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Volumn 81 Auburn University Auburn AL 36830 Friday Oct. 11, 1974 22 pages
Under new ruling
County to inspect fraternity kitchens
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DEAN JAMES FOY (LEFT)ARGUES WITH HEWS LEWIS BRYSON
. . . After talk to faculty and students about new guidelines
IEW rep sees goal
is 'equity under law'
By Diane Uthlaut
Plainsman Staff Writer
A male teacher is denied a year's leave
If absence to be with his infant son. A
jigh school coed taking a color-coded
gink and blue, of course) occupational
it is told thai she's suited for the rnedi-
|al profession. Since the test iscoried by
tx, the interpretation doesn't suggest
|he train as a doctor, but as a nurse.
These are two examples of typical inci-lents
that Title IX of the HEW
luidelines seeks to remedy, said Lewis
t. Bryson of the Health, Education, and
Welfare Department. In the initial fea-lre
of the AWS-sponsored Women's
leek, Bryson addressed a small group of
Itudents and faculty Monday afternoon
In the HEW guidelines that are out for
leview and comment.
"Our goal is equity under the law," he
[ontinued, "because there is consistent
reatment of women as second-class
itizens.
"Women should be given equal
Opportunity, but this doesn't necessarily
|mply a down-the-middle split."
In the instance of athletics, Bryson
jointed out that there may be two
Separate, single sex teams for- a given
sport, with comparable supplies,
facilities, coaching, and funds. Or, if this
is not feasible, there must be a single
team, open to both sexes.
"In earlier cases, we found that
'separate' is not always 'equal' so the
term 'comparable' was coined," he noted.
The points of particular interest for
Auburn fraternities, sororities, honor
societies, and all single sex organi­zations
are stated in Subpart C Section
86:31 of the guidelines.
-"No person shall, on the basis of sex, be
excluded from participation in, be denied
the benefit of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any . . . extracurri­cular
. . . education program or activity
operated by an institution which receives
benefits from Federal financial assis­tance."
Also included is "Participation by any
. . . student... in any education program
or activity not operated wholly" by an
institution. Further, programs for which
the institution "facilitates, permits, or
considers such participation as a part of
or equivalent to an education program or
activity operated by" and institution are
subject to these requirements.
(See HEW, page 7)
By Maureen Drost
Plainsman Staff Writer
i Because of Alabama Attorney General
Bill Baxley's ruling that Lee County,
rather than the University should
inspect fraternity kitchens, the Lee
County Health Department will begin
inspecting them in earnest next Septem­ber.
A veterinary medicine student for­merly
inspected the fraternity house
kitchens with the sponsorship of the
University's Health Service and the Stu­dent
Government Association.
The student, who did not have proper
training, checked for general food handl­ing
and cleanliness about twice each
quarter and graded on a scale of 1,000
points, according to Garth Jenkins, dean
of fraternities.
No kitchens were ever condemned, but
the inspection made everyone aware of
some cleanliness deficiencies, Jenkins
said.
"If they did it (inspection) today, none
of the fraternities would pass," said Jen­kins
last week. "If we are substandard,
we need to know why."
A meeting was held Monday to inform
fraternities of possible deficiencies in
their kitchens.
Triple sinks were advised over double
sinks to facilitate washing, rinsing and
sanitizing of kitchenware and table­ware.
If a dishwashing machine was pre­sent
then a double sink would be suffi­cient.
Flooring should be of a hard surface
either tile or concrete, and a -four inch
drain must be in the floor. Equipment
should be kept off the floor.
Kitchen work tables should be Formica
or stainless steel.
Edward Moore of the State Health
Department outlined "specific mis­handling
practices" of food, including
safe temperatures, adequate cooking and
reheating of food, proper dishwashing,
and good personal hygiene.
Safe temperatures are 0 degrees for
freezing times below 45 degrees for
refrigeration and'above 140 degrees for
cooking.
Personal hygiene involves keeping
hands clean and away from such areas
as the hair, nose, and throat.
Not cooking foods long ahead of time
and being careful not to add toxic sub­stances
to food was advised.
Some foods not advisable to use-are
home canned goods and shellfish from
polluted water.
"A schedule of inspection will be set up
so that fraternities can determine what,
if any, work needs doing," said Jenkins.
Preliminary inspections will' be held
between now and summer to see how the
fraternity kitchens are progressing on
improvements.
Inspections will be similar to those of
restaurants and will be done once a
month, maybe more, depending on
conditions according to Jim Wilson, Lee
County Sanitation Officer. An
additional employee will have to be
added to do inspection, said Wilson.
A renovated program of food
inspection for Auburn University invol­ving
for the first time fraternity kitchens
and boarding houses in conjunction with
the University was instituted Oct. 1.
It also covers cafeterias and dining
halls run by the University, vending
machines, dormitory kitchens and
Memorial Coliseum and stadium food
services.
Dr. James E. Walker, health officer for
Lee County, stated that responsibility
inspection and health and sanitation
requirements lies with Lee County
Health Department.
A full-time registered sanitarian will
be located on Auburn 1 University's
campus and will work with the County
Health Department and the University
Student Health Center, Walker said.
Auburn University will also employ
personnel to follow up inspections and
plan and complete food service related
educational programs and activities.
Walker said.
Lambda Chi Alpha is using the food
services of Morrison's Cafeteria. Though
the program did not originate because of
the new, stricter inspections, steward
Mike Moody feels it will help them pass
inspections.
Proposals on parking
alive but not kicking
By Steele Holman
Assistant News Editor
Many things- may be said about the
campus parking situation.
Perhaps campus Planner and Archi­tect
William H. Guerin's feelings about it
best exemplify the feelings of most of the
students and faculty: "It's pretty bad!"
he said earlier this week.
At its simplest level, the parking situa­tion
is bad because there are 10,855 vehi­cles
registered to park and only 5,426
parking spaces for them.
Many persons have more than one car
registered, however, according to cam­pus
police Chief Millard Dawson. Many
also have bicycles and-ride them to
campus instead of coming in cars.
News analysis
Computer trouble delays
The Plainsman one day
We're late. The Plainsman is being dis­tributed
today rather than the usual
Thursday-publication date because of
typesetting and mechanical difficulties.
Tuesday night brought stacks of copy
and trouble with the Varityper output
computer that produces the "slicks" that
The Plainsman uses on lay-out sheets. A
Varityper repairman arrived Wednes­day
morning and began work on the
sometimes-ornery computer, while the
staff forged ahead toward a new Thurs­day
deadline.
Finally Wednesday afternoon the com­puter
was humming the right tune once
again, and we canceled an emergency
trip to the office of Georgia Tech's "Tech­nique"
to set our copy. The Plainsman
rushed to get pages to the office of "The
Opelika-Auburn News," our printer.
Next week, barring any unforseen
circumstances. The Plainsman will be
back on its normal schedule. We sin­cerely
hope so, anyway.
A lack of coordinated effort by Univer­sity
officials seems to be the heart of cam­pus
parking problems, which are deepen­ing
yearly.
Beyond the simple fact that there are
more registered cars than spaces to park
them, the spaces do-not seem to be part of
the overall planning of the campus. They
often aren't where they are most needed.
A case in point is the Architecture and
Fine Arts Center being constructed on
the southern end of the campus. Chief
Dawson is closely involved with the-day-to-
day administration of parking regula­tions.
He said, "I feel that one of the first
things they should do when they plan a
building is to provide for parking.
"They should ask 'Are we going to pro­vide
parking lots or where are they going
to put their cars?' There is no space avail­able
for people to park at the Fine Arts
Center. There just is no space over there.
How far should we expect these people to
walk?" said Dawson.
Guerin said, "I have asked the Univer­sity
Traffic and Parking Committee to
work something out about the parking
situation. The site itself istoosmall to pro­vide
parking for students. It's crowded
up there now. They don't have enough
money for the building itself."
The chairman of the committee,
Nicholas Achee Jr., said his committee
was not properly trained to make
authoritative decisions about the park­ing
situation. The committee only has
the power to make recommendations to
Pres. Harry M. Philpott.
On May 8, the committee recom­mended
to Philpott, "That in the plans
for the Architecture and Fine Arts Cen­ter,
provisions should be made for ade­quate
parking for anyone connected with
the center (i.e. students, faculty, staff,
visitors)."
But apparently nothing has been done
about the committee's proposals. Phil-pott's
memory had to be refreshed by a
Plainsman reporter about the proposals
when Philpott was asked what happened
to the proposals.
Dawson recognizes that parking space
should be provided in the planning of the
new center. Guerin also recognizes it. but
asked the ill equipped Traffic and Park­ing
Committee to work out a solution.
The committee can only recommend that
someone else plan adequate parking.
If the recommendations got beyond
some administrator's desk, they
apparently haven't made it back to
planner Guerin's desk yet.
Another proposal sent in with the one
about the new center asked "that a feasi­bility
study be made on a possible multi­level
parking lot or a transit system on
the Auburn University campus."
The committee's desire was not so
much to build a parking lot or get a bus
line as to get a thorough, professional
analysis of parking problems at Auburn,
Achee said.
"What we'd like to see done through
anybody's recommendation is an in-depth
study of our traffic situation, of the
existing problems," Achee said.
(See PARKING, page 7)
Inflation
Rising prices put squeeze on Auburn students' pocketbooks
By Lauren C. Steele
Plainsman Staff Writer
Pepsi Cola hits the spot, twelve-ounce bottle, that's a lot.
Twice as much, for a nickel too, Pepsi Cola is the drink for
you.
Nickel, nickel, nickel, nickel
Trickle, trickle, trickle, trickle.
Jack's Hamburgers for fifteen cents are so good, good,
good
You'll go back, back, back to Jack, Jack, Jack's
For more, more, more.
Not many Auburn students remember this early soft
drink jingle, but all know that the day of the nickel soft
drink is long gone. Gone also is the 15 cent hamburger.
The price of a regular hamburger at most hamburger
chains has since doubled, now costing the Auburn stu­dent
thirty cents. The Krystal has raised the price of its
once 10 cent Krystal Burger to 19 cents.
The most expensive hamburger "joint" in Auburn is
Burger King, where a regular hamburger costs 33 cents
and the "Whopper" has a whopping price tag of nearly a
dollar.
The quick-food industry is not the only business
experiencing a recent rise in prices. Every segment of our
economy has been affected by inflation, and the
country's top economists can't seem to agree on how to
curtail spiraling prices and on even what causes them.
Government officials blame inflation on high Arab oil
prices and on insufficient production to meet rising de­mands.
Private industry points the accusing finger at
Washington for excessive governmental spending.
President Ford has labeled inflation "Public enemy num­ber
one," and has been chairing an ecomomic summit
conference, with Congress, labor, and management tak­ing
part.
With all this national attention focused on inflation,
The Plainsman has conducted a survey to examine the
effects of inflation on selected Auburn students.
Emily Peacock, 2HPR, finds that high fuel costs have
forced her to cut back on her favorite pasttime, driving.
High food prices have caused her to eat less.
Rob McGhee, 2GC, complains of high book prices. He
feels that area book stores unnecessarily gouge students
when selling books and give only token payment when
rebuying the same books. McGhee feels that inflation
has hit parents of college students very hard, for they
often pay most or all expenses for their children.
Jeanie Stanfield, 1EED, is concerned over the project­ed
rise in meal plan prices for 1975. She also feels that
twenty-nine cents for a sixteen ounce Coca-Cola is out of
line.
Jim Warren, 3GPA, has found that prices on staples
like bread and sugar have risen substantially, causing
him to cook less for himself.
Mary Ann Breedlove, 3GC, says that once basic food
items have now become expensive luxuries. She has
found that a bag of cookies, which cost around .: 50 cents
a year ago, now costs -nearly a dollar. Breedlove, who
lived in an apartment last year, says that rising rents
and utility bills for students who live off campus can
cause real hardships.
