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Volume 96, Number &?18pages Auburn University, Ala. August 22,1990
GSO seeks relief
Students complain about requirements
Mary Frances Burdeshaw
News Editor
More than 160 students attended
the Graduate Student Organization
(GSO) meeting Aug. 15 to discuss
the full-time student status require­ment
imposed on international and
financial aid students, GSO presi­dent
Mark Guadagnoli said.
"It was probably the most enthu­siastic
GSO meeting I've ever
seen," Guadagnoli said. "Normally
40 or 50 students show up, but over
160 students came to this one.
Eighty-five percent were foreign
students."
The graduate students had a
problem with the full-time require­ment
because upon finishing the
core curriculum, there were only 12
hours of thesis research remaining,
he said.
In other words, the students are
paying for 12 hours to accommo­date
for use of school facilities,
professors' time and access to the
library but are not actually taking
classes.
It's a discrepancy because the
University is wanting to recruit
quality graduate students, yet they
are not providing attractive finan­cial
options.
Mayoral
elections
coming
Dempsey, Sellers
have different goals
Anissa demons
Staff Writer
Auburn citizens will go to the
| polls Aug. 28 to choose between
mayoral candidates Lamar Sellers
and Mayor Jan Dempsey .
The city council's recent unani­mous
vote to raise the mayor's
salary from $8,400 per year to
$16,000 per year has nothing to do
with either candidate's decision to
run, Dempsey and Sellers said.
Sellers' main concerns include
repairing roads, reducing crime and
emphasizing recreation.
"We need to upgrade roads and
intersections," Sellers said. "We
need to resurface the roads to elim­inate
the potholes. A minimum of
I $500,000 a year needs to be funded
I on roads.
"We need to put a great deal of
[emphasis on recreation, and I
intend to communicate with any
"You would have a whole bunch
of people who had completed their
required courses and having to take
[pay for] 40 hours for four quarters
without taking classes," he said.
"I do believe that students who
do not have to take a full-time load
should have to, or the University
should offer scholarships,"
Guadagnoli said.
The international students are
"tossing the dice as to whether they
would be carted back to their native
country."
If the international students don't
abide by the VISA agreement, they
are violating their privilege to stay
in school and are in jeopardy, he
said.
The 1-20 form of the VISA rules
and regulations, which internation­al
students are required to sign
states, "To maintain your non-immigration
student status, you
must be enrolled as a full-time stu­dent
at the school you are autho­rized
to attend. Failure to comply
with these regulations will result in
the loss of your student status and
subject you to deportation."
Please see GSO page 2
file
^ow-income housing is a high-rity
goal for Dempsey.
Sellers favors reducing crime
by having police foot patrols.
citizen with a concern or any city
employee with a concern."
"I want to create two-man foot
patrols in high crime areas, and this
is included in the budget for '91.
Our police officers need to be freed
from trivial tasks so they can put
their attention on major crimes."
Dempsey's major concerns are to
"find a way to be a very active ini­tiator
for low-income communi­ties,"
address the problem of solid
waste disposal, support the city
schools and complete University
Drive.
"The major goal is to get addi­tional
housing for low income
homes. We hope to do this through
payback money from federal
grants," she said.
"We must address on regional
basis the very big problem of solid
waste disposal."
"There needs to be a continued
emphasis on local support for city
schools," she said.
"I'm working very closely and
hope to have an announcement
soon about the state's help about
completing our last segment of
University Drive," she said.
The most important issue is the
continuation of stability in local
government and maintaining a pos­itive
environment, Dempsey said.
"The contacts I've made the last
10 years as mayor will enable me
to get things done," she said.
Pleas^see MAYOR page 2
French takes position
Tracy L. Droessler
Assistant Copy Editor
Matt McLean/Plainsman
French hopes to serve the stu­dents
well from his UPC office.
The new graduate research assis­tant
for the, University Programs
Council was announced Aug. 9 by
Pat Barnes to the Communications
Board.
Robert French started in the new
position Aug. 13, taking over for
John Burgess who was promoted to
director of Foy Union.
"I feel good," French said. "I feel
like it's a great opportunity. It's a
big challenge. I'm going to do my
best to meet it."
Mike Causey, 04 ME and coordi­nator
of the UPC, said, "I'm look­ing
forward to it, with him being
young and everything. The whole
organization is excited about it.
He'll help us bring new ideas.
"As far as previous, past history,
I don't see any problems."
Stephen Lohr, 04 GSC and direc­tor
of major entertainment/MTV
representative, said, "I think he's
going to be a positive influence. He
has lots of energy.
"There arc problems with any­body,
but nothing out of the ordi­nary.
"This isn't WEGL; this is UPC.
This is something totally different
"We're going to give him the
same chance we give anyone else,"
he said.
French was previously station
manager of WEGL. He instituted
changes in the format that met with
mixed response from the station
personnel and listeners.
French said, "I'm not in a position
to come in and want to change any­thing.
I need to learn first.
"As I learn more, I'll find out
more.
"I want the students to get the
most out of it that they can. We
want to make it a really positive
year. I need to serve the students,"
he said.
Lohr said, "He seems to care
about what's going on up here
(UPC office)."
Student
to be sent
to Mideast
Ed Walls
Assistant News Editor '•':•
Editor's note: The name of a stu­dent
has been changed to protect
his identity.
The conflict in the Middle East
has far reaching consequences,
some of which go beyond higher
prices at the gas pump.
John, a member of the Air Force
Reserves, will soon be going to
Saudi Arabia. He will help provide
maintenance on military aircraft.
If there were to be combat, John
said he would probably be behind
the lines working on equipment.
"I think they're trying to keep
(maintenance workers) as far back
as possible in case of chemical
attack," he said. In the desert,
maintaining aircraft is vital because
nothing can be hidden from aerial
attack, he said.
"The person who controls the air
controls this whole thing," he said.
He said he fully supports Presi­dent
Bush's decision to send mili­tary
support to Saudi Arabia.
"I really believe that if (Bush)
hadn't moved that quickly, that we
would be trying to take back Saudi
Arabia, now, instead of maintaining
a defensive posture," he said.
"If nothing happens by (today),
I'm looking at it to turn around and
start going downhill," he said.
"We'll probably have troops over
there for at least half a year. I don't
see any way of getting them out
between now and then."
The thought of shipping off to
the Middle East was initially fright­ening
with the prospect of Iraq
using chemical weapons, he said.
Please see MIDEAST page 2
Station hopes to attract more attention
WEGL moves from Haley Center to Foy Union
Glover Graham
Staff Writer
WEGL, Auburn's student radio
station, is expected to move from
Haley Center to Foy Union by fall
quarter.
"(The move) will open up the
station to Auburn students more,"
Susan Kern, program director, said.
It will be in Foy Union with the
Glom and the Plainsman so the stu­dents
wijl become more aware of
our station, she said.
"To be honest, I didn't think I
would see the move happen," Van
Tilbury, station manager, said.
The station management of '88
and '89 started the moving process,
he said. WEGL was granted the old
alumni development space in Foy
Union .
"It was going a little slow at first
but has speeded up very fast. The
space we're in is scheduled to be
faculty offices for fall," he said.
Please se^WEGL page 2
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MIDEAST
continued from page 1
"Chemical weapons scare every­one,"
he said. "There's no doubt
about that.
"We've trained, and we never
really understood why we were
training for something the Geneva
Convention has said was totally
wrong," he said.
"I feel trained so that if anything
happened I could protect myself,"
he said. "Now the heat's a different
factor. Our chemical protection is
basically a very thick suit. You're
going to have a lot of guys that are
going to have a lot of trouble with
heat."
The people he will be going with
are longtime acquaintances, he
said.
"I've been in the unit coming up
on five years," he said. "In the
reserves, the one good thing about
it is that it's just like active duty
except you just meet once a month
and then two weeks in the summer.
The people you meet you're real
close with."
John, who is a quarter away from
graduation, said he hopes to work
for a commercial airline after he
gets his degree.
GSO
News Briefs
Local
Fire reported at fraternity house
A small fire broke out at about 1:30 a.m. Monday on the side of the
Sigma Nu fraternity house next to the Sigma Chi house, according to
an Auburn fire department official.
The fire caused minor damages and was started by fireworks, the
fire department official said.
State
IRS looks for tax evaders
Internal Revenue Service agents began a sweep of Alabama Mon­day
looking for clues that may lead them to major drug dealers and
tax evaders.
Sixty IRS agents began calling on 150 businesses as part of an
operation to catch drug dealers and tax evaders. The agents are
checking the businesses' books to make sure cash purchases of
$10,000 or more are reported.
National
Midwest provides Gasohol
The U.S. Energy Department has recommended Midwest farmers to
step up the production of corn which is the basis for ethanol in order
to create a cleaner burning gasoline called gasohol.
Gasohol, which is approved for most vehicles, would help provide
fuel to replace the loss of Middle East oil due to Iraq's invasion of
Kuwait this month.
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continued from page 1
Most universities offer tuition
scholarships or tuition waivers, but
Auburn does not. Therefore, the
students are not only required to
take a 10-hour minimum but are
having to pay for it too, he said.
"You're paying for classes that
you're not taking.
"As of right now, Vice President
[of Academic Affairs] Ronald
Henry is working on the situation.
Hopefully, we'll have something by
fall."
Norman J. Doorenbos, dean of
the graduate school, said, immigra­tion
services requires VISA stu­dents
to enroll full-time.
"This has been the policy for a
long, long time," he said.
The foreign students understood
this but hoped they could ignore
it," he said.
"The (student's) concern is all
related to dollars," he said. "Stu­dents
would like to pay as little as
possible." Their argument is they
would like to register for fewer
hours so they don't have to pay as
much, Doorenbos said.
"Because the immigration ser­vice
is allowing internationals to
come to the United States for the
purpose of getting an education,
they expect [the students] to be
diligent," he said.
Auburn has been liberal on the
number of hours required for doc­toral
research, requiring only 12
hours. Other universities require
many more hours, he said.
Doorenbos is interested in offer­ing
the students some relief.
"We are looking at a number of
things to do in the next few days,"
he said. One possibility is to con­sider
thesis research as full-time
status after the completion of
course work.
WEGL
MAYOR
continued from page 1
Sellers currently represents Ward
3, Place 1 on the council. His expe­rience
in local government over the
years has prepared him for the
mayoral position, he said. "I've
been on the city council for 10
years."
As Public Safety Committee
chairperson Sellers said, "I have
helped make decisions such as
building the city parking deck and
widening East Glenn Avenue."
Sellers said his campaign has
been financed without special inter­est
group contributions.
"I'm doing it all myself," he said.
The financing for Dempsey's re­election
campaign came, "through
contributions of friends and sup­porters,"
she said.
"The majority of the contribu­tions
are $25 or less. I have spent
$3,000 on my campaign which
covers media costs that have
already been paid," she said.
Mayoral candidates aren't cate­gorized
under party affiliation.
