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WALKING OUT
Auburn High students walk
out of class in protest over
gun violence
INGRID SCHNADER / PHOTO EDITOR
Two students hold up a sign during a walkout at Auburn High School on Tuesday, March 20,
2018, in Auburn, Ala.
By INGRID SCHNADER
Photo Editor
photo@theplainsman.com
Auburn High School students mirrored schools around the
nation Tuesday morning when scores of them walked out of
class in protest over gun violence.
Students gathered in the school's courtyard from 10 to 10:17
a.m. in remembrance of the 17 people who died in a February
school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,
Florida.
A sign the students held up read, "#171ivesl7minutes."
"I just feel like it was wrong, what happened to them," said
AHS student Shaima Hone. "I feel like they should be acknowl­edged
more."
Another student, Emma Kate Cotten, said she didn't think
this walkout would change the world but walkouts like this
would slowly make a big difference.
"I feel empowered and like we have the power to make a dif­ference,"
Cotten said. "1 feel like we should definitely take ac­tion
because it's been going on too long, and something needs
to be done."
Students spent the 17 minutes standing in silence and pray­ing.
AHS student Brandon Sinniger read out the names and ages
of the victims from the Stoneman Douglas shooting.
"The time for moments of silence are gone," Sinniger said to
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COMMUNITY
City pumps
brakes on
height rule
change
By KAILEY BETH SMITH
Community Reporter
community@theplainsman.com
The City of Auburn could be seeing sig­nificant
growth in the downtown area,
both in height and development, but it
could take some time.
On Tuesday, Auburn City Council
pushed back a vote for an increase in max­imum
height in parts of downtown that
could clear the way for new ambitious
downtown developments like one pre­sented
before the council's meeting Tues-day.
That plan could bring a 120-room
Southern Living partnered hotel, a gro­cery
store and new condos in the middle
of downtown.
The proposal would surround a sepa­rate
planned Wright Street parking deck.
The height of the building could po­tentially
be 75 feet, which would allow
for a rooftop pool and bar, but the current
maximum height in the city's traditional
downtown area is 65 feet.
Citizens and the council have been
wrestling with the proposal of a change in
the area's height ordinance for years, and
the debate has remained heated.
It was near-standing room only as
members of the community appeared in
droves at Tuesday night's meeting, the
longest council meeting in at least 32
years, according to the mayor. The cham­ber's
rows were filled and citizens lined the
back wall as the clock ticked to 7 p.m.
Ward 3 Councilwoman Beth Witten,
who ran for City Council on a platform of
smart growth and increased focus on busi­ness,
emphasized the great opportuni­ty
for the revitalization of the downtown
area through adjusting the height ordi­nance,
which could allow projects like the
proposed development.
"I have no fear of change," Witten said.
"I thrive on change, and I am excited about
what is happening in Auburn."
Although Witten was in strong support
of the area's growth and called the propos­al
a "next generation project for Auburn,"
she expressed the trouble found within the
unfortunate timing of the proposal and the
height ordinance vote in the same night.
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Crepe Myrtle, favorite Auburn open-air lunch spot, closes
INGRID SCHNADER / PHOTO EDITOR
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By ALEX HOSEY
Lifestyle Editor
lifestyle@theplainsman.com
Crepe Myrtle Cafe and the Market at
Blooming Colors closed Sunday, March
11 while Blooming Colors itself is un­dergoing
a move to a new location near
the intersection of Society Hill Road and
Moores Mill Road in Auburn.
Owner of Blooming Colors and Crepe
Myrtle Cafe King Braswell said that there
is no controversy involved in the move
and that it was a conscious decision made
in order to place the store closer to its pri­mary
customers.
"The retail portion of Blooming Col­ors
was so far away from our demograph­ic,"
Braswell said. "We wanted to be closer
to Tiger Town, closer to the Moore's Mill
area, who we're selling our plant materi­al
to, and kind of consolidate our location
and move out near the La-Z-Bee."
Braswell said that he is also planning
to reopen the Crepe Myrtle Cafe in a new
location later this year in the area around
the Church of the Highlands off of East
Samford Avenue and is considering open­ing
multiple new locations in the future.
"I had the opportunity to be a part
of a group of people who want to cre­ate
multiple locations of the Crepe Myr­tle
Cafe, so now was good timing for me
to take advantage of that opportunity,"
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ALEX HOSEY / LIFESTYLE EDITOR
Crepe Myrtle Cafe, an open-air crepe cafe on South College Street and South Donahue Drive, recently closed.
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Plans for RBD Panera Bread on hold, for now
By CHIP BROWNLEE and
ELIZABETH HURLEY
Editor-in-chief and Campus Reporter
editor@theplainsman.com
The long-awaited Panera Bread loca­tion
planned to open this month in Ralph
Brown Draughon Library is a no go — at
least for now.
Because of issues involving the transi­tion
between Auburn's longtime contrac­tor,
Chartwells, and its new dining con­tractor,
Aramark, the Panera Bread is not
expected to open this semester.
Prevail Union coffee will operate, for
now, in the RBD Cafe location where
Panera was slated to operate.
"In the meantime, we didn't want stu­dents
to go without food, that was a real­ly
critical thing," said Glenn Loughridge,
director of Tiger Dining. "Prevail was
someone we felt like students liked the
coffee, and we could operate within the
space until we can get Panera installed."
Though Chartwells had reached an
agreement with Panera Bread to open in
that location, Aramark has not yet been
able to solidify its own contract with
Panera Bread, according to Tiger Dining.
"It'll open over the summer," said
Loughridge. "What has to happen now is
that Aramark has to train a management
staff to replace the staff that was going
to be there. Aramark also has to create a
contract between themselves and Panera
Bread corporate."
Aramark is working to reach an agree­ment
with Panera, but that could take un­til
May. Until then, the plans to open an
on-campus Panera are on hold.
"As of May 7, the contract with Chart­wells
expires and Aramark takes over,
they will have that [the Panera Bread
Contract] in place," Loughridge said. "So
from that point there will be a projection.
Sometime during the summer, they'll
have all the employees trained, and they
will open and will obviously be open for
fall."
When the fall rolls around, Prevail will
move to Foy Hall, according to Gwen
Ward with Tiger Dining.
Tiger Dining announced its new con­tract
with Aramark, a food service com­pany
based in Philadelphia, in February.
The new contract came at the end of a 10-
year contract with the former provider,
Chartwells.
Aramark will be partnering with Ti­ger
Dining for dining services and athlet­ics
concessions. With the growth of the
University, there was a need for higher fi­nancial
investment from the chosen part­ner,
Loughridge said.
The original opening date for Panera
Bread was scheduled for September 2017,
but construction has been prolonged. It
was finally expected to open in March,
but that didn't happen.
The delay in the opening of Pane­ra
Bread came after Chartwells also took
longer than expected to open Einstein
Bros. Bagels in Haley Center. That was
expected to open in fall 2016 but didn't
open until fall 2017 after issues with con­struction.
Auburn's first majorette captain dies at 91
WALKOUT
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the crowd. "The issue needs
to be addressed."
Since the nationwide walk­outs
on March 14, a month
after the Parkland shooting,
there was another shooting
at- a Maryland high school
early Tuesday morning that
sent two high schoolers to
the hospital and killed the
17-year-old alleged gunman.
"The fact that there was
another school shooting this
morning, it's really ridiculous
that stuff hasn't been done
yet," one AHS student said at
the walkout.
Auburn City Schools were
on spring break last week
when thousands of students
across Alabama and the rest
of the country walked out of
class in a similar fashion.
A school resource officer
and some of the school ad­ministration
watched the stu­dents
as they gathered in the
courtyard, and no students
got in trouble for walking out
of school during the demon­stration.
Students at other schools
have faced repercussions for
the protests. AL.com report­ed
on Monday that a Bes­semer
student received two
days of in-school suspen­sion
for criticizing his high
school's plan to avert a poten­tial
walkout.
"We thank you for every­one
around this place," prayed
one AHS student. "And we
thank you for just letting us
not get suspended today."
Poll: March 5-11,2018
Which approach to prevent school shootings should the
president and Congress focus on? -mmm 41% Laws on the sale of guns
and ammunition
School security
measures and mental
Source: Gallop Polls
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HEIGHT
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Anders echoed her concerns. He said that
the citizens of Auburn deserved more time to
make their opinions known to their respective
council members concerning the height vari­ance.
Anders spoke up and denied the needed
unanimous consent for the 75-foot increase
when Mayor Bill Ham asked for it, thus push­ing
the vote to April 3, when it will require
only a majority vote to pass.
He made known that he was much more
concerned with restoring the trust between
the council and the citizens rather than the
height as dictated by the ordinance.
Ward 5 Council woman Lynda Tremaine
who has in the past opposed certain large com­mercial
developments, said the proposed proj­ect
was exciting.
She called the downtown area "sacred
ground" and said it was important to ensure
downtown buildings are complimentary of the
town. She expressed her concern for the future
of Auburn and grieved at the lack of trust from
the public due to the council's recent actions.
"A vote 'no' isn't a vote against progress,"
Tremaine said. "It shows that we take inter­est
in the people who have asked us to repre­sent
them."
Tremaine said that the absence of trust can
be detrimental to any community and that it
was the council's duty to act on behalf of their
people in order to regain that trust.
Many of the citizens in attendance agreed
with her.
According to the City of Auburn, there have
been three different task force initiatives that
have surveyed the downtown area and recom­mended
that 66 feet to 75 feet is the most ap­propriate
range for sustained growth in down­town
Auburn.
