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Throwing
tradition
out the
window
Tossing a
football out of
the stadium
could have
NICK BOWMAN
OPINIONS EDITOR
Throwing a football out of
Jordan-Hare could get you
more than time on the Jumbo-
Tron.
The football semi-tradition
entails students catching foot­balls
from the field goals and
extra points scored by the op­posing
team and throwing
them from the stadium.
Unlucky or conspicuous
fans will find themselves es­corted
from the stadium by
Auburn police.
Hie first ejection occurred
during Utah State.
"If that type of behavior ocr
curred, as a minimum the per­son
would be escorted from
the stadium," said Captain
Tom Stofer of the Auburn po­lice.
"But, we could take other
action."
That other action is an ar­rest
on a charge of theft of
property. No arrests have been
made in relation to the prac­tice,
but students are still an­noyed
by the possibility of
» See FOOTBALL A2
Miss Auburn cooks up a way to help fight domestic hun
SARAH COOK
WRITER
Miss Auburn University Emilee
Williams has been cooking up
ways to fight domestic hunger-literally.
Williams is assembling a cook­book
with student-contributed
recipes, and the proceeds from
its sale will benefit local hunger
initiatives.
Williams said she has always
had a passion for promoting hun­ger
awareness.
When she was in high school,
she volunteered at a local food
bank and noticed some of her
classmates coming in with their
families for food assistance.
"This is the first time that I real­ized
how prevalent hunger is do­mestically,"
said Williams, junior
in civil engineering and hunger
studies. "Since then, hunger has
always been my passion."
The cookbook will be released
during Hunger Week, Oct. 10-16,
which is also the start of the Beat
Bama Food Drive.
Lindsey Beno, junior in com­munication
and marketing,
heard about the cookbook and
decided to submit her own favor­ite
recipes..
"1 think this is such a great
cause," Beno said. "I love baking
u
This is the first time
that I realized how
prevalent hunger
is domestically."
—Emilee Williams
MISS AUBURN UNIVERSITY
and all that stuff, so when my sis­ter
mentioned it to me, I thought
it was such a great idea."
One recipe Beno submitted is
for French doughnuts.
» See COOKBOOK A2
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Miss Auburn University Emilee Williams is assembling a cook­book,
with the proceeds going to help fight domestic hunger.
A flight interrupted
Liz GONN
MANAGING EDITOR
At the football game against
Mississippi State Saturday, the
flight of bald eagle Spirit took a
turn for the worse.
On his descent from the flag­pole
to the field, Spirit flew into
the plastic glass outside a skybox.
"He just slammed right into it,"
said Crystal Whitaker, who was
inside the skybox with her three
children. "It was hard—it wasn't
grazing by. It sounded like a truck
hitting a wall."
Spirit's trainers do not know
what caused the change in his
route, said Jamie Bellah, profes­sor
of small animal surgery and
director of the Southeastern Rap­tor
Center..
Although he was purely spec­ulating,
Bellah said it is possible
that Spirit saw his own reflection
in the glass and became confused.
"We didn't expect him to turn
into the window, but we don't
know why he did," said raptor spe­cialist
Marianne Hudson. "Flights
are unpredictable each time."
Hudson was on the field during
Spirit's flight.
"I could tell by the way he was
flying that he wasn't hurt, sol was
glad of that," she said. "I was def­initely
wanting to get him down
on the field so that we could take
a closer look at him."
Spirit shows no signs of injury
and has been eating and behaving
normally, Bellah said.
"We're just lucky," Bellah said.
» See FLIGHT Al
MARIA IAMPIETRO / PHOTO EDITOR
Spirit, the bald eagle, made contact with a skybox at Jordan-Hare Stadium during the Auburn vs. Mississippi State game Saturday.
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DUi ARRESTS IN THE CITY OF AUBURN
SEPT. 9 - SEPT. 13, 2011
• Jonathon T. Davis, 21, of Evergreen
South College Street
Sept. 10,12:55 a.m.
• Leon Marion, 36, of Tuskegee
North Gay Street
Sept. 10, 4:15 p.m.
• Aaron B. Cannon, 32, of Montgomery
South College Street
Sept. 13,1:22 a.m.
• Charles D. Cannon, 52, of Cullman
South College Street
Sept. 13,11:39 p.m.
CRIME REPORTS FOR SEPT. 9 - SEPT. 13,2011
Sept. 9 — Wire Road
Theft of property reported. Thirty
green metal T-posts and 5 no
parking signs.
Sept. 9 — Opelika Road
Theft of property reported. $300.
Sept. 9 — Shelton Mill Road
Burglary of residence reported.
Apple laptop, TI-89 calculator
and blue bookbag.
Sept. 10 — Magnolia Avenue
Theft of property reported. Coach
purse, digital camera, debit card,
keys and ID cards.
Sept. 10 — South College Street
Breaking and entering of a
vehicle reported. Two digital cam­eras,
300 mm zoom lens, macro
lens, iPad 2, laptop and iPod.
Sept. 10 — West Magnolia Avenue
Burglary of residence reported.
One laptop with charger and one
ring with diamonds and aquama­rine.
Sept. 10 — West Magnolia Avenue
Theft of property reported. One
laptop with charger and one The
North Face jacket.
Sept. 10 — Drew Lane
Burglary of residence reported.
One 47" TV, one Xbox 360, one
laptop, 4 Xbox controllers and 25
Xbox games.
Theft of property reported. Coach
makeup bag, makeup, military ID,
keychain and keys, Tiger Card.
Sept. 11 — Lee Road 394
Burglary of residence reported.
One 60" plasma flat screen TV,
one DVD player, one Playstation
2, two Playstation 2 controllers.
Sept. 11 — Thomas Street
Theft of property reported. Brown
couch.
Sept. 13 — Reede Street
Burglary of residence reported.
One Playstation 3, three Play­station
3 games, one 40" LCD
flat-screen TV, two laptops.
Sept. 10 — U.S. Highway 29 South
— Reports provided by Auburn
Department of Public Safety
COOKBOOK
» From A1
The recipe calls for dip­ping
yellow cake cupcakes
in melted butter, cinnamon
and brown sugar.
' "It's actually the perfect
recipe for college kids be­cause
it's really easy," Beno
said.
Along with putting to­gether
the cookbook, Wil­liams
is taking other steps
to promote hunger aware­ness.
She serves as the Col­lege
of Engineering repre­sentative
for the Commit­tee
of 19. Auburn's leading
organization combating
the war on hunger.
"A lot of what we do is
fundraising for East Al­abama
Food Bank and
spreading awareness and
raising money for the Unit­ed
Nations World Food
Programme," said presi­dent
of the Committee of
19 Courtni Ward, senior in
international business.
Ward said the committee
was founded on four basic
principles: raising hunger
awareness, advocacy, fund-raising
and incorporating
academic initiatives.
As the College of Engi­neering
representative for
the committee, Williams
said she tries to make hun­ger
awareness a priority for
engineering majors.
"Her whole goal is to
make hunger relatable
to engineering students,"
Ward said.
After hear­ing
about
the cookbook,
Ward submit­ted
a few recipes
of her own, includ­ing
a whoopie pie rec­ipe
and an apple pie recipe.
"This cookbook is just a
FOOTBALL
» From A1
punishment.
"It's just a football," said
Adam Lucy, freshman in
biomedical sciences. "It's
just kind of a waste of time
for them. It's not like they
need it."
Kirk Sampson with ath­letic
media relations says
that police have discretion
in the stadium to carry out
the policies in place.
The Auburn Fan Guide
lays out the law on throw­ing
anything from Jordan-
Hare.
"Do not throw objects,
including cups and ice,
from the stands or any oth­er
area of the stadium. Any­one
caught throwing ob­jects
will be subject to ejec­tion
from the stadium and/
or arrest."
Others feel the University
should do more to keep stu­dents
out of trouble than
enforce policies.
"If the University doesn't
want students to toss foot­balls
out of the stadium
after field goals and ex­tra
points, there should be
nets behind the goal posts,"
said Brandon Frye, gradu­ate
student in materials en­gineering.
"Throwing stu­dents
out of a game for par­ticipating
in a tradition af­ter
they've been pressured
by the student section and
displayed on the Jumbo-
Tron doesn't make much
sense."
Stofer said that although
police could charge a fan
with theft of property, it's
unlikely they would.
"We have a lot of good
fans, and they'll do what
they need to do and return
the ball to the field," Stofer
said.
FLIGHT
» From A2
"Despite all our training, he
is on his own when he's up
in the air."
Whitaker said the reac­tion
inside the skybox was
one of surprise, and even
her 4-year-old son, Grady,
did not scream.
"He's been telling every­body
the eagle was com­ing
to eat his baby brother,"
Whitaker said. "That's what
he thought."
When the eagle is re­leased
before kickoff, it flies
toward its trainer, who is
on the field swinging a lure
with a food reward.
The eagles and trainers
generally practice this rou­tine
Monday through Fri­day
before a home game,
Bellah said.
"It's rare, but on some
practice days they have
flown out of the stadium,"
he said. "It's happened very
•infrequently."
If an eagle does leave the
stadium, a telemetry unit
on its tail allows it to be
tracked for about four days
or within a 50-mile radius.
really cool thing, especial­ly
around the holiday sea­son,"
Ward said. "We
see things
w e . w a n ­na
buy for
our family
members and
s o m e t i m e s
we can get so
caught up in con­sumerism.
It's re­ally
cool to purchase gifts
for family and friends that
always
benefit a great cause."
Williams said she hopes
to not only raise money for
local hunger initiatives, but-to
raise hunger awareness
among students.
"I want people to realize
that this is not a lost cause
and that it is easy for them
to get involved," Williams
said.
"I want to pass on the
power of advocacy to each
person that I can reach."
Bellah said either Spirit
or Nova will fly in the next
home game Sept. 24 against
Florida Atlantic, and train­ing
for the eagles will con­tinue
as usual.
"A lot of people have
called in expressing their
concerns," Bellah said.
"We've really appreciated*
the concerns of the Auburn
family' .
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Air Force ROTC lends helping hands throughout community
KRISTEN OLIVER
WHITER
During the Air Force
ROTC leadership lab Thurs­day,
the entire corps will be
working to reingnite their
community efforts.
"This week we are going
to go out and have the en­tire
corps, every cadet, go
out and do a service proj­ect,"
said Ryne Watts, spe­cial
activities (light com­mander
and junior in in­dustrial
and systems engi­neering.
"We've got five dif­ferent
locations we're going
to be at, and we'll be mak­ing
an impact on the com­munity."
Cadets will serve at Jean
Dean Reading is Funda­mental,
the Boys and Girls
Clubs in both Opelika and
Auburn, the Louise Kreher
Forest Ecology Preserve
and the Denson Drive Rec­reation
Center.
"We've set a goal of 300
cumulative service hours
for the detachment," said
Ryan Smith, senior in com­munication
and public af­fairs
officer for AFROTC.
Smith said one of the best
parts of the service project
is the opportunity to help
his community while in
uniform.
"The officers who are in
charge of our training are
always harping on, 'Make
sure when you are in uni­form,
you're notdoing any­thing
stupid,"' Smith said.
"You are representing the
Air Force to the best of your
ability. Most times it's a neg­ative
thing—don't do this or
that—but this is something
where we get to be out
there in uniform and rep­resent
the Air Force, and it's
something that definitely
has a positive connotation
to it."
