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(02/24/15 12:11am)
#ICYMI: This Week in Sports | 2.15.15. Check out the full VIDEO at ThePlainsman.com. (Video by Kris Sims | Multimedia Editor, Eric Wallace | Sports Editor, Lauren Christopher | Sports Writer, David McKinney | Assistant Sports Editor and Kenny Moss | Assistant Photo Editor)
(01/21/15 5:15pm)
Students came out to the Rec and Wellness Center in cold weather to take a dip in the pool, and then the new jacuzzi.
(01/19/15 6:00pm)
Martin Luther King Jr. gave the I Have A Dream speech more than 50 years ago. Today, there are still many dreamers who are working for their dreams to come true.
(01/17/15 4:05pm)
Raccoons are just animals to some people, but to others, these animals mean much more.
(10/29/14 1:30pm)
On-campus dining -- what an awful experience. Last year as a freshman, I was looking at my $995, often referred to as monopoly money, wondering how quickly I'd use it over the semester. So I did my math and came up with a budget of about nine dollars a day. Well, as I quickly found out, that wasn't going to last. One meal at Chicken Grill and my daily budget was essentially gone, a common complaint by most people in my dorm. Why is the food so expensive? We are already paying crazy amounts for the subpar living conditions most freshmen are subject to, such as the Hill, and the last thing we need to worry about is needing money for food. One personal pizza at Papa Johns is more expensive than if I walked across campus to the Dominos, where I can get an entire medium pizza for five dollars. I'm sure many people would favor a deal like that on campus. Lets not even get started on the inflated prices in the convenience stores in places such as the Student Center and Terrell Dining Hall.
Another gripe I have about the campus dining is the availability. I know you freshmen out there have noticed that eating on campus during the weekends is a difficult task. After football season, it almost seems like there will never be anything open on the weekends besides Panda Express on Sundays, and even then you could trek across campus to see a "Sorry, we're closed!" sign on the doors. Never have I felt more devastation.
None of this would matter as much if I were able to opt out of the meal plan and instead put that money to buying groceries to cook myself. Since moving off campus and having a readily available kitchen, buying a week's worth of food runs me less than seventy dollars. Four meals a day, seven days a week for $70. Compare this to approximately eight dollars for one meal on campus.
Solutions? Being from out of state, I hear my friends talk about their meal plans, and it sounds ideal. For the same $995, they get 3 swipes that can be used anywhere on campus, and once you've swiped in, you eat until you're full. Then, if you want, they still offer options similar to Auburn where you pay for individual meals with a swipe. Sounds like a good deal to me.
Auburn is still the Loveliest Village on the Plains, but lets review our dining plan. It's for the better.
Kenny Moss is a photographer with The Plainsman. He can be reached via email at photo@theplainsman.com
(10/08/14 10:36pm)
I've had someone tell me "Oh, you're so fashionable," or "Your style is awesome," more times than I can remember. It makes me wonder what qualifies as great fashion for men.
Is it simply choosing to look presentable while everyone else is dressed as if they were at home on the couch watching football on Saturday? Is it wearing colors that compliment each other well?
I don't mean I'm dressed up no matter what, because there are definitely times where Saturday football clothes are necessary.
I also started to think about the difference between someone fashionable and someone who doesn't put the amount of effort in to getting dressed.
When I look at my closet, I usually pick a pair of pants to wear first.
I tend to sway my decision away from jeans unless my other pants are in the laundry because jeans just seem heavy and restricting sometimes.
My favorites are my colored chinos, including yellow, red, blue, grey and some others.
Although since moving to Auburn from Washington, D.C., I've found wearing pants for the first half of fall semester is unthinkable. The heat is just way too harsh here in Alabama.
Once I've put some pants on, I grab a shirt and just look for a color that goes nicely with the pants I'm wearing, unless I've resorted to jeans, then any shirt will work.
White is one of my favorite colors for shirts, but I try to avoid it because life has shown me white shirts are not meant to stay clean.
After the shirt I'll grab a cardigan or a sweater if it's cold and some shoes to match.
I never wear free runs or tennis shoes with pants because I feel if I'm making the effort to get dressed, I'm gong to wear nice shoes to finish the outfit.
My advice to anyone who wants to dress a little better is to ditch the ever-so-common khaki shorts with a T-shirt from an event last year and work in some color.
I've got nothing against those who wear that combination, it's just very easy to blend in when wearing those clothes.
Fashion isn't my area of expertise, nor do I feel I have a better grip on it than anyone else.
However, I do feel by putting a bit more thought into getting dressed each morning you can trick people into thinking you have this much sought after fashion sense.
Kenny Moss is a photographer for The Plainsman. He can be reached via email at photo@theplainsman.com.