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The Auburn Plainsman A Spirit That Is Not Afraid Thursday, November 8, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Vol. 119, Issue 24, 16 Pages Fashion special Interested in updating your winter wardrobe? Check out Intrigue for this sea-son’s top picks. Intrigue / b4 Samford Signature For many years, students have signed the back of the clock in Samford Hall. Have you? Campus / a3 Tree Huggers Do you plant a tree on Arbor Day? The Auburn Tree Commission certain-ly does. Community / A5 TWEET US! @TheAUPlainsman Interested in campus news? Need an update on the go? Follow our Twitter account and share your opinion. Our View Did Obama deserve to win the election? What does this mean to college students statewide ? View the editorial on A4. Game Day vs. Georgia See Special Section Inside Four more years Becky Hardy Campus Reporter With Romney stickers be-ing passed out on the Con-course and many students openly adorning them on their shirts and backpacks, and the College Democrats holding up signs at local polling stations, it proves Auburn students are not afraid to make their posi-tions known. “After returning home from the Concourse, there were a lot of students that I spoke to who had a lot of en-thusiasm about voting and the election in general,” said Charlie Smith, College Re-publicans president. “As I have watched the news throughout the day, I think the excitement shown by Auburn students today has been a snapshot of the country-wide excitement.” Student Affairs held an event open to all students wanting to watch the results, from 6-11p.m. in the Stu-dent Center lobby, by the Foy desk. The College Republicans passed out Romney/Ryan stickers and bumper stick-ers on the concourse from 11a.m-2:30p.m. on Election Day while reminding people to vote. They also were sell-ing Romney/Ryan T-shirts throughout the day. Later in the day they held a results party at Lee County GOP headquarters at 8p.m. The College Democrats went right to the source and held up Obama/Biden signs at the local polling stations, as well as setting up camp in the Student Center room 2310 to make calls to Flor-ida and Alabama residents on behalf of Bob Vance and Lucy Baxley. The Democrats joined Student Affairs at 6 p.m. to watch the election results. They then headed over to Quixotes, where they were invited to watch the results. Jacob Dean, president of the College Democrats, en-couraged students to em-brace the excitement of the election. “Make some memories folks,” Dean said. “This will more than likely be the only presidential election that you’ll experience as a college student.” Although this is not Smith’s first time voting, he is still excited to participate. “Many political analysts have been giving different predictions today and the past week for who they think will win,” Smith said. “This is my second time voting in a presidential election, and these feelings of enthusiasm and anxiety that I share with my fellow students, I believe, are only intensified in this election.” Lots of students are excit-ed to have already turned in their absentee ballots but did not have any plans oth-er than watching the results at home. Others ran out of time to send in their ballots alto-gether. “Honestly, I just kept for-getting,” said Taylor Hicks, senior in nutrition. “I am re-ally busy this semester that I never made time to get one.” For Caitlin Miller, sopho-more in public relations, she missed the absentee ballot deadline. “I was really upset because I wanted to vote,” Miller said. “I feel like the process could have been easier for students or at least be put online.” For local students, voting at the polls was easier than expected. Mary Kathryn Fletcher, sophomore in human devel-opment and family studies, said this is also her first time voting in a presidential elec-tion. “I didn’t have any classes on Election Day, but I would have skipped my classes if I did,” Fletcher said. Election shows responsibility, influence from student voting » See Election, A2 Rebecca Croomes / Photo Editor Danielle Lowe / Assistant Photo Editor Left: Ben Jones, member of the Auburn College Democrats, and Kati Minter celebrate President Barack Obama’s re-election at Quixote’s on South College Street. Right: Students roll Toomer’s Corner after Obama was declared winner in the presidential election over republican candidate Mitt Romney. Students celebrate Obama victory by rolling Toomer’s Lee County voting results Mitt Romney 32,062 votes 59.2% Barack Obama 21,274 votes 39.3% Others 779 votes 1.4% Statistics from The Huffington Post “As I have watched the news throughout the day, I think the excitement shown by Auburn Students today has been a snapshot of the country-wide excitement.” —Charles Smith College Republican President Hayley Blair Campus Editor The night of Tuesday, Nov. 6, President Barack Obama’s supporters celebrated at Toomer’s Corner, while Romney fans shouted expletives from across the street. The College Democrats celebrated at Quix-ote’s, and the College Republicans morosely left GOP headquarters to mourn their loss. Jacob Dean, president of the College of Dem-ocrats, said this was exactly the result he ex-pected. “I’m not surprised we won,” Dean said. “I’m surprised by how big it is. This just shows that America’s behind the president.” But, though the president has been decided, the future of the nation is still undetermined. “I think we’ve got a lot of obstacles ahead,” Dean said. “We have to get rid of the debt, so that’s one of the things he’s going to tackle. An-other thing we need to tackle is tax reform. It’s not right for Romney to pay 13 percent taxes and his secretary pay 30 percent. It’s just not fair, and it’s not conducive to a strong middle class.” Economics professor William Franko said that, although the candidates campaigned on economic platforms, the president doesn’t actu-ally have much power over finances, which will make it hard for him to create reforms. “A lot of people question how much power the president actually has over economic condi-tions, so if we look at the economy from a mac-roeconomic perspective, a lot of people say it’s really hard to influence these trends in econom-ic growth and cycles in the economy in gener-al, but one thing the public still comes back to is the idea that the president can influence eco-nomic conditions,” Franko said. William Stern, political science professor, agreed that the president doesn’t have much in-fluence over the economy, but the market may indicate the public’s general confidence in the government. “The market’s usually a better judge of things than we are because it’s an aggregation of infor-mation and opinions, as opposed to one per-son’s opinion,” Stern said. “This morning the market was very unhappy.” Stern said many stock investors may be wary of a gridlock in the Legislature, along with lay-offs due to defense cuts and a rise in tax rates after Dec. 31. “Dow’s down over 200 points and bond yields went way down, which means prices went up, so more people are buying bonds,” Stern said. “That’s what people do when they perceive near-term risk because the bonds have fixed-term values, while the stocks go up and down, so perhaps they see that these near-term fiscal issues may not be well resolved. It’s the fiscal cliff, so to speak.” Stern said many hope Obama will emulate President Bill Clinton in his cooperation with a dominantly Republican House, which will help him push legislation that could help the econ-omy. “In Bill Clinton’s second term he worked a lot with the Republican House, and most peo-ple look fondly on economic conditions in the second half of the ‘90s,” Stern said. “You notice Obama campaigned with Bill Clinton practi-cally glued to his hip the entire time. Is he try-ing to signal to the population that he’s going to be more emulative of Bill Clinton’s style? I don’t know. He doesn’t face re-election any more, so I guess he can behave however he wants.” Franko said cooperation between parties is something Obama has not done well, which may affect his performance this term. “One thing people have been calling for Pres-ident Obama to do is have better relationships with people in Congress, especially for peo-ple on the other side of the aisle,” Franko said. “That’s going to be the real challenge, I think, dealing with this divided government.” Stern also said that Obama’s isolated na-ture may cost him, though it does help him stay above some of the partisan politics that contin-ues to go on. Campus A2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Oct. 31- Nov. 1 – College Street Auto breaking and entering between 9:30 p.m. Oct. 31 and 12:49 a.m. Nov. 1 Nov. 1 – Shug Jordan Parkway Third-degree burglary between 2:50 a.m. and 3 a.m. Nov. 1 – West Veterans Boulevard Harassment Report Nov. 1 – Heisman Drive Second-degree theft of a wallet, driver’s license, U.S. currency, debit card, health card and Auburn Ignited card between 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Nov. 2 – North Dean Road First-degree theft of a gold platinum diamond watch between 11:20 and 11:40 a.m. Nov. 2 – Perry Street Harassment report Nov. 2 – Beard Eaves Court Third-degree assault between 9:40 and 9:45 p.m. Nov. 2 – Armstrong Street Left the scene of an accident be-tween 11:15 and 11:20 p.m. Nov. 3 – South College Street Third-degree theft of beer, shampoo, a hairbrush, deodorant, and body wash between 9:40 and 9:45 a.m. Nov. 4-5 – Shelton Mill Road Report of Identity Theft between 4 p.m. Nov. 4 and 4:30 p.m. Nov. 5. Visa credit card charges of $2,539.77 Nov. 5-6 – Harper Avenue Auto breaking and entering between 11 p.m. Nov. 5 and 9 a.m. Nov. 6 Nov. 6 – Lee Road 12 Third-degree burglary of a television, Xbox, headphones, DJ turntable and controllers between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. — Reports provided by Auburn Department of Public Safety Crime Reports for oct. 31 – Nov. 7, 2012 DUI Arrests in the City of Auburn Oct. 31 – Nov. 7, 2012 ■ Patrick McGee, 21, Fairhope Wednesday, Oct. 31, 10:35 p.m. on South College Street ■ Tyler Gattis, 19, Atlanta, Ga. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 10:55 p.m. at West Magnolia Avenue and Beech Street ■ Jacob Babston, 19, Montgomery Thursday, Nov. 1, 1:58 a.m. at South College Street and East University Drive ■ Tony Stinson, 36, Auburn Thursday, Nov. 1, 9:58 p.m. at South College Street and Lee Road 10 ■ Antijuan Hollie, 27, Opelika Thursday, Nov. 1, 11:42 p.m. on East Magnolia Avenue NEWSROOM: 334-844-9108 Robert E. Lee, Editor Chelsea Harvey, Managing Editor Jenny Steele, Copy Editor Bianca Seward, Asst. Copy Editor Nathan Simone, Online editor Julia Watterson, Multimedia Editor Hayley Blair, Campus Editor Becky Hardy, Campus Reporter Zeke Turrentine, Community Editor Sydney Callis, Community Reporter Sonya Lovejoy, Community Reporter Andrew Yawn, Sports Editor Ali Jenkins, Sports Reporter John Burns, Sports Reporter Melody Kitchens, Intrigue Editor Lane Jones, Intrigue Reporter Anna Beth Jager, Intrigue Reporter Rebecca Croomes, Photo Editor Danielle Lowe, Asst. Photo Editor Emily Morris, Asst. Photo Editor Rachel Suhs, Design Editor Benjamin Croomes, Opinions Editor ADVERTISING: 334-844-4130 Account representatives: Lauren Darmanin Payton Haisten Kathryn Holladay Hayley Smith Advertising production: Caitlin Piery Whitney Potts Ashley Selby Zoya Zinger DISTRIBUTION: 334-844-4130 Austin Haisten Justin McCroskey Jacob Mueller GENERAL MANAGER: Judy Riedl 334-844-9101 gm@theplainsman.com EDITORIAL ADVISER: Austin Phillips 334-844-9108 adviser@theplainsman.com OFFICE MANAGER: Kim Rape Kyle DuBose, asst. 334-844-4130 kelleka@auburn.edu The Auburn Plainsman AU Student Center, Suite 1111 255 Heisman Dr. Auburn, AL 36849 The Auburn Plainsman is published in print every Thursday and online at www.theplainsman.com Becky Hardy Campus Associate Editor A suspicious package was found in the Lower Quad by Glenn and Lupton halls the morning of Friday, Nov. 2. “A University employ-ee called us and said they saw something suspicious,” said Capt. Tom Stofer of the Auburn Police Depart-ment. “Just for safety’s sake we treat all suspicious box-es with the same safety pre-cautions.” Nothing was found in the box. “We’re guessing it was probably just a part of a prop left over from someone’s Halloween costume,” Stofer said. Although the box was empty, Stofer said the Police Department takes situations like this seriously. “We had our officer with his bomb-sniffing canine go over to the package to check it out,” Stofer said. Strange package found on campus Rebecca Moseley Writer On Thursday, Nov. 8, stu-dents can get an entirely new wardrobe without entering the store. The second annual Altera-tions Day, hosted by the Ap-parel Merchandising and De-sign Association, will be held from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Spidle 126. Students can bring their clothes to be altered. Prices vary based on diffi-culty and range from $3–$12, which can be paid by cash or check. Buttons and holes can be fixed for $3, while dress and pant hems can be adjusted for up to $12. For more difficult or time-consuming alterations, the item will need to be left over-night, but will be returned no later than the following Mon-day, Nov. 12. The money goes toward the AMDA Peer Giving schol-arship, which is awarded to one student within the De-partment of Consumer and Design Sciences. Members of AMDA will ro-tate in and out throughout the day to take orders, tag clothes, take measurements and perform alterations. “Last year was a great suc-cess, and every customer asked us to please do it again and more often,” said Eloise Faber, graduate adviser for AMDA. “It was a great way for students to interact with cus-tomers and also learn how to alter clothes better than they had before.” Kelsey Reynolds, senior in apparel design and presi-dent of AMDA, said the orga-nization hopes to spread the word to more people on cam-pus than just students with-in the College of Human Sci-ences. “We love for people across campus to get involved be-cause we want them to know about our main event, which is the annual AMDA spring fashion show,” Reynolds said. Faber and Reynolds agreed the event is great in that it saves time and money for customers while providing knowledge and experience to AMDA students. AMDA alters students’ wardrobes at event Rebeca Croomes / Photo Editor The Auburn College Democrats celebrate Barack Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney in the presidential election. Election » From A1 “He’s very much a loner,” Stern said. “He has almost no relationships with the mem-bers on Capitol Hill in either party.” However, Franko said Obama did do well at making informed decisions. “Coming into his first elec-tion in 2008, he was known for having a strong understanding of all the policies he’s been in-volved with, really getting into the ins and outs of these vari-ous policies,” Franko said. “In terms of understanding the details of economic policy and what needs to be done to strengthen the economy long-term, I think he’ll do a fine job.” Dean said he hopes Obama’s re-election will give Obama more confidence in his role as president. “He has the ability to do some things that are in the best interest of the country, but not in the best interest of the polls the next day,” Dean said. “Hopefully, not having to run again for office will alle-viate some of those concerns he may have about what to choose and how to proceed because we’re going to have a tough next couple of years.” Dean said he is optimistic about Obama’s second term. “This just represents to me the continuation of the prom-ise (Obama) made, and we hope that, as we move for-ward, Republicans will work with us in a bipartisan man-ner to make sure we make progress in this country,” Dean said. Daniele Lowe / Assistant Photo Editor Students rolled Toomer’s Corner after Barack Obama was declared winner in the presidential election Tuesday, Nov. 8. Margaret Brown’s American Government class haikus for the 2012 presidential election I want change for us Change is inevitable Forward Obama Barack Obama Always there for the people Best man for the job Obama will win Because of the help he gave To Sandy’s victims Obama-two terms Easy, vote for incumbent Better luck next time I voted Romney The Electoral College Will choose Obama Obama will win Because he’s not a rich White guy like Romney Hello Mitt Romney Goodbye Barack Obama Here comes the right wing Mitt Romney will win He will fix the deficit I commit to Mitt Daniele Lowe / Assistant Photo Editor College Republicans disappointed after Barack Obama was an-nounced winner of the 2012 presidential election. Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman Campus A3 Rebecca Moseley Writer In the past, students have used the Sam-ford Hall clock tower to leave their mark in Au-burn’s legacy of tradition. History is found above the third floor in the attic, where dusty, old documents and floor plans lie disheveled on a table and the floor. Students and alumni were once given the opportunity to go beyond the attic, and the electronic clockworks that accompany the original 1889 bell, to view campus from its tall-est point in the clock tower. Groups and organizations, such as the Glomerata staff, have climbed to the tower to enhance their Auburn experience. “They did it as an Auburn tradition and for group bonding,” said Dafni Greene, Glomera-ta adviser. Each visitor is able to leave a signature ei-ther on the backside of one of four clock fac-es that face the edges of campus — College Street, Magnolia Avenue, Donahue Drive and Samford Avenue — or on the low, wooden beams that stretch across the tower and show age with color. “The darker the wood, the older it is,” said Teresa Whitman-McCall, director of campus and community events. “So you can tell what has been here a while and what was brought in later for reinforcement.” The darker beams display dated alumni sig-natures. The lighter clock faces, which have only been replaced once, display more recent signatures. Whitman-McCall said signatures dating back to 1906 have been found on the original clock face that now hangs on the second floor of Samford Hall. “Juniors and seniors appreciate it more be-cause they’ve had more time to develop the Auburn spirit,” Whitman-McCall said. Whitman-McCall said VIP tours of Samford Hall were conducted in 2006 for the sesquicen-tennial, but have since been rarely given. She said tours completely ended a couple of years ago due to safety reasons, such as un-even boards of the original 1888 attic floors on which the basketball team once held practices. “We are pursuing public tours again, but the timing is something we are unsure about at this time because of the safety concerns,” Whitman-McCall said. She said some of these safety concerns also include the steep, narrow stairways leading to the two towers. Furthermore, she said the numerous buck-ets scattered across the attic floor indicate a need to patch the leaky, aged ceiling. Whitman-McCall said she was informed on Monday morning that a plan for attic renova-tion is in the works. University Architect Greg Parsons said ad-dressing these safety issues is difficult because the building is not up to ADA compliance. “No one has researched the feaibility of ad-dressing the issues, but it is definitely some-thing that should be considered and we’re cer-tainly going to look into it,” Parsons said. The first 200 students on Cater Lawn at noon TODAY will get their FREE BEAT GEORGIA shirt! Bring your SAA membership card. Auburn Alumni Center, 317 S. College Street (next to Fiji) BEAT GEORGIA! Students have been signing the Samford clock tower for decades, but the tradition has experienced a few setbacks along the way Orchestra plays live music for AU Swing Dance Association Becky Hardy Campus Associate Editor Even though Auburn Knights Orchestra has been around since the 1930s, it still has a swing in its step. The nonprofit organization’s mission is to promote the spir-it of big band jazz music and carry on its legacy. The orchestra combined forces with Auburn’s Swing Dance Association Friday, Nov. 2 by throwing a swing dance and live jazz music event. “The band is comprised pri-marily of Auburn University students in addition to other musicians in the East Alabama area,” said Jeremy Leff, public-ity manager for the event and saxophone player in orchestra. The hour of instruction be-fore free dance started was well-needed, with most of the attendees being first-time swing dancers. “I’ve never been swing danc-ing before, so when my friends invited me to come and I thought it would be fun,” said Tom Rogers, freshman in soft-ware engineering. Others had a little bit of ex-perience under their belts and wanted to come back for more. “During my freshman year, I went swing dancing with a bunch of friends at the Auburn swing dancing club,” said Lee- Anne Brantley, sophomore in social work. Brantley said she likes the atmosphere of the events. “I really like the music,” Brantley said. “It’s really laid back. The dancing is a lot of fun, and it’s a really comfort-able environment.” For the two instructors at the event, love bloomed on the dance floor. “I joined the association in 2002 when I came to school, and I met Chris in the associa-tion,” said Laura Olds, instruc-tor with Auburn swing dance association. “And we are now married.” Chris Olds, faculty adviser for Auburn swing dance asso-ciation, likes the technicality of swing dancing. “Sort of as an engineer, the balance and the logic behind it really attracted me to it,” Chris said. “It’s set, I know what to do and I can have a plan and just do it.” Laura said dancing has al-ways been in her life. “I grew up dancing, and I al-ways loved it,” Laura said. “I just always wanted to learn how to swing dance, because I loved the history behind it. Also, the 90s GAP khaki com-mercial made it look like a lot of fun.” Laura said she has met many different people through the association. “I have friends from all over the world that I can dance with,” Laura said. “The turn out was bigger than I imagined. I think a lot of people came just for the music.” The association holds danc-ing events from 7–9 p.m. at the Jan Dempsey Arts Center. The first hour is for instruction and the second is for free dance. See Pictures @ThePlainsman.com S amford Signatures Rebecca Moseley / Writer Behind the clock faces of Sam-ford tower are thousands of student signatures. ““We are pursuing public tours again, but the timing is something we are unsure about at this time because of the safety concerns.” —Teresa Whitman-McCall director of campus and community events A4 Thursday, November 8, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Opinions Opinions The Plainsman Poll Vote at theplainsman.com Tweet of the Week Wondering if this guy sit-ting next to me can speak one sentence without the “F” word #rude ” - @LoriDann34 Our View Mailing Address Auburn Student Center Suite 1111H Auburn, AL 36849 Contact Phone 334–844–4130 Email opinion@theplainsman.com Policy The opinions of The Auburn Plainsman staff are restrict-ed to these pages. This unsigned editorial are the majori-ty opinion of the 11-member editorial board and are the of-ficial opinion of the newspaper. The opinions expressed in columns and letters represent the views and opinions of their individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the Auburn University student body, faculty, administration or Board of Trustees. Submissions The Auburn Plainsman welcomes letters from students as well as from faculty, administrators, alumni and those not affiliated with the University. Letters must be submitted be-fore 4:30 p.m. on the Monday for publication. Letters must include the author’s name, address and phone number for verification, though the name of the author may be with-held upon request. Submission may be edited for gram-mar and/or length. The Editorial Board Robert E. Lee Editor Chelsea Harvey Managing Editor Andrew Yawn Sports Editor Hayley Blair Campus Editor Rachel Suhs De s ign Editor Rebecca Croomes Photo Editor Nathan Simone Online Editor Benjamin Croomes Opinion Editor Melody Kitchens Intrigue Editor Zeke Turrentine Community Editor Her View Good Job, Tiger! We would like to congratulate Blanche Alverson on her homecom-ing win! As technology like the iPad 2, iPad Mini and various tab-lets that can hold hundreds of books in a single device be-come more and more accessi-ble, some may wonder if the age of physical books and newspa-pers is coming to an end. I doubt it. Although the organization and compactness a tablet can offer is intriguing, I, for one, will never lose the love of flipping each page of a book or being engulfed by a newspaper twice my size. Yes, it is nice to have all your favorite novels and poems on one device, but who can even read 43 books in one plane ride anyway? Some may argue newspaper publications are losing lots of customers to online editions, but I know there are a great number of people still out there who cannot substitute that Sunday morning coffee and newspaper read with scrolling through a website. Reading the funnies online is just not the same. Books will also never go out of style for more of a superficial reason. When walking into some-one’s home, it is human nature to judge the homeowner a little by what his or her house con-tains. If you see the house cluttered with books and newspapers, you can be fair to assume they are caught up on what is go-ing on in the world and are cul-tured by the amount of books on their shelf. Replacing all of those books and articles for a single tablet may leave you more space, but it could also leave a house look-ing empty. If everyone substitutes phys-ical reading material for a slim piece of plastic, then what are they to do with all of the books that are already in their posses-sion? Throw them away just like we did with our old VHS tapes? The world is becoming more technology-friendly, but I be-lieve we will never have to as-sume that books and newspa-pers will share the same fate as audio cassettes and VHS tapes. Books, newspapers and magazines will forever hold in-formation that is not already in an online form. It would take too much time and effort to transfer everything that has ever been printed to an online source. Libraries can offer free time with the characters you love or can teach you the next best pumpkin pie recipe. Transcrib-ing all of those books and ar-ticles into a computer system would cost more than it would be worth. If libraries were to become online-based, they would have to spend money on more com-puters to offer people the same chance to read their favorite novels as they do now. Although the allure of NOOKs and tablets is increas-ing, have no fear – books will never disappear. Plus, no one ever said you could get cancer from a book. After what seems like years of non-stop campaigning, speeches, rallies and visits, the presidential election is finally over. I don’t think it is necessary to do all that campaigning. The constant, in-your- face “I approved this message” commercials and news coverage is exhausting and, frankly, obnoxious. When running for prime minister in Great Britain, candidates are only allowed to start campaigning three months before the election. They have a cap on the amount of mon-ey they are allowed to spend on their campaign, and anything they put out on the streets, in yards and on build-ings has to be taken down almost im-mediately after the election. I want to know why America has not adopted this mindset when it comes to elections. Honestly, think about how much money President Obama and Gov. Romney spent on their campaigns. Then, think about how often they both talked about the significance of the national debt. In a Nov. 4 article “2012 ad blitz: big money, smaller audience” by Beth Fouhy from Businessweek showed that Romney and Obama’s combined television ads cost more than $1 bil-lion. That is $1 billion just on one mil-lion