1977-09-29 The Auburn Plainsman

              No rooms
Housing scarce as enrollment rises
By Susan Counts
Assistant News Editor
Auburn's record enrollment this
year has caused a serious shortage
in housing facilities for students.
This shortage is in turn forcing
students to stay in motels, live
with families in the area and even
decide to go to other universities.
Although realty companies are
hurrying to complete new housing
facilities, many students are stay­ing
in motels until their rooms are
completed.
Col. Lewis A. Pick, Jr. of
Carey-Pick Realty Company said
his new housing complex, Eagles
West, should be completed in three
or four weeks.
"We are sorry for the delay in
completing the facility," he said,
"but we have run into a lot of
problems obtaining the materials
we need to finish it. Also, the
superintendent stopped working
for us and we had to hire a new
one."
Pick said the students whose
rooms were not yet finished are
being housed in motels until they
could move in. He estimated that
more than one-half of the complex
is completed but that some 100
students are presently residing in
motels.
"Some of the students may have
to be moved to another motel after
the end of this week because of the
football reservations," Pick said.
"We will find them another place
to stay, however, because we feel
obligated to."
Some of the students who are
signed up for Eagles West were
promised a room by the time
school began, according to Pick.
Others, however, were told that
their rooms might not be finished
by the beginning of the quarter
and the company is not obligated
to find them a place to stay.
Auburn's enrollment exceeds
18,000 this year and University
housing has been full since
February, said Gussie Calhoun,
director of off-campus housing.
Calhoun said cancellations have
provided University housing with
a few vacancies, however.
Director of Women's Housing
Ernestine Lawhon estimated 800-
1000 women students who request­ed
University housing were unable
(See HOUSING, page A-2)
Photography: Len Owens
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON NEW APARTMENTS
...some students are still unable to find places to live
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Report: 'Accept resignations'
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Photography: Grant Castlebeny
Flyin' high
This "wild bunch" shows just
how "high" some students felt
after the Auburn football win over
Tennessee Saturday. The human
stack was one of the successful
ones which decorated Toomer's
corner along with the more
traditional toilet paper festoons.
Hopefully, Auburn students will
have more opportunities for the
traditional victory celebration this
quarter.
(See related stories, pages A-2,
B-l, A-10)
By Dick Parker
Assistant News Editor
The University Health Commit­tee
held a closed meeting with
President Harry M. Philpott Wed­nesday
afternoon to discuss its
recommendations to accept resig­nations
of Dr. Garth L. Jarvis as
Student Health Center Director
and Janice Pyle'as supervisor of
nurses. Neither, however, has
announced any plans.
"Action must be taken now to
insure that the Auburn University
students are receiving the services
that they expect and deserve," the
committee said in its report to
Philpott.
When contacted by The Plains­man,
both Jarvis and Pyle said
they knew nothing of the recom­mendations.
"I have not seen the report,"
Jarvis said. "I don't plan anything
at this time. That's all I have to
say."
"Pyle said, "I have not heard of
it (the report). I would rather not
comment at this time."
The committee wrote its re­commendations
after weeks of
testimony from nurses and doctors
from the Health Center, and
deliberation by the committee.
"It is felt that the present
supervisor (Pyle) has become
Open meetings upheld
(Special)-Gene Oswalt, student
representative to the University
Health Committee, resigned his
position late yesterday after
walking out of a closed meeting
held by the committee with
Harry M. Philpott. Oswalt and
Philpott were in disagreement
about the release of information
by the committee. Philpott said
all that transpired within the
course of the meeting should be
held in complete confidence. Os­walt
said he thinks the students
should know what is going on at
the' Health Center. See additional
story page A-2.
By Dick Parker
Asst. News Editor
The Alabama attorney general
says University committee meet­ings
and Trustees meetings should
be open to the public.
Asst. Atty. Gen. William T.
Stephens has authored an opinion
which he says "will open an
enormous number of meetings
previously closed," including Uni­versity
committee meetings, if it
is ruled a correct interpretation by
the courts.
The ruling came at the request
of The Plainsman.
This summer representatives
from The Plainsman and The
Montgomery Advertiser were bar­red
from University Health Com­mittee
meetings as the committee
investigated charges by Health
Center nurses and doctors of poor
administration at them Center.
The Plainsman then sought an
opinion from the attorney general
as to the legality of the closed
meeting.
"It is my opinion," Stephens
wrote in an opinion co-signed by
Atty. Gen. BUI Baxley, "that, in
the absence of any law requiring
or permitting such hearings to be
closed, such hearings should be
open to the public."
Stephens later said, "In the past
it was always assumed meetings
could be closed unless a specific
statute said it had to be open. If
you rely on that statute, there is
very limited enforcement.
"This opinion reverses that
(interpretation)," he said.
Stephens said if his opinion is
enforced as law, all meetings will
have to be held openly except
those specifically exempted by
law.
"It is my opinion that the
principle of open meetings is
inherent in our form of govern­ment,"
Stephens wrote.
In a 1976 opinion, Stephens
wrote, "Ultimate governmental
authority rests in the people
themselves and, thus, the people
have a right to be informed of the
m
actions and operations of their
government."
President Harry M. Philpott
sought an interpretation of the
attorney general's opinion from
Thomas D. Samford, legal counsel
for the University.
Samford wrote after reading the
attorney general's statement, "In
my opinion, the present policy of
Auburn University does not con­flict
with the law of the State of
Alabama or with the attorney
general."
Philpott said Wednesday that
preliminary discussion of policy at
Auburn would not necessarily be
open. SGA President John Bush
said University policy was dis­cussed
at a private luncheon he
attended held by the Trustees
before the last Board meeting.
The attorney general wrote,
"The public interest and the public
right to be informed of the actions
of its government extends to the
entire process from public policy
discussion and formulation
through adoption and enforce­ment.
"If our public meeting law is to
have any meaning at all it must
extend to all meetings at which
matters of public administration
are discussed regardless of
whether official action is taken or
not," he said.
allied too closely with the present
nursing staff; a new supervisor
would not be obligated to any past
action, position or point of view,"
the committee report said.
Philpott has not announced any
major steps toward implementa­tion
of the committees proposals,
presented to him in mid-August by
acting committee head Patricia
Teer and SGA President John
Bush.
Philpott and his assistant,
Harold Grant, overseer of the
Health Center, met with the
Health Committee yesterday to
clarify certain points within the
recommendations.
One major clarification that
needs to be made, Philpott said, is
in the first recommendation. "I
can't accept resignations that
haven't been submitted," Philpott
said.
Grant said, "I believe the
recommendations will be carried
out to the letter, if they are
understood correctly."
The committee began its meet­ings
in June after Grant received a
letter signed by 12 Health Center
nurses complaining of mis­management
of the Center. The
nurses outlined numerous prob­lems
with the Health Center
administration, the most signifi­cant,
they said, being "a lack of
communication between the medi­cal
director and the nursing staff."
The first meeting was adjourned
because members of the press
refused to leave until asked to do
so by nurses scheduled to testify
before the committee. The meet­ing
was adjourned before the
nurses arrived, however.
After the second meeting was
delayed while the press members
awaited assurances by the nurses
that they wanted their testimony
to be private, Auburn Campus
Security officers were called in to
make sure no unauthorized per­sons
attempted entrance to the
meetings.
The committee which met week­ly
throughout the latter part of
summer quarter, was made up of
five faculty members and two
students. Jarvis, a member of the
committee, and Committee Chair­man
Grant excluded themselves
from the hearings because of
their close involvement with the
Health Center.
The Committee did not spend all
of its time discussing personnel
problems at the Health Center,
and came up with proposed
solutions to other problems
brought to light at the hearings,
the report showed.
The lack of communication
between the administration, the
director and the professional staff
was the first to be addressed by
the committee in its report.
The lack of communication "has
resulted in zero input into deci­sions
that are made and policies
that are set," the committee said.
The report indicated there was a
direct misunderstanding between
the nurses and the director as to
the nurses' job description.
(See REPORT, page A-2)
University gets loan
for new apartments
By Barry Webne
Plainsman Staff Writer
Auburn University could have a
student apartment complex as
early as fall 1979, following the
approval of a construction loan
last week by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Develop­ment.
HUD approved a low-interest
loan of $5.37 million after the
Auburn Board of Trustees author­ized
the application for the money.
A loan of $3.2 million for the first
on-campus housing at AUM was
also approved by HUD.
The apartment complex, which
will house 480 students, will be
built near the ROTC hangar across
from the drillfield. It will consist
of 10 three-story buildings. Each
building will contain 12 two-bed­room
apartments accommodating
four students each.
It will also include space for a
laundromat and for living space
for management and maintenance
personnel.
Construction of the complex is
expected to begin in six months,
Baxley to speak here
according to Campus Planner
William H. Guerin. "If we're
lucky, it should be completed by
the fall of 1979," he said.
Guerin said he had no idea of the
rent rate of the apartments, and
occupancy will be on a first
come-first serve basis.
The apartments will be the first
housing for unmarried students
built on campus since 1967 and the
first co-ed University housing.
Final plans for the complex are
being drawn by Guerin. He met
with the Board of Trustees earlier
in the year, said Dean of Student
Life Katherine Cater.
"We debated what kind of
housing would be best suitable to
the needs of the Auburn students,"
she said. "The committee decided
a University-owned apartment
complex where both men and
women could live was the best
alternative."
The HUD loan for construction
bears a low three percent interest
rate, Cater said. She said the
complex should generate enough
money — through rent to pay for
itself over a period of time.
By Lauren C. Steele
News Editor
Alabama Atty. Gen. Bill Bax­ley,
who has given indications he
will run for governor in 1978, will
speak on the Auburn campus
Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. in the
Pharmacy Building auditorium.
Baxley's appearance is the first
of five talks by leading guberna­torial
candidates scheduled for
fall quarter.
The attorney general will speak
on the state's court system.
Baxley is coming to Auburn,
Student Government Association
President John Bush said, in
conjunction with the convening of
the Alabama Supreme Court on
campus Oct. 7.
Baxley began his political life
at an early age, an aide to the
attorney general said. His father
spent 50 years in elected office In
various judicial posts In south
Alabama.
After earning his undergrad­uate
and law degrees from the
University of Alabama, he esta­blished
a private law practice in
Dothan, his hometown.
In 1966, at the age of 25, Baxley
was appointed district attorney in
Houston County. At that time he
was the youngest district attorney
in the nation.
Since his election to the highest
law enforcement post in the state
in 1970, Baxley has earned a
reputation for fighting statewide
corruption and for cleaning up
local government.
As attorney general, Baxley
abolished the Justice of the Peace
system in Alabama.
He was reelected without oppo­sition
in 1974.
Under Baxley's direction, the
attorney general's office has been
greatly expanded, with branches
added for environmental protec­tion,
anti-trust prosecution and
white collar crime Investigation,
a spokesman said.
Inside
Today
CRASH-Plainsman
reporter Ginger
Rudeseal writes an exclusive
interview with one passenger in
the plane that crashed near
Auburn Tuesday. (See page
B-l)
CONCERT-The
IFC found a big-name act
for this year's Homecoming
concert.' To find out who, see
page D-l.
BOOB TUBE-The
Auburn football team will
be featured Saturday on ABC
TV's regional telecast. (See
page C-l)
The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, September 29, 1977 A-2
Housing
From page A-1
to receive it. She said
women began applying
for housing for this fall
during October 1976 and
all dorm space was sign­ed
up for early 1977.
"The vacancies we
have obtained through
cancellations," she said,
"are being filled first by
the breaking up of tri­ples,
and then by women
students who have no
housing. Of course, if a
girl with no housing can
talk two other girls to
triple with her we will go
ahead and sign her up."
Lawhon said vacancies
began to be filled Tues­day
morning but only
about 10 or 11 vacancies
were available.
Calhoun said many
freshman women did not
come to Auburn after
they were accepted be­cause
they could not be
housed in University fa­cilities.
"Many of the parents
of these freshman girls
were very concerned,"
she said. "It was often
the .first time their child
had* lived away from
home and they didn't
want her to live in an
apartment."
