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Thursday, September 27,2007 Vol. 114; Issue 6
28 Pages
Senior Auburn basketball player
arrested on DUI, mischief charges
By KRISTIOBERHOLZER
Associate Copy Editor
Starting senior guard for the Auburn men's
basketball team, Willie Frank Tolbert Jr., was
arrested Thursday, Sept. 20, on a charge of
driving under the influence of liquor.
Auburn Police pulled over Tolbert's 1999
black Chevy Tahoe at 3:17 a.m. Thursday off
of North Donahue Drive. Tolbert was held and
released, and his vehicle was impounded.
The following day, Friday, Sept. 21, Tolbert
was arrested again on a charge of criminal
mischief.
The scene of arrest was Jimmy's Car Stereo
Shop off of Opelika Road.
Auburn Police Capt. Tom Stofer said Tolbert
jumped the fence of United Auto Collision lot
around 4:30 p.m. to retrieve his impounded
vehicle.
Tolbert then drove his vehicle through the
locked gate, causing property damage.
Jeff Lebo, head coach for the men's basket­ball
team, was out of town and unavailable
for comment
Media Relations director for the men's bas­ketball
team, Chuck Gallina, would not com­ment
on the incident.
"(The basketball team) has team rules, but
we're not going to comment," Gallina said.
Gallina has spoken to Lebo and Lebo said
he has handled things internally.
When contacted, Tolbert said he couldn't
speak about the situation.
Tolbert
Auburn Playboy models tell all
By JULIE CLARK
Associate Intrigue Editor
Playboy photographers traveled
throughout the Southeast this past
spring to see hundreds of college girls
audition for the 10-page "Girls of the
SEC section of the magazine. 38 girls
from the 12 SEC schools, including four
Auburn University girls, were selected
and are featured in Playboy's October
issue.
Chanel Nielson, a senior in biomedi­cal
science, and Alyssa Tyler, a junior
in fashion merchandising, were among
the four Auburn students selected.
"It's always been a dream of mine
to do Playboy because it's the biggest
men's magazine in the country," said
Nielson, who has been modeling four
years. "The exposure you get is great be­cause
so many celebrities have done it."
Tyler has no modeling experience,
but was equally enthusiastic about the
opportunity.
"It's something that I always said I
would like to do and never had the op­portunity
to do," Tyler said. "I found out
from a friend at the Opelika-Auburn
News, and I went for it."
Nielson said she found out about the
Playboy auditions by chance. Some of
her classmates told her about the Play­boy
photographers' stop in Auburn dur­ing
a lab.
The auditions were held in March at
the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon
Conference Center. Playboy staff in­structed
girls to fill out paperwork in
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WHAT'S
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Pete Riley / PHOTO EDITOR
Aubie holds an Auburn flag before the start of last year's Mississippi State football game. Aubie has been the official
mascot of Auburn since 1979.
Students take fresh look at War on Hunger
ByALECIAHAMM
StaffWriter
According to the World Food Programme
Web site, 25,000 people around the world
die from hunger every day. This is a stagger­ing
number that the Committee of 19 and
the War on Hunger campaign have been
trying to combat for the past three years. In
2004 Auburn University became the United
Nations World Food Programme's lead aca­demic
partner in the War on Hunger cam­paign.
The Committee of 19 is a student-led
group representing every college on cam­pus.
It gets its name from the 19 cents a
day it takes to feed a hungry schoolchild.
The committee's main goal is to educate
students on hunger problems through ad­vocacy,
academic awareness and fundrais-ing.
Last year alone, the Committee of 19
raised $19,000 for the WFP and sent 400,000
pounds of food to developing countries
around the world.
Harriet Giles, director of external rela­tions
for the College of Human Sciences
and co-lead adviser for the War on Hunger,
said the committee seeks to, over all, edu­cate
students on how to teach others. "It's
about teaching, research and outreach," she
said. "It takes everybody working together."
Giles is passionate about Auburn staying
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Each college has its own sub-commit­tee
that does work to educate students in
their specific college. Leslie Loyd, a junior
in social work and the College of Liberal
Arts representative for the Committee of
19, is excited about this year because it is
the first year the College of Liberal Arts has
been able to initiate a sub-committee. The
sub-committee is already making efforts to
educate and inform the students in their
college to get involved.
The sub-committee is planning on meet­ing
every Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Haley Center
2228 to discuss new fundraisihg and advo­cacy
ideas. All students, regardless of their
college affiliation, are encouraged to attend
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By MALLORY BOYKIN
Assistant Campus Editor
This semester Aubie has been bringing school spirit to events
throughout the community. Aubie has made appearances at a
pep rally at Dean Road Elementary, retirement homes, the Gold­en
Eagle's Dance, UPC's '80s Dance Party, the College of Busi­ness'
40th Anniversary celebration and, of course, home football
games.
Saturdays are especially busy for Aubie when Auburn plays
at home.
"He does a lot during the actual game day," said Michael
Reynolds, the executive director of Student Financial Services
and Aubie adviser. "He starts out at the Alumni Tent; he'll stay
there and then he goes to Tiger Walk and then he goes to the
Spirit March. Then of course once he gets into the stadium you
have the run out which is when the team runs out and theri after
that he's constantly on the sidelines"
Aubie is also changing things up a bit at the games this year!
"Well, this year he is being put up in a stunt with the cheer­leaders
to the heysong," said Kara Delvizis, a sophomore major­ing
in secondary social science education and assistant director
of the Aubie committee. "He also is doing some back flips now
which is really exciting."
One of Aubie's top priorities this semester is the UCA Na­tional
Mascot Competition.
"Right now he's working on the nationals video because every
mascot has to send in a video to qualify to go to the competition
so we're basically just filming pretty much every appearance he's
going on to get footage for the video," Delvizis said.
Aubie will know whether he has been accepted into the com­petition
in the beginning of November.
Reynolds said that about 40 schools submitted videos for the
competition last year.
"There are only 10 chosen to come to the actual competition
after the video is submitted," said Andrea Calboni, the director
of Aubie.
Those chosen from the videos participate in the competition
in mid-January in Orlando.
"You submit a video and it's a two-minute highlight video from
the year, and then they will rank you from 1-10 on that and that's
50 percent of your score, then if you are in the top 10 and you
get invited to come to the actual nationals competition," Calboni
said. "That consists of making a skit to perform at the competi­tion
which is the other 50 percent of your score and it involves
things like creativity and crowd participation."
"It's a two-minute long skit, and you just have music, but mainly
it has one common theme, like the year before when Aubie won
the National Championship we did Aubie's favorite commercials,
it incorporates a bunch of jokes and props," Calboni said.
One thing that is missing from Aubie's schedule this year is The
Capital One Bowl Mascot Challenge.
"We just chose not to do it this year," Calboni said.
Students-who want to become involved with Aubie can come
to the Aubie Committee meetings. They are every Tuesday at 8
p.m. before home games in Foy.
"We have free food and it's lots of fun because everybody comes
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DUI arrests in the City of Auburn
Sept. 17 -Sept. 24,2007
Michael Antonio Lewis of Opelika
South College Street at West Longleaf Drive
Sept. 20,11:11p.m.
Jeremy Randon Woodham of Mobile
626 Shug Jordan Parkway
Sept. 20,2:18 a.m.
Willie Frank Tolbert Jr. of Andalusia
830 N. Donahue Drive
Sept. 20,3:17 a.m.
Jimmy J. Kelly of Atlanta
East University Drive at Kent Drive
Sept. 22,10:05 a.m.
Rachel Joy Miedema of Cheyenne, Wis.
203 Opelika Road
Sept. 22,3:10 a.m.
Stephen Grant Williams of Manaus, Brazil
820 Opelika Road
Sept. 22,3:29 a.m.
Billie A. Broach III of Tallassee
1717 S. College St.
Sept. 22,4:05 a.m.
Julia E. Lloyd of Montgomery
North Ross Street at East Drake Avenue
Sept. 23,3:07 a.m.
Gerardo Mata of El Paso, Texas
1054 Opelika Road
Sept. 23,3:27 a.m.
John Allen Rasponi of Auburn
626 Shug Jordan Parkway
Sept. 23,3:35 a.m.
Thomas Watson Lamey of Mobile
991 Wire Road
Sept. 23,4:38 a.m.
Catalina Chilel Ramirez of Guatemala
Enterprise Drive at South College Street
Sept. 23, 8:17 p.m.
HUNGER
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Oct. 6, where information on Hunger Week and ways
to get involved will be provided.
All of the sub-committees are joining together to
launch Hunger Week, Oct. 15-19.
The week kicks off Monday Oct. 15 with the arrival
of the Stop Hunger Now truck.
Bill Hardy, co-lead advisor for the War and Hunger,
said $20,000 needs to be raised to pay for the truck.
Donation baskets will be placed in the dean's of­fice
and student services center of every college dur­ing
the week of Oct. 8-12.
Monday night on Samford Lawn at 5:30, The AU/
\VFP kicks off the Beat Bama Food Drive. A competi­tion
between Auburn and the University of Alabama
will be going on all week long to see which university
can collect the most canned food. Tuesday night,
Oct. 16, the University Program Council is sponsor­ing
"Hunger is No Laughing Matter" featuring come­dian
Jim Graffigan. All who attend are encouraged
to bring canned foods to contribute to the East Ala­bama
Food Bank.
CRIME REPORTS
Sept. 18 - Sept. 24
Sept. 18, Magnolia Avenue - Auto theft reported. A1995 Eclipse
was reported stolen.
Sept. 18, Facilities Division Building - Theft reported. A pair ol
handcuffs and pistol were reported stolen.
Sept. 18, Creekside of Auburn - Theft reported. Patio furniture
was reported stolen.
Sept. 1.8, Beard Eves Memorial Coliseum - Theft reported. A
laptop was reported stolen.
Sept. 19. Dean Road - Theft reported. A diamond bracelet, two
diamond rings and $650 were reported stolen.
Sept. 19, Gay Street - Theft reported. A Porter cable belt sander
and a level were reported stolen.
Sept. 20. Draughon Library - Theft reported. The Earth and Its
Peoples textbook was reported stolen.
Sept. 21, Glenn Avenue - Theft reported. A golf bag and golf clubs
were reported stolen.
Sept. 21, Donahue Crossing - Theft reported. An entertainment
system was reported stolen.
Sept. 21, AUMC Mathison Building- Theft reported. Damage to
doors, office cabinet, camera, DVD player, backpack and laptop
were reported stolen.
Sept. 22, Tiger Trailer Park - Theft reported. An ID card, safe,
passport and $80 were reported stolen.
Sept. 22, Perry Street - Theft reported. A laptop, TV, Playstation.
CD changer and Auburn season tickets were reported stolen.
Sept. 22, Eagles Landing - Theft reported. A purse, wallet, cam­era,
a driver's license and credit card were reported stolen.
Sept. 22, Eagles Landing - Theft reported. A purse, driver's li­cense,
credit cards and Social Security card were reported sto­len.
Sept. 22, College of Business Building - Burglary of auto and
larceny reported. An Alabama driver's license, a social security
card, a pistol permit and three credit cards were reported stolen.
Sept. 23, Lem Morrison Drive - Theft reported. A cooler and
drinks were reported stolen.
Sept. 23, Yarbough Farms Boulevard - Theft reported. A go-cart
and leaf blower were reported stolen.
Sept. 23, Saco Service Station - Theft reported. A air compres­sor
was reported stolen.