In 2013, the City of Auburn created and ini­tiated
the Downtown Master Plan process.
Over the course of the next three years, the
city gathered input from many sources, in­cluding
citizen surveys, committees of busi­ness
owners and local leaders, individual in­terviews,
and public workshops and hearings.
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CREPE MYRTLE
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Braswell said. "The first [Crepe Myrtle Cafe]
will probably be open in about six months if
everything goes well with securing the new
location that we've chosen and construction
of a new building."
Braswell said that he's received a lot of feed­back
from Auburn community members who
were saddened by the close of Crepe Myrtle
Cafe, and he hopes that they'll look forward
to its reopening.
"I'm still passionate about everything that
I've been working on for the last 24 years, and
our staff is still very passionate about moving
our endeavors forward," Braswell said. "Be­cause
we love it, we want to make sure that
Auburn continues to benefit from our ef­forts."
AUBURN UNIVERSITY DIGITAL ARCHIVES
Head Majorette Kelda Ward, 91, stands in the middle of Auburn's first majorette line.
By LILY JACKSON
Managing Editor
managing.editor@theplainsman.com
Kelda Ward, the head majorette of Au­burn
University's first majorette line who
made history at her University while impact­ing
many lives to come after her, died Satur­day,
March 17, in her home. She was 91.
Ward will be buried in her Auburn
Marching Band alumni shirt and jacket after
dying in her sleep. Like their mother, Kelda's
three children, Leigh Nix, Jimmy Ward and
Larry Ward, all attended Auburn University.
She was born in Kansas City, Missouri,
Oct. 17, 1926. Nix said Kelda's time as a
dancer and eventual twirler started at Shaw­nee
Mission High School in Kansas City,
Kansas, where she spent much of her time
involved with the band.
Her experience as a young girl led her to
her role as the leader of the University's first
line after she married her late husband, Jim
Ward, and moved to Auburn with him.
He was training for the U.S. Navy when
he met a young woman in Olathe, Kansas, in
1945. Jim is from Geneva, Alabama, and was
already enrolled at Auburn when the two
met at a military event. By 1947, that young
woman was twirling at Auburn University
with Jim cheering on the sidelines.
Marching "was her proudest thing," Nix
said. "When they started the Alumni Band,
she would come back and march with them
in the '90s. She totally loved it."
Kelda was walking around campus one
day when one of the popular football play­ers
at the time attempted to swoop her up.
Nix laughed recalling her mother telling the
story. She said her mother was flattered, but
of course, she was married and so she scam­pered
away.
Nix remembered her mother telling sto­ries
about wild trips with the band to Geor­gia
Tech games. Kelda and the rest of the
Auburn band would stick their heads out of
the bus windows and scream Auburn cheers
for those around to listen.
Since she was married, Jim would tag
along. A free ride to the game was something
a fan like Jim could get on board with.
Nix said her mother was terribly passion­ate,
creative and intelligent. Jimmy Ward,
Kelda's son, said he thinks he got his smarts
from his mother.
Also following in his mother's footsteps,
Jimmy attended Auburn, graduating with a
degree in architecture. He's now a partner at
Ward-Scott Architecture in Tuscaloosa.
Nix said she didn't have much choice when
deciding where to study, either. Auburn was
always the only choice. She attended her first
game when she was about 8 years old after
her father started buying season tickets.
Kelda brought Nix up to follow in her
own footsteps, teaching her to twirl in high
school. Nix knew how much Kelda's time on
the majorette line meant to her.
"We swam on swim teams and did science
projects and she was involved in everything
we did," Nix said.
Jimmy remembers watching her draw
house plans as a child and continue work­ing
toward her dreams despite having nev­er
finished her education at Auburn. Jimmy
said you would never have known she didn't
have a degree from the talent she possessed.
"She was a good person and always taught
us to do the right thing," Jimmy said. "She
was a big influence in my life, especially from
a career point of view."
In her later years - after working at an ar­chitecture
firm in Birmingham for 20 years —
she moved to Auburn where she drew plans
for the house she and Nix lived in for the 25
years before she died.
Nix said her mother loved living in Au­burn
because she could always plan on see­ing
family during football season. Until she
was unable, Kelda returned for the Alum­ni
Band performance every year and twirled
her heart out.
Kelda is survived by seven grandchildren
and 10 great-grandchildren. Nix said Au­burn,
her children, her church and her cre­ations
— whether big or small — were the
most important parts of her life.
"She had good friends, everyone loved her
and she was well thought of," Jimmy said.
A memorial service for Kelda Ward will be
held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 22, at Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church. A family visitation
will take place one hour before and the family
requests that donations be made to Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church in lieu of flowers.
KELDA WARD
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OUR VIEW
Pearl's leadership, vision spell success for Auburn
By EDITORIAL BOARD
Spring 2018
It's difficult to envision Auburn basketball now without its
loveable, thankful and passionate leader at the helm.
In the four years prior to Auburn's hiring of Bruce Pearl,
the Tigers went 49-75 under former head coach Tony Bar-bee,
who withered under the pressure of a Power 5 school af­ter
finding success at UTEP.
With Pearl finding a home at Auburn, a major change
came to the Tigers' program. Suddenly, the bottom dwellers
of the SEC became relevant again, as top recruits began to
choose The Plains as their college destination.
With time, change finally came.
In the final two years of the Barbee era, the Tigers won just
nine and 14 games, respectively.
This season, Auburn won 26 games, which totaled more
than the last two years combined of the Barbee era.
In Barbee's "best" season, Auburn won just 14 games and
did not sell out a single game inside Auburn Arena.
This season, Auburn won 15 of their first 16 games. The
Tigers bested Barbee's best mark less than halfway through
their season.
The Tigers also sold out seven of their 16 games inside
Auburn Arena. The only SEC game that did not sell out was
against Texas A&M on Feb. 7, which coincidentally was the
only loss the Tigers had inside Auburn Arena this season.
Prior to Pearl's hiring at Auburn, the Tigers' program was
widely known as one of the most difficult jobs in all of col­lege
basketball. Sentiments such as "impossible to win" and a
"worse job than a mid-major school" were thrown around by
national pundits.
Pearl changed all of that, quickly becoming the face of a
program on the rise.
Auburn Arena has morphed from cavernous into one of
the most hostile environments in college basketball.
The Tigers, who reached the NCAA Tournament for the
first time since 2003 this season, are here to stay on the na­tional
stage.
Pearl and his Auburn program have put in all of the dirty
INGRID SCHNADER / PHOTO EDITOR
Coach Bruce Pearl waves to a friend after Auburn basketball defeats Alabama, 90-71, on Wednesday, Feb. 21,2018, in Auburn, Ala.
work to get to the top. Thanks to Pearl and the program he
has built, the Tigers are primed to remain contenders in the
SEC and the NCAA Tournament for years to come.
The questions remain regarding the Chuck Person inves­tigation
and the FBI probe that encompasses it. For all we
know, Pearl's job, along with many others at big-name pro­grams
across the country, could be hanging by a thread right
now.
No matter the fate of Pearl's job or of the program, the per­ception
of Auburn basketball has been altered. It remains
shrouded in a possible deadly grip of NCAA and federal law
enforcement authorities, but according to Pearl, he's done ev­erything
in his power to ensure the safety of the team going
forward.
And with that fiery and inspiring attitude, Auburn might
turn a corner. Given time and opportunity, Pearl could mold
the core of athletics to feature equal parts success from foot­ball
and basketball.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Principles vs. Politics: Rolling the Oaks and its meaning
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Letter to the Editor
I recendy graduated in December from Au­burn,
a university that I love dearly. We have a
beloved tradition at Auburn where following
athletic victories the trees are rolled at Toomer's
Corner to signify the win.
Following the 2016 presidential election, my­self
and other students rolled the trees in cele­bration
of President Trump's historic victory.
The following day The Plainsman published arti­cles
condemning those actions. With statements
such as, "rolling the trees should only be reserved
for events that all Auburn students can enjoy,"
the article sought to use unity of students as an at­tack
against those who 'dared' to celebrate a pres­idential
election. Unfortunately, it wasn't some­thing
I was surprised to read.
However, something did surprise me recent­ly.
Following Senator Jones' victory in the re­cent
special election held to fill the vacancy left
by Attorney General Sessions, Auburn students
supporting Jones also 'dared' to roll the trees for
an election result. 1 personally have no problem
with their celebration, speaking as a student who
formerly "dared" to roll the trees following the
results of an election, and as one who was hap­py
to see fellow students engaged with current
events of our state and our country. However,
unlike President Trump's election, the election
of Senator Jones was not followed the next day
or any day afterward by a similar outcry attack­ing
students for daring to roll trees for non-Au­burn
related events. In fact, the Plainsman shared
multiple posts of photos of the Jones celebration.
I believe anyone, regardless of personal po­litical
affiliation, can easily see what could be
deemed a hypocritical disparity between the re­actions
displayed by The Plainsman in regards to
these two election reactions. This is particular­ly
interesting considering The Plainsman initial­ly
argued for inclusivity only to later ignore what
they before seemingly thought to be such a press­ing
issue? On a campus largely comprised of con­servatives
I find the inclusion argument, cherry
picked and used when suiting the apparent bias
of TTie Plainsman, to be rather blatandy one-sided
and while arguing principled inclusion seeming­ly
promotes partisan exclusion.
I say all of this to put into perspective the up­coming
coverage of the mid-term elections at
which point supporters may or may not be con­demned,
depending on the election's results, for
their dare to celebrate victories on the campus
where they pay tuition.