Sellers said he doesn't vote for
candidates strictly by party. "I look
at the individual," he said.
Dempsey said she isn't affiliated
with a particular party. "I do what I
need to, to get help from parties
currently in office," she said.
Dempsey is the owner of The
Back Porch and co-owner of The
Magnolia Tree. Sellers is a retired
school teacher.
continued from page J
Bids will be taken Thursday.
Since there is such a rush, the bids
will be given to independent con­tractors,
Tilbury said.
The station was granted
$167,000 from the Concessions
Board for asbestos removal and
renovation, he said.
Staff members didn't actually
think the move was going to hap­pen
because there were so many •
steps involved, he said. Drawings
had to be completed, facilities had
to approve the plan, the budget had
to be approved and bids had to go
out.
The move to Foy will provide
WEGL with two additional rooms,
the space needed for new equip­ment,
Tilbury said. "We're going to
use a lot of the electrical equipment
we've already got, though."
Kern said, "Whoever did the
budget did a great job."
WEGL has already ordered new ;
furniture and will also have new
equipment once relocated, she said.
"I think it's so great that we're
doing it. We were stuck there for a
while, but really it seems like the
ball is rolling," she said.
Kern said relocation will not
affect WEGL's programming for­mat.
"We're still keeping the same
rotation," she said, "but there are a
few added sports shows.
"Basically we're(student staff)
responsible for the move," Kern
said. WEGL will go off the air
Aug. 22 and will probably return
Sept. 27.
Tilbury said the time schedule
worked well since the move will be
completed during the break when
WEGL would be closed anyway.
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Stimulants benefit few
Caffeine causes
negative effects
Suzanne Taylor
Assistant Features Editor
Editor's Note: A name has been changed to
protect the identity of a student.
Julie, 04, was cramming for finals. She
•-. was tired and worried but knew she planned
to stay up all night studying in hopes of a
good grade.
Julie took a Vivarin, a stimulant with 200
milligrams of caffeine and a few hours later
took three more. "I had taken caffeine pills
before, so I thought I was accustomed to
them," Julie said.
Unable to keep her eyes open any longer,
Julie fell asleep about 3 a.m.
The phone rang at 7 a.m., and she jumped
out of bed to answer it "Suddenly the room
began to spin, and I fainted," Julie said.
"My roommate called the paramedics,"
she said. "When they arrived, they checked
my blood pressure and said it was very low,
but I didn't tell them I had taken Vivarin."
Like Julie, many Auburn students some­times
depend on stimulants to stay awake.
But Julie's experience with Vivarin was
unusual and extreme.
The early side effects of caffeine, if taken
in excessive amounts, are nausea, vomiting,
"dizziness and headaches, Tom Moore, a staff
physician at Drake Student Health Center,
said.
"If a student comes to us vomiting, but
does not have diarrhea, the first question we
ask is, 'Have you taken any caffeine pills?'"
Moore said. "You would be surprised at the
•number of students who say 'yes.'"
About 30 students a quarter come to Drake
sick from caffeine pills, Moore said. Most of
the students are freshmen, and it mainly
occurs during finals, he said.
"If you want to stay awake, the easiest,
best effective way is drinking coffee and soft
drinks," Moore said. By drinking coffee, a
person has control over the dose of caffeine,
but with pills a person has no control, he
said.
However, coffee and soft drinks irritate
ulcers, Moore said. Tea contains mphedrin, a
drug that produces worse side effects than
coffee and soft drinks, he said.
The amount of caffeine in one pill is equal
to about two cups of coffee, depending on
how strong the coffee is, Sam T Coker, an
Auburn professor of pharmacology/toxicolo­gy
said.
A large dose of caffeine can cause a per­son
to hyperventilate and become extremely
exhausted or nervous, Coker said. Ten times
a usual dose of caffeine could cause convul­sions,
he said, but caffeine is not highly
toxic.
Overdoses aren't likely because the caf­feine
stimulates stomach acid secretion that
will cause vomiting, Coker said.
Caffeine first stimulates the cortex of the
brain, which contains the wake centers that
make the body more alert, he said.
Caffeine pills don't provide the body with
energy, Coker said; they just stimulate the
body to use the energy it has stored. The
body doesn't crave caffeine; the mind does,
Coker said. The effect is more psychologi­cal,
he said.
"Caffeine is addictive," Moore said. Many
people suffering from caffeine withdrawal
have severe headaches, he said.
Julie said, "I wouldn't say I was addicted
to caffeine pills; it's just a bad habit."
But Julie's bad habit turned into a danger­ous
cycle. "A Vivarin to study and a
Sominex to sleep," she said. "I'd get so
wired that I couldn't go to sleep without tak­ing
something," she said. "It was a back-and-
forth cycle."
"I still use caffeine pills but not nearly as
much as I used to," Julie said.
If students would discipline their habits
and try not to cram for tests, then there prob­ably
wouldn't be a problem, Moore said.
Studying under the influence of caffeine is
less efficient, he said. A person tends to
read slower and can't concentrate on his
work, he said. "It's best to study in the morn­ing
when you're alert and feeling well,"
Moore said.
Persons who take caffeine pills and then
drink alcohol don't have anything to fear,
Coker said. "Mixing caffeine pills with alco­hol
won't produce any life-threatening inter­actions,"
he said.
"Caffeine pills are not an antidote for too
much to drink," Coker said.
"They won't make you sober." It will just
make you a person who is "wide-awake
drunk," he said.
Trichotillomania
Students suffer compulsive disorders
leg Keogh and Katie Good
tan Writers
With exam week almost here,
tudents with an impulse control
isorder called trichotillomania are
oing to have increased difficulties,
)r. Marijo Lucas of Drake Student
lealth Center said.
Trichotillomania, or compulsive
air pulling, can lead to bald spots
severe balding and may cause
damage to the scalp as a result, she
said.
"When the anxiety goes up, they
start pulling their hair. Some feel
relief afterward, and they may or
may not have guilt," Lucas said.
Lucas said she has seen an
increase in the number of cases
reported in the last several years.
"There have been about five
cases reported in the past year," as
opposed to one or two the year
before, she said.
The students think they have a
bad habit when they visit the cen­ter,
and they are really concerned
because they have bald spots. Usu­ally
they are not aware of the other
things going on causing the behav­ior,
she said.
"Most people haven't heard of
trichotillomania. People feel like
they're the only ones with this dis­order,"
Lucas said.
Lucas works with trichotilloma­nia
students through the Personal
Counseling Center.
During sessions with Lucas, the
student's behavior is monitored.
The students are not encouraged to
stop the behavior, but try to explain
why they arc pulling their hair, she
said.
The students are also questioned
about such issues such as family
relations, expression of feelings-
Please see Anxiety page 4
Stress common
phenomenon
among students
Anxiety, duress, worry constitute
major parts of college students' lives
Katie Good
Features Editor
Many students feel especially
bogged down now that we are in
the midst of finals.
Yet some of Auburn's busiest
students have to deal with stress
everyday, and they have found
inventive ways to deal with it.
Alison Turner, 04 VAT, is serving
as vice president of a new design
and advertising group which is
being chartered at Auburn this
summer. She is also the president
of Sigma Kappa sorority, and is
taking 20 hours of art class­es.
"I feel a lot
stress."
For every hour of
class, art students
are in class for
two hours, Turn­er
said. "I go to
class from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
with a one
hour break for
lunch."
As president
of Sigma
Kappa, Turner
said she has to
do a lot of cor­respondence
and
p a p e r w o r k .
"Mainly it's just
correspondence
with nationals and
with sisters in prepa­ration
for rush."
Although she has to
spend many late nights at
the art building, she tries to
avoid drinking too many soft
drinks.
"I try to eat right and not drink
too many cokes because that just
makes it worse," she said.
Rather than going out, Turner
said she tries to get as much rest as
she can during her free time.
"Sleep is my escape. I've learned
that I just have to make time for
myself."
Another student, Jay Dixon, 02
AR, said sleep is something he has
to live without. He is in the archi­tecture
Summer Option program,
which is part of an entire year of
design sequence, Dixon said.
Although his course load only
consists of 15 hours, he is in class
David McCormick/f la ins/nan
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a one
hour lunch break and has project
assignments to work on every
night.
"You just sleep when you get a
chance. It's not uncommon to stay
there until 3 a.m.," he said.
There are about 70 other archi­tecture
students involved in the
program, Dixon said.
"We are all in the same position
so we just make the best of it," he
said.
During the quarter the students
and professors have gone to sec
three movies together as a
group in order to ease ten­sion,
he said.
"We really don't
have time to go out,"
Dixon said. "The
only night we
really had off was
the night before
the Fourth of
*" July. We all
went to a
party."
Despite
lack of free
time and lack
of sleep, Dixon
said sometimes
the students
have fun late at
night. "It's kind
of fun actually, in
a demented sort of
way."
SGA Treasurer Mark
McKinnon, 04 AC, is
also having to deal with
stress this quarter. He is taking
15 hours and serving as emcee for
Campus Crusade.
At one point this quarter, McKin­non
said he had three tests in a
three day period along with having
to plan and emcee a Campus Cru­sade
meeting.
McKinnon has also been training
for a 2-day, 220-mile bicycle ride
from Clanton to Panama City
which will take place in September.
When he begins to feel stress,
McKinnon said, "I like to sit down
and have a quiet time, read a cou­ple
of chapters in the Bible.
"I try to have a quiet time on the
days I'm really busy. It makes me
realize that there are more impor­tant
things than what I'm stressing
about," he said.
Retiring employee remembers Auburn beginnings
aura Brantley
taff Writer
In a small house nestled in the
oods about two miles from Chewa-a
State Park, Weston Philpot wakes
early, greeted by the sounds of
hippoorwills, morning doves and
e sounds and smells of bacon and
gs cooking. Dorothy Philpot stands
zer the stove preparing her husband's
orning meal, as she's done for
most 31 years.
This August, Philpot will retire
om the housing and maintenance
jpartment where he has spent most
his. 30 years with the University.
Each day, he gets dressed and
>gins his morning ritual with a walk
check on his cows and to say hello
the new day. At-about 6:15 a.m. he
tups to the house,/eats breakfast,
sses his wife goodbye and sets out
for his short journey to wake up his
"child," Auburn University.
"I've been doing this now for 30
years- never been late. I never left the
house without my breakfast, but I'd
always make it to work on time,"
Philpot said.
"I can remember when
the first black student
was allowed into
Auburn."
-Weston Philpot
Philpot remembers when he started
at Auburn. They put him to work
making beds in the dorms, he said.
Later, he was put to work for the
housing and maintenance department.
"They put me to work for Mr.
McCullough, who was a real leg
twister. He showed me how to
change electrical plugs and work on
light switches and stuff," Philpot said.
After that, they had him doing a lit­tle
bit of everything, he said.
"I can remember when the first
black student was allowed into
Auburn, and they assigned me to
unlock the door to his dorm room and
escort him back and forth.
