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SGA prepares to divvy up $1 million in activity
• SALLIE OWEN Tta other student activity projects are
as the Student Activities Building, out- spent," he said.
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SALLIE OWEN
Assistant Campus Editor
The 15 students on the Student
Government Association Budget and
Finance Committee have $1 million in
student activity fees to divide in the com­ing
weeks among 14 student activity pro­jects
for 1997-98, Mike Bliss, chairman of
the budget and finance committee and a
junior in biochemical engineering, said.
Budgets for Recreational Services, the
Graduate Student Organization and the
performing arts committee may lead to
debate, he said.
All students pay $12.50 of each quar­ter's
tuition for a student activity fee. As
in the past, the University Bookstore
donated $100,000 to the fund as well.
The Glomerata, the Aquatics- Center, Black
Student Union, The
Circle, IMPACT,
International Student
Organization, Student
G o v e r n m e n t
Association for the
College of Veterinary
Medicine, the Tiger
Cub and WEGL. UPC
takes the biggest bite
out of this fund.
Recreational Services
Bliss said, "Our rec services need help.
Susan Nunnelly has never gotten enough
money."
Rec services handles intramural sports,
club sports and recreational facilities such
BLISS
out­door
club field and the drill field, Susan
Nunnelly, director, said.
"We can't purchase any of the equip­ment
we need, even to replace worn-out
equipment," she said.
Nunnelly said she plans to try to change
the way rec services is funded.
"We've been asking that we be an ear­mark-
funded program," she said. That
would mean a set amount would be
added to the cost of tuition each quarter.
This money would be dedicated for rec
services.
A November SGA survey showed that
67 percent of students were in favor of
increasing student activity fees, Bliss said.
"I think (rec services) would be a very
valid place for Student Activity Fees to be
Nunnelly said this is a common method
of funding similar programs at other uni­versities.
She suggested $5 per student per
quarter.
"That would allow us here in our office
to do some long-range planning," she
said. Weight room and cardiovascular
equipment top her wish list, she said.
A referendum on the spring ballot
would be required for rec services to
become separately funded. For the refer­endum
to pass, 25 percent of all students
must vote on it and two-thirds of them
must approve it, Bliss said.
The Board of Trustees must also
approve the change.
Nunnelly said she would ask to put
such a recommendation on the ballot.
Rec services reported more than 150,000
visits to its facilities last year. Students vis­ited
the weight room 76,000 of those
times.
Graduate Student Organization
Last year the budget and finance com­mittee
initially zero funded the GSO trav­el
fund, although eventually the fund got
$7,000 of the $10,000 requested under
pressure from the office of student affairs,
Bliss said.
This year, the GSO again asked for
$10,000 for the fellowship fund, formerly
known as the travel fund, Bliss said.
"The University used to cover this
expense. Last year was the first time it was
student funded," he said.
The fellowship fund helps pay for stu­dents'
travel expenses when they go to
please see B&F, A-3
Gunshot ends life of
Auburn sophomore
DJ BONDS/Photo Editor
Beer cans, twisted metal and logging debris were strewn across 1-85 after an early morning accident on Tuesday.
Traffic accident sends three to ICU
• S. BARNETT & K. SMITH
Staff Writers
Three people were admitted into the
Intensive Care Unit at East Alabama
Medical Center Tuesday after an early
morning automobile accident involving
three vehicles.
The accident occured on Interstate 85
South just past the College Street exit.
Elaine Pitts, a resident of Camp Hill,
Ala., is listed in critical condition, Becky
Brown, public relations director of East
Alabama Medical Center, said.
Tractor-trailer driver Larry Walton is
in fair condition and the other truck dri­ver,
Ben Fetner, is listed as serious.
All three accident victims went into
surgery Tuesday.
Sgt. Mickey Beck of the Auburn
Police said, "The state troopers are
investigating."
He said physical evidence and eye­witness
reports indicate the severity of
the accident.
Officials believe Pitts' Monte Carlo
was traveling in the right lane going
south and was broadsided by the trac­tor-
trailer when she attempted to
change lanes.
Both the car and the tractor-trailer
struck the guard rail as a logging truck
sliced through the trailer, which was sit­ting
across both lanes.
Both trucks were destroyed, and Pitts'
car was damaged in the collision.
State Troopers, the Auburn Fire
Department, Auburn Police and the
Opelika Rescue and Fire Squad
responded to the scene which detoured
traffic from 1-85 South.
Clyde Prather, Auburn public safety
director, said the clean-up process dis­rupted
traffic for more than seven
hours.
"Even with the equipment they had
there, it took quite a long time," he said.
Prather said in the early evening they
had re-opened one lane for traffic.
Auburn Police diverted traffic eight
miles to U.S. Highway 80/State Route
186, which has an entrance ramp to 1-85.
Beck said the driver of the logging
truck was trapped for more than an
hour before rescue workers were able to
please see ICU, A-3
HARDY
• SALLIE OWEN
Assistant Campus Editor
The brothers of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
are planning a memorial for one of their
brothers who died during the break.
Spivey Hardy, a sophomore majoring
in liberal arts from Selma, Ala., died from
an accidental gunshot wound Dec. 12 in
his home in Auburn, a police spokesper­son
said. According to the accident
report, the gun was
his hunting rifle, a .270
Ruger m77.
Beau Pierce, a
junior in marketing
and one of Spivey
Hardy's roommates
and fraternity broth­ers,
said "We're defi­nitely
going to do
something."
Baley Brantley, a
junior in family and child development
and his girlfriend of two and a half years,
said, "I feel sorry for anybody who didn't
get to know him."
"Everybody at the funeral said that was
the first time they've ever seen him not
smiling," Brantley said.
His mother said 2-3,000 people attended
the funeral.
"We are just broken-hearted. He had
everything to live for," said Sharon
Hardy, his mother. The 20-year-old was
the Hardy's only child.
"Spivey was the kind of person who
thoroughly enjoyed everything he did.
He never met a stranger," Sharon Hardy
said.
His friends and family characterized
him as a lover of the outdoors and ani­mals,
especially dogs and horses'.
"Being from Dallas County, he was an
outdoors person. And with horses, he
could just ride anything," his mother
said.
For this school year he had moved out
of the fraternity house so he could live
somewhere with a fenced yard for his
dog.
Spivey Hardy had a yellow lab named
Jordan who was with him when he died,
Sharon Hardy said.
"He just loved that dog," he said.
Brantley said the fraternity is consider^
ing a bronze statue of a dog for the
memorial.
"He had a dog that could do any pet
trick. He could train a dog to do any­thing,"
Pierce said.
Spivey Hardy had taught the dog he
had before Jordan to wave at him when
he left the room, Pierce said.
He had trained his dog for dove hunt­ing,
Pierce said.
"He was such a good hunter. We have
lots of pictures of him with deer," his
mother said.
In light of the way he died, his love of
hunting seems ironic, she said.
John Roth, a junior in finance and one
of Spivey Hardy's roommates and frater­nity
brothers, said he wished Hardy had­n't
kept a loaded gun in the house.
"You should check your gun.
Everybody knows that, but everybody
doesn't do it," Roth said
Before coming to Auburn, Spivey
Hardy had made his mark at Morgan
Academy in Selma.
"He was an excellent high school ath­lete,"
his mother said. He played center
on three state championship football
teams before he graduated in 1994.
"Everybody looked up to him on the
field," she said.
Two scholarship funds have been estab­lished
in his memory. Gifts can be sent to
the Spivey Hardy-Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Scholarship Fund, care of David Pearce,
P.O. Box 205, Marion Junction, Ala. 36759
or the Spivey Hardy Memorial Fund,
Morgan Academy, P.O. Drawer P, Selma,
Ala. 36701.
University learns from others as semester transition begins
• CHARLOTTE MCINTOSH
Staff Writer
Like it or not, Auburn will be
making the switch from quarters
* to semesters in the fall of 2000.
Now that the decision is made,
the preparation must begin.
Auburn officials have already
begun the transition by looking to
other universities who have
recently switched or will be soon
switching to semesters from quar­ters.
Provost Paul Parks said Auburn
is looking at the University of
Tennessee, the University of
Georgia, Georgia Tech and
" Michigan State University.
"Georgia and Georgia Tech
make a real nice helpful relation­ship
since they are switching to
semesters in 1998. We are trying
to leam all the lessons we can
from other universities," Parks
said.
Parks announced Christine
Curtis, alumni professor of chemi­cal
engineering, as the head of the
transition committee on Tuesday.
"At first this position will be
just a half time position, but as
the transition comes closer, it will
require more time," Parks said.
"We are also forming a transi­tion
committee in each college
and school and encouraging ser­vice
organizations to form transi­tion
committees," Parks said.
University of
Tennessee
Registrar Al
Cruise said
when
Tennessee
switched to
semesters sev­eral
years ago
the process
was time con­suming,
but went smoothly. "It
was a lot of work and we spent
three years planning (it), but it
worked out great. There were no
big problems," Cruise said.
Cruise advised transition offi-
PARKS
dais to begin preparations soon.
"You need to get going. We had
lots of meetings with people on
campus and then hired two full
time faculty members and one
temporary person to help with
the transition. The many group
meetings helped ensure that noth­ing
was overlooked," Cruise said.
Cruise said communication is
key. "We also sent out a newslet­ter
every month (prior to and
during transition) which
answered questions and
explained things to students," he
said.
"The students were very
involved. A (representative)
group of students met with the
"Georgia and Georgia Tech make a real nice,
helpful relationship since they are switching to
semesters in 1998. We are trying to learn all
the lessons we can from other universities."
— PAUL PARKS
University Provost
transition team to make sure stu­dents
understood the aspects of
switching to semesters," Cruise
said.
Tennessee students also
received an equivalency table to
show how their quarter credits
transferred to semester credits.
"Some people were caught in
the (middle of the change). If a
student was half a credit short for
graduation, we were lenient and
gave it to the student," Cruise
said.
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Auburn student comes forward about three-day-old rape case
An Auburn University student, who decided to withhold her name, reported an alleged rape to the
Auburn Police Department on Jan. 12.
A knife was used in the assault that occurred in a parking lot on Opelika Road at 6:45 p.m.
The suspect is a white male in his mid-20s, 6'0,210 pounds, brown hair in a bowl cut and had about two
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The rape occurred on Jan. 9, but was not reported until three days later.
There was no rape exam or treatment.
Boulder police arrest 2 for theft ofJonBenet Ramsey photos
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Boulder Police had said that charges could range from misdemeanor obstruction of justice to felony theft.
