1984-11-29 The Auburn Plainsman

              Volume 91 Number 8 Thursday, November 29, 1984 Auburn University, Ala. 36849 28 pages
Rumors unfounded;
no rapes on campus
By Beth Hughes and
Lynne Hopkins
News Staff
Rumors of rape have been spreading through
Auburn's campus and according to both University
and city police they are just rumors.
"We have not had a rape on campus since 1977,"
Campus Police Chief Jack Walton said, "But rape is
a crime that is not often reported."
The only form of assault that has been reported to
campus police recently was that of verbal assault
which was sexually motivated against two Univer­sity
students on Oct. 30. The man was charged with
harassment, fined $25, received a 5-day suspended
sentence and given a court order to stay away from
the victims.
Rumors of rape could have been fueled through a
series of programs held by AU professor Barry
Burkhart which consist of lectures and movies
explaining date rape and how to protect against it,
Walton said. "I don't know if that's where it started
or what kicked it off."
He said another reason that may have perpetu­ated
the rumors was on- Nov. 14 two police cars
arrived at the Hill Dormitories because 15 thefts
had been reported. Later that night a girl working
at a desk in Dorm B saw a girl leave for home with
her mother and suspected that she had been raped.
Walton said police investigated the incident and
found that the girl was a freshman who was
homesick.
"The problem we have here is that more people
are talking than listening," he added.
Walton said he had heard accusations that the
police knew that rapes were happening but were
trying to cover them up. "If it's happening I think
the students should be aware but it's not happening
that I know of because it hasn't been reported."
If a girl is a victim of date rape or violent rape the
police department has a policy of handling it how­ever
the victim wishes, he said. Some of the alterna­tives
include filing official charges, taking it before
the Disipline Committee or having it handled
privately.
In the case of date rape, Walton said some girls do
not want to press charges but to be assured that it
doesn't happen again to them or other girls. Walton
said he will call the assailant to let him know that
someone in authority is aware of what has hap­pened
and order him to stay away from the girl.
The last case of violent rape on campus occurred
in 1977 when a construction worker raped three stu­dents
and was convicted and sent to prison.
This year one other sexual assault occurred at
CDV married housing and is still under investiga­tion.
In 1983 no rapes or sexual assaults were
reported. In 1982 one assault was reported and one
rape which proved to be unfounded. In 1981 there
were four sexual assaults.
City police said one date rape has been reported
this year but did not involve a University student.
Rapes that occur on campus are handled through
Campus Security.
Walton said, "We handle all of our own cases. We
are a full-fledged law enforcement (agency)."
Center could cost $20 million
By Lynne Haynes
Assistant News Editor
Feasibility studies for the
hotel-convention center planned
for Auburn will not be completed
for about another month, and the
cost of the center could be as high
as $20 million, said Michael Mou-ron,
president of Algernon Blair
Service Corp.
Mouron said his company,
which is the developer and gen­eral
contractor of the planned
facilities, is conducting the feasi­bility
studies in three phases: the
feasibility of the conference cen­ter
for Auburn; the requirements
of commercial travel, such as
access to major airlines; and spe­cific
numbers, such as the
number of rooms the hotel should
have and the number of food and
beverage outlets in the area.
The first phase of these studies
has been completed, and accord­ing
to these preliminary reports,
"Things look very good," Mouron
said Tuesday.
"We're leaning toward a She­raton"
hotel within the 200-225
room range and a 40-50,000
square foot conference center, he
said. It will "certainly" cost
between $12 million and $20 mil­lion,
Mouron added.
Dv. George Emert, executive
vice president of Auburn Univer­sity,
said, "We're talking up to
$20 million."
Initial reports projected a hotel
with between 140 and 175 hotel
rooms and a conference center
with 30-40,000 square feet of
meeting rooms at a cost of about
$12 million.
The hotel-conference center is
being planned for the six-acre site
on College Street where Phi Delta
Theta, Delta Sigma Phi, Pi
Kappa Phi and Alpha Gamma
Rho fraternities now stand. Uni­versity
officials have asked the
fraternities to relocate so the cen­ter
can be built there.
Officials initially asked the
fraternities to be out of their
houses by Jan.. 1, but two weeks
ago Emert said they would prob­ably
be able to remain in their
present locations through winter
quarter.
It will "certainly" cost
between $12 million
and $20 million.
—Mouron
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This week Emert said, "That
fraternities can stay at least
through winter (quarter) is basi-"
cally affirmed now."
Mouron said a specific date has
not been set to break ground for
the center.
Mouron estimated it will take
between 14 and 18 months to
build the hotel-conference center,
including site preparation. He
said since Algernon Blair is the
developer and contractor of the
center that it could accelerate or
decelerate its preparation time
within a range of several months.
