1983-01-27 The Auburn Plainsman

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lolume 89 Number 12 Thursday, January 27, 1983 Auburn University, Ala. 36849 22 pages
gislator proposes plan
br six more AU trustees jly Keith Ayers
Jew Editor
An Auburn graduate who now
lerves on the state Legislature is
Iroposing that six members be
|dded to AU's Board of Trustees, a
love that would increase the
loard's membership to 18, one trus-lee
less than the University of Ala-lama
now has.
, Sen. Wendell Mitchell, of Luverne,
lid Monday that he is sponsoring
le amendment because Auburn
|eeds a "broader base" to maintain
rowth.
"The more folks you have, the bet-
^r the school will be. We need the
reatest accumulation of mental
manpower that we can have," he
said.
Mitchell, a former Plainsman
sports editor, graduated from
Auburn in 1962. He says he has been
considering the idea for about a
year.
"When I was a student at Auburn,
there were 6,000 students and you
could count the buildings on two
hands. The school has grown, and
the board needs to grow."
Mitchell hopes to bring his
amendment before the special ses­sion
of the Legislature, which began
Tuesday. While the purpose of the
session is to deal with state budget
problems, Mitchell is optimistic his
legislation will make it to the floor.
mberg reappointed
;o Board of Trustees •""rom staff reports
R.C. "Red" Bamberg, vice-bhairman
of the AU Board of Trus-ees,
has been reappointed to the
joard by Gov. George C. Wallace.
The decision came late last week
ind was one of the first official acts
bf Wallace in his fourth term as
jovernor.
Bamberg, who has been on the
soard since 1956, will serve a 12-
year term that ends in 1995.
Bamberg, of Uniontown, was first
ippointed to the board in-1956 by
i - Gov.Jim Folsom. In 1959, he
/as reappointed by Gov. John Pat-son
and again in 1971 by
Wallace.
Bamberg, a 1940 graduate of
Auburn in agriculture, is the first of
se trustees Wallace:will have to
reappoint or replace this year.
Terms also expiring include those of
ICharles M. Smith III of Montgo-
Imery and Robert "Bob" Harris of
iDecatur.. Wallace has made no
Istatement on whether he will
(replace or reappoint Smith or
(Harris.
Harris said yesterday he hopes
Ithe governor will reappoint him
•despite his outspoken stands for the
[faculty that he feels have made him
I less than popular with the board.
"I would hope the governor would
I not hold it against me because I
"There aren't as many bills intro­duced
during a special session, so I
think there is a good chance this one
will get some consideration," he
said.
Since the measure will require
amending the state constitution, it
must pass both houses by a three-fifths
margin. If it passed, the
amendment would then have to be
approved in a state-wide referen­dum.
At present, there are 12 members on
the AU Board of Trustees. The gov­ernor
and state superintendent of
education are voting ex-officio
members. One person is selected by
the governor from each of Alaba­ma's
seven congressional districts,
plus an extra from the district con­taining
Auburn.
Under the new plan, six addi­tional
members would be selected at
large, without respect to district
bringing the total to 18.
Mitchell says his idea has nothing
to do with the recent controversy
surrounding AU President Hanly,
Funderburk or the recent creation of
the AU "system" by the trustees.
On the other hand, Mitchell says
he favors the selection of six at-large
members to allow . the governor to
"draw on the best minds in the
state."
As it stands, Auburn's board has
12 members, as compared to 19 at
Alabama. The UA board was
enlarged from 10 to 19 members in a
1981 amendment.
The additional nine members at
Alabama began service this past
October.
THE BEAR LIVES ON-Paul W. "Bear" Bryant,
the winningest coach in collegiate football his­tory,
died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 69.
He was admitted to a Tuscaloosa hospital about 6
p.m. Tuesday after complaining of chest pains,
nausea and'vomiting at the home of a friend. He
suffered a heart attack at 12:24 p.m. Wednesday.
\
Doctors' resuscitation efforts, including installa­tion
of a pacemaker, restored a weak heartbeat
temporarily, but could not revive him. He was
pronounced dead at 1:30 p.m. Bryant compiled a
record of 323-85-17 in 38 years as a head coach at
Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M and his alma
mater, Alabama. Photography: Sam Ollvar/Camaragraphlca
Ice and snow cause power failure
Bamberg
have been outspoken. He is known
for being outspoken too. I just love
Auburn and I hope he recognizes
that," Harris said.
Inside
The Lady Tigers basketball
team has continued its win­ning
streak, having only
three loses so far this season.
It is now ranked eighteenth
in the nation. See B-3.
News Brief
Editorials
Campus Calendar
Sports
Entertainment
Classifieds
A-2
A-4
A-8
B-l
B-9
A-10
By Jeffrey Mason
Plainsman Staffwriter
Auburn students awoke last
Thursday morning to find the
ground blanketed with snow, with
sleet pouring down, turning every­thing
to ice in. the sub-freezing
temperatures.
Just as the storm of a year and one
week ago, Thursday's inclement
weather left many people without
electricity as ice-laden power lines
broke or were snapped by falling
trees.
"The first calls were early Thurs­day
morning," said Alabama Power
District Manager Kenneth H.
Brown. "They were isolated, and at
the beginning we didn't think it was
going to develop into the ice storm
that it did. As the day wore on, we
received more and more calls."
"Even though we were working as
hard as we could, more power was
going out than we could get on,"
said Brown. Crews worked to get the
lines repaired only to see the lines
between the next span of poles break
because of the ice.
"During the height of the outage,
we estimated something like 4,500
or 5,000 customers were without
power," noted Brown. Crews worked
around the clock, including week­ends,
to restore power.
With help from nine crews from
Pensacola, Fla., four from Mobile
and two from Montgomery, Brown
said, "By Sunday night, about 7 or 8,
all power was on, that we knew of.
"To my knowledge, we didn't have
any damage to major equipment.
We didn't have any sub-stations or
generating plant damage," com­mented
Brown. He is unable, as of
yet, to give a dollar estimate of the
damage, saying, "...it wasn't
cheap."
Because of the adverse weather
conditions, the University officially
cancelled classes for Thursday
night, but there was no word
whether they would be held on Fri­day.
Students were left wondering,
while rumors spread that there
would be classes, and others said
there would not.
To add to the confusion, a pranks­ter,
imposing as University Rela­tions
Director Dan Holsenbeck,
called Foy Union Desk late Thurs­day
night and said classes were offi­cially
cancelled for Friday.
Holsenbeck said earlier this week
that just prior to that call, he had
talked to the Union Desk and told
them that classes had just been can­celled
for Thursday night.
By the time the error was caught,
several hundred students had
already been told that classes were
cancelled. One Montgomery radio
station was . even broadcasting the
erroneous information.
There is no official estimate on
how many students missed class as
a result of the prank. Because of the
confusion, a resolution was pre­sented
to the SGA Senate on Jan. 24
asking "that the Deans of the
respective schools of Auburn
Unversity, instruct their faculty to
allow students absent Friday, Jan.
21, 1983 to make up all missed
assignments and be excused for the
absence."
While many students were with­out
power, there was a Thursday
afternoon rush on stores remaining
open. To cope with the power outage,
people were buying abundances of
flashlights, candles and beer.
Unlike last year's storm, most
people were content to stay indoors
and keep warm. Some students
made their way to a friend's place
with electricity and heat, while oth-
See SNOW, A-9
Photography: Bryan Easley
WINTER'S ART
...ice storm leaves beauty in its wake
Unemployment at highest point since depression
By Kaye Dickie
Research Editor
• Well, we're living here in Allentown,
And they're closing all the factories down.
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time,
Filling out forms, standing in line....
Billy Joel
They're closing down factories and mills, plants and
firms and other businesses in every state in the nation
whether in Allentown, Pa., Detroit, Mich., Milwaukee,
Wis. or Opelika, Ala. The long desperate lines of unem­ployed
Americans --12 million of them - are becoming
even longer and more desperate.
Last week in Milwaukee, Wis. where unemployment is
at 13.4 percent, an automobile frame company, O.A.
Smith Manufacturing, announced 200 openings for
assembly line workers and welders. Almost 15,000 peo­ple
showed up.
In January 1982,200 Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant
employees in Gadsden, Ala. were put out of work. It was
the biggest single layoff in Alabama history, but it held
the record only four months.
In three years, U.S. Steel's Fairfield Works near Bir­mingham
had reduced its workforce from 9,000 to 3,000.
In April 1982, those 3,000 were looking for other jobs.
Since November, national unemployment has grown
1.1 percent to 10.8 percent. That means more than
100,000 Americans have become jobless in less than two
months.
That means hundreds of stores are posting "Going
Out of Business" signs. It means big corporations like
Braniff Airlines and Woolco are crashing into bank­ruptcy,
and companies like Eastman Kodak are laying
off thousands.
QUITTING TIME
.Opelika Manufacturing Corp. workers end their shift
Photography: Bryan Eatlay
And it means that many Americans are hungry.
In Alabama, Wilcox County in the southwest part of
the state has a workforce of 6,000, but 33 percent, or
2,000, are jobless. That percentage ties Wilcox County
with Bessemer, Ala. as the areas hardest hit by unem­ployment
in the state.
Unemployment in Lee County is up 4 percent since
October to 13 percent. That increase follows layoffs at
Uniroyal and Ampex in Opelika.
Unemployment is at its highest across the country
since the Great Depression when unemployment hit an
all-time high at 25 percent.
Editor's note: The Plainsman takes a closer look
at the problems and effects of unemployment on
Auburn and the nation. See, A-7.
But according to Robert Hebert, head of the Auburn
University economic department, there are a couple of
factors making the recession of the 1980s quite different
from the hard times of the Thirties.
Hebert reminds us that while the nation's unemploy­ment
"hourglass" is 10.8 percent empty, it is 89.2 per­cent
full.
"In the 1930s, the employment force was half of what
it is now. More people have jobs today than they did
then,"he says.
Today the unemployed have social security and 26
weeks of unemployment compensation that act as a
buffer, Hebert says. When people lose their jobs, "they
aren't immediately destitute," he says.
Hebert will agree that 10.8 percent unemployment
isn't easy for Americans to face because "once you've
tasted good times," he says, "it's hard to get over it."
See UNEMPLOYMENT, A-7
A-2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 27, 1983
news brief
INTERNATIONAL
EL SALVADOR
PRISONERS
SAN SALVADOR—The govern­ment
is holding more than 700
people in prison under the suspi­cion
of subversive activity. Most
of these prisoners are being held
with no formal charges, no trials,
and no definite sentences.
The El Salvadorian govern­ment,
in a three-year old guerilla
war, had 5,000 people executed in
1982. This figure, viewed as pro­gress
by the United States since
twice that number were executed
in 1981, was the basis for a U.S.
recommendation Friday to send
military aid to the country.
NATIONAL
DRUG ARRESTS
VIOLENCE
CAUSE
COCOA, Fla.-The arrest of four
men touched off three hours of
stone and bottle throwing in a
predominantly black neighbor­hood
Saturday night.
Two people were treated for
cuts from flying glass and two
people were arrested for carrying
concealed weapons into the area,
police said.
At a meeting held Sunday,
people said they were angry
because an officer had taunted
them and a black man had been
wrongly arrested and charged
with possesion of marijuana. The
charge was later dropped.
OIL DEPOSITS FOUND
LOS ANGELES- A new oil dis­covery
seven miles north of Point
Arguello field off the coast of
southern California has promp­ted
some projections of large
reserves for the area, known as
the Santa Maria basin.
Although it is too early to
determine if the deposits are part
of, or separate from the Point
Arguello field, some view the find
as an indication the region could
yield more than three million
bagretfrof oil. '
SHOOTING SATELLITE
WASHINGTON- The Soviet
nuclear-powered satellite Cos­mos
1402 plunged through the
atmosphere Sunday, with most,
if not all, of the debris falling
harmlessly into the Indian
Ocean.
The four-ton satellite entered
the earth's atmosphere at 11:24
a.m. CST after being launched
Aug. 30 to monitor U.S. and other
naval movements with its
nuclear-powered radar.
