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(09/12/13 8:59pm)
The Vegabonds, a Nashville, Tenn. based rock band that started in Auburn, has started a ripple in the Southeast that's traveled all the way to New York.
Nicole Klein, The Vegabonds' agent, started working with the band in June 2013.
"I started noticing more of my friends back home were talking about the band on social media, which is unusual for a band to stand out in that way, so I called a few clubs in the Southeast to gauge what the buzz was," Klein said. "The reports I got back (said) the band was the real deal and they're selling more tickets than other artists on their level."
A few weeks later, Klein said she read that the New Music Seminar in New York had named The Vegabonds as one of the top-100 "Artists on the Verge."
Klein listened to their music and said she realized they were special.
"[I was] reading their bio, and seeing they had all met at Auburn was the cherry on top," Klein said. "The Auburn Family exists even in rock 'n' roll."
The Vegabonds are a rock band consisting of six musicians.
Lead vocalist Daniel Allen joins vocalists and guitarists Alex Cannon and Richard Forehand, bassist Paul Bruens, drummer Bryan Harris and Jamie Hallen on the keys.
Harris said Skybar was the first place the band played together, and Auburn is where a lot of their inspiration comes from.
"Just being in Auburn and meeting in Auburn, I think that helped," Harris said. "That's where we started, that's where a lot of our inspiration came from: everyday life in Auburn."
Bruens said The Vegabonds play 120 shows per year, and they are currently performing sporadically every week in the fall.
The group opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd earlier this summer, and has toured in Europe, with visits in Spain, Austria, Sweden and France.
The group has had their fair share of embarrassing moments on the road.
"The most embarrassing thing would have to be falling over on stage," Bruens said. "It's happened to almost all of us at some point."
Bruens also said they have possible tours they will be opening up for, but he couldn't name which ones because they aren't official yet.
"We're writing for a new album," Bruens said. "When we'll be able to put it out, we're not sure. As of right now, we have three albums out and we're planning on going on tour as a supporting act for other larger bands for the future."
Klein said she thinks The Vegabonds could be a breakout band in Alabama.
"I think everybody in the world will know who they are," Klein said. "I think they'll be one of the biggest rock bands in the world and if I didn't believe that, I wouldn't work with them."
The band will be coming back to where it all began, playing at Bourbon Street Bar Wednesday, Oct. 5.
(09/04/14 6:31pm)
While recent celebrities and YouTube sensations have endorsed "twerking" as an acceptable dance to do in public, Auburn students have brought back an entirely different type of dancing.
(09/04/13 6:24pm)
Auburn students and community members took action to spread awareness for bike safety and compatibility with drivers.
(09/02/13 3:40pm)
Auburn University students are participating in the Real Food Challenge to bring food to campus that is sustainably raised and ethically and locally sourced.
(08/29/13 3:18pm)
Classes have started, which means early mornings and late nights in the library with frequent trips to Starbucks just to make it through it all.
It's easy to complain about the workload and take classes for granted, but for many students, the reason they are in these classes is because they are paying for them themselves.
Students at Auburn paying for tuition can seek support and help through student financial aid.
Michael Reynolds, executive director of Student Financial Services, said because a lot of the payments are made with credit cards, it is difficult to say exactly how many students pay for their tuition themselves.
Rebecca Smith, a senior in physics, is one such student who pays for her own tuition.
After two years at a junior college, Smith transferred to Auburn.
She received financial aid from the government, but because she was living at home, she invested it until she transferred to Auburn.
Smith took out two subsidized loans in the past two years.
"If your parents are paying for it, you know, if you have to drop a class or fail one, you know who cares... I've got to take 18 hours this fall and then 15 to graduate," Smith said. "It's pretty high stakes because... if I have to drop one or fail one, then the chances of me finishing this year are slim and then I have to go another year and have the money for that."
Smith said her parents support her decision to go to college, and she is the youngest in her family. Both of her brothers also went to college and paid for it themselves. Chelsea Butler, senior in communication disorders, said if she had to pay for her tuition, it would change her lifestyle.
"I already have a job, but I guess I would definitely work way more [and] take out loans," Butler said. "(I) probably wouldn't be as social as I am now."
The situations students have come to Reynolds with vary in background.
"A lot of times, they'll come in and their parents will have just cut them off," Reynolds said.
"It can be for an occurrence, maybe they've done something, maybe it was their grades; I've had cases where because of the student's sexual preference the parents cut them off, they have no contact with them from that day forward."
When situations such as these occur, students can use the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for help. Reynolds said FASFA was black-and-white when it came to financial aid.
