1983-04-28 The Auburn Plainsman

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Volume 89 Number 23 Thursday, April 28,1983 Auburn University, Ala. 36849 28 pages
Wallace asks for
reduced budget
By Terri Knott
Assistant Features Editor
Instead of the 30 percent increases
which President Wilford Bailey
requested for Auburn's 1983-84
budget, the University will likely
receive a budget increase of about 2
percent.
Gov. George Wallace submitted
the proposed education budget to
the Alabama House last week
recommending the 2 percent
increase which will dwindle still
more to an increase of only .08 per­cent
because of 10 percent proration.
Bailey explained, however, that
the Governor's recommendations
did not come as a surprise to the
administration. "Everyone knew
when the requests were submitted
that the University would not
receive much more than last year's
appropriations."
"We were trying to convey to the
Legislature the serious needs facing
Auburn. We were primarily laying
the groundwork for additional
funds for the future," said Bailey of
the 30 percent increases requested.
It is hoped that an upswing in the
state of the economy might allow a
change in proration from 10 percent
to 5 percent, said Bailey. This would
help provide a small but needed
increase in the budget.
The governor's recommendations
would mean an increase of about
$48,000 for the main campus main­tenance,
approximately $2,000 for
the Agricultural Experiment Station
and slightly more than $2,300 for
the Cooperative Extension Service.
These increases would raise the
main campus budget to $44,909,983,
the Ala. Ag. Exp. Station budget to
$8,501,497 and the Coop. Ext. Ser­vice
budget to $9,242,710.
"I think the legislature will pay
strong attention to the governor's
recommendations," said Senator
Ted Little. Although the Legislature
will be devising its own budget (on
the basis of the governor's budget
proposals) Little said he doesn't
expect much change because the
Legislature is working with such a
limited budget.
"We've got to have more of a
demand on statewide fiscal respon­sibility,"
said Little. "We can't
afford to go into proration again for
another year," he added.
To judge how the low increase in
the budget will directly affect stu­dents
would be premature, said act­ing
Dean of Students Pat Barnes.
Approaches of how to deal with
such a slight increase in the budget
have not been determined yet, but
the administration has been meet­ing
to discuss how problems result­ing
from a shrinking budget can
best be handled, said Barnes.
"Auburn University is going to
make every effort to continue to pro­vide
quality education," she added.
Little echoed Bailey's immediate
concern for the funding of graduate
and research programs. "I'd like to
see a trend where institutions offer
terminal degrees and research cen­ters,"
said Bailey. There needs to be
more emphasis on such institutions
because the outcome of "beefing up"
these areas will have a direct effect
on the productiveness of our state
and nation, he said.
In a summary of Bailey's expla­nations
for budget increases, Bailey
held that, "The future of Alabama's
industrial base is related directly to
the responsiveness of the Legisla­ture
to emergent programs."
Inside
The spirit of the south was
revived last Friday when the
Kappa Alpha F r a t e r n i ty
celebrated Old South Day.
Clad in styles from the Civil
War Period, members of the
fraternity and guests paraded
down College Street in a flor-ish
of southern tradition. A-11.
News Briefs A-2
Editorials A-4.A-5
Campus Calendar A-12
Sports B-l
Entertainment B-9
Classifieds B-16
ra
Photography: Chrte Shlrloy
wander by the Child Study Center on their way to classes the
sounds of the carefree jubliant children. With mid-terms coming up
MOVING ON—With the sights and sounds of summer appearing all
around us many Auburn students turn to thoughts of relaxation and
play much like these young children are enjoying. As students college students don't have the chance to be as carefree SouthTrust loans benefit AGSL
By Tina Perry
Plainsman Staffwriter
Eligible Auburn University stu­dents
seeking Alabama Guaranteed
Student Loans (AGSL) during the
next two-and-a-half years will
benefit from Auburn's SouthTrust
Bank's new $6 million student loan
program, according to Bob Norman,
S o u t h T r u s t ' s assistant vice
president.
There is also aid money for
summer quarter still available from
the University's financial aid
office, according to Larry Ridge^
way, director of student financial
aid.
Chances of getting summer aid
through the National Direct Stu­dent
Loan and College Work-Study
programs are particularly good,
said Ridgeway. Money available for
summer aid is in "as good or better
shape" than in previous summers
and the financial aid office will con­tinue
to accept applications until the
money is disbursed, he said.
An eligible student seeking
summer financial aid must be
enrolled full-time and have a 1982-
83 ACT Family Financial State­ment
on file in the University's
financial aid office, said Ridgeway.
Students who are qualified to
receive AGSL loans from South-
Trust Bank can apply now for
summer quarter and the 1983-84
academic year but a student can get
only one loan per year, Norman
said.
The financial eligibility of a stu­dent
requesting an AGSL from
SouthTrust will be determined by
the University's financial aid office,
said Norman, but SouthTrust
requires that an AGSL recipient be a
student going to school in Lee
County or a resident of Lee County
going to school somewhere else.
£ 'We hope to make about $2.5 mil­lion
in loans this fall," Norman
said.
The maximum AGSL possible is
$2,500 for an undergraduate student
and $5,000 for a graduate student,
Norman said.
The AGSL is guaranteed and
administered by the state of Ala­bama
and the interest during the in-school
period is paid by the U.S.
Secretary of Education, he said.
Before SouthTrust began its pro­gram,
no commercial financial
institution in Lee County offered
federally-insured loans to students
because small banks cannot afford
to keep their money tied up for
extended periods of time, he said.
Research showed that Citibank of
New York has been the commercial
lender responsible for lending the
largest amount of federally-insured
student loans to Auburn University
students, said Norman.
SouthTrust will be able to make
almost $6 million in student loans
over the next two-and-a-half years
because of the recent formation of
the Alabama Higher Education
Loan Corporation, Norman said.
During the course of the program,
the corporation will regularly pur-
Officer says
chase the student loans from
SouthTrust after the bank has held
them for a specified period of time,
he said.
In addition to the increased
amount available for student loans
from commercial institutions, sev­eral
of the major federal financial
aid programs' allotments will be
increase for the 1983-84 academic
year, according to Ridgeway.
It is estimated that the Universi-
See LOANS, A-14
•
part of cocaine trend
By Lee McBride
Assistant News Editor
Eleven percent of the nation's
adult population has sampled
cocaine and one in four people sur­veyed
said someone close to them
had tried it, according to a poll
revealed in Time magazine three
weeks ago.
With the use of cocaine spreading
and the national arrest statistics
Contest puts dogs on trial
t
By Steve Adkison
Plainsman Staffwriter
Tense, ready for his handler's word, the
dog eagerly waits for the run to begin. Sev­eral
hundred yards away three penned sheep
wait less eagerly for the dog to herd them
back to the handler.
A small animal, about a foot-and-a-half
high with a black and white patchy coat, the
dog is not much to look at as far as some
show dogs go. But then Border Collies are
known for their brains not their beauty.
"Brains before beauty" was the general
sentiment echoed by stockdog handlers from
across the United States this past week-end
at the Fourth Annual Auburn University
Stockdog Trials.
Approximately 18 handlers and 50 dogs,
some from as far away as Willcox, Ariz.,
gathered at the three-day event sponsored by
the Auburn Pre-Veterinary Medical Associ­ation.
This year's judge, Alister MacPhee,
D.V.M., of Glasglow, Scotland added a bit of
international flavor and a wealth of stock­dog
knowledge to the friendly relaxed event.
James Thorsen, president of the Pre-Vet
Association, says more than 200 people
gathered to share the friendly atmosphere
and to watch the stockdogs at work.
Stockdogs are canines that herd or "work"
livestock. As any handler is quick to point
out, stockdogs are working dogs, not show
dogs. In a stockdog trial the dogs compete to
See DOGS, A-9
Photography: Bryan Euloy
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rising, Detective Sergeant Bart
Ingram, in charge of narcotics div­ision
of the Auburn Police Depart­ment,
said Auburn is not immune to
the problem.
"The use of cocaine in Auburn is
widespread, and though we run
about the same number of arrests a
year, the cases are always there,"
Ingram said.
Cocaine, which is the alkaloid
contained in the leaves of the coca
bush, produces a euphoria excit-ment
and hallucinatory experience
when sniffed or injected.
It is listed by the state of Alabama
as a controlled substance, and state
law holds that "any person who
possesses, sells furnishes, or gives
away...a controlled substance is
guilty of a felony, and upon convic­tion,
for the first offense may be
imprisoned for not less than two nor
more than 15 years, and in addition
may be fined not more than
$25,000."
Editors Note: This is the first of
a two-part series concerning
the legal implications of local
cocaine use.
Ingram said his concern for peo­ple
who use cocaine is not only for
their physical health but also for
their futures. "A lot of cocaine users
are experimenting and playing
around. They don't realize they are
going to get in trouble."
When people fool around with
drugs, they are putting themselves
in a position to ruin their whole life,
he said. "With a felony conviction it
is almost impossible to be any type
of professional."
Though most people don't go to
prison for a first offense, "they have
a felony record, and that's enough to
ruin a person or at least eliminate
some options in their life," Ingram
said.
Generally on a first offense, a per­son
convicted of possession of
cocaine will receive parole and a
fine. And though it is rare that a
person who is trying cocaine for the
first time will be caught, there is
always a chance.
"I'd say it's a one in a million
chance that they will get caught the
first time. The people that get
caught are involved in the drug cul­ture,"
he said, and "if I get them,
they're involved pretty heavily."
See COCAINE, A-13
A-2 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, April 28,1983
news brief
INTERNATIONAL
KHOMEINI APPEARS
T E H R A N - I r a n i a n leader
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Sunday dispelled speculation
among his opponents that he was
grievously ill and on his
deathbed. He made a public
appearance to deliver a half-hour
speech.
LIBYAN PLANS LEAVE
MANAUS, Brazil-The govern­ment
says three Libyan planes
detained for a week are free to
leave Brazil today, but without
their cargo of Nicaragua-bound
weapons. A fourth detained
aircraft, a U.S.-made C-130
transport, was under repair, and
apparently would not be ready to
take off with the three Soviet-made
Ilyushin jets.
NATIONAL
OVERCROWDING
WASHINGTON-More states
are turning to early release or
probation to cope with prison
overcrowding as the U.S. inmate
population swelled by a record
number again in 1982.
The number of state and
federal inmates increased by
42,915 in 1982 to reach an all-time
high of 412,303, according to a
report released Sunday by the
Justice Department's Bureau of
Justice Statistics.
Currently, 31 states are under
court order to reduce over­crowding
and nine others are
fighting court battles over the
MAD AT 60 MINUTES
PASCAGOULA, Miss.-Al­leged
waste and fraud at Ingalls
Shipbuilding was the target of a
popular news program Sunday
night and a company spokesman
was quick to label it "a sloppy
piece of journalism."
A CBS "60 Minutes" segment
e n t i t l ed "Dollars Aweigh,"
charged that the huge defense
contractor routinely charged the
Navy for the labor done on
private oil rigs.
WARNINGS GIVEN
WASHINGTON-Congress
turns its attention to Central
America this week with a House
panel voting on military aid for
El Salvador and President
Reagan defending U.S. policy in
his first foreign affairs speech to
a joint session.
STATE
AMA LOBBIES
BIRMINGHAM-Workers who
are laid off by their companies
lose more than their jobs. In
many cases, the workers also lose
health insurance coverage.
