1977-08-04 The Auburn Plainsman

              TheAuburn Plainsman
Volume 83 Number 31 Auburn, Ala. 36830 Thursday, August 4, 1977 12 pages
raughon residents voice complaints
By Becki Thomas
and Maureen Drost
Plainsman Staff Writers
Twenty-nine separate com­plaints
concerning housing condi­tions,
maintenance and manage­ment
have been charged by
forty;six residents of Caroline
Draughon Village, the married
student housing complex.
There are 384 one and two
bedroom apartments in the com­plex.
Prices range from $87 for
an unair-conditioned one bedroom
apartment to $108 for a two-bed­room,
centrally air conditioned
apartment.
The manager of the complex is
Jerry Cook.
The Plainsman contacted resi­dents
at a meeting Thursday in
Caroline Draughon Village, and
by telephone, using randomly
selected names from the Auburn
University Student Directory.
Nine people interviewed said they
were satisfied with conditions.
The complaints concerning
housing conditions are:
—insect problems, particularly
with roaches, and to a lesser
extent, water bugs, flies and
crickets;
—the backing up of sewage in
kitchen sinks and bathtubs;
—rats in the buildings as well as
on the grounds;
—inadequate parking facilities;
—mildewed ceilings and walls;
—poor quality of the furniture
provided;
—lack of kitchen space;
—emergency lights on stairways
do not work;
—holes behind refrigerators and
underneath sinks;
—faulty wiring of refrigerators.
Maintenance problems cited in­clude
:
—Brooks Williams, in charge of
repairing air conditioners at Car­oline
Draughon Village, reported­ly
spends much of his time in his
truck parked in front of various
apartment buildings;
—air conditioning units are inad­equately
repaired by Williams;
—inspection and cleaning which
is supposed to be routinely done
after tenants leave sometimes is
not done or is not done adequate­ly;
Student killed
in car collision
By Becki Thomas
Assistant News Editor
A 21-year-old Auburn Universi­ty
student died Friday afternoon
as the result of a two-car acci­dent
on Pepperell Park Highway.
Terry Chapman of Gadsden
was pronounced dead on the
scene by the Deputy Coroner.
The driver of the other car,
Willie M. Jenkins of 1207 Pike St.,
Opelika, has been charged with
first degree manslaughter and
driving while intoxicated.
Captain Ronald Dunsen of the
Opelika Traffic Division said Jen­kins
was originally charged with
murder, but after conferring with
District Attorney Ron Myers, the
evidence better substantiated the
lesser charges.
According to Dunsen, Chap­man,
03EE, was traveling west
toward Auburn, when Jenkins in
the east-bound car, lost control
and crossed into the west-bound
lane, killing Chapman instantly.
Chapman was pinned in the car
from ten to fifteen minutes, until
his body was removed by the
Opelika Fire Department, Dunsen
said.
The accident occurred at 4:30
p.m., in front of the Parkway
apartments, next to Lee County
Hospital.
Jenkins was given a blood test
and a Photo Electro Intoximeter
test, but Dunsen would not re­lease
the results to the Plains­man.
Another traffic fatality oc­curred
at 9:59 a.m. on Saturday,
when Emily Riddle of Lot 1,, Lee
County Acres, failed to yield the
right of way to an oncoming train
at Taledega Street at the western
railway crossing.
Riddle, 28, was taken to Lee
County Hospital and was later
transferred to Montgomery's
Baptist Hospital, where she died
at 2:39 p.m.
These two accidents bring the
total number of fatalities to eight
for this year. Dunsen said this
ties the all-time record for Opeli­ka
traffic fatalities recorded in a
single year.
He said the remaining months
are the most dangerous, as far as
traffic accidents are concerned.
—having to use work request
forms and the handling of those
forms by maintenance;
—student maintenance crew
members have been seen not
working by residents;
—maintenance crew comes into
apartments without knocking or
arrives at an early morning hour,
which disturbs the residents;
—poor lawn maintenance such as
grass left unmowed and not
removing obstacles on the
grounds, such as bike racks and
lawn chairs;
—insecticide spray is ineffective;
—recreation facilities are not
maintained nor well equipped;
—some stop signs at intersections
are misplaced, creating traffic
hazards.
Management problems given
are:
—Leases prohibit possession of
dogs and cats yet manager, who
lives in the complex, keeps a
dog;
—when evicting residents, the
management does not always
give them maximum time allow­ed
in the lease to move out;
—$50 deposits are sometimes
withheld because the manage­ment,
upon inspection of apart­ments,
finds minor property dam­age,
such as cigarette burns and
chips in walls;
—complaints submitted in person
are ignored or residents are
ignored
—when residents are having pro­blems
with air conditioning units,
they are told to buy their own
parts because the manufacturer
which supplies the parts was on
strike;
—because the family room, an
apartment converted to hold a
lending library and intramural
equipment and allow space for
meetings, is ill-equipped and not
used much, residents feel it is
overstaffed;
—memos sent out by the manage­ment
are not always received by
residents;
—residents are afraid to paint
apartments because they may get
poor ratings on their inspection;
—the emergency number cannot
be reached some of the time.
In discussing the complaints,
Jerry Cook said, "We do have
bugs. I can't determine for sure
Why."
Although Cook said most of the
insect problems concern water
bugs, all but one resident inter­viewed
said roaches are the
biggest problem.
One resident, John Western,
4VAG, said his apartment was
"very infested" with roaches,
though it was sprayed once a
week.
He said he is moving because
of "the roaches and noisy chil­dren
in his building."
One resident reported killing 63
roaches with a home fumigator
shortly after she moved into the
complex.
Another tenant said there are
so many roaches in her apart­ment,
she has even seen them in
her baby's bed.
Maintenance sprays for bugs in
individual apartments upon re­quest,
and some residents feel
spraying all the buildings in the
complex at the same time would
alleviate the problem.
Three residents said they think
bugs run from one apartment to
another through large holes in the
concrete walls behind the refrig­erators.
According to Cook, before he
became manager of Caroline
Draughon Village, residents'
apartments were sprayed month­ly
by the Buildings and Grounds
Department. Cook said he re­ceived
so many complaints from
adults who said they had aller­gies
to pesticides or were con­cerned
for their children's safety
or the safety of pets, such as fish
and birds that he stopped using
this method.
He said bugs build up an
immunity to insecticide, so the
active ingredient is changed each
time the apartments are sprayed.
Cook also said "a safe insecti­cide"
is chosen for the protection
of the children in the apartments.
One couple said they do their
own spraying and use a pesticide
stronger than the one the Fisher­ies
Department uses, and roaches
are still a problem.
Several residents interviewed
objected to the open 55 gallon
drums outside the buildings used
as garbage cans. One tenant said
these drums may be breeding
places for flies.
(See CAROLINE DRAUGHON,
page 3)
Counseled out
WW* A
Photography: Gene Vandiver
Bo Cavin, 6HPR, takes a break after completing
her final freshman orientation session last Thurs­day.
Cavin was one of forty upperclassmen who
showed the future students around campus. Al­though
the freshmen may have enjoyed Auburn's
hospitality, from the looks of it they just may have
overstayed their welcome.
Teer expecting solution by fall
By Dick Parker
Editor
The University's Health Com­mittee's
acting chairman, Patri­cia
Teer, said Tuesday she be­lieves
many of the Student Health
Center's problems will be cleared
up by fall.
The Health Committee is con­tinuing
its investigation into
charges by 12 nurses of poor
administration at the Health Cen­ter.
Four nurses appeared before
the Health Committee Monday
night to testify at a closed
meeting.
"Our goal is to finish this thing
before finals week," Teer said.
Teer said she was disturbed by
a story printed in Sunday's Au­burn
Bulletin, which quoted one But when?
Plans set for Wire Road to be transformed into four lane highway
By John R. Tompkins
Plainsman Staff Writer
The transformation of Wire
Road from a farm-to-market to a
four-lane highway will be a
dream come true for the hun­dreds
of students who commute
daily to campus from the trailer
parks in the area.
But how soon will that dream
come true?
According to State Highway
Department official Miles Ward
the widening of Wire Road is not
on the list of projects to be
started next year. Ward said he
has no idea when the project will
much it is
Photography: Mike Lozar
WIRE ROAD RENOVATION PLANNED
...Poor condition, shallow width make Wire Road dangerous
be started or how
expected to cost.
With 25 accidents on the road
last year involving 44 vehicles,
the road has continued to be a
matter of concern for students
In those 25 accidents last year,
five people were injured and an
estimated $14,000 in property was
lost.
Campus planner and architect
William Guerin said there are
several problems to meet before
the new road can be constructed.
Among the problem areas,
Guerin mentioned the USDA lab­oratory
and the State Toxicology
Laboratory. He did not disclose
the exact nature of the problems,
but said he was sure they could
be overcome.
Guerin had had one meeting
with the State Highway Depart­ment
concerning the road. The
group was to have met again in
July, but the meeting was post­poned
until a later date.
Auburn University Campus Se­curity
Chief Millard Dawson said
the road handles approximately
four times the amount of traffic it
was built to carry. Dawson said
the shallow width and poor condi­tion
of the road causes many
accidents.
unidentified nurse saying, "I felt
like I was the one on trial" at the
meeting.
Teer said, "I was surprised at
that statement. I don't know who
they (The Bulletin) talked to.
Maybe the nervousness of the
moment upset a nurse at the
meeting."
The committee plans to talk to
Dr. Garth Jarvis, Health Center
administrator and target of many
of the nurses' complaints, at its
next meeting Monday night. I
"It's likely we'll talk to Dr.
Jarvis," Teer said. "It would be
only fair."
Teer said the committee's rec­ommendation
will probably be
made to Dr. Harold Grant, spe­cial
assistant to President Harry
M. Philpott and overseer of the
Health Center.
Teer would not comment on
what the committee's recommen­dation
might be, but said, "There
will be some changes.
"We hope our recommendation
will be well-received," Teer said.
"The committee will be firm in
its wishes."
In a copyrighted article, The
Bulletin also reported Campus
Security officers are investigating
a possible break-in of the files
concerning the Health Center
contained in Grant's office in
Samford Hall.
The alleged break-in was re­ported
July 8, when a file drawer
was found "slightly ajar" by
office workers. There was no
evidence of forcible entry, and no
files are missing.
Suspicion was later aroused
and the Campus Police were
again called July 20, when a
secretary reported her telephone
had been moved. .
The Health Committee investig­ation,
which has been closed to
the public, has been requested
opened by the press, but Philpott
said it will not be opened. State
Sen. Ted Little has been request­ed
to ask for a ruling from Atty.
Gen. Bill Baxley on the matter.
In his last opinion on closed
meetings, Baxley said, "All meet­ings
of the governmental bodies
specified in Section 393, whether
formal or informal and whether
an official vote or unofficial is
taken or not, must be open to the
public except where the charac­ter
or good name of a woman or
man is involved."
Section 393 includes, among
others, any "board, body or
commission to which is delegated
any legislative or judicial func­tion."
"Asst. Atty. Gen. David Clark
defined 'good name' as a man's
honesty or integrity."
The opinion also said, "No
other matters should be discussed
or other business transacted dur­ing
such secret sessions."
Inside
Today
TAKE A HIKE
Football season is rapidly
approaching, and Auburn is al­ready
getting prepared. (See
page 6)
NO VACANCY-Auburn's
increased enroll­ment
this fall is causing stu­dent
housing to become harder
and harder to find, and many
realtors warn that students
who have not yet found hous­ing
for fall may be in trouble.
(See page 2)
The Auburn Plainsman num., August 4,1977 pages
The world
this week
International
VANCE IN E G Y P T - S e c r e t a r y of State
Cyrus Vance is in Egypt for meetings with top
Egyptian officials to discuss plans for a
Middle East peace conference in Geneva this
fall. Sources say in his meetings with Foreign
Minister Ismail Fahmi and President Sadat,
Vance presented a plan that would link Israeli
withdrawal from occupied Arab territories
with full acceptance of I s r a e l by Arab states.
The sources said the two processes would take
place simultaneously, in a phased five year
schedule. The idea was not accepted because
Egypt wants the Israeli withdrawals to take
place sooner than five years.
DISASTER IN TAIWAN-A typhoon slam­med
into northern Taiwan bringing winds of
more than 120 miles per hour. Police fear
widespread destruction and casualties. The
typhoon struck Taiwan just six days after the
a r e a got what weathermen said was the worst
storm in t he island's history.
