1984-07-19 The Auburn Plainsman

              Life, death for Neelley
Photography: Jeffrey W. Amling
The tower...
by Melanie Hiett
Plainsman Staffwriter
Once, her husband jokingly called them
"Boney and Claude." Now they are both serving
time; he is in Georgia and she is on death row in
Alabama.
Judy Neelley is, at the age of 20, the youngest
woman in the United States on death row. She
was sentenced in Dekalb County, Ala., to die in
the electric chair for the 1982 murder of a young
Georgia girl.
Judy's story is perhaps one of the most bizarre
cases to come to light in recent years. She was
born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in June, 1964. Her
father was killed in an accident when she was 9,
and Judy lived with her mother, three brothers
and sister in a trailer.
She ran away with Alvin Neelley three days
after her 15th birthday. He was 26. Unknown to
Judy, he was also married, had three children
and was a convicted felon.
"I had met his first wife. I thought he was
divorced," Judy says now. "I started having
small doubts a few weeks after I ran away with
him."
They married in July of the next year, when
she was 16 and pregnant with twins. Legally,
Alvin is still married to his first wife, Jo-Ann
Browning, as well as Judy.
When she was eight months pregnant, Judy
says Alvin forced her to rob a woman of her
purse. She was committed to the Georgia Youth
Development Center (YDC), and Alvin was sen­tenced
to the Georgia penitentiary.
Judy had her children, a boy and a girl, in
November, 1981, and she was released in
December. Alvin was released in March, 1982.
After his release, Judy says Alvin became
obsessed with the idea that she had had an affair
with a black man at the YDC. Judy says he beat
her several times to get her to "confess."
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Photography: Jeffrey W. Amling
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Volume 90 Number 31 Thursday, July 19, 1984 Auburn University, Ala. 36849 14 pages
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SGA looks at lights, library
by Debbie Long
Assistant News Editor
Longer library hours, safer
lighting conditions and search­ing
for a 24-hour study place are
just a few of the SGA's main con­cerns
this summer.
SGA President David Shaffer
said he is excited about the work
the group has been doing this
summer.
One of the SGA's main projects
has been researching where the
money students pay the Univer­sity
Police Department for tickets
goes. Shaffer has assigned spe­cial
assistants to look into the
issue to find out exactly how the
money is used.
The SGA is also looking into
the lighting situation on campus.
Shaffer said that he would like to
see all the dim lights on campus
replaced and have new lights
installed where they are needed.
Quality lighting is an asset for
student safety on campus, he
said.
Efforts are also being made to
find a way to keep the library
open later hours for studying.
Shaffer said progress is slow, but
he believes that if- students had
the chance to stay even an extra
hour at the library it would make
the cost of keeping it open worth­while.
The SGA has been trying to
find a place that could be kept
open 24 hours a day.
"Wouldn't it be wonderful if the
new conference center had an all-night
place where students could
study?" Shaffer asked.
The issue of changing to a
semester system has not been
forgotten by the summer crew.
The SGA is working on having
mock schedules made up to show
the dates of both types of sys­tems,
according to Shaffer.
Beginning in the fall, debates
will be conducted to let the stu­dents
know what is going on.
"No big decisions should be
made while most of the students
are gone," he said.
The SGA is also working on
improving relations between
students at Auburn and the Uni­versity
of Florida. Before school
starts in the fall, a meeting will be
held with SGA members from
both schools "to work out a plan
on better relations between the
two schools," Shaffer said.
The SGA wants to find a more
efficient method where students
would not have to buy Chefs
Club cards for a whole year. Prob­lems
arise in the current system
when seniors graduate after only
having their cards for a quarter
and then have to file for a refund,
Shaffer said.
An exit evaluation is also being
considered by the SGA. Graduat­ing
seniors would give a compu­terized
evaluation of the Univer­sity,
after all of their graduation
requirements have been met.
The students would judge all
aspects of Auburn life and give
opinions on their years at the
University.
The SGA is also researching a
fractional grading system for
Auburn. This type of system
would give a student more points
for a B-plus and less for a B-minus.
They are looking at how
well the system works at other
schools around the country.
Stephenson resigns editor's position
By Chris Roush
News Staff
Next year's editor of The
Auburn Circle, Mark Stephen­son,
has resigned to accept a job
with The Alabama Journal in
Montgomery.
Stephenson, who was working
on his master's degree in econom­ics,
said the unexpected change
of plans came about because he
was offered a job that fit his
career plans.
Stephenson left a statement
with Dr. Pat Barnes, dean of stu­dents,
explaining his reasons for
leaving the post.
Stephenson is currently a gen­eral
assignment reporter at the
Journal, but will become a busi­ness
reporter on Aug. 1. He even­tually
plans to return to graduate
school and work toward acquir­ing
a doctorate in journalism or
history.
Stephenson said it was nice to
have the graduate work in eco­nomics,
but added, "It is sort of a
left turn to my eventual goals."
Stephenson didn't see any dif­ficulty
in finding a replacement
for editor, and said The Circle
would still run on schedule with
at least two issues for next year.
Barnes said that the Univer­sity
is in the process of selecting a
new editor. She plans to notify
the other candidates who applied
for the job last quarter—Jody
Kamins and Mary Beth Evans
and that the Communications
Board will make an announce­ment
of the selection in The
Plainsman this fall.
Barnes said the Communica­tions
Board would meet as soon
as possible to discuss the selec­tion,
but added that selecting a
new editor this summer would
limit the number of choices since
many students are not in school.
Kay Lovvorn, faculty advisor
to The Circle, has told Barnes the
board needs to select a replace­ment
as soon as fall quarter beg­ins
so the staff will be ready to put
out an edition winter quarter.;
Sewage funds needed
By Jeff Amling
Entertainment Editor
Records show the city of
Auburn has had correspondence
with the Alabama Department of
Environmental Management
(ADEM) at least 14 times con­cerning
violations at both sew­age
treatment facilities since
May 13,1980.
The information, which came
from files at ADEM, showed
three letters from the Alabama
Water Improvement Commission
concerning the Northside facil­ity
and one letter from the com­mission
about the Southside
plant. The city sent four letters to
the commission about the North-side
Plant's violations and five
letters about the Southside
Plant's violations.
ADEM is now moving into new
offices in Montgomery and some
files are in transit, so the number
of letters concerning violations
may be higher.
The most recent letter, dated
May 28, 1984, states the South-side
Plant" failed to meet permit
requirements for the month of
April."
A letter dated April 17, 1981,
and addressed to Larry Manasco,
of the Water Improvement Com­mission
from Robert L. Robin­son,
then director of public works
for Auburn, states, "The North-side
Treatment Plant is simply
'biologically overloaded' and
cannot perform as it was
designed to perform."
A letter from Rex Griffin, city
engineer, to Manasco dated Dec.
2, 1982 asked ADEM to "please
add the Northside Wastewater
Treatment Plant and intercep­tors
to the priority list." Tbe
priority list is a list of problem
areas in the state which receive
priority on federal grants to
repair or replace treatment
plants.
According to Lisa Brosemer,
ADEM engineer for this district,
Auburn has a seasonal problem
with violations. "No plant is
going to be perfect all the time. A
plant has to be above the limits
for two months to get a notice of
violation."
A plant may be either hydraul-ically
or biologically overloaded.
During rainy months, infiltra­tion
and inflow may cause the
plant to process more water than
it has the capacity to, called
hydraulic overload, while during
dry seasons the plant's dis­charges
may be above limits
because of the lack of water at the
discharge point, Brosemer said.
"If Auburn were dumping into
the Chattahoochee River, they
would have no problem with
effluent levels," Brosemer said.
"Since Auburn's treatment
plants discharge into smaller
streams, the effluent limitations
are more stringent than if
Auburn were discharging into a
large river," Brosemer said.
Brosemer said effluent levels
usually go up in the fall because
during the summer, plants pro­cess
strictly sewage and the
inflow of water is less.
The Southside Treatment
Plant is biologically overloaded,
Ms. Brosemer said, because the
plant was built in 1959. "The
plant was built before modern
t e c h n i q u e s for modelling
streams. They had standards,
but they didn't know as much
about stream quality. Waste­water
technology has come that
far. The old standards weren't
based on as accurate information
as we've got now," Brosemer said.
According to Brosemer, Auburn
has completed the preliminary
work necessary to start construc­tion
on the Southside Treatment
Plant, but has not submitted
plans for the Northside Plant for
approval, the last step before
construction can start.
Brosemer said federal match­ing
funds for sewage facilities
have dwindled in the last six
years, from $60 million five years
ago to about $25 million this year.
Brosemer said the average
construction time of sewage facil­ities
is from one to two years, "but
if the city goes with privatization,
the work may go a lot quicker."
If the city goes with private
funding, ADEM will be con­cerned
with the effluent levels.
"We don't care what process of
wastewater treatment they use as
long as that process maintains
water quality l i m i t a t i o n s ,"
Brosemer said. "We look at it
from the standpoint of meeting
the limits if it is built privately.
They just have to meet the water
quality standards.
"Auburn needs to do some­thing
about gaining extra capac­ity
and needs to do it now. If they
keep connecting more sewage
hookups, they are going to need a
new plant. They are going to
have to plan for growth," Brose­mer
said.
"We wouldn't recommend
sewer hook-ups on the north side
without a new sewage facility in
the works."
City officials acknowledged
the problem. City Engineer Rex
Griffin said the city has had some
problems but probably less than
other areas in the state.
Griffin added that the sewage
treatment problems probably
came during times of heavy rain
or extreme dryness, both of which
contribute to the problems of
treatment.
Auburn Mayor Jan Dempsey
and City Manager Doug Watson
said there was no evidence of a
cover-up of the problems. Watson
added, "The reports indicate the
city was giving the information
to ADEM; the city was cooperat­ing
with the agency."
"We've been working on the
problem for a long time.
Nobody's been trying to play any
games or hide anything from the
public," Watson said.
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SUMMER DAZE—With the sun beating down
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Photography: Cindy Hall
90s, this A.U. grad student takes advantage
of a chance to relax on a pier outside of
Auburn.
A-2 STbr 9uburn plainsman Thursday, July 19, 1984
Simms goes to L.A. 1
By Al Byrne
Plainsman News Staff
Auburn University professor"
Jack Simms will leave July 25 for
the 23rd Olympic Games in Los
Angeles, where he will supervise
a news collection pool for three
international news agencies.
This will be the fourth Olym­pics
in which Simms, head of
Auburn University's department
of journalism, has been involved.
In 1972, Simms was the coordi­nator
of the Olympic desk in New
York through which all Asso­ciated
Press copy was channeled
from Munich for worldwide
distribution.
During the 1976 Games in
Montreal, Simms was a supervis­ing
editor for the AP.
Simms also supervised a news
collection pool consisting of
newsmen from Associated Press,
United Press International,
Reuters and Agency France
Presse for the 1980 Olympic
Games in Moscow.
Although the Soviets cooper­ated
in providing reporters with
. all the sports information neces­sary,
Simms said that the trip to
Moscow was a nightmare.
1 1 "The food was bad; you
couldn't drink the water and every­one
got sick," he said.
'.'• One of the most disturbing
things that Simms remembers
about the trip is that none of the
Soviet people ever smiled. He also
said that the Soviets had been
brainwashed against the British
and Americans.
"I tried to give one of the Soviet
runners assigned to our group a
piece of candy once and she
refused. It wasn't until later that
I learned that she had been told
by her superiors that the Ameri­cans
and the British might try to
poison her through candy and
gum," Simms said.
Simms also added that every­where
the reporters went the
security was extremely tight.
"There was airport type surveil­lance
everywhere and a lot of
waiting," he said.
Among the other irritations
suffered by the reporters, Simms
said they were searched fre­quently.
"The KGB searched the
rooms and reporters every day,"
he said. "I don't know what they
expected to find."
Though the security will not be
slack, Simms said he and his
•staff expect to be treated better by
the Olympic authorities in Los
Angeles.
"The agencies will still be as
competitive as usual in covering
the most important events, such
as track and field, basketball,
boxing, gymnastics, wrestling,
weightlifting and swimming,"
according to Simms.
"The purpose of the pool is to
reduce the manpower needed by
the three news services," Simms
added. "It's a money-saver device
for covering the less popular
events like archery, rowing,
shooting and fencing."
The pool will also provide cov­erage
of competition in baseball,
canoeing, equestrian events,
team handball, field hockey,
judo, modern pentathalon, synch
swimming, tennis, water polo,
Greco-Roman wrestling and
yachting.
