1976-02-12 The Auburn Plainsman

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tVoluine_g2_ Number ll^_^_Thjirgday, February 12, 1976 Auburn, AL 36830 22 pages
Next week
Wet Willie to perform
By Rick Harmon
Assistant Entertainment Editor
Wet Willie, a popular Southern boogie
band, has been signed to perform in Au­burn
Friday, Feb. 20, at 8 p.m., accord­ing
to Special Events director Bruce
McGowin.
The concert, featuring Wet Willie and
Jerome Olds, will be held in the Student
Activities Building, and will be free to all
Auburn students.
Wet Willie consists of six musicians:
Jimmy Hall, his brother Jack, Johnny
Anthony, Lewis ROBS, Wick Larson and
Ricky Hirsch, all from Alabama.
The group, which was described in the
"Rolling Stone" as "potentially the most
exciting southern band since the All-man
Brothers," has toured the country
doing what they do best—live boogying.
Wet Willie released their hit single
"Keep on Smiling" in early '74, and has
since released a well-received album
called "Dixie Rock."
But members of the band say they still
believe they are best live. Tom Dupree of
the Rolling Stones said it was "self de­feating
to try to bottle a Wet Willie per­formance
on vinyl."
Skip Bishop, UPC Major Enter­tainment
Director, said "Wet Willie is
one good boogie band. I saw them in con­cert
a couple of years ago in Mobile. They
put on one of the best shows I've ever
seen, and just blew the Allman Brothers
off the stage.
• "I'm satisfied with the concert," said
McGowin. "Many people hav»> told me
they wanted mini-concerts, where they
could feel closer to the artists, and that
they also wanted free entertainment, or
at least entertainment at reduced
prices."
Bishop added that no chairs will be
provided in the Student Activities Build­ing
in order to accommodate a larger
number of students.
Flowers for the lady
It's a saving that "a gay never goes wrong by giving mmaakkiinngg hhiiss ffrraaggrraanntt ddeelliivveerri es in the women's dorms
flowers," and this message hasn't been lost on many mis week for a local florist.
Auburn men mis weekend. David Gilbert, 4TM, was
Photo by Dan Doughtie
Aid to 'sister' city begun
Possible student aid
ait seen for 1,012
By Dewey English
Plainsman Staff Writer
Basic Educational Opportunity
Grants, the government's largest stu­dent
aid program, is $160 million short of
needed funds and unless Congress ap­propriates
the extra money, 1.2 million'
college students, including 1,012 at Au­burn,
will receive an average of $160 dol­lars
less this year from government
grants.
"We received an initial allocation of
$374,000 for this school year," explained
Student Financial Aid Director Charles
Roberts, "but there is only $1,100.20 left'.'
Auburn asked for an additional
$225,816; however, that increase was not
processed when the program ran out of
money. Recently, the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
announced Auburn would be allotted an
extra $75,272, about one-third of the ori­ginal
request.
Emergency legislation is expected to
be introduced in Congress soon, but
according to Roberts, this doesn't
immediately solve the problem. "Fees
and tuition are due March 8. If Congress
acts slowly, the money will not be avail­able."
The number of Auburn students re­ceiving
these grants has risen by 673 in
one year and the Department of HEW is
taking in almost 40,000 applications per
week.
"Currently there is a freeze on the num­ber
of grants available to new students
and those applying for the first time. "We
will give them other forms of aid until we
get more money," said Roberts.
One alternative is to take a loan from
the Auburn University Student Aid
Fund and repay it when money for the
Basic Education Grants arrives.
The reasons for the skyrocketing rise
in the number of grants are varied. One is
that until this year, little was known
about them. "People are just finding out
about the program" said Roberts.
Another problem was that the require­ments
were so restrictive, also the max­imum
grant three years ago was worth
only $367. "The requirements are more
lenient," said Roberts, "and the max­imum
grant is now worth $1,400 per
year."
By Maureen Drost
News Editor
Alpha Phi Omega, national service
fraternity, Lambda Alpha Epsilon, crim­inal
justice fraternity, and the Auburn
chapter of the Partners of the Americas
are making collections for earthquake
victims of Guatemala.
More than 17,000 were killed, about
40,000 were injured and 200,000 were left
homeless by an earthquake Feb. 4 which
was followed by more than 525 after­shocks.
Auburn's chapter of the Partners of the
Americas is collecting money at the Au­burn
Union desk. Alpha Phi Omega
members are manning the station, said
Donald Street, associatt^professor of
economics and president of the Auburn
chapter.
Checks can be made to Partners of the
Americas Disaster Relief and can be
turned in to Street.
Auburn's chapter of the Partners of the
Americas will also be working through
the Pharmacy School to get medicine.
Lambda Alpha Epsilon will have a box
for canned goods, blankets, clothing and
will also collect money with the Opelika
Red Cross on Haley. Center concourse
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. this week.
Student Senate approved a resolution
Feb. 10 to organize a clothes gathering
drive Feb. 13-20 with collection boxes on
campus and the collected clothes being
given to Lee County Red Cross for ship­ment
to Guatemala.
Members of Auburn University's
Foreign Language Department and Au­burn
Partners of America program mem­bers
collected a truckload of canned
goods, clothing, blankets and tents,
Street said.
Shipments will be made to Guatemala
by the State Red Cross office in Birming­ham.
>
The Partners of the Americas pro­gram
is a "people to people relationship
designed to give international good­will,"
said Street.
For two years Auburn has been a sis­ter
city for Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Through this program Auburn and
Guatemala City have had cultural ex­changes,
a rehabilitation team was sent
to the city for two weeks and four tourist
groups have visited the city, according to
Street.
The group, Street said, has also es­tablished
a scholarship fund to help a
Guatemalan who would like to attend
college, has sent clothing to the poor and .
has had slide shows, speakers and other
presentations.
Partners of the Americas is a non-pro­fit
organization funded privately. Mem­bership
fees are $3 for students and $15
for others.
Wire Rood widening confirmed
By Stephanie Wolfe
Plainsman Staff Writer
The widening of Wire Road into a four-lane
road from the Auburn University
campus to a point 2.5 to three miles west
has been confirmed by State Highway
Director Ray Bass.
Bass, addressing the conference of the
Alabama Highway Engineers in Au­burn
last week, said the contract will be
let sometime during 1976, but did not
specify a month.
The State Highway Department needs
only the granting of the right-of-way by
Lee County and the city of Auburn be­fore
construction can begin, according to
J.F. Freeman of the State Bureau of Sur­veys
and Plans.
The plans call for a 2.35 mile stretch of
Wire Road to be widened to four lanes in
order to handle the yearly increase in
traffic flow.
Freeman said the state became aware
of the increase from counters placed on
the road a year ago.
Construction will begin at the inter-
- section of Roosevelt Drive and Wire Road
and will continue as a four-lane to Cox
Road.
A bridge over the Highway 267 by-pass
will eliminate a traffic light at the inter­section
of Highway 267 and Wire Road.
"Tentatively, the highway construc­tion
will get underway sometime this
year, but only if enough funds are allo­cated
for the project by the federal
government,"according to Freeman.
The total cost should run in the neigh­borhood
of $1.5 to 2 million and will prob-bly
take about six months to a year to
complete," Freeman said.
The construction will be a revenue-sharing
operation with the funding split
among federal, state and county depart­ments.
The estimated fund division approach­es
65 per cent federal, 20 per cent state
and 15 per cent county.
In January, 1975, James McGill,
environmental '• irdinator of the State
Highway Department, discussed plans
to widen a part of Wire Road at a public
hearing held in the Auburn Union.
At that time, McGill said he would talk
to state officials about the traffic pro­blems
to see if an alternative system
could be used until work on the road is
completed.
State officials' suggestions for tem­porary
improvements were concerned
with traffic lights at the intersection of
Highway 267 and Wire Road and repay­ing
and painting the road.
So far, no temporary improvements
have been made, according to McGill.
K e's a lousybum for the nlght-but he loves it
By Mike Jackson
Sports Editor
He's the guy you hate, the guy who
can't see; he's a lousy, no-good bum; he
stinks; he's rotten; he's awful; he's a zeb­ra;
if you had a rope, you'd hang him.
He's a basketball referee and he loves ev­ery
minute of it.
Jack Wise, an eight-year veteran of­ficial
of the Southeastern Conference
says he can't "honestly give an answer"
to why he likes being a referee. "I don't
know why I like it, but I know I do. It gets
in your blood. I think every ref enjoys the
roar of the crowd. I wouldn't advise any
youngster to get into it, but I really, real­ly
love it."
Wise, a 47-year-old elementary school
principal in Georgetown, Ky., is one of a
hundred men who lead a double life,
working a regular job during the week
and refereeing basketball on weekends.
He has been a principal for 18 years, a
referee since the Korean War, where he
both played and called basketball.
He's sitting now in the dressing room
an hour before game time in a contempor­ary,
green plaid suit, wearing a light
green shirt and a multi-colored, distinc­tive
tie. It is unimaginable that he will
soon be the target of angry fans.
The voice belies the body. It's a soft,
mellow, slow-moving, sixty-ish voice;
one that brings to mind pictures of
Grandpa Walton or Amos McCoy; but
the body is firm, compact, solid, with no
sign of flab or wrinkles.
"Refereeing can't be a sidelight to you.
It's important to those guys out there
playing. You give 'em your best shot and
if you're not ready, they'll let you know
it," he says.
Pulling the black, soft-soled, leather
shoes out of his traveling bag, Wise re­flects
on the beginning of his career. "I
really started with the peewees in Lex­ington.
I got paid $2.50 per game, call­ing
four or five games a week so I was
wheeling' end dealin' about $10-$15 a
week. It was grocery money,"he says,
flashing a row of straight, pearly teeth.
The smile shrinks into a wry grin; he
shakes his head slowly, deliberately; his
jet black hair remains unmoved. "Harry
Stevenson, the athletic director of
Transylvania College, asked me to ref­eree
high school.
"Yes, he kept after me, so I started. I
called three or four years in college and
high school ball. After 10 or 12 years, I
gave it up, except for college. My wife
didn't object to it; she knew I liked it. She
encouraged me and so did my family.
That sure didn't hurt."
Wise called games for the Ohio Valley
Conference before the SEC hired him
and before that, called for the Kentucky
Intercollegiate Athletic Association, of
which he is now commissioner, serving
his first year. "I've still got a set of good
wheels but I guess I'll give it up in a
couple of years to spend some time with
Tony (at six, the youngest of three child­ren),"
he says.
Wise says traveling is the hardest part
of his job. "Definitely," agrees Bob Wort-man,
his partner for tonight. Wortman.a
referee of all sports for 29 years, runs his
own insurance agency in Findlay, Ohio.
"Showing up. Getting there. That's the
hard part," Wortman says.
"Scheduling can beat you to death,"
Wise says, slipping into his black pants.
It really gets hairy this time of the year.
The real trouble is getting back. I've
spent more time in Memphis than the fel­las
that sell tickets there," he says.
"I remember once, flying back home,
we tried to sit down in Chattanooga, Lex­ington
and Columbus but they were all
fogged in so we had to land in Indian­apolis.
I hopped a plane back to Cincin­nati
and took a bus to Lexington, drove to
work and got there at three o'clock (when
school lets out). Have you ever tried to
apologize to a school superintendent?"
he says. "But I guess there's a good and
bad side to everything. The good out­weighs
the bad.
"There are a lot of guys out there who
appreciate what we do, but we don't
know where the hell they're at," says
Wortman, also a referee for the National
Football League. In fact, he worked the
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1972 Super Bowl. "Everyone's always
looking at the adverse aide of our job.
They're not going to stand and clap for
you if you're doing a good job."
Wortman, who worked last year's
NCAA basketball finals pitting Ken­tucky
and UCLA, says the players make
the job. "They make the game for us; if
they're decent, it makes it easier for us,"
he says while loosening his muscles for
the game.
"Common sense is the biggest thing in
refereeing," Wise says, as he finishes
slipping into his official's attire. Basket­ball
is 98 per cent judgement One guy I.
learned the most from is Red Mahalic.
He had a lot of good ideas about this
game; and he had his own rule book.
"One day at Auburn, in the old gym,
when Auburn was playing South Car­olina
on television—it was around 1968
or so—Red stopped the game when an
Auburn guard's shoe came off. Red
couldn't do that and he knew it but he did
it anyway. He was great," Wise said.
Wise says he's had a lot of thrills in his
officiating career. "I guess my biggest
thrill was working the 1970 Olympic
trials in Colorado. I worked three weeks
with Dr. J. (Julius Erving, now with the
New York Nets) and all those guys."
The silver-haired Wortman says he
was eauallv thrilled bv calling the '72
Super Bowl and the NCAA Basketball
Tournament finals. "Hey, I'm the only
guy to work both the Super Bowl and the
NCAA finals," Wortman realizes. "I
guess I'm kind of dignified," he laughs, a
thin smile stretching across his aged but
smooth face.
"My biggest gamer Wise thinks
aloud. "Anytime big rivals are playing
they really get it going. And that gets
your adrenalin going, too. I guess the
biggest was an LSU-Alabama game. An
LSU player hit one while the horn was
going and knocked Alabama out of the
championship. That one meant the most
in this league."
