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Thursday, October 6,2011 www.theplainsman.com Vol. 118, Issue 7,18 Pages
' Liz CONN
MANAGING EDITOR
Kyle Nixon's smile and laugh
were infectious.
"He could get you to laugh at
things you would never think oC
said Alex McSwain, Nixon's friend
and fraternity brother. "That re­ally
was what impressed people
most about him. Of all the things
we shared together, laughter was
by far the thing that I will most re­member."
Nixon, senior in political sci­ence
and member of Tau Kappa
Epsilon fraternity, died early in
the morning Sept. 29 after col­lapsing
at an off-cam-pus
apartment.
Nixon, 22, wanted to
work in politics for ei­ther
the Republican or
Libertarian Party, said
Barbara Nixon, Kyle's
mother and Auburn
alumna.
"We were constant­ly
talking about the
news and especially politics," Bar­bara
said. "Not only just with his
dad and me, but he has two un­cles
who are in the Army. One just
retired as a general, and the other
is a lieutenant colonel right now.
So politics and mil­itary
strategy were
always a topic of
dinnertime con­versation
at' our
house."
This summer
Kyle went to New
Orleans on a bus
trip for the Jon
Huntsman presi­dential
campaign.
"He was the one who intro­duced
me to Ron Paul," McSwain
said. "He was very much a live-and-
let-live type of person, and I
think that influenced his political
NIXON
He could get you to
laught at things you
would never think of."
—ALEX MCSWAIN
NIXON'S FRATERNITY BROTHER
beliefs."
The oldest of four children, Kyle
was born in Fort Benning, Ga., on
June 11,1989.
As part of a military family he
moved many times, but lived in
^ De Pere, Wis., from kindergarten
through his junior year of high
school.
His family now lives in Lake­land,
Fla.
McSwain said Kyle had a flair
for fixing things, whether it was a
problem with his car or his com­puter.
At home, he even liked to take
things apart and put them back
together.
"When I walked into his room
Thursday night and was looking
around," Barbara said, "I saw a
dismantled Xbox over in the cor-
» See COMMUNITY, A2
HAYLEY BLAIR
ASSOCIATE CAMPUS EDITOR
A recent addition to the con­course
may signal a new era in
food service as Tiger Dining con­tinues
to expand its reach across
campus.
Bill Sallustro, retail operations
director for Tiger Dining, has ex­tended
an invitation to Domino's
to bring a food cart onto the con­course,
in hopes it will provide
students more food options.
"It's a service to the students,"
Sullustro said. "It was a brand
new concept we saw that was
available. They had a food truck
available, so we approached them
and asked if they wanted to come
to campus so we could provide
more locations for students to
have lunch."
Sallustro said the idea was to
allow students a quick place to
grab a bite as they hurry to class,
as the cart is in an area students
usually traverse.
"We like to help them get to
class on time by putting these
carts around campus so they can
get food quickly' Sallustro said.
Brandon Payne, assistant man­ager
at Domino's, also said he
hopes to provide a service to stu­dents
as he manages the new
Domino's cart, which will be open
on the concourse from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. each weekday.
"We just want to help out the
students so they could have a fast
meal for a cheap price," Payne
said. "This was just an opportu­nity
to feed more students over
there."
Chris Daughtry, also an assis­tant
manager at Domino's, said
he hopes having a cart on cam­pus
will cause students to appre-
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Local authorities
II up drug bust
Auburn students,
others arrested
NATALIE YARID
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Two Auburn University stu
dents and others
were arrested Mon­day
after a drug bust.
Auburn police
found 5 pounds of
marijuana, various
illegal prescription
medications, a 9 nan
handgun and ap­proximately
$3,000
at an Auburn apart­ment
in the 1600
block of Downs War,
off West Longleaf
Drive.
Arrested were Jus­tin
E. Leitstein, 21,
of Boca Raton, Fla.;
Christopher C. Cart­er,
20, of Decatur;
Dorian J. McFarland,
20, of Kokomo, Ind.;
and Justin N. Perez,
20, of Mesa, Ariz.
"For this area, it
was a substantial
drug bust. You don't
see 5 pounds of mari­juana
here in Auburn
every day, at least we
don't," said Tommy
Dawson, Auburn po­lice
chief.
Perez confirmed in
a c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h T h e
Plainsman that Leitstein and
Carter are current students at
Auburn University. Perez last at-
LEITSTEIN
tended the University in spring
2010 and is currently the man­ager
at Little Caesers of Auburn.
Leitstein has been charged
with trafficking marijuana, first-degree
possession of marijuana,
possession of a controlled sub­stance
and posses­sion
of drug para­phernalia.
Carter
has been charged
with trafficking
marijuana, and
McFarland and
Perez have both
been charged with
possession of drug
paraphernalia.
The bust took
place at approxi­mately
10:30 a.m.
Monday.
"We try to serve
our warrants when
they are least ex­pected,"
Dawson
said. "We knew
they wouldn't be
expecting us at
10:30 in the morn­ing."
He said there
was some prior
investigation in­volved,
and it took
a few hours to ob­tain
the warrant
The next step for
the four men is a
preliminary hear­ing.
"We have a court date in
about one month, but I am not
» See BUST, A2
CARTER
used to Papajohn's; it's like a Papa
John's town. We're just trying to
get out there and show our prod­uct
is superior."
The trial run for the cart will be
six weeks, and Payne will use the
time to get a feel for how students
react to Domino's being on cam­pus.
"We're not really interested in
profits at the moment," Payne
said. "We're just going to try it and
see how it goes. Of course mak­ing
money is something you want
» See PIZZA, A2
What the future
will hold for the
athletic dorm
CHELSEA HARVEY
CAMPUS EDITOR
On-campus housing will re­ceive
another expansion over the
next year.
Sewell Hall, which served pri­marily
as a dorm for athletes
since its construction in 1962, al­though
a mix of both athletes and
non-athletes have lived there, was
demolished last week to make
room for a new residence hall.
Ben Chapman, construction
project manager, said the demoli­tion
process took fewer than two
weeks.
"Yeah, the structure is down,
and pretty much they're sort­ing
the material by concrete and
steel because they do, in essence,
recycle and send it to the dump,"
Chapman said. "So the foun­dation's
left, that's kind of what
they're working on now."
Chapman said work on the
foundation should be complete
by the end of October.
"Basically when they get done,
they grade in essence, smooth
out that hillside, and then they
will put out some grass seed and
stabilize the hill and it will just re­main
that way until we start con­struction
on the new building,"
Chapman said.
According to Gregory Parsons,
University architect, construction
u
Almost ali the suites
in the new building
will be two-bedroom,
two-bath units with the
same kind of common
area and kitchenette
as in the Village."
—KIM TRUPP
DIRECTOR. HOUSING AND RESIDENCE LIFE
for the new residence hall is ex­pected
to begin in early 2012.
Parsons said the new structure
will be an improvement over the
old one.
» See SEWELL, A2
ciate their product more.
"It's just to get our product out,"
Daughtry said. "Everyone's so
/ ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Demolition for Sewell is underway. Work on the foundation by October.
Inurs. lay, October 6, 2011
DUI ARRESTS IN THE CITY OF AUBURN
SEPT. 30 - OCT. 4,2011
• Anthony C. Cordray, 26, of Maysville, Ky.
Webster Road
Oct. 1,2:50 a.m.
• Brittany M. Nelson, 22, of Nashville, Tenn.
North Gay Street
Oct. 4, 3:05 a.m.
PIZZA
» From A1
to happen, but right now-that's
not the main focus."
Domino's presence on
campus is not set in stone
and will depend alot on
how the trial period goes.
Sallustro said it's possi­ble
they may decide not to
stay, especially since there
is significant competition
nearby.
"Domino's has to make
sure we have enough value
to support the cost of the
cart there," Sallustro said.
Though Domino's was
only brought to the con-
Course Monday, Sallustro
said students may need to
start watching for other ad­ditions.
CRIME REPORTS FOR SEPT. 30 - OCT. 4,2011
Sept. 30 — Alan Avenue
Theft of property reported. Four 20"
chrome rims.
Sept. 30 — East Longieaf Drive
Burglary of residence reported. One
Playstation 3 and one 32" TV.
Sept. 30 — South College Street
Theft of property reported. $8.
Sept. 30 — South College Street
Theft of property reported. One
cellphone and $20.
Sept. 30 — Wire Road
Theft of property reported. One elec­tric
cash register and $4.
Oct. 1 — West longieaf Drive
Burglary of residence reported. One
Xbox 360, one set of keys and one
iPod.
Oct. 1 — Opelika Road
Breaking and entering of a vehicle
reported. Five automobile fuses.
Oct. 2 — Professional Parkway Auburn
Theft of property reported. Two
diamond rings.
Oct. 2 — Shell Toomer Parkway
Breaking and entering of a vehicle
reported. One MetLife handbag, one
Vera Bradley handbag, one camera
bag and lens cover, Adderall and
Lexapro.
Oct. 3 — Alan Avenutf
Burglary of residence reported.One
computer, one .25 caliber revolver,
$30 in selver dollars, $25 in silver
certificate bills and assorted jewelry.
Oct. 3 — Mell Street
Theft of property reported. One lap­top,
one computer charger and one
computer hard cover.
Oct. 3 — North Donahue Drive
Burglary of residence reported. One
laptop, one 26" TV, one Playstation
3, five Playstation 3. games and $20.
- Reports provided by Auburn
Department of Public Safety
Auburn receives multi-million
dollar grant for biofiiel research
ROBERT E. LEE
ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR
Auburn University was
chosen last week to receive
part of a $15 million grant
from the United States De­partment
of Agriculture to
research advanced meth­ods
of producing biofuels.
Biofuels are fuels cre­ated
by the process of bi­ological
carbon fixation.
They can be created from
substances such as alco­hol,
plants or fats and oils.
"With projections that
more than 10 billion gal­lons
of fuel produced in
the Southeast will be re­quired
to meet the renew­able
fuels standard, it is
important to the country
that we make progress,"
said Tim Rials, director for
the Center for Renewable
Carbon Tim Rials at the
University of Tennessee.
The grant was awarded
to the new Southeast part­nership
for Integrated Bio-mass
Supply Systems, in­cluding
the University of
Tennessee, the lead insti­tution,
as well as the Uni­versity
of Georgia, North
Carolina State, Tuskegee,
Alabama A&M and Fort
Valley State universities.
Auburn's Center for Bio-energy
and Bioproducts
will use its $4.5 million
share to develop methods
of converting biomass, in­cluding
switchgrass, pine
and eucalyptus into gaso­line
and diesel, according
to the USD A.
The schools of forestry
and wildlife science and
industrial and systems en­gineering
will also exam­ine
the safety and ergo-nomic
issues of harvesting
these forest elements.
President Jay Gogue em­phasized
the importance
of Auburn being on the
forefront of this new meth­od
of creating fuel.
"Auburn is building a
national reputation for
expertise in converting
abundant, renewable bio­mass
into fuel and clean
energy," Gogue said. "It's
critical to maintaining a
reliable, affordable and se­cure
energy supply that
stimulates economic
growth and provides job
opportunities in our state
and region."
Steven E. Taylor, profes­sor
and head of the Biosys-tems
Engineering Depart­ment,
said Auburn was se­lected
for collaborative
reasons.
"The entire group was
chosen in part due to our
concepts for developing a
sustainable biomass sup­ply
system for the South­east
U.S and our mil­lions
of dollars of research
that is currently underway
on various aspects of bio-energy
production," Tay­lor
said,
A major goal of the IBSS
is to secure a safe method
for developing genetically
modified crops to be used
in the making of biofuels,
Taylor said.
Also noted in the USDA
goals is the development
of the cleaner and more
MARIA IAMP1ETR0 / PHOTO EDITOR
Head of biosystems engineering Steven Taylor is re­sponsible
for the lab that uses a gasifierto.make gas
from materials like woodchips.
efficient Fischer-Tropsch
diesel.
A document issued by
the Department of Trans­portation
on F-T research
said," F-T fuel dan directly
replace conventional die­sel
fuel without modifica­tion
to engines or signif­icant
changes in perfor­mance."