Instead of each news agency
assigning their reporters to cover
these events, the pool will send a
reporter or two. The stories will
then be telephoned to the pool
desk for editing or rewriting and
then will be delivered to each
agency for transmission over its
news wires.
Although he is looking forward
to covering the Games again this
year, Simms points out that the
one major problem facing repor­ters
this summer will be the dis­tance
between various events.
"In Moscow, buses left for the
events every 15 minutes. Trans­portation
was quick because tho­roughfares
were blocked off," he
said.
Getting around in Los Angeles
will be tougher for Simms and his
staff because of the traffic. He
added that his staff will travel on
shuttle buses and will be told to
leave early for each event
because of congestion.
Simms to cover Olympics for fourth time Photography: John Craft
Galbraith and Woody retire
City faces drain problem
Editor's Note: This is part two of
a three part series.
By Jeff Amling
Entertainment Editor
; "Auburn faces drainage prob­lems
because the city did not
make plans to maintain the
' drains for many years," Auburn
City Engineer Rex Griffin said.
"There are many problems,
recurring over the years, that
weren't treated because the city
didn't have the funds," Griffin
said, "but progress is being
made."
Griffin said about 50 areas
throughout the city have drain­age
problems.
"On the north side, there are
segments of pipe with deteriora­tion.
Some pipes are undersized
and the channel of some streams
are undersized, but the houses are
protected."
The cost of repairs varies,
according to Griffin. "A job we
are doing on Glenn Avenue right
now will cost about $10,000 to
$12,000. Some jobs will cost
$2,500 to $3,000." Cary Drive
requires special repairs that will
cost $50,000 to $60,000, he added.
Griffin said many of the prob­lems
stem from the age of the
city's drainage system. Some
culverts were put in 35 to 40 years
ago, and the pipes do not have
adequate carrying capacity.
"It's a continuing problem of
inspection and maintenance of
old pipes," he said. Describing
the problems on the north side,
Griffin said, "Clay soil over rock
does have a low percolation rate
(the rate at which water is
absorbed by the soil.) When vege­tation
is removed, trash and sed­iment
run into the storm drains
and clog them."
Some north side residents have
complanied about the drainage
problems. Dr. Jacob Dane, 1030
Sanders St., has had problems
since the mid-70s.
Dane said he "lost faith in the
city" before the city moved to pro­tect
his property. Even after the
city bought the dirt, Dane said he
still had to pay for sheets of cor­rugated
metal to raise the level of
the dike so the runoff could be
directed into the street. Before,
the water had been flooding his '
backyard and had seeped into his
house more than once, Dane
added.
Dane said most of his runoff
problems were caused by a devel­opment
that was started behind
his house. "The developers went
in and cut and graded roads, but
the paver went bankrupt before
he had paved. Then the economy
slowed down and the developers
decided not to pursue their
development.
"I am not against development
or developers, but I think they
have been able to get by on min­imal
requirements. When some­thing
goes wrong, the city pays
for it. The taxpayers are subsidiz­ing
the developers. I can't blame
the developers, but I can blame
the city," Dane said.
Other north side residents have
complained about Saugahatchee
Creek, which in places gets four
to five feet deep. Parents have
complained about pools where
children could drown, and some
residents in low-lying areas say
they must contend with water
flowing through their yards
when there is a moderate-to-heavy
rain.
Griffin admits there are prob­lems
with the creek. There is one
stretch where 20 to 25 trees have
fallen across the creek and inter­fere
with the runoff during rain­falls,
he said. Residents say
water covers the road when there
is a heavy rain.
Griffin said the city is in the
process of mapping the drainage
system. "We didn't even have a
map of the system when I came to
Auburn," Griffin said.
Griffin said the mapping is 60
to 75 percent complete.
Griffin said, "The Cary Drive
area is a fairly large problem
because of the potential damage
to a specific house. We are survey­ing
along Carter Street and Dog­wood
Drive in preparation of
obtaining easements for channel
improvement of Town Creek. On
Carter Street, the channel needs
deepening. We are presently ana­lyzing
the carrying capacity of
Town Creek."
Griffin also mentioned two
By Beth Barmettler
Assistant News Editor
Dean Ruth Galbraith of the
School of Home Economics and
Dean Mary Woody of the School
of Nursing will be leaving
Auburn University, Galbraith to
retire and Woody to become
Director of Nursing at Emory
University on Sept. 1.
Woody is convalescing at
Emory University Hospital. She
suffered a heart attack at work on
June 14 and was treated at a local
hospital before undergoing triple
bypass heart surgery at Emory.
Galbraith will retire August 31,
1985, but said the date is negotia­ble
if the University finds an able
candidate before that date.
Galbraith has served as Dean
of the School of Home Economics
for 12 years. She said she has "a
list a mile long," of things she
would like to do when she retires.
"I claim I'm going back to relax
and quit living by the clock and
deadlines."
Traveling, gardening, needle­work,
reading and community
service are all a part of Gal-braith's
retirement plans.
Galbraith came to Auburn as
Head of the Department of Con­sumer
Affairs in 1970 and was
named Dean in 1973 by acting
president Ben Lanham.
"Instruction, research and
public service are the three major
missions of a land grant univer­sity
and I feel we've made pretty
great strides in each," Galbraith
said.
Since 1973 the school has more
than doubled the research-qualified
faculty and brought the
number of research projects from
six to 42. Project Uplift and the
Alabama Commission on Aging
are the school's service projects.
Before she retires, Galbraith
will be helping two new depart­ment
heads get started. Helen
Lane will be the Nutrition and
Foods department head and
Marilyn Bradbard will head the
Family and Child Development
department.
This fall, Galbraith will serve
as the campus United Way co-chairman
along with Evert
Johnson of the Forestry Depart­ment.
other problem areas, a location
on campus where the drainage
pipes are too small and a project
on Glenn Avenue.
Griffin said people "don't
worry about the drainage system
because it is out of sight. But
when a system is as old as ours is
in some places, there are bound to
be problems.
"There are large tracts of
undeveloped land that will have
to be watched closely," because
development could affect the
capacity of pipes and streams,
Griffin said.
"When people have problems,
they should call us. We have peo­ple
on call 24 hours a day," he
added.
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Chewacla still a cool change for students
Cool water rushes over rocks at Chewacla waterfall.
By Rhonda Goode
Copy Editor
Chewacla State Park has been
a favorite retreat for class-weary
Auburn students since the Uni­versity
began, but few people
know the interesting history of
how the park got its name. i
In the 19th century, Creek
Indians lived in camps along the
banks of Chewacla Creek, and an
old Indian legend tells of how the
creek was named after a tragi­cally
romantic Indian brave
named Chewacla.
In the book, Auburn: Loveliest
Village of the Plain, Mollie Holli-field
recounted the tale of Che­wacla
and his secret lover—his
cousin and the daughter of their
tribal chief. The lovers commit­ted
suicide together on the land
that became the park.
The couple met nightly near
the creek in secret, because love
between first cousins was forbid­den
by their tribal custom. On the
night before the young Indian
girl was to marry another man, to
whom her father had promised
her, the couple met by the river
for the final time. They took their
lives by leaping off a cliff which
jutted over the treacherous rocks
of the park's waterfall.
The girl's father never reco­vered
from the shock of his
daughter's and nephew's death.
The tribe was so affected by the
tragedy that they named the
creek in honor of Chewacla. •
The park was developed where
Wright's Mill and the old "Gin
Saw" Mill were located in the
mid-18008. Wright's Mill ground
corn and wheat for local farmers.
Walton 'apprehensive' about signals
By Beth Barmettler
Assistant News Editor
The Alabama State Highway
Department is conducting tests
on traffic flow on Wire Road, but
AU police chief Jack Walton said
he is "apprehensive" about the
way the caution lights are set up.
The test began on July 6 and
will run until approximately
August 5. The lights on the three-lane
county road are calibrated to
create two lanes of traffic flowing
into campus during the morning
rush hour and two lanes of traffic
flowing out during the afternoon
rush hour. Walton explained that
during the mid-morning and mid-afternoon
hours, the middle lane
is marked with a steady yellow X.
Walton said this is a potentially
Computer thief sought
By Donny Claxton
News Staff
Authorities are still looking for
the thief who stole a $3,000 com­puter
from Parker Hall earliei
this month. The North Star
Advantage computer was found
in a physics room in the building
on July 4.
Auburn University Police
Chief Jack Walton said, "Detec­tives
from our division lifted
some prints which have been sent
to the Alabama Bureau of Inves­tigation,
the Department of
Forensic Medicine and the FBI."
Walton said his detectives do
have some leads but could not
discuss them.
The thief probably walked out
with the computer through one of
the exit doors between the phys­ics
building and Parker Hall,
Mathematics Department Head
Dr. Jack Brown said.
Before the theft, the University
owned eight North Star compu­ters,
Brown said. "Next to the
stolen computer in Room 216 was
a hard disk computer valued at
$4,000 that was not taken," he
added.
Walton said anyone with
information concerning the theft
should contact Detective Lewis,
Ownes or Gooden at the Auburn
University Police Department.
dangerous situation because
people will illegally use the lane
to pass. "That's a good way to
have a head-on," Walton said.
According to the Alabama
Driver's Manual, the middle lane
is to be used only as a turn lane
and not for passing. Walton said
the Auburn University Police
will be ticketing those who fail to
comply with these regulations.
Walton said he hopes he will
have some input with the high­way
department when making a
decision in August about calibra­tion
of the signals on Wire Road.
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A cotton gin and sawmill were at
the aptly-named "Gin" Saw" Mill.
The remains of Wright's Mill
are still left between the Chew­acla
Lake dam and where
Moore's Mill Creek meets Chew­acla
Creek. Both mills were
popular among residents for
recreation, with a swimming hole
next to the "Gin Saw" Mill.
In the early 1890s„ a clubhouse
was built on a hill between the
two mills. It was a favorite
recreation spot, until Town
Creek, which ran next to them,
was contaminated by Auburn
sewage.
A path for the Auburn Bicycle
Club ran from Auburn to
Wright's Mill, following the east
bank of Town Creek most of the
way. George Petrie, the first foot­ball
coach at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, and B. B. Ross,
after whom the Ross Engineering
Laboratory was named, were
members of the bicycle club,
which began about 1900.
In 1925, a state parks commit­tee
was formed to study Alaba­ma's
natural resource potential
and the need for state parks in
Alabama. A state parks system
was organized in 1927.
Twenty-two state parks were
under development by 1935,
including Chewacla. The land for
the park was bought from local
landowners. The Civilian Con­servation
Corps, instigated by
F.D.R., provided the labor needed
for the job and the National Park
Service supervised the CCC's
progress. The park was finished
and formally opened on June 10,
1939.
In the summer of 1979, a
marker was dedicated by the His­toric
Chattahoochee Commis­sion
and the Auburn Heritage
Association to the Wright's Mill
area in the southern section of the
park.
Chewacla State Park cele­brated
its 45th anniversary Sat­urday,
June 30. The 696-acre park
makes available a camping area,
furnished vacation cottages, pic­nic
facilities, tennis courts, play­grounds
and nature trails. The
26-acre lake may he used for fish­ing,
swimming, or boating.
Photography
by
John Craft
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A-4 Thursday, July 19, 1984
Q;he0iburnPlam$man
Shelton Foss, Editor
Jennifer Johns, Business Manager
Volume 90 Number 31
SGA doing great
The SGA under David Shaffer is
finally trying to accomplish some­thing.
All those questions you've
had for years about Auburn and
some of its quirky policies are being
looked into. Think about the number
of times you've said, "Why doesn't
somebody do s o m e t h i n g about
t h a t ? " Well now somebody is doing
something.
Problems from places to study,
library hours, Chef Club card rene­wals
and the question of what's
being done with all that parking
ticket money are targeted for study
by the SGA.
It seems t h a t for the first time in a
long time t h e SGA is working to fine
practical ways to help out students.
We hope the SGA maintains its cur­rent
enthusiasm throughout the
school year and t h a t it can accomp­lish
most of its goals.
Is Ferraro right choice?
Last week, presidential candidate
Walter Mondale selected a woman,
Geraldine Ferraro, as his running
mate. The move to name a woman
vice president was a long time com­ing
and for now is a plus in Mon-dale's
political favor. But what has
he given us besides a historical first
in- choosing Ferraro?
Ferraro is a Representative from
Queens, New York. She has no ex­perience
in making foreign policy
and one wonders what qualifies her
to go from representing one district
in New York to leading an entire
nation, if something should happen
to Mondale.
