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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

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	Date	Outlet
Shrimp farm shows progress	10/10/2006	Selma Times-Journal
Local South Koreans React to North Korea Nuclear Test	10/10/2006	WSFA-TV
Black enrollment up at UA	10/10/2006	Tuscaloosa News
Professors to present play at AU profiling defenders of human rights	10/10/2006	Opelika-Auburn News
Winged Mystery	10/10/2006	The Times-Picayune
Farming fuel	10/09/2006	Birmingham News - Commentary
Chick-fil-A founder to speak at AU	10/08/2006	Opelika-Auburn News
Parent's Conversational Style Contributes To Child's Security U Of I Study	10/08/2006	Medical News Today
Students' visions reshape the rural landscape	10/08/2006	St. Petersburg Times


Shrimp farm shows progress 10/10/2006 Selma Times-Journal Opinion		Return to Top
AU Assistant professor and Alabama Cooperative Extension Fisheries specialist, Jesse Chappell, is quoted in this story. Some would think it impossible to raise salt-water shrimp 200 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. They'd be wrong. At Jackson-Bay Boy Farms in Mosses (Lowndes County), Lee Jackson recently held one of his harvests of jumbo shrimp. Last week, a group of students from C.H.A.T. Academy in Selma were on hand to witness the event - and get a taste of some boiled shrimp. Jesse Chappell, assistant professor at Auburn University and Alabama Cooperative Extension Fisheries specialist, said the harvest looked like it would be a good yield - with good size shrimp. Jackson's father, Lee Earnest Jackson, discovered the salt water back in the 1950s when he worked to develop a water system for the community. Jackson said he was pleased with this year's crop. "We're pleased with meeting our goal," Jackson said. "Now is the time of year we sell shrimp fresh. We'll hold out enough to provide to people who like to come buy them fresh out of the pond." Jackson's operation provides an opportunity to create jobs, he says. Jackson is one of five shrimp growers in the state and is making his sixth harvest of jumbo shrimp. Shrimp production this year will be 400,000 pounds on 80 acres of ponds, which will create $920,000 in revenue, according to the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. The students who visited Jackson-Bay Boy Farms were introduced to the kind of entrepreneurial spirit that the Black Belt needs to be progressive and competitive in the marketplace.
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Local South Koreans React to North Korea Nuclear Test 10/10/2006 WSFA-TV Elizabeth White		Return to Top
AU Assistant Professor quoted in this story. As the international community denounces North Korea's claim of a successful nuclear test, South Koreans in east Alabama say they are worried about their loved ones. President Bush said Monday, whether or not North Korea conducted a nuclear test, the fact that it's claiming to have done so poses a threat to global peace and security. As the united nations and international community work on a response, South Koreans living and working locally are sharing their views. Stephan Hong and Andi Yoon both work at Mando America, East Alabama's largest South Korean based company. Overnight Hong and Yoon, along with the rest of the world, learned North Korea could possibly have become a nuclear power. 'Very dangerous situation, ike Iraq, it could start a war in our country,' said Yoon. 'I worry about my family, absolutely, but I am not scared. The problem is now, he has a dangerous toy' said Hong. A dangerous toy, that Auburn University Assistant Professor and U.S. Foreign Policy Expert Will Walldrof worries could ignite an arms race between other Southeast Asian Countries. 'I think the long term serious ramifications, especially if we see Nuclear South Korea, developing nuclear weapons in Japan, the level of tension and potential for conflict that would pull the U.S into it, is significant,' said Walldrof. As for Yoon and Hong they are trying to contact loved ones in South Korea. They and the rest of the world are waiting to see what happens next. Professor Walldrof said on Monday, what is most dangerous about this situation is North Koreas bold disregard of the wishes of the international community. President bush said this action 'deserves an immediate response' from the U-N security council, which met on Monday.