Possible suspects included a photo lab employee and possibly another accomplices.
The photos were taken at the home of John and Patricia Ramsey on Dec. 26,1996. It was also the home
of JonBenet Ramsey, a former Little Miss Colorado, who died of strangulation that day. The six-year-old
girl's body was found in a basement room of her home.
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present their research.
"I fundamentally disagree with
that because if s more academic,"
he said.
Performing Arts Committee
Bliss said that the committee
may stop funding the Performing
Arts Committee and place it
under the umbrella of UPC.
"In my opinion and the opinion
of the committee, there is not
enough student participation and
attendance," Bliss said. "The UPC
could do a better job."
Librarian Lisa Beall was
appointed to chair the PAC
Tuesday. She has served on the
committee for one year.
Beall said plans to join UPC
were still up in
the air.
"As far as I
know it's just
sort of an idea
that we're bat­ting
around,"
she said.
"I promise to
work aggres-sively
to promote these events
that come to campus. We need to
improve our publicity," Beall said.
She said she plans to collaborate
with UPC to improve publicity
efforts.
"I'm committed to ensuring a
well-rounded cultural experience
for the student," Beall said.
Tom Sparrow, director of the
coliseum and PAC member since
1972, said PAC brings Broadway
shows to the Student Act.
Performances, such as fall quar­ter's
"Annie Get Your Gun" are
open to the public.
When that same show was in
Montgomery, tickets were $25
each. About 550 people saw the
musical in Auburn, and more of
them were from the, community
than from the college, Sparrow
said.
"I don't know if there's going to
be a change," Sparrow said. "I feel
like there's a real need for the per­forming
arts. I do feel like there is
a place for the performing arts.
The question is,'What do the stu­dents
want?'"
The PAC and UPC have worked
together on publicity in the past,
he said.
Bliss said he hoped that if the
change was made that the PAC
Football recruit involved in
altercation with Auburn player ICU
"If there are organizations out there who want
to apply for student activity funds, they must
do so by Jan. 23."
— MICHAEL BLISS
Chairman, Budget and Finance Committee
faculty members would advise the
UPC fine arts committee.
"That's experience we don't
want to lose," Bliss said.
Bliss said, "UPC was a little
wary. They didn't want to seem
like they were trying to take over."
The PAC has the Harlem
Spiritual Ensemble, a vocal group,
booked for Feb. 11, and "Twist and
Shout" is scheduled for spring
quarter.
Past shows have included
"Beauty and the Beast,"
"Forbidden Broadway" and "The
Patsy Cline Story."
Beall said that two of the six fac­ulty
positions on the committee
are unfilled.
Budget and Finance
Committee and Process
Bliss served on the budget and
finance committee last year and
said he has tried to improve it.
In the last few years, each com­mittee
member was assigned to be
the liaison to a particular student
activity project, he said.
"I asked each committee mem­ber
to meet with a representative
of every project. This turned out to
be nearly impossible because of
time restrictions," Bliss said.
But even so, they are familiar
with more than one. project, he
said.
"This is
the best educat­ed
budget and
finance com­mittee
yet," he
said.
"If there
are organiza­tions
out there
who want to apply for student
activity funds, they must do so by
Jan. 23," Bliss said. He has appli­cations.
The schedule is:
•Official budget request form is
due Jan. 23
•Jan. 27 and 28 each project makes
a 20 minute presentation to Senate
•then the committee works out its
proposed allocations
•presents them to senate
•sent to Bettye Burkhalter, interim
vice president for student affairs,
for approval.
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• JEREMY HOLLOMAN
Sports Editor
Despite a punch to his face
delivered by a Tiger football play­er,
prospect Jarvis Green of
Louisiana has not ruled out play­ing
for Auburn.
"He's still considering Auburn,"
Jerry Dykes, Green's former high
school coach told The Auburn
Plainsman on Wednesday.
The incident occurred Friday
night at a party sponsored by the
International Panhellinic Council
held at The Buffalo Connection in
Auburn.
Green attended the party with
his older brother Shannon, a
Tuskegee University graduate
who is currently a social worker in
Baton Rouge, La.
The brothers were party guests
Jpf Shannon Suttle, junior defen­sive
end from LaFayette, Ga., who
was acting as Jarvis Green's host
for the weekend recruiting visit.
Eyewitnesses reported that
freshman linebacker Quinton
Reese was bumping into people
while he was dancing and that
Shannon Green asked him to stop.
The two then had a verbal con­frontation.
"Jarvis said his brother told
Reese to stop bumping him, and
things escalated from there,"
Dykes said.
After the confrontation, Reese
took a swing at Shannon Green.
In the ensuing bedlam, Jarvis
Green was struck in the mouth by
Jeff Dunlap, a redshirt-freshman
linebacker from Pearson, Ga.
Neither of the players realized
that Green was a recruit.
Jarvis Green told WERC Radio
that he never hit anyone and that
Head Coach Terry Bowden apolo­gized
to him on Saturday.
"He just considers it
an unfortunate acci­dent.
"
— Jerry Dykes
Green's former high school coach
Bowden was unable to be con­tacted
about the matter because he
is out of town on a recruiting trip.
Jarvis Green's mouth bled but
required no stitches.
"He's fine," Dykes said.
Neither brother intends to file
charges, he said.
"I talked to him about the whole
thing, and he just considers it an
unfortunate accident," Dykes said.
Green, of Donaldsonville, La., is
highly ranked in several national
recruiting magazines, including
Forrest Davis' Football Recruiting
Annual.
remove him from the tangled
wreckage of his truck that had slid
down the embankment.
The tractor-trailer was trans­porting
a full cargo of beer, which
spewed all over the highway
when struck by the logging truck.
Beck estimated the trailer had a
gross weight of more than 48,000
pounds.
Clean up efforts involved
cranes, frontend loaders, back-hoes
and several tow trucks.
• Four dump trucks were also uti­lized
in the cleaning process.
A crane was used to drag the
log truck back onto the shoulder
of the highway.
Several frontend loaders sped
up the cleaning process by scoop­ing
up excess debris. I
Several flatbed tractor-trailersj
were enlisted in removing the'
demolished vehicles.
Department of Public Safety
officials were on hand to observe;
the clean up which continued well;
into the afternoon.
Semesters Continued from A-1
One of the biggest changes in
the quarter to semester switch is
converting the curriculum.
Jim Whitney, Chair of the
Semester Conversion Committee
for UGA, said the school has set
up a Web page where faculty can
directly rework the curriculum to
the semester format.
"Using the Web site, faculty
can enter course information
from any computer and then it
automatically goes on to the next
level of review. This makes it eas­ier
to redo the catalog," Whitney
said.
Cruise said the faculty was
extremely involved in the transi­tion.
"The faculty helped to change
the curriculum by combining
some classes and eliminating oth­ers
in each department/'Cruise
said
Not only will the curriculum
change, but the school calendar
will change as well.
Whitney said the summer ses­sion
before the switch to semes­ters
will be shortened.
"We will have a shortened
summer quarter so that we can
start the semester the third week
of August," Whitney said.
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Anyone wishing to drink on
Sunday, whether at a wedding
reception, a business conference or
just a beer during the Sunday foot­ball
game may get their chance to
indulge if local government
decides to take action.
Some cities in Alabama have
already made changes to permit
alcohol sales in restaurants on
Sundays, Gale Alsobrook, presi­dent
of the Auburn Chamber of
Commerce, said.
Alsobrook said, "The liquor
laws have been changed to my
knowledge in Birmingham,
Montgomery, Huntsville and Gulf
Shores."
Tom Hayley, general partner for
Hayley-Redd development, said
the Auburn/Opelika area could
gain some high-level restaurants
with the permission to serve alco­hol
on Sundays.
Hayley said he has a hard time
understanding why these changes
are not made in Auburn. "Are peo­ple
in Montgomery different than
Auburn?" he said.
Hayley said he thinks having a
change in the law would be a pos­itive
step forward and local citi­zens
should have freedom of
choice.
"I think it's the dark ages," he
said.
Hayley said if a person chooses
to drink alcohol six days of the
week, why should the government
choose for the people during the
seventh day of the week?
Alsobrook said there are three
ways for a local restaurant to serve
alcohol on Sundays. One way is to
get a club license, as seen in coun­try
clubs and the War Eagle
Supper Club.
Another way is to get special
permission by the state as a gov­erning
body, Alsobrook said.
The third way is to have a pub­lic
referendum „ . . !
so people of the Any increase in
it," she said.
The majority of the people on
the city council agree that there
should be a referendum allowing
citizens to vote on this issue,
Gladden said.
But if there was a referendum
and citizens could vote, there
would be a variety of opinions
prevalent in the community.
The Rev. Al Jackson of Lakeview
Baptist Church said, "Any
increase in alcohol sales in our
community would be tragic.
"I don't know anything that ere-;
ates more pain
community can alcohol SClleS IYI OUT
vote on it, community would be
tragic.
Alsobrook said.
According to
the outcome of a
survey given by
the Chamber of
Commerce, more
than 80 percent
of local businesses in the
Auburn/Opelika area agreed that
they would want to see the public
vote on this issue.
"Judging from the survey, there
is no organized effort against it,"
Alsobrook said.
Councilwoman Cheryl Gladden
said there needs to be separation
between church and state since it's
a personal issue.
"I'm definitely in favor of doing
— The Rev. Al Jackson
Lakeview Baptist Church
and sorrow,
than the effects
of alcohol," he
said.
By allowing
alcohol to be
sold on
Sundays, "you
increase the pos­sibility
of people
becoming intoxicated," Jackson
said. He said this increases traffic
accidents and fatalities.
"Why make it any worse than it
is?" Jackson said.
Drew Wilson, a senior in history,
said, "I think it should go to refer­endum."
Whatever policy is cho­sen,
it should reflect what the com­munity
wants, he said.
"It's not a moral issue," Wilson
said. But he said there should still
be a respect for the Sabbath.
Wilson said he would hate to see
Auburn jump on a cultural band­wagon,
but rather the community
should decide for itself based on
the views, wants and style of the
Auburn community.
"No one's going to die if they
can't buy a drink on Sunday," he
said. It should be purely based on
the wants of the community and,,
with that, the opinions of mothers,
teenagers, girlfriends and
boyfriends.
"It should be the reflection of
Auburn, Alabamians," Wilson
said.
Hayley said a change allowing
restaurants to serve alcoholic bev­erages
on Sunday would not only
bring more restaurants to the area
but promote more business con­ventions.