"They used to put lights on three
different floors and lock off the floors
so no one would know what floor he
was living on," he said.
He said he's seen a remarkable
change in the students during his
years here.
"They're much nicer now. They
used to brush up against me and not
even notice me, but now they talk to
me all the time and buy me drinks."
Philpot prides himself on being an
honest man.
"I might walk in a room with five
or six hundred dollars laying on the
bed, but I won't touch it because I'm
not that kind of man," he said.
Philpot bought a four bedroom
house and fixed it up shortly before
he married Dorothy Philpot almost 31
years ago, he said.
He's lived in Auburn all his life and
serves as a Deacon in a Baptist
church. He has five children and sev­eral
grandchildren, he said.
After he retires, Philpot said he will
use his free time to take care of his
cows, do some fishing, work on his
garden and remember all the time he
spent at Auburn.
Philpot said he will always remem­ber
his special love affair with
Auburn.
"l'<1ovc Auburn University ... I just
love it," he said.
Mark Thom&s/Plainsinan
Philpot will be retiring in August faom the housing
and maintenance department after 31 years of service.
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page 4 The Auburn Plainsman August 22,1990
Newly renovated hill dorms opening fall
Annette Rogers
Staff Writer
Boyd and Sasnctt residence halls
(dorms J and K) will be reopened
this fall, adding about 430 spaces
for women to live in the hill hous­ing
complex, George Blanks, asso­ciate
director of housing, said.
The six-story dorms, have been
closed for renovations since June
1989.
Construction should be done by
Sept. 1, Blanks said. "Every indica­tion
tells us the construction should
be done on time. The new furniture
arrives Aug. 15, so I sure hope it
is."
Each of the 10 hill dorms have
been closed for renovations for a
year at some time since June 1987,
he said. The $21 million construc­tion
project included a master plan
for improved outdoor lighting.
"During the renovations, tempo­rary
lights were used. As the reno­vating
was completed, the (perma­nent)
lighting was finished," he
said.
There is a dark corner near the
arboretum and Boyd Hall that will
be lighted, Blanks said. He said he
is concerned about lighting near
Sasnctt Hall.
"I'm concerned about the over­growth,
the woods and large
shrubs. The University needs to
address how it will use this space,"
he said.
AUPD Captain Mclvin Owens
said, "We already have student
workers on duly from 5 to 10 p.m.
and security monitors (officers)
from 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
"(Police patrols) will remain con­sistent."
Blanks said a proposal requiring
the side doors of all dorms to be
locked at all times is in the works.
"Residents would be able to get
out fine and in through the front
door during visitation hours and the
combination door at any time. We
only want to limit others for the
safely of residents," he said.
Because the dorms have six
floors instead of three, more resi­dent
assistants were assigned to
Boyd and Sasnctt, Blanks said.
"There will be an RA on each
non-sorority floor. We would like
to add RAs, but just getting back
into the halls was all we could han­dle
the first year," he said.
University housing has added an
area coordinator who will live on
the hill and oversee it, Blanks said.
Housing increased rent $24 per
quarter for the hill dorms, up from
$470 to $494 since last year, partly
due to the renovation costs, he said.
Burt Pitchford of parking ser­vices
said additional parking spaces
aren't included in renovation plans.
"Everyone will get an R-zonc
sticker, and we will enforce park­ing
as strictly as ever. There should
be a sufficient amount of spaces for
authorized persons. We do watch
that area closely out of considera-
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tion for the residents," he said.
Terrell Cafeteria made changes
specifically for the residents, Doug
McClain, Terrell manager, said.
"We're changing the menus and
decor to keep up with the changes
in the dorms' appearance," he said.
Terrell and the Hill Restaurant
hope to experience a 20 percent
increase in business lost during
construction, he said.
"We expect to surpass what we
were at. Now we will be expanding
our hours," McClain said.
Food services employs 40 stu­dents
on the hill; that number is
expected to double, he said.
The eateries will expand their
menus to include more grilled food
and seafood, he said.
"Students are eating healthier.
Yogurt was requested, so we have a
new machine with two flavors. We
will also bring back the fruit bar,"
he said.
Cafeteria prices will not be
raised, McClain said.
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mostly anger and sorrow, self value
and close peer relations, she said.
"They all seem to have issues
related to expressing their feel­ings,"
Lucas said.
In some severe cases, antidepres­sants
arc used to help control anxi­ety
that leads to trichotillomania.
The antidepressants help, but the
disorder docs not go away, she
said.
"The Personal Counseling Center
can not prescribe antidepressants,
but it can refer the student to a psy­chiatrist,"
she said.
Many doctors do not recommend
the antidepressants because the
problem will never go away, and
the drugs have side effects, such as
nausea, Lucas said.
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Transplant shortage
Professors encourage payments
for organ donor participants
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Amanda Brooks and Scarlett
Poole
Staff Writers
Two Auburn economics profes­sors,
one of which has recently
received a kidney transplant, have
created a monetary system to help
alleviate the shortage of organ
donors in the United States.
David Kascrman began research
for the program two years ago
when he was told he needed a
transplant.
"We are looking at alternative
institutional arrangements for deal­ing
with the shortage of organs for
transplant services. A market for
organs could be a means to close
the gap between the shortage of
organs and the need for them," Dr.
Andy Barnett said.
Kascrman has written three
papers on the proposed program,
two of which were with Barnett,
and they are currently working on a
magazine version.
"A third of the transplants done
in the United States use living
organs. That is basically a symp­tom
of the failure to collect enough
of the catavaric organs (from
deceased individuals) to satisfy the
demand," Kascrman said.
The professors feel the number
of donors would increase if the
families of deceased individuals
were paid a minimal price for the
organs.
"A modest price would essential­ly
eliminate wailing lists for
organs," Barnett said.
In some countries donors are
paid $14-18,000 for organs, Kascr­man
said.
Thousands of people die each
year under circumstances such car
accidents that would allow for their
organs to be used as transplants, he
said. If these organs were collected,
the shortage would solved.
Because of the shortage, many
people requiring transplants are
denied access to waiting lists
because of age, medical condition
and other varying reasons, he said.
"The failure to collect (organs) is
the main problem," Kaserman said.
Federal laws require hospitals
receiving federal funding ask sur­viving
family members to donate
the organs of the deceased, but the
system has no enforcement mecha­nism,
he said.
"Since it's an unpleasant task,
and nobody has a profit incentive
to do it, (asking families for
organs) doesn't get done. The cur­rent
system has never once in 15
years generated enough organs to
meet the demands," Kaserman said.
"The idea of a pawn broker for
organs is so foreign to most medi­cal
professionals that the concept is
difficult for them to deal with.
They have a gut-level negative
reaction to it," Barnett said.
To alleviate the problem and the
ethics question, Kaserman and Bar­nett
propose insurance agents act as
a third party to collect organs and
disburse payment to the families.
Another option Kaserman pro­poses
is the use of the futures mar­ket
in which individuals sign a con­tract
with an insurance company
and are paid now for future deliv­ery
of their organs.
The payments for this arrange­ment
would be small, because the
Liza Dafoy/Plainsman
probability of collecting the organs
would be small, he said. The indi­vidual's
cause of death could make
an organ transplant impossible.
One major barrier in Kascrman's
and Barnett's plan is "the National
Organ Procurement Act which
makes it a felony to buy or sell
organs. The act sets organ prices at
zero dollars, Kaserman said.
The NOPA isn't the only hurdle,
he said.
The American Medical Associa­tion
and others are opposed to this
plan because of moral and ethical
issues, Barnett said.
These people need to think of the
consequences in taking that type of
moralistic approach to the issue, he
said. The way things are now, peo­ple
are condemned to death, and
others are condemned to a dismal
existence, Barnett said.
Kaserman said,"It is ethical."
Lives are saved; suffering is
reduced and in the long run the
money spent for paying donors will
be less than what is spent for dialy­sis
and other treatments, he said.
Barnett said their research is a
continuing process, but they aren't
sure where to go next with the
research.
They would like to receive a
grant giving them estimates on
what market prices would be
required to close the gap between
organ donor demand and supply.
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Crayola markets new colors
Tracy L. Droessler
Assistant Copy Editor
Somewhere over the rainbow will
lie eight colors Crayola retired
Aug. 7. Now it's time for crayons
of a different color.
The company retired eight crayon
colors in favor of eight new ones.
Children had been asking the
company for the new colors, so
Crayola obliged.
Response to the change has been
mixed, ranging from disappoint­ment
in some cases to approval in
others.
Those who disapprove of the col­ors'
replacement equate the change
with a loss of tradition.
The prevailing sentiment, how­ever,
is that new colors represent a
positive turn in the image of a sta­ple
of American culture, the image
of that most universal of childhood
toys.
"I figure if they replace colors
with some that arc similar, then it'll
all be okay," Shannon While, 03
RTF, said.
"I didn't like any of those colors.
"I'll be happy as long as I'll still
have something to color my corn
with," she said.
Annabclle Bowman, 04 VAT,
said, "I think it gives children a
new opportunity to discover colors
that might not be in the standard
box. It gives them a whole new
spectrum.
"I feel like there's a time for
change. Maybe it's Crayola's tim<
for change," she said.
Crayola retired blue gray, greci
blue, lemon yellow, maize, orang<
red, orange yellow, raw umber anc
violet blue.
Five-foot-tall replicas of these
crayons now stand in the lobby o
the company.
The ever-familiar box with th<
sharpener on the back will nov
contain cerulean, dandelion, fuch
sia, jungle green, royal purple, tea
blue, vivid tangerine and wil<
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\page 6 The Auburn Plainsman August 22,1990
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To foster the Auburn spirit
Liz Armstrong Dan Lyke
Editor Business Manager
Wade Williams Stephen Lohr
Managing Editor Creative Director
Mary Frances Burdeshaw
News Editor
Mike Shands Sports Editor
Scott Wilkerson Life Editor
I Scarlett Poole Technical Editor
Alyson Linde Copy Editor
Katie Good Features Editor
David McCormick Art Editor
George Govignon Photo Editor
Assistant News Editors-Elizabeth Lander and Ed Walls;
Assistant Sports Editor-Greg Klein; Assistant Technical Editors-
Leigh Beck and Meg Keogh; Assistant Copy Editor-Tracy L.
Droessler; Assistant Features Editor-Suzanne Taylor; Assistant
Art Editor-Liza Darby: Assistant Photo Editor-Mark Thomas
Production Artists- Isa Sabflon, Ginger Freeman and Phil
King. Account Executives-Shay Sebree and Anthony Sedberry;
PMT Specialists-Jamie Callen and Bill Hamilton.
Contents are protected by Auburn University copyright regulations.
verpaid
GA's director of invitations earns far too much
money from the commission on graduation invita-ons.
