1976-06-24 The Auburn Plainsman

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THE AUBURN
PUINSMANI Volume 82 Number 27 Thurs., June 24,1976 Auburn University Auburn AL. 36830
Charter denied By Mark Sparkman
Plainsman Staff Writer
In one of its first legislative efforts,
the 1976-77 Student Senate voted down
a probationary charter request by Stu­dent
Action, an organization that
claimed over 250 members.
This group, according to Student
Action Program Director Tom Ed­wards,
"was designed to be a lobbying
and research organization to help the
SGA draft legislation. We were to be
an informative body."
In a vote that was or was not close,
depending on who tabulated the votes
(the SGA Constitution calls for a 2/s
vote of the Senate to carry a measure,
while their charter calls for % of the
voting members), the Senate forced
Student Action to move their actions
off-campus.
Steinberg
Whether this will be a permanent
move remains to be seen as Student
Action intends to apply for another
charter in the fall, Edwards said.
Reasons given for the way senators
voted varied. Lynn Hawkins, chairman
of the SGA Organizations Committee,
which hears charter requests, said the
main reason the senate tuned down the
charter request was their concern over
duplication of effort and services.
Reasons given for the way senators
voted varied. Lynn Hawkins, chairman
of the SGA Organizations Committee,
which hears charter requests, said the
main reason the Senate turned down
the charter request was their concern
over duplication of effort and services.
SGA President Buck Ruffin was also
worried about the possible duplication
££ I miss Nixon"
By Lauren C. Steele
News Editor
"I miss Nixon. I so enjoyed kicking
him when he was down. He was so
much more funny than Ford, who just
keeps toppling over," comedian David
Steinberg told 800 students here
Friday night. Steinberg said he could
really empathize with Nixon's brother
Donald, who went through his whole
life thinking HE was the screw-up of
the family.
The first UPC speaker summer
quarter, Steinberg commented on the
condition of the Student Activities
Building, "I knew I was overdressed
when I came in here." Sweat pouring
from his face, he asked, "You people go
to school in this heat?"
Noted for his political satire, Stein­berg
commented on Washington's most
recent excitement: the great sex
scandals. He urged the ousting of Utah
Congressman Howe "not because he
tried to buy a prostitute, but because
he can't tell the difference between a
policewoman and a hooker. I mean, the
clues are obvious—the corrective pan­tyhose,
the army boots..."
The 35-year-old comic appears regu­larly
on television and has been a
frequent guest host of the Tonight
Show. He gave his main objections to
today's television, rating the Dating
Game the worst thing to appear on the
tube, with the Newlywed Game run­ning
a close second.
Prospective contestants on the Dat­ing
Game must take a test before
appearing, he said. Those chosen have
the IQ of the "average plant." The
Newlywed Game especially amazes
him because the couples will "reveal
the most bizarre things about each
other on national television for a set of
Samsonite luggage."
Steinberg commented on society's
reliance on cliches and stock phrases,
"everyone knows John Donne's 'No
man is an island,' That always seemed
pretty obvious to me. It's like saying,
'No man is a bowl of potato salad.' "
Steinberg became notorious early in
his television career with his "ser­mons"
which caused the cancellation of
the popular Smothers Brothers Show.
He gave a rendition of one Friday
night. His version of the Biblical story
of Moses and the burning bush varied
significantly from King James'. Both
recount the floating of Moses in the
Nile and the wondrous light which
illuminated his face as a babe.
However, the reason for setting the
child prophet adrift, according to
Steinberg, was so Moses' father "could
get normal lighting again around here,"
A student got into the act when
Chuck Steward, Horizons director,
played the role of a patient visiting Dr.
Steinberg, a deranged psychiatrist.
UPC presents poet Richard Wilbur
June 29 in the Union Ballroom and is
sponsoring weekly free movies as well
as several street dances during the
quarter.
of efforts. The support of the SGA is
the best way to accomplish this."
Hawkins said she believed this was a
valid assumption and hoped the
members of Student Action could "be­come
involved through already-es­tablished
channels."
SGA Vice-President Al Thompson
had some different ideas on why the
Senate rejected the charter request,
admitting that a few senators might
have been afraid of the potential power
of Student Action.
However, Thompson said the main
reason for most senators voting against
the charter was that they could
perceive no real purpose behind the
organization, a prerequisite for grant­ing
a charter.
Referring to Thompson's statement
that some of the senators might have
been wary of the future power of Stu­dent
Action, Hawkins replied, That
could have gone through some minds,"
but refused to say this affected their
final decision.
Ruffin agreed that none of the sena­tors
were afraid of Student Action, re­iterating
his argument about duplica­tion
of efforts being foremost in the
senator's minds.
[See STUDENT ACTION1 page 3]
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Anyone driving by the perimeter of Auburn University has been warned: those who do
not possess the proper parking sticker will have to face the music. Warning signs were
erected by the Security Office during quarter break. Photo by Wanda Kenton
Trustees reconsider position mnTilnft nft namnne I« +U« foil n^ n «m<h ••
By Annie Jones
Plainsman Staff Writer
Two Board of Trustee members who
voted against compliance with HEW
Title IX guidelines concerning male
visitation "showed that they were
interested in working something out,"
SGA President Buck Ruffin said after
attending a Board meeting June 7.
Approximately 500 men will be
moving off campus in the fall as a result
of the Board's vote which imposes a
curfew on the men's dorm. Ruffin cited
this figure as a central point in urging
the Board to reconsider their decision
at the meeting in President Philpott's
Magnolia Dormitory has had a
retention rate of 72 percent in the past.
This year only 42 percent of male
students presently living in Mag Dorm
will be returning.
Ruffin told the Board he felt they had
overlooked "the plight of men who wish
to live on campus." As a result of the
guidelines, men will be forced to live
off-campus and forced to pay higher
prices."
Ruffin cited the increase in enroll­ment
as an additional problem. "There
will be an increase in demand without
an increase in off-campus housing.
"With the guidelines, on-campus
New intramural playing field,
Ml -car parking lot approved
Auburn University President Harry
M. Philpott has approved planning for
a parking lot to be located across from
the security office. Plans are also
underway for a new playing field, with
the first phase to be completed by Fall
1977.
The playing field will be located on
the land bordered on the south by
Farm Road and on the north by
Samford Avenue. This is the site
formerly used by the Agricultural
Experiment Station.
"We are going with half of the total
area designated for development under
the first phase," said William H.
Guerin, University architect and
campus planner who is designing the
field. "Phase one plans are for an area
of size equivalent to eight football
fields. „ _.
This will be an open playing
field, but will be used primarily for
football, soccer and Softball," he added,
pointing out that each of the football
fields can be converted to two Softball
fields.
The development will primarily
include the area on the west side of a
stream bisecting the land. Guerin
noted the stream will enhance the
beauty of the area, bordered by trees
and pedestrian or bicycle paths.
The planned parking lot will
accomodate 800 cars. Work on this
project will be coordinated with
completion of the playing fields so that
both will be ready for use by fall of
1977.
housing will no longer be an alternative
to most men," he added.
Charles Schroeder, Mag Dorm
manager said, "The option of having
parents and the students deciding on
visitation individually would please the
students and that would please me."
Schroeder believes the Board will not
entertain any further discussion on the
matter until the SGA uses all its
possible influence.
Ruffin's proposal is to have Mag
Dorm rules remain what they have
been and for women to have a choice of
dorms with no visitation or with
limited or open visitation.
Ruffin said he believed most women
students would choose housing with
rules similar to those currently in
effect. He added that a choice of
visitation rules would provide alterna­tives
for women dissatisfied with
current regulation.
"My main goal is to see that men's
housing is not regulated," Ruffin said.
"I feel that we're making progress
because some of the trustees are
responding."
Call him "Mr. Consistent." Auburn freshman sprinter Harvey Glance has
been one of the most consistent tracksters in the country this year. His
accomplishments read as long as the 100-meter dash he runs: two SEC track
titles; All-American in both indoor and outdoor track; three NCAA titles; and.
All the way, Harvey!
; recently, a berth on the United States Olympic team.
Harvey became the fifth Auburn athlete to earn a spot on the Olympic team
hut week at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. by winning the 100-meter
Of course, Glance will wear the red, white and blue in Montreal in mid-July.
All Auburn fans will watch with great anticipation as this great young athlete
represents his country and University. Photo by Dyke Helms
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The World
This Week
By RUMCD Noten
Plainsman Staff Writer
National
Rep. Wayne L. Hays, whose admitted affair with
Elizabeth Ray forced him to relinquish his House
Administration Committee chairmanship, was recent­ly
released from hospitalization necessisted by an
overdose of sleeping tabliets. He has not disclosed
publicly whether the overdose of the drug Dalmane
was an attempted suicide or accidental.
William and Emily Harris, companions in the
underground journey of Patricia Hearst, went on trail
this week on charges of kidnapping, robbery and
assault. The long-delayed trial of the two Symbionese
Liberation Army members started in the absence of
their celebrated co-defendant, Hearst, who is
undergoing psychiatric tests.
Campaign 76
President Ford and former California Gov. Ronald
Reagan fought for the few remaining national
convention delegates last Saturday in Republican
caucuses and conventions in five states. Reagan
narrowed Ford's delegate lead to 73 as he won a
majority of delegates in Washington, Texas, and
Colorado. Ford edged Reagan in Iowa, and Delaware's
entire slate was uncommitted.
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. conceded
that Jimmy Carter is the almost certain choice for the
Democratic presidential nomination. He said he would
confine his role as Carter's last remaining challenger
and attend to his state duties.
President Ford emphasized his presidential duties
last Friday and avoided a face-to-face confrontation
with Ronald Reagan by cancelling an Iowa campaign
trip to keep White House watch over evacuation of
American citizens in Lebanon. The situation allowed
him to stay away from a possibly embarrassing
political situation in Des Moines. He sent his wife
Betty in his place.
Old depot leased
for businesses
AU faces budget cut
Plans are being made for a fund drive to raise
approximately $250,000 to build and furnish an
international student center on campus. The building,
which would be located on the present site of the art
annex on College Street, is designed to accommodate
about 30 students
Auburn University would
have to truii $1 million from
its operating budget if the
Alabama House of Repre­sentatives
concurs with the
Senate on a four per cent cut
in the University's opera­tions
and maintenance ap­propriation.
However, the
possibility of limiting enroll­ment
or increasing tuition
"would not come into being
immediately," according to
President Harry M. Phil-pott.
Philpott said that both
moves are under study now,
but that other economy mea­sures,
including a freeze on
hiring and restricting or de­ferring
some campus expen­ditures,
would be made first.
In addition, he said that
although he "had hoped
maybe there would be some
cost of living adjustments,
with a cut we don't view
salary increases as a live
possibility. On the other
hand, we are going to pro­tect
salaries and have no
plans for reducing those in
any way because of a cut."
Philpott noted that any
tuition increase would have
to be approved by the Board
of Trustees, which meets in
August, and pointed out
"that normally it would be
too late for an increase to
take place for the opening of
fall quarter in September.
"No determination has
been made on what kind of
recommendation would be
made there until we develop
an operating budget for
McClendon says sex scandals
"only the tip of an iceberg"
LflBlackmar
Plainsman Staff Writer
Auburn's historic train
depot off North College
Street will be leased to four
businesses, opening in late
July. Original plans for
converting the depot to a
restaurant were cancelled
because of Auburn's liquor
law.
The law prohibits the sale
of alcoholic beverages within
a one-mile radius of the
campus. All the firms
approached for opening a
restaurant said the law
would prevent them from
operating a profitable busi­ness,
said Col. Andy Pick,
went for the buildin"
Pick Realty Company- then
leased space to a beauty
shop and an import gift
shop. The company will also
have offices in the depot.
The once active train
depot has been restored to
its original condition, accord­ing
to Pick. A Confederate
monument, which com­memorates
Jefferson Davis'
review of the Auburn Guard
in 1861 en route to his
inauguration, will remain.
Thi Pick Realty Company
will also handle an apart­ment
complex for students,
to be completed next sum­mer.
The two-or three-story
complex will be located
between West Magnolia and
Glenn, near the drill field.
The apartments, named
"Eagle's West" will feature a
modern sky light roof, gift
shop and swimming pool.
Other planned facilities in­clude
a barber shop and
beauty shop, a drug store,
grocery and laundry.