National
. "SON OF SAM" KILLS AGAEN-The New
York killer who calls himself the "Son of
Sam" shot two more young people in Brooklyn
Sunday as they sat in a parked car. The
woman, 20-year-old Stacy Moskowitz, died
Monday, after a 38 % hour struggle by
surgeons to save her life. Her companion,
Robert Violante, was hit by a bullet which
passed through his head behind the bridge of
his nose, destroyed one eye and seriously
damaged the other. Moskowitz is t he killer's
sixth victim.
CARTER PROPOSES DECRIMINALIZA­TION
OF P O T - P r e s i d e n t Carter formally
proposed decriminalizing posession of small
amounts of marijuana. He also ordered a
study to determine how barbiturates and other
sedatives can be most safely used. Carter
said, "This decriminalization is not legaliza­tion.
It means only that the federal penalty
for possession would be reduced and a person
would receive a fine rather than a criminal
: penalty."
ALASKAN OIL REACHES DESTINATION -
Black crude oil pumped from the north slope
of Alaska finally reached huge storage tanks
in Valdez after the pipeline was shut down six
times and a man was killed. It took the oil 38
days to r e a c h the southern end of the 800-mile
; pipeline.
State
WALLACE SEEKS DIVORCE - Govern­or
George Wallace reportedly has hired a
lawyer to seek a divorce from his wife,
Cornelia. Reliable sources say Wallace h as
retained Montgomery Attorney Maury Smith,
but Smith said no divorce petition has been
filed and refused to s ay whether one has been
prepared for Wallace. Word of t he possible
action surfaced after a Montgomery television
station received a copy of a purported divorce
petition from a n anonymous source.
ALABAMA TO MOVE UP DATES FOR
PRIMARY ELECTIONS-The U.S. Justice
Department has told Alabama it m a y move i ts
primary elections from May to August, but no
official date has yet been set. Under t he
Voting Rights Act, a state cannot change
primary dates without Justice Department
approval. But t he legislature has passed a
new law moving the primary date to Septem­ber
to allow sufficient time for independent
candidates to qualify for the primary. The
Justice Department has not yet ruled on the
law.
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• • Housing difficulties seen
due to record enrollment
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Barefoot, n'
Photography. Mike Lozar
Some people picked their way
carefully through the mini-pond on
the concourse last week. The ones
who hate soggy shoes stepped on the
wall and jumped over. This student,
like several others, decided the bold­est
way is the best as she rolled up
her pants and prepared to wade on
through.
Roberts retires as director
Dr. Charles S. Rob­erts,
who retired July 31
after 30 years as direc­tor
of the State Diagnos­tics
Laboratory at Au­burn
University, is leav­ing
a legacy to the next
man who will watch
over the health of herds
and flocks in Alabama.
Roberts, who develop­ed
the laboratory from
its beginning in a single
room of Cary Hall, the
old veterinary medicine
complex in 1947, is leav­ing
just as a new $1.5
million laboratory is
nearing completion.
"A lot of people have
asked me why I would
want to leave at 63 Just
when the new building is
nearly ready," he said,
explaining his reasons.
"I could have stayed
on two more years, but
the person who takes
oyer as director should
be- able tOt get every­thing
set' up from the
beginning the way he
wants it. Then, with a
new dean, a new admin-
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istration, I just felt that
it would be more appro­priate
for me to go
ahead and retire," Rob­erts
said.
The diagnostics labor­atory
provides services
to veterinarians, live­stock
and poultry pro­ducers.
His appointment as
the first and only direc­tor
of the laboratory
came in 1947 when he
was planning to enter
graduate school.
It was a case of a
meeting between an idea
and the man to bring it
to fruition. The idea
came from then Dean R.
S. Sugg who, with veter­inary
faculty, was at­tempting
to fill requests
for laboratory tests from
practitioners and others.
"The trouble was that
there was nobody then
to communicate the
findings back to the per­son
who asked for the
tests, so I was to be that
person," Dr. Roberts
said.
With little or no equip­ment,
Roberts began the
service which was later
to become a state labor­atory.
Several years
later, the work was
moved to an old serum
plant which was recent­ly
razed to make room
for the new pharmacy
building.
The original one-man
lab has grown to a staff
of six, three of whom
are professionals. It has
also branched out to
include two satellite
labs, one in Albertville
and the other in Elba.
Between them, some
6,000 specimen are
handled annually, with
results usually available
for the client in five
days or less.
The service is not only
valuable in diagnosing
individual cases, but in
the prevention and con­trol
of epidemics.
Auburn University stu­dents
who have yet to
secure housing for the
fall quarter are experi­encing
difficulties in the
face of an anticipated
record enrollment of
more than 18,000.
For the first time
since 1973, Auburn had
to limit freshmen enroll­ment
this month. The
University set July 20 as
the cut-off date for
freshmen applications
after accepting almost
4,700 new applicants.
Transfer students, how­ever,
were not included
in the cut-off.
Realtors in the area
have been swamped
with an influx of "home­less"
students, partially
due to a lack of on-cam-pus
housing which has
been booked to capacity
since March.
According to Katha­rine
Cater, dean of stu­dent
life, dormitories on
campus were the first to
fill up with prospective
students. She said on-campus
dorms were
filled by March 1, slight­ly
earlier than in previ­ous
years.
"We have had a large
number of applications
since March," she said.
Those students were re­ferred
to private, off-campus
dormitories
(which have also since
been filled) and to the
off-campus housing.
"Off-campus housing
has become very limit­ed,
and we still have
large numbers of stu­dents
coming in to in­quire
about housing,"
she said.
Dean Cater said a
number of freshmen
who applied this year
assumed that housing
would be available, ei­ther
on campus or off,
adding that a few be­lieved
that admission to
the University also enti­tled
them to on-campus
housing.
"When students are
tentatively admitted,"
she said, "the Admis­sions
Office sends them
a brochure on housing,
with a post card that
can be torn from the
brochure and returned.
The post card contains a
request for information
for on-campus housing
as well as a request for
information on off-cam­pus
housing and married
student on-campus hous­ing."
The office of the Dean
of Student Life pro­cesses
on-campus hous­ing
requests until the
dormitories are filled.
The office also sends
students information on
available off-campus
housing. Students who
want off-campus housing
in turn contact the leas-
, ing agent.
The last of eight pre-college
counseling ses­sions
was completed last
week, and Dean Cater
said she expected the
number of freshmen
looking for housing to
drop as a result.
However, she said she
expects upperclassmen
and transfer students to
add to the influx "right
up to the date fall
quarter starts."
Dean Cater's office
publishes a list of hous­ing
available off cam­pus,
and many students
are referred to realtors
listed by her office.
A spot check among
several realtors reveal­ed
some housing is still
available, but all agree
this year has been the
busiest for rental units
which go mostly to stu­dents.
One realtor said he
had rented out practical­ly
all his units by mid-
June this year compared
to the end of July last
year.
However, another said
he had rented out rough­ly
the same number of
units as last year and
that they were being
rented at about the
same pace as last sum­mer.
He said, however, his
office was swamped
with a significantly lar­ger
number of requests,
and the housing situa­tion
this fall would be
tight. He said he had
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per cent occupancy byl
fall quarter, even withj
the opening of a sub­stantial
number of new|
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of students navel
requested housing I
through his office andl
said he expects fall
quarter housing to be|
exceptionally tight.
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pages Thurs., August 4, 1977 The Auburn Plainsman
Caroline Draughon
From pa'ge 1
\ Cook said these bar­rels,
which have brick
enclosures, are sprayed
for bugs, and there are
•fewer problems this
year with flies and mos-
I quitos than there were,
last year. He said he
| talked to the Auburn
Health Department who
inspected Caroline
Draughon Village and
said there was not any­thing
else the manage-
| ment could do to pre­vent
the number of flies.
According to Cook, the
barrels were covered at
one time but people did
not use the covers and
misplaced them.
The Health Depart­ment,
after inspecting
J ,the complex, gave three
| suggestions to Cook to
cut down on the number
of flies: require resi­dents
to use plastic
trash containers and
plastic bags for their
garbage and eliminate
outdoor barbeque grills.
Cook said he hesitated
to require these mea­sures
because of the
expense of the bags and
the popularity of the
grills but reported these
suggestions to the resi­dents
last year.
Another major com­plaint
concerned parking
facilities. Residents are
given one parking space
per family, and guest
spaces are provided.
However, one resident
said most tenants have
more than one car.
However, many times
guests park in residents'
parking spaces.
Mrs. James M. Dunn
told the Plainsman she
had complained to Cook
about the parking 'situa­tion,
but nothing was
ever done about it. She
said Cook told her he
couldn't do anything
about the situation.
Another resident told
The Plainsman he com­plained
to Cook about
people parking in his
space, and that Cook, to
satisfy him, told him to
find the offenders and
Cook would warn them,
and if the trouble con­tinued,
would terminate
the offender's lease.
But the resident doesn't
feel it is his responsibili­ty
to find the offender.
He said, "I've never
been satisfied there was
any sufficient action
taken."
One resident cited
several incidents over a
period of years in which
nothing was ever done
about the parking pro­blem.
He complained
that every fall Kappa
Sigma fraternity, whose
house is nearby, has
parties and the guests
park in the residents'
parking spaces. Later
the suggestion was
brought that Buildings
and Grounds dig up
some grass and curbs to
put in five or six more
parking spaces. And in
what the resident
termed "a move by
Cook to pacify the resi­dents,"
Cook had stick­ers
printed and distri­buted
to Caroline
Draughon residents to
help the parking pro­blem
and never told
Campus Security Chief
Millard Dawson about
them.
An occupant said he
knew of a couple who
moved out of their
apartment on West
Thach across the laun­dromat
because they did
not receive any action
when they found out rats
had been chewing holes
in their ceiling.
Buildings and Grounds
workmen reportedly
sprayed for the rats
several times, but hav­ing
no success, finally
told the couple, "it was
their problem."
Other comments di­rected
against the man­agement
were: "He's
too far removed from
us," "He can't relate to
us," and "He gives you
the run-around."
Problems with air con­ditioning
units are one
of the main complaints
at the housing complex,
according to some stu­dents
interviewed.
One occupant said,
"The air conditioning
units break down to the
point of nausea." Some
residents claim Williams
either doesn't fix their
air conditioners at all or
only fixes them tempor­arily.
A reoccurring
complaint was one can­not
turn air conditioners
off without them leak­ing.
The leaking of the air
conditioner and the
back-up of sewage of the
kitchen sink onto the
carpet prompted one
couple to sue for the
$68.24 spent to have
their carpet cleaned.
One couple said their
heat was off for six
months, and the matter
received no attention
from the maintenance
crew on the matter. Yet
the residents said they
were still paying full-rent
price.
The maintenance crew
employed by Caroline
Draughon Village,
"really loafs around,"
according to one resi­dent.
She said when she
moved into the apart­ments,
"it was a pig
sty." She said the apart­ment
was dirty and had
not been cleaned by the
crew, although it was
Democratic seminar set for A uburn
Auburn University will
be the site of the regional
seminar of the Democra­tic
Party's "Do-Some­thing
Program" this Sat­urday.
The program, an
effort by the party to
increase party ties, in­volve
people in the party
organizations and pro­duce
a reservoir of cam­paign
workers, will begin
at 9:30 a.m. in the Union
Building.
The seminar will host
participants from Coosa,
Tallapoosa, Chambers,
Macon, Lee and Russell
counties. Mike Smith, a
coordinator for the event,
said officials are expect­ing
over 150 people to
attend the meeting.
The Auburn seminar
will be one of 14 held
around the state. Pre­vious
seminars have pro­duced
"overflow
crowds" and have at­tracted
several hundred
participants, a candidate
for lieutenant governor
and Ric Sellers, Bob
Geddie and Wendell
Mitchell, three possible
candidates for the second
district congressional
seat.
Do-Something chair­man
and state Democra­tic
Executive Director
Don Siegelman says one
of the main reasons for
the program Is to "help
get people Involved who
have never been involved
before."
"All in all," says Sie­gelman,
"the Do-Some­thing
program will help
to mobilize a lot of people
who are concerned about
our government, who
care enough to help and
who share our same
general democratic
philosophy."
Several courses will be
offered during the semi­nar.
How to organize and
manage a campaign will
be one of the topics
discussed, along with
how to raise money, how
to recruit, organize and
keep volunteers and how
to target voters. Also
included will be how to
conduct a public opinion
poll, the effective use of
the media and how to
actually get out the vote.
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apparent someone had
been in the apartment.
The couple cleaned the
apartment for a week to
make it livable, she
said.