He makes almost $2,500 a quarter solely from 20
rcent commission and $2.50 on every order he takes. It is
diculous that he rakes in so many dollars from students,
pecially when the customers are vulnerable. It is among
ie purchases most undergraduates regard as essential, and
te grossly inflated price exploits the students' desires to
ake graduation a worthy, memorable event. Not purchas-g
invitations may take a valuable part out of graduation.
he director of invitations deals with a captivated audi-lce,
and there needs to be an alternative.
Commission should primarily be earned; it should be a
sward for actively seeking customers, not for simply fol-wing
the procedures of the previous year and being
jmewhat available to students who wish to make a pur-ase.
Other alternatives include ordering from an off-campus
usiness, such as a copy shop. These places offer a variety
ways to order invitations. A graduating student may
ive to order a minimum number or pay a minimum fee.
hey offer format options using previous student designs;
her students bring in their own designs; others still buy
e in-house products. But, at least there are alternatives,
simply a shame students cannot count on our own to
ve us a break.
Funds should be reallocated, prices lowered. Certainly
e SGA has more people willing to work on a more volun-ry
basis than this. Surely, a nominal handling fee would
i acceptable. It's outlandish that the person who sells
ese invitations makes so incredibly much more money
an the SGA president, who receives $130 a month. SGA
esident must work with many more aspects of the Uni-srsity;
he must oversee all areas of student government,
ust hold office hours, report to faculty members and
visers and try to always do what is best for the students.
iesolution
\ n age discrimination suit was brought against the
^ - University by five professors. The suit was settled
it of court with the provision the amount of the settlement
kept secret. At last week's Faculty Senate meeting, a
solution was presented to the Senate Executive Commit-e
expressing concern over the secrecy of the suit. They
ould be concerned because there is state money
volved, and it is the public's right to know what happens
ith it.
Supposedly, the King and Spalding report, dealing with
umni Association's Jerry Smith allocation of funds, set a
ecedent. The report was finally released after much
ompting.
Good news'
I he theatre department's Theatre Upstairs, a forum
•* for experimental productions and other specialty
eatre is scheduled to reopen fall quarter after a year long
riod of renovation. This alternative space will facilitate
ident productions, acting and directing classes and semi-rs.
It provides an opportunity for students from any dis-jline
to participate in the theatre experience beyond sim-y
attending a play in the Telfair Peet. r oday is WEGL's last day on the air in Haley Cen­ter.
The long-awaited move to Foy Union is planned
the break, and the station should be ready to rock at the
ginning of fall quarter.
Letters to the Editor
SGA claims bias in Plainsman article
Editor, Plainsman,
This is a letter in response to the
news article in the August 16, 1990
edition of the Plainsman. The title
of the article was "Student jobs
vary in wages." The primary reason
the article was written was to make
the students aware of the amount of
money the SGA director of invita­tions
receives.
Throughout the article there is a
tremendous sense of bias from the
writer and the Editor of the
Plainsman, Liz Armstrong. Since"
all news articles are supposed to be
fair and give both sides of the story,
I thought this was poor journalism
coming from a person with suppos­edly
high credentials.
At this time I would like to give
some examples of the poor journal­ism
demonstrated in the article by
Ms. Armstrong.
The SGA Executive Committee
unanimously agreed the invitations
director receives too much money.
In an interview with Ms. Arm­strong,
I informed her I had already
taken steps toward lowering the
commission, and I would present
this for approval to the Student
Senate. However, she failed to
mention that in her article.
The bill which states the amount
of commission the invitations
director received also states $6,500
of the revenue from invitations
shall be used towards scholarships.
This is a fact that is relevant to the
article, and any journalist given the
facts should have printed this. I
know Ms. Armstrong was aware of
this because I gave her the informa­tion
personally.
Ms. Armstrong continued to
show her poor journalism when she
wrote the commission the SGA
Director of Rings received is a $10
"handling" fee. Any ethical jour­nalist
that presented the facts
would know the commission is not
a "handling fee." It comes out of
the price of the ring and is divided
between the two ring directors and
any committee member that might
have had a part of the sale.
There are more examples I could
point out about how Ms. Arm­strong
demonstrated a lack of jour­nalism
ethics, but I feel I have
made my point and will not men­tion
any more.
In short, when the Student Sen­ate
set the commission for the
director of invitations April 10,
1989, they did so without believing
the amount would ever be as high
as it is. The SGA is now aware the
amount has gotten to be high, and
upon Senate approval, we will
lower the commission and make
sure it is printed in next year's
Tiger Cub.
Instead of writing more about
that specific article, I would like to
get into the heart of the problem.
The SGA puts in a lot of work for
the betterment of Auburn. If the
Plainsman put a fraction of the
effort into finding positive news
instead of negative news, maybe
the SGA would have a better
image.
Two weeks ago the SGA spon­sored
a blood drive, and nearly 200
pints were donated. I have yet to
see a story about that in the
Plainsman. I guess saving people's
lives is not newsworthy enough.
Last month I wrote an article
with some information about the
projects of the SGA. It was never
published. I feel it is unfair the stu­dents
do not get to sec where their
student activity fees are going.
The relations between the SGA
and the Plainsman have been poor
for many years. It seems the writers
are constantly trying to uncover
scandals that don't even exist, and
they don't lift a finger to say the
good things. However, at the begin­ning
of fall, the SGA will circulate
over 10,000 newsletters for the stu­dents
to read about the activities of
the SGA.
As your SGA President, I feel it
is in the best interest of Auburn to
know both sides of the story.
Terry McCarthy
SGA President
Call SGA 'wolf in sheep's clothing'
Editor, Plainsman,
Call the SGA a wolf in sheep's
clothing, but sometimes what goes
on behind the scenes in its third-floor
Foy office makes trusting our
student leaders nearly impossible.
I was shocked to hear just how
much the director of invitations
makes, but even more shocked no
explanation was offered for the
outrageous salary in last week's
edition of the Plainsman.
An estimated $9,000 for an
SGA-appointed position? Some­thing
here lacks perspective.
Just what is the job description
of the director of invitations? From
the comments made by Mark
Boles, current director of invita­tions,
I infer it to be a glorified,
overpaid fraternity picture chair­man.
Difference is, picture chair­man
can tell you what a tedious
time-consuming job he does, and
he doesn't get paid except with a
few pictures from time to time.
Show the students what this posi­tion
is all about. Help us under­stand
why it is deserves such a
grand sum. Boles had the opportu­nity
to do just that in last week's
article. But what did he say about
how many hours he works?
"I don't know. It's a lot. It's well
over a full work week," he said,
adding that he works everyday.
Well over forty hours? To some
of us, that's a bit hard to believe. It
would be more accurate to say he
works two weeks every quarter:
one week selling the invitations
and one week distributing them.
Not bad for a couple of grand.
What criteria is established to fill
"so important" a position?
Is it need based? If so, why not
let the financial aid office find the
person most in need- not the most
in-need person the SGA president
knows.
Is it fraternity based? One would
certainly think so. This is the sec­ond
year in a row a Sigma Phi
Epsilon has been elected president.
By no coincidence, I'm sure, it is
also the second year in a row a Sig
Ep has been appointed director of
invitations by the SGA president.
Maybe if McCarthy had revealed
the criteria used to appoint Boles, it
wouldn't seem so much like nepo­tism.
But he didn't, and it does.
But back to finding our perspec­tives
in all of this:
I recall a budget and finance
meeting last spring where our high
and mighty SGA officials were try­ing
to determine how much money
the Circle editor should make.
I also recall snide comments
from some of these folks saying the
Circle editor should, in essence,
prove his or her worth before any
raise would be considered. Seems
they were concerned with what the
students get for their money.
That editor makes $200 annually.
The Plainsman editor makes
about $3,334 in four consecutive
quarters. That's a third of the salary
the director of invitations makes if
the SGA appointee works the same
amount of time the editor works
each week: 55-60 hours.
THATS WELL OVER A FULL
WORK WEEK. Is the perspective
getting clearer?
That the position makes that
much money and no one is willing
to substantiate why is cause enough
for a story. That the Plainsman was
willing to survey other organiza­tions
to find out what their students
earn is pertinent and commendable.
It was a lot of statistics, but it
allows the student to compare as I
did. It's their money being soaked
into this thing students believe is a
monopoly. Where else is there to
go? And why- when these arc our
student leaders- should we have to
go anywhere else?
McCarthy says selling invitations
and rings (same argument, different
letter) is a "student service."
If the SGA wants to call this a
student service, let's use some of
this excessive income in areas
where it is really needed or
decrease the price of graduation
invitations somehow. Stop hiding
behind this political rhetoric that
changes can only be made to "go
into effect for next year's senate."
That's the old "it's in the Tiger
Cub" that student officials that
don't know what to do use as a
crutch. New laws can be immedi­ately
enacted into the Tiger Cub
using the proper channels.
And if Boles complains you can't
do that, Mr. McCarthy, fire him as
allowed in the Tiger Cub, change
the law and rehire a director of
invitauons using your brand new
salary scale.
It won't make you the best frater­nity
brother on campus, but that's
not why we elected you president.
Never forget every law in our
SGA code of laws has a loophole.
Find it, and you'll be representing
your constituency with the fairness
it demands and deserves.
Paige Oliver
Plainsman editor '89-'90
Auburn Columns too literary for Plainsman
lacks
heart
Editor, Plainsman
Again Auburn students see how
the University wants to make
money, regardless of the conse­quences.
In the case of Bryan
Tatum, who was diagnosed with
immunoblastic non-Hodgkin's lym­phoma,
I believe the University
could at least donate the $100 he
was charged to withdraw to his
fund, if not more.
"The ultimate lack of compas­sion"
is an understatement to what
the University did. I believe every
Auburn student, faculty and staff
member should donate to the fund
for Bryan's treatment. If everyone
donated the small amount of $5, we
could help Bryan by raising well
over $100,000 and show the Uni­versity
that the student body docs
have compassion.
Jana Hoggins
04 PRCM
Editor, Plainsman,
I would like to address Scott
Wilkerson's article on page 9 of the
Aug. 16 Plainsman. In this
column, he sought to defend the
rest of the columns he has inflicted
on Auburn this summer. What
Scott docs not seem to understand
is the Plainsman is not a literary
magazine or a creative writing
assignment. It is a newspaper;
therefore, a particular style of
writing is demanded. Newspapers
arc supposed to reach the masses,
not reign over them.
His column implies his style of
writing is somehow better than
anything else seen in the paper
because he uses big words and
writes long sentences. In fact, his
style of writing is disorganized and
ultimately meaningless. It is true a
university newspaper should be a
"forum for ideas," but only within
a journalistic context. And while
columns are set aside for views
that may not be addressed
elsewhere in the paper, these ideas
must have some meaning for
someone besides the writer.
Otherwise, they are nothing more
than space fillers, something I
know you will never find in the
Plainsman.
Perhaps from now on Scott
should supplicate (notice the big
word) himself before the useless
philosophy god instead, because
the journalism god will probably
let him burn in the hell of
paperback romance novels.