The document also ex­plained
that F-T diesel has
a higher rate of degradabil-ity
and can be used in fuel
cell systems.
The IBSS region current- •
ly has limited biomass fuel
production, and with the
collaboration of the eijlist-ed
universities, will help
develop biomass that is
necessary for future bio-refineries
to operate as
well as resources to utilize
current biomass fuel pro­duction,
according to the
USDA.
SEWELL
» From A1
"(Sewell) was an out­dated
kind of construc­tion,
the walk-up type. You
walked up to the outside,
more like a motel than a
dorm," Parsons said.
"It wasn't very commu-nity-
like. With a dorm,
with the residence halls
that we have, the idea is
to kind of have like a fam­ily
or a team or a commu­nity
kind of environment,
where you just have walk-up
apartment style does
not really lend itself to
that"
The rtew building will
have approximately 410
rooms, a 185 percent in­crease
over Sewell's 144
bedrooms. The building
will house no more than 49
percent athletes, in com­pliance
with an NCAA reg­ulation
stating strictly ath­letic
dorms are not permit­ted.
While Sewell Hall was
managed by the Athletic
Department, the new res­idence
hall will be under
Housing and Residence
Life.
Kim Trupp, director of
Housing and Residence
Life, said many student
athletes are currently liv­ing
in the Village residence
halls. However, when the
new building opens, many
will be relocated there.
Trupp said the new
building will be a "top-of-the-
line" dorm.
"Almost all the suites in
the new building will be
two-bedroom, two-bath
units with the same kind
of common area and kitch­enette
as in the Village,"
Trupp said. "The bed­rooms
in this new build­ing
will be a good bit larg-
.er than the bedrooms in
the Village. We'll also have
a washer and dryer stack
unit in each of the suites
and a few extra furnish­ings
that you don't have in
the Village."
Trupp said discussions
are taking place regarding
a dining hall for the new
building.
"We're still working out
the dining hall piece, loca­tion
and what-have-you,
but that is part of the proj­ect,
to also add the new
dining venue, either in the
building itself or in close
proximity," Trupp said.
COMMUNITY
» From A1
ner, and 1 said, 'Yep, that's
Kyle.'"
During high school, Kyle
wanted a new computer—
not just any computer, but
one that he would build
himself.
Kyle made a contract
with his parents: they
would allow him to build
the computer, and in ex­change
he would provide
free baby-sitting services
for life.
"That's how we worked
it all the way through high
school," Barbara said. "I
never had to get a baby
sitter again after that. We
took fulf advantage of that."
Kyle had a constant com­panion
in his dog, an Amer­ican
Dingo named Sam.
Sam could even recognize
the sound of Kyle's Saab
from a distance, Barbara
said.
"It spoke to his character
that whenever Sam wan­dered
away, he'd just wan­der
on back to Kyle's room,"
McSwain said. "Kyle never
worried and just knew and
had faith in Sam to wander
on back."
Kyle held a part-time job
at Brick Oven Pizza Com­pany
on North Gay Street.
"He was one of those
guys that we could always
count on him being here,
. showing up for his shift, do­ing
the work we asked him
to," said Jeff Finkhousen,
Brick Oven manager.
The brothers of TKE
plan to pool their mon­ey
to build a memorial for
Kyle outside the fraterni­ty
house, said Carlos Perry,
TKE president.
Kyle will also receive a
posthumous degree from
the political science de­partment,
said Gerry Grys-ki,
professor and depart­ment
chair.
"To be so committed to
a son or a daughter, to sup­port
them and see their
way through a number
of years of college and all
of the growing up and all
the difficulties that are in­volved
with maturing and
growing up—the degree is
the end point in that," Grys-kisaid.
"In many respects, this is
the closing of a very impor­tant
chapter in the book on
Kyle. I know his folks will
be very proud of the expe­rience."
Kyle had a tattoo on his
shoulder of the Presbyte­rian
Church's cross logo,
which McSwain said was
an important expression of
Kyle's faith.
"We knew that he would
be going to heaven some­day"
Barbara said, "and that
makes it a whole lot easier
for>all of us to go through
this right now."
She said Kyle's brother
James plans to get the same
tattoo in Kyle's memory.
Kyle is survived by his
parents, Barbara and Kev­in
Nixon, and his siblings:
James, 21; Sam, 13; and
Kate, 12.
A> memorial service will
be held at 2 p.m. Satur­day
at First Presbyterian
Church of Auburn, with a
reception at the TKE house
afterward.
Autopsy reports hUve not
been released, but foul play
is not suspected, according
to the Auburn Police Divi­sion.
BUST
» From A1
sure what will happen after
that," Perez said.
Auburn students Leit-stein
and Carter may also
have to face a hearing with
the University.
Aileen Perez, graduate as­sistant
of student conduct,
said the University and the
city have two completely
separate processes when
handling students involved
in crime.
"The criminal process
ensured if you violated the
law, but the University en­sured
if you violated the
code," Aileen said.
Students involved in a
crime which the Universi­ty
has received a complaint
about can choose a hear­ing
process or admitting re­sponsibility
to violating the
code and completing the
sanctions. Aileen said the
hearing consists of a pan­el
of three Auburn Universi­ty
faculty and two students-from
the student discipline
committee.
While three of the four
men arrested attend or
have attended Auburn Uni­versity,
Dawson said Au­burn
isn't a bad area.
"We are as good as any
institution of our size at
combating drugs," Dawson
said." We have a good group
of students here in Auburn,
•and we want to keep it this
way," Dawson said.
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Canadian senator encourages women in politics
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'comes wih small french fry,
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" ANNA CLAIRE CONRAD
STAFF WIUTER
Women in Auburn are
• about to receive some in­ternational
inspiration.
'Ihe Honorable Canadian
Senator Celine Hervieux-
Payette will visit Oct. 10-
14 as a guest of the Depart­ment
of Foreign Languages
and Literatures.
"She will be speaking on
pertinent social issues such
as the woman's role in pol­itics
and business, and the
differences between the
American and Canadian
cultures," said Samia Spen­cer,
professor of French and
Honorary Consul of France
in Alabama.
Spencer said the sena­tor
.has visited Alabama fre­quently
in past years.
"Previous times I have
invited her to the meet­ings
of the Alabama chap­ter
of the American Associ­ation
of Teachers of French
in Montgomery," Spencer
said. "She has also spoken
in Mobile, Huntsville and
Tuscaloosa on several oc­casions
advocating parity
of men and women in the
workplace."
Spencer said this will be
the senator's third time in
Auburn.
"1 enjoy coming to this
campus very much," Her-vieux-
Payette said. "The
people here are welcoming,
and now that it is fall the,
climate is wonderful."
Hervieux-Payette will be
conducting two speeches
during her visit.
"My first speech, 'Would
the World be Better Gov­erned
if Women Were
Equal Partners in the Deci-sion-
Making Process?,' will
be presented on behalf of
the Department of Wom­en's
Studies in Room 005 of
Biggin Hall at 3:30 p.m. on
Oct. 12," Hervieux-Payette
said.
"The other, titled 'The
United States and Canada:
Two Neighbors, A World
of Difference,' is scheduled
to convene in the Student
Center Ballroom on Oct. 13
at 3:30 p.m."
Spencer said the sena­tor's
visit could not come at
a more appropriate time.
"Today, women in pol­itics
in our country only
make up about 15 percent
of the electorate," Spencer
said. "We are working to
figure out why this is."
Spencer said when Her-vieux-
Payette visited Au­burn
in 2002, the confer­ence
was open to all stu­dents,
faculty and mem­bers
of the community.
"People came from all
over to hear her discuss
what needs to happen in
the United States to get
women more involved with
what goes on in their coun­try,"
Spencer said.
Hervieux-Payette said
many have misconcep­tions
regarding the simi­larities
and differences be­tween
the U.S. and Canadi­an
cultures.
"It is often misunder­stood
that since the U.S.
u
Today, women
in politics in our
country only
make up about
15 percent of the
electorate. We are
working to figure
out why this is."
—SAMIA SPENCER
PROFESSOR OF FRENCH
AND HONORARY CONSUL OF
. FRANCE IN ALABAMA
and Canada are such close
neighbors, and since Eng­lish
is widely spoken—es­pecially
in English Cana­da—
that our North Amer­ican
culture is the same of
that in the U.S., but this is
not so," Hervieux-Payette
said. "I will discuss in my
speech how different our
lifestyle is in French Cana­da
compared to that of the
United States, and I hope to
open people's mind to this
unique way of life."
Hervieux-Payette will
also be visiting business
classes to discuss trade pol­icies
between the two coun­tries.
Spencer said the sena­tor's
visit is made possible
by the generosity of sever­al
organizations, includ­ing
the Honors College,
the College of Business, the
Women's Studies Program,
the College of Liberal 4>"ts
and the French Honor So­ciety.
SGA Senate was reminded of the
following events:
MONDAY, OCT. 3,2011
Ihe Beat Bama' Food Drive begins
Monday. Students are encouraged to donate
or volunteer to help with events.
• Voting continues for mascots in the Capital
One Cup. Students can vote for Aubie by
texting "AUBIE" to 78527.
• October is career and student affairs month.
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ELIZABETH BONNER
STAFF WRITER
Italian Film Festival Inc.
traveled from Miami to At­lanta.
Its next stop is Au­burn.
IFF and the College of
Liberal Arts teamed up
to bring the festival to
Auburn from Monday
through Wednesday at the
Auburn Hotel and Confer­ence
Center.
"National Italian Her­itage
Month is national­ly
recognized in October
every year" said Giovan-na
Summerfield, CLA di-.
rector of tfye arts and fac­ulty
initiatives and associ­ate
professor of Italian and
French. "It's to celebrate
the contributions of Amer­icans
of Italian origin and
Italians living in America."
In past years the organi­zation
had events mixed
with film, discussions and
student performances, but
this type of film festival is
a first.
"We had an intercultur-al
day last year where we
joined with some of the
music majors," said Wil­liam
Harmon, senior in
communication. "They
sang excerpts from operas,
and we read some poetry.
It generated enough in­terest
to convince the film
company to have a film
fest here."
Italian Consul General
Marco Rocca approached
Summerfield about bring-,
ing the festival to Auburn.
He will serve as the event's
opening speaker.
"The consul got involved
because they co-sponsor
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this festival in the U.S. with
IFF," Giovanna said. "The
Italy study abroad pro­gram
has received finan­cial
support from the Ital­ian
embassy (for the last
few years)."
Giovanna and Harmon
emphasized the impor­tance
of a community like
Auburn being chosen to
host one of the festivals.
"Miami is huge. Atlan­ta
is huge," Harmon said.
"They picked two really
big cities, and then they
picked Auburn as the third
one."
The festival will feature
three films: "Happy Fami­ly,"
"Dieci Inverni" (10 Win­ters)
and "II Figlio Piu Pic­colo"
(The Youngest Son).
"They're all by famous .
directors in Italy," Giovan­na
said. "They mostly are
comedies or movies that
even an international au­dience
could understand
and appreciate."
There will also be a read­ing
of classical Italian po­etry
and a brass quintet
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From high-class limou­sines
and generous phi­lanthropy
to bump-in-the-night
thrills, Tiger Dining
has students covered every
Monday this month with
its promotion of the Tiger
Zone area in the Village
Dining Hall.
One of the reasons the
all-you-can-eat Tiger Zone
is being emphasized over
other dining venues is be­cause
students were begin­ning
to think the area was
reserved only for athletes.
"It's because of the way
the location is situated in­side
the building, and you
only ever see athletes in
there, so people might au­tomatically
think it's only
for athletes," said Gina
Groome, marketing direc­tor
for Tiger Dining. "We're
not real sure how that per­ception
started, but we do
feel we definitely need to
change it."
A limousine will trav­el
back and forth from Ter­rell
Hall in the Hill to the
Village from 5-9 p.m. so
those who live farther away
will be able to tfavel to the
events in style.
"It's your basic limo,"
Groome said. "There's a TV,
champagne glasses and
all that stuff. There won't
be any alcohol because it's
a dry campus, but it's still
your normal, flashy, full-size
limo."