Calhoun said she had
also received complaints
from students and pa­rents
because some off-campus
housing facilities
had not been what the
student had wanted.
"We have never act­ually
run out of places
that students could stay
in Auburn," she said.
"Often, however, it was
not exactly what the
student wanted."
Calhoun said the Uni­versity
sends informa­tion
for off-campus hous­ing
to all students who
request it, but it makes
no recommendations or
inspections of places to
stay.
"We send lists of all
housing facilities whose
owners sign statements
that they will not discri­minate
for any reason
like race, religion or
sex," she said. "We do
not list any who do not
sign this statement.
That's all we can do,
however. The students
have to decide for them­selves
where to stay.
"Also, we do not con­trol
anything such as
rent rates," she said.
"The leasing of apart­ments
is more of a
municipal function rath­er
than an institutional
function."
Calhoun said the Uni­versity
also keeps a file
in which students can
enter their name if they
needed a roommate, a
room, or both. She added
that this file was one of
the most successful ways
a student could find what
he needed.
No statistics are avail­able
regarding the type
of housing most of these
students have found or
how many students de­cide
to go elsewhere
because of the difficulties
they face in finding
adequate housing.
Another alternative for
housing facilities which
was open to students this
year was living with
Auburn families and
renting rooms in area
homes.
The Auburn Ministerial
Association made a plea
to Auburn area residents
to- provide additional
housing in their homes
for students with no
place to stay. According
to Calhoun the response
from interested residents
was impressive.
"We received a favor­able
response which is
typical of the people of
Auburn," said Calhoun.
"In times of a crunch
Auburn always comes
through to help."
Calhoun said the Uni­versity
had no plans for
more housing other than
an apartment complex
which will be funded by
loans from the United
States Department of
Housing and Urban Dev­elopment.
Area realty
agencies agreed, how­ever,
that private facili­ties
would probably con­tinue
to be built, and
could alleviate increased
enrollment in the future.
Oswalt resigns,
cites 'secrecy'
Waaah Eagle
Photography: Ann Stade
This unidentified little tyke might
have meant the difference two weeks
ago, had her team been able to
understand her cheering. At least they
saw him, or is it her?
Report
From page A-1
Vet Dean Greene
dies at age of 66
Dr. James E. Greene,
long-time dean of Aub­urn
University's School
of Veterinary Medicine,
died Sept. 20 at his
home in Auburn. He was
16.
Greene, who received
his veterinary medicine
degree from Auburn in
1933, served as dean of
the school from 1958
until his retirement in
August 1977.
Under Greene's lead­ership,
Auburn's vet
school was greatly ex­panded
and gained a
national reputation for
excellence.
Greene served as a
consultant for several
Federal agencies during
his long career. His con-
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tributions to the field of
veterinary medicine
earned him the AVMA
award in 1975, the high­est
honor given by the
American Veterinary
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At its August meeting,
the Board of Trustees
voted to name the vet
schools Basic Science
Building for Greene.
The committee recom­mended
that a policy
manual be prepared and
distributed to physi­cians,
nurses, the health
center administrator
and other health care
related personnel to
avoid future misunder­standings.
The committee also
discussed the use of stu­dent
health fees. "The
primary emphasis con­cerning
economic direc­tives
has ., been pointed
toward material and not
student service needs,"
the committee said.
"Such things as a new
pill dispensing machine,
an ultrasonic cleaning
machine, a 14-line tele­phone
system, a walk-in
refrigerator and new
elaborate trash cans are
unnecessary frills rather
than essential goods."
The managerial posi­tion
at the Health Center,
now held by Charles
Bohmann, was discussed
at the hearings by the
committee, the report
shows.
The general opinion of
everyone is that Mr.
Bohmann does a very
excellent job as business
manager of the infir­mary,"
the report said.
But the committee
added Bohmann was
given responsibilities
"which should definitely
have been handled by the
professional staff."
The committee sug­gested
the formulation of
an administrative board
and an advisory board.
The administrative
board should be made up
of the health center
administrator, chief of
staff of medical services,
a rotating health Center
physician, the director of
nurses and an adminis­tration
liaison officer, the
Health Committee said.
Its function would be to
formulate methods for
the "most efficient
health service."
The advisory board
would also have a rotat­ing
Health Center physi­cian
and administrative
liaison officer, as well as
two students and five
faculty members. The
advisory board's job
would be "to approve
and formulate recom­mendations
from the ad­ministrative
board and
transmit the recommen­dations
of the full com­mittee
to the administra­tion,
the committee sug­gested.
Philpott said he does
not know when the rec­ommendations
will be
acted upon or how they
will be effected into
policy.
By Lauren C. Steele
News Editor
Student University
Health Committee
member Gene Oswalt
resigned his position on
the investigative panel
Wednesday after walking
out of a meeting between
the committee and Presi­dent
Harry M. Philpott.
Oswalt said he left the
meeting after Philpott
insisted the committee's
discussion must be kept
private and "in confi­dence."
The committee was
summoned to Philpott's
office to explain its rec­ommendation
requesting
that Health Center Di­rector
Garth L. Jarvis
and Nursing Supervisor
Janis Pyle's resignations
be accepted.
"The primary reason
for my leaving," Oswalt
said, "is that I abhor
secrecy."
Oswalt is administra­tive
vice-president of the
Student Government As­sociation.
"The students have a
right, not just a priv­ilege,
to know about the
conclusions to which our
committee came."
Oswalt said Philpott
objected to his giving the
recommendations to The
Plainsman.
"At the last regular
meeting of the commit­tee,"
Oswalt said, "it
was the agreement of a
majority (all but one) of
the committee that our
recommendations be
made public—in their
entirety.
"I made the report
available to The Auburn
Plainsman in time for
them to publish the re­sults
in the first issue fall
quarter.
"This was the commit­tee's
agreement," Os­walt
continued, "not sole­ly
my own."
At the close of summer
quarter, committee head
Dr. Patricia Heer told
The Plainsman that if
action were not taken to
"clear up" the health
center situation during
summer break, the paper
could "have a field day"
with it.
Teer and the other
faculty committee mem­bers,
Dr. Byron Lind-holm,
Dr. Georgia Val-lery,
Dr. Reynolds Cody
and Dr. David Newton
remained for Wednes­day's
meeting after
Oswalt left.
The other student
member, SGA President
John Bush, also re­mained.
Bush said he stayed
because he felt it was his
"obligation to Auburn
students to stay" and
offer what input he could.
"Dr. Philpott says he
cannot operate under
such openness," Oswalt
said. "I understand his
predicament, to a de­gree.
He must be fair to
Jarvis and Mrs. Pyle.
The committee decided
to delay releasing its
findings for that reason.
"However," he contin­ued,
"there is no reason
whatsoever at this time
that justifies withholding
our committee's recom­mendations.
"If Dr. Philpott cannot
operate under a reason­able
level of openness,
then our University bu­reaucracy
has reached a
deplorable state," he
said.
Oswalt said "the cold
realities based on a
summer-long investiga­tion
should be matters of
public record.
' 'Although I want badly
to continue to contribute
to a better health center,
I am divorcing myself
from the committee and
the entire matter," he
said.
Oswalt said this is "one
situation, one problem
and one set of circum­stances,"
but said there
have been and would be
many other parallel im­port.
"If Dr. Philpott can't
operate out in the open,
maybe someone else
can," he said.
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New city budget approved
by Auburn's City Council
Auburn's 1978-79 city
budget, approved by the
Auburn City Council
Sept. 12, is a record high,
allowing a general fund
appropriation of $3,605,
188 in addition to 17
special earmarked
funds.
According to Barbara
Bramlett, Auburn's as­sistant
city manager, the
budget was considered
"a very dull budget" by
some of the city council-men.
The general fund ap­propriation
includes $3,
530,188 for a general fund
expenditure, $45,000 for
public improvements and
$30,000 for capital equip­ment.
Included as special
funds are the state and
city tax funds, which are
earmarked for street
maintenance, and the
five-mill property tax
fund, which is ear­marked
for education.
The widening of Wire
Road and the renovation
of downtown Auburn are
not specifically men­tioned
in the new budget
although they may be­come
realities within the
budgeted year.
"If it's approved, the
Wire Road project will be
paid for by the state and
Federal governments,"
said Bramlett. "All the
city will have to pay for
is the acquisation of
right-of-way and the
moving of utilities. The
money for that will come
out of our reserve
accounts for public im­provements
and capital
equipment. The Council
decided it would be bet­ter
not to earmark funds
for a project which has
not yet been approved."
The renovation project,
which is currently in the
hands of the architects
and engineers, is to be
funded with a Federal
community development
block grant worth ap­proximately
$220,000.
The budget is based on
a projected revenue of
$3,592,679. Thus, there
should be a surplus of
$62,491 at the end of 1979
if the city operates within
its budget and revenues
meet expectations.
By Dick Parker
Asst. News Editor
The Student Senate
got off to a slow start
Monday night as almost
every motion brought
before the body was
tabled for lack of com­mittee
recommenda­tions.
Committee meet­ings
were not held last
week, but started Mon­day
night.
One bit of legislation
that did pass was the
granting of raises to the
president, vice presi­dent,
treasurer and ad­ministrative
vice presi­dent
of 12.5 percent to 35
percent.
The president will now
receive $99 per month,
an $11 raise; vice presi­dent
and treasurer will
receive $63 per month, a
$7 raise; and the admin­istrative
vice president
will receive $54 per
month, a $14 raise.
Parliamentary proce­dures
were suspended in
order to vote on the pay
raises without immedi­ate
committee referal.
Senator Tim "Opie"
Smith, who voted a-gainst
the pay raise,
said, "I had never heard
about the administrative
vice president getting a
raise. I thought it need­ed
to go through a com­mittee
first."
But Smith said he
would probably have
voted against the raises
even with committee ap­proval.
"It's not fair to
cut money from other
organizations and raise
their salaries."
Gene Oswalt, adminis­trative
vice president,
said he wasn't expecting
a raise. "I don't know
how to explain it," Os­walt
said. "I didn't even
know it was happening.
I wouldn't care if they
revoked it tonight. Pay
raises are senate busi­nesses.
That little bit of
money doesn't really
matter."
Ware's
Loose Diamond
System
Senators voting for the
raise said the measure
was passed during
spring, and it was just a
formality to make if
official.
Senator Rick Abbott
said, "Everybody got a
cut three years ago, and
last year we reinstated
all cuts except the
SGA's. The money was
already in the budget;
all we did was make it
official.
Senate president
Jenelle Mims opened the
meeting with what she
called a "rah-rah"
speech. "A lot of people
come up here just on
Monday night," Mims
said. "That's not being a
senator. That's just
being a meeting comer.
The Senate tabled a
proposed student honor
code to be voted on next
week. The honor code
was drawn up by John
Bush, Rusty Parker, Dr.
Bert Hitchcock and Dr.
Lowell Wilson.
Four students were
named to the elections
board: Ron Taylor and
Al Thompson, students
at large; and Rusty
Parker and Ann
Farmer, senators.
An opening for grad­uate
school senator was
left by the resignation of
Tom McCormack. Appli­cations
may be picked
up in the SGA office.
Senate meeting night
was changed to Tuesday
night beginning next
week. Major opposition
raised was a conflict
with disco dance lessons
and the feeling that by
meeting on Monday the
Senate would not get
behind at the first of the
week.
Those opposed to Mon­day
night meetings cited
Monday night football
and a lack of prepara­tion
time for meetings
as major problems.
By a 13-12 vote, Tues­day
was chosen as meet­ing:
night.
Editorials
Thursday, September 29, 1977 A-4
Enrollment is increasing?
Auburn's overcrowding 'a disaster'
'Open Up!'
President Harry M. Philpott outlined his views on the formulation of public
policy to two Plainsman reporters last week.
He said he thinks the decisions should be made during "executive
sessions" or other closed meetings, with only the results being made public.
We think people with such opinions should take a refresher course in
American government.
It may be an idealistic view, but we think the beauty of the American
republic is its government of, for and especially by the people.
We strongly disagree with Philpott's philosophy — and so does Alabama's
attorney general.
