1977-01-27 The Auburn Plainsman

              Attendance down
'•^Mt. Students, trustees rap
Photography: Dan Doughtte
By John Carvalho
Managing Editor
Former head football coach Ralph
"Shug" Jordan looked out over a small
crowd of about 60 students who turned out
for the third annual trustee-students
meeting and said, "I envisioned a larger
crowd."
The other trustees present (State Sen.
Robert Harris, Sue Fincher, Charles Smith
and State Superintendent of Education
Wayne Teague) expressed similar disap­pointment
at the small turnout, the lowest
in the three years the meetings have been
held.
Smith also said he was disappointed in
the low turnout of trustees. Six (Red
Bamberg, Henry Steagall, Walston Hester,
John Pace and Frank Samford) did not
attend the Saturday morning encounter
session, though Bambersg, Steagall and
Hester attended the regular meeting of the
trustees two hours later.
The Board members present answered
questions concerning having a voting
student member on the Board, Title IX,
the lack of academic scholarships offered
at Auburn, and a bill pending before the
State Legislature which would create a
board of regents.
Concerning the move to give a student
voting privileges on the Board, Trustee
Harris said, "I'm against it. The problems
that confront the Board have long-range
controversies. It's just impossible to get a
good conception of the problems."
Trustee Teague agreed, adding that
having a student voting on the Board
would create a "conflict of interest. The
student can't be objective."
Teague pointed out Auburn students
already have a voting student member of
the Board in Sue Fincher, who is a
graduate student in secondary education.
The main comments from the trustees
concerning Title IX centered on women's
athletics, which have benefited from the
changes recommended to conform with
Title IX guidelines.
Smith said, "I agree that we need to get
women in sports, but a lot of it is
economics. It's going to cost the Athletic
Department around $750,000 to fund sports
that are non-revenue producing."
Jordan also supported increased partici­pation
in sports by women. "I think it's
great. Some steps in the right direction
have been made," he said. "We do give
scholarships, and in time it's going to grow
large enough."
There was also some discussion on the
effect of Title IX on the housing situation,
particularly in improving housing for men.
Trustee Teague said, "My opinion is that
given equal housing, men would not want
to come on campus."
However, a male student from the
audience who said he has lived in
Magnolia Dormitories for four years said
(See TRUSTEES, page A-2)
The Auburn Plainsman Volume 83 Number 11 Auburn, Ala. 36830 Thursday, January 27, 1977
U requests increase in budget PEDESTRIAN
By Susan Counts
Assistant News Editor
Auburn University's proposed
11977-78 operational budget request­ing
a 14.5 per cent conditional
increase over the current budget
will undergo its final hearing
today by the State Finance and
I Taxation Committee.
The $5.68 million increase out-
I lined in the budget has been
approved by the Alabama Com-
I mittee on Higher Education
(ACHE), the Governor's Select
I Committee and the Council of
College Presidents.
Following the Council of College
President's approval of the 14.5
per cent increase, the budget was
returned to the Governor's Select
Committee and, .4 per cent "condi­tional"
increase. This type of
increase, if passed, would be
given if the additional funds were
available.
"We are pleased with the recom­mended
budget except in the two
areas of Vocational Teachers Edu­cation
and Public Service, Re­search
and Extension," said Au­burn's
Vice President for Admin­istration
Ben Lanham. "The funds
for Vocational Teacher Education
were given a 75 per cent decrease
from $500,000 to $125,000, and the
funds for Public Service, Research
and Extension were decreased
from $400,000 to zero appropriated
funds."
According to Lanham, the two
items were newly funded pro­grams
as of two years ago. Prior
to their itemized funding, the
funds used for these programs
came out of the instructional
funds.
"It's really bad eductional fund­ing
to appropriate money for
programs and then two years later
take it away again," he said. "We
can always use the space used by
the programs, but the deduction of
funds leaves us with some equip­ment
and faculty members we
don't know what to do with.
They're just sort of pulling the rug
out from under us."
Lanham stated two last chances
of getting the funds as being from
the Governor's recommendation
or the Legislature.
"If the Governor doesn't put it in
his recommendation, we're going
to all be working hard in Mont­gomery
when the budget comes up
for approval," he said.
If approved by the Legislature,
the increased appropriations will
be divided into use for three main
priorities, the first being salary
adjustments for faculty and staff.
"We are two years behind on
raising salaries," said Lanham,
"and we are losing people because
of it. More instructors and new
positions will make up our second
priority."
According to Lanham, in the
past two years the number of
students at Auburn has increased
by 25,000, while faculty has re­mained
the same due to no
increased funding.
"It's getting really crowded and
we have some catching up to do,"
he said. "Most of the added
faculty will be in specialty areas
where we don't have anyone. We
won't be hiring any teachers for
general courses because, although
some students don't like it, gradu­ate
teaching assistants can handle
those."
The third priority Lanham gave
was that of maintenance adjust­ment,
which includes utility infla­tion
and building and ground
improvements. Lanham stated
that due to Alabama Power's
increased rates, the University
would be paying $330,000 more in
just power payments.
Auburn's original proposed
budget, based on need, called for a
45 per cent increase over the
current budget.
Regarding today's Finance and
Taxation Committee hearing, Lan­ham
said that he anticipated no
large cuts although they issued a
four per cent reduction on 1976-77's
budget proposal.
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By Jimmy Grimes
Plainsman Staff Writer
The possibility of issuing four-year
identification cards for stu­dents
is currently being consid­ered
by the Auburn Athletic
Department.
"I like the idea," said Auburn
Athletic Director Lee Hayley,
"but there are some technical
problems which make it impracti­cal.
"For one thing, we (the Athletic
Department) punch the cards on
some occasions, usually about 12
times a year, and I believe some of
the other organizations punch
them. A card can only take so
many punchings and I don't know
how well one would stand up over
four years."
Hayley also said a person's
appearance changes over four
years, making it hard to recognize
someone using an identification
card made when he was a fresh­man.
Les King, head of Auburn's
photographic services and in
charge of making the identifica­tion
cards, agreed with Hayley
that the idea is impractical.
"There would be too many cards
in circulation," he said. "The only
way we would be able to tell old
cards from current ones would be
by some sort of validation and I
don't know of any kind of stamp
which can't be duplicated."
King added he believes the
athletic department would lose
more money on fake ID cards
under the four-year system than it
would save by not making new
ones each year.
The cards, used by many school
organizations and also by local
merchants for check-cashing iden­tification,
were introduced to
Auburn in 1955. The original
purpose was to ensure that only
students got tickets to athletic
events.
Jeff Beard, then Auburn Athletic
director, tried to convince some of
the other departments to help pay
for the ID cards, but no one was
interested. The Athletic Depart­ment
still bears the full cost of the
cards, but Hayley indicated there
may be a change in the near
future.
"A special president's commit­tee
was appointed last spring to
study ways for the Athletic
Department to save money," .
Hayley said. "One of their
recommendations was that some
of the departments who use the
IDs should help pay for them."
This week marked the beginning of Pedestrian Mall and most students
did walk—like it or not. But perhaps it's true that people are "creatures
of habit." Even though walkers reigned, most students paused to look
both ways before crossing streets. The Pedestrian Mall will continue
throughout the quarter.
Student, fireman killed,
by falling CB antenna
By Kelly Cooper
Plainsman Staff Writer
Auburn University student Curt
Eddens, 4ME, of Wilmington,
N.C., and Auburn Fire Depart­ment
Captain Roger Brookshire
were electrocuted Sunday after­noon
in an accident involving a CB
antenna.
Eddens was at the home of
George McCrory, 1038 Country
Club Drive, helping a friend take
down a home CB radio antenna
when the antenna fell and struck a
Malpractice insurance
negotiations approved
Trailer destroyed Photography: Dan Doughtic
A trailer in Ridgewood Village Estates caught on
fire Monday at 2:30 p.m. and was declared a "total
loss" by personnel at the'Auburn Fire Department.
Flames were shooting out of the trailer by the time
equipment from the fire department arrived, and an
officer in the department said the trailer was
"pretty much gone" by that time. The trailer
belonged to Jim Harvey, 4VM, who lived there with
his wife and baby. No injuries were reported, and
the cause of the fire is unknown.
By Lisa Harris
News Editor
Negotiations for malpractice in­surance
as a fringe benefit for
physicians at the Student Health
Center were approved by the
Board of Trustees Saturday.
Business Manager Rhett Riley
said, "There is a possibility of
losing some of our better physi­cians
if we don't provide insur­ance."
Currently, individual doctors are
required to carry liability insur­ance.
However, most companies
no longer offer malpractice cover­age
and the last company under­writing
policies will discontinue
after July 1. "After this, cover­age,
if available at all, will be
incredibly expensive,'' Riley said.
"As a group, we might be able to
afford coverage. Otherwise we
will have to increase salaries to
cover the cost of premiums."
Trustees approved liability in­surance
for University employes
in October, but this did not include
malpractice coverage. The resolu­tion
passed Saturday gives Riley
the authority to investigate altern­ative
methods of providing insur­ance,
but there is no certainty that
coverage will be available. "There
is a possibility we won't be able
to get any policy," he said.
If coverage is found, Riley said,
it would be funded by the Univer­sity,
though the source of the
money has not been determined.
At the meeting, Riley said none of
the insurance companies would
quote a price. "They don't want to
commit themselves," he said. He
said he would probably have some
idea of cost by the next board
meeting.
In other business, the Board
approved a change in a loan to Chi
Phi fraternity for purchase and
renovation of a fraternity house.
Under the new agreement, the
fraternity will donate $30,000 to
Auburn, and the University will
provide the other $63,000 needed
for the work. Auburn will retain
title to the land, and the loan will
be paid off through rental pay­ments.
7,200 volt power line. Eddens was
reportedly hit by the fallen an­tenna.
Fireman at the scene said
Brookshire was electrocuted when
his shoulder brushed the dangling
antenna while attempting to re­suscitate
the fallen student.
Brookshire, 31, was rushed to
Lee County Hospital where he was
pronounced dead. Eddens died at
the scene.
Eddens, 24, born in Decatur,
Ala., was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fletcher C. Eddens now of Wil­mington,
N.C. A senior in the
cooperative education program,
Eddens worked for Kershaw Man­ufacturing
Co., Montgomery and
planned to graduate in August.
Eddens was active in the Auburn
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The funeral was held Tuesday
morning at St. John's Episcopal
Church, Wilmington.
Services for Brookshire were
held Tuesday in the chapel of
Frederick's Funeral Home. Buri­al
followed at Memorial Park with
full honors.
Inside Today
BOARD OF REGENTS -
This week's Plainsman Probe
examines the controversy behind a
bill recently filed in the state
legislature which would create a
board of regents to replace Au­burn's
Board of Trustees.
THE OLD RUNAROUND -
The Auburn Invitational Track
Meet, with about 1500 competitors
from all over the Southeast enter­ed,
including several Olympians,
is scheduled for this weekend.
The Auburn Plainsman Thurs., Jan, 27, 1977 A-2
Smoky sky Photography: Dan Doughtie
The black smoke poured out of the
central heating plant last week when
Auburn was forced to burn coal during
the extremely cold week. Regular
heating methods and levels were
reestablished last Thursday when
suppliers in Tuscaloosa delivered the
much needed fuel oil to Auburn. The
fuel was not delivered on schedule
because of inclement weather and an
acute fuel shortage developed because
of the late delivery.
Trustees
From page A-1
poor conditions at Mag­nolia
are one reason
male students don't want
to live on campus.
Trustee Teague was
the main critic of the bill
before the State Legisla­ture
which would create
a board of regents. He
said, "This is a critical
matter that students and
parents ought to be con­cerned
about. I'm in
The world
this week
By Betsy Butgereit
Plainsman Staff Writer
International
favor of a strong coordi­nating
force. I'd like to
see the Alabama Com­mission
on Higher Edu­cation
given some real
strength."
Trustee Smith also op­posed
the board of re­gents.
"At one time, I
was totally in favor of
it," he said. "But after
some study, I'm convinc­ed
we'd make a big
mistake to get that into
the state of Alabama."
When a student
brought up the Auburn
University policy of not
giving out any scholar­ships
originating from
the University, and the
corresponding lack of in­centive
for good students
to attend Auburn, Trust­ee
Harris responded that
since Auburn is a state
institution, recruiting of
smarter students could
represent discrimination.
