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Auburn Athletic Department gives back to community

By Lindsey Davidson / News Editor | April 30

Auburn University coaches and administrators were seen across county giving back to the community Monday, April 27."Tigers Give Back" consisted of nearly 200 coaches, administrators and staff members of the Auburn University Athletic Department.Created by Auburn student-athletes, this community event visited 18 different schools and agencies across the Auburn-Opelika area."Our student-athletes challenged us to support them and their community service efforts," said Athletic Director Jay Jacobs.

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Baseball drops 2 versus USC

By Lindsey Davidson / News Editor | April 23

Auburn ended a three-game SoutheasternConference series at South Carolinawith one win and two more lossesunder its belt last weekend.Auburn hadn't taken a win from SouthCarolina since 1997 until this past Saturdaywith a 6-4 victory over the Gamecocks."The team responded after a toughloss last night and, on a personal note,my daughter (Mary-Louise) was heretoday," said head coach John Pawlowski."It was her first game of the year, whichwas a special game for her and it's justreally exciting, It's never easy, home oron the road in the SEC.

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iTunes increases prices

By Lindsey Davidson / News Editor | April 23

iTunes no longer offers a flat rate for music for their customers, nor do they have a limited selection of labels.Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI joined iTunes.With the addition of the music labels in January, Apple now charges different prices for songs: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29.This is compared to the old rate of 99 cents across the board.The pricing is based on how much each label charges Apple.Many Auburn students are not in favor of the price change."In my opinion, the initial price was high enough to keep me from buying more than a few songs on iTunes," said Amy Kroeger, a senior in aerospace engineering.

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SPaRC team brings home first place, award, bragging rights for Auburn

By Lindsey Davidson / News Editor | March 25

The Auburn University Student Projects and Research Committee team took the gold this weekend in the SoutheastCon Student Hardware Competition."We can be very proud of our SPaRC students for bringing home the first place trophy," said Thaddeus Roppel, faculty adviser for SPaRC and professor in electrical and computer engineering.The SPaRC team, founded by the late Professor Scotte Hodel in 2006, can also flaunt a plaque to be displayed for a year and $800 for the Auburn IEEE Student Chapter.With a group consisting of only nine members, the team beat 45 other schools from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and the country of Jamaica.The annual IEEE event was hosted by the IEEE Atlanta Section and the Georgia Tech IEEE Student Branch."Engineers Making the World a Better Place" shaped this year's theme as each team had to construct an autonomous robot that could randomly pick up and sort aluminum, plastic and glass Coca-Cola containers."It felt really great winning," said Zach Lamb, a senior in mechanical engineering.

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Hearing set for Lockhart

By Lindsey Davidson / News Editor | March 11

The Lee County judge presiding over Courtney L. Lockhart's case has scheduled a hearing for March.Lockhart, 24, of Smiths Station, was charged for the slaying of Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk of Marietta, Ga., March 4, 2008.Burk, 18, was killed by gunshot and found on Ala.

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