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Professor receives Meritorious Service Medal from U.S. Navy

(01/10/13 4:38am)

David Crumbley, assistant clinical nursing professor, has already made a huge impact in his first semester. Crumbley is the recent recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal, awarded to him by the U.S. Navy. "He's just an exceptional human being," Jennifer Schuessler, associate dean and associate professor of the nursing school, said. "I have been at Auburn for 23 years and I have never had a faculty member who has hit the ground running like he has." Kevin Downey, of the university's NROTC program, said the award recognizes outstanding meritorious achievement. The Meritorious Service Medal is the counterpart to the Bronze Star Medal for the recognition of meritorious non-combat service, Downey said. Schuessler was not surprised at all when she heard that Crumbley was going to receive this award. "When we interviewed him we knew he was really outstanding and would bring a lot of depth and expertise, particularly in two areas," Schuessler said. The two areas are Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and being a certified wound care nurse. Crumbley instructs a critical clinical course which is an important senior level clinical course. "He has really gained the respect of those students," Schuessler said. Crumbley's works and understanding of the Navy and the Armed Services has been utilized, Schuessler said. There are "things that would never happen without his leadership," Schuessler said. Crumbley enlisted in the army in 1979 where he served three years as a medic. He then went to nursing school and joined the Navy in 1993 where he got his commission as an officer. Crumbley stayed in the Navy for 20 years. "In 1995 I started studying advanced wound care and then continued to do that throughout my career," Crumbley said. Crumbley held various positions of leadership including charge nurse, department head, coordinator for the Complex Wound and Limb Salvage Center at National Naval Medical Center and worked at Bethesda and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., according to Crumbley. Even after Crumbley retired, his passion for the Navy stayed evident. Crumbly currently works with the Navy and Army to develop wound care education programs for those who will be deployed. As a liaison to the Virginia Federal Recovery Coordination Program, Crumbley worked with families of the wounded to coordinate the care of their loved ones. "This position was especially rewarding because I had taken care of many of the wounded when they returned from Iraq/Afghanistan, and now I was able to assist them 3-4 year later as they were continuing with their lives," Crumbley said. This October, when Crumbley first heard that he received this award, he was "honored and humbled because it's just a great opportunity and a great honor to be able to work with the wounded," Crumbley said. By the request of first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, Crumbley will be providing a unique clinical rotation at one of the large military hospitals in the U.S. for the seniors. Downey said Crumbley was chosen to receive the Meritorious Service Medal because of his performance as an officer in the Navy during his last assignment. "You cannot help but be passionate about what you do when you have been given the opportunity to serve those who have sacrificed so much, but ask for so little in return," Crumbley said.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2013/01/professor-receives-meritorious-service-medal-from-u-s-navy

Auburn parking: a problem with no solution?

(12/30/12 1:59am)