Sept. 23, Harvard Drive - Burglary of auto and larceny reported.
A Cobra radar detector and an LG Color camera Phone were re-.,,
ported stolen.
Sept. 24, Frazier Street - Theft reported. A pair of sunglasses,
iPod and iPod modulator were reported missing.
Sept. 24, Condos at Milcreek - Auto theft reported. A Bemine
motor scooter was reported missing.
Sept. 24, AU Credit Union - Theft reported. A Blackberry, cell
phone, pair of sunglasses and a rain jacket were reported stolen.
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Child deaths reach record low
By LINDSAY O'NEAL
Associate News Editor
Worldwide child deaths have reached a record low, falling from
13 million deaths in 1990 to 9.7 million.
On Sept. 13, United Nations International Children's Emergency
Fund released a report on the showing significant progress on the
child survival rate.
"More children are surviving today than ever before," said UNI-CEF
Executive Director Anne Venemen.
^ UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly
"to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet
their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their
full potential."
The new data was drawn from a survey conducted on over 50
countries in 2005 and 2006.
The figures show a 60 percent fall in measles death since 1999
and extensive progress in under-five mortality in Latin America,
the Caribbean and Europe.
"Some of this reduction in child mortality is a result of the in­creased
application of known health interventions, immuniza­tion,
exclusive breast feeding, vitamin A supplementation, the use
of insecticide-treated bed nets, treatment of malaria, pneumonia,
diarrhea diseases and severe malnutrition and treatment of pedi­atric
HIV/AIDS," Venemen said.
The loss of 9.7 million young lives each year is unacceptable,"
she said. "Most of these deaths are preventable and, as recent
progress shows, the solutions are tried and tested,. We know lives
can be saved when children have access to integrated, commu­nity-
based health services, backed by a strong referral system."
Child deaths are noticeably higher among rural and poorer
households, while in developed countries there are six deaths for
every 1,000 live births.
Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for over half of annual deaths
with 4.8 million deaths annually, and South Asia followed with 3.1
million deaths.
Despite Africa's high death rate, UNICEF reports that "hard-won
gains in child survival have been undermined by the spread
of HIV and AIDS."
UNICEF has committed itself to a two-thirds reduction in child
mortality between 1990 and 2015. If accomplished the result
would save an additional 5.4 million children by 2015.
Some illnesses often labeled as insignificant and common are
he biggest problems for children in third world countries. Malnu­trition
and hunger is an underlying cause in 53 percent of under-five
deaths worldwide.
"To think that diarrhea, something which we think of as a mere
inconvenience, is one of biggest killers of children in the develop­ing
world is unacceptable," said Emma Keller, leader of Auburn's
War on Hunger committee.
Keller believes Auburn University students are aware of world's
issues but believes that education is key in getting students in­volved
with aid.
"Once you have educated someone with the facts of an issue
they can no longer turn a blind eye," Keller said.
Elizabeth Guerra for the War on Hunger committee said she
thinks things can change.
"There is a definite possibility for change, and it just takes more
people to be floored by what is going on in the world we live,"
Guerra said.
Young, old rally for Day of Peace
By TOMMY ROSE
Staff Writer
Toomer's Corner, usually as­sociated
with sports, fans and
toilet paper, was filled with
quite a different group of peo­ple
Sept. 21.
About 75 people gathered at
Toomer's Corner to recognize
the International Day of Peace,
for a rally promoting and cel­ebrating
peace.
Instead of sports fans, there
were activists andpogters with
various messages written on
them.
Despite the rainy weather,
the various groups including
the Auburn University Liber­tarians,
Auburn College Dem­ocrats,
Alliance for Peace and
Justice and many church lead­ers
continued on with their
peaceful protesting.
The main focus of the people
present, with age groups rang­ing
from college students to
senior citizens, was to protest
the war in Iraq.
Bill Baird, formerly of the
Peace Corps, was present to
support his friends who are in
the military overseas.
"This war is very wrong.
I think we should consider
peace as enthusiastically as we
consider war," Baird said.
He held up a sign reading:
"Support our troops. We need
them here. Bring them home.
End this war!"
Pete Riley / PHOTO EDITOR
The young and old gathered at Toomer's Corner Sept.
21, to recognize the International Day of Peace. About
75 people turned out at the rally including Ruth Bryant
and her baby, Eleanor.
Baird was not the only one
with strong feelings about the
U.S.'s current situation in Iraq.
Ralph Banks, of the Alliance
for Peace and Justice, said he
feels this is an unjust war that,
he believes only serves the in­terest
of a wealthy few.
According to the posters and
chants from the protestors,
Banks point of view seemed to
be shared by many.
The younger protestors, not
to be outdone by their older
counterparts such as Baird
and Banks, showed much en­thusiasm
and spirit while wav­ing
and cheering passing cars
when they would honk their
horn or give a friendly smile or
wave.
They also had just as much
to say about the U.S. and Iraq
as their older companions.
Hillary Brown, a student in
anthropology, also used the
word "unjust" to describe her
feelings on the war in Iraq.
Chris Brunner, a senior in
computer science, had similar
feelings about the war and the
reasons behind it.
"I'm against the war," Brun­ner
said. "The whole thing was
founded on false pretenses. I'm
offended by the fact that it's
still going on."
Michael Mulvaney, modera­tor
for the Alliance for Peace
and Justice, said the response
from passers by and the gen­eral
public was much more ac­cepting
this year.
Baird and Mulvaney both
said in past years the rally
was looked upon with anger
and resentment, but that has
changed because of certain
actions by the current admin­istration.
"Peace is not a political is­sue,"
Mulvaney said.
This was the fourth year the
Alliance for Peace and Justice
has sponsored the rally.
Mulvaney said he hopes
people from all backgrounds
will agree on peace and hopes
to see people from all political
parties next year.
Facts about the International Day of Peace:
- The International Day of Peace was established in
1981 by the United Nations as an annual observance
of global non-violence and ceasefire.
- In 2007 the UN Security Council deployed a record
number of peacekeepers to 19 peace operations
around the world. The Peacebuilding Commission un­dertook
its first year of operations to support coun­tries
emerging from conflict, by focusing the efforts
of the UN system on Sierra Leone and Burundi, where
UN peacekeeping operations had recently ended after
helping to end bitter conflicts.
- For the first time since independence 40 years ago, t
the huge Democratic Republic of the Congo held dem­ocratic
elections with UN help in 2006.
- "On this International Day, let us promise to make
peace not just a priority, but a passion," the UN Sec­retary-
General Ban Ki-Moon has said.
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one room and to be photographed in another.
Both girls said they thought they were going to be nervous at the
audition, but they weren't.
The next day, the girls received a call from Playboy.
"I saw the caller ID, and I was like 'Oh my God! Yes!'" Nielson said.
"I called like 10 people. I called my mom and my best friends im­mediately."
Tyler said the caller asked what her plans were for the following
Friday, and she replied she was going to the beach.
The caller then asked Tyler if she would stay in town and attend a
photo shoot for Playboy instead of going to the beach.
"I was really, really excited," Tyler said. "I was kind of speech­less."
Tyler said her friends were also excited for her, but her mother
believes she 'will regret modeling for Playboy.
Nielson's mother, however, had the opposite reaction.
"My mother was probably more excited than me," she said.
Nielson said she is grateful for the support she has received from
her friends, family and other people.
The following weekend, Nielson and Tyler, along with fellow Au­burn
students Lauren Lee and Britni Leigh, went back to the hotel
to pose for the pictures that would be printed in the 10-page SEC
girl section.
Nielson said again she was not nervous, but Tyler felt differently.
"I asked the three other girls at the hotel, 'Are you guys nervous?'
and they said no, and I was like, 'Well, I am,'" Tyler said.
Nielson said they spent almost an entire day at the photo shoot.
"It was long." Nielson said. "Lauren and I did the shoot together.
We got there at 12, and didn't start until five. Then, it was an hour
and a half of constant picture-taking."
Tyler said the photographing process was easy and profession­ally-
done.
"You would think it would be hard to undress in front of a cam­era,
but it's not," Tyler said. "The photographers made me feel com­fortable."
Since the issue's publication, both girls have been recognized by
other people as "Girls of the SEC."
"I am recognized at my job especially," said Nielson, who works
at Hooters.
Tyler is taking a break from school and is working as a cocktail
waitress at The Wine Loft in Mobile, where she said she also is regu­larly
recognized from Playboy although her name was misprinted
in the magazine.
Tyler's picture is paired with the name Brittney Brookwood and
Brookwood's information.
The error has been corrected online.
Nielson also spotted a misprint in her information. The maga­zine
says her ambition is to be a playmate, but she is actually going
to school to be an obstetrician, she said.
All typos aside, Nielson said she enjoyed her experience with
Playboy.
"I have no regrets," Neilson said.
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People and programs that make a difference in the local commu­nity
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easy to accomplish.
The Community Market, a program of the Food Bank of East Ala­bama,
and its volunteers are trying to make a difference in com­munities
in and around Auburn and Opelika.
The Community Market is different from the food bank and
other charitable organizations in that it
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want for themselves, much like a grocery
store.
"The Community Market is set up like
a grocery store so they can get what they
want, instead of us giving them some­thing
they may not eat," said Leigh Mc-
Guire, assistant coordinator at the Com­munity
Market.
The market offers a brown bag pro­gram
for senior citizens, a Baby Manna _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
program for families with small children
and serves the general public who meet certain requirements.
Low-income families and individuals can come up to four times
a year to load up on groceries. The general public is served from
Wednesday to Saturday. Those who are in an emergency need for
food are also welcome.
"We don't turn anyone away at the door," McGuire said.
Seniors in the brown bag program receive supplementary gro­ceries
once a month. Seniors who don't want to participate in the
brown bag program can join the regular program. Seniors enrolled
"I wanted to give my time back
to the community. Even though
my disease limits me, I still
wanted to help people."
John Jerome
volunteer, diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease
in the brown bag program are served on Mondays and Tuesdays.
With the Baby Manna program, families with babies can get all
the essential baby items like diapers and baby food through the
Community Market.
The Community Market first opened in 2003 and has been suc­cessful
in its mission to help others ever since.
Elsie Slaughter, coordinator of the market, said the main reason
it started was because no one else was open more than a couple of
days a week.
Slaughter said the Community Market is open six days a week.
The market serves about 900 families each
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Slaughter said although the market is
under the food bank, they still have to raise
money for food and use the help of volunteers.
"99 percent of the people who work here are
volunteers," McGuire said.
One such volunteer is John Jerome,
who became interested in helping through his
church.
Jerome, who suffers from Lou Gehrig's
— — — — disease, said he wanted to help those less for­tunate
in the community.
The disease that has effected his movement and speech and may
eventually lead to the cease of all of his speech and motor func­tions,
has not stopped him yet.
"I wanted to give my time back to the community. Even though
my disease limits me, I still wanted to help people," Jerome said.
The Community Market is open Monday and Tuesday from 9
a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Wednesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Community Market is
located at 3810 Pepperell Parkway, in Opelika.
Lee County sees decline in meth activity
By KEVIN SAUCIER
Assistant Intrigue Editor
One in four teens say methamphetamine is "very easy" or "some­what
easy" to get, according to results from a survey released last
week. However, Lee County law enforcement has seen a decline in
meth-related crime.
"2004 was the largest year for meth in Lee County," said Capt. Van
Jackson of the Lee County Sheriff's office. "We had a total of 104
arrests in the year total, and we also seized several meth labs that
year."