The American Medical Asso­ciation
is pushing a plan that
would make health insurance
available to laid-off workers
through " h e a l t h insurance
pools."
Dr. James H. Sammons,
executive vice president of the
AMA, has been trying to sell the
plan to members of Congress. He
discussed the plan Friday in
Birmingham, where he ad­dressed
the Medical Association
of the State of Alabama.
MINISTER APPEALS
MONTGOMERY--A United
Methodist minister suspended
for two years by a church court
after an unusual public trial said
the penalty was like being sent to
jail for "running a stop sign."
Thomas Lane Butts, former
pastor at the First United
Methodist Church of Mont­gomery,
said he plans to appeal
the verdict to a higher church
authority.
Butts, a minister for 33 years,
was hauled before the court this
month after being accused of
"immorality." He was cleared on
allegations of drunkenness and
sexual misconduct.
Wire expansion to begin
By Cecil Yancy
Plainsman Staffwriter
Work on the long-awaited widen­ing
of Wire Road is set to begin in
about 30 days, according to Miles
Ward, district engineer for the Ala­bama
Highway Department.
The project will cost approxi­mately
$759,974. The road will be
widened from Samford Avenue to
the large animal clinic.
Money for the project will be com­ing
from windfall profits tax money
which was instituted by former Gov.
Fob James.
Ward said widening Wire Road
will make it a three-lane road with a
middle lane for turning.
This concept will enable easier
two-lane traffic flow to and from the
University and will have a bicycle
lane outside these lanes.
Before actual work starts on the
road, utilities such as gas lines and
telephone lines have to be relocated,
Ward said..
The University trustees gave .13
acres of property for the project. In
addition, private citizens also
donated land for the right of way.
Starr and Sons Construction Inc.
of Auburn is contracting the job.
Ward said he was "hoping for
completion of the project by early
fall, for the football season."
Although the project has been
discussed for years, the widening
never became a reality until now
because of the overlap of county,
state and University use.
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KDs sponsor fund-raisers
to help child abuse hotline
By Iris Dabrowski
Plainsman Staffwriter
Parents Anonymous of Alabama,
Inc. has a toll-free telephone
number, 1-800-221-7127, thanks to
the fund-raising efforts of Kappa
Delta (KD) Sorority chapters
throughout the state.
The number has been established
to give parents who think they are
potential or who are actual abusers
a chance to locate help in overcom­ing
their tendencies toward child
abuse.
Diane Tyra, a KD alumnus from
Troy State University, has been
primarily responsible for organiz­ing
the fund raising project; child
abuse is the national philanthropy
of the Kappa Delta Sorority.
She emphasized the importance
and success of the toll free number.
Because the organization is not a
state agency, the threat of investi­gation
is less prominent and
encourages parents to seek aid. The
phone service is run only by profes­sionals
trained in counseling
services.
Although the chapters of Auburn
University, Birmingham-Southern
College and the University of South
Alabama have also contributed
greatly, Tyra said the Delta Delta
Chapter of KD at Troy Sate has been
instrumental in the development of
the project.
The KDs are selling notecards to
raise funds. There is a net goal of
$15,000, all of which will go directly
to the hot line and publicity of the
hot line. Because Auburn has the
largest chapter in the state, it has
the largest fund raising contract.
Brenda Walton, president of
Auburn KD's, said the sorority has
set May 21 as a tentative date to
distribute literature about the
number and how to get help.
Schools, hospitals, churches and
anywhere a parent might go are
target for distribution.
Parents Anonymous is a self-help
group whose primary purpose is
prevention of child abuse and reha
bilitation of abusers. The organiza­tion
provides parents the opportun­ity
to sort out their feelings of hurt,
anger, guilt and frustration. Partic­ipating
parents learn more effective
parenting skills.
Mary Dryden, executive director
of Parents Anonymous, said "There
is a definite need for these services..
We've been very successful so far...
the self-help group for parents is a
place for them to talk, a place where
they can get positive encourage­ment
as well as criticism."
There are 12 or 13 existing P.A.
chapters in the state and three are
being started now. The state office
has been in existence since Febru­ary
of this year. The hot line has
been in service since April 18.
Child abuse is a major cause of
death for children under the age of
two. Last year in America, an esti­mated
two million children suffered
physical, sexual or emotional abuse
and neglect. At least 2000 died as a
result. Statistics show that child
abuse occurs in families regardless
of the family's income, race or reli­gious
affiliation.
"Child abusers usually love their
children. They tend to be people who
can't tolerate stress and take it out
on their children. The problem of
child abuse is like a weed in the
yard, mowed down, it returns. Dug
up, and it's removed permanently.
Child abuse is cyclical; individuals
who are abused as children grow up
and abuse their own children. We
want to stop that cycle," Tyra said.
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Auburn takes a look
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page A-15
HEADLINES
NEWS
The Budget and Finance Committee of the SGA
Senate began budget hearings last Monday to allo­cate
the Student Activity fees to eight campus
organizations. See A-13.
The chief veterinary officer of Glasgow, Scotland,
Alister McPhee, visited Auburn this past week to
judge stock dog trials and discuss differences
between veterianry medicine in Scotland and the
United States. See A-10.
OPINION
On the editorial pages of the Plainsman, the staff
states that cocaine is big business on the Plains,
but can lead to a lot of trouble. Getting caught with
an ounce will get you put in jail for three years and
cost you $50,000. Melissa Shubert questions
capital punishment. There is an enormous crime
rate and overcrowded jails, but does that justify
making the decision between life and death for
another person? Kaye Dickie talks about prob­lems
with the Health Center. She says not to get
sick, but if you do, schedule it between 8 a.m. and 4
p.m. Kaye also says that because costs for operating
the health center are rising, the hours may be shor­tened
and there may be a charge for special
services.
ENTERTAINMENT
Joan Jett and the
Blackhearts will pre­sent
a free concert on
Wednesday, May 4, at 8
p.m. in the coliseum. Jett
has released two albums,
and is formerly a mem­ber
of the rock group,
The Run-aways. Tic­kets
can be picked up at
the coliseum ticket
booth, with two tickets
per student I.D. Seating
is reserved. See B-9.
Noted comedian Henny Youngman will be in
Auburn Tuesday, May 3 at 8 p.m. in Foy Union
Ballroom. Youngman is best known for his one-liners,
like "Take my wife . . . please!" The per­formance
is presented by UPC Horizons. See B-9.
FEATURES
The Kappa Alpha fraternity once again
seceeded from the Union Friday, in its annual Old
South Day festivities. For a look at the celebration
of Southern tradition, See page A-11.
A former Mr. Universe, Mr. World, Mr. American
and world mixed pairs champion, Tony Pearson,
will be the guest poser as the Auburn Bodybuild­ing
Championship in the Student Activities
Building this Saturday at 8 p.m. See B-4.
SPORTS
Jennifer Linn strikes back against stereotype
of female sportswriters in her column. Who says
women can't be sportswriters? Who says women
sportswriters can't wear lace frills? Who says
women sportswriters have to look and act like a
muscle-bound moose? And who says women
sportswriters are just in the business to catch a jock
of their own? Almost everybody, and that's just the
problem, says Linn. See B-6.
David King has always been the "baby" of the
football team's defensive secondary—until now.
The graduation of the likes of Bob Harris, Tim
Drinkard, Dennis Collier and Mark Dorminey
has left King to fill the role as leader of a very green
defensive backfield. See B-5.
REMEMBER WHEN
Ten years ago this week, a $25 increase in
student tuition was approved by the Board of
Trustees. The tuition fee for in-state students
was $175, and out-of-state students paid an
additional $175 in out-of-state fees. There
was also a 7.4 percent enrollment increase for
Spring quarter. The number enrolled on the
main campus reached 13,425. Also, a number
of students attended a Billy Preston concert,
and charged that excessive supervision by
ushers and police with guns hindered their
enjoyment of the performance. One student
put it this way, "The presence of armed police,
brightly adorned ushers, obnoxious no-smoking
signs, and the fact that the house-lights
were only slightly dimmed created a
hostile guarded atmosphere that made the
concert a failure."
Program provides
'uplifting' results
By Terri Knott
Assistant Features Editor
Felix went fishing for the second time of his
life about two weeks ago.
It was a sunny afternoon at Indian Pines
Golf Course fishing pond, and even though
he didn't catch any fish he still had a good
time.
Felix Menefee, a seventh grader on the
Opelika Junior High track team, was in the
company of good friends such as Andy
Aldridge. Like some other Auburn stu­dents,
Aldridge invests several hours each
week in the life of a child through Project
Uplift.
Aldridge, 02 INM, is a "big brother" and
Menefee is a "little brother" through the
Project Uplift program, which is operated
through Auburn University's Department
of Family and Child Development and
is funded locally.
Project Uplift will celebrate its 10th
anniversary this summer. Originally deve­loped
as a means of juvenile delinquency
protection, the program presently has more
than 100 active volunteers and 900 volun­teers
have participated since it began.
Being a "big brother" or "big sister" for a
child whose name has been turned in to
Project Uplift by the Department of Pen­sions
and Securities or some other agency
requires spending a minimum of four hours
a week with the child.
"It's fantastic," says Aldridge of his
experiences at Project Uplift. "I've never
had a little brother of my own and I heard
about this. Now I can have a little brother
and at the same time be helping him out."
He adds that such an investment of his
time is good preparation for when he has
children of his own.
Each volunteer decides from week to
week what to do during that time with his
little brother or sister. The children receive
free passes to Auburn Skate Center, Che-wacla
State Park and discounts on
bowling, says volunteer Jimmy Johns, 04
MCH.
"If you don't call them up one week you'll
find them calling you to see what you're
doing that week," says Johns. "Sometimes
my little brother enjoys just coming over to
my apartment," he adds.
Ron Martin, 04 INM, says on occasion he
and his little brother go to the mall and out
to eat. It gives him a chance to see people
and places he would not otherwise get to
see, says Martin.
"I hope that Bill (his little brother) will
learn to judge people as individuals rather
than what group, race, or income level they
belong to," Martin says.
Bill was 10 years old when Martin
became his big brother. Now, four years
later, Martin says he hopes that he has
helped Bill to "look beyond biases and
prejudices for real answers.
"If we did this program looking for
instant results we wouldn't be going very
long," he adds.
Last week, which was National Volun­teer
Week, Project Uplift volunteers were
honored on Annual Appreciation Night
with Montgomery Mayor Emory Folmar
speaking on volunteerism.
See UPLIFT, A-14
UPLIFT AND AWAY
.Emory Folmar praises student volunteers
Photography: John Reed
Photography: John Reed
RIDING HIGH—The Alpha Psi rodeo proved to be a "bucking" day
for many. Despite the sudden cloudburst, participants and specta­tors
experienced a day of food, horses and an all around good time.
New Aubie planning
more skits, dances
By Missy Harris
Plainsman Staffwriter
Mark Loveless, a junior majoring
in pre-business was selected Thurs­day
to fill the costume of Auburn
; University's official mascot, Aubie,
for the 1983 football season.
Loveless was chosen to portray
the frolicsome tiger from 12 students
whose tryouts for the position
included a week-long clinic and
three days of auditions. The con­testants
had to perform a planned
skit and an impromptu skit in which
they reacted to imaginary crowd
situations. After the top finalists in
the Aubie competition were inter­viewed
Thursday, Loveless was
announced as the winner and
Jimmy Graves and Greg Stone were
announced as the two alternates.
