2012-08-23 The Auburn Plainsman

              Rebecca Moseley
INTRIGUE REPORTER
The Traditions Council of SGA re-introduced
a classic touch to the fa-mous
orange tiger paw of Toomer’s
Corner this week with the addition
of a blue “AU” emblem to its center.
After a setback due to weath-er
conditions and miscommunica-tion,
the process began at 11 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 13, when the Auburn
Police Department blocked off traf-fic
through the intersection so that
members of SGA and the Alpha Phi
Omega service organization, as well
as several volunteers, could begin
the annual tiger paw touch-up.
“It is always best to paint them at
night because there is typically less
traffic, but this year was pushed all
the way back until 11 p.m. at the re-quest
of the police,” said SGA Direc-tor
of Traditions Billy Walick, a se-nior
in actuarial science with mi-nors
in finance and economics. “We
didn’t have too much of a say in that.”
They began by refinishing the or-ange
paint of the paw and continued
their task with the use of a new sten-cil
that required several volunteers
to act as a paperweight by stand-ing
on top to hold it down as others
painted around them.
According to Walick, the new
stencils were an idea that the Tradi-tions
Council came up with last se-mester.
“We actually were not aware of
the older stencils and that an ‘AU’
had once been painted downtown,”
Walick said. “After further inqui-ry,
we discovered the wooden sten-cils
were still in possession but were
missing several key pieces, making
them practically useless.”
Walick said the Traditions Coun-cil
drew inspiration from the old and
damaged stencil and began the pro-cess
of acquiring a new one in order
to update the proc.
According to Corey Edwards, vice
president of student affairs and di-rector
of involvement, the stencil
was last used in 2008.
Although Toomer’s Corner is the
only paw exhibiting the “AU” em-blem,
other large orange tiger paws
were painted at the intersections of
Samford and Donahue and Heisman
and Donahue.
Walick said he was honored to be
involved with the tiger paw painting
for the first time and that the under-taking
took his Auburn experience
to another level. He said he recom-mends
all Auburn students to vol-unteer
next year and enjoy with fel-low
peers.
Although no one was technically
in charge, the procedure took place
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Tiger traditions roll on
Zeke Turrentine
COMMUNITY EDITOR
At its Aug. 7 meeting, Auburn City
Council voted to approve a new ordi-nance
that creates a downtown en-tertainment
district.
The entertainment district will
only be active on specially designated
days or weekends and will allow pa-trons
and revelers to buy an alcohol-ic
drink at one bar or restaurant and
leave that establishment to go to an-other
one.
Patrons will also be able to walk
around the street with the same drink
in tow. Its borders would be approx-imately
from Gay Street to Wright
Street from east to west and from
Glenn Avenue to Thach Avenue north
to south. The southern section of the
district would end on its west end at
College Street to avoid including the
trees and part of Auburn’s campus.
Alabama only recently put in place
new legislation that made entertain-ment
districts like this possible. Au-burn
will join Montgomery, Mobile,
Tuscaloosa and Orange Beach as oth-er
cities with such districts.
“This would allow you to walk into
any establishment within the enter-tainment
district that is licensed to
sell alcohol, buy a beer or wine or
whatever you like, and walk out with
it as long as you stay within the con-fines
of the entertainment district,”
said Assistant City Manager Kevin
Cowper.
Auburn City Manager Charlie Dug-gan
hopes Auburn will not abuse the
new law.
“We hope the community will
come out and support the downtown
area while responsibly practicing this
new privilege,” Duggan said.
This was the second time the coun-cil
had discussed approval of the or-dinance.
At the first reading, Ward 8
Councilman Bob Norman voted “no.”
The second reading needed only a
majority vote of the eight member
council and approval from Mayor Bill
Ham Jr.
Norman voiced his concerns again
during the meeting.
“I just think this is a mistake in
terms of traffic flow in potentially
hurting businesses … I see a problem
with people from out of town; where
are they going to park?” Norman said.
“I’m not a teetotaler, but is it in the
best interest of all the citizens of Au-burn
to walk around on the street
with a cup of beer?”
Duggan tried to assuage Norman’s
apprehension and said that the city
is going to be monitoring the dis-trict
very closely for any negative in-cidents.
He said if it appears to be too
problematic, the council will be rec-ommended
to close the district.
Plans are already under way for the
first night of the district on Sept. 14,
the night before Auburn hosts its first
football game of the fall. Called “AU-tumn
Night,” the event is being put
together by the Auburn Downtown
Merchants Association, Auburn ath-letics
and the Auburn Chamber of
Commerce. The group hopes the
event will entice people who may not
usually come to the city’s downtown
area on game weekends. Another AU-tumn
Night is scheduled for Nov. 16,
the night before Auburn’s final home
game of the season.
Owners and managers from busi-nesses
on West Magnolia Avenue
voiced worries that their shops would
experience a drop off in customers
when the event closes traffic for live
music.
Chick-fil-A owner Bob McFadden
also raised concerns during the cit-izens’
communications portion of
Tuesday’s meeting.
“I’m asking that if we’re not going
to host events where everyone can be
happy, I’d like for it to be postponed,”
McFadden said.
Auburn Chamber President Lol-ly
Steiner defended the council’s de-cision.
“We don’t want to do something
that could potentially hurt down-town
businesses,” Steiner said. “This
is a big event for the community, and
we think it could actually help those
businesses.”
Cowper said the city’s stipula-
City council approves
entertainment district
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Tigers Troubled with
off the field issues
COMMUNITY//A5
REBECCA CROOMES/PHOTO EDITOR
The entertainment district approved for downtown Auburn will only be in effect on
specified days.
T.J. Harlin
CAMPUS REPORTER
More than a year ago, Sewell Hall,
a residence hall by Duck-Samford
Park that housed athletes, was de-molished.
The hall, built in 1962,
had run its course after 50 years of
use.
The space where Sewell Hall
stood was not empty for long.
Construction is currently under-way
for a new residence hall at the
spot. According to a construction
update from the Board of Trustees in
June, the new residence hall should
be complete by June 23, 2013, with a
budget of $51 million.
The hall is now 19 percent com-plete.
However, there were many con-cerns
with members of the physics
department before construction of
the building began.
Across from the new residence
hall is the Leach Science Center,
which houses physics research labs.
When the building’s plans were
announced, physics professors ex-pressed
concerns that students in
the new buildings may not be safe.
“There was a series of meetings
between faculty members and ar-chitects,”
said Dr. Edward Thom-as
Jr., professor in physics. “(There
were concerns about) safety related
to some of the experiments we have
operating.”
Leach Science Center houses ex-periments
like magnetic fields, vac-uums
and high power systems.
“Those are all fairly standard in a
research laboratory,” Thomas said.
“In order to ensure those systems
operate safely we take extreme pre-cautions
to ensure that not only our
own students, but students that can
get in the general area, are safe.”
Auburn Facilities did not hesitate
to meet with the physics depart-ment
and address these concerns.
“We’ve worked with the folks at
physics a good bit (during the con-struction),”
said Greg Parsons, Uni-versity
architect. “They do some ex-cellent
work there.”
After sitting down to talk a solu-tion
was found.
Safety fences will be put up
around the boundary between
Leach and the new residence hall to
isolate the spaces from each other.
The two buildings will also have
different driveways and different
loading docks.
“I would say pretty much at this
point we are more or less in agree-ment
and on the same page with the
construction of the building,” Thom-as
said.
Students are happy that facili-
Physics labs relinquish issues
concerning new dorms
Updyke’s attorney bails
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“This is a big event
for the community,
and we think it could
actually help those
businesses.”
Lolly Steiner
AUBURN CHAMBER PRESIDENT
The SGA Traditions Council improves tiger paws around town
Goodwin, Mosley
return to trial
Robert Lee
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Lois J. Willie III, one of the de-fense
attorneys for Harvey Updyke
Jr. in his case of allegedly poison-ing
the Toomer’s Oaks, is request-ing
to withdraw, according to the
Opelika-Auburn News.
Willie filed the motion to with-draw
on Tuesday, noting his pro
bono work since January, the tri-al’s
delay in June and other pro-fessional
and personal commit-ments.
If Willie is relieved from the
case he would be the fifth lawyer
to leave Harvey since the case be-gan
in February 2011.
“The uncertainty of the timing
of a new trial and the potential
costs which would accrue, regard-less
of the venue chosen, make it
impossible to adequately plan and
provide adequate representation
of the defendant,” Willie wrote.
The next court date for the case
is set for Sept. 27, and is current-ly
scheduled for the October crim-inal
term in Lee County.
In his motion, Willie argues lead
defense attorney Everett W. Wess
would be able to provide adequate
representation for Updyke.
Wess renewed the argument of
moving the trial’s location outside
of Lee County nearly a week ago.
Updyke confessed to Plainsman
reporter Andrew Yawn in June,
with Yawn receiving a gag order
shortly after.
“Did I do it? Yes,” Updyke told
Yawn outside the elevator on the
second floor of the Lee County Jus-tice
Center in June.
Updyke has pleaded not guilty
by reason of mental disease or
defect and faces multiple counts
of first-degree criminal mischief,
desecration of a venerated object
and unlawful damage of a crop fa-cility
related to the alleged attack.
REBECCA MOSELEY / INTRIGUE REPORTER
The addition of a blue “AU” emblem to center of the tiger paw downtown was added last week.
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Auditions for all three of Auburn’s fall plays took place Friday, Aug. 17, and callbacks were held during the weekend to solidify each actor’s role.
REBECCA CROOMES / PHOTO EDITOR
LEFT: Rachel Pair, junior in musical theatre, auditioned for Guarding Gold Street, Lysistrata and Nickeled and Dimed. RIGHT: Pair and Ashley Burns, also a junior in theatre, fill out their audition applications.
Auburn’s got talent
Hayley Blair
CAMPUS EDITOR
The stage is nothing without its players, which is why direc­tors spent three days last week selecting actors to perform this year’s fall lineup.
In order to qualify for all three plays, actors were asked to pre­pare a short joke, a monologue and a song.
Auditioning students crowded one corner of the theatre lobby, posing for glamour shots and practicing their jokes.
A few sat laughing together as they filled in the questionnaire on their application forms, which mostly confirmed which types of roles the actors were willing to perform on stage.
Are you willing to cut or dye your hair?
Are you willing to kiss on stage?
Are you willing to wear prosthetic genitalia on stage?
“Sure, but I don’t know if it would fit,” someone joked.
Some students sat alone, mentally preparing themselves for their audition, while others gave encouragement as each actor made his or her way backstage.
If the people in the lobby were too loud, it would disturb the ac­tors on stage, so theatre manager Alisa Allison settled for pump­ing her fists and miming her support instead.
Jacob Heflin, sophomore in musical theatre, said he’s already been in three plays, but it’s still hard to be calm during auditions.
“The nerves can kind of set in at any time, but when they do hit, you’re shaking,” Heflin said.
Theatre majors are required to audition for every production, so they must learn to adapt quickly, said Rachel Pair, junior in musical theatre.
“My first audition, I was utterly terrified because it’s the second day of class, you don’t know the professors and you’re going in as someone they’ve never seen,” Pair said. “It’s a little intimidating.”
If actors do sometimes make mistakes, however, it’s important that no one notices, Heflin said.
“I actually messed up my joke really bad, and I made up a total­ly different ending, but that’s just one of the things about it,” Hef­lin said. “You can mess up, but you just have to keep going with it.”
Students from other majors often audition as well, and direc­tor Joseph Bates said 40 to 60 performers usually compete.
“I don’t know why different people are compelled to audition. I don’t know why people are compelled to be theatre majors. Ev­eryone has their own story about why they’re doing what they do,” Bates said.
Actors can be chosen for a role based on their physical simi­larities to a character, but Bates said exceptions could be made if someone is impressive enough.
“You might have decided to do Charlie Brown, and you decided you want Lucy to be a short girl with brunette hair,” Bates said. “It has nothing to do with their talent. On the other hand, this 6-foot blonde may come in and be the smart ass Lucy that you want, so you throw out the idea she has to be a short brunette.”
Pair said that’s why it was important for her to inject her own personality into the monologue and jokes she chose. This time, Pair chose her joke in honor of shark week.
“What does a shark call something that’s totally rad?” Pair said. “Jawsome.”