Pick estimated the com­plex
will house 240 people.
Wayne Hays is not the
only congressman who has
hired a mistress. In fact,
Washington correspondent
Sarah McClendon told an
Auburn audience, "many
congressmen and senators
have mistresses in Washin-ton.
including one from
Alabama."
McClendon, who has
covered the Washington
beat since 1946, says the
recent scandals are simply
"the tip of an iceberg." She
insisted that Wayne Hays
should be forced from his
chairmanship of the House's
most powerful committee,
the House Administration
Committee, not simply be­cause
of the sex scandal, but
because he is "sarcastic...
mean...and a dictator.
She said the public should
question everything that
goes on in Washington.
"We're paying for it. Errors
start when there is no report
back to the people.
She charged that "too
much of the taxpayer's
money is used to reelect
incumbents. We are footing
the bill for most of it,
including two back-up planes
used for security for the
President.
She questioned the Presi­dent's
motives in seeking to
overrule the court's stand on
busing and an environmen­tal
issue regarding por­poises,
and asked, "Doesn't
that seem unusual? Parti­cularly
when they're both
such big campaign issues?"
McClendon said that in
her opinion, "Jimmy Carter
would make a better presi­dent
than either Ford or
Reagan. He would try to
return local control. The
hardline Democrats now
realize they can't control
Carter. He's too new."
The last Forum speaker of
the quarter, sponsored by
Associated Women Stu­dents,
said, "We should look
into the fringe benefit
spending, too, including
postage on anything mailed
any where, two or three
district offices, and enter­tainment
in the Capitol halls
at night with subsidized food
and services.
"Next time you're in
Washington," she said, "ask
to be invited to one of the
parties,
them."
McClendon said Daniel
Schorr had divulged "noth­ing
that doesn't belong to
the people. He got the
release in advance and it
wasn't called secret until
afterwards. Now $150,000
of your money is being spent
to investigate Daniel Schorr
instead of the matter to
which he referred.
She said the Ethics
Commission needs to be
examined; that they have
"never really done anything
because the senators don't
want to sit.in criticism on
the committees."
However, McClendon is
optimistic, that the system
can work. She called it "the
greatest experiment in free­dom
in the world," and
praised the "young, new
congressmen who are work­ing
and studying even
though they aren't recogniz­ed
by some of the older men
because they're freshmen."
She challenged her audience
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Mrs. McClendon called for
a restructuring of the
presidency. "He has too
much power, and the vice
president should be a real
assistant president."
She concluded with a pitci.
for the equal rights amend­ment.
"I can't imagine how
any educated person could
be against the ERA. Until it
is passed there won't be
anything like equality for
women. In 42 of 50 states, if
a man owns property, his
widow must pay an inheri­tance
tax on it. ERA is
necessary tfor equality in
pay, treatment and rules,
particularly regarding pen­sions,
social security and
retirement."
presentation to the Board in
August," Philpott explained.
"This subject is under
consideration, but it has not
been determined how much
—and if or when a tuition
increase would be made."
Philpott also said "an en­rollment
limitation for this
fall is not in the picture. It
will receive some considera­tion
this fall when we deter­mine
the number of fresh­men
that we will be ad­mitted
in 1977-78."
He added that the only
place the University could
limit incoming students
would be at the freshman
class level and that class has
already been admitted.
Philpott noted that a four
per cent cut in state appro­priations
represents a cut of
somewhat more than one
per cent in terms of the
overall University budget on
the main campus, and point­ed
out that trimming and
deferring expenditures
would have to be made.
"A cut would mean basic­ally
no increases of any
substantial nature in any
category in the University,"
Dr. Philpott said. "We have
pending a large number of
requests for increases—li­brary
expenditures for ex­ample,
and for operating
expenses in the Buildings
uid Grounds maintenance
program, as well as requests
for new positions."
Dr. Philpott said that
while some new positions
had been approved, admin­istration
officials have not
made a determination con­cerning
positions vacated by
resignations or deaths.
"There probably will be
some areas in which we
would encounter vacancies
and not fill them," Dr.
Philpott concluded. "In ot­her
areas the University
would undoubtedly have to
fill positions that become
vacant. Our procedure here
would be to analyze each
individual case and make a
determination, not on a blan­ket
freeze policy, but on a
needs analysis."
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Haley elevators are not
prejudiced; 'stick' for all
By P«ggye Meng
Assistant Features Editor
The elevator jerked a
couple of times and abruptly
stopped. Everyone stared
at the unmoving doors. A
student said,"Damn, are we
stuck?" All heads turned to
look at him.
A professor, puffing on a
cigar, said, "We're in be­tween
floors." The old lady
in the back started cough­ing.
"I've got an exam in
two minutes; I can't miss it,"
exclaimed one girl. Some­one
rang the emergency
bell.
Unanswered questions
filled the air. "What are we
going to do?" "Is there
enough air in here?" "I'm
burning up, how long will we
be in here?" "Is anybody
ever gonna come?"
Scenes like this are not
uncommon in the Haley Cen­ter
elevators. The elevators
are not prejudiced; anyone
can get "stuck."
Carrie Wiseman, 2ZY,
was riding down from the
ninth floor alone one night
and got stuck in the elevator
on the first floor. Although
she rang the emergency bell
and could hear people out­side
the elevator, no one
came.
Wiseman said, "I looked
the elevator over to make
sure there was an air vent,
then I tried to open the
doors." Finally, Carrie
plunged a pencil between
the doors and they opened.
Roy Thompson, superin­tendent
of building services,
is in charge of the mainten­ance
of Haley Center, in­cluding
the elevators.
Thompson said that the in­side
doors probably didn't
completely close.
"The doors operate on a
pressure principle; when she
jammed that pencil in she
made contact and the doors
opened."
Tim Lockhart, 3GEH, was
traveling up to the sixth
floor when the elevator
stopped between floors.
Lockhart pushed the emer­gency
bell several times
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with no response. He said,.
"Eventually, the doors came
unstuck by themselves."
Thompson said that a lot
of people get caught because
they inadvertently lean
against the emergency but­tons.
Both the emergency
bell and the emergency stop
buttons automatically stop
the elevator.
Simply pulling out these
buttons will get the elevator
going again, he said.
Another reason the eleva­tors
"stick" is that trash gets
caught between the runners.
Then, inside doors will not
meet and the elevator can­not
"go."
People often get in the
way of the ray light on the
inside of the door. This
causes an automatic buzzer
to go off if someone on
another floor has pressed
the button for the elevator.
There is always someone
on duty to "come and res­cue"
until 11 p.m. Thompson
said. At night the elevators
are said to be
One stays at the top and the
other at the bottom.
If someone calls an eleva­tor,
it carries the person to
the desired floor and, when
the doors close, it remains in
place and shuts off until
called again.
When the current goes
off, both elevators automa­tically
go down to the next
RWCRW
floor and open their doors.
If both elevators get stuck,
someone must go to the 10th
floor and hand operate the
cables to the next floor. This
has never happened.
Thompson said, "I'd like to
compliment the students on
their behavior in the stuck
elevators. The problem is
with the professors' atti­tudes.
"Usually people are only
caught in the elevator for
about 10 minutes, but it feels
like three hours with that
bloomin' bell ringing on
every floor."
Jay Sanders, an assistant
professor of Speech, was
once caught on an elevator
that went up and down
without opening its doors.
"We had a full load,"
Sanders said. "No one
panicked but everyone was
getting concerned.
"We went up and down,
up and down about three
times. Finally we stopped
on the ground floor, where
we had wanted to go. The
doors opened and everyone
breathed a sigh of relief."
Thompson said that this
was not unusual. "People
get in and don't push a
button; the doors won't open
until a button is mashed on
the inside or outside. Prob­ably
someone outside had
called the elevator."
Thompson told of the time
he had to rescue two fresh­man
girls from the elevator.
Both girls were near hys­teria
at being "stuck."
Thompson rode up in the
adjacent elevator and
opened the emergency doors
of both elevators.
"One girl was sitting on
the floor, leaning against the
emergency door," Thompson
said. "She was scared into
more hysterics when that
door opened. '
"I've never seen anyone so
glad to get off an elevator,"
he laughed. r
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Edwards said he thought
the reason for the decision
was that a lot of senators
thought Student Action was
going to be another SGA.
"The SGA wants student
involvement, but it turned
down an organization that
represented just that,
student involvement," he
said.
When queried about the
arguments espoused by the
SGA officials, he said "I do
not feel Student Action was
a duplication of efforts or
services now offered by the
SGA, nor do I feel it would
have been a divisive factor."
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off-campus capacity. How­ever,
Edwards noted, one of
those capacities is having
members actively involved
on current SGA committees.
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THE AUBURN PUINSMMV
Editorials Than., June 24,1976
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ABC law should go
There is a bill now before the Alabama House of Representatives to abolish
the limitation of liquor sales within one mile of campuses. The bill, prepared by
Rep. Sonny Callahan of Mobile, would eliminate the double standards in
Alabama that exist with respect to enforcement of the current law.
In addition, the bill would open many areas in the state to an influx of new
business—something that is badly needed in many communities.
This measure deserves the attention of all Auburn students, as it will direct­ly
and dramatically affect our area. Write your representatives and senators
and let them know how you feel on this issue. You do have a voice. Use it.
Student oouncilman
The Auburn city elections will be held August 10 and 10,000 Auburn
students will not be here to vote. That is unless someone acts quickly to stop.
the election.
The American Civil Liberties Union has been contacted and the chances for a
court order are dependent upon our actions.
Call the mayor and tell him how you feel. His name is James K. Haygood, his
number 821-3892 or 821-2199. Find out who your councOmen are. Stand up for
your rights and others will stand beside you.
The time to act is now.. Delay means certain defeat. This election is
eminently important to all students.
The face of the world can change—you can help. Help by improving life in
Auburn for yourself and generations of students who will follow you.
Please.
Stand up for your rights
No student has ever served on Auburn's City Council, yet students
constitute a majority of Auburn's residents. Students are voting residents of
Auburn and we feel the time has come for them to be represented. We urge
any qualified student to run in the August 10 election.
Anyone who is 18 years old and a registered voter can, run.
Two councilmen are elected from each of the four wards, several of which
are predominately inhabited by students. The last day for filing is July 6.
At this time several wards have no candidates running in either place.
Anyone interested in running should contact City Hall.
A round of applause
The Auburn Administration and Claude Saia, the newly appointed Director
of Recreational Services and Intramurals, should be commended for authoriz­ing
eight new intramural fields. The new fields are to be located across from
Wilbur Hutsell Track and the Varsity practice fields and will hopefully be com­pleted
by Fall Quarter 77.
The fields will be first-rate. The preliminary plans call for each field to be
level and close to regulation size. This will be a welcome change from the
entirely inadequate Max Morris Drill Field.
The new additions are a step forward which hopefully indicates a
committment by the University for a better recreational and intramural
programs. " ;
Welcome bade
We'd like to welcome all the new freshmen to Auburn, and we hope the time
you spend here is both a rewarding and a pleasant experience, as it has been
for us.
By the way, The Plainsman needs people to help but in all aspects of the
paper, so if any of you are interested, call or come by The Plainsman office and
let us know. New faces are always welcome.
• 'What am I doing here?9
already having enough trouble with
your schoolwork.
Last quarter I had the good fortune
of living nearly a mile from the
Coliseum with an unregistered car. So
in the intense heat of late morning I
would struggle to get to my P.E. class
on time, hoping that day we would
have a swimming test. But we always
had to exercise instead, right out there
on the dead, brown grass underneath
the "great ball of fire." Then we had to
run a mile or more on the track.
All this time the teacher sat in the
shade in his neat white tennis shorts
and drove us to the brink of extinction.
Finally he called it a day. I had enough*
trouble clawing my way to the locker
room but trying to walk back to my
far-away apartment was a physical
task too great to bear.
The misery of summer quarter is not
limited to the campus. In a futile
attempt to reduce the heat of summer,
almost every apartment in Auburn has
an air-conditioner. Mine does too,
although it only cools a total area of 12
square inches. The bed is far away
from it, baking in heat.
So every night I waste what little
energy I have left from a long, grueling
day and drag my mattress over to the
air-conditioner. I nearly freeze
underneath my thin blanket but it's
preferable to sweltering all night long.