Doing something local­ly
is an important aspect of
the project, said Margaret
Tucker, deputy flight com­mander
and junior in exer­cise
science.
"It's good to be in uni­form
and giving locally
right here in the Auburn
area," Tucker said.
Watts said they started
planning the project at the
beginning of the year.
AFROTC has collaborat­ed
with two service organi­zations,
Silver Wings and
the Arnold Air Society, on
past projects, but accord­ing
to Smith, the groups
haven't worked together
much recently.
The current unit decided
to make a change.
"Every semester we ro­tate
out our leadership,"
Sijiith said. "Everyone
brings their vision mission
goals, the directions they
want to move the wing,
and one of the main goals
is getting involved in
the community."
Tucker said she thinks
everyone is looking for­ward
to the opportunity.
"It's the first time we're
doing it, and everyone is re­ally
excited," Tucker said.
"A lot of times we're just sit­ting
in Lowder doing pre­sentations.
It'll be good to
be outside helping people
out instead."
Smith said he thinks it's
important for AFROTC ca­dets
to help the community
whenever they can.
"Being part of the mil­itary
means you're go­ing
to be a part of human­itarian
efforts," Smith
said. "You are a staple of
the community."
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for $4.50 per pound, or at $4
per pound for orders of 100
pounds or more.
Orders will be ready for
pickup at the Auburn Fish­eries
market at 2012 N. Col­lege
St. starting Sept. 21
from 3-7 p.m. and Sept. 22
from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The market is adjacent to
the Fisheries Research Cen­ter.
"Two graduate stu­dents
have been and still
are working in Gulf Shores
conducting production re­search
on these shrimp,"
Davis said. "They are re­sponsible
for running
this program, keeping the
shrimp stocked, monitor­ing
the quality of the water,
maintaining the equipment
and dealing with issues
such as tropical storms
and power outages. They've
been doing a great job."
Davis said he predicts
this will be a successful
project. He expects stu­dents,
faculty and civilians
alike to support this re­search
project by purchas­ing
the shrimp.
"I'm very excited about
farm-raised shrimp being
sold here in Auburn," said
Jaclyn Wilson, junior in ma­rine
biology. "I think it'll be
very successful, and I look
forward to buying some for
myself'
Wilson said she hopes
this project will raise mon­ey
to help fund the Auburn
Fisheries Society and the
research it conducts.
The shrimp will be har­vested
this weekend and
brought back to the Plains
to be sold. To place an or­der,
email kleinvw@au-burn.
edu or call 844-4667
Monday through Friday.
ANNA CLAIRE CONRAD
STAFF WRITER
Coastal cuisine is coming
to town.
Allen Davis, professor of
fisheries and allied aqua-cultures,
confirmed that
the Auburn Fisheries So­ciety
will be selling never-frozen,
farm-raised Pacific
white shrimp through Sept.
16.
"The shrimp are being
grown in Gulf Shores," Da­vis
said. "They will be trans­ported
to the E.W. Shell
Fisheries Research Center '
to be sold to the public."
Davis said over 300
pounds of shrimp will be
sold to raise money for re­search
and transportation
services for the shrimp.
He said the production
has been ongoing for 16
weeks. The shrimp will be
available in 5-pound orders
presents
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Anthropology
and Global Health
helps him stand out in classroom
ANNA CLAIRE CONRAD
STAFF WRITER
One of Auburn's newest
professors has brought a
universal perspective to
his classroom. His work
deals with UFOs.
Originally from Seattle,
Cade Cannon, professor of
anthropology, graduated
from Auburn in 2006 with
a bachelor's in psychology.
Cannon said he ob­tained
his master's in cul­tural
anthropology from
the University of Washing­ton
and is currently work­ing
toward his Ph.D. in cul­tural
anthropology.
Cannon said he holds
a special interest in the
study of a religion that
originated in France in the
1970s and revolves around
the belief in UFOs.
"It is an atheistic, sci­entific
religion that uses
the Bible as a text," Can­non
said. "It supports the
idea that all of the messag­es
in the Bible did happen,
but that these tales are ev­idence
of people from an­cient
times trying to ex­plain
a scientific event to
the best of their abilities.
So, it comes across as mi­raculous
when it actually
is the best way they could
describe their experienc­es."
Cannon said he found
that people who are re­ligious
are more open to
things that are beyond
comprehension.
"Science has answered
a lot of questions, but it
also has a particular way
of looking at things that
REBECCA CROOMES / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Cade Cannon, professor of anthropology, uses his experiences with alternative re­ligions
and beliefs to teach his students to have open minds.
makes it hard for people
to think about things that
they can't explain or justi­fy,"
Cannon said. "Religion,
in a lot of cases; is more
open to the things that so­ciety
sees as being para­normal
or supernatural."
Though he has traveled
around the world, most
of Cannon's studies take
place in Montreal.
"In France, this religion
is seen as a cult, so many
people who believe it or
practice it are discrimi­nated
against," Cannon
said. "In spme cases, peo­ple
have even lost their
jobs. So to escape this prej­udice,
a lot of people have
immigrated to the Quebec
region of Canada so they
can freely practice this re­ligion."
Cannon said he also
studies people who claim
to have been abducted by
aliens.
Cannon conducts more
qualitative work as op­posed
to physically exam­ining
evidence sites.
"I talk to them and let
them explain their story,
and then I compare this
to what I know about psy­chology
and also to the
stories of other people I've
interviewed," Cannon said.
"I often find correlations
between several different
contactees and the words
they use to explain their
experience."
Cannon said he will
not be able to delve deep­ly
into the subject because
of time limitations, but he
will spend a few days in his
classes discussing abduc­tions
and the UFO religion.
Angel Garrison, sopho­more
in anthropology, said
Cannon stands out from
other faculty members.
"He's a really good teach­er
because he likes what he
does," Garrison said. "He
does more than just hand
out materials and teach
from the book for the tests.
He gets a discussion going,
and he makes us think."
Garrison said Cannon
does not only teach his
students, but has a desire
to learn from them as well.
"I want my students to
have an open mind," Can­non
said. "That's the most
efficient way to learn."
UPC hosts
night of music,
swing dancing
ELIZABETH BONNER
STAFF WRITER
University Program
Council plans to kick off fall
family weekend with its an­nual
evening of dinner and
dancing.
The event will take place
Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. in the Stu­dent
Center ballroom.
There will be dance in­struction
through the Au­burn
University Swing
Dance Association, dinner
from Tiger Catering and
a night of grooving to the
songs of Gwen Hughes and
the Retro Jazz Kats.
"This is an event that we
do every fall," said Anne
Smead, UPC president and
senior in public adminis­tration.
"It's fun and differ­ent.
It's the one event we do
that brings in the entire Au­burn
community. Most are
geared toward students,
but this is an event open to
everyone."
The evening will begin
with instruction in this
year's choice dance style:
East Coast swing.
The theme changes from
year to year, and this year's
theme was chosen by poll­ing
students at a previous
UPC event.
The AUSDA sends two in­structors—
normally a.boy
and a girl—who spend the
first hour of the event in­structing
the participants.
"We do our beginner les­sons,
so people who have
never danced before can
get the basics in the first
hour and know what to do
RACHEL SUHS / GRAPHICS EDITOR
during the free dance af­terward,"
said Blake Mah-an,
sophomore in chemical
engineering and secretary
of the AUSDA. "We start
off with the basic step be­cause
it's a good way to end
a song."
Gwen Hughes and the
Retro Jazz Kats, a jazz en­semble
based out of Atlan­ta,
will provide the night's
entertainment.
"We bill ourselves as a
swing band that can also
play classic rock and Mo­town,"
said lead vocalist
Gwen Hughes. "We're jazz
musicians that can also get
funky and play rock. For
this gig it will be straight
swing with a little R&B, but
we also love requests."
This will be the band's
first show in Auburn.
UPC has been working
with the Parents' Associ­ation
to bring in students
and'their parents for the
first family weekend event.
"We usually have a pret­ty
good turnout—around
150," said Sara Joy Richards,
seniot in health promotion
and UPC director of fine
arts.
The cost will be $5 for
students, $15 for nonstu-dents
and $25 for nonstu-dent
couples. Tickets will
be on sale in Student Cen­ter
Suite 3130 throughout
the week.
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I guess volunteering at food pantries and do­nating
canned goods to soup Kitchens and •
stuff. It's like a small thing that everyone can
do, and small things make a difference.
MONTIN1QUE MCEACHERN. GRADUATE STUDENT IN
CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
A lot of people aren't aware of how severe
domestic hunger is, so just basically be
more aware of your surroundings and envi­ronment.
A lot of people just overlook it and
think they can't help, but they can.
TESS BURFCRD, JUNIOR IN REHABILITATION STUDIES
SGA Senate Meeting
Sept. 12,2011
CONTRIBUTED
One of seven on Auburn's campus, a webcam set up at Samford Hall helps a student propose to his girlfriend.
Webcams oi ler new look at campus
HAYLEY BLAIR
ASSOCIATE CAMPUS EDITOR
Someone's got their eye
on you.
Campus webcams set up
by the Office of Communi­cations
and Marketing have
more than 800,000 hits in
the past year and have giv­en
viewers a new way to
look at Auburn's campus.
"It's been kind of interest­ing
over the last few years
to interact with people
through these," said Mike
Clardy, director of Univer­sity
communications. "We
had a girl whose moth­er
was in Afghanistan and
it was her mother's birth­day.
She told her mom to
tune into the webcam at a
certain time and went out
there with a sign saying
'Happy Birthday, Mom.'"
The webcams have been
used for romantic ventures
as well, such as when one
student used the Samford
Hall camera to propose to
his girlfriend.
Sarah Phillips, recent Au­burn
graduate and media
specialist at the University,
said she understands why
people are so interested in
the webcams.
"More often than not,
people know that Auburn's
campus is beautiful and
like to see it for themselves,"
Phillips said.
Though students are usu­ally
only a quick jog away
from places like Samford
Hall and Cater Lawn, the
webcams can still provide
unique views of campus.
One month there was an
especially interesting view
from the Thach Hall cam­era,
said Brock Parker, mul­timedia
specialist for the
OCM.
"The theatre department
did an origami art project,
and I think it was up there
at least over a month," Park­er
said. "They were origami
birds, and they made a big,
interlocking AU.'"
Phillips said she used the
cameras during the time
she was a student, especial­ly
to see how busy campus
was and what the weath­er
was like before she went
out. The camera she liked
best was the one at Sam­ford
Hall.
"You can always look at
the Samford Lawn one and
see people playing foot­ball,"
Phillips said. "You can
see people having picnics
or hanging in their ham­mocks.
That's probably my
favorite one."
Students aren't the only
ones who use the camer­as,
and Parker said there
are plenty of Auburn par­ents
and alumni who like to
check and see what's hap­pening
on campus.
Many of these people
tuned into the Hargis Hall
camera the day of the Na­tional
Championship foot­ball
game.
"The night of the cham­pionship
game, back in Jan­uary,
we had more than
27,000 hits on that camera,
what with everybody want­ing
to see the rolling of the
trees and everything," Park­er
said. "That was definite­ly
the biggest night for that
cam.
With football season here
again, Parker said he ex­pects
even more people to
use the webcams.
Another reason Park­er
thinks people will tune
in is because of the wed­dings
that will now be tak­ing
place on Samford Lawn.