Bates said auditions are the most important part of an actor’s career, and he loves it when performers do well.
“Professional actors audition their whole lives, and it’s never easy,” Bates said. “Most of the time you’ll be rejected, but you want them to do well and you want them to do their best. You want to be confused when you leave the room that night about which ac­tor to choose.”
TJ Harlin
CAMPUS REPORTER
Inside the Auburn Hotel is the home of the newly reno­vated Ariccia restaurant.
Though they have been go­ing through renovations, Aric­cia has not slowed down.
This summer Ariccia has worked closely with The Mar­ket at Ag Heritage Park on spe­cial farm-to-table dinners.
“Every Thursday we go to the farmer’s market here in Auburn,” said Garry Anderson, executive sous chef at Ariccia. “It’s a combination of the food we get at the farmer’s market and different things we have growing in our herb garden.”
The Ariccia chefs com­bine the food from the farm­er’s market with local artisan beers to create a three-course meal that is truly a local expe­rience.
These dinners have benefit­ed more than just The Auburn Hotel and Ariccia.
“The local restaurants are supporting the farmers,” said Laura Herring, market man­ager. “(The farmers) think it’s a great thing.”
Though the farmer’s market will be shutting down Aug. 23, special dinners will still be go­ing on Thursdays at Ariccia.
These dinners will feature local craft beers with a focus on different meats and foods that can be cooked with beer. The cost is $35 .
Reservations can be made for the dinners, but walk-ins are welcome.
The restaurant also features a monthly course for people who would like a hands-on cooking experience.
The course, called Tour D’ Italia, allows customers to make their own authentic Ital­ian pasta and pasta dough from scratch.
The class includes dinner and wine in Enoteca, the pri­vate dining room in Ariccia.
Only 12 spots are available each month, and the cost of the course is $100.
The next date for the course is Sept. 5.
“We got a lot of really good reviews (about the Tour D’ Ita­lia),” Anderson said. “It’s nice to see that the local communi­ty is getting involved.”
Ariccia is also participating in Alabama Restaurant Week through Aug. 26.
The meal for Restaurant Week is $30 and will feature ce­dar plank wild salmon.
Those interested in the meals or classes can make res­ervations with Ariccia at 334-821-8200 or online at www.auhcc.com/dine/ariccia-en.html.
Ariccia teaches authentic italian cookingthrough the students’ com­bined efforts while gradu­ate assistants and advisers stood by to oversee.
“A little cliché, but it was a team effort with every­one helping out and offering ideas,” Walick said. “It’s a re­ally great example of the Au­burn family coming togeth­er for the betterment of Au­burn.”
Another team of approxi­mately 40 SGA summer Cab­inet members previously met June 19 to paint small­er tiger paws along Dona­hue, from Kinnucan’s to the stadium.
One sophomore sum­mer Cabinet member, Ke­alon Drake, said that he had an unexpectedly good time working with his friends and that the two-hour volun­teer project was completed much faster than he had ex­pected.
“Everyone made it fun and before we knew it, we were on the last paw,” Drake said.
tions would ensure that the details of the new ordinance are properly enforced and not abused.
“Places like Montgomery and Mobile that have vibrant downtown districts—they’ll do that all the time any day of the week,” Cowper said. “We’re not planning to have that. We’re planning on two, possibly three of those Fri­day night events. We may also have it for our annual ArtWalk that we do in the summer.”
Many parts of the ordi­nance were included spe­cifically to make the events as safe as possible. Coolers pre-loaded with alcohol pur­chased outside the district will not be allowed, and no glass containers will be al­lowed either.
“We will have public safe­ty officers down there to en­sure that people are not leav­ing the entertainment district with alcohol or that they are buying alcohol for their un­derage friends,” Cowper said, adding that they will likely have designated cups for alco­hol purchased in the district.
The entertainment district would only be designated for certain hours.
“We would end it at a cer­tain time on a Friday night to avoid the college kids,” Cow­per said. “Downtown is a lot different at 2 a.m. than it is at 8 p.m.”
Organizers hope the park­ing lots and empty areas to the northeast of downtown can be used to host the live music acts.
DISTRICT
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ORANGE
» From A1ties and the physics depart­ment were able to come to an agreement.
“It is really good to see all the departments cooperat­ing for the betterment of Au­burn,” said David Manush, ju­nior in political science. “I was under the impression that different parts of the campus would tune each oth­er out.”
Parsons also sounded op­timistic.
“With any project there are disruptions,” Parsons said. “But I’m sure we’ll take of the folks in the physics depart­ment.”
Communication has been beneficial for everyone in­volved.
“There are no significant is­sues that exist at the moment by having the open communi­cation with facilities,” Thom­as said. “Our task is to have open communication both ways to ensure that we don’t have any problems.”
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Auburn Bookstore
responds to thefts
Hayley Blair
CAMPUS EDITOR
Security officers were hired to monitor the
Auburn Bookstore at the beginning of fall se-mester
in response to a series of organized
thefts that occurred last year.
“Last fall we had an incident with an orga-nized,
outside group,” said Katie Lee, bookstore
director. “It was an individual who was strate-gically
taking books. He had a list of ISBNs that
he was targeting, and if you lose 10 or 15 $200
books, that costs a lot of money.”
The thief was caught when bookstore em-ployees
noticed the man behaving suspicious-ly.
They then called the police.
“The fellow was not student age,” Lee said.
“He would go and find books and then go and
stick them under the clothing section. He’d go
back and keep retrieving books, and our staff
saw that.”
Police caught the thief, but could not track
the stolen textbooks, which had been mailed to
a third party.
Lee said this is the first time she’s arranged
for security to guard the store, and she hopes it
will act as a deterrent for similar behavior from
other outside parties.
“It’s an experiment,” Lee said. “I don’t feel that
the store has a problem, in general, with mer-chandise
leaving without being paid for. Au-burn
has a very honest, good student body, and
I think most people who come here know that
buying textbooks is a part of their education
and want to make that investment.”
All parties agree to Jordan-
Hare dining compromise
Hayley Blair
CAMPUS EDITOR
A contract to expand the
use of dining dollars to Jordan-
Hare concession stands has
been under dispute since Jan-uary,
but parties have reached
an agreement just in time for
football season.
In order to make the deal,
University Counsel Jon Wag-goner
became the arbiter be-tween
on-campus food provid-er,
Chartwells, and the compa-ny
in charge of Jordan-Hare
concessions, Sodexo.
“Long story short is the
students asked for it, and it’s
something we wanted to give
the for a while, but it took
some contractual wrangling
and some accounting to fig-ure
it all out,” Waggoner said.
“What I had to do was get ev-eryone
to agree to share and
trade money in such a way that
it enables students to use their
money at Sodexo vendors.”
Waggoner said SGA had
been asking about the possi-bility
of a policy change for a
long time, and SGA president
Owen Parrish even included
it as part of his election plat-form.
“The ability to use Tiger
Cards in the student section of
football games was a platform
point of mine and something
that SGA has recently worked
to accomplish,” Parrish said.
“We touched on this subject in
multiple meetings and worked
to advocate the student desire
for dining dollars in the stadi-um.”
Waggoner said 18 percent
of money spent using a Tiger
Card goes to fund Tiger Din-ing,
which means Sodexo now
has to pay a percentage of its
profits to the University. De-spite
this, Waggoner said So-dexo
benifits from the agree-ment
in several ways.
“I can’t speak for them, but
if I were Sodexo, I would want
students to be able to use the
Tiger Card because some-times
a student might not
have cash in their pocket and
credit cards have fees associ-ated
with them,” Waggoner
said. “It’s quicker to do a card
transaction than a cash trans-action,
which keeps customers
happy.”
Reaching an agreement was
still difficult, however, because
Waggoner had to convince
Chartwells to relinquish a por-tion
of its profits to Sodexo.
“There’s a number of rea-sons
why Sodexo would want
the card,” Waggoner said. “The
more difficult question is why
Chartwells would want to al-low
that transaction to take
place. They have all sorts of
costs in running, and now you
spend your money in a Sodexo
venue while they still have all
these expenses.”
Waggoner said Chartwells
agreed partly because of the
benefits the deal would bring
to students.
“We had to convince Chart-wells
that it was in their best
interests to allow us to do this,
so we provided certain give-backs
to them, financial in-centives,”
Waggoner said. “We
convinced them that ‘Hey,
you’re a great partner, and we
want you to be so in favor of
students that even if it’s not
the most productive financial
transaction, we’d love for you
to help allow this to happen.’”
Tiger Card use for conces-sion
stands in other sports
venues may also be considered
in the future.
“We’re going to see how it
goes,” Waggoner said. “I ac-tually
asked for that from the
food contractors, and we de-cided
to try it here first in each
student concession stand. If it
works well, then we’ll consider
asking them to expand to the
baseball stadium and the are-na.”
Waggoner said he is glad
he was able to help broker an
agreement that will provide
more options for students.
“It’s not like it’s rocket sci-ence,”
Waggoner said. “I don’t
want to make it seem like it’s
the most complicated thing
in the world. It was just a mat-ter
of convincing people in this
very big transaction to make
the exceptions that were nec-essary
to enable this to hap-pen,
and I’m proud that we’ve
gotten it done.”
HAYLEY BLAIR / CAMPUS EDITOR
Students walk route #1 of the new Tiger Paw Trails. Three trails were designed by the Healthy
Tigers Wellness Initiative to replace older trails on campus that have faded away.
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Campus A4 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, August 23, 2012
Welcome back to a new academic year. I trust that your semester is
o	 to a great start and you are settling into your courses. The beginning of fall
semester is always a busy and energizing time for Auburn University; there is
nothing like watching students and faculty as they discover new knowledge
or listening as they energetically exchange ideas both in and out of the
classroom.
As Provost, I have the privilege of serving as
Auburn University’s chief academic o cer. That
o cial-sounding term means that I spend my time
thinking about, organizing, leading and doing my best
to support Auburn’s many innovative programs of
instruction, research, and outreach.
The heart of Auburn’s mission is to meet the
challenges of the 21st century through these
programs. You are part of that e	ort, not only as
learners but also as initiates into a culture of “learning
that works.” My role is to carefully guide resources towards achieving this
mission while ensuring that our energies stay focused on our goals. Having
worked at Auburn for nearly 30 years, I am proud of our culture of intellectual
and creative discovery and our core values of hard work and service. Collec-tively,
Auburn men and women use what they have learned to serve commu-nities
throughout Alabama, the region, country, and the world. This unique
form of discovery-driven service also advances our reputation as an institution
of higher learning.
Right now, Auburn is experiencing transformation, both physically
and academically. As the physical make-up of our campus continues to be
renewed by the construction of new facilities, so does the composition of our
academic programs. Auburn is fortunate to have dedicated faculty who are
always developing innovative courses, degree programs, centers, and research
opportunities designed to preserve and advance knowledge, build intellec-tual
capacity, and challenge all of us in new and exciting ways.
In support of these e	orts, my o ce has begun several initiatives to
enhance your success. We are improving our academic support services, such
as advising. We are developing early intervention strategies for students who
may struggle in di cult courses. We are rebuilding the spaces where most
academic learning occurs. Our goal is to enhance our retention and gradua-tion
rates through such e	orts, while assuring high-quality learning through
assessment and accountability. No student should face unwanted delays in
completing a degree, and every hardworking student who chooses Auburn
should have unparalleled opportunities for success. While these changes will
take time to implement, my goal is to establish a dialogue where we can share
ideas, suggestions, and opportunities for improved success.
With so much to work for, communication is more important than
ever. I will continue to update you on new academic programs and policies in
The Plainsman. In addition, the Provost’s O ce also maintains a Facebook
page where we post announcements and information. I also host open
forums every month to discuss ongoing projects and initiatives. The next
forum will be held on September 11 at 2:00 in the newly renovated Foy 258.
We will discuss plans for Auburn’s future Central Classroom Facility. This
project is especially important to our campus and has the potential to
transform how Auburn students and faculty teach and learn, both now and in
the future. I encourage you to attend and share your ideas and perspectives.
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Auburn’s dining services are bringing new ad-ditions
to campus with money from leftover Ti-ger
Card dollars.
Students can expect new options like: Joann’s
home-style cooking, with its expansive salad
options; Chick-n-Grill’s three new Greek op-tions;
two new food trucks; a gelato station next
to Caribou Coffee in the Village; and addition-al
Asian and home-style options in the Village.
