2012-11-01 The Auburn Plainsman

              Hayley Blair
Campus Editor
Franny McLemore, junior in pre-pharmacy,
died Oct. 22 of a pulmo-nary
embolism.
McLemore was working as a tutor
for student athletes with her room-mate,
Alissa Best, when she sudden-ly
passed out.
“I was with her when she died,”
Best said. “We were walking out of
work and she just said, ‘hold on a
minute.’ It was literally out of the
blue.”
Christopher Hunsberger, exec-utive
pastor at Dawson Memorial
Baptist Church, said he would miss
McLemore at the church, where she’d
been a member since childhood.
“We definitely miss her,” Hun-sburger
said. “She’s definitely some-one
who was a leader. She stood out
among her peers in just about every
category, whether it be academics or
personality or just the way she lived
her life. Somebody like that, you can’t
go through life and not miss them.”
McLemore was active in the
church, working as a camp counsel-or,
singing in the choir and partici-pating
in summer mission trips to
Ecuador.
“She always tells us about Ecuador
and her missions there and the kids
she had met and how she had gotten
the chance to take care of them and
have an influence in their lives,” Best
said. “And when she came back, even
though she wasn’t in Ecuador, she
definitely spread that unconditional
love to all her friends here.”
In fact, one of McLemore’s last
tweets was about her roommates,
attached with a picture of the cake
they’d bought to congratulate her on
getting into graduate school.
“My roommates are better than
yours!” it said.
McLemore did her best to qualify
for graduate school, maintaining a
4.0 GPA, participating in several hon-ors
societies and becoming a mem-ber
of Omega Phi Alpha with Best.
“She worked so hard in school and
really at anything she did,” Best said.
“She just got accepted into Harrison
School of Pharmacy, which is all she’s
talked about since we were freshmen.
When I first met her, she told me she
was pre-pharmacy and that’s what
she wanted to do, and she spent the
last three years working so hard to
get into pharmacy school.”
Best said it will be hard not seeing
her roommate every day, but she is
glad McLemore was part of her life.
“I met Franny the first week of our
freshman year,” Best said. “I’ve liter-ally
seen or talked to her every day
since then. She was the greatest ex-ample
and the greatest friend. So
many people lost a best friend and
someone who really cared for them,
but we’re all here for each other to-gether,
and I think everyone knows
we have a new guardian angel in
heaven looking out for us.”
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A Spirit That Is Not Afraid
Thursday, November 1, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Vol. 119, Issue 23, 16 Pages
Other: 22 percent
Romney: 48 percent
Obama: 30 percent
Republican
• “Our country has strug-gled
so much over the last
four years. The change that
Obama promised has not
happened. It’s time for real
change.”
-Jessica Wilson, senior in
childhood education
• “I agree with his economic
policies and plans to cut tax-es
and delegate legislation.”
-Liz Dary, sophomore in
economic business
Democrat
• “More consistent. Drawn
out plan. Helping the middle
class fund and further edu-cation!”
-Aaron Jordan, sophomore
in aerospace engineering
• “Romney is not a viable eco-nomic
option, nor are his in-ternational
relations benefi-cial
to this country!
-James Martinesz, junior in
biochemistry
Independent
• “Frustrated with the system.”
-Anglea Cleary, senior in
interdisciplinary studies
• “The two-party system is the
devil!”
-Taylor Carr, junior in
anthropology
Libertarian
• “Gary Johnson. He doesn’t
want war. He is for civil lib-erty
for all. He isn’t for the
same political machine.”
-Hayden Harris, junior in
business management
• “Gary Johnson because he
is the most libertarian and
will put America on the right
track.”
-Anonymous
Undecided
• “Obama and Romney are the
same!”
Becky Hardy
Campus Associate Editor
Don’t tread on them. Although
that is not part of its official slogan,
College libertarians, with a lower-case
“l”, provide resources and op-portunities
for students to learn
about the issues affecting their lives
now.
“When we spell our name we
spell it with a little “l” because the
big “L” implies party affiliation,” said
Michael Magan, organization presi-dent
and junior in economics.
College libertarians was re-started
after being replaced by the
Young Americans for Liberty.
“It used to be the only libertar-ian
organization on campus and
then YAL formed and took a lot of
people out of it,” Magan said. “A few
friends and I decided to start it up
again because we thought it was a
great opportunity to do things that
YAL couldn’t.”
Unlike College libertarians, YAL
is not allowed to endorse candi-dates
because it is affiliated with
the national organization, Magan
said.
“Since College libertarians have
no funding, we can essentially do
whatever we want,” Magan said.
Campus mourns loss of Franny McLemore
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The voice of the students
With the presidential election days away, a mock
election shows who the students will be voting for
What they said
Becky Hardy
Campus Associate Editor
Excitement over elections is at an
all-time high with some first time vot-ers
contributing to the election pro-cess.
“I am fascinated by politics and
I’m going to enjoy taking part in the
American political system,” said Aus-tin
Zinkle, sophomore in history. “Just
the idea of having an influence, no
matter how small, in the government
process is exciting.”
Camren Brantley-Rios, sophomore
in international business, has noticed
a lot of young people being interested
in voting for the first time.
“I’m excited to see how many peo-ple
end up voting,” Brantley-Rios said.
Others just want to see the election
results.
“I just want to find out who wins,”
said Ryan McMichens, junior in fi-nance.
Elizabeth Scott, sophomore in nu-trition,
said she is excited to see liber-als
be proven wrong.
“I’m not a huge fan of Romney, but I
think he’s the lesser of two evils,” Scott
said. “It is infuriating to me to see
people blindly support Obama when
he has done nothing productive for
America.”
Although Scott does not believe
Romney will cure all of America’s
problems she will still support him.
“I think he could be a step in the
right direction,” Scott said.
Zinkle recently made up his my
on whom he will be voting for after
watching the debates.
“The debate swayed me on the side
of Mitt Romney,” Zinkle said.
Keeping himself informed on the
issues at hand, Zinkle compared both
candidates equally, but decided the
economy was at the top of priorities.
“I believe that President Obama
has many accomplishments includ-ing
his furthering of women’s equal
pay, gay rights and taking the initia-tive
for putting forth health care avail-ability
for all,” Zinkle said.
“However, I strongly believe that
this is an election for jobs and the
economy.”
College libertarians
open doors on issues
Melody Kitchens / Intrigue Editor
Flags are put at half-mast to honor the death of Franny Mclemore.
» See Election, A2
» See Libertarian, A2
“She’s definitely
someone who
was a leader.
She stood out
among her peers
in just about every
category, whether
it be academics
or personality or
just the way she
lived her life.
—Christopher
Hunsburg
Pastor
Courtesy of michael nathan magan
The College of Libertarians pictured with Ron Paul.
Parrish Vetoes campaign
bill lowering election funds
Becky Hardy
Campus Reporter
The veto power is not reserved
only to the president of the United
States.
SGA President Owen Parrish ve-toed
a bill Tuesday on limiting cam-paign
budgets.
Parrish said he vetoed the bill for
many reasons, but mostly because
the bill does not address improve-ment
of the elections process.
“While this bill does impact how
much one can spend, the claims
that this bill would make cam-paigns
more platform-based or de-crease
campaign-related concourse
traffic are merely speculative and
» See Veto, A2
Hayley Blair / Campus Editor
A graph indicating who students will vote for. 83 students responded to the poll.
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It’s 2 a.m., and you’re finally done
with the library. Your brain is fried
,and the remnants of your coffee have
been cold for hours. You look up to
see an empty room staring back. The
only thing standing between you and
your bed is the drive home. Where do
you go? The Ralph Brown Draughon
Library Security Escort.
The service is an after-hours es-cort
designed to get students safely to
their cars created in response to Lau-ren
Burk’s death.
Burk was an Auburn freshman who
was abducted and killed by an Army
veteran after a late night on campus.
Since March 6, 2008, guards have
escorted students to the library park-ing
lot, Comer parking lot or down to
the security shuttles at Mell Street.
“The library was looking to make
sure folks felt safe,” said J.P. Pendle-ton,
head of circulation and reserves
for the library. “That incident is trag-ic,
but I think it brought some aware-ness
that the campus needs to make
sure they are doing everything. The li-brary
is safe and has been safe.”
The response came from many
parents and students who expressed
concern about the library safety and
student options after it gets late.
The campus provides many things
to the student body: Tiger Transit, on-campus
dining and, for some, shelter.
Part of the campus’ responsibility to
students is the provision of safety.
The library security escort is another
example of that standard at Auburn
University.
From 8:30 p.m.–7:30 a.m., three
guards are on duty; one is stationed
at the desk near the exit on the first
floor, another watches the front doors
during late hours and another is on
duty inside the library.
Recently, the escort requests have
dwindled in frequency.
“We get about four people a night,
most times,” said David Tarver, one of
the security escorts.
Pendleton’s advice was that stu-dents
should use it because it’s free
and the service is available.
“It’s a good service, I don’t know
if everybody uses it,” Pendleton said.
“I think they know about it, but then
again I think there’s a lot of folks that
go ‘I’m all right.’”
Savannah Duke, junior in horti-culture,
used the service during her
freshman year.
“I was feeling hesitant to walk by
myself to my car so late at night,”
Duke said. “I guess I felt a little more
safe. He walked me to my car. If I felt
that it was necessary I would use it
again.”
The recent trend shows girls being
the only students making requests
and requests being made at hours
ranging from 11:30 p.m.–1 a.m.
“It’s like anything that happens in
the world,” Pendleton said. “When
initially something bad happens and
security is brought forward and there
is all this extra security things that go
on, people start using it. As time goes
on people forget and it goes down and
down and down.”
According to Tarver, since the es-tablishment
of the system there have
been no incidents, citing most out-ings
as “just normal.”
The guards are trained to immedi-ately
call 911 in an emergency.
The security guards are part of Au-burn
Public Safety and are contract-ed
through Angels Security Incorpo-rated.
“If you’re uneasy about may-be
someone following you or about
walking by yourself somewhere, I
think it is wise to walk with a securi-ty
guard,” Duke said. “I recommend it
for your peace of mind and security.”
Use of library security service dwindling
Alison Thompson / Photographer
The library security service is available to escort students to their cars between 8:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m.
Contest tests fashion know-how of college students
Rebecca Mosely
Writer
While some students dread
the chilly walks to class, others
welcome the change for new
style opportunities.
Stylitics.com is holding a
nationwide contest called the
Most Stylish Student. The win-ner
will fill a stafff position of
“Featured Closets.” Their work
will be published on the site-alongside
the works of celeb-rities,
bloggers and style icons.
“Being featured is a kind
of a big deal,” said Jessica No-vak,
marketing manager for
Stylitics. “We’ve roped in sev-eral
major influences such as
famous celebrities and blog-gers,
as well as the Council of
Fahion Designers of America.”
Novak said the winner will
be featured as the first and
only non-celebrity, non-blog-ger
in an elite group of celeb-rity
and blogger style experts,
as well as a shopping influ-ence.
This causes the position
of Most Stylish Student to be
highly coveted, especially to
those interested in social me-dia,
fashion and leaving be-hind
a legacy.
Some of the notable style
influences featured by Stylit-ics,
which has been featured
in Vogue, the New York Times
and the Wall Street Journal,
and the contest panel includes
Kate Voegele of One Tree Hill,
Steven Kolb of the Council of
Fashion Designers of Ameri-ca,
partner of Stylitics, Head
of Styling Alana Kelen of MTV
networks and Samantha Lim
of Fashion Indie.
Since Thursday, Oct. 25, col-lege
and high school students
have entered the contest on
Stylitics.com by creating an
account on the social virtual
closet site, which serves as a
platform for those interested
in fashion and personal style,
to earn points by acting as a
virtual personal stylist to build
a virtual closet and creating
outfits from it.
From 10 of the top 100 stu-dents
with the most style
points earned through Sun-day,
Nov. 4, style experts will
vote on the winner based on
volume and content of the
contestant’s virtual closets to
be announced on or around
Monday, Nov. 8. However, all
those that finish in the top 100
will be granted exclusive ear-ly
access to the new “Featured
Closets” to shop, share and ex-plore
actual closets of celebri-ties
and style icons.
“Points are earned by en-gaging
on the site,” Novak said.
“The winner definitely has
to have a full closet that their
friends want to see.”
Novak said she expects the
top 10 to have at least 50 items
and five to 10 outfits in their
Style Profile.
A Style Profile is built from
individual articles of clothing
and complete outfits that can
be added to the virtual clos-et
by uploading a photograph
from a mobile device or us-ing
the iPhone application;
scanning the website cata-log
of style history, or pasting
the URL of findings from oth-er
websites.
All of these organization
tools can be applied to cre-ate
wish lists or packing lists
for future use. Chelsea Mad-kins,
graduating senior in ap-parel
merchandising and Au-burn
ambassador for the Sty-litics
brand, said she thinks
that Stylitics is a fun way to or-ganize
apparel. She said that
the contest allows contestants
to showcase individual style
while exploring the trends in
apparel.