Hudson Kus, director
of dining services, said he
hopes the philanthropy as­pect
will encourage partici­pation
from the Greek com­munity.
Anyone can petition to
receive a percentage of the
proceeds, but they must
guarantee 100 people will
come, so on previous nights
sororities were almost ex­clusively
represented.
"We provide the food,
and the sororities actually
.come in and man the sta­tions
and serve the tacos,
and we give them a per­centage
from the sales," Kus
said.
' The last limousine night
of the month falls on Hal­loween.
"That's going to be our
biggest night," Groome
said. "We're going to be do­ing
a really fun Halloween
monster bash or carnival.
We're going to have a cos­tume
contest, and you can
win free dining dollars, so
we'll have lots of fun things
going on."
There will be karaoke at
Monday's event and on Hal­loween,
and singer Nellie
"Vanelli" Davis said she en­courages
everyone to come
and participate.
"Most of the time people
don't want to sing up front,
but if I see someone sing­ing
along with me, I'll try to
bring a mic over for them,"
Davis said. "A lot of times
I'll do that to encourage
somebody to come up and
sing something just to re­mind
people that karaoke
is about having fun and not
about talent."
Kus said karaoke night is
always a lot of fun, and he
guarantees there will be at
least two good acts worth
the trip.
"We've brought her in
before, and she's aTot of
fun, high energy' Kus said.
"So she'll be in on both of
those two nights, and also
you can expect to see me
up there singing, too. I'll
try not to run everybody
off, but I'm going to give it
a shot."
There will also be a trivia
night Oct. 17.
which will play Italian Re­naissance
music.
Alessio Summerfield,
sophomore in radio,
television and film and
Giovanna's son, read last
year and will do so again
at this year's festival.
Alesso grew up speak­ing
Italian.
"I'm Sicilian-American,"
Alessio said. "Half my fam­ily
can't speak English."
Those hosting the festi­val
said they are hopeful it
will spark a new interest in
the event.
"I think film is a good
universal medium for peo­ple
who wouldn't neces­sarily
gravitate to inter-cultural
events," Harmon
said.
And they aren't just hop­ing
for Italian participa­tion.
"We've had a lot of non-
Italian students come and
have a really good time,"
Giovanna said. "Open-minded
students should
come and learn about a
different culture."
Giovanna said she
thinks it is a great oppor­tunity
for people to learn
more about this demo­graphic
of America.
"It will focus on what the
Italian people have done
for the U.S.," she said. "Ital­ians
are the fifth-largest
group in the U.S. It's kind
of a celebration of their
contributions, reminding
Americans that might be
of Italian origin and might
not be that there is this
Italian component in their
community, and it needs
to be acknowledged."
Ben Furman and David Raley ride a limousine from Terrell Hall to the Tiger Zone area
of Village Dining. Tiger Dining is sponsoring the rfdes every Monday in October.
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Museum's birthday celebration features Chinese charm
CAROL LINDE
WRITER
For his 50th wedding an­niversary
in 1998, mechan­ical
engineer Albert Smith
donated the $3 million
needed to construct a fine
arts museum at his alma
mater.
Because of his generosi­ty,
the museum was named
in honor of his wife, and on
Oct. 3,2003, the Jule Collins
Smith Museum of Fine Art
first opened its doors to the
public.
Now, eight years later, the
museum remains active.
Throughout the fall the
JCSM will have a special
exhibit titled "On the Silk
Road and the High Seas:
Chinese Ceramics, Culture
and Commerce."
The museum is explor­ing.
beyond ceramics and
invites guests to immerse
themselves in the world of
an 18th-century Chinese
trading district in celebra­tion
of the museum's eighth
birthday.
"It just shows how far we
have come in such a short
amount of time," said Col­leen
Bourdeau, marketing
and events manager for the
museum.
Chinese trading districts
called hongs were tradi­tionally
places of much
competition mixed with
politics and bargaining.
From noon to 4 p.m.<
Sunday, the museum's fes­tivities
will include re-en-actments
of Chinese and
Dutch traders, stations
with clay and ink wash and
various other Chinese tra­ditions
to discover.
Additionally, an emper­or
impersonator will be on
hand to discuss the impor­tance
of tea and trade.
"We'll have a teahouse
set up and a trading district
and a dragon maze for kids
to explore," said Andrew
Henley, the museum's cura­tor
of education.
There will also be several
musicians, including a per­formance
of Chinese folk
songs, and dancers from
Variations Studio will put
on a performance.
"Definitely the Chinese
theme will be sort of perva­sive
throughout the whole
building," Henley said.
The rest of the museum's
exhibits will be open for the
duration of the event, as
will the cafe.
"Everyone can enjoy the
fun, but they also can enjoy
the exhibition," Bourdeau
said. "The Museum Cafe
will be open for lunch, and
we're serving, along with
the Chinese theme, Asian-style
food, and it's really just
going to be a great day."
Coinciding with the
birthday celebration will be
a craft fair featuring more
than 20 local and regional
artisans.
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The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
PLAINSMAN ARCHIVES
The museum's October exhibit will feature Chinese traditions and trading culture.
fair has been held in the
spring.
"It's a good opportuni­ty
for holiday shopping,"
said Carol Robicheaux, mu­seum
shop manager.
Ceramics, jewelry, paint­ings,
photographs, fabric
art and sculptures will all
be available.
S t u d e n t m e m b e r ­ships
for the JCSM are
free, and registration can
be completed at www.
jcsm.auburn.edu using a
valid Auburn email and stu­dent
ID number.
Benefits include month­ly
emails updating mem­bers
on exhibitions, events
and exclusive member-on-ly
programs.
Student members also
receive a 10 percent dis­count
in both the Museum
Cafe and the Museum Gift
Shop.
Football first ladies lead charity talk
BIANCA SEWARD
WRITER
Chizik and Malzahn are
teaming up again, but this
time it's the misses whom
people are listening to.
Jonfia Chizik and Kristi
Malzahn are scheduled to
speak at this year's Wom­en's
Philanthropy Board
Fall Luncheon Oct. 14.
This is the first ofthree key
events sponsored by the or­ganization.
The luncheon will launch
WPB's celebration of its 10-
year anniversary, "A Decade
of Philanthropic Impact:
Advancing the Vision."
Tickets to the event are
on sale for $55 per person
and $550 for a table of 10.
Prior to the luncheon,
Gene Chizik's book, "All
In: What it Takes to Be the
Best," will be available, with
the proceeds benefiting
The Chizik Family YouTurn
Foundation Inc.
# The board said it is ec­static
about an expected
full house next week.
"We hope people will feel
inspired and empowered to
maximize their philanthro­py
aspirations," said Sidney
James Nakhjavan, director
oftheWPB.
'"All In' Advancing Phi­lanthropy"
is the theme for
the event, tying together
the speakers and message.
After the luncheon a ded­ication
ceremony will be
u
We hope people
will feel inspired
and empowered
to maximize their
philanthropy
aspirations."
—SIDNEY. JAMES
NAKHJAVAN
I)]«KT;TOK OFTIII; WOMEN'S
PHILANTHROPY HOARD
held at the Cary building on
North College Street for the
boards invited guests.
"Jonna and Kristi have
worked closely with the
board in preparation for
the event," Nakhjavan said.
"They have been an abso­lute
joy to work with."
The WPB, housed in the
College of Human Scienc­es,
has awarded more than
$325,000 in scholarships
and faculty awards, pro­grammatic
support and ed­ucational
programs.
Whitney Griswold, se­nior
in interdisciplinary
studies, has volunteered for
the WPB since 2009.
"I'm so excited to learn
from Mrs. Chizik and Mrs.
Malzahn's experiences,"
Griswold said. "I want to
know what has motivated
them to give back abroad
and back home in their
community'' '
New grant rushes Auburn
to forefront of food safety
SHANETTA PENDLETON
STAFF WRITER
That chicken in the freez­er
may be safer to eat in the
future.
The Food and Drug Ad­ministration
granted Au­burn
University $6.5 mil­lion
to develop a nation­al
food protection training
program.
"The Food Safety Mod­ernization
Act signed into
law in January supports
development of
a national
food pro­t
e c t i o n
t r a i n ­ing
ef­fort,
and
Auburn
will re­ceive
$6.5
m i l l i o n
d u r i n g
the five-year
program," said
Leslie Parsons, assistant
director of business oper­ations
for the University.
"Auburn will work with the
FDA to strengthen protec­tion
of our food supply and
improve the way we detect
and respond to foodborne
illness."
Parsons said Auburn
plans to assist in develop­ing
online instructions that
will complement hands-on
training for food safety per­sonnel.
Auburn will partner with
other universities includ­ing
Alabama A&M, North
Carolina State and Purdue
to infuse future FDA train­ing
with the latest research
and technology regarding
disease detection and food
safety.
The grant will not only
provide training for food
safety and protection, but
will also allow for the con-r
tinued advancement of the
research program.
"Funding of this nature
advances our overall re­search
program and in­creases
our reputation na­tionally,"
Parsons said. "It
provides opportunity for in­terdisciplinary,
multi-insti­tutional
collaboration, and
through the Virtual Food
Systems Training Consor­tium
will be used to create
virtual training models
and protocols that
can be used
throughout
the food sys­tem."
P a t r i ­c
i a C u r ­tis,
direc­tor
of the
Auburn
University
Food Systems
Initiative, will be
directing the Virtual Food
Systems Training Consor­tium.
"I am particularly excited
to see the Virtual Food Sys­tems
Training Consortium
selected by the FDA," Curtis
said. "It speaks to our cut­ting-
edge research not only
in the area of food safety,
but also to our innovative
methods for delivering in­struction."
Parsons said the Virtu­al
Food Systems Training
Consortium will reduce the
costs and time of provid­ing
quality training in food
safety.
"University involvement
in FDA training guarantees
that the latest research on
methods in food detection
and safety will be available
immediately to program
directors and instructors,"
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its unique collaborative
structure, the Virtual Food
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Archaeologist unearths key to teaching
Greek Week unites Greek life
Kinesiology program gets boost
ANNA CLAIRE CONRAD
STAFF WRITER
Archaeologist and pro­fessor
of anthropology John
Cottier has inspired his stu­dents
to think—and dig-outside
of the box.
"I'd like to think that I
challenge people to think
holistically and to think
anthropologically," Cottier
said. "By thinking anthro­pologically,
we look for pat­terns
and then we try to ex­plain
those patterns. So
that way, there's a differ­ent
way of looking at a wide
range of things."
During the time Cottier
has worked as an archae­ologist
in Alabama, he has
been awarded $4 million in
grants from various enti­ties,
including the Univer­sity
and the National Sci­ence
Foundation, to work
on multiple projects at lo­cal,
state and federal levels.
"We've done a lot of digs
here in Alabama," Cotti­er
said. "We've excavat­ed
at sites of slave cabins;
historic American Indians
and pre-historic Ameri­can
Indians—really just a
wide range of archaeologi­cal
sites."
Cottier said he has also
worked at various forts
around Alabama, including
Fort Conde in Mobile, Fort
Morgan in Gulf Shores and
primarily Fort Mitchell in
Russell County.
Cottier said he and his
team are now working hard
analyzing the results of an
excavation at a dig site just
outside of the casinos in
Atmore, Ala., in hopes of
learning about the Poarch
band of Creek Indians.
"This Poarch Creek ex­cavation
is finished," said
Monica Cox, recent Au­burn
graduate in anthro­pology.
"We're working on
the analysis part of our in­vestigation
now."
Cottier said he and his
co-workers have been
working at this particular
site for 10 years excavat­ing
artifacts from the Creek
civilization.
"The Poarch band of the
Creek Indians have given
us $1 million on their own,"
Cottier said. "They are very
interested in and hap­py
with the work we have
done so far. They have been
very gracious with funding
some of our research at this
site."
Despite his travels, Cot­tier
said he is an Auburn
Plainsman, through and
through.
"I grew up in Auburn,"
Cottier said. "I attended
undergraduate school here
tremendous addition to
Auburn University," said
Dan King, assistant vice
president of Facilities Man­agement.
"It will provide a
quality teaching, learning
and research environment
for an important and grow­ing
program here at Au­burn."
The first floor will house
the department's biome­chanics
and motof behav­ior
laboratories.