Future dining options will arrive on campus
with the help of a leftover Tiger dollar balance
of $376,295.
Compared to the rest of the country, Auburn
students leave an average of just 2.4 percent of
their meal plan dollars for dining services at the
end of the year, compared to the national aver-age
of 10 percent.
John Waggoner, interim dining director, said
the money will be applied toward debts related
to Tiger Dining.
“When we borrow money to build the din-ing
services, we have to pay a monthly fee,” Wag-goner
said. “This monthly fee includes upgrad-ing
new facilities, adding new programs, power
bills and lots of other sections.”
Auburn is dealing with approximate-ly
$12 million of debt from building the Vil-lage
Dining Hall and $6 million in debt
for the restaurants in the Student Center.
“We use whatever revenue from the (Tiger dol-lars)
sweep to go back to paying for the dining
experiences,” Waggoner said.
These changes were made to make the cam-pus
more appealing to students, Waggoner said.
“If dining is offered on campus, it makes the
students more likely to sit and eat a sandwich
and study rather than leave campus,” Waggon-er
said.
Waggoner said the two ways to increase grad-uation
rates for a university is to either require
students to live on campus or require students
to have a meal plan.
“Studies show that students who live and eat
on campus will perform better in their classes
and graduate in a reasonable time,” Waggoner
said.
Auburn chooses to have students receive
a mandatory meal plan each semester rather
than mandatory on-campus housing.
Auburn’s dining services wanted students in-volved
in more meal plan decisions, so they held
a competition on their Facebook page to name
the new Asian and home-style station in the Vil-lage.
Students voted for their favorite restau-rant
title submitted by other students. The win-ning
name, “Tiger Walk,” was submitted by Co-rey
Berger, second-degree nursing student.
SGA was also involved with the new dining
options on campus.
“SGA helped created the menu, the name and
the feel of the location for Joann’s in the Student
Center,” said Gina Groome, marketing director
for dining services. “Everything is very student-driven.”
Dining services is all about receiving feed-back
from the student body.
“I just hope the things that people don’t like…
they will let us know about,” Waggoner said.
The new food trucks added to campus place
traditional sides into a new light.
“Mighty Meatballs and Mac the Cheese are
the new food truck options on campus this fall
semester,” Groome said. “Mighty Meatballs of-fers
all different types of meatballs, from vege-tarian
to traditional style. Mac the Cheese’s cook
makes his own variety of sauces daily.”
The future holds more than just the Lowder
lounge and frozen yogurt station.
A wellness-dining kitchen will be added to
campus next fall near the new athletics complex
being built across from Plainsman Park. A train-ing
table to provide athletes with the right food
to eat while training will be available, as well as
gluten-free and other special dieting options for
students who need to be more careful with what
they eat.
Tiger Dining makes room at
table for newer food choices
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Sydney Callis
COMMUNITY REPORTER
Antonio Goodwin and Da-kota
Mosley, former Auburn
football players, are headed
back to court in September.
In June, Goodwin was sen-tenced
to 15 years in prison af-ter
being found guilty of first-degree
robbery. The armed
robbery took place in Conway
Acres mobile home park the
night of March 10, 2011.
Goodwin’s lawyer, Lauryn
Lauderdale, applied for pro-bation
after his conviction.
She also applied for an appeal
bond but was denied at the
time.
Mosley is accused of also
having a role in the trailer
home robbery in March 2011.
His trial was delayed in April to
allow his lawyers more time to
build their defense, but it is set
to start in October.
However, the court will
meet Sept. 28 to decide wheth-er
the motion presented by the
defense to suppress physical
evidence against Mosley that
was gathered at the scene can
be used in court.
Both Goodwin and Mosley’s
lawyers said the use of “spice,”
a synthetic marijuana, influ-enced
their clients prior to the
robbery.
Michael McNeil and Shaun
Kitchens, two other former
Auburn football players, are
awaiting trial for their alleged
roles in the aforementioned
March 10, 2011 armed robbery
of a home in the Conway Acres
mobile home park.
The prosecutors allege the
former players took a safe and
threatened the residents with
a gun.
Goodwin, Mosley
to return to court
COURTESY OF VASHA HUNT, OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS
Former Auburn football player Antonio Goodwin was sentenced to 15
years in prison for a robbery in March 2011.
Sydney Callis
COMMUNITY REPORTER
Randall Bramblett will be
performing at the Sundilla
Acoustic Concert Series Friday
at 7:30 p.m. at the Auburn Uni-tarian
Universalist Fellowship.
“Sundilla brings in the best
of the best,” said Bailey Jones,
Sundilla president. “Randall
Bramblett is a great example
of that. He is in high demand
by other musicians.”
Aside from his own records,
Bramblett’s résumé boasts
performing and writing for re-cords
with artists like Gregg
Allman of the Allman Brothers
Band, Widespread Panic, At-lanta
Rhythm Section, Chuck
Leavell and Traffic, to name a
few.
“I still play with Chuck
Leavell every so often when he
does shows,” Bramblett said.
“When he’s not with the Roll-ing
Stones or John Mayer.”
Bramblett sets aside time
every day to work on music.
“I journal in the mornings,”
Bramblett said. “I write stuff
in the book and then go in the
basement, which is my studio,
and work on it. I take my notes
so I have something to start
with, but sometimes songs
just come out. Lyrics are the
hard part.”
Bramblett said he likes
playing for the Sundilla Acous-tic
Concert Series because of
its emphasis on the music and
support for musicians.
“I’ve played there before,
and it was a really good expe-rience,”
Bramblett said. “It was
a good listening crowd and a
good venue. It’s not a bar; it’s a
listening place.”
Jones said the venue allows
for more interaction, creating
a more intimate concert expe-rience.
“Audience members often
hang around long after the
show to chat with the perform-ers,”
Jones said.
Sundilla volunteers also
bring snacks, coffee, water and
tea for audience members to
enjoy throughout the evening.
There are no rules about
bringing in your own food
or drinks, including alcohol.
Gnu’s Room owner Tina Ta-tum
sells tickets to the con-cert
series and described it as
a “BYOB” event.
Tatum said she also enjoys
the concerts because they
present an opportunity to re-lax
and enjoy different styles
of music.
“Even though it’s held in the
Unitarian church, it’s definite-ly
not a church function,” Ta-tum
said. “It’s very relaxed. It’s
generally going to be acous-tic
and very laid back, and the
music will vary.”
This Sundilla performance
will feature a variety of Bram-blett’s
works, including his
solo recordings and group
work.
“I’m going to be playing my
acoustic guitar and then pia-no,
too,” Bramblett said. “I’ve
got a new record I’m working
on right now, so I’ll probably
do a couple off it.”
Bramblett can also play the
saxophone and organ.
This will be Bramblett’s sec-ond
Sundilla appearance. He
also headlined the Alex City
Jazzfest in 2011, making this
his third show in the area.
Tickets for the concert are
available for $15 at the door.
They can also be purchased at
The Gnu’s Room for $12 prior
to the concert.
Special guest livens up Sundilla concert series
Eva Woghiren
COMMUNITY REPORTER
Toomer’s Corner will play
host to the first tailgate of the
season Saturday night from
6:30 to 9:30.
AuburnArt has collaborat-ed
with several other Auburn
organizations, to prepare for
an event they are calling Cor-ner
Kickoff.
The event will feature a gi-ant
screen on Toomer’s Cor-ner
to show old football in-troduction
videos, game
footage and the debut of a
new show “The Auburn Ev-eryday
Show.”
The Everyday Show al-lows
fans to see another side
of the coaches and players,
bringing them exclusive in-terviews
and behind-the-scene
clips of practices. It
aims to bring fans closer to
the team and allow them to
see more than the usual 60
minutes of playing.
“I am extremely excited
to have the Auburn family
come together at this histor-ic
location to celebrate the
beginning of a new season,”
said AuburnArt owner Cliff
Hare.
There will be time for the
families and fans to shop and
eat around Auburn before
and after the show starts.
Aubie, The Auburn Cheer-leaders
and Tiger Paws will
make appearances through-out
the night.
“I am ready for everyone to
get geared up and have some
fun getting ready for the sea-son
and to see the new team,”
Hare said.
Alison Hall, Parks and Rec-reation
community and spe-cial
programs director, said
they have also invited some
VIP guests from the Universi-ty
as well as the city and hope
they will be in attendance at
Saturday’s event.
“Parks and Recreation was
definitely excited to team
up with Auburn IMG Sports
Network, AuburnArt and Au-burn
Athletics to put on the
first ever Corner Kickoff,”
Hall said. “We are looking
forward to seeing everyone
shopping and socializing.”
The event is intended to
bring together the Auburn
family and help support the
football team as it prepares
to start its 2012–2013 season
in less than two weeks.
Auburn opens on Sept. 1 in
Atlanta against Clemson.
COURTESY OF JESSIE KING
Workers prepare the big screen for the Corner Kickoff. Parks and Rec and the Auburn Sports Network
worked together to prepare the event.
COURTESY OF JESSIE KING
The Corner Kickoff big screen after its completion. The screen will show old intro videos and Auburn
Everyday episodes.
Fans join the huddle
Corner Kickoff rallies fans for upcoming football season
“Sundilla brings
in the best of
the best. Randall
Bramblett is a
great example
of that. He is in
high demand by
other musicians.”
—Bailey Jones
SUNDILLA PRESIDENT
Community A6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, August 23, 2012 Thursday, August 23, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman Community A7
Q: How long has Ware Jewelers been a fixture in Auburn?
A: Lamar Ware opened the doors to Ware Jewelers in 1946. Part of the building was already established and traces back to the 1930’s.
Q: Why did you decide to tear down the original building?
A: For years every time it would rain over the weekend, we would have to empty the strategically placed buckets of water placed all
over the store. We replaced the roof but still had leaks on the first floor. That and we wanted our store to be wheelchair accessible.
The existing structure would not support an elevator. We have family in wheelchairs and appreciate when a place is wheelchair ac-cessible.
We originally planned to do a remodel but engineers said that the building was not structurally sound. We did not want to
move the store elsewhere because we love Auburn and we love downtown Auburn, starting from scratch seemed like the way to go.
Q: Did the rebuild go as planned?
A: Someone said to us, “You built at the perfect time, while we were in a drought for the most part of the last year.” We would say we
had an incredible builder in Miles Lett of Lett Construction. We mentioned before that Miles’ dad built part of the building for
Lamar back in the day, so it was meant to be that second generation Miles would be working with second generation Ronnie. We
couldn’t be happier with the new old store. Lookout Auburn there is a third generation with Tillman Lett and Brock and Dac Ware
already working together moving boxes upstairs.
Q: What do you mean new old store?
A: We needed a new building but we wanted to keep with the integrity of the look of Auburn. We are also a tad bit sentimental. We
tried to keep as much of the old store and bring it to the new store, especially after being there 65 years. Miles removed bricks ever
so gently so that we could build pedestals for the conference room table and the entrance to the store. Ceiling tongue and groove
wooden boards were removed and made into the conference room table and Ronnie’s desk. Parts of the walls were removed and
made into file cabinets and bases for both our desks. The Waterford Chandelier that you see when you walk in the door is the origi-nal
from the old store. The other two Waterford Chandeliers are upstairs in the foyer and conference room. The vault door at the
old store is now the entrance to the diamond room. Those are some of the things we tried to do to bring the old into the new.
Q: Are you excited to be back in downtown Auburn?
A: What does the new building mean to you? We are thrilled to be back!! We love downtown Auburn. We feel we are the same family
owned business with the same values of providing the finest quality items at a fair price and proving exceptional customer service.
With the new building we can bring modern conveniences, the newest technology, and the finest brands that you see in the largest
cities in the US and the world to our customers, friends, and staff right here in Auburn.
Q: Everyone wants to know, what are you doing with the third floor?
A: That by far is one of the most asked questions. We have gotten hundreds of suggestions and ideas and welcome them all!! I would
say the answer to that is…
To be continued…
Ronnie and Tina Ware are fixtures in the Auburn
community and have been for years. With exclusive lines
and exclusive designs, Ware Jewelers is the premier jeweler
in Auburn, Opelika, Montgomery and Spanish Fort.
Their newest venture, rebuilding their downtown location
at 111 South College Street.