Rhodesians end proposals for black rule —
Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith rejected
British proposals for a 14-month transitional
government leading to black rule. He said it
would result in immediate control of the country
by a "Marxist indoctrinated minority." Smith
was accused by a Rhodesian black nationalist HlHICIGr QTOUP
group of "opting for war." v ;; :' T ' r
Violence in Spain spreads — Spain was
wracked by violence Monday. The President of
the Supreme Court of Military Justice, Lt. Gen.
Emilio Villaescusa was abducted by gunmen. tO S D G S k t O d dV
Another pair of gunmen carrying machine guns *
entered a labor lawyer's office that night and
killed four people.
representative
National
New president's first acts — Jimmy Carter
was sworn in last Thursday as the nation's 39th
president. One of his first official acts was to
grant an unconditional pardon to all Vietnamese
draft evaders who were not involved in any
violent activities. He also immediately curtailed
use of governmental limousines. On Tuesday
Carter asked Congress to temporarily lift price
controls on natural gas in an effort" to ease
severe shortages in the East and Middle West.
Sister Loraine Polacci,
national field representa­tive
for Bread for the
World, will speak today
at 4 p.m. in the Eagle's
Nest and tomorrow at 8
p.m. in the Presbyterian
Center.
Anyone interested in
forming an Auburn group
of Bread for the World, a
Christian citizens' move­ment
aimed at influenc­ing
public policy on hun­ger,
is invited to attend.
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Black Heritage Week events scheduled
A variety of events
have been scheduled at
Auburn University
through February in con­junction
with Black Heri­tage
Week Feb. 6-12.
"The primary goal of
the observance is to
bring about awareness of
black heritage and cul­ture,"
said Patricia May,
director of the Minority
Relations Committee.
The week begins with a
gospel singing Feb. 6 at 3
p.m. in the Auburn Union
Ballroom. Five Alabama
gospel groups—a group
from Enon Baptist
Church in Childersburg,
The Swan Silvertones
from Tallassee, The Gos­pel
Pearls from Columbi­ana,
The Number One
Choir from Vincent and
The Starlights from Pell
City—will perform. The
singing is sponsored by
SGA's Minority Relations
Committee.
An exhibit by artist
William Johnson spon­sored
by the Minority
Relations Committee will
be Feb. 1-8 in the Union
Gallery. The exhibit is
on loan from the George
Washington Carver Mu­seum
at Tuskegee Insti­tute.
Eldridge Cleaver, poet,
essayist, black sociolo­gist
and historian, will
speak Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. in
the Student Activities
Building sponsored by
Horizons VII.
The Tuskegee Institute
Choir, directed by Roy E.
Hicks, will perform Feb.
22 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Student Activities Build­ing
sponsored by the
Religious Affairs Com­mittee.
A duo-piano team, Del-phin
and Romain, spon­sored
by University Pro­gram
Council, will per­form
at 8 p.m. Feb. 24 In
the Auburn Union Ball­room.
Literature by noted
black authors will be on
display in the main lobby
including "Roots'" by A
ex Haley.
All events are open
the public and severs
will offer forum credit.
Local grocers clash in milk price wa
By Jackie Romine
Assistant News Editor
Since minimum retail
milk prices were abol­ished
by the Alabama
Dairy Commission Janu­ary
15, area grocers have
been competing in a local
milk war. All but one of
the major grocers con­tacted
are selling milk
below wholesale prices.
Two food stores were
offering milk as a special
99 cents a gallon early
this week, 75 cents lower
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than the former mini­mum
prices.
Two other Auburn gro­cers
are selling milk by
the gallon for $1.39. One
of the store managers
said he expects the milk
prices to increase again
soon.
"They say tea and
chocolate, like coffee,
are becoming scarce and
prices will go up," he
said. "All this stems
from the natural gas
shortage. Soft drinks are
also expected to go up."
The manager said be­cause
of these shortages,
demands meet demands
and prices will go up.
Last week another
store was offering milk
at $1.25 a gallon. The
manager said the store
lost "a whole lot of
money on that."
Most managers said
the milk volume had
definitely picked up but
they expected it to slack
off soon.
The Dairy Commission
vote rescinded a Jan. 6
vote which raised whole­sale
milk prices. The
fo
decision means Alabam
grocers may charge
little as they want
milk, but cannot exceei
the $1.94 a gallon tha
was in effect prior to thi
Jan. 6 order.
Student ticke
sales set
Student tickets for the
Tennessee and Georgia
basketball games will be
sold Feb. 2 and
The tickets will be sold
for $1 at the Coliseum
Box Office between 3 and
6 p.m.
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AS Thurs., Jan. 27,1977 The Auburn Plainsman
Convention, revisions urged
By Mark Sparkman
Plainsman Staff Writer
A discussion on the
proposal to form a consti­tutional
convention for
Alabama was hosted by
the Auburn University
chapter of the Alabama
Young Democrats Tues­day
night. The purpose
of the discussion was, to
inform participants of
the need for a new state
constitution and to pre­sent
methods to bring
about that end.
Several reasons were
given for the need of a
new constitution by dis­trict
coordinator Helen
Moore. "The present
Constitution is a real
example of interest-group
input," said
Moore, "especially the
rural interests. The state
is far more urban than in
1901 (when the present
constitution Was rati­fied)."
"The extreme length of
the present constitution
presents problems. It
has been amended 330
times, thus creating loop­holes.
Because of county
discretions, the state in­curs
much expense in
holding elections. The
state constitution is also
in direct conflict with the
First Amendment (to the
Federal Constitution)
that requires separation
of church and state by
recognizing divine au­thority."
For a convention to be
called, a majority of the
legislature must pass the
proposal to hold the con­vention.
The voters
would then go to the polls
to determine if the state
would hold a convention.
A bill pre-filed by State
Senator L.D. "Dick" Ow­en
of Bay Minette (s.40)
would provide for holding
a constitutional conven­tion.
Under the provi­sions
of this bill, the
election would be held on
the first Tuesday in July
of this year. Voters
would also vote for dele­gates
to the convention
from each legislative dis­trict
and several dele­gates
from the state-at-large.
Any qualified
voter of the state would
be eligible to run for a
delegate position.
The Young Democrats
have made a proposal to
compensate the dele­gates
to the convention at
the same rate as House
members, including per
diem expenses and travel
expenses as now allowed
to members of the legis­lature.
Moore called for the
passage of this bill by
terming the present con­stitution
"outmoded and
outdated" and predicted
that if passed by the
legislature and the elect­orate
there would be a
battle at the convention
between "the status quo
versus the reformers."
Frank Duke, district
coordinator along with
Moore, commented on
what individuals could do
to bring about a new
consittution. "First of
all, you have to write
letters to the legislators.
Those who oppose the bill
must be inundated with
letters to show there is a
very large sentiment for
change in this state. We
must impress upon them
that we cannot work
under the present consti­tution.
"We have to stir up
more interest at the com­munity
level. We have to
start writing letters to
the editors of the local
newspapers to show sup­port
for a new constitu­tion."
Duke referred to the
present constitution as
"a remnant from the
past'.'
Running for a dele­gate's
position was also
pointed out as a way to
promote interest in a new
constitution, alone with
concentrating on one's
hometown where influ­ence
may be more pro­nounced.
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It was a foggy day for Auburn as
students left behind a beautiful
weekend to face a gloomy Monday.
Mondays bring studying and exams
back into mind. As the song
goes—Rainy days and Mondays al­ways
get you down. Winter may
appear wet, cold and miserable now
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Square dancin' at the Inaugural Ball
Thure.. Jan. 27. 1977
No dead days
The Faculty Senate is hurting both students and themselves by approving a
1977-78 Auburn University calendar which omits dead days winter and
summer quarters.
Dead days are needed before finals to help students make the transition
from classes to exams. They provide extra time for students to organize their
notes and study before finals. This extra time is also helpful for those who
have a large number of comprehensive exams.
Dead days are beneficial for faculty members too, providing a transition
day as well as an extra day to prepare exams.
There is some logic in not scheduling class Jan. 2. Students and faculty
should not have to drive in hazardous Jan. 1 traffic. But classes could stsu\
Jan. 3 with spring break one day shorter.
And there is no logic behind Auburn University Registrar Thomas
Stallworth's comment that summer quarter dead day was omitted to get out
of the quarter earlier. One day does not make that much difference.
We hope the Registrar and Faculty Senate will realize the value of dead
days and reconsider their decision.
Student station
WEGL-FM has been given its slap on the wrist for failure to pjav top-40
music. The SGA Ad Hoc Committee is basking in its self-righteousness. Yet,
what has been gained by the SGA investigation into the campus radio
station?
Nothing. And the reason is that both groups acted immaturely.'Tt.appears
the intent of the Ad Hoc Committee was not so much to study WEGL, but to
vindicate its own distaste for the station. WEGL responded in kipd by
becoming overly defensive, emotional and closeminded. As the issue gathered
momentum it snowballed, causing students who had never really thought
about WEGL programming to suddenly jump on the bandwagon and lambast
the station.
There is also a question whether the SGA should have been
"investigating" the station in the first place. If there are problems with the
station's programming they could have been worked out through a more
tactful method. By "investigating" WEGL, the integrity of the station was
threatened. The situation might be comparable to telling a campus
newspaper it was under investigation because it did not print sensationalized
articles—after all, The National Enquirer, widely known for its
sensationalized articles, is the best-selling weekly in the nation.
Believe it or not, too, there are students at Auburn who actually enjoy
WEGL — who are not limited to one musical preference. And it is a very
small price most students pay, heavily supplemented by State and University
funds, to have an alternative station. It almost seems selfish to ask WEGL to
concentrate on top-40 or any other particular type of music. Few area stations
air the variety of musical programming which WEGL does. Why deprive
students of the music they can pick up on one station only, when all the other
listeners have to do is turn the dial.
This is not to imply that WEGL is measuring up completely to its
potential. Some programs could be cut or rescheduled to better satisfy large
portions of the campus, University news could be given more emphasis and
more professionalism could make itself evident. Then again, WEGL is a
"student station" and a learning experience. This should be understood by
the SGA; and if it is to be a true learning experience, an open mind is
required on WEGL's part.
Out of room
State Superintendent of Schools Wayne Teague reported at the
student-trustee meeting that he expected Auburn's enrollment to peak within
the next few years.
This observation is a relief; the University has been dodging the issue of
limiting enrollment for too long. The combination of lowered academic
standards to admit more students plus an unwillingness on the part of the
University to take steps to cope with this increase in population has hurt
Auburn.
Classes of approximately 500 students are taught with an outrageous
student-teacher ratio and little individual attention. Small classrooms are
stuffed with desks, creating a condition not conducive to learning.
Rooms in dormitories are quickly filled, with some women students forced
to live in triples. Those not so lucky are forced to look for housing
off-campus, a more expensive alternative...and even there the searching can
be difficult.
A limited number of classrooms hurts scheduling as students find their
classes spread throughout the day. This creates an inconvenience for those
who live off-campus. Some students have to wait extra quarters to take
required courses, conceivably prolonging their stay at Auburn.
Ten handball courts, 17 tennis courts and three Union desk telephones
service 17,000 students, another cause of inconvenience.
Wake up, Auburn. There •'; not enough room for many more students. If
enrollment-happy admin rs continue to stuff enrolleeswhere there is no
room, Auburn's already-t ,J academic reputation will only suffer more.
Go tell all of the rednecks their pro­phecy
has come to pass. Yes, the South
has risen again...not in insurrection, but
through that certain determination which
makes presidents of peanut farmers.
A-4 For the first time in 125 years the reins
m^^ of government were passed to a man
from the Deep South, and that changing
of the guard has brought a new outlook
to those inhabiting the nation's capital.
The Washington which greeted me on
a cold crisp afternoon last week wasn't
the District 1 had left the previous sum­mer.
There was a glow on people's faces
which was unmistakably Southern. And
what was even more amazing was the
open-armed embrace these newcomers
found to greet them.
Old-time Washingtonians spoke of the
city's southernization with wishful antici­pation...
"I've been looking forward to
the change. Southerners aren't so aloof.
Although I'm sure they play the power
game, it's, in a more relaxed atmos­phere—
a friendlier tone."
Magnolia days at the White House
have met with acceptance. The South has
gained a new credibility and the path has
been cleared for the ushering in of the
New South.