Bill McDaniel
04 IE
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Opinion
\ugust22,1990 The Auburn Plainsman page/
omance me, dance me, chance me
Romance in the 90s is much like
lance of a generation ago. The
sics still prevail: candlelight, din-
|r for two, walks along the beach
flowers.
Today, however, there are a few
fferences. Perhaps when our par-
Its were in college, it was roman-to
kiss goodnight just as the
|rm mom was getting ready to
:k the door. Perhaps today it's
Imantic to drive your beloved
|me the next morning.
Thirty years ago it was probably
nantic for a guy to give his class
|ig to his love. Today, it's more
nantic to give her a bracelet or a
sklace.
iome things have never been
lantic and probably never will
I. These things include obsession
|th sports, being late, bringing
3ng a friend or friends, talking
)ut the "ex" or making any com-risons,
leaving the toilet seat up,
ling a lightweight, splitting the
|st on the first date, gossip and
iking sex and romance are inter-igeable
concepts.
|lt's unromantic to kiss and tell.
not romantic to tell lies, cheat
get drunk. It's certainly not
nantic to call him or her by the
hong name, and it's unromantic to
Ish commitment.
jit's not romantic to drive fast,
111 at other drivers or drive drunk.
It's unromantic to make too many
jokes and to make the other person
feel stupid or incompetent.
Creativity is highly romantic,
and sameness is boring.
Being alone is romantic. Dancing
is romantic.
Surprises are romantic, especial­ly
when the whole event is a sur­prise.
Ex: "Wear something nice.
I'll be there to pick you up at 10
a.m. You might want to bring a
change of clothes- like jeans and
some tennis shoes."
Now, a date like this might mean
driving to Montgomery for brunch
and then horseback riding. Horse­back
riding is romantic.
Celebrating with champagne is
romantic.
Talking about dreams and fears
is romantic. Offering support is
romantic.
Leaving a rose on someone's car
is romantic. It's romantic to leave
surprise notes or Hershey kisses in
an unexpected place.
It's romantic to remember birth
days, to care about the other's fami­ly
and to pay attention to what your
partner says.
Long walks and bike rides are
romantic. Exploring a city is
romantic.
Romance is leaving sweet mes­sages
on an answering machine.
Saying "I love you" is romantic.
Cooking dinner together is
romantic. Asking each other what
they think or they feel is an impor­tant
part of romance.
Holding hands is romantic;
brushing her hair is romantic.
Sleeping in socks is not roman­tic.
Chewing on toothpicks is not
romantic. Being too affectionate on
the first date is unromantic.
Excess is unromantic.
Smoking, chewing gum and bad
language are unromantic.
Cheap dates (not to be confused
with inexpensive dates) are unro­mantic.
Renting movies is only
romantic when it's a rarity.
Acting macho or prissy is unro­mantic.
Courtesy, kindness and generally
not being oblivious are romantic.
Listening to James Taylor is
romantic.
Enjoying each other's interests or
learning to enjoy each others inter­ests
is romantic.
Being in love is romantic.
uburn needs to lighten up
Loosen up, Auburn! You're too
fright,
I All right, I realize it's near exam
le and all, but you've been
blight all year. Justify that.
We all have stress. Hey, just
Jicck out that old Focus page this
leek. It's all about stress.
|Gct quirky. Quirks make life fun.
| e all have them. Only some of us
poose to flaunt them. They're
lat keep life from being a trite
Id banal existence.
(For instance, I'm one of the
jiirkicsl people I know. I sleep on
|tons on the floor (when I'm not
eping on the bottom shelf at the
\ainsman office). I have a lamp
lade out of a wig display head. I'm
•vegetarian- just for the hell of it.
|And I've encountered some of the
lost exquisite, intriguing and thor-lighly
delightful quirks in my life-me.
lOur Life editor is afraid of break-
Jst, especially with his family, but
|l of this fear flies out the window
a breakfast bar, where he finds
Jmsclf completely at ease. And he
rids cinnamon toast sensuous.
11 know someone who has to sleep
jainst the wall nestled up in a
Tracy L.
Droessler
Asst. Copy
Editor
corner, and he turns off his alarm
clock with his toe. And he always
eats his salad last.
I know a woman who is preoccu­pied
with oral sounds. The sound
of someone swishing food around
in his mouth makes her nauseous.
A friend of mine can't tie his
shoes and therefore improvises a
unique way to keep his shoes on
his feet. And he never leaves home
without his reflective vest.
Someone I'm close to always
studies with a troll statuette sitting
on her desk. She says she can feel
vibes coming from the troll.
Several friends of mine carry
good luck charms into exams with
them.
We all are weird in one way or
another. Even that which we con­sider
non-quirky is, in essence,
quirky.
People need to be more quirky
about their color-coordination. Cel­ebrate
the spectrum. Live the rain­bow.
Wear mismatched reds; wear
neon green with pastel pink.
People need to be more quirky
about their speech. Use a little
more inflection. Scream at the top
of your lungs if you want to
emphasi7.e a point.
Dining quirks are especially
quaint. Eat peas with a knife. Tuck
your napkin into your shirt. Put
your elbows on the table if you feel
that's where they should be. Forget
all that stuff Emily Post taught you.
What would our country, our own
beloved Auburn, be without bizarre
quirks that make us all unique?
Don't be scared of appearing
strange or odd; everyone knows
you arc anyway.
We are all an asylum waiting to
happen. As David says, "You all,
for the most part, are like a bowl of
granola- what ain't fruits and nuts
is flakes.
Open up the proverbial quirk
trunk, and let all the oddities that
make you you permeate the lives of
the people around you. Let me
revel in your quirks; let everyone
revel in your quirks, and, most of
all, revel in your quirks yourself.
Loosen up, Auburn! You're too
uptight.
abloids not suitable journalism
There are some things in the
orld that just don't make sense,
abloids for one.
How can they continue not only
exist, but to thrive? It's a shame
e journalists at these "newspa-ers"
are among the highest paid in
ie country.
I will admit some of the "stories"
ey cover are fairly humorous,
leadlines such as "Two-headed
lien inhabits Zsa Zsa" invite dis-clief
(or maybe not.)
But some of those "stories" go
eyond mere humor, and they are
/ritten solely to sell papers. But
icy end up hurting people and
/recking careers.
Most of the stuff they print is
one of our business, even if it is
ue, which is doubtful. None of it
going to change our lives in any
'ay.
Why, then, do we insist on read-ig
this junk? Are our own lives so
cvoid of excitement we have to
sort to fake journalism for our
trills? fa
Michael
Hatcher
Staff Writer
My personal theory is we will
read anything about celebrities,
whether it's true or not. We envy
them so much, whether we admit it
or not, we want to be just like
them. We want to participate in the
Hollywood myth.
But think about this: these people
are entitled to a personal life, with­out
you or me knowing what
they're up to.
Who cares if John Travolta or
Richard Chamberlain are gay? It's
their lives and none of our busi­ness.
If John Goodman is unhappy
on Roseanne, let him talk about it
with Roseanne Barr and not a mil­lion
readers.
In this country, we have the right
to print anything as long as it's true.
Along the way, the courts have said
people in the public eye (actors,
athletes, politicians, etc.) must be
able to take a little extra scrutiny.
I think the purpose of the First
Amendment has been perverted by
these tabloids. They now feel they
can print anything and get away
with it. But they do lose some­times.
Carol Burnett won a $10 million
lawsuit. The National Enquire r
said Burnett was drunk at a restau­rant.
What they didn't know is her
parents were alcoholics, and that
untrue story hurt her deeply. She
sued and won.
Warren Bcatty has said he does­n't
believe in libel laws, because
whenever something is printed, the
public will automatically believe it,
so there's no use fighting it.
I agree most people believe the
mess, but a few $10 million law­suits
could close down a paper in a
hurry.
I don't think there would be too
many tears shed.
Glance back
5 years ago, 1985: The Aubum-Opelika Airport offered two weekly round trip flights to Atlanta on Eagle Airline.
A passenger could get to Hartsfield airport and back for $39.
20 years ago, 1970: Students returning to Auburn after the summer break could expect to find 16,500-scat expan­sion
to Cliff Hare Stadium raising the total accommodation to 61,000. They could also expect to find a new track,
additions to the school of Veterinary Science, new additions to the forestry building and a relocation of the School of
Business to its.permanent location in newly-renovated Thach and Tichenor Halls.
30 years ago, I960: A former Auburn football player was killed in Japan when the T-33 jet trainer he was piloting
crashed near Nagoya in central Honshu.
Quote of the week
" "Since it's an unpleasant task, and nobody has a profit incentive to do it, (asking families for organs) doesn't
get done. The current system has never once in 15 years generated enough organs to meet the demands,"
David Kaserman, an Auburn professor and organ donor recipient, said.
Complainsman nickname unjustified
To all readers who refer to the
Plainsman as the Complainsman:
The purpose of a newspaper is to
inform the public. The Plainsman's
purpose, therefore, is to inform the
University of anything relevant to
campus life.
As Auburn students, we, members
of the Plainsman staff, will neces­sarily
be aware of problems, events
or conflicts affecting the students.
It should be understandable to
other students and faculty who
"complain" about the subject mat­ter
in the Plainsman's columns on
the Opinion page that the colum­nists
arc students who will natural­ly
comment on the topics, events
and often people on campus which
surround them.
The "bitching" found in many of
the columns about which you, the
unsatisfied, have complained is
Alyson
Linde
Copy Editor
part of the function of the page.
I use the word "bitching"
because it is the word you have
coined. I do not believe the
Plainsman is an outlet for angry,
unrealistic, incessant complaints.
I, instead, believe it is the source
of knowledge, candor and intellec­tual
stimulance. The topics chosen
by the columnists are relevant to
other Auburn students because they
come from students and will, if
their purpose is served, generate
discussion among students with the
same concerns.
To call the Plainsman the Com
plainsman is to suggest all columns
printed are shallow chatter with no
other purpose than to vent personal
problems.
That is a false assumption. The
problems discussed in columns are
best when relevant and interesting
to a majority of the readership. If
the relevance to other readers exists
in the column, than it becomes
more than one person's opinion on
a subject.
The column's purpose is then
served. Columnists offer questions
and statements on life which read­ers
should consider and might not
be aware of if not raised by the
columnist
It is obvious to me the Opinion
page has served, and will continue
to serve, its purpose, and you, who
discuss its merits and pass out
demerits, have proved it.
Learn, love Auburn's lessons
I've learned a lot of things in my
four years at Auburn, and not many
of these things came from classes
or textbooks.
One day I think Til write a book
about it. I'll call it Everything I
Need to Know I Learned at
Auburn University.
Here's the abridged version:
Going to class and getting good
grades really are related. This was
a hard one for me.
Knowing what is right is a lot
easier than doing it.
If you think your parents don't
know anything, maybe you don't
know your parents.
True friends arc the ones that sit
up all night with you while you're
sick, and then say you don't look
bad the next day.
You can't be happy with your life
if you're not happy with yourself.