I know there are some who truly believe the
trees should only be rolled for Auburn related
events. I do not personally share that belief, as I
think it to be merely a student reaction to events
(whether political, sports related, etc..) meant
for celebration and I view it as fine as long as such
events are peaceful in nature. However, to those
who presented the argument of inclusion ini­tially
following the trees being rolled after Pres­ident
Trump's victory but not following Sena­tor
Jones', it begs the question as to whether the
Plainsman truly believes the trees should not be
rolled for political elections or that it should only
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not be rolled for Republican victories whereas
Democratic victories are photographed, praised,
and seemingly encouraged.
The discussion of inclusion is important on
our campus and throughout our country. Every­one,
regardless of race, gender, political views ,
etc.. should be and ought to be able to feel com­fortable
on our campus. But when this argument
of principled inclusion regarding our Toomer
trees is advanced following Republican victories
but ignored following Democratic victories, it
suddenly stops being about principle and instead
about partisanship, which I fear derides the ac­tual
principled argument made in the first place.
I would like to thank The Plainsman for per­mitting
me to share my thoughts on this subject
and all of those who have taken the time to read
my views.
Tayor Johnson is a December 2017 graduate of Au­burn
University. The views expressed in this letter to
the editor does not reflect the opinion of The Plains­man.
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By HANNAH LESTER
Campus Writer
The Auburn chapter of the International jus­tice
Mission is fighting for those who cannot
fight for themselves.
Cameron Morris, senior in marketing and
head of the promotions team, joined the orga­nization
after seeing how the organization influ­enced
others and some friends of hers.
" [ I J M ] stands for International Justice Mis­sion,"
Morris said. " It is an organization that is
based on the eradication of human trafficking."
One of the main purposes of Auburn's chapter
of IJM is to increase awareness.
In 2010, Hannah Flayhart established the Au­burn
chapter of IJM.
"Our core value really is we're advocates, so
honestly, I think just being transparent with the
issue, trying to say, 'This is what's going on, but
we're not going to avoid the tough spots that
are hard to look at' because sometimes human
trafficking can be a little hard to look at," Mor­ris
said.
IJM works with regions that are less devel­oped
than Auburn and the United States, Mor­ris
said.
Another organization that the Auburn chapter
works with is House of Light, Morris said.
House of Light has a restoration house in In­dia.
"A lot of girls coming out of especially sex
trafficking will kind of see that as their only op­tion
as far as work goes," Morris said. "And the
fact that they have the abilities to have their own
jobs and have their own skills outside of that is
really important for their restoration process."
A lot of IJM's work happens at home, how­ever.
"Serving through the people closest to you
just because you can see the direct effects that it's
had," Morris said. "So Haddie's Home is a group;
jt's basically a household that supports young
women from ages 6 to 16 that don't really have a
stable home life, and they've been [with] church­es
or [with the] government. Different agencies
will recommend these girls for this place, and
then they go through a process to say you need
this support."
Auburn's chapter raises money for these orga­nizations
through events such as concerts or the
thrift shop Threads.
"We're just going to have a pop-up thrift shop
where our members will donate their clothing
items that they don't really need, and it's kind
of a way to free yourself of materialistic mind­set,
but also, we're going to be raising money for
Haddie's Home and House of Light," Morris said.
Morris said this is a prevalent issue because
it is not going away as numbers rise and more
women are taken into human trafficking.
"1-85, that interstate that goes in between Bir­mingham
and Atlanta is the most trafficked in­terstate
in the country," Morris said. "So it's
prevalent, sometimes it will be right in front
of your face. Like sometimes, not specifically
on campus at Auburn I wouldn't say, but in the
community, it's there, and a lot of people don't
really see it being an issue that's close to home."
IJM establishes themselves as a Christian or­ganization,
with prayer at the center of their
meetings.
"Our core value would be faith, definitely, is
a strong one," Morris said. "We pray over ev­ery
meeting, and we make sure that people kind
of understand trafficking is ... a form of slavery
[that] isn't just a physical one, it's also a spiritu­al
one."
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Prevail expands coffee
shop in RBD Library
By INGRID SCHNADER
PHOTO EDITOR
Prevail Union coffee shop moved from
the first floor of Ralph Brown Draughon Li­brary
to RBD Cafe, replacing the spot orig­inally
planned for Panera Bread.
Prevail will stay in that location until the
end of the semester, said Jake McFarland, a
barista and manager there.
"And then up in the air until wherever
we're told to go," he said.
Gwen Ward with Tiger Dining said they
have plans to move Prevail to Foy Hall in
the fall.
The cafe has the same coffee options as
the Prevail that was formerly downtown.
Students can also buy snack items such as
chips, candy, crackers and baked goods.
"We've added the sandwiches and muf­fins
and stuff like that from Tiger Dining,
so we'll be able to get more of a meal here
instead of just coffee, which I think students
will appreciate," McFarland said. "But as far
as what we're doing, everything's the same
from across the street."
The downtown location of Prevail closed
earlier this year after the landlord began
renovations on the building. Prevail cur­rently
only exists in the library and in a
shop in Montgomery. McFarland said he
isn't sure if the coffee shop will open back
up downtown after the building finishes its
renovations.
"We're, right now, just expecting to be on
campus and working from here," he said.
McFarland said they found out they
would be moving from their downstairs lo­cation
a week before spring break, and they
were excited to move upstairs in a more
"cafe feel."
Many of the Auburn student body had
expressed excitement for a Panera opening
on campus, but McFarland said they have
received good feedback.
"Most of the students we've talked to are
really excited we're here as well, and that's
been really encouraging to see," he said.
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Barista Jake Mcfarland puts the finishing touches
on a cup of coffee on Monday, March 19,2018, in
Auburn, Ala.
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The RBD Cafe sign hangs on the second floor of
the library on Monday, March 19, 2018, in Au­burn,
Ala.
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CAMPUS
EDUCATION
New law and
justice degree
approved
By STEPHEN LANZI
Campus Writer
For students looking to attend
law school, Auburn will begin of­fering
a law and justice degree for
undergraduate students.
The plan was recently ap­proved
by the Alabama High­er
Education Commission, and
it will be officially offered in the
upcoming fall semester.
According to Steven P. Brown,
one of the architects of the major
and professor in the political sci­ence
department, said the degree
will emphasize skills such as rea­soning,
interpreting case law, re­search
and oral and written com­munication,
which he said are all
needed in law school.
"If someone is bound and de­termined
to go to law school, if
it's something they've always
wanted to do, we believe they
will get a sampling of what law
school will require of them now
at the undergraduate level,"
Brown said.
The curriculum for the ma­jor
will include courses from the
communication and journalism,
political science, philosophy and
history departments.
The degree is intended to give
students experience and practice
with the skills they will need in
law school and eventually in their
career.
At this time, there will be no
new courses created. The degree
will solely draw on courses al­ready
offered, it was just a mat­ter
of bringing together the right
combination of courses.
The degree will be housed in
the political science department.
"You have a lot of law-related
majors and different things that
are out there that say they're pre­paring
you for law school, and by
that, they mean they're prepar­ing
you to get in, and we don't
take that approach," Brown said.
"Getting in is on you. But once
you're in, we think well have al­ready
given our undergraduates
some skills they need to do well
in law school."
Brown said he has had former
students come back after their
first year in law school and tell
him that law school was noth­ing
like what they expected. This
major will allow students to ex­plore
what a career in law would
be like without having to take
out student loans and go into
debt, he said.
Since 2013, faculty has talked
about developing a certificate in
law. Auburn already offers certif­icates
in various fields, which are
not majors or minors.
Shortly after the idea was
floated, the University of Arizo­na
developed an undergraduate
degree in law, which gave Au­burn
a blueprint to model the law
and justice degree after.
"We thought this was fasci­nating
because they were recog­nizing
that you can start to pre­pare
undergraduates early for law
school," Brown said.
Students serve over break
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By STEPHEN LANZI
Campus Writer
While college students
typically use spring break as a
way to get away from work,
some Auburn students par­ticipated
in service projects
ranging from making water
filters in a foreign country to
repairing houses destroyed
by natural disasters.
Alternative Student Breaks
hosts an array of service trips
for every break for Auburn
students. Each trip is coor­dinated
by an undergraduate
"site leader," and each trip has
a specific trip issue in mind.
This past spring break ASB
hosted five trips, one inter­national
and four domestic.
Each trip consisted of about
10-12 participants along with
a supervisor for the week-long
visits.
COMMUNITY DEVEL­OPMENT
IN SANTIAGO,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Many rural communities
have clean-water crises as
the water in the urban areas
is not able to be piped out to
them, so they rely on rain wa­ter,
which becomes stagnant
and accrues bacteria.
ASB participants teamed
up with Wine to Water in
the production and distribu­tion
of clay filters to the dif­ferent
communities suffering
from the clean-water crisis.
The ASB group was able
to help make and distribute
75 of the 4,000 filters that
Wine to Water makes and
disperses every year.
Wine to Water does not
give away the filters for free,
but rather, they charge the
community somewhere from
$5-$ 15, depending on the
socioeconomic status of the
community.
The first two days of ser­vice
were spent on the pro­duction
aspect of the filters,
and then the group spent the
rest of the week on follow
ups with the communities to
make sure they understood
how to use, clean and repair
the filters.
Site leader Bailey Hand,
sophomore in marketing and
global studies, said she be­lieves
that anytime you spend
time serving others, you end
up getting more reward and
lessons than the people you
serve, which she said was def­initely
the case for this trip.
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"It's kind of a miracle that we have clean water
pumped to us," Hand said. "That doesn't happen
in most countries. I think that's what a lot of us
got out of it. Whenever we got back to America,
we were like, 'Oh, we can drink water from res­taurants,
it doesn't have parasites."'
