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Volume 91 Number 3 Thursday, October 18, 1984 Auburn University, Ala. 36849 34 pages
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Conner Brothers sues
AU for libel, damages
"Pumpkin" PATCH KIDS- A child pokes lov­ingly
at pumpkin dolls at t h e 13th Annual
Loachapoka Fair last weekend. The fair,
sponsored by the Lee County Historical
Society, featured everything from paintings
Photography: BUI Perkins
and crochet to handmade dolls and Hallo­ween
ornaments. The aroma of homemade
syrup, sausage biscuits, barbecued chicken
and fritters was enough to lure any visitor
away from browsing, though.
Four die as car, bus collide
By Bill Kimber
and Allen Turnage
A hearing is set for November 8
in the Lee County Circuit Court
following the filing of motions to
dismiss a lawsuit brought
a g a i n s t the University by
Conner Brothers Construction
Company of Auburn.
"We acted in good faith, and
the University did us wrong,"
said Don Conner of Conner
Brothers. Conner Brothers is
suing the University for libel and
breach of an implied contract,
seeking a total of $1 million in
punitive and compensatory
damages.
University officials have
nothing to say about the pending
suit, other than, "We'll present
our side in court."
University policy is to say
nothing about a case while it is
still undecided, according to Herb
White, director of University
Relations.
Conner said his company sub­mitted
the low bid for the civil
engineering building project on
the site of the old Broun Hall, but
the bid was rejected in favor of
the second lowest bidder, Bras-field
and Gorrie Construction of
Birmingham. The difference
between the bids was $135,000.
Alabama's competitive bid
laws require that any expendi­ture
of more than $2,000 be let by
bids, and that the lowest respon­sible
bidder be given the job.
The problem is that the job is
financed by the Alumni Associa­tion,
a private corporation not
bound by the competitive bid
laws. The project was funded by
John Harbert, a wealthy Auburn
alumnus now living in Birming­ham.
Conner Brothers said they had
no way of knowing of the invol­vement
of the Alumni Associa­tion.
On April 26, when bids were
opened and it was determined
that Conner Brothers was the low
bidder, the company began
organizing for the job.
Early meetings with the archi­tect
on May 24 seemed to iron out
any questions, and Conner
Brothers assumed the job was
theirs.
On July 15, Conner Brothers
received a letter from University
president James Martin, saying
that a mistake had been made.
Although the advertisements for
bids had carried the name of the
University and the preliminary
information for the job included
examples of University forms
exempting materials for the pro­ject
from sales tax, it was actu­ally
the Alummi Association that
was paying for the building.
Because the Alumni Associa­tion
is a private corporation, it
has the right to reject any and all
bids .which it did.
Conner Brothers had been
rejected as the lowest bidder by
the architect for the project, Oza
Bouchard, of Golemon-Rolfe and
Associates, a Houston, Texas,
firm run by a second-generation
Auburn alumnus.
In his letter rejecting the
Conner bid, Bouchard said he
found Conner Brothers lacking
"after a thorough investigation."
After checking with some of the
people Conner Brothers had
See LAWSUIT, A -2
By Beth Hughes
News Editor
Three Auburn students and a lieutenant from
Fort Benning were killed late Friday night when
their car collided with a school bus, capsizing the
bus and injuring 39 of its passengers, police said.
The Auburn students were identified as
Andrea Smith, 18, of Covington, Ga., Shannan
Lynn Davis, 18, of Montgomery, and Willis
Jones Bradford III, 20, of Pratville. Also killed
was U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Donald C. Little of Fort
Benning, Ga.
The accident occurred at approximately 11:30
Friday night at the intersection of Shug Jordan
Parkway and College Street. Little, who was
driving the late model Corvette that carried the
three students, apparently ran a stop 3ign and
hit the Tuskegee High School band bus, flipping
it on its side.
According to bus passenger Donald Harris, the
band was returning from a football game in
Beauregard and had just left a fast-food restau­rant
when the accident happened.
Two fire trucks, a rescue unit, 19 Auburn fire­men
and nine paramedics were at the accident
scene to assist in clean-up and help transport the
39 injured band members to the hospital. Accord­ing
to Auburn Fire Chief Ellis Mitchell, the most
seriously injured were transported to East Ala­bama
Medical Center by ambulance and those
with minor injuries were taken by a church van
that appeared on the scene.
Of the 39 people treated at EAMC, all were
released that night except two-, said nursing
supervisor Frances Cheek. Lisa Harrison was
kept for observation while Denise Denson had
surgery for scalp lacerations. Both have been
released.
The top of the Corvette was sheared off when it
collided with the bus, authorities said, adding
that the bodies of the four killed remained in the
wreckage for at least an hour before rescue
workers could take the time to remove them.
After blood alcohol content tests were con­ducted,
it was reported Tuesday that Little was
"definitely under the influence" of alcohol when
the accident occurred, said Alabama Depart­ment
of Forensics toxologist Laura Shelvin.
Tests on the driver of the bus were negative,
though. . ... _ _•
Two of the other passengers in the Corvette
also had positive blood alcohol contents, while
one was negative. The BAC percentages have
not yet been released, said Shelvin. She added
that drug tests will also be taken, but results
could not be released soon because of the lengthy
process involved with testing.
Police Detective Straight said that the speed of
the car had not yet been determined, but that a
full accident report would be out at the end of the'
week. He added that this was one of the most
severe accidents in the history of the city.
Since Monday, the University flag has been
flown at half-staff in memory of the three stu­dents
who died.
A TRAGIC ENDING
A crowd gathers around wreckage from Friday's accident.
Courtesy O-A Newa—
Photography: Bill Harris
As students travel abroad
Programs offer contact with culture
By Kimberly Hurt
News Staff
One of the greatest learning
experiences a student can have
is to leave home and familiar
surroundings and travel abroad
to study. While Auburn is an
excellent school with many
opportunities for learning, no
one can fully understand
another culture or people from
another country until he has
been there, gotten to know the
people, and immersed himself
in the'lifestyle.
Many people may think that
such an experience is out of
their reach, but there are several
programs offered at Auburn
University which provide this
experience for students.
The foreign language depart­ment
offers three such pro­grams
every year for students,
according to Dr. Henry Helmke,
head of the department. One of
the most popular study-abroad
programs is coordinated by the
Spanish department, which
takes a group to Madrid, Spain
for the summer. According to
Dr. Joe Madrigal, who will be
leading the program this year,
students must have had at least
one year of Spanish, but do not
have to be majoring in Spanish.
Students receive 10 to 15 hours
of academic credit, and take
classes in art and culture as well
as Spanish.
"The program was started 10
years ago," said Madrigal, "and
has been very successful." Stu­dents
take two classes for five
weeks, and have supplementary
tours every weekend. They live
in dorms, eat restaurant-style
food, and are taugh* by profes­sors
from the University of
Madrid.
"We want to give the students
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something they simply cannot
have here: a daily contact with
the language and culture; there
is simply no opportunity for
anything like that here,"
explained Madrigal. "The kids
have a fantastic time and most
of them don't want to come
back."
The French department offers
a similar program which alter-n
a t e s t a k i n g students to
Quebec, Canada and Clermont-
Ferrand, France, as they will
this summer. As with the Span­ish
program, students must
have had at least one year of
French to be eligible. Dr.
Dorothy DiOrio of the French
department said that the pro­gram
in France begins with a
week of touring including Paris,
of course, and then study at the
University in Clermont-
Ferrand, which is centrally
located in the country.
Students receive 10 hours of
credit for their classes, and have
the opportunity to travel at will
on the weekends. At the gradu­ate
level, the department offero
an exchange program whereby
graduate students in French go
to Caen, France for an entire
fall quarter and assist in teach­ing
English, while French stu­dents
come to AU and teach
French.
The summer program in
Vienna, Austria, offered by the
German department is different
in that no prerequisite study of
t h e German language is
required. In fact, according to
Dr. Renate Latimer, coordina­tor
of the 1984 Vienna program,
none of the five students who
participated this summer were
German majors. Latimer said
they chose Vienna to study
because it is a world-capital,
cosmopolitan city, and many
students at Auburn are from
rural and small-town back­grounds.
"Vienna's history, charm,
culture' and close proximity to
the East give it a distinct flavor,
and opportunity for contact
with Hungary, Czechoslavakia,
and Turkey," said Latimer. "It
also gives the students a chance
to get a taste of big-city life and
all that it offers."
Not only does the program
give students a chance to gain
i n t e r n a t i o n a l perspective
andimmerse themselves in the
language and culture, but they
also get a chance for close con­tact
with Austrian families with
whom they live during their six
weeks of study there. Students
receive eight hours of credit
while combining pleasures and
studies, according to Latimer.
Another popular program
which does not require the
knowledge of a foreign lan­guage
is the Alabama at Oxford
Program in Oxford, England
each summer. Dr. Joseph Kick-lighter,
who leads the trip every
year, said that the program has
been successful since 1978. Stu­dents
from both Auburn Uni­versity,
and the University of
Alabama live and study in
Oxford for a month, and take
courses in English, history and
political science.
students also live in dorms
and have the opportunity for
travel to Paris and other loca­tions
in Europe. "The program
is especially good for Auburn-
Alabama relations, as the stu-
See EXCHANGE, A-7
Blacks, scholars increase
fall enrollment at Auburn
By Bryan Crowson
Assistant News Editor
The number of entering black
freshmen increased at Auburn
this fall by 125 percent, bringing
the total balance of black stu­dents
on campus from 462 to 583,
according to enrollment figures
released Tuesday.
Auburn now has 18,888 stu­dents,
462 more than last fall.
"...we're getting a
better quality
student..."
—James Martin
This year, the average ACT
score of entering freshmen was
23, an increase over last year's
average of 22.8. Associate Dean
of Students Herbert Hawkins
called this year Auburn's "best"
for attracting students with high
test scores. Of the entering
freshmen, 961 came with scores of
25 or more on the ACT or 1050 or
more on the SAT, a 9.5 percent
increase over last year.
AU President James Martin
said he is "delighted" with the
increased number of minority
students, many of whom have
outstanding ACT scores.
"That tells me we're getting a
better quality student who will
contribute to the educational
quality on campus. I think it's the
quality of the program that
attracts students with high
scores, regardless of their race,"
said Martin.
The University also attracted
37 National Merit Scholarship
finalists, 17 more than last year
and another record for Auburn,
said Hawkins. He attributed the
increase partly to improvements
in Auburn's scholarship pro­grams,
because 21 of those stu­dents
will be receiving scholar­ship
aid from the University.
Of the different schools, Arts
and Sciences is the largest with
4,636 students. Engineering is
second with 4,264. The School of
Business has 2,996; Architecture
and Fine Arts, 1,567; Education,
1,478; Agriculture, 809; Home
Economics, 444; Veterinary Med­icine,
389; Nursing, 290; and
Pharmacy, 202.
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Week in
Review
International
Egypt, speaking in behalf of
Jordan, pleaded for a crucial U.S.
weapons sale that was canceled
this year.
Egyptian officials argue that
the sale of shoulder held Stinger
anti-aircraft missiles to Jordan is
the best way to lure King Hussein
into the Middle East peace talks.
U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar
Weinberger made no commit­ment
during his talks to Egyp­tian
President Hosni Mulbarak,
but is expected to discuss the
issue more in depth in Israel this
week.
An Irish Republican Army
spokesman said that the purpose
of the Brighton bombing was to
precipitate a political and secur­ity
crisis, to force an early British
withdrawal from Northern
Ireland.
The spokesman said the IRA
was patterning the event after
the bombing of the U.S. Marine
headquarters in Beirut last year.
Danny Morrison, vice presi­dent
of Sinn Fein, the political
wing of the IRA, said that the
Brighton bomb was designed to
kill the entire British cabinet.
National
U.S. auto workers are accept
ing moderate pay contracts, but
the slight pay raise and compen­sation
costs aren't expected to
raise the prices of cars this year.
The increase might mean,
however, that domestic car com­panies
will find it even harder to
compete with the Japanese auto
makers for price because the
Japanese spend about half as
much as the American auto mak­ers
on worker pay and compen­sation.
Guillermo Manuel Ungo and
Ruben Zamora, leaders of the
Democratic Revoluntionary
Front, met with El Salvador's
President Jose Napoleon Duarte.
The meetings are being held 50
miles north of San Salvador on
the edge of an area being con­trolled
by the rebels. The peace
talks are aimed at ending & five-year
civil war. President Reagan
wrote a congratulatory letter to
Duarte for his action.
President Reagan and Walter
Mondale meet in Kansas City
Sunday for the foreign policy
debate. The face off has been
called the pivotal point of the pre­sidential
campaign.
A Reagan-Bush poll has Rea­gan
ahead by 16 points.
