Beasley says funds pigeon-holed
Alabama Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley said on
Saturday that the state's universities apparently
have large amounts of state
funds "pigeon-holed" in investments
and for years have given an exaggerated
picture of their financial needs.
Auburn University President Harry M.
Philpott labeled such reports as misleading
and inaccurate, saying, "We have not
attempted to hide any of these figures
and reported all of our salaries, investments
and bank balances to the Joint Interim
Committee on Finance and Taxa-ton,
as requested, and to other State
agencies."
Philpott was unavailable Tuesday for
further comment.
Beasley, who also criticized high salaries
and expense accounts, said the University
of Alabama and Auburn have never
mentioned, especially at budget-writing
time, that they have about $38 million
and $30 million, respectively, in
investments.
Philpott, however, claimed that
Auburn, "has made every effort to utilize
;?s resources t "maximum advantage. It
hap rever misrepresented its financial
position or asked the legislature for more
money than it needed."
The unreported investments don't include
foundation grants, and only a
small portion is from endowment funds,
according to Beasley. Most of it is state
money, and the size of the investments
have been increasing, he said.
. Philpott said he believed private funds
are important for Auburn. "Since we are
aware that all of our needs will not be fulfilled
from state funds, we trust that even
stronger efforts will be required in this
area in the future," he said.
Beasley said Auburn University requested
approximately $100 million
during the last legislative session, but
Foy moves evangelist
FOY READS 'AUBURN SCRIPTURES*
. . .Asked evangelists to leave concourse
Photo by Bobby Smith
By Christy Hudgins
Managing Editor
Two former professors, now touring
colleges and universities as itinerate
evangelists, were asked by Dean of
Student Affairs James E. Foy and the
Campus Security force to abandon their
position on the concourse of Haley Center
Wednesday in accordance with regulations
set forth under the advertising
law of the student government constitution.
Foy said evangelists Max Lynch and
Jed Smock would be allowed to continue
the preaching which began Monday, if
they met University regulations.
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This would involve either speaking at
the open air forum (between Haley Center
and Commons) with an organization
chartered by the University as a sponsor
or receiving special permission through
the office of the president.
Foy approached the men Wednesday
afternoon shortly after Campus Security
Officer McCarty had asked them and a
student, Scott Hanson, 3ACF, to obtain
clearance before continuation of their
orations before a large Haley Center
crowd.
Both police and University administrators
had received complaints
about the evangelists and Hanson, who
proclaimed himself to be an atheist and
quoted from the Satanic Bible.
Hanson told students that "as long as
he's here (the evangelist) I'm going to be
here." He said, however, that he was
"doing it as a joke" and that he did not
"believe in Satanism or Christianity."
When Hanson saw the police he said "I
have seen, the wrath of the Lord," and
discontinued his orations shortly after.
Foy said he tried to convince Smock
and Lynch to continue speaking at the
Open Air Forum so "they would not
interfere with the rights of others.
Foy said the evangelists were "not
reasonable people" and that it was with
much difficulty that he persuaded a
dubious Smock to try to speak at the
Forum. Lynch, however, remained on
the concourse and was rejoined later in
the day by Smock. Foy said he could not
persuade either man to obtain University
clearance for their orations or distribution
of literature.
Holding up the Tiger Cub, Foy told
Smock that the University also had some
scriptures that they had to follow and
"While you're here, you will have to
follow it too."
Smock refused, however, saying that
"There are souls passing by here and I'm
going to teach them the gospel of the
Lord." No rape increase,police report
By Susan Bassett
Plainsman Staff Writer -
Several publicized reports of rape in
this area have recently attracted the attention
of Auburn residents. However,
Assistant Chief Frank DeGraffenreid of
the city police reports that there has been
no alarming increase in the number of
rape attacks this year.
DeGraffenreid, who is chief of the Field
Operations Bureau, said on the average
there are two or three rapes reported a
year in this area, but that,the cases this
year were closer spaced and have received
more publicity.
Millard Dawson, security office chief,
said that he thought instances of rape
are more likely to be reported now, as opposed
to 10 years ago, because of better
handling of cases by the courts and more
assistance available for victims.
Both Dawson and DeGraffenreid said
although crime is on the increase in all
areas, Auburn is still a relatively safe
place to live.
Dawson pointed out that life styles
have changed, with people now living
very close together in apartments and often
being unfamiliar with their neighbors.
.
Most of the recently reported rapes
have taken place in and around apartments.
Dawson urged people to notice
who goes in and out of surrounding a-partments,
watching closely for strangers.
He said he felt that knowing your
neighbors and being concerned was a
good preventive measure against rape,
DeGraffenreid also cautioned women
to have a night chain on the door, to
change routes and times of walking a-lone
or at night and to park in well-lighted
areas.
Other suggestions were to lock car
doors when riding alone and to check the
back seat, to keep curtains drawn when
at home alone and to be careful of anyone
at the door or oh the telephone before
they identify themselves.
Protection may also involve precautions
such as not leaving notes outside
a doorway telling when you will return
home, installing peepholes in doorways,
leaving lights on outside the door
at night and hanging curtains.
Some suggestions offered to women
who are accosted are to use a, lighted
cigarette, an umbrella or car keys as a
weapon; to scream; and to unbalance the
attacker by kicking at his knees, grinding
your fist into his hand clamped over
. your mouth or punching him with your
elbow.
Both officers urged people to call the
police without hesitation if any suspicious
person is seen.
Emphasizing that he was also a Christian,
Foy told the man that he would help
to provide a sound system for him under
provisions set up for the Open Air Forum,
if he would take steps to get speaking permission.
Smock, however, refused.
Smock said it was his "freedom of
speech to be here, just as these students
are exercising freedom of assembly."
Foy said that through court precedence
it has been established that time
and place requirements are not violation
of freedom of speech.
Both Smock and Lynch say they will
continue their Auburn ministry until
"the Lord calls us away." They havede-cided,
however, that their next ministry
will be at the University of Alabama.
did not indicate the size of its invest
ments.
Philpott, however, gave $51.8 million
as the amount Auburn requested of the
legislature, with the amount appropriated
being $44.8 million.
An interim subcommittee headed by
Beasley will meet Tuesday to take a
closer look at the finances of the state's
colleges and universities. The subcommittee
is working in conjunction with
state examiners.
All state universities submitted financial
information to the subcommittee,
and it was from those forms that Beasley
made his comments.
"We welcome a review of our fiscal policies
and procedures by the legislative
interim committees and will cooperate
fully with requests for information presented
to us, said Philpott. "We trust that
the information provided, however, will
continue to be used in a fair and com
structive fashion."
Among other things listed on the forms-submitted,
Beasley was critical of the
size of salaries and expense accounts
given to university officers. He said;
there were "a great number of high-paid
people at all the universities with some!
expense accounts of $9000 or $10,000 a
year."
However, Auburn's salaries are not extremely
high, according to Philpott. He
presented the results of a recent report by
the National Association of State Universities
and Land-Grant Colleges,:
which showed that Auburn ranks 52nd
out of 69 institutions which reported
salaries.
Dorm files opened
By Jane Parry
Plainsman Staff Writer
Any woman who has ever lived in as
Auburn University dormitory now nas
access to personal evaluations made by
her head resident through a University
policy enacted following the Buckley
Amendment pertaining to the right to
privacy.
According to Dean of Women Katharine
Cater, all evaluation sheets are kept in a
file also containing grade reports and
other information at the Dean of Women's
office. Students can see their own
files, including the evaluations, but must
sign permission to have these records released,
she said.
The evaluation was changed last year
to a basic rating scale ranging from "inadequate
to excellent." It includes grading
on the basis of ability to adjust, cooperation,
friendliness, responsibility
and initiative. It also gives the student's
curriculum, vocational interests and
has room for comments by the
head residents.
The major difference in the new
evaluation form, according to Cater, is
that it involves less written comment by
the dorm residents. The new evaluation
policy also stipulates that at the end of
the year or whenever a woman leaves the
dorm, the housemother is supposed to go
over the application with the woman as
well as get better acquainted with her.
Some head residents said they did not
follow this procedure of discussion if they
knew the woman fairly well. Many of
the head residents also said they did not
feel they could adequately rate the woman
on the basis of the qualities listed on
the new evaluation form. One house-;
mother said she felt the evaluation was
aimed more toward judging the re-1
sidents' attitudes toward the women. »
According to Cater, the forms are used;
primarily for counseling purposes. She
said she feels if a girl needs advice, these
sheets would enable the administration
to help her find the right source for
counseling.
Several head residents, while agreeing
that they felt the old forms were an
invasion of privacy, said they were not;
certain the new forms accomplished the
main purpose of the evaluations. One.
housemother said she also felt the policy
of making out reports on girls having
less than a 1.0 grade point average was-an
invasion of privacy.
Speaking against the practice of
evaluations, one head resident said she
did not feel Auburn women need considerable
counseling and did not see the
evaluations as of value in situations
where counseling was necessary. "Students
change so much in the time they
are at Auburn," she said. "An entirely
different person graduates from the one
who entered and one misstep or impulsive
action should not follow a girl the
rest of her life."
Many students are unaware of the existence
of the evaluation forms and
according to Cater no one has ever asked
to see the files. She said, however, that
students had come to her office with problems
in academic adjustment and with
the aid of the files, many of the problems
were resolved.
'He'// come back to his senses'
'Star Trek' brought Roddenberry, science fiction fame
By Lisa Harris
Plainsman Staff Writer
As a science fiction writer and
producer of a fiction television series,
"Star Trek," Gene Riddenberry has received
what some mitfht call more than
his share of fame.
"But when the first program came on,"
he said in an interview Sunday, "my
father went around apologizing to everyone
in the neighborhood. He told them
Bene's crazy now but don't worry, he'll
come to his senses and write a good
American western.
"I even had a prominent actor, and
good friend, turn down the lead in Star
Trek because he said he didn't want to
risk his career. Science fiction hasn't always
been respectable."
"Star Trek" currently attracts some 10
million viewers in reruns, though the
show was cancelled by the NBC network
eight years ago. Recently, a "StarTrek"
convention in New York attracted 30,000
fans. Roddenberry said many analyses
have been made of the "Star Trek" phenomenon,"
including several master's
theses. He has his own reasons for the
program's popularity.
"The 'Star Trek' characters are heroes
almost in the old-fashioned sense," he
said. 'They are people who value integrity,
who feel a man's word is his honor.
For them, there are things evenworthdy-ing
for if necessary. The popularity of
the show reflects the hunger of today's
youth for images to admire and emulate.
There aren't any flesh and blood heroes,
so fictional ones will have to serve."
The idea for the program evolved slowly.
"I wanted to find a format where I
could write my own attitudes on men,"
he said. Since the market for social comment
on television was slim at the time,
"I figued if something happened to purple
people on some far-off planet, maybe
the network wouldn't notice it had a message."
Roddenberry said he had difficulty
convincing the networks of the value of a
science fiction television show. He
brought a pilot program to the CBS network,
but they rejected it in favor of
another science fiction show, "Lost in
Space." His pilot later won the International
Hugo Award, the highest a-ward
for science fiction.
The program was finally accepted by
NBC, where it ran for three seasons. Its
ratings were never very high, but, according
to Roddenberry, that wasn't
something to be disappointed about.
"In order to get a show on the air and
keep it there, you have to attract 18 million
people each and every week," he
said. "That is more people than have
seen all of Shakespeare's plays since the
time they were written. Looking at it that
way, it's easy to understand unspectacular
ratines.
Roddenberry had some harsh words
for television today. "Artistically it's
gone downhill, " he said. "Its only purpose
now is as an advertising medium.
Most good programs only get on by
mistake.
"Once one type of show does well, the
networks copy it over and over again.
It's been police shows for a time, now it's
bionic men and women. I can see a spinoff
of Cyborg Child or even Machine
Dog."
Roddenberry began reading science
fiction when he was in junior high
school. He calls science fiction "a remarkable
device for looking at the human
race and the human condition."
There is probably no explanation of a police
state more vivid than Oeonse Of"
well's ' 1984'. Science fiction is a beautiful
vehicle for speculating on the future,
and depicting it believable," he said.