television ads, not the total sum spent on the entire campaign. And, that sum does not count the money both spent to pay their cam-paign staff, travel and buy their pro-motional items such as T-shirts, yard signs, buttons, etc. Obama wants the rich to “pay a lit-tle more” in taxes to help the nation-al debt, and Romney wants to cut un-necessary spending from the budget. However, if each candidate had giv-en what he spent on campaigning to the government to aid the national debt, imagine how much that money would help. Both men are independent-ly wealthy, and both are hypocriti-cal and irresponsible to spend the amount of money they did on their campaigns. Especially after preach-ing their strategies to decrease the national debts, they turn around and spend billions. The old cliché works nicely here: actions speak louder than words. I’m also happy the election is over because it means I’ll stop hearing about celebrities who suddenly think they’re the experts in politics. After almost two years of cam-paigning, it is finally over. Bandwagon politicos will go back to caring more about what ridiculous thing a celebri-ty did for attention this week instead of pretending to be experts on each candidate’s policies and character. The entire campaign process is filled with ridiculous notions about how to gain voters. Focusing on niche groups and trying to put down the opposing candidate, the election has turned into more of a popularity con-test. I couldn’t care less if the president of the United States is popular. I want a president who knows what he or she is doing, someone who under-stands the economy, the military, for-eign policy, domestic affairs and the Constitution. I’d rather hear the truth and what they plan to do. The election has progressed to the equivalent of a two-year campaign for popularity. The amount of time and money spent on being elected is in-conceivable. So, yes, I think the British have it right. There should be a limit on the time allowed for campaigning and a limit for funds. That way, politicians spend time actually doing their jobs instead of thinking ahead to the next election. Sydney Callis Community@ theplainsman.com Becky Hardy Camp us@ theplainsman. com Her View Her View Exorbitant campaign spending sign of candidates’ hypocrisy Technology no substitute for books Since the announce-ment of Disney’s $4 billion purchase of Lucasfilm, fan-boys (and girls) have been taking over the Internet with overwhelming opin-ions on the matter. As a self proclaimed “Star Wars” fangirl, I feel as passionately as the next nerd, but is this change re-ally a negative one? Everyone and their grandmother knows the Disney name and instant-ly assumes this change will mean Princess Leia will be sitting between Snow White and Cinderel-la down at the Magic King-dom. As well publicized as this change has been, peo-ple don’t realize just home much property Disney ac-tually owns. Along with Lucasfilms, they’ve recently acquired Marvel as well as own-ing other companies like ABC, ESPN, Pixar, Hyper-ion Books and Touchstone Pictures. These assets, plus all the channels, resorts, theme parks, merchan-dising, and more, show that Disney’s doing pretty well. All that aside, $4 bil-lion is not a small chunk of change to spend on any-thing. I’d like to imagine Disney has a plan for the upcoming trilogy if they invested so much money. Seeing how these other as-sets have fared, Lucasfilms should return to the glort of the original triliogy as a profitable company. While ‘purist’ fans might find this acquisition un-acceptable, let’s just take a look back at what was accomplished under Lu-cas in the past 13 years. He brought us a CGI world filled with the universe’s most obnoxious charac-ter, clunky dialogue that made some truly great ac-tors seem terrible and the worst seem ever worse (I’m talking to you, Mr. Chris-tensen). Don’t forget the re-release in 3-D, because nothing makes me truly thankful for a lack of depth perception than Jar Jar Binks in an extra dimen-sion. Disney has been around long enough to see how Lu-cas has infuriated every single fan and will proba-bly take a few measures to remedy his mistakes. If it wants a chance, it should just follow this for-mula: — Start with a story that isn’t just a New Hope remake. Lucas claims he planned for six more mov-ies with different charac-ters and worlds, but he’s been known to have a very lax grasp on the term “orig-inal.” — Put the right person behind the script and cam-era. I know Joss Whedon is in an exclusive contract with Marvel, but as it’s an-other Disney property I’m sure they can find a loop-hole. — While developing the newest movies, any direc-tor can avoid Lucas’s faux pas by combining actual sets with CGI rather than relying on green screen worlds to do all the story-telling. With great technol-ogy comes great responsi-bility. — With some, hopefully, new characters, whoever is in the director chair should bring in some fresh talent. Especially after the weak, flat love interest of Pad-me, I’m sure some actress-es like Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway or Chloe Moretz would be able to rock a lightsaber (because there have definitely been a lack of ladies in the Jedi Or-der, just saying). — While there will be a slew of Episode VII mer-chandise hitting stores around 2015, the best gift would be the original tril-ogy Blue Ray without the digital enhancements (es-pecially the Hayden Chris-tensen ghost). This would be the final peace offering, helping us all forget that Jar Jar Binks ever happened. Rachel Suhs Design@ theplainsman. com When you wish upon a Death Star For the past year, we’ve been arguing about some of the dumbest issues to reach national attention since Kim Kardashian’s sex tape. We all know the economy is circling the drain and should take precedence, yet we can’t seem to stop getting flustered over religious nonsense and civil rights questions that should have been settled years ago. But that is all over, for a little while anyway. So where do we go from here? Congress, the men and women who can ac-tually affect the way things go during the next four years, hasn’t really changed. The Dem-ocrats control the Senate and Republicans control the House of Representatives, and they hate each other just as much as they al-ways have. Much of the political gridlock that has occured during President Barack Obama’s first term came from the extreme polarization of these two legislative bodies. Democrats blame Republicans for the mess our country is in, and Republicans have spent so much time trying to get President Obama out of office their party has turned into a hol-low caricature of what it used to be. We all have our political alliances, but hopefully the more clear-minded among us can see the harmful tendencies of partisan politics. Maybe the mood in Washington will be dif-ferent this time around. Without the burn-den of trying to win a second term, President Obama could focus his time and energy on ral-lying Congress to do some actual work. Is it too much to ask our elected officials to do their job? We don’t think so. Sure, conservatives are upset, which they the right to be, but that is no reason we can’t bury the hatchet and prevent a catastrophic economic collapse. Believe it or not, it doesn’t matter who the president is when it comes to our nation’s ability to achieve great things. If we were able to work together, a potato could run the country. It may not be ideal for some people, but we need to forget about the division of the past four years. If your candidate won, good for you; if not, better luck next time. The most impor-tant thing right now is our ability to work to-gether for the good of the nation, not just our superficial political party. We want to wish Pres. Obama the best of luck, but we know it’s going to take a serious group effort to make things better. Our coop-eration is our redemption. Cooperation is the key to America’s success A5 Thursday, November 8, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Community Community Sydney Callis Community Reporter Plant a seedling and watch it grow. As a part of the Arbor Day Foundation’s program Tree City USA, the City of Auburn did just that when it founded the Auburn Tree Commission. The Auburn Tree Commis-sion is a group of people ded-icated to the wellbeing of the trees planted in the city. Tree City USA’s mission is to provide direction, techni-cal assistance, public atten-tion and national direction for the forestry programs in cur-rently 3,400 Tree City USAs, according to the Arbor Day Foundation website. “One of the requirements of Tree City USA is you have to have a tree board or tree com-mission,” said Art Chappelka, chairman of the Tree Com-mission and Auburn Univer-sity forestry professor. “Gen-erally, we’re a voluntary orga-nization.” Made up of nine members, the Auburn Tree Commission is focused on overseeing the protection of trees in Auburn, promoting and increasing the tree population and educat-ing the citizens of Auburn on the care and maintenance of trees. “We are a voluntary orga-nization through the city,” Chappelka said. “We are vol-unteers, citizens of all differ-ent kinds of backgrounds. Our role, generally, is to act as a li-aison from the city to the gen-eral public. We can make rec-ommendations. We do vari-ous public education type of activities. We do various ser-vice activities such as honor Arbor Day, things like that.” Although the Tree Com-mission acts as a liaison, the actual maintenance of the trees in Auburn falls to the city of Auburn Parks and Rec-reation Department. The Tree Commission’s yearly calendar is filled with three major events: the Christmas Parade, Arbor Day and Cityfest. Chappelka said these events are always fun because the Commission interacts with the public and gets to give away tree seedlings and occasionally larger trees. “We always give out trees, and it’s a nice service,” Chap-pelka said. “It has been high-ly successful. We have people every year come by and tell us how their trees are doing. It’s great.” At its last meeting on Fri-day, Nov. 2, the Tree Com-mission discussed its upcom-ing tree giveaways at the Sat-urday, Dec. 15 Christmas Pa-rade. “In the past, we’ve giv-en away a large species and a small species,” said James Jennings, City of Auburn’s Ur-ban Forester. “This year, we’re giving away a thousand dog-woods.” During the tree giveaways, the Tree Commission has sev-eral locations throughout the city for people to come and re-ceive one. “If people want trees, we give them to them,” Chappel-ka said. “We give maybe two trees each. It’s for the citi-zens of Auburn. Anybody that wants a tree, if we have them, we’ll give them a tree.” The Auburn Tree Commis-sion gives out an award ev-ery year to promote tree edu-cation. “Through our Golden Leaf award, we hope we can gen-erate support from the pub-lic and educate the public,” Chappelka said. The Tree Commission em-phasizes the education of proper tree care at these events and throughout the year. Along with providing pam-phlets through the city, the Tree Commission also pro-vides handouts. “I think education is very important,” Chappelka said. “The more people know about a subject, in this case trees, it helps maintain a healthy, vi-brant forest. One of our goals in a vibrant city is to maintain a good, healthy tree canopy.” Chappelka said it is impor-tant to understand trees and understand that proper care and maintenance adds to the quality of the community. “Trees can be assets or lia-bilities,” Chappelka said. “We try to encourage people to un-derstand trees, what their as-sets are, that it’s valuable to preserve trees, it’s valuable to maintain the health of these trees.” Auburn’s tree huggers A step back in time Annie Faulk Writer Take a step back in time to a place where pioneers of Lee County lived. This time comes to life with Second Saturday, a celebration and recreation of Lee County’s history. Pioneer Park in Loachapo-ka is hosting Second Satur-day Nov. 10 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m., and it will be free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Lee County Historical So-ciety to share in local history. Charles Mitchell, the group’s vice president, said the event began six years ago. The goal of the group at the event’s founding was to keep the Society’s museums open to the public and allow more opportunities for locals to learn about the area’s history. “Local history belongs to everyone,” said Mitchell, who is also an Auburn agrono-my and soils professor. “For those who grew up here, it is your family and your inheri-tance. For those who have ad-opted East Alabama as your home, it helps explain the culture and traditions of the region. Getting involved is the best way to learn history.” November’s Second Sat-urday will feature a book fair presented by local authors. The book fair will feature nine authors who will dis-cuss and sign copies of their books. Also, the Auburn-Ope-lika Men’s Camellia Club will decorate The Old Trade Center Museum, built circa 1845, with varieties of locally grown camellias. “I think it is important for any person, anywhere they live, to know about the local culture and the history be-hind it,” said Deborah Mc- Cord, secretary of the Lee County Historical Society. “It just helps us connect with events that happened in our history and, for a lot of us who live where our ancestors lived, to make a connection with them.” The Second Saturday for October included a scare-crow- making workshop. In December, the focus will be “Christmas on the Home-stead.” Mitchell said each time is made different by featur-ing various aspects of the lo-cal history or culture, but also incorporating events that oc-cur every Second Saturday. “The short drive down Highway 14 to Pioneer Park in Loachapoka takes you back to a semblance of life in Lee County when most peo-ple, even the town folk, lived lives connected to agricul-ture,” said Lan Lipscomb, board member of the Lee County Historical Society. “The mid-19th century is our focus, but our exhibits cover a much wider range.” Pioneer Park has artifacts from the Creek Indians who inhabited Loachapoka and Civil War events. The Historical Society has recreated a Creek hunting camp and are currently reas-sembling a log cabin similar to the ones built by Creeks. “This was an era of hard and often manual work, but it was an era of rapid improve-ments and mechanization of agricultural and domes-tic life,” Lipscomb said. “You can come out there and get a glimpse of lives lived very differently from our own, but you’ll also detect the connec-tions still remaining to lives of people from five or more generations back.” Every Second Saturday features blacksmiths, tex-tile workers, log cabin cooks and gardens to demonstrate their trade, and the textile guild teaches spinning, weav-ing and other textile arts and crafts. Around meal time, of-ten the Lee County Histori-cal Society will prepare a pi-oneer meal over the log cab-in’s open hearth, similar to the way the early Alabama settlers did. In the afternoons, the Whistle Stop Pickers, a dulci-mer group, performs. “In fact, Second Satur-days are really about having a good time — just for fun — while learning about lo-cal history, culture and tradi-tions,” Mitchell said. Courtesy of Auburn Tree Commission Above: The Tree Commission at Auburn CityFest. Auburn CityFest is a free, outdoor festival held in April each year. The Tree Commission always sets up a booth to distribute information, seedlings and stick-ers for the kids. Below: Tree Commission’s Arbor Day Tree Giveaway. The Commission distributes free tree seedlings at local businesses. Lee Co. Historical Society hosts Second Saturday Rac hel Suhs / Design Editor Local chefs help March of Dimes save prematurely born babies Sonya Lovejoy Community Reporter The Auburn University Club is bringing together the top chefs in East Alabama to showcase its culinary mas-terpieces and raise money to support the March of Dimes. The club is hosting the Inau-gural Signature Chefs Auction of East Alabama Tuesday, Nov. 13. In addition to the mouthwa-tering cuisine sampling, this event also offers a generous sampling of fine wines, enter-tainment, a silent auction and a live auction. Linda Gross, senior com-munity director of the March of Dimes Alabama chapter, said November is Prematurity Awareness Month. This event is crucial because “monies raised by this event will sup-port our mission to improve the health of babies by pre-venting birth defects, prema-ture birth and infant mortali-ty,” Gross said. “This is a great opportunity to help people understand our mission and our fight to give every baby a healthy start in life.” Approximately 150 guests will dine on dishes from 12– 15 local chefs. The participat-ing eateries at this event in-clude Arricia, Amsterdam Cafe, Irish Bred Pub, Maestro 2300, Hamilton’s on Magnolia, Clubhouse at Auburn, Univer-sity Club, Jimmy’s, Zazu Gas-tropub, SpringHouse and Ala-gasco Preferred Chef. The silent auction, cuisine sampling and wine and beer tasting will begin at 6 p.m. The auction will include items such as an original Willi-Nil-li handbag and gift card from The Villager, an original Kathy Miller painting, jewelry from Marquirette’s, Pure Barre one month unlimited sessions, Foodie gift basket from Au-burn Opelika Tourism Bureau, long weekend stay at a con-do in Panama City, and much more. Additionally, each chef is donating special packages. The silent auction will be followed by the live auction at 7 p.m. The live auction will fea-ture items such as an original James Dean painting of Sam-ford Hall donated by The Vil-lager. Dean is an alumnus of Auburn University and is fa-mous for his “Pete the Cat” paintings. The East Alabama March ambassador family is Chris, Hamilton and Inman Moore, who will be sharing their sto-ry at the event. After prema-turely giving birth to their son, Inman, the Moore family ex-perienced the benefits of the March of Dimes. “Because so many people before us have stood where you are and supported the March of Dimes, we have the happy ending every parent dreams of,” Moore said. “Thank you for caring, and thank you for supporting the March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auc-tion. We are forever grateful.” Money raised at the event will support research and pro-grams designed to improve the health of babies. This is ac-complished by preventing pre-mature birth, birth defects and infant mortality in Alabama. According to Gross, more than 500,000 babies will be born premature this year in the United States. In Alabama, one in six babies is born too soon, often struggling to sur-vive. The current percentage of premature births in Ala-bama is 15.6. “The March of Dimes 2020 goal is to achieve a prema-ture rate of 9.6 or less in ev-ery state,” Gross said. “On Nov. 13, the March of Dimes will re-lease the fifth Annual Prema-ture Birth Cards for each state and the nation. Every year ,Al-abama has received a grade F. We’re hopeful this year’s report card will show improvement in the state.” You can support the March of Dimes in this mission by purchasing tickets to the event. Individual tickets are $75 each or $150 per couple. Cock-tail or business attire is pre-ferred. For more informa-tion on tickets, sponsorships or how you can help, you can contact Linda Gross at (334) 513-7381 or lgross@mar-chofdimes. com. Rac hel Suhs / Design Editor Courtesy of the March of Dimes Community A6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Sydney Callis Community Reporter The Auburn Fire Depart-ment is making sure no one is burning down the house. Because of a Red Flag Warn-ing issued by the Nation-al Weather Service, the Au-burn Fire Department decid-ed to suspend all open burning permits until further notice, said Deputy Fire Chief Rodney Hartsfield of the Auburn Fire Division. “Because of the lack of rain we’ve had, the very low hu-midity and low fuel moisture, which means everything is very dry, we felt it necessary to go ahead and issue a no burn,” Hartsfield said. “That means we’re not going to be writing any burn permits or allowing any open burning until condi-tions change.” Effective Monday, Oct. 29, the “no burn order” is not like-ly to be revoked until condi-tions return to favorable. “When all that happens, all the fuel, not gasoline, but leaves and limbs and brush, gets really dry and brittle,” Hartsfield said. “Because of that, if a fire starts, it spreads rapidly. It grows really big, quick. It was necessary based off the Red Flag Warning, and our current conditions; just wanting to be proactive, we issued a no burn until condi-tions change.” The NWS issues a Red Flag Warning when it thinks the conditions are favorable for fires to grow rapidly and get out of hand in a city or town. “If a citizen wishes to burn on their property, leaves, limbs or things like that, they con-tact us and we come out and inspect that site,” Hartsfield said. “There’s certain criteria that they have to adhere to be-fore they’re allowed to burn, and if they adhere to all of it, then we write them a burn permit.” The criteria for a burn per-mit is that the fire has to be 500 feet from any building or structure and citizens are only allowed to burn things such as leaves and limbs. Citizens are not permitted to burn trash. Hartsfield said when some-one has a burn permit, it means the fire department has inspected their area and approved them to burn; how-ever, they have to call the fire department for approval be-fore they light a fire. This does not apply to all outdoor fires, however. “Things like grills, outdoor fire places, things people pur-chase at the store, things of that nature don’t fall into this category because they’re going to be burning in equipment designed to keep the fire con-tained,” Hartsfield said. This is not the first time the Auburn Fire Department has suspended open burning. Whenever the conditions are unfavorable to fire con-tainment, it is suspended to protect the community, Harts-field said. “Our overall concern is the safety of the community and the citizens and protecting the property,” Hartsfield said. “When we feel it necessary based off weather conditions, we make this decision.” Once conditions improve, Hartsfield said the Fire De-partment will end the suspen-sion and allow open burning again, but until then the ban is in the best interests of the community. “As soon as weather condi-tions change and we get some rain in, we’ll lift the no burn,” Hartsfield said. “But right now, we feel it is safer for the com-munity as a whole if we don’t allow it.” GET YOUR FAVORITE TEAM GEAR HERE! SPECIAL 4-DAY COUPON 20%OFF ONLINE CODE: 315152 ENTIRE STOCK Men’s, Women’s & Children’s Shoes Both Sale and Regular Priced SHOP ONLINE ShoeStation.com Normal exclusions apply – see cashier for details – accessories excluded. 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Edwards, MD • Adults & Children • 28 Years Experience • Board Certified • After Hours Clinic Please leave voicemail at: 444-9370 Sonya Lovejoy Community Reporter The City of Auburn’s Infor-mation Technology Depart-ment has released a new ver-sion of its web-based interac-tive map. The city will offer two free seminars to train the public on its use and to help residents discover all the information available at their fingertips. This system is a new version of the city’s web-based inter-active map and has taken the place of the existing General Interactive Map. Residents can use the COA map to see their property information and parcel lines; determine their voting ward, voting location and City Council representative; determine their school district; show their proximity to flood plains and much more. Auburn plans to add inte-gration of live camera feeds, emergency equipment loca-tions, room capacities and other relevant campus infor-mation. Auburn’s GIS Manager, Christopher Graff, explained that citizens currently use the COA map for a multitude of things. “Students and staff at Au-burn University use it in class projects; citizens use it to dis-cover where to vote, what day of the week garbage pickup is and to investigate how their property has changed over time.” Graff will lead the two workshops. The format will be a brief in-troduction to the City’s GIS Di-vision, including what they do and how they do it. Graff will then give a formal demo of the COA Map to show the various tools, capabilities and infor-mation available. The training will be followed up with a question and answer session. Graff then plans to di-vide up the citizens “and al-low folks to try the application for themselves on a number of computers we’ll have set up,” Graff said. The City of Auburn’s Infor-mation Technology Depart-ment will host these seminars Nov. 6, from 5:30–6:30 p.m. and November 13, from 3–4 p.m. There are no prerequisites or background needed to at-tend. Graff hopes for the work-shops to be “comfortable and relaxed, and non-technical in nature, so that we might pres-ent the application to as wide an audience as possible.” There will be staff members available to address specific or technical questions. Each will be held in the City of Auburn Meeting Room located at 122 Tichenor Avenue. City maps continue to expand APD, ABC address underage drinking on Halloween Rebecca Moseley Writer There are few things scari-er for underage students than being caught drinking or us-ing a fake I.D. But this Halloween, the Au-burn Police Department and bar security staffs buckled in to protect citizens by reduc-ing the use of alcohol and fake identification of underage goons and goblins. For most bars downtown, Wednesday night is desig-nated for drink specials such as $3 32 oz. mixed drinks at Quixote’s and penny beers at Bourbon Street Bar. Therefore, much more business is generated and the chance of underage drinking is higher, especially during the fall when more people vis-it from out of town. “To be honest, we’ve had game days and other days of the night that are just as busy,” said Sgt. Todd Hall of the Al-coholic Beverage Control En-forcement Division. “There are a lot of kids out, but it’s just another night.” Hall said although Hallow-een does bring an influx of people to the bar scene down-town, the number of patrol-ling ABC officers remains the same as a normal night. However, the Auburn Po-lice Department adjusts ac-cordingly, according to Capt. James Tatum. “We typically bring in extra officers for Halloween, just in case,” Tatum said. “We don’t foresee any problems but we want to protect the citizens of Auburn as well as the kids trick-or-treating, so we have several officers downtown and patrolling the neighbor-hoods.” Tatum said even though many more events and cel-ebrations for the Halloween holiday occur, the Police De-partment did not see any more underage drinking ac-tivity or use of fake identifica-tion than usual. “We had a pretty good night,” Tatum said. “No dif-ferent than any other fall Wednesday night in Auburn.” Tatum said those found us-ing false identification, or a forged instrument in the third degree, may be issued a non-traffic citation that amounts to a court appearance or a fine being levied. Also, when officers come across someone who has been drinking under age and is publicly intoxicated, the sus-pect is arrested for doing so. “They are violating the law, so we definitely address it,” Tatum said. “We have a zero tolerance for underage drink-ers.” For example an intoxicat-ed underage customer in cos-tume at Bourbon Street bar repeatedly attempted to pur-chase alcoholic beverages from multiple bartenders, ac-cording to Chris Singleton, a bartender of the top-level bar. Singleton said he refused to sell alcohol to the custom-er several times because of the large, black X symbols on each of his hands indicating he was not of age. Singleton said he later spotted the underage custom-er with a beer in his hand and asked the customer to leave after confiscating it. “He got offended and re-fused, so the bouncers had to come remove him from the bar,” Singleton said. “They are violating the law, so we definitely address it. We have a zero tolerance for underage drinkers.” —Capt. James Tatum Auburn Police Community A8 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Sports B1 Thursday, November 8, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Sports By the numbers New Mexico State vs. Auburn 311 That’s how many rushing yards Auburn raked in against New Mexico State last week. Running backs Onterio McCalebb and Tre Mason combined for 265 yards on the ground. Mason had 152 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries, while McCalebb had 113 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries. With a freshman quarterback, the Tigers will need to continue to establish the run if they are going to have any chance of success. Auburn has had more than 200 yards rushing only twice this season, and it is no surprise that both times the Tigers have won their games. Auburn had 255 yards against Louisiana Monroe. 