A Mondale poll has Reagan
ahead 12-13 points.
State
Gov. George Wallace is back at
the governor's mansion, resting
and preparing to return to work
this week after a two-week hospi­tal
stay for a urinary tract
infection.
Lawsuit
listed as references, they could
only find one reference that had
been checked.
Conner Brothers had been
given a "great" reccomendation
by the staff at the East Alabama
Medical Center, where the addi­tion
they are building is nearing
completion.
Julian McPhilips, the Mont­gomery
lawyer who is prosecut­ing
for Conner Brothers, said
that the name-switch used by the
University and the Alumni Asso­ciation
violates the "letter and
spirit of the law."
The-Alumni Association would
still be bound by the law, accord­ing
to McPhilips, because the law
covers any purchase "by or on
behalf of any state institution."
The University can't claim
soverign immunity, McPhilips
said, because exceptions to sove­rign
immunity occur when the
state institution acts "in bad
faith, or under mistaken interpre­tation"
of the law.
McPhilips said his primary
concern is to win the case for his
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client, but said he realizes that
the case may set a precedent. He
said that if the University wins, it
could "open a floodgate" around
the competitive bid laws.
He said any state institution
would be free to set up the same
financial arrangement used by
the University to reject the
Conner Brothers bid.
McPhilips said that tax money
is being spent in the project, as
half of the money donated by
Harbert will be a tax credit for
him, and since the building will
be used by Auburn students and
professors.
Auburn University is currently
defending itself in several other
suits as well. Most of the suits
involve alleged sexual and racial
discrimination in the hiring and
promotion of University employ­ees.
Other suits include liability
cases filed by people injured on
University property. There is
also a case against the Vet
school, brought by someone
whose horse died while in the
care of the University Vet Clinic.
Circle editor appointed, plans begin
By Kim Best
News Staff
Dana Johnson, 04GJM of Gulf-breeze,
Fla., was chosen editor of
the Circle at a Communications
Board meeting yesterday.
Johnson was chosen over three
other applicants: Bob Gamble,
03GRL; Walter C. Purvis,
02GHY; and David Van Rum­mer;
02IB.
The Circle has had its share of
problems over the past year from
cuts in funding from the SGA to
the resignation of Mark Steven­son,
the former editor chosen for
the 1984-85 year.
Since Stevenson resigned dur­ing
the summer quarter instead
of while school was in full ses­sion,
some problems with rebuid-ing
and getting prepared for the
1984-85 year have cropped up,
said Kaye Lovvorn, faculty advi­sor
for the magazine.
Regarding the format for this
year's Circle, "the whole thing
has been in limbo," said Lovvorn.
"Normally at this time of year,
the staff would already have been
chosen and things underway,"
said Lovvorn.
The schedule for the Circle this
year will depend heavily on how
much money is available.
According to Lovvorn, the Circle
will have to operate on a budget
that has been cut to approxi­mately
one-third of what it origi­nally
was. "The budget for 1984-
85 will be roughly half of what it
was last year," said Lovvorn.
With the present budget, there
will be enough money to print
only one 60 page issue.
Lovvorn does not foresee any
major competition between the
Circle and the new literary mag­azine
the Caesura. "Frankly, I
think that it will help the Circle
because it has been unaccurately
and unfairly called a literary
magazine which it is not," said
Lovvorn. "Since the Caesura is a
true literary magazine, then
maybe people will start to appre­ciate
the Circle for what it is—a
student interest magazine."
Lovvorn feels that the only
disadvantage with having the
two magazines will be that some
of the best quality fiction will go
. to the Caesura instead of the Cir­cle.
The reason for this being that
those students that are really
serious about creative writing
will want their work printed in a
true' literary magazine.
So far the support and interest
from the student body and
faculty has not waned. "Last
year there were 400 submissions
for just one issue that was
printed," said Lovvorn.
Barring unforeseeable compli­cations,
Lovvorn hopes that the
new editor can regroup and get
things rolling as soon as possible.
For anyone interested in sub­mitting
material to the Circle,
more information will be adver­tised
as the details become
available.
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Issues make candidates
By Missy Beck
News Staff
The average Auburn student
may have already decided who to
vote for in the upcoming presi­dential
election, but does he
really know what he's voting for?
Most students are aware of
Ronald Reagan's and Walter
Mondale's campaigns, but a
large majority don't understand
where the candidates stand on
important issues.
Despite name-calling and
accusations, Reagan and Mon­dale
agree on a few campaign
issues, but disagree on most
On foreign relations, both can­didates
support peace in the Mid­dle
East and in Israel. In domes­tic
issues, they agree on the need
for increased U.S. capital
through investment and savings.
However, Reagan and Mon­dale
differ on the following
issues:
Taxation: Reagan pledges to
increase taxes only as a "last
resort." He plans to reduce taxes
on interest incomes by expand­ing
coverage of the Individual
Retirement Account and through
tuition tax credits and other
shelters.
Mondale proposes to broaden
the tax base and make wealthier
taxpayers shoulder a greater
share of the tax burdens.
Arms Control: Mondale
wants a comprehensive, mutual
freeze on testing, production and
deployment of all nuclear
weapons.
Reagan blames the Soviet
Union for the breakdown in
negotiations and says that we
must negotiate from a position of
power.
Both candidates support
"verifiable" arms reductions.
Federal Deficit: Reagan's
prescription for reducing the
Federal deficit is eliminating
unnecessary government spend­ing.
Mondale argues that higher
taxes and reassessment of
defense expenditures will be
necessary to trim the deficit
Abortion: Reagan opposes
abortion and the use of public
revenues for abortion. He also
favors the appointment of Fed­eral
judges who oppose abortion.
Mondale says that reproduc­tive
freedom is a fundamental
human right and opposes
government interference in
reproductive decisions.
Minimum Wage: Mondale
opposes sub-minimum wage and
workf are. Reagan wants to lower
the minimum wage and offer tax
credits to employers of youth and
veterans.
Gun Control: Mondale wants
stricter gun control, and Reagan
opposes gun control.
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City Council debates zone change
By Missy Beck
News Staff
Auburn City Council held a
public hearing Tuesday night
concerning the proposed zoning
ordinance and after listening to
an hour and a half of opposition
to the ordinance, voted to refer
the issue back to the committee of
the whole for further discussion.
Four Auburn neighborhood
associations and other interested
citizens spoke strongly against
the ordinance that they feel
would allow commercial suppor-t.
industry and numerous apart­ments
and townhouses to be built
within 400 feet of their houses.
Clyde H. Cantrell, 175 Wood-field
Drive, said that he "found no
one while petitioning the four or
five streets in my area that was in
favor of this ordinance."
Allen W. Jones, 102 N. Ryan,
opposed the new zoning ordi­nance
saying that the council
was not enforcing the present
ordinance because it allowed for
too many exceptions.
Only one spoke in favor of
passing the ordinance, Lorna
Wiggins of 315 Cherry Drive,
because she said that the ordi­nance
set limitations on density
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Campaigning on campus
Reagan touts Tigers at Bama
By Donny Claxton
News Staff
President Reagan spoke to an
enthusiastic crowd of 9,900
people at a political rally held at
the University of Alabama on
Monday. During the hour long
rally, Reagan answered ques­tions
from 10 Alabama students,
and also delivered a short
address.
Reagan's address dealt with
the work his administration has
done to lower inflation, and what
he wants to do if re-elected. The
president also talked about some
of his past encounters with the
late Paul "Bear" Bryant. Reagan
talked about Bama's win last
week over Penn State, and then
compared his economic policies
to a " rolling tide."
Reagan also said that one team
from each state is usually known
for its football and right now he
said, "That team is those Auburn
Tigers." The president was booed
for making such a comment.
The president made several
attacks on his opponent Walter
Mondale. Reagan said that
Mondale's economic policies for
the South are the "Ultimate
Mason-Dixon line." He also said
that voting for Mondale would be
like, "Going to a used car lot and
buying back the lemon you sold
them four years ago." Reagan
said, "My opponent has promised
us a Camelot, but would really
give us a reign of error."
At another point, the president
said, "My opponent is confused
about so many things. In fact, so
much of what he says baffles
me.
It was reported that such
attacks are going to be used
continually throughout these last
few weeks of campaigning.
Lately both sides have picked up
on verbal attacks.
The students who asked the
president questions were picked
through a lottery system. Each
student who asked a question
briefly identified himself, and
then proceeded with his question.
Ed Howard, Editor of The
Crimson White, UA's student
paper, asked the president why
he raised the drinking age. The
second part of his question asked
if this was not a contradiction to
Reagan's anti-"big government"
policy.
Reagan said that his study of
the deaths that arose from those
not of age in one state driving to
another to get alcohol bothered
him. He said the death rate was
staggering and he finally had to
move to raise the drinking age.
"As to it being against policies, I
felt I had to do it because I
thought your lives were worth it"
Another student asked Reagan
what he would do if re-elected,
about helping those with
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financial aid problems for
college. The girl explained that
some parents earn too much to
qualify for aid, but make too little
money to handle the costs of
college.
"Right now the Department of
Education is working hard to see
that those who need and deserve
financial aid get it," Reagan said,
adding that the earning require­ments
were changed because so
many people were abusing the
program.
The president was asked about
pursuing the idea of getting
prayer back into public schools.
He said he was determined to get
it
"I don't understand what the
fuss is about" he said. "I didn't
try to get a politician prayer writ­ten.
We just want the student to
have the opportunity to pray.
How we go about getting this
done depends on you and you let­ting
your representatives in
Washington know how you feel."
Reagan said, "You don't neces­sarily
need to make them see the
light, but make them feel the
heat"
Reagan made several remarks
that the audience felt were
humerouB. When one of the stu­dents
asked him why he came to
visit the University he replied, '1 >
came because I was invited."
One heckler made it into the
Coliseum. After the student ques­tioning
was done, the woman
stood up and began shouting a
question at the president He said
he could not hear her question
and she tried to repeat herself but
was quickly booed and drowned
out by a chorus of "Four more
years."
People braved the rain and
were gathered at the doors of the
Coliseum as early as 6 o'clock
in the morning, when reporters
set-up for the 10:30 a.m. appear­ance
of the president.
Reagan is the first active U.S.
president to ever visit UA. The
total length of his visit was an
hour and a half. After finishing
at the Coliseum, the president
was driven to the airport to board
Air Force One, and was off for
Macon,Ga.
WINDY CITY'S PRIDE
Chicago will play oldies, new hits for AU
Chicago to light stage Nov. 9
U.S. campaigns a joke' to British
By Beth Hughes
News Editor
"The British know more about
our politics than we do about
theirs," said John Cochran, NBC
News chief correspondent to
London, as he spoke to a crowded
Foy Union gallery Tuesday
afternoon.
Cochran, a Montgomery
native, discussed how American
politics and policies are viewed
by Western Europeans. He
pointed out that European,
co verge of American news is
excellent and that most are well
versed about important U.S.
issues. On the other hand, he said
that European news is not
covered well here, leaving most
Americans uninformed about
key issues.
He commented that most
Europeans are not paying much
attention to the upcoming presi­dential
election because they feel
that there is no chance for Walter
Mondale to be elected over
Ronald Reagan, even though
they think Mondale came out on
top during the recent debate. He
then said that there are not many
strong feelings among Euro­peans
as to who they would
rather see in the White House.
He went on to say that most
Europeans think Reagan is "too
old and set in his ways" and too
flexible with Moscow relations to
be a great president. They seem to
agree, though, that he has over­come
his "movie-star" image, and
they like his consistency in
decision-making.
Mondale was well respected by
European leaders when he served
as Jimmy Carter's vice president,
but according to Cochran, he is
not as well-known, anymore. The
Europeans believe, though, that
the dollar would lose strength
under Mondale, which would
benefit European economics.
Cochran said that the British
feel the length and expense of our
elections are ridiculous. In Bri­tain,
for instance, the national
elections take only one month,
because the public is already
familiar with the candidates and
issues. "They think our cam­paigns
are a joke—typically
American, typically too much,"
he said.
He also said most Europeans
feel our candidates should be bet­ter
qualified to lead our nation,
pointing out that a country as
large as the United States does
not produce the best candidate
possible.
According to Cochran, a West
German editor came up with
what he considered to be the ideal
president for the America: he
would have the trustworthiness
of Dwight Eisenhower, the for­eign
policy skills of Richard
Nixon, the idealism and attrac­tiveness
of John F. Kennedy and
and have an even temper like
Gerald Ford.
By Tracy Pfeiffer
Ass't Entertainment Editor
Block tickets for the Chicago Homecoming
Concert, to be held Friday, Nov. 9, will be sold by
the University Program Council beginning
today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Student tickets will be $10 and block tickets
will be on the first permanent level of the Coli­seum.