Loveless said that he was "on
cloud nine" about his selection as
Aubie and that he looked forward to
working with the alternates and
"getting into the role" of the mascot.
More dance-type routines and new
skits are part of Loveless' plans for
entertaining football fans.
"I would like to pass on as much
spirit as I can and uphold the good-heartedness
of what Aubie stand for
in or out of the suit," said Loveless.
"He's that American hero that
everybody loves. I hope we can keep
that up," added the new Aubie.
Aubie first became a part of Uni­versity
tradition when he appeared
at a football game in 1979. He was
inspired from a cartoon drawing of a
tiger by Auburn alumnus, Phil Neal,
which decorated football program
covers from 1959 through 1976.
Aubie appears at University sports
events, ceremonies and at many
other occasions as a public relations
figure for Auburn.
A-Day game
approaching for
Orange, Blue
By Karin Gage
Plainsman Staffwriter
With spring training coming to a
close for the Auburn football team,
the orange and blue will face off
once again in the annual A-Day
game, April 30.
The game is scheduled to begin at
6 p.m. at the Jordan-Hare Stadium.
The senior players have divided
the teams into the Orange and the
Blue, and the coaching staff has
also been divided. Both teams will
be about equal in talent and ability
so it should prove to be a good pre­season
exhibition. The head coach
for the Orange team is Frank Orgel,
and Bobby Wallace will serve as
head coach for the Blue team.
Pre-game ceremonies will begin at
5:30 with the presentation of the
1982 Season Awards. Kickoff will
follow at 6 p.m.
Half time ceremonies will include
recognition of 1982 captains, the
presentation of the Cliff Hare and
Shug Jordan awards and the
presentation of Miss A-Day.
Miss A-Day will be selected by the
A-Club (lettering team members
from various varsity sports)
followig a brief interview which will
be held tonight.
For a complete preview of the
A-Day game and starting ros­ters,
see B-2.
So far, the team has had a
successful spring and the 1983 team
will be a mixture of youth and
experience.
It seems that the main emphasis
of the team has been placed on
attitude during this spring training
season. ,
"You can't do anything about
athletic ability," said head football
Coach Pat Dye, "but you can do
something about attitude. As long
as their attitude is right, they will
get better. So far, we've been pleased
with their attitude and that has
shown up in the way they've
practiced."
For the second year, proceeds
from the A-Day game will be divided
among the Ralph Brown Draughon
Library, the marching band and the
A-Club. Last year each group
received more that $11,000 from the
A-Day game.
"Auburn's students, faculty and
staff have given us tremendous
support. This is our way of thanking
them for their support and showing
our support for their efforts in other
areas of the University," Dye said.
The Auburn student body and
alumni will be divided in support for
the Orange and Blue teams, and the
game should be exciting.
"The thrill of victory and the
agony of defeat will still be there,"
he said. "Somebody's got to win and
somebody will have to lose."
Salads not always best
By Carolyn Smiley
Copy Editor
Those who think they are doing
their diet a favor by passing up a
lunch of hamburger and fries for a
low-calorie salad may be fooling
themselves.
Despite the abundance of a var­iety
of foods, our diets often fail in
two ways, a nutrition textbook
reports. People often fail to get
enough nutrients, yet they consume
too many calories.
One look at a fast food menu
reveals a common example of these
problems. According to fast food
• stablishment data, a hamburger
contains approximately 256 calo­ries,
while an order of french fries
totals 211.
The calorie amounts in salad,
however, are more difficult to judge
because of the varied ingredients.
Sarah Strawn, instructor of Basic
Nutrition and Man, says salad
dressing, egg and cheese are some of
the most calorie-filled salad
ingredients.
One tablespoon of salad dressing
contains approximately 80 calories.
"Most people use at least two, some­times
three (tablespoons)," she says,
pointing out that two dippers . i s
equivalent to one fourth of a cup.
Dieters should also avoid egg and
cheese, she says, as they add calo­ries
"real fast." One egg contains 80
calories and an ounce of cheese con­tains
100, Strawn says.
Besides counting calories, she
stresses that students should meet
their body's nutritional needs. Fat
content, calcium, Vitamin A and
Vitamin C are the areas which
Strawn advises people to be most
aware.
Females, she says, should be
especially conscious of what they
eat and make sure they are getting
enough iron. "More females are not
meeting dietary standards," says
Strawn. "Women really have to
choose much more wisely."
To improve one's diet, Strawn
suggests foods such as meats; forti­fied
cereals; dark green, leafy
vegetables and fresh fruits and
vegetables with peelings. Because
people are eating more processed
foods, she also recommends foods
with a high fiber content.
"The calories recommended for a
female are lower than for a male of
the same weight and height. Women
have to choose foods that are more
nutrient dense," she says.
MUNCHING OUT
...Salads provide nourishmentfordieting students
Photography: Tom Palmer
A-4 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, April 28,1983
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Tim Dorsey, Editor
Chris Karabinos, Business Manager
Volume 89 Number 23
Dark ages
It took three attempts to electrocute
John Evans III the convicted mur­dered
Friday.
Our system of justice has often been
criticized because the victim is forgot­ten
once the criminal is caught. Those
who want to show mercy for the wrong­doer
are also criticized for the same
reason.
However, in administering justice,
we must be careful not to take delight
ourselves in inflicting the punishment.
This is not mercy; it's civilization.
Capital punishment is not inhu­mane.
It's the methods we use that are
cruel and unusual. We could never ter­minate
someone with drugs. This
would be anti-climactic. We need
drama. We need to see what happens to
the body.
Nose candy
Don't let the lovely Plains deceive
you. There is a lot of cocaine here. It is a
very profitable business for those wil­ling
to take the risk of dealing, and
there are plenty of students willing to
pay $100 or more a gram.
We turn an execution into a Fran­kenstein
movie. Get all the props
together. Get the curiosity going.
Appeal to the macarbe.
Show off our barbaric fascination
with violence.
Even if the victim usually feels no
pain, the fact that we opt for the most
entertaining techniques to administer
justice perversely turns the tales on
who is the sick element of society.
The argument we often hear is, "Sen­tencing
a murderer with murder is
hypocritical." It's only hypocritical
when we forget the reason for capital
punishment: to protect the rest of
society, not to dish out punishment.
The victim of the crime isn't forgot­ten
when we show mercy to the crimi­nal.
He was forgotten when we started
smelling the chance for brutal revenge.
What many/students don't realize is
the potential trouble they can fall into.
There are many better reasons for
dropping out of school besides going to
jail.
Auburn Detective Bart Ingram (see
front page story) believes that cocaine
usage has surpassed marijuana in
Auburn.] A very questionable observa­tion,
but one that nonetheless repres­ents
a surge in the industry. He also
says that the police are tightening up,
and danger of arrest is increasing.
Possession of cocaine for personal
use is a felony, compared to a misde­meanor
for marijuana. Also, being
knowingly in the presence of cocaine
can get you arrested and jailed just as
easily.
It has been said that the most dan­gerous
effects of drugs is the punish­ment
dealt out by the law. Whether you
belive this is your opinion. But if
cocaine has physical effects anywhere
near what the law will do to you in this
state, it's not to be toyed with.
A felony conviction for possession
will virtually kill many professional
career aspirations. Getting caught
with an ounce will put you in jail for a
mandatory three years, plus empty
your bank account of $50,000.
The law is not the place to go if you
want the facts about drugs, but they
hold all the cards when you get caught.
If you're planning to do some coke
this weekend, think hard about all the
harm it can cause, especially the harm­ful
after-effects of the law.
Sifter school
So'you live in the capital of the state
and you're graduating from high
senool. You want to go to college, but
/you either cannot afford to live away
from home at one of the two universi­ties,
or you prefer to stick around in
Montgomery.
You will probably end up going to
Auburn University at Montgomery, a
school very much a part of Auburn, but
rarely thought of by students here.
Though the Montgomery campus is
an hour away, AUM SGA Vice-
President Noland McMillan feels his
school bonds to the main campus.
Though there has been some div­ision
between the two schools because
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AUM is governed by our president
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I do not understand...again
If no one else is going to admit it, I guess I
will. I do not understand the liberal
arts/land grant conflict. Sure, I said I
understood it. I even wrote editorials about
it and explained it to reporters from The
Atlanta Constitution and Columbus
Enquirer who wanted to know "what was
going on at Auburn."
I was bluffing.
As the crisis exploded right in front of my
eyes, I scrambled to stay informed, but it
was too much for me. So I did what
everyone else was doing. I started using
"informed language." Informed language
consists of all the key phrases to use when
you want to appear informed, but have no
idea what you're talking about.
"What's going on at AU?"
"Our land grant heritage is conflicting
with the liberal arts progression toward the
comprehensive university concept."
"What does that mean?"
"The president and the faculty don't get
along."
I wanted to know what the issues really
were, but nobody would stop using
informed language and say something
substantial.
What we seemed to have was a case of the
emperor's new clothes. Everyone said they
understood what was going on. Nobody
dared ask any questions because they
would be called uninformed and thus not
allowed to hate anyone.
The truth of the liberal arts/land grant
conflict is that the two groups simply do not
relate to each other. Many reasons have
been given for this. One group is rural. The
other is urban. One group likes the way
things are. The other asks too many
questions.
But whenever two groups don't relate,
there is only one real reason. They don't
party the same way.
Republicans and Democrats. Blacks and
whites. Greeks and independents. You and
any group you don't relate to. The
difference is the partying.
There was bound to be a conflict in
Auburn. Dr. Funderburk just does not
party like Dr. Bond. Funderburk serves
bourbon and watches "Gunsmoke." Bond
has strobe lights and inflatable women.
It was a classic partying conflict. Only
one thing was missing: a sophisticated
reason to hate the other group.
Enter stage right: land grant philosophy.
Enter stage left: liberal arts philosophy.
The two philosophies divided everything
up.
Land grant got Engineering, Agriculture
and Pharmacy. Liberal arts grabbed
Business and Architecture and Fine Arts.
Land grant took the beer and pretzels.
Liberal arts went for the wine and cheese.
Land grant bought some Skoal. Liberal
arts scored Columbian. The party was on.
Once we see it like this, we can begin to
understand what "informed language" is
really telling us.
For instance, "political ties" is a term
thrown around a lot. What ties? Where? Ah,
but this is not the issue. The issue is that
political ties are bad, and we are against
them. "Vested interests" is another big one.
This is Bobby Lowder.
To the liberal artists, "Farm Bureau" is
not an insurance company; it is the
amorphous, unseen entity of the darkest
forces in the universe. "Certain elements
on the Board of Trustees" means "that jerk
Bamberg."
If land granters say "History
Department," this means "scum." "Arts
and Sciences" is a multi-purpose term for
all that is against what football stands for.
"Colonial Bank" is the code-name for all
the stuff we know in our hearts is going on,
but we just can't prove.
The word "Faculty" has lots of extra
meaning. "Pointy heads" and "Commie-lovers"
for starters. A "liberal" is even
worse. This is a Commie-lover from out-of-state.
Sometimes people go for air-raid-siren
words like "humanist." This is Joe
McCarthy language for "Christ-killer."
"The library" represents reading and
everything unAmerican that it leads to. "In
the best interest of Auburn University" is
coward-talk for "I want us to do it my way."
"The liberal arts/land grant conflict"
translate to "I don't like them. They don't
party right."
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PRESIDENTS TERM.,
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Foreigners beware of Auburn
I'm white and middle class so I belong at
Auburn University.
