The Auburn Plainsman A SPIRIT THAT IS NOT AFRAID Thursday, February 14, 2013 ThePlainsman.com Vol. 119, Issue 32, 16 Pages Online Rammer Jammer, Updyke back in the slammer Chandler Jones Lowe’s Home Improvement him for making threats. able apprehension of receiv- COMMUNITY REPORTER Store. Court proceedings revealed ing a battery. Harvey Updyke was tak- Kisha Abercrombie, assis- Updyke claimed that he was The defense argued no en to the Lee County Deten- tant district attorney, cited already going away for some- probable cause to the arrest, tion Center to be incarcerated, Updyke violated his bond by thing and “ain’t got nothing to because the manager did not Wednesday, Feb. 13. being arrested for an alleged lose.” even know what was going on Judge Jacob Walker III re- assault. As of Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, and that the arresting officer voked Updyke’s bond and Up- Margaret Brown, Updyke’s Updyke had a Failure to Ap- had to sign the warrant. dyke has since been taken attorney, stated that there pear still pending in Louisi- They said the writ was im- to the Lee County Detention were no grounds for the arrest ana. The defense said Updyke proper because it did not Center. because Updyke was not “le- had no knowledge of the FTA have a judge’s signature. “In light of what has been gally arrested” and the defense and no lawyer for that case. Judge Walker also set a sta- presented to the court today, says the police video shows Judge Walker said the stan- tus hearing for Friday, March Campus A3 it’s the court’s decision to re- Updyke “did nothing at all.” dard of the court was if the 15, at 11 a.m. to discuss a po- UPDYKE voke the bond,” Walker said. According to the video, Up- stipulations of the bond had tential change of venue. ty employee or their spouse or On Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, dyke was banned from the been violated the bond should The defense said that an un- child, is a “victim” in the case. Officer Matthew Brady in property, but responded that be revoked. biased jury would be impossi- “Any one who receives a di- Hammond, L.A. arrested Up- he would indeed return to re- The prosecution said the ble in Auburn, because mem- rect benefits should be dis- dyke in a dispute regarding turn one more item. arrest was under terms that bers of the university com- qualified,” said Andrew Stan- a refund for a lawnmower at Officer Brady then arrested Lowes employees had reason- munity, any Auburn Universi- ley, also Updyke’s attorney. Get to know the SGA candidates With formal campaigning beginning Wednesday, Feb. 13, who will you vote for on election day? Sports B2 Presidential Candidates Chelsea Crooks Harrison Mill Eric Savage Junior in microbial, Senior in account- Junior in entre- cellular, and molecu- ing. preneurship and lar biology and Span- His platform is family business. ish. broken up into sever- He is involved in “My goal has been al different categories the Division of Stu- to target people across including academics, dent Affairs Student the University,” Crooks dining, transporta- and Media Initia- said. “Not just the demographics that have tion and student life. tives, Health Promotion and Wellness Ser- always been targeted.” Crooks plans to reach Mills wants to change aspects of class regis- vices UnsupersizemeAU Participant, SGA as many students as possible throughout the tration to make it easier for students. Assistant Director of Emerging Leader In- whole campaign. “I’d like to reduce the number of ‘TBAs’ stitute, SGA Big Event Project Coordinator Crooks has qualifications that include shown when registering for classes,” Mills said. and Social Fraternity Social Chairman. THE PLAINSMAN POLL SGA AVP academic affairs, central class- As for dining, Mills would like to add a din- Savage will rely heavily on social media room facility committee member, academ- ing option to the library and implement an all for his campaign. ic affairs committee member and director in you care to eat dining option on campus, pos- “I’ve worked for a very long time coming the Beat Bama Food Drive. sibly in the Hill. up with some really awesome videos that This week’s Crooks wants to add on campus dining “One way we would get that accomplished are going to allow students to get to know question venues including in the library to promote is ensuring that there is student representa- me as a candidate; more than just someone a community and give students a variety of tion on that committee, which there current- who is standing out on the concourse giv- the options for them to dine at, Crooks said. ly is not,” Mills said. ing away free candy,” Savage said. Crooks will work with the night time For the transportation part of his platform, Savage plans on changing the dining sys- transportation system make sure that it’s ef- Mills wants to make the transit system more tem to benefit students. fectively serving the needs of the students. efficient by using the help of students in indus- He will change dining dollars to a point “(I will) establish drop off zones on cam- trial and civil engineering majors. value system so that students won’t over- pus that allow students to drop off and pick “I think that gives Auburn University a very spend on meals, Savage said. Instead of the up their friends safely on campus,” Crooks unique learning experience,” Mills said. “(It remaining TigerCard money at the end of said. gives) students in their respective field a proj- the year being taken from the student, Sav- Vote online at One aspect of her platform includes giv- ect that they can take out into the real world, age wants the university to refund the stu- ing students the option to have a mini Tiger- like an internship.” dent or credit the money to their TigerClub ThePlainsman.com Card, in addition to the traditional sized ti- Mills will have a blackboard and posters account. ger card. available for students to write on about issues Savage wants to add a dining venue for “You can just have it on your keys and you that may not be addressed in his platform so the RBD library that would be open during know you wont lose it as often, it’s more ac- that he can improve on them. studying hours. Last week’s cessible.” Crooks said. She will work to in- Mills has qualifications including SGA Sen- He hopes to eliminate unused stops on question crease the resources available to students in ator At-Large; budget and finance committee the transit route and to create parking me- terms of study partners, SI and educational chair, SGA senator college of liberal arts, vari- ter spaces for the student center parking support services as well as increasing the se- ous university boards and committees, frater- deck and the library parking deck among lection of books available as part of the text- nity vice president of programming and frater- other places on campus where students book reserve program, Crooks said. nity vice president of finance. can park to run quick errands. Vice Presidential Candidates Wesley Clendinen Amy Anne Olsen, Cody Sanders Junior in animal sci- Junior in finance.Ol- Junior in political ences. sen is currently an SGA science. Clendinen is current- senator at-large, has Sanders began his ly a senator for the Col- been involved in SGA time in SGA during Ti- lege of Agriculture and for three years. ger Tuesdays as a fresh- said through that, he has “I am excited at the man and said through been able to see how the opportunity to keep that, he has developed SGA senate is run. serving students and the senators and be a great experience and passion for serving Au- “I want to utilize the vice president position resource to them so they can serve better as burn. to take senate and become more involved in the well,” Olsen said. Sanders has been a student recruiter, which student body,” Clendinen said. Olsen has plans to expand the collegiate he said has taught him the ins and outs of Au- “I want to make an online ticket exchange readership program by providing students burn and has made him passionate about to do away with people who are buying tickets with publications like the Wall Street Jour- serving the student body. and then selling them at high prices,” Clendin- nal. Sanders plans to serve the student body en said. Olsen also wants to see the late night further by making changes with the Tiger “I also want to make sure we have legitimate transportation on campus improve. Transit system. study days every semester during the week be- “Late night transportation is an issue so “It needs to be more efficient overall,” Sand- fore exams.” I want to work with that,” Olsen said. “We ers said. “Some routes should be shortened Clendinen also wants to see a healthy food need to push administration to increase and others need to be longer and we need to INDEX options. funding for late night security and I think if have more buses going.” Campus A2 Clendinen said he wants them to resembles students voice that opinion strongly enough, Sanders also wants to make some advance- Opinion A6 Whole Foods or Earth Fare. administration will do something because ments within Tiger Dining to bring coffee ki- Community A7 Clendinen also said he believes that stu- campus safety is a high priority.” osks around campus.