Only students are allowed to purchase
block tickets and there must be at least 20 in a
group.
All block ticket orders are due Tuesday, Oct. 23
in the UPC office at 317 Foy Union by 2 p.m. This
deadline is firm. Tickets will be distributed
according to when they are received at the UPC
office.
To order your tickets you must collect your
group's money and make the payment in the
form of a cashier's check or money order made
out to Auburn University. You can get these
from local banks and there will be a small fee for
a cashier's check.
Fraternities, sororities and clubs should draw
a check on their accounts and take the check to
the bank that the club uses to have the cashier's
check cut.
The block's representative must bring the
check to the UPC office and give his I.D number.
Tickets must be picked up by the same person
beginning Oct. 29 at 8 a.m.
All other tickets, including floor seats and
upper levels, can be purchased at the Coliseum
beginning Friday, Oct. 26, at 1 p.m. There will be
a limit of four tickets per I.D. for floor seats. No
limit is set on tickets for upper level seating.
Price for non-student tickets will be $12.
This Week In History
October
18- The American flag was offi­cially
raised over Alaska in 1867.
19- Cornwallis forced the sur­render
of British troops at York-town
in 1781.
—Thomas Edison made his
first successful demonstration of
his electric light in 1879.
20- Auburn students began the
Wreck Tech tradition by greasing
the train tracks between Auburn
and Atlanta, making the train
and its football-player pas­sengers
slide for miles. Needless
to say, they walked to the game.
21- Magellan sailed into the
strait that now bears his name in
1520.
—"Old Ironsides," U.S.S.Con-stitution
launched in 1797,
—The founder of the Nobel
Prize, Alfred Nobel, was born in
1833.
22- Sam Houston was inaugu­rated
as the first president of the
Republic of Texas in 1836.
23- Last year the Marine com­pound
in Beirut, Lebanon, was
destroyed by a truck which
exploded after being driven
through compound gates by a
terrorist on a suicide mission.
More than 216 Americans were
killed in the blast. One was Wil­liam
"Bill" Stelpflug Jr.,the son
of an Auburn University gradu­ate
teaching assistant.
24- The first telegram was sent
across the United States in 1861.
PAJAMA PARTY
Students march during 1939 Wrech Tech parade
AU Archive*
Pajamas, freshmen make Wreck Tech Parade
By Irene Trowbridge
News Staff
Auburn's Wreck Tech tradition
will continue today when paj ama
clad freshmen take to Magnolia
Avenue in the 87th annual Wreck
Tech paj ama parade.
The tradition began in 1896
when Auburn students greased
the railroad track between
Auburn and Atlanta in the mid­dle
of the night. The train, carry­ing
Tech's football team, slid 10
miles, causing the team to walk to
the game, only to be beaten 40-0
by Auburn.
Thus, the traditional paj ama
parade was born.
Following the midnight of
excursion to the tracks, Georgia
Tech refused to play in Auburn.
For years the students traveled to
Atlanta, usually to return beaten
by Tech.
The tradition, however may be
ended in only three years. After
that time, Georgia Tech may be
absent from Auburn's schedule.
Georgia Tech has changed con­ferences
to that of the Alantic
Coast Conference. For Auburn,
that could mean the end to a tra­dition
nearlv a century old.
"I hate the idea of losing one of
Auburn's greatest fall func­tions,"
Sullivan said.
However he feels sure that
"whenever Auburn does play-
Georgia Tech there will be a
parade." That decision will be
made when the time comes,
however.
A-4 Zht Auburn plainsman Thursday, October 18, 1984
QHieSuburnPlainsttian
Lynne Hopkins, Editor
Jennifer Johns, Business Manager
Volume 91 Number 3
Response needed
It seems that the ongoing con­troversy
surrounding the demolition
of Broun Hall is simply going
through another stage.
After several steps were taken by
the faculty, students, alumni and
even the Auburn City Council to try
to stop the destruction, now it looks
like the new building will cause even
more controversy, in a legal battle.
Auburn University is now being
sued for $1 million by Conner Bros.
Construction Co. who claims that
the University acted illegally by not
accepting the lowest bid for con­struction
as required by Alabama
state law.
Conner Bros, stated in its suit that
the University accepted a bid of
$135,000 more than their bid.
According to state law "all contracts
involving $2,000 or more made by or
on behalf of any (state) institution.-
..must be let to the lowest bidder."
So far, all we have heard is Conner
Bros.'s side of the story and the Uni­versity
has yet to respond to any of
the allegations.
Now that Conner Bros, has openly
stated their side of the case, it is time
for the University to make an effort
to explain its situation.
The suit filed by Conner Bros, said
a letter was sent to them from the
University stating that their bid
was rejected because the bid was
submitted in the name of Auburn
University, rather than the Auburn
University Foundation.
If this was the only mistake made
in the bid, was it really worth spend­ing
the extra $135,000 to accept
another bid? If there are some other
reasons then it might be understan­dable
but University officials have
yet to explain.
This is unfortunate because the
state press has picked up on the law­suit
and it sheds a bad light on the
University because it looks as
though they have something to hide.
If there is a viable reason that
Auburn did not accept the bid from
Conner Bros, then let it be known
before the situation blows out of
proportion. If there isn't then it's
time for Auburn to accept whatever
is coming.
Campuses show mellowing trend
Recruiting improved
Auburn University has long been
criticized as being the most predom­inantly
white school in the state, but
maybe this is about to end.
This year Auburn has taken a
giant step in improving the ratio of
black and white students on cam­pus,
a step that Auburn has needed
for a long time.
This year the number of minority
students has increased by 125 per­cent
over last year-a remarkable
difference.
President James Martin has also
been able to open staff and faculty
positions for minoities, which
includes blacks, Asians and an
American Indian.
Because of more active recruiting
of minority students by the Admis­sions
Office, Auburn is working on
moving away from a trend that
could have proven to be detrimental
to the University's accreditation,
but most importantly to the Univer­sity's
growth as a major institution
of higher learning.
The Southern Association of Col­leges
and Schools criticized Auburn
last year for lack of active recruit­ment
of minority faculty members
and students and delayed the Uni­versity's
accreditation for this and
other problems.
It's too bad that it took the threat
of losing accreditation for a strong
recruitment program to develop, but
now that it has, it should continue.
The current administration has
shown a strong desire to correct the
problem and now that the results are
in, we commend them for their
accomplishments.
Maybe now Auburn can begin to
fulfill its goal of being a truly great
institution of higher learning, pro-viding
equal opportunities for all
students of all races.
Working to improve the number of
minority staff, faculty and students
should make way for a more well-rounded
university.
PLAINSMAN POLICIES
The Auburn Plainsman is the stu­dent
newspaper of Auburn Univer­sity.
The Plainsman is produced
entirely by students, and printing is
done by The Auburn Bulletin. The
P l a i n s m a n receives 17 percent
($38,288) of student activity fees; the
r e m a i n i n g revenue comes frorft
advertising. Office space in the
basement on the west side of the Foy
Union Building is donated by the
University.
The editor and business manager
choose their respective staffs. All
students interested in working for
The Plainsman are welcome to
apply, and experience is not neces­sary.
Staff meetings are held at 4
p.m. each Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Unsigned editorials represent the
views of the editorial board of The
Plainsman, which consists of the
editor, managing editor, associate
editor and all section editors and
a s s i s t a n t s . P e r s o n a l columns
represent the views of their authors.
Errors will be corrected on page
two the following week, along with
an explanation of how the error
occured.
ADVERTISING
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The Plainsman to announce local
activities. Announcements must be
submitted and typed on standard
forms available at The Plainsman
office during regular business
hours. Deadline is at 5 p.m. Monday.
Classified ads cost 25 cents per
word for non-students and 20 cents
per word for students. There is a 14
word minimum. Forms are availa­ble
in The Plainsman office and the
deadline is 11 a.m. Tuesday.
The Auburn Plainsman (USPS
434 740) is published weekly except
during class breaks and holidays for
$12.50 per year and $4.50 per full
school quarter by Auburn Univer­sity,
Auburn University, AL 36849.
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Auburn, AL. POSTMASTER: Send
address changes to the Auburn
Plainsman, B-100 Foy Union Build­ing,
Auburn University, AL 36849.
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
Managing Editor-Jennifer Linn, Associate Editor-Bob Murdaugh, News
Editor-Beth Hughes, Sports Editor-Jon Johnson, Features Editor-
Rachael Osment, Entertainment Editor-Phil Pierce, Research Editor-
Debbie Long, Photography Editor-Jay Sailors, Technical Editor-Suzy
Fleming, Copy Editor-Rhonda Goode, Art Director-Penny Hughes.
Assistant News Editors-Lynne Haynes and Bryan Crowson, Assistant
Sports Editors-Paul Sullivan, Vince Thompson and <3hris Linville,
Assistant Entertainment Editors-Tracy Pfieffer and Tommy Wofford,
Assistant Features Editor-Dara Parr.
Associate Business Manager-Cindy Turner, Layout Coordinator-Diane
Behnke, PMT Specialist-Melanie Hiett, Layout Specialists-Pam
Tawater, Knelda Street, Sandy Mulllins, Pat Fleming, Jill Applegate and
Genia Westbrook, Advertising Representatives-Melissa McLaurine,
Boo Phillips and Royce Morris.
One of the main criticisms leveled
against college students today is that
they lack the concern and the social
awareness that was common only a
decade ago and there is good reason for
this.
Today students are looked at as some
of the most apathetic and unaware per­sons
in our society.
Students of the '60s were what may
have been considered radical or liberal
(terms quickly being shunned today)
they had the concerns of our nation and
their respective institutions in mind and
most importantly they did something
about it.
The protests and sit-ins of the '60s are
long gone but the idea behind them
shouldn't be.
Historically, Auburn has been consi­dered
a conservative campus and for
good reason. There is absolutely nothing
wrong with the low-key atmosphere of
the campus but if this leads us to be apa­thetic
then it is definitely detrimental
now and in the future.
The only time in recent history that
students-have shown concern for any
issue was during the Hanly Funderburk
administration when students wore
black armbands and Hanly Please...(re­sign)
T-shirts protesting his presidency
and seeking his resignation.
This form of protest is something
Auburn had been missing for a while
and showed that students were con­cerned
about their education and the
future of their university.
The sad thing about it is that many
students didn't even know the back­ground
of the controversy, but at least it
showed that we were able to stand up for
a cause.
However, the lack of college students
standing up for their opinions is not res­tricted
to Auburn alone, it is a common
situation in major institutions of higher
learning all over the nation.
Recently, Brown University made
headlines by passing a referendum
which approved the stockpiling of sui­cide
pills for use during a nuclear war.
Although the idea may seem ludicrous
and even morbid, at least it showed that
some students are concerned about more
than whether they have a date to the
football game on Saturday.
A Brown University student was
quoted as saying, "The main object of
this thing is for people to realize that
nuclear war is suicide and we have to
prevent it. We've succeeded in making
people think about nuclear war."
The turnout of students voting on the
referendum was more than doubled for
this referendum which also showed the
concern. Although the idea of stockpil­ing
cyanide tablets is scary, at least it
was one way for these students to show
they cared.
Also being an election year there has
been much talk about the lack of stu­dents
who register to vote and more
importantly the number who are regis­tered
often fail to utilize the privilege.
Students represent the age group who
consistently fail to take part in the polit­ical
process and make decisions that will
have more effect on them than any other
generation.
This apathetic attitude is not res­tricted
to students alone; it is one that
has been growing in our country for
quite a while, but one that demands our
immediate attention if the situation is to
be rectified.
It is hard to believe that it was only 20
years ago when college students fought
for this right that has been slowly fal­ling
to the wayside ever since. Is this any
way to show appreciation for a right as
important as securing the democratic
process in the country today?
It's about time that we also began to
stand up for what we believe in and not
let others decide what is right for our
nation as well as Auburn University.
Letter writing: A lost and dying art
I have a Whitman's Sampler box sit­ting
on my kitchen table. The yellow box
has long since been emptied of the choc­olate
that filled it with a tempting
aroma. Now the Sampler contains some­thing
even more sweet and precious
than chocolate. Memories. Memories in
the form of letters written by countless
friends and relatives from ages past.
It seems to me the art of letter writing
is dying. I remember when my mother
would write and receive letters every
day. And now she hardly gets a letter off
once a quarter to her darling daughter.
Of course, I used to write more letters
also, but it hardly seems worth the effort
when all you get back is a 15 minute
phone call, a hastily scribbled note or
nothing at all.
You see, there are three culprits in this
slow and painful death of the art of letter
writing. The first is the telephone.
Ma Bell has been singing "reach out
and touch someone" for so long now that
we have come to believe the only way to
get close to someone far away is by tele­phone.