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Black enrollment up at UA 10/10/2006 Tuscaloosa News Adam Jones		Return to Top
AU is mentioned in this story. Students walk through Ferguson Plaza on the University of Alabama campus Monday. The enrollment of 2,635 black students at UA is probably the most ever at the school. Minority enrollment is up at the university with the highest rate of growth among Hispanics. TUSCALOOSA \| For the third straight year, there are more black students at the University of Alabama than the previous year, and the 2,635 black students enrolled this semester are probably the most ever at UA. But it's also the sixth consecutive year the black student proportion of all students has declined, according to university records. Since 2004, black enrollment has increased 5.8 percent, up from 2,490. During that same time span, though, the student body has grown 13.8 percent. A look at the figures over a longer span of time yields an even smaller rate of growth. Since 2001, black enrollment has increased 1.7 percent, the smallest growth of all racial groups at UA. During that time, the number of white students has grown 28 percent, Asian or Pacific islanders 6.4 percent and American Indians 21 percent. This semester, black students account for 11 percent of all students, down from nearly 12 percent in 2004. On a longer timeline, black students made up 13.5 percent of students in 2001. With President Robert Witt's goal of enrolling 28,000 students in 2013 -- an increase of 8,000 students from when he came to Tuscaloosa in 2003 -- some on campus are closely watching black enrollment. Adrienne Brown, president of the Black Student Union, said the number of black students on campus matters more than the percentage of black students. "The African-American enrollment matters to us as the Black Student Union because that's who we serve primarily," said Brown, a senior from Mobile. "It's important the numbers increase for all African-Americans because the more college educated African-Americans there are, the better." This year, there are 379 black freshmen, the same number as in 2005, but up 26 percent from 2003. Brown said most of the organization’s active members are freshmen and sophomores, a trend she said is good for the future of the organization. Administrators are also keeping an eye on minority enrollment. "It's a concern across campus because we want the best students," said Mary Spiegel, executive director of undergraduate admissions. "African-American enrollment is important, and that's why we are creating some new initiatives to bring that percentage up." Spiegel's office has had a full-time minority recruiter who travels to about 46 predominantly black high schools in the state, and last year black UA students began joining her on those trips. “We think it's very important for students to talk to other students," Spiegel said. Black high school students are being brought to Tuscaloosa during February, Black History Month, to attend events and meet UA students, Spiegel said. Also, high school students are spending a day on campus with a UA student. Spiegel hopes a mentoring relationship will form in which college students can encourage high school students one on one. Statewide, black enrollment was up 9.4 percent from 2001 to 2005 at all public higher education institutions, and up 17.5 percent at the state’s four-year public universities. Data for this year is not available. Despite the slower growth of black students compared to statewide growth, UA still compares well to other schools in the Southeastern Conference. In head count, UA has more blacks than the much larger University of Georgia, and UA is one of the few schools with a double-digit percentage of black students. Auburn University has 1,924 black students this fall, making up 8 percent of the campus population. However, Auburn's black enrollment is up 308 students, or 19 percent, since 2001. Though all minority groups have grown, the group with the highest rate of growth among UA's student population is Hispanics. Their numbers increased from 193 students to 434, a 125 percent increase since 2001. "Recruitment efforts in Texas and Florida are the main reason that number has increased," Spiegel said. As part of Witt's plan, Texas and Florida were the first of several Southern states to have UA recruiters there full-time. Guillermo Puente, a Hispanic student from Texas, said about a third of the Hispanic Student Association’s membership comes from outside of Alabama, and many are freshmen and sophomores. "You see a lot of freshmen and sophomore leaders because there is no one else," he said. Puente came to UA in 2002 and said he rarely saw other Hispanics. "When I was first here, there was nothing Hispanic, and they categorize us as internationals," he said. A Hispanic Student Association was formed in 2004, and in the last year, two predominantly Hispanic fraternities and a sorority have begun. Puente is a past president of HAS and current president of one of the mainly Hispanic fraternities.
