1977-04-15 The Auburn Plainsman

              Bush wins election
Capturing 49.8 per cent of the
votes, John Bush was selected as
SGA president in student body
elections held yesterday. "It's
just like winning the world
series," he said when he learned of
the results. "My first plan is to
talk to Buck (Ruffin, outgoing SGA
president) tomorrow and find out
where we stand on things, and
from there I'll start making
plans."
Bush got 2,588 votes. Tom
Moore came in second with 1,242,
Tom Edwards got 1,217, Beau
Nieland got 153.
Jenelle Mims won the SGA
vice-president race with 2,321
votes. She is the first woman to
win a high position in the SGA by
election. "I hope to get with David
Gibson and Gary Sanders (two of
her opponents in the race) because
what everyone said when they
were campaigning was important,
and we need to follow through on
it."
Gary Sanders came in second in
the vice-president race with 1,979
votes, David Gibson was third with
498, and Oscar Saliba got 353
votes.
Susan Long, the new Miss
Auburn, said, "I have never been
so excited about something in my
whole life. I was a little bit
shocked and a whole lot happy. It
sure was a good ending to a long
week."
Long won with 1,246 votes. Lynn
Unger came in second with 1,129
votes. Leslie Bosshard got 989
votes, Cindy Harney got 955, and
Cheryl Clements got 781.
The office of Plainsman Editor
went to John Carvalho, currently
managing editor of The Plains­man.
He won with 2,903 votes.
Lauren Steele was second with
1,580 votes, and Lisa Harris got
602. "We thought it would be a lot
closer than that," said Carvalho.
"But I'm not complaining. I'm
really happy to win."
Most of the losing candidates
said they would work with the
newly-elected officers. "I definite­ly
plan to continue working with
the SGA," Edwards said. "I want
to work with him; he's a good man
and I wish him a lot of luck."
Moore said, "It was a nice, clean
election and I think that was good.
I wanted to win mostly for the
people who had supported me and
shown such genuine love. The
hardest thing of all is thanking all
of them. But it was fun."
Sanders called Mims and con­gratulated
her on winning the
election. "I knew it would be a
tough race when I got into it, but I
like that kind of thing," he said.
"I'll still work with the SGA and I
will be interviewing for a po­sition."
"LITTLE BIT SHOCKED, WHOLE LOT HAPPY"
.Laura Weatherly, (L) congratulates Susan Long on Miss Auburn victory
Photography: Will Dickey
TheAuburn Plainsman Volume 83 \ umber 19 Auburn, Ala. 36830 Friday , April 15, 1977
Campaign tricks alleged
By Lisa Rigsby
Plainsman Staff Writer
Campaign materials belonging
to vice-presidential candidate
Gary Sanders and valued at $300
were stolen and destroyed, accord­ing
to Skip Benton, Sanders
publicity manager.
David Marsh, Sanders campaign
manager said, "We expected to
lose a few campaign materials
here and there, but we didn't
expect to have practically all of it
destroyed like this.
Among the materials destroyed
were: 14 (out of 15) wooden 4-by-8
signs valued at $12 a sign, which
were axed and hammered beyond
repair, 55 paper banners (out of
70) burnt and torn up, 65 (out of
85) cardboard and wooden signs
destroyed overnight, 175 posters
torn down (out of 250 put up), and
1,500 door knockers stolen from
the Lambda Chi house.
A projector located in the
Lambda Chi yard showing San­ders
picture was jammed and
broken.
"The majority of posters and
signs were replaced by another
vice-presidential candidate's
signs," Marsh said. Marsh re­fused
to say which vice-presiden­tial
candidate.
"We are not accusing other
candidates of tearing down San­ders'
campaign materials," said
Marsh, "but our whole campaign
was based on mass media, and
this caused us a hardship by
putting it on a person-to-person
basis."
Benton said, "I feel this is aimed
at the fraternity, and I hate to see
Sanders being the target."
Daniel Haygood, "this has been a
well conducted campaign. We
haven't had any real problems."
Haygood said that "trivial viola­tions,"
such as two posters on one
bulletin board had occured in al­most
every candidate's campaign.
He explained these were not
thought to be deliberate actions,
and that the candidates were
cooperative in correcting the inci­dents.
Oversized signs were named by
Haygood as another type of viola­tion
which occurred in the cam­paign.
"It was real small differences in
the sizes. Instead of being 11'x 17,
some were 11% x 17%," said
Haygood. "It may have been the
printers' fault because the signs
which were oversized looked like
they were all of the same paper
stock."
Tower has 'no praise
for Jimmy Carter yet'
By Mark Winne
Plainsman Staff Writer
"We can neither praise nor
condemn the Carter administra­tion
at this point," said Sen. John
Tower (R-Tex.), to a sparse crowd
at the Student Activities Building
Wednesday night.
The diminutive legislator, fiery
yet staid-looking in a gray pin­striped
suit, also predicted the
Tennessee-Tombigbee water pro­ject
would not be cut back. He
commented on a wide variety of
other issues including energy, the
congressional pay raise, the sac­charin
ban, electoral reform, labor
and national defense.
"We are going to have to give
the administration an opportunity
to develop before we can make
any judgement," said Tower. But
he noted, "The President has a
great potential because his popu­larity
is very high." This popular-
41 votes against Mr. Warnke, but
that's a very substantial number,"
he said.
He also said the episode raised
the possibility that the Senate will
very critically scrutinize treaties
resulting from Warnke's arms
negotiations. Tower emphasized
the recent cessation of strategic
arms limitation talks (SALT) with
the Soviets does not imply a
collapse of SALT.
The Senator indicated Carter's
proposed $50 rebate had a "fairly
good" chance to be defeated in
Congress. Inside information
seems to indicate there is disa­greement
among the President's
own advisors about the rebate, he
said, which could contribute to
inflation by driving up interest
rates when the Treasury is com­pelled
to put more money into the
market.
(See TOWER page A-2)
Students to pay malpractice bill
Bubble Bath Photograohy: Gordon Bugg
Newly-elected SGA President John Bush gets a
friendly bump on the head with a champagne bottle
from his fraternity brothers. Election results were
announced Thursday night showing Bush getting 49.8
per cent of the student vote, defeating Tom Moore in
second place, Tom Edwards, who came in third, and
"Beau" Nieland.
By Jackie Romine
Assistant News Editor
The Auburn Board of Trustees
voted last week to purchase group
malpractice insurance for doctors
at the Drake Student Health
Center and to take funds for the
purchase, $16,000 from student
health fees.
Bill allows on-campus voter registration
By Michele Stapleton
Plainsman Staff Writer
A bill providing for on-campus
voter registration passed 27-2 in
the Alabama Senate last week.
Sponsored by Senator Bert Bank
of Tuscaloosa and supported by
the Alabama Student Association
(ASA), the bill requires a board of
registrars to visit all public or
private four-year institutions with
500 or more students at least one
week per year to register voters. It
Plainsman wins award
The Auburn Plainsman has been
awarded the Associated Collegiate
Press All-American Award for the
23rd consecutive time.
The Plainsman received marks
of distinction in all five cate­gories—
coverage and content;
writing and editing; editorial lea­dership
and opinion features;
physical appearance; and visual
communication and photogra­phy—
to claim a five-star rating
for the fall semester issue.
"The Auburn Plainsman does a
superb job of covering campus,
community, state and national
news of interest to its readers,"
the judges said. "To be an in­formed
citizen of Auburn Univer­sity
and of Auburn one need only
to read the Plainsman."
The judges also said the letters
to the editor section shows the
readers recognize the importance
of the paper's leadership position.
The Plainsman is graded for
Ail-American consideration along
with other college or university
weekly newspapers with a circu­lation
of more than 4,000.
Special areas commended by the
judges were editorial leadership,
overall appearance, and general
quality of writing. Advertising.also
received 50 bonus points.
also allows students to register at
their respective schools regardless
of their home precinct or ward.
According to Gene Oswalt, SGA
Secretary of Political Affairs,
students from Auburn and Ala­bama
have been working through
the ASA for the bill's passage.
Oswalt said he and other students
have made several trips to Mont­gomery
to visit legislators and
have sent letters to Senate com­mittee
members and to the full
Senate.
The bill still must pass the
House and be approved by the
Governor to become effective.
With 10 days remaining in the
current legislative session, Oswalt
sees competition from the budget
as the major obstacle to the bill's
passage.
"We don't have any idea of how
the people in the House will vote,
because until now our efforts have
been directed at the Senate.
However, this week we'll be
sending out letters to members of
the House and to the Speaker of
the House."
If the bill fails to pass the House
before the end of the current
legislative session it will have to
be completely re-introduced into
the next session of the legislature.
Wallace, SGA
meeting slated
SGA President Buck Ruffin will
be meeting with Governor George
C. Wallace Monday to discuss
"Auburn's need for a multi­purpose
building." The meeting
comes after an affirmative vote by
students regarding designation of
activities funds for such a struc­ture.
More than 3,100 students said
they would be willing to finance
construction through a $5 per
quarter student activities fee in­crease.
Student health fees are com­prised
of the $15 taken out of a
student's tuition which is used for
maintenance of the health center.
The insurance being secured is a
mutual statewide insurance pol­icy.
The health center must
deposit money to obtain member­ship.
Depending on the number of
malpractice cases against the
association, the health center
could receive dividends if there
are relatively few cases in the
state or be required to pay more
money into the fund "if it is a bad
year," said Robert Harris, trustee
from Decatur.
Harris said all members of the
mutual association are required to
guarantee a certain amount of
money to protect the association in
case of an overabundance of
cases.
Allowing for the deposit and the
guarantee money, the cost to the
health center would be about $5500
per doctor or $16,000 per year.
However, the insurance could cost
less if the center is not called upon
to give additional money.
Trustee J. Ralph Jordan was the
only voting member to oppose the
bill. Buck Ruffin, SGA president
and ex-officio member of the
board, also opposed the proposal.
Jordan said malpractice insur­ance
is "strictly a personal mat­ter.
Other doctors must handle
this themselves."
"if we're going to have fringe
benefits like this, then why not
have liability for coaches and
especially trainers. They too find
themselves in need of liability.
It's the same situation regarding
injuries," Jordan said.
Ruffin said he opposed the
insurance on principle.
"There are so many things
•we've wanted from the health
center that they did not give us.
We wanted a nurse to cover
intramural games in case of
injury, for example.
Ruffin said the $16,000 should
have gone to some other health
related project for students.
Harris, who favored the propos­al,
said the student health fees
were the only source of money
provided for the health center. No
state funds could be used, he said.
Inside Today
RECRUITING'S WRONGS-Assistant
Sports Editor Brad
Davis looks into the sometimes
sordid world of college recruiting.
Page B-l.
HOUSING HASSLE -
A Plainsman Probe delves into
some of the problems Auburn stu­dents
have finding adequate hous­ing.
Pages A-8-9.
A REAL CONCERT-Olivia
Newton-John and Jim
Stafford will entertain tonight in
Auburn's
Page B-8.
Memorial Coliseum.
The Auburn Plainsman Friday, April 15, 1977 A-2
The world
this week
By John Beck
Plainsman Staff Writer
Iniernational
RABIN RESIGNS-Israel's Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin has asked for a leave of absence
after it was discovered he and his wife held
$21,000 in a Washington, D.C. bank hi violation
of Israeli currency laws. Defense Minister
Shimon Peres is the ruling Labor p a r t y ' s choice
for prime minister.
COAST GUARD CATCHES - After repeated
violations of the new United States 200-mile
fishing limit, the Coast Guard has picked up two
Russian trawlers and the State Department has
warned the Soviet Union that future violations
could jeopardize U.S.-Soviet relations.
CUBAN EMBARGO-George McGovern, a
United States senator, who returned from a visit
to Cuba reiterated Prime Minister Fidel
Castro's assurance that U.S.-Cuban relations
cannot improve until the U.S. trade embargo is
lifted.
National
GAS HIKE-The Washington Post reports the
Carter administration is considering a proposal
to raise the federal gasoline tax by 10 cents a
gallon in each of the next three years if gasoline
consumption rises above this y e a r ' s level.
LIDDY SENTENCED-President Carter com­muted
the 20-year prison sentence of Watergate
burglary chief G. Gordon Liddy to eight years,
"in the interests of equity and fairness." He will
be eligible for parole on July 9 after having
served a total of 50 months.
DISASTER RELIEF-President Carter de­clared
a major disaster for Alabama, permit­ting
the use of federal funds in relief attempts
for temporary housing and disaster unemploy­ment
payments to those out of work because of
flooding and its effects.
State
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-The Ala­bama
Senate approved the constitutional con­vention
bill by a 21-1 vote. The voters will decide
whether they favor the convention method for
rewriting the state's 76-year-old lengthy consti­tution.
ETHICS BILL-The Alabama House of Repre­sentatives
rejected a strong corrupt practices
bill, designed to limit spending on political cam­paigns
and require advance reporting of cam­paign
contributions, but delayed action on
a weaker substitute bill which would delay
campaign contribution accounting until 30 days
after the election.
