1979-03-01 The Auburn Plainsman

              THE AUBURN
PLAINSMAN Volume 85 Number 17 To Foster the Auburn Spirit Thursday, March 1,1979 Auburn, Ala. 36830 22 pages
Trustees meet to cut budget?
By Dave White
News Editor
The Auburn University Board of
Trustees may meet in "five or six
weeks" to trim the $78 million
1979-1980 budget request the Uni­versity
submitted to the state
legislature last year.
University President Harry Phil-pott
said Tuesday that "I would
assume the Board will want to
meet in five or six weeks," to
approve a new budget proposal for
the legislative session in mid-April.
Philpott said Gov. Fob James
has "talked before about every
state agency being able to cut back
10 percent."
"It is conceivable that the gover­nor
is looking for a cut here," he
noted.
Auburn University was allotted
$54 million from the state for
1978-1979, but the recent 6 percent
proration has reduced Auburn's
actual take to about $51 million.
If any future state budget reduc­tion
is "comparable to the prora­tion
at the present time," said
Philpott, "we'd take much the
same position."
The President said the position
would entail a "cut on equipment,
maintenance and travel to the
extent we could"and prohibit "new
positions and filling vacant posit­ions."
If state revenues are "severely
cut" next year, Philpott said "it's
conceivable" that "salaried peo­ple"
would be cut.
"I don't want to scare anybody,"
he stated. "Hopefully, we won't
have to."
University Business Manager
Rhett Riley said Monday that "I
suspect we'll begin to look" at
budget request cuts "this week."
Gov . James told the Board of
Trustees Friday that budget re­quests
submitted by state colleges
and universities contained "30 to 60
percent increases," noting that "I
don't think that's realistic."
"If existing institutions do not
promote restraint," said James,
"in very short order" a state board
of regents would be established,
abolishing the autonomous govern­ing
boards at the 14 state colleges
and universities, including the Au­burn
Board of Trustees.
James said after Friday's
meeting that "hopefully," the 14
schools will "discard" the larger
budget requests and "submit new
ones."
The Trustees voted Friday to
"get the budget committee to­gether"
to "work on the governor's
recommendations.''
The budget committee includes
Trustees Henry Steagall, Frank'
Samford and John Pace.
James noted after the meeting
that he expected some schools to
receive "the same" state alloca­tion
next year as this year and
others to receive even less:
James noted that projected Edu­cational
Trust Fund revenues will
"increase by 10percent," from $1.1
billion this year to $1.2 billion next
year.
After the meeting, however,
James warned that a 10 percent
increase "would be a maximum"
allocation for higher education
institutions.
"I believe expansion of any phase
of education over the 12th grade
must come sharply under control,"
stated James.
The governor also asked the
trustees to "take an inventory...
and consider a five-year plan" for
planning budget forecasts,
"giving due consideration to
growth of the student body,
strengths and weaknesses in
various areas and capital expan­sion
programs.
See BUDGET, page A-6
Labs
Accreditation may be lost
Fritz's family given
trophy as memorial
Pehaps it is only fitting that the
1978-79 Southeastern Conference
Indoor track championship trophy
will reside in Pensacola, Fla., at
the home of the parents of Norman
Fritz Jr.
Fritz, a sophomore walk-on, who
through what teammates called
"intense personal dedication and
training" became a member of
the Auburn track team, died last
Thursday, two days before he was
to compete in the biggest meet of
his career, the SEC Indoor Track
championship.
During a light team workout in
the Memorial Coliseum, Feb. 22,
Fritz collapsed while running. At­tempts
to revive him, including
mouth to mouth resuscitation, fail­ed,
and about an hour later Fritz
was pronounced dead at the Lee
County Hospital.
An antopsy reported his death
was caused by chronic heart con­gestion.
"We were all shaken. It was a
really big shock," said world class
hurdler James Walker. "It was like
a normal practice. Everyone was
joking around, running and loosen­ing
up. Then Norman just col­lapsed,"
The track squad considered not
participating in the SEC meet,
Walker said, because of Fritz's
death. A phone call changed the
situation.
' 'Norman's father called and told
Coach (Mel) Rosen he wanted us to
run in the meet.
"He said Norman 'would have
wanted us to do it,' " Walker said.
"That motivated us to win the
championship.''
"We decided the day after Nor­man's
death that if we won, we
would present the trophy to his
parents. It was a team decision."
So the Auburn team, with black
patches on uniform, went to the
SEC indoor in Montgomery Satur­day
and Sunday. Running on the
emotion generated by a champion­ship
meet and the death of a friend,
the team overwhelmed its opposi­tion.
By Sunday night, Auburn was so
far ahead of the second place
Tennessee Volunteers that it didn't
have to compete in the final event
of the meet, the mile relay, Fritz's
specialty.
See FRITZ, page A-3
By Vickey Hunt
Assistant News Editor
"The possibility is good" that
Auburn's Civil Engineering De­partment
will lose its accreditation
because of a lack of adequate lab
facilities, said Dr. Fred M. Hudson,
acting head of the department.
A committee from the Engi­neer's
Council for Professional
Development (ECPD) inspects
Auburn's civil engineering facili­ties*
for accreditation every six
years, Hudson said, and the next
inspection comes in 1980.
Although a structures lab is
required in the civil engineering
curriculum, Hudson said there
have been no lab structures classes
held "since early 1978."
The structures "lab" course is
currently being taught in a regular
classroom, with students working
problems without any practical lab
experience.
The equipment is in the civil
engineering lab in Wilmore Hall for
the structures lab, but there simply
is no room in the lab for the
students, Hudson said.
The civil engineering lab in
Wilmore, built in 1950, was con­structed
for the sole purpose of
being a hydraulics lab, Hudson
said, with the L Building housing
the structural labs.
In 1974, the L ' Building was
taken over for computer courses,
and structures equipment was
moved into the Wilmore hydraulics
lab.
Hudson said the hydraulics lab
work is "severely curtailed" be­cause
of the lack of space caused
by the structures equipment. The
humidity, dust and a lack of
air-conditioning in the lab are
harmful to the expensive struc­tures
equipment, Hudson added.
"There is one $125,000 machine
that needs repairs continuously
because of the conditions in the
lab," Hudson said.
Even though the structures labs
were still housed in the L Building
at the last ECPD committee in­spection,
Hudson said the commit­tee
was "highly critical" of the
lack of lab space.
Hudson said there are almost 300
students now enrolled in the civil
engineering curriculum today.
"Now that the electrical engi­neering
building has been ap­proved,
a structural lab is number
one on the list of engineering
priorities," Hudson said.
Hudson estimated that after the
hew lab is approved it should take
about two years to build.
The new lab could house facili­ties
for other departments, Hudson
said, but the civil engineering
facilities will probably cost about
$1.5 million.
Aubie's back
Making a dramatic comeback, Aubie the Tiger returned to the plains
this week in the form of a costume. James Lloyd, SGA director of spirit,
said he has been working on getting the costume for the last year. He said
tryouts will be held to determine who will be Auble at Auburn games. The
suit was made in New York and paid for by concerned alumni and
friends.
Fees back expansion
Spring already?
With February doing a convincing imita­tion
of Spring, students and children alike
took the opportunity to get outside and get
some sun on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Barely a week after an ice storm, the sun
broke through and gave Auburn some
short-sleeve weather. The prognosis for the
next few days is partly cloudy with mild
will be in the. low 70s and the lows will be in
the upper 40s, according to Rebecca Jones at
WAUD radio.
Photography: Andy Kaanum
By Julie Spafford
and Dave White
Plainsman Staff Writers
Following an unexpected amount
of discussion, the Board of
Trustees approved the $9.25 million
stadium expansion bond issue, to
be backed by student fees and paid
for by stadium receipts, at Fri­day's
meeting at the Montgomery
campus.
Much of the discussion, however,
concerned the possible use of stu­dent
fees to pay for the bonds,
should stadium receipts ever not
cover annual debt service pay­ments.
An anticipated increase of
$850,000 annually in stadium re­ceipts,
from ticket sales for the
expansion's 11,000 new seats and
new alumni contributions, will pay
for the expansion, said the "Offici­al
Statement" for the Series 1979
Bonds.
Debt service payments averag­ing
$761,700 will have to be made
annually for 25 years to retire the
bonds, said the statement.
If ticket revenues and alumni
contributions fail to meet the debt
service payment for a given year,
student fees money will be spent on
the debt, according to the bond
resolution.
Auburn President Harry Phil­pott,
however, said student fees
were being pledged "only in the
sense of a backup," adding that,
"If our alumni come through as
they have promised, (stadium)
revenue will be sufficient."
Without the student fee pledge,
noted bond agent Clifton Lanier,
the average 6.4 percent interest
rate on the bonds would have been
as much as 1.5 percent higher.
An increase of 1.5 percent would
have cost the University an ad­ditional
$2.3 million over 25 years.
Now, for the $9.25 million to be
received March 20, the University
will pay about $19 million in princi­pal
and interest over 25 years.
Philpott said Tuesday that ap­proving
the bond issue was prob­ably
"the only option the Board
had."
"We had signed the contract on
Nov. 30, and we were obligated at
that point," he said.
At the meeting, Philpott noted
that pledging student fees to back
bond issues was also done in 1950
and 1970, and that no fee money
was ever actually used to pay bond
debts.
SGA President Jeff Stone, how­ever,
said "The likelihood of obli­gation
of student fees concerns
me," adding that the student body
"did not agree with the expansion
of the stadium to begin with."
Trustee Charles Smith said he
did not understand the economics
behind the stadium expansion,
since ' 'the stadium was not filled as
it was." Smith was absent Nov. 29
when the Trustees voted 4-3 to
expand the stadium.
Countering Smith's doubt,
Trustee Ralph Shug Jordan,
former Auburn football coach, said
"Auburn is going to have a good
football team in the future."
"With the proper type of football
team in Auburn and an attractive
schedule, we can have 72,000 in
Auburn to see football, and consis-
See EXPANSION, page A-3
Intramurals building
gets Board approval
By Dave White
News Editor
SGA President Jeff Stone per­haps
realized what he called his
major goal in office Friday when
the Board of Trustees voted to
direct University President Harry
Philpott to "proceed with the Stu­dent
Activities in a preliminary
way."
Trustee Henry Steagall proposed
that Philpott consider funding
plans and "proceed with hiring an
architect for drafting plans" for
the building, an intramurals center
with an estimated price tag of $2-3
million.
Inside
Seven football players have been
kicked out of Sewell. See page B-l.
Briefly
Campus Calendar
Classifieds
Editorials
Entertainment
Finals Schedule
Intramurals
Sports
A-8
A-10
B-10
A-4
A-9
A-8
B-6
B-l
Stone said he called Steagall
twice last week on the building,
adding that he "put in a lot of
work" and "a lot of phone calls" In
lobbying for the building.
"That's what student govern­ment
is all about," noted Stone,
who also met often with Philpott,
intramurals director Claude Saia,
University Business Manager
Rhett Riley and others throughout
the year.
Riley said Monday that he would
"be in touch with Jeff Stone" and
"try to get a handle on what's
involved in the program...in about
two weeks."
"I'll maybe look at potential
ways of coming up with a budget
for the Student Activities Building
later this week," Riley said Mon­day.
"I think a student referendum to
determine the interest and willing­ness
to support the retirement of a
bond issue (for the building) would
be in order," he said.
Philpott said the "logical" way
to pay for the building would be to
borrow $2-3 million and add "a fee
paid by students to amortize the
borrowing."
See BUILDING, page A-3
The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, March 1,1979 A-2
Philpott calls NCAA review 'a good thing9
By Dave White
News Editor
The National Collegiate Athletic
Association's review of alleged
Auburn recruiting violations,
slated for March 9 to 11, is "a good
thing," said University President
Harry Philpott Tuesday.
"Anytime you still have the
door open, it's a good thing," said
Philpott, who also commented on
the $200 million state bond issue
slow-up.
On the NCAA, Philpott noted that
Auburn will definitely receive a
penalty, which he said "could be a
reprimand, loss of grant in aids,
probation without penalty or penal­ties
I don't think are applicable to
us, such as demanding certain
coaches be fired."
Before the review, administra­tion
sources said the NCAA had
slapped Auburn with a two-year
probation for football and a one-year
probation for basketball.
The NCAA Committee on Infrac­tions
notified Auburn University
Feb. 14 that "on the basis of
additional information," which
Philpott said was submitted by
Auburn, "portions of the findings
and penalties from the Committee
...will be reviewed at the next
meeting of the Committee."
When asked if Auburn was "bet­ter
off" with the review, Philpott
said, "I don't know, I couldn't
say."
The Committee may change the
reported probation after the re­view,
and the University will retain
the right of appeal to the Council of
the NCAA in April after the review
decision.
Philpott said earlier that Auburn
could be fined a longer sentence
by the NCAA if University officials
commented on the NCAA reports.
"This is the way NCAA rules and
provisions are," he said Tuesday.
