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Max Newfield / Staff Writer


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Students Find Best Places to Cram

College students can often find themselves asking a multitude of questions each final exam period.Questions such as, "How many energy drinks should I buy?," "Why do I always seem to be scheduled for the last final of the term?" and "Why didn't I go to this class more often?" are always among the most commonly asked questions.The one question every college student must answer is, "Where will I study for this final?"Whether gathered around a table with classmates in the library or locked away in the dark recess of a silent bedroom, (almost) every student must settle in for at least a couple hours at the end of each semester to cram for impending finals.So, The Plainsman decided to do an informal survey of Auburn students and residents to find out where students like to study.The Library.With resources such as individual and group study rooms, study partners and the Internet cafe available, one might think the library would be the best place around town to study.

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Thanksgiving Dining Leads to Primary Doze of Season

Ever since the pilgrims sat down to their first Thanksgiving dinner in Plymouth, Mass., people have used this holiday as a time to give thanks for the blessings they have received throughout the year.But for some Auburn students, Thanksgiving signifies something else.Auburn students use Thanksgiving dinner to induce their first nap of the holiday season."My family always tries to watch a Christmas movie after Thanksgiving dinner, usually 'Christmas Vacation,'" said Brian Orgain, senior in Spanish.

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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.

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Tango Lessons Twirl into Town

Rick and Lynda Wilson have communicated through their dancing shoes for 17 years."The Argentineans call tango dancing a conversation without words," said Rick Wilson, an Argentinean tango instructor.Tango first caught the Wilsons' attention when they saw a National Geographic special on Argentinean tango stars Miguel Zotto and Milena Plebs in 1992."We saw this couple tango dancing, and we were so struck by the quietness in the communication and the movement in their feet," Rick said.

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Alabama Child Support Laws Change

The Alabama Supreme Court set a new legal precedent in the state, ruling a parent may still be required to pay child support payments even if his or her parental rights are terminated.In the ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court overturned the ruling of the Alabama Appeals Court case, M.D.C.

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