"It's good for the community six *
days a week," he said. Allowing
another day of sales would not
only help the local economy, but*
many conventions that the
Auburn/Opelika area have lost
because of liquor laws may bring •
their future business back to the
community, Hayley said.
These aren't even bars; they are«
restaurants which bring tax dol­lars
to the community allowing for
improvement, Hayley said.
"Either you drink or you don't,"
he said.
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Medicinal pot legalized in two states
• LIZZ FULLERTON
Staff Writer
For some patients, relief from
pain may be only a marijuana joint
awayf
California and Arizona have
voted to legalize marijuana for
medicinal purposes. Its intended
use is for glaucoma patients and
for the lessening of pain.
"What's happened is that two
states have passed ( the law) so
that it will be legalized. But courts
have ruled in one state to stay the
law because it has been said that
legalization goes against federal
law," Bob Bernstein, professor and
chair of the political science
department, said.
The Supreme Court will have to
decide whether the decision goes
against federal statutes, he said.
"Drugs and drug crime violates
not federal law but state law. If it's
simply a state law that is the prob­lem,
these initiatives will preclude
the state law," Bernstein said.
Local doctors vary on their opin­ions
of the benefits of smoking
marijuana.
Optometrist David Bazemore
said, "I'm not sure it helps. It's
mainly for pain. Most of the time
with glaucoma you don't have a
lot of that. Some people have the
position that it will lower the pres­sure
of
glaucoma,
but I don't
know that
it does," .
Pharmacy
professor
N o r m a n
Doorenboz
was a part
of the
National
Marijuana
P r o g r am
that began
s t u d y i ng
marijuana
in 1968. He
was the
first person in the United States to
receive a research grant to study
marijuana.
"The project was initiated to
find out what marijuana does to
people. My job was to grow the
plant and isolate the drugs that
were in it. The marijuana I pro­duced
went to people and animals
all over the world. A great deal
was learned about marijuana,"
Doorenboz said.
The project's findings were that
s m o k i ng
marijuana
does help
relieve the
eye pres­sure
of
glaucoma.
However,
the effects,
including
s o m e
uncomfort­able
side
effects, last
only 4 to 5
h o u r s ,
while glau­coma
med-ica
t i o ns
last much
longer. It is not good for pain
either, Doorenboz said.
"It's not very good for pain
relief. It's been used for centuries
as a sedative. It just slows the
brain down. It is good for cancer
patients — not for the cancer but
for the nausea," he said.
The side effects worry some doc-
CHAD BARWICK/State/Local Editor
tors and are disliked by older
patients seeking pain relief,
Doorenboz said.
Marijuana has a higher carcino­gen
content than cigarettes and
can cause lung cancer, he said.
The smoke is also dangerous to
unborn children.
Marijuana smoke can cause a
baby to be born smaller, lighter,
less developed mentally and phys­ically
and can cause emotional
problems, Doorenboz said.
"Marijuana does not normally
cause addiction," he said. "But,
some of our most dangerous
chemicals are not addictive, and
many addictive substances are not
dangerous."
While the debate concerning the
medicinal uses of the drug rages
on nationally, the Supreme Court
will eventually decide whether
legalization will happen.
Bernstein said, "The states'
legalization will not necessarily
have any effect on the outcome,"
You can always find some judge
somewhere who will rule for your
side. But these policies will not be
made for a while. We have a long
way between here and the finish
line.".
Old frat houses razed for convenience store
• AMY BELLIS
Staff Writer
Two historical buildings, which
were torn down despite citizen
objections, will be replaced by a
gas station/convenience store on
the corner of Glenn Avenue and
Gay Street in Auburn.
The acre of land on this corner
lot was bought in 1996 by
Higginbotham Oil Company with
the intention to build a new ser­vice
station, Burnie Higginbotham
Sr., president of Higginbotham
Oil, said.
The Shell station will contain
Miami Subs, "an upscale mini
restaurant," and a Beressler's Ice
Cream and Yogurt shop, he said.
"It will look like an old brick
colonial home. There will be a
wing on each side with full glass
panels, and the canopy over the
pump islands will match the
building. It's going to be a beauti­ful
building," Higginbotham said.
The land, previously used for
apartment buildings, was original­ly
home to the old Kappa Sigma
and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity
houses built in the 1940s.
Chris Heck, a senior in biomed­ical
sciences, said, "As a (Kappa
Sigma) pledge, it was of sentimen­tal
value to see the crest on the old
house. It was sentimental to see it
driving by on the way to
Checker's. When I came back from
break, I was depressed to see level
ground. Even though we weren't
born back then, it meant a lot to
us."
Wes Pitts, a freshman in pre-engineering,
said, "I just got initi­ated.
It was a great place that had
a lot of history. I was upset to see it
torn down because it was a sign of
the old times in (Sigma Phi
Epsilon."
Cheryl Gladden, Auburn coun-cilwoman
and member of the
Auburn Planning Committee,
opposed the decision to tear down
two of the oldest buildings in
Auburn.
"When the proposal came
before us, I was against it because
I thought someone should take a
stand," she said.
A citizens survey is conducted
every spring and "every year there
is an overwhelmingly high" con­cern
for preserving the "tiny bit"
of historical buildings left in
Auburn, Gladden said.
Citizens swamped city hall with
calls concerning the demolition of
the buildings, Gladden said.
Kelly Templin, Auburn city
planner, said, "We don't have a
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Higginbotham Oil Company purchased the land where two
historical buildings used to stand in downtown Auburn.
preservation ordinance in Auburn, stop progress and change the law,"
Presently there are no laws that
prohibit the demolition of that site
or other sites. The problem is I
cannot differentiate between peo­ple's
wants and desires. I only
have the law," he said.
The land on the corner of Glenn
Avenue and Gay Street has "the
right zoning for commercial use
and the buildings were owned by
the people who tore it down,"
Doug Watson, Auburn's city man­ager
said.
Templin said, "Unfortunately,
when you have the growth and
turnover of students and the mar­ket
forces of a college town, you
get places like that. We got a lot of
calls, but I will have to say I can't
he said.
Gladden said she would person­ally
like to see a change in the
ordinance to preserve historical
buildings.
"I thought those were two of the
most beautiful buildings in down­town
Auburn. It will be interesting
to see if (Higginbotham Oil) will
come through with it since the
Auburn Planning Committee held
them to such high standards," she
said.
Higginbotham Oil Company
plans to clean and reuse some of
the bricks from the old buildings
in the construction of the new ser­vice
station, Higginbotham said.
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OUR VIEW
Auburn's future lies in its past
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•™"""• istory, what Auburn and all
1 M 't s traditions seem to be
founded on, is being snatched
right out from under our noses.
Pieces of Auburn are being destroyed to
make room for a new Auburn. An Auburn
dedicated to the one thing it seems this little
village can't get enough of — money.
Buildings that are pieces of Auburn just as
much as the University is a piece of Auburn
are being leveled to make room for a new
and improved Auburn.
An Auburn seemingly consumed by the
almighty dollar.
Auburn has always been rich in architec­tural
masterpieces, quaint surrondings and-neighborhoods
surronded by fields of green.
, However, Auburn's history seems to be
rewriting itself.
Now, instead of driving down picturesque
streets lined with stately homes and apart­ments,
we are reduced to driving down
streets where we can choose from a number
of gas stations and convenience stores.
It seems instead of zoning more residen­tial
districts the city has gone on a commer­cial
zoning frenzy.
It's like the gold rush of '49. Everyone can
stake their claim on a piece of Auburn,
everyone that is who has the potential to
bring revenue into this lovely village.
We at The Plainsman, find this type of atti­tude
appalling.
It's this same type of attitude that turned
Victorv Drive in Columbus into what it is
today — a thoroughfare with a convenience
store every twenty feet and a bar every fifty.
This type of atomsphere we doubt would
have drawn any of us to Auburn, and we
doubt will draw any future students to this
town that so many of us have come to call
home.
Auburn is rapidly losing its nostalgic feel.
It is rapidly losing itself and we think this is
a travesty.
There is something that can be done how­ever,
and with some luck it will be done.
We hope developers will stop looking at
ways to make a quick buck, and take a long,
hard look down the road at what the reper­cussions
for their actions will be.
They are setting a standard by destroying
old Auburn to replace it with new Auburn.
A new Auburn is not what brought us
here and is not what we want — 'if it ain't
broke, don't fix it.'
And as far as we can tell it's not broken
and these develpments are not making it
new and improved.
We're not saying Auburn shouldn't move
into the future, we are only asking that they
look at their moves from every angle,
because the Auburn we see 30 years from
now is a far cry from the town we know.
The gates leading to Samford Hall will be
replaced by neon signs flashing the break­fast
special at the all-night diner that has
replaced this long standing symbol of
Auburn.
Instead of going to services in the
University chapel on Sunday mornings, stu­dents
will be driving their cars through the
car wash it has been replaced by on their
way to church.
And perhaps prospective students will
face the greatest loss. Instead of seeing bits
of Auburn's history, they will be blinded by
the harsh fluorescent glow of signs simply
reading cash or credit.
Now we need to concentrate on University
T he wait is finally over, and the
question is answered. Muse will
stay.
President Muse, who was courted by the
University of Minnesota, has decided to
stick it out and remain on the Plains for five
more years to the tune of a new contract and
a pay raise and the option of getting in on
the state retirement program.
Muse probably made one of the most diffi­cult
decisions of his life, and the University
one of its wisest.
Instead of allowing Muse to just walk
away and take the job in Minnesota the
University decided to show him just how
important he was to this University.
Instead of just being the 'fall guy' and get­ting
the change from quarters to semesters
through the Board of Trustees, he is going to
stick it out and see the University through
this transition.
He will also be here to watch the transi-siotn
of Drake Student health center take
form. With changes slated for the health cen­ter
including building remodeling and new
doctors, Muse will be able to oversee the
entire change to see if his ideas will work.
There's nothing like a little accountability.
Along with his projects at Auburn, he will
also continue to lead the charge for higher
education in the state with the new forum of
universities which have agreed to lobby for
higher ed. Muse has agreed to stay and now
its time to get busy.
Muse won't have it easy though. Gov. Fob
James has announced he is looking at higher
education being level funded, with the
majority of education funds going to K-12
schools. Auburn and other major universi­ties
have already said they will try to peti­tion
the legislature for a modest increase,
but that is yet to be seen.
The Auburn Plainsman is glad Muse was
offered a contract and glad he accepted it,
but the time for that discussion is over.
It is time to look to the future and contin­ue
what has already been started and see
what remains to be done.
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criminal?
You're probably wondering
what my point is. Well, in the
past month I've been stopped
twice by the Auburn police (city
not University) for nothing more
than walking down the street.
