NOK.MAN
BIKE LAW M
THE PLAINSMAN POLL
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This week's question:
Is the new cjty bike or­dinance
necessary?
O Yes
O No
O Not sure
Last week's question:
Does breast cancer awareness
overshadow other causes?
Yes
72%
Not sure
STAFF COLUMNS
Common courtesy goes such a long way that we can't find it
KATE JONES
INTRIGUE<®THEPLAINSMAN.
COM
I was in the Plainsman office a couple of
weeks ago and went to leave a message for
Sarah, the design editor, about a fun image
that Intrigue wanted to put on the front
of our section. The message ended with,
"Hope you are having a great day! Thanks,
bye."
One of my colleagues heard me and re­sponded,
"Wow, you leave nice messages!"
I was puzzled by what she was talking
about, and she referenced my goodbye.
I joked back and told her the nicer you
are, the more inclined someone is to call
you back.
The truth is, though, I end all of my mes­sages
that way and was surprised and sad­dened
to hear that was abnormal or un­common.
It seems there is a lack of common cour­tesy
in today's society. In an age where ev­eryone
moves fast and even faster, slowing
down for courtesy seems to be hard.
Everyone is trying to stay ahead of the
game, learn more and discover more. Espe­cially
in a society with fewer jobs, individ­uals
strive to make themselves look good
and will all exhaust their resources to do so.
Common sense would say offering com­mon
courtesy would make people more in­terested
and happy to help, because you
are identifying that you need their help.
The reality is people expect help from oth­ers
immediately with no need for a, "Thank
you for taking the time to help me."
It's all about the individual now, with less
a feel for community.
At age 16, George Washington wrote the
"110 Rules of Civility and Decent Behav­iour
in Company and Conversation." His
No.l rule was, "Every action done in'com­pany
ought to be with some sign of respect
to those that are present."
At 16, Washington realized the impor­tance
of courtesy and decency. Further­more,
it was No. 1 on his list of 110 rules.
Clearly there was some importance there.
Why is it that .even adults today do not
grasp the concept?
Holding the door for a person, and
thanking the cashier at the grocery store
or the movie theatre are just extra gestures
people seem to have forgotten.
My Momma taught me respect for every­one.
There isn't ope person who doesn't de­serve
decency.
It took me an extra 10 seconds to add
that phrase to the end of my message. Yes,
I could have cut it and spent that extra ten
seconds probably procrastinating on my
work, but instead Sarah was able to rec­ognize
I addressed her as a person. I didn't
just request and expect her help because
she has a skill I lack.
As a result, the call back was respectful
and she was quick to help.
New bike ordinance necessary to raise awareness of road safety
|> • • • •'* , /
MELODY KITCHENS
: ONLINE@THEPLAINSMAN.COM
I agree with the new bike law, especially
for spreading awareness.
For those who haven't heard of Auburn's
bike law, it has started to generate a lot of
buzz concerning its enforcement issues.
Just for background, this law will require
a three-foot distance between motorists
and bicyclists on the road.
I don't bike to class or on the road in gen­eral,
but I have several friends who choose
bicycling as their main mode of transporta­tion,
so I hear about their issues.
Most actually feel safe riding on the
roads, but some have had experiences with
motorists coming too close, or motorists
not watching when they're turning.
When I drive next to a bicyclist, it freaks
me out almost every time. If there's not a
car in the other lane, I'll move over to give
them plenty of room because who knows
what could happen if you're too close.
But back to the enforcement issues.
I attended the city council meeting last
Tuesday. Some council members .had is-,
sues on legislating what they think is cour­tesy,
And I can understand where they are
coming from, but 14on't think it's an issue
of courtesy, but an issue of enforcing safety.
If you're cautious around bikes, then you
have nothing to worry about. If.you're not
cautious around them then I think you de­serve
a ticket.
I think it will keep motorists in check, as
well as spreading awareness from the fact
of having Auburn know about this law and
recognize that it has been passed. f
While I think Auburn is becoming more
and more bicycle friendly, there will always
be issues with motorists sharing the road
with bicyclists.
That's why I'm glad there's a law for it.
Campus dining is consistently unhealthy
HAYLEY BLAIR
CAMPUS®
THEPLAINSMAN.COM
Au Bon Pain, Freshens, Rye of the
Tiger. What do these three dining
venues have in common? They are
all thought to be some of the health­iest
dining options available options
on campus. It's sad to say, but this is
probably true.
The fact is that, even though most
of Au Bon Pain's sandwiches fall into
a range of more than 600 calories,
and though some of the biggest-sell­ing
items at Freshens consist of sug­ary
coffees topped with whipped
cream and donuts, they are still
probably some of the healthier op­tions
on campus.
One of the most popular venues,
Chick-fil-A, has fries with enough
calories to be mistaken for an entire
meal.
Over the summer I had Papa John's
every day for breakfast and Chick-fil-
A every day for supper just because
they were the only things available
on campus, and the only kitchen in
the dorm I lived in always smelled
funny.
The University has now had the
opportunity to bring in some new
food options' for students, and they
bring Panda Express. Now, don't get
me wrong. I love Chinese food, and
my inner fatty is totally celebrating
the change. But if I think about it ra­tionally
I can't help but feel that this
was not the best decision to make
for the students.
If you've ever read any of the "Eat
This, Not That" books, you'll find that
all that fried chicken really can pack
on the calories, and even though
there are vegetables in the fried rice
it's still not all that healthy. One meal
can go up to more than 1,000 calo­ries.
So why does the University contin­ue
to bring in all of these unhealthy
food choices, when there are better
options on hand? I think it is so stu­dents
don't start complaining even
more about the dining card system
they keep in place.
If the University didn't provide
anything for students but the kinds
of meals they need to stay healthy,
I'm sure a lot of students would be
even more outraged at the $995 they
are forced to put on their Tiger Card
every semester, unless they live off
campus.
I think providing healthier dining
options on campus would go a great
ways to getting students out of an
unhealthy mindset when it comes
to food.
Surrounding them with junk, on
the other hand, is probably going to
cause problems for them later on.
Divide the blame
To those who march, let
me first, state that I am all
for freedom of speech and
expression. However, I do
not have to support the
viewpoint.
Last week began a
"grass roots" movement of
1,000 different viewpoints
called the "99 percent"
who decided to march on
Wall Street and demand
equality of life through
economic policy.
Many have blamed Wall
Street executives and
banking officials for the
economic struggles this
country is in. Others have
blamed D.C. and corrupt
policy brought forth by
the likes of Barney Frank,
Chris Dodd, President
Obama and the last ad­ministration.
It is evident that peo­ple
from Wall Street had a
hand in the demise of the
housing market. It's also
evident that several poli­ticians
"banked" on*heir
own policy-driven tactics.
Here's some advice to
those who support this
movement:. make sure
you educate yourselves
before trashing this coun­try.
