1979-01-18 The Auburn Plainsman

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PLAINSMAN Number 11 To Foster the Auburn Spirit Thursday, January 18, 1979 Auburn, Ala. 36830 24 pages
Stack tests in progress
By Dave White
News Editor
The Alabama Air Pollution Con­trol
Commission will sample
smokestack emissions from the
central campus heating plant to­day,
said Commission engineer
Tim Owen yesterday.
Auburn University will be re­quired
to purchase air pollution
control equipment for the stack to
go to court against the Commission
if the emissions test proves the
plant exceeds state pollution lim­its,
according to Commission di­rector
Jim Cooper.
The Commission estimated last
winter that the smokestack emit­ted
about four times the legal
amount of particulate matter.
The Commission, however, can
force compliance with the law only
if a stack test verifies the violation.
Owen said results from the stack
test would be available in 10 to 14
days. If the sample confirms the
Commission's estimate that the
stack is illegally polluting the air,
Cooper said the University would
"be in violation of the law and
subject to some penalty."
While the heating plant is burn­ing
coal, a "super-sophisticated
vacuum cleaner" will collect soot
that normally would pollute the air
for a total of 147 minutes, said
Owen.
A state lab in Montgomery will
then determine the average rate of
particulate emission by the plant,
which was determined last winter
to be 107 pounds of soot per hour.
The legal limit for the stack
emissions is about 27 pounds of soot
per hour, according to state regu­lations.
Owen and Commission chemists
David Wigger and Steve Taylor
started their pre-test preparations
at the heating plant yesterday, and
noted that the first sampling should
be started by 9 a.m. today.
Owen said the group will have
completed the stack test by Friday
at the latest.
Commission director Cooper said
Auburn University's alternatives
to buying pollution control equip­ment,
if the test proves stack
emissions to be illegal, would be
"legal action in court" or having
Auburn "choose to cease using the
violating facility."
A soot separating device capable
of cleaning Auburn's main smoke­stack
would cost about $27,000,
according to figures given last
winter by the Cadre Corp., an air
pollution control company in At­lanta.
Physical Plant director Paul
Kearney said such equipment
might cost the University more like
$50,000 to $100,000.
Cooper said noncompliance of an
emissions cleaning order issued by
the Commission would cost Auburn
a maximum fine of $10,000 per day,
but added that such a fine is rarely,
if ever, assessed.
Commission engineers did com­plete
a pre-survey on the stack last
spring break, but Physical Plant
stopped burning coal before a
pollutant emission test could be
run.
Coal will be burned all this week,
however, according to J.M. Whit­man,
assistant superintendent for
maintenance and operations.
Accidental shooting kills coed
By Rick Harmon
Plainsman Staff Writer
An 18-year-old coed was killed at
a local night spot Friday in what
police believe was an accidental
shooting.
Brenda J. Huffman, formerly of
St. Petersburg, Fla., was mor­tally
wounded at the Casino, when
a girl sitting at a table behind her
accidentally set off a handgun.
The gun, a .22 caliber miniature
pistol about 3 inches long, was fired
• ursing, renovations
top Trustee's agenda By Julie Spafford
and Marian Peden
Plainsman Staff Writers
Topics planned for discussion at
Saturday's Board of Trustees
meeting at Samford Hall at 10:30
a.m., include renovation of Miller
Hall for the School of Nursing,
location of the Physical Plant and
the possibility of rebuilding Hargis
Hall.
University President Harry Phil-pott
said that the proposed plan for
the nursing school was to take a
portion of the east wing of the first
floor and make labs, classrooms
and the dean's office.
"We give this high priority,"
Philpott said, noting the import­ance
of finding a location for the
School of Nursing as soon as
possible.
Class in the school will begin hi
September and faculties should be
ready before then, he said, because
the University hopes to hire the
dean this spring and the faculty
this summer.
The site for the new Physical
Plant building will probably be
decided at the meeting. The loca­tion
recommended by the master
plan at the south entrance to the
campus, on land used by the School
of Agriculture, has met with op­position
from Dean of Agriculture
Dennis Rouse and others.
An alternate site at the intersec­tion
of Wire Road and Shug Jordan
Parkway was considered Friday
night at a meeting of Philpott,
Rouse, Charles Franz man of Har-land
Bartholomew and Associates
and other proponents of each loca­tion.
Franzman's firm developed
the master plan.
Franzman opposed the Wire
Road location because he said it
would cause traffic jams at Wire
Road and Shug Jordan Parkway.
Paul Kearney, Physical Plant
director, said plant workers would
be wasting valuable time crossing
Wire Road if the alternate site was
used. Philpott agreed, saying, "It
would create a tremendous traffic
jam."
Rouse said he "could not sup­port"
the argument of a traffic
problem because if it developed, it
could be corrected.
An estimate of the cost required
to restore Hargis Hall will hope­fully
be in by Saturday, said
Philpott. "We hope the cost will be
in the ball park so that the building
can be saved," he said.
Hargis Hall, the historic music
building undergoing renovation,
burned over Christmas.
Although the agenda is not final,
Philpott said that another area
covered by the trustees would be
establishing housing rates for Au­burn
University at Montgomery.
by another Auburn student,
Beverly Gail Blackwell. The pistol
belonged to Lee Wilson Owen of
Bay Minette, Ala., who was at
Auburn visiting a girlfriend, who is
a friend of Blackwell's.
According to witnesses, when
Owen left the table to go to the
bathroom, he asked the rest of his
party, including Blackwell, to keep
the gun for him. When Blackwell
picked up the gun, she accidentally
discharged it.
The bullet hit Huffman in the
back. She was pronounced dead on
arrival when she reached the Lee
County Hospital.
' 'It was absolutely terrible,'' said
Tim Hunt, a student who sat at a
table adjacent to the ones at which
Huffman and Blackwell were
sitting.
"No one knew what was going
on," he said. "We heard the
gunshot, but just assumed it was a
firecracker or something. When we
saw that the girl was doubled over
and that friends were walking her
outside, we figured that she was
sick.
"The band kept right on playing
and we didn't hear anyone scream
or anything. Everything was very
orderly. Almost no one noticed
what was going on," he said.
According to Hunt, the first time
he realized for sure that something
was wrong was when he tried to
leave the Casino shortly after the
shooting.
"The door was locked and they
wouldn't let anyone in or out,'' said
Hunt. "When I asked the girl at the
door what was going on, all she
would say was that 'someone had
been shot.'
"When the police came, they still
had made no announcement about
what was happening, but it had
pretty well spread through the
place that someone had been shot,"
said Hunt. "The police didn't say a
thing. They just went to the table,
where the shooting took place, and
began to search around it with
flashlights.
"The really unnerving thing was
at the time, we had no way of
knowing that the shooting had been
accidental," said Hunt. "For all we
knew, a murderer was still running
around in the place with a loaded
gun."
After Huffman had been shot,
around 11:20 p.m., friends carried
her outside the Casino and placed
her on the hood of a car to wait for
an ambulance. Police received a
call about the shooting at 11:23
p.m. and immediately dispatched
an ambulance from the Auburn
Fire Department to the scene.
Although the ambulance's
Emergency Medical Technician
Squad attempted to keep
Huffman alive with emergency
medical treatment, she was pro­nounced
dead when she arrived at
the Lee County hospital at 11:41
p.m.
Although Blackwell remained at
the scene of the shooting, Owen
took his pistol and left the Casino,
according to Auburn Police
Captain John Lockhart. Police
later located Owen at his room at
the Sportsman Inn, and he was
taken in for questioning.
"He said he fled the scene of the
shooting," said Lockhart "because
he just out and out panicked."
Although Owen said he carried
the gun with him because he often
carried large sums of money with
him when he was driving his truck,
said Lockhart, he had no ex­planation
for why he took the gun to
the Casino that night.
ACHE recommends
36 percent increase
By Betsy Butgereit
Managing Editor
The Alabama Commission of
Higher Education has recom­mended
to the state legislature that
Auburn University receive a 36
percent increase next year over
this years's $54 million state allo­cation.
The Commission recommended
that Auburn receive $73.6 million
from the state. Auburn has already
requested almost $78 million from
the state for the 1979-1989 budget, a
44 percent increase over this year.
The ACHE suggestion, however,
is not binding, and the recommen­dation
will be considered by the
newly convened state legislature.
Past budgets have been greatly
reduced by legislative action.
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Last year, the ACHE recom­mended
a 37 percent increase for
the 1978-79 budget, but the Univer­sity
got only a 20 percent increase,
$54 million, after legislative consi­deration.
University President Harry
Philpott is less than optimistic
about Auburn receiving the
increase. "Even though the
chances of the University receiving
this kind of increase are remote,"
Philpott said, "we are nevertheless
pleased that the Commission has
acknowleged our need for addi­tional
funds."
The largest state funded school,
Auburn has consistently ranked
low in the amount of money it
receives from the state when com­pared
to other schools.
Auburn officials may be more
optimisitic this year, however,
with an Auburn man, George
McMillan, heading the Senate as
lieutenant governor.
State money is parceled out on a
weight per credit hour basis. The
more a course costs to teach, the
more "weight" it receives. For
example, a senior veterinary lab
course would cost more than a
freshman English course, and
receive more "weight."
Auburn receives $36 per
weighted credit hour, "less than
any other college in Alabama,"
said Philpott.
"We recognize that the tax
money coming into the Special
Education Trust Fund will not
allow the Commission's recom­mendation
to be followed entirely,"
said Philpott.
Nightlights Photography: Qordon Bugg
A cold, crisp College Street Illuminated by new
streetlights and passing cars is just one of the shots
Plainsman and Olomerata photographers have on
display now. Their collection Is being shown this week
and next in the Foy Union Exhibit room, and includes
arty and Auburn shots. The works may be purchased
by contacting photographers.
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^JtfMU-k. Wire Road 'cloverleaf proposed
By Julie Spafford
Assistant News Editor
The Alabama State Highway
Department will have to reach a
decision soon whether to construct
a cloverleaf at the intersection of
Wire Road and Shug Jordan Park­way,
according to Auburn Mayor
Donald Hayhurst.
Hayhurst said he feels the
decision will have to be made soon
since "the effort to widen Wire
Road has begun again."
Whether the cloverleaf will be
necessary to accommodate the
increased traffic flow after the
stadium is enlarged will be deter­mined
by the state, he said.
"The minimum goal is to have
the section of Wire Road between
Samford Avenue and Webster
road four-laned by the completion
of the enlargement of the stadium
and its lighting," said Hayhurst.
The Jordan-Hare stadium
enlargement is scheduled to be
finished by September 1980.
Dr. Rex Rainer, the new director
of the Highway Department and
the former dean of Auburn's School
of Civil Engineering, said he didn't
know yet what priority the clover­leaf
would be given.
Rainer began his post as high­way
director Tuesday.
The city has four or five parcels
of land which still must be pur­chased
for the Wire Road expan­sion,
Hayhurst said.
The State Highway Department
has indicated "only verbally" that
New SGA election restrictions
adopted by AU Student Senate
acquisition of all land must be
made before any more action on
the part of the state can be made,
he added..
Hayhurst said the city has ob­tained
right of way for about
four-fifths of the land and that the
legal process of eminent domain
can be used to obtain the remaining
land.
This action allows the govern­ment
to appropriate private pro­perty
for public use with just
compensation.
Money for the four-laning will
come from the State Highway
Department and from federal
funding, Hayhurst said. The only
money from the city would be for
the provision of right of way, he
added.
Surprise dinner guest
shows up at Mag cafe
By Marian Peden
Plainsman Staff Writer
A 5-inch rat with brown spots was
sighted in Magnolia cafeteria at
5:15 p.m. Monday. Four of the
students eating at the time said
they saw two rats but food services
employees said they only saw one.
Amid shouts of "Take it back to
the kitchen," food services
employee David Brown picked up
one rat and brought it outside
where supervisor Tom Burson
killed it.