MONTGOMERY ELECTION-Emory Folmar
has been elected mayor of Montgomery out of a
field of 44 candidates by taking over 60 per cent
of the votes in an election which showed a very
poor voter turnout. Folmar was City Council
president and acting mayor.
WALLACE VIEWS-Earlier this month
Governor George Wallace, while addressing a
group on the campus of Samford University, ex­pressed
his views on criminal punishment when
he said, "Capital punishment is the way to a
cleaner society." He was also quoted as saying,
"Execution or swift punishment is the best way
to eliminate dope pushers and dealers from our
society. It does not say in the Constitution that
criminals must be treated humanely."
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Issues involving
blacks discussed
It's okay Photography: Dan Doughtte
Gene Oswalt, secretary of political
affairs, emerges from an elections
committee meeting to inform Tom
Edwards, an SGA presidental candi­date,
that one of his opponents, John
Bush was cleared of suspected cam­paign
expenditure violations. Ed­wards
had submitted a complaint that
Bush had not listed fair market prices
for plywood used in his campaign. A
check by the committee with a local
lumber dealer, however, verified
Bush's listed price.
Auburn buyers, beware
By Keoin Loden
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Governor's Office
of Consumer Protection
(OCP) in Montgomery is
showing increasing con­cern
in a local business
called the Buying Ser­vice,
a relatively new
firm located in the Heart
of Auburn Motel.
The OCP's concern
arises from similar
"buyer's clubs" opening
in Mobile, Gulfport and
Pensacola. These clubs
claimed to offer name
brand products at great­ly
reduced prices for
initial membership fees
of $400 to $500 and $20 to
$30 for yearly fees plus
shipping charges on the
products ordered.
Since that time, these
offices have closed leav­ing
hundreds of the city's
consumers without the
services they were guar­anteed.
Complaints were regis­tered
by some of those
consumers to local Bet­ter
Business Bureaus and
state consumer agencies.
The main complaints
were: 1) Shoddy or out­dated
goods were being
substituted for name
brands ordered. 2) Hid­den
cost cancelled out
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"bargain" prices. 3)
Some clubs took their
money and ran.
These complaints led
the Federal Trade Com­mission
to begin an in­vestigation
of buying
clubs. Their investigation
is mainly centered on
firms which charge $300
to $400 for membership
plus annual dues.
Typical of the kind of
club being investigated
by the FTC, the Buying
Service Inc. of Cranbury,
N.J., supplied the neces­sary
information to the
Better Business Bureau
for the Auburn office.
Also, a report sent by the
OCP shows the affiliation
between the Buying Ser­vice
in Auburn and Exe­cutive
Buying Corp. of
Cranbury, N.J.
Tower
From page A-l
Tower praised Presi­dent
Carter for, among
other things, dealing
firmly with the Soviet
Union in the trawler
incident that occurred in
U.S. waters recently.
Commenting on Carter's
inexperience in foreign
affairs, Tower noted
America's foreign policy,
since WWII, "has a way
of following a funda­mental
course."
Responding to a ques­tion
from Dean of Stu­dent
Affairs James Foy
about the "fiscal ir­responsibility"
of Con­gress,
Tower conceded
that Congress is over­staffed,
saying he under­stood
popular discontent
with the congressional
pay raise, but "it is just a
drop in the basket" com­pared
with unnecessary
federal bureaucratic
spending.
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The OCP says, "Not all
buying clubs are fraudu­lent
or involve some
form of deception; how­ever,
caution should be
exercised before sign­ing."
Four tips were given to
protect against decep­tion:
1) Don't sign any
papers to join a buying
club before comparing
prices in local stores. 2)
Don't commit yourself to
a long term contract. Try
it for a short time. You
can always renew your
membership if it pro­vides
savings. 3) Don't
believe extravagant
claims of 50 per cent to 60
per cent off name brand
products. 4) Don't let
high pressure sales tac­tics
cause you to sign a
contract without thor­oughly
considering it
first.
By Pam Piatt
Plainsman Staff Writer
The creation of a black
office of student affairs,
the failure of Auburn
University to recruit
blacks and an "atmos­phere
of discrimination"
were all issues discussed
Monday by black leaders
and SGA candidates in a
meeting with President
Harry M. Philpott.
"The meeting was
called in order to bring
students, both black and
white, into contact with
President Philpott," Ruf-fin
said.
"It was to find out and
to discuss the problems
black students are facing
and to hopefully motivate
the administration and
those in leadership posi­tions
to deal with those
problems," Ruff in con­tinued.
The problems raised at
the meeting concerned
the administration's re­luctance
to take a stand
and set an example con­cerning
race relations,
according to Ruffin.
"In order for race
relations to progress, the
administration must take
an active posture," Ruf­fin
said, "By that, I don't
mean doing just enough
to comply with Federal
guidelines. I mean the
administration should go
the extra mile to insure
that good faith does exist
and to see the situation is
ameliorated and does not
continue for the rest of
our lifetimes."
Ruffin said President
Philpott did not commit
himself to anything to
solve these race-related
problems.
"President Philpott
said he would check into
the problem further. I
hope he will, but it's also
up to the studetns at the
meeting to make sure
that he does do some­thing.
"We've had these con­ferences
before but no­thing
much has come of
them. I think the situa­tion
is changing now and
hopefully people are
more concerned about
race relations and they
will see the administra­tion
does something
about these existing
problems."
Ruffin explained the
meeting had been
planned last quarter be­fore
the conflict between
blacks and whites at an
interfraternity basket­ball
game. He added
that meetings of this
nature will continue in
the future.
Richetta Gamble, 2EH,
and Larry Owens, 2AC,
were two black students
who attended the meet­ing.
"I think that something
good came out of the
meeting. We have pre­sented
our views and the
candidates running for
SGA positions know now
how the blacks feel. I
think the meeting influ­enced
them and I hope
things will get better,"
Gamble said.
Owens, who is the vice
president of the Afro-
American Association,
listed some of the prob­lems
he felt that black
students encountered at
Auburn:
"Racism among stu­dents
is a big problem.
Another big problem is
that the administration is
doing nothing construc­tive
to stamp out this
racism."
Owens cited one inci­dent
to illustrate the
prevalence of racism at
Auburn.
"I was walking home
from my classes carry­ing
a stack of books.
Some guys in a car were
approaching me and
slowed down and one guy
waved his hand out the
window. I stopped and
waved to them and the
next thing I knew I was
drenched with cola.
They just shot it out on
me and he said 'Take
that, nigger.'" Now if
that's not racism, I don't
know what is. That sort
of thing happens quite
often, but it's not publi­cized
because there are
so few blacks."
Another grievance pre­sented
by the blacks was
the recruitment program
for prospective Auburn
students.
"The administration
doesn't do anything to
actively recruit black
students. Out of 18,000
students there are about
300 blacks. What kind of
ratio is that?" Owens
asked.
Gamble agreed with
Owens. "When the Uni­versity
does recruit in
the high schools, they
primarily appeal to
whites for enrollment.
The people recruiting for
the black schools usually
get the blacks to enroll in
their schools."
Owens said another
black grievance aired at
the meeting was the lack
of social and cultural
alternatives at Auburn
for black students.
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Complete election
Friday, April 15,19TT The Auburn Plainsman
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
President
Richard "Beau" Nieland 153
•John Bush 2,588
Tom Edwards 1,217
Thomas Moore 1,242
Vice President
Gary Sanders 1,979
Oscar Saliba 353
•Jenelle Mims 2,321
David Gibson 498
Treasurer
• Steve Forehand. .4,522
Plainsman Editor
Lauren C. Steele 1,580
Lisa Harris £02
* John Carvalho 2,903
Glomerata Editor
• Mike Sellers .4,450
Miss Auburn
Leslie Bosshard...
Cindy Harney ...
Cheryl Clements.,
Lynn Unger
•Susan Long
989
955
781
•1,129
1,246
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
President
* Matt Hall
Trey Abernathy
Dorman Grace
•206
—81
102
Vice President
Ann Hollingsworth.
Susan Corcoran
• Jake Harper
•105
•116
•153
SENATOR
Robbie Nelson 124
* Fairlie Haynes 137
Catherine Pedota 98
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
AND FINE ARTS
President
Phil Black -151
• J im Bradberry 173
Vice President
* Scott Barnard 160
Frank Bullard 127
Senator
» Randy Schrimsher- .255
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES
President
Wendel James 397
•Robert Barnett 659
Vice President
•Peggy Johnson 356
Doug Hammond 325
Vance Paul Baker 310
Phil Bryant 108
, Senator
Clyde Tisdale 351
Louis Colley 155
Sheri Paulk 398
•Kelly Cooper 516
•Charlie Payne 631
Katherlne Livingston 227
* Linda Johnson 586
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
President
Buddy Fuller 319
* Billy Ainsworth 437
AlMay 210
Vice President
Lou Ann Dresher 224
David Bishop 332
• Cindy Walker 379
Senator
* Rusty Parker 480
Amy Watson 449
Muff Sullivan 250
Doug Eddleman 507
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
President
* Susan Carlisle 506
Susan Sandy 213
Vice President
* Rhea Cleland 654
Senator
* P am Nichols 449
Laura Cain 224
•Cindy Hinds 401
Karen Jones 232
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
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F r i d a y , April 15,1977 A 4
Insurance
The Auburn Board of Trustees is once again trampling on students' rights
by deciding to pay the premiums for malpractice insurance for Health Center
doctors out of student health fees.
Those fees are already used for maintenance of the Health Center; students
did not vote an increase to pay for doctors' malpractice coverage. Students,
wanted better service, but it is questionable if they got much more than a
fancy building.
Now to add insult to injury the Board is asking students to pay for covering
doctors against malpractice suits. It is absurd, if nothing else. Students will
be paying if another student decides to file suit against a doctor at the Health
Center.
The actual money is not as important as the principle involved—that
students will be responsible for a doctor's professional liability; for a fringe
benefit. It would also discourage students from ever doing anything about
the sometimes outrageously poor treatment at the Health Center—after all, if
students are paving the premiums, are they going to make the company pay
off?
Trustee Ralph "Shug" Jordan and SGA President Buck Ruffin spoke out
against the proposal, and they deserve thanks for standing up for the
students.
The action of the Board was permanent, but they have been convinced to
change their minds before. Students need to try to do it again—there has to
be a better way. The Board should look into an alternative method of funding
the insurance. They shouldn't be picking the students' pockets for it.
Cam-pain
Campaigning for campus elections is ridiculous. That first day seems to be
nothing more than a race to see who can get the most literature scattered first.
Apartment buildings, housing complexes and even downtown Auburn
storefronts are plastered with billboards, handouts and posters.
We're sure many a vote has been lost because a candidate placed a poster or
sign where it was not welcome. And door-knocking into all hours of the
night is not a welcome feature of the campaigns, either.
Getting permission to place literature and posters is fine, but blatantly
violating an apartment dweller's rights by erecting a signpost in front of his
window is not.
Now that the 1977 campaign is over, we'd like to propose some SGA
legislation limiting posted campaign paraphernalia to the Auburn University
campus. After all, city council candidates don't erect huge plywood signs on
the campus during city elections.
Lengthening campaign-time by a couple of days might help matters. That
would give campaigners time to talk to more people without having to
disturb those who go to bed early. And A-frame signposts could be erected
on either end of the concourse for the placement of posters.
The weather
The Weather. To coin a phrase, everybody talks about it but nobody does
anything about it. It's a sad situation when we allow something as trivial as
the wind and the rain play a dominant role in our lives.
Instead of passively standing by in this season of wishy-washy weather, not
knowing weather (Ha, ha. Get it?) to wear a T-shirt or a sweater, we believe
it is time for someone to chastise this fickle environment.
Already this quarter students have been subjected to drastic changes it
temperature and moisture, rendering summer wardrobes chosen to attract
members of the opposite sex useless in the face of chilling winds and rains.
If the weather doesn't stop switching from hot to cold and back to hot
again, someone may accuse it of being an SGA candidate.
Blacks at AU
Phase one: blacks at Auburn do not feel a part of the community. It is a
matter of 350 versus 17,000, a matter of varying cultures and frustration born
of a feeling of ineffectiveness.
Phase two: many blacks will not run for campus elections or interview for
Cabinet positions because they feel they will not be selected, and that feeling
breeds frustration.
Phase three: that frustration is unleashed.
Most Auburn students do not even realize there are blacks or other
minorities on the campus until some incident occurs. Crisis solving is one
thing, but crisis avoidance is quite another. If Auburn is to be an academic
community with an emphasis on academics, something will have to be done
to close this wedge of frustration thrust between blacks and whites.
Just what is to be done, though, is the puzzling question. If Auburn
pursues a special recruitment program for blacks she may be accused of the
very thing she is trying to avoid—discrimination.