Choosing one side in a
two sided affair is idiotic.
Capitalism isn.'t the
problem—bad people are!
Michael Freeman
Risk Management
and Safety
Environmental Programs
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The Editoric\l Board
MIRANDA DOU.AIIHIDE CHELSEA HARVEY
EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR
Liz CONN
MANAGING EDITOR
ALISON MCFERRIN
NEWS EDITOR
KATEJONES
INTRIGUE EDITOR
CHRISTINA SANTEE
SPORTS EDITOR
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NICK BOWMAN
OPINIONS EDITOR
NIK MARKOPOULOS
COPY EDITOR
MARIA IAMPIETRO
PHOTO EDITOR
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Thursday, October 13, 2011 Opinions A9 !
Alabama immigration law misses the mark on progress
Alabama's new bill, HB 56, yvent
into effect recently, and it's al­ready
having a negative impact
on our communities. Let's ignore,
for a moment, the philosophical
and ideological underpinnings of
immigration—whether it's right
or wrong, good or bad—and look
solely at the bill itself. Alabama
introduced the bill because leg­islators
did not believe the feder­al
government was enforcing im­migration
law well enough, so we
took it into our own hands.
Let's go over a few myths about
immigration that make this bill
seem necessary. First, it is not a
crime to enter into the United
States illegally—it's a civil offense
very similar to a traffic ticket. It is
now, however, a Class C misde­meanor
to enter Alabama illegal­ly.
Secondly, many undocument­ed
workers do pay income tax­es,
Medicare and Social Securi­ty
using fraudulent Social Securi­ty
cards. The American Immigra­tion
Council argues that undocu­mented
workers pay an estimated
$130 million in state and local tax­es.
The difference is that undocu­mented
workers can't file to re­ceive
income tax returns or Social
Security benefits, even though
many would probably be eligi­ble,
and that money is simply ab-v
sorbed into the system.
Let me state clearly: our immi­gration
system is broken. Work
and education visas can be diffi­cult
to obtain or renew, creating
obstacles to legal residency. Our
borders are unsecure. presenting
a great threat to national securi­ty.
But here's a little secret: HB 56
cannot secure Alabama's border
with Mexico—because there isn't
one.
HB 56 has unique stipulations
and loopholes that don't provide
universal enforcement. It cre­ates
provisions that allow cor­porations
to put a legal distance
between themselves and their
workers, taking the responsibility
for verification out of their hands.
It also distinctly excludes house­hold
laborers. By manipulating
the definition of "employer," HB-
56 allows for some businesses and
individuals to have an advantage
over the law and over small busi­nesses.
Secondly, HB 56 is already hav­ing
a tremendous impact on ed­ucation
and agriculture in Al­abama.
The bill requires that
schools verily immigration sta­tuses,
even though the Supreme
Court upheld (Plyler v. Doe) that
every child has the right to an ed­ucation
regardless of status. The
law says that the information
will only be used for data collec­tion,
but sets no restrictions on its
use or privacy. Many of these chil­dren
were born in America any­way,
and are therefore American
citizens. Some might call them
anchor babies. I call it the 14th
Amendment.
While the impacts on educa­tion
may not be visible for years,
pur agriculture industry is suf­fering
the impact sooner rather
than later. After a similar bill was
passed in Georgia, the loss of mi­grant
workers caused an estimat­ed
$ 140 million in lost agriculture,
says the Georgia Fruit and Vege­table
Growers' Association. To­matoes
are already rotting on the
vines around Alabama because
there aren't enough workers to
pick them—and we're still at 9.9%
unemployment for legal workers.
As per basic economic principles,
the decrease in supply will drive
up the cost of food, making your
cost of living increase.
Lastly, this law has a tremen­dous
inconvenience on American
citizens. Simply enforcing the law
is a tremendous inconvenience
and risks violation of our Fourth
Amendment rights. Many people
have already seen a tremendous
effect by way of six-hour long
"Beason lines" at courthouses. To
renew a car tag, a process usually
completed online, you now must
go to the courthouse, bringing
with you proof of citizenship and
the proof of citizenship for any­one
else whose name is attached
to the vehicle. So if your car is reg­istered
back home, you'll have to
make a trip to renew your tag.
Also, the bill creates a unique,
situation regarding citizens' rela­tionship
with law enforcement.
During a routine traffic stop; an
officer actually now has the abil­ity
to "reasonably suspect" illegal
status, even if he is provided with
a drivers license. He can use this
"reasonable suspicion" to detain
you for 24 hours until the feder­al
government verifies your im­migration
status. This also leads
way to racial profiling—any of
us could be an illegal immigrant
from somewhere, especially since
the United States has the longest
unsecured border in the world.
So what then constitutes rea­sonable
suspicion? Regardless of
ethnic status, culture or anything
else, if you're a citizen, you have
the same rights as everyone else.
So how do you protect the rights
of those more likely to be suspect­ed
of being illegal?
Yes, the system is broken. But
the solution lies in comprehen­sive
reform, not retroactive en­forcement
Presidents like Reagan
and George W. Bush paved the
way for offering amnesty to un­documented
residents—let's take
a page from their books. In the
spirit of Columbus Day, let's em­brace
our own heritage as immi­grants
and advocate for reform of
our procedures for visas and ob­taining
legal status so that every­one
can have a chance at reaching
the American Dream.
Beth Clayton
president, College Democrats
Liberty group can be biased while remaining nonpartisan
There has been some confusion
recently about whether Young
Americans for Liberty is nonpar­tisan
or not, and I hope I can clear
things up for everyone. I refer here
to an article published about us in
' USA TODAY and to Matt Greene-meier's
letters to the editor.
It is a mistake to think that be­cause
YAL is influenced by liber­tarian
philosophy, it cannot be
nonpartisan. While some in the
group are libertarians, that is not
to say that the group advocates
voting on the Libertarian ticket. It.
is an easy mistake to make, but it
is a mistake that needs to be ad­dressed.
_
Among libertarians, the phras­es
"large-L" and "small-1" are used
to distinguish the political party
from the philosophy. Small-1 lib-ertarianism
refers to the politi­cal
philosophy, while large-L ,Lib-ertarianism
'refers to the party.
Hie two are not mutually inclu­sive,
especially given the depth
and breadth of the small-1 move­ment
and the small size of the
party. Certainly, many members
of YAL are supporters of small-1
libertarianism. But this in no way
indicates any affiliation with the
large-L Libertarian Party.
Also, the word "nonpartisan"
means "free from party affilia­tion,
bias, or designation" accord­ing
to Merriam-Webster. Since
YAL is not affiliated with or bi­ased
toward a party, the group
is nonpartisan. The group and
many in it may be ardent sup­porters
of small-1 libertarianism,
but that and our nonpartisanship
are not contradictory. Would one
say an organization dedicated to
furthering democracy or republi­canism
is partisan despite there
being political parties with cap­italized
versions of those words?