"I think one thing people
will really get a kick out of
is that we've started allow­ing
people to get married
on Samford Lawn," Parker
said. "So if you take a Satur­day
and tune into the Sam
Cam, you may be able to
see someone getting mar­ried
out there."
Clardy said the cameras
were installed about four
years ago, and both he and
Parker were pleasantly sur­prised
by the number of
people who have been us­ing
them.
"It's neat for people to
make these kinds of con­nections
to each other,"
Clardy said. "As a backdrop
for Auburn University, it's
pretty special."
The University Registrar proposed a new
way to present diplomas to students after
graduation. They will be mailed to students
after final grades have been verified, degree
audits have been conducted, accurate hon­or
titles have been established and holds
on student accounts have been cleared. She
hopes the new practice will save money
and even allow graduation to be held dur­ing
the weekend, since it will not be neces­sary
to wait for professors to post grades.
A new biking program is in the works that
will provide students a free mode of trans­portation
on campus. The SGA is in the
process of deciding which type of bike stu­dents
would like the most and have been al­lowing
students to test the bikes being con­sidered.
The program is expected to go into
effect in 2012.
The Tiger Cub has been deemed irrelevant
to the student body and has been officially
cut from the SGA budget.
On The Concourse
Question: What can students
do to fight domestic hunger on
their own?
Find ways to raise money, i guess. It just
depends on what they're interested in
and whatever they think they can do on
their own personal level to raise money,
because money buys more food.
DALE COUTURE, JUNIOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
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LIBERTY TRF.E INITIATIVE
First Amendment Day On The Plaint
Tuesday, September 20, 11:30 a,m -1 p.m
Lecture Series
The Status of Free Speech at Auburn Urnmaty
"Free speech and challenged speech cm umrmm campuses
Public Panel Discusaon
Let Armstrong, General Counsel
Steven Rrohtj, Associate Professor, Pofokal Science
John Carafta, Associate Professor
Margaret Foch-boaser, .toom Professor and Chair
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Sponsored by Access & Community taaore and the
MuBcvhural Center
Wednesday, September 21
At ftjv
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Ralph Brmv Dratxjhon Library
Spomond by the Ralph Dnughan Himtri Library http://fp.auburn.edu/aci/libertytree/
"Securing our Liberties"
Date: Wednesday, September 21,2011
Time: 3:00 p.m.
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Two music choices strike the right chord
Expansion increases job options
ANDREW YAWN
WRITER
Automotive parts manufactur­er
Seung Chang Airtek has com­pleted
an expansion of its facili­ties
that will result in the creation
of approximately 200 local jobs.
SCA, located in Auburn Tech­nology
Park North, has added
about 95,000 square feet to its
manufacturing center. The expan­sion
comes as a result of increased
demand for their produces by pri­mary
customers IGa and Hyundai,
for whom SCA supplies injection-molded
plastic parts.
"Because the demand at Hyun­dai
and Kia goes up—as in general
car sales, or they have more parts
per car, or, in this case, Kia start­ed
in September the production of
the Optima at Kia Motors Manu­facturing
Georgia at West Point—
because they started this new car,
they need more parts, and SCA is
one of the beneficiaries of that ex­pansion,"
said Arndt Siepmann,
director of industrial develop­ment.
The addition of these jobs pro­vides
a welcome boost to the local
economy.
"Jobs, as far as growing our
economy, are probably the most
important thing that's out there,"
said Auburn Mayor Bill Ham.
"In these economic times, any
jobs are good announcements,
but these are good jobs that are
high-paying jobs that will provide
benefits for individuals and bene­fits
for families."
When SCA first arrived in Au­burn
in 2004, it employed a staff
of 40 people. With this expansion,
that number will grow to approx­imately
400.
"Two hundred out of the 400 to­tal
will come through this expan­sion,
so ... it's very significant,"
Siepmann said.
The impact of this sudden in­flux
of work opportunity is not
limited to Auburn.
"We actually recruifjobs from a
50-plus mile radius," Ham said, "so
we'll be able to supply jobs to a lot
of people in Lee County, as well as
surrounding counties."
The company is also offering in­ternships
to local students.
"We are looking for many intern
students, good students who want
to build a career in the auto indus-tryr
said Daniel Yu, SCA president
SCA is not the only company to
add to the growing Auburn work­force.
In the past year, expansions
by Pyongsan America Inc. and
CNJ Tech Inc. have added approx­imately
375 jobs. In addition, con­struction
for the new GE Aviation
plant in Auburn has been sched­uled
for later this year.
"We've had a number of expan­sions
already this year," Ham said.
"We're fixing to have the ground;^
breaking for GE Aviation, and
that's going to be 300-400 jobs
with a really high capital invest­ment
from GE."
According to the Alabama De­partment
of Industrial Relations,
Lee County's unemployment rate
is 8.4 percent As more companies
join the Auburn family, that num­ber
should remain well below the
national average.
As for Auburn and SCA, it
seems to be an ideal match.
"Auburn is a very unique city be-,
cause Auburn has a lot of big re­sources
with Auburn Universi­ty,
and also it's located... between
Hyundai and Kia," Yu said. "It's
the ideal position, and, with good
technical resources and invest­ment
infrastructure, it's the per­fect
city that (helps us) continue
to grow and expand our business."
Local concert
to benefit
foster families
ELIZABETH BONNER
STAFF WRITER
Grayson Capps and Hie Stump-knockers
are kicking off their
cross-country tour in Opelika
with a concert for a cause.
The Big Swamp Blues concert
will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m.
at the Event Center Downtown in
Opelika and will benefit the Big-
House Foundation, a Christian-based,
nonprofit organization
that serves foster families in Lee
County.
The foundations mission is to
meet the needs and improve the
quality of life of these children by
showing them unconditional love
• in practical ways.
BigHouse program director Su­sannah
Jones spoke to the center
about co-hosting an event later in
the year, but the benefit concert
came together by chance.
"We were talking about maybe
using their space for an event for
our families later this year—like
a Christmas event or something,"
Jones said, "but they found out
Grayson Capps was coming, and
they offered it to us as a benefit."
Grayson Capps is a singer-songwriter
whose music reflects
his Southeastern background and
has a New Orleans flavor.
"The style is like if Mississip­pi
Fred McDowell sat down with
Tom T. Hall and they listened to
AC/DC and Bon Scott records,"
Capps said.
Lisa Beck, co-owner of Event
Center Downtown, said she is ex­cited
to have Capps and his band
The Stumpknockers.
u
The style is iike if
Mississippi Fred
McDowell sat down
with Tom T. Hall
and they listened
to AC/DC and Bon
Scott records."
—GRAYSON CAPPS
SINGER-SONGWRITER
She booked Capps at the same
time she was talking to BigHouse
about its event, and she had the
idea to put the two together.
"Within hours of Grayson con­tacting
me to tell me he could
come, I had an appointment with
Micah Melnick, executive director
of BigHouse," Beck said.
"I said, 'Hey, I just received con­tact
from Grayson Capps, whom
I've been wanting to get here for
forever. Why don't we do some­thing
with them?"'
Everything fell into place when
Capps and his band agreed to do
the concert for free. The show will
be the first stop on their tour that
will take them from Mobile to
New York City.
"We're doing it for free, and
she's just going to give us hotel
rooms and stuff' Capps said. "It
kind of gets us where we're head-
,ed, and it seems like a good thing.
"I like it when people can have
fun and support something cool,
especially like foster care."
Tickets can be purchased for
$10 at Event Center Downtown
or the BigHouse Foundation at
211 Samford Ave. in Opelika.
The price includes light hors
d'oeuvres, and all proceeds will go
to the BigHouse Foundation.
Sundown Concert
Series begins at
Kiesel Park
RACHEL SUHS / GRAPHICS EDITOR
being overwhelmed with music
in one big concert," Patton said.
"The week break gives you some­thing
to look forward to."
Hall said bands are chosen for
the concert series by request and
popularity. Auburn Parks.and
Recreation likes to bring back
crowd favorites while adding
new bands every year.
The bands playing this year's
event, other than The Satin Soul
Band, are John and the Connors,
the Auburn Community Or­chestra,
The Good Doctor, Dave
Potts, Auburn Knights Orches­tra,
Muse and the Tony Brook
Band.
The series runs Thursday
nights through Oct 27.
"It gives you something to do
on a Thursday late afternoon,"
Patton said. "I will definitely at­tend
some of the bands, if not all."
Hall and Rutledge said they
believe everyone will enjoy the
concert series.
"We will definitely have some­thing
for the young, the old and
everyone in between," Rutledge
said.
REBECCA CROOMES / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Automotive parts manufacturer Seung Chang Airtek, located in Auburn Technology Park North, is adding 200 jobs because of its recent expansion.
GRAHAM CARR
WRITER
Good music outside plus fun
means only one thing: the Fall
Sundown Concert Series is com­ing
back to Auburn.
The free event, sponsored by
Auburn Parks and Recreation,
opens at Kiesel Park off of Chad-wick
Lane Thursday at 6 p.m.
with Hie Satin Soul Band.
The Satin Soul Band, which
plays a mix of soul, jazz, R&B and
hip-hop, has played venues in At­lanta,
Opelika, Nashville and last
year played at a private party in
Dallas hosted by Dallas Cow­boys
player DeMarcus Ware, an
Auburn native.
Band member Bernard Rut­ledge
said his band is privileged
to open this year's event. Rut­ledge
said this is five years of
hard work paying off.
"We are really excited about
playing in it," Rutledge said.
"We always love playing at Kie­sel
Park. It's a different venue-it's
one of the few times we get
to play outside throughout the
year.
"Anytime we can do some­thing
for the city of Auburn, it's
extra special. We like the expo­sure
and always enjoy playing
music."
Alison Hall, Auburn Parks and
Recreation community and spe­cial
programs director, said the
series is held to get the word out
about local bands, but also to
highlight Kiesel Park.
"A lot of people in the com­munity,
especially new students,
don't know where the park is, so
it's a great chance for us to have
events out there in September
and October to let them know its
out there," Hall said.
"We have a lot to offer out at
the park as far as walking trails
and the dog park and a place to
just hang out and picnic, and
they will see for themselves dur­ing
the concert series."
Terrence Patton, undeclared
sophomore, said he has attends
ed the concert series before and
enjoyed it.
"When I went last year for the
first time, I was not expecting
much," Patton said. "But it was
actually very relaxing to be outside
and listen to some good music.
"I would definitely recom­mend
going if people want to
just chill and hang out with
friends. Just bring something to
sit on and sit back and enjoy."
Patton said the concert series
had good bands last year, and he
believed this year would be the
same.
"They just have one band ev­ery
week, so it keeps you from
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Late Night
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• 6 p.m.
POV Film
Series
• Gnu's Room
• 7 p.m.
The Amazing
Honey Bee
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• 10 a.m.
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Circle K - Glenn Ave,
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Concert Series
• Kiesel Park
• 6-7:30 p.m.
Chevron - Dean Rd
BigCat-Opelika Rd
Chevron - South College
Exxon - Wire Rd
Chevron - Wire Rd,
Big Swamp Murphy USA
Blues
• Event Cen­ter
Down­town
Opelika
• 7 p.m.
Fall Sundown
Concert Series
• Kiesel Park
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Jack's restaurant
makes local debut
downtown Opelika area."