So what is the solution? Some say it may be an ex-officio minority member
of the SGA. But a lasting solution to the problem of black involvement at
Auburn cannot be solved for the greater part by handing out positions.
Auburn blacks are going to have to run for SGA positions and interview for
Cabinet positions. They are going to have to become involved in campus
organizations. They are going to have to have the kind of guts which a young
black man and woman illustrated when they enrolled at an all-white
University of Alabama some years ago. And the whites at Auburn University
will have to learn blacks are flesh and blood human beings with their talents
and flaws.
It's a difficult, but not an impossible task. Auburn has already had at least
one black SGA officer. It's more a matter of saying "it's possible." Few
candidates ever win without a belief that they are good enough to meet any
odds which may be stacked against them.
If blacks do not take that first step of involvement, whites will never see
them to accept them.
The Auburn
Plainsman
Christy Hudgins, Editor
Ken Edwards, Business Manager
The Auburn Plainsman is the student-edited newspaper of
Auburn University. Signed columns represent the opinion of
the writer, while unsigned editorials represent the opinion of
The Plainsman's Editorial Board.
Christy
Hudgins
What do you do if you find yourself
foxtrotting (a dance invented by Harry
Fox) in Social Dance with a rugby
flayer—the one who steamrolled the
xam's scores to your door with Superglue
because he didn't think the team got
enough coverage?
What do you do when you are ready
for a can of your favorite cola and the
button on the machine reads: Crabcola,
a frothy blend of seven natural crab
juices...?
How do you gracefully explain where
you've been all day when your managing
editor opens the supply closet door and
you are fast asleep on the mattress on the
floor?
Well, if Feature's Editor Susan Harri­son
can write a book about being short,
perhaps the editor could take out first
dibs on a book entitled, "Great, Memor­able
or What-Have-You Moments in
Plainsman History and How to Cope
With Them."
One truly great moment occurred just
a few days ago when the early morning
waitress at my all-night restaurant said I
didn't need to fill out the identification
information on the back of the check be­cause
she knew me so well.
Other great moments include the day
B&G finally came to put up drapes in the
editor's office and the night some
stranger painted a Valentine message to
the staff on the window...and the day it
was removed in April.
There was the day I announced we had
received the Pacemaker for the best
college weekly in the nation—and no one
cheered because they thought someone
on the staff had heart trouble.
And then there was the day Sports
Editor Gene Vandiver caught a stray Phi
Kappa Tau baseball and returned it to
the team without being noticed—luckily
no one noted the similarity between the
person returning the ball and the
mugshot on the column lambasting that
fraternal group of brothers—and I don't
mean soul, brothers.
Then there was the day former editor
Bill Wood told his famous jokes about
henweighs and piecosts. So, what's a
henweigh and a piecost? A hen weighs
about two and one-half pounds and a
pie costs 35 cents per slice. Then there
was the day he retold the joke...and then
there was the day... and then there was
the day I finally stopped falling for it.
Another memory involves the first
paper of 1975 when the staff worked for
two days without sleep to put out that
edition—and then discovered they also
had to deliver it.
Some of the more prominent athletic
epics of the staff include the famed
Glomerata-Plainsman chair races from
office to office. Of course The Plainsman
was always at a handicap because the
Glom chairs were newer and had better
wheels.
Plainsman legend has it too that if the
paper is doing a good job, an invitation
to the student-leaders meeting with
Harry Philpott will not be forthcoming.
More memorable moments include those
times when editors put in an appearance
anyway.
Of course there are the bloopers we
would like to forget—like in a nostalgic
column about a hunting trip where an
omitted line had the hunting dogs sitting
at the table, putting the napkins around
their necks and pouring the syrup...or
the headline which read "Beaver meat
studied as food source." Or "LSU falls
on TV."
Less prominent moments include fall­ing
asleep on my last five dates. (Some
advice to those not in the know: one beer
can send a journalist down slumber
road.) On the subject of sleep—I caught
a few winks in an Atlanta cafeteria
sprawled on three plastic chairs while I
waited for last year's election returns. I
usually catch a few Z's too on our closer
mattress—which wouldn't fit John Car
valho's bed, but fit the closet to a T. Gay
liberation has nothing on The Plainsman.
We have at least one person coming out
of the closet every week (Don't blame
that one on me. The secretaries here
coined it.).
Other less prominent moments include
my first cup of War Eagle Cafeteria
coffee, my very graphic realization why
pets are not allowed in the Union
Building, and acknowledging my once
=!reen sophophilum (termed the cast iron
plant) couldn't stomach life in the edi­tor's
office.
But, going back to my introduction,
are you curious about how I handled the
rugby player, the Crabcola or the closet
incident?
Since there aren't enough men to go
around in the social dance class, I smiled
at the rugby player. I was daring and
purchased a Crabcola. And, when the
uaff finally found me in my closet asleep,
said " O h ! " and rushed out to finish my
l>ages.
There's only one other memorable
moment I can think of offhand and that
is the day the staff finally convinced me
to stop fighting the evils of the world for
one week and write a potpourri column.
It was really against my better judgement
to publish this column.
It's just that most people can't seem to
appreciate my brand of humor. They call
it pun-itive.
V
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t
e ...for uncluttering Auburn
Minority of one rules in dorm
The girls in Dorm 5 are furious. They
had the opportunity to extend male visi­tation
to weekdays—and almost did it.
At a dorm meeting they voted on a
proposal to adopt visitation noon to
midnight weekdays. Approximately half
the dorm residents were present. The
vote was 42-1—and the proposal failed.
Why? The girls wanted to know. Dur­ing
discussion before the vote no one
voiced any objections. In fact, the dorm's
head resident has received no visitation-related
complaints since its implementa­tion
fall quarter.
Every girl voting, except one, wanted
weekday visitation.
The culprit here is primarily the Board
of Trustees, not the lonely dissenter who
Lauren
Steele
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is imposing her will upon everyone in the
dorm.
The Board ruled that for a dorm to
adopt a visitation policy, 100 per cent of
the residents must approve it. It is ap­parent
most Board members oppose male
visitation and this is an obvious attempt
to limit it. And, for the most part, it
works.
A few dorms have overcome' the
unanimous consent rule and have
adopted liberal visitation policies, but
very few. (Noble Hall, for example, has
weekday visitation on some halls.)
It seems most women on campus either
want visitation or at least do not object to
it. Yet, like the case in Dorm 5, one or
two girls are restricting the freedom of
the majority in almost every dorm on
campus.
Those favoring weekday visitation in
Dorm 5 developed a pretty strong case.
They believe they should be able to
have visitors in their rooms if they wish.
They want to entertain guests without
having to shout louder than the ever-present,
blaring lobby television.
They don't want to infringe on the
rights of their neighbors.
Most of the women think they are old
enough to make their own choices and
decisions.
The Board's insistence on unanimous
consent is unreasonable. The rights of the
minority should be protected, yet a
minority of one making decisions for a
whole dorm is absurd.
The problem could be solved if Social
Center administrators would set aside
certain halls for those who oppose visita­tion.
But they.won't do it unless they are
pressured into such a decision.
Residents of Magnolia Dormitory faced
drastic curtailment of female visitation
rights fall quarter and organized to fight
it. Under the leadership of Duncan
Powell, Mag residenrs stood up to the
Board of Trustees and won. Weekday fe­male
visiration was reinstituted on almost
every division.
Things have improved substantially for
dorm residents this year. A woman no
longer must wait long periods of time for
a nightwatchman to let her in the dorm.
Curfews have been abolished. Limited
male visitation has been realized.
Most people have been surprised how
smoothly visitation has gone. There have
been very few complaints and not a single
major problem.
Evidently, Auburn women have dis­covered
they can live without running
around the dorm in their underwear.
Dean of Student Life Katharine Cater
is in charge of on-campus housing, and
she is responsive to the desires of stu­dents.
But she needs to know the
problems.
Residents of Dorm 5—and all others in
a similar position—make your displeasure
known. Let the Social Center know how
you feel while you are still angry. If you
don't stand up for your rights, no one
will.
Teenage mothers —victims of ignorance
A new epidemic is sweeping the
country—young motherhood. More and
more girls 12 and 13 are getting
pregnant, and many of them are deciding
to keep -their babies. It's a pitiful
situation, one which leads to battered
children and compounds the poverty
problem.
These children—and that's all they
are—exhibit a profound ignorance of the
facts of life. According to news reports,
many of them believe you have to be 16
to conceive, or that you can't get
pregnant the first time you have sex.
They use no birth control, not because
they want children, but because no one
has ever taught them about it.
But they are victims of more than
ignorance—they are victims of well-in­tentioned
"protectors" of public morals
who refuse to allow sex education to be
taught in the schools; who demand their
politicians defeat bills allowing minors to
obtain birth control, who have done
more to cause the current crisis of
unwanted pregnancies than all the
purveyors of counterculture could ever
have done.
Examples of this moralistic and
unrealistic attitude are everywhere. In
most high schools, health classes, which
are supposed to teach sex education, are
forbidden to provide instruction in birth
control. "It will encourage premarital
Lisa
Harris m
sex," the administrators cry. In most
cities, an unmarried woman has to go
through demoralizing and often impos­sible
procedures to obtain birth control.
Sometimes they give up and cither have
babies or abortions.
The problem begins even earlier than
high schools, though. Today our
children are growing up faster than their
parents. Our culture forces them.
Beginning at 8 or 9 and even younger
they imitate adults—they smoke, they
drink, they have sex. And some of the
girls get pregnant.
Why? Because some self-righteous
person in Duluth has decided it's
"immoral" to teach "children" about
sex, has organized all "right-minded"
people behind him or her, and has
convinced the purveyors of public policy
that if a child learns about sex, he'll run
out and participate.
Never mind that most of these young
mothers say if they'd known they could
get pregnant they nevct would have had
sex in the first place. Never mind that
most of them are children of unloving
parents who only decide to keep their
babies once they have them so they will
have "someone to love."
No, never mind all the facts. Just
protect unrealistic "morals," formulate
public policy not on the basis of reality
but on the basis of what offends the
sensibility of some vocal middle
American. This is how the situation is
handled today, and it is only making the
problem worse.
At Auburn, we have a similar
situation. It is not 12-year-olds but
20-year-olds who are getting pregnant,
and rnost of them have abortions rather
than babies, but the root is rhe same.
Self-righteous executives, the people that
control the administration of lives, choose
to close their eyes and hope the problem
will go away.
They seem to echo the sentiments of a
1929 marriage manual—pregnancy is the
wrath of God visited on sinners, and
"Who are we to interfere?" Their
attitude is one of, "If you want to sin,
don't tell us about it, and don't ask us
for help."
But who are they to pass judgment?
Who are they to tell us what is right or
what is wrong? And who are they to
ignore one of the biggest health problems
today because they don't like to think
about unmarried people making love?
Well, it happens, it has happened for
centuries, and it will continue to happen.
What has changed is that this time it is
children who are being victimized, who
are being denied information that could
help them ptevent what could be the
biggest mistake of their lives.
It is college women who ate forced to
have abortions, often against everything
they have ever believed in, because no
one wanted to help them.
If you've figured out that I'm angry,
you're right. I'm angry at self-tighteous
old men trying to tell women how to live
theit lives. I'm tired of people who try to
force the world to conform to
narrow-minded unrealistic moral systems,
and who try to punish those who stray
from these self-defined limits.
I don't know what can be done; I
don't have any magical solutions. But it
is time to let our administrators, our
representatives, know we will not sit still
and let self-appointed prophets of moral
doom destroy the lives of youngsters by
omission. The time has come for them
to start living in the real world. That's
where the rest of us have to live.
mmaamamuumaam
'Rich Prince, Poor Prince ?'
Letters Nothing's sacred to television
Friday, April 15, 1977 A-5
AU is 'covering up'
Editor, The Plainsman:
Lauren Steele's article concerning the
recent break-in at University Bookstore by
Campus Security night watchmen raises, I
believe, some important questions which
need answering. Why did it take from
December until April before the incident
became public knowledge? Why did the
University feel it was necessary to hide
the fact? Did the University feel that it
was necessary to cover up the burglary
because it might prove embarrassing for
Campus Security, especially since the
perpetrators of the break-in were sup
posedly protecting the University from
such incidents?
Why was only one nightwatchman
prosecuted while his accomplice was not?
Assistant Bookstore Manager Bennett
Sims stated that the metal screen "wasn't
pulled down tight enough that night."
Could another reason for the cover up be
that the break-in was an embarassment
for the management of University Book­store
in particular since it is the manage­ment
who lets the gate down each after­noon?
Name withheld by request
Plainsman complimented
for ecological concern
Editor, The Plainsman,
We commend The Auburn Plainsman
for John Carvalho's editorial on President
Carter's "big water projects" (March 31)
and Christy Hudgins' editorial on oil
development and press relations (April
7). The editorials hopefully represent a
'rowing concern among The Plainsman
staff and the local community abour our
quality of life.