6 Auburn’s team scored more times than it had all sea-son, with five offensive touchdowns and one defen-sive score. Before playing New Mexico State, the most points Auburn had scored was 31 against Louisiana Monroe. The common factor is that Auburn has de-feated both teams. The Tigers scored their first defen-sive touchdown of the season when Daren Bates re-turned a fumble 62 yards in the third quarter. Auburn also racked up five more touchdowns on offense. Four of the touchdowns were scored by runningbacks On-tario McCalebb, Tre Mason and fullback Jay Prosch. The final offensive touchdown was a 40-yard passing connection from freshman quarterback Jonathan Wallace to Trovon Reed. 1 Auburn’s defense gave up only one touchdown last week against New Mexico State. The 2-yard rushing touchdown was scored late, and the game was well in the Tigers’ hands by the time the Aggies found paydirt. Auburn’s defense allowed New Mexico State 83 yards on the ground. This is the fewest rushing yards Auburn has allowed all season. Actually, the next best game the Tigers had in rush defense was against Arkansas where they allowed 116. Looking forward to the last three games of the season, Auburn will need to have similarly good run defense against stronger football teams such as Georgia and Alabama. More importantly, the Tigers will need to stop the offenses of these teams from finding the end zone. Cam Newton – (QB, Carolina Panthers) Completed 13-of-23 passes for 201 yards and a touchdown. Ran for 37 yards and a touchdown on eight carries. W CAR 21 - WSH 13 Quentin Groves – (LB, Arizona Cardinals) Three tackles. L GB 31 - ARI 17 Devin Aromashodu – (WR,Minnesota Vikings) No receptions. L SEA 30 - L MIN 20 Rob Bironas – (PK, Tennessee Titans) Made his only field goal attempt. L CHI 51 - TEN 20 Sen’Derrick Marks – (DT, Tennessee Titans) Five tackles. L CHI 51 - TEN 20 Takeo Spikes – (LB, San Diego Chargers) Five tackles. W SD 31 - KC 13 Jerraud Powers – (CB, Indianapolis Colts) Three tackles. W IND 23 - MIA 20 Spencer Johnson – (DE, Buffalo Bills) One tackle. L HOU 21 - BUF 9 Nick Fairley – (DT, Detroit Lions) Three tackles. W DET 31 - JAC 14 Jay Ratliff – (DT, Dallas Cowboys) No tackles. L ATL 19 - DAL 13 Pat Lee – (DB, Oakland Raiders) Four tackles. L TB 42 - OAK 32 Jason Campbell – (QB, Chicago Bears) No stats. W CHI 51 - TEN 20 Will Herring – (LB, New Orleans Saints) No stats. W NO 28 - PHI 13 Karlos Dansby – (LB, Miami Dolphins) Nine tackles (six solo) and a pass deflection. L IND 23 - MIA 20 Ronnie Brown – (RB, San Diego Chargers) Totaled 73 rushing yards. W SD 31 - KC 13 Byes this week: Arizona linebacker Quentin Groves. Injuries: San Francisco running back Brandon Jacobs was on a bye, but is still nursing a knee injury that has plagued him from the start of the season. Cincinnati defensive tackle Pat Sims re-mains on the Physically Unable to Perform list with an ankle injury. Houston running back Ben Tate was benched for the second straight week because of a hamstring injury. Injured reserve: Tristan Davis – (RB, Washington Redskins) Mario Fannin – (RB, Denver Broncos) Brandon Mosley – (OG, New York Giants) Lee Ziemba – (OT, Carolina Panthers) Auburn in the NFL The home team has two victories, and the away team has one loss. On paper, that sums up how the meeting between the Georgia Bull-dogs and the Auburn Tigers is like-ly to go. Georgia has had an excellent sea-son and is in a prime position to win the SEC East, while Auburn has had a dismal season and has everything to gain by ruining its oldest rival’s chances of an SEC championship. The Bulldogs have shown they can be beaten though, and not just to a team like South Carolina. Georgia allowed Kentucky, who has an even worse record than Au-burn, to score 24 points. The Bulldogs edged the Wildcats by putting up 29. The Deep South’s Oldest Rival-ry game is not one that will be tak-en lightly for either side, because it never has been, and both teams are almost even through the matchup’s history. The Tigers have won 54 meetings to Georgia’s 53, which means this weekend the Bulldogs could even the series with Auburn for the first time since 1987. The Bulldogs are coming off a home victory against an Ole Miss team that soundly beat the Tigers earlier in the year and have now reeled off three victories in a row af-ter being routed by South Carolina. Auburn, meanwhile, crushed New Mexico State 42–7 Saturday, Nov. 3, and though the Aggies are not even close to being comparable with Geor-gia, a victory in a season with pre-cious few wins could do wonders for the confidence of the Auburn team and coaches. Last Saturday, Auburn shook things up again at quarterback and elected to start freshman Jonathan Wallace, who has seen some playing time this season in a wildcat offen-sive style, but never had been thrust into a game as the undisputed offen-sive leader. Wallace’s offense seemed to work well, but whether it will thrive against a team such as Georgia is another matter entirely. Georgia does not have the best overall defense in the SEC, and it al-lows almost 5 yards a play and more than 341 yards a game. Its scoring defense, however, ranks at 25th in the nation and allows only 20.9 points per game. The real story has been Georgia’s offense, which is led by veteran quar-terback Aaron Murray. Murray has now seen three years worth of SEC defenses, and this sea-son in particular he has thrived with almost 2,500 passing yards, 21 touch-downs and 9.75 yards per attempt. The junior and his offense will be going against an Auburn defense that has given up 428.7 yards a game and 5.92 yards per play. Auburn will need to play its best game of the season in order to effec-tively drown Georgia’s title aspira-tions and take away the sting of a dis-appointing season from the fans and team. The game will begin at 6 p.m. CST and will be televised on ESPN 2. Toi Garcia Write r On the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 5, the women’s soccer team got news it had earned a bid to the NCAA tour-nament for the seventh straight year in a row. “We’re excited to play a brand new team with new players,” said senior midfielder Jess Rightner. “It’s like a whole new season.” According to senior goalkeeper Amy Howard, the team has high en-ergy and is excited to travel and play Washington. “Seattle is a quality team that should give us a good fight, so it should be a good game,” Howard said. The Auburn women’s soccer team concluded the 2012 regular season with a record of 12–10–1. The team just completed the SEC tournament in Orange Beach over the weekend of Friday, Nov. 2 –Sun-day, Nov. 4. While at the tournament, the team played No. 19 Tennessee, where neither team was able to cap-ture a goal, but Auburn was able to advance and play against No. 12 Tex-as A&M. “We actually scored a goal, but it was taken back,” Rightner said. “Team-wise we felt that we won, and this boosted our confidence and en-ergy for the next game.” The team initially lost to A&M when it played them on its home field toward the beginning of the season. Rightner said because of the pre-vious loss to the Aggies, the team was “motivated to play A&M at a middle field.” The team beat A&M 2–0 and pro-gressed to the semi-finals, ultimately losing to No. 10 Florida 3–0. “Florida is a great team that played a phenomenal game, and we dealt with them well,” Howard said. The senior has played 1,938 min-utes throughout the season and is ranked in the top 10 nationally. “I think the team is overall pret-ty happy with the season,” Howard said. “There were some high points and low points, but our progression has been good. We lost players from last year, but every week we’ve got-ten better.” Rightner agreed with Howard about the team’s progression and ac-complishments this year. “At the beginning of the season, we struggled to find the type and style of team we were, our identity,” Rightner said. “All the wins came toward the end of the season, and we grew and became better. Everything clicked. We were playing for each other.” Other postseason player acco-lades include sophomore forward Tatiana Coleman being named All- SEC First Team, and freshman de-fender Kala Faulkner being named SEC All-freshman before the SEC tournament Monday, Oct. 29. Also on Tuesday, Nov. 6, senior forward Mary Coffed was named a part of the SEC soccer community service team. Courtesy of Todd Van Emst The women’s soccer team celebrates after its berth in the NCA tournament was announced Monday, Nov. 5. NATIONALS Women’s soccer makes seventh straight NCAA tournament “We’re excited to play a brand new team with new players. It’s like a whole new season,” —Jess Rightner senior midfielder John Burns Sports@ theplainsman.com Danielle Lowe / ASsistant Photo Editor After a dominant performance last week, fullback Jay Prosch and the rest of Auburn’s rushers will have to set the tone on offense when Georgia comes to town Saturday, Nov. 10. The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry Andrew Yawn and Lance Davis Writers Senior guard Noel John-son had 10 points and 10 re-bounds, and junior center Asauhn Dixon-Tatum had a team-high 11 points and four blocks as Auburn’s men’s baskteball team beat Georgia Southwestern 66–50 in Au-burn’s final tuneup before the regular season on Monday, Nov. 5. Auburn got off to a slow start, shooting 10-of-28 (35.7 percent) from the floor in the first half. Georgia Southwestern led for most of the first half, but Auburn rallied and led at half-time 32–29. After the game, head coach Tony Barbee said he was re-lieved the game ended in a victory, albeit an unimpres-sive one. “I said it to the staff the whole game, I’m glad this wasn’t a 50-point blowout,” Barbee said. “That wouldn’t have done us any good.” Auburn turned it around in the second half, shooting 14-of-28 (50 percent) from the floor and holding Georgia Southwestern to 21 points in the final 20 minutes to escape with the win. Despite the comeback, Bar-bee admitted after the game an exhibition loss wouldn’t have been bad for his team af-ter the shaky performance. “I was over on the bench saying I hope we lose and we can learn from it,” Barbee said. “Every night out we want to make the other team match our intensity and how hard we play, and that wasn’t the case for the second straight game. We started better against Vic-tory, but tonight against a lit-tle bit higher-level opponent. “They were working at about 1,000 miles per hour; we were going at about 200. It’s got to be the other way around.” Auburn eventually picked up the pace and settled down on defense, according to Bar-bee, and those adjustments were crucial to the Tigers se-curing a victory in their last preseason game before the regular season. “I thought once we got into our pace of how hard we play, we made some things hard on them,” Barbee said. “I thought our zone looked good. It’s kind of what got them a little sty-mied, because man-to-man we couldn’t guard them.” Noel Johnson said his focus Monday night was to show the coaches he’s an all-around player. “I think a big part of my game is rebounding, and scor-ing, too,” Johnson said after he finished the game with a dou-ble- double. “So I’m just try-ing to show my full game this whole season coming up. When asked about John-son, Barbee said his efforts on defense and on the glass will earn him time on the court. “He’s got to be a guy that makes shots,” Barbee said. “He’s got to be smart with the ball, but if he’ll defend and re-bound, he’ll be in that rotation getting a lot of minutes.” Derrick Dawkins led the charge for Georgia Southwest-ern, finishing with nine points and five assists in 32 minutes of action. “They were tough to guard off the bounce, especially the little kid Dawkins,” Bar-bee said. “He was pretty good. He was a quick little joker. He was good with the ball, and he could score.” Senior guard Josh Wallace scored eight points and dished out a team-high five assists. Junior forward Allen Payne and freshman guard Jor-dan Price each scored seven points. Auburn opens the regular season against Indiana Uni-versity- Purdue University at Fort Wayne Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Auburn Arena. Sports B2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 For Event Information: www.auburn.edu/UPC (334)-844-4788 or follow us on Facebook and Twitter @Auburn UPC UPC Presents Friday, November 9 Langdon Hall 7:00 p.m. Movie ”The Amazing Spiderman” MTV’s “The Buried Life” Monday, November 12 AU Hotel & Conference Center 7:00 p.m. Tickets available online now! www.auburn.edu/upc “Events and Tickets” tab Thanksgiving Cooking Workshop Tuesday, November 13 5:30 p.m. Must sign up in AUSC Suite 3130 to participate! Tigers scrape out a win vs. GSW Emily Morris / Assistant Photo Editor Senior guard Frankie Sullican soars over Georgia State defenders in Auburn’s exhibition win Monday, Nov. 5. Ali Jenkins Sports Reporter Blanche Alverson is used to hearing her name called out over the loudspeaker, but Saturday afternoon proved to be something special. During the halftime show at Auburn’s Homecoming Game against New Mexi-co State, the senior women’s basketball player was named Miss Homecoming, a recog-nition that focuses not for her on-court abilities, but her involvement in the com-munity and her commitment to kids. “It’s just incredible,” Alver-son said. “This University has given so much to me, and I’m just blessed to be able to do something in return for them and be able to repre-sent the Auburn communi-ty, just because they’ve been there for me throughout my four years.” Her father, Bill, escorted Alverson onto the field, an experience she says she will never forget. “It was so cool, it really was,” Alverson said. “It was a once in a lifetime experi-ence, just being down there with the band. “I think one of the coolest things was walking down, and they’re holding the flags while you’re walking. It was just awesome being able to share that moment with my dad and the other candi-dates on the field.” Alverson was one of five finalists who spent Home-coming Week campaigning and raising awareness for their platforms before Au-burn students voted for their favorite candidate Friday, Nov. 2. Other nominees were Kathryn Crowley, Mallo-ry Gilliland, Anna Davidson and Becca Goad. Alverson’s platform, “Ball-in’ For Books” is a communi-ty service initiative she creat-ed last season that provides books to children in the Au-burn/ Opelika area. “My teammates and I would go and read to differ-ent schools and be in read-a- thons,” Alverson said. “My mom is actually a special needs pre-K principal, and one thing that she always told me was, ‘We can always use more books here.’ I knew that if they, a public school system, needed more books, then there were many other organizations that needed books as well.” In just two games, Alver-son and the basketball team collected more than 1,100 donated books they donat-ed to the Loachapoka Li-brary, the Pine Hills Litera-cy Project and the Boys and Girls Club. Alverson is no stranger to community service, juggling volunteering on top of class, practice and sorority func-tions throughout her career at Auburn. Yet, Alverson always finds time to give back to Auburn, a trait she said she learned from her parents. “My parents always preached to us that we’re very blessed with what we have, and you take those blessings and you give them out,” Alverson said. “You help different kinds of people with whatever they might need. Actually, this past Christmas when I went home, we deliv-ered food around Andalusia, my hometown. It’s just some-thing my family has instilled in me from an early age. “I knew coming here that being on the women’s bas-ketball team would give you a pedestal to really make a difference and impact.” Rebecca Croomes / Photo Editor Blanche Alverson hugs her father, Bill, after being crowned Homecoming Queen. Senior guard Blanche Alverson named Homecoming Queen Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman Sports B3 Lemans square & Chateau apartments (334)-821-9192 560 North Perry St. Auburn, AL www.lemanssquare.com 1 BR-$420 2 BR-$495 3 BR-$570 Rates per apt. Scan for more info! 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And obviously the kids are a big part of every win we’re try-ing to get.” The Tigers started their suc-cessful weekend with a five-set win over SEC West lead-er Arkansas Friday, Nov. 2. Af-ter getting swept by the Ra-zorbacks earlier in the season in Fayetteville, the Tigers got their revenge. “We’ve been so close lately with teams like Arkansas,” Nold said. “I think this is a confidence builder for us. If we do the things we need to do, we have a chance to beat anybody.” Junior Camila Jersonsky led the way for the Tigers offen-sively, scoring 17 kills and nine blocks. Auburn started the match off hot, racing out to a big 25– 14 win in the opening set. The Tigers held their opponents to a -.091 hitting percentage, forc-ing 12 Arkansas attack errors in the process. However, Arkansas took advantage of some erratic Auburn passes to gain a 15–4 lead in the second set. Although the Tigers tried to claw back, the Razorbacks served their way to a match-tying 25–14 win for the visitors. The Tigers tightened up their passing game in the back-and-forth third set, but a late Arkansas run erased a three-point deficit to get a 25– 23 win. Auburn then took control of the match in the last two sets by dominating the net through Jersonsky and junior Courtney McDonald. Ten of Jersonsky’s 17 and seven of McDonald’s nine kills came in the tight-ly contested frames, which in-cluded 15 of the match’s 21 tie scores. “We knew it was going to be a back-and-forth match,” Jer-sonsky said. “That’s how vol-leyball is, usually. It’s an emo-tional game, and whoever has the momentum is going to lead. We knew we could come back.” Auburn turned its atten-tion to Georgia two days lat-er as itdefeated the rival Bull-dogs 3–1. While the Arkan-sas match was highlighted by scoring chances down the middle of the court, Auburn’s outside players stole the show against Georgia. Junior Katherine Culwell had a career-high 21 kills and a season-high 16 digs. Senior Sarah Bullock also registered a double-double, scoring 13 kills and 20 digs. “The interesting thing was that on Friday, our offense was run through the middle,” Nold said. “The outsides struggled a little bit. I think it says a lot that we’re balanced enough that we can come back.” Similar to the Arkansas match, the Tigers raced out to a big lead early in the opening set against visiting Georgia, winning nine of the match’s first 12 points. But the Bull-dogs, refocused after a time-out, went on a 9–0 run before taking their first lead of the day. The rest of the first set was characterized by back-and-forth play until Culwell sealed the Tigers’ win with a cross-court kill and a quickfire block. Auburn then lost the second set 25–15. Georgia took advan-tage in some gaps in Auburn’s positioning and recorded four aces and a .304 attack percent-age. But the Tigers came out of intermission with a more bal-anced mindset, spreading the ball en route to their own 25– 15 win in the third set. The fourth and final set started out evenly, but the Ti-gers were able to pull away with a dominating 7–0 run. Bullock would put the nail in the coffin minutes later, scor-ing three out of Auburn’s final four points. “With Georgia and Arkansas, it’s about winning the serve-and-pass game,” Culwell said after the Georgia win. “When they beat us both times in the second set, we went in and talked about our techniques in both serving and passing. And when we came back in the last sets, we were relentless.” Auburn will look to contin-ue its winning streak Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. when it hosts conference newcomer Texas A&M. Volleyball coach Nold earns 200th win behind victories over Arkansas, Georgia Rebecca Croomes / Photo EDitor Redshirt junior Katherine Cullwell, outside hitter, makes a pass during one of many tough volleys Sunday, Nov. 4 as the Tigers took down Georgia 3-1 to give coach Rick Nold his 200th career win. Intrigue Thursday, November 8, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Intrigue B4 What your winter coat says about you Last week, Hurricane San-dy ushered in our first bout of cold weather. It hit hard. We were reduced to huddling in small groups in the cor-ner of Haley just to stave off the frostbite. We transitioned from bare arms to wool sweat-ers overnight. Or, to translate that into terms that are a lit-tle more familiar, we transi-tioned from Nike shorts to Nike shorts with leggings un-derneath. You might spend hours de-termining the perfect ensem-ble, but once the cold weath-er strikes, the only thing peo-ple will be able to judge you by will be your outerwear. So what does your winter coat say about you? Colored pea coat Cold weather often means clouds, lack of sunlight and stowing away your vibrant hues in favor of dark, mut-ed colors. A brightly colored pea coat is a way to throw on a splash of color in a sea of grays. But bear in mind, not all colors are equal. If you’re wearing a pea coat in a stun-ning scarlet or deep red this winter, you’re likely to come off as mysterious, alluring and adventurous. If you’re wearing a pea coat in pink, you’re likely to get mistaken for a 14-year-old girl. Oversized military jacket When properly styled, this look can add an effortless ease to your style that lands you somewhere squarely be-tween glamorous and girl-next- door. The look can most accurately be labeled ‘home-less chic.’ With its army-sur-plus appeal and vintage wash, The oversized military jack-et runs the risk of making you look like you are ready to hun-ker down next to a trash can fire. Trench coat The trench coat borders on costume, not because it is particularly garish, but be-cause it transcends its use as a jacket and embodies a per-sona. A girl in a trench coat is not simply looking for a way to withstand the wind. You are channeling your inner British superstar (we all have one, from Kate Middleton to Emma Watson) and probably narrating the entire event in your head using a English ac-cent. The trench carries con-notations of intrigue as much as it does elegance. With the collar pulled high and your hat tipped low, you look like a girl that’s either ready to solve a crime or commit one. Leather jacket The leather jacket is a great option for turning your repu-tation around if you made the pink pea coat mistake earli-er in the season. Throw on a leather jacket, and all of a sud-den you’re kicking your feet up in class, popping your gum and rolling your eyes exces-sively. Wearing a leather jack-et instantly communicates that you are a rebel without a cause who does reckless things like riding a motor-cycle or tossing your plastic bottles into the bins marked ‘landfill’ without blinking an eye. Long sleeved T-shirt and vest This combination throws onlookers for a loop, name-ly because they simply don’t know what to make of it. Here’s a girl who took a look at the weather report and thought, ‘I’m going to need to find a way to stay warm. I should probably concentrate all efforts exclusively on my torso.” This outerwear choice communicates an element of danger. This is a girl who is undaunted by the brisk tem-perature, passersby will think. This is a girl who is not afraid to lose both arms to frostbite. Swing coat The shape of this jacket re-calls the regal austerity of a cape and the fit of a plastic garbage bag. A girl in a swing coat wears it with her head held high, trying to avoid eye contact with the laboring class, and she probably still owns the tiara she wore to her high school prom. Because your body will be largely in-distinguishable underneath the swish of fabric, wearing a swing coat tells people that you are devoted to the sarto-rial cause and you’re probably too busy for a boyfriend right now anyway. Graphics by Lane Jones. TOP TRENDS With the warmer weather behind us (hopefully), let the real dressing begin. Leather, fur, combat boots and menswear looks continue to be the frontrunning trends of fall and winter. Muted colors such as deep teal, oxblood and mustard will complement and enhance these trends. Melody Kitchens / INTRIGUE EDITOR All clothes from Behind the Glass. Looks by Chloe Popwell of Behind the Glass. Modeled by Tori Crews, junior in psychology. Lane Jones Lan e @ theplainsman. com Dress: Free People Shoes: Seychelles Top: Mink Pink Denim shorts: Mink Pink Tights: Free People Boots: Steve Madden Crop top: Ya Skirt: BCBGeneration Shoes: Steve Madden Fur vest: Free People Top: Free People Jeans: James Jeans Combat boots: Steve Madden Top: Lucca Couture Pants: Aryn K Shoes: Steve Madden lace metallics To keep lace from looking too similar to a spring look, choose darker colors and long sleeves. This look could also be paired with tights. Don’t be afraid to mix metallics with patterns and bits of bright color. It keeps the outfit interesting. Like animal prints, it’s timeless and best used in smaller doses. Keep away from your grandmother’s floor-length mink coat. Tights and shorts have no boundaries. 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They are Gianni Bini and very, very comfortable.” 3. “I love Peter Pan collars. They look so sweet. Real girly details are something I always look for. They are nostalgic, in a way, to my extremely young youth, and skirts are probably my favorite item of clothing. Mostly I love this outfit for every day with short boots or Vans.” photos by Melody Kitchens McKenzie is a senior in nutrition. 1. “The glitter tennis shoes are from H&M. I have worn them with plain sweats and an over-sized sweater — instantly makes a lazy Sunday lounge out-fit more interesting and trendy.” 2. “One of my favorite ways to put together an outfit is by mix-ing prints. In this shot, I layered a plaid J. Crew shirt under a Gap sweater. I got the nude patent loafers last season from J. Crew and love them — nude shoes go with everything. Also, loafers re-ally dress up an outfit instantly. The black leggings are also from Gap.” 3. “I love wearing the vest over really girly floral pieces; it gives them a little bit of an edge. The quilting on the flats and the flo-ral shirt gives the outfit a proper, lady-like feel, but I leave the shirt untucked to make it feel more relaxed.” Megan Crowe Anna McKenzie 1 2 3 1 3 2 Intrigue B6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Prices starting at: Jewelry $8 Shoes $16 Dresses $24 Purses $24 Clothing, Jewelry & Accessories Game Day Dresses & Fall Must-Haves! 