"Star Trek" really started the current
science fiction boom," he said. "It
brought science fiction to a mass audience,
and taught them to like it. Now
"STAR TREK " PRODUCER GENE RODDENBERRY ENVISIONS TOMORROW
. ."Science fiction is a beautiful vehicle for viewing the future"
Photo by Dan Doughtie
even older people are becoming
interested in science fiction because their
kids wouldn't turn off' 'Star Trek.''
There's even a Grandmother's Science
Fiction Society starting in California!'
One reason "Star Trek" is doing better
now than when it was first shown, Roddenberry
feels, is that it seems much
more believable. "When we first went on
the air," he explained, "a man hadn't
even been in orbit around the earth. Our
ideas just didn't seem possible."
Roddenberry has been vindicated now,
with an ever-growing audience and a movie
in the making. "Mass entertainment
producers have finally realized the value
of science fiction. Every network and
every major movie studio has science fiction
shows on the boards. They've final-'
ly come to their senses."
Fame does have a few disadvantages,
though. The most noticeable is the attention
of "Trekkies," fanatics " ; of
the program who attend conventions,
dress up like "Star Trek" characters, and
deluge studios and producers with mail.
"I'm a little afraid of Trekkies," Roddenberry
said. "I'm like any other show biz
person; I have an ego that likes to be
massaged. But I'm not used to being
treated like Jesus Christ."
Roddenberry is happy with the widespread
attention, because "we think we
are teaching tolerance for other people. I
even had a policeman in Selma tell me
once that he liked the way we showed
that a different shape doesn't make
someone inferior. I was really gratified."
Roddenberry, unlike many science fiction
writers, is an optimist "The human
animal is quite a lovely creature,"
he said. "It is just now in its infancy. It
will reach maturity when it not only accepts
but positively values diversity."
• "Star Trek is a statement of optimism,"
he concluded. Those wboenjoy it
know that nothing in the past can compare
to what we have ahead of us."
Roddenberry—televisionuncreative
False Alarm!
An unknown prankster in the Auburn Union near the
ballroom pulled the fire alarm bringing fire engines to
the the Union Sunday for what turned out to be a false
alarm. Between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m., according to Kay
Johnson, UPC program director, someone "just pulled
The World
This Week
By Russell Nolen
Plainsman Staff Writer
INTERNATIONAL
A treaty extending American use of four military bases
on Spanish soil but withdrawing 10 U.S. missile-firing
submarines from their Spanish port was signed last
Saturday by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and |
Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Areilza. The agreement is
not a commitment to defend Spain, but it brings the two
countries closer together. It also edges Spain towards the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
A firing squad in Iran executed nine Marxist guerrillas
who were convicted of killing several persons , including
three American colonels. A military appeals
court upheld the death sentences of the nine. Two other
members of the group were sentenced to life imprison-'
ment and solitary confinement.
NATIONAL
President Ford may visit five Middle Eastern countries
this spring in an effort to keep an American hand in
the Mideast since Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's
diplomacy talks may be nearing a dead end.
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. plans to enter
the California Democratic presidential primary as a favorite
son candidate. He expects to win the primary and
place himself in good position to influence the selection
of the Democratic ticket. The 38-year-old governor will
not enter any other state primaries.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, D-Minn., said he hopes his
fellow Democrats would be unable to combine forces and
eliminate Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace from contention
as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination,
adding "One thing the Democrats don't need is
some more ganging up." Wallace, meanwhile, declared
his intention of seeking delegates in South Caroliana's
state convention.
the alarm; it's the only way it can be tripped," alerting
the Auburn Fire Department. A chart in the Auburn
Union told where the alarm was located, according to
Johnson, but when Jimmy Pease, head resident for the
Union, went to investigate, no one was there.
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In the third Student Senate
change this month, Al
Thompson was appointed to
an off-campus Senate seat at
the Senate meeting Tuesday
night, replacing Sherree Bryan,
wjio resigned.
Thompson had resigned his
School of Business Senate
seat earlier this month after
Anita Gentle, who was elected
Business Senator last
spring, returned to Auburn
after missing fall quarter because
of illness.
Also, John Bush was added
to the Senate as an Arts
and Sciences senator earlier
this month to replace Gordon
Isbell, who resigned because
he was leaving Auburn to enter
dental school.
In other action, the Senate
accepted a change in hours
for all-pedestrian week, approved
a campus drive donation,
challenged the SGA
cabinet to a blood-giving contest
for the upcoming blood
drive, and challenged The
Plainsman and WEGL-FM to
separate basketball games.
The All-Campus Fund
Drive donation was drawn
from a $500 reserve amount
left over from last year's Fund
Drive.
A donation of $250 was approved
for Camp Fire West,
an agency of the United Way
in Birmingham. The money
will be used to buy chairs for
one of the centers in west
Birmingham.
The blood-giving challenge
was sponsored by Anita
Gentle. Its purpose is "to encourage
participation of the
student body in this year's
Blood Drive," and to "initiate
the spirit of giving."
Paul Cortese sponsored the
resolution to challenge The
Plainsman and WEGI/FM to
basketball games. The
Plainsman-SGA game was
set for Feb. 15, and the SGA-WEGL
game for Sunday, Feb.
29.
According to the resolution,
the game is "an effort to
encourage good will. . . between
the Student Senate arid
the campus media."
By Lisa Harris
Plainsman Staff Writer
Smiling and gesturing, the
creator of television's most
popular cancelled program
lambasted commercial television
while expressing hope
for the human race Sunday
night in the Student Activities
Building.
Gene Roddenberry, creator
of the television series "Star
Trek," entertained a packed
house for over two hours,
showing two films and talking
in between on subjects
from television to communication
revolutions to anecdotes
on producing a television
program.
"Star Trek," a science-fiction
series first shown in 1966,
never attracted a large
enough audience for the network.
The program was
saved from cancellation after
its second season by an
avalanche of several million
protesting letters.
Nothing saved it after the
next season, but since its cancellation
in 1968 it has
reached its 16th rerun, showing
in 149 U.S. markets and
54 foreign countries, and attracting
ten million viewers.
Now there is a "Star Trek"
movie in the future,
scheduled to begin production
July 15, and "hopefully"
ready for showing by
Christmas. Roddenberry said
Paramount Studios decided to
produce the film after "a deluge
of letters to the studio."
He said the movie will probably
be rated PG, so the
younger audiencecan see it.
"But," he continued, "I have a
secret desire to write an X-rated
Star Trek movie."
Roddenberry began on a
light note with a film of "Star
Trek" bloopers, mistakes and
just-plain-fun spoof shots
made during the show's production.
"The biggest laughs
for this film come from colleges
and NASA; that's why I
start with it," Roddenberry
began. "Actually," he said,
"the only ones who never
laugh are network executives."
"It's hard to talk about TV
and remain serious," Roddenberry
continued. "Commercial
television does not
exist to entertain. It is an
advertising medium. Its corporate
purpose is to sell you
something. The total choice
of what you see is made on the
basis of will it sell you soap
powder or underarm deodorant?"
Rodenberry expressed the
disillusionment and disappointment
many artists feel
with commercial television.
"The reason quality programs
never make it is that a
piece of junk is considered a
better advertising medium,"
he said.
But Roddenberry emphasized
that he has no intention
of abandoning the medium.
He used the words of a friend
and fellow science-fiction
writer, Harlan Ellison, who
said "We who understand the
power of television are not
about to run and lea ve it in the
hands of peddlers of hemorrhoid
ointments."
Roddenberry had some particularly
harsh words for the
networks which control commercial
television. He sees
them as big businesses who
use lawyers and accountants
in positions of artistic responsibility.
"These people," he said,
"are the worst possible for
making dramatic or creative
decisions. It's not that they're
not intelligent, it's just that
they don't know the right
things."
Roddenberry spent much of
his time speculating on the
probable future and man's
role in it. "We are on the verge
of evolving into something
far beyond what we now are,"
he said. "And our evolution
will ultimately take us into
the entire universe itself."
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Roddenberry says signs of
evolution are apparent now,
in genetic research, the communications
revolution and
in computer development.
He is especially fascinated
with the possibilities inherent
in computers.
"Eventually, we may develop
what could truly be called
'thinking' machines."he said.
"In fact, if there are flying
saucers, there is a high probability
that our visitors are machine
life-forms. After all,
that is the most efficient
method of space travel."
Roddenberry also foresees a
communications revolution
which "will probably do more
to break down barriers between
humans that any other
development." He thinks in
the future newspapers and
mail will be delivered
electronically on televisions
with duplicating equip-
, ment. He speculated on
what he called "the ultimate
television," a device which
would give immediate access
to giant electronic libraries
containing "everything it is
possible to put on sound and
video." By punching a code
on a -home screen, viewers
could get books, films, or reports
at any time of day.
Roddenberry feels this device
would probably be paid
for like utility bills. "And for
those who object to pay TV,"
he said,"just rememberthat
youhavetelevision you pay for
now, with inflated prices and
inferior products, wherever
you want to pay for it
Roddenbery feels this device
would probably be paid
for like utility bills. "And for
those who object to pay TV,"
he said, "just remember that
you have television you pay
for now, with inflated prices
and inferior products,
wherever you want to pay for
it.rhe program ended with a
showing of the original pilot
for "Star Trek," "The Menagerie."
The film won a Hugo a-ward
for excellence in science
fiction movies, but was rejected
by CBS in favor of
Lost in Space." Roddenberry
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Bicentennial committee approves AU medal
BICENTENNIAL MEDAL DEPICTS PAST.PRESENT AND FUTURE
...Professor Claude Layfield designed the silver and bronze coins
By Sarah Ramsey
Plainsman Staff Writer
Over six months of travel
by members of the Bicentennial
Committee of Auburn,
Prof. Claude Layfield in
particular, culminated Jan.5
when Layfield received the
lead die proofs of the Auburn
Bicentennial Commemorative
medal.
The coin, designed by Lay-field,
depicts the past, present
and future in its motif. A
view of Samford Tower fills
one side of the coin while the
flip side contains a picture of
a spaceman and an Indian.
Five hundred medals,
slightly larger than a silver
dollar (crown size), will be
struck in .999 fine silver.
Three thousand of the coins
will be made in oxidized
bronze.
The nation's only Bicentennial
committee combining
the efforts of a University
and a town, the BCA is
marketing the coins to raise
funds for Auburn's Bicentennial
celebrations, Betty
Greer, executive secretary
of the BCA, said.
The serial-numbered silver
medals are being sold for $25
a piece. Bronze replications
cost $3 each.
"Better than h a l f of the silver
medals have been purchased
to date, and if sales
continue at the present rate,
all 500 of the silver medals are
expected to be sold when the
final medals are received'in
February, Greer said.
Since persons purchasing
the bronze coins are buying 5
to 10 of them at a time, orders
for any of the medals should
be placed relatively soon, she
said.
Medals can be purchased
by check or by cash at the
BCA office in the Hitchcock
Building on E. Magnolia Ave-
BCA members inspected
the lead proofs last week and
approved the final design of
the coin.
Masterpiece Medallion
Mint in Claremont, Calif.,
sought the committee's final
approval before casting the
coins in silver and bronze.
The mint specializes in special
medals and produces coins
for such places as Portland,
Ore., and Yellowstone
National Park, Greer said.
Money made on the project
will be used for Bicentennial
celebrations in Auburn this
year—to finance a "lasting
and outstanding project, program
or monument (in an abstract
sense rather than a concrete
concept of the term) to be
left" for the future, to realize
the nation's 200th birthday
was celebrated and to show
that some social good came
from it, Greer said.
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Campus Fund Drive contributes $500 to camp AMERICAN
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By Cammie Walker
Plainsman Staff Writer
The All Campus Fund
Drive recommended giving
$500 to charitable organizations,
$250 of that sum to
"Camp Fires West," a nonprofit
educational agency designed
to develop Jefferson
County, Al., youths. The recommendation
was approved
by the Student Senate Jan. 27.
Brock Hill, director of campus
drives, explained the $500
was initially money on reserve;
but since there was no
emergency, the drive is able to
use it for this purpose.
The remaining money will
be held pending the decision
on other requests, said Hill. If
Asserf/veness training set
By Maureen Drost
News Editor
"Always remember you're
only responsiblefor yourself.
You're not responsible for the
whole world," said Mary Jo
Brazelton, one of the leaders
of the assertiveness training
workshop for women, Jan. 23
and 24 in the Auburn Union.
