The Auburn Plainsman A SPIRIT THAT IS NOT AFRAID Thursday, November 7, 2013 ThePlainsman.com Vol. 120, Issue 24, 14 Pages ONLINE A new day with Tre Junior Tre Mason zone in six consecutive games and currently leads the SEC with 13 rushing touchdowns. leads revamped Even head coach Gus Mal- Football vs. Tenn. rushing attack zahn, who has produced NFL Check out running backs such as Darren ThePlainsman.com McFadden, Felix Jones and Pey- for game updates Eric Wallace ton Hillis, said he is impressed by and photos SPORTS WRITER Mason’s gritty play this season. Saturday, Nov. 9 In the modern, pass-happy “The thing that really stands college football landscape, Tre out about Tre this year is he’s get- Mason has proven that a work- ting very tough yards,” Malzahn horse running back can still be a said. “He’s breaking the first tack- CAMPUS A5 game changer. le numerous times, really, just Mason’s 32 carry, 168 yard and playing hard, physical football. four touchdown performance He’s definitely improving and he’s against Arkansas was the best of a big weapon for us.” his Auburn career and earned the Mason has been the work- junior SEC Offensive Player of the horse out of Auburn’s trio of run- Week recognition. ning backs, garnering 51 more “Tre is a special guy in the touches than fellow backs Cam- backfield because he can just pop eron Artis-Payne and Corey Grant combined. Fundamental one at any time on any defense,” said quarterback Nick Marshall. Despite 23.2 rushes per game Belief “The offensive line opens up in conference play, Mason said Reporter visits holes for him and he’s just able to the offense doesn’t plan a specif- church that gash them and make plays with ic number of touches for the run- preaches his legs.” ning backs. repentance on The 5-foot-10 junior from Palm campus Beach, Fla., has reached the end » See MASON A2 SPORTS A9 Obamacare leaves some employees hurting Ben Hohenstatt ployee benefits, said Auburn considers an employee full time if they CAMPUS REPORTER work 40 hours or more per week. Running away President Barrack Obama ran on a platform of “Auburn’s definition of full-time status is based on with it change, and the Patient Protection and Afford- working 40 hours per week,” McCormick said. “We The Tiger’s rushing able Care Act, PPACA, is causing plenty of that want to see employees classified as either truly attack continues to at Auburn. full-time, benefits eligible employees who are lead the SEC The healthcare reform also known as eligible for all benefit plans, or truly part- Obamacare, changes the health insur- ti m e .” ance policy employees are offered McCormick said this has resulted and the number of hours tempo- in either reclassification or hiring of rary employees can work. more than 130 part-time employees INTRIGUE A12 PPACA was signed into law as full-time, benefit eligible employ- March 23, 2010, and was up- ees. held as constitutional by the Mary Prather, manager for Tem- Supreme Court of the United porary Employment Services, said States June 28, 2012. the law has caused the creation of The legislation requires em- a limit on the number of hours a ployers to offer health insur- temporary employee can work. ance to full-time employees and “There is a cap of 1,450 per year,” contains a mandate defining a Prather said. “That’s less than 30 full-time employee as someone hours per week on average.” 17-16 keeps who works 30 hours per week. Prather also said some temporary tradition rolling “The biggest change the Afford- employees must take a month after Oaks planted in able Care Act is the one the presi- work. 17-16 courtyard let dent has put on hold: the Employer McCormick said this month off has fans celebrate the Mandate,” said Gary Ward, manager for always been required of temporary em- old-fashioned way employee benefits. ployees. Ward said the mandate would require She also said it protects employees drawing Auburn to offer insurance to employees who state benefits from retirement but working part- work more than 30 hours per week because they time. READERS would be considered full-time employees. RESPOND Karla McCormick, executive director for payroll and em- » See OBAMACARE A2 Campus MRI technology WAR EAGLE ON THE PLANES Page A5 Want your opinion heard? To be brings superpowers to life featured in our issue, chime in on Jordan Hays search involves how the heart chang- MRI RESEARCH CENTER es shape and contraction patterns in Facebook, Twitter or The problem with superheroes is response