In the sense that the group is
defined by certain principles, of
course YAL is biased — what orga­nization
isn't? Any organization
standing for a particular political
philosophy is by definition going
to be biased; otherwise there real­ly
isn't a point to the organization.
However, there is a difference be­tween
adopting a philosophical
position and supporting a politi­cal
party.
I commend those doing re­search
into YAL's philosophical
position, and I understand how
they might get confused about
the meanings of the word "liber­tarian."
Anyone with further questions
or concerns should stop by our
next meeting which will be list­ed
online at facebook.com/au-burnyal.
Eric Phillips
senior, psychology and economics
Myths about organics prevalent in food culture Bible not to
Many myths abound about what organic
actually is, and the "Get Clean with Organic"
article was full of some of the most common.
Probably the No. 1 myth about organic
foods is that they are safer than non-organic
foods because they are pesticide free. In fact,
organic foods are NOT pesticide free.
There is an extensive list of pesticides ap­proved
by the Organic Materials Review In­stitute,
which is the national nonprofit orga^
nization that determines the approved prod­ucts
for organic production and processing.
There are many approved organic fertilizers
and pesticides that are just as deadly to hu­mans
as some on the conventional list.
The second most common myth is that or­ganic
foods are more nutritious. The Unit­ed
States Department of Agriculture re­ports
there is no evidence that organic foods
are more nutritious than conventional food
products. Further, the USDA reports that
consuming organic food does not significant­ly
reduce ones exposure to pesticides over a
lifetime.
The term "organic" is a government regu­lated
term meaning organic meat, poultry,
eggs, and dairy products come from antibi­otic-
and growth hormone-free animals.
Organic food is produced without us­ing
most conventional pesticides; fertilizers
made with synthetic ingredients or sewage
sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation.
These unconventional production practices
are used in an attempt to protect soil and wa­ter
resources.
There are three organic designations as
defined by the USDA. All organic producers
must follow the strict guidelines. You may
use terms such as "all natural" or "natural"
which give the impression that the product
is minimally processed. However, unlike the
term "organic," these do not have legal defini­tions
or standards.
These technical definitions were confused
and used interchangeably in the article. All
eggs laid by a chicken, even a free range one,
will come with some manure. Free range pro­duction
is about a more humane and sustain­able
way of raising livestock.
Ellen Huckabay
ACES Outreach Coordinator
Extension/Horticulture
be changed
To be a Christian is to be a dis­ciple
of Jesus. I think that Brax­ton
Tanner's and Samuel Mad-dox's
view that homosexual prac­tice
and Christian practice are not
opposed to each other is a serious
misinterpretation of what the Bi­ble
teaches. Professing Christians,
myself included, need to ask our­selves
if we are letting the Bible
speak for itself, or if we are read­ing
our own views into the Bible.
Caleb Petrie
graduate student, mathematics
Dire societal consequences result of Alabama immigration law
Tuesday night, the Auburn Uni­versity
College Democrats held a
non-partisan forum addressing
Alabama's new immigration law
which went into effect the day be­fore.
J
The moment of the evening
came when Paul Harris of the
Department of Political Science
asked the audience, "What kind
of society will we choose to be?"
Of course, the exhaustive con­servative
political points were
raised at the forum by audience
members who argued Alabama's
minuscule immigrant popula­tion
is a collection of lawbreakers
and that the federal government
has failed to curb illegal immigra­tion.
That might as well be tabled,
for even though President Barack
Obama's administration is de­porting
immigrants at a dramati­cally
faster rate than his predeces­sor,
George W. Bush, somehow it
will never be enough.
The real theme of the night
was truly Harris's question. With
House Bill 56, Alabama has reaf­firmed
its position as the histor­ical
Mecca for bigotry and xeno­phobia.
"Come in if you look like
us, get out or shut up if you don't"
If hate is what Alabama's best
at, going to church is certain­ly
a close second. Growing up in
a Catholic family, I was always
taught that all Americans were
created equal and that we were a
society of laws. But even more im­portant
than that, I was taught
every human being on this planet
is equal under God's eyes.
Though the Right has played
on cheap fears by demonizing
immigrants as criminals and job
stealers, any Christian who tru­ly
believes in the principles of Je­sus
Christ cannot accept this bill.
What happened to being your
brother's keeper and loving thy
neighbor?
Until we change our view on
this issue and seek a perspective
that recognizes the reality that in
the end we are all human beings,
regardless of lines on a map, we
will spiral ever further down this
well of fear and hate under the
guise of "the law."
So let's seek a human perspec­tive.
Let's strive for that value that
is so often lost in this individualis­tic
society: empathy.
What would you do if you lived
in a region where the necessities
of life are not guaranteed, where
bodies are dumped off of high­way
overpasses, where centuries
of colonization and exploitation
have left an entire race of people
broken and impoverished? How
far would you go to feed your fam­ily?
If we are to preserve the Amer­ican
dream, we must remember
we are all descendants of immi­grants.
None of us were here first.
We were given the Statue of
Liberty as a reminder from the
world that the United States is a
nation of people who came to this
land from a far away place only to
seek a better life.
Again, we must ask ourselves,
"What kind of society will we
choose to be?"
Eric Austin
junior, political science
Breast cancer awareness over-fimded, publicized
' Breast cancer is way, way over-advertised.
Before anyone goes and says that's opinion,
I've researched this a ridiculous amount over
the years because it's always kinda bugged
me that everyone seems to put so much em­phasis
on one type of cancer. And I did go
back and do the research for the most recent
statistics, so everything I've got to say is fact.
•Breast cancer is, in fact, the No. 1-diag­nosed
cancer in women, but right on its tail is
lung cancer. Also, the mortality rate of breast
cancer is one of the lowest. Only 16 percent of
people diagnosed with breast cancer actually
die from it. In a list of the top cancers, breast
cancer has one of the lowest mortality rates.
People should be more aware of lung can­cer,
pancreatic cancer and leukemia. More
than half—70 percent—of the people diag­nosed
with lung cancer died from it. An un­believable
84 percent of those diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer died, and about 50 percent
of those with leukemia died.
The really sad thing is breast cancer raises
more money than all of these cancers com­bined.
People are putting their money into
something that is not nearly as deadly as oth­er
cancers, and which already has way more
funding than it needs. It is a common can­cer,
but not much more-so than lung cancer,
which-causes many more deaths.
Because it's so advertised, people think,
"Oh wow, since so many people are trying
to raise money for it, and an entire month is
dedicated to it, I should probably donate to
this cause."
This is not to make light of breast cancer,
because I've known people that have had it,
and most of my friends know someone who's
had it, and any kind of cancer is truly terrible.
I only want to put it in perspective. There are
many far deadlier cancers that need funding
more than "the pink."