The Plainsman recently sought an attorney general's opinion concerning
closed University committee meetings and "executive sessions" of the Board
of Trustees, both allegedly in violation of the 'Sunshine Law' passed by the
legislature.
Asst. Atty. Gen. William T. Stephens wrote the opinion, which rules such
meetings must and should be open to the public.
We agree with the attorney general's interpretation of the sunshine law,
and we sincerely hope Philpott and other state officials will abide by the law
as the state's chief law enforcement officer defines it.
Decision-making is the most important phase in the formulation of public
policy, and public input is imperative if we are to retain our free society.
We are encouraged by this important ruling and would like to see the
present sunshine law strengthened and stringently enforced.
Pay raises
We notice that the Student Senate voted at its last meeting to give the
SGA president, vice-president, administrative vice-president and treasurer pay
raises. . . .
SGA senators argue that SGA salaries, like those of many student activities,
had been cut drastically in recent years, and that while other organizations
had salaries raised, the SGA officers' pay was not.
But still, a raise in salaries does remove money that could be allocated to
other activities.
There will be fewer Glomeratas this year, and they will have fewer pages,
because the Senate Budget and Finance Committee said there wasn't enough
money.
There will be two issues of the Auburn Circle, the campus literary
magazine, instead of three, because the Senate Budget and Finance
Committee said there wasn't enough money.
There will be less space devoted to news in The Plainsman this year,
because the Senate Budget and Finance Committee said there wasn't
enough money to cover an increase in printing costs, so more space will be
allocated to advertisements to make up the increased costs.
WEGL-FM, the campus radio station, will have fewer salaried employees,
because the Senate Budget and Finance Committee said there wasn't
enough money.
The University Program Council had lecturers, movies and concerts cut
out because the Senate Budget and Finance Committee said there wasn't
enough money.
War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen, the official hosts of Auburn University,
are not even funded anymore, because the Senate Budget and Finance
Committee said there wasn't enough money.
With all the organizations' budgets being cut and students being cheated
out of necessary services, the Senate should have had the fairness to tighten
the SGA's belts a little bit.
They may have suspended the parliamentary rules of order to pass the pay
raise, but the rules of fairness should never be suspended.
limited Horizons
The University Program Council Horizons program, long noted for
sponsoring lectures by intellectually stimulating newsmakers such as former
Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and Washington columnist Jack Anderson,
seems to have changed its policy a little, if this fall quarter's line-up is any
indication.
There will be a debate'by energy crisis experts Leon Mantel and Russell
Train, which we applaud as keeping in the Horizons' spirit, but there are
also lectures by Olympic decathon gold medalist Bruce Jenner and famous
undercover policeman Dave Toma.
Is this the purpose of Horizons, to present celebrities? While Jenner and
Toma have made headlines, they are certainly not prominent newsmakers
who, like past Horizons speakers, have insight and influence on important
issues.
We're not trying to question Jcnner's or Toma's intelligence. That's not
the issue. However, we feel the Horizons program shoud provide students
with information, useful information, not just celebrities.
The Auburn
Plainsman
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Betsy Butgereit; News Editor, Lauren Steele; Features Editor, Jackie Romine;
Sports Editor, Brad Davis; Editor and Editorial Board Chairman, John
Carvalho.
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Production Manager, Dewey English; Photographic Editor, Ford Risley.
Assistant to the Editor, Hank Marshman; Asst. News Editors, Susan Counts
and Dick Parker; Asst. Features Editor, Janet Hightower; Asst. Sports Editor,
Chuck Anschutz.
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Asst. Production Manager, David Gibson; Asst. Photographic Editor, VTckey
Hunt.
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Auburn University. Signed columns represent the opinion of
the writer, while unsigned editorials represent the opinion
of The Plainsman's Editorial Board.
"While enrollment is decreasing
at colleges and universities across
the nation, it is increasing at
Auburn.''
University President Harry M.
Philpott has always been proud of
noting this trend. Considering it a
tribute to our school, he includes it
in almost every speech he makes.
However, his remark is mislead­ing,
unfess this question is also
answered: Is Auburn University
able to comfortably accommodate
this increase in students?
No.
The administration's attitude
would seem to indicate otherwise.
I've never heard Philpott complain
about having too many students,
and a member of the Board of
Trustees once said he thinks any
student who wants to enter Auburn
should be accepted.
However, all this attitude proves
is that our administration is out of
touch with reality. Philpott's quote
disguises the problem, making it
look like something of which we
should be proud, instead of the
disaster it is.
The administration was finally
slapped out of its statistical eu­phoria
this summer, when all
freshman applications were turned
John
Carvalhc)
down starting in July because there
was simply not enough room for all
the students who wanted to come
to Auburn.
But why did it take them so long
to start limiting enrollment? They
should have started doing it long
ago, before the situation reached its
crisis proportions.
Is the term "crisis proportions"
an exaggeration? Not when 200-300
students are forced to leave Auburn
because they could not find hous­ing.
And that's what happened this
quarter, as reported by Philpott in
his annual freshman convocation
speech.
The problem has been growing in
recent years, but our administration
has not noticed it, or so it seems.
They're secluded. They're up at
headquarters, not down In the
trenches with the rest of us.
Although they have the same
parking zone problems as the
students (2,167 cars registered for
A-zone compared to 1,087 parking
f>laces), it's nothing like the demo-ition
derby scramble for parking
places that students find a daily
ritual.
Our administrators live comforta­bly
in spacious homes. They are not
crammed into dorm triples, where
space per person averages a cube
less than nine feet per side.
They are usually divided up one
to an office, not 300 per class, such
as in freshman history, where the
learning experience is reduced to
lectures and tests only, and indivi­dual
help is an impossibility.
Had enough? So have I. Let's
hope the humbling episode of Sept.
11, where administrators had to
approach townspeople in local
churches to ask them to take in
students, will teach them a lesson.
Auburn University is suffering from
obesity, and like all fat persons,
should take steps to lose this excess
poundage.
Entrance requirements should be
more stringent and more clearly
defined. Philpott said Auburn's
entrance prerequisites are among
the highest in the nation for land
grant colleges, and I believe him.
However, there are still a good
number of first-quarter freshman
who just barely made it under the
wire and will probably disappear
from our campus after a couple of
quarters. They should nor be
accepted in the first place.
And it would help if their
requirements would be strictly en­forced.
Rumor has it that a phone
call to the right University official
will get Junior into Auburn even if
he has more fingers on his left
hand than points on his ACT test.
Taking these steps would not
only help soothe overcrowding pains
but also help improve the academic
climate, another problem awaiting
solution.
Of course, I could list ways to
alleviate overcrowding, such as a
multi-level parking garage, a high-rise
dormitory . . . you've heard
them all before.
But that's not the point. Let's
attack the situation where it origi­nates,
instead of cramming the
students in and then trying to
remedy the situation.
I love Auburn, and consider
myself fortunate to be able to go to
school here. But I don't want to see
my school hurt because of statistic-happy
officials who see numbers
instead of reality.
4U.S. doesn % need the Panama Canal1
Lisa
Harris
The Carter administration got it­self
into what will be a very long
fight when the President signed the
treaty designed to gradually give
control of the Panama Canal to the
country whose territory it divides.
It's a pity the conservative faction
in Congress has decided to make this
issue its ideological stand against
President Carter. Rather than leading
the American people, they are
maintaining their jingoistic stand in
the face of the only rational answer to
the problems the United States faces
in Latin America.
For centuries, the prevailing
attitude toward Latin America has
been a patronizing one: "we'll take
care of you, whether you like it or
not."
It was this attitude that produced
the canal, when the United States
helped incite a separatist rebellion in
Panama after Colombia refused to
cede the land to the United States.
As a direct result of interference in
another nation's affairs, the United
States signed a treaty with the
newborn government only three days
after its independence was declared.
The United States built the canal
and should be proud of the job it
did. But that was more than 60 years
ago, and, whether some leaders like
it or not, times have changed. The
U.S. is no longer undisputed king of
the hill, able to wield its will
anywhere without thinking of the
effects of its action.
Times have changed in Latin
America, too. Though the region is
still beset with problems, those
countries have managed to raise
themselves from the jungles that
existed at the beginning of the
century to fairly modern nations with
industrialization, education, and a
slowly improving standard of living.
It's true the United States will lose
some things under the treaty, most
notably one of the nicest military
assignments in the world — what
airman would turn down a tropical
paradise? Panama will lose something
as well, because the American
presence was a boom to the economy,
providing employment opportunities
for many Panamanians as well as
cash.
But the time has come for us to
become a partner rather than a
dictator in hemispheric affairs.
Giving the Panamanians control over
all their country would be a step
toward showing Latin America that
we think it deserves the same
"non-interference" policy we accord
the rest of the world.
Almost everyone has heard the
arguments on both sides of the issue,
from "We built it and we'll keep
it," to "It wasn't ever ours in the
first place." Going into a long
discourse on the merit, or lack of it,
in anyone's argument is really
pointless. The issue is not going to be
decided on facts but on emotion.
What the fight over the canal will
eventually become is a battle
between those who want to preserve
the past at any cost and those who
see the Canal treaty as something
whose time has come.
We don't really need the canal. It
loses money, ships can't fit through
and fewer every year even try to. It's
really little more than an interesting
anachronism.
What Panama needs to do is turn
the Canal into a tourist attraction —
it would probably be worth more
then. What we need to do is act like
a responsible nation, rather than like
a chdd whose beautifully-built sand
castle is washed away by the tide. We
cannot hold back the tides of change,
and it is time we realized it.
Did you hear the joke about the dumb SGA president?
There's a new Auburn joke
circulating around the state, and
some high-powered politicians, as
well as just plain folks, are getting
a good laugh, all at our expense —
literally.
Here's how it goes:
Joe: Did you hear the one about
the Auburn University SGA presi­dent
who was so dumb he offered
candidates for governor $500 apiece
to make a campaign speech?
Moe: You're kidding?
Joe: I wish.
The unfortunate thing about this
cruel joke is that it's true. Yes,
SGA President John Bush has
offered five leadmg gubernatorial
candidates substantial ' 'honor­ariums"
to speak on the campus.
Atty. Gen. Bill Baxley, Lt. Gov.
Jere Beasley, former Gov. Albert
Brewer and State Sen. Sid
McDonald were offered $500 to make
an appearance, while Opelika busi­nessman
Fob James was extended
only a $250 offer.
Where was this $2,250 to come
from? Well, Bush figured good-old-generous
Auburn students would
pick up the tab from student
activities fees allocated to the
Lectures Committee.
Why would the SGA president
want to waste the students' money
like that? /
Well, Bush isn't the only one at
fault here; he has more sense than
to come up with something so
ridiculous on his own, I hope.
Bush's mistake was that he
listened to the wrong' person. The
mastermind of this unfortunate and
inept political blundering is none
other than University Relations
Director J. Herbert White.
Lauren
Steele,
Herb White??? What in the
name of student government is HE
doing dreaming up ways to throw
away student money?
Obviously, the problem is not
that the candidates are coming to
speak. Familiarizing Auburn stu­dents
with state government and
with those who might be running
the state for the next four years is a
commendable goal. For the idea
itself, Bush, and maybe even
White, should be congratulated.
But the way these two botched
up the arrangements is truly amaz­ing.
In the first place, candidates for
public office make campaign speech­es
for free. I talked with several of
the office-seekers and they told me
just that.
Several of the politicians expressed
disbelief that they were offered cash
payments to make a campaign pitch.
Although I was assured by
someone in every campaign the
money would be refused or tunneled
back into the University, I seriously
doubt the money would have been
turned down had the offer not made
statewide news.
But why offer the money in the
first place?
Herb White admits the money was
his idea, and he* also admits he
offered the "honorarium" to Baxley
BEFORE he talked with Bush.
The University Lectures Commit­tee,
the group of students and
faculty members expected to readily
cough up the dough, was neither
consulted nor contacted. Committee
chairman Vice President Taylor
Littleton told White he thought the
committee would surely approve the
stipends.
As a member of that committee,
I bitterly resent White's wheeling
and dealing, and I am disappointed
in Littleton's 'committee vote be
damned' attitude.
Then there is the possibility the
payments might be illegal. Student
activities fees are considered state
funds by some people, and three of
the candidates are state office
holders.