Celia Willis, 3PV, complained that the price of bubble
gum has doubled and that a pack of chewing gum
recently rose to fifteen cents.
Sue Komar, 2PB, says that high air travel costs will
prevent her from going home to Cleveland for Thanks­giving
as she had hoped to do. She is also disappointed
by the administration's $15 fee for coeds who live on cam­pus
but who chose not to purchase a meal ticket. Her
participation in her sorority may suffer due to rising
prices and her ability to be a good "big sister" has been
put in jeopardy by the high cost of flowers.
Mike Mains, 2PV, finds he cannot afford to drive his
car as much as he d'^ last year, so he is getting good use
of his bicycle.
This survey shows that Auburn students are concern­ed
with rising costs and that for many, lifestyles may
radically change from taking luxuries for granted, to
savoring the basic necessities.
INFLATION BRINGS WHOPPING PRICES
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T H E AUBURN PUINSMUI Friday Oct. n t 1974 page 2
On selling programs
Salesman admits secrets,
writes on former success
By Lauren C. Steele
Plainsman Staff Writer
On a fall Saturday morning in Auburn, the
campus is deserted, the city streets are un-crowded,
and the air is mysteriously quiet.
Despite these obviously peaceful signs,
knowing Auburn residents are aware that
this calm is actually the eye of a hurricane, for
Saturday means football at Auburn
University.
I grew up in Auburn, so not only did I have
the opportunity to witness the weekend trans­formation
from the isolated, rural Auburn of
early Saturday mornings to the big, bustling,
exciting Auburn of Saturday afternoons, but I
also had the pleasure of participating in the
madness.
At eight o'clock sharp on football days, it
seemed that every Junior High age kid in
town was down at Cliff Hare Stadium, hoping
to be chosen to sell programs.
I was right in the midst of the waiting
throng, but by that age I was already a sea­soned
veteran, having sold programs even
before I could lift a bundle of fifty.
Not only did successful sellers make money;
we got into the games free. That was the
magnet which pulled us otherwise lazy kids
out of bed at such an early hour.
Laden with their precious package of
\ football literature, most of my friends would
I find a corner to stand on, lift their eyes to the
\ sky and scream, "Program! Program!" at any-
! one who happened along. I watched as my
j friends were ignored by almost all potential
I buyers, and I decided there had to be a better
I way to unload my wares.
I began by staring each person directly in
- the eye and respectfully asking if he would
like to buy a program, never forgetting to tack
"ma'am" or "sir" on the end of every
question. I then decided that a clever sales
pitch would double my sales, so I worked bare­foot,
constantly calling attention to my
shoeless condition while explaining that if I
sold enough programs I could afford to buy a
pair of shoes.
I don't think I fooled anyone, but wives of
alumni thought my act was cute and would
coerce their husbands into forking over the
fifty cents. (Inflation has since then doubled
the price.)
My other routines were less original, but
just as effective. Standing in the middle of the
street, I would refuse to move until the
occupant of the trapped car purchased my
line-up.
I ensured my safety during the standoff by
telling the gathering audience about "my
father, the police chief." (My father is not the
police chief, nor would he have condoned my
actions.)
After fighting off all competitors who
happened to wander into my sovereign
territory and having convincingly sold my
"last program" twenty or more times, I would
head for the stadium to turn in my roll of bills
and receive my payment and free ticket.
The games fascinated me then. I knew
every player's name and had quite a
collection of chin straps, which my cohorts
and I would wrestle away from the towering
Tigers after the game.
I still go to the games. I even get excited if
the game is good and the players restrain
themselves from extra or vicious contact after
the whistle blows. But much of the magic of a
fall Saturday is gone. Whoever says that
Auburn football is only for Auburn students
or alumni has never experienced the thrill a
twelve-year-old feels selling programs.
All Union revises
room rental policy
A reservations and room
facilities charges revision for
the Auburn Union became
effective at the beginning of
fall quarter after approval
from President Harry M.
Philpott.
Lowell Ledbetter, Union
Director, said the major
change in policy makes the
facilities available to all Uni­versity
related organizations-activities
on the same basis.
Ledbetter said there is po
rental charge for use of the
facilities of the Union by
either student or faculty
groups other than a $60
charge for the Union
Ballroom for dances or con­certs.
"Where special equipment
or services are required, there
will be charges to cover costs
to the Union. This includes
such items as projectors and
screens, special lighting and
rental equipment," Ledbetter
said.
Ledbetter said rental
charges are still in effect for
the nonUniversity groups
wishing to reserve Union
facilities. Policies for. Univer­sity
and non-University.
groups wishing to reserve the
facilities in Langdon Hall
and Haley Center Eagle's
Nest will follow the same
principle.
Certain regulations apply
to the length of time facilities
may be reserved by any
group, Ledbetter said.
Tfte Hobbit'
Leo Comeau,'director of the
Auburn University Chil­dren's
Theatre needs 13-14
youngsters, for "The Hobbit,"
to be presented Nov. 19-24.
All of the parts are
speaking parts and tryouts
will be held Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. in
the Telfair Peet Theatre, and
on Oct. 15 from 3-5 p.m. and 7-
10 p.m.
Two journalists honored in Newspaper Week
Two newspapermen, a cen­tury
apart and with diverse
interests bound together in
good journalism, will be
honored Saturday morning at
Auburn.
Thomas Eastin, of
pioneering stock, moved into
Alabama while the state was
still part of the Mississippi
Territory. At 20, he had
already founded the
Library hours posted for fall quarter
The following are the hours Draughon Library for fall
quarter, Thanksgiving weekend and the final examina­tion
period:
Beginning September 25, the regular hours for
Draughon Library will be as follows:
Hours for Draughon Library during the Thanksgiv­ing
holidays will be as follows:
Sunday
Monday-Friday
Saturday
1 p.m. - 11 p.m.
7:45 a.m. - 11 p.m.
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
November 27 (Wednesday)
November 28 (Thursday)
November 29 (Friday)
November 30 (Saturday)
December 1 (Sunday)
Close at 5 p.m.
Closed
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
9 a.m. -1 p.m.
Resume regualr hours
The schedule of hours of Draughon Library during the
final examination period will be as follows:
December 4 (Wednesday, last class day)
December 5 (Thursday, dead day)
December 6 (Friday)
December 7 (Saturday)
December 8 (Sunday)
December 9 (Monday)
December 10 (Tuesday, last day of exams)
December 11 (Wednesday)
7:45 a.m. -11 p.m.
7:45 a.m. - Midnight
7:45 a.m. - Midnight
9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
1 p.m. - Midnight
7:45 a.m. - Midnight
7:45 a.m. - Midnight
7:45 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Begin intercession hours_
Impartial Review in Nash­ville,
the Western Chronical
in Columbia, and the
Washington Republican in
Natchez. He founded the
Halcvon in sparsely settled
St. Stephens in 1815.
John Glenn Stanley, who
died in 1967, succeeded his
father as editor and publisher
of the Greenville Advocate, a
position he had worked and
prepared for most of his life.
The two men will be
inducted into the 15th annual
Alabama Press Association
Hall of Honor in activities Fri­day
and Saturday, scheduled
during national Newspaper
Week. Approximately 150 per­sons
are expected to partici-ate
in the ceremonies Satur­day
and in a Friday work­shop
on "The Profitable
Operation of Weeklies and
Dailies."
The Hall of Honor
induction will be held in the
Ralph Brown Draughon
Library, beginning at 10:30
a.m. Saturday. The public is
invited to recognize the
friends and families of the
35th and 36th Hall of Honor
honorees.
Stanley was a homebody
who promoted Greenville and
Butler County. Sensitive and
appreciative to the natural
beauties of his area, Stanley
saw that they received
deserving attention. He had
an avid interest in local
history and delighted in
recalling incidents of the past
or in pointing out places of
historical interest through his
several columns and
editorials.
"Up and Down Commerce"
played up weekly activities on
Greenville's main street, and
another column pinpointed
past events. Both columns are
still running.
Stanley was selected
"Man of the Year" in 1952 by
the Greenville Jaycees, and in
1959 was awarded the first
silver bowl for outstanding
contribution to ' his
community. He was elected
president of the Alabama
Press Association for 1962-63
and in 1965 was featured in
the national Publishers'
Auxiliary.
Seventy-five years before
Stanley was born, Eastin
changed the Halcyon (whose
first issue carried the peace
treaty with England) to
Halcyon and Tombeckbe
Public Advertiser. In 1822, he
planned the Republican
Constellation at Cahaba the
capitol of the new state—but
nothing remains of that paper
except a prospectus.
In 1823, the restless
journalist established the
Greensboro Halcyon, later to
become the Greene County
Patriot and moved on to
found the Alabama Whig at
Claiborne. He then went to
Pensacola and later to Key
West.
Eastin was the first official
territorial printer, printing
such documents as the
"Journal of the Legislative
Council for the Alabama
Territory," and the "U.S.
Laws for 1816, 1817, and
1818."
Civic duties in Eastin's
time included service in a Col.
Nixon's regiment during the
War of 1812, and an
association with Gen.
Andrew Jackson following
the Battle of Horse Shoe
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page 3 Friday Oct. 11,1974 THE AUBURN PUINttrUN
Auburn students see >eufhfu/' Grandpa Walton
By David Nordness
Features Editor
Grandpa Walton, whose
paternal wisdom and love
endears him to his television
family and the millions of
viewers that follow their ad­ventures
every week, is even
more remarkable in real life.
Will Geer, the white haired
actor who portrays the elder
Walton, played host to a
couple of Auburn students
this past summer while they
were touring the West and left
quite an impression.
Mike Waller, 4GPG,
explained that he and Denson
Libscomb, 4GPO, had
stopped in California for a
week to see one of his frater­nity
brothers, Mike Wilson.
Wilson has been taken
under the veteran actor's
wing and is working on a
version of young Mark Twain
to comliment Geer's Twain an '
act they hope to begin
trouring with this sping.
Wilson assured Mike and
Denson the act would make it
to Auburn if at all possible.
Lipscomb was fascinated
with the small stucco house
the actor lived in, "it is only
about a block off Sunset
Boulevard in Hollywood, but
it looks more like someplace
an Auburn student might
live.'
"When we first arrived,
Geer ran out and embraced us
both and gave us a really
warm welcome into his
house," Waller said, adding
that he and Lipscomb were
surprised at such warm
hospitality since he had never
seen either of them before.
"He really gets off on young
people," Lipscomb com­mented
and added -that he
had two other young actors
living in small cottages
behind his house in what he
called "the village."
"It is really amazing. There
are plants everywhere around
the entire complex. He can
grow just about anything and
he seemed to know every­thing
about any plant in the
forest," Waller said, "We all
went on a camping trip to the
high Sierras, and as we went
through the woods he would
call out the names of the trees
and small plants and showed
us what they could be used
for. He was pulling up things
that I thought were weeds and
telling us how good they are."
A good friend of Euell
Gibbons, Geer even taught
the boys how to find the edible
pine cones in the forest and
feast on the crunchy morsel.
"He was just an amazing
person to listen to," Lipscomb
explained noting that his role
as the fountainhead of
' warmth and knowledge to the
Waltons is a very natural part
for him to play. "The man is
72 years-old and we really had
a hard time keeping up with
him," he said.
According to Waller and
Libscomb, Geer had been an
actor for the last 30 years but
is in more demand now than
ever. A veteran of scores of
movies, he is planning to
make another as soon as they
finish shooting for "The
Waltons" in February.
He has played -in every­thing
from "Executive
Action" to "Jeremiah
Johnson," where he played a
bear hunting mountainman.
"He had some pretty funny
things to say about that
movie," Waller said, "like
how cold it was or how when
the script called for a bear to
chase Geer into a cabin, they
finally had to resort to
smearing honey all over his
backside."