"This is not a court hearing which
is public; it's a voluntary organi­zation
that makes it own rules and
regulations."
The NCAA, noted Philpott, "has
a lot of rules and regulations I don't
agree with," noting that Auburn
University does too.
In the interview, Philpott also
said the University has only re­ceived
$1.5 million of the $8.7
million alloted to it by the state for
the new electrical engineering
building, vocational education fa­cility
and Physical Plant reloca­tion.
Philpott added that only $60
million of the state's $200 million
revenue bond issue has been sold.
The $8.7 million appropriated by
the state legislature for the build­ing
projects is part of the $200
million bond issue.
The president noted that the
state needs to "have money to pay
interest on bonds," which are
"general obligation bonds" on the
educational trust fund.
A shortfall in the trust fund has
also resulted is a 6 percent across-the-
board cut in state education
expenditures, besides slowing
down the state revenue bond sales.
"We're going ahead and hoping
that (the bond slowdown) will be
cleared up by summer," said
Philpott.
Now, he said,"The money isn't
delaying anything. It'll be four to
five months before it would make
us wait (on the construction)," he
added.
Philpott said, however, that "we
can't start construction until we
get some additional money."
The president said preliminary
plans exist for the engineering
building, to be located on the
Physcial Plant site, and the voc ed
building, planned for the corner of
Thach Avenue and Donahue Drive.
He added that plans for the
relocation of Physical Plant were
delayed when the Board of Trus­tees
moved the site to Hirman Lane
Drive off Shug Jordan Parkway,
instead of the Master Plan site on
Donahue Drive and Farm Road.
Philpott attributed the change in
Physical Plant location to the
influence of "agriculture people
throughout the state," including
Trustee and Congressman Bill
Nichols and Dr. Dennis Rouse,
dean of agriculture.
Rouse opposed the Master Plan
site because he said it would
interfere with the livestock judging
area near it.
Data shows Wire Road more crowded than 1-85
By Kelly Cooper
Plainsman Staff Writer
"There is more daily traffic on
the 2.7 mile section of Wire Road
coming into Auburn than on Inter-state-
85," said J.D. McGill,
division engineer for the State
Highway Department, to a group of
about 550 Auburn students in Haley
Center last Thursday.
"At the maximum, Wire Road
has an average of 13,000 cars on it
daily compared to Interstate-85
with 10,350," he said. "Highway 280
between Phenix City and Opelika
has an estimated 7,000 vehicles per
day."
McGill spoke on the subject of
Wire Road and the State Highway
Department for about an hour,
bringing the Student Government
Association sponsored "Widen
Wire Road Week" to a close.
"The State Highway Department
under the new direction of Rex
Rainer, the former head of the
Department of Civil Engineering
here, is in the process of prioritiz­ing
the state highways," McGill
said.
"Information and data are being
fed into a computer. We should
have the list available anywhere
from 30 to 60 days."
The Auburn graduate told stu­dent
he believed Wire Road had
"a good chance" to be high on the
priority list.
"There are 10 to 11 major factors
we consider when we prioritize,"
he said.' 'One is the human factor.
With all these petitions you have
been signing this week I believe
you'll rank high on that one.
"Other factors include need,
economic, social, environmental,
recreational and efficiency
factors," he said. "There are also
32 subfactors to be considered."
McGill reviewed the past five
years of what he termed the "State
Highway Department's considera­tion
of Wire Road."
"We have spent $107,000 in the
past five years on research con­cerning
Wire Road," he said. "In
1974, an environmental study was
approved as the final environ­mental
statement for the area."
McGill suggested there may
have been communication prob­lems
between the last administra­tion
and Auburn City and Univer­sity
officials.
"About three or four years ago,
there was supposedly a verbal
agreement between the Wallace
administration and Ray Bass (the
former state highway director) by
which the State Highway Depart­ment
would seek funding for the
widening of Wire Road providing
the rights of way were funded by
SGA Senate ponders
new reapportionment
Photography: Gorton Bugg
"WIDEN WIRE ROAD WEEK" SPEAKER
.J.D. McGill talks to students about Wire Road
By Dick Parker
Editor
The theory of one man, one vote
for Auburn students in electing
their student senators was a topic
of debate at Monday's Student
Senate meeting.
A constitutional change intro­duced
by the Student Welfare
Committee which would reappor­tion
Senate districts sparked the
debate.
The change, which was tabled for
further study, would have com­bined
the Pharmacy School and the
School of Veterinary Medicine into
one Senate district, as well as
reduce the number of off-campus
districts from 11 to nine.
The reapportionment was based
on a study of the number of
students in each school on campus,
as well as the number of students in
each living district. The studjr
showed that neither the Pharmacy
School nor the Vet School had
enough students enrolled to war­rant
a senator, but that the com­bined
totals would warrant a sena­tor.
Objections were raised by Tom
Arnold, Pharmacy School senator
and Hal Pate, Vet School senator,
that the two schools have so little in
common, geographically and
scholastically, that the school dis­tricts
should not be combined.
Jeff Blevins, School of Education
senator, said, "It would be hard to
know the professors and students
in another school. I just don't see
how somebody from one school
could represent somebody in
another."
Dorothy Lindberg, head of the
Student Welfare Committee, said,
"I don't think there are enough
problems to warrant two senators.
And even if we combine the two
Petitions got more than 5,200 names
By Kelly Kohler
Plainsman Staff Writer
More than 5,200 signatures were
collected during the SGA-sponsored
Wire Road campaign
which ended last Thursday.
"We got lots of support and were
pleased with the great student
reponse," said Kelly Cooper, head
of the Senate Traffic and Parking
Committee.
"More students turned out to
sign the petition than usually turn
out to vote for SGA elections."
"We are encouraging students to
continue signing and sending the
form letters," said Cooper. "Our
next step is to try and make a
formal presentation in Montgom­ery
to Fob James sometime next
week."
According to Cooper, the State
Highway Department is in the
process of "prioritizing" the state
highways.
Information is being fed into a
computer and a list of most-pressing
state road needs should be
made available in about 60 days.
schools, we still don't have as
many people as in other districts."
Matt Hall, Agriculture school
senator, said, "The graduate
school has a wide variety of stu­dents
within its district, and it
represents all of them."
Tom Littlepage, off-campus
senator, suggested that the Senate
not combine the two districts, but
rather, add another district.
Jeff Meadows, Business School
senator, agreed and moved to table
the constitutional change until it
could be studied further.
In other action, the Senate de­feated
a bill introduced by Senator
Bill Baker to "reprimand" the SGA
treasurer for "failing to perform
(his) duties" and "require that he
begin performing his constitutional
duties."
According to Baker, the treasur­e
r , Bob Burton, has not submitted
financial reports on student ac­tivities
fees to The Plainsman, the
SGA president, the Student Senate,
or the SGA cabinet.
The Senate voted down the mea­sure,
however, saying that if some­one
felt an SGA member were not
doing his job, other methods could
be used to get him to do so before
publicly reprimanding him.
The Senate also voted to "very
strongly urge" the Performing
Arts Committee to develop a policy
for student seating so students can
be offered preferred seating at
events it sponsors.
Performing Arts events are paid
for by student activities fees.
The Performing Arts Committee
was also granted an allocation of
$37,000 for the fiscal year 1979-80.
In other action, the Senate voted
to request from President Harry
Philpott $10,000 from the contin­gency
fund to purchase a 12-15
passenger van for use by student
ctivity projects and student or­ganizations.
The contingency fund, which is
used to pay for damages to
University property, is kept at a
minimum of $15,000, but money is
sometimes taken from it for spe­cial
purchases when there is a
surplus.
According to Meadows, chair­man
of the Budget and Finance
Committee, there is currently
more than $100,000 in the contin­gency
fund.
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the city of Auburn and Lee
County," he said.
"I believe most of the deeds have
been obtained but there is still
some land in question. Essentially
they were passing the probelm to
the next administration."
The present cost projection
figure for the widening is $3.7
million, McGill said. "Along that
2.7 miles in question we have three
different types of federal funding.
Part of the road is country, part is
urban and part falls into an 'off-system*
category."
McGill said that in the last five
years there have been 55 accidents
at the intersection of Shug Jordan
Parkway and Wire Road.
1 'That is an unusually high figure
for a traffic lighted intersection,''
he said.
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A3 Thursday, March 1,1979 TheAUxm Plainsman
Is your food tasting different lately?
Worm found in brownie
By Rick Harmon
The discovery of a worm In a
brownie she bought on campus has
caused one student to question
'fji Auburn's food sanitation policies.
Vickey Hunt, 3JM, stopped by
the Filling Station, a University
snack bar in Terrell Cafeteria to
buy some brownies to eat on her
way home to Birmingham.
"I took a bite out of one of the
brownies," she said, "and I saw
Early birds
. .Late-quarter FORUM events require students to
arrive early to get a seat. It's first come, first served,
and gentlemen aren't gentlemen and ladies aren't
ladies. No, it's every many for his seat. Two FORUM
events remain on the winter quarter schedule, both on
March 8, for those procrastinating students who
haven't gotten their lucky seven. Better get there
early if you want a chair.
Expansion
From Page A-1
tently," promised Jordan, adding,
"I have little to go on but feelings."
Jordan noted that the University
of Tennessee continues to expand
its stadium and continues to fill it.
Smith retorted that he hoped
"we're not expanding for the sake
of publicity...in relation to other
schools." He said he just wanted to
know that the expansion is "fi­nancially
sound."
Smith added that although a
"good start" may have been made
on the stadium, it might not be so
"great" with "probation slapped
on us."
Buck Bradberry, director of the
Auburn Alumni Association, said
he felt alumni would provide
enough revenue to pay off the bond
debt without using student fees.
He noted that sideline seats will
be available to alumni for the first
time since 1956, and that the
"appealing" seats will generate
more season ticket purchases and
athletic contributions.
"Auburn people will back it
without student fees," Bradberry
said of the expansion.
Gov. Fob James, as chairman of
the Board, asked for a motion
concerning the bond issue, and
after a long silence, Trustee R.C.
"Red" Bamberg moved to adopt
the bond issue resolution.
Jordan seconded the motion,
stating, "We're half way through
building the thing," and the resolu­tion
passed unanimously.
Two contenders for the SGA
Presidency, Sherri Paulk and Jim
Purcell, also addressed the Board
last Friday.
Paulk noted that the daily
needs of students need to be taken
care of before students can agree
with long-range planning such as
the stadium expansion.
Purcell suggested that the
Trustees advertise issues to be
discussed at their meetings more,
so that more student input could be
heard.
In other action, the Board
authorized a $15,000 utility instal­lation
for the Eastern Environmen­tal
Radiation Facility at AUM and
approved new lights and a lighted
parking lot for AUM costing
$170,000.
The Trustees also approved a
sale of land to the state for the
construction of an interchange at
Interstate 85 for easier access to
the E.V. Smith Agricultural Re­search
Facility near Milstead.
New Trustees Morris Savage and
M.B. McCartney were also intro­duced
at the meeting, and resolu­tions
commending retired
members Sue Fincher and Walston
Hester were also passed.
something in the brownies. But
when I looked closer, I saw it was a
white worm. I felt like getting
sick ''
"I called the Lee County Health
Department, because I didn't
really think the University would
do anything about it,'' said Hunt.' 'I
didn't want the whole affair just to
be dropped without something
being done."
When she asked if she could
register a formal complaint, Hunt
Building
From Page A-1
"There would not be any state
funds available for this facility,"
advised Philpott.
He noted that the building is "not
definite until we break ground,"
and that the Trustee action does
not provide money for the building.
The Trustee action, however, did
authorize Philpott to "proceed with
the project in a preliminary way
and report back to the Board of
Trustees at the next meeting," now
set for June 4.
Philpott said that now "it's a
matter of getting it done and seeing
if we can find a way to fund" the
facility.
One plan for the Student Act­ivities
Building, or sports center,
calls for a recreation room, weight
room, equipment room, sauna,
locker rooms, concessions rooms
and basketball, volleyball and bad­minton
courts in the facility.
The plan, which is not binding
now, was outlined by intramurals
director Saia, and also calls for the
building's second level to house
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offices for him and the intramurals
department.
Steagall, in the middle of discus­sion
on the stadium expansion,
said, "In view of our expanding
building program, it behooves us to
look at student needs and desires
for the Student Activities Building.
"It's my concern that we have
not come to grips with the student's
desire for the building," he said.
Stone, referring to student fees
backing the stadium bond issue,
said, "If students will be asked to
obligate themselves for the Uni­versity,
in return, the University
should have some obligation to
support the students."
said she was told by the health
department that they had no com­plaint
forms she could fill out. They
did tell her she could use some
notebook paper with a carbon if she
still wanted to make the complaint.
"I wrote out the complaint on the
notebook paper," said Hunt "and
asked that I be notitied of any
actions that were taken. I also
asked specifically that the Univer­sity
not handle any investigation of
the incident.
"I didn't want the whole things to
just end in a phone call," Hunt
repeated, "and I wondered how
impartial someone employed by
the University could be investiga­ting
the University."