Another resident said
some maintenance crew
members knocked on
her door early one
morning and walked in,
without a reply from
her.
And still another resi­dent
said she once saw
five men on the cleaning
crew clean an apart­ment,
while the other
five sat outside the
apartment and talked.
She said usually ten
men clean an apart­ment.
Cook said he had not
received any complaints
about Williams spending
much of his time parked
in front of various apart­ment
buildings. Wil­liams
has paper work to
do, and it is possible he
might be doing that,
according to Cook.
"He does the best he
can for the residents
and sometimes it's not
good enough for the res­idents,"
said Cook.
Caroline Draughon
Village has had particu­lar
problems this sum­mer
because it has been
unusually hot, according
to Cook.
According to Buildings
and Grounds, most air
conditioning systems in
the South are designed
to work at a maximum
of 95 degrees. At this
temperature buildings
are cooled 20 degrees,
Cook said, to a tempera­ture
of 75. If the outside
temperatures go above
95 degrees, the inside
temperature becomes
uncomfortable, accord­ing
to Cook.
The units in Caroline
Draughon Village, Cook
said, are similar to units
in the buildings on cam­pus
and are good units.
They just need to be
kept in good condition,
he said.
One resident, who said
he had no complaints
about Caroline
Draughon Village, said
his "general impression
of Caroline Druaghon
Village is good."
He said the apart­ments
are close to cam­pus
and the price is
more than good, making
it possible for him to
earn. his PhD. at Au­burn.
Utilities also cost
very little.
The resident said he
had no problems with
the management nor
with maintenance.
Dean of Student Life
Katharine M. Cater, who
has Jurisdiction over
Caroline Draughon Vil­lage,
said, "I was not
aware of complaints. I
thought everything was
going well."
"I can see the point of
a lot of these com­plaints,"
Cook said.
"But what we're capa­ble
of doing and what
we're expected to do are
two different things."
"We do care for the
residents, and we are
making an effort," said
Cook.
"I would be willing to
discuss any of these
points with the resi­dents.
They should just
get In touch with me,"
said Cook.
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Where are we all going to live ?
Thursday, August 4, 1977 page 4
up
; Recently, the University Health Committee has come under fire from the
students and the press for holding meetings behind closed doors as it
investigates Health Center administration.
; Acting Committee Head Patricia Teer said the meetings have been closed
because nurses giving testimony requested anonymity. We respect the nurses
request.
The committee is finishing up its questioning of nurses in the matter,
however, and will soon begin deliberation to come up with solutions to the
Health Center Problems.
We believe under the law these deliberations should be open to the public.
We hope the Health Committee feels the same.
Draughon
An introduction to a booklet given to residents of Caroline Draughon
yillage, the married students' apartments says, "Auburn University welcomes
you to your new home. It is our sincere hope that your stay will be pleasant
and comfortable and that you will regard your life in this community with the
same interest that you would in your permanent home."
Some Caroline Draughon Village residents cannot have the same interest in
their residences as they would in their permanent homes. Some either have
already moved out or will be moving out because they feel the living
conditions are deplorable.
Forty-six residents of the 384 unit complex list 29 separate complaints
against housing conditions, maintenance and management.
Some of these complaints include the following: too many bugs including
roaches, waterbugs and crickets rats, a maintenance crew which does not
repair or inadequately repairs air conditioners and a manager who sometimes
ignores residents' problems.
This is an unusual number of complaints involving many different areas.
The University should realize serious problems exist and take immediate steps
to meet the problems. This process should not be delayed. Some of the
complaints have existed for more than two years.
Open, honest and substantive communication should take place between
the four groups involved — manager Jerry Cook, Buildings and Grounds,
overseer of student housing Katharine Cater and, most importantly, the
residents.
• We stress the urgency of the matter and hope all parties come together
soon for meaningful and productive discussions.
"Sorry, folks, There's no room in
the inn."
Incoming freshmen are hearing
that old familiar line this summer as
they search for living quarters for the
fall. Freshmen who thought there
would be plenty of apartments and
dorms available are hearing "no va­cancy"
wherever they turn.
And who's to blame?
Certainly not the incoming stu­dents.
How could they know about
the problems of finding room in The
Loveliest Village?
July 20 was set as a cutoff date for
acceptance of freshman applications.
Unfortunately, however, on-campus
housing was filled in March and some
realtors say they've been booked up
since June.
But the realtors can't be blamed,
either. New apartments are under
construction, but strict city zoning
restrictions limit the number of mul­tiple
dwellings in certain sections of
the city.
Overzealous administrators who
thought people meant prosperity are
already finding out people mean
problems, problems for everyone in­volved.
Overcrowded classrooms will make
life miserable for professors trying to
keep the class attentive. Overcrowded
parking lots will make life miserable
for students who have seven minutes
to make their 9 o'clock class. Over­crowded
rest rooms will make life
miserable for you.
There is no turning back. We al­ready
have more than 18,000 stu­dents
planning to come to Auburn in
September, a record number for the
state of Alabama. We are not Atlanta
or Birmingham, rather we must find
room to live within the confines of a
small East-Alabama community.
We will find room; we have no
choice. But where?
Dick
Parker
I can see it now. "For Rent: One
bedroom apartment. $375 per
month."
But you won't haggle about the
price. With four of you living there,
you can divide the rent and it'll be
cheap. But wait till all four of you are
trying to get ready for class in an
apartment that isn't big enough to
change your mind in. That's when
you'll curse the administration for
allowing the situation to get out of
hand.
Many are already cursing. Students
who expected to find an apartment
while here for pre-college counseling
were sadly disappointed. Some who
were here for pre-college counseling
did not know of the housing shortage
and will come to school a few days
early this fall to find a place to live.
They're in for a surprise.
The only thing to be done now is
hope, hope those incoming freshman
can find a decent place to live that's
affordable. Hope the University will
request the City loosen up on zoning
laws and encourage relators and con­tractors
to build more apartments.
And hope the University does not
continue its drive toward 20,000 stu­dents,
at least until more living
spaces are made available.
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Just another 'dime-a-dozen' editorial
Paranoia
Jt has become obvious there are many problems besetting the Auburn
University administration. The foremost problem is the Health Center and its
managemept and administration. The University may soon be faced with
growing labor* problems,' perhapseven resulting in a strike. Caroline
Draughon Village is no haven of perfection and has some difficulties that
niust be met head-on.
Soon, the administration must become more aware that Auburn was not
built to handle an influx of twenty thousand or more students. Many indica­tions
point to the possibility of further radical incidents on the campus.
We could go on, but I think we have made our point (several times).
We are now going to make another point; these problems are solvable.
'The administration, however, must keep a level head concerning these and
other important issues facing the University. One way to achieve this end is
very simple—do not get paranoid.
~ Recently, reporters from The Plainsman and other papers have been met
with overreaction on the part of University officials. There is no reason for
this.
- The University keeps claiming it has done no wrong in many instances.
Otherwise, they play down the importance of an issue or play a good game of
avoidance. If the administration is telling the truth, and we want to believe
they are, then there is no motive for paranoia.
'•'.'; •'• • ' -' " l - \ •'.'••' '.
,-Mediaphobia is rampant, and for no cause. We have revealed many wrongs
atthis university. There are many wrongs at practically every university. The
administration should not get so upset that the public has been informed
about these problems. It is the public's right to know.
The officials handling these matters, some of whom are students, should
set aside their paranoia, and move forward toward solving the problems
instead of worring about adverse publicity.
Paranoia can result in becoming obsessed with trivial matters that should be
filed away instead of becoming foremost in one's mind.
There are not reporters lurking behind every locked door. Please don't
scream "thief every time a door is left open. There are no bugging devices
at Health Committee meeting*.
Do not become obsessed with leaks or finding media sources.
Just do your job.
The Auburn
Plainsman
Dick Parker, Editor
Burrell Wilson, Business Manager
Editorial Board members: Managing Editor, Rick Harmon; Associate
Editor, Maureen Drost; News Editor, Mark Sparkman; Sports Editor,
Pat O'Connor; Technical Editor, David Gibson; Features Editor, Penny
Pool;Editor and Editorial Board Chairman, Dick Parker.
.Entertainment Editor, Susan Camp; Copy Editor, Vickie Porter;
Photographic Editor, Mike Sellers; Assistant News Editor, Beckl
Thomas; Assistant Entertainment Editor, Jenny Bonier.
.Advertising Director, Burrell Wilson; Layout Specialists, Eddie
Austin, Ann Gracey and Patricia Griffin; Account Representatives,
Mary Gardiner, John Brinkerhoff and Paul Ferwerda; Circulation
Managers, Keith Lee and Don Powers.
Bob stood by the pool and started
to bring up the old cliche about the
only thing Auburn students are will­ing
to do for change is to wait for it.
I didn't care. I was much to intent
upon one very attractive blond
named Chris and an equally volup­tuous
redhead named Susan. I wasn't
about to use up what little soberness
had survived the countless gin and
tonics listening to an Auburn apathy
speel. I had heard it too many times
before.
"It all boils down to political in­volvement,"
Bob said. "The stu­dents
have no input into the system.
Lord knows, the SGA is powerless
when it comes to influencing campus
policy. Look at mandatory atten­dance.
The SGA did everything they
could to fight that and it passed
without a hitch. The trustees are the
only people with a real say so."
The voice droned on and I lay in
the deck chair wishing I had either
turned down enough of the drinks so
that I could walk away under my own
power or had drunk enough of them
so that I could be oblivious to the
impromptu lecture. Since the former
was impossible, I chose the latter and
sent Susan for another drink.
As I leered at Susan sashaying to
her apartment for the drink, I had
now come under Bob's direct attack.
"Rick, you're with the newspaper,"
he said. "Why don't you do some­thing?
Why don't you write a
column or something?"
"Listen Bob," I said, using my
best 'world weary reporter educates
youthful idealist' voice. Editorials on
apathy are a dime a dozen. No one
reads them and even if they would
no one woulrl do anything about it.
"You point out problems to them,
and they 11 only get mad at you for
pointing them out and then they'll
give you the speel about the press al­ways
being on someone's case, and
why can't the press just be satisfied,
and ...
The return of the voluptuous red­head
with my drink gave me a tem­porary
respite from the discussion.
"Oh you had a call from the office,"
Susan said.
"What did they want?" I said
with as little enthusiasm as I could
muster, which was at the time, pretty
little.
"They said something about some
students staging a sit in in front of
Haley Center," she said.
"Wow," I screamed, too amazed
to use my world weary reporter voice.
"Did they say how many students
were there, or what they were
demonstrating?"
"No," Susan said, "just that if
you went down there, you might be
able to get a decent story for next
week s paper."
"I'd better get going," I said,
making a valiant effort to get up
wishing I had opted for fewer drinks
rather than more.
I asked Bob if he wanted to come
with me, mainly because I realized I
was in no shape to drive, but I also
dared to hope that seeing the sit-in
might convince Bob to spare us from
future lectures on the apathy of Au­burn
students.
On the way to Haley, I asked Bob
what he thought could have caused
the sit-in. "The way I figure it," he
said, "the only thing capable of
causing enough student unrest for a
sit in would be about a $5 increase in
the price of student football tickets."
"Ah, come on," I said, "there is
plenty of stuff they could be demon­strating
about. Why students are
Rick
Harmon
Eaying more than a quarter of a mil-on
dollars for adequate health care
and presently receivmg only two full
time doctors.
"And look at the housing situa­tion.
Auburn already has the highest
rental rate in the state. Now the
University is raising enrollment again
and the rentals are going even
higher."
"Listen, I'm not saying they don't
have reason." said Bob interrupting
my filibuster. "They have plenty of
them—unequal campus housing,
mandatory attendance, parking, etc.
What I'm saying is if students had
been shot by guards at Auburn in­stead
of Kent State the biggest pro­test
Auburn students would have
made would probably have been
painting one of the windows in the
Union Building.''
I was about to point out if this
were the case, then there couldn't
really be a sit-in at Auburn, and
since there was a sit-in, that pretty
well shot his theory to the ground. It
was about that time we reached
Haley and I saw that there wasn't a
sit-in, at least not readily discernable.
There were just two guys sitting by a
six pack of beer. I went up to them
and in my most official voice said
"This may sound kind of stupid, but
you haven't seen a sit-in anywhere
around here have you?"
"We're it," said one of the guys.
"Just great," I thought. I saw my
dreams of Newsweek buying my story
on the rebirth of campus rebellion
suddenly vanishing. "What exactly
are you demonstrating?" I asked,
wondering if Bob and I had men­tioned
the cause touched upon in the
car.