Some people have claimed that
Ferraro's personality i s n ' t suited for
such a high position. I t was reported
that she might "rub voters the
wrong way." Several Republican
officials used words like brash,
snippy, short-tempered, impatient
and a little egotistical to describe the
New York representative.
Even top Mondale aides are trying
to smoothe over her "brash" ways
after Ferraro attacked Reagan's
faith. In a report by the New York
Daily News, Ferraro said, "The
president calls himself a good Chris­tian,
but I don't for one minute
believe it because t h e policies a r e so
terribly unfair. They are discrimina­tory
and they hurt a lot of people in
this country." The article said Mon-d
a l e ' s press secretary, Maxine
Isaacs, said Ferraro was referring to
Reagan's policies more than his
religious beliefs.
It would be nice to t h i nk that
Mondale selected Ferraro on her
merit and capability, but a lot of
people were more qualified for the
job t h a n she was. If Mondale chose
her in an effort to get the women's
vote, or to be known as t h e first pre­s
i d e n t i a l candidate to n a m e a
woman as vice president, his choice
is more degrading to women than
supportive.
Presidential candidates should
keep in mind t h a t if a woman is most
qualified for the job of vice president
then she should be chosen. If not,
don't name a woman simply for the
sake of being able to say, "I chose a
woman running mate."
Quit stealing books
It has come to our attention that
books are being stolen from the bins
where you leave your books when
you go i n t o t h e U n i v e r s i ty
Bookstore.
A former bookstore employee said
that as much as $1000 worth of
books have been stolen during one
quarter. He said that the problem is
at worst beginning a few days before
classes start until about a week into
the quarter—the time when people
are buying their books.
The University Bookstore pro­vides
30 lockers for people to put
their books in. For a quarter, you can
leave books in the locker and when
you come back and return the key,
you get your quarter back.
I t ' s a sad commentary on Auburn
that students have to lock up their
books just to run into the bookstore
for a few minutes.
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
Associate/Managing Editor-David O. Benson, News Editor-Chip Alford, Feat­ures/
Entertainment Editor-Jeff Amling, Sports Editor-Jon Johnson, Photo­graphy
Editor-John Craft, Copy Editor-Rhonda Goode, Technical Editor-Pat
Fleming, Art Editor-Victor Wheeler, Assistant News Editor-Debbie Long and
Beth Barmettler, Assistant Features/Entertainment Editors, Tracy Pfeiffer and
Jennifer Lyons, Assistant Sports Editor-Paul Sullivan, Assistant Copy Editor-
Jill Applegate.
Layout Coordinator-Diane Behnke, Layout Specialists-Pam Tawater, PMT
Specialist-Melanie Hiett, Advertising Representatives-Boo Phillips and Royce
Morris.
Nobody cares about apathy
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Last month an Ozzy Osbourne concert
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was can­celled
after fundamentalist Christian
groups protested the heavy metalist's
scheduled concert in the Baton Rouge
Centroplex.
Rev. David Diamond, who heads a
group called The Word Fellowship, said
in a release by the College Press Service,
"We are protesting the illicit sex, alco­hol,
drugs and vile living promoted in
rock and roll. They (rock musicians) are
influencing our youth into moral
corruption."
Within the past year, a Judas Priest
concert was cancelled by Baton Rouge
Mayor Pat Screen and city theatres wer­en't
allowed to show The Life of Brian.
The people who are against our
"moral corruption" are obviously being
successful in Baton Rouge. Through a
phone blitz to city officials lead by Dia­mond,
and people from area churches
being told from the pulpit to join in with
calls of their own, the two concerts wer­en't
allowed to come to Baton Rouge.
I don't like others deciding what peo­ple
should or shouldn't do. If you don't
want to see a movie or concert, don't go,
just don't keep others from having a
chance to do what they want. I don't
want to go watch Ozzy bite off a bat's
head but if anybody else does, let them. I
don't care.
What bothers me more than the cen­sorship,
however, is where were the peo­ple
who wanted to go to the concerts or
see The Life of Brian? Why didn't they
do anything to try and keep Judas Priest
and Ozzy Osbourne from being banned?
Writer in residence and creative writ­ing
teacher at LSU David Madden, said
there is a "startling lack of concern
among students. There's a fifties-style
apathy" regarding the banned concerts.
According to Madden, 1,400 people
had already bought tickets to the
Osbourne concert and when it was can­celled
they "docilly" got refunds without
any kind of protest.
LSU SGA President Christian Creed
said, "Most students aren't concerned
about such things (like concert and
movie bans.) Apparently, they think it
doesn't affect them."
If it doesn't affect those most likely to
go to concerts, who is it going to make a
difference to? The people who pushed for
the bans weren't going to be hurt—they
obviously didn't want to see the concerts
anyway.
Madden's right about the apethetic
a t t i t u d e most college-age people
everywhere—not just of LSU—have
today. I'm guilty of it, as are most people
I know.
We'd rather party, watch MTV or
sleep before we'd do something which
might take some involvement outside of
University-related activities. Unlike 10-
15 years ago, causes are out.
People who went to college in the late
'60s and early '70s must think we're
wimps. Those guys protested every­thing.
They were so involved they made
up signs and slogans to go with their
causes—ecology signs, peace signs,
"Make love, not war."
Since I've been at Auburn, students
here haven't been concerned with a
whole lot. We never protested for a
nuclear freeze, we never took a stand on
nuclear power, we never said too much
about the United States' role in El
Salvador.
The big issues over the past four years
have been shakergate(when the SGA
paid a lot of money for shakers at foot­ball
games), theCircle controversy and a
march against a city beer tax. I'm not
sure how the march turned out, I didn't
go and neither did anybody I know.
I'm not advocating massive protests
or sit down strikes, but if we continue
with this apathetic attitude and take
whatever comes to us with a shrug and
an "oh, well," we deserve whatever we
get—war, nuclear power or banned
concerts.
Difference is only skin deep
David O.
Benson
it,
I was just a kid when Monty started at
our school. I still remember the first time
he got on the bus. We marked him that
first day—marked him for years of
misery.
Monty was different from us. He had
decidedly simian features and large
flapping ears stuck to the sides of his
head. Beady chocolate eyes stared out of
a barren face, although if we'd stopped
to look we'd have noticed that they
didn't stare as much as they pleaded.
Monty was different. He looked differ­ent,
he acted different. He was someone i
we couldn't trust because he was
different.
We heaped abuse on him for years. His
ears made natural targets for rubber
bands, pencil erasers and a twanging
finger. His name Monty became Mon­key
by group agreement. We didn't tell
him any of our jokes or let him sit with us
if the bus was full. A thrown notebook
frequently caught him off guard, send­ing
him home with a bloody nose.
He was different, you see, and when
you're 12 or 13 you can't trust someone
who's different. Or at least that's what
we thought.
Once, Monty made the mistake of ask­ing
my sister out for a date. He patted
her hair as he spoke to her. She stood up
inside the bus and beat the hell out of
Monty. He didn't fight back—he
wouldn't hit a girl. My younger brother
didn't think the beating my sister had
given Monty was enough. He got off the
bus at Monty's stop and beat him again.
Monty was different-we didn't want
him mixing with our family. I was still
pretty young then, no more than 14.
I got older though, real quick, when
Monty got on the bus the next day. My
brother had beaten him badly, but
Monty didn't complain. Instead, he got
quietly on the bus, and amid the jeering,
sat down in an unoccupied seat.
I didn't jeer or laugh and neither did
most of the others my age or older. There
was a sick lump in the pit of my stomach
where I used to feel laughter. I stared at
Monty and then looked away when he
caught me staring, tried to pretend that
something else had caught my eye. I
don't know if it worked—Monty didn't
say much to me that day or any other.
We never became close friends, but I
knew from that day on that Monty was
only different on the outside. Inside he
was human, just like me, once I'd grown
up.
I got that same sick feeling again a
few days ago. Right down in the pit of
my stomach I felt a huge lump—the
same one as when I realized that, yes
Monty was different, but he was human.
It was Wednesday or Thursday last,
when a friend of mine asked me what I
thought of Fritz Mondale having a
woman as his running mate..
"It's about time," I said. "Over 50 per­cent
of our population is female and it's
time they were represented in our high­est
office."
He rolled his eyes and looked at me as
though I were insane. "But what if Mon­dale
dies or gets killed?" he asked.
"Don't you see, then she'd be president."
He was smug and self-confident, lil'e
he'd just shown a child the ways of the
world.
It made me sick. Geraldine Ferraro is a
human being and except for genitalia
and the probability that she's much
smarter, she's just like me.
We're both human, grown-up adults. I
can't say the same for my friend.
CARtfOL Wirft
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It's Christmas in July on Wire Road
Over the past few weeks I have
thought about Christmas a lot. Years
passed by with an abundant supply of
fragrant mincemeat and pumpkin pies
...hoping all the while to get my fair
share and someone else's, too. 1 remem­bered
that the best Christmases had a
blanket of snow on the ground...small
flakes which effortlessly transformed
the Christmas season into something
mystical and timeless.
The closer Christmas came, the more
we kids would smile. Perhaps it was the
cold, the days of preparation for Christ­mas
or thinking back on past Christ­mases
and the red and green lights'
hypnotic effect. They seemed to be
almost everywhere. Their appearance
signaled the closeness and expectation
of the Christmas season.
What in the world would make me
think about Christmas in July? Well, I
now live on Wire Road. Thanks to the
Alabama Highway Department's new
three-lane road (two for driving, one for
scaring the hell out of oncoming traffic),
we have also gotten a new lighting sys
tem. This system basically consists cf
overhead lights hung at intervals
(which seem like every 20-30 feet) of
flashing yellow Xs, along with menac­ing
red Xs and gentle green arrows.
This new lighting system routes traf­fic
quite effectively. Sometimes during
the day you have one lane along with a
caution lane to pass for both directions.
At other times you have one lane with no
passing while the other direction has
two lanes. All in all, the system seems to
work.
One unexpected result of these multi­colored
Xs and arrows is the peaceful
feeling one now gets driving Wire Road,
especially at night. The feeling is the
same which Christmas brings. With all
of that red and green stretched out as far
as you can see, it helps the driver settle
into a very happy mood.
The idea of getting a better mood while
driving on Wire Road seemed beneficial,
even though it was not well understood
at first. Then after a few days it dawned
on me. I felt like it was Christmas. A
lifetime of Christmas was upon me. The
safety lights stirred something deep
within me—my Christmas mood. Over­all
this is fantastic. There are no words
to justly describe Christmas in July.
Doing some more thinking, I realized
the Alabama Highway Department is
missing an easy money-making oppor­tunity
(they always say they don't have
enough) by booking sightseeing tour
buses to gawk at the eighth wonder of
the world, the lights of Wire Road. Just
imagine if they are managed correctly
they could cause Six Flags to go bank­rupt
within two or three years at the
most.
Whole new industries would spring up
on Wire Road almost overnight. The
Alabama Highway Department could
build a big dirt hill and charge the tour­ists
to roller-ski. There could also be a
tall water slide and at the bottom some
enterprizing person (probably me) could
sell snow cones (red and green, of
course!)
With all of this tourism, the Wire Road
area also needs some lodging. Since
Auburn University owns quite a bit of
land around this future resort area just
waiting to be exploited, they could build
their new conference center on Wire
Road. It would save the fraternity
houses from being torn down needlessly,
and would enable Dr. Martin and the
student-oriented (??) Board of Trustees
to pursue something of greater value
than students' rights, and truly higher
education, namely money. Since
Auburn needs the conference center so
badly, there will no doubt be many
people there at all times.
For entertainment these people can
just board a free shuttle bus at the con­ference
center on Wire Road to Southern
Santaland for a day of fun and, OH YES,
spending money.
These are probably just pipe dreams.
There will be no conference center on
Wire Road. No saving of fraternity
houses. No water slide or water-skiing.
Just the numbing reality that everyday
is Christmas on Wire Road!
Y'all come back now; Noel.
Thursday, July 19, 1984 A-5
Mondale losing grip,
grasping at straws
In the past few weeks I have begun to
question Walter Mondale's true aspira­tions
in the upcoming presidential elec­tions.
Formerly under the impression
that the Minnesota politician actually
wanted to win in November, I have since
abandoned that notion completely, and
now labor under the hypothesis that Mr.
Mondale is fervently trying to bring
about the reelection of President
Reagan.
Consider the former vice president's
handling of the selection of a running
mate. Going against all common sense,
Mr. Mondale picks a woman from an
area where his support is for the most
part settled (a running mate from the
South or West would have been more log­ical)
who is singularly unqualified for
the task of forming a foreign policy,
rapidly becoming the major function of
the vice president. In picking Geraldine
Ferraro to head the Democratic ticket
with him, he made it incredibly obvious
that the Democrats are desperate for
support in November.
