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The Auburn PlainsmanThursday, June 16, 2011 www.theplainsman.com Vol. 117, Issue 32, 8 Pages
A Spirit thAt iS Not AfrAid
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Judge denies gag order in caseNatalie YaridNewS edItOr
Lee County Judge Jacob walker III denied a gag or-der requested by the dis-trict attorney in the case of Harvey Updyke Jr., who is accused of poisoning the toomer’s oaks.
the judge chose to al-low the The Alabama rules of Professional Conduct to govern the behavior of Up-dyke and his attorney.
Glennon threatt, Up-dyke’s attorney, said he is pleased with the decision.
“I think that’s great,” Threatt said after the deci-sion was announced. “You know what they wanted was more than that. They wanted us to be prohibit-ed from talking to the me-dia at all, and you’d have to ask them why they felt that was appropriate. You know I disagree.”
the gag order request, filed in May by the district attorney’s office, was in-
tended to seal case records. the order would create
restricted access to future court affairs and prohibit the parties involved from speaking with the media.
The judge said he would not seal records, except for those concerning mental evaluations.
walker said he would let the interaction between the attorneys and the public be governed by the state’s rule
of professional responsibil-ity.
The status hearing is set for August because both the prosecution and de-fense voiced concerns about being prepared to go to trial by the tentative court date set for June.
In late May, Harvey Up-dyke pleaded not guilty. He claimed a mental disease or defect caused the two counts of first-degree crim-
inal mischief, two counts of desecrating a venerat-ed object and two counts of unlawful damage, van-dalism or theft of property from a farm-animal or crop facility.
the delay in court date allows the time needed for the results of mental evalu-ation to be made available and the appropriate tests to completed on the soil of toomer’s trees.
Harvey Updyke
Trash, sewer rates increase to cover costsAndrew McCaslinwrIter
Students looking for places to live off campus next semester should keep in mind that sewer and trash rates are expected to rise.
tim woody, director of environmental services in Auburn, said the increase in rates will only affect stu-dents living in duplexes and rental houses, as these ser-vices are contracted by the city.
trash services for apart-ments are contracted by private companies, so resi-dents of those areas will see no change in their rent.
the reason for the in-crease is because of a num-ber of economic factors, in-cluding the rise of expen-ditures, the breakdown of equipment and lack of rev-enue to cover expenditures.
Currently, Auburn sub-sidizes between $619,000-650,000 per year for trash services.
woody said the rate in-
crease will cut the current subsidization in half to $350,000. even with the cut, trash services will still de-pend on subsidies.
The rate increase will al-low other cost portions, currently paid by the gen-eral fund, to be allocated to the solid waste manage-ment fund.
the cost portions in-clude workers’ compensa-tion, fleet service and gen-eral management costs.
difficulties with outdat-ed equipment are another cost allocation the rate in-creases are expected to ad-dress.
According to woody, 14 of the 26 trash collection vehicles are in need of re-pairs that will cost more than the machines them-selves.
The rate increase, woody said, will create a reserve fund for the swift replace-ment of equipment.
The Auburn City Council voted on the issue June 7,
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Cleaner rides for students
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Transit bus driver, edward Meek, pushes the ignition button in one of the hybrid buses.
tyson McKinnonwrIter
Going green is more than a trend at Auburn Univer-sity. It’s also being imple-mented in many modes of transportation around campus.
efforts by Auburn Uni-versity to leave a smaller carbon footprint are both diverse and ambitious.
At the forefront of the ad-vances is the tiger transit bus system.
The service added six hy-brid buses to its fleet in Au-gust.
Like the other tiger tran-sit buses, they have a re-generation system in place
which reuses emissions. All tiger transit bus-
es meet federal emissions standards.
Hybrid tiger transit bus-es look just like the other 49 tiger transit buses around campus, but come with a heftier price tag.
they each cost about $181,000, according to rex Huffman, manager of tran-sit services.
Nonhybrid buses cost about $143,000.
All tiger transit bus-es are replaced within five years or upon reaching
Alex SAgeR / PHOTO eDITOR
Auburn will be switching from Blackboard to a new system named Canvas in 2012.
Blackboard changes coming soonKristen FerrellCAMPUS edItOr
It is hard to take a class at Auburn and not have to use Blackboard to look at grades or turn in assign-ments. Professors depend on it, and students check it often.
Soon though, Black-board will not be a com-mon word heard on cam-pus.
Auburn has begun the process to replace Black-board for a new learning management system, In-structure Canvas, and the University Senate recently approved the recommend-ed replacement.
Because Auburn’s li-cense with Blackboard Vista ends in 2013, the Uni-versity decided it will not renew its contract with Blackboard.
Instead, a group was created to search for a re-placement. the Learn-ing Management Sys-tem working Group be-gan searching in decem-
ber and has done its home-work to find the best sys-tem for the University.
After narrowing the search down to five learn-ing management systems, LMSwG found the one it thought was best and rec-ommended to switch to Canvas at the recent Sen-ate meeting.
“we need to replace the current managing system,” said Kathy McClelland, chairwoman of LMSwG.
McClelland said the change needed to be made because Blackboard was no longer supporting Vis-ta, which is the operating system the University runs on.
the recommendation was approved, and Mc-Clelland said everyone in-volved in the evaluation process supported the transition to Canvas.
“Overwhelmingly, the faculty liked Canvas,” Mc-Clelland said. “It’s a prod-uct I think everyone will come to love.”
McClelland said Canvas is a learning management system that was created as a class project by two students who were fed up with Blackboard.
Students will quickly no-tice that this learning man-agement system is geared toward their needs, with many of its key features in-cluding Facebook notifica-tions and video chat.
“It was developed with the students’ perspective,” McClelland said.
McClelland said the transition should startim-mediately.
this means professors and administrators will start using it as soon as fall
semester, and McClelland said that by fall 2012 every-one on campus should be using Canvas.
the main concern is how easy the transition will be.
It may be hard for stu-dents to understand the change in systems, be-cause many believe the current system is fairly proficient. LMSwG repre-sentatives assured the Sen-ate the system would be worth the time and effort.