"Mini-skirts, we want them to
come back in style," said the first
guy-
"Yea," said the second, "we're
tired of these whimp fashion de­signers
telling us what we can look
at."
After assuring the pair that we
were in complete sympathy with
them, Bob drove back to Susan's
apartment. When we got there he
immediately started his lecture on
apathy again. This time armed with
just a little more evidence.
I decided to call the office. "That
was some great lead you gave me," I
said in a disgusted voice. "There
were only two guys there, demon­strating
the super controversial issue
of mini-skirts.''
"What did he expect," said
someone on the extension, and then
started to bring up the old cliche
about the only thing Auburn stu­dents
are willing to do for a change is
to wait for it.
"We didn't really expect any
scoops on this story," said someone
else. "We just thought you might
get a good feature out of it."
"Well I didn't get a feature," I
said, "but I might do an editorial
about it."
"Listen Rick," said the suddenly
world weary voice on the other end of
the phone, "editorials on apathy are
a dime a dozen. No one reads them,
and even if they would, they
wouldn't do anything about them."
Silently nodding, I hung up the
phone. Got another gin and tonic,
and went out to try catch the end of*
Bob's speech on apathy.
Get ready for '78 elections
States Senator George C.
Alabama Governor Jere
United
Wallace.
Beasley.
The titles of "senator" and
"governor" beside the names of
Wallace and Beasley, respectively,
may sound strange to most Ala-bamians
today. In late 1978, "Sena­tor
Wallace" and "Governor Beas­ley"
may be household phrases.
The year 1978 will prove most in­teresting
for the state. George
Wallace will not be running tor
governor, but a chance to go to
Washington. The "Three B's," Fob
James and Sid McDonald will lock
horns in a political free-for-all for the
governor's chair whose winner will
not escape unscathed. There have
been 4,382 columns written by jour­nalists
across the state on who will
run and who will win.
Perhaps it is because I am a politi­cal
science major and am acquainted
with a few of the candidates, but
there seems to be an air of excite­ment
over the '78 political year. I
hope my senses are correct in assum­ing"
that "air."
The voters, however, should go
beyond talking about the candidates
and going to the polls. The voters
should be active, moving, viable.
Contrary to initial reports, not
everyone and their brother is going to
be running for office in 1978. I know
of several people who have "com­mitted"
themselves to be a non-candidate.
I couldn't do it nor could
hundreds of others across the state,
but in every county and in every
town there are hundreds of people
who are willing to keep their names
off the ballot.
Perhaps you are one of those
people.
If so, you, more than anyone else,
should realize the importance these
races will have in relation to the fu­ture
of this state and, in some cases,
the nation.
There are a lot of issues facing this
state that cannot be ignored any
more. The tax structure of this state,
more than any other state or
Mark
Sparkman
commonwealth, assures, best as
possible, the rich will get richer and
the poor will get poorer. It's called a
regressive tax structure. Some candi­dates
will address the problem, some
will not. Perhaps that can tell you
something about the candidate
whose name you will be staring at on
the ballot.
This state also has the distinction
of having one of the most outdated
and self-contradictory constitutions in
the nation. Around since 1901, the
present constitution has been
amended so many times only an idiot
would say he understands the whole
thing. Proposed legislation in the last
regular session calling for a constitu­tional
convention was brought to de­feat
in the House of Representatives.
This may tell you something about
your local representative.
One of the sore spots of Alabama
is its educational system, consistently
ranking among the lowest in expen­ditures
for secondary education and
the quality of the product produced.
Alabama, along with the South,
ranks low in the average number of
years a person spends getting edu­cated.
Some of the candidates obvi­ously
care about quality education.
Some don't.
What can you do about all this?
Well, it's simple and not-so-simple.
First of all, you should examine the
issues that face this state and the
national issues that will be taken into
account in some of the races. You
should form some ideas on these
issues, deciding which ones are im­portant
to you and to what extent.
The next step is the screening of
candidates. Not only are their stances
on the issues important, but their
sense of ethics in relation to what you
believe. Decide on some candidates,
after weighing the choices.
Then go to work.
Join a party, join a campaign or­ganization,
work for someone's cam­paign,
work against someone's cam-
Eaign, give contributions, display
umperstickers, attend rallies, write
letters, contribute money, contribute
time. Do something.
It has been a long time since the
voters of this state have been given
the opportunity to change the
"proper order" of things so easily.
With every state office up for grabs
and very few incumbents from sena­torial
levels on up, you, the non-candidates,
cannot afford to sit idly
by on the sidelines and watch the
traditional power structures gain
entry into the Montgomery offices
with a free ticket.
You can bet the special interests of
the state, all of them, know how to
play the game of politics and play it
well. The cronie system, something
still common to Alabama, will be at
work assuring pay-offs and inside
tracks to contracts, information and
appointments.
To me, the most important issues
are those of general legislative
competence of the legislature and the
honesty, openness and candor of the
members. If those are issues impor­tant
to you, then a lot of people
should find themselves out of a state
job after 1978.
I am sick of political observers
terming the Alabama electorate "ig­norant"
and "backward." Then
again, perhaps their past record is not
the best in the world. One cannot
contradict the fact a lot of things are
wrong with this state that have been
neglected for too long. Wrongs could
be righted by progressive legislative
action spurred on by an active and
foreward moving administration.
There are people in this state
capable of moving forward, of get­ting
things done.
Your job is to find them.
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Thursday, August 4, 1977 page 5
I Auburn isn'/ as bad as
it fs made out to be
Editor, The Plainsman:
Does the Plainsman have a place
in its heart, and columns, for a few
comments from someone who be­lieves
in Auburn University and is
not unhappy and dissatisfied here?
I have just finished reading the
July 28 edition of the paper and
cannot understand how the institu­tion
is still standing if things are as
bad as articles in The Plainsman
suggest. I must assume that
somebody somewhere is doing
something right. Also, it seems
that that "somebody" includes
most of the administration, faculty,
staff, students, etc. Since people
are not perfect, and since University
employes and students are people,
it follows that conditions cannot be
perfect.
I seem to detect in some of the
complaints a wish for things to
always be such that they cater to
the personal satisfaction of the
student, e.g., better registration
procedures, the perpetual availabili­ty
of teachers to students, an
I unlimited supply of money to fulfill
demands of students, faculty and
staff with perfect knowledge and
understanding so that a student is
never given a wrong answer to a
question, etc.; you read The
Plainsman, so you know what I
mean.
Before anyone gets the idea that I
am not sympathetic with students,
let me fill you in on just how long
I have been a student. Since 1962,
I have been working, raising chil­dren,
and taking courses off and on
at Auburn, and next quarter I will
be finishing my freshman year.
During all this time, I have
found that for every problem there
is a solution (though it is not
always your first choice), and for
every long line there is an end, and
for every wrong answer you are
given there is a right one some­where.
If we can love our neighbor (from
President Philpott right down to the
new clerk or secretary who doesn't
know the answers) as we love
ourselves, we will not be as selfish
and demanding and can live better
with ourselves, with others, and
with imperfect conditions. Also, we
can certainly be content here at
Auburn and can get a good
education if we try.
I am all for progress and
improvements, along with everyone
else here, I would imagine. Even
those poor souls (at various levels)
who do their jobs so badly, and
add to the confusion and bad
conditions in some areas, probably
wish they could do better.
It is unfortunate and pathetic for
a student to be at the point of
graduation and have only bad
things to say about Auburn, such as
the senior who wrote the "runa-round"
article published July 28.
I hope this does not indicate a
negative attitude which will be
prevalent throughout his career and
personal life. And I hope this
attitude is not characteristic of a
large number of students here.
If so, there are a lot of attitudes
which need to be changed. One
that comes to mind is the belief by
some that students are sufficiently
knowledgeable, experienced and
wise to run Auburn University.
I hope that Mr. Lake will be able
to do great wonders and change the
world to make it better. Quite
possibly, the first thing he should
change is his attitude.
We have many outstanding lead­ers
and, as a whole, a dedicated
and qualified faculty at Auburn.
Actually, we are very fortunate that
the administration, faculty and staff
are not perfect—that would be very
hard to live with.
A couple of quotations I saw on
posters might be appropriate here:
' 'Those of you who think you know
everything are annoying to those of
us who do," and "I always look at
both sides: my side and the wrong
side."
Verlyn Burkhalter
1PB
We need fire drills in Haley
Editor, The Plainsman:
Picture yourself in any one of
your classes. You are suddently
awakened by the loud ringing of a
bell. Knowing that you couldn't
possibly have been asleep for longer
than 15 minutes and that class
wasn't over, realization creeps in.
Maybe it's the professor blanching
and making tracks for the door.
Maybe it's the smell of smoke.
Whatever gives it away, you and
your adrenal gland know you've just
heard a fire alarm. What are you
to do? If you are of a weak
composition, maybe a composed
faint is in order. The John Wayne
type would break out a window
with a chair and jump out—forget­ting
that he was visiting his English
teacher on the ninth floor of Haley
Center at the time of the alarm.
Maybe you look around for some
hysterical female (or male) to slap
in the face—they always do it in
the movies! Then again, your
instinct of self preservation tells you
to run, and you do so. Joining the
hundreds of others—hysterical, inco­herent,
irrational—rushing to the
nearest exit (you hope—who can see
the exit signs through heavy
smoke?).
Maybe yoa are lucky enough to
make it outside. Feeling safe, you
stop in your tracks to 1) see if your
archenemy got trampled underfoot
after you "accidentally"- tripped
him, 2) to watch that lousy
building burn, 3) to "help" the
fire department, 4) to wait for an
interview on national television
concerning your harrowing experi­ence
in the "Towering Inferno—
Part II," 5) all of the above.
Get the picture? What am I
advocating? Surely not that high
schoolish practice of fire drills?
We're rational college students with
more important things on our
minds than fire safety. (It's
interesting to note how reason is in­versely
proportional to volume of
smoke in a closed compartment.)
How about a posted fire exit plan
for each room? How about just
letting the students know what the
alarms sound like (if they work)?
How about anything?
O.K. Psych, majors—am I .para­noid
or just safety concerned?
Robert Kirk
4SMH
Student will miss art in Biggin Hall
Editor, f he Plainsman:
There are a lot of students at
Auburn that are about to lose a
good friend. Of the 800 or so AR,
BSC, and ID students that will be
evacuating Biggin Hall this summer
for our move to the new fine arts
complex, I would venture to guess
that most as do I, look forward to
the move with great expectation.
But I would also surmise that
there are students like myself that
have frequented Biggin this summer
and have been forced to reminisce
about the years we have spent
there.
I say 'forced to reminisce' because
of what is presently taking place in
the building. Biggin is being reno­vated
(or so they call it) for
occupancy in the fall by the art
department. The art department
has long needed a building and
since the Alabama Legislature would
not appropriate funds for one, they
will subsequently get Biggin. In
actuality. Biggin is (or was before
renovation) quite a conducive envi­ronment
for work. Labs are livable
and quite well lit and the whole
building seemed to have an artistic
air about it. That was, of course,
before a few weeks ago.
The construction crews have now
moved in to equip the building to
meet the art department's desires.
What it seems they are doing,
however, is erasing all memories and
obliterating the nicer amenities of
the building. First to go were the
stairwell murals (paintedin the early
70's) which assuredly may not have
been the artistic dream of every
aspiring art student but which did
aad something to the life of the
building. Much more so, I must add,
than the now barren whitewashed
walls. Most of the remaining walls in
the building have also been
whitewashed, and the doors, once
nicely stained hardwood, have been
coated with a mundane and quite
banal grey.
As I descended the east stairs the
other day, thoroughly disgusted, I
jokenly thought to myself that the
next attack that the crew would
take would be on the concrete and
wood sculpture which sits in an
abandoned planter at the base of
the stairs. Sure enough, as I
entered the building a few days
later there was a lone worker
chiseling furiously away at the
concrete. May I here suggest that
when they finish removing the
concrete that they fill the planter
with plastic flowers (the Crest 5&10
variety). It would seem appropriate
to what all is going on in Biggin.
In short, the once life-filled and
pleasant building now takes on the
air of a hospital or an insane
asylum. I now not only do not
regret moving to our new building
(quite mundane in its own right)
but I actually look forward to it. I
pity the art students moving into
Biggin, although I know that in
due time that they will add their
own life and touches ?o the
building. My main intention in
writing this letter is only to air my
own (and others) disgust at what is
happening. As an artistically
conscious individual (I hope) in a
society which is not very artistically
conscious, I have learned to live
with others' taste, and have come
to realize that all people do not
occupy the same aesthetic plateau.