As for the bed, I'm not moving it since
it wouldn't fit anywhere near the
12-inch area.
As much as I like Auburn, I'd rather
be somewhere else this summer.
Someplace where it makes sense to
spend the summer, far away from
school. I'd like to be home shucking
corn or sitting in the treehouse. But
luck is as dry as the summer wind so
here I am in school.
Well, here I am again. I vowed I'd
never come to another summer quarter
but I got myself into a stupid
predicament which forced me to forfeit
my vacation plans and come to school.
Last quarter I dropped three classes,
changed my major, and got a big chunk
of my credits kicked out the window.
So now I have to wait until winter
quarter to be a sophomore. It's
embarrassing to be a fifth quarter
freshman. I'm not dumb, just unlucky.
There's nothing I can do but trudge
through the long hot summer.
I love summer but not summer
school. Who cares for school when the
surfs up and hamburgers are grilling
on the patio? I'd rather be reading
"Annette Funicello and the Mystery of
Smuggler's Cove" than "First Medita­tions
in Philosophy."
A lot of people speak glowingly of
the many advantages summer quarter
offers. What advantages? The only
one I can think of is less students which
means the pace isn't as hectic as it is
during the normal school year. But is it
an "advantage to be in school while all
the others are in Florida, at camp, or
just plain sleeping late at home?
It's a fact that the weather is hot in
summer. But it seems even hotter
when you're passing the summer in
school. You feel like the forces of
nature are against you when you're
Forum Mob'' needs maturity
University course 201, commonly
called Forum, is considered the thorn
and savior of Auburn's lecture series.
The premise of Forum is good,
people do come. Any Forum approved
event has almost a guaranteed capacity
crowd, and that certainly makes the
university look good, especially to
lecturers brought in.
I take offense with its current
structure and students.
At the end of Spring Quarter I went
to see Sara McClendon, a truly
remarkable journalist who knows more
about Washington than most senior
congressman.
Through the combined efforts of the
two "boys" in front of me with their
vocal re-enactment of the weekend's
activities, the periodic "Go Fish" of the
three girls beside me and the "child"
behind me who bitched for 40 minutes
because there wasn't enough light to
study physics as she had planned,
that's about all I did—see the speaker—
because I surely couldn't hear her.
But the crowning blow came when
Ms. McClendon thanked the audience \
for listening (ha-ha) and then asked if
there were any questions.
It was as if she had screamed,
"There's a fire in the ballroom."
Streams of students bolted to the door
never caring that there had indeed
been a question and the poor lady was
trying to answer it.
Furthermore, the fact that these
student's cards were collected and they
were given credit for embarrassing the
university adds to the absurity of it all.
You see, Forum-goers only have to
stay for the speech; questions and
answers are the green light to go.
David Cochran, assistant Forum
supervisor, said, "to really improve the
system it would require a complete
restructuring. Real improvements,
can't be made with the program being
run the way it is."
One suggestion has been to let it be
an honors course for juniors and
seniors. But this works on the
assumption that upperclassmen have
enough manners and good taste to act
properly.
Many departments now will not ask
for forum approval for their events.
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They figure a small but attentive
audience is a lot better than the "forum
mob."
Forum was initiated by Dr. Leslie C.
Campbell, associate dean of Arts and
Sciences, so students could experience
varied range of speakers and view­points.
With the original 50 students who
enrolled, this purpose was obtainable.
But with 1,400 students registering
each quarter, the initial format will not
suffice.
Mass restructuring is the only hope
for Forum, and it must be done soon
before Auburn. completely ruins its
reputation around the country. To be
known as the college where the
students leave halfway through
presentations is something Auburn
certainly doesn't need.
City violating
students' rights
Your rights are being violated. Yes,
both student and faculty residents of
Auburn are being denied their
constitutional rights.
By whom? The City of Auburn.
August 10 is the date for city
elections. On this day the Mayor and
members of the City Council will be
elected. These people make decisions
we all must live by—yet a sizable
percentage of both students and
faculty members are unable to vote
because of the date. This is a violation
of the 14th Amendment.
Adopted in July, 1860, the 14th
Amendment says: "No state shall . .
.deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws," Auburn (a municipality is
simply an extension of the state) is
over a century behind in effecting this
explicit edict.
Auburn's population stands at near
29,000. Students are included in this
figure. At 17,000 strong, students
outnumber "townspeople" by a whop­ping
5,000. Yet they have no voice. Is
that representative government?
Summer quarter enrollment is 7400.
Over one-half of the student population
and a sizeable percentage of the popu­lation
the right to vote for their public
officials. This is repugnant to the con­stitution,
in both spirit and letter.
In the event of a runoff, which would
be held in early September, virtually
all students and all faculty members,
since many use this month for out of
town vacations, cound not vote.
A small portion of the population is
left to decide who governs the absent
majority.
Beside the academic argument, what
purpose does this arbitrary disfran­chisement
of the voting majority
serve? It leaves the business
community, which exists to "serve" the
students, in virtually omnipotent
control of the community in which the
student majority lives! And let there
be no misunderstanding—students are
residents. That argument was
resolved years ago—students are
eligible to vote in Auburn.
The present City Council has several
prominent business leaders among its
numbers, including several realtor/
landlords and a contractor. These
people, who are directly affected by
zoning and tenant laws also effect the
laws. The realtor/landlords make their
living by renting to students. One of
the biggest landlords in town (and one
widely criticized tor his mistreatment
of students) is on the council, and he is
up for reelection—elected from a ward
predominately inhabited by students
nine months of the year! He is their
representative? Is this representative
government?
The date of the election should be
changed to be concurrent with the
national election in November. This
would give students the opportunity to
register to vote in the fall after coming
HOME to school.
Many people in Auburn oppose this
change. They say that no one is denied
the privilege to vote—that students
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could vote by absentee ballot if they
really wanted to.
True, Yet, is this a reasonable
demand? Most students and many
faculty members leave Auburn in June,
returning in September.
They miss the opportunity (right) to
witness the campaign first-hand.
Having no way of knowing the
candidates, or of keeping track of the
issues, students are forced to vote from
ignorance. Why should anyone,
student or faculty, be so grossly
inconvenienced when other alterna­tives
are available?
The argument is made that the fiscal
year, which is not October to.
September, must be changed if the
election date is altered. True. So
change it. It has been done before,
here and elsewhere. Auburn Univer­sity's
fiscal year was changed by the
legislature, this year!
Finally, City officials and business
interests say that the changing of the
election date is out of their hands.
They say it is up to the legislature. It
would take a constitutional amendment
which there is no time for.
True again. But why did the city not
take steps to end this travesty of
justice four years ago? Or eight years
ago? If this is left up entirely to the
city, history shows us, nothing will be
done. Draw your own conclusions why
the "city" doesn't want to give the
students a voice.
Students must have a voice. We do
have a good case. It is too lage for a
constitutional amendment, however, it
is not too late to take our case to the
courts. If done expeditiously, a court
order could stop the election.
Sounds drastic? It isn't. The severi­ty
of our actions must be commensur­ate
with the obstacles which confront
us. Students and the constitution
demand that students be represented.
My arguments are based on the 14th
and 26th amendments. The 26th was
adopted because 18-21 year-olds were
being denied the 14th amendment
rights of equal protection and due
process. At that time 49 states viewed
18 year-olds as adults in criminal
proceedings, yet only two states
allowed them to vote.
Students and faculty members on
this campus are being denied those
same two important freedoms.
If a significant number of students
show they care, if they flex their
political muscle, we may convince the
American Civil liberties Union to carry
our standard into court. They've been
contacted—they are watching us.
And once there was a museum
Once upon a time there was a
museum...and a big one at that. It was
a popular place to visit because for the
villagers it held many treasures that
were dear to their hearts. Displays of
childhood morality, early religion and
portrayals of the warm protection from
the things "out there"...the things the
villagers had heard about and knew
were a threat to the status quo.
The big museum was total and com­pletely.
The caretakers and creators of
the displays were just as much arti­facts
as their art...and what's more the
caretakers were shrewd and subtle.
While visiting the museum, one can
obtain the entire effect desired by the
artists and never once catch the tiniest
peek of them...but they are there...and
they are busy preserving this and
repairing that so that it will all be in
place and unchanged for the genera­tions
to come.
The museum was for the children.
The moms and dads had been there
long ago, before it was a display case.
They went there to grow and they did.
After the visit, they went back to their
tiny villages and planted their crops.
As the children grew, the moms and
dads told them of the treasures not far
away.
The crops would come and go, the
terrain would change, the children
grew older and more aware. . They
watched the land change and felt the
difference that time induced.
This is when the museum became the
museum. Many of the moms and dads
loved it so much (how it was) they
stayed to polish the art and protect the
displays that were interpretations of
their most youthful and joyous mo­ments.
Some became caretakers,
others supporting handymen and wo­men.
i The walls became impermeable to
ihe new things,...the modern art...that
they saw no reason to understand. The
caretakers built devices of all sorts to
protect what was there and to sustain
the existence. They knew that the
children would enter with that youth­ful,
fiery energy that was so powerful
when channeled in a particular direc­tion.
To attract their virile enthusiasm,
the caretakers created huge exhibi­tions
of animalistic bumping and hurt­ing.
Some were allowed to participate.
They were fed from the fat of the land
so they would grow large and strong
and could hurt more. The others were
encouraged to become involved emo­tionally
which in turn led to enough
physical exertion to tire them and rob
them of their precious energy that
could have been enhanced by some new
impression, an abstraction.
Yes, all the moms and dads from the
villages sent the children to the
museum to experience all that had
been preserved. They would say,
"grow as we did" and send them' off,
many of them. The moms and dads felt
pleased, for there would be a continu­ance...
though they were really saying,
"go forth and be like me...a reflection."
And the children toured the museum...
and for some time at that.
They would see display and display,
day after day. Most of the children
experienced the art easily, for it was
much like home and the caretakers
were pleased with their manners.
Some of them were noisy.
The museum was a sacred place.
The art within was sacred. A
quick-eyed youngster would spot a flaw
in the creations from time to time and
speak out loud. "Hush," said the
caretakers "hush"...
The children did not grow. They saw
the museum from end to end but did
not grow. The seeds they came away
with seldom sprouted in the fresh soil
of the new terrain. Many went back to
the small villages and were bitter.
Most didn't care. That's what they
experienced in the museum. Why care
when you can't touch? You can respect
something in a glass case, but it's easy
to love something that you helped
create.
Most of the children went back to the
small patches of land that were just as
much displays as the museum itself.
Mom and dad had made it warm but
that didn't matter either. They were to
busy not caring to care.
And the other children left the mu­seum.
And also they had installed little
windows so the light peeked in and let
the seeds grow.
Hopefully someday the trees and
vegetables and grain and new Earth
will be tended within the now dark
walls. And the children will still come'
from the villages to tend the c rops and
pick from not one tree, but many.
ITHE AUBURN
PlJUrMSrVUN
Betty Douglass, Editor
Ken Edwards, Business Manager
Editorial Board members: Managing Editor, Karan
Sexton; News Editor, Lauren C. Steele; Features
Editor, Carol Williams; Sports Editor, Brad Davis;
Editorial Board Chairman, Betty Douglass.
Technical Editor, Doug Langley; Entertainment
Editor, Susan DeShazo; Copy Editor, Sharon Mitch­ell;
Asst. News Editor, Annie Jones; Asst. Features
Editor, Peggye Meng; Asst. Sports Editor, Randy
Cox.
The Auburn Plainsman is the student-edited newspaper of Auburn Univer­sity.
Signed columns represent the opinion of the writer, while unsigned edi­torials
represent the opinion of the Plainsman's Editorial Board.
page 5 ITmr*., June 24,1976 THE AUBURN PUlNSMM
Lr6'btj61?S JWEGL doesn't represent tastes
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Student opposes
\parking lots
Editor, The Plainsman:
In recent months there has been
luch discussion on the lack of parking
Ispace on the Auburn campus. One
(suggested solution to the problem is
the construction of more parking lots,
a proposal I strongly oppose. More
parking lots are unnecessary and
would only decimate the beauty of our
campus and, indeed, we at Auburn are
very fortunate to have such a beautiful
campus. We should be grateful and try
to preserve it (and you don't preserve
beauty by burying it under a sheet of
| asphalt.)
