May 2015 - The AUMnibus

15May

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Club Spotlight: Study Abroad

Traveling to another county is usually one of the top goals on many people’s bucket lists. However, the high cost of airfare is a major obstacle, especially for college students who still struggle to balance classes and jobs while aiming towards a degree. Now there is a new student organization on campus that aims to help cut down the costs for student explorers. It is called the Study Abroad Club. The club was started in fall of 2014 after a student’s suggestion to make a club to help raise funds towards study abroad trips. Since then, the group has been working to raise awareness about the study abroad programs offered at AUM as well as hosting events to help make trips more affordable for students. Current president Hannah Merren was able to answer a few questions about the cl...

12May

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Golden Kiwi Finds Alabama Home

By Tiffany Pattillo Alabama recently became home to a new variety of yellow flesh kiwi fruit known as golden sunshine kiwi. A plant variety right is designated to the golden sunshine cultivar kiwi fruit developed by researchers at Auburn University, said Clint Wall, Vice President of Southeast Kiwi Farming Cooperative. An exclusive sale of that right to Gold Kiwi Group, LLC., makes the Tuskegee nursery the sole propagator of that licensed cultivar plant material, Wall said. Auburn will receive small royalty payments for the sale of the fruit because of the investment of their time, and could potentially generate a profit. “The first gold kiwi I had, as soon as I tasted it, I knew it was something that would be a hit,” Wayne Bassett, owner of Beck’s Turf and The Wildlife Group ...

11May

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A Battle Against the Brain

By Nicky Disbrow How many calories have you eaten today? Have you exercised yet? Did you burn enough calories? Have you gone over your net calories for the day? Imagine all of these questions, and many more, continuously crossing your mind and controlling your every thought on a daily basis. This is what it is like to have an eating disorder. Only in reality it is much worse. Eating disorders are “serious conditions related to persistent eating behaviors that negatively impact your health, your emotions and your ability to function in important areas of life,” according to the Mayo Clinic. Although this appears to be a thorough definition, there is far more to these disorders that cause them to be potentially life threatening and extremely dangerous. &nb...

7May

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Plant an Extra Row

By Erin Mills The arrival of spring brings a burst of green, when flowers bloom and the earth teems with new life. Along with the warm weather comes a time that is perfect for cultivating a garden. Small scale gardens with fresh fruits and vegetables provide health benefits that far outweigh those offered elsewhere in the food industry. With the Montgomery Area Food Bank's Plant an Extra Row program, farmers and home gardeners have the opportunity to provide fresh, healthy home-grown food for those in need. Fresh fruits and vegetables are unbeatable when it comes to healthy food, and they can be tastier than your conventional store-bought produce, too. Food that is grown in a real garden, as compared to factory farming, is treated with care from seed to harvest. Careful a...

6May

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Greek Life after Graduation

By Timothy Lawless We’ve all seen those big Greek letters on AUM’s quad. Being in a fraternity or a sorority is a part of college life that many participate in, but what happens to the members after graduation? Two alumni members of the Phi Kappa Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha, Danny Lawless and William Robbins, discuss life after college. Lawless graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor’s degree in communication. He is currently the program director at YMCA Camp Chandler. He has fond memories with Lambda Chi Alpha and tries to help the fraternity any chance he can get. “The best reason to join a fraternity is to surround yourself with like-minded people from different backgrounds that share the same moral compass,” Lawless said. “Doing so creates a culture of bonding between ordin...