When Mondale interviewed three
women and several minority candidates
for his running mate last month, I
assumed he was playing politics, trying
to appease the groups he has courted for
the duration of the campaign and still
have a fighting chance in the elections.
But by bypassing more qualified candi­dates
(Gary Hart, 7 points closer to Rea­gan
than Mondale in popularity at the
end of the primary season, would have
been an obvious choice) to choose the
three-term representative from Queens,
he made it obvious that Ms. Ferraro is
nothing more than a token woman.
Mondale's choice for vice president is
more of a liability than an asset. In an
increasingly conservative voting public,
Ms. Ferraro is a bit of a sore thumb. A
protege* of House Speaker Thomas P.
O'Neill, Ferraro's very liberal politics
blends well with Mondale's, but clashes
with the current trends in popular sup­port.
Having voted against the balanced
budget amendment, and for holding
onto wasteful social programs, her
record will effectively nullify any rhe­toric
Mondale could spout forth concern­ing
federal deficits. (I should note that
Mondale's record of promising himself
to any special interest group that would
support him will not endear him to the
public, either.)
As another case in point, look at Mon­dale's
botched attempt to take over the
structure of the Democratic Party last
week. Unwilling to wait to be nominated
officially, he "exercised his option as the
presumed Democratic Presidential
nominee" (to quote the Associated
Press) to replace Party Chairman Cha­rles
Manatt with Bert Lance, Georgia
banker and former budget director for
Jimmy Carter. Mondale is quoted as
commending Manatt for his "superb
leadership of our party", but would none­theless
replace Manatt with Lance by
the end of last week.
Party leaders revolted at the idea of
"an old friend and supporter" of Mon­dale's
being instated with no concern for
Manatt's record, and by Sunday, Mr.
Manatt was reinstated and Lance was
shuffled to the position of "general
chairman of the Mondale campaign."
A look at Lance's political record is in
order here. Most of you probably
remember that Lance resigned his post
as budget director after little more than
a year following allegations of financial
misdealings concerning his banks.
Those allegations included the idea that
Lance's banks had a "favorable status"
with the Federal Reserve System due to
his position in the Carter adminis­tration.
Where does this leave Mondale? High
and dry? Hardly. He still has the support
of organized labor and women's groups
(the latter may be slipping, ironically,
after the Ferraro announcement) to fall
back on, though polls currently place
him between 15 and 20 points behind
Reagan. The announcement of Ms. Fer­raro's
candidacy had no immediate
benificial effect on Mondale's support;
those more likely to vote for the historic
pairing are cancelled on a one-to-one
basis by those less likely.
But Mondale's lack of concern for
protocal, evidenced by his premature VP
choice (traditionally held off on until the
delegates are allowed input in the selec­tion)
and his bullheadedness in firing
Charles Manatt, will hurt him in the
long run. If he nominates unqualified
staffers now, would his batting average
increase later? If he doesn't listen to
advice or follow through channels now,
why should he if he wins in November? I
don't think he would, and you probably
don't either. As a Reagan supporter
since the 1976 elections, I must admit
that I was doing flips and twists over
Mondale's blunders. He's giving the
Republicans the Presidency on a silver
platter, and I don't mind that a bit.
Jackson clarifies faith
Editor, |The Plainsman:
ThanV you for your sensitivity in
reporting the background and general
intent of my goals in writing Trails. The
material in the article which appeared in
the July 12 issue of the Plainsman was
accurate with one exception.
I was not a Catholic pastor. I was the
pastor of a liberal Protestant denomina­tion
called the Christian Church (Disci­ples
of Christ). While by definition
"Catholic" in its universal intent, the
Disciples of Christ is not Catholic by
denomination.
Confusion may have been a product of
my mentioning that I attend St.
Michael's Catholic Church in Auburn. I
attend the Catholic Church here for two
reasons. The primary reason is that I
have discovered that in the Catholic
Mass I am able to maintain contact with
the historical roots of the Christian faith
by virtue of the deep Christian symbo­lism
that overwhelmingly prevails in
the setting and worship experience.
Each mass provides opportunities for
me to continually be assessing the
strengths of my Protestant orientation.
The second reason that I chose to
attend the Catholic Church while a stu­dent
at Auburn University stems from
my desire to work in Latin America upon
graduation. I realize the influence of the
Catholic Church in that region is strong.
My past experience in other parts of the
world has impressed upon me the impor­tance
of understanding, as much as pos­sible,
the social, cultural and religious
orientation that set the tempo of "inter­nal
rhythm" of a people or nation.
Thanks again for helping me share
the experiences which I have written
about in Trails.
Donald Calvert Jackson
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O'Heren's letter ungracious
Editor, The Plainsman:
Who in their right minds has the
nerve, the gall, the sheet audacity to
complain about a positive review? If a
form of entertainment is praised by
someone, that entertainment and all
those concerned with it should be thank­ful,
not act arrogant and ungracious.
I'm speaking about the letter received
from two girls on the subject of "The
Keys" article written by Ron Buffkin.
These two sophomores sound like little
groupies who want nothing more than to
advertise their relationships with the
group. Maybe these girls think others -
around Auburn admire and envy them
for knowing such a rich, famous and
handsome array of stars. Maybe they
should think again.
Whatever the excuse for their distaste­ful
letter, the girls did nothing to pro­mote
the band they supposedly care so
much about. Though The Keys are better
than a lot of groups appearing around
Auburn, I have never gotten overly
excited about them. After the Buffkin
article proclaiming them to play "hard-driving
rock'n'roll," I only laughed at
the sad musical knowledge and taste
some people have. But when I spotted
that dumb letter, I wanted to scream.
Now I can truthfully say that any of the
positive response I had to the group has
drastically lessened.
Buffkin's article was not erroneous, it
was ridiculous. I am not agreeing with it
in any way when I defend it. I chuckled
when he compared them to the likes of
Alabama and Van Halen. As a matter of
fact, the best thing in the article is where
he says that they are "influenced by bet­ter
bands and what audiences want."
Maybe they have a chance if that's true.
Buffkin's "oldie test" and "groupie
test" are not exactly brilliant ways of
determining success, either. Get a bunch
of drunks together and they'll "move in
their seats bouncing their Nikes off the
floor" to anything. And I've seen girls
that would go off with a gorilla if it had a
guitar in its paw. Girls will squeal at the
ugliest and worst of musicians just
because they are on a stage. Let's face it.
So Buffkin and I disagree on the qual­ity
of the band. But because of that
whining letter, I have to speak out in
defense of his article.
If the girls had looked closer at the
article, they would see the stupidity in
scolding Buffkin for not praising 'The
Keys' technicians. He plainly state s.,
"Thanks to sound engineer Billy Valen­tines
electronic fingers, The Keys are
thundering without being noisy." Any
professional sound and lighting men are
well-aware that they will never receive
praise as the performers do, no matter
how much they are appreciated. That
Buffkin even mentioned Valentine was
generous. For example, who out there
knows the sound technicians for Jour­ney,
Duran Duran, The Jacksons, etc.?
It's apparent that the girls only
wanted to gripe with their statement,
"The band does two original songs, not
just one." Buffkin never said they didn't!
He said, "I heard one Keys original."
Another obvious source of just plain
ol' bitching is seen when the girls accuse
Buffkin of failing to notice all The Keys
sing. When buffkin measured the band's
success by his "groupie test," he stated,
"The Keys have an unfair advantage
since both Electro and Schneider sing."
I feel certain now, and had no doubt
when I first read the article, that he was
referring to lead vocalists. Maybe they
all sing lead at one time or another, but
they don't all sing lead in every song,
girls. Cut Buffkin some slack.
I always heard that some people will
never be satisfied. The Buffkin article
blew The Keys up and made them sound
phenomenal. What more could a Keys
fan want?
My message to the sophomore letter-writers
is this: If you want to get techni­cal
about details, somebody will be there
ready to get technical right back. You
need to grow up and learn some
manners. You did more harm than good.
But most of all—learn to accept reviews
and criticism with grace, girls, whether
good or bad. But especially when good.
Anita Stiefel
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Readers react to Craft's column
Editor, The Plainsman!
I would like to clarify some gross mis­statements,
exaggerations, untruths
and plain fantasiesJohn Craft espoused
in his recent editorial "Creationism: The
Story Continues." As a paleontologist
familiar with the ploys used by creation­ists
to bolster their unscientific position,
I feel that data scientists have acquired,
and continue to acquire, concerning the
history of the earth should be presented
in a rebuttal to the editorial claims. Of
course, in a limited space I can not
attempt to detail the many generaliza­tions
presented by Craft.
Scientists are not "embarrassed" by
the "sudden appearance" of "all" com­plex
fossils. The "sudden appearance"
notion was dismissed over 25 years ago
with the discovery of fossils preserved in
rocks dated as older than the Cambrian.
In fact, a new Geological Time Period
(Eocambrian) has been established in
order to segregate this interval of time in
which soft-bodied multicellular orga­nisms
were prolific. As localities are dis­covered
in which complex organisms are
preserved in rocks dated older than the
Eocambrian, scientists will readjust
their concepts based on the newly
acquired data. Science is a building pro-
/cess occurring over time and continu­ously
subject to change, something that
"creation science" is not by definition.
Not all groups of complex organisms
are found in the Cambrian. It is true that
non-vascular plants and animals are
present in the Cambrian, but as far as
what specific groups of animals are
present, many of our more familiar biota
of the present are not ffeund in Cambrian
strata. For example, Bryozoa, Pelecyp-ods
(clams), Corals, Echinoderms, Crus­taceans,
Hemichordates, and Chordates
(a group including the Vertebrates) are
not known from rocks dated as Cam­brian.
It is interesting to note that Craft
neglects to point out in his discussion
that scientists place a date on the Cam­brian
at 570 million years b.p. (before
present). Creationists hold that the age
of the earth is no older than 10,000 years
b.p. as determined from scripture. If this
latter point is so, then how can Craft
even recognize the existence of the
Cambrian?
The purported "human" footprints
and extinct fossil associations have
been examined by numerous geologists,
anthropologists, biologists and non-scientists.
In the case of the Paluxi River
Dinosaur/"human" footprint associa­tion,
the "human" footprints do not
demonstrate any systematic pattern of
gait or sequence (they are erratic mark­ings
or excavations), nor are the prints
consistent in geometry or possess detail
of toes and instep (as do the dinosaur
prints). The non-homogenous limes­tones
in the river bed were quarried by
local residents during the Depression
and human-like footprints were carved
adjacent to dinosaur prints and sold
(see: Readers' Digest Book of Unex­plained
Phenomena). In the case of the
"human" foot crushing a trilobite, this
unique specimen has never been exam­ined
by the paleontaological community
other than those self-proclaimed paleon-tological
of the Institute for Creation
Research. Indeed, the specimen has
been claimed to have been misplaced
and is unavailable for study. One would
think that such an important discovery
would be curated in the Smithsonian
Institute so that scientists from around
the world would have access to it. Unfor­tunately,
it is not.
To address each point raised by Craft
in his editorial would take considerable
space in the Plainsman as can be seen
from the short discussion herein touch­ing
on just two points of his diatribe. I
would suggest that the interested reader
consult any recently published Histori­cal
Geology textbook for a more tho­rough
discussion of points raised in
Craft's editorial.
Robert A. Gastaldo
Associate Professor
Department of Geology
Editor, The Plainsman:
Has anyone ever stopped to consider
that maybe God created man through
Evolution?
Pat Fleming
02MPG
Member First Baptist Church, Opelika
Editor, The Plainsman:
The 300-word limit on letters prevents
me from pointing out all of the many
flaws in John Craft's recent articles on
creationism, but I feel that some com­ments
are necessary.
In the first place, Craft's listing of the
"basic principles" of evolution vs. crea­tionism
is a misrepresentation. In fact,
neither radioactivity nor mutations
were discovered until after evolution
was already an accepted principle
among scientists. Radioactive dating
and mutations simply added to the con­siderable
evidence for evolution that
was already available. The third princi­ple
listed in the article implied that
catastrophes support creationism over
evolution, but that is not true. For exam­ple,
many (but not all) scientists theorize
that the impact of a large asteroid was
responsible for the extinction of the
dinosaurs 65 million years ago. The
existence of major catastrophes (if they
happened) in the past does not support
evolution, nor does it contradict
evolution.
If one looks carefully at the arguments
presented in these articles one thing
stands out. Not once is there any refer­ence
to the scientific literature. The only
references given are the Bible and a
piece of creationist literature which is
not available in the AU library.