Fuller said the Jack's lo­cation
used to be home
to a local fast-food chain
called Tyler's Restaurants
and then a Veggies To Go.
That building burned
down, so the Jack's build­ing
is brand new.
"I appreciate Jack's
making the capital
investment in
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"I'm pretty ex­cited
about it," said Ca­leb
Colquitt, senior in
agricultural communi­cations.
"A lot of Auburn
students go out to Tiger
Town or other places in
Opelika to go shopping
after classes, so I think
it'll get a lot of business
from the students."
For students who think
Opelika is too far to travel
for a fast-food meal, a so­lution
may arise soon.
"We're currently talking
to someone about some
property in Auburn," Mize
said.
Jack's is expected to
open on Oct. 5.
ALISON MCFERRIN
NEWS EDITOR
Those hungry for a
burger and fries will soon
have another option to
satisfy the craving.
• Jack's, a fast-food res­taurant
native to north
Alabama, will open a new
location in Opelika near
the beginning of Octo­ber.
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will provide the res­taurant
with a good cus­tomer
base.
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offices and things behind
where the restaurant is,"
Mize said. "Also it's kind of
a gateway going into the
MARIA IAMPETR0 / PHOTO EDITOR
Artemio Trujillo owns Lyly's Foods, the taco truck on Opelika Road. His business is the first of its kind in the area.
EOPLE company to try something
different.
In April of 2009, he and
his family moved to Au­burn,
and Trujillo began
working with the taco truck
again.
"We've been in the busi­ness
for a long time," Trujil­lo
said. "It's a good business
if you know how to manage
and quesadillas.
Trujillo said managing
the truck can be the hard­est
part, from shopping for
daily ingredients to sorting
and preparing them.
A typical day for Trujillo
starts by driving around the
city and looking for more
potential customers. Tru­jillo
said most of their cus­tomers
work in construc­tion.
"What's important is the
way the food tastes, along
with customers—treating
them right and what they
think about the food," Tru­jillo
said.
While the bulk of cus­tomers
are construction
workers; more college stu­dents
have heard about the
taco truck and continue to
spread the word, such as
Alex Kistler, senior in com'
munication.
"Getting to know the
workers has been really
neat," Kistler said. "They are
nice and really appreciate
their customers."
What's important
is the way the
food tastes, along
with customers—
treating them
right and what
they think about
the food."
—ARTEMIO TRUJILLO
LYLY'S FOODS
Gray Gill, junior in psy­chology,
said he appreciates
what the taco truck does for
the community and enjoys
the good conversation.
Crowds gather each night
at the taco truck, and the
sense of community keeps
the scene laid back.
"I love to talk to (college
students) because they
come from different cities,"
Trujillo said. "I ask them all
the time, 'Do you like the
food?' and they say 'Yes,' and
they keep on coming back."
Although food trucks
have become increasingly
popular, Trujillo said this is
Auburn's first food truck.
The Trujillo family's in­vestment
in Auburn busi­ness
has its benefits.
Thoughts of opening a res­taurant
came about be­cause
of slower business
in the winter, but for now,
Trujillo said the taco truck
is their focus.
Parked on Airport Road
off Opelika Road, the truck
first opened in spring 2010.
The truck is open every
night at 7 p.m. and features
authentic Mexican cuisine,
including tacos, burritos
MELODY KITCHENS
ONLINE EDITOR
Authentic Mexican food
isn't just served iri restau­rants.
"It feels different from the
restaurants because they're
real nice," said Artemio
Trujillo, co-owner of Lyly's
Foods, or the "taco truck."
"It's not real nice here, but
it's fun for people to come
out here. It's easy and sim-
Trujillo's father taught
him the ins and outs of the
food industry, and Tru­jillo
worked in the fami­ly
business until 2000. He
then switched to a concrete
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ALISON MCFERRIN/. NEWS EDITOR
President Ronnie Ware,
whose father opened the
South College Street loca­tion
in 1946 in the existing
building. "You could see it
cracked down the front, and
we had interior wall leak­s'
Auburn city officials.
J Chamber of Commerce
• members and Ware Jewelers
r employees gathered Friday
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I their temporary location in
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Ware Jewelers moved to a
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since the 1930s.
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South College Street Ware
Jewelers will open in early-to-
mid-2012 and will feature
a 5,000-square-foot show­room,
new showcases and a
children's play area.
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OUR VIEW
USA Patriot Act an unconstitutional bugbear
Privacy has begun to seem
like an antiquated notion.
It must have been odd to live
in an analog world where we
could exist without a digital
network of prodding interests
and curious eyes peeking over
our shoulders.
We live in a world of track­ing.
Whether it's our credit
cards, cellphones or Facebook
and Twitter accounts, some­one
you don't know can find
you at any time.
If you're not using these ser­vices,
someone you know is,
and they're'using them con­stantly.
Private companies, along
with you, own that informa­tion.
You agreed to the terms
of service with a party that
agreed to keep your informa­tion
private. This isn't a prob­lem,
because these are volun­tary
services. You can choose
to be without a cellpjione,
Facebook or even a credit card.
But then there's the Patriot
Act. The 2001 anti-terrorism
legislation, which was extend­ed
in May by President Obama,
weakens the wall between the
government and the private
companies that hold our in­formation.
'Hie legislation was written
and signed into law during the
panicked post-9/11 frenzy of
government action.
Those suspected of terror­ist
activities have their email,
financial, medical and phone
records rummaged through
at the discretion of the federal
government.
More serious is that those
deemed unlawful combat­ants,
which can be American
citizens, can be detained in­definitely
and denied access
to a lawyer or to those accus­ing
them.
It's curious that the gov­ernment
would be concerned
with our safety to such an ex­tent
that they must reserve the
right to rummage through our
personal information at will,
but our borders remain unse­cured.
It stands to reasqn that mak­ing
it as hard as possible for a
terrorist to enter the coun­try
in the first place would be
a better course of action than
diligently watching if they pur­chase
fertilizer at Home De­pot.
We at Hie Plainsman don't
have a problem with our gov­ernment
being able to respond
swiftly and effectively to na­tional
security threats, but the
potential for the abuse of this
act is obvious.
We must think of the history
of this nation.
Our system of government is
built on the idea that the peo­ple
are the ultimate authority.
As such, any growth in power
on the part of the government
is always at the expense of the
people it represents.
Whether the act has been
used responsibly until now is
debatable, but more impor­tant
is how it will be used in
the future.
How will terrorism be de­fined?
What makes a person
a "lone wolf?" At what point
is someone worthy of investi­gation?
Why should the govern-
————— YOUR VIEW
ment stop at terrorism when
they could prevent domestic
violence, kidnapping or mur­der
using warrantless investi­gation?
What we're suggesting is the
mission will creep and change,
and the scope never narrows,
but can only broaden.
Superseding all of this is the
Constitutional argument.
The Fourth Amendment
states that Americans are free
from unreasonable searches
and seizures.
The Fifth Amendment states
that Americans cannot be de­prived
of life, liberty or proper­ty
without due process of law.
The Sixth Amendment
states that Americans have a
right to a speedy and public
trial, as well as a right to the
assistance of counsel.
The Sixth Amendment also
states that Americans have the
right to be confronted with the
witnesses against them.
The Patriot Act is a gross
misuse of the peoples authori­ty,
and to allow it to exist guar­antees
trouble ahead for us all.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
// There is no conflict between
•• liberty and safety. We
will have both or neither."
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1 3%
Libyan revolution not infiltrated by al-Qaida
I recently read, with great interest, Raye
May's opinion piece on NATO's interven­tion
with Libya, and I have to disagree with
her assessment.
Miss May, and Colonel Gadhafi, would
have us believe that al-Qaida is responsi­ble
for the rebellion in Libya. We've heard
this same rhetoric in Syria, Yemen, Egypt
and Tunisia.
The stated goals of the revolutions that
make up the Arab Spring are incompatible
with al-Qaida's jihad and bloodlust for a ca­liphate.
Freedom of expression and the right
to choose your own leaders are not high
on the al-Qaida agenda. They are, howev­er,
high on the agenda of Libya's National
Transition Council.
To claim that the rebels in Libya are all
al-Qaida trained is, frankly, an insult to the
average Libyan worker, intellectual or fam­ily
man, untrained in military tactics that
saw it fit to lay his life down for his country.
The American Revolution echoes in Lib­ya,
and we should be proud of it.
Miss May also, though indirectly, calls
Libya "Obama's Iraq" and nothing could be
further from the truth. You might as well
call Kosovo "Clinton's Vietnam."
Iraq is a disastrous, deadly, costly and ill-conceived
miscarriage of American uni­lateralism
and foreign policy. Realistical­ly,
there will be American troops in Iraq for
the better part of this decade.
The war in Libya is, as far as Western ob­ligations
are concerned, almost over.
Furthermore, Libya, as the right-wing
pundits will mercilessly point out, was a
mission lead primarily by Europeans. The
French and NATO commanders deserve
most of the credit in aiding the rebels'
overthrow of Colonel Gadhafi. Obama and
America have led from the behind the en­tire
operation.
Miss May's last point is that the Ameri­can
economy is in too great a mess to sup­port.
intervention in foreign affairs. Her
point is well-taken, but slaughter does not
end when the American economy tanks.
There was once a time when our econo­my
was in a worse state, and it would have
.been all too easy to say, "Let foreign prob­lems
stay foreign. We must focus on our
own problems first." And Hitler would have
conquered Britain.
The Lend-Lease program was successful
in the early 1940s, and NATO's military in­tervention
in Libya was successful now.
Raye May's concern for American sol­diers
and the economy is noble, though her
conclusions flawed.
Alexander Roberson
President Emeritus, College Democrats
senior, history
lAL's associations support accusation of bias
In last week's issue, Jonathan
Newman wrote that I "never
said how YAL was being dis­honest"
in my original dis­pute
of the group's recruitment
claims, and I can gladly specify..
Namely, I disputed their use
of the term "nonpartisan" due
to YAL's association with liber-tarianism.
In fact, in disagreement with
Andrew McCaslin, who "found
no such luck" when he visit­ed
YAL's website at www.yalib-erty.
org, I noticed an enormity
of libertarian references. Sim­ply
view their blog archive and
instances of explicit libertarian
citations and promotion—par­ticularly
the advocacy of the
libertarian free market—are
self-evident. ,
Due to space concerns, 1 lim­it
myself to the one example
used below. To begin with, the
YAL site boasts a list of social
networks. Curiously included
in the listis Ludwig von Mises.
This link goes to a YAL commu­nity
profile at the Ludvig von
Mises Institute.
At the Mises front page, the
"About" link explains, "The
Ludwig von Mises Institute w'as
founded in 1982 as the research
and educational center of clas­sical
liberalism, libertarian po­litical
theory and the Austrian
School of economics."
For a purportedly nonpar­tisan
political group, it would
seem strange for YAL to ex­pand
within a self-avowed pro­ponent
of "libertarian political
theory."
Interestingly, Josh Jackson's
Oct. 11, 2010, blog brings the
partisanship locally.
The post covers the Lud­vig
von Mises Institute's Sup­porters
Summit in Auburn,
prompting Jackson to claim,
"Young Americans for Liber­ty
will serve as a definitive part
of the reinforcement that pre­vented
(the country's) collapse.
And undoubtedly, this is owed
in part to the scholarly founda­tion
provided by the Mises In­stitute."