"He likes to talk but he also
likes to hear what you have to
say," Lipscomb explained.
His time-worn but thunderous
voice and frequent laughter
made even a conversation a
memorable experience.
"One of the bits of advice he
gave us," Waller
commented, " "was to
memorize a poem every
morning when you wake up.
He really does that and says it
keeps your mind sharp." At 72
he is perhaps one of the best
examples of his theory.
Lipscomb recalled that
Geer had recited Whitman
while they were walking
through the mountains and
was sure that he probably
looked more like Whitman
than the poet himslef.
Geer was a close friend of
the late Woodie Guthrie and
sponsors a forum for young
actors at the Topanga
Canyon Theatre in his
memory. Wilson is very active
in the free Sunday afternoon
performances there and is
said to have had some very
good reviews in the nearby
Hollywood newspapers.
The youthful-minded Geer
also is active politically and
very liberal in many of his
views, but Lipscomb
explained that he was quite
open-minded.
Although Geer does not
drive, he has a Greyhound
Bus that his son usually
drives, and while Geer is as
down to earth as the Grandpa
that the Waltons know and
love, the boys admitted that
he had contacted Lockheed to
remodel the interior to match
that of a passenger jet.
Browsing —Dan Doughtie
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the scoreboard lights go out, the flower
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of seeing a well-fought game and hear­ing
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Editorials Friday Oct. 11, 1974 page 4
Frankly speaking,
All journalists are parasites
| What's a student to do?
Park at home,walk
I t ' s not a new problem by any means, but like a cancer it's growing. Park­ing,
even with the right sticker and all the good intentions in the world, is
next to impossible at Auburn University. There are, as an analysis in the
news pages pointed out, 5,426 parking places for 10,855 vehicles.
The fact is t h a t the University accepted mepey to register 5,429 cars they
I know could not be parked. Committees to study traffic and parking pro­blems
on campus have made surveys, -recommendations and stabs at
| preplanning parking spaces for sprouting structures, all to no avail.
The latest proposed solution coming from the Traffic and Parking
Committee suggested that a multi-level parking deck be considered by the
administration. Almost six months have passed and now word has come
from the president's office about the plan, since it's "not feasible because of
the high interest rates," according to Dr. Philpott.
Action needs to be taken now to ease the parking problem. More
sophisticated studies might give insight as to what the best solution would
be, perhaps underlining the idea of multi-level parking ramps. Whatever the
results, such a survey would show interest and concern on the part, of the
administration and a positive step forward by the University.
The number of cars used by Auburn University faculty and students will
not decrease in the future. More and more buildings will fill the one-time
parking possibilities. The situation, believe it or not, could get worse.
We can't condemn those who compound the problem by "zone-hopping,"
since an illegal parking place is better than no parking place at all. Some­times
it's hard to understand why the revenue generated by the despised
parking violation tickets can't be used to build a 10-level parking ramp. The
administration, the one that takes care of its female students, campus
entertainment and several other aspects of student life should realize that
this is one area in which students would appreciate interference.
Sexism on sidelines
The blonde you'll be seeing on t h e field at the Auburn Kentucky game
Saturday isn't n majorette who forgot to dress out, a photographer's wife or
girlfriend or die daughter of one of the coaches. She's Robin Paris, a Plains­man
photographer, and a right good one at that.
Robin obtained one of the coveted sideline passes granted to The Plains­man
by the Athletic Department for the Chattanooga game. She came back
with several outstanding shots, several of which were published in our issue
the following week. Not without a hassle, though.
It seems, according to Sports Information Director Buddy Davidson, that
Robin's appearance on the field at that game caused some confusion. The
other photographers all wanted to know who she was, what she was doing
there and why she was "standing in one place." The Plainsman sent Mr.
Davidson seven photographs t h a t we considered Robin's best work and
three contact sheets of shots she took while "standing in one place." With 52
points of the scoreboard it's not too hard to decide where to stand, we sur­mised.
Davidson checked out Robin's pass and let her go about her business. The
harm was done, though. Robin felt a little ridiculous, though it should have
been the other way around.
J u s t for the record, the attractive female photographer doesn't put her
thumb over the lens. She even made her own prints. In fact, she carries her
own equipment.
Don't get us wrong. We realize there's a need to control who's on the side­lines
during an important football game. Try to get used to Robin, though,
fellas. While you're gawking she just could outdo you in the photography
department.
DOONESBURY
"Journalists are parasites who have
never done an honest day's work. Male
journalists are parasites and women
journalists broads and hookers. They're
bums, and they're always going to be
bums. To hell with 'em."—Frank Sinatra
That encouraging little message came
tap-dancing over the Associated Press
wire one morning this summer during
my internship, causing a few chuckles
around the newsroom. I laughed it off,
promising myself never to hum "I Did It
My Way" again.
I thought about Sinatra's hostile atti­tude,
though, and the people that would
probably concur with the crooning cri­tic's
evaluation of a profession and those
that choose it as their life work. Sinatra
went so far as to have his "heavies"
cream a few of the eager note-takers. He
swatted 'em like the pests they are.
I didn't really dwell on the incident, in
fact, my days were full of more practical
problems like finding the Eagle Scout's
picture I had thrown in some drawer be­fore
his grandmother called again to ask
why it hadn't been printed. Then I read a
magazine account of Evel Knievel hit­ting
a reporter over the noggin with a dia­mond-
studded walking cane. The press
at Snake Canyon began to hold pep
rallies for the canyon, the article said,
and my former hero Evel fell lower in my
eyesight than the bottom on any canyon
floor. Gosh, even Evel, my choice for the
democratic presidential nomination,
hates reporters.
I begin to wonder why I had chosen a
career in journalism, anyway. I'd al­ways
wanted people to like me, especially
when I was small. I'd been interested in
art and music, but never very good in
either. A sixth grade teacher called me
messy when I spilt paint on the linoleum
rug in the reading circle, and I never did
get the hang of doing the twist to the tune
of "Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer" as
our once-a-week progressive music teach­er
had wanted. Maybe writing was a last
resort for a frustrated artist.
I finally decided I chose journalism be­cause
I believe it's a leg of democracy, an
itch on the nose of the government and a
personally gratifying way to spend a life.
I don't expect people to appreciate the
press. I'm past that idealistic point in my
career beginning. I don't expect people to
like me—it's evident I'm right down there
with insurance salesmen and morticians
on any popularity poll.
But I cannot get used to the rudeness
that's become a habit with so many peo­ple
when dealing with reporters. I don't
want friends, but I do want information.
People want to be "in the news" until
they make the news. But as a journalist
I've learned to enjoy the challenge of
seeking information from those that are
unwilling to give it. I don't enjoy con­stant
rudeness and scorn, however.
Perhaps Sinatra was right. Maybe
journalists have never done an honest
day's work. They're not allowed to be
honest with themselves and their profes­sional
motivations. They're stifled into
dishonest silence or compromise in a
world that's got sealed lips.
Journalism is an honorable, if under­paid,
profession. For every slip-shod job
of reporting done, there're hundreds of
carefully researched investigative pieces.
I'm not saying that the press never mis­quotes,
never misrepresents or is not
over-aggressive or even obnoxious in
seeking the news. But I am saying that
journalists are humans dedicated to a
cause, that of bringing the news to John
Doe who holds the Grueling Gazette or
The Plainsman between his coffee cup
and his wife every morning.
There are some journalists who are
parasites. There are some journalists
who are bums. But I guarantee one
thing . . . rudeness is wasted on the
characters of this sort, and unjustified to­ward
those who act responsibly.
Civil suits become way
to cash in injuries fast
Here's one cat that kept his cool
during last week's editorial discus­sion
of cheese. In fact, this furry
friend was less than intrigued by
by Garry Trudeau
—Dan Doughtie
the whole paper it seems, since he,
like many an Auburn student, rest­ed
peacefully upon the issues of the
day.
I was a victim of the American dream
of getting rich quick. The civil suit has
brought a few lucky citizens quick for­tunes;
all they had to do was get
"injured" in body or character and get a
shrewd, fast-talking lawyer.
My cases did not involve a large sum of
money, but the principle was the same.
People have sued for anything and every­thing.
The latest major suit I've heard of
is the case of a seven-year-old girl's
mother suing a publishing firm for print­ing
a picture of her daughter with a
cigdnette in her mouth on the cover of a
book about marijuana.
The American judicial system is
clogged with cases, and civil suits are no
exception. My case did not come to trial
until 20 months after the accident. I was
being sued for a car wreck that occurred
in Baldwin County while I was coming
back to school.
Because my father was included in the
suit, the case had to be delayed the first
time until this September. Why my
father was included in the suit, I'll never
know. Maybe it had to do with my net
worth being about $500.
After some wheeling and dealing by
my lawyer, my father was dropped from
the suit. (I was still covered by -
insurance). The court date was still to be
set and my lawyer told me to contact him
before I went back to school so he could
inform me of the trial date.
So I thought nothing about it when I
left on my usual vacation with friends be­fore
going back to school. We were plan­ning
to spend a week in the Bahama Is­lands
after spending a few days with a
friend in Miami.
The evening before we were to leave
Miami for the Bahamas, I got a tele­phone
call from my mother. She said my
lawyer had called and I was due in court
Monday morning (it was Thursday). I
told her there was "noway," but she said
she was told I would have a warrant for
contempt of court issued against me if I
did not show. Lost for something to say, I
managed to tell her I would try to get [
home.
It was at this point my faith in the sys­tem
was at its lowest. Desperate, I start­ed
calling anyone who might know any­thing
trying to get me out of my situa­tion.
Fortunately my mother was doing I
the same thing and just happened to find
someone who knew someone who knew |
someone who knew the judge.
The judge was quite a fellow. He was I
unorthodox to say the least, and mean as
a snake and grouchy as an old bear to
boot. He told my mother a few choice |
words, but I managed to get the case post­poned
again.
When the case was reset again, I was
given four days notice. I was really
scared when I went to the courthouse, but
I was in for a surprise. I had the shrewd,
fast-talking lawyer and he came out of
the case with a settlement less than he
had offered for the plantiff to settle out of
court.
More often than not in these cases, the
plantiff sues for far more than they could I
ever expect to get, then it becomes a game I
between the lawyers to settle on the|
amount. My lawyer said after the hear­ing
was over, "You know, I spent a lot of I
time for a little case like this." It may!
have been a little case to him, but I stood |
to lose a lot.
Many people have suggested a|
reevaluation, possibly even an overhaul-j
ing of the judicial system. I have nol
experience with the other aspects of thel
judicial system, but I can speak with!
experience that civil court procedure|
should be given a long, hard look.
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Many Americans have expressed con­cern
over what they see as a mood of
"repression" in this country in the early
1970's. It does seem extraordinary to see
this term applied to a nation which
places civil liberties high in its system of
values; but then, these have been extra­ordinary
times. We have been witnes­sing
a period of great national stress in
which the present climate of repression is
to a large degree attributable to the ac­tions
and words of some of our nation's
highest leaders. Many of these men are
blatant criminals; they are political
jackals with no scruples or morals, men
who view "truth" as a five lettered curse.
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The charge of repression has been
made by a large segment of our overall
population. The Wall Street Journal,
Washington Post, New York Times,
Senator Margaret Chase Smith, and
even two Gallup Polls, have all warned
that "personal freedom and the right of
dissent are curbed in the United States."
Even former President Nixon's Commi­ssion
on Campus Unrest issued a plea
that: "We urge the President to be aware
of increasing charges of repression. His­tory
offers grim proof that repression
once started is almost impossible to
stop."
The evidence of a repressive climate is
widespread. There has been
unprecedented surveillance of our citi­zens
by federal, state, and local agen­cies,
with much of it directed against the
freedom of the press. Henry Steele Com-manger,
the distinguished American
historian, wrote that "Not since the
presidency of John Adams has any
administration so instinctively dis­trusted
the exercise of freedom of speech
and of the press by the American people
as this one." The most blatant form of
anti-dissent and anti-libertarian cli­mate,
however, has been promoted by our
highest governmental officials.