Jackson said that he believes the county's proactive stance in the
fight against meth is what's helping to turn the tables in the area.
"We're very proactive," Jackson said. "Due to the seizing of the
labs, the majority of our arrests are for possession, and we average
about four possession cases a month."
The sheriff's office also worked hand-in-hand with state lawmak­ers
to help pass legislation to restrict key ingredients necessary to
create the harmful substance.
"That can be any product that contains pseudoephedrine, like
Sudafed," Jackson said.
Several local businesses have measures in place to limit the quan­tity
of meth-related items that consumers can purchase. Walgreens
Corporate Spokesperson Carol Hivey explained the store chain's re­quirements
to buy products that can be used for meth production.
"Federal law requires customers buying medicine containing
pseudoephedrine, also known as PSE, to ask for it at the pharmacy
counter and show a photo ID," Hivey said. "Products containing
PSE are not displayed on self-service shelves in the store, but are
secured behind the pharmacy counter to prevent theft."
Walgreens also has a system in place so meth producers cannot
make visits to multiple stores to stock up on key ingredients.
"Law requires that the customer's driver's license number be
recorded so law enforcement can track sales of these products,"
Hivey said. "Walgreens developed an electronic log to record these
numbers and prevent people from circumventing the law by going
from one Walgreens to another to buy more than the legal limit."
This pseudoephedrine log was introduced in spring of 2006 and
was fully implemented chainwide September 2006.
"This electronic log replaced the paper logs previously used to re­cord
data on purchases of products containing pseudoephedrine,"
Hivey said. "The system is fully integrated chainwide, so if you go to
a store in Illinois and buy the limit, you would not be successful in
crossing the state line into Indiana and buying more than allowed
at another Walgreens."
Walgreens is not the only store to carry limits on how many meth-related
items customer's can buy. Other large chains like Wal-Mart
and Bruno's have measures in place to protect the consumer. •
The facts about meth:
- Methamphetamine is a drug with immense abuse po­tential.
It is a central nervous system stimulant of the
amphetamine family. Like cocaine, it is a powerful "up­per"
that produces alertness and elation, along with a
variety of adverse reactions. The effects of metham­phetamine,
however, are much longer lasting than the
effects of cocaine, yet the cost is much the same.
- Methamphetamine is sometimes called the "poor
man's cocaine."
- Women are more likely to use meth than cocaine.
- The average meth "cook" teaches ten others how to
make meth annually.
- Every pound of meth produced leaves behind five to
six pounds of toxic waste.
- The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has identified
20 Mexican meth trafficking organizations in the Mid­west.
- Methamphetamine accounts for up to 90 percent of
all drug cases in many Midwest communities.
- Methamphetamine kills by causing heart failure,
brain damage and stroke.
- Methamphetamine-induced paranoia has led to nu­merous
murders and suicides.
- Methamphetamine produces hallucinations.
- Meth users are the hardest to treat of all drug users.
- Methamphetamine is highly addictive.
Thursday, September 27,2007 VLl)e auburn $latngman A5
Local blood drives boost blood supply
By TORI ALLEN
StaffWriter
According to the American
Red Cross, someone needs a
blood transfusion every three
seconds.
Only 5 percent of those eli­gible
actually donate blood,
leaving blood services in criti­cal
situations.
Right now the American Red
Cross is reporting they are at a
critical level for 0-, 0+ and B-blood
types. 0- is the univer­sal
donor blood type, allowing
hospitals in life-threatening
situations to transfuse directly
into the patient without wast­ing
time testing blood types.
In order to combat the sup­ply
and demand of blood, Life-
South and American Red Cross
blood donation companies go
to various locations every week
to hold blood drives in hope of
keeping up with quota.
LifeSouth Blood Services
in Opelika provides units of
blood to five area hospitals,
and requires at least 200 pints
of blood to keep up with the
amount of blood needed.
Sometimes they are able to
maintain their numbers, but
during certain times, especial­ly
the summer when students
leave campus, the supply is
lower than the demand.
"We don't have any surplus
supply, but it's not as tight as in
the summer," Ken Story of Life-
South said. "But we do neec a
constant supply coming in. to
keep up year-round." •
American Red Cross for this
area provides blood for Ala­bama,
coastal parts of Missis­sippi
and the Florida panhan­dle.
With that amount of land
to cover, roughly 800 pints are
needed every day to keep up
with the 100 hospitals they
provide for.
"Blood supply is such a frag­ile
thing," Evan Duffy, senior
communications specialist for
the Red Cross, said. "It only
Pete Riley / PHOTO EDITOR
Andrea Seatts gets Jim Garvick ready to give blood. As
of now, The American Red Cross is reporting critical
levels for blood types 0-, 0+ and B-.
has a shelf life of 42 days, and
during hurricane seasons you
can't just stock pile it like bat­teries
and water."
Duffy also explained that
though one pint of blood can
save up to three lives, some­times
it takes several pints of
blood to save just one life, es­pecially
for those in car acci­dents
or other serious trauma
situations.
With the amount of blood
that is constantly needed,
blood services participate in
daily blood drives all over the
area.
The Opelika Red Cross is
only open on Wednesdays to
provide blood donations at
their center because they must
travel to local blood drives at
churches, schools and busi­nesses.
Ihe number of people who
are eligible to donate and do
not has a substantial effect
on the supply of blood that is
stored.
Duffy also said if every eli­gible
person gave blood just
twice a year there would never
be a shortage during any sea­son
or time during the year.
Many that do not regularly
donate blood have several rea­sons
why they can't, including
their health, their fear of neer
dies, they get sick during the
process or they don't have the
time.
Those who wish to donate
can take several precautions
to ensure they do not have any
adverse reactions.
"You need to stay hydrated,
and you need to make sure
you don't try and donate on an
empty stomach," Duffy said.
Donors should also stay
away from sweeter foods that
hinder their iron count, mak­ing
them ineligible.
"There are people who are
waiting on that blood so they
can have another birthday, or
spend another holiday with
their family," Duffy said. "So we
should all do what we can. And
a fear or needles? Or passing
out? You just need to cowboy
up."
An easier way for people to
donate is by donating plate­lets
instead of a pint of whole
blood.
Patients are rigged up to a
machine and pricked just like
they are donating blood, but
the blood circulates in the ma­chine,
separating the plasma
and red blood cells from the
platelets. The platelets are then
sent into the machine and the
red blood cells and plasma are
returned to the body.
The procedure allows for do­nors
to not feel the adverse side
effects, but does take up to two
hours to donate as opposed to
the 30 minutes it takes for a
pint of whole blood.
"They're all just as good, but
the self life of platelets is only
about five days from when
drawn to when it has to be
used," Story said.
Platelets can primarily be
used for cancer patients to
help with chemotherapy and
bleeding effects from their
treatments.
Bone marrow recipients also
need platelets from more than
100 donors and red.cells from
more than 20 people during
one transplant.
LifeSouth in Opelika has
platelet machines at their
headquarters but the Ameri­can
Red Cross does not
Another reason several stu­dents
do not donate is they
fear they do not meet the re­quirements.
These require­ments
include having a tattoo
or piercing in the last year, or
traveled outside of the country
recently.
. The Red Cross now allows
donors who received tattoos or
piercings at a licensed parlor
to give blood, and those out­side
of the country must speci­fy
where they have been to see
if the country they visited is on
their risk list.
For more information on eli­gibility
to donate or any other
questions visit www.redcross.
org or www.lifesouth.org.
Break-ins on rise in cars, apartments
By BLAKE LARSEN
' StaffWriter
Lock the doors and windows to your car
and home.
While the aforementioned step to pro­tecting
your valuables may seem like com­mon
sense, it is the people who aren't fol­lowing
this rule that are becoming victims
in a recent surge of break-ins.
"Break-ins to cars and homes are typi­cally
higher in the fall due to students re­turning
and lots of people in town for the
games," Auburn Police Division Capt. Tom
Stofer said. "The number one way to pro­tect
your car or home is to lock your doors
and windows."
Capt. Jerry. Holder, of the APD, said
thieves are looking for a "crime of oppor­tunity."
"If you give them the opportunity they
will take it," Holder said. "We had 12 to
15 car burglaries just last weekend. These
thieves are looking in windows for iPod's
and other valuables, then checking to see
if the doors are locked."
Stofer said another way to prevent your
car from being a target is to hide the valu­ables
in your car under seat cushions and
in compartments.
Unfortunately, even hiding valuables is
not always a sure way to prevent burglary.
Katherine Jones, a sophomore in bio­medical
sciences, recently had her purse
stolen from her car even though she locked
her doors.
"When I got back to my car and realized
my purse had been stolen, I was devastat­ed,"
Jones said. "Credit cards, IDs, digital
camera, my grandmother's diamond ring
which had been passed down to me. My
whole life was in there."
Holder said while cars make up the ma­jority
of the break-ins in the Auburn area,
burglaries of apartments and trailers are
also a common occurrence in the fall.
"With homes it's also a crime of oppor­tunity,"
Holder said. "Thieves are looking
for dimly lit houses where it appears that
nobody is home, and then they search for
an unlocked door or window."
So what can students living in apart­ments
or trailers do to protect themselves
from a break-in on their home?
Holder said doing something as simple
as leaving a kitchen or front porch light on
can deter a potential burglar into looking
for a better target
"One thing you can do when you leave
home is turn lights on inside the house
and turn on a radio," Stofer said. "That
way if a thief were to approach your home,
the noises and lights would lead them to
believe someone is home."
You should also immediately call police
if you see a suspicious person in the area.
"A lot of the times we will get a call and
show up and catch the guy or at least scare
the thief off before he attempts to break
in," Stofer said.
While these tips to prevent burglary can
help, sometimes even taking all of the nec­essary
precautions will not stop a burglar
from targeting your home.
"If your car or home has been or is in
the process of being burglarized, call the
police immediately," Stofer said. "If you
suspect a thief is currently in your car or
home, call 911 immediately and wait for
police to arrive."
Auburn thrives with lifetime residents
By STEPHEN KELLY
StaffWriter
It is weird at times to think that there are people that live here
in Auburn all year round.
Auburn is a diverse city in this regard. The city draws in per­manent
residents with its southern small-town feel and public
schools.
Ronnie Ware of Ware Jewelers has been a resident of Auburn his
entire life. A graduate of Auburn High School, he went on to take
classes at Auburn University before moving out to Los Angeles for
school.
Ware was gone a year before he came back to Auburn. Ware
said he has no desire to live anywhere else.
"I think if you took any other town of 40,000 to 50,000 people in
Alabama, you would not have near the things to do that you do in
Auburn," Ware said.
The University provides a unique environment to raise a family
around.
The public schools here in Auburn also attract many residents,
^isoriie residents actually have jobs in other ciKes and will com­mute
to places like Columbus, Ga., Montgomery or even Atlanta
to allow their kids to grow up in the public school system here in
Auburn.
Dana Heath of Gnu's Room bookstore also spent her whole life
in Auburn.
"People love being here," Heath said. "It's a good little big
town."
Auburn's small-town appeal is also endearing to residents. Al­though
it has experienced changes over the years with the addi­tion
of student housing and other remodeling,
Heath and Ware agree that the changes here have been posi­tive.
The children that grow up here seem to stay in town for college
rather then moving away from home.
Austin Terrell, a freshman in mechanical engineering, is begin­ning
his first year of college in the same town he grew up in.