Nonpartisan implies that
no interest predominates, and
that's plainly not the case with
YAL and libertarianism.
Matt Greenemeier
senior, anthropology
Bandwagon
fans disgrace
Auburn
family
I was watching the Auburn-Utah
State game on TV and saw some­thing
I just couldn't believe.
When we went down by 10 points
with about three and one-half min­utes
remaining, many of the fans be­gan
to file out of the stadium.
I was completely and utterly dis­gusted
by this behavior. If I had been
there, I would have said something to
them; however, I'm a football coach
myself and have responsibilities on
the weekends that don't allow me the
luxury of driving three hours one way.
If you are going to be a fan, you
have to be a loyal fan.
Regardless of the circumstanc­es,
you must remain to support the
team. It's not like the players and
coaches were trying to lose the game.
I can't stand bandwagon fans. If
you can't be a fan in both good times
and bad, then it's better to not be
there at all. The players and coach­es
can't leave during the game when
things seem bleak, so neither should
the fans.
Let's represent Auburn the right
way. Are we a family or a nation? Are
we All In or not?
Michael Brosset
alumnus, 1991
Chick-fil-A's support of anti-gay groups warrants campus eviction
Chick-fil-A has recently been outed as a
supporter for known anti-gay groups.
Metroweekly.com states, "In August,
Chick-fil-A was listed as the 'Lunch Spon­sor'
of a Citizens for Community Val­ues
event. CCV says it is 'officially affiliat­ed'
with three of the country's most anti-gay
groups: American Family Association,
Family Research Council and Focus on the
Family."
According to blogs.philIymag.com,
"Chick-fil-A... was also tied to anti-gay con­troversy
last year, when it supported Focus
on the Family, a supporter of reparative
therapy programs to turn gays 'straight.'"
This is a problem. I honestly can't believe
this establishment is allowed on campus
when we have such an active gay communi­ty.
It would be like putting a fast-food chain
in the Student Center that is anti-women,
anti-black or anti-Muslim. That would not
go unnoticed for as long as this issue has.
How would you feel if you were deciding
what to eat for lunch and you had to stop
yourself from going to Chick-fil-A because
they actively campaign against something
about yourself you have no control over
and cannot change?
This isn't the 1960s where it was OK for
water fountains to be segregated. In fact,
we look back on those times and wonder
how we could treat anyone that way. And
yet we are, legally and now through a chick­en
sandwich stigma.
So why is Chick-fil-A even allowed to run
its business here at Auburn, who prides it­self
on diversity and, according to the creed
"protect(ing) the rights of all?"
Even though Chik-fil-A doesn't refuse
service to gay individuals, the support role
they play in anti-gay organizations creates
an atmosphere of aversion that straight
people do not have to consider.
At what price can Auburn be bought out?
It's undeniable that Chick-fil-A brings Au­burn's
campus a ridiculous amount of rev­enue,
which leads one to question whether
the moral implications are known but sim­ply
insubstantial in the shadow of all that
money.
Does this sound familiar to anyone else?
Perhaps comparable to the slave labor and
brutality used to produce diamonds?
We know it's wrong, but they're just so
damn shiny.
Kate Davis
junior, zoology
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JORDAN BLOOM
WRITER
Auburn is a one-of-a-kind
place—a town that prides it­self
on community togetherness.
There is a saying that everyone
here is part of the Auburn "familyr
Once a family member, always
a family member. So is the case of
Cam Newton, last season's quar­terback
and possibly Auburn's
most recognized and scrutinized
face in recent memory.
For those who may be unfamil­iar
with Newton's work in previ­ous
months, he was the electric
leader of Auburn's BCS Nation­al
Championship football team
for Auburn's 2010 season. New­ton
was also a magnet for nega­tive
publicity because of claims
of a pay-to-play scandle, earning
him the nickname "Scam New­ton."
However, no formal charges
have been filed against Newton or
Auburn.
As with any close family, no sin­gle
member is more important
than another, but in this case,
there is one who certainly attracts
more attention.
Newton's talent and charisma,
combined with the excitement
and success he brought to fans
and his team, led many to estab­lish
a lingering interest in his blos­soming
career—even though he
no longer plays for the University.
It appears as though most,
Will the real Tigers
please stand up?
Auburn Tigers
face the Clemson
Tigers Saturday
on the road
Auburn fans are M In,'
The turnaround the Tigers
made from the first game to the
second is almost surreal.
Establishing a smart running
game that avoided State's de­fensive
line and produced 235
yards—157 of which were from
Michael Dyer—was a key to the
victory.
Barrett Trotter made his first'
big mistake of the season with a
pick-6, yet he was still 16-23 with
146 yards and two touchdowns.
He's established himself as a ca­pable
quarterback and leader al­ready,
and that's what will take
Auburn to the next level.
I also think we've found this
year's go-to receiver in Emory
Blake. He has 203 yards on 10 re­ceptions
and two touchdowns
this year, and he's scored a touch­down
in his last five games.
Lastly, special teams con­tinued
its dominance. Tre Ma­son
racked up 179 yards on sev­en
kickoff returns, Cody Parkey
forced four touchbacks on kick-offs,
and Steven Clark averaged
45.7 yards a punt.
I think the only thing allowing
us to sleep at night is that Auburn
has actually won both games
thus far, the second thanks to the
defense.
I'm still trying to figure out
how Ryan Smith dropped Bull­dogs
quarterback Chris Relf be-
» See ALL IN, A2
a
What you want
me to say: It feels
great? (Losing is)
not a comfortable
feeling for me."
—CAM NEWTON
NH. P1.AYER
if not all, Auburn fans still care
about Newton and continue to
voice their support on social me­dia
websites such as Facebook
and Twitter.
After joining the NFL in the off­season,
Newton was drafted first
overall by the Carolina Panthers,
despite much of the commentary
stating he lacks accuracy and the
ability to play in a pro-style offense.
As a rookie on the field, expec­tations
of Newton's performance
were low.
Many said he would no lon­ger
be able to run the ball when
things broke down and that he
would have to become a better
pocket-passer.
In the NFL opening weekend,
the Panthers met the Cardinals as
the underdogs, where they were
supposed to be outplayed and
lose big.
But starting quarterback New­ton
had a different outcome in
Former quarterback Cam Newton, now with the Carolina Panthers, snaps a photograph with excited
fans shortly before the start of a 2010 Auburn football home game.
mind. He stood strong in the pock­et
against blitz after blitz all after­noon,
completing 24 of 37 pass­es
for 422 yards, two touchdowns,
and one interception. He also ran
for another 18 yards and a touch­down
on eight carries.
That makes Newton responsi­ble
for 440 yards of total offense
and three total touchdowns, end­ing
with a passer rating of 110.4.
To put Newton's game in per­spective,
he became the first play­er
in NFL history to throw for
more than 400 yards as a rookie
in his debut game. Hall-of-Fame
quarterbacks Terry Bradshaw, Jim
Kelly, Bart Starr and Fran Tarken-ton
never threw for that many
yards in a single game.
The only downside regarding
Newton's stellar performance is
that the Panthers lost the game.
It was the first loss he suffered
since Oct. 31, 2009, while with
Blinn College.
After the game, sitting in a
folding chair with elbows on his
knees, Newton was quoted as say­ing,
"What you want me to say: It
feels great? It's not a comfortable
feeling for me."
Newton's dismay for losing is an
even more encouraging sign for
Panthers fans than his stat sheet
While it was only his first game,
the only question remaining is:
how many are still "AU, In" for Cam
Newton?
BRANDON MILLER
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
After a thrilling finish last
weekend against Mississippi
State, No. 19 Auburn (2-0, 1-0
SEC) faces its first away game as
the Tigers make a trip to Clem­son
(2-0) to play at Death Valley.
"We're excited to start week
three and going back and re­evaluating
ourselves," said coach
Gene Chizik. "We are getting
ready to play a very good football
team in Clemson, as we experi­enced
last year when we played
them. It's going to be really inter­esting
with a very young team,
taking them on the road for the
first time in a really exciting ven­ue
to play in as well."
Despite Clemson's record thus
far, the team struggled in each of
its two games.
The Tigers trailed 16-13 to
Troy halfway through the third
quarter in the season opener,
but eventually scored 30 points
to run away with a 43-19 win.
In its second game, Clemson
led Wofford by 1 point until a
score early in the fourth quarter
secured a 35-27 victory.
Auburn heads to Clemson
leading the series 34-11-2 and
looking for its 15th consecutive
win over the Tigers.
The two most recent match­ups,
last year's game in Auburn
and the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl,
both resulted in overtime and
were decided in the last plays of
the games.
The Clemson game last year
was the first of many that in-
. volved Auburn's opponent tak­ing
an early lead, and Auburn
fighting its way back in the sec­ond
half to be victorious.
"We felt like that was more of
a turning point for us as a foot­ball
team last year," Chizik said.
"We know it's going to be a very
physical battle, but yes, last year
I think it was an eye opener for
Auburn defensive back Neiko Thorpe tackles an opposing Tiger
during the 2010 Auburn vs. Clemson game.
us. We know our guys will be
very aware of what they're going
to face when they go in there."
Clemson has 15 returning
starters from the team that ar­guably
came closest to ruining
Auburn's 2010 perfect season.
However, of the starters Clem­son
lost, two were quarterback
Kyle Parker and defensive line­man
Da'Quan Bowers, ACC de­fensive
player of the year and the
player who sacked Cam Newton
more times than anyone else last
year.
Sophomore quarterback Tajh
Boyd now holds the reins for the
Tigers offense, which has eight
returning starters. So far this
season, Boyd has completed 38
of his 59 pass attempts for 525
yards, logging six touchdowns
and one interception.
A familiar face on the field,
Andre Ellington is returning at
.running back for Clemson.
Ellington put up 140 yards
on 22 carries and one touch­down
against Auburn last year.
Through two games this sea-
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Linebacker Eltoro Freeman and defensive end Nosa Eguae take
down Mississippi State quarterback Chris Relf.
Do you know why cowbells
couldn't be heard clanging at the
game Saturday?
For starters, everyone was par­tially
deaf by halftime. Jordan-
Hare was so loud it wouldn't sur­prise
me if people in Montgom­ery
heard the cheers.
Being loud was the challenge
to students from Gene Chizik last
Thursday at the pep rally. I think
his quote in the pregame video fits
the fans' performance Saturday.
"I will say it again," Chizik says.
"It's not kind of, sort of, almost...
you are the best fans in the Unit­ed
States of America."
Everything about Auburn's vic­tory
over Mississippi State de­fined
family. Not only was there
teamwork on the field, there was
support all around, especially
from those decked out in "True
Blue" in the stands.
And as players stood on the
brick wall by the student section
after the game, it showed that
the Auburn family can overcome
anything.
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it or not, Auburn is 2-0 and still
has the longest winning streak in
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impressive numbers,
averaging 6.4 yards per car­ry
with 254 total yards and
one touchdown.
A major difference from
Clemson a year ago is
coach Dabo Sweeney's hir­ing
of offensive coordina­tor
Chad Morris from Tul­sa,
the same school which
Auburn offensive coordina­tor
Gus Malzahn left to join
the University.
Morris' "Golden Hurri­cane"
offense has Clemson
averaging 472 yards a game
thus far, lip from 334.6 last
season.
Chizik addressed con­cerns
of Auburn's defense
on third downs, saying the
staff was evaulating ways
to be more successful.