"I thought it was funny," said
Tyrone Clark, 2IND.
"It came casually strolling up to
me, and I fed him some celery,"
said James Thomas, 3EE, who said
there were two rats in the cafe­teria.
"Somebody obviously brought it
in wanting to have some fun," said
Burson, who added, a student
asked him, "Don't y'all ever clean
up this place?"
Assistant Manager Larry Waters
said whoever brought the rats in
' 'had no business bringing them in
here."
By Peggy Sanford
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Student Senate Monday
passed code of law changes involv­ing
cut-backs in campaign funds
and controls in distribution and
size of campaign materials for
spring elections.
The resolution, presented last
week by Administrative Vice Pres­ident
Ron Taylor, cuts the size of
campaign posters and handbills in
half and bans mailbox stuffing.
A clause in the old laws pro­hibiting
mention of another candi­date's
name or derogatory re­marks
about another candidate in
campaign materials was changed
to read that distribution of all
materials will be subject to regula­tion
by the Elections Board.
Spending allowances were cut
for SGA president and vice presi­dent
from $426 to $300, SGA
treasurer from $425 to $175, Miss
Campaign forms available
Students interested in running
for Student Government offices,
including the student senate and
school offices or publication heads
can pick up necessary forms in the
SGA office, 322 Foy Union, Feb. 1-9.
Panel encourages American women
to re-evaluate 'stereotypic' roles
By Laura Rumsey
Plainsman Staff Writer
The belief that women, both at
Auburn University and nationwide,
still have many stereotypes to
overcome before their roles can be
changed seemed to be the consen­sus
of opinion in a Personal Aware­ness
Week panel discussion held
last Tuesday.
"Women are still the helpers and
not the doers," said Mary Ann
Armour, director of Project Uplift
and a marriage and family coun­selor,
to a small | audience of
women.
The background role women of­ten
play is a result of the "tradi­tional
role" concepts we are condi­tioned
to as children, Armour said.
Many of the men and women that
come to Armour for counseling
have problems that stem from
stereotypic roles learned since
birth, Armour, the panel modera­tor,
said.
"The changes that are going to
have to take place will have to take
place at home," she said. "We've
got to quit dressing little girls in
pink every time we take them out."
Society has conditioned us to
believe "women are supposed to
get their reward through men,"
Armour added.
The stereotypic role of women
has also carried over into the
realm of politics, said the president
of Auburn's League of Women
Voters, Ruth Gynther.
"The most common role of wo­men
in politics has been the 'nag­ger',"
Gynther said. "It was the
women's role to tug at the male's
coat tails and say 'Pay attention to
this,' 'Take care of that.' "
Women do not participate more
in politics, Gynther said, because
the political models "we see are
male. We don't see ourselves in
that position or voting for a woman
in that position."
Though women get little or no
support from political parties,
Gynther said, they do have com­munity
support in their favor.
Women are seen by voters as
"the voice of morality," noted
Gynther. "The less trust people
have in government, the more
chance a woman has to get elect­ed."
Gynther shed an optimistic light
on the role of women in politics by
noting that the number of women in .
the state legislature has doubled
since last year. There are now four
women representatives as opposed
to only two last year.
Gynther believes women will
continue to fill more political posi­tions.
"The more we break the
cycle of expectation and self-fulfilling
prophecy, I think we'll see
an escalation of women office­holders,"
Gynther said.
Student Government elected
offices include: president, vice-president
and treasurer. The ap­portionment
of student senators is :
arts and sciences, three; business,
education and engineering, two
each; agriculture, architecture,
graduate school, home economics,
pharmacy and veterinary medi­cine,
one each; on-campus men's
residence halls and south women's
residence halls, one each; women's
quadrangle residence halls, home
management houses, Noble, Au­burn
and Alumni Halls, one each;
on-campus married students
housing, one; and off-campus sena­tors,
11.
Nominations for Miss Auburn
are presently being taken in the
SGA offices.
Information about qualification
for spring elections may be found
or by contacting Scott Gribbin/
director of elections, at 826-4240 or
821-2745.
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The Senate, in further action,
acknowledged that a special com­mittee
was preparing a massive
campaign for the widening of Wire
Road.
"It has got to be done before the
stadium is finished, after the
Georgia game (when the stadium
was full) it took some people until 7
or 8 o'clock to get out of the city,"
said Kelly Cooper, chairman of the
Senate Traffic and Parking Com­mittee.
Cooper said she talked with
Mayor Donald Hayhurst and that
he said the problem is with fund­ing,
not with land acquisition.
"The project must be carried out
with federal funds and we just
don't have them," Cooper said.
"This is going to be an all out
campaign with banners, posters,
petitions and the works," said
Cooper. "Possibly even pickets in
Montgomery.
The campaign is in the planning
stages now but the Senate ap­parently
wants to launch it near the
end of February, when the state
legislature will be looking into the
matter.
The next Senate meeting will be
at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 321 Foy
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Women's safety lecture
scheduled this afternoon
Dr. Barry Burkhart, an Auburn
psychology associate professor,
will discuss rape and rape preven­tion
today at 4 p.m. in 202 Roy
Union.
Other appearances concluding
Personal Awareness Week today
will be Mona Overstreet with a talk
entitled "Are You Safe," at 2 p.m.
The talk will be repeated at 8 p.m.
in 202 Foy Union.
At 6 p.m., Missy Kuykendall will
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A-3 Thursday, January 18, 1979 The Auburn Plainsman
reporter
By Kelly Kohler
Plainsman Staff Writer
Editor's note: Kohler spent a
"typical day" in Washington, D.C.,
with the White House press corps
during Christmas break, and has
recorded her impressions for The
Plainsman.
A day In the life of a White House
reporter revolves almost complete­ly
around what the President does.
If the President is traveling, the
White House reporter will travel
with him.
If the President is involved in
negotiations about arms sales or
whatever, the reporter will find
himself preoccupied with the same
thing. If the President has a
comparatively easy day, the White
House reporter will have a light
day also.
A second focus of the White
House reporter's day is the usual
briefing by the press secretary,
generally held shortly after noon.
The briefing allows the reporter
to put any questions on any topic to
the press secretary, and is often
the most productive part of a
typical day.
This, in a word, is the core of a
typical day for a White House
reporter, which is often chaotic and
unpredictable. The White House
beat is not for the rigid person who
must live by tight schedules.
More than most other news, jobs,
the White House beat requires a
person to be adaptable, flexible
and always open to change.
A White House reporter must be
something of a generalist,because
in the course of a year, the
President of the United States will
dabble in almost every imaginable
human experience, and the White
House reporter will be required to
write about it.
Most reporters will begin ar­riving
at the White House between
8 and 9 a.m. They flash their secret
service credentials to gain access
through the northwest gate and
walk down the curving driveway
into the press room, located be­tween
the main part of the White
House and the West Wing.
Journalists will fight to keep
their room in the White House on
grounds that they must be close at
hand to observe the comings and
goings of official persons as well as
visitors to the Oval office.
The first two or three hours of the
day are usually relatively quiet,
and reporters may review the
morning papers—The Washington
Post, The New York Times, and the
Wall Street Journal.
Often, however, there is news for
the reporter to cover during these
early hours, as Carter often holds
Cabinet meetings at 8 or 9 a.m.
Reporters learn what happened
during the Cabinet meetings and
set up a vigil—"a stakeout"—out­side
the north door of the West
Wing.
Sometimes members of the Cab­inet
may stop and chat, but more
often they don't. The Congressional
leaders, seemingly more aware of
the value of publicity, almost
always stop to talk.
The day wears on. Frequently,
reporters are permitted to attend
private meetings between Carter
and Cabinet members, business
leaders or ambassadors. These
meetings give the media a chance
to "see" the President, to note his
demeanor, his mood.
In reporting Jimmy Carter's
lifestyle and his occasional spoken
word about morality, the media
over a period of time may com­municate
the essence of the man.
Jody Powell, Carter's chief in­terpreter
for more than eight
years, commented on how well the
media had treated the religious
and moral aspects of Carter's life.
"The American people as a
whole are probably better
equipped to understand that aspect
of Jimmy Carter's life than are the
people who are trying to explain it
to them," Powell replied.
"There have been stories that
have been superficial and slipshod
and biased to the extreme, not
necessarily against him, but based
on what I take to be a general
distaste for religious faith."
Sometime shortly after noon, the
news briefing will take place,
running from 20 minutes to as long
as an hour or more, depending on
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the number of questions asked. The
Associated Press's Frank Cormier,
as the senior wire service news­man,
ends briefings by shouting
"Thank you, Jody."
The briefing generally reflects
the personality and attitudes of the
press secretary, and ultimately,
the President himself. The
briefings under Powell reflect his
zest and quips but also his combat-iveness
and loyalty to Carter.
Powell is glib, witty, irreverant,
extremely intelligent and
thoroughly informed about what
Jimmy Carter is doing.
Reporters may ask any question.
Is the President going to Camp
David this weekend? How does the
President feel about the Shah and
the crisis in Iran?
Some questions are hard, others
soft; some are earnest and some
are simply self-serving, but it
seems to make little difference to
Powell.
The Press Secretary will only
answer to the extent that he wants
to—and no amount of deft or
repeated questioning will affect
that.
Occasionally the President will
hold a televised news conference,
which replaces the Powell briefing
for the day. Carter's press confer­ences
are held in room 450 of the
old Executive Office Building just
across the street from the White
House. Carter is also astute enough
to answer reporters' questions only
in ways he wants to.
Toward day's end, at varying
times, the President's official
schedule for the following day is
released, helping reporters pre­pare
for upcoming stories and
press conferences.
If, for instance, Carter will meet
with labor leaders on inflation,
reporters may call the AFL-CIO
for background information.
Usually around 5:30 or 6 p.m.,
the press office will announce over
the loudspeaker that a "lid is on,"
meaning that no more news will
come out of the White House for the
rest of the day. Overhead, on the
press room wall, two electric "tars
start blinking in recognition of the
"lid."
The day ends, only to start again
tomorrow.
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By Linnea Fraser
Plainsman Staff Writer
The fourth annual Pi Beta Phi-
Sigma Chi Dance Marathon will be
held Jan. 26 to 27 at the Sports­man
Inn, with all proceeds going to
charity.
The 28-hour marathon will last
from 6 p.m. Friday through 10 p.m.
Saturday, according to co-chair­man
of the event, Reid Brown.
"This year, we plan on having a
brand new laser light show during
the marathon." said Brown.
Each dancing couple will have a
list of sponsors who will pledge to
give the couple a certain amount of
money for each hour the couple
remains dancing. Prizes will be
awarded to the couple who dances
the longest and the couple with the
most sponsors.
The first place winners will
receive a 12-inch black and white
television while the second place
winners will receive a clock radio.
Variable speed blenders will be
awarded to the third place winners.
Other prizes include luggage, free
dinners, gift certificates and gaso­line.
All proceeds will go to Wallace
Village, a rehabilitation home for
children with minimal brain
damage and to Camp ASCCA, a
program of the Alabama Society
for Crippled Children and Adults
Inc.
Entry blanks for the marathon
may be picked up at War Eagle
Cafeteria in Foy Union Jan. 15 to
25.
Following the announcement of
winners, there will be a party at the
Inn from 10 p.m. to 12 midnight.
The campus is invited.
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The first training sessions of 1979
for anyone interested in becoming
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weekday mornings.
The Crisis Center plans to
expand operating hours to include
a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. shift, and needs
volunteers who can volunteer for
day work.
Training consists of about 24
hours of listening skills and Crisis
Center information. No previous
experience as a counselor is
needed, and all interested volun­teers
are needed.
Interested students should call
the Crisis Center at 821-8600 or
Charlotte Davis at 826-4710.
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Editorials Writing with a different perspective
Thursday, January 18, 1979
A-4
Mind if I
Auburn could easily be called "the
loveliest village of the Plains," but the phrase
often gets stuck in the throat when, during
the winter, the sight of billowing black
smoke streaming from the campus's heating
plant smokestack greets the eye.