The incorporation of the South was ac­complished
with a playfulness on the part
of D.C. residents. Tongue in cheek
(sometimes literally) New Yorkers and
others from the Eastern Seaboard tried
. their hand at Southern accents. Stores
were converted to "Carter's General
Store" and barrels were wheeled onto the
sidewalk announcing their wares. Bour­bon
and "good ol' boys" were in as well
as Southern hospitality. And at one
Inaugural ball this editor joined in a little
footstomping as Southerners and North-eners
joined forces in some old-time
square dancing to the music of Tom T.
Hall. We sang Dixie and we sang Yankee
Doodle...and we did it with an accep­tance
of each other we never had in the
past.
TheAuburn
Plainsman
Christy Hudgins, Editor
Ken Edwards, Business Manager
Editorial Board members: Managing Editor, John Carvalho; Associate Editor, Maureen
Orost; News Editor, Lisa Harris; Features Editor, Susan Harrison; Sports Editor, Gene
Vandiver; Editor and Editorial Board Chairman, Christy Hudgins.
Entertainment Editor, Rick Harmon; Copy Editor, Betsy Butgereit; Technical Editor,
David Boggus; Photographic Editor, Dan Doughtie.
Asst. to the Editor, Brad Davis; Asst. News Editors, Susan Counts and Jackie Romine;
Asst. Sports Editor, Mike Forchette; Asst. Features Editor, Ruth Ann Dunn; Asst. Enter­tainment
Editor, Dave White; Asst. Copy Editor, Jeanne Regan; Asst. Photographic Edit­ors,
Grant Castleberry and Gordon Bugg; Asst. Technical Editor, Huey Davis; Staff Art­ists,
Kelly Shultz and Jack Mallette.
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Asst. Advertising Route Manager, Mary Gardiner; Advertising Representative, Jo Ann
Metcalf; Layout Specialists, Larry Klein, Ken Harvey and Becky Dickson; Circulation,
Don Powers and Ed Hamff.
The Auburn Plainsman is the student-edited newspaper uj
Auburn University. Signed columns represent the opinion of
the writer, while unsigned editorials represent the opinion of
The Plainsman's Editorial Board.
Christy
Hudgins
There is merriment in every inaugura­tion—
but underlying the merriment of
this inauguration, the retelling of South­ern
jokes, the singing of "There's a New
Kid in Town," was a more serious
theme. The South was being accepted.
The fast-talking, fast-walking, Ivy-leaguers
with their business suits and ties
had stopped to reflect on this new breed
entering their city. The Washington Post
wrote that the Inauguration marked "the
first full acceptance of the South into the
national political life in modern times."
Liz Carpenter, a former Johnson press
secretary, remarked, "Southerners must
not be overnervous when they hear a
damn Yankee imitating the Southern
style. We've waited for this a long time."
The South has been waiting, too...
waiting to be accepted on our own terms,
to have a culture accepted, that while
different is not necessarily inferior. We
were waiting for the realization of our
Northern brethren that we are not all
racists, or necessarily slow to act or learn;
but that we are a proud and independent
people with a future.
The Post perhaps served to close a
chapter in the book of North-South ani­mosity
with a front-page headline:
"Southerner as President: Painful Past Is
Buried."
With that death comes a new birth, a
new respect afforded the thousands of
Southerners who came to witness the
Inauguration. Many were just plain peo­ple—
some who took out loans to see the
man in whom they had placed their faith
for the next four years.
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Some came in their limousines, others
in their Mercedes, Volvos, Rabbits or
Ford pickups. For the most part, though,
as Carter had promised, it was a "peo­ple's
Inauguration."
Floridians greeted Chicagoans in t s
and on the street with comments a', jut
the Inauguration. Southerners extended
friendly handshakes to strangers they met
at Inaugural events; a President and his
family walked the Pennsylvania Avenue
parade route.
Most Southerners expressed a certain
affinity with the man from Plains. It was
"uncanny" how almost every Georgian
lived in Plains, knew Carter or was some­how
related—even LaGrange became a
Plains suburb.
If the Southerners shared a regional
heritage with the new President, it was
also apparent that those who gathered
outside the Capitol that cold Thursday
noon also had a stake in Jimmy Carter.
They were looking toward the unifica­tion
of the country, and among their
ranks were people of every party. They
were looking for a man to bind up the
wounds of the past. They were looking
for the "new beginning" which Carter
promised. They wanted to believe in the
pledge of the old dream's fulfillment,
based not only on politics but "un­changing
principles."
Carter will make mistakes and like
almost every president will leave office
with his troupe of detractors, but with
him rests much of this country's fate, in­cluding
the South.
With the nation rests an even graver
responsibility. A new spirit, a new begin­ning
cannot be accomplished by one man
alone. As Carter said in his Inaugural
Address: "A president may sense and
proclaim that new spirit, but only a peo­ple
can provide it.'' We are that people.
If we are to have a government which we
deem acceptable, we must demand it and
do so loudly. Carter has cleared a path of
acceptability for the "New South." We
have merely to walk it in our state and
national government.
For sleepers: I hope you had nightmares
Well, Auburn, you missed it. If you
were studying Saturday morning at 11, I
hope someone stole your books. If you
were washing your hair, I hope the hot
water turned cold; and if you were
sleeping, I hope you had nightmares.
"Perhaps there is not a bigger crowd of
students here because things at Auburn
aren't as bad as they once were," Trustee
Robert H. Harris said.
"I drove back from Gadsden at
midnight last night to meet with the
students. I had envisioned a larger
crowd, but maybe Mr. Harris is right;
maybe there's not much wrong in
Auburn," Trustee Ralph "Shug" Jor­dan
said.
There are things wrong in Auburn,
and on any given day at almost any spot
on campus you can hear students griping
about parking, housing arrangements,
professors, mandatory class attendance
and more.
And yet, on a Saturday morning set
aside for students to present their gripes,
50 students at the most showed up for
the encounter session with the trustees.
For those of you who need 'to justify
your absence, it may help to know that
only five members of the Board were
there. Does that make you feel better?
It shouldn't. Half of the trustees showed
up, .29 per cent of the students put in an
appearance,.
"I am very disappointed in the turnout
today—both of the students and of the
trustees," Trustee v_..iarles Smith said., "I
think we should have filled the
auditorium, but ask us what you want to
ask; we're here to answer your ques­tions."
And they did. I was impressed with
the openness expressed by the trustees
Saturday. They discussed the bill
proposing a board of regents to oversee
our board of trustees, the implementa­tion
of Title IX Guidelines, a voting
student trustee, Auburn's scholarship
program and housing.
What was accomplished? Well, the
trustees and students discussed the
possibility, and maybe the necessity, of
equalizing male housing and female
campus housing; that should pertain to
some of you. Several of the trustees said
they plan to look into the possibility of
Auburn offering academic scholarships.
They gave their reasons for opposing a
voting student trustee and a Board of
Regents. And they plan to study the
provisions made for handicapped persons
on campus.
You can say the meeting was held at a
poor time. But 11 a.m. is not really too
early for anyone to be at a meeting. And
an hour isn't so long that students
couldn't spare the time.
You can say the meetings accomplish
nothing, but you can't substantiate it.
You can say you didn't know about
the meeting, but two full pages of this
newspaper were devoted to the trustees,
and the .SGA sent out 500 letters to
"campus leaders." The letters.requested
thatspecific questions for the meeting be
sent to the SGA in the mail.
SGA President Buck Ruffin said he
received responses from about five per
cent of those notified. It makes you
wonder if those persons are "campus
leaders" in name only.
And you can say you just didn't care
about the meeting; I'll believe that one.
I hate tirades concerning apathy"; but,
even worse, I hate apathy, and that's
what those hundreds of empty seats in
HC 2370 symbolized Saturday morning.
State convention urged
to revamp outdated laws
Alabama's constitution turns 76 this
year, and like a worker past his prime it
has grown old and decrepit, too
enfeebled to do the job it was written to
do—govern the state.
With 330 amendments, the Constitu­tion
is one of the longest in the country.
Many amendments are contradicted by
later ones, or are simply irrelevant today.
The ' document was written when
transportation meant horse and buggy,
communication was difficult and even
paved roads were unheard of.
Lisa
Harris
Academic health challenges Auburn future
By Buck Ruffin
SGA President
Since April of last year the Student
Government Association has attempted
to become more involved with matters
concerning Auburn's "academic health."
These efforts have, admittedly and not
without good cause, been met with a
degree of skepticism by some faculty,'
students and administrators. No one in
student government can deny the fact
that this most important aspect of
campus life, this very reason for Auburn's
existence as an institution, has not
traditionally occupied a number one
position in the SGA's list of priorities.
This fact is regrettable since the SGA
can, in a sense, set the tone for the
student, body's concern for various areas
of student life. The truth is we still
sometimes fail to fully realize that
scholarly achievement and quality educa­tion
are basically the only real reasons for
us to be here.
Though the SGA's initiatives within
the world of academia have at times
bogged down we hope we have begun, at
the very least, a new era of expressed
student desire for Auburn to excel in
every category of scholastic endeavor.
Guest
editorial
One thing is certain: we must be aware
that without student support for acade­mic
excellence Auburn will continue to
be frustrated in its efforts to realize its
full potential.
During this yeat we have constantly
involved the SGA in a variety of
discussions, councils and proposals in an
attempt to rectify our past oversights.
The Academic Council, chaired by Vice
President for Academic Affairs Taylor
Littleton, has allowed us to sit in on and
participate in their meetings. We have
been briefly involved with the project on
institutional renewal. Plans have been
finalized for an SGA honors banquet to
properly recognize, reward and encourage
outstanding scholastic work on the part of
both students and faculty. And finally, at
long last, many people have begun to
talk about attempting to secure endow­ments
to enable the University to recruit
outstanding professors and students from
all over the country.
Though much work in these areas will
obviously need to continue for some
time, a danger exists in that these efforts
might be discouraged and forgotten in
subsequent years: such an occurrence
would be disastrous. Auburn (and the
SGA) must realize NOW that such
efforts as those suggested to secure
endowments for proper recruitment of
faculty and students are indispensable if
Auburn is to attain a position of greater
prominence in collegiate circles.
Auburn has the once in a university's
lifetime chance to cash in ahead of time
on the certainty of long range growth and
development for Alabama and the
Southern region. Auburn then has the
opportunity, if not the obligation, to set
its goals at the peak of possible
accomplishment. If she will, Auburn can'
set the pace for higher education's future
in the South and throughout the country.
Along with these opportunities and
obligations, however, Auburn must
concurrently seek to preserve those things
that make Auburn unique. We must
preserve Auburn's and the South's
cultural heritage while pushing forward
to attain new levels of educational
prominence. If we dedicate Auburn to
these worthy ideals the State of Alabama
can rightly take advantage of economic
prosperity without endangering Auburn
"southern identity."
The point of this is simple. The people
are here, the resources are out there and
"even" the students are aware of what
must be done. We must set our goals
high, roll up our sleeves and get to work.
For if Auburn is to be everything it can
be the toil and sweat has to start now. My
only worry is whether we are truly up to
doing what it will take to transform
Auburn into a place where the challenge
to the intellect is even more substantive.
But we are living in a different age
now. The population has increased and
become more urban. The Federal
Government has grown and its relation­ship
with the states changed. The state's
economy has shifted from independent
farming to a mote industtial base. The
Constitution is unable to keep up with
these changes.
As it now stands, the Constitution is
inflexible and unworkable and becomes
more so each time it is amended. The
whole state must vote on amendments
affecting only one county, a rule that
costs the taxpayers a half million dollars
every time an election is held. The
Constitution has become strangled in a
thicket of paperwork.
It's time for a change. Alabama needs
a constitution that is as flexible and
dynamic as the State Government could
be, were it not hampered by three-quarters
of a century of regulations.
A bill has been prefiled in the
Legislature which, if passed, would call
for an election to decide whether a
constitutional convention should be
called. If it passes, and if the voters
approve, we could have a new
constitution by next summer.
Some people, in an attempt to be
reassuring, are saying a convention would
merely "revise" the old Constitution
rather than write a new one. This would
be a mistake. It would be like repainting
an old car—it would be cosmetic surgery
that would not solve underlying
problems. Alabama needs a fresh start,
to use as a base the needs and desires of
today's Alabamians, not those of 1901.
The 1901 Constitution is outdated,
with many articles that have been
superseded by Federal regulations, such
as provisions for poll taxes. It is too long,
which makes it nearly impossible to
understand and leaves too many
loopholes. It has lived out its usefulness.
