Month: January 2014

By Nikki Headley You check your email to find that school has been cancelled. You glance out the window and see a blanket of snow on the ground… in Alabama. Okay so maybe this isn't how you found out AUM cancelled classes and closed the campus, but it’s a nice thought. I bet some of you are just laying in your bed twiddling your thumbs. How does someone in Alabama spend their snow day? How about some ideas?  1. Build a snowman. If it snows and sticks then odds are there is enough snow to build a snowman. So you roll all of your giant snowballs and you put the on top of one another and boom you have a snowman. It is a tradition. Young or old, go build yourself a Frosty. 2. Have a snowball fight. If you have a family or some friends in your neighborhood devise a plan to make sno...

  By Darrell Puckett The Senior Bowl is a game that has many implications, but foremost it compliments unspoken players.  It contains unspoken referrals to players that are not consistently in the spotlight and posses necessary tools for NFL status.  This Senior Bowl was by far one of the most one-sided games in history, and provided insight to the South’s dominance.  There are three players that set their selves apart and jumped higher in the NFL Draft. Dee Ford from Auburn University showed that he is an elite pass-rusher and will move up the draft board.  Ford racked up two sacks, one pass deflection, and five hurries.  While Caraun Reid from Princeton had two sacks as well, Ford presented an outside presence that couldn’t be ignored.  There’s no question why Ford was aw...

By Darrell Puckett People who listen to radio or podcasts all want one thing, entertainment.  The ear listens and judges for itself without introduction.  In the world of sports radio, people are quick to say Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd, Tim Brando, Mike and Mike, and Paul Finebaum are the ‘elitist.’  There’s no argument with that list, but ponder this question: Can you recall a sports radio podcast crafted by a college around your area?  The answer is most likely no. Auburn Montgomery will be entering into the world of sports podcast and broadcasting this semester.  This new leap should be defining the way colleges broadcast and develop podcast.  Warhawk Weekly will start in February running a 25-30 minute segment on Montgomery’s local channel.  Also, a new sports radio podcast nam...

By Jessica Klinner Nothing unites everyone in the world more than a viral video. They make us laugh. They inspire us. They may even confuse us. These videos are the ones that we all enjoy watching because so many other enjoy watching them as well. At the end of every year I look forward to looking back at the viral videos, and that’s exactly what I’ve done in this list. The 10 videos listed below are only a small sample of viral videos from 2013. I hope you enjoy looking back on them just as I did.  1. “#Hashtag” with Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake   Whenever Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake collaborate, they create comedy gold. The “Hashtag” video aired on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and gained immediate attention from audiences. Any Twitter user will find the ...

  By Matt Estes The internet is huge, with millions of websites at our disposal. Each website has content, and there are many ways to get content from a person's computer to the internet. Some methods, however, are easier than others. As webmaster for the AUMnibus, a program called Filezilla makes my job much easier. Filezilla is easily the most well known FTP client. FTP stands for file transfer protocol, and programs called clients help facilitate the transfer of files. The program takes files from my computer to the AUMnibus site's hosting company using one simple interface. I can then code the website while having those files at easy access. While I use Wordpress to create the articles, I use Filezilla to insert every image and media file you see outside of the art...

By Nikki Headley You feel you bare feet sliding on the mat below you. The instructor holds the pose effortlessly. You huff and then you cave. You fall face first onto the mat feeling talentless when it comes to Pilates and, perhaps in that moment, even in everything that you do. You look up at the instructor and then at everyone else.  What could they be thinking of you? As you lower your eyes to the floor you hear someone clearing their throat. You look up and it’s the instructor. She gives you an encouraging smile. She does a pose and tells you to just breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. Whether it's in an exercise class, the classroom or in the office, it all boils down to breathing. Some of us think that just inhaling and exhaling is the proper way to breat...

  By Darrell Puckett The season of dreams has finally come to an end for Auburn, but it was well worth the wait.  No one believed that AU was capable of achieving success, such as the SEC championship and BCS title game birth.  The SEC’s lead opinion-maker, Paul Finebaum, didn’t even have the Tigers finishing higher than fifth in a tough west division.  Being born and raised in Alabama, I hear the chatter among Auburn and Bama fans every day.  This achievement of higher success for Auburn has killed the spirits of Alabama fans and brought fuel to a rivalry. We all know that Auburn finished 3-9 overall and winless in SEC play last season.  Everyone from their grandmother and beyond predestined the Tigers to win seven or eight games in ‘13, but no one saw a 12-2 record.  Th...