There are a few misconceptions about
^resident Carter's actions regarding the
water projects. He had asked only for a
temporary halt in these projects until
their economic feasibility, environmental
impact, and safety can be completely
reviewed. Only then will the decision be
made regarding the future of the
projects. The howls of protest against
this halt for review is a good indication
that the projects cannot stand up to an
unbiased review. Also, a lot of nonsense
has been thrown about concerning the
drought in the West and the need for the
irrigation projects. If all of the costs are
considered, then the projects are nc
feasible. Mr. Carvalho says that the
Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah
Project is needed but there is no
immediate water shortage for Utah and
the alternatives such as recycling and
purification of waste waters has received
only superficial attention. Safety
problems with the dams and the addition
of significant amounts of water to Great
Salt Lake have also not been considered
in enough detail.
Kevin Hopkins
Chairman, Sierra Club
John
Carvalho
If William Shakespeare were alive
today, chances are he would have thrown
up his arms and ended his playwriting
career long ago. Just imagine a
discussion between Shakespeare and Fred
Silverman, director of ABC program­ming,
the day after Shakespeare's classic
"Hamlet" has debuted on TV.
"Bill, the response to your play has
been just great," Silverman would say.
"Our advertisers have all expressed a
definite interest in buying time on the
sequel to 'Hamlet.'"
"A sequel?" asks a puzzled Shake­speare.
"I don't have one planned."
"Of course," says Silverman. "We're
going to cash in on this sudden 'Hamlet'
craze! Kiddieiand Toys is asking for the
patent rights for the 'Hamlet' doll and
Paris is designing a new line of leotards
for men."
"But leotards went out in the 16th
century!" cries a confused and naive
Shakespeare.
"Not if the clothing stores have
anything to do with i t , " says Silverman.
"Now, the sequel idea is just the
beginning. I also have a series in mind,
something on the order of 'Rich Prince,
Poor Prince Part I I . '"
'"Rich Prince, Poor Prince'?" asks
Hamlet. "Zounds! What was wrong
with Hamlet."
"It just doesn't hit me right, you
know, Bill?" says Silverman. "It kind of
just sits there. And our statistical
surveyors found that three out of four
viewers got no definite vibes out of
'Hamlet.' By the way, Hamlet didn't
really die in the end, did he?"
Shakespeare is amused. "Ah, sir, a
direct hit with a poisoned sword is usually
potent enough to fell any man!"
"I know that, and you know that, but
the viewers don't know that," says
Silverman. "We'll just say the sword
wasn't poisoned and it was just a flesh
wound, okay?"
By this time, Shakespeare is about
ready to exit stage right, so Silverman
decides to compromise. "How about
this? Hamlet's son vows revenge on his
father's murderer. You know, 'Son of
Hamlet,"' he says.
"But Hamlet wasn't married, and
Ophelia, the girl he loved, drowned
herself in a lake," protests Shakespeare.
"I love it! I love it! I love it!" says
Silverman. "The reason she committed
suicide was because she had Hamlet's
child as the result of some hanky panky,
righr?"
"No, actually methinks she was just
somewhat insane," says Shakespeare.
"Anyway, the Danish court would have
certainly been scandalized by such goings
on."
"Look, Bill, the Danish court doesn't
buy the advertisers' product, the
housewives do," says Silverman. "I
think they'd love to see something like
that."
"Frailty, thy name is television," says
Shakespeare.
"Cute line, but I don't get it," says
Silverman.
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Plainsman photographer defends actions
** Why does he keep +ailga+ing m a ? '
Editor, The Plainsman:
Have you ever been ridiculed and
humiliated in front of 25 or 30 people
while trying to do your job the best way
you know how? Have you ever been sub­jected
to offensive and abusive obsceni­ties
by a complete stranger? This was the
treatment bestowed upon this photogra­pher
while on assignment at the Dr.
Benjamin Spock lecture.
In reply to Mr. Carlson's letter I'd like
to extend my apologies, but I also feel I
should clarify his story a little. Mr. Carl­son
spoke of the distraction caused by an
electronic flash. Both The Plainsman and
the Glomerata use high speed (1200
ASA) film while shooting these events so
we never use a flash attachment. Further-
Steele supporter advocates 'democracy'
Editor, The Plainsman:
This is in response to the letter written
by "David Williams, '74" in the March
31, 1977 edition of The Plainsman. I
wish to defend and support Lauren Steele
as I feel Mr. Williams has been misled.
Many things should have been done
about the "rape crisis." Maybe the
SGA could organize some action;
however, the Police Department is being
paid tax dollars to protect the citizens
which would include protection of
females against rape, would it not?
Mr. Steele never said students should
"rise up and take over the operations of
the city." Actually he wanted to change
election day so many students and faculty
could be here to vote that ordinarily
would not. As I understand it, the ratio
Vhat happened to Fob James ?
•ie 's running for governor too
Editor, The Plainsman,
The student opinion referendum in
your sample ballot '77 on page S-14 of
the April 7 Plainsman lists six potential
candidates for governor. However, you
omitted Fob James Jr. The Atlanta
newspaper reported several Sundays ago
hat Fob was a potential candidate for
governor, and I certainly hope that he
will be included in your ballot. Fob was
an outstanding member of the Auburn
student body. He was president of the
A-Club and was instrumental in having
half the profits from the A-Day game set
aside for band scholarships.
Fob has been outstanding in
business as he was as a student and
athlete at Auburn. He founded
Diversified Products in Opelika and has
been a tremendous success. The state
could not only use a fresh new face in
politics, but it could also use Fob's fine
character and management ability.
William V. Neville Jr.
Editor, the Plainsman '56
Editor's note: The SGA selected the
names appearing on the referendum.
Those wishing to vote for Fob James had
the option to mark "other" on the
ballot.
of students to non-students is 17 to six,
so it is only logical that we (the students)
have a chance to voice our opinions.
Mr. Williams said he had better things to
do, essentially, than be involved with the
Auburn government when he was in
school. I, and obviously Mr. Steele,
happen to believe in a form of govern­ment
called "democracy." Remember'
the quote, "...a government by the
people, for the people..."? Is Mr. Wil­liams
suggesting we as citizens let
government act as it will and we should
never question those actions? If so, I
thank Lauren for refusing to do this.
Mr. Williams has obviously lost sight
of the idea of student involvement. We,
the students, are citizens of Auburn
University. We are also members of the
Auburn community and, therefore, must
concern ourselves with actions such as
strikes, walkouts and taxes (or should I
say we should?).
I cannot help but feel Mr. Williams
was unjustly cruel and immature with his
comments. (GO TO YOUR ROOM??) I
feel very lucky to have students such as
Mr. Steele on the Auburn campus and
hope the future will bring more like him.
Carol Trexler, 3EEE
more, this photographer didn't use a roll
of 24 or 36 exposures, more like about
one-half that amount. I'll admit 12 or 15
shots does sound like an awful lot of pic­tures,
but because of the low lighting
conditions which prevail at these engage­ments
I like to take several extra poses to
be sure I have the best chance possible of
obtaining a quality photograph.
As for moving around during the lec­tures,
yes I could sit somewhere in the
auditorium, but I believe the backs of the
people's heads who are sitting in front of
me would make for some very dull pic­tures.
I feel the students and subscribers
to The Plainsman deserve better.
Now to my apologies. I am sincerely
sorry about anyone who was disturbed or
annoyed by my actions at this or any
other event I've photographed. I realize
the shutter motion of a camera does
make noise and my moving around in an
otherwise still auditorium is distracting to
those sitting near me. I especially beg the
pardon of rhose people who sit on the
front row. I realize these people arrive
early in order to get the best view, and I
don't imagine they enjoy my moving
around on the floor while taking pictures.
At the completion of Dr. Spock's
talk he dismissed the majority of the
audience while many stayed behind for a
question and answer session. It was then
that Mr. Carlson approached me. By
showering me with his colorful criticisms
as Dr. Spock continued to speak, he was
guilty of the same violation as I—disturb­ing
the speaker.
Weigh the two distractions for your­self.
Which would you find most offen­sive'
Vicky Hunt, 1GJM
Editor shouldn't be elected
Editor, The Plainsman,
In response to your editorial in the
March 31 issue, I would like to emphasize
that during SGA elections, there are two
places that should not be filled by
popular vote—those of Glomerata and
Plainsman editors.
Persons vying for these positions have
already been approved by the Communi­cations
Board before running. The Board
also selects the WEGL station manager.
The decision on station manager is final,
but persons seeking an editorship must
still go through SGA elections in the
spring.
The Communications Board works
closely with both publications and is
more aware of their internal structure
than the average Auburn student.
Therefore, the Board should decide
who is to edit these publications. At
presenr the business managers of the
Glomerata, Plainsman, Tiger ' Cub,
editors of the Tiger Cub, the Circle, and
WEGL station manager are appointed
from among several applicants.
Surely the quality of both the
Glomerata and Plainsman are of such
importance that the positions of editor
should not be filled lightly or because of
political campaign.
Debbie Bishop, 4GSC
Tiger Cub Editor
Cyclists should obey Auburn traffic ordinances
Editor, The Plainsman,
Frankly, I am sick of the irresponsible
bicycle riders in Auburn. It's spring
quarter and the city and campus are
infested with two-wheeled fools darting
about in the traffic. It seems the
majority of the bike riders think they
have an advantage over both pedestrians
and automobiles. Whenever the
situation demands it, they feel they
should be given the road and have all the
rights of regular vehicular traffic and
then, at the next red light, they feel that
they automatically have the right to ride
between rows of cars in order to ride
across the pedestrian walk.
'••.A\tW-Mf
I favor stricter enforcement of existing
laws on bicyclists, that includes fines
equal to those that apply to automobiles.
It is evident that even the bicycle
regisrration program isn't properly
enforced. Go to just about any bike rack
and look for those bikes that don't have
1977 registrations. To add insult to
injury, there are bicyclists that have more
than a few "PLEASE REGISTER
BICYCLE AT SECURITY OFFICE" tags
on their bikes. They must think they
make nifty decoration, but that isn't
their fault, it's the Security Office's fault.
I favor bicycle license tags as a means
of collecting funds to give the bicyclist a
decent and safe place to ride. The
existing token bike paths are totally
useless, they have large holes and cracks
that make it dangerous to ride on (one
might think they were converted gutters).
To make the paths even more of a joke,
they end before they get to an
intersection.
I think the day of the bicycle being a
child's toy is over (or should be) and that
bicycles as a serious form of short distance
commuter transportation should be
encouraged.
Jim Rowan, 61E
We're Tigers, not War Eagles, claims alumnus
iditor, The Plainsman:
I am writing in regard to an article
written by Ms. Christy Hudgins in The
kinsman dated 11-18-76. The article
yas written in regard to the argument
W?r Eagle" or "Tiger" as the official
earn name for Auburn University
thletic teams. Speaking as a past
Uumni Association President, as well as
past student of Auburn, I hope we will
lways retain the team name of "Tiger"
I believe wholeheartedly and am very
rpud of the "War Eagle" spirit which
lentifies with Auburn. I believe "War
aglc" as a song and "War Eagle" as a
ell is great and I hope we shall always be
nown for our "War Eagle" spirit. How-ver,
I believe we should not break with
adition when Auburn has worked so
rd and so long for honor, glory and
adition which has been hard to obtain
ith other Universities in our area being
lore widely known because of the status
of state universities, such as the
University of Georgia, University of
Florida and the University of Alabama.
Auburn, through the efforts of such
people as Coach Ralph Jordan and the
athletes that have worn the blue and
orange, has obtained honor, glory and
recognition for Auburn University.
Down through the years Auburn has
always been known as the "Tigers" and
all Alumni Association stickers identify
with the "Tiger". I believe this to be a
beautiful symbol and readily identifiable
with Auburn.
The athletes that have represented
Auburn, I believe, would rather be
known as "Tigers" than "War Eagles".
Again, "War Eagle" is fine for a name
for a yell, a song and for "War Eagle"
spirit but I believe that it is the best
interest of the University, the alumni, the
student body and the athletic teams that
Auburn always be known as the Auburn
"Tigers".
I hope that my letter will in some way
influence any decision that is ever made
as to what the official team name for
Auburn University representatives to use
will be known as "Tigers".
Jimmy Harris
An Alumnus
Letters to the editor must be
received by 5 p.m. Sunday at The
Plainsman office, Auburn Union
basement. Please type and double
space, limiting total words to 300.
Some form or identification should
be presented with the letter.
Please include your telephone
number.
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The Auburn Plainsman Friday, April IS, 1977 A-6
Legality questioned
Pay up— or no diploma
Up the Creek
Auburn students used to go to the dam slide or to
Chewacla Park to cool off on the weekends but now
it's "Tuskegee Beach." Mark McKenny, 46B, and
Photography: Mike Lour
Ann Boyman, 1VA, were literally upJ' the creek
enjoying the cool waters of this secluded (supposedly
secret) spot. ;
Student emergency loan fund
allows borrowing of up to $300
By Denise Pauley
Plainsman Staff Writer
Students in an emerg­ency
can borrow as much
as $300 with a short term,
low-interest, student e-mergency
loan, said
Powell Waite, financial
aide counselor in the
Student Financial Aid
Office.