“Social shopping is such a
big thing these days and Sty-litics
is not quite a shopping
site, but it allows you to sort
of shop for inspiration,” Mad-kins
said.
Libertarian
» From A1
Election
» From A1
The organization is
not about favoring candi-dates
for elections anyway,
Magan said.
“We’re trying to focus
less on the voting and more
on educating the students,”
Magan said. “Technically
we can endorse candidates;
I just would rather not. If
you want to know more
about the candidates and
the issues they will tell you
about them, but I’m not go-ing
to tell someone to vote
for this candidate simply
because I like him.”
College libertarians take
trips to conferences and
have liberty-minded speak-ers
attend their meetings.
“We’ll also bring peo-ple
to professor debates
through UPC, “ Magan said.
“We’re bringing a group of
10 people to the Support-ers
Summit where there are
speakers such as Ron Paul,
Tom Woods and Judge An-drew
P. Napolitano.”
Magan said that the Lud-wig
von Mises Institute in
Auburn, an organization
supporting the Austrian
School of economics, is a
great resource of knowl-edge
for all students, not
just Libertarians, at Au-burn.
“The organization does a
lot of things through them,”
Magan said. “Supporter
Summit is what they put
on as a fundraiser, and they
give out a lot of scholar-ships
as well.”
The two-party system
does not appeal to Magan.
“I think there’s way too
much of allegiance to it,”
Magan said.
Organization member
Kevin Romaine, freshman
in economics, agrees with
Magan.
“Their differences in be-liefs
are limited to the least
important issues and even
still will become function-ally
non-existent in office,”
Romaine said.
Zinkle understands no
candidate will be perfect,
but it willing to make com-promises
like the president
should.
“Despite some of his
flaws, Gov. Romney is
uniquely qualified to lead
from his experience in
business and other finan-cial
matters,” Zinkle said. “I
also believe that what this
country needs is a moder-ate
president that will be
able to compromise for the
betterment of the country.”
McMichens also priori-tizes
his stance on certain
issues.
“I think (Romney) is
more likely than Obama
to continue the trend of
economic prosperity that
America has seen for over
100 years,” McMichens
said. “I believe that so-cial
freedoms are impor-tant,
but economic success
comes first.”
Veto
» From A1
have not been supported by
sufficient data or research,”
Parrish said.
The proposed bill focused
primarily on limiting the bud-get
to get rid of gimmicks to
make the candidates focus
more on their platforms.
Parrish said Auburn holds
some of the most successful
SGA elections out of any uni-versity
in the country.
“Our voter turnout figures
of 32.7% from the 2012 elec-tion
cycle stand out from
many of our peer institutions
like the University of Alabama
(30%), Florida State Universi-ty
(7%) and the University of
Florida (20%),” Parrish said.
“While we can improve these
numbers and strengthen the
ability of candidates to pro-vide
the student body with
accessible information, we
must look at the elections
process as a whole rather
than one specific piece of this
puzzle.”
Corections
In the Oct. 18 edition of The Plainsman in an article titled “Col-lege
of Liberal Arts hosts Maya Angelou for upcoming lecture,”
Heather May was misquoted. Her quote has been corrected and
should read, “For us, we really do think of diversity, pretty much,
in its widest sense.”
Thursday, November 1, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman Campus A3
Becky Hardy
Campus Reporter
Candy, games and finger painting
galore — the children at Omega Phi
Alpha’s Fall Festival want more.
The service sorority held its sec-ond-
annual Fall Festival at the Chris-tian
Care Center for the families of
Opelika Sunday, Oct. 28.
The event was free to families look-ing
for a place to bring their children
for a family-oriented atmosphere.
“We want the children in the area
to have a safe place to trick-or-treat,”
said Rachel Desmond, sorority mem-ber
and senior in psychology. “We are
putting this on for the sole purpose of
making sure these kids get to experi-ence
a little bit of Halloween.”
Children from all over the commu-nity
came out to play various games
such as mummy wrap, scream and
feel, ring toss, cake walk and bucket
decorating.
“If the kids don’t have their own
buckets for Halloween, they can get
them here and decorate them to put
all their candy in it,” said Brittany
Watt, sorority member and senior in
chemistry.
Christine Pones said she loves that
the festival is so close to home.
“I’m really glad they put this on in
the community for my child since the
children really like it,” Pones said.
Amber Starks said she appreciates
the sorority for providing a safe place
to bring her family for Halloween.
“Only some churches around the
area have festivals like this,” Starks
said.
Watt said the festival gives chil-dren
in the community something
to do.
“A lot of kids are coming here with-out
their parents, so if they come
here their parents know they are OK,”
Watt said.
Elizabeth Walker, sorority mem-ber
and junior in psychology and
sociology, said many of the children
come to meet up with friends.
“It’s a good place for them to hang
out and do all the activities and
games together,” Walker said.
Omega Phi Alpha also held an
Easter egg hunt earlier this year and
hopes to continue that tradition,
Watt said.
“I like to come back here every
year and see the same families every
time,” Watt said. “You see some of the
same kids that are older now, which
is great to see.”
The sisters love giving back to the
community, Watt said.
“We would love to come back and
do more since we all love being here,
and the families enjoy it too,” Watt
said.
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Senior in Chemistry
Fairy dust not needed to turn these pumpkins to art
The College of
Architecture, Design and
Construction held its
24th-annual Pumpkin
Carve Friday, Oct. 26.
Rebecca Croomes/Photo Editor
A pumpkin carving contest was held at Dudley Hall Friday, Oct.26 in which participants created elaborate designs, some based on popular cartoons and others a portraying a variety of intricate faces.
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I was truly saddened to read a column written
by Robert E. Lee, editor-in-chief, that implied that
Medicaid and Welfare have somehow created a
“welfare state.”
The column seemed to follow no logical train of
thought, but was simply a collection of misguid-ed
and prejudiced comments about a system that
helps more than 58 million low-income Americans
receive the healthcare they need. Statements like,
“Government shouldn’t pay for the laziness and un-fortunate
circumstances of others,” and “Even if I
lost everything I had, I wouldn’t want the govern-ment
bailing me out,” represent incredibly short-sighted,
insensitive and frankly, ignorant views on
the subject.
I find it hard to believe that if you, Mr. Lee, came
down with a serious illness and could not afford
your doctor’s bills, would not want the government
to help you out. I also do not follow your hypothet-ical
situation of the character that tells you what to
do with your life, then lies to you about your taxes,
unless you move to Canada. This makes no sense to
me, especially since Canada operates on a social-ized
healthcare system.
And to imply that Welfare and Medicaid recip-ients
do not want to improve their situation, and
that education is something easily acquired in this
country, especially for someone on Welfare, is out-right
ludicrous.
What bothers me the most about the printing
of this column is that the editor-in-chief of my be-loved
Plainsman would print such an ill-informed
and fact-less rant as this.
I realize that this is your personal opinion, and
that you (supposedly) are referring only to those
people who use the system fraudulently, but the
column implies that all people on Medicaid and
Welfare are lazy freeloaders that are a burden on so-ciety,
and the money we spend keeping them alive
is better spent paving roads.
I’m not sure if you sat down right before going to
press and pumped out this horrid vomit of misin-formation,
or if you actually took time on this and
are just this misled about the way the system works.
It is obvious that you have not considered the
reverse of your point, that maybe these individ-uals
are guilty of medicaid fraud because the sys-tem
does not do enough, and that they would die
without trying to do something to get the health-care
they need. You imply that they are trying to get
healthcare because they want to?
Like healthcare is something that these individ-uals
don’t need, they just like waiting in doctor’s of-fices
for hours and bankrupting themselves just to
take the tax dollars out of your pocket and burn
them? I just don’t see why someone would commit
Medicaid fraud for any type of frivolous reason.
I also resent the implication of the title, that
somehow the US or the state of Alabama are wel-fare
states. I expect plenty of backlash from the
Plainsman readership, who tend to be intelligent
and compassionate people, and I certainly hope
that this is not the only letter to the editor that you
receive.
Derek Lacey
Alumnus
As we are continuing the tipping of our
fiesta hats to the exciting 40th anniversary
of Title IX, we must first understand the law
and all it entails. Previously, I spoke of the
impact that Title IX has made for women,
but what I forgot to mention was what the
law means for men.
Title IX equally protects both genders in
all situations and procedures (emphasis on
both). So after kicking back with a cup of Se-attle’s
Best, I read over the recently revised
Auburn University Title IX Policy and Proce-dures
for Student Sex Discrimination. You
could say I learned quite a bit from the ex-tremely
thorough ten-page revision. Espe-cially,
the important definitions and exam-ples
section, which was lengthy and full of
surprises—that’s what she said—thus, giv-ing
me the initiative to create a cliff notes
version for Auburn students.
The section defines sex discrimination
as behaviors and actions that deny or limit
a person’s ability to benefit from, and/or ful-ly
participate in, the educational programs
or activities or employment opportunities
because of a person’s sex. Secondly, sexual
harassment is defined as unwelcome sexu-al
advances, requests for sexual favors, or vi-sual,
verbal, or physical conduct, of a sexu-al
nature.
Now if you are starting to doze off wake
up because we are getting to the tap num-ber.
My personal favorite is the section pure-ly
devoted to consent. At some point or an-other
we’ve all been “that guy” at home on
a Saturday night hooked on a Law and Or-der:
SVU marathon. And if we’ve learned
anything from detectives Olivia Benson and
Elliot Stabler, besides that whoever is doing
Mariska Hargitay’s hair/wardrobe should
seriously be fired, would be that lack of con-sent
is the critical factor in any incident of
sexual misconduct.
It is important to note that consent re-quires
clear communication between all per-sons
involved in the sexual encounter. Con-sent
is active, not passive, and can be com-municated
verbally or by actions. Howev-er,
it must be mutually understood, and si-lence
in and of itself cannot be interpreted
as consent.
This means that the classic “he/she was
telling me with their eyes” or “the way they
were pop-n-locking to that Drake song said
it all” are absolutely out the window. Also,
previous relationships or previous consent
does not imply consent to future sexual
acts. I like to call this the “ex-boyfriend who
rides a Harley, has messy hair, and decides
to come into town for the weekend” clause—
nope, not going to happen buddy.
Effective consent cannot be given by mi-nors,
mentally disabled individuals or per-sons
incapacitated as a result of consump-tion
of drugs or alcohol. Incapacitation is
defined as a state where one cannot make a
rational, reasonable decision because they
lack the ability to understand the who, what,
when, where, why or how of their sexual in-teraction.
If you need a further description
just flip to MTV, I’m sure Jersey Shore or The
Real World would be more than happy to
provide sufficient examples.
All jokes aside, it is crucial to under-stand
these policies and implications for not
only your personal knowledge, but protec-tion.
One out of four women will be sexual-ly
assaulted on a college campus. One out of
eight women will be raped while in college.
75 percent of male students and 55 percent
of female students involved in a date rape
had been drinking or using drugs.
Currently, there are support services such
as Safe Harbor and Student Counseling Ser-vices
that aid to those who have experienced
sexual assault or violence. Unfortunately this
is the cruel reality in which we live, thus it
is vital Title IX’s protection policies are thor-ough
and explicit to all.
We have to understand that these defini-tions
and examples just discussed mean NO.
If that’s what she said, is trying to say, or is
unable to say—it means no. Although, “that’s
what he said” isn’t exactly America’s favorite
punch line, don’t worry—the law goes both
ways bro.
Elizabeth Johnston
Intern
Women’s Resource Center
When I graduated high
school in 2004, George W. Bush
was beginning his second term
as president and conserva-tive
republican fervor was at
an all time high. I didn’t real-ly
care though. I was too busy
pretending to be an adult with
my part-time job and studio
apartment.
The consequences of such
failed Bush administration
policies as the Patriot Act and
No Child Left Behind weren’t
clear at first. But as soon as I
started talking to coworkers,
some of whom were veterans, I
knew that Bush was more than
an over-hyped bumpkin. As I
continued to learn what was
going on, especially with the
war in Iraq, all the corruption
and malfeasance was too obvi-ous
to ignore.
I won’t go into a tirade
about why the Bush adminis-tration
is partly to blame for
our present national struggles.
However, I will say that wit-nessing
eight years of conser-vative
Republican policy in ac-tion,
I can’t fathom living un-der
that system again.
President Barack Obama is
not a great president. His sign-ing
of the National Defense
Authorization Act and en-dorsement
of drone warfare is
shameful. But I can’t say those
two glaring mistakes are rea-son
enough to vote for Gov.
Mitt Romney and the conser-vative
Republican baggage
that would come with his pres-idency.
You don’t hear too much
about what Obama has done
for the good of our country.