These men have used divisive and
inflammatory rhetoric against persons
who have disagreed with the administra­tion's
policies and actions. Dissenters
have been branded as "radical liberals",
"bums", "home-front snipers", and "an
effete corps of impudent snobs." The
dissenters have furthermore been
personally attacked or indiscriminately
classified with those who would express
themselves through violent, destructive
and unlawful means. Discrediting and
intimidating these dissenters into si­lence
is the apparent objective underly­ing
these tactics. •
While this repressive situation is not yet I
at a crisis point, our civil liberties pro-l
blems are serious enough for us to con-1
elude that we are dangerously close. Thel
fear and appearance of repression!
adversely affects the civil liberties ofl
many more persons than may actually I
be the objects of such repression. Thel
people thereby become afraid of signing!
petitions, speaking out freely on public!
issues or otherwise exercising theirFirstl
Amendment rights, for fear that!
knowledge of such activities will subse-l
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cause them trouble.
We are indeed experiencing a difficult!
and painful episode in the history of this
nation. The people should demand that]
President Ford initiate a high priority
program aimed at the improvement oil
the present civil liberties climate in the
United States.
THE AUBURN PUINSMJU
EP associoreD coLLeciare PRess
Kheta Grimsley, Editor
Mitch Garriott, Business Manager
Editorial Board members: Managing Editor, David Barrett; Associate Editor,
Frank Whatley; News Editor, Mike Kenopke; Sports Editor, Mark Murphy; David |
Nordness Features Editor. Editorial Board Chairman: Rheta CJrimsley.
Technical Editors, Biz Binnings and David Brown; Copy Editor, Jodi Leach;
Photographic Editor, Brent Anderson; Entertainment Editor, Christy Hudgins.
Assistant News Editor, Steele Holman; Assistant Sports Editor, Carolyn Roop;[
Assistant Copy Editor, Cindy Goree; Assistant Photographic Editor, Dan Doughtie. |
The Auburn Plainsman is the student-edited newspaper of Auburn University.
Signed columns represent the opinion of the writer, while unsigned editorials repre­sent
the opinion of The Plainsman's Editorial Hoard.
THE AUBURN PUINCMAN
Readers defend use of cheesecake photography
Leggy poses just a slice of real life t
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Letters
to the
editor
One 'Loveliest' model
defended by her sister
Editor, The Plainsman:
As a long time advocate of women's
liberation I basically agreed with last
week's editorial in which you declared
war on "cheesecake" photography. How­ever,
it seems to me that what you said is
much like pouring high test gasoline on
the smoldering bra. It probaly did the
"movement" more harm than good.
Journalism, and hopefully, The
Plainsman, is a reflection of reality
which is put on a printed page. Likewise
the photograph of the bikini-clad woman
which Mr. Mauldin put on page one this
summer was a reflection of reality. The
attire the "Loveliest of the Plains" had
on was very similar if not more conser­vative,
than what anyone could see
either on campus or at any beach. I con­cede
that its "rewsworthiness'probably
did not justify the front page, but its re­flection
of reality did justify its
publication in a newspaper.
As for the appreciation or exploitation
(the choice is yours) of one's physical fea­tures
is concerned, the nature of two
basic types (males and females) leads
most people to have some curiosity and
attraction to the other types'differences.
Nobody wants what they already have.
Granted this curiosity and attraction
has for a long time been limited to mens'
preoccupation with the female body, but
the appearance and success of Playgirl
and others tends to show that the
attraction is not one-sided.
Editor, The Plainsman:
Gee Rheta, you were right, Wink was
right.
The young lady you referred to as
being "scantily clad and provocatively
pert" in the summer issue of the Plains­man
was none other than my little sis­ter,
whom I love very much. She's beauti­ful,
isn't she? And guess what, Rheta:
she's intelligent , too. Does that surprise
you? Did you think that you were the
only female on campus who could parade
her cleavage around and still come out
tops in the intelligence category?
Your implication that my sister is
"cheesecake" is a hotheaded over-reac­tion,
full of idealistic untruths and child-dish
overstatements. Why did you have
to get so hot over one picture?
I hate to be the one to break the news to
you, but the ideals of womanhood that
you and I hold in common are far from
the norm on this campus. We are truly
exceptions to the rule. Our sex has not
taken three "giant" steps backward be­cause
we have never taken a giant step
forward in the first place. To be sure, we
have advanced far beyond the wide-eyed,
closed-mouth beauties that Ms. Brad­ford
had to deal with. Let us at least be
thankful that we no longer have to en­dure
all that "free skin" every week, as
the custom once was. But the transition
has been a slow and painful one, and it
is radical generalizations like yours that
will eventually confuse its progress and
ultimately bring it to a grinding halt.
For God's sake, will you quit trying to
be Beverly Bradford and just be your own
sweet, unmitigated self. Don't overstep
the boundaries of your editorship, or you
will alienate your audience before you
even gain its attention.
Sincerely,
Merry Leigh Giarratano, 4VA
Editor* Note:
Cheesecake' - tehez'kak) (slang?
Photography or photographs dis­playing
exclusively female come­liness
and shapeliness.
Webster's New Collegiate
Dictionary definition was wsod by
th< editor to determine exsctlj what
the {( • i.-, "cheesecake" entails. No
slur was intended toward any of the
models ivho hav* posed for
"cheesecake" snots, and certainly
t h e i r intelligence was not
questioned. The point of the column
in qiu-rtk.n was whether «r w>*
allowing "cheesecake" to appear in
The Plainsman vva- &><•£
jottrnn?>»m fh< JU.'UW-, not (he fe-maie,
was being criticized.
Reader criticizes all
After reading the editorial page in last
week's Plainsman, I wish to comment
briefly on the articles by Grimsley,
Bailey and Barrett.
Ms. Grims ley has promised us we will
see no more "cheesecake" in the
Plainsman. If she thinks it is her
responsibility to be "house mother" for
the Auburn males and protect them from
any "free skin" on campus, then I
Language study
not that difficult
Editor, The Plainsman:
I have now heard one time too many
how difficult it is to learn a foreign
language and how unfair it is to require
it. I refer to the Oct. 3 editorial of David
Barrett, "Que pasa? I'm failing again."
Languages, I contend, are basically no
more difficult to learn than math,
physics, history, or any other subject. It
seems to me that the greatest handicap
in studying a languge is the student's-attitude
towards learning it. Perhaps
"prejudice" would be a better word. Too
many students begin their language stu­dies
feeling that their time is being
wasted, that they're not going to like it,
and that anything different is somehow
inferior.
Then, too, there are those who pro­pagate
the theory that languages are
somehow intrinsically difficult, thereby
shading the future student's perception
of such a class. Perhaps a solution to the
problem of negative attitudes would be to
begin the study of foreign language in
elementary school. Could it be because
we grow up studying math, science, and
social studies, that we do not seem to har­bor
the same prejudices about them as we
do about a foreign language?
Another argument is that foreign
languages are "useless." The answer to
this lies in the distinction between
"training" and "education." Hopefully
college graduates have some breadth of
knowledge, not just job skills.
Mr. Barrett asks what good it will do a
journalist to study a foreign language. I
cannot think of a profession in which
language skills are more important. In
studying a foreign language we gain new
and meaningful' insights into our own
language and build our English voco-bularies.
The study of foreign languages
and literature is also a study of different
ways of thinking anddoing things. Is it
not important for a journalist (or anyone
else) to keep an open mind and at least be
aware of alternatives to his own lifestyle?
Yes, I am a foreign language major.
However, I have taken courses in
sciences, math, history, music, and other
subjects seemingly unrelated to a degree
in Spanish and have neither resented nor
regretted it. It is a little sad that anyone
could think that anything that adds a
new dimension to his education
'"wouldn't do him any good at all." With
an attitude like that, it probably won't.
1 Sincerely,
Deborah T. Morgan, 4GFL
suggest her next effort, (after removing
this smut from the paper), should be to
establish dress codes for Auburn coeds. I
feel certain the Auburn male sees more
real skin walking to class on a warm day
than he ever saw in a Plainsman issue.
Really , Rheta, what's the big deal, or
are you just another Women's-Libber
with a persecution complex?
Mr. Bailey, I can't say I agree with
every decision made by the University
Administration, but I certainly do not
think Dr. Philpott is a pompous dictator
as you so sarcastically characterized him
in your pointless article. Maybe you
should walk a mile in Harry's shoes?
Mr. Barrett, I must admit I felt no
sympathy for you when I read the article
about your difficulty in meeting the
requirements for a journalism degree.
You made a lot of excuses why you
should not be required to take a certain
course in your curriculum, but none of
them were very convincing. Maybe
Spanish won't help you after you gra­duate,
but I doubt that visiting the Pub
will either. My comment to you is, stop
complaining and start studying. You
aren't the first Auburn student to take a
tough course and you won't be the last.
As you have probably surmised by
now, I was not at all impressed with the
largely immature editorial page in last
week's Plainsman.
Alan Hudgins, 6CE Play your cords right, Sweetheart, fl­am/
I'll get you on ffce cower of The Plainsman1.
Auburn needs classical language study
<:
Editor, The Plainsman:
As a glance at the catalogues of such
varied universities as Duke, Michigan,
Georgia, and Colorado shows, the
Classics Department is the core and
pride of a decent humanities program.
Latin and Greek are among those tools
which have proved essential in forging
the best minds of Western civilization.
Because of the importance of these
languages, the classics are an exception
to the rule that electives ought only to be
offered when there is sufficient demand.
The classics are unique. For one to
master English, a knowledge of Latin is
necessary. For example, Latin consti-tues
the etymological meaning of 70 per
cent of the words in our language. How,
then, can a speaker, reader, or writer be
sensitive to the nuances of English
words and to the subtleties of their con­struction
if he does not know Latin?
Just as Latin discloses the origin of
words, so Latin and ancient Greek dis­close
the origin of ideas. The classical
languages are a repository of the works
of philosophy, literature, history, and
political science which form the basis of
Western culture. By our ignorance of the
classical languages, we are denied full
access to this basis. Thus we are unable
to understand the foundation upon
which our culture rests.
There is also a practical reason that
our university should support a Classics
Department. Certain fields of study in
the humanities demand a working
knowledge of the classics. For graduate
work in these fields proper universities
require a knowledge of the classics.
Refusing students Latin and Greek will
bar their admission to some of the best
schools for graduate studies in the liberal
arts.
Why can't Auburn be as com­petent—
and renowned —in the
humanities as it is on the football field?
That it is not, and does not seek to be, is a
confession of inferiority which I find
frustrating. If my school will not provide
the coursework which excellence in my
field requires, will it at least register my
protest?
James P. Warren, 3GPA
Use surplus to get WATS line
Editor, The Plainsman:
Part df the surplus in the Student Acti­vity
Fund can be used in a way that
would help students cope with the ram­pant
inflation that we face. People have
been complaining about the high tele­phone
rates and installation fees, but Ma
Bell doesn't listen. She knows we're up
against the wall. But we don't have to
stay there. Whycan'ttheStudentGovern-ment
Association or somebody sponsora
student WATS line in the Union Build­ing?
A wide area telecommunications
service (WATS) line, of course, isaphone
line that enables the subscriber to make
unlimited long-distance calls for one
monthly fee. The fee is so steep that only
large businesses can save money by hav­ing
one.
But here's the point: let the original
funding be from the Student Activity
fund surplus. Students could come to the
Finally, don't be quick to start
throwing rocks, pictures and accusations
at others - namely Curtis Mauldin -until
you clean up the "cheesecake" in Your"
paper. Wouldn't a flat chested, ugly girl
on the cover of Your issue have
communicated just as effectively that
William Gregory didn't have any
phones. Also, wouldn't a "straight"
caption have been more wholesome than
the "suggestive" "Call of the Wild."