The motor behavior lab,
which focuses a signifi­cant
portion of its research
on physical activity in chil­dren,
will open onto a green
space for outdoor activity.
The second floor will
house epidemiology and
exercise behavior labs
and the TigerFit program,
which provides health
screenings and fitness as­sessments
for students, fac-u
With support
such as this,
our kinesiology
program can
become the top
such program in
the country."
—BETTY LOU WHITFORD
DEAN. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
ulty and the community.
The third floor will fea­ture
controlled-access
space for muscle physiolo­gy,
cardioprotection, neu-romechanics,
sports opti­mization
and thermal labs.
The facility is expected
to be completed by spring
2013 and will be located on
Wire Road between the ten­nis
courts and the outdoor
swimming complex.
"We are very excited
about the new facility and
thank the Board of Trustees
for their support," Whitford
said. "The construction of
this building means our
Department of Kinesiolo­gy
will have a facility that
matches its outstanding
reputation for excellence
in teaching, research and
outreach—all three parts of
Auburn's mission of a major
land grant universityr
Whitford said she be-,
lieves the facility is what
is needed to give the pro­gram
a boost in the Nation­al
Academy of Kinesiology
rankings.
"Already ranked 22nd na­tionally,
with support such
as this our kinesiology pro­gram
can become the top
such program in the coun­try?
Whitford said.
REBECCA CROOMES
ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Fraternities and sorori­ties
across campus are get­ting
ready to put on their
letters and show what their
chapters are m^de of.
The Greek communi­ty
is hosting a carnival, a
canned-food drive and a
pageant for Greek Week
2011, taking place Oct.
9-14.
All proceeds from the
events will be donated to
the Boys & Girls Clubs of
Lee County.
Stacy Shockley, senior
in marketing and member
of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority,
said the charity work pro­vides
a different view of
Greek life.
"It gives us a better name
so people don't think we
just, like, party all the time,"
said Shockley, director of
Greek Week for the Panhel-leriic
Council. "Like, we re­ally
do have a great philan­thropy
that we're support­ing.
I think it's really im­portant
for all of us to, like,
come together and work to­gether."
Promoting unity in Au­burn's
Greek community is
one of the main purposes
for Greek Week said Carter
Hawkins, junior in interna­tional
business and mem­ber
of Theta Chi fraternity.
"It's just kind of to bring
all the Greeks together in
a setting that they normal­ly
wouldn't come togeth­er
in and all in the name
of, like, community service
and raising money for kids,"
Hawkins said.
Hawkins, director of
Greek Week for the Interfra-ternity
Council, said all the
cookouts and games are de­signed
to bring the clubs to­gether,
but ultimately serve
the greater purpose of phi­lanthropy.
Hawkins said the plan­ning
began early because
the organizing team re­worked
last years schedule,
keeping some events and
planning new one& Meet­ings
with representatives
from every sorority and fra­ternity
and local restau­rants
had to be conducted
so schedules would match
up.
The job of planning the
activities for the Interfra-ternity
Council was turned
over to Tyler Adkins, senior
in wireless engineering and
member of Sigma Pi.
"It's kind of fun to deter­mine
what we do and ac­tually
make a difference in
how it evolves," Adkins said.
"Past that, it's been a lot of
fun working with every­body
from different organi­zations."
Adkins said he worked
with the Panhellenic activ­ities
director to prime the
schedule and add new ma­terial
after analyzing feed­back
he received from oth­er
fraternities.
"We just kept an open
mind in trying to deter-
* mine what was going to be
the best fit for Greek Week
this year," Adkins said.
One of the new events
being held this year is
"Canstruction," a contest
to see which team can de­sign
the best structure out
of canned goods donated
by Kroger. Teams will pay
to compete and the food
will be donated to the Beat
Bama Food Drive, Hawkins
said.
Highlights of the week
will be the Miss Greek
Week pageant Tuesday and
the Greek Week carnival
Wednesday on the Student
Center Greenspace.
The carnival will be open
to all students from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. and costs $2 to
participate. After 3 p.m.
children from the Boys &
Girls Clubs and any stu­dents
accompanying chil­dren
in Project Uplift are
welcome to attend the car­nival
games for free.
and then went on to the
University of Alabama- to
get my master's degree and
then the University of Mis­souri
for my doctorate."
Cottier has been teach­ing
at Auburn for 32 years.
He has also taught at both
of his other two alma ma­ters.
"He's very passionate
about what he's teaching,"
Cox said. "He drives you to
want to learn more and be
better at whatever it is you
do, whether you're an an­thropology
major or not."
Hamilton Bryant, senior
in anthropology, said Cot­tier
inspires his students to
be skeptical and analytical,
despite one's inclinations.
"He encourages us to not
just accept what people
say," Bryant said. "There's
a lot of misinformation
out there, which plays a
big part in the value of an­thropology.
Dr. Cottier has
taught us to approach our
work with a holistic nature."
Cox said working along­side
her mentor has been
an invaluable experience
that inspires her to pursue
her own dreams without
reservation.
"He's extremely encour­aging,"
Cox said. "He never
gives up, and.that keeps us
going."
SHANETTA PENDLETON
STAFF WRITER
The Department of Ki­nesiology's
faculty and stu­dents
can expect a dramat­ic
makeover in a couple of
years.
A planned $21.6 million
facility is expected to have
58,000 square feet of re­search
and office space for
the department in the Col­lege
of Education.
"The current facility is in­adequate
to support the re­search,
teaching and out­reach
mission of the kine­siology
department," said
Betty Lou Whitford, dean
of the College of Education.
The new facility will have
three floors, each of which
will cater to different needs
of the department.
"I think the College of Ed­ucation
Department of Ki­nesiology
facility will be a
Professor John Cottier works with student assistant Hamiltfen Bryant, senior in an­thropology,
sifting through rocks in search of artifacts. *
MARIA IAMPETRO / PHOTO EDITOR
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ages in the county," said
Jim Sadler, president of
Lee County Fair Associ­ation.
"It is a great way
to have fun without a
great expense."
Located off Highway
431 near Opelika High
School, the fair will be
open Thursday and Fri­day
at 6 p.m. and Sat­urday
at 4 p.m. Admis­sion
is $3 for adults, $2
for students and chil­dren
and $1 for senior
citizens. ,
"I hope everyone will
come to the fair," said
Opelika Mayor Gary
Fuller. "It's going to be a
beautiful and fun week
You need to come out
and enjoy some food
and rides."
Sadler said unlimited'
ride passes can be pur­chased
for $20. There
will be approximately 20
rides, including a Ferris
wheel and the Zipper.
Another feature of the
fair is competitions like
animal exhibitions.
The steer and heifer
shows took center stage
Wednesday night, and
a goat show will take
place Thursday night
"I hope nothing ever
happens to the fair," Full­er
said. "It reminds me
of the good ol' days."
Book release honors storyteller
KRISTEN OLIVER
WRITER
Alabama lost one of its most
acclaimed talents this summer
when Kathryn Tucker Windham
died at the age of 93.
Windham started her first writ­ing
job when she was just 12 and
won several Associated Press
awards for writing and photog­raphy
during her 81-year career.
Her life and her stories will be Cel­ebrated
with an event Thursday
at 7 p.m. at The Gnu's Room.
"She was best known for her
storytelling," said Tina Tatum,
Gnu's Room owner. "A storytell­er
is somebody who, as soon as
they start talldng, everybody is
just captivated by what they say.
And they bring forward all the old
traditional folklore from the past
that keeps it alive for all of us."
Windham was born in Sel-ma
and grew up in neighboring
Thomas ville.
"She was known to generations
of school children for her ghost
stories and her collection of folk­lore
and as a storyteller who drew
her inspiration and narratives
from growing up in Alabama and
life in Alabama," said Jay Lamar,
director of the Caroline Marshall
Draughon Center for the Arts and
Humanities. "She was incredibly
funny and had a really sharp wit."
Windham traveled the country,*
giving people an idea of what life
in Alabama was like.
"We just want to celebrate her
work and the impact she's had
on so many of us and her dedica­tion
to writing and the arts," La­mar
said. "She put Alabama his­tory
and experience in a perspec­tive
all of us can identify with."
The event marks the start of the
October Auburn Writers Confer­ence
and will be presided over
by Ed Williams and Mary Hel­en
Brown, professors in the De­partment
of Communication and
Journalism who knew Windham.
Williams said he first met
Windham more than 15 years
ago, and for several years he took
students in his newswriting class­es
to interview her in Selma. To­day
he requires students to read
her book "Odd-Egg Editor."
Tatum said the experiences
that can be learned from the life
and works of Windham will be
part of the event.
"Then we are going to, open it
We just want to
celebrate her work
atnci the impact
she's had on so
many of us."
—JAY LAMAR
DIRECTOR, CAROLINE MARStfAll.
' DRAUGHON CKNTKIi
up for people who have memo­ries
of her or her stories or their
own stories to share," Tatum said.
At the time of her death, Wind­ham
was working on a memoir.
The book "She: The Old Woman
Who Took Over My Life," will de­but
at the event.
"The fact that her last book is
going to debut at the event is re­ally
the perfect opportunity to re­member
her arid to celebrate her,"
Lamar said.
Tatum said she hopes young
people come to the event wheth­er
they have heard of Windham
or not.
"This event is to honor her
memory," Tatum said. "She really
is an Alabama treasure."
Jasmine Marvin and Degabriel Marvin, 4, play a water gun game at the fair, open through Saturday.
Meet at the Midway
Lee County Fair entertains young and old
with rides, shows, games and food
NATALIE YARID
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
You don't have to
search far for cheap,
fun and different plans
Thursday through Sat­urday.
The Lee County Fair
has arrived in town for
the 64th time and has
plenty of attractions
planned.
"The fair is entertain­ment
for youth of all
MARIA IAMPETRO
/ PHOTO EDITOR
The Zfpper is one of about 20 rides providing entertainment on the
Midway for Lee County fair-goers. Unlimited ride passes are $20.
American Cancer Society and
Opelika Main Street wanted to
bring breast cancer awareness
to a local level.
"If we don't get the word out
and make sure people know to
get yearly mammograms and
do self-exams, then they could
miss things that really could af­fect
them later on," said Aman­da
Fowler, Auburn graduate and
ACS employee who has partici­pated
in the walk "One of my fa­vorite
times of the fall is attend­ing
this event... The energy is
just amazing."
Breast Cancer survivors are a
close-knit community in the Au­burn
and Opelika area, Fowler
said.
"They're just a family' Fowler
said. "They want to get the word
out and make sure that every­one
is aware of what they need
. to know and taking care of their
own health."
According to the ACS, breast
cancer is the most common
form of cancer other than skin
cancer. When found in its earli­est
stage, the chance for success­ful
treatment of breast cancer is
the greatest
"Prevention and early detec­tion
is the key to saving lives,"
Fowler said.
Once the walk is over,-stores
and restaurants.in the down-
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SARAH COOK
WRITER
A sea of pink will flood his­toric
downtown Opelika when
breast cancer survivors and sup­porters
walk to raise awareness
in the seventh-annual Think
Pink Walk
The one-mile walk will be Sat­urday
at 9:30 a.m. with registra-.
tion beginning at 8 a.m. Tick­ets
cost $15 and include a Think
Pink T-shirt
"It's really awesome to see
people, hopefully over 600 peo­ple,
walking around the square
with pink T-shirts on," said Col­leen
Alsobrook co-director of
the walk
Throughout the day the
downtown area will have breast
cancer awareness activities, live
entertainment and a reception
for all participants.
All 'proceeds from the walk
will benefit East Alabama Med­ical
Center's Breast Health for
Underserved Women Program.
The program provides mam­mograms,
diagnostic testing
and treatment for women in
east Alabama who might be un­able
to get it otherwise.
"It's showing every year that
more and more women are be­ing
diagnosed with breast can­cer,
so early detection is impor­tant"
Alsobrook said.
The annual walk began when
representatives from the EAMC,
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EOPLE why. I just randomly, one
day, decided that I wanted
to learn."
She said it was pretty easy
to pick up, and it quickly be­came
one of her favorite
hobbies.