I realize that some of you who are
reading this believe that the Bible ranks
as a higher authority than science, and
if you believe in creationism as a result
that is certainly reasonable, but you
should not be deluded into thinking that
creationism is supported by scientific
evidence. The theory of evolution is sup­ported
by an overwhelming majority of
the scientific commuity, while the sup­porters
of creationism are unable to
point out a single example of an article
specifically supporting creationism
which has been published in a reputable
scientific journal.
Stewart Baldwin
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
MORE LETTERS, A-7
A-6 tEbe 9uburn plainsman Thursday, July 19, 1984
Neelley
Once, Judy says, he almost choked her, and she finally told him
what he wanted to hear, even though it wasn't true. "After that, she no
•onger had the will to fight him," Bob French, Judy's court-appointed
attorney, says.
"I was scared of him," Judy admits.
They began traveling in two cars across Georgia, finding work at
convenience stores. Judy admits that at those stores they stole
receipts and deposits, and short-changed customers.
In the latter part of 1982, Alvin made Judy try to pick up young girls
for him to have sex with, Judy says. Their first victim was Lisa Ann
Millican, a 13-year-old resident of the Ethel Harpst Home, a Methodist
organization for neglected children in Cedartown, Ga.
Lisa's pictures show a smiling girl with brown hair, brown eyes and
freckles; she was a virtual look-alike for Joanie Cunningham on
Happy Days. She was at the Harpst Home because she had been
sexually abused by her father.
Some of the girls who lived at the home were on an outing to the
Riverbend Mall in Rome, Ga., on Sept. 25. Apparently, Lisa was
planning to run away when Judy asked her if she wanted a ride.
According to court testimony, Judy took Lisa to a motel in Franklin,
Ga., and there began a three-day ordeal, with Alvin raping Lisa sev­eral
times and Judy beating her and handcuffing her to the bed.
They took Lisa from Franklin to Cleveland, Tenn., where they
picked up their twins, then went to Scottsboro, Ala., and finally to
Little River Canyon in Dekalb County.
There, Judy injected Lisa with liquid drain cleaners six times,
because Alvin thought it would cause a heart attack and would be
untraceable. The injections failed to kill her, so Judy made her stand
on the edge of the canyon and then shot Lisa in the back and pushed
her body off the cliff. Lisa's body was found Sept. 29.
Five days later, Judy picked up Janice Chapman and her common-law
husband John Hancock in Rome, Ga. Judy shot John in the back,
and left him in the woods, thinking he was dead. He lived, and testified
at her trial.
Judy took Janice to a hotel in Rome, Ga., that night, where Alvin
raped her. The next day, Judy shot her once in the back and twice in
the chest, and they left her body on the side of the road.
"I didn't ask why. I just did it," Judy said at her trial.
Five days later, Judy picked up another woman in Nashville and
took her to a motel in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Judy was arrested the next
day for writing a bad check; Alvin was arrested three days later for the
same charge.
While in jail for the check charges, they were charged with the
murders. Judy was seven months pregnant.
"I had no choice in what happened. »
Her trial last year was the event of the year in rural Dekalb County.
Spectators stood in line each morning to get into the trial, and there
were rumors about Judy and her lawyer's relationship.
"It would be a joke, except the joke is usually on me. It's a confusing
thing," French says about the rumors. He says people have associated
him and Judy with Mary Evans, a Tennessee lawyer who fell in love
with her client and helped him escape from Brushy Mountain Prison.
"People gave us this torrid affair. It's a tragic thing," he says. French,
who has been married for 29 years, is in his 50s and has a deeply lined
face.
Judy says she tries to shrug the rumors off. "I think it's funny. It's
silly. It used to make me mad, but it's been going on so long, I just get
tickled about it now."
French has filed for personal bankruptcy, and he says the Neelley
case is a contributing factor to his financial problems. "It's not easy,"
Photography: Jeffrey W. Amling
Neelley says she's a changed woman.
says French, who had two double-murder cases within a few months
of each other. "You can't survive like that. A law practice can't take
it."
Judy is tall (5 feet 8 inches), and is stocky. She parts her long brown
hair in the middle with a small ponytail on one side. She has slightly
bucked teeth, which causes her to appear as if she's always smiling.
Now, almost two years after the murders, she is wearing a white
prison uniform; death row inmates are required to wear the dress, but
other prisoners can wear their own clothes. She has on blue flip-flops.
Walking from her cell to the recreation room where she is inter­viewed
is an ordeal for the whole prison. The other inmates are locked
in their cells; the prison store is closed; Judy's hands are cuffed behind
her back; and at least two guards are required to walk with her on the
14-foot journey.
Once Judy is inside, the door is locked from the outside, then a
second door is padlocked from the inside. Only then is she
un-handcuffed.
Because Judy is in the room, windows can't be opened, and the
un-air conditioned room is sweltering.
Judy and Patricia Ann Thomas, the only other female death row
inmate in the state of Alabama, are completely cut off from the rest of
the 340-plus prisoners at Tutwiler, a correctional institution for
women. The death row cells, which measure 62 square feet, sit at 110
degree angles from each other in a separate room. Patricia and Judy
share a TV, a shower and an exercise yard, where they are allowed for
an hour each day.
Unlike the other inmates, they aren't allowed to have jobs or buy
items at the prison store, and they aren't allowed to go to the school
where other inmates can earn their GEDs.
Special arrangements were made for Judy to study for her GED in
her cell, and she hopes to be allowed to take college correspondence
courses.
"I want to take something in psychology. I want to complete my
education. I'm not going to give it up just because I'm on death row. I
have plans of getting out one day and using the education I get."
If she hadn't met Alvin, she says she would probably be working to
go to college, or completing her courses. "Before I ever met him, I
wanted to be a nurse. I think I would be a good nurse."
She doesn't want to have any contact with her husband, but they
aren't divorced yet. "I didn't realize that I no longer loved him until his
first wife testified at the trial." After her arrest, she defended him by
saying he wasn't present during the shootings.
"I was ready to go to the electric chair for him."
Alvin is serving two life sentences in Georgia—one for the murder of
Janice Chapman and one for the kidnapping of Lisa Millican. French
says that in the state of Georgia, two life sentences mean he would be
eligible for parole in 15 years (seven and a half years for each
sentence).
Judy doesn't get to see her children. Her twins, April and Jeremy,
will be 3 years old in November, and live in Cleveland, Tenn., with
Alvin's mother. Her youngest son, Jason, is 18 months old and lives in
Nashville with Judy's grandparents.
Judy is sure of what she would do first if she is ever released. "I'd get
my children," she says without hesitation. She's not sure where she
would go, but she says she has had some "nice Christian families"
offer to let her stay with them.
All three of her children were born while she was in correctional
institutions.
Judy spends her days listening to the radio, watching TV and
writing letters to family and friends. She is allowed visitors only on
Tuesdays.
The Dekalb County Sheriffs report said she was a "model pri­soner,"
but Tutwiler Assistant Warden Shirlie Lobmiller says she is
"demanding. If she wants something, she wants it right then."
She is confident now, though slightly nervous—quite a change from
the young woman who constantly hung her head at her trial. Mar­garet
Griffin, of the State Department of Corrections, says she is
"quite different" from, when she firstjcame to Tutwiler.
Judy says she has changed "just about eVery way you can
imagine—all for the better, I think."
In past interviews, she said that being in prison has brought her
closer to God. "I usually don't say much about that, because when
someone's in prison and they talk about being saved, learning about
God and being closer to God—people are very skeptical, because they
yell 'prison religion' and 'jailhouse religion', like it's not for real. So I
don't elaborate much on it. But it's changed my life, and it really
doesn't matter to me what other people think, as long as I know what
my relationship to God is."
Judy's case will be argued before the Alabama Court of Criminal
Appeals in August. If she wins, she will be granted a new trial; if she
loses, French will probably file an appeal with the Alabama Supreme
Court.
French says the Dekalb County Sheriffs office "deprived her law­yer
from seeing her on the night they got her confession."
Another point in the appeal is Eileen Hargis, the jury foreman.
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Hargis had several worthless check charges pending against her
when she was on the jury. French says, "The juror alone will dismiss
it."
French also insists that because Judy did not trust him when he first
became her lawyer, he didn't know all the facts in the case until Judy
testified at her trial.
Judy is also serving two life sentences for the state of Georgia—one
for the murder of Janice Chapman and one for the attempted murder
of John Hancock. The life sentences were "more or less just thrown
in," French says.
Judy pleaded guilty to the Georgia cases because prison time for
these charges will run concurrent to the time she is serving in
Alabama.
The only time Judy's composure is broken is when she talks about
the murders. "I don't feel I'm responsible," she tearfully says. "I had
no choice in what happened. I can't forget it; it will always be with
me.
Before being handcuffed to return to her cell, French and Judy say
goodbye.
"Judy, keep the faith," French says.
"Give my love to everybody," Judy replies.
Then she is led back to her cell, with its small bunk, table and chair,
and the small window that looks out on the exercise yard and beyond
to Highway 231.
After posing for pictures in her cell for photographers, she waves to
everyone, and Warden Kathleen Holt locks the solid door.
Photography: Jeffrey W. Amling
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Craft's column inaccurate, say readers
Editor, The Plainsman:
I read with much disappointment
John Craft's articles on evolutionary
theory and creationism. I do not know
where he acquired his journalism on
these subjects but I suspect the bulk of
it is from creationist literature. Specifi­cally,
regarding his article of July 12, the
evidence he cites as "questioning the
v a l i d i t y " of evolutionary theory
abounds with inaccuracies.
First, the geologic record provides no
evidence for "sudden appearance of
every major type of complex fossils on
the Cambrian level" as Craft states.
Indeed, the fossil record provides evi­dence
for the existence of complex meta-zoans
in the Eocambrian (late Precam-brian)
in the form of trace fossils and
body fossils. Further, the fossil record
provides evidence for both phyletic
gradualism and punctuated equilibria
as predicted by evolutionary theory
through biology, paleontology and stra-tigraphy.
I suggest Craft and others
desiring a clearer understanding of evo­lution
and the rock record enroll in
paleontology, stratigraphy and organic
evolution course offerings.
Secondly, regarding the Paluxy River,
Texas footprints, I refer Craft and
Plainsman readers to the Journal of
Geological Education, v. 31, pages
111-123.
Thirdly, regarding the existence of
sedimentary layers on top of mountains
I ask Craft if he understands how such
mountains form. If not, a basic course in
geology might qualify him to write
about such phenomena, in addition to
the phenomenon of sedimentary rock
formation. For example, marine micro-and
macrofossils contribute to the cal­cium
carbonate composition of lime­stone
rock formations. These fossils
aren't "dirt" as described by Craft. The
sedimentary rocks of which he speaks
formed from deposition by coastal and
inland seas which have periodically
covered portions of continents through­out
earth's history because of sea level
elevation, relative to landmass subsi­dence
and uplift. If one looks at Craft's
mountains one can observe that origi­nally
horizontal sedimentary layers
have been tilted, folded and faulted from
tectonic processes.
In short, Craft's rhetoric about evi­dence
for evolution being questionable
and invalid has contributed little scien­tific
information to the evolution/crea­tion
controversy, because he has not
done his homework. Further, he has con­fused
readers who may have hoped for
an informative synopsis. Therefore,
with regard to Craft's failure to correctly
present the facts upon which evolution­ary
theory is based I am reminded of
Phaedrus in which Plato asks, "In good
speaking, should not the mind of the
speaker know the truth of the matter
about which he is to speak?"
Janet P. Abbott-King
13 CSC Biology/Geology
I
Editor, The Plainsman:
/ i
John Craft's comments on "the con­cept
of beneficial mutation" deserve a
response. As a geneticist, I have for
some time been concerned that introduc­tory
biology and genetics textbooks (and
courses) often do a poor job of explaining
the significance of mutation in evolu­tion.
One "prominant geneticist," Fran­cisco
Ayala and Kiger, The Benjamin/
Cummings Publishing Company, Inc.
1984, from which I'd like to share a few
points.
(1) Based on conservative calcula­tions,
one can predict that every human
zygote carries two newly arisen muta­tions.
When whole individuals or species
are considered, mutations are common.
(2) Mutations are more likely to be
beneficial when organisms colonize new
habitats or face new environmental
challenges. Major evolutionary changes
such as the origin of terrestrial verte­brates
are thought to have involved such
situations.