Unlike some that stay in their home town for college, Terrell
finds going to Auburn a completely different experience than high
- school, even though the schools are in the same town.
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TESS HOLLIS
News Editor
SARAH BROCK
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Editorial Board
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Our View
Errors in judgment should be warranted
The problem: What should the punishment for an athlete be for an
offense like a DUI? The E-Board takes two views this week.
It is no secret that human beings
make mistakes, and often.
Bill Clinton. Whitney Houston. Mark
Foley. Everyone does it, some more pub­licly
than others.
After a mistake is made, the ques­tion
then is how to rectify it and make
it seem like the proper steps are being
taken to make sure it will never happen
again,
For President Clinton, it was a nation­ally
televised apology. For Mark Foley
it was a resignation from Congress and
entering rehab. And, let's face it, Whit­ney
still hasn't recovered.
When a collegiate athlete gets into
trouble, it's a little different, and most of
the time, nothing is done about it except
a public relations spin to always make
the athlete and the university come out
on top.
It's a sad fact of living in today's world
that crimes committed by athletes are
immediately put into the hands of these
media manipulators, and they can go
into "damage control" mode quicker
than you can bat an eyelash.
Let's hope something is done about
situations like DUIs, and the right some­thing
to be done is not suspension or
reprimand, but dismissal from the team.
If an athlete can get a simple suspen­sion
it shows no team discipline and
exposes unsound leadership.
Regardless of the thoughts toward the
University of Alabama football program,
Paul Bryant had one of the most strict
policies when it came to problems off
the football field.
Bobby Bowden virtually suspends a
player for not opening the car door for a
woman.
We are now looking to Coach Lebo
and the Auburn Athletic Department for
sound judgment and a response that will
send a message to all Auburn athletes.
Do not suspend the player for the first
couple of games, or make them sit on
the bench for a few minutes of play, but
remove them from the team and revoke
their scholarship.
Athletes on scholarship are paid to
come to Auburn to play sports, not get
DUIs.
Athletes on scholarship are paid to
come to Auburn to play sports, not to
put other people's lives in danger.
Do you want your tuition dollars going
to fund such dangerous and irrespon­sible
actions?
We didn't think so.
Getting a DUI is not speeding on the
freeway or violating meter time, but
putting not only yourself in danger, but
everyone else on the road.
More than 17,000 people were killed in
alcohol-related accidents in 2006.
One was Matthew Harlen, a recent
graduate of the United States Naval
Academy.
One was Mallory Wilson, coming
home from her second birthday party in
Harrisburg, Pa.
These people were someone's child,
someone's significant other, and some­one's
best friends.
Remember, you or someone you love
could just as easily have the same thing
happen.
Send a message to these athletes that
this is not behavior we will ever condone
or accept.
Let it be known that Auburn does not
support such reckless behavior.
One error should not maim a career
It sounds so cliche to say it, but mis­takes
do happen.
We do not want to trivialize some­thing
as serious as a DUI, but it is, at its
core, a very stupid mistake.
Student athletes, whether they realize
it or not, are role models for their com­munity.
How many little kids look up to
Auburn players in each and every sport
and say to their parents "I want to be
just like them"?
We can't even begin to count them.
Because of that place within the
community, we agree that athletes
should be held to a higher standard, if
only because they are going to be better
known than the average man or woman
on the street
Every time we hear of incidents like
this, we can not help but bow our heads
in shame, because we know that those
little kids just lost a hero.
An offense like a DUI is a serious
crime, and we certainly do not recom­mend
that the athletics' department
should simply turn a blind eye and move
on. That would be a tremendous error.
A serious mistake in judgment
deserves serious consequences, but
we don't think it should be as severe as
kicking "an athlete off of their team for
a first offense. That seems like a dras­tic
overreaction, even with regards to
something like a DUI.
We maintain that suspension from
a number of games would be a more
proportional response. It is a rational,
thought-out response and it is not dol­ing
out excess punishment for what will
very likely be a one-time offense.
Let us keep in mind that while DUIs
are morally reprehensible, our legal
system chooses to classify them as only
misdemeanor charges, not felonies.
If our well-established system of jus­tice
chooses to show a certain amount
of forgiveness towards offenders,
shouldn't we, too, extend the same sort
of mercy in return?
Suspension, not expulsion, is a much
better solution to the punishment
problem.
Since the athlete was charged with a
grievous crime, choose the games you
wish to suspend them for with a heavy
hand towards important games. Make
them conference games; have them
sit on the bench for the entirety of the
Auburn-Alabama game.
Show that athlete that you are willing
to put the team's winning record and
chance at championships on the line to
show them how stupid they have been.
It may hurt the team's record, but you
have shown that athlete that there are
sins that they must atone.
Show the rest of the NCAA that Au­burn
is committed to a standard of ex­cellence
that every other school should
hold themselves to.
But, above all else, choose a rational,
meditated response; don't fly off the
handle and choose expulsion.
You will regret such brinkmanship
further down the road.
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Staff Opinions
Manners may make or break you
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Manners, they are simple actions
that our moms and dads have
taught us ever since we were old
enough to talk, so why is it so hard
for some of us to remember to use
them?
Maybe it is because I was born
and raised in the South, but when
people use manners it is some­thing
that I immediately notice. It
is my pet peeve when people do
not use them.
I smile when I hear someone say
excuse me after they collide with
a person on the concourse and I
cringe when I see a door shut in
someone's face outside the Haley
Center.
Manners are a way of showing
people that you respect them.
Many times first impressions,
can be based on whether or not
you have manners.
Many Auburn students do live
up to the ideal of southern hos­pitality,
but unfortunately in our
crazily hectic lives sometimes we
all forget who we are and where we
come from.
I can not tell you how many
times I have seen people who are
about to enter a building neglect
to hold the door open for the
people that are coming behind
them.
This is especially frustrating for
people who live in the dorms be­cause
they have to go through the
trouble of finding their Tiger Card
to open the front door.
' I am not saying that you should
let just anyone into your dorm
because that is dangerous, but we
have been in school now for almost
a month and a half so you should
have an idea of who does and does
not live in your dorm.
When you see someone coming
behind you with their hands full
of groceries, if you know that they
live in your building, please hold
the door for them. You would want
someone to return the favor.
Manners also apply to how we
should conduct ourselves on the
transit. Do not forget to show our
transit drivers some love and tell
them thank you.
I know it is their job to drive us
to and from class, but that does
not mean that we should not show
them appreciation.
Just think about it, without our
transit drivers we would have to
do the impossible and try to find
a parking spot close to campus or
even worse walk to class.
We also all need to try to make
an effort to return phone calls.
Whether we are trying to get in
touch with someone to make plans
for the weekend or have a question
about tomorrow's biology test, it is
extremely frustrating when people
do not call us back.
Sometimes we spend countless
valuable minutes trying to track
someone down just to get them to
answer a simple question, a hassle
that could have been avoided if
that person would have just re­turned
our call.
I would like to thank those who
do use manners on a regular basis
and I am by no means saying that I
use my manners all the time.
I am simply reminding us that
our actions have the power to
brighten or darken other people's
days, so we need to make a con­scious
effort to put other people
before ourselves.
Mallory Boykin is the
Assistant Campus Editor of
The Auburn Plainsman. You can
reach her at 844-9118. •
Iranian president reminds Americans of rights
KRISTI OBERHOLZER
koberholzer@theplainsman. com
Ahmadi....who? Yeah, the name
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is initially
a mouthful to Western tongues,
but it's a name that's been in the
news non-stop for the last few
days.
The Iranian president has
caused quite a controversial com­motion
(nothing new, really) after
delivering a speech to an audience
at Columbia University on Sept. 24.
He didn't even have to say
anything for it to be controversial,
either. Just the fact that he wanted
to speak to Americans was enough
to make people's tempers boil.
I only see Ahmadinejad and
his influence on Iran through
American lenses. While that's not
necessarily a bad thing, I'm just
kind of a I-need-to-see-it-and-feel-it-
to-believe-it type of girl.
Unfortunately, a little weekend
visit to Tehran won't fit in my
student schedule or pocketbook,
so I can't decide for myself how I
feel about Ahmadinejad's impact
to his country.
I don't personally know if he is
the maniac we portray him to be,
or just a university professor jrying
to lead his own country.
I do know, however, Ahmadine­jad's
most recent impact on our
country only highlighted Ameri­can
values and the persistent First
Amendment on Monday, simply by
witnessing two things.
One, Ahmadinejad came to our
country, and spoke to our citizens.
That's free speech in practice.
Two, people stood outside of
Columbia University in protest
AND in support of the event. That's
our right to peaceably assemble
and protest.
Looking at only those two
points, it should be a relief to every
American citizen that we, as a
country, still have those rights.
That's as far as my happy
feelings will stretch. I watched
Ahmadinejad's speech live and
watched a bit of the post-speech
coverage on a few different news
channels.
I was disappointed, but not sur­prised,
to hear nothing but biased,
scathing remarks from anchors
and guests afterward.
In journalism, accurate, fair and
unbiased reporting is instilled into
you from day one. This was defi­nitely
not portrayed in our media,
as one reporter even negatively
commented on an American pro­testor
in support of Ahmadinejad's
visit.
Given, some of Ahmadinejad's
remarks were completely off the
wall:
"First of all, in Iran we don't have
homosexuals like in your country,"
he said. "In Iran we do not have
this phenomenon. I don't know'
who's told you that we have this."
Any person with their head on
straight will dismiss these denials
Ahmadinejad seems to have, and
then reduce any accountability
they had for him to begin with.
Columbia's President Lee Bol­linger
seemed embarrassed to
be introducing Ahmadinejad,
saying, "I want to say, however, as
forcefully as I can, that this is the
right thing to do and, indeed, it is
required by existing norms of free
speech, the American university,
and Columbia itself?
He went on to say, "Third, to
those among us who experience
hurt and pain as a result of this
day, I say on behalf of all of us we
are sorry and wish to do what we
can to alleviate it."
But is it right for the American
media, and especially American
politicians, to completely dismiss
a foreign leader as if he didn't
exist? As if he's just that crazy,
awkward cousin of the interna­tional
family?
I think not. As a country, let's
keep an open mind. Let's make
decisions for ourselves.
We had a victory in that he was
at least allowed to speak. We had
a defeat in that we didn't give the
speech a chance from the get go.
It's really imperative to foreign
policy that we remain open and
diplomatic to our international
co-workers all the time, in every
fashion.
Kristi Oberholzer is the
Associate Copy Editor of
The Auburn Plainsman. You can
reach her at 844-9108.
Thursday, September 27,2007 COMMENTARY A7
Lethal injections could come to a dead stop
DAVID INGRAM
editor@theplainsman.com
The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a
case to decide whether death row inmates can
challenge the constitutionality of death by lethal
injection.
In a rare move by the high court, the justices
have already stopped the execution of a Florida
prisoner who was literally strapped to the gur-ney
and was prepared to die Tuesday when they
agreed to hear this case.
This will be the first time in more than 100
years the justices will hear a case on a specific
form of capital punishment.
The challenge the court will hear is from two
inmates on Kentucky's death row. Ralph Baze
and Thomas Clyde Bowlingjr. sued the state of
Kentucky in 2004 claiming lethal injection is
cruel and unusual punishment and therefore not
protected by the Constitution.
"If you're going to execute me, do it in a man­ner
that is as humane as possible," Baze said in a
2005 interview.
Putting a needle into someone's arm sounds
pretty humane considering why Baze is on death
row.