DISABILITIES AND HEALTHCARE
IN PARADISE, TEXAS
Site leader Garrett Smith said he realized how
special the trip to Paradise, Texas, was when a
camper who cannot talk and had been reticent
for most of the week showed him affection and
gave him a hug after opening up.
Smith, junior in marketing, said moments like
these, when it clicked on how valuable the trip
was, happened for every ASB participant during
the trip to Camp Summit, such as when anoth­er
mute camper signed, "1 love you," to one of the
other participants.
Camp Summit adapts activities to give peo­ple
with special needs, regardless of age or se­verity
of disability, the opportunity to experi­ence
camp-like activities such as arts and crafts,
horseback riding and archery, which they may
not normally have access to.
The organization has week-long sessions dur­ing
the spring and the summer.
The camp splits the sessions up so that one
week has kids, which is the week that ASB served
during, and there's a week for adults.
ASB participants played the role of camp
counselors for the week, which means they were
paired with some of the kids and helped with all
the different camp activities.
Whether it was helping hold the bow and ar­row
or safely getting on a horse, the ASB partici­pants
taught the kids based on the situation.
"Something that a lot of people don't realize
about special needs kids is that they're capable of
doing a lot more than we allow them to," Smith
said. "Something cool for me, personally, was
things that we could teach them, rather than just
making sure they had a fun time at camp."
ANIMAL WELFARE IN JUNO
BEACH, FLORIDA
The ASB trip to Juno Beach, Florida, helped
the Loggerhead Marinelife Center prepare for
its upcoming annual event known as TurtleFest.
LMC is committed to rehabilitating injured
sea turtles and return them to their habitat. Ev­ery
year, thousands of people travel to TurtleFest
to spread education on conservation of sea tur­tles
while enjoying music, art and games.
Kierra Goins, senior in biomedical sciences,
led the ASB group as they helped prepare for the
event. For example, they made cardboard boxes
into turtle-like shells for the kids to play with at
the festival for the purpose of education.
Other work included sorting through and
picking out recyclable fishing line, removing
hazardous debris from the beach and gener­al
beautification of the beach for the upcoming
event.
The participants were also able to be the first
ones to paint and redecorate the Juno Beach Pier,
which had recently been damaged by a storm.
Goins was excited that the pier was finally
fully repaired while ASB was there because the
church group that ASB stayed with uses the pier
every year for its Easter service.
"Everybody was really focused whether it was
cutting out cardboard for the kids at TurtleFest
or painting for three hours straight or picking up
plastic off the beach," Goins said. "They had a re­ally
good attitude and gave it their all, all week."
CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE
IN KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA
The trip's site leader to Florida, Hannah Wil­liams,
sophomore in applied behavioral analysis,
said the group members embodied what it means
to be an Auburn man or woman as they served
over spring break.
"Anytime there was something to do, they
wanted to help," Williams said. "It was almost
like they were fighting over who got to clean the
dishes at night. It was an honor to be able to call
myself a site leader to them because they are so
special, and I was so lucky to end up with them."
The group split time between two service sites
in Florida.
At Give Kids the World in Kissimmee, Flori­da,
the group helped with the weekly Christmas
part)' as well as aiding in food service and helping
operate a care cell.
Give Kids the World hosts children with life-threatening
illnesses. The non-profit throws
Christmas, Halloween and birthday parties ev­ery
week because many of the children will not
make it to the next respective holiday.
Clean the World is a non-profit that works
with local hotels and airlines to gather different
shampoos, conditioners and sanitizers to redis­tribute
to shelters, especially in Nicaragua. The
ASB group was able to help with sorting and or­ganizing
the hygiene kits that will be shipped out
A special moment for the group was getting
to see a child who was paralyzed sit on Santa's lap
for the first time.
"I don't think there was a single participant
that went dry eyed the entire week," Williams
said. "1 think they all saw something special."
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Most people know about the devastation that
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many of the areas are still ravaged.
"You can't always tell when you go into plac­es
like the French Quarter because it looks al­most
back to normal, but then you go into some
of these neighborhoods that we were in, and it's
just abandoned," said Seth Brown, the site leader.
Brown, junior in industrial and systems en­gineering,
led an ASB group to work with the
LowerNine organization on rebuilding the ar­eas
and homes most impacted in the Lower Nine
Ward of New Orleans in a cost-effective and af­fordable
manner.
ASB participants worked on houses by re-paneling
the glass, installing sheet rock and re-leveling
floors so that the residents can finally re­turn
to their homes.
Brown said he was amazed at how quickly the
participants were able to learn and work effi­ciently,
considering many of the participants had
no experience in the work they did.
"Many of them didn't have any construction
experience or home-building experience, so it
was cool to see the progression as they hadn't
used a nail gun or drills, but by the end of the
week, they were experts in it and definitely more
confident," Brown said.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 22,2018 THEPLAINSMAN.COM COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Council adopts parts of Northwest plan
By SAM WILLOUGHBY
Community Editor
After more than a year and a half of planning, Auburn's
City Council unanimously voted to adopt portions of the
Northwest Auburn Neighborhood Plan at its meeting Tues­day
night.
The plan covers 1.4 square miles of the northwest part of
town, and the city says it will encourage redevelopment and
improve the streetscape of the area.
At Tuesday's meeting, the council adopted the component
of the plan that amends the future land use of the neighbor­hood,
affecting areas around Bragg Avenue, North Donahue
Drive, Martin Luther King Drive and Shug Jordan Parkway.
The city says the amendments will lead to more commercial
use along Martin Luther King Drive and Bragg Avenue, in­crease
mixed-use development and foster neighborhood-scale
residential development.
The journey to get to this vote has been long for city staff,
and the public meeting on Tuesday was no different than how
others have been throughout the development process: con­tentious.
Accusations of neglect and malice were levied against coun­cil
members by former Ward 1 Councilman Arthur Dowdell
and outspoken resident L.B.Jackson.
The city has held multiple public meetings since the plan's
inception, both for citizen input and education, and at one
point, delayed the plan in January 2017 to hold more.
At recent City Council and Planning Commission meet­ings,
Jackson has continued to ask for additional small public
meetings with the city.
A meeting between city staff and community stakehold­ers
was held last week, and Ward 1 Councilwoman Verlin-da
White, whose ward encompasses areas of Northwest Au­burn,
said on Tuesday that another meeting between the city
and members of the northwest community could be sched­uled
for as soon as next week.
Mayor Bill Ham, responding to Jackson and Dowdell, re­jected
the claims of intentional neglect to the predominately
black neighborhood.
"The whole northwest scenario started because a group of
property owners and people that live or have lived in North-
A gate locked up outside 319 Bragg on Bragg Avenue in Auburn, Ala.
west Auburn came to the city, met with the City Council in
hopes for revitalization of Northwest Auburn," Ham said.
"The easiest thing to have done in Northwest Auburn, to have
kept any of this from happening, is nothing — to do nothing,
just let it go, which is not the right thing to do."
Ham said going forward the city will continue to try to im­prove
the area, partly by increasing the affordable housing
stock.
The vote on the plan came more than four hours into the
council's regular meeting, but the wait was well worth it for
some attendees who said they had been ready for the chang­es
for years.
FILE PHOTO
"We need progress on the west side of town," said Auburn
resident Pamela Pitts. "No growth is just a breeding ground
for negative activity.... We've already had meetings for two
years. Let's not wait another 50 years."
The council will vote on the zoning components of the
neighborhood plan likely in the summer. Proposed rezon-ing
in the area is targeted at conserving the character of the
neighborhood while also allowing for economic develop­ment.
"We've got more issues than moving dirt around in North­west
Auburn," White said. "We've been tabling long enough.
I think we need to move ahead."
CRIME
Arrests made
in mall parking
lot shooting
By STAFF REPORT
Over the weekend, police arrested the two men identi­fied
as involved in the March 9th shooting in the Auburn
Mall parking lot, according to a release from the Auburn
Police Division.
On Friday, Michael Ryan Trimble, 21, of Montgomery,
was arrested upon his release from the Columbus Pied­mont
Midtown Medical Center and charged with first-degree
assault and reckless endangerment.
Deion S. Brooks, 23, of Waldorf, Maryland, was arrest­ed
on Monday also upon his release from the hospital and
was charged with first-degree assault and reckless endan­germent
as well.
Trimble and Brooks were arrested by the Muscogee
County Sheriff s Department and were extradited to Au­burn
by the APD.
Both suspects are being held on a 551,000 bond in the
Lee County Detention Center. Trimble is also being held
for a violation of probation relating to a prior felony con­viction.
At around 5 p.m. on March 9, police received reports
of shots fired near the mall. Authorities converged on the
scene, setting up a large perimeter around the parking
lot.
Police found the men, both wounded, near the scene.
They were both airlifted via Lifesaver helicopters to Co­lumbus.
Police said their investigation shows the two met in the
parking lot for conflicting and unlawful reasons, by the
men's own accounts, which resulted in a firefight. The
case remains under investigation.
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Hot dogs on The Plains
Couple brings Chicago-style dog to Auburn vet students
By OLIVIA WILKES
Community Writer
"Can I get a combo Chicago-style
dog please?" a customer asked as he or­dered
his lunch at Ralph and Carolyn
Levy's hot dog stand set up just outside
Auburn's College of Veterinary Med­icine.
"You want it all the way?" asked
Ralph Levy, a veterinarian at the col­lege.