Meanwhile, Emert said prop­osals
made in the feasibility stu­dies
to be submitted to the Uni­versity
will be studied by officials
here before being sent to the
Board of Directors for final
approval.
"There are all sorts of things to
be considered when we look at
their proposals," Emert said. "It
may be something we don't like
at all and do not even submit it to
the Board."
Some of the major considera­tions
Emert mentioned include
the center's compatibility with
local architecture, traffic patt­erns
and parking. "You can be
assured we will take a very close
look at (the proposals)," he said.
University officials expected
the feasability studies and prop­osals
by Algernon Blair to be
completed in time to be submitted
to the Board in its meeting Mon­day,
but Emert said Tuesday that
they are not on the Board's
agenda.
Some of the proposals to be
submitted by Algernon Blair
include financial planning,
Emert said.
Several methods are being con­sidered
by Algernon Blair by
which to pay for the facility,
Emert said. Two of these are a
conventional loan from a bank
and limited partnership pur­chases,
much like condo­miniums.
Emert said the limited partner­ship
would consist of someone
purchasing a room. It would be
theirs to use whenever they
wanted, but could be rented to
others when unoccupied.
Photography: Jay Sailors
SHEDDING LIGHT ON A PROBLEM
Construction on traffic and street lights begin at notorious intersection
19 wrecks prompt traffic light
By Lynne Haynes
Assistant News Editor
Nineteen wrecks have occurred
in the last 18 months at the inter­section
of South College Street
and Shug Jordon Parkway, not
including the two most recent
accidents resulting in five
deaths, a State Highway
Department report said.
Carolyn Ann Lee, 36, of Lot
five, Hagan's Trailer Park, Opel-ika,
died Sunday at University
Hospitals in Birmingham as a
result of injuries she suffered in a
Nov. 20 accident, and four pepple
died Oct. 12 when a Corvette col­lided
with a bus containing Tus-kegee
High School students.
In last week's accident, Detec­tive
Duff Quenelle of the Auburn
Police Department Baid Lee
apparently "failed to yield the
right of way and entered South
College Street" from Shug Jordon
Parkway, colliding with a 1982
Corvette driven by Brett McAn-ally,
17, of 106 Talheim Drive in
Auburn. Mc Anally was traveling
south on College Street.
Alice Walker, 37, of 408 Wat-kins
Drive, Opelika, was a pas­senger
in Lee's car, and both were
sent to University Hospitals in
Birmingham. On Wednesday
Watkins was listed in "fair"
condition.
Quenelle said Watkins was suf­fered
a broken neck, and McAn-ally
was treated and released
from the East Alabama Medical
Center. Lee was "ejected from the
vehicle" into the southbound lane
of South College Street. The car
came to rest in the "far north­bound
lane," Quenelle said. She
suffered a broken arm and head
injuries.^
A traffic light is now being
installed at the intersection,
partly because of student peti­tions
and a request by the AU
Student Government Associa­tion
on Oct. 22 to place a signal
there. Street lighting will also be
installed, and turn lanes will be
added and lengthened.
A Nov. 2 memorandum from
F.L. Blankenship, assistant
engineer of the Fourth Division
of the State Highway Depart­ment,
said 19 accidents have
occurred at the intersection in 18
months, not including the one in
which four people were killed.
"Seven of the 19 wrecks were
right angle collisions. These are
correctable with a traffic signal,"
the memo stated.
Although Quenelle said no
alcohol or drugs were involved in
the latest wreck at this intersec­tion,
the memo said "37 percent of
the accidents (there) are alcohol
or drug related."
In his memo Blankenship
estimated the traffic signal and
lighting will cost about $40,000.
Turn lanes will cost between $75
and $100,000.
Funderburk hired at Eastern Kentucky
By Beth Hughes
News Editor
Former Auburn president Dr.
Hanly Funderburk was named
president of Eastern Kentucky
University Monday.
Funderburk, who resigned as
president of Auburn after two no-confidence
votes from the
faculty, will begin his new job on
Jan. 1 under a three-and-a-half
year contract.
Eastern Kentucky's 10-mem-ber
board of regents unanim­ously
selected Funderburk for the
position, said Henry Stratton,
chairman of the board.
"This board is confident that
Dr. Funderburk possesses the
qualities to serve Eastern in a
most outstanding manner," said
Stratton.
According to Stratton, the
board deliberated for several
hours before selecting Funder­burk
from the field of three final­ists.
The other canditates were
John L. Green Jr., president of
Washburn University in Topeka,
Kan., and Joseph P. Giusti, a
chancellor in the Indiana Uni­versity
and Purdue University
systems.