“I just don’t like change,” said Noel eason, senior in english education. “Black-board is not rocket sci-ence.”
eason said she loves Blackboard, but she wouldn’t mind chang-ing systems as long as the new system wouldn’t be too hard to learn because Blackboard is a system she heavily depends on for her classes.
“Blackboard is some-thing I use daily,” said
“I just don’t like change. Blackboard is not rocket science.”
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June 6 - 13south college street Theft of property. Black-berry Storm, black.
west longleaf Auto breaking and enter-ing. MP3 player and Apple iPod.
west thach concourse auburn universityTheft, miscellaneous. Purse, $55, $200 in gift cards, Compass bank checkbook and RBS checkbook.
east university driveTheft from public building.Drivers license and social security card.
lee roadAuto breaking and enter-ing reported.MP3 Apple ipod and chamers co. ring.
auburn Auto breaking and enter-ing while carrying illegal gun. Blackberry, two ipods, portable gaming system and head lamp.
west longleaf driveAuto breaking and enter-ing reported. Backpack, HP laptop and wireless mouse black.
webster roadTheft of property 2nd de-gree. Pistol and gold 14K necklace.
north gay streetTheft from residence.Gaming console, two Xbox games, eight DVDs and $200.
opelika roadAuto breaking and enter-ing. Visa Card BBT.
commerce driveAuto breaking and entering reported. $130, leather wallet and Reds-tole federal credit union debit card.
east veterans boulevardTheft of property 1st de-gree. 60” LCD Samsung, 42” LCD Samsung, Nin-tendo Wii game console and MacBook Pro.
west longleaf driveAuto breaking and enter-ing. Digital camera canon, GPS magellan, wallet, debit card, credit card and immigration naturalization card.
west longleaf driveAuto breaking and enter-ing reported. Apple iTouch.
glenn avenueTheft from residence.Sony Playstation 2, logi-tech speaker set, creative speaker set, black cell phone LG, navy three-piece suit and seven DVDs.
glenn avenueTheft from residence.White Oakley sunglasses, Samsung 32,” memory foam mattress topper, globe with gold base and Sony camera.
Kudeina acresBurglary 2nd degree. STIHL weedeater, Canon REBEL digital camera, Canon zoom lens, digital camera Canon power shoot, video camera JVC and Dell laptop.
— Reports provided by Auburn Department of
Public Safety
Crime reports
DUi Arrests in the City of AUbUrn
■ gregory lamar Jones, 28, of opelika Booker Street at Julie Avenue June 10, 8:16 p.m.
■ Janae deanne setaro, 23, of fort Myers, fla. West Glenn Avenue June 10, 4:07 a.m.
■ Kimberly dianne felton, 37, of opelika US 29 South at Enterprise Drive June 10, 9:46 p.m.
■ caroline Marie gibson, 24, of opelika Thach Avenue at Dean Road June 11, 3 a.m.
■ leslie Morgan beadles, 29, of opelika Tichenor Avenue June 12, 3:24 a.m.
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Takaila Spence, senior in pre-pharmacy. “it is easy to navigate, especially the dis-cussion boards.”
for students like Ea-son and Spence who have no complaints with Black-board, LMSWg wants to
make sure any new system Auburn decides to start us-ing is easier than what is al-ready in place.
LMSWg knows this is one of the biggest concerns for everyone and chose to recommend Canvas on be-cause of its easy-to-under-stand format.
“i have found the conver-
sion was pretty seamless,” said Jane Kuehne, LMSWg faculty member. “Canvas is a nice change, and it has a lot to offer.”
This recommendation is one of the first steps in the process of adopting a new system, but Auburn is mak-ing sure every step has plen-ty of feedback from faculty
and students to make sure the best choice is made.
Until the transition to Canvas begins, students and faculty can learn more about it through informa-tion on its website and also by talking to any of the LM-SWg members who have worked to find the best sys-tem fit for Auburn.
and the entire Council, ex-cept Brent Beard, agreed to increase the rates.
The Council’s overall mis-sion is to reduce the gener-al fund.
Currently, trash service equipment is being bought at a rate of $250,000.
fuel costs have doubled since the last rate increase in 2004.
“i understand that fees need to increase somewhat to keep the fund self-suffi-cient, but things (that the
current fund is paying for) like recycling cost well over 300 grand. My thinking is that picking up people’s re-cycling at their houses is an extreme luxury.”
Beard said the city could still offer the recycling ser-vices, but fees would have to be paid in addition to the garbage fee.
“it could be like the back-side garbage collection service, it’s a little extra, about ten dollars more per month,” Beard said.
Laura Koon, director of Water resource Manage-ment, said the trash fund is
relatively new, and that Au-burn is trying to make this new fund self-sufficient.
The new rates will bal-ance out the revenue loss from the general fund. The total amount of money for the general fund for the 2011 fiscal year is currently $54.5 million.
“The sewer fund is cur-rently self-sustaining and sewer requirements (sew-er operations and capi-tal improvement) are met through the collection of sewer rates and charges.
“The sewer fund is not subsidized by the general
fund,” Koon said. According to figures pro-
vided by Woody, the sewer rate will increase 32 cents for every 1,000 gallons of water with annual increas-es implemented through 2013.
Trash rates are expected to increase $3 for curb-side services and $3.50 for back-door services.
Additional rate hikes are expected to increase by $3 for curb-side services and $3.50 more for back-door services, which are expect-ed to be implemented in 2014.
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Buildings on campus will soon be identified by uniform signs placed at their entrance, rather than a name located on the ex-terior wall of a building.
Auburn University’s Campus Planning and Space Manage-ment Department is currently placing building identification signs throughout campus.
the library, Student Center, quad dormitories and the Au-burn Alumni Center are just a few places where these signs will be located.
These signs are the last step in the three-phase exterior Build-ing identification and Wayfind-ing Signage Project, which has a goal to improve Auburn’s build-ing signage system.
Phase one, implemented in fall 2009, addressed the concern for additional parking signs, fol-lowed by a second phase which focused on street identification signs last fall.
“This phase that is going for-ward is specifically for building-identification signs for 911 re-sponse,” said campus planner Jeffrey Dumars. “That is the pri-ority goal for our signage sys-
tem.”Ben Chapman, who works
with Auburn Construction Man-agement, said the plan is to put signs in front of each major building in the core area of cam-pus.