Waite said a loan of up
to $100 can be made to a
student without review
by the emergency loan
advisory board. A loan
of over $100 must be
reviewed by the board,
which consists of two
students selected by the
SGA president and a
representative from the
Bursar's and Financial
Aid Offices.
The loan has no inter­est
charge if it is paid on
time. For every month
after it is late, $10 is
charged.
Waite said a student
must demonstrate a real
need for the money and
must have the means to
pay it back before it is
loaned. He said the
average loan is about $70
to $75.
He said most students
borrow at the beginning
of the quarter for such
things as books, overdue
utilities and basic living
expenses.
"Many times the rea­son
for the loan is that
allowances from parents
or veteran or ROTC
checks haven't come in
on time," he said.
The period to pay the
loan back is as short as
the student can man­age,"
said Waite. "We
ask the student when his
next paycheck or other
source of money will
come in and set that as
the payment date.
"We try not to spread
the payment out because
the faster we get the
money back into the fund
the faster we can loan it
back out to other stu-
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dents who have emergen­cy
needs."
Waite said, between
the beginning of the
quarter when the loans
are the heaviest and the
time they are paid back
there is a gap where the
fund is empty and a
waiting list of up to 30 or
40 people develops.
Waite said right now
there is $10,000 in the
fund and he expects it to
be empty within the next
two weeks.
Loans are not made for
tuition, he said, because
tuition is something that
can be anticipated and
planned for. He said
loans are not made over
quarter breaks.
Students who do not
pay back the loans have
their grades and records
frozen and a.re not al­lowed
to enroll for the
next quarter. •
Money for the emerg­ency
loan fund comes
from contributions from
the All Campus Fund
Drive, interest earned on
loans and other contribu­tions
from individuals
and groups.
The Student Senate re­cently
raised the maxi­mum
amount the fund is
allowed to contain from
$10,000 to $20,000. The
bill also stiffened penal­ties,
from one*per cent of
the loan per month for
late payments to a flat
$10 a month.
As of February, $2,750
is overdue and there are
37 students who have had
their records frozen,
Waite said.
By Debbie Morrison
Plainsman Staff Writer
Auburn students are
having their diplomas
withheld for debts they
have accumulated while
attending school. These
debts include tuition,
room and board, library
fines and parking tickets.
The legality of this prac­tice
has been questioned.
An Auburn student is
under a contractual a-greement
with the
school. The contract,
written in the form of the
Auburn Bulletin and the
Tiger Cub, states the
qualifications he must
accomplish before earn­ing
a degree.
If the student takes and
passes the specified
courses and hours laid
out in the handbooks for
his major, the University
will award him with a
diploma.
The handbooks also
state that a student ow­ing
any outstanding fines
to the University will
have their diplomas and
grades 'frozen' until the
fines are cleared.
When a student owes
the University money be­cause
of tickets, the of­fice
of the campus secur­ity
will send a list to the
bursar and they, In turn,
ask the registrar to
'freeze' that student's re­cords
until further no­tice.
The bursar's office
then notifies the student
of the fine, giving him
substantial time to clear
it.
A student's diploma is
never held for parking
tickets unless the student
owes more than fifty
dollars. A smaller fine is
handled by campus se­curity.
According to Campus
Security Chief Millard
Dawson, the normal pol-
; icy is to send out a form
letter to the student and
if this does not bring
iny results, the letter is
sent to the home of the
student.
"Of course a few stu­dents
get away without
paying the ticket but
there is no real prob­lem,"
said Dawson.
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44 million
prisoners
in the
United States
how to
escape.
For a free booklet
on how to stop smoking,
call or write your local unit of the
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John W. Craft Jr.,
assistant bursar for Au­burn
University, said the
most trouble is with stu­dents
who do not go
through the graduation
ceremony. When a stu­dent
goes In and tries to
apply for a job, normally
he needs his grades.
This often brings him
back to the school to pay
his fine so his transcripts
may be sent to the
prospective job.
Regarding withholding
diplomas for financial
debts, Craft said, "In the
case of the campus, se­curity
is a part of it. It is
university rules enforced
by university officials.
They are paid by the
University and not by the
city. When a student
owes a parking ticket it
is the same as if he owed
tuition."
Samuel M. Strickland,
assistant registrar, said
a student will not actual­ly
be pulled out of the
graduation line. The list
of students with a 'froz­en'
file will go to the
University Bookstore and
the student will not be
allowed to purchase a
cap and gown in the first
place.
"After a student has
gone to a college or
university for four years,
he should have the re­sponsibility
to pay all
financial debts," said
Strickland.
The University of Ala­bama
has the same gen­eral
policy concerning
fines. Eugene Owen,
bursar at the university,
said their problem was
more difficult because
they do not collect fees
until the end of a semes­ter.
There are often
hundreds of students
with grades being held
who have forgotten or
are late with payment for
various reasons.
The University of Ala­bama
handles fines
somewhat different from
Auburn. Alabama allows
the student to receive his
diploma but not his
grades. Alabama will
also hold a student's
grades for a fine as small
as one dollar.
Owen said there would
be no point in holding the
diploma because a job
application usually re­quires
a transcript and
the diploma would not be
enough to prove gradua­tion.
Owen said it would be
too costly to the school
and the student to go
through courts rather
than hold grades. He
added that the student
usually did not want to
take this action although
it is available to him if he
desires.
Dean Harrison of the
University of Alabama
Law School, explained if
the bulletin clearly
stated the conditions of
graduation the student
must follow the contract
in order to receive a
degree. He added that
the question should not
be how the school en­forced
the issue, but the
issue itself.
Committee issues
outdoor safety tipt
By Debbie Morrison
Plainsman Staff Writer
Safety tips for outdoor
activities have been is­sued
by the Governor's
Protection and the U.S.
Consumer Product Safe­ty
Commission for the
upcoming summer sea­son.
Each year about 65,000
people receive hospital
treatment for injuries
associated with power
mowers. Do not try to
clear the discharge chute
of grass clippings and
other debris or adjust the
machine while it is still
in operation. Be sure the
mower is off and the
spark plug disconnected
before attempting any
work on it. Be careful
when operating an elec­tric
mower that the cord
does not become tangled
in the blades.
Another high percent­age
of people are treated
in emergency rooms for
injuries associated with
in-ground swimming
pools. The greatest num­ber
of these are caused
by falls on slippery surf­aces
surrounding pools.
Installation of non-slip
material around the pool
can make the area safer.
Electrical appliances
should be kept well away
from water to reduce the
hazard of electrical [
shock.
People who may bel
building swimming pools
should consider construc­ting
a tall fence around I
the pool to keep young
children from possibly |
falling in and drowning.
Rescue equipment and I
first aid material should!
always be kept nearby.
Families with young I
children should store and I
lock up all toxic sub-1
stances such as insecti-l
cides, pesticides and
weed killers. A tragic
accidental poisoning I
could be the result of I
storing household and
garden products where[
children can get to them.
Extreme caution I
should be used with char­coal
grills to prevent
accidents, including
burns and inhalation of |
harmful smoke and
gases. Gasoline should j
never be used in place of
charcoal lighter fluid,
and lighter fluid should
never be poured onto a
flame; the vapors could
ignite and travel up to
the can, causing an ex­plosion.
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in Navy, Red, Brown and Green
Ladies Sizes 5 - 10
in Navy, Red, Green and Yellow
Mens Sizes 7 - 12
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AUBURN
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A-7 Friday, April is, 1977 The Auburn Plainsman
To the Auburn Student Body:
In this, the last in a year-long
series of SGA Communiques, it is
our desire to convey to you the
scope of Student Government
activities since last April. Throug-out
this year everyone in Student
Government has attempted to be
as responsive to student needs as
is humanly possible.
Diverse approaches have been
implemented in each activity so
that SGA officials could ade­quately
determine the best ap­proach
to employ in its programs
and policies. From the number of
activities described on this page
you can easily see that Student
Government has been heavily in­volved
in almost every aspect of
campus life. On one hand we have
had to deal with problems of a
controversial nature, on the other
hand we have dealt with the
everyday mundane problems that
must also be addressed if Student
Government is to serve you effec­tively.
Included in this summary of
activities are those which have
been followed through to their
fruition. There are also, however,
those activities that are still "in
process" either because they are
of a long-range nature (longer
than one year), or because some ob­struction
has militated against
their successful completion. It is
the latter of these projects with
which you should be primarily
concerned.
You should be concerned with
these unfinished projects because
the greatest fault of a student
organization is it lack of con­tinuity.
In the transition from one
set of officers to another a great
deal of work and knowledge can be
frittered away unless: 1) new SGA
officials that have been elected are
intelligent enough and have suffi­cient
foresight to realize the value
in picking up last year's programs
and working on them to their
consummation; and 2) last year's
people make a concerted effort to
inform and instruct the "new peo­ple"
as to the virtues of these "old
projects."
For our part, I can assure that
those of us presently in office will
follow through with our responsi­bilities.
I only hope that the new
officers that you have chosen will
work "after" they have been
elected; I hope none of them had
as their only goal a preoccupation
with "getting elected."
But, no matter who you have
chosen for these leadership posi­tions,
they will still require your
constant support, input and evalu­ation.
If you are already involved
in the Student Government Asso­ciation,
I hope that you will con­tinue
that involvement and inter­est.
If you are not, I urge you to
consider participation through
volunteer work or Cabinet appoint­ments.
Through everyone's concerted
efforts we can achieve continuity
in the SGA and guarantee the
SGA's success in Auburn's con­tinued
prosperity and growth.
Buck Ruffin
SGA PRESIDENT 1976-77
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
COMMUNIQUE
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Dept of Political A ffairs
lists accomplishments
Obtaining an ex-officio student
member of the City Council, see­ing
the passage for the Land­lord-
Tenant Bill and getting pre­liminary
approval for on-campus
student voter registration were
outstanding accomplishments of
this year's SGA Department of
Political Affairs. Under Political
Affairs Secretary Gene Oswalt,
the department was able to in­crease
many student political
rights and to affect local and state
legislation.
The student ex-officio member
of the City Council, granted Winter
1977, will serve as a liason between
the City Council and the SGA. In
the future the student will be
elected; but this year, because
the post was made available so
close to the date of the SGA elec­tions,
an appointment will have to
be made to fill the post.
The Landlord-Tenant Bill,
passed in the regular session of the
1976 State Legislature, is helping
to promote better relations be­tween
students and landlords. Also
formed was a Landlord-Tenant
Arbitration Board to render ad­visory
opinions on disputes. Pro­jects
to continue the landlord-tenant
include full implementation
of the arbitration body, work for a
Model-Lease Program and a push
for strict housing code enforce­ment.
Preliminary indications are fa­vorable
that an on-campus voter
registration program may soon be
initiated. Working through the
Alabama Student Association, a
statewide student lobbying force,
Auburn SGA members are pre­sently
supporting a bill that would
require the board of registrars to
make yearly visits for on-campus
Student Senate action 1976-77
A quarter-long Ped Mall, the
new CAREER EXPLO program,
and an in-depth study of WEGL-FM's
effectiveness, and a new
Honor Code were among the major
projects completed by the 1976-77
Student Senate.
In addition, the thirty-member
body approved numerous changes
in the SGA Code of Laws and
passed resolutions voicing Senate
opinion. President of the elected
representative body was Al
Thompson, vice president of the
SGA.
The winter quarter Ped Mall
was initiated by the Senate's
Traffic and Parking Committee
under committee chairman John
Bush, Arts and Sciences Senator,
blocking off portions of Thach
Avenue and Tiger Street weekdays
between Haley Center and the
buildings on the other side of
Thach.
According to a survey by the
University Traffic and Parking
Committee, the Ped Mall was met
with student and faculty approval,
with 81 per cent of the students
and 48 per cent of the faculty
favoring the Mall's continuation on
a permanent basis.
The decision as to whether to
make the Ped Mall permanent is
pending the results of a long-range
campus development study to be
conducted soon.
CAREER EXPLO, the naw lec­ture
program designed to expose
students to various career possi­bilities,
was held Jan. 25-27 in the
Union Building with lectures night­ly.
Kay Owens, Arts and Sciences
Senator, Laurey Hartwell and
Debbie Wehle, were instrumental
in the program's coordination.
Over forty business profession­als
and instructors were secured
for the programs to present the
various aspects of their particular
field. Each speaker attempted to
explain education and experience
needed for the field, the pros and
cons of the field and a realistic
view at present employment op­portunities
there.
Academic
Scholarships
under study
Scholarships based solely on
academic ability are currently
under study by the Student Senate
and other SGA officials. A resolu­tion
calling for the scholarships
was passed recently by the Senate,
and the proposal is now under
study by a subcommittee of the
Board of Trustees.