I'm quite average in most ways and I'm
American so AU's the school for me. I've
lived a sheltered life and my family even
lives in the state of Alabama, so I know I
belong at Auburn University.
Most of us here conform nicely but there
are those few vexing foreigners who persist
in going to school here. I just don't under­stand
why. We certainly didn't invite them.
In fact we discourage them the best way we
can. All the rules and regulations are.after
all, in our favor.
Can't those people take a hint? They
aren't eligible for any federal grant or loans
from us; they can't get in-state residency no
matter how long they live here, and they
can't take over an American's job on cam­pus,
which is another way of saying they
can't get a job with the University. We
make it obvious they aren't welcome.
Unless they are super athletes and can
boost our athletic program, we never
recruit them unlike SOME schools. Georgia
Monique
VanLandingham
Tech has a whole slew of foreigners going
to its classes (People are strange there any
way). I hear Georgia University has a
bunch too, and Bama has about twice as
many as we do. Even the University of
Montevallo has a bigger percentage of for­eigners.
(But they seem almost proud of it. I
understand tney once had an Oriental or
Asian or something on the cover of their
University bulletin).
No matter how we discriminate against
them, we still have a pesky 212 or so for­eigners
who seem to think they might get
something out of going to school here.
I shudder to think what might happen if
more of them get the silly notion that they
can belong here. Why mercy sakes, we
might be exposed to all sorts of different
cultures. We might find out something
about other countries, and lands alone, the
day may come when we hear foreign lan­guages
right here on these plains!
I believe our fisheries department is
greatly responsible for a bunch of the for­eign
students here. Though a lot of us don't
realize it, the fisheries department is one of
the best in the world and those foreigners
found out about it. Now they want to take
advantage of it so they can use the know­ledge
they gain in their own countries.
Before long they'll be learning to feed their
own people and we'll lose control. They
won't depend on our tax money to feed
themselves anymore.
If those foreigners learn something at
Auburn we might have another Werner
von Braun or Guy de Maupassant on our
hands.
Obviously people like that don't belong
at Auburn—MIT or Stanford maybe, but
not little ol' Auburn.
Health Center needs our funding
If you're an Auburn student, lesson 1:
Don't get sick.
Lesson 2: If you don't have the good sense
to stay healthy, be sure to schedule your
sickness between 8 a.m. — noon and 1 p.m.
— 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.
—noon on Saturday, and on Sunday, well,
just don't get sick, that is if you're planning
on taking your illness to the Drake Student
Health Center.
Learning these two lessons comes the
hard way for some, like me, when you're
become so miserable that a humiliating
injection in the rump is much more appeal­ing
than another day of Kleenex and
Tylenol, and when, again you're like me, it
takes a long time to work up enough nerve
to go the the infirmary, only to get there in
time for lunch hour when, according to the
sign posted at the registration desk, every­body
there is out to lunch, but you're wel­come
to wait for an hour until everybody
gets back.
I won't be silly and say that I could have
died in that hour because I'm sure that if I
had been that close to death, someone
would have put his tuna fish sandwich in
the fridge and resusitated me, but an hour
was enough time for me to get cold feet and
resign myself to another week of the
sniffles.
In the three years I've spent here at
Auburn, I've paid $15 a quarter to the stu­dent
health center through my tuition
that's $135, and I've only been to the center
and stayed for treatment once when I had a
stomach virus. The point is that it's not
that I haven't been sick more than once in
those three years, it's that somehow my
body just can't manage to collapse accord­ing
to the health center's operating
schedule.
Now, because costs for operating the
infirmary have escalated, officials have
decided that the only choices they have
other than raising already expensive tui­tion
fees to cut services, charge for special
services and shorten operating hours.
Who do they think they're kidding?
They've already cut services to the point
that they can only afford to provide a stu­dent
with two aspirin and a quarter for a
telephone call in the morning. The ambu­lance
service was discontinued last year,
most X-rays cannot be performed during
the weekend and students have to pay for
most laboratory services today. If addi­tional
services have to be cut to keep the
health center out of the red, it will mean no
more emergency service after hours, a
reduction in already reduced in-patient
care and a cut in the center's staff, a staff
that is already to small to keep the center
operating during he lunch hour.
The way I see it is that if tuition isn't
increased, I'll be paying $15 a quarter for
absolutely nothing, not even for treatment
of a stomach virus. With a $10 increase, as
proposed by the Health and Food Services
Committee of the SGA, I stand a chance of
getting at least an aspirin. Services won't
get worse, but they won't get any better. If I
can't learn to get sick at the right time, I'm
back to nothing again.
They say a hug and a kiss can usually
make a person feel better. It's getting to the
point to where that's all I can manage to
get.
A-5 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, April 28,1983
Opinion
We should all think twice
about capital punishment
"Well, it's all over for John Lewis Evans,
who was executed..."
The rest of the radio announcement
never made it into my mind. I pulled my car
into a parking place and sat staring out
into Friday night's darkness.
Only a few hours earlier Johnnie Evans
had been a living, breathing human being.
Now, he is simply one less problem for
society, one fewer inmate the state of Ala­bama
must support.
All those thoughts ran through my mind
as I thought of the powers society has over
us. Society takes it upon itself to determine
what is right and what is wrong, what pun­ishments
should be meted out for those
wrongs and what method that punish­ment
should be.
Unfortunately for Evans, the decision
was to end his life and make him another
example in the effort to "deter" other crim­inals
from a life of crime.
Evans, a 33-year-old sentenced to die for
the robbery-murder of a Mobile pawn­broker
in 1977, came within six hours of
death on April 6,1979. The Supreme Court,
however, blocked his execution.
But this time his final hour reprieve did
not save him. On Friday, April 22, 1983,
John Louis Evans III ceased to be.
Maybe it was the dramatic suddenness of
realizing a human life had been taken that
shook me so, or perhaps it was that taking
the life of another went against everything
I had ever accepted.
To me there could be almost nothing
worse than spending a lifetime in a tiny cell
with no windows and the bars of hopeless­ness
holding me in. But there are thou­sands
of men and women in prisons all over
the United States who face that same pros­pect
day in and day out. Perhaps they
committed crimes for which they deserve
punishment. They have been "proven"
guilty in a court of law and that is that. By
judgement of their peers they are bound to a
life behind bars.
But then there are those in prison who
are on "death row." These prisoners
assume their lives will end when their final
reprieve, their last appeal or their ultimate
battle runs out.
A good deal of state money is spent each
year to clothe, feed and otherwise support
prisons and the prisoners they house. We
have tried restitution, rehabilitation, insti­tution
and the like and we still have an
enormous crime rate and overcrowded
jails.
But in all of these attempts to redirect
these people back into society or keep them
isolated from society, something has gone
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Melissa
Shubert
wrong somewhere. No attempt has been
overly successful, and we still have the
problem to cope with.
So now the idea of capital punishment is
becoming more and more popular. John
Evans was the seventh person to be exe­cuted
since the Supreme Court ruled in
favor of capital punishment.
I'm not sure that I can say capital pun­ishment
is wrong. But I can't say that it is
right either.
Sentencing a person to life in prison is
taking their life away. It leaves them to
remain a number, a "freeloader" of society
for the rest of their lives—and some of these
prisoners are barely 20 years old when
sentenced.
Yet sentencing someone to die is almost a
contradiction of why they were convicted
in the first place. How can we condemn
them for taking someone else's life, then
turn around and take theirs?
Arguments continue, and always will,
over the biblical aspect of this question. No
one knows the ultimate will of God, nor
should pretend or claim to know. Yet mak­ing
the decision between life and death for
another person does not seem to coincide
with the rights we have been given as
humans. When God gave the command­ment,
"Thou shalt not kill," I doubt he
meant to exclude judges, firing squads and
hangmen. Jesus taught a message of for­giveness,
not revenge; of loving one's
neighbor as themselves, not judging them.
The question of capital punishment is
one that will never be settled by Americans,
or any other country with citizens, jails and
laws. It involves too many religious, moral,
legal and psychological issues to be an eas­ily
accepted or rejected answer.
The reporters and news media represen­tatives
who were present to witness the
execution of John Evans held hands and
cried when it took place. I cried too, but for
several reasons.
God bless the family of John Louis
Evans III and may those who were
involved in this act find comfort and solace
to obtain a clear conscious and understand­ing
of what was accomplished—or not
accomplished.
Thank you Cinema Society
Editor, The Plainsman,
It wasn't easy to leave a town that is only
40 minutes away from New York City.
Mainly because I had to give up one of my
most treasured activities: seeing films by
such directors as Bunuel, Renoir, Ford, Von
Sternberg, Godard and others. I also had to
give up the excitment of driving to New
York in early evenings. I couldn't wait to
get there, find the tucked away film-houses
and finally be face to face with the images
that those directors had so beautifully put
together. And yet I was anxious: would I be
able to appreciate all that would be offered;
would I have what it takes to participate in
such a meeting?
With these questions I prepared myself to
meet the challenge of those films. So could I
come to Auburn and give up an activity
that had become such a crucial element in
my education? In those films, among other
things, I had witnessed the conflicts and
harmonies of different countries and
cultures. And most of all, I had followed
how one man working with other men had
managed to put together images, sounds,
rhythms that had the power to pry open the
boxes in my head to let in the light. Would I
find anything comparable to that in
Auburn?
I did: The Auburn Cinema Society.
Thanks to it, two weeks ago, while the
Ghandi-show played on television sets
across the land, I was able to sit in 1203
Haley Center and see again, The Blue
Angel: a film that shows what man can be,
what he is, and what, unfortunately, he is
always on the brink of becoming. And
when Richard Attenborough's Ghandi is
buried deep in a foot of dust, The Blue
Angel will still be speaking to those who
will listen. But the Ghandi-show is another
matter. Now I simply want to thank the
ACS for being what it is and for giving me
the opportunity to continue what I started
long ago.
I do, howevex, have one question. Why is
the attendance at the ACS showings so
poor? Can it really be true that everyone
prefers to see Star Wars time and time
again and not see, at least once, the films
shown by the ACS? Don't get me wrong, I
think Star Wars, Star Trek and even
Spring Break should be seen. I have
nothing against escapism. We all need it.
But what kind of escape are we engaged in
if we take the same route over and over
again?
I have seen The Blue Angel many times; I
hope to see it again. I have seen Star Wars
once; I have no intention of seeing it again.
Granted that both films provide an escape.
However, the men who put together The
Blue Angel created something so complex
that it can take each one of us on.countless
journeys. The men who worked on Star
Wars put together a one-dimensional piece
that can offer, at best, one journey. To see it
again and again is to sink into a rut; it is to
escape in the most negative sense possible.
An escape, if you will, should lead to
restructuring of ways of seeing and feeling;
if it leads to stagnation, give it up, go back
home.
But I'm not a preacher. I only want to
suggest that we not close our eyes to what
the ACS offers; that we see Spring Break as
well as Swept Away.
Angelo Spina
Dept. of Foreign Languages
Eskew wrong in gun article
Editor, The Plainsman,
Glenn E skew's recent article on gun con­trol
didn't surprise me, considering his
opinions on past subjects, but it did leave
me wondering. Mr. Eskew seems to be
extremely concerned about the preserva­tion
of our right to own guns, yet only a few
weeks ago he was in favor of limiting the
right of a mother to abort her child. I agree
that abortion is a very sad thing, but the
issue there is the right to decide. Mr. Eskew
expressed concern for the child who is
"murdered" by abortion, but what about
those who are murdered by guns?