"I like to have something
to do—watching a movie or
anything" Ivy-Townley said.
"I'm kind of fidgety;-and it's
something to do instead of
just sitting there. And then
you have something to
show for it."
She started teaching her
friends and family how
to knit and even taught a
few small classes at coffee
shops like Toomer's Coffee
and The Gnu's Room.
"When I get excited
about something, I want
to teach everybody else,
regardless if they want to
learn it or not," Ivy-Town-leysaid.
Through this process Ivy-
Towpley has been able to
find a deeper meaning in
knitting a meaning reflect­ed
in the name of her shop.
"We're named after
Tabitha from Acts Chapter
9 in the Bible," Ivy-Town-ley
said. "She made gar­ments
for people, and ev­eryone
loved her. She died,
and everyone was so sad.
They asked Peter to come
pray for her, and he raised
her from the dead. I just re­ally
love that story because
her heart was to be gener­ous
with her gift."
Ivy-Townley has seen
others take the skills they've
learned from her and show
the same generosity.
"There is a woman who
came to a class with her
granddaughter and some of
her friends, and she learned
to knit with the girls," Ivy-
Townley said. "She started
making sweaters for a char­ity
for girls who need them.
It was cool to see her just
take it and run with it like
that."
Opening a yarn shop was
just 4 distant possibility
for Ivy-Townley, but when
her location on South Gay
Street in the same strip as
Gnu's Room, Perch and Am­sterdam
Cafe became avail­able,
she knew she wanted
to go for it,
"I was a history major,"
Ivy-Townley said. "I didn't
think a lot about business.
We didn't plan on opening
a yarn store, but when this
place opened up we just
kind of jumped on it. This
whole little shopping center
is really, artsy, and I felt like
it would really fit in with ev­erything
else."
Tavita's Heart is Auburn's
one and only yarn shop. She
sells knitting and crochet
supplies and teaches a wide
variety of classes. .
Ivy-Townley said she
wants the shop to be a place
where people can come to
get away from life's business
and relax.
"It's got a great envi­ronment,"
said Amanda
Wynne, frequent customer
Knitting not
only a hobby,
but a career
ELIZABETH BONNER
STAFF WHITER
Knitting with a heart-that's
how Anne Ivy-Town­ley
sees it.
Ivy-Townley opened Ta­vita's
Heart last January, but
the events that led up to it-didn't
come from extensive
planning or a preconceived
career path.
She started knitting two
years ago simply because
she wanted to learn.
"I don't have an interest­ing
story," Ivy-Townley said.
"I wanted to learn to knit, so
I watched some YouTube
videos. I can't remember
MARIA IAMPETR0 / PHOTO EDITOR
Anne Ivy-Townley owns the only yarn store in Auburn.
and friend of Ivy-Townley.
"Normally there's music in
the background.
"It's a very welcoming
place where you can just
come and knit"
ers-Smith, director of Ope­lika
Main Street.
Breast cancer survivors
attending the event will be
honored and given a special
gift, Alsobrook said.
"I just think its fun," Pow-ers-
Smith said. "Everyone
is wearing pink, and it's fun
to meet people you maybe
didn't even know were sur­vivors
of breast cancer."
All contributions from
the event will benefit wom­en
of east Alabama. Last
year more than 150 women
were served.
Those who want to par­ticipate
in the walk can reg­ister
at 8 a.m. on Railroad
Avenue across from Cot­tage
Cafe.
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town area will offer specials
all day long.
"For instance, a gift shop
may offer 45 percent off
anything pink, or a restau­rant
might have free pink
lemonade for everyone who
attended," said Pam Pow-
ALISON MCFERRIN age group," Duggan said.
NEWS EDITOR " we treat all the issues the
The Loveliest Village on same whether someone's
the Plains may sometimes 19 years old or 89 years old."
be seen as a city divided: Auburn is divided into
one part residents and one eight wards. Students, like
part students. But city of- residents, can voice their
ficials don't see it that way concerns to their council
when it comes to city con- representative.
cerns. "I would expect any-
"You are a resident of one that has a residence in
Auburn if you have a resi- . any part of the community,
dence," said Auburn May- even if they're renting for a
or Bill Ham. "If you have a week or a month, that the
dwelling here, then yo.u live council member for that
here." * geographical area would di-
This point is crucial for rectthem," Ham said,
students to recognize when Students also have a
it comes to voicing city con- voice in Opelika, where
cerns. Students may not be Mayor Gary Fuller said they
aware of how to deal with do what they can to accom-the
city, whether regard- modate student concerns,
ing a traffic light, a pothole "They would just do what
or organizing a communi- any other citizen would do,"
ty event. Fuller said. "Certainly they
"If an individual has a can call the mayor's office,
problem, the best thing to and we'll try to accommo-dotis,
if it's not something date them."
within a particular depart- One way to make contact
ment, like police or fire or with city departments in
codes or planning or some- Auburn or Opelika is to at-thing
like that, I'm available tend a city council meeting.
24/7," Ham said. "So is the "That's a good venue be-city
manager." cause we've got all the de-
Auburn City Manag- partment heads of the city
er Charlie Duggan said there—we kind of get ev-whether
or not someone erybody at once," Ham said,
is a student "doesn't always The citizens' commu-comeup."
nications portion of the
"There are definitely meeting allows any resi-some
issues that are unique dent to express his or her
to the students, or to that concerns for a maxirrtum of
We treat all
the issues the
same whether
someone's 19
years old or 89
years old."
CHARLIE DUGGAN
AUBURN CITY MANAGER
five minutes in front of the
council.
Additionally, students
may not realize there is a
portion set aside for SGA
communications at Au­burn
City Council meet­ings,
which provides a link
between the council and
the SGA. Ham said he also
goes to breakfast with the
SGA once a month, adding
that he and the council try
to be proactive about un­derstanding
and address­ing
student concerns.
"I see the efforts of stu­dents
and what they bring
to this community as being
incredibly beneficial," Ham
said.
Fuller voiced similar feel­ings.
"We love students," Full­er
said. "We welcome them
in Opelika, and we try to
always show them a lot of
love."
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Thursday, October 6, 2011 www.theplainsman.com. Community
OUR VIEW
It's time to spread the power of pink
Cancer is a quiet, creeping
threat from within.
It's a thing this world could
do without. It takes from us
our friends, our neighbors and
our families. If it's not breast
cancer, it's cancer of the skin,
lung, blood, pancreas, pros­tate,
colon, throat or any oth­er
vital thing.
Too many people are taken
too early by this too terrible
disease.
It's as if that cloaked skele­ton
has gotten scythe-happy.
There's no cancer awareness
movement more broad than
that for breast cancer. Thou­sands
of runs, walks, picnics,
banquets, fundraisers and oth­er
events are held every year
to raise money for the cause
or to just raise awareness of
the most prevalent cancer in
women. It's a wonderful thing,
that our nation has embraced
this cause.
Early treatment often leads
to recovery. Women who catch
the cancer early have a much
better chance of saving them­selves.
We've come a long way from
the time when we discour­aged
women from ever talking
about their breasts. Diseases
went untreated and women
lost their lives to a preventable
illness for the sake of propriety.
Today, though, it's tough
to find a person that doesn't
know someone who had onhas
breast cancer. There are a lot
of people out there who raise
funds for their grandmother,
sister, mother or daughter.
Breast cancer awareness is
capable of moving a sizeable
amount of money.
The movement has devel­oped
into a unique fashion
and cultural statement. There
are T-shirts, wristbands, clubs,
books, speeches, shoes, bum­per
stickers, organizations,
lobbyists and a host of other
channels through which the
breast cancer awareness mes­sage
and its finances can flow.
One thing breast cancer
awareness groups particular­ly
excel at is putting the fac­es
with the cause. Hie survi­vors
and those currently suf­fering
are given special nam-etags
and, generally, a part in
the ceremonies. This is a som­ber
reminder of the multitudes
breast cancer affects.
Why not include, along with
the faces of those-who struggle
with breast cancer, the results
of the hard work of those in­volved
in the awareness cam­paign?
Show us the money do­nated,
the treatments devel­oped,
the medicines created
and the lives saved.
Show the people who put
forth so much what they need
to see: their labor is paying off.
But there are, sadly, those
who suffer from other can­cers
not so easily found or di­agnosed.
No amount of aware­ness
or self-screening is going
to prevent their diseases from
coming full-force.
The only answer for them is
treatment—lengthy, painful,
expensive treatment.
We have the opportunity to
use the power of pink to bene­fit
the lives of others suffering
from their own cancers by gen­erating
atleast a part of the fi­nances.
We feel that the force behind
the breast cancer awareness
STAFF COLUMNS
movment can be effectively
and righteously used to ben­efit
the victims of other can­cers
who deal with the costs of
treatment.
We at The Plainsman rec­ognize
that those with breast
cancer in no way have it easy.
Cancer is cancer, and it's al­ways
a tough road, but that's
our point—everyone who has
this disease is suffering terri­bly.
What we would like to see
is an open invitation to orga­nizations
that support vic­tims
of other cancers to join
in October's numerous aware­ness
events and have them be
a part of the movement. Breast
cancer is an awful thing in the
same way that all cancer is aw­ful.
All cancer must be fought
on all fronts. A fight against
breast cancer should be a fight
against every other sort as
well.
Using the giant umbrella of
the breast cancer awareness
movement, greater progress
can be made for the effort of
curing all cancers.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
// They're just a family. They
• • want to get the word out and
make sure that everyone is aware
of what they need to know ..."
—AMANDA FOWLER
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I graduate in seven months, and
I finally realized one of my biggest
regrets of my college years.
I haven't gone to enough away
games.
My sister and I went to Missis­sippi
State my freshman year and
stayed with our brother. The Fri­day
before the game was Bull­dog
Bash, which is their version
of a UPC concert, featuring Matt
Wertz and Gavin DeGraw. I had a
great time and got to walk around
their campus that night and see
the highlights.
The next day was less exciting.
Remember the time we won 3-2?
Yeah, it was that game.
So overall, an enjoyable experi­ence,
but I never went to another
away game until last weekend.
I guess part of why I never went
was the difficulty of getting tickets
as an underclassman, and then
last season all the good games
were at home.
This season, though, my friends
and I decided to take advantage
of our seniority and buy tick'ets
to South Carolina, LSU and Geor­gia.
We all knew at least one per­son
at each school that we could
crash with, and road tripping to­gether
would make traveling less
expensive.
After a few quick .stops around
Auburn, we were on the road. Five
and a half hours plus some traf-
' fic later, we were there. Time flies
when you're fist pumping to Girl
Talk and belting the lyrics to your
old Avril Lavigne CD, right? Right.
The first pleasant surprise
came when we found out there
was no towing on weekends for
our friend's building. Auburn,
take note.
The next came later in the night
when we went to Five Points, Co­lumbia's
downtown college scene.
Along with having a huge vari­ety
of bars to go to, there was np
cover. Awesome, I know. I was
able to bar hop to four different
bars, all after 11 p.m., without pul­ing
anything out of my wallet ex­cept
my license. Here's looking at
you, Skybar.
Also, being the minority at an­other
SEC school makes the ex­perience
that much better. Seeing
another fan reppin their Auburn
gear and joining an Auburn chant
in a crowd of "the enemy" brings a
sense of unity and pride like noth­ing
else.
I found myself surprised Satur­day
by the classy Gamecock fans.
Maybe they pitied us too much
to say something mean because
they'd heard about our defense,
but if the worst I have to put up
with is a "Roll Tide," or the soda
poured on the back of my car over
my Auburn license plate, I'll take
it
On top of it all, our defense
showed up and we won the game.
After dinner at Chipotle, a
problem Auburn is in the process
of remedying, our USC friends
gave us a quick personal tour of
campus.
Although I» prefer Auburn's
close quarters, USC's sprawling
campus was beautiful and full of*
history.
The all-around success of this
trip opened my eyes to how fun
away games can be, and I can only
hope the next few will be just as
exciting and educating.
I encourage students to trav­el
outside the Auburn bubble at
least once, preferably for an away
game, and truly experience the
other college towns not lucky
enough to have you. *
Escape the stress of college with rustic country Jim at the county fair
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As midterms loom and my
supply of coffee runs dangerous­ly
low, it seems like perfect tim­ing
for the Lee County Fair to roll
back into town.