The scholarships have been
openly opposed by the administra­tion,
but many SGA officers have
voiced the opinion that for Auburn
to compete academically with
other schools in the nation it must
establish a scholarship program of
this type.
For examining the effectiveness
of WEGL-FM, the Senate created
an ad-hoc committee with co-chairmen
Rusty Parker, Off-campus
Senator, and Tavia Copen-haver,
Hill Senator.
The committee conducted a stu­dent
opinion survey on WEGL's
effectiveness, randomly question­ing
200 students. The results of the
survey were analyzed and pre­sented
to David Paulsen, WEGL
station manager.
Because 49 per cent of those
polled answered that they never
listened to the station, and because
56 per cent of those polled favored
an increase in progressive rock
and top forty, the committee
recommended the change in air
time for some programs and an
increase in progressive music.
A new Adademic Honor Code,
now in the final stages of being
approved, was drafted by the
Senate in an attempt to update the
current Honor Code (found in the
Tiger Cub).
Steve Boucher, Business Sena­tor,
chairman of the Senate's Aca­demic
Affairs Committee, and
Ginny Dominick, Assistant to SGA
President Buck Ruffin, were re­sponsible
for the work on the code.
Boucher and Dominick revised the
cou.- with the University Faculty
Senate Ln an attempt to design a
code agreed to by both students
and faculty.
The new code puts more respon­sibility
on the student body; more
comprehensive than the old code,
it outlines more offensives and
makes penalties more severe.
A final revised version of the
code passed the Senate this week
and is awaiting Faculty Senate
approval. The code will then be
signed by SGA President Buck
Ruffin and sent to University
President Harry Philpott for his
signature.
Changes approved by the Senate
for the SGA Code of Laws in­cluded:
-Approving the SGA's affilia­tion
with the Alabama Student
Association, the state student
lobbying organization created
to further student-benefiting
legislation.
-Making changes in the rules
of the Student Emergency
Loan Fund, doubling the
fund's maximum balance to
$20,000 and adjusting the pro­cedure
for securing loans.
-Changing the chartering pro­cedure
for student organiza­tions
and changing the duties
of the Senate Organizations
Committee.
-Ammending the elections law,
requiring candidates pooling
resources to report to the
Elections Board.
-Reorganizing the intramurals
structure.
-Approving a new charter for
the Committee on Student
Social Life.
-Reorganizing the Executive
Cabinet.
In other action, the Student
Senate:
-Asked for the establishment
of a shuttle system.
-Called for the offering of aca­demic
scholarships.
-Called for an invocation and a
prayer to be given at major
sporting events.
•Opposed a proposed $4 in­crease
in the student activity
fees designated for athletics.
-Asked for new water foun­tains
in the Sports Arena and
the Student Activities Build­ing.
-Helped restructure the stu­dent
basketball ticket distribu­tion
system.
voter registration. The bill has
passed the state Senate, and is
currently under study in the House
of Representatives.
With 10 days remaining in the
current session, the chances for
the bill's passage are favorable if
budget considerations do not com­mand
too much of the Legisla­ture's
attention.
Last spring the Lee County
Board of Registrars registered
voters on-campus in response to a
Student Senate resolution. Over a
thousand students, faculty mem­bers
and townspeople were regis­tered.
Sen. Ted Little worked with
Auburn students, who lobbied for
the registrars, in getting the
Attorney General's approval for
the visit of the board. Now the
Political Affairs department in
hoping to make yearly on-campus
registration required under state
law.
Another bill currently seeking
State Legislature approval would
provide a voting student member
of the Board of Trustees. The bill
will allow the SGA President to
have a vote on the Board.
A bill similar to the one now
being considered received Senate
approval during the 1976 regular
session of the Legislature, but
later died in House committee.
If approved by both houses
during the current legislative ses­sion,
the bill would have to be ap­proved
as a statewide constitu­tional
amendment.
SGA seeks to restore Magnolia
Dormitory visitation privileges
Lobbying efforts of the SGA
were able to restore visitation
privileges to Magnolia Dorm when
the implementation of Title IX
Guidelines forced them to be taken
away. It was one of the first times
that the SGA was completely suc­cessful
in reversing a major uni­versity
policy.
Duncan Powell, director of
Men's Dorm Living, and Buck
Ruffin, SGA President, were in­strumental
in the Board of Trus­tee's
decision to allow Mag resi­dents
to choose their own visita­tion
policy.
When Title IX Guidelines made
equal rules for both men and
women mandatory, the Mag visi­tation
policy was ammended tak­ing
away the full-time visitation
and replacing it only with the
limited special-occasion policy in
effect in the women's dorms.
"Rather than liberalize the
women's rules, they decided to
take away the men's rules," said
Ruffin. "We felt it was discrim­inatory
against the men.
"We contacted the trustees in a
lobbying effort, especially Charles
Smith and Coach Jordan, and pro­posed
an alternate plan that would
Applications for SGA cabinet
to be accepted by new president
Applications will soon be ac- open under those divisions.
cepted and interviews scheduled
for those who wish appointment in
the SGA's executive cabinet for
1977-78. The exact posts open and
the application dates should be an­nounced
soon.
Within the Executive Cabinet
there should be openings for
secretaries of Political Affairs,
Public Relations, Academic Af­fairs
and Student Welfare. Also,
numerous directorships will be
Other non-categorized posts will
also be available such as Admini­strative
Vice President, Executive
Secretary and Rings, Spirit and
Invitations Chairman.
The final designation of the posi­tions
open within the Executive
Cabinet and of the persons to fill
these positions will be made by the
new SGA president with the ap­proval
of the Student Senate. If
modeled after the 1976-77 Cabinet,
the posts will resemble the Cabinet
outlined in the current Tiger Cub.
Also many vacancies on SGA
committees will have to be filled.
Nominations to the UPC posts will
be handled by the University Pro­gram
Council staff.
For further information about
the exact posts open, those inter­ested
should consult a copy of the
Tiger Cub or contact the SGA
office in the Union Building at
826-4240.
allow both men and women to vote
on the atmosphere that they
wanted to live in."
The proposal offered to the resi­dents
in all on-campus dorms
three options for dormitory visita­tion:
1) no visitation
2) limited visitation
3) open visitation
The third option carried with it the
stipulation that it must be chosen
by 100 per cent of the residents be­fore
it could be implemented.
A subcommittee of the Board,
formed to study the housing rules
problem, accepted the SGA pro­posal
2-1.
The complete Board of Trus­tees
accepted the recommendation
6-2.
"We were very satisfied, be­cause
it was the first time that the
SGA was able to reverse any
major policy," said Ruffin.
The results were that the men
were able to restore their previous
rules and the women, given the
same options changed their rules
very little.
Wallace to see plans for multi-purpose
building design; approprations sought
Plans for a new student activi­ties/
multi-purpose building will be
presented to Gov. George Wallace
on April 18, according to Buck
Ruffin, SGA President 1976-77.
Ruffin said the results of a joint
effort between the SGA and the
School of Architecture and Fine
Arts to design a feasible building
are being submitted to the govern­or
for his approval and in hopes of
obtaining appropriations for the
building.
Some type of a multi-purpose or
new activities building has long
been under consideration by the
SGA. Complaints that there aren't
adequate facilities on campus for
lectures, concerts and special
events have made the proposal of
a new building a major project for
the SGA this past year.
"I don't think anyone can look at
this campus and say that we don't
need i V said Ruffin. He and other
SGA officers have often com­plained
that for many events con-
DCP offers consumer info
The Department of Consumer
Protection (DCP) was established
this year within the SGA with the
goals of information, protection
and cooperation. Headed by Paul,
Cortese, Director of Student
Rights, the DCP hopes to aid stu­dents
who have encountered prob­lems
with area merchants, busi­nessmen
and repairmen.
The department is the result of
work done by Cortese and Ginny
Dominick, Assistant to SGA Presi­dent
Buck Ruffin. The DCP is try­ing
to educate students to become
better and more careful shoppers
and to help them to avoid conflict
with area businessmen.
At this time the DCP has two
major functions: to handle com­plaints
by students, and to compile
a consumer information handbook.
In handling the complaints, the
DCP first tries to resolve the prob­lem
with the local merchant be­fore
consulting an outside party.
Complaints are sometimes chan­neled
to the Office of Consumer
Protection in Montgomery, the
Better Business Bureau in Colum­bus
or the small claims court.
The consumer information
handbook will include such things
as what a student who has a com­plaint
should do, what one should
look for, expect and know about
contracts, how to do comparative
shopping and how to look for
off-campus housing.
Future plans for the DCP in­clude
sponsoring consumer affairs
speakers, building a more exten­sive
complaint receiving system,
investigating complaints against
merchants and possibly boycotting
goods that appear to be priced too
high.
ditions in the Student Activities
Building are less than favorable,
and that very often the Memorial
Coliseum is being used for other
events and is not available.
A feasibility study for the new
building is being coordinated by
Eugene Montezinos, 5AR. The
study, which is a part of a final
thesis for Montezinos, includes
sketches and floor plans for the
building. Many of the ideas for the
building have been taken from a
design competition sponsored by
the architecture department.
The building being proposed will
seat about 3,000 at a cost of
approximately $3 million. The lo­cation
for the building is uncer­tain;
it has been suggested that it
will be connected to a proposed
co-operative extension service
conference center and that the two
will be placed on the drill field.
According to Ruffin, probably
he, Montezinos, SGA Vice Presi­dent
Al Thompson and the new
SGA president will present the
plans.
The Auburn Plainsman Friday, April 15, 1977 A-8
Satisfied?
Students, realtors list gripes
By Penny Lynn Pool
Plainsman Staff Writer
"Are you satisfied with your
housing?" Responses ranged
from "Yes, I am very satisfied
with where I live" to the frus­trated,
unprintable answers of
dissatisfied Auburn students. Of
the 50 students questioned, 31 said
they were satisfied with their
housing and 19 said they weren't.
The figures may not accurately
portray the student mood because
the yes's and no's were usually
qualified by comparisons of really
rundown places students had
formerly lived in and high rent
was excused with "at least it's
convenient or half-way decent."
Conversations showed a large
number of students felt as if they
had been taken advantage of;
however, they seemed to
accept it. Also most people with
unfavorable comments didn't want
their names used, saying, "I don't
know how much power my realtor
has, and I don't want to look for
another place to live."
Of the 50 persons surveyed the
majority, 22, lived in apartments.
The next largest group, 13, lived in
the dorms. The remaining 15
were: houses-eight, trailers-three,
own home-two, boarding house-one,
motel room-one. The motel
room was rented by a girl who
couldn't find a place to live in
September.
Ami Poteat, 3TH, said her major
complaint was, "The landlords
don't ever check on their proper­ty
; they leave a realtor or student
in charge to collect the rent and fix
things, but they don't. Some
owners live out of town or out of
state and don't know what's going
on."
Complaints ranged from too-high
rent, to leaky faucets to
potentially dangerous situations. A
dorm resident said spikes where a
shelf used to be were still sticking
out of the wall and at a bad angle.
One student leased an apartment
undergoing work, and when it was
time to move in it still wasn't
ready. She moved in anyway in
October and the apartment still
isn't fixed. Another student came
home to find his home gone — the
owner had decided to move his
trailer and neglected to tell him.
The same student went without hot
water for three months because
the owner wouldn't fix it, and the
student couldn't break his lease.
Danielle Murphy, 3GPO, said
she was upset about living in the
dorm and having to sign a year's
lease — a new policy. She said, "If
the dorms are going to be treated
like apartments, dorm mothers
and workmen shouldn't be allowed
in the rooms when the tenants
aren't there."
Dirk Gordon, 4AE, said his
major complaint was that it was
"difficult to get things fixed and
that the lease was too confining for
residents."
A complaint from one dorm
resident was that the bathrooms
weren't cleaned regularly.
Some students were planning to
move or had just moved because
of bad living conditions or drastic
rent increases. One person who
had just moved said a friend had a
rat run up his leg and bite him.
The person moved out shortly
after that. Another said there were
a lot of little things wrong with
apartments that add up to a lot of
frustrations, but with the housing
situation like it is "you lack
options."
Phil Luker, 3MK, said his
major complaint was sloping
floors and a periodically stopped
Housing
A Phinsman Probe
Housing varies across Alabama
By Dewey English
Asst. Features Editor
While the cost of tuition, books
•jid fees may be about the same at
Alabama's major state colleges
and universities, the cost of
housing and the distance from the
campus to many major student
dwellings can make Auburn a
more expensive place to go to
school.
"Off-campus housing is competi­tive
in Tuscaloosa," said Gerald
Tice, assistant director of Univer­sity
Housing for Residential Life
at the University of Alabama. "We
have one complex of University-owned
apartments, Belmont, that
are off campus and this keeps
Other privately owned apartments
in the same price range."