Dumb questions are better than
dumb mistakes, but that doesn't
Leigh Anne
Beck
Asst. Technical
Editor
mean you have to ask them in front
of everyone.
There's more to life than T-shirts
and socials.
Keep a smile on your face, and
you can get away with anything.
(Yes, I am serious. Auburn is the
"smile and act stupid" capitol of the
world.)
You'll probably date a lot of peo­ple,
but friends are for life.
It really is a good idea to read the
directions before you start. Another
one with which I have difficulty.
Money doesn't solve problems; it
brings new <}nes. However, most
people prefer the new to the old.
If you think someone's using
you, it's probably true.
If you think you're using some­one
... ditto.
Men really do parallel park belter
than women.
Drinking doesn't make you cool;
it makes you drunk. Interpret this
however you wish.
It's a lot more fun to be under-aged
than to be legal. Trust me on
this one.
The closer you get to graduation,
the more you act happy. It's a lie.
Not all police officers are out to
get you.
Jobs don't really fall in your lap
once you graduate, and no one
cares about your GPA.
My parents tried to tell me most
of these things as I was growing
up, but some things you just have
to learn for yourself.
Thanks Aubjcrn. I think. 4
page 8 The Auburr^rnsmlfn ~Kugust22,1990
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by phone and don't know how they are faring.
Other Campuses
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A new course merging principles of mechanical
and electrical engineering will be offered by the
University of Tennessee this fall. The course will
combine elements of microprocessor computing
with mechanical design.
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talking baseball and God with the man with the yard full of rusty cars-by Barry Fleming
Photograph by George Go\\gnonlPlainsman
Artist pursues
vision of fears
plus spheres
Scott Wilkerson
Life Editor
Arranged along Behind the Glass'
east wall are six paintings by assistant art
professor Barry Fleming They are,
simultaneously admonitions and fond
remembrances; invitations and refutations.
They speak.
They arc speaking.
And speaking of them, Fleming said, "I am hoping people will come to this
exhibit with a sense there is something to.be discovered, learned. But more impor­tant,
I want them to bring something to the works as well."
He said he wants everyone to feci comfortable observing and speculimng on ihe
nature of his work.
"There's quite a lot of talk about defining the form in a painting, the form, the
space- these and other discussions make up the language of abstraction. And that
can be very intimidating to, say for example, students unfamiliar with the terms and
modes and various 'isms' of art."
So far from being rigidly purposive, his paintings, he said, are evocations of
meditative or contemplative environments for his audience, ones permitting the
greatest amount of interpretive latitude.
"I'm concerned with the contextual difficulty of viewing art. It seems to me that
the viewer should have a more active role in the process. The work is incomplete
until it is witnessed. The viewer creates the other half."
Fleming's paintings experiment humorously, sometimes ironically, with the idea
of Jhc circle. He said he finds the metaphorical dynamics of circles and spheres par­ticularly
suited to his notion of art.
"The circle is a cycle. Circles, seen in certain ways, suggest or imply spheres, and
spheres arc part of our own abstract language of experience. We even talk about
spheres of experience, which is eerie and fun, rather like art should be."
To that end, his paintings break rules in several styles, he said. And it is through
defying conventions he hopes to open his creations to as many people as possible.
"My paintings might be seen as abstract, but there are hints of nature in them.
Recognizable forms appear. They seem to talk about nature and yet, the hand, the
artist is acknowledged. They are somehow aware of the creative act, but sustain the
illusion of rcalncss."
He said this paradox has special significance when applied to the immediacy, the
urgency of life in this world where circumstances take on a randomness outside our
best efforts at management.
"Just as the circles goes on and on, so does the viewer's life after seeing the paint­ing.
If I can encourage some connection between those two elements, then I believe
the art works."
Montanas approach greater sophistication
Music Review
Text
The Montanas
B.M.I.
Grade: B
One listens to The Montanas' album, Text,
with a careful ear because a cursory listening
would leave one supposing this group had sur­prisingly
little to say.
Having said that, it is no small disappoint­ment
that even a careful review has left me
somehow short of conclusions.
This much, however, is clear: The Mon­tanas'
musical gifts are considerable, their
artistic intentions, noble; but crowding Text is
a sense of constraint, of reservation, not fear
obviously (the songs are delightfully irrever­ent
enough to convince us of that), but hesi-tance
to innovate beyond the expectations of
the style.
Richard Douglass' vocals and rhythm guitar
performances pull tightly on Cameron
Austin's bass tapestry and Edward Moon's
percussion.
But the synthesis is never fully realized,
oddly, until the band forgets itself a bit on
tracks like "black diamond" and, especially,
"chickens, dogs, and cats."
I am neither suggesting the band takes its
discipline too seriously nor that it has a flawed
sense of musical propriety, but rather there
exists a suppressed exuberance both in the
lyrics and the melodic line.'
Most bands reveal their limitations in their
music, The Montanas reveal their extraordi­nary
potential.
One longs for more complex chordal set­tings
and more surprising rhythmic quirks.
And I would personally like to see the album's
title, Text, figure more prominently into its
metaphoric backdrop. And maybe the connec­tions
are present, just hiding away in the
lyrics.
But these things accepted and excepted, we
have among us a musical group with discern-able
ambitions, if ambiguous methods; real
talent, if yet wholly tested and disclosed.
It is much to The Montanas' credit that the
careful listener will finally want for them what
he wants for himself: more and better.
- Scott Wilkerson
After 17-year lull, America's nervous condition returns
One could do a lot worse than be
:onfused.
Confusion is the post-modern or
>ost-World War II idiom. The only
thing, it seems, we have ever really
wanted from each other as humans
s an explanation for the heart-leaking
atrocities of our own
jchavior.
Until a satisfactory thesis
emerges, we are in the less than
enviable position of having to spec­ulate
on the nature of our own
morality.
Ambiguous as that morality
appears, we command a remark­able
facility for quick moral assess­ments.
We would like to suppose,
for example, that the crisis in the
Persian Gulf accords us an obvious
moral mandate to level Hussein's
Scott
Wilkerson
dk i. Life Editor
assault mechanism, to crush him.
But, of course, the issue- having
as it does, social, historical and,
most convincingly, economic
dimensions- is far from simply
moral.
It is an interdisciplinary mission.
And I believe the United States
should discharge a major role in its
resolution.
But we are a perplexed nation
once again. Just when we hoped
the central Question of world har­mony
had become less dissonant,
its moral center was thrown seri­ously
off its axis. (Forgive me this
mixed metaphor. I am confused.)
We are wishing not so much for
solubility as scrutability in our
lives. We would almost rather
understand our confusion than
resolve it.
I am currently revising my wish
list to include: shorter wars, longer
novels, less art talk, more art; the
naive conviction the stars arc
telling us, not merely something,
but something important; more and
friendlier discussions of math and
music and a renewed appreciation
for Erasmus of Rotterdam, a late
15th century humorist of fine and
much unheralded talents.
The disparity among this list's
items is encouraging as it supports,
in some sense, my notion of confu­sion.
I have no idea what the list
means, but am unhappy without it.
Or at least I believe, perhaps
incorrecUy, being without it would
supplant my favorite visions of
happiness and install some new,
less peculiar version of the list,
thus moving me toward unseemly
pragmatism, an existential sin.
In any event, maybe this culture
has added to its wish list a splendid
fantasy of world morality. The cur­rent
resurgence of nationalism, as
our troops leave for Saudi Arabia,
certainly suggests we want, if noth­ing
else, to set the record straight
on our own special brand of confu­sion-
that conceived in the quest
for knowledge, truth (?).
And while it is unlikely any such
amendment can be made, we will
surely find some illumination in
having ventured the impossible.
So, here we are, small time pun­dits,
everyone, speaking glibly of
existence and its attendant themes.
The century is almost over, the war
is just beginning, and the jury is
still out on post-modernism.
It may finally be the principle
characteristic of our age that in the
churches, in the ghettos, in the
classrooms, in Congress, aboard
aircraft carriers and in our collec­tive
consciousness (if we still have
one), we can hear, without much
trouble at all, the sighs of impa­tience
bound in fear and the ner­vous
but hopeful shuffling of feet
MORE LIFE
Film
• Hatcher and
Govignon review
My Blue Heaven
and find hell.
page 10
Demonology
• The Exorcist HI
transcends expec­tations
with fright­ening
intelligence,
page 11
page 10 The A uburn Plainsman August 22,1990
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The horror of demonic possession returned last weekend to 1,288
screens across the nation as The Exorcist III opened quite without much
of the media posturing so characteristic of early summer films like
Total Recall and Dick Tracy.
Apparently, the legend of the original Exorcist has inhabited the body
of the new. An initial gross of $9.3 million suggests not only is that
15-year old memory still vivid, but that William Peter Blatty's official
sequel is good enough on its own to sustain the inevitable comparisons.
Almost anything, however, could be better than the unofficial sequel,
The Exorcist II: The Heretic, which turned out to be an ethereal bore
and bomb, but did not, it seems, compromise the reputation of its prede­cessor,
which was nominated for 10 academy awards including best
supporting actor for Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras. Miller
repeats that role in The Exorcist III.
Film fashion father of Twin Peaks, David Lynch's Cannes Film Festi­val
award winning movie, Wild At Heart had a disappointing opening
weekend. Even with hype, it appeared on only 532 screens and took in
$2.9 million.
Other weekend box office figures include Ghost, pulling in $8.4 mil­lion;
Flatliners, $7.1 million; My Blue Heaven, $6.2 million; Presumed
Innocent, $6.1 million.
Actor Charles Grodin, coming from the success of his summer,
off-Broadway play Price of Fame, is now preparing to star with Martin
Short in another film, Clifford. Next spring he will star in a comedy he
wrote, Home Run, with Chevy Chase.
Vintage books is set to release the paperback of his successful comic
autobiography, /; Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here...My Journey
Through Show Business.
Mismatched comedians
fall short of redemption
Martin, Moranis go straight to movie hell as My
Blue Heaven prays for laughs, gets no answer
From the aisle seats
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When you go see a Steve Martin
movie, you expect to share a few
hearty chuckles and a few laughs.
You figure, "That's not too much to
ask for my $4.75."
Well, maybe it is with My Blue
Heaven.
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as lovable mobster Vinnie Antonelli
who's always being rescued from
trouble by FBI agent Rick Moranis
(Honey, I Shrunk the Kids). Joan
Cusack (Men Don't Leave) tags
along as a (weak) romantic attrac­tion.
Govignoh: Disaster! Not only was
there no comedy in this movie, but
the simple fact that anyone could
find anything funny in this movie is
a true miracle. After doing such
brilliant work in Parenthood, it was
a tremendous disappointment to sec
Steve Martin make such a tragic
mistake.
Hatcher: Even Moranis couldn't
save this. I think he is belter suited
to second banana roles such as the
ones in the Ghostbusters movies.