STATE
OIL TAX MONEY
DEMANDED
MONTGOMERY- Billy Joe
Camp, spokesman for Gov.
George Wallace, warned Monday
that unless oil companies agree
to negotiate a settlement of some
$30 million in taxes, the governor
may ask the Legislature to'
increase oil severance taxes.
Wallace wants oil companies to
settle a suit against the state
challenging the present eight
percent severance tax. Revenue
from that tax has been placed in
escrow and now totals $30 mil­lion
or more.
GRADDICK SUING
FLORIDA
MONTGOMERY- Attorney
General Charles Graddick has
sued a Florida corporation, say­ing
the business uses misleading
advertising techiniques to obtain
money from Alabama con sumers.
' United States Testing Author­ity,
Inc., located in North Bay,
Fla., solicits Alabamians in an
"alleged television procedure,"
the suit charges.
Filed in Montgomery Circuit
Court Monday, the suit asks that
the firm be stopped from violat­ing
the Deceptive Trade Practice
Act.
Bond calls for action
on interim selection
By Keith Ayers
News Editor
The leader of the faculty group
calling for the ouster of AU Presi­dent
Hanly Funderburk said yes­terday
that if the president doesn't
recommend a candidate for interim
chancellor to the Board of Trustees
"within a few days," he will have
renigged on his promise to give up
autonomy over the main campus.
Dr. Gordon Bond, Faculty •Senate
president, said the delay in selecting
an interim person for the newly-created
job indicates that Funder­burk
is unwilling to give up control
of main campus internal affairs.
On Jan. 7, the trustees voted to
make Funderburk president of the
Auburn University "system" and to
give another person, to be called
"chancellor," control over the main
campus internal affairs. Auburn's
Montgomery campus already has
such' a chancellor.
Universitv Relations Director
Dan Holsenbeck said yesterday that
as far as he knows, the president has
not recommended any names to the
trustees for the needed approval, but
that Funderburk and the trustees
were trying to work out a job des­cription
for the new person first.
Bond contends the delay is unne­cessary.
"I think the problem is that
the president refuses to give up his
authority," he said.
"We're right back where we
started from. The decision of the
Board of Trustees is a lie," Bond
said.
Trustee Bob Harris, an outspoken
critic of the chancellorship system,
says he has not been contacted
about any candidates for a new
chancellor or job description for
such a person.
"The long and short of it is there's
no change in structure. This is being
done just to pacify the faculty,"
Harris said. "This person will be like
an appendix-he will be there but he
isn't needed."
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Candidates to register
By Ned Sweeny
Plainsman Staffwriter
Students interested in running for
SGA and school officer positions
may sign up beginning next Wed­nesday
and ending February 11.
The first general meeting for the
candidates is on February 15.
Stan McDonald, SGA Secretary of
Political Affairs says "this is going
to be a competitive year. There is a
lot of interest in the major offices."
The schedule was adjusted to con­form
with an SGA bill moving elec­tions
up one week to April 7.
McDonald said he doesn't see how
the schedule change would be a fac­tor
in the election results.
There is no fee to run for any of the
offices but there is a limit to the
amount of money a candidate can
spend, McDonald explained.
Candidates can sell T-shirts with
their logo on the shirt and not
include the price of the shirts in their
budgets as long as they are all sold,
McDonald said. It is illegal to give
any of the shirts away.
As long as the candidates sell
these publicity items, they do not
have to include them in their
budgets', McDonald added.
," Since there were few problems
last year, there are no new regula­tions,
McDonald explained.
The candidates will be required to
take a test measuring their knowl­edge
of the SGA campaign and
finance procedures on February 21.
Campaigning begins on March 31
and ends April 6.
By Patricia Vick
Assistant News Editor
Although Auburn University
didn't break the world's record, SGA
and American Red Cross officials
are pleased with the results of last
week's blood drive.
Students donated 3,470 pints in
the drive's one-week period. "Con­sidering
the ice storm, that's not bad
at all," said Red Cross official Vir­ginia
Rogers.
The week started off well with
participation for the first three days
above that of last year's drive. By
Wednesday, students had donated
2700 pints. But with Thursday's ice
storm and unusually cold weather,
donations dropped off.
"If it hadn't been for the ice storm,
we would've gotten at least double
that (Thursday's) amount," Rogers
said.
Because of the ice storm, Red
Cross and SGA officials decided to
continue the drive through Friday,
making it a five-day drive instead of
a four-day.
, "We put out an emergency appeal
for volunteers," said T.J^ Lee, SGA
Blood Drive director. He said that
there was a serious shortage of
blood in Birmingham and that at
least 150 pints were needed Friday
for the upcoming weekend.
"Friday proved a success," said
Lee, "We got what we needed."
Rogers was complementary of the
drive saying that Auburn gives
more blood than any other college or
university in the state. "Other
BETA THETA PI
Pr e s e nts
schools don't have this huge, large-scale
event," Rogers said.
Auburn University set the blood
drive world's record for colleges and
universities in 1967 with a total 4813
pints. Looking back, Rogers des­cribed
that program as "a marathon
type drive" with volunteers working
12 hours a day.
"Because of the Vietnam War,
students were interested in doing
their part," Rogers added.
The SGA honored winners in this
year's blood drive competition with
a banquet Monday night.
Delta Gamma Sorority was the
overall winner and sorority compe­tition
winner with 100 percent par­ticipation.
Other sorority winners
were Delta Delta Delta and Alpha
Chi Omega.
Phi Kappa Tau placed first in the
fraternity division with Sigma Nu
and Pi Kappa Phi following. In the
independent division Navy ROTC
won first place with second place
going to Lambda Tau medical tech­nology
honor society and third place
going to Lambda Sigma sophomore
honor society.
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Campus Digest Read about Auburn's
budget on A-9
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN 826-4130 Thursday, January 27, 1983
HEADLINES
NEWS
Auburn's Board of Trustees has decided to
implement the university's 1982-83 budget begin­ning
March 1. Along with other increases in the
budget, teachers and support personnel will receive
a percentage of the salary increases granted to
them in this year's budget. See A-9
Black History Month gets underway Monday
with a luncheon for Auburn and Tuskegee Institute
SGA members. The month's activities include a
Miss Essence Pageant, an art exhibit and speech
by Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington. See
A 6.
OPINION
On the editorial page this week the Plainsman
supports state Senator Wendell Mitchell's pro­posal
to add six new members to the Auburn Uni­versity
Board of Trustees. In personal columns,
staffwriters mark the tenth anniversary of the Sur-peme
Court's landmark decision legalizing abor­tion.
Doug Leyshock writes in support of the
Court's decision while Glen Eskew takes the
opposing view. See A—4, 5.
FEATURES
Though it often throws schedules out of sync and
makes family adjustments necessary, many moth­ers
and wives are returning to school to continue
their educations and accomplish new goals. See
A - 8 .
ENTERTAINMENT
How to buy almost
anything from cata­logues,
and what to
expect. L.L. Bean
catalogue is the bible
for college wear,
Land's End cata­logue
sells quality
clothing at cheaper
prices, and Brooks
Brothers catalogue
is a market for tradi­tionalists.
See B-9.
The UPC presents a musical film festival at this
week's free movies. The Wiz, Fiddler on the Roof,
Mame, and the Sound of Music will be showing. See
B - 9 .
The rock group, KISS, will be appearing in con­cert
in Birmingham tomorrow night, at the Jeffer­son
County Civic Center. Bass player, Gene-
Simmons, tells the Plainsman about changes and
improvements in the Band. See B—12.
SPORTS
Auburn's hockey team has become one of only
6 teams to be invited to participate in the National
Club Championships. This team of non—
scholarship athletes is becoming a winnig team
that should not be taken lightly. See B—6.
The Auburn Tigers Varsity Basketball team
faces Ole Miss and LSU on the road beginning this
weekend. The Tigers travel to Baton Rouge to face
the Bengles on a court where Auburn has failed to
win since 1976. On Monday night, the Tigers play
the Ole Miss Rebels, who are currently tied with
Auburn and 3 other teams for second place in the
SEC. See B - l .
Despite the absence of All—American Candidate
Becky Jackson, who didn't play because of an
ankle injury, the Women's Basketball team
defeated The University of South Alabama, and the
nationally ranked Lady Seminoles of Florida State
University last week. These two victories bettered
Auburn's record to 14 wins and 3 loses. See B—8.
REMEMBER WHEN
Ten years ago this week, Dr. Paul J. Kalla, then
assistant director of Auburn Student Health Servi­ces,
reported an investigation to determine the
extent of venereal disease infection among the stu­dents,
amid rumors of an "epidemic."
Kalla said that there had been a steady increase
in student cases of venereal disease for the previous
two quarters. He proposed an advertising cam­paign
to inform students of symptoms, methods of
prevention and cures.
Kalla encouraged students who thought they
might have V.D. to come by Drake Student Health
Center for a confidential exam.
Philpott views AU
with quiet concern
FORMER PRESIDENT
..Philpott stays out of Auburn affairs
Photography: Bryan Easley
By Kyle Caldwell
Plainsman Staffwriter
Since Harry Philpott retired from his posi­tion
as president of Auburn University in
1980, little has been seen or heard of him,
especially in connection with the internal
affairs of the University.
That, says Philpott, is the way he wants it.
For 15 years Philpott and his family lived
in the president's mansion, surrounded by
the concerns of a growing university cam­pus.
Today, after living away from the white
house on the hill for more than two years, the
Philpotts are still residents of Auburn. Like
many of their neighbors in Cary Woods, they
have watched and listened quietly over the
last several months to the affairs on campus.
"You've never seen a quote from me about
anything Philpott says. "Since I retired, I've
tried to stay out of the internal affairs of the
University."
The resolution adopted by the Board of
Trustees January 7, which established the
office of chancellor to oversee daily opera­tions
on Auburn's main campus, has created
many questions that concerned faculty and
students want answered, as well as Philpott.
The questions as to the chancellor's duties,
who he will report to, and if the unrest on
campus will subside once a chancellor is
appointed have entered Philpott's mind,
although he says he does not have the
answers.
"Like Will Rogers," he says, "all I know is
what I read in the papers. The job has not
really been defined yet.
Nevertheless, Philpott agrees, the chan­cellor
will have problems waiting for him
when he takes office.
"The extent of the unrest will be a prob­lem,"
Philpott says. "But he must deal with
the same issue we are facing at the present
time, and that is the difficulty the present
administration and the present faculty have
in working together."
But it is unclear if appointing a chancellor
will solve the problem. "If I had the answer,"
Philpott replies, "I'd probably get a million
dollars for it. It depends on who is chosen as
See PHILPOTT, A-10
Auburn 2000 prepares
to plan Auburn's future
Civic
Enrichment
Economic
By Cindy Hall
Assistant Technical Editor
On Nov. 1, 1982, the AUBURN 2000
began, uniting Auburn residents, business
and professional persons, representatives of
the SGA and city officials in an organized
effort to plan the future of Auburn.
The AUBURN 2000 is a long-range plan
for the orderly growth of the community up
to the year 2000.
Auburn Mayor Jan Dempsey described
the program as "a comprehensive plan that
addresses the broad question of where this
community would like to be by the year 2000.
It is never too early to plan."
This week, an eight-page pamphlet des­cribing
the AUBURN 2000 process and
requesting suggestions and opinions is
being mailed to all Auburn residents.
The final draft of the plan is expected for a
public hearing on June 15. Dempsey said
that before its completion, every individual
will have had an opportunity to contribute to
the project.
"Considering the talent and expertise in
this community, there is really no excuse for
the plan to fail," she said.
The idea of the AUBURN 2000 was con­ceived
by Dempsey, who collected names of
those interested. Most of the committee and
subcommittee members volunteered and
there were almost no refusals to serve.
The AUBURN 2000 structure is comprised
of a Steering Committee, a Technical Servi­ces
Committee, and eight subcommittees.
The Steering Committee, composed of the
mayor, the city manager, the Planning
Commission, other selected city officials and
representatives of the SGA, will guide the
project toward completion.
The Technical Services Committee, com­posed
of people from the community and the
University who are engaged in some way in
professional planning, will assist the
subcommittees.