Ralph Levy turned from the small
ordering counter to the hot pans be­hind
him filled with franks and wie­ners
as he prepared the signature Chi-cago-
style hot dog.
"A Chicago-style hot dog is an all-beef
hot dog," Ralph Levy explained.
"Preferably the brand is Vienna."
He places the hot dog on a steamed,
poppy seed bun and then adds the es­sential
toppings.
"Neon-green relish, fresh onions,
sliced tomatoes, these are called sport
peppers, and a pickle spear, a little
shake of celery salt, some yellow mus­tard,
and that's a Chicago-style hot
dog," he said.
The Levys can be found behind the
counter of their hot dog stand at the
veterinary school during lunch on
most Mondays through Thursdays.
They started their business last June
and have been selling at the veterinary
college since last July. Besides Chica-go-
style hot dogs, customers can buy
BLT hot dogs, chili cheese dogs, spin­ach
Asiago chicken sausage hot dogs
served with caramelized onions and
vegan Tofurky sausage hot dogs.
"What's interesting is the Chicago
hot dog has really caught on," Ralph
Lev saidy. "Well, I say really caught on,
it's starting to catch on."
Having always been in the cook­ing
business in some form or another,
Ralph Levy gets his hot dog savvy from
his childhood home of Chicago.
"My father had restaurants in Chi­cago
that were probably like the pre­cursor
to what Waffle Houses are," he
said. "My father's idea of a vacation was
to take Ralph to work. There was al­ways
a 100-pound sack of potatoes that
needed to be peeled or something that
needed to be done. But I hung around;
I got to do a little bit of everything, so
got it drilled into me I guess or by os­mosis,
watching people."
Both of the Levys have always been
drawn to small business, and it was
their shared entrepreneurial spirit that
brought them together. They met in
Gainesville, Florida, where Carolyn
Levy owned a European toy store and
high-end children's clothing store, and
Ralph Levy worked at a pizza place in
the same strip mall.
"He came down to play with toys
from Europe, and I went down to eat
pizza," Carolyn Levy said with a laugh.
"We work great together."
Ralph Levy eventually moved to Au­burn
to help start a Chicago-style piz­za
business, and the Levy's have been in
Auburn since — about 35 years.
Ralph Levy said he's always wanted
to incorporate Chicago-style hot dogs
into a business he was running.
"I tried it one time before, and it did
not work," he said. "People just were
not quite ready for Chicago-style hot
dogs in Auburn, Alabama. ... Then
when I retired, I decided 1 was going
to do it."
This time, when the Levys started
selling hot dogs last year, they found a
market for the Chicago dog. But it was
at the University veterinary school that
they discovered a solid, friendly and
hungry customer base.
The veterinary college, situated a
couple of miles from the main campus,
doesn't have many dining options like
the rest of the University. Food options
are limited and sometimes unpredict-
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SPOTLIGHT
WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT
Meet the guys protecting the doors of downtowns bars
By EDUARDO MEDINA
Community Writer
Fluorescent-blue bar signs advertise a night out for most
Auburn students, but for Clark Hale, the clatter of high-heels
and leather boots under neon lights signals it's time for
work, not partying.
Hale is a security guard at Bourbon Street Bar, a bar in
downtown Auburn.
Once his afternoon classes end at Southern Union, he
drops his backpack off, makes a quick college-like cuisine
and puts on a bright orange hoodie — his uniform for work.
Hale enters Bourbon around 6:30 p.m. along with two
other security guards, also students, to clean up the entrance
before a stampede of eager students and young adults charge
in, ready to have a good time.
The bar quickly gets packed, and for Hale, checking hun­dreds
of IDs feels like being a cashier in the Student Center
Chick-fil-A during lunch, but he's grateful for the work, he
said, and he's not the only one earning checks and grades si­multaneously.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics,
43 percent of full-time college students were employed in
2015. For part-time students, the number rises to 78 percent.
Students mostly work to help pay off tuition and have ex­tra
spending money, and Hale's nightly duties have provided
both as well as valuable communication skills like how to in­teract
with people and, on rowdy nights, patience — the lat­ter
he learned early on.
On his second day as a security guard, Hale asked a man
with drinks not sold by Bourbon to throw them away. The
man gave the rookie security worker attitude and threw the
bottles on the ground. The bottles remained intact as they
rolled across the concrete floor of the upper level, but the
gesture drew a crowd around the agitator and orange-clad
bouncer.
Remaining calm, Hale told the man to pick up his bottles
and leave the bar. Hale said the man again ignored his com­mand
and shuffled tipsily toward him.
The bass from the music playing blared as the drunk trou­blemaker
shoved Hale.
Hale took a deep breath, preparing for his first commotion
on the job. He grabbed the man by the waist and dragged
him outside. The man tried to grab onto anything around
him and finally attached himself to the guard railing outside.
"I had to wrangle his knuckles so he'd finally let go of it,"
Hale said while smiling about the encounter.
Enraged drunken mishaps are a rarity, according to Hale,
since he's only had few experiences similar to that one. For
the most part, Hale said Auburn's bar-hoppers are kind peo­ple.
"We have a perfectly nice crowd that just likes to party,"
Hale said.
The security guards down the block agree. Trevor Schnell,
junior at Auburn in finance, frequented the bars as a fresh­man
and is now security at his favorite — Quixotes. At
6-feet-3-inches, Schnell is an intimidating presence and fits
the mold of personnel in charge of protection, but when
greeting people and talking to coworkers, Schnell is easy­going
and doesn't follow the stereotypical cold-faced secu­rity
attitude.
"It's not all about standing there to look big and cool,"
Schnell said. "We run food, help check IDs and help clean at
closing time."
Fellow Quixotes security guard Chris Walton overheard
this exchange.
"Are you running for office or something?" Walton asked
Schnell, who was laughing.
Walton, freshman at Auburn in supply chain manage­ment,
has been working at Quixotes since November 2017
and sees the job as a positive experience because of his
friendly co-workers.
"It's like a family because we're all really close, and we all
hang out after work," Walton said. "It's a good time."
For Hale, the three-level bar he's in charge of securing has
also gifted him friends that will soon be fellow classmates
when he transfers to Auburn in the fall to major in forestry.
As the job is teaching Hale social skills to use in the work­force,
the security guards at Quixotes said they are obtaining
business-oriented skills.
Walton plans on working in the restaurant business and
said the bustling security gig has helped with immersing
himself into the service industry's atmosphere. He has ob­tained
tips on how to excel by watching closely and said the
good and bad experiences will help him grow and mature as
a prospective business owner in the future.
Skills have also derived from dealing with altercations, but
the security workers at Quixotes said nights with clashes are
seldom.
"There's mostly youthful, energetic people that are coming
to just get jiggy with it," Schnell said as Walton swayed along
to Soulja Boy's "Crank That," now blasting in their work­place.
As the people in Bourbon dance, drink and attempt to do
both, Hale and his co-workers stand guard to ensure their
good time is uninterrupted — unless it need be.
"My number one concern is everyone gets along because
I'm here for their safety, and we try to do the best with our
job," Hale said.
Red and purple lights dance wildly across the bar at 2:30
a.m. as late night partiers finish their last sips and go home
after a night out. The Soulja Boy song down the street stops
playing, the fluorescent signs shut off and the headaches
start to settle in.
By 3 a.m., Hale and his co-workers are done cleaning up
the bar, and the future Auburn student returns home and
places his neon-orange hoodie in the washer to use on the
next night out for work.
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able.
"There was a food truck that was coming
here last year," Ralph Levy said. "I don't know
what happened to it. People say it had good
food, but it just didn't show up when they said
they would. There's actually a little commercial
kitchen inside this building where the vend­ing
machines are now, and people have come
in and actually done cooking on site, but it's so
up and down that it has just never worked out."
This has worked as an advantage for the
Levys, as the hot dog stand is a popular lunch
destination for veterinary doctors and stu­dents.
"We have no cafeteria," said the ordering vet
student as he waited for his food.
Besides being good for business, the Levys
enjoy the veterinary school as they have always
loved being involved with students.
"It's a wonderful group of people that pret­ty
much live at the vet school," Ralph Levy said.
For Carolyn Levy, who runs her own busi­ness
teaching young girls how to sew, getting
to interact with the students is one of the main
reasons she comes out to help her husband sell
hot dogs. The more talkative of the two, she
jokes and chats with customers about their
days and asks how their pets are doing.
"They're so friendly and charming and nice
and interesting," Carolyn Levy said of their
veterinary customers. "And at first, I think they
were surprised. We're not your typical hot dog
vendors.... It didn't take them long to figure
that out. They have made us feel very welcome,
and we have had the best conversations."
The Levys have been surrounded by kids
and students in one form or another for a long
time. They raised their son in Auburn and he
attended Auburn University as well.
"When our son was in school at Auburn,
our house was sort of like the place to hang out
for the War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen," said
Ralph Levy.
At that time, the Levys had a separate house
on their property for entertaining, and stu­dents
would come over to study and socialize.
In line with their affection for youth, Ralph
Levy likes to sell items at his hot dog stand that
customers often haven't had since their child­hood
such as Cheetos and grape and orange
soda.
"Students come out and they see Cheetos,
'Aw, I haven't had Cheetos in years!'" Ralph
Levy said.
Since he sometimes sells at Auburn Parks
and Recreation events involving kids, he keeps
grape and orange soda on hand in his ware­house.
One business day at the veterinary
school, he put a couple of them in the drink
cooler.
"They were the first ones that sold," he said.
"So I started bringing a couple at a timeout, and
I've had people almost have knockdown fights
over who's getting the last one."