I would imagine it’s because
everything he does has to be
spun one way or the other be-fore
it even reaches the pub-lic.
He has made great strides,
however, in healthcare, veter-an’s
affairs, rights for women
and homosexuals and lower-ing
the cost of student loans.
Of course, he has had to
fight tooth and nail to make
these changes. But I’m hope-ful
that what he’s done so far is
only a hint at what he can ac-complish
during his second
term.
To me, the Republican alter-native
would do the opposite.
We already saw how they
handled the economy during
the Bush years, so we know no
progress can be expected. The
tendency for republican policy
makers to ally themselves with
religious groups means that
rights for women and homo-sexuals
would suffer. Health-care
would start to return to
an over-priced privilege in-stead
of the inherent right it
should be.
There are many other ex-amples
of national problems,
such as unemployment, that
would only worsen if Romney
were elected, but I think you
get the idea.
Yet, I already know what a
Romney administration will
do, and I certainly couldn’t
handle it if I knew I voted for
a reincarnation of Bush. The
uncertainty of a second term
for Obama does not scare me
as much as the certainty for
disaster that Romney repre-sents.
Benjamin
Croomes
Opinion@
theplainsman.
com
Guest Column
That’s what
she said
Mitt Romney’s policies too similar to George W. Bush’s
Guest Column
Editor’s column misinformed, worrisome
-Bethany Whitehead, Health Promotion and Wellness Services
There comes a time when everyone has to
question what they believe. For a lot of peo-ple,
college is the perfect time to re-evaluate
their belief structure. So with that in mind,
we are going to take a painful look at our al-legiance
to our current football program.
We can’t stand fair-weather fans, and we
certainly aren’t abandoning our die-hard
Auburn spirit, yet we feel really disappoint-ed
this year. At the beginning of the summer,
it seemed like the team had so much poten-tial.
All those high-profile recruits had to be
good for something, right?
But now we are twisting in the wind
with a 1-7 record, and morale lower than a
bammer’s reading level.
Coach Gene Chizik gave us one of the
most memorable seasons in the history of
Auburn football in 2010. We owe him a great
deal of respect for bringing home a national
championship. However, our gratitude can
only go so far.
Scott Loefler and Brian Van Gorder,
haven’t earned anything from us. The team’s
poor performance this season raises serious
questions about their ability to function on
the collegiate level. Maybe they would feel
more comfortable back in the NFL.
If all these men are fired or leave before
the next season, we will definitely be left in
the lurch, but we will have a good opportuni-ty
to start over. Of course, if Jay Jacobs hires
Bobby Petrino, then we will be put in a much
worse situation. Speaking of Jacobs, it might
be a good time to question his value to this
program too.
Simply put, we are fed up. We love Au-burn,
but witnessing so many losses by a
team that could play so much better is dis-heartening.
The only way we see the pres-ent
coaching staff returning is if they win the
Iron Bowl, which is a flight of fancy at best.
We want to live in a fantasy world where
all we have to is blindly believe in our team
and they will win. We want to be positive
and shrug off these losses. But the reality is
we need to make some serious changes to
our team.
Admit it,
we have a
problem
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Thursday, November 1, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Community Community
Rebecca Croomes/Photo Editor
This trailer in a mobile home park off of Webster Road was broken into last week. The student was not home when her laptop, textbooks and food from her refrigerator were taken.
Sydney Callis
Community Reporter
A recent increase in burglar-ies
around the Auburn area
has people looking for ways to
keep secure from burglars.
Just last week, Webster
Road was the location of four
burglaries, and the number of
burglaries in the area is grow-ing.
“We’ve seen a slight increase
in the number of burglaries
here recently,” said Capt. Tom
Stofer of the Auburn Police De-partment.
However, Stofer said there
are ways to keep safe and work
to prevent burglaries.
One of the best ways to keep
burglars at bay, according to
Stofer, is also the easiest: lock
all windows and doors when
leaving.
“Many times these burglars,
these thieves, they take the
path of least resistance,” Stofer
said. “It’s a crime of opportuni-ty,
and oftentimes they will en-ter
unlocked doors and win-dows.
So, number one, easiest
thing to do is make sure your
residence is secured any time
you leave.”
Stofer said even if you leave
for a few minutes to run to the
grocery store, or even to the
mailbox, make sure all doors
and windows are locked.
Another tip Stofer suggest-ed
was to make sure your res-idence
looks lived-in when go-ing
out.
Leaving on a television
when out, asking a neighbor
to check in when out of town,
leaving a light on and, if possi-ble,
leaving a car in the drive-way
at all times are some ways
to make your residence look
occupied.
“You want to give the ap-pearance
that someone is in-side
because thieves and bur-glars
are more apt to break
into a place that they don’t be-lieve
there is anyone there,”
Stofer said.
Stofer also said if any-one
sees suspicious activity
around the area, they should
call the Police Department
and let them know.
“Oftentimes a report comes
in late, and by the time we get
a patrol officer into the area,
the bad guy has already gotten
out of the area,” Stofer said.
Stofer said to call 911 if the
suspicious activity is happen-ing,
but to call the Auburn
Public Safety Department,
334-501-3100, to report suspi-cious
activity that you saw ear-lier.
“If it’s nothing, it’s nothing,”
Stofer said. “It doesn’t take any
time for us to follow up and
check that, but we don’t want
to miss something that we
could have perhaps prevent-ed
had we been able to get on
it right away. Please be a ‘nosy
neighbor,’ if you will.”
Keeping record of all valu-able
possessions by writ-ing
down serial numbers will
help if anything does get sto-len,
Stofer said, because the
police can track the products
through the number.
“If we do recover that prop-erty
down the road, we would
want to know how to get it
back to its rightful owner,”
Stofer said. “If you become a
victim, you can give us those
numbers and we can load
those numbers into a nation-al
database, and if that laptop
comes up in California, we can
trace it back.”
Stofer also suggested taking
valuable items that are small
enough for travel with you
when you go out of town, be-cause
those items will proba-bly
be safer with you.
Thieves typically go for
things they can turn on the
street easily, Stofer said. But,
he thinks if citizens are aware
of their surroundings, report
suspicious activity and take a
role in preventing burglaries,
the numbers will decrease.
“If we have one, that’s one
too many for us,” Stofer said.
“Citizens just taking a few of
these steps will go a long way
in helping us get a handle on
burglaries.”
Sonya Lovejoy
Community Reporter
The Hound recently short-ened
its name to allow for fu-ture
Hound locations, as well
as to accommodate what
many of its regulars already
call the loved eatery.
The Hound, formerly known
as The Bloodhound, is a fami-ly-
owned restaurant, bar and
live music venue located in
downtown Auburn.
The Hound opened in
March of 2012 and has already
been approached by investors
interested in opening other lo-cations
in Alabama and other
Southeast locations.
Because of this interest, The
Hound began conducting re-search
and found the Blood-hound
name has been used in
several other places across the
U.S. and in other variations.
The Hound has what
amounts to a 20-year lease at
its current location and de-cided
it would be more bene-ficial
to shorten the name to
something that is not being
used anywhere else in the U.S.
It plans to build a solid brand
starting now, rather than
have to potentially change the
name should it choose to ex-pand
into other locations in
the future.
While other businesses
have operated at the current
Hound location, owner Mat-thew
Poirier responded to
claims of high turnover rates
at the Hound location.
“The Olde Auburn Ale
House was here for 11 years
before we were,” Poirier said.
“Common misconception
was that there were multiple
places, but there has only been
one other owner before us.”
The Hound features Amer-ican
food classics, top-shelf
bourbon, 28 craft beers on tap
and a varied musical line-up.
The restaurant looks like a
hunting lodge; antler-pronged
barn meets the hustle and
bustle of old-time Alabama.
The music venue is separate
from the restaurant and din-ing
area with its own bar, stage
and local art displays.
Joshua Carr, an Auburn
student and Hound employ-ee,
describes The Hound’s at-mosphere
as “the best food in
Auburn in the most comfort-able
environment. We all love
working there and with each
other — it is a family-style en-vironment,
and everyone is
treated that way.”
Owners Matthew and Jana
Poirier recently moved back
to Auburn with the dream
of opening a local watering
hole featuring simple, deli-cious
food with a focus on ba-con,
bourbon, community and
family.
The Hound focuses on de-livering
its one-page menu
with excellence.
“People love our burgers
and our bacon, turkey, avoca-do
(sandwich),” Poirier said.
“I’d say our most under-ap-preciated
item is our Berk-shire
pork chop dish ... serious-ly
good — like no other pork
chop you’ve ever had.”
All of Jana’s family, the Ca-ruthers,
are Auburn alumni
who have come together to
make The Hound a family af-fair
and new Auburn tradition.
The Hound family has cap-tured
the magic of Alabama
and spread its grandeur in ev-ery
corner of its business. Ev-erything
you see, from the en-try
doors to the barn wood,
bar, tables and chandeliers,
were all milled, designed and
hand crafted by the Caruthers-
Poirier clan.
The family is reclaiming fall-en
Southern cedars from near-by
forests, sawing, sanding,
finishing and giving them new
life in the bar and tables.
Poirier said he plans on cre-ating
and maintaining The
Hound as a new Auburn tra-dition.
“My wife and I, along with
our chef Chad Mueller and the
rest of the staff, work very hard
every day to try and improve
upon a consistent customer
experience that exceeds ex-pectations,”
he said.
The owners envisioned The
Hound to encompass mem-orable
times spent together
and highlight the beauty of Al-abama
life — campfires, out-door
eating, guns, barns, wild
game, local farming, man’s
best friend and connectivity of
family and community.
The Hound offers pint night
Tuesday through Thursday,
where select craft beers are $4,
while some of the more rare,
expensive drafts are $2 off.
They also have $1.50 Pabst
Blue Ribbon and $2 Yuengling
drafts all the time, and its well
drinks are $3 daily.
On Thursdays, The Hound
offers its 50/50 burgers (half-ground
bacon and half-ground
rib-eye steak) for $5,
starting at 5 o’clock. If nothing
else, try The Hound’s pig can-dy
dish, which speaks for itself.
As its official website pro-claims,
“The Hound: Bacon &
Bourbon — Hearty Eating for
the Hungry Dog.”
“The best food
in Auburn in the
most comfortable
environment. We
all love working
there and with
each other — it
is a family style
environment,
and everyone is
treated that way.”
—Joshua Carr
Auburn student &
Hound employee
Emily Moris / Assistant Photo editor
“Bloodhound” recently changed its name to “The Hound” in hopes ot soon expanding to new locations.
Courtesy of The Hound
The Hound features classic American food, top-shelf bourbon, a variety of craft beers and live music.
With eyes on expansion, ‘Bloodhound’ becomes ‘The Hound’
Increase in burglaries concerns community
“It’s a crime of
opportunity,
and oftentimes
they will enter
unlocked doors
and windows.
So, number one,
easiest thing to
do is make sure
your residence is
secured anytime
you leave.”
—Tom Stofer
Captain, Auburn PD
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Community Reporter
The Foundation for Au-burn’s
Continuing Enrich-ment
in Schools, or FACES,
is running in support of local
Auburn schools.
The FACES 5k run and 1
mile fun run and walk will be
Sunday, Nov. 4 at Auburn High
School.
Registration begins at 1:30
p.m. the day of the event, and
the races start at 2 p.m.
Founded in 1985, FACES
provides funding for grants
for local schools to enrich the
classroom environment and
promote learning. The foun-dation
is administered by a
board of community volun-teers.
“All of it is about unique, in-structional
learning oppor-tunities
for kids that you can
fund through a program such
as this,” said Todd Freeman,
principal of Auburn High
School and member of the
board of directors for FACES.
Freeman said this founda-tion
is important because it
provides funds for projects
that encourage creativity and
learning in the classroom.
“The majority of what the
program does is that it funds
classroom initiatives,” Free-man
said.
“By that I mean teachers
submit grant applications
to the FACES board, and the
board reviews those applica-tions
that are about things
that can be done in the class-room
through purchases, be
it equipment or lesson plan
materials, all sort of various
things like that.”
The deadline for submitting
grant proposals was Wednes-day,
Oct. 24, and Freeman said
the board of directors will be
looking over those for the
next couple of months and
awarding the grants in Janu-ary.
Because he is principal of
Auburn High School, Free-man
will not be a part of de-ciding
which grants to accept,
but he said he submitted all
the grants from Auburn High
School.
“I can’t be a part of the se-lection
process, but I get them
submitted to me from my
teachers and then I turn those
in to the FACES board,” Free-man
said. “Some of the more
unique things I’ve seen going
on are how teachers are using
technology in special needs
classrooms, which I think are
real innovative approaches
and work very nicely with the
students in those classes.”
Although it is only the sec-ond
year the FACES 5k and
1 mile fun run and walk has
been held at Auburn High
School, Freeman said it is a
popular event.