The Fun Multiplies with Prizes every Hour on Friday from 12-6 and saturday from 12-7!
Must register each day. See store for details.
111 South College Street • Downtown Auburn • 334.821.7375 www.warejewelers.com
Wa r e i t f o r t r a d i t i o n
GRAND OPENING CELEBRAT ION WEEK!
Augus t 20-25
a f t e r a y e a r of r e bui lding, We a r e b a C K !
An Auburn Family Tradition Since 1946
Q: How long has Ware Jewelers been a fixture in Auburn?
A: Lamar Ware opened the doors to Ware Jewelers in 1946. Part of the building was already established and traces back to the 1930’s.
Q: Why did you decide to tear down the original building?
A: For years every time it would rain over the weekend, we would have to empty the strategically placed buckets of water placed all
over the store. We replaced the roof but still had leaks on the first floor. That and we wanted our store to be wheelchair accessible.
The existing structure would not support an elevator. We have family in wheelchairs and appreciate when a place is wheelchair ac-cessible.
We originally planned to do a remodel but engineers said that the building was not structurally sound. We did not want to
move the store elsewhere because we love Auburn and we love downtown Auburn, starting from scratch seemed like the way to go.
Q: Did the rebuild go as planned?
A: Someone said to us, “You built at the perfect time, while we were in a drought for the most part of the last year.” We would say we
had an incredible builder in Miles Lett of Lett Construction. We mentioned before that Miles’ dad built part of the building for
Lamar back in the day, so it was meant to be that second generation Miles would be working with second generation Ronnie. We
couldn’t be happier with the new old store. Lookout Auburn there is a third generation with Tillman Lett and Brock and Dac Ware
already working together moving boxes upstairs.
Q: What do you mean new old store?
A: We needed a new building but we wanted to keep with the integrity of the look of Auburn. We are also a tad bit sentimental. We
tried to keep as much of the old store and bring it to the new store, especially after being there 65 years. Miles removed bricks ever
so gently so that we could build pedestals for the conference room table and the entrance to the store. Ceiling tongue and groove
wooden boards were removed and made into the conference room table and Ronnie’s desk. Parts of the walls were removed and
made into file cabinets and bases for both our desks. The Waterford Chandelier that you see when you walk in the door is the origi-nal
from the old store. The other two Waterford Chandeliers are upstairs in the foyer and conference room. The vault door at the
old store is now the entrance to the diamond room. Those are some of the things we tried to do to bring the old into the new.
Q: Are you excited to be back in downtown Auburn?
A: What does the new building mean to you? We are thrilled to be back!! We love downtown Auburn. We feel we are the same family
owned business with the same values of providing the finest quality items at a fair price and proving exceptional customer service.
With the new building we can bring modern conveniences, the newest technology, and the finest brands that you see in the largest
cities in the US and the world to our customers, friends, and staff right here in Auburn.
Q: Everyone wants to know, what are you doing with the third floor?
A: That by far is one of the most asked questions. We have gotten hundreds of suggestions and ideas and welcome them all!! I would
say the answer to that is…
To be continued…
Ronnie and Tina Ware are fixtures in the Auburn
community and have been for years. With exclusive lines
and exclusive designs, Ware Jewelers is the premier jeweler
in Auburn, Opelika, Montgomery and Spanish Fort.
Their newest venture, rebuilding their downtown location
at 111 South College Street.
A total of $11,000 worth of prizes will be given away throughout the week!
The Fun Multiplies with Prizes every Hour on Friday from 12-6 and saturday from 12-7!
Must register each day. See store for details.
111 South College Street • Downtown Auburn • 334.821.7375 www.warejewelers.com
Wa r e i t f o r t r a d i t i o n
GRAND OPENING CELEBRAT ION WEEK!
Augus t 20-25
a f t e r a y e a r of r e bui lding, We a r e b a C K !
An Auburn Family Tradition Since 1946
Q: How long has Ware Jewelers been a fixture in Auburn?
A: Lamar Ware opened the doors to Ware Jewelers in 1946. Part of the building was already established and traces back to the 1930’s.
Q: Why did you decide to tear down the original building?
A: For years every time it would rain over the weekend, we would have to empty the strategically placed buckets of water placed all
over the store. We replaced the roof but still had leaks on the first floor. That and we wanted our store to be wheelchair accessible.
The existing structure would not support an elevator. We have family in wheelchairs and appreciate when a place is wheelchair ac-cessible.
We originally planned to do a remodel but engineers said that the building was not structurally sound. We did not want to
move the store elsewhere because we love Auburn and we love downtown Auburn, starting from scratch seemed like the way to go.
Q: Did the rebuild go as planned?
A: Someone said to us, “You built at the perfect time, while we were in a drought for the most part of the last year.” We would say we
had an incredible builder in Miles Lett of Lett Construction. We mentioned before that Miles’ dad built part of the building for
Lamar back in the day, so it was meant to be that second generation Miles would be working with second generation Ronnie. We
couldn’t be happier with the new old store. Lookout Auburn there is a third generation with Tillman Lett and Brock and Dac Ware
already working together moving boxes upstairs.
Q: What do you mean new old store?
A: We needed a new building but we wanted to keep with the integrity of the look of Auburn. We are also a tad bit sentimental. We
tried to keep as much of the old store and bring it to the new store, especially after being there 65 years. Miles removed bricks ever
so gently so that we could build pedestals for the conference room table and the entrance to the store. Ceiling tongue and groove
wooden boards were removed and made into the conference room table and Ronnie’s desk. Parts of the walls were removed and
made into file cabinets and bases for both our desks. The Waterford Chandelier that you see when you walk in the door is the origi-nal
from the old store. The other two Waterford Chandeliers are upstairs in the foyer and conference room. The vault door at the
old store is now the entrance to the diamond room. Those are some of the things we tried to do to bring the old into the new.
Q: Are you excited to be back in downtown Auburn?
A: What does the new building mean to you? We are thrilled to be back!! We love downtown Auburn. We feel we are the same family
owned business with the same values of providing the finest quality items at a fair price and proving exceptional customer service.
With the new building we can bring modern conveniences, the newest technology, and the finest brands that you see in the largest
cities in the US and the world to our customers, friends, and staff right here in Auburn.
Q: Everyone wants to know, what are you doing with the third floor?
A: That by far is one of the most asked questions. We have gotten hundreds of suggestions and ideas and welcome them all!! I would
say the answer to that is…
To be continued…
Ronnie and Tina Ware are fixtures in the Auburn
community and have been for years. With exclusive lines
and exclusive designs, Ware Jewelers is the premier jeweler
in Auburn, Opelika, Montgomery and Spanish Fort.
Their newest venture, rebuilding their downtown location
at 111 South College Street.
A total of $11,000 worth of prizes will be given away throughout the week!
The Fun Multiplies with Prizes every Hour on Friday from 12-6 and saturday from 12-7!
Must register each day. See store for details.
Community A8 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, August 23, 2012Thursday, August 23, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman Community A9
For Event Information: www.auburn.edu/UPC 844-4788or follow us on Facebook and Twitter @AuburnUPCwww.auburn.edu/upcDue August 31st in AU Student Center Suite 3130.UPC Committee Applications available now online atWelcome Week Comedian Featuring SNL’s Jay Pharoah & Comedy Central’s Hannibal BuressTuesday, August 28AU Student Center Ballroom7:00 PM
Tysonn McKinnon
WRITER
The Mystic Order of East Alabama Fiction Writers, a group of six local writers, gathered Thursday evening at the Opelika Event Center to launch its new book.
Its latest book, “The Ploy of Cooking,” is an anthology of humorous stories involving food.
Co-author Margee Bright-Ragland described it as “sto­ries about food and recipes, but not a cookbook.”
“Food is so important to all of our lives,” Bright-Ragland said. “It’s really easy to think about how food has influ­enced a time or a place where you were.”
Recipes for foods men­tioned in the anthology fol­low each story. The book took about a year to complete, al­though there was no time lim­it, Bright-Ragland said. Jimmy Johnson, creator of the comic strip “Arlo and Janis,” indepen­dently published the book.
“The Ploy of Cooking” is the second book published by the order. In 2011 it released its first book, “Be the Flame,” a compilation of short stories and poems.
Founded 10 years ago by Gale Langley, the order con­sists of authors Marian Car­cache, Judith Nunn, Mary Dansak, Joanne Camp, Bright-Ragland and Langley.
The mystics all come from writing backgrounds in jour­nalism and teaching. Some even wrote short stories as children.
“I wrote my first novel at 12,” said Camp, an Opelika at­torney.
“Writing with these wom­en is one of my favorite parts about my life,” said Dansak, a former teacher. However, she adds, “working on books is hard, especially with six wom­en.”
The order meets as a group once a month to support and critique each other’s individu­al writing projects. Genres for each writer range from humor to Southern Gothic.
“I take what I see and what I hear and make a story out of it,” said Carcache, an English professor at Auburn.
“Because I teach classes, I don’t get to have much of a writing process,” Carcache said. “My process is writing whenever I have a moment.”
Carcache estimates that 20 of her short stories have been published, including one that was turned into a regional Emmy-nominated opera. One of her short stories in “Be the Flame” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, a literary prize for stories published by small presses.
Bright-Ragland, who also il­lustrated the book, has aspira­tions of taking the mystics be­yond the printed page.
“We’re waiting for Mystics: the Movie,” Bright-Ragland said. “If we could get a good screenplay writer, I have some ideas for that.”
Meanwhile, Langley and Carcache host student-friend­ly writing workshops when­ever they can. “We don’t have another one scheduled right now,” Langley said. “We did our last one at The Gnu’s Room.”
“The Ploy of Cooking” is available at area bookstores, including The Gnu’s Room and the Auburn bookstore.
Local authors cook up new book on food and life
Alabama politicians react to Ryan, presidential race
Zeke Turrentine
COMMUNITY EDITOR
The election season has kicked off in earnest with Mitt Romney’s selection of Wiscon­sin representative Paul Ryan as his running mate and vice presidential candidate.
State and local politicians are reacting to the presiden­tial campaign at a near-fever­ish pace with just about a doz­en weeks until voting booths are filled nationwide. Even ca­sual observers of politics are noticing the ubiquity of polit­ical commercials, signs and print ads, seemingly doubling by the day.
Both of Alabama’s major parties released predictable statements about the vice presidential nominee.
The Alabama Democrat­ic Party called the Republican ticket “The Go Back Team.”
A press release said the choice showed Romney cared about picking a vice presiden­tial nominee “who shares his commitment to the flawed theory that budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy will somehow deliver a stronger economy.”
The statement called Ryan’s U.S. House budget “radical” and pointed to his proposed tax cuts of up to $250,000 for millionaires and deep cuts in education funding. “The Go Back Team” is a reference to the ticket’s supposed ideolog­ical resemblance to that of for­mer President George W. Bush and his vice president Dick Cheney.
The statement also point­ed to Ryan’s proposed Medi­care and health care chang­es, which the Democrats say would “end Medicare as we know it… shifting thousands of dollars of costs to seniors,” though Democrats in Wash­ington also have drastic plans for Medicare.
The Alabama Republican Party and Gov. Robert Bent­ley had a different take on the matter. Bentley congratulat­ed Ryan saying, “I believe Rep­resentative Ryan will make an outstanding vice president.”
He also praised the former Massachusetts governor, say­ing, “Romney has made an ex­cellent choice. Together, the Romney-Ryan team will bring fiscal responsibility back to the federal government.”
Bentley pointed out what many Republicans see as a dire problem, saying, “We can­not continue to spend more money than we have. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will help right-size government while preserving the Ameri­can dream. I look forward to working with their team and seeing them elected this No­vember.”
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) called Ryan a “great choice” and “one of the finest leaders in Washington.”
Sessions is the ranking Re­publican senator on the Sen­ate Budget Committee and said this has allowed him sev­eral chances to see Ryan and understand his expertise and hard work on budgetary is­sues.
“There’s nobody in the country who understands the details of federal government spending and deficits better than Paul Ryan,” Sessions said. “That’s his area of emphasis and he has done it superbly.”
Alabama Republican Chair­man Bill Armistead said the pick of Ryan was a “bold choice” and that the Wiscon­sinite has an immense knowl­edge of the federal budget and debt.