The jet black smoke, which is a result of
burning coal, has been an eyesore in Auburn
for many years.
Emissions from this smokestack are being
tested this week by the Alabama Air
Pollution Control Commission, and if tests
show the emissions in violation of pollution
control laws, the University wiil be forced to
clean up the stack.
The Pollution Control Commission has
persistently pursued the investigation of the
DWI stiff
Quick, if you had been arrested at 2
o'clock this morning and charged with
driving while intoxicated (DWI) where would
you have been at 3 a.m.?
The Auburn City Jail.
And where would you have been at 4
a.m.? Still in jail.
5 a.m.? Jail. 6 a.m.? Probably jail.
Had you been really tanked, you might
have been able to eat a meal with your
newfound cellblock friends. Because the City
of Auburn no longer simply shakes its finger
at drunk drivers. "Just take yourself on home
son," is a thing of the past.
The penalties are stout and they are
enforced.
Besides spending a few hours in jail
following his arrest, the drunk driver can
smokestack, which was initiated by The
Plainsman. The Commission tried last spring
to test the emissions, but the Physical Plant
stopped burning coal because of warm
weather.
Should the test results show the University
in violation of air pollution control laws,
every effort should be made to clean up the
emissions from the smokestack.
The University has a moral and legal
responsibility to make Auburn's air suitable
to breathe.
Although a pollution control device would
probably cost upwards of $27,000, or even
$50,000, we feel this is a small price to pay
for making Auburn the loveliest village of the
Plains.
CEDARTOWN, Ga.-Ifs Sunday night and
I'm lying in bed writing this column. It's not
unusual for me to write a column in bed, but
this time it's different.
I'm in my hometown, staying at my
grandfather's house.
You know something about my grandfather.
If you read my column last week, you already
know about his love and devotion and his faith.
But tonight I write from a different
perspective. You see, tomorrow we're burying
my grandfather.
Poppa died early this morning, three days
after the column about him was published. He
never read it. The paper will probably come in
the mail tomorrow morning.
He would have read it on the sofa under the
light. Then his thoughts would have drifted
with the sound of the clock across the room.
The ticking of the old pendulem clock is
echoing through the house now. It's a small
clock on the TV. Poppa always said it was the
prettiest thing in the house.
It doesn't really tick. It sounds more like
hollow coconut shells clop-clopping. The sound
brings back memories of Poppa, as he sat on
Dick
Parker
the sofa and talked about life. Since my
grandmother died there have been many times
when that clock was the only sound in the
room.
It's a lonely sound tonight. It stirs memories.
Memories of long conversations when Poppa
would talk of life and the people he loved. His
wife and children. And his many dear friends. I
hung on his every word.
Lots of people came by today to pay their
respects to my grandfather. Small-town
southern people are like that. If times are bad,
they let their friends know they're behind
them.
And they never come in empty-handed. In
fact, by tomorrow afternoon the kitchen will be
packed with food.
The people poured in today—people Poppa
hadn't seen in years. But they remember him.
Always will. And he remembered them. The
cold didn't keep them away today. Cold
weather can't reach warm hearts.
My sister and two cousins and I are staying
at Poppa's house tonight because of a rash of
burglaries in Cedartown recently. We're here
to make sure nobody tries it here.
Tonight I'm sleeping in the same room
Poppa slept in last night. His bed is across the
room.
Poppa died in his sleep, the way I hope to in
about 70 years. He was never in any pain,
except for the occasional loneliness he suffer­ed.
But with his three children living in town to
come visit every day, his times of loneliness
were probably about this time of night, when
he lay in bed.
I wish The Plainsman had come earlier so he
could have read how I felt about him—how
everybody felt about him. But he knew.
The sun will rise again tomorrow, and he will
be laid beside his loving wife of 51 years.
Poppa's happy. And he's not lonely.
I'm sure.
expect to have his license revoked for six
months, be fined from $100 to $500 and be
ordered to attend driving school in Auburn.
The option is a six month jail sentence.
Reduced charges and penalties are rarely
handed down in city court these days.
Harsh you say? Brutal? Just plain mean?
Consider that the above penalties are for first
time offenders. -
So, if you plan to drive drunk, be sure to
throw a pillow in the back seat, just in case.
While you're at it, grab a fork and spoon too.
If you're stopped by the Auburn police,
you're sure to need the former and if you
were nearly asleep before you got into your
car, there's a chance you'll need the latter.
Good business
Probably not many of you heard Fob
James's speech to the Senate and the House
Tuesday. You really didn't miss much.
As one political science professor said "I
doubt that it will be the type of speech that
will be hung on library walls for humanity.''
Put more simply, James's speech probably
trailed "The Daring Game" and "Lets
Make a Deal" in the ratings, and even more
incredible it was probably as uninteresting.
But maybe that's what we need.
James isn't a fiery orator. He's not the type
of politician that would think of capturing
the nation's attention with a theatrical stand
in the doorways of a state university. He
doesn't even have plans td run for a national
office. James is only a state administrator—a
businessman—somebody who gives rotten
speeches, and exactly what the state needs for
a new beginning after a flamboyant but
stagnant 16 year reign.
Still an eyesore
Where would we be without guns ?r
We stuffed our Kopper Kettle tee-shirts in
the drawer a long time ago. We stopped
playing our copy of "The Kettle is Gone"
and shelved it next to "Disco Duck.'' It's just
too bad we can't do the same with the
painful eyesore on the corner of Magnolia
Avenue and Gay Street, the only reminder
we have of the explosion a year ago.
The City decided the site would become
the home of a six-story mini-mall. But while
the rest of the city is getting a face-lift, the
explosion area remains untouched.
The site defeats the purpose of beautifying
the "Loveliest Village," and if there are
problems, the view could at least have been
eliminated by constructing a full fence.
Let's get movin' Auburn. The Kopper
Kettle is dead, and should get the burial it
justly deserves.
Don't burn us
It's a characteristic of intelligence to be
able to learn from past mistakes. This is a
characterisitc Auburn needs to make sure is
instilled in the construction companies they
hire.
Over the Christmas holidays, a construc­tion
company working on Hargis Hall made a
mistake that cost more than half a million
dollars and damaged one of the campuses
historic buildings.
Last week another construction company,
made an almost identical mistake by being
careless with their blowtorches and the press
boxes on the stadium caught fire.
A great deal of construction is going on at
Auburn—too much for Auburn to risk being
burned again.
Following a tragic shooting, it never fails.
People who don't realize the importance of
guns and other war-like objects in American
life always call for restrictions on "Saturday
night specials," or the licensing and registering
of all weapons.
These people may not realize that every
American could be called upon to join a
citizen's militia at the sign of any Indian attack,
and therefore has a constitutional right to
keep and bear arms. Blasted Indians.
These people don't take pride in our glowing
national heritage of high murder rates and Old
West gun fights, and may not realize the
important impact of guns on presidential
politics.
How could any thinking American advocate
restricting hand guns when those very same
weapons helped send Andrew Johnson, Ches­ter
Arthur, Teddy Roosevelt and Lyndon
Johnson to the White House?
Gun control advocates simply do not realize
that almost as many robbers are killed and
wounded as family members are, when the
man of the house keeps a loaded gun by his
side.
Americans have a sacred duty to protect
their families and loved ones from robbers and
prowlers, if not from themselves.
Dave
White
One overriding fact overlooked by people
worried about gun over-population is that
Americans don't want to be protected, that
government efforts to save lives are viewed as
encroachments on personal liberties.
Using seat belts and driving 55 mph may
save lives, but it crimps style. At least some
states don't force their citizens to wear
motorcycle helmets against their will.
Too, the government itself apparently isn't
all that excited about protecting human life.
Didn't the federal government build our
great highway system, at a cost of billions of
dollars and 40,000 to 50,000 lives each year?
Every year, we have our own little Vietnam
in dead and wounded on the asphalt in this
great land, and no bullets even have to be
fired.
Doesn't the federal government allow
nuclear power plants to be built scant miles
away from huge metropolitan areas?
One melt down at the Indian Point reactor
near New York City, however remote the
possibility, and the government wipes out a
few thousand lives within hours and sentences
tens of thousands of people to cancer a few
years afterward.
Doesn't the government have thousands of
nuclear weapons stored away for World War
III, and haven't our friends the Soviets
reciprocated in kind?
Defense planners talk of tens of millions of
casualties in any nuclear exchange, while
Americans scoff at disarmament negotiations
as sell-outs.
Americans are by nature, and historically, a
violent people, living and dying by swords, and
the sooner gun control advocates realize the
fact, the better off everyone will be.
One nation, under guns, unrestricted, with
shotguns and bullets for all, right?
If God had intended Americans to live
together without shooting each other, he'd
have given us a bit more rationality, compas­sion
and morality. But He obviously hasn't, so
that's that.
Case closed.
THE AUBURN
PLAINSMAN
Dick Parker, Editor
Dave Harris, Business manager
Editorial Board members: Managing editor, Betsy Butgereit; Executive editor, Dewey
English; News editor, Dave White; Features editor, Rick Harmon; Associate editor,
Becki Thomas; Sports editor, Chuck Anschutz; Entertainment editor, Scott Thurston,
and Editor, Dick Parker.
Techincal editor, DonSproul; Copy editor, Markee Jacobs; Photographic editor, Ford
Risley; Art director, Bill Holbrook, and Intramurals editor, Jeff Lewis.
Assistant news editors, Julie Spafford and Vickey Hunt; Assistant features editor,
Wanda Kenton; Assistant sports editor, Barry Webne; Assistant entertainment editor,
Stephen K. Simpson, and Assistant technical editor, Rebecca Jones.
Business manager, Dave Harris; Associate buisness manager, Tim Hunt; Production
Coordinator, Mike Sellers; Layout specialists, Nancy McKee, Carolyn Lassen, and
Murray Mitchell; Assistants, Susan Hettinger and Cindy Shrader; Local advertising
route manager, John Brinkerhoff; Assistant advertising route manager, John
Weatheriy; Advertising salesman, Paul Ferwerda; Circulation manager, Dennis Hill;
Assistant circulation manager, Bruce Johnson; Typesetters, Jill Thomas, Marilyn
Kitchens, Kim Clegg and Connie Bufford.
Fools! There's plenty to do in winter
So you signed up for 21 hours because you
figured there wouldn't be anything to do this
winter quarter except dodge raindrops?
You fools. Do I have news for you.
The list of winter quarter activities may not
be endless, or painless, but it certainly could be
interesting if you're willing to put in a little
effort.
First, rob a bank. Then you'll have enough
money to attend all campus fund drives this
quarter. Without leaving the Auburn campus
you can visit New Orleans, pop back to the
'20s, gamble in Monte Carlo, cruise in the
Caribbean, take a spacey trip to Venus, say
hello to Hollywood, visit Jonestown . . .
If you're an independent, walk in the front
door of any fraternity and announce you want
to join. This works a whole lot better if you're
reasonably well-dressed, well-groomed and
well-off. Either that, or strongly resemble
John Belushi.
If you're in a fraternity, deactivate and
threaten to reveal^your fraternity's ritual. Play
chase.
Give blood at the blood drive. Better yet,
offer to help with the organizing of it. Maybe
YOU could be a blood drop, too.
Eat a bottle of talcum powder. You'll never
sweat again.
Write up your resume now. Or at least find
out how to write one.
Compile a list of all of Auburn's outstanding
athletes. Take anybody's word for it.
Betsy
Butgereit
If you can't afford your organization's formal
at $300 a weekend, only to come home with a
hotel glass to prove you went, try opening a
savings account.
If you can't afford it at all, try getting a job.
Interested in being a managing editor?
Burn down another Auburn landmark
renovation project—but no fair rekindling
Hargis Hall or the stadium press box.
See if you can get a ticket to the Auburn
University Theatre musical, "South Pacific."