“There are a lot of fami-lies
out,” Freeman said. “My
judgment is that it’s as much
about a family event as any-thing
and it raises funds to go
directly back toward the stu-dents
in our schools. So, it’s a
win, win.”
There will be inflatable
games for children at the
event, prizes for the top fin-ishers
and barbecue plates af-ter
the races.
“There are thousands of
dollars that go into this each
year,” Freeman said. “That’s
what the 5k is about, to raise
funds so that more grants can
be awarded to teachers to
do more innovative things in
their classrooms.”
Freeman said the FACES
5k and one mile fun run and
walk is one of the biggest fun-draisers
held annually.
The other fundraiser is a
golf tournament that takes
place in May.
Registration is $25 the day
of the event and $10 for Au-burn
City School students.
Registration forms and
more information about
the event and FACES can be
found on its website, Auburn-
Schools.org/Faces.
“That’s what the
5k is about, to
raise funds so
that more grants
can be awarded
to teachers to
do innovative
things in their
classrooms.”
—Todd Freeman
principal, Auburn High School
Auburn High, ‘FACES’ run for classroom fun
5k and fun run
support funding
for local schools
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Sydney Callis
Community Reporter
Songwriters and musicians
will be gathering in one place
to share their crafts and sto-ries
with others at the next
Opelika Unplugged.
Held at The Event Cen-ter
Downtown Friday, Nov. 2,
Opelika Unplugged showcas-es
songwriter talent and sto-ries,
said Rebecca Walker-
Jones, co-founder of Opelika
Unplugged.
Walker-Jones, a songwriter
herself, founded Opelika Un-plugged
with Greg Rogers as a
way to give local songwriters a
chance to showcase their cre-ations.
“I used to run something
very similar in London,” Walk-er-
Jones said. “Opelika Un-plugged
was born from a de-sire
to not have to travel up to
Nashville just to be heard, and
I also thought it was a great
way to bring songwriters to-gether.”
There is only one rule: no
covers.
“There are plenty of plac-es
around town where you
can hear and perform cov-er
songs,” Walker-Jones said.
“The whole idea of Opelika
Unplugged was that it would
really be a listening room type
of environment where the lyr-ics
are important, and people
will be listening to these songs
and the stories behind these
songs.”
Lisa Ditchkoff, co-owner of
The Event Center Downtown,
said she enjoys the events be-cause
of the talent of the per-formers.
“I love their passion and
hearing the stories behind the
songs,” Ditchkoff said.
Walker-Jones said song-writing
is such an integral part
of the musical process, and
she does not feel songwriters
are sufficiently credited.
“Songwriters are kind of un-der-
represented everywhere,”
Walker-Jones said. “The song-writer
seems to be the last per-son
that really gets paid. The
actual songwriter is sort of at
the bottom of the totem pole.”
Walker-Jones said artists,
record companies, distribu-tion
companies and other
companies involved in pro-ducing
music get paid the
most, and she thinks that is
wrong.
“It should be the other way
around, because without the
song, there is no artist or there
is no hit,” Walker-Jones said.
The art of songwriting takes
a lot of hard work and dedi-cation,
according to Walker-
Jones.
“Until you have written 40
or 50 songs, you’re not even
really beginning to learn your
craft,” Walker-Jones said. “But
I would say just have confi-dence,
because if you don’t
start the whole process of cre-ating,
you’ll never really get to
a level where you’re happy.”
Opelika Unplugged pro-vides
an outlet to celebrate the
talents of songwriters. Walker-
Jones said musicians are wel-come
to attend and perform
as well.
“Keyboard players, per-cussion
players, bass play-ers,
anybody that would like
to just come and sit in, I think
that would be fun,” Walker-
Jones said. “It really makes for
a wonderful evening. I don’t
want musicians to feel exclud-ed.
If they don’t write songs,
they’re still welcome to come
and perhaps sit in with their
instrument.”
Those songwriters not al-ready
booked to perform at
the event still have a chance
to play their compositions,
according to Walker-Jones.
There will be an open-mic por-tion
toward the end of the eve-ning.
Ditchkoff said the venue is
a great setting for the singer-songwriter
platform event, es-pecially
with the completion
of renovations on the second
floor.
“The second floor is the lat-est
addition to the proper-ty,”
Ditchkoff said. “It is an in-timate
setting in an awesome
space.”
Tickets will be $5 and avail-able
at the door; however,
songwriters get in for free. The
event will start at 7:30 p.m.
“I believe everybody has a
good song in them,” Walker
Jones said. “Even if you’re not
musical, everyone has a story
to tell. I think people should
come because it’s a fabulous-ly
fun evening.”
Sonya Lovejoy
Community Reporter
The City of Auburn has re-ceived
a “Bright Ideas” desig-nation
from the John F. Ken-nedy
School of Government
at Harvard University for its
multi-phased information
technology system, known as
the COA Interactive Map.
This system is a new ver-sion
of the City’s web-based
interactive map.
GIS Manager Christopher
Graff explains the COA Map
as an intuitive yet robust re-source.
“We also hope they find
enjoyment in that experi-ence
and that through the
COA map’s use it provokes a
thoughtful and engaging in-teraction
with the City of Au-burn,”
Graff said.
City of Auburn officials
currently use the system to
analyze response times, iden-tify
crime areas, track fires
and monitor traffic incidents
easily by categorizing their lo-cation,
type or severity.
Residents can also use the
COA map to see their prop-erty
information and parcel
lines, determine their vot-ing
ward, voting location and
City Council representative,
determine their school dis-trict,
show their proximity to
flood plains and much more.
“Students and staff at Au-burn
University use it in class
projects,” Graff said. “Citi-zens
use it to discover where
to vote, what day of the week
garbage pickup is and to in-vestigate
how their property
has changed over time.”
The City of Auburn was
awarded the Bright Ideas ini-tiative
for its use of technolo-gy
to collect and disseminate
in real-time multiple data
sets through one comprehen-sive
Public Safety interactive
mapping application known
as the PS Map.
“This is the first such appli-cation
we’re aware of that in-tegrates
so many different re-sources,”
Graff said.
This award is geared to-ward
government programs
and practices from across the
nation that serve as catalysts
in the adoption of innovative
ideas by government entities.
“This means our Public
Safety officers are equipped
with the most current, au-thoritative
data, straight
from the various sources, in
real time, without changing
anything or incurring added
costs,” Graff said.
The City of Auburn’s bright
idea will be highlighted on
the Ash Center’s Government
Innovator’s Network, advanc-ing
the opportunity for it to
be adopted by other munic-ipalities
in addition to being
considered for the Innova-tions
in American Govern-ment
Award.
“The recognition is a true
honor coming from such a
prestigious organization,”
said Jim Buston, assistant city
manager and chief informa-tion
officer. Buston also said
the IT Department will con-tinue
to be at the forefront
of helping deliver innovative
and cost-effective services to
the citizens of Auburn.
The City of Auburn’s In-formation
Technology De-partment
will host two free
seminars for the public.
These seminars will be held
in the City of Auburn Meet-ing
Room, 122 Tichenor Ave.,
Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 5:30–
6:30 p.m., or at the same lo-cation
Tuesday, Nov. 13 from
3–4 p.m. No reservations are
required.


Annie Faulk
Writer
Coyotes originate from the
Great Plains and are found in
every state except Hawaii. Be-cause
of growing coyote popu-lations
and declining habitats,
coyotes have adapted to living
in suburbs and cities.
“The Auburn-Opelika area
is one of the fastest growing
areas in the nation,” said Jen-nifer
Lolly, outreach admin-istrator
for the Louise Kreher
Forest Ecology Preserve. “Hu-mans
keep encroaching into
their wild lands, leaving no
place for them to go, so we get
urbanized coyotes.”
This is a general trend seen
across the nation, not just Au-burn.
Coyotes have been in the
area for years, but the concept
of urbanized coyotes is rela-tively
new, said Jim Armstrong,
professor in the School of For-estry
and Wildlife Sciences
and Alabama Cooperative Ex-tension
System specialist.
“When they have pups, they
have a bunch, like dogs,” Lolly
said. “So an urbanized popu-lation
can grow quickly like it
has in Auburn.”
Armstrong said coyotes
are adaptive animals pro-grammed
for survival that can
live anywhere and will eat any-thing.
As coyotes move into
more populated areas, they be-come
more tolerant to human
activity.
Coyotes are members of
the dog family and once lived
in open areas, such as prai-ries
and deserts. According to
National Geographic, coyote
populations are at an all-time
high.
“Children should not run
if they see a coyote, because
that could cause the animal to
chase them,” said Becky Bar-low,
associate professor in the
School of Forestry and Wild-life
Sciences and an Alabama
Cooperative Extension Sys-tem
specialist. “Instead, they
should slowly back away and
try to make themselves look as
large as possible by backing up
to a tree or other large object.”
Armstrong said people have
a fascination with attracting
and bringing wildlife closer
to their homes. He said this is
something people should not
be doing, because wildlife are
unpredictable to humans.
“Rabies would be a great
concern,” Lolly said. “If you
ever see a coyote during the
day that is not afraid of peo-ple
and actually comes toward
them, there could be a real
possibility that it might be ra-bid.”
Armstrong said the possibil-ity
of seeing a coyote in urban
and residential areas is high,
but there is a limited threat to
human safety.
“Most coyotes are very shy
animals and for the most part
are only out a night — noctur-nal
— when most people are
not around,” Lolly said. “Need
to avoid them, they are wild
animals. For the most part if
you leave them alone, they are
not aggressive, except maybe a
mother with pups.”
More coyotes are seen this
time of year because the litter
from last year is pushed out of
the pack to make room for the
new litter of pups. The young-er
coyotes have not developed
a sense of fear for humans;
therefore, they are more like-ly
to move to areas of human
activity.
Armstrong gave some tips
for Auburn residents to avoid
coyote problems:
- Do not let coyotes feel wel-come
to the area. If you see
them in the area, scare them
off by throwing objects at the
coyotes. Armstrong said to
make sure the coyotes under-stand
they are not wanted in
the area.
- Do not feed coyotes or
leave food for them. Arm-strong
said to avoid leaving
cat or dog food outside. Secure
food areas with fences or pits
to guard against coyotes.
- Do not try to attract wild-life
to your area, because na-ture
is unpredictable to hu-mans.
- Be aware coyotes are in
the area and try to avoid their
habitat.
Coyotes in Auburn area could present concern
City receives Harvard award
Opelika Unplugged artists
rock downtown music scene
Courtesy of the Event Center Downtown
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Interviewer Jason Crane hired
to be part of Gnu’s Room team
Danielle Lowe/Assistant Photo Editor
Writer Jason Crane stopped in Auburn briefly on a tour earlier in 2012 and loved the town so much he de-cided
to move here. He has been hired by The Gnu’s Room.
Kailey Miller
Writer
The Gnu’s Room has just ac-quired
a new assistant direc-tor.
Jason Crane was the host
and producer of the Jazz Ses-sion,
an online interview show
that focuses on jazz musicians
and those that work with jazz
musicians.
Tina Tatum, director of the
Gnu’s Room, said Crane visited
the bookstore in June to share
poetry and talk about his “Jazz
or Bust Tour” and immediately
felt at home in Auburn.
“He was so captivated by
The Gnu’s Room, and our mis-sion
as a non-profit organiza-tion
that he asked me to grant
him an interview for his show,”
Tatum said. “I was one of, if
not the only, non-jazz inter-views
he had chosen to post
out of some 400-plus inter-views.”
Tatum said they formed
an almost immediate friend-ship,
and once Crane decided
to end his tour, he returned to
Auburn for the position.
Crane decided to end his
tour from New York to New Or-leans
after deciding New York
living was expensive.
“It’s cool to be living in a
small town,” Crane said.
Gnu Arts Inc., the nonprof-it
organization that operates
The Gnu’s Room and Solomon
& George Publishers, aims to
encourage literacy and the
arts in Auburn’s community
and nearby areas. Crane has a
background in nonprofits and
fundraising that he can use to
help The Gnu’s Room succeed
in this task.
Crane will look for applica-ble
grants and corporate and
individual donations, Tatum
said.
Crane said he is planning
on taking The Gnu’s Room to
the next phase by raising more
funds to support the arts.
Crane also plans to start a
new show that will include in-terviews
from different types
of people, from chefs to musi-cians.
According to Crane, the
most interesting person he in-terviewed
on the Jazz Session
was Sonny Rollins, an Ameri-can
jazz tenor saxophonist.
Crane entered the field of
broadcasting and social media
in radio and was an announc-er
at NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
Crane is the first person to
hold the position of assistant
manager at The Gnu’s Room,
Tatum said. The position did
not exist until the IRS recog-nized
The Gnu’s Room as a
charitable entity.