What nonsense. A phone call
disappears into thin air after you hang
up. Only to reappear a month later in
multiple digits. A letter lasts. It can be
read over and over again until the words
become faint with finger smudges. But
even then you know what is written
there because it has been committed to
memory. When is the last time you were
able to recall every word someone
uttered to you over the phone?
The second culprit in the death of let­ter
writing is the price of postage
stamps. It's getting more expensive each
year to write a letter. A regular stamp
costs 20 cents but the government likes
to raise the prices at least twice a year.
Jennifer
LINN
You don't dare buy a roll of 20 cents
stamps because the price will change on
you and then you'll be stuck with a
bunch of worthless stamps. Also I think
it a crying shame that it costs me more to
send a letter to Auntie Ann than it costs
some grocery stores to send me their fly­ers,
or Publisher's Clearing House to
send me a form saying I could have
already won a million dollars or the
equivalent thereof; then I have to mail
my reply in with a 20-cent stamp. Is
there no justice in this world?
But the biggest culprit in the decay of
the world's most treasured art is the fast
paced "rush-rush" life we lead today.
Tomorrow is not soon enough. It's got to
be now.
What a shame. Some of my most
prized possessions are letters that I know
took the writer a good deal of thought
and time to write. It says they care and
are interested. But with this hectic life
we lead there seems to be no time left for
caring.
Letters don't have to be long to show
thoughtfulness. My favorite letter is a
short one (maybe three paragraphs
total) because it revealed something new
to me about the writer. Although it was
short on flowery speech, love worked its
way between the lines.
Letters are great because you can say
things in them that you might not want
to say face to face. There is time to
ponder over thoughts and be more
serious than you would be in a conversa­tion.
Also there are no interruptions.
How nice.
Letters allow us to show our true self.
Writing to a friend you shouldn't be
afraid of letting your prejudice show. So
you prefer yellow M&M's to orange ones.
Your friend will understand and will
keep it secret.
Another sad fate belongs to that of the
love letter. Love letters have received a
lot of flack throughout the ages for being
silly and full of drivel. But I ask you
where would Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
or Elizabeth and Robert Browning be
without love letters? Love letters are
only silly after the fact, never upon
reception. I firmly believe that love let­ters
bond a relationship. Who else could
understand all your silly dreams? Love
letters need only make sense to the two
involved.
No,we don't need to let this precious
art form die. So much of our history
comes from correspondence of famous
political leaders. Things can be learned
from a letter written by a politician who
wasn't expecting anyone else to read it.
We can catch a glimpse of the real per­son
behind the political facade. And
isn't that what we are all after—a little
truth and honesty.
Next time you want to "reach out and
touch someone" don't reach out to Ma
Bell, but to your pen and stationery. Yes,
it's right where you left it—the bottom
drawer all the way in the back behind
your phone book.
Project Uplift gives children love, care
Bob
MURDAUGH
I believe a sure characteristic of a suc­cessful
person is to be more serviceable
to others than to oneself. Many of us,
upon returning to college or upon begin­ning
our first quarter of college, have
found that we have much free time and
little activity with which to occupy it. If
this is the case with you, I strongly
recommend visiting Project Uplift if you
haven't already.
Project Uplift, an organization stati­oned
here on campus near Haley Center,
assists families, parents and children in
developing within themselves construc­tive
and happy lives so that the delin­quency
rate in our country will decrease.
It is a service of the Home Economics
department and is financed through
support from the Lee County Youth
Development Center, the communities
of Auburn and Opelika, Opelika Com­munity
Chest, Auburn United Way and
several other voluntary sources. Stu­dents
who have time to spare and love to
share can devote both'to enjoying the
company of Project Uplift children as
well as leading counseling sessions for
other needy people.
When I started attending classes at
Auburn University, I passed by the Pro­ject
Uplift Center often on my way to
and from classes each day. One day I
observed a Project Uplift volunteer tak­ing
time with her assigned little girl, and
I realized that if I had the time, it would
best be devoted to sharing time with
those desiring my special attention.
Having a little brother of my own would
enable me to share the love I have with
him just as my older brother has shared
with me. It is so disappointing that there
are actually children, as well as adults,
who have no special companionship
while there are so many who have love to
share but aren't aware of how their love
can be most constructively used.
Those who are interested in devoting
time to Project Uplift may be thinking
that they have free time, but maybe not
enough. Project Uplift volunteers are
expected to actively participate in the
program for at least one year. Time is
allowed for vacations. Before any volun­teer
is allowed to be assigned a youth, he
or she must first attend a series of train­ing
sessions which are designed to pre­pare
each volunteer for the experiences
involved. After the training sessions
have been completed and each volunteer
is assigned someone, at least three to
four hours a week should be devoted to
sharing with the youths.
Recently during a conversation I had
with Tom Westmoreland, the Project
Uplift Coordinator of Volunteer Servi­ces,
he remarked that the number of
volunteers each year has grown since
the program was created for the Lee
County area. The goal for this year is 165
volunteers. More men are always needed
as volunteers since more than half of the
Project Uplift youth are males. Whether
you are a female or male, there will be a
part for you as long as you are willing to
make the most of it.
I'M UNDER.
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Thursday, October 18, 1984 W&t 9uburn JUaiiwman A-5
Distorted realities often
found in AU student's life
The atmosphere in which college stu­dents
live is in many ways drastically
different from the work-day world where
most of us are headed. Those who bother
to wonder may find it hard to determine
if attitudes commonly found on campus
are merely a reflection of the "real world"
or a deceptive distortion of reality.
Many students enter a university with
the notion that it won't really be college
unless they enter a Greek organization.
Here they will find advantages over
other students, such as test files to sup­plement
study time lost to incessant par­ties
and a veritable dating service in the
paired sorority or fraternity.
For some individuals, these advan­tages
begin to influence how they per­ceive
those outside the group. Many who
felt no need to join a frat or simply could
not afford to are bewildered when
friends they knew in high school who
now wear Greek letters begin to greet
them with a new disdain, if they bother
to greet them at all.
Perhaps their attitudes do reflect the
real world, a self-perpetuating social
order in which knowing the right people
secures a seat on the executive escalator,
in which Greek men and women marry
and have little Greek children who get
BMW* for their 16th birthdays.
Or, perhaps these attitudes are distor­tions,
removed when a former party-animal
stops getting money from his
father, and he finds he's working for
someone who had no test files to make
his grades and worked to earn his BMW.
Another attitude which can be rein­forced
or gained at college by any student
is a general contempt for the less edu­cated.
Many professors teach this atti­tude
as effectively as they do their
subjects.
Some instructors have chosen a life
insulated in a cocoon of academic theory
found at a university. They perpetuate
their own pretentious arrogance by
example as they belittle students for
having yet to grasp some tangled con­cept,
or as they gloat for having vast
knowledge which enables them to scorn
simple, practical notions like right and
wrong.
These individuals are adept at shovel­ing
out loads or verbiage which may
inundate issues in confusion or scatter
them on tangents. Students often pick
up this tendency during their education,
albeit to a lesser degree than some pro­fessional
scholars.
Perhaps this attitude is justifiable
because it merely reflects a complex
world which values knowledge and pla­ces
those with a broader scope in higher
esteem.
But, in a world which also values wis-don,
perhaps this attitude of contempt
for ignorance can cause another distor­tion
of reality. One may be disillusioned
upon finding shrewd wisdom in humble,
unschooled places- an old floor-sweeper
who is content in treating others how he
wants to be treated and gets along in the
world peacefully, or a child whose feel­ings
and conscience are unclouded by a
rationality which can deaden emotion or
camouflage wrong.
Some college attitudes do reflect a
world in which some people have more
money or more knowledge than others,
but the same attitudes distort a world in
which merit and wisdom are doled out
more evenly. The attitudes we take with
us will show which of these we deem
more valuable.
Auburn students should utilize
talents acquired in their majors
It seems inconceivable to me that a
journalism major at this university
could go to school for four years and not
apply the skills he learne in class by
working for a publication like the
Plainsman.
It is not always the case, but it is all too
common for a student here to delay tak­ing
the newspaper lab required for a
degree in journalism—which requires
him to work at The Plainsman for a
quarter—until his last quarter at the
University. And nobody can pick up
everything there is to know about put­ting
out a newspaper in one quarter. It
just can't be done.
Jack Simms, head of the journalism
department, estimated that about 220
students are journalism or public relati­ons/
journalism majors this quarter. Yet
Plainsman editor Lynne Hopkins said
that only about 55 to 60 people are work­ing
for the school newspaper this fall.
So what are the other three-fourths of
the GJM/PRJ majors doing to learn
their art? Classwork is the basis for
learning, of course, but one must learn
by experience as well as in theory to get
the best possible education.
A person could study a cookbook for
years, but if he never entered a kitchen,
he couldn't cook nearly as well as if he
had practiced. The same goes for work­ing
on a newspaper.
The typical response I've gotten when
asking a fellow journalism major when
he'll start working at the Plainsman
office is, "Maybe later. I don't think I'm
ready yet. I don't know enough." The
person doesn't realize that that's what
most people think until they actually try
to work for the paper. How does one
think he'll ever know enough if he never
tries to learn?
Another common complaint is intimi­dation.
People are afraid that other peo­ple
on the Plainsman staff will humil­iate
them for any mistake made. That
fear is unfounded. The staff is for the
most part patient, ready to lend assist­ance
(unless they're pushed for a dead­line)
and compassionate. After all, we
were new here not so long ago.
Returning to the idea that the Plains­man
staff is intimidating, I must say
that I've made some of my closest
friends down at the office. The news­room
is full of intelligent, interesting,
caring people. If I had known that ear­lier,
I would have started working there
earlier. I was afraid that I wouldn't be
welcome.I'm sure my old fear is the same
one that keeps people away now.
The truth is that the fresh ideas that
I'm sure many potential Plainsman
workers have would be welcomed with
enthusiasm. With more minds working
together on The Plainsman, it could
become a greater publication.
There is a mother lode of knowledge to
be gained from working at The Plains­man.
I've learned more working there in
a comparable period of time than in any
course I've yet taken at this university.
An advantage of working at The
Plainsman is that things we learn in the
office will be required in journalism
classes later on. So if a person learns it
once, class will be a review, and better
grades could likely result.
What more could a journalism or pub­lic
relations/journalism major ask for?
After all, this is our passion, folks, so
cultivate it. Attend the next staff meet­ing,
Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m., and
ask a section editor if you can write an
article. Or if you're not ready yet to write,
ask Suzy Fleming if you can help lay out
the paper, or ask me if you can copy edit
(proofread). You won't be sorry that you
asked.
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Lear pursues his liberalism in television
•Editor, The Plainsman:
I would like to comment on a letter
which appeared in the October 4th issue
of the Plainsman. It was headed "Demo­crats
hold key to upgrading nation,"
however, I failed to find any "upgrading
keys" within the letter. Instead, Ms. Lit-tleford
proceeded to criticize the Reagan
administration for not having "much
respect for the traditional American
freedoms established by the United
States Constitution."
Ms. Littleford cited several examples
of Constitutional "disrespect" which
have taken place over the past few years.
On the whole they seem to be fairly sig­nificant,
but I simply could not see how
they related to President Reagan or his
policies. For example: she mentioned
two Supreme Court decisions which, she
said, curtailed the First Amendment
rights of lower income groups. Well
that's fine, but what do these decisions
have to do with President Reagan? I
suppose we are to assume that Sandra
Day O'Connor is running the High
Court these days!
Most of the comments 'seemed to be
based upon a series of "disturbing" let­ters
which Ms.. Littleford received from
Norman Lear's organization, People for
the American Way. I must agree with
her that the time the organization was
founded is no accident. During the 1980
campaign, a veritable army of evangeli­cals,
and other conservative activists,
came out of their forty-year-old shells.
Their voices were heard quite effec­tively,
and they no-doubt influenced
Reagan's landslide victory.
This conservative swing seems to
have ruffled the feathers of Mr. Lear and
his associates. They have strongly crit-ized
evangelical leaders for distributing
material which contains the candidates'
stands on moral issues. "This is a reli­gious
test," they complain. The church
should not over-extend its bounds. Keep
your religious values in the church
where they belong. Sounds like the Rus­sian
Orthodox Church to me. I find Mr.
Lear's arguments totally unfounded
when viewed in the context of our plural­istic
society.
When Norman Lear's television pro­grams
are considered, I discover an
interesting paradox. While the Ameri­can
Way people blast Jerry Falwell for
distributing objective, informative liter­ature,
Rev. Lear preaches his gospel of
materialistic secular humanism over
the airwaves under the guise of situation
comedy!
No Norman, I don't think the conser­vative
and evangelical public will be
intimidated by your baseless scare tac­tics.