Catch one of the University Program
Council or Performing Arts Committee con­certs.
It'll be easy this quarter.
Elope with Rick Harmon. At least go out
with him, so he'll stop begging in print for a
date.
Join the Glomerata staff and type class
copy.
Join the Plainsman staff and read copy
(please).
Join, the SGA so you'll have something for
your resume.
Park your car at the wire fence on Donahue
and wait for football season to start again.
Turn off your heater and watch your toilet
and shampoo freeze.
Sign up now to be a pre-college counselor
during the summer—especially if you're in a
weird curriculum like a girl majoring in beef
cattle production.
Play "Who's That Star" by going to see a
movie at Langdon Hall and not sitting in the
first five rows.
Get a group of friends together and kick some
money into a pot. Then bet where the War
Eagle food prices will stop at the end of the
day.
Answer your mail.
Get more sleep every night. Save up for
spring quarter.
Dial 4200 and hang up as soon as you hear it
click on. That way when the phone company
checks the "Tiger Talk" number it will look like
it gets used a lot, and we'll get to keep it.
Don't tell anyone that the UPC is trying to
sign Derek Cream and the Dominoes for a
major concert.
Tell everyone the SGA has resigned and see
if they notice that they haven't.
Tell the SGA that they've resigned and see if
they notice they haven't.
Student leaders duped by solicitors
A-5 Thursday, January 18, 1979
City Council liaison responds
to editorial, article on disco
Editor, The Plainsman:
I feel a need to respond to both the editorial
and article in last week's Plainsman that dealt
with the planned disco in the Corner Village
Shopping Center. As the Student Liaison to
the City Council, my position requires my
attendance at each of the Council Meetings;
and so it was that I attended each of the three
Council meetings where public discussions
were held with respect to Mr. Ron Smith's
RPM Disco. I write this letter with the hope
that it might help one to view the issue in a
more proper light.
The issue was first discussed publicly at the
Oct. 17, 1978 regular Council Meeting.
With the decision to allow Mr. Smith to
operate either a restaurant, restaurant-lounge,
restaurant-pub or restaurant-disco, the
Council voted to accept the restaurant only.
This decision was based primarily on the fact
that a great majority of the audience was
against the disco.
My personal feelings were mixed so I
decided to wait for some student feedback to
assist me in seeking a possible direction on
this. With Plainsman coverage, I felt that the
students would soon be responding as an
"entertainment-starved populace" should, but
for the next two weeks, prior to the next
Council Meeting, I received one student
response.
At the next regular Council Meeting on
Nov. 7, it was brought to the attention of the
Council that the vote at the October meeting
may have been influenced because of the
biased audience; and that to do justice to the
issue, both sides should be equally represent­ed.
The Council voted to allow reconsideration
and decided that both views would be properly
heard. Again, The Plainsman was there to
report the facts on Thursday. Again, I received
essentially no student feedback.
On Dec. 5, the second day of finals but also
the first Tuesday of the month—a regular
meeting for the City Council—the chamber
was filled with roughly equal representation
from each side. The views of Ron Smith were
presented in a first-class manner with the
added assistance of two lawyers.
After hearing his side, I felt convinced like
many others, that Mr. Smith deserved the
opportunity to have a disco. The opposition,
consisting mainly of residents who live in the
immediate vicinity of the Shopping Complex,
gave a convincing argument that seemed to
shake the confidence of each Council member.
Nearly three hours later, the question of
whether to have or not to have, was answered.
After individually expressing their thoughts to*
the audience, each member on the City Council
voted. The final count was seven against the
disco and one for.
My intention is not to delve deeply into the
singular objections and vindications of each
side, but rather to give an overview of the
issue for purposes of clarification. For those of
you who are interested in pursuing the finer
points of the issue, I urge you to contact me at
the SGA office or any of your City Council
members.
Remember, in seeking to fully understand
an issue, one must not only interview the side
that is favorable, but also the other that is
objectionable.
Doug Fees
Student liaison to the City Council
At last, our pompous student leaders have
done some leading. Down a road strewn with
the last vestiges of an already decayed student
faith they led a fool's parade, a pilgrimage to
the football temple to lay down a $7.4 million
offering.
They were dupes of administrators whose
profession it is to solicit money, for whom
befuddling a few sheltered fraternity men was
child's play. And the masses, perhaps as
ignorant as the student government regards
them, were dupes too. Dupes of short-sighted­ness,
misplaced values and the same propa­ganda
that suckered the Omicron Delta Kappa
crowd.
Most of us know about one of the most
visible student leaders, Plainsman Editor Dick
Parker, jumping on the bandwagon. Dick, who
must be credited with allowing this to appear
in his paper, picked the stadium expansion
issue upon which to make his first strong
editorial stand. We had all waited a long time
for that. Trouble was, Dick picked the wrong
side. After relating noble ambitions of afford­ing
a Winnebago in which to pack the wife and
kids on the way to the football game—truly
this is a lofty goal—Dick pleaded for the
hapless alumni who have to sit in the end zone
and said we should build the grandiose stadium
addition.
A few issues later, executive editor Dewey
English conducted a survey of Auburn
students concerning the expansion. In the
results: 71 percent of those questioned
opposed the addition of 11,000 seats.
Our beloved Student Senate reacted ty­pically.
On the eve of the trustees meeting
where the issue would be decided, the Student
Senate approved a resolution supporting the
stadium expansion. Why? Who will ever know
what motivates these playful legislators. A
clue, though, may be found in Alumni
Association Executive Secretary Buck Brad-berry's
lengthy speech to them that night.
Bradberry, to our knowledge, is an honest,
Mark C.
Winne
.--.
thoughtful, intelligent man. But his business is
getting money from people to build things.
He's been doing it for years and he has done it
well. The Student Senate, never known for its
shrewdness anyway, was easily taken in.
But these were minor skirmishes compared
to the massacre at the Board of Trustees
meeting of the elusive student right to be
heard.
Not only were student rights spat upon, but
the general public's right to know as well. The
trustees held closed meetings—patently il­legal—
the morning before the scheduled public
meeting. In the secret gathering the trustees
heard the pleas of a select group of stadium
proponents; there was precious little discus­sion
in the open meeting, little to tell the public
how their $7.4 million was being spent, or why
all this energy wasn't directed towards the
myriad more important problems facing
Auburn University.
Ah, you say, isn't our SGA president, Jeff
Stone, on the Board of Trustees? Wasn't he, at
least, at the secret meetings to make known
the student point of view? Hah! While this
reporter tried vainly to gain entrance to the
illegal meeting, Stone puttered around the
SGA office. The kindly trustees did conde­scend
to let Jeff, who has always treated them
very respectfully and never raised his voice at
a meeting (thereby maintaining a cordial
working atmosphere, of course), come in and
visit with them for a token few minutes.
Not a word left Stone's pristine lips during
the discussion at the public meeting.
And now, here is the clincher. All of these
people said they would support the stadium
expansion because students wouldn't have to
foot any of the bill.
Nonsense. Even if you forget that Athletic
Director Lee Hayley has said football revenues
can't even contribute to other sports, let alone
the stadium expansion, even if you forget that
the alumni contributions solicited for the
stadium would be more nobly solicited for
campus dormitories, its still nonsense..
Trustee Henry Stegall revealed after the
meeting why he voted against the stadium
expansion: in the morning meetings, he had
asked for a stipulation that student fees not be
used to amortize the debt, and the stadium
proponents told him no way.
No way, they said. Forget that we've
struggled to give the public the impression the
students would never have to pay for this
senseless excess, they said. And they said it so
forcefully that the staid, respected Mr. Stegall,
the governor's executive secretary who wears
impeccably tailored conservative suits, was
moved to register what was likely an
unpopular vote with his football-fanatic con­stituency.
Parker, old friend, I'm afraid you have been
taken in.
Senate, you suckers.
Stone, where were you?
Apparently, the administration was confi­dent
in the blind devotion they could inspire
within you, for construction on the project
began an embarrassingly few hours after the
trustees had approved it. Shady indeed.
The damage is done, but not forgotten. Let
that concrete and steel monstrosity stand as a
monument not only to perverse devotion to a
game, but the the gullibility of a student body.
And, I pray, let us see the day when we see
football for what it is—a game of limited
athletic benefit—and when alumni and other
powers-that-be become rabid fans of academic
growth and intellectual development.
Don't waste time looking for crip courses
Independent president invites
all to leave mark on Auburn
Editor, The Plainsman:
One of the biggest problems faced by
independent students is the difficulty of
becoming involved in a greek dominated
campus. For those independents who are
concerned and motivated, this experience is
very frustrating.
A group was started last year named the
Auburn Independents whose purpose is to
promote independents both socially and politi­cally.
Membership was large, and at its peak
attendance at meetings was around 70-80
people. The group organized several dinner
parties, a disco party and a beach party in
Florida.
Politically, the Auburn Independents were
active in supporting an independent party in
the SGA elections and have endorsed candi­dates
for both Miss Auburn and Miss
Homecoming. Speakers at meetings have
included such well known personalities as
Republican Jim Martin, President Harry
Philpott and Mrs. Ralph Shug Jordan.
Now, however, because the present leader is
graduating and because no one has risen to fill
the role of president, the Auburn Indepen­dents
may die. If any independents are
interested in taking the leadership of the
group and building it into the political force it
could easily become, they should contact either
Charlotte Davis, Activities Advisor, at 826-.
4710 or Bill Baker at 826-4572.
The administration has given complete
support to the group and will help the leaders
in any way possible. If you are a motivated
independent who wants to leave his or her
mark on Auburn, then this is what you're
looking for.
Bill Baker, 4FI
• President, Auburn Independents
Looking for a crip course? Don't waste your
time.
In my fourth year at Auburn University, I
have found myself at times looking over my
college career quite carefully.
One conclusion I have reached is that most
instructors here don't regard or respect the
average student as an adult who is capable of
doing work on his own or making his own
descisions.
I don't feel this way because I have had so
many demeaning or insulting instructors.
Although I have had a few. But because I have
had so many who lecture solely from their
assigned reading material. And so many who
explain in detail those things which are clearly
and simply explained in the reading material.
Personally, I feel insulted when an instruc­tor
lectures on those things which are
adequately described in a text he has already
required me to read.
I realize that certain points need to be
defined more clearly or with added attention.
But the student is an adult, and it is his
descision to learn.
When I was in high school, most of my
teachers told me at college there would be no
more spoon-feeding.
Spoon-feeding is the system where the
instructors did everything for us. Lectures
Don
Sproul
would contain all important points explained
and reviewed in detail, followed by a question
and answer session on the same material.
Instructors would also give us daily reminders
on that material. Material which we had
already been required to read. With spoon­feeding
(or forced learning) the student is
required to do no thinking on his own
initiative. v
I don't feel that the memorization of a list of
facts or figures constitutes learning. Learning
must involve independent thinking along with
the use of those facts and concepts brought
out in class. Learning is applying knowledge.
And learning need not involve spoon-feeding.
I wouldn't say spoon-feeding is a common
practice at Auburn, but believe it or not I have
seen occurrences of it here.
Circle editor asks who will apologize for 'shattered self-images'
Editor, The Plainsman:
Herein last week, some women in the Phi
Mu sorority complained that The Circle
magazine had succumbed to "the temptations
of yellow journalism" in an expose printed in
the last issue about sorority rush. "We demand
an apology," they said.
Apology? Apology?! Who is going to
apologize to the hundreds of girls who every
year, because of the cold, inhumane rush
system at Auburn, are cut by every sorority on
campus. Who is going to apologize for the
shattered self-images, the sustained ego
damage that kind of insult fosters?
This year, Panhellenic officers are quick to
boast, a record 1,025 innocent young teen-aged
girls went through rush. They are reticent.
however, to reveal that 344 of those girls
either dropped out of rush, or, in most cases,
were forced out.
Here is the rub. The sororities are conduct­ing
their rush in University faculties, largely
donated, with the supervision of personnel
whose salaries are paid by the University. The
University has a responsiblity to spend our
money on the fairest system possible.