Furthermore, it is not a fascist govern­ment
like that of Nazi Germany that is try­ing
to limit the availability of guns, but
hundreds of elected and appointed officials
who will ultimately have some part in the
decision. Perhaps our government is not
limiting our rights just for the sake of tak­ing
them away, but like parents of small
children must try to curb unlimited abuse
of such privledges. Both abortions and gun-related
deaths have risen to extreme
numbers since 1970 in the U.S. .regulation
(not illegalization) of such issues will not
result in programs similar to those of Nazi
Germany, but will only attempt to redress
some situations that have obviously
become out of hand.
If we are going to fight for out "rights" we
must fight for all the rights of all the people.
It is too easy to use defense of the Constitu­tion
only when it meets our own interests.
This applies to abortion as well as school
prayer or gun control.
Nancy Tornblom
03CEE
Family, not gay, is God's plan
They're everywhere. Engaged people. It
seems hardly a Week passes that I don't
hear screams of excitement coming from a
group of girls gathered around some bride-to-
be as she recited for the forty-second time
all the details of that glorious moment
when he asked "the question."
They walk ar6und in a dreamy daze only
half concerned about the matters at hand.
The guys take on an air of distinguished
pride over the fine selection they have
made. The girls swoon with an added glow
on their faces and sparkle in their eyes. You
can spot them a mile away.
While most of us hope to someday suffer
from the same love-sickness, with a hint of
envy, we love to revel in the celebration of
marriage.
And there should be celebration. God
designed marriage as the most sacred insti-tuion
on this earth, commanding husbands
to love their wives just as Christ loved the
church "and gave Himself up for her."
Wives likewise are called to be subject to
their husbands just as the church is subject
to Christ. I've seen marriages in which
these principles are the foundations — I've
watched in awe the deep-seated expression
of love and commitment between a man
and a woman.
What a privilege for a man to know that
"he is the image and glory of God" and for a
woman to know that she is "the glory of
man" in a marriage relationship. "How­ever,
in the Lord, neither is woman inde­pendent
of man, nor is man independent of
woman." (1 Cor. 11:11)
When God saw that Adam needed a com­panion
He fashioned for him a woman —
not another man. Nor did he create a
woman for another woman. As I read the
classified ads in the Plainsman two weeks
ago, I happened to read the ad for Auburn
Gay Awareness. I was horrified.
The horror quickly turned to sorrow as I
thought of how God must have taken so
much joy in perfectly forming man and
woman for each other; how He took the
initiative in setting guidelines for intimacy
and marriage between them in order for the
relationship to be one of man's highest
sources of joy.
I realize we are no longer a society that
has absolutes. Everything is relative.
Freedom is being able to "do your own
thing." I think this kind of "freedom" has
imprisoned our nation to a misery that is
slowly leading to the destruction of this
country.
The American family unit is falling
apart. A family cannot even be defined as a
marriage between a man and a woman any
more without someone saying they are
being discriminated against.
I think the point of what freedom is being
totally missed. "You shall not commit adul­tery"
may seem to be a restriction to some,
but I wonder how many marriages have
split over unfaithfulness. •
For a women to be submissive to a man
may seem to be a restriction to many
women but I wonder how many households
have fallen apart because there was a ques­tion
over who was to be in authority.
The Biblical view of homosexuality may
seem harsh to those who are gay, but God's
holy anger toward homosexuality is in per­fect
accord with His love for those very
individuals.
Any time God sets a restriction there is a
freedom to be enjoyed as a result of abiding
by that command. He never said doing that
would always be easy either, but He did
promise His personal help!
In a world of convenience we have grown
accustomed to seeking instant satisfaction
and getting it, short-lived as it is.
Commitment and sacrifice toward some­thing
often goes against the grain for this
reason.
But while our world of convenience can­not
offer an eternal joy, God does.
"If you keep My commandments, you
will abide in My love; just as I have kept My
Father's commandments, and abide in His
love. These things I have spoken to you,
that My joy may be in you, and that your
joy may be made full."
In defense of the Greek system
It is Greek Week again, and lots of inde­pendents
begin belly-aching about all the
press the Greeks receive. They never realize
just exactly what it means to be Greek,
much less what the Greeks do; they only
view the Greek world from the outside,
never trying to understand what the
Greeks have to offer.
Greek Organizations are often estab­lished
around certain ideals. These ideals
exemplify an honorable way of life, often
culminating in goals that are attained by
associate effort.
Just what is brotherhood? Brotherhood
is more than several members of an organi­zation
with common goals. It is. the deep
friendships that develop from the catalist
of common goals shared through some
form of ritual or constitution. The social
opportunities are there but so are the oppor­tunities
to support a fellow brother in his
daily asperations in life.
Being a Greek is more than just having
parties. It is a fellowship that is formed
from strong bonds of unity and friendship.
To label any Greek organization as con­formist
is one of the most blatant examples
of stereotyping possible. In almost every
Greek organization, the emphasis on the
individual is greater than any other area of
the constitution.
Many Greek organizations stress the
development of the individual through
mutual assistance from his fellow members
toward some idealistic goal. This goal is
often exemplified in the charitable actions
of the organization.
To condemn the Greeks is like condeming
the Masons. Both do charitable works for
the community, both have rituals and
established goals and values in life, and
both are untied in a common bond.
Of course, in any large organization
there will be people that are not quite com-patable
with each other; however, they are
still united by common bonds, and work
toward the same goals. The true brother­hood
experienced by many Greek organiza­tions
is found, not in mass numbers of peo­ple,
but in individual friendships that are
made stronger by common fraternal bonds.
Many Greek organizations incorporate
individual religious beliefs with ethical
standards of conduct. The IFC and Panhe-linic
Council inforce these standards with
serious repercussions for violaters. Several
fraternities have been placed on prohibi­tion
in the past, resulting in a loss of privi­leges
and required social work.
The goal of almost every Greek organiza­tion
is pure friendship instead of casual
comeradery and demanding devotion and
loyalty instead of apathy. Many Greek
organizations recognize the capabilities of
their benevolent society and strive to serve
in a constructive way, realizing that
through service, better relationships and
higher respect for an organization can
exist.
Service to the community is perhaps best
exemplified by one of the many fund
raisers held by Greek organizations for
some specific charity. For example, last
fall, a fund raiser was held by several Greek
organizations, resulting in over $7,800
being contributed to the All Campus Fund
Drive. This is only one example. Greeks
generally have several throughout the
quarter, not to mention the support of cam­pus
drives, like the blood drive.
Not many people realize that a certain
grade point average is required to be
initiated into a Greek organization. Last
quarter, the Greek overall GPA was 2.59,
compared to the independent under­graduate
average of 2.5.
The one advantage that Greek organiza­tions
have over independents, (even a sense
of brotherhood can be felt by close-knit
groups of independents) is unity. During
elections, one of the most heard com­plaints
is that the Greeks have a machine
running elections, and that independents
can not win against it. This is not true/ Of
course, Greeks do tend to vote together, but
only in as much as they vote apart. The
Greek community i n Auburn is far from
unfied. One only has to compare the Greek
system here to the University of Alabama,
where you either belong, or you don't exist;
Auburn has a Greek organizations for
everyone. Some look for certain character­istics
in rushes, others for other things, but
almost anyone can join.
Through association with a diverse
membership, Greek organizations are able
to develop an understanding for aesthetic
qualities by supporting fellow members in '•
various artistic endeavors; and in turn gain
an appreciation for members with athletic
attributes by equally supporting them.
It is through mutual assistance that
Greeks raise the understanding of frater­nity
to a higher level, whereby they can
equally serve the university, community
and individual.
RETURNT&JEDI
Letter against AUPD was wrong
Editor, The Plainsman,
I'm writing in response to the letter from
Don Couch in the April 21 issues of The
Plainsman concerning the expenditure for
new patrol cars for AUPD. At one point in
his letter he states, "What will this expen­diture
accomplish? It will only make the
life of a student more miserable. Don't give
me 'serve and protect,' they only serve
parking tickets and protect their precious
zones." He then goes on to complain about
the condition of the parking lot where (evi­dently)
he parks his car.
First off, the only unpaved lot on campus
is across from AUPD — the old soccer field.
It's only become a parking lot in the past
few years — he's lucky to have it. Some
colleges don't even allow underclassmen to
have cars on campus at all. By the way,
AUPD isn't in charge of paving, the Physi­cal
Plant is.
Secondly, the comment about "only serve
parking tickets and protect their preciour
zones." Most of the AUPD officers really
don't care where you park your car. Park­ing
regulations are set out by the Univer­sity
Traffic Committee, not AUPD, but
once the regulations are set, the officers
have to enforce them. And many of the
parking tickets given on campus are given
by "ticket monitors," not the AUPD
officers.
And the only students whose lives will be
made "more miserable" by the new cars are
the ones who are breaking the law in the
first place. I spent three years on campus as
a student and two as a staff member. I've
had two "official encounters" with AUPD
— once when I was involved in a minor
traffic accident and one when they started
my car when the battery went dead. It's
very simple — you don't break the law, you
don't see the police. You park your car
where you're supposed to, you don't get
parking tickets. Simple.
But on a more personal level, I have a
couple of questions for you to consider. Don
— are you married? I am — to an AUPD
officer. I know what they do. I know about
the wrecks, the drunk drivers, the robber­ies,
the assaults. I know what it's like to
wake in the middle of the night andhear
sirens and wonder if your husband is all
right. I know what a relief it is when he's an
hour late coming home for him to call and
say he's tied up doing reports. And then the
relief fades when you wonder what the
reports are for.
Now, imagine what it's like for your hus­band
to come home with his uniform in
shreds because he's been chasing a drunk
student (wearing only a ski vest) across the
drill field, and when he caught him, the
student attacked him. Imagine what it's
like to get a call at 1:00 a.m. to come pick
your husband up at the infirmary — but
they won't tell you what's wrong. And
when you walk in, you see him sitting in a
wheelchair wearing a shirt covered with
blood. And when you finally get a story out
of him, it turns out that a drunk jumped up
on the stage at a concert, and he had to
jump the drunk. Ask Pat Benatar about
"serve and protect." Ask the student at
Windsor Hall who walked in on a burglar
and got shot. Ask all the people involved in
traffic accidents on campus. Ask all the
people who lock themselves out of their
officers or their cars. Ask the people whose
cars won't start because they left the lights
on and the battery's dead. Ask the lady who
had a seizure on the third floor of Petrie
Hall and had to be carried downstairs to
the ambulance.
Now ask yourself if you'd be willing to do
the work — for no thanks and very little
pay. Police officers make between $10,000
and $12,000 a year — less than a lot of the
graduate students on campus. It takes a
very special type of person to do police
work. And most of them have something
they'd rather be doing than police work —
but it has to be done; someone has to do it. If
everyone were honest, there'd be no need
for police officers.
So, yes, "the next time you get stopped by
the police, it will be in a nice new patrol car
with all the latest equipment." But
remember this: if you hadn't been breaking
the law, you wouldn't have been stopped.
I'm asking the editor to withhold my
name, not because I'm ashamed of what
I've said or I'm afraid to admit to it, but
because we've already had to have our tele­phone
number changed because of harass­ing
telephone calls. Just another of the
benefits of police work...
A-6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, April 28,1983
Herrick chooses 1983-84 SGA executive cabinet
New SGA president David Her­rick
has made his selections for the
1983-84 executive cabinet.