According to Jim Park, presi­dent
of the University of Alabama
Off-Campus Association, there are
about 7,000 Alabama students who
live off campus and many rent
units at Belmont which are fairly
inexpensive. Although not air
conditioned, a two-bedroom apart­ment
rents for $80 per month
unfurnished and $90 per month
furnished, utilities not included.
Students wanting to cut corners
even further can rent a three-bed­room
apartment for $85 per month
unfurnished and $100 per month,
furnished.
"Belmont is fairly old, but it is a
nice place to live," said Tice,
adding that the University imposes
no special rules or policies on
residents.
The University of Alabama also
provides on-campus apartments
for students including a new
complex, Ridgecrest, which con­tains
efficiency units and regular
apartments. An efficiency unit
rents for $110 per month, unfur­nished
and $120, furnished. Each
unit consists of one bedroom,
separate bath, living room and
kitchenette. Rent for regular on-campus
apartments is as follows:
one-bedroom, unfurnished, $135;
one-bedroom, furnished, $145;
small two-bedroom, unfurnished,
$145; small two-bedroom, furnish­ed,
$160 and large two-bedroom,
unfurnished, $160. All prices in­clude
utilities and air conditioning.
Tice again explained students
living on campus are not subject to
any special rules.
"We don't define private rooms
as public places," he said, "We go
by Alabama law which says no
alcohol in a public place. A
student's room at a residence hall,
fraternity or apartment can only
be searched when officials have
obtained a warrant."
In Jacksonville, where Jackson­ville
State University is located,
the average price for an unfurnish­ed,
one-bedroom apartment is
$130. For a furnished one-bedroom
apartment, the price ranges from
$130-$145. A two-bedroom apart­ment
which is unfurnished normal­ly
costs $175 a month and efficien­cy
apartments are approximately
$65 a month.
Some of the most economical
arrangements are probably found
at the University of South Alaba­ma,
(USA).
"We are excited about the
housing setup here," said Richard
S. Krause, director of University
Housing. "What it boils down to is
that the most expensive dwelling
costs $100 per month with utilities,
telephone and cable T.V. in­cluded."
USA recently purchased a 756-
house subdivision located next to
the University. All houses are
two- or three-bedrooms and are
furnished with a stove and refrig
erator.
"A two bedroom house rents for
$46 per month and $59 per month
for a three-bedroom," said
Krause. "The students pay the
utilities. The subdivision is open to
individual students and students
with families."
Residence halls at USA are
divided into the Alpha, Beta and
Gamma areas and each have
different prices.
In the Alpha area, two students
are assigned to a room and the
cost is $175 per quarter, all utilities
and telephone included. The Beta
area rents for $120 per student per
quarter and the Gamma area,
which has two-bedroom suites,
costs $215 to $240 per person per
quarter.
"We have no rules other than the
state and city ordinances," said
Krause. "The Beta and Gamma
areas are self-regulating. The keys
to the individual rooms all fit the
front door so students can come
and go as they please."
The Alpha area is the only one
with a visitation policy. Each
resident chooses 10 hours of the
day for visitation.
"The majority of our students
live off campus and many com­mute,"
said Krause, "but I feel
that we have one of the best
systems in the state."
Housing at Auburn is complex
and there is little uniformity. The
average price for an apartment is
$284 per quarter; the most expen­sive
is Neill House, which rents for
$320 per quarter and the least
expensive is D & N Dorm, which
rents for $225 per quarter. Thirty
apartment complexes are listed
with full sized apartments and the
rent varies from place to place.
Overcrowding has become a
major problem with Auburn hous­ing.
The Auburn Planning Com­mission,
which is appointed by the
city council recently rejected four
separate building permits for
residential housing complexes.
Dr. Suzanne Lindamood, assis­tant
professor of consumer affairs
at Auburn, feels some Auburn
residents are afraid that students
will move into proposed apart­ments,
therefore reducing the
value of homes in the area.
"Most students are no more
destructive than families," she
said.
Although Auburn could receive
federal assistance from the De­partment
of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) the commu­nity
has chosen not to participate
in Federal housing programs,
explained Lindamood.
"Federal housing would affect
low income families more than
students," said Lindamood. "Stu­dents
drive up the prices of
apartments."
A housing survey conducted by
the SGA Consumer Protection
Committee in November showed
that of the students surveyed that
had attended another college, 20
per cent felt the other schools had
worse housing; 29 per cent felt
housing at other schools and
Auburn were the same; and 51 per
cent felt Auburn had worse hous­ing.
"Auburn needs a policy for all
types of housing for all types of
people," said Lindamood. "It's a
national problem."
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up sink. He said one time his
bedroom floor fell in and it took
the owner three months to get it
fixed.
Another student who said she'd
be glad to leave Auburn behind
said, "It's really strange for the
Auburn community to depend on
us for their living. We get the
really bad end of the deal. We give
them revenue from the banks to
the utilities, yet the townspeople
treat the Auburn student as just a
fool to be ripped off."
Realtors have their complaints
also. John Curry, an Auburn
realtor, said his major problem
with students was that they would
not put garbage In the cans
provided. "I also have problems
with pets. Students sometimes
disregard the terms of the lease,
bringing in pets which may cause
physical damage or necessitate
paying someone to come get rid of
the fleas.
"I'm for the student 100 per cent
but young people just don't take
care of a place the way an older
person will," Curry said.
Rick Parker, of Alabama Realty
Company, said he had no real
complaints with students, "other
than the run-of-the-mill loud par­ties
once and a while."
Kathleen Brennan, associated
with Shamrock Realty, said a
major problem was "students
skipping out on rent. A student will
quit school and leave and we're
left with the lease. This happens a
great bit," Brennan said, "and
students aren't the only ones."
"When students have to break a
lease, we like to help them
sub-lease but they are not always
cooperative."
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ROOMS FOR RENT
...Housing is easier to find in Spring than in the Fall
On-campus housing
crowded for Fall
By Donna McGIawn
Plainsman Staff Writer
It's a perennial subject at
Auburn student-trustee meetings:
on-campus housing.
"On-campus housing for fall
quarter is extremely crowded,"
said Katharine Cater, dean of
student life. "We have already
turned down several hundred ap­plications
since March 1."
The Admissions Office reported
that there will be an additional 500
students fall quarter and, accord­ing
to Cater, a committee has been
appointed to work with University
Planner and Architect William H.
Guerin concerning additional
housing.
"We have already started meet­ing
and working on plans," Cater
said. "If we do build, we will
make room for about 500 addition­al
students. There are two spots
being considered, both around the
married students' dorms."
Cater said the Federal Govern­ment
is making money available
this summer for housing at col­leges
and that Auburn plans to
apply for one of these loans.
The HEW regulations state that
there should be the same quality
and quantity of housing for men
and women according to demand.
"Based on housing applications
from men and women, we are
trying to find out how much more
housing we need and for whom.
"There is a possibility that one
of the girls' dorms will be
converted into a men's dorm fall
quarter, but it just really depends
on how soon expansion gets start­ed,"
Cater said.
"A single application form was
developed which lists all on-cam­pus
housing options for men and
women students. The form was
sent to all current and prospective
residents with responses to be
requested by a specific deadline.
The response will be evaluated
and a determination of the de­mand
for various options will be
made. Comparable housing facili­ties
will then be assigned on the
basis of proportionate demand,"
Cater said.
Options included choices of com­munity
and semi-private baths,
and air conditioning. Prices range
according to the options.
According to Cater, there were
fewer triples this year than last
but there is no real way of telling
what next year will be like. "It
just depends on how soon expan­sion
gets started," she said.
Jerry Cook, housing manager at
Caroline Draughon Village Apart­ments,
reported that the married
students' apartments were not
filled to their capacity this quarter
but, "We turned away married
students both fall and winter
quarters," he said.
"The need is in the two- and
three-bedroom apartments. The
ones vacant now are the one-room
apartments. The committee
chaired by Dean Cater will decide
whether or not new married
students' apartments will be
built," Cook said.
Agencies exist for off-campus students
By Debbie White
Plainsman Staff Writer
"The Student-Realtor Board has
several objectives, the first of
which is to promote a better
understanding between students
and landlords about the problems
encountered on each side. More
than that, the purpose of the Board
is to receive complaints from
landlords and students, and to
have monthly hearings to decide
who is at fault,"said Gene Oswalt,
4PUB, and student chairman of
the Student-Realtor Board.
Photography: Will Olckay
LOOKING FOR LUXURY?
.Finances may determine whether you live In luxury or just live
The Board, just organized last
quarter, is comprised of six
members, three Auburn students
and three local realtors. The
Auburn students are Oswalt, Gin-ny
Dominick, 2LSC, and Bruce
McGowln, 3GPO. The local real­tors
are John Curry, Judy Krista
and Bill McMillan, realtor chair­man
of the Board.
"The original idea to set up the
Student-Realtor Board belongs to
Bruce McGowin and Gene Oswalt.
They approached me last quarter
with their plans and I thought it
was a good idea," McMillan said.
"When I was elected President of
the Lee County Board of Realtors,
one of my campaign promises was
to help with student housing
problems at Auburn. Being a
graduate of Auburn myself, and
now being a realtor, I realize what
both sides go through."
Although not quite in operational
order yet, the Student-Realtor
Board plans to be in full use by the
end of this quarter. The Board is
strictly an advisory board and will
hold hearings once a month. All
the complaints received during the
month from both landlords and
students will be reviewed and the
Board will decide who is right and
wrong.
"I anticipate all kinds of com­plaints,"
said Oswalt, "but pro­bably
the biggest problem for the
students will be with deposits.
Why they have to pay them, and
why and why not they get them
back."
McGowin said, "As far as from
the landlord's side, the biggest
problem would be collecting the
rent. Right now we have some
students who haven't paid rent for
March and here we are in April.
In one case, in an apartment
where no pets were allowed, we
had to send a Roto Rooter man to
the apartment several times for
clogged drains. Then we discov­ered
the tenants were washing a
grown Irish setter in the bathtub,"
said McGowin.
The Board can take no legal
action, and the party the com­plaint
is filed against cannot be
forced to come. Oswalt said, "We
would hope that both parties would
want to come; however, there is
nothing we can do to make them
come. But I believe if someone is
being talked about and has had a
complaint filed against him, it is
human instinct for him to come
and defend himself."
McMillan said students seem to
have the idea that the townspeople
are here to "rip them off. Now
I'm on the other side and I tend to
think it's the other way around.
But I really think the majority of
students and landlords are fair
and responsible," he said.
In addition to trying to insure
better relations between landlords
and students, the Student-Realtor
Board also tries to uphold provi­sions
of the landlord-tenant bill.
"The landlord - tenant bill is a
good and fair bill. It was the
Auburn students themselves who
got Ted Little, attorney at law, to
introduce the bill to the Alabama
State Legislature. Very simply, it
is a bill which provides legal and
fair protection to both landlords
and students," said McGowin.
The Student-Realtor Board may
also work with a possible model
lease. "The model lease is simply
a form lease that would provide
consistency and continuity for both
parties involved," said Oswalt.
"It will make sure students
understand what is on the lease so
that they can fulfill it. It will also
make sure there is no fine print
which will prove unfair to the
student."
The model lease has not been
introduced to the Student-Realtor
Board yet, but McGowin said it is
one of their long term goals. "The
model lease is a goal we're
working toward but I don't know
as yet how the majority of Auburn
realtors feel about it, and I do
represent them. Most Auburn
realtors, I would estimate over 50
per cent, use what is referred to as
the common lease or the State of
Alabama Lease which is just a
standard lease used all over
Alabama," McGowin said. The
idea of a model lease was intro­duced
by Oswalt and SGA Presi­dent
Buck Ruffin.
Although the Student Realtor
Board provides no legal action, the
Auburn student is not without free
legal advice about housing mat­ters.
The Off-Campus Association
provides free legal services for
students who have valid housing
complaints.
"If the student has some type of
legal problem related to housing,
they must go to the Off Campus
Association and if they think the
problem is valid enough to need an
attorney, they are sent to see me,"
said Ted LitUe, attorney at law.
kittle is retained by the Student
•jervices Corporation which Is
owned by private citizens.
Lifestyles
Friday , April 15, 1977 The Auburn Plainsman
Students leave comforts of home
By Roxanne Anderson
Plainsman Staff Writer
Sure, a student gives up many
comforts of home by moving into
University housing. But then
again, where else can one find a
better setting for such collegiate
activities as "Tide sliding," hall­way
bowling or scuba diving in a
dammed-up shower stall?
"There are things you have to
adjust to here, like the community
baths," said Sue Ferguson, 1PN,
who lives in Noble Hall. "At home
I never had to fear someone
would hide my clothes while I took
a shower. I never got scalded
when someone flushed a toilet
either.
"Still, we somehow work these
problems out—it's a common cour­tesy
around the dorm to yell
'Flush!' seconds before to allow
those showering time to jump
back."
Jim Teed, 4GSC, a resident of
Bullard Hall, said "Since one
community bathroom may service
as many as 10 to 14 men students
living there, some adjustments
have to be made.