I went to the fair in my home­town
before the semester started
back up. After a corndog and an
agonizingly long (probably three
and a half minutes) ride on some
contraption that had cornered
the market on centrifugal force, I
thought I would never be able to
walk straight without feeling sick
again.
But hey—that's the fun of the
fair, right?
For me, the fair evokes power­ful
images. It's bright lights and
loud music. It's carnies and thrill
rides and stuffed animals big­ger
than a house. It's cotton can­dy
and candy apples and pretty
much anything you can deep-fry.
But it's also simplicity. It's a
time when, for maybe only a few
hours, you can cast aside the real
world and return to the days of
throwing plastic rings at glass
bottles to win a stuffed monkey.
It's straightforward fun that flies
in the face of today's tech-focused
world of Wiis, Blu-rays, e-readers
and iPods.
Something in me expects to
find Andy, Barnie and Opie check­ing
out the goats while the carou­sel
turns endlessly in the back­ground,
playing a familiar tune.
I remember going to the fair
with my parents and with my
friends as I got older. I remem­ber
channeling school spirit into
the fair with the marching band
YOUR VIEW
as we opened up the beauty pag­eant.
I remember rows of blue rib­bons
for the largest pumpkin, the
reddest tomatoes or the most im­pressive
4-H project. I remember
the feeling, each year, of taking
that first step onto a dusty Mid­way.
The night ahead was full of
strolling, running into people you
know from around town, day fad­ing
to night and making the lights
of the rides even brighter. There
was something so uncomplicated
about those nights.
Maybe my vision and my mem­ories
are overly romanticized. Af­ter
all, the fair also tends to be
sticky and noisy and distinctly
odorous.
But a county fair is quintessen-tially
Southern, right on par with
opening doors, tipping hats and
eating fried chicken (another fair
food favorite). It attracts a class
of people, from young to old and
poor to rich, who just want to go
out and have a good time. And
with a minimum sticker price of
only $1-3 for admission, it might
just be one of the cheapest good
times out there.
Keep your $50 concert ticket.
During my study break, I'm going
to the fair.
Government exercised dangerous power by assassinating American citizen
Last Friday the Obama admin­istration
announced that it had
killed one of the most dangerous
terrorists in the world: Anwar al-
Awlaki, a radical American-born
cleric living in Yemen.
Awlaki was infamous for his
fiery sermons advocating jihad
against the United States and
its citizens, and he had been on
the CIA's hit list since early 2010.
Obama boasted that his death
was a "major blow" to Al Qaeda
in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
and a "significant milestone in the
broader effort to defeat Al Qaeda."
The story you probably didn't
hear is that Awlaki was an Amer­ican
citizen who had never been
charged with any crime and was
assassinated without any sem­blance
of due process.
Administration officials con­tinue
to claim that Awlaki was
involved in planning various at­tacks
and was officially tied to
AQAP, but they refuse to release
any of the evidence for their
claims.
Without proof of these allega­tions,
the only thing that's clear
is that Awlaki was exercising his
freedom of speech in a way that
the government didn't like.
Obama even refuses to release
his own Justice Department's in­terpretation
of the Authorization
for the Use of Military Force reso­lution
that supposedly gives him
the ability to extra-judicially ex­ecute
U.S. citizens.. State secrets
privilege sure comes in handy.
This sets a dangerous prece­dent,
the magnitude of which
cannot be overstated. The presi­dent
can now play judge, jury and
executioner for any person in the
world for any alleged crimes he
can think up, and he doesn't have
to present a single shred of evi­dence
to support his claims.
_s
If you happen to trust Obama
with that power (not that you
should), remember that the leg­acy
of executive overreach won't
end with this presidency; it could
very well be Rick Perry or Mi­chelle
Bachmann authorizing the
due-process-free killing of citi­zens
in an election cycle or two.
That point highlights the as­tounding
hypocrisy of Democrats
and progressives who pretended
to care about civil liberties back
when Bush was in office. They
(rightfully) lambasted his admin­istration
for its warrantless wire­tapping,
suspension of habeas
corpus, "enhanced interrogation
techniques," et cetera. Now that
an incumbent Democratic presi­dent
is leading the assault on the
Bill of Rights, they are the ones
applauding loudest
When it comes to undermining
the principles that our country
was founded on, at least Republi­cans
have been consistent
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senior, chemical engineering
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Assistant coach Carrie Karkoska pushes swimmers to succeed
MELODY KITCHENS
ONLINE EDITOR
In her fifth year at Auburn Uni­versity,
assistant coach Carrie
Karkoska continues to bring suc­cess
to Auburn's swimming and
diving program.
Karkoska spent two seasons as
a graduate assistant strength and
conditioning coach. As well, she-completed
her master's in exer­cise
science at Auburn in August
2009.
Before she was promoted to
assistant coach, Karkoska spent
a great deal of her time in the
weight room, her main focus be­ing
the diving, cross-country and
gymnastics teams from 2007-09.
She then transitioned to serv­ing
in the role of assistant coach
for the following three seasons.
"It's a good challenge and tran­sition
to become a coach," Kar­koska
said. "One is the credibility.
People can be hesitant to see that
transition from diver to coach."
Originally from Columbus,
Ohio, Karkoska earned an under­graduate
degree in organizational
leadership and supervision from
Purdue University.
Prior to moving to Auburn, she
spent a year at Purdue as an in­tern
in strength and conditioning.
There, she worked mostly with the
university's men's and women's
tennis, mfen's and women's swim­ming
and diving, cheerleading,
softball and soccer teams.
Working with the swimming
and diving team in particular was
nothing new for Karkoska, as she
was an accomplished diver her­self
only a few years ago.
Before her teenage years, Kar­koska
said she loved gymnastics,
but she was ready to try some­thing
new.
"My mom was a diver, so she
helped influence me to try some­thing
different," Karkoska said. "It
was for a change."
That change turned into diving
at age 13, and success followed
Karkoska throughout her high
school and college careers.
In high school she
was a four-time state
champion and a Ju­nior
World Diving
Champion in 2000.
At Purdue, Kar-
. koska set numerous
school records, includ­ing
her accomplish­ment
as the first diver CARRIE
at the university to win a
conference title.
She lettered all four years while
on the diving team at Purdue and
became a four-time All-American
honoree.
Karkoska was also Big Ten Div­er
of the Year twice and compet­ed
in the U.S. Olympic Team Tri­als.
To this day, she
remains the plat­form
record holder
at Purdue.
In addition to all
her own successes,
Auburn swimmers
and coaching staff
agree that Karkos-
KARKOSKA ka is an asset to the
staff and members of
the team.
"She has an ability to connect
with people, and she's always
willing to learn," said associate
coach Frank Bradley. "That and
challenging, challenging others,
» See KARKOSKA, B4
SPORTS
Soccer to
score big
on Friday
SLOANE HUDSON
WRITER
After snapping their 10-game
unbeaten streak with a loss to
Mississippi State Sunday, the No.
20 Tigers will face one of their
most challenging opponents Fri­day,
the No. 9 Florida Gators.
"They're consistently the best
team in the league," said senior
midfielder Katy Frierson. "It's ex­citing
that this is the team we'll
play after such a disappointing
loss."
The Tigers are preparing ac­cordingly
for a bigger game with a
challenging atmosphere.
"Gainesville is a very tough
place to play because their field is
smaller than most of the fields we
play on," said coach Karen Hoppa.
Preparation for this game will
start with intense practices and
trying to use the loss against Mis-
Tigers await
Gamecocks
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After claiming a 16-13 victory
over the South Carolina Game­cocks
in the game's final mo­ments,
the No. 15 Auburn Tigers
are hard at work preparing to
face the No. 10 Arkansas Razor-backs
at Donald W. Reynolds Ra-zorback
Stadium Saturday.
"Everybody knows we have a
great challenge this week, an­other
tough road game against
a very good football team," said
coach Gene Chizik "It's going to
be a great challenge for us. We're
going back on the road, and I feel
like our team is getting a little bit
better of an idea of playing on the
road and the challenges of that
that come with these tough SEC
road games."
The work-in-progress Tigers
are 4-1 for the season and 2-0 in
the SEC, and the Razorbacks are
the third conference opponent
Auburn faces this season.
"They execute extremely well,"
Chizik said of the Razorbacks.
"There's no question about that.
I think everybody knows they
have three very talented wide
receivers that are very explo­sive,
very fast. They're very good
with the ball in their hands after
the catch. Their running game
is always extremely physical.
They have big (running) backs.
Their quarterback is very well
coached. We have to play much
better than we have the previous
two outings to give us a chance to
win. I'm talking defensively as we
know that, and this is an offense
that is tough to slow down."
As defending national cham­pions,
the Tigers have struggled
defensively since the start of the
season. They managed to make
impressive comebacks against
opponents like Utah State and
South Carolina, and Auburn's
strength will be tested by a top-ranked
team once again.
"You hope they're getting bet­ter
every week in terms of trust­ing
each other and relying on
each other as a unit," Chizik said.
"I think they are. I think this is
» See SOCCER, B2
Coaches Gene Chizik and Trooper Taylor join fellow Tigers running onto the field before kickoff against the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Tigers succeed in conference, await Razorbacks
Wallen
isballin
BRANDON MILLER
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
From a fan's perspective, noth­ing
is nicer than having confi­dence
in a late-inning pitcher in
a close game.
While Major League Baseball
has names like Mariano Rivera
and Jonny Venters, Auburn has
senior pitcher Ethan Wallen.
"He's a tremendous athlete,"
said coach John Pawlowski. "He's
one of the best two or three ath­letes
on our team. He handles
himself on the mound and loves
to compete.
"In baseball, especially in this
league, there has to be things that
separate you from the next per­son,
and he certainly is one of our
most competitive guys."
Wallen said he began playing
baseball at age 4 and fell in love
with the game while competing
around his friends. As the Ander­son,
Ala., native continued play­ing,
he became the definition of a
utility player.
"I caught in high school,
pitched, short stop—played
whatever depending on who was
playing the other positions," Wal­len
said. "I like doing it all. It's
fun."
Despite being a versatile base­ball
player, Wallen said he didn't
know he was good enough for
collegiate baseball until his high
school coach, Trent Patterson,
had Northwest Shoals Commu­nity
College scout him, ultimate­ly
landing him a spot with the Pa­triots.
After going 5-2 with a 4.76 ERA
playing for the Patriots his fresh-
» See WALLEN, B2
ROBERT E. LEE / ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR
Junior defensive back T'Sharvan Bell tackles South Carolina wide reciever Bruce Ellington.
going to be a great test because
there are going to be some things
that happen in this game right
now that they're going to have
to overcome in terms of negative
things happening. That's just the
pressure this offense is going to
put on your defense.
"I think this is going to be a
phenomenal test for our guys.
We've faced some really good of­fenses
up to this point That's 100
percent fact. This one right here
may be the best out of all the
ones we've faced. I think it's go­ing
to be a really good test for our
guys right now because I think
they do feel like in the last two
weeks, progress has been made."
Arkansas has claimed three of
the last four matchups against
Auburn.
"This is about Auburn, it's not
about Arkansas," Chizik said.
"We'll continue to try and im­prove
ourselves."
Although Auburn lost to Clem-son
this month, it has won 10
consecutive conference games
and 11 straight against SEC op­ponents—
the longest streak
» See FOOTBALL, B4
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sjssippi State as motivation,
Hoppa said.
"The coaches are work­ing
to get some good game
plans ready, and we'll have
some good practices, but
ultimately we still have it in
the palm of our hands," said
senior defender Julie King.
"It's up to us what we
want to do. The past is the
past, and we're just look­ing
to focus on what we can
control."
The Tigers will need to
give it their all against Flor­ida,
King said.
"A team like Florida re­quires
us to execute our
strategies for the'full 90
minutes or they'll get up on (
us on the scoreboard," King
said. J
"We're prepared to ex­ecute
our game plan and
have some good practic­es
ahead of us this week to
make sure we play to our
full potential on Friday^'
The Tigers play the No.