But did White or Bush think of
that?
And what exactly is an "honor­arium?"
I thought it meant "in
honor." Does that mean the
University holds such a distinguish­ed
alumnus as Fob James in half
the esteem as the other politicians?
And where did all this money
come from? Just last spring quarter
Bush went to President Harry M.
Philpott asking for more money.
Bush said then there just wasn't
enough money to go around.
If Bush wouldn't listen to med­dling
University staff members who
see nothing wrong with the out­rageous
prospect of paying for
political rhetoric, he might have
enough cash to meet actual student
needs.
But even if you forget the
money, the handling of this candi­date's
forum was, at best, a comedy
of errors.
Bush scheduled all the talks at 4
p.m. in very small auditoriums.
Morning and afternoon lectures are
known for dismal student and staff
attendance, and Bush should have
known that.
A talk at 8 p.m. in the Student
Act Building no doubt would have
produced an overflow crowd.
Also, the lecture series may suffer
from the crippling Auburn disease
known as "lackaforumcredit." Fo­rum
Director Mark Sparkman said
the candidates themselves deserve
Forum sanction, but if the arrange­ments
prove to have political
overtones, the forum-card-clutching
masses may be conspicuously ab­sent.
Bush defends his actions by
saying he "didn't think of the
political angles," and that he
"didn't cover all the bases."
He concedes he might handle the
whole affair differently now, but he
refuses to rescind the offers. "Once
I make up my mind," he said, "I
stick by my word."
Bush says by offering the money
he can control what topics the
candidates talk on. But they will say
whatever they please. Whoever
heard of a politician letting a
question get in the way of a good
answer?
Herb White doesn't offer any
excuse. He doesn't think anything
of it. It appears to be business as
usual for Auburn's official lobbyist
in the Alabama State Legislature.
I. hope John Bush has learned
something from this, and I do hope
the candidate's forum is a smashing
success.
I need my faith in miracles
restored.
I
Letters
"Thou shalt not uttereth 'Roll Tide! 5 5
Thursday, September 29, 1977 A-5
Reader faults vet school
vrpoor communication fi
Editor, The Plainsman:
My dog is dead now, and I can
neither justify her death nor quite
believe it. The reason for my
difficulty in accepting this is the
poor communication between Au­burn's
School of Veterinary Medi­cine
and its clients.
My husband brought our Great
Dane, Cutty Sark, to the Small
Animal Clinic on Monday, June 6,
because she was severely ill. They
waited for an hour before being
admitted to the clinic. My husband
talked with a Dr. Braughm about
three-and-one-half hours after his
arrival, and Dr. Braughm, who
seemed concerned about Cutty's
welfare, said Dr. Sojourn would be
following up on Cutty's case.
However, we did not hear another
word until Thursday at our own
expense, a very real concern because
my husband is a dental student and
our finances are limited.
When my husband called Auburn
on Thursday morning, Dr. Braughm
answered and informed us that he
was handling Cutty's case after all
and she had improved considerably.
We were to pick her up Friday
afternoon pending tests to research
large protein losses and liver func­tions.
Of course, we finally felt
some relief because our loved one
was out of danger. Friday morning
John called Dr. Braughm again and
he told us Cutty Sark had died in
her sleep.
Several Birmingham doctors treat­ed
Cutty constantly and always
reported to us about her condition,
including tests and injections given.
On Saturday, June 4, Cutty's fever
soared, and everyone at the Birm­ingham
Emergency Animal Clinic
dropped what they were doing to
pull her through.
But I feel as though I abandoned
my dog at the Auburn Small
Animal Clinic with a very incom-passionate
group of people. If a
situation ever arises like this again,
I will gladly drive to Athens, Ga.,
instead of Auburn.
If I had waited for a few more
weeks before writing this letter,
perhaps I would not seem so
belligerent, but try to understand
and improve the treatment for
involved families in the future.
Judy King
Eufaula, Ala.
In the beginning, God created
heaven and earth and Auburn
University. And God saw that it was
good.
God also saw the need for student
guidance and left the Harry Philpott
to introduce students to university
life. And so it was done with these
words:
1. I am the Philpott, thy
president, who welcometh thee to
this expansive campus. Looketh
good, for thou shalt not see me again
until thy graduation, wherein thou
shalt see me for the last time.
2. Thou shalt not take the name'
of Auburn in vain, nor ride across
campus and uttereth "Roll Tide,"
lest someone put a brick through the
rear window of thy car.
3. Thou shalt listen to WEGL, but
denyeth it if anyone asks.
4. Thou shalt remember the dorm
combinations and keep it mum, lest
some undesirables catcneth wind of it
and sneaketh in at night, defiling the
virgin halls.
Betsy
Butgereit
5. Honor thy dorm resident, lest
he get nasty and really cracketh
down on the merriment. For in six
days the Lord made heaven and earth
and the sea, and the resident advisors
can confiscate it all overnight.
6. Thou shalt not pay scalped
prices for football or basketball
tickets, for if thy season is as crummy
as it wereth last year, thou wilt be
paying double for nothing.
7. Thou shalt not commit suicide,
for the health center is not equipped
to handle on-going medical prob­lems.
8. Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbor's change at laundry time.
Getteth thy own, buster, and relyeth
not on campus change machine, for
they frequently eateth dollars and
passeth nothing.
9. Thou shalt attempteth to eat
good food, but ineth a pinch, War
Eagle is an adequate substitute.
10. Thou shalt not park on campus
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., lest
thou wishes to tithe regularly unto
the campus security. Only Saints,
bishops, janitors, secretaries and
persons-holier-than-thou shall have
that privilege.
11. Thou shalt not lust for rock
concerts. The only rock at Auburn
appeareth in high places.
12. Thou shalt learn to check
"graduating senior" on thy registra­tion
form if thou wishes to get
anything sensible from the holy
computer.
13. Thou shalt not steal toilet
Eaper from the dorm to roll rooms,
aternities or joints, for it will only
be replaced with The Plainsman,
which hath gotten: bigger, but not
softer.
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Plainsman office in the Union
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Thanks!
Auburn thanked for helping
married students' adjustment
Editor, The Plainsman:
As I conclude my duties at
Caroline Draughon Village this
year, I'd like to say a heartfelt
"thank you" to all the married
students who participated in the
various activities we planned for the
1976-77 academic year. We shared
some great times with those who
became involved.
In this year I became sensitized
to the special problems married
students face, not just at Auburn,
but everywhere, chief among them
being the combination of responsi­bilities
in meeting demanding edu­cational
requirements and maintain­ing
a balanced family life on a
limited budget. Financial strain
.usually means one or both members
of a student couple are working to
supplement the family income. If
one is working and the other is in
school, they have very different
environments. One is progressing
toward an educational goal; the
other may be deferring educational
goals until the family can better
afford it. If both are in school,
their responsibilities are multiplied.
While all students are not under a
financial strain, they do all have the
considerable weight of responsibili­ties,
including child care for some.
Fortunately for married students
who live on campus, Dean Kath­arine
Cater, whose responsibility is
housing, and Jerry Cook, manager
of Caroline Draughon Village, are
very much aware of Auburn married
student problems and diligent
about seeking ways to improve
married life on campus. The files at
Caroline Draughon Village are full
of examples of leeway granted to
ease students' adjustment to "life
after college," which usually in­cludes
a period of limbo until a
permanent job can be found. I also
must commend Auburn University
staff members in many departments
for cooperating fully with all efforts
to improve the quality of life for
married students.
Linda A. Snow, 9ACC
* SMITHS?? « ecoKkEEPiNG, SIR....GUES6 vino OUST 0OVNCEP IK? "
WEGL film critic traces evolution
of UBC weekend free movies
Editor, The Plainsman:
Coincident with the beginning of fall
quarter, 1 think it's time to take a hard
look at the periodic practice known as
the "free movie." Actually, it's a
package of low box office or decade-old
classics rented by the University Program
Council and presented to entertain four
to eight groups of Auburn students who
find they have some idle time on their
hands.
In little over a year of attending the
free movies, I've had a chance to see
how the weekly event has evolved.
Selection-wise, the UPC free movies
show most of the trends evident in
recent quarters. There are the usual box
office bombs rented for a song, cultist
or nouveau art films appealing to a
relative few, one or two flicks with
explosive reputations just for show and,
though absent this quarter, classic
black-and-whites which are enjoyable,
well-made and very reasonable to rent.
In most cases, the UPC does their best,
but sometimes they really fall on their
faces, like last quarter, when they
presented "The Texas Chainsaw Massa­cre,"
a very low budget — low
intelligence, high gore mckle-grabber.
Personally, I had as much desire to view
this offensive piece of garbage as to
view a - multiple-corpse autopsy. And
don't argue freedom of expression with
me, because I pay for these movies
through student activities fees.
I understand the classic fare of last
quarter, "Citizen Kane." and "High
SfoonJ' achieved notable response. Why
not more of these? After all, where else
can avid film lovers go to see these
classics uninterupted and on the big
screen? And if they weren't the cream
of the crop, they wouldn't be classics.
All in all, the „UPC movies in
Langdon Hall are worthwhile. And 80
percent of them are worth the time it
takes to see them...that is, if you ignore
the sloppy projection, the audience
patter and cat-calling whenever a sexual
illusion rears it head. But usually the
persevering viewer can get some aesthe­tic
enjoyment out of a UPC free movie.
The Auburn Film Society valiantly
caters to a select few with internation­ally
classic films but, unfortunately, the
UPC must cater to the masses. I agree
everyone couldn't enjoy every film, but
gives us a chance will you! Auburn
students may be out only for evening
diversion, but that does not mean we
are mindless clods.
Jon Hughes, 4GSC
WEGL Film Critic
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Campus radio station announces
technical, programming changes
Editor, The Plainsman:
The staff of WEGL-FM, Auburn's
only public radio station, welcomes
incoming freshmen and returning stu­dents
to the 1977 fall quarter. During
the summer, WEGL made some changes
which should please our listeners. «
After years of planning, WEGL now
broadcasts in superbly separated stereo;
but we didn't stop there. WEGL is one
of the few stations in the country
without compression or limiting. This
translates into a very faithful sound
^production that is cleaner and crisper
can be appreciated whether you
i on state-of-the-art stereo equip-iot
a clock radio.
}L has also entered a higher
in public-minded, alternative
PS^ming. The changes in fall
TanMing were designed to better
suit the needs of Auburn students
without sacrificing the high quality and
diversity of programming.
Be sure to pick up a copy of WEGL's
program schedule at strategic locations
in Auburn. With this informative
guide, you will know, at a glance, what
to expect when you tune in 91.9 FM
any time during the broadcast day.
The WEGL staff is dedicated to
serving the needs of Auburn University
and the Auburn community through
radio.
Do not hesitate to contact me at
home or at WEGL when you have a
comment or suggestion about WEGL's
programming. With your assistance, we
can better serve Auburn in the public
teCtoetfs VILLAGE MALL
interest.
Jim Teed, 4GSC
WEGL program director
J
The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, September i», 1977 A-6 Stereo
Equipment switches WEGL monaural sound
Photography: Ruth Ann Dunn
One lost sole
With the first week of classes, many
newcomers and even previous Auburn
students lose their bearings trying to
locate classes. Evidently, one student
lost more than his way as shown by
this shoe on Thatch Ave.
By Susan Counts
Asst. News Editor
WEGL, Auburn Uni­versity's
campus radio
station, began broadcast­ing
in stereo June 15.
The change from mon­aural
to stereophonic
broadcasting involved
the purchase and install­ment
of $6920 of equip­ment.
This equipment,
according to station
manager Dan Griffin,
made the initial change
in broadcasting possible,
although more equip­ment
would be needed
before total conversion
could be made.
The new equipment in­cludes
a stereo generator
and equipment to ampli­fy
the transmitted sig­nals.
The equipment still
needed, according to
Griffin, includes a stereo
board, some studio e-quipment
and equipment
for station stereo pro­duction.
"The equipment we've
got now," said Griffin,
"composes the first
phase of our stereo con­version.
We need more
equipment, such as a
stereo board which would
cost about $4,000," he
said. "But getting the
money is the problem."