There are alternatives to building
I more parking lots such as a multi-story
parking deck where the Haley Center
parking lot is now. True, this would be
expensive but so was War Eagle IV's
new home. The money used to build it
was obtained mostly through contri­butions,
so why couldn't we launch a
fund raising campaign to help pay for a
parking deck which would take up a
minimum land area while providing
many parking spaces right in the heart
I of the campus?
An obvious alternative would be for
I more people to walk to class or ride bi­cycles.
The exercise would be benefi­cial
and people could better observe
some of the beauty I've been talking
about. (One can easily walk a mile in
twenty minutes.)
A third alternative is a city and
campus bus system. Buses could take
people to campus as well as from one
part of campus to another. Many uni­versities
across the nation are already
using this system to fight traffic con­gestion
on their campuses.
A novel solution to our parking
problem would be the adoption of the
system of transportation used at Six
Flags over Georgia. Customers park
some distance away from the enter­tainment
area and are transported via
tram cars to the main gate.
The point is, there are other ways to
solve our parking problem without
paving our campus. We are lucky; we
have a few trees (which house the local
birds and squirrels), some neatly
trimmed lawns, and some flowers. To
many, a campus just isn't a campus
without these things, so let's keep
them.
Johnny Brasher
2GFL
Owner says ABC can't
break state laws
Editor, The Plainsman:
We would like to reply to an editorial
in the May 27 edition of the Plainsman
entitled "Liquor Law." The article
totally misrepresents the current
proposal before the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board in asserting that "to
approve this license, the ABC will have
to break a state law."
This assumption is totally incorrect;
the ABC board does not have the
authority to break a state law. The
proposal before the Board is based on a
case which originated in Alexander
City, in which a proprietor of a
restaurant applied for a liquor license,
which, under the one-mile limit, would
have been denied. However, the case
called for an interpretation of the law
by the state attorney general, who
conceded that denial of the license
would be unconstitutional, and the
license was granted to the restaurant
(within one mile of Alex City Junior
Quotes Nader on apathy
Editor, The Plainsman:
The following column by Ralph
Nader which appeared in last Sunday's
paper shows that Auburn's student
apathy problem is not the only one of
its kind:
"Why do students not participate in
the civic system? Why, after fighting
for voting rights, do students not
participate in the electoral process?
There is an obvious answer: Students
do not know how to use the tools of a
democratic society because they have
never been allowed to do so in relation
to themselves.
Students live in an artificial world
where they are forever held as adoles­cents.
They are told in the classroom
that they must participate in the civic
system, but they are discouraged by
endless roadblocks from initiating ac­tivities
within their own university
environment.
When students try to organize
themselves for civic purposes or for
programs to advance their educational
experiences, their efforts are often ar­bitrarily
stymied by governing boards,
university officials and politicians
whose interests do not mirror those of
the students."
(Consumer advocate Ralph Nader
before the subcommittee on higher
education, May 7,1976.)
Many campuses are faced with the
"apathy" problem. While Mr. Nader
does not give us a solution, he does
show us the first obstacle to conquer.
So to President Philpott, the Board
of Trustees and Honorable George, I
give you a detailed explanation of
Auburn's problem by the leading con­sumer
advocate of our nation.
Steve Panzram
2HA
Editor, The Plainsman:
It seems to me that the program­ming
of WEGL doesn't represent the
tastes of Auburn students as a whole.
In my opinion it has gotten a good deal
too "progressive" and tries to specialize
too much. I quit listening to it some
time ago after I turned to it time and
time again only to hear some obscure
rock group five minutes into a twenty
minute jam.
But don't get me wrong. I am not
suggesting that WEGL should take on
a "top forty" programming. To do so
would defeat its purpose of providing a
listening alternative. What I am
suggesting is that is hold off a little on
Jerry Jeff Walker and play more
Carole King, Doobie Brothers, Elton
John, and other more popular artists
which better represent the tastes of
the student body.
Another thing which is personally
undesirable to me is much of the spe-cailized
programming. In an effort to
have a well-rounded program it has
special times in which it plays certain
types of music such as classical, fifties,
jazz, etc. This is fine for those of us
who have special interests in these
areas, but as for what I think is the
majority of the students, we just keep
turning the dial to WFRI or WCGQ
hoping to find music which we can
easily appreciate and enjoy.
Sure there is some good music
played on WEGL but in this student's
opinion, having to sort it out from the
rest of the programming makes it more
trouble than it's worth.
Timothy G. DeVore
2EE
Errol Flynn would understand
College).
The granting of this license set a
legal precedent, which, on the books, is
as valid as any law, and necessarily
precludes the original state law. Thus,
the current proposal before the ABC
board is based on the precedent, not
the original law, and in no way asks the
board to "break" a state law.
The Plainsman was negligent in
issuing such an unfounded report, and
we feel they should have further '
investigated the legal aspects of the
proposal before publishing their
editorial opinion.
Unfortunately, the mere publication
of that editorial caused an about-face
by the ABC board in their considera­tion
of a liquor license for Courtneys,
downtown Auburn, and subsequently
denied favorable action. Fortunately,
we look at this as only a setback and
will continue to pursue other"remedies
for the situation.
Courtneys
William T. Perkins Jr., Owner
Errol Flynn and I have a lot in
common. We really do. The same good
looks, the same dash and charm, the
same striking success with the ladies,
the same shy, reserved manner, even
the same quiet humility. Also, we both
have mustaches (though his is probably
a little more closely clipped.).
The only thing Errol has that I don't
is Olivia de Havilland. But then I have
been out with Angela Thompson, a
young lady widely celebrated in my
home town for her unsurpassed
"friendliness," and Errol hasn't, so I
figure we are probably about even.
Despite the suavity Mr. Flynn and I
share, however, unlike my cinematic
idol, I occasionally "lapse," as it
were, and do something exceedingly
gauche. In other words, I screw up.
Wait! I know, I know: that is very
difficult for most of you to belive-ex-cept
for the people lucky enough to
know me personally, of course—but I'm
afraid it's true.
Please allow me to illustrate. This
happened last week, on Wednesday,
the first day of summer quarter
classes, as a matter of fact. There's
something about that first day of
classes that brings out the Freshman in
people, at least it does in me. Of
course, some of my friends insist that
the freshman in me is never very far
below the surface anyway.
I managed to get to my nine o'clock
class without any major difficulty. I
received my morning exercise by
beating my alarm clock (the little
sadistic so-and-so) to death as
punishment for ringing very loudly in
my ear after I had specifically
instructed it_to_b^j?e^_quiet_when
waking me./
My nine o'clock English class could
perhaps be best described as "un­eventful."/
Anyway, after about twenty minutes
the class was dismissed. I went down
the stairs slowly, gritting my teeth just
like Errol (such a macho gesture! I'm
probably one of the Top Ten Teeth
Glitters on campus) to mentally
prepare myself for the ordeal which lay
ahead.
I had to go to the bookstore. Now
don't get me wrong; I love the
bookstore. I really do. I love looking
for books that aren't there and waiting
in long lines to have my check
approved ("Yes that's really me in that
I.D. photo. Of course I really smile like
that! See?). But most of all I love
paying outrageov prices for books 111
never use and cr only sell back for half
or less of what I paid for them.
But bookstores aren't all bad. Like
everything else in college they can
provide a learning experience. They
teach patience. They teach courage.
And most of all they teach humility:
"Please, sir, will you buy this book
back? Will you. please? Huh, please?"
"Well, all right, kid, but don't expect
to be this lucky all the time. And I can
only give you a buck-and a half for it;
the new edition's come out and they'll
be using that next quarter."
"Really? What did they change? A
more detailed bibliography? More
illustrations? A rewritten text?"
"Nah, they just reworded the
introduction a little."
Some people say the days of the old
holdup gangs are gone forever. But I
know better. I have been to the
bookstore.
After I bought my books I saw that it
was time for my next class. I pulled out
my schedule, glanced at it and went up
to the second floor for my history class.
The room was empty. "I'm a little
early, I guess," thought I and sat down
by the window where I could watch the
other students walking along below on
the concourse.
After a minute or two someone came
into the room and I heard books slam
against a desk. I turned around and
was pleased to see a pretty girl sitting
over by the door.
I got up and walked over to sit down
beside her. We told each other our
names and began to talk. I discovered
she had also been in my nine o'clock
class and we traded opinions about how
we thought the course was going to be,
how delighted we both were at the
prospect of reading "Rip Van Winkle"
again, etc.
DOONESBURY
I could tell she was fascinated by my
witty conversation by the way she kept
yawning and buffing her nails. I
wondered if Errol ever had this,
problem with Olivia. Somehow I didn't
think so.
All the time I was holding my
newly-found lady friend spellbound
with my scintillating conversation, was
aware that no one else had come into
the room. Finally I looked at my watch
and found that it was almost time for
class to start.
"This is the right room?" I asked my
companion.
"Yes," she said, "I'm sure of that.
But it is strange that no one else has
come in."
After waiting a few more minutes we
decided to go up to the History
Department office and find out what
was going on.
"You're sure you had the right
room?" the secretary asked us.
We assured her we had been in the
correct place and she began to check
through a file. She quickly found what
she was looking for.
"You were in the right room, all
right," she said, smiling very broadly,
"but that class doesn't meet until the
next hour."
My friend and I exchanged glances,
smiled rather faintly at the amused
secretary and left as though we were in
a hurry to be somewhere else.
On the way back down in the
elevator I broke the silence.
"You said you're almost a senior?" I
asked.
"Yes, and you are too?"
I nodded and then said, "So this
would look pretty silly, I think."
"You're right about that."
I looked at my schedule—a good deal
more carefully this time—and said,
"Well, I'm supposed to be in a poetry
class right now."
She checked her schedule and
laughed.
"What is it?" I asked.
"That's where I'm supposed to be
too."
i I laughed with her and said, "Well, I
hate to walk in late. Probably
interrupt the professor's introductory
talk."
"Yes, I suppose so. We probably
won't miss too much the first day
anyway."
I thought for a moment and got an
idea. "Then why don't we just go down
to the lounge and have some coffee?"
And that's what we did. I think
Enrol would have understood.
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By Brad Davis
Sports Editor
Billy Forrester, an Auburn Univer­sity
swimming signee has qualified for
the 1976 Olympics in Montreal at the
swimming tryout in Long Beach Calif.
Forrester finished a close second to
Mike Bruner of Cupertino, Calif, in the
final heat of the 200-meter butterfly
with a time of 2:00.08, slightly behind
Bruner's 2:00.03 time.
However, in an earlier heat,
Forrester became the first American to
swim the 200-meter butterfly under
two minutes to break Mark Spitz
record of 2:00.07, set during the 1972
Olympics. Forrester swam the
200-meter in 1:59.7. The current world
record is 1:59.6, set by Roger Pyttel of
East Germany earlier this year.
Forrester beat Pyttel to take the
gold medal in the Pan American Games
last summer in Calig, Columbia.
Steve Gregg of Santa Ana, Calif,
rounded out the U.S. entry in the
200-meter butterfly by finishing third
in the trials.
Despite qualifying for the Olympics,
Forrester was somewhat disappointed
in his second place finish in the final
heat.
"I thought I was swimming faster
than that," said Forrester. "Some­times
it happens like that. You think
you're doing great but then are
surprised when you finish second."
Forrester also said he wasn't too
surprised about breaking Spitz' record.
"There wasn't much said about it. I
guess since I broke the record in the
preliminaries and not the finals no one
really noticed.
"It wasn't that strange to break
Spitz' record," continued the 18-year
old. "I've been on the verge of it for
two years, so I wasn't that ecstatic
about it, but I was happy with my
team."
Forrester forsees that the race for
the 200-meter butterfly in the Olym­pics
will be between the U.S. and East
Germany.
"I figure that all three of us (U.S.
entries) along with the East Germans
will be right up there in front for the
Olympics," observed Forrester. "It'll
be pretty much anybody's race."
Forrester's family lives in Birming­ham
where his father works as an
engineer, but Billy transferred from
Woodlawn High School in Birmingham
to Episcopal High, a private school, in
Jacksonville, Fla. two years ago.
"I felt that I need better coaching
plus stiffer competition in practice, so I
transferred down to Episcopal,"
explained Forrester. "There are much
more advanced techniques which I
learned in Florida that have really paid
off."