Again, I'mall for womens' liberation,
but both men and women have minds
and bodies, and both types should be
appreciated for their assets.
James Lester, 6 EC
I'm hurt
What about beefcake, R.G.?
Frank
Whatley
Union, sign up to use the phone at 10 or
15 minute intervals, and pay a nominal
fee, say, a quarter. Then they could call
anywhere in the USA and talk for al­most
free until their time ran out. No one
could hog the phone, and almost anyone
that wanted to could use it. People could
quit selling their bikes or roommates to
pay $65 phone bills. Their own phone's
monthly local charge would be all they'd
pay. They could then afford luxuries, like
an extra piece of pie once a month at the
War Eagle Cafeteria.
The quarter-per-call would add up, and
maybe the WATS line could even be­come
self-sufficient. The telephone com­pany
would pitch a fit, but it seems that
they wouldn't have a legal basis. It would
be worth it all just to see them fume.
How 'bout it, powers-that-be? It seems
to me like a great chance to help every­body
out. - .' .' ti
David Cummings, 3PM
It was 4:30 a.m. .Wednesday Oct. 2. I
had just finished my second all-nighter
in two weeks seeing to it the news pages
of The Plainsman were "dummied", that
is,each story assigned its place in the
paper.
I figured it was too late to go to bed, so I
decided to just kill time until my 10
o'clock class. I walked over to the
editorial page lying at the other end of
the office and glanced at the week's
opinions.
As I read a column by Plainsman Edi­tor
Rheta Grimsley concerning "cheese­cake"
I became more and more, well, let's
say—interested.
I was well aware of how Rheta felt
about cheesecake. I ought to be: I have
heard her policy on. the subject ad
nauseum. I can appreciate her position.
To paraphrase a friend, centerfolds in
"Playgirl" gross me out as much as
cheesecake grosses out R. G.
But when I came to the passage in her
column referring to cheesecake in the
summer Plainsman which read: "The
majority of the male population rejoiced
at the free skin lying on l^ie steps of
Haley Center,"! gagged at the low blow
inflicted by that rash column. Cheese­cake
itself aside, the column was an ex­cess.
No point ofview.no matter how just
it seems to the holder, is without the
responsibility of providing more light
than heat.
R. G. has a lot to learn about the male
libido. I saw the issue of the paper in
question and the young lady had a very
good shape. Yep, she sure filled out that
swimsuitwell. But I wasn't about to drive
over from Montgomery and hoard copies.
Nor do I think male students "rejoiced
at the free skin." They liked it, yes, but so
what? Men are not like salmon, who
. mindlessly swim upstream at all costs. If
heterosexuality is perversion, then hang
us all, but just because Joe Average likes
the female shape, he is not jaded to a wo­man's
personality.
The "urge" is not so great in men that
we just could not live without seeing a fe­male
torso in print and the lack of faith
demonstrated by the last paragraph of
the editor's column left me dismayed.
I have never pushed cheesecake be­cause
it means little to me and it seems to
make a world of difference to the editor.
Perhaps I could illustrate the impact of
cheesecake on men to the female by
bringing up "beefcake."
•
On page nine of the Feb. 14, 1974 issue
of The Plainsman there is a story on
streaking: the same story that no-doubt
started the fad in Auburn last spring.
Along with that story was a rear-view
photo of a nude male. The feature was
written by then News Editor Rheta
Grimsley. Though she didn't take the
photo, a request by her could have killed
the beefcake. _
She got no jollies from seeing the pic­ture
and after overcoming embarrass­ment,
took the photo in stride.
R. G. should give the male population
credit for the same sensibility. I have no
desire to debauch womankind. Though, I
am also not without the desire, from time
to time, to make individual exceptions.
While denouncing one-dimensional
views toward women, the cheesecake
column went to a comparable extreme
and showed a one-dimensional and
highly generalized view toward men.
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Ag Experiment Station searches
for energy conservation methods
^ A H • . 1 . U _ * -X * " . . ! 1* : * . J ; . A ^ 4 H ^ n» . ] ; , ! n n n w ^ v ^ m r t t ^ l . . OC One of the most vital, yet
most controversial issues in
America today concerns the
wise use of energy and the
need for national energy
conservation. Whileconsump-ition
. of energy con­tinues
to climb, the
amount used for the produc­tion
of food in America re­mains
relatively low.
Agriculture and related
industries use only about 12
per cent of the nation's total
energy, with only 2.2 per cent
going directly to agricultural
production and the remain­ing
9.8 per cent going to
transportation, processing,
and home preparation and
use of food products.
According to Robert
Brewer, associate professor of
poultry science at Auburn
University, these figures indi­cate
real efficiency when com­pared
with 20 per cent of the
total energy consumption
used to heat and cool homes,
and 25 per cent required for
operating automobiles and
other forms of transporta­tion.
Energy remains, however,
an important, and costly
input to agriculture. Poultry
producers are especially
dependent on such fuels as
electricity, liquid petroleum
(LP)gas, and coal for brood­ing
and rearing chickens.
Last winter's fuel shortages
and projected shortages of
fuels caused concern among
members of Alabama's
poultry industry, as did
rapidly increasing prices for
fuel.
The Auburn University
Agricultural Experixent Sta­tion
began research and field
testing in an attempt to find
. methods for cutting fuel costs
for Alabama poultry
producers. The aim of the re­search
was to cut costs with­out
depressing production
efficiency. Production
practices involving changes
in housing, brooding equip­ment
and management were
identified as having poten­tial
for savings in fuel require­ments.
Properly insulated poultry
house roofs were found to
reduce heat loss, by
approximately 25 per cent
thus cutting the fuel required
for proper brooding and grow­ing.
Other work in the area of
brooding equipment has
indicated that improper
adjustment of LP gas brood:
ers can result in as much as 50
per cent loss in heating
efficiency. Data is presently
being collected on heat out­put
and energy radiation of
gas brooders in an attempt to
improve performance of pre­sent
systems.
Brewer also says alterna­tive
sources of cheap energy
must be integrated with
improved house design to
minimize dependence on
traditional fuels.
"LIGHTS OUT PLEASE!"
. The university takes part in energy conservation
—Dan Doughtie
Energy stickers help conserve lights
By Sissy Helms
Plainsman Staff Writer
With over 5,000 orange
stickers stating, "Energy Cri­sis—
Please Turn Off Lights,"
Linwood E. Funchess, Build­ings
and Grounds director,
hopes to make Auburn stu­dents
and teachers aware of
the fuel shortage and more
conservation-minded.
These electrical conserva­tion
reminders have been
placed above most of the
light switches throughout the
buildings on campus by
ground keepers, he said.
"They were acquired for
several reasons," Funchess
said.
Auburn campus had to go
without heat due to a fuel
shortage, Buildings and
Grounds decided much too
much electricity was being
wasted. Another factor was
the rise in the cost of Auburn's
main power source,
coal, from $7 to $20 a ton.
Added to that was $84,000
electrical bill last month
charged to Auburn Univer­sity."
William F. Peak, a Build­ings
and Grounds mechani­cal
engineer, is in charge of
the fuel conservation project
and its relationship to the
energy crisis. He said, "every­body
can help ease the energy
. crisis. One little bit could get
one big bit."
lights will, of course, help
save energy," Funchess said.
"I hope that they will help in
another way. By making peo­ple
more conservation-mind­ed,
maybe people will switch '
off unneeded heat or air-conditioning
which is
Auburn University's biggest
consumption."
Loveliest Village? —Dan Doughtie
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Visitors to our fair campus are usually impressed
with its floral beauty and cleanliness. Buildings and
Grounds continually expends great amounts of effort
to keep the campus' shrubs, flowers and grounds well
Occupancy Law
requires safety
trimmed and perpetuate the visual beauty of the
Loveliest Village. However, visitors and students
alike should take heed and think twice about where
they perch to observe this uncommon beauty.
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The new law also stipulates
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For construction and new
nneter permits certifying that
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be required immediately.
Before electricity may be
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human waste disposal will be
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HEW
CARS FILL THE SPACES IN UNIVERSITY LOT
. There are almost twice as many cars registered as places for them
—Dan DouRhtie
Parking
(From Page 1)
'We have systems experts
— well, all kinds of engineers
here — who could make traf­fic
studies as their class pro­jects.
It could help cut costs. I
know we have talent galore,"
he said.
Achee said the committee
believes long range plans
should be made now to pro­vide
for future parking". "We
believe that everybody
deserves the right to park on
campus."
Philpott said the adminis­tration
is in accord with the1
possibility of developing a
multi-level parking facility.
"At the moment, it's not
feasible because of the high
interest rates. We cannot use
state funds for this project so
we would have to borrow the
money. Right now the interest
rates are too high for us to do
it. They may never come
down," Philpott said.
Another possibility to pro­vide
mere space is for another
parking lot to be built two or
three blocks away from the
campus proper, he said.
"At this time, not all of the
parking spaces at the Coli­seum
parking lot are being
filled. As far as parking close
in to the campus, that space is
at a premium. We do want to
keep some green on campus,"
he said.
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Chief Dawson said that the
students are definitely filling
up the Coliseum parking lot
this year, with peak times
between 9 a.m. and noon.
He said the the multi-level
parking facility is needed,
especially with the new pllH*
macy building which would
bring an increase in faculty
size.
"We have to ask if the stu­dents
are going to need carsat
this school other than to go
back and forth to home," he
said.
Guerin said the most likely
place for a three-level park­ing
lot is by the north end of
Jordan-Hare Stadium behind
Petrie Hall. Since the ground
there is below street level, he
said, the facility would be less
expensive.
The entrance to the ground
level could be behind Petrie
Hall from Thach Avenue, and
Haley Center. The third level
could be entered from the west
side at Donahue Drive.
Because of the different
grades, steep ramps would
not be necessary, he said.
Bill Whatley, a pharmacy
student, started a bus line on
campus several years ago,
Guerin said. Interest in the
bus line waned, and Whatley
was forced to lower the fares
until they were free. He asked
the University for a subsidy
to keep the line running, but
the Traffic and Parking Com­mittee
recommended that the
subsidy not be given.
In 1970, the American
Transit Corporation of St.
Louis approached the
administration about a sys­tem.
They said that since
Whatley's failure had shown
a lack of student interest, they
didn't see a need for a system.
"I think, that we need the
multi-level facility," Guerin
said. The new pharmacy cen­ter
will cause the population
in that area of the campus to
go up, he said.
Guerin has a plan to
improve the parking lot
behind the University
Chapel, currently being reno­vated.
Approximately 77
parking spaces will be pro­vided
on property owned by
the University and First
Presbyterian Church on
Thach Avenue.
This plan has not yet been
approved by the administra­tion.
At Monday's Student
Senate meeting, Jan Cox,
4GB, proposed that the stu­dents
be polled to find
whether they would be will­ing
to have all cars banned
from campus one class day
during the spring.
The question, "Would you
agree to have the campus
closed to vehicles for one class
day?" will be included on the
Miss Homecoming ballot Oct.
24.
"It will be one day to see
what it would be like to walk
across the street without wait­ing
for cars," Cox, chairman
of the Senate Traffic and
Parking Committee, said.
The committee would
possibly have all the cars
brought to campus parked on
Morris Field, and then have
the students shuttled to
classes with departmental
buses. The idea is to get stu­dents
to ride bicycles or walk.
Cox said.
An approving vote by the
students does not necessarily
mean that the one-day car
ban would be done. It would
only show the Senate what
support it would have for
the proposal.
Pres. Philpott had not
heard of the proposal before­hand
and declined to com­ment
on it except to say that
people commuting from Nota-sulga
or Reeltown probably
wouldn't like the idea very
much.