Twenty women including
Brazelton and the other
leader, Amy Calloway, who
has participated in other
workshops, participated in the
workshop. It included defining
the terms assertiveness,
aggressiveness and
non-assertiveness, discussion
of assertive and non-assertive
situations and role
playing of personal situa-dons
showing lack of asser-aveness.
At the end of the workshop
the group agreed to meet in a-nother
month to check each
other's assertiveness.
Assertiveness was defined
as a kind of interpersonal behavior
in which a person
stands up for her legal rights
without hurting others'
rights.
Douglass named
as new editor
of Tiger Cub'
Betty Douglass,3GJM, and
Scotty Crawford, 3ACF were
approved by the Communications
Board Jan.27 as editor
and business manager of
the student handbook, The Tiger
Cub.
Douglass said,"I hope to update
and condense all material
and have pictures representative
of Auburn life. I also
hope to expand the organization
section so it will be
more descriptive and so that
students will know what kind
- of groups they are getting in."
The handbook will come out
in time for the first pre-col-lege
counseling session. Its
object is to be a freshman
handbook, but the information
is useful to all undergraduates,
said Douglass.
Crawford said he plans to
increase the amount of advertising
to at least 16 pages. He
also said he hopes to make
agreements with merchants
to run coupons in ads so students
can get discounts.
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Non-assertiveness was
spoken of as that interpersonal
behavior in which a
person's rights are violated
when that person ignores personal
rights important to her
or when that person permits
others to hurt her rights.
Aggressiveness was defined
as interpersonal behavior
in which a person violates
others' rights when
standing up for her own':
After defining these terms
the group discussed assertive
and non-assertive behaviors
and then role played personal
situations in which
they failed to be assertive.
Aggressive behavior was also
acted in role playing.
Some of the assertive behaviors
discussed were the
desire to get ahead, the willingness
to call businesses
and institutions and the ability
to let people know about
achievements and expressing
opinions.
Non-assertive behavior discussed
included not telling
r e s t a u r a n t s and other
businesses when dissatisfied
with them, yielding to peddlers
a person does not want
to deal with, not complaining
to people breaking in lines
and helping people when a
person does not really have
time.
Brazelton said she sees a
symptom of non-assertive behavior
when she sees a lot of
people on campus walking
straight ahead and looking
neither to the right or left.
A common fallacy, according
to one of the group members,
is the "Southern Belle
syndrome." "Women are
taught to smile. It's a way to
be accepted," she said.
The problem comes, she
said, when a person smiles
and says, "Go away" when
she wants a person to leave.
The recipient of the message
thinks he or she really does
not need to leave.
One way of coping with
non-assertiveness according
to Brazelton, is to think
of the worst that can happen
then,if an error is made,the
person does not get as scared.
no more worthy requests
Ncome in, the money will become
part of the '75-'76 budget.
Requests for donations are
first considered by All Campus
Fund Drive Committee
members. Then the committee
makes a recommendation
on the receiver of the donation,
and then it must be
approved by the Student
Government Association
president and Senate.
"Camp Fires West," a division
of the United Way Agency
"Camp Fires," serves 1,000
youths in the west-end neighborhood
of Birmingham
through programs of reading
improvement and development
of leadership, child and
family situations and youth
employment, said Hill.
Hill explained, "In deciding
on our recommendations,
we have a priority:
local charities come first, then
those charities within the
state."
In discussing the origin of
the All Campus Fund Drive,
Hill explained that money
was originally derived from
an annual carnival in which
different organizations sponsored
booths.
Later, Hill said, organizations
began to sponsor individual
activities and
events. In this way money
was contributed to the All
Campus Fund Drive.
Throughout the year, the
money is given to different
selected worthy organizations.
This past year, said
Hill, money was given to the
Student Emergency Loan
Fund, the Auburn United
Fund, the Sheriffs Boy's and
Girl's Ranches, Project Uplift,
Lee County Crisis Center,
the Heart Fund, the American
Mental Health Foundation
and the Alabama Sight
Conservation Association.
Last spring the drive donated
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Editorials
The shouting of the preachers
Thurs., J a n . 29,1976 page 4
AU no-shows
The No-Show, long a common part of pro football attendance figures,
has finally come to Auburn, and it could mean bad news for
the students. Three of Auburn's last four home games have been
sell-outs. The Alabama game's attendance, i2,612, set an Auburn
record. But attendance dropped to less than 11,900 at the Vander-bilt
game, and down to under 10,200 for the Kentucky game.
Although the entire 6,200 student tickets were taken in all three
games, most of the no-shows were in our section. It was estimated
that only about 4,000 students attended the Kentucky game.
The empty seats, if translated into money at $3 per seat,
represented at least a $6,000 loss to the Athletic Department for
the Kentucky game alone. It's hard to imagine a loss of this size
being tolerated very long.
School officials, including the University's Athletic Committee,
could conceivably cut back the student allocation to fit student demand,
and sell the other seats to paying customers. Or, they could
start charging students.
If the students value their large allocation of student tickets,
then they'd better fill those seats, or someone will take up the
slack, rightfully so.
Join the fray
Tired of the way that crew in the SGA office has been running
things? Do you want to bring more change to Auburn University
through your own efforts? Do you want to help turn some rascals
out of office?
Declarations of intent to run for SGA offices are due to be turned
in to the SGA Feb. 9-20. This is the time for the discontented student
to run something other than his mouth; to either run himself or
to be content with the others who run.
In plain English, either put up or shut up.
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The intelligent>-looking man paced
back and forth on the concourse wall
Tuesday afternoon waving a Bible in the
air, shouting that the students will "have
to deal with death." He shouted that
"there really is a devil," and he shouted
that Jesus came to save man from sin.
He shouted.
As the man paced and shouted, his
comrade gave tracts to students passing
on the sidewalk between Haley and Auburn
Union. A knot of students stood
near the men, perhaps watching more
than listening.
Many of the great stream of students
pussiiigto their classes outwardly ignored
the men. Others saw and heard the
men and passed on, grinning, marveling
at what strange sights college life had
brought them. A few stood watching
from Haley Center balconies. A few
listened to them.
Both of the men had once been college
instructors. Max Lynch was an assistant
math professor at the University of
Indiana. He said he was fired for reading
the Bible at the beginning of his
classes every day. He said he's suing
the school because his constitutional
rights were violated.
The other man, Jed Smock, taught at
the University of Wisconsin before dropping
out to join a "hippie band" on a
beach in North Africa. He said an Arab
preaching on the beach had lead him to
convert to Christianity..'
For a year now, they've been traveling
around the country to college campuses
to preach. Their method is simple—they
just arrive at a campus, go to one of the
busiest places there and start preaching.
They have church programs on weekends
and sometimes speak to civic
groups.
Where does the money come from?
"We pray, asking the Lord to lead people
to provide us with money. We get
funds through the mail, church offerings
and occasionally students come up
and give us $5 bills or something,"
Smock said.
"We don't have formal programs for
students because most of the people who
attend them are already Christians. The
majority of students never go to church
or attend rallies. We want to reach the
multitudes. In a rally we maybe
speak to two or three sinners, while we
can go to a campus and speak to 10,000."
Doesn't it bother the men that so many
students ignore them?
'" 'My word will not come back to me
void,' " Spock quoted the Bible. "We
could see people listening from far off.
The weather has been a hindrance. But
people have been asking for literature."
They said Tuesday afternoon that
there have been no conversions yet.
Campus police asked them to leave Wednesday
because they were disturbing the
peace.
While Smock was speaking, a student
asked him, "Do you have time to come inside
for a cup of coffee and to talk some?"
"Sure," Spock replied.
Hearing the shouting and seeing the
men affected me, too.
It gave me several reactions deep down
in my consciousness. One of the first
was wonder at the sheer nerve of these
men to actually do what they were doing.
The next reaction was doubt that they
really believed that shouting cliches, no
matter how true, could hit home in a student's
mind. It also struck me as strange
that I, as a believer, could feel so unmoved
by this approach.
It wasn't shouted axioms that moved
me nearly seven years ago. No fear of a
burning hell or the devil turned my head.
I could have been preached at "seventy-times
seven" years without giving two
second's thought to something called
salvation.
It was seeing a raw, unquenchable,
often unsentimental power called love
working in people, and knowing that its
source is God, that gave worth, joy and
peace to my life.
Nearly five years of college life have
certainly made their mark on this faith
inside me. I don't talk about Christ so
much as I once did. When I do speak,
though, it's not the talk of one who's sheltered
himself from the mainstream of
life, but as one who's tempered his belief
with life's good and bad experiences.
Having some earnest doubts and
searching for their solutions is a far more
honest approach to Christianity than to
swallow every last sentence of the Bible
without a second's thought. So I live on,
without fear for the futue, carrying a
growing kernel of faith, hearing a tune
composed 2000 years ago in a far away
place.
No shouting is necessary.
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Present calendar beats Littleton plan
" I RfcAUV PEEU THIS TH|N& Of EXPOSE AGISTS IS <?ETTlNe> OUT Of HANP.' *
In his recent proposal, to the University
Senate, Dr. Taylor Littleton is only
compounding the problems, academic
and nonacademic, which face students
and faculty due to Auburn's academic
calendar.
His suggestion (that exams end before
Thanksgiving with classes resuming for
13 winter-quarter class days before
Christmas) almost encourages those
who have advocated a calendar change
to pack up their arguments and go home.
Such a change has less merit than the
Boring winters just AU legend;
much activity for those seeking it
I looked on a calendar recently to
assure myself that this is really winter
quarter. This quarter doesn't seem to fit
the mold of the dull, nothing-to-do winter
quarters famous in Auburn legend.
I have finally reached the point where I
no longer believe the legend. I have decided
that the myth must be carried on by
people who don't have anything to do fall
or spring, either.
Drawing on my wealth of experience
and upon my occasional editorial position,
I have decided to direct my efforts
toward the uninformed on Auburn's
campus. Insofar as possible, I'm going to
outline some of the activities open to students.
Auburn has a wealth of them, and
part of the richness of a college career depends
upon drawing from that wealth.
Whether you're interested in service or
entertainment or sports or socializing,
there's something for you.
There are all sorts of people around
who clamor for your services. Preprofess-ional
societies are available for most curricula.
If you're interested in doing something
that needs to be done, that area is
wide open for someone to do anything.
School officers also have an opportunity
to work with faculty and students in
their curricula. This is another field wide
open for someone to do something. Even
those too timid to run for offices can
find out who their school officers are and
just what they've done in their offices.
Alook at what is being done, compared to
what could be done, might inspire even
the most timid soul.
Alpha Phi OmegaandGamma Sigma
Sigma are national service" organizations
which also provide members a lot
of fellowship. Both groups have quarterly
rush parties to show prospective members
what they are like. They do a lot of
behind-the-scenes work that the campus
and community need.
A lot of people feel that their greatest
service is to guide programs on campus.
The, Student Government Association
has' a wide range of committees. In
theory, they cover every student need. In
practice, there may be a slot for someone
to put new life into an inactive program.
A problem inherent in the SGA, as
with any large organization, is that new
people sometimes get lost in a shuffle. If
you've been by the SGA office to sign up
to work, but then you never heard anything,
go back again. Maybe the SGA
can use one person to make sure that
everyone who comes in finds a place to
work.
Another large group interested in student
programs is the University Program
Council. Set up last spring to coordinate
entertainment programming,
the UPC covers speakers, free movies,
concerts, dances, dinner theatres, recreation
and hobby rooms, and is open to
suggestions for new programming. .
The UPC doesn't need any more people
who think they might like to work,
but there's always room for someone
really interested in getting down to
work. Here again, if you've been by but
never contacted, come back. Take a little
initiative yourself.
Your UPC and your SGA are in the
Union. Wander in some day to see what's
going on.
No doubt, there are some aspiring
writers or actors on campus. Writers are
welcome at The Plainsman. If you check
by the office in the Union, you may be
surprised to find your name in a bold-face
by-line shortly thereafter.
I'm not personally familiar with our
theatre set-up, but my guess is that no
one will be turned away without a fair
chance in a try-out. Try-outs are
announced in advance and don't require
anything more than a little nerve and a
little time.