Ralph Levy attributes their business's suc­cess
to good food prepared quickly. The Levys
have many regular customers', some who eat
hot dogs every day.
"When they have a test, they need a little bit
of soul food," Carolyn Levy said of the students.
"We're not trying to be the McDonald's of
hot dogs," Ralph Levy said. "Just kind of enjoy­ing
this, just good food. It's not elegant, but it'll
fill you up."
As long as the Levys are around, Auburn will
be seasoned with a little flavor of Chicago, hot
dog style.
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The council adopted the
Downtown Master Plan in
2015 with the height at 75
feet but decided to reduce the
height to 65 feet at a March
2016 adoption hearing dur­ing
which it faced public push
back.
The city has decided to re­visit
the 75-foot ordinance,
claiming that it provides more
opportunities for growth in
the downtown area.
Some residents are thrilled,
commending the council for
their commitment to growth,
while others have been out­raged,
accusing the council of
hidden motives.
Ward 8 Councilman Tom­my
Dawson said he has taken
personal attacks from citizens
and encouraged mature dia­logue
between the council and
citizens.
He told the communi­ty
that he was unsure how he
would vote on the issue, and he
echoed sentiments from Ham
that urged citizens to make
their concerns known with
decorum, in a manner of con­structive
criticism.
"Please talk about it, but
don't question my integrity,"
Dawson said. "I love Auburn,
and I love serving. When I got
Parkinson's I found a way to
continue to serve."
Julie and Timothy Mc-
Gowan, who have owned
storefronts in Auburn since
1998, spoke in support of the
proposed plan. McGowan de­scribed
store ownership as a
type of parenthood, and said
that she and her husband were
"involved parents." She said,
"In life, change is a constant,
and it always brings new pos­sibilities.
Our family is in sup­port
of change - we know that
in some small way we were
able to contribute and to make
this a better place."
Susan Honeycutt questioned
the council and the mayor on
their intentions and vision for
the downtown Auburn area.
She requested that the council
take a closer look at developing
a "strategic vision versus an op­portunistic
approach."
She said that raising the
height to 75 feet would not
only distort the sense of place
in the Auburn area, but would
cause the buildings to over­shadow
the community.
"You lose the humanness
near the buildings," Honeyc­utt
said.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 22,2018 THEPLAINSMAN.COM SPORTS
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TWO AND THROUGH
Auburn's dream season ends with drubbing in second round of NCAA Tournament
sports
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Bryce Brown walks down the court as Auburn trails to Clemson in the second half of Auburn basketball vs. Clemson on Sunday, March 18,2018, at Viejas Arena in San Diego, Calif.
By NATHAN KING
Assistant Sports Editor
All throughout its 2017-18 SEC regular season championship
campaign, Auburn was a second-half team. The Tigers staged
comebacks all year against their rigorous SEC schedule.
To test that rally ability, Clemson handed Auburn the largest
halftime deficit of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, 43-19. At that
point, Charles Barkley called game.
"I love my guys, but this one is over," Barkley said during the
halftime broadcast.
No. 5 seed Clemson was up 41 points at one point in its 84-53
win over No. 4 seed Auburn in the second round of the NCAA
Tournament Sunday night in San Diego, California. The win­ning
Tigers shot 48 percent for the game, while Auburn turned
in a season-low 26 percent.
"Dominating performance by Clemson," Auburn head coach
Bruce Pearl said. "They played great; they've been playing real­ly
well. They were very well prepared, and they dominated us."
In the opening half, Clemson went on a 25-4 scoring blast in
which Auburn shot O-for-15. The drought lasted approximate­ly
eight minutes and was broken by a pair of Chuma Okeke free
throws.
Auburn missed its last 18 shots of the first half en route to the
colossal deficit at the break, going 10:33 of game time without a
field goal. The 18.2 percent clip from the floor for Auburn was
the worst in a half in 2018, besting the 22 percent mark in the
second half of the team's quarterfinal loss to Alabama in the SEC
Tournament.
"We were down to just eight scholarship players in the last six
weeks of the season," Pearl said. "We managed to hang on and
win an SEC regular season championship. I'm so proud of my
players; I'm so proud of our program. But obviously we're very
disappointed with the way we played tonight."
Bryce Brown broke the field goal drought with a triple on the
first possession of the second half. The junior finished tied with
Mustapha Heron as Auburn's leading scorers for the game with
12 points apiece.
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Tigers soar
By NATHAN KING
Assistant Sports Editor
Auburn baseball wasn't supposed to start 19-
3.
The Tigers were picked sixth in the seven-team
SEC West division in the preseason and
were not expected to compete with the big-name
powerhouse programs in the conference.
In its first opportunity to prove those projec­tions
wrong, Auburn bested No. 6 Texas A&M
at Plainsman Park, taking games one and two
over the Aggies. For their best start in over a
decade, the Tigers earned spots in the top 10 of
college baseball's national rankings.
Auburn enters D1 Baseball's Top 25 at No. 9,
while Butch Thompson's team sits at No. 6 in
Baseball America's poll.
The Tigers jumped six spots in D1 Baseball's
into top 10
rankings from No. 15 and seven spots from No.
13 in Baseball America's.
As expected, Auburn is fueled by top MLB
prospect Casey Mize. After tossing Auburn's
first no-hitter since 2002 in a win over North­eastern
on March 9, Mize rifled a career-high
13 strikeouts for the second-straight start in the
Game 1 victory over Texas A&M.
Now 5-0 with an ERA of 1.93 in 2018, Mize
was named the SECs Pitcher of the Week for
the second-straight week. Mize is the first play­er
in the conference to win the award in back-to-
back weeks since Vanderbilt's Carson Ful-merin
2015.
Mize touts 51 strikeouts with only three
walks in 32.2 innings of work this season.
The Tigers will continue SEC play this
weekend with a three-game series in Lexing­ton
at No. 8 Kentucky.
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"I really don't know where we lost our focus
at," Brown said. "All 1 can honestly remember
is (Clemson) had a few stretches where they
came and knocked down shots, and we came
down and took bad shots."
Clemson's bigs dominated at the rim the
entire night, winning the points-in-the-paint
battle 34-14 and outrebounding Auburn 50-
32.
However, it was the deep shots from the
orange and purple Tigers that stretched the
lead to insurmountable stages.
Clemson guard Gabe Devoe led all scorers
with 22 points on 6-of-9 shooting from be­yond
the arc. Forward Elijah Thomas con­tributed
18 points behind an efficient 7-for-
10 mark from the floor.
"It was brutal," Pearl said. "You feel bad
because you want to represent Auburn,
you want to represent your conference. We
haven't made excuses all season long. This
group has been resilient enough to get a 4
seed, to advance in the NCAA Tournament,
to win an SEC Championship. We were a lit­tle
overmatched, and Clemson showed that
tonight."
The 31-point defeat is the worst NCAA
Tournament loss in program history for Au­burn
(20-point loss in Round of 32 vs. 1 -seed
Oklahoma, 1988).
Clemson advances to the Sweet 16 for
the first time since 1997, while Auburn is
bounced in the Round of 32 in its first Big
Dance appearance since 2003.
"This doesn't take anything away," Pearl
said. "This is where we want our program. I
have no seniors. I feel good about the foun­dation
of our program. These kids have been
amazing all season long. This doesn't take
away from the championship season."
Picked in the preseason to finish ninth in
the conference, Auburn ends the year at 26-8,
reaching its highest win total since 1999.
Clemson, which was picked 13th of 14
ACC teams, will face No. 1 seed Kansas for a
shot at the program's second-ever Elite Eight
appearance (1980).
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Auburn players sit on the bench as in the final minutes of the game during Auburn vs. Clemson.
BASEBALL
No. 6 Auburn falls to Jackets
ADAM BRASHER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Steven Williams bats during Auburn baseball vs. Georgia Tech on March 13,2018, at Plainsman Park.
ByWILLSCHUETTE
Sports Writer
While attempting to become the first team
in college baseball to reach 20 wins this season,
No. 6 Auburn came up short against Georgia
Tech on Tuesday night in Atlanta.
The Tigers (19-3) fell 6-4 to the Yellowjack-ets
(12-8) to drop their second straight game. It
marked the fourth straight year the two teams
have split the season series after Auburn won
game one 12-7 at Plainsman Park last Tuesday.
Despite coming from behind to win nine
times thus far in 2018, the Tigers could not cut
all the way into an early six-run deficit.
Georgia Tech built most of its lead with five
runs on seven hits in the fourth inning, where
its lineup chased Auburn starting pitcher Jack
Owen (0-1) from the game after he allowed
six earned runs in 3.1 innings. The frame was
highlighted by freshman Michael Guldberg's
three-run home run to right center.
"I hope it's a good gut check for our guys to
know they can't just roll their gloves out," Au­burn
coach Butch Thompson said. "They got
themselves in position to win some ballgames
by coming out and attacking, and we actually
got attacked tonight."
As relievers Elliot Anderson, Ryan Watson
and Corey Herndon kept the game in check by
combining for 4.2 scoreless innings, the Tigers'
bats woke up in what has continued to be their
best inning: the eighth.
Auburn pushed across its first three runs
of the game in the eighth inning on singles by
Judd Ward and Will Holland and is now out-scoring
opponents 32-4 in the eighth inning of
games this season.
"That's a six-run game at the end of four in­nings,
6-0, and it ends 6-4. That lets you know
how good the bullpen did the fifth through the
eighth inning to keep them at bay and give us a
chance," Thompson said.
"You always learn something from a game, a
win or a loss, and we got punched in the mouth
for about seven innings tonight."