A committee composed of graphic designers and Universi-ty faculty members from the de-partments of landscape archi-tecture and industrial design planned the signs, which are gray and orange and feature the Samford Hall logo.
According to Dumars, the initial budget for the plan was an estimated $350,000, and the cost may vary based on the final number of produced signs.
Dumars said as of now, he es-timates the count to be between 100 and 200 signs.
The map of this project can be found on the University website, which gives a detailed view of the buildings which will receive new identification signs as well as accessibility signs.
This project is also being used to help incoming freshmen fa-miliarize themselves with the campus prior to attending Au-burn.
“We’re giving this to Oit, as
well as the Office of Communi-cation and Marketing, so that this will be the format for the online graphics, as well as maps that the office sends out to in-coming freshmen,” Dumars said.
Chapman said the projected completion date for this third phase is in mid-August.
Cindy Orsenigo, senior in communication disorders, said she believes this project will be beneficial to Auburn students and visitors, as well as helpful in the recruiting process.
“Our campus is somewhat complicated if you’re not famil-iar with it,” Orsenigo said. “We do have a lot of visitors frequent our campus, and i think new signs will make it a lot more ap-pealing for students to come here.
“these will definitely make our campus an even friendlier environment.”
Chapman said he hopes the project is finished before school resumes in the fall.
“Hopefully, it will make it eas-ier to find buildings and class-rooms,” Dumars said. “Ultimate-ly, we want it to improve the overall image and character of the campus.”
trent erwinASSOCiAte CAMPUS eDitOr
technology from Auburn Uni-versity’s software engineering program is revolutionizing med-ical care in rural Alabama.
KidCheck, a medical program for children in rural communities of Alabama, administers health screenings in public schools to check for symptoms that will in-dicate medical issues.
KidCheck was a program orig-inally implemented by Gov. Bob riley and his administration. However, KidCheck has been ob-tained by the nonprofit organiza-tion Sight Savers America.
Jeffrey Haddox, CeO of Sight Savers America, began the non-profit because he realized the need for vision correction for children in Alabama. The organi-zation has since moved to incor-porate KidCheck and help with screening of all general medical needs for children in rural areas.
Nurses from the Auburn School of Nursing worked in collabora-tion with KidCheck and inquired about updating the process of fil-ing medical records. The nurses involved with the screenings were originally required to collect and file paperwork on each child.
the department of computer science and software engineering was alerted about the project and began developing software that would simplify the filing process.
to receive funding for the proj-ect, Auburn approached sponsor Verizon Wireless. A proposal was sent during the spring semester of 2009 to Verizon, which was grant-ed and offered the department of computer science and software engineering $23,000 for the soft-ware project.
richard Chapman, associate professor of computer science and software engineering, led
the project construction along with students. There were teams of software engineering students with senior design projects and graduate students that worked on the project.
“These teams go and meet with the nursing students and see how they work and how they gather the data,” Chapman said. “From there, they get an idea of what the functions of the system need to be and then design and produce a prototype. They go out with the nursing students and test the pro-totype and refine it.”
The software allows children to complete the screenings without carrying paperwork to each sta-tion. Nurses are equipped with netbooks, small laptops, that are connected to the Verizon network and are able to enter data imme-diately.
There are certain instruments that can be connected directly to a netbook by USB that record measurements through the soft-ware, creating a more fluid pro-cess. Previously, nurses had to manually enter all data from pa-per files to a database.
“The project is not completed yet,” Chapman said. “it is an ongo-ing thing. We started back in 2009 and will continue as long as fund-ing supports the project.”
The current phase of the proj-ect is dedicated to improving medical instruments connectivi-ty through USB and the database that records can be uploaded to.
“When Auburn first brought this proposal to our attention, we knew we were in. it was a no-brainer,” said Michelle robinson, Verizon’s southeast region presi-dent. “This project is such a great collaboration of nonprofits, the public sector, colleges, nursing schools, healthcare providers and others.”
New signs around campus make it easier to navigate
Software engineers aid rural areas with medical programs
Indian ensemble offers escape
Alex SAger / PHOTO eDITOr
Pedestrians walk by the new sign in front of the Alumni Center.
Nicole SingletonSPOrtS eDitOr
Being a part of india can be as easy as walking into room 229 in Goodwin Hall on a Monday night.
in Shiladitya Chaudhury’s indi-an ensemble class, the point is to immerse yourself in another cul-ture by learning to perform classi-cal indian music.
Forget desks and tests. this class is for the experience. Stu-dents sit in a circle on colorful mats and joke about having the unfamiliar instruments upside down.
But, once the music begins, it feels like you could be walking the streets of india.
the indian ensemble class, which began last fall, will also be offered in the upcoming fall and spring semesters. There are no re-quirements for the class or any major restrictions, and it counts as a liberal arts/music elective.
Students in the class play in-struments including harmoni-ums, tapturas, tablas, surpetis and an assortment of other au-thentic indian instruments. West-ern instruments, like violins and flutes, can also be incorporated.
Don’t be afraid to be vocal along with the music. The only instru-ment that you need in the class is your voice, Chaudhury said.
“(The class) is primarily vocal, mainly because the indian instru-ments are kind of difficult to mas-ter,” Chaudhury said. “What i tell people is everyone comes with one free instrument from birth, and that’s your voice.”
the melodies are easy going and relaxing, enough so that stu-dents say they use this class as a time to free their mind of the pres-
sures of more challenging classes.The indian culture also plays an
important role in the class.“We try to make it authentic as
possible,” Chaudhury said. “We sit on the ground indian-style, and when we perform at the end of the semester, we typically get authen-tic (indian) outfits for everybody.”
Chaudhury said some students might come in and realize it’s not for them, but said he encourages people to come and try it.
“i think that people who stick with it a few weeks eventually grow to like it,” Chaudhury said.
it is possible that there will be a 2-3 week study abroad course this time next year.
“it would be learning about in-dian music, but doing it in india,” Chaudhury said.
While there, students would be introduced to indian musicians and instrument makers.
Although the class may seem
difficult to some, Chaudhury said participation is the main key to success his classroom.