Auburn also has a fine music program,
even for non-music majors. The
concert band is open winter and spring to
anyone with the desire and dedication to
be part of a tradition. The choral union is
also open to anyone with a free Tuesday
night. The marching band, concert choir
and University Singers are chosen by
auditions. The orchestra offers string
players a chance to play.
Of course, Auburn would not be Auburn
without its athletic program. Surprising
though it may be, there are sports
other than football and basketball. Auburn
enters intercollegiate competition
with men's and women's teams,and intramural
programs are strong all year.
Auburn has another system that
works well for its 3000 or so members—
the Greeks. Some people have tried
fraternities or sororities and haven't
liked them. Others center their activities
around their chosen group. But the majority
of students haven't sampled Greek
life. Though it's not for everyone, Greek
life is valuable and enjoyable to a lqtof
people and is worth investigating for
yourself*-
The list is almost endless for things a
couple or an individual can do: take in a
free movie, go to a University Theatre
play, swim in the Coliseum pool, play
tennis, go hear a speaker or go to a
basketball game. \
Programs in the Union alone could
keep you busy all week. In the RecKe-ation
Room (down the hall from War Eagle
Cafeteria and beneath the Union
Ballroom) the UPC provides billiards,
ping pong, ait hockey and other recreational
attractions. Around the corner
is a woodworking shop and a ceramics
room. Hours are posted for these.
Upstairs, bridge tables bring folks together.
The reading room behind the
Union desk is a nice place to read and study.
Everything I've mentioned is open to
you as a student Portions of your student
activities fee go to support these programs.
The programs are designed to
help you live a life outside the classroom.
We're all supposedly here to learn, but
there is a wealth of learning to be found
outside our hallowed halls of higher education.
calendar we are presently operating under.
I believe Littleton is sincere when he
argues against a calendar change, but I
also believe he is wrong.
His main argument centers around the
long holiday period which would result if
students finished their finals before
Thanksgiving. What strikes me about,
such an argument is that the buildings
remain in disuse for the same amount of
time now—part of the time in the summer
and part of the time in the winter.
Perhaps it would be more economical
for the school to have a longer holiday in
the winter, due to winter heating costs.
And going back to an argument brought
up a few weeks ago, I believe the maintenance
work of buildings and grounds
could be divided in such a manner that
work needing to be done in the summer
months could be done during the shortened
holiday before fall quarter, with
other work reserved for the winter holidays.
The idea of buildings not being in use,
although not of direct academic bearing
on students, may have some economic
undertones. Businessmen have the deeply
ingrained idea that they must utilize
their investments to the maximum capacity.
If Auburn's buildings must be used
for something, why not use them for a
meeting or convention center. Auburn
could earn money, and at the same time
enrich those local residents and professors
who would be able to attend such
events.
Another argument brought up against
an extended Christmas holiday is that it
may have an adverse affect on freshmen
students—meaning probably that they
will want to stay home with their
parents. True, freshmen often do get
homesick, but I do not believe the majority
will abandon Auburn due to a holiday
extension. If any do, they were
probably not yet prepared to attend
college.
Academically, I believe the original
calendar proposal might prove beneficial.
It seems more academically
unsound to break fall quarter just before
exams, than it does to have a longer
break between quarters. Also, under
Littleton's proposal it seems unsound to
break winter quarter for the Christmas
holidays.
Something to remember also is that the
academic and nonacademic lives of
students are very much interrelated. A
student who is happy with the holidays
he receives and the job opportunities
open to him during these holidays will
have a better attitude toward the academic
part of school.
One example of academics suffering
due to the present schedule, can be seen
in' those students who are given the
Thanksgiving holidays to write a term
paper or study for a test...very few follow
through. The same would also happen
over the Christmas holidays if there was
a break similar to the one recently proposed.
The calendar change would also allow
for five unbroken weeks of research for
instructors—an area of academics which
needs more emphasis at Auburn.
As a modern institution, Auburn has
attempted to fill student needs other than
those tht are strictly academic.
Although there are many academic reasons
for a calendar change, there are also
other important reasons, which the University
should at least consider.
Students whose homes are a great distance
from Auburn seldom get to go
home for Thanksgiving because of the
expense involved in going, returning,
then going back again for the Christmas
holidays. . An .extended Thanksgiving—
Christmas holiday would cut
' down on expenses as well as enable
many of these students to send Thanksgiving
at home.
It would give students the jump on
part-time Christmas jobs(something
which enables many students to pay tuition),
while not in most cases hurting
summer employment, since the majority
of jobs end before September.
There are two possible merits to Littleton's
recent proposal: students would get
out from spring quarter earlier and thus
have a better chance at summer jobs
and persons receiving veterans benefits
would receive one more paycheck.
Approximately 900 persons would be
affected in the area of veteran's benefits
by an extended Thanksgiving—Christmas
holiday.
In weighing this factor, however, it
should be remembered that a consider-a
b l y larger number of students—
approximately one-third of the
students enrolled are from out of
state—must pay transportation expenses
involved with the present calendar.
It should also be remembered that a
majority of Auburn students favor the
extended holiday plan which would allow
for three uninterrupted periods of
study—a sound academic idea.
In making a decision, I hope the
University Senate will base its actions
on the best interests of the students as a
whole . . . not to make the maximum use
of buildings and not just to stimulate
Christmas business for local merchants.
All of these things may be important,
but they should not overshadow the reason
why there is an Auburn University-
learning. A calendar change with
an extended Thanksgiving-Christmas
holiday would provide a better learning
atmosphere for the students and faculty
of Auburn University.
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page 5 Thurs.. Jan. 29.1976 THE AUBURN PUINSMAN
Editor, The Plainsman:
It is wrong to consider as an open question
whether Auburn students should begin
paying for basketball tickets. We already
are paying. It is unnecessary even
to ask how much we should pay, because
the cost is automatically set by the
supply and demand. The only real
question is whether we should switch to
money as the form of payment. I say we
should.
Having no price for tickets simply
means that we pay the entire cost by
DOONESBURY
queuing rather than by relinquishing
money. In other words,we expend time
rather than dollars and cents. Conversely,
if there were a sufficiently high price
imposed on tickets, the entire cost would
be payed in the form of money.
This is much to be preferred to queuing,
because with queuing, our expense,
time, is not the school's gain. (What good
is "use" time?) With pricing, on the other
hand, our expense is money, which certainly
is of value to the school. Queuing
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ticketB is the best way to accomplish this.
Determining the best price would be a
matter of trial and error and probably
would require the better part of a season,
but this is not to say, of course that the
task is insuperable. It would involve adjusting
prices upward until a level is
reached which is high enough to account
for the total cost of a ticket, and which is
low enough that the entire supply of tickets
is exhausted. At this price level, the
quantity of tickets demanded equals the
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(constant) supply, and there are as many
tickets available as there are students
who wish, to purchase them.
I do recognize that different students
place different relative values on time
and money. So I admit that if we switch
to paying money instead of time, those
students who value money relatively less
than time might be willing to pay a
higher price than those who value money
relatively more. This being the case,
some of the latter students might not get
tickets. Pricing, then would seem to be
the less fair method of distribution. We
understand this not to be true, however,
if we remember that queuing is equally
unfair to those who value time more. It is
not correct to assume one method is more
equitable than the other.
Correct pricing would eliminate excess
demand, end the need for queuing,
and permit orderly ticket distribution,
much as the case is now with football
tickets. Add to this the fact that queuing
is a pointless waste, and I think you will
join me in supporting the imposition of
prices on student basketball tickets.
Will Cary Heath
6EC
[ Letters
Bama fans at Auburn
pay activity fees, too
Secrecy is used to cover-up failures
Guest
Columnist
Rick
Halperin
A conflict almost as old as democratic
government itself is raging anew in
Washington these days. The issue is the
accessibility of information about
government operations. This conflict often
pits the President and the Executive
Branch against Congress, regulatory
agencies against consumer interests,
bureaucrats against environmentalists,
Congress against the voter, and at
times, the news media against all of
them.
At its highest levels, the pitch of the
argument is tuned by public disquietude
and concern that new foreign undertakings,
veiled in secrecy, might lead to
new military commitments, if not to new
wars. The revelations of American secret
dealings in Italy and Angola are
only two such recent examples.
"The people's right to know" is a
phrase often heard, but one rarely attained.
The Constitution certainly does
not provide for any such rights. The
courts, moreover, have never interpreted
the First Amendment, which prohibits
Congress from abridging freedom of
speech or of the press, as requiring the'
government to make unlimited disclosures
about its activities.
Indeed, the uncurbed "right to know"
is ' n direct conflict with "the right not to
know." Ever since governments were
first conceived, public officials have argued
that certain delicate activities, such
as intelligence operations or diplomatic
dealings, were best conducted in
secrecy. Clinton Rossiter, a leading
historian of the presidency, counted executive
secrecy in diplomacy as an essential
prerogative of a president.
The question arises whether or not too
many measures of secrecy have been
imposed upon the conduct of public affairs
in America. A case in point is the
extraordinary number of military and
diplomatic agreements the United States
has made in recent years with an assortment
of allies, satellites or opponents.
Witness the disclosures of secret involvements
in Chile, Cuba, Greece, Italy,
Ethiopia, and again, Angola.
Many of these treaties and secret negotiations
involve a vast expenditure of
American money, and could commit
America to aiding other countries if war
broke out. It is, for example, known that
Jordan's largest supplier of arms is the
United States, which is in direct conflict
with the fact that we are also Israel's
chief supplier of weaponry. More often
than not, details of commitments were
kept secret from the American public until
disclosed by inquisitive congressional
investigators or equally inquisitive
newsmen.
What can be done about the spread of
secrecy in government? For a start, Congress
could investigate the present use of
various presidential directives and the
"executive privilege," all invoked at
times to justify unnecessary secrecy
classification practices. Congress could
investigate the present use of various
presidential directives and the "executive
privilege," all invoked at times to
justify unnecessary secrecy classification
practices. Congress could also
substantially reduce discretionary funds
granted to the President for use abroad
as he sees fit.
Yet legislation alone will not solve the
problem of secrecy. Both the State and
Defense Departments should be ordered
to stop penalizing employes who disclose
facts of cost overruns and mismanagement
to congressional committees;
the White House should be more
forthright in its disclosures of military
operations and diplomatic dealings,
such as those in Angola.
What is necessary, above all, is a new
balance in the approach of government
to the public. Secrecy is too often used as
an easy cover for operational failures
(such as in the Bay of Pigs fiasco), as a
mark for individual or collective wrongdoing
(CIA involvement with anti-
Allende forces in Chile), and as a cloak to
hide the undertaking of new and often
costly commitments (Angola). In part,
the prevalence of so many secret dealings
indicates that the different
branches of government simply do not
trust one another very much these days.
Open policy making needs to be
achieved, if for no other reason than to restore
confidence and tranquility between
those who govern and those who
are governed. Total and complete disclosure,
particularly in dangerous times,
represents an impossible dream. But excessive
secrecy is a contagious disease
that could be fatal to the practice of modern
democracy itself.
Editor, The Plainsman:
In the January 15th issue of The
Plainsman there was a question asked
by an Auburn student, "Name Withheld,"
in a letter entitled "Don't give
Bama fans our seats" which I feel that I
may be able to answer. Better yet, I'm
sure I can! He or she asked, "Since when
do we turn away Auburn students from a
home basketball game to let an Alabama
fan sit in the Auburn student section?"
Well, when that Bama fan happens to
be an Auburn student, I guess that's
when. Myself, along with several others
whom I'm sure would not like to be
named, happen to come to this school for
reasons other than the athletic program,
thank goodness. And we are still for the
Crimson Tide we were brought up to root
for. We're also still consistently on the
winning side, which makes it even better.
Also for the sake of "Name Withheld,"
I pay my student activity fee just like
everybody else down here and have the
choice of who I want to yell for (which
happened to be Bama in the case of the
Auburn -vs- Alabama game).
True, I was able, along with other
Bama fans here at Auburn, to get tickets
for 6 or 8 of my friends from Alabama. Of
course, this meant I had to stand in line
in the cold more than once and make a lot
of phone calls and trips to get them. Perhaps
if some of the Auburn students who
sat at their residences and listened,to the
game on the radio had put a little effort
into getting a ticket as I did then they
could have been there instead of my
Bama friends. Tough luck!