The first incident occurred the
Saturday after exams at the end
of last quarter.
I was the only person left in my
building, and one of the few left
in the city.
Anyway, I had just stuck some
pizza from the night before in the
microwave for dinner. I opened
the fridge to get myself some­thing
to drink. There was nothing
there.
Since I'd probably rather drink
antifreeze than Auburn tap water,
I threw on my coat (no tobaggon)
and headed out on the hundred-yard
trek to the corner store.
I crossed the street from my
house and started walking down
to'the corner. About this time a
police car turned onto the road
ahead of me.
The odd thing was, it was com­ing
toward me at, at most, 10
mph. I watched the car as it came
ERIC KAMMERUD
up to me and then turned my
head to.look as.it went by.
Naturally, I was curious as to
why a police car was driving so
slow up the road. Were they look­ing
for someone, scoping me or
what?
My question was answered
when the car did a quick U-turn,
sped back past me and pulled
into the store parking lot ahead of
me.
The officers (there were two)
got out of the car and called me
over. They then proceeded to grill
me on who I was, where I was
going, where I had come from
and other such things.
They took my license and
called in my stats and all that.
The officer (the driver did most of
the talking) then told me that
they had to be careful during
breaks because of an increase in
break-ins, and they had only
stopped me because I had
watched them drive by me.
Now hold on a second, maybe
it's just me, but I thought my
response was fairly normal. What
else should you do when some­body,
anybody, creeps past you
like that?
I guess they didn't see it that
way.
The second incident occurred
this past Friday night.
I was planning on going to a
band party a good ways (at least
a mile or so) from my house.
I decided to walk because it
was a fairly nice night. It was
cold, but then I enjoy the cold
and the walking keeps me in
shape. (I spend most of my time
in front of computers, either here
at the office or at home. I have to
get my exercise somewhere.)
So I got all layered up and
headed out. I went through
downtown to stop at the ATM for
some cash.
I headed down Magnolia
toward Ross, and then turned left
onto Ross. About this time, I
noticed a car coming down the
street toward me.
As it went by me (very slowly)
I noticed it was a police car. The
car goes on by then turns around
and starts coming back toward
me.
Instead of going on by, the car
slowed to the same pace at which
I was walking and followed
about
10 yards behind me.
I remembered my lesson from
the last incident and did my best
not to turn my head and look at
the car.
This continued until we
reached Glenn and the officer
passed me and headed down
Ross. He did a U-turn in the
Felton Little Park parking lot and
came back and pulled into a dri­veway
(coming close to running
me over).
Once again the officer (a differ­ent
one than last time) got out of
the car and called me over. Again
I was given the who-are-you,
where-are-you-going, where-did-you-
come-from test.
He called my license in and
gave them a full description too,
then informed me that there had
been a report of a suspicious per­son
in the area.
Apparently I didn't fit the
description, and he let me go.
Neither of these events would
have bothered me much had they
been spaced farther apart. In fact,
they didn't start bothering me
until I told a couple of people
about them, and those people got
irate.
What's especially worrisome is
that recently I've been trying to
make myself look more
respectable. (I do have to get a job
eventually.) Apparently, I'm not
doing a very good job.
Eric Kammerud is Campus Editor
for The Auburn Plainsman ^
SALLIE OWEN
Art of letter
writing is
Gone With
the Wind
Forgive me for a little premature
nostalgia. I'm not sure you're sup­posed
to think about stuff like this
until at least middle age or the first
gray hair.
However, I recently read "Lost
Laysen," a short story by Margaret
Mitchell, who also wrote "Gone '
With the Wind." GWTW was the
only thing Mitchell published
before her death in 1949. Then a ,
few years ago this short story
turned up in a box of letters one of
her former suitors had kept.
Along with the short story, the
publisher printed the letters
Mitchell had written to this suitor.
The letters were simple and casu- '
al — making plans for the coming
weekend or something like that.
Now. we do those kinds of thinec •
on the phone if we're lucky, but
more often we do them on answer­ing
machines.
BEEP. '
"Hey, this is Jeff. I just wanted to
let you know that we are having
our keg tonight. We'll probably *
get started around 10:30."
BEEP.
"Hey girl! What's up? Can I get <
a ride to the band party with you?
Call me back. Do you think Jason
will be there?" f
BEEP.
My two far-flung friends would
laugh hearing me sing the praises
of letters, since I am a terrible letter
writer.
They long ago stopped wishing
for a letter from me on their way to •
the mailbox; they just hope the
phone will one day ring.
My heyday of letter writing was t
probably in seventh grade study
hall when I wrote reams of intri­cately
folded notes featuring mem­orable
closings like this: s
L
orry
o
hort and
loppy.
onger
etter
ater
Letters may not be my thing, but
one of the best Christmas presents
my family got this year was a *
bound copy of my grandfather's
World War II letters.
When he enlisted in 1943, he left m
his wife and infant daughter
behind.
He wrote to them daily, some­times
three times a day. He was
sweet, sad, scared, loving, lonely
and brave.
In one, he told of dreaming *
about his wife and daughter and
waking himself up when he
reached down to touch the baby he •
thought was in his lap.
Grandaddy signed off with
"Kiss Shirley for -me" or m
"Goodnight and all my love" or "I
sure would like to see my little girl,
not to mention my big girl."
Reading his letters gave me a
different understanding of the
gentle old man with two hearing
aids who wears identical pairs of *
Dickies khakis every day but
Sundays, when he goes to the
Baptist Church. <*
One of these days it's going to be
too bad that we don't write letters
anymore.
Historians use correspondence
all the time to reconstruct the lives
of famous and not-so-famous peo­ple.
*
I don't know what we'll have to
leave future historians other than
strange plastic boxes with tangles «
of wiring inside.
Oh well, I've got to send some e-mail.
Sallie Owen is Assistant Campus
Editor for The Aubupi Plainsman ^
Thursday, January 16,1997 (Utie.juburnglainsnran A-7
ON THE CONCOURSE
Do you think Auburn needs another gas station in the downtown area?
Interviews by Eric Kammerud, campus editor Photos by James H. Banker, Jr. assistant photo editor
SOMA TORREY
sophomore, art
"If it gets too bad down there, it
could get bad."
MOSE HALL JR.
sophomore, liberal arts
"I thought (the apartments)
were cool. I went to a couple par­ties
there last year. Inside they
were a little run down. That cor­ner
is already cluttered."
SUSAN ANDERSON
sophomore, undeclared
"No, we have enough gas sta­tions.
They should find some­thing
more useful to put there,
like a parking lot. We always
need more parking."
MATT MIKUL
freshaman, computer science
"I think it sucks. The last thing
we need is another gas station."
CHARITY COOK
freshman, pre-medicine
"If no one was living in (the
apartments) they might as well
tear them down. In this modern
world people will always contin­ue
to build things."
Deer are not defenseless animals, student says
Editor, The Plainsman:
First of all, I must say to Mr. Jeffrey
Hahne, I am thrilled that deer season is
open, and yes it is a long tradition. Also, I
have no problem with Mr. Hahne's opin­ions,
though I can't help responding to
several points he made in his sermon last
week.
Mr. Hahne said he has taken wildlife
management here at the University and
therefore understands all the arguments
made in support of hunting. Well, Mr.
Hahne, I got a degree in wildlife manage­ment
here at Auburn, and in less than a
year will complete my master's degree.
Taking an introductory class does not
make you an expert, so please don't pre­tend
to understand everything.
Also, with regard to the search for the
"buck of all bucks," yes, there are some
who dream of bagging the biggest and
best buck. Everyone can dream can't
they?"Suffice it to say, there just aren't
many truly great bucks out there, and
most never see one. And taking a healthy,
old buck out of the population is not hurt­ing
the gene pool, Mr. Hahne. By the time
they reach "buck of all bucks" status, they
have fathered literally hundreds of off­spring.
I must agree with Mr. Hahne with
regard to the deer in the truck. A dead
animal is not something to be flaunted to
everyone on the highway. It may be a tro­phy
or an average buck, or even a doe, but
the only people who need to see it gutted
in your truck bed are your friends or fam­ily.
To everyone else, it's just a dead deer.
Deer are not defenseless animals. I will
not argue that they are the most difficult
of animals to hunt, but that is not the
point either. For me and my family, the
taking of wild animals is a tradition which
can't be explained to someone who hasn't
done it. Hunters will know what I mean,
and it's alright if you don't. Every animal
that I personally kill is consumed at the
family table, and it means a lot to me that
I harvested it, dressed it, stored it and
cooked it myself. You may eat meat Mr.
Hahne, but somebody killed that animal.
Is it alright to eat meat only if someone
else kills it? Taking the life of an animal is
a brief moment in the course of a hunt and
is by no means required to consider it suc­cessful.
But it is always the goa.l, and the
best way to respect the wild animal you
are hunting is to respect the feelings of
others by not forcing them to look at it.
And never waste the meat of any animal,
even if it means giving it to someone else
who can use it.
A big reason for the abundance of game
animals is that hunters suported restora­tion
and conservation efforts which have
led to success stories, like the comeback of
the wild turkey and the white-tailed deer.
License fees and Pittman-Robertson funds,
which is a tax on hunting ammunition and
equipment, finance literally every state's
wildlife resources department. Hunters
don't want to kill all the animals, that
would be a tragedy. We only want people
who don't hunt to respect our way of life.
If you choose to feel that hunting is a
gruesome sport, rather thatn an exercise of
cultural tradition and even primal instinct,
that is your right. But I won't claim to
understand why you do, and I won't go
on a tiradea bout how wrong you are. And
one other thing Mr. Hahne, I minored in
journalism, and although I don't under­stand
everything, I know that self-indul­gent
articles like yours printed last week
have no place in a newspaper.
Lee Kennamer
Graduate student, Wildlife Management
Hunters do value life
Editor, The Plainsman::
The title of Jeffery Hahne's
recent column, 'Humans need to
respect wildlife, not hunt it,' puz­zles
me.
After reading only a few lines,
I realized why. Mr. Hahne views
the two as mutually exclusive; I
view them as interdependent.
While I certainly respect Mr.
Hahne's opinions, I felt com­pelled
to share with The
Plainsman readership another
view of hunting.
For me and many other hunters
throughout the world, hunting is
an important source of food.
While it is true that most people
in this country do not need to
hunt to survive, hunting is a bet­ter
source of meat for me and my
family than the grocery store.
By hunting my own food and
"personally vanquishing the life
out of it," I gain a greater sense of
the value of life than one whose
animal products come from
Kroger.