“Jason was interested in and
accepted the position with the
understanding that one of the
first orders of business was to
research available grants that
provide funding to nonprofits,
allowing them to pay a salary
for a development director,”
Tatum said.
“He is currently looking for
part-time employment to sus-tain
him until a grant or other
funding can be obtained to en-able
Gnu Arts to have him full-time.”
Fundraiser seeks to
help women in crisis
Emily Morris/Assistant Photo
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) speaks at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce’s annual Oktoberfest event,
Thursday, Oct. 25 at the Auburn Technology Park. Sessions and Auburn mayor Bill Ham spoke briefly on
fostering a pro-business in Lee County and Alabama.
Sessions visits Lee County
Jenny Steele
Cop y Editor
When a boyfriend, friend
or even an entire family en-courages
a woman to abort
her child, one Auburn-based
clinic steps in to educate her
about all the options avail-able.
Women’s Hope Medical
Clinic celebrated 29 years of
service to Lee County Thurs-day,
Oct. 25 with its annual
fundraising banquet in the
Auburn Arena.
The theme of the night
was “Chosen by God, Cho-sen
to Serve,” and was under-scored
by keynote speaker
Tony Evans, a pastor, author
and radio host from Dallas.
The pastor at Greater Peace
Missionary Baptist Church
in Opelika, Clifford E. Jones,
gave the invocation for the
event.
Kaitlyn Croughwell, a cli-ent
advocate at Women’s
Hope, shared her experience
with the clinic. It was August
2011 when Croughwell, then
a junior at Auburn, learned
she was pregnant.
“I was sitting in a small cli-ent’s
room at Women’s Hope
Medical Clinic, awaiting the
results of my pregnancy test,”
Croughwell said. “I asked my-self,
‘how did I ever get myself
into this situation?’ Before I
knew it, a woman greeted me
at the door … looking back at
that moment of my life, the
voice of that nurse was the
only thing I could remember
from that day.”
Croughwell said she was
hysterical and that every-thing
felt like a blur. She
asked herself how she was
ever going to raise a baby. Ad-vocates
at the clinic offered
support and provided her
with options.
“I wasn’t alone at all,” she
said. “With the love of our
Savior, and the grace of Wom-en’s
Hope, I could do this.”
Croughwell held Hudson,
the child she was referring to,
in her arms as she spoke.
“I never thought I deserved
something as amazing as this
little boy,” she said.
Evans likened the work of
the clinic to a Bible verse in
the Book of Jeremiah.
“When I hear the testi-monies
that I’ve heard to-night
and read the literature
of Women’s Hope, then I un-derstand,”
he said. “You see,
Jeremiah 29:11 says, ‘I have
plans for you sayeth the Lord.
A plan for your wellbeing
and not for your calamity; to
give you a future and a hope.’
It is a very well-lit verse in a
very dark chapter … You are
a well-lit location in the lives
of dark places that so many of
these ladies face.”
Hope was the central
theme of Evans’ speech.
Eighty to 85 percent of
those who come in to the
clinic ultimately choose life,
but there is a small percent-age
that does not, said Julie
Klarenbeek, interim execu-tive
director and nurse man-ager
of the clinic.
“We never want to forget
(those lost to abortion), but
even more importantly, we
never want to forget those
moms and dads who strug-gled
with that decision and
felt that that was their only
choice,” Klarenbeek said.
Klarenbeek said 129 cli-ents
in 2011 alone changed
their minds and chose not to
abort their children. Tables
at the event were decorated
with photographs of some
of these babies, the staff and
volunteers.
“We have probably over 80
heroes that flock into Wom-en’s
Hope that serve and
mentor these young peo-ple
that come through our
doors,” Klarenbeek said.
Klarenbeek’s discourse
was more than cheers and
lamentations; it was a call to
action for the audience.
“We need to continue to be
the voice of the unborn,” she
said.
Former executive director
Larry Webb expressed a sim-ilar
level of passion when de-scribing
the work of the clin-ic
and his time there as di-rector.
“We met the physi-cal,
emotional and spiritual
needs of thousands of young
women and men, and en-abled
them to make decisions
to have that baby – how they
could have that baby – all the
while not having any judg-ment
toward those who did
not choose to have that baby.”
Speaker of the House Mike
Hubbard, R-Auburn, has
been involved with the clin-ic
since he and his wife first
married. “We believe in what
they do,” Hubbard said. “We
know firsthand of the success
they’ve had. We’ve had expe-riences
with people who have
been saved in more ways than
one.”
Though he describes him-self
as a “staunchly pro-life”
politician, Hubbard said his
support for the clinic extends
back long before he ever be-gan
his career in politics.
Hubbard also said the state
will see more pro-life legisla-tion
now that Republicans
have the majority.
“We already passed some
last year, and I believe there’s
a great opportunity for more
pro-life legislation in Ala-bama,”
he said. “That was re-ally
an impossibility before
we took over as the leaders.”
The staff at Women’s Hope
could also be described as
leaders. According to the fun-draising
pamphlet, clinic em-ployees
lead courses on par-enting
education, provide
free pregnancy testing, limit-ed
ultrasound and early pre-natal
care, STI testing for
men and women and post-abortion
recovery, among
other services.
“We believe in
what they do. We
know firsthand
of the success
they’ve had. We’ve
had experiences
with people who
have been saved
in more ways
than one..”
—Mike Hubbard
State Speaker of the House
Sports B1
Thursday, November 1, 2012 www.theplainsman.com Sports
By the numbers
Texas A&M vs. Auburn
5
Texas A&M’s vaunted pass rush proved their top de-fensive
ranking with five sacks in the first half alone.
Junior Clint Moseley was sacked once and left the
game with an injury due to the pressure. Kiehl Frazier
endured four sacks in the first half. Three of the five
sacks came on third down where Auburn only con-verted
two of their 10 third down opportunities. The
bright spot for the Tigers is that the quarterback who
finished the game against Texas A&M and will start
Saturday, Nov. 3 against New Mexico State, freshman
Jonathan Wallace, was not sacked once in the game.
Instead, Wallace was able to elude pressure and fin-ished
the game with 71 yards rushing on 13 carries.
30
Both the Tigers and the Aggies possessed the ball for
approximately 30 minutes on Saturday (29:22 and
30:38 minutes, respectively). And yet, despite the same
amount of time spent with the offense on the field,
Texas A&M was able to produce triple the points and
double the yards Auburn did. The Aggies’ fast-paced
offense managed to squeeze 81plays into half an hour
of football. Auburn mustered 55 plays on the day. The
possession times were the same, because a team with
more possession usually keeps the defense on the
field. The Texas A&M offense scored at will, kicked the
ball back to Auburn, and then would mount another
quick drive to the endzone all the while torching the
defense for 671 yards.
1
Auburn only forced the Aggies to punt once the entire
game. Texas A&M was able to score touchdowns on
each of its six opening possessions. The team would
have had a streak of nine consecutive scoring drives
to open the game had Aggie kicker Taylor Bertolet
not missed a 48-yard field goal to end the first half.
Even the punt was forced on an incompletion by Tex-as
A&M’s backup quarterback Matt Joeckel. The Ag-gies
converted nine of their 11 third down chances
and had 34 first downs — almost double Auburn’s to-tal
of 18. While Auburn’s defensive line should be the
strength of the defense, the Tigers only managed one
sack the entire game and allowed the Aggies to score
whenever they pleased.
Jonathan Wallace named
homecoming game starter
Andrew Yawn
Sports Editor
On Saturday, Nov. 3, Auburn will
find out if it actually has a starting-caliber
quarterback on the roster.
At his Tuesday press conference,
Gene Chizik announced the team
will start its third and final option as
quarterback: Jonathan Wallace.
“We thought, going back and look-ing
at the film and really reviewing
it, that he really played well,” Chizik
said. “That’s the decision that we’ve
made, so we’re going to forge ahead
with that.”
The selection comes as no sur-prise
after Wallace’s performance
last weekend was the only positive to
emerge from Auburn’s crushing 63–
21 loss to Texas A&M.
Wallace finished the game 6-for-9
passing for 122 yards and two touch-downs.
In addition, the freshman rushed
for 71 yards on 13 carries.
Wallace only played half the game,
but in limited action he turned in
the first multi-touchdown game by
an Auburn quarterback since junior
Clint Moseley’s four touchdown per-formance
against Ole Miss on Oct. 29,
2011.
It was also the first time an Au-burn
quarterback completed at least
66 percent of his passes since Mose-ley’s
41–23 victory over Ole Miss last
season.
Wallace had entered the game
in relief of junior Clint Moseley and
sophomore Kiehl Frazier. Moseley
injured his ankle after being sacked
on the third play of the game. From
there, Frazier and Wallace split time
until Wallace connected with tight
end C.J. Uzomah on a 27-yard touch-down
strike three minutes into the
third quarter.
From then on, Wallace was the sig-nal
caller and provided a noticeable
spark for Auburn’s previously idling
offensive engine.
According to Chizik, Wallace’s suc-cess
and promotion hasn’t changed
his mindset in the least.
“Jonathan’s one of these guys that’s
very mature beyond his years,” Chizik
said. “He prepares that way. He was
up here all day yesterday on his own
just watching film. Not that that’s the
first day he’s done that. He’s just a lit-tle
bit different.
“He’s not into all of the fluff and
all of the stuff around what all that
means. He just loves football.”
On Tuesday, Oct. 30, Chizik ac-knowledged
that Wallace, a three-star
recruit, was an “11th hour deal”
made at the last second to bring in a
local prospect.
However, after his performance
against Texas A&M, the Phenix City
native showed he can be an SEC quar-terback.
Wallace was a long shot to play be-fore
the season with Moseley, Frazier
and the now-departed Zeke Pike fill-ing
the top of the roster.
Now, Wallace has the top spot and
a chance to prove he’s the answer for
Auburn.
Emily Morris / Assistant Photo Editor
Tight end C.J. Uzomah’s 27-yard touchdown catch from Jonathan Wallace in the
third quarter gave Auburn’s coaches enough incentive to keep the freshman in the
game.
Linebacker Richardson picked
as Rhodes Scholarship finalist
Media report
Senior linebacker Ashton Richard-son
is going to miss out on any cham-pionships
or accolades on the grid-iron
this season; however, Richard-son
may win one of the nation’s most
prestigious awards for his perfor-mance
off the field.
On Tuesday, Oct. 30, Richardson
was named a finalist for the Rhodes
Scholarship.
Following two days of interviews
from Nov. 16–17, Richardson will find
out if he has been chosen as one of
two Rhodes Scholars in this district.
There are 12 finalists in Richard-son’s
district, District VI.
As winner of a Rhodes Scholarship,
the recipient has the opportunity to
do graduate work at the University of
Oxford in the United Kingdom.
Richardson, an animal sciences
major, said he was humbled by the
nomination.
“When I was first notified that I
was a finalist, I was so thankful to
God and to all the people who have
helped me,” Richardson said. “I was
overwhelmed with a sense of humil-ity.
When you realize how prestigious
and competitive the Rhodes Scholar-ship
is, having the chance to try for it
is a dream come true. I will give it my
all to make Auburn proud and repre-sent
all the people on campus who
have worked with me and believe in
me.”
Gene Chizik told Auburn media re-lations
that Richardson “embodies
the best and highest ideals of what it
means to be a student-athlete.”
“During his time at Auburn, he has
worked extremely hard on the foot-ball
field, in the classroom and in
the community,” Chizik said. “He is a
leader on and off the field and is high-ly
respected by his coaches and team-mates.
Watching Ashton develop
over the past several years has been a
joy. He represents himself, his family,
his teammates and Auburn Universi-ty
in the highest way imaginable and
we’re very proud of his accomplish-ments.”
Richardson is the fifth Auburn stu-dent-
athlete to make the finals in the
past four years along with swimmers
Erica Meissner and Jordan Anderson,
former gymnast Krissy Voss and for-mer
diver Dan Mazzaferro.
Of the group, only Anderson end-ed
up winning the Rhodes Scholar-ship
in 2009.
Cam Newton – (QB, Carolina Panthers)
Completed 20-of-39 passes for 314 yards in his first 300-yard pass-ing
game since the first week. Newton also had two interceptions
and two fumbles. L CHI 23 - CAR 22
Quentin Groves – (LB, Arizona Cardinals)
Three tackles. L SF 24 - ARI 3
Devin Aromashodu – (WR, Minnesota Vikings)
No receptions. L TB 36 - L MIN 17
Rob Bironas – (PK, Tennessee Titans)
Two-of-three field goal attempts and connected on an extra point.