There is a reason, you see, for us Bama
fans ' at Auburn getting the Bama students
the tickets. For when February 7th
rolls around we will be expecting the
same favor in return. On that date the
Tigers will be visiting the Tide in Tuscaloosa
and I will be sitting in the Bama
student section even though I have paid
no Alabama student activity fee. I hope
some Auburn fans will make the effort to
go but I doubt they will because, afterall,
it would be a wasted trip anyway.
Hope you are able to print this and give
a view from the other side. If you do I
think it best that my name not be used.
Name Withheld By Request
Who's working for whom?
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am writing in response to Mrs. Chris
Benner's letter. When she says that she
thinks she should have parking space
near the building in which she works, I
do not think she realizes who works for
whom. She works for me, not me for her!
My parents, other taxpayers and I are
paying for my college attendance here,
and she gets payed to come and work for
the students.
I think she, and others working for me,
should be the ones to park farther away
and walk; after all, that is the way large
stores and shopping malls do it, so why
shouldn't we?
If it matters, I am a freshman. However,
because of where I live, I wouldn't
drive anyway.
Preuit Mauldin
1AEC
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1776' acts as time machine
HISTORY BOOK COMES TO LIFE IN BROADWAY MUSICAL "1776"
. . .Congress struggles to reach agreement on Declaration of Independence
Photo by Grant Castleberry
yYes' man Squire releases new album
By Jodl Leach
Entertainment Editor
"One useless man is a disgrace.
Two useless men is a
law firm. And three useless
men is a congress."
With this opening statement,
John Adams, played by
Don Perkins, took a large
Coliseum crowd back through
time to May, 1776, and the
Continental Congress in
Philadelphia. The time machine
was the Broadway musical
"1776" presented Tuesday
night by the Performing
Arts Committee.
The play centers around the
efforts of Adams to get Congress
to agree to the idea of independence
from England
and to sign the Declaration of
Independence. He is aided by
Benjamin Franklin (Sam
Kressen) and Thomas Jefferson
(John Almberg), who
finally agrees, reluctantly, to
write the declaration.
Adams is hindered by John
Dickenson (Robert Ousley) of
Pennsylvania, who insists on
a unanimous vote on the declaration,
and by Edward
Rutledge (David Vosburgh) of
South Carolina, who holds
out over a paragraph concerning
the abolition of black
slavery.
These men were just names
in a history book..."1776
brings them to life. And
they're not always what the
school books would lead a person
to believe. Adams comes
across as "obnoxious and disliked,"
and no one hesitates to
tell him so.
Franklin is a witty, wise old
man, proud of his proverbs
which he uses quite often.
He's also a dirty old man, eager
for a good time and a good
drink. Jefferson is quiet,
occasionally spouting forth
beautiful prose but otherwise
keeping to himself. Until his
wife comes to visit him and
then he won't leave her side.
The visit is planned by
Adams to help Jefferson write
the Declaration after little is ;
accomplished in a week. As A-dams
puts it, "The whole
earth was created in a week."
Jefferson retorts, "Some day
you must tell me how you did
it."
Somehow, the Declaration
is written. While it is read to
the Congress, Adams, Jefferson
and Franklin argue over
the national bird—should it
be an eagle, a dove or a turkey?
The outcome is history.
The Declaration is then revised,
rewritten, torn apart
and put back together. Tempers
flare, delegates switch
sides, concessions are made,
and the Declaration of Independence
is passed. John
Hancock (Gil Martin) invites
everyone to sign—"Step right
up, don't.miss your chance at
treason." Franklin chimes in,
"We'll all hang together or
we'll all most assuredly hang
separately."
The lighting was extremely
well done, adding much to
the play. The entire production
was excellent, from
the acting to the costumes to
the marvelous songs that
amused and moved the audience.
The perfectness was only
spoiled by the fact that,
occasionally, the words could
not be heard over the music,
and, more obviously, by the
rudeness of the audience who
started to leave after the last
song although there were only
about 10 more minutes left
to the play.
In the last scene, as each
man signs the Declaration, he
takes his place on stage until,
at the last, the actors are in a
live reproduction of the famous
John Trumbull painting.
The lighting dims, making
the men look less real, and
then fades out. The audience
slowly comes back to the present,
more appreciative and
more knowledgeable of our
nation's colorful history-makers.
Since the inception of the
English progressive rock
quintet Yes, Chris Squire has
provided a bass backing for
Yes's increasingly complex
keyboard, quitar. and vocal
interplay. Now Squire has
released FISH OUT .. OF
WATER, his first solo album,
arid it's one of the few records
out now that can be called a
work of art without tongue
Some are well-known, like ex-
King Crimson drummer BUI
Bruford, saxophonist Mel
Collins, "Illuminator" Pete
Sinfield, and Yes-man Patrick
Moraz on organ, while
others are just as competent,
but not as rich. Flutist Jimmy
Hastings and pianist Andrew
Jackman were particularly
outstanding on the album.
Album
Review.
being firmlv entrenched in
cheek.'
However, trying to describe
the music on this album
is like trying to exactly
describe a huge, abstract mural
to someone. For starters
though, the artist is a bass
player for a rock band who
happens to prefer an orchestra
to a bunch of synthesizers.
To portray his artwork,
this artist uses some friends.
Adding a bit of mystery to
his work, Squire's lyrics are
perhaps the most intriguing
aspect of the album. Real exercises
in explicit, straight-to-the-
point vagueness and ambiguity,
they resemble Yes
vocalist Jon Anderson's.
Thankfully, his use of them
doesn't
OnFISH OUT OF WATER,
Squire's vocals never intrude,
never seem forced or
sut of place, and never sound
an octave too high, and, despite
the ambiquity, his lyrics
at least seem to have
some good ol' down-to-earth
sense behind them. .
Above all else, this album is
a work of love, an expression
of Squire's pride in the music
he played, plays and hopes to
play. Squire has laid down
some pretty impressive bass
lines for this album, lines as
innovative and distinctively
his as the six-string bass he
plays. He has overlaid the
foundation with some simple,
natural themes, melodies
and harmonies played like
he's probably always dreamed
his music would be played.
The majestic completeness
of a full orchestra, cascading
grand piano chords, the fills
and runs of a pipe organ, the
floating delicacy of a lone
flute, some shimmering multi-track
vocals and some burning,
really wicked sax jamming—
they all play a part in
Squire's music.
His bass playing and Bru-ford's
drumming give this
moving, vibrant music direction,
and impart the involving
immediacy found in
classic rock to the admirable,
"stand back and take it all in"
fullness of Squire's music, a
fullness found in the great
symphonic classics.
FISH OUT OF WATER is a
mutually complementing fusion
of the youthful energy and
electricity of rock, and the mature,
sensual fullness of the
great classics. The album
sparkles with spontaneity,
careful melodic development
and with propulsive
rock—solid rhythms and
smooth harmonic interplay.
Besides all that, it's a devil of
a lot of fun to listen to.
FISH OUT OF WATER
was released seven years after
Squire helped form
Yes—let's hope his next outing
is a little bit quicker
in coming.
—• Dave White
White is a member of the
entertainment staff and
music critic for The
Plainsman.
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Andrae Crouch and The
Disciples, a popular soul and
gospel group, will present a
concert on Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. in
Memorial Coliseum.
The group, acclaimed with
global music popularity, is
sponsored by Religious Affairs
Committee and no admission
is being charged.
Andrae Crouch—composer,
arranger, pianist, and
brilliant soloist—is the guiding
genius behind, the
Disciples who have recorded
five albums for Light Records,
one of which is a live
performance at Carnegie
Hall.
Crouch finished high
school, attended college a few
years, and in 1965 put together
the group that is
known today as The
Disciples. Since then, The
Disciples have made six
foreign tours and appeared in
the United States on The Tonight
Show and with such
personalities as Billy
Graham, Oral Roberts,
Jimmy Durante, Dave Wilker-sonandPat
Boone.
The popularity of Crouch
and The Disciples is growing
and two new albums will be
released within the next
year. Crouch says there will
be changes in his style to
keep pace with the times, but
the dynamic message will
come through in a talented
and professional way.
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South does it again
Charlie Daniels heads concert
CHARLIE DANIELS ENTERTAINS COLUMBUS CROWD
. . .Joined by former Auburn student Jimmy Buffett
Photo by Patty DiRiemo
UK movie series includes
three Hitchcock thrillers
By Rick Harmon
A s s t . E n t e r t a i n m e nt
Editor
"The 39 Steps," "North-By
North-West," and "Frenzy,"
three movies by Alfred
Hitchcock, the acknowledged
master of the suspense film
will be shown by UPC Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday
. at 8 p.m.
"The 39 Steps," starring
Robert Donat and Madeleine
Carrol, will open the series of
Hitchcock films on Monday.
Taken from the John Buchan
novel, the film makes use of
many of the formulas which
have made the Hitchcock film
famous. ,
The "wrong man" theme,
where an innocent individual
is wrongly accused of a crime
and then hounded by the
police, some criminal group or
both, is Hitchcock's favorite
theme and all three movies
use it as their basis.
"The 39 Steps" quickly
utilizes this theme, when a
beautiful refugee is found
murdered after she tells
Donat of an incredible foreign
plot against England and the
cryptic phrase on which it
depends.
Donat is suspected of the
crime and flees, pursued by
both the police and the espionage
ring. His flight
t h r o u g h England and
Scotland is made all the more
interesting by the fact that,
through most of it, he is handcuffed
to the beautiful
Madeleine Carrol, who
believes h)m to be a killer.
Donat, withstanding each
peril with an almost James
Bond like air,is often amusing
and sometimes hilarious. One
of the best scenes from the
movie is when Donat, hiding
his handcuffs, is mistaken for
a speaker at a political rally.
Knowing neither who he is
suppose to be nor on what he
is suppose to talk about,
Donat proceeds to completely
win the crowd with patriotic
generalizations.
"North By Northwest,"
starring Cary Grant, Eva
Marie Saint, and James
Mason, continues the "wrong
man" theme. Grant checks
into the wrong hotel room,
and is soon being chased by
an evil organization led by
James Mason.
While Grant is following up
a clue in the U.N., he comes
across a murdered official.
The police then join the chase
which comes to an exciting
conclusion at Mount
Rushmore, when the evil
organization, the police, and
Grant meet.
"North By Northwest" ill
u s t r a t e s another of
Hitchcock's favorite plays,
the "disorder in order" theme.
Hitchcock believes that the
viewer will be much more
affected by crimes of disorder
when commited near a symbol
of order. Thus violence in
a Hitchcock film will often
take place in locations like the
U.N., hospitals, Mount
Rushmore, or even the Statue
of Liberty.
"Frenzy" will be the final
movie in the Hitchcock series.
"Frenzy," starring Jon Finch,
Alec McCowen and Vivien
Merchant, is Hitchcock's
most recent movie and one of
his best.
like the others, "Frenzy" is
also based upon the "wrong
man" principal. An innocent
man becomes the chief
suspect for the murder of his
ex-wife, and must run from
both the police and the real
murderer.
Hitchcock has combined
both humor and suspense in
this adaption of the novel
"Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leischester
Square."
The film opens as a politician
is standing on the bank
of a river, giving a speech on
water pollution. While he is
giving the speech, a dead girl
floats to the surface with a
necktie around her neck.
From that point on, the
search for the necktie
murderer begins. Though the
hero of "Frenzy" lacks the
cool of earlier Hitchcock
films, the' change only
heightens the realism and
suspense.
By Jack C. Wright
Plainsman Staff Writer
The South's gonna do it
again. That is, if Charlie Daniels
or Jimmy Buffett have
anything to do with it. The
Charlie Daniels Band, Jimmy
Buffett, and The Coral
Reefer Band and rock group
Starz played Sunday at
Columbus Municipal Auditorium
to a modest but enthusiastic
crowd.
Starz, a New York-based
band, blasted through a 40-
minute opening set. "Raucous
and raunchy" best describes
Starz' performance.
The band somehow managed
to maintain their "tightness,"
an incredible task considering
their decibel output.
Starz is affiliated with Rock
Steady Music, who promotes
glitter-rock band Kiss, and is
said to be an "up and coming"
band.