Alabama's reputation as a state
government is not very good, and that
reputation is generally well-deserved. It's
time we stopped looking back, stopped
wishing for the good old days and move
forward into the 20th Century. Having a
new constitution would be a big step in
that ditecrion.
Sparkman reports
Letters Dinglebarger reveals plans for Washington D. C. shutdown
Thura.. Jan. 27. 1977 ^±
Weathering it up there
Editor, The Plainsman:
I read with interest and understanding
Susan Hatrison's article on being one of
the world's small people. It was the other
side of the coin for me. Contrary to
Susan, I am one of the world's tall people
— an even six feet. My mother told me
there would be days like this, too.
I have heard every
tall joke, every skin­ny
joke "and" every
tall-and-skinny joke
ever written at least
three times, too. My
least favorite is the
one about standing
sideways, sticking
out my tongue and
looking like a zip­per.
After I tired of
hearing "How's the
weather up there?"
umpteen times a day
in high school, my
brothers (each of
them is 6 feet 4)
advised me to carry a
water gun, squirt
the inquisitor, and
then tell the bewild­ered
person "it's
raining." (I must
confess I never did
so).
Nicknames —
Tree, Beanpole, Spi­der
Woman, Jolly
Green Giant, Legs-have
been second
nature to me ever
since junior high.
People need in­structions
on how to
treat tall people,
too. A common be­lief
most people
have is all tall girls
are deaf. This is
evidenced by the
comments I overhear
people make any­where
I go. "Look at
that tall girl" (as
if I was not already
aware of the fact)
and "1 wonder how
tall that girl is?" (I
once told the in­quirer
I was 6 feet 6
and he believed me)
are the two most fre­quently
heard comments. My favorite is
"look at that nice tall girl." This is
usually said by elderly women ro each
other or by a mother to a slouching
teenage daughter. It always makes me
wonder if I am a nice girl who happens to
be tall, or if I am a tall girl who is nice—
and how would they know anyway? All
of these various un­der-
thej-breath com­ments
are heard by
tall girls — we are
not deaf!
Small people are
not the only ones
with clothes prob­lems.
I often wonder
what type of ideal
woman the clothing
manufacturer have
in mind when they
make their products.
Pants that come
three inches above
the ankles are just
not in style today.
The same saleslady
with platinum
blonde hair and sil­ver
glasses on a
chain has spoken to
me while shopping
saying, "But you're
such a big girl,
honey, and we just
don't have clothes
for people your
size" — treating me
if I were King
Kong's twin sister.
Despite the jokes,
nicknames, dumb
comments and the
other daily occur­rences,
being tall is
great. I love seeing
over the crowd while
waiting outside for
the free movie, easi­ly
doing a layup
during an intramur­al
basketball game,
gaining five pounds
and letting it go
unnoticed, standing
in the center of the
back row for Srep
Sing, spiking a vol­leyball
and much
more. Even if I had
a choice, I would
not have it any other
way.
Noel Monson, 3MCH
As the Senate Investigation Committee
studies allegations that the CIA devastat­ed
Cuba's hog population by spreading
African swine fever over the island and
another Senate committee investigates
rumors that John Kennedywas assassinat­ed
as the result of a Cuban plot (after the
Cubans learned of U.S. plans to render
Fidel Castro beardless through special
drugs because U.S. intelligence had
learned of Cuban blueprints to spread
hoof and mouth disease over the U.S.),
some people may be wondering just how
damn far this whole episode in the follies
of mankind may go.
Well, I was curious too, so curious that
last week I flew to Washington to see a
good friend of mine in the CIA, Bernard
Dinklebarger. My purpose — to see if he
had overheard any information concern­ing
secret U.S. plans to be used against
the Cubans. Needless to say Bernard is
not the easiest person to get information
from. There is "only one key to the mind
of Bernard Dinklebarger: plenty of
Tanquerrey and reruns of "I Love Lucy."
After we broke the second seal and I
had perfected my impersonation of Fred
Mertz, Bernard became a veritable
Martha Mitchell.
"You know, Sparkman, you have
come to the right man. Only last year I
was placed on the Subvert Cuba Task
Force by the Agency. Man, has that been
a lot of fun."
"Well hurry up and tell me some­thing,
this gin costs $11 a quart."
"What do you want first — what we
might do to them or what they might do
to us?"
"You mean the CIA knows what the
Cubans are up to?"
"No, not really, but a friend of mine
works for the Sanitation Department."
"And he has access to the garbage of
some real Cuban spies?"
"No, he has access to the trash of Jack
Anderson."
"I would have never thought of that."
Mark
Sparkman
"Neither have we. But anyway, back
to U.S.-Cuban relations. Little things like
the assassination of a president or killing
all our cattle really didn't bother us. But
after we discovered their plans to shut
down the Federal Government indefinite­ly,
we began to devise some plans of our
own."
"Well, just how were the Cubans
going to shut down the entire Federal
Government? I think your garbage man
was reading something from the National
Enquirer."
"Oh, we didn't get that info from
him. We just swapped a Cuban Politburo
member 12 cases of Wild Turkey for a
box of Cuban cigars and one major leak
of classified information."
"Well hurry up and get on with the
story!" I yelled above Ethel.
"Hold on a minute, Sparkman, Lucy is
about to change into a giant chicken
costume."
"Aw, c'mon Bernard, I don't have all
day."
"Very well...carbon paper."
"Carbon paper! What in the hell do
you mean 'carbon paper'?"
"The Cubans planned to steal all the
carbon paper in D.C. With a government
that has to operate in triplicate, there is
no way in the world Uncle Sam could
continue."
"Wow, what a plan! That's so simple
it would have to work.Did you come up
with anything better?"
"Not at the time, but lately both sides
have really been putting out some great
• ideas. Do you think Ricky sings well?"
"Huh?"
"I don't. Anyway, they were going to
send Inaugural ball tickets to everybody
in the United States. When the crowd
went to Washington to celebrate, Cuban
troops were going to invade and turn all
the thermostats up to 85 degrees and
subvert our energy plans."
"I'm sure you came up with
something better."
"Damn right. We were just going to
re-route some Liberian tankers to Cuba,
blockading the entire island with a giant
oil slick."
"Wow, you sure lead an exciting life,"
I said.
"Yea, I suppose so. But they are
cutting back our research funds, so now I
have to work in a dual capacity. No
longer do I have just Cuba to contend
with, but now I have to work on
subversion plans for Uganda."
' 'They are really putting the work load
on you, aren't they?"
"You know me, Sparkman, I always
come through in the clutch."
"True," I lied.
"The Agency is really going to be
proud of me. I have designed a plan to
'leak' information to the Cubans that a
leap of leopards is leading a communist
insurrection against Idi Amin. The
Cubans will send all of their troops over,
and Amin is so crazy he will keep both
sides occupied until I retire. I'll be sitting
on Easy Street, U.S.A."
"I must say that I am impressed.
Please, Dinklebarger, tell me some
more."
"Aw, shut up, Sparkman. Can't you
see Lucy is about to smoke a cigar?"
"Cuban, I suppose?"
"Don't say things like that around me.
I might have to check it out."
Give 'a damn' or transfer out
Editor, The Plainsman:
The overwhelming majority of Auburn students have blown
another chance to show that they are concerned about
Alabama's number one university. I'm speaking of the fact that
only a few, 30 or so, students showed up at the Trustee
rap-session last Saturday morning.
The meeting was productive from several standpoints.
Number one, it gave students, mainly myself, a chance to get to
know the "big-wigs" that form major policies concerning our
university. Number two, it gave students a chance to express
their views about troubled areas around the campus. Finally,
the meeting showed that some of Auburn's Trustees are really
interested and concerned with bettering the University, so the
University can better serve the students.
I applaud the students and Trustees who showed up. I believe
we departed HC 2370 with a better understanding of each
other's opinions. I also want to commend our student body
president for his efforts to better Auburn.
For those of you who found it more convenient to sleep in,
study or any other non-valid excuse fot not coming to the
gathering, please think twice the next time you have the
opportunity. For those of you who "don't give a damn" —
have you thought about transferring lately?
Dale Williams, 2AEC
Grant claims Auburn has almost nothing for blacks
Editor, The Plainsman:
I address this letter to Mr. David H.
Green. Sir, your letter in last week's
paper was extremely sarcastic as I am sure
you intended it to be. Your ignorance as
far as black students are concerned was
just as apparent.
Being one of the few black students
attending Auburn University, I feel it is
my responsibility to enlighten you and
others who think as you do to the real
situation regarding black enrollment at
this university.
First, there are not 1100 black students
enrolled here, in fact, there are less than
half that number. The reason for this
situation is not as Mr. Lloyd Malone and
yourself suggest — that black students in
Alabama come from inferior high schools
and are not properly prepared for college
level work. Although this may be true in
some cases, there are many of us who
come from very good schools and are
prepared for college work. You are also
incorrect in trying to confine this
situation to blacks alone. There are many
white students here who are just as
unprepared for college level work.
During my three quarters in the 100
series of English composition, I ran across
many white students who could not even
construct a simple paragraph. Many of
my instructors have also complained
about the inability of many Auburn
students to write coherently as well as
having deficiencies in elementary math,
chemistry etc. So, Mr. Green, your
sarcasric insinuation that blacks are not
sufficiently intelligent enough to come to
Aubutn is totally unfounded.
As far as your ridiculous comments
about making the ACT tests easier,
.neither myself nor the other black
students I talked to found them amusing.
It is not the difficulty of the entrance
examinations that keep blacks from
coming to Aubutn, it is the fact that
Auburn has practically nothing to offer
the prospective black student.
Gerrilyn V. Grant,'2PL
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Reader claims PLO not terrorist group
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am writing this letter to clarify the
false information given by Mr. Steve
Webne in his letter.
He said that the PLO are terrorist and
this docs not mix to the truth in any
manner. The PLO is an organization
formed by the Palestinians who were
driven away from their homes by the
Israelis before and during the establish­ment
of Israel in 1948 and during the
six-day war in 1969. From this quick
identification it is clear that the PLO has
no interest further than going back home
to Palestine and living peacefully in the
place where they were born and grew up.
Putting these facts in mind and
looking to the way by which the French
Government treated Abou Daoud — a
PLO leader — things will seem logical
and had not deviated the proper behavior
(sic).
The French Government as well as the
French themselves together with the free
people in this world recognized the
legitimate struggle which the PLO leads
for a peaceful living in Palestine, that's
what Mr. Steve failed to recognize.
France — which is well-known by its
idealism in theory and practice — proved
through this incident that it will stand for
its standards no matter what the savage
people will say.
Munir Nasser, 4ME
Conservatism should shut A U
Editor, The Plainsman:
Why does Auburn University keep
plodding along in the past? Most would
write off this question with a reply that
Auburn is conservative, but they are
simply skirting the issue.
If Auburn University had been truly
conservative, they would have postponed
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LITTLE BILLY
WITH BIG FRIENDS
classes along with the rest of the state's
schools and industries. Most of these
institutions were forced to close by bad
' weather conditions and fuel cutbacks.
Why should Auburn wait until they use
all of their allocated supply of fuel before
postponing classes?
By postponing classes before gas
supplies are cutback, they could conserve
the dwindling supply of fuel that is
needed across the state.
Our current temperatures and
weather conditions are not normal and
should soon rise to normal levels, but
until then every effort should be made to
conserve energy.
We, as Americans, have got to change
our views toward fuel consumption and
we must change now. Someday we may
not have to wait for snow to close the
schools, all it might take is a drop of the
themometer.
Charles Chambers, 3MK
More
letters
Christians reply to
Moonie comparison
Page A-6
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Snowperson construction was group project
Editor, The Plainsman:
I have always respected the accuracy
and precision in reporting shown by your
publication. However, a fallacy has been
detected in one of your features (January
20, A-10, paragraph 2); the snow-person
in question was accredited to be the work
of the women of Wittel Dorm. This is
not quite accurate.
On Tuesday night at 9:15, residents of
War Eagle Apartments, upon the
realization of the sudden increase in snow
accumulation, set out for Haley Con­course
to construct a snow person. We
arrived and started gathering snow and
piling it in one general spot. The snow-person's
position was affirmed as
reclining due to the poor packing qualiry
of the snow. Thus construction began. As
the party was composed of five males and
two females, the former was given the job
of gathering snow and the latter the
actual process of building the snowper­son.
During the process, any person
passing by was hailed and asked to assist.