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Professors to present play at AU profiling defenders of human rights 10/10/2006 Opelika-Auburn News Amy Weaver		Return to Top
History books contain stories of famous people like Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama, who have spent their lives using their influence as religious leaders to fight for human rights. Lesser known are ordinary people like Juliana Dogbadzi, Rana Husseini, Van Jones and Digna Ochoa who are also "defenders" of human rights. But their stories are just as important, just as influential. That's why Kerry Kennedy wrote a book, "Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark," profiling 50 human rights defenders around the world. Ariel Dorfman adapted the stories into a play. Some of Hollywood's most famous names - Martin Sheen, Sigourney Weaver, Sharon Stone and Peter Boyle - participated in a gala benefit performance in New York City Friday. Professors from Auburn University and Tuskegee University will present it at AU's Telfair Peet Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. "It teaches the lesson that we are all human beings, regardless of culture, and as such, deserve fair treatment and respect," said AU Associate Theater Professor Daydrie Hague. AU has never done a production for one night only, but Hague said the intense nature of the stories can't sustain a long run like "Godspell" or "The Flea in Her Ear." Hague said the show is unconventional because the actors are professors, not students, and they will be reading the script rather than reciting it from memory. Also, the visual elements are black and white photographs from the book, not elaborate sets and costumes. Viewers can expect to hear powerful stories of topics like sexual slavery, honor killings and landmines. "That's what theater does. It tells stories," Hague said. "This is a chance to inform students more than they are. The theater can be an instrument for change." Hague said the stories may be disturbing but they need to be told. Theater students are required to attend all productions, but she hopes it attracts many more so they have more of a sense of the world around them. "There is so much conflict right now, but there are people who are trying to unite people, trying to preserve human ideals," she said. Hague called the stories inspiring, especially those of "regular" people. "It takes one person to make some change," she said. Professors have been in plays at AU before, but Hague said an entire cast is rare. She said it was fitting to use adults with various ethnic and religious backgrounds though because "someone born and raised in Tanzania understands oppression." Only two professors are from the theater department. The rest are from the other colleges on campus. "It will be different," Hague vowed. The show will last for about an hour without an intermission. Admission is free for AU students only and $10 for all others. Proceeds raised will go to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, a non-profit organization that addresses the problems of social injustice.
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Winged Mystery 10/10/2006 The Times-Picayune Jenny Hurwitz		Return to Top
This story is about the search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker and mentions AU ornithologist Geoff Hill. A woodpecker considered the Holy Grail of bird-watchers could be in Pearl River Basin For nearly half a century, Susan Epps has been haunted by the specter of an ivory-billed bird. She claimed her first sighting in 1958, at age 10, while scouting the fringes of a state park near St. Martinville. It darted into a tree: an oversized woodpecker with a telltale white beak, a ringer for the famous one she had scrutinized relentlessly in her birding books. Her father said she'd made a mistake; the mythic, ivory-billed woodpecker had disappeared from Louisiana at the turn of the century, after loggers drove it from its natural habitat among old-growth hardwood forests, and into extinction. But Epps was unconvinced. She has been searching ever since. "It's been this thing in my life -- this gap, this missing part of me," she said. "I wanted to see it again." A legend among scientists for its oft-disputed history and striking features, the ivory-billed woodpecker remains one of nature's most elusive species, a mystery that has evaded even the most fervent bird-watchers for the past 60 years. Despite repeated claims from ornithologists and bird watchers -- and a pair of university-led sightings in Arkansas and Florida -- the scientific community remains staunchly divided over the question of the ivory bill's existence. "It almost has a Bigfoot association," said Auburn University ornithologist Geoffrey Hill, who warned that skepticism runs high among ivory bill enthusiasts. One false move, and "you can get cast as a amateur." Epps, a resident of Diamondhead, Miss., and fellow birder Michael Collins, of Washington, D.C., contend they saw one flit across their path just days ago, as they combed the forest in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area. "You don't need a Ph.D. to identify this bird," said Collins, an avid bird watcher who, in fact, holds a doctorate in mathematics