2/1/06 Contact: Camille Barkley, 334/844-9999 (barklnc@auburn.edu)
Dina Kanellos, 334/844-2203 (kaneldi@auburn.edu)

AUBURN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO COMPETE ON mtvU REALITY SHOW

AUBURN - Four Auburn University undergraduate students will team up against peers from the University of Alabama on mtvU’s new reality-show series “Quad Squads.”

The students - marketing majors Megan Moore (Auburn High School) and Tracy Miller (Opelika High School); public relations major Lance Ingram (Huntsville High School) and mass communications major Vincent Harris (Ramsay High School/Birmingham) - were selected for the team by AU faculty.

The team will appear on four episodes of the AU-UA Quad Squads’ academic challenge to air the weeks of Feb. 6, Feb. 20, March 13 and April 3.

In the first segment, which airs Feb. 6 at noon Central time on MTV’s mtvU network, the AU team receives its challenge: Using a budget of $2,500, create an event that ties Snickers into the Snickers Satisfies message on campus and that could be translated for use on college campuses nationwide. Auburn’s team will hold its event on campus February 28.

Auburn University and the University of Alabama were pitted against each other because of their longstanding athletic rivalry. The progress made by each school’s team will be featured in later segments.

The winner will be chosen during the filming of the last segment when the teams make their presentations to a group of Snickers (Masterfoods) executives who will judge the six-week long competition. The winning team members each receive a $2,500 scholarship and a year’s supply of Snickers.

MTV’s channel mtvU airs on college campuses nationwide. The show also airs on mtvU.com, a broadband channel.

Auburn University is a preeminent land-grant and comprehensive research institution
with more than 23,000 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. Ranked among the top 50 public universities nationally, Auburn is Alabama’s largest educational institution, offering more than 230 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs.

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