David Shaffer, the new adminis­trative
vice president, said he has a
positive attitude toward the coming
year and is looking for "dedication,
initiative, visibility and input" from
the incoming cabinet members.
Because of the large number of
students who sought cabinet posi­tions,
those students who did not
receive cabinet positions will be con­tacted
concerning committee work.
"We're seeking student awareness
in the SGA and will be looking for
their input," Shaffer said.
All students are invited to sign up
to work on the cabinet's various
committees by contacting the SGA
office.
In the department of academic
affairs, Eddie Powell was chosen as
secretary of academic affairs, Susan
Pettit as director of intra-school
relations and Bruce O'Neill as direc­tor
of Model United Nations.
In the administrative office,
Molly Lindsey was chosen as execu­tive
secretary; Frank Tighe, Julie
Stroup, Skip Sherrell and Donna
Dudley as executive assistants; Ken
Guin, Jim Sturdivant and Sid
McAnnally as special assistants;
Mary Allen Hamilton, Tim Saeger
and Tommy Stephens as assistant
treasurers; and Mellie McCraw as
director of volunteers.
In the department of political
affairs, Greg Schmidt was chosen as
secretary of political affairs, Cindy
Nabors as director of elections, Cory
Thomas as director of legislative
relations, Daniel Wilson and Steve
French as assistant directors of
legislative relations and Frank
Chalfont and Walter Price as liai­sons
to the city council.
In the department of public rela­tions,
Valerie Bendall was chosen
as secretary, Patricia Vick, Beth
Perry as director of campus
calendar, Mary Louise Hemmeter as
director of high school relations,
Jerome Dees as director of minority
relations, Anne Mims as director of
student opinion, Vince Thompson
as liaison to the Plainsman,
Richard Norris as liaison to UPC,
Lisa Ann Tucci as liaison to WEGL,
April Southard as director of art and
Rebecca Stover as director of the
blood drive.
In the department of student life,
Jim Hancock was chosen as secre­tary
of student life, Mark Salter as
director of athletics and recreation,
Judi Geppert as director of consu­mer
protection, Dottie Cox as direc­tor
of spirit, Anna Webb as director
of student safety and Bart Harmon
as assistant director of spirit.
The positions of director of invita­tions
and director of rings will be
announced by May 20.
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Beginning summer quarter tele­phone
service in on-campus housing
will no longer be provided as part of
the University's Centrex system,
according to Joe Massingill, South
Central Bell group manager.
"At the University's request tele­phones
in dorm rooms and on-campus
apartments are being dis­connected
from the Centrex system,
Massingill said. "From now on stu­dents
living in dorms and at Caro­line
Draughon Village Extension
will make arrangements for their
own telephone service, just as stu­dents
living off-campus do.
"By making their arrangements
individually, students will have
more flexibility in the type of tele­phone
service they can have in the
dorms. Previously, the standard
rotary dial telephone was all that
was provided."
Massingill said campus residents
now will be able to choose Touch-
Tone or rotary service, as well as
different styles of telephone.
"To place an application for ser­vice
students will call 749-9011," he
said "We'll get all the information
we need by phone.
Design seminar planned
The Consumer Affairs De­partment
will be presenting a
seminar on May 5 featuring Lyn
Peterson, the founder of Motif
Designs.
Peterson will be speaking on a
new approach to home fashions and
marketing called "concept design"
-the use of an idea of feeling
incorporated into a broad range of
merchandise that provides a totally
corrdinated look to the interior.
At 10:10 Peterson will be speaking
on the marketing strategy of
i concept design in room 206 of Spidle
Hall, at 12:10 she will lecture on the
subject of concept design and
licensing in room 144 of Spidle Hall
and at 2:10 she will speak on the
marketing strategy of concept
design in room 206 of Spidle Hall.
All presentations are open to
students, faculty, staff and business
persons.
Peterson's recent design pro­ductions
will be showcased
beginning Thursday, April 28 in the
main lobby of Spidle Hall.
CORRECTION
In last week's front page article
" F a c u l t y elects Johnson as
chairman-elect," the reference to Dr.
Gary Muller should have been to Dr.
Joseph J. Molnar.
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at Fort Knox, Kentucky, this summer you are:
• paid over $600.00 for six weeks
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Why' Some wanted the opportunity
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A-7 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, April 28,1983
AU requires funds to remain competitive
SHOWING CONCERN FOR AUBURN
.Bailey presents a proposed budget to t h e Senate
By Lynne Hopkins
News Editor
Auburn University Interim Pres­ident
Wilford S. Bailey said Auburn
must receive more state funding to
remain competitive among South­eastern
universities.
Bailey presented Auburn's pro­posed
budget to the legislature on
April 13 asking for a 29.6 percent
increase over last year's budget.
Preparation for the budget was done
by the Funderburk administration
last fall and was then presented to
the Commission on Higher Educa­tion
who will present a total-needs
budget for all colleges and universi­ties
in the state to the legislature.
Bailey said the focus this year lies
in the need for additional money for
salary improvement and more oper­ating
funds to support research
instruction and public service
projects.
"The difference in asking for
increased funding this year lies in
the urgent need for more support in
areas that are not adequately
funded," Bailey said, "Alabama is
falling further and further behind
other Southern states in the amount
of money per student for higher
education."
"Ten years ago Alabama pro­vided
10 percent less than the aver­age
of other Southeastern states and
now we're providing 30 percent
less," he added, "We're providing
from state funds two-thirds of what
is being provided per student by
other Southern states and we have
to stop that trend."
Bailey said sufficient funds must
be obtained to retain additional
faculty and to be more competitive
in faculty salaries to keep up with
other major institutions.
The need for improved depart­mental
equipment is another area of
concern in the upcoming year.
"Auburn's resources have been so
limited in recent years that we have
not been able to add the necessary
equipment to make our teaching
and research equipment up to date
with the state of the art," he said.
Shortfalls in funding have also
caused accreditation problems in
the schools of engineering and vete­rinary
medicine.
"The greatest help there is coming
from the Auburn Generations Fund
because state resources now are not
enough to help in a major way to
overcome our deficiencies of staf­fing
and equipment," Bailey said.
In his address to the legislature
Bailey stressed the need for stronger
graduate and research based uni­versities
to attract high technology
industries into the state.
"For this state to be successful
there must be more targeting of any
additional income from new taxes
so it will go more to those institu­tions
that are comprehensive in
their nature and which have the
ability to expand and improve the
graduate and research programs to
expand to economic development of
the state."
Bailey said the possibility of any
tuition increase is "unsettled" and
will be addressed depending on
what happens with state appropria­tions.
The earliest that any tuition
increase would go into effect would
be next January.
"The Board of (of Trustees) will be
very conservative in their decision
about making an increase," Bailey
said, "Any increase is going to have
to be justified on the basis of critical
needs to overcome deficiencies."
Bailey said he currently sees no
need for stronger admissions
standards with the possible excep­tion
of out-of-state students and stu­dents
enrolled in specialized
programs.
Auburn currently has the highest
academic performance of any insti­tution
in the state with an average
ACT score of 23 with 18 being the
minimum requirement for students
wishing to enroll.
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Failure of proposal could mean higher rent
By Kelly Glover
Plainsman Staffwriter
Students, who will be moving into
apartments which are currently
under construction may be required
to pay higher rents if a proposed
amendment to the 1982 Standard
Building Code is not passed at the
Auburn City Councils meeting, May
3.
required one draftstopping partition
placed in the the middle of an
apartment complex attic. For
example, given an eight unit com­plex,
the old code required that there
be four units on either side of the
partition, Prather said. With the
existing code, there have to be two
additional partitions built.
The additional walls would mean
higher building costs, consequently,
the end result would mean higher
rents, Prather said.
From a fire protection standpoint,
the building codes require a one-hour
fire wall, meaning that if a fire
starts in one apartment, it should
take one hour for the flame to burn
and break into the next apartment.
Prather said that when designed,
all the walls and ceilings are
required to have this one-hour
protection.
"What we are presently doing
creates the safety you would expect
if there was a fire in a neighboring
apartment," Prather said, "and to
add this additional feature would
not increase the safety of the occu­pant
or decrease significantly the
fire loss if a fire did occur."
Prather said that he feels like the
1982 code, requirement is one that
was added to the code without a tho­rough
study of the economic effects.
If it was a proven fact that the
additional partitions would improve
the safety of an apartment, then the
requirement would be valid, Prather
said. "But if it is something that
possibly would help, but we're not
sure, I don't think we can afford it."
Neither his staff not the fire inspec­tors
feel that the additional safety
provided would equate the addi­tional
costs, Prather said.
Despite the additional expense,
there are other problems with the
requirement, Prather said. One
problem lies in the electrical wiring
of the apartment units. In the past,
wiring such as T.V. cable and tele­phone
hook-up was started on either
side of the middle partition and ran ,
to the corresponding four units.
Since there can be no holes in the
The 1982 building code requires
draftstopping partitions in the attic
that extend up to the roof every­where
there is a dividing wall
between apartment units, said
Clyde Prather, director of the
Auburn Code Enforcement Office.
Draftstopping partitions are solid
wood walls built to prevent air from
circulating in the attic, hence pre­venting
a fire from spreading, said
Prather.
The proposed amendment to the
existing ordinance would meet the
requirements of the old code, which
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partition, for the 1982 draftstopping
requirement to be met wiring will
have to start at each individual unit.
Also, since we are recovering from
a three-year economic slump, there
are a lot of apartment complexes
being built, Prather said. Architects
are using plans they designed two
and three years ago. These plans
didn't include the additional parti­tions
required, therefore, the change
has created an additional hardship
for the architects, he said.
The Auburn Code Enforcement
Office has submitted an application
to the Southern Standard Building
Code Congress, asking that the 1982
d r a f t s t o p p i n g requirement be
amended at the 1983 session.
Prather said the Code Enforce­ment
Office is acting to amend the
city ordinance before the Congress'
1983 meeting because currently
Auburn is seeing a lot of apartment
construction.
__ B,y amending the ordinance now,
a lot of hardship and expense could
be forfeited, Prather said. "I feel like
the amendment will pass because it
is a reasonable request," he added.
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Thorn Botsford, Kaye Lovvorn, Tina Tingle and Ruth Schowalter Treasurer responsible
for distributing fees
Editors Note: This is t h e end of a
two-part series concentrating
the duties of the officers and
representative bodies of the
Student Government Associa­tion.
By Fonde Taylor
Plainsman Staffwriter
The treasurer is primarily respon­sible
for informing the SGA and
student body of how approximately
$500,000 per year in student activi­ties
fees is being spent.
Since a student pays $8 per quar­ter
in student activities fees, he is
entitled to know where his money is
going. The treasurer supplies the
students with this information in a
financial report on all activities
supported by the student activities
fee. This report is published each
quarter in the Plainsman.
The treasurer acts as a watchdog
in that he keeps reports on all
expenditures related to the student
activities fees. These expenditures
are usually in the form of money
allocated to student activities pro­jects
such as UPC, WEGL, The
Plainsman, and the Glomerata.
Most of the money from the activi­ties
fees is used to pay for UPC
events such as free movies and con­certs.
It is also used to pay for the
guest speakers that UPC brings to
campus. An example of this would
be the $16,000 that was paid to
former President Gerald Ford for his
appearance at the Coliseum last
year.