"We're very poor on both
sides bf the ball, converting
it and stopping it," Chizik
said. "We know that for us
to be able to win this game
right now, we have to be
much better on both sides
of the ball on third downs."
Malzahn's and Morris' of­fenses
have several simil-iarites,
Chizik said.
"I think that if you just
watch the two offenses, it's
obvious that there is a lot
of carryover for each one,"
Chizik said. "The connec­tion
and the communica­tion
that they've had over
the years in terms of doing
the things coaches do. They
pick each others' brains for
different things, and there's
a lot of carryover there."
Morris' offense may have
the resources to make it a
long day for Auburn's de­fense.
On the defensive side of
the ball, Clemson has safety
Rashard Hall returning as a
key force. Hall intercepted
eight passes in his first, two
years of play and will have
a heavy burden this season
as two Clemson defensivie
backs graduated during the
off-season.
The Tigers also feature
two five-star linebackers,
Stephone Anthony and
Tony Steward, starting as
true freshmen.
Saturday's game will also
be a trip down memory
lane for Chizik.
He served as one of
Clemson's graduate as­sistants
and linebackers
coach in 1988 and 1989.
"1 had a great two-year
experience there," Chizik
said. "I'm very thankful
that he gave me an oppor­tunity
to work with him
and a great staff at the
time. I have a lot of very
fond memories with a lot of
great former players there
and a lot of great people
that are still there."
Clemson is similar to Au­burn
in that both are start­ing
new quarterbacks, both
lost their most effective de­fensive
linemen, and both
are starting young defens­es.
"It's going to be a lot of
fun. We're looking forward
to it," Chizik said. "Our goal
is to get better every week.
We're certainly going to
have to do that to have a
chance to win in a very,
very tough place to play."
Chandler Hillen named
Freshman of the Week
ALL IN
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fore he reached the end
zone, especially since MSU
rushed for 333 yards during
the game.
And that's where the
problem remains on de­fense.
Yes, they stepped up and
made plays and returned
an interception for a score.
However, most games
when a defense allows 531
yards, it's a loss. Not Sept.
10, though, not in Auburn.
I know I said it may be
a long season, but things
are looking up. A win this
weekend will ultimately
put Auburn at 4-0 to fin­ish
September. That would
be huge as the Tigers make
their way down the stretch.
MEGAN SMITH
WRITER
Chandler Hillen, sopho­more
in special education
and goalkeeper for Au­burn's
soccer team, said
she is "All In" for Auburn.
"1 had that Auburn spir­it
the second I stepped
foot on campus," Hillen
said. "Being a part of this
team, you have to be all in
in order to accomplish the
goals we've set."
The soccer team is 5-1
this season thanks in part
to Hillen's efforts. She
hopes the team's good for­tune
will persist as compe­tition
continues.
"The goalkeeper posi­tion,
it's kind of like the
quarterback," said coach
Karen Hoppa. "It's a big,
high-profile position. Ev­ery
mistake that you
make, everybody in the
stands can see."
Hillen won recognition
as SEC Freshman of the
Week after helping defeift
Duke and Wright State.
Assistant coach Keidane
McAlpine said the media
attention isn't causing any
jealousy amongst Hillen's
teammates.
"It feels great because
she's on our team," McAl-phin
said. "I feel great for
Chandler. She's worked re­ally
hard. I think the team
feels the same way."
Hillen moved from
Oceanside, Calif., to join
the team.
"Auburn's team was on
the rise, and I wanted to be
a part of something great,"
Hillen said.
Being named Freshman
of the Week shows she is
inching toward that goal,
and Hillen said she hopes
it will propel her to contin­ue
playing well.
"She's a freshman start­ing
goal, and she shut out
the No. 5 team in the coun­try,"
Hoppa said. "I thought
it was very well deserved.
We're really happy for her
as well."
The goalkeeper's consis­tency
on the field helps the
team's performance, Hop­pa
said.
"When she came up
big against that first save
against Duke—it was a re­ally
big save to her left—
you could see the whole
team step up our level af­ter
she made that save,"
Hoppa said. "You could
see from that one save that
the team's trust in her just
grew and grew."
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The Orange Jumpsuit Guys celebrate an Auburh victory while tailgating by Lupton Hall.
PATRICK TIGHE
WRITER
When the Auburn fami­ly
walks out of Jordan-Hare
Stadium each Saturday,
they might stumble upon
. a popular tailgate located
on the Quad behind Lup­ton
Hall.
The tailgate has college
guys decked out in orange
jumpsuits, a smoking-;hot
grill and two flat-screen
TVs playing college foot­ball
games.
These are the Orange
Jumpsuit Guys who run
The College Kids Tailgate.
Looking to start a tradi­tion
of their own, Auburn
freshmen Kevin Johnson,
Garrett Cheney, Brandon
Campbell, Michael Nun-nelly
and Kevin McArthur
came together in 2007 and
decided to host a tailgate.
Because several mem­bers
of the group lived in
Lupton Hall, the grass be­hind
the building was the
perfect location for their
gameday activity.
The group had no clue
that such a small idea
would generate such a
massive following in so
short amount of time.
"We were freshmen and
didn't have anywhere to
hang out on gameday,"
Johnson said. "The first
week we had about 15-
20 people and used my
friend's grill and set up a
TV as well. Now we serve
about 400-500 students a
week.
"We were just looking to
find a place and build com­munity
and relationships.
It's a great place where peo­ple
can hang out and get to
know each other."
Thursdays before home
games, the Orange Jump­suit
Guys start off their
tailgating process by hav­ing
a group meeting at
Lakeview Baptist Church
on East Glenn Avenue to
discuss what provisions
they will need for the week­end.
They then head for a
dinner of pizza and soda
at Sam's Club to purchase
the supplies, usually filling
four jumbo carts.
The supplies include
burger patties, Dale's Sea­soning
Sauce, fruit snacks,
cookies and sodas. They
pack the items in a trail­er
and reconvene Friday
and Saturday mornings to
prepare fop the upcoming
gameday.
Johnson and Cheney
talked about their favorite
memories from being Or­ange
Jumpsuit Guys.
In fall 2009 against West
Virginia, the entire group
was soaked from the tor­rential
downpour that
passed through Auburn
that day. Although wet,
they said they were happy
because they were all root­ing
for the Tigers. ,
The 2009 Iron Bowl had
a Christmas theme at the
tailgate, with lights around
the tent enhancing the hol­iday
feel.
In 2008 Auburn faced off
against UGA, and the guys
wore the jumpsuits to keep
warm on the fall afternoon.
Since that game the guys
have worn their suits to ev­ery
game when the temper­ature
drops.
The current leaders of
the Orange Jumpsuit Guys
are Luke Hasha, junior in
mechanical engineering,
and Ben Mahaffey, junior
in entrepreneurship.
"Setting up the tailgate
and that boot camp atmo­sphere
brings a guy togeth­er
with another guy," Ma­haffey
said. "There is noth­ing
like getting up at 5 a.m.
and getting in line at 6:15
and leading the other stu­dents
in a cheer.
"There is nothing like
stepping back and look­ing
at these 30 guys on an
Auburn football Saturday,
helping to provide this tail­gate
for everyone."
The group works to serve
others as a way to serve
Christ. While the tailgate
is not connected with any
church or denomination,
the guys enjoy serving oth­ers
as their own work and
as a way to thank G.od for
all the blessings in their
lives.
"This experience is ful­filling
for us, and it's mean­ingful.
We aren't just serv­ing
people for today," Ha­sha
said.
"Once, a few students
commented on how awe­some
it was that Christian
guys were running the tail­gate.
I thought that was re­ally
cool."
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WAGNER
If you weren't coaching basket­ball,
what would you be doing?
I would be doing something working
with kids, teaching school maybe.
Wh^t championship stands out
the most in your mind?
It has to be my national championship
at Louisville.in '86.
Children?
Dajuan, Munirah, Dashonda and Janay
Favorite thing outside of basketball?
Spending time with my youngest daugh­ter,
who's 7.
What's your favorite thing about
the game of basketball?
Gameday. I'm always souped up and
ready to go.
Favorite thing about Auburn?
The people and the atmosphere
Tie Mason named co-SEC Freshman of the Week
COLEMAN MCDOWELL
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Returning kickoffs for
touchdowns is nothing new
for freshman running back
Tre Mason.
In the season opener vs.
Utah State, Mason,did what
he's been doing his entire
career with a 97-yard kick-off
return for a touchdown
in the second quarter.
"Since seventh grade, I al­ways
have taken the open­ing
kickoff back," Mason
said: "This past senior year,
the first three games, I ran
back three kicks for touch­downs.
And no one kicked
it to me until the last game
of the season, and I took
that back for a touchdown."
For his efforts in the
opening game, Mason was
named co-SEC Freshman
of the Week.
"I was hungry, hungry
to play," Mason said. "I was
anxious to get on the field
to show everyone what I
can do and what we can do
as a team.
"I know we have a lot. of
talent on this team and that
we're underrated. We're go­ing
to be the underdog a lot,
but we're just coming out to
shock everyone."
For Mason, there is a dif­ference
between prepara­tion
and practice intensi­ty
at the college level, but
whenever he touches the
ball his .goal remains the
same: get the ball to the en-dzone.
"Football is going to al­ways
be football," Mason
said. "I was excited to get
my first carry. When I first
got it, I was trying to break
it for a touchdown. I al­ways
aim to score when­ever
I touch the ball. To
me, there's no such thing
as a short-yardage play; ev­erything
should lead to a
touchdown. If it doesn't, it
should be a big play."
One of the best at mak­ing
big plays is Mason's fa­vorite
running back Chris
Johnson of the Tennessee
Titans. Mason notes that he
wants to have his own style,
but he loves with way John­son
plays the game.
"Speed kills, and he's got
it all," Mason said. "He's
got hands coming out of
the backfield, he's agile,
he's elusive, and everyone
knows he's fast."
Before each game, Ma­son
has one pregame ritual
he never forgets.
"I always call my family,"
Mason said, "at least one
family member no matter
who it is. I try and call my
parents. They always get me
into my comfort zone.
"Then I listen to my mu­sic.
My music gets me in
that'minds^t. It puts me in
that mode where I'm hun­gry
where I can just go out
and fight."
Mason said he knows
Auburn is the place for him
because he can go about his
daily activities without any
worries.
"Everyone here is
so nice and polite,"
Mason said. "It's no trou­ble
on campus. That's what
I love most. I feel like I can
get through my day with­out
a hassle, without wor­rying
about things."
Even though Mason is
only playing in his third col­legiate
game this Saturday,
he has already become a
special teams asset for the
Tigers—as long as teams
continue to kick to him.
Wagner brings championship pedigree to Tigers
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ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Assistant basketball
coach Milt Wagner sim­ply
doesn't know how to
lose. Having won cham­pionships
in high school,
college, the NBA and over­seas,
Wagner knows what
it takes to be a winner and
is hoping to bring his win­ning
pedigree to the Au­burn
basketball program.
"If you look at all our
coaching staff, all of our
coaches have been win­ners
in their career, so'we
just try and pass that on to
guys that we recruit," Wag­ner
said. "Whatever system
you come from, what we try
and do here is something
special. We're all about win­ning
here. There's no other
way of thinking."