After all, the First Amendment
gives them just as much right to per­suade
as that which you exercise
through All In the Family.
i J. Mark Soileau
02 CPE
Election year requires concern
-Editor, The Plainsman:
In answer to Glenn Cullen's question,
"Isn't anyone concerned?" I must reply I
am more than concerned; I am scared. I
agree almost whole-heartedly with Mr.
Cullen's response to the two editorials he
mentioned; however, I would not like to
attack certain peoples, but the attitudes
and thought (and thoughtless) processes
I have encountered on this campus.
Ever since the campaigns began I
have been trying to read up on, listen to,
and discern between the candidates and
the issues. I am a Christian and try to
follow the commands and principles set
forth in the Bible, but this does not mean
I am a puppet. I was given the mind and
energy to go out and explore and strug­gle
with issues myself. Yet many times
when discussing the issues with "fun­damentalist"
friends, I find myself either
shut out or preached to when I question
why they believe as they do,' and I
believe I know the answer.
When others are handed ideas and
opinions by peers, teachers, even par­ents,
and told "this is right" they are at a
definite disadvantage. This is not to say.
that advice, counsel and learning are
unimportant or unessential, but the
basis of understanding is knowing why
you believe. However, knowing why you
believe will get you no where unless you
listen to and attempt to understand why
others feel differently.
This is so simple and yet it's so hard.
It's easy to make assumptions, to judge
by our own standards, but it's hard to
listen, to try to understand, to be willing
to admit others may have a firmer grasp
of the truth. Everyone who thinks they
have learned it all in college or by gra­duation
is only limiting himself.
I have truly realized the more I learn
the less I really know. I do not have all
the answers; I am neither a Democrat
nor a Republican, and would not fit into
either stereotype of conservative or lib­eral.
I am still questioning.
Sandra B. Reiss
03 FLTE
Letters to the editor must be typed and turned in before 5 p.m.
Monday. Lack of space may cause letters not to be printed
but they may run at a later date if requested.
Election day requires responsible choices
Editor, The Plainsman:
A quaint introduction escapes me at
the moment but I have much to say con­cerning
recent articles which have
defaced the pages of my favorite school
newspaper.
I will not slander the "degenerate gay
baby-killers" not, though, will I clever-lay
sneer at the man who would bring
about the destruction of the American
educational system and collapse the
foundation of our country, the Constitu­tion
while, at the same time, legislating
morality. There has been enough irres­ponsible
writing for one election year.
Plato could find no definition for
truth. Good, too remains undefined.
Concepts of right and wrong, as anyone
with an intellect knows—this includes
both Democrats and Republicans-depends
upon which side of the fence one
stands.
When I read that President Reagan is
a good man, I look at the facts and agree
that Ronald Reagan is a good man. I
also read that Walter Mondale is a good
man. Again, I look at the facts and see
that, yes, Walter Mondale is a good man
also.
Good, though, is an abstract term. It's
meaning to one person may not be the
same as its meaning to another person.
It is, then, this definition of good for
which we search. In the case of the elec­tion,
though, it would be the search for
the greater good.
To define good, the facts should be
used. A persons ideals should not enter
into the debate. This, though, is impos­sible,
for if the elected individuals' ideals'
are opposite our own and he can legis­late
those ideals, then, the degeneracy of
our society has come to pass. Of course,
this is the reason our forefathers estab­lished
the type of government which
serves us today, so that no one man or
group of men could legislate the moral­ity
of the 226 milion people in the United
State who do not want their morals
legislated.
Even if our system of checks and bal­ances
failed, which will not happen, the
law-makers are not so bold as to believe
that they cannot be removed from the
offices they hold. Job security is a thing
of the past.
America was founded under the pre­mise
that everyone living here would be
different. We would have different
values, beliefs, and different priorities.
They called us or we called oursleves
"The Great American Melting Pot" and,
as is constantly demonstrated, we have
not yet become that gourmet meal for
which we strive to become. I hope we
never totally agree on what is right and
wrong, good and bad, and what is true.
The promises of politics will continue.
Each candidate will tell us what he
thinks we want to hear. Once that per­son
is elected, he will do his job to the
best of his ability. He will carry on his
own ideal of the American dream, with
the modifications that the people and
his party demand. He will not be given
an answer booklet or granted omnis­cience.
He will not be an all-powerful
being capable.of inflicting his will on the
helpless masses. The next president will
be a man like any other, doing a job like
no other job in the world.
The bickering and the name-calling
must stop. Irresponsible journalism
should not be allowed to clutter a fine
newspaper. Different does not necessar­ily
mean wrong. If rational discussion
between the two parties is not possible, if
responsible journalism in the field of
politics can not be accomplished, then;
'how 'bout them'Dogs!' "The loveliest vil­lage
on the plains" is being smeered by
the thoughtlessness of the over-zealous.
Auburn is above this vandalization.
Since neither candidate will don the
black hat of'the bad guy,' the choice will
not be easy. For some, of course, not only
is the choice clear but the hat has been
donned, the gun drawn, and either gay
babies or the Constitution shot down in
cold blood.
At the fear of being branded a non-secularist
and, with that fear voiced, a
fear of being branded a secularist I
would say, in the final analysis, when
voting on the 6th of November; "To
thine own self be true." Only you will
live out the next four years of your life
and only you will live with the decision
you make on election day.
Mike Money
02LEH
A-6 &I)f 9uburn Jlaiiwman Thursday, October 18, 1984
Rifle
By Bryan Crowson
Assistant News Editor
Auburn students are awaiting
a new indoor rifle range since the
school's 20-year-old range was
closed May 3, 1984, because of
high lead levels in the air caused
by a poor ventilation system.
University Safety Officer Ron
Kriel closed the range after air
sampling tests determined that
airborne lead levels were .83mg
per cubic meter, well above the
acceptable airborne lead level of
.03mg per cubic meter.
The Department of Military
Science sent a request to AU
President James Martin on May
16,1984, for a rifle/pistol range to
be built adjacent to the new
ROTC complex being designed.
The request included cost esti­mates
for various options and
cited a $193,000 option as the
most economical proposal.
Martin, well aware of the situa­tion,
said various alternatives for
closed by lead poisoning danger
examined, recommendations made by the
someone in a potentially hazard- Martin is concerned about
Army inspectors, Oliver said.
ous situation," said the safety
because he has supported RO
Concerned about lead accumu- officer. Lead poisoning can cause
before, and I believe he will so
Rifle
By Roger Moore
Features Staff
"Oh, you're on the rifle team? I
didn't know that Auburn even
had one. How long have you been
twirling?" "Uh, no, we don't twirl
them, we shoot with them." That
is the usual beginning to a con­versation
with a rifle team
member. In actuality, "shooting"
a rifle on the team is a complex
art of body control? breathing
rhythm and trigger control. All
which combine in the firing of the
weapon. These rifles aren't your
basic .22 beer can busters either.
They are highly specialized
instruments, often costing in
excess of $1,000 even for an aver­age
model. A complete shooting
setup will cost up to $3,000, if
done completely, riflery can be a
very expensive and specialized
hobby or sport.
The Auburn team has two
teams, "A" and "B". Each team
has five members plus two or
three alternates to fill in when
someone can't attend a match.
They have both male and female
shooters. The present officers for
the team are: President Eddie
Mabe, Vice President Larry Las-setter,
Secretary-Treasurer Ross
Nickoley and Equipment Man­ager
Ben Athens. The team is a
member of both the ACRC (Ala­bama
Collegiate Riflery Confer­ence)
and the SEC. They compete
in several matches each year,
both in shoulder-to-shoulder and
invitational matches, sometimes
against as many as 45 other
teams. The largest is the
Mardi Gras Invitational match
each year at Nicholls State
University.
The Rifle Team is probably the
least known group on campus,
even though they are one of the
most prolific winning teams on
campus. This past year they had
a record of 75-5-0. This included a
win at the ACRC championship,
a second place at the Mardi Gras
match (2nd only to the Citadel),
and a third place at the SEC
match. Not only were team victo­ries
abundant, but many indi­viduals
put forth fine efforts. In
the ACRC, every individual
honor went to Auburn shooters.
In addition, out of the 10 top
shooters in the conference, six
were from Auburn.
The team is listed as a sports
a new range are being examined.
"We're probably talking about
the first of the year before we zero
in on an alternative. Essentially
what we need is new money, and
we will have to wait for the next
budget to finalize any plans for
the range," said Martin. "We
hope we will be opening bids for
the ROTC building before the end
of this quarter."
Fort Benning safety inspectors
had inspected the range, located
inside the ROTC hanger, in Feb­ruary
1983 and noted deficiencies
in the ventilation system, said
Major Dalton Oliver, assistant
professor of military science and
enrollment officer. The Army
inspectors conducted no air sam­ple
tests. Among the problems
they did find was that air was
circulated inside the hangar and
not vented outside.
In the summer of 1983, Building
and Grounds completed modifi­cations
which brought the range
into conformity with the
club (even though riflery is one of
the few Olympics sports at AU),
and as such cannot give scholar­ships
to the shooters. This has
caused the loss of many fine
shooters to scholarship teams.
One is Elizabeth McKay, who
transferred to East Tennessee
State where she received a full
paid scholarship. She has gone
on to shoot in the Olympics and
the Pan American Games.
Another prospect, Dena Wigger,
from Fort Benning, a gold medal­ist
in the Pan Am Games, won't
even look at Auburn because we
can't offer her a scholarship.
This team has a great oppor­tunity
to be outstanding again
this year, maybe even better than
last. Most of the shooters are
returned, and some promising
high school shooters were going
to join the team despite the lack of
money or support from the Uni­versity.
However, none of this
happened because there is no rifle
team this year.
The rifle range, which is
located in the ROTC hanger, was
condemned last spring quarter
by the health department for
excessive air lead content, due to
inadequate ventilation. As the
Leah Alsobrook
Glenda Gillaspy
Dell Smith
Pam Whyte
Kelley Burleson
Tereza Hall
Beth Huff
Carol David
Lisa Spruill
Lori Thompson
Melinda Truitt
Patricia Vick
Laurie Wright
Allison Beazley
Shaunn DeMuth
Lee Hutchinson
Lucy Kane
Sandra Neal
Trisha Thatcher
Donna Cooper
Tammy Kaiser
Linda Graham
Carey Shields
Hope Wallace
Debbie Wesson
Katie Rogers
Stacey Hunt
Dawn Woolley
Johnna Maddox
Kim Herring
Carolyn Mills
Diane Bonasera
Ann Goodner
Shari Barcz
Cindy Boerner
Katy Drake
Barbara Hicks
Sharon Joseph
Missy Miller
Kaki Pruet
Kathryn Mims
Louie Sides
Allison Lettow
Mindy Paxton
Laura Word
Judy Thomas
Laurie Johnson
Renee Brady
Nancy Bryant
Claudia Brooks
Susan Hutto
Molly McGuire
Amy Woodfin
Deanna Lowery
Laureen Rinaldi
Lori Sharpe
Margot Walton
Ann Mims
Debbie Taber
accumu­lation
in the room, Kriel ordered
air sampling tests to be done in
March 1984 because the tests had
not been done by the Army. Fil­ters
worn by riflery instructors
were analyzed to find the
hazardous lead levels.
Oliver said the instructors had
been tested by the Army for lead
in their blood annually for the
past three years, all with nega­tive
results. Kriel could not
explain the anomaly between the
lead levels in the air and the lack
of lead in the instructors' blood.
"We were very concerned about
this," said Kriel. His office
requested but never received the
detailed reports of the blood tests.
He said the Fort Benning tests
were possibly not sensitive
enough to detect the lead.
"We know what the acceptable
levels are, and we know what was
there. We can't deliberately put
range and rifle team go, so go the
two most popular PE courses
offered at the University, rifle
and pistol imarksmanship. Pistol
was also a required course for
criminal jlustice majors. Also
lost was the Navy Pistol Team.
At this time, nothing has been
done to correct the situation.
The estimate to repair the
range just to passable condition
is $30,000. There has been a sug­gestion
to put a range in the new
multi-million dollar ROTC com­plex
to be built soon, but whether
this will be done remains to be
seen.
Meanwhile, there will be no
riflery courses offered while the
possibility of a new range is
being studied. Also, the Auburn
University Varsity Rifle Team
will sit out on all competition this
year.
hazard­ous
liver and kidney damage, with
prolonged exposure causing
blindness and loss of hair, he
said.
Meanwhile, with the range
closed, the Department of Mil­itary
Science continues to push
for a new range. The highly used
range accommodated about 1,000
students a year taking marks­manship
courses and criminal
justice majors who must qualify
with pistols to graduate. It also
provided a place to practice for
Auburn's award-winning rifle
team.