Armistead said knowledge will be important to build a stronger middle class if Rom­ney wins this fall.
Former Democratic Rep. and Alabama gubernatori­al candidate Artur Davis has been tapped as a speaker at the Republican National Con­vention in Tampa, Fla. later this month.
Although the state Repub­licans praised federal budget and tax cuts, the federal gov­ernment spends much more money on Alabama per cap­ita than it takes in from the state, according to 2009 num­bers from the IRS and Census Bureau.
Alabama ranks near the top of the list for its roughly $2 re­ceived for each dollar it gives in tax revenue.Community A10 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, August 23, 2012
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The recent info graphic concerning President
Obama and Governor Romney's stances on con-troversial
issues is, in my opinion, incorrect and
a misrepresentation of the views of the candi-dates.
The infographic grossly oversimplified the is-sues
and the candidates' stances on the issues.
Students need and deserve information that
is both easily understandable and accessible,
but I believe the recent info graphic committed
a grave injustice by simplifying and incorrectly
summarizing the candidate's beliefs.
First, I believe your generalization of Obama’s
view on “an increase on the top one percent.”
Obama does not necessarily support any in-crease;
however, what he does support is allow-ing
the Bush-era tax cuts for the super wealthy
to expire. Therefore, he is not lobbying for any
increase, just for allowing the tax cuts to revert
back to their rates during the Clinton presiden-cy.
Obama and nearly every Democrat on Capi-tol
Hill support extending tax cuts for the mid-dle
class.
"President Barack Obama is voicing unwaver-ing
opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks
for the nation’s wealthiest families even for a year
or two, drawing a sharp contrast with Republi-cans
eight weeks before the November elections."
Secondly, I disagree with the info graphic that
referenced the candidate’s opinion on gun con-trol.
Obama has not called for any changes in
existing gun laws. The article made it seem as if
Obama was in favor of creating new laws to re-strict
Second Amendment rights.
Fox News had this to say about Obama's gun
control policy:
* White House Press Secretary Jay Carney clar-ified
Thursday that the president is not necessar-ily
talking about new laws.
"He believes that we can enhance the enforce-ment
of existing laws by making it more difficult
for those who should not have weapons under
existing laws ... to obtain weapons," Carney said.
The New York Times has also written about
Obama's lack of support for increased gun con-trol.
Asked on Sunday whether Mr. Obama favored
new gun control initiatives, his spokesman, Jay
Carney, twice said the main focus of the presi-dent
— who four years ago called for an assault-weapons
ban — was to “protect Second Amend-ment
rights.”
“He believes we need to take steps that pro-tect
Second Amendment rights of the Ameri-can
people but that ensure that we are not allow-ing
weapons into the hands of individuals who
should not, by existing law, obtain those weap-ons,”
Mr. Carney said on Air Force One as the
president flew to Colorado to meet with survi-vors
of the mass shooting.
In fact, Obama has done the opposite. He
signed a bill that allowed citizens to carry load-ed
guns into national parks and relaxed rules on
the export of firearms.
While I applaud Mr. Turrentine’s effort in
providing students with access to issues facing
Americans, I would encourage him to avoid over-simplifying
the issues.
Jacob Dean
President
Auburn College Democrats
In regards to Anna Claire
Conrad’s article questioning
the legitimacy of a diagnosis
of attention deficit hyperactiv-ity
disorder (ADHD) (The Au-burn
Plainsman, July 26, 2012),
she has done a wonderful job
of providing an option for ev-ery
student struggling with
grades. They need only go to
a physician, describe a simi-lar
history and receive a pre-scription
for stimulants. Al-ternatively,
they can simply
seek out an independent sup-ply
of “study buddies” and un-fortunately
for the student,
that cost will not be covered
by their parents insurance.
ADHD is a legitimate disor-der.
However, it is likely over-diagnosed
and overtreated,
but this fault can be shared
with physicians as well as de-manding
patients (or their
parents). Adult ADHD also ex-ists,
but is very rare without
childhood symptoms although
those may not have been rec-ognized
until the patient was
subject to a thorough medical
history.
It is incumbent upon you
and your physician to agree to
a treatment plan. My issue is
not with accuracy/appropri-ateness
of an ADHD diagnosis,
but with the cavalier approach
to a class of drugs that while
effective when properly used,
is very dangerous when taken
out of the context of legitimate
medicine.
Ms. Conrad provides all pos-itive
effects, such as increased
focus, enhanced multi-task-ing,
increased energy, better
grades and weight loss (which
she seems to view as even
more important than good
grades). The only downsides
she mentioned were the ex-pense
to her parents and the
negatives mentioned by her
physician which she neglected
to provide in the article.
Please, let us help with that.
Serious side effects of these
stimulants may include signif-icant
heart reactions (ie, sud-den
death in people with un-known
heart problems), in-creased
blood pressure, psy-chiatric
problems (new psy-chotic
problems or aggres-sion),
long-term suppression
of growth (related to weight
loss), seizures, visual distur-bances,
and tics. Taking these
medications in higher doses or
routes other than prescribed
may come with more severe
consequences. Chronic over-dose
may cause psychosis so
severe it may be indistinguish-able
from schizophrenia.
Risk of these side effects in-creases
if these drugs are tak-en
without a physician’s super-vision
who has screened their
patient for physical/psycho-logical
warning signs
Withdrawal symptoms, par-ticularly
after chronic use, may
include fatigue, depression,
and disturbed sleep patterns
due to physical dependence.
The inappropriate use of
amphetamines/stimulants,
particularly as “study buddies”
is very much akin to the “ste-roid
abuse” in athletics. Tak-ing
“steroids” in conjunction
with rigorous training increas-es
an athlete’s natural strength
and abilities, perhaps beyond
the reasonable and certainly,
unfairly relative to other ath-letes.
The steroids common-ly
have adverse health effects,
sometimes disastrous and
once the steroid is stopped,
the body regresses to its more
natural state.
For an athlete who stops
competing, this may not be
a concern, but in the case of
someone inappropriately reli-ant
on stimulants, when is the
right time to stop? And if you
find that time, can you? Am-phetamines
are among the
most psychologically addic-tive
substances known which
accounts for the Drug Enforce-ment
Agency’s classification of
this class of drugs as C-II, the
highest addictive potential of
all drugs legitimately market-ed.
Ms. Conrad has described
several indicators of potential
problems: loss of appetite and
weight loss (yes, these are ad-verse
drug reactions), no lon-ger
exhausted may indicate
lack of sleep, dependence on
the medication for daily func-tioning,
and escalating dosag-es.
Long term lack of sleep and
poor diet will ravage even the
best immune system.
The tree has fallen and it has
made a noise, you just have to
recognize the sounds.
Bernie R. Olin, Pharm.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Alicia Lenkiewicz
P4 Student Pharmacist
Kimberly Triplett
P4 Student Pharmacist
Lauren Woller
P4 Student Pharmacist
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The English language has al-ways
been evolving, ever since it
was first spoken by Angles and
various tribes of the British Isles
more than 15 centuries ago. Many
words that were once considered
derogatory have evolved into
more positive and even flattering
words.
For instance, ‘nice’ many years
ago (at the earliest the mid-12th
century) meant dull or dim-wit-ted.
In the same way, many words
or phrases that used to be cool to
say are now, at the very least, not
that cool anymore. Young peo-ple
of the 21st century rarely say
something is ‘swell’ or ‘hunky-do-ry’
without being facetious.
I understand that languag-es
evolve. Words can be accept-able
to one generation and not to
the next. Using ‘gay’ to pejorative-ly
describe any and everything is
wrong and annoying, even if the
word has only been used in ref-erence
to homosexuals since the
late 20th century.
‘Gay’ can be used for its actu-al
meaning, whether you think
homosexuality is sinful or those
who are gay are somehow be-neath
you. It can also be used in
old people’s names and the name
of the road with three of the best
fast-food restaurants in town.
Other than that, ‘gay’ does not
describe the last minute touch-down
Alabama scored to win. It is
not ‘gay’ when you leave your car
windows down and it rains. ‘Gay’
didn’t make your car run out of
gas or your alarm not go off.
It’s equally wrong to drop ‘re-tarded’
left and right in the wrong
context. A jacket can be flame re-tardant;
an economy’s growth
can be retarded; it’s a stretch to
say your astrophysics professor
or your car door is retarded.
Frankly, it’s kind of unbeliev-able
that on a college campus–
a place where people should
be expanding their vocabular-ies,
minds and horizons daily–so
many students and professors are
subjected to words that amount
to hate speech.
I’m sick of hearing the word
‘faggot’ or ‘gay’ when someone
describes a failed test, or ‘dykes’
when people are watching wom-en’s
sports. I don’t know what it
feels like to be mentally disabled
or gay and walk past a fellow stu-dent
saying ‘fag’ or ‘retarded’ to a
friend for doing something stu-pid,
but I can’t imagine it feels
good.
I know the majority of people
who say these words out of con-text
are not bad people out to
cause pain and humiliation.
So use your words wisely. Many
more colorful words exist to show
disdain than just ‘gay’ or ‘retard-ed,’
and I know Auburn students
are aware of many.
You may think it’s petty or not
really a big deal, but there are
waves of suicides related to the
bullying of teenagers and col-lege
students that are gay, hand-icapped.
A Rutgers student, 18-year-old
Tyler Clementi, jumped to his
death from the George Washing-ton
Bridge into the Hudson River
in September 2010 after his room-mate
spied on him kissing other
men.
A Buffalo high school student
Jamey Rodemeyer was very in-volved
in the It Gets Better cam-paign
helping other young gay
students with their struggles with
bullying before the torment be-came
too much for him to bear
as well and he killed himself at 14
years old in September 2011.
In light of the rash of complet-ed
unneccesary tragedies, isn’t it
the least we could do to be a lit-tle
more creative with our speech
when frustrated?
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It’s practically a sin to say the word
‘books’ during the beginning of the se-mester;
it’s almost like one of those
Voldemort kind of things where people
would instead prefer you to say ‘that-which-
must-not-be-purchased.’
Books are expensive and evil.
Who wants to shell out hundreds
of dollars for a new hardcover edition
you’re not going to see all semester un-til
finals? No one. You don’t even have
to ask around, you can see it in people’s
eyes; where there once used to be a twin-kle
of life has been squashed with each
memory of going to sell the book back for
less than half of what they paid because
a new edition has already been printed.
To stave off the madness, I recom-mend
reading. Not that $200 paper-weight,
but a real book. Take time from
your day to pick up your Nook, Kindle,
iPad, smartphone or–here’s a novel idea–
any physical copy of a classic work of lit-erature.
If your major involves classic
works of literature, go for a trashy para-normal
romance instead.
The point is to read anything that
doesn’t have to do with your work. That’s
why they call it escapism.
I feel like students think they don’t
have time to read for fun. I’ve said that
several times each semester, yet I can’t
shake off the urge to open a new book
or revisit one of my favorites, even when
I’m knee-deep in coursework. I believe it
pays off for your mental health.
What if reading isn’t your thing? Too
bad. Read a book.
What if you’ve got a million things to
do? Too bad. Read a book.
Bed-ridden with illness? You might
want to get that checked out…then read
a book.
Reading is beneficial not only to your
overall well-being as a stress reliever, but
it also helps increase your vocabulary
and reading comprehension skills. Even
if you aren’t a liberal arts major, chances
are that you’ll be writing at some point
this semester.
I’m not writing all this to wag my fin-ger
or sit on my high horse. I don’t intend
to force you to memorize every line of
“Gone with the Wind” and ask if you’re
feeling relaxed. I’d rather you come away
knowing reading doesn’t have to be a
chore and that if you do like to pick your
way through anything in the written
word, it doesn’t have to be put aside be-cause
you are studying.
I guess I’m saying this to the fresh-men
mostly, many of whom just came
from environments of summer reading
lists and are now drowning in core class-es
and deciding which major to choose.
Let me join in with your professors and
scores of other nerds to tell you this:
Reading is super cool, you guys.
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Sophomore Tori Ball is an integral part of the team providing staunch defense and occasional goals for the Tigers.
Women’s soccer sprints to 2–0 start
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The Tigers didn’t miss a beat this offseason, starting their campaign for a second consecutive SEC champion­ship with victories over Georgia State and High Point.