L IND 19 - TEN 13
Sen’Derrick Marks – (DT, Tennessee Titans)
Two tackles. L IND 19 - TEN 13
Takeo Spikes – (LB, San Diego Chargers)
Eight tackles. L CLE 7 - SD 6
Jerraud Powers – (CB, Indianapolis Colts)
Ten tackles (seven solo). W IND 19 - TEN 13
Carlos Rogers – (DB, San Francisco 49ers)
Six tackles. W SF 24 - ARI 3
Nick Fairley – (DT, Detroit Lions)
No tackles. W DET 28 - SEA 24
Jay Ratliff – (DT, Dallas Cowboys)
Five tackles (three solo). L NYG 29 - DAL 24
Pat Lee – (DB, Oakland Raiders)
Five tackles, two breakups, one interception. W OAK 26 - KAN 16
Jason Campbell – (QB, Chicago Bears)
No stats. W CHI 23 - CAR 22
Will Herring – (LB, New Orleans Saints)
No stats, but saw time at linebacker and on special teams.
L DEN 34 - NO 14
Karlos Dansby – (LB, Miami Dolphins)
Eight tackles (five solo) and a pass deflection. W MIA 30 - NYJ 9
Ronnie Brown – (RB, San Diego Chargers)
Season-high seven catches for 85 yards to go with 17 yards on four
carries. L CLE 7 - SD 6
Pat Lee – (DB, Oakland Raiders)
Five tackles, two pass breakups and an interception, the first of his
career. W OAK 26 - KAN 16
Byes this week: San Francisco running back Brandon Jacobs and
cornerback Carlos Rogers.
Injuries: San Francisco running back Brandon Jacobs missed his
eighth straight game with a knee injury. Cincinnati defensive tack-le
Pat Sims remains on the Physically Unable to Perform list with
an ankle injury.
Injured reserve:
Tristan Davis – (RB, Washington Redskins)
Mario Fannin – (RB, Denver Broncos)
Brandon Mosley – (OG, New York Giants)
Lee Ziemba – (OT, Carolina Panthers)
Auburn in the NFL
Courtesy of Todd van Emst
Jonathan Wallace made his debut against LSU as a runner. Against Texas A&M, he showed he can throw the ball as well.
Sports B2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 1, 2012
Justin Ferguson
Writer
On the verge of a disap-pointing
draw with its in-state
rival, the Auburn soccer team
celebrated Senior Night with
a 4–3 double overtime victory
over Alabama on Oct. 25.
The Tigers secured a berth
in the SEC Tournament
with the victory. Play be-gan
Monday, Oct. 29, but Au-burn
earned a bye for the first
round.
With 28 seconds left in the
match, forward Tatiana Cole-man
received a deep punt
from senior goalkeeper Amy
Howard in stride and flicked
it over Alabama goalkeeper
Shelby Church for the game-winning
goal.
“When I got the ball I said,
‘You know what, either you
end up with a tie or end up
with a win,’” Coleman said af-terwards.
“I knew I had to put
(the chance) in for my team
and especially for the seniors.”
Auburn was able to reclaim
the Iron Bowl of Soccer Tro-phy
with the win, avenging last
year’s heartbreaking 3–2 loss
in Tuscaloosa. The dramat-ic
victory also secured a first
round bye in the SEC Tour-nament
for the Tigers, a prize
head coach Karen Hoppa says
is extremely valuable for Au-burn’s
chances.
“The bye is massive,” Hoppa
said. “I don’t think you can win
the tournament if you have to
play on Monday. The bye gives
us a great chance to defend
our title, and that’s what we
wanted.”
Auburn rushed out to a
commanding 3–0 lead in the
first half, dominating all phas-es
of play for the first 45 min-utes.
Senior Mary Coffed
got the Tigers rolling in the
eighth minute, slotting a low
line drive past Church for the
opening goal. She would score
again less than 20 minutes lat-er
off of a cross by Coleman.
Coffed also got involved in a
32nd minute attack that end-ed
with Alexa Allen setting up
Coleman for a powerful goal
just outside the penalty box.
“One of our goals as a team
before we kicked off was to
match their intensity and start
off really strong,” Coffed said.
“Getting that first goal in the
first ten minutes really gave
us the boost at the start of the
game that we needed, and we
were able to rack up that 3–0
lead.”
But it seemed like the script
was flipped during halftime, as
the visiting Crimson Tide were
able to get all three goals back
in the second half. The Tide’s
Theresa Diedrich started the
comeback with a 55th minute
goal off of a well-worked cor-ner
routine.
But Auburn was able to hold
off the Alabama attack for the
final ten minutes of regulation.
In overtime, Howard came up
with several fingertip saves to
keep the Tigers’ hopes alive.
“It’s hard after you give up
goals because that’s your one
job out there,” Howard said.
“But you have to mentally get
right back in it and pretend
like it’s 0–0.”
Howard’s goalkeeping he-roics
gave Auburn the oppor-tunity
to end the game in the
first overtime period, but a low
shot from Coleman finished
on the wrong side of the post
with only seven seconds left on
the clock. But Coleman’s final
shot was able to find the back
of the net.
“That’s what goalscorers
do,” Hoppa said. “They can’t
focus on the one they missed,
they have to focus on the next
one. Tatiana’s got such a great
mentality and she showed to-night
that she’s a great goal-scorer.”
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Corey Arwood
Writer
An Auburn freshman’s ju-nior
days in equestrian sports
are coming to an end, but
whatever hurdles Elizabeth
Benson may encounter in her
next phase, her coaches have
no doubt that she can clear
them.
Benson, 18, came to Auburn
from her home state of New
Jersey already with a long list
of accomplishments from her
junior career in the sport.
The equestrian team’s head
coach, Greg Williams, said of
Benson: “Elizabeth is a phe-nomenal
rider. We knew she
was a great rider in high school
and doing her individual com-petitions.”
As for Benson’s weaknesses
as a rider now, Williams said
there aren’t many.
“She can get along with any
horse, she can make improve-ments
on everything she gets
on, she’s consistent and she
wins,” Williams said. “She’s still
right now competing in a lot of
individual competitions.”
Benson competed last
weekend in the Washington
International Horse Show and
won first place in the equita-tion
finals.
Assistant Coach Jessica
Braswell, who specializes in
“hunt seat,” Benson’s event,
commented on Benson’s per-formance
so far with the Uni-versity’s
equestrian team.
“We have two disciplines …
Hunt seat is one of our two dis-ciplines,”
Braswell said. “With-in
that discipline we have equi-tation
on the flats and equita-tion
over fences and Elizabeth
competes in both. She’s a great
competitor; she’s going to have
a very good career at Auburn.
“She’s competed for us in
several events against Oklaho-ma
State earlier in the fall and
won both of the rides and was
most outstanding player in eq-uitation
on the flats.”
Braswell added, “She real-ly
has got control and nerve
and has the ability to ride any
horse, and the horse would
like her which is really impor-tant
in college riding. She can
be very adaptable.”
Speaking about her past
with the sport said, Benson
said: “I actually started riding
when I was about 3, because
my parents were both trainers
in New Jersey, so it’s kind of in
our family.”
Presently, her major is un-decided,
but she said she is
leaning toward business.
However, she intends to go
as far as she can in the sport.
When asked if she wanted take
it to the professional level, she
responded, “Yes, absolutely.”
She said one of her favor-ite
aspects about the sport is,
“It always keeps me guessing,
which is a big thing.
“…You’re always on your
toes, whether or not it’s going
to be a great day with you and
your horse, and with your part-ner,
and the whole thing. And
it’s thrilling in that sense, you
know, you never know how
it’s going to turn out, and you
hope for the best and when it
goes your way it’s kind of re-warding.”
As for her horse: “I have a
couple, but my main horse
that I’m showing at the nation-als
is my own; his name is San
Remo.”
She said she bought San
Remo in 2009 and that he is
kept in New Jersey. From there
he is driven to the location of
her competition.
In comparison to her past as
an individual performer with
that of her new role on a team,
she said, “I absolutely love it.
It’s different because up to this
point as … junior levels it’s all
individually based.
“There really aren’t many
opportunities to show as a
team or with other people, so
for me it’s a different experi-ence,
but it’s an experience
that I really like … But the team
is amazing.”
“It was different but again
it’s something that I love. I love
the town and the atmosphere
and how welcoming every-body
is whether it’s the team
or people in classes you know
everybody’s so friendly and
warm and that’s really impor-tant
to me.”
According to the coaches
Benson will enter her amateur
career, the stage after junior,
in December, which will lead
to more involvement with the
team and be another step clos-er
to the realization of her de-sire;
riding professionally.
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The Auburn’s men club soc-cer
team ran into its 2012 sea-son
with high expectations,
high hopes and team goals.
On Monday, Oct. 29, the
team got news that it got a bid
and was invited to the Nation-al
Championships in Mem-phis,
TN., from Nov. 15–17 for
the first time since 2006.
This season the team has
won 10 games, lost two and
tied four.
Because of its success and
accomplishments this year,
the team was named the Club
Sport of the Month by Campus
Recreation in October.
“We’ve done really well, and
right now we’re fourth in our
region,” said Carey Davis, team
president.
Though the team is fourth
in its region, they are first in
their Gulf South subdivision.
A major highlight toward
the beginning of the season is
when the team beat Birming-ham
Southern, a D3 school,
2–1, which could be credited
toward their hard work and
training.
“It speaks a lot about Coach
Bo, the way he coaches and
how he gets us prepared,” said
freshman Jackson Fendley.
The center midfield play-er
joined the team because he
knew Coach Bo and had previ-ously
played with some players
on the team.
He said, “Practices are al-ways
fun. Everyone is good-we’re
just as talented and com-petitive
as each other.”
The team has worked hard-er
than what he’s heard about
from previous years.
He said, “Everyone has
been going to all the practic-es,
which is preparing us for
the games, and in the long run
helping with all the wins.”
Like Davis and the rest of
the team, Fendley’s main goal
was to make it to nationals, an
accomplishment they knew
was feasible.
He said, “At nationals it will
be more intense because we
would be playing against hard-er
teams. Everyone is either at
your level or higher.”
Over the weekend of Oct.
26–28 the team played in
the semifinals at regionals in
Rockhill, SC., and lost to Flor-ida
2–1.
Although it wasn’t able to
win, the team “did a lot bet-ter,
got some confidence back,
attacked, and gave them trou-ble”
in the second half, Fend-ley
said.
Assistant coach Kevin Rose
said, “The team has been really
good this season, we have a lot
of good players, and it’s been
enjoyable … the intensity has
been good all year, so practic-es
will remain the same.”
The team will now begin its
long awaited journey as they
practice hard for the next cou-ple
of weeks and prepare for
nationals.
AU club soccer team scores nationals berth
Taylor Grafft
Writer
Six Auburn players scored
in double figures as the Au-burn
men’s basketball team
defeated Victory University
108–57 in their first exhibition
game Tuesday night.
Senior Auburn center Rob
Chubb led the Tigers with a
double-double, producing 21
points and 13 rebounds.
Senior guard Frankie Sulli-van
added 11 points and 2 as-sists.
Sullivan was Auburn’s
leading returning scorer from
last season, averaging 12.6
points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.2
assists. Senior forward Noel
Johnson also added 11 points
on the night.
This year Auburn brought in
a recruiting class ranked third
in the SEC. Featured in the
class were guard Brian Greene,
forward Jordon Granger, cen-ter
Asauhn Dixon-Tatum,
forward Shareif Adamu and
freshman guards Jordan Price
and Shaquille Johnson.
Price scored 13 points and
three assists, while Shaquille
Johnson put on a show for the
2,500 Auburn fans that filled
the Auburn Arena. Johnson
scored 15 points —13 of which
came in the second half — go-ing
7–7 from the field and 1–1
from three-point.
Greene and Granger both
had strong showings in their
first collegiate game. Greene
produced 12 assists and four
steals running the point, while
Granger added 13 points.
Auburn head coach Tony
Barbee was pleased with his
team’s showing and excited for
the scoring ability and athlet-icism
at his disposal this sea-son.
“I think it is the first time we
have scored 100 since I have
been here, so that is a good
sign,” said head coach Tony
Barbee. “Offensively, we have
some guys that can put the ball
in the basket and that makes
the game easier. We have a
chance, and we have some ath-leticism.
We should rebound
better this year, and we should
score better.”
Despite the team’s display
of offensive prowess, Barbee
said the team must continue
to work on perfecting his de-fensive
system.
“If we can get to the level de-fensively
where we have to be,
we can turn the corner,” Bar-bee
said.
Auburn got off to a fast start
— leading 25-9 with 10:02 re-maining
in the 1st half after a
jumper by Jordan Price.
Auburn went into halftime
leading 61–20 and ended the
game shooting 56.6 percent
from the field and 40.9 percent
from three-point.
Auburn’s largest lead on the
night was 57 after Noel John-son
hit a three-pointer assist-ed
by Greene with 6:12 remain-ing
in the game.
The Auburn men take on
Georgia Southwestern on
Monday, Nov. 5 in the Auburn
Arena for their final exhibition
game before the regular sea-son
starts.
Basketball shows young talent in win
Rebecca Croomes / Photo Editor
Freshman Jordan Price had 13 points and 3 assists Tuesday night.