127 East Magnolia 334.501.0932 www.ShopPrivateGallery.com Prices starting at: Jewelry $8 Shoes $16 Dresses $24 Purses $24 Behind the seams Auburn’s fashion program more than just design Holiday fashion: classic shapes with modern twist photos by melody kitchens Main: “It’s the it-girl look of the season,” Cunningham-Camp-bell said. “It’s a nod to an era gone with its gathered skirt, but the new trend is the pat-tern, pockets and horizontal stripes.” Kate Spade Caroline dress $478, Dolce Vita pump $99, Sylvia Benson necklace $136. Top: “Kate Spade put together the two colors that your moth-er told you never to wear.” Kate Spade Normandy dress $498, Monkee earrings $25, Sylvia Benson ring $52. Left: “The print on the dress plays imagery tricks, and the scallop trim on the wedges is feminine and unexpected.” Beth Bowley rope print dress $299, Butter scalloped black suede wedge with patent toe $308, Spanx tights $28, Mon-kee earrings $25, Monkee ban-gles from $10–$15. Missy Cunningham- Campbell, owner of Monkee’s boutique picks her top statement pieces to ring in the holiday season. Modeled by Taylor Myers, junior in finance. Caitlin Wagenseil Writer The fashion industry is a huge, constantly changing in-dustry, and the professors at Auburn University are prepar-ing students in the apparel de-sign major to handle the size and complexity of the indus-try after graduation. Pamela Ulrich is a profes-sor in the apparel design pro-gram at Auburn who teaches History of Fashion Since 1910, History of Costume and sever-al other design courses in ad-dition to being the coordina-tor of the design program. The full name of Auburn’s design program is Apparel Merchandising, Design and Production Management, but those in the program refer to it as AMDP. “There’s a block of courses for students who either want to do more on the merchan-dising side or students who want to do more on the de-sign side,” Ulrich said. “Some people go more toward the business and retail side, some want to be entrepreneurs and be their own designer, and some would choose to work for a larger company like Un-der Armour or Michael Kors.” Ulrich said the beauty of the apparel industry is that there’s a niche for everybody. “If you’re creative, if you want to organize things or if you want to make sure every-thing gets handled and deliv-ered the way it’s supposed to, there’s jobs for that — there’s jobs for everyone, and lots of different opportunities in dif-ferent places.” Kelsey Reynolds, senior and Apparel Merchandising and Design Association pres-ident, said she wanted to pur-sue apparel design because of the wide range of careers that can come from obtaining such a degree. “With apparel design, you can start your own clothing line, go into fashion forecast-ing, or even pursue textile en-gineering,” she said. Reynolds also said there are many fac-ets that an apparel design de-gree can filter into which is why so many students like her are drawn to it. The difference between the design program at Au-burn and the program at a place such as Savannah Col-lege of Art and Design is that students here are taught busi-ness aspects too, Ulrich said. “They learn the business side of what garments cost to make, what the practical issues in production are and not just how to make great fun pictures,” she said. “We don’t just teach how to come up with ideas; Michael Kors doesn’t make things that he doesn’t think will sell — so you have to be able to make it at a price, know what goes into the price and who is go-ing to buy it; they have to think from the point of see-ing who their customer is,” Ul-rich said. Tablets are being integrat-ed into classrooms for stu-dents to sketch on, and stu-dents are taught to use pro-grams such as Adobe, Photo-shop and Illustrator to create specific looks. “Their portfolios are not all the work they ever creat-ed, but they go through and learn and get better skills to present who they are,” Ulrich said. “They each have their own identity and even create logos.” Reynolds, who hopes to go to graduate school and get her master’s degree in Tex-tiles or Fiber Design, said her favorite thing about the major is being able to learn from the many different professionals within the fashion industry. “Every professor in our program has had a success-ful career in the different area they teach,” she said. “Our professors know how the in-dustry works, which allows us to have the best, well-rounded education we can.” Apparel design majors at Auburn are required to do an internship for 10 weeks before they can graduate. “It’s full time, so it’s not just dabbling, it’s immersing,” Ul-rich said. She said she loves to see the students “blossom in an internship because it’s in the workplace, and there’s nothing like it.” Many of those who gradu-ated from the program at Au-burn have gone on to be suc-cessful in their field. One in particular lives in New York and works as the head design-er for all evening wear for the Kay Unger brand. “We have a couple alums at Under Armour, and we have alums who live in New York and are working on their own company,” Ulrich said. Another alum is develop-ing her own line in Auburn de-signing game day dresses. Ulrich said one of her favor-ite things about teaching in the program is watching the students develop, find their niche and find what they love. “Just sharing the fact that this is a hardworking, but ex-citing and fun industry,” Ul-rich said. “It’s fun because it’s always changing, and it’s a challenge to figure out what people are going to do next.” Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman Intrigue B7 Stay warm. Look fab! Like us on Facebook! 168 E. Magnolia Ave Auburn, AL (334)-826-1133 $10 off $50 purchase Not valid on sale items Expires November 30, 2012 www.ellieclothing.com Come in today to shop for your new winter look! Ellie Boutique: 113 N. College St. Ellie Shoes: 115 N. College St. Auburn, AL 36830 (334)-886-4226 Boutique - Shoes Boutique $10 off $50 purchase Not valid on sale items Expires November 30, 2012 Shoes The Gap friends event 30% off your entire purchase. November 9th-12th The Gap Friends Event November 8th -12th 30% off your entire purchase Like us on at GapAuburn 123 N. College St. Downtown Auburn Monday - Saturday 334 826 9917 10a.m. - 8p.m. Sunday 12p.m. - 6p.m. One fall sweater, three ways Sheyda Mehrara, junior in public relations, shares her simple solutions to a wardrobe crisis. All clothes from U&I Boutique. Photos by Melody Kitchens. “Class may be boring, but dressing for it doesn’t have to be. Add a punch of col-or on the bottom like these blue suede shorts to keep things interesting. A pop-ular trend for this season is the sneaker wedge, which keeps a look fashion for-ward without sacrificing comfort.” “Not only does adding this denim shirt underneath the sweater help keep you warm by the fire, but the studs add another dimension of detail. With the billowy sweater on top, pair it with a fitted skirt so you don’t lose your shape.” “It may seem easy to grab a pair of jeans and boots to pair with a basic sweater, but where’s the fun in that? This sweater ensures a date outfit that doesn’t look over the top, but doesn’t mean you can’t wear a pair of heels like these lace up booties to spice things up.” Fate poncho sweater: $52 Fate denim stud button-down $48 Spicy Girl black and white skirt $33 Roly Poly blue suede shorts $32 Qupid high-top wedge sneakers $49 Grey triangle necklace $13 Something Special black hat $42 Roly Poly emerald pants $24 Qupid lace-up booties $49 His view: men’s fashion lacking on Auburn’s campus Courtesy of Jordan Jemison Jordan Jemison Writer I feel trapped in a world of basics. Basic shoes, basic shirts, basic pants and a very basic man. And unfortunate-ly here in Auburn, Ala., “basic” is a status quo rooted deeper than Toomer’s. It’s not uncommon to see the throngs of pastel and kha-ki short shorts, Patagonia tees and Chaco sandals litter the pavement of the Concourse during class change. Nor is it unheard of being bombarded by visors, dashes of camo and oversized North Face back-packs. I won’t pretend to be okay with it. Sure, personal style is always welcomed. However, in my eyes two things are missing here on the Plains: “personal” and “style.” As an apparel design major who is very knowledgeable of the constantly changing fash-ion industry, I know a thing or two, or three, about style. Also, as a man who has a deep con-nection with fashion, far deep-er than the simple aesthetics, I know even more about it being personal. I feel as though the de-mands of Auburn fashion are like that of a uniform. Keep it simple, masculine, make sure it’s just like everybody else’s and don’t draw attention to yourself. The idea of wearing some-thing remotely different, and in this case that means fash-ionable, is like a taboo. Fortunately a taboo can be broken. It can be broken in a way that keeps the simple Au-burn man out of the basics while keeping him comfort-able, more or less. For exam-ple, when deciding the look for the day, switch things up. It’s not hard; not even for the sty-listically challenged. The next time that Patago-nia T-shirt can’t stop calling, shut it up by replacing it with a button-down and leave it un-tucked. Don’t touch that vi-sor, and instead of the Chacos, pair it with a nice pair of loaf-ers. Feel free to have at it with a pair of chino shorts too. And, if showing leg isn’t on the agen-da for the day, a pair of nicely fitted jeans or a tailored khaki works just as well. And always cuff the bottom. This is a way of styling that is simple, easy and keeps the fashion forward but subtle. Also, with fall in full force, or full force as far as Southern standards go, the weather can be a bit indecisive some days. So when it randomly gets cold out, like it loves to do on an unpredictable regular day here, add a nice piece of out-erwear. I would opt for a black or gray puffer vest from Gap or Express. Either way have fun with it, and don’t take it too serious-ly, guys. It’s basic fashion. 1. Sock bun This bun is the top knot's towering sister, pushing your hair to previously unimagined heights by cramming a sock into it. 2. Braids To achieve this look, you need to have taken basket weaving and spent a couple years at sea studying the art of knot-tying. If you don't have at least three elaborate plaits snaking their way through your hair, around your head, down your back and back up again, then you might as well not even try. 3. Hair accessories This season’s most whimsi-cal trend, hair accessories can add some sparkle to even the most casual look. Try clipping an antique barrette, brooch, or comb into your locks for a vintage spin. While you're at it, why not sprinkle some sil-verware or USB drives in there, too? When it comes to whimsy, basically anything goes. HAIR CARE Top trends for fall for your locks Lane Jones Lane@ theplainsman. com Lane jones / intrigue reporter Intrigue B8 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Giving you a better banking experience. 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Anna Beth Jager Intrigue Reporter Auburn alumna Sara Weeks found her place as public relations and marketing assistant for the company Judith March, a wholesale cloth-ing line with a unique and versatile array of de-signers and selections. Straight out of Auburn with a degree in jour-nalism and an open mind, Weeks began apply-ing for multiple PR and journalism-based ca-reers, but found most of them fell flat. After moving back home to spend a short time on her parents’ couch, Weeks decided to apply for a job in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. The position was at a fashion boutique called Deja Vu, owned by Stephanie Carter, head designer and owner of Judith March. Weeks had nothing but great things to say about Carter and her dedication to the multi-ple companies she is in charge of, noting the dedication Carter possesses to her “beloved customers.” She also points out Carter's new line, a cou-ture style called Jacque+Janis. "Stephanie's true personality and style shine brightest through her newest line, Jacque+Janis,” Weeks said. “Launching in spring 2013, Jacque+Janis swings from sophisticated to Bohemian in the blink of an eye. Where classical compositions flow to soulful rock music while forging unfor-gettable harmonies. That approach is also the seamless reflection of the personality of cre-ative mastermind, Stephanie Carter. " As far as the Judith March line, Weeks de-scribes the style as classic. "The bodies are very easily worn and so cute,” Weeks said. “There is also a bohemian edge to Judith March too." An average day for Weeks doesn't exist, be-cause every day is full of different things. She usually spends her time assisting those in charge who need her. "I help coordinate and implement photo shoots, editing and uploading photos, reach-ing out to publications to promote our compa-nies, writing materials for our website, assist the executive team,” Weeks said. “We strive to have a team attitude here, so where there is a need I try to fill the gaps and help any way I can." When it comes to Auburn women, Weeks points out that Judith March has a new a game day line every fall. "We make custom designs for most SEC schools,” Weeks said. “Since working here, I have been to Auburn games and seen hun-dreds of Judith March dresses worn by Auburn girls. Another aspect that is neat about our de-signs are that some of the prints are custom made. Megan Crane, one of our designers, cre-ates our prints from scratch.” These can be bought at ShopDejavu.com. The environment is one of the best parts of her job, Weeks said. "There are 24 young women here who are excited and bursting with creative ideas,” she said. “I love being in this environment where everyone's style and personalities all come to-gether under one roof. I love my job because of the people I work with every day." Weeks believes her time at Auburn shaped who she is today. "Auburn was such a wonderful place to go to school,” Weeks said. “I had so many influential teachers who al-ways encouraged me to think outside of the box. I also learned if you want something you have to go for it. I learned that from one of my journalism professors at Auburn, Judith Shep-pard. Her go-getter attitude has inspired me to not take ‘no’ for an answer." Weeks’ advice for any young men or women looking to snag a similar job is to find out what you want and go for it. “Through my experience, the ‘finding what you want to do’ part was the most challenging,” Weeks said. “Don't limit yourself. If you have a dream go for it, despite what people around you say. If you feel like you need to go on an adventure to figure out your passion in life, go for it. Think outside of the box and be happy. Also, net-working never hurt anybody. Talk to people, form relationships, help others out and even-tually you'll be helped out, too." Kelsey Davis Writer Photo shoots and fashion shows may be what comes to mind in terms of the Au-burn Modeling Board, but much more goes on behind the scenes than what meets the eye. During O-Days, the Mod-eling Board joins other orga-nizations on the Concourse to encourage new students to join who are interested in fash-ion or modeling. The interview process consists of a brief in-terview before a panel of the group’s executives and a run-way walk demonstration. “It seemed like something I’d like to get involved with, but I was really nervous,” said Han-nah Berryhill, junior in public relations. “I went through the interview process though, and it was really fun and laid-back.” Once members are selected, they begin attending monthly events to learn about events that will be carried out and other modeling opportunities. The Auburn Modeling Board held its fourth annu-al Couture for the Cure fash-ion show at the Opelika Event Center Thursday, Oct. 25. The event was created as a means to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research by a past president whose moth-er was affected by the cause. The philanthropic cause re-mains particularly important to members still, however, be-cause of their current adviser’s battle against the disease. Funds raised by Couture for the Cure goes to research in the Auburn area. One of the goals of the event in rais-ing awareness is to encour-age local women to stay up-to-date with exams and healthy against breast cancer. Berryhill said members say this was the most successful Couture for a Cure so far and that the event has given a lot of purpose to the group. Each member was assigned a local boutique to model its merchandise. Members got to choose what they would wear for the show, selecting a casu-al and a dressy outfit. “The boutiques loved get-ting to show off their merchan-dise, and we loved getting the experience,” Berryhill said. Fashion shows are not the only time local boutiques uti-lize the Modeling Board to ad-vertise their merchandise. Au-burn boutiques will often con-tact the president of the group, requesting models for photo shoots. Though the Modeling Board is a great way to gain expe-rience in the fashion indus-try and support a noteworthy cause, members have different reasons for why they enjoy be-ing part of the group. “I just really love meeting all the people,” Berryhill said. “We had so much fun at the fashion show. It was great being able to make new friends I wouldn’t have met otherwise.” Backstage with Hannah Berryhill of the Auburn Modeling Board GAME DAY Freshman quarterback Jonathan Wallace looks for another win. Page 3 Top five Auburn vs. Georgia games of all time. Page 8 A simple drinking game to keep things interesting. Page 4 Q and A with The Red and Black sports editor Nick Fouriezos. Page 10 November 8, 2012 Auburn vs. Georgia 2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Newsroom 334-844-9108 Account Representatives Payton Haisten Kathryn Holladay Hayley Smith Lauren Darmanin Advertising Production Whitney Potts Ashley Selby Caitlin Piery Zoya Zinger Advertising 334-844-4130 Austin Haisten Justin McCroskey Jacob Mueller Distribution 334-844-4130 General Manager Judy Riedl 334-844-9101 gm@theplainsman.com Editorial Adviser Austin Phillips 334-844-9108 adviser@theplainsman.com Office Manager Kim Rape Kyle DuBose Asst. 334-844-4130 kelleka@auburn.edu Robert E. Lee, Editor Chelsea Harvey, Managing Editor Andrew Yawn, Sports Editor Ali Jenkin, Sports Reporter John Burns, Sports Reporter Jenny Steele, Copy Editor Bianca Seward, Asst. Copy Editor Nathan Simone, Online Editor Julia Watterson, Multimedia Editor Zeke Turrentine, Community Editor Sydney Callis, Community Reporter Sonya Lovejoy, Community Reporter Melody Kitchens, Intrigue Editor Lanes Jones, Intrigue Reporter Anna Beth Jager, Intrigue Reporter Hayley Blair Campus Editor Becky Hardy, Campus Reporter Rececca Croomes, Photo Editor Danielle Lowe, Asst. Photo Editor Emily Morris, Asst. Photo Editor Benjamin Croomes, Opinions Editor Rachel Suhs, Design Editor The Auburn Plainsman AU Student Center Suite 1111 255 Heisman Dr. Auburn, AL 36849 On to the next one Courtesy of Todd Van Emst Runningback Onterio McCalebb scores a touchdown Saturday, Nov. 3 against the New Mexico State Aggies. The Tigers won the match with a final score of 42–7. After a much-needed win against New Mexico State, the Tigers face the No. 5 ranked Georgia Bulldogs in an SEC showdown. Nov. 11, 2006 Nov. 10, 2007 Nov. 15, 2008 Nov. 14, 2009 Nov. 13, 2010 Nov. 12, 2011 UGA: 37 UGA: 45 UGA: 17 UGA: 31 UGA: 31 UGA: 45 Auburn: 15 Auburn: 20 Auburn: 13 Auburn: 24 Auburn: 49 Auburn: 7 UGA Games since 2006 Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman 3 LETS GO TIGERS! 142 WEST MAGNOLIA IN AUBURN 2574 ENTERPRISE DR IN OPELIKA VISIT A MOE’S LOCATION TODAY AT: ©2012 MOE’S FRANCHISOR LLC John Burns Sports Reporter Quarterback Jonathan Wal-lace will receive the second start of his career this weekend against Georgia. The freshman’s height is listed at 6 feet 2 inches, and he weighs 197 pounds. Wallace got his first start in Auburn’s 42–7 victory against New Mexico State last Satur-day. He ran the offense effective-ly and finished with 164 yards passing, a touchdown and an interception. “I did some things good, I did some things bad,” Wallace said. “There’s a lot of work to do still, but we can’t get complacent.” The offense Wallace led was anything but complacent in the second half, as the Tigers scored 14 points in both the third and fourth quarter. Wallace is a traditional du-al- threat quarterback and was working out of the wildcat style offense during the first eight games. In his senior year at Central High School in Phoenix City, Wallace threw for 1,761 yards, 12 touchdowns and two inter-ceptions. His legs carried him for 891 yards and 28 touch-downs. As the Auburn starting quar-terback, he has been in a more traditional drop-back role and only ran for nine yards, but it is clear he is comfortable running or passing. In his senior year, Wallace was the 25th ranked quarter-back in the nation and was the 28th ranked player in the state of Alabama, according to Rivals. com. Wallace was not expected to get much playing time in a non-wildcat formation, but extreme circumstances, such as the Ti-gers losing seven of their first eight games, forced head coach Gene Chizik to give the fresh-man a chance. After the Tigers’ win against New Mexico State, Chizik said Wallace had an efficient first start. “I couldn’t be more pleased with the way he managed the team, directed the team, made plays at critical times in the game when we needed them,” he said. “And for a young guy to come in there in his first start, I’m sure he’ll be very critical and hard on himself, which is the way he is, but just looking at it from the naked eye — what I know — I’m very proud of the way he per-formed.” Quarterback Jonathan Wallace gets his chance to shine Rebecca Croomes / Photo Croomes Freshman quarterback Jonathan Wallace will make the second start of his career Saturday, Nov. 10 against UGA. 4 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Award-winning Homes. Upscale. They all have details that inspire and stir the imagination with floor plans that are just as cool as the way they look. And no work for you as all front and rear lawn maintenance is included. And the breathtaking setting. 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Now that the season is near-ing a close, we should be able to put the long line of losses be-hind us, celebrate our wins and enjoy our game against Geor-gia. While that is probably hard-er for some to do than others, a little liquid courage will help even the most passionate viewer make it through the game. For all those watching the game from home, or with their singles snuck in through cow-boy boots, follow these few drinking rules and it won’t mat-ter who scores. · Take a shot if Spirit gets lost/runs into anything · Take a drink when every-one starts a kick off “War Ea-gle.” Don’t stop until the phrase is finished. · Take a drink every time you’re about to yell at a ref · Shotgun a beer every time you miss Lutzenkirchen · Take a drink every time the TV shows Chizik upset or con-templative · Take a drink every time Georgia scores · Take a drink of water every time we score (just to help off-set some of the alcohol) · Take a drink every time we drop the ball · Take a drink every time Georgia intercepts the ball · If we do win, stop drink-ing, get your sober friend who thought you were ridiculous for drinking your way through the Auburn–Georgia game, and have them drive you to Toomer’s Corner to roll the trees. By the end of the game, you should be forgetting the pain-ful numbers that have stacked up against our family this sea-son. Despite the odds being against us, I’m still hoping for a stone-cold sober pack of Tigers A few drinks can help take the edge off a loss Rachel Suhs Design@ theplainsman.com Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman 5 Plainsman Pick ‘em Auburn vs. Georgia Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss LSU vs. Miss. State Alabama vs. Texas A&M Louisiana LaFayette vs. Florida Missouri vs. Tennessee Arkansas vs. South Carolina Owen Parrish SGA President Andrew Yawn Sports Editor John Burns Sports Reporter Ali Jenkins Sports Reporter Melody Kitchens Intrigue Editor Ashley Selby Senior Ads Salesman 6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Oct. 8th - Nov. 19th www.beatbamafooddrive. • Barrel & Drop-off locations information online • Donate online on our website • 100% of all proceeds goes to East Alabama Food Bank Center for Community Service Team Depth Charts Kick Returner Quan Bray - So. Holder Ryan White - Jr. Quarterback Kiehl Frazier - So. Clint Moseley - Jr. Jonathan Wallace - Fr. Running Back Onterio McCalebb - Sr. Tre Mason - So. Mike Blakely - RS Fr. Fullback Jay Prosch - Jr. Wide Receiver Emory Blake - Sr. Sammie Coates - RS Fr. Ricardo Louis - Fr. Wide Receiver 2 Trovon Reed - So. Travante Stallworth- Sr. 3-wide Quan Bray - So. Tight End Brandon Fulse - So. C.J. Uzomah - So. Left Tackle Greg Robinson - RS Fr. Shon Coleman - RS Fr. Left Guard John Sullen - Sr. Alex Kozan - Fr. Center Reese Dismukes - So. Tunde Fariyike - So. Right Guard Chad Slade - So. C. Westerman - RS Fr. Right Tackle Avery Young - Fr. Patrick Miller - Fr. Place Kicker Cody Parkey - Jr. Alex Kviklys - Fr. Punter Steven Clark - Jr. J.D. Strawbridge - Fr. Defensive End Dee Ford - Jr. Craig Sanders - Jr. Nosa Eguae - Jr. Defensive Tackle Jeffrey Whitaker - Jr. Gabe Wright - So. Tyler Nero - Fr. Defensive Tackle Angelo Blackson - So. Kenneth Carter - Jr. Devaunte Sigler - So. Defensive End Corey Lemonier - Jr. LaDarius Owens - So. Nosa Eguae - Jr. Outside Linebacker (WILL) Jonathan Evans - Sr. Justin Garrett - So. Middle Linebacker (MIKE) Jake Holland - Jr. Cassanova McKinzy - Fr. Outside Linebacker (SAM) Daren Bates - Sr. Kris Frost - RS Fr. Cornerback Chris Davis - Jr. Jonathon Mincy - So. Safety Jermaine Whitehead - So. Demetruce McNeal - Jr. Safety 2 Demetruce McNeal - Jr. Trent Fisher - So. Cornerback Ryan White - Jr. T’Sharvan Bell - Sr. Punt Returner Quan Bray - So. Trovon Reed - So. Quarterback Aaron Murray - Jr. Hutson Mason - Jr. Christian LeMay - Fr. Parker Welch - So. Runningback Todd Gurley - Fr. Keith Marshall - Fr. Ken Malcome - So. Richard Samuel - Sr. Fullback A. Ogletree - Jr. Quayvon Hicks - Fr. Richard Samuel - Sr. Wide receiver Tavarres King - Sr. Rantavious Wooten - Jr. Chris Conley - So. J. Scott-Wesley - Fr. Malcolm Mitchell - So. Rhett McGowan - Jr. Taylor Bradberry - Sr. Offensive tackle Kenarious Gates - Jr. Mark Beard - So. Austin Long - Jr. John Theus - Fr. Watts Dantzler - So. Center David Andrews - So. Chris Burnette - Jr. Dallas Lee - Jr. Offensive Guard Chris Burnette - Jr. Greg Pyke - Fr. Dallas Lee - Jr. Ben Reynolds - Jr. Tight end Arthur Lynch - Jr. Jay Rome - Fr. Ty Flournoy-Smith - Fr. Defensive End Garrison Smith - Jr. Ray Drew - So. C. Washington - Sr. Ray Drew - So. Mike Thornton - So. Nose Tackle John Jenkins - Sr. Kwame Geathers - Jr. Linebacker Chase Vasser - JR Ramik Wilson - SO Josh Dawson - FR Jarvis Jones - JR Jordan Jenkins - FR T.J. Stripling - JR Alec Ogletree - JR C. Robinson - SR Amarlo Herrera - So. Michael Gilliard - Sr. Cornerback Sanders Commings - Sr. Sheldon Dawson - Fr. Branden Smith - Sr. Damian Swann - So. Safety Shawn Williams - Sr. Corey Moore - So. J. Harvey-Clemons - Fr. Bacarri Rambo - SR 11 Connor Norman Kicker Marshall Morgan - Fr. 99 Jamie Lindley - Sr. Punter Collin Barber - Fr. Adam Erickson - So. Punt Return Branden Smith - Sr. Damian Swann - So. Long Snapper Ty Frix - Sr. 49 Nathan Theus - Fr. Holder Adam Erickson - So. Kick Return Branden Smith - Sr. Todd Gurley - Fr. Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman 7 For students, six hours in the stadium sustained by nothing but a mustard-slathered soft pretzel leaves us with a rag-ing post-game hunger. If we can make it past the conces-sion stands without purchas-ing an armful of hot dogs, then our game day options usually revolve around scrounging up whatever food is left at the tail-gate by the time we get there. Eating the misshapen carrots everyone else left on the vegeta-ble plate is not your only option. There are plenty of restau-rants around town offering fans a fresh new twist on old favor-ites like barbecue, burgers and fries. Game days in Auburn are marked by tradition, but don’t let yourself get stuck in a dining rut by eating the same meal ev-ery time. Amsterdam Cafe’s crab cake sandwich The crab cake sandwich at Amsterdam Cafe, located on South Gay Street, is a delectable twist on the typical fare of game day. Instead of a charred burg-er, sink your teeth into one of the “top 100 dishes to eat in Ala-bama before you die.” The crab cake avocado sand-wich is served on a flaky toasted croissant with creole remoulade and mango pico de gallo. The subtle blend of flavors in this tasty sandwich makes for a dish you can savor instead of just in-hale in a fit of hunger. Get it with a side of sweet potato chips. Big Blue Bagel’s tiger melt Another one of the “100 dish-es to eat in Alabama before you die,” Big Blue, located on College Street, offers a Tiger Melt con-sisting of Colby Jack generously melting over its famous chicken salad and served atop two bagel faces of your choice. Play it safe and go with the multigrain ba-gel or mix it up with cinnamon or blueberry. The melt comes with a side of bagel chips, which are ba-gels of different flavors toasted and sliced into bite-sized piec-es. A side of the honey mus-tard makes the perfect dipping sauce. Tex’s Tacos’ barbecue taco Putting a Tex-Mex twist on Southern cooking, our favorite campus food truck offers a bar-becue taco. Get it with a side of lime fries. The taco combines a flour tortilla with vinegar-basted pulled pork barbecue, honey-lime garden slaw and barbe-cue sauce. Since the taco truck is parked right outside the sta-dium, you’ll have to endure the shortest amount of time be-tween you and satiating your roaring appetite. Top off your barbecue taco with a round of lime fries, a Tex’s Tacos specialty that some-how manages to whip up a deep fried dish that tastes like a fun-nel ca