Jim Teed, program
director for WEGL, said
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the stereo conversion did
not reduce the 15-mile
coverage area of the
station.
"Some people in the
fringe locations may
have a little more trouble
picking up the broad­casts,"
Teed said. "It
shouldn't have much ef­fect
on the reception for
most listeners."
WEGL now calls itself
"Stereo 91" and is oper­ating
at 380 watts. The
new stereo equipment
was purchased from a
broadcasting distributor
and installed by Gordon
Walters, station engi­neer.
Walters also adapt­ed
the new equipment to
the present station e-quipment.
Teed said the staff of
WEGL was more con­cerned
with the quality of
the broadcasts'than any­thing
else.
"One of the unique
things about WEGL
which gives us better
quality broadcasts," he
said, "is that we do not
have a compressor lim-iter."
Teed explained that a
compressor limiter was a
device which tones down
or brings up the sounds
in music which is broad­cast.
This is done to
correct some distortions
automatically which can
occur in broadcasting
music.
Teed said the com­pressor
limiter was an
easy way to reduce dis­tortion,
but that it
changed the tones from
their original sounds so
that broadcast music
sounded different from
the actual recordings.
"We are one of the few
stations in the country
which does not use the
device," said Teed. "By
not using one we have a
more extended high fre­quency
range. The
trebles are clearer and
higher and the separa­tion
between the right
and left channels is more
distinct. It's phenomenal
the difference it makes.
It sounds just like the
disc."
Teed said that not
having a compressor
limiter requires the disc
jockey to pay closer
attention to the board
and manually correct
distortion which may
occur.
"It really makes a
difference in the way it
sounds," said Teed. "It
really makes it much
better."
Griffin said that all
tapes, which were previ­ously
ordered in mono,
are now being ordered in
stereo.
"It really makes a
difference in the way it
sounds," said Teed. "It
really makes it much
better." Griffin said all
tapes, which were pre­viously
ordered in mono,
are now being ordered
in stereo. He added that
changes were also being
made in the station pro­gramming.
Teed said the pro­gramming
would still be
diverse but would not be
quite as diverse as In
previous years. He added
that scheduling of certain
programs would also be
made.
"We are expecting a
much larger audience,"
said Griffin. "And we are
open to suggestions from
students to help us meet
every need in the com­munity."
Bench warmer Photography: Patty Dtrierao
Although being a benchwarmer
may be frowned upon by the football
team, shade and cool fall weather
have made it a popular pasttime with
most Auburn students. Some of these
students seem to prefer sitting out­doors
to studying in Haley. Regret­tably
the University has not yet
announced plans to give forum credit
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A-7 . Thursday, September t>, 1977 "IhcAUbum Plainsman
Mold
Invasion successful in Union basement
Are you ready? Photography: Fort HMMy
You know the Inevitable response to head cheer­leader
Kenny Hopkins' exhortation: "Ready!" And
there'll be a lot of hootin' and shoutin' at tonight's
"Age Ole Miss'
7:30.
pep rally at Graves Ampitheatre at
Jacks says not guilty to crime
By Rick Harmon
Entertainment Editor
Robert Andrew "Ran­dy"
Jacks, who grad­uated
from Auburn last
June, entered a plea of
not guilty at his arraign­ment
Wednesday morn­ing
in connection with the
death of Auburn Dentist
Ivey Farris Walker.
Jacks pleaded innocent
to charges of first degree
murder and second de­gree
burglary during his
arraignment at the Lee
County Courthouse.
Birmingham police,
acting on a request from
the Auburn police depart­ment,
arrested Jacks in
July and charged him
with first degree murder.
The arrest was the result
of thorough police invest­igation
by the Auburn
Police Department which
began on May. 29 with the
disappearance of the Au­burn
dentist-
Police suspected foul
play from the very begin­ning,
according to Au-
Detective Ray Plant.
When police investigated
Walker's house they
found small droplets of
blood on objects around
nis bed. Walker's car and
the sheets to his bed were
missing. A toxicologist
report stated that the
scene was "very indica­tive
of a homocide."
After an extensive land
and air search using
patrol cars and helicop­ters,
police found Walk­er's
car parked behind a
Holiday Inn in Phenix
City. No finger prints
could be lifted from the
car. Plant said although
the discovery of Walker's
car brought forth no new
evidence, it did further
convince him that the
dentist had met with foul
play.
"When we found the
car," said Plant,"we dis­covered
that none of the
cigarettes that had been
in it the day before sere
missing, and Walker was
a chain smoker."
Finally on July 14, 46
days after his disappear­ance,
Auburn police dis­covered
Walker's body in
a heavily wooded area of
Lee County, near the
Chattahoochee River. Al­though
the body was in
an advanced state of
decomposition, police
were able to make a
positive identification of
the body by dental re­cords
of Walker's teeth.
Jacks was arrested
shortly after the body
was found.
Police said that Walker
had told friends that he
planned to marry Jack's
estranged wife, after she
had divorced her hus­band.
The toxicology report
on Walker's death sug­gests
either gun shots or
strangulation as the
cause of death. Jack's
trial is scheduled for the
second week of criminal
court in October. He is
currently out of jail on
$100,000 bond.
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Mold has invaded the
Union Building base­ment.
The problem was no­ticed
this summer by
' members of the Plains­man
staff, the Glom-erata
staff and Alpha
Phi Omega service fra­ternity
members in the
form of green and white
areas on the ceilings of
the respective offices.
The growths started
up in early June, sub­sided
in July, then mul­tiplied
in late August,"
said Harry Sailer of the
Alpha Phi Omega Book
Store. He pointed out
areas and objects in the
room which were heavi­ly
covered by the fungi.
Mold was also found
in the library of the
Plainsman office and
phone connections have
been disrupted because
of mildew in the tele­phone
lines.
David Housel, Plains­man
advisor, said,
"We've had to get six
telephones replaced and
its's causing our files to
mildew and problems
with our equipment. It's
quite a problem."
The 'Plainsman and
the Glomerata staff re­ported
the problem to
Lowell Ledbetter, direc­tor
of the Union Building
and to Buildings and
Ground.
"But I've heard
through the grapevine,"
said Housel, "that
there's nothing they can
do."
E.T. Williams of
Buildings and Grounds
reported that he checked
out the air-conditioning
system and it proved to
be satisfactory.
"I think the mold
must be caused by the
front door being left
open," Williams said.
"The air-conditioning sy­stem
is fixed to take in
only a certain amount of
humidity from the air.
After a particular level
is reached, the unit can
not condense the excess
vapor.
"This excess moisture
in the air causes mold
and mildew to form In
areas which receive lit­tle
light and are cool,"
he continued. "This
might explain why it Is
not in the other areas of
the building besides the
basement."
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"Rie Auburn Plainsman Thursday, September », im A-8
Auburn professor purchases famous Batcycle
By Blck Harmon
Managing Editor
"Holy Honda, Batman,
someone bought your
Batcycle."
The someone is Auburn
Professor Larry Barker.
Barker, who teaches in
the speech department,
Is now the proud owner of
the three wheel, red,
white and black fiber­glass
Batcycle that was
used in the Batman
movies and later in the
TV shows.
He said he bought it
from a man traveling the
Mall circuit for two
reasons. "Well, first of
all," said Barker "I
bought it because it has
good investment poten­tial.
Second, I just like
it."
Barker has reason to
like the cycle. It was
made for the Batman
series for what Barker
says "must have been at
least $6,000," by George
Barris, one of the top
custom car and cycle
designers in the movie
industry.
The cycle, which is
basically a Yamaha, was
designed- so that a go-cart
could be coupled to
it. This was so that in an
emergency Robin could
peel out after crooks.
Despite what may be a
brilliant design, Barker
feels the ride it gives
could be better. "Well, I
have only ridden it once,
because it Is really too
valuable to just ride
around in. B u t . I 'm not
that sorry I can't ride it
all the time. It rides like
It was built for the
movies."
Even with the rough
ride, Barker enjoyed his
one trip. "Well, I don't
think I actually caused
any accidents, but I did
get an awful lot of
attention from other dri­vers
and pedestrians.
But whenever you drive
a Batcycle, I guess you
do."
The Batcycle was ori­ginally
sold along with
Photography: Qmdon Bugg
Art?
The architecture students may have moved to
Dudley Hall, but relics of their dynasty, such as mis
sculpture, remained behind to greet Incoming art
students.
Campus Club studies
1977-78 group activity
The Auburn University
Campus Club held its
annual "membership
event" last Tuesday at
the Pi Kappa Alpha
house.
Over 20 interest groups
set up booths inside the
house, attempting to in­terest
and inform people
about group activities for
the coming year.
Various entertain­ments
on the front lawn
amused people outside of
the house.
Present and prospec­tive
Campus Club mem­bers
studied the various
interest group selections
and marked which ones
particularly interested
them.
The choices were com­piled
by Mrs. Linda
Hardy and Mrs. Beth
Johnson, chairmen of the
Campus Club and New­comers'
Interest Com­mittee,
and their-com­mittee
members.
All Campus Club and
Newcomers members
may join as many inter­est
groups as they wish
after they pay their
annual dues of $3.
A fee of $1.60 per
interest group is request­ed
from non-university
members.
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documentation that it
was the real Batcycle, as
part of a studio auction
which Twentieth Century
Fox held five years ago.
Barker hopes that it
won't be sold again for
some time.
"I want to hold on to It.
I may lease it to Sea-world
for an act they
have or something like
that. But I am not ready
to resell i t ."
Barker's decision to
buy the Batcycle was not
a hasty one, in fact one
could say that it can be
traced back to 1040.
"My dad and I bought
the Batcycle together. He
started collecting antique
cars and motorcycles in
1949, and I guess I just
sort of inherited the
hobby from him. There is
kind of a story to the way
I got started. The first
antique car my dad ever
bought was a 1929 Stude-baker
Cabriolet. In 1963,
when I finished my mas­ters
degree, my father
gave me a car of the
exact same model to get
me started with my
collection."
The Barkers' collec-has
grown to be consid­erable.
Larry's father
owns 17 antique cars and
three motorcycles, which
he keeps in a personal
museum In the back of
his home in Cleveland,
Ohio. Included In his
collection are a 1926
Rolls Royce with a Bark-
Opelika mayor chose to resign
Opelika Mayor Bobby
McCullough announced
Tuesday that he would
resign from his city
position, after admitting
to federal court officials
in Montgomery that, as
president of the Opelika
National Bank, he had
misapplied $35,000 in
bank funds three years
ago.
i McCullough submitted
a letter to Opelika City
Clerk John Nowell stat­ing
that his term would
be completed Saturday,
Oct. 1 and that he would
not request he be reap­pointed.
The charges of mis­applying
funds and falsi­fying
bank records to
which McCullough plead­ed
guilty are felonies and
the maximum penalties
are five years in prison
and-or a $5000 fine. Mc­Cullough
made his plea
to federal court rather
than have the case pre­sented
to the federal,
grand jury.
According to officials
in the U.S. Attorney's
office in Montgomery,
McCullough is still await­ing
sentencing while the
probation office finishes
their report. Sentencing
is expected to occur
within a week to ten days
and will be conducted by
U.S. Dist. Judge Robert
Varner.
Information from the
U.S. Atty. Broward Se-grest
charges McCul­lough
with drawing a
$35,000 unsecured dis­count
note from the
Opelika National Bank
Jan. 3, 1974 without
authority from bank di­rectors.
The note was
made payable to the
Opelika bank with the
borrower being shown
as First Realty Group,
Inc. The note was signed
First Realty by McCul­lough.
According to the attor­ney
general's office, the
note was made to look
like a loan but no loan
had been made to the
firm. The money had, in
fact, been deposited into
the personal account of
the defendant.
Opellka's City Com­mission
will hold its
annual organizational
meeting Monday where
they will appoint a mem­ber
to serve as mayor for
a year and the remainder
of McCullough's term.
er body and a 1928 Pierce
Arrow touring car. Ei­ther
of the two cars
would bring around
$60,000 if sold at top
market value.