The eight subcommittees are to research
and develop the eight essential parts of the
' plan: land use, housing, recreation, trans­portation
and utilities, economic develop- E(JUC3ti0n
ment, education, civic enrichment and
governmental organization.
The period from 1960 through 1980 has
been investigated and projections to the year
2000 will provide information to each of the
subcommittees. The trends evident in
Auburn's growth and development are
based on the rate of change in the city's pop­ulation,
income, age, and development
pattern.
The city's population is projected to be
"substantially different" from that now in
Auburn. Estimated at 25 percent greater
than at present, "it will be composed of more
than twice as many elderly people. And, it
could have only 25 percent of its numbers
between the ages of 26 and 40, rather than
the 42 percent that are in Auburn today," a
consultant working with the program has
concluded.
Each subcommittee's function is to evalu­ate
the present state of its subject and
develop a five-year plan that outlines the
specific expansion, rehabilitation and
replacement necessary to meet the needs of
the future Auburn.
A more comprehensive plan covering ten
years, and.a projection to the year 2000 will
also be drawn.
AUBURN 2000
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The eight subcommittees are as follows:
The Land Use Subcommittee will study
existing land use in Auburn. It will analyze
the city's regulations and their impact on
building and land development. Recom­mendations
for changes to the land devel­opment
ordinances will be made.
The Housing Subcommittee will study
existing housing conditions, tenure and
characteristics. In addition, it will study the
effect of current Federal housing programs
to understand the housing situation for low
See AUBURN, A-6
FUTURE POWER
.Auburn helping to develop fusion
Photography: Bryan Eaalay
Scientists helping to
develop fusion power
By Keith Ayers
News Editor
Scientists at Auburn University
have teamed up with other scient­ists
across the nation to develop a
project that could revolutionize the
nuclear energy industry.
The project is a nuclear reactor
being developed at several universi­ties
that works not on fission, the
principle currently used in nuclear
reactors, but on fusion, an opposite
principle.
In fission reactors, like the one at
Three Mile Island, atomic nuclei are
split, emitting radioactive products
and energy in one intense burst. The
heat from the splitting atoms is used
to produce power to turbine
generators.
In fusion, tritium, an isotope of
hydrogen, and deuterium, an ele­ment
found in water, are heated to
an ultra hot temperature, causing
them to combine. When they com'
bine, heat energy is emitted as a by
product.
One of the first testings of a fusion
reactor was successful earlier this
month at Princeton University. But
the reactor is not yet efficient
because it takes more energy to heat
the fuel to the necessary tempera­ture
- 100 million degrees Celsius -
than is produced by the reaction.
Auburn's role in the project has
been to develop a smaller reactor to
study ways of making larger reac­tors
more efficient. Thus, opera­tional
theories can be worked out
without building full scale reactors.
Dr. Alan Glasser, a physicist who
is working on the project at Auburn,
said the fusion reactor is safer
because the reaction can be better
controlled. He also said there was
little radioactive waste.
Scientists are working vigorously
to develop an efficient fusion reac­tor.
The research is sloW and costly
because the reactors are tremendous
in size.
Dr. Gary Swanson, the physicist
leading the experiment at Auburn,
said possibly by the year 2020 fusion
reactors could replace all other
power production systems.
To perform fusion experiments at
Auburn, Swanson and the other
scientists are completing a 2,000-
pound, stainless steel rector appara­tus
in the basement off the Nuclear
Science Center.
Daughter can't wait,
delivered by daddy
By Leigh Light
Plainsman Staffwriter
Some men pace the waiting room
floor and some men stand beside
their wives in the delivery room, but
Grant Davis did something that few
expectant fathers do-he delivered
his own baby.
Davis, assistant dean of students,
delivered six-pound 10-ounce Keri
Anne at 5:30 a.m. Saturday.
Although Davis says some people
think they planned to have the baby
at home, it isn't so. His wife Nancy
says they realized they would not
make it to East Alabama Medical
Center in Opelika in time, so Davis
had to deliver the child.
Dr. Robert Beaird arrived at the
house shortly after the baby was
born and proclaimed Keri Anne
"perfect."
This is the Davis' second child.
The eldest, Hilary, will be 3 years old
in April.
Although they never planned to
have their baby at home and say
they would not plan to do it again,
Davis says delivering his own baby
was a "special experience that I
know the family will talk about for
generations to come."
Because there is no hospital, there
have been no babies born in Auburn
since the '50s. Davis says Keri Anne
should therefore be a true Auburn
fan. "We figure she's a real War
Eagle since she was born in
Auburn," he says.
rft proof needed to get funds
law requiring 18
to show proof of
appiica-financial
July 1 of this
forms of
from the
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Wort-Study
Insured
H.
OfStu-draft
registration. Included in this
form»« a Statement of Educational
purpose in which the student
declares that the financial aid
money will be used for educational
• expenses.
To verify his draft registratrion,
the student must submit a copy of
the notification letter from the
Selective Service to the Office of
Student Financial Aid.
Watson is "concerned with
what's going to happen to « stu*
dent who's counting on financial
' aid funds to start the year."
"We can't release the funds until
we have a copy of the Selective
! Service letter that verifies registra­tion.
It may take several weeks for
the letter to come in.''... ,.,„.. .
Watson believes that in addi­tion
to creating problems for the
student, the process of verifying
registration will be an unneces-
: sary burden on the Student Finan­cial
Aid Office.
"We will have a lot of extra paper
\ work. It seems that there would be
; a better way to do this," he said.
The controversy surrounding
• the law has- erupted into several
court cases. The Minnesota Public
Interest Research Group, an affil­iate
of the American Civil Liber­ties
Union, has filed suit against
the Selective Service and the Edu­cation
Department. MPIRG
believe* "the taw is unconstitu-
1) It constitutes a Bill of
2) It interferes with a student's
right against self-incriminatioa.
3) It denies a student equal pro­tection
under the law.
Additionally, the law viol
Privacy Act"
A written statement by the
group noted that it is "not takings
position on draft registration/'
"Registration is the la
Enforcement in this context, hoi
ever, is unconstitutional and it i t
that which MPIRG is chal
lenaing," the group says.
Sap. Gerald Solomal
York, proposed the law. In « news
story written
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A-4 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 27, 1983
Qltie^uburnPlamsnraff
Tim Dorsey, Editor
Chris Karabinos, Business Manager
Volume 89 Number 12
Shake up the Board
State Sen. Wendell Mitchell of
Luverne, an Auburn graduate, will
propose to the Alabama legislature
that the Auburn Board of Trustees be
increased by six members. The
proposal will come during a special
session of the legislature this week.
The Plainsman strongly agrees with
Sen. Mitchell. An enlargement of the
Board of Trustees is a step in the right
direction. Though Mitchell said his
recommendation is not a result of the
recent Funderburk controversy, it
would nonetheless help to remedy
problems in this area.
Six new members, if chosen
conscientiously, would give new blood
and an outside perspective to the
board. If the new members support the
board, this would help establish a new
credibility. On the other hand, these
new members would not feel the same
pressure to "go along." They would not
have been part of the last presidential
selection, and thus less reluctant to
clean up mistakes produced by it.
And besides, any time you have a
board that always votes 11-1, you can't
help but wonder if all sides are being
represented.
It's time we realized where the
problem lies at AU. Our present trustee
system worked well in its time. It was
strong and molded Auburn into a
strong school. But then things slipped,
and by 1980, the governor was molding
the Board in his own image, and it's
been floundering ever since.
Let's take a look at the reappoint­ment
of R. C. Bamberg as vice
chairman of the Board by George
Wallace. Is this really the type of
leadership the Board needs right now?
Can he still relate to Auburn students
or does he just relate to George
Wallace?
We can learn something by looking
at the Board of Trustees at the
University of Alabama. They have 19
members opposed to our 12. They have
six-year terms to our 12-year terms.
They have an 18-year maximum limit
of service. With his recent reappoint­ment,
Bamberg has been appointed to
38 years of service. The Alabama
Board has four women and three
blacks. Auburn, well, we're working on
it-
It makes us sad to see the rest of the
world passing us by. And it makes us
mad to see Alabama act like a real
University while our leaders refuse to
let us act like one too. We may have
beat Bama 23-22, but let's not get
myopic. In the University category
they're starting to pass away from us.
But we can stop them . . . if Auburn
means enough to us.
Tokamak II at AU
In the predawn hours of one recent
day, a beast named Tokamak suffered
a case of heartburn—100,000 degrees
Celsius worth of heartburn. Powerful
currents surged through its coiled
copper intestines, and the gas in its
stomach churned.
And all the humans cheered.
Tokamak, you see, is a benevolent
beast. It is the creature of the scientists
and engineers at the Princeton Plasma
Physics Laboratory in Princeton, N. J.,
and is the prototype of the nuclear
reactor of the future, the fusion reactor.
The test lasted just one twentieth of a
second, and the temperature achieved
was just a fraction of the 100 million
degrees Celsius needed to fuse the
nuclei, but it was a big first step toward
a sustained fusion reaction (We
already know how to produce a short
fusion reaction. It's called a hydrogen
bomb.) and commercial fusion reactors
which are optimistically projected to
be in operation by the year 2020.
Fusion would yield little or no
radioactive waste, and its fuel, deute­rium,
a form of hydrogen easily and
cheaply obtainable from sea water,
would make operating expenses of a
power plant negligible and would elim­inate
the possibility of producing
nuclear weapons from fuel meant for
power or from the byproducts.
Auburn physicists are working with
one of Tokamak's little brothers, Tor-satron,
a device built in Leach Nuclear
Science Center for about $30,000. Tor-satron
will never produce electricity
and it can't hope to compete with reac­tors
like Tokamak and its other big
brothers around the world, but that is
not its mission.
As physics professor Alan Glasser
who did research at Princeton's
Plasma Physics Laboratory before
coming to Auburn puts it, "Huge
machines like that (Tokamak) take so
long to build, by the time they become
realities the ideas behind them are
already old. What we are trying to do is
develop the basic principles and
modernizations the larger fusion reac­tors
will one day need if they're to
prove successful."
Good work on storm
This editorial is about last week's ice
storm. The Plainsman has decided to
come out in favor of it.
We feel it was a good storm and there
should be many more like it.
We also think it was very interesting
the way the students reacted to the
weather. "Why isn't school canceled
today?" we asked as we scaled the
north face of campus.
The best part of it all was the student
who called the Foy Union desk and
identified himself as Director of Uni­versity
Relations Dan Holsenbeck and
said there would be no school Friday.
Foy Union immediately spread the
rumor. Funny, but you'd think they'd
have some sort of code or "fail-safe"
contingencies for such occasions.
Thursday night the entire campus
was bonded together by the ever-changing
rumors of class-cancellation.
Around midnight most of us were
aware that the official announcement
would be made at 6 a.m., but by this
point, many students had already
decided to go for broke and had com­menced
intense partying. And that's
another thing: if there's the slightest
chance that classes will be cancelled,
partying is mandatory-you can look it
up in the course bulletin.
But there is one thing we'd like to
know about why they don't announce
the cancellations the night before.
What's the point of getting out of
classes if you have to get up in the
morning to find out? They never take
that into consideration.
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
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Photo Editor, Bryan Easley; Art Editor, Victor Wheeler.
Assistant News Editors, Lee McBride, John Peck, Patricia Vick; Assistant
Research Editor, Doug Leyshock; Assistant Features Editor, Terri Knot; Assist­ant
Sports Editors, Mark Stevenson, Mike Marshall; Assistant Entertainment
Editors, Tina Crocco, Angie Chandler; Assistant Copy Editor, Sonja Baucom;
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Building, Auburn University, Ala. 36849.
We don't want to hear about it!
Students are no longer reading or caring
about this Funderburk crisis. Face it: to get
students to notice anything, you have to set
up a disco sound-system on the concourse.
Even my friends are getting annoyed
with me. "Hey, when are you going to stop
with this Funderburk stuff. We want to
hear about the Benatar concert."
"Listen," I reply, "Do you think it's any
picnic for us? If you can't even stand to read
about this garbage, how'd you like to come
to work to it eight hours every day!"