There are two sides to every story. For the story of Auburn University's parking services and the school's students, faculty and staff, the story is a lose-lose situation. And for this story, it's about shrinking the divide rather than finding a solution.Don Andrae, parking manager at Auburn University, said it's a no-win struggle trying to provide parking for all the students, faculty and staff."Any college is going to have it that way," Andrae said. "I have counterparts at those schools, plus the ones I've been to in the past six years, and it's the same. You do not have enough parking."For all the research that goes into designing a parking system, it comes down to simple math when faced with the integral issue: 26,000 is much greater than 3,000."Fact is, you've got 26,000 students, and for commuter students you only have about 3,000 parking spaces," Andrae said. "And you have 19,000 commuter students, so that doesn't work out very well. The thing we had to do was, since the demand was so high, you had to either increase the supply or decrease the demand. The supply is not going to increase any time soon, and even if it did, it would take five to six years to get that to the point it needs to be. I think, yes, for what we have, it's probably the best system that we could do."But do the students care?Parking problems are a common topic among students, because of the need to get to class. The issue for most of them isn't the number of parking spots; it's the convenience, or lack thereof."They have enough parking spots for everybody, because there's parking spots way out in the boondocks," said Omari Dear, junior in mass communications. "But the problem is just the convenience. You have to walk far. That's the issue. Yeah, for sure (it's a convenience problem)."What I do also is sometimes I park where the park-and-ride picks up for the C-Zone by the intramural fields. And that's a good way to do it. I don't have to walk, I can just get on the bus and it takes me up there. But it takes longer."Parking services is constantly looking at new ways to improve parking arrangements."(We're) constantly tweaking," Andrae said. "Starting the Proximate C parking has worked very well for the ones who won. What we're finding out is a lot of people are doing carpooling, which is very good. We'll probably tweak it some more as far as how we were doing it."Some students, however, feel differently about the new PC Zone."I think that what they did this year with adding the PC Zone, they basically just took away the most convenient spots," Dear said. "And now they don't have people complaining because they don't really have a choice to park conveniently."But when we had the choice to actually park a little bit closer to campus and there was sometimes not as many spots there, that caused more of an uproar and people were complaining all the time. And now they're saying, 'Oh, we're getting less complaints,' but it's only because people aren't parking close, they just find a different way of doing it."Not all students view parking services as an evil entity, however. Some acknowledge that they're doing the best they can with the resources they have."I feel like parking services is actually doing a good job," said Scott Seidband, graduate student in civil engineering with a specialty in transportation engineering. "Their job is to regulate what the parking is and what it's been established to be.Still, students always have ideas they'd like to see implemented."They either need to make it where there's enough parking for everyone or make it where the whole system goes to a transit system and only the top head people get parking on campus," Seidband said. "The way they have it set up now, basically the people that work there or the faculty gets all the parking spots, and it's the students that suffer. And it shouldn't be like that because the students are the ones that are paying to go here. So they need to, I think first, look at the students' needs before faculty and staff."Dear expanded upon his own personal ideas for parking reform."If I could change something, I would make parking free for all," Dear said. "Every parking spot free for everybody, except handicap parking, of course. But I think that we're students, we pay to come to this school, we should get to park close and get there... I mean, people are going to find where the parking spots are, and that's where they're going to go. And I think eventually it'll balance out and people will be like, 'OK, well I'm going to go to this lot today because this is where I usually find my spot,' depending on what time you go to class."Andrae, who is no stranger to complaints, said he reads every email he receives."I get enough, so to speak, responses back when I send out those emails," Andrae said. "And I get some lengthy responses, and I read every one of them, respond to every one of them. Some of them have good ideas of what we can do."Parking decks are a common suggestion, but that's not a feasible idea, particularly in terms of cost."The going rate for a parking deck in our area is $15,000 a space," Andrae said. "So if you take $15,000 a space and you take that times a 500-car deck, you're talking about $7.5 million If you go to the Board of Trustees and say, 'I need $7.5 million for a parking deck,' and Professor Jones comes in and says, 'I need $20 million for a classroom facility,' he's going to get his $20 million before I get my $7.5 million. (We're) low on the totem pole."We're trying to get this working. It's not something that can be done overnight."A slideshow presentation is available here. To view the accompanying multimedia presentation, click here.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2012/12/auburn-parking-a-problem-with-no-solution

International Justice Mission works to stop human trafficking

(12/22/12 6:00pm)