I hope that people will perhaps learn about
such things before they blindly donate to a
cause that's already over-funded.
Kelly Tsaltas
sophomore, psychology
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students, faculty and communi­ty
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Auburn basketball to host Tiger Hoop Madness Friday
BRANDON MILLER
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Before Auburn's basketball
squads have a chance to take a
crack at other opponents, they
must face themselves first.
A year after Auburn Arena had
its official grand opening, Au­burn's
basketball program will
host Tiger Hoop Madness this Fri­day
at 7 p.m.
"I am extremely excited about
the tipoff of basketball season
with Tiger Hoops Madness," said
men's coach Tony Barbee. "It's a
great way to welcome back the
guys and meet the new players."
The event marks the first day
fans can see Auburn's basketball
teams and the first day the NCAA
allows teams to practice.
The arena doors open at 6 p.m.
with activities beginning at 7 p.m.
Tiger Hoops Madness is free to
the public. All seating is gener­al
admission, and fans may en­ter
through the main entrance or
the scholarship entrance. The stu­dent
section will be available for
all students who present an Ignit­ed
card. '
Indoor activities will include
team introductions and appear­ances
by the Auburn cheerlead­ers,
Tiger Paws, Pep Band and Au-bie.
The men's team will conduct
a slam dunk contest and an in-u
I am extremely
excited about the
tip-off of basketball
season with Tiger
Hoops Madness."
—TONY BARBEE
BASKETBALL CO ACH
tra-squad scrimmage, while the
women's team will have a three-point
shootout and dribble battle.
"We are very excited about
this event and the opportunity to
show our fans what they can ex­pect
when they come out to Au1
burn Arena this season," said
women's coach Nell Fortner. "It
is going to be a gr.eat year for Au­burn
basketball, and we can't
wait to get it started."
Prior to the indoor festivi­ties,
there will be Fan Fest on the
lawn outside the arenas main en­trance.
The Fan Fest at 5 p.m. will
feature inflatable games for kids,
a face painter and a balloon artist
Both the men's and women's bas­ketball
teams will also be avail­able
for an autograph session be­ginning
at 5:45 p.m.
In addition, all fans in the are­na
will have a chance to win var­ious
prizes throughout the event,
including two pairs of tickets to
the Auburn vs. Florida football
game. Other prizes include var­ious
Under Armour items and a
free round of golf at any Alabama
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
course.
The parking lots surrounding
Auburn Arena will be available on
a first-come, first-serve basis. Hie
lot beside Beard-Eaves Memorial
Coliseum will not be available.
"It is going to be a fun-filled
evening for the students,, our fans
and my team," Barbee said. "There
is going to be plenty of planned
events and surprises for every­body.
Get there early for a good
seat."
Kicker sets
new goals
COLEMAN MCDOWELL
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
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game-winning
kicks throughout his career and
kicked the most famous field goal
in Auburn history last year in the
BCS championship gpme. Parkey
knows Byrum left Auburn a leg­end,
but the sophomore kicker
wants to carve his own niche.
"I want to make my own lega­cy
here, but at the same time fol­lowing
a guy like Wes is going to
be hard," Parkey said. "But he
gave me some great tips and good
pointers. He told me to stay fo­cused
and do all the little things
right, and all the other stuff will
follow. It was good to have Wes
last year to mentor me."
> Byrum's mentoring along with
special teams coach Jay Boul-ware's
instruction this past year
have helped Parkey lead the coun- .
try in touchback percentage this
season. Twenty out of 33, or over
60 percent of his kickoffs, have
been unreturned.
"It feels good to be able to ex­ecute
every week," Parkey said.
"For the people who thought that
it was just the first game, I think
I've proven to them that I can do
it every week. I've worked hard,
and it's something I pride myself
in. Tlie harder I work, the better
I'll be, so I'm going to continue to
work hard and lead the nation in
touchback percentage."
Parkey's efforts have caught
Baulware's attention as well.
"Obviously his improve­ment
since last year is in his leg
strength, overall consistency
in striking the ball on kickoffs,"
Boulware said. "I attribute that to
the work that Cody's done down
in the weight room with coach
(Kevin) Yoxall. Then obviously the
hard work that he's put into being
consistent in striking the ball and
being able to hit it with enough
power behind it"
Last year Parkey split kickoff
duties with Byrum and only had
two touchbacks on 35 attempts.
Parkey credits his success to fo­cusing
and working on the details
of his game.
"Last year, I felt like I wasn't
striking the ball or exploding
through the ball as well on kick-offs,"
Parkey said. "This year I've
been fqcused on that. I've worked
hard on that all summer, and I've
been able to execute so far."
Early in the spring Parkey suf­fered
a quadricep injury that
could have derailed his progress,
but instead he used it to come
back a stronger kicker. He said it
was a "bUmmer" to miss his first
game in Jordan-Hare as a starting
kicker.
"I was ready to get out there
and show everyone what I had,
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The Auburn defense tackles Arkansas's running back Dennis Johnson in the first half of Saturday's game.
TODD VAN EMST
BRANDON MILLER
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Auburn coach Gene Chizik has
been called "The Will Muschamp
before Will Muschamp."
Saturday, the two former Au­burn
defense coordinators will
meet as No. 24 Auburn (4-2, 2-1
SEC) faces Florida (4-2,2-2 SEC)
at 6 p.m.
"They are very talented," Chizik
said. "There is speed everywhere.
On the defensive side of the ball,
they are physical. They're big and
they have a great plan. Let's not
lose sight of who their two loss­es
are to."
It will also be Chizik's first
chance to defeat his alma mater
as a head coach.
"It's not about me," Chizik said.
"This is about another great SEC
week for Auburn and another
great opportunity for our team.
That's the way I see it."
While both the Tigers and Ga­tors
enter Saturday after suffer­ing
rough losses last week, Flor­ida
has braved through two con­secutive
challenges after starting
the season 4-0.
The Gators have had no suc­cess
against the SEC West the
past two weeks. After suffering a
38-10 loss at home to No. 3 Ala­bama,
Florida traveled to No. 1
LSU and was beaten 41-11.
Florida also lost something
more than the game against Al­abama:
senior quarterback John
Brantley.
True freshman Jacoby Brissett
will start against Auburn, his sec­ond
start of the season.
Against LSU, Brissett had a be-low-
average performance. He
threw for 94 yards, completing
eight of 14 passes. While Brissett
threw a touchdown, he also threw
two interceptions.
The Gators are known offen­sively
for their speed, mainly from
senior running backs Chris Rain-ey
and Jeff Demps, two of the fast­est
players in the league. Demps
even won the 2010 national
championship in the 60-meter
dash in indoor track and field and
100-meter dash in outdoor track
and field.