Auburn’s defense proved to be too much for Georgia State as the Tigers went on to win 1–0 in Friday night’s season opener at the Auburn soccer complex.
Despite controlling the ball for the majority of the match, it took 78 min­utes for senior forward Mary Cof­fed to get the ball past Panthers goal­keeper Rebecca Ingram.
“[It started with] our midfielders digging it out,” Coffed said. “Ana Cate and Tatiana doing what they do and feeding it to one of our freshmen, Hal­ey Gerken, who carried it up the field, and I was able to peel wide and rip a shot.”
Auburn defenders established their domination early on. This resil­ience allowed ample scoring opportu­nities for the Tigers, ending the night with 27 shots on goal as opposed to Georgia State’s one.
But simply getting shots on goal is not enough if the Tigers hope to make a seventh straight NCAA tournament appearance.
“[It’s] very frustrating,” Coffed said. ”You know, some games you just dominate like we did, with 28 shots, but it definitely shows that we need to work on our finishing and offen­sive attack. It is a good team to figure out a way to get done, and I think that was shown tonight a little bit, so we’re excited for the win.”
With junior defender Bianca Sierra and junior midfielder Ashley Kotero playing for the U-20 Mexico World Cup team, it was up to senior Mary Nicholson and the rest of the defense to protect the ball.
“We were a little nervous about it,” Nicholson said. “But everyone stepped up and played great. The freshmen came in and it was like they’ve been here all year and last year. We miss them, but we’ll wel­come them back when they get here.”
Coach Karen Hoppa reiterated Nicholson’s statement, giving praise to the depth and talent the defense showed throughout the night.
“We’re missing some players in the back, but I thought Mary Nicholson, our senior captain centerback, was outstanding at just keeping every­body organized and everybody calm,” Hoppa said. “We played a few differ­ent people at centerback and a few people that had never played some different positions before. I thought Kala Faulkner in her first game as a freshman was outstanding. She was great defensively and also a threat of­fensively. I’m really, really happy with that defensive group.”
Last year’s top scorers, sophomore forward Tatiana Coleman and senior midfielder Ana Cate, picked up where they left off, with seven shots from Coleman and six from Cate. The duo combined for seven shots on goal.
The shutout was senior goalkeeper Amy Howard’s 16th in her college ca­reer and marks the third time in four years she has started the season with­out allowing a goal.
In Sunday’s afternoon match against High Point, the rust began to fall away, showcased by an offensive explosion by the Tigers.
Sophomore defender Tori Ball led the team with two goals, extending Auburn’s record to 2–0–0 as the Ti­gers defeated the Panthers 4–1.
With last year’s right-footed taker Katy Frierson gone, the job was hand­ed to Ball.
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You know, some games you just dominate like we did, with 28 shots, but it definitely shows that we need to work on our finishing and offensive attack.
—Mary Coffed SENIOR FORWARD
Ali Jenkins
SPORTS REPORTER
Former Tiger Jason Dufner was poised for a top five fin­ish in the Wyndham Champi­onship until the rain came, ex­tending his stay at the Sedge­field Country Club in Greens­boro, N.C. for one more day.
Dufner was the highest-ranked player in the field, en­tering the tournament at No. 3 in the FedEx Cup standings.
The Auburn graduate began the final round Monday tied for fourth following a 7-under 63 outing on Saturday.
The break in play did not benefit Dufner, ending the day shooting 1-under-par to fin­ish the week tied for seventh at 13-under 267.
Dufner started his round on par before making birdies on holes three and five. A double-bogey on hole seven widened the gap between Dufner and the leaders. He ended the day with a birdie on hole 11.
His finish, five strokes be­hind winner Sergio Garcia, moved the Cleveland, Ohio native past Rory McIlroy and to the No. 2 spot on the points list, just behind Tiger Woods.
A victory would have pushed Dufner to No. 1.
Dufner amassed two wins, his first ever on the PGA Tour, one second-place finish and eight top 10s during the 2012 tour.
Dufner’s ranking on the PGA Tour also landed him an automatic roster spot for next month’s Ryder Cup where he’ll team up with stars such as Ti­ger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker to try to wrest the title from the European team.
Dufner also got married this summer, and due to his chaotic schedule, the 35-year-old decided not to compete in this week’s PGA Tour playoffs opener, The Barclays, opting for a week of rest before head­ing to TPC Boston in Norton, Mass. for next week’s Deutsche Bank Championship.
“I’ve had a pretty heavy schedule since Firestone or so, and I’m looking forward to the second part of the playoffs,” Dufner told PGATour.com last week. “I’m just not going to be able to do eight out of nine weeks with the Tour Champi­onship and Ryder Cup at the end of it.”
Dufner opened the week with a solid round, shooting for birdie on the first hole of the tournament, followed by a pair of birdies on holes four and five to go 3-under. A bogey on hole nine put him 2-under going into the turn.
He began the back nine with his fourth birdie of the match, but a bogey on hole 14 kept him at 2-under par for the day.
Round two proved to be more of the same. Dufner teed off at 7:40 a.m. and quickly got back into the previous day’s rhythm.
He collected his fourth bird­ie of the tournament on hole two, but a bogey on the fol­lowing hole pushed him back down to 1-under.
He finished the front nine with two more birdies on holes five and eight.
For the second day in a row, Dufner recorded a birdie on the 10th hole. He ended the round with a birdie and a bo­gey on holes 15 and 16 respec­tively, finishing 3-under.
The third round proved to be Dufner’s best.
His only bogey-free round of the week started with a bird­ie on hole one before making birdies on holes three and five. He added to his birdie count on hole eight.
Dufner ended the round with three birdies in the final four holes, closing out the day 7-under par.
Also in the field were former Auburn golfers Will Claxton and Gary Christian.
Going into the round tied for 10th, Claxton saw his top-10 spot get away after shooting a bogey on hole one.
After making a pair of bird­ies on holes five and eight, Claxton double bogeyed to start the back nine, then tacked on two more bogeys to finish the day.
Claxton ended the tourna­ment 7-under, moving down 21 spots to tie for 31st.
Christian went 6-under 274 for the week, dropping four slots to tie for 37th after com­ing shooting even par in the fi­nal round.
COURTESY OF TODD VAN EMST
Jason Dufner will look to extend his steady play into the Ryder Cup and FedEx Cup playoffs.
Dufner falls at Wyndham, now No. 2 in FedEx Cup rankings
Coleman McDowell
SPORTS REPORTER
Incoming freshman Jovon Robinson was prepared to help ease the loss of running back Michael Dyer, who was released from his scholarship in January.
The 6-foot-1, 227-pound player even wore the same No. 5 during his time with the team this summer. But last Friday, coach Gene Chizik re­vealed that Robinson was ac­ademically ineligible after his guidance counselor at Wood­dale High School in Memphis, Tenn. admitted to altering the four-star prospect’s high school transcript.
Chizik announced the rul­ing after Friday’s practice and said, “Our main focus now for Jovon, who is not enrolled in school here obviously, is we are looking for the best option for him outside Auburn. Our focus for right now is to make sure we get him in the best sit­uation we can to help him in his future. We are still looking into that.”
Robinson can attend a prep school, play football this sea­son and still play for Auburn in 2013 with four years of eligibili­ty. If Robinson attends a junior college, he would return to Au­burn in 2014 with two years of eligibility left; three if he red­shirts one of his years at the ju­nior college.
Senior running back Onte­rio McCalebb, who was already scheduled to shoulder more carries this year, can relate to Robinson’s predicament.
McCalebb didn’t qualify ac­ademically out of high school either in 2008 and enrolled in Hargrave Military Acade­my in Chatham, Va. McCalebb stayed one semester at Har­grave and returned to Auburn the following year with four years of eligibility remaining.
Chizik said “without ques­tion” that the U.S. Army All-American wants to return to Auburn, but it’s a path full of obstacles to overcome. The Ti­gers have had 12 signees fail to qualify academically from high school in the past four recruit­ing classes, but only one (Mc­Calebb) found his way back to Auburn.
“It has been a tough road here in the last few hours,” Chizik said Friday night. “As you can imagine, he is down.”
Robinson rushed for 3,285 yards and scored 49 touch­downs in his high school ca­reer.
Muscle Shoals High School senior Dee Liner is just trying to finish up his high school ca­reer. The aptly-named five-star defensive lineman was sus­pended from the team indef­initely last Friday, according to TimesDaily reporter Bryan App.
“We are more concerned with helping Dee Liner as a person than a football play­er,” Muscle Shoals coach Scott Basden told App the previous day.
Liner, who became Au­burn’s first commit for the 2013 class when he pledged to sign with the Tigers June 11, 2011, has already been in the news this summer. The 6-foot-4, 260-pound defensive tack­le was arrested for alleged­ly jumping a fence at a public pool. The initial charge of bur­glary was dropped to a misde­meanor count of criminal tres­passing.
According to reports, Lin­er was also recently charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing government op­erations for “screaming, curs­ing and throwing objects” at a police officer that had pulled over his mother.
These incidents continue a streak of bad publicity for the Tigers that began with the rob­bery, burglary and theft charg­es levied against former play­ers Antonio Goodwin, Dako­ta Mosley, Mike McNeil and Shaun Kitchens.
Freshman quarterback Zeke Pike was also dismissed this summer after being sus­pended following his arrest for public intoxication in June.
Off-the-field issues continue to plague Chizik’s squad
COURTESY OF TODD VAN EMST
Freshman running back Jovon Robinson (middle) was released from his scholarship after it was revealed his transcript was altered by his high school counselor.Sports B2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, August 23, 2012
But despite her inexpe-rience,
it took Ball only five
minutes to net a pair of goals
off of corner kicks, pushing
Auburn’s lead to 2–0 by the
10:47 mark.
“Tori’s really had a fantas-tic
preseason,” Hoppa said.
“She’s been playing her best
soccer of her career so far.
We needed somebody to
take those right-footed cor-ners
because last year’s tak-er
graduated, so Tori’s been
practicing them and boy, you
can’t get better than that.
Two goals directly off a cor-ner;
that’s really rare and just
great, great for her to finish
those.”
Ball was moved to defend-er
at the beginning of the sea-son
to compensate for the
loss of starter Sierra, but the
change of scenery seemed to
have no effect on the natural
forward.
“It’s definitely different,”
Ball said. “Honestly, I’d rath-er
be scoring goals, but I’ll do
whatever it takes to help out
the team. I mean, we have to
defend our SEC champion-ship,
so I’m excited.”
Ball’s goal’s were the fifth
and sixth of her career.
The Tigers offensive dom-ination
continued at Friday
night’s game against Geor-gia
State, tallying 15 shots be-fore
High Point could collect
just one. The team ended the
match with 34 total shots.
“It’s a lot better result (than
Friday,” Coffed said. “We did
a better job finishing. We
worked on that yesterday,
to try and get a little sharper
and it’s something we have to
build on because we still had
a lot of opportunities. We still
had 16 shots on goal and only
four goals so I think we still
need to be better in that cat-egory,
but we took a big step
today from Friday.”
Auburn added to its lead
nine minutes into the sec-ond
half when Coffed head-ed
in her second goal of the
season, rebounding a shot by
Coleman that hit high off the
crossbar.
“It was up there so long,
I was trying to decide what
surface to use,” Coffed said.
“But you know, just got a
fall. Tati’s shot was a rock-et,
so I was just glad to be
there. Right place, right time
I guess.”
With all the momentum
behind the Tigers, it took
only six minutes before fresh-man
Alexa Allen came off the
bench to collect the team’s fi-nal
goal of the match. Allen’s
first goal of her college career
came unassisted from the top
middle of the 18.
“You know, we knew those
were the kinds of things Al-exa
was capable of when we
recruited her,” Hoppa said.
“We’ve seen flashes of it in
preseason, so it was great to
actually see her have that suc-cess
in the game and to take
on the way she did and then
with a great strike for a goal.
It was a great way to start her
freshman career.”
High Point got on the
board in the 75th minute
when midfielder Becca Hem-by
connected with the ball
following a free kick.
Sophomore forward Chel-sea
Gandy-Cromer and Cole-man
led the team with six
shots apiece.
Auburn will head to Cali-fornia
for its next two match-es,
visiting Pepperdine Friday
and UC Irvine Sunday.