(3) Genie mutations are not the only
changes whereby species thought to be
ancestrally related differ. "Regulatory
mutations" (which affect the location,
timing, and intensity of gene expres­sion)
and "chromosomal mutations"
(whereby genes are duplicated, joined,
Editor, The Plainsman:
Who is John Craft? Does he have any
credentials a reader should expect of
someone writing a 20,000 word "cri­tique"
of evolutionary biology? What
were the uncited resources for his article
which overflowed with inaccurate
statements and misconceptions about
evolution, the fossil record, and genet­ics?
To Mr. Craft and anyone else inter­ested
in thinking rationally about
science and creationism, I recommend
the short booklet with that title recentlv
and rearranged) are also important. (If
you can drink milk, you should thank
that ancient ancestor in whom a gene
mutation occurred to allow expression
beyond infancy of the gene for
"lactase.")
Craft's claim that scientists have not
been able to induce mutations "clearly
beneficial to the organism" is a bit
irrelevant but is also untrue. Thirty
years ago, the "prominant geneticist"
Bruce Wallace (scheduled to speak at
Auburn in October) conducted studies
on the effects of X-ray-induced muta­tions
in fruit flies. He observed
increased fertility and viability so com­monly
that his pioneering work led to
the development of new theories con­cerning
"heterotic mutations" and
"hybrid vigor." As recently as 1973,
exposure of Japanese quail to gamma
radiation improved egg production, egg
hatch, and survival of newborn chicks,
in some lines (see Basic Population
Genetics by Wallace, Columbia Univer­sity
Press, New York, 1981).
Considering the space you gave Craft,
I hope that you will print each letter you
receive in its entirety.
Mary U. Ball, Ph.D.
Geneticist
Member.First Baptist Church of Auburn
published by the National Academy of
Sciences. I will gladly lend my copy.
Reach me at 826-2202. There are also
courses in general biology, genetics, and
evolution offered by our department
which Mr. Craft may wish to tap should
he develop an interest in "an objective
view of the evidence" prior to embarking
on future writing projects on this sub­ject.
John, I will be disappointed if I
don't hear from you.
Jim Bradley
Associate Professor
Zoology-Entomology Department
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and private bath! Equipped kit- Needed: Oneortwononsmok-chen
with Futura Bar, large ing female roommates to share
furnished LR, private yard, cen- ^r9e furnished trailer. Call
tralA/C, swimming pool, club- 821-3461 evenings and
house, tennis court, racquet- w.®®!5®n^.s:
ball court, fishing lake! 0n e bedroom furnished
Convenient to campus at apartment, central heat/air,
Webster's Crossing. $290.00 available now at Fox Den
per month with 2 occupants Apartment C-7. Fall option. Call
Call now. 749-3421,821-5891 Q^ 0903
or 826-7796. :
Mobile homes for rent or sale, 2
New Town House-fall - need 2 & 3-bedrooms, excellent con-male
students, pref. engineer- dition. Wire Road area. Call
ing, Freeman Realty, 887-7436. 821 -1335 or 826-1169.
Sept. 1, 2-bedroom furnished Mobile Homes - Leases for
apartment, central heat & air, September through June with
close to campus, 2 girls summer option, two and three
$260/mo., 887-3544. bedrooms, Wire Road, 887-
8128.
For rent: 3-BR, 2 bath mobile
homes, furnished, central A/C. For rent, 1, 2 & 3-BR houses
Like new. Swimming pool, and apartments, 12 mos. lease,
clubhouse, tennis court. Webs- pets allowed; also mobile
ter's Crossing near campus. home for sale at real bargain
Call for rates and availability. price. 887-3605.
749-3421, 821-5891, or
826-7796. Duplex 2-BR, central air/heat,
near campus. Call 821-5065
Mobile homes for rent—2 and a f t e r 5 p m /
3 bedrooms, reasonable rates.
shaded lots, Wire Road, some
at Webster's Crossing, each
trailer different, most available
fall quarter, some available
immediately. 887-8128.
Brand new fall quarter. Beauti­fully
equipped 14x60 2-BR, 2
bath mobile homes. Your own
private bedroom and bath.
Large kitchen with bar, fur­nished
LR, private yard, central
A/C, swimming pool. 10 min­utes
from campus near major
shopping areas. $275.00 per
month. Call now. 749-3421,
821-5891 or 826-7796.
Attention Seriousminded
upper-class, graduate & mar­ried
students. Before leasing
for fall be sure to see the Pine
Haven Apts. Auburn's most
spacious and quiet complex 1
mi. from campus. Large pool,
laundromat, tennis court, effi­cient
Rheem heating/cooling,
dishwasher, disposal, tile bath,
full carpet. Noise & parties con­trolled
to provide quiet setting.
No children or pets. Resident
manager (couple) on premises.
1 -BR furn. $240, (unfurn. $215.)
2-BR furn. $300 (unfurn. from
$260). 12 mo. leases. See at
650 N. Ross St., Manager, Apt.
C-1, 821-3828. If no answer
call 821-0119.
Quiet couple in peaceful
neighborhood renting other
side of their duplex. 2-
bedrooms, brand new carpet­ing,
central air, dishwasher,
refrigerator, stove, W/D hook­ups
and free lawn care. No
children or pets, please.
$325/mo. 887-8744.
Want Privacy? New 3-
bedroom apartments. Fully
furnished. Swimming pool.
$450/unit. ($150 per student)
For more information call: Cen­tury
21, Lowry-McKee Realty,
Inc. (205)821-7200.
Well maintained 1-BR apt,
large enough for 2, central air/-
heat, stove, refri., quiet, no pets,
walk to classes & shopping.
$215/mo., 887-3824.
Building for lease, 12 dorm
rooms, central heating and air,
National Realty and Invest­ments,
821-6581.
Wanted roommate to share 3-
bedroom trailer with one
person—Wire Road area—
$125 plus Vi utilities. Phone
821-4624.
Large house for rent on W.
Glenn, six bedroom, three
baths, next to campus. Call
821-0625 or 821-6451.
Attention students: Trailers for
rent, excellent condition,
located Wire Rd. area. Webs­ter's
Crossing, Conway's,
Swann's and Gentilly's. Call
while selection is still good.
821-1320 or 821-4624.
Building for lease, 10 dorm
rooms, central heating and air,
National Realty and Invest­ments,
821-6581.
Female roommates needed, Vi
utilities. $100 month. W/D, cen­tral
air. Call 8-5, M-F, 749-
5615, NmaL
Fall roommate needed for 3-
bedroom apartment. $150/
person. Already has 2 persons.
Furnished. Swimming pool.
821-6844 or 821-7560.
Large 2-BR apartment, quiet
location, one block from cam­pus.
Available Sept. 1st., 12
mos. lease, $250/mo., 821-
9558.
2-BR, 1V4 bath, washer/dryer,
15x24 LR, Ridgewood, 10-
month or 12-month, students
preferred, 887-8300.
Roommate wanted, have
apartment; need white female
non-smoking roommate. I'm a
sophmore transferrring from
Huntsville in fall. Call Christy
(205) 536-4298.
For Sale
p
Mobile homes for sale: Two
and three bedrooms. Shaded
l o t s . Wire Road area.
887-8128.
1972, 12x56 trailer, two large
bedrooms, dishwasher, par­tially
furnished. $4800 OBO.
Jim, 826-3495.
For sale: Beautiful new 2-BR, 2
bath 14x60 mobile home.
Completely furnished, central
heat/AC, completely set-up,
under-pinned. Ideal for stu­dents.
Many extras. $12,500
826-7796 nights.
1980 Honda CB400 excellent
condition, riden only to class.
Call 887-5224, $725.
1976 Champion trailer. 12x60,
excellent condition, many
extras, must see. Brentwood
Estates. Asking $7800. 821-
1576.
10x55 mobile
bedroom, 1
clean, call
see #61.
bath,
home
very
821-1335.
2-
cheap,
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1979 Camaro Rally Sport T,|e Final Draft: Professional A.U. in Spain, hope you're hav-
Firemist red , Clarion AM-FM, word processing and typing ing fun! Hola a pilar y manola!
price negotiable, 350 engine, services. Above Baskin Rob- Terri.
PS, PB, AC. Call Chuck after 6, bins. Call 821 -4813, appoint-
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$3.00; SA-X90, $4.00. Maxell: „
XL-II, $3.20; XLS-II, $3.80. Abi- Wordpower complete word
Shalom Tapes-887-6315. processing services. Call 826-
3357 or 821-0316. Next to Rewar d . Lost leather wallet
1979 320i BMW, royal blue, Burger King. near P a r k e r contact William
S 2 t f S n d " S £ ^ a Typln,^d.P.g,.,isser: Ha.ey. 887-8,25.
Kevin at 826-6256 or 821- rations, tneses, reports, etc. L j prescription glasses in
5353. Resumes cover letters pre- ba|ck £ ,£, n e a « K .
pared and typed. 821-2336. ca|| N a t h a n W a t s o » a t
Bike for sale, Raleigh 10- ,""",'" ".' ""'"""""" .'.' 826-4978.
speed, good condition, $75.00, W« " »•» / o u h g h ~ * 9 a ! y ~
best offer, Steve, 821-3022 3-Hour Introductory Ultrahght
ft c nstruction, $50.00, Recrea-
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10-speed bike for sale, good SSEESSSSSS Quf? handma, d e A m e r i c an
condition, $60, call 821-3997. KYWTJSSI I and European stereo compo-
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/«.. fSS- SH' P' diamonds, class rings, add-a- rate A u d i 0 j 8 2 1 . 4 9 0 2 -, 1 _6.
$150, call 8^b-7/8i. beads. Highest prices paid. Mon thru Fri.
Hill's Jewelry, Auburn, AL
S f ^ l S l t t i J S L j S j 887-3921, JVC QL-A200 turntable with
yellow, $25 each, oix weeks on „ . . .-. »nnm?
7/25 Call Lori 826-1559 Need place to live starting fall Grado cartridge, new, $99.95,
' quarter. Prefer house or trailer NAD 2140 power amp, used,
For sale, IBM Correcting because I have pets. Jennifer $179^95, Kriket 5"x7" car
Selectric II with cover and letter Platte; Rt. 4, Box 395, Culpeper, speakers, new, $19.95 each.
Gothic 12 element, $790. On- Virginia 22701, 703-825-8758. Call Accurate Audio, 821-4902
campus, 826-4389; evenings, ~ | - • : -™ „ . , T T '
887-7941 or 821 -7398. Wa" t e d : Voc«"«» ' ° r * • & * ?
work new rock band, call 887- ^ ^ ^ ™ ^ " ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ™ ^ ^ « ™i
9932 for audition information.
Stereos
For sale: 3-BR, 1 Vi bath mobile
home, new central heat/air,
real bargain at $4500,
887-3605.
'81 Yamaha 650 Special, lug.
rack, sissy bar & mag. wheels,
$900 or best reasonable offer.
Must sell, 821-0316.
Michael Jackson Victory Tour
Concert tickets (4) in Jackson­ville,
Fla. Call 826-3999. Best
offer accepted.
Personals
Poor Boo-Koo, sunburned film
star, we still love you. Is the
Alligator happy? xxx ooo
Employment
Office manager: Outgoing,
organized individual wanted
for interesting full-time posi­tion.
Must type 50 wpm and
have previous office expe­rience.
Call 821-9196 week­days.
Misc.
Wordshop writing consultants,
resumes, editorial typing, tutor­ing,
editing, wordprocessor,
334 Thach, 821-0096 (any­time);
887-6333.
Professional typing on word
processor, topic development
and editing assistance. The
Write Place: 821-7181. Moved
to 113 No. Gay, next to Auburn
National drive-thru.
Professional typist Pam
Shores is now at the Write
Place. Expert typing of manu­scripts,
theses, term papers,
resumes, etc. Come by 113 No.
Gay, upstairs, or call 821-
7181.
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Open Mike Night-with frozen
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Monday, July 23-ACS presents:
"Monty Python's Meaning of Life"
at 9 p.m.
Thursday July 26-An AU poetry reading
at 7 p.m. (original works written and
read by students and profesors.)
I m t i i n i i i m n i i i i m m n n m
SPORTS
A-8 Z\)t auburn plainsman Thursday, July 19, 1984
Dye's golf
tournament
a success
It's called the Pat Dye Invita­tional
Golf Tournament, but
there was much more to it than
just golfing for the members of
the media invited to Still Waters
resort on Lake Martin last Sun­day
for two days of fun and
relaxation.
There were all different kinds
of activities to choose from. Ten­nis,
skiing, fishing and, of course,
golf were among those offered.
There was plenty of good food
and drinks available. No one
went hungry, that's for sure. Or
thirsty, for that matter.