“in indian music, there are two fundamental pillars that it’s built on,” Chaudhury said. “One is called raga, which is melodic as-pect of music. The other is taal, or tala, which is the rhythmic aspect. each one of these has a whole theory kind of behind them and the way they interact which makes music.”
The goal of the class is not to come out knowing how to play or sing the music like an expert, but to gain an appreciation and un-derstanding for this form of art.
“My main goal in the class is that students should go away with a little bit of kind of theoretical un-derstanding of how indian music is put together from ragas and ta-als,” Chaudhury said.
This is a class where students are taught to play music, but they
do not have to be familiar with reading staff notation, so anyone can enroll in it.
“We actually use an indian no-
tation system translated in eng-lish, so everyone can understand,” Chaudhury said.
At the end of every semester, the students’ final exam is to per-form a public recital.
this class has also given stu-dents the opportunity to get in-volved with the indian Cultur-al Society in Birmingham and to participate in indian cultural functions.
“i think that people come in sometimes, and they don’t know what to expect because — espe-cially in Alabama — there is not a lot of indian culture music that is available to people,” Chaudhury said.
This semester’s students seem to be enjoying the once-in-a-life-time aspect of the class.
“i originally played piano and guitar growing up,” said Sha-lyn Creel, senior in pre-pharma-cy. “But i never played instru-ments like this before, so it’s re-ally unique and special to be able to play a different culture’s instru-ment.”
Students from india are also in the class, offering a unique experi-ence for those far from home.
Shantanu Pradham, Ph.D. stu-dent in chemical engineering, said he has been interested in indian classical music since his childhood and took this opportu-nity to learn about it.
The students are not the only ones getting pleasure out of tak-ing this music class.
“i think i get the most pleasure actually listening to my students, and because when they get it —for any teacher — that’s just the most amazing part of it,” Chaud-hury said.
NICOle SINgleTON / SPOrTS eDITOr
Shantanu Pradhan and Thomas Harbin play the tabla and swara mandal during class.
NICOle SINgleTON / SPOrTS eDITOr
Students listen to Chaudhury before they begin playing another classical Indian melody.
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There are times when it is incumbent upon the editor of this paper to address certain policies or procedures of the paper.
it is not the job of the editor to defend the policies, but clarify why they are in place.
to defend is to imply a policy is flawed or malicious in some way, and, as the cur-rent and three-time editor, i can assure our readers there is not one malicious or dis-criminatory Auburn Plainsman policy.
We, present, past and future Plainsman staffs do not set out to trample upon peo-ple’s privacy or point out a particular group unnecessarily.
One particular policy that has become a hot issue around the office is the list of duis we run each week.
We received several phone calls con-cerning the list, and the callers’ misunder-standing of public records laws concerned me.
The Plainsman began running duis Aug. 23, 2007.
it was the first issue of the fall semes-ter, and the list was run on the front page alongside an article about a state trooper-led, state-wide crackdown on traffic viola-tions.
david ingram, editor at the time, pre-sented other papers’ policies and what he said was ‘way too many senseless duis in Auburn’ to the staff and together we decid-ed to make it a weekly feature of the paper.
in an editor’s note in the Aug. 30, 2007 issue, ingram wrote ‘(We) have chosen to print the names of individuals who have received a dui within a week’s time not to exploit the arrests, but to bring this com-mon issue to the surface in hopes that stu-dents and citizens will learn from it… (We) do not hand pick which names to publish, but print all names in the Auburn City po-lice reports.’
Since that first week, the list has been run on page A2 and includes every dui ar-rest listed for that week in the Auburn City police reports.
the reports are simply arrest reports, which are public records and available to anyone. it is most important to point out the list is only of arrests, not convictions.
This is a common feature for weekly, dai-ly and community newspapers.
Although it was not the reason we im-plemented the policy, it is apparent that we are not the first nor will we be the last newspaper to run duis or other public safety-related records.
if a dui arrest is run in our paper, it is neither mandatory or neglectful for us not to follow up on the case.
to the best of our knowledge and fact checking, the information is accurate at the time of press. False arrests become a law enforcement issue, and not an issue for our paper.
i was a member of the fall 2007 staff and remember the backlash from embarrassed individuals, but i also remember the out-pouring of support by students, faculty and staff.
Even today i have been a part of discus-sions with classmates who voice support for the list because they use it as a guide of where and when not to drive to remain safe.
As our mission statement says, ‘As the official student newspaper of Auburn uni-versity, The Auburn Plainsman’s principle mission is to serve as the primary print news and information source for the uni-versity’s students, staff and administra-tion.’
We will continue to run the duis and crime reports each week because a vital part of our purpose is public safety through information.
The majority of our readership is binge-drinking college students, and since Au-gust 2010, there have been 166 dui arrests, not including breaks between semesters. We are serving thse students best by pro-viding information and a level of account-ability for their actions.
We would not be doing our journalistic duty if we buckled under opposition and threats of legal action.
to expand further on Plainsman policy in regards to public records, any factual in-formation from arrests, deaths – acciden-tal or otherwise – will be printed.
Other editors have put it more concisely that i can muster:
‘Anyone who knows the history of this newspaper… knows that it is pointless to call and request that a name be left out,’ said paul Osborne, editor and publisher of the decatur tribune in decatur, ill. ‘Either all names go in as the public record, or they all stay out. Some will not get better treat-ment than others because of who they are, or the money they have. The print rule ap-plies to everybody.’
War Eagle and drive safely.
Natalie [email protected]
To The ediTor:What does it take to
make a good corpo-rate citizen? Especial-ly, during a time of trag-edy and heartbreak such as during the storms of April 27, 2011.
it is just reasonable and good common sense to expect Alabama’s corpo-rate community to step up to the plate, pitch in and do their share-after all, many have to depend on the residents of Ala-bama for their business?
The homeowner insur-ance companies in Ala-bama should make an extra effort to be there when they are need-ed, providing the pro-tection their policyhold-
ers have paid premi-ums for over the years.
Yet, ALFA insurance, the state’s second largest home insurer, announced June 3, 1011, that they will not be renewing home-owner coverage on 1 of every 6 current policies.