The 52-year-old has been sitting on death row
for 14 years after he was sentenced for the 1992
shooting death of Powell County Sheriff Steve
Bennett and Deputy Arthur Briscoe.
As of late, the Supreme Court has been making
it easier for inmates to challenge the constitu­tionality
of lethal injections used all across the
country.
There are 38 states in the union that perform
capital punishment, and all but Nebraska use
lethal injection.
Americans have long been assured lethal injec­tions
are the "painless alternative" to other forms
of capital punishment like the firing squad,
hanging or the electric chair, but now some are
not so sure that is the case.
Lethal injection works in three steps. A
sequence of three chemicals are put into the
inmate: a painkiller, a paralyzer and a drug to
stop the heart, but opponents of the system say
it doesn't work correctly and causes great pain,
but makes it impossible for those to cry out.
I wonder if Sheriff Bennett and Deputy Briscoe
cried out?
With many of the more than 3,000 inmates on
death row already challenging the constitution­ality
of lethal injections, some are wondering
if all executions will be put on hold while the
Supreme Court decides what to do.
Putting executions on hold would make
families with lost loved ones wait even longer for
the justice that was promised to them by district
attorneys and governments.
The death penalty is an issue I go back and
forth on. I believe punishment should fit the
crime, but the only problem I have with capital
punishment is that it can't be undone.
With all the medical advances in DNA and
new crime scene technology, the government
should not be making mistakes in capital cases,
but it does. Then the question arises, what do
you do if you put an inmate to death and later
learn they were innocent?
There are many cases I strongly support the
death penalty. Cho Seung-Hui, I have no problem
putting him to death by electric chair after he's
been drenched in water. Osama bin Laden, can .
we just bypass that trial?
Looking at the makeup with two newly ap­pointed
conservative justices, including the chief
justice, one must also take into consideration
that these new justices are Catholic, and the
Church's stance is anti-death penalty.
I am assuming the justices will uphold the
constitutionality of lethal injections, but I am no
legal scholar and even legal scholars are giving
noticeable shrugs.
This will be an interesting case to make way
for an interesting term when the court gets un­der
way next week.
Other cases coming to the court include vot­ing
rights, guns and the First Amendment. This
will be the first full term of the current court and
it could be made clear that President Bush has
left his mark on the American judicial system for
a long time to come.
With the young age of the chief justice, he
could be on the court for 40, if not 50 years to
come. The Roberts court is now in session.
Keep following the lethal injection case,
because the majority ruling, and the dissent (if
there is one) will be verbose.
The last case like this was in 1879, when the
court upheld the firing squad.
David Ingram is Editor of
The Auburn Plainsman. You can
reach him at 844-9021.
"If coaches have a say
and writers have a say,
why don't the fans who
support the team have a
say?
George Brown
on why he createdFansPoll.com
This week's question
"Should student athletes be held
to a higher standard when they
commit a crime?"
>yes
>no
Go to www.theplainsman.com to vote.
Last week's question
"Do you approve of the SGA
Senate's plan to ban smoking
on the campus' 'high traffic'
areas?"
52% yes
48% no
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Fan says it is never OK to
boo anyone
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
I've never been a fan of booing at any athletic
event. But it strikes me that Cliff McCollum's
"Hang your head in shame, Auburn" paints a
somewhat distorted picture of recent events.
For example, "It's OK to boo the officials."
Why? Would you want to play a game with no
officials?
It's a difficult and thankless job, but critical to
any sporting event.
"It's OK to boo the opposing team." Again,
why?
Without them there wouldn't be a game. They
are our guests. Do you invite folks to your home,,
and then boo them when they show up?
"We should never boo our own team." I com­pletely
agree. Or anyone else for that matter.
Sports fans speak frequently of "class," mean­ing
I suppose "high class, superior in behavior,
culture and attitude." If we really aspire to "class,"
here are some suggestions for sports fans.
(1) Don't boo, period.
(2) Be respectful of the rights and comfort of
everyone around you.
(3) Never use offensive and vulgar language or
become intoxicated in public
(4) Be a true sportsman, never a self-centered
childish "win at any cost" boor.
(5) Win or lose, be gracious and complement
the opponent.
It's great fun to go to a sporting event, support
the team, savor the spectacle, get outside in the
fresh air and have a good time.
This can be done without hurting others. If
you try it, you'll like it!
And AU can be the "classiest" place in the
NCAA.
Charles Gross
professor, electrical and computer engineering
Student dislikes SGA's newly
proposed smoking ban
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
I agree with the majority of The Plainsman Edi­torial
Board about the SGA's proposal to outlaw
smoking around the campus's high trafficked
areas.
Even though I am a person who has asthma
and cannot stand the smell of cigarettes, I do not
believe in passing this "resolution".
In the Auburn and Opelika areas it has been
ruled city-wise that there is to be no smoking in
doors at all which I completely support because
I would love to eat my lunch and not have the
lovely cigarette taste in my mouth.
But, I do not mind holding my breath for five
seconds as I pass someone enjoying their indi­vidual
liberty of smoking out doors.
I think this is an issue of convenience more
than a mass health issue. I do not believe that
one whiff of smoke equals loosing one year of
your life.
* Also, is the SGA aware of how many high traf­ficked
areas there are on campus?
We are more crowded than ever with
24,000 enrolled. That makes for a very busy
campus!
Are they even considering the smokers at
all?
I also agree with the Board that if the SGA
is going to work for the convenience of all
students, why not address the case of trans­portation
to campus?
I'm not even just talking about taking out
a third of parking. What about the unreliable
Tiger Transit system that can be blamed for
tardiness to class at times?
The general college population often
struggles on simply getting to class and the
SGA wants to whine that they occasionally
smell cigarette smoke.
Which is the real problem to pursue?
Jessica Yawn
junior, graphic design
Student disagrees with
McCollum's booing edito­rial,
says booing informs
coaches of fans'opinions
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
Auburn Football is a business. It brings in
more money for the University than any other
operation. The local businesses rely on a good
Auburn football team. That being said....
Auburn fans are not boo-ing Brandon Cox.
We are boo-ing the coaching. They are not doing
what takes to win the game.
Example #1: There are 38 seconds on the clock
and 2 timeouts. The score is tied and there is 35
yards to field goal range. So, the coach lets the
time run out?
Take the game to overtime! We have a losing
record in overtime games. That just shows no
guts and yet no confidence in Brandon Cox.
Sure, Brandon had thrown some INT's that
game, but, hell, this week he took us right down
the field into field goal range with the game on
the line. Tubby just rolled over and died against
South Florida.
Example #2: Brandon Cox is a head case. He's a
great QB when he is determined to do so. But so
far this season he thought that he was untouch­able,
because he is a senior.
This past Saturday, last week's Brandon Cox
showed up on the field again. No improvement.
When Tubby finally made the coaching
change, Kodi Burns came out onto the field and
showed the Auburn Family what he could do.
As Brandon sat on the sidelines, he realized that
he can be replaced. When he came back out for
the final series, it was the Brandon of old. He had
something to prove.
We boo-ed because the coaches were too
scared to take out Cox. Cox was acting too big
for his britches. Now that he knows that there is
someone else on the team that can replace him,
we will see the old Brandon from now on.
It takes the crowd expressing tflfeir opinion
sometimes to shake things up.
Example #3: Do you remember the Jason
Campbell/Daniel Cobb problem. The quarter­backs
competed and make themselves better
and the team. It took the crowd voicing their
opinions to get that season back on track.
We are Auburn, we love it, and we want to see
it do its best!
War damn eagle!
Clayton Cox
senior, business management
AU alum supports the boo­ing
editorial, wishes for
more student unity
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
Thanks for your Editorial in the September 20
Plainsman.
I wish all of the fans that were in Jordan-Hare
Stadium for the Mississippi State game could
read this, as well as the letters to the editor, on
page A7.
My feelings were expressed exactly.
My thoughts as I left the stadium were, "How
many families gather a crowd to boo their
mother when she burns the Thanksgiving turkey,
or when their dad loses his.job?"
My family never booed me when I made bad
grades, which was often.
Instead, I received encouragement to do bet­ter.
By booing our own team, we give encourage­ment
to the other team and their fans, and cre­ate
discouragement for our own team.
This is not the Auburn family that I've known
through the years.
My first exposure to Auburn and Auburn
(API) football was when r was 11 years old and
ushered, with the Boy Scouts, at Auburn football
games in 1948, '49 and '50. Coach Earl Brown
coached for those three years.
The Auburn record for the total of those three
years was 3 wins, 22 loses and 4 ties.I don't
remember any booing of the team, the players or-the
coaches.
I do remember the sportsmanship and class
exhibited by the Auburn people.
I've always thought that Auburn folks were
above the kind of behavior exhibited at the Mis­sissippi
State game. We have always had much
more class than that
I just wish that the cheerleaders would have
led us in chanting "It's Great to be an Auburn
Tiger, Yes, It's Great to be an Auburn Tiger", so
that we could have drowned out the boos.
This would have shown to the Mississippi
State folks and to our booing fans, just who we '
really are.
Gene Carter
Auburn Class of'60
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Students have lunch with dean, discuss campus issues
ByANNAMCBEE
StaffWriter
Have you recently found yourself longing for a
way to express your concerns to Auburn's admin­istration?
Are there pertinent issues you feel should be
addressed?
On Sept. 19, Johnny Green, Auburn's dean of
students, gave students this opportunity through
"Whining and Dining with the Dean."
Approximately 25 students gathered for a ca­tered
lunch and an opportunity to voice their
opinions.
Of course, one problem seemed to rise again
and again: parking.
On hearing the word "parking," Green shook
his head and claimed "It won't be getting better
in the near future."
Why? The answer lies in plans for the construc­tion
of a new coliseum. The structure will be lo­cated
in, what is now, the scholarship lot. While
the new athletic-facility will have definite advan­tages,
more construction _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ » __
on campus will do little to
ease our current parking
situation.
Meanwhile, the dean
reassures some things can
be done. He claimed dedi­cated
and efficient shuttle
services will be necessary
to alleviate the parking
predicament. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Another item on the
agenda: sportsmanship.
In recent weeks, Auburn has been filled with
mixed emotions regarding the Sept. 15 football
game against Mississippi State. When asked how
he felt about fans booing their own team, Green
"There is a lot that can be
done to improve the relations
of the groups that are already
here."
asserted, as a former Auburn football player, no
one wants to win more than the team.
The dean said the current lack of sportsman-
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ship does not end with
booing. He is also thor­oughly
disappointed
with the general conduct
of the student section.
This includes throwing
items on the field after
the game and the recent­ly
popular "throw it back
tradition."
_________________ When asked how to de­ter
students from throw­ing
items on the field, he felt that a temporary
loss of SGA block seating would be an effective
initiative. This means cameras will observe the
student section, and particular areas of concern
could lose seating privileges for the next game.
Johnny Green,
dean of students
As for the "throw it back tradition," Green
claimed, "It's made the Athletic Department so
mad that they're threatening to put a net up; if
they put a net up, the eagle never flies again."
It is nearly impossible to imagine an Auburn
football game void of the eagle's traditional flight.
However, Green feels certain that it could cease.
Aside from respect for tradition, the dean said
the student section should also have an elevated
respect for fellow students.
While some may find it humorous to throw the
opponent's field goal behind the jurnbo-tron, it is
forcing another Auburn student to go retrieve the
football.
Apart from the controversial parking and foot­ball
issues, the dean also discussed a new plan for
on-campus dining.