"It seems to me when some­thing
is used by students that
much, something should be done
to keep it open. I believe President
it
ROTC
solve
the problem. I'm sure it's just a
matter of funding," said Oliver.
Currently, the range is being
used as a storage room. Rifle
team members are seeking per­mission
to use Tuskeegee Insti­tute's
new range for practice.
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Thursday, October 18, 1984 tEljt Suburn JJlamsman A-7
Soups, veggies, fruits
Salad bar 'Grazers' love the freedom of choice
By Bill White
News Staff
She looked at the empty plate
with the same passion an artist
views an empty canvas—so many
choices of color, so many tex­tures,
she could taste each item
on the salad bar. Soon the pas­sion
turned to greed as she filed
the plate with just a little of this
and that, feeling guilt that maybe
Bhe should add just a few things
that are good for her.
As this passion turned to greed,
she was shortly reminded of
other days when her eyes fooled
her stomach. They've done- it
again, she thinks, there goes the
diet. I'll skip something tomor­row.
Tomorrow never comes.
Sound familiar? The choices at
a salad bar do sometimes seem to
overwhelm. "Our salad bar has
grown from 19 items to more than
50," said Rip Hardman, manager
Exchange
dents get to know each other,"
said Kicklighter, "but the best
advertisement for the program
is student satisfaction."
Susan Goodwin, a senior at
Auburn from Huntsville, went
to Oxford this summer and said
that besides learning, the most
valuable thing was living in
another culture for five weeks.
"You can't understand what it's
like until you live there," she
said. "The British are different,
more conservative and re­served,
and their humor is dif­ferent."
In addition to visiting
Scotland and Wales, Susan
made excursions to London
several times a week by train.
The architecture department
also offers this opportunity for
about 30 juniors and seniors
every spring quarter, according
to Dr. Alan Hing, of the archi­tecture
department. A group of
architecture, landscape, and
interior design students travel
all over Europe for 15 hours of
credit.
They go to London, Scotland,
southern England, France,
Switzerland, and all throughout
Italy during the quarter in what
Hing describes as "a moving
base of study." Students must
sign up in November, as they
are required to take a prep
course winter quarter before the
trip. Students in fashion mer­chandising
are also offered a
similar program for summer
quarter.
Chuck Penry, a senior from
Daphne in ag-economics and
Suddeth, a senior from Fair-hope
in finance, both studied in
Europe this summer with the
Vienna program offered by the
German department, and have
some tips for students who wish
to travel and study abroad.
Suddeth said he was particu­larly
pleased with the Vienna
program because it was "well
organized, in a good location,
and offered a chance to live with
an Austrian family and expe­rience
what it's like to be an
Austrian." The most important
advice he gives is to plan ahead.
"Proper preparation is the
key to a successful trip," he said,
and he was able to enjoy himself
all over Europe after his studies
were over. He recommends
Arthur Farmer's Europe on $25
a Day as a must for travelers.
"Also, it is very important to
have a good attitude and keep
an open mind," said Suddeth.
"Be ready to try new foods and
new ideas, and don't be so quick
to offer your opinion. Listen to
what the people have to say;
after all, you are on their turf."
Suddeth said his favorite
place was Capri, Italy, because
the food and the people were
especially nice. But the most
interesting place he visited was
behind the Iron Curtain in
Prague, Czechoslavakia. "It
was 100 percent different from
anything I've ever seen before,"
he said. "It made me appreciate
what we have here in the U.S.
Anyone who has complaints
about living here should see
how they have it over there."
Other advice he has is to leave
enough time to explore and
experiment, and to travel the
off-beaten paths as well as the
big cities to get a feel of what life
over there is really like.
Penry also has advice for tra-velers:
"Don't take 1,000
Kronen bills in Czechoslava­kia!"
he said. Although he did
not get arrested for changing
currency illegally on the streets
(as it is more profitable than
changing money with the
government), he bought a 1,000
Kronen bill and when he tried to
spend it, learned that that par­ticular
bill had not been used
since the 1940s, and that the
country had changed currency
four time Bince then. The bill
now hangs on his wall.
of Shoney's in Opelika, "and now
includes hot vegetables." Most
area salad bars do offer a large
selection of items at a price from
about $2 to $4.
"The salad bar is popular in all
the university cafeterias," said
Art Call, director of Auburn's
Food Service, "but the new baked
potato bar at War Eagle Cafete­ria
has caught on this fall.
The choices offer the fats, pro­teins
and carbohydrates needed
in a daily diet from the four maj or
food groups. The four groups
include dairy products, meats,
fruit-vegetables and bread-cereals.
"The most positive thing about
a salad bar is the raw vegetables
like broccoli, carrots and a cauli­flower,"
said nutrition specialist
Dr. Barbara Coker with the Ala­bama
Cooperative Extension
Service.
The nutrition specialist said
people must be "smart choosers"
to avoid get the least number of
calories along with the most nut­rients
and fiber. She said the
calories add up "when people
heap on the salad dressing, pile
on the cheese, and add bacon bits,
olives, and nuts."
"Grazers" is used in the fqod
industry to describe the pheno­menon
of people participating in
their own food selection while
eating out. "A salad bar's attrac­tion
is making your own choices,
picking and choosing," said
extension food specialist Dr.
Oleane Zenoble,
If something gets in the way of
your head when you reach across
the salad bar to get that last item,
it is a breath barrier or "sneeze
guard." Jim Wilson, supervisor
with the Lee County Department
of Public Health, said "the sneeze
guard is required by Alabama
Department of Public Health."
continued from A-l
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NOW, WHAT NEXT?
A student prepares a salad in War Eagle cafeteria
Photography: Jay Sailors
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A-8 &I)t auburn plainsman Thursday, October 18,1984
SGA plans 'Shaker Round-up'
and Organization Day activities
By K a r i n Gage
News Staff
The SGA is making plans for a
"Shaker Roundup," Organiza­tions
Day and revisions to the
constitution in the area of alloca­tion
hearing dates.
Steve Cates'said, "This year
there are more shakers t h a n ever
before thanks in part to the
athletic department:"
This year, the athletic depart­ment
paid for $5,600 of t he total
$10,000 spent on shakers. The
other portion was paid for by t he
SGA through student activities
fees.
Although the number of shak­ers
has increased, so has the
demand. Therefore, added Cates,
"in order to have more shakers
for the Georgia game, we're hav­ing
boxes at the stadium gates to
put shakers in."
He added, "I realize t h a t a lot of
students want to keep their shak­ers,
but we'd like to have the
entire stadium orange and blue
for the Georgia game. The stu­dents,
though, are welcomed to
keep the shakers after the last
game."
In addition to the collection of
shakers at the gates, sororities
and fraternities will be in compe­tition
for who can collect a nd turn
in the most shakers by Nov. 12.
Director of spirit Scott Burton
said, "Sororities and fraternities
will be awarded spirit points for
p a r t i c i p a t i o n in the Shaker
Round-up. He added, "Head
cheerleader Mickey Latham has
been instrumental in helping
Round-up go off well."
Off-Campus Senator Forrest
Collier, chairman of t h e Senate
Organizations Committee, said
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"During t h e day booths will be set
up on the concourse for each
organization to help increase
membership. The second phase
will be at 7:45 p.m. in the Foy
Union Ballroom where Hugh B.
Jacks will speak. He is president
of Bell South Services and Greek
organizations will receive spirit
points for coming."
Collier added, "The goal of t he
day is to honor the outstanding
student groups and their officers
and to increase campus-wide par­t
i c i p a t i o n especially among
freshmen."
When students vote for Miss
Homecoming this year they will
also be voting on a revision to t he
constitution passed at the Senate
meeting Monday night. The
change involves the date for
budget allocation hearings to be
held as recommended by t h e SGA
treasurer and t he chairman of the
Budget and Finance Committee.
A second bill brought up by t he
Code of Laws Committee states
that the treasurer is also to assist
the chairman of t he Budget and
Finance Committee in establish­ing
the date for allocation of
activity fees. Senator Bill Camp­bell
said, "This is a safeguard on
the office of treasurer; it will
enable the Budget and Finance
Committee to count on his
assistance."
In other action Monday night,
the Senate approved SGA Presi­dent
David Shaffer's recommen­d
a t i o n s for t h e Traffic and
Appeals Board. The following
s t u d e n t s have been selected:
Scott Burton, Curtis Carroll,
Julie Crutcher, Lynn Glass, Kim
Judkins and Bob Sullivan. The
Senate also approved one fund
drive and tabled another to be
voted in at next week's meeting
after the organization involved
decides where t he revenue will go.
At t h e cabinet meeting t h a t fol­lowed,
t h e Senate Cabinet liaison
to University Program Council
Mike Hecht told cabinet members
about the UPC's prize for an
exhibit they displayed at the
regional meeting of the National
Association of College Activities.
Hecht said, "Each college exhib­its
their school to other schools.
Our display won first prize and
we'll be listed at national head­quarters."
Hecht explained that
this is t he first year for t he award
so "It was quite an honor for
Auburn's group to receive it."
Vandalism no stranger to AU campus
By D e b b i e Long
R e s e a r c h E d i t or
Red t r i a n g l e s mysteriously
appearing on streets, signs and
walls; greek letters taken from
walls of fraternity houses;and
the outline of a body painted in
white.with FSU written at the
figure's feet.on the concourse are
examples of a problem t h a t runs
rampant on Auburn's campus:
vandalism.
According to Auburn Police
Chief J a c k Walton, most vandals
are college students, usually fra­ternity
and sorority members
playing pranks on various greek
groups. They paint designs on
walls, steal greek composites or
letters and generally make a
mess.
"There doesn't seem to be as
much (vandalism) going on this
year," he said. But there h a s not
been a real drop in it either.
The police chief said t h a t van­dals
are not difficult to catch,
especially when they repeatedly
strike.
When a culprit is found, the
individual is talked with and
decisions are made about what
should be done. One of three
routes is usually taken:
—A normal judicial proceedure
is followed. They arrest the per­son
responsible. If possible this
route is avoided because the
arrest becomes a permanent part
of the person's police record and
is with him for life.
—Student disciplinary action
is taken. The person is reviewed
and usually h a s to p ay a fine or is
put on academic probation.
—A combination of the above
a c t i o n s is sometimes taken,
depending on the seriousness of
the offense.
Walton said t h a t when there is
a victim in the crime different
steps are taken. Before the inves­tigation
begins the victim is
asked what route he wants to be
t a k e n . The v i c t im u s u a l ly
requests t h a t everything possible
is done.
If one person or group is >
Buchanon pleads
guilty to theft
By D o n n y C l a x t on
News Staff
Christopoher Buchanon, a
former Physical Plant laborer,
pled! guilty Tuesday in Lee
County Court to stealing four
gold necklaces. Buchanon was
then sentenced to four years in
prison for second degree theft.
Buchanon was arrested during
the summer quarter for entering
a room in the Caroline Draughn
Village Extension and taking
four gold serpentine necklaces
which were valued at $600. At t he
time of h i s arrest, Buchanon had
$30 on h im and was wearing one
of the necklaces.The other three
had been sold to a local jewelry
store for $30. Police recovered the ,
necklaces and the money and
used them as evidence in court.
It is expected t h a t Buchanon will
apply for parole, but authorities
say it is unlikely t h a t he will get
it.
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obviously responsible for a rash
of incidents, "I make t h e decision
that they are to be arrested on t he
spot," Walton said.
The police chief said t h a t dam-because
they have investigations
to perform and other complaints
to answer.
Walton said that sometimes
the vandalism is serious and
"Regardless of which route of
discipline is taken, the person
involved h a s to realize t h a t van­dalism
is a crime," Walton said.
The person involved is the one
HE STRIKES AGAIN
Vandals create problems for campus security.
age done on campus by vandals
is seldom cleaned or repaired by
the department. The reason is
t h a t it would simply cost too
much. And there is not time
someone ends up in trouble or
gets hurt! In these cases it usually
s t a r t s as a practical joke and
because of peer pressure it builds
into something a lot more serious.
who must be ultimately held
responsible.
He added t h a t students should
think twice before committing
any type of vandalism.
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Campus Calendar
The next Economics Club
meeting will be held on Thurs­day
at 7 p.m. in room 108,
Tichenor Hall. Plans for the
upcoming year's activities will be
discussed. Anyone interested
please attend.
Phi Beta Lambda, a business
education organization, will hold
their regular meeting on Tues­day,
Oct. 23, at 5:45 p.m. in HC
2334. Officers will be elected. New
members invited. For more
information, call Alicia at
826-6968.
Psychology Meets Medicine.
Dr. Chester Jenkins, psychiatrist
at EAMC, will speak at the next
Psi-Chi meeting Monday night,
Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Eagle's
Nest (atop Haley Center). Eve­ryone
is invited to attend.