Wortman says it was the NCAA fin­als.
"There's so much pressure from
people around you. Everybody's around
you. You ha veto excuse yourself to go to
the bathroom," he smiles.
Refereeing has its fun moments, too,
Wise says. "Call me in about four years
when I'm through and 111 tell you some
really good stuff," he laughs.
"Ill tell you a story. It was in the hills
of Eastern Kentucky in the first regional
tournament I had ever done up there.
Pikesville was playing Virgie.
"They were both good basketball
teams, playing in a gym not too big.
"I had a foul on a Virgie player and
Pikesville had to shoot at the other end
where the crowd from Virgie was sitting.
I had a burr harircut then—they were
popular then. I remember some guy be­hind
me—I didn't', see him—yelled,"
'You little short-haired so-and-so (I'm not
going to tell you what he really said.). If
you make one more call like that tonight,
we're gonna bury you on Big Sandy.
Don't ever come back here.' "
"I heard every wora he said. That's an
experience I'll never forget," he muses,
now finished warming up for the game.
Thirty minutes later, the game starts,
shortly followed by a shrill, harsh whis-tJe.
"TViivtti-iuin ana ant kim " valla
Wise.
ijr uuiuwcu uy a nuiu, u u w »•••»-
"Thirty-two, you got him," yells
The crowd explodes. "Get in the game
ref," one fan yells. As Wise turns to the
scorer's table, his eyes twinkle and the
corners of his mouth turn up slightly,
forming a subtle, almost unnoticeable
grin. "You bum! I've seen better high
school refs," another fan yells.
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T H E AUBURN PLAIN SMJW TWa., Feb. 12,1976 page 2
JOHN SCALI SPEAKS ON INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL AFFAIRS
. . .Former UN ambassador says U.S. has an obligation to remain in the UN
Photo by Dan Doughtie
The World
This Week
By Tom Forsyth
Plainsman Staff Writer
International
The earthquake and 526 aftershocks which devastat­ed
Guatemala have left more than a sixth of Guatemala's
population homeless and 17,000 dead. Private U.S.
groups have committed $13 million with $1.5 million in
federal funds for relief efforts. The quake measured 7.5
on the Richter Scale.
Soviet-backed Angolan forces have taken the pro-
Western caDital of Huambo in southern Angola, forcing
the Western supported National Union (UNITA) into
guerilla warfare. Reports that 14 British mercenaries
were executed by their commander for refusing to fight
were confirmed by British Prime Minister Harold Wil-
National
Rep. Robert Jones, dean of Alabama's delegation to the
U.S. House of Representatives, announced that he'will
retire at the end of this year's session after thirty years in
Congress. The lone liberal among Alabama con­gressmen,
Jones is chairman of the Public Works
Committee and the author of significant environmental,
public works and rural development legislation.
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas has withdrawn from
the Democratic presidential race after weak showings in
the Mississippi and Oklahoma caucuses where he had
campaigned extensively. Bentsen's departure follows
that of Duke University President Terry Sanford, leav­ing
only eight active candidates for the nomination.
Secretary of Transportation William Coleman decided
to allow the British-French supersonic Concorde to fly on
a controlled basis to New York and Washington D.C. for
16 months so that determination of the SST's en­vironmental
impact could be made.
Giovanni speech
ends heritage week
Nikki Giovanni, renowned
black poet, essayist and sing­er,
will conclude Black Heri­tage
Week with a speech in
the Auburn Union Ballroom'
at 8 p.m. Feb. 15.
Giovanni, a Horizons VI
speaker, has written eleven
books, eight of poetry and
three of essays. One maga­zine
publisher has named her
the "princess of black poe­try."
Two gospel albums and one
spoken album, which won her
an industry award, are some
of her other achievements.
Her other awards include
four honorary degrees to col­leges
and universities, two
magazine awards for achieve­ment
and leadership and keys
to the cities of Lincoln
Heights, Ohio, Dallas, Texas
and Gary, Indiana.
She was also commended
for service to a jail, her contri­bution
to arts and letters and
her book, "My House," which
was cited as one of the best
books for young adults.
In addition she received a
life membership and scroll
from The National Council of
Negro Women.
Giovanni, 33, from Cincin­nati,
Ohio, graduated from
Fisk University in 1967 with a
history major. She is now edi­torial
consultant for a maga­zine
and writes columns for
the magazine and a New York
Times syndicate.
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Scali sees U.N.'solemn obligation'
By Susan L. Counts
Plainsman Staff Writer
The United States has a
"solemn obligation" to re­main
in the United Nations,
said John Scali, former UN
ambassador, in an address in
the Student Activities Build­ing
Feb. 5.
Scali said the U.S. with­drawal
or reduction of mem­bership
or funds would be like
"walking out on the rest of the
world."
He went further to remark it
would be acting in the man­ner
of "diplomatic tantrums
rather than statesmanship."
Scali spoke on various na­tional
and international af­fairs
placing special empha­sis
on the U .S. role in the UN,
the UN future and the recent
resignation of U.S. ambas­sador
Patrick Moynihan.
The present position of the
United States in the UN, ac­cording
to Scali, is one which
attracts much criticism- -the
"sole defender" of Israel.
"Since 1948, the U.S. has
shielded Israel," commented
Scali. "But I am confident
that we haven't heard the end
of the Palestinian case."
Scali elaborated on this
subject at a press conference
prior to the spech by saying
that the UN's involvement in
the Middle East probably
was the factor that prevented
the conflict from growing in­to
a major war.
He went on to say that
when the Middle East con­flict
is finally resolved, he be­lieves
the U .S. will "find that
it has far more friends in the
UN than it has now."
Scali concentrated on rein­forcing
the future importance
of the UN.
"The UN is imperfect," said
Scali, "but only because it re­flects
the imperfections of the
real world."
He admitted that perhaps
the organization had not
reached all of its goals, but he
added that if international
problems cannot be worked
out through the UN, another
alternative does not exist.
Predicting both "dark
days" and success in the fu­ture
of the UN, Scali stressed
the critical role of leadership
that the United States holds
in moving the organization
ahead.
Scali said he felt he
shouldn't talk about the
rumor that Moynihan was
pressured out of his slot by
Secretary of State Kissinger.
He did, however, repeated­ly
make the comment that he
was "glad to be back in a po­sition
where Henry Kissinger
will have to worry more about
me than I about him," refer­ring
to his return to journa­lism
as an ABC newsman.
Scali said he had no predic­tions
on the replacement for
Moynihan, but he understood
those being considered inclu­ded
Ambassador William
Tapley Bennett from Geor­gia,
Ambassador Shirley
Temple Black, Senator Mark
Hatfield from Oregon, Attor­ney
Rita Houser from New
York and Governor William
Scranton from Pennsyl-
Stating his confidence that
the new ambassador would be
of a caliber e^ual to Moyni­han,
Scali reaffirmed his be­lief
that the replacement
would "continue the policy
laid out by Ford of speaking
out strongly."
Chem Engineering
names new head
Dr. Robert P. Chambers, a
Tulane University faculty
member, has been named
head of the Department of
'Chemical Engineering at
Auburn University.
He will assume his new
duties Feb. 16, according to
Engineering Dean Vincent S.
Haneman.
Dr. Chambers received his
B.S. and M.S. degrees from
the California Institute of
Technology and his Ph.D.
from the University of
California at Berkeley.
He has served on the facul­ty
of the University of Califor­nia
at Berkeley as a research
assistant and as an instructor
at the University of Oregon's
Institute of Molecular Biology
as a visiting professor before
joining Tulane's faulty in
1965.
Dr. Chambers held in­dustrial
positions with both
the Chevron Research
Corporation in California
and the Standard Oil Com­pany
of California.
He has worked as a consul­tant
to the National Science
Foundation, the National In­stitutes
of Health, Chrysler
Corporation, Celanese Cor­poration,
Gulf South
Research Institute, Carborun­dum
Corporation and Walk,
Haydel and Associates Con­sulting
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page 3 Thurs., Feb. 12,1976 TtiE AUBURN PUINSfvHN
SIMUN teaches diplomacy, debate
By Lisa Harris
Assistant News Editor
Open debate and public
bluffs went hand in hand
with parliamentary maneuv­ering
and behind-the-scenes
caucusing as 300 students
learned international diplo­macy
first-hand at the South­eastern
Invitational Model li­nked
Nations (SIMUN), last
weekend in Auburn.
More than 300 students
from Auburn and seven other
southeastern universities, re­presenting
64 countries, de­bated
topics ranging from the
civil wars in Lebanon and An­gola
to the international food
crisis and the rights of wo­men.
"The Model U.N. is a chal­lenge,
"said Layne Carruth,
4ME, Secretary-General for
SIMUN ' 76 . "It gives you a
chance to learn how to re­solve
issues,"he said.
The conference began
Feb. 5 with bloc meetings,
where countries band togeth­er
by location (the African >.
bloc), alliance (the NATO
bloc), or lack of alliance (the
non-aligned bloc).
Here, nations discussed
common policy and decided
how they would vote on cer­tain
key issues.
Delegates then moved to
meetings of the three commit­tees:
Political and Security,
Special Political, and Econ­omic,
Social and Cultural
(ECOSOC).
The students began the
task of sorting through some
twenty resolutions per com­mittee,
helped by committee
chairmen Gary McClan-ahan,
2GPG, Rusty Parker,
2PM and Sherree Graves,
2LPO.
In committees delegates
receive their first taste of dip­lomacy
as they determine
their country's stands on is­sues,
form alliances and co-sponsor
resolutions, which
are essentially suggestions
for possible solutions to
international problems.
Since only one resolution on a
subject goes on the agenda for
the General Assembly, del­egates
work hard to see their
resolution makes it.
Committee meetings set the i
stage for the General Assem­bly,
which convened Feb. 6. It
began with addresses by the
five major powers, including
one in Russian. Then debate
began.
The assembly met until late
Feb. 7, led by Carruth, Clark
Hungerford, 6EC, Undersec­retary
General, and Buck Ruf-fin,
3EC, and Janet Wilson,
3GPO, presidents of the Gen­eral
Assembly.
Delegates decided to hold
popular elections in Angola,
to establish a World Fertil­izer
Bank and World Food
Bank and to advance wo­men's
rights.
One resolution called for
each delegate to abstain from
meat for one day and send
money saved to UNICEF to
help alleviate the world food
crisis.
What the General Assem­bly
does not pass is some­times
as important as what it
does. This one defeated econ­omic
and diplomatic sanc­tions
against Israel, and on
a tie vote failed to agree on a
definition of terrorism.
The Security Council, head­ed
by Lee Ann Fullerton,
3GFL, and Joe Newsom,
3GMH, defeated six resol­utions
and passed none dur­ing
the two-day session.
Resolutions on Cyprus,
peace-keeping forces in the
Sinai Desert, disarmament,
Korea, Vietnam and Angola
were all defeated because
none received a required maj­ority
of nine votes out of 15
Security Council members.
Not all the students in the
Union Ballroom were del­egates
or staff. About 100,
headed by Charlotte Davis,
4SEH, served as pages, who
passed notes between del­egations
and between the Sec­urity
Council and the Gener­al
Assembly. "We especially
wanted to thank everyone
who volunteered to work as a
page,"Carruth said. "With­out
them, the Model U.N.
wouldn't work for lack of
communication among del­egations."
The unsung hero of SIMUN
'76, according to Carruth, was
the head of the Secretariat,
Debbie Bishop, 4GSC . The
Secretariat produced more
than 20,000 pages of infor­mation
during the confer­ence,
and according to Car­ruth,
"Debbie stayed up late
quite a few nights and did a
great job keeping things
running smoothly."
At the end of the meeting
Feb 7, prizes were awarded to
the top three delegations
great, middle and small pow­ers
category. According to
Dan Nelson, faculty advisor
for SIMUN and assistant pro­fessor
of political science, a
winning delegation had to re­main
in character for its
country, participate in de­bate,
and show a high level of
preparation and ability.
In great powers, first prize
was won by the Libyan deleg-
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ation from Columbus Col- -
lege, second by the United
Kingdom, - and third by
France from West Georgia
College.
Middle power honors were
taken by Sweden in first
place, Yugoslavia in second,
and Pakistan and Syria with
honorable mention, all from
Auburn.
In small powers, Zaire from
Spring Hill College in Mobile
won first prize, Afghanistan
won second and Tanzania
and Kuwait shared honor­able
mention.
"This was one of the best
Model U.N.'s I've participat­ed
in," Carruth said. "Del­egates
were exceptionally
well-prepared, and everyone
got involved in being the
countries themselves."
SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATE RAISES HIS PLACARD TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT
. . .Over 300 students representing 64 countries debated various topics
Photo by Dan Doughtie
Auburn post office busy since increase
By Ruth Ann Dunn
Plainsman Staff Writer
With the cost of living
rising at -a. steady pace and
prices of necessary items in­creasing
regularly, perhaps it
is time to stop and take a look
at how these increases are
affecting us.
One item that has risen 30
per cent in recent months is
the postage stamp.