I do not enjoy killing animals,
but I recognize that most of us
who use animal products do it
daily, directly or indirectly.
Make no mistake about it:
DEMAND FOR MOST ANIMAL
PRODUCTS LEADS TO DEATH
OF THOSE ANIMALS.
By removing ourselves feom
the distasteful process of killing
and processing the animal, it's
easy to forget, ignore or deny the
effects of our lifestyle.
Mr. Hahne would rather hire
someone to do his dirty work. I'd
rather do it myself, because I
believe that it gives me a greater
appreciation and a truer respect
for the lives of animals.
Steven E. Hayslette
Graduate student,
Wildlife science
SAU-V IT'S
Time TC TURN
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Budget cuts hurt U.S. families
Editor, The Plainsman:
Last August, Congress cut funding for
international family planning programs
by 30 percent from Fiscal Year 1995 lev­els,
and added restrictions that will force
many such programs to close.
The year before, Congress cut the same
programs by 87 percent.
It seems Congress does not realize the
immense importance of these programs.
Not only are they cost-effective, pre­venting
millions of unintended pregnan­cies
worldwide each year, they actually
reduce the number of abortions, a result
which most politicians from both sides of
the isle would applaud.
Conservative estimates are the 1.6 mil­lion
More induced abortions will result
from these cuts in funding.
Many countries in the developing
world have cut their population growth
rates by one-third to one-half due to
international family planning programs,
avoiding millions of abortions and reduc­ing
the pressure for global migration in
the quest for jobs, shelter and food.
Ultimately, the world's rapid popula­tion
growth, which has been slowed by
these programs over the past 25 years,
will again increase if we defund the vol­untary
family planning programs.
A host of problems will result and
negate any progress made on the eco­nomic
and environmental fronts world­wide.
In February 1997, Congress will once
again focus on these programs. It is vital
that funding be restored, and restrictions
lifted.
Otherwise, the future of our world will
be bleak indeed.
Larry S. Rodick
MPH, Executive Director
Bicyclist group claims sidewalks safest place to ride, not streets
Editor, Auburn Plainsman:
Research complied by the League of American
Bicyclists (LAB) suggests that bicyclists are safest when
they ride on the road, following the same rules as
expected of motor vehicle operators. Much is written in
the Plainsman editorial section about the lack of safe rid­ing
conditions in Auburn. Writers cite narrow roads and
lack of respect from motorists. Both arguments are ill-formed
and self-serving.
Streets and roads may vary in width according to their
use, residential vs. highway. Otherwise, Auburn's streets
are as wide as any other city's. The width issue is used
to justify riding on the sidewalks. However, LAB sug­gests
this is tifee most dangerous place to jjde. Sidewalks
cross driveways. Motorists typically back across side­walks
while checking for traffic on the roadway, not the
'walkway. Further, bicycles travel at a higher speed than
other sidewalk traffic, which creates potential for serious
injury when bicyclists and pedestrians collide.
As for the argument that similar potential exists for
collisions between cyclists and motorists, LAB has found
that the mojority of such accidents are the fault of the
cyclist. With apologies to the lycra-clad, serious cyclists
in Auburn, the majority of bicyclists in Auburn do not
follow the rules of the road. Defensive riding seems to
consist of slowing at a red light prior to running it (a vio­lation
of state law). Efficient riding consists of an unpre­dictable
pthway using grass, sidewalks and both sides of
the street. X ,
Any vehicle not following the-accepted rules of the
road is at risk. Motorists cannot, and should not, be
expected to anticipate and respond appropriately to ran­dom
actions of other vehicles. That is the reason for traf­fic
laws. Motorists expect all other vehicles to follow
certain rules, whether they are motorized or human-powered.
How do cyclists get respect? They are predictable.
They folow the rules of the road. They not only exert
their right to the road, but exercise their responsibilities
as a safe vehicle operator.
Steve Stork
Graduate student, health and
jffciman performance
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A-8 (EtieiuburnBIainsinan Thursday, January 16,1997
City leaders look for growth in new year, plan economic strategies
• ANDY ACTON
Staff Writer
It's a new year in the loveliest
village on the plains. Many people
begin the new year and quarter by
establishing resolutions or goals
for the future. But they are not the
only ones who have been busy
planning for the future. Many city
officials and their respective
departments have created long-range
goals for Auburn in 1997.
According to the Auburn City
Council's vision statement-
Auburn, Ala., is committed to
being an attractive, environmen­tally
conscious community that is
progressive, responsive and hos­pitable.
This community desires
for all citizens:
* safe and attractive neighbor­hoods
with adequate housing.
• quality educational opportu­nities.
• diverse cultural and recre­ational
opportunities.
• vibrant economic opportuni­ties.
• active involvement of all citi­zens.
Some of the council's long-range
goals include arranging of funds
for the construction of two new
city schools, organizing and com­pleting
Auburn 2020, a long-range
community planning effort, and
completing the construction of the
solid waste facility on Shug Jordan
Parkway by the end of fiscal year
'97.
Helping the council will be the
office of the city manager. Its mis­sion
statement is to ensure the
ability of the City of Auburn gov­ernment
to provide services
desired and needed by the com­munity
in an efficient, effective
and responsive manner both
presently and in the future.
"I'm very optimistic and excited
about the future of Auburn,"
Doug Watson, Auburn city
manager, said.
The office of the
city manager plans
to have construc­tion
completed on
two fire stations
by May 31, 1997.
A new fire station
#2 will be con­structed
on Shug
Jordan Parkway and
the existing fire station
#2 will be used by the East
Alabama Medical Center's EMS
ambulance service by May 31,
1997.
There are also plans for a solid
waste facility, including a transfer
station to be designed and built by
May 31. Construction of the Dean
Road extension and assistance in
the organization of Auburn 2020
will be completed by Sept. 30,
1997.
Watson said,
I'm looking for-
, ward to things
/ j £ s that will make
^«yy\ Auburn a better
%> place to live."
* Auburn's eco­nomic
develop­ment
department
seeks to make
Auburn a better place
to work as well. The mis­sion
statement of Auburn's eco­nomic
development department is
to create employment opportuni­ties
for citizens of Auburn and to
expand the tax base of the commu­nity
through industrial, commer­cial
and retail development.
Phillip Dunlap, director of the
economic development depart­ment,
said, "Two to three hundred
new jobs, will be created in the
economy »over the next 15
months."
The department's goal is to
attract no less than eight industrial
visits with the goal of locating at
least one new industry in Auburn
by Sept. 30,1997.
The department also plans on
operating a small business incuba­tor
through the Auburn Center for
Developing Industries with a goal
of attracting two additional ten­ants
by the end of September.
"It will be another good year in
terms of economic growth and cre­ation
of jobs," Dunlap said.
It will also be a good year in
terms of recreational activity. The
mission statement of the Auburn
Parks and Recreation Department
said it will provide quality leisure
services and facilities to the citi­zens
of Auburn.
Parks and Recreation, with
assistance from the city schools,
will initiate the first phase of play­ground
equipment replacement at
Jaycee Park by March 31,1997.
Some other goals planned for
1997 involve installation of a local
area computer network.
Employees will be trained for its
use in the administrative offices at
the Dean Road Recreation Center
by Jan. 31. The rec department will
also be hosting a minimum of
seven tennis tournaments that
should attract out-of-town and
local players with a goal of
increasing entries by 10 percent by
Sept. 30,1997.
Bill proposes castration for convicted molesters
• MICHELLE BLEDSOE
Staff Writer
Convicted child molesters will
have to choose chemical or surgi­cal
castration in order to receive
parole or early release if a bill
being drafted by Lt. Gov. Don
Siegelman is passed.
The bill would affect only repeat
offenders.
"If you are convicted of child
molestation, this castration would
be^ a condition of parole," Paul
Hamrick, Siegelman's chief of
staff, said.
"There would be no early
release without submission to
treatment. This seems extreme, but
their crimes are extreme,"
Hamrick said.
Rishi Rajan, a local urologist,
said the treatment consists of
testosterone-reducing hormone
injections given monthly or every
third month.
The hormone can also be given
in pill form, Rajan said.
"The side effects of this lower
testosterone level include a
decreased sexual desire or sex
drive," Rajan said.
"Both of these processes are
reversible once we stop giving the
medication," said Rajan.
"The only permanent form of
castration is actually removing the
testicles."
Barry Burkhart, psychology pro­fessor
at Auburn, said, "The idea
of using chemical castration is
ludicrous."
"It doesn't change the attitude
or behaviors that potentiated the
offender in the first place,"
Burkhart said.
"This is the typical political
solution that ignores the hard real­ity
of what needs
to be done about
sex offenders,"
he said.
Burkhart said
he feels sex
offenders should
be incarcerated
and rehabilitat­ed.
"Up until
about two years
ago, Alabama
had the second.
best treatment
program in the country for child
molesters and sex offenders. Now,
these sex offenders do not under­go
a rehabilitation program,"
Burkhart said.
The Alabama Department of
Corrections could not be reached
for comment on why the program
ended.
Hamrick said, "It has generally
been shown that, after a prison
term, a sex offender's future
attacks are more violent."
"Studies show that those who
molest will molest more than 200
children," Hamrick said. "We
want to stop as many as possible
from occurring.
"Ideally, we want the treatment
to occur until the department of
corrections determines that the
person is no longer a threat," he
said.
S e x
offenders who
did not contin­ue
receiving the
i n j e c t i o n s
would be con­sidered
in viola­tion
of their
parole, picked
up and reincar-c
e r a t e d ,
Hamrick said.
T h e
CHAD BARWICK/State/local Editor a p p r o x i m a t e
cost of chemical castration is
$2,100 for each person per year, he
said.
It has not been decided if the sex
offender or the state would pay for
the treatment.
The bill being drafted by
Siegelman is based on a similar
law in California.
"We're putting an incredible
amount of time and research into
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this to make sure the legislation
we enact can stand up to any con­stitutional
review," Hamrick said.
University students have mixed
opinions about the bill.
"I don't agree with it," Joe
Hicks, a sophomore in liberal arts
said. "They should either keep
them in jail or let them out without
castrating them. If they commit
the crime again, they will go back
to jail."
"Chad Hymel, a senior in
mechanical engineering, said, "I
think the punishment should fit
the crime."
Toanie Harsey, a sophomore in
elementary education, said,
"Instead of castration, keep them
in jail longer."
State Rep. Bill Fuller, D-LaFayette,
is preparing a bill simi­lar
to Siegelman's, a spokesperson
in Fuller's office said.