Although not as large
as his father's, Larry's
collection is not exacUy
small. He owns eight
antique cars, eight anti­que
motorcycles and in
partnership with father
two more antique cars
and the Batcycle.
Barker says there is
little relation between
the antique cars he col­lects
and the communi­cation
courses he
teaches.
"Well if I thought
about it long enough, I
guess I could come up
with a relationship be­tween
car collecting and
my communication
courses. But I don't
really think there is any
major relation between
the two. That's probably
one of the major reasons
I like to collect cars so
much."
The other major rea­sons
Barker gives for
collecting cars are plea­sure
and profit.
"Besides the enjoy­ment
you get from col­lecting,
there is the fact
that it is an excellent
investment. Antique cars
have appreciated 64 per
cent a year for the last
five years. If you buy
right, you can literally
make a fortune.
"I don't sell many of
mine. I'm not after im­mediate
money. I prefer
long term investment
and the pleasure of own­ing
them."
Barker says there are
several things which de­termine
whether or not a
car will be a collectors
item.
"It's a lot like a r t , " he
said. "One of the major
things is looks and ap­peal.
Cars that are at­tractive
and have style,
especially powerful cars
that were expensive
when they first came out,
are the type that nor­mally
become valuable.
"Second, the car has to
be in excellent condition
with most of, if not all, its
original parts. The final
requirement is probably
the most important. The
item has to be scarce.
"That's what is so good
about owning a Batcy­cle,"
said Barker grin­ning.
"It's one of a kind.
And that is just about as
scarce as you can get."
MUtmUTMUU.
AUTNEMMfKTWK
OFTKTHYEMWTIITM
Board of Trustees approves
new budget for AU campus
The Auburn University
Board of Trustees ap­proved
a $131 million
total budget for the main
campus and the Mont­gomery
branch (AUM).
Auburn will receive
$121.8 million while AUM
works on a $9.9 million
budget.
The Board also ap­proved
pay raises for all
University employees ef­fective
this month at its
August 22 meeting. Mo­ney
for the pay increases
was made available
through an additional
$5.7 million in appropria­tions
received from the
state, according to Pre­sident
Harry M. Philpott.
Philpott said 61 percent
of the increase will be
used for the pay in­crease.
Another 28 percent, or
$1.6 million, will be used
for maintenance to help
cover the rising cost of
utilities, according to
Philpott. "Costs for the
current year have not yet
been computed," Phil­pott
said, "but monthly
billings have shown con­tinuing
increases."
The Board also ap­proved
the use of the
Student Health Center
for University employees
in emergency situations.
The money for the new
program will not come
out of student funds,
however, the Trustees
said.
Magician hangs himself
Auburn Students who
are strolling through
downtown today at 3
p.m. may come across a
Auburn student in a
straight jacket and
chains hanging from a
burning rope outside of
Parker's clothing store.
Pat Ryckeley, 2PB, a
magician has announc­ed
that he will attempt
this daring feat.
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The Aubim Plainsman Thursday, September t», 1OT7 A10 Carillon plays
from Samford
Photography: Fort RMay
CARILLON ADDED TO SAMFORD TOWER
..Will play almost anything, but not "War Eagle"
By Lisa Rlgsby
Plainsman Staff Writer
, It won't play "War
Eagle," but the Samford
Tower's new Carillon will
accompany students to
their classes with classi­cal
hymns, folk songs,
and later classical mu­sic.
The magnificent Ver-dln
Carillon, a gift of
Frank P. Samford Jr. of
Birmingham, is an elec­tronic
instrument con­sisting
of forty-nine cast
bronze bells ranging in
size from tiny to large.
The bells are sounded by
the keyboard similar to
an organ keyboard.
A specially designed
loud speaker energizes
the sound, and four am­plifiers
repeat it to
spread the sound within a
ten-mile area.
Special tapes are avail­able
which are like a
machine reading music
with electronic circuits
duplicating the sound of
each bell.
The carillon is housed
in a 12-by-12 foot room
and can be played with
no sound escaping.
Dr. Walter D. L«wis,
member of the Carillon
Committee, said anyone
who can play the piano
can play the carillon.
"The carillon is a real
asset to the University
and can really make
lovely music. Help!
Doctors still needed at Ail Health Center
By Susan Counts
Assistant News Editor
Three of the four va­cancies
created by this
summer's resignation of
Student Health Center
physicians have not yet
been filled, according to
Dr. Harold Grant, spe­cial
assistant to the
president.
Grant, who is charged
with the supervision of
the Health Center, said
three physicians went
before the Board of
Medical examiners in
Montgomery last week to
obtain a license to prac­tice
in the state of
Alabama, but no word of
approval has yet been
received.
"We have the names of
the three candidates,"
said Grant, "but we are
not allowed to give them
out until the candidates
have been approved and
their appointments have
gone through."
The Health Center is
presently operating with
a staff of four full-time
doctors and seven part-time
physicians from
surrounding areas. Grant
said another part-time
physician from a neigh­boring
city had been
hired and was to begin
practicing Monday, but
no information concern­ing
him could be released
until he began work.
Some doctors assisting
the Health Center are
military doctors who are
helping under a govern­ment
regulation which
allows such aid in com­munities
with need of
medical assistance.
These doctors are work­ing
at the Health Center
in their off-duty time
and, according to Grant
will no longer be needed
when the three remain­ing
vacancies are filled.
One of the vacancies
has been filled perma­nently
with the Sept. 5
addition of Dr. Marion A.
Throckmorton. Throck­morton
is a graduate of
the University of Kansas.
According to Grant,
the delay In filling the
three other vacancies is
due mainly to the
lengthy process required
in hiring physicians.
When appearing before
the Board of Medical
Examiners, physicians
must have documents
from the medical society
in the area in which they
practiced, a certification
from a hospital and three
letters of recommenda­tion,
including one from
an Alabama physician.
The board only meets
once a month and, if
approved, the physician
must then go through the
university's procedures
of appointment.
Director of the Health
Center Dr. Garth L.
Jarvis said the vacancies
were not badly affecting
the care of the Health
Center.
"Between the four full-time
staff physicians and
eight part-time physi­cians,
we have a 24-hour
operation capable of han­dling
students' health
needs just as we have
done in the past," Jarvis
said.
Dr. Wayne Moore, also
a committee member
said, "The carillon is not
an instrument to play the
top 40. The administra­tion
should be careful of
when it is played and
what is played because
you cannot escape it.
"I think 'War Eagle'
would be a bit much for
the carillon, but the
Alma Mater would be
very appropriate."
The dedication of the
carillon is to be held
Oct. 8 at 9:80 a.m. in,
Samford Park by Frank
Samford, Jr. who gave
the carillon in honor of
the members of the
Samford family who at­tended
Auburn Univer­sity.
Scholarship
applications
requested
The Rhodes Scholar­ship
for two years study
at Oxford University,
the Marshall Awards for
study in the United
Kingdom and the Ful-bright
scholarships for
study in any of nearly a
hundred different coun­tries
are now being of­fered
to Auburn Univer­sity
students.
The Rhodes scholar­ship,
which was form­erly
open only to males,
now allows for female
study at Saint Anne's
College of Oxford. Ful-bright
awards are given
to those applicants with
a bachelor's degree Or
equivalent before the be­ginning
date of the
grant.
Creative and perform­ing
artists must have at
least four years of pro­fessional
study or exper­ience.
Candidates should
be proficient in the
language of the host
country.
.Information, /may be
obtained from Dr. Allen
Cronenberg, History Dept.
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to 'stand up for your rights'
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Henry Henderson has
some advice for students
living In off-campus
housing: know the law
and stand up for your
rights.
The Alabama Legisla­ture
passed a law in
1976 which protects the
rights of tenants. Ac­cording
to the law, ten­ants
can Insure the re­ceipt
of security deposits
If only the renter will
pro-ceedures.
The law states: "The
tenant may at the time
of or prior to taking
possession of the res­idential
unit, make an
itemized listing of any
damages of defects and
submit the list to the
landlord.
"In the absence of any
objection made by the
landlord, such list be­comes
conclusive proof
listed damage or defect
and holds the tenant
harmless from any li­ability
therefor. In that
event the landlord is
prohibited from making
any deductions from the
tenant's deposit for re­pairs
therefor.
"Provided, however, if
the defect or damage is
repaired to the satisfac­tion
of the tenant, and
there is proof of such
repair, the tenant shall
be liable for any subse­quent
defect or damage
as a result of his inten­tional
or negligent con­duct
or as a result of
such conduct by any
person on the premises
with the consent of the
tenant. In that event the
landlord shall have the
right to make deductions
from the tenant's de­posit."
Students can satisfy munchies
in newly opened restaurants
Squeal
Sharon Sumner
Cathy Sherrer (above)
congratulate each other
after receiving bids
from their favorite so­rority
while others begin
the short ran from the
Student Activities Build­ing
to meet their new
sisters. Over 700 girls
received sorority bids
mis fa|l.
Got the munchies?
/When Auburn students
get the munchies this
year there are several
new restaurants which
have opened or are in the
process of opening
since last spring quarter
from which they can
choose.
In all there will be
more than 60 establish­ments
in the University
community for diners —
almost double the num­ber
of restaurants in the
Auburn area only two
years ago.
Restaurants which
were built during the
summer are Pedro's,
serving Mexican food;
Captain D.'s, serving
quick-order seafood; Vil­lage
Pizza on Magnolia
Avenue and a new Kry-stal.
Under construction or
planned are a Wendy's
quick-food outlet and
Sambo's, scheduled to be
open around the clock.
Restaurants which
have opened within the
past year include Court­ney's
downtown, a Pizza
Inn at the mall and the
Thach Avenue Flavor
Island, serving frozen
yogurt.
Of course there are the
older establishments,
such as the Heart of
Auburn Restaurant, Sto­ker's,
the Golden Drag­on,
Morrison's and pere­nnial
favorites such as
the Sani-Freeze.
University Food Ser­vices,
which operates
five dining halls on cam­pus,
expects to serve a
total of 65,000 meals per
week to students, accord­ing
to Richard Wingard,
director.
Food Services also op­erates
sandwich shops
serving a la carte items.
These include The Quiet
Appetite, The Kitchen
and The Filling Station.
Approximately half the
restaurants in the area
are located on the Ope-lika
Highway (U.S. 20),
and many of the newly-established
restaurants
have been opening along
the busy four-land con­necting
Auburn and Ope-lika.
Most of the restaurants
in downtown Auburn are
well established. Court­ney's,
located across
from the Auburn Grill, Is
the only place which has
opened recently.
On the periphery of the
campus, however, sev­eral
sandwich shops have
opened, Including Over
the Hump, Momma Gold-gerg's,
Solomon's and
the Subway, which also
serves pizza.
Commenting on the
sudden explosion of
places to eat, one faculty
member said, "You
should have seen it ten
years ago. Although the
school was smaller, the
number of places where
a family could eat out
was smaller yet."
James to announce candidacy
Opelika businessman
Fob James has said he
will officially announce
his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination
for governor of Alabama
at a kickoff rally Satur­day.
James, 42, is president
of Diversified Products
Corp. in Opelika. He
began the recreational
products manufacturing
firm in 1962 and has built
it from a two-man opera­tion
to an international
business with more than
1,200 employees in Ope­lika
alone.
An Auburn graduate,
James played football as
a student, was named to
several Ail-American
teams and was selected
the Southeastern Con­ference's
Most Valuable
Player in 1955.
The governor's race
will be James' first
political campaign.
"We're in this to win," he
said. "We plan to run an
open campaign."
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The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, September 29, 1OT7
Section R
Plane crash kills pilot,
crash cause unknown
Photography: Ginger Rudeseal
PLANE CRASH VICTIM HARRY BROCK (LEFT) RETURNS TO THE SCENE
...Brock went back to thank those who helped him and to relate details of the crash
By Ginger Rudeseal
Plainsman Staff Writer
A twin-engine Beechcraft-100"
airplane crashed early Tuesday
morning near the Opelika-Auburn
Airport, killing the pilot and
injuring the co-pilot and a prom­inent
Alabama banker.
Officials at the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) in Atlanta
had little Information other than
the plane crashed at Opellka and
was a BC-100.