Hunt took the worm over to the
health department on Feb. 20,
where she was told by health
department employee Jim Arnold
the incident would be looked into.
"He seemed to think the worm
had been in the flour," said Hunt,
"and that there was probably no
problem now. He said the Univer­sity
used such large containers in
making the food that the container
with the worms in it had probably
been used up In one batch."
"The health department told me
there was no way they could take
legal action. I told them I didn't
want to take legal action, I just
wanted to make sure something
was done.
"So far, I haven't heard anything
from anyone."
Fritz
From Page A-1
Walker said the Auburn team
had planned to find a replacement
for Fritz and run in the relay if the
SEC championship hung in the
balance.
First place was secure, however,
and Walker said the tired squad,
out of exhaustion and respect for
Fritz, sat out the relay competi­tion,
with Rosen's approval
Walker described Fritz as an
integral part of the team, though he
came to Auburn without a scholar­ship.
' 'He was a big part of the team,' *
he said. "He was a walk-on but he
made the mile relay right off and
that's tough to do.
Rosen echoed Walker's praise
for Fritz.
"Norman was a fine runner and
a real asset to the squad," the
coach said Tuesday. "He was the
type who never missed a workout.
What a great loss it was to the
whole squad."
Services for Fritz were held
Monday in Pensacola. Athletic Di­rector
Lee Hayley, the track
coaches and a number of Auburn
track team members were in at­tendance.
Sun 11 am-12 mid
Mon-Thu 4 pm-1 am
Fri 4 pm-2 am
Sat 11 am-2 am
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\ Editorials John Jamison looking for true love
Thursday, February 22,1979 A-4
Give 'em 31
Does every school on campus rate a voice in
the Student Senate?
That's the question the Senate must
answer when it votes on a reapportion­ment
measure proposed Monday night.
The proposal, which was tabled Monday,
would reduce the number of off-campus
senators from 11 to nine and combine the
Pharmacy School and Vet School into one
senatorial district.
When applying the one man, one vote
principle, this is the only fair way to represent
each student equally. There are too few
students in either school to warrant a senator
of its own.
So the question in the minds of the
senators now is whether one man, one* vote
should prevail. An alternative, suggested by
off-campus senator Tom Littlepage, would
give both schools a senator and raise the total
number of senators to 31.
Littlepage's alternative, at the outset,
seems unnecessary. After all, there are
definite similarities between the schools, so
that one senator might represent both.
Both are health science oriented. Both are
made up of graduate students.
But there are striking differences in the
schools, also, which might warrent them each
a senator.
Geographically, the schools are miles
apart, the Vet School on Wire Road and the
Pharmacy School is the center of campus.
That one difference, some say, is enough to
make two separate districts.
The geographic distance between the
schools, they say, leads to other problems in
dual representation—no personal contact
between a senator and many of his
constitutents, as well as differing problems
with parking and other needs unique to each
area.
Also, some fear the senatorial races would
become grudge matches between the schools,
rather than campaigns to elect the best
candidates.
The decision is up to the Senate, with help
from student input. We are glad the Senate is
reapportioning senatorial districts for fairer
representation of all. But the Senate must
also consider complete representation for all.
We hope the senators will keep open
minds on the differing problems of the Vet
School and the Pharmacy School. We believe
that, though small in population, both
deserve representation in the Senate.
By passing such a measure, the Senate
would be waivering a bit from set standards,
but if it means being fairer to all students,
then bending a little can only be good.
Ultimatum
Gov. Fob James waited until the end of
Friday's Board of Trustees meeting to issue an
ultimatum that he called a request.
In so many words, James told the trustees
to cut back on its $78 million University
budget request for next year, or face possible
abolishment.
The governor bluntly told the trustees that
unless it and other state college and
university boards show fiscal restraint, he
would "reluctantly" abolish those "auto­nomous
governing bodies'' and replace them
with a state board of regents, similar to those
in Florida and Georgia.
The governor, mixing business-like intens­ity
with political campaign flash, alternately
asked and demanded (indirectly) that Au­burn's
budget request be revixed from a 44
percent increase to an outside maximum
increase of 10 percent.
James' thunderbolt proclamation was
taken dead seriously by University adminis­trators
and trustees. His speech may have
been tailor-made for statewide television
coverage, but no one felt it was mere
hyperbole.
James said the 13 other governing bodies
of state colleges and universitites would soon
hear the words of warning he delivered to the
trustees.
Why?
Why do some people, who smoke and
drink and commit every sin their bodies can
take, live to be 80 years old and never see a
doctor?
And why do others, young and active,
doing all the right things to stay in top
physical shape, die so unexpectly?
Norman Fritz, a sophomore on the
Auburn track team, died Thrusday. He was
training for the SEC Indoor Track champion­ship.
He seemed to be in the best of health
and planned to compete in the mile relay.
But death stopped him.
Fritz's death left Auburn stunned and
hurt.
His teammates were probably hurt more
than anyone else. They considered not
competing in the SEC meet until Fritz's
father called track Coach Mel Rosen and
The governor has signalled a dramatic
reemphais on education up to the 12th
grade, an emphasis he promised he would
make during campaigns.
Who can argue with him? As Lt. Gov.
George McMillan said here earlier this
quarter, James' goal to ' 'wipe out illiteracy
has a much higher priority than another
building at Auburn University," even
though Auburn has a "legitimate founda­tion"
for requesting more state money.
We feel, however, that Auburn, with its
outstanding pharmacy, engineering, archi­tecture,
vet, agriculture and other schools, is
deserving to receive the highest possible
budget increase from the state, or the lowest
possible cut. . an
Drastic cuts in appropriations to Auburn
would save the state money |jow, but cost
Alabama dearly in engineering, teaching,
agricultural and other skills that contribute so
much to the economy.
We applaud Gov. James' energetic,
efficient, businesslike approach to meeting
the state's current money shortage for
education.
We sincerely hope, however, that Au­burn's
future state appropriations will allow
it to continue to ably serve Alabama and the
nation through instruction, extenstion and
research.
urged the team to enter. He said Norman
would have wanted them to.
Auburn ran and Auburn won—without
competing in the mile relay. Then the
emotion-charged team presented the SEC
trophy to Fritz's parents in his memory.
Fritz's death left a lot of people asking
"Why?"
Of course, nobody knows why. We can
only guess.
Some will say, "Those things just
happen."
Others will say that perhaps there was a
calling for Norman elsewhere. That his
mission on earth was not nearly as important
as his mission now.
Nobody can say who is correct, but we like
to think the latter group has the inside track.
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Only love and azaleas beat baseball in
springtime.
At least that's what my friend John Jamison
told me yesterday.
I saw John in Samford Park watching the
azalea buds trying to open and taking in the
springlike air. But he looked distrubed.
He said he was in love. Problem is, she isn't.
In fact, she doesn't even know he's in love
with her.
"What am I gonna do?" John asked. "What
am I gonna do?"
I had no answers. I was too busy with my
own problems. Like what to write about this
week.
"Write about me," John said. "Maybe she'll
recognize that it's her I love and she'll fall in
love with me and we'll both be happy."
Can't do it, John. Right now I have a big
problem of my own that I need to clear up.
You see, last week I wrote a column about
Dr. Philpott and the slight, very slight,
possibility that he might have retired last
Friday at the trustees' meeting in Montgo­mery.
"Thank God'!" I wrote. "It's about time the
old man got out of town and let somebody
young and vivacious come in and run the
University the way its supposed to be run.
Some old man sitting behind a big desk sucking
on a pipe ain't the man to do it."
I guess I assumed too much when I thought
the readers would sense the sarcastic tone—a
tone common among some Auburn circles.
And maybe I assumed even more when I
thought I could show the readers that this is
not my personal attitude. That paragraph was
used to spark interest in those people who do
believe that way.
It is those people the column was directed
toward—the people who believe Philpott is
"just an old man sucking on a pipe." I thought I
could show those people that the man isn't bad
as they think—that, in fact, he has done a
commendable job at Auburn.
But I wasn't successful with some people.
Too many people took that paragraph to be my
sentiments. And I guess I can understand that
from people who don't know or understand me.
Dick
Parker
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But to those people, John, I must apologize
and ask them to reread the column deleting the
second paragraph.
Now, John, I still have some space left, so I'll
tell your tale and maybe your love will
recognize it and fall in love with you:
John's story is not unique to him. It has been
sung in live songs and written in books.
John is in love with a girl who calls him
"friend " and he's afraid to tell her how he feels
because he thinks she'll be scared off.
"I'd rather suffer with her as just a friend,"
John said, "than suffer without her at all."
So what does he do? He says he's dropped
every sublte hint possible but she won't pick
them up. He's done everything short of telling
her out right.
"I know we could make it together," John
says, "but I'm afraid she won't go for the idea
right off and she'll just run.
"But now I think about her all the time. I
smell her cologne in the hallway and see her
face in my dreams. What am I gonna do?"
John's going to eat himself up inside if he
doesn't do something. Fast.
Whether he tells her or forgets her will
depend on how romantic a person he is.
But maybe his girl can help him.
Please, if you see yourself as John's love, tell
him you know.
Even if you don't love him, tell him. My
friend is slowly dying inside, and I can't stand
to watch it.
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Only minor concerts keeping us afloat
For the past few years, so-called "minor''
sports such as track, swimming and wrestling
have kept Auburn's athletic name from being
dragged under by the hard times that have
befallen the football and basketball programs.
Similarly, it has been "minor" entertainment
events that have prevented Auburn from
becoming a total wasteland in terms of cultural
and entertaining events.
This year it looked like things were going to
change.
The Commodores sold out the Coliseum in
October, the IFC managed to salvage the
homecoming fiasco and another major concert
was in the works for November.
Rumors floated freely, as they always do, of
southern rock extravaganzas this winter and
Linda Ronstadt in the spring. We were
supposed to see Bob Dylan in March.
Prospects looked good for Eric Clapton.
Boston, Heart and Jimmy Buffett came as
close as Dothan and—insult of insults—Troy.
But, of course, none of these prospects
panned out—at least not for Auburn. Which
leads one to the inescapable conclusion that
something somewhere is not being done right.
So, we have been forced to make do this
quarter with Sea Level, Gene Cotton, Carlos
Montoya, The Repertory Dance Theatre and
the Quad Kitchen. Not that those acts are
bad—we should feel lucky to get them for
free—but they should not be the highlights of
the year, or even of winter quarter.
Instead of ushering in a new era in major
entertainment at Auburn, it looks as though
the Commodores were merely an oasis in the
desert.
"But why," you ask, "can't we do as well as
the University of Alabama, which has had the
Commodores, Kansas, the Little River Band
and Jimmy Buffet already this year?" Good
question.
Some might be quick to answer that it's all
the fault of the nerds in the UPC who always
manage to botch things up somehow. But that
is a simplistic answer to a complex problem.
Scott
Thurston
The fact is, no one—not the UPC, the
administration or the Coliseum management-seems
to have any comprehensive answers or
solutions.
I went by to the UPC office Monday to talk
over the situation and left more confused than
ever.
Major entertainment director Tom
Bronkema and program director Amelia Reid
gave all kinds of examples of the disadvan­tages
with which they are forced to work and
pointed out how quickly arrangements can
become undone over such simple matters as
catering service or a girls' basketball game in
the Coliseum.
They complained of tour cancellations citing
Bob Dylan and most recently Melissa
Manchester, who was slated for a two-show
concert in the Student Activities Building in
early April before she canceled her tour
Monday.
They talked about how much better th^y
would be able to do their job if the UPC had
the freedom to promote its own shows, and
how Auburn's history of poor attendance hurts
us when we go concert hunting (an oft stated
argument that doesn't really hold much water
when you consider that we consistently
outdraw Alabama, yet get fewer concerts).
But what it all boils down to is that the UPC
are amateurs trying to a job usually given to
professionals. Sure, they are dedicated, ener­getic
and hard-working. But the sad fact is that
they lack the time, knowledge and experience
to do the job well. You simply cannot expect
students, with no practical experience in
promotions to take over a job for a year and
compete for big-name concerts with city-run
civic centers that employ full-time, well-paid
staffs who work with the promoters on a year
after year, first-name basis.
This is no character assassination. Tom
Bronkema has worked hard this year. But as
he admits, he took the job knowing very little
about it, and has spent most of the year just
trying to learn the basics.
The sad part of it is that, by the end of the
year, Bronkema will know just about every­thing
- and then will leave, handing the job
over to another inexperienced newcomer.
And so the cycle will continue.
Until 1975, when the UPC took over the
responsibility, Coliseum managers Wayne
Murphy and Tom Sparrow did all of the
concert work. But the students demanded a
hand in the proceedings, and they got it. Since
then, the quality and quantity of major
entertainment on this campus has declined
steadily.
Few people would suggest a return to the
old system. Murphy and Sparrow were glad to
be relieved of the job, saying that it took up too
much of their time. Concert hunting is a full
time job.