Buffett, best known for his
singles, "Come Monday" and
"Pencil-Thin Mustache,"
capitivated the crowd with
light, breezy lyrics after a
flowing repertoire of good-time
songs.
Buffett kindly consented to
an interview and it began on
this note.'Waw Eagull, Jimmy
Buffett." To which he
replied, "Oh, Christ!"
When questioned about his
past Auburn connections,
Jimmy admitted that he
attended Auburn three quarters
before flunking out spring
quarter, '64. His memories of
Auburn at this time are
simply "Beer."
Upon leaving Auburn, Buffett
transferred to Gulf Coast
Junior College in Panama
City for some surf, sun, and
more beer.He developed an affinity
for Florida at this time
which continues unabated.
Buffett eventually wound
up with a degree • in
journalism from the University
of Southern Mississippi.
Shortly after his graduation,
Buffett met Jerry Jeff
Walker who talked him into
hitting the road with his guitar
and suitcase. He made his
was to Key West and settled
down to club dates and
poverty. He became anyone's
opening act with
various bands backine him.
The Coral Reefer Band,
Buffett's present group, was
formed in Key West and went
on the road immediately.
Buffett and his band began
making a name for themselves
playing with Jerry Jeff
Walker and others of the
'Texas Crowd."
Buffett's new album, HAVANA
DAYDREAM is
scheduled for release next
week and he provided a preview
of the album during the
concert.
Daniels began his show
with highlights off previous
albums. He is best in a concert
and with the fine band
backing him, one learns the
definition of "southern
boogie." Daniels shares his
lead guitar responsibilities
with Tom Crain, a Nashville
musician who takes a back
seat to few guitarists.
Daniels was on stage for
over two hours and then was
called backtfor anencoreby the
enthusiastic crowd. His
equally enthusiastic band
ended with a stirring rendition
of "The South's Gonna
Do It Again."
Daniels was winded after
the performance, but with
cold beer in hand, he readily
answered questions.
At 39 years old, Daniels has
been playing for 24 years, 18
of those professionally. He
might be considered an "old
man" of rock, but like good
wine, musicians get better
with age.
He began playing in bars
and honky-tonks, building
his reputation on the road.
Daniels never was one of the
"regular" Nashville studio
musicians, but he played behind
many people at their request,
such as Bob Dylan,
Pete Seeger and Leonard Cohen.
He considers Dylan quite
a lyricist and said, "Dylan influenced
me to look more
closely at my lyrics."
Daniels formed the Charlie
Daniels Band about four
years ago. He has had a
changeover of musicians and
the present group has been together
for a year. He said he
can now feel the band "catching
hold." It is difficult for a
musician to play in anonymity
behind a name star, yet
Daniels refuses to dominate a
concert. Each member of the
band is allowed to "shine,"
an important ingredient in
keeping a band together.
Daniels and other southern
musicians have been criticized
for becoming repetitious
but Daniels refutes the
charge. "A musician needs to
head in whatever direction
the songs he writes go," he
said. He said he goes into producing
an album without a
predetermined idea as to what
type of music will be on it.
Daniels said he does not do
concept albums, that is, albums
that have a particular
musical idea behind them.
Rather, he writes songs and
fits them into an album.
Many people have favorite
musicians and the same is
true of Daniels. He enjoys the
Austin, Texas,groups and ex-pecially
Willie Nelson. There
are two separate camps of
southern music emerging, according
to Daniels, that in
Macon, Ga., and the more
country-oriented music from
Austin.
Gregg Allman is generally
thought of as the "Father of
Southern Music" yet he has
been criticized lately for what
many consider abandonment
of the close associations
between southern bands.
When asked about this, Daniels
said, "Man, I don't read
the gossip columns. Whatever
he does is his business, as
long as he still does it when he
gets on stage. They ought to
leave the man alone."
All performers must be conscious
of public relations and
their image. But if asked
"What is Charlie Daniels
really like?", he says, "I'm
just Charlie Daniels, a guitar
picker. I shouldn't come
across as anything else. I just
make my living a different
way than most and am lucky
enough to t o it like I want to
do it."
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T H E AUBURN P U I N S M A N n>ura., J a n . 29,1976 page 8
No studying necessary
Rowe knows Monroe story
By Jodi Leach
Entertainment Editor
"And it seems to me you
lived your life
Like a candle in the wind,
Never knowing who to cling
to
When the rain set in."
That's how the song-writing
team of Elton John and
Bernie Taupin described actress
Marylin Monroe, the
greatest sex siren of the '60s.
At the War Eagle Theatre,
Monroe is brought back to
life on screen by Misty Rowe,
in Larry Buchanan's new movie
"Goodbye, Norma Jean."
Misty, a slender 22-year-old
blonde from California who
was the last to be interviewed
for the part, was offered the
chance when Buchanan saw
her picture in the Academy
Players Directory. She was interviewed
on Friday, screen
tested on Sunday and given
the part on Tuesday.
Studying for the part was
no problem—Misty, has always
been a fan of Marilyn's.
"I've read many books on her
Longdon Hall
to install new
sound system
By Rick Harmon
Asst. E n t e r t a i n m e nt
Editor
Students who have gone to
movies like "2001," "Easy
Rider" and "The Graduate"
at Langdon, and become
irritated when the soundtracks
sound like warped records
played on a transistor
radio, will probably be happy
to hear that Langdonhas a
* new sound system.
., The system, which cost
around $1,500, is made up of a
Share amplifier. JBL and
Electro-Voice speakers and a
Papco mixer. The new system'
should be set up within the
next two weeks.
Lee Young, who was in
charge of purchasing the new
sound system fojr'UFC, claims •
that the new system should be
a great improvement over the
old one.
life and seen all her pictures,"
she said while on a promotional
tour in Columbus,
Ga., last Wednesday. "After I
got the part, people who were
her friends sent me letters and
pictures telling about the
Marilyn they knew."
"If you had asked me five
years ago, what role I'd like to
play in a movie, I would have
said Marilyn Monroe. I think
I can bring more to that role
•than any other," Misty said.
"Every struggling young actress
understands another
struggling young actress."
Marilyn and Misty are alike
in many other ways. Both are
Geminis—Marilyn being
born on June 1 and Misty on
June 4. Misty lived in the
Hollywood Studio Club 25
years after Marilyn lived
there while waiting for stardom.
Both women had dogs
named "Tippy" when they
were young. Both have light
voices and blonde hair, "although
Marilyn's was not
natural," Misty said. "We're
most alike in our drive to succeed,
to do something unusual,
in our need to be loved."
The movie, which follows
Norma Jean Baker from the
age of 15 until she becomes
Marilyn Monroe at age 22, is
based on her biography by
Buchanan who knew her as
Norma Jean. "Larry felt all
the other biographies missed
something. He wanted people
to know how she got where
she-was and understand why
she was like she was," said
Misty.
Misty also has worked in
television and is probably
best recognized as Maid
Marion in the Mel Brooks series,
"When Things Were Rotten,"
now cancelled. She has
been a semi-regular as Wendy,
the ding-a-ling carhop in
"Happy Days," and a regular
on "Hee Haw."
Misty said she didn't mind
doing roles where she is cast
as a "dumb blonde." "At the
beginning, you take what you
can get," she smiled.
Misty believes there's no degradation
in doing commercials.
"It's better to do toothpaste
commercials on TV
than to do 'Hamlet' in class.
Besides, you make a lot of money
off the residuals," she
said.
Speaking of her feelings on
X-rated movies, Misty joked,
"It's not a job, it's an experience."
On the serious side,
she added, "There are many
good X-rated movies but most
actresses do them because
they can't get into show business
any other way."
Misty's far-reaching goal is
to operate a dramatic workshop.
"What you get out of
acting, you have to put back
in. You can never repay those
that help you so you help
other people on their way
up," she philosophized.
"The goal of every actor
should be an Academy
Award," she continued. "I
don't like to hear people say
they don't want it, that they
don't need it—an award from
your peers is the greatest
thing."
She did say she thought it
was a bit premature to speak
of an Academy Award for her
first major picture, but that if .
there were a sequel to "Goodbye,
Norma Jean," she would
like to do it. "I feel like I know
Marilyn," she said with a
small smile. "We're a lot alike
but we're also different."
"People have always told
me that I resemble her in
several ways. And I will try to
portray her as honestly as I
am able. But I can never be
her arid I know it," said Misty.
"And I would have liked to
have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out
long before
Your legend ever did."
MISTY ROWE STARS AS NORMA JEAN BAKER IN MOVIE
. . .Story tells of Marilyn Monroe's climb to the top
'Rude language, skin debase
new Marilyn Monroe flick'
Look-Alike
Evelyn Mitchell, 1PT, was the winner of the Marilyn
Monroe Look-Alike contest sponsored by t he Martin
Theatre chain last Friday night. The competition was
held in the War Eagle Theatre at the premier of
"IjoQdbye, Norma J e a n , " the early life story of Monroe
which stars Misty Rowe. Mitchell will receive over:
$2,000 in prizes and gifts from various merchants.
Photo by Dan Doughtie
UPC shows 'Westworld'
"This is how she happened.
Not.legend.
Not even the way she told it.
This is the way it was..."
So the advertisement
states.
"Goodbye, Norma Jean"
premiered in Auburn last Friday
night with a Marilyn
Monroe look-alike contest, in
which Evelyn Mitchell, an 18-
year old freshman in Physical
Therapy, won over
$2,400 in prizes.
Now, don't let the ads fool
you. This is not about the
star, Marilyn Monroe, and it
is not until the last 15 minutes
of the film that Norma Jean
even looks like the legendary
sex symbol. This is supposedly
what Norma Jean
Baker had to do to get her first
part in a movie.
By Rick Harmon
A s s t . E n t e r t a i n m e nt
Editor
"Westworld," a science fiction
movie starring Yul
Brynner, Dick Benjamin and
James Brolin, will be the UPC
movie for Friday, Saturday
and Sunday with shows at 7
and 9:30 p.m. in Langdon
Hall.
"Westworld" is a good
movie. This is regrettable,
because it could have been a
great one. For the last five or
six years it seems most
science fiction films have
seemed to feature giant
spiders, giant moths, giant
rabbits and green slime. A
witty and original plot during
this period could have been a
gold mine for a studio.
Michael Crichton, the
author of "The Andromeda
Strain" and "The Terminal
Man," gave MGM this opportunity
when he turned in the
script for "Westworld," and
MGM blew it.
The script for "Westworld"
is excellent. The plot is about
Delos, a robotized resort
where the rich can live out
t h e i r fantasies with
humanoids.
Delos is divided into three
sections—Rom an world,
Medieval-world, and
Westworld. In these worlds,
customers (like Benjamin and
Brolin) can out-joust, out-draw,
and basically out-everything
humanoids to
their heart's desire.
But something goes wrong.
The robots, tired of playing
fall guys (or fall humanoids)
to every human who pays the
price, rebel. Suddenly the
sword-fights, gun-fights and
jousts are for real.
The script has humor,
credibility, excitement and a
message. But it lacks two
necessities—characterization
and backing.
The characters could be
worse. There are no good-looking
atomic scientists to
save the day, or even any fat,
foreign-accented scientists
trying to destroy it. Indeed the
characters of both Benjamin
and Brolin are credible as far
as they go.
i The problem is that the
characters don't go very far.
The viewer never sees into
either of them. He never
knows them. So of course he
cannot identify with them.
Benjamin and Brolin are
being chased by beserk
humanoids, and the audience
is utterly indifferent. Worse
yet, the audience is not even
shown enough of the robots'
plight, so that they can cheer
for them. What it amounts to
is that the characters are built
up enough to get the audience
interested, but not enough to
get them involved.
Yet even with the lack of
depth of the characters,
"Westworld" could have been
a great film, if not for the
cheapness of MGM. The
studio, famous for its extravagance
in such films as
"The Wizard of Oz" and
"Grand Hotel," - contributed
only a parsimonious $77,000
for 20 sets
Dinner play
selb tickets
Tickets are now on sale
in the University Program
Council office for a
dinner theatre presentation
of "Declaration," a
musical celebration of our
Bicentennial. "Declaration"
will be presented
Monday, Feb. 16, in the
Union Ballroom. Tickets
are $3.50 for students and
$4.50 for non-students.
They cover dinner and the
performance. There will be
no reserved seats.