FAA officials added that be­cause
the Opellka Airport had no
FAA equipment used in airplane
distress signals, officials from
Birmingham would have to be
flown Into Opellka to complete the
report. They estimated it would be
"at least six months" before a
report on the cause of the crash
could be completed.
Police said the pilot, Chester L.
Collins of Birmingham, Alabama
was trapped inside the airplane
and died from smoke inhalation
and burns when he crashed In the
fog less than 600 feet from the
airport runway about 7:15 a.m.
'Can't understand'
Fob James paid $250 less
By Lauren C. Steele
News Editor
Opellka businessman Fob
James said he "can't under­stand"
why Student Government
Association President John Bush
offered him only $260 to speak on
the Auburn campus when Bush
offered four other candidates for
governor twice that amount.
James, a former Auburn all-
American football player and
announced gubernatorial candi­date,
was offered a $260 "honor­arium"
to address Auburn stu­dents,
while Atty. Gen. BUI Bax-.
ley, Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley, for­mer
Gov. Albert Brewer and
State Sen. Sid McDonald were
offered $500.
All candidates have accepted
Bush's invitations, but all have
indicated they will refuse the
money.
The speeches, part of a lecture
series entitled "Great Issues Fac­ing
Alabama," will begin Wed­nesday,
Oct. 5 when Baxley talks
on the state's court system at 4
p.m. in the Pharmacy Building
Auditorium.
Bush said the idea for the
candidate's forum came from
University Relations Director J.
Herbert White.
White said the idea for the
payments was his as well, but
denied he had any knowledge of
the disparity In cash offers until
Bush had already Issued the
invitations.
Bush said he offered James the
lesser amount "because he just
lives in Opellka," seven miles
from the campus.
Bush said he offered the
"honorariums" so he could sched-'
ule the speakers on the dates he
chose and so he could dictate
what the candidates talked about.
White said offering honorari­ums
Is "nothing unusual."
Bush said when he issued the
invitations In August he planned
to pay the $2,250 from student
activities fees allocated to the
University Lectures Committae.
White said committee chairman
Dr. Taylor Littleton said he
thought the committee would ap­prove
the expenditures.
Littleton said he thought the
program would be "very interest­ing"
to the students.
However, several committee
members told The Plainsman
they were not contacted by Bush,
White or Littleton and Indicated
they opposed the expense.
Several of the candidates ex­pressed
surprise at the monetary
offer, saying they would have
been happy to speak at Auburn
for free.
One candidate said he "can't
believe" the money was offered.
Beasley said William P. Fuller
said the lieutenant governor
would like to funnel the money
back into the University.
McDonald questioned the pro­priety
of a state office holder
accepting stipends from a public
educational Institution.
McDonald, Baxley and Beasley
now hold public office.
Representatives from the other
campaigns said the candidates
would not accept the money.
The other passengers, Harry
Brock, chairman of the board of
the Central Bank of Birmingham,
and co-pilot Michael Parker, broke
down and escaped through the
back door of the plane.
Brock was en route to Auburn to
attend a meeting at the Central
Bank of Auburn when the light
plane reportedly plowed through
several hundred feet of pine trees,
caught fire and crashed to the
ground in the backyard of a house
on Old Opellka Road.
Late Tuesday afternoon, Brock
returned to the crash site to thank
those who helped him and also to
relate the details of the crash.
Still shaken and wearing a suit
loaned to him by his doctor, Brock
said the crash was "a nightmare."
"It was unreal," he said. "I
heard the pilot say, 'Okay, we
have the ground In sight, and then
the co-pilot screamed 'No, that's
the trees.' Then he tried to pull the
plane up out of the trees, but he
couldn't get the plane up. I thought
he had it, but I was wrong."
Brock said the back door was
blocked by fallen pine trees. He
said he and Parker broke through
with an ax and rushed to aid the
pilot, who was trapped In the
flames; they tried to extinguish
the fire with a neighbor's garden
hose.
"Imagine trying to put out a
fire with a garden hose, Brock
said. "I tried, but the hose
wouldn't reach for enough."
Several residents of the Old
Opellka Road community saw the
small red, white and blue plane
go Into the trees. One boy was
playing football at the school bus
stop at the time.
"I saw the plane plow through
the trees for a couple of hundred
feet, then we heard thunder and
saw a cloud of black smoke. I
wanted to go see what happened,
but the bus was coming down the
street at the same time," said
11-year-old Ken Langley.
The Rev. Sam Allen, who lives
three houses from the plane
crash, said the boom "was deaf­ening."
"It was so loud, it woke me
up," he said. "Then I smelled the
smoke, called the fire department
and came here to help out. But
Brock and the co-pilot were
already—out the only one who
needed helping was the pilot."
Allen continued that Brock and
Parker were calling for help for
the pilot.
"Brock called to the pilot and
said "has the fire got you yet?"
The pilot moaned back 'yes' and
that was about all he said," Allen
said. "We wanted to help, but
there was nothing that could be
done at that time."
Brock said he wished the plane
had crashed closer to the airport
rather than "out in the woods."
"If we'd been closer, then
maybe we could have helped the
pilot. He was a great friend, and
a tremendous pilot. It is a true
loss."
Following the crash, both Brock
and Parker were taken to Lee
County Hospital Emergency
Room. Brock was treated and
released, but Parker was held for
observation and was reported in
satisfactory condition Tuesday
night.
AU student refuses insurance payment,
claims company malpractice procedure
By Kelly Cooper
Plainsman Staff Writer
Timothy Dell Reed, 6ZY, is
refusing to pay the College Life
Insurance Co., the $652.18 they say
he owes for one year of premiums
on a life insurance policy he signed
in March 1975.
"I thought I was signing an
option," said Reed. "Their agent,
Dallas Hammett, told me that by
giving him $15 I would have the
option of taking this life insurance
policy after I had acquired my
degree, and that my premiums
would be at a 21-year-old rate, my
age at the time.
"I read the contract thoroughly
when I signed, and it didn't say
Employee shortage at Health Center
due to resignations of four doctors
By Dick Parker
Asst. News Editor
Auburn students returned last
week to find their Health Center
still suffering in the aftermath of
the June 30 resignations of four
doctors.
While the University Health
Committee and the Auburn ad­ministration
continue discussion
of the Center's problems, employ­ees
work with a shortage of
full-time doctors trying to meet
the health needs of more than
18,000 students.
Drs. Oswald G. Burkhart,
Thomas R. Hunter, Darlene L.
Hunter and Fred M. Turbeville
resigned in June, leaving three
doctors to handle the summer
caseload.
The resigning doctors cited var­ious
reasons for leaving, two
saying their reasons were "perso­nal"
and two others citing sala­ries
incomparable to those prac­ticing
physicians at other college
health centers, excessive working
hours and "poor administrative
practices."
Only weeks before the doctors'
resignations, Dr. Harold Grant,
special assistant to President
Harry M. Philpott, received a
letter signed by 12 Health Center
nurses containing allegations
against Health Center Director
Garth L. Jarvis.
The letter was orginally sent to
Henry B. Steagall, Executive Sec­retary
to the Governor, and later
was sent to Grant.
"The acute problem is that Dr.
Garth Jarvis runs the Drake
Facility like a personal fiefdom,"
the nurses said in the letter,
"without regard to the rights and
sensitivities of other staff."
(SEE
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HEALTH CARE, PAGE
anything about the Option, but I
just took Mr. Hammett at his
word," said Reed. "I really got
fouled up."
Early this year a note was sent
to Reed's parents home stating the
policy was canceled and that Reed
owed the first year's premium for
the policy.
Reed said he contacted Ham­mett
about the notice from the
insurance company (previously
named the Volkswagon Insurance
Co. when Reed had signed) for an
explanation.
"Hammett Informed me the
policy had gone into effect soon
after I signed our agreement in
1975," said Reed. "I was told I
must have misunderstood, and it
was possible he had his mind on
other matters, such basketball,
and he might not have explained to
me correctly just what the agree­ment
was I signed."
Reed said Hammett also told
him he was legally bound and was
foolish to cancel the policy. "He
said there was nothing I would do
but to start paying the premiums
now or the note would become due
immediately," said Reed.
Since he did not have the ability
to pay the $28.04 per month, Reed
said Hammett told him he could
reduce the amount by signing a
check-o-matic card in which he
would pay $20 then and the College
Life Insurance Co. would automat­ically
draw $10 each month from
his checking account.
"I felt I was misled, and I felt
like a fool," said Reed. "I was so
frustrated, confused and mad that
I signed the check-o-matic agree­ment
for what I thought was the
$652 premium.
After talking to his bank, Reed
learned he signed for the note and
was legally bound by the check-o-matic
agreement for the note.
Reed then revoked the authoriza­tion
for the agreement and wrote
the College Life Insurance Co.
The Insurance Company re­turned
the $20 check and the
checking agreement but still held
that Reed owed the $662.
"I decided it wouldn't be right to
pay for something I never had
agreed to in the first place," said
Reed.
Hammett, however, said Reed
knew everything he was signing.
"He knew when the first two
premiuns were due, and that he
could defer the third if he was still
in school," Hammett said.
Hammett s a l ! he has an estab­lished
life insu ance business and
is "very successful."
"I have 600 happy clients in the
south and mid-west," said Ham­mett.
"This is just one unhappy
situation with a client. You've got
his word against mine."
Hammett refrained from further
comment at this time.
After hearing Reed's story, The
Plainsman contacted Henry Hen­derson,
Auburn student legal
advisor. Henderson said he had
never dealt with College Life dr its
agents, but he was concerned over
the number of Auburn students
signing life insurance policies
under misunderstood terms.
Since April of this year, Hender­son
said he dealt with seven cases
where there was a serious mis­understanding.
Henderson said many university
students, usually seniors or 21
years of age, are plagued with
calls and visits from insurance
agents ready to give them terrific
deals. Henderson said insurance
agencies can't stay in business if
they aren't reputable, but ap­parently
some agents use terms
and phrases unfamiliar to the
student which ultimately results in
a misunderstanding.
"One company told me that they
will always argue that second and
third year college students can
read," said Henderson. "But
many students who read the
contract don't understand or
simply rely on the agent to
interpret it, which apparently
results in some confusion.
"When you sign the note, you
pay."
Henderson said once the note is
signed, the insurance company
can wait until the student has
graduated or is financially secure
before they take him to court.
"The insurance company has six
years from the breech of contract
to prosecute, and I have been
assured by one company that they
will go to court," said Henderson.
"They won't forget you. It's
rather like the cat waiting for the
mouse to get fat before he strikes,
and if the student wins in lower
court, the company will certainly
appeal it all the way to the
Alabama Supreme Court.
(SEE INSURANCE, PAGE B-12)
Auburn coed charms her way through Hollywood with help from Monty
By Lauren C. Steele
News Editor
Hollywood fame hasn't drama­tically
changed Helen Kimmel's
life, but an appearance on na­tional
television has brought noto­riety
to the pretty Auburn sen­ior.
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It all began when Helen, 4FM,
went to the National Broadcast­ing
Company studios in beautiful
downtown Burbank to obtain tick­ets
for the filming of Johnny
Carson's The Tonight Show.
The Camden, Ala., native miss­ed
out on the Carson tickets, but
she certainly didn't go away
empty-handed. Using her south­ern
charm (and she concedes the
fact that out-of-towners get top
priority didn't hurt), she secured
an appearance as a contestant on
Monty Hall's "It's Anybody's
Guess."
"It has been wonderful," she
said of the attention the broad­cast
has generated. "People I
don't even know stop me and ask
'Didn't I see you on television?'
"And everybody introduces me
as a movie star," she said,
fluffing her hair and sneaking in
a playful wink.
Helen's slight southern accent,
exaggerated by electronic trans­mission
into a distinct draawwll,
amused host Hall and delighted
the studio audience.
And Helen did well for herself,
coming away from her television
premiere a little richer for the
experience.
Although her winnings might,
not be considered high stakes in
some quarters, 350 pounds of
choice Iowa beef is a pleasant'
palatable prize.
However, she said somewhat
wistfully, she won't be able to
enjoy the spoils; the meat was
delivered to her parents in Los
Angeles.