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A week in Auburn sports
Swimming and Diving-
The women’s swimming and
diving team remain undefeat-ed
through its third dual-action
meet, defeating Notre Dame 166–
132 Friday, Nov. 26. The Tigers
took first place in eight races, with
seniors Katie Gardocki and Han-nah
Riordan leading the way. Gar-docki
posted the third-best time
in the nation with her 1,000-yard
freestyle winning time of 9:45.42
and out-touched the competi-tion
by more than 13 seconds in
the 500 free. Riordan became just
the fifth swimmer this year to
break the 23-second mark in the
50 free, finishing in 22.98. She col-lected
her second win of the meet
as anchor in the 400 medley relay
alongside the team of Jillian Vi-tarius,
Micah Lawrence and Oliv-ia
Scott. Sophomore divers Cinzia
Calabretta and Shanna Schuelein
both earned runner-up honors in
the 3-meter and 1-meter events
respectively.
Volleyball- Auburn earned
a pair of sweeps this weekend,
marking the team’s first back-to-
back SEC road victories since
2010. The Tigers defeated South
Carolina 25-21, 25-15, 25-19 Fri-day
night before traveling to Ole
Miss where it held out for a 25-
16, 25-19, 25-19 sweep. Sarah Bull-ock
and Katherine Culwell post-ed
double-doubles for the fourth
straight match. The Tigers boast-ed
its highest hitting percentage
in an SEC match in 14 years with
a .474 against South Carolina, the
fifth best by an SEC team this sea-son.
Auburn hit .325 in Sunday’s
match to give the team its sec-ond
consecutive plus-.300 perfor-mance.
Women’s golf- The No. 8–
ranked Auburn women’s golf team
took home 12th place at the Bet-sy
Rawls Longhorn Invitation-al
Oct. 28-30 after a 18–over 306
on its final round Monday, Oct.
30. Senior Carlie Yadloczky shot
a 1-under 71 on the final day of
play and tied for 11th individual-ly
with a 1-over 217 for the tour-nament.
Junior Marta Sanz shot a
7-over 79 on the final round to fin-ish
at 5-over 221 for the tourna-ment.
Sophomore Victoria Tra-pani
finished in a tie for 37th, ju-nior
Diana Fernandez finished at
74th and sophomore Nicole Quinn
came home with a 75th place fin-ish.
Freshman Jamie Yun round-ed
out the tournament with a 78th
place finish. The fall golf season is
over for the Tigers, but they will
return to competitive play Feb. 10-
12 at the Puerto Rico Invitational
at the River Course at Rio Mar in
San Juan, Puerto Rico to kick off
the spring season.
Cross Country- The Au-burn
men and women’s cross
country teams traveled to Nash-ville
for the 2012 SEC Cross Coun-try
Championships hosted by
Vanderbilt University at Percy
Warner Park on Friday. The men’s
squad took home eighth, while
the women finished 14th. Sopho-more
Niklas Buhner clocked a per-sonal
record with a 24:41.66 time
in the men’s 8k race. He was Au-burn’s
top finisher on the event
and placed 26th overall. Junior
Samuel Mueller took the 37th
spot, crossing the finish line in
25:02.69, and sophomore Grif-fin
Jaworski set a personal re-cord
with his 40th place time of
25:11.30. Sophomores Francis Her-nandez
and Kane Grimster round-ed
out the Auburn scorers with
65th and 69th finishes respective-ly.
The Tigers finished the meet
with 237 points to place eighth
overall. On the women’s side, red-shirt
junior Alissa Fisher led the
Auburn runners with a 31st over-all
finish, crossing the finish line
in 21:32.78 in the 6k run. Junior
Erin Fondren and freshmen Sage
Blackwell and Kristin Sheehan
each posted personal bests. Dan-ielle
Lusk rounded out Auburn’s
scorers with a 96th place finish.
Auburn will travel to Tallahas-see,
Fla., Nov. 9 to compete in the
NCAA South Regional hosted by
Florida State.
Rebecca Croomes / Photo editor
The women’s swimming and diving team defeated Notre Dame 166–
132 Friday Nov. 26 to advance to 3–0 on the season.
Intrigue
Thursday, November 1, 2012 ThePlainsman.com Intrigue
B5
Anna Beth Jager
Intrigue Reporter
It’s common knowledge
October is a month about
dressing up, scary movies
and things that go bump in
the night.
It’s a time for people to
dress like the undead and
reminisce over the actually
dead — the ones who have al-ready
passed on.
But what about the guys
who deal with the real thing?
The ones who handle the de-ceased
on a daily basis?
Bill Trant of Jeffcoat-Trant
Funeral Home in Opelika
grew up in the mortician
business.
When he was younger, he
used to have to stay in funer-al
homes overnight with the
bodies.
“Sometimes you can scare
yourself,” he said. “Especially
at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morn-ing.
You get there and imag-ine
they’re moving or some-thing.”
He said some strange
things did occur when he was
growing up.
“I would have friends come
by and scratch the windows
or do stuff like that," Trant
said.
"You can be walking in a
dark hall and think some-one's
lurking at you, but it’s
really nothing.”
Trant prepares bodies for
open-casket funerals.
“We don't do the hair," he
said. "You know how women
are funny about their hair, so
we wash the hair, but we get a
beautician to actually do the
hair. Basically, we disinfect
the body, wash the hair, the
beautician can fix them up,
and then for women we'll put
the makeup on.”
While being a mortician is
an interesting job, it’s still a
job, and a demanding one at
that.
Joseph Dean, funeral direc-tor
and embalmer of Freder-ick’s
Funeral Home, said his
average day is usually a long
one.
“Well, usually the day be-gins
at about 2 a.m. when you
get woken up for a death call,"
Dean said. "Then you come
up here, and if they need to
be embalmed you need to
embalm them; get done with
that at about 4 in the morn-ing.
Then you go home, take a
shower and go back to work
at about 8 o'clock.”
Dean is in charge of things
such as obituaries, discussing
the type and time of funer-al
families want and whether
they want a cremation or just
a normal memorial service.
“We're like an event plan-ner,"
he said. "We make sure
everything falls in place. We
just make everything hap-pen.”
Both Trant and Dean have
had interesting reactions
from people who find out
they are morticians.
“Well, a lot of them say
things like, ‘don’t touch me,’"
Trant said. "You know, silly
little stuff like that.”
Dean has had similar en-counters.
“People act strange all the
time," he said. "Usually saying
things like, ‘I can’t believe you
do that.’”
Technology in the mor-ticians'
field is increasing.
There are new chemicals and
an increase in cremation ser-vices,
but Trant said open-casket
services are still the
most popular type of service.
“I think it's because we
know they’ve passed on," he
said. "So people want to come
say their peace; so people can
say goodbye.”
Dear Lane,
Gosh, this is kinda awk. So,
I guess my boyfriend is a pret-ty
trendy guy or whatever —
it's cool. Most of the time, he
dresses pretty well. But he is a
big fan of the "deep v." REAL-LY
deep v's.
I haven't commented on
that life choice or criticized it.
Yet. But I may have to speak
up now. The other day, he
comes over to my apartment,
and he's wearing his favor-ite
immodest clothing item.
Nbd.
Except this time, it is a big
deal because HE WAS WEAR-ING
ONE OF MY V NECKS.
What the heck. I didn't say
anything to him then, ‘cause
he can get pretty defensive
when it comes to his fashion
choices.
So, I stifled my laughter
and decided I'd write you,
Lane, and see what your
thoughts on this are. Do I say,
"Hey babe, you can't wear my
shirts." Or, part of me won-ders
if he is oblivious to the
fact that it's not his shirt?
Maybe he can't tell the dif-ference!
Ahh! Whatever it is, I
definitely don't won't to start
sharing my clothes with my
boyfriend. As awkward as this
is, I think it might be a good
chance to have a deep v inter-
Vention with him. What do
you think?
Sincerely,
A concerned girlfriend
Dear Concerned Girl-friend,
Let’s take a step back and
look at this rationally, be-cause
there are a few factors
you should bear in mind be-fore
you deliver an ultima-tum.
The first one is financial.
We’re in an economic reces-sion
and, despite how glam-orous
it may have seemed in
the Great Gatsby, these days
it’s marked by high unem-ployment
and even higher
levels of sartorial resource-fulness.
In an economy that
does not allow a humble col-lege
student to purchase the
latest in fall fashion, it be-comes
necessary to get a little
creative. For me, that means
stealthily siphoning clothes
out of my sister’s closet.
For your boyfriend, it
means doubling his v-neck
collection and trying out
some fun feminine patterns.
You should applaud your boy-friend’s
frugality.
The second thing to con-sider
is fairness. All girl-friends
have one thing in
common and it’s that, in sev-enth
grade, we decided there
was nothing more adorable
than swaddling ourselves
in our boyfriend’s oversized
clothing. You’ve stolen sweat-shirts,
hats, wristwatches, T-shirts
and a little bit of cash
(but it was probably for an
emergency.)
Your pillaging has left him
with barely a stitch to his
name, so you can’t blame
him when he comes paw-ing
through your closet for
something to keep him warm
as the temperature contin-ues
to drop. And, okay, there
were probably more modest
options in one of the seven
drawers you have laden with
XXXL T-shirts.
You have to choose your
battles, and this one seems
pretty harmless.
Give your boy a break —
but if he moves on to the rest
of your wardrobe, it might
be time to have a talk about
where this relationship is go-ing.
Love,
Lane
Rebecca croomes / photo editor
Bill Trant of Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home grew up in the mortician business, and when he was younger, he said he used to have to stay
in funeral homes overnight.
Event planning for the deceased
Rebecca Croomes / Photo Editor
Trant said, “Sometimes you can scare yourself. Especially at 1 or 2 o’clock in the morning.”
Author’s claim of Auburn as ‘feminist utopia’ examined
Nathan Simone
Online Editor
Feminism. Depending on
the crowd you run with, the
word can either garner nods
of progressive approval or
laughs to sustain bar conver-sation.
Author Hanna Rosin is try-ing
to persuade people to
move away from the latter
with her new book “The End
of Men: And the Rise of Wom-en,”
which documents Rosin’s
research into women’s recent
and growing dominance in
many parts of American cul-ture.
In the book, Rosin playful-ly
describes Auburn as a “fem-inist
utopia” because women
have higher median incomes
than men, at a rate of approxi-mately
129 percent.
Rosin stressed that this
number is different from a
wage gap, in which people are
compared by what their sala-ries
are for performing identi-cal
jobs.
“These numbers are ex-plained
by the fact that more
women are working,” Rosin
said.
“This is different than Susie
working with Bob and Susie
makes more money than Bob
— that’s the wage gap. This is
basically more Susies work-ing
than Bobs, even if the Su-sies
are making slightly less
money.”
Rosin theorized this claim
from information she received
from James Chung, president
of Reach Advisors, a New
York-based strategy, research
and predictive analytics firm.
Chung could not be
reached for comment, but his
research was quoted by Rosin
in a New York Times article ti-tled
“Who wears the pants in
this economy?” from Aug. 30.
“James Chung … analyzed
census data showing that in
most of the United States,
young, single, childless wom-en
in their 20s working full
time have a higher median in-come
than equivalent young
men,” Rosin wrote.
“A handful of regions in the
Southeast stand out as having
a particularly big disparity, in-cluding
Auburn, where the
median income of these wom-en
is estimated at 129 percent
of the median income of simi-lar
men.”
According to the Popula-tion
Reference Bureau, since
1991 the proportion of young
women in college has exceed-ed
that of young men, with the
gap widening every year.
Data from 2005 indicate
that nationwide women make
up the majority, approximate-ly
54 percent, of more than
10.8 million young adults en-rolled
in college.
Auburn’s enrollment for fall
2012 is reversed compared to
national trends: 51 percent
male, 49 percent female.
Whatever the data may
show, simple observation of
social interaction does not
seem to indicate that Auburn
is a particularly feminist-ori-ented
society, even with 49
percent female student en-rollment.
A partial explanation may
be the South’s traditionally
well-steeped culture of chival-ry,
with women expecting cer-tain
treatment their counter-parts
elsewhere in the country
are unlikely to receive.
Taira Campbell, senior in
public relations and land-scape
horticulture, said the
culture of the South may sim-ply
mask what is slowly be-coming
an egalitarian culture
in Auburn.
“I do think it is just part of
the ‘Southern’ culture,” Camp-bell
said. “Most girls here don’t
take offense to it or even think
about it; to us it’s just nice hos-pitality.”
However, Campbell con-ceded
that traditional expec-tations
of family vs. career are
still the rule rather than the
exception.
“I think a lot of girls still go
to college expecting to come
out with a husband, whether
they’ll admit it or not,” Camp-bell
said.