Funderburk, who is currently
serving as director of community
affairs at Auburn University at
Montgomery, will be the succes­sor
to J.C. Powell, who will resign
Dec. 31.
Funderburk resigned from
Auburn's post amid controversy
and pressure from the faculty,
administration and students.
Stratton commented, though,
that the board of regents had
reviewed his performance at
Auburn and "is satisfied that his
achievements there under
adverse circumstances attest to
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his abilities."
Dr. Gordon Bond, history pro­fessor,
was chairman of the
faculty senate during the Fun­derburk
controversy. Bond com­mented
that he did not know
much about Eastern Kentucky's
system, but that he is "not at all
surprised" that Funderburk
received the job offer.
"I assume that if Dr. Funder­burk
approaches the Eastern
Kentucky position in the same
way he approached the position
at Auburn, there are bound to be
similar problems," said Bond.
"But Dr. Funderburk may have
learned a great deal from his
experience here and may be able
to bring some new insight and
new ideas to his jor. in Kentucky."
"I wish Eastern Kentucky
University and Dr. Funderburk
the best," he added.
Before coming to Auburn as
president in 1980, Funderburk
had served as chancellor at
Auburn University at Montgo­mery
since 1968. He was
Auburn's president until his
resignation in February 1983.
Eastern Kentucky, a regional
university of about 12,500 stu­dents,
is located in Richmond,
Ky.
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By Dara Parr
Assistant Features Editor
Mike McMillan is one electrical
engineering graduate student
who isn't just spinning his
wheels.
An experienced biker, McMil­lan
bicycled about 4,100 miles
from Tacoma, Wash, to Bar Har­bor,
Maine, seeing an America
and its citizens that most of us
will never see.
McMillan averaged 63 miles a
day. He left Tacoma Friday, June
5, 1984, with his only pre-scheduled
stop being Bar Harbor
on Sept. 6 in order to receive a free
ride home to Huntsville with his
parents, who were planning to
vacation in Bar Harbor.
His tour began in the moun­tains
of the Northwest. The diffi­cult
climb of Mt. Rainier and its
surrounding area was only the
beginning. McMillan expe­rienced
all kinds of people, crea­tures
and places.
The travel seems more real on a
bike according to McMillan,
because you are actually a part of
the environment, weather,
sights, sounds and even smells.
McMillan must think bicycling is
the only way to tour. He spent
summer 1983 biking through
Europe.
An impressive sight, nine days
into his trip, was Mt. St. Helens.
"The devastation from Mt. St.
Helens is really mind-boggling.
Everything for miles was killed
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Week in
Review
International
Filipino officials say that a
Communist insurgency is grow­ing
rapidly because of the peo­ple's
acceptance of its presence.
The insurgency is strongest on
the island of Mindanao. The
atmosphere on the island is des­cribed
as lacking in law and
order, and abuses by the military
are frequent, according to civil
rights groups. The Communists
claim 10,000 to 12,500 armed reg­ulars
who are active in the
country.
Sunday, three hijackers held
108 hostages aboard a Somali
Airlines plane, threatening to
blow it up unless Ethiopian offi­cials
released 21 political priso-neers.
The hijackers took control
of the plane Saturday as it flew
from Mogadishu, the capital of
Somalia, to Jidda, Saudi Arabia.
There was one unidentified
American aboard the plane.
For the first time in 13 years,
Uruguay held general elections
Sunday, reestablishing Demo­cratic
tradition in that country.
General Gregorio Alvarez plans
to surrender power on March 1.
Candidates were Blanco party
nominee Alberto Saenz deZuma-ran,
a 44-year-old lawyer,and the
Broad Front nominee Juan Jose
Crottogini, a 76-year-old gyne­cologist.
The nominee of the
Colorado party is 48-year-old
lawyer Julio Maria Sanguinetti.
National
William Schroeder of Jasper,
Ind. became the nation's second
artificial heart recipient Sunday.
The operation was performed at
Humana Heart Institute Interna­tional
in Lousiville, Ky. Six hours
after the surgery Schroeder was
taken back into surgery to stop
bleeding. Doctors say that the
bleeding was not immediately
life-threatening and its source
was unknown. After the surgery
Schroeder opened his eyes and
was able to squeeze the doctor's
hand on request. Dr. William C.
DeVries was the principal sur­geon,
with Dr. Allan M. Lansing
assisting.
An unknown lottery winner
has forfeited her $1.7 million
prize because she didn't come
forward with the winning ticket
one year after purchasing it at a
liquor store. Lottery Director
John Quinn said that the
money will become government
property of New York State. He
also said that he has heard
many stories as to the where­abouts
of the lost ticket.