from Northwestern University. "It's an easy bird to identify." But as hobbyists in a highly competitive and occasionally petty field, where careers have been ruined by ivory bill allegations, their sightings mean little to a dubious academic community. "It's an exciting experience, but it's not something you can rejoice about or share," Epps said of the recent sighting "It just felt like, 'OK, I'm going to go tell people I saw it, and they're going to think I'm a nut case.' " Illusive sightings Louisiana bird-watchers have long suspected the bird's existence in the Pearl River Basin, a swamp and forested reserve that straddles the Mississippi state line. In 1999, Louisiana State University forestry student David Kulivan inspired a full-fledged expedition after he reported seeing a pair while turkey hunting. That search proved fruitless, however, yielding only some possible nesting cavities and stripped bark patterns that could indicate the presence of the bird. Since then, experts have turned their attention to other Southern states -- and found varying degrees of success. In 2004, researchers from Cornell University announced they had rediscovered the ivory bill in the Big Woods of eastern Arkansas. And last year, during a small-scale search led by Auburn professor Hill, woodpeckers were spotted along the Choctawhatchee River in the Florida panhandle. But each announcement unleashed a steady stream of criticism, skepticism and disbelief. Neither yielded what scientists had most desired: a clear-cut photograph, video or nesting cavity. Cornell's best evidence consisted of a blurry video, which experts continue to dispute. Even Hill, who says he saw the bird with his own eyes in Florida, admits his findings fell short. "Sight records are never definitive proof," he said. "We don't claim proof -- no one's had it since 1944," when the bird's existence was last verified. Pursuit persists Oddly enough, the ivory bill isn't subtle-looking or particularly quiet, making its obscurity even more puzzling. Dubbed "the Lord God bird" for its elegance and stature, the woodpecker is crow-sized and conspicuous, jet black with white wing markings. Males sport a pointy, red crown, while female caps are black. It also has a distinctive rap -- two, quick knocks -- and a call that sounds like the plaintive bleat of a tin horn. But the ivory bill is also skittish and shy, which makes capturing it on film difficult. In an added twist, it is often confused with the pileated woodpecker, a smaller, squatter species common to the South with a grayish beak and thicker neck. Additionally, the question of Hurricane Katrina's effect on the population remains largely unanswered, although experts say the severe deforestation in both Louisiana and Mississippi probably had some impact. "It's a mixed bag for birds," Hill said. "They will not stay in an area with no canopy cover. But then, lots of dead trees means lots of beetles, which means lots of food." The ivory bills use their chisel-like beaks to drill through tree bark and feast on beetle larvae that cling just below the surface. The swaths of felled trees across the region have led to a banner year for beetles, which are drawn to damaged or stressed trees. Still, researchers have not given up on their quest for absolute proof. On the local front, Epps and Collins plan to continue scouring the Pearl in hopes that their efforts will win greater protection for the wilderness they believe is serving as home to the endangered species. Collins, who has recorded 12 sightings in the past year, intends to return in the winter, after hunting season, when the forest is still. Hill is launching a second Florida search in December, armed with a bigger team and time-lapse cameras. They hope to check every cavity they come across for evidence of nesting. But even with more manpower and better technology, nothing is certain; the quest will still depend on the finicky patterns of a creature that has eluded scientists for decades. "We've just got to get lucky," he said.
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Farming fuel 10/09/2006 Birmingham News - Commentary David Bransby		Return to Top
Written by AU researcher David Bransby, this appeared in the Birmingham News "Commentary," Sun., Oct. 8. President George W. Bush traveled to Hoover recently to learn how the city uses E-85 (85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline) to power its police fleet. E-85 is an alternative fuel that is more economical and environmentally friendly than gas at the pump, and the president was eager to see how it's working and the potential it holds for the rest of the nation. In January, the president announced a new Advanced Energy Initiative designed to reduce the nation's dependency on foreign oil. "We will also fund additional research on cutting-edge methods of producing ethanol, not just from corn, but from wood chips, and stalks and switchgrass," he said during his State of the Union address. Interestingly, late in 2005, Auburn University President Ed Richardson was already expanding work on alternative fuels in a new initiative at the university. Richardson has provided $3 million from this year's budget to jump-start the program, and much work is already under way. For