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The State Press

'Sounds of Auburn' Fill Coliseum

Auburn's music department showcased the talents of its ensembles at the ninth annual Sounds of Auburn concert Thursday at the Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum."We present a sampling of the music that is performed by each of these ensembles throughout the year," said Sara Lynn Baird, professor and chair of the music department.The program began with a football game-style presentation from the marching band.The group, directed by Corey Spurlin, performed again later in the night."Certain audience members may be drawn to the concert by their familiarity with a specific ensemble," Spurlin said.


The State Press

Tiger Nights Hits the Deck

The Auburn University Student Center looked more like a sunken pirate ship than the usual student union building Friday night.Treasure chests, spyglasses, treasure maps, eye patches, hooks, fake swords and treasures of gold decorated the Student Center for "Tiger Nights Hits the Deck," pirate-themed event. "We do all this for the students," said Leah Colvin, junior in interior design and UPC member.


The Auburn Plainsman

Documentary Exposes North Carolina Tragedy

A North Carolina massacre and its effects still resonate 30 years after its occurrence with the help of an independent film that documents the event.Auburn University's Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, along with the department of geology and geography, brought award-winning and nationally known documentary film-maker Andy B.

The Auburn Plainsman

Library Shifts Books Around for New Learning Commons

For the past 10 weeks, library employees have moved 820,000 books around the library to make room for the new Learning Commons.Student employees worked all day and into the night to complete the time-consuming task."The hardest part about moving the books was doing it in a timely order," said Marci Solomon, sophomore in public relations.

The Auburn Plainsman

Roundup Auctions for Charity

As the sun shone bright and the air filled with the smell of sausage and corn dogs, hungry Tiger fans flocked to the 30th annual Fall Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture before the Homecoming game last Saturday against Furman.The event, which featured various University departments and organizations, as well as commodity groups from across the state, offered up a pre-game feast at the Ag Heritage Park for $5 a person.There was also a live and silent auction, children's activities and visits from the Auburn cheerleaders and pep band at the roundup."It is to showcase the commodity groups in the state and it shows what they produce," said Elaine Rollo, administrative support specialist for the College of Agriculture.

The Auburn Plainsman

Fans Can Roll Toomers at Home Thanks to School of Forestry

Auburn fans can now roll the Toomer's oaks whenever they want thanks to the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences.The school sold seedling trees that were descendents of the oaks on Toomer's Corner at their Homecoming events Saturday."Since it's the alumni game what we do is we have the Toomer's oaks, that we collect and we grow and we sell to the alumni for gifts or graduation presents or whatnot," said Scott Enebak, professor of forest pathology.Enebak said, since there would be a big group of people attending the game with a lot of alumni coming in, they put up a table out front to try and sell more trees.Each tree sold is one of the offspring of the live oaks on Toomer's Corner.Students in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences harvest the acorns from Toomer's oaks and sow them."Each October we go out and we actually have a boom that we go up in and pick acorns out of the tree and pick them up from the street where they've dropped," said John Goode, sophomore in wildlife sciences.

The Auburn Plainsman

SGA Grants Provisional Status to Clubs

Members of SGA Senate met Monday night in the Student Center to pass bills granting provisional status to campus organizations.First up in old business were the H2Ostesses, a group supporting the water polo team.An organization seeking to promote Toms shoes on campus was denied provisional status.Auburn allows campus organizations to use the Auburn trademarks without charge.If the group was allowed provisional status on campus, Toms shoes would be able to use any Auburn trademarks without charge, a service for which the University charges.The senators also discussed if an organization promoting a business was granted provisional status, other business-specific organizations might begin seeking provisional status."The point was addressed that we might start getting requests for a J&M campus club, an Academy Sports campus club and other related groups," said SGA Vice President Sarah Molony.The Women's Rugby club was granted provisional status, as well as the Korean-American Student Association.Lastly, the Religion club, a group that seeks to discuss religion in an academic manner, was granted provisional status.The SGA Senators then moved to pass two bills categorized as new business.An organizations fund request was granted to the Indian Student Association for $499.The group wanted to use the money to print banners for public events.Last on the agenda was the appointment of a new senator to the College of Human Sciences.After passing the Senate's agenda, Molony gave announcements to the room, which was made up of senators and representatives from the organizations, and called the meeting to an end.

The Auburn Plainsman

Gubernatorial Forum held on Auburn's Campus

Auburn University brings the race for governor home.Auburn citizens, faculty and students packed into the Student Center Ballroom for the Alabama Gubernatorial Forum 2010 Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.All delegates running for governor in 2010 who declared candidacy before Sep. 25 were invited to speak.

The Auburn Plainsman

Halloween Party for Kids Held in Bookstore

Last Thursday afternoon, the AU Bookstore was filled with firemen, ninjas, vampires, princesses, fairies, animals, superheroes and pirates as part of a Halloween party for the children of Auburn's faculty and staff.Katie Lee, AU Bookstore director, said they have been hosting the Halloween party for years, but this year was the largest turnout they have ever had."It's a fun way for the kids to enjoy the spirit of Halloween," said Margaret Hendricks, general manager.Children who came to the party got to play games, do crafts, hear some spooky Halloween stories, enjoy snacks and go trick-or-treating around the bookstore."This is something special we do for the kids of the Auburn family," Hendricks said.Students at the University are key participants in the festivities.Kids were able to play the "mummy game," competing in two teams to wrap up Jason Murphy and Michael Behel in toilet paper."It's all for the kids," said Murphy, bookstore staff member.

The Auburn Plainsman

Science Majors Put on Halloween Scare for Kids

STEM knows how to BOO-gie.STEM or "Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics," hosted a Halloween Masquerade Benefit at Greystone Mansion to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of Lee County.Greystone Mansion was decked out with spider webs, lights and eyeballs in the punch."Aside from the fantastic decorations and Halloween goodies at the party, the dance-off competition was my favorite part of the masquerade," said Katie Lushington, publicity chair of Society of Women Engineers.

The Auburn Plainsman

Students Vote on Favorite Pizza Recipes

Students got competitive in Tiger Dining's Pizza Creation Contest Taste-Off.Students submitted recipes of their choice to Tiger Dining's Web site during a three-week period."Executive Chef Emil Topel looked at all the entries and chose three top winners based on creativity," said Tiger Dining Marketing Director Gina Groome.The top three entries were David Ceniviva's philly cheesesteak pizza, Casey Lucas' greek pita pizza and Anthony DiBlasi's le zucchini fritte.These winners' creations were displayed in front of Mamma Leone's Thursday, where a crowd gathered for the final phase of the Taste-Off."Students were given the chance to sample all three and vote for their favorite winner," Groome said.The area in the Student Center was surrounded by students who came to taste the three pizzas."I liked the philly cheesesteak pizza," said Ye Been Lee, a student of Auburn's Intensive English Program.Some students came to support the chefs."I know one of the contestants, so I came out," said Heather Edell, sophomore in pre-nursing.After all the votes were tallied, DiBlasi's le zucchini fritte was the winner."The winner receives $100 in Dining Funds, and they will have their recipe featured at Mamma Leone's for students to purchase Nov.