This is a strange time and place to be a
student, but it can't get any weirder than
the Plainsman office. As the cataclysm
unfolded, the Plainsman office has man­aged
to become a nerve center for the
lunatic fringe. Every half-baked opinion,
theory, conviction or inquiry is directed to
us by the forces of nature. As of this writ­ing,
the newsroom is paralyzed by a wave
of "official" printed statements by both the
faculty and Funderburk in an effort to
swing us. We've received doomsday scena­rios,
pro-president propaganda, and a few
lame letters from those already anxiously
awaiting the onset of football season.
We've received scatological drawings of the
trustees that have to be burned
immediately.
Not only that, but our phone lines are
useless. They've been tied up by a constant
flow of verbal trash. The area's "working"
press has been hounding us for the latest
underpinnings. Sometimes I lose my
patience when they will not leave us alone,
as when one reporter called about the last
faculty meeting.
"How many people would you estimate
were there?" he asks.
"About 400," I respond, "but that was
before the shooting started."
"Shooting! What shooting!"
"Haven't you heard about the unrest
here?"
"Yes, but I didn't think it was that bad."
"Are you kidding? They were picking
them off like pigeons. The extension office
is claiming responsibility."
"Can I get this confirmed with the chief
of security?"
"I'm sorry," I say, "but he was taken out
in the blast."
"What blast? Say, why haven't I heard
anything about all this?"
"That's probably because communica­tion
lines have been down all day from the
rioting. Actually, I'm surprised you were
able to get through." Then I hold the phone
about a foot from my mouth. "Hello? hello?
Are you still there? I think you're fading...I
think I'm losing you." And then I hang up.
And on top of all that we had a brutal ice
storm last week. People were wondering
why school wasn't called off, but the
answer is simple. We at the Plainsman
blame it on the chancellor system.
Just imagine Hanly getting out of bed
and looking out the window. "Uh...I
wonder if there's school today. I guess I'll
turn on the radio and find out...What? I
decide? But what about the chancellor?
What are we involved in here?"
Just to give you an idea as to what we put
up with, here's a sample of the input we've
been receiving.
Tapping the usual assortment of unreli­able
sources that have been using my office
as a depository for bad information, I have!
assembled the following "composite the­ory"
from faculty members having the best
time of their lives since LSD dried up at tht
endofthe60's.
"If Funderburk has plans to dig in for the ;.
long haul, we can expect a white-collar
crime-wave of immense proportions before
the end of the term. This will be accomp­lished
by the president's standard goon-squad/
gangsters/strong-arm men/drug .
abusers/bought-off ex-convicts in an effort
to achieve The Land Grant Philoso­phy/
The Vital Balance/The Great Purge.
Currently, we are facing an escalation in
Hanly's daily routine of intimidation/ex-tortion/
wire taps/white slave trade! It is
well documented that Funderburk is pbwer-mad
and would not step down unless he
received an impressive title such as chan­cellor/
president of the AU system/Grknd
Wizard/Imperial Stormtrooper. Muzzled
flashes are being reported nightly from the
president's mansion."
Our research staff has been assigned to
investigate the analytical side of the
ordeal, and they have come up with the
following revealing statistics.
Last February the faculty voted 455-416
against the president. In November they
voted 752-253 against the president and
asked for his resignation. Earlier this
month, 80% of the University Senate voted
against the president. If this trend con­tinues,
our research staff projects that by
1987, the faculty will be voting every half
hour, and one out of every six people in the
world will vote against Funderburk.
They also determined that if Funder­burk
had been an officer in Vietnam, he
probably would have been shot by his own
troops.
Old people are all over out there
Though the date of my graduation draws
ever nearer, my perception of the real world
is still vague and incomplete. Therefore, I
eagerly latch on to any tidbits of informa­tion
that might clue me in on what to expect
in the work force.
When a long-time friend, who has been in
the real world for almost four months, came
back to Auburn to visit, I seized the oppor­tunity
to grill her on what lies beyond. I
asked her first what the differences
between college life and employment were.
"Well," she said, as if about to divulge
some great secret. "There are a lot of OLD
people out there."
Only then did it really dawn on me that
for almost four years I've been living in a
microcosm where yirtually everyone is^
between the ages of 18 and 23. It is hardfor
,~Jfift#° imagine that 26 million Americans
are over 65 and 33 million over 50.
Until recently, I was only vaguely aware
that our social security system is failing
utterly because there are simply too many
older people relying on too few wage
earners.
Now I understand the figure is 3.2
workers for every recipient compared to
41.9 when the program was started adnd
the number is steadily decreasing.
Obviously, we will soon have to redefine
the role of the aged in our society.
For centuries other cultures have revered
their elderly, considering maturity and
wisdom greater assets than youth.
Now, after decades of being confined to
old Folks Homes, the guest bedrooms or the
hospitals, the American elderly are finally
coming into their own. They may hold the
future political power of the country since
they are fast becoming an overwhelming
majority.
They now have their own magazines (50
Plus), their own TV programs (Nova), even
their own Union (Living Is For Elders-
LIFE) which lobbys for senior citizens
rights. Other organizations, such as the
Grey Panthers are on the prowl to prevent
injustice against the elderly and stamp put
myths and prejudice.
No longer can we stereotype the elderly
as senile and decrepit. Because of advances
this century in medical technology, life
expectancy has increased from 47 to 73
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years for an average American man and 75
for a woman.
No longer is the 75-year-old jogger a
thing to be marveled at. There are moun­tain
climbers and pilots in their 60s and
tennis players and swimmers in their 70s.
The elderly could take over the country!
(After all, look who's running it now.)
They would be great as IRS agents or
University Police officers. Would you
punch an old lady if she said, "sorry swee­tie
but we're going to have to audit you," or
"naughty naughty, looks like you parked in
the wrong zone?"
There are some jobs, however, which do
require a young outlook-a position on the ' 1
Board of Trustees for instance.
Now I realize the fate of the elderly should
seriously concern me since I will soon be
helping to support them or deciding on a
way for them to support themselves. Also,
on a more personal level, my mother is
approaching the "mature woman" classifi­cation
(forgive me mom) and her future is of
course in part my responsibility. Lastly,
the fate of the elderly is most likely my fate,
though that seldom occurs to me.
I once read the best way to maintain a
healthy attitude and get the most out of old
age is to start working at it when you're
17--It seems even in aging, I'm already
behind.
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Abortion opponents on the march
Opponents of legalized abortion are
again on the march to end what they pro­claim
a savage and brutal practice. Their
cause is simple, to end infant slaughter.
Their view of those favoring abortion is
equally simple. They are cold, calculating
murderers with no regard for human life.
Their argument is narrow, myopic and
ultimately untenable. Those who stand for
the right to abort a pregnancy are not baby-killers.
They are sincere and realistic peo­ple
who recognize an ageless problem and
are trying to create a working solution.
Abortion has been part of man's history
from the beginning. It is not something
that can be legislated away. It exists in our
world. The only relevant question is how to
deal with it.
Those who are against abortion have a
simple answer. Make abortion illegal. For
them, the only women who seek abortions
are immoral, sensual creatures who are too
lazy or irresponsible to take sensible pre­cautions.
If they are pregnant, then they
deserve to be and should be held both
legally and morally responsible.
Their sacred cause is the unborn child,
the innocent they see in their mind's eye as
a clean & dimpled baby, dressed in frills
and lace and basking in parental love.
What they refuse to acknowledge is reality.
Statistically, the aborted child they want
to live will be born into a below poverty
level family, It will live in a crowded hovel
of a home where rats and roaches abound,
in a world of crime filth and degredation
few of us have ever been aware of.
The results of this sort of envirpnment on
children are evident in our inner city slums
and prisons today. The results for our
society are evident in the same places.
I do not doubt the sincerity of those who
oppose abortion, but I'm forced-'to question
their ability to think. In the long term out­look
banning abortions will result in
increased social problems, that will have to
be dealt with in the coming years. The
responsible way to deal with the problems
of abortion is to face them now.
Abortion is not a pretty topic. Those who
are against abortion would lead you to
believe those who favor it think so. No per­son
could fail to be sickened by the remains
of an abortion. The sight of minutely
formed limbs and organs ripped savagely
apart is one of the most terrible of scenes.
But is it more appealing to think of a
young girl, a jagged piece of wire in her
hand, laying on a cold, dirty floor bleeding
to death as a result of a self-induced
abortion? ;
Neither idea is favorable, and if we lived
in a perfect world neither scene would ever
occur. But the world is not perfect and we
are forced to make a choice between one or
the other. If abortion is legal you get the
former, if not, then the latter.
Those who favor abortion do not find it
appealing. It is necessary, however, if our
society is to avoid even more barbaric
results in the future. If the care and concern
abortion opponents claim they have for the
unborn were extended to the living I doubt
an abortion controversy would exist at all.-
There are millions of Americans who
despise the idea of abortion, many because
of religious beliefs, others for reasons of
their own. It is their right to believe in any
manner they please but it is not their option
to enforce their ideas on anyone else. It's
possible to force a woman not to have an
abortion but hardly possible to compel the
operation on an unwilling participant.
For those people who refuse to accept the
idea of abortion as a legitimate option for
an unwanted pregnancy, there is a clear
and simple solution. The children who will
be born and all the accompanying prob­lems
should legally be made their respon­sibility.
In fact, anti-abortion advocates
could voluntarily go one step further and
adopt all the abused, impoverished and
unwanted children in America. If that idea
isn't acceptable then I'm open to sugges­tions
that don't cause more injury to people
than the problem itself does.
Abortion isn't an attractive alternative.
But as long as people make mistakes and
unwanted pregnancies occur it must be an
available option. Those who say no are liv­ing
in a fool's paradise.
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A-5 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 27, 1983
Stupid prank a waste;
authorities make an example
Editor, The Plainsman,
I'm writing this having only minutes ago
returned from one of the most tragic and
saddening scenes I've seen in a very long
time. I can't begin to describe the madden­ing,
frustrated sense of helplessness it has
given me and I only hope that this letter
may prevent something like this from hap­pening
again.
For a while now, it seems that people
have been having a real great time by
doing a thing so innocent and, in reality, so
foolish that local authorities have decided
to set a few "examples."
This evening at 7:50 in the Auburn City
Courtroom, a nineteen year-old "good-ole-boy"
university student was sentenced to
thirty days imprisonment and a $279 fine
for knocking the protective cover off of a
fire alarm.
As president of a university dorm, I had
heard as many as three alarms go off in one
night due to "harmless" jokes by a handful
of anonymous insomniacs determined to
shatter the sleep of some 600 fellow
students.
I had even attempted to pass on the
accounts of past pranksters whose late-night
festivities resulted in heavy fines for
themselves and had prompted the Auburn
Fire Dept. to quit responding altogether to
alarms activated in our area (a policy
which is still in effect, I might add). Yet
nothing I or my council had said seemed to
make any difference.
Now a young sophmore, with no previous
offenses of any sort, lies in a cell the size of
a walk-in closet. He might as well forget
about the rest of this quarter and, somehow
I feel, War Eagle Cafeteria food would be a
welcome treat for the guy who became the
victim of his own "victimless" joke.
What a waste.
JeffLaughary
03 LPO
Football team did great;
get ready to charge next year
Editor, The Plainsman,
The football spirit will have its upB and
downs from season to season. The 1982
season had more UPS and it was a WIN­NING
season.
But no matter, there is some spontaneous
element when a crowd of people is i at an
Auburn football game, with the team win­ning
or losing—all the more reason to
yell—and the Auburn band and the loyal
cheerleaders all doing their thing and
yourself having a date or with a bunch of
friends, swigging bourbon and/or coke
waving your shaker, yelling "Go to Hell"
whoever with "Auburn To The TOP!" blar­ing
in the background.
' Win, lose, and even how the game is
played are all good enough reasons to find
yourself caught up in the "War Eagle"
mania.
People who continuously try it (The loyal
fans who travel from all around the South),
keep coming back because a WINNING
spirit can be felt. For those who don't come
back for more, they lose!
The 1982 football season is over. The sta­dium
is empty and quiet but full of memo­ries.