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OCR Transcript | The Auburn Plainsman A Spirit That Is Not Afraid Thursday, November 8, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Vol. 119, Issue 24, 16 Pages Fashion special Interested in updating your winter wardrobe? Check out Intrigue for this sea-son’s top picks. Intrigue / b4 Samford Signature For many years, students have signed the back of the clock in Samford Hall. Have you? Campus / a3 Tree Huggers Do you plant a tree on Arbor Day? The Auburn Tree Commission certain-ly does. Community / A5 TWEET US! @TheAUPlainsman Interested in campus news? Need an update on the go? Follow our Twitter account and share your opinion. Our View Did Obama deserve to win the election? What does this mean to college students statewide ? View the editorial on A4. Game Day vs. Georgia See Special Section Inside Four more years Becky Hardy Campus Reporter With Romney stickers be-ing passed out on the Con-course and many students openly adorning them on their shirts and backpacks, and the College Democrats holding up signs at local polling stations, it proves Auburn students are not afraid to make their posi-tions known. “After returning home from the Concourse, there were a lot of students that I spoke to who had a lot of en-thusiasm about voting and the election in general,” said Charlie Smith, College Re-publicans president. “As I have watched the news throughout the day, I think the excitement shown by Auburn students today has been a snapshot of the country-wide excitement.” Student Affairs held an event open to all students wanting to watch the results, from 6-11p.m. in the Stu-dent Center lobby, by the Foy desk. The College Republicans passed out Romney/Ryan stickers and bumper stick-ers on the concourse from 11a.m-2:30p.m. on Election Day while reminding people to vote. They also were sell-ing Romney/Ryan T-shirts throughout the day. Later in the day they held a results party at Lee County GOP headquarters at 8p.m. The College Democrats went right to the source and held up Obama/Biden signs at the local polling stations, as well as setting up camp in the Student Center room 2310 to make calls to Flor-ida and Alabama residents on behalf of Bob Vance and Lucy Baxley. The Democrats joined Student Affairs at 6 p.m. to watch the election results. They then headed over to Quixotes, where they were invited to watch the results. Jacob Dean, president of the College Democrats, en-couraged students to em-brace the excitement of the election. “Make some memories folks,” Dean said. “This will more than likely be the only presidential election that you’ll experience as a college student.” Although this is not Smith’s first time voting, he is still excited to participate. “Many political analysts have been giving different predictions today and the past week for who they think will win,” Smith said. “This is my second time voting in a presidential election, and these feelings of enthusiasm and anxiety that I share with my fellow students, I believe, are only intensified in this election.” Lots of students are excit-ed to have already turned in their absentee ballots but did not have any plans oth-er than watching the results at home. Others ran out of time to send in their ballots alto-gether. “Honestly, I just kept for-getting,” said Taylor Hicks, senior in nutrition. “I am re-ally busy this semester that I never made time to get one.” For Caitlin Miller, sopho-more in public relations, she missed the absentee ballot deadline. “I was really upset because I wanted to vote,” Miller said. “I feel like the process could have been easier for students or at least be put online.” For local students, voting at the polls was easier than expected. Mary Kathryn Fletcher, sophomore in human devel-opment and family studies, said this is also her first time voting in a presidential elec-tion. “I didn’t have any classes on Election Day, but I would have skipped my classes if I did,” Fletcher said. Election shows responsibility, influence from student voting » See Election, A2 Rebecca Croomes / Photo Editor Danielle Lowe / Assistant Photo Editor Left: Ben Jones, member of the Auburn College Democrats, and Kati Minter celebrate President Barack Obama’s re-election at Quixote’s on South College Street. Right: Students roll Toomer’s Corner after Obama was declared winner in the presidential election over republican candidate Mitt Romney. Students celebrate Obama victory by rolling Toomer’s Lee County voting results Mitt Romney 32,062 votes 59.2% Barack Obama 21,274 votes 39.3% Others 779 votes 1.4% Statistics from The Huffington Post “As I have watched the news throughout the day, I think the excitement shown by Auburn Students today has been a snapshot of the country-wide excitement.” —Charles Smith College Republican President Hayley Blair Campus Editor The night of Tuesday, Nov. 6, President Barack Obama’s supporters celebrated at Toomer’s Corner, while Romney fans shouted expletives from across the street. The College Democrats celebrated at Quix-ote’s, and the College Republicans morosely left GOP headquarters to mourn their loss. Jacob Dean, president of the College of Dem-ocrats, said this was exactly the result he ex-pected. “I’m not surprised we won,” Dean said. “I’m surprised by how big it is. This just shows that America’s behind the president.” But, though the president has been decided, the future of the nation is still undetermined. “I think we’ve got a lot of obstacles ahead,” Dean said. “We have to get rid of the debt, so that’s one of the things he’s going to tackle. An-other thing we need to tackle is tax reform. It’s not right for Romney to pay 13 percent taxes and his secretary pay 30 percent. It’s just not fair, and it’s not conducive to a strong middle class.” Economics professor William Franko said that, although the candidates campaigned on economic platforms, the president doesn’t actu-ally have much power over finances, which will make it hard for him to create reforms. “A lot of people question how much power the president actually has over economic condi-tions, so if we look at the economy from a mac-roeconomic perspective, a lot of people say it’s really hard to influence these trends in econom-ic growth and cycles in the economy in gener-al, but one thing the public still comes back to is the idea that the president can influence eco-nomic conditions,” Franko said. William Stern, political science professor, agreed that the president doesn’t have much in-fluence over the economy, but the market may indicate the public’s general confidence in the government. “The market’s usually a better judge of things than we are because it’s an aggregation of infor-mation and opinions, as opposed to one per-son’s opinion,” Stern said. “This morning the market was very unhappy.” Stern said many stock investors may be wary of a gridlock in the Legislature, along with lay-offs due to defense cuts and a rise in tax rates after Dec. 31. “Dow’s down over 200 points and bond yields went way down, which means prices went up, so more people are buying bonds,” Stern said. “That’s what people do when they perceive near-term risk because the bonds have fixed-term values, while the stocks go up and down, so perhaps they see that these near-term fiscal issues may not be well resolved. It’s the fiscal cliff, so to speak.” Stern said many hope Obama will emulate President Bill Clinton in his cooperation with a dominantly Republican House, which will help him push legislation that could help the econ-omy. “In Bill Clinton’s second term he worked a lot with the Republican House, and most peo-ple look fondly on economic conditions in the second half of the ‘90s,” Stern said. “You notice Obama campaigned with Bill Clinton practi-cally glued to his hip the entire time. Is he try-ing to signal to the population that he’s going to be more emulative of Bill Clinton’s style? I don’t know. He doesn’t face re-election any more, so I guess he can behave however he wants.” Franko said cooperation between parties is something Obama has not done well, which may affect his performance this term. “One thing people have been calling for Pres-ident Obama to do is have better relationships with people in Congress, especially for peo-ple on the other side of the aisle,” Franko said. “That’s going to be the real challenge, I think, dealing with this divided government.” Stern also said that Obama’s isolated na-ture may cost him, though it does help him stay above some of the partisan politics that contin-ues to go on. Campus A2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Oct. 31- Nov. 1 – College Street Auto breaking and entering between 9:30 p.m. Oct. 31 and 12:49 a.m. Nov. 1 Nov. 1 – Shug Jordan Parkway Third-degree burglary between 2:50 a.m. and 3 a.m. Nov. 1 – West Veterans Boulevard Harassment Report Nov. 1 – Heisman Drive Second-degree theft of a wallet, driver’s license, U.S. currency, debit card, health card and Auburn Ignited card between 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Nov. 2 – North Dean Road First-degree theft of a gold platinum diamond watch between 11:20 and 11:40 a.m. Nov. 2 – Perry Street Harassment report Nov. 2 – Beard Eaves Court Third-degree assault between 9:40 and 9:45 p.m. Nov. 2 – Armstrong Street Left the scene of an accident be-tween 11:15 and 11:20 p.m. Nov. 3 – South College Street Third-degree theft of beer, shampoo, a hairbrush, deodorant, and body wash between 9:40 and 9:45 a.m. Nov. 4-5 – Shelton Mill Road Report of Identity Theft between 4 p.m. Nov. 4 and 4:30 p.m. Nov. 5. Visa credit card charges of $2,539.77 Nov. 5-6 – Harper Avenue Auto breaking and entering between 11 p.m. Nov. 5 and 9 a.m. Nov. 6 Nov. 6 – Lee Road 12 Third-degree burglary of a television, Xbox, headphones, DJ turntable and controllers between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. — Reports provided by Auburn Department of Public Safety Crime Reports for oct. 31 – Nov. 7, 2012 DUI Arrests in the City of Auburn Oct. 31 – Nov. 7, 2012 ■ Patrick McGee, 21, Fairhope Wednesday, Oct. 31, 10:35 p.m. on South College Street ■ Tyler Gattis, 19, Atlanta, Ga. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 10:55 p.m. at West Magnolia Avenue and Beech Street ■ Jacob Babston, 19, Montgomery Thursday, Nov. 1, 1:58 a.m. at South College Street and East University Drive ■ Tony Stinson, 36, Auburn Thursday, Nov. 1, 9:58 p.m. at South College Street and Lee Road 10 ■ Antijuan Hollie, 27, Opelika Thursday, Nov. 1, 11:42 p.m. on East Magnolia Avenue NEWSROOM: 334-844-9108 Robert E. 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Tom Stofer of the Auburn Police Depart-ment. “Just for safety’s sake we treat all suspicious box-es with the same safety pre-cautions.” Nothing was found in the box. “We’re guessing it was probably just a part of a prop left over from someone’s Halloween costume,” Stofer said. Although the box was empty, Stofer said the Police Department takes situations like this seriously. “We had our officer with his bomb-sniffing canine go over to the package to check it out,” Stofer said. Strange package found on campus Rebecca Moseley Writer On Thursday, Nov. 8, stu-dents can get an entirely new wardrobe without entering the store. The second annual Altera-tions Day, hosted by the Ap-parel Merchandising and De-sign Association, will be held from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Spidle 126. Students can bring their clothes to be altered. Prices vary based on diffi-culty and range from $3–$12, which can be paid by cash or check. Buttons and holes can be fixed for $3, while dress and pant hems can be adjusted for up to $12. For more difficult or time-consuming alterations, the item will need to be left over-night, but will be returned no later than the following Mon-day, Nov. 12. The money goes toward the AMDA Peer Giving schol-arship, which is awarded to one student within the De-partment of Consumer and Design Sciences. Members of AMDA will ro-tate in and out throughout the day to take orders, tag clothes, take measurements and perform alterations. “Last year was a great suc-cess, and every customer asked us to please do it again and more often,” said Eloise Faber, graduate adviser for AMDA. “It was a great way for students to interact with cus-tomers and also learn how to alter clothes better than they had before.” Kelsey Reynolds, senior in apparel design and presi-dent of AMDA, said the orga-nization hopes to spread the word to more people on cam-pus than just students with-in the College of Human Sci-ences. “We love for people across campus to get involved be-cause we want them to know about our main event, which is the annual AMDA spring fashion show,” Reynolds said. Faber and Reynolds agreed the event is great in that it saves time and money for customers while providing knowledge and experience to AMDA students. AMDA alters students’ wardrobes at event Rebeca Croomes / Photo Editor The Auburn College Democrats celebrate Barack Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney in the presidential election. Election » From A1 “He’s very much a loner,” Stern said. “He has almost no relationships with the mem-bers on Capitol Hill in either party.” However, Franko said Obama did do well at making informed decisions. “Coming into his first elec-tion in 2008, he was known for having a strong understanding of all the policies he’s been in-volved with, really getting into the ins and outs of these vari-ous policies,” Franko said. “In terms of understanding the details of economic policy and what needs to be done to strengthen the economy long-term, I think he’ll do a fine job.” Dean said he hopes Obama’s re-election will give Obama more confidence in his role as president. “He has the ability to do some things that are in the best interest of the country, but not in the best interest of the polls the next day,” Dean said. “Hopefully, not having to run again for office will alle-viate some of those concerns he may have about what to choose and how to proceed because we’re going to have a tough next couple of years.” Dean said he is optimistic about Obama’s second term. “This just represents to me the continuation of the prom-ise (Obama) made, and we hope that, as we move for-ward, Republicans will work with us in a bipartisan man-ner to make sure we make progress in this country,” Dean said. Daniele Lowe / Assistant Photo Editor Students rolled Toomer’s Corner after Barack Obama was declared winner in the presidential election Tuesday, Nov. 8. Margaret Brown’s American Government class haikus for the 2012 presidential election I want change for us Change is inevitable Forward Obama Barack Obama Always there for the people Best man for the job Obama will win Because of the help he gave To Sandy’s victims Obama-two terms Easy, vote for incumbent Better luck next time I voted Romney The Electoral College Will choose Obama Obama will win Because he’s not a rich White guy like Romney Hello Mitt Romney Goodbye Barack Obama Here comes the right wing Mitt Romney will win He will fix the deficit I commit to Mitt Daniele Lowe / Assistant Photo Editor College Republicans disappointed after Barack Obama was an-nounced winner of the 2012 presidential election. Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman Campus A3 Rebecca Moseley Writer In the past, students have used the Sam-ford Hall clock tower to leave their mark in Au-burn’s legacy of tradition. History is found above the third floor in the attic, where dusty, old documents and floor plans lie disheveled on a table and the floor. Students and alumni were once given the opportunity to go beyond the attic, and the electronic clockworks that accompany the original 1889 bell, to view campus from its tall-est point in the clock tower. Groups and organizations, such as the Glomerata staff, have climbed to the tower to enhance their Auburn experience. “They did it as an Auburn tradition and for group bonding,” said Dafni Greene, Glomera-ta adviser. Each visitor is able to leave a signature ei-ther on the backside of one of four clock fac-es that face the edges of campus — College Street, Magnolia Avenue, Donahue Drive and Samford Avenue — or on the low, wooden beams that stretch across the tower and show age with color. “The darker the wood, the older it is,” said Teresa Whitman-McCall, director of campus and community events. “So you can tell what has been here a while and what was brought in later for reinforcement.” The darker beams display dated alumni sig-natures. The lighter clock faces, which have only been replaced once, display more recent signatures. Whitman-McCall said signatures dating back to 1906 have been found on the original clock face that now hangs on the second floor of Samford Hall. “Juniors and seniors appreciate it more be-cause they’ve had more time to develop the Auburn spirit,” Whitman-McCall said. Whitman-McCall said VIP tours of Samford Hall were conducted in 2006 for the sesquicen-tennial, but have since been rarely given. She said tours completely ended a couple of years ago due to safety reasons, such as un-even boards of the original 1888 attic floors on which the basketball team once held practices. “We are pursuing public tours again, but the timing is something we are unsure about at this time because of the safety concerns,” Whitman-McCall said. She said some of these safety concerns also include the steep, narrow stairways leading to the two towers. Furthermore, she said the numerous buck-ets scattered across the attic floor indicate a need to patch the leaky, aged ceiling. Whitman-McCall said she was informed on Monday morning that a plan for attic renova-tion is in the works. University Architect Greg Parsons said ad-dressing these safety issues is difficult because the building is not up to ADA compliance. “No one has researched the feaibility of ad-dressing the issues, but it is definitely some-thing that should be considered and we’re cer-tainly going to look into it,” Parsons said. The first 200 students on Cater Lawn at noon TODAY will get their FREE BEAT GEORGIA shirt! Bring your SAA membership card. Auburn Alumni Center, 317 S. College Street (next to Fiji) BEAT GEORGIA! Students have been signing the Samford clock tower for decades, but the tradition has experienced a few setbacks along the way Orchestra plays live music for AU Swing Dance Association Becky Hardy Campus Associate Editor Even though Auburn Knights Orchestra has been around since the 1930s, it still has a swing in its step. The nonprofit organization’s mission is to promote the spir-it of big band jazz music and carry on its legacy. The orchestra combined forces with Auburn’s Swing Dance Association Friday, Nov. 2 by throwing a swing dance and live jazz music event. “The band is comprised pri-marily of Auburn University students in addition to other musicians in the East Alabama area,” said Jeremy Leff, public-ity manager for the event and saxophone player in orchestra. The hour of instruction be-fore free dance started was well-needed, with most of the attendees being first-time swing dancers. “I’ve never been swing danc-ing before, so when my friends invited me to come and I thought it would be fun,” said Tom Rogers, freshman in soft-ware engineering. Others had a little bit of ex-perience under their belts and wanted to come back for more. “During my freshman year, I went swing dancing with a bunch of friends at the Auburn swing dancing club,” said Lee- Anne Brantley, sophomore in social work. Brantley said she likes the atmosphere of the events. “I really like the music,” Brantley said. “It’s really laid back. The dancing is a lot of fun, and it’s a really comfort-able environment.” For the two instructors at the event, love bloomed on the dance floor. “I joined the association in 2002 when I came to school, and I met Chris in the associa-tion,” said Laura Olds, instruc-tor with Auburn swing dance association. “And we are now married.” Chris Olds, faculty adviser for Auburn swing dance asso-ciation, likes the technicality of swing dancing. “Sort of as an engineer, the balance and the logic behind it really attracted me to it,” Chris said. “It’s set, I know what to do and I can have a plan and just do it.” Laura said dancing has al-ways been in her life. “I grew up dancing, and I al-ways loved it,” Laura said. “I just always wanted to learn how to swing dance, because I loved the history behind it. Also, the 90s GAP khaki com-mercial made it look like a lot of fun.” Laura said she has met many different people through the association. “I have friends from all over the world that I can dance with,” Laura said. “The turn out was bigger than I imagined. I think a lot of people came just for the music.” The association holds danc-ing events from 7–9 p.m. at the Jan Dempsey Arts Center. The first hour is for instruction and the second is for free dance. See Pictures @ThePlainsman.com S amford Signatures Rebecca Moseley / Writer Behind the clock faces of Sam-ford tower are thousands of student signatures. ““We are pursuing public tours again, but the timing is something we are unsure about at this time because of the safety concerns.” —Teresa Whitman-McCall director of campus and community events A4 Thursday, November 8, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Opinions Opinions The Plainsman Poll Vote at theplainsman.com Tweet of the Week Wondering if this guy sit-ting next to me can speak one sentence without the “F” word #rude ” - @LoriDann34 Our View Mailing Address Auburn Student Center Suite 1111H Auburn, AL 36849 Contact Phone 334–844–4130 Email opinion@theplainsman.com Policy The opinions of The Auburn Plainsman staff are restrict-ed to these pages. This unsigned editorial are the majori-ty opinion of the 11-member editorial board and are the of-ficial opinion of the newspaper. 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We would like to congratulate Blanche Alverson on her homecom-ing win! As technology like the iPad 2, iPad Mini and various tab-lets that can hold hundreds of books in a single device be-come more and more accessi-ble, some may wonder if the age of physical books and newspa-pers is coming to an end. I doubt it. Although the organization and compactness a tablet can offer is intriguing, I, for one, will never lose the love of flipping each page of a book or being engulfed by a newspaper twice my size. Yes, it is nice to have all your favorite novels and poems on one device, but who can even read 43 books in one plane ride anyway? Some may argue newspaper publications are losing lots of customers to online editions, but I know there are a great number of people still out there who cannot substitute that Sunday morning coffee and newspaper read with scrolling through a website. Reading the funnies online is just not the same. Books will also never go out of style for more of a superficial reason. When walking into some-one’s home, it is human nature to judge the homeowner a little by what his or her house con-tains. If you see the house cluttered with books and newspapers, you can be fair to assume they are caught up on what is go-ing on in the world and are cul-tured by the amount of books on their shelf. Replacing all of those books and articles for a single tablet may leave you more space, but it could also leave a house look-ing empty. If everyone substitutes phys-ical reading material for a slim piece of plastic, then what are they to do with all of the books that are already in their posses-sion? Throw them away just like we did with our old VHS tapes? The world is becoming more technology-friendly, but I be-lieve we will never have to as-sume that books and newspa-pers will share the same fate as audio cassettes and VHS tapes. Books, newspapers and magazines will forever hold in-formation that is not already in an online form. It would take too much time and effort to transfer everything that has ever been printed to an online source. Libraries can offer free time with the characters you love or can teach you the next best pumpkin pie recipe. Transcrib-ing all of those books and ar-ticles into a computer system would cost more than it would be worth. If libraries were to become online-based, they would have to spend money on more com-puters to offer people the same chance to read their favorite novels as they do now. Although the allure of NOOKs and tablets is increas-ing, have no fear – books will never disappear. Plus, no one ever said you could get cancer from a book. After what seems like years of non-stop campaigning, speeches, rallies and visits, the presidential election is finally over. I don’t think it is necessary to do all that campaigning. The constant, in-your- face “I approved this message” commercials and news coverage is exhausting and, frankly, obnoxious. When running for prime minister in Great Britain, candidates are only allowed to start campaigning three months before the election. They have a cap on the amount of mon-ey they are allowed to spend on their campaign, and anything they put out on the streets, in yards and on build-ings has to be taken down almost im-mediately after the election. I want to know why America has not adopted this mindset when it comes to elections. Honestly, think about how much money President Obama and Gov. Romney spent on their campaigns. Then, think about how often they both talked about the significance of the national debt. In a Nov. 4 article “2012 ad blitz: big money, smaller audience” by Beth Fouhy from Businessweek showed that Romney and Obama’s combined television ads cost more than $1 bil-lion. That is $1 billion just on one mil-lion television ads, not the total sum spent on the entire campaign. And, that sum does not count the money both spent to pay their cam-paign staff, travel and buy their pro-motional items such as T-shirts, yard signs, buttons, etc. Obama wants the rich to “pay a lit-tle more” in taxes to help the nation-al debt, and Romney wants to cut un-necessary spending from the budget. However, if each candidate had giv-en what he spent on campaigning to the government to aid the national debt, imagine how much that money would help. Both men are independent-ly wealthy, and both are hypocriti-cal and irresponsible to spend the amount of money they did on their campaigns. Especially after preach-ing their strategies to decrease the national debts, they turn around and spend billions. The old cliché works nicely here: