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App of the week: get paid to watch T.V.

(02/28/13 4:19pm)

I can't count how many times I've turned to my roommate, after a day of nothing but couch surfing, and said, in all seriousness, "how can we get paid to watch TV?" With my college graduation looming in the not-so-distant future, this question becomes more pressing. Monster search engine yielded nothing to "get paid while watching TV from the comfort of your home...or a friend's home, I'm flexible." Shocking, I know. I was fully prepared to weed through the results. I was beginning to lose hope when I found a light at the end of the tunnel. Or, less dramatically, my boss introduced me Viggle.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2013/02/app-of-the-week-get-paid-to-watch-t-v

Editorial: More CNN, less MTV

(01/10/13 7:38pm)

For most of us in Auburn, Jan. 1 began a new year and a new semester with fresh hopes and perhaps clean starts where needed. For nearly everyone in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs and Aleppo, it simply rang in the third calendar year of a relentless and bloody civil war that has largely been ignored by the rest of the world's media and governments. For dozens of families it was the day they lost a parent, spouse or sibling to yet another car bomb or air raid.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2013/01/editorial-more-cnn-less-mtv

Staying fit: exercising and eating on campus

(01/10/13 4:32pm)

Eating healthier and getting in shape are probably the two most common resolutions made in light of a new year - the tricky part is making these resolutions happen, and maintaining them once they do. Given the amount of time average Auburn students spend on campus, achieving these goals appears impossible with the limited campus dining options and the ongoing student ACT construction. However, by making small changes in habit and utilizing the resources Auburn has to offer, the classic getting in shape resolution can actually be done.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2013/01/staying-fit-exercising-and-eating-on-campus

Yogafly Studio draws flock of all shapes and sizes

(01/05/13 5:58pm)

For Yogafly Studio owner Peach Dumars, yoga was always second nature, but until she moved to Auburn, opening a studio had never crossed her mind.“I grew up with a mom who owned a yoga studio, so it was kind of in my blood,” Dumars said. “But I lived in California for six years, and when I lived in California I would have never dreamed of opening a studio because there’s so many. There’s a yoga studio on every street corner.”For that exact reason, Dumars said she was in shock when she moved to Auburn with her husband to find no trace of a yoga studio. “I do feel like it was a gift to me,” she said. “I moved here and I was like this is something I can do and bring. I just feel like the community was really ready for it.”Claudette Lewis, a junior in nursing, said Yogafly, which opened in July, was exactly what she had been missing in her life.“It’s just a peaceful, calm environment, and I like that because it’s a nice change if you have a high-paced schedule or you’re really busy,” Lewis said. “It’s nice to go in there, and just have time for yourself.”Dumars said it’s the particular form of yoga practiced in her studio that creates the calming environment.“This is a vinyasa yoga studio, and in vinyasa yoga we link movement with breath,” Dumars said. “It’s a flowing style of yoga. You almost feel like it’s a dance or like a wave, kind of everybody’s moving together in a wave-like motion.”Frances Capps-Palmer, 60, said her weekly visits to Yogafly, located above Behind the Glass on Magnolia Avenue, are working wonders for her body.“It’s a connection of my body, my spirit and my mind, and it relaxes and energizes me all in one,” Capps-Palmer said. Dumars said even many Auburn athletes have signed up to experience the relaxation and energy Yogafly gives. “We’ve done some private classes for the woman’s swimming and diving team, and we are doing some private classes for the men’s golf team,” Dumars said.Dumars said Auburn swimmer and Olympic gold-medalist Tyler McGill frequents the class on his own time.“I’m thrilled about that because I feel like yoga for a long time has had this reputation of being gentle and easy,” Dumars said. “What I’m finding is the athletes come in here, and they’re awesome to work with because they know their bodies really well for their sport.“But suddenly they’re asked to do something new, and it shifts their entire relationship with their body.”Dumars said the versatility of Yogafly members stretches beyond skilled athletes.“We have pregnant women come in,” she said. “We have men and women with multiple sclerosis come in. I have a woman healing from breast cancer coming in. So you can be an elite Olympic athlete, and come and enjoy the benefits.“But you can also be coming from a place of really needing to heal and start from the ground up. “Dumars said she cultivated this environment by creating all-level classes for majority of the timeslots.” “That means we have beginners and advanced students in the room together,” Dumars said. “That’s intentional because I want to build community, a sense that we’re all here together to help each other grow.”Capps-Palmer said her personal growth is one of the main reasons she returns to Yogafly each week. “Part of it is what I can accomplish and how much better I can get,” Capps-Palmer said.Though setting goals is only natural, Dumars said she chooses to emphasize to her students the importance of being OK where they are, first.“Our advanced students are never judging the new students or feeling held back by them,” Dumars said. “It’s really beautiful to see all levels come together, and be in the same room. There are not a lot of sports where you can do that.” Claudette Lewis agreed with Dumar’s philosophy.“It doesn’t matter what the person next to you is doing and what their level is,” she said. “A perfect example of that is, in class they’ll be doing headstands, or people do the backbend, or they’ll just do a bridge. You know, you can do any kind of level that you want, or are able to do.”Lewis said, contrary to popular belief, the class is open to all skillsets and all body types.“You’ll see people like Peach, who are really tiny and tall, and then people who are built and athletic,” Lewis said. “You have people who aren’t athletic, and are just trying to find a way to get in shape and do something healthy for their body.”In her earlier efforts to promote healthy bodies, Dumars published a book titled “Diary of an Exercise Addict.”“It’s a story of my journey into and out of anorexia and exercise compulsion,” Dumars said. “I worked for a long time as a yoga instructor, but side-by-side I was working in the field of eating disorders”During that time, Dumars said she spoke across the country at universities and conferences on the topic of exercise and eating disorders, and taught yoga to men and women recovering from such disorders. “That’s the reason I love yoga because yoga asks us to be mindful,” she said. “You can go run and pound your body into the earth to burn calories, but when we come to yoga that is not the intention. The intention is to care for our bodies.“It’s all I do now for my own physical activity, and I feel really healthy, in great shape and totally at peace with it.”Lewis said Dumars is what makes the Yogafly experience what it is. “She’s just so exuberant; I guess it’s the best word to describe her,” Lewis said. “She’s really friendly and outgoing, and you can tell she really loves what she does and she’s really passionate about it.“Everything about the essence of yoga, you can tell she really believes, and she really wants it to shine through in Yogafly,” Lewis added.A slideshow presentation is available here. To view the accompanying multimedia presentation, click here.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2013/01/yogafly-studio-draws-flock-of-all-shapes-and-sizes