For most Auburn students
the U.S. Mail is their main
contact with the outside
world. Letters that cost 13
cents to mail are cheaper than
telephone calls or telegrams.
Auburn's Post Office has al­ready
felt the effects of the
postal increase. Business for
the Auburn office is better
than ever. Stamps are in
great demand.
Postmaster Jake Hitch­cock
of Auburn says, "There
has been no decline in mail
volume. Our volume is up."
The long lines of people -try­ing
to buy stamps is evidence
of the demand for them.
At this time last year Au­burn's
Post Office had a
revenue count of $62,346.
For the same period this
year Hitchcock cited an
increase to $87,182.27. These
figures include such things as
second and third class mail
totals, money order fees, post
office box rent fees and
stamps.
"I'm sure there are some of­fices
the increase will hurt,"
says Hitchcock, "but we have
been busy since about three
weeks after the increase."
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LAYNE CARRUTH, 4ME .* SIMUN A CHALENGE
. . .Secretary General chaired SIMUN 1976
Photo by Dan Doughtie
Student Lobby sets summer interns
By Cindy Daniel
Plainsman Staff Writer
A summer internship
program in Montgomery,
open to juniors and seniors
and sponsored by the Auburn
Student Lobby, is now in its
planning stages, according to
Ken Henderson, 4LPO,
Secretary of Political Affairs.
The program will consist of
a central office within the
governor's office sponsoring
interns from all Alabama
colleges and universities in
all fields of study, from
agriculture to political
science, Henderson said.
The student intern will
work with the state agency of
his field on projects assigned
by the agency director, and
the central intern office will
make sure the student has a
specific project to be research­ed.
A committee made of
Henderson, Gene Oswalt,
2PUB, and Mike Driscoll,
3PV, has received approval of
the program from Lt. Gov.
Jere Beasley and from Tom
Baxter, confidential secretary
to Gov. George C. Wallace.
On the university level, the
program has been approved
by deans and assistant deans
of all the schools except
Veterinary medicine and
Pharmacy.
Henderson said he hopes
the program can be operated
through the newly establish- •
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Editorials 'We are living in a vacuum'
Thurs., Feb. 12, 1976 page 4
The Vols game
Auburn fans—are we really special? A lot of people think so. It's
said that we're about the friendliest people in the Southeastern
Conference, and that we're good sports. That reputation will be
tested Monday against Tennessee, whose team and fans have the
reputation of being arrogant and unsportsmanlike. Ask any team
that's played at Stokely Athletic Center in Knox ville this year. Ask
Alabama, ask Kentucky, ask Auburn.
Tennessee seems to be deliberately antagonistic so that they can
bring out the worst in their opponents, making them angry, mak­ing
them foul and generally upsetting their playing abilities. Ber­nard
King and Ernie Grunfeld incite the players on the court. Ray
Mears and Stu Aberdeen do it from the bench. Tennessee crowds
love it.
They, the fans, team and coaches, have shown who they are, but
now it's our turn to show who we are, and there are several good
reasons for Auburn to behave at the Monday game.
First, if the Auburn fans disrupt the game, the Tigers might have
technical fouls called against them, and that could cause a loss.
Tennessee would like that.
Second, if the fans become too unruly, they might stop the game,
empty the Coliseum, then continue the game in silence. The Tigers
would lose the home team advantage of having 12,000 screaming
fans. Tennessee would like that.
Third, the game is just a game. It's certainly not worth injuring
someone with an orange, or causing him to fall because of ice. It
would only fuel Tennessee's fire, and embarrass Auburn.
Last, if Auburn fans are really better sports than Tennessee
fans, it follows that Auburn won't stoop to using Tennessee's dis­ruptive,
unsportsmanlike conduct.
Auburn fans should yell, scream and holler for the Tigers and
show the Vols the winning spirit, but we shouldn't do something
they want us to do, like use their low tactics.
"I was doing my show one night on
WEGL, and a guy called me up to say,
'Why don't you stop playing that nigger
music?' It was so funny I couldn't stop
laughing. Then he said, 'Nigger, nigger,
nigger." I told him, 'Hey, man, that's old
hat...I call my friends Nigger. If you
want to hurt me, you'll have to call me an
Uncle Tom or something." The word
nigger has lost its sting."
Charlie Thomas, disc jockey on
WEGL's Soul Experience program, was
telling what it's like to be one of 350 black
students at Auburn.
"There aren't enough blacks here, and
because of that, blacks don't want to
come," he said. The small number of
blacks seems to be the root of many of the
problems that face them here, and
Thomas blames the lack of blacks at Au­burn
on the Administration.
"I don't think the administration is
trying to offer anything to the blacks...I
don't want to seem like I'm down on the
white students. It's the administration
that is screwed up.. I don't think Phil-pott
cares anything about blacks.
They're concerned with white kids be­cause
of the alumni."
"I did my practice teaching in Beaure­gard,"
Thomas said. "When I suggest
they try going to Auburn, they just
laugh. They haven't even considered it.
They just don't realize there's c black pre­sence
at Auburn. That's what we're try­ing
to establish with the Soul Ex­perience
at WEGL.
"They listen to the program in the sur­rounding
towns, and the kids think,
'Hey, there are blacks in Auburn!' Now
they might think about coming to Au­burn.
They know there'll be somebody to
talk to."
"As far as a social life here is con­cerned,
we are living in a vacuum. The
only social life we have is the parties we
throw among ourselves. Auburn needs to
have more major concerts that appeal to
blacks and whites both. The Spinners
or the Ohio Players would be good. We
don't care anything about John
Denver... We are just left out, man,; we are
just left out. Having concerts that
appeal to blacks would also improve the
recruiting of black students, something
they seem to want very badly."
"I used to hate whites when I was a
teenager. We were so ignorant about
them. Then I started to think of people as
individuals and that you can't blame
people now for things that happened in
the past. Blacks should never forget
what they've been through, but I
shouldn't hate you because of something
Lester Maddox did."
"I used to want to be white, but now I
just want to be me. You can't imagine the
pride! It's knowing what blacks have
done, what they've been through to get
where they are today...it's something to
be proud of.
"We are slaves. I don't think people
realize what that means any more. Hey,
I am somebody. They don't teach that
here, but I found out anyway.
To improve whites' relations with
blacks, "Be yourself. Don't try to learn to
shake hands like we do. Don't try to talk
like me or change your situations to suit
mine. If our personalities get together,
fine. If they don't, then they don't.
"I think Auburn would be a lot more
beautiful if you could walk down the con­course
and see whites talking to blacks,
or throwing frisbees together."
"But until Auburn gets a substantial
number of blacks, then you'll keep on just
seeing us in the corner of Haley Center
lounge during the day, and you won't see
us at night unless it's at one of our
parties."
Cyndi Tucker, also a WEGL staffer
and occasional Plainsman staff writer,
said that because blacks have been ex­cluded
from so many campus activities
in the past, they have to "keep trying,
keep trying to make it. We have to break
into things."
"We have to prove that we're not ani­mals
but persons just like white
people...we're really the same even
though our culture is a bit different.
"I am perfectly willing to keep trying to
show you I'm competent; It's when I've
proven my competence and I still don't
get trusted with responsibility that
makes me mad.
"The administration and the students
don't think they should do anything to
make the blacks feel more accepted. But
in this situation, with so few blacks on
campus, they should do things to make
the blacks feel more a part of the main­stream."
"A big problem is that we just don't
know each other well enough. We have
desegration, but not integration. I have
found that some whites just naturally
overlook blacks, period; like we don't
exist. She said blacks still get stereo­typed—"
Will you teach me how to
dance?"
Sitting in the corner, being looked
through or over, feeling left out, these Au­burn
black students say the big reason
they're so isolated is that there are too
few of them here, and because of that,
they're only on the edge of Auburn life.
They don't blame black high school
kids for not coming here because the Au­burn
social life offers them nothing.
Thomas said there needs to be a more
active recruitment program, which could
be helped along by having concerts that
appeal to whites and blacks both. He al­so
wants more black faculty members
and more black study courses like black
art and black literature.
Tucker wants the Auburn black to be
recognized- as an individual, not just
another dark face.
Just because Auburn is meeting
federal laws about desegregation ap­parently
doesn't mean that there's no ra­cial
situation here. These Auburn
blacks said that they don't feel a part of
the greatly enriching, rewarding ex­perience
of college that the white stu­dents
enjoy. There'll be a problem here
until the black freshmen can come to Au-_
burn knowing they can have the good
life of college.
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Armageddon at SIMUN?
"Portugal, The Palestine Liberation
Organization is noting exactly how you
vote."
Somewhat flustered, I turned around
to see a member of the PLO smiling at
me with a look that told me I had better
'. ,ok into purchasing a burial plot.
The issue was minor to the Portuguese
delegation: would the censure of Israel
be a major issue, requiring a two-thirds
vote of the chamber, thus making its pas­sage
more difficult.
Representing Portugal, I had voted
"yes," prompting the terrorist to utter his
ominous threat.
The preceding episode did not occur in
New York City, nor was it on the Tues­day
Movie of the Week. Instead, it was
just one of the many interesting things
that happened at this year's session of
the Model United Nations.
Portugal also annexed Sierra Leone,
though it really wasn't all that momen­tous
an occasion. All it took was a note
from Portugal to the Sierra Leone dele­gation,
informing them of their instant
Portuguese citizenship and asking them
to refer to themselves as "Portugal's sub­servient
slaves in Sierra Leone."
For some reason, they didn't like the
idea.
Also, Portugal signed a trade pact with
the Fiji Islands in the name of inter­national
goodwill. The deal was simple:
three cases of wine from Portugal's vine­yards
for two cases of coconuts and one
case of pineapples from Fiji's sun-blessed
trees.
The deal worked perfectly. The Fiji
delegation reported feeling just great af­ter
receiving the wine, though they did
complain about seeing weird things
dancing in front of them, and that the
sound was up too loud.
Portugal was also fortunate enough to
be one of the first delegations to learn of
the Netherlands' conversion to Commu­nism.
It all began when the Portuguese
delegation sent the Netherlands a note
expressing its dismay that on one minor
issue they had voted with the Commun­ist
bloc.
After a series of notes, each having
stronger implications, the Netherlands
sent us a letter announcing they had in­deed
gone Communist, were changing
their name to "The People's Republic of
The Netherlands," and were bombing
Portugal.
Of course, in New York such political
maneuvering would have caused
Armageddon; during Model UN these
pranks were just laughed off by the dele­gates.
However, the weekend was not all
frivolity. All of the delegates spent a
great deal of time working sincerely to
pass resolutions in their country's best
interests.
The scope of problems covered by the
General Assembly was impressive,
covering such varied topics as women's
rights, the food shortage, as well as An­gola,
South Africa and the PLO.
The issues were considered equally im­portant,
with long debate accompany­ing
every issue discussed as the dele­gates
tried to hammer out a solution to
every problem, taking up to three hours
in some cases.
If a committee or the General Assem­bly
voted themselves incompetent to dis­cuss
a certain issue, it was usually the re­sult
of clever diplomatic maneuvering,
and not an indication of the Assembly's
low self-estimation.
Debate raged on issues just like in the
United Nations, especially on the cen­sure
of Israel. The Arab nations ganged
up on Israel, and it is a credit to the Israe­li
delegates that they kept their temper in
most cases, and did not become violent.
Countries such as Russia and China
spouted authentically outrageous Com­munist
rhetoric, making many dele­gates
from Communist countries bite
their lips in anger as they agreed.
There were many memorable people in
this year's Model UN: the women's
liberationist from Zaire, the angry, vo­cal
delegate from Libya who didn't need
a microphone, the Afghanistan dele­gate,
who, in the middle of her speech, ex­claimed,
"My hands are shaking!," the
hissing Swedish delegation and all of the
delegates who took the opportunity dur­ing
roll-call votes of getting their two
cents in.
Thanks to the hard work of all the dele­gates
involved, the Model UN this year
really was a first-hand, authentic edu­cation
in United Nations diplomacy,
right down to real live terrorist threats by
the PLO. " GPN£? A^YOU SURE?... IT WIGHT BE ONE OF HI§ LITTLE TITO.... *
The clubbings, the uncontrolled fear
THE AUBURN
PUINSM&NI
Steele Holman, Editor
Nancy Franklin, Business Manager
Editorial Board members: Managing Editor, Christy Hudgins; Associ­ate
Editor, Jimmy Parham; News Editor.Maureen Drost; Features
Editor, Jodi Leach; Sports Editor, Mike Jackson; and Editorial Board
Chairman, Steele Holman.
Entertainment Editor, John Carvalho; Copy Editor, Charlotte Davis;'
Technical Editor, Bonita Apperson; Photographic Editor, Dan Doughtie.
Asst. News Editor, Lisa Harris; Asst. Features Editor, Susan Harri­son;
Asst. Sports Editor, Gene Vandiver; Asst. Entertainment Editor,
Rick Harmon; Asst. Copy Editor, Karan Sexton; Asst. Technical Editor,
David Boggus; and Asst. Photographic Editor, Grant Castleberry.