And, according to this film,
she had to perform sex acts
with every producer, director
and agent in Hollywood. In
other words, there was an
average of five minutes dialogue
between each sexual encounter.
But the prostitution of the
Marilyn Monroe story was
not the worst part of it. I don't
know that much about film
making, but it is obvious to
anyone that the background
music should not be louder
than the actor's voices and
lights should not suddenly
dim in the middle of a scene.
Also, music should reflect the
time period involved. Electric
guitars and '70s pop just
somehow don't seem right in
a '40s story. The theme song
by the Sundown Company is
destined to Top 40 oblivion.
The star of "Goodbye,
Norma Jean," Misty Rowe, of
the short-lived "When Things
Were Rotten" television
series, goes through all the
motions of imitating Monroe.
With her tongue stuck between
her teeth, making
everything she said unintelligible,
her tip-toe walking
and open mouth, tilted
head smiles, Miss Rowe
dreadfully embarrasses herself
as an actress.
Not enough can be said for
the supporting cast. You
never really understood who
was the top man at Lion Rampant
Studios. (It should have
been Sex Rampant Studios.)
Everyone in the movie business
was a sexual deviate.
The most inane script, with
such forgettable lines as, "Oh,
Peter the producer, with the
appendaged p—," and
Norma Jean's closing line
when she had finally become
a star, "His is the last c-- -I
will ever have tos- — ."Touching,
huh?
After viewing (enduring)
this flick, I wondered how it
rated a review. Actually , it
doesn't. "Goodbye, Norma
Jean" is simply a cheap, exploitation
film that misleads
audiences into thinking it is
a story of Marilyn Monroe.
As far as I am concerned it
rates right up there with
"Naughty Roommates,"
"Student Nurses" and
"Swinging Stewardesses."
"This is (hopefully not) how
she happened.
It's legend.
Not even the way she told
it.. "
- D a v i d Hill
Hill is a member of the
Entertainment staff and
movie critic for The
Plainsman.
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Good teams don't miss
Free throws dim Tigers9 title hopes
By Mike Jackson
Sports Editor
Play's stopped. Any Auburn player is at the foul line shooting
a one-and-one. He pauses, lofts the ball at the goal and it
hits the front, back or side of the rim and bounces harmlessly into
a waiting defender's arms. Auburn has missed another one-and-
one opportunity.
The situation is not new to any Auburn fan. Auburn has missed
too many three-point plays, technical foul shots and one-and-
one situations. Missing them has led Auburn to its present
9-6 record, 5-3 in the SEC.
two outings.
Auburn is suffering from the same thing the Bulldogs had
earlier. The Tigers are hitting only 67 percent of their foul shots
thus far and have been outscored by 13 points, almost one point
ACTION
Missing foul shots is something no good team does. Any team
in the nation's top 20 or at the top of its particular conference is
a good foul-shooting team. Games are won at the foul line, not
from the field. Taken out of context, the statement means that a
good foul-shooting team will always win;it will have to do nothing
from the floor. Of course, that's not true. Many teams can
shoot 90 per cent from the free throw stripe and hit only 35 per
cent from the floor and get blown out; but free throws are what
separates the good teams from the bad.
-Dogs o good example
A primary example is Georgia. Earlier this season, the Bulldogs
had an 0-5 conference record but had outscored virtually
every team it had played from the floor, sometimes by 10 or
more points. But the Bulldogs suffered from bad free throw
shooting and their opponents were able to overcome the field
goal difference. Now, Georgia is hitting, foul shot opportunities
and its basketball fortunes have risen considerably. The
Bulldogs have beaten both Florida and Ole Miss in their last
FOUR FOUL SHOOTERS ALL IN A ROW. WHICH WILL MISS?
. . .Tigers' free throw shooting cause of present 9-6 record
Photos byDan Doughtie
per game. It doesn't sound like much.but remember, the Tigers
lost to Alabama by only one point and SMU took them into
overtime. An extra free throw here or there would have made
the difference. Auburn lost to Vandy by 12 points and was out-scored
from the foul line by 10. Hitting more free throws (Auburn
hit only 9 of 15 or 60 per cent) against Vandy would have
kept Auburn close, at least close enough to keep Vandy out of a
slowdown game, and the Tigers could have made a run at the
Commodores.
Even in the Tennessee game, missing foul shots killed Auburn's
chances for a win. Everyone knows the story of that
game by now but Auburn only lost by five points. Gary Redding
missed a big shot after a technical had been issued against
the Vols and Eddie Johnson missed another with only one minute
to go. Auburn missed many more chances in that game.
Ernie Grunf eld hit 7 of 7 from the line and Mike Jackson hit 12
of 14. The foul line is where the game was won. Auburn outshot
the Vols by far from the floor but...if you can't hit foul Shots, you
don't win.
If Auburn's foul shooting production thus far had been equal
to last year's, when Auburn shot 72 per cent, its record may very
easily be 13-2 instead of the present 9-6, assuming that with extra
foul shots Auburn would have beaten SMU, Alabama,
Tennessee and Vandy.
No Auburn players can explain the reason. Eddie Johnson
was number four in the nation last year, hitting 88 percentof
his foul shots, but Fast Eddie can't explain why he's hitting only
74 per cent now. "I just haven't been concentrating at the
line," he said. Mike Mitchell said virtually the same thing. "It
seems like we're just going to the line and throwing it up," he
said. Stan Pietkiewicz practices shooting an hour before and an
hour after practice, more than anyone on the team. Yet, Stan
missed the opening end of a one-and-one three times against
Kentucky. "It hurts a lot when I miss because I shoot so much,"
he said, but he couldn't explain why he missed. Had he made
his free throw opportunities, the Kentucky game would have never
gone into overtime. Auburn went to the line 40 times against
Kentucky and hit 27,68 per cent. Had they hit more fouls, the
Wildcats would have been the victim of a blowout. Wayne
Bracy, who hit 80 per cent last year, has hit only 60 this year.
Pietkiewicz is down from 79 to 63 per cent.
It's interesting to note that in all the games Auburn has won,
it has enjoyed the advantage in free throw shooting. The Tigers
have no one to blame but themselves for their 5-3 conference
rating. They could easily be 6-1 or undefeated and sitting
at the top.
Auburn has a shot at the conference and all the players are
confident but you can make book that if the Tigers don't improve
at the foul line, they are going nowhere, especially when
they invade Tuscaloosa, Nashville and Lexington. Foul shots
make the difference.
nliiE AUBURN
PUINSMMI
Alley looms ahead for Auburn
FINALLY, A TWO GUARD OFFENSE?
. . .Stan Pietkiewicz hugs Eddie Johnson after AU opens overtime lead
Photo by Dyke Helms
Powers fights for chance
By Gene Vandiver
Assistant Sports Editor
Auburn travels to Gainesville, Fla.,
Saturday to face a weakened Gator
basketball team. The Gators face losing
two starters for the next few games: Bob
Smyth, the starting center injured his ankle
last Saturday in the 89-82 loss to Kentucky,
and guard Mike Lederman left the
same game with a twisted knee.
Smyth had scored 20 points before his
injury forced him to leave the game.
Both Lederman and Smyth missed action
Monday night in an overtime loss to
Vanderbilt. "I don't want to say now if
they will definitely be out Saturday,"
said Florida Sports Information Director
Lee Tobin, "because things could
change before then. Right now we're in a
'wait and see' situation."
Smyth is the player most likely to return
to action in time for the Auburn contest.
There were some rumors indicating
that Lederman's knee injury might require
surgery but Tobin declined to comment
on the situation.
If Lederman doesn't start, 6-4 Don
Bostic, a starter from last year's team,
will take his place. Bostic and Gene Shy,
an underrated 6-6 forward are the lone
starters returning from last year.
Shy averaged 15.8 points per game last
year and had 14 against Kentucky.
Al Bonner, playing forward, is a good
defensive player capable of scoring.
Bonner also scored 14 against Ken- '
tucky.
The Gators are coached by Coach John
Lotz, who last year accused Auburn Manager
Jimmy Ray Loyless of spying on
his team when the game came down to a
last minute desperation shot. Lotz is in
his third year at his present post.
Despite the low 3-5 showing in the
SEC, Florida is a team that bears watching.
The Gators play more than 10 men in
most games, and can be dangerous, especially
at their home court, "Alligator
Alley."
Florida led Alabama by as much as 14
points at one time, in the 71-70 upset earlier
this season. which says something
for the Gator offense, and they have given
virtually every team a fight in the
feared alley.
"I'm looking forward to going down
there," said Coach Bob Davis. "Eddie
Johnson and Stan (Petkei•» icz) will be
going home, and they always seem to
play a good game down there. In fact, we
always seem to do pretty well down
there."
Davis added that Lederman's injury
would be a big help for Auburn. "I hope
he stays hurt for at least another week,"
laughed Davis.
Bracy-a twist that breaks mold
By Gene Vandiver
Assistant Sports Editor
It sounds like the typical basketball
story, the story of a boy who took up the
game when he was a kid, developed a
love for it, practiced five or six hours a
day. It sounds like that, but Wayne
Bracy's story has a little twist to it.
The pattern fits. Bracy started playing
basketball before he ever started
school. "That's all we had to do in the
community I lived in," he said. "But
when I got to high school I started realizing
how much the game meant to me,
how much it could benefit me in the long
run."
Still fitting the old mold, Bracy was a
high school star, averaging 22 points,
five rebounds and nine assists per game,
and his senior year he was the driving
force behind Hayes High School's (Birmingham)
1974 4-A state championship.
He was even voted the number one prep
player in Alabama.
With so many credentials, Bracy was
virtually assured of college offers, and he
received them from nearly every major
college in the South. But Bracy didn't
By Rick Harmon
Plainsman Sportswriter
College basketball is a
tough game. Even a 6 feet 10
freshman on a basketball
scholarship must fight to
make the varsity. And Kirk
Powers is definitely not 6-10.
In fact, not only is Powers
not 6-10, he is not scholarship
and not on the varsity, but
then he is not through fighting
either.
Powers claims to be 6 feet 1,
which may be true, providing
he wears shoes with at least
two-inch heels. He is the kind
of player high school coaches
would always talk about like
"Oh, you mean Kirk. Yeah,
he's a tough one, a scrappy
kid, really hustles. Yeah, Kirk
could be a real good player, if
he were just a little taller."
But Kirk, and those like
him, did not grow any higher.
So while small talented players
can be found easily in high
school ball, looking for them
on college teams is like hunting
for dodo birds.
When most of the players
like Kirk realize that they
must play against people who
tower above them, they give
up their hopes for college ball.
Powers also realizes that he
must compete against players
four and five inches taller
than he is, but unlike the
others, he refuses to give up.
"Sure, the players in college
are a lot bigger than the
ones I had to play against in
high school, and sometimes I
have to play against people,
who are 6-4, 6-6, and 6-10.
"If they are taller than me, I
just have to out-quick them,
beat them to the spot. Also in
college ball you need to have a
good outside shot."
Despite the fact that he has
averaged 10.5 points a game,
Powers claims that he is a
poor shot. "I guess I can do
anything but shoot. I have
good hands, and am pretty
good at making assists and
playing defense, but I just
have not gotten my shots
right yet. By the end of the
season I should have improved
a lot."
Powers doesn't seem to
mind that the juniorvarsity is
overshadowed by the varsity.
"Well it's true that most people
don't know who we are,
when we practice or who we
play. But that just means
there isn't much pressure on
us. Most of us just play because
we love to play anyway.
"Besides, even the worst guy
on the varsity is real good. In
the beginning of the season,
we worked out with them before
they got the team set.
Sometimes the varsity would
try out new plays against us,
and we would try to defense
against them. Once or twice
we would steal the ball from
them. Then they'd get mad
and score about 40 points a-gainst
us. Playing on the varsity
is just a whole new ball
game from the junior
varsity.". Powers hopes to
plav on the varsity, he knows
that the chances he will make-it
are poor.. Coach Davis has a
young varsity, and will lose
few players at the end of the
year.
Though Powers realizes
that his chances are poor, he
is not giving up. "I am just
going to keep hoping. When
your on the junior • varsity
your always hoping something
will happen. But I love
the game too much to give it
up. So I guess I will just keep
playing and hoping.