WEGL-FM also announced the project
and asked for help (Thank you, WEGL).
A large number of students responded
(far more than War Eagle Apartments
could supply) and assisted in construc­tion.
The large number of places of
residence represented could never be
determined and although the women of
Wittel's time is greatly appreciared, we
feel ir unfair to give them credit when so
many other students were as grearly
responsible. (A male donated the eyes
from what we could determine).
As I gave up my warm blanket to use
to haul snow and many other people
brought brooms and trash cans, I feel the
credit for the snowperson should go to
the united effort of the students of
r \
of Auburn University and not one
paricular group. Sincere thanks to all
involved.
Mike Honf, 1PN
as spokesman for:
Jon Hughs, 3GSC
Randall Blackwood, 1FY
Randy Camp, 1PN
John Pate, 2TH
Mitzie Scott, lGC
Pat Alexander, 1GMH
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• P • ^ ^ • ^ ^ W^^wrWr^^W ^•w* In response to Steve Thrasher's letter of model our lives after Christ and I know of an action of God, Thurs.. Jan. 27, 1977 A-8 tathet of men. ever beg, using the existence of my
Christians not 'sly'
Editot, The Plainsman:
I express disappointment at Steve
Thrasher's letter of last week entitled
"Christian groups also practice sly and
underhand methods." What could be
farther from the truth! The cults such as
the Hare Krishnas and Rev. Moon truly
represent an "unhealthy phenomenon,"
but why does Mr. Thrasher insist upon
including Christians?
There is a big difference in the
methods used to raise finances and
followers between these spiritual cults
and Christianity. The only way Christian
churches receive money is through their
members and visitors during the offertory
in regular church services. One never sees
Christians pushing flowers or candy on
the street corners with the pitch "Would
you like to buy a flower to help kids on
drugs?
Christianity would never attempt to
"sell their beliefs" to anyone regardless
of what Mr. Thrasher may think.
He also implied similarity between the
way young people are kidnapped by these
cults and Christianity. Who is he trying
to fool? The Christian churches would
never stoop so low as to kidnapping
members as he stated. People go to
Christian churches because they want to
and not because they have been
kidnapped and brainwashed into follow­ing
a particular cult or leader.
Mr. Thrasher, Christianity and cults do
not use the "same old game;'-' they're
two completely different games that can't
even be compared.-
Billy Weeks, 1PB
Editor, The Plainsman:
In response to Steve Thrasher's letter of
last week, I want to submit that I,
hopefully along with many others, was
highly irritated by the gross overgenerali-zations
of his letter.
I am a Christian and "I" become irate
when I am approached for handouts; I
don't care if it's by Hare Krishnas,
Moonies or by so-called Christian groups.
There are many Christians today who are
appalled by the begging activities of
many of our "fellow Christians." It
marks a breakdown in the faith that
many Christians profess to have; if a
church or organization has so little faith
in the Lord to provide for their needs that
members are sent out to beg, then I say
they justly deserve your criticism and
skepticism.
As Christians, we are supposed to
model our lives after Christ and I know of
"no" instance in the Bible where Christ
ever "begged" for anything. True and
pure Christianity, based on the earthly
life, death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ, has NOTHING to sell, only to
give; one has only to accept it.
People who call themselves Christians
and who go out soliciting the general
public for handouts may think they are
working for the Lord but "I" contend
they are begging merely for their
organization. God does not need
simpering humans to supply Him with
anything.
So, I agree with Mr. Thrasher in that
Christianity, as it is today, deserves much
criticism. One reason is because true
Christianity has been distorted and
changed into Denominationalism
an action of God, tathet of men.
But I highly resent your labeling "all"
Christians as running around begging
money, kidnapping babies and then
turning traitor I'd like to see more facts
to back up your generalizations and
accusations. Empirically, I have punched
a hole in your assertions because "I" am
'I" have never or will
„ the existence of my
all-sufficient God as an excuse.
And as for organized religions bugging
you, a sincere Christian, honestly trying
to pattern his life after life-giving Jesus
Christ, will not "need" to come beg,
barter with or bug you. If anything,
you'll probably go to him.
Mary Morgan, 3SED
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Ya '11 ought to slow yo' pace
Editor. The Plainsman:
In response to Mr. Vandiver's com­ments
in his column "The Yankees are
Coming!" I would like to ait my
disappointment in the shallowness of his
attitude! "Northetnets" in the South are
obviously looking for the bettet life and
have found it here in "God's Country."
I have been a "Yankee" for 23 years
and although closely associated with
Southern tradition (blackeyed peas and
kidneys) for only five of those yeats, I
have grown to love and admire the South
and the people here.
Southerners seem to have a sort of
pride in themselves and a respect for
others that the rapid pace of the North
has somehow lost in the shuffle. People
here have always' been courteous and
hospitable, two attributes "you" ob­viously
lack.
In making blanket statements about
"northerners" you have demonstrated
yourself to be more of a "yank" than
anyone I've ever met in New Jersey! I
think ya'll ought to slow yo' pace, suh!
Mary-Lou Nicolaro, 6ZY
Editor, The Plainsman:
In regard to the letter in last week's
paper about Christian groups practicing
sly and underhanded methods, I feel
people often fail to realize the motive or
moving force behind Christians sharing
what they know about Christ. After
reading the article, it appeared this
person thought Christians were out to
gain money and followers. This is not at
all the motive behind Christians sharing
what they know about Christ.
Let me explain it this way. When you
find out about a great buy or sale on a
product such as a car you want to run out
and tell your friends about it, so they too
can reap the benefits. You become
excited and want them to know, so you
tell them. I feel this is the way it is with
Christians telling others about Christ.
Now sometimes the method they use may
not be the most tactful, but they are not
perfect and are just trying.
In fact one day I was in the lounge of
Haley Center and a Christian came up to
me and started sharing the four spiritual
laws and I thought "this is nice...but I
believe in God." Once I got to talking
with her, I realized I was not a Christian
and became one a few days later when
she got back together with me. My life
has been so much better since that day, I
can just thank God. But if this girl would
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Editor, The Plainsman:
After reading last week's letter by
Steve Thrasher, I deemed it necessary to
voice my opinion as well.
In the letter, he stated that Christian
churches daily kidnap "millions of kids."
I have never read a newspaper article
about a set of parents being upset over
their child becoming a Christian, nor
have I ever heard of a new Christian
running off and joining a commune of
any sort. I have, however, read several
articles about kids who have gotten
involved in some of the cults of late and
left home to join a commune.
I also thought it interesting that he felt
Christianity an infringement on his
rights. True, he has no doubt heard from
Christians all his life, and will probably
continue to. But, is that an infringement
of his rights? How many people gripe
because they have to hear about
basketball, sex or politics? I too advocate
religious freedom, but realize that in
being free, religions must be allowed to
voice themselves. So the game goes on. •
Robert Poythress, 1PB
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Registration schedule
School of Agriculture Dr. Mount
336 Funchess
Pre-registration for School of Agriculture students
for the spring quarter will be held according to the
schedule shown below. Except for the WL, MRB,
FAA, ZY, OH, and ADS majors shown below,
students should clear their course requests with
Charles F. Simmons or Mr. Alverson in 109 Comer in
one of the following periods:
7-9 p.m., Jan. 31
7-9 p.m., Jan 31 & Feb. 1
Tuesday, Feb. 1
Wednesday, Feb. 2
Thursday, Feb. 3
Friday, Feb. 4
Tuesday, Feb. 8
Wednesday, Feb. 9
Thursday, Feb. 10 g|
1-4:30 p.m
8-12 a.m
8-12 a.m. and 1-4:30 p.m
8-12 a.m
8-12 a.m
1-4:30 p.m
1-4:30p.m.
Before you come to pre-register get a curriculum
sheet and course request fottn from Simmons' office
and work out a schedule with your advisor.
Landscape and Ornamental Horticulture, Animal
and Dairy Sciences, Wildlife Management, Fisheries
Management, Marine Biology and Zoology majors'
should see their advisors according to the schedule
below.
Drs. Causey, Kennamer,
Dendy & Davies
109 Comer
Dr. Dusi
302 Funchess
7-9 p.m., Jan. 31
7-9 p.m., Jan. 31
All ADS students
203 Animal Sciences
All OH students
160 Funchess 7-9 p.m., Feb. 1
If your schedule calls for CH 103, go to Room 237 of
the Chemistry Building for a chemistry placement
card. afm. 4Bu
School of Architecture and Fine Arte:
Architecture (including Interior Design):
Jan. 31-Feb. 10 - Dept. Office and Design Studios, 210
Biggin.
Art: -":, . . ;k *y|
Feb. 7-10 - Dept. Office, Smith HattV
Building Science:
Feb. 2-f-In class or Dept. Office, 108 Biggin Hail.
Industrial Design:
Jan. 31-Feb. 10 from 1 to 5 p.m. Industrial
Design Office, 95 Biggin Hall.
Music:
Jan. 31-Feb. 10 - Dept. Office, Goodwin Music Build­ing.
Theatre:
Jan. 31-Feb. 2 - Dept. Office, Telfair Peet Theatre.
School of Education:
Sophomore, junior, senior and unclassified students
in the School of Education will pre-register Monday,
Jan. 31-Thursday, Feb. 10. You will pick up your
course request forms in your departmental office as
follows:
Elementary Education (EEE & EEC) 5090 HC
Health, PE & Recr. (HHE, HPE,
HPR & HRA ) 5080 HC
Rehab.& Spec. Educ. (RSB, RSC, RSM,
RSR&RSS) 1119 HC
Secondary Education (SAT> SEH, SFL, SMH,
SMU.SSC.SSE.SSS&STH) 5040 HC
Vocational & Adult Education (VAD.VAG,
VBVV VDE, VHE, VHO, VIA, VOA & Vfl) 5028 HC
General Education (GED) - undeclared 3084 HC
School of Home Economics:
CA Dept.:
Monday, Feb. 2 and Tuesday, Feb. 8, from 3-5 p.m.
Rooms 220 - Leonard, Douty, Barry, Stowe
226 -Hall, Harding Slaten'
102 - Lorendo, Trentham, Donnan
386 - Clem, Potter, Lindamood
FCD Dept.:
Wednesday, Feb. 2 and Thursday, Feb. 3 -
(meet with advisers in their offices)
NF Dept.:
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 3-5:30 p.m.
Rooms 226 - Fick & Walker
238 - Svacha & Riester
244 - Chastain, Debes, and Taylor
School of Pharmacy:
Wednesday, Feb. 2, Pharmacy Auditorium -
2-2: 1$ g>. m. students admitted prior to Spring, 1975
2:15-2:45 p.m. students admitted Spring, 1975
2:45-3:80 p.m. students admitted Fall, 1975
3:3<Hl»>*n- students admitted Spring, 1976
4-4:46 pjrn. students admitted Fall, 1976
Saturday, Feb. 5, Pharmacy Auditorium
9:30 a.m. students admitted Spring, 1977
School of Engineering:
All engineering and pre-engineering students will
register Jan. 31«feb. 10, 1977, a s follows:
Pre-Engineering 104-C Ramsay Hall
Aerospace Engineering 244-B Wilmore Hall
Chemical Engineering 237 Ross Hall
Industrial Engineering 107 Dunstan Hall
All other engineering 104-D Ramsay Hall
EDITOR'S NOTE: The remainder of the pre-regis-tration
schedule, which will give information on
pre-registration starting later than listed above, will
be published in The Plainsman next week.
Called 'one of best'
Court system reorganized
By Gerald Waid
Plainsman Staff Writer
The State of Alabama
began operating recent -
ly under a new unified
judicial system which is
considered one of the
best in the nation.
The new system con­sists
of a supreme court,
a court of criminal ap­peals,
a court of civil
appeals, trial courts of
general jurisdiction
known as circuit courts,
trial courts of limited
jurisdiction known as dis-courts
and probate
courts.
An act passed in 1975
implements the Judicial
Article approved by the
state's voters in 1973. At
the municipal level, the
act provides for the es­tablishment
of uniform
jurisdiction, procedures
and costs for municipal
courts.
These courts prosecute
breaches of municipal
ordinances. All cases in
municipal courts will be
tried by a judge without
a jury. The municipality
salary of the municipal
court judge.
The new system of
district courts replaced
the previous system of
diverse county courts.
District courts have
uniform jurisdiction over
misdemeanors, small
claims, most juvenile
cases and traffic offenses
not prosecuted in munici­pal
courts.