It's a creepy sensation to sit in a full
auditorium and get no reaction at
all. All you feel is embarrassment
for the actors, writer and director. I
still think Martin is one of the most
underrated actors in Hollywood, but
this stinker won't enhance his repu­tation
with audiences or critics. - '•
G: Martin has proven in the past he
can play just about any role he's
given. His comedy is usually bril­liant,
and his dramatic roles are just
as well done. And then there was
this movie. Martin needs to save his
reputation by getting another good
script soon. As far as the other char­acters,
they're not even worth men­tioning.
H: How could this happen? So
much talent involved in this film,
and yet nothing comes out except
abject embarrassment. Director Her­bert
Ross (Steel Magnolias) is a tal­ented
director, but lately he's been
resting on his laurels. This film
docs, however, make Steel Magno­lias
look like a classic. The writer,
Nora Ephron, received an Oscar
nomination for When Harry Met
Sally... . Where that script was
insightful and funny, My Blue
Heaven offers nothing but stupid
gags and inane dialogue.
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Heaven. On my list of greats, Blue
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Film possesses elegant horror
Movie Review
The Exorcist III
Twentieth Century Fox
Rated: R *
Grade: A
Blatty writes, directs stunning sequel
The audience screamed.
William Peter Blatty, who wrote
and directed the Exorcist III, is as
skillful a craftsman on film as he is
in print. His novel, The Exorcist,
and the subsequent 1973 block­buster
movie are, by now, part of
the American mythology of faith
and reason.
Fans of the first, who were disap­pointed
by the second, have been
retrieved from marginality, for the
third is a stylish, completely
engrossing, and visceral ly terrify­ing
movie.
And it is an intellectual thriller, a
murder mystery dealing with mys­teries
larger than the screen, the
Script, and the not inconsiderable
presuppositions one brings to the
theatre.
.George C. Scott (Patton) stars as
Georgetown police Lt. Kinderman
investigating a series of bizarre
homocides and church desecra­tions.
The trail leads him into mental
wards, confessionals and out to the
edges of human experience where
nightmares repose, where evil is
the prime mode of existence.
I find Blatty's sense of cinematic
tension unexpectedly forthright,
unusually honest for a novelist. The
scenes are neither exactly under­stated
nor precisely high-handed,
but more like elegant, honorable
trickery.
Even his scariest scene, in which,
incidentally, there appears rjo
blood, harbors a kind of direct.,
gentle alertness. It is an appeal to
the viewer's quietude.
Emmy Award winner Ed Flan­ders
(St. Elsewhere), Nicol
Williamson (Excalibur), Scott Wil­son
(In Cold Blood), Brad Dourif
(Child's Play) and Jason Miller
(The Exorcist) all contribute smart,
agile supporting performances'
while Scott controls the film in a
superb confluence fury and fear.
Miller reprises his role as Father
Karras in Blatty's horror sequel.
The Exorcist III does not aspire
to recreate the original or even sur­pass
it, but merely (and this is hard­ly
a small task) restore to our think­ing,
some idea of what darkness is
like and of what darkness likes.
- Scott Wilkersoii
Mainstream arrives in slick, neo-60s guise
When I first picked up the CD
case of Bellybutton, the band Jelly­fish's
first album, I thought, "Here's
a band with some weird influ­ences."
The cover depicted the band as
Lilliputian figures standing on top
of and around a naked lady covered
with intricate designs of toothpaste.
Looks can be terribly misleading,
as this case illustrates.
• You see, Jellyfish is simply a 90s
pop band in 60s clothing. The band
looks as if its influences included
Jefferson Airplane and Jimi Hen-drix,
but the songs all sound as if
they were originally recorded by
the Carpenters. Vocalist Andy
^turmcr, clad in white and black
^checkered bell-bottoms with Union
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;J0larx.
5 The lyrics are just as pretentious
Music Review
Bellybutton
Jellyfish
Charisma Records
Grade: F
as the band's image. Fashioned
after Jimi Hendrix's outrageous
style, the lines add up to nothing
but mush. For example, from the
song "Calling Sarah": "Sometimes
it's awful hard to take/ The way she
lakes me all the way/ She's deli­cious
beyond compare/ I'd love to
tell her, but instead I stare."
The only time Jellyfish come up
with a decent hook is in "That Is
Why," which would be a much
more effective single than their fea­tured
single, "The King Is Half-
Undressed."
When I first played this album for
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unanimous: "This album really
sucks." I must agree.
Producing a truly terrible album is
one thing. But disguising it with a
60s-slylc cover, giving the illusion
of a band who is nothing like their
recorded material is inexcusable.
It's false advertising.
Bellybutton is horrible, an opinion
shared with me by any halfway dis­cerning
listener who listens to a
single chorus from the album.
This album actually offended me, it
was so terrible. And as for the band
itself, it must simply add three let­ters
onto the end of its grade to
determine what to do with itself.
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Tigers bring home gold
Orr, Jones help Goodwill team defeat Soviets
Jay Coulter
Staff Writer
Playing for national champi­onships
and gold medals is becom­ing
old hat for Auburn's Vickie Orr
and Carolyn Jones.
The two basketball stars found
themselves playing for a champi­onship
this summer. This time they
were representing the United States
in the Goodwill Games in Seattle
With the help of Orr and Jones,
the U.S. Women's Basketball Team
defeated the Soviet Union for the
gold medal at the second Goodwill
Games.
"Winning the gold medal and
being a part of a team that good
was great, but it doesn't make up
for losing at the Final Four," On-said.
The gold medal win capped off
over two months of competition for
the U.S. women which included
another title at the World Champi­onships.
The strategy of the U.S.
team called for only seven players
to see most of the playing time.
This meant different roles for Orr
and Jones. While Orr was one of
the seven to play, Jones found her­self
in a backup role for the first
time in her life.
"Coming off the bench was the
hardest thing I've ever done in my
life," Jones said.
"Accepting it was hard, but I just
made the best of it. Still, it was a
good stepping stone, and it was
great to be a part of that team.
"I think playing on the team also
helps my chances for the 1992
Olympics. They said if we worked
hard, we should have a good
chance to make it," Jones said.
Orr said she knew it would be
tough making the team after not
playing for more than a year while
she served as a graduate assistant at
Auburn.
"After tryouis I felt pretty good.
It was hard being out a year and not
really working out like the other
players and not being able to reach
my full potential before tryouts, but
I was OK." Orr said.
In Taiwan, while preparing for
the games, Orr suffered body
cramps which she said might have
cost her a starting position.
The highlight certainly had to be
playing the Russians for the gold in
Seattle, she said.
"As a team, it meant more
because playing them (the Soviets)
is what the Goodwill Games are all
about. Just being able to play them
and compete against them meant a
lot," Orr said.
As for the future, Orr is prepar­ing
to leave later this month to play
professionally in Italy and has also
started to set her sights on the 1992
Olympics.
For Jones, this year could be the
best ever. She is expected to lead
the Lady Tigers to a possible
national championship.
George Emert, executive vice president(l), and President James Martin congratulate Jones(r) and Orr for
their contributions to the Goodwill Games gold medal-winning women's basketball team.
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Players put on pads
to practice on Plains
Greg Klein
Assistant Sports Editor
After a summer of speculation,
varsity football players began prac­tice
this week. To head coach Pat
Dye, this means the time for talk­ing
is over, and it is now time for
some action.
"There's already been too much
said, too much written, too many
predictions and not enough action,"
he said at a press conference Satur­day.
"As far as I'm concerned, that's
what we need now, some action on
the practice field.
"We have a situation this season
where our schedule is a tough one
at the beginning. We have to start
out like champions; we can't wait
until Amen Corner to start playing
well, but with the experience we
have on this team, I think we'll be
ready," Dye said.
After watching freshman practice
for three days, Dye said he noticed
some players who will contribute
this season.
"I could name two or three that
look good physically and will help
us out this year. But you don't want
to start talking about them before
they even get out on the field," he
said.
Also impressive were the walk-ons,
according to Dye, especially
the kickers.
"This is the best looking walk-on
group we've ever had. I've seen a
couple of kickers; I don't know
their names yet, but I think they
will help," he said.
The kicking game, especially
punting, has been a concern, Dye
said. Richie Nell and Chris Dickin­son
traded the position back and
forth last season, but neither one
was consistent, he said.
"I'm anxious to see our kickers. I
Tigers need more passing to continue success
know they have worked hard in the
off season, but I'd like to see if they
have developed any consistency,"
he said.
This year the pre-season sched­ule
will have an additional scrim­mage,
Dye said.
"We'll have three scrimmages
which is different from the past.
Saturday we'll have a controlled
scrimmage, and then next Wednes­day
and Saturday we'll have game
scrimmages," he said.
"In the past we've only had one
game scrimmage, but we are doing
this to give our quarterbacks and
kickers some experience."
While three quarterbacks are still
being considered for the starting
job, Dye said a decision would be
made as early as this weekend.
"I think I'll be able to make some
kind of decision by the end of the
first scrimmage. We should have a
depth chart by then.
"By the end of the second scrim­mage,
we'll know the No. 1 and
two quarterbacks," he said.
Even when the top quarterback is
picked, Dye said his back-up will
probably get some playing time in
the Cal State game.
"There is a strong possibility that
we'll play two quarterbacks in the
first game. In case of an injury we
don't want to put a quarterback into
the game who has no experience,"
he said.
Many players, especially running
backs, sat out spring practice with
injuries. However, the players look
healthy, Dye said.
"James (Joseph) has a bit of a
hamstring problem, but I don't
know how serious it is. Stacy (Dan-ley)
looks fine to me.
"From what I've seen of Lectron
(Williams), he looks great. He is
running well.
MORE SPORTS
So, many "experts" are picking
the Auburn Tigers to win the myth­ical
national championship.
Whether Auburn finishes No. 1
depends on a few variables.
Will the team stay more or less
healthy? Will a quarterback step
forward? How will other teams
perform against us?
One constant will be Auburn's
rock-solid defense. I don't know
how our coaches do it, but they
continually put a top-notch defense
on the field.
Something that will have to hap­pen
will be the development of a
more-than-half-decent passing
game.
Auburn can no longer afford to
Mike
Shands
Sports Editor
have a one-dimensional offense. If
the Tigers had a running back the
caliber of a Bo Jackson or Brent
Fullwood, maybe we could run the
ball into the ground. Unfortunately,
we don't have a running back that
fast.
Auburn does have two, maybe
three if Lectron stays healthy,
excellent running backs and a
potentially dominating offensive
line, if Eddie Blake is eligible.
These two elements will proba­bly
be enough to enable Auburn to
defeat teams like the Flumpville
Schnooks or the Floopburg
Legumes, but against teams with
more imposing defenses like Flori­da
and the Tigers' bowl opponent,
Auburn will need to be able to pass
accurately.
The team boasts a large stable of
high quality pass receivers. Greg
Taylor, Herbert Casey and Pedro
Cherry arc fast. Shayne Wasdcn
and Dale Overton are consistently
sure-handed. All three quarterbacks
competing for the starting job arc
competent and capable of doing at
least an adequate job, if not better.