The Circle story illuminated these problems,
problems that needed to be brought to light.
All the testimony used in the story came from
a survey of sorority sisters, so it could hardly
be as malicious as the Phi Mu women suggest.
If their sorority seemed singled out, it may be
because the Phi Mu's were complained about
time and time again in the survey, unlike any
other sorority.
As the story noted, however, evidence
indicated that nearly every sorority is guilty of
varying degrees of poor judgement in rush.
I'm sorry the Phi Mu's are upset, because
they have so many good looking sisters, but I
don't apologize for anything else.
Mark C. Winne
Circle Editor
The practice of semi-spoon feeding is much
more common. I have had instructors agree
with me that they lecture solely from their
text, and that a student could read and be
familiar with the material in an hour lecture in
five minutes. I don't now how many times I
have forced myself out of bed on a cold
morning only to hear a repeat of what I had
studied the night before. When will it end?
One might assume that this is an institution
of higher learning. But at times I have had my
doubts.
Last quarter I had three grades of 100 on
tests. I had long awaited with anticipation the
day when I would get just one 100 on a test.
But I felt robbed of my feeling of satisfaction
knowing that I had been spoon-fed..
But the fault of this disappointing experi­ence
is not solely that of the instructor. It is
also encouraged by students who haven't read
their material or who don't think about their
questions in class. But the instructor too is at
fault in his underestimation of the class, or by
honoring some of the most absurd questions.
There are some courses where the thinking
student must use his mind. English courses
are easiest to note. And not all insturctors fall
into the spoon-feeder category—but many
more do, than I would like to think.
What would happen if instructors didn't
spoon-feed?
I guess classwork would be a little harder for
most students. But there would be more class
time for interesting and valuable information,
possibly added to lecture from the instructor's
own research.
What it comes down to is this: if this practice
of spoon-feeding were stopped, classes would
be of a higher quality, and wouldn't that be
better for everyone concerned?
Positive side of rush omitted in Circle article
Editor, The Plainsman:
Fall quarter, The Auburn Circle published
an article on sorority rush. After reading this
article, I felt that the positive side of rush was
omitted. On many campuses the number of
girls out for Fall rush has been steadily
declining.
This is not the case at Auburn. We had 1,041
girls registered as of Sept. 12, 1978, the day
Rush began. Evidently by the number of girls
participating in Rush, our 15 sororities are
making positive impressions on campus and
throughout the state. All 15 sororities are
recognized nationally and each has a strong
reputation.
Being in a sorority teaches a girl responsi­bility,
builds character and lets her discover
her capabilities and any possible limitations-all
of which are necessary tools in life. Sorority
life offers a group of friends that are behind
you not only when times are good, but when
times are bad.
I am proud of all our chapters here at
Auburn, and I feel priviledged to be associated
with them.
Jo Anna Newberry
Panhellenic Council President
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An Auburn Man
Alumnus Forrest 'Fob' James sworn in as fifty-fifth Alabama governor
By Steve Farish
Plainsman Staff Writer
Saying he will "launch a frontal
attack upon . . . injustices within
the borders of Alabama," Forrest
Hood James took the Oath of Office
as the fifty-fifth governor of Ala­bama
Monday on the steps of the
state Capitol.
The former Auburn football star
took the oath from Alabama Su­preme
Court Chief Justice C.C.
Torbett at 2:45 p.m., and a new era
of politics was ushered in for
Alabama.
The installation of James cli­maxed
two days of activity that
filled Montgomery with thousands
from all over the state.
The Inauguration celebration
began with an open house at the
Governor's Mansion Sunday after­noon.
A crowd estimated at 20,000,
which stretched for eight blocks,
braved freezing temperatures to
meet Alabama's new chief execu­tive.
Some persons had to wait as
long as two and one-half hours to
get into the mansion.
An "Alabama Stars Show" was
held at 8 p.m. Sunday in Montgom­ery's
Garrett Colesium. Tammy
Wynette and Hank Williams Jr.
were the headliners for the crowd
of 9000.
The day's first official activity
was a Holy Eucharist performed at
St. John's Episcopal Church at 8
a.m. It was the only inaugural
event not open to the public.
James joined Gov. George C.
Wallace after the service to ride in
the Inaugural Parade. They rode
with the James family in the yellow
school bus that James had used so
often in his campaign. Immediate­ly
after the bus came the Lee
County delegation, in which Au­burn
University had four units: the
University Marching Band, the
cheerleaders, an ROTC group and
a float (co-built by the City of
Auburn). The Auburn units were
very well received, and when the
band struck up "War Eagle," a
partisan Auburn crowd cheered
loudly.
The Inauguration itself took
place shortly after the end of the
parade. Six administrative offic­ials,
including Lt. Gov. George
MacMillan, took the oaths of office
before James made his pledge.
In a speech that lasted about 10
minutes, the new governor re-.
iterated that he intends to fight
illiteracy, the problems of the
aged and the waste in government
spending. James mentioned Mar­tin
Luther King Jr., whose fiftieth
birthday would have been Monday,
twice in his address.
The Governor called for Ala-bamians
to "bury forever the
negative prejudices of the past" to
commemorate the day. He also
said that "if Robert E. Lee and
Martin Luther King Jr. were here
today, their cry to us . . . their
prayer to God . . . would call for
'the politics of unselfishness.' "
James also continued to empha­size
that he will not be a traditional
bureaucrat. He stated that he was
"not one bit in awe of government
at any l e v e l . . . nor the trappings of
any public office."
Dignitaries from across the
state, including former governors
Jim Folsom, John Patterson and.
Albert Brewer gathered for the
ceremony. Folsom called it "the
greatest inaugural I've ever wit­nessed,
because we've got a good
Auburn man in there." MacMillan,
another Auburn graduate, com-nented
on the festive and excited
atmosphere of the crowd, and said
that he felt humbled by the display.
Bobbie James, the Governor's
wife, called the crowd "very recep­tive"
and said that she felt an air of
"hopefulness." She believes that
the day was the beginning of
wonderful things for Alabama.
Auburn University President
Harry Philpott was in the parade,
and he called it a "great day." He
stated that Fob James will become
the President of the Auburn Board
of Trustees, but that he expects
James to do "nothing specific"
until he has first dealt with the
state legislature.
AUBURN'S FOB
.James rode in a school bus in inagural parade
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The speaker, Dr. Max Autry,
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SHE LEFT WITH NO REGRETS
. . .Costanza summarized her 20 month White House Career.
Blowtorch causes small
stadium pressbox fire
By Julie Spafford
Assistant News Editor
A torch used by the crew tearing
down Jordan-Hare stadium's press
box was responsible for a small fire
there Monday night, said Capt.
Hubert Carmack of the Auburn
Fire Department.
Fireman Felton Langley said the
small tire caused "no real
damage." Langley said some "old
scrap building material" burned.
Carmack said the area should
have been checked well before the
demolition crew left for the day,
but that "it had not been checked."
The fire was started by sparks
from either the torch or the hot
metal that was being cut away,
Carmack said.
He added that no charges would
be pressed against the crew but
that the project foreman would be
spoken to about carefully checking
the site before leaving.
Castle Construction Company
from Montgomery is enlarging the
stadium.
Two Auburn women Betsy
Smith, 3HRA, and Debbie Chaney,
2ED, notified the fire department
after spotting the fire about 8:55
p.m.
"We were jogging around the f
Coliseum," said Smith. "I smelled
smoke, and I just happened to look
over there. It looked like the press
box was on fire.
"So we continued jogging back to
the dorm, and I called the fire
department and explained what I
saw," she said.
This is the second fire on campus
within a month caused by construc­tion
workers' torches. Hargis Hall
burned down last month.
'College Bowl' returns,
Auburn plans tourney
"Sound your 'A.'" That's what
the conductor of a symphony
orchestra says when the musicians
are tuning up. What instruments do
all other instruments usually tune
up by?
If you answered "Oboe," you
won 10 points and just might have
the brains and quick thinking
necessary to become a member of
Auburn's College Bowl team.
According to one of the co-organizers,
Bud Smith, assistant
director of the Foy Union, Au­burn's
Bowl "is a throwback to the
General Electric College Bowl"
televised nationally from 1959
through 1969.
Even though the program sur­vived
the Quiz Show Scandal of the
60s, it eventually went off the air.
Many colleges in the United States,
including Auburn, participated in
those shows.
Co-organizer John Garrison, a
speech instructor, said the game is
' 'becoming more and more popular
across the country," and College
Bowl, Inc.in conjunction with the
Associated College Unions Inter­national,
are in the process of
sponsoring a 10-region competi­tion,
to inevitably select a national
champion.
Smith doesn't feel Auburn will
place well, and said this first year
of competition will mainly be "ex­perimental."
He said students have shown
interest in the program, however,
and that he hopes it will eventually
blossom into an intramural ac­tivity.
He emphasized that the
questions in the Bowl are not
academic, "but something a little
higher than trivia."
A student's grade point average
is not necessarily a predictor of his
ability to answer questions, he
said, adding that a student with
quick recall usually fares well.
Any chartered campus organiza­tions
or faculty may submit an
eight-name nomination, and nomi­nees
must be of graduate or under­graduate
standing, and must be
enrolled full-time.
From the nominations, a judge
will select the Auburn University
team to compete regionally. The
team, to be coached by Garrison,
will consist of four students and one
alternate. Questions for the compe­tition
will be provided by College
Bowl, Inc.
Information on the bowl can be
obtained from 228 Foy Union. The
deadline for submitting nomina­tions
is Jan. 29, and competition
begins Jan. 30 and will run through
the quarter. All competition will be
at night in the Foy Union, and there
is no entry fee. For further infor­mation,
students may call Smith at
826-4242.
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By Amy Dawes
Plainsman Staff Writer
Midge Costanza, who resigned
her position as President Jimmy
Carter's Assistant for Public Liai­son
last August, gave an animated
speech Monday in the Student
Activities Building, that summar­ized
her political career and her
experience in the White House.
Her speech, which included
anecdotes about members of the
Washington elite and the minori­ties
and special-interest groups she
dealt with, reflected the amount of
caring and dedication she seems to
have brought to her job.
When asked during the preceding
press conference about the "differ­ences
with the Carter Administra­tion"
that caused her departure,
Costanza replied, "I was an advo­cate,
and you can't be an advocate
in that job. And there I was,
pushing for civil rights, women's
rights, federally funded abortions .
"I got a lot of opposition about
some of the people I had in the
White House. Of course I invited
them in," said Costanza. "It's
everybody's White House. I will
never apologize for providing
people an opportunity to partici­pate
in their government."
After only 20 months, Costanza
found, that, "The things I really
cared about were being injured by
the controversy that swirled
around me.
"I once said that I would never
pay any price to keep any job, and I
considered myself lucky to be
working for a President who didn't
require that I did," said Costanza.
"I had to leave before that price
became my self-respect."
Costanza demonstrated the
brashness and backbone that some
say caused her fall within the
Carter administration in a verbal
skirmish with a persistent student
during the question and answer
period that followed her speech.
The student asked Costanza, ap­parently
a deeply committed hu­man
rights supporter, whether she
thought the rule preventing states
from rescinding their ratification
of the Equal Rights Amendment
was unfair. She answered that
states should not be able to change
their minds against human rights,
University sponsors program to
give single parents assistance
By Vickey Hunt
Assistant News Editor
'"Single parents'is a term you
hear often. Parents who are di­vorced
or widowed with children
have problems which are all their
own," said Jerry Cook, manager
of Married Student Housing.
Cook, along with Johnna Flow­ers,
a marriage counselor at Stu­dent
Development Services, is try­ing
to do something about helping
to solve those problems, or at least
listen to them.
Cook and Flowers are presently
trying to find out who the single
parents are, and what their needs
are. '
Since this information is not on
file, Flowers said, there is no way
to know how many Auburn stu­dents
this situation applies to.