The Tigers rallied further in the ninth with
a two-out RBI single by Jay Estes, but Brett
Wright eventually grounded out to third to
end the game.
Freshman Brant Hurter (1-1) picked up his
first career win after five scoreless innings,
while head coach Danny Hall also earned his
1,000th victory at Georgia Tech.
Auburn will continue a five-game stretch
away from Plainsman Park when they travel
to face No. 8 Kentucky for a three-game series
over the weekend. Casey Mize (5-0) is expect­ed
to be on the mound for the Tigers in game
one, which begins at 5:30 p.m. CST on Friday.
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Stove was injured in the first contact prac­tice
of the spring. Stove was expected to be one
of Auburn's top receivers for the 2018 season.
Last season, he caught 29 passes and tallied
265 receiving yards. He carried the ball 30 times
for over 300 yards and scored two touchdowns.
Auburn will practice Tuesday afternoon af­ter
returning from spring break. Practice will
be closed to the media. Practice will continue
Thursday with a media viewing session and a
press conference following the practice.
By PETER SANTO
Sports Writer
Auburn basketball fans can only wonder
what might have been had star players Danjel
Purifoy and Austin Wiley been eligible this
past season.
After Wiley was cleared to play next sea­son
in January, the Tigers got more good news
Tuesday as Danjel Purifoy will be cleared to re­turn
in 2018-19 once he serves a suspension
that amounts to 30 percent of the season.
That percentage means Purifoy will miss
about nine games, but he will likely be available
for the entire SEC schedule.
"We worked diligently with the NCAA on
behalf of both our student-athletes who were
ineligible this season," Auburn University pres­ident
Steven Leath said in a statement. "The
process was arduous, but it was important that
we do everything we could to put Danjel Pu­rifoy
and Austin Wiley in the best position
to resume their Auburn basketball careers.
We're happy for them and their teammates and
coaches."
According to an Auburn spokesman, Puri­foy
is "happy with the decision and excited for
next season."
Purifoy did not play a single game for the
SEC regular season champions due to his con­nection
to the FBI investigation that resulted
in the firing of former assistant coach Chuck
Person.
After redshirting the entire 2015-16 season,
Purifoy averaged 11.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and
1.8 assists in 25 games as a freshman in 2016-
17.
The Centreville, Alabama, native was ranked
the No. 1 recruit in Alabama by 247Sports in
2015.
A key Auburn receiver will be out for a sig­nificant
amount of time.
Eli Stove tore his ACL and will miss practice
and workouts for the foreseeable future. He un­derwent
surgery and is recovering. 247Sports
was the first to report the news. Auburn has yet
to confirm the report.
By JAKE WRIGHT
Sports Writer
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The Auburn bench celebrates a made shot during Auburn Basketball vs. Georgia on Saturday, Feb. 10,2018, at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga.
Despite tough ending, Auburn's season still a major success
By PETER SANTO
Sports Writer
Remember when Auburn lost its first exhibition game to Di­vision
II Barry University? Neither do I.
That loss was supposed to be a sign of things to come for the
Tigers, who were picked to finish 9th in the SEC after the FBI
scandal led to the arrest of associate head coach Chuck Person
and subsequent suspension of Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy.
No one would ve blamed Auburn if they started making ex­cuses
and had another quiet season finishing near the bottom of
the SEC standings.
Instead, it sparked a resilience that carried the Tigers all the
way to an SEC regular season title and the programs' first NCAA
Tournament appearance since 2003.
It didn't end the way they wanted, as Clemson controlled the
game from the opening tip and put together a dominating per­formance
on its way to the Sweet 16.
But just like they had all season, head coach Bruce Pearl and
company never made excuses.
"This basketball team was very undersized; we were down to
just eight scholarship players available to us the last six weeks
of the season," Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said Sunday. "But we
managed to hang on and win an SEC regular season champion­ship.
I'm so proud of my players, so proud of our basketball pro­gram."
Auburn was a second half team all season, scrapping and
clawing its way to win after win. As the victories piled up, Au­burn
Arena went from an afterthought to one of the most elec­tric
atmospheres in the country.
After a win over Kentucky proved Auburn was for real,
it seemed like the clock struck midnight when Anfernee
McLemore was lost for the season after suffering a gruesome
injury against South Carolina. That injury left Auburn with just
eight healthy scholarship players and a three-man front-court
rotation.
Decimated by injuries and with Mustapha Heron out with an
illness, the Tigers turned in arguably their best performance of
the season as they cruised to a 90-71 blowout of archrival Ala­bama.
Back-to-back road losses to Florida and Arkansas quickly
brought Auburn back to earth as the SEC title appeared to be
slipping away.
But the Auburn Arena crowd simply wouldn't let its team
be denied as the Tigers' resilience was rewarded with an SEC
championship.
That resilience continued in the NCAA Tournament as Au­burn
narrowly avoided the upset against College of Charleston.
The lack of size and depth in the front-court finally caught up to
the Tigers in round two, but Pearl refused to let that take away
from the success his team had.
"This doesn't take anything away," Pearl said. "As of Sun­day
afternoon, there were 20-something teams still playing in
the NCAA Tournament and Auburn was one of them. This is
where we want our basketball program. I have no seniors. We're
the second-youngest team in the SEC behind Kentucky. I feel
good about the foundation of our program, and these kids have
been amazing us all season long."
Pearl is right. This loss shouldn't take anything away from
the tremendous season Auburn had. A team with eight schol­arship
players and a 6-foot-3 power forward should not stand a
chance in the SEC.
But there they were, night after night, proving they belonged.
In just four short years since becoming head coach, Pearl has
completely changed the culture of Auburn basketball. Just a few
months after the University offered fans refunds on season tick­ets
following the FBI scandal, basketball games became the hot­test
ticket in town.
By the end of the season, students were waiting in line for
hours to get inside the arena, and they filled The Jungle and then
some.
That atmosphere propelled Auburn to a 15-1 home record as
team after team was simply overwhelmed by the crowd. The Ti­gers
struggled on the road, finishing 4-7, but the road wins will
come with experience.
There will be plenty of uncertainty surrounding Pearl and his
future at Auburn entering the offseason. But one thing is cer­tain:
the future is bright for Auburn basketball.
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SPOTLIGHT
Auburn band Solar Fleur bridges the gap
between alternative country and Indie rock
By ALEX HOSEY
Lifestyle Editor
Like its genre, the beginning of Auburn indie band Solar
Fleur is hard to place.
It could've begun when a few ninth-grade friends played a
weird mixture of garage rock and bassoon in their parents' hous­es
in Madison, Alabama, or maybe when Keegan Haanschoten
submitted a song he wrote to The Auburn Circle during his ju­nior
year at Auburn and decided to bring his friends together to
play for a house party on West Chewacla Avenue.
Their beginning could've been over the course of a couple of
years as the loose group of musicians in college changed lead vo­calists
and ran through short-lived band names like Tsarina and
Hickey Trauma before finally settling on Solar Fleur.
Or maybe trying to trace a band's beginning is just like trying
to fit its sound into a neat little category: it's difficult, uncertain
and, in the end, it doesn't really matter. Maybe the only things
that matter are if people like listening to the music and if the mu­sicians
like playing it, and if Solar Fleur's recent popularity and
show bookings are any indications, then they're a local success.
Jon Elgan, the saxophone and bassoon player, said that he,
rhythm guitarist Haanschoten and lead guitarist David Horn all
started playing music at the same time when they were friends
growing up in northern-Alabama.
"We were doing garage band for a few years in high school,
and I had always played bassoon, clarinet, saxophone — wood­wind
instrument stuff" like that — and it was hard because that
didn't translate into a rock band or anything that we would want
to do," Elgan said. "So during college, we did a bunch of real­ly
weird sounding stuff like acoustic, Cajon instead of drums.
We had bowed guitar, singing saw, we kind of did some crazy,
eclectic stuff, but this year, we figured out how to mash every­thing
together."
Most of the band agreed that Haanschoten is the main cre­ative
force behind the band, who named Conor Oberst from
Bright Eyes as a major influence in his song writing.
Haanschoten said that Solar Fleur's sound differs from song
to song, as Haanschoten writes most of the lyrics and the ba­sic
structure of the songs before showing them to the rest of the
band to flesh out in practice.
"Our sound is really a patchwork kind of thing with me writ­ing
singer-songwriter stuff and then giving it to them," Haan­schoten
said. "Sometimes it turns out jazzy, sometimes it turns
out kind of dreampop-y or just traditional indie rock.... When
you search us on Google, Google lists us as alternative country."
Lead vocalist Anna Porter joined Solar Fleur last fall after
meeting Haanschoten at a Leroy Gold show at Avondale after
the band's former singer had to drop out due to time constraints.
Despite having no formal musical training, Porter said she's
always wanted to be in a band, and, at first, she just tried to
loosely imitate Lana Del Ray before finding her own voice.
"Being in a band has definitely made me make a lot of friends.
... and I've always wanted to be in a band and sing so it's just kind
of been a very good outlet for me," Porter said.
The Solar Fleur that exists today formed last November after
Porter was recruited, and the band decided on its current name.
After that, they recorded their first full-length album at a record­ing
studio in Athens, Alabama, and released it onto Band Camp.
Solar Fleur has been a mainstay of the Auburn indie scene
ever since, playing at house parties around town alongside
bands like Leroy Gold, Dogwood Lung and Radio Decay as well
as booking gigs at bars in Auburn, Birmingham, Montgomery
and Huntsville.