Taylor Carr, junior in an-thropology,
said he is aware of
feminist professors and like-minded
thinkers, but does not
see these teachings in every-day
life.
“I know that there’s a few
teachers that are feminists,
one within the Women’s Stud-ies
department, but they don’t
flaunt it,” Carr said.
“They study it, but they
don’t bring it out in society
itself and reflect it upon Au-burn.”
Carr said he disagrees with
the “women-first” attitude
that has stereotyped femi-nism.
“I don’t believe we should
put women before men,” Carr
said. “It should just be totally
equal. Everyone can do every-thing.”
Samia Spencer, professor
emerita in the French depart-ment
and self-professed femi-nist,
echoed Carrs’ viewpoint
on feminist ideals.
“I’m a feminist and not
afraid to say it,” Spencer said.
“Because what is a feminist?
It’s someone who wants the
same rights, not just ‘women
only.’ For society to progress,
men and women must work
together on every issue.”
Spencer said she still fre-quently
sees young women
who don’t realize the extent
of the rights they have gained
through the struggles of past
women.
“Some girls, when they
come to campus and see cer-tain
ideas expressed and won-der
what to do, they need to
think for themselves,” Spen-cer
said.
“They need to realize that
they don’t need to go a cer-tain
way and reconsider some
of the ideas they have … some
girls are so attached to the
values they’ve been raised in
among other environments
that they resist all change.”
The multi-dimension-al
discussion will continue
among students, faculty and
the community of Auburn for
as long as both genders ex-ist,
but Auburn does have a
thriving women’s studies pro-gram
to help supplement cu-riosity,
with students able to
take courses in feminist the-ory,
women in politics and
gender’s relationship to art,
among others.
“I tell my (mostly women)
students, ‘you are a smart per-son;
you have to look ahead
and consider all your options
to follow what you’re pas-sionate
about doing,’” Spen-cer
said.
“The sky is the limit, or like
people in Huntsville say, ‘the
sky is not the limit.’”
Intrigue B6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 1, 2012
Anna Beth Jager
Intrigue Reporter
The camera loves you, right?
That’s usually how the saying
goes, but in reality it’s the mas-ter
behind the lens who picks
just the right lighting and an-gle
to make you look your best.
A good, knowledgable pho-tographer
isn’t always easy to
find, but you don’t have to look
too far here in town because
Auburn’s own Ashley Kickli-ter
knows exactly what she’s
doing.
A sophomore studying
graphic design, Kickliter said
she started taking photos as
a hobby, but has since start-ed
her own local photogra-phy
business called “Open
Eye Photography” that has be-come
increasingly successful
during the past two years.
“It took probably a year for
the business to really build up,
and now it’s expanded more
than I ever thought it would,”
Kickliter said. “Over the last
two years it’s really blown up.”
Kickliter takes photos of
“pretty much anything,” in-cluding
weddings, gradua-tions,
new-borns, families and
maternity shoots.
She said she takes time to
meet with clients to get a feel
for what they like and dislike
and how they want the overall
vibe of the shoot to be.
A normal shoot will usual-ly
take place in multiple loca-tions
and in several different
outfits chosen by the client.
Aside from portraits, Kickli-ter
said she has a love for the
art of photography. She ex-pressed
her interest in fashion
photography, with Free People
being one of her main inspira-tions.
To showcase her creative
abilities, Kickliter has released
a new branch in her business
called ‘Luna,’ which is predom-inantly
focused on the art of
fashion photography.
“Luna is all work of mine,
personal work, and I do it be-cause
I want to get into fash-ion
photography," Kickliter
said.
"They’re more artistic and
creative. I get models and
friends to help. The first one
I did was a vintage lingerie
shoot. I think the three Luna
shoots I’ve done so far are the
ones that have really stuck out
to me.”
As far as her personal style,
Kickliter said she is definitely
not traditional.
“I don’t like stiff poses,"
Kickliter said. "I get people to
have conversations and laugh.
It’s a more candid style, almost
like a story board. My style is
soft and hazy — I like pretty
sunlight and things that are
really happy.”
With a more life-like, gen-uine
look, Kickliter’s photos
possess an authenticity that is
hard for most photographers
to achieve, but that she dis-plays
eloquently.
“I want to make people’s
personalities come through
in my pictures,” Kickliter said.
“I like to find what inspires
them, and that inspires me.”
Kickliter said her hope for
the future is to one day get
an internship with a fashion
photographer and eventually
shoot for Vogue.
To schedule a shoot or
browse through photos, visit
OpenEyePhotography.net or
check out the Open Eye Pho-tography
Facebook page.
Byron’s Smokehouse
Byron’s is situated along the
desolate stretch of Opelika
Road that is better known for
its garages than its grub. Don’t
be fooled by the fact that it
looks like an abandoned Wen-dy’s
that is, in all likelihood,
haunted.
When Tuberville was at
Auburn, he would drop by
Byron's Smokehouse and eat
with locals that he affec-tionately
dubbed “unpaid as-sistant
coaches.” The sand-wiches
at Byron’s feature all
the classics of a good barbe-cue
joint: pulled pork, South-ern-
style sides and an endless
flow of sweet tea. After 5 p.m.,
college students can get two
sandwiches, a side and a drink
for only $5. Save your money
and satisfy your appetite with
a hearty helping of barbecue.
Creole Shack
The Creole Shack, aptly-named,
initially appears to
be just that: an abandoned
shack on the side of the road,
halfway between Auburn and
Loachapoka. However, its
creole and cajun seafood has
a loyal group of locals and a
handful of adventurous spir-its
flocking there. A self-pro-claimed
“small place with
good taste,” the Creole Shack
promises good, old-fash-ioned
Southern cuisine with-out
the fuss. It is known for its
étouffée, jambalaya, gumbo,
po'boys, shrimp and andouille
over spicy rice complete with
fried green tomatoes.
Block & Barrel Deli
Block & Barrel Deli is
tucked away on Airport Bou-levard.
This deli serves sand-wiches
made on the spot.
Grabbing lunch in Auburn’s
downtown area typically in-volves
long lines and maneu-vering
through thick week-day
traffic and coming to a
screeching halt on at least 17
crosswalks on Magnolia. This
hidden lunch spot promises a
much easier transaction. Its
sandwiches, in the time-hon-ored
tradition of Block & Bar-rel
Deli, feature thickly sliced
meat and cheeses, dressed to
order and served hot or cold.
They also serve homemade
soup, sandwiches, salads and
desserts.
“I’d recommend The Jer-sey
Club,” said Kip Snyder,
owner of Block & Barrel.
“It’s roast beef, pepper jack
cheese, cheddar, horseradish
and ranch. That comes with
a drink, a bag of kettle chips
and some homemade banana
pudding.”
Durango Taqueria y Car-niceria
Located on Dean Road, this
Durango has the same name
as another Mexican resturant
in town, but the experience is
one-of-a-kind. In a shopping
strip attached to the Voodoo
Needle, Durango’s location is
not marked by a sign. If you
didn’t know to look for it, you
wouldn’t guess that it housed
a hub of delicious Mexican
dishes.
Durango is a strange hy-brid
between sit-down restau-rant
and grocery store. A few
tables are crammed into the
front of the store, but in the
back you can buy fresh pro-duce,
meat, spices and novel-ty
items.
“It has a very authentic
feel,” said Chris Gluckman, ju-nior
in biomedical sciences
and a Durango regular. “That’s
the draw for me. You can or-der
in Spanish, but they speak
English, too. When I go there,
it reminds me that Auburn
is not just college students,
twenty-somethings and white
Americans. I like going there
because it reminds me of that
and gives me a broader view
of what’s around me.”
After tossing back a couple
of burritos, Gluckman recom-mends
grabbing a bag of Pan
Dulce, a traditional Mexican
pastry, from the bread aisle.
It comes in packages of six,
so there’s plenty to share with
friends. The prices are delight-fully
low, at approximately $2
per taco.
Pannie George’s Kitchen
Pannie George’s Kitchen on
South College Street is a res-taurant
that got its name from
the owners’ grandparents,
Pannie and George Askew.
Their affinity for hosting huge
family events equipped their
children to become masters
of Southern-style cooking.
On Sunday afternoons the
Askews invited their family
and neighbors over for Sun-day
lunch. In fact, the restau-rant
is a replica of their grand-parents’
kitchen, decorated
with colors that come straight
from Pannie and George’s
home. Pannie George’s offers
a different meat and vegeta-ble
selection each day.
It’s a mom-and-pop place
with all your go-to comfort
foods. They’ve got corn bread,
pecan pie and sweet tea, but
Pannie George’s is best known
for its delectable fried chick-en.
“It’s the best soul food in
Auburn, and it’s so affordable”
said Callie McQuaig, pharma-cy
school student.
According to the restau-rant’s
website, the purpose of
the business can be summed
up by Nehemiah 6:3, which
says, “I am doing a great work;
therefore I must stay on the
wall.” According to the on-line
reviews, that great work
might very well be the fried
chicken.
Lane jones / intrigue reporter
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Lane Jones
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Student’s hobby of photography develops into ‘Open Eye’
Ashley Kickliter, sophomore in
graphic design, began Open Eye
Photography two years ago, and
it has since expanded into her
own business. Al photos courtesy of open eye photography
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One detail that is hard to
miss about Brock Parker’s of-fice
is his homage to “Ghost-busters,”
a comedy from the
1980s about a group of people
who start a business to cap-ture
ghosts.
A large, framed poster of the
“Ghostbusters” movie hangs
on his wall. His shelf contains
figurines of all the main char-acters
from “Ghostbusters.”
ID cards hang above his shelf
from all “Ghostbusters” con-ventions
he has attended, in-cluding
ribbons from all the
parades of these conventions.
He turned his love for the
movie into a reality when he
built his own Proton Pack and
became an Alabama Ghost-buster.
Now, Parker works with
other Ghostbusters around
the state to do charity work
and community events in the
spirit of the movies.
“The Proton Pack is one of
those iconic movie props that
people know it when they see
it,” Parker said. “I wanted to
be a really big stickler for ac-curacy.”
He began his quest by go-ing
on websites in order to
find the exact parts to build
his pack.
“It took me two years to
gather all the parts, to re-search
and find out who was
selling what,” Parker said. “In
2011, I started building it in
my garage, and it took me sev-en
months to build. I wanted
to make sure to baby it.”
On his journey to build the
Proton Pack, Parker stumbled
upon the Birmingham Ghost-busters.
At the time, the group was
small, but interested in grow-ing.
“We talked about develop-ing
a PR presence so we could
approach different chari-ties
and community organi-zations
to work with them,”
Parker said.
It helped that Parker works
at the Auburn University Of-fice
of Communications and
Marketing as web content
manager, giving him the pub-lic
relations experience to
help lead the group where it
needed to go.
“I became the PR guy, and
when the head of the group
left, I became in charge of it,”
Parker said.
From the Birmingham
Ghostbusters, the group
evolved into the Alabama
Ghostbusters, and Parker now
serves as the “chief ” of the
group.
It is mainly a charity and
community event group that
raises money for different
causes.
“We have coined the slogan
‘Geeks for Good,’” Parker said.
“This is never about us. It’s
about the people we can help.”
When the tornadoes hit
Tuscaloosa last year, the Ala-bama
Ghostbusters wanted to
do something special.
Through their hobby, they
met a few stars from the
“Ghostbusters” movies, such
as Dan Aykroyd, who plays Dr.
Raymond Stantz; Ernie Hud-son,
who plays Winston; and
Robin Shelby, who plays Slim-er;
and they all contributed
items to the cause.
They held a charity auc-tion
and raised $3,000 for The
Community Foundation of
Greater Birmingham, which
has a statewide Alabama tor-nado
relief fund.
“It touched our hearts that
so many people reached out,
including the actors from the
movies, and they were all giv-ing
to those who were trying
to put their lives back togeth-er,”
Parker said. “That had to
be our best moment, and it
was definitely one of my favor-ite
memories.”
Meg Rainey, public rela-tions
specialist for Auburn
Parks and Recreation, en-joys
working with the Ghost-busters
not only because of
the fun they have at communi-ty
events, but because they are
always there to lend a helping
hand.
“Kids love them, and they
appeal to a variety of age
groups,” Rainey said.
October is a busy month for
the Ghostbusters, and a few
of the events coming up in-clude
the Fall Festival in Ope-lika
Tuesday, Oct. 30 and the
Downtown Auburn Trick or
Treat Wednesday, Oct. 31.
More information about
these events and ways to get
involved can be found at Ala-bamaGB.
com.
Geeks for good: passion for ‘Ghostbusters’ turns into service
Courtesy of Brock Parker
Alabama Ghostbusters raised $3,000 in its charity auction for the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham’s Tornado Recovery Fund. The organization focuses mainly on charities and community events.
Intrigue B8 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 1, 2012
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9 Enterprise doctor
14 First name at
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15 Freezer cooler
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