Spring is just around the corner and
with spring will come a new beginning. It is
a time for everyone to rededicate them­selves
to a belief in Auburn football. It is
time to accept a challenge in 1983.1 see the
Auburn football team standing like Tigers
in the slips, training upon the start. The
games afoot: follow your spirit; and upon
this charge!
Ben Ford Farrar
Abortions are not the answer
Tweel wrong in criticizing us;
he hobnobbed with the band
Editor, The Plainsman,
Mr. Phillip Tweel, esteemed audio critic
of the Plainsman, mentioned in his column
of January 20 a so-called "distasteful
method of self-promotion," whereby two
members of the Moderns "and their man­ager"
(they have no manager) were "hawk­ing"
their, own albums and posters (they
Soviet defector
[agrees on freeze
[Editor, The Plainsman,
Last week's article on the January 13th
:peech by Arkady N. Shevchenko, former
Uoviet and former United Nations
Embassador for the Soviet Union, was well
1 /ritten. Titled, "Soviet Calls for Stronger
Jefense," it said that we need to make sure
lat our forces are strong so that we can
egotiate with the Soviets.
Shevchenko also stated that both
Countries need to begin reasonable
Negotiations. Following that line of
thought, I asked him as he walked to the
car what he thought of the bilateral
verifiable nuclear weapons FREEZE
which Auburn's United Campuses to
Prevent Nuclear War advocates.
A bit to my surprise, he said that it is a
realistic and reasonable possibility as
Long as it is specific to strategic nuclear
eapons. Great! I agree!
Scott Buxton
03GEC
have no posters, only album "slicks") at the
in-store appearance by the Producers Jan­uary
15. He safely witnessed this event
from behind the counter, where he could
hobnob with the band and management
staff without mixing with the ordinary
people.
Perhaps the ultimate standards in taste
were not upheld by the Moderns in that the
event was held to promote the Producers;
however, none of the members of that band
or of the staff of the store seemed the least
bit offended by our presence. If they were,
we sincerely apologize for stealing a thim­bleful
of their glory. We do not apologize for
having offended Mr. Tweel, for he received
a copy of the Moderns album two months
ago, gratis, in exchange for his comments
to be published in this paper (whether good
or bad for us).
In his several columns since then, his
only mention of the Moderns has been this
notification that his sense of propriety has
been offended. In the meantime, he has had
plenty of space to brown-nose the major
labels, thus insuring his supply of free hit
records continues unabated. With help of
this sort, no wonder local bands have a
hard time introducing themselves to "the
masses."
I think I can speak for the Moderns in
saying we welcome local bands at any in-store
appearances we might be fortunate
enough to make, for that interaction
between different facets of the music com­munity
can only enhance the participants.
And Mr. Tweel will not be welcome behind
the counter.
Lloyd E. Townsend, Jr.
•77
"Before I formed you in the womb I
knew,, you, and before you were born I
consecrated you;"
Jeremiah 1:5
Ten years ago last Saturday, the
Supreme Court of the United States of
America legalized abortion. Since that
time, over 12 million legal abortions have
been performed in this country, and the
number continues to rise with nothing to
stop it.
'Abortion on Demand' it is termed by the
Pro-Lifers, and 'Right of Choice' and
'Reproduction Control' by the Pro-
Abortionists. What ever you want to call it,
it does seem to be granted on demand and
used as a form of reproduction control, or,
birth control.
Abortion or birth control? The thought
angers many people knowing that tax dol­lars
are used for free abortions. Abortions
for pregnancies that should have never
happened. Abortion, it can be argued, is the
best solution in many circumstances, but
for birth control? For the careless pregnant
woman who should have prepared for the
possible? No, it is not a question of morality
when abortion is substituted for birth con­trol.
It is murder.
In Nazi Germany, Hitler enacted a law
permitting the. extermination of 'useless'
members of society. Hitler also removed 16
million unwanted Jews permanently. In
the United States today, over 1.2 million
abortions are performed each year. That's
1.2 million unwanted and useless fetuses
that are aborted a year. Compare that 1.2
million abortions with the 2.8 million
births a year in the United States. That's
barely two and a half births for every abor­tion,
too many to say that abortion is not
being used for birth control.
"I will give no deadly medicine to anyone
if asked nor suggest such counsel, and in
like manner, I will not give to a woman a
pessary to produce abortion." Doctors
swear to this statement taken from the
Hypocratic Oath, yet some still find it in
their heart to perform abortions. Would you
trust your life to someone who has made
this solemn promise and broken it?
There are many popular misconceptions
about abortions. An abortion is a major
surgical procedure which can result in
serious complications; it's not just walk in
and walk out. Twice as many mothers die
from abortions than from childbirth. Pos­sible
miscarriages, premature births and
sterility can also result from abortion. Not
as simple as first expected.
There are several methods of performing
an abortion, however, there is no need in
going into that now, but I dare say that Mr.
Hoover had no intentions for his vacuum to
be used in such an atrocious manner.
The one issue left to consider is that of the
status of the fetus. Is it non-living tissue or
in actuality a living human being? The pro-abortion
crowd wants you to believe that
the human doesn't exist until born out of
the womb. Well, if the fetus is not living
human being while still in the womb, when
at age of two months, everything is t h e r e -
hands, feet, head, organs, brain and with a
heart that has been beating since at age
one month—then I don't know what to
believe.
In the United States today, the whale, the
bald eagle and the mountain lion as well as
every other endangered specie have more
legal rights than the unborn human child.
Who gave the nine old men of the
Supreme Court, who handed down this
controversial decision, the right to make
such a decision? Is the right to live or die to
be granted by nine old men? What kind of a
free society are we living in? Apparently
Hedonistic, because the only rights consi­dered
are those of the mother.
For ten years we've had this uncontrola-ble
problem, which in addition to having
cost millions of lives, has also cost the tax
payer millions of dollars. Money that could
have been spent on educating the ignorant
about birth control, free birth control devi­ces
on a wider scale and free birth control
operations (other than abortions). Morally,
abortion cannot be accepted for birth con­trol.
Just because someone has an
unwanted pregnancy, that does not give
the government the right to legally termi­nate
a life. This is inexcusable, and some­thing
must be done!
Just a word of advice to the consenting
co-ed. Be aware of the consequences of an
abortion and what it entails. Pregnancy is
not something to take lightly; you are talk­ing
about another life.
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History needs to improve itself
Editor, The Plainsman,
It has been said that time and tide wait
for no one. Could it be that many of us who
are not on the faculty at Auburn University
have waited too long?-Too long to say
what we think, and believe, to be true about
our Great Land Grant University--Auburn.
Apathy and just plain refusing tp take a
stand (you fence straddlers and middle of
the road types are the worse kind) has
resulted in some great catastrophies down
through history-remember the Dark Ages,
The Inquisition, The Salem Witch Hunt,
and in recent times Hitler (The Third Reich
and The Holocaust). Apathy-indifference-
Oh well, let someone else do it-certainly
didn't get us to the moon and back.
I hold a B.S. Degree from Centenary Col­lege
and M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees from
Louisiana State University that uniquely
qualified me for the position I held at
Auburn University for almost ten years. A
Foy Union deslt
explains intident
Editor, The Plainsman,
This letter is intended to explain the
events at the Foy Union Desk from 5:15 last
Thursday, January 20,1983, until it closed
at 9 p.m. that night.
A desk manager received a call at 5:15
p.m. from a gentleman claiming to be cal­ling
from Samford Hall. He stated that
classes would not be held Friday.
The supervisor on duty attempted to con­firm
the information. Confirmation efforts
were hindered by five to six short blackouts
which rendered the phones useless during
those periods. Persons in the Union were
notified that classes would not be held Fri­day
on the P.A. system while callers and
persons at the desk were informed by desk
managers.
By the time the supervisor contacted the
proper authority, it was 6:30 p.m. The
supervisor corrected the outgoing informa­tion
at that time. This correct information
was given out until 8:48 p.m. when power
was lost at the Union and its phones
became inoperative.
We regret the trouble and inconvenience
Thursday night's incident may have
caused Auburn students and faculty.
The Foy Union Desk
position at which I was very good~a posi­tion
I enjoyed immensely--at an Institution
I still hold very dear. When I was notified
that my non-university research enter­prises
might not be in the best interest of
my university department, I didn't blow
my top, I didn't try to influence others to my
point of view-I RESIGNED. Oh yes, I had
an option, in fact I was asked not to resign.
With these thoughts in mind, I would
suggest that those outspoken Auburn Uni­versity
professors digest the following
shocking information. The January 19,
1983 edition of "The Chronicles of Higher
Education" carried a comparative listing
of University History Departments (Grad­uate
Programs).from throughout the Uni­ted
States. Tfiis comparative listing
showed that Auburn University's History
Department, ranked among the lowest in
the nation. Of the 99 institutions reviewed,
only six ranked lower than Auburn in
faculty quality and the Auburn program
tied two other institutions for the lowest
rank in program effectiveness. It appears
to me that the time and efforts of faculty
members such as Drs. Gordon B°ncl>
Wayne Flynt, Don Olliff, Wesley Newton,
and Allen Jones could have been better util­ized
in upgrading their department-rather
than leading faculty unrest.
When one accepts employment with any
university, college, experiment station,
etc., it should also be a personal and moral
obligation to accept the duties and respon­sibilities
as outlined by the President
and/or the Governing Board (Trustees,
Regents, etc.). Whenever anyone, or a
group, is unhappy and/or unwilling to
accept responsibilities, changes and/or
challenges as outlined by either or both of
the above offices, these unhappy individu­als
should resign.
Everyone makes mistakes and it has
been said-it takes a big man to admit he
was wrong (ladies, too). Let's all admit we
were wrong on some things and let's work
together for a stronger and better Auburn
University.
I appreciate the efforts of the Board of
Trustees and President Hanly Funderburk
in trying to develop Auburn University
into a Greater Land Grant University.
Agriculture is feeding the world, Engi­neering
got us to the moon and back-and
now if our History Departments are on the
ball, maybe. our future generations can
read and study how we did it.
Luther L. Farrar
Wrong to have had classes
Editor, The Plainsman
Last Thursday, while I sat thinking
"Lead, Follow or get the Hell of of the way"
in response to the radio's report that the
Auburn heirarchy had not make a decision
about whether to close the University, I
never seriously considered that they
wouldn't. When word came through that
school would be in session, I was shocked.
It seems that the Campus Police had
advised Dr. Funderburk that the roads on
campus were fairly clear. Taking that
report, and God knows who else's, the good
doctor decided to let classes go on.
I think Dr. Funderburk forgot to look at
something called "The Big Picture".
While it's true that a high percentage of
students, faculty and Auburn employees
live within walking distance, it is also true
that a good portion do not. Now it's easy to
say that if people don't feel safe driving,
then don't come to school and that it will be
considered an excused absence. Like I said,
"it's easy to say".
I had an exam scheduled for that day,
one that I had already been told there
would be no make-up for. My wife had a lab.
Everyone who has a lab knows how hard
they are to make up. In essence, my wife
and I were forced to drive into Auburn on
roads we knew were not safe.
In Dr. Funderburk's inability to look at
The Big Picture he endangered not only our
lives, but the lives of countless others who
have to commute to Auburn University.
The Board of Trustees essentially gave
Dr. Funderburk a promotion when they
decided to move him to Montgomery. Let us
hope that this promotion also removes
some of the doctor's decision-making
authority. Anyone who is either too short­sighted
to see past the boundaries of his own
yard, or willingly endangers the lives of
thousands needlessly, should have no
authority to make decisions that affect
people's lives.
David O. Benson
01 GC
A-6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 27, 1983
AU, Tuskegee eye 'Black History Month' : COUPON SAVINGSj
By Jeff Mason
Plainsman Staffwriter
Black students at Auburn and
Tuskegee Institute will share not
only Valentine cards this February
but more than 300 years of tradition,
struggle, despair and triumph, as
they look at the past, the present
and the future of the black man
during Black History Month.
Jerome Dees , SGA minority
relations director, a primary
organizer for activities during the
upcoming month-long celebration,
says "Black History Month is to
help black Americans become
aware of their past and set new
sights on where we want to go in the
future. It is a means of helping the
white community understand what
black heritage is all about, because
frankly, a lot of people don't
understand what a black person is."
