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AU picks Iowa State’s Chizik

By EVAN WOODBERY are second to none. My family and I tough sell to Tigers fans, many of
Times Auburn Writer Inside areAuburnthroughandthrough,and whomseemedangryorbewilderedby
evan.woodbery@htimes.com Bill Bryant says fans appear unhap- look forward to being part of the Saturday’s news.
AUBURN – Iowa State’s Gene py with Auburn hiring Chizik. B1 Auburn family and community.” Popular Auburn Internet message
Chizik agreed Saturday to become As word of Chizik’s hiring spread boards were almost unanimously
Auburn’s new head football coach in that I’ve always wanted to return to Saturday,itappearedthatmanyinthe negative, blogs on al.com overflowed
astunningconclusiontothesearchto and that is Auburn,” the 46-year-old Auburn family and community did- with vitriolic comments, and some
replace Tommy Tuberville. Chizik said in a statement, which was n’t feel the same way. fans even came to the airport to meet
Officials from both schools con- released at 9 p.m. ChizikwillreturntothePlainswith Athletic Director Jay Jacobs and
firmed the news Saturday night. “The tradition of the Auburn foot- atwo-yearrecordof5-19atIowaState school President Jay Gogue and ex-
“Through my travels in coaching ballprogram,combinedwiththepas- and carrying a 10-game losing streak,
overthelast23years,there’s oneplace sionatefansandtheirloveforAuburn, which means his hiring could be a Please see CHIZIK on A11

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EX-PRESIDENT BACK ON HILL


Questions arise over Marbury’s consulting agreement, residence, salary at A&M
Some trustees In fact, on April 26, Mar-
bury gave an impassioned Inside
ask about hiring, half-hour speech, asking David Person explains
how he learned of Marbury’s
specific duties trustees not to hire him. He
calledforunity,withdrewhis deal. A22
By CHALLEN STEPHENS candidacy for interim pres-
Times Staff Writer ident, and urged the board works out to $150,000 a
challen.stephens@htimes.com to instead choose the year.)
Dr. Carl Marbury stays in provost, Dr. Beverly Ed- Someboardmembersare
the president’s mansion atop mond. Carl Marbury Beverly asking what Marbury does
the hill at Alabama A&M The board did just that. Edmond toearnthatmoney.Andthey
University. Down the hill, he Moments after Marbury’s want to know why they
claimsanofficeandsecretary speech, the board named hired Marbury as a consult- weren’t told about the hire,
across the hall from the uni- Edmond as interim presi- ant, labeling him “special as- andwhyMarburyisusingthe
versity comptroller. dent. sistant to the president.” president’s mansion.
But Marbury, technically Less than a month later, Marbury, a former presi- “To tell you the truth,” said Michael Mercier/Huntsville Times
speaking, is not an employ- Edmondturnedaround,and dent at A&M, now earns Hillcrest, the president’s residence on the Alabama A&M campus,
ee of Alabama A&M. without a vote of the board, $12,500 a month. (That Please see HILL on A11 is home to Carl Marbury when he is in town.

Are you ready for Ready for her It’s ‘very, very hard’
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Find out if you’re prepared Huntsville’s A year after police officer
Wednesday when all four local Susanna Phillips Eric Freeman was slain, his
TV stations take part in a test sings the role of family vividly remembers
of the coming “big switch” Musetta in ‘La the shooting and its impact
from analog to digital
television broadcasting.
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