Rep. Pete Turnham, D-Auburn,
said, "I hope to be able to support
(Siegelman's) bill. Child molesta­tion
has become so prevalent. We
must do something drastic to
wake these people up."
Hamrick said, "This is an
unusual crime that requires
unusual methods."
"We consider it very humane. It
is a medical treatment, and we feel
strongly that it should be given a
chance," he said.
Bomb threat, bank robbery
bring FBI agents to Auburn
• STEVEN BARNETT
Staff Writer
Agents from the FBI, Explosive
Ordinance Disposal (EOD) person­nel
from Fort Benning and other
law enforcement agencies
descended on Auburn Monday
evening as the threat of a bomb
exploding near Auburn University
loomed large.
According to FBI Special Agent
Ray Zicarelli, at approximately 2
p.m. William J. Flournoy, of
Columbus, allegedly walked into
AmSouth bank on Eastern
Boulevard, in Montgomery.
With only a threatening note,
and no visible weapon, Flournoy
demanded money from the teller.
AmSouth officials would not
comment about how much money
was taken from the bank.
Jim Underwood, an AmSouth
representative said, "Thankfully,
there were no injuries, because
there weren't any customers pre­sent
at the time of the robbery."
Zicarelli said that the
Montgomery Violent Crimes Task
Force, Tuskegee and Auburn police
departments, state troopers and
Macon County deputy sheriffs par­ticipated
in the search to find
Flournoy. He was stopped on
Interstate 85 within Auburn police
jurisdiction.
Auburn's Public Safety Director,
Clyde Prather, said when Hournoy
was apprehended, he claimed to
have a bomb in the car.
Zicarelli said, "There was no
bomb. There may have been a
bomb threat, but no bomb."
First Sergeant Robert Trueman of
the 89th Ordinance Company
EOD said that the FBI called and
requested their assistance with the
bomb threat.
Trueman said when the EOD
arrived, Flournoy recanted his
statement about the bomb.
However, the EOD still had to
investigate the possibility.
"Once there's a bomb threat, we
have to assume that it is real,"
Trueman said.
Upon searching the car, the EOD
found a briefcase which was sus­pected
of possibly containing an
explosive device.
Trueman said a blank cartridge
was used to blow open the brief­case.
After opening the briefcase the
EOD did not find an explosive
device.
Trueman could not disclose the
contents of the briefcase.
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Health officials stress
prevention of STDs
• KENNY SMITH
Staff Writer
In a recently released report, the
Institute of Medicine called for the
prevention of sexually transmit­ted
diseases.
The report, titled "The Hidden
Epidemic: Confronting Sexually
Transmitted Diseases" concluded
that five of the 10 most common
diseases in the United States are
STDs.
Peggy Clarke, president of the
American Social Health
Association, said she feels this is
an important message that has
been given to the nation.
"The report is especially signifi­cant
because it comes from the
prestigious IOM, a private, non­profit
organization that advises
the federal government on health
policy," Clarke said.
The report included
several reasons for the
failure to address STDs,
including a nationwide
lack of access to health
care and inadequate clin­ical
training skills.
The report also men
tioned other reasons such fhey Q.Y6
as mixed messages sent
by the media and the lack mortal.'
of systemized screening
for STD infections.
Marcy Gilder, nursing
supervisor for the Lee
County Health
Department said an aver­age
of five people come
in for testing or treatment a day.
"It's frightening, especially for
the younger generation. It's hard­er
to convince young people that
they are mortal," she said.
The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the American
College Health Association esti­mate
that one in 500 college stu­dents
is infected with HIV.
Dr. David Satcher, director of
the CDC said he believes STD pre­vention
should be a high priority
in all communities.
Satcher said 85 percent of lead­ing
infectious diseases reported to
- M A R Y
GILDER
Supervisor, Lee
County Health Dept.
the CDC are STDs.
Dr. Helen Gayle, director of the
CDC's National Center for HIV,
STD and Tuberculosis Prevention,
said rates of STDs in the United
States are as much as 50 to 100
times higher than those in other
industrial nations.
"We must focus our energy and
resources to strengthen programs
for early detection and treatment
of STDs, including HIV," Gayle
said.
"HIV clearly walks in the foot­steps
of other STDs. The behaviors
that put people at risk for HIV
also places them at risk for over 20
other diseases that can be trans­mitted
sexually," Gayle said.
Becky Brown, director of public
relations at East Alabama Medical
Center said the epidemic is get­ting
worse on a local level.
"Probably five percent of our
emergency room
are sexually
transmitted diseases,"
Brown said.
According to a report
released on Nov. 29 by
the HIV/AIDS Division
of the Alabama
Department of Public
Health, there are 4,188
AIDS cases and approxi­mately
4,300 HIV cases
in the state. Lee County
has 63 reported AIDS
cases.
Gayle believes ensur­ing
access to STD treat-ment
through public
clinics and private
providers will be important.
"Our challenge is to create a
synergy between approaches to
STD and HIV prevention that will
break these deadly ties and bring
both epidemics under control,"
Gayle said.
The Lee County Health
Department offers free and confi­dential
testing for STDs. Results
are usually back in 10 working
days.
For more information about
STDs, call the National STD
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12/8, between 9 a.m.-6 p.m. —
Thomas Lee Jones from Silver
Rocket Records on 158 E.
Magnolia Ave., Auburn, report­ed
the forgery of a check from
First Alabama Bank.
1/9, between 6 p.m.-lO a.m. —
Kara L. Shaw of 1131 S. College
St. Apt. 114, Auburn, reported
$125 of damage.to a compact
car.
1/9, between 9 p.m.-lO a.m. —
Amanda N. Swaid of 1131 S.
College St. Apt. 114, Auburn,
reported severe damage to a
1996 automobile. There was a
dent in the right front fender,
the right rear fender, a dent to
the drivers side door, two punc­tured
tires and two of the fend­ers
scratched. The estimated
damage is $3,350.
1/9, between 11 p.m.-8 a.m. —
Don Powell of 1761 Wire Rd.
#3-11, Auburn, reported a bro­ken
rear window of a convert­ible
top. The estimated damage
is $750.
1/10, between 1 a.m.-9 a.m. —
Baptist Campus Ministry of
135 N. College St., Auburn,
reported $150 of damage to a
"24 Hour Tow" sign in the
Baptist Campus Ministries
parking lot off of Wright Street,
Auburn.
1/10, 9 a.m. — Minnie K.
Lockhart of 621 Bedell Ave.,
Auburn, reported a burglary
that occurred at 365 N. College
St.
1/10-1/12, Scott L. Gethery of
Lot 540 Lee Road 137, Auburn,
reported a burglary at Gentilly
Trailer Park II. The damage is
estimated to be worth $35.
1/10, 10 p.m. — Tracy M.
Dowdell of 124 Mimosa Ave.,
Auburn, reported a damaged
car rear window at McDonalds
on West Magnolia. The estimat­ed
damage of property is val­ued
at $200.
1/11,3 a.m. — James R. Dennis
of 427 E. Magnolia Ave.,
Auburn, reported $1,300 in
damages to his car at University
Trailer Park.
1/11, between 6 a.m.-7 a.m. —
Ricky Gene Haddock of 1103
Opelika Road., Auburn, report­ed
$525 worth of damage to a
chain link fence. The damage
occurred at 246 Stage Road.
1/11, 9 a.m. — Dyvonne
Dowdell of 339 Canton St.,
Auburn, reported three picture
frames damaged by a trespass­er.
The damage is estimated to
be worth $30.
1/11, 11:20 a.m. — John R.
Zellars reported forgery of a
check at the Auburn Currency
Exchange at 184 N. Donahue.
1/11, between 6 p.m.-7 p.m. —
Michael Holifield of 500
Webster Road #737, Auburn,
reported a stolen Rottweiler
puppy. The full-blooded dog
was 4-months-old and worth
$300.
1/11, 6:40 p.m. — David Hall
reported a fraudulent use of
credit card at Wal-Mart at 1655
S. College St., Auburn.
1/11, between 8 p.m.-ll:25 a.m.
— Gabriel Williams of 500
Webster Road #309, Auburn,
reported a driver's side door
and front windshield stolen.
1/11, 8:30 p.m. — Terrance
Echols of 327 W Drake Ave.,
Auburn, reported $130 stolen.
1/11,11 p.m. — Jimmy Jackson
reported $99.58 stolen at
Hardee's on 800 Wire Road.
1/12, 3 a.m. — Nichole Quinn
of 200 University Trailers,
Auburn, reported $300 worth of
damage to the residence's win­dow,
door and wall.
1/12, 2:10 p.m. — Blockbuster
Music at 1627 Opelika Road,
Auburn, reported two stolen
CDs. The compact discs stolen
were "Always" and "Twister."
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The loveliest village: Auburn moves into war, waits for peace
Leaving the Depression era,
Auburn picked up the pieces and
strived to foster a secure economic
future. But the worldwide political
climate became charged with ten­sion,
and even the Plains readied
for war.
Most male students left the
University to join the burgeoning
war effort. Enrollment from the fall
of 1942 to the fall of 1943 dropped
by more than half. For the first
time in Auburn history, there were
more women students than male.
More men were thrown into the
mix when the Army Specialized
Training Program and the Naval
Radio and Aviation Training
brought 3,152 males to train on
campus.
1943 saw military trainees mov­ing
into the Quad dorms and
women moved into empty fraterni­ty
houses.
A major change to the University
came in 1942 when Auburn
switched to the quarter system.
This allowed year-round students
to graduate a year earlier.
Though most of the student pop­ulation
was scattered around the
globe and Alabama Polytechnic
Institute didn't have a football
team, a pep rally was held in the
stadium.
While the city's young men
fought for the country, an expectant
Auburn waited, rationed, practiced
for blackouts and kept an ear to the
ground for news of their loved
ones.
When the Japanese agreed to sur­render
in 1945, rejoicing started in
Auburn that led 3,000 people to
hold a prayer service and celebra­tion
at the stadium.
The end of the war sparked a
new surge of students returning to
the classrooms. The soldiers fight­ing
for the country approached the
University and became students,
thanks to the GI Bill.
Student enrollment soared 241
percent in 1946. The number of
students increased to 6,900 stu­dents
that fall of when two-thirds
were military veterans.
An overload of 900 men were
first turned down by API, but later
accepted when they filled Langd.on
Hall demanding to be admitted.
This influx of new students made
housing a prime commodity.
Coeds returned to the Quad
dorms while single male students
stayed most anywhere, even at a
former prisoner of war camp in
Opelika.
API, however didn't open the
doors for all veterans.