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^Ltorial
The Auburn Plainsman is the student-edited newspaper of Auburn Univer-
Signed columns represent the opinion of the writer, while unsigned
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ver- f
edi- M
In November, 1969, over 600,000 peo­ple
came to Washington, D. C. to protest
against the United States' involvement
in Vietnam. At the time, I was a junior
attending George Washington Univer­sity,
located only three blocks west of the
White House.
The most severe problem facing the
demonstrators was getting a place to
stay. The university officially closed,
and Federal marshals were placed in all
university buildings to make sure no one
other than G. W. U. people used them.
The inaccessibility of the university to
the demonstrators ultimately meant that
they would be forced to sleep "else­where;"
after great pressure, Attorney-
General John Mitchell finally agreed to
let the people camp on the mall between
the Washington Monument and the Ca­pitol
building.
The first two days of the demonstra­tion
were peaceful. I had acted as a mar­shal
in this time, helping direct the peo­ple
from the buses in Arlington, Vir­ginia
to the mall. I watched impressed
as the demonstrators filed slowly and si­lently
past the White House during freezJ
ing rain and light snow. Everyone!
moved in a single line and held a small.
burning candle; the effect at night was*
that of a never-ending funeral proces­sion.
A readily apparent feature of these pro­testors
was the age spectrum. I talked
with literally hundreds of these people,
many of whom were older than 40 with
few exceptions. They stated that their
main function in travelling to Washing­ton
was to express their moral concern
and dissatisfaction with the war in Indo-iChina.
The protestors had come to the na­tion's
capital from every geographic
area, from all walks of society, in various
ages and sizes, and in peace, to express a
united opinion against the war.
President Nixon had declared before
the announced demonstration that re­gardless
of the size of the crowd, he
"would not be affected" by the protest.
Indeed, he merely watched the spectacle
of the Texas-Arkansas football battle for
the national championship.
Violence marred the heretofore peace­ful
protest on the third day. On a beauti­ful
Sunday afternoon, some 400,000 peo­ple
listened to various antiwar speakers
at the base of the Washington Monu­ment.
This massive section of the crowd
was destined to avoid the upcoming
trouble.
I was still marshalling, being
stationed at the corner of 16th and G
Streets, near the White House. A crowd
of approximately 3,000 students began a
vociferous three block walk from 19th to
16th street, in the direction of both the
White House and the bulk of the riot po­licemen
on duty.
These D. C. riot policeman, called C. D.
U. (Civil Defense Units), were stationed
in Lafayette Park, directly across the
street from the White House. Upon
seeing this group of demonstrators, and
completely unprovoked, they fired many
cannisters of tear gas into the air in an
attempt to break up their march.
Unprepared to handle the effects of the
gas, the protestors and the marshals ran
wildly to escape it. We headed toward the
outskirts of the large group of demon­strators
on the mall near the Lincoln Me­morial,
about one-fourth mile away.
I can remember experiencing both ex­treme
fear and total bewilderment, for
there had been no provocation for the
chaos that engulfed me. With riot police­men
in full pursuit, we were finally cut
off from the majority of protestors at the
Washington Monument when club-yielding
park policemen on horse-back
surrounded us.
The fear of being physically hurt was
overwhelming; the C. D. U. policemen
were all without exception about 6'4" and
well over 200 pounds, and the presence of
frightened horses with club-wielding
policemen was terrifying. The police con­tinually
shot cannisters of tear gas into
our midst, so that it was both extremely
dificult to see and to breathe.
Wild fights broke out between groups
of students and both horseback police­men
and riot policemen. Beatings on
both sides were terrible. Many students
were severely kicked, clubbed, and beat­en;
likewise, there were numerous inci­dents
of groups of students outnumber­ing
a horse policeman, overpowering
him, and administering him a brutal
beating.
I witnessed a scene no more than 10
feet from me in which four, or five stu­dents
surrounded a riot policemen,
ripped his gas mask off, and severely and
repeatedly struck him in the face. Within
seconds, more than a dozen riot police­men
rushed to aid their fellow officer,
and the excessive physical force used a-gainst
the unarmed students was such
that many of them were left uncon­scious,
battered and bleeding.
I had been knocked down in this mad­ness.
I remember being hauled to my feet
by a riot policeman, and feeling uncon­trolled
fear at the sight of his club near
my head. He only released me because I
produced a G. W. U. ID card, and be­cause
I was still wearing the identifiable
white armband of a marshal.
This entire outbreak lasted no more
than 20 minutes, for many of the demon­strators
had rushed to the Lincoln Me­morial
from the Washington Monu­ment.
The injured students and policemen
were taken away and cared for at various
hospitals. The remainder of the day went
peacefully, and at night a mass exodus
began from Washington, D. C. The "No­vember
Moratorium" marked the height
of peaceful antiwar activity in the na­tion's
capital, for the majority of the
600,000 protestors had either not partici­pated
in or witnessed any violent acts.
However, for those of us who remained
behind and had seen such physical vio­lence,
both against others and to our­selves,
November, 1969 was but the be­ginning
of the grim reality that future
demonstrations would be neither toler­ated
nojr' peaceful.
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Voice complaint,
don't throw it
Editor, The Plainsman:
When the Auburn Tigers visited Knox-ville
to play basketball, the Tennessee
fans displayed little class—if any at all.
They threw oranges and debris on the
court, causing the game to be stopped
several times to clean up the mess.
The general feeling around the cam­pus
is to retaliate, but if we really think
about it, Auburn fans have too much
class to reciprocate Tennessee's actions.
So our plea to the Auburn fans is to keep
the oranges in their refrigerator and off
the court.
We are sure that we, the Auburn fans,
have enough pride and class to voice our
disapproval rather than throw oranges
and debris on the court. We also hope
that Coach Davis and the basketball
team will be proud of the spirit and good
judgment displayed by the Auburn
fans. See you on February 16.
Berry Lindley
2PV
Dan Weber
2HA
page 5 Thurs., Feb. 12, 1976 THE AUBURN PUlNtMAN
Letters
Poll disappointing
MS (S THE bfgSH VAaeY NUCLEAR PoWfcR PLANT...I'D UKE ToRepoRTA RATHER
VARIOUS RADIATION LEAK.'"
Beware of insurance salesmen
Editor, The Plainsman:
A local life insurance agent attempted
to sell me a policy this week, and because
of what she said, I felt compelled to write
a warning to seniors.
She called me and said what company
she represents. After asking me several
questions about myself to give me the
"I'm-interested-in -everything- -you-are"
idea, she asked me if I'd made my post-graduation
plans.
She then asked if she could have
"about an hour of my time" to explain
her program. Knowing full well her in­tentions,
I stupidly agreed to give her
that hour.
At our meeting she showed me a pic­ture
of the insurance building in Dallas
to show me she was with a "reputable"
company. She then proceeded to outline
the program that "I was best suited for."
She said nice things like "I'm here to take
care of you."
In explaining one option, she said she
had held a dying man's hand while he
signed for a policy increase. Then he died
a few days later.
When she asked me to review the poli­cy
and sign the papers, I said I wanted to
talk to my father. She said I could make
my own decisions. I told her I would still
wait.
Next came the "I-don't-like-to-play-on-emotions"
approach. She told me how
she'd been in a car wreck last May, but
luckilyshe had the insurance policy. I
said I'd take my chances.
"Well, Dale, I don't like to be ugly, but I
don't want to deal with someone who
can't make a decision." I said my de­cision
was to consult my father. She said
she'd rather have a simple yes or no ans­wer.
"O.K.—No!" I said, slightly raising my
There are approximately 30 insurance
agencies listed in the Auburn phone book
under "Life Insurance" alone. How
many of them are really reputable? I'm
sure many students find several of the
companies valid. But let this be fair
warning to college seniors:
Be rational when confronted by such
companies and don't let an agent play on
your emotions and ask leading questions
so that you find yourself with a "guaran­teed
investment" that you don't present­ly
want.
Dale Farmer
4SMU
Editor, The Plainsman:
On behalf of the Young Democrats, I
would like to congratulate the Plains­man
for its interest in politics as evi­denced
by the poll in your issue of Feb.5,
1976.
However, I must admit to being some­what
disappointed in your effort. As a
Democrat, I could not help but notice the
number of legitimate candidates for the
Democratic nomination were not in­cluded
in your poll. I refer not only to
such a significant non-candidate as Sen.
Frank Church of Idaho, but to those
Democrats who are currently in the race
and are being taken as serious conten­ders
by the Federal Election Commis­sion
and the Secret Service. Such cand­idates
include Ms. Ellen McCormack, a
housewife from Long Island who has
qualified for matching-funds on a "right-to-
life" platform; Gov. Milton Shapp of
Pennsylvania; and Rep. Morris Udall of
Arizona. Another candidate who, I be­lieve,
should have been listed as actively
seeking the nomination of the Demo­cratic
Party is the Senate majority whip,
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia.
The exclusion of these candidates
while you included former Gov. Terry
Sanford of North Carolina, who has
withdrawn from the race, causes me to
wonder exactly how it was decided to list
a man for the poll. Obviously, you used
some system known but to yourself, and I
am curious to know it. If, however, the
failure to include some of the candidates
was simply an oversight, I would hope
that you would repeat the poll at a later
date to correct the error.
Frank M. Duke
4GHY
President, Auburn Young Democrats
New AU calendar
no holiday for vets
'Dylan laid down blood on the tracks9
Editor, The Plainsman:
My uncle once told me one thing I
should never do—intellectualize my emo­tions.
I've been guilty of that many
times in my life, and 1 think all "in­formed"
people have been. But it's
wrong. When we feel strongly about
something we should speak from the
heart, not from the mind.
That is why I find A. J. Wright's re­view
of Bob Dylan's magnificent new al­bum,
Desire, so distasteful. Those are
"Songs of Redemption" as the line
notes say—powerful, beautiful,magical
songs that are uncompromising in their
scope and force and not merely "an ex­ploration
of desire on various levels," as
Mr. Wright so mechanically puts it.
Upon listening to this album I can feel
the cold walls of that prison cell where
"Hurricane" Carter is confined, I can
understand Joey Gallo in a way I've ne­ver
been able to before, and most of all
(oh thanks, Bob) I can feel in my soul the
magic of romance, love, tender­ness—
call it what you like—that is ex­pressed
in "Sara." Yes, Marty, I believe
in miracles—Dylan has created one. •
Mr. Wright writes that Dylan has "re­established
himself as the most import­ant
figure in popular music since Elvis
Presley." I'll go further: Dylan is the
single most important figure (period) of
the past two decades. He reached that
status not by appealing to our minds but
by appealing to our souls. He gave us a
piece of his guts every time he entered a
studio.
From "Love Minus Zero—No limit" to
"Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" ("Oh
sad-eyed lady, should I wait?") to "Sa­ra"—
he laid down "blood on the tracks"
every time.
John Rice
2GJM
Editor, The Plainsman:
Some students advocating a calender
change seem to have a good idea. Who
wouldn't want a five week holiday? But
suppose that those five weeks become
less than a holiday for some.
Consider, for example, the out-of-state
student who is also a veteran. If "home"
is very far, he probably will stay in Au­burn
over Thanksgiving (thus saving the
transportation expense Ms. Hudgins
mentioned). Since in-state students get
preference for Christmas jobs and there
are many more applicants than jobs, he
will probably have to live on (or travel
on) his GI benefits over the Christmas
break.
Now consider the same student if a
change is made in the calender giving a
five-week vacation. He would auto­matically
lose his benefits for the month
of December. If you've never had to live
for a month on nothing, try it.
True, this would only affect a handful
of students, but ask yourself if you could
accept five weeks of vacation at the ex­pense
of that handful.
Harold R.Anderson
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THE AUBURN PUINSMAN Thur8., Feb. 12,i97e page e
Future marriages more stable
By Bonita Apperson
Plainsman Staff Writer
Americans are being more
careful about selecting their
mates than they once were,
according to government ana­lysts.
They say the marriage
of the future may be more sta­ble
than the marriage of to­day
is.
Arthur J. Norton, a Census
Bureau analyst, said, "It is a
possibility that the longer one
waits to marry, the more se­lective
one is in choosing a
partner. This should make
marriage have more of a
chance of success."
"There has been a delay in
time in getting married and
having children, but I feel
that trend is changing back,"
said Deborah Siegel, in­structor
of sociology and an­thropology.
"Marriage is
more idealized than it used to
be. In the media we usually
Bee only the romantic side of a
marriage, even the fights are
not usually realistic, they are
comical."
James Gundlach, Socio­logy
instructor, said, "People
do delay getting married.
There are many reasons for
this. Today there are less
forced marriages, better con­traceptives
and easily ob­tainable
abortions." He add­ed
that one of the main rea­sons
for the delay in mar­riages
is the bad economic
times. "If we came into good
economic times, we culd have
another marriage boom,"
Gundlach said.
Siegel said, "Young people
are waiting to marry because
young people are financially
dependent longer on parents.
Adolescence is longer." She
added that women are more
cautious about getting mar­ried,
they want to save them­selves
the hassles.
"The women's movement
which pushes individualism
has influenced the trend to
marry at a later date," stated
Gary Hatch, assoc. professor
of family and child develop­ment.
Hatch added more young
people are living together and
this has become more accept­able.
"As more and more do it,
more and more people accept
it, " Hatch said.