"Here's the thing about this of­fense,"
Chizik said. "Regardless of
who is at quarterback, they've got
incredible speed at their tight end
and wide out positions and their
tailback position."
Demps' speed has allowed
him to average 8.3 yards per car­ry
in 2011, gaining 324 total yards
on 39 attempts. He also has four
touchdowns to his credit
Rainey, however, has been
primary back this season.
Despite having only two touch­downs,
Rainey has 467 yards on
87 carries and is also the
leading receiver. On 16 recep­tions,
Rainey has 245 yards and
two more scores.
The Gators' running attack
is crucial week in and week out
considering the team ranks 98th
overall in passing yards. \
And Florida's defense had been
complimented nationwide before
allowing 801 yards in the last two
games.
The Gators defense allows an
average of 291 yards per game.
With only 115 of those coming on
the ground, Florida has been able
to stop the run game effective­ly.
Sophomore running back Mi­chael
Dyer averages 113.2 yards
pergame.
Although Auburn's passing
offense has struggled recently,
Chizik showed full confidence in
junior quarterback Barrett Trot­ter.
"I expect him to play well, but I
expect everybody around him to
play well with him," Chizik said.
"Barrett is our quarterback today,
and he is our quarterback on Sat­urday.
For us to be productive of­fensively,
it has to be a complete
team effort."
Chizik said he will use Kiehl
Frazier when the Tigers are look­ing
for different ways to score and
get first downs. He also said the
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but then a couple days be­fore,
the whole quad in­cident
happened," Parkey
said. "I didn't try and dwell
on it, I just kind of thought
1 had to get healthy for the
season.
"1 was in rehab 3-4 times
a day. I came back pret­ty
fast. I didn't Jose a step,
and I was able to come
back with a full recovery. I
feel like I'm kicking the ball
as good or better than ever
right now."
Parkey began his play­ing
career on the soccer
field instead of the football
field. After playing soccer
for years, Parkey decided
to join his older brother on
the football team.
"I came out and they
needed a kicker, and I
thought, 'I played soccer,
u
I feel like I'm
kicking the ball as
good or better than
ever right now."
—CODY PARKEY
At BMN KICKER
I could probably do this,"'
Parkey said. "So in mid­dle
school I played kick­er
and some lineman. You
had to get a certain amount
of plays in Pop Warner, so
I had to play a lot of posi-
' tions."
Entering high school Par-key
went to several kicking
camps and ended his senior
year ranked the No. 1 kicker
in the nation.
Parkey was the first Au­burn
commitment in the
2010 class.
While he hasn't attempt­ed
a 50-plus yard field goal
at Auburn, Parkey said
kicking a record goal in
high school stands out as
his favorite memory.
"I hit a school record 55-
yard field goal," Parkey said.
"We were losing, and my
coach decided to let me try
and see my leg. 1 was able
to hit it, and it would have
been good from a lot far­ther."
Parkey hopes Saturday's
game won't be decided by a
three-point margin, but it if
comes down to a.field goal,
he said he'll be prepared.
"If we do need one, I feel
like I'm going to be ready.
Hie long snapper, Josh Har­ris,
and holder, Ryan White,
we've been executing real­ly
well and we're going tO'
practice hard this week and
be ready for the game."
Future lies in Frazier
him away from Texas.
"Ironically, we have had
similar paths," Chizik said.
"But he's a great football
coach, and I think his ac­complishments
really
speak for themselves as an
assistant and the great de­fenses
that he has had pret­ty
much wherever he has
been. He has had a lot of
success, and that is not by
accident. He does a great
job."
Not only will Saturday be
the first time Muschamp
will return to Auburn since
resigning, but it will also be
the first time he and Chizik
will coach on the same field
simultaneously.
"It's going to be an excit­ing
week, and I'm extremely
excited for our fans," Chizik
said. "It's going to be a great
game atmosphere. 1 want
to urge our great fanbase
to come out and do their
thing as they normally do.
They know how important
they are to us, especially in
games like this."
TIGERS
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decision on junior wide re­ceiver
Emory Blake, who
hasn't played since being
injuried against South Car­olina,
will be made at game
time, and senior left guard
Jared Cooper will not play
Saturday. Redshirt fresh­man
Chad Slade will start
in Cooper's place.
The similarities of Chizik
and Muschamp are too nu­merous
to ignore, but they
could not be more opposite
on the field.
While Chizik usually re­mains
content on the field,
Muschamp is known as be­ing
vocal, jumping around
and breaking clipboards.
He's more similar to intense
assistant coach Trooper
Taylor.
Chizik's first tenure on
the Plains was from 2002-
04 when he served as the
defensive coordinator.
Following Auburn's per­fect
season in 2004, he was
LL
It's going to be
an exciting week,
and I'm extremely
excited for our'
fans. It's going to
be a great game
atmosphere."
—GENE CHIZIK
FOOTBALL COACH
hired by Texas coach Mac
Brown as the Longhorn's
defensive coordinator.
Muschamp arrived on
the Plains in '2006 as the
Tigers' defensive coor­dinator.
Two years later,
when Chizik took the head
coaching job at Iowa State,
Muschamp was hired as his
replacement.
While at Texas, Mus­champ
was named the
coach-in-waiting by Brown.
However, a head coaching
offer from Florida enticed
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We've seen what the of­fense
looks like with Bar­rett
Trotter at the helm.
Complete ineptitude
when the offense is behind
the line of scrimmage.
Fourteen, 16 and 14 points
in the past three games.
A combined 34-70, 371
yards, three touchdowns
and four interceptions in
the same stretch.
The offensive line has
dropped off from last
year's play, but has been
above average pass block­ing
this year. If you're a
quarterback with limit­ed
scrambling ability, then
pocket awareness and the
ability to make smart and
quick decisions are a must.
Trotter has shown neither.
No. 1 target Emo­ry
Blake and slot receiv­er
Trovon Reed were out
against Arkansas, but that
doesn't make up for the
quarterback play. Open re­ceivers
were missed in fa­vor
of deep throws in dou­ble
coverage, a wide-open
receiver assured a touch­down
was underthrown,
and general ineffective­ness
abounded.
Gene Chizik shuttled in
freshman Kiehl Frazier for
23 plays during the Arkan­sas
game. Frazier opened
up Auburn's entire rushing
attack, gaining 54 yards on
13 carries. He forced the
Razorback linebackers to
respect the quarterback
keeper, allowing Onterio
McCalebb and Tre Mason
to get outside for big gains.
Granted, Frazier was
tricked twice by Arkan­sas
coverages, leading to
a pair of interceptions, but
Frazier knows he can learn
from those mistakes.
"I got a lot better just
from yesterday, just seeing
myself throw those pass­es
and kind of make those
mistakes," Frazier said.
"That's something I can
definitely learn from."
That's the maturity you
want to see from a true
freshman.
Frazier s offensive coor­dinator
has confidence in
his ability to make plays
with his arm as well.