State and Local
The deadline to apply for
licenses to build and operate a
horse-racing track in Bir­mingham
is only a week away.
Three groups have announced
plans to apply: Greater Bir­mingham
Sports Associates,
Birmingham Downs and Magno­lia
Downs. All three groups are
refraining from disclosing
information in these last days of
final preparation before the dead­line.
The three grops are compet­ing
to win the approval of the
Birmingham Racing Commis­sion.
Cynthia Brutcher, 6, will
become the University of Ala­bama's
youngest heart trans­plant
recipient and the first
human whose disease worn
heart will be left in place. The
operation will be called a "pig­gyback"
with the new heart
sewn directly onto the old. The
new heart will do most of the
work, but the old heart will take
some of the load.
Future of SGA fundraiser bill doubtful
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By Beth Hughes
News Editor •
The SGA fundraiser bill, which
has raised controversy among
the SGA Senate and different
Greek organizations, was tabled
at Monday's Senate meeting and
according to SGA President
David Shaffer, it "may never
come up again."
The bill was drawn up by the
student welfare committee in
order to redefine codes for
governing fraternity and sorority
fundraisers, an area that has
been vague in the past. The bill
created some controversy
because of a clause that would
require the fraternities and soror­ities
to donate 40 percent of their
profits from fundraisers to the
All-Campus Fund for distribu­tion
to local charities.
Many of the Greek groups
argue that they already do
enough for local charity and that
they need the money to give to
their national philanthropies.
"I think that the intent of the
bill is fantastic1," said Shaffer.
"To deny that the intent is good is
not right, but the way they are
going about it is wrong. "
"I do not see how we can man­date
the amount of money given
because we are nothing but the
managers of these fundraisers.
We have nothing to do with the
money," he added.
Shaffer said that he does not
think the bill will pass the
Senate, and he added that he
doubts it will come up again. "I
don't anticipate, at least while I
am here, that a bill like this will
be approved," he said. "There
may possibly be a resolution to
encourage giving to local chari­ties,
though."
Shaffer said that he wants to
encourage groups, Greek or non-
Greek, to give to local charities.
The safety regulations that
were also included in the bill are
still being considered but accord­ing
to John Stein, student welfare
committee chairman, the safety
regulations "will definitely come
up in Monday's senate meeting."
Decision on full accreditation expected in December
By Lynne Hopkins
Editor
After a year of delayed accredi­tation,
Auburn University will
either be granted full accredita­tion
or put on probation in
December, but AU President
James Martin said he is optimis­tic
that Auburn will receive full
accreditation.
The Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools will take
final action on Auburn's accredi­tation
Dec. 11-14 in Atlanta.
Accreditation was delayed last
year pending response to criti­cisms
leveled from a committee
after surveying Auburn's
campus.
SACS, the school's regional
accrediting agency, expressed
concern that a permanent admin­istration
was not in place because
of the resignation of former pres­ident
Hanly Funderburk and
problems in the lack of active
recruitment of minority faculty
and students.
Martin said he submitted a
response to SACS' criticisms on
Sept. 1 which addressed these
and other problems cited by
SACS. Since the initial criticisms
a permanent administration has
been put into place, including
some positions which had been
vacant for two years, and their
job descriptions have been
defined in the response.
The school has also worked to
increase minority representation
on campus. Recent enrollment
figures show that 153 black
freshmen enrolled at Auburn this
fall, which represents a 125 per­cent
increase over last year
bringing the total number of
black students at 583, represent­ing
3 percent of the school's
enrollment.
SACS met in October to discuss
the response and Martin said he
had planned to attend the meet­ing
until he received a call from a
member of SACS who said the
readers of the report were satis­fied
with the response.
Henry Ashmore, a member of
SACS, said all the necessary
responses were "properly submit­ted
by the university and pro­gressing
through the normal
channels."
Delaying reaffirmation of
accreditation is normal, Ash-more
said. "We might have 10 to
14 institutions a year that might
be delayed reaccreditation for
some reason or another."
SACS reviews 734 institutions
for accreditation every 10 years
and at its annual meeting in
December. 74 other institutions
will also be up for accreditation
and about 125 others will be
brought up for changes in curric­ulum
or internal administrative
changes.
Ashmore would not comment
on Auburn's chances of reaccred­itation
but said "everything is in
progress" with all the necessary
paperwork in order and proce­dures
have been properly
followed.
If Auburn is denied accredita­tion
it will be placed on probation
pending furthur action to
improve the problems. Martin
said if that happened "We would
immediately begin addressing
the necessary issues but I don't
think that will happen."