Wagner has been with
coach Tony Barbee for the
past 12 seasons dating back
to their days at The Univer­sity
of Memphis and The
University of Texas at El
Paso. Wagner was the di­rector
of basketball oper­ations
at Memphis, while
Barbee was an assistant
coach under coach John
Calipari.
"In working with (Bar­bee)
at Memphis, 1 saw
that he was going to be a
great head coach because
I saw his work ethic there,"
Wagner said. "I knew I was
eventually going to be an
assistant coach. I watched
how he was one of the best
recruiters in the country
there and did hard work
and got some of the best
guys in the country to
•come to the University of
Memphis. I knew he had a
good coaching mind and
would be a very good head
coach once his opportuni­ty
came."
After winning a state
championship at Camden
High School in New Jersey
and a national champion­ship
at the University of
Louisville, Wagner went to
the NBA and won a cham­pionship
with the Los An­geles
Lakers. Wagner's first
season with the Lakers was
a memorable experience.
"It was unbelievable,"
Wagner said. "At that time,
I was the only rookie on the
team. Just being around
those guys in practice ev­ery
day, I learned so much
knowledge of the game.
Those guys are Hall-of-
Famers. (James) Worthy,
Magic (Johnson), Kareem
(Abdul-Jabbar)—just being
around those guys watch­ing
them go about their
day-to-day, how they pre­pare
themselves, it was so
big for me."
Even though his coach­ing
resume isn't as estab-,
lished as his playing re­sume,
Wagner has already
built a reputation for him­self
as being an ace recruit­er
on Barbee's staff. He rel­ishes
the opportunity to
turn Auburn's program
around.
"That's why I try and go
out and get some of the
best players in the country,"
Wagner said. "That's what
it's all about. Coach relies
on us to bring in top guys to
turn this program around,
and I take pride in that. No
pressure at all, that's some­TigerTown,
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Wagner's son, Dajuan,
was the No. 6 overall pick
in the 2002 NBA Draft, but
it was something Wagner
didn't push him to pursue.
"Of course, you want
your son to do what you do,
but I never wanted to put
pressure on him," Wagner
said. "I had him at such a
young age, at 20 in college,
so he grew up watching his
father at Louisville and the
Lakers, so he wanted to do
what I do. And he ended up
being better than me. His
talent is special."
Wagner has won almost
every title imaginable as a
player, but he lacks a title
as a coach. With the foun­dation
coach Barbee and
his staff have built, Wagner
hopes to add that to his re­sume
as well.
"It's not going to be easy,"
Wagner said. "You've got
to put in hard work, and
we try and show them the
ways to get to that next lev­el
because we've all been
there."
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The Toomer's oaks have found
new life on the canvas of Steven
Malkoff. _____
-Malkoff was an Auburn student
and a walk-on for the football,
team in 1987 after he was origi­nally
denied entrance to the Uni- ,
versity because of dyslexia.
"I studied architecture here;
I played football "here," Malkoff
said. "But my real calling was to
be an artist"
More commonly known as the
"Tree Man," Malkofff discovered
his gift of drawing when he waA in
seventh grade;
'.'I wanted to get into wood-^
shop and work with wood," MaJK
koff said- "But I procrastinated *
and turned my schedule in l^te,
and they stuck me in art. Itwi-is, •
my destiny. I was destined to be
an artist."
Malkoff's love of trees began
when he and his then-fiancee
used to picnic under a particular
tree, called the Ole Oak in Gene­va,
Ala.
"I wasa starving artist," Malkoff
said. "You go through a starving
state in the aits. If you're a writ­er,
a musician, a singer or an art­ist,
there's always that time when
you're creating, but you're really
not being paid for it."
Malkoff drew the Ole Oak for
his fiancee as a gift because he
couldn't afford to buy her some­thing
more. He said drawing that
tree turned into a career, and he
now drawstrees all over the Unit­ed
States. \
"When! started doing ttie gen­dering
of the tree, it kind of honed
in on my calling," Malkoff said. "I
v.
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Steven Malkoff captures the oak trees at Toomer's Corner before the poison took effect.
knew I wanted to be an artist."
When Malkoff heard news of
the poisoning of the Toomer's
oaks, he was devastated. «. -
"Everything on the Earth haslts;
time, and unfortunately because;
of the poisoning of our trees, the:
time has been-hurried along,";
Malkoff said. "That's actually;
what catapulted meinto drawing:
our trees." H ^
Malkoff said his phone* ivas,
ringing off the hook with callers'
wanting him to draw the trees be­fore
they began to die.
"Everybody knows I'm an Au­burn
man," Malkoff said. "So it
made perfect sense that I should
capture the image of our trees be­fore
they're gone... I dropped ev­erything,
I grabbed my camera
and headed to Auburn."
Though Malkoff has been draw­ing
well-known trees for years,
drawing the Toomer's trees was-more
meaningful to him.
"I've drawn some really fa­mous
trees," Malkoff said. "I drew
the tree that Walt Disney played
on when he was a boy. I drew
the tree that overlooks Kenne­dy's
gravesite in Arlington. I drew
a tree from Mount Vernon that
George-~Washington planted. I
drew all these trees as historic si­lent
witnesses, living markers, but
I had no real connection to them."
The poisoning of the trees was a
wake-up call for Auburn. accord-ing
to Malkoff.
He said he thiilks the crime
showedfthe cQmmunitythat they
take thgtrees apd the great tradi­tions
here for'granted',' until they
lose them, and then it is too late.
"I have a connection to these
trees because they're part of my
childhood," Malkoff said. "I think
the reality of us losing our trees
made us realise how important
they are to us. It's not just a tradi-tion,
it's part of our college expe­rience."
Malkoff said the rendering of
the Toomer's oaks took three
months to draw, arid the origi­nal
is on a 32-by-40-'inch illustra­tion
board. Malkoff uses only a
No. 2 pencil for his artwork and
some supplies from J&M Book­store,
where he's been buying his
art needs since he was an Auburn
student. Malkoff does not use any
color in his artwork.
"I love black and white," Mal­koff
said. "It gives it an antiquity
instantly!'
Typically, Malkoff does' not in­clude
man-made structures in his
artwork, but for the Toomer's Cor­ner
trees, he made an exception,
drawing the brick archway and
stone eagles along with the oaks.
"When L see the human el­ement
of it, and I see the God-made
part.of it, together I see har-mony,"
Malkoff said. "And the curb
is important because it's Toomer's
Corner. It's the historic trees."
Malkoffvolunteers with the Au­burn
Raptor Center before every
home football game, and his art is
ori display at the shows.
To view the drawings, visit Ti-ger30.
com. Malkoff welcomes
anyone with an idea of a tree for
him to draw to call him at 1-888-
410-3559.
Malkoff draws many natural
settings, but trees are his calling.
"I'm not a tree hugger," Malkoff
said. "I'm a tree lover."
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Toomer's trees preserved on paper
9
Adam Hood
concert
» PAGE B7
Doyle flips out on campus
Baby psychology study
yields surprising results
Parkour artist
Ryan Doyle
performs stunts
on campus
BECKY HARDY
ASSISTANT INTRIGUE EDITOR
Ryan Doyle, a world-champion
free runner spon­sored
by Red Bull, showed
off his daredevil moves—
and learned a few—while
here at Auburn.
He* demonstrated his
movements and style of
parkour Friday for the stu­dent-
run parkour group at
Auburn.
Doyle started free run­ning
professionally when
he was 18 years old.
Doyle emphasizes that
he never started, just nev­er
stopped, when he talks
about the beginning of par­kour
in his life.
His preferred definition of
parkour is his own.
"Efficient 'movements to
achieve a goal," Doyle said.
"I lived in a soccer-orien-tated
area, so I got bored of
that really easily, so you're
forced to find something
else to do."
Originally from Liv­erpool,
England, Doyle
branched out and is now
able to travel the world be­cause
of his talent.
He has been named
champion at the Nation­al
Extreme Tricks in 2006,
2007,2009 and 2010.
Doyle also appeared
on MTV's Ultimate Park­our
Challenge, winning in
the third episode as well
as gaining recognition
through YouTube.
Doyle started out trying
to find movements to incor­porate
into his free running.
He looked into martial arts,
gymnastics and even break-dancing.
Doyle emphasizes the im­Panda
Express
» PAGE B8
CONTRIBUTED
Ryan Doyle performs his gravity-defying parkour stunts on Auburn's campus Friday.
portance of freedom in par­kour,
contrasting it with
gymnastics and its struc­tured
movements.
"My mission is to fin^ out
what the body can do when
it's not suppressed by what
society says is socially ac­ceptable
behavior," Doyle
said.
While traveling the world
and meeting new people,
Doyle learns new moves
that many have been per­fecting
for years.
When Doyle isn't prac­ticing
free running, he likes
to research various topics,
insisting that keeping his
mind sharp helps with his
parkour.
Doyle's main interests in­clude
ancient history and
philosophy, and he spent
four years exploring differ­ent
religions.
Recently he has been
most intrigued with astrol-
» See RUNNING, B6
KATEJONES
ASSOCIATE INTRIGUE EDITOR
Alison Gopnik, profes­sor
of psychology at the
University of California
at Berkley and author of
"The Philosophical Baby,"
spoke Tuesday as a part of
the Littleton-Franklin lec­ture
on the psychological
development of infants
and young children.
As a teenager, Gopnik
read Plato and was so in­terested
in his work, she
decided to follow in his
footsteps and study psy­chology.
"I also remember think­ing,
'Why is it that there
aren't any babies that he
talks about anywhere?'"
Gopnik said.
Gopnik is the oldest
of six children. She was
around babies all the time
and always found them
interesting.
"You know, here were
these great thinkers, and
babies never occurred,"
Gopnik said. "And they
were asking things like,
'How do we continue on
after we die?' Well, we
have kids. That seems like
an obvious thing. They're
not even mentioned."
Gerard Elfstrom, pro­fessor
of philosophy and
member of the Littleton-
Franklin Faculty Com­mittee,
said many people
on campus would be in­terested
in Gopnik's re­search,
particularly those
in the psychology depart­ment
and the department
of family planning and
childhood development.
In the animal kingdom,
Gopnik said the more in­telligent
the animal is, the
longer it takes it to reach
maturity, similar to hu­man
development.
ii
Usually what
happens is
the kids do
something totally
unexpected."
—ALISON GOPNIK
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY.
THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA AT BERKLEY
"Some animals learn
how to do one thing ex­tremely
Well," Gopnik
said. "Other creatures
aren't able to do one par­ticular
thing very well, but
we are very good at learn­ing
new things."
Gopnik said though
some animals, like chick­ens,
mature in a matter of
weeks, they are not very
intelligent.
In contrast, humans
can be thrown into an en­vironment
and figure out
how to survive.
"While you're learn­ing,
while you're figur­ing
out how to deal with
this particular environ­ment,
you're helpless,"
Gopnik said. "Evolution's
way of solving that prob­lem
seems to be this pro­tective
period early in life
when all we have to do is
learn, and then a later pe­riod
when we can take all
the things we learned as
children and put them to
use to solve the problems
we face as adults."
Gopnik and her col­leagues
formulate exper­iments
designed to test
» See BABY, B6
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REBECCA CR00MES / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
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ALEX SAGER / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Allison Hetzel presents her show on Georgia
O'Keefe at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of
Fine Art.
READ ONLINE AT THEPLAINSMAN.COM
RUNNING
» From B5
ogy and action choreogra­phy.