actions speak louder than words. I’m also happy the election is over because it means I’ll stop hearing about celebrities who suddenly think they’re the experts in politics. After almost two years of cam-paigning, it is finally over. Bandwagon politicos will go back to caring more about what ridiculous thing a celebri-ty did for attention this week instead of pretending to be experts on each candidate’s policies and character. The entire campaign process is filled with ridiculous notions about how to gain voters. Focusing on niche groups and trying to put down the opposing candidate, the election has turned into more of a popularity con-test. I couldn’t care less if the president of the United States is popular. I want a president who knows what he or she is doing, someone who under-stands the economy, the military, for-eign policy, domestic affairs and the Constitution. I’d rather hear the truth and what they plan to do. The election has progressed to the equivalent of a two-year campaign for popularity. The amount of time and money spent on being elected is in-conceivable. So, yes, I think the British have it right. There should be a limit on the time allowed for campaigning and a limit for funds. That way, politicians spend time actually doing their jobs instead of thinking ahead to the next election. Sydney Callis Community@ theplainsman.com Becky Hardy Camp us@ theplainsman. com Her View Her View Exorbitant campaign spending sign of candidates’ hypocrisy Technology no substitute for books Since the announce-ment of Disney’s $4 billion purchase of Lucasfilm, fan-boys (and girls) have been taking over the Internet with overwhelming opin-ions on the matter. As a self proclaimed “Star Wars” fangirl, I feel as passionately as the next nerd, but is this change re-ally a negative one? Everyone and their grandmother knows the Disney name and instant-ly assumes this change will mean Princess Leia will be sitting between Snow White and Cinderel-la down at the Magic King-dom. As well publicized as this change has been, peo-ple don’t realize just home much property Disney ac-tually owns. Along with Lucasfilms, they’ve recently acquired Marvel as well as own-ing other companies like ABC, ESPN, Pixar, Hyper-ion Books and Touchstone Pictures. These assets, plus all the channels, resorts, theme parks, merchan-dising, and more, show that Disney’s doing pretty well. All that aside, $4 bil-lion is not a small chunk of change to spend on any-thing. I’d like to imagine Disney has a plan for the upcoming trilogy if they invested so much money. Seeing how these other as-sets have fared, Lucasfilms should return to the glort of the original triliogy as a profitable company. While ‘purist’ fans might find this acquisition un-acceptable, let’s just take a look back at what was accomplished under Lu-cas in the past 13 years. He brought us a CGI world filled with the universe’s most obnoxious charac-ter, clunky dialogue that made some truly great ac-tors seem terrible and the worst seem ever worse (I’m talking to you, Mr. Chris-tensen). Don’t forget the re-release in 3-D, because nothing makes me truly thankful for a lack of depth perception than Jar Jar Binks in an extra dimen-sion. Disney has been around long enough to see how Lu-cas has infuriated every single fan and will proba-bly take a few measures to remedy his mistakes. If it wants a chance, it should just follow this for-mula: — Start with a story that isn’t just a New Hope remake. Lucas claims he planned for six more mov-ies with different charac-ters and worlds, but he’s been known to have a very lax grasp on the term “orig-inal.” — Put the right person behind the script and cam-era. I know Joss Whedon is in an exclusive contract with Marvel, but as it’s an-other Disney property I’m sure they can find a loop-hole. — While developing the newest movies, any direc-tor can avoid Lucas’s faux pas by combining actual sets with CGI rather than relying on green screen worlds to do all the story-telling. With great technol-ogy comes great responsi-bility. — With some, hopefully, new characters, whoever is in the director chair should bring in some fresh talent. Especially after the weak, flat love interest of Pad-me, I’m sure some actress-es like Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway or Chloe Moretz would be able to rock a lightsaber (because there have definitely been a lack of ladies in the Jedi Or-der, just saying). — While there will be a slew of Episode VII mer-chandise hitting stores around 2015, the best gift would be the original tril-ogy Blue Ray without the digital enhancements (es-pecially the Hayden Chris-tensen ghost). This would be the final peace offering, helping us all forget that Jar Jar Binks ever happened. Rachel Suhs Design@ theplainsman. com When you wish upon a Death Star For the past year, we’ve been arguing about some of the dumbest issues to reach national attention since Kim Kardashian’s sex tape. We all know the economy is circling the drain and should take precedence, yet we can’t seem to stop getting flustered over religious nonsense and civil rights questions that should have been settled years ago. But that is all over, for a little while anyway. So where do we go from here? Congress, the men and women who can ac-tually affect the way things go during the next four years, hasn’t really changed. The Dem-ocrats control the Senate and Republicans control the House of Representatives, and they hate each other just as much as they al-ways have. Much of the political gridlock that has occured during President Barack Obama’s first term came from the extreme polarization of these two legislative bodies. Democrats blame Republicans for the mess our country is in, and Republicans have spent so much time trying to get President Obama out of office their party has turned into a hol-low caricature of what it used to be. We all have our political alliances, but hopefully the more clear-minded among us can see the harmful tendencies of partisan politics. Maybe the mood in Washington will be dif-ferent this time around. Without the burn-den of trying to win a second term, President Obama could focus his time and energy on ral-lying Congress to do some actual work. Is it too much to ask our elected officials to do their job? We don’t think so. Sure, conservatives are upset, which they the right to be, but that is no reason we can’t bury the hatchet and prevent a catastrophic economic collapse. Believe it or not, it doesn’t matter who the president is when it comes to our nation’s ability to achieve great things. If we were able to work together, a potato could run the country. It may not be ideal for some people, but we need to forget about the division of the past four years. If your candidate won, good for you; if not, better luck next time. The most impor-tant thing right now is our ability to work to-gether for the good of the nation, not just our superficial political party. We want to wish Pres. Obama the best of luck, but we know it’s going to take a serious group effort to make things better. Our coop-eration is our redemption. Cooperation is the key to America’s success A5 Thursday, November 8, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Community Community Sydney Callis Community Reporter Plant a seedling and watch it grow. As a part of the Arbor Day Foundation’s program Tree City USA, the City of Auburn did just that when it founded the Auburn Tree Commission. The Auburn Tree Commis-sion is a group of people ded-icated to the wellbeing of the trees planted in the city. Tree City USA’s mission is to provide direction, techni-cal assistance, public atten-tion and national direction for the forestry programs in cur-rently 3,400 Tree City USAs, according to the Arbor Day Foundation website. “One of the requirements of Tree City USA is you have to have a tree board or tree com-mission,” said Art Chappelka, chairman of the Tree Com-mission and Auburn Univer-sity forestry professor. “Gen-erally, we’re a voluntary orga-nization.” Made up of nine members, the Auburn Tree Commission is focused on overseeing the protection of trees in Auburn, promoting and increasing the tree population and educat-ing the citizens of Auburn on the care and maintenance of trees. “We are a voluntary orga-nization through the city,” Chappelka said. “We are vol-unteers, citizens of all differ-ent kinds of backgrounds. Our role, generally, is to act as a li-aison from the city to the gen-eral public. We can make rec-ommendations. We do vari-ous public education type of activities. We do various ser-vice activities such as honor Arbor Day, things like that.” Although the Tree Com-mission acts as a liaison, the actual maintenance of the trees in Auburn falls to the city of Auburn Parks and Rec-reation Department. The Tree Commission’s yearly calendar is filled with three major events: the Christmas Parade, Arbor Day and Cityfest. Chappelka said these events are always fun because the Commission interacts with the public and gets to give away tree seedlings and occasionally larger trees. “We always give out trees, and it’s a nice service,” Chap-pelka said. “It has been high-ly successful. We have people every year come by and tell us how their trees are doing. It’s great.” At its last meeting on Fri-day, Nov. 2, the Tree Com-mission discussed its upcom-ing tree giveaways at the Sat-urday, Dec. 15 Christmas Pa-rade. “In the past, we’ve giv-en away a large species and a small species,” said James Jennings, City of Auburn’s Ur-ban Forester. “This year, we’re giving away a thousand dog-woods.” During the tree giveaways, the Tree Commission has sev-eral locations throughout the city for people to come and re-ceive one. “If people want trees, we give them to them,” Chappel-ka said. “We give maybe two trees each. It’s for the citi-zens of Auburn. Anybody that wants a tree, if we have them, we’ll give them a tree.” The Auburn Tree Commis-sion gives out an award ev-ery year to promote tree edu-cation. “Through our Golden Leaf award, we hope we can gen-erate support from the pub-lic and educate the public,” Chappelka said. The Tree Commission em-phasizes the education of proper tree care at these events and throughout the year. Along with providing pam-phlets through the city, the Tree Commission also pro-vides handouts. “I think education is very important,” Chappelka said. “The more people know about a subject, in this case trees, it helps maintain a healthy, vi-brant forest. One of our goals in a vibrant city is to maintain a good, healthy tree canopy.” Chappelka said it is impor-tant to understand trees and understand that proper care and maintenance adds to the quality of the community. “Trees can be assets or lia-bilities,” Chappelka said. “We try to encourage people to un-derstand trees, what their as-sets are, that it’s valuable to preserve trees, it’s valuable to maintain the health of these trees.” Auburn’s tree huggers A step back in time Annie Faulk Writer Take a step back in time to a place where pioneers of Lee County lived. This time comes to life with Second Saturday, a celebration and recreation of Lee County’s history. Pioneer Park in Loachapo-ka is hosting Second Satur-day Nov. 10 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m., and it will be free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Lee County Historical So-ciety to share in local history. Charles Mitchell, the group’s vice president, said the event began six years ago. The goal of the group at the event’s founding was to keep the Society’s museums open to the public and allow more opportunities for locals to learn about the area’s history. “Local history belongs to everyone,” said Mitchell, who is also an Auburn agrono-my and soils professor. “For those who grew up here, it is your family and your inheri-tance. For those who have ad-opted East Alabama as your home, it helps explain the culture and traditions of the region. Getting involved is the best way to learn history.” November’s Second Sat-urday will feature a book fair presented by local authors. The book fair will feature nine authors who will dis-cuss and sign copies of their books. Also, the Auburn-Ope-lika Men’s Camellia Club will decorate The Old Trade Center Museum, built circa 1845, with varieties of locally grown camellias. “I think it is important for any person, anywhere they live, to know about the local culture and the history be-hind it,” said Deborah Mc- Cord, secretary of the Lee County Historical Society. “It just helps us connect with events that happened in our history and, for a lot of us who live where our ancestors lived, to make a connection with them.” The Second Saturday for October included a scare-crow- making workshop. In December, the focus will be “Christmas on the Home-stead.” Mitchell said each time is made different by featur-ing various aspects of the lo-cal history or culture, but also incorporating events that oc-cur every Second Saturday. “The short drive down Highway 14 to Pioneer Park in Loachapoka takes you back to a semblance of life in Lee County when most peo-ple, even the town folk, lived lives connected to agricul-ture,” said Lan Lipscomb, board member of the Lee County Historical Society. “The mid-19th century is our focus, but our exhibits cover a much wider range.” Pioneer Park has artifacts from the Creek Indians who inhabited Loachapoka and Civil War events. The Historical Society has recreated a Creek hunting camp and are currently reas-sembling a log cabin similar to the ones built by Creeks. “This was an era of hard and often manual work, but it was an era of rapid improve-ments and mechanization of agricultural and domes-tic life,” Lipscomb said. “You can come out there and get a glimpse of lives lived very differently from our own, but you’ll also detect the connec-tions still remaining to lives of people from five or more generations back.” Every Second Saturday features blacksmiths, tex-tile workers, log cabin cooks and gardens to demonstrate their trade, and the textile guild teaches spinning, weav-ing and other textile arts and crafts. Around meal time, of-ten the Lee County Histori-cal Society will prepare a pi-oneer meal over the log cab-in’s open hearth, similar to the way the early Alabama settlers did. In the afternoons, the Whistle Stop Pickers, a dulci-mer group, performs. “In fact, Second Satur-days are really about having a good time — just for fun — while learning about lo-cal history, culture and tradi-tions,” Mitchell said. Courtesy of Auburn Tree Commission Above: The Tree Commission at Auburn CityFest. Auburn CityFest is a free, outdoor festival held in April each year. The Tree Commission always sets up a booth to distribute information, seedlings and stick-ers for the kids. Below: Tree Commission’s Arbor Day Tree Giveaway. The Commission distributes free tree seedlings at local businesses. Lee Co. Historical Society hosts Second Saturday Rac hel Suhs / Design Editor Local chefs help March of Dimes save prematurely born babies Sonya Lovejoy Community Reporter The Auburn University Club is bringing together the top chefs in East Alabama to showcase its culinary mas-terpieces and raise money to support the March of Dimes. The club is hosting the Inau-gural Signature Chefs Auction of East Alabama Tuesday, Nov. 13. In addition to the mouthwa-tering cuisine sampling, this event also offers a generous sampling of fine wines, enter-tainment, a silent auction and a live auction. Linda Gross, senior com-munity director of the March of Dimes Alabama chapter, said November is Prematurity Awareness Month. This event is crucial because “monies raised by this event will sup-port our mission to improve the health of babies by pre-venting birth defects, prema-ture birth and infant mortali-ty,” Gross said. “This is a great opportunity to help people understand our mission and our fight to give every baby a healthy start in life.” Approximately 150 guests will dine on dishes from 12– 15 local chefs. The participat-ing eateries at this event in-clude Arricia, Amsterdam Cafe, Irish Bred Pub, Maestro 2300, Hamilton’s on Magnolia, Clubhouse at Auburn, Univer-sity Club, Jimmy’s, Zazu Gas-tropub, SpringHouse and Ala-gasco Preferred Chef. The silent auction, cuisine sampling and wine and beer tasting will begin at 6 p.m. The auction will include items such as an original Willi-Nil-li handbag and gift card from The Villager, an original Kathy Miller painting, jewelry from Marquirette’s, Pure Barre one month unlimited sessions, Foodie gift basket from Au-burn Opelika Tourism Bureau, long weekend stay at a con-do in Panama City, and much more. Additionally, each chef is donating special packages. The silent auction will be followed by the live auction at 7 p.m. The live auction will fea-ture items such as an original James Dean painting of Sam-ford Hall donated by The Vil-lager. Dean is an alumnus of Auburn University and is fa-mous for his “Pete the Cat” paintings. The East Alabama March ambassador family is Chris, Hamilton and Inman Moore, who will be sharing their sto-ry at the event. After prema-turely giving birth to their son, Inman, the Moore family ex-perienced the benefits of the March of Dimes. “Because so many people before us have stood where you are and supported the March of Dimes, we have the happy ending every parent dreams of,” Moore said. “Thank you for caring, and thank you for supporting the March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auc-tion. We are forever grateful.” Money raised at the event will support research and pro-grams designed to improve the health of babies. This is ac-complished by preventing pre-mature birth, birth defects and infant mortality in Alabama. According to Gross, more than 500,000 babies will be born premature this year in the United States. In Alabama, one in six babies is born too soon, often struggling to sur-vive. The current percentage of premature births in Ala-bama is 15.6. “The March of Dimes 2020 goal is to achieve a prema-ture rate of 9.6 or less in ev-ery state,” Gross said. “On Nov. 13, the March of Dimes will re-lease the fifth Annual Prema-ture Birth Cards for each state and the nation. Every year ,Al-abama has received a grade F. We’re hopeful this year’s report card will show improvement in the state.” You can support the March of Dimes in this mission by purchasing tickets to the event. Individual tickets are $75 each or $150 per couple. Cock-tail or business attire is pre-ferred. For more informa-tion on tickets, sponsorships or how you can help, you can contact Linda Gross at (334) 513-7381 or lgross@mar-chofdimes. com. Rac hel Suhs / Design Editor Courtesy of the March of Dimes Community A6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Sydney Callis Community Reporter The Auburn Fire Depart-ment is making sure no one is burning down the house. Because of a Red Flag Warn-ing issued by the Nation-al Weather Service, the Au-burn Fire Department decid-ed to suspend all open burning permits until further notice, said Deputy Fire Chief Rodney Hartsfield of the Auburn Fire Division. “Because of the lack of rain we’ve had, the very low hu-midity and low fuel moisture, which means everything is very dry, we felt it necessary to go ahead and issue a no burn,” Hartsfield said. “That means we’re not going to be writing any burn permits or allowing any open burning until condi-tions change.” Effective Monday, Oct. 29, the “no burn order” is not like-ly to be revoked until condi-tions return to favorable. “When all that happens, all the fuel, not gasoline, but leaves and limbs and brush, gets really dry and brittle,” Hartsfield said. “Because of that, if a fire starts, it spreads rapidly. It grows really big, quick. It was necessary based off the Red Flag Warning, and our current conditions; just wanting to be proactive, we issued a no burn until condi-tions change.” The NWS issues a Red Flag Warning when it thinks the conditions are favorable for fires to grow rapidly and get out of hand in a city or town. “If a citizen wishes to burn on their property, leaves, limbs or things like that, they con-tact us and we come out and inspect that site,” Hartsfield said. “There’s certain criteria that they have to adhere to be-fore they’re allowed to burn, and if they adhere to all of it, then we write them a burn permit.” The criteria for a burn per-mit is that the fire has to be 500 feet from any building or structure and citizens are only allowed to burn things such as leaves and limbs. Citizens are not permitted to burn trash. Hartsfield said when some-one has a burn permit, it means the fire department has inspected their area and approved them to burn; how-ever, they have to call the fire department for approval be-fore they light a fire. This does not apply to all outdoor fires, however. “Things like grills, outdoor fire places, things people pur-chase at the store, things of that nature don’t fall into this category because they’re going to be burning in equipment designed to keep the fire con-tained,” Hartsfield said. This is not the first time the Auburn Fire Department has suspended open burning. Whenever the conditions are unfavorable to fire con-tainment, it is suspended to protect the community, Harts-field said. “Our overall concern is the safety of the community and the citizens and protecting the property,” Hartsfield said. “When we feel it necessary based off weather conditions, we make this decision.” Once conditions improve, Hartsfield said the Fire De-partment will end the suspen-sion and allow open burning again, but until then the ban is in the best interests of the community. “As soon as weather condi-tions change and we get some rain in, we’ll lift the no burn,” Hartsfield said. “But right now, we feel it is safer for the com-munity as a whole if we don’t allow it.” GET YOUR FAVORITE TEAM GEAR HERE! SPECIAL 4-DAY COUPON 20%OFF ONLINE CODE: 315152 ENTIRE STOCK Men’s, Women’s & Children’s Shoes Both Sale and Regular Priced SHOP ONLINE ShoeStation.com Normal exclusions apply – see cashier for details – accessories excluded. 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Edwards, MD • Adults & Children • 28 Years Experience • Board Certified • After Hours Clinic Please leave voicemail at: 444-9370 Sonya Lovejoy Community Reporter The City of Auburn’s Infor-mation Technology Depart-ment has released a new ver-sion of its web-based interac-tive map. The city will offer two free seminars to train the public on its use and to help residents discover all the information available at their fingertips. This system is a new version of the city’s web-based inter-active map and has taken the place of the existing General Interactive Map. Residents can use the COA map to see their property information and parcel lines; determine their voting ward, voting location and City Council representative; determine their school district; show their proximity to flood plains and much more. Auburn plans to add inte-gration of live camera feeds, emergency equipment loca-tions, room capacities and other relevant campus infor-mation. Auburn’s GIS Manager, Christopher Graff, explained that citizens currently use the COA map for a multitude of things. “Students and staff at Au-burn University use it in class projects; citizens use it to dis-cover where to vote, what day of the week garbage pickup is and to investigate how their property has changed over time.” Graff will lead the two workshops. The format will be a brief in-troduction to the City’s GIS Di-vision, including what they do and how they do it. Graff will then give a formal demo of the COA Map to show the various tools, capabilities and infor-mation available. The training will be followed up with a question and answer session. Graff then plans to di-vide up the citizens “and al-low folks to try the application for themselves on a number of computers we’ll have set up,” Graff said. The City of Auburn’s Infor-mation Technology Depart-ment will host these seminars Nov. 6, from 5:30–6:30 p.m. and November 13, from 3–4 p.m. There are no prerequisites or background needed to at-tend. Graff hopes for the work-shops to be “comfortable and relaxed, and non-technical in nature, so that we might pres-ent the application to as wide an audience as possible.” There will be staff members available to address specific or technical questions. Each will be held in the City of Auburn Meeting Room located at 122 Tichenor Avenue. City maps continue to expand APD, ABC address underage drinking on Halloween Rebecca Moseley Writer There are few things scari-er for underage students than being caught drinking or us-ing a fake I.D. But this Halloween, the Au-burn Police Department and bar security staffs buckled in to protect citizens by reduc-ing the use of alcohol and fake identification of underage goons and goblins. For most bars downtown, Wednesday night is desig-nated for drink specials such as $3 32 oz. mixed drinks at Quixote’s and penny beers at Bourbon Street Bar. Therefore, much more business is generated and the chance of underage drinking is higher, especially during the fall when more people vis-it from out of town. “To be honest, we’ve had game days and other days of the night that are just as busy,” said Sgt. Todd Hall of the Al-coholic Beverage Control En-forcement Division. “There are a lot of kids out, but it’s just another night.” Hall said although Hallow-een does bring an influx of people to the bar scene down-town, the number of patrol-ling ABC officers remains the same as a normal night. However, the Auburn Po-lice Department adjusts ac-cordingly, according to Capt. James Tatum. “We typically bring in extra officers for Halloween, just in case,” Tatum said. “We don’t foresee any problems but we want to protect the citizens of Auburn as well as the kids trick-or-treating, so we have several officers downtown and patrolling the neighbor-hoods.” Tatum said even though many more events and cel-ebrations for the Halloween holiday occur, the Police De-partment did not see any more underage drinking ac-tivity or use of fake identifica-tion than usual. “We had a pretty good night,” Tatum said. “No dif-ferent than any other fall Wednesday night in Auburn.” Tatum said those found us-ing false identification, or a forged instrument in the third degree, may be issued a non-traffic citation that amounts to a court appearance or a fine being levied. Also, when officers come across someone who has been drinking under age and is publicly intoxicated, the sus-pect is arrested for doing so. “They are violating the law, so we definitely address it,” Tatum said. “We have a zero tolerance for underage drink-ers.” For example an intoxicat-ed underage customer in cos-tume at Bourbon Street bar repeatedly attempted to pur-chase alcoholic beverages from multiple bartenders, ac-cording to Chris Singleton, a bartender of the top-level bar. Singleton said he refused to sell alcohol to the custom-er several times because of the large, black X symbols on each of his hands indicating he was not of age. Singleton said he later spotted the underage custom-er with a beer in his hand and asked the customer to leave after confiscating it. “He got offended and re-fused, so the bouncers had to come remove him from the bar,” Singleton said. “They are violating the law, so we definitely address it. We have a zero tolerance for underage drinkers.” —Capt. James Tatum Auburn Police Community A8 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Sports B1 Thursday, November 8, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Sports By the numbers New Mexico State vs. Auburn 311 That’s how many rushing yards Auburn raked in against New Mexico State last week. Running backs Onterio McCalebb and Tre Mason combined for 265 yards on the ground. Mason had 152 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries, while McCalebb had 113 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries. With a freshman quarterback, the Tigers will need to continue to establish the run if they are going to have any chance of success. Auburn has had more than 200 yards rushing only twice this season, and it is no surprise that both times the Tigers have won their games. Auburn had 255 yards against Louisiana Monroe. 