Census Bureau reports
show that young people are
postponing marriage and the
divorce rate continues to rise.
In 1975,10 per cent of all peo­ple
between the ages of 25 and
54 who had married were ei­ther
divorced or separated,
census figures showed.
Norton said the current di­vorce
rate may be reaching a
peak because of the recent so­cial,
economic and legal
changes in divorce.
"Even though when one
marries it is legally forever,
people are now having serial
marriages. Marriages are
more on a temporary basis
than they have been," com­mented
Siegel.
Evelyn Jordan of Student
Development services, said
"From my observations di­vorce
seems to touch almost
every family. Divorce is now
an accepted way of life. We no
longer attach a stigma to
divorce. This explains the
rise in the divorce rate."
When asked how this af­fected
the Auburn area, Gund­lach
said, "At Auburn more
people are concerned about
monev. Young people are
Job placement services available
Shug street
West University Drive officially be­came
the Shug Jordan Parkway last
Tuesday as Kenneth Brown, vice presi-'
dent of the Auburn Chamber of Com­merce,
presents Ralph "Shug" Jordan
with a sign from the newly named road
at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce's
annual banquet in the Union Ballroom.
The name change was enacted by "secret
session" of the Auburn City Council dur­ing
the banquet. The vote was
unanimous. The new road signs were in­stalled
last Wednesday on the highway
which stretches from U.S. 29 South to
Alabama State Road 147 north of
Auburn. U.S. Senator James Allen also
gave Coach Jordan special recognition
from the U.S. Senate.
hats play games
for ADPi birthday
Photo by Dan Doughtie
By Diana Byrd
Plainsman Staff Writer
Many students graduate
from college not knowing
<vhere to turn to obtain a job.
Often graduates take any
position at first while looking
ibr a job which they were
trained for in college. Various
free services and counseling
are available to help grad­uates
find jobs.
Auburn University has a
job placement service in Ma­ry
Martin Hall. The place­ment
office not only finds jobs
for students but also aids in
career planning and counsel­ing
for career-seekers.
The office gathers informa­tion
on career fields and spe­cific
job areas, and also the
kinds of candidates they are
seeking.
Counselors are avail­able
to help the graduate in
communicating with employ­ers
and approaching the job {
market.
Alpha Delta Pi sorority will
celebrate George Washing­ton's
birthday Feb. 23 at 3 pm.
on the Social Center lawn
with competition between fra­ternities
in 11 games for a
grand prize.
Fraternity members will be
awarded points for their per­formance
in the games and a
grand prize will be awarded to
the fraternity with the most
points. Refreshments of
punch and old-fashioned tea
cakes will be sold.
Some of the games include
horseshoes, contests for the
best-looking beard, the most
apples eaten in one minute,
sack races, tug of war and a
spelling bee of Bicentennial
words.
The first fraternity to pass a
fraternity member back and
forth over 10 of their mem­bers
lying on their backs on
the ground will also be a-warded
points.
Fraternities will also get
points for the best-looking fra­ternity
member dressed as
1776 Miss America, cutting a
log in two in the fastest time,
and rolling a hula hoop a cer­tain
distance in the fastest
time.
Another event involves eat-
• ing four crackers and then
whistling the song, "Dixie."
Everyone is invited, chair­man
Glenda Rice, 2NS, said.
The celebration will be in the
Student Activities Building in
case of rain. Any fraternity
with questions or wishing to
enter should contact Rice.
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For this quarter over 600 po­sitions
are open to applicants
from Auburn University. Job
openings range from aero­space
engineers to dieticians.
A student registers with the
placement service and signs
up at his'convenience for job
interviews. Resume forms are
filled out and sent to all pro­spective
or desired "employ­ers.
A student not wishing to
choose a job from the place­ment
service may obtain a
College Placement Annual
from the placement office.
The annual is a directory
providing information on the
positions offered to college
graduates by principal em­ployers
all over the United
States.
All services of the place­ment
office are free and are al­so
open to alumni.
The State Employment Ser­vice
is also a job source for col­lege
graduates. Jack Walton,
manager of the Opelika of­fice,
said approximately one
of 50 of their job offers require
a college degree but they have
few applicants for these jobs.
If there are no job openings
locally, the state agency will
circulate applications all over
the nation to other state
agencies if so desired.
The jobs offered vary from
sanitation employe to pedia­trician.
Pay rates range from
wages of $2.10 an hour to sala­ries
of $34,000 a year.
more willing to wait later to
marry. They will wait be­cause
the fear of unemploy­ment
after graduation deters
them from an early mar­riage."
All journalism
shares WSFA
scholarship
The department of journal­ism
will share equally in a
$1,000 scholarship with Troy
State's Hall School of
Journalism according to an
announcement by WSFA-TV
(Montgomery).
The scholarship funds re­sult
from WSFA's winning
entry in the 1975 Uniroyal
Highway Safety Journalism
Awards competition.
Jay Lewis, the station's edi­torial
director, produced a ser­ies
of editorials covering a
broad spectrum of highway
safety issues. The editorials
focused attention on the 55
m.p.h. speed limit, back-to-school
driving safety, a traf­fic
flow study and drunk driv­ing.
The winning entry also in­cluded
a demonstration show­ing
the effects of alcohol on a
driver's reflexes which ap­peared
on "Composite," the
weekly television news ma­gazine
produced by WSFA-TV.
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page 7 Thurs., Feb. 12,1976 THE AUBURN PUlNtMlN
Why homosexual ?
Doctor cites mental, physical causes
By Susan Harrison
Asst. Features Editor
What makes a homosex­ual,
a homosexual? Although
there is no one explicit rea­son,
Dr. Barry R. Burkhart of
the Psychology Department
I explained the psychological
aspects of homosexuality.
"I think most people would
I agree that the beginning of
homosexual tendencies could
be traced back to child­hood—
possibly to.' fear of the
opposite sex. It has also been
hypothesized that homo­sexuality
could be caused by a
genetic disorder but there is
not much data to back up this
I theory," Burkhart said.
"There is evidence that
I male homosexuals have lo­wer
levels of male sex hor­mones
but we can't say if this
is a cause or an effect of homo­sexual
practices," Burkhart
| added.
The subject of homosexual-
I ity is being more opfenly dis-
I cussed than ever before and
the professional view of it has
| changed considerably.
"The Board of Trustees of
I the American Psychiatric
Association voted that homo­sexuality
could no longer be
considered as a mental disor­der
but as a 'sexual orien­tation
disturbance,'" Burk­hart
said.
The change was
unanimously passed by the
Trustees on Dec. 15, 1973.
"More and more people in­terested
in mental health say
that if a homosexual is con­tent
with his 'role,' it is im­posing
an extra burden on the
person to assert that he is
mentally disordered and
needs to change," Burkhart
said.
"I have dealt profession­ally
with homosexuals but ne­ver
imposed changes upon
them. I will, however, help
them if they desire to
change," Burkhart said.
In response to the Wolfen-den
Report, England mod­ified
its laws regarding homo­sexuality,
making it no lon­ger'
a criminal offense' be­tween
consenting adults.
A recent poll in which
27,000 American doctors re­sponded
indicates that two
thirds are in favor of legal­izing
homosexual practices
between consenting adults.
The legalization of homo­sexual
practices does not
- necessarily signal its total ac­ceptance.
Dr. Murray C.
Adams Jr., assistant pro­fessor
of Sociology, com­mented
on the sociological
problems homosexuality in­volves.
"Of course it will take time
before society accepts any
close intergration of homo­sexuals
but we do seem to be
more tolerant of homosexual­ity
than we were 10 years
ago," Adams said.
Adams mentioned the ap­pearance,
in large urban
areas, of entire residential
sections which cater entirely
to homosexuals, as do certain
bars.
"Organizations, such as the
American Civil Liberties
Union, are doing a lot to de­fend
homosexuals in court
and may possibly set legal
precedents which may make
for some change in attitude.
Legal change usually occurs
before social change,"
Adams said.
"Likewise, Civil Righto
Movements and Women's Li­beration
Movements are at­tempting,
somewhat suc­cessfully,'
to make our society
more tolerant of diversity,"
Adams added.
In the United States alone,
it is estimated that at least
four million people are pre­dominantly
homosexual.
Adams doesn't believe that
the number of homosexuals
has increased drastically. In­stead,
he implied that people
are being more candid which
"reflects that our society is
willing to be more tolerant
than in the past."
. In sociological terms,
Adams thinks homosexuals-more
accurately compose a
"subculture" as opposed to a
"counterculture." Members of
a subculture have a dis­tinctive
way of thinking, feel­ing,
and acting which sets
them apart from the dom­inant
society.
Members of a countercul­ture
share ways of behavior
which actually contradict
with the dominant society.
Examples of this type of cul­ture
include the Symbionese
Liberation Army and the Ku
Klux Klan.
"One problem homosex­uals
face is discrimination
concerning jobs. Seeking to
end types of discrimination
against homosexuals is a ma­jor
goal of the Gay Liberation
Movement," said Adams.
Homosexual cases
on police records
Plainsman
Probes
Homosexuality
By Mala Paulk
Plainsman Staff Writer
Although police cases in­volving
homosexuality are
rarely exposed to public
knowledge, they do exist,
according to police officials.
Usually arrests relating to
homosexuality result from as­sault
stabbings and beat­ings
because of jealousy be­tween
homosexual partners.
Often times many attacks are
brought on by homosexual
hitchhikers picked up by
"Good Samaritan" travelers.
The Alabama law regard­ing
homosexuality as it pre­sently
exists on law books, is
broad and vague. Title four,
section 106, lists crimes
against nature committed
with mankind or beast, or
those relationships other
than male with female.
Punishment for such of­fenses
span for not less than
two years, but not more than
ten years.
Evidence for prosecution is
difficult to obtain in that po­lice
need to almost catch the
suspects in the actual homo­sexual
act, and to do this, a
warrant is needed. According
to Civil Laws, homosexuality
is grounds for divorce.
The most recent major case
involving homosexuality in
the Auburn area was in 1967
in which a fight resulted in
the stabbing of a homosexual
approximately eighty times.
"We don't like to mess with
those cases," said one officer.
"They're just too sticky."
SOCIETAL STEREOTYPES HARMFUL TO HOMOSEXUALS
...Must fight prejudice, discrimination, rejection
Student survey reflects libertarian,
relaxed attitude on homosexuality
Apathy hurts Gay Committee
By Carol Williams
Plainsman Staff Writer
The student apathy that
closes many campus organ­izations
has affected the Com­mittee
on Gay Education, a
Gay Liberation group at the
University of Georgia.
"We've been hit pretty hard
by the campus-wide apathy
here,"said Tony Dawley,
1GC.
"People are at least toler­ant;
few have violent oppos­ition,"
he continued. "Our
organization had a lot to do
with the drastic change of at­titude
in the past five years.
"When the CGE started in
1971, the word 'gay' was re­served
for tasteless jokes.
Now people seem to under­stand;
we get more of a pos­itive
reaction and more sup­port."
- • —
Dawley said the change
was "a matter of publicity,"
beginning with a court ruling'
in 1973 allowing the CGE to
have socials and dances.
"Court cases have been a
boon to us; we can't be denied
space or recognition. That
changed some minds. When
people saw they couldn't stop
us, they decided to accept
us," Dawley said.
"The university is gradual­ly
accepting us, and that
means a lot to students here,"
Dawley added. "The admin­istration's
objections have al­ways
been for safety reasons,
and not personal. They didn't
want a situation where other
people could cause trouble."
Dawley said the CGE,
which meets every Thursday
and has about 30 members,
compiles a list of people to
speak to classes. "The
Speaker's Bureau only gets
about two to three requests a
quarter, but that's better than
nothing.
"Right now I'm making a
questionnaire dealing with
hiring, firing and promotion
policies of local businesses,"
Dawley said. "It will concern
women and blacks as well as
gays.
"This study will prove there
actually is some discrim­ination,"
Dawley said. "I in­tend
to publish my findings
and take them to the Athens
City Council, and to state and
local representatives.
"Last spring we sponsored
a 'blue jean day' to show
who's gay," Dawley said. "On
that day, anyone wearing
blue jeans identified them­selves
as gay. The reaction
was very good."
The CGE actively supports
a House bill to amend present
civil rights laws to include the
phrase "sexual or affectional
preference" in the "race,
creed, color and sex" pro­visions.
Homosexual calls society label 'unfair'
By Marian Hollon
Plainsman Staff Writer
There is a minority group which exists that is not set apart
by their religious beliefs, political opinions, the color of their
skin or their ethnic background. What does set this group apart
is their sexual preference: that is, being attracted to a person of
the same sex.
Being a member of a minority such as homosexuals, especial­ly
one as unpopular and distant from society's norms, has its
iroblems.
One homosexual student at Auburn explained that he has not
uffered from rejection or discrimination but has instead been
"I don't like to label anyone and I don't like
for others to label me as gay. Gayness is a
part of me."
bothered by the stereotype that society has fixed to homo­sexuals.
"I don't like to label anyone and I don't like for others to label
me as being gay. Gayness is a part of me and I want people to
accept it but I'd rather be accepted as an individual," he said.