AU Public Relations Club will
meet Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.
for a pizza party at Dirk Gibson's
house. Maps will be available in
the Speech Department Office.
Anyone interested in PR should
try to attend. Admission $1.
Stress Management: Monday,
Oct. 22,3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Room 204
Foy Union. A workshop on stress
and stress management. Sugges­tions
on how to cope with stress
in your everyday life. To sign up
for this workshop, please call
826-4744.
An organizational meeting
will be held for the International
Business club on Monday, Oct.
22, at 5:30 p.m. in Tichenor Hall,
in Room 320. Plans for this year's
activities will be discussed. All
persons in International Busi­ness
or Trade please attend.
Interview Preparation: Wed­nesday,
Oct. 24,5 p.m. 400 Martin
Hall
Fall quarter meeting of the
Auburn Planesmen R/C Club
will be held Thursday Oct. 18 at
7:30 p.m. in 3228 Haley Center.
All old and new members inter­ested
in R/C airplanes are
encouraged to attend.
Auburn-Opelika NOW will
hold a meeting Tuesday, Oct. 23
at 8 p.m. at the Lee Co. Demo­cratic
headquarters on Thach.
Student Nurses Association
(SNA) will meet in Miller Hall
Monday, Oct. 29, 1984 at 7 p.m.
All nursing and pre-nursing stu­dents
are welcomed.
L'il Bit Older Club: If you're
over 21 or simply would like to
meet some folks who are, come
and join us. We have monthly get
togethers, and it's a great way to
meet people outside your curricu­lum
or office. Info: 821-0456.
The Auburn University Sail­ing
Club will be holding its
weekly meetings at 6 p.m. Tues­day
nights in Foy Union. Anyone
interested in sailing or learning
• to sail in invited to come. For
more information call 821-8225.
SIMUN (Southeastern Invita­tional
Model United Nations)
invites all Auburn students to an
Organizational Meeting on Wed­nesday,
Oct. 24,1984 at 4 p.m. in
Foy Union Room 356.
The Criminology Club will
have a "get acquainted" party on
Friday, Oct. 19, 5 p.m. at Eagles
West Apt. N-5. We encourage
anyone interested to stop by.
BYOB. Call 821-7426.
Cover Letter and Resume
Preparation: Monday, Oct. 22,
5 p.m. 400 Martin Hall
Talons will sponsor a Pumpkin
Sale on the Haley Center Con­course
every morning October 29-
31. Pumpkins will also be sold at
Village Mall Oct. 24-31. The cost
is $3 per pumpkin.
Know Yourself Better Im­prove
your study skills. Tuesday,
Oct. 23,3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. 315 Mar­tin
Hall. An introductory work­shop
in study skills improvement
through a better understanding
of your personality type. To sign
up for this workshop, please call
826-5972.
Family Therapist Susan Ellis
will discuss High Risk Mar­riages
and Stress Management
at the Oct. 25 meeting of Keys­tones.
All wives of AR, BSC, ID
and LA students are invited—7
p.m. Faculty Lounge, Dudley.
Adopt-A-Parent: Ever been too
drunk to drive but couldn't find a
ride home? If you're sincerely
interested in not driving, we're
sincerely interested in finding
you a ride. We'll put you with an1
adult who can take you home.
Interested? Send name and
address and phone number to
P.O. Box 2869, Auburn, 36830. A
Free Service of MADD.
Organization Day: Booths will
be on the concourse from 9-3 on
Monday, Oct. 22, at 7:45 p.m. in
Foy Union ballroom. Officers
from all organizations, including
Greek, are invited to attend the
reception and workshop.
Any Friends of Bill W. and Dr.
Bob who want to have a meeting
on campus please contact 826-
4214 ext 13 between the hours of
1 and 4 p.m.
The Baha'i Club has two
weekly firesides, Fridays at 8
p.m. and Saturdays at 10 a.m.,
and we encourage everyone to
call and ask questions about the
Baha'i Faith—to Cause of God
for this Age. Call 821-3875.
DUI: Fact, Fantasy and
Tragedy: A panel discussion
with state and local experts an­swering
all your questions
regarding DUI. Come and find
out information and tips on
drunk driving that could save
you or a friend of yours a ticket, or
maybe your life. 7 p.m., Tuesday,
Oct. 30, Foy Ballroom. Sponsored
by MADD and AU SAIC. Info:
821-5659.
Pi Lambda Sigma Pre-Law
Fraternity will meet Thursday,
Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in Haley Center
Room 2326.
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MIKE, WHY IS WELL, CASSIE
REAGAN EVEN SAYS HIS PBO -
B0THERIN6WITH PLBWANT7D
BLACK VOTERS? BROAPEN HIS
HE HARDLY NEWS MANDATE..
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ARE PRAMATICALLY WORSE OFF AS
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A-10 Hfo guburn plainsman Thursday, October 18, 1984
AU up for accreditation, among changes
By Lynne Hopkins
Editor
President James Martin out­lined
the University's progress in
areas ranging from its bid for
accreditation to its increase in
the number of minority students
and faculty at the General
Faculty meeting Tuesday.
Martin said he has heard posi­tive
comments from members of
the Southern Association of Col­leges
and Schools, the regional
accrediting agency, about the
response prepared by the Univer­sity
which addressed several
problem areas outlined by the
agency.
SACS delayed Auburn's
accreditation last year citing
problems of poor recruitment of
minority faculty and students
anehtnadequate job descriptions
for members of the central
administration.
Martin and other university
officials prepared a response to
the criticisms which were pres­ented
to SACS Atlanta office in
August.
SACS reviewed the response on
Oct. 9 and Martin said he
received a phone call from a
committee member who said "the
report was sufficient and there
should be no accreditation
problem."
SACS will make its final deci­sion
in New Orleans in December
at which time the university will
either be granted accreditation or
put on probation.
Martin also announced that
the number of entering black
freshmen has increased by 125
percent, which* brings the
number of black students at the
main campus from 462 last year
to 583 this year.
A strong effort was made for
recruiting black students, he
said, especially a program held at
homecoming last year which
potential black students from
across the state spent a weekend
on campus as guests of other
black students.
He credited the success of
recruitment to Interim President
Wilford Bailey's initiation of
additional scholarship for black
students.
He added that progress is cur­rently
being made for depart­ments
to recruit the number of
minority faculty members by
adding additional positions for
departments if they hire minority
persons.
"The hiring is spread out
among departments which are
critical areas," Martin said.
The university has hired six
Asian faculty members, three
blacks and one American Indian-.
Photography: J a y Sailors
WHEN J.E. MARTIN SPEAKS...
President Martin addresses the faculty senate.
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Loan applications swamp banks, cause delays
By Kim Best
News Staff
Applications for Guaranteed
Student Loans for the 1984-85
school year hit an all time high
causing many delays in getting
loan checks to students before the
start of classes, according to
Larry Ridgeway, director of
financial aid.
The directors of students' loans
at both of the major lending insti­tutions
in Alabama reported a
phenomenal increase in applica­tions
for Guaranteed Student
Loans from last year. This
volume accounts in part for some
of the delays in getting aid checks
sent to the schools on time.
Approximately 40 to 50 percent
of all students at Auburn Univer­sity
receive financial aid in one
form or another, according to
Ridgeway.
This figure includes all aspects
of aid from federal grants, stu­dent
loans, institutional scholar
ships to student employment ser­vices
on campus.
According to Ridgeway, some­where
in the neighborhood of
4,300 GSL applications were sent
through his offices to be pro­cessed
for the 1984-85 school
year.
"We've had 1,785 applications
for student loans already, and it
is only the beginning of the
school year," said Gene Barnes,
student loan director for Mer­chants
National Bank in Mobile.
"This is a 328 percent increase in
volume over last year."
Shirley Steer, student loan
officer at First National Bank in
Birmingham, agreed that indeed
the demand for Guaranteed Stu­dent
Loans this year was
extremely high but was not the
sole cause of the lengthy turna­round
time or delays in loan
checks.
"The demand for student loans
has increased so much that lend­ers
and guarantors have been
unprepared to handle the load,"
said Steer.
"Not all of the blame should be
placed on the lenders and gua­rantors,
however, but on the stu­dents
as well," said Steer. "25
percent of the loan applications
that we receive have to be sent
back to the students because of
inadequate information on the
applications."
These careless errors on the
part of students can cause addi­tional
delays of two to six weeks
beyond the normal processing
times, emphasized Barnes and
Steer.
In the event that funds did not
arrive on campus in time to pay
fees at the beginning of the quar­ter,
an arrangement between the
financial aid office and the bur­sar's
office was made.
" I f a student has pre-registered,
then he or she can
automaticall y get t h e fees
deferred until final registration,"
said Ridgeway.
This year the bursar's office
allowed fees to be deferred on
loans that had been certified by
Aug. 15 even though the loans
were still being processed.
"The University works on a
cash basis policy and all fees are
due and payable on the first day
of classes," said James Yerkey,
assistant bursar.
"There is no official deferrment
of fees; however, we do our best to
work with students on an indi­vidual
basis and work out any
emergency situations until the
funds come in," said Yerkey.
"The state of Alabama and
lending institutions have finally
realized that the demand for stu­dent
loans is there and will not go
away, but only increase," said
Shirley Steer. "Subsequently, the
state is putting procedures into
effect to process loans much
quicker than in the past."
Ultimately the student is the
one who can help alleviate some
of (hese problems in the future by
applying early for Guraranteed
Student Loans and all other
types of aid. The student can also
cut down on much wasted time by
making sure that all applications.
are filled our correctly and
completely.
A small consolation to those
who have sufferred through some
anxious moments over delayed
loans is the willingness on the
part of officials both here at
Auburn and the various banks to
work with students to prevent
future loan delays and to work
problems out when they occur.
•HOLIDAY
MOBILE ESTATES
Welcomes students
LOTS AND FURNISHED TRAILERS FOR RENT
* 317 large shaded lots
* Water, sewage, garbage provided
* Natural gas, underground utilities
* Paved streets, on-site laundry
* Resident manager
* 1.4 milerfrom AU.
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Two-bedroom, 2 full baths fur­nished
mobile homes. 1 yr. old.
Central hear/air. $250 to $275
per month. 749-3421, 821-
5891, day. 826-7796 night
Mobile home for rent, nicely
furnished, reasonable rates,
Wire Road, call 887-8128 after
5 p.m.
For rent, 12x60 mobile home in
the country with plenty of pri­vacy,
off Hwy 11, prefer mar­ried
student couple. Call Mon.-
Fri., 8-5.821-9901.
Female roommatefs) needed!
Rent negotiable, 3-BR house.
Available now. 821 -7440 most
afternoons.
Room for rent winter quarter in
4-BR house one block from
campus. 826-1904.
Mobile home for rent or sale,
excellent condition, available
now & winter quarter. Wire
Road area. Call 821-1335 or
826-1169.
Mobile home for sale or rent,
excellent condition, Wire Road
area, call 887-7774.
For rent, two-bedroom duplex,
furnished, $190. Call 821 -4969
after 6 p.m. Available Nov­ember
1 St.
Rooms for rent (females), 149
Thomas St., 1 block/campus,
air-condition house, furnished,
kitchen, $115/month, 826-
6063.
Female roommate needed
winter and spring quarters,
$107/month plus utilities.
Please call 821 -4639.
Roommate wanted to share
mobile home in Starr's Trailer
Park. Call 887-6296.
Two apartments for sublease
at Windsor Hall separately for
winter quarter or as soon as
Thanksgiving. Call 821-4328
or 821-2204.
Now leasingl Brand new 14x65
mobile homes. 2-BR, 2 full
baths. Completely furnished.
Central air, natural gas, spa­cious
living area with built-in
bar. Park offers pool, washete-
.ria large wooded lots. Well
maintained. 31/2 miles from
campus near Village Mall. 749-
3322 Midway Manor. We will
reserve for winter quarter.
Free rent for October, 2-BR,
furnished trailer on Wire Road.
Available immediately. $165/
mo., 821 -8820. Keep trying.
Take over our lease imme­diately.
9-room large house.
$480/month. Call 821-8084.
0P<n Sate
K a b u k i / B r i d g e u t o n e 10-
speed bicycle. Stainless steel
frame, accessories. Excellent
condition. $200. 821 -4495.
, Five-string banjo for sale with
case, picks and book. Call
Mike at 887-5181.
0P<n Sale St&teo&
Cockatiels for sale: one grey,
tame and talking. One utino for
breeding. Price negotiable.
826-7257.
1982 Fleetwood 14x70, 3-BR,
2-bath, central air/heat,
washer/dryer connections,
furnished including dishes, sil­verware,
etc. $2500 & assume
payments. Call 821-1689.