And there were even a couple of
famous sports personalities that
showed up at the gathering.
Joe DiMaggio, the former New
York Yankee great, was present
and participated in the golf tour­nament.
And Jerry West, the one­time
star of the Los Angeles Lak­ers,
who has been helping at the
Sonny Smith Basketball Camp
this past week, attended the
luncheon.
The 11a.m. luncheon kicked off
the annual event attended by a
couple of hundred members of the
press. After the light meal, Dye
held a press conference concern­ing
his team's chances for the
fast approaching season.
Dye said he believes Auburn
has "a legitimate chance for con­ference
and national title this
year."
"I feel good about our football
team," Dye said. "I haven't seen
anything from the time spring
practice started until now, from a
coaching standpoint, that would
indicate our players aren't ready
to play.
"We're excited about going to
Meadowlands and playing
Miami in our opening game.
We're going to approach it like a
bowl game—a one-game season.
The rest of the season is set aside
and that season begins against
Texas. We don't want to be too
high or too low when we go into
Austin. We're going to have to be
the best we possibly can on that
day," Dye said.
Les Unger, public relations
director for the Meadowlands
sports complex in New Jersey,
See JOHNSON, A-10
Hubbard enjoys life as Globetrotter
Harlem Globetrotter Harold Hubbard, center, instructed at Sonny Smith Camp last week.
Griffin wants top golf program
By Paul Sullivan
Assistant Sports Editor
A total commitment to the golf
program and desire to be competi­tive
on the national level were the
assurances by Auburn Univer­sity
that lured new Auburn Golf
Director Mike Griffin from his 20-
year association with the Troy
State golf program.
"The decision to move to
Auburn was hard to make and
me and my wife, Joyce, did some
real soul searching." Griffin said.
"They had taken good care of us
at Troy, but we felt the situation
here at Auburn can provide
equally as well and even more in
a Division I setup."
The Auburn Athletic Depart­ment's
plans to reinstate the
women's golf program as a com­petitive
varsity sport in the fall of
1985, along with a pledge to con­struct
a championship program,
aided in enticing Griffin to come
to Auburn.
"Pat Dye's commitment to a
total sports program, which is
illustrated by the All-Sports
Trophy, had a very strong bear­ing
on our decision," Griffin said.
Auburn Athletic Director Pat
Dye has also mentioned building
a university golf course with a
pro shop which the Class A PGA
card-holding Griffin would
oversee.
"Our move was deeply rooted
in a new course and the numerous
advantages an Auburn campus
facility would offer similar to the
ones our campus course at Troy
offered," Griffin said.
"The campus course is a lot
closer to reality than it was yes­terday
and the development of
the course could start in one or
two years.
"However, we are blessed with
the Saugahatchee Country Club
course, which is a good recruiting
tool, and if one can play well on
that course, then he can play
anywhere."
Some of the plans to strengthen
the Auburn golf program result
from Griffin's work during his
tenure at Troy.
Griffin's relationship with
Troy State began when he played
golf for the Trojans and captured
the individual title of the then
Alabama Collegiate Conference,
which consisted of most the small
colleges in the state.
The Thomasville, Ala., native
took over his alma mater's head
golf position in 1973 and won the
first of his squad's three NCAA
Division II national champion­ships
after two years of participa­tion
in Division II.
Dye named Griffin golf director
at Auburn's athletic awards
banquet in May, a week after
Troy State had claimed its third
Division II championship out of
eight held.
Since coming to the Plains,
Griffin has found the people of
Auburn similar to those he left at
Troy.
"I admire Auburn, and it is like
a larger Troy since the people are
nice and friendly and so strong in
their support and belief in the
school," Griffin said.
Griffin believes in setting high
goals from the start for his 1984-
'85 Tiger golfers.
"I want to jump in and mix
around real quick in the confer­ence,"
Griffin said. "We want to
think in the highest and set goals
for the top in the conference and
eventually the NCAA.
"You got to think you can do it
and want to do it before you can
make a championship happen."
Griffin thinks he already poss-sesses
a sound nucleus to go for
the top in the Southeastern Con­ference,
with the returning play­ers
and the addition of several
signees.
"We must show the fine players
we have now that they can play
on a higher level," Griffin said.
"Although golf is primarily an
individual sport, it is a team sport
in college and our goal is to build
a better team."
Griffin added that the team
concept sometimes causes prob­lems,
but the squad is more suc­cessful
if it works together.
"A team-sport approach
creates problems we will have to
iron out," Griffin said "You can't
win a team championship with
individuals. More talent and
togetherness is needed."
Overall, Griffin is impressed
with Auburn in addition to the
potential the Auburn golf pro­gram
has.
"Those crazy War Eagle fans
are the damnedest thing I have
ever run into," Griffin said.
"Auburn fans are rabid and
adamant in their support for the
school and its athletics.
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By Jon Johnson
Sports Editor
Being a member of the world-famous
Harlem Globetrotters is
not all fun and games.
It can get old for the players
who spend two-thirds of the year
traveling around the world, try­ing
to please audiences night
after night with their perfor­mances.
The touring basketball team,
known for its colorful routines,
comical skits and skillful play,
put on as many as 260 exhibi­tions
during the nine-month span
they spend on the road each year.
The players understandably
grow tired and weary at times
from the travel.
But it's a life Harold Hubbard,
who is currently a member of the
squad, isn't interested in trading.
"It can get pretty tough at
times to go out and perform night
after night with all the traveling
we do," Hubbard said while in
Auburn last week appearing at
the Sonny Smith Basketball
Camp.
"We're on the road nine
straight months, playing usually
seven games a week, before we
take three months off during
summer. There's not much time
for any kind of social life or
relaxation during the time we're
on tour.
"A lot of times, when you walk in
the gym and see all the smiling
faces and the many kids, you just
have to dig deep down inside to
bring out your best so the fans
will get a good show and not be
disappointed.
"Sometimes it's rough, but very
seldom do I really get tired of it.
Playing with the Globetrotters is
something I really enjoy doing,"
Hubbard said.
Hubbard became a member of
the Globetrotters in 1981 after
playing six months on the squad
that tours with the team as its
opposition, the Washington
Generals.
"I was drafted out of college
(Savannah, Ga., State) by the
NBA's Philadelphia 76ers in
1980, but was cut from the team,"
Hubbard explained.
"A couple of scouts from the
Globetrotter organization had
seen me play and asked me if I
would be interested in joining the
tour and playing with the Gener­als.
That's how I got started.
"I played for the Generals
about six months and then was
transferred to the Globetrotters
when a spot came open."
Hubbard says the Generals,
contrary to what many people
think, do try to beat the Globe­trotters
each time they go on the
court.
"Every night they try to win,"
Hubbard said of the team made
up of former college players.
"It's very competitive. They let
us go through our routines, but
the guys on the Generals are
actually trying to win.
"I remember when I played for
the Generals, one night in Madi­son
Square Garden in New York I
pulled up for the last shot that
could have won the game, but it
rimmed in and out.
"The Generals haven't won
since I've been playing, but I was
told they won a game back in
1977. That was the last time *he
Globetrotters have lost as far as I
know."
The many routines the Globe­trotters
perform on the court are
complex and difficult to learn,
Hubbard says, and take a lot of
preparation to perfect.
"It was really difficult the learn
the routines when I first became a,
Globetrotter because you had to
always be thinking while you
were trying to play. Even now, I
have to ask guys what I'm sup--,
posed to do if I'm playing a posi­tion
I'm not used to playing
much," Hubbard said.
"The plays are difficult in the
sense that everybody has a spe­cial
job to do to make it come out
okay."
To perform the type of drills the
Globetrotters employ, the player
must be extremely talented in
handling the ball.
Hubbard believes the countless
hours he spent on the play­grounds
as a kid contribute to
him being "a wizard with the
ball."
"As a kid I used to go out on the
court and just dribble, dribble,
dribble. I would practice drib­bling
between my legs and
behind my back, the things a lot
of coaches disapprove of," Hub­bard
said.
"But it's worked out in the long
run as an advantage for me."
According to Hubbard, the
Globetrotters are still drawing
crowds as well as ever. He said
some of the biggest crowds turn
out when they play overseas.
"We have some great crowds
when we play overseas because
they don't have as much enter­tainment
as we do in the United
States. There are a lot of sports
fans in America who have
become Globetrotter fans over
the years and they will come out
to support us because of our
tradition.
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Rebels are rejuvenated, Seminoles explosive |By Jon Johnson
|Sporta Editor
There was a time Ole MiBs and
[Florida State were considered
[pushovers on most team's
| schedules.
Now, they are two of the key
treasons Auburn's 1984 schedule
lis being touted by many as the
I toughest in the nation for the
|second year in a row.
Florida State shook the label of
I being a pushover shortly after
I Bobby Bowden took over the
I reins as head coach eight years
1 ago. Since returning to his alma
J mater, Bowden has accumulated
I an overall record of 66-27.
Ole Miss began to turn things
I around for the better last year
under first year head coach Billy
Brewer, who directed his alma
35 passes for 512 yards at flanker.
The ground game should be
stable with Arthur Humphrey, a
5-11,205 pound senior, returning
at fullback. Last year, Humphrey
was the team's leading rusher
with 536 yards on 138 carries.
Junior Nathan Wonsley will
start at tailback where he rushed
for 212 yards and caught 18
passes as a reserve last season.
The offensive line is one of the
team's strongest areas as four
starters return off last year's
squad.
Greg Walker and Eric Sheehan
return at the tackles, Wayne
Pierce at center and Bobby Clark
at one guard. Redshirts Tony
Rayburn, 6-2, 225 pound junior,
and Clark Richey, 6-1,270 pound
freshman, are the leading candi-
A U k
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2
Sophomore Quinnis Huddles-ton
and junior Dan Boyce are
expected to be the starting line­backers
replacing last year's
starters Thomas Hubbard and
Dwayne Nesmith, who were lost
to graduation.
The secondary is led by return­ing
starters Lee Davis and Eric
Truitt, both cornerbacks. Barry
Williams will play at free safety,
while Johnny Armstrong will
take over the strong safety duties.
The question mark on defense
has to concern the linebacking
situation, where Hubbard and
Nesmith accounted for a com­bined
208 tackles last year. If
Huddleston and Boyce develop
into steady players, the Rebels
should be looking at another
winning season.
««Jk
Tommy Powell (9) goes after loose ball in last year's 27-24 win over FSU
mater to a 6-5 regular season fin­ish
and a trip to the Liberty Bowl.
Auburn will have the task of
facing both on the road this sea­son,
traveling to Oxford to take
on the Rebels on Oct. 6, then to
Tallahassee to meet Florida State
the following week.
Enthusiasm is particularly
high at Ole Miss, where Brewer
appears to be on the verge of turn­ing
around a program that has
been the doormat of the league in
recent years.
Fourteen starters return to an
Ole Miss team that ended its 1983
regular season slate with five
straight wins.
The offense should be solid
under the direction of junior
quarterback Kent Austin, who
possesses an excellent throwing
arm. Last year, Austin threw for
1,077 yards and three touch­downs.
His receiving corps are top
notch in seniors Tim Moffett,
Jamie Holder and James
Harbour.
Moffett caught, 35 passes for
541 yards last year at split end,
while Holder corralled 25 recep­tions
at flanker. Harbour returns
after sitting out a year due to
injuries. In 1982, Harbour caught
dates for the other guard slot.
The Rebel defense should be
strong up front with returning
starters Freddie Nunn, a 6-4,235
pound defensive end, Bob
Blakemore, a 6-2, 260 pound
tackle and Terry Williamson, a
6-1,285 pound noseguard.
Dwight Bingham, a 6-6, 270
pound senior, should fill the other
defensive end spot and Marcus
Green, a 6-2, 270 pound senior, is
expected to be the other tackle.
At Florida State, the Seminoles
boast one of the most explosive
backfields in the country with
tailbacks Greg Allen and Roose­velt
Snipes, along with fullback
Cedric Jones.
Allen, a bonafide Heisman
Trophy candidate, scored 13
touchdowns last year while run­ning
for 1,231 yards on 217 car­ries.
Snipes/who alternates with
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Jones, a 5-9, 190 pounder,
bulled his way for 434 yards last
year while serving mainly as a
blocker for Allen and Snipes.
Junior Eric Thomas will take
over the duties at quarterback
this season replacing Kelly Low-ery,
whose elgibility is up.
Thomas, a 6-0,195 pounder, got
his first start last year in the
Peach Bowl against North Carol­ina
and performed brilliantly in
leading he Seminoles,to a 28-3
victory.