Procedures, costs and
salaries for district
courts are uniform with
the state gradually as­suming
responsibility for
trict courts, municipal will fix and pay the salaries and operational
Lobby projects described
By Mark Winne
Plainsman Staff Writer
SGA Secretary of Polit­ical
Affairs Gene Oswalt
announced several poten­tial
student lobby pro­jects
concerning land­lord-
tenant relations un­der
consideration this
quarter.
The list of projects,
none beyond the planning
stage now, include the
formation of an arbitra­tion
committee of land­lords
and tenants, the
development of a "model
lease" and an investiga­tion
into possible housing
code violations by land­lords.
Oswalt indicated there
are "gross inequities" in
damage assessments de­ducted
from the deposits
despite the passage of
one legislative bill this
summer regarding se­curity
damages.
The arbitration com­mittee
would deal with
this type of dispute. The
committee would have no
legal jurisdiction but
would act in an advisory
capacity.
"A landlord that might
be acting in bad faith is
going to feel some type of
pressure to shape up his
policies," Oswalt said.
Oswalt pointed to a
"real good working rela­tionship
with the Board
of Realtors." He ac­knowledged
their support
in the security deposit
legislation this past sum­mer.
Initial research has
been done on a "model
lease" program, which
Oswalt said he hopes
would make leases more
readable and under­standable
to tenants.
It would be the option
of realtors whether or not
to use the lease or parts
of it. Oswalt said the
University of Alabama
already has a model
lease program.
Ken Parks, vice presi­dent
of the UA Off-Cam­pus
Association (OCA)v-said
an OCA representa­tive
met with the local
Board of Realtors to
come up with the UA
model lease.
expenses of the district
courts.
Circuit courts have jur­isdiction
over appeals
from municipal and dis­trict
courts. All opera­tional
costs and salaries
of personnel serving cir­cuit
courts will gradually
become a state responsi­bility.
County-owned furni­ture
and equipment used
by circuit and district
courts will become pro­perty
of the state Oct. 1,
1977. County equipment
used by th judges them­selves
become state pro­perty
Jan. 16. Counties
will remain responsible
for providing courtrooms
and office space.
The implementation
act includes provisions
which ^enlarge the re­sponsibilities
of the pre­siding
judge in each
Circuit. These duties
mclude the general sup­ervision
of judges and
other officers connected
with the courts.
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the implementation act
calls for every law en­forcement
agency in the
state to begin using a
quadruplicate form
known as the "Uniform
traffic ticket and cita­tion."
The fines for traffic of­fenses
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throughout the
state. The uniform ticket
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The presiding judge in
each circuit is given
responsibility for ap­pointing
a five-member,
non-salaried indigent de­fense
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the judge on the
operation and admini­stration
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The Auburn Plainsman Thurs., Jan. 27. 1977 A-8
Regents bill
Teague opposed
By Susan Harrison
Features Editor
In the student-trustee meeting
Saturday, several of the trustees
commented on the bill proposing a
board of regents to control institu­tions
of higher education.
State Superintendent of Educa­tion
and Trustee Wayne Teague
said he was opposed to the bill
because the board it forms would
be too far removed from the
individual institutions.
"I think the board might get to
be too highly political, and I'm
afraid there's something behind
this that no one has seen yet,"
Teague said.
To support his belief that the
present system with a board of
trustees is more suitable, Teague
mentioned the large number of
Auburn graduates on the Board of
Trustees. "It's possible that we
could have only one Auburn
graduate on a board of regents if it
is established.
"The people on Auburn's Board
of Trustees are really a part of
Auburn, and they have its best
interests in mind," Teague said.
"And with a board of regents, do
you think you'd have the kind of
input you do right now?"
Teague said he would favor
instead a strong commission to
control higher education.
Trustee Robert H. Harris said he
thought the board of regents would
only be "an additional level of
politics." He too was in favor of a
commission of higher education
"to cut down on proliferation and
duplication."
Trustee Charles Smith said that,
at one time, he was totally in favor
of the bill, but after studying it he
found that in Florida, Tennessee,
Georgia and California, the plan
had been a failure.
"I think it (establishing a board
of regents) would be a big mistake
for Alabama and a political move
by Lt. Governor Jere Beasley."
SGA President Buck Ruffin said
he had not read completely
through the bill but he thought the
general idea should be given much
consideration.
Ruffin said he had taken no
position on the bill but he thought
it was a valid argument. "I think
we need to consider the advan­tages
of centralized authority
rather than just local control," he
said.
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PRESIDENT PHILPOTT COMMENTS ON BOARDS OF REGENTS
"...These boards limit the creativity and ingenuity of member institutions"
'Boards limit freedom'
By Pam Piatt
Plainsman Staff Writer
Bill 15-79A was filed in Novem­ber
1976 and was introduced to the
Alabama Legislature by Legislat­or
Owen, chairman of the Tax and
Finance Committee.
Owen wants board of regents
By Mark Sparkman
Plainsman Staff Writer
State Senator L. D. "Dick"
Owen of Bay Minette has pre-filed
the bill that would form a board of
regents to oversee the administra­tion
of the institutions of higher
learning within the state of Ala­bama.
Owen, chairman of the
Senate Finance and Taxation
Committee, said he hoped the
chances of the bill being passed by
the State Legislature are "good."
"I hope they're good, but I don't
know. There is interest in this bill
from many knowledgeable people
in the legislature," Owen said.
When asked what caused the
interest in forming a board of re­gents,
Owen replied, "It was pro­bably
created by not having some
agency to control the institutions
of higher learning.
"I'm sure the bill will be
contested by some members of the
legislature. Most of those who will
be opposed to it are people who
have a four year institution in
their home town. All the universi­ties
we have heard from are
opposed to it. They are a
tightly-knit fraternity."
The bill would not totally abolish
the present boards of trustees at
the institutions to be affected. The
bill calls for a student member on
each new board of trustees, but
only in an ex-officio capacity.
When queried about his feelings
on a student ex-officio member,
Owen said, "It is healthy to get
student views before the board of
trustees. The student body should
be represented.
"I don't know whether there
should be a voting student mem­ber.
I would not be unalterably op­posed
to it. Whichever is the best
way."
In the last legislative session, a
bill that would have placed a vot­ing
student trustee on the boards
of trustees died in Owen's com­mittee.
When questioned about
that bill, Owen said, "A lot of
things died. And I don't remem­ber,
really."
One of the parts of the bill
concerns the duplication of serv­ices
offered by the state institu­tions.
Owen said, "We have an
overbuilt school plant of four year
colleges, more than we can afford.
We have an engineering school at
the University of Alabama, Au­burn,
South Alabama, etc. Can we
afford that?
"We train teachers everywhere;
we have too many teachers. We
have medical schools at Alabama
and South Alabama. We need to
prevent expansion into other areas
when we cannot pay for what we
have. There needs to be central
control over expansion."
The bill sets no standard for
members of the board of regents,
with the exception that no member
can serve simultaneously in the
State Legislature. On standards,
Owen said, "It's pretty hard to set
standards. I think the Governor,
no matter who he is, will pick
competent people. In that I have
confidence."
The junior college system, under
the bill as it is now, would remain
under the control of the State
Board of Education.
"This is one thing we may have
to adjust. A lot of the four year in­stitutions
would like to kill them.
There is a sentiment to annihilate
the junior colleges. That area
needs more attention. That is a
point I am not married to," Owen
said.
University officials at Georgia, Florida give
board of regents system favorable rating
By Ruth Ann Dunn
Asst. Features Editor
A bill concerning the formation
of a board of regents has been filed
with the Alabama legislature.
i A board of regents would supple­ment
and in some cases supersede
the individual boards of trustees
tfach state-operated school now
has.
- Should this act be adopted,
Alabama will join other states
Such as Georgia and Florida
whose institutions of higher learn­ing
are already governed by these
boards.
• Georgia's board of regents,
ereated in 1931, has one member
from each of its ten Congressional
Districts pluc five state members-
&t-large.
; All members are appointed by
the governor with the Senate's
approval for seven-year terms.
The Georgia Board controls 32
institutions of higher learning:
four universities, 12 four-year
colleges and 16 junior colleges.
According to Richard Perreault,
assistant director of the Depart­ment
of Public Relations for the
Georgia Board of Regents, "When
we had a trustee system, it was
very awkward and bulky. All the
trustees went into Atlanta at once
to try to get money for their
schools. Every school was out
fighting for money.
"Now the money is disbursed
from here. It's helped education
here in Georgia. Instead of 25 or
26 public school systems, there's
just one."
It has made the state legislature
more receptive to the educational
needs in the state," he said.
The Georgia Board of Regents is
informed of students' opinions by a
33-member group of representa­tives,
one from each school under
the Board's supervision.
"We use these representatives to
get some student opinion. It's a
viable type of thing. The Regents
are interested in them," said
Perreault.
Each year, the Regents draw up
a budget request that is presented
to the governor to use in designing
the state budget.
January 24, the Georgia Re­gents'
$393 million budget went
before the state legislature for
examination and approval.
Georgia's Regents meet the
second Tuesday and Wednesday of
each month, usually in Atlanta.
"On the first day, people come
before the committee to present
ideas," Perreault said.
The second day is devoted to
meetings of the Building and
Grounds Committee, the Finance
Committee, the Education Com­mittee
and the Research and
Photography: Dan Doughtie
WHO WILL BE MAKING THE DECISIONS?
.If bill becomes law, board of regents will oversee trustees
Development Committee. Then
the entire group meets to discuss
business.
Of the Regents, Perreault said,
"They're the type that are really
involved."
Florida's Board of Regents is a
nine-member group which has
been in existence since 1905.
"The Board is a governing body
for nine state universities. There
is no individual boards of trust­ees.
A central staff of 100 people
serves as a coordinating board,"
said Hendrix Chandler, corporate
secretary of the Florida Board of
Regents.
The Florida Regent system is
responsible for state universities
only. The junior and community
colleges have retained their indivi­dual
boards of trustees.
"If you put them (the com­munity
colleges) in a system such
as the Board of Regents, they
would be second class citizens, as
such," said Chandler.
Florida's present regent system
is a derivation of the original
Board of Control founded in 1905
and in effect until 1965 when the
present Board was adopted.
"In 1965 the Board of Regents
was given the authority to select
the Presidents and Chancellor and
to terminate them if necessary,"
said Chandler.
"They were also given broader
budget powers than the original
Board of Control.
"We just submitted to the
Governor a request budget for the
year 1977-1978 for $321.7 million.
"The legislature gives this
money in a lump sum and the
Board allocates it to the schools,"
said Chandler.
"This system seems to be
working well for us," he said.
"I think the legislature is very
happy with the way it works."
The proposed Alabama Board of
Regents would be similar in
construction to the Georgia sys­tem.
One member would be
chosen from each Congressional
District plus five state members
at-large.
Should the bill pass the Legisla­ture
and become a part of the state
constitution after a public vote, it
would be effective .July 1, 1978.
A synopsis of this bill reads:
"(This bill) proposes an amend­ment
to the Constitution of Ala­bama
establishing a board of
regents of the state institutions of
higher learning."
This may sound simple enough
to laymen, but Herbert White,
director of University Relations
and Auburn's liason with the
Alabama Legislature, said, "This
proposed board of regents willnot
really contribute anything more to
the educational quality of Auburn
or solve any problems that may
exist."
According to White, Owen is a
close associate of Lt. Governor
Jere Beasley.
President Harry M. Philpott
said of the proposed amendment,
"There is no evidence to show that
these governing boards (often
called boards of regents) have
enhanced the quality of higher
education.
"There is evidence to show that
these boards limit the freedom and
flexibility of member institutions,
and even more important, limit
the creativity and ingenuity of
these institutions.
"There is duplication in states
with boards of regents. The states
of Florida, Georgia and North
Carolina are evidence of this.
Control of planning and program
development can best be accom­plished
through institutional coop­eration
with leadership from a
vigorous coordinating board, not
by edict from a central controlling
agency."
The board Philpott described as
a "vigorous coordinating board" is
in existence in Alabama today. It
is known as the Alabama Commis­sion
of Higher Education, but
more commonly referred to by its
acronymn, ACHE. Philpott and
White favor this type of governing
board over the proposed board of
regents.
According to White, the incep­tion
of a board of regents (replac­ing
ACHE) would bring on many
complications.