SOCCER
» From B1
Ali Jenkins
SPORTS REPORTER
Senior Michael Hebert shot
his way to the second round
of match play before falling to
Murray State’s Patrick New-comb
in the U.S. Men’s Am-ateur
at Cherry Hills Village
Country Club.
The senior out of Benton,
Ky. overcame a 3-down deficit
with seven holes remaining to
force a playoff, outlasting He-bert
to win 1-up after 19 holes.
Hebert started the 19-hole
battle on top, but was unable
to hold on to his lead for long.
Following a bogey on hole
three by Newcomb, Hebert led
1-up. Newcomb evened the
score after Hebert bogeyed on
No. 7.
Hebert won the remaining
two holes to regain the lead
and go 2-up before heading to
the back nine.
The Orlando, Fla. native
pushed his lead to 3-up with a
birdie on No. 11.
Then came the Newcomb
show.
Newcomb quickly began
to chip away at Hebert’s lead,
winning the 12th, 14th and
15th holes to square up the
contest.
Hebert recaptured the lead
with one hole to play after
Newcomb dropped No. 17 with
a double bogey.
Newcomb bounced back
on the 18th hole while Hebert
double bogeyed, forcing a sud-den-
death playoff.
Newcomb recorded a bo-gey
on the last hole, but He-bert
shot a double bogey to
give Newcomb the victory and
a ticket to the round of 16.
Newcomb was just one of
five collegiate players com-ing
out of a non-BCS confer-ence
school to advance to the
round of 16.
Hebert won his opening
match, defeating Todd Sin-not
of Australia in a back-and-forth
battle, eventually ending
the day 6-and-4.
Sinnot went up early on,
shooting a birdie on the sec-ond
hole while Hebert made
par.
Hebert answered on No. 3,
carding a birdie to even the
match.
Sinnot temporarily re-gained
the lead on the fourth
hole with a par, until Hebert
recorded back-to-back wins to
put him 1-up.
After pushing his lead to
2-up to start the back nine
play, Hebert won four straight
holes to move on to the second
round.
Hebert will return to Au-burn
where the Tigers will tee
off their 2012-2013 campaign
Sept. 7 in the Carpet Capital
Collegiate at The Farm Golf
Club in Dalton, Ga.
Hebert pieced together a
solid summer, finishing twice
in the top three in prestigious
amateur events, including the
Players Amateur at the Berke-ley
Hall Club in Bluffton, S.C.
He was also named a Division
I Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-
America Scholar by the Golf
Coaches Association of Amer-ica.
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Michael Hebert lost a three-stroke lead to concede the second round of the U.S. Men’s Amateur Tourna-ment.
Double bogey in playoff ends
Hebert’s U.S. Amateur hopes
Auburn at the olympics
Gold
• Tyler McGill (USA)- 4x100 medley relay
• Eric Shanteau (USA) - 4x100 medley relay
Silver
• Kerron Stewart (JAM) -women’s track and field
4x100m relay
Bronze
• Marc Burns (TRI) - 4x100m relay
• Cesar Cielo (BRZ) - 50m freestyle
• Matt Targett (AUS) - 4x100 medley relay
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After deciding to sponsor
a new championship in June,
the SEC announced last week
that Auburn will host the in-augural
SEC equestrian cham-pionship
in March 2013 at the
Auburn Horse Center. It is the
first championship added to
the conference since softball
in 1997.
Equestrian coach Greg Wil-liams,
who initially started
Auburn equestrian as a club
sport, said that as Texas A&M
joins the division, the now-sanctioned
tournament by
the SEC is a great honor to the
team.
“The teams are changing up
a little bit with Texas A&M be-ing
added to the mix,” Williams
said. “I think what’s most im-portant
to us is that it is now
going to be sanctioned by the
SEC—the recognition of being
part of what many consider to
be the best conference in the
country.”
SEC Commissioner Mike
Slive announced in June that
an equestrian championship
would be sponsored, but the
located was not confirmed.
“I think we were really look-ing
for a championship oppor-tunity
for the student-athletes
that participate in the sport,
and this will provide them the
opportunity to compete for
a conference championship
now,” said SEC Executive As-sociate
Commissioner Mark
Womack in a statement.
Of the nation’s equestri-an
teams, the SEC has been
the most successful. Auburn,
Georgia, Texas A&M and
South Carolina are the only
teams to have won the Nation-al
Collegiate Equestrian Asso-ciation
overall national cham-pionship.
Williams also said that de-spite
the recent success of the
equestrian team, the decision
to choose Auburn as the host
was most likely not based on
its success.
“I think by the fact that it
just recently was hosted at
Georgia and South Carolina, I
think just the normal rotation
would be us,” Williams said.
“It’s just normal fitting for it to
be us in this rotation.”
Senior Woman Administra-tor
for Auburn athletics Mer-edith
Jenkins participated in
voting on the championship
during the SEC meetings in
the spring, along with other
representatives from the con-ference.
“It has to go through the
(athletic directors) and (pres-idents),”
Jenkins said. “The Se-nior
Women Administrators
vote on it first…and then it
goes to the athletic directors
and presidents.”
Jenkins said she is excit-ed
to see the first team hoist
the championship trophy in
March.
“I think the biggest thing
about having this champion-ship
is that it really just gives
the sport an opportunity to
showcase the events, and the
student athletes have an op-portunity
to win a champion-ship
on the SEC level which
they are certainly very deserv-ing,”
Jenkins said.
As the first competition on
Sept. 28 against Oklahoma
State looms near, Williams
said the offseason has been full
of excitement.
“The offseason has been
good,” Williams said. “We’ve
got a bunch of young [players]
coming in; we’re going to be a
young team this year so we’re
pretty excited about it, but by
spring we should be full tilt.”
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Over fences competition against the South Carolina Gamecocks October8, 2011. Auburn Equestrian
shut out South Carolina 3-0.
Auburn to host inaugural SEC equestrian championship
Football team ‘passed’ due for a starting quarterback
During the time this newspaper
sits on the racks around campus, it is
very possible a starting quarterback
will finally be chosen.
The fact that it has taken this long,
however, might end up hurting the
Tigers this season.
At SEC Media Days this summer,
I listened to senior tight end Phillip
Lutzenkirchen speak about how the
team lacked leadership last season
and how detrimental that was to the
team’s performance.
This year, similar to last year, an
open quarterback competition was
held to determine the team’s field
general.
Barrett Trotter beat out now-ju-nior
Clint Moseley, but injuries and
inconsistent play forced the team to
start Moseley and occasionally throw
then-freshman Kiehl Frazier in a
wildcat role.
That didn’t work then, and that
means it probably won’t now.
Trotter has graduated, leaving Fra-zier
and Moseley to duel during fall
practices. However, Gene Chizik and
offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler
continue to say there is no clear sepa-ration
between the two.
Frazier has the upside, Moseley
has the experience, yet neither has
made any measurable headway.
This is especially surprising con-sidering
Moseley was still experienc-ing
shoulder pain throughout most
of the offseason, and Frazier did not
take advantage of the increased reps.
As an Auburn fan, I want Auburn
to have the best possible team on the
field at all times.
For a team going into the season
with new offensive and defensive sys-tems
being installed, a bevy of un-proven
players and without its lead-ing
rusher for the past two years, a
player must be chosen to command
the team.
After practice one day, Chizik said
the starting quarterback must be
someone who can score, protect the
ball and earn the trust of the players
and coaches.
The delay in choosing who will fill
that role means both quarterbacks
show either all of these traits or none
of them.
While I don’t believe the latter is
the case, quarterback battles that last
this long show hesitancy on the part
of the coaches.
They may just be being thorough,
and this is all speculation, but the
fact of the matter is that this team
needs a starting quarterback.
Loeffler’s offense will be based on
reads and communication, and an of-fense
of that complexity necessitates
a leader familiar with every play, situ-ation
and player.
Speed is crucial on the field, and
not enough reps with the starting of-fense
could result in a lack of timing
on a double move or a mismanaged
audible in a crucial situation.
There’s an old football adage that
goes “When you think you have two
starting quarterbacks on your team,
you probably have none.”
Here’s hoping we have one soon.
Andrew Yawn
SPORTS@
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Sports B4 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, August 23, 2012
A Week Of Auburn Sports
Women’s Soccer
With the first two games down, the Tigers defeated Georgia State 1-0 on Saturday and High Point 4-1 on Sunday. Mary Coffed scored the game-winning goal against Georgia State, making it the 12th goal of her career. The Tigers had 28 shots in their opening game and allowed only one from Georgia State. Against High point, Tori Ball scored twice off of corner kicks in a five-minute span. Mary Coffed extended the lead to 3-0 in the second half with a goal and Alexa Allen netted Au­burn’s final goal in the 63rd minute Ball was named SEC Defensive Player Of The Week Tuesday after the first two-goal game of her career. Ball has scored six goals in her career, with five being game winners. Au­burn will return to the field this weekend, traveling to California for a pair of matches against Pepperdine on Friday and UC Irvine on Sunday.
Tatiana Coleman and Ana Cate were placed on the College Sports Madness Preseason All-Southeastern Conference team prior to the season. Coleman is one of four forwards in the first Team while Cate is one of four midfielders on the second team.
Softball Coach Tina Deese named Jessica Bachkora as the program’s assistant coach responsible for out­fielders, slappers and hitters on Friday, Aug. 17. Bach­kora served as a graduat assistant at the universi­ty of Arkansas from 2010-12 and earned her bache­lors degree in kinesiology and a masters in exercise science at Arkansas. She also lettered for the Razor­backs from 2007-10. Bachkora played centerfield and ended her career as the Arkansas career leader in bat­ting average, runs scored, hits, doubled and total bas­es. The Overland Park, Kan., native, Bachkora earned SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year and was named to the All-SEC Second Team as a senior in 2010. After her ca­reer at Arkansas she played one season in the national Pro Fastpitch League with the Carolina Diamonds. Soft­ball will open fall practice Monday, Sept. 17.
Coach John Pawlowski announced the 2013 men’s baseball schedule Friday that includes28 games against teams that played in the 2012 NCAA Tour­nament, with 13 being at Plainsman Park. Opening Day for 2013 is Friday, Feb. 15 where Auburn will host Maine in the first of a four-game series that runs through Monday. Auburn’s SEC schedule begins with a home game against Vanderbilt, followed by a week­end trip to LSU. In the final three conference week­ends the Tigers will play Ole Miss at home, Florida away and Arkansas back at Plainsman Park. Gabe Gross was also hired as the team’s assistant volun­teer coach.
Woman’s Softball
Baseball
Women’s Basketball
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The Tigers hope to get past a tough SEC schedule with new head coach Terry Williams-Flournoy.
Akaash Singh
WRITER
Auburn Ignited has always given students a way to be­come involved in certain ways, but the new Auburn Ignited system has taken it a step fur­ther.
Before these changes, stu­dents could earn points for at­tending sporting events. The more points you earn, the bet­ter opportunity you had to get rewards like Under Armour clothing and sporting goods.
Sales and Marketing has ex­panded the rewards system tremendously.
Points can be earned in sev­eral new ways.
Checking in at Auburn events on foursquare earns points.
If you check in at Auburn events on Foursquare, you now receive points. Points can be earned by retweeting the @AUAthletics twitter account. Sharing a message or liking a post from the Auburn Athlet­ics official Facebook page can also earn points.
Fans can also register for an account on www.Auburn.Crowdcameo.com, and submit an accepted photo on Crowd­Cameo at home football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and gymnastic events to earn points.
Posting a tweet using an ac­cepted hashtag can also earn points. Fans can now also earn points by inviting friends to join the new program.
Scanning in at events using your Auburn Ignited Card still earns points as well.
The biggest change to the Auburn Ignited system is that all fans can now join in, not just students. Any fans can sign up for free at www.Aubur­nIgnited.com, connect all their social media accounts and be­gin earning points.
The Social Rewards pro­gram has been improved and expanded. Fans can earn priz­es for attendance at events and engagement on social media.
The top five point leaders at the end of each semester will be rewarded Grand Prizes. One of the Grand Prizes is ex­clusive hospitality on campus.
At the end of each semester, each of the top five point lead­ers will be crowned as exclu­sive members of the AU Social Club. Those members will be treated to an elite hospitality event on the Auburn campus.
Other rewards include Un­der Armour gear, personalized jerseys, autographed items, electronics and the chance at experiential prizes.