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An additional stipulation is
the prohibition of any- acti­vities
by the institution which
" . . . aid or perpetuate
discrimination against any
person by assisting any
ageney, organization or per­son
which discriminates on
the basis of sex in providing
any aid, benefit, or service to
any student."
Since fraternities and
sororities are discriminatory
in membership recruitment,
any "substantial re­lationship"
found between
them and the University will
cause the University to lose
federal financial assistance.
"Substantial relationship"
may consist of a fraternity
loan or the leasing of univer­sity
property by a sorority for
a chapter room. So,- if strictly
enforced, these guidelines
would give fraternities and
sororities the options of
opening their doors to both
sexes, moving off campus, or
disbanding their chapters.
In lieu of this, James Foy,
dean of Student Affairs,
asked if these same
provisions would apply to .
military institutions such as
the Coast Guard Academy
and the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point.
Bryson replied that since
these institutions • were
founded as single sex insti­tutions,
HEW could not inter­fere
with their basic makeup.
"That sounds like double-talk,
to me, " remarked Foy
sarcastically to the obvious
enjoyment of the crowd.
"That's the way it's written
— you might not like the way
it's written but that's all I can
say from the way it's
written!" Bryson burst out at
one point when Mary
Fitzpatrick, professor in the
HPR Department, asked for a
precise definition of how girls''
athletic teams would be
affected.
"You raise questions about
things that you take to court,
and that's where these may
end up," he said.
When asked by Foy who
would make the inter­pretations
and enforcement,
Bryson answered, "The same
people that's been doing-it —
the Office of Civil JRights.
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The girls appear before a panel of three judges who have the task of selecting the
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THE AUBURN PUIN*MMI Friday Oct. ii, 1974 page 8
Marshall Tucker
Spartanburg plumber brings Southern rock's Ipickin' and sing in" to Auburn
The Marshall Tucker Band, who last night played at the
Coliseum, decided a few years ago to "go for broke." Toy
Caldwell, the band's lyracist, quit his job as a plumber, and the
group was on their way toward success.
The bulk of performers in the Marshall Tucker Band have
been playing together since their early teens. They grew up
"pickin' and singin' " in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Gradually, their country sound developed into what they term
Southern rock. *
Members of Marshall Tucker include: Toy Caldwell, lead and
steel guitar, vocals; Doug Gray, lead vocals, percussion; George
McCorkle, rhythm guitar; Paul Riddle, drums; and Tommy
Caldwell, bass.
"A New Life" is the title of the band's second album. The
album, which grew out of a year of extensive touring "repre­sents
more of what the band sounds like today," according to
Toy Caldwell. Marshall Tucker's first album, "The Marshall
Tucker Band," helped establish the group's identity.
Tommy Caldwell and his brother Toy began their careers
strumming Hank William's tunes and watching their father
perform in a country music band. As the group evolved, the
band developed its own definitive style, each member
arranging his own part to Toy's lyrics. Tommy calls the
Marshall Tucker style "down home music" with a "country
flare." He emphasizes, however the band plays Southern
music.
Cowboy and Little Feat, a group from California appeared
with the Marshall Tucker Band. Little Feat has four albums
out, including "Dixie Chicken" and "Feats Don't Fail Me
Now." John Boggs, entertainment director for the Student
Government Association, compared the group to the Allman
Brothers Band. Lowell George, the band's lyracist, was
featured on guitar. Sam Clayton was on congas; Richard
Haywood, drums; Bill Payne, keyboards and synthesizer;
Kenny Gradney, bass; and Paul Barrere, guitars.
Cowboy has returned to the music industry with a harder
sound. In 1970 the band released two albums, "Reach For the
Sky" and "5*11 Getcha Ten." Both albums were re-relased last
year in a record set entitled"Why Quit When You're Losing."
Cowboy gets its musical prowess from Tommy Talton and
Scott Boyer. Talton and Boyer released an album in the spring
of 1974 entitled "Cowboy." The album is composed of original
material and features the talents of such musicians as Chuck
Leavell, Jaimoe and Johnny Sandlin. Cowboy played as a
backup band for the Allman Brothers Band, and according to
Boggs, received excellent reviews. They also play a brand of
music similar to the Allman Brothers.
MARSHALL TUCKER PERFORMED FOR AUBURN STUDENTS
. . . The southern rock band played "down home music with a country flare"
Sarah to paint portraits at Union
By Cynthia Fuchs
Plainsman Staff Writer
In response to student
requests, Spectra is bringing
Sarah Sneeden back to the
Auburn campus for her fifth
visit. ' Sneeden will again
paint her acryllic "mini-portraits"
while visiting the
campus.
Sneeden's "mini-portraits"
have won her wide acclaim at
universities throughout the
South. People of all ages have
long admired her artistic and
sensitive style, as her
attempts to create her sub­ject's
personality in a small
portrait.
Sneeden enjoys visiting
college campuses and
meeting and getting to know
University students.
A busy and demanding
-schedule occupies much of
Sneeden's time. Aside from
visiting college campuses and
painting her "Mini-portraits,"
she teaches
painting and works as a com-
, mercial artist for nationwide
• advertising.
Sneeden's talent has been
recognized both academi­cally
and professionally. She
was listed in the 1971 Edition
of Outstanding Young
Women of America, and is a
member of the Arizona Artist
Guild., Louisville Artist
Association, Asheville Art
Museum and the Henderson
NC Art League.
She will paint "Mini-portraits"
every half hour on
the Auburn Union Patio Oct.
14 through Oct. 18 from 10
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. to
6:30 p.m.
At this time "mini-portraits"
will be available to
Auburn University students
only forSlOeach.
Appointments will b£
made and fees taken begin;
ning Wednesday, Oct. 9, by
Susan Bryant in 228 Auburn,
Union.
SGOTT BOYER TOMMY TALTON
Singers, Symphony make plans;
year to include varied programs
By Wallace Wells
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Auburn University
Singers and the Auburn
Symphony Orchestra are
planning for a landmark sea­son
of performances starting
this fall. The University
Singers will perform for
several campus and civic-oriented
functions. The
Symphony will start its 1974-
75 season under its new
director, the world-traveled
Paul Johnian.
The University Singers will
begin their fall program by a
performance at a banquet
during the national con­vention
of Phi Eta Sigma, a
freshman honor society, ~
Oct. 21. The -""--= •
on
^v,. .... w>,_ singers will
appear at the Bob Hope show
Oct. 25 and the Miss
Glomerata pageant Oct. 29.
The group will be active in
and around Auburn during
the Christmas season. Tapes
will also be made during this
time for radio station WSFA.
The performers will sing for
the Lion's Club Dec. 3 and
entertain 2,000 Boy Scouts at
The noted violinist, Paul
Johnian, will conduct the
Auburn University Sym­phony's
two fall concerts. The
first, Wednesday, Oct. 23, will
feature Johnian on the violin
with Professor Joseph
Stephenson on the piano.
The orchestra will perform
works by Vivaldi, DeBussy,
Kreister, Vitali, Mozart and
Bloch. The performance will
be at the Goodwin Music
their regional state jamboree.
Building starting at 8 p.m.
The second concert will
feature a Corelli Concerto
Grosso for strings and
harpsicord and Hadyn's
London Symphony 7 in C
major. In the grands finale
Edgar C. Glyde will conduct
the orchestra in Bruch's
Violin Concerto 1 in G minor,
with Johnian on.violin. This
concert will be Nov. 25 at the
Telfair B. Peet Theatre,
beginning at 8 p.m.
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Ilf you're going to graduate soon then you're probably wondering
where and how to begin your career. Here are ten ways to trust
your luck and waste your time.
• Go to your favorite Chinese restaurant, order a meal and open
the fortune cookie you get for de­sert.
If your fortuneis a good one f^^^S.
you're in luck. If not. you'll just be '"
hungry again in half an hour.
This method is known as a real turkey by those who have tried
it. All you need is a friend and a wishbone. While you pull on
one end of the wishbone and
• your friend pulls on the oth­er,
you wish for a great career. If
your friend gets a bigger piece
your wish won't come true. But, if
you get the biggerpiece your friend'sv
wish won't come true.
3Crystal balls have been used for centu­ries
by people trying to see into their fu­tures.
If you're trying to figure out what
• your future looks like you might want to
give this method a try. If you can see into the fu­ture
with a crystal ball, obviously you should pur­sue
the career of fortune telling and your
troubles are over. If you can't see anything your
troubles are just beginning because used crystal
balls are hard to dispose of.
A good luck charm is always nice to help
guarantee a bright future, and a horse­shoe
is one of the few good luck charms
to have a proven record of success. A
blacksmith always hung a horseshoe over
his door for good luck and there is no
need to go into details about the effec­tiveness
of this method because we all
know at least 30 successful blacksmiths.
Your future career may
be easily discernible to
one who reads the
bumps on your head.
Don't be concerned if
your head seems too
smooth because some
bump readers, while pre­tending
to ply their trade,
have been known to add a
lump to a head and abscond
with the victim's wallet
8 v \ l / , . This is known as the "Wish upon a star method."
""^E3T^ A" you ^° 's g0 out on a c'ear ™8nt' 'oolc into
• J^S.' the sky, find a star you like and wish for a suc-
• • ^ ' cesful future. Your wish is guaranteed to come; j
true, however, only if you do this on the night of February 30.
This method is preferred by those who like to jump from job to
job. Since they are never happy with what they are doing, they are
always wishing they could do something else.
9The wheel of fortune is a
device to help you decide on
a career. Just write all the
1 things you might want to do
on the wheel and spin it. Whichever
career stops at the pointer is the one
you should follow.
The wheel can also be used to
decide where to work. Pick some
town names at random and put them
on the wheel. Give it a spin and think
of the great opportunities you'll find
in a place like El Pino Wells, Arizona.
^ f \ Money always brings good luck, right?
I I I W n e n >'ou choose a career always pick The
I l f job that pays the most and don't worry
' * • " • " • about the future of the job. A few years
from now you'll be making the same money and going
nowhere. Then voull need all the luck vou can get.
m
6. This method involves that star of stage, screen, television and
radio, the Gypsy Fortune teller. Surely one of such stature can
be trusted to direct you into the future. For a dollar she will see
nothing but success. For five dollars she will see you as the
chairman of the board of a large cor­poration.
For ten dollars she will see
vou as The Sheik of Araby. The Holy
Roman Emperor and the King of
the United States.
7Flipping a coin is always a great way to help decide one's future.
In a recent scientific survey coin flipping was found to be suc­cessful
in making decisions 50% of the time. So, we can state,
without fear of contradiuon, that this method is 50% more effec­tive
than the other 9 methods on our list.
With this method, of course, you may end up ,°
with a very static job. But what could be
tunic exciting to a coin flipper than a
repetitive, boring, monotonous and
unchanging job?
Don't rely on luck to choose a
career. At Trust Company Bank we
provide a professional program to
prepare you for a career with future
in the banking industry. Enjoying
one of the healthiest growth rates
among U.S. banks, Trust Company
is located in Atlanta, the center of
the dynamic South. If you are one of
your business school's better
students and are looking for the
place to start in banking, then be
sure to see our recruiter when we
visit your campus on
October 15,1974.
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page 9 Friday, Oct. 11,1974 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
Law finds reason for living in music
By Christy Hudgins
; Entertainment Editor
"We are what we try to be.
Holding unto the good times,
all I needed was a reason to
live. Something to give."
George Law, an Auburn
resident and former student,
believes that he has found his
reason to live in music. "I'm
not tied to time," said Law.
'People can listen to me
though all time." Law is a sin­ger-
guitarist who is currently
putting out a single entitled,
Ridge Song." His first
album, similarly entitled
Ridge Songs," will appear in
the spring.
"Ridge Song," was inspired
by a mountain in Greenville
which Law visited. After writ­ing
the song Law decided that
"it was on the same level as
anything good ever written,"
so he quit school and dedicat­ed
himself to his music.