In the game, he completed
seven of 13 passes for 99 yards
and two touchdowns, he also
rushed for 41 yards and another
touchdown.
Wideouts Jessie Hester and
Hassan Jones will be key targets
when Thomas puts the ball in the
air.
Hester led the team in receiving
last year at flanker as he caught
31 passes for 576 yards and six
touchdowns. At split end, Jones
caught 24 passes for 332 yards
last season.
Defensively, the Seminoles
must improve a unit which
allowed an average of 28 points
and 380 yards per game in 1983.
The only returning starter on
the line is Isaac Williams, who
will man one tackle spot. Gerald
Nichols is expected to start at the
other. Juniors Todd Stroud and
Lenny Chavers are the leading
candidates for the noseguard
position.
The linebacking corps should
be strong with the return of
senior Henry Taylor at one inside
slot and senior Prince Matt at the
other. The outside linebacker
posts will be manned by senior
Brian Williams and junior Garth
Jax.
The secondary should be the
strongest area on defense as
three starters return in corner-backs
Eric Riley and Rocky Kin-sey,
along with weak safety
Brian McCrary. Senior Joe Wes-sel
is expected to take over at
strong safety.
With the talent assembled on
offense, the Seminoles should
once again be able to roll up a lot
of points. It's the defense which
must improve if the Seminoles
expect to improve on last year's
7-5 record.
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Former Laker star now in front office
By Paul Sullivan
Assistant Sports Editor
Former Los Angeles Laker and
14-year NBA All-Star Jerry West
has become a regular feature at
Sonny Smith's basketball camp
since the Tiger coach began host-ing
the four-day summer
sessions.
West met the then high school
Coach Smith at the Laker great's
basketball camps he ran during
his off-season as a pro.
West now takes time off from
his duties as Laker general
manager to aid Smith at the
camps, lecturing on the finer
points of the game.
The West Virginia All-
American attained all-star status
every year of his 15-season career
(1960-1974), except his rookie
campaign.
West now enjoys the opportun­ity
to extend his 22-year associa­tion
with the Laker franchise.
"I'm involved in player per­sonnel,
the running of the fran­chise
and administrative duties
that aren't really that compli­cated,"
West said. "It's more of a
labor of love than a job."
A position that West didn't love
that much was a Laker head
coaching stint of three years.
"After a while, I didn't feel
good or want to coach anymore,"
West said. "It is a stressful and
difficult job and you have got to
think of your health."
A NBA veteran should be able
to handle such pressure, but the Johnson
also spoke briefly at the
luncheon.
.He called the Auburn-Miami
game a "dream match-up" for the
annual Kickoff Classic on
August 27.
. Also recognized was Mel Pul-lfam,
who has served in the
Sports Information Office at
Auburn for the past 11 years. Pul-liam
recently accepted a job with
the American Football Coaches
Association, based in Orlando,
Fla., and will serve as their new
public relations director.
Bo Jackson answered ques­tions
from the press from his
home in Birmingham via a tele­phone
hookup and then the press
conference adjourned as media
members dispersed to participate
in the activities of their liking.
I played golf and did about as
well as I expected to do after not
playing in over a year.
I spent more time in the woods
hunting my golf ball than I did on
Hubbard
West didn't like pressures of being coach
46-year-old Chelyan, W.Va.,
native says the pressure involved
with pro coaching is truly unique.
"The pressure is not of an every­day
type and is a different kind of
pressure from a game," West
said. "You have to cooperate with
other coaches and players and
get jumps on player moves."
Another painful time for West
was witnessing this year's NBA
Championship Series won by the
Laker's longtime enemies, The
Boston Celtics.
"The series brought back pain­ful
memories the way the
playoffs were played," West said.
With a couple of decent plays, we
could have won four straight."
West believed, like many oth­ers,
that the Laker's possessed
more talent than the Celtics.
"The way we lost the four
games made for many frustrat­ing
moments," West said. "You
have to prove you are the better
team on the court because talk is
easy and cheap."
West himself experienced the
thrill of capturing a NBA title in
1972 as he led the Lakers to vic­tory
against the New York
Knicks under the able direction of
Earl "The Pearl" Monroe and
Walt Frazier.
West believes today's stars are
no different from those stars
except they are slightly bigger
and under greater control from
the coaches.
West led Lakers to NBA championship in 1972
"The game today is more of a
coach's game, with certain tre­mendous
athletes contributing
right away while others take
longer," West said. "Experience
is a wonderful teacher and you
can't discount it."
West sees Celtic Larry Bird as
1984's premier performer, while
he picks Milwaukee Buck Oscar
Robertson as the best player he
has ever seen.
"A lot of a player's value
depends on his total contribution
to the team," West said. "Oscar
Robertson did it all and was a
great competitor as well."
As for the style of NBA play,
West says the good offensive
player still has the advantage
over the good defensive player.
"A good defensive player can
make an offensive player take a
bad shot or work harder for a
shot, but it is impossible to stop
a sound offensive player," West
said.
"But, a better defensive team
can stop one player on offense."
The roughness.of today's
game, depicted by the aggressive
play in the NBA Championship
Series, doesn't match the spirited
confrontations West said he par­ticipated
in.
"After two teams play a lot of
games against each other, like in
the series, the game looks clut­tered
and rough," West said. "But
rule changes to lessen contact
will only disrupt the flow of the
game."
West added that college bas­ketball
definitely needs a rule
change concerning the charge to
reinstate what he sees as the
most exciting part of the game.
"College ball has taken the
drive out of the game and the play
is dying at all levels," West said.
"If it is gradually taken from the
kids, then few will know how to
drive the basket."
The second-round Laker selec­tion
said the crowd-pleasing play
in the NBA featuring the drive to
the hoop is one of the advantages
of a pro league that contains sev­eral
franchises struggling to stay
in the black.
One measure the NBA has util­ized
is the salary cap rule. The
rule allows a team to limit a play­er's
salary if the team's payroll is
at the prescribed maximum.
"We are trying to make some
sanity of the salary cap rule and I
think it is good for the game,"
West said.
"We are one of the most finan­cially
successful franchises in the
league, so the rule hurts us to
some degree because we could
afford to pay to get the star
free agent.
The Olympic gold medal bas­ketball
winner sees weaker pro
franchises staying in the NBAl
because people want to own a|
franchise.
"There is an ego factor andl
sense of satisfaction in owning a |
franchise," West said.
As general manager of a topi
franchise, West has a genuine!
interest in the college scene con-1
cerning hardship and the[
student-athlete.
"I think it is foolish to look at I
the college stars as student-1
athletes," West said. "We got I
three underclassmen (James I
Worthy, Magic Johnson andl
Byron Scott), but I wish people I
had to go through the full time at |
college."
"Under the rules in college |
basketball, it is the person's pre­rogative
to turn pro and I don't I
begrudge a guy the money he I
signs for."
West may be hunting in the col­lege
ranks after the 1985 season I
for a replacement for the all-time
NBA scorer and Laker Kareeml
Abdul-Jabbar.
"Our big concern will bei
attempting to replace him and it
will be mighty difficult to acquire |
a center anywhere near his abil­ity,"
West said.
the course, but most of the others
I saw playing were doing like­wise,
so I didn't feel too bad.
The golf course at Still Waters
was in pretty decent shape,
except for the greens, which were
atrocious.
It was like trying to putt on
sand instead of grass when I
finally managed to reach a green.
My best putt came when my ball
took a big bounce and landed in
the hole after I had smoothly
stroked it on the bumpy green.
But at least the awful greens gave
the golfers an excuse for their
high scores.
Supper was served outside
around sunset and the gentle
breeze coming off the water made
for a comfortable setting.
Barbecued chicken was the
main course and everyone was
encouraged to eat as much as
they could hold. That was a wish
that was happily obliged.
Football jerseys with Bo Jack­son's
number on them were
awarded at the supper to winners
of various contests during the
afternoon.
Mike Hogewood, who is a
sportscaster at WBRC television
in Birmingham and host of the
Ray Perkins Show, was one of the
winners in tennis.
Hogewood, already wearing an
Auburn cap, was coaxed into put­ting
on the jersey as well. When
he did, a picture was taken.
David Housel, Auburn's sports
information director, kiddingly
told Hogewood the picture would
be sent to Perkins.
After supper, DiMaggio gener­ously
gave up a few moments of
his time to answer questions from
the press. He said that he was all
for today's major-league players
earning the big salaries.
"The shoe is on the other foot
now," DiMaggio said. "When I
played, the owners took the atti­tude
that if you didn't sign a con­tract,
the only thing you could do
is not play.
"Now with free agency, the
players can sign elsewhere. You
see the players getting all the
money now. It's too bad I wasn't
in that position. I had to beg just
to get a $1,000 or $5,000 raise.
After DiMaggio spoke, some of
the media members went back to
their cabins to rest up for the golf
tournament on Monday and oth­ers
hung around talking
throughout the night and into the
morning hours.
Dye had said at his press con­ference
he didn't want anyone to
leave on Monday without being
able to say they had a good time.
He didn't have anything to worry
about. His annual outing was
once again a success.
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"Overseas, they come out for
the entertainment aspect rather
than the tradition."
The Globetrotters, Hubbard
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"We're like a closely knit fam­ily.
Sometimes, I think we get to
know each other better than our
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Hubbard said.
i "It's a lot more relaxed envir-
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NBA team or any professional
team."
• Hubbard said the most enjoy­able
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can make people happy and
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That is something the Globe­trotters
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Auburn Best Western hosts 'Bedroom Farce'
Photography: Eddie Wilson
Thespians Clay Boyce, Greg Lowry, Lynne Hatcher and Cinay Motley
By Jennifer Lyons
Entertainment Assistant
Dr. Cleveland Harrison will be
directing the Auburn University
summer season dinner theatre
production of Alan Ayckbourn's
comedy "Bedroom Farce."
Harrison has been with the
A.U. theatre department for 14
years as an instructor and direc­tor
and was previously at the
University of Arkansas for 11
years. He says that as long as
he's been at Auburn people have
been asking for a dinner theatre.
"We didn't have a facility when
I first came," says Harrison. "We
were located over where the
chapel is, at Thach and College
streets. That's where the theatre
was."
Another complication, Harri­son
explained, was the alcohol
restriction on campus, so no
campus facility would accommo­date
a dinner theatre. "The
appeal of the dinner theatre is to
have everything together. You
can have a drink, dinner and
stay where you are to see the
show."
The dinner theatre concept has
grown tremendously in popular­ity
since World War II, according
to Harrison, and its popularity
has snowballed throughout the
'60s and '70s. Dinner theatres
proved to be a solid business and
by the late '70s there were as
many as 200 of them throughout
the U.S., located mainly on the
outskirts of major metropolitan
cities. "By now there must be 250
dinner theatres in this country,"
says Harrison. "It's quite a
network."
The Auburn University Sum­mer
Theatre has a standard of
three plays each season. "The
A.U. theatre is an important
community resource that few
people even recognize," says
Harrison who also explains that
it's been the only steady source of
live entertainment in this area.
"The plays are entertaining
and well done and as a rule they
have the energy and spontaneity
of young people that you may not
see in a New York show," says
Harrison. "The plays aren't
Broadway plays, but I'm not sure
I'd always want to see Broadway
plays." He says that the vitality
and energy of the younger actors
is sometimes more effective than
the control and technique that
professionals rely on.
The concept of staging for the
dinner theatre is also different
than staging for an auditorium
play. The audience is exposed to
three sides of the stage, instead of
just the front. Naturally, this dif-ference
demands not only
adjustments in stage design, but
adjustments in the staging of the
actors as well. Harrison is sensi­tive
to the differences and has
made changes accordingly, so
that the audience can see all the
right actors at the right time
"The stage we're dealing with
has elements of arena theatre in
the sense that it's a rectangular
stage, but some tables will be sit­ting
at an angle to the stage. We'll
be using every inch available
and the actors will be in an
upstage position at the ?nds of
the segments," to ensure the view
of everyone in the audience.
Harrison has a wonderful tal­ent
for inspiring the actors to give
"120 percent of themselves " and
says it's a tremendous feeling
when a student learns to "let go"
of himself and become another
character. "Comedy is one of
man's greatest inventions,"
according to Harrison, who also
says it takes a lot of courage to
transform yourself into someone
else without any restraints and
without holding back. "Then you;
have good acting."
Comedy lets us laugh at our-self
and "Bedroom Farce" is no
exception. This comedy farce
takes place in three bedrooms
simultaneously and incorpo­rates
pranks and practical jokes
with slapsti