This amounts to some 73,000 homeowners who will be without cover-age, leaving ALFA with about 330,000 customers.
ALFA Executives have acknowledged that this action is a direct result of Alabama’s April 27 storms with claims esti-mated to be $450 Million..
is this be the quali-ty corporate citizens we want in Alabama?
A state company that
has for years solicited ho-meowners’ business, yet, when we have an act of nature-which is the very reason we pay premi-ums, ALFA cuts and runs to maximize profits!
The bottom line: Al-abama does not want or need such compa-nies. The public needs to let the executives of ALFA know how they feel about ALFA’s behavior.
There are many oth-er homeowner compa-nies who have not re-acted in such an out-rageous matter.
ALFA must remem-ber they are not the only company in the state.
-James W. AndersonTalladega resident
Alabama immigration law goes too fargov. robert Bentley signed
the state’s new immigration bill into law June 9.
The law, now the strictest in the nation, makes it illegal to not only employ an illegal im-migrant, but also to knowingly rent or provide transportation to an illegal immigrant.
The law also requires public schools to report the costs of educating illegal immigrants.
Bill sponsor rep. Micky Hammon told the Birming-ham News the bill was meant to attack all aspects of illegal immigrants’ lives.
“this bill is designed to make it difficult for them to live here so they will deport themselves,” Hammon said.
For a while now, we have wanted Alabama to be in the spotlight for something other than inclement weather and football.
However, it is appalling to now be thrust into nation-al media attention for all the wrong reasons.
We are not surprised to see a law like this passed in our state, knowing how republi-can and conservative the state
of Alabama is. What we are surprised to see
is how far Bentley and his ad-ministrationare taking this.
it is ridiculous to expect the police to enforce something on this large of a scale with no ad-ditional funding.
individuals arrested on sus-picion of being here illegal-ly can be detained in jail until their status is confirmed.
this seems counter intui-tive to add strain to an already overburdened system.
the thing we dislike the most about this bill is the im-plications from an educational standpoint.
to interrupt the flow of a free public education system goes against a lot of what our country was founded on.
teachers should not have to spend any of their time focus-ing on whether the children they are teaching are citizens or not.
This is not the only aspect of the issue we find troubling.
Many people say illegal im-migrants are taking jobs from unemployed American citi-zens, but we don’t feel this is
the case.How many people in your
life would be willing to work construction in the sweltering heat for almost nothing?
There’s no accountability for companies to pay the wages they tell the government they are paying these people.
to make matters worse, there is seldom any legal action taken against employers.
illegal immigrants want to be here so badly, they fear for being discovered and take what they can get.
they are getting screwed over and they know it.
This isn’t even something Al-abama legislators should be dealing with.
We feel immigration should be a federal issue.
if this has become such an issue, the federal government should get involved.
it should make standard guidelines that the states can bend, to an extent, to fit their individual needs.
We also believe the natu-ralization process should be reformed and become more streamlined.
it is unrealistic and unfair to think illegal immigrants, many of whom are barely getting by, have the kind of spare cash to apply for citizenship forms.
The filing fee to apply for cit-izenship is over $600.
to apply for employment au-thorization is $380.
With fees like that, it’s no wonder so many illegal immi-grants remain illegal.
Many of us don’t even have extra money like that.
These fees seem a bit archa-ic because of today’s technolo-gy and convenience.
it takes just the click of a mouse to forward the applica-tion to the next reviewer.
We understand the need for a fee, but the ones in place are outlandish.
And if there should ever be national immigration reform, we feel it should include some anti-racism clauses.
What’s in place now only en-courages racial profiling.
Our country is known as the melting pot for a reason, and targeting the people who make up our nation’s diverse groups doesn’t sit well with us.
Sometimes i wonder how much i’ve ac-tually learned in college.
Sure, i know how to read a book, de-cide what’s important, memorize and internalize, and i know that’s a skill. But shouldn’t every college student be able to read and think critically?
There are very few classes that i’ve tak-en (and this isn’t to say they don’t exist) that caused me to rethink the way i did something. These classes are the precious gems in universities that make me still be-lieve in the system.
Though i take all teaching with a grain of salt and understand that all knowl-edge comes from perspective, those class-es that taught me something i’d never en-countered before excited me.
One of these classes was my photojour-nalism class in spring 2010.
Having never used a “real” camera, or an SLr, i felt intimidated going into the course.
What i discovered, lo and behold, was that it was a learning laboratory, a place where i could make mistakes, and it was OK.
We had one or two tests, but we were primarily judged by our work, our images.
After this class, i felt as though i’d actu-
ally, truly learned something — a skill. i learned to do something i had never done before, and, unlike the things i commit-ted to short-term memory, i could still re-member how to do it!
Like any skill, ability comes with prac-tice and time, and i knew my affair with photography would need more work.
Coincidentally (not really), The plains-man needed photographers. it always does.
in the past year at the plainsman, i have learned so much. The knowledge is invaluable, and most of it never happened in a classroom or the library.
it happened through the human inter-action of a teacher, Chris Walker, and a student, me.
this interaction never would have worked if Chris handed me a book and said ‘this is how you do it.’
i knew what was expected of me as a student. i was to go out in the community, get in people’s faces and take some pho-tos. if i did it wrong, i would hear about it, too.
Sadly, Chris won’t be teaching at Au-burn anymore. As the photo editor for The plainsman in the fall, i fear what will be-come of the photojournalism department at Auburn.
But more than that, i fear what will be-come of students like me who didn’t know they even were interested in photography.
i have had many professors, but few teachers, at Auburn. And i’m sad that oth-ers won’t get to have my favorite one.
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Play that funky music, Wildman
Alexander HarperWrIter
If you ask Wildman Steve, good music has no genre.
Wildman Steve, whose real name is Steve Bronson, is the founder and head deejay of local-ly-owned and operated Internet radio station Wildman Steve ra-dio.
Although it started out with humble beginnings, Wildman Steve radio now has at least 50 regular listeners in each state, as well as listeners in coun-tries around the world including France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, Mexico and the U.K.
“It’s far out to watch,” Bron-son said. “We have 5,000 listeners across the world on a daily basis, which is considered in the world of radio to be a ‘large station’ au-dience, but we are real happy with our growth.”