The treasurer's responsibilities to
the SGA includes submitting
monthly statements concerning the
financial condition of the SGA to
the president of the SGA, the Stu­dent
Senate and members of the
executive cabinet. Additionally, he
must sign all requisitions for SGA
funds other than those funds bud­geted
specifically for the president
of the SGA. He also helps the presi­dent
in making up the SGA budget.
He works closely with the SGA's
Budget and Finance Committee
which considers requests for funds
from the students activities fee.
Administrative VP
assists SGA president
By Fonde Taylor
Plainsman Staffwriter
The administrative vice-presi­dent's
purpose is to relieve the presi­dent
of as much of his work as
possible.
He accomplishes this with the
help of the five departments of the
executive cabinet. These depart­ments
include the Political Affairs,
Public Relations, Student Life, Aca­demic
Affairs, and Administrative
Offices.
Within each department is a
secretary who works closely with
the administrative vice-president
and informs him of the depart­ment's
plans, problems and
accomplishments. Essentially, the
secretaries aid the administrative
vice-president in carrying out his
duties just as the administrative
vice-president helps the president
with his.
It is also the job of the administra­tive
vice-president to serve as the
communication link between the
president and the members of his
cabinet. He works directly with the
president and informs him of the
progress the cabinet has made in
carrying out his plans.
Other functions of the adminis­trative
vice-president include pre­siding
over all cabinet meetings,
coordinating work with the Student
Senate, handling the long range
planning for the cabinet, keeping
the cabinet members accountable to
their committment and serving as
adviser to the president.
The administrative vice-president
is appointed to his position by the
president of the SGA, but this
appointment is not effective unless
it meets the approval of two-thirds
of the student senate.
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The Circle magazine, which
started in 1974 for Auburn students
to display their poetry, short stories
and essays, is enjoying a renewed
interest and vitality.
It was recently recognized as the
best all-around student magazine in
this region by the Society of Profes­sional
Journalists, Sigma Delta
Chi.
"I think there's a revival of inter­est
in The Circle now because more
people are willing to read it. We're
getting a lot of poems submitted, but
we need more short stories and
essays," said Ruth Schowalter, cur­rent
editor.
"People shouldn't edit what they
think is not appropriate. Just turn it
in and let us worry about that. We'll
print just about anything.
"We're hoping the magazine will
be shared by what people give us.
It's a student magazine, so it's what
the students make it, as well as pro­fessors
and community people,"
said Schowalter.
The Circle comes out twice a year,
and the 8,000 copies are distributed
in major buildings on campus.
The upcoming issue will contain
seven pieces of fiction and 18 poems.
Many of the works are the results of
creative writing class assign­ments.
"Under the Arbor," by Marian
Motley-Carcache, which won first
place in the Sigma Tau Delta short
story contest, will be in this issue.
There will also be some of Plains­man
photographer Tom Palmer's
unusual pictures.
"This magazine, to speak bluntly,
will be a poetic weed garden. Occa­sionally,
however, some beautiful
flower might appear," said original
editor Thorn Botsford in the first
issue in 1974. He is now a journalism
teacher and adviser to the
Plainsman.
Botsford said that near the end of
his senior year, he and Jimmy
Blake, then an SGA officer and now
a physician in Birmingham, had the
idea for the magazine. They sent let­ters
describing the concept to
faculty members and students to
find out their reaction. They
received funding from the SGA
Budget and Finance Committee and
were established under the Com­munications
Board.
"It was fairly smooth sailing
because people were interested and
wanted to give it a try. The hardest
part was getting out the first issue,"
said Botsford.
He said that The Circle "just
seemed like a good name" because
as a symbol it connotes wholeness,
unity and infinity.
Botsford wanted to mix up arti­cles,
photography, satire, short sto­ries,
poems and essays to interest
people in different things.
"We didn't want it to be so serious
that it would be boring. The idea
was to stimulate thinking," he said.
Botsford thinks The Circle is val­uable
because of the learning exper­ience
it gives the writers and hopes
the material selected to print will
mean something to readers.
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A-9 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, April 28,1983
. • Former hostage tells of flight to freedom
By Jeffrey Mason
Plainsman Staffwriter
"If what we went through in Iran
improves the way people look at
America, then it was worth it," said
retired Col. Charles W. Scott, one of
52 Americans held hostage in Iran.
, • For 444 days, Scott and 51 other
men and women were the focus of
the entire world as the international
incident known as the Iranian crisis
unfolded.
Speaking to students Monday
night, Scott revealed the days lead­ing
to the fall of the American
Embassy, his day of captivity and
the flight to freedom.
Scott believes the ultimate cause
of the crisis was the admittance of
the Shah of Iran into the United
States by then President Jimmy
Carter. However, he noted that it
was a number of events over time
which resulted in the deep anti-
American sentiments of the Iranian
people.
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accepted for t h e position of bus­iness
manager of the "Glome-r
a t a " and summer editor of the
"Plainsman."
A list of qualifications and an
application form are available
from the office of the Dean of
S t u d e n t s in Cater Hall. For
a d d i t i o n a l information, call
826-4710.
"Persians have been conquered
by so many other powers that they
have become very xenophobic as a
national group," said Scott. "They
fear and hate foreigners and that's
endemic to that society."
Since World War II, the U.S. and
Russia have been vying for control
of the region for its oil and
waterways.
"Iranians have always had the
feeling they were being pushed," he
said. "The average man doesn't like
America and he resents its policies."
In 1951, Mohammed Mossadegh
was legally elected the prime
minister of Iran. Over the years he
was able to assert power in areas
traditionally held by the Shah.
Eventually a showdown between
Mossadegh and the Shah errupted.
Worried that the ousting of the Shah
would result in a communist-backed
government, threatening U.S.
Glom to contain changes
When the Glomeratas are dis­tributed
May 10,11 and 12, students
will find several changes in the
yearbook, some made purposely, but
many not.
"This book has been through so
many changes this year, but I feel
most of the changes have actually
added to the book," said Lynn
Brown, 1983 editor.
"I took the results from the questi­onnaire
in last year's book and
decided what sections should be
emphasized."
The Glomerata was faced with a
30 percent increase in printing from
l a s t year to present, Brown
explained.
"To keep up the Glom's past qual­ity,
we had to cut somewhere and the
questionnaire helped me decide
where," Brown said.
Because of the budget cuts, the
1983 Glomerata will have 16 fewer
full-color pages, no "spot color" and
32 fewer pages as compared to the
1982 yearbook, she said.
"Yet with all the cuts, I think we
have actually improved the qual­ity,"
she said.
"The staff was excellent. They
realized that with the black and
white pages, they would have to
stress quality more than quantity,"
she said.
"After my trip to the plant last
week, there's no doubt that they
have succeeded."
Several changes in the book were
intentional, though, Brown ex­plained.
The Greek section will feature
group shots instead of the "party
shots" used in the past, Brown said.
"There were many 'interesting'
ones, one in particular that couldn't
be published. Overall, I was very
pleased with the originality and
participation," she said.
"I think it will set a new Glom
tradition."
Also, a section featuring the aca­demic
schools was added.
Each of the 11 school's deans was
interviewed and an interesting
story about the school was told.
The academics section is just as
important as student life, because
after all, academics is what we're
here for.
Dog
shepherd livestock over a field
course guided by whistle or voice
commands from the handler.
Though speed is important, tech­nique
counts a great deal more. The
dogs must not scare or nip the lives­tock
and must try to negotiate the
course with as few deviations as
possible. A dog starts with a given
number of points, and the judge sub­tracts
from this total when errors
are made. The dog with the highest
point score wins the trial.
Last weekend's trials included
both a cattle and a sheep trial. They
also had the first brace sheep trial in
this part of the country. The brace
class involves two dogs working
together instead of one.
Competing in trials calls for spe­cial
intelligence in dogs as well as a
keen will to please the handler. The
•saying "Brains before beauty"
expresses the handler's idea of a
good stockdog.
Though the name "stockdog"
does not refer to a particular breed, it
is almost synonomous with the
Border Collie. The breed originated
on the Scotch-English border and
for generations were bred to work
sheep. Small and ranging in color
from red and white to black and
white, the Border Collie is not a
flashy dog, but its intelligence and
keen loyalty make it the ideal
stockdog.
Bill Dillard of Mathews, Ala.,
founder of the Southern Stockdog
Journal and the American Border
Collie Association, says no other
breed can challenge the versatility
of the Border Collie.
Showing this versatility, the
small black and white dogs, the only
breed present at the Auburn trials,
treated spectators to much more
than a regular dogshow this past
weekend.
Wheeling around the stock, weav­ing
in and out according to the
handler's commands, the collies
demonstrated the high degree of
teamwork required to work the
stock. Never barking or crowding
the animals too closely, the small
dogs controlled animals several
times larger than themselves. The
quiet confidence and authority of
the handlers was reflected in the
eyes of their four-legged partners.
Nowhere was this confidence and
authority more in evidence than in
Nan, a two-year-old Border Collie
owned and handled by Ralph Pulfer
of Quincey, Ohio. Nan captured the
Grand Champion's title at this
year's trial.
Other winners included Hubert
Bailey and Glenn of Dawsonville,
Ga., in the open cattle trial and
Ralph Pulfer and Nan in the open
sheep trial.
Rav Bailey and Zip of Gainesville,
Ga., won both the novice-novice and
pro-novice sheep trials, and David
Rogers with Babe and Flo of Wig­gins,
Miss., won the brace sheep
trial.
Though many of the stockdogs at
the trials were bred and trained in
the United States, the majority were
imported from the United Kingdom.
Since the sport originated in Sco­tland
and the Border Collies have
been bred and trained there for
Continued from A-l
generations, the Scotch tradition
has had a strong influence on the
sport in this country.
Dillard says the breeding quality
in the United States is comparable
to that of the United Kingdom, but
they have an edge in training due to
long experience, though American
trainers are making progress.
Stockdogs are just now gaining a
strong foothold in North America,
particularly the Deep South. Ala­bama's
first trial was held in 1977 in
Pike Road. The Pre-Vet Association
sponsored the first Auburn trials in
1979, one of only four in the state at
that time. By 1982 the number of
trials in Alabama had grown to
seven, the most of any state in the
nation.
The number of stockdog enthusi­asts
and trials continues to grow
every year, says Dillard. "More peo­ple
are discovering that working
with a dog is easier than doing it by
themselves. And besides," he adds,
"It's more fun."
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interests in the region, the Central
Intelligence Agency sent operatives
into Iran to build support for the
Shah with counter-demonstrations.
The operation was a success and
the Shah returned victorious after a
six-day absence. He then retaliated
and imprisoned Mossadegh, where
he remained until his death.
In the 60s, the Shah built a "white
r e v o l u t i o n " to revitalize the
country's economy and public
services. By doing this he thought
he could satisfy the masses and
prevent any further attempts at
overthrowing his regime.
Out of the religious sect grew
opposition led by Ayatoliah
Rohollah Khomeini. To quell the
opposition the Shah exhiled him,
fearing backlash if he imprisoned
Khomeini.
The U.S. made an attempt to gain
a stronger foothold in the Persian
Gulf, so it lifted all restrictions on
military sales to Iran to help them
build a stronger army and further
strengthen relations.
A fanatic and uncontrolled surge
of military spending by Iran during
the early 70s forced the financial
sacrifice of many programs begun
during the "white revolution."
The lines between the rich and the
Mortar Board
honorary elects
new officers
The 1983-84 members of the senior
honorary Mortar Board elected
officers last week. The members
elected Mike Dobbs president, Jeff
Sibley vice president, Ann Margaret
Conry and Susan Davis Jones
treasurer. Susan Cox was selected
as historian and Andy Sforzini will
be next year's election chairman.