If the offensive line can give the
quarterback adequate time to throw
the ball, Auburn has the weapons
to be a high-scoring offense.
What the offense docs need is a
good balance between running and
passing and enough balance to
keep opposing defenses guessing
what we will do next.
Look at some other teams in the
collegiate and professional ranks.
The San Diego Chargers used to
have a highly proficient passing
attack which could put points on
the scoreboard faster than about
any other team in NFL history.
Unfortunately for the Chargers,
they were forced to score a profuse
amount of points because of a
porous defense which turned away
opposing offenses the way an alco­holic
turns away a free drink.
San Francisco has dominated the
NFL with a good mix of running
and passing, as well as a good,
underrated defense.
Miami and Florida State have
run and passed their way to the top
of college football.
If Auburn wants to take its place
as one of the top two or three teams
in the country, it must pass the ball
more than once in a while.
I'm not suggesting Auburn
become another Brigham Young
(bleh!), just the Tigers d&ntinue to
throw the ball with some regularity.
Football
• Georgia's,
LSU's and Miss.
State's teams are
previewed.
page 15
Basketball
• The players'
benches will be
shifted to the stu­dent
side next sea­son.
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Football
Fullwood might miss opening game
Former Tiger Brent Fullwood, the Green Bay Packer's leading
rusher for two of the last three seasons, had arthroscopic surgery on
his right knee and will be out at least two weeks.
Packers officials have indicated they might keep Fullwood out of
the team's Sept. 9 opener.
The team's running back coach Willie Peete said Fullwood would
have started at running back had he been healthy.
Olympics
South Africa could participate in '96
The racially divided country of South Africa may return to the
Olympic games by 1996, according to a leading anti-apartheid sports
leader.
"For the first time I can see the light at the end of the tunnel,"
Sam Ramsamy, chairman of the South African Non-Racial Olympic
Committee, said. Ramsamy just returned from a fact-finding mission
in his native country.
Broadcast
Plainsman sports editors on WEGL
Summer Plainsman Sports Editor Mike Shands and fall Sports
Editor Greg Klein will guest tonight on WEGL's Football Preview.
The show, which runs from 8 to 10 p.m., will focus on a variety of
topics including Auburn's upcoming season, the new
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Benches to be moved
Coaches hope change courts more support
Alex Powell
Staff Writer
When the 1990 Tiger and Lady
Tiger basketball teams take the
floor this season, there will be a
few changes awaiting them in Joel-
Eaves Memorial Coliseum which
the coaches hope will give the
teams an edge over the competi-
'tion.
The team benches in past years
•have been located on the side of the
coliseum across from the student
section, but this year the benches
will be moved across the floor to
the same side as the student sec­tion.
Men's head basketball coach
Tommy Joe Eagles said the reason
was mainly to say thanks for the
support the students displayed last
season toward the team.
"The decision to move the
benches is in response to the out­standing
support we received last
season. Last year's ball club devel­oped
a great rapport with the stu­dent
body.
"By moving the benches to the
student body side of the coliseum,
the atmosphere will be even better.
It should increase crowd participa­tion
at home games," he said.
The move should enhance the
image of Auburn basketball when
playing on television, Eagles said.
"We feel the move is advanta­geous
from a television standpoint
with the image of Auburn basket­ball
we'll be sending across the
nation.
"I don't believe in making
changes for the sake of changes,
but hopefully this is a move for the
better. We'll sit back and evaluate
the situation at the end of the com­ing
season," Eagles said.
Women's basketball coach Joe
Ciampi said the move will help to
stir up fan support for his team. He
said even though his Lady Tiger
team has the nation's longest home
winning streak at 55 games, fan
support hasn't always been there.
"We play outstanding teams all
across the country and, we're
always at a disadvantage on the
road because of the great support
the top teams receive at home. We
want to develop that same image
with our student body."
By moving the benches, the team
is asking the students for greater
support, Ciampi said.
"Auburn has two basketball pro­grams
going to the top of the
mountain, and we don't want the
coliseum to be a neutral floor," he
said.
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page 14 The Auburn Plainsman August 22,1990
1990 Tigers previewed
Greg Klein
Assistant Sports Editor
Editor's note: In the past three
weeks we have previewed the
other nine teams in the SEC. Cor­responding
with that is this look
at Auburn's team for the upcom­ing
season.
Speculation has run rampant
this preseason: Will this be the
year Auburn can nail down a
national championship? Three
national magazines think so.
Auburn head coach Pat Dye
said the predictions have placed
unwanted pressure on his team.
"I'm not going to let you people
in the media or anyone else take
the fun out of it by putting pres­sure
on us," Dye said Saturday at
his preseason press conference.
However, at SEC Media Days
in Birmingham at the beginning
of August, Dye critiqued his team
with a fine-tooth comb.
"I like this football team," he
said. "We're excited about this
football team. It's not a finished
product, but we have the making
of a good team," he said.
Certainly Auburn's strength
will be its defense, which only
lost three starters. On offense,
five starters were lost, but most of
the offensive line is intact, and it
will be helped further by junior
college all-american Eddie Blake.
The kicking game will be a
concern, Dye said. Field goal
kicker Win Lylc is gone, leaving
last year's kick-off specialist Jim
Von Wyl to pick up the slack.
Both Chris Dickinson and Richie
Nell return to compete for the
punting job each played without
distinction last season.
In Auburn's favor will be its
schedule which has the Tigers
leaving Alabama just three times.
Rivals Tennessee, Florida State
and Georgia will have to play in
Jordan-Hare where the Tigers
have a winning percentage of
.815.
If Auburn stumbles this season,
it will likely be on the road either
in Gainesville where it has won
just once in almost 20 years, or to
a highly underrated Ole Miss
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until bad boy image backfires
Wins will start coming, as will penalties, cheap shots, dissension
For football fans everywhere, it
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"Could this be the year?" they all
want to know.
In San Francisco, Cincinnati, Los
Angeles and elsewhere, talks of a
trip to the Super Bowl highlight
conversations.
And in Atlanta? Well, they're not
talking about the Super Bowl; that's
for sure. But, they are talking about
new coach Jerry Glanville.
"Will he be the right coach? Can
he pick this team up from the cel­lar?"
Falcons fans want to know.
Having followed Glanville's for­mer
team, the Houston Oilers,
through his stormy reign and the 10
years before it, I think I can shed
some light on what he will do for
the Falcons.
The first thing he'll do is instill
some pride into his players. That's
not always easy to do for a team
that went 3-13, but he did it for a 4-
12 Oiler team five years ago.
Players like Andre Rison will
take comfort in the fact that
Glanville uses his best players as
much as possible. Often over­looked
with the Colts, Rison will
make Glanville's Red Gun offense
an immediate success.
On defense, Glanville's presence
will help in two ways. First he'll
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take the pressure off controversial
players like Deon Sanders, Aun-dray
Bruce and Marcus Cotton.
Then he'll create an image for them
similar to Houston's House of Pain.
Another hot topic will be who
Glanville leaves tickets for this sea­son.
Elvis, James Dean and the
Phantom of the Opera have had
will call tickets for Oiler's games in
the past. Elvis will probably be
invited to a Falcons game too,
along with Jim Morrison, John F.
Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Pete
Rose and George Steinbrenner.
Expect this season's Falcons to
improve in almost every area, and
a winning season is an outside pos­sibility.
Unfortunately, they play in
the toughest division in football. I
think an 8-8 season and third place
just above New Orleans sounds
realistic.
In upcoming seasons, the Fal­cons
will inch closer and closer to
the playoffs, making them by 1992.
Then the trouble will start.
By 1992 the Falcons will have
long since taken over the Oilers
title of most penalized team- in
Cincinnati Bengals coach Sam
Wyche's words, "stupid football."
Houston also became known as a
cheap-shot team, a label in which
the defense took pride.
But for offensive players like
Warren Moon, Drew Hill and
Earnest Givens, the label meant
something entirely different. Every
cheap shot Houston's defense gave
out was given back to its offensive
players. Hill and Givens, two play­ers
capable of being the top receiv­ing
tandem in football, spent most
of the year injured.
By the time Glanville quit in
Houston (just before he was fired,
it should be noted), half the team
was disappointed; the other half
celebrated.
After watching the Falcons get
into a fight in their first scrimmage,
I can already hear them being pro­claimed
the new Bad Boys of the
NFL. .
In the long run, that will mean
trouble.
But, for the next five or so years,
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they have in a decade.
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LSU, Georgia to meet in key game
Third in a series
Greg Klein
Assistant Sports Editor
Georgia
Coach: Ray Goff
Last Year: 6-6
'90 Outlook: Good, but
not good enough
When Ray Goff took the head
coaching job at Georgia he knew it
wouldn't be easy. For starters, he
was following a living legend in his
mentor, Vince Doolcy.
Also, Georgia's recruiting has
been hurt by competition from
Bama, Florida and Auburn.
"Last year we said that we might
struggle for a couple of years.
That's very true," Goff said.
In fact, Georgia struggled to a 6-
6 record including consecutive sea­son
ending losses to Auburn, Geor­gia
Tech and Syracuse.
Goff said he expects belter
results this season.
"We hope that we'll be better
because we have a more experi­enced
team," he said.
It's true Georgia does return eight
starters on offense and seven on
defense, however its losses came
from key positions.
Tailback Rodney Hampton left a
year early, leaving a big whole in
the offense, Goff said.
"During spring practice, we did­n't
have anyone who stepped for­ward
at tailback," he said.
Other question marks are at tight
end, punter and defensive line.
"We lost our whole defensive
line," according to Goff who said at
least one player would be convert­ed
from a linebacker to noseguard.
One area Goff has helped is
recruiting. This year he got almost
all of the good in-state recruits,
shutting out both Auburn and Flori­da.
In addition, he got Mitch Davis,
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"We've been fortunate to have a
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Georgia's tough schedule won't
help it any. The Bulldogs play in
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LSU
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Last Year: 4-7
'90 Outlook: Pack your
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Only one year after tying for the
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a 4-7 record. It wasn't because of
lack of talent. The Tigers had more
players taken in the NFL draft than
any other SEC school.
Now it is do or die for Archer,
and he said he is aware of that.
"I know we are going to have to
improve as a football team, but to
say that we have to be 6-5, 7-4, 8-
3, 9-2, 10-1 or 11-0 for me to keep
my job, I don't know. I know that
we can't be 4-7 again," he said.
Making it hard for Archer will be
the inexperience of his squad. Eight
starters were lost on offense and six
on defense.
"This could be the youngest team
ever to be assembled, with 42
freshman and sophomores.
"I'm both an optimist and a real­ist.
In this league it is very hard to
win consistently with young play­ers,"
Archer said.
LSU will also have a hard lime
with its schedule, beginning with
its opening game against Georgia.
"The Georgia game is the most
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right foot," he said.
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