Auburn made me realize,"
said Law, "that I didn't need
school in this lifetime."
Law made Auburn his
home because it was close to
his recording work and it was
"a nice place to come to get
away from ths cities." He
credits Auburn as being the
place where he started writ­ing
his best music. "Mari­juana,
also helped," said Law.
"I started playing serious
music when I started smok­ing
marijuana. It was good
for my imagination."
One of Law's songs
concerning marijuana is
entitled "I don't feel I've got to
Hide." He plans to deposit the
royalties from, record sales in
a fund to be used to help bust­ed
friends. Referring to the
song's title, Law said that he
couldn't hide if he wanted to.
"When you're an obvious son-of-
a-gun, you're an obvious
son-of-a-gun," said Law.
Law is planning a third
album on unidentified flying
objects. He said that he had
seen 10 UFO's at close range.
He was accompanied by
a witness during one of the
citings who said he "wasn't
high on hallucinogens." Law
believes that the UFOs have
special significance for the fu­ture
of mankind "to mellow us'
out." The sky is mentioned in
many of Law's lyrics. Law be­lieves
that the sky connotes
freedom and just as a UFO is
severed from time, the sky-theme
signifies freedom from
problems.
Law plays acoustic rock,
acoustic mellow and acoustic
intense. He believes he is part
of a "movement back toward
music that refreshes you for-a
long time. It penetrates like
small keys and unlocks little
doors."
"There's a place for romp­ing
music," said • Law,
"But 1 like to reach' inside.
When people relax enough to
let music go inside them, they
give themselves." Law also
believes that a person must
"create to be worth listening
to."
A musical career for Law
began when he was 13. Accord­ing
to this musician, "every­one
was getting into some­thing
like football at that
time," and he "wasn't good at
that." He started playing in
groups when he was 16. After
coming to Auburn, Law
decided that he "couldn't take
copy-cat rock and roll any­more."
He spent a year paint­ing
houses before he began a
serious endeavor to create his
own music. Law wrote a song
about leaving the "group"
musical endeavor entitled,
"Dear Belated Friend." One
line which exemplifies Laws
outlooks says, "You could see
me if you you took another
look."
A country flavor
predominates much of Law's
music. This is enhanced by
the steel guitar played by
Billy Earl in Law's first sin­gle.
The singer-guitarist
identified himself with the
music of Jackson Browne. He
is especially impressed by
Browne's success as a writer.
Browne earned a million
dollars as a writer before he
was ever recognized, accord­ing
to Law.
Law has played in local
fraternities for parties and
date nights. He believes that
the people he plays for find
his music "a refreshing excep­tion"
from the usual music
these people are in contact
with. Often Law writes his
songs on the spot to suit the
mood of the crowd, or to quiet
a noisy audience.
Future plans include the
formation of a group which
will be called George Law or
Eros. Law said that a million­aire
is preparing to invest in
him, and that there is a
possibility that he will accom­pany
Traffic in concert. His
long-range plans include
opening a recording studio in
Auburn "as soon as the mari­juana
laws are changed."
According to Law, all Auburn
needs is a big airport. "If
there's not one by then, said
Law, "I'll build it."
"My"music makes me feel»
like I'm adding something to
the planet," said Law.
"Success does me good."
FORMER AUBURN STUDENT TURNS TO MUSIC
George Law to release first album in the spring
—Dave Brown
^Summer sleeper' awakens
"Death Wish," written by
Brian Garfield and directed
by Michael Winner, is this
year's summer "sleeper." It is
the film that wasn't expected
.to do much at the box office,
but resulted in a big hit.
.ittle Feat album "uneven, but enjoyable"
'Feats, Don't Fail Me
Now," the fourth album by
the Los Angeles based Little
Feat, is an exciting as well as
confusing album. The Feat
have once again come up with
n uneven recording that is at
times great and at times
flawed. It has been over a year
nd ,a half since "Dixie
^hj'cken," the definitive:
-.ittle Feat album was widely
icclaimed but seldom pur­chased.
This album was a
ock-gospel fusion aided by
'onnie Bramlett and her co-'
horts' superb vocal back­ing.
"Feats" is less gospel and
more grease.
The band seems to be
attempting to establish roots
in the South, or at least the
aura that surrounds the
South. The first three songs
on side one are about Georgia.
This probably stems from
several memorable appear­ances
at Richards in Atlanta.
Little Feat consists of
Lowell George, guitars, vo­cals,
producer; Bill Payne,
keyboards, vocals; Richie
Heywood, drums, vocals;
ALBUM
in review.
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Ken Gradney, bass; Sam
Clayton, percussion, vocals
and Paul Barrere, guitar,
vocals.
Lowell George, a former
Mother of Invention, plays a
style of slide guitar that is
somewhere between Duane
Allman and Ry Cooder. He is
credited with writing the
truck drivers classic,
"Willin'." In inner music cir­cles
George is considered a top
producer as well as a superb
musician. He has produced all
of Little Feats music and has
production chores for others.
"Feats," although uneven,
has its high points. Most
notably are "Wait Till the
Periphery
Area Entertainment
Concerts
Atlanta
The Marshall Tucker Band
leadlines a show Friday at
he Fox Theatre at midnight.
Dowboyk Boyer and Taltonare
he opening act.
Performing at the Georgia
State Coliseum Friday at 8:30
•/ill be balladeer, Harry Cha-
)in.
Red, White, and Blue
Grass) will be performing at
he Great South East Music
iall Monday, Oct. 14 through
Wednesday, Oct. 16.
Gordon Lightfoot will per­form
at the Civic Center on
Dct. 16 at 8 p.m.
Traffic will appear with'
guest star Little Feat on Oct.
6 at 8 p.m. in the Omni.
On Friday, Oct. 18, Billy
Joel will perform with guest
star Roger McQuinn at
midnight at the Fox Theatre.
Fanny will appear in the
Electric Ballroom at 9 p.m.
Oct. 24 through Oct. 26.
From Oct. 28 through Oct.
30, Canned Heat will be head­lining
a show in the Electric
Ballroom at 9 p.m.
Jefferson Starship and
guest star Fleetwood Mac will
be in concert Oct. 31 at 8 p.m.
in the Omni.
Elton John will perform on
Nov. 10 at the Omni with
guest star Kikki Dee.
Birmingham
Rick Nelson will appear at
Joe Namath's Restaurant
through Oct. 12.
• Three Dog Night will per­form
at the City Auditorium
on Oct. 17 at 8 p.m.
Theatre
Atlanta
The Atlanta Ballet will pre­sent
its fe.ll repertoire Oct. 11
and 12 at 8:30 p.m. at the
Peachtree Playhouse.
The Chinese Opera Theatre
will begin their first southern
tour at the Atlanta Civic Cen­ter
on Oct. 21 at 8:30 p.m.
The Soviet Georgian
Dancers will perform at the
Atlanta Civic Center on Oct.
26 at 8:30 p.m.
"Don Juan" will be per­formed
at theCivic Center on
Nov. 16 at 8:30 p.m. Ricardo •
Montalban and Edward Mul-hare
star.
Birmingham
The University Ballet will
' perform "Coppelia" at the
Civic CenterConcertHall Fri­day
at 8:30 p.m.
"I Am A Woman" will be
performed at the Civic Center
Theatre Saturday at 8 p.m.
On Oct. 13 the Black Fire
Dancers and JCCEO
Community Theatre will pre­sent
"Greazzzy Bag" at the
Civic Center Theatre at 5 p.m.
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Shit Hits the Fan" and a live
in the studio, remake of "Cold,
Cold, Cold and Tripe Face
Boogie." The former is
ominous sounding in inten­sity
with pointed lyrics pun­ning
on the word "fan." The
latter is simply some of the
best rock and roll boogie
music ever committed to
vinyl.
Through all its uneveness,
"Feats" is still an enjoyable
album. Maybe for the neo­phyte,
"Dixie Chicken" will
be more accessible, but either
way it will be money well
spent especially with the re­cent
surge of non-musician­ship.
Little Feat is still one of
the best bands in the land.
- John Boggs
Boggs is Student
Government Association
Entertainment Director.
His musical interest also
includes periodic perfor­mances
as a singer-guitar­ist.
MOVIE
in review
This story is basically in
the same genre as two other
r sleepers — "Billy Jack" and
"Walking Tall." Like those
two movies, "Death Wish"
provides the audience with
a curious phenomena. It
borders on neo-facism, and
blows to smithereens the tra­ditional
Christian ethic of
"turning the other cheek."
Nearly everyone who sees it
winds up secretly and some­times
vociferously cheering
Charles Bronson as he
mercilessly guns down one
criminal after another.
Admittedly, the film only
shows one point of view. But
how much could you say in de­fense
of the criminal's view­point?
The motive of revenge
has been used in many
movies down through the
years, but seldom with the
artistic success that this film
achieves. The viewer finds
himself confronted with the
frightening thought that his
family could just as easily be
caught up in the plot's night­marish
circumstances.
Michael Winner directed
"Death Wish" with a highly
competent hand. The un­obtrusive
musical score
builds and enhances at the
proper times, the camera­work
has been done with meti­culous
care, and the support­ing
cast does a great job.
What more could you ask
for? An academy award nomi­nation?
There have been mur-murings,
however futile, in
that direction.
As I filed out of the theater .
with the rest of the audience, I
seemed to sense a'kinship of
thought—a feeling that good
had triumphed over the forces
of evil, and that the world
wasn't such a bad place to live
in after all. When Paul
Kearsey, (Bronson), asks, "If
we are no longer pioneers.
capable of defending our­selves,
then what are we?",
his son-in-law, with a nervous
laugh, replies, "Civilized?"
Not too much so, I hope.
— Stuart Henderson
Henderson is an Auburn
student and former comi-cology
instructor. He is
working toward a degree
in mass communication
and one in art.
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THE AUBURN PUINSMIN Friday, Oct. 11, 1974 page 10
IFC expecting a full house for special
Bob Hope to be accompanied by local student talent
By David Botsford
Assistant Entertainment Editor
Bob Hope shouldn't be looking out at any empty seats when
he appears at the 13,000-capacity Memorial Coliseum, if the
Interfraternity Council's predictions materialize. Mike Moore,
IFC publicity director for the show, said response for the Oct. 25
program looked much better than it did for last year's home­coming.
He added that the IFC was "shooting for a sellout."
Moore said ticket sales were good, even in advance of any major
publicity. Moore noted that $7 tickets were going especially
well.
Two acts featuring Auburn student talent, the University
Singers and the Fashion Incorporated Modeling Board, will
appear onstage with Hope.
The student talent acts will be chosen at a Spectra sponsored
talent contest, Oct. 14 and 15. Closed auditions will be held on
these two days in the Union Ballroom.All Auburn students are
eligible to participate in the contest.
Final acts selected from the Oct. 14 and 15 auditions will per­form
in an open talent show in the Union Ballroom Oct. 17. Two
winning acts will be singled out at this performance to appear
with Bob Hope.
Also appearing with Hope Homecoming Eve will be the
Modeling Board and the University Singers. The Board is a
campus organization of 25 selected female models. The Univer­sity
Singers are Auburn's own 32-person ensemble. The
Singers, which do predominately pop and show music, toured
Romania this summer.
Hope has appeared at other colleges with student models and
talent. According to Ann Wilson, assistant program director
for Spectra, Hope has found such an arrangement to be quite
successful.
Response to the talent contest, said Wilson.,, has been ade­quate.
She said many students have come to pick up an appli­cation
for their group, not knowing the audition time
convenient for each member of the group. Because of this many
groups were unable to file an application. Wilson predicted
response would improve as these students returned.
Moore stated, "One of the main ideas that the IFC wanted to
stress in its plans for the homecoming show was the involve­ment
of as many organizations and parts of campus life as
possible."