The National Association for
Advancement of Colored People
Auburn
(NAACP) allows each community to
carry out its own projects. This
year's theme for the Auburn area is
"Skills for Nation Building."
"We of the black community feel
the skills that we learn at college are
the skills that are necessary to build
a better America," Dees said.
Veronica Carpenter, Afro-
American Associaion president
says, "What we are doing is placing
an emphasis on education and the
different qualities and skills we
need to build this nation."
Equally important to the theme is
that Black History Month may
mean the beginning of better
cooperation and communication
between Auburn and Tuskegee,
Dees says.
Barron Witherspoon, Tuskegee
SGA president expressed a desire
last quarter to "open a ljne of
communication between the two
colleges." This same desire is true of
some Auburn students.
"The Jan. 30 luncheon is to get the
Auburn SGA together with the
Tuskegee SGA. Right now, there is a
really wide gap and it's all because
no one has taken the time to bring
the two institutions together," Dees
said.
"In working with Tuskegee, we
are trying to develop better
relations," Carpenter said.
Highlighting the month's
activities is a tentatively scheduled
lecture by Birmingham's Mayor
Richard Arrington on Feb. 13.
Arrington was elected Bir­mingham's
first black mayor in 1979
after a close run-off election.
"We have asked Mayor Arrington
to talk about unity and togetherness
which is keeping with our skills
theme, because it's going to take a
joint effort to learn and accomplish
the things we want to," Carpenter
said.
Auburn will hold its first Miss
Essence Pageant as part of the
festivities. It is scheduled for Feb. 20
and the winner will represent
Auburn in the Miss Black SEC
Pageant.
"Auburn had been invited to send
a representative, but because of
delays, we were unable to. We hope
this will become an annual event,"
Dees said.
Other activities scheduled include
a reception on Feb. 1 outlining plans
for the month, an art exhibit Feb. 1-4
featuring black American .and
African art from many private
collections and a Greek show on
Feb. 11 sponsored by Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity.
Auburn and Tuskegee Afro
American Association choirs will
perform at St. Lukes and the
Tuskegee African Dancers will
perform African dances. •
For times and locations of these
events, contact Dees at the SGA
office at 826-4240.
Carpenter expects a good black
turnout for most of the activities,
especially the Arrington lecture.
She is urging that white join in the
festivities.
"We tend to be sectioned off, so to
speak. When we open up our
programs, they are usually just
black supported. We want to open
our programs campus wide so
everyone can see... that we have a lot
to offer society. We want to let
faculty and students of Auburn
University know that we have a
valuable asset in the minorities on
this campus," she said.
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for low and moderate income people.
Alternatives in housing design,
location and density will be investi­gated.
It will plan the amount of
new, rehabilitated and converted
housing required for Auburn's esti­mated
population.
The Recreation Subcommittee
will examine existing facilities and
present programs to determine how
well they meet leisure-time needs of
the community. It will develop a
plan for improvements and research
innovative ways of developing new
facilities and programs.
The Transportation and Utilities
Subcommittee will study the condi­tion
of the network of streets, water
and sewer systems serving Auburn.
It will assess service delivery
methods, cost-efficiency techniques
and intergovernmental cooperation
and determine the needs for capital
improvements in these systems.
The Economic Development Sub­committee
will study current busi­ness
and development in Auburn
and review the formal and informal
policies of the city that discourage
and-or promote economic growth. It
will develop plans to diversify and
balance the economic base of the
city, determining the impact of the
plan on commercial, industrial and
residential renovation, conversion
and expansion. This subcommittee
will also estimate the need for land
in each land use category.
The Education Subcommittee will
investigate the current condition of
facilities and programs and review
past recommendations for improve­ments.
An estimate of school enrol­lment
and recommendations for the
needs of primary and secondary
education will be developed. Those
aspects to be studied include facili­ties
maintenance and improvement,
student achievement, teacher profi­ciency
and the funding of opera­tions
to the year 2000.
The Civic Enrichment Subcom­mittee
will study the cultural pro­grams
and facilities in Auburn,
which include the libraries, thea­tres,
public commemorations and
sculpture, community appearance
and visiting productions. Auburn's
cultural atmosphere will be com­pared
to those of other cities of com­parable
size, and those of a major
university.
The Governmental Organization
Subcommittee will study alterna­tive
forms of government available
to Auburn. It will investigate inter­governmental
cooperation with the
city of Opelika and Lee County,
evaluate the city's relationship with
Auburn University, and examine
the efforts of other communities to
change their form of government.
The internal structure of Auburn's
municipal organization will also be
examined.
Consulting with the Technical
Continued from A-3
Services Committee, each subcom­mittee
will submit recommenda­tions
to the Steering Committee and
preliminary plans, testing assump­tions
for logic and validity, Demp-sey
says.
The subcommittees will submit
draft reports by March 1, and final
reports by May 1. A final draft of the
Auburn 2000 plan will be completed
by June 1 by the Steering
Committee.
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The Alabama History and Herit­age
Festival, a five-month state
activity exploring the cultural
legacy of Alabama, will open at
Auburn tomorrow and Saturday
with a humanities conference.
Most events will be held in the
Union Exhibit Gallery.
Additional activities, including
exhibits, tours, slide shows, films,
lectures and discussions, will follow
in Huntsville, Birmingham, Mobile,
Montgomery, Eufaula, Demopolis
and Anniston.
Highlighting the Auburn pro­gram
will be a videotape presenta­tion,
"The Alabama Experience,"
and a panel presentation by faculty
members in history, English and
religion on "What Does it Mean to be
Human?"
Tomorrow night, author Lee
Smith will give a reading sponsored
by the Franklin Lecture Series.
Smith, formerly of Tuscaloosa,
lives, writes and teaches at the Uni­versity
of North Carolina (Chapel
Hill). She is the author of "Fancy
Struts," "Black Mountain Break­down,"
"Cake Walk," and has a new
novel coming out that has already
been selected by a book club.
Mini-workshops to develop partic­ipant's
definitions for humanities
and to expose participants to source
for humanities resources and pro­grams,
will be held on Saturday,
beginning at 9:15 a.m.
At 12:45 p.m. James Haskins,
Franklin Lecturer, will be presented
in the Foy Exhibit Gallery. Haskins
has over 50 pieces to his credit,
mostly dealing with the Black expe­rience.
A native of Demopolis, he is
currently teaching at the University
of Florida.
The purpose of Auburn's Humani­ties
Conference is "to bring in com­munity
leaders from throughout the
state for exposure to lively scholars
in the humanities, and to give them
a hands-on experience in putting
together humanities programs for
their own towns and cities," said
Missy Kuykendall, project director
for Auburn.
Her committee includes Wayne
Flynt, Bert Hitchcock, Warren
McCord, Landa Trentham, John
Kuykendall, Maury Matthews, Neil
Davis, John Fletcher, and Jerry
Brown. Edward Hobbs, dean of the
School of Arts and Science is confer­ence
chairman.
"The Alabama Experience"
which was written and directed by
Brown, looks at people who have
contributed to humanities in Ala­bama,
including Johnson Jones
Hooper, W.C. Handy and Hank
Williams.
Further information on the
Humanities Conference or on the
Alabama History and Heritage Fes­tival
in general may be obtained
from Kuykendall at ext. 5100.
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r\-7 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 27, 1983
Despite layoffs
County jobless rate one of state's lowest
y Doug Leyshock
Assistant R e s e a r c h Editor
No single topic is more pervasive
n America today than unemploy-nent.
Its effects at both state and
lational levels are reflected with
ncreasing urgency through media
•eports.
The unemployment dilemma is
ot a n abstract problem, it is local
nd immediate. For Lee County a 13
eixent unemployment s t a t i s t ic
translates into nearly 4,000 men
and women out of work.
The problem cannot be defined
completely by the nationwide reces­sion,
but it's a major factor, said
Virgil Stewart of the State Unem­ployment
Office in Opelika.
It can be an overwhelming factor.
The best example is the Uniroyal
Tire plant in Opelika. More t h a n 600
employees were laid off this summer
as a direct result of sluggish auto
s a l e s across the country. Two
hundred fifteen of those were
rehired this week.
The Uniroyal situation is not
indicative of all Lee County manu­facturers.
Other major employers,
including West Point Pepperell and
Diversified Products, have not had
any recent layoffs.
However, unemployment in Lee
County is rising. Statistics released
early in December showed a major
increase of four percent. That jump,
said Stewart, is "Directly related to
tudent job interviews cancele
By Mary Ellen Hughes
P l a i n s m a n Staffwriter
Companies continually cancel­l
i ng interviews through the
campus placement service and a
l o n g s t u d e n t employment
waiting list are two factors
contributing to the unemploy­ment
of Auburn students.
''As recently as a year ago we
were a booming business." said
placement service coordinator
Elva Bradley about the 21S
erct-nt c o m p a n y i n t e r v i ew
cancellation rate fall quarter.
The placement service ar­r
a n g e s i n t e r v i e w s between
students and visiting companies
l o o k i n g for prospective em­ployees.
At least fifty employers have
cancelled interviews for winter
q u a r t e r , including such com­panies
as U.S. Steel, West Point
Pepperell. Gulf Oil. Shell Oil,
Texaco, Westinghouseand Allied
Corporation. Bradley said many
companies are reluctant to
schedule interviews because of
the lack of economic growth.
C o m p a n i e s a r e . however,
projecting a gradual turnaround
in the economic harshness of
recent times, Bradley said. Some
employers predict an improve­ment
in the unemployemnt
situation as early as spring.
About 750 to 800 students hav»-
already set up their placement
fries, with about 150 of these from
this quarter, and the rest are
carry-overs from last quarter.
' - ' T h i n g s are s t i l l in the
preliminary stages for this
quarter," Bradley said.
Bradley recommends that
idents seeking help from the
lacenient service set up their
ilea three quarter s prior to
r a d u a t i o n . I n t e r v i e w s a re
arranged on a first-come, first-serve
basis and are open only to
currently enrolled students. The
placement service can in no way
guarantee a job. but it does
provide information on careers,
permanent and summer jobs and
salary data.
I n a d d i t i o n , s t u d e n t s go
through an exit interview. This
procedure began in the fall so the
placement service could get some
teed bark on the percentage of
interviewing students getting
jobs. ;
While the placement service is
concerned with finding jobs for
students after graduation, the
College Work Study and Student
Employment programs concern
students who are still in college.
Student Employment coordi­nator
Nell Moore said she has
"tons" of applications forstadent
employment, and no lack of
students to fill open positions.
"Usually, give me two or three
days and I can always find
somebody to fill' any given
position," Moore said.
The -glamour" jobs, such as
working at the Foy Union desk or
as a dorm desk clerk, are always
in high demnnd." Moore said.
However, student employees fill a
diversity of positions, including a
large number with food services
and some working with snakes,
m a i n t e n a n c e and c l e a n i ng
'animal cages.
Student Employment and
College Work Study may both
deal with student employees, but
there is a great difference
between t h e two programs. With
Student Employment the stu­dent's
salary is paid entirely by
the department for which he
works. But in the College Work
Study program, 80 percent of
s a l a r y - f u n d i n g is from the
federal government and 20
percent from the university,
usually a specific department.
Thus, College Work Study
employees are in high demand by-departments,
said Financial Aid
Director Larry Ridge way.
Ridge way said College Work
Study funding has usually-r
e m a i n e d fairly c o n s t a n t,
ranging from 600 to 800 students
a year, and that the demand for
jobs has increased because
s t u d e n t s feel the effect of
unemployment in general. "Just
about everyone has some need for
additional money." Ridgeway
said, adding that more students
coming in have gone from upper-middle
class to poverty level.
In the College Work Study
program,students demonstrate a
financial need and list past
experience and preferences for
jobs. Then students and depart­ment
requests are matched as
fairly as possible. Most awards
are $500 per quarter, which
averages about 15 hours per week
at the minimum wage of 33.35 an
hour.
The 1982-83 budget includes
plans for a new categorizing of
jobs based on types of experience
which would allow College Work
Study students to receive higher
s a l a r i e s . Ridgeway said he
expects this to be implemented in
late February or early March.