When a particular circumstance changes the student's situation, the federal government allows Reynolds to analyze it, using what they call professional judgment.
"It's a very complicated, heavily documented event," Reynolds said. "We generally have to have a letter from family members, other than the parents who cut them off."
They also receive letters from other people who know the student, like clergy, counselors and high school principals. Reynolds said most of the students he helps with financial aid have parents who support them. But these parents are doing all they can, and the student is doing all they can, and they still don't have enough money.
Reynolds also said tuition and fees are $4,926 per semester for in-state students, and $13,182 per semester for out-of-state students. Reynolds said many students start working more than one job to cover the fees.
One of the strangest ways Reynolds said he has seen a student pay for their tuition was a graduate student who paid for his whole tuition using rebate credit cards.
For Butler, paying for her tuition would change her perspective.
"I think I take it for granted sometimes whenever I go to class," Butler said. "I think it would make me appreciate it more."
After Smith graduates, she is considering becoming a high school physics teacher.
(08/28/13 3:07am)
A new wave of technology has been introduced to Auburn in the form of Southern Cryotherapy.
The Auburn-based company has been in business for approximately 60 days, covering nine southern states.
Johnny Mann, co-owner of Southern Cryotherapy, originally created the idea.
"Southern Cryotherapy is a device company that sells whole-body cryotherapy units, which is a process that cools your body down and helps rejuvenate, revive and repair your body," said Will Faulkner, director of sales marketing.
Cryotherapy uses extreme cold on the body. At Southern Cryotherapy, the user sits inside the spherical device as it fills up with liquid nitrogen at negative 300 F.
Southern Cryotherapy is trying to be a replacement for ice baths and ice packs.
"It's more effective," said Chad Finnegan, co-owner of Southern Cryotherapy. "The time that you're in there is a lot less and it's less painful."
The treatment lasts about 3 minutes and has been popular among professional athletes.
"If you're an athlete, this is the muscle recovery of the next generation," Finnegan said.
The treatment doesn't just work for athletes; it can help with any sort of overworked, or stressed, muscles from activities such as working out at the gym, or at a normal job.
John Mann, chiropractor at Total Rehab and father of Johnny Mann, said when the cold nitrogen hits the body, blood vessels constrict, pushing on the inflammation or swelling.
When the treatment is over and the body is no longer in contact with the cold, the blood vessels expand and bring fresh oxygenated blood into the region.
John Mann said oxygen is the key healing component the body is looking for. He believes it's more effective than only using ice packs or ice baths because it doesn't just focus on one region of the body.
"With the nitrogen cryotherapy, we're able to do the entire body," John Mann said. "The benefit is that you may be coming in for a neck problem, but you know you may have a chronic ankle or something you don't even think about."
Faulkner recommends users do five treatments in close proximity to each other to get the full effect.
The Auburn community can get one treatment for $30, or buy a package.
John Mann said the treatment was safe if administered by a trained technician who knows what health risks to look for.
John Mann said some health issues may eliminate people as candidates for Southern Cryotherapy, including heart problems, some forms of diabetes, and people who are overly sensitive to ice.
"This is new science; this is new technology," John Mann said. "How much good can be derived from this, I think the sky is the limit."
For more information and updates about their new location in Auburn, go to facebook.com/SouthernCryotherapy.
(08/27/13 2:44pm)
Whether the Auburn-Alabama football rivalry will ever fade is unknown, but Deb Hiett is doing what she can to show people it doesn't always have to end with poisoned trees.
Hiett has been on television shows such as "Parks and Recreation," "The Office," "Prison Break," "Desperate Housewives" and "Boston Legal," but she has recently chosen to write a book.
Hiett said the idea for her book, "When Mommy Loves Bama and Daddy Loves Auburn," popped into her head when she was reading a blog post comment where the user said how much college football fans across the country hate the SEC.
Her feelings toward the user's comment triggered the idea of a children's book.
Hiett was raised in a house divided, with her mom being an Alabama alumna and her father, an Auburn alumnus.
She recalled being sent over to the neighbors house the day of the Iron Bowl because her parents didn't want to upset the children with their reactions to the game.
This inspired her to write a story about children living in a household divided by sports teams.
"I wrote it from the kid's perspective of growing up inside of the biggest rivalry in college football. It's important, I think, to be really passionate about sports," Hiett said.
"Last fall, I actually had neighbors here in Los Angeles come over to check on me because of all the screaming that was going on on Saturdays, but it's also important to maintain some perspective and kindness and joy."