the past 20 years at Auburn, I have researched the use of switchgrass as an energy crop and studied technologies for converting it to ethanol and electricity. I was honored to have the opportunity to brief the president during his Hoover trip, updating him on the progress we have made, prospects for the future and the role Auburn University can play in meeting the national energy, economic and environmental objectives associated with alternative fuels. Until Bush launched the national Advanced Energy Initiative, work in the field of alternative fuels had moved at a snail's pace despite steadily rising gas prices and continuing instability in the Middle East. Not anymore. The State of the Union address changed it dramatically and has led to developments that were previously almost unimaginable. For example, many major oil companies, such as BP, Conoco-Phillips, Shell and Chevron, as well as venture capitalists, are now investing heavily in renewable fuels. One of the goals of the national initiative is to replace 75 percent of the oil imported from the Middle East by 2025. It is well recognized that this goal cannot be achieved without production of ethanol from biomass such as wood chips, broiler litter and switchgrass in addition to production from corn. Alabama is a biomass-rich state with an already abundant supply of wood and broiler litter, and switchgrass yields recorded in Auburn research are the highest in the nation. The vast biomass resources in Alabama and the broad range of expertise at Auburn position the state strategically to be a national leader in developing alternative fuels. The alternative-fuels program at Auburn is building on the goals of Bush's national initiative. The funds committed by Richardson will advance several important projects. These include development of forest resources for energy; conversion of pulp and paper mills to biorefineries that produce fuels and chemicals; genetic improvement of switchgrass; development of technologies to produce ethanol from biomass; and farm production of heat and electricity from broiler litter. Richardson is focusing resources from the main campus and the one in Montgomery, drawing on alternative fuels expertise in the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering, the School of Forestry, the Alabama Agriculture Experiment Station and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Furthermore, Auburn has developed strong partnerships with private companies and landowners, another factor in the success of this initiative as the private sector is a critical link in the conversion of alternative fuels to the marketplace. Later this month, Auburn is bringing together industry officials, researchers and state and national policymakers, including U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions to further explore how Alabama's natural resources have the potential to offer alternative energy solutions for the nation. A wide range of experts will look at Alabama's unique opportunity to take a leadership role in alternative fuels and energy. Development of alternative fuels is not just a dream for researchers and academics. Instead, it represents a promising path toward securing energy independence for our future. Leadership at the national level and at Auburn is helping us realize this goal. Dr. David Bransby is a professor and researcher at Auburn University and a nationally recognized expert in developing switchgrass as an alternative fuel source.
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Chick-fil-A founder to speak at AU 10/08/2006 Opelika-Auburn News Staff report		Return to Top
S. Truett Cathy, founder and chairman of Chick-fil-A, will be the featured speaker during the Auburn University College of Human Sciences' Women’s Philanthropy Board Fall 2006 Luncheon Friday at the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. Alabama's First Lady, Patsy Riley, will introduce Cathy, who is widely recognized for his business success and for his philanthropic impact. The 85-year-old will share the key values upon which he built the Atlanta-based restaurant chain. "It is rare to encounter such a superb leader who consistently blends sound business practices with exceptional moral and philanthropic values," said June Henton, dean of the College of Human Sciences. "Mr. Cathy’s example will certainly be inspiring and motivating. We consider it a great honor that he will be our featured speaker for this year's WPB 2006 Fall Luncheon." Still at the helm of the chain, Cathy has adapted to changes in American culture, the restaurant industry and the corporate environment, but stayed true to the principles he held 60 years ago when he opened his first restaurant, The Dwarf House. Now a $2 billion company with more than 1,250 restaurants in 37 states and Washington, D.C., Chick-fil-A is the nation’s second-largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain and remains a family-owned business that still adheres to its 60-year old "Closed on Sunday" policy. Tickets for the event are $35 each. Tables of 10 are $350. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis. Contact the College of Human Sciences Development Office at (344) 844-9199 or wpbchs1@auburn.edu for additional information.