College Work Study awards are
overcommitted by 50 percent
b e c a u s a e of c a n c e l l a t i o n s,
students not showing up for work
and students not working their
total hours. Ridgeway said.
As far as non-student employ­ment
on campus is concerned.
U n i v e r s i t y P e r s o n n e l lists
availabale openings daily at
826-4336.
Unemployment
Unemployment means more than
being jobless—for many it means
being hungry. "Soup kitchens" are
springing up in several areas across
the nation, and Newsweek maga­zine
reports that 2 million Ameri­cans
are homeless.
I t ' s a vicious cycle—people are out
of work, they can't afford to buy
goods, the stores do poor business,
they lay off employees, more people
are out of work. Yet Herbert says he
doesn't believe unemployment will.
reach 25 percent again.
"Reagan is willing to take a long
run view of the situaiton," he says
adding that much depends on Con­gress.
Herbert says he feels the Pres­ident
has had some success, citing
the drop in inflation from about 11
percent annually to 5 percent, but
the road to success, he says, is
bumpy.
"It's like riding in a car with the
brakes on. If you floor the gas, put
on the brakes, then give it gas—
you'll almost go through the wind­shield."
He's optimistic that we'll
get there, but "it's very painful."
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the Uniroyal situation."
Even with that increase, Lee
County remains an area with one of
the smallest unemployment levels
in the state. In Wilcox County, the
jobless rate has peaked at 33
percent.
A major cause for Lee County's
lower unemployment rate is Auburn
University. The school employs
nearly 19 percent of the county
workforce. Since the university
isn't tied directly to economic fluc­tuations,
"it lends stability to the
county a s a whole," Stewart said.
A slight increase in lay-offs is
anticipated during the November
thru J a n u a r y period, said Don Cas­tleberry
of t he State Unemployment
Office.
Generally, people who find them­selves
laid off turn to retail or ser­vice
related businesses for other
work. "This year has been differ­ent,"
Castleberry said. Stores and
other businesses which normally
hire extra employees haven't done
so. Castleberry cited the economic
slowdown as a partial cause.
"Typically, the unemployment
rate in Lee County is approximately
5.5 percent," said Castleberry.
Recession results, the holiday sea­son
and other factors have brought
a significant increase in the coun­ty's
jobless level.
There is some hope that unem­ployment
levels will stablize in the
near future. Construction projects
are slated to begin soon at several
county locations, Stewart said. He
added t h a t he was optimistic some
of those people laid off might be
rehired, although he had no factual
information to base his outlook.
Much of the optimism for a cure
for county unemployment rests with
improvements at the state and
national levels. Castleberry noted a
"boomerang effect" which injures
all businesses. "When one business
cuts back, others that supply it are.
injured, too."
Castleberry said he doesn't know
when improvements in the unem­ployment
picture might begin. "If I
knew that," he said, "I'd have a job
in Washington."
The repercussions of unemploy­ment
are evident in other areas. The
Food Stamp Office in Opelika has
noted an increased demand for
benefits recently. Other government
agencies, like the Comprehensive
Assessment and Development Cen­ter,
have yet to see an increase, but
expect one soon.
The jobless r a te in Lee County is a
p r o b l em w i t h o u t an a n s w e r.
Although the 13 percent unem­ployment
rate is higher t h a n antici­pated,
there are indications that the
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A-8 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 27, 1983
Moms balance family life to earn degree
By Terri Knott
Assistant Features Editor
"What am I doing here?" Robbie
Hart asked herself the first day she
attended class at Auburn Uni­versity.
Wife of a minister and mother of a
22-year-old daughter and a 16-year-old
son, Hart is only one of an
increasing number of mothers who
are returning to college.
When her husband jokingly
suggested she go back to school,
Hart says she "took him up on it."
Although she had attended
Southeastern Bible College in
Lakeland, Fla. for two years, she
had always desired to complete
school with an education degree.
Moving to Opelika provided Hart
with the opportunity to obtain her
education degree. The move was
convenient, she says, although the
family adjustments were not.
Because of her classes and studying,
everyone's schedule had to change.
"What they were used to Mom
doing, she couldn't do anymore,"
she says.
-Hart attributes her success in
finishing school to her family.
"They all had to heln me. I couldn't
was difficult to get used to, and at
times frightening, she says. Finally
Hart says she decided, "I'm here to
stay until I finish."
Hart and her daughter shared the
same economics class one quarter.
have done it without their help. It
was really teamwork," she says.
During the first few days of class
Hart says she wondered if she would
ever find her way around Haley
Center. Being older than the
majority of the students on campus
Campus Calendar
AU SAILING CLUB meets Tues­day
at 8 p.m. in 356 Foy Union. For
more information, call 887-6671.
PSICHIPSYCHOLOGYHONOR-ARY
meets tonight at 7 in Haley
Center 3195. Topic: "Are you in love
enough to get married?" Speaker:
Mr. Charles Britt.
CRISIS CENTER offers free train­ing
for volunteers who are caring
and mature For more information,
call 821-8600.
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION
will hold an introductory meeting
tonight for a Conversational Eng­lish
class for foreign students. The
meeting will be at the BSU Center at
7. For more information, call
887-6521.
TALONS will meet Sunday at 5:30
p.m. in Burton Hall. For room
number and more information, call
826-6865.
RESUME WRITING is the topic of
this week's free seminar by the
Career Development Services. The
seminar will be Tuesday at 5 p.m. in
room 400. Marv Martin Hall.
THE AUBURN SOCIETY FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC­TION
will meet Tuesday at 7:30
p.m. For more information and loca­tion
of meeting, call.821-9027. _, i
MORTAR BOARD service, scho­larship
and leadership honorary
applications are available at the
Union Desk. Juniors in the upper
third of their class are eligible to
apply.
EAST ALABAMA TASK-FORCE
FOR BATTERED WO­MEN
is holding training sessions
for persons interested in volunteer
work with victims of domestic vio-lence.
For information, call
826-5049.
AU JUDO CLUB meets Mon.,
Tues. andThurs. at 7 p.m. on the red
mats in the Student Activities
Building. For more information, call
887-7538.
FREE STUDY HELP is offered in
several subjects weekly in the Haley
Center Lounge. Call 826-5972 or
come by 315 Martin Hall for a
detailed schedule.
AUBURN GEOLOGY CLUB
meets this afternoon at 5 in 2196
Haley Center. For more informa­tion,
call 826-7677.
CONSCIENTIOUS ALLIANCE
FOR PEACE meets tonight at 7:30
in the First Presbyterian University
Center. For details, call 821-7459.
ODK SOCIAL is Jan. 30 at 9 p.m.
in Burton Hall. For more informa­tion,
call 826-5292.
AUBURN CHESS CLUB will
meet Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in 3195 Haley
Center. For more information, call
826-7177.
SGA ELECTIONS are coming up
soon. Anyone interested in running
for a school, senate or student
government office should apply
between Feb. 2 and Feb. 11 in the
SGA office in Foy Union.
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"She (Hart's daugher) was very
helpful. If I didn't get something in
my notes she always had it," says
Hart.
Although it took courage to return
to school,Hart says'she is glad she
did. She hopes to teach third grade
in one of the Auburn-Opelika area j
elementary schools. I
"There is such a reward in
teaching and seeing children;
develop and pick up the things that,
you are teaching," says Hart.
Anne Grady, an oral surgeon's
wife, is another parent who has
returned to college. The mother of
two daughters, ages 11 and 13,
Grady will graduate in March with
a degree in mass communications.
When her family moved to
Opelika six years ago Grady
enrolled at Auburn. Before pursuing
her mass communications degree,
she had begun studying music at the
University of Alabama, but did not
finish after getting married.
"I've learned a great deal from'
young people," Grady says of her
college experiences. "They have a
fresh attitude and tend to be, do, and
think whatever they choose," she
says.
Although some people feel women
go back to college out of boredom,
Grady disagrees. "It's a need for
accomplishment," she says.
DELTA DELTA DELTA is offer­ing
one $500 scholarship to an
undergraduate woman. Applica­tions
are available at the Financial
Aid Office or at the Dorm G Desk.
Deadline is March 1.
AUBURN CHRISTIAN FEL­LOWSHIP
will co-sponsor a Run
for Hunger with WEGL-FM Feb. 5 at
10:30 a.m. at the AU track. For more
information, call 821-3963
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"Education is invaluable," she
says, adding she knew there was
something else she wanted to do
with her life but needed more;
preparation. "I had said for years I
was going to do it." Now, only a
couple of months away from
graduation, Grady says she has no
regrets about returning to school.
"The biggest conflict," says
Grady, "is the time element
involved. It is not always easy to
manage a household and take the
time that is required to study for
classes.
Support from her family and
friends has been helpful, she adds.
Because she is free in the
afternoons, school is "not as
interruptive as people might say."
Grady says she and her daughters
sometimes do their homework
together.
The responsibility of caring for a
family has helped Grady in being a
more responsible student though,
she says. Now a better student than
when she was at Alabama, Grady
says she applies things from the
classroom more readily than before.
,' "Kids now are more informed,"
says Grady, comparing college
s t u d e n t s from her day with
university students now. "Students
are more realistic. They face and
approach life more realistically
than we did," she says. "The fun
and freedom is still the same
though," she adds.
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\-9 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 27, 1983
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Office of the Registrar
Registration Schedule - 1983 Spring Quarter Snow
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: STUDENTS CHANGING
SCHOOLS must report to the Registrar's Office for an official reg­istration
permit and instructions. TRANSFERS FROM OTHER
COLLEGES must obtain registration permits and instructions
from the Admissions Office.
Currently enrolled and former students, including those changing
schools, prepare course request forms for Spring Quarter, 1983, by
schools according to the following schedule:
Agriculture
itudents should plan a schedule with their advisor. Advisors will
tave curriculum sheets and course request forms.
ill majors should then clear with Mr. Alverson in Comer 109 in
ccordance with the schedule below:
Tuesday, February 1 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 2 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 3 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
—-8:00-11:45 a.m.
8:00- 11:45 a.m.
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
8:00 - 11:45 a.m. and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
8:00 - 11:45 a.m. and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
nimal and dairy science and all forestry majors should see their
dvisors according to the schedule below.
Pharmacy
Students meet with their faculty advisors in their offices at the
following times on Wednesday, February 2:
Education
GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS- will pre-register in 3403
Haley Center, Feb. 9-11 between 7:46-11:45 a.m. and 12:45-4:45
p.m.
ALL OTHER STUDENTS- Pick up course request forms in their
departmental offices. Each student should note the days pre-registration
is scheduled in h i s / h e r department and scneauie tn
advance an appointment with h i s / h e r advisor during those days.
(NOTE: All HPE, HPR, HHE, HRA majors report to room indicated
below. No appointment is necessary.)
CURRICULUM OFFICE DATES
riday, February 4
uesday, February 8
Wednesday. February 9-
Thursday, February 10--
riday, February 11 —
\ DS students by appointment with advisor, February 9,10, and 11.
Forestry, Forest Products, & Forest Engineering
White Smith 112 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Feb. 8
Architecture and Fine Arts
Students will register according to the following schedule:
Architecture (including ID, LA and RP): Feb. 7, 8, and 9 in
Department Office, 104 Dudley Hall, and Design Studios
Art: Feb. 8 & 9 - Last name A - K, Department Office, 101 Biggin
Hall.
Feb. 10 & 11 - Last name L - Z, Department Office, 101 Biggin Hall.
Building Science: Feb. 7,8, & 9, Department Office 119 Dudley Hall,
(including PBSC)
Industrial Design: Feb. 1, 2, & 3, Afternoons only, Department
Office,
Smith Hall.
Music: Feb. 7 & 8, Department Office, Goodwin Music Building.
Theatre: Feb. 7 , 8 , and 9, Department Office, Telfair Peet Theatre.
PAR, PID, PLA - See Mrs. Fendley Feb. 1-11 in Dean's Office.