The student said this stereotype can be harmful to those who
re making the transition from the "straight" to the gay world.
The unfortunate ones are those who came up in deeply re­ligious
backgrounds. They look at the stereotype that society
ias formed and desperately want to be and feel normal in every
spect. Society has given them only one way to look at their
life," he said.
He blamed society with causing some homosexuals to feel
itrange and perverted or unnatural regarding their sexual be-lavior.
"Social norms are all against a gay person. That's why
hey say homosexuality is a mental illness."
The stereotype that straights have fixed on gays is "really
nisleading." This stereotype is one of the very effeminate
lomosexual and is not always applicable to gays because "the
eople it fits are few in number. They are only the ones who
la ve been more out in the open and the ones who appear on tele-rision'and
make the news.
"This label is not really the way that society should classify
fays no w. Today's gay people don't fit the stereotype of 10 years
go," he stated.
The student said he had had an easy time adjusting to his
lew lifestyle. "The transition was extended over a period of
ime, so there wasn't a mental hangup," he explained.
"It was very natural because I had known a gay person and I
new about gay life from my reading. There was little pressure
rom society compared to what it could have been like 10 years
go-
He said he realized there were other gays in the world so he
lidn't feel like a freak. He admitted there had not been a trau­matic
experience because he had always felt that he was dif­ferent
and that the transition had been building up.
The change in lifestyles took several years and the student
said, "It took a long time to convince myself that I was gay. I
knew it but wouldn't face up to the fact. I never thought of it as
an illness and there was nothing I could do to prevent the
change."
The first realizations he had of being different occurred dur­ing
the second or third grade, when "the mode of giggling at
girls takes place." He believed that he was "more mature"
than his peers at this age.
"I followed the typical line of events and dated in junior and
senior high." He dated one girl for one and a half years, which
he admitted was a sort of a cover. "I finally realized then that I
was not getting what I should out of a relationship."
During these high school years, all his friends were straight
and he stayed away from gays, in fact he didn't even know any.
"I felt I was different but didn't have the urge to go out and find
out what it was all about."
The time came some time later when the student completely
accepted that he was gay. Almost a year and a half ago, while at
a college in Birmingham, he began "coming out," which he ex­plained
as circulating with other gays and going to gay bars.
"I knew how the people I associated with would take it. I was
lucky in the sense that I was around people who wouldn't be
antagonized." Even the girl he had dated for over a year could
accept it.
"Coming out of the closet" was another transition the stu­dent
had to go through—admitting to others that he was gay. "I
don't advertise my homosexuality but if the subject is brought
up, I won't deny it. I am really 'out of the closet' because my pa­rents
don't know."
The student recently transferred to Auburn and commented
that he now has just as many straight friends as gay friends.
"I felt I was different but Ididn 't have the
urge to go out and find out what it was all
about."
Dawley said the bill, intro­duced
by Bella Azbug, D-N.Y.
must be passed in the Civil
and Constitutional Rights
Judiciary committee. "We're
sponsoring a letter-writing
campaign and a motion in the
student senate to support the
bill."
Ken Stuart Sanders, 3JM,
criticized the CGE for con­centrating
on the national le­vel.
Sanders, who describes
himself as an "independent
gay" said, "The movement
actually died in 1973.
"The national group is go­ing
through the courts now;
they've become very passive
and quiet. I find that very dis­appointing,"
Sanders said.
"Many gays have gone back
into their silken-lined clo­sets."
Dawley said, "We're not on
a big campaign to make
everyone admit they're gay. I
do think we're reaching peo­ple
and having an effect.
Ceasing to exist would be de­trimental.
"The organization has to
exist to allow gays an identi­fying
feature, a place to go.
There are a lot of people in the
closet still.
"We aren't as active as we
once were," Dawley admitt­ed,
"I guess none of the cam­pus
groups are. The apathy is
pretty bad. I do feel that we've
made progress, just becom­ing
accepted. If apathy is re­sponsible
in some way, then
I'm glad for it."
By Pam Piatt
Plainsman Staff Writer
Attitudes concerning many
aspects of sexuality are ra­dically
changing in America.
However, the area of sexu­ality
that has caused Ameri­cans
recently to undergo per­haps
the most thorough reas­sessment
of their attitudes is
that of homosexuality. No
longer is homosexuality an ig­nored
reality, something to be
discussed in whispers or not
at all. Homosexuality, if not
accepted, has become recog­nized
in America.
A recent poll of Auburn stu­dents
reflected these more re­laxed
and libertarian atti­tudes
toward homosexuality.
Ten males and 10 females
were surveyed; their average
age was 20 years and the ma­jority
were from the South.
Three students were from the
northern area of the country
and one student was from a
foreign country. One stu­dent,
when approached, said
that he could not participate
in the survey because he had
only heard of homosexuality
upon his arrival in the
States—he was West Afri­can.
The first question the stu­dents
were asked was: "Do
you consider homosexuality
immoral?" Thirteen said they
did not consider it immoral;
seven said they did.
The second question was:
"Do you think that homo­sexual
tendencies are heredi­tary
or acquired?" An over­whelming
majority, 15,
thought that the tendencies
aere acquired. Two students
thought they were heredi­tary;
two thought that it was a
combination of heredity and
acquired, and one student had
no opinion concerning this
question.
Students were then asked:
"Should homosexual mar­riages
be permitted?" Twelve
replied that such marriages
should be permitted, six an­swered
negatively, and one
student had no opinion.
The next two questions
touched on one of the most re­vered
American institutions:
the family. "Should homo­sexuals
or homosexual cou­ples
be allowed to iadopt
children?" Three students re­plied
affirmatively; 17 stu­dents
answered no. The next
question, asked in conjunc­tion
with the last one, was:
"In the event of a divorce
(where children are in­volved),
should a homo­sexual
parent be awarded cus­tody
of children? " (This ques­tion
was asked in regard to a
pending court case in Texas
involving this issue.) Three
students answered yes; 16
answered no, and one stu­dent
had no opinion.
Students were then asked if
they thought that homosexu­ality
was more widespread to­day
or if homosexuals were
just more open and candid a-bout
their behavior. Three re­plied
that homosexuality was
more widespread, 16 thought
that homosexuals were mere­ly
more open about their be­havior,
and one student re­plied
that it was a combin­ation
of both.
The seventh question was:
"Do you think that a person
who commits a homosexual
act is necessarily a homo­sexual?"
Two students af-swered
yes, 16 answered no,
and two students had no opin­ion.
He realizes now that it was prejudice on his part in the past not
to give straight people a chance to accept his way of life by not
associating or confiding with them. "I go to both straight and
gay parties and most of my straight friends know that I am
gay."
Regarding his attitude toward his life, the student said that
he has never been happer with life and himself. "I just turned 21
and my 20th year was my happiest."
He said that being gay was as perfectly normal and natural,
as being heterosexual He added that gays look at their life as
being a normal mode of life and that "A gay's world has its pro­blems
just like a straight's world. The gay world is not glittery
or rose-colored—it's reality."
"SHOULD HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGES BE PERMITTED?'
...Twelve students say yea, six say no in survey
Students were then asked:
if they had ever been accost­ed
by a homosexual. Four re­plied
that they had, 16 said
they had not. Those who an­swered
affirmatively said
that these incidents had not
occurred at Auburn.
The next question was: "Do
you have any self-proclaimed
homosexual friends?" Six an­swered
that they did; 14 said
they did not.
When asked if they had ever
had a homosexual ex­perience,
only one student
said that he had. Nine­teen
students answered ne­gatively.
The twenty students were
then asked that if they had be­friended
someone and later
discovered that person was
homosexual, but they had ne­ver
been "bothered" by the
person, what their subse­quent
feelings would be. Ele­ven
replied their feelings to­ward
the person would re­main
the same; four said their
feelings would be altered but
not in a negative sense, and
five said their feelings would
be altered negatively.
Sixteen students said they
considered homosexuality a
condition of the personality
rather than the body. One re­sponded
that it was a condi­tion
of the body and three
thought it was a combination
of the body and personality.
The next ' question was
asked in regard to the Sgt.
Leonard Matlovich vs. The
U.S. Air Force case: "Should
homosexuals be allowed to
join or stay in the armed
forces?" Twelve students an­swered
yes, seven responded
negatively, and one student
had no opinion about this is­sue.
Most of the affirmative
answers to this question were
given by women.
Six students thought that
male homosexuality was a
more common occurrence
than lesbianism; 13 students
did not think it was more com­mon
and one student had no
opinion about this.
Because this is an election
year, this last question was
asked: "Would the fact that a
person was a homosexual
keep you from voting for him
or for her if they were run­ning
for public office and were
an extremely qualified candi­date
in every way?" Only six
students answered that it
would keep them from voting
for that person; 14 students
said the person's homo­sexuality
would not deter
them from voting for him or
her if they were a qualified
candidate.
In the past, Auburn has had
a reputation of being a con­servative
school. If the re­sults
of this survey were any
indication, the alleged con­servatism
may be becoming a
th; ng of the past. However, it
must be remembered that
many times people who are
surveyed tend to answer more
liberally than they really feel.
As one student put it, "I'll an­swer
this way in a survey but I
might react differently in a
real life situation."
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN nwrs., Feb. 12, w e pages
Swann dump unofficially inspected
By Carol Williams
Plainsman Staff Writer
Two dumping sites on the
private property of Fred V.
Swann, adjoining his trailer
park, were brought to the at­tention
of the Lee County
Health Department last week.
Neither site' was officially
inspected, and Health De­partment
officials said they
do not want to comment on
the matter.
"I've been informed by my
supervisor not to say any­thing
about it," said Phillip
Henderson, the only Health
Department official to view
one of the dumps.
Lack of funding and man­power
restricts the health de­partment's
enforcement of
the dumnine and burning of
. garbage, according to Dr.
James Walker, head of the de­partment.
"Until the county govern­ment
makes a decision as to
what it will do, we would be
picking on Mr. Swann," he
said.
Feb. 8 Swann told Walker
he would stop burning gar­bage,
and would contract
with a private collector Mar.
1, Walker said.
"Burning is checked by the
Environmental Protection A-gency,"
Walker said. "I think
he will cease burning im­mediately,
but I don't know if
the EPA has the authority."
Luther Holt, executive
director of the Lee County
Council of Governments, said
it is the responsibility of the
health department to enforce
Act 771, which defines and
provides for control and dis­posal
of solid wastes.
"There may be no teeth in
the law," Holt said. "The
health department may not
be able to enforce it because of
understaffing."
As of Jan. 24, one disposal
site on Swann's land includ­ed
a washing machine, kit­chen
sink and other large ap­pliances;
a set of bedsprings;
and several old tires.
An open ditch on another
section of Swann's property
was filled with scorched tin
cans and other partially
burned debris.
Section lg of Act 771 de­fines
an unauthorized dump
as any solid waste disposal
site not meeting regulatory
provisions, including aban­doned
automobiles and large
appliances.
Section 3b declares un­authorized
dumps as public
nuisances and unlawful and
required elimination of such
dumps by removal or on-site
burial.
Section 2b says "no gar­bage,
or rubbish containing
garbage, shall be burned, ex­cept
in approved incinera­tors.
. . The open burning of
rubbish shall be permitted
only under sharply con­trolled
circumstances where
sanitary landfill, or landfill is
not feasible."
All other trailer courts out­side
Auburn's city limits al­ready
contract with sanita­tion
companies, with private
collectors, or for use of the city
sanitary landfill.
The Health Department is
authorized to enforce Act 771
in Section 6, which also de­fines
violation of the act as a
"misdemeanor and punish­able
as provided in Title 22,
Sections 103 and 104, Code of
Alabama, 1940."
"For violations of regu­lations
of the state board of
hewlth," Section 103 sets a
fine between five dollars and
$100. Each day of continued
noncompliance constitutes "a
separate offense and shall be
punished accordingly."
Walker said, "There are a
lot of laws that aren't being
enforced. A law without com­munity
acceptance is almost
unenforceable."
Water bacteria studied By Dan Newton
Plainfman Staff Writer
It's the time of year to
watch for what comes out of
the water faucet. A big gulp
may have the addition of a ve­ry
strong "earthy musky o-dor."
This is the term used by an
Auburn research team for the
odor usually occurring be­tween
January and April.
W. T." Blevins, Gerald Wilt
and John Weete of the De­partment
of Botany and Mi­crobiology
have traced the
problem to actinomycetes
bacteria.
Actinomycetes, an aquatic
bacteria, secrete an odorous
substance called geosmin
when temperature and rain­fall
combine to provide a suit­able
medium. Temperatures
above 67 degrees are .opti­mum,
they said.
Runoff caused by heavy
rainfall washes organic ma­terial
into Chewacla Creek,"
the source of Auburn water.
Organic materials nourish
the bacteria, and animal
wastes could also stimulate
growth, Blemins said.
He added, "As far as we
know, no industrial pollution
has contributed to bacterial
growth."
In spring, 1974, one of the
worst problem years recent­ly,
rainfall and temperature
provided ideal conditions for
germs in production wth hea­vy
December rainfall and an
average 67-degree tempera­ture.