"This new board of regents
program would be expensive to
administer. Last year in Florida,
the board had 200 employes and a
budget of $4 million. In contrast,
ACHE has a handful of employes
and operated at $225,000 for 1976,"
White said.
"In addition to added expenses,
the board of regents would not
bring more orderly administration
to higher education and the cost
would be alarmingly high. This
bill could take us in the opposite
direction of improvement.
"The University can do far more
with autonomy than under a board
of regents. This proposed bill was
copied from one in North Carolina
and would not work in Alabama.
It would not help higher education
and would not bring about the
controls it proposes to do.
"On the other hand, ACHE can
do the coordinating with the
universities and should be
strengthened rather than re­placed."
White also said, "The board of
trustees would become only an
advisory board. This bill would
usurp the constitutionality of the
board of trustees and the trustees
would be sinecure (without any
real power)."
Under Section 8, Part 4 of this
proposed amendment, the board of
regents "shall elect, on nomina­tion
of the president, the chancel­lor
of each of the constituent
institutions and fix his compensa­tion."
When asked if Philpott would
resign if the amendment was
passed, White said, "I don't know.
President Philpott describes him­self
as a 'refugee from Florida'
where he was vice president of the
University of Florida for eight
years."
White said that Philpott left the
Florida educational system after
that state's board of regents was
installed.
"President Philpott's position on
this amendment is well known.
Auburn University will oppose the
bill and will work toward enact­ment
of another piece of legisla­tion
that will preserve ACHE and
give it more authority.
"This bill will be met by
opposition by most, if not all,
presidents of Alabama univers­ities,"
White said.
When asked if the passing of this
bill would put higher education
virtually in state control, White
replied, "Yes, it would."
Beasley predicts central control
not in form of board of regents
By Lisa Harris
News Editor
Some form of centralized control
over higher education will proba­bly
be instituted in Alabama
within a few years, but it will
probably not be a board of regents,
according to Lt. Gov. Jere Beas­ley.
In an interview Friday, Beasley
said he "is not tied" to a bill
pre-filed in the legislature by State
Senator Dick Owen which would
establish a board of regents with
complete operational control over
institutions of higher education in
Alabama.
ACHE
"The best system is somewhere
between total control, like a board
of regents, and no control, which is
what we have now," Beasley said.
"There needs to be some autono­my
of local campuses."
He said he favored a system
with a central board with general
powers, and trustees setting policy
for the individual school.
The Senate will probably accept
the recommendation of the special
committee on higher education
appointed by the Senate Budget
Control Subcommittee, Beasley
said.
' 'There are some good people on
the committee. They are doing a
good job (of investigating alter­natives)
and I think what the panel
will recommend will be acceptable
to Owen. We will most likely not
use Owen's bill as it has been sub­mitted,"
he said.
Among the problems a central
board would solve are duplication
of services, legislative fights over
budgets and lack of overall plan­ning,
Beasley said. As an example
of duplication, he cited the "prolif­eration
of medical schools" at
three Alabama universities.
"The state has to support these
schools, and I think it would be
better to have one or two top-flight
Members oppose board of regents plan
By Debbie White
Plainsman Staff Writer
This year, in the Alabama State
Legislature, a bill was introduced
by Senator L. D. Owen which, if
passed, will supplement Auburn's
Board of Trustees with a state­wide
board of regents. Although
the ACHE (Alabama Commission
on Higher Education) has taken no
public stand for or against the bill,
various members of the commis­sion
are definitely opposed to it.
William Barnard, associate di­rector
for Academic Affairs of the
ACHE, said "We believe a strong
regulatory coordinating agency is
more effective over the long term
than a state-wide board of re­gents.
Boards of regents usually
become state level bureaucracies
subject to undo political in­fluence."
"I have personally testified
against a board of regents,"
added Dr. J. Porter, executive
director of the ACHE.
"It is true that one group of
people with absolute power can
more easily control a system of
education, but the problem is they
become involved, not so much in
long range planning as they should
be, as in day to day management
and administration," Porter said.
In favor of the board of trustees
Porter said, "A board of trustees
is much more familiar with the
individual institutions and their
problems than a central commit­tee
could be. They are in a
position where they can make
more personal decisions which are
beneficial to the school and stu­dents
as they are acquainted with
their school's own unique as-
' pects."
Barnard offers a solution to the
problem of the bill by adding,
"The problem may best be re­solved
by amending the 1969
statute giving the ACHE a pro­gram
of approval." As of now, the
ACHE only has the authority to
suggest programs to each school.
The final decisions are made by
each school's board of trustees.
"A coordinating board needs the
authority to decide who will have
what programs so it can coordin­ate
the educational system of the
entire state," said Porter. "We
would not be like a board of
regents because our authority
would extend only as far as
proposing and approving coordin­ated
programs around the state.
We would have nothing to do with
the money end of it as a board of
regents would."
As proposed by its constitutional
preamble, the ACHE is respons­ible
for promoting an educational
system that will provide the
highest possible quality of collegi­ate
and university education. The
ACHE also plans, reports and
makes long range recommenda­tions
to each school.
Both Barnard and Porter see
little chance of the bill passing the
State Legislature. "I seriously
doubt that the bill will be passed
because it requires a constitution­al
amendment which has to be
passed by more than a simple
majority. However, should it be
passed by the Legislature, the
chances are slim or none it would
be passed by the people of Ala­bama."
The bill has been discussed be­fore,
but this is the first time it has
been brought up before the State
Legislature.
The ACHE itself was formed in
1969 when a study commission
chaired by Dr. Harry M. Philpott
recommend the formation of a
commission to help coordinate the
rapid growth of Alabama's post-secondary
schools.
The recommendation was
passed in the Alabama State
Legislature, and ACHE became a
state-wide organization operation­al
in 1971.
Barnard said ACHE has three
major objectives.
"The two main objectives are to
make budget recommendations to
the State Legislature and the
governor and to move Alabama
post-secondary education to a fully
coordinated system.
"There is a supplementary ob­jective
also. It is to create a much
needed information system includ­ing
everything from expenditures
to enrollments for every post-secondary
school in the state of
Alabama," Barnard said.
schools than four or five average
ones," he said.
Owens' bill specifically excludes
junior colleges from regent con­trol,
but Beasley disagrees with
this. "The junior colleges should
be included in the overall educa­tion
plan. They should supplement
the four-year colleges.'
The bill also says that "special
attention shall be given to...exten­sion
programs." Beasley said the
extension programs had been
neglected in the allocation of
money because "the presidents of
the institutions have not spoken
out for them." He said the special
mention of the programs was to
assure them of more equitable
treatment.
Beasley said a central board
would provide a uniform method
of allocating money to schools.
"We need an alternative to the pit­ting
of one school against another
before the legislature. We have to
set some priorities to avoid em­phasizing
the wrong things, like
numbers instead of quality," he
said.
A great deal of money has been
spent on higher education without
having any design or overall plan,
Beasley said.
"Some institutions have suffered
while others have prospered, be­cause
the state has no control over
public institutions. I think if we
took care of the total education
picture, we would have enough
money for higher education," he
said.
Beasley also accused some uni­versities
of "building empires"
rather than concerning themselves
with providing a quality education.
He said, "They have too much of a
concern with spreading out of
campuses. This means we lose
quality.
"Also, university presidents
have become immune from criti­cism
over the years. This isn't
necessarily good. The president
runs the university, and anyone
who doubts that is mistaken. The
trustees are a rubber stamp for
presidential decisions."
A central board will probably go
into effect by 1978, Beasley said. It
would "possibly" get through the
legislature this session, but "it de­pends
on the committee. If they
submit a sensible, reasonable pro­posal,
we won't have any prob­lems.
But if they give us some­thing
radical or otherwise unac­ceptable,
it may take a while long­er
to work something out."
BEASLEY FAVORS CENTRALIZED CONTROL
.The best system is between total control...and no control."
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The Auburn Plainsman Thurs., Jan. 27, 1977 A-10
AU building renovations plannec
Construction and reno­vation
of buildings as
well as resurfacing of
roads are all evident on
the Auburn University
campus now.
Groundbreaking pre­parations
are being
made for the construc­tion
of the third phase of
the Goodwin Building at
Auburn University, fol­lowing
approval of a
$761,223 contract award­ed
to the Burns, Kirkley
and Williams Construc­tion
Co.
According to L.E. Fun-chess,
director of Build­ings
and Grounds, the
construction of the addi­tion
to the Goodwin Build­ing
is expected to be
completed by November.
The addition will face
the new Architecture and
Fine Arts Building, now
approximately 00 per
cent complete and expec­ted
to be ready for
occupancy during fall
quarter.
Funchess said con­struction
workers are
completing the exterior
shell of the Architecture
building which will round
out Auburn's fine arts
center.
Work on Samford Hall,
begun over the holidays,
is expected to be com­pleted
in approximately
five months, Funchess
said.
In addition to repoint-ing
brick joints, some
bricks will have to be
replaced, Funchess said,
adding the installation of
aluminum window
frames will complete the
exterior renovation.
The exterior renova­tion
of Dunstan Hall,
headquarters of the Co­operative
Extension
Service, has been com­pleted.
The new wing to the
Student Health Center
was occupied last week,
and remodeling of all but
the west wing of the
health center has been
completed.
In addition to offices,
laboratory and clinical
space has also been reno­vated
in the Student
Health Center, Funchess
said. Completion of work
on the center is expected
by fall quarter, he added.
Other construction ac­tivities
around campus
include a $77,000 project
in Wilmore Hall for
chemical engineering
laboratories, and a
$74,000 micro-electronics
lab in the shop building
adjacent to the L-Build-ing.
Completion of the
chemical engineering
laboratory is expected by
the end of March, Fun­chess
said, with the mi­cro-
electronics lab ex­pected
to be ready for
occupancy in February.
The installation of an
elevator in Thach Hall is
now 30 per cent com­plete,
according to Fun­chess.
Financed mainly
by a grant for the physi­cally
handicapped, the
elevator will be finished
by the end of next month.
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Rise in book prices 'due to
By Sissy Helms
Plainsman Staff Writer
At the beginning of
every quarter, students
can be heard grumbling
over the high cost of
textbooks, and this win­ter
quarter was no excep­tion.
Gary Wynn, book sup­ervisor
for the University
Bookstore, said there has
Walkathon scheduled
The Arnold Air Society
and Angel Flight will try
to raise $20,000 for the
fight against birth de­fects
in this year's March
of Dimes walkathon, set
for Saturday, Jan. 29, at
8 a.m.
"Superwalk '77" will
be over a 20-mile course
between Auburn and
Opelika. More than 1000
Auburn students and stu­dents
from local junior
high and high schools
will participate in the
walk.
Money is raised
through sponsors who
pledge a certain amount
for each mile a student
walks.
Walkers who complete
the entire course will be
treated to a hot dog feast
at the end of the walk
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been an increase in book
prices for winter quarter
"due to inflation." He
also said prices increase
at the start of fall quart­er
because publishers re­view
and increase the
book prices at the end of
every summer.
Gus Denney, assistant
manager for J & M
Bookstore, agreed prices
have gone up. He said
when J & M has tried to
discover why the prices
have increased, the pub­lishers
don't answer be­cause
"they don't care."
"It takes 26 per cent of
each dollar to stay in
business and we get only
20 per cent from the sale
of new books," said Den­ney.
"We get the other
money from the sale of
used books and other
goods." According to
Denney, textbook prices
are the same everywhere
in the U.S.
Troy Anders, owner of
Anders Book Store, said
there have been in­creases
on everything,
not just books. He said
book stores just act as a
clearing house for books
and agreed they have no
control over the setting
of prices.
The National Associa­tion
of College Stores
showed the following dol­lar
break down as: auth-or-
12.1 cents; college
book store-20 cents;
publisher-50.9 cents; and
taxes-8 cents.
Dr. C.A. Baker, head of
Auburn's Marketing De­partment,
said each pro­fessor
can use whatever
book he wants and could
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usually does not.
Baker gave reasons for
textbook changes as a
different teacher in a
course, better education­al
value in a new book or
a revision of an old book.
He also said, "authors
are pressured by money,
by competition from o-ther
authors and by pub­lishers
to write new
books."
In areas where there
are new techniques and
inventions, Baker ex­plained,
there are pres­sures
to update books,
but he said it takes two to
three years to revise a
book.