Surely students have a place in the concert
promoting process, but they shouldn't bear the
brunt of the responsibility. There should be
someone with experience in promotions,
someone who is not a student and can be paid a
salary to oversee the operations of the major
entertainment committee and utilize his or her
expertise for the good of the student and the
university.
Next quarter the UPC will be hiring a new
program director. Amelia Reid, the program
director who will be doing the hiring, says she
is planning to look for someone with experi­ence
in promotions. If she is able to find
someone who'll fit the bill, the situation could
eventually reverse itself and Auburn might
once again be able to boast a truly well-rounded
program of entertainment.
Iranian situation important religiously
The current situation in Iran is undoubtedly
the most recent significant religious occurence.
It also has important historical and political
implications.
For the first time in 2,500 years, the Iranians
are without a monarch. A devout Shiite,
Anyatulla Ruhollah Khomeini, is now in
control. This marks a definite political change
from the idelogies of former Shah Mohamed
Reza Pahlavi.
What is happening right now in Iran is of
utmost importance from a religious perspec­tive
because not only the Shiites, but the rest
of the country, is directly affected by the
Khomeini power control.
What specific religous motivations did the
Shiites have in ousting the Shah from his
throne?
To begin with the people were angered last
year when their annual $80 million subsidy for
mosques, scholarships and travel was cut off
by the Shah. They felt this action was an
indication of the Shah's apparent contempt for
their religion.
They were also fearful of the growing state
of corruption evidenced in their wealthy
leaders who, for the most part, were attempt­ing
to build an industrial nation rather than a
pious and simple religious nation. According to
Maxime Rodinson (Atlas World Press Review)
the Moslem masses were "repulsed by and
condemned the privilege of fortune and power"
as illustrated by the Shah's regime.
They disapproved of the indulgences of
alcohol, sexual freedom and gambling inherent
in their leadership. They perceived themselves
to be the "guardians of traditional morality"
and attributed the evils of their country to the
leaders' lack of faith.
The Shiites were taught at an early age that
the principles of Moslem tradition are capable
of producing and sustaining a harmonious
society. With such ideas in mind, the people
Wanda
Kenton
were ripe and ready for change. They no
longer wanted a goverment of wealth, but a
government of religion.
With this in mind, the exiled Khomeini came
into action, almost like a messianic figure
(Imam) bound to save his people from
destruction and rule with power and faith.
The 78-year-old mullah caught attention in
Iran first more than 30 years ago because of
some published philosophical writing which
drew acclaim in terms of spirituality. He was
not to be forgotten, though.
In the early 60s, he challenged the Shah's
social and economic reforms and likened him to
the murder of the Prophet Muhammed's great
grandson. It was because of this action that
Khomeini was imprisoned and late exiled, an
act which resulted in mass demonstrations and
the death of over 100 persons.
Khomeini, however, managed to funnel his
messages to his Shiite fans. Tape recorded
inspirations were bootlegged in the country
and many persons were able to hear the words
of their beloved Khomeini.
Perhaps it was because of his outspoken
views that he became the "embodiment of
protest" figure in contrast to the Shah.
Khomeini began to become a symbol in the
lives of the Shiites. It would be through him
that the nation would or could be cleansed and
brought back to a theocracy.
Khomeini now has emerged as the political
and religous power behind the government.
That is not to say, however, that his position is
readily accepted by all. The military is still
mostly promonarchist and many of the upper
class citizens are fearful for their wealthy
positions.
There is also the emergence of the Marxist
fedayeen (sticrificers) who "felt that the
revolution had not moved far enough to the
left." With such possible opposition in mind, it
is safe to say that the future of Iran is in
question.
Although Khomeini's return to Iran wit­nessed
a turn of events, such as women
donning religious robes and the closing of
several theatres and bars, things have begun
to slacken somewhat. Only ten days after his
return, the young girls had returned to
wearing western blue jeans and the theatres
were back in operation.
From the aforementioned evidence, it
appears that Khomeini's reins must be
tightened if power and control are to be
maintained. If the religious leadership of the
country becomes a bit more liberalized, the
leftists could then develop a more strategic
hold on the nation.
The turn of events in Iran has greatly
affected the lives of many religious persons.
People have been murdered in cold blood for
the sake of their religious priorities and
beliefs.
The struggle is still on, but the majority
appear to be supporting Khomeini whole­heartedly.
Posters, coins, tapes and souveneirs
depicting the Ayatullah have replaced those of
the Shah. A change has come and the
historical, religious and political implications,
intertwined, cannot be ignored.
i.
Letters
Thursday, March 1,1979
Shouldn't make Philpott look like greatest
Grounds foreman responds
to reader's 'amazement'
Editor, The Plainsman:
I write this letter in response to Paul
Ferwerda's "amazement" by the leaf blower.
Ferwerda expressed his concern over wasteful
spending by the University administration,
citing the football practice bubble and the
stadium expansion as examples. Ferwerda, a
finance major, did not let the multi-million
dollar projects prevent him from finding the
real pork barrel: " it's not giant blisters or
more empty seats that I care about—it's leaf
blowers."
Mr. Ferwerda, if you really cared about the
leaf blower, you should have asked the men
using it about its purpose before you wrote
The Plainsman on a subject of which you know
nothing. Actually, the blower is a money
saving device that does the work of three men
with rakes.
The machine cost $250, while the cost of
three laborers is $75 per day. In the first four
days of usage the leaf blower not only paid for
its initial cost, but its operation and main­tenance
cost for a year. If it could be used
every working day, it would save $19,500 per
year.
What is the blower doing out there? Blowing
hidden leaves from shrubbery beds? Well,
that's not why we are there. The Grounds
Department of the Physical Plant, as one of its
responsibilities, keeps the campus free of litter
and trash. The majority of the student body
helps by using the available trash receptacles.
But it doesn't take many to turn shrubbery
beds into ashtrays and to litter every street
and sidewalk on campus with trash. The leaf
blower cleans the shrubbery of cigarette butts,
poptops, beer cans and a few other items too
disgusting to name.
Trees, shrubs and grass lawns enhance the
beauty of Auburn University. Most of our
staff, faculty, students and alumni appreciate
and enjoy the clean appearance of campus. The
Grounds Department will continue working to
keep it clean and I hope at least in that area
there will be no controversy.
In the future, Mr. Ferwerda, try to be a little
more informed, before you fire off sarcastic
letters to The Plainsman.
Charles Crawford
Grounds Foreman
Suggestions given to raise
Auburn's lost revenues
Editor, The Plainsman:
Dear Harry:
Seems old Fob's doing a pretty good job
down in the governor's chair. Looks like the
state might get straightened out after all. Too
bad, though, he can't be a little nicer to Auburn
and not cut our budget so, but you can't play
favorites and be effective, right George?
I told you you should have listened to what
Jere tried to tell you a couple of years ago
about efficiency, but no, you made him look
like he was picking on Auburn. Good thing
we're supposed to learn from our mistakes.
Well, what I'm writing you about is ways to
make that lost revenue back up so the students
can have the Activities Building you promised
them. Here goes:
1. Get Security to raise parking tickets to $5
and lengthen restrictive hours to 24. The way
they give out those tickets, it will be no time
until you have your money.
2. Install turnstiles at all entrances to Haley
and charge a quarter for a token to go through.
3. Sell the eagle.
4. Sue the NCAA for defamation of
character.
5. Hold another blood drive and sell the
blood rather than giving it away.
6. Charge for the free movie and campus
mail.
7. Double in-state tuition and triple out-of-state.
There's no reason the students can't have
what they want. In a litttle while, with these
suggestions, Auburn will be back in the good
old bureacratic state of affairs we've all
grown to know, love and expect without a
single cutback anywhere.
Take care, Harry, and write soon.
258-90-5978,4FI
Winne explains Circles in hall
Editor, The Plainsman,
Regarding Marianne Hamburg's letter last
week:
The undistributed Circles she spoke of—far
from, incidentally, the thousand she claimed—
had been delivered late by the printers after
the contracted delivery date and through no
fault of the Circle staff.
Also, I suspect many of those copies she
spoke of were those earmarked, in fact already
addressed, for our subscription mailings.
Staff members had been assigned to
distribute these late few copies, and, I concede,
did not accoplish this as quickly as I preferred.
However, this tardiness does not disturb me
since the content of the Circle renders it every
bit as meaningful when finally distributed as
earlier.
I would have been glad to advise Miss
Hamburg of this had her concern—enough to
compel her to write to The Plainsman—moved
her to ask me personally about the Circles. Her
failure in this regard causes me to lend a note
of interpretation, reluctantly perhaps a bit
vain, to Miss Hamburg's epistle. I resent
anyone abusing the reputation of the Circle in
order to bear out a personal grudge against me
or my viewpoint expressed in Plainsman
editorials.
The Circle has earned a place above such
petty reproach. It was chosen the outstanding
college magazine in the Southeast by the
Society of Professional Journalists, and more­over
it is an essential effort toward filling a
void in creativity and thoughtfulness at
Auburn.
Mark C. Winne, Circle Editor
Alsbrook fll doesn't understand
Editor, The Plainsman:
This letter is in reply to Mr. Alsbrook Ill's
letter concerning the "No Dunking" rule.
It is apparent by your letter, Mr. Alsbrook,
that you don't read very well. If you can get
one of your referee friends to read my letter to
you again, you'll find that I never complained
about the "No Dunking" rule—merely com­plained
that the penalty is too severe for the
offense.
Everyone knows that the rule itself is a good
one, as it insures the longevity of Auburn's
fragile backboards and rims. But does the
penalty have to be so severe? Of course not. In
fact Mr. Alsbrook HI, I don't believe there is
another league in the country that has the
same penalty as Auburn's for this particular
violation.
On another matter, Mr. Alsbrook HI showed
a crass misconception of the intramural
athelete. By your standards, if we don't play
varsity ball we shouldn't play at all. I hope the
rest of the Intramural Department doesn't
share your feelings on this matter.
Ken Millspaugh, 4GBI
Editor, The Plainsman:
Re "What if Philpott Retires Tomorrow?"
We have all been waiting patiently in the
wings for Dr. Philpott to step down quietly for
too long. It seems that now the only thing that
is going to get Philpott out is his failing health.
Your logic as to why Dr. Philpott should
retire is like none we have encountered before.
You made the man sound like the greatest
thing ever to hit Auburn University.
Sure, he has brought more students a few
new buildings to put them in, but these are not
such wonderful things. There is not enough
room for all of us (we are constantly reminded
of this by the lack of parking).
Biggest does not mean best. We came here
to get an education, a good education. Yet
everyday it becomes more obvious that this
growth is only handicapping the faculty and
hurting us, the students.
We also do not completely comprehend the
part about Philpott having enemies that
prevent his from running Auburn his way.
Maybe he has enemies because his way is not
the best way.
Philpott is still avwding the same problems
students bitched about in the early 1970's.
Spend a few minutes checking out old
Plainsmans in the library and you will see
articles about parking, concerts, athletics, etc.
Why is it that 10 years later we still have
these problems? The only answers we have
come up with are that either Philpott does not
care, or has the wrong priorities.
We would surely like to see Philpott leave,
but it is not because he cannot get things done.
It is because he has not gotten the right things
done.
Kathanne W. Greene, 3PUB
Leslie J. Iverson, 4 AMH
Students should work to overcome racial prejudices
Editor, The Plainsman:
After reading the column on segregated
Greek institutions in the Feb. 22 edition of The
Plainsman, I became painfully aware that
strong racial prejudices do still exist at
Auburn University and that, more distressing
still, many white students aren't willing to
take positive steps to overcome them.
The Plainsman article was depressing.
When has, "You know the way it is in the
South," ever been adequate justification for
any other atrocity or morally questionable
action?
Students, wake up! It's time to stop using
"the influence of the Old South" as "catch all"
excuse for every prejudicial thought and
racially discriminatory deed that crops up. It's
1979 and those excuses just won't do.
It's not enough to just acknowledge the fact
that prejudice is wrong and that it does exist
at Auburn, nor is it enough to "feel really bad
about the whole situation." Feeling badly
about a situation and doing something about a
situation are two entirely different things and
until the "feeling" that so many students talk
about incites a little "doing," Auburn Univer­sity
will remain a racially prejudiced campus.
It is distressing that students aren't willing
to make a few waves, if necessary to see
something done about the discriminatory
practices of their fraternities and sororities.
When something is wrong it needs to be
corrected, no matter how much trouble it is to
correct.
Unwillingness on the part of students to try
to effect a change in these old policies at
Auburn suggests one of two things: the
students are prejudiced themselves and admit
to their prejudices, or they don't care enough
about the black students on this campus to try
and do anything about the system. One can't
say that he really cares if he isn't willing to
work for corrections.
There is, in this student's opinion, no valid
excuse for the continuation of discriminatory
institutions on this campus and students who
support such institutions, without pressing
hard for changes, are as guilty as the Archie
Bunker types at whom we all snicker and
shake our heads in disapproval.