Academically qualified black ser­vicemen
were prevented from
enrolling at the segregated campus.
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Muse signs five year contract, will stay at Auburn
• PQir k-AMMPBim of the University of Minnesota.
cause. MUSE
ERIC KAMMERUD
Campus Editor
Sorry Wal-Mart, Auburn won't be need­ing
those "Help Wanted" signs after all.
President William V. Muse signed a con­tract
ensuring his continued employment at
a special Board of Trustees meeting on Dec.
5.
Gov. Fob James called the meeting to dis­cuss
a contract for Muse after he announced
his candidacy for the position of president
Muse, who had said he was unsure
whether he would accept a contract offered
by the board, signed the contract at the
meeting.
"This decision should not be seen as a
negative reflection on the University of
Minnesota," Muse said. "But my heart is in
Auburn."
The contract will keep Muse at Auburn
until March 1, 2002. The Board retains the
right to dismiss Muse with or without
cause.
However, if dismissed without cause,
Muse will still receive pay until the end of
the contract. This provision allows Muse to
remain eligible for the state education pen­sion
plan.
To qualify for the plan, an educator must
work for the state for at least 10 years.
Muse was not given a buyout option in
the contract.
"My whole focus was to receive some
assurance I could stay at Auburn until I
retire," Muse said.
The contract also calls for a more than 6
percent raise. The boost will take Muse
from $181,680 per year to $193,000.
Other presidential perks, including the
use of the president's mansion and the use
of a University vehicle, were included in the
contract.
The Board members in attendance voted
unanimously to accept the contract. Sen.
Lowell Barron of Fyffe was absent from the
meeting.
We 're ready to roll. Opelika contractor
sues University
• GINA CORDELL
Staff Writer
The renovations of 1994 and
1995 cause the headaches of 1997
as Hudmon Construction Co. files
suit against the University.
According to documents filed
with the Lee County Justice
Department, Hudmon is seeking
compensatory and punitive dam­ages
of $200,000 plus the cost of
court.
According to these same docu­ments,
Hudmon Construction Co.
claims the projects were behind
schedule "because of the
University's failure to make time­ly
decisions on matters that direct­ly
affected Hudmon's ability to
stay on its projects schedule."
In 1994, _ _ _ _ _ _
H u d m o n
Construction
JAMES H. BANKER JR./Assistant Photo Editor
Amy Lynes, a senior in psychology and radio, television and film, loads one of the new projectors in Langdon Hall.
New projectors improve UPC free movie
• SCOTT GODWIN
Staff Writer
Students recently attending
University Program Council free
movies shown in Langdon Hall
have probably noticed improved
picture quality, thanks to the pur­chase
of two new movie projec­tors.
UPC director Robert French
said the projectors were replaced
between summer and fall quarter
1996.
French said occasional com­plaints
had been heard from free
movie patrons as the remaining
projector's life was quickly com­ing
to an end.
John Burgess, director of Foy
Union, said one of the two projec­tors
was |
b^ond "pair, «Wg h a y e r e c e i v ed
while the sec­ond
was surviv- many compliments
ing on parts . ,
taken from the since getting the new
other. projectors; many peo-
Two projec- r J •* ?
tors are needed pie have even called
to have an rm*-i /v »
the UPC office.
necessary for the person operat­ing
it to rewind the first reel
____________ before the sec-be
immediate tran­sition
from one
movie reel to
the next in the
middle of a • - ••- —-
movie. Burgess said since only
one projector was working, it was
— ROBERT FRENCH
Director, University Program Council
complaints
French said.
ond could
shown.
T h i s
forced movie
patrons to wait
for the second
half of the
movie while
the projector
o p e r a t o r
rewound the
first reel of film.
"Admittedly,
- we had some
toward the end,"
Burgess said there had been a
slight decline in attendance to the
UPC's most popular program,
but the new projectors have put
an end to that.
"We have received many com­pliments
since getting the new
projectors; many people have
even called the UPC office,"
French said.
Burgess wrote and presented a
proposal to the Concessions
Board for funds to purchase the
new projectors. A public bid then
went out for the purchase of two
Eiki 6000 16mm projectors that
were estimated to cost $16,000
/?/e„tt->«r PROJECTORS; B-3
"At issue is the con-co.
began work tract between the con
Harper^Tnd struction company
Broun Hails of and the University in
the upper Quad
dorms, Jim
Ferguson, vice
president for
administrative
services said.
Work was
supposed to be
terms of how quickly
work was completed."
— PETE PEPINSY
Director, University Relations
said.
The center of the dispute is that
the contractor did not fulfill his
contractual obligations, Ferguson
said.
Funds called "liquidated dam­ages"
were withheld by the
University, and Hudmon is dis­puting
the actions, Ferguson said.
Ferguson said some of the work
on the dorms was done by the
facilities division, but the decision
to use them was made in consul­tation
with the contractor.
Hudmon is claiming the use of
Auburn personnel caused the
delay, Ferguson said.
In the suit, Hudmon
Construction Co. alleges injuries
including "mental anguish,
worry, emotional stress, loss of
_____________ monies, loss of
use of monies,
consultant costs,
legal costs and
expenses and
payments of
a d d i t i o n a l
expenses" asso­ciated
with the
operation of its
business.
On Dec.
23, the
University filed
completed in July 1995, but stu­dents
were unable to occupy the
dorms until November, Ferguson
said.
In the interim, students were
housed in dorms three and four,
which were supposed to be under
renovation at the time, he said.
Since the original plan had been
to renovate two dorms every year
for five years, the delay put plans
a year behind schedule, Ferguson
said.
"At issue is the contract
between the construction compa­ny
and the University in terms of
how quickly work was complet­ed,"
Peter Pepinsky, executive
director of University Relations,
a motion to dismiss for lack of
jurisdiction.
"Their position is that the
University afc a state agency is
sovereign and cannot be sued,"
Pepinsky said.
The motion cites the 1984 case
of Rigby vs. Auburn University
where it states Auburn's relation
to the state as an institute of high­er
learning makes it immune to
suit by the terms of Section 14 of
the Alabama State Constitution.
Auburn's motion also cites
Article 44 of the contract with
Hudmon Construction Co., where
it says that any dispute concern­ing
the interpretation of the
please see CONTRACTOR, B-3
University may be headed for another year of level funding from state
• STEPHANIE DAVIS
Assistant Campus Editor
Alabama's four-year universi­ties,
including Auburn, will not
get the additional funding they so
desperately need if Gov. Fob
James gets his way.
On Jan. 14, Sage Lyons, finance
director to Gov. Fob James,
released the governor's recom­mended
budget for higher educa­tion
to the Legislature Oversight
Committee in Montgomery.
Although there is more money
available for education, the gover­nor's
budget suggests level fund­ing
for higher education. He has
also suggested all new money be
shifted to K-12.
Jennifer Phelps, assistant direc­tor
of communicadons in the gov­ernor's
office, said, "Auburn
made a request for $215 million.
The governor recommended $173
million to be appropriated to the
University."
The Governor proposed that
$417,000 be taken away from the
College of Veterinary Medicine.
Buddy Mitchell, executive direc­tor
of governmental affairs, said,
"The bottom line is the governor
wants to reduce the operating
budget by half a million."
In a December meeting the
Alabama Council of College and
University Presidents adopted a
resolution requesting a minimum
increase of $62 million for public
higher educadon institutions for
the fiscal year of 1997-98.
Don Large, University vice pres­ident
for business and finance,
said, "The council's request
reflects the realities of higher edu­cation
needs at a minimum, but
the realities of the real funding sit­uation
make it somewhat difficult
to receive the level funding
requested.
"If higher education received
the money it requested, Alabama
will have gained some ground but
it would still be way behind
Georgia," Large said.
"If Auburn does not receive
extra money, we will be in a situa­tion
where we will have to further
decrease costs and increase other
revenues," he said.
"If Auburn receives the money
it needs, we could increase teach­ers'
salaries, update classroom
technology and build much need­ed
facilities," Large said.
Mitchell said, "The process still
has a long way to go. The legisla­ture
meets on dates between Feb. 4
and May 19. Through the legisla­ture,
we may get an increase of
some sort."
Changes in higher education state appropriations
1994-95 to 1996-97
from The Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 1,1996
WALTON FILES SUIT
Former University police chief Jack Walton has filed suit against Auburn
in Lee County District Court
GIVE'EM HELL AUBIE
Auburn's mascot wins third place in national mascot competition.
CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY
University plans events celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black
History Month.
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Thursday, January 16,1997
SGA examines advising, calendar
• SALLIE OWEN
Assistant Campus Editor
The 1996-97 Student
Government Association senators
kicked off their last quarter in
office Monday night in Foy Union
with planning for winter quarter
and a speaker from the Auburn
Chamber of Commerce.
Laura Palmer, SGA vice presi­dent
and a senior majoring in
English, announced results from
the student interest survey taken
last fall on the Concourse.
Overall, 228 students respond­ed
to the question, "Has your
advising experience been good?"
Twenty-seven percent were dis­satisfied
with academic advising,
the poll indicated.
Of the students polled, those in
nursing, education and human
sciences were most often dissatis­fied.
"We're looking at it as a future
issue," Palmer said.
In new business, the senate
decided not to vote on the 1998-99
calendar until Palmer finds out
if there are still 7:30 a.m.
finals, why fall quarter
has more class days
and why gradua­tion
is scheduled
on a Monday.
Palmer said she
is scheduled to
meet with the
U n i v e r s i t y
C a l e n d a r
Committee this
week.
Mike Bliss,
chairman of the Budget and
Finance Committee and a junior
majoring in biochemical engineer­ing,
said his committee was
preparing for budget and finance
hearings to allocate Student
Activity Fees for the 1997-98 year.
"This is so valuable because we
are expecting Recreational
Services to try to change the way
they are funded," Bliss said. He
said students may vote on this
change in a referen­dum
on the ballot
for spring elec­tions.
B u d
P h i l l i p s ,
chairman of
the code of
laws com­mittee
and a
sophomore
majoring
in radio,
t e l e v i s i on
and film, said his com­mittee
must meet to pass the
changes in election law that
Elections Board has proposed.
In a unanimous vote, the senate
approved Michael Parsons, a
sophomore majoring in pre-build-ing
science, as the new senator
from the College of Architecture,
Design and Construction, replac­ing
Ted Rusch, also a sophomor^
in pre-building science, who is co4
oping this quarter.