However, the future of the band looks uncertain, as drum­mer
Emily Ong, bassist Matt Kucera, Elgan, Horn and Haan­schoten
are graduating this spring or have already graduated and
are planning on moving away, leaving Porter as the only mem­ber
still in Auburn.
"I'm thinking about just doing my own band, like I kind of
want it to be a girl band because there aren't any girl bands
around here," Porter said. "More like rock instead of what we
have."
Solar Fleur still plans to play for the remainder of the se­mester,
including playing at shows at their favorite house
parties on weekends, having a show at The Nick in Birming­ham
on March 21, releasing a third album later this year and
playing at the Arboretum Azalea Festival on March 31.
"We're going to see if there's some way we can continue
on in some fashion, but as of now it looks like we have until
May to book all of our shows," Haanschoten said.
COLUMN
Auburn University's cannon lathe continues to bore
By JACK WEST
Lifestyle Writer
JACK WEST / LIFESTYLE WRITER
The cannon lathe continues to sit on Auburn's campus not doing anything in Auburn, Ala. on Monday, March 19,2018.
Samford Hall is known across the state as
one of the most beautiful and historically im­portant
buildings on Auburn's campus.
With that in mind, the natural question is
why we as a University would tolerate placing
the horrendous monstrosity that is the cannon
lathe next to it.
First, a little history.
The lathe was first built, or perhaps demon­ically
summoned, in Selma, Alabama, to bore
cannons for the Confederate Army.
Ignoring the obvious conflicts that come
from its original purpose, the next interesting
thing to happen to this shockingly uninterest­ing
piece of scrap was when it was buried near
Irondale, Alabama.
If the arc of human invention truly bent
toward the beautiful, that is where the lathe
would have stayed.
It would be covered in dirt, forgotten to any
but the worms living alongside it and, most
importantly, not in Auburn.
Sadly, someone dug it up and moved it to
Columbus, Ohio. It is unknown who actually
unearthed this ugly mistake, but it can only be
assumed that they were a human of the lowest
form of intelligence, as well as someone who
had no idea what kind of disgusting abomina­tion
that they had once again given life.
Following the Civil War, which the lathe is
probably responsible for, this over-glorified
piece of junk was sold to a variety of compa­nies.
In 1936 the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail­road
Company finally concluded that they
were tired of looking at the ugly lathe and were
ready to throw it away.
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Where did they throw it away? On Auburn's
beautiful campus. This is perhaps the most in­sulting
action ever taken against Auburn Uni­versity
in the entire history of the world, and
on this otherwise beautiful campus the lathe
has now sat for the past 82 years.
Somehow, over the past eight decades, this
lathe has managed to masquerade itself as an
Auburn tradition when in reality it is nothing
more than an over-glorified hunk of metal.
The myth most commonly mentioned in
conjunction with this monstrosity is that if an
Auburn man kisses an Auburn woman in front
of the lathe and it doesn't move, then their re­lationship
must be founded on true love.
However, research suggests the dumb thing
never moves. In fact, the lathe hasn't so much
as creaked since being installed in 1952, which
means that this ugly piece of scrap metal has
been lying to Auburn students for the past six
decades.
Many students go to this lathe expecting
genuine relationship advice, and all they get
are false assurances. How can we, as a student
body, accept being lied to routinely and not de­mand
some kind of compensation?
Before it marred the beautiful terrain here
at Auburn, the lathe was used to bore cannons.
The irony is that even though the lathe
hasn't been in working condition for over 80
years, it still does what it was intended to do:
be boring.
This is a satire column and is not intended to be
taken seriously. The views expressed do not neces­sarily
reflect those of The Plainsman.
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FEATURE
Winning AU Tiger Cage team s
get ready for the finals in April
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A dog goes for a walk during Puppy Palooza at Kiesel Park on Saturday, Sept. 23,2017 In Auburn, Ala.
Five things to know before
getting a puppy in college
By COURTNEY SCHELL
Lifestyle Writer
The show "Shark Tank" allows compet­itors
to pitch a business idea to a panel of
highly qualified and prestigious judges in
hopes that one of the "sharks" will bite and
help them develop, execute and grow their
idea.
Auburn University has their own version
known as "Tiger Cage." This annual com­petition
allows Auburn University students
with a business idea to advance it and help
jumpstart their business.
Every year, students compete for a share
of a prize pool up to $50,000. The winning
team receives $25,000 and will go on to
compete in the SEC competition.
The Tiger Cage semi-finals took place
on March 2, 2018, at the Auburn Universi­ty
Hotel.
In the conference room where the com­petition
took place, there were refresh­ments
for the judges, competitors and audi­ence.
The screen was located up front that
previewed the teams' powerpoint. The au­dience
consisted of families, friends and in­trigued
students.
The eight different teams all collaborat­ed
outside the conference rooms scattered
around the waiting area. Thev prepared and
practiced for their chance to prove to the
panel of six judges that their idea is the best.
During this pitch, each team introduced
themselves and their idea. They then went
into their business plan, their mission, mar­ket
opportunities, market value, competi­tors,
marketing strategies, target markets,
profits and any other relevant information.
There were two different teams at the
semi-finals that had team members that had
to stream themselves via video chat. One
participant was in California and one study­ing
abroad in Rome.
Each team was confident in their pitch­es
and confident with its ideas. Every team
member shook the judges hands afterward,
thanking them for their time.
"My favorite part of the competition is
definitely collaborating with my colleagues,
Sarah Gascon and Dawn Michaelson," said
Matthew Hanks, member of team ESCAPE
Therapy. "We mesh very well together, and
we are constantly feeding off each others'
energy making the competition a lot of fun."
During the competition, audience mem­bers
and judges were able to see the dedica­tion
and love each team member had for the
business idea. Teams knew their concept and
were able to answer every question the judg­es
threw at them.
"Presenting in front of the judges was just
like ABC's Shark Tank. 1 was nervous both
times I presented, but after each of my pre­sentations,
1 realized how much I enjoyed
presenting in front of an audience that is in-tantly
listening to everything 1 am saying,"
said Connor King, creator of Birds Eye Vid­eo.
After each team went, the judges had a
short period of time to fill out a sheet of pa­per,
grading each team. While this was go­ing
on, the next team was preparing to pres­ent.
"It is very exciting to present in front of
the judges," said Jackie Litschewski, mem­ber
of Enki Engineering. "While yes, when
you first walk in, the nerves are quite high.
Having the opportunity to give your pitch to
such successful business men and women is
incredible."
Each team had five minutes to present
their idea, not a lot of time for the amount
of information that is needed to get across
to the judges. Each team made it right inside
the time limit.
"The hardest part about the competition
has been trusting my gut," Litschewski said.
"While there are many templates and guides
on how to create a successful business, many
of the most successful are born from outside
of the box ideas, whether the idea is about
marketing or product design."
Following the eight different pitches,
the judges chose from four teams out of the
eight to move on to the finals.
The four teams moving on to the 2018 Ti­ger
Cage Finals are Enki Engineering, ES­CAPE
Therapy, Savor and Snippety Snap.
The Tiger Cage Finals will take place at
The Entrepreneurship Summit on April 6,
2018, at 9:30 a.m. where these four teams
will compete to take home the $25,000 and a
chance to jumpstart their business.
By MOLLY STEWART
Lifestyle Writer
Everyone wants a puppy, but not everyone
is up for the challenge. It is common for col­lege
students to get a dog. Unfortunately, it is
also common for college students to give up on
a dog very quickly.
Owning a dog is a big responsibility — it's
time consuming, and it's a lot of hard work.
Here are five things you should know about
being a puppy owner if you're considering get­ting
one.
PUPPIES WILL MAKE YOU
A MORNING PERSON
Puppies will wake you up every single
morning, and whether they wake you by bark­ing
or jumping on your bed, it is going to hap­pen.
There is no more sleeping in until 11 a.m.;
they have no snooze button. When they are
up, so are you.
PUPPIES ARE EXPENSIVE
The financial burden of having a pet dog can
be pretty heavy on the wallet.
If you are adopting a dog, there is typical­ly
a fee whether it is from a shelter or breeder.
Sometimes you can catch deals with the local
animal shelters on adoption fees, though this
will vary from time to time.
Then you have to take the pup to the vet ev­ery
month to get shots. Add all of those fees
with the price of collars, dog food, heartworm
pills, toys, spaying/neutering and any unex­pected
visits to the vet, and the bill adds up.
YOU WILL LEARN A LOT OF
RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCIPLINE
New dog owners will benefit from form­ing
a schedule around the care of their pet.
You have to walk your puppy, feed them and
give them medicine at certain times of the day.
Your time management skills will definitely
improve.
You will also have to housebreak your pup.
You will be up every few hours, having to re­peat
words like "outside" and "crate." If you de­cide
to crate train your dog, there will be a lot
of nights filled with constant whimpering and
barking.
YOU WILL BE ACTIVE EVERY DAY
Puppies have an unreal amount of energy.
If you do not exercise them daily, they will get
very annoying because all they want to do is
play. If ignored, they will most likely turn to
destructive behavior and chew everything in
their sight. You have to take them on walks,
play fetch and run around with them in order
to calm them down. All of this is just a part of
puppy parenthood. You will have no time to be
lazy anymore, but you will finally get all your
steps in.
THEY WILL HAVE YOU WRAPPED
AROUND THEIR PAW
You will quickly become attached to your
pup. It is not like having a childhood dog be­cause
you will be entirely responsible for rais­ing
it. There will undoubtedly be some miss­ing
shoes and ruined rugs, but the loss of those
things will all disappear when you look at their
face.
Your puppy will turn you into a better per­son,
and they will love you more than any­thing.
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