Randy Reese, who has recently been
appointed swimming coach at the
University of Florida, was Forrester's
coach at Episcopal. Ironically Reese is
the brother of Auburn swimming coach
Eddie Reese. Forrester signed with
the War Eagles just prior to when his
coach went to Florida.
Forrester will also compete in the
100-meter butterfly trials this week,
then he will report to a training camp
in Canton, Ohio next week to begin
preparation for the Olympics, which
begin the second week in July.
Gary Schatz, an Auburn junior, also
performed well in the trials, placing
fourth in the 100-meter freestyle finals.
Schatz narrowly missed going to
Montreal, as only the top three
performers are taken.
David McCagg, another Auburn
signee, also made it to the 100-meter
freestyle finals and finished eighth.
Don Langemayr, Duncan Powell and
Rick Harbach, who are also Auburn
swimmers, will be competing in the
trials this week.
Saia assumes post;
plans new facilities
By Brad Davis
Sports Editor
The Auburn University Recreation
and Intramurals Program has a new
director.
Claude Saia, former Auburn fresh­man
football coach was named to the
position of Director of Recreational
Services and Intramurals this past
spring and has officially taken over.
Saia is enthusiastic about the
Recreation and Intramural program at
Auburn.
"I look at my new position like that of
a new head coach," said Saia. "My goal
is to win, so to speak, and provide
Auburn University students with the
best recreational and intramural
program around.
"Naturally, our first priority is new
football and Softball fields and I have
just learned that the administration
has approved eight new fields to be
located across from the Wilbur Hutsell
track and the varsity practice fields,"
said Saia. "Hopefully, we will have
them ready by fall of '77 depending on
how fast things move."
Saia said he will not spend any
additional money on the Max Morris
Drill Field. 'The drill field is in too
sorry a condition to do anything
without the cost being prohibitve. I
think it's best that we just start fresh."
The second priority on Saia's list is
new basketball facilities. Of all the
intramural sports offered, basketball
has the most students participating. In
addition, the Student Act building and
the Sports Arena are the most-used
recreation facilities on campus.
A new concept in the Auburn
intramural program this year will be
coed sports. Coed participation will be
offered in several sports, including
softball and volleyball.
In addition, Auburn will have a
newly organized women's intramural
program, under the direction of Sue
Nunnelly, who will work under Saia.
Several sports are in the process of
being organized for female participa­tion.
Over one-third of the students at
Auburn participated in organized
intramural sports, and Saia predicts an
increase in^that number.
"I see as much as 50 per cent
increase in student participation next
year," said Saia. "There is a steady
rise nation-wide in physical fitness and
I plan to do my best here at Auburn to
accommodate that rise."
Wins 100-meter dash
Glance in Olympics
By Brad Davis
Sports Editor
It was like a "dream come true" for
Auburn freshman Harvey Glance
Sunday, as the sensational sprinter
won the 100-meter dash at the Olympic
Trials in Eugene, Ore., to clinch a berth
on the United States Olympic team.
Glance nipped Houston McTear of
Baker, Fla., in the last meters of the
race for a time of 10.11 seconds, the
10th fastest time in the world. McTear
was close behind at 10.16. Glance's
time was also the fourth fastest time
ever run by an American on fully
automatic time, and would have been
good enough to win the 1972 Olympics.
At the NCAA track finals in
Philadelphia earlier in June, Glance
won three titles. He also shares the
world record in the 100-meter dash
with a 9.9 timing, which was hand-kept.
Steve Riddick of the Philadelphia
Track Club placed third in the
100-meter dash with a time of 10.18 to
round out tKe United States' entry.
Johnny Jones, a University of Texas
football signee, was the fourth place
finisher with a 10.23 timing to earn the
alternate spot. Jones was encouraged
by the fact that McTear may be unable
to go.
"It appears that he has pulled some
muscle fibers in his hamstring,"
physician Bob Larson said of McTear.
McTear said he felt a pain in his
hamstring muscle just after crossing
the tape of the 100-meter final.
If McTear is unable to compete at
Montreal, Jones will gain a berth and
Auburn's Willie Smith, who finished
fifth with a 10.26 second timing, will
become alternate.
Glance also competed in the
200-meter dash finals on Tuesday, but
suffered a slight muscle strain during
the race and finished fifth with a 20.9
time, slightly off winner Millard
Hampton's time of 20.1 seconds.
"Harvey felt a slight pull in his
muscle towards the end of the race,"
said Auburn track coach Mel Rosen.
"Rather than risking the possibility of
tearing the muscle, he just pulled up."
Had Glance placed in the top three in
the 200-meter dash, he would have
become the first American to represent
the United States in the 100-and200-
meter dashes at the Olympics since
Ray Norton did so in 1960.
Glance won the qualifying heat for
the 200 meter with a time of 20.80. He
also won his second heat with a 20.56
time, which was the fastest time of that
heat.
He was the favored going into
Tuesday's final 200-meter heat.
"I am sorry that I got injured," said
Glance. "But at the same time I'm not
really that disappointed. I had planned
to do my best in the 100-meter anyway.
"Competing in the Olympics has
always been a goal of mine, but I had no
idea it would come so soon," said the
18-year-old freshman from Phenix City.
Olympic officials were glad that
Glance made the decision to pull up
rather than complicate the injury,
according to Coach Rosen.
Had Harvey gone on full speed, he
could have torn the muscle, which
would have taken some time to heal,"
said Rosen. 'This way, the muscle is
only slightly strained and should be
healed by the time he goes to camp
next week."
Glance reports Sunday to the
Olympic camp in Plattsburgh, N.Y., for
training prior to the Olympics. He will
race in the 100-meter dash at Montreal
during the second week in July.
According to Rosen, Glance was
probably the most admired competitor
at the trials. "When Harvey won the
100-meter dash the crowd of about
19,000 gave him a standing ovation for
about 10 minutes," said Rosen. "It was
really impressive."
The likable Glance was perhaps one
of the biggest surprises of the year
virtually unknown before developing
into a world class sprinter during his
first year at Auburn.
Glance is optimistic about his
chances at the Olympics in July.
"Running a race is really a mental
thing," said Glance. "As long as I'm in
the right frame of mind, I've got just as
good a chance as anyone."
Also competing in the Olympic Trials
is Auburn junior Willie Smith, who
placed fifth in the 100-meter dash and
is also competing in the 400-meter
trials later this week. Smith has also
been invited to the Olympic training
camp in Plattsburgh to compete for the
400-meter relay team.
In addition to Glance and Smith,
Auburn freshman James Walker and
junior John Lewter will compete in the
110-meter hurdles, with Walker ex­pected
to be a serious contender for a
spot on the Olympic team.
Glance and swimming signee Billy
Forrester are only the fifth and sixth
Auburn athletes to qualify for the
Olympics. Snitz Snider ran in the
400-meter dash in 1928; Percy Beard
was second in the 120 high hurdles in
1932; Whitey Overton competed in the
steeple-chase in 1948, and in 1952 Jim
Dillion placed third in the discus.
AUBURN'S HARVEY GLANCE WAS A POPULAR MAN
...won 100-meter dash for spot in Olympics
Photo by Dyke Helms
Forrester qualifies
for the Olympics
Spring sports salvage the year
By Brad Davis
Sports Editor
Midway through the 1975 football
season, Auburn fans began thinking,
"Well, maybe well do better in basket­ball."
Then, when the Tiger roundbal-lers
were knocked from title conten­tion,
the same old cry was heard.
"Wait until next year."
But it didn't take that long.
Auburn's spring sports saved the
day and as a result, the Tigers placed
third in the Southeastern Conference
All-Sports race, the highest in history.
Coach Shug Jordan's last football
team recorded a dismal 1-4-1 SEC
mark, good enough for a tie for seventn
with Mississippi State. Ironically, the
"king" sport at Auburn placed lower
than any other.
The basketball team was tabbed by
several publications to win the SEC
crown, but several crucial losses
knocked the Tigers out of competition,
but they managed to stay in the top
four, tying Kentucky for fourth with an
11-7 record.
Wrestling, formerly a perennial SEC
crown winner, dropped to its lowest
finish in several years with a fifth place
showing.
The swimming team earned the
highest finish for the winter sports,
placing third under fourth-year head
coach Eddie Reese. The swimmers also
placed eighth in the NCAA national
swim meet and have several swimmers
competing in the Olympic trials.
Then came spring sports.
Tennis climbed two spots in the
standings to sixth place ??agains^'%*H
strong field.
The track team, behind the forces of I
Harvey Glance, Willie Smith and
Company, went to Athens, Ga„ to take
third place honors in the SEC meet and
advanced to the NCAA finals in
Philadelphia. There they placed eighth
nationally. Several tracksters are also
competing for the Olympics.
The Tiger golf team was the surprise
of the year, taking first-place SEC
honors and advancing to the national
tournament in Albuquerque, N.M.
Division, took the Kentucky Wildcats
of the Eastern Division in a three-game
playoff, 2-1, for the SEC baseball
crown. From there the Tigers traveled
to Tallahassee, Fla., for the South
Regional, where they swept the four-team
field, 3-0. From there they ad­vanced
to the NCAA finals in Omaha,
Neb., but were the first team to be
knocked out of the series with two
quick losses.
Traditionally, the Auburn spirit has
prevailed mainly in football and bas­ketball
with a
little trickling
down to the "min­or"
sports. But
this year has
changed things.
Those "minor"
sports became
"major" and that
intangible spirit
was alive, well
and growing at
ALL Auburn
sporting events.
There, witnout the services of top
player, Buddy Gardner, who suffered a
freak cut on his hand, the Tigers
stumbled to a 28th finish out of 29
teams.
Olympics
The Auburn
first season
baseball team, in its
in the SEC Western
Auburn University will be well rep­resented
in the 1976 Olympics, to be
held in Montreal in July, with no less
than two Tiger athletes there. Harvey
Glance, the freshman sensation sprint-
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Photo by Dyke Helms
er, has qualified for the 100-meter dash
this week at Olympic Trials in Eugene,
Ore. The Tigers' Willie Smith placed
fifth in that race and has been invited
to the Olympic training camp in Platts­burgh,
N.Y., to compete in the 400-
meter trials later this week.
Besides Glance, the other Auburn
athlete to go for sure is.a swimming
signee, Billy Forrester of Jacksonville,
Fla. Forrester finished second in the
final heat of the 200-meter butterfly,
but in an earlier heat, he was first,
breaking Mark Spitz' record set in
1972.
In the history of Auburn, only four
Tiger athletes have been to the Olym­pics.
This year, for the first time, there
is more than one Auburn athlete com­peting.
In addition, at least 10 Auburn
athletes were in the Olympic Trials.
The large number of War Eagle ath­letes
competing for the Olympics indi­cates
a tremendous increase in the
amount of talent being recruited to
wear the orange and blue.
The feeling here is that had Mike
Mitchell, the 6-8 War Eagle basketball
star, been given a chance, he would
also be wearing the red, white and blue
in Montreal. Mitchell was injured early
in the Pan American Trials last fall,
and had to come home. Therefore, the
officials of the Olympics, who were
present, did not get a chance to get a
good look at Mitchell.
With the lack of talented tall players,
Mike Mitchell would have been a wel­come
addition to the Olympic basket­ball
team.
Intramurals
For years, Auburn's intramural and
recreation program has been criticized
by many people. University officials
finally decided to do something about it
and hired former head freshman foot­ball
coach Claude Saia to direct the in'
tramural and recreation program.
Saia is like a breath of fresh air. His
enthusiasm for the upgrading of Au­burn's
much-maligned intramural and
recration program is refreshing. Saia's
creed for the Department of Recrea­tional
Services and Intramural Sports
is indicative of his attitude towards his
job:
Auburn students are not an inter­ruption
of our work.
They are the purpose of it.
We are not doing them a favor by
serving them.
They are doing us a favor by giving
us the opportunity of doing so.
With that attitude Saia hopefully
can lead the Auburn program out of the
doldrums and into one of the finest in
the nation. All hell need will be sup­port,
support from the administration
and from the students. Hopefully that
support will be forthcoming.
By the way, some things should
probably be cleared here.
Yes, Bob Davis, the basketball coach,
is my father.