Human trafficking and sexual slavery are terms not often used by the average college student, or anyone for that matter. For the individuals on Auburn’s campus trying to fight these things, however, the terms are used and not lightly.Hannah Flayhart, Andrew Dillard and Brianne Arps are some of the individuals who choose to take a stand against oppression and injustice. Although passionate now, they admitted to not always knowing that human trafficking and slavery exists in the world today.Flayhart, a senior, said she didn’t know about those issues until her freshman year when she heard about an organization built around the idea of global justice.“A friend and I were sitting in church and the pastor mentioned an organization called International Justice Mission and what they do to stop slavery,” Flayhart said. “There wasn’t a campus chapter here, so we talked to the pastor and he put us directly in contact with International Justice Mission and they sent us a 30-page campus toolkit.”Flayhart got together with several close friends to learn more about the organization and how they would build the campus chapter.“International Justice Mission is a national organization with headquarters in Washington D.C.,” Flayhart said. “They work in 15 different countries and with the governments of those countries to try and rescue women from oppression, violence and sexual abuse.”Flayhart also said that International Justice Mission has rehabilitation programs to help the rescued victims get back on their feet and find jobs.“On campus, we seek to raise awareness about the issues of human trafficking because a lot of people don’t know that it actually exists, even in the United States,” Flayhart said. “We also work to raise money for International Justice Mission nationally because they are a non-profit organization and funded solely on donations.”Dillard, a senior, got involved with International Justice Mission when he heard about Auburn’s chapter during a Bible study. He said hearing about it made him more aware of the world that exists outside Auburn University.“The main thing is no matter what you believe as far as religion or background and just step back and take a look at the world around you,” Dillard said. “It doesn’t have to just be about slavery, but things like poverty as well. We need to change our focus now so that when we are out of college, we can do things to help the world around us.”Arps, a junior, was somewhat familiar with the term human trafficking, but became more educated while watching an episode of “Dateline.”“I had heard the word trafficking before, but it didn’t mean anything to me,” Arps said. “As the show went on I became more enthralled and couldn’t take my eyes off the screen. It weighed so heavily on my heart that things like that were going on and more than that the fact that not many people were doing anything about it.”Arps said she was broken up and confused about the things she saw on the show and they stayed with her for months.“A random Google search took me to the IJM website, then I found the Auburn University IJM chapter so I just showed up to the first meeting and knew right away that I wanted to get involved,” Arps said.Arps, who has now become the campus chapter’s event coordinator, helped put on an event in early November that would help get others on campus involved as well. The event was a Stand For Freedom and many of the chapter’s members participated.“National IJM launched the 27-hour Stand For Freedom,” Flayhart said. “They chose 10 of the more successful chapters across the country to be charter chapters for this movement and they wanted us to get at least 270 participants to stand for 27 hours and raise at least $2,700.”Arps said the significance of the number 27 was the estimated 27 million people who are enslaved around the world today.The chapter had another goal to attain during the Stand For Freedom.“We wanted to get 1,000 signatures for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act,” Arps said. “It basically is trying to get the government involved in stopping human trafficking both abroad and within our own borders.”Flayhart said all the goals were met and that they surpassed the $1,000 goal by raising about $4,000.The participants of the Stand For Freedom also took advantage of their time by talking to students about International Justice Mission and the things its members stand for.“I talked to people who had heard about human trafficking, but didn’t know how to get involved at Auburn University and people who had never heard of it before at all,” Arps said. “So I think the stand will help grow our chapter.”Flayhart is pleased with how the chapter did during the Stand For Freedom. She is also pleased with the direction of the chapter is taking as a whole.“It has grown incredibly since we started it and I want it to continue to do so,” Flayhart said. “It started out with four or five good friends and has now grown to about 400 people.”Flayhart also said she is excited to see the passion in the chapter’s new leadership. Arps is a part of that new leadership and has ideas for the future.Arps said they want next semester to be a semester of action so that people can actually feel like they are doing something.“For example, Atlanta is a hub for trafficking and it’s only an hour and a half away,” Arps said. “They have some great organizations over there that are willing to let people get involved and help out so we want to try and take a trip over there.”No matter what the chapter does, Arps, Flayhart and Dillard all agree that letting people know that trafficking and slavery are issues is the key to success.“Our job is to make people aware and help them make the next step to get involved,” Dillard said.Flayhart said she wants to see slavery ended in her generation’s lifetime, but it won’t happen while people still don’t know it exists.Arps also said she would like to see slavery eradicated by this generation and is confident that it can happen.“Forty years from now when we are telling our grandchildren how human trafficking got abolished, we have the opportunity to say that we were the ones who wouldn’t stand for things like that anymore, Arps said. “We have the opportunity to leave our mark on the pages of history and that is something for us to get excited about.”A slideshow presentation is available here. To view the accompanying multimedia presentation, click here.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2012/12/international-justice-mission-works-to-stop-human-trafficking

Auburn a 'special' place for Moon Taxi, returns to Supper Club Nov. 2

(10/15/12 10:43am)