Arts and Sciences
Currently enrolled students who plan to register in the School of
Arts and Sciences for the 1983 Spring Quarter should begin regis­tration
by picking up materials in their respective department offi­ces
on Wednesday, February 9 and complete their registration not
later than Friday, Feb. 11.
PICK-UP STATIONS
Special Curricula (BCH, CH, CJ, CSW, FLT, FSW, GL, LAF, LAP,
.AH, LT, MDT, AMH, MH, PUB, PRJ, PRS, APS, SCR,
S) Departmental Office
Curriculum and Teaching 5040 HC Feb. 9-11
Elementary and Early Childhood 5040 HC Feb. 9-11
Secondary- N thru 12 and Middle School 5040 HC Feb. 9-11
Health, Physical Education and Recreat 2050 MC Feb. 9-11
Rehabilitation and Special Education 1244,1230 HC Feb. 1-11
Vocational Education 5028 HC Feb. 9-11
After having the course request form signed by your advisor, take it
to the secretary in Room 3403 Haley Center for Dean's approval.
Engineering
All engineering and pre-engineering students will register Feb.
7-11 or as indicated.
Pre-Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Aviation Management & PNM
Chemical Engineering &PCN
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engine
Electrical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Textile
1st Floor Hall Ramsay Feb. 7-8-9
244-S Wilmore Labs on|y
1st Floor Hall Ramsay
237 Ross Hall
1st Floor Hall Ramsay Feb. 9 A 10
1st Floor Hall Ramsay „_,„
1st Floor Hall Ramsay o n ly
107 Dunstan Hall Feb. 9-10-11
1st Floor Hall Ramsay
1st Floor Hall Ramsay only
115 Textile Building
HOME ECONOMICS
Pre-re gist ration for the School of Home Economics is as follows:
C A- Faculty will choose t w o of three days, Feb. 7,8,9, to be avail­able.
Students should sign up for a pre-registration appointment-before
Feb.4. Sign-up sheets will be on the advisor's office door.
FCD- Each faculty member will post his or her schedule on the
office door. Students should sign up well in advance. Pre-registration
will be Feb. 7-11.
NF- Students will s e e advisors Tuesday, Feb. 1,3-5 p.m. in advi­sor's
offices. All students should do pre-planning before appoint­ment
with advisors. Course request forms may be picked up in the
main office (room 210) Spidle Hall.
Continued from A-l
era made use of lanterns, heaters
and fireplaces to fight back winter's
chill.
Unfortunately, some attempts to
keep warm resulted in a number of
fires around Auburn. "It happens
every time you have power outages
and people can't heat their homes
normally," says Fire Chief W. Ellis
Mitchell. "You are going to have
some fireplace problems, even with
the contemporary design 'fire­places."
He said a number of fires occur
with fireplaces that are not con­structed
properly. "The defects will
show up at these times because they
burn 24 hours a day, and if they
aren't properly built, the heat will
transfer through holes and set wall
studs on fire," Mitchell noted.
"There were no major fires, but we
had a lot of small stuff. ..as a result of
electrical fires.
"The paramedic teams had a rela­tively
light time because most peo­ple
were staying in one place and
weren't out trying to do a while lot.
We didn't even have a whole lot of
wrecks like you' would expect on
slippery roads," Mitchell said.
"Their (the paramedics) calls
cranked up when people got out and
started getting active again, clean­ing
up from the ice storm and trying
to get everything back to normal.
Then you start having your home
accidents like over exertion."
Police Sgt. J.C. Stroud reported no
major traffic accidents saying,
"Everybody was very careful to stay
off the roads."
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2046 Haley
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-7080 Haley Center
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Students
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1983 Summer * Fall Quarter Graduates
1984 Winter Quarter Graduates
1984 Spring Quarter Graduates
1982 Fall Admissions
)H, OP, OT, PD, PM, PT Majors _ ,
Communication disorders, GCP, etc
Business
Students should report to 215 Thach Hall for completion of course
request forms according to the following schedule:
^eb. 1 - Feb. 11, 7:45 - 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 - 4:30 p.m.
Nursing
Feb. 1-11. Students should sign up in advance for an appointment
with their advisor in Miller Hall.
Time Group
2:00-2:20 p.m. A
2:20-2:40 p.m. B
2:40-3:15 p.m. C
3:15-3:30 p.m. D
3:30-3:45 p.m. E
Environmental Health
Students should make an appointment in advance to aee advisor on
Feb. 9.
Graduate School
Students will register Feb. 9-11 From 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Rm 103
Hargis Hall.
NOTE: Students should report at an hour other than those stated if
classes conflict with registration times. Do not miss claaa to pre-pare
course forma.
AU budget restored despite proration
By Lee McBride
Assistant News Editor
Despite continuing proration by
the state of Alabama, the Budget
Committee of the Auburn Univer­sity
Board of Trustees has decided to
implement the 1982-83 budget as of
VI arch 1.
Proration, which is a state-wide
reduction in funds, has caused a 10
percent deficit in Auburn's operati­ng
funds from the state Special
Education Trust Fund (SETF) for
;he past five months. But last week,
University President Hanly Fun-derburk
recommended that this
year's budget be put into effect on
VI arch 1.
The Budget Committee, with the
Doard's authority, considered the
president's recommendation last
week, and approved it by mail, Uni­versity
Relations Director Dan Hol-senbeck
said.
The decision to activate the $124
million budget is based on projec­tions
that the proration of the SETF
will not be as high as anticipated
with the year ends. "Indications are
that prorations will only about five
or six percent, not the 10 percent
that was originally expected," he
said.
When the 1982-83 budget was
approved it contained about a 10
percent increase in state funding
over the previous year. The state
appropriation for 1981-82 was $40.3
million, and before proration the
state appropriation for 1982-83 was
$44.8 million. But when Gov. Fob
James prorated the SETF by 10 per­cent,
Auburn was forced to operate
on approximately the same budgt
as last year.
This proration not only cut the
operating budget, but forced bud­geted
salary increase and new posi­tions
to be frozen, Holsenbeck said.
"The president indicated all along
that if proration dropped to five or
six percent and enrollment stayed
level, then we probably could
implement the budget," Holsenbeck
said.
The anticipated lower proration
level, the income of the university
over the past five months, and level
enrollment have made it possible to
implement and cover the 1982-83
budget, he said.
"The maintenance budget will be
implemented for the entire fiscal
year. They (the departments) may
now spend against the originally
budgeted amount," he said but
salary increases, which were bud­geted
and then deferred will be
implemented on two different dates
and won't be retroactive.
The twelve month employees will
begin receiving their budgeted
salary increases on March 1. But the
nine month employees will receive
their increase of Feb. 1.
Holsenbeck _ said if the salary
increases were implemented on the
same date, the 12 month employees
would get a larger percentage of
thier raises, without working any
longer for it.
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Glomerata and Plainsman
Editors and Business
Managers
Applications and a list of qualifications
are now available at the office of the Dean
of Students on the first floor of Cater Hall
for the positions of Plainsman editor,
Plainsman business manager, Glomerata
editor and Glomerata business manager.
All applications are due in the office of the
Dean of Students by Noon on Tuesday,
February 1, 1983. Candidates will be
interviewed on Thursday, February 3, 1983
at the regular meeting of the Board of
Student Communications.
This Desk Can Reach Mach 2.
Some desk jobs are
more exciting than
others.
As a Navy pilot
or flight officer, your
desk can be a sophis
ticated combination
of supersonic jet air­craft
and advanced electronic equipment.
But you can handle it. Because Navy
flight training gives you the navigation,
aerodynamics and other technical
know-how you need.
In return, Navy aviation demands
something of you as an officer:
Leadership.
Your path to leadership starts with
officer training that's among the most
making authority.
In the air, and on the
ground, you have
management responsi­bility
from the begin­ning.
And your
responsibility grows
as you gain experience.
No company can give you this kind of
leadership responsibility this fast. And
nothing beats the sheer excitement of
Navy flying.
The salary is exciting, toe. Right
away, you'll earn about $18,300 a year.
That's better than the average corpora­tion
will pay you .' ist out of college.
And with regular Navy promotions and
other pay increases, your annual
demanding in the military. It's intensive salary will soar to $31,100 after four
leadership and professional schooling years. That's on top of a full package
combined with rigorous Navy flight of benefits and privileges,
training. And it's all geared to prepare Before you settle down to an earth
you and other college
graduates for the
unique challenge of
Navy aviation. The
program is tough but
rewarding.
One important
reward for Navy
officers is decision-
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A-10 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 27, 1983
Philpott
chosen as chancellor. Right now,
the problem must be worked out
among the faculty, trustees and
administration."
Philpott says in some respects
there is not as much contact
between the students and the presi­dent's
office now as there was dur­ing
portions of his administration.
"Back then it was student dis­content
rather than faculty discont­ent
that brought about a certain
alienation between the establish­ment
and t he s t u d e n t s , " he
explains. "They were more con­cerned
with what the president's
office was doing about it all. Stu­dents
today are more serious about
their studies, about competing in the
job market. Their concern, I think, is
chat the controversy is affecting the
educational atmosphere, and it is."
No organization as large as
Auburn University can exist with­out
problems, says Philpott. And, in
times of trouble, a unversity presi­dent
seems to stand above all in the
public eye.
"People often ask me what makes
the ideal university president," says
Philpott, who has known and
worked with many. "From expe­rience,
I can say there is no such
thing. The successful presidents I
have known have been as different
as night and day."
Philpott says he believes there is
no job a president has that is most
important, that all are of equal
importance.
"You must try to develop the
resources with which to operate the
university," he says. "If you don't
have the money, you can't get the
teachers you want. If you can't get
the teachers, you can't get the stu­dents
you want. You must try to
develop a staff- both administra­tors
and teaching faculty- who have
the capability and the confidence to
deal with students.
"Of equal importance," Philpott
says, "is recruiting the kind of stu­dents
who will take advantage of
the educational opportunities you
have. You must create the opportun­ities
through an educational pro­gram
and environment in which
these students can prosper from
their experience."
"And of course," he adds, "you
must be able to deal with your
alumni, interesting them in con­tinued
loyalty and support."
Philpott emphasizes that any one
job is no more important than the
other. "When one breaks down, the
whole university will break down.
It's a matter of bringing the situa­tion,
the time, and the man together
and hoping it all works out."
The present affairs of Auburn
University under the guidance of
Hanly Funderburk have run into
several problems.
"He's been very successful with
the Auburn Generations Fund, and
in getting the release of funds which
were appropriated before he came,"
says Philpott of his successor. "Of
course, there are some things a pres­ident
does which might not bear
fruit until years later. "
Philpott says he believes a presi­dent's
image is important to run­ning
a unversity. "The perception
anyone has of you is very impor­tant,"
he says. "It takes a lot of care­ful
and thoughtful attention to try to
convey the best possible image you
can."
"You can't have a conflict," he
adds. "You can't be one thing to one
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group and one thing to another."
Sitting in his home, thoughtfully
filling his pipe with tobacco, Harry
Philpott says the part about being
president he misses the most is the
contact with students. "It's the one
thing which brought me a sense of
achievement more than anything
else."
Philpott has been in Auburn for 18
years and has seen great progress at
the University, both in physical
appearance and its operations.
What are his hopes for Auburn in
the future?
"I'd like to see peace and har­mony,"
Philpott says. "And the
advancement of the intellectual life
of the University. Auburn needs
everyone working together. The
sooner we can get that the better."
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Mon.-Fri. 3 p.m.-lO p.m. Sat. 1 p.m.-lO p.m.
Monday Special: Fried Oyster Double Order
Tuesday Special: Frog Legs - Double Order for single price
Wed. Special: Dozen Oyster on the Half Shell $1.25
Thurs. Special: Shrimp Fried or Boiled Double Order $7.50
All types of Seafood:
Fried Oysters lobster scallop gumbo trout
snapper flounder crab mullet plus fried chicken
We sell Oysters by the bushel and half bushel.
Depression
Research
Dr. Glen King of the Auburn Psychology Department is pres­ently
supervising research on the causes of depression. We are
looking for Auburn students, staff, and faculty who have been
feeling depressed lately and would be willing to complete a series of
psychological tests. In return, participants will'be provided with
feedback on their test results, as well as i