Is Auburn having safe sex?

(11/15/12 11:36am)

Auburn University moved up almost 30 places on Trojan's Sexual Health Report Card for 2012.Researcher Bert Sperling said the results for the report card were based on the information and resources provided by 141 different universities in regard to sexual health."Some people look at the title of the study, which is the Sexual Health Report Card, and they think we're trying to measure sexual activity on campus, which would be sort of invasive, and we don't even want to go there," Sperling said. "Or we're measuring the amount of sexually transmitted illness among students, but there's really no good measure of that either, so we don't even get into those areas,."Sperling said Auburn improved from last year's spot at number 121 due to the increased Web presence of Auburn's Health Center."We feel it's really important because so much of the information that everyone gets these days is via the Web," Sperling said. "HIV and STD testing. Where can they be tested? How much does it cost? When can it be done? All those sorts of things, students are going to look up, and if they can find it online easily, then that's going to help them stay safe and healthy. Auburn really improved their online presence this year, and they deserve a lot of credit for doing a great job."Web presence was only one of the 11 categories Sperling considered, however, and Auburn didn't do as well in other areas, such as the availability of sexual health information in student newspapers."In some campuses, we didn't find this in Auburn, but they have a weekly column about sexual health issues where students can write anonymous questions," Sperling said. "Oregon State has a great one where a member of the teaching faculty writes under the name of Dr. Sex, and, as a result, is able to not only answer student questions, but educate many, many other students."Another category Sperling measured was the availability of condoms and contraceptives on campus.Juliana Bone, senior in graphic design, said she thought Auburn does a good job making condoms available to those who want them, but she wasn't sure if the University should be providing them to students for free, as some other universities."I think availability is fine," Bone said. "I know I've seen them in Outtakes. I think it's a touchy subject because religiously it might offend some people. They sell them off campus too, so I'm not sure it's that important to have them on campus. I've always lived off campus, so I guess people in the dorms, it would affect more."Sperling said he was aware of the controversy over making condoms available on campus, but said students should still have the option to choose."I'm sure that some students feel that way and others feel the opposite," Sperling said. "What we've seen in colleges close to the bottom of the list, like Notre Dame, we've seen editorials in their student newspaper where they have used the Trojan study to show that they are not getting as much information and resources as other schools. Our thought is that the information and the resources are there for the students to use or to not use as they choose. It's up to the student, so for students who want to use those services and have that information, then it's there for them. The important thing is that it puts control in the hands of the students so they can make their own choices." Sperling said Trojan chose 141 of the largest universities in each state for the study in order to make a positive impact on the sexual health programs that reach the largest number of students. He said universities lower on the list, like Auburn, could look to colleges higher on the list for inspiration."Auburn has improved a lot and is doing much better than it has before, but the other schools, like the University of Illinois, excelled in almost all categories," Sperling said. "Providing information about male and female contraceptives, the health center had extended hours they were open and they had a lot of different outreach programs and events regarding sexual awareness, so that's what they did that was exceptional."Bone said promoting events related to sexual health may be more difficult for a more conservative university like Auburn."I think they wouldn't want to offend anyone or turn anyone away from Auburn, which I understand," Bone said. "I think definitely it's a bit conservative."Esther Walsh, public relation officer for Trojan, said the study helped universities become less conservative about discussing sexual health, and the University of Idaho recently hired their first coordinator for a new sexual health education program in response to the results.Sperling said he was happy about the changes being undertaken in response to the study."We're really excited about doing this study," Sperling said. "We're an independent research firm based in Oregon, and we've done studies on women's health and hypertension and asthma, all sorts of different studies in the health field, but this is the one that we feel the proudest of because of the positive change it makes on so many students, so we really feel good about this."SEC rankings in the TRojan Sexual Health Report CardAuburn #91Alabama #21Georgia #27Florida #12Miss. State #79Ole Miss #115Vanderbilt #106Texas A&M #60Missouri #46Arkansas #84LSU #37Tennessee #121Kentucky #36S. Carolina #23Rankings out of 141 universities. Compiled by Trojan brand condoms.

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2012/11/is-auburn-having-safe-sex