"He can throw it," Gus
Malzahn said the week be­fore
the Arkansas game.
"And we'll definitely let
him do that."
On ESPN's documen­tary
"Year of the Quarter­back,"
which outlined the
quarterback competition
between Trotter, Frazier
and Clint Moseley, Mal­zahn
said Frazier was the
most talented of all three
quarterbacks on the ros­ter,
but was the least expe­rienced.
How can Frazier gain
experience for next sea­son?
Start him. Let Trotter
be the situational quarter­back
to come in and throw
on obvious passing downs.
Let's face it, Auburn isn't
winning the SEC West this
year. But next year we're
lined up for a run at the
SEC Championship game.
Who's going to take us
there? Kiehl Frazier.
Would you rather have
Frazier take the reigns
of a championship con­tender
with no starts to
his name and very limit­ed
chances to throw the
ball, or have Frazier start
game one next season hav­ing
traversed Death Valley
against LSU, battled Geor­gia
between the hedges
and faced Alabama in the
Iron Bowl?
Barrett Trotter is a
great leader, a fiery com­petitor
and was an excel­lent
quarterback in high
school, but there is a rea­son
only Army, Duke, Sam-ford,
Troy and UAB offered
him a scholarship before
he committed to Auburn.
1 m not into bashing
players, but the future is
now.
Auburn is a running
team this year. Michael
Dyer is unstoppable at
times. McCalebb and
Mason are excellent at
spreading the defense and
getting to the outside.
Frazier simply makes all
of them better. Those four
are averaging more than
five yards per carry this
season, even when op­ponents
know Auburn is
one-dimensional.
Frazier isn't Kodi Burns.
He wasn't ranked the sec-ond-
6est quarterback
solely because of his ath­letic
ability. He's a dual-threat
quarterback that
can attack a defense with
his arm just as much as
with his legs.
The main knock is that
Frazier only knows a small
portion of the playbook.
But let's be honest, our
current offensive playbook
consists of a handoff to
Dyer, a sweep to McCalebb
or an incompletion.
Let Frazier run how­ever
much of the offense
he's comfortable with. He
might have more intercep­tions
than touchdowns
each game, but he'll learn
from each of those mis­takes.
It. will make him a
better quarterback when
we need him the most:
2012.
If we are going to lose,
we might as well lose with
our future quarterback at
the helm.
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Sophomore hunt seat rider Christina Lin competes in equitation over fences,
CHRISTINA SANTEE
SPORTS EDITOR
After opening SEC com­petition
with a 10-10 tie-break
win over the South
Carolina Gamecocks Sat­urday,
the Auburn eques­trian
team is preparing to
continue its success when
it meets Kansas State Uni­versity
at home Oct. 21.
"We really just want to
make sure we're fundamen­tally
sound at least until we
get through all these fall
events, and then we'll start
ratcheting it up a little bit,"
said coach Greg Williams.
"Staying out of the penal­ty
box—we're going to have
to get that part fixed, but if
they stay united as a team
we're going to be quite a
force in the spring."
Although the .Tigers won
Saturday s meet, it was by a
mere 41.5 points, the final
score being 1486-1444.5.
u
We definitely have
a really strong
team this year, but
a bunch of room
for improvement."
--KRISTEN HANSEN
SENIOR WESTERN RIDER
Many of the girls dropped
points for inaccuracies.
"I'm going to try to work
on my turns and my jumps
and try to keep everything
a little bit smoother look­ing
and not so rough," said
sophomore Christina Lin.
"We have some stuff to
work on as an equestri­an
team," said senior Kris­tin
Hansen. "We definite­ly
have a really strong team
this year, but a bunch of
room for improvement. I
think by next week we're go­ing
to work hard, and we'll
be (ready) for Kent State."
The upcoming match will
likely test the team's skills
in each category. Kansas
State has only one win for
the season, beating Minne-sota-
Crookston 19-0. They
will face Baylor University
Friday morning.
"Next week what we're
going to do is, when we get
those patterns we're going
to work on what we made
mistakes on because we
definitely had mistakes,"
Hansen said. "And clean
those up and then we'll go
out there and get that pat­tern
down because we don't
want any bobbles. As long
as we have clean patterns,
we'll be good. We have great
riders."
The Tigers will meet Kan­sas
State at the AU Horse
Center Friday at 3 p.m.
No simple fix for Tigers lineup
KtbtUUA UKOOMES / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Freshman western rider Bailee Bussey competes in western against South Carolina.
Another win for equestrian
improves chances of success
It appears a lot of Auburn
fans have been ranting re­cently
in favor of benching
junior quarterback Barrett
Trotter.
Who should play then?
True freshman Kiehl Fra-zier,
of course.
What's new, though? If
Auburn isn't undefeated,
fans want a different quar­terback.
Jason Campbell helped
Auburn find its way to
13-0 in 2004. Then, Bran­don
Cox, Kodi Burns and
Chris Todd took snaps un­til
Cam Newton arrived and
changed the way any Tigers
fan watches the game.
Burns clearly was not a
quarterback, and with him
as the primary starter, Au­burn
went 5-7. Remember
that year?
Todd did just enough
to get by in coach Gene
Chizik's first year. With of­fensive
coordinator Gus
Malzahn's offense and the
personnel surrounding
him on the field, he did all
he needed to.
Auburn fans want a
quick fix, and it doesn't stop
with quarterbacks.
The firing of Tony Frank­lin
midway through the
2008 season was the first
example. Despite the offen­sive
coordinator getting the
appropriate blame for the
unsuccessful offense, the
team continued to struggle
the remainder of the sea­son.
How should the Athlet­ic
Department handle that?
Fire the head coach.
Despite everyone being
happy with Chizik's almost-instant
national champion­ship,
it only reinforced the
logic that Tuberville's fire
was the right way to handle
the situation.
But back to the quarter­back
situation.
Benching Trotter would
work, except there's one
major problem: there's no
one better to play the posi­tion.
I knew fans would want
Frazier to start because his
playing style is compara­ble
to Newton's. Frazier just
doesn't have two national
championships, a Heisman
Trophy or a collegiate start
to his name.
Frazier's playing time
substantially increased
against Arkansas, but his
actual play did not.
This season Frazier has
completed (two of only four
pass attempts for 18 total
yards. He also has two in­terceptions
under his belt.
His efficiency.rating is -9.76.
"And while Frazier has 135
yards on 26 attempts on the
ground, Michael Dyer and
Onterio McCalebb both
still average more per carry
than the freshman.
Despite Frazier's effec­tiveness
on the ground—
especially on third-and-short
situations—and Trot­ter's
virtual lack of mobility
in the pocket, passing is the
element that a quarterback
must have. Frazier doesn't
have that ...yet.