Wilson said Spectra Programming was seeking "every
possible aspect" of talent for the contest. "We are really ex­cited.
Bob Hope is kind of special to have for homecoming. So
many Auburn students are extra talented," Wilson comment­ed.
Applications for an audition can be picked up at 228 Auburn
Union. Audition times will be assigned. Each contestant will be
allowed two minutes and one act. All entries must be in by 4
p.m. Oct. 14.
Bob Hope is scheduled to arrive in Auburn around the middle
of the afternoon on Friday. After he arrives he will rehearse
with the models, the University Singers and the talent win­ners.
Major publicity for the show started this week. The IFC plans
to use poster campaigns, newspapers, radio and possibly tele­vision
to promote the Homecoming Special. Tickets are $5, $6
and $7 and are available at the Memorial Coliseum.
Auditions finalized for "Heiress"
"THE HEIRESS"
;'. . .Dr. Cleveland Harrison, head of the theatre
1 department rehearses with Glenda Chism, 2TH
Air Force logic
theme of Catch-22
The Air Force won't let you
fly if you are crazy, but you
must ask to be grounded.
However, if you ask to be
grounded, you can't be crazy.
This logic kept U. S. pilots fly­ing
bombing missions over
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Europe during World War II.
This logic is also the theme of
this week's Free Spectra
1 Movie, "Catch-22," showing
Friday. Saturday and Sun­day
at 7 and 9 p.m. in Lang-don
Hall.
Racing through a maze of
flashbacks, the action follows
the antics and adventures of
Captain Yossarian. played by
Alan Arkin. Tessarian is for­ever
cooking up some kind of
scheme to be grounded from
flying dangerous missions
over Italy. He is in and out of
hospitals for his feigned liver
infection, and perched "sans
habillement in a tree during a
friend's funeral, tries des­perately
to convince all that
he is insane.
Milo Minderbinder (Jon
Voigt), the industrious head
of M & M Enterprises, has a .
multimillion dollar syndicate
going, dealing with both
friend and foe.Milo, who also
heads the Allied mess halls,
exhibits unusual business
talents by buying eggs for
seven cents apiece, selling
them for a nickel and making
a profit. After successfully
convincing GI's that choco­late-
covered Egyptian cotton
is not only nutritious but
delectable, Milo even signs a
contract with the Germans to
bomb his own airbases. He
does this while under con­tract
with the Americans to
shoot down his own planes.
Serious anti-war overtones
are found throughout the
movie adaptation of Joseph
Heller's best selling novel..
—Lauren Steele
Steele is a journalism
major who has been a
long-time fan of Joseph
Heller.
By Maureen Drost
Plainsman Staff Writer
Roles have been cast for
"The Heiress," the first pro­duction
of the season
sponsored by the Auburn Uni­versity
Theatre Department.
Performances will be Oct. 22
through Oct. 27 in the Telfair
Peet Theatre.
Beth Hunt, 4TH, will play
the role of Maria; Tom Smith,
4TH, will be Dr. Sloper;
Glenda Chism, 2TH„ will
play Lavinnia Penniman; F.
Jean Sawyer, 2PM, will
depict Catherine Sloper and
Betty Murff, 4TH, will play
Elizabeth Almond.
Mark Cole, 2GSC, will fill
the role of Arthur Townsend,
Greg Folmar, 4MU, will play
Morris Townsend; Cynthia
Nicholson, 2GJM, will be
Mrs. Montgomery; Greg
Beron, 1TH, will be the
Coachman and Denise
Roberts, 4SEH, will portray
Marian Almond.
Cleveland Harrison is
director of the play, scene
designer is Oscar Patterson
III, costume designer is John
Hancock Brooks, Jr. and G. J.
I Koellsted is lighting designer.
Time of performances will
be 8 p.m. There will also be a 2
p.m. matinee on Oct. 27.
Tickets are $1 for students,
$1.50 for faculty members and
$2 for general admission.
Prior to the show tickets will
be available at the box office.
Tickets will also be
obtainable at several other
places hopefully, according to
Ralph Miller, Assistant
Professor in the Theatre
Department who is doing
publicity for "The Heiress."
Henry James' novel
"Washington Square" is the
basis for the play, "The
Heiress", by Ruth and
Augustus Goetz.
Catherine Sloper, the
central figure in the play, is
shy and common and falls in
love with a fortune hunter.
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Catherine cannot see the
man's bad intentions, but
Catherine's father does, and
then forbidsher to marry him.
Catherine withdraws into
her own world and learns
something that will help pro­tect
her later from the fortune
hunter. New York in the
1850's is the setting.
The English Department
lent an original volume of the
novel, "Washington Square,"
to the Theatre Department
from which the Department
can work on the play.
Though "The Heiress" has
the briefest rehearsal time of
any play this season,
rehearsals are going well and
actors will be'on the set next
week according to Miller.
Costumes are a problem
since it takes so much
material to make the large full
skirts. Miller said it was also
taking time for the actresses
to get used to the skirts.
Harrison's feeling about
the play is that the "audience
must see the development of a
girl to a mature woman."
Tryouts for "The Hobbit,"
the second Auburn Univer­sity
Theatre production, will
be Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 15
from 3-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. in
the Telfair Peet Theatre.
The play requires 26 actors.
Thirteen tbfo'urteeti'of 'thbser
26 must be children.
Director of the play will be
Leo Comeau.
"The Hobbit" by Patricia
Gray, originates from the
J.R.R. Tolkien novel. It is a
fantasy involving the
adventures of the hobbit,
Bilbo Baggins, 13 dwarfs and
Gandalf the wizard.
Other planned productions
include "What the Butler
Saw," Jan. 28 - Feb. 2,''Guys
and Dolls," Feb. 24 - Mar. 2,
"She Stoops to Conquer,"
April 22 - 27 and "The Effect
of Gamma Rays on Man in
the Moon Marigolds,'May 20-
25.
This year seats will not be
reserved. About 400 seats are
in the Theatre and all are
"good seats" according to
Miller. Seats will be available
on a "first come, first served"
basis.
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page 11 Friday Oct. 11. 1974 THE AUBURN PUlNfMAN
Bouncing checks present
big problem for merchants
By Tim Lockhart
Plainsman Staff Writer
Most Auburn University
students continually
complain about the elaborate
precautions city stores make
check writers go through
before accepting their checks.
These safety measures are
designed to reduce the
number of bad checks being
written and returned, a pro-
Fraternity ball games include
Draper prisoner competition
By David Nordness
Features Editor
•Ask any football coach what is
ho key to success and he is likely'
q mention discipline. With that
n mind, the five fraternities that
lave volunteered to play the
draper Prison touch football
earn just might have their hands
ull.
Where else could you find a
rroup of young men who are so
'aithful to the training rules
igainst any wine, women or song
tid staying out late.
• Granted the stoic behavior is
ij)t hy choice, in fact that is the
eason for the Sunday afternoon
tames. Elmer Salter, station
lianager of WAUD who came
p with the idea, said, "A lot of
lie.se men are just people that
;i)t in trouble once and wound
ip in jail. They really need some
pntact with the outside if they
| e going to be able to adjust
v;hen they get out."
The ATO's will be the first
paternity to play the inmates in a
;ame this Sunday. Dan Higgins,
he fraternity's sports chairman,
aid that the whole fraternity
vas very enthusiastic about the
tkme and thought it was an op-nirtunity
to do something very
Worthwhile, "Of course, we are
11 expecting a very physical
le, probably rougher than
raternity competition."
Lambda Chi Alpha, Theta Xi,
Jelta Chi and Tau Kappa Ep-ilon
have also been scheduled to
jay the prison team on follow­ing
Sunday afternoons, accor-ling
to David Bernard, head of
ltramural sports. Other frater-jties,
including the SPE's have
hown interest but as yet have
lot signed up for a specific date.
All the fraternities said that the
ecision to play had been prac-ically
unanimous and they were
II confident in the assurances
ftat there would be no danger of
ijeing "knifed, shot, or taken for
ansom."
1 For obvious reasons all of the
;ames will be played at the
)raper Prison home field but all
lie rules will be fraternity in-amural
rules, with one hand
ouch anywhere. While Warden
japps has assured there will be
p security problem, no girls will
le allowed and no alcoholic
leverages will be permitted. *
Salter said he thought of the
Jea on his way home from a tour
f three state prisons; Mt. Meigs,
"utwiler and Draper Prison.
Everywhere we went the
•iggest need the inmates talked
bout was for the outside world
i) accept them." They kept say-ig
in their inmate councils that if
hey could only get some help
and understanding they could
adjust and make it when they got
out."
Richard Zuck, a fraternity
man when he was in college, and
inmate coach at Draper was one
of the biggest helps in making
the games a reality, according to
Salter. "His case is presently in
court in Birmingham and
although he thinks that he will be
released in two or three weeks he
has really been working hard to
help out the other inmates," he
explained.
ElCee
El Cee will perform on t he Auburn
Union Patio on Oct. 12 following the
Auburn-Kentucky game. The dance will
be from 8 p.m. till midnight. The backup
location will be the Student Activities
Building. El Cee has performed locally
on numerous occasions. The band is
noted for their soul and jazz music.
blem so prevalent that checks
are no longer accepted in
. some places—concert tickets
sold at the Memorial
. Coliseum box office must be
paid for in cash, for example.
"It's the biggest problem
we've got," said Bill Grizzly,
assistant manager of Super
Foods, a large supermarket
located at 134 South Gay
Street. The store does most of
its business, 90 percent
according to Grizzly, with AU
students. When asked how
many checks are returned,
one of the co-managers put it
very concisely: "Too many."
Grizzly said that checks
totaling about $400 were
returned last month and that
the average check is between
five and fifteen dollars. It is
the policy of the store not to
cash checks in excess of five
dollars by themselves, he
explained, or more than five
dollars in excess of the
amount of the purchase.
Super Foods does not have a
service charge for cashing
checks when no purchase is
made, but a two dollar charge
is added to the amount of each
returned check.
What happens when a
check is returned? "We send
out notices to the people
telling them that their checks
have been returned because of
insufficient funds in their
bank account," Grizzly said.
"If that doesn't work we call
them two or three times. Then
if they still won't come in and
pay the checks, we turn it
over to the city clerk.
"We usually wait four to six
weeks before we do that. Then
. a warrant is sworn out and
the people usually wind up
paying an $80 court cost in
addition to the amount of the
check." Not all the checks are
eventually paid. Grizzly
added. "Sometimes we just
never get the money," he said,
"but we usually manage to."
Are most bad checks the
result of an attempt to cheat
the store? "It's a fifty-fifty
deal," said Grizzly,
"Sometimes, it's just an
honest mistake. But people
come in and write a bad check
and then write another and
another until it just becomes a
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habit." He added that even
though bad checks are such a
problem at Super Foods, no
plans have been made to
change the check-cashing
policy because the service was
so popular with University
students.
George Johnston, co-owner
of Johnston and Malone
Bookstore, said his store also
has a problem with bad
checks, although he said that
he did not think that it was
"anything to complain
about." "We get just a few
returned checks," he said,
"and most of them are due to
• errors either on our part or the
part of the student. You'd be
surprised at the number of
people who just forget to sign
their checks."
Because of the high cost of
textbooks, however, a much
greater sum of money is
involved in the bookstore's
returned checks. Mrs. Dorry
Ann Johnston, wife of the co-owner,
said that checks
totaling $1200 were returned
in September and that
usually between 75 and 100
checks are returned each
month. Her husband said,
"September, January, March
and June are our worst
months as far as bad checks
are concerned because the
quarters start then and so
many people come in to buy
their textbooks."
J & M will usually cash
checks in amounts up to $25,
though, as Johnston put it, "It
all depends on the amount of
cash we have on hand." They
require some form of identi­fication,
usually student I.D.
card or driver's license. The
book