If full accreditation is granted
the school will not be reviewed for
another 10 years.
Every ten years SACS reviews
a campus to evaluate an institu­tion
on the standards of organi­zation,
administration, educa­tional
programs, financial
resources, faculty, library stu­dent
developmental activities,
graduate programs and research.
SACS accredits the entire uni­versity
although some special­ized
programs and curriculums
receive accreditation from pro­fessional
organizations
Some of these schools include
Engineering, Veterinary Medi­cine,
Architecture and Clinical
Psychology.
The School of Veterinary Med­icine
received full accreditation
from the American Veternarian
Medicine Association in May of
1983 after being on probation for
two years. Representatives will
return to review the school for
accreditation again in 1985.
The School of Veterinary Med­icine
was delayed accreditation
at that time because of a low
student-teacher ratio and limited
facilities.
The School of Engineering was
granted accreditation in August
of 1984.
Week in History
•nroe Doctrine was
_ President Monroe
„ __ message to Congress.
—American abolitionist John
was hanged at Charles
,own,Virginia(now West Virgi-i)
in 1859.
—In Chicago, scientists
the first controlled
. . i n 1942. This was
a huge breakthrough that later
id to the production of the
Bomb, which U.S.forces
end World War II in
Japan.
3—Illinois was first admitted
tto the Union in 1818.
Conrad, the well-was
born in
1857. 1
—Christiaan Barnard, a South
African surgeon, performed the
first human heart transplant in
1967- : ::
4—Scottish author Thoraasf
Carlyje was born in 1795, |
5—-The eighth U.S. president^
Martin Van Baren, was horn atl
lKjhderhook,N.Y. in 1782.
—Mickey Mouse creator ahcf
producer of other animated car­toons,
Walt Disney, was horn inrl
1901.
—The 21st Amendment,
jrepealing prohibition, was pro­claimed
in 1933.
§—European families celebrate
Feast of Saint Nicholas, often
exchanging gifts-.
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Inside Front
Co-eds' fe
y Debbie Long
esearch Editor
"It happens almost every year," said Barry R.
urkhart, associate professor in the psychology
jpartment, about the recent rape scare on
uburn's campus.
Burkhart said that during the 10 years he has
sen at the University .usually about once a year a
imor about rapes gets started and students talk
bout how the administration and the police
epartment are trying to cover up everything to
eep Auburn's reputation as a safe place intact.
amplified
He said that the rumors specify the exact place,
time and description of the alleged assailant. They
know what dorm the victim supposedly lives and
sometimes know the friend of a friend of a friend
who says she knows the girl.
But no rapes have been reported on Auburn's
campus since 1977, according to Police Chief Jack
Walton.
Burkhart said that he is not sure how these rum­ors
get started or why. "Except perhaps that rape is
a frightening crime and fear is a context out of
which rumors are often generated."
Contrary to popular belief, he said, the motives
LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER
Women at Auburn a r e becoming increasingly wary of rape
Veteran astro-monkey sick,
checks into Vet School's
Small Animal Clinic for tests
Mrs. Baker, the first animal from the United
States to successfully return from space on May 28,
1959, was admitted to Auburn University Small
Animal Clinic for depression and lethargy
yesterday.
The 14 oz. squirrel monkey was evaluated by
hematology, blood chemistry, urinalysis and radi­ographic
studies and given a tentative diagnosis of
renal (kidney) failure.
Although the initial prognosis is guarded, the 27-
year-old Mrs. Baker has clinically improved after
the first 12 hours of therapy and will continue to be
monitored as to the progression of the disease.
Mrs. Baker's therapy is under the direction of Drs.
Ray Dillon and Robert C. Zenoble. A progress report
will be available today at 2:30.
At the Crisis Center
that underlie rape are not sexual in nature.
Attackers are often married or involved in a sexual
relationshsip already. The satisfaction they get
from rape comes from the feelings of power and
domination, not from the physical aspect of it.
"Making women submissive has the effect of
making them feel in control...superior," he said.
"Rape is a crime of violence and power."
About one half of all rapes involves a weapon of
some type, a knife or gun. But the victim is rarely
killed.
Rapists were often sexual victims themselves as
children and are the extreem sexists of society,
thinking of women as adversaries. They treat
women as objects instead of as human beings, he
said. They are angry people who feel inadequate.
People rape for three main reasons:
—Anger. As a clear act of aggression they are
primarily out to get women. For them it is an act of
rage and a way of degrading the victim. They get
the same pleasure as a normal person would when
screaming out of anger.
—Power. They feel inadequate and insecure,
using rape and control as a way of compensating
for their inadequacy. They do it to feel better about
themselves.