I do (or did), however, feel that
fine arts departments and schools
are the main proponents of aesthe­tic
awareness but now after witnes­sing
what has happened to Biggin I
really begin to wonder. I guess,
however, that I am luckier than
Biggin, which suffers the conse­quences,
and that I, as others
should and do, can continue to
make vain attempts at an artistic
enlightenment in our society and on
our planet. Well....so much from
the real world.
Civil rights must apply to everybody
Editor, The Plainsman: Many of the businesses were excess of that needed to defend
In his editorial on New York's permanently lost because of their their property,
blackout, Rick Harmon presented inability to obtain insurance in Mr. Harmon, if your personal
the opinion that he was frightened those risky neighborhoods. The property is ever threatened by
by those people willing to defend owners who defended their property violence of this sort, are you going
their personal property. His idea is were still in business the next day. toisjt around like a wet puppy and
The newspaper reports indicated lose everything or are you going to
that those businesses that were defend yourself? Civil rights
defended were done so without applies to everyone, including the
excessive violence. After all, the merchants who were robbed in New
merchants still had to remain in the York, and yes, even you.
neighborhood and little good would
very disturbing. Are we to give up
and let thieves take what they
want?
Stealing and vandalism are not
racial issues. These crimes can be
committed by anyone. The fact
that most of the rioting occurred in have been achieved for their busi- Alan D.
the poor ethnic minority neighbor­hoods
was a choice of the people of
those same neighborhoods. The
violence was not requested or forced
upon them by society, but was
chosen by them because of their
feeling that society owes them
whatever they can steal.
Our society was not based on a
system of one receiving what one
thinks he deserves, but rather a
system based on what one earns by
working.
The merchants in the New York
neighborhoods were not given free
gratis the stores that they owned.
They built those businesses by hard
work and long hours. Up until the
night of plundering, the laws of our
free enterprise system determined
the success or failure of each
business.
That night the part of the New
York police force that bothered to
show up was grossly overtaxed so
the merchants had a choice of
either defending their ownings and
staying in business or losing all.
nesses by employing violence in
King
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Jim Bradben
Speech needs
communication
Editor, The Plainsman:
Your coverage of recent faculty
resignations in the Department of
Speech Communication has been
revealing if overblown. Certainly in
any academic year there are resigna­tions—
competent, principled profes­sors
along with vain, insensitive, less
effective ones. To probe these
instances is probably unwarranted
when "personality" is obviously a.
major factor in the decisions in­volved.
In this case, however, the true
damage lies in the pointed "break­down
in communication" among a
faculty whose expertise is supposedly
in those communication processes
that foster meaning and under­standing.
A student can only
wonder.
It must be said that there remain,
teachers in that particular depart­ment
who are content to do their
best with whatever freedoms they
are granted, within whatever
bounds they find themselves.
(When do we hear about the ones
who keep their announced office
hours, remain available to all their
students on a person-to-pcrson
level, and are something more than
researchers masquarading as teach­ers?
The ones who quitely help us
grow? Too seldom.)
Conversation with Dr. Bert Brad­ley
has satisfied my own concerns
that the program is not being
compromised and that prospects are
bright in the area of mass commun­ication.
So, the sky probably isn't
really falling. Still, a little
communication is in order.
Name Withheld By Request
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Games People Play
Thursday, August 4, 1977 page 6
Auburn athletes try pros
:Only two Auburn football ath-letes
were picked in the profes­sional
draft last year. Kicker Neil
O'Donoghue went to the Buffalo
Bills and quarterback Phil Gargis
went to the New York Jets.
That didn't keep other War
Eagle athletes from trying out for
pro teams.
BUI Evans, an offensive lineman
at Auburn three of his four years
here, signed as a free agent with
the Philadelphia Eagles and is
attracting attention at the Eagles
training camp in Chester, Pa.
Evans weighed 231 pounds last
year as an offensive guard for
Auburn. He is up to 255 now and is
playing defense. Philadelphia
coach Dick Vermeil says Evans
has great intensity.
The former high school All-
American played defense at Au­burn
in 1974 but was moved to
offense the following year.
Sedrick Mclntyre, former Au­burn
running back, and John
Lewter, former Auburn track star,
signed free agent contracts with
the Dallas Cowboys. Lewter was
waived by the Cowboys but
Mclntyre is still listed on the
Dallas roster with other rookie
running backs such as Tony
Dorsett.
Lewter, who could have played a
year on the Auburn football team
after his track years here decided
instead to jump directly into pro
football, thus losing his amateur
status. A bit of sharpening at
Auburn on the football team would
probably have made a difference
Pat
O'Connor
in Lewter's pro status a year from
now.
Mclntyre, who had a reputation
for fumbling at Auburn, has stiff
competition at Dallas at running-back,
but he has been able to stick
it out so far.
Dave Ostrowski, former Auburn
offensive lineman, signed with the
Atlanta Falcons as a free agent,
but was cut from the Falcons
roster last week.
Of the Auburn players who were
selected in the pro draft, only one,
Gargis, has signed a contract and
reported to camp.
Gargis not only signed, but he
played in the nationally televised
Hall of Fame Game in Canton,
Ohio last Saturday when the Jets
took on the Chicago Bears.
The Jets lost the game and
Gargis only got to play for the last
two minutes of the game, but he
was one of only a few rookies who
did get into the game for New
York.
Gargis, however was at a
different position and wore a
different number Saturday than he
had at Auburn. He played defen­sive
back and wore number 31.
At the beginning of the Jets
camp there were about 100 rookies
trying to make the team and now
there are only about 20, including
Gargis.
Gargis is eager to make the
team at any position and he will
probably succeed because of his
overall toughness and desire.
O'Donoghue has not yet signed a
contract with the Bills, and the
Buffalo publicity office says there
is a disagreement over the
contract terms between O'Donog­hue
and Bills officials.
Buffalo opens it's preseason
this Saturday night against the
Pittsburgh Steelers, but O'Don­oghue
will not be with the team.
Buffalo has three kickers on its
roster now with George Jakowen-ko
at the top spot.
Auburn's contribution to the Los
Angeles Dodgers, Joe Beckwlth, is
not doing badly in his pro baseball
attempt. As of last weekend,
Beckwlth had a 4-2 record and an
earned run average of 2.30.
Beckwlth is with the San Antonio
Dodgers in the AA farm league.
Women's lib? Photography: Mike Sellers
. .Coed intramurals have arrived at Auburn. Here,
a pair of coed teams scrap it out in a game of
volleyball. The coed league has Softball, also, but
the recent and regular afternoon downpours have
washed out many of the softball games. Coed intra­murals
could be the opportunity some women ath­letes
want to show that they are equal to the men,
or can be just plain fun.
Football practice opens here August 22
By Terry Tope
Plainsman Sportswriter
' Football practice at Auburn
University begins August 22 and
head football coach Doug Barfield
will have about 95 athletes to
work with.
New and old scholarship play­ers
and upperclassmen walk-ons
with special invitations are to
report Friday, August 19, for an
evening meal followed by phys-
Women's basketball
team in SEC tourney
TRACK COACH MEL. ROSEN
.Travels to coach in international games
AU Photo
Auburn will participate in the
first ever SEC women's basket­ball
tournament following a regu­lar
season slate of 23 games,
including three conference con­tests.
Mississippi State, Florida and
Alabama are on the Auburn
schedule, Florida twice. The
University of Georgia will join
the four schools in the post-sea­son
tourney.
The SEC tournament will serve
as a stepping stone for the
champion to advance toward a
possible national title.
Seven home games are sche­duled
as preliminaries to men's
basketball games. All women's
home contests will be held in
Memorial Coliseum.
Lady Tiger games preceding
Auburn men's games include:
South Alabama before the men
take on Vanderbilt Jan. 7; Missis­sippi
University for Women be­fore
Kentucky Jan. 9; Alabama
before the Alabama men's game
Jan. 28; Florida before the Flor­ida
men's game Feb. 11; Troy
State before Oral Roberts Feb.
13; West Georgia before Ole Miss
Feb. 18; and Georgia State before,
LSU Feb. 20.
icals the next day, according to
Barfield.
On the following Monday, prac­tice
begins without pads and lasts
three days. All freshmen walk-ons
report a week later.
Barfield said he wants to con­centrate
on breaking the fresh­men
in during opening practice.
He said the schooling and football
situation requires a period of
adjustment of about a year for
freshmen.
Sophomores will dominate the
Tiger's roster this season and
Barfield said there is a possibility
that two sophomores, John Crane
and Charlie Trotman, will be
used as quarterback. The quar­terback
position is not a "clear-cut
choice" and will depend on
how both look in practice Barfield
said.
Due to last year's record Bar-field
said it will be a tough
situation this year, but said he is
encouraged by alumni support.
Also he said he was impressed
with the performance of some of
Auburn's signees after seeing
them at a practice for the
Alabama North-South High School
All Star Game.
The Auburn Tigers open their
season at home September 20
with Arizona, followed by South­ern
Mississippi. Both games will
be played before fall quarter
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Rosen coaches in games worldwide
By Gale Talley
| Plainsman Sportswriter
Auburn's track coach, Mel
Rosen, is getting a taste of
traveling lately. He coached in
the international Maccabiah
Games held in Israel in July.
In August he is going to Bul­garia
to manage and help coach
the United States team in the
World University Games.
The Maccabiah Games are for
athletes of Jewish descent only
and include such games as bas­ketball,
soccer, track and tennis.
Rosen was chosen to coach by
a group called Sports Reserve.
He* is of Jewish descent. Sports
Reserve aims at raising approxi­mately
$600,000-700,000 each year
to tsend Jewish athletes to the
Games and to donate money for
sports equipment to Jewish edu­cational
institutions.
Rosen acted as co-coach with
Roy Chernock of Princeton Uni­versity.
Rosen and Chernock
divided the track events with
Rosen handling the sprinters,
hurdlers, quarter-milers and both
relays while Chernock was in
charge of the girls team and the
remaining events.
The United States won 15 of 22
events. According to Rosen the
Israelis didn't have a well-devel­oped
team because their girls and
boys 18 to 21 have to serve in the
Army. Rosen said it is difficult
to maintain world class perfor­mances
with that kind of situa­tion.
Rosen said. "The main idea of
the games is to let Jewish people
Misuse of pool, gym cause
identification enforcement
Intramurals Director Claude
Saia says there has become a
problem of misuse of the Univer­sity's
auxiliary gym and swim­ming
pool in the form of unau­thorized
use of the facilities.
He stated that the following
rules are in effect for those
facilities and will be enforced
more strictly because of the
problems which have arisen.
Kids 11 and under must have a
parent with them at all times
who has proper identification.
Kids from 12 to 14 must have a
parent with them for identifica­tion
purposes for the kids to gain
admission to the facilities.
For kids 16 and over, each
must have proper identification.
Proper identification consists of
University ID cards or proper
identification given by University
authority.
If improper use of identification
cards is detected, the identifica­tion
card will be taken up.
The misuse of the facilities has
been mainly in the form of pool
and gym usage by kids whose
parents are not connected with
the University.
all over the world see Israel in
hopes that some will stay at least
to visit or possibly settle."
Rosen said he enjoyed the food
but he said the cost of living is
expensive. He said for recreation
in Israel, "People play cards and
whatever else you normally do
on Friday nights."
Because much of the talk was
in Hebrew, Rosen's group ended
up at the wrong track one day.
At the track someone brought out
one hurdle. Rosen told him they
needed three. The man said
there was only one hurdle, that
they'd have to jump over it three
times.
Rosen is going to Sophia, Bul­garia
August 14. Auburn will be
represented by track starts Har­vey
Glance, Willie Smith and
James Walker in those games.
As manager of the United
States Team Rosen will handle
transportation arrangements and
book work for the Americans.
Rosen will also coach the sprint­ers,
quarter-milers and both re­lay
teams.
Auburn swimmers Scott Spann
and Bill Forrester may compete
In the World University Games.
They'll have to qualify August
14-18 In California.
The winners of this meet" will
go to West Germany for the
World Cup. If they finish third,
they'll go to the World University
Games in Bulgaria.
Auburn's Kenny Howard, direc­tor
of spring sport athletics, will
be the head trainer for the U.S.
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Georgia Tech
Tigers face Jackets
Editor's Note: This is
the fourth in a series of
previews of Auburn's
1977 football opponents.
Next week The Plains­man
looks at Florida
| and Mississippi State.