Meanwhile, Trotter has a
126.73 rating, as he's com­pleted
79 of 141 passes for
976 yards, averaging 162.7
yards a game. He has nine
touchdowns outweighing
six interceptions.
He's our quarterback.
Just be happy his name isn't
Stephen Garcia.
Coming into the sea­son,
it was known the team
wouldn't be able to live up
to the success of last year's
team. Most admitted 2011
would be a rebuilding sea­son.
But at some point, many
fans forgot that. To be sit­ting
at 4-2 overall and 2-1
in the hardest conference
in the nation heading into
the season stretch is bet­ter
than any football-sav-vy
person expected Auburn
to be after the Utah State
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"1 got a slam dunk that
game at the same time my
family was walking into the
arena," Williams said. "That
was an experience."
After his 17-season pro­fessional
career with some
of Europe's top leagues and
coaching for Connecticut's
Bassick High School, Wil­liams
began to seek other
coaching positions.
Williams had plans to
coach at UMass when Bar-bee
contacted him about
the administrative assis­tant
opportunity.
"Being a 6-foot-7-inch
power forward, being able
to play center on two dif­ferent
levels and with the
talent we have at Auburn,
"I don't just care about
you because of basketball,"
he said. "I see your future.
The most difficult part is
that I can't always be your
friend, but at the end of the
day, you're going to respect
what I do for you."
Williams said he is proud
to be a part of Auburn's bas­ketball
program and is im­pressed
by the attitudes he
has observed among the
players and students.
"One thing I really like
about Auburn is that these
kids are very respectful,"
Williams said. "I like the
environment where every­one
is just really passionate
about sports and respect­ing
the years of tradition."
SLOANE HUDSON
WRITER
Coach Tony Barbee an­nounced
Oct. 6 that Harper
Williams has been named
Auburn basketball's new
administrative assistant.
Barbee and Williams
were teammates at the Uni­versity
of Massachusetts.
"Harper comes to Au­burn
with a wealth of bas­ketball
knowledge, having
played and coached pro­fessionally
for 17 seasons,"
Barbee said.
During Williams' soph­omore
year at UMass, his
team advanced to the Final
Four and played at Madison
Square Garden in the 1992
NCAA Tournament.
I can pass on some knowl­edge
to a guy who has the
natural ability to perform
well," Williams said.
Senior guard Frankie Sul­livan
said Williams' rela­tionships
with the players
have formed naturally.
"He's worked with the big
guys and is making moves
to make us better every
day," Sullivan said. "When
a guy comes in and soaks
in everybody like a sponge,
you know it's going to be
great for the team."
The chemistry of the
team is crucial, Williams
said, and establishing re­lationships
with each play­er
individually is key to suc­cess.
Main inspirations?
Michael Jordan and my mom
Favorite venue to play in?
Real Madrid Stadium in Madrid, Spain
All-time favorite musician?
S3'
Biggie Smalls
Favorite off-campus spot?
Hamilton's on Magnolia
Ideal place to travel?
Asia
j Favorite vacation spot?
The Caribbean
Tigers work for win after SEC losses
CHRISTINA SANTEE
SPORTS EDITOR
After dropping a five-set
match for the first time
this year against Mississip­pi
State University Sunday,
the .Tigers (9-9, 3-5 SEC)
are looking to improve their
0-4 conference record for
road games.
"I think we haven't had
the same energy on the
road as we've had when
we're at home," said coach
Rick Nold. "I think it shows
up a lot of times defensive­ly.
I think the teams on the
road, they've just out-de­fended
us.
"We've got to make some
changes to how we ap­proach
those games. It's
got to be a different mind­set
going into them and un­derstand
that it's not go­ing
to be one little push and
you win the match. It's go­ing
to be a long match—
you've got, to push through
season away at the Univer-p.
m., followed by match
"I think coming off the
things up a little bit," Nold *»«-•««" <*1--•"*"*1
good teams, and for us it's , REBECCA CROOMES / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
a matter of preparing our- Sophomore middle blocker Camila Jersonsky passes,
selves and coming out
and giving- the best effort. "We want to be able to cused on areas that cost
I think that's going to be serve aggresively," said as- Auburn their match against
most important." sistant coach Eysha Am- the Bulldogs.
Auburn opened the sea- bier, '"that's something "We expect a good fight
son with multiple wins, but we've been working on and we'll be up and ready to
as weeks passed they accu- all season, and defensive- go for it," said senior setter
mulated more losses than ly, just behind the block— Christina Solverson. "Just
expected. The Tigers know working on getting a lot of working together as a unit
something's missing from balls." will be the key to our suc-their
game strategy. Team practices have fo- cess this weekend."
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Cancer tailgate to campus
and maldng that again, an­other
annual part of this
program," Barbee, said.
"What we do helps out with
the visibility obviously in
the community, but at the
same time we're bringing
light to a cause that's worth
fighting for and hopefully
one day, sooner rather than
later, finding a cure for."
Those who choose to at-the
Coaches vs. Cancer tend will also get to enjoy a
campaign has had across, tailgate-style meal,
the nation. Tickets are $100 each
Barbee and other fea- and are tax-deductible,
tured attendees will be Proceeds will benefit the
available to greet fans and American Cancer Society
sign autographs for the du- and will fund life-saving
ration of the tailgate.' services, research for cures
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SPORTS EDITOR
In support of Breast Can­cer
Awareness Month, Au­burn
basketball coach
Tony Barbee will host the
first Coaches vs. Cancer on
Saturday at the Auburn Ce­lebrity
Tailgate, prior to the
start of the evening's Au­burn
ys. Florida football
game.
"We want to be more in-,
volved with the Coaches
vs. Cancer organization,"
Barbee said. "They do such
great work every year."
The tailgate will be held
in front of the Auburn Are­na
and will be attended by
some of Auburn's most-ap­preciated
legends, includ­ing
former players and
coaches.
Barbee is determined to
continue the success that
We want to be
more involved
with the Coaches
vs. Cancer
organization."
—TONY BARBEE
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Costumes steal show at Telfair Peet
Maddie's story
attracts attention
From yee-haw to Yahweh
BIANCA SEWARD
WRITER
An army of mannequins lines
the wall of the costume shop as
costume designer Thereza Oleini-ck
stands,hidden in a sea of taffe­ta
and sparkle sheer.
Oleinick received a Bachelor of
Arts in speech and drama at the
University of Iowa and studied
costume design at the California
Institute of the Arts in Valencia
before moving to New York to de­sign
for off-Broadway shows.
"That's where all the real exper­imental
stuff in theatre happens,"
Oleinick said.
Before coming to Auburn, Ole­inick
taught at the City College of
New York.
"I learned so much while work­ing
at the City College of New
York," Oleinick said. "It was a
place full of talented people who
couldn't necessarily afford Jul-
Iiard or NYU."