—Sadism. The minority of rapists do so because
of sadistic reasons, only 5 percent. These rapists
fuse together aggression and eroticism, where a
normal person would keep the two separate.
Because of this they are probably the most danger­ous
group. An example of the sadistic rapist is Ted
Bundy, who Burkhart said was arrested on charges
in connection with the rape and murder of two girls
in the Chi Omega house at FSU.
Burkhart emphasized that this is an extremely
rare event. "Women are much more at risk on a date
than on a dark street," saying that statistics have
shown this to be the case. "The streets are relatively
safe."
He added that the stereotype rapist in the bushes
is not the typical case on this campus. Data from
studies he has been conducting the past few years
has shown that date rape is more of the problem
here.
"Rape is real and it happens," he said. "But learn­ing
to live your life based on the fear that you will be
raped costs you your freedom...that's tragic."
of rape
Tips can help coeds
a rape
There is no way to assure one of not being
assaulted, but you can minimize the risk in the
following ways:
You have good instincts—trust them. Never
give the impression you'll be a good victim.
Stand and walk tall, with a brisk, purposeful
stride..
brief eye contact with someone who
ou feel uneasy to let the person know that
e him and are not afraid—but don't stare or
prolong your glances.
Ceep a safe distance from strangers, even if you
i talking to them
_.. _i alone, be aware of what
..rr . „ _ J you. Turn around and look if
i hear footsteps behind you.
Don't enter an elevator alone with someone who
makes you feel uneasy.
Plan ahead—know what you'll do, how yon will
f attacked. Always have one hand free.
ite the routes you take home, yc
- " - - • * etc.
car and apartment locked.
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stranger to you. Don't be
out a person's intentions—be
ght.
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Univ«nt; Pobc* Dtptttmaal
Counselors assist rape victims
By Kim Best
Assistant News Editor
One in four girls on the majority of college cam­puses
in this country is raped sometime during her
college years, according to statistics provided by
the Crisis Center of Lee County.
If the facts hold true, indicated Sandra Newkirk,
chairman of counselors at the Crisis Center,
Auburn students are no exception.
"The highest percentage of rape victims are girls
in the 18 to 25 age bracket, although males are also
raped at a higher percentage rate than in the past,"
said Newkirk.
In the past, the majority of rapists were strangers
to their victims, but now the trend has shifted
toward 60 percent acquaintance rapes and 40 per­cent
rapes by total strangers.
No exact figures on rape can be obtained, but
officials estimate that only three out of every 1,000
rapes are ever reported to authorities of any kind-
Reasons for this include feelings of fear, guilt and
shame on the part of the victims that prevent them
from reporting the rape or attack.
"I have been a counselor at the Crisis Center for
the past four years and during this time only two or
three Auburn students have reported rapes," said
Newkirk. This does not mean that only two or three
rapes occurred on Auburn's campus, but that only
two or three were reported, added Newkirk.
Serious problelms result wnen rapes are not
reported to the proper authorities; such as untreated
emotional problems for the victims, and the possi-bilitiy
of the rapist attacking other victims before
he is stopped.
In the event that a person is raped, there are
several things that the victim should do; call the
Crisis Center, go to the Auburn University Student
Health Center or to the East Alabama Medical Cen­ter,
and report the attack to the city or university
police department.
"The sooner the victim gets counseling, the
sooner she will get over it," said Newkirk. "You will
never get over it completely, but you can deal with it
better."
According to Surviving Sexual Assault a book
that deals with victims' fears and needs after an
assault, the following myths about rape are
destroyed:
—It could never h appen to me. Wrong. All women
are potential rape victims.
—Most rapes occur as a "spur of the moment" act
in a dark alley by a stranger. Wrong. Rape often
occurs in one's home, very often by someone that
the victim knows.
—Rape is primarily a sexual crime. Wrong. Rape
is a violent assault that is acted out, in part,
sexually.
—It is not possible to rape a nonconsenting adult.
Wrong. It is possible to rape a nonconsenting adult.
Fear of death, threat of violence, or physical brutal­ity
can immobilize anyone.
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A-4 %bt Suburn JJlainsman Thursday, November 29, 1984
QTll e^luburn iSlamsman
Lynne Hopkins, Editor
Jennifer Johns, Business Manager
Volume 91 Number 8
Baby Fae's lesson
It is not unusual that when break­throughs
in medical science occur
there are some forms of opposition
raised concerning ethical and moral
practices involved. This is espe­cially
true in the case of Baby Fae.
The brown-haired, blue-eyed baby
girl was born with a congenital
heart defect that is almost always
fatal, but by transplanting a baboon
heart she was able to live longer
than anyone had expected.