9 Florida Gators Oct. 7 in
Gainesville, Fla.
After visiting more than half of
the SEC's stadiums as an away fan,
I honestly think South Carolina is
the second-most hostile environ­ment
I've been in.
Can you guess who's first?
While some would consider
that a compliment, please don't.
It's not meant to be one.
Despite meeting and talking to
numerous nice, typically older,
Gamecock fans, the difference be­tween
them and the attitude most
young fans had toward me was
like the difference between garnet
and orange.
In attempt to get the full expe­rience
of Columbia, three friends
and I went downtown Friday
night. Considering we had never
been to the capital of South Car­olina,
we didn't have much of a
choice other than to ask locals
questions about places to go and
things to do.
Other than one or two individ­uals
who thought it would be fun­ny
to give us wrong directions,
there weren't any problems. That
changed when we got to Five
Points though.
At Five Points, the premier bar
scene, a random guy tried to fight
one of my friends, who was simply
trying to make sure he was OK
I must say, though, Five Points
lived up to what we were told. It's a
district-like portion of town that is
lined with bar after bar. However,
there are that many bars because
there are that many people. All we
found were lines.
On gameday, it appeared Game­cocks
fans could not have been
more polite. In fact, a home fan
next to our tailgate gave us a plate
of extra food they had.
Then, on the walk to the stadi­um,
it didn't take more than five
minutes before I was taunted for
the first time.
"You don't have Scam Newton
this year," a Gamecock fan yelled.
Little did he know Auburn didn't
need the former quarterback
Four rows from the top of the
stadium, the trash talk never
stopped. There were four mid-20-
year-old Auburn fans two rows in
front of me, and South Carolina
teenagers in front of and behind
them.
Throughout all of the bickering,
there was one line that had those
in black silent.
"I'm still mad y'all played Okla­homa
in '04 instead of us. Oh, wait,
that was the real USC."
As far as Williams-Brice Stadi­um
goes, it appeared South Caro­lina
hadn't updated it's scoreboard
since the last time it won the con­ference.
That would be in 1969 ...
and in the ACC.
I will, however, say I loved the
chair-back bleachers in the up­per
deck. That was a nice sur­prise.
One I would have appreciat­ed
more is if the seating numbers
were a foot apart from one anoth­er.
The game itself was incredible.
Obviously, anytime Auburn wins
it's a good game ... except against
Florida Atlantic, right?
Has everyone jumped off of the
"Fire Ted Roof" bandwagon now?
That'd be appropriate. Marcus
Lattimore was held to 66 yards.
He's been averaging 152.75 per
game this year. Not to mention,
according to Gamecocks faith­ful,
Lattimore is this year's Heis-man
winner. By the way; as a team
South Carolina only had 289 yards
of offense.
I'm also working on a Facebook
group for Steven Clark to win the
Ray Guy Award. On seven punts,
he put five inside the 20-yard line.
South Carolina did not have any
punt return yards.
Instead of giving the punter
his due, it appears the new thing
is "bench Barrett Trotter." That's
the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Even Gene Chizik has said Keihl
Frazier is not prepared to run the
offense.
What's new though? Turning on
players and coaches is apparently
the theme of this season.
But Auburn continues to prove
itself when fans seem to show less
confidence. So, what happens
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man year, Wallen went 4-0
his sophomore year with a
2.25 ERA.
"My sophomore year, I
got a lot of muster on my
fastball," Wallen said. "And
that fall I felt like I was
throwing it really well."
The performance re­ceived
attention from Paw-lowski,
who offered him
the opportunity to become
a Tiger.
"I was born and raised an
Auburn fan, and it's always
been my dream to come
here and play," Wallen said.
"To get recruited by them,
there was no other option
to go anywhere else."
Last year Wallen had
the most appearances on
the team, something the
coaching staff
said is one of
his strengths.
"With Ethan
and the way
his arm works,
he's available
almost every
time he conjes
to the ball­park,"
said as­sistant
coach Scott Fox-hall.
"That's a huge advan­tage
for a coaching staff
to have someone like that
with such a bounce-back in
his arm."
Wallen also had the
third-lowest ERA at 4.83
and second-most wins
with five, which Pawlows-ki
mostly credited to his de­livery.
"He throws from a little
bit different of an arm an­gle,"
Pawlowski said.
"It's great be­cause
it's differ­ent.
It's a low,
low three-quar­ter
arm slot,
and he gives us
a different look
out there when
he's pitching."
As fall prac­tice
continues,
Wallen said he's working
on being more consistent,
throwing strikes, being in
the zone and allowing the
defense to back him up.
"Last season, I struggled
a little bit throwing strikes,"
Wallen said. "That's been
my main focus this sum­mer
and this fall. It's being
able to throw strikes and
spot up."
Foxhall said Wallen has
done well thus far through
practice.
ETHAN WALLEN
Although it's only Octo­ber
and there are still plen­ty
of kinks to be worked out
with the team overall, Wal-len's
role on the team is al­ready
known.
"It'll be middle to late in
the ball game when he'll be
used," Pawlowski said. "He's
the type of guy that can go
in there and get ground
balls, and he's going to be in
with guys in scoring posi­tions
and guys on base.
"You have to have some­body
that has a little differ­ent
beat to them, and he
certainly has that."
Only time will tell if Wal­len
can perform this year.
"Everybody's dream is to
make it to the big leagues,"
Wallen said. "But you can
only go day-by-day, work
hard now and hope it pays
offintheend."
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igers ready to bump Bulldogs
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Bump, set, spike, score
Is hoped to be a recurring
sequence by the volleyball
'team this week and the rest
|of the season.
The team's next match is
[ against Mississippi State in
I Starkville at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The game will be televised
regionally by Cox Sports.
This will be the first of
two meetings between the
teams this year; the second
is Nov. 13.
Auburn dominated
meetings last year with
Mississippi State only win­ning
one set of the two
matches and Auburn win­ning
a combined six sets.
This will be the second of
a four-game away stretch
for Auburn as they travel to
Georgia, LSU and Arkansas.
Coach Rick Nold said he
hopes his team is ready for
the test.
"I think it will be interest­ing
to see how we go on the
road," Nold said. "When we
have played here at home,
we have had a lot of energy
in matches, and that really
helps our confidence. Now
when we go on the road, we
want to find that same level
of intensity. We just need to
continue to work and these
road games will show us
where we are. I hope we will
respond well."
Nold said he felt like his
team is beginning to hit its
stride at this part of the sea­son.
"Hie system we are put­ting
in as coaches, I think, is
finally starting to click and
giving them a lot of confi­dence
in themselves," Nold
said. "They aren't thinking
too much, they are just go­ing
out and playing hard. 1
think beating the people we
have here at home shows
what we are capable of.
When you go into matches
expecting to win, it helps."
Senior outside hitter Kel­ly
Fidero said she feels her
and h'er teammates still
have a lot of work to do for
this game and the subse­quent
road tests.
"I think we can still serve
a little tougher," Fidero said.
"Our defense is better than
our offense at this point.
1 think our blocking and
serving just need to get a
little better, and I think we'll
be all right."
Sophomore right setter
Chelsea Wintzinger said
she agrees with Fidero, and
added the team needs to fix
the little things.
"I think we need to work
on staying even more con­sistent,"
Wintzinger said,
"There were times in previ­ous
games where we would
go down a few points and
they would get on runs. We
need to work on not giving
up those runs."
Both Fidero and Wintz­inger
believe the team is
playing with a lot of confi­dence
right now after win­ning
three of the last four
matches.
"We have some tough
games coming up starting
with this game this week,
and I think we are playing
our best right now," Fidero
said. "But we know we have
a chance to really get on a
roll."
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PATRICK TIGHE
WRITER
The defending nation­al
champion equestrian
team is preparing to face
SEC opponent South Car­olina
at the Auburn Univer­sity
Horse Center at 10 a.m.
Saturday.
Both teams hold an iden­tical
record at 2-0.
"They are riding extreme­ly
well," said coach Greg
Williams. "We are just con­tinuing
on. We still have to
go all the way into spring.
When SEC schools com­pete,
you don't have to say
much to the girls."
Auburn has been led
by the riding of two wom­en
so far this season: hunt
seat rider Maggie McAla-ry,
senior in communica­tion,
and western rider Indy
Roper, junior in communi­cation.
McAlary and Roper took
home honors and victories
in meets against University
of Tennessee at Martin and
Texas Christian University.
The Tigers have two oth­er
top athletes in hunt seat
rider Christina Lin, soph­omore
in international
business, and western rid­er
Stephanie Rucci, sopho­more
in business.
Lin and Rucci were keys
in Auburn's victory against
TCU Saturday.
"I think we need to work
on the fly," Lin said. "As a
team we need to compete
against one of the tough­er
schools in South Caro­lina.
We all did really well
this weekend, but we need
to step up to the plate even
more next weekend."
Coach Boo Major heads
the Gamecock squad. Ma­jor
has 50 overall victo­ries
in his 14 years with
the Gamecocks and 17 to­tal
victories at equestrian
national championships.
South Carolina is second in
the nation for overall victo­ries.
The Gamecocks boast
talent with their equita­tion
riders junior Kimberly
McCormack and freshman
Katherine Schmidt
McCormack won by a
21-point margin against
Fresno State in her first eq­uitation
competition of the
season.
Schmidt won most valu­able
player honors in equi­tation
over fences against
Fresno State.
The Tigers swept the set
of meets against the Game­cocks
last season. Auburn
won 1472-1469 in a tie­breaker
last October in Bly-thewood,
S.C.
The second competition,
held at home, was decided
by a final score of 10-9.
Roper was successful in
the horsemanship portion
of the meet, while McAlary
won in the equitation over
fences competition.
Coach Williams and the
squad encourage the Au-burfl
fanbase to come out
and support the team in
this SEC contest.
The team is holding a
tailgate challenge at the
South Carolina meet.
Nonstudent organization
winners will be rewarded
an Auburn tailgate tent and
two chairs.
For student organiza­tions,
first place will receive
75 spirit points and an "Au­burn
Family All In" sign au­tographed
by the team.
Second place will receive
50 spirit points, and third
place will receive 25 spirit
points.
Each tailgate will be
judged on food, name, size,
atmosphere and its support
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Mens golf voted No. 1 team
COLEMAN MCDOWELL
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
For the first time in Au­burn
history, the Tigers are
ranked the No. 1 team in
the nation in Golf World
magazine's coaches' poll.
The poll combines the re­sources
of Golf World mag­azine,
Nike Golf and the
Golf Coaches Association
of America.
The full results of the poll
are in the Oct. 3 issue of
Golf World and can also be
found on Golf World's web­site.
Auburn jumped from No.
9 in the previous rankings
to supplant UCLA as the
top team.
The highest the Tigers
placed in previous polls
was No. 6 in February 2005.
Other ranked teams from
the SEC include Alabama
(T-5), Arkansas (9), Florida
(10), Georgia (T-16), Ten­nessee
(19) and LSU (22).
Auburn vaulted to the
top of the rankings due to a
string of successful tourna­ments.
The Tigers won the Car-,
pet Classic Invitational de­spite
No. 1 seed Blayne Bar­ber,
junior in finance, not
playing, and the team tied
for second at the Olympia
Fields/Fighting Illini Invi­tational.
Fresh off a No. 1 ranking,
the men's golf team placed
fourth in the 2011 Jerry Pate
Invitational in Vestavia
Hills Wednesday.
The Tigers took fourth
behind the Texas Long-horns
who carded a cumu­lative
four under par for the
tournament.
The Alabama Crimson
Tide and the Clemson Ti­gers
tied for second at 16
over, while the Tigers fin­ished
at 24 over.
The Tigers added to their
11-tournament streak of
top-four finishes, shooting
a 287 on the final day.
Coach Nick Clinard was
not satisfied with the re- '
suit of the tournament, but
is eager to prepare for the
next one.
"We played poorly and
we have many areas to im­prove
on, which include
our patience and mental
toughness," Clinard said.
"We will get back after it in
a few^days, and I am excited
to work hard with the guys
the next two weeks."
Will McCurdy, senior in
radio, television and film,
led the Tigers with rounds
of 70, 72 and 71, placing
10th at three over par.