Playing shows in Auburn is nothing new to Nashville, Tenn. band Moon Taxi; in fact, Moon Taxi played at War Eagle Supper Club last April from midnight to 5:30 a.m. Moon Taxi will return to Supper Club Nov. 2.Tommy Putnam,(Moon Taxi’s bassist), tells The Plainsman about playing in Auburn, touring with Tea Leaf Green and details on their newest record.MK: Although you’ve played here a few times before, how do you like playing in Auburn?TP: Auburn was the very first place we ever played on the road. I’m from Birmingham, and I had a lot of friends who went to school at Auburn. It was the first gig I actually booked ever, which was at Quixote’s. It’s always been a special place for us. It was the first time we ever got in a car and drove somewhere to play a show.MK: What are you looking forward to the most about playing again here?TP: It’s been a while since we’ve played Auburn. We’ve made a lot of friends over the years. Getting to see them and playing for our fans. They haven’t seen us in their hometown in a while.MK: How does Moon Taxi usually prepare for a tour?TP: We pack accordingly. We were out all summer. You kinda just have to say no to a lot of different things that normal people would do, like weddings and birthdays. You gotta miss a hell of a lot of those things that people generally get to do and take for granted. We write a lot on the road, too; at least I do.MK: What is one of your favorite songs to play live off the new record?TP: Mercury is the best one because the crowd enjoys it the most. It feels like every time we play it, the crowd just goes nuts, and we kind of just feed off that.MK: How does your sound vary from your first album in 2007 to now?TP: The first one we made in college, and we really did not know what we were doing. We played a lot of shows, and we tried to define ourselves somehow. Almost five years to the day, we put out this other one, and I think there’s a lot of maturity that shows from the first album to the newest one. The one in between was live, but I felt like we weren’t quite ready to put out another studio effort, and I think that one bridged the gap between the first one to this new one.MK: How is touring with Tea Leaf Green?TP: They’re great. They’re awesome dudes. Reed Mathis, the bass player; he’s a monster. Everybody knows he’s one of the best guys around. He proves it when he gets out there, and I really respect that. That makes me want to step up my game. They’re from San Francisco, and most of us are from Alabama. It’s a different world, and it’s really fun to meet these people that grew up North.MK: Future plans?TP: In the end of November and December, we’re going to do another East Coast run, like New York, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. We’re doing one of the days with Umphree’s McGee in Atlanta after that, and our New Year’s Eve show in Nashville. Those are some things we’re really looking forward to.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2012/10/auburn-a-special-place-for-moon-taxi-returns-to-supper-club-nov-2

A week in Auburn sports

(10/15/12 10:37am)

Tennis- The women’s tennis team recorded 15 wins at the Roberta Allison Fall Classic hosted by the University of Alabama from Oct. 5–6.Freshman Ashley Kitchen was the only player to win her draw. Kitchen won her first two singles matches in straight sets, but was forced to grind out a three set victory over Florida State’s Kristina Schleich 7–6 (5), 4–6, 6–4. The men’s tennis team won an impressive victory Sunday, Oct. 7 as well. At the ITA All-American Championship in Tulsa, Okla., senior Andreas Mies and junior Daniel Cochrane played doubles together for the first time competitively and took home the All American Doubles Championship. It was Auburn’s first-ever victory at the All-American Championship. The team won its fifth match in four days 7–6 (8–6), 6–2 to claim the crown.Equestrian- Thursday, Oct. 4, the Auburn equestrian team lost to No. 2 South Carolina, the second top 5 team the team has faced in its first two games. The team lost 10–9, but were able to sweep all four Most Outstanding Player awards. Indy Roper won the MOP in Western horsemanship and reining. Jennifer Waxman earned her title in equitation over fences, and Lindsay Portella won the MOP for equitation on the flats.Golf- The women’s golf team placed third at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens Oct. 5–7.The team led the first two days, but fell on the final day to finish behind North Carolina and Alabama. Junior Marta Sanz led the way for Auburn, finished tied for third and shot a 71, 69 and 75 throughout the weekend. Those scores were good for a 1-under-par finish and her first top-three finish of the season. Sophomore Victoria Trapani and senior Carlie Yadloczy also recorded top-30 finishes. The team will play in the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. Oct. 12–14. The men’s golf team will look to build on its recent success Tuesday Oct. 15–16 when it plays in the Jerry Pate Invitational at Old Overton Golf Club in Birmingham.Swimming and Diving- The Auburn swimming and diving team began the season Friday, Oct. 12 with the War Eagle Invitational meet. The meet lasted from Oct. 12–14 with the main scheduled opponent being Alabama. After the War Eagle Invitational, the Tigers will stay at home for a match against LSU Oct. 20 and a women’s meet against Notre Dame Oct. 26. The first road test of the season will come Nov. 2 at Kentucky.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2012/10/a-week-in-auburn-sports-5b8585e206ca6

Auburn loses offensive focus in second half, Ole Miss wins 41-20

(10/13/12 8:36pm)