And no, he's not that wild at home.
pageT Thur»., June 24,1976 THE AUBURN PUlNfiMM
Tigers first out in Series
By Randy Cox
Assistant Sports Editor
Auburn's baseball season
ame to a disappointing end
in June 11-12 when the
Tigers became the first team
liminated from the College
World Series at Omaha,
Neb.
"We just didn't play as
well in the Series as we did
during the season," com­mented
Tiger Coach Paul
Nix.
The Tigers played Clem-son
on Friday, June 11, in
their first game of the Series
and dropped a 94 decision.
The setback dropped Au­burn
into the loser's bracket
against Maine. On Satur­day,
June 12, the Tigers
were beaten by Maine, 9-8.
"We did a number of
things wrong, but the main
problem was with our
pitching staff," Nix pointed
out. "After you watch your
pitchers awhile you get to
know when they're sharp
and neat in the way they
perform. With the possible
exception of David O'Hare,
all of our pitchers were off."
The top two men on the
Auburn pitching staff were
All-SEC choices Joe Beck-with
and Robert Hudson,
both righthanded juniors.
Other regulars for the
Tigers were shortstop Steve
Montgomery, left fielder
Curt Cope, second baseman
Mickey Miller, third base­man
Richie Howard, first
baseman David Duffner,
right fielder Steve Rea,
center fielder Chuck Moore
and either Dom Fucci, J.B.
Brown or Jim Black as the
designated hitter.
In addition to Beckwith
and Hudson, Howard, Mor­ton
and Cope were first
team All-SEC choices with
Duffner and Miller on the
All-Division team.
During the season, the
Tigers won the South­eastern
Conference champ­ionship
and the South
Region playoffs, compiling a
37-15 record. Auburn set
team records for victories,
runs and hits.
A major portion of the
glory went to Nix, in his
14th year as Auburn coach.
He was selected South
Region "Coach of the Year"
after winning the same
honor in the SEC.
Auburn hit well during
the Series but just not at the
right time. In two games,
the Tigers collected 23 base
hits for an outstanding .319
average.
"For the most part they
were just wasted hits,"
pointed out Nix. "We would
get a couple of singles after
two were out but couldn't
come up with key hits when
we needed them."
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In a recent interview;
Auburn golf Coach Sonny
Dragoin was optimistic
about his team's chances in
the NCAA Championships'
at Alburquerque, N.M.
That was before his
number one player Buddy
Gardner injured his hand
and was unable to play. As a
result, Auburn finished no
better than 28th in a 29-team
field in the NCAA, beating
only Massachusetts.
In what could be called a
Teak accident, Gardner,
while watching Boston's
128-126 triple-overtime vic-ory
over Phoenix in the
ifth game of the NBA
layoffs, leaped from his
;eat to celebrate one of the
ley baskets and his right
land hit a light fixture.
Reaching out to grab the
illing fixture with his left
liana he was cut and
received 10 stiches in one
finger and a single stitch in a
second finger.
Although Gardner wasn't
able to play in the tourna­ment,
his teammates felt
they could still do well.
However, that didn't turn
out to be the case.
"I'm disappointed. I
thought the boys would pull
together and play better
than they did even without
Gardner," commented Dra­goin.
Dragoin added that the
long layoff after the Tigers,
won the SEC tournament,
along with final examina­tions
which ended a week
before the NCAA event,
may have played a major
part in the bad showing.
Senior Bob Dumas and
sophomore Don Shirey
shared the team lead ait
Alburquerque with 303
totals for the four days.
rne rest oi tne Auburn
golf team which played in
the NCAA was made up of
Bud Smith, 311; Ed Davis,
308, and Johnny Coker, 316.
The team total, including the
four lowest scores each day,
was 1,225.
Gardner, who said he had
been playing the best golf of
his life before he was
injured, will start practicing
again as soon as the hand
has healed.
"The day I cut my hand I
shot a 65-61 in Auburn and
broke the course record of
62 at Indian Pines," said the
number one player. "I was
just playing super and this
happened."
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THE AUBURN PUINSM&N itw., June u, im i*ge 8
Baseball team
sets records
Auburn's baseball team
broke four team and three
individual school records on
the way to the largest
number of victories in school
history and its second
appearance in the College
World Series.
Auburn ended its season
with a 37-15 record, drop­ping
two games in the World
Series in Omaha, Neb., after
entering the tournament as
the 8th ranked team in the
nation. The 37 victories are
the most since Auburn's
other CWS team compiled a
32-10 record in 1967.
In the process of getting
37 wins, Auburn set a new
school and SEC mark of 16
consecutive victories early
in the season. That erased
the record of 15 set by
Tennessee in 1951 and tied
by Auburn in '67.
Five Tigers were named
to the All-SEC team and two
more made the Western
Division squad. Coach Paul
Nix, ending his 14th season
at Auburn, was voted SEC
championship under Nix,
winning two of three games
from Kentucky in the league
playoff, then went on to
sweep the NCAA South
Regional in three straight
games.
Team records set in 1976
were: runs, 286 (Old record:
252 in 1974) and hits, 426
(Old record: 400 in 1967).
This year's squad finished
third on the all-time list in
doubles (66) and honeruns
(28).
Despite missing 10 games
because of injury, senior
Richie Howard had 52 RBI's
to break the old record of 45
set by SS Scotty Long in
1967.
Cope, another senior, got
his name in the record book
by scoring 45 runs, surpass­ing
3B Vic Sharek's 1974
record of 40. Cope also
broke the SEC career stolen
base record with 79 thefts
over four season. Cope hit
.302 his senior season.
Other seniors winding up
War Eagle baseball careers
are: Duffner (.277), Morton
(.322) right fielder Steve
Rea (.243), pitcher Terry
Leach (8-5 record; 2.57
ERA), and pitcher David
O'Hare (4-2 record;! 2.23
ERA).
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Hutsell devoted to coaching
By Carol Williams
Features Editor
Old habits are hard to
break, which may be why
the smiling grey-haired man
appears daily at the track
named for him. Although he
retired as Auburn's track
coach in 1963, Wilbur Hut-sell
still attends team
practice and gives valuable
advice.
"He's devoted his whole
life to coaching," said Jeff
Beard, director emeritus of
athletics. "The new me­thods
of coaching are not
much better than his—and
he doesn't mind saying so."
Beard recalled Hutsell's
honesty when Shug Jordan
tried out for the track team
as a discus thrower, having
won the discus state champ­ionship
in high school.
"Shug swears Coach Hut-sell
took him aside and told
him, 'Shug, I just don't think
I can coach a left-handed
discus thrower. I'd appre­ciate
it if you went out for
baseball," Beard said with a
chuckle.
Hutsell's forthrightness
was confirmed by Marye
Tamplin, who played for­ward
on his 1921 women's
basketball team. "He was
always honest, even if it
hurt someone's feelings. If
he thought a girl who
wanted to play forward was
a better guard, he'd tell her.
"When he told you some­thing
you knew he meant it,"
she added. "And you knew
it would be good. He was
almost always right."
Hutsell's personality was
summed up by Beard, who
said, "He is plain hardhead-ed
and always has been. We
all love him in spite of it—or
maybe because of it."
T.H. Burton, a friend since
1926, said, "Oh, I wouldn't
want to call him hard-headed—
but he is. He's set
in his ways.
"You can depend on
Wilbur Hutsell doing what
he says he will do, regard­less
of what anyone says."
Hutsell has what Beard
terms a "mania for estab­lishing
personal habits,"
setting aside specific times
each day to come to work, to
visit the post office and to
smoke his five cigars.
"On road trips, he would
stay at the same hotels and
request the same order at
the same restaurant," Beard
said. "He kept voluminous
records; he can tell you what
the team ate at which
restaurant when they
played Tulane back in the'
•30's."
Since his wife died two
and one half years ago,
Hutsell has no other family
and lives alone. Although
the hip he broke two years
ago gives him some diffi­culty
in walking, he refuses
help.
"He's very independent,"
Beard said. "He doesn't
want anyone to think he isn't
self-sufficient.
"A few months ago he
insisted on driving alone to
the University of Missouri,
which inducted him into its
Track Hall of Fame. Several
coaches offered to go with
him, but he wouldn't hear of
it.
"He told us, T don't need
any damn nurse,' and that
.ended the matter," Beard
said.
While his mother was
alive, Hutsell returned to
Moberly Mo. on the same
day every summer. Bill
Beckwith, athletic business
manager, remembered Hut­sell
driving home at the
exact same speed, buying
only five gallons of gas at a
time.
And every year Hutsell
returned from Moberly with
a fresh supply of "Fat
Ramsey" jokes for his
companions. Burton said
that the stories were some
of the funniest he's ever
heard.
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Hutsell reluctantly ex­plained
that "Fat Ramsey"
was the invention of a high
school classmate. He said
that any good story could be
made better by attributing
it to "Fat Ramsey," as long
as the ladies didn't hear.
Hutsell's alma mater is
not alone in recognizing his
achievements. The Alabama
Sports and the Helms
Foundation Halls of Fame
inducted him, and Auburn
University named him Track
Coack Emeritus when he
retired.
Since Hutsell came to
Auburn in 1921, he has
coached and been trainer for
track, basketball and foot­ball.
He was athletic
director from 1923 to 1925,
and from 1948 to 1951. He
coached three consecutive
Olvmpic track teams.
Hutsell has seen every
Auburn-Alabama football
game, and 54 Auburn-Geor­gia
Tech games. "He likes to
be in a crowd," said Burton.
Although Hutsell enjoyed
his involvement in all sports,
he has always been partial to
track. His enthusiasm and
perception guided three AU
track teams to SEC champ­ionships.
Four of his players
were Olympic performers;
12 Southeastern AAU cha-pions.
The sunny office he shares
with Beard, his 1932 track
captain, illustrates Hutsell's
distinguished record. Yel­lowing
photographs of stiffly
posed teams and smiling
champions line the walls.
A file cabinet in one
corner holds the almost
legendary records Hutsell
has kept since he came to
Auburn. Some manila
folders are scattered on his
desk as he completes his
latest project.
"Shug has asked me to
figure out career scoring
totals for some of our
football players," Hutsell
said, flipping through yel­lowed
pages in one folder. "I
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enjoy looking through them
and remembering those
boys.
Many of the athletes
Hutsell has watched and
coached find their way to his
office when they revisit
Auburn, which Beard says
"tickles Coach to death. He
enjoys hearing from or
talking to former players."
A few weeks ago Hutsell
wrote the manager of his
1936 track team. "I told him
he'd better come back to
Auburn for his class reunion
this fall, or he'd be fired,"
Hutsell said with a twinkle.
"Alumni don't want to see
the new; they want the old.
They come by to discuss old
times. And that's all right
with me."
NEW INTRAMURAL FIELDS
Eight new intramural fields, to be located across
from the Hutsell track have been approved by
University officials, with completion set for the fall of
1977. Here, the layout of these fields is diagramed on
an aerial photo.
AU signs three tracksters
Two athletes from the
junior college ranks and one
prep star have signed track
grants-in-aid with Auburn
University recently, accord­ing
to Auburn Athletic
Director, Lee Hayley.
The two Juco graduates
are Allen Peffer, of Carlisle,
Pa., who attended Hagers-town,
Md., Junior College
and Joe Franklin of Haines
City, Fla., from Lake City
Fla., Junior College. High
schooler Bill Lennon of
Christopher Columbus High
in Miami, Fla., has also
signed with the Tigers.
Peffer is a middle distance
man whose specialty is the
880. He has a best time of
1:52.8 in that event and also
runs the 440 and 600.
Franklin is a distance man
who has run everything
from the 800 to the six mile.
He has a 9:13 two-mile to his
credit and has run a time of
Lennon has times of 1:54
in the 880 and 4:17 in the
mile.
Track coach Mel Rosen
has now signed seven
athletes this season. Other
signeesare: Theodis Abston
(880 & Mile, of Mobile, Ala.,
Mike Frugoli (440 & 600) of
Birmingham, Ala., Charles
Tarvin (High Jump) of
Uniondale, N.Y., and Mike
McCrindle (Pole Vault) of
Chicago Heights, 111.
' ROTC
Before you get the
wrong idea, get the facts,
'I mean, if I sign up my first year in
college, I'll be in the army.'
Fact: There's no military
obligation during your first
two years of ROTC
'But how's the Army going to help
me in my civilian career?'