Her book follows the ritual of college football game days, from the certain foods that fans like to eat to the clothes and chairs that they choose specifically for that day.
Hiett included references to Toomer's Drugstore, Niffer's Place and popular Tuscaloosa eateries such as The Globe Restaurant and Dreamland Bar-B-Que.
These are things she learned growing up, and these are the things the children in the book see.
The book's illustrator, Amy Lynn Stevenson, said she used special techniques to put the focus on the children.
The illustrations don't show the parents' faces, but instead the story is told through the children's faces and reactions.
This was Stevenson's first time illustrating a book.
She said while she found it challenging, she enjoyed it by the end.
"(Hiett) had in mind kind of a 50s era golden book," Stevenson said. "It was very fun for me to kind of come up with these very kind of perfectly cherubic kind of little kids."
Chad Gibbs, columnist for Opelika-Auburn News, wrote a column about Hiett's book and said it portrayed a serious rivalry from a hilarious perspective that makes it easier for kids to understand.
"If a children's book will prevent someone from poisoning trees 60 years down the road, maybe it's a good thing," Gibbs said.
Gibbs described Hiett's book as clever and funny, but appropriate for all ages.
"The thing I really liked about it is that it tries to be kind of inclusive," Gibbs said. "It's not one side bashing the other side, it's kind of trying to bring people together and not attacking each other."
"Bridesmaids" actress Wendi McLendon-Covey gave the book a positive review.
"This is a frank and honest look at an age old rivalry that has torn families apart," McLendon-Covey said. "Not since the East/West Coast Swing Dancing Wars has an American pastime caused so much grief. Now the healing can begin. Knowledge is power."
Hiett's book is available in the Auburn University bookstore and Amazon.com.
For more information about Deb Hiett, or to order the book, visit DebHiett.com.
(08/27/13 3:17am)
As summer comes to an end, Auburn's campus will be filled with thousands of new faces and opportunities to meet some of them.
Welcome Week, running from Aug. 17-24, is a week full of events to help students meet each other and get to know the campus in new ways.
"We decided to do something different," Welcome Week director Amanda Cyr said. "We only wanted to repeat one event from previous years, so what we did was redo all the events that had been done before and just completely scratched everything."
Cyr and her team have been planning this week since February with a small staff of less than 10 people.
Every event the team planned will be a new experience, except for casino night, which they will be repeating, but revamping.
"Casino night will have 26 card tables, slot machines and prizes such as a Yeti Cooler," Cyr said.
Welcome Week isn't just for freshman.
"It's open for all Auburn students and that really was a big objective for us," project coordinator
Sean Conley said.
Welcome Week has multiple activities each day, along with some money savers and free food.
For students who want to stay active, there will be activities to keep people fit, such as an afternoon in Chewacla State Park where students can swim, hike and eat lunch, which will be provided.
Throughout the week, students can preview the new fitness classes offered at the Recreation and Wellness Center.
To avoid having students wait until the first day of classes to find the right buildings, Camp War Eagle camp counselors, SOS Orientation leaders and Camp War Eagle parent counselors will be running campus tours for students based on their class schedules.
Susie Pratt, project coordinator, said Welcome Week is important for students, partly because many of them come from out of town and may not have established relationships.
"It's just very important that we have this opportunity for students to get involved with right off the bat," Pratt said.
"Having this opportunity is a great way to get people to just come out and really see what Auburn has to offer so they can make the most of their experience, whether it's their freshman year or junior or senior year."
The Welcome Week team said they have learned from this experience as well.
"It's just been a great learning process," Cyr said. "I know how to deal with different types of people and different types of situations now."
But the staff said not every aspect of their job is easy.
"It's been a constant uphill battle since February and now we're finally seeing the actual results," Conley said. "We've got our Welcome Week shirts with our sponsors printed out.
You know we've got all of our events set up, it's cool to really see all gears clicking."
For a complete Welcome Week schedule, visit Auburn.edu/WelcomeWeek.
(04/29/13 5:12am)
The Auburn University Medical Clinic has recently added the Patient Portal, a secure Internet link to the clinic that allows students to access their lab reports, refill their medication, make appointments, send questions to their doctor or nurse, check to see what medications they are taking and pay their bill.
(04/26/13 8:22am)
Train came through Auburn Thursday, April 25, making more noise than the city's usual freight train.
Train performed with opening acts Hot Chelle Rae and Green River Ordinance at the Auburn Arena.
Approximately 3,500 people attended the event.