SOPHOMORE WAYNE BRACY
. . . Likes coming off the bench
BRACY STARTS, TOO
He'll play however the coaches want him
base his decision on any school's basketball
prominence; he didn't base it on
whether he could start his first year
either. That's where the twist breaks the
mold.
Wayne made his decision because of
his little brothers. "I narrowed my
choices down to Alabama and Auburn,
and I didn't like Alabama, so I came here,
because I figured if I stayed fairly close,
my younger brothers would have more
chances to see me play," Bracy said.
That may sound a little strange, but
when Bracy's true character emerges it's
easy to understand. The 6-2 guard is a
soft-spoken person with an affinity for
children. He believes an athlete must be
constantly on guard in what he says and
does, because fans, especially younger
fans, tend to idolize athletes.
'An athlete is a person who many
(people admire," Bracy said, "and his
tactions on the court and off should be
•geared to his fans. Lots of kids idolize
[athletes, and if they see them doing
•something wrong, they may lose respect
Ifor them."
Even Bracy's attitude toward the game
lis a little different from the pre-conceiv-
I ed notions. He battles along with the rest
fof the team for a starting position, but
I when it comes down to it, he'd rather see
1 action coming off the bench. "I like to
| start, but if you come into the game off
1 the bench, you have a better idea of
I what's happening," Bracy said. I'll play
I whichever way the coaches think I can
j contribute, though."
Bracy said he thought the fans had
I been let down the past few games. "They
have a lot to do with us winning at
! home," he said, "and Saturday (the
j Vandy loss) we really disappointed
them. Even though we played badly,
I they pulled for us. They were a big
[ reason we pulled through last night."
Bracy also said the SEC race is a long
I way from over. "We still have a small
! chance," said Bracy. "After all, the win-
: ner last year lost four games, and Alabama
has to play Tennessee this Saturday.
We've got to win the next 12. We can doit.
We play our best when we're in a situation
where we have to."
Fans may be assured that Bracy will
do his best to win those last 12 games. After
all, he wouldn't want t« *««»»»t»n««t
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Jekyll-Hyde
Davis confused after weekend
PIETKIEWICZ GUARDED CLOSELY BY CAT
. . . Sophomore guard led turnabout against Kentucky
Photo by Dyke Helms
Glance paces hucksters;
freshmen key win at ISU
By Jerry Conner
Plainsman Sportswriter
Led by freshman Harvey
Glance's scorching 6.0 clocking
in the 60-yard dash the
Auburn track team thrashed
rivals LSU, Texas A&M and
Houston in the LSU Field
House Indoor Track meet last
weekend. Auburn scored 69
points to LSU's 30, A&M's 28
and Houston's 26.
" Coach Mel Rosen was
elated over the Tiger's victory.
"Pleased is not the word
to describe this win."
Rosen said Auburn showed
some depth he didn't know it
had when 18 of 22 participants
placed in some
event.
"I didn't feel we had done a
top-flight job at any time going
into the meet," Rosen
said, "but we got some real
good times on Saturday."
Glance, a highly recruited
freshman sprinter from Central
High of Phenix City, placed
first in the 60-yard dash
with his 6.0 clocking and
became the first collegiate
sprinter to post that time in
the 1976 indoor season.
Asked about Glance's
potential, Rosen said, "I hate
to be put on the spot about
predicting anyone's performance,
but with Harvey it's
not a spot." Rosen said he expected
a lot from the
freshman, noting he also
showed versatility with a second
place finish in the long
jump.
Another freshman, Tony
Easley, also did an outstanding
job for the Tigers, placing
first in the long jump with
a 23-9 leap, and first in the triple
jump, 47-7-3/4. Easley'
also placed second in the 60-
yard dash with a 6.1 time.
Marc Valentine broke an
Auburn school record with a
6-9 high jump leap. Valentine
edged the previous record set
by Ben Freeman in last year's
Coliseum Invitational by just
one inch.
"He just shaded 6-11 on
another try," said Rosen,
"and he shows great potential
for the track team."
Still another freshman, Rob
Will, won the shot put with a
heave of 55 feet 10 inches.
Willie Smith, a familiar
name to track fans from last
year, won the 440 relay with a
pace of 49.0, and was also a
member of the first-place mile
relay team with a 3:17.6 time.
"Auburn's track team has
potential in the SEC," said
Rosen. "I feel Alabama and
Tennessee will be our biggest
competition. I am a little
worried about the middle distance
and field events, but on
Saturday we showed more
depth than I knew we had."
Several Auburn tracksters
will be going to New York to
compete in the M i lrose games
this weekend. Glance will
bear watching since he will be
competing against some of
the country's top sprinters.including
former Auburn great
Clifford Outlin.
Auburn's next team meet
will be Monday night at 7:30
p.m. in the Coliseum when the
Tigers host the South
Carolina Gamecocks.
By Mike Jackson
Sports Editor
Auburn played a Jekyll and
Hyde role over the weekend,
losing to a patient Vanderbilt
team 71-59 and taking a come-from-
behind victory against a
stubborn Kentucky team 91-
84. The two games left Coach
Bob Davis a little confused.
"I thought we were gone after
the Vandy game. I'm really
glad we won but really I
don't know what happened. I
guess we just started running
our offense and playing good
defense," Davis said.
"We were at an all-time low
Saturday night; I couldn't believe
we played that poorly.
You could tell that loss took a
lot out of us but we really got
going and beat a heckuva ball
team," Davis said.
Auburn scored only 59
points in the Vanderbit game
and hit only 38.5 per cent from
the field, prompting Davis to
say, "It's really embarrassing.
I have no answer to
how we played. I just can't put
my finger on it. We played
their game. We played no offense,
no defense; we weren't
aggressive. We just didn't
want to play. I thought we
were ready. We were at home.
I thought we were prepared
and then we go out and play
that way."
But Davis didn't stop there.
"We just weren't mentally
ready. We need to do some
searching and get our heads
cleared," he said.
The Tigers played by far
their worst game of the season
against the Commodores.
They hit only 60 per
cent from the foul line and
were out - rebounded 43-42
against a Vandy team that
was at a height disadvantage
at every position. "It's the
worst one of my teams ever
played," Davis said. "I've
never had one play that
badly."
Vandy's slow, deliberate
style of play did the Tigers in.
The Commodores forced Auburn
to slow its. tempo and
took away the Tigers ' running
game, throwing Auburn
into a game plan it wasn't
used to. „..,.>.„ m
The majority of Va£dy's»«
shots came from only short
distances but senior guard
Joe Ford bombed outside for
17 points to provide a needed
balance. Senior forward Jeff
Fosnes collected 15 points
and two other Vandy playerr
were in double figures.
The win, coupled with a win
over Florida at Alligator Alley
Monday put Vandy in the
limelight of the SEC and established
them in a position
among the conference leaders.
Eddie Johnson hit for 20
points to lead Auburn but
Vandy slowed Mike Mitchell,
who hit only 7 of 20 shots for
14 points. Auburn's bench
added nothing to make up for
the starters' lag and Vandy
was never behind after the
first few minutes. -
After the game, none of the
players would talk. The
general consensus was to let
the game speak for itself.
That and Davis's assertion
that the loss had taken Auburn
out of the SEC running
were enough. "We put ourselves
out," Davis said. "We
just had no effort."
The effort missing against
Vandy Saturday was obviously
in full swing against
Kentucky Monday as Auburn
overcame a 42-34 half-time
deficit to trip the Wildcats
91-84 in over time.
"Can't tell," Davis said,
answering a - reporter's
question about the SEC race.
"If someone else knocks somebody
off. We came back and
played strong. We ran our offense
and were patient. We're
just not a home team this
year. We play tight. I just
don't understand it. We
couldn't be beaten last year at
home."
Davis shuffled his lineup
after the Vandy loss, replacing
Wayne Bracy with
Stan Pietkiewicz at guard and
replacing Myles Patrick with
Cedrick Hordges at center.
"We just didn't have any
outside threat with Bracy at
guard," Davis said. "They
have to come outside and
guard Stan. Plus, I thought
they were going to come out in
a 1-3-1 against us."
Pietkiewicz responded
above expectations, scoring
22 points on 8 of 15 field goals;
he also had five assists, hit- .
ting Mitchell, Redding and
Hordges with passes under
the basket.
Hordges also played well.
Before fouling out in the second
half, he had 14 points
and seven rebounds, playing
only 18 minutes.
The Kentucky game was a
direct turnaround from the'
Vandy game. Everything Auburn
did poorly against Vandy,
it did well against Kentucky,
except for shooting
free throws. The Tigers hit 49
per cent from the floor and
held Kentucky to only 42. per
cent.
Auburn also outre-bounded
the Wildcats 52-42,
most of the difference coming,
in the second half when Auburn
pulled even with 12 minutes
left in the game. Rick
Robey, Kentucky's 6-10 center
had only one rebound in
the game and his 6-10 partner,
Mike Phillips, had only
five.
The rest of the game was
seesaw, tied three more times
before the end of regulation,
with the lead changing
hands six times before the
end of regulation.
After the game went into
overtime Johnson, playing
with four fouls, took control,
hitting nine of his 20. Kentucky
went into the extra
period in foul trouble and it
took its toll as starting guard
Larry Johnson fouled out,
followed by Rick Robey and
Reggie Warford. With the
starters gone, Auburn had no
trouble out-distancing the
Wildcats.
The silent Tigers after the
.Vandy game were anything
but silent after the Kentucky
victory. "We knew we had to
go inside with their big men in
foul trouble," Mitchell said.
"We had 13 mistakes the first
half. We knew why we were
behind and if we eliminated
the mistakes we'd be all
right. Everyone did a good job
the second half. We really
crashed the boards and did
some work," the big forward
said.
"I really haven't been
pleased with the way I've
been playing. I hadn't been
shooting. I shoot more than
anyone. I practice an hour before
and after practice so I
know I can shoot. I just made
up my mind to shoot tonight,"
Pietkievicz said.
"I think I played better at
LSU but I thought I had a
good game. I was ready. I was
really pepped up and ready to
go," he said.
Pietkiewicz also co-shared
rebounding honors with Mit-;
chell with nine. "I really
worked hard this summer,
lifting weights and running
five miles a day: it strengthened
my legs," he said,
explaining the rebounds.
The big question after the
Kentucky game was, "Is Auburn
still in the SEC running?"
"I never think we're
out until the last day," John-'
son said. "If we can win seven
or eight in a row we might
be back. We learn from experience,"
he said.
"We gotta go now," Mitchell
said. "Anymore losses
drops us out of the top five."
"We've got a shot," Pietkiewicz
said. "We have to win-a
lot of places on the road.
Losing two at home sure,
doesn't help. We have to win
at Vandy, Alabama and Kentucky
and we'll have a shot. It
doesn't look really good but if;
we play as a team, we can doit."
The Tigers get to find out
early Saturday as they travel
to Alligator Alley in Gainesville,
Fla., where Alabama
lost and both Kentucky and
Vandy narrowly escaped.
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By Biz Burnings
Plainsman Sportswriter
The Auburn University
women tankers out-swam
Emory University by 41
points on Saturday to make
their season record 2-1. It was
the first time that Auburn had
competed against Emory.
Vanderbilt had been
scheduled to swim in the
Emory meet but their team
cancelled. No reason was
given.
Four school records were set
at the meet by Ann Skelton,
2GMH, and Glynn O'Don-nell,
3PL. Records were in the
50-meter butterfly, 100-meter
butterfly, 200-meter freestyle
and in the 400-meter freestyle.
"The swimmers showed remarkable
improvement in
their times since the last meet
with Georgia Southern.
Several cut their times by a
few tenths of a second,"
Coach John Woods said.
'The newer swimmers that
we took to the meet did very
well."
Auburn took firsts in all except
three events. Woods
entered nine swimmers and
two relays as exhibition. The
divers, Amy Aldrich, 2RSS,
Linda Wecht, 1GC, and Jane
Crittendon swept the one-meter
diving. In the three-meter
diving, Aldrich and
Wecht dove exhibition, with
Crittendon taking second
place for Auburn.
The women swim against
Mississippi University for
Women on Saturday at 5:30
p.m. The women tankers
have not swam against MUW.
"We think this will be a
good meet. We really don't
know what kind of swimmers
they have," Woods said.
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