When Doyle is not free
running or doing research,
he spends his time teach­ing
students at Airborne
Entertainment, an acade­my
dedicated to teaching
teens ages 15 through 18
the art of parkour and mar­tial
arts.
"Teaching is to learn
twice," Doyle said.
He also makes sure to
not teach his students to be
exactly like him, emphasiz­ing
that a person's parkour
style can only come from
within.
"You can't teach some­one
parkour, you can only
help them," Doyle said.
Having broken his shin
in two places and separat­ed
his collarbone, among
other injuries, Doyle said
he hopes t o ease out of the
parkour scene and into
something less harmful to
his body.
He said he wants to
break into the media indus­try
where stunts would not
be as harsh.
Despite the pain and risk
of injury, however, Doyle is
not leaving parkour behind
just yet.
Doyls is always trying
to find places to perform
that are completely differ­ent
from previous stunt lo­cations.
Whether he's somewhere
in Europe, or here on Au­burn's
campus, Doyle con­tinues
to make art by cre­ating
his own identity
through movement.
Ingredients:
2 ripe avocados
2 plum tomatoes, diced
finely
1 clove garlic, minced
finely
VA cup fresh cilantro,
chopped
1 lime, juiced
Vi teaspoon salt
BABY
» From B5
and measure the way ba­bies
think, and that the
number of children tested
is usually small.
"One thing about de­velopmental
psycholo­gy
is, because we can't go
out and test everybody in
the internal psych ward,
which grown-up psycholo­gists
can do, we have to be'
pretty sure that our effects
are really real to get them,"
Gopnik said.
Gopnik said many times,
she conducts experiments
that do not work or do not
get results on the first trial.
"Usually what happens is
the kids do something to­tally
unexpected that we
never would have thought
of, and we have to adjust,"
Gopnik said. "When we do
get effects, it means these
kids are really engaged and
interested."
Gameday Kerry's recipe of the week
Guacamole
Directions:
Remove the flesh of the avocados and place
into a bowl. Mash the avocados until they are
creamy. Add the tomatoes, garlic, cilantro, lime
juice and salt. Stir all ingredients together. Serve
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ALEX SAGER / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Local residents browse art gallery 478 Creative's artwork in Big Biue Bagel Friday.
Art gallery photos
capture audience
Big Blue Bagel
hosts art
show for new
local gallery
KATEJONES
ASSOCIATE INTRIGUE EDITOR
Art gallery 478 Creative
and Big Blue .Bagel part­nered
Friday for the Arts,
Bagels & Brew Bash.
Located just past the
post office on Opelika
Road, 478 Creative pro­duces
original pieces of art
for personal and commer­cial
needs.
Jenna Freed, artiSt and
graduate student in indus­trial
design, said she does
a little bit of everything at
478 Creative.
"I mainly work on our
artwork, but I also prepare
it and wrap it on the can­vas,"
Freed said. "There's a
few of us who work togeth­er,
so we collaborate on ev­erything
we do."
The gallery creates its
own pieces in addition to
unique orders from cus­tomers,
who can bring in
photographs for 478 Cre­ative
to integrate into a
work
"We had an aviation guy
come in with his group ,
pictures, and we put them
into the piece for him,"
Freed said.
The gallery does not lim­it
its work to only canvas
portraits and prints, how­ever
"There's a wide range of
things," Freed said. "We do
marketing for people. We
design logos and websites,
also."
To market theirartwork,
478 Creative has a partner­ship
with Big Blue Bagel.
"Our style of artwork is
very vintage, an old-fash-ion
kind of feel," Freed said.
"The Big Blue Bagel really
suited that with the brick
walls on the inside. So the
artwork hanging in the Big
Blue Bagel now is ours."
Freed said the collabo­ration
is mutually benefi­cial
for the two businesses.
"They are advertising
• our stuff for them, and
then we put anything that
has to do with Big Blue
Bagel on our stuff," Freed
said.
Kevin Cash, assistant
manager of Big Blue Ba­gel,
said 478 Creative ini­tially
approached the shop
to put artwork in the res­taurant.
"We were like, 'Yeah,
that would be great,"' Cash
said. '"Bring us some cus­tomers
and have some
space to put your art.'"
For the event, 478 Cre­ative
brought more of their
artwork to the event, basi­cally
moving their art gal­lery
to Big Blue Bagel for
the night.
Freed said anyone who
came in received a sand­wich
and was able to see
the artwork.
Nicole Carter, senior in
apparel merchandising,
went to Big Blue Bagel to
eat dinner and noticed
the artwork while she was
there.
Carter said she liked the
print of the scattered wine
corks with local Auburn
restaurants on each the
most
"I liked how the photo
was very Auburn, but in a
subtle way!' Carter said. "It
doesn't scream Auburn at
first glance."
The event, had Blue
Moon and Sweetwa­ter
beers on draft for 48
cents, the rounded dol­lar
amount of 47.8 cents,
which is a play on the gal-eries
name.
Later in the night, there
were musical performanc­es
by The Band of Mothers
and High Strung Dew Sip-pers.
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Rising country singer returns
to play for hometown crowd
BECKY HARDY
ASSISTANT INTRIGUE EDITOR
Country singer and
songwriter Adam Hood re­turned
to his roots Sunday,
performing at the War Ea­gle
Supper Club in Auburn.
Growing up in Opelika,
Hood said he was always
influenced by country mu­sic,
but he had a slow start
getting into the music busi­ness.
After working 10 years
surveying land and deliv­ering
flowers for his moth­er's
business, Hood got his
big break in 2001 when mu­sic
producer Pete Anderson
watched him play a club in
Little Rock, Ark.
Hood then appeared on
Ray Wylie Hubbard's ra­dio
show in Gruene, Tex­as,
and was heard by coun­try
singer Miranda Lam­bert.
Lambert loved his
_ music, insisted on meeting
him and helped Hood ad­vance
his career by intro­ducing
him to some coun­try
music heavyweights.
Hood has since released
two albums "and two EPs,
and also signed with Carni­val
Music Publishing with
Lambert's help.
"She's the biggest cheer­leader
I got," Hood said.
Hood said country mu­sic
has always been a part
of his life.
"The South is kind of the
CONTRIBUTED
Country singer Adam Hood performs at the War Eagle
Supper Club Sunday. Hood is an Opelika native.
start of it all," Hood said.
"Southern music is Ameri­can
music." •
Hood said one of his fa­vorite
places to perform is
here, close to his roots.
"I like being back home
because it's low mainte­nance,"
Hood said. "I can
bring whoever I want to
play with and it feels like
more of a gig than a show."
Hie locals are supportive
when Hood comes back to
play.
"He's like a country James
Taylor," said Daren Rasey,
1991 Auburn alumnus.
"He's folksy and fun."
Another fan had the
same feelings about the
local country singer.
"His songwriting is real­ly
heartfelt," said Auburn
local Bryan Alldredge.
Hood's most memora­ble
show was one of his first
out-of-town paid shows in
Aiken, S.C.
Hood and his band ar­rived
at a cinder block
building located in a trail­er
park and instantly ques­tioned
the legitimacy of
the venue. Their suspicions
were confirmed when, be­fore
they even went on
stage! the bouncer was
knocked out by a convict.
Looking back, Hood has
advice for those looking to
get into the industry.
"Don't expect too much
too fast," Hood said. "Work
on your craft. If you're a gui­tar
player, focus on that.
Don't be afraid to play orig­inal
material. And finally,
don't worry how much it
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Canvas to replace Blackboard
New meal option added to Foy
BIANCA SEWARD
WRITER
Campus dining has re­cently
added Eastern
cuisine to the student
menu.
Tiger Dining welcomed
Asian-inspired restaurant
Panda Express Sept. 6.
Located in Foy Stu­dent
Union, Panda Ex­press
offers many Western
take? on traditional Chi­nese
dishes, including or­ange
chicken, Kobari beef
and egg and spring rolls,
among many other selec­tions.
The restaurant also fea­tures
Wok Smart items,
which contaiti 250 or few­er
calories per serving. •
Two entrees and a side
of friend rice or chow
mein is priced at $5.99.
"It's definitely worth
the expense," said Braxton
Tanner, junior in environ­mental
design.
"When r e s t a u ­rants
with a reputa­ble
brand name come
on campus they tend to
be stronger than the oth­er
locations on campus to
eat."
The restaurant will be
open from 10 a.m. to 8
p.m. on weekdays, closed
Saturdays and open from
10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Sundays.
Panda Express is open
five hours later than the
other restaurants in Foy
Student Union with the
exception of Take Five,
and it will be one of only
two restaurants in Foy
open Sundays.
"I think the availabili­ty
of the restaurant being
open on Sundays will def­initely
help it stay on cam­pus,"
said Samuel Mad-dox,
junior in architecture
and interior architecture.
"There are so many res­taurants
that come and
go, but with the extend­ed
hours and the brand
name, it has a stronger
chance of staying here. I
think it will be as popular
and as strong as the Den­ny's
is to the Village."
The line for Foy's new­est
addition grows quickly
each day, twisting around
the War Eagle Food Court
and extending through
the doors in the few min­utes
after classes let out
Some have developed a
strategy to beat the wait.
"I've got it down to a sci­ence,"
said Kaelyn Wedge-worth,
freshman in polit­ical
science. "I try to get
here by the 20 so people
will be held up in class."
Students said they have •
been impressed by the
speed of the Panda Ex­press
service.
"Today was my first
time eating there, and
I was surprised by how
fast the line moved and
the efficiency of the work­ers,"
said Anna Herider
son, senior in exercise
science.
After a much-antici­pated
wait, Tiger Dining
marketing is excited to
have the restaurant final­ly
open.
"We are happy it is now
open and available to stu­dents,"
said Gina Groome,
marketing manager of Ti­ger
Dining. "We are also
glad the students are en­joying
it so much."
REBECCA CROOMES
ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Rumors of Blackboard
being phased out were con­firmed
when a blue icon
with a white 'C' appeared in
AU Access this fall.
The Instructional Multi­media
Group of the Office
of Information Technolo­gy
announced that Can­vas
from the company ln-strucure
will replace Black­board
by the end of next
year.
Kathy McClelland, man­ager
of IMG, said the reason
for the switch is the Universi­ty's
licensing agreement with
Blackboard expires in 2012.
McClelland said Canvas is
capable of doing everything
Blackboard does and more.
Canvas and Blackboard
are just two of several pro­grams
known as learn-ing-
management systems,
which provide schools with
the technology to manage
course content online.
IIle softwtire utilizes Inter­net
innovations which make
sites like Twitter and Hulu
popular and will help stu­dents
learn to use it faster.
While some may be op­posed
to the new system,
many students are most­ly
apathetic to the system
changes.
Some, like Haley Steger,
graduate student in math,
don't give it much atten­tion.
"I don't use Blackboard
except to post grades and
post the syllabus," said Ste­ger.
who teaches a calculus
class.
She said she wasn't aware
of everything Canvas can
do, but was planning on at­tending
a training session
for the software.
Students are current­ly
able to view Canvas
through AU Access, but Mc­Clelland
said only a limited
number of classes are using
the program this semester.
The trial run will help
IMG address any problems
before the big switch.
According to the IMG
website, training and infor­mational
videos are avail­able
this semester, and the
software will be available
for faculty this spring.
Eager students wait to order lunch at the new Panda Express in Foy Student Union.
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