By Pat O'Connor
Sports Editor
Auburn's football
squad begins a two-week
road trip when it travels
to Atlanta to take on the
Georgia Tech Yellow
Jackets Oct. 15.
Pepper Rodgers's
Jackets had an up and
down season last year,
whipping mighty Notre
Dame 23-14
Rodgers's wishbone,
after missing the '76
season with injuries.
The Jackets will prob­ably
stick to the ground
game this year just as
they did last season, but
when they do go to the
air there will be a pair
of fleet-footed receivers
who can do the job well.
Junior Drew Hill grab­bed
12 passes last year
and finished second na­tionally
in kickoff re­turns
with a 26.4 yard
average per return.
The other wide out is
senior John Steele who
pair of sophomores and
the ability of an inex­perienced
defensive
backfield to shut off ene­my
passing attacks.
The Tigers travel to
Tallahassee to take on
the Florida State Semi-noles
in Auburn's only
night game of the '77
season Oct. 22.
Coach Bobby Bow-den's
Seminoles return
after a 5-6-0 season last
year with possibly one
of the finest passing
games in the country.
Jimmy Jordan will be
the top man at quarter­back
with sophomore
Wally Woodham backing
him up. Jordan (5-11,
and barely
losing to
SEC champ
I Georgia, 13-10,
I while drop- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^
ping games to
schools such as Duke
and Navy.
The Rambling Wreck
also beat Auburn 28-10
for the first time since
1968, when the Jackets
took a 21-20 decision
over the Tigers.
The Jackets will be
rebuilding this year and
the quarterback position
may be a problem.
Returning is sophomore
Gary Lanier, the man
who led Tech to its
victory over Auburn last
year.
Lanier (5-9, 180) hit on
16 of 33 passes for 290
yards last year and
gained 268 yards rushing
in 83 attempts. Backing
up Lanier will be Gary
Hardie, a sophomore
who saw very little ac­tion
in '76.
Tech has a stable" of
fine running backs led
by All-America candi­date
Eddie Lee Ivery.
The 6-0, 200 pound junior
averaged 5.2 yards per
carry last year with a
total of 754 on 146 car­ries.
Bucky Shamburger
will be at the other
halfback position.
Shamburger gained 344
yards on the ground last
fall on 84 carries. Back­ing
them up will be
senior Adrian Rucker.
Senior Tony Head will
be back at fullback in
leading rusher last year
with a total of 1,836
yards.
Sophomore Mark
Lyles gained 268 yards
last season and will fill
the other running back
position.
Florida State will have
problems with its offen­sive
line, however, after
losing seven senior line­men
from last year's
squad. Mike Good (6-3,
230) is the only regular
returning to block.
The Seminole defense
gave up 280 yards per
game on the ground last
year and
A Plainsman Sports Preview
caught 14 passes for 233
yards last year.
At tight end will be
senior Bruce Yeager.
The 210 pound Yeager is
used mainly for a block­ing.
He caught only 2
passes a year ago.
The Tech offensive
line will be inexperienc­ed,
but big. Junior Roy
Simmons (6-3, 275) and
Mike Taylor (6-6, 265)
will lead the way for
Tech runners.
The Yellow Jacket de­fense
will most likely be
tough against the run in
'77, but the secondary
may prove to be porous.
The linebacking corps
will be led by 6-3, 220
pound senior Lucius
Sanford and sophomore
Mackel Harris (6-0, 200).
Sanford was the top
Tech tackier last year
with 117 stops.
Only one regular re­turns
in the Tech secon­dary
from last year,
Don Bessillieu. Sopho­more
Steve Ellis and
junior Don Patterson
will probably move to
starting positions. The
other secondary spot is
up for grabs.
Tech's hopes rest
mainly on the ability of
Pepper Rodgers to get
solid quarterbacking
from an inexperienced
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175) is a sophomore and
was last year's backup
quarterback. He com­pleted
23 of 50 aerials
for 434 yards in '76.
Woodham, a redshirt
last year, will be the
principal challenger for
the quarterback job.
Starting receivers
Mike Shumann and Kurt
Unglaub return. Shu­mann
sat out last sea­son,
but caught 102
passes for 1,625 yards in
the previous three sea­sons.
Unglaub grabbed
33 aerials for 665 yards
last year as a freshman.
Senior Larry Key
leads the Seminole run­ning
backs to action. At
halfback last year, Key
gained 712 yards on 144
attempts. He became
the Seminole's all-time
Bowden fig­ures
to im­prove
on
that total
this year.
Senior Jim­my
Heggins (5-10,
200) last year's leading
tackier, will move from
nose-man to linebacker.
The Seminoles allowed
an average of only 86
yards per game in the
air last year. Senior
safety Nat Terry (6-0,
170) will lead the secon­dary
with junior Ivory
Joe Hunter returning at
cornerback.
The key to Florida
State's success in '77
will lie in the trenches,
both offensively and de­fensively.
With good
performances from the
linemen, the already es­tablished
passing and
pass defense games will
make the Seminoles
tough to handle.
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TECH'S GARY LANIER ELUDES AN AUBURN TACKLER
...Inexperienced quarterback led Yellow Jackets to a 28-10 victory over Tigers In '76
Six undefeated teams remain
on top in Conference I Softball
By Pat O'Connor
Sports Editor
In Conference I men's
Softball last week Exec­utives
beat SC 10 to 5,
KP slipped by SAE 8 to
7, Rusty's Oyster Bar
whipped Zonk 16 to 9,
PKA topped Utopian
Klutz 6 to 4, ATO beat
BSU in a slugfest 21 to
16.
The league leaders for
Conference I Softball are
KP and Rusty's Oyster
Bar tied at 4-0 in Tues­day's
League I, PKA
alone at 4-0 in Tuesday's
League 2, and Foghat
alone at 4-0 in Wednes­day's
League 3.
In Wednesday's
League 4, All Stars and
Best of the Rest are tied
at 5-0, and Tatum's Tal-leywackers
and Ordinals
are at 4-0 for the Thurs­day
games.
Also, Best of the Rest
eased by Knockers 1 to
0, Foghat bombed mili­tants
16 to 2, All Stars
destroyed Phys-Zoo 30 to
2, Miller High Life's
erased Men in Motion 20
to 5, Patch defeated Ma­jor's
Heroes 4 to 3,
Adidas beat Fisheries 12
to 9 and Uncle Sam's.
Best knocked off Toom-er's
Lodge 27 to 13.
The Conference I vol­leyball
league standings
as of last week's games
were: AP and TKE tied
at 3-0 in League 1, PKT
and DTD tied at 3-0 in
League 2, and Barkers
and Nemotoads tied at
3-0 in League 3.
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Langdon calls cabbie
Thursday, August 4, 1977 page 8
'Room Service' Photography: Mike Sellers
Hugo Waldheim, 02TH, BUI Crowe, 04GBI, and
Rob Rudner, 02GHY, rehearse for the summer
theatre's second production. The play, a 1937
comedy written by John Murray and Allen Boretz,
deals with a nimble-witted producer desperately
searching for a good script while living with an odd
assortment of actors in a Broadway hotel.
AUM writer recites in the 'Nest'
• By Susan Camp
Entertainment Editor
Edward D. Wilson, a
writer-in-residence at
Auburn University at
Montgomery, will pre­sent
a poetic reading and
discussion of poetry
August 9 at 4 p.m. in the
"Eagle's Nest" on the
10$! floor of Haley Cen­ter^;
;**}%
Wilson has been direct­ing*'
a creative writing
workshop in verse at
AUM since June of this
year. He has also
conducted workshops to
familiarize elementary
and secondary school
teachers with Poetry-in-the-
Schools programs.
Wilson has taught at
elementary, junior high
and high schools in Flori­da
and at the University
of Florida. He also
taught a verse writing
course for the inmates of
the Florida State Prison
at Raiford.
Wilson has several
published poems to his
credit, ranging in theme
from "Politics," in The
American Poetry Re­view,
or "The Living
Corpse," in A Local
Muse to "TV Dinner," in
The Florida Quarterly.
"Taxi Driver," which
won the Cannes Film
Festival award, is this
week's UPC movie. The
film will be shown Fri­day,
Saturday and Sun­day
at 8 p.m. in Langdon
Hall. An Auburn ID is
required for admission.
Robert DeNiro and Cy-bill
Shepherd were both
nominated for academy
awards for their leading
performances in the film.
In "Taxi Driver," di­rected
by Martin Scor­sese
with the script
written by Paul Scrader,
New York City is a
steaming, polluted cess­pool,
viewed, more or
less silently, by Travis
Bickle, from the wheel of
his cab.
Bickle, an uneducated
man, is isolated from and
afraid of people. De-
Niro's embodiment of
this lost man is the film's
most effective element.
Bickle, portrayed by
DeNiro, is obsessed with
the corruption and degra­dation
of the city and its
"night people."
Bickle's obsession
leads him into the at­tempted
"salvation" of
Iris, a sub-teenage hook­er.
When he tries to
persuade her to go home
she argues that "Ohio is
boring" and "her parents
hate her."
Jody Foster brings a
frightening precocity to
her role as Iris, and the
movie flirts with the
possibility that Iris pre­fers
her street hustler's
existence to the boredom
of her midwestern home.
Bickle's obsession, mo­mentarily
focused on
Iris, drives him into
'Room Service'cast error corrected
The cast for "Breath of
Spring," the Auburn Uni-
' versify Summer Thea­tre's
first production,
was mistakenly run in­stead
of the cast for
"Room Service" in last
week's paper.
The cast for "Room
Service," the theatre's
second and last presenta­tion
of the summer is
Bill Crowe,
04GBI, Mike Blue, 01TH,
Alan Kilpatrick* 03GBI,
Cynthia Nicholson, 04TH,
Rob Rudner, 02GHY,
Michael Hutto, 01TH, Jan
Infante, 03TH, Hugo
Waldheim, 02TH, Dexter
Etchlson, 02TH, Ronald
Devane, 01TV, James
Thaggard, 03GTH, Rob­ert
Crabtree, 01GC, and
Dr. Cleveland Harrison,
head of the theatre de­partment
and director of
the play.
The article was written
by Peggy Stelpflug in­stead
of Cynthia Nichol­son,
as was listed.
Performances are
scheduled for August 4, 5,
6 and 11, 12, 13 in Telfair
Peet Theatre. Admission
is $1 for students and
$1.60 for faculty.
killing her pimp, from
whom she is fleeing. The
newspapers and the pub­lic
herald Bickle as a
hero. He begins to see
himself as a crusader.
Cybill Shepherd is cast
as Betsey, a hip, all-to­gether
girl involved in a
local politician's presi­dential
campaign. Bet­sey,
often dressed in
white, becomes Bickle's
icon of purity. But the
candidate which she is
supporting becomes
Bickle's symbol of evil
and he attempts an as­sassination.
(Shades of
Arthur Bremmer, per­haps?)
Although Bickle event­ually
finds the courage to
ask Betsey out, the ro­mance
doesn't develop.
On their second date he
takes her to a porno­graphic
movie, from
which she storms out,
angry and offended.
There doesn't seem to
be any purpose to this
turn of events. It does,
however unfortunately,
lessen the inter-action
between the couple,
which could have added
considerable richness to
the somewhat meager
dialogue of the film.
But, it did provide
Schroder and Scorses
with a means of eliminat­ing
any romantic possi­bilities,
so the film could
speed on its way to a
more routine and sup­posedly
commercial
"blood and guts" ending.
With Betsey conveni­ently
out of the way,
Bickle can concentrate
on corruption and degra­dation
again. The cru­sading
Bickle now sees
that he must eliminate
the filth that permeates
the city. He assembles
an arsenal which he
treats with a chilling
reverence.
When it finally comes,
the climax of "Taxi
Driver" certainly does
have a rush of emotion.
It provides a purely
physical jolt. The cru­sading
Bickle massacres
Area Entertainment
ta
Supertramp will be at the Fox tomorrow night.
Tickets are $6.75 and $7.75 and showtime is 8 p.m.
#esse Colin Young will appear at Symphony Hall
August 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5.50 and $6.50.
Leo Sayer and Melissa Manchester will perform
at the Fox August 11 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6.75
and $7.75.
Marshall Tucker Band with special guest stars
Firefall will appear at the Macon Coliseum August
12 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $6 limited advance and $7
general admission.
Marshall Tucker Band with special guest stars the
Dixie Dregs will appear at the Savannah Civic
Center at 8 p.m. For ticket information phone
912-234-6666.