Although she was not the first
human to receive an animal-heart
transplant she lived longer than
any other person who had under­gone
the operation and gave hope to
the possibility that alternatives are
available to transplanting human
organs.
Donors for human organs have
become increasingly scarce, espe­cially
for infants, and Baby Fae's
operation showed a sign of hope for
children born with problems similar
to hers.
Criticism of the operation came
from many groups including groups
trying to protect the lives of anim­als.
Working for the rights of anim­als
is a worthy cause but is it worth it
when trying to save the life of a child
is at stake?
Although many view using
human organs for transplants as a
more appealing approach, if t h e life
of a child is saved through an
animal-human transplant it would
be worth it.
As was said in an editorial in the
Los Angeles Times, "Medicine's
goal is to reduce suffering and pre­serve
life. Baby Fae is on the frontier
of t h a t quest."
Even though she eventually
rejected her baboon heart, Baby Fae
represented a milestone achieve­ment
in medical science and opened
up a new avenue of investigation
that may eventually lead to fewer
deaths among infants.
Hope for patients with heart trou­ble
h a s been increasing recently due
to Baby Fae's operation and plastic
heart transplants. The progress in
the field of heart transplants is
admirable and should not be slowed
down due to some unfounded claims
of ethics.
Let's go back to using archaic
forms of medicine such as leeches if
we can't experiment with new ideas.
vJ_ i
College Press Sewice
Rape rumors startling
Recently there have been many
rumors abounding on Auburn's
campus concerning rape and
whether there have been rapes is so
far strictly rumor.
Unfortunately it is often hard to
know if rapes are happening
because rape is a crime t h a t is rarely
reported. Only about three out of
every 1000 rapes is ever reported to
authorities and so far Campus
Police have only had one sexual
assault reported to them and no
rapes.
If it is true that no rapes have
happened around campus in the
past few weeks t h a n it is awful that
rumors about such a serious matter
have been viciously spread.
However, if rapes are happening
on campus it is necessary to bring
the facts out in the open so coeds
don't walk around with a false sense
of security.
So far much of the stories that
have been spread concerning rape
have proved to be unfounded and
many of the stories have been blown
out of proportion.
Nonetheless, rape is a serious
matter and should never be ignored
especially for college age students
who comprise the age group of most
frequently raped victims and statis­tics
show that one out of four girls
are raped.
Many services are available for
girls who have suffered violent rape
and date rape which can help to eliv-iate
some of the trauma t h a t victims
suffer. Because of its emotional
nature, many girls are hesitant to
report rape but many things can still
be done to help them express their
feelings and to dispel any guilt.
If there are rapes occuring on
campus then it is our responsibility
to help victims feel more comforta­ble
about what has happened and
provide support. If rapes are not
happening then rumors should be
quickly stopped and each of us who
spreads or exaggerates a rumor is
guilty of making a few more girls
feel less secure.
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Holiday shows another part of world
AU teaches a lesson in sports
Last week while watching the Auburn
Tigers massacre the Georgia Bulldogs
amid all the excitement I came upon a
sad realization—this is my last football
season at Auburn and probably the last
time football will ever evoke any kind of
enthusiasm or sentiment for me.
A true love for sports has never been
prevalent in my life and until college all
that going to football games meant to
me was a chance to wear my new clothes
and gossip with everyone else who goes
to the games. My younger sister who
attended Auburn's homecoming this
year found it appalling that we
remained in our seats throughout the
game and even though I found this rid­iculous
it was only a few years ago that I
was the same way.
I was what many have classified as a
"typical female" and constantly nagged
my father to turn from football on televi­sion
because I thought Little House On
The Prairie was so much more interest­ing
and couldn't understand what kind
of pleasure Dad got from watching a
bunch of men jump all over each other. I
was also under the impression that foot­ball
was for the less educated and less
intellectual group of people.
It was also not until college that I
actually knew the difference between
the defense and the offense and realized
that a safety was not a position on the
field.
I'll admit that I am still not even close
to understanding the whole game and
still find myself asking what many con­sider
stupid questions about certain
plays but at least I know enough now to
answer a couple of questions in Trivial
Pursuit.
I even felt that my first few games at
Auburn were unbearable because I felt
like it was more of a chore than a desire
to cheer on the team, show my school
spirit or actually watch the game. But
now things are quite different.
In the past four years I have been able
to watch Auburn turn from a mediocre
team to a well respected team known as
a nationwide powerhouse.
From someone who considered foot­ball
and athletics in general as an alter­native
to a solid education I have real­ized
that it does more to enhance an
education and bring a great amount of
respect and admiration to the school as a
whole.