Oleinick teaches four class­es
on costume construction and
stage makeup while designing all
of the costumes for shows at the
Telfair Peet Theatre.
Oleinick said all of the cos-'
tumes are handmade.
"We tell you so much about the
character before they even speak,"
Oleinick said. "A costume has to
tell the audience right away who
they are, if you like them, if their
character is good or bad, et ce­tera."
The upcoming production,
"The Marvelous Wonderettes," in­cludes
one costume change per
person that spans a decade. Ole­inick
said the time change was
the main difficulty in designing.
"The first costume is for the
Alison Hora, freshman in theatre,
prom set in 1958," Oleinick said.
"There is a good deal of bright col­ors
and sparkle sheer. By the end
of the play we are in 1968, so the
costumes are muted tones of the
same color of their prom dress.
This way the character can re­main
their identity through the
•time change."
Vicky Anton, costume shop
manager at the Telfair Peet The­atre,
said limited time to make
the costumes was a second
source of anxiety for the produc­tion.
"With only two weeks to com­plete
the dresses we were very
lucky this production only had
eight costumes," Anton said.
"Normally we will get five weeks
to complete a show's costumes,
but because we just closed 'La
Bete' last week we couldn't have
the full five weeks."
Design work on pieces for the
production began in the spring
RAYE MAY / ASSOCIATE INTRIGUE EDITOR
Cowboy Church members attend a barrel racing event held by the church Thursday afternoon.
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prepares the wigs for the show.
when Oleinick contacted for­mer
student Danielle Griffith to
help her with the multiple wig de­signs.
All eight wigs that will be
used are handmade and include
a lace front to appear more life­like
on stage.
"I'm so excited to see wigs on
stage," said Tyler Baxter, junior in
musical theatre and current cos­tume
construction student. "The
actress wearing the blue dress
has these bright blue eyes that
will just pop against her red wig.
It's going to be so great."
The costumes are made dur­ing
the lab hours of students tak­ing
costume construction, which
gives them firsthand experience
at creating pieces.
"I love working on the cos­tumes,
but I already know how to
make a corset or add a collar," Ole­inick
said. "I want the students to
» See DESIGN, B6
RAYEMAY
ASSOCIATE INTRIGUE EDITOR
For one church in Auburn,
members' Sunday best consists
of blue jeans, boots and cowboy
hats.
The congregation meets
Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Sun­days
at 10:30 a.m. in an open are­na
with a dirt floor and uses hay
bales instead of traditional pews.
The Cowboy Church of Lee
County, located on Highway 280
across from College Street, has
been in operation since Novem­ber
2010.
Pastor Gary Walker said de­spite
the location's newness,
the Cowboy Church has been
around for some tirne.
"The Cowboy Church is noth­ing
new," Walker said. "We as an
association are the American
Fellowship of Cowboy Church­es."
Walker said he believes Cow­boy
Churches have over 300 lo­cations,
many of which are in
Texas.
"There's lots of churches in
Texas that'll run several thou­sand,"
Walker said.
"In Marshall County up by
Blount County we have one of
the largest in the state, with
three or four hundred members."
The mission statement of the
Cowboy Church is to reach the
Western culture for Jesus Christ,
Walker said, and the church­es
have worked wonderfully
throughout the South.
"They're used to coming to
horse shows and rodeos and
bull-riding things," Walker-said.
"It's a little rougher crowd.
They're used to coming to these
•venues, but they're not going to
go to traditional churches be­cause
they're very suspicious of
it."
The heritage of the Cowboy
Church is Southern Baptist,
Walker said, but they tend to
keep that fact quiet.
"We don't advertise it because
our demographic, the people
we're trying to reach, are the
folk that don't fit into traditional
church," Walker said. "We want
them to feel like they can come
here."
At the same time, though,
Walker said they do like the legit­imacy
of being a fellowshipped
church.
The church will be voted into
the Southern Baptist Conven­tion
next week.
"We want to let folks know
that we're not just some hay­seed-
Hanks that just came out
BECKY HARDY
ASSISTANT INTRIGUE EDITOR
Auburn's annual dance mar­athon
chose a mysterious form
of advertising this year that has
many students questioning,
"Who's Maddie?"
"We really wanted to find an al­ternative
to get the campus' atten­tion,"
said Casey Stein, director of
Dance Marathon and sophomore
in human devlopement and fam­ily
studies. "Because Dance Mar­athon
is incredibly different from
every other fundraiser, we need­ed
a campaign that was just as bi­zarre."
Maddie, a miracle child in Au­burn,
is expected to attend with
her family to share their story at
the Dance Marathon this winter.
Maddie was born 20 weeks pre­mature
in 2010, and she stayed for
a period of time at the Columbus
Regional Medical Center in the
neonatal intensive care unit
Today, Maddie is a healthy
21-month-old girl because of the
care at CMN.
RAYE MAY / ASSOCIATE INTRIGUE EDITOR
Dance Marathon advertises Maddie's story with fliers and table
setters scattered around campus.
L
RAYE MAY / ASSOCIATE INTRIGUE EDITOR
Shanna Henderson, senior in musical theatre, prepares to play
Betty Jean in "Marvelous Wonderettes."
here, dropped our tailgates and
stuck our hats out," Walker said.
"We are bona fide.'''
Walker said Cowboy Church
is one of the fastest growing
church plants in the Southern
Baptist denomination, and its
specific location is the 13th fel­lowshipped
Cowboy Church in
Alabama.
In addition to Sunday morn­ing
and Thursday evening servic­es,
Walker said the church hosts
Western-themed events to draw
interest.
"We'll have a team-roping
like once a month out here oft a
Sunday afternoon," Walker said.
"That's what we do, it's how we
reach the folks. We're not trying
to have the biggest church in the
county."
• The locations for Cowboy
Churches are chosen carefully,
Walker said.
"Obviously this wouldn't work
in New York City," he said. "We
try to seek out culturally rele-vantareas."
Brenda Vickery is a member
of the church and leads the chil­dren's
ministry with Walker's
wife, Kathy.
Vickery was a kindergarten
» See COWBOYS, B6
"Miracle children can be de­fined
as a child or family who has
been a patient at a Children's Mir­acle
Network Hospital," Stein said.
Dance Marathon flooded cam­pus
with its paper-filled adver­tising
scheme, and students em­braced
the cause.
"Because the poster and fli­ers
lacked any organization affil­iation,
it was frustrating for Au­burn
to distinguish the legitima­cy
of the posters," Stein said. "But
by the second day, Auburn was
onboard with the Dance Mara­thon
and also touched by Mad­die's
story."
The Dance Marathon will be
Feb. 4 in the Student Center Ball­room
from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. to al­low
the miracle children to come
in and share their stories with Au­burn
students.
• Auburn's Dance Marathon
hopes to make a huge difference
in Auburn's community.
"Everyone knows a child whom
» See MADDIE, B6
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