Johnny Winter and the Climax Blues Band will
perform at the Fox August 16 at 8 p.m. Tickets are
$5j50, $6.50 and $7.50.
Yes with special guest star Donovan will perform
at the Omni August 25 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5.50 to
$7150.
Bob Mariey and'the Wallers will perform at the
Fox August 26 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5.50 to $7.50
and August 12 tickets will be honored.
Willie Nelson and Family with special guest stars
Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band will perform at
the Omni August 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5.50 to
$7.50.
Peter Frampton will be at the Omni August 30 and
31 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $6.50 to $8.50. The second
show is sold out.
Birmingham
The Commodores will appear in Birmingham
August 12.
The Marshall Tucker Band is scheduled to appear
in the Civic Center August 13.
Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris will appear in
the Civic Center August 25.
Yes and Donovan will perform in the Civic Center
August 26.
The Jacksons and Sylvers concert scheduled for
August 6 has been rescheduled for September 16.
Harry Chapin will be at the Civic Center
October 28. Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets, at $5.60,
$6.50 and $7.50, are on sale now.
Other
Leo Sayer and Melissa Manchester will appear in
Huntsville August 16.
Peter Frampton will perform in Mobile August 24.
Starbuck and William Bell will perform in
Eufaula August 27.
AUBURN
UNIVERSITY THEAiRt
AU Summer Theatre
Presents the Comedy
ROOM SERVICE
by John Murry and Allen Boretz
August 4,5.6 and 11,12,13,8:00 p.m.
Telfair Peet Theatre
Call 826-4154 for reservations.
Students MOO. Faculty '1.50
General Admission '2.00
Box Office Opens July 28 at 12 noon
Starts,
Friday he storv
a crowd of the "night
people" with round after
round of gunfire. No­thing
is left to the
, imagination as necks
gush, hands fly from
arms and brains smatter
the walls.
I shielded my eyes.
"Taxi Driver," with its
fine performances by
DeNiro and Shepherd,
coupled with the craft-manship
of Scorsese and
Schrader, is, if not en­tirely
enjoyable, most
certainly and most vio­lently
unforgettable.
—Susan Camp
Camp is entertainment
editor for the Plainsman
Summer Choir
gives concert
By Susan Camp
Entertainment Editor
The Auburn University
Summer Choir, under the
direction of Dr. Thomas
R. Smith, Director of
Choral Activities, will
present their annual
summer performance
at 8:00 in the
University
August 5,
Auburn
Chapel.
The summer concert is
free to the public.
Accompanying the
choir will be members of
the University Summer
Orchestra, which is un­der
the direction of Dr.
William Taylor.
The concert will open
with the "Te Deum in D
Major" by George F.
Handel. Soloist for the
"Te Deum" are Marie
Burns, 6SMU, Judy Gar-man,
6MUED, Doty
Schaub, Ken Tates,
4SMU, and Randy Bar­ber,
4SMU.
Mozart's "Missa
Brevis in F" will be the
next presentation. Solo­ists
include JoAnna
Youngblood, 4SMU, Julie
Gilmore, 4SMU, Jan
Wootan, 4VOA, Judy
Montgomery, 8SMU, Ken
Tates and Early Brack-in,
4SMU.
The choir will then
perform Cecil Effinger's
"Four Pastorales," a
group of four poems by
Thomas Hornsby Ferril
for chorus and oboe.
Laurence Morgan, a Mu­sic
Department faculty
member, will be the oboe
soloist.
The concert will close
with Norman Luboff's
"Much More Ado About
Nothing," a new version
of some famous old say­ings.
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page 9 Than., August 4, 1977 Ihe Auburn Plainsman
Hundreds give Photography: Mike Sellers
Who would think adults would swap
a pint of blood for a balloon?
Apparently some folks never grow up
because 780 of them gave blood and
got balloons July 28. Charlotte Davis,
student activities advisor, parted with
her blood as the balloon man made
his rounds. The 1,000 pint goal wasn't
reached, but the turnout was good
considering the rainy, windy weather.
Lefties face prejudice
Four to thirty per cent
of the population suffers
from discrimination so
subtle it is not recog­nized.
And since no
legislation has ever been
enacted to help mem­bers
of this "handicap­ped"
minority, they
cope in silence.
They're the left-handed
people in a
right-handed world.
Those people, who
have to completely rear­range
the table when
they sit down to eat in a
restaurant.
Those people who
have to switch books or
packages when they try
to open a door.
Those people who
have to order special
equipment if they want
to play softball or shoot
a gun or cut out a dress.
Those people with con­tinual
smudges on their
hands—and papers—
from inverted writing.
They don't try to
serve punch at a party,
and they've learned to
drive four-on-the-floor,
but they seldom talk
about it unless you ask
them. And then you
can't believe you've
been so unaware of the
adjustments they're
called upon to make.
"A great deal of re­search
has been devoted
to determining the basis
of lefthandedness," ac­cording
to Dr. Julia
Hannay, associate pro­fessor
of psychology.
Some magazines have
published articles sug­gesting
that lefthanded­ness
is entirely due to
brain damage.
Dr. Hannay disagrees.
"Research by several
well-known psychologists
demonstrate that there
is a genetic component
to handedness, although
researchers differ in
whether one or more
genes are involved.
"Handedness has
learned aspects," she
says. "It can be modi­fied
by environment. If
society frowns on left­handedness,
persons can
be made to use their
right hands. However,
they will continue to do
one or more activities
with their left hands."
The current feeling,
she said, is not to try to
change handedness.
Some researchers sug­gest
that lefthanded per­sons
recover from the
effects of cerebral dam­age
faster and to a
greater degree than
righthanded persons, ac­cording
to Dr. Hannay.
"This is possible be­cause
the specific brain
function of some left-handeds
is not as clearly
lateralized in the left or
right hemisphere as in
righthanded persons."
There are controver­sies
over findings.
Some suggest that left­handedness
may be as­sociated
with a cognitive
deficit—that lefthanded
persons have more dif­ficulty
in the completion
of non-language tasks.
Others feel that left-handed
persons are
more creative.
A "leftie" who knows
what it is to cope and
who orders special
sporting equipment,
tools and utensils, Dr.
Hannay said most left-handed
people believe
they belong to a "spe­cial
breed," and that
"it's kind of nice to be
different."
A recent issue of a
popular magazine lists,
among the more obvious
offerings of a "new Left-
Handed Studies Depart­ment,"
such courses as:
Left-Handed Founders of
the American Republic;
Seminar in the 14th Cen­tury
Left-Handed Bul­garian
Poets; Inter-group
Handed Rela­tions;
Growing up with
Left-handed Parents;
Should Lefthanded Peo­ple
Intermarry? Sexism
and the Left-Handed;
Left-Handed People in
the Bible; The Left-
Handed Woman in a
Male, Right-Handed-Ori-ented
Society; Cross-
Cultural Studies of Left-handed
People in Under­developed
Countries;
and Training and Thera­py
for Righthanded
Adults Who Want to
Convert to Lefthanded­ness.
One of many joggers
Physics prof jogs, pitches
By Amanda Kruidenier
Plainsman Staff Writer
If you have imagined
physics professors with
Albert Einstein hair and
mustaches, absent-minded
stares and chalk-dusted
pants, meeting
physics professor Dr.
George Thaxton might be
a surprise.
His lean body, tan
wrinkled face and alert
blue eyes are evidence
that he does something
more than Just teach
physics.
Thaxton began jogging
four years ago, and has
increased his mileage so
that now he runs twice a
day for a total of 10
miles. In addition to
running, he pitches for
an intramural softball
team, the Elite, and has
helped it capture a 6-0
record.
Thaxton is in his ele­venth
year in Auburn's
physics department, and
is only one of several
physics teachers and stu­dents
who make running
a daily habit.
"I would venture to
guess there are more
runners in the math and
physics departments
than any other depart­ments
on campus," he
said.
"Anybody can do it and
the benefits are amazing.
My overall sense of well-being
has improved. I've
controlled my weight
without dieting, and my
pulse rate has dropped 15
to 20 beats a minute."
Thaxton began running
to get in better shape, but
says he didn't expect to
loose weight.
"I've gone from 181
pounds to 129 pounds, but
this is the least I've ever
weighed," he said.
Thaxton said he can
eat anything he want to,
including two bowls of
ice cream after dinner,
and peanuts, a can of
which he keeps handy in
his desk drawer to
munch on during the day.
The father of four
children, Thaxton says
two of his daughters run
occasionally, but his wife
has been running four or
five miles everyday for
almost two years. Al­though
he and his wife
run together sometimes,
most of his running is
with students or other
professors.
His 6:46 a.m. run be­gins
at the Coliseum and
he is usually joined by
two physics students.
Thaxton runs again at
12:30. Both runs begin at
the back of the Coliseum
and usually wind through
the forestry plot.
"We have several dif­ferent
routes figured out.
Some of them are mea­sured
in miles and some
In kilometers," he said.
"I ran- for two years
inside the Coliseum, but
that gets boring and you
have to keep up with the
laps, so I decided to run
outside all the time. All I
have to do is look around
me to see how far I've
come."
Thaxton injured his
knee in September, 1975,
by increasing his daily
mileage too quickly.
Since the injury, Thaxton
said he learned the im­portance
of "stretching"
before running.
"The main thing is to
increase your mileage
slowly, and I can't over
emphasize stretching,"
he said.
Thaxton temporarily
transformed his small
cement-walled office into
a gym by demonstrating
several stretching exer­cises
he uses in his
warm-up before and af­ter
running.
Bending at the waist
and dangling his arms
over his head, he demon­strated
how to slowly let
his hands touch the floor
without bouncing. By
standing on wooded
wedges, he stretches the
calves of his legs.
"J. probably stretch
four or five minutes be­fore
I run and maybe two
or three afterwards, but
it should be 15 or 20
minutes total," he said.
Thaxton added that it
was Important not to
force muscles, and if
they hurt during stretch­ing,
to stop.
Thaxton says he runs
primarily for pleasure,
not for competition. But
he did participate in a
26-mile marathon race in
Atlanta last December.
"I finished 133, which
was next to last of all
those who finished the
race," he said. "But, my
goal was to finish in
under four and a half
hours, and I finished in
4:21."
Running in the mara­thon
race with Thaxton,
were several members of
the A.O.R.T.A. Club, the
Auburn-Opelika Running
and Track Association.
The club began last
August in an effort to
promote good health and
is for people interested in
track, running and jog­ging.
The club wants more
students, according to
Thaxton, and is sponsor­ing
a 10-mile run Satur­day
beginning at the
Coliseum.
On Thursdays, Thaxton
joins the rest of the Elite
team for intramural soft-ball
games. Although this
is his first year with the
Elites, he pitched the last
two years for another
team and placed second
in the all-campus cham­pionship
in 1975.
Thaxton is 46 years old
and the only professor on
the team, but said the
team came and asked
him to join them.
"I want to be a part of
a playing team, and my
only condition in playing
is that I want to pitch all
the time, every game;"
said Thaxton. x..
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Panama Canal Zone has
been approved without
change.
Dr. Barker is a profes­sor,
director of research
and chairman of the
division of pharmacy ad­ministration
at the Au­burn
school.
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DR. JOE NORTON INSPECTS THE FRUITS OF HIS LABORS
...has developed 3 new cantaloupe varieties in horticulture research
SGA Senate hears reports
By Terry Tope
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Student Summer
Senate met Tuesday
without a quorum but
heard reports from Traf­fic
and Parking Commit­tee
chairman Doug Fees
and Budget and Finance
Committee chairman
Sally Walker.
Fees said he met with
SGA president John
Bush to discuss changes
in the proposed Traffic
Appeals Court. The
changes include an ex­tension
of the court to
hear complaints from
faculty and staff at Au­burn
University.
The court was origin­ally
to consist of stu­dents,
but Fees said he
plans to propose a resol­ution
next week allowing
for three students of
junior or senior standing
chosen by Bush, two
faculty or staff mem­bers
chosen by Presi­dent
Harry M. Philpott
and a chief justice to
comprise the court.
Also reported by Fees
was a problem concern­ing
parking spaces for
Dorm Mothers which he
said he would incorpor­ate
into his committee's
business.
Walker reported on
the overlap of the Per­forming
Arts and UPC
Fine Arts committees.
She said all those con­cerned
in the overlap
were in favor of combin­ing
the two groups and
that her committee will
propose a resolution for
combination at the next
meeting.