Margaret Cottle, 4SEH
Give money to intramurals
Editor, The Plainsman:
After all the positive assurances to the
contrary, there is now an excellent possiblity
we students could be forced to pay for the
needless expansion of the football stadium.
The administration reportedly backs a move to
commit student fees for this absurd pro­ject.
We are told this is a "normal" procedure; the
earlier promises are therefore shown to have
been lies. While our fees are to be legally
committed to back the stadium bonds, Univer­sity
Business Manager Rhett Riley blandly
says, "There are no plans to use any of the fee
money for the return of the debt" (Plainsman,
Feb. 22).
This outrageous deception should not go
unnoticed by students, who did not generally
approve of the expansion, despite the Student
Senate's acquiescence to the snow job.
Shouldn't show
racist cartoons
Editor, The Plainsman
Mr. Robert Moench
Films Director UPC
Dear Mr. Moench:
The UPC free movies are an important part
of campus life and I have found them an
entertaining and sometimes thought provok­ing
release over the years I've spent at
Auburn. I support their continuation and
therefore trust the following remarks can be
understood in this context.
On Monday evening, Feb. 26,1 attended the
UPC showing of "Frankenstein." Prior to the
main feature a cartoon short was shown. In
that short, pygmies were depicted as stereo­typical
blacks—wide-eyed, thick-lipped beings
who could be lured, salivating, out of hiding by
a slice of watermelon.
It was an insulting display.
How much longer can such racist sentiment
be fostered within the community by univer­sity
sponsored organizations which function to
serve that community? A point exists where
responsible organizations must be held ac­countable
for their actions.
In this case, two questions need to be
addressed. First, how can you, as UPC films
director, account for the selection and showing
of such a film short? Second, what measures
are being taken by the UPC to prevent such
material from being shown in the future?
I hope this letter will serve to improve the
quality of films selected by the UPC.
Steve Webne, 6PG
Now that the budget is so strained that the
intramurals program is limping along without
enough funds, wouldn't it be a good thing if the
$4 increase in student fees gobbled up by the
Athletic Department this year were instead
given to the IM program, which benefits
students directly?
Does the stadium funding farce say anything
about the consideration given to students by
the Athletic Department? Does it say anything
about whether they deserve to double their
take from our fees from $4 to $8?
Transfer the extra $4 to the intramurals
program. If the SGA and Student Senate are
willing to defend the student body against the
rapacious Athletic Department monster, they
will actively support this suggestion.
The IM program is suffering, and we need a
fancier football stadium about as much as the
team needs another airplane.
Cliff Halverson, 6FAA
Don't need Winne's remarks
Editor, The Plainsman:
"To foster the Auburn Spirit" is the purpose
of our Auburn Plainsman. We wonder how
many students know this. Does columnist
Mark Winne know this?
Week after week we hear him bitch. Usually
he has no basis for support of his arguments—
or rather gripes. He never sees the positive
side of anything. In fact he probably considers
The Circle as the only worthwhile aspect of
Auburn University.
Last year he pleaded for a larger Circle
budget. He claimed that not enough Circles
were being printed to fill the demand for them.
Don't blame staflB
for lack of courts
Editor, The Plainsman:
The growing popularity of racquetball
sometimes strains existing facilities, especially
during winter quarter, when foul weather
causes outdoor athletes to retreat indoors. The
demand for courts is now so great that most
courts are taken within an hour after the
reservations open.
Unfortunately, many of those who call too
late tend to blame the reservations staff who
operate the Jeff Beard couts. Staffers, particu­larly
Jim Hawlins, 4HPR and Alan Meachan,
3HRA have done an outstanding job of keeping
a potential madhouse running smoothly.
This, in turn, can only speak well of the
management and guidance given the personnel
by Claude Saia, director of Recreational
Services.
The courts can only accommodate a certain
number of players each day, and until the
supply catches «p with the demand, it's
senseless to take out your frustrations on
people who are doing 105 percent with what
they've got.
Mary Ann Louys
Lab Tech A •
Thank goodness our SGA had more vision than
the Circle's editor.
This year stacks and stacks of last years
Circle collect dust in the basement of the Union
Building. Meanwhile, stacks and stacks more
provide companionship in the Circle office.
Recently we have heard talk of dissolving
the SGA. For obvious reasons that should not
and will not happen.
What we need is to seriously consider the
importance of the Circle. Should we continue
to waste our student fees on something that is
now wanted by the students?
Winne is obviously a frustrated fool and we
do not wish to shut down the Circle only
because he is the editor. However maybe the
rest of Auburn ia as fed up with him as we are.
Right now we do not need either the Circle or
Winne.
We know we are being negative, and we
know these are not the best times for Auburn
University. No one is happy with the
possibility of NCAA probation, the declining
health of President Philpott and the freak
deaths of three fellow students. With all this
do we need Winne's derogatory comments
about our University in each week's
Plainsman?
Glen Pierson 2PB
RayBriscuso2PB
Letters policy
Letters to the editor should be typed,
double-spaced and submitted to The Plainsman
office by 5 p.m. Monday. The total number of
words should not exceed 400 words. Letters
over the limit may be edited without the
writer's consent. Some type of ID should be
presented.
Ihe Aubum Plainsman Thursday, March 1,1979 A-6
She slugged it out with son
AU vets wire mama tiger's jaw shut
By Karen Hartley
Plainsman Staff Writer
The blow broke her jaw. No, the
fight wasn't because she burned
the lasagna, or because he failed to
pick up his dirty laundry; rather it
stemmed from being caged up.
together.
Since he had an advantage of 300
pounds over his mother, it was
destined that when he hit her, he
would do a good bit of damage.
If you haven't already guessed,
these two were tigers—literally—
and the outcome of their brawl was
a fractured jaw for momma tiger.
The mother was brought from
Atlanta to Auburn's Small Animal
Photography: Gordon!
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
...Gov. James initiated Into engineering honorary
Winter enrollment
rises 2.2 percent
Enrollment for winter quarter at
Auburn University's two campuses
showed an overall increase of 2.2
percent, according to Dr. Wilbur A.
Tincher, dean of student services.
The main campus enrollment is
17,204, up .7 percent over last
winter's enrollment. AUM's en­rollment
is 4,236 to 8.4 percent.
Patterns of enrollment by school
continue to change on the main
campus, with the School of Engi­neering
and the School of Architec­ture
and Fine Arts showing the
largest increases at 9.7 and 9.3
percent respectively.
The School of Arts and Sciences
had an increase of 2.2 percent and
the School of Home Economics 4.2
percent.
The School of Education showed
a decline in enrollment for the
quarter of 10.1 percent, the School
of Agriculture was down 6 percent
and the School of Pharmacy was
down 2.2 percent.
The School of Business was down
only .7 percent and the School of
Veterinary Medicine .2 percent.
Undergraduate enrollment rose
by 1.1 percent on the main campus
while the Graduate School showed
a decline 2.2 percent.
The number of women enrolled
rose 3 percent while the number of
men declined by .8 percent, bring­ing
ratio of men of women to 1.4-1.
Clinic Thursday, to have her mouth
wired shut by Assistant Professor
James L. Milton.
Milton graduated from Auburn in
'67 with a degree in veterinary
medicine, and went on to receive
his master's degree in surgery.
Milton has been working at the
small animal clinic for 10 years,
and specializes in orthopedic sur­gery.
Milton also had had 17 years
of experience in working with
exotic animals.
Milton said that the tiger was
brought in by van at 5 p.m. after a
two-day delay because of bad
weather. She was anesthetized for
approximately six hours before
being sent back to the Atlanta Zoo
at 12 a.m. the same day. Milton
said that "several pieces on both
sides of the tiger's jaw were
broken."
"The tiger was depressed when
she came in," explained Milton,
"but with anesthesia and intra-veneous
feeding during the four-hour
operation, her condition im­proved."
Back in Atlanta, the tiger was
put in a .cage, but there was
difficulty in feeding her.
"Yes, even tigers have person­alities,"
said Milton. He explained
that zoo officials said her character
is one of "an ornery type individual
who is difficult to handle and could
be very aggressive."
Currently, she is being fed intra­venously.
Tuesday Milton said that the
tiger was "doing better, yet there
is a long way to go." He said that,
"she is eating a good amount of
food and the outlook is encouraging
but it is still too early to tell."
The tiger probably won't see her
son for a while, at least not until
they can get their family matters
straightened out.
Fob gets honor even
without the g.p.a.
"To be honest with you, 26 years
ago I didn't have the grades to
make in in this honorary," said
Gov. Fob James last Thursday
when he was inducted in the Tau
Beta Pi engineering honorary at
the Textiles Building. ,
"The Auburn campus feels the
same," said James, a 1966 Auburn
graduate, after being inducted as
an eminent engineer. He noted that
being governor has its advantages.
M. Frank Finfrock, a vice-president
for Cities Service Corp.
in Copperhill, Tenn., also received
the honor, as did Grady B. Nichols,
an associate director at the South­ern
Research Institute.
Students that had the grades to
make the honorary included:
Richard Colberg, Kevin Eyl,
John Frailey, Mike French, Kris
Gray, Larry Hegi, Christy Hudson,
Leonard Langford;
Greeley Lee, Joe Lindsay, De-nise
Maier, Starla Mixson, Colleen
Moore, Derk Philippona, James
Plyler, Brian Rainer;
Richard Skeen, John Sterrett,
Steve Stringfellow, Max Thornton,
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Dale Wilkerson, Philip
Yates and Ricky Yates.
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"I don't see how we can continue
unless we get at least five years on
top," said James.
"We are going to find priorities
that are right," insisted James.
"In the past, lots of fun and games
have been played—I don't want
that kind of nonsense," he warned.
Business manager Riley, how­ever,
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"He's committed to reducing
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MAKING A POINT
.Ralph Abernathy cited black contributions Thursday
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Abernathy claims he is
now a'fan of Auburn'
By Ford Risley
Photo Editor
Dr. Ralph Abernathy, past pres­ident
of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, spoke here
Thursday night noting that it was
the first time he had spoken at a
predominantly white college in
Alabama.
He described himself as "a fan of
Auburn because you invited me
here to speak."
Citing the contributions of
George Washington Carver, Rosa
Parks, Carl Stokes and the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr., Abernathy
said these famous blacks and
others have helped America to
become "the greatest nation in the
world." He said February, Black
Heritage Month should be "a time
to pause and look at the contribu­tions
of blacks to the life and
development of America."
Abernathy urged black students
"to get everything Auburn Uni­versity
has to offer."
"Then go back to your communi­ties
and help people," he said.
He noted the small number of
black professors and students here
and said with a 30 percent black
population in Alabama, "Auburn
should have at least 5,000 black
students.
"Black students should discover
that Auburn is just as much their
university as any other," he noted.
Abernathy also urged white
students to "build bridges of co­operation
and understanding" with
black students. He invited black
and white students to participate in
activities together and said white
fraternities and sororities should
admit blacks.
In his speech, Abernathy de­scribed
racism as "the greatest
disease in America today." He also
said, "We must destroy racism if
America is to live."
During his speech Abernathy
also addressed many problems
which he said faced both blacks
and the poor.
He cited the impact of the Bakke
Supreme Court Case and said
affirmative action programs were
a means to let minorities "catch
up."
"The struggle is no longer be­tween
blacks and whites, but be-tween
the have's and have not's,"
he said.
Abernathy described America as
having a "double standard of liv­ing"
and said the poor struggling to
survive have too high a share of the
"tax load."
He said vital social programs are
being cut today while military
spending is increasing. "We don't
need any more bombs," said
Abernathy.
Abernathy concluded his speech
reading from a letter he said he
received from a white racist who
said all blacks should "go back to
Africa."
Abernathy responded to the let­ter
saying, "Until the whites go
back to Europe and leave America
to the Indians, blacks are going to
stay. We are going to build one
nation, build one society, build one
people."
Following his speech, Abernathy
answered questions from the small
crowd that remained, and said he
believes blacks have become
"complacent" in their struggle for
equality with whites.
He cited the fewer number of
blacks in elected political offices,
particularly at the national level,
as evidence to his belief that blacks
are "losing ground."
Student questions legality
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By Marian Peden
Plainsman Staff Writer
Last quarter, Food Services
stopped its traditional seconds
policy on meat at campus cafe­terias,
and Sue Karamanian, 3EC,
among other meal contract cus­tomers,
wondered why.
Karamanian thinks altering the
seconds policy in mid-quarter is an
illegal violation of contract, and
said Tuesday that she would con­sult
Montgomery lawyers and
"consumer action groups" on the
issue.
Meal contracts do not mention
the unlimited seconds policy, but
Karamanian said the policy, be­cause
of past practice, was implied
in the contract and accepted by
custom.
She added that a local attorney
called the policy an example of
"definition through implication."
Mention of unlimited seconds is
implied in the University Bulletin
under Food Service, which states
that the Lite-Diner's plan does not
include seconds.