Last year, though, there
was an excess of rainfall,
which actually flushed the
water of bacteria and diluted
any odor that may have been
present.
In 1974, Auburn tried to
solve the problem by instal­ling
charcoal filters at $30,000
each. After a week, the filters
had absorbed their maxi­mum
and were no longer ef­fective.
Replacing the filters
every week would have made
the system economically un­feasible.
Auburn is not the only area
plagued with odorous water.
Blevins said areas in Ohio,
Iowa, Michigan and some
southwestern states, as well
as Israel and the Nile River
Valley are similarly afflicted.
Copper sulphate has been
used effectively in other
places to lower tiie number of
bacteria. Chlorine has also
been used, but it enhances the
odor and defeats its pur­posed.
The Fisheries Department
said fish in affected bodies of
water may absorb the odor,
giving them a foul taste.
Though Auburn has been
fortunate in having no bad
water this year, is still could
happen before April. "I would
like to see it come," Blevins
said, "I'm eager to do more re­search."
Blevins' group was given a
two-year grant by Auburn in
1974.
DUMPING SITE OWNED BY FRED V. SWANN SHOWS BURNED GARBAGE
. . .Environmental Protection Agency prohibits illegal dumping and burning
Committee stuck on grades
By Lisa Harris
Assistant News Editor
In October 1974, Registrar
Thomas Stallworth said the
University Academic Stan­dards
Committee would need
"several meetings" to work
out a recommendation on a
four-point grade system. One
year and three months later,
the committee is still consid­ering
the proposal.
Jack Dendy, a zoology pro­fessor,
was chairman of the
Academic Standards Com­mittee
in 1974. "Our commit­tee
was composed of six facul­ty
members. We never got
everyone together. There was
such a diversity in ideas we
weren't even able to decide on
a questionnaire."
Dendy said the committee
could not agree on the sub­ject,
and that he became
"disgusted. It seemed no one
was satisfied with any of it,"
he said. "I finally sent it to
the new committe."
Donald Hayhurst, a politic­al
science professor, says he
"never saw anything con­nected
with a four-point
scale." He said he thought it
had not been brought up in
the University Senate or as­signed
to an investigating
committee.
"I'm sure the chairman of
the University Senate would
be happy to have this issue
presented. Any request for a
four-point scale would be
referred to an appropriate
Senate committee for study
and recommendation."
Stallworth says he finds the
benefits of a four-point scale
"very few when comparing
the cost." He said "creating a
four-point scale would mean
the conversion of some 60 or
70 thousand files. The time,
effort and money could pro­bably
be better applied else­where."
Stallworth said a three-point
system puts students at
a disadvantage at times when
professional schools see an
Auburn student's applica­tion,
and do not realize it is on
a different scale. However, he
said "This is a rare case."
Auburn, the University of
Alabama, and Vanderbilt
University are the only
schools in the southeast that
do not have a four-point scale.
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And 'Mad Dog9 too
The Ernie and Bernie Show comes to Auburn
By Mike Jackson
Sports Editor
The Bernie and Ernie Show is finally coming to town, bring­ing
the rest of the Tennessee Volunteers and Coach "mad dog"
Ray Mears with it. Everyone knows who Bernie and Ernie are
by now. Their exploits have been heralded from Knoxville,
Tenn., to Chicago, where Sports Illustrated saw fit to assign a
writer to cover the duo whose "shooting and shenanigans"
have upstaged Tennessee's SEC foes.
Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld. Somehow the the article
left a bad taste in my mouth. Barry McDermott made it seem
like King's style of play is just part of the game, obviously the
part the rest of the teams in the SEC haven't learned yet. "King
had 37 points and wore out his larynx yelling impudences at the
'Bama players.
ACTION
ERNIE
. New Yorker co-stars for Vols
Photo by Dyke Helms
"King has almost a manic brashness, racing around to ex­hort
his teammates, applauding wildly and pumping his arms
up and down after each good play. Even more disturbing to op­ponents
is his habit of: making a good move, then running
up to his befuddled defender and yelling at him. The tactic is
not in the best tradition of sportsmanship, but it seems to work.
Against Alabama, King's enthusiasm and indefatigable per­formance
were infectious, and no doubt greatly responsible for
Tennessee's beating a team that seems to have more overall ta­lent"
"Poor Bernie and Ernie
The description will sound all too familiar to Auburn play­ers.
"Both King and Grunfeld shrug off the charges that they
are less than sportsmanlike.'Everybody is against us,' says
Grunfeld. ...Take Bernard as an example. The way they guard
him he takes a lot of elbows. No one ever says anything about
what he takes, but if he gives an elbow, then he's a dirty play-er...
Hate, that's exactly the right word for it...You can almost
feel the hate.' "
Poor Ernie, and poor Bernie. All those elbows they take, all
the hate and abuse they have to put up with; it's just a shame.
King's and Grunfeld's antics weren't highlighted in any ma­jor
magazine when they were cheating Kentucky, goading Au­burn
or antagonizing Alabama. Neither was the Vols' crowd
publicized outside the circulation of papers who cover Auburn,
Alabama and Kentucky sports. There was no mention of games
with Auburn and Alabama stopped because of orange mush
from Vol supporters.
But just in time, the Tennessee Athletic Department jumps
•THE AUBURN
Revenge factor in Tiger weekend
By Gene Vandiver
Assistant Sports Editor
Revenge will be the key word for the
Auburn basketball team this weekend as
the Tigers face Georgia Saturday in a
televised match and Tennessee Monday
night.
Auburn will be trying to prevent Geor­gia
from gaining revenge on them for the
94-70 shellacking the Tigers ad­ministered
them earlier this season in A-thens.
The Bulldogs' offense centers around
redhot shooter Jacky Dorsey. Although
only a sophomore, Dorsey, a forward,
has moved to eighth on the all-time Geor­gia
scoring list, and has scored over 1,000
points in the year and-a-half he has been
on the team. In last week's 69-67 over­time
loss to Alabama, Dorsey pumped in
.27 points to put himself over the 1,000
point mark.
Dorsey scored his season high against
Mississippi State last Saturday, hitting
14 of 22 from the field and four free
throws for 32 points.
Walter Daniels, the second leading
scorer on the Georgia team, is averaging
just over 15 points per game, while pull­ing
down four rebounds per game.
Lucius Foster, the only player other
than Dorsey who could penetrate Au­burn's
defense in the first meeting, is
averaging 13.4 points per game. Foster
scored 12 points, in the first confronta­tion,
but fouled out early. The 6-10 Fost­er
also had only six rebounds against the
Tigers and he usually pulls down over
eight.
After the 94-70 Auburn victory, Au­burn
Coach Bob Davis said Georgia was
having mental problems. Davis cited
losing two games in a row as the reason,
but lately the Bulldogs seem to have
solved those problems. The Dogs had
even won four games straight before the
Alabama loss.
The other facet of revenge Auburn will
be thinking about is revenge for a loss in­flicted
by the Volunteers in Knoxville.
Auburn fell 83-78 in that contest as Ten­nessee
sank 31 points at the free throw
line, compared to 12 for Auburn.
Ernie Grunfield and Bernard King,
both recent subjects of a "Sports Illus­trated"
feature, run the Tennessee show.
King, the league's leading scorer with
26.8 points per game, is known for his
brash nature on the playing court.
He shouts insults to both the opposing
team and crowd, and harrasses his per­sonal
opponent throughout the game.
The No. 8 ranked Volunteer's game
plan is to get the ball to King, and if he
isn't open, to Grunfeld. Grunfeld is se­cond
in SEC scoring with a 24.3 average.
During the first Tennessee defeat,
many an Auburn fan's fire was raised be­cause
of the supposed low-class recep­tion
received in Knoxville, and as a re­sult,
there is speculation that there may
be attempts at retaliation.
Auburn Sports Information
Director Buddy Davidson commented "If
the fans show Tennessee their anger in
any other way than shouting, they are
playing right into their hands. Tennes­see
wants the crowd against them on the
road. That's their mode of play. They
want the attitude against them."
Davidson explained the Athletic De­partment
didn't plan to adopt any new
policies for the game. "We're going to
have the same policy as always," ex­plained
Davidson. "It's our feeling we
have a good, well managed crowd at Au­burn.
We haven't had any major pro­blems
here, so we haven't had to adopt
any hard-line policy."
The most serious consequence of the
crowd throwing oranges or other foreign
matter on the court would be the removal
of all spectators from the arena area.
"We want the students to shout, and sup­port
the team," said Davidson, and we
expect the students to conduct them­selves
like they always have. I think
they realize two wrongs don't make a
right, and any retaliation would put us in
the same low class as some claim the
Tennessee fans have."
into save the day. It could go in a Marvel Comic, strip. The
crowd situation disturbed the Vol Athletic Department so
much that they warned that anyone caught throwing oranges
would be ejected from the arena. It seems a little late that the
AD would be so upset after the first half of the season. And it is
no coincidence that the statement came after the Vols had com­pleted
most of their home games, especially their important
home games against Kentucky, Alabama and Auburn.
Now the department is worried and their concern is supposed
to wear off everywhere else in the conference so that hopefully
on road games, the Vols won't receive any retaliation.
But Tennessee's behavior worked, and I'll tell you exactly
what will happen. Tennessee won its important home games
with unorthadox tactics and help from the Tennessee stands.
Now, they have created enough publicity to get some people
watching. The effect will be that the officials, who gave the Vols
such a home advantage in Knoxville, will be protecting poor
Bernie and Ernie from the hostile crowds of Auburn and Tusca­loosa.
And they will be over-protective of King and Grunfeld on
the court, too. That's how psychology works. Anytime an Au­burn
player brushes King, you'll here a whistle. There mustn't
be any elbows thrown at King.
And if the crowd throws oranges at the Tennessee players,
don't be surprised to seethe officials call a technical foul on the
stands for unsportsmanlike conduct and delay of game. That's
just the way it works. It's not right, but that's theway it works.
Two wrongs do not make a right, the golden rule says. Turn the
other cheek. One wrong does not make a right, either, but no one
applied that rule to the Vols in. Knoxville.
With all the publicity the Ernie and Bernie Show has re­ceived,
it's hard, very hard, to restrain and keep from retal­iating.
And retaliation around Auburn now rests in oranges.
But that is exactly what the student body must do, restrain. No
one in Auburn can be any madder than the Auburn players.
The students have to let the players use their own retaliation.
The best thing that could happen to Bernie and Ernie is for
nothing to happen to them. Then maybe the officials won't feel
they have to protect them, and the Auburn players can take
care of them, legally.
The game in Knoxville is still fresh on the players' minds; an
experience like that doesn't leave overnight. The players want
a chance to offer their own form of retaliation against King and
Grunfeld, by playing super offense and defense against both of
them. Nothing would be better than holding King to less than
10 points while scoring over 20.
The best retaliation Auburn students can offer is to yell, not
throw, every time King misses a shot or causes a turnover, a lit­tle
vocal reminder of how bush he really is. Support Auburn, not
Tenessee. The referees will undoubtedly call in Tennessee's fa­vor
if there is orange mush all over the court.
It does Auburn no good either. Orange juice will cause an Au­burn
player to slip just as easily as a Tennessee player.
Coach Bob Davis said he hopes the crowd will be orderly and
that they will let him and the Auburn basketball team take care
of Bernie and Ernie. He's sent letters to fraternity presidents
asking for support; he's tried to keep the crowd orderly.
Fans should be reminded that they may be ejected from the
Coliseum if they are seen throwing objects onto the floor.
There will be those, however, who won't listen to anybody:
Coach Davis, Millard Dawson, Lee Hayley, this writer, or any­one.
They'll take their oranges anyway and they'll throw them.
I've heard of several who already have plans and they say they
won't change them for anything. Don't say I didn't try.
BERNIE
King leads SEC scoring
Photo by Dyke Helms
Won't be like Vols
say Mitche II. Redding
By Rich Donnell
Plainsman Sportswriter
Tennessee comes into Au­burn
Monday night to play
the Tigers, and although
there is a game against
Georgia this Saturday after­noon,
most of the basketball
talk has concerned the
highly-ranked Vols. Auburn
forwards Mike Mitchell and
Gary Redding also chose to
speak about the Tennessee
game which has developed
into a basketball rivalry.
"We're going to have to go
to the boards," said Mitchell.
That is something we haven't
done at home or away. We
must win these home games
to make up for other losses
and with Vandy and Ken­tucky
coming up on the road
things will be tough."
The Tennessee loss was a
rough physical loss in Knox­ville,"
said Redding. "But
even though we had a few
lapses, we should have won
the game. If the referees in
Auburn can keep their eyes
on the players, not only dur­ing
the game but after the
whistle has blown for fouls
and breaks in the game like
that, we'll do all right."
Redding was referring to
the rough play in Knoxville
by the Vol players with Ber­nard
King leading the way.
"We can't worry about
King's antics," said Mitchell.
"They might come down here
expecting a lot of physical
stuff like they gave us, but I'd
rather score 20 points and
beat them by 20 points. I
don't expect much physical
punishment as far as "be­hind
the ref s back", at least
not from me."
"Speaking of the emotional
hurt he felt in Tennessee,
Redding said, "They have a
good team with King and
Grunfield (Ernie) but they got
away with a lot of physical
stuff, their fans threw objects
at us and we lost the game.