Many of the students had never seen Train, Hot Chelle Rae or Green River Ordinance before, but were enthusiastic about the concert.
"I think Train's awesome and I'm really excited about it," said Amanda Hallman, freshman in pre-med. "I did not know about it until they announced it on campus."
Jacob Heflin, sophomore in theater was pumped to hear his favorite Train songs in person.
"I'm jacked," Heflin said. "I haven't seen them before and I haven't been to a concert in a really long time. My favorite Train songs are Marry Me and my mom and I used to sing Drops of Jupiter all the time."
Train wasn't able to stay in Auburn or go downtown after the concert because they had to leave a few hours afterwards and drive all night to their next location, something that is typical for the band, said Jimmy Stafford, guitarist for Train.
Stafford said Train doesn't do shows on college campuses as often as they used to.
"The energy is so great because you know its college kids, they're fun and into it," Stafford said. "Even if you don't think you know us . . . when you see the show you're like 'oh holy crap, I knew every song' so it's really fun to play for the colleges."
Train has been on tour for almost five years straight, but will soon get a break in the upcoming year while they make their greatest hits record.
Stafford said Led Zeppelin and AC/DC were bands that inspired his musical talents and that the members of Train have different tastes in music that they mix together in their songs.
"It's kind of just a melting pot, when you get together with four other guys and you form a band, everybody's got their different influences," Stafford said. "Pat is into James Taylor and I'm into AC/DC and Scott's into Phish and then you put all of your influences together and you spit out what we spit out."
The band's crazy partying nights are in the past, and most of them have gotten married and have kids, Stafford said.
"In the early days, especially when we were just like 'all right we're rock stars now, let's party,' those were the days where we would finish a show and we wouldn't leave till the next morning so we would go out to the bars with the locals and hang out and get into all kinds of trouble," Stafford said. "Whatever you can imagine, it has happened."
Stafford said the music industry is a tough business that takes commitment and never giving up.
"I just always tell people to be honest and be real, you can tell when bands are kind of phony and they're trying to be something that they're really not," Stafford said. "Be real, be genuine, in anything you do in life."
Some students who hadn't heard of Green River Ordinance or Hot Chelle Rae before the concert said that they still enjoyed their performance.
"It was really enjoyable, good energy," said Carl Lyness, senior in building science. "I'm more interested in Hot Chelle Rae (now), they have a lot more songs than I thought."
Brooke Reisberg, senior in architecture, and Kalli Jones, sophomore in PRTV, said that Train was their favorite of the three.
"Going in I wasn't that sure about (Train), but after that I definitely like them a lot more now," Jones said.
Although they arrived in time, Cameron Clark, freshman in finance advising, and Tyler Doyle, freshman in business, did not hear about it until today.
"Maybe they should have sent out a University wide email or something," Doyle said.
Other bands students wanted to see instead of Train, Hot Chelle Rae and Green River Ordinance included Blink-182, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Mackelmore.
"Luckily we all have a job that we love to do, it's a pretty great job," Stafford said. "We're fortunate to still be a band after all these years and still get to do this job."
(04/24/13 7:30pm)
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, or SAAM, and Auburn University students are doing their part by informing the public.
(04/24/13 7:27pm)
As the Auburn loses one of it's traditions, rolling Toomer's Trees, faculty and students work to continue making students feel comfortable at Auburn and find new traditions and organizations that will be a good fit.
(04/17/13 4:07am)
Pursell endowed professor of horticulture, Donald Eakes, was named Educator of the year by the Professional Landcare Network Academic Excellence Foundation. This June will mark the 24th year that Eakes has taught at Auburn University.
(04/18/13 6:05pm)
After 30 years of teaching, Ed Williams, journalism professor, is retiring.
(04/11/13 2:41am)
I would like to think of America as a place where people of every race are treated equally, since that's what our constitution says and it is one of the main cornerstones our country takes pride in.
(04/11/13 1:36am)
Auburn University's Panhellenic Council was recognized for their accomplishments when they won the Overall Recognition Award at the 2013 South Eastern Panhellenic Conference.
(04/10/13 3:33am)
Auburn students took what most people would only see as trash and turned it into something useful and environmentally friendly.
(04/09/13 4:44am)
On an average day on Auburn's campus, there are usually organizations on the concourse that are handing out flyers or raising money for a cause.
(04/04/13 6:50pm)
Auburn students asked, and the University Program Council listened.
(04/04/13 3:36pm)
Josh Clement, freshman in physics, has started his own coffee shop Black Flag Coffee, in the first floor kitchen of Harper Hall of the Quad dormitories.