Other members initiated this
quarter are: Charlotte Atkins, Jim
Balistreri, Lisa Brockway, Beth
Ann Bryant, Tony Burns, Karen
Bynum, Mark Cahill, Dena Crews,
Jim Gorrie, Lisa Guckian, Holly
Harrison, Mary Louise Hemmeter,
David Herrick Melanie Herring,
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Amy Propst, Greg Schmidt, Leslie
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poor grew wider causing great
discontent among the people, which
caused the overthrow of the Shah.
Dispite the Shah's downfall, Scott
said the embassy remained open to
try and continue relations with the
new regime.
"Our goal was to establish a new,
but limited, dialogue with the post-revolutionary
government of Iran,"
said Scott. "We were to recognize the
independence of Iran and our
commitment not to interfere in
Iranian internal affairs."
On October 23,1979, the Shah was
admitted to the United States,
which Iranians saw as a reoccur-ance
of events during 1952, when he
returned to power and began a so-called
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A-10 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, April 28,1983
Scottish vet comes to judge dogs
By Lee McBride
Assistant News Editor
When most people visit the United
States they go to see the big cities,
like New York, Los Angeles and
Chicago, but when Alister McPhee
came from Scotland, he came to the
heart of the southland..Auburn.
McPhee, who is chief veterinarian
officer in Glasgow, Scotland, visited
Auburn this weekend to judge the
stock dog trials at the Auburn Uni­versity
School of Veterinary
Medicine.
Stock dog trials are "just like any
other sport," said McPhee. "It's a
simulation of dogs herding sheep
like they do in Scotland. There are
vast acres of hill land that would be
absolutely useless without the
dogs," he said.
At a stock dog trials competition,
dogs are tried on their herding
skills. "We test them on the manner
in which they do it (herd)," McPhee
said. "They loose points if they stop
on their outrun or have to be redi­rected.
A trial is really a mimic of the
dog's natural work."
While in the United States,
McPhee also judged stock dog trials
at Mississippi State, and while he
has only seen parts of Mississippi
and Alabama, he says he has really
enjoyed himself.
"I like the people. I like the south,
but I think you grow too many trees,
mind you, and you ought to eat more
roast mutton and lamb," he joked.
In addition to his duties as chief
veterinarian officer, McPhee serves
on the International Sheep Dog's
panel of judges and does under-professor
work with the pathology
department at the University of
Glasgow Veterinarian School. His
ties with the school are one of the
reasons he agreed to come to the
United States and judge the shows.
"Judging the trials in association
with the veterinarian colleges gave
me a look over the fence, as it was.
Coming just to judge the trials
wasn't sufficient, but these two
(trials) attached to both colleges, I
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thought I'd enjoy it," he said.
He said the only major difference
between Scotland and the United
States is "we don't have the consist-ance
of weather that you do here."
Temperatures in Scotland can
range from 32 degrees below zero to
90 degrees above.
"This is why there is a saying that
a Scotsman can immigrate any­where,"
he said.
"As chief veterinarian officer of
Glascow I am in a unique position in
the United Kingdom," McPhee said.
"I'm probably the only veterinarian
surgeon working under local
authority. It's a multifarious job,
attached to the public health side."
The office is a governmental body
of the city of Glasgow, McPhee said.
"We service police horses, police
dogs and municipal zoos. We can be
asked to do a gerbil one day and an
elephant the next day," he said.
The office of chief veterinarian
also certifies all imports and exports
of any domestic animal for eating.
The office has been in existence
for 83 years, McPhee said, and cur­rently
has three veterinarians and
26 qualified inspectors working out
of it.
There is nothing comparable to it
here because "it's a mixture of the
United States Department of Agri­culture
and the Federal Veterinary
Inspectors," McPhee said; The
office is not federal.
"We do have a ministry service, a
minister of Agriculture Veterinar­ian
Service, in the UK, but their boss
is the Secretary of State. My boss is
the city of Glasgow."
McPhee acts as an agent for the
agricultural secretaries in his dis­trict.
"Our complete jurisdiction is
about 50 square miles. It's like a
small state," he said.
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A-ll The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, April 28,1983
By Melissa Shubert
Features Editor
(I w
ANTEBELLUM BELLES
.Three Southern beauties gaze from their parasols
e assemble here
this afternoon to
announce the sep­aration
of Kappa
Alpha order from the United States
of America."
So proclaims the speaker, clad in a
gray confederate uniform and
mounted on a chestnut horse.
Gathered around him, other confed­erate
soldiers cheer as the words are
spoken, and ladies in colorful ante­bellum
dresses watch with
anticipation.
When the speaker finishes declar­ing
his group a separate confeder­acy,
the crowd applauds, and the
soldiers ride back to where they
came from.
No, this is not a scene from 1861
when parts of the South were seced­ing
from the Union. Instead, this
event took place last Friday when
the Kappa Alpha fraternity re-enacted
Old South Day at Toomer's
Corner.
The walls of the fraternity house
are decorated with photographs
from past Auburn celebrations,
which began in the early 1900s.
From the days of Alabama Poly­technic
Institute to the present age
of computers and automation, the
celebration remains one of the main
springtime events in Auburn.
The event actually begins early in
the week with an agenda of events
culminating in a parade from the
fraternity house to Toomer's, com­plete
with horses and antebellum
dresses and the announcement of
the secession. This year was a spe­cial
year for the fraternity as it
downtown with the men on horses
and their dates following behind on
a flatbed trailer. The dates wear
antebellum dresses to complete the
Civil War atmosphere. Pledges pull
the fraternity's cannon, a perman­ent
KA possession, down to the
corner for the proclamation. After
the announcement, there is a social
hour in the fraternity's front yard.
"This is a celebration of the
Southern tradition, not a celebra­tion
of the Civil War," says Ron
Martin, 04INM. "It is a time during
the year when people can sit back
and recall the 'southern tradition.' It
is a way to keep some of it alive."
The horses used in the parade are
usually rented and must be trans­ported
back and forth for the two
days the fraternity uses them, Gor-rie
says. The horses also often pose
problems for riders who are not used
to riding, he says.
"It's hard to control the horses
sometimes," Gorrie says, "since we
have a lot of novices on them."
But riding horses during the
parade and to deliver invitations
often brings memorable moments
for some riders. Once, Gorrie says, a
horse threw its rider over a bench in
front of a dorm. There was also a
time when a horse stepped on one of
the girl's dresses, gradually pulling
it down.
The fraternity fires its cannon to
signal that the celebration is near.
The fraternity has a permit to fire
the cannon once a day during Old
South week, Gorrie says.
"It is a celebration like Heritage
Week," he says, "just a celebration
of an era of history. It is something
to look back on."
marks the 100th anniversary of the
KA chapter at Auburn.
"Every chapter in the nation has
Old South Day in some form or
fashion," says Jim Gorrie, 03BSC.
"It is such a tradition at Auburn. We
usually have a real good reception at
Toomer's Corner and the University
and city have been very cooper­ative."
Early during the week of the
springtime ritual, the fraternity
sponsors band parties, serenades its
incoming new Rose and delivers
invitations to dates on horseback.
An invitation is also delivered to the
University president's wife.
Then, on Friday afternoon, the
KAs and their dates are part of a
procession that makes its way
Looking back into the past, Gorrie
says many memories have come
about because of Old South Day.
One time several years ago, the
dates did not follow the procession
downtown, but remained in the fra­ternity's
front yard. While the KAs
were busy downtown seceding from
the Union, another fraternity came
by and tried to steal the dates and
leave them at Chewakla State Park.
But today's celebration does not
differ greatly from those of
yesteryear.
"Not much has changed over the
years," he says, "it (the event) pretty
much runs itself. It is a tradition and
I don't see it changing very much in
the future."
HORSING AROUND
.Joe Taylor and Sherri Rigby ride on, oblivious to the rain
FLAG BEARER
...In dismay, Max views festivities from porch
Photos by Chris Shirley and Bryan Easley
Design by Alec Harvey and Melissa Shubert
SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN
.KA Confederate Tom Stephens in pensive mood
WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME
..Pete Flach gives a cap to Lee Rogers before going off to "secede"
A-12 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, April 28,1983
Campus Calendar
A U B U R N U N I V E R S I TY
SPORT PARACHUTE CLUB-is
offering a first jump course start­ing
May 2 in 203 Broun Hall at 7
p.m. The first jump will be May 7.
The price of the course is $70. For
more information call 821-5473 or
887-9818 or attend the club meeting
Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the
ROTC hangar.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS-meet8
every Monday. Newcomers
meet at 7 p.m. at Grace Methodist
Church in Auburn. Regulars meet at
7:30 p.m. and every Thursday at
noon at the Vet School in 106 Greene
Hall. For further information con­tact
Susie at 887-7901.
FREE STUDY HELP— The
Study Partner Program offers free
study help in several subjects each
week, Sundays through Thursdays
in Haley Center Lounge. Call 826-
5972 or come by 315 Martin Hall for
a detailed schedule.
DELTA SIGMA PI— will hold a
meeting Tuesday, May 3, at 6:30 in
Foy Union.
BAHA'I CLUB— meets every Fri­day
at 8 p.m. at 1017 McKinley Ave.
Anyone interested in the club may
attend. For transportation to the
meetings call 821-7881.
AUBURNSTUDENTACCOUNT-ING
ASSOCIATION- will meet
May 2 at 7 p.m. in 206 Tichenor. The
speaker will be Jim Gentry of the
Becker Corp.
CRISIS CENTER— needs volun­teers
who will be here this summer.
Free training in active listening
skills is offered in return for four
hours of volunteer work each week.
A few openings remain for the train­ing
to be given May 13-15. Training
is also offered June 24-26, and July
8-10. To volunteer please call
821-8600.
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SOR­ORITY.
INC.— will be sponsoring
a Little Miss AKA pageant May 1 in
the Foy Union Building at 3 p.m.
The public is invited to attend.
AVMA PET FAIR-The AVMA
Auxiliary will hold a Pet Fair April
30 at the Ham Wilson Livestock
Arena on Donahue from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Admission is 50 cents. The pub­lic
is invited.
INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERS— will meet May 2 in
107 SB. Refreshments will be served
at 6:30 and the meeting will start at
7 p.m.
MARINE BIOLOGICAL SOCI­ETY—
will meet May 2 in 136 Cary
Hall at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Stephen Bor-tone
will speak on Coral Reef Fish
and plans for the spring party and
officer nominations for the upcom­ing
year will be discussed.
ALPHA EPSILON DELTA
(PRE-HEALTH HONORARY)-
will have a meeting for new initiates
only May 3 at 7 p.m. in 2213 Haley
Center. Initiates must pay dues and
banauet fees.
AUBURN LACROSSE CLUB-will
host a Lacrosse game, Auburn
vs. University of Tennessee, April
30 at 1 p.m. on the Drill Field.
ENGINEERING STUDENT
COUNCIL AND ASPE- will
have a professionalism program for
student engineers. The program is
designed to answer the question
"Why should I take the engineer in
training exam (EIT)?" and make
students aware of the advantages of
becoming a professional engineer
(PE). The program is May 3 at 7:30
p.m. in the Textile Auditorium.
AMERICAN PRODUCTION
AND INVENTORY CONTROL
SOCIETY (APICS)- everyone
interested in Industrial manage­ment
or rel