to disease. ThePlainsman.com that they don’t exist. However, thanks Auburn’s MRI Research Center is to science and technology, we can one of the most advanced imaging make their super powers a reality. X- centers in the world in terms of the ray vision and mind reading are only technology used. At a cost between a couple of the powers the engineers $8–9 million, and with only 50 in ex- INDEX at the MRI Research Center have, but istence, the MRI Center’s 7-Tesla MRI more importantly, they have the pow- scanner has the magnetic power Campus A2 er to save lives. equivalent to the power necessary to Opinion A6 Thomas Denney Jr., director of Au- pick up approximately seven cars, ac- Community A7 burn University’s MRI Research Cen- cording to Nikhil Jha, a graduate stu- Sports A9 ter, has been researching the heart dent in electrical engineering. Intrigue A12 using magnetic resonance imaging for approximately 20 years. His re- » See MRI A2 Campus A2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 7, 2013 DUI ARRESTS FOR THE CITY OF AUBURN OCT. 31–NOV. 5, 2013 POLICE REPORTS FOR OCT. 31– NOV. 5, 2013 Patrick Riley, 22, Auburn Ellis Smith, Jr., 20, Thursday, Oct. 31, 4:13 Auburn October 31 – Hemlock Drive and November 2 – Harper Avenue November 5 – Payne Street a.m. at North Gay Street Saturday, Nov. 2, 8:40 Glenn Avenue Third-degree theft of Huffy bicy- Third-degree burglary of two flat- p.m. at West Glenn Av- Unlawful breaking and enter- cle between 8:30-9:30 p.m. screen televisions, three prescrip- Rudolph Davis, 21, enue ing a vehicle and theft of Ap- tion bottles and U.S. currency be- Auburn ple Macbook, textbooks, Cos- November 3 – Martin Luther King tween 7:45 a.m.–12:50 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, 3:35 a.m. Sean Parker, 39, ta del Mar sunglasses and back- Drive at South Donahue Drive Demopolis pack between 9:50-10:15 p.m. Third-degree burglary of four flat- November 5 – Bluff Court and West Samford Ave- Saturday, Nov. 2, 10:27 screen televisions, two PlayStation Third-degree burglary of two lap- nue p.m. at South College November 1 – Waterstone Circle 3 consoles, desktop computer, lap- tops, PlayStation 3 and boots Street Third-degree burglary of LCD top, tablet computer and Ninten- between 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Juan Antonio Bustos, Jr., television, two laptops, tab- do Wii between 11:15 a.m.–8 p.m. 37, Opelika Lequinton Al-Ghanee, 26, let computer and Xbox 360 be- Saturday, Nov. 2, 12:38 Auburn tween 8 a.m.–4:15 p.m. November 3 – Opelika Road a.m. at West Glenn Ave- Sunday, Nov. 3, 1:40 Third-degree theft of three pairs of nue and Hemlock Drive a.m. at South Gay Street November 1 – Wire Road Ugg boots between 5:15-5:25 p.m. Third-degree burglary of LCD tele- Alan Vines, 28, Auburn Chelsea Heinen, 23, vision between 9-11 a.m. November 3-4 – Felton Lane Saturday, Nov. 2, 1:43 Auburn Unlawful breaking and enter- a.m. at Shug Jordan Park- Sunday, Nov. 3, 2:22 November 1-2 – Armstrong Street ing a vehicle and theft of Can- — Reports provided by way a.m. at North College Unlawful breaking and entering a on LCD projector, purse and deb- Auburn Department of Public Safety Street and Shelton Mill vehicle and theft of Garmin GPS it cards between November 3 at 10 John Houston, 20, Road between November 1 at 7:30 p.m. and November 4 at 7 a.m. Auburn p.m. and November 2 at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2:32 Reynaldo Diaz-Lopez, 22, November 3-4 – Felton Lane a.m. at South College Marianna, Fla. November 1-2 – Lee Road 12 Unlawful breaking and entering a Street and Harmon Drive Sunday, Nov. 3, 4:04 Third-degree burglary of pistol be- vehicle and theft of Garmin GPS a.m. at Opelika Road tween November 1 at 10 p.m. and and head rest between November Monica Jackson, 43, November 2 at 4:30 a.m. 3 at 10:30 p.m. and November 4 Opelika Robert Powe, 26, Auburn at 7 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 4:21 Wednesday, Nov. 6, 3:20 a.m. at East Glenn Ave- a.m. at Martin Luther nue King Drive OBAMACARE Ward said the changes are slowly com- MRI orders.” ing into effect. Gaining a better understanding of how the » From A1 » From A1 “There are certain requirements we had brain operates will also help in diagnostics. to implement into our plan,” Ward said. Deshpande is doing more than just trying to un- McCormick said this is to avoid the risk McCormick said changes include ex- “Most scanners only image protons that are the derstand mental disorders.