Homecoming Mum Sale spon­sored
by Mortar Board. Group
Sales, Oct. 22-26, Concourse
sales Oct. 29-Nov. 1 or see any
Mortar Board member. $4.00
per order.
Sony bookshelf speakers.
.Ideal for dorm room, $35/pair,
821 -063/ after 6 p.m.
Refrigerator for sale. Small
SanyOj like new. $60. Call John
a^821-6701.
For sale: Pioneer Tape Deck,
Technics turntable, 2 Les Paul
copy guitars and Yamaha, 30
watt amp. All in excellent con­dition.
826-3091.
Suzuki GS550 with trunk —
10250 miles — excellent for
school, $900 or best offer.
821 -7749.
Suzuki T-500, $450; Takara
deluxe 12-speed, $150; Polk
Audio 10 speakers, $325/pair.
Call Jim, 821-5808.
1966 Mustang, rebuilt engine,
transmission new, interior nice,
stereo, $3100 or best offer.
887-5179.
Trailer on a private lake, 2-
bedrooms, 1 bath, 2 dog pens,
only 11/2 miles from campus on
a wooded lot, $50 lot rent.
Owner financing. 826-3566.
1980 Yamaha QT50 excellent
condition, low mileage, 100
mpg, includes basket & hel-ment,
$300. Call 887-5026 after
5 p.m.
Acoustic Alvarez Festival gui­tar,
sweetest sound for the
money, $350 negotiable. Call
826-8444.
Complete black and white
darkroom set including Durst
F-60 enlarger, Cra-lab timer.
Lots of accessories. $100. Call
Bert, 826-8834.
Exotic pet for sale. Impress &
amaze your friends! Scare your
enemies! $25 includes Taran­tula,
10-gallon aquarium and
accessories. Act now and
receive a free "Know your
Tarantula Handbook". 821-
6788.
Steieo*
Stereo Sale—Dual CS515 turn­table
with cartridge-$129.95,
Onkyo 1022A turntable with
cartridge-$89.95, EPI TE-100+
speakers-$109.95 each, NAD
1020 Pre amp-$125, Thorens
T D 1 6 0 s u p e r t u r n -
table-$225, Creek 4040 amp-
$249. Call Accurate Audio at
821-4902,11-6 Mon. thru Fri.
Wanted desperatly, two stu­dent
tickets to the Ga. Tech
game. Call Mary, 821-3418.
I need two general admission
tickets for the Georgia game.
Call Mike at 821-1334.
I desperately need one guest
ticket to Georgia game. Will
pay good money, 887-9104.
Leave message for Stephanie
Smith.
Desperately need two Auburn-
Georgia guest football tickets.
Will pay a large amount of
money for them. Call 826-8605
after 4:15 p.m.
Wanted one Georgia Tech
guest ticket. Please call
821-7137.
Vocalist with time and drive
wanting work with no frills
band of gladhouse escapees.
Call 887-9932 or 821 -7971.
Will pay reasonable price for
PS221 labs (EM series) and
MH 264 tests from Dr. Currie's
class. Call 826-7805.1 will pick
up.
TKuc.
Learn gold, silver scrap recy­cling
business. $50,000 year
posssible. Free information:
Meredith, Box 11216MP, Reno,
NV 89510.
EHA Proficiency Exam classes
beginning 10/7. Individual
assistance anytime. Profes­sional
tutoring. WordShop.
887-6333, 821-0096.
Typing: IBM word processing
equipment, term papers,
resumes, theses, letters, The
Auburn Secretary, 826-1740.
Tutoring for English Profi­ciency
Exam by professional
editor with doctorate in English
Education. The Write Place.
821-7181.
TKut. &#&?<
Conrad Johnson PV-2 Pre
amp—tubes—-only $295. Call
Barry in Selma after 6 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 22 thru Fri., Oct. 26.
875-9908.
Big Sound - Big Box - Small
price! The Spectrum 208
speaker system sounds better
than most thousand dollar
models yet sells for an unbe-lieveable
$298 a pair!! For an
appointment to hear Spectrum
and other fine sounding audio
components, call 821 -4902,11
a.m.-6 p.m. Mon. thru Fri.
Wanted
Wanted to buy—gold, silver,
diamonds, class rings, add-a-beads.
Highest prices paid.
Hill's Jewelry, Auburn, AL
887-3921.
Lead Guitarist looking for
established band. Back-up
vocals with bass and keyboard
abilities. 821-2596. Ask for
Grant, leave messages.
Professional Typing on word
processor, topic development
editing assistance. The Write
Place. 113 North Gay.
821-7181.
A.
Lose weight and feel great
now, ask me how! I've lost 30
pounds and 5Vi inches and cell-ulite
from my waist. You can
too! Guaranteed! Call Andy at
821-1344.
WordPower: Professional typ-.
ing and editing. Writing and /or
typing of resumes. Preparation
for Proficiency Exam. Next to
Burger King. Call 826-3357 or
887-7083.
Experienced typist will type
your paper for you. Fast accu­rate.
Call after "T:Sd, 749-8144.
Term paper assistance-
Resume services (student
rates). Research, editing, tutor­ing,
copying, IBM wordpro-cessing.
WordShop, 887-6333,
821 -0096.
Lost: Ladies Seiko tank watch
with dark brown leather band
at the Auburn-Tenn. game.
Reward. Write: Jewell G.
Epperson, 2025 Brown Ave.
NW, Box 2732, Cleveland,
Tenn. 37320.
Found: set of keys at post
office on the concourse.
They're at Foy Union in the Lost
& Found.
Found: A cooler at the White
Animals concert. Describe
cooler and contents. Steve
887-8951.
Resume Service: Complete
resume preparation, applica­tions,
letters, interview prepa­ration.
The Write Place: 113 ,
North Gay, 821-7181.
Modeling Opportunities.
Women looking good in swim-suits
needed for photographic
promotion opportunities. Good
pay, flexible hours. Modeling
experience preferred, but not
necessary. Impact Services,
214/692-1440.
Quincy's Family Steakhouse
needs hard-working energetic
help! Come in or call us at
887-9998.
Sales Career—Full & part-time—
self starters interested in
personal growth and helping
others. International company
with superior products. High
commission paid on sales. We
will train. Call Brenda at 821-
2585 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Overseas Jobs...Summer, yr.
round. Europe, S. Amer., Aue«-
tralia, Asia. All fields. $900-
2000 mo. Sightseeing, Free
info. Write IJC, P.O. Box 52-
AL1, Corona Del mar, CA
92625.
Jlo4t & *?4U*d
Found: Texas Instrument cal­culator.
Call 821-1932.
Lost: Set of keys on "Hand­cuffs"
key chain. Lost in Uni­versity
weight room, call Jim,
821 -5808.
Lost - Intersection of Wire Rd.
and Roosevelt, man's watch.
Call 821 -1279 and I'll describe.
Lost: 1983 Handley H.S. class
ring, Roanoke, AL. If found,
please call 821-3326. Lost in
vicinity of Parker Hall on
10/15/84. Ask for Eddie.
Reward is offered.
Teggy, Tevin can't do without
his girl, pease be mine forever. I
love you.
Rick W., of Beta Theta Pi, your
the sexiest pledge in town!
Love ya.
New pledges and brothers of
Theta XI, your little sisters love
you.
Auburn Gay Awareness has
changed its name to the East
Alabama Gay/Lesbian So­ciety.
We are not only for stu­dents;
we are not only for men.
For peer support and help con­tact
"EAGLS". P.O. Box 821,
Auburn, AL. 36830.
Want to have an international
affair? Get involved wtih
SIMUM Southeastern Invita­tional
model United Nations.
For an affair of the mind. Come
by Foy 356 at 4 p.m. on Oct. 24.
A little PANDAMONIUM can
be a whole lot of fun!! And if you
don't believe it, ask an Alpha
Chi Omega!
Paul Z. and Mike S.—Happy
Birthday and watch out! The
Birthday Bandits will strike!
Theta Xi Sean C, "Roses are
red, Irises are blue, I'm your big
sister, Can you guess WHO??"
Mike S.: Welcome to Theta
Xi—Your Big Sis is watching
you! War Eagle!
Wreck Techl Congratulations
to the 1984-85 Auburn Enter­tainers:
Tracy Boggess, Kris
Bolton, Tonya Boutwell, Rean
Campbell, Annorah Cox,
Suzanne Diehl, Robin Hamper,
Debbie Howard, Jennifer Lj'm-baugh,
Vicky Limbaugh, Leslie
Piot, Kim Reed, Lori Salter.Oar-lene
Tinney, Liane Webb, Jill
Williams, Charlotte Woodbury.
Come see the squad dance at
the pep rally today.
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Teresa can't wait to collect my
favor. Happy Twenty-first
Birthday from your young gen­tlemen
caller.
Watch out Theta XI pledges;
Your big sisters are watching
you.
Let US help with EHA (& other)
papers! Complete writing ser­vices.
WordShop. 887-6333,
821-0096.
Mary Kay Cosmetics!! Call
Debbie Hettinger - Sales Direc­tor
for a complimentary facial
or reorders at 826-8086.
SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL
Take your favorite
Yellow Jacket
to the cleaners!
oiler good one day only
Jordan Hare Stadium Oct. 20
Thursday Nights - Daiquiri Party
Friday & Saturday - Open Mike Night with
Beverly, Tom, & Michael
Monday Night - ACS presents: Pink Floyd's
"The Wall" 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday Nights - 50$ Draft
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A-12 ©it 9uburn plainsman Thursday, October 18, 19*
Local 'kids on the block*
Aiello's puppets demonstrate handicapped life to non-disabled
v Carol Muse handicapped child needs accep- U Br^N I By oetrv cer- impo
Features Staff
Mark Riley is an 11-year-old
with cerebral palsy who has a dif­ficult
time speaking and must
travel around in a wheelchair
that he calls his "cruiser." He
wears an old leather hockey
helmet much of the time to pro­tect
himself from falls.
But he doesn't let his cerebral
palsy get in the way. He is extro­verted,
energetic and likes to
"pop wheelies" in his wheelchair.
Some might say Mark is not a
real boy because he is operated by
a puppeteer, and his body is made
of foam rubber and velour.
Oh, but he is real.
Mark Riley was the first puppet
designed by a special education
teacher, Barbara Aiello, in Vir­ginia
in 1977. Mark was fash­ioned
to help explain to non-disabled
children what a
disabled child's life is like. Mark
was modeled after one of the first
students in Aiello's class who
was subject to a new main-streaming
law requiring that
disabled children and non-disabled
children must interact
closely in the classroom and be
given the same education. The
accep­tance
from the other children and
reassurance that it is possible for
normal children to understand
him.
Mark led to other puppets; the
word spread. More teachers
wanted these puppets and this
teaching method, so "Kids on the
Block" was created.
Auburn has such a group of
kids called the "Auburn Kids on
the Block," and Nancy Burdg,
a s s i s t a n t professor of the
Department of Rehabilitation
and Special Education at Auburn
University, director of Project
AIM (Auburn Intervention
Model) and regional director of
the Parent-Infant Program
through the Alabama Institute
for the Deaf and Blind said the
national organization provides
training to local puppeteer
groups. Puppets are purchased
from the national organization,
but the troops are locally funded.
Funds for the Auburn troop
were obtained through the
Dean's Grant on Mainstreaming,
Project AIM and various civic
and private donations, Burdg
said.
"Auburn Kids on the Block" is
operated by volunteer puppeteers
petry called "Bunraku," one cer­tainly
sees these puppets as real
children once the performance
begins. Puppeteers are dressed
completely in black, and seem to
fade into the background when
the puppets come to life.
Although the puppeteers have
no special requirements before
undertaking their jobs, a training
period is required. Burdg said the
most important requirements are
interest in working with children
and feeling comfortable behind a
puppet in a theatrical situation.
Pointing out that there is no
operating budget for the troop
beyond purchase of the puppets,
Keep the pace, with the Plainsman.
Photography: Lee Moore
A PUPPET SHOW
Nancy Burge and friend entertain at Village Mall.
Burdg said donations are impor
tant to keep things alive.
When asked why she thoughl
all of this education is so impor
tant, Burdg said that we are liv
ing in a high technology era
Many technological advance­ments,
hearing aids, for example
correct some differences in indi
viduals, but the basic unchange
able handicaps will always b<
there. Children can experience
these handicaps in an enlighten
ing situation and feel comforta
ble and free to ask questions
about anything which provokes
their curiosity.
The idea behind Kids on the
Block is to change the opinions
about the disabled through a
means that is comfortable to
children. Burdg said the children
are more willing to talk to a
puppet and ask direct questions
The puppets are about the size
of a 5- to 7-year-old child. Each
puppet's disability is quite vis­ible,
and the props are life-like.
Each has his own distinct per­sona