Flowers said she and Cook are
trying to "feel out the situation" to
find out what their offices can do to
' ease the burden of raising a child
alone.
"We just want to let them know
somebody's concerned," Flowers
said.
Cook said that residency in Caro­line
Draughon Village, which is
Auburn's relatively low cost mar­ried
student housing, has been
offered to single parents for "seven
or eight years" but only three
students in this situation are now
living there.
Both Cook and Flowers empha­sized
their desire to develop a
campus-wide program for single
parents, no matter where they live.
"There is a nationwide concern,,
because the divorce rate is in­creasing,"
Cook said. Because of
the new laws decreasing alimony
payments, Cook said women are,
more than ever, in need of a college
degree.
An organizational meeting will
be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the
Family Room at Caroline
Draughon Village for anyone inter­ested
in joining a group to discuss
and seek solutions to the problems
of raising a child alone.
"We want to make it an on-going
campus-wide program which is
available to students living any­where,"
Cook said.
which she said is a non-negotiable
issue. The unsatisfied student per­sisted
with his question, and Cos­tanza
insulted him, claiming to be
on "a higher level" than the
student.
Costanza called the President's
Jan. 12 dismissal of Bella Abzug
from her position as co-chair of his
National Advisory Committee for
Women "an example of sloppiness
and insensitivity, and a sad loss for
all people of this nation whose
leadership in areas of civil rights
she has touched."
Commenting on marijuana and
cocaine use in the White House, she
said, "There was no drug use going
on in the White House. If there had
been, the polls would have been a
lot higher and so would the staff."
Asked if she approved of the
recent AFL-CIO labor union con­vention
boycott against Miami, she
replied, "You bet. The only way the
ERA, or anything else will ever get
passed is through confrontations,
boycotts, and demonstrations of
political clout. Not just because it's
right."
The AFL-CIO boycotted Miami
because Florida has not ratified
the ERA.
Costanza said that she had no
regrets about anything she did
while in the White House. For the
present, she said she will remain
on the public lecture circuit, while
writing a book entitled, "A Journey
From Rochester to the White
House."
She is considering offers to run
for the New York Senate or to join
the staff of New York Governor
Hugh Carey.
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A. 9 Thurnday, January 18, 1979 TheAubum Plainsman
Plainsman or Bulletin, for Johnson it's Auburn
By Anne Harvey
Plainsman Staff Writer
Anyone in journalism for the
glamour, money or excitement
may be disappointed, according to
Rheta Grimsley Johnson, former
Plainsman editor.
"It is exciting in certain ways—
just not in the traditional sense of
the word."
The young and pretty journalist
may see things from a different
perspective since assuming the
position of managing editor of the
twice-weekly Auburn Bulletin.
Johnson, who as Plainsman
editor in 1975, directed a strong and
controversial paper.
"It was a very good newspaper
and she was a fabulous writer,"
journalism department head Jack
Simms said. "She was an agressive
editor—she was tough."
Today, Johnson continues to read
The Plainsman—it's a competitor
of hers in a sense—and, she be­lieves
it is still a "solid" news­paper.
"The paper has changed as the
students have changed," she said.
"Students today are more interest­ed
in lighter subject matter so
that's what the paper deals with
the most. When I was editor there
were very few light news stories.
The paper was full of heavy news
items because that's what the
students wanted to read."
The last great editor in Johnson's
opinion was Thorn Botsford who
served in 1972-73.
"He had the perfect staff. The
managing editor was great and the
features editor was the best there
was. Everyone was good. It was
just a great staff of people," she
said.
"I always knew I wanted to be
editor of The Plainsman, even
before I came to Auburn," Johnson
continued. "My sister was at Au­burn
and she would bring the paper
home for me to read. I always read
Beverly Bradford's columns when
she was editor—that's what really
got me interested in the paper."
Johnson says she came here
primarily because of The Plains­man
influence, but also because
her sister attended Auburn. "Any­thing
she did was what I did," she
added.
Although Johnson wanted to be
editor before attending Auburn,
she claims she "didn't get up the
nerve" to join the staff until the
third quarter of her freshman year.
Between then and graduation, she
served as entertainment editor,
assistant features editor, news
editor and finally editor.
During her senior year, she
married Jimmy Johnson, another
journalist and a former summer
Plainsman editor.
After graduation, the newlyweds
and another journalism graduate
started a newspaper on St. Simons
Island, a resort off the coast of
southeast Georgia.
"We did all the work," Johnson
said. "We sold advertisements,
wrote and typeset the stories,
pasted up the pages and took them
to a local paper to be printed. Then
we would take one full day to
distribute the papers all over the
island."
The paper, The Sun, lasted about
nine months before folding. There
just wasn't eough revenue to keep
it going.
"None of us were salesmen.
There was also too much competi­tion
from a local paper and shopper
which circulated heavily on the
island," she said. "Maybe if we
had had more backing the paper
could have made it."
As a couple, Rheta and Jimmy
looked for a newspaper they could
both work for. They found that
most metropolitan dailies wouldn't
hire husband and wife teams, so
they applied for jobs on small
community papers. After securing
jobs with the Monroeville Journal,
they found they liked smaller
papers better anyway.
They've held jobs together in
Monroeville and at the Opelika-
Auburn News, working about one
year at each place. Last August,
Rheta became the managing editor
of the Auburn Bulletin. Her hus­band
Jimmy is currently working
for the Auburn School of Engineer­ing
in public relations.
One of the reasons Johnson says
she enjoys her work at The Bulletin
is because of the many young and
enthusiastic writers, many of
which are completing their journa­lism
degrees through the required
internship or workshop programs.
Johnson also believes that Au­burn
journalism graduates gener­ally
seem to do well in the job
market. She advises beginning
journalists to consider starting
with community newspapers such
as The Bulletin rather than with
larger dailies.
"At small papers, writers learn
more of the different aspects of a
newspaper because they write the
stories, take their own pictures and
sometimes make up their own
pages," she said. "The community
newspaper job market is also
wide-open."
Although the community news­paper
may lack the glamour,
money and excitement of The
Washington Post, Rheta ap­parently
finds satisfaction working
with old and new friends back on
the Plains.
STILL COVERING THE PLAINS
. . . Former Plainsman editor, Rheta Grimsley Johnson now with the Auburn Bulletin
Dr. Nelson to lecture in Europe
at invitation of Boston University
By Dave White
News Editor
Dr. Daniel Nelson was supposed
to teach a graduate level course on
Western Europe this quarter.
'China' policy puzzles Taiwanese students
By Don Sproul
Plainsman Staff Writer
Taiwanese students here at
Auburn University said they were
shocked and surprised by the
recent actions of Jimmy Carter
cutting-off formal ties with their
country.
"We feel that we have lost a very
good ally, one which we have tried
to keep for almost 30 years," said
Hung Lin Fu, president of the
Chinese Student Association. "We
just can't figure out why Carter
betrayed us. We just can't under­stand
it."
"It is quite frightening - no,
terrifying - that we don't have U.S.
help anymore," said Tsang-lang
Ting, a Taiwanese student.
"Taiwan is only 100 miles from
mainland China - 8 to 15 minutes in
a jet fighter..."
Allegations that the government
of Taiwan organized or supported
the recent protest of the Taiwanese
or free-Chinese against the
American representatives are
untrue, according to Wen Ching
Yeg, a graduate student here.
According to Chen Wen Fan,
vice-president of the Chinese
Student Association, the protest
was an honest reaction of the
free-Chinese in general. He thought
the protest presented little or no
danger to the lives of the American
representatives in Taiwan.
The Taiwanese reaction was
fomented because the people of
'Taiwan no longer felt they had any
guarantee of security, with the
U.S. - Taiwan defense treaty
ending in 1979, according to Sun
Chio Fong.
Although Taiwanese students
feel there is a dangerous commu­nist
threat to their country, they
feel that some day they may be
able to go to a free China. The
students said they believe the
communist regime is not supported
by the people and that someday
there will be an uprising when
Nationalist China (Taiwan) will
step in.
When asked if he was concerned
about passport and visa problems,
Fu said that they would be good
until the end of February when the
consulate in Atlanta closes.
"If they aren't good after that I
will go home and be prepared to
fight for my country if necessary. I
love Taiwan, and it is my country,''
he said.
Communist China had given
three requirements for normali­zing
relations with the U.S,, said
Fong. First, the U.S. had to sever
ties with Taiwan or Nationalist
China; second, the U.S. had to
withdraw from its defense treaty,
with Taiwan; and third the U.S.
had to withdraw all military per­sonnel
in Taiwan at the time U.S. -
China normalization talks were
going on, he said, but they were
acting in the capacity of advisers.
"I believe our government
doesr't want to rely on the U.S.
to fight for us against the commu­nist,"
said Yeg. "we need weapons
to defend ourselves, but we pur­chased
those weapons. It is the
pjlicy of our goverment to defend
itself."
' 'But if one day we need to fight,''
interjected Fu, "we will try to keep
America on our side."
"Since your government has
withdrawn official relations. I have
had people ask me what will
happen if our president dies-but
we would do the same thing you
would, just elect another pre­sident,"
said Fong.
Ku Ching Jeng said he, too, was
shocked and surprised by the
recent U.S. action. "I expected
this would happen sooner or later,
but never that it would happen so
soon."
Jeng went on to say that the
reason he supports the nationalist
governmnet in Taiwan, and the
reason that he believes that people
in mainland China support it, is
because "the communists are
trying to destroy all that is good in
^ilHfclbfaK.
"Americans (have a habit of)
looking at the population of main­land
China and look at us and think
how can we survive. But from what
we hear of things in China, the
communist regime is not popularly
supported," said Yeh.
He added, "the communists took
over with the promise that life
would be better for the people some
30 years ago. But look at the
per capita income. In Taiwan is
about $1,400; in mainland China is
it only about $300."
Chinese culture. They want to
destroy the heritage of the people.
The old family relationship, father
and son relationship and Chinese
history are being manipulated. The
people are being manipulated. It's
like something out 1984.
"One way they are doing it is by
changing the written language.
They say they are trying to make it
simpler, but they are only trying to
make the people forget how to read
the old writing and not be able ot
find out about the history of
China."
The Taiwanese students also said
that Taiwan doesn't maintain
formal diplomatic relations with
any European countries and
depend on them for help in a crisis.
"Taiwan has trade relations with
many of the European nations, but
as far as any kind of military allies,
we have none there. We do have
some allies in Africa, though," said
Yeh.
The foreign students said most
people in Taiwan support the gov­ernment
there. It is illegal to be a
communist in Taiwan and hard to
know exactly how many commu­nist
there are, they said.
Most of the people are against
the communists because they have
either seen the ruthlessness of the
communists or have relatives in
China who write them and tell
them how bad it is there, the
students added.
"Although we feel sore about the
U.S. action, we really appreciate
the support of the American
people," said Fong. "The
American system of government
has been our guide in making our
own government. We really hate to
lose such a good friend.
"We are not too worried right
now because the U.S. has not
formally abandoned the defense
treaty yet. If either side wants out
of it, they would have to give a one
year notice. As yet Taiwan has not
received that notice formally.
Some people claim that Nixon gave
it five years ago when he went to
China, but it was not formal.
"I feel that Carter is gambling
with the failure of the U.S. (in
Taiwan and the East) for political
success.
"It is strange to think that people
believe that we, the underdogs,
started this conflict with China.
People ask how we are going to
keep the peace. We have all the
skills to make an atomic bomb. But
we haven't."
Instead, the political science as­sociate
professor will teach a grad­uate
level course on international
relations in Western Europe—in
Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany,
and Venice, Italy, to be exact.
Nelson will instruct U.S. military
officers and probably some Ger­man
officials working on master's
degrees in Boston University ex­tension
night courses in Berlin,
Heidelberg and Venice.
Expressing his pleasure at being
selected for the post, Nelson said
Boston University treats its inter­national
relations program "like a
piece of glass," "as their best
program at the graduate level."