For Bronson, running the radio
station comes naturally. “It’s just in my blood,” Bronson
said. “It’s something I always did. I was born that way, literally. I don’t think I could do a job not involved in music.”
After graduating from West Virginia University, Bronson took time off to play the trumpet, pi-ano, drums and even the wash-board. Bronson said he has been in 15-20 bands, which has allowed him to take a first-hand look at the music that has always been a part of him.
He picked up work here and there, he said, and played every-thing from hard rock to country. After five years, Bronson attended the University of Florida to get his bachelor’s degree in music.
In 1983, after almost nailing a record deal, Bronson sold his band equipment and opened a record store with the nearly 4,000 records he had in his possession.
He then conducted a study on college towns to decide where he could open his record store. He fi-nally settled on Auburn in 1988 based on market research that showed a lack of competition in this area. Alex SAger / Photo editor
Bronson emcees the Alex City Jazz Festival on Friday, June 10.
Stepping out in a style all their ownCourtney Smith INtrIgUe edItor
turning your wardrobe into a unique work of art is effortless when you can make most of it yourself.
Mary grant McKibben, senior in apparel design and production management, is one of many stu-dents who designs and creates her own clothing.
“I always really liked art,” McK-ibben said. “I found my passion was to go and create something.”
McKibben said she relies on a combination of things she finds in magazines and things she ob-serves in real life to help inspire her creations.
“I am a big Vogue magazine reader,” McKibben said. “every month I’ll tear pages out and put them in a binder, which I have la-beled by season.”
McKibben said she also likes to see what people on the street are wearing and will take pictures of outfits or clothing items that in-spire her.
Heather Hall, senior in appar-el design and production man-agement, said she enjoys spend-ing her time designing a lot of her own clothes as well.
“I am much more comfortable wearing my designs now than I used to be,” Hall said. “It makes my day when someone asks where I got something and I can say I made it myself.”
once Hall has an idea, she then has to figure out how to bring it to life. Hall said the most challeng-ing part is the technical aspect, which almost always involves tri-al and error. But, she said, that’s how she learns.
“I sit and stare and start sketch-ing until I think I know how some-thing will come together,” Hall said.
With a self-proclaimed passion for all things detailed and artis-tic, Hall said her design aesthetic is inspired by vintage themes and handwork such as French heir-loom, embroidery, ribbon work and beading.
A major difficulty she said she faces when putting together a de-sign is creating a piece that looks the way she envisions it in her head.
Hall said that in Auburn, find-ing materials for her projects is difficult because they are at a dis-advantage when it comes to get-ting supplies. While there is a Hobby Lobby in opelika, she said,
the nearest fabric store is located in Montgomery.
“Sometimes it doesn’t seem possible to find exactly what I’m looking for in terms of color, trim-mings or other design details,” Hall said. “However, sometimes I have to just use what I have or keep trying until it comes out the way I planned.”
designing a garment can be time consuming and expensive, Hall said, but it’s an accomplish-ment when finished.
Hall said she is in the process of creating her online website and portfolio as well as designing her own line, which she plans to have ready for show by the time she graduates in december.
“If nothing else, these experi-ences have shown me how much the world has to offer and that you should do something you en-joy while making a positive differ-ence in someone else’s life,” Hall said.
Lenda Connell, professor in the department of consumer af-fairs, teaches specialized appar-el design courses that move ap-
parel design from an intellectual concept to the actual production of garments. Connell also super-vises interns throughout the se-mester.
“Some (students) may design garments. others may produce patterns. others find the fabrics for production,” Connell said. “Add to that the different catego-ries of apparel… it is a huge field.”
Miranda Mardis, senior in ap-parel design and production management, said she has been making clothes for herself since she was 15 years old and revels in the opposite end of the design-ing spectrum by opting for a more theatrical approach.
“I enjoy anything overexagger-ated and over the top,” Mardis said. “the gaudier, the better, I say.”
Mardis said she wants to work in costume design because she understands that the concepts she designs are not practical for an everyday woman.
“I love making people ques-tion my designs and really think about the meaning behind them,”
Mardis said. “And I feel I can have more design freedom in costume design.”
For Mardis, anything can be in-spirational. She said she takes her ideas from different things she sees on a daily basis, but she also loves vintage clothing.
“I feel like vintage garments tell a story of another time, and I like taking that idea of a story and giv-ing it a little twist,” Mardis said.
Martha Faber, senior in apparel design and production manage-ment, also designs and creates clothes.
“When I came to Auburn, I knew I wanted to do something creative,” Faber said. “I had always been the arts and crafts volun-teer/teacher or the creative one baking something, and I knew I would be bored in a career if it didn’t include designing or creat-ing.”
It’s amazing how much time goes into a garment, Faber said, especially when you are making the patterns yourself and not buy-ing them at a store.
“A lot of math, critical thinking
and patience goes into making a garment from scratch,” Faber said. “But it is always worth it in the end.”
Like Hall, Faber said it is diffi-cult having a vision and being un-able to find the right fabric or but-tons or accessories for it. Limited resources makes it difficult some-times, Faber said.
Faber said she has many fa-vorite styles and types of cloth-ing, but she loves creating simple pieces that have a few pops of in-terest.
“My main design adjectives are comfort, nostalgia, structure, a lit-tle quirkiness and a little nomad,” Faber said.
In the future, Faber said she might want to own a business that focuses on different body types and sizes and create clothes for certain body types.
“All women need to feel good in what they put on — not in a shal-low sense — because it gives them confidence,” Faber said. “I hope I am able to use my passion and talents to help women gain con-fidence.”
Summer heat takes a toll on automobilesAriana diaz WrIter
With temperatures reaching record highs this summer, staying cool is something you may strug-gle with, especially when it comes to your car.
the summer heat can cause many different kinds of damage to your car. Mechanics around Auburn said the most common areas of cars affected by heat are the cooling system, water pump, head gasket, radiator and tires.
Kevin Smith, manager at tiger tire and Auto, said the heat can cause tires to wear down fast-er, and it is always a good idea to check the alignments, the coolant system and get regular oil chang-es to prevent your car from going over the recommended mileage.