Fact: The management
and leadership experience
you get in ROTC and as an
officer will help you in just
about any career you
can pick.
'ROTC takes up a lot of time I
could use for earning some
extra money."
Fact: ROTC takes two
to five hours a week.
Thats not bad. And during
your last two years, it
pays you $100 a month
for up to 10 months of
the year. Thats very good.
'Scholarships? Sure they're great.
But try to get one.'
Fact: This year over 7,000
students will be attending
college on our four, three,
two, or one year scholarships
They pay tuition, books,
lab fees. And $100 a
month for up to ten
months a year. They aren't
hard to come by either.
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He 'd sooner
have Cooner "I didn't realize that it was "We need the money all
By Susan Harrison
Plainsman Staff Writer
Perhaps establishing a
I heart fund for a dog is rather
I unusual. But perhaps not
for Cooner Rowe, who seems
I to think of himself as a
I person, rather than a dog.
Cooner's owner, Johnny
I Rowe, really isn't sure what
kind of dog Cooner is, but he
explained he's sure Cooner
I is a Sooner:
He'd sooner be your dog
I than mine, and he'd sooner
use the bathroom on the rug
as outside," Rowe said with
J a laugh.
Last quarter Cooner was
I doing rather poorly, so one
(of Rowe's friends in pre-veterinary
medicine took a
blood sample from Cooner's
leg. The diagnosis, heart-worms,
was confirmed by
the Small Animal Clinic.
Heartworm larvae are
transmitted by mosquitos.
The adult worms travel to
the pulmonary artery, which
connects the heart to the
lungs. Eventually they can
block this passageway and
cause death.
"At the clinic they told me
that the treatment for
heartworms could cost from
$60-$75," Rowe said. "Con­sidering
how low my money
supply was, I contemplated
shooting Cooner and then
myself.
"But when I calmed down,
I decided that I would have
to find the money some­where,
which I did."
Rowe, who graduated this
June in environmental
health, has participated in
many Baptist Student Union
activities while at Auburn,
and he decided the BSU was
the logical place to start his
fund drive.
"Besides, that's where
most of Cooner's buddies
are," Rowe said.
"I put a notice on the door
of the BSU explaining Coon­er's
problem and asking for
donations. In about two
weeks, I had received $74-
$78 more than the cost of the
treatment."
Rowe said that the contri­butions
ranged from eight
cents to $5.. Little by little,
the goal was reached.
Cooner's Heart Fund be­came
quite an interesting
project at the BSU. Rowe
made a thermometer, like
those used in blood drives,
and placed it next to the
sheet explaining Cooner's
"plight in life."
He colored it in as dona­tions
were received and
supplied students with re­ports
of Cooner's progress.
such a good way to make
money. In fact, I would have
left the sheet on the door,
but the BSU director asked
me to take if off when he
realized we had gone over
the goal."
Obviously Cooner, too,
has spent a lot of time at the
BSU. As a resident of
Auburn for four years, he is
well-known among the stu­dents
there, as well as those
who congregate on Haley
Center Concourse.
"Cooner goes to campus
(from Rowe's Wire Road
trailer) every day that I do,
but he always makes it back
for supper. He usually
doesn't eat lunch, but he did
for a couple of days last
quarter, because of the
extra $8 we had."
The relationship between
Rowe and Cooner is very
similar to that of a father
and son—or perhaps
"strange but wonderful" bet­ter
describes it.
Jimmy Heard, one of
Rowe's former roommates,
took care of Cooner while
Rowe went to National
Guard camp one summer.
"I thought Cooner's food
supply was low, so I went to
a nearby convenience store
and bought the cheapest dog
food I could find.
"When Johnny returned,
he insisted on tasting the
dog food before he would let
Cooner have any."
Heard also told of the way
Rowe taught Cooner to
swim.
"Johnny threw Cooner in
a pond one day, believing
that, out of necessity, Coon­er
would learn to swim.
"Cooner didn't swim, but
he did almost drown.
Johnny finally rescued him
and then started showing
Cooner how to dog-paddle."
Either Cooner is an ex­ceptional
student or Rowe is
a good teacher because, as
Heard says, "Cooner can
now dog-paddle as well as
Johnny Rowe."
All dog owners think their
dogs are smart, but Rowe is
not alone in his thinking. A
cashier at Tysons's grocery
is amazed at how carefully
Cooner crosses the by-pass
on Wire Road as he journeys
to the campus.
The cashier said that
Cooner always looks both
ways before trotting across
the street, and seems to
understand the traffic lanes.
Rowe said, "Cooner knows
where my classes are and
occasionally meets me at the
buildings. He used to wait
outside all my classes, but
now he spends more time on
the steps of the Financial
Aid Office.
Gulf Coast plans
'birthday party'
Got a free weekend July
4? Nothing planned, nothing
exciting to do? The
Mississippi Gulf Coast is
having a 4th of July
Birthday Party in Biloxi,
packed full of way out
events and attractions.
A "Miss Bikini Beach
Contest" will feature uni­versity
beauties from across
the South. It will take place
July 3, at 11 a.m.
Teams from colleges
across the Southeast will
compete July 3 in the art of
sand sculputre. The contest
will begin at 9 a.m. and will
be located at seven disig-nated
areas along the
beach.
The Great Gulf of Mexico
Ballon Race is scheduled for
the 4th. At least 30 hot air
balloonists from all over the
country are expected to
participate in the second hot
air ballon race over con­ducted
over open water.
The race will begin early
Sunday morning from Ship
Tsland.
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Another event scheduled
for the "Happy Birthday
America Party" will be the
Mississippi Deep Sea Fish­ing
Rodeo.
right, but I think it's the
squirrels there that really
interest him."
Cooner underwent the
treatment for heartworms
and has recovered satis-,
factorily. Rowe said since
excessive exercise could
have caused a massive
hemorrhage, Cooner was
confined to his and Rowe's
trailer for a few weeks.
But, unlike many
students, Rowe said that
Cooner was ready to go back
to school this summer.
Campus
Calenda
Festival Contest
REGULATES SAFETY OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
...Reece will lead Operational Reactors Division
Photo by Dyke Helms
Of NRC
Alpha Phi Omega nationa'
service fraternity will be
holding open rush meetings
this summer. June 24, the
meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
at. the Alpha Phi Omega
Book Exchange. June 28, the
meeting will begin at 8 p.m.
at the Eagle Cage. The June
30 meeting will begin at 7
p.m. at the Book Exchange.
July 6 the meeting will begin
at 7 p.m. at the Eagle's Nest
in Haley Center. All
interested persons are
urged to attend.
The Alabama Shakes-speare
Festival has plans for
a fifth season this summer in
Anniston. Featured will be
"The Winter's Tale," "King
Lear" and "The Merry
Wives of Windsor." The
season opens July 16 and
will run through August 21,
with performances Wednes­days
through Saturdays at 8
p.m., Sundays at 7:30 and
weekend matinees at 2:30
Saturday and 2 Sunday.
EMT
Reece deputy director Terrell
By Randy Spear
Plainsman Staff Writer
Dr. Joe Reece, Associate
Professor of Mechanical
Engineering has been grant­ed
a one-year leave of
absence to become Deputy
Director of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
Reece will head the Opera­tional
Reactors Division.
The NRC, which was
changed fron the Atomic
Energy Commission two
years ago, is based in
Washington. The NRC has
the sole responsibility of
regulating nuclear reactors
throughout the country.
Reece said he is concerned
with public health and safety
issues involving nuclear
reactors. He said that no
corners will be cut.
"We must have nuclear
energy, by necessity, not by
choice," he said. "We have
no other practical source for
the energy needed to main­tain
our present standards
of living."
Reece pointed out that a
person's chance of getting
killed in a nuclear accident is
five billion to one per year,
as compared to a 4000-to-one
chance that same person -
will die in an automobile
accident. Presently nine per
cent of America's electric
power is generated from'
nuclear plants, with a
projected rise to 26 per cent
by 1985.
"Nuclear power is coming
into its own. There are 60
licensed plants operating
now, with 69 others under
construction and 72 more on
order," Reece said.
Reece explained that one
of the major concerns of the
Division is the modification
of existing nuclear reactor
equipment to incorporate
more modern design fea­tures.
"Our basic mission is
to safeguard the public while
regulating the production of
the energy this country
needs," he said.
Reece said he was contact-,
ed by the NRC last
December and was inter­viewed.
"They liked me, and
I liked them," he said.
Because the appointment
is temporary, Reece has
worked out an understand­ing
with the commission and
the university. The com­mission
understands he
values his professorship at
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atomic energy.
Reece joined the Auburn
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Reece has considerable ex­perience
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Terrell Cafeteria will re­main
open Monday, July 5,
due to University holidays,
War Eagle Cafeteria and
Alumni Cafeteria will be
closed Saturday, Sunday
and Monday, July 3,4, and 5.
Discount
College students and fa­culty
members are eligible
for a 25 per cent discount at
Sheraton hotels and motor
inns around the world.
Reservations may be made
by calling the toll-free
number (800-325-3535).
Two emergency medical
technicians a.e needed for
summer quarter at Drake
Health Center, and one EMT
is needed for fall quarter.
Equipment
All students having loan
equipment such as crutches,
canes, etc. and no longer
using them please return to
Student Health Center.
The "World of Poetry," a
monthly newsletter for
poets will award $1776
grand prize in a Bicentennial
Poetry Contest. For infor­mation
write: World of
Poetry, 801 Portola Drive,
Drawer 211, San Francisco,
Calif., 94127. The deadline
for entering is July 31.
Survival
Join a college survival
group. These groups are
sponsored by the Student
Development Service and
deal with interpersonal
skills, communication and
relationships. It is designed
to improve study skill,
productive time manage­ment
and help students
clarify curriculum and ca­reer
goals. Any student
interested can receive more
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Album
Review
By A. J. Wright
Plainsman Music Critic
In the past few years the
growing popularity of jazz
influenced by rock and
rhythm-and-blues has over­shadowed
the presence of
jazz proper to most of the
general public. Yet two
recent albums by young
musicians, Eberhard Web­er's
YELLOW FIELDS
(ECM) and Kenny Wheeler's
GNU HIGH (ECM) demon­strate
the continued vitality
of jazz music that has not
absorbed either of those
styles.
Bassist Weber is one of an
increasing number of creat­ive
jazz musicians surfacing
from continental Europe.
YELLOW FIELDS is the
second album to appear in
this country under his
leadership. His accompan­ists
here are an underrated
master of the soprano
saxophone, Charlie Mariano,
and two other young Euro­peans,
Rainer Bruninghaus
(keyboards) and Jon Chris-tensen
(drums).
The album's four composi­tions
are exercises in dyna­mic
intensity that little if
any of the high-eneiyv
electric jazz can mate?
Only the pyrotechnics <K
John McLaughlin at his best
and the other-worldly spar-seness
of Miles Davis's
recent work equal this
multi-directional, yet never
cacophonous music.
The title song's brooding,
almost eerie opening sud­denly
gathers a lilting
strength touched off by
Mariano's length solo, as
Street dance
slated tonight
The UPC is sponsoring a
street dance on the Union
Patio tonight featuring the
Auburn based group "Salem
Sound."
The group, composed of
four men and one woman,
perform a variety of soul,
rock and top forty hits.
The lead singer and the
bass played backup with the
"Platters" for more than a
year before joining "Salem
Sound" and keyboard man
Mike Davis is a music major
at Auburn.
This is the second street
dance in a series of four
being sponsored by the UPC
this summer. Admission js
free.
UPC movie
The UPC free movie this
week will be "The Good, The
Bad and The Ugly" starring
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van
Cleef and EH Wallach.
The story is one of man's
insatiable greed and the
things he will do to his fellow
man in the name of money.
When a rather minor
character named Bill Carson
finds himself at death's door
he reveals to Eastwood and
Wallach that $2,000,000 fir
rather inconveniently stash­ed
in a cemetery. Carson
tells Tuco (Wallach) the
location of the cemetery, and
tells Joe (Eastwood) the
exact gravesite where the
money is buried. Then the
fun begins as Tuco, Joe and
the malodorous villain
Setenza (Van Cleef) try to
outdo each other and get to
the loot first.
'The Good, The Bad, and
the Ugly" is-the west at it's
wildest, Eastwood at his
best, and a potrayal of
human nature that is both
humorous and ironic. But
who wins? Good question.
