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Crime reports from March 2-8

By Staff Report | March 9

The following crimes were reported by the Auburn Police Division from March 2-8: March 2: -Second-degree possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia were reported in Auburn.

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No Impact Week to host author Colin Beavan

By Rebecca Oliver | Campus Writer | March 9

Auburn University will host No Impact Week from March 8-15 to encourage students, faculty and staff to reduce their negative impact on the environment and raise awareness about personal well-being. Professor and associate dean for educational affairs, Giovanna Summerfield said this year’s No Impact Week will include the return of “No Impact Man” author Collin Beavan. After reading “No Impact Man” in 2010, Summerfield said she invited Beavan to come to Auburn to speak. “He opened up a lot of issues with the students, not just about the environment, but about quality of life,” Summerfield said. According to Summerfield, there weren’t many academic institutions taking on initiatives that dealt with the issues Beavan advocated in 2010.

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The Civil War goes digital

By Caitlin Shostak l Contributing Writer | March 4

Historian Edward Ayers isn’t interested in dead people. Instead, Ayers is finding new ways to understand the complexities of the Civil War more than 150 years later by digitizing history. “I know what you’re thinking,” Ayers said.

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Disney animator shares filmmaking expertise in Auburn

By Kendyl Hollingsworth | Community Writer | March 4

Disney animator John Pomeroy shared his experiences in the filmmaking industry and showcased his talents to a packed auditorium at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts on Tuesday, March 3. Pomeroy is the third guest filmmaker that has come to Auburn as part of the Jay Sanders Film Series. Pomeroy has worked on several notable films for companies like Walt Disney and Sullivan Bluth Studios.

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Professor turns a home into poetry

By Rebecca Oliver | Campus Writer | March 3

Kelly Jolley, philosophy professor, has written a book of poetry titled “Stony Lonesome.” Jolley said the poems in the book are inspired by the Noble Hall historic plantation home on Shelton Mill Road in Auburn, formerly known as Stony Lonesome. “Most of the poems are about the place itself and people I’ve known who have lived there throughout the years,” Jolley said. Jolley said his walks with former resident and Auburn University emeriti English professor Ward Allen on the farm at Stony Lonesome inspired many of the poems in his book. “Stony Lonesome” was published by New Plains Press publisher Johnny Summerfield, who said what made him want to publish the book was how it dealt with questions of philosophy, language and religion in its descriptions of experiences at Stony Lonesome. “Philosophers create their knowledge through experience,” Summerfield said. According to Jolley, his passion for writing poetry and his career as a philosophy professor are linked by his admiration for good writing. “I like philosophers who are concerned with writing well,” Jolley said.

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Student Counseling Services offers Zen Den

By Tracy Awino | Campus Reporter | March 3

Student Counseling Services offers a relaxation and stress management service known as the Zen Den and includes massage and biofeedback free of charge to students, according to Jan Miller, licensed psychologist and coordinator of the Zen Den.“The Zen Den rooms are two of them, one of them is the ...

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