6 Auburn’s team scored more times than it had all sea-son, with five offensive touchdowns and one defen-sive score. Before playing New Mexico State, the most points Auburn had scored was 31 against Louisiana Monroe. The common factor is that Auburn has de-feated both teams. The Tigers scored their first defen-sive touchdown of the season when Daren Bates re-turned a fumble 62 yards in the third quarter. Auburn also racked up five more touchdowns on offense. Four of the touchdowns were scored by runningbacks On-tario McCalebb, Tre Mason and fullback Jay Prosch. The final offensive touchdown was a 40-yard passing connection from freshman quarterback Jonathan Wallace to Trovon Reed. 1 Auburn’s defense gave up only one touchdown last week against New Mexico State. The 2-yard rushing touchdown was scored late, and the game was well in the Tigers’ hands by the time the Aggies found paydirt. Auburn’s defense allowed New Mexico State 83 yards on the ground. This is the fewest rushing yards Auburn has allowed all season. Actually, the next best game the Tigers had in rush defense was against Arkansas where they allowed 116. Looking forward to the last three games of the season, Auburn will need to have similarly good run defense against stronger football teams such as Georgia and Alabama. More importantly, the Tigers will need to stop the offenses of these teams from finding the end zone. Cam Newton – (QB, Carolina Panthers) Completed 13-of-23 passes for 201 yards and a touchdown. Ran for 37 yards and a touchdown on eight carries. W CAR 21 - WSH 13 Quentin Groves – (LB, Arizona Cardinals) Three tackles. L GB 31 - ARI 17 Devin Aromashodu – (WR,Minnesota Vikings) No receptions. L SEA 30 - L MIN 20 Rob Bironas – (PK, Tennessee Titans) Made his only field goal attempt. L CHI 51 - TEN 20 Sen’Derrick Marks – (DT, Tennessee Titans) Five tackles. L CHI 51 - TEN 20 Takeo Spikes – (LB, San Diego Chargers) Five tackles. W SD 31 - KC 13 Jerraud Powers – (CB, Indianapolis Colts) Three tackles. W IND 23 - MIA 20 Spencer Johnson – (DE, Buffalo Bills) One tackle. L HOU 21 - BUF 9 Nick Fairley – (DT, Detroit Lions) Three tackles. W DET 31 - JAC 14 Jay Ratliff – (DT, Dallas Cowboys) No tackles. L ATL 19 - DAL 13 Pat Lee – (DB, Oakland Raiders) Four tackles. L TB 42 - OAK 32 Jason Campbell – (QB, Chicago Bears) No stats. W CHI 51 - TEN 20 Will Herring – (LB, New Orleans Saints) No stats. W NO 28 - PHI 13 Karlos Dansby – (LB, Miami Dolphins) Nine tackles (six solo) and a pass deflection. L IND 23 - MIA 20 Ronnie Brown – (RB, San Diego Chargers) Totaled 73 rushing yards. W SD 31 - KC 13 Byes this week: Arizona linebacker Quentin Groves. Injuries: San Francisco running back Brandon Jacobs was on a bye, but is still nursing a knee injury that has plagued him from the start of the season. Cincinnati defensive tackle Pat Sims re-mains on the Physically Unable to Perform list with an ankle injury. Houston running back Ben Tate was benched for the second straight week because of a hamstring injury. Injured reserve: Tristan Davis – (RB, Washington Redskins) Mario Fannin – (RB, Denver Broncos) Brandon Mosley – (OG, New York Giants) Lee Ziemba – (OT, Carolina Panthers) Auburn in the NFL The home team has two victories, and the away team has one loss. On paper, that sums up how the meeting between the Georgia Bull-dogs and the Auburn Tigers is like-ly to go. Georgia has had an excellent sea-son and is in a prime position to win the SEC East, while Auburn has had a dismal season and has everything to gain by ruining its oldest rival’s chances of an SEC championship. The Bulldogs have shown they can be beaten though, and not just to a team like South Carolina. Georgia allowed Kentucky, who has an even worse record than Au-burn, to score 24 points. The Bulldogs edged the Wildcats by putting up 29. The Deep South’s Oldest Rival-ry game is not one that will be tak-en lightly for either side, because it never has been, and both teams are almost even through the matchup’s history. The Tigers have won 54 meetings to Georgia’s 53, which means this weekend the Bulldogs could even the series with Auburn for the first time since 1987. The Bulldogs are coming off a home victory against an Ole Miss team that soundly beat the Tigers earlier in the year and have now reeled off three victories in a row af-ter being routed by South Carolina. Auburn, meanwhile, crushed New Mexico State 42–7 Saturday, Nov. 3, and though the Aggies are not even close to being comparable with Geor-gia, a victory in a season with pre-cious few wins could do wonders for the confidence of the Auburn team and coaches. Last Saturday, Auburn shook things up again at quarterback and elected to start freshman Jonathan Wallace, who has seen some playing time this season in a wildcat offen-sive style, but never had been thrust into a game as the undisputed offen-sive leader. Wallace’s offense seemed to work well, but whether it will thrive against a team such as Georgia is another matter entirely. Georgia does not have the best overall defense in the SEC, and it al-lows almost 5 yards a play and more than 341 yards a game. Its scoring defense, however, ranks at 25th in the nation and allows only 20.9 points per game. The real story has been Georgia’s offense, which is led by veteran quar-terback Aaron Murray. Murray has now seen three years worth of SEC defenses, and this sea-son in particular he has thrived with almost 2,500 passing yards, 21 touch-downs and 9.75 yards per attempt. The junior and his offense will be going against an Auburn defense that has given up 428.7 yards a game and 5.92 yards per play. Auburn will need to play its best game of the season in order to effec-tively drown Georgia’s title aspira-tions and take away the sting of a dis-appointing season from the fans and team. The game will begin at 6 p.m. CST and will be televised on ESPN 2. Toi Garcia Write r On the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 5, the women’s soccer team got news it had earned a bid to the NCAA tour-nament for the seventh straight year in a row. “We’re excited to play a brand new team with new players,” said senior midfielder Jess Rightner. “It’s like a whole new season.” According to senior goalkeeper Amy Howard, the team has high en-ergy and is excited to travel and play Washington. “Seattle is a quality team that should give us a good fight, so it should be a good game,” Howard said. The Auburn women’s soccer team concluded the 2012 regular season with a record of 12–10–1. The team just completed the SEC tournament in Orange Beach over the weekend of Friday, Nov. 2 –Sun-day, Nov. 4. While at the tournament, the team played No. 19 Tennessee, where neither team was able to cap-ture a goal, but Auburn was able to advance and play against No. 12 Tex-as A&M. “We actually scored a goal, but it was taken back,” Rightner said. “Team-wise we felt that we won, and this boosted our confidence and en-ergy for the next game.” The team initially lost to A&M when it played them on its home field toward the beginning of the season. Rightner said because of the pre-vious loss to the Aggies, the team was “motivated to play A&M at a middle field.” The team beat A&M 2–0 and pro-gressed to the semi-finals, ultimately losing to No. 10 Florida 3–0. “Florida is a great team that played a phenomenal game, and we dealt with them well,” Howard said. The senior has played 1,938 min-utes throughout the season and is ranked in the top 10 nationally. “I think the team is overall pret-ty happy with the season,” Howard said. “There were some high points and low points, but our progression has been good. We lost players from last year, but every week we’ve got-ten better.” Rightner agreed with Howard about the team’s progression and ac-complishments this year. “At the beginning of the season, we struggled to find the type and style of team we were, our identity,” Rightner said. “All the wins came toward the end of the season, and we grew and became better. Everything clicked. We were playing for each other.” Other postseason player acco-lades include sophomore forward Tatiana Coleman being named All- SEC First Team, and freshman de-fender Kala Faulkner being named SEC All-freshman before the SEC tournament Monday, Oct. 29. Also on Tuesday, Nov. 6, senior forward Mary Coffed was named a part of the SEC soccer community service team. Courtesy of Todd Van Emst The women’s soccer team celebrates after its berth in the NCA tournament was announced Monday, Nov. 5. NATIONALS Women’s soccer makes seventh straight NCAA tournament “We’re excited to play a brand new team with new players. It’s like a whole new season,” —Jess Rightner senior midfielder John Burns Sports@ theplainsman.com Danielle Lowe / ASsistant Photo Editor After a dominant performance last week, fullback Jay Prosch and the rest of Auburn’s rushers will have to set the tone on offense when Georgia comes to town Saturday, Nov. 10. The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry Andrew Yawn and Lance Davis Writers Senior guard Noel John-son had 10 points and 10 re-bounds, and junior center Asauhn Dixon-Tatum had a team-high 11 points and four blocks as Auburn’s men’s baskteball team beat Georgia Southwestern 66–50 in Au-burn’s final tuneup before the regular season on Monday, Nov. 5. Auburn got off to a slow start, shooting 10-of-28 (35.7 percent) from the floor in the first half. Georgia Southwestern led for most of the first half, but Auburn rallied and led at half-time 32–29. After the game, head coach Tony Barbee said he was re-lieved the game ended in a victory, albeit an unimpres-sive one. “I said it to the staff the whole game, I’m glad this wasn’t a 50-point blowout,” Barbee said. “That wouldn’t have done us any good.” Auburn turned it around in the second half, shooting 14-of-28 (50 percent) from the floor and holding Georgia Southwestern to 21 points in the final 20 minutes to escape with the win. Despite the comeback, Bar-bee admitted after the game an exhibition loss wouldn’t have been bad for his team af-ter the shaky performance. “I was over on the bench saying I hope we lose and we can learn from it,” Barbee said. “Every night out we want to make the other team match our intensity and how hard we play, and that wasn’t the case for the second straight game. We started better against Vic-tory, but tonight against a lit-tle bit higher-level opponent. “They were working at about 1,000 miles per hour; we were going at about 200. It’s got to be the other way around.” Auburn eventually picked up the pace and settled down on defense, according to Bar-bee, and those adjustments were crucial to the Tigers se-curing a victory in their last preseason game before the regular season. “I thought once we got into our pace of how hard we play, we made some things hard on them,” Barbee said. “I thought our zone looked good. It’s kind of what got them a little sty-mied, because man-to-man we couldn’t guard them.” Noel Johnson said his focus Monday night was to show the coaches he’s an all-around player. “I think a big part of my game is rebounding, and scor-ing, too,” Johnson said after he finished the game with a dou-ble- double. “So I’m just try-ing to show my full game this whole season coming up. When asked about John-son, Barbee said his efforts on defense and on the glass will earn him time on the court. “He’s got to be a guy that makes shots,” Barbee said. “He’s got to be smart with the ball, but if he’ll defend and re-bound, he’ll be in that rotation getting a lot of minutes.” Derrick Dawkins led the charge for Georgia Southwest-ern, finishing with nine points and five assists in 32 minutes of action. “They were tough to guard off the bounce, especially the little kid Dawkins,” Bar-bee said. “He was pretty good. He was a quick little joker. He was good with the ball, and he could score.” Senior guard Josh Wallace scored eight points and dished out a team-high five assists. Junior forward Allen Payne and freshman guard Jor-dan Price each scored seven points. Auburn opens the regular season against Indiana Uni-versity- Purdue University at Fort Wayne Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Auburn Arena. Sports B2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 For Event Information: www.auburn.edu/UPC (334)-844-4788 or follow us on Facebook and Twitter @Auburn UPC UPC Presents Friday, November 9 Langdon Hall 7:00 p.m. Movie ”The Amazing Spiderman” MTV’s “The Buried Life” Monday, November 12 AU Hotel & Conference Center 7:00 p.m. Tickets available online now! www.auburn.edu/upc “Events and Tickets” tab Thanksgiving Cooking Workshop Tuesday, November 13 5:30 p.m. Must sign up in AUSC Suite 3130 to participate! Tigers scrape out a win vs. GSW Emily Morris / Assistant Photo Editor Senior guard Frankie Sullican soars over Georgia State defenders in Auburn’s exhibition win Monday, Nov. 5. Ali Jenkins Sports Reporter Blanche Alverson is used to hearing her name called out over the loudspeaker, but Saturday afternoon proved to be something special. During the halftime show at Auburn’s Homecoming Game against New Mexi-co State, the senior women’s basketball player was named Miss Homecoming, a recog-nition that focuses not for her on-court abilities, but her involvement in the com-munity and her commitment to kids. “It’s just incredible,” Alver-son said. “This University has given so much to me, and I’m just blessed to be able to do something in return for them and be able to repre-sent the Auburn communi-ty, just because they’ve been there for me throughout my four years.” Her father, Bill, escorted Alverson onto the field, an experience she says she will never forget. “It was so cool, it really was,” Alverson said. “It was a once in a lifetime experi-ence, just being down there with the band. “I think one of the coolest things was walking down, and they’re holding the flags while you’re walking. It was just awesome being able to share that moment with my dad and the other candi-dates on the field.” Alverson was one of five finalists who spent Home-coming Week campaigning and raising awareness for their platforms before Au-burn students voted for their favorite candidate Friday, Nov. 2. Other nominees were Kathryn Crowley, Mallo-ry Gilliland, Anna Davidson and Becca Goad. Alverson’s platform, “Ball-in’ For Books” is a communi-ty service initiative she creat-ed last season that provides books to children in the Au-burn/ Opelika area. “My teammates and I would go and read to differ-ent schools and be in read-a- thons,” Alverson said. “My mom is actually a special needs pre-K principal, and one thing that she always told me was, ‘We can always use more books here.’ I knew that if they, a public school system, needed more books, then there were many other organizations that needed books as well.” In just two games, Alver-son and the basketball team collected more than 1,100 donated books they donat-ed to the Loachapoka Li-brary, the Pine Hills Litera-cy Project and the Boys and Girls Club. Alverson is no stranger to community service, juggling volunteering on top of class, practice and sorority func-tions throughout her career at Auburn. Yet, Alverson always finds time to give back to Auburn, a trait she said she learned from her parents. “My parents always preached to us that we’re very blessed with what we have, and you take those blessings and you give them out,” Alverson said. “You help different kinds of people with whatever they might need. Actually, this past Christmas when I went home, we deliv-ered food around Andalusia, my hometown. It’s just some-thing my family has instilled in me from an early age. “I knew coming here that being on the women’s bas-ketball team would give you a pedestal to really make a difference and impact.” Rebecca Croomes / Photo Editor Blanche Alverson hugs her father, Bill, after being crowned Homecoming Queen. Senior guard Blanche Alverson named Homecoming Queen Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman Sports B3 Lemans square & Chateau apartments (334)-821-9192 560 North Perry St. Auburn, AL www.lemanssquare.com 1 BR-$420 2 BR-$495 3 BR-$570 Rates per apt. Scan for more info! 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And obviously the kids are a big part of every win we’re try-ing to get.” The Tigers started their suc-cessful weekend with a five-set win over SEC West lead-er Arkansas Friday, Nov. 2. Af-ter getting swept by the Ra-zorbacks earlier in the season in Fayetteville, the Tigers got their revenge. “We’ve been so close lately with teams like Arkansas,” Nold said. “I think this is a confidence builder for us. If we do the things we need to do, we have a chance to beat anybody.” Junior Camila Jersonsky led the way for the Tigers offen-sively, scoring 17 kills and nine blocks. Auburn started the match off hot, racing out to a big 25– 14 win in the opening set. The Tigers held their opponents to a -.091 hitting percentage, forc-ing 12 Arkansas attack errors in the process. However, Arkansas took advantage of some erratic Auburn passes to gain a 15–4 lead in the second set. Although the Tigers tried to claw back, the Razorbacks served their way to a match-tying 25–14 win for the visitors. The Tigers tightened up their passing game in the back-and-forth third set, but a late Arkansas run erased a three-point deficit to get a 25– 23 win. Auburn then took control of the match in the last two sets by dominating the net through Jersonsky and junior Courtney McDonald. Ten of Jersonsky’s 17 and seven of McDonald’s nine kills came in the tight-ly contested frames, which in-cluded 15 of the match’s 21 tie scores. “We knew it was going to be a back-and-forth match,” Jer-sonsky said. “That’s how vol-leyball is, usually. It’s an emo-tional game, and whoever has the momentum is going to lead. We knew we could come back.” Auburn turned its atten-tion to Georgia two days lat-er as itdefeated the rival Bull-dogs 3–1. While the Arkan-sas match was highlighted by scoring chances down the middle of the court, Auburn’s outside players stole the show against Georgia. Junior Katherine Culwell had a career-high 21 kills and a season-high 16 digs. Senior Sarah Bullock also registered a double-double, scoring 13 kills and 20 digs. “The interesting thing was that on Friday, our offense was run through the middle,” Nold said. “The outsides struggled a little bit. I think it says a lot that we’re balanced enough that we can come back.” Similar to the Arkansas match, the Tigers raced out to a big lead early in the opening set against visiting Georgia, winning nine of the match’s first 12 points. But the Bull-dogs, refocused after a time-out, went on a 9–0 run before taking their first lead of the day. The rest of the first set was characterized by back-and-forth play until Culwell sealed the Tigers’ win with a cross-court kill and a quickfire block. Auburn then lost the second set 25–15. Georgia took advan-tage in some gaps in Auburn’s positioning and recorded four aces and a .304 attack percent-age. But the Tigers came out of intermission with a more bal-anced mindset, spreading the ball en route to their own 25– 15 win in the third set. The fourth and final set started out evenly, but the Ti-gers were able to pull away with a dominating 7–0 run. Bullock would put the nail in the coffin minutes later, scor-ing three out of Auburn’s final four points. “With Georgia and Arkansas, it’s about winning the serve-and-pass game,” Culwell said after the Georgia win. “When they beat us both times in the second set, we went in and talked about our techniques in both serving and passing. And when we came back in the last sets, we were relentless.” Auburn will look to contin-ue its winning streak Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. when it hosts conference newcomer Texas A&M. Volleyball coach Nold earns 200th win behind victories over Arkansas, Georgia Rebecca Croomes / Photo EDitor Redshirt junior Katherine Cullwell, outside hitter, makes a pass during one of many tough volleys Sunday, Nov. 4 as the Tigers took down Georgia 3-1 to give coach Rick Nold his 200th career win. Intrigue Thursday, November 8, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Intrigue B4 What your winter coat says about you Last week, Hurricane San-dy ushered in our first bout of cold weather. It hit hard. We were reduced to huddling in small groups in the cor-ner of Haley just to stave off the frostbite. We transitioned from bare arms to wool sweat-ers overnight. Or, to translate that into terms that are a lit-tle more familiar, we transi-tioned from Nike shorts to Nike shorts with leggings un-derneath. You might spend hours de-termining the perfect ensem-ble, but once the cold weath-er strikes, the only thing peo-ple will be able to judge you by will be your outerwear. So what does your winter coat say about you? Colored pea coat Cold weather often means clouds, lack of sunlight and stowing away your vibrant hues in favor of dark, mut-ed colors. A brightly colored pea coat is a way to throw on a splash of color in a sea of grays. But bear in mind, not all colors are equal. If you’re wearing a pea coat in a stun-ning scarlet or deep red this winter, you’re likely to come off as mysterious, alluring and adventurous. If you’re wearing a pea coat in pink, you’re likely to get mistaken for a 14-year-old girl. Oversized military jacket When properly styled, this look can add an effortless ease to your style that lands you somewhere squarely be-tween glamorous and girl-next- door. The look can most accurately be labeled ‘home-less chic.’ With its army-sur-plus appeal and vintage wash, The oversized military jack-et runs the risk of making you look like you are ready to hun-ker down next to a trash can fire. Trench coat The trench coat borders on costume, not because it is particularly garish, but be-cause it transcends its use as a jacket and embodies a per-sona. A girl in a trench coat is not simply looking for a way to withstand the wind. You are channeling your inner British superstar (we all have one, from Kate Middleton to Emma Watson) and probably narrating the entire event in your head using a English ac-cent. The trench carries con-notations of intrigue as much as it does elegance. With the collar pulled high and your hat tipped low, you look like a girl that’s either ready to solve a crime or commit one. Leather jacket The leather jacket is a great option for turning your repu-tation around if you made the pink pea coat mistake earli-er in the season. Throw on a leather jacket, and all of a sud-den you’re kicking your feet up in class, popping your gum and rolling your eyes exces-sively. Wearing a leather jack-et instantly communicates that you are a rebel without a cause who does reckless things like riding a motor-cycle or tossing your plastic bottles into the bins marked ‘landfill’ without blinking an eye. Long sleeved T-shirt and vest This combination throws onlookers for a loop, name-ly because they simply don’t know what to make of it. Here’s a girl who took a look at the weather report and thought, ‘I’m going to need to find a way to stay warm. I should probably concentrate all efforts exclusively on my torso.” This outerwear choice communicates an element of danger. This is a girl who is undaunted by the brisk tem-perature, passersby will think. This is a girl who is not afraid to lose both arms to frostbite. Swing coat The shape of this jacket re-calls the regal austerity of a cape and the fit of a plastic garbage bag. A girl in a swing coat wears it with her head held high, trying to avoid eye contact with the laboring class, and she probably still owns the tiara she wore to her high school prom. Because your body will be largely in-distinguishable underneath the swish of fabric, wearing a swing coat tells people that you are devoted to the sarto-rial cause and you’re probably too busy for a boyfriend right now anyway. Graphics by Lane Jones. TOP TRENDS With the warmer weather behind us (hopefully), let the real dressing begin. Leather, fur, combat boots and menswear looks continue to be the frontrunning trends of fall and winter. Muted colors such as deep teal, oxblood and mustard will complement and enhance these trends. Melody Kitchens / INTRIGUE EDITOR All clothes from Behind the Glass. Looks by Chloe Popwell of Behind the Glass. Modeled by Tori Crews, junior in psychology. Lane Jones Lan e @ theplainsman. com Dress: Free People Shoes: Seychelles Top: Mink Pink Denim shorts: Mink Pink Tights: Free People Boots: Steve Madden Crop top: Ya Skirt: BCBGeneration Shoes: Steve Madden Fur vest: Free People Top: Free People Jeans: James Jeans Combat boots: Steve Madden Top: Lucca Couture Pants: Aryn K Shoes: Steve Madden lace metallics To keep lace from looking too similar to a spring look, choose darker colors and long sleeves. This look could also be paired with tights. Don’t be afraid to mix metallics with patterns and bits of bright color. It keeps the outfit interesting. Like animal prints, it’s timeless and best used in smaller doses. Keep away from your grandmother’s floor-length mink coat. Tights and shorts have no boundaries. 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They are Gianni Bini and very, very comfortable.” 3. “I love Peter Pan collars. They look so sweet. Real girly details are something I always look for. They are nostalgic, in a way, to my extremely young youth, and skirts are probably my favorite item of clothing. Mostly I love this outfit for every day with short boots or Vans.” photos by Melody Kitchens McKenzie is a senior in nutrition. 1. “The glitter tennis shoes are from H&M. I have worn them with plain sweats and an over-sized sweater — instantly makes a lazy Sunday lounge out-fit more interesting and trendy.” 2. “One of my favorite ways to put together an outfit is by mix-ing prints. In this shot, I layered a plaid J. Crew shirt under a Gap sweater. I got the nude patent loafers last season from J. Crew and love them — nude shoes go with everything. Also, loafers re-ally dress up an outfit instantly. The black leggings are also from Gap.” 3. “I love wearing the vest over really girly floral pieces; it gives them a little bit of an edge. The quilting on the flats and the flo-ral shirt gives the outfit a proper, lady-like feel, but I leave the shirt untucked to make it feel more relaxed.” Megan Crowe Anna McKenzie 1 2 3 1 3 2 Intrigue B6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Prices starting at: Jewelry $8 Shoes $16 Dresses $24 Purses $24 Clothing, Jewelry & Accessories Game Day Dresses & Fall Must-Haves! 