Articles written by Krista Leonard

A student searches: for a fourth meal in the depths of his refrigerator. The fourth meal, whether it be from a fast food restaurant or a pantry, has become increasingly popular among the nocturnal culture of college students. Pete Riley / PHOTO EDITOR

It is 2 a.m. Friday, you have been up studying since 5 a.m. Thursday for that organic chemistry final and you need something to eat.

You hop in your car to find something, even the bars are closing down.

And then there it is, in neon lights, the arched logo with a purple bell, the relief you need: Taco Bell.

“Fourth meals” have become a staple among college students at Auburn University, according to students. They fit into their busy school schedules quite nicely, offering substance when the stomach starts roaring and most everywhere else is closed.

Matesicia Gullacte, a manager at the Taco Bell on Gay Street, said their hours give them an upper hand against competing fast food restaurants.

Their peak hours are usually when the bars are shooing people out and putting the locks on the door.

What do seaweed, corn and bamboo have in common? They all are materials Linda Loudermilk, a designer from California, uses in her eco-luxury couture line.

Loudermilk trademarked the phrase “luxury eco” and created a clothing line using natural products to make sleek, put-together looks, according to her Web site.

Loudermilk has dressed celebrities, such as Jane Fonda, and has been featured on the Sundance television channel.

Stallworth: discusses the role of accurate and courageous journalism during the Civil Rights Movement. JD Schein / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Stories about encounters with the Ku Klux Klan resonated from an 82-year-old journalist at the Dixon Auditorium at the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center last Thursday.

Clarke Stallworth was the speaker for the Neil O. and Henrietta Davis Lecture Series, sponsored by Auburn University’s Department of Communications and Journalism.

He talked about his life as a newspaper journalist and writing consultant during his time working for Alabama newspapers.

“Sometimes I feel like a journalistic artifact,” Stallworth said. “That they should put me up in a museum.”

Stallworth spoke about ways to become a better person that he said would work at institutions, at Auburn University, in families and in corporations.

“I can tell you in five seconds,” Stallworth said. “Look for the good stuff first then the things to improve.”

Stallworth, a self-proclaimed nit picker, was born again after being a nitpicky writing consultant.

His eyes peered out from behind frames as he told the audience how he would tear apart newspapers, marking every single mistake with a red pen.

Then he changed.

Industrial design and graphic design students will be up to their elbows in trash today and tomorrow at their annual Designing Green event in order to promote the use of recycled materials in design.

Teams of 12 students, half from each major, will be competing to create an abstract sculpture depicting surprising facts about trash and recycling.

Sculptures will be presented tomorrow to a panel of three judges.

Prizes will be awarded to the best communication, best use of materials and most fun sculptures.

Melissa Koning: of Mount Eliza, Austraila, teamed up with Alex Haney for their fourth doubles win. JD Schein / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Auburn University’s women’s tennis team added two more SEC wins last weekend at the Yarborough Tennis Facility in Auburn. The Tigers faced Ole Miss and Mississippi State to move their record in the SEC to 3-1 this season.

Auburn was in full swing on Friday when they beat Ole Miss 6-1 and didn’t lighten up on Sunday, when they defeated Mississippi State 5-2.

Auburn’s Alex Haney and Melissa Koning added their fourth SEC doubles win on Sunday after an unreturned volley led to the defeat over Mississippi State’s No. 45th-ranked doubles team in the nation.

“We’ve actually have had three ranked wins in a row,” said Alex Haney, a junior from Georgia.

The duo said they were pleased with their performance on the court and feel like they have recovered from the fall season.

“We had a blimp in the fall, and I am glad that we got back on track,” Haney said.

The No. 47th-ranked doubles team from Auburn said they believe their communication on the court has helped their play this season.

“We are playing really, really good doubles,” said Melissa Koning, a sophomore from Australia.

The women’s tennis team claimed two of the three doubles matches Sunday against Mississippi State and all three doubles matches on Friday against Ole Miss.

Both Mississippi teams were met with a challenge by Auburn in singles, too.

Two Tigers individual champs at SEC Indoor Championships

Last weekend marked a much-wanted first place finish for Ty Akins, a senior on the Auburn University men’s track and field team. Akins, who was the individual champion at the 60 meter hurdle, was one of two individual champions from the men’s team at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.

“It felt good, the last couple of years I’ve been coming in second, so it was a relief to have won,” Akins said.

According to the National Eating Disorders Association’s Web site, 11 million men and women in the United States are fighting the battle against eating disorders.

Eating disorders’ prevalence trumps that of Alzheimer’s disease by more than five million people, but it receives 75 percent less funding for research.

For every $159 spent on Alzheimer’s disease research per affected individual, there is only $1.20 spent on eating disorder research per affected individual, according to the Web site.

But there is hope.