Currently, students have rather bleak on-cam-
> Turn to DEAN, B2
'We are the
super fans'
PETE RILEY / PHOTO EDITOR
Members of the Painted Fools cheer on the Auburn Tigers during the football game against New Mexico State. The Painted Fools
paint their bodies for gameday and arrive early to get their seats.in the end zone.
Students paint
their bodies
for gameday
By TORI ALLEN
StaffWriter
We've all seen them in the stadium or on televi­sion.
A group of students dressed up head-to-toe
in blue and orange paint with some phrase writ­ten
across their chests.
And for that they consider themselves "the su­per
fans," or better known as the Painted Fools.
The Painted Fools was started after the LSU
game in 2004 by Mike Greathouse, a pre-civil en­gineering
student, as a way to let the teams know
they were there for them.
"Our goal is to show the Auburn athletes how
much we support them by showing off the Auburn
colors, having a good time and be an example of
what a true fan should conduct themselves like,"
Greathouse said. "We are the super fans."
The Painted Fools appear at Auburn football,
basketball and baseball games on a regular basis,
but also attend other sporting events or campus
activities, including volleyball and women's bas­ketball.
Matt Rooke, a senior in pre-physical therapy,
wanted to paint up for the games for several years
before coming to Auburn.
"In high school, I knew guys in college did it,
but I didn't know if they had a name," Rooke said.
"The first thing I did when they started my sopho­more
year is I signed up. I wanted to be able to say
I did that, and I was a part of it, and I showed the
most spirit."
Though they are located in the student section
end zone every week, they have to fight to main­tain
those prime seats to be seen by the team and
camera crews.
The Painted Fools are eligible for block seating
by earning spirit points, but according to Great-house
the amount of spirit points necessary is
beyond their grasp in terms of money and man­power.
"Spirit points? We're a spirit organization, we
are spirit points," Greathouse said.
The amount of spirit points they are allotted
will let them be in the back of the block seating,
not the prime location for the team.
Every Saturday, Painted Fools have to enter
the stadium with everyone else two hours before
kick-off to ensure their seating behind ROTC.
"We support the team, and that's our biggest
thing. We don't care if we're on TV, we just want
them team to know we're there," Greathouse
said.
Some Painted Fools see it as an unfair advan­tage
and don't understand why the administra­tion
cannot back the Painted Fools and provide
them their own blocked seating.
"If we're going to support them, they need to
support us," Moody said.
Before every home game, the team also helps
the little tiger fans prepare.
They offer free face painting at the intersec­tion
of Roosevelt and Donahue drives beside the
cheerleaders and Tiger Paws.
"I'm big into school spirit, and I wanted to be
a part of that and the kids too," said Andrew Jen­kins,
a senior in aerospace engineering.
Jenkins helps draw tiger paws, AU symbols or
an entire face in blue and orange for anyone who
> Turn to FOOLS, B2
Kicklighter
Kicklighter known
as mentor, friend
By LAUREN WIYGUL
Associate Campus Editor
In 1988, an American plane was bombed
over Scotland by a terrorist. In what country
was the terrorist's trial being held in 2000? Is
it a) Germany b) England c) Scotland or d) the
Netherlands?
Joseph Kicklighter, professor of history and
History Department Undergraduate Program
officer, knew the answer. After being called in
2000 by Regis Philbin, host of "Who Wants To
Be A Millionaire?," Kicklighter helped his for­mer
graduate student, Debbie Fletcher, as her
"phone-a-friend" and assisted her in winning
$32,000.
Kicklighter has been teaching at Auburn
since 1975. He is a regular teacher of the World
History surveys and of­fers
more coursework
on Greco-Roman, me­dieval
and English his­tory.
"I was told as a fresh­man
that I needed to
take one of his classes,
and now as a senior en­rolled
in World History
I, I couldn't think of a
better recommenda­tion,"
said Chase Siev-ers,
a senior in biomedical sciences. "His pas­sion
for teaching and his love for students is
unparalleled. The fact that he teaches history
is ironic because he will, no doubt, be named
in the history of those lives he has touched-and
they are many."
Kicklighter received his BA magna cum
laude at The University of the South and his
MA. and Ph.D. degrees from Emory Univer­sity.
He taught eighth, ninth and 12th grade
advanced placement history classes at Wood­ward
Academy, his former high school, in At­lanta
for two years before interviewing and
starting his career at Auburn.
He has also had two of his articles published
in Annales du Midi, on medieval Anglo-French
relations, and the Journal of Medieval History.
His most recent research interests focus on
Anglo-Papal relations in the thirteenth and
fourteenth centuries.
"Dr. Kicklighter embodies the Auburn spirit,"
said Anthony Carey, chair and Hollifield asso­ciate
professor of Southern history. "His de­votion
to students inspires other professors.
Graduates who had Dr. Kicklighter's classes
decades ago remember details and moments
as if they happened yesterday. Professors hope
that we can {nake a difference; Dr. Kicklighter
proves that we can. Successful students are a
teacher's highest reward."
Kicklighter has served as adviser for the so­cial
fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha for 16 years
and for the sophomore honor society Lambda
Sigma for 23 years.
He was also among those who brought the
junior honor society Cardinal Key back to
Auburn's campus in 1982 as an independent
group called Auburn Talons. The chapter be­came
official in 1987, and Kicklighter served as
adviser until 2005.
"I owed it to Lambda Chi to become their
adviser because it was the organization that
got me involved during my own college years,"
Kicklighter said. "Serving as adviser for Lamb­da
Sigma was my first opportunity to start
meeting esteemed student leaders on Auburn's
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Thursday, September 27,2007
Two members inducted into Hall of Honor for journalism contributions
ByMALLORYBOYKIN
Assistant Campus Editor
Saturday, Sept. 22, the Alabama Press As­sociation
inducted two members, Evelyn
Doster and Shelton Prince Jr, into the Hall
of Honor in the Ralph Brown Draughon Li­brary
at Auburn University.
Both inductees made major contribu­tions
to journalism as well as their commu­nities
during their lifetimes.
"In reading the individuals' bios, and 1 did
not know either of the two that you honor
today but, one of the things that struck me
was how engaged they were in their com­munities
beyond what they did profession­ally,"
said President Jay Gouge.
Doster worked for The Prattville Prog­ress.
Prince was publisher of The Daily Moun­tain
Eagle and The Selma Times-Journal.
"They are the 100th and 101st inductees
to this Alabama Newspaper Hall of Honor,"
said Bo Bolton, president of the Alabama
Press Association and Publisher and Editor
of The Monroe Journal.
"Their backgrounds are different, but
their love and dedication to journalism is
very much the same."
Doster started working for The Prattville
Progress when her husband Martin Doster
bought the paper in 1931. She took over the
newspaper when her husband passed away
in 1952.
"When the newspaper was sold in the
'60s they asked her to stay on temporarily.
She stayed 28 years, and she quit when she
was 96 and her boss didn't want her to quit,"
said Delyn Rouze, Doster's niece.
Doster cared a great deal about the com­munity
she lived and worked in.
"She believed in what she called the
country weekly and the community that it
served," Rouze said.
Rouze said Doster was a.hard worker.
"When she retired, she was the oldest
practicing woman journalist in this coun­try,"
Rouze said.
Doster had a special place in her heart for
young people.
"She had a great influence on a lot of
young people, black and white, and many
will tell you that her influence made them
the success that they have today," Rouze
said.
Doster appreciated the individuals in the
community her paper served.
"So many times I heard her say everyone
deserves to have their names in the paper
at least three times and with dignity: when
they're born, when they marry and when
they die," Rouze said. "Then she says names
make news and be sure you spell them cor­rectly."
Prince, the other inductee, started his ca­reer
in journalism in high school.
Although he did not receive a higher ed­ucation,
he had an appreciation for it and
contributed to the journalism community.
"Dad's opportunity didn't come through
ivory colored buildings, but through hard
work," his son Tim Prince said.
Prince believed the newspapers role in
the community was to present its readers
with all the facts so they could make in­formed
decisions.
"My father believed firmly that a news­paper
should be a champion for the com­munity
it served, but he also understood
full well that that was different from being
a cheerleader," Prince said. "He knew that a
champion would celebrate the successes of
a community while also pointing out fail­ures."
Skip Tucker, director of Alabama Voters
Against Lawsuit Abuse in Montgomery,
worked for Prince at The Daily Mountain
Eagle from 1972-1980.
Tucker said Prince was able to take a
newspaper that had maybe won one award
since it started in 1860 or 1870, and turn it
around to win more awards than any other
newspaper in the state by the time he left
in 1980.
"Shelton knew the newspaper from the
front door to the back door better than any­body
I've ever met," Tucker said.
Tucker said Prince was a man of charac­ter.
"He was a vital individual, he had so much
energy" Tucker said.
"He was a compelling man and he com-
,'AUSAMA NEWSPAPER HALL
Ed Williams / FACULTY ADVISER
Auburn University President Jay
Gogue speaks at the Hall of Honor.
manded respect."
This was the 45th annual Hall of Honor at
Auburn.
"The APA Board of Directors established
the Hall of Honor in 1959 to recognize the
men and women who have made impor­tant
contributions to their newspapers and
to their communities," said Luke Slaton,
Hall of Honor Committee chairman and
publisher and editor of The Moulton Adver­tiser.
The Hall of Honor inducts two new mem­bers
every year, and the award is a posthu­mous
award.
"Inductees are nominated by members
of the association as well as members of the
community that they worked in," said Feli­cia
Mason, executive director of the APA.
Mason said being inducted into The Hall
of Honor is the highest honor people within
the newspaper industry can receive.
"This is the oldest method by which we
have to honor those in our industry," Mason
said.
Bonnie MacEwan, dean of libraries at
Auburn, said many students are unaware
Auburn has such an important room on its
campus. '
"I know a lot of students use the room,"
MacEwan said. "I don't know how aware
they are of the Hall of Honor, but I would
encourage them to come over and take a
look."
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campus."
He now serves as faculty adviser for
Spades, an honor society for ten outstand­ing
members of the senior class who are se­lected
by the present group for their actions
and accomplishments while at Auburn, and
has been the adviser since 2001.
Kicklighter is a four-time recipient of the
Student Government Association's Award
for Outstanding Professor.
Last year, he received the Leischuck En­dowed
Presidential Award for Excellence in
Teaching.
Also in 2006, the Joseph A. Kicklighter En­dowed
Professorship in History was started
by the College of Liberal Arts, with help
from two of his former history students, Tad
Lidikay and Tripp Haisten, who both gradu­ated
from Auburh University in 1990.
The professorship will support excellent
Auburn University history faculty and their
programs.
A reception for Kicklighter and the new
endowment was held Sept. 22 by the College
of Liberal Arts at the Alumni Center from 3
p.m. to 5 p.m. before the football game.
"It was a wonderful chance to speak to
and see people I haven't seen in years,"
Kicklghter said.
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wishes to be painted up.
"We come here every week, and the kids know where we are and
they come," Greathouse said. "As we were setting up, there were 20
kids lined up and asked when we were getting started."
Rooke said his favorite moment while painting was a "70-year-old
grandma" who got her entire face painted.
Rooke pulled out his camera phone to show the image of an el­derly
woman with the left side of her face painted orange and the
right side blue.
"That's pretty awesome," he said.
The organization is chartered by the University, but all funds are
brought in by themselves.
Money tipped during their face painting goes toward buying the
paint and other items.
The tent for their tailgate was provided by the University.