Guest speaker Gayle Alsobrook,
president of the Auburn Chamber
of Commerce, explained the role
of the chamber and took sugges­tions
to improve student/city
relations. Senators suggested
adding bike lanes throughout the
city, providing maps to grocery
stores to new students and reduc­ing
gas prices.
In other announcements:
•There will be a Red Cross Blood
Drive Jan. 21>24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
in the basement of Haley Center.
•Candidate's Orientation for
spring elections will be Jan. 21 at 8
p.m. in 3195 Haley Center.
•Anew Organizations Leadership
Conference will be Feb. 16.
Honorable
• Ashley Isaacs, a junior in communications,
won 2nd runner-up in the Miss North Georgia
USA pageant last weekend. Isaacs is a native
of Moultrie, Ga.
•Amber Miller, a freshman in agricultural
economics, was crowned Miss Alabama
Agriculture in a pageant sponsored by the
Alabama Farmer's Federation. She is a native
of Louisville, Ala.
•Auburn awarded Elmer B. Harris, president
HARRIS
and chief executive officer
of Alabama Power
Company, an honorary doc­torate
of science degree at
fall quarter graduation.
Harris was selected for his
work to strengthen
Alabama's economy and
education system.
•Henry Baker Jr., director of the College of
Veterinary Medicine's Scott-Ritchey Research
Center, won the 1996 Griffin Award from the
American Association for Laboratory Animal
Science. This award recognizes outstanding
accomplishments in the improvement of the
care and quality of lab animals.
•English professor Bert Hitchcock was elect­ed
to the Board of Directors of Alabama's
Humanities Foundation. The foundation is
the local arm of the National Endowment for
the Humanities. It offers free public humani­ties
programs statewide.
•Veterinary pathologist
Timothy R. Boosinger was
promoted from interim to
permanent dean of the
College of Veterinary
Medicine after a nationwide
search. Boosinger had
served as interim dean for a
year since J.T. Vaughn's
retirement.
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY
University student killed in December traffic accident
James M. Mitchell, a freshmen in architecture at Auburn Universi-ty, was killed in a traffic accident Dec.
12,1996. The accident occurred on 1-85 near the Macon Montgomery county line.
— Compiled from an Auburn Plainsman report
Pharmacy professor working on new clinical evaluation program
Improving the evaluation of pharmacy students is the goal of a researcher in Auburn University's School
of Pharmacy, who is about to make the process computer supplemented and interactive.
Diane Beck, a professor and interim associate dean, has been working on a computer-based testing pro­gram
as a way to improve the performance evaluation process of PharmD students during their year of
clinical rotations. It will supplement observation — the current standard for performance ratings, she said.
Beck, whose background is in pharmacokinetics — the relationship between drug dosage and its effec­tiveness
versus potential toxic side effects — has done extensive research involving precise dose determi­nation.
"Typically, a written exam measures whether the student knows the information or facts or knows how
to use them. When evaluating performance, you are looking at something much more complex."
Students' clinical performance is evaluated through instructor observation. Performance is rated using a
pre-existing scale, Beck explained.
Beck said she found nothing when searching among existing pharmacy education literature that could
improve the student evaluation process, so she set out to research the area and develop an improvement.
The result is an interactive, computer-based se ries of tests based on actual patient cases.
Beck said the computer-based test will be evaluated early this year. PharmD students would take the
examination at the start of clinical rotations and again at the end of that period. The examination will
supplement the traditional observation evalua tions that occur 16 times during this phase of their training.
— Compiled from an Auburn University News report
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Renovations to the upper Quad dorms have given rise to a lawsuit against the University.
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Tax shortfall could lead to budget cuts for University ofTennesse
University of Tennessee administrators are striving to maintain academic integrity at an institution they are
almost positive will be hit with state budget impoundments this month and cuts in the 1997-98 budget next
month.
An impoundment would mean that the state budget prepared for 1996-97 would have to be tightened,
implying less money in state departments across the board.
Cuts in next year's budget could mean that higher education, specifically UT, would not receive as much
state money as it did in the previous year.
Since last fall, when it was first reported the state was behind projections in sales tax revenue, the admin­istration
asked that each dean and department head look for ways to deal with possible future impound­ments
of three percent.
Budget cuts for 1997-98 are merely speculation, but should they occur, Chancellor Bill Snyder suggested
that tuition would not rise significantly.
"Whatever tuition and fee increases we might have this year would be modest," he said. "Would we try
to jack tuition high enough to make up for all the budget falls in the next few years? No. We won't do that."
— Compiled from a University of Tennessee Daily Beacon report
contract will be submitted to the
Director of the State Building
Commission, and his decision will
be final.
The motion states that "the
plaintiff has not availed itself of
and has otherwise waived its right
to use such required procedure."
Attorneys from the University
and Hudmon Construction Co.
declined to comment on any issue
relating to the case.
The dorms in the upper quad
were built in 1938, and the 60-
year-old structures were "so dete­riorated
that they were felt to be
substandard housing," Ferguson
said.
A budget of approximately $1.2
million for each dorm was allocat­ed
to provide the dorms with the
"basic infrastructural needs," he
said.
The renovations include re-roofing,
new windows, air condi­tioning,
modern plumbing and
updated code requirements.
"We're sorry there's a dispute,
but sometimes these things hap­pen.
Maybe we can work it out
with everybody satisfied,"
Ferguson said.
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The projectors, which are on
average used nine times a week,
are expected to have a service life
of five to seven years.
"Students for the next few years
will be fortunate to have new pro­jectors,"
French said.
Burgess said the projectors are
operated by trained Foy Union
desk personnel and maintained by
the Learning Resources Center.
Burgess also noted the Xenon
bulbs used in the projectors cost
$1,000 to replace.
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just like the real movie theatres,"
Eric Palm, a senior in corporate
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Dorothy Sheffield, a senior in
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LYNN MAY/Art Editor
Fellowship fund aids graduate students
• MARY-MARGARET FRENCH
Staff Writer
Today Auburn graduate stu­dents
are going the extra mile, lit­erally.
With the help of a traveling
fellowship fund that enables them
to use a portion of their own stu­dent
activity fees, students are
able to expand their knowledge to
new heights and horizons.
"I would not have been able to
go without it. I found resources
that were not available in the
United States," Nancy Naugle, a
graduate student in English who
traveled to England for her fel­lowship,
said.
This year $50,000 was made
available to help students become
more broadly trained and more
competitive in the job market.
Karen Zagrodnik, a graduate
student in English and president
Because of the support of the
research office, the outreach office,
the student affairs office, the acad­emic
affairs office, the graduate
school and the GSO, students are
able to fulfill their dreams.
^ " J o hn
of the Graduate Student
Organization said the number one
priority is getting the fellowship
fund sufficient resources to help
the greatest number of students.
The students ate allowed to
Sve^i funds "/ would not have been
to present afrle tQ gQ WifhoUt it. I
the results of ,
their theses found resources that were
and disserta- not available in the United
tions at pro-f
e s s i o n a 1
m e e t i n g s .
This pro­motes
the
students as
well as the
University.
States.
— NANCY NAUGLE
Graduate Student in English
Pritchett,
dean of
the gradu­ate
school,
said this
effort is a
p a r t n e r ­s
h i p
b e t w e en
s t u d e n ts
and other
o f f i c e s
In the last two years the fund
for the graduate students has
grown dramatically.
within the University.
It is only because students are
willing to designate a portion of
their own student activity fees to
this effort that the University can
multiply those dollars in a signifi­cant
way.
Pritchett said, "I am grateful for
the support of the GSO and the
(SGA) Budget and Finance
Committee in this most worth­while
endeavor. Hopefully, we
will be able to increase the size of
the fellowship fund in the future."
In the 1995-96 academic year,
travel grants were awarded to 95
students by the graduate school.
Only 14 grants were awarded
to graduate students the year
before.
"I learned research skills that
will help me through my career. I
hope the graduate school will con­tinue
to provide its student with
opportunities such as this one,"
Hope Cotton, a graduate student
in English, said. .
University Outreach
benefits community
• CARLEY CORONA
Staff Writer
Have you ever wanted to learn
how to play the guitar or file your
own tax forms? The Auburn
University Outreach Courses
Program teaches these things and
many more.
The Outreach Program offers
non-credit courses to Auburn stu­dents
and community members.
The program directors are Cheryl
Hulsey and Bonnie Stauffer.
Stauffer said the goal of the pro­gram
is to "go
beyond the
gates of the
University to WOman should take
reach out to the
'I feel every young
at lunch or dinner and if a firm
handshake is appropriate.
Lifeguard training provides a
lifeguarding certificate that is
valid for three years and CPR cer­tification
that has to be renewed
annually. This class ends before
spring break, which Stauffer said
is important for getting a head
start on looking for a summer job.
An important class offered for
women is self defense. The sexual
harassment assault rape preven­tion
program is taught along with
three other levels of self defense.
^ _ ^ _ ^ ^ ^ _ > Stauffer said, "I
feel every young
community."
The courses
offered are sub­jects
that may or
may not be
offered by
woman should
take one of these
courses."
Some of the
courses offered
during winter
quarter are gui-
University Outreach Program Director tar for adu ]t
beginners;
these courses.
— BONNIE STAUFFER
Auburn. They provide an oppor­tunity
to explore areas of personal
interest without being graded on
them.
One course offered is the gradu­ate
record exam preparatory class.
This course helps students pre­pare
for the "pencil and paper"
examination offered by the
University.
Hulsey said it is important for stu­dents
to know that the class
should be taken at least one quar­ter
before their actual exam.
Another class is business eti­quette
for the '90s. This course is
beneficial to all graduates,
Stauffer said, because it deals with
issues not taught in the classroom,
such as where to wear a nametag,
should men open doors for
women, whether to order a drink
pri­vate
pilot ground school which
satisfies all the ground require­ments
for obtaining a private pilot
certificate and the Federal
Aviation Administration's private
pilot written examination; back­packing
basics; basic income tax
preparation; massage for health:
introduction workshop; the peo­ple's
law school which gives
information on divorce, personal
injury and workman's compensa­tion;
plus a variety of computer
training classes.
The developers of the program
are open to ideas for future cours­es
and if enough interest is shown
for a particular course, it can be
designed quickly and easily,
Hulsey said. Kayaking and rap-pelling
are some of the courses
planned for spring quarter.
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Lectures, videos celebrate black history
• CHRIS FRAZIER
Staff Writer
The University will be celebrat­ing
the Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr.'s birthday and Black History
Month with several events dur­ing
winter quarter.
Fred Gray of Tuskegee, Ala., the
civil rights lawyer who represent­ed
King and Rosa Parks, spoke on
Jan. 15 in