Nelson said he was honored and
happy to receive the appointment,
but noted that he would "hate to
leave any students here hanging."
The professor said he would be
working with "people with experi­ence
bases wider than most...and
with career interests in the U.S.
military."
Nelson will teach in Berlin the
first part of the year and teach the
last five months in Heidelberg,
while flying to Venice every other
weekend to teach political econo­my.
Nelson, the author of "Wartime
Origin of the Berlin Dilemma "
recently published by the Univer­sity
of Alabama Press, hopes to
"begin a whole new research pro­ject
focusing on Berlin" this year.
Fluent in German, Nelson
studied two years at the University
of Bonn from 1960 to 1962 under a
Fulbright Scholarship and studied
in Berlin last summer while
working on his book.
Nelson also taught politicial
science from 1973 to 1974 at the
National University of Nepal in
Katmandu.
While stating that Nelson will be
missed from his teaching post and
as advisor to the Southeast Invita­tional
Model United Nations, poli­tical
science head Dr. Charles
Fortenberry said Nelson's trip ,jis
a wonderful opportunity for him."
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Campus Calendar A l l Thursday, January 18,1979 The Auburn Plainsman
'AUBURN ECONOMICS CLUB-All
interested students are invited
to tonight's meeting at 7 o'clock in
210 Thach.
HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AD­MINISTRATION
ORGANIZA­TION-All
interested hospital administra­tion
students are invited to attend
Monday's meeting in 2208 at 7:30
p.m. There will be a guest speaker.
SCIENCE FICTION AND
FANTASY SOCIETY -
Aprogram, "Witchcraft: Theoreti­cal
and Implied," will be presented
by Kat Holland at the meeting this
Sunday. Members and interested
students should meet in the lobby
of the Foy Union at 7 p.m. to watch
Battlestar Galactica on the big
screen.
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHO­LOGY-British
psychologist Dr. Peter
Harzem will speak on "Identifying
Human Qualities in Human Ope­rant
Performance" at tomorrow's
meeting at 3 p.m. in 3104 Haley
Center.
A.U. AMATEUR RADIO CLUB-Novice
Code and theory classes
will begin Monday. Persons inter­ested
are urged to attend tonight's
meeting at 6:30 on the fourth floor
of Broun Hall.
CAMPUS MINISTERS ASSOCIA­TION-A
program of "Bread for the
World" lunches will begin Wednes­day
and continue every Wednesday
thereafter through March 1. Lunch
will be provided for a nominal cost
at the Presbyterian University
Center at noon.
EPISCOPAL COLLEGE
CENTER-The
public is invited to a folk mass
on the theme of "The Good Earth,"
at the chapel today at 10:45 a.m.
ASPA-The
next meeting of the American
Society for Personnel Administra­tion
will be Tuesday in Foy Union
246. Business students are wel­comed
to the meetings every
second and fourth Tuesday.
ALPHA PHI OMEGA-The
Alpha Phi Omega service
fraternity will offer free calculator
registration Wednesday through
Friday of next week in front of
Parker Hall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
PHOTOS-A
photo exhibit of "Trips and
Journeys" will be on display
starting today in the Dudley Hall
gallery.
BLOCK AND BRIDLE CLUB-A
representative of Elanco
Products Co. will present a sales
intern program for agriculture
students at tonight's 7 o'clock
meeting in the Animal Science
Building 203.
Block and Bridle will have its
Glom picture taken at noon tomor­row
in front of Comer Hall.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRI­CULTURAL
ENGINEERS
(ASAE)-
Members should bring $10 for local
and national dues to Tuesday's
meeting at 7 p.m. in 116 Agricul­tural
Engineering.
HPR MAJORS-All
HPR, HPE majors and faculty
members are invited to the HPR
Majors Club meeting Jan. 23, 7
p.m., in Foy Union 203.
Remember...
All campus Calendars must be
turned in by 5 p.m., Monday, to
appear in Thursday's news­paper.
Please keep this deadline
in mind so that your notice will
not be left out.
GEOLOGY CLUB-Anyone
interested In geology, es­pecially
geology majors, is invited
to attend a meeting at 7:30 in 2188
HC. Dr. Oscar E. Gilbert of the
geology department will give a talk
on structural geology at the Jan. 25
meeting of the geology club in 2182
HC at 7:30 p.m.
LAMBDA TAU-Laura
Shevlin from the State toxi­cology
lab will be speaking at
Monday's meeting of the medical
technology honorary. All
members, new Initiates and other
interested laboratory technology
students are invited to attend the
meeting at 7 p.m. In 2238 Haley
Center.
MARINERS-Sponsors
of Navy I Marine ROTC
will hold its rush on Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
Orientation will be on Jan. 29 at 8
p.m. at Langdon Hall. The regis­tration
fee is $2 and applications
can be found in Broun Hall and the
Foy Union desk.
PHI THETA KAPPA ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION-Initiation
of new members will be
at the Jan. 25 meeting at the
Eagle's Nest at 7 p.m. New
members who have not done so,
please bring $5 dues. Members
should plan on dining out together
following the short initiation
ceremony.
CIRUJVA-Open
meetings will be held every
Monday night to organize the
Council of International Relations
and United Nations Affairs trip to
the National Model United Nations
In New York City in April. The
meetings will be in Foy Union at 7
p.m.
PRELAW SOCIETY-Arepresentative
from the Univer-.
sity of Alabama Law School will
speak at a PRE-LAW Society
meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in 8072
Haley Center.
ALPHA ZETA
Alpha Zeta Garden Plots for rent,
Jan. 22-26 and Jan 29-Feb. 2, 1-4:30
p.m., at the Foy Union desk. If you
have any questions, call 826-6224,
ask for Carole Jones.
SIGMA TAU DELTA-The
English honorary will hold an
informal meeting to acquaint
themselves with new and prospec­tive
members Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. at
303 Green St.
ALPHA EPSILON DELTA-All
students interested in a health
career should attend this Tues­day's
meeting at 7 p.m. in 3195 HC.
The topic for discussion will be
"Nurse Health Practitioners," and
there will be an initiation for the
associate's program following the
meeting.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EN­GINEERS
The guest speaker for Tuesday's
noon meeting will be Auburn bas­ketball
Coach Sonny Smith. Mem­bers
and those wishing to join
should come to the meeting in the
textile auditorium.
SIMUN-A
SIMUN staff meeting will be held
every Thursday in January at 4
p.m., in Foy Union.
PLAINSMAN AND GLOMERATA
PHOTOGRAPHERS-The
public is Invited to a photo
exhibit by Plainsman and Glom
photographers this week in Foy
Union 217. The exhibit will be open
from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. through
Sunday.
AUBURN RODEO CLUB-Anyone
interested in rodeo, horses
or the Western life is invited to
attend a meeting Monday at 7:30
p.m. at the Foy Union 202. A movie
will be shown on the national finals
rodeo.
MODELING BOARD-The
Auburn University Modeling
Board will be presenting a fashion
show at Terrell Cafeteria every
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. beginning
Jan. 25.
SINGLE PARENTS-Any
student who is a single parent
is invited to an organizational
meeting of a group which will meet
to discuss the problems of raising a
child alone. The meeting will be
held in the Family Room at
Caroline Draughon Village at 7
p.m. Wednesday.
ETA KAPPA NU-A
meeting will be held Tuesday at 7
p.m. In Greene's room.
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SIMUN alters Model UN
to foster 'compromise'
By Julie Spafford
Assistant News Editor
A change in emphasis from a
debate to a compromise-oriented
conference marks the "single big­gest
change in the Model United
Nations this year," said Michael
DeCarlo, chairman of the U.N.'s
new General Committee.
DeCarlo said it had been a
"general consensus" that the
Southeastern Model United Na­tions
(SIMUN), had turned into a
parliamentary debate where pro­cedural
rules were being used as
stalling tactics to "manipulate"
the conference.
This change will provide "in­creased
motivation for compro­mise,"
said DeCarlo. "We're try­ing
to make the Model U.N. more
realistic than in the past."
In an attempt to narrow the
research work yet "enhance the
quality of debate", DeCarlo said a
12-topic agenda was handed out
when delegations were assigned. In
past years, the agenda was com­piled
after all resolutions had been
collected and was based on the
topics presented in them.
By handing out the agenda be­forehand,
delegations will know
what topics to concentrate their
efforts on, said DeCarlo. There will
be no set agenda for the Security
Council, however.
In other changes, the number of
resolutions submitted has been
limited. No more than nine resolu­tions
are to be submitted per
delegation, but each delegation is
encouraged to turn in at least two,
DeCarlo said.
The General Committee was
formed this year. Consisting of six
faculty members and three stu­dents,
the committee draws up the
agenda and acts as a review board
for the resolutions submitted by the
delegations.
For the purpose of reviewing
resolutions, all the countries par­ticipating
in the Model U.N. have
been broken down into six areas,
and a faculty member has been
assigned to the area that he has a
special knowledge of, said
DeCarlo.
The divisions and corresponding
faculty advisers are NATO,
Richard Shelton, inter-library
loan; Warsaw Pact,.Dr. Elizabeth
Pickering, History Department;
Arab, Dr. Thomas Dickson, Politi­cal
Science Department; Latin
American, Dr. Robert Widell, Po­litical
Science Department; Af­rica,
Dr. James Stalllngs, Agricul­ture
Economics; and Asia, Dr.
Robin Fabel, History Department.
The amount of time sperif iiTtKe
General Assembly has been cut,
according to DeCarlo. Instead of
convening the General Assembly
on the afternoon of the second day
and continuing through the third
and final day, the General Assem­bly
will meet only on the last day.
DeCarlo said Tuesday that four
Security Council nations still need
to be filled: Bangladesh, Jamaica,
Zambia and Czechoslovakia.
The conference will be held Feb.
1-3, with orientation beginning at
noon on Feb. 1. Debbie Vogel is
Secretary General and Dr. Shigeko
Fukai of the Political Science
Department is the faculty adviser.
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
STUDENT COUNCIL-All
interested engineering students
are invited to a question and
answer session with David
Farmer, president of the School of
Engineering, tonight at 8 p.m. in
360 Foy Union. The purpose of the
workshop is to give students an
opportunity to ask a professional
interviewer questions.
RALPH DRAUGHON LIBRARY-Library
tours will be offered Jan.
24-26 at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Those interested should meet at the
entrance to the library.
I.D.S.A.-
Students and faculty interested in
entering the I.D.S.A. photo contest
should pick up entry forms at the
Foy Union desk or Biggin Hall 95.
Deadline for entries is Feb. 20.
ALPHA ZETA-All
members are invited to attend
meetings on the first and third
Mondays of every month at 7:30
p.m. in 160 Funchess.
ENGINEERING STUDENTS
PARTNERS-Plans
for an international Valen­tine
dinner for husbands and wives
will be discussed at the Jan. 23
meeting of Alabama Power Co. at
7:30 p.m. Old and new members
are welcome. For information call
821-4921 or 887-3990.
Tonight,
let it be
Lowenbrau.
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Deposit for Broadway tour due Friday
By Anne Harvey
Plainsman Staff Writer
A trip to new York to see three
broadway and three off-broadway
shows is being sponsored by the
Theater Department, according to
Francis Fuselier, the tour co­ordinator.
"The tour is open to students,
faculty members and anyone in the
community who is interested,"
Fuselier said. "There's no limit to
the number of people who can
attend."
The trip will be from March 17-24
and costs $369 which also includes a
$100 deposit due tomorrow (Jan.
19). The cost covers round trip fare
from Columbus, Ga., to New York
City and double room accommoda­tion
at the Century Paramount
Hotel.
All expenses are paid for in the
total cost except food and spending
money.
After viewing at least three
plays, the group will have an
opportunity to interview the actors
and actresses.
At an opening seminar Ted
Kalem, Time Magazine play critic,
will explain how to watch a play.