McCurdy leads the squad
with a 71.78 scoring aver­age.
Barber finished with two
rounds of even par and one
round of 78 to claim 19th
individually.
Barber has placed in the
top 20 nine times in a row.
The Tigers .are off for two
weeks before traveling to
Atlanta for the U.S. Colle­giate
Championship.
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which I think makes every­body
better."
For her unsurpassed ded­ication,
character and abil­ity
to succeed in her pro­fession,
Karkoska was
honored by the Collegiate
Strength and Conditioning
Coaches Association, win­ning
the John Stucky Award
in 2009.
Karkoska said though
the team will face challeng­es,
the relationships she
builds with the swimmers
and the coaches are impor­tant.
"There's a big family as­pect,"
said Megan Fonte-no,
Auburn swimmer and
freshman in pre-pharmacy.
"She's welcoming, and we
come together as a team.
People say swimming is an
individual sport, but her
and this college definitely
make it a team sport"
Even while focused on
coaching, Fonteno said
Karkoska brightens each
swimmer's day.
"She gives good advice
not just about swimming,
but also about life," Fonte­no
said. "She'll be there for
you whether you're inside
the pool or not."
The coaching staff agrees
with the team members'
impressions.
"The guys and girls do a
great job with her as assis­tant
coach," Bradley said,
"lliey're able to understand
whatever the delivery of the
set is and the expectations
of the set."
Out of the pool and away
from coaching, Karkoska
enjoys cooking and work­ing
out.
"I love them both," Kar­koska
said. "I guess that
goes hand-in-hand. I love
to cook, so I should work
out, too."
Whether she is coaching
or not, "it's important to en­joy
all the small moments,
just enjoy your experienc­es"
Karkoska said.
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FOOTBALL
» From B1
since 2003-05. As well, six
of Auburn's last eight wins
have been against teams
that were ranked or are cur­rently
ranked.
"I think this league is
full of talent, arid it's at ev­ery
position," Chizik said.
"You're going to see line­backers
that are just unbe­lievable,
and then you're go­ing
to play another team
and you're going to see two
or three defensive line­men
that keep showing up
and popping up. You're go­ing
to see defensive backs
that just make tremendous
plays with the ball in the air.
"It's all over the league. I
think there's so much tal­ent
from top to bottom.
You just even look in our
west side alone and how
many great defensive play­ers
you can think of. There
are a lot of them. Again, just
the whole league I think top
to bottom has them."
Arkansas ranks seventh
in the NCAA .in points per
game at 39.4, as well as log­ging
471.8 total yards per
game. However, the Ra-zorbacks
are allowing 22.8
points per game and 388.4
total yards for the opposing
team this season.
Auburn averages 30.6
points per game, allow­ing
27.4 for the opposing
team. The Tigers also aver­age
186.6 rushing yards and
184 passing yards per game.
"I think that we made
some, strides this past
week, certainly defensive­ly
on third downs," Chizik
said. "I think we've made
some improvements there
with pressuring the quar­terback,
whether we were
blitzing or not. The last cou­ple
of games, we've start­ed
to get turnovers defen­sively,
which I think we've
improved there. If you go
to the offensive side of
the football, we were able
to possess the football a
good bit of the time Satur­day,
which certainly helped
when you run 90-some-thing
plays. I think we have
a better idea running the
football now of what we
can and can't do. We cer­tainly
haven't arrived in any
of the areas, but wis have a
better idea of where we're
at."
Even so, only time will
tell whether or not the Ti­gers
can improve quickly
enough to beat the season's
more difficult opponents,
like Florida, LSU and Ala­bama.
Overcoming recer.t
injuries and stifling incor-sistency
will be determir-ing
factors concerning th5
team's success.
The Auburn Tigers wil
play the Arkansas Razor
backs Saturday at 6 p.m
CST. The game will be tele­vised
on ESPN.
What's your favorite thing to cook?
Chocolate chip cookie dough—I don't
even have to bake it.
Best warm-up song?
"Lose Yourself" by Eminem
Best memory?
When my husband proposed.
Favorite Olympic swimmer?
Mark Gangloff
Last concert you went to?
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Favortite show on TV right now?
"Cupcake Wars"
Butterfly or Freestyle?
Freestyle
Where do you want to vacation?
Italy
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Social
media
creates
challenges
NICK BOWMAN
OPINIONS EDITOR
Facebookhas 800 million us­ers.
More than 2 billion posts
are commented on and liked
every day. More than 350 mil­lion
people access Facebook
using their phones.
That's a lot of progress from
asking a neighbor for access to
the party line.
"Social media forces you to
communicate in very short
blocks," said Jeremy Walden,
professor of communication.
"Because of that, I think some
people are losing the ability to
communicate in an in-depth
wayf
Walden said because of this
developing technology, stu­dents
are unable to easily ex­press
complicated ideas.
"There's an overall feeling
of a lack of depth," Walden
said. "Even if it's a paper, it's
like they're talking to a friend.
Stream of consciousness writ­ing
is a big issue."
Joni Richards, professor of
communication, said employ­ers
are creating requirements
to account for the shift in the
way young people interact
with the world.
"A lot of the employers now
are asking for you to be able
to present yourself," Richards
said. "Making a poster and
speaking for yourself is very
important."
Employers and universities
are putting an emphasis on
group interaction, where com­munication
skills used to be a
given, Richards said.
"This generation can go and
Facebook and talk and talk,"
she said. "They have 500 or
1,000 friends, but if you were
to ask them to speak to those
500 people in the Auburn Are­na,
do you think they'd be able
to do that?"
Walden said his public
speaking students struggle
with face-to-face interaction.
"I think there's a lack of peo­ple
in real life that are able to
show their emotions, figuring
out how to interpret other peo­ples
emotion because they've
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Friends break Bible Belt boundaries «
Gay roommates
hold on to
religious roots
RAYE MAY
INTRIGUE EDITOh
Two roommates are not pray­ing
the gay away—they're praying
the gay will stay.
Braxton Tanner, junior in envi­ronmental
design focusing in pre-landscape
arcliitecture, and Sam­uel
Maddox, junior in architec­ture
and ulterior architecture, are
religious and openly gay.
Maddox and Tanner said they
both grew Up in Evangelical Chris­tian
homes and struggled with
their sexuality in high school.
"I always knew I was different
growing up," Maddox said. "All my
friends were girls. I was more of a
momma's boy, more of an indoor
kid ... I had a different social life
from all the guys I grew up with."
Maddox said when he was 16 a
relationship with a friend felt dif­ferent
than any friendship he'd
had before, and the pair decid­ed
there was some attraction be­tween
them.
"The conversation went some­thing
like, 'I think I love you,' 'I
think I love you, too.' 'Does that
make me gay?' 'Yeah, I think so,"'
Maddox said. "I had been afraid
I might be gay, but I didn't really
even admit that fear to myself^
Like Maddox, Tanner said he
felt different growing up and was
afraid of admitting he was gay be­cause
of the way he was raised.
"For me the fear was definitely •
religion-based," Tanner said. "My
parents growing up donated to an
anti-gay recovery program that
our church conducted... I was in
the closet until I came to college."
Tanner said his sexuality is still
a source of conflict in his family.
Maddox said he also had fears,
but his parents were more accept­ing
of homosexuality.
"I think my fear was maybe a lit­tle
bit societal as well as religious,"
Maddox said. "I knew it would be
a taboo. There was a fear of think­ing
that it wasn't supposed to be
this way'
Both Tanner and Maddox went
to private Christian schools. Tan­ner
said his school would have ex­pelled
him if he let his secret slip.
Despite the struggle with reli­gion,
both Maddox and Tanner
said they are still strong in their
faith.
"I'm still very highly religious,"
Tanner said. "I just got to a point,
really, where I just got tired of ly­ing
to myself, and then once I was
able to open up to people, come
out of the closet, admit that I was
gay—it then gave me the freedom
to really reshape my faith and re­think
the way I thought about
things."
Tanner said he teaches a gay Bi­ble
study at St. Dunstan's Episco­pal
Church, and the church is very
accepting of him.
He thinks homosexuals who
stray from religion are his min­istry
because of a friend from
high school who felt the need to
choose between his faith and his
sexual orientation.
"He had never heard before
someone else tell him that he
didn't have to give up his faith to
be gay, and it really saddened me,"
Tanner said. "From that point
on, hearing that friend say that,
is when I felt like that was some­thing
I needed to help."
Like Tanner, Maddox said he
has held on to his faith.
U
Christianity and
homosexuality are not
completely opposed."
—SAMUEL MADDOX
JUNJOR.'ARCHTTECTURE. A.N'U
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Maddox said he kept his homo­sexuality
secret for six months be­fore
Jus parents found out by read­ing
a journal Ofhis they found. By
the time they knew, Maddox said,
he was able to answer their reli­gious
questions with religious an­swers.
"In those six months I was able
... to understand how Christianity
and homosexuality are not com­pletely
opposed."
Both Tanner and Maddox also
said marriage is something tra­ditional
Christianity should not
prevent homosexuals from enjoy­ing.
Maddox said although mar­riage
has religious rites, he be­lieves
it is still an institution of the
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MEGAN SMITH
WRITER
Carve it, bake it or shoot it from
a catapult; it's pumpkin season.
The Farmer in the Dell Pump­kin
Patch opened Saturday for
its fourth season. Along with
69-cents per pound pumpkins,
the Pumpkin Patch offers 50-
cient snacks and gourds, as well
as dollar Baby Jacks, or miniature
pumpkins, and drinks.
"Lots of college students come
on dates here," said owner and
Auburn graduate Mark Foshee.
"We don't charge to get in. You
can choose what you want to do."
Foshee said when the patch
first started, it was a pumpkin
field and a bale of hay.
Now there-is a mountain of hay
to climb and more activities for
visitors.
The pumpkin patclj is three
and a half acres of hand-'plant-ed
rows 300 feet long. Ihe field is
lined with woods and a large sun­flower
field.
"We actually get a lot of people
out here," Foshee said. "Lots of so­rority
and fraternity swap dates."
Auburn graduate Rob Hutchins
brought his wife and 16-month-old
son for its opening day.
"I like it," Hutchins said. "I just
told my other son to bring his girl­friend.
It's a cheap date—-$3 hay-ride
and beautiful pictures."
The Pumpkin Patch is open
Monday through Friday in the
morning for groups and from 3
p.m. until dark on Thursday and
Friday. It's open Saturday from 9
a.m. until dark.
Foshee said after Oct. 17 the
patch will be open every day ex­cept
Sundays.
The hay ride
outskirts of the field and
the woods, lasting about 15
utes.
Sarah Stutler, senior in exer­cise
science, said she is looking
forward to going to the Pumpkin
Patch.
"It sounds like a relaxing day
and I can't wait to find a pumpkin
to carve," Stutler said. "I love this
time of year."
The Pumpkin Patch also fea­tures
a hay bale mountain to
climb and take pictures on, a
trough of corn kernels for chil­dren
to play with and a fenced-in
chicken coop.
Foshee said in about two weeks
the main attraction will be un­veiled:
the catapult.
"We're trying to take it slow
building it," Foshee said. "I don't
want to get hurt, and I don't want
anyone else to get hurt."
Roommates Braxton Tanner and Samuel Maddox are both openly gay and practicing Christians.
The catapult will be about 9
feet tall and will be able to launch
pumpkins weighing fewer than 10
pounds.
"We think it's going to be a big
hit," Foshee said. "That's what
we're going for."
There will be a $5 rate to use
the catapult, and the pumpkin is
included because of the catapult's
weight limit.
"We usually just find places to
throw pumpkins, like off balco­nies,"
Stutler said. "This catapult
sounds awesome. I mean, pump­kin
smashing? Awesome."
The Pumpkin Patch is a great
place to find odd pumpkins for
Auburn's annual pumpkin carv­ing,
Foshee said.
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"There are oblong ones, lots of
weird stuff out here," Foshee said.
"Warts, frog skin, green ones and
even white pumpkins."
Foshee said young families and
couples are the main focus for
business, and with so many things
focused on horror and frights for
Halloween, he wanted to intro­duce
something different
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