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UPC Haunts Halloween Carnival

Pirates, donkeys, lady bugs, poodle girls, Snow White and the king of spades were all at University Program Council's Halloween carnival last Thursday.It was a beautiful afternoon for the event lasting from 4:30 p.m.


The State Press

Leadership Academy Promotes Auburn and the College of Agriculture

In an effort to bolster one of its oldest academic disciplines, Auburn has created a two-year project to encourage careers in agricultural education and general enrollment in the College of Agriculture.Don Mulvaney is a professor and leadership coordinator in the College of Agriculture, and Brian Parr is assistant professor of agriscience education in the College of Education.The two men have created "MATRIX for the Future: Premiere Agriscience Education Academy" using a $100,000 grant from the U.S.


The Auburn Plainsman

OTS Hosts Haunted House for Students

With Halloween quickly approaching, students around Auburn are searching for costumes ideas, planning parties, carving pumpkins and anything else to get prepared for this spooky holiday.Many people will also be out and about looking for place to find a good scare at a local haunted house.

The Auburn Plainsman

Auburn Study Reveals Green's Most Lucrative Crop

Despite the economic woes that have plagued industry in Alabama, it's the greens that give Alabama a good amount of green.Deacue Fields, associate professor of the Auburn College of Agriculture, collected data for the college's economic analysis of the green industry, revealing that greens pump $2.89 billion into Alabama's economy every year."This industry in growth has outpaced every other crop in Alabama," Fields said.

The Auburn Plainsman

COSAM Draws Diversity in Students

As the rain poured last Friday afternoon, high school students from across the state filed into the Student Center Ballroom.The College of Sciences and Mathematics' Minority High School Visitation Day created an opportunity for juniors and seniors interested in Auburn to learn about specific curriculums."COSAM is committed to diversity," said Velma Richardson, associate dean for the COSAM Office Diversity and Multicultural Affairs.

The Auburn Plainsman

Auburn Helps Analyze Alabama Taxes

In a new analysis of recently released U.S. Census Bureau data, Auburn University's Center for Governmental Services found Alabama's tax revenues have declined 13 percent since data was analyzed one year ago.The nine Southeastern states averaged a 14.2 percent dive from the same quarter in 2008.David Hill, associate director for Auburn's Center for Governmental Services, said members of the Center anticipated a decline in state revenues because of the recession that began in 2008."Alabamians lost jobs, spent less at the mall and even held back on recreational activities like fishing that would require purchase of a state license," Hill said.Other states' tax revenues fell more than Alabama's.

The Auburn Plainsman

Fourth Annual Faculty Awards Program Celebrates Excellence

The accomplishments of Auburn's professors were recognized Tuesday at the fourth annual Faculty Awards Celebrating Excellence Ceremony.Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Mary Ellen Mazey gave opening remarks."We recognize those whose scholarly work in the past year has impacted Auburn's purpose by presenting them with the highest awards given to faculty," Mazey said.Retired Head of the Board of Trustees Robert E.

The Auburn Plainsman

Speaker Gives Food Some Flavor

One movement is asking people to stop and smell the roses, at least when it comes to food.Julie Shaffer, professor and leader of the Slow Food chapter at Emory University, spoke to students about the Slow Food Movement, Oct.

The Auburn Plainsman

Moyer speaks on imperilment of fish species

It seems money is not the only thing people should be conserving in the current economy.Biological conservation in fish populations and other aquatic organisms was the subject of a seminar for the Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures in Swingle Hall Friday afternoon.Greg Moyer, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientist from Warm Springs, Ga., provided biological statistics and strategies for reducing extinction among aquatic species."One of the reasons I moved to Georgia is because the diversity of fishes in the Southeast is phenomenal," Moyer said. "It is much greater than what you see in the Northwest or the Southwest."

The Auburn Plainsman

COSAM Dean Retires

After nearly two decades at the helm of the College of Sciences and Mathematics, Dean Stewart Schneller is stepping down.New $40 million buildings, the securing of $10 million in research funding and a growth in the average of COSAM majors by approximately 11,000 since the year 2000 are among the changes in Schneller's tenure.So why give it up?Auburn and COSAM will be undergoing reaccreditation over the next four years, followed by a capital campaign ending in 2016, involving the securing of donations."One of the things that came to mind was that I didn't see myself as being dean in 2016," Schneller said.

The Auburn Plainsman

Black Student Union Hosts Freestyle and Fish Fry

The Black Student Union and the National Pan-Hellenic Council hosted the Freestyle, Fish, and Fun event in the Auburn University Student Center Monday.This event hosted to a gathering of students who went to have fun and eat free food."The purpose of the Freestyle, Fish, Fun and Stroll Off is basically a social thing that we do with NPHC for everyone to come together after midterms and just come have a nice time having food, and we also have a contest with the Greeks," said Shaquoya Williams, administrative vice president of the BSU.