"We've been talking about doing
this for several years," Fuselier
said, "but this will be the first time
we've ever done it, and we hope to
make it an annual event."
"Next year we plan to sponsor a
trip to London," he added, "and
then maybe swap up between New
York and London every other
year."
"Some mornings we'll tour
things of theatrical interest like the
Lincoln Center," he said. "How­ever,
at least four or five mornings
the group will be free to do any­thing
they want."
Theater major Laura Gardner
thinks the tour will be benefical to
all who attend.
"It will be real good experience
for anyone studying theater,"
Gardner said. "Everyone will also
be able to get a better understand­ing
of the theater."
The $100 deposit should be made
out to Theater Tour and turned In.
to the secretary in the theater
office at Telfair B. Peet Theater.
Fuselier is also available for any
questions people might have con­cerning
the tour.
TV-AUDIO REPAIR
Warranted work by a trained,
experienced technician.
Service on all makes.
Prompt pickup and delivery.
Electronics
Repair Shop
1830 Opelika Rd. Gentry Village 887-949Q
Master's and Doctor
of Philosophy Degrees
in Nuclear Engineering
Financial aid is available for Engineering and Science
Majors for graduate study in Nuclear Engineering,
Fusion Engineering, and Health Physics. Graduate
Research and Teaching Assistantship stipends range
from $5000 to $8300 per year plus out-of-state tuition
waiver. President's Fellowships for outstanding ap­plicants
provides a stipend of $5000 per year plus full
tuition waiver. For information write: Diredtor, School
of Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Techno­logy,
Atlanta, GA 30332.
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Disco Dancing 9:00 pm till
Ladies Night 8:30 pm till close
(special drink prices for Ladies )
Special Happy
Open Sat. Jan. 20th at 3:00
(after the game)
At Toomer's Corner Downtown Auburn
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summer workshop in entertainment. Scholarships, housing grants and stipends will
be awarded those selected. Minimum age. 18.
Singers: Prepare vocal piece of your choice. Disney choreographers will provide
dance routine—singers must dance.
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BRING MUSIC. INSTRUMENTS (including doubles). PHOTOS AND RESUMES
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Live auditions wiH be held at the following locations.
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University Plaza
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 18,1979 A 12
Plainsman Classified Advertisements
Rent Rent Stereo Wheels Mime. Personal
Wanted one female roommate.
Phone 821-0962. Call collect (205)
298-9903.
Two bedroom unfurnished
duplex, all kitchen applicances,
$185 per month, 821-2728 or
821-7889.
For rent: six room house with
fireplace, large yard, $280.00 per
month. Also apt. three rooms and
bath, $145 per month. Pets
allowed, 887-3605.
Male roommate needed: two bed
room apt. One block away from
the campus, $62.50 per month
plus half of the utilities, 821-
7343.
Roommate needed to share 2
bdr. trailer. Immediate or for
spring qtr., $210 per qtr., call
Steve at 821-4529 or 826-6154.
Private room for rent in house:
ladies only. $96 a month includes
utilites. Available now-for info,
call 821-6809.
Roommate wanted: male or
female for 3 bedroom house five
miles from campus. Call Ken at
887-9152 or 821-4444.
Need to sublease one room
efficiency apt., $210 qtr., utilities
included. Convenient to campus.
Female preferred. Call Donna,
826-5138.
Roommate needed immediately:
two bedroom, two bath, duplex,
three block from campus with
fireplace and HBO. $72.50 a
month. Prefer non-smoker with
good sound system and liberal
views.
One bedroom efficiency apt. All
utilities paid. Close to campus.
Call 821-6044.
One and two bedroom furnished
and unfurnished apts. at LeMans,
Chateau, H and A, West Park and
College Arms. Call Evans Realty
at 821-7098.
Mobile home for sale or rent.
Excellent condition, Wire Road
area. Call 821-3302, 821-1335 or
887-5542 or 821-4624.
Female roommate needed.
Eagles West. Prefer non-smoker.
Call after 1 p.m., 821-3872.
Roommate wanted: two bedroom
trailer. Central heat, AC,
kitchen, $60 month. Lt. 94
Barron's, second entrance, sixth
trailer on right. If not home, leave
name and number in mailbox.
For rent: new 3 bedroom mobile
home, furnished, AC, carpet and
two baths. Located in Loacha-poka.
Call 887-5075 or 887-
9424.
Furnished apts., two bedroom,
large kitchen, bath, living room,
screened porch. Gas heat. Air
cond., one half mile from
campus. $195 monthly. Also have
one bedroom with kitchen and
living room for $100 montly,
887-5470 Mike. Leave name and
number please.
PREGNANT NEED HELP
All Alternatives offered
Toll Free
1-800-438-8039
„ 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Jim's
Newstand
and
Book Exchange
10%
off
Any Purchase of used
items:
: BOOKS
:RECORDS
: TAPES
: MAGAZINES
: COMICS
With this ad
Good through Wed. Jan.
17
Limit one per customer
153 N. College St.
USED TEXTS
One bedroom furnished apt.
dishwasher, pool, tennis courts,
laundromat. Great location for
serious students. 650 N. Ross,
821-3828.
For rent: small one bedroom
mobile home. Furnished with
electric heat. $50 deposit, $85
montly. Stoker's number 34, 821-
7137.
Jobs
Girl Friday: typing, filing, some
light house keeping. Two-10
hours per week. Good pay, 745-
4812.
Need: female companion for
elderly grandmother in wheel­chair
needs minor care. Evenings
and nights. Meals and weekends
to be arranged. Call after 5:00
p.m. or weekend, 887-3675.
Male and female drivers wanted.
Average earnings $4.00 per hour.
Must have car and insurance.
Apply Domino's Pizza, 132 W.
Magnolia.
Improve your grades! Send for
free 256 page collegiate research
catalog. 10,250 topics listed. Box
25907-B, Los Angeles, California
90025. (213) 477-8226.
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Will sew anything-reasonable
prices. No Alterations. Call 887-
3798 between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Ask for Mrs. McDonald.
Stereo
For sale: Luxman L-80V, 50 watts
channel, 2 years on warranty,
$400; pair infinity Quantam fives,
one year old. $425, call 821-9817
or 821-9955 ask for David.
For sale: guitar
amplifier-Yamaha. Good cond.
Will negotiate. Call afternoons or
after 10 p.m., 821-6589.
Reel-to-reel: Tandberg 3300X.
Excellent condition. Over $600
new. Must sacrifice $350, 745-
4406.
For sale: stereo eight-track play
record. AM-FM four channel,
$100, 821-7840.
Tape deck: Teac 3340S reel-to-reel,
4-track, 10" reels, 15-7.5 ips,
sound on sound, sound with
sound. Great over-dubbing capa­bilities.
$750 (was $1250). Free
Koss headphones, de-magnetizer
and other accessories. Excellent
condition. Ask for David, 821-
0709.
For sale: Yamaha stereo receiver
CR-620 for $250. Excellent con­dition.
Only one year old. Also
Thorens 166MK manual table with
Stanton 280-E cartridge. Call 821-
6292 ask for Jeff.
SAE 2900 Pre-amp equalizer-reg.
$500 new. Now only $299. Call
821-7700.
M and K Gol I sub-woofer-reg.
$315-now only $199. Call 821-
7700.
KEF Calinda loudspeakers-reg.
$335 each-now only $199 each.
Call 821-7700.
Technics SU7100 integrated amp-
35 watts rms-only 2 for sale. Reg.
$175 now only $139. Call 821-
7700.
Harman Kardon HK2000 cassette
deck. Reg. $489-now only $319-
call 821-7700.
Yamaha TC511S cassette deck-only
$175-cal I 821-7700.
For sale:JBL-100 speakers, $375
pr. Call John at 821-5960.
Sell as system or separates.
Sansui AU317 amp. Harmon
Kardon tuner, Dual 604 turn­table,
Polk Audio 10 loud
speakers, less than one year old.
Chuck at 821-2454 or leave name
and number.
Kenwood KA 3500 integrated amp
and matching KA 5300 AM-FM
stereo tuner. 45 watts RMS.
Excellent condition. $300, call
821-7793.
1973 VW 412: very nice cond.,
Porsche engine, auto., AM-FM,
mags," $1300 or best otter,
821-5179.
Cash for your car. Imported cars
running or not. Ragtops, sedans,
whatever, call Jim, 749-1948 after
5.
1974 Datsun, 260Z, Air, AM-FM,
tape, 4-sp., metallic blue, $3900.
Call Larry, day-749-3331. Night,
749-3557.
For sale: 1972 Grand Ville Ponti-ac,
Air., power steering, power
brakes, electric windows, tilt
steering wheel, vinyl roof, AM-FM,
455 cu in, $1050, call John at
821-5960.
MG Sprite Midget part for sale.
Engines, transmissions, body
parts, and much more. Call Ken,
821-1256 after 5.
Would lik* to buy Porsche auto­mobile.
Any year or condition.
Call Lindsay, office 404-322-
1415; residence 404-323-6685,
Columbus, Ga.
Lost
Sale
Boxing heavy bag. 70 pounds
Everlast. New, cost $100, sell for
$65. Gloves $5. Ideal for frat.
Bumper pool table, $35. Call
821-4171 after 5.
Olivetti manual typewriter. Very
•good condition. Comes with
case. Has touch control, tabula­tor
and other features, $45, call
749-0547.
Great Dane for sale. Two years
old. Male Harlequin, $75. Call
821-4341 after 4:30.
Found: TISR40 calculator, found
on College St., Friday Jan. 12 at
. 3:00 p.m. If yours call Don Muth
at 826-4406.
Lost: mixed, male dog. Black,
brown and white chest. Answers
to Buster. Collar missing.
Reward offered. Call Patti, 887-
9868 after 1 p.m.
Found a Ben Hogan equalizer
wedge on South West corner of
ROTC Drill Field. Call 821-1938.
Ask for Mike Martin.
Found: one domestic bird, be­tween
Thach and Tichenor Sun­day.
Call 826-5064 and identify.
Lost: kitten about eight months
old. Gray with black stripes and
white paws. If found please call
David Bates, 821-2740. Answers
to the name of Shasta.
Gold Cross mechanical pencil.
Lost near Ramsey during final.
Has engraved initials "DE 1976."
Please call 821-0065 and leave
message.
Ladies silver Benrus watch of
great sentimental value. If found
please call 821-6438 after 5:00
p.m.
Lost: Maroon purse in Langdon
Hall. Need IDS. Reward offered.
(Call Laurie, 826-6478.
Montgomery car pool needed for
classes from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. Call Montgomery 284-0077.
I play the dulcimer, if you do call
821-5108.
Problem pregnancy? Abortion is
legal, safe and confidential.
Reproductive Health Services of
Montgomery, 281-7240-collect.
Classical guitar instruction. Ex­perienced
teacher accepting be­ginners
or advanced students.
Call David Ivey, 887-8117, 10-5.
Need daily ride to AU from West
Point area during Winter qtr. Call
645-2113 after 5 p.m. if interest­ed.
Classes: 9-4 (8-3 AL) MWF,
9-3 (8-2 AL) TTH.
Motor drive for Nikon FM or FE
still in warranty. Call Luke at
821-6292.
Personal
Nanc: we'll see you on Broad­way.
We are proud of you. The
business staff.
Staceylea Mac: uncle Joe in
Wilmette wants to know how you
are. Call Jon at 826-4058 for
details.
R.M. Quigg: how's life in the
desert? Well, if that's the way you
want it.
Are you an aspiring artist? Then
The Plainsman needs you, to
illustrate articles of all types.
There is no pay, except for the
satisfaction of seeing your work
in print. Interested students
should come by number 2 Foy
Union, or call 826-4130 and ask
for Bill or Becki.
Charles, Fozzie dropped the
drugs in the Vermicelli. That put
some pigs in space. But, I still
can't get my frog! Evelyn.
J.G.W.: may this quarter be the
best ever. I expect it to be.
Pentax.
Hot water: that's right