It is important to check the maintenance of your car regular-ly and to address any problems right away. If you are planning to take a road trip this summer, there are a few things you might want to check before you go.
“Most people just kind of for-get the importance of tires,” said Phil torrejon, co-owner of Unit-ed Auto Service Center. to make sure your tires stay in good shape,
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Alex SAger / Photo editor
Mary grant McKibben, senior in apparel design and production management, works on the final steps of one of her creations.
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Torrejon advises that you check the pressure and have plenty of tread left on them.
Another thing you should make sure of is that they are not cracked or dry rotted. Checking all your fluids, oil, coolant, brake fluid and making sure to check belts for wear is im-portant too.
Torrejon said most cars have a translucent plastic jug which holds the cool-ant and, when you check it, make sure it is in between the high and low marks in the container.
Smith said another way you can check your car is by finding out if anything smells different. A sweet smell could mean some-thing is wrong with your coolant, and a gassy or musty smell means there is an exhaust leak.
Joseph Pinson, junior in mechanical engineering,
said people shouldn’t for-get to check their spare tire and make sure that it has the correct amount of air pressure. To be on the safe side, he said, it would be a good idea to take a few things with you on your trip for your car as well.
“For more general pur-poses just extra oil, extra coolant and a basic tool set are good,” Pinson said.
Whether you are going on a trip or staying home this summer, don’t leave your car unattended be-
cause the summer heat can cause serious damage.
If you hear any strange noises, smell anything un-usual or notice any puddles from leaks, get those things checked.
“Basic thing to do is do a walk around your vehicle in the morning,” Smith said. “Check everything. Make sure with the tires one’s not low, seat belts all that good stuff just as long as every-thing’s working. Main thing is coolant and the oil, and you can also check your transmission fluid.”
Torrejon said regardless if it is summer or winter, don’t ignore the little things because something that seems small can actually become a bigger problem or even a dangerous one.
“A lot of times people tend to ignore stuff like that thinking it’s not a big deal,” Torrejon said. “You’re usu-ally better off taking care of a small problem early on than you are waiting for it to become a big problem.”
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Bronson said he began noticing a decline in CD sales throughout the late 90s and early 2000s with the rise of music sharing sites and CD burners. On what would have been the store’s 13th anniversary in 1991, Bronson ended up having a closeout sale instead.
Bronson spent seven years working at local ra-dio station WQNR, where he was named program di-rector and helped the sta-tion win four consecutive Station of the Year awards.
After Bronson was let go from the station, Bronson and his wife, Laura, then decided to move Wildman Steve Radio to the Inter-net, using the only money they had in savings on their
third year wedding anniver-sary.
Bobby Guy, patron of Wildman Steve Radio, said he has listened to Wildman Steve since the beginning, after stumbling upon the previous FM radio station.
“I liked it, because it wasn’t the same old stuff,” Guy said. “It wasn’t predict-able. Most radio stations were just putting in the same old CD and hitting replay, and I would always guess which ZZ Top or Pink Floyd song they were going to play next.”
Laura, better known as her on-air alias Lola Paloo-za, said she believes in what she and her husband are doing for music and that this is more of a labor of love. They work hard at what they do, she said, be-cause they share a deep
love of music.“I couldn’t ask for any-
thing more,” Laura said. “We’ve all got to do some-thing in this life. I don’t know how important this is for the world, but it’s im-portant to the musicians.”
Guy said listening to the station introduced him to music he would have never discovered had it not been for Wildman Steve.
“My friends and I abso-lutely love Wildman Steve and are grateful for him turning us on to good mu-sic,” Guy said.
Bronson said there isn’t much money to make a liv-ing off of, but they are do-ing good for the world of music.
“There really truly is lots of good music out there, if you know where to look,” Bronson said.
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Crystal ColeManaging Editor
although two members of the auburn swimming and diving teams are currently working on internships in Europe, they are still receiving awards on their ath-letic and scholastic success.
dan Mazzaferro and Erica Meissner were honored at the June 2 SEC annual awards ban-quet held in destin, Fla.
Both swimmers received the McWhorter award for being the top male and female student ath-letes in the conference.
They will each receive a $15,000 post-graduate scholarship from at&t.
“the H. Boyd McWhort-er Scholar-athlete award is the highest honor a student-athlete can receive in the Southeastern Conference,” said SEC Commis-sioner Mike Slive. “The commit-ment and dedication that dan and Erica embody make them excellent selections for the Mc-Whorter Scholar-athlete award. They are outstanding representa-tives of auburn University and the Southeastern Conference.”
Mazzaferro earned his degree in chemistry in May 2010 and will finish his masters of business de-gree in december.
He was named an auburn ac-ademic top tiger four times and was honored three times to the SEC academic Honor roll.
He served as captain of the swimming and diving team this season and was the 2011 SEC champion in platform diving and the 3-meter event.
He is a nine-time all-american and was a U.S. olympic diving fi-nalist.
He was also recently named to the Capitol one at-Large all-america First team after making the second team in 2009.
“dan is very deserving of this honor and has represented au-burn well throughout his career,” said Brett Hawke, head swimming and diving coach. “He has been stellar in the pool during his time and has been a great role mod-el in the classroom. We are very proud of him and excited for what the future has in store for him.”
Mazzaferro is one of only nine auburn swimmers to be named
an academic all-american and one of only six first-teamers.
a two-time SEC diver of the Year, Mazzaferro was also a mem-ber of the College Swimming Coaches association of america Scholar all-american team.
Mazzaferro also won the 2011 SEC Commissioner’s Cup as the highest scorer at the SEC Cham-pionships and was the 2011 SEC Swimming and diving Scholar-athlete of the Year.
Meissner is a member of three honors fraternities and will earn a degree in anthropology this sum-mer. She was also a rhodes Schol-
arship finalist. Meissner was named an ac-
ademic all-american Second-team member after being named to the all-district First team.
This marks the first time since 2006, only the fourth time ever, for auburn’s swimming and diving team to have two recipients in the same year.
“This is a great honor for Erica and really exhibits the hard work she put in during her career, both in the pool and the classroom,” Hawke said. “She has been a great role model to her teammates dur-ing her time at auburn and we cannot wait to see where the fu-ture takes her.”