An attempt to sue Food Services,
if undertaken, would probably in­volve
suing the state, however,
since the meal contract is stamped
with the Auburn University seal.
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IheAuburn Plainsman Thursday, March 1,1979 A-8
Academic statuses may
change with 4.0 system
By Tammy Klncaid
Plainsman Staff Writer
Some Auburn students may find
themselves with worse academic
statuses beginning fall quarter.
The 4.0 system will be enstated,
and new requirements will also be
enforced for academic probation
and suspension, said Dr. Wilbur A.
Tincher, dean of Student Services.
The present requirements on the
3.0 system are 13 or more deficient
grade points for academic proba­tion
and 22 or more deficient grade
points for academic suspension.
Those requirements will be replac­ed
by 19 or more for academic
probation and 34 or more for
academic suspension on the 4.0
system.
The number of class hours at­tempted
exceeding the number of
grade credits earned is the defi­cient
grade point count.
No student would be placed on
suspension fall quarter, but some
students could be placed on aca­demic
probation said Tincher.
Tincher said the change in re­quirements
for probation and sus­pension
was a request from the
University Senate, which asked
that the necessary conversions be
made to meet the change to a 4.0
system.
Tincher said considerable
research was done by Tom A.
Stallworth, registrar for Auburn
University, and presented to him
for review.
The adminstration studied sev­eral
things: the systems of other
universities, the statistics of the
number of students on probation
and suspension during spring and
summer quarter of 1978 and how
the system would affect those
rates. Tincher said, "Four
thousand students would have
lower grade point averages and
those most affected would be
students with failures in a subject,
especially juniors and seniors."
These upperclassmen will be
taken into consideration, however,
because the new regulations are"
"like changing the rules in the
middle of the game," Tincher said.
The final step for the new stand­ards
was a presentation to the
academic deans, who ruled the
change be "reasonable," Tincher
said.
Beginning fall quarter, Tincher
noted Auburn University will be
"hard to get into and hard to stay
in."
Finals Schedule
Date
Monday, March 12
Class Hour
9 a.m.
7 a.m.
lp.m.
Special Examination Period and Special English
Compostion & Literature Exams (See II., above)
Tuesday, March 13 11a.m.
12 noon
4p.m.
Special Examination Period and Special World
History Exams
Wednesday, March 14 8 a.m.
2 p.m.
7 p.m.
Special Examination Period
Thursday, March 15
3p.m.
5 p.m.
Special Examination Period
10 a.m.
Exam Time
9-11:30 a.m.
1-3:30 p.m.
3:40-6:10 p.m.
7-9:30p.m.
9-11:30 a.m.
1-3:30 p.m.
3:40-6:10 p.m.
7-9:30 p.m.
9-11:30 a.m.
1-3:30 p.m.
3:40-6:10p.m.
7-9:30 p.m.
9-11:30 a.m.
1-3:30 p.m.
3:40-6:10p.m.
7-9:30 p.m.
E Day
..Engineering Week at Auburn
ended with Friday's structures
contest, egg drop and airplant
throwing contest. Students also
explained models, left, observed
activities, middle, and flew plans
during the week's activities. Gov.
Fob James also visited the campus
for an initiation last Thursday into
Tau Beta Pi honorary.
Photos by
Gordon Bugg
Engineers honored
Outstanding engineering
students and faculty were announc­ed
at the Engineers Honors
Banquet last Thursday, as were six
organization-award recipients.
Outstanding faculty awards,
chosen by students, were presented
to Richard Sforzini, aerospace;
Elmo Renoll, agricultural; Andrew
Hsu, chemical; David Parr, civil;
Tom Shumpert, electrical; Grady
Cox, industrial; Roy Wilcox, mech­anical;
and Warren Perkins,
textile.
Outstanding student awards,
chosen by faculty, were presented
to Bob Dynan, aerospace; Jim
Burns, agricultural; Deborah
Schmitz, chemical; Gary Gray,
civil; Mark Vanstrum, electrical;
Sue Carver, industrial; Kent
Misegades, mechanical; and
Charles Gettys, textile.
The Alabama Society of Profes­sional
Engineers presented its out­standing
student award to Deborah
Schmitz and its outstanding young
engineer award to assocaite pro­fessor
Dave kerns, of electrical
engineering.
The John Hager student award
for mining went to David Fagg,
and the Fred Pumphrey pre-engineering
award went to Ken
Goodman.
Gary Gray was named the
Student Engineering Council's out­standing
graduate for this quarter.
New study ties exercise
with school performance
Briefly
A look at the news away from the plains
ByMikeParekh
Plainsman Staff Writer
President Jimmy Carter
called on China to undertake "a
speedy withdrawal" from Viet­nam
Tuesday in a message
given to the Chinese leaders by
Treasury Secretary Blumen-thal
in Peking.
It was the bluntest statement
to date of U.S. opposition to the
war.
Blumenthal was in China for
trade talks and to preside over
the opening of the U.S. Em­bassy
in Peking today.
In spite of the blunt state­ment,
intelligence sources in
Bangkok, Thailand, noted that
the Chinese showed no signs of
withdrawal after 12 days of
fighting.
Although they claim in­tentions
of withdrawal soon,
they were reported reinforcing
their troops in some frontier
areas Tuesday, including Lang
Son, Vietnam.
Meanwhile, Chinese Vice-
Premier Teng Hsiao Ping said
in reply to Carter's statement
that the fighting in Vietnam is
Would you draw a hobbit for $100?
only for a limited period of
time.
Chinese reports have said
that Vietnam has staged re­peated
incursions across the
Vietnamese northeast border
and gone up to 15 miles into
China. The new official Chinese
agency said that the Vietnam­ese
were forced back, and that
68 Vietnamese died.
Vietnam, meanwhile, said
bitter fighting raged 15 miles
inside its territory along the
Red River, which is a key route
to Hanoi, the capital of Viet­nam.
Meanwhile, the Soviet Union
had some harsh words for the
United States Monday,
accusing the United States of
encouraging China to set up its
war with Vietnam.
Pravda, the official news­paper
of the Soviet Communist
Party, called the current visit
of Blumenthal to Peking a
gesture of encouragement to
the Chinese.
The paper also had some
words for China. It said that
China's invasion of Vietnam is
"an indication of Peking's ir­responsible
attitude to the
destinies of the world and of the
criminal ease with which the
Chinese leadership has re­course
to arms."
By Donna Tracy
Plainsman Staff Writer
Can physical fitness affect a
student's academic performance?
"Results of recent studies have
shown a positive relationship be­tween
increased physical fitness,
increased mental functioning and
psychological well-being through
regular exercise," said Dr. James
Hilyer, assistant professor of
counselor education.
' 'Regular exercise is training the
body. The training effect has
shown to stimulate mental aware­ness,
to reduce anxiety, tension
and depression," said Hilyer.
Regular exercise, he said, also
trains the body in flexibility,
strength and endurance.
Hilyer quoted a recent study that
showed that resonable amounts of
exercise improved student's men­tal
performance on tests, which
rely heavily on short term
memory.
"Studies have shown that stu­dent
who are physically fit by a
pre-determined measure perform
. better and have better grade point
averages," he said, adding that the
physically fit student develops en­durance
and works better under
stress.
Exercise, said Hilyer, can also
affect a persons "self-concept." "It
makes you look better. Tou have
more energy, you're healthier and
more mentally alert."
Hilyer encourages students to
take advantage of Auburn's physi­cal
education facilities. "We have
excellent facilities," he said,
adding that future programs are
being developed for students.
Dennis Wilson, associate profes­sor
of health and physical educa­tion,
said that besides having a
physical, a student should learn
some basics, such as warming up
before exercising.
"It is important to warm-up
before any intense excercising for
your heart's sake, said Wilson. "A
person should spend as much time
stretching before and after exercis­ing
as he does during the actual
exercising."
Students, he said, should learn to
take their pulse while exercising.
"The sustained pulse rate
during, exercising should be 60 to
85 percent of the heart rate range,
or about from 120 to 170 beats per
minutes for a 20-year-old.
What type of exercise? Wilson
said any kind of exercise that
requires a person to use the large
muscle groups is good for fitness
programs, such as jogging,
swimming, jumping rope and
bicycling.
A student he said, should exer­cise
15 to 60 minutes, three to five
times a week. "A student should
make exercise part of the daily
routine, such as brushing your
teeth or combing your hair,"
Wilson said.
Another important point for
healthy exercising, he noted, is
cooling off progressively. Wilson
said students should walk or do
some stretching exercise to cool-off
slowly and allow the heart rate to
slow down.
He said it is also important to
replace body fluids perspired
during exercising, especially in hot
weather, and advised students to
wear a hat when jogging in cold
weather to retain body heat.
A ward-winning photos
to be displayed today
A $100 commission will be
awarded to the winner of the Beaux
Arts Ball poster competition,
which is open to all students this
week.
Students should submit a two-color,
ll-inch-by-17-inch poster
design to 309 Dudley Hall by March
8 at 4 p.m., and also a two-color,
41 / 4-inch-by 17 -/ 8-inch ticket
design.
The theme for the designs, and
the Ball, is J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord
of the Rings" and "The Hobbit."
The poster should include the
phrases "Beaux Arts Ball" and
"costume required!" and the date
of the Ball, May 12.
For more information, students
should call the Architecture De­partment
office or Don Hughes at
826-4516.
Award winning photographs
from the recent Industrial De­signers
Society photo contest will
be displayed today only from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. in 104 Biggin Hall.
Color photo winners included
Rick Helmke, Mike Macon, Read
Heath and Kent Smith.
Black and white winners in­cluded
Henry Parker, Harriet
Ecloud, Frank Pierce, David
Rhinehart and Lynne Wells.
Honorable mentions went to Glen
Boyd, Barbara Kemp, Mitzi
Shariett, Gordon Bugg, Mike
Macon, Kent Smith, Mark Hauser,
Frank Pierce, David Rhinehart
and Chavawn Woodall.
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The Aubum Plainsman Thursday, March 1,1979 A 10
Generic drugs spark pharmaceutical debate
By Cheryl Payton
Plainsman Staff writer
A proposed federal law allowing
pharmacists to sell lower-priced
generic drugs instead of brand
name products could save con­sumers
a lot of money, but accord­ing
to some pharmacists, custo­mers
might be trading less money
for an inferior product.
In an effort to encourage phar­macists
to dispense the lower-priced
drugs, the Food and Drug
Administration published a list of
5,000 prescription drugs it found
safe and effective. Forty percent of
those drugs were listed as generic
versions that are medically equiva­lent
to their brand-name counter­parts.
According to a professor in the
pharmacy school, the FDA sent
requests to the generic-producing
companies for bioavailability
studies on the 2,000 drugs and only
received test results on two. With­out
test results on the drugs listed
"safe and effective" the FDA
accepted the drugs and published
them in reports.
Ab St. John, a registered phar­macist
and graduate student in
pharmocology, said as a general
rule generic drugs are about 25 to
50 percent less expensive than
brand-name drugs.
St. John said, "In Alabama there
is an anti-substitution law which
says a pharmacist must dispense
the drug prescribed by the physi­cian.
However, if the doctor pre­scribes
the scientific name for a
drug, it is left up to the pharmacist
to make the decision on what drug
to dispense."
According to St. John, in states
where there is r o anti-substitution
law, Medicaid requires the phar­macist
to dispense cheaper drugs if
the prescription says generic.
In some cases, the generic drug
may be just as good as the
brand-name because a manufac­turer
may make the basic drug
used in both and sell it to other
companies, St. John said.
"To me, my health is of para­mount
importance. If a cheaper
generic drug is found to be even
slightly inferior to a more expen­sive
brand-name drug, I would
prefer to use the brand-name," he
said.
Dr. C. Larry Thomasson, asso­ciate
professor of clinical phar­macy
and a registered pharmacist,
said the best method of comparison
is a biovialabiblity study.
Frank J. Crisona, a graduate
student in pharmocology, worked
for a year at Biometric Testing
Inc., EnglewoodCliffs, N.J.,,where
bioavailability studies were con­ducted
on human subjects to test
generic drugs against brand-name
counterparts.
He said that a bioavailability
study was measuring, over a time
span, the concentration of a drug in
the blood, usually from a single
dose of the drug.
Crisona said a human test sub­ject
would be given a single dose of
the generic drug or a dose of the
brand-name drug. The brand-name
drug is used in the test as the
standard of comparison for the
generic drug.
At varying time intervals, usu­ally
every half hour, a blood
sample is taken. The sample is
analyzed for drug concentration in
the blood. About a week later, the
same test subject will return and
be given a single dose of the other
drug which he did not receive the
previous week. The same steps are
repeated, Crisona said.
According to him, approximately
24 test subjects are used and a
variability of drug actions in indi­viduals
is taken into account so as
to accurately predict how close the
two drugs are.
The FDA will accept the testing
of one batch of a drug. The batch
tested isn't required to be from a
production line. There are times
when the drug is tested from a pilot
line (a step-down model of a
production line usually a small
number of pills, to see if the drug
will work in full-scale production).