“It’s pretty awesome that all fans can now use the Auburn Ignited system instead of just the students”, said Kimbrell. “The new changes with so­cial media are also very inno­vative.”
The new system should also increase attendance at sport­ing events other than football and basketball.
”The new changes make go­ing to any sporting event even more exciting. I think that at­tendance at events other than football should skyrock­et now.”
The excitement for football season has been growing and now everyone has a change to help become involved.
A simple look at the new and improved Ignited point system
Andrew Yawn
SPORTS EDITOR
In Auburn, Saturdays in the fall are all about the game.
Now departments across campus have collaborated to ensure that the entire week­end centers on the best pos­sible football experience for fans.
For Cassie Arner, assistant athletic director for public relations, the plan is as much about the fans who are here as they are about the fans who aren’t.
“The people who are here may have their plans and their routines already, but they are still looking to im­prove their weekends,” Arner said. “So it’s to help them, but also to encourage other peo­ple who haven’t come back in a while to make this part of their fall tradition.”
For those who are out of town, a trip to Auburn may seem unnecessary for one day of football.
To combat this issue, Arn­er said the “game-day experi­ence” is being extended to in­clude the entire weekend.
On Fridays before home games this fall, fans can tour Jordan-Hare Stadium, the locker room and run out of the tunnel on to Pat Dye Field.
In addition, a designated number of fans will be select­ed to eat at Cafe Jordan-Hare, a restaurant dining experi­ence that Arner said was cre­ated by Director of Athletics Jay Jacobs.
Jacobs was inspired by a concept he saw in a travel magazine about chefs who would go to one location for a night and cook for a group of guests, according to Arner.
At this “cafe,” fans can pur­chase food on Pat Dye Field itself.
Even non-sporting events such as a lecture series have been planned for the day pri­or to home games to engage families in all areas of the campus.
“It’s important to us to make sure they’re having the best possible experience that they can have, and that they’re getting the most out of their time spent on cam­pus,” Arner said.
As for Saturdays, improve­ments have been made to make the hustle and bustle of the Plains easier to navigate.
A game day app displays real-time information and provides maps and GPS func­tions for those not familiar with the campus.
The app also shows fans the places not to drive when rushing to find a parking spot to make getting to the game “convenient and less of a has­sle.”
“Once people are on cam­pus they can navigate around a lot easier, understanding if we’ve got any traffic delays, if parking lots have filled up and things like that,” Arner said.
Once on campus, the ath­letics department will hold a public tailgate in the parking lot of Plainsman Park.
The tailgate will feature a pre-game radio show, food, televisions and former letter winners from various Auburn sports to sign autographs.
All of these improvements were implemented to make the time surrounding the football game more enjoy­able, but perhaps the most changes were made to the game experience itself.
The University’s Office of Information and Technology has made Wi-Fi Internet ac­cess available in Jordan-Hare and fans can now bring in laptops or tablets.
Concessions at Jordan-Hare now accept Tiger cards for students present at the game and the lines will now be “snaked” to diminish the crowd size and make lines more orderly.
For fans who just want to get straight to their seats, an express lane will also be opened for those who have no bags to search.
“We know that our fans, the Auburn family, make a lot of sacrifices to come back and be season ticket holders and bring their families and for a lot of them this is the highlight that they look for­ward to,” Arner said. “It’s im­portant to us to make sure that they’re having the best possible experience that they can.”
The day after the game, a brunch will also be held in the arena for fans to eat away a defeat or revel in a victory.
The brunch will also pro­vide fans another opportuni­ty to meet players and coach­es of various sports.
While the athletics de­partment created numerous events to attract and satisfy Auburn’s voracious fan base, they also created the website aubgameday.com.
The site promotes the Uni­versity’s own events as well as others during the weekend, and also serves as a way to check hotel availability and plan a weekend trip start to finish.
“It’s important that when people come back, they feel like it was an easy, smooth ex­perience so they want to keep coming back,” Arner said.
Coleman McDowell
SPORTS REPORTER
Former All-American Gabe Gross is back for more.
Auburn baseball coach John Pawlowski announced Mon­day that Gross will serve as volunteer assistant coach for Auburn baseball for the 2012–13 season.
“We are excited that Gabe Gross, a very familiar name around Auburn, will return to our staff and help us on our quest for Omaha in 2013,” Paw­lowski said. “I was encouraged by the progress we made offen­sively last year and he certainly was a big part of that.”
Pawlowski said Gross, a stu­dent assistant for the team last season, will continue to work with the outfielders as well as lead and direct the hitters.
Gross, a three-sport star at Northview High School in Do­than, Ala., began his Auburn career as a third baseman for the baseball team and quarter­back for the football team.
Gross and fellow sopho­more quarterback Ben Leard shuttled back and forth in the starting lineup during their sophomore season.
After Leard replaced Gross in the third quarter of the sea­son opener in 1999, Leard led the Tigers to three straight wins.
After losing the starting job, Gross gave up football to focus solely on baseball.
“Gabe has been great for us. He’s been great leadership for us on the sidelines and he han­dled not being a starter well,” head coach Tommy Tuberville said to al.com of Gross’s de­cision at the time. “I think it’s time for him to be selfish, time for him to do what’s best for Gabe Gross.”
The football team lost its next five games after his de­parture, but Gross, who moved to the outfield his sophomore season, shined with his focus only on baseball.
Gross hit .430 his junior year and was named an All-Ameri­can player.
One year later he was draft­ed 15th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays and played for four different major league teams in his career before retiring in the spring of 2011.
“I am excited about guid­ing our offense this season,” Gross said. “Working with the team last year was a good ex­perience and I look forward to helping our hitters devel­op and reach their potential. I want to thank Coach Pawlows­ki for giving me this opportu­nity, and I look forward to get­ting to work.”
Gross fills the opening cre­ated by assistant coach Ty Megahee’s departure to re­place former assistant Link Jarrett, who was named head coach at UNC-Greensboro this summer.
GABE GROSS
Gabe Gross returns to the Plains as volunteer coach
Auburn athletics helps turn game days into weekends
ROBERT LEE / EDITOR IN CHIEF
Fans at this year’s games can watch with a shaker in one hand and an Ipad in the other.
On Friday, August 17, the SEC released the schedules for the women’s basketball league.
The primary difference between this year’s and last year’s schedules, of course, is the addition of SEC new­comers Missouri and Texas A&M.
Auburn will face Texas A&M at College Station on Jan. 13 and will match Missouri at home on Feb. 24.
The schedule begins with the Wolfpack Invitational Tournament at North Carolina State on Nov. 9-10.
From there, the Tigers have a manageable non-confer­ence slate, however, the path gets rough once SEC play begins with Arkansas at home on Jan. 3.
The toughest part of the schedule comes a few weeks after with a double-header against two Elite 8 teams: Tennessee and Kentucky.
“We are excited about the schedule and looking for­ward to the upcoming season,” said first-year Auburn head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy in a press release. “The SEC is a tough league and we have some tough teams coming into Auburn Arena this season.”
There is no question that Auburn faces a difficult home schedule, but its road games are even more daunting.
Auburn will play four of the top five SEC teams from last year on the road. Intrigue
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Freshman? Read on
Melody Kitchens
INTRIGUE EDITOR
It all started when Michael Stricklin, senior in architecture, studied abroad in Europe during his spring semester of 2011.
“I began to pay more attention to details in certain things, and I no­ticed what I didn’t like about them and how to improve them,” Strick­lin said.
He then stumbled upon the Port­land-based blog Wood & Faulk that features tutorials for making var­ious accessories, mostly made of leather.
Stricklin said he noticed the tuto­rials were similar to models he uses in architecture, and he began craft­ing his own.
“I thought, ‘Hey, this is easy,’ and I knew that I really wanted to build things, and I’ve always wanted to have my own business,” he said.
This sparked the beginning of 1813, a branch of M.STRCKLN GARMENT & DESIGN. 1813 boasts handmade leather iPhone cases, wallets and business card holders.
“I started out wanting to do den­im, but I realized it’s much harder to get started that way,” Stricklin said. “The moment I started with leath­er I knew I wanted to keep working with it. It’s such a nice material, and you can really just about make any­thing out of it.”
Stricklin then showed his design to friends, and word of his designs began to spread.
The Locker Room on Magno­lia Avenue recently started selling his iPhone wallet, and products are also sold through the MSGD Face­book page.
The idea and preparation of 1813 began in January 2012, but Stricklin said he began making and selling the designs in May.
He began the process of sketch­ing endless possible templates for the iPhone wallet. Stricklin said he knew he wanted it to be sim­ple, yet well-made.
Stricklin settled on a one-piece template that holds an iPhone, a few credit cards and cash.
“It’s only one thing to worry about,” Stricklin said. “I wanted to consolidate everything and sim­plify it, too. I think living a simpler life is much better; an older way of life.”
All products are hand-cut, dyed and stitched, and he frequent­ly travels to Atlanta to pick which quality leather he finds to hold the best for the iPhone wallet.
“Every aspect of the business, from manufacturing and produc­tion to distribution, I do all my­self,” he said.
Although the wallets fall on the expensive side, Stricklin said “it’s quality, handmade and bet­ter than plastic. It gets better with age.”
Any product is customizable, and Stricklin said he hopes to cre­ate more designs as his business continues to develop.
In the future, Stricklin plans to expand his business by starting a luxury line of leather products and also finishing his website in order to sell most of his products online.
“If I were selling 50 wallets a week, I’d be happy living a com­fortable life where I could travel and live in a lot of different places,” he said. “I still want to be an archi­tect, just maybe not immediately. There’s nothing like being your own boss. I want to be the type of man that made himself.”
MELODY KITCHENS / INTRIGUE EDITOR
All products are hand-cut, dyed and stitched by Stricklin.
MELODY KITCHENS / INTRIGUE EDITOR
The iPhone wallet is now being sold at The Locker Room on Magnolia Avenue.
MELODY KITCHENS / INTRIGUE EDITOR
Michael Stricklin, senior in architechure, started 1813, a branch of M. STRCKLN GARMENT & DESIGN in January. 1813 features handmade iPhone cases, wallets and business card holders.
Lane Jones
INTRIGUE REPORTER
The challenge of adjusting to col­lege life can seem daunting, and it's not made any easier by parents and professors telling you the key to suc­ceeding freshman year is going to class or keeping your grades up.
To really thrive here at Auburn, you're going to need some more practical advice.
Exchange names with everyone you meet.
The first semester of your fresh­man year is the last time you'll have a free pass for striking up casual con­versations with strangers, so capi­talize on it. Make sure you exchange names at some point in the conver­sation. There will come a time when you see your new acquaintance ap­proaching on the concourse, and you find yourself faced with two op­tions.
One: You know you recognize them but you’re not confident enough about what their name is to say hello. In your quest to remem­ber who they are, you sustain eye contact for so long that you start to look vaguely threatening and at the last minute opt to avert your gaze and study a particularly interest­ing cloud formation while you pass them.
Or two: You remember their name, exchange a pleasant hello and continue on your way.
Now is not the time to launch a new nickname.
This is not the time to break out the alias you've always wanted to adopt, but that never seemed to catch on before. I know it’s tempt­ing, because the level of anonym­ity you feel as a freshman lends it­self to creating a whole new iden­tity. All the time you spent in high school trying to get your friends to start calling you ‘Ace’ might finally pay off! But it will backfire. By Oc­tober, you'll have the entire campus confused about what to call you and visiting parents asking too loudly, "Honey, why do all of these people keep calling you Keith?"
Avoid on-campus dining after hours.
I'm a girl who regrets nothing, ex­cept every meal I've ever eaten on campus after 8 p.m.. This is a snare that's all too easy for new folks to stumble into. It's after 8 and you haven't gotten dinner yet (or you made the mistake of only buying one taco at the taco truck instead of a dozen). You step outside the dorm to assess your options. A tumble­weed rolls by. The Denny's sign flick­ers menacingly in the distance. I've spent too many lonely nights weep­ing silently into a platter of Wafflein­is to let you make the same mistake.
Give up the quest for an 'inter­esting fact.'
During your first week of class, every one of your professors will subject you to the ruthless ritual of class-wide introduction. Their fa­vorite tactic is to ask you to come up with an ‘interesting fact’ and then, I assume, watch with sadistic p