The movie will be shown
in Langdon Hall Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at 7
and 9:30 p.m. Student I.D.
must be presented at the
door.
Other free movies
scheduled for this summer
include "Alice's Restau­rant,"
"The Cowboys," "An ,
Evening with W. C. Fields"
and "Hotel."
Christensen's drumming on
both traps and cymbals,
provides a sparkling back­drop.
"Left Lane" is another
outstanding piece on YEL -.
LOW FIELDS. The song
opens with a short solo by
Weber and then builds in
waves of collective improvi­sation
until it plunges into
another bass solo. Bruning-haus's
acoustic piano lines
slowly rebuild the song to a
rousing close.
Kenny Wheeler's GNU
HIGH is an all-star session
featuring Wheeler on flue-gelhorn
(a valved trumpet),
Dave Holland on bass, Jack
DeJohnette on drums and
Keith Jarrett at the piano.
Throughout, the music has a
flowing sheen, like a stream
coated with sunlight, and a
driving but unabrasive pow­er.
The album's highlight is
the side-long piece "Hey-oke."
The song begins with
Wheeler's rich-toned soloing
over Holland and De John-ette's
gentle rhythmic bot­tom.
Jarrett's firm, crystal­line
piano lines follow at
length, finally giving ground
into a duet with Holland.
GNU HIGH's other two
songs are similarly con-
"> structed fantasias.
The music on Weber's
album is sparser than
Wheeler's, colored by a dark
emotional vision. Yet both
lps are palattes of constantly
shifting moods, Weber's
from serenity to storminess
and Wheeler's among vary­ing
shades of brightness.
Some critics have accused
this jazz of lacking emotional
committment. The music is
indeed restrained, often
detached, but never sluggish
or brittle. The flow is
always there, and that
dynamism is the mark of
great jazz.
Yes is still magic
In search of the sun-Elf Brennan, 4VDE, UDa two
birds with one stone on top of Haley Center as she
studies and suns simultaneously.
Photo by Wanda Kenton
by Michael Childs
Despite disappointments
and setbacks because of
internal crisis, Yes, remains
intact as one of the most
highly esteemed and suc­cessful
bands in the history
of rock music. In Atlanta's
OMNI, Thursday evening,
June 3, Yes, once again
weaved their musical magic,
before an audience of thou­sands.
Arousing rendition of "Si­berian
Khatru" opened the
concert while the audience
marveled in whispers at the
group's elaborate set on­stage,
created by artists,
Roger and Martyn Dean.
Keyboard wizard, Patrick
Moraz, performed master­fully
over two adjoining
levels of platforms, five and
eight feet above the stage.
Lead vocalist, Jon Ander­son's
harp, assorted acoustic
guitars and percussion in­struments
stood on a plat­form,
eight feet above the
left rear side of the stage.
Yes' elaborate set created a
surrealistic effect, while
enabling the audience to
gain a much better view of
the thrilling musical inter­play
happening onstage.
A powerful version of
"Sound Chaser," from the
RELAYER LP, Mowed,
featuring Steve Howe's in-
Periphery ]
Atlanta
The fifth annual Atlanta Jazz Festival will take place
this Friday and Saturday in Atlanta Stadium. Friday
will feature Marvin Gaye, the Spinners, Smokey
Robinson, Joe Simon, and Dizzy Gillespie. Saturday
night Al Green, the Temptations, Nancy Wilson,
Archie Bell and the Drells and B.B. King will perform.
Both concerts begin at 7:30 p.m., rain or shine.
The J. Geils Band, Thin Lizzie and Nils Lofgren will
give a show Friday at 8 p.m. in the Fox Theatre.
Kreskin, expert on psychic matters, will be at the
Great Southeast Music Hall tomorrow night.
Billy Joel is appearing this Thursday through Satur­day
at the Electric Ballroom.
Buddy Miles is listed at the Electric Ballroom from
June 28 through July 1. The L.A. Jets will appear
with them until June 30.
Nazareth will appear Saturday at the Fox Theatre.
Show time is 8 p.m., and tickets are $6.50 for reserved
seats.
credibly fast, but clear and
precise lead guitar work,
bringing thunderous approv­al
from the responsive
, audience. Howe bowed
briefly, picked up his lute,
and the band smoothly
sailed into "I've Seen All
Good People," filling the
OMNI with the soaring vocal
harmony of Anderson, HoWe
and bassist, Chris Squire.
Calmly smiling amidst the
riotous standing ovation,
Anderson moved to the
microphone, softly speaking,
"This one's for you."
Stepping back, tambourine
in hand, Anderson and Yes
erupted into "Heart of the
Sunrise."
Obviously wearied from
the non-stop performance of
over 90 minutes, Yes con­cluded
with their brilliant
"Gates of Delirium," leaving
the band emotionally and
physically drained, and the
audience frenzied to the
heights of ecstasy. How­ever,
a standing ovation of
over five minutes, brought
the highly acclaimed band
back onstage for a 30 minute
encore, beginning with the
familiar "Round-about."
Overall, the concert was
overwhelmingly pro­fessional,
technically and
musically. There was only
one technical mishap
throughout the concert, re­sulting
in a loud crackle over
the loudspeakers. However,
in consideration of the
enormous amount of elec­trical
onstage, it is sur­prising
that there were no
more.
Equally professional, was
their entire concert pro­duction,
complete with films,
laser beams and a very
creative light show, which
played visual havoc with the
elaborate set.
However, the key to Yes
success is their total unity,
sharing a common bond m
their complete respect for
one another as individual
musicians, with a firm belief
in using everyone's potential
to the fullest. You can feel it
in their music, and see it in
their concerts, blending all
their diversified personal
musics into the hybrid,
multicolored landscape that
has come to be known as
Yes music.
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teinberg likes Auburn
nd relevant issues
By Lauren Steele
News Editor
Comedian and television
tar David Steinberg pre-ers
performing for college
ludiences than doing televi-
|ion or Vegas. In an inter­view
following his perfor­mances
Friday, Steinberg
f ave his view of the mood on
ollege campuses across the
lation. Nothing much is
lappening here or on any
|ther campus. We are in a
Dst-Watergate lag. You
n't blame the students for
lot caring about anything
elevant because there
ren't any issues."
However, he notices that
Itudents are being freer
ith each other and are
paving a good time. That, he
id, is good.
Steinberg said he doesn't
Ice to perform for audiences
trho are drinking. He feels it
necessary for both the
omic and the audience to be
ilert. "Most drunks who
Leckle really think they are
helping your act," he said.
Although he admits they
^lip into his act, Steinberg
ays that acts which are
pimply a string of four-letter
vords aren't funny. "I don't
ke using words for shock
value. Four-letter words are
not creative."
Steinberg just finished a
television show which will
soon in Canada, his boy-
[lood home, and will appear
ometime in the fall on U.S.
elevision.
>oet to speak,
I hold workshop
Richard Wilbur, often
referred to as "the gentle-
Iman of American poetry,"
Iwill give a lecture and
treading on Tuesday, June
|29, at 8 p.m. in the Union
[Ballroom. The following
I morning he will hold a
I poetry workshop in Haley
I Center for all interested
I students.
Wilbur is presented by
Ithe Fine Arts Committee of
[the University Program
I Council.
Wilbur, who comes from a
family involved in both art
land journalism, began to
Iwrite poetry in earnest
•during World War II. He
was awarded the 1957
Pulitzer Prize for poetry for
"Things of This World," as
well as many other honors
including the National Book
Award. Among his other
books of poetry are "The
Beautiful Changes," "Cere­mony"
and "Advice to a
Prophet."
Wilbur is a graduate of
Amherst College and re­ceived
a Master of Arts
degree from Harvard. He is
presently OIn Professor at
Wesleyan College.
The time and room num­ber
of the workshop will be
announced at the lecture.
Susan
Says So
TOP-FLIGHT COMEDIAN DAVID STEINBERG
.. .says there are no relevant issues today
Photo by Dyke Helms
Traveling with his writ­er/
friend Ziggy Steinberg,
the comic said he really
enjoyed his Auburn audi­ence.
Steinberg compared
Auburn and the South to
Canada. "You might look at
things as being slow here,
but that slowness puts you
ahead. You feel a sense of
tradition in the South that
you don't get anywhere else
in the country."
While preparing for his
college tours, Steinberg and
his writer read five newspa-
. pers a day. He said he liked
relevant issues and said he
was ahead of the rest of the
nation on Watergate. He
said he is sorry to see Nixon
gone because it is really easy
to come up with material on
a contemptible man. Ford,
he said, is a "nice guy" and is
hard to work into his act. "I
really hope that Reagan
runs; he is perfect for my
act. His idea of foreign
policy is "An American in
Paris."
Although he said "you
can't say honest and politi­cian
in the same sentence,
the two words fight each
other," Steinberg likes Jim­my
Carter and is supporting
him for president.
Steinberg, who always
wanted to be a star and finds
no part of it offensive, grew
up poor. "I overcompensate
for it in all the mundane
middle-class ways I can-fancy
car, swimming pool..."
However, he says he doesn't
have a really grandiose life­style
and he loves his job. It
is hard for him to believe he
is getting paid so well to
have so much fun.
Give a
hoot!
Don't
pollute!
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Aiiunneeds more
minor entertainment
By Susan DeShazo
Entertainment editor
Spring has sprung, fall has fell, summer's here and
we're bored as hell.
One of the most incessant complaints voiced against
Auburn University by the student body concerns
entertainment, right? We've all heard it again and
again. Either the UPC doesn't have enough money, or
the Athletic Department has the Coliseum booked up,
or the administration vetoes projected plans
(remember the Grateful Dead, folks?), right?
Well, these things aren't just going to clear up
overnight, no matter how much we complain, or how
often. "Money doesn't grow on trees, they keep telling
us. And believe it or not, a lot of people around here
consider sports much more important than music.
So what are we going to do about it?
I have a few ideas. But before we get to those, I'd
like to clear up a small discrepancy in the local
definitions of 'major entertainment' and 'minor
entertainment'.
Major entertainment means performers with a lot of
national or world-wide popularity. These people have
generally been around for a long time and have a name
that is recognized. They may or may not be musically
proficient, but they are always very expensive. They
are people like the Rolling Stones, Jefferson Starship
and the Altaian Brothers.
A lot of people in town seem to have the idea that
the term minor entertainment is synonomous with
minor talent. I agree that this is true in some cases
but certainly not all. Minor entertainment refers to
acts that are not yet that well known nationally,
haven't been around as long as Bob Dylan and Paul
McCartney and are a lot less expensive to hire. Many
are excellent musicians as well as very professional
performers. Take for example some of the minor
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entertainment Auburn has had in the past; Melissa
Manchester, Herbie Mann or Wet Willie.
There are others far less known than these.' You
know some of them yourself. The ones that really
deserve that one big break they've been waiting for so
long.
Remember, most if not all major entertainers were
minor entertainers before being "discovered."
Now, back to my ideas. It seems to me that one way
to fill the current lag in organized musical
entertainment in Auburn would be to promote more
minor entertainment. Look at the possibilities.
We could have more entertainment, hopefully some
of it free, because of reduced hiring costs. Not to say
that we should do away with the big name people, but
it would be nice to have a few more good times during
those long gaps between the Eagles and Fleetwood
Mac (ho-ho).
"Minor entertainment just doesn't draw a big
audience," I've heard plenty of people say, and in a
way I agree with them. There seems to be a basic law
of nature that makes Auburn students afraid of
anybody without a top-forty hit. However, this sort of
problem can be alleviated through more concentrated
advertising of the event and conscientious promotion
of the artists.
And so what if we can't pack the Coliseum for a
Dixie Dreggs concert (ever heard of them?). There
are other facilities on and around campus suitable for
smaller gatherings that should be getting more use.
How long has it been since you went to a concert at the
amphitheatre? or saw a folk singer-guitarist perform
in Langdon Hall?
I want to pause here for a minute and commend the
UPC for bringing minor entertainment to Auburn for
four street dances this summer. I would suggest,
though, that they move the bands across the street to
Haley Center concourse as the sound on the Union
Patio is horrible.
It's time to face the facts, folks. There will be no
major entertainment in Auburn this summer. Minor
entertainment is one alternative