A follow-up test is not required on
the production line products,
Thomasson said.
Most large companies which
produce brand-name drugs have a
high degree of quality control on
their products, he said. If the
government required the same
quality tests to be made, the price
of brand-name and generic drugs
would be about the same. The FDA
has set a minimum degree of
quality and the generic companies
do not usually exceed these stan­dards
like the brand-name drug
companies, Thomasson said.
Generic drugs can be cheaper,
but there is one drawback to the
new law which would allow a
pharmacist to sell the cheaper
generic for the same price as the
brand-name and keep the profit.
Sneakin' in
The idea of enjoying a beautiful afternoon at
Chewacla State Park is an attractive idea to many
Auburn students. But the idea of paying 25 cents to
enter the park is not so attractive. The men pictured
are only four of many Auburn students who resort to
"sneaking" into the state park without paying.
Campus Calendar
STUDENT DIETETIC AS­SOCIATION-The
Student Dietetic Association,
in cooperation with the American
National Red Cross, will sponsor
an 8-hour CPR course, to be held on
Saturday, March 31 from 9 a.m.-l
p.m. and Sunday, April 1 from 1-5
p.m.
The sessions will be held in Foy
Union 213, and there is a 50 cent
charge. Interested persons may
call Betsy Wilson at 826-6973.
AGRONOMY CLUB-Dr.
Don Davis, professor of botony
and vice president of the Weed
Science Society of America will
speak of herbicides at Tuesday's 7
p.m. meeting n Funchess 247.
SCHEDULE DISTRIBUTION
AND FEE PAYMENT FOR
SPRING QUARTER-Spring
schedules must be picked
up March 5-8 from 9 a.m.-noon or
1-4 p.m. All schedules not picked up
will be canceled.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-Applications
are available from
the foreign student advisor for this
years Summer Crossroads pro­gram.
Crossroads is a week-long
program which offers foreign stu­dents
an opportunity to meet with
American and other international
students.
Participants will live with local
residents in Colorado Springs,
Colo., meet with community
leaders and sightsee in Denver, the
capital of Colorado.
To be eligible one must be a
graduate student planning to
return home no later than May
1980. Applications are due by April
9.
AUBURN JET SKI CLUB-Anyone
owning and or having
access to a jet ski is invited to a
get-together meeting. Those inter­ested
should call Tommy McDaniel
at 821-8117.
HPR MAJORS -
All HPR, HPE majors and faculty
are invited to a meeting Tuesday at
7 p.m., in the Foy Union building.
WATER SKI CLUB-Any
interested water skiers are
invited to Auburn Water Ski Club
meeting Tuesday at 6 :30 p.m. in
Foy Union 325.
CAMPUS GIRL SCOUTS-Any
interested persons are invited
to attend the Tuesday meetings of
Campus Girl Scouts at 8 p.m. in
Thach 106.
ALPHA ZETA-Regular
meetings of Alpha Zeta
are held on the first and third
Mondays of every month at 7:00
p.m. in Funchess 160.
SIGMA DELTA CHI-The
Society of Professional Jour­nalists,
Sigma Delta Chi, is going
on a trip to Montgomery to the
WSFA-TV studio to watch the
broadcast of the 5 p.m. news show.
All persons interested in going
should meet in Jack Simms' office,
Haley 8095, today at 3:45 p.m.
STUDY-PARTNER PROGRAM-The
Study-Partner Program offers
free study help in several subjects
each week Sunday through Thurs­day
evenings at three on-campus
locations. Call 826-4744, or come by
Mell Hall for a detailed schedule.
Forum events listed
The last two FORUM events of the
quarter will be held March 8.
The Student Debate Council will
present "The AU Speech Cham­pions
Showcase" at 3 p.m. in 2370
Haley Center, reading speeches
and poetry that have won honors in
speech competitions.
State Sen. Ted Little will speak at
7:30 p. m. in 2116 Haley Center at a
Society of Professional Journalists'
meeting for the quarter's last
event.
Students needing only one more
event of the seven required should
attend the 3 p.m. event, said
FORUM Director Rick Harmon,
because there may be a shortage of
seats for Little's speech.
Auction held
A benefit auction for the
Alabama Sheriffs' Boys and Girls
Ranches will be held Sturday at 7
p.m. in the Army ROTC hangar.
The auction will include a yacht
and other merchandise donated by
state merchants and Auburn
fraternity and sorority members.
CAMPUS MINISTERS
ASSOCIATION-The
"Bread for the World" Wed­nesday
lunch program ends this
week with Dr. James Stallings of
the Department of Agricultural
Economics speaking on "A 15-Min-ute
Insight Into Foreign Aid." A
lunch of soup and crackers will be
served for 75 cents at noon at the
Presbyterian University Center on
East Thach.
EPISCOPAL COLLEGE
CENTER-A
new evening prayer service will
begin this Sunday and will contin­ue
every Sunday thereafter, at 6:15
p.m., in the chapel of the Episcopal
College Center at 136 E. Magnolia
Ave.
SOCIETY OF WOMEN
ENGINEERS-Gwen
Gilliland from Corning Glass
Works will speak on her work
experience with the Corning Cor­poration
at a through-the-line din­ner
Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Foy
Union 203.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS-All
IE students and interested
persons are invited to tonight's 7
p.m., meeting in Shop Building 112.
Dr. Dan Goulet will speak on "A
Simply Constructed, User-Oriented
Computer Language."
A.U. CHESS CLUB-The
winter quarter chess cham­pionship
will begin Sunday in 356
Foy Union. Faculty, students and
staff are invited to participate.
There is a $3.50 charge for Chess
Club members and $4.50 for non-members.
Registration will be at
tonight's regular meeting and from
10:30-11 a.m., Sunday. The time
control is 40 moves in one hour.
SIERRA CLUB-The
Sierra Club will meet Tuesday
at 7:30 p.m. in Swingle Hall 303.
ARMY R.O.T.C.-
The Army ROTC Is sponsoring a
car wash for $1.50 per car Satur­day,
March 10, at the Saco Service
Station on the Opelika Highway
from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
ALPHA EPSILON DELTA,
PRE HEALTH HONORARY-Dr.
James Strickland, an osteopath
from Atlanta, Ga., will be the guest
speaker at Tuesday's 7 p.m. meet­ing.
All students interested in a
health career are invited to the
meeting in Haley Center 3195. The
induction of new officers will also
take place at this meeting.
AUBURN UNIVERSITY YARD-BIRDS
JAZZ ENSEMBLE-The
Yardbirds will give a concert
tonight at 7:30 in the Union Ball­room.
An admission will be
charged to help sponsor a tour over
spring break.
BLOCK AND BRIDLE -
There will be a meeting of the
Block and Bridle club tonight at 7
in AH 203. There will also be a bull
sale tomorrow at 9 a.m., at the
livestock pavillion on Donahue
Drive.
FEES-Student
fees for spring quarter
should be paid Monday through
next Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. in Memorial Coliseum.
CHEERLEADER-Students
interested in trying out
for the cheerleader squad should
attend an orientation meeting April
2 at 7 p.m. in 246 Foy Union.
Tryouts will by April 16 to 18 at 4
p.m. in Memorial Coliseum.
MASKENBALL-The
Auburn German Club will i
sponsor a costume ball Friday }
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Village !
Mall Recreation Center. !
FLEA MARKET-The
Lee County Red Cross will
sponsor a benefit flea market
Saturday at the Army Reserve,
2001 Pepperell Parkway, Opelika,
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
SCHOLARSHIP-Applications
for a $400 scholarship
open to all co-eds are available at
Dorm G and the Social Center. The
deadline for applying is March 6.
Students wanting more informa­tion
should call Kay Upton at
826-6978.
AUTOCROSS-An
autocross sponsored by the
, Sports Car Club of America will
begin Sunday at 1 p.m. from
Midway Plaza. Registration begins
at 11 a.m., and will be free to
first-timers and $5 for veterans.
Call Jim Godfrey at 887-5028 for
more information.
SCIENCE FICTION AND FAN­TASY
SOCIETY -
All interested persons are invited
to the regular meeting of Auburn's
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Society Sunday, 8 p.m., in Foy
Union 326. A program will be
presented on the current advances
in nuclear fusion by Dr. Raymond
Askew of the physics department.
All Campus Calendars must be
turned in by 5 p.m., Monday to
appear in Thursday's newspaper.
Please keep this deadline in mind
so that your notice will not be left
out.
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The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, March 1,1979
Tigers, 2-0, host Rebels
By Chuck Anschutz
Sports Editor
With two wins under its belt
already, the Auburn baseball team
goes after its first SEC victory
tomorrow against the Ole Miss
Rebels.
The first game of a double-header
with Mississippi will begin
at 1 p.m. at Plainsman Park. On
Saturday the Rebels and Tigers
will battle again at 2 p.m.
Ole Miss will bring to the Plains a
team similar to Auburn's—power­ful
hitting with young pitching.
The Rebels finished third in the
Western Division of the SEC last
season and tallied a 27-21 overall
record.
Mississippi had its first game of
the season, set for Sunday, can­celed
because of the weather. So
the Auburn game will be its first
contest.
"We have the biggest and
toughest schedule we've ever
had," said Rebel Coach Jake Gibbs
about the '79 season. "And Auburn,
with almost everybody coming
back, is the team to beat."
Without a senior on the starting
pitching staff, the Rebels will
depend heavily on a proven offen­sive
attack led by All-SEC third
baseman Mike Pomeranz.
Pomperanz, a co-captain on this
year's squad, hit .333 to lead last
year's team and played solid de­fense.
Ronnie Russell, the other co-captain,
heads a powerful hitting,
all-senior outfield which includes
Joe Rizzo and Mike Templeton
(.289). Templeton also led the team
in home runs with 11.
Shortstop Marty McDermitt, a
senior, is another offensive-defen­sive
threat to the Tigers.
McDermitt belted 10 homers and
swatted a cool .313 while having a
good year defensively.
Sophomore Billy Pickering, an
All-West player after only starting
the second half of the season,
anchors the catching corps.
Pickering, another defensive
standout, hit .310 as a freshman.
Cliff Ford (.224) and sophomore
Mike Sum merlin (.251) round out
the starting line up for Ole Miss at
first and second base.
The pitching staff is anchored by
junior Jeff Calhoun, who will start
one of the games against Auburn
and junior Toby Turner. Turner
was 1-0 last season while Calhoun
finished 7-5.
The Tigers will continue their
home stand with a single game
against Western Kentucky at 2
p.m. March 8 and a two-game set
against Clemson on March 10 and
11.
Admission is free to the home
games for students with student
I.D.
Victory
Pinch runner Dan Weingarten crosses the plate for
the winning run against Middle Tennessee State, after
a wild pitch was thrown by opposing pitcher Bill
Brantner. The game was played last Monday in
Auburn's Plainsman Park and the Tigers won the
Or Auburn gets a chance
battle by a score of 6-5. On Tuesday, the Tigers again
won a baseball game against Georgia State. Auburn is
now undefeated in two non-Southeastern Conference
games.
Tournament a plus for
By Chuck Anschutz
Sport Editor
At this time the Auburn basket-in
the SEC tournament. Even
with a kiss, however, the tourna­ment
is to Auburn's advantage. In this
The SEC plays one of the fullest
ball team has either lest to schedules of any conference in the C O I T 1 6r
Vanderbilt or won and moved on nation.
Seven athletes leave
Sewell Dormitories
By Barry Webne
Assistant Sports Editor
Seven Auburn University foot­ball
players were removed from
Sewell Hall, the athletic dormitory,
last week for reasons ranging from
visitation violations to poor class
attendance.
Banks shot
Auburn's Earl Banks goes up for two points against Georgia last
Thursday. Auburn wou the game be a score of 73-68. The Tigers finished
the regular season last week and are now involved in the Southeastern
Conference Basketball Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. Banks was high
rebounder for Auburn in the Georgia game. The contest was played in
Auburn's Memorial Coliseum.
Red Rooster
Wrestler Gardner takes tourney MVP
By Ed Moore
Plainsman Sports writer
Five...four...three...two...one,
the horn sounded and Chris
Gardner stood up, his fist clinched
in victory.
His coaches, teammates and
fans rushed to congratulate him.
They were cheering and yelling,
"Way to go Chris, all right Chris."
Minutes later the announcement
came over the public address
system, "Ladies and gentlemen.
The Outstanding Wrestler in this
year's SEC tournament, is heavy­weight
Chris Gardner, Auburn
University."
"The cheering resumed as
Gardner received congratulations
from his team.
Gardner had just defeated
George Atiyeh of LSU, the fifth
ranked heavy-weight in the nation,
to become the SEC heavy-weight
champion.
"Did you see that?" his coach,
Tom Milkovich asked. "He cleaned
his clock. He almost had the guy
shut out, he should have."
The score was 12-3. It was no
contest.
"Maybe he thought it would be
easy," Gardner said. "I had him
before he knew it."