One thing she learned from her
brief encounter with stardom Is
that in the real world of televi­sion,
not everything is as it
appears on the tube.
For starters, ,a whole week of
shows is filmed during one even­ing-
session, and both contestants
and host change outfits between
filmings.
And when the star, the ever-effervescent
Monty Hall, former
host of the bizarre game show
"Let's Make" a Deal," makes his
entrance, the crowd may indeed
be excited, but Helen said the
studio audience of 506 is well-primed
and encouraged to hoot
and holler.
Although she concedes some of
the prompting and prearranged
excitement "takes away from the
glamor a little," it did not
dampen her enthusiasm.
Helen insists "It's Anybody's
Guess" isn't rigged in any way.
In fact, contestants are guarded
while in the studio to insure
against hanky-panky.
While on the air, Helen didn't
forget Auburn or the South, and
the show cooperated. When asked
to name a tree, she came up with
a predictable response: Magnolia.
Her appearance didn't go un­noticed
in Auburn or in her
hometown of Camden. Classes
were halted at her high school
alma mater, Wilcox Academy, so
former classmates and teachers
could watch.
The telecast was aired during
sorority rush and Social Center
officials delayed a meeting so
rush counselor Helen could watch
it with her rushees. Her Alpha
Gamma Delta sorority sisters
postponed their deliberations to
watch the show.
How did she feel as she watch­ed
herself on television? Well,
after she picked herself up off
the floor, she loved it.
Thus ends the short career of
another Hollywood starlet?
Not necessarily. The show's
contestant coordinator, Vick
Markman, was taken with this
bright young Auburnite and told
her he might be able to arrange
for yet another screen appear­ance
when she visits Southern
California again at Christmas.
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"PieAubum Plainsman Thursday, September n, VWi B-8
The world this week
B^Beddlbamaa
Flainsnan Staff Writer
International
MIDDLE EAST CEASE EIRE HROKEN-Soviet-made rockets
slammed into two Israeli settlements Monday, a short time after
a U.S.-medtated cease fire was to take effect along the Southern
Lebanon border. The Israeli military command said It was an
attempt by extremist Palestinians to subvert a new cease fire in
southern Lebanon, but Lebanese officials say the cease fire has
taken hold. Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan said his
country will not "directly deal with the Palestinian liberation
Organization," although his country is willing to meet in Geneva
with a United Arab delegation, including Palestinians.
HEARINGS BEGIN ON PANAMA CANAL TREATIES- Senate
committee hearings began Monday on the new Panama Canal
treaties, and will be held for the next three weeks. The
administration, which may lack Senate votes to approve the
pacts, hopes to sway undecided senators. A recent Associated
Press opinion poll shows that 00 percent of the American adults
oppose Senate ratification, 29 percent favor the pact, while 21
percent offered no opinion.
Hay good: City Council
student post 'big job'
HOUSE APPROVES RETIREMENT BDX- The House voted
last week to let Americans continue working beyond the normal
retirement age of 66, on a 369-to-4 vote. The bill, which went to
the Senate, would raise to age 70 the provision of a 1967 law that
prohibits employers from discriminating against persons 40 to 66
years old.
National
State
LANA^ RESIGNS-Offlce of Management and Budget Director
Bar ince resigned from his post last Wednesday, after being
un fire in the press since mid-July for alleged poor banking
p jtices when he ran a county bank in Calhoun, Ga. and when
he was president of the National Bank of Georgia. Lance said,
'Because of the amount of controversy and the continuing nature
of it, I have decided to submit my resignation as director of the
QMB. I have decided to return to my native state of Georgia."
MADDOX SUFFERS HEART ATTACK-Former Georgia
Governor Lester Maddox was listed in critical condition Monday
at a Georgia hospital following a severe heart attack Sunday.
Maddox became known as a foe of integration during the civil
rights turmoil of the 60's.
WALLACE ANSWERS CHARGES' Gov. George C Wallace
denied committing "violence or any act of cruelty whatsoever"
on his wife, Cornelia, and said she never had anything to fear
from him. The couple Is seeking divorce on grounds of
incompatibility. The governor asked that Mrs. Wallace's divorce
petition, which alleged cruelty and said he committed actual
violence upon her be dismissed. It has been reported that Mrs.
Wallace will claim he tried to strangle her twice and sought to
run her over with his wheelchair.
POLICEMAN ARRESTED DURING RIOT- A black off-duty
police officer is free on $300 bond following his arrest Saturday
during a march by Hansmen in the downtown Mobile area.
Authorities say Donald Plckney was hit on the head with a riot
stick by an officer after he allegedly resisted an order to move
during a clash between blacks, Ku Mux Klansmen and police.
Health Care
continued from page B-1
The University Health
Committee began an in­vestigation
into the
charges of poor admin­istrative
practices at the
Health Center July 25,
with nurses, doctors and
administrators being
questioned. The Commit­tee's
hearings were
closed to the public with
Campus Security men
standing guard to keep
students and reporters
out.
Meeting on Monday
nights throughout much
of the summer, the
Health Committee came
up with its final recom­mendations
Aug. 15.
>
Health Committee
Chairman Patricia Teer
said' last quarter she
thought the Health Cen­ter
problems would be
cleared up by fall. Phil-pott,
however, has made
no announcements to
that effect.
Nurses complained of
mistreatment in their
letter to Steagall. "Dr.
Jarvis does not consider
nurses a part of the
'professional' staff,"
they wrote, "and is doing
all he can to make life
difficult for the nursing
staff at the expense of
the provision of good
quality health care for
the students at Auburn
University."
The nurses also said,
"The most significant
problem involves a lack
of communication be­tween
the medical
the nursing staff.
and
"He (Jarvis) stated he
would never publicly de­fend
a nurses's action
even if she were carrying
out his own direct or­der."
"The nurses have been
told by Dr. Grant," the
letter continues, "that if
they can't get along with
Dr. Jarvis, they can
leave."
Grant said he didn't
recall making the state­ment
and said, "I would
not have any intention of
saying that. *w
"A real effort has been
made by Dr. Jarvis to
respond to the com­plaints.
"We've continued to
have personnel prob­lems,
but I 'm not sure of
the cause," he added.
"We've asked the Health
Committee to find out."
Doctors also discussed
the Health Center admi­nistration.
"I have dis­couraged
doctors from
coming to Auburn," one
doctor who resigned said.
"I was deceived in
coming here thinking I
would be making more
money," he said. "As far
as the work factor, it was
more than any doctor
was doing before he
came to the Health Cen­ter."
One doctor said an
incentive given by the
University was the prom­ise
of a straight 40-hour
work week. One resign­ing
doctor said he work­ed
as much as 98 hours in
a week.
One doctor said each
doctor was seeing 60 to 80
patients a day.
"We had a director
who was a doctor who
would not lift a finger in
a rush situation," he
said. "He would not give
a hand in a pinch. It was
a cause of dissention.
"Administrative poli­cies
came before medical
policies. The students
were coming in second."
By Julie Spafford
Plainsman Staff Writer
Being the Student Liai­son
Representative to the
Auburn City Council is a
"big job" says Daniel
Haygood, 4GB, who cur­rently
holds that position.
Liaison is a new posi­tion
in the SGA. It was
created by the Senate
late winter quarter, 1977,
and was then approved
through a resolution by
the Auburn City Council.
With spring elections
so close at hand, and
since it was past the
deadline for the Declara­tion
of Intent to run for
office, Buck Ruffin (SGA
president at the time)
decided to hold inter­views
and make the
position an appointive
post.
About three or four
people were interviewed,
Haygood said, and he
was chosen from among
them. After the spring
elections, John Bush re­appointed
Haygood.
At the time of his
appointment, Haygood
was a member of ODK, a
leadership scholastic
honorary, and he is
currently president of
that organization. He has
been on various UPC
committees and Is cur­rently
treasurer of Mor­tar
Board. He was direc­tor
of the '76-'77 Elec­tions,
and he thinks this
was good experience for
his current positions.
Haygood, a business
major who plans to at­tend
law school, feels his
curriculum also better
qualifies him for this
post. He feels it helps
him identify with the
business community. "It
gives me the background
to understand their prob­lems.
I empathize with
them," he says.
What are the duties of
the student representa­tive
to the City Council?
"I go to all the commit­tee
meetings I can," said
Haygood, "and the coun-i
cil meetings." There are
many different commit­tee
meetings, Haygood
said he tries to go to
those that seem most
important to the Auburn
students.
At these meetings, the
Student Representative
does not sit with the
councilmen, but Haygood
said he is recognized
at any time as the
student representative.
"If there is any need for
input," he said, "I'll
say something."
Haygood plans to keep
in touch with the views of
the Auburn students by
informally talking with
people and by conducting
a student opinion survey
through the SGA.
He emphasized that the
position is a new one and
is "still being defined by
what is happening." Next
year the Student Liaison
Representative to the
Auburn City Council will
be an elective office.
A major concern to
Haygood as the student
representative is the date
for the city elections. It is
felt the current date
disenfranchises many
Auburn students and pro­fessors
who frequently
vacation during this
time.
When the present city
councilmen were running
for office, many were
asked how they felt about
changing the election
date to a time when the
students could vote, Hay
good said.
In May 1977, Haygood
spoke before the citj
council and placed him­self
and the executive
branch of the SGA at
their disposal to do re­search.
As yet, the councilmen
have made no approach.
Allen Little, an off-cam­pus
senator who unoffi­cially
aided Haygood
during the summer,
stated, however, that the
council was involved
with establishing the
budget towards the end
of the summer, and that
took up most of their
time.
"We'll wait another
couple of city council
meetings," said Hay­good,
"and if nothing is
done by then, we will ask
the council to adopt a
resolution changing the
date." This resolution
will then have to be
passed in the Alabama
State Legislature.
And what are the
chances of adopting such
a resolution? "I don't
really know," said Hay­good.
The League of
Women Voters has of­fered
its help though, he
commented.
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Attractiveness
Auburn instructor examines role of physical beauty
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Ben Morris, 1PB, the only xylaphone away games this football season. The
player In the 270-member Auburn Band, band is funded by the Athletic
adds his unique sound to the Auburn Department and the General University
half-time show. They will attend all Fund.
By Martha Warren
Plainsman Staff Writer
How a person views
himself, and how others
view him, as good look­ing
or unattractive, plays
an important role in how
that person feels about
himself and how success­ful
he is.
That is what Dr. Philip
Lewis, psychology de­partment
head, found
when he and a University
of Georgia graduate stu­dent
studied attractive­ness.
The study has drawn
some attention, and
Lewis said Playboy
magazine has contacted
him about publishing a
short article on his re­sults.
Lewis and grad student
William Goldman began
their study three years
ago and have recently
published "Beautiful is
Good: Evidence that the
Physically Attractive are
More Socially Skillful."
The study was pub­lished
in the Journal of
Experimental Social
Psychology and later
summarized in Psychol­ogy
Today.
In the articles, Lewis
and Goldman sought to
discover whether the
"physical attractiveness
stereotype" contained
some degree of validity
in that the more attrac­tive
one is, the more
socially successful (more
understanding, intelli­gent,
sensitive, etc.) one
is.
In carrying out the
study, they used 120
undergraduate students,
rated by three indepen­dent
and objective ob­servers
on how physical­ly
attractive they were.
When all ratings were
assimilated and com­pared,
Dr. Lewis found
personality character­istics
were in general
associated with the phys­ically
attractive.
To account for this
Lewis offered what he
60 males and 60 females
from the University of
Georgia. The investiga­tion
centered around
telephone interactions
between sets of three
males and three females
who never actually saw
each other.
Each student engaged
in telephone conversa­tions
with the opposite-sex
partners, each call
lasting five minutes.
They then rated their
partners on the basis of
their social skill and
desirability for future
interaction.
After this rating, the
partners, in turn, were
"that the more physical­ly
attractive were per­ceived
as more socially
skillful over the phone."
In the study it was
concluded that the more
positive and desirable
referred to as "an in­stance
where stereotyp­ing
has produced a self-fulfilling
prophecy."
This, in simpler terms,
merely states that people
have been "pro­grammed"
during child­hood
that good-looking
children are responde