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Parent's Conversational Style Contributes To Child's Security U Of I Study 10/08/2006 Medical News Today Phyllis Picklesimer		Return to Top
Brian E. Vaughn of Auburn University is mentioned as a co-author of this NSF-funded study. Parents who use a particular conversational style with their children--drawing them out to elicit detailed memories about past shared events and to talk about emotions--contribute to the child's secure attachment, sense of self-worth, and eventual social competence, says a new University of Illinois study published in a September special edition of Attachment and Human Development. "As soon as children start talking, parents develop conversational patterns with their kids, and different parents have very different patterns," said Kelly K. Bost, a U of I associate professor of human development. In the study, Bost and her colleagues compared the conversational styles of 90 mothers and their three-year-old children with assessments the scientists had made in the home of the children's attachment security. The research confirmed that mothers of securely attached children use a more elaborative conversational style than those of insecure children. "In elaborative conversations, parents provide rich detail and lots of background information and try to get their child to provide new information from his memory as the conversation goes on," Bost said. Experts believe elaborative conversations aid in memory development, foster the ability to organize and tell personal stories, and promote a sense of shared history with the parent, she said. "These conversations are much easier and more evident in secure parent-child relationships in which parents are sensitive to their children's communication. Children are also more likely to participate in the conversation," she said. "And a secure parent-child relationship also provides a framework for future relationships with peers and romantic partners," she said. But Bost wanted to know something else: Why do some parents use an elaborative conversational style while others do not? In a separate measure, Bost asked the mothers to participate in an adult attachment interview, which assessed the mothers' attachment experiences. "We found that the mothers' experiences, their own attachment beliefs, also contributed to the child's security in the home. When mothers had secure relationships with their parents, they were more likely to respond sensitively to their own children, suggesting that these behaviors are intergenerational," she said. The mother's own attachment and her conversational style both contributed to the child's attachment, but they contributed different things to the child's security, Bost said. "Adult attachment wasn't related to mothers' use of elaboration in conversation; instead, the mothers' own attachment security helped them to talk more openly about positive and negative emotions. That openness is an important social skill to hand down to children because labeling and understanding emotions are very important for any kind of social relationship," she said. Parents should try to incorporate both elaboration and open talk about feelings and emotions into conversations with their children, she added. "When you pick your son up at school and ask about his day, try to pull him into the conversation and be responsive to his communication. Keep asking open-ended questions--get him to elaborate. If you can provide an emotional touchstone from years past, do that too. You might say: Do you remember when this happened last year? How were you feeling then? What did you do?" she suggested. "It's important because, through our conversations, we're helping our children organize their life experiences in their minds, understand them, and be able to tell people about them," she said. ### The study was funded by the National Science Foundation. Co-authors are Nana Shin and Brent McBride of the U of I Department of Human and Community Development, Geoffrey L. Brown of the U of I Department of Psychology; Brian E. Vaughn of Auburn University; Gabrielle Coppola of Universita G.D. Annunzio di Chieti; Manuela Verissimo and Ligia Monteiro of the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada; and Byran Korth of Brigham Young University. Contact: Phyllis Picklesimer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Students' visions reshape the rural landscape 10/08/2006 St. Petersburg Times Mary Jane Park		Return to Top
Out of the red clay they rise, structures crafted from discarded telephone poles, leftover carpet tiles, even old Chevy Caprice windshields. Some seem imbedded into the earth itself. Others are as ethereal as a hummingbird's wings. From houses to park shelters to churches, the buildings were custom-designed for impoverished residents of west Alabama. The late Samuel Mockbee co-founded the renowned Auburn University School of Architecture's Rural Studio, challenging his students to live among the people for whom they designed their projects and work with families and community groups to accommodate their needs. Their work and some of Mockbee's are showcased in Rural Studio Education of the Citizen Architect, which runs through Nov. 5 at Auburn's Jule Collins Smith Museum. (Also on exhibit, through Oct. 15 Paul Rudolph The Florida Houses. Some of his designs are in the Tampa Bay area.) For Gators and Tigers headed to Auburn for Saturday's football game between the University of Florida and Auburn, the exhibitions are added value along with the tailgate parties. Mockbee himself was a graduate of the university's School of Architecture. He left a flourishing professional career to return to his alma mater to teach. In 1993, he and D.K. Ruth established the Rural Studio, in Alabama's Hale County, challenging their students to raise money, ask for donated materials, work with engineers and other architects and, ultimately, to turn dreams into sturdy, inexpensive housing characterized by imaginative design. Their building materials include license plates, old tires, even glass bottles. I tell my students, it's got to be warm, dry and noble, reads a quote from the man everybody called Sambo. Mockbee was diagnosed with leukemia in 1998. In July 2000, he was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Foundation grant. He died on Dec. 30, 2001. The Rural Studio program, acclaimed throughout the world, continues at Auburn, and the exhibition showcases some of the work completed in the five years since his death. It is an emotionally moving showcase of the intersection of ideas and their manifestations, of hopes accomplished. If you go Rural Studio Education of the Citizen Architect is on exhibit through Nov. 5 at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 901 S College St., Auburn, Ala. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission adults, $5; senior citizens, $4; college students (identification required) and children to age 17, free. Information ww.jcsm.auburn.edu; (334) 844-1484. Copyright © 2006 St. Petersburg Times
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