127 East Magnolia 334.501.0932 www.ShopPrivateGallery.com Prices starting at: Jewelry $8 Shoes $16 Dresses $24 Purses $24 Behind the seams Auburn’s fashion program more than just design Holiday fashion: classic shapes with modern twist photos by melody kitchens Main: “It’s the it-girl look of the season,” Cunningham-Camp-bell said. “It’s a nod to an era gone with its gathered skirt, but the new trend is the pat-tern, pockets and horizontal stripes.” Kate Spade Caroline dress $478, Dolce Vita pump $99, Sylvia Benson necklace $136. Top: “Kate Spade put together the two colors that your moth-er told you never to wear.” Kate Spade Normandy dress $498, Monkee earrings $25, Sylvia Benson ring $52. Left: “The print on the dress plays imagery tricks, and the scallop trim on the wedges is feminine and unexpected.” Beth Bowley rope print dress $299, Butter scalloped black suede wedge with patent toe $308, Spanx tights $28, Mon-kee earrings $25, Monkee ban-gles from $10–$15. Missy Cunningham- Campbell, owner of Monkee’s boutique picks her top statement pieces to ring in the holiday season. Modeled by Taylor Myers, junior in finance. Caitlin Wagenseil Writer The fashion industry is a huge, constantly changing in-dustry, and the professors at Auburn University are prepar-ing students in the apparel de-sign major to handle the size and complexity of the indus-try after graduation. Pamela Ulrich is a profes-sor in the apparel design pro-gram at Auburn who teaches History of Fashion Since 1910, History of Costume and sever-al other design courses in ad-dition to being the coordina-tor of the design program. The full name of Auburn’s design program is Apparel Merchandising, Design and Production Management, but those in the program refer to it as AMDP. “There’s a block of courses for students who either want to do more on the merchan-dising side or students who want to do more on the de-sign side,” Ulrich said. “Some people go more toward the business and retail side, some want to be entrepreneurs and be their own designer, and some would choose to work for a larger company like Un-der Armour or Michael Kors.” Ulrich said the beauty of the apparel industry is that there’s a niche for everybody. “If you’re creative, if you want to organize things or if you want to make sure every-thing gets handled and deliv-ered the way it’s supposed to, there’s jobs for that — there’s jobs for everyone, and lots of different opportunities in dif-ferent places.” Kelsey Reynolds, senior and Apparel Merchandising and Design Association pres-ident, said she wanted to pur-sue apparel design because of the wide range of careers that can come from obtaining such a degree. “With apparel design, you can start your own clothing line, go into fashion forecast-ing, or even pursue textile en-gineering,” she said. Reynolds also said there are many fac-ets that an apparel design de-gree can filter into which is why so many students like her are drawn to it. The difference between the design program at Au-burn and the program at a place such as Savannah Col-lege of Art and Design is that students here are taught busi-ness aspects too, Ulrich said. “They learn the business side of what garments cost to make, what the practical issues in production are and not just how to make great fun pictures,” she said. “We don’t just teach how to come up with ideas; Michael Kors doesn’t make things that he doesn’t think will sell — so you have to be able to make it at a price, know what goes into the price and who is go-ing to buy it; they have to think from the point of see-ing who their customer is,” Ul-rich said. Tablets are being integrat-ed into classrooms for stu-dents to sketch on, and stu-dents are taught to use pro-grams such as Adobe, Photo-shop and Illustrator to create specific looks. “Their portfolios are not all the work they ever creat-ed, but they go through and learn and get better skills to present who they are,” Ulrich said. “They each have their own identity and even create logos.” Reynolds, who hopes to go to graduate school and get her master’s degree in Tex-tiles or Fiber Design, said her favorite thing about the major is being able to learn from the many different professionals within the fashion industry. “Every professor in our program has had a success-ful career in the different area they teach,” she said. “Our professors know how the in-dustry works, which allows us to have the best, well-rounded education we can.” Apparel design majors at Auburn are required to do an internship for 10 weeks before they can graduate. “It’s full time, so it’s not just dabbling, it’s immersing,” Ul-rich said. She said she loves to see the students “blossom in an internship because it’s in the workplace, and there’s nothing like it.” Many of those who gradu-ated from the program at Au-burn have gone on to be suc-cessful in their field. One in particular lives in New York and works as the head design-er for all evening wear for the Kay Unger brand. “We have a couple alums at Under Armour, and we have alums who live in New York and are working on their own company,” Ulrich said. Another alum is develop-ing her own line in Auburn de-signing game day dresses. Ulrich said one of her favor-ite things about teaching in the program is watching the students develop, find their niche and find what they love. “Just sharing the fact that this is a hardworking, but ex-citing and fun industry,” Ul-rich said. “It’s fun because it’s always changing, and it’s a challenge to figure out what people are going to do next.” Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman Intrigue B7 Stay warm. Look fab! 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Add a punch of col-or on the bottom like these blue suede shorts to keep things interesting. A pop-ular trend for this season is the sneaker wedge, which keeps a look fashion for-ward without sacrificing comfort.” “Not only does adding this denim shirt underneath the sweater help keep you warm by the fire, but the studs add another dimension of detail. With the billowy sweater on top, pair it with a fitted skirt so you don’t lose your shape.” “It may seem easy to grab a pair of jeans and boots to pair with a basic sweater, but where’s the fun in that? This sweater ensures a date outfit that doesn’t look over the top, but doesn’t mean you can’t wear a pair of heels like these lace up booties to spice things up.” Fate poncho sweater: $52 Fate denim stud button-down $48 Spicy Girl black and white skirt $33 Roly Poly blue suede shorts $32 Qupid high-top wedge sneakers $49 Grey triangle necklace $13 Something Special black hat $42 Roly Poly emerald pants $24 Qupid lace-up booties $49 His view: men’s fashion lacking on Auburn’s campus Courtesy of Jordan Jemison Jordan Jemison Writer I feel trapped in a world of basics. Basic shoes, basic shirts, basic pants and a very basic man. And unfortunate-ly here in Auburn, Ala., “basic” is a status quo rooted deeper than Toomer’s. It’s not uncommon to see the throngs of pastel and kha-ki short shorts, Patagonia tees and Chaco sandals litter the pavement of the Concourse during class change. Nor is it unheard of being bombarded by visors, dashes of camo and oversized North Face back-packs. I won’t pretend to be okay with it. Sure, personal style is always welcomed. However, in my eyes two things are missing here on the Plains: “personal” and “style.” As an apparel design major who is very knowledgeable of the constantly changing fash-ion industry, I know a thing or two, or three, about style. Also, as a man who has a deep con-nection with fashion, far deep-er than the simple aesthetics, I know even more about it being personal. I feel as though the de-mands of Auburn fashion are like that of a uniform. Keep it simple, masculine, make sure it’s just like everybody else’s and don’t draw attention to yourself. The idea of wearing some-thing remotely different, and in this case that means fash-ionable, is like a taboo. Fortunately a taboo can be broken. It can be broken in a way that keeps the simple Au-burn man out of the basics while keeping him comfort-able, more or less. For exam-ple, when deciding the look for the day, switch things up. It’s not hard; not even for the sty-listically challenged. The next time that Patago-nia T-shirt can’t stop calling, shut it up by replacing it with a button-down and leave it un-tucked. Don’t touch that vi-sor, and instead of the Chacos, pair it with a nice pair of loaf-ers. Feel free to have at it with a pair of chino shorts too. And, if showing leg isn’t on the agen-da for the day, a pair of nicely fitted jeans or a tailored khaki works just as well. And always cuff the bottom. This is a way of styling that is simple, easy and keeps the fashion forward but subtle. Also, with fall in full force, or full force as far as Southern standards go, the weather can be a bit indecisive some days. So when it randomly gets cold out, like it loves to do on an unpredictable regular day here, add a nice piece of out-erwear. I would opt for a black or gray puffer vest from Gap or Express. Either way have fun with it, and don’t take it too serious-ly, guys. It’s basic fashion. 1. Sock bun This bun is the top knot's towering sister, pushing your hair to previously unimagined heights by cramming a sock into it. 2. Braids To achieve this look, you need to have taken basket weaving and spent a couple years at sea studying the art of knot-tying. If you don't have at least three elaborate plaits snaking their way through your hair, around your head, down your back and back up again, then you might as well not even try. 3. Hair accessories This season’s most whimsi-cal trend, hair accessories can add some sparkle to even the most casual look. Try clipping an antique barrette, brooch, or comb into your locks for a vintage spin. While you're at it, why not sprinkle some sil-verware or USB drives in there, too? When it comes to whimsy, basically anything goes. HAIR CARE Top trends for fall for your locks Lane Jones Lane@ theplainsman. com Lane jones / intrigue reporter Intrigue B8 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Giving you a better banking experience. 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Anna Beth Jager Intrigue Reporter Auburn alumna Sara Weeks found her place as public relations and marketing assistant for the company Judith March, a wholesale cloth-ing line with a unique and versatile array of de-signers and selections. Straight out of Auburn with a degree in jour-nalism and an open mind, Weeks began apply-ing for multiple PR and journalism-based ca-reers, but found most of them fell flat. After moving back home to spend a short time on her parents’ couch, Weeks decided to apply for a job in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. The position was at a fashion boutique called Deja Vu, owned by Stephanie Carter, head designer and owner of Judith March. Weeks had nothing but great things to say about Carter and her dedication to the multi-ple companies she is in charge of, noting the dedication Carter possesses to her “beloved customers.” She also points out Carter's new line, a cou-ture style called Jacque+Janis. "Stephanie's true personality and style shine brightest through her newest line, Jacque+Janis,” Weeks said. “Launching in spring 2013, Jacque+Janis swings from sophisticated to Bohemian in the blink of an eye. Where classical compositions flow to soulful rock music while forging unfor-gettable harmonies. That approach is also the seamless reflection of the personality of cre-ative mastermind, Stephanie Carter. " As far as the Judith March line, Weeks de-scribes the style as classic. "The bodies are very easily worn and so cute,” Weeks said. “There is also a bohemian edge to Judith March too." An average day for Weeks doesn't exist, be-cause every day is full of different things. She usually spends her time assisting those in charge who need her. "I help coordinate and implement photo shoots, editing and uploading photos, reach-ing out to publications to promote our compa-nies, writing materials for our website, assist the executive team,” Weeks said. “We strive to have a team attitude here, so where there is a need I try to fill the gaps and help any way I can." When it comes to Auburn women, Weeks points out that Judith March has a new a game day line every fall. "We make custom designs for most SEC schools,” Weeks said. “Since working here, I have been to Auburn games and seen hun-dreds of Judith March dresses worn by Auburn girls. Another aspect that is neat about our de-signs are that some of the prints are custom made. Megan Crane, one of our designers, cre-ates our prints from scratch.” These can be bought at ShopDejavu.com. The environment is one of the best parts of her job, Weeks said. "There are 24 young women here who are excited and bursting with creative ideas,” she said. “I love being in this environment where everyone's style and personalities all come to-gether under one roof. I love my job because of the people I work with every day." Weeks believes her time at Auburn shaped who she is today. "Auburn was such a wonderful place to go to school,” Weeks said. “I had so many influential teachers who al-ways encouraged me to think outside of the box. I also learned if you want something you have to go for it. I learned that from one of my journalism professors at Auburn, Judith Shep-pard. Her go-getter attitude has inspired me to not take ‘no’ for an answer." Weeks’ advice for any young men or women looking to snag a similar job is to find out what you want and go for it. “Through my experience, the ‘finding what you want to do’ part was the most challenging,” Weeks said. “Don't limit yourself. If you have a dream go for it, despite what people around you say. If you feel like you need to go on an adventure to figure out your passion in life, go for it. Think outside of the box and be happy. Also, net-working never hurt anybody. Talk to people, form relationships, help others out and even-tually you'll be helped out, too." Kelsey Davis Writer Photo shoots and fashion shows may be what comes to mind in terms of the Au-burn Modeling Board, but much more goes on behind the scenes than what meets the eye. During O-Days, the Mod-eling Board joins other orga-nizations on the Concourse to encourage new students to join who are interested in fash-ion or modeling. The interview process consists of a brief in-terview before a panel of the group’s executives and a run-way walk demonstration. “It seemed like something I’d like to get involved with, but I was really nervous,” said Han-nah Berryhill, junior in public relations. “I went through the interview process though, and it was really fun and laid-back.” Once members are selected, they begin attending monthly events to learn about events that will be carried out and other modeling opportunities. The Auburn Modeling Board held its fourth annu-al Couture for the Cure fash-ion show at the Opelika Event Center Thursday, Oct. 25. The event was created as a means to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research by a past president whose moth-er was affected by the cause. The philanthropic cause re-mains particularly important to members still, however, be-cause of their current adviser’s battle against the disease. Funds raised by Couture for the Cure goes to research in the Auburn area. One of the goals of the event in rais-ing awareness is to encour-age local women to stay up-to-date with exams and healthy against breast cancer. Berryhill said members say this was the most successful Couture for a Cure so far and that the event has given a lot of purpose to the group. Each member was assigned a local boutique to model its merchandise. Members got to choose what they would wear for the show, selecting a casu-al and a dressy outfit. “The boutiques loved get-ting to show off their merchan-dise, and we loved getting the experience,” Berryhill said. Fashion shows are not the only time local boutiques uti-lize the Modeling Board to ad-vertise their merchandise. Au-burn boutiques will often con-tact the president of the group, requesting models for photo shoots. Though the Modeling Board is a great way to gain expe-rience in the fashion indus-try and support a noteworthy cause, members have different reasons for why they enjoy be-ing part of the group. “I just really love meeting all the people,” Berryhill said. “We had so much fun at the fashion show. It was great being able to make new friends I wouldn’t have met otherwise.” Backstage with Hannah Berryhill of the Auburn Modeling Board GAME DAY Freshman quarterback Jonathan Wallace looks for another win. Page 3 Top five Auburn vs. Georgia games of all time. Page 8 A simple drinking game to keep things interesting. Page 4 Q and A with The Red and Black sports editor Nick Fouriezos. Page 10 November 8, 2012 Auburn vs. Georgia 2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Newsroom 334-844-9108 Account Representatives Payton Haisten Kathryn Holladay Hayley Smith Lauren Darmanin Advertising Production Whitney Potts Ashley Selby Caitlin Piery Zoya Zinger Advertising 334-844-4130 Austin Haisten Justin McCroskey Jacob Mueller Distribution 334-844-4130 General Manager Judy Riedl 334-844-9101 gm@theplainsman.com Editorial Adviser Austin Phillips 334-844-9108 adviser@theplainsman.com Office Manager Kim Rape Kyle DuBose Asst. 334-844-4130 kelleka@auburn.edu Robert E. Lee, Editor Chelsea Harvey, Managing Editor Andrew Yawn, Sports Editor Ali Jenkin, Sports Reporter John Burns, Sports Reporter Jenny Steele, Copy Editor Bianca Seward, Asst. Copy Editor Nathan Simone, Online Editor Julia Watterson, Multimedia Editor Zeke Turrentine, Community Editor Sydney Callis, Community Reporter Sonya Lovejoy, Community Reporter Melody Kitchens, Intrigue Editor Lanes Jones, Intrigue Reporter Anna Beth Jager, Intrigue Reporter Hayley Blair Campus Editor Becky Hardy, Campus Reporter Rececca Croomes, Photo Editor Danielle Lowe, Asst. Photo Editor Emily Morris, Asst. Photo Editor Benjamin Croomes, Opinions Editor Rachel Suhs, Design Editor The Auburn Plainsman AU Student Center Suite 1111 255 Heisman Dr. Auburn, AL 36849 On to the next one Courtesy of Todd Van Emst Runningback Onterio McCalebb scores a touchdown Saturday, Nov. 3 against the New Mexico State Aggies. The Tigers won the match with a final score of 42–7. After a much-needed win against New Mexico State, the Tigers face the No. 5 ranked Georgia Bulldogs in an SEC showdown. Nov. 11, 2006 Nov. 10, 2007 Nov. 15, 2008 Nov. 14, 2009 Nov. 13, 2010 Nov. 12, 2011 UGA: 37 UGA: 45 UGA: 17 UGA: 31 UGA: 31 UGA: 45 Auburn: 15 Auburn: 20 Auburn: 13 Auburn: 24 Auburn: 49 Auburn: 7 UGA Games since 2006 Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman 3 LETS GO TIGERS! 142 WEST MAGNOLIA IN AUBURN 2574 ENTERPRISE DR IN OPELIKA VISIT A MOE’S LOCATION TODAY AT: ©2012 MOE’S FRANCHISOR LLC John Burns Sports Reporter Quarterback Jonathan Wal-lace will receive the second start of his career this weekend against Georgia. The freshman’s height is listed at 6 feet 2 inches, and he weighs 197 pounds. Wallace got his first start in Auburn’s 42–7 victory against New Mexico State last Satur-day. He ran the offense effective-ly and finished with 164 yards passing, a touchdown and an interception. “I did some things good, I did some things bad,” Wallace said. “There’s a lot of work to do still, but we can’t get complacent.” The offense Wallace led was anything but complacent in the second half, as the Tigers scored 14 points in both the third and fourth quarter. Wallace is a traditional du-al- threat quarterback and was working out of the wildcat style offense during the first eight games. In his senior year at Central High School in Phoenix City, Wallace threw for 1,761 yards, 12 touchdowns and two inter-ceptions. His legs carried him for 891 yards and 28 touch-downs. As the Auburn starting quar-terback, he has been in a more traditional drop-back role and only ran for nine yards, but it is clear he is comfortable running or passing. In his senior year, Wallace was the 25th ranked quarter-back in the nation and was the 28th ranked player in the state of Alabama, according to Rivals. com. Wallace was not expected to get much playing time in a non-wildcat formation, but extreme circumstances, such as the Ti-gers losing seven of their first eight games, forced head coach Gene Chizik to give the fresh-man a chance. After the Tigers’ win against New Mexico State, Chizik said Wallace had an efficient first start. “I couldn’t be more pleased with the way he managed the team, directed the team, made plays at critical times in the game when we needed them,” he said. “And for a young guy to come in there in his first start, I’m sure he’ll be very critical and hard on himself, which is the way he is, but just looking at it from the naked eye — what I know — I’m very proud of the way he per-formed.” Quarterback Jonathan Wallace gets his chance to shine Rebecca Croomes / Photo Croomes Freshman quarterback Jonathan Wallace will make the second start of his career Saturday, Nov. 10 against UGA. 4 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Award-winning Homes. Upscale. They all have details that inspire and stir the imagination with floor plans that are just as cool as the way they look. And no work for you as all front and rear lawn maintenance is included. And the breathtaking setting. 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Now that the season is near-ing a close, we should be able to put the long line of losses be-hind us, celebrate our wins and enjoy our game against Geor-gia. While that is probably hard-er for some to do than others, a little liquid courage will help even the most passionate viewer make it through the game. For all those watching the game from home, or with their singles snuck in through cow-boy boots, follow these few drinking rules and it won’t mat-ter who scores. · Take a shot if Spirit gets lost/runs into anything · Take a drink when every-one starts a kick off “War Ea-gle.” Don’t stop until the phrase is finished. · Take a drink every time you’re about to yell at a ref · Shotgun a beer every time you miss Lutzenkirchen · Take a drink every time the TV shows Chizik upset or con-templative · Take a drink every time Georgia scores · Take a drink of water every time we score (just to help off-set some of the alcohol) · Take a drink every time we drop the ball · Take a drink every time Georgia intercepts the ball · If we do win, stop drink-ing, get your sober friend who thought you were ridiculous for drinking your way through the Auburn–Georgia game, and have them drive you to Toomer’s Corner to roll the trees. By the end of the game, you should be forgetting the pain-ful numbers that have stacked up against our family this sea-son. Despite the odds being against us, I’m still hoping for a stone-cold sober pack of Tigers A few drinks can help take the edge off a loss Rachel Suhs Design@ theplainsman.com Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman 5 Plainsman Pick ‘em Auburn vs. Georgia Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss LSU vs. Miss. State Alabama vs. Texas A&M Louisiana LaFayette vs. Florida Missouri vs. Tennessee Arkansas vs. South Carolina Owen Parrish SGA President Andrew Yawn Sports Editor John Burns Sports Reporter Ali Jenkins Sports Reporter Melody Kitchens Intrigue Editor Ashley Selby Senior Ads Salesman 6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 2012 Oct. 8th - Nov. 19th www.beatbamafooddrive. • Barrel & Drop-off locations information online • Donate online on our website • 100% of all proceeds goes to East Alabama Food Bank Center for Community Service Team Depth Charts Kick Returner Quan Bray - So. Holder Ryan White - Jr. Quarterback Kiehl Frazier - So. Clint Moseley - Jr. Jonathan Wallace - Fr. Running Back Onterio McCalebb - Sr. Tre Mason - So. Mike Blakely - RS Fr. Fullback Jay Prosch - Jr. Wide Receiver Emory Blake - Sr. Sammie Coates - RS Fr. Ricardo Louis - Fr. Wide Receiver 2 Trovon Reed - So. Travante Stallworth- Sr. 3-wide Quan Bray - So. Tight End Brandon Fulse - So. C.J. Uzomah - So. Left Tackle Greg Robinson - RS Fr. Shon Coleman - RS Fr. Left Guard John Sullen - Sr. Alex Kozan - Fr. Center Reese Dismukes - So. Tunde Fariyike - So. Right Guard Chad Slade - So. C. Westerman - RS Fr. Right Tackle Avery Young - Fr. Patrick Miller - Fr. Place Kicker Cody Parkey - Jr. Alex Kviklys - Fr. Punter Steven Clark - Jr. J.D. Strawbridge - Fr. Defensive End Dee Ford - Jr. Craig Sanders - Jr. Nosa Eguae - Jr. Defensive Tackle Jeffrey Whitaker - Jr. Gabe Wright - So. Tyler Nero - Fr. Defensive Tackle Angelo Blackson - So. Kenneth Carter - Jr. Devaunte Sigler - So. Defensive End Corey Lemonier - Jr. LaDarius Owens - So. Nosa Eguae - Jr. Outside Linebacker (WILL) Jonathan Evans - Sr. Justin Garrett - So. Middle Linebacker (MIKE) Jake Holland - Jr. Cassanova McKinzy - Fr. Outside Linebacker (SAM) Daren Bates - Sr. Kris Frost - RS Fr. Cornerback Chris Davis - Jr. Jonathon Mincy - So. Safety Jermaine Whitehead - So. Demetruce McNeal - Jr. Safety 2 Demetruce McNeal - Jr. Trent Fisher - So. Cornerback Ryan White - Jr. T’Sharvan Bell - Sr. Punt Returner Quan Bray - So. Trovon Reed - So. Quarterback Aaron Murray - Jr. Hutson Mason - Jr. Christian LeMay - Fr. Parker Welch - So. Runningback Todd Gurley - Fr. Keith Marshall - Fr. Ken Malcome - So. Richard Samuel - Sr. Fullback A. Ogletree - Jr. Quayvon Hicks - Fr. Richard Samuel - Sr. Wide receiver Tavarres King - Sr. Rantavious Wooten - Jr. Chris Conley - So. J. Scott-Wesley - Fr. Malcolm Mitchell - So. Rhett McGowan - Jr. Taylor Bradberry - Sr. Offensive tackle Kenarious Gates - Jr. Mark Beard - So. Austin Long - Jr. John Theus - Fr. Watts Dantzler - So. Center David Andrews - So. Chris Burnette - Jr. Dallas Lee - Jr. Offensive Guard Chris Burnette - Jr. Greg Pyke - Fr. Dallas Lee - Jr. Ben Reynolds - Jr. Tight end Arthur Lynch - Jr. Jay Rome - Fr. Ty Flournoy-Smith - Fr. Defensive End Garrison Smith - Jr. Ray Drew - So. C. Washington - Sr. Ray Drew - So. Mike Thornton - So. Nose Tackle John Jenkins - Sr. Kwame Geathers - Jr. Linebacker Chase Vasser - JR Ramik Wilson - SO Josh Dawson - FR Jarvis Jones - JR Jordan Jenkins - FR T.J. Stripling - JR Alec Ogletree - JR C. Robinson - SR Amarlo Herrera - So. Michael Gilliard - Sr. Cornerback Sanders Commings - Sr. Sheldon Dawson - Fr. Branden Smith - Sr. Damian Swann - So. Safety Shawn Williams - Sr. Corey Moore - So. J. Harvey-Clemons - Fr. Bacarri Rambo - SR 11 Connor Norman Kicker Marshall Morgan - Fr. 99 Jamie Lindley - Sr. Punter Collin Barber - Fr. Adam Erickson - So. Punt Return Branden Smith - Sr. Damian Swann - So. Long Snapper Ty Frix - Sr. 49 Nathan Theus - Fr. Holder Adam Erickson - So. Kick Return Branden Smith - Sr. Todd Gurley - Fr. Thursday, November 8, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman 7 For students, six hours in the stadium sustained by nothing but a mustard-slathered soft pretzel leaves us with a rag-ing post-game hunger. If we can make it past the conces-sion stands without purchas-ing an armful of hot dogs, then our game day options usually revolve around scrounging up whatever food is left at the tail-gate by the time we get there. Eating the misshapen carrots everyone else left on the vegeta-ble plate is not your only option. There are plenty of restau-rants around town offering fans a fresh new twist on old favor-ites like barbecue, burgers and fries. Game days in Auburn are marked by tradition, but don’t let yourself get stuck in a dining rut by eating the same meal ev-ery time. Amsterdam Cafe’s crab cake sandwich The crab cake sandwich at Amsterdam Cafe, located on South Gay Street, is a delectable twist on the typical fare of game day. Instead of a charred burg-er, sink your teeth into one of the “top 100 dishes to eat in Ala-bama before you die.” The crab cake avocado sand-wich is served on a flaky toasted croissant with creole remoulade and mango pico de gallo. The subtle blend of flavors in this tasty sandwich makes for a dish you can savor instead of just in-hale in a fit of hunger. Get it with a side of sweet potato chips. Big Blue Bagel’s tiger melt Another one of the “100 dish-es to eat in Alabama before you die,” Big Blue, located on College Street, offers a Tiger Melt con-sisting of Colby Jack generously melting over its famous chicken salad and served atop two bagel faces of your choice. Play it safe and go with the multigrain ba-gel or mix it up with cinnamon or blueberry. The melt comes with a side of bagel chips, which are ba-gels of different flavors toasted and sliced into bite-sized piec-es. A side of the honey mus-tard makes the perfect dipping sauce. Tex’s Tacos’ barbecue taco Putting a Tex-Mex twist on Southern cooking, our favorite campus food truck offers a bar-becue taco. Get it with a side of lime fries. The taco combines a flour tortilla with vinegar-basted pulled pork barbecue, honey-lime garden slaw and barbe-cue sauce. Since the taco truck is parked right outside the sta-dium, you’ll have to endure the shortest amount of time be-tween you and satiating your roaring appetite. Top off your barbecue taco with a round of lime fries, a Tex’s Tacos specialty that some-how manages to whip up a deep fried dish that tastes like a fun-nel ca |
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