Though many would think that men were the most likely to
paint their entire bodies, girls represent the majority of the painted
fools.
Natalie Weil, a junior in equine science, was a regular painted
fool who painted her entire body orange and blue, wearing only a
sports bra and shorts.
"I love it personally and I think it's awesome, and it makes it spe­cial,"
Weil said.
Former Painted Fools come back to games and continue to carry
on the tradition.
Scott Moody, who graduated in May 2007, was only a Painted
Fool for one year.
"I miss it," Moody said. "1 miss the chance to get out there and to
support my team."
Each Painted Fool is painted as a blank slate of orange and heads
Pete Riley/ PHOTO EDITOR
Members of the Painted Fools paint their chests before
the New Mexico State football game starts.
into the game.
Greathouse then counts the number of people inside before de­termining
the phrase or word to be used that week and writes on
them with blue paint. The largest they have had represented at a
football game was 44 of their 150-member organization.
The Painted Fools have received national recognition as well as
the University's.
Their picture has appeared on ESPN highlights, Washington Post,
USA Today and more.
EA Sports also recorded the Painted Fools and put them into
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pus food choices. If you are hungry in the late hours of the night,
for instance, you are out of luck. Even during the day, the options
lack variety.
Because of student complaints, each freshman class, beginning
with fall 2008, will be required to purchase a meal plan.
The dean said the administration has come up with an idea
which "will have the quality and variety of what you have indicated
you want."
As well as changing the types of food which will be served, Green
hopes to make the services more accessible.
He expressed concern that food should be available between the
hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., when many college students are wide
awake.
Another issue which arose from student inquiry is Auburn's lack
of racial and social diversity.
Green does not believe our main objective should be to increase
diversity.
Auburn's campus is 86 percent white. The Dean states the chal­lenge
is "how to engage the 14 percent with the 86 percent."
"There is a lot that can be done to improve the relations of the
groups that are already here," he claims.
How does he suggest aiding in this ever-binding problem?
Green says the answer lies in people simply making more of an
effort.
"White fraternities and black fraternities have to get together
white non-Greeks and black non-Greeks have to get together."
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
"Autumn Leaves Juried Art Show" pre­sented
by the Valley Area Arts Council will
be held Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
Sept. 30 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Valley
Community Arts Center located on Sport-splex
Drive in Valley. For more informa­tion,
contact Suzie Britt at 756-3268.
EVENTS
Thursday, Sept. 27
Poetry Writing Workshop, hosted by the
Auburn Asian Association, will be at noon
inFoy213.
"Identity Development," part of the
Multicultural Education Workshop Series
will be from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Foy 217.
The Multicultural Center hosts workshops
monthly designed to educate faculty, staff
and students on multiculturalism.
A Faculty Recital by Dr. Bill Schaffer
will be held from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in
Goodwin Recital Hall. Schaffer will be
performing a recital featuring music for
horn by Beethoven, Dukas and Reicha.For
more information on upcoming events in
the Department of Music, please check the
departmental calendar at http://media.cla.
auburn.edu/music/calendar/listing.cfm.
Monday, Oct. 1
Former MCI Executive, Walt Pavlo, will
speak from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Lowder
113A. Pavlo was convicted in 2001 of
money laundering and wire fraud and sub­sequently
spent two years in federal prison.
This lecture is hosted by the Auburn
University School of Accountancy. Pavlo
will also be signing copies of his.book at
the event.
Tuesday, Oct. 2
New York Times columnist Thomas L.
Friedman will lecture from 4 p.m. to 5
p.m. in the Beard-Eaves Memorial Colise­um.
Friedman is a three-time Pulitzer Prize
winner and will take part in the 2007-2008
Littleton-Franklin Lecture Series. His lec­ture
is sponsored by Merchant Capital in
Montgomery. For more information, visit
www.auburn.edu/littleton-franklin.
Thursday, Oct. 4
Gary Mullen will speak on 19th-century
Naturalist for "Discover Auburn" series
from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Special Col­lections
and Collections in Ralph Brown
Draughon Library. Mullen is professor
of entomology and will speak on the life
and work of 19th-century naturalist and
artist Philip Henry Gosse. A reception will
follow the lecture. For more information
on the program and the series, contact
the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center at
844-4946.
Sunday, Oct. 7
Alabama Boosting Engineering, Science
and Technology Robotics Competition
Mall Day will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
at the Colonial Mall. Alabama BEST teams
will head to the Mall to test out the robots
they have been designing and building
since the game kicked off in Sept. Contact
George Blanks at 844-5759 or blankgw@
eng.auburn.edu for more information on
how to sign your school up or to be a spon­sor
or mentor.
Monday, Oct. 8
"Expressions" monthly Multicultural
Center Book Club meeting is featuring
"The Golem and the Wondrous Deeds of
the Maharal of Prague" by Yudl Rosen­berg
from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Foy 217. This
collection of interrelated stories about a
sixteenth-century Prague rabbi and the
golem he created became an immediate
best-seller upon its publication in 1909.
Tuesday, Oct. 9
"Race-The Power of Illusion, Part II:
'The Story We Tell,"' will be shown from
3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. in Foy 208. The film
is part of the "My Two Cents" monthly
multicultural film viewing and dialogue
sponsored by the Multicultural Center.
Wednesday, Oct. 17
"N*gger Wetb'ck Ch*nk," winner of "Best
Play" from the American Readers Theater
Association, is a 90-minute stage produce
tion that will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
in the Foy Ballroom. Blending theater,
hip-hop, stand-up comedy, slam poetry
and true-life stories with their own original
style, three tour-de-force performers will
take on stereotypes and race itself.
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A Diversity Book Club
The Multicultural Center at Auburn University presents
"Expressions." This is a new book club designed for
students, faculty,-staff and community. This club
features a variety of literature engaged in multicultur­alism
and diversity. Join us as we carry you on a
unique adventure around the world.
October's featured book is "The Golem and the
Wondrous Deeds of the Maharal of Prague" by Yudl
Rosenberg. Copies are available in the Multicultural
Center, 243 Foy Union.
Monday, October 8, 2007
4:00pm-5:00pm at Foy 217
"My Two Cents"
A Diversity Film Series
This Fall the Multicultural Center is launching a Diver­sity
Film Series entitled "My Two Cents." This will
include documentaries that will not only be thought
provoking but ignite interesting dialogue. This month
the Multicultural Center presents Race-The Power of
Illusion, Part II: "The Story We Tell."
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
3:30pm-4:45pm at Foy 208
"Multicultural Education"
A Multicultural Education Workshop
The Multicultural Center will host a multicultural edu­cation
workshop featuring Dr. Chippewa M. Thomas,
Assistant Professor in the Department of Counselor
Education. Dr. Thomas will facilitate a discussion on .
"Identity Development". This session explores how the
campus environment influences how the racial, ethnic
and multiple identities of students develop. It will
address how the infusion of diversity in campus pro­gramming,
curriculums and the environment are often
contributors to cultural identity.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
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B4 tCfjc Auburn plainsman Thursday, September 27,2007
College of Business celebrates 40th anniversary
By TORI ALLEN
Staff Writer
The College of Business celebrated its 40th
birthday last week, with two days full of events for
students, staff, faculty and alumni.The business
school became a college in 1967, and was located
in Thach and Tichenor halls. When the college
became large enough, it needed to have its own
building. In 1992, it moved into the Lowder Busi­ness
Building.
"We wanted to commemorate the successes
of the college and its progression over the years,"
said Joseph Hodnette, president of the College of
Business.
A student cookout was held outside the Lowder
Business Building at 11 a.m., with free hamburg­ers,
raffles and Hightide Blues performing.
"It was a great opportunity for college of busi­ness
students to mine'.1 with each other and par­ticipate
during this unique time as a college stu­dent,"
Hodnette said.
The dean requested professors cancel classes
from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. to allow the students to
come out and join in with the festivities and this
opened up the rooms for special presentations.
"We had a committee of faculty, staff, alumni
and students and we asked what we can do to get
people excited about turning 40," Dean Paul Bo-browski
said.
President Gogue made his first speech to the
College of Business since beginning his tenure.
"We wanted something to bring students,
alumni and faculty together for a series of events
that could appeal to a broad spectrum," Hodnette
said.
The events included two panel discussions, in­cluding
"Let Me Show You My Auburn" and "How
I Got Where 1 Am Today."
"We have alumni coming back to talk about
their experiences," said David Cunningham,
a member of Executive Society. "There will be
somebody from a different era who attended Au­burn,
and there will be like four or five of them. It
will be interesting to hear the stories about what
the college of business was like before Lowder."
Alumni were able to come back during one of
the panels and discuss how they were able to be­come
successful entreupeneurs and other busi­ness
associates.
"The shareholders will be able to tell their sto­ries,
and we can listen to people who were suc­cessful
entreupeneurs," Cunningham said.
"It will definitely be a good time for the alum­ni."
Lisa Cole and Joe Hanna, the co-chairs of the
40th anniversary, were thrilled about the turnout
of the day.
"It's the best participation and it's a great way
to bring students together with the alumni to cel­ebrate
40 years," Cole said.
The panel discussions were going to be good
for the students, Hanna believed.
"A lot of students can network and it's a great
potential for looking for jobs," Hanna said.
A large focus of the programs was on the 35,000
Pete Riey / PHOTO EDITOR
The College of Business sponsored a tailgate Saturday outside the Lowder Business
Building in honor of the college's 40th anniversary.
college of business alumni, who were all invited
to the events, including a social at the Greystone
Mansion.
"This is a way to acknowledge the people who
were part of the college now and the people who
have been," Bobrowski said.
There were other events at the anniversary
celebration for the College of Business which
included a tour of the business building and de­partmental
receptions.
Alabama company helps funds grow in agriculture
By LAUREN WIYGUL
Associate Campus Editor
Good news for students in the College of Agriculture: Alabama
Electric Cooperative Inc., an organization that provides power to
homes and businesses in south and central Alabama and north­west
Florida, has recently funded the Pow- ______________
erSouth Energy Cooperative Endowment
for scholarships available next fall.
"Concerns about the precarious future
facing farming prompted the Alabama Elec­tric
Cooperative, a company whose main
mission is generating and transmitting
wholesale power to its network of mem­bers,
to fund a scholarship endowment,"
said Horace Horn, vice president of govern­ment
and economic affairs for the Andalu­sia-
based co-op of AEC. "We are committed
to ensuring a strong economy and improv- ______________
ing the quality of life in the communities
that we serve, and the continued existence of family farms is cru
cial to those goals."
$25,000 on July 1, 2007. Three additional annual contributions of
$25,000 will be made on or before-Jury 1, in 2008, 2009 and 2010,
eventually creating a $100,000 endowment.
"Alabama Electric Cooperative recognizes the need for students
to pursue careers in the agriculture and natural resources indus­tries,"
said Deborah Solie, College of Agriculture Student Services
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ coordinator. "Their support will go a long
way in promoting our industry to a variety
of students."
The number and amount of scholarships
to be awarded will be determined by the
College of Agriculture Scholarship Com­mittee
and is limited to the funds available
in the spendable account.
"Our students have a variety of career
pursuits, but they share a common love
of Auburn University and the College of
Agriculture," said Ann Gulatte, College of
• Agriculture scholarship coordinator. "The
College of Agriculture awards more than
$500,000 in scholarships to its students and the AEC scholarships
will help the College support its students even further."