Summer Senate Presi­dent
Rusty Parker re­minded
the committee
chairmen, four of whom
were absent, to submit
progress reports of their
committees to chairmen
of the regular Student
Senate.
The next Senate meet­ing
is Tuesday, August 9.
at 7:00 p.m. in the AWS'
Conference Room Au­burn
Union.
Campus Calendar
THURSDAY CLUB-The
Thursday Club, an
organization of liberal-thinking
students and
faculty, will begin its
formal organization at
the beginning of fall
quarter. The Thursday
Club, centering most of
its activities on the dis­cussion
of political is­sues
and events, will be
accepting candidates for
membership starting to­day.
No political affili­ations
are required, just
a dedication to progres­sive
government. Wish­ing
to become a viable
political force in Au­burn,
and eventually the
state, the Thursday
Club, for now, promises
only stimulating intellec­tual
intercourse and the
sharing of a hope for
higher ideals in govern­ment,
service and aca­demics.
Anyone inter­ested
in the Thursday
Club should contact
Mark Sparkman at
821-4130.
TEXTILE ART SHOW-A
textile art show will
be given in the Union
Gallery until August 12,
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The showing will feature
work by Rachael Price
McAllister, Nancy Playle
Mitchel, Mary Frances
Reymann and Ann Rank­in.
PARENTS WITHOUT
PARTNERS-Parents
Without Part­ners
meets every Wed­nesday
at 7:30 p.m. at
the Presbyterian Student
Center. This interna­tional
nonprofit organiza­tion
holds parties, dis­cussions,
lectures and
outings. Yearly mem­bership
fee is $12, and
any three functions are
free.
Melon magic
Three cantaloupe varieties made available by Norton
By Kay Laumer
Plainsman Staff Writer
Picture yourself sit­ting
on the tailgate of a
pick-up truck with a
slice of cantaloupe in
your hand, watching the
sun come up. This is
how I spent several
mornings of my summer
vacation when I worked
for Dr. Joe Norton, pro­fessor
of horticulture.
Norton specializes in
plant breeding and in
particular he breeds
plums, watermelons and
cantaloupes. He has dev­eloped
three varieties of
cantaloupes which have
been released by Auburn
University Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Release of the new
varieties is the culmina­tion
of a breeding pro­gram
that Norton began
15 years ago, two years
after coming to Auburn
from a position with the
Florida Extension Ser­vice.
He set out to incor­porate
resistance to
gummy stem blight (a
disease that withers the
stem) into a cantaloupe
variety that would also
produce high quality
melons that fit market
demands.
He improves a select­ed
variety by breeding it
with another that is
highly disease resistant.
For example, he may
cross a conventional
cantaloupe with a primi­tive
''cantaloupe" which
in appearance looks
hardly like a cantaloupe
but has heartiness and
disease. resistance. He
achieves disease resis­tance
in the melons in
early stages of breeding
and later works to im­prove
the taste appeal.
Each spring the 49-
year-old professor plants
several acres of canta­loupes
at the horticul­ture
farm. From germi­nation
to harvest, he
goes to the field and
checks the plants for
overall heartiness and
disease resistance. As
the melons begin to ri­pen
it is not uncommon
to see him pull out his
pocket knife, slice open
a melon and taste it to
see how his work is
coming along.
When the ripe melons
are harvested, they go
into the laboratory for
testing. This is where
my job came in. I sliced
open the melons and
recorded the weight,
length, width and
amount of soluble solids
or sugar content of
each. A drop of juice
was then rubbed on the
prism stage of a refrac-tometer.
Then the re-fractometer
was held up
toward the light to view
the level of sugar regis­tered
on the scale. This
is a very useful instru­ment
in Norton's breed­ing
work. A high level of
soluble solids indicates a
desirable taste; the
higher the soluble solids,
the sweeter the melon.
We saved the seed of
melons which were par­ticularly
large, firm,
disease resistant and
sweet tasting. These
seeds will be planted
next year in the canta­loupe
variety trials. The
seeds are dried and held
in a cold storage freezer
until planting time. .
Dressed in a sport
shirt, casual polyester
slacks and mud-covered
work boots laced up to
the knee, Norton said he
is especially proud of his
cantaloupe variety
named Gulfcoast be­cause
of its exceptional
performance in the hu­mid
coastal area of Ala­bama.
The new variety
received enthusiastic en­dorsement
by commer­cial
growers who coop­erated
in field testing.
Advantages of the
Gulfcoast variety were
established in large
scale field research be­fore
its release, accord­ing
to Norton. The va­riety
is a good producer
that is highly resistant
to gummy stem blight
and also to downy and
powdery mildew. This
disease resistance, cou­pled
with its high yield
of top quality fruit that
stands up well to ship­ping,
explains Gulf-coast's
appeal to com­mercial
growers.
Norton said that deve­loping
high quality fruit
that stands up well to
shipping is one of his
main objectives in
breeding cantaloupes.
He expressed the need
for tastier fruit that is
firm and that doesn't
bruise as easily as those
in produce markets
today which cost 69
cents. He described the
ideal cantaloupe as
mostly round or oval,
measuring about five or
six inches in diameter
and weighing about
three and one half
pounds, slightly ribbed
and well covered with a
•medium net.
In addition to doing
research, Norton
teaches several under­graduate
courses. In
"Vegetable Crops" he
tries to help students
gain a better under­standing
of the vegeta­ble
industry and to use
it to their best advan­tage
in their careers. In
this course, the labs
involve producing vege­tables
all the way from
tilling the soil prior to
planting to harvesting
the crop. In these labs,
he combines theory with
practical application.
And in the end students
reap the benefits of their
laboratory experiences—
they get to take home
samples of the harvest­ed
vegetables.
Commenting on Nor­ton's
success in plant
breeding, Donald Y.
Perkins, horticulture de­partment
head, said his
speed of developing the
high quality varieties is
noteworthy. "Some plant
breeders work a lifetime
without ever producing
a successful crop, but
Dr. Norton has already
released his third canta­loupe.
And, he has other
breeding lines underway
that point to even great­er
contributions in the
future."
Norton is now working
to develop a new canta­loupe
variety for the
home gardener. "I al­ready
have a variety
that is suitable for the
homeowner and could be
released at any time,
but I believe it needs
more screening for dis­ease
resistance and pro­ducing
ability.
Norton is ultimately
striving to produce fruit
that meets the demands
of the time and econo­my.
The professor has
found an occupation
where, as he puts it, he
"is being paid to do
what he enjoys doing."
AU Press Club receives SDXcharter
The Auburn University
Press Club has received
acceptance to become a
chapter of Sigma Delta
Chi, (SDX) the Society
for Professional Journa­lists.
The application was
presented to the SDX
board, which voted on
Auburn's application and
approved it. Installation
of the society will be at a
banquet in November.
According to Jack
Simms, the group's advi­sor,
"The chief purpose
of SDX is freedom of the
press, guarding precepts
of the first amendment to
the Constitution." Simms
said Sigma Delta Chi is
the most active group in
trying to safeguard free­dom
of the press.
SDX is also involved in
journalism education,
and the upgrading of
journalism standards
and the quality of grad­uates.
With 54 members the
group petitioned as the
Auburn Press Club,
which is chartered by
Auburn University. In­stallation
of SDX will
dissolve the Press Club.
The application for the
charter included a gen­eral
description of Au­burn's
Journalism De­partment
and back­ground
on the history and
activities of the Press
Club.
The Press Club was
inactive until last winter
quarter, when Sue
Midgley reorganized the
club and planned activi­ties
and speakers.
Also included in the
petition were names of
Auburn alumni now prac­ticing
journalism.
In the future, Auburn's
chapter of SDX plans to
sponsor the Alabama
High School newspaper
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They also hope to
operate concessions
booths at football and
basketball games next
year and want to secure
professional journalism
speakers for their month­ly
meetings. They plan to
be more active in setting
up press conferences if
Auburn groups would
like their help.
Sigma Delta Chi was
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and in 1973 the name was
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'Mr.Shakespeare' to retire from department
Norman A. Brittin,
professor of English,
sometimes referred to
as Auburn University's
'Mr. Shakespeare,''
would not discourage
anyone from majoring
in English despite cur­rent
criticisms of career
potential.
Brittin, first Hollifield
Professor of English at
Auburn University,
where he has been on
the faculty since 1948,
will retire this quarter.
He has been a Ford
Fellow at Columbia and
Harvard, and Fulbright
lecturer at La Laguna in
the Canary Islands.
"At least a student
could minor in English,"
he says. "It gives a
broad intellectual basis
for cultural interests,
which ought to be in
demand in many areas.
I advocate combining
with the sciences, biol­ogy,
economics."
Brittin has probably
made his point as one of
the "mentors" in AU's
new program for fresh­men.
In an interdisci­plinary
approach, small
groups of students meet
with their mentor each
week. The sessions are
designed to integrate
"life" and "society" in
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Currently on display in the Union
Gallery is an exhibit of four inno­vative
graduate students' work in
textile design. The textile art show
includes many unusual and striking
uses of textile printing, weaving,
stitchery and basketry techniques in
projects that range from traditional
quilt forms to woven sculpture. The
exhibit continues through August 12.
Auburn hosts workshop
Fifty-one students and
their advisors from 14
high schools in Alabama
attended the third an­nual
summer workshop
July 28 and 29 sponsored
by the Journalism De­partment.
Students and their ad­visors
were instructed in
newspaper design, sub­jects
for feature and
news stories, editorials
and the deadline situa­tion
most high school
papers have to work
under, according to Jack
Simms, Journalism de­partment
head.
Simms and David
Housel, Journalism in­structor
and Plainsman
advisor, taught the
classes, using examples
from the high schools'
newspapers.
"By far it's the best
we've had," said Simms
of the workshop." The
group was extremely in­terested
in learning how
to do a better job and
asked many interesting
questions."
Simms said there
would be another work­shop
spring quarter and
one again next August.
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relationship to college
studies, career poten­tials
and personal
growth.
"I have very much
enjoyed this exper­ience,"
the Van-dyke-bearded
professor said.
"If we could inject such
enthusiasm, close per­sonal
contacts and prac­tical
application into out
regular classes, they
would be better."
Born in Syracuse,
N. Y., Brittin received
his bachelor's and mast­er's
degrees from Syra­cuse
University. He
was awarded a Ph.D.
from the University of
Washington and has
been on the faculties of
the Universities of Utah,
Washington, Chicago,
Puerto Rico and South­ern
California. He has
long conducted seminars
in Shakespeare and in
the Elizabethan Drama.
Brittin is a poet and
, gave a "farewell" read­ing
recently of poetry
written by him during
the 30's and 40's.
"Young poets are con­cerned
with love and
death," he said. "You
tend to write more po­etry
when you are
young. I wrote a bit of
poetry when I lived In
the West, and a good
bit of it is related to the
Western landscape and
its influence on me."
Many people are writ­ing
poetry today, ac­cording
to Brittin. And
if the commercial mar­ket
for poetry is not so
good, "there are plenty
of little magazines that
publish poetry."
Although he doesn't
write much poetry to­day,
Brittin has pub­lished
articles in West­ern
Humanities Review,
American Literature,
Sewanee Review,
PMLA, Antioch Review,
Ball State Univeristy
Forum and Shakespeare
Quarterly.
He is the author of
books on Thomas
Middleton and Edna St.
Vincent Millay and has
written high school and
undergraduate composi­tion
texts and readers.
With Eugene Current-
Garcia, professor of
English, he founded and
is co-editor, of "The
Southern Humanities
Review," an interdisci­plinary
journal. The
spring volume, as a sur­prise,
was dedicated to
him.
Brittin has watched
the development of Au­burn's
English faculty
into a "strong, vigorous
body that can offer
more intensified courses
with a higher degree of
specialty and enrich­ment.
We're not teach­ing
additional subjects,
particularly," he said,
"but have branched out
into in-depth special­ties."
His own specialty is
Shakespearean drama.
His favorite plays are
"King Lear," "Othello,"
and "Henry IV."
Brittin, has been a
member of the Modern
Language Association,
the Shakespeare Society
of America, the Renais­sance
Society of Amer­ica,
the National Council
of Teachers of English,
the South Atlantic Mod­ern
Language Associa­tion
and the American
Association of Univers­ity
Professors.
With his wife, Ruth,
also an English depart-;
ment faculty member,
Brittin plans to live-summers
in Taos, New
Mexico as they have"
done since 1970.
The rest of the year
they'll be at home near
Notasulga, where he
said he plans to "keep
on gathering mush­rooms,
go fishing, do a
little gardening and
watch his wife watch the
cats."
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