We were embarrassed and
they were laughing at us. I
don't want to be embarrassed
here in Auburn and I don't
think we will be."
Both Mitchell and Redding
agreed that the Tennessee
fans were "low class" and per­haps
Redding puts it best.
"In Auburn, we have great
fans that have followed us all
year through good and bad. I
hope they don't come down to
the . level of Tennessee fans
and throw things on the court.
Instead, I hope our fans see us
win by a large margin and see
a well played game. Beating
Tennessee will hurt the Vols
more than fighting them."
Mitchell summed it up by
saying, "Both teams know
how the other plays, their
game style, their strong
points and weaknesses. We
, just have to be better in all
" categories. If we are, a win
will be nice."
THE LIFE OF A COACH
Davis instructs players during timeout
Photo by Dyke Helms
SOPHOMORE MIKE MITCHELL
'We're going to have to go to the boards"
Photo by Bobby Smith
CAPTAIN GAKX RKULUNG
"Beating Tenn will hurt Vols more than fighting!'
Photo by Dyke Helms
THE AUBURN PUINSMM Thur9., Feb. 12, ime gag 10
New football assistants
to make several changes
By Gene Vandiver
Assistant Sports Editor
As was expected, Auburn's
two new coaches, offensive co­ordinator
Larry Beightol (Bek-tal)
and defensive coordi­nator
P. W. "Bear" Under­wood,
are making changes in
the War Eagle way of doing'
things. Some of the things
aren't very noticeable, such
as the revised winter workout
program, but others are, such
as the 50-type defense which
will be installed by Under­wood.
Auburn has run the 44-
series defense in past years
under the leadership of Paul
Davis, former assistant head
coach, now in charge of the
Auburn freshmen.
Underwood didn't ela­borate
on the type of defense
which would be run, merely
saying that it wasn't the 52-
Eagle run by Tennessee and
other SEC teams.
"I don't see this new defen­sive
setup causing any pro­blems,"
commented Under­wood.
"Of course it will be dif­ferent
for some people; some
positions will be shifted
around, but we shouldn't
have any great problems.
"Maybe we could be just a
little stronger in it if we'd had
the chance to recruit for it se­veral
years ago," added
Underwood, "but with the ta­lent
we h ave that should be no
problem."
Since Auburn runs the veer,
and since Beightol is a veer-oriented
coach, he doesn't an­ticipate
many changes in the
Auburn offense. "We're go­ing
to strive for more ba­lance,"
explained Beightol.
We will throw, if we can throw
to our folks.
"I'm not the kind of person
who will throw the ball just
because the opponent does or
because the alumni like it."
emphasized Beightol "But I
do like to have that balance in
the offensive passing pro­vides."
Beightol added that he
thought the veer, or at last
an option offense, served to
stymie the defense. "Of
course, y ou mu st have the per­sonnel
to run it, and we feel
like we have the personnel."
Both Tiger coaches pointed
out that they had little time to
observe the Auburn players
on film, but Underwood said
that may prove to be the best
idea.
"I certainly don't want to
form an opinion of a fellow by
watching a film," said Under­wood.
"No position should be
won or lost merely by a play­er's
performance in one game.
For instance, if you see a per­son
doing well in winter work­outs,
and then see him doing
something badly in a game
film, you might tend to dis­miss
that bad game film as a
bad game for that person.
"Right now we have 11 po­sitions
open on defense," stat­ed
Underwood." Lots of
coaches will tell you that, and
in the back of their minds
have several starters already
lined up. With me, however, I
can honestly say there are 11
positions open, since I know
very little about the players."
Beightol agreed, but he
pointed out some leaders were -
beginning to emerge as a re­sult
of winter workouts. "Phil
Gargis is doing an excellent
job of providing leadership,
as is Chris Vacarella. Dave
Ostrowski is also a hard work­er."
The offensive coach said he
hadn't found a defeatist atti­tude
among the players, de­spite
the dismal 3-6-2 1976
season. Beightol explained,
"Auburn has had a good foot­ball
tradition for 25 years un­der
Coach Jordan, and they
had winning seasons 22 of
those 25 years. Last year was
just one of those situations."
"I'm real impressed with
the attitudes," said Under­wood,
"and we want to do two
things with last year. One, we
want to learn from the mis­takes
made then, and two, we
want to forget the rest."
Both coaches agreed the
Auburn facilities would make
their jobs that much easier.
"I'm very impressed
with the facilities," stated
Underwood. If we don't do the
job it won't be because of the
lack of facilities. Also, there's
a super atmosphere here for
sports. I've been associated
with Auburn for some time,
and it ranks in the top as far
as atmosphere goes."
Beightol said "Auburn's fa­cilities
are very functional,
and they have everything a
coach or player need to have.
Of course, we'll add a few
things as time goes along.
"Right now, I'm ready to
get in there, roll my shirt
sleeves up, and start to work,"
concluded Beightol.
Foul
Plainsmen fall to Bulldogs
BRACY THROUGH TRAFFIC
Bucket couldn't help in controversial loss
By Brad Davis
Plainsman Sportswriter
In a rage of controversy, the
Mississippi State Bulldogs
edged the Auburn Tigers 75-
74 in a Southeastern Con­ference
contest in Starkville,
Miss.
With 19:57 showing on the
clock, (time had run out and
the clock kept on going before
the horn sounded) State's Al
Perry stepped to the foul line
and sank two free throws, his
only points of the second half,
to bring the Bulldogs from a
one-point deficit to a one-point
advantage.
* The lead changed hands
five times in the last two
minutes of the contest and
with 17 seconds on the clock,
Auburn's Eddie Johnson hit a
layup to put the War Eagles
on top. State brought the ball
down the court and called
time out with 7 seconds on the
clock.
The ball was put back in
play and a tight Auburn de­fense
prevented the Dogs
from getting a good shot, forc­ing
Al Perry to shoot from the
top of the circle. The horn
sounded just as the shot went
off, but the Humphrey Coli­seum
clock showed 19:57.
Official Reggie Copeland,
who officiated the Auburn -
Tennessee game in Knox-ville,
said Auburn's Mike
Mitchell fouled Perry in the
act of shooting. The other of­ficial,
Don Wedge, ruled that
the shot had come after time
was expired The official
timer was consulted and
Perry was awarded two free
throws.
"If s a shame to . have a
basketball game end in such
confusion, which should have
been avoided," said Auburn
coach Bob Davis after the
game. "One official (Wedge)
said Perry did not get his shot
off before the clock ran out.
The other one (Copeland) said
he didn't really know for sure
and said they should check
with the official timer. The
rule is that if one official
doesn't know and the other
one does, then the one that
does prevails. I don't know
what the timerruled, but he
shouldn't even have been con­sulted."
The timer was asked after
the game about what went on
at the timer's table. "I told the
officials that if the foul was on
the shot, that the shot came
after time had expired, but
Copeland ruled that the foul
was actually just before the
dingo
shot and awarded Perry the
free throws," said the timer.
"I really don't Iknowwhat
went on or what happened,"
said Mississippi State coach
Kermit Davis. "All I know is
that we won and I'm glad we
did."
The Tigers, paced by Eddie
Johnson's 27 points, shot 52
per cent from the floor, but
managed only 63 per cent
from the foul line.
State also shot 52 per cent
from the floor and was led by
Gary Hooker with 28 points
and Ray White with 23 points.
The War Eagles outscored
State by 2 points from the
floor, but the Bulldogs con­nected
on 3 more foul shots
.than Auburn did.
Rebounding honors for
Auburn were shared by Pepto
Bolden and Mitchell, with six
each. Mitchell also scored 18
. points in the losing effort.
Kappa Alpha Psi continues winning; bowling underway
By Bruce Gentry
Plainsman Sportswriter
Kappa Alpha Psi continued
to win big, beating Delta
Sigma Phi 89-52, and putting
five men in double figures. In
its three games this season,
KA Psi has won by 108,38,
and 37 point margins. Ber­nard
Montgomery led the
charge with 20 points.
Earl Bidez pumped in 12 of
his 22 points in the second
half as Sigma Chi beat SPE
65-57. Teammates Pete
Heckmon and Kenny Rush
scored 16 and 10 respectively.
Fiji and Kappa Sigma
remained undefeated and
atop their divisions last week
as Fiji beat Alpha Psi, 50-33,
and Kappa Sigma beat OTS,
50-38.
Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta
Tau Delta, Kappa Alpha Psi
and Pi Kappa Phi are 3-0 in
League B.
Last week's scores: SN 35,
SP 31; DTD 44, TKE 41; PKT
50, DC 49; AGR 45, FH 35; TX
49, BTP 31; Phi DT 52, SAE
45; PKA 37, ATO 32: PK Phi
42.TC 39; OPP 36, CP35.
Division G from the un­beaten
ranks behind Steve
Badminton finals held
By Cathy Ellis
Plainsman Sportswriter
'The Women's Intramural
Association (WIA) badmin-tdn
singles tournament is
almost finished. Winners of
the completed flights are
Martha Strickler of Pi Phi
and Debbie Stokes of OCI.
The third flight for singles
Mfill be played this week.
' The three winners will then
meet in the finals for badmin­ton
singles to be held next
week. Badminton doubles will
begin next week also.
! Bowling teams are now in
their third and last week of
play, each team consisting of
three girls from the same
organization. Eight top teams
will be chosen after this week
to go to the final roll-off to be
hjeld next week.
The basketball tournament
is winding up its last week of
league play, with three
leagues already finished. Two
teams from each league will
go into the final tournament.
Headed now for the finals
are AGD, Pi Phi, AXO, GPB,
Vet Wives-C, and Dorm 5.
The remaining leagues will
be completed this week,
producing a total of 16 teams
in the final basketball tourna­ment.
All of these teams are
exciting to watch, and the
final tournament promises to
be one of great competitive ac­tion.
WIA will also sponsor a
track and field meet to be held
on Feb. 23. The preliminaries
will be at 4 p.m., with finals at
7 p.m. The events held arethe
60-yard dash, 220-yard dash,
running long jump, 60-yard
hurdles, shot put and high
jump. Also there will be a 4-
lap relay and a 330-yard
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relay. The meet will be held in
the Coliseum on the indoor
track.
Jandovitz's 24 points, 67-56.
Leading 35-31 at halftime,
Jandovitz and teammates
shut down Division G's Dave
Goldin, allowing him only 8
points in the second half.
Goldin had 20 points in the
first half.
Division S stretched a 30-16
halftime lead over Division N
to a final score of 64-36 and
kept its unbeaten record in­tact.
Don Demete led the
charge with 20 points for Divi­sion
S and teammate Ken
Reynolds had 12 points.
Other Dorm scores: RP 52,
M 27; J 58,153; B 41, V 32; K
43, C 37; U 43, T 38; E 72, R2
40.
Civil Engineers and
Trigger put their 2-0 records
on the line last Tuesday, the
Engineers winning 64-62.
Friar, Maddox, and Lazenby
combined for 41 points for the
winners and overcame a 38-37
halftime lead by Trigger.
Seawell scored 33 points and
was the only man in double
figures for Trigger.
Stuffers put four men in
double figures with Stevens
popping in 29 to help beat JPT
83-67.
Independents: MD 88, SOB
33; JP 43, LG 38; SH 58, AFW
51; AAA 86, AFB 46; ZK 56,
BJ 41; GG64, OM52; AWB57,
LC54; BMC 49, OL35; WF49,
EB 46; BSO108, PW60; JC 49,
YY 47; NG 76, WF2 41; APO
33, Un30; CG62, FZ48; BS69,
FEP51; TD58, SC54; HM49,
SW 32; CS 44, KG 40; HT 84,
14; TS 57, J JF 46; RT 94, JH
44; CT51, RR46; BM47, RHF
45; KN 86, BSB 28; HS 59, EG
55; SB 54, AG 51; BK 46, FS
37.
In bowling last week, SPE
led by Bagget, Blankenship,
and Brown, beat Sigma Chi,
815-582, for their third bowl­ing
victory. All three men
bowled more than 170, with
Bagget rolling a 196.
Jimmy St. Clair and
Howard Wight led Phi Kappa
TauoverDelta Chi, 715*60 in
its first game of the quarter.
St. Clair bowled a 181 and
Wight had a 162, while Delta
Chi's Dave Tatum bowled a
157 to lead the losers. •
In League A, SPE, Pi Kap-
I
pa Alpha, Sigma Nu, and
SAE's are the ones to beat
with 3-0 records in their
respective divisions. A scram­ble
for the top is on in League
B as nine teams have iden­tical
2-1 records.
Fraternity scores: PKA779,
ATO 763; PGD 703, AP 551;
KA 728, OTS 645; SN 745, SP
694; SAE 681, PDT 590; BTP
668, TX 635; DTD 775, TKE
726; KAPsi 701, DPS 691;
PKPsi 785, AEP 588; TC 733,
PKPhi 663; DP 717, OPP607.
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Schatz-short but shocking
Texan blisters taller foes
By Robert Johnston
Plainsman Sportswriter
Swimming Coach Eddie
Reese was watching his
troups practice at t