About the award, Gardner said,
"I still don't know if I deserved it. I
didn't expect it."
Gardner, nicknamed "Red
Rooster" because his red hair
stands on end at practice, is 18-4
and ranked eighth nationally.
Teammate Mark Snider said,
"Chris came out of nowhere."
And that he did. He was 10-9 as a
sophomore and 0-7 as a freshman.
Gardner credits his success to
Milkovich.
"I didn't do well until he came,"
he said. "He made me into a
wrestler, that's for sure."
Milkovich has nothing but praise
for his pupil. "He has a heart
bigger than anybody," he said.
"He's what coaches look for. If I
had 10 Chris Gardners, I'd never
lose."
Tigers beat Vandy
Auburn University never trailed as
the Tigers took a first round SEC
tournament victory over Vanderbilt
last night, 59-53.
Auburn was paced by big center
Bobby Cattage (14 points) and guard
Bubba Price (13 points) as the Tigers
avenged two losses to Vandy during
the regular season.
The Tigers scored first when
Cattage grabbed the first rebound
and fed the ball to Price who hit a
baseline jump shot. Almost two
minutes later the Commodores Greg
Fuller tied the game at two all.
The trend in the first half was poor
shooting on both sides but Auburn led
at the break 29-22. Vandy shot only 32
percent from the floor in the first
period while Aubum hit 42 percent.
Shooting improved in the second
period as Aubum jumped out to an 11
point lead early in the second half.
But with 6:40 left in the game Vandy*s
Charles Davis (high man for Vandy
with 16 points) scored to pull
Vanderbilt within one.
Then forward Rich Valavicius,
Cattage, guard Eric Stringer and
Price, keyed by a well executed high
stack delayed offense, teamed to pull
Aubum away in the final minutes of
play.
In afternoon games yesterday
Georgia upset Mississippi State 75-
72, Kentucky topped Ole Miss 82-77
and Alabama defeated Florida 81-64.
The Tigers take on Georgia (twice
beaten by Aubum this season) at 8
p.m. tonight.
Gardner thinks his chances of
placing at the national tournament
are good.
"I hope I do as well as the
coaches think I will," he said. My
losses seem to come in pairs. If I
get to the semi-finals I'll be all
right. I have a good shot to place in
the top 10."
Before his match against Atiyeh,
Gardner was in a corner by him­self,
walking in circles.
"I try not to be nervous, but
sometimes I am," he said. "I try to
keep real calm before a match."
Gardner stands 6-feet-4-inches
and weights 230 pounds. However,
compared to other heavy-weights,
he's not big.
"I'm about the same size as
everyone else. They're all about
my size," he said, "except for a
guy at Chatanooga. He weighs 380
pounds. He got on top of me one
time when I was on my back. I
don't know how I got him off."
He is bigger than the other
wrestlers at Auburn, though. "I
outsize everyone here. Sometimes
I work out with football players,"
he said. "If you know anyone big
who wants to wrestle, send him to
practice."
Gardner is a junior majoring in
electrical engineering. The Signal
Mountain, Tenn., native is on a
partial scholarship, but is hoping
for an increase next year.
He is also looking forward to the
team's chances next year. "This
year we kept getting better and
better. We wrestled as a team. We
started working after that first loss
to UTC," he said. "Next season
we're losing some good people, but
we will be able to fill in some
spots."
Gardner credited practice for a
lot of his success. "Practice
couldn't be much better," he said.
"Practice has helped me. Tom
Milkovich came up with a game
plan, and he sticks to it."
Whether he is pursuing his hob­bies
of eating and sleeping, or is
wrestling or studying, Chris
Gardner does it well.
The seven players which in­clude
Freddie Smith, a junior
linebacker; James Brooks, a
sophomore running back; Zac
Hardy, a sophomore defensive
end; Joe Cribbs, a junior running
back; Marvin Williams, a sopho­more
noseguard; Charles Wood, a
junior defensive end; and Jimmy
Lyon, a freshman lineman, were
given rooms in Magnolia Dormi­tory,
and given meal plans at the
cafeterias.
Auburn's director of recruting,
Joe Connally said, "I don't know
the details, the players were just
moved over for disciplinary
reasons. It doesn't involve me."
One of the seven players, who
wished to have his name with­held
said, "I got into trouble for
missing classes, the others got into
trouble for other reasons.
"I missed a few classes and they
assigned me to a study hall at
Sewell Hall, I missed the study hall
and they moved me over to Magno­lia.
They told me not to come back
here until I was right."
The football player said he did
not blame the people in charge of
discipline. He said he deserved the
punishment he received.
The same player also said he
liked the food. He said the people in
the complex were nice also.
Because of this, some coaches
feel that either the tournament of
the 18-game schedule isn't neces­sary,
or beneficial. I disagree.
SEC basketball is improving as
this season progresses. There
really wasn't a weak team in the
conference. Yet SEC schools
cannot boast impressive records as
some other conference teams can. •
Playing 18 conference games
(each school playing each other
twice) insures upsets. Sure it does.
But what is the purpose of a
conference schedule? It's not to
make it easy on the better teams.
The goal of the ACC (which has a
much lighter conference schedule)
may be meant to create impressive
records. I hope that SEC execu­tives
won't set that as a goal.
The SEC schedule is rough. Of
course it is. But we should be proud
of that. We can honestly say that
we have a champion in LSU.
Does that mean that the SEC
should not have a tournament? I
don't think so.
In a conference that has so many
talented teams, it is exciting to see
an added tournament where
another team can earn the right to
be called champion.
No, this won't take away from
LSU in my mind, even if they lose
their first game in the tournament.
Look at it this way. Without the
tournament, who would still be
interested in Auburn basketball?
Ticket sales would be down. And
chances are the team would not be
able to get up mentally for their
last two games as easily.
When you're doomed to the
bottom half of the conference
standings, you don't play as well.
When you have a tournament, a
chance to be at the top of the list
and a chance to go to NCAA
tournament, you work on your
weak spots and try to improve.
Auburn beat Georgia and lost to
Tennessee in a close, exciting
game. Without the tournament, I
doubt Auburn could have played as
well.
Kentucky coach Joe Hall said he
didn't need or want the tourna­ment.
He never did.
But the Cats, whose momentum
picked up towards the end of the
season, are just the type team that
wins these things.
Auburn, win or not this year,
under Sonny Smith appears to be
another team that can improve as
a season wears on.
I think the Tigers of the future
will benefit from this arrangement.
AU track team storms SEC meet
By Kevin O'Keefe
Plainsman Sportswriter
The performance of the AU track
team at last weekend's SEC Indoor
Track and Field Championships in
Montgomery exceeded the hopes of
Head Track Coach Mel Rosen and
answered a solemn plea from the
father of a late teammate.
Both actions, unrelated as they
may be, led the Auburn University
tracksters to their third consecu­tive
indoor conference crown, as
the squad amassed a total of 137
1/2 points, 30 more than runner-up
Tennessee.
"We can place in every event but
the pole vault," Coach Rosen said
on numerous occasions before the
two-day championship.
But the Auburn track mentor's
highest hopes were surpassed
when the Tigers' winning tabula­tion
indicated they had placed in
every event they competed in,
including, yes, the pole vault.
And on Friday, Norman Fritz Sr.
of Pensacola, Fla., asked the team
to achieve their year-long goal of
winning the SEC title despite the
tragic death of his son, AU tracks-ter,
Norman, the previous after­noon.
The War Eagles unanimously
elected to dedicate their perform­ance
and team placing to Norman,
and while in Pensacola on Monday
presented Mr. and Mrs. Fritz with
their heartfelt respects and their
championship trophy.
Auburn had collected a total of
five first places, four second
places, three thirds, a pair of
fourths, three fifth-place finishes
and four sixth-place marks to
become the first SEC champions
from Auburn this school year.
The Tigers' senior co-captain
and Ail-American Harvey Glance
was presented the Outstanding
Athlete of the Meet award, by
virtue of first-place finishes in both
the 60-yard dash and the long jump
events.
Glance sailed to a 25-foot-7-inch
measurement in the long jump to
defend his 1978 indoor title. He
later jumped to an early lead In the
60-yard dash final, and went on to
beat a star-studded field, clinching
the meet's most impressive award.
If an award was given to the
SEC's most enduring athlete,
Auburn freshman Tom Graves
would have undoubtedly received
the prize. The cross-country All-
American raced to an impressive
8:49 winning effort to the two-mile
run Saturday afternoon, and the
next afternoon he covered one mile
on the Garrett Coliseum track in
4:07, posting a second place finish
in the process.
Auburn's James Walker rolled to
an exciting victory in the 60-yard
high hurdles Sunday afternoon.
Walker's 7.28 clocking assured the
Tigers' senior co-captain of his
fourth straight SEC indoor hurdle
crown.
Walker also nailed down a third-place
mark in the 440-yard dash.
After battling a serious cold all
week, Bob Hicks warmed up and
then got hot as the War Eagle
sophomore flew to a 2:10.5 upset
victory in the 1000-yard run. Hicks
came from behind to beat a classy
field that included the 1978 indoor
champion and runner-up of the
event. .
Hicks was also a member of the
runner-up two-mile relay team, as
were John Tuttle, Theodis Abston,
and Joe Franklin. Tennessee was
victorious in the 4 x 880 gathering
with a 7:32.5 clocking. The Auburn
foursome was timed in 7:39.4.
The Tigers' picked up their last
first-place finish of the meet from
senior Joe Franklin in the 880, as he
nosed out teammate Theodis
See TRACK, page B-S
The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, March 1,1979 B2
Auburn, Tennessee favored
SEC swim tourney set
Auburn will be Tennessee's chief
challenger In the 38th annual SEC
swimming and diviner meet which
begins today in Knoxville, Tn.
The meet will feature four of the
top seven teams from last year's
NCAA championships.
The Vols are favored to take
their eighth consecutive swimming
crown but Florida and Alabama,
along with Auburn, are expected to
provide Tennessee with a stiff
challenge.
In last year's meet at Auburn,
Tennessee scored 525 points to
out-distance Auburn's 368 points.
The Vols and the Tigers finished
first and second respectively in the
NCAA championships last year
while Alabama finished seventh
and Florida finished sixth.
Pacing the Vols this season is
Andy Coan (top scorer at last
year's meet), John Newton, John
Ebuna, Matt Vogal, Kent Martin
and Marc Foreman. Ebuna has the
fastest SEC time in the 50 free
(20.69) and Coan was the fastest in
the 100 free (44.57).
Florida is strong behind the
talents of David Larson, fastest in
the 500 free (4:27.89) and in the 200
free (1:38.45).
Alabama needs strong perform­ances
from Mark Tonelli, Kevin
Mills, Bill Neville and Carlos Ber-rocal
to make a bid for the title.
The War Eagles will threaten
with top swimmers Rick Morley in
the 1000 free and David Messer in
the 200 breast.
The Tigers will also depend on
Rowdy Gaines and David McCagg.
Tigers split two home games
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Photography: Btuos Hyer
...SAFE
DH Steve Renfroe slides into third against Georgia State
A U baseball team wins twice
The Auburn baseball team
opened the 1979 season on a
winning note at Plainsman Park
Monday afternoon, coming from
behind in the bottom on the ninth
inning to beat Middle Tennessee
6-5.
The Tigers came back Tuesday
to win again, over Georgia State,
7-5.
Senior catcher Tim Rowell hit a
three-run homer with two outs in
the bottom of the sixth inning
Tuesday to lead Auburn over
Georgia State.
Rowell's home run was the first
of the seaon for Auburn and topped
a four-run inning that allowed
Auburn to erase a one-point lead by
Georgia State. Auburn's season
record is now 2-0 while the
Panthers fall to 0-1.
Georgia State was playing its
first game in the history of the
school as this is the first year they
have decided to field a team. The
Panthers, led by first baseman
Carl Buchannan and shortstop Don
Stanford, scored two runs in the
fourth inning and another in the
fifth to lead Auburn 4-2 at one point
in the game before the Tigers made
their comeback.
Buchannan was three for four
with two doubles, a single and two
RBIs while Stanford went two for
four with a double, a single and two
more RBIs.
Center fielder Robert Sorrell,
second baseman J.B. Brown and
right fielder Bo Fucci each had two
hits for Auburn, while shortstop
Pat Keedy added a triple.
Senior Lynn Humphries got his
first win after coming on in relief of
starter Phil Deriso in the fourth
innning. Humphries pitched four
innings, allowing two runs on four
hits and struck out two. He was
relieved by senior Scott roney in
the eighth. Roney picked up his
first save of the season by pitching
one and one-third innings of hitless
ball and striking out one.
In Monday's game, Middle Ten­nessee
scored first when lead-off
hitter Burt Fuqua scored on a
fielder's choice, giving the Blue
Raiders a 1-0 lead. Auburn came
back in the bottom of the first when
Brown scored from second on a
two-out single by Keedy.
The Tigers added a run in the
second after first baseman Rodney
Rushing doubled into left field,
then scored the go-ahead ru