Auburn's fourth quarter woes on both sides of the ball continued as Ole Miss scored 24 of the game's final 27 points to win 41-20, dropping the Tigers to 0-4 in the SEC for the first time since 1980. The Tigers turned in a mercurial performance that, at times, showcased a powerful running game and precise passing, complemented by a defense that tightened up when it needed to. However, it was also one that more often than not left fans from the Plains feeling something was lacking, especially once the fourth quarter rolled around. Auburn was outscored 17-0 in the fourth quarter and gained only four total yards of offense, bringing the season scoring in the final frame to a remarkable 62-3. The Tigers have lost a conference-high six straight SEC games, with five of those losses being by 17 or more points. "We had some unique things happen in the fourth quarter and failed to capitalize on a couple of opportunities," said Auburn coach Gene Chizik after the game. "But the guys played hard down to the end and never quit." Auburn quickly fell into a 14-0 hole after a methodical nine-play, 80-yard drive was capped off by a 25-yard touchdown on a trick pass from former Rebel quarterback Randall Mackey, to current quarterback Bo Wallace. Auburn's next drive was finished two plays after it began as a Tunde Fariyike snap soared over Clint Moseley's head and into the end zone, where it was recovered by Ole Miss' C.J. Johnson for a score and a 14-0 lead. Auburn struck back with a long, run-heavy drive that ate nearly seven minutes off the clock and went 74 yards in 13 plays. Tre Mason was the star of the drive and punched it in from a yard out to pull Auburn within seven. Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze decided to gamble on Ole Miss' next drive, going for a fourth and one from just inside his own 50. Auburn defensive back Jermaine Whitehead made a huge play, stopping Mackey at the line of scrimmage, putting the ball back in Moseley's hands in great field position. The Auburn drive stalled, however, and they were forced to punt, downing it at the six-yard-line. The swing in field position helped Auburn immensely and on its first play from scrimmage after receiving the ball back, Moseley aired it out to receiver Sammie Coates for a 42-yard pick-up to the Ole Miss six. Tre Mason scored his second touchdown on the next play, and Auburn tied it at 14-14. On the ensuing kickoff Auburn kicker Cody Parkey recovered his own on-side kick, briefly stunning the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium crowd. The offense then had a big drive stall after reaching the Rebel red zone, due to a false start and a five-yard loss by Onterio McCalebb. The team settled for a field goal to take a 17-14 lead with a minute to go in the half. Moseley went into halftime 8-8, passing for 90 yards with no sacks. Ole Miss ran the show from that point on. A quick drive nearly put the ball in the end zone before Freeze decided to take a field goal as the first-half clock expired, tying the game at 17 as the Oxford crowd of 57,068 prepared to watch its homecoming festivities. Ole Miss came out of the gate for the second half on a tear and marched 73 yards in just four plays to retake the lead at 24-17 and didn't look back. Though Auburn held its own for the rest of the third quarter, the offense only managed a 31-yard field goal by Parkey, and it was 24-20 as the teams geared up for the fourth quarter - which was again Auburn's undoing. After an Ole Miss field goal early in the fourth that made it 27-20, the teams swapped possession before an 11-yard Ole Miss punt whimpered out-of-bounds inside its own 40, seemingly giving the Auburn offense at least three points. After an initially confusing moment following the punt, the officials - who were mostly invisible all game - called an offside penalty on an unidentified Auburn defender and allowed a re-kick. There was a 40-yard difference following the re-kick, and Auburn was backed up to its own 20. From there, the offense didn't muster much and the implosion culminated with what is sure to be an Ole Miss fan favorite video for years to come. Running back Jeff Scott - who ran all over Auburn all day - broke a short checkdown pass on third and 19 for a 55-yard touchdown, after nearly everyone in the stadium thought he was down short of the first down markers. A review showed the call of a touchdown was correct and the Rebels' fans made the stadium the loudest it had been all day. After the game, Whitehead said though there are no excuses for that kind of play, he felt maybe the players let up because they were worried about receiving a flag for roughness after the play. The 34-20 score proved overwhelming at the end for the Auburn offense, and a Moseley interception led to a Wallace touchdown run, sealing the win at 41-20. Wallace became the first quarterback in Ole Miss history to throw, receive and rush for a touchdown in the same game, bringing back bittersweet memories of Cam Newton's Oxford performance two seasons ago. Moseley's second half was abysmal, even before comparing it to his perfect first half. He finished the half 3-10 for 22 yards, with two sacks and an interception. Auburn is 1-5 for the first time since 1998. Perhaps a streak of sunlight in the storm surrounding Chizik's program is the fact that Auburn never seems to stay down too long. Dating back to Pat Dye's hire over thirty years ago, Auburn has followed up a losing season with a nine-win season no more than two years later.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2012/10/auburn-loses-offensive-focus-in-second-half-ole-miss-wins-41-20