The AEC endowment was created through an initial gift of To be eligible for consideration, a student must reside or have
"Our students have a variety of
career pursuits, but they share a
common love of Auburn Univer­sity
and the College of Agricul­ture."
Ann Gulatte
scholarship coordinator,
College of Agriculture
an immediate family member who resides in Alabama or Florida,
within the Alabama Electric Cooperative services, and receive elec­tric
service from one of AEC's twenty distribution members.
In Alabama, those members include the cities of Andalusia, Brun-didge,
Elba, Opp, Baldwin EMC, Central Alabama, Clarke-Washing­ton
EMC, Coosa Valley, Covington, Dixie, Pea River, Pioneer, South
Alabama, Southern Pine, Tallapoosa River and Wiregrass" electric
cooperatives. Florida members include CHELCO, Escambia River,
Gulf Coast and West Florida electric co-ops.
Students must also be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and
have a minimum 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrate need for
assistance as determined by the College of Agriculture Scholarship
Committee.
Each scholarship is for one academic year, and if a student holds
this scholarship as a senior and is enrolled in a degree-seeking
professional program, which may include the masters degree, the
student will qualify for consideration and may continue to retain
the scholarship until the student graduates with the professional
degree or no longer meets scholarship requirements as stated in
the agreement.
"Our students' studies range from communications and business
to science and natural resources, so this scholarship will help them
pursue their higher education goals," Solie said.
Event showcases talent
ByREBEKAHSTEVENS
Staff Writer
Auburn's Got Talent.
No, that's not the name of a
new TV show, but the Plains
were alive with the sound of
music at University Program
Council's Open Mic Night at the
Foy Ballroom Sept. 24.
A growing trend on college
campuses, Open Mic Night of­fers
talented Auburn students
a showcase where they can try
out new material and get audi­ence
feedback.
Open Mic Nights have be­come
more and more popular
recently, providing a creative
outlet for singer, songwriters,
poets and comedians.
It gives performers a friendli­er
atmosphere to show off their
undiscovered talent, and it pro­vides
a greater opportunity for
them to gain publicity and ex­perience
for their art.
Fresh new faces and voices
took the stage on Monday as
the night kicked off with acous­tic
guitar players, followed by a
few rappers, a comedian and a
poet.
D Scales, a 20-year-old com­munications
major, became
a crowd favorite after his rap
"Chicken and Sprite."
Having opened for Bone
Thugs N' Harmony in front of
26,000 people before, he wasn't
nervous at all, he said.
By the end of his act, he had
every hand in the air and every
head bopping.
Stephanie Vasquez, an Eng­lish
as a second language grad
student and former UPC mem­ber,
came out to support the
event.
I "My favorite act of the night
was definitely D Scales because
he was so funny," she said.
For Michelle Thomas, a hu­man
development and family
science junior, Open Mic Night
was her first UPC event to at­tend.
"I heard about it from a friend
and saw a sign on campus, so I
figured it was time to go out and
start supporting something be­sides
football," Thomas said.
"I think it's really great that
UPC is giving people an op­portunity
to get their talent out
there, and it was exciting to see
everyone's different sound and
style."
Since it was the first Open
Mic Night of the semester, it
was hard to tell how it would go
and if people would want to go
to the next one.
"I will definitely be attend­ing
the next Open Mic Night,"
Thomas said.
Andrew Tucker, a business
administration junior, came
out to support the UPC event
as well.
It wasn't Tucker's first event,
but it has definitely been the
best so far, he said.
"I always try to make it out
to as many UPC events as pos­sible,"
Tucker said.
"Open Mic Night is a cool
idea, and music is one of my fa­vorite
things, so there's no way I
would miss it."
The event was an overall suc­cess,
as the undeniable talented
acts and catered food left the
audience satisfied.
The next Open Mic Night
sponsored by UPC will be held
at 7 p.,m. on Oct. 29 in the Foy
Ballroom.
Visit www.auljurn.edu/upc
for rr&re information.
Multicultural center sponsors
comedy show to address race
By MIRANDA MATTHEIS
Campus Editor
N*gger. Wetb'ck. Ch*nk.
These racial slurs*are heard everywhere,
but their meanings aren't always under­stood.
The Multicultural Center at Auburn
University is hoping to educate students
on the meaning of these words with a race
comedy show called "N*gger Wetb*ck
Ch*nk."
rlhe show will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct.
17, in Foy Ballroom.
In the 90-minute show, three men of
different backgrounds use comedy, poetry
and theater to explore the meanings of
stereotypes.
"They started becoming more and more
popular and they started selling out across
the country," said Juanyce Taylor, director
of the Multicultural Center.
Melinda Bowens, an office assistant in
the Multicultural Center, said the show is
a way to bring exposure to the meaning of
the words.
"It's a way to go ahead and put it out
there," Bowens said. "All of us are going to
be there together and it's going to be a very
diverse group," Bowens said.
Approximately 500 people will be able
to attend the show, and Taylor is expect­ing
the room to fill up.
"We're expecting a standing-room only
crowd," Taylor said.
Batsi Bvunzcawabaya is also an office
assistant in the multicultural center.
"I've never really thought about other
stereotypes," Bvunzcawabaya said. "I think
it's going to be good for me."
Dana Amos, a senior in industrial design
and an office assistant in the Multicultural
Center, said it's good the show is a com­edy
because it mixes humor with senior
issues.
Amos said the show will address the
issues without causing drama or getting
people upset.
"I think it will open people's eyes to ste­reotypes
between Latinos and Asians be­cause
a lot of people just think black and
white," Amos said.
Want to go?
What: N*ggerWetb*ckCh*nk,a
comedy race show that addresses
the issues of stereotypes
When: 7 p.m., Oct. 17
Where: Foy Ballroom
Why: To learn about race issues
and stereotypes
Thursday, September 27,2007 GHje Auburn plainsman B5
'Backpack to Briefcase': college to career
Students learn successful tips
to make easy transition from
college to real-life workplace.
By LISA MARSHALL
StaffWriter
The Career Development Services hosted a "Backpack to Brief­case"
seminar Monday, in which students learned about employer
expectations that are not generally taught in the classroom.
Going from college to a full-time career or internship proves to
be difficult for many students. Therefore, students were given the
opportunity to learn about real-life issues in the business world
that aren't taught in school or on the job.
.Students were also invited to attend and discuss professionalism
in the workplace, employer expectations, sexual harassment, ap­propriate
dress and overcoming negative attitudes.
The seminar featured Wynne Reece, campus recruiting coordi­nator
for APEX Systems Inc., a private company that provides tech­nical
consultants to larger companies all around the country. She
travels to career fairs at numerous colleges, looking to find the best
prospective employees for Apex.
"We asked her to speak because she could give an employer view­point,"
said Nancy Bernard, director of Career Services.
Reece also said, Apex is planning on hiring more than 300 entry
level positions this year, many of which will be recent college grad­uates.
Reece, having worked with these new employees, knows the
mistakes they commonly make.
One of the main topics Reece covered was professionalism in
the workplace, or the difference between professional conduct and
what she calls "campus conduct."
Reece warned against talking too much about your personal life
when on the job.
Reese said this can cause an employee not ___________
to be seen in a "professional light" and there­fore
overlooked for a promotion.
She also reminded students to avoid writing
e-mails to their co-workers in the same way
they may write emails or text messages to their
friends. She called this "e-mail etiquette."
Reece also discussed taking responsibility
for your actions in the workplace and not hav­ing
excuses.
"If you get reprimanded on the job, you'll get
a lot more respect in the workplace if you own
•up to it," she said;
Appropriate dress when on the job was an­other
topic Reece addressed.
"Dress for the position you want, not the one you have," Reece
said, A tip she gave for women was to avoid excess jewelry. For
men, she suggested shining their shoes.
The speaker acknowledged that many students in the audience
would be attending the career fair being held at the Auburn Hotel
"If you get reprimanded
on the job, you'll get a
lot more respect in the
workplace if you own
up to it"
Wynne Reece
campus recruiting coordinator,
APEX Systems Inc.
and Conference Center the following day. She gave numerous tips
for speaking with recruiters.
James Wilson, a senior in software engineering, attended the
"Backpack to Briefcase" seminar to help prepare him for the up­coming
career fair.
"Researching companies before you go talk to them is a good
idea," he said of Reece's earlier suggestion.
When asked why he attended the seminar, Andrew Butler, a se-
• _ _ « _ _ _ nior in communications, said, "I graduate in De­cember,
so I need all the help I can get"
Career Development Services provides ser­vices
and resources which help students develop
a personal career plan, learn job search skills and
find employment.
CDS serves underclassmen, seniors, graduate
students and alumni. Career Counselors work with
students regarding career planning issues by utiliz­ing
interest and personality inventories and career
resources to help students learn how to maximize
their career options through the development of a
tailored career plan. Job search assistance is avail­able.
CDS also provides employment information through job post­ings,
on-campus interviews with potential employers, and resume
referrals from an automated online resume database.
If you would like to schedule an appointment, call 844-4744 or
e-mail cdsserv@auburn.edu. Walk-ins are welcome. CDS is located
in 303 Mary Martin Hall.
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required for cast calls. Call
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New 4 BR/ 4 BA Cottage. Sale/
Lease. Creekside. Stainless Ap­pliances.
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Porch. 3- Tier resortstyle pool.
Fitness Center. Tennis. Bocce.
Internet. Tiger Trolley. Tanning
Bed. Security. Washer/ Dryer.
(205)862-1883.
Remodeled house on Tiger Tran­sit.
Perfect for students. $145,000.
Agent/ Owner. 334-703-0934.
Mobile Homes,
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for $200 a month. (Includes trash,
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New mattress sets T/ $125, F
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subject to the Federal Fair Hous­ing
Act, which makes it illegal to
advertise any preference, limita­tion
or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, handi­cap,
familial status, or national
origin, or intention to make any
such preference, limitation, or
discrimination." "We will not
knowingly accept any advertising
for real estate which is in violation
of the law. All persons are hereby
informed that all dwellings ad­vertised
are available on an equal
opportunity basis.
Eligible for retirement but not
sure your pension is adequate?
Auburn SnoBiz is looking for a
couple or individual who want to
own a business, have a 5 figure in­come,
and have 6 months off each
year while they are still young
enough to enjoy it. Call 821-2078.
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campus. WD, DW, carpeting and
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$750.00/month for 2 people. Call
Watson Properties,
887-9865.
Quiet 2 BR T/House, 2 BR
duplex, 3 BR/ 2 BA House on 5
acre lake w/fishing privileges in
Loachapoka. 1 to 2 adults pre­ferred.
887-9573.
Living, Den, Kitchen, 2 Bed/1
Bath, washer/ dryer, patio, front/
back yard fenced, $700/month.
Call 559-1167 or 821-8611.
2 Bedroom House. Pets ok,
fenced yard, quiet neighborhood.
Opelika. 334-329-0089.
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Apartments
GREAT APARTMENT, GREAT
LOCATION. 2 Bedroom apart­ment
located at Roof Gardens.
Rent $350.00/ month + shared
utilities. Rent paid through
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For Rent Doublewide Trailer, 3
BR/ 2 BA, Washer/Dryer, Small
pasture and barn. Located about
6 miles out Wire Road from Vet
School. $650/month. Available
November 1st. 334-319-2082.
Mahone Creek Mobile Home
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8 miles from Vet School! All
students get first 4 months FREE.
$100.00 monthly includes lawn
maintenance. For more informa­tion.
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unit. Call Kelvin
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