She earned all-america honors in 2008 and is a two-time College Swimming Coaches association of america Scholar all-american.
Meissner had auburn’s second- best time this season in the 200 backstroke and the 200 individu-al medley.
The SEC awards were accepted by the athletes’ parents, Thomas and Cyntia Mazzaferro and Walt and rosemarie Meissner, since both are out of the country.
nicole SingletonSPortS Editor
it took a nation-wide journey for coach Eysha ambler to find herself back where she began.
the new assistant volleyball coach was at the University of Pittsburgh at one point, but now the alabama native is coming back home.
“i’m glad to be back home and recruiting kids to my home state,” ambler said. “alabama is a great place, and i’ve been gone for so long, and i’m glad to be back.”
ambler said that she was sur-prised when head coach rick nold offered her the job, but nold said she was always a target for a coaching position here at au-burn.
“i had worked with her before,” nold said. “i knew the great job she does recruiting.”
ambler played college volley-ball at Jacksonville State. after ending her college career, she de-cided to try out for a professional volleyball team, but did not get a
position on the team.“after i found out i couldn’t
play professionally, i was like ‘coaching would be my next route.’ i just wanted to be around sports somehow,” ambler said.
This decision led her back to Jacksonville State where she was a graduate assistant for coach nold, who at the time was coach-ing there.
ambler said she is excited about the opportunity to work with nold again.
“i learned so much just those two years that i worked with him,” ambler said.
She said she wants to improve her knowledge of the game and
recruiting abilities by working with nold.
ambler said she is also looking forward to the vollyball team’s upcoming season.
“They had a great season last year, and i just want to keep building on that,” ambler said. “they should know this is au-burn. We should be winning.”
ambler said she believes that making it to the nCaa tourna-ment should be an annual occur-rence for the tigers.
“We’re really excited just in general for the change,” said Katherine Culwell, junior outside hitter. “it’s like a fresh start.”
Culwell said she feels ambler will bring a lot of excitement to the program.
nold said ambler’s greatest qualities are organizational skills and her ability to work with her players.
“to me, when you are trying to bring in new staff, you want peo-ple who are hungry, and that’s her,” nold said.
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Football head coach gene Chizik appeared on Sports-South tuesday night in a pro-gram recapping the 2010 sea-son.
in My own Words: gene Chizik “Journey to a Champi-onship” features Chizik meet-ing with FoX SportsSouth television network producer ray goodrich.
on the show, Chizik and goodrich discuss the tigers’ road to the 2010 BCS national Championship.
The 30-minute program in-cluded untold stories and an in-depth analysis of the tigers’ biggest games of the season.
The show will include Heis-man winner Cameron newton and Lombardi winner nick Fairley.
For a brief preview of what the program will feature, vis-it foxsportssouth.com for a short video of coach Chizik discussing the LSU game and newton’s touchdown run that gained national attention for his Heisman candidacy.reruns will air during the fol-lowing dates :
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mazzaferro served as captain for the team this year. This season meissner clocked the second best time in the 200 individual medley.
“The commitment and dedication that dan and Erica embody make them excellent selections for the mcWhorter scholar-athlete award.”
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Although the 2011 Au-burn baseball season is over, the staff is still busy at work.
Baseball beginners and college prospects are head-ed to Plainsman Park this summer for camp, and they are in similar shoes as cur-rent Tigers once were.
“i would say proba-bly half our team has been through camp here at some point along the way,” said volunteer assistant coach Ty Megahee.
Auburn baseball has four camps throughout the sum-mer that focuses on further developing baseball play-ers. Thirteen-year-olds to high school graduates may
participate in the exposure camp, and high school play-ers have the option of at-tending the elite camp or team camp. All camps are on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Megahee and Scott Du-val, director of baseball op-erations, are the two main forces behind Auburn’s summer baseball camps. Head coach John Pawlows-ki is always in attendance, along with current players and guest coaches.
“When we have camps going on, i want to give the utmost attention to our campers and give them a great experience,” Pawlows-ki said.
The exposure camp does exactly what its name says.
“Camp is a place that you’re guaranteed to be seen by the coaches, and you’re coming to our facility and the coaches are work-ing with you,” Duval said. “That’s a good opportunity for a lot of players that want to play at the next level.”
That was the case with Auburn senior Dan Gam-ache.
“i think Dan came to a winter camp down from rhode island,” Duval said. “That’s when the coaches saw him for the first time. Now he’s a sixth-round draft pick.”
During this July 24-27 camp, all aspects of the game will be covered, in-cluding offense, defense and pitching.
However, the players aren’t the only ones being exposed, Pawlowski said.
“Camps provide a great opportunity for prospective student athletes to have an opportunity to be involved on campus here at Auburn, to get an opportunity to have a feel of what Auburn is like, what the campus is like,” Pawlowski said.
if players want to register they must do it quickly.
The elite camp is the only camp that takes a certain number of players before filling up.
“in doing that allows a little more one-on-one in-struction,” Megahee said. “We’re able to do a lot more stuff because of the small number,”
Those interested have to be quick in registering con-sidering each year it fills up quicker.
Typically the 44 spots are filled by mid-June or ear-ly July. According to Du-val, this year the camp was sold out June 2. The camp doesn’t start until July 17. Currently, there is a waiting list for campers who were not able to get one of the 44 spots.
Players take batting prac-tice, field from their posi-tions and get timed for their 60-yard dash, while coach-es try to watch for possible prospects.
One night during camp, Auburn coaches and at-tending teams and coach-es all meet in the same spot
to discuss what makes Au-burn baseball Auburn base-ball, Duval said.
“We’ll give them the ideas that we have here at Au-burn, our philosophies on pitching or defense or hit-ting,” Duval said. “it’s a way for us to work with those coaches and players also and give them the philoso-phy of the way we do things at Auburn.”
Auburn continues to im-prove its camps to make it the best possible for camp-ers, whether they are learn-ing the game or attempt-ing to succeed at the col-lege level.
“i love seeing a guy leave knowing he had a good time and that he got better somehow,” Duval said.
Baseball camps showcase potential Auburn athletes