The bookstores gave
a few tips for students to
get the most out of their
money. Anders said
students should sell their
books as soon as possible
after classes end because
the bookstores have to
reduce the price they pay
on books when they get
enough books in stock for
the next quarter. Ac­cording
to Denney, stu­dents
should buy their
books as soon as they
meet in class so they can
buy the used books.
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Plainsman Classified Advertisements
Sale
A limited edition of Jeff
MacNelly's perceptive
editorial cartoons on the
1976 election campaign is
now available. Each copy
is $2 plus .35 for postage
and handling. Make your
check or money order
payable to Newspaper-books
and send to Mac-
Nelly, P.O. Box 259,
Norwood, NJ 07648.
New 16 ft. fiberglass
canoes, fully guaranteed,
only $185. Days call 205-
825-9035, nights call 205-
825-6642 (Dadeville).
Stereo Juliette AM-FM
stereo, 8-track, two re­mote
speakers; about
$300 new, two years old,
must sell - $125, O.B.O.
821-2641.
Guitar amplifier, Vox Su­per
Beatle, very good
condition, $350. Call 821-
0529 between 7 and 10
p.m., ask for Grime.
Epiphone electric guitar,
EA-255, hollow body, two
years old. Best offer.
Gibson Skylark practice
amp, $50. Call 887-5447.
Mobile home for sale,
fully furnished, AC, un­derpinning,
7X10 utility
shed. 887-8319. Ridge-wood
Village.
The
Soundtrack, Inc,
Everyday low
prices on
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Mon.-Sat. 10-6
At the Depot
821-7700
Stereo system for sale;
40 watts per chnnl AM-FM
receiver, semi-auto­matic
turntable, 2 large
EVS speakers. Used 2
mos. Cost $750 new,
must sell, $475. 821-8720
White German Shepherd
puppies. Registered. Call
887-6946.
Sacrafice! 10X50 2 BR
mobile home, carpet,
central heat, window AC
furnished; buy now and
sell when you leave,
$1700 cash. 887-3589.
Bed for sale. Only 2 mos.
old. Good as new. $75.
Call 821-7822, ask for
John.
Queen-size water bed and
frame. Call Mike, 821-
7805.
Sale
Yamaha acoustic guitar
for sale. Excellent condi­tion.
887-6775, John; will
accept best offer.
G.E. stereo record player.
5 years old. Excellent
condition. $30. Call beth
at 826-4457 or 887-3570
after 5:00.
Wheels
1972 Pinto good condi­tion,
AC, automatic,
45,000 mis.; Call after 5
p.m., 821-7264.
1957 pickup truck; origi­nal
wood bed - good
tires; runs well; body in
good condition. $400 or
best offer. 821-8320.
1964 Corvette converti­ble;
excellent condition
throughout. $3600 or best
offer. 887-5095 after 5:00.
American mags for sale.
Ford 14 inch, five lug-
$80. Edelbrock aluminum
hi-rise intakes; fits 289-
302 - $70. Echlin dual
point distributor, hardly
used - $25. Many small
block Ford parts, stock
and hi-performance. Must
sell. Call 821-3356, 6 til
10 p.m.
Slotted chrome mag
wheels and tires (4 lug).
Will sell together or
separately. Size FR70-15.
Best offer. Call Kathleen
day, 821-0926; nights,
821-1243.
1972 Pinto, good condi­tion,
AC, automatic,
45,000 miles. Call after 5
p.m., 821-7264.
1972 Yamaha 125 cc.
Good condition. Graduat­ing
- must sell. $225 or
best offer* Call" Jim,
821-*#fti**« *SJP ""H
10 speed men's bike,
Motobecane Mirage, 1 yr.
old. Excellent condition
with extras. $125 or best
offer. Call Jim at 821-
7578.
For rent: 1 bedroom fur­nished
apt. at Diplo­mat.
Includes swimming
pool, laundry facilities,
gas grills, water garbage
& maintenance. Call
Shamrock Realty, 821-
0926.
One room, share bath;
$45 month. Two room
apt., private bath. $95 a
mo. Includes utilities,
very close to campus.
821-4808.
Roommate needed, 12X
65 trailer, private bed­room
and bath, washer
and dryer. Located at 221
Ridgewood Village. Call
John, 821-8144.
Roommate needed to
share spacious trailer in
Ridgewood Village. $60 a
month plus share of utili­ties.
All essentials fur­nished.
Call Mark at 821-
9676.
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Rent
Apartment for rent sum­mer
quarter, fully fur­nished
water included in
the rent of $135 a month;
quiet neighborhood. Call
887-6994.
Needed: female room­mate
to share 3 bed­room,
2 bath trailer in
Gentilly. Fenced-in yard.
Call Connie at 821-7881.
Female roommate wanted
to share two bedroom
mobile home; washer
and dryer available. Call
749-3805 or 887-7127.
Female roommate needed
immediately or by spring
quarter. Pleasant apart­ment,
2 blocks from
campus. Share expenses.
Call Robin at 821-4360.
Male roommate needed;
Plainsman Apts. Call
Mark afternoons, nights
at 821-7986. Extra large
bathroom, all cooking
and eating equipment
furnished.
Unlimited opportunity for
independent parttime
work. Distribution of
health food and reducing
aids. Purchase of a start­er
kit necessary. Call
821-3410 for details.
Help wanted: part time
help needed. Apply in
person between 2 and 5
at Pasquales.
Summer jobs: fifty-state
catalogue of over 2000
summer job employers
(with application forms.)
Send $2 to: SUMCHOICE
.Box 645, State College,
PA 16801.
Summer jobs available
for girls at camp located
in mountains of North
Carolina. Representative
will be on campus Tues­day,
Wednesday & Thurs­day,
Feb. 8-10. Contact
teacher placement office,
3084 Haley Center, for
interview. 826-4448.
Jobs
Bowl-O-Matic Lanes is
hiring full and part-time
help. See Peter Elebash
at the lanes on Auburn-
Opelika Highway.
Lost
Found: Cross pen at
local washing establish­ment.
Call Sparkman at
826-4130 or 821-3244,
give description of pen
and initials and receive
your pen.
Lost in or near Haley
Center, Fri., Jan. 21,
gold-tone bangle brace­let.
1928 style floral de­sign.
Please call 821-2934
Lost:set of keys. There
are four keys on the
chain, one key is blue. It
was lost in the snow. If
found call 821-7750.
Misc
Free - male black & white
kitten; 6 mos. old; has
had all shots. To a GOOD
home. Call 821-3564.
Europe - Worldwide aca­demic
discounts year
round.S.A.T.A. 4228
First, Tucker, GA 30084.
1-800-241-9082.
Auburn women: men re­spect
a woman honest
enough to say no instead
of giving old excuses!
SITA Dating Club.
All types automobile
work done. Tune-ups,
minor engine work, elec­trical
work, etc. Best
prices in Auburn; FREE
estimate. Call Don at
821-0186.
Misc.
Wanted to buy, Porche,
any kind or condition.
Call Lindsay, office, 404-
322-1415; residence 404-
323-6685, Columbus, GA.
Looking for better quali­ty,
better fit in your
clothes? Supply the pat­tern
and fabric of your
choice and I do the rest.
Call Susan at 821-3808.
Pregnant and distressed?
Call Birthright, 887-3284
Tuesday or Thursday
from 1-3 p.m.; Tuesday
night, 7-9 p.m.
Typing of all kinds done
at reasonable rates. Ten
years experience; fast,
accurate, dependable,
IBM Selectric - II used.
Phone 749-0014.
\Misc.
Happy Birthday Betty
Randle from the staff,
Spiderman and yours tru­ly.
I am very pleased at
your decision to change
parties at my request-MS.
Frances: Happy, happy
belated birthday. How
does1 it feel to be over the
hill? Tell Tommy "hello."
M&M.
Fellow staffers, thanks
for the cake, the cookies,
the card, the plaque and
most of all the thought.
Woodward and Bernstein
never had it so good.
Thanks, Sick at 21.
Professional seamstress
available to sew or mend-clothing,
drapes, etc.
Call 745-6544 days.
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Announcing
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Ridgewood Village
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Ridgewood Village is a modern luxurious mobile home
park. If possesses amenities that no other park in the
Auburn-Opelika area offers. Among these amenities or
a clubhouse, swimming pool, ten.iis courts, convenient
modern laundry, television cable, underground electrical
service, city sanitation and water facilities, fire protection
and city school system. Ridgewood Village has wooded
ts beautifully landscaped with concrete patios elevated
to eliminate unsightly and hazardous steps and well
lighted forty foot wide paved and curbed streets to
accommodate traffic and parking.
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Response was tremendous on our Service specials last week
that I am extending these specials thru Jan. 28th.
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Replace points, plugs, Vg PJRTS 22.65 PART5 16.99
condenser, set timing, Eneines T*x * ' * ^ DISCOUNT'™, -85
adjust carburetor, check u™?. 15.00 LAB0R 12.00
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all belts and hoses. *0 , , ° '"
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IheAubun t Plainsman Ttmrs.. Jan. 27.1977 A02
OCA aids thrifty studen
A licensed fan
By Marian Hollon
Plainsman Staff Writer
After paying for tui­tion,
books and residence
rent, most students
quickly decide they must
find a way to save
money. A membership
in the Off Campus Asso­ciation
(OCA) can save
students at least $150 in
utility deposits, accord­ing
to Steve Monk, direc­tor
of Student Services,
Inc. (SSI).
The OCA, a part of
Student Services,
charges a five dollar
membership fee to cover
all the deposits of the
major utilities: electrici­ty,
telephone, water and
gas. This fee does not in­clude
installation costs.
Student Services also
rents refrigerators and
Photography: Gordon Bugg
air conditioners to stu­dents.
Monk said a member
of OCA can receive legal
advice in case of prob­lems
with landlords.
"First we review the
student's case fo make
sure he has a legitimate
gripe and that it will hold
weight with our attorney,
Ted Little. Then we
issue a referral slip to
the person, so that he
may talk to Little."
Monk said SSI received
a charter as a corporate
entity in 1970. The
corporation's legal pap­ers
are filed with the
State of Alabama.
"Prior to 1970, SSI was
a part of SGA," said
Monk, "and only rented
refrigerators. Because
of friction with the SGA,
SSI moved off campus.
"I think donations pur­chased
the refrigerators
from SGA and stock was
issued. We are now
financed through refrig­erator
rentals and the
membership fees," he
said.
Monk said the purpose
of Student Services is to
serve the students. If the
net profits are adequate
money is put back into
the University through
long-range projects and
donations.
"We paid for the sum­mer
employment for
WEGL and purchased a
videotape machine for
UPC. We also made
donations for scholar­ships
for debate team
members."
This spirited message decorates the wall of the
Ralph Brown Draughon Library archives room. It
was donated to the library through the President's
Office by an anonymous alumnus. The omission of
the A's could be symbolic of the owner's grades at
Auburn or could simply be due to a letter limit.
Whatever the case, it is apparent that the War Eagle
can be heard all the way to Texas.
New SGA department ^rn-Handcrafted Je*lryHa
deals with consumers J?
By Terry Tope
Plainsman Staff Writer
A Department of Con­sumer
Protection (DCP)
has been formed within
the SGA to help students
who are having consum­er
problems with mer­chants,
repairmen, or
landlords. It is located in
the SGA office in the
Union Building.
The idea for the DCP
has become a 'reality
with the help of Paul
Cortese, SGA director of
student rights and Ginny
Dominick, assistant to
SGA President Buck Ruf-fin.
' 'Our main function, or
objective, is to educate
the students on how to be
a better and more care­ful
shopper and how to
avoid any conflicts with
merchants or landlords,"
said Paul Cortese, direc­tor
of student rights.
Cortese said he hopes
to compile a booklet to be
available next fall quart­er
that will include infor­mation
on comparative
shopping, how to look for
apartments, understand­ing
contracts and leases,
dealing with pressure
salesmen and "how to
avoid getting ripped off."
Also the book will direct
students to the answers
on any consumer related
affair.
Another objective of
the DCP is to provide
students with a price
survey. Cortese said he
believes this is the most
important thrust of the
organization. The list en­tails
comparing prices of
food items, toiletry items
and book store items of
stores in the Auburn
area. The list, when
available, will be printed
in The Plainsman.
Cortese said the group
would also like to help
the Alpha Phi Omega
Book Exchange become
a stronger book-selling
force. He encouraged
students to sell their
books back to APhiO,
which would increase the
Book Exchange's selec­tion
and provide an ec