"In the mornings and then
again in the evenings, the com­munity
bath gets the most traffic
and leaves little place for the
overly modest. A person gets to
where he can carry on casual
conversations with his neighbors
down the hall as each just tends to
his own routine.
"Then when I visit my own
home again, I'm almost struck
with a sense of loneliness in the
restroom."
Glenn Brackett, 4LSC, who lives
in Magnolia Dormitory, said hall
phones can be inconvenient at
times. "It's especially a pain to
those whose rooms are right
across the hall from it. After one
goes to the trouble of answering it,
there's the problem of relaying the
message to the proper person," he
said.
Mary Murray, 1VHE, an only
child, said that after moving into
Noble Hall she suddenly had 15
"sisters" and a wardrobe which
could be expanded to nearly three
times the number of outfits by
mixing and matching with others
on her hall.
Another Noble Hall resident said
the biggest adjustment to dorm
life from living in her own room at
home came when she discovered
her roommate snored.
"I learned to cope," she said,
"by sandwiching my head between
two pillows and rubbing my feet on
the sheets to drown out the noise."
Most every girl living in a
University dormitory agreed she
has much more freedom to "come
and go" than she previously had at
home. "Here, there's no way my
parents can check out every blind
date," said Suzanne Yancey, 1PM.
"But now by living in the dorm,'
added a friend of Suzanne's, "you
blind dates get 'checked out' by
your friends down the hall.
"They run ahead of you down to
the lobby and return with some
encouraging remark like: *H«
looks like a tree trunk.'"
Some feel, however, the hardest
adjustment to make after living on
Auburn's campus is going back to
visit the family on the weekends.
"Things never seem quite the
same again," said Mary Murray,
1VHE. "And parents never seem
to understand when on Sunday
afternoon I 'slip up' and say, 'Well,
I've got to get on back home to
Auburn. Back home to my new
home, that i s . '"
Photography: Ruth Ann Dunn
FROM COMFORT TO COLLEGE
.Sharon Jones, 3SSS, and Paige Long, 4FL, in their "replacement" for home
What if something doesn 't work right?
By Annie Jones
Plainsman Staff Writer
Have you ever moved into an
apartment to find something im­portant
doesn't work? Have you
ever failed to receive your $50
deposit back despite leaving your
apartment in good condition?
Landlord-tenant problems are
not unusual in Auburn. Moving off
campus has its advantages, but
many students are not sure how to
go about renting an apartment and
getting treated fairly in the pro­cess.
There are precautions a
student can take as well as
recourse should problems arise.
Most apartments in Auburn
require a year's lease, so students
should be selective when looking
for an apartment.
The Off-Campus Housing Office
located in the Social Center pro­vides
lists of apartment complexes
in Auburn, their prices and ac­commodations.
A search for a
house or duplex would probably be
helped the most by classified
rental listings and personal
sources.
When you find a place you would
like to rent, do not be too hasty in
signing the lease. The most impor­tant
advise about leases is to
thoroughly read them before you
sign. Remember you are legally
bound to your lease.
The following clauses are exam­ples
of things to look for since
these clauses are found in some
leases in Auburn:
"The lessor shall, in no event, be
liable for damages..."
"...the lessor reserves the right
to make such adjustments in the
rent as may become necessary..."
"The lessor in person or by
agents shall have the right at
reasonable times, to enter the
leased premises and inspect
same..."
If you find a clause like this in
your lease, see if your landlord
won't change it or omit if from the
lease. Any changes must be
initialed by you and your landlord
if they are to be binding.
Avoid co-signing your lease with
your roommate. This would make
you responsible if he didn't pay
his share of the rent. Each
person should sign a separate
lease putting the responsibility to
pay on each individual.
If you think you may need to
sublet your apartment, check to
see if provisions of this are in the
lease and request clarification if
not. Be careful in subleasing
because you are responsible for
the condition at the end of your
lease.
Almost all landlords require a
security deposit and getting mon­ey
back at the end of your lease is
not always easy. Terms describing
the security deposit are often
vague.
Check the apartment with your
landlord when you first move in. If
you find any defects in the
apartment make a list of them and
have your landlord sign and date
the list. If you leave your apart­ment
clean and in the same
condition, excluding normal wear
and tear, as when you moved in,
you should be given the whole
deposit. If your landlord refuses to
refund your deposit there are legal
recourses to take.
A student may also file suit at
the Small Claims Court. A person
may sue without an attorney and
the cases are heard by a judge. To
start proceeding, go to the Court of
Common Pleas in the Lee County
Courthouse in Opelika. A Clerk
will give you forms to fill out to
which the defendant is given five
days to reply. If there is no
settlement the case will go to trial.
Take along documents and re­ceipts
for you must prove the
person owes you money. The loser
pays for court costs.
For more detailed information
on improving landlord-tenant rela­tions,
the SGA furnishes a booklet
free to students entitled "Land­lord-
Tenant Handbook"
Other campus organizations
which can help in this are:
Off-Campus Housing Association
(821-8126); Director of Consumer
Protection (SGA Office: 826-42401*;
Student Legal Advisor - Don
Adams (Mell Hall: 826-4744.);
Small Claims Court (745-4241);
Auburn City Hall (821-1900).
HEW Title IX guidelines
require housing changes
By Julie Spafford
Plainsman Staff Writer
HEW's Title IX guidelines have
required changes in women's on-campus
policies for next year.
Women applying for on-campus
housing for fall received a con­tract
for the first time this year.
Men have always received con­tracts
for housing, so in accor­dance
with Title IX, the women
had to as well.
Since there are no dormitories
on campus designated for fresh­men
men, there can no longer be
any dorms strictly for freshmen
women. Many students have
voiced their unhappiness about no
freshmen dorms, said Dean.
Katharine Cater, dean of student
life. However, depending on who
applies where, some dorms mayv
be nearly filled with freshmen",
women.
The deadline for accepting on-campus
housing applications from
new students was March 1.
Students already living in on-campus
housing had to turn in
their applications by April 11.
After the middle of this month,
the question of a men's dorm in
the Quad or Hill will be answered.
This will depend on the proportion
of applications received from both
sexes. Under Title IX, housing
must be based on the same quality
and quantity of housing.
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Revised code partially passed
By Susan Counts
Assistant News Editor
A revised honor code
was discussed and par­tially
passed at Tues­day's
meeting of the
University Senate. Also
passed was an Executive
Committee resolution
commending Buck Ruf-fin
for excellent leader­ship
as SGA President.
The revised honor code
proposed by the Academ­ic
Standards Committee
and presented to the
Senate at their last meet­ing
was considered for
Funchess to retire
as B & G director
Colonel Linwood E.
Funchess, director of
Buildings and Grounds at
Auburn University, will
retire June 30 after 20
years of service., Presi­dent
Harry M. Philpott
announced this week. A
committee is being ap­pointed
to search for his
replacement."
"All of us are very
grateful to Colonel Fun­chess
for his long, loyal,
and dedicated service to
Auburn and particularly
to B&G '," said Phil­pott.
"Colonel Funchess'
contributions and accom­plishments
have been
outstanding during the
past two decades when
Auburn was experiencing
its greatest period of
growth, development,
productivity, and a-chievements."
Rhett E. Riley, Uni­versity
business man­ager
and treasurer, will
serve as chairman of the
committee to assist the
office of the president in
identifying "qualified po­tential
candidates" for
the director's position.
Other committee mem­bers
will be Dr. George
Brooks, head of industri­al
engineering; Dr. John
Henry, head of the de­partment
of manage­ment;
Dr. Tom Corley,
assistant director of the
agricultural experiment
station; James Wilson,
B&G construction en­gineer;
Richard L. Hood,
B&G building service
foreman; and Foy
Thompson, B&G serv­ice
foreman.
approval. The revision
expanded and made cor­rections
to the present
code.
Problems in the new
code included plagiar­ism,
taking an examina­tion
for another student,
repeated offenses, using
the same paper for more
than one class without
the professor's permis­sion
and a need for
pretrial investigation.
Other areas considered
in the revision were a
need for student involve­ment,
continuity in hand­ling
of cheating cases,
record keeping and rules
of procedure, varied pen­alties,
uniformity of jus­tice
and due process of
law.
The Senate voted to
approve the first portion
of the code which dealt
with definitions of code
violations and the penal­ties
issued for these vio­lations.
Before approval, how­ever,
an amendment was
made to eliminate the
phrase calling for nota­tions
to be made on the
student's record indi­cating
dishonesty as a
cause for expulsion or
grade of F in the course.
Eleven War Eagle Girl,
Plainsman posts open
Eleven positions will
be filled during annual
interviews for Auburn
University's War Eagle
Girls and Plainsmen
April 20-22 in the Union
Building.
Eight female and three
male positions will be
filled in the student hon­orary
organization which
helps the University and
the athletic department
host many of its special
activities during the
icourse of the academic
year.
• Students wishing to in­terview
for any of the
open positions may ob­tain
an application and
sign up for a time at the
Union desk. There is a $2
interview fee payable at
the interview time.
An orientation for all
prospective members
will be held April 14 at 7
p.m. in 213 Auburn
Union
To qualify for the
organization, prospective
members must be in
good standing with the
University, must have
and maintain an overall
1.0 or C average while at
Auburn, be second or
third year students and
be able to represent the
University in a credible
manner, according to
Evan Smith, president.
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The latter portion of
the code, dealing with the
procedure to be followed
in cases of dishonesty,
was tabled until the next
meeting.
Concern toward the
Student Senate's revised
code which was presently
under consideration was
displayed. The faculty
senate expressed its
hopes that the two codes,
which contained some
differences in procedure,
could be coordinated into
a single effort for a new
code.
The differences in the
revisions lay largely in
the power of the pro­posed
student-membered
Honor Council, with the
Student Senate giving
much more power to the
students to decide penal­ties
for offenders.
Buck Ruffin, the out­going
SGA president, was
praised through a resolu­tion
from the Executive
Committee for his out­standing
achievements
while in office. He was
complimented on his
strong representation
and hard working efforts
to improve the campus
situation.
By Jackie Romine
Assistant News Editor
The SGA Student Sen­ate
in its last meeting of
the 1976-77 term ap­proved
Daniel Haygood,
present director of elec­tions,
as ex-officio mem­ber
of the Auburn City
Council. The Senate also
voted to send a revised
academic honor code to
the faculty senate and
formed a committee to
join faculty members in
finalizing the code.
The liaison member of
the city council was orig­inally
meant to be elect­ed
in spring elections.
Because of delayed ap­proval
of the member by
the city council, the SGA
was not able to secure
proper publicity and no
one applied in time for
elections.
Buck Ruffin, SGA pres­ident,
recommended
Haygood for the position.
He said the students need
someone working with
the city council now, but
added that Haygood's ap­pointment
will be subject
to the new president's
approval. Haygood's po­sition
will be a part of the
SGA office of political
affairs.
The academic honor
code sent to the faculty
senate had been revised
by the Student Senate's
academic affairs com­mittee.
The code follows
the original University
code in many ways. One
major difference, said
Steve Boucher, commit­tee
chairman, is that the
Academic Honor Council
would be composed sole­ly
of students with the
dean of student affairs as
an ex-officio member.
A University discipline
committee, composed of
faculty members, would
hear appeals. All deci­sions
made by either
committee are subject to
an appeal to President
Harry M. Philpott.
When the code was
discussed by the faculty
senate Tuesday, the ma­jor
objections were to the
all student honor council
and the omission of the
clause which had defined
using work from a previ­ous
class as cheating.
Selected to the commit­tee
to work with faculty
on the honor code were
Steve Boucher, business
senator, Lynne Hawkins,
Quad senator, Larry
Stutts, veterinary medi­cine
senator, and Charlie
Payne, off-campus sen­ator.
In other actions, the
Senate voted to transfer
$900 from the SGA publi­cations
account of the
contingencies account
and allocated $1,187 for
an SGA banquet.
Steve Monk, chairman
of the budget and finance
committee, said the ban­quet's
purpose to rec­ognize
SGA members
who have worked four
years with little or no
compensation.
He said requests for
banquet funds were dis­couraged
last spring
when the budgets were
established. However,
the reserve fund of stu­dent
activity fees is now
$27,000, he said.
Banquet funds probab­ly
will not be refused any
organization next year,
Monk said, because only
four or five organizations
qualify for the alloca­tions.
No requests for
funds were refused or
granted last year, he
added, because none
were requested.
The Senate also allo­cated
$1000 to WEGL,
campus radio station, for
equipment and a ban­quet.
The equipment
needed is back-up equip­ment
which cannot be
bought locally.
Also approved was a
resolution urging that
freshmen be given an
opportunity to request
housing in a dorm for
freshmen only. The
resolution was based on a
survey taken in women's
dorms in which 81 per
cent of the women felt
freshmen dorms should
not be abolished.
The Senate also ap­proved
an All-Campus
Fund Drive sponsored by
the Fiji fraternity and
Alpha Omicron Pi. The
fund drive will b