Another good asset about Auburn
football is the sportsmanship and
healthy rivalries that Auburn has culti­vated
over the years. However, I am
extremely happy that Florida has been
denied a chance to participate in bowl
games and may even get the SEC title
taken away from them. But what the
hell, they deserve it.
Auburn has accomplished a great feat
by getting me interested in football but I
am afraid that it may not last long after
college. I will still keep up with Auburn's
team but by moving far away from Ala­bama
I will not have the chance to
return as an obnoxious alum although
I'm sure that I will get the urge to often.
But as yet I have not developed an
interest in pro football and don't see in it
the excitement that surrounds college
football.
Although I will probably never be
much of a sportsminded person through
my four years at Auburn I have come to
respect the part that athletics plays as
part of a university curriculum and it
has made me more of an open-minded
person.
My family, because of my father's
occupation as an Air Force officer,
moved around quite a bit when I was a
child. It was a fortunate childhood, one I
would not change for anything in the
v/orld. But never once in all my travels
did I ever think I had seen it all...until
now.
I had originally planned on staying in
town for Thanksgiving. I needed to work
on a research paper and do some other
catch-up work. It seems no matter how
many books I bring home and all the
intentions that fill my head I can never
study at home. To go home for Thanks­giving
would have been an effort in futil­ity.
But a friend took pity on me and
invited me to her home for turkey. She
used the ploy that she had a lot of study­ing
to do also, but then she conveniently
forgot her books. I should have forgotten
mine, too; all they did was clutter the
dresser. I can say that with hindsight,
but at the time I had no idea of what
wonders lay before me for her home was
located in the bustling town of Geral-dine,
Ala.
Upon arrival and once the initial
greetings were over I had my first new
experience-attack cats. I hear the ques­tions
already. "What are attack cats?"
Well, I can tell you there are three of
them, two white and one gray, and they
belong to my friend. She claims hunger
as the cause of their neuroses, but I say
mental retardation. I'm hardly ever
wrong. But I'll relate one of their antics
and let the dice fall where they may.
It's dinner time and the attack cats
hear the preparations. Already they are
poised, waiting for the first creak of the
door. One white cat (Fearless Leader)
perches on the ledge to the left of the
door. The other two position themselves
three feet in front of the door (the other
white cat) and two feet to the right of the
door (the gray fluffball). The door opens
and the attack cats spring into action.
Fearless Leader leaps from the ledge
and attaches himself to the supper dish
with both front paws and a wide open
mouth. The other two climb up the poor
soul carrying the dish. This is not sane
behavior. My own dear sweet Muffin
waits patiently for her supper dish. She
may meow softly, but she would never
succumb to such ploys.
Such excitement! I didn't think I could
stand much more for the rest of the week­end,
but boy, was I in for a big surprise.
Attack cats were only the beginning.
Collinsville Trade Day lay in front of me
as well as a trip to Outlettown and a
grand tour of Geraldine's second phone
booth.
My friend took great delight in telling
friends and relatives that she was tak­ing
her city slicker friend to Trade Day.
I'm not sure if it was for their reaction to
her statement or my reaction to their
laughter and knowing glances that gave
her such pleasure. Perhaps both. I can
say one thing though, they got more
entertainment out of my ignorance over
Trade Day than I did. All the feelings I
experienced dealt with a gut fear. Espe­cially
when her uncle asked if I had a
pair of rubber boots. What had I gotten
myself into I wondered with dread.
The day dawned cheery and crisp.
Perfect weather for Trade Day, my
friend's mother said. I agreed that it was
a lovely day and tried to hide my appre­hension.
I was unsuccessful. We made
the trek to Collinsville, paid the parking
attendant a nominal fee and set out for a
day of adventure and unique findings.
No,I did not wear a pair of rubber boots,
but others did and an odd assortment of
other pieces of clothing that I had seen
only in The Beverly Hillbillies.
My friend and I made our way through
booths of bananas, oranges, coconuts
(fresh ones at that?), Elvis memorabilia,
dogs, chickens, goats, auto parts, clo­thing,
toys until we hit the jackpot-a
bookbin. Books were selling for 15 cents
a piece or 10 for a buck. We rummaged
through the stacks of books finding
many treasures. I was impressed. There
were Truman Capote's In Cold Blood,
John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Cour­age,
John Steinbeck's Cannery Row,
Erica Jong's Fear of Flying. Such
diversity (much like AU Theatre). What
intelligence these people must have. We
bought several of our favorites and some
we had always meant to read, but
couldn't afford to buy until now.
Satisfied, we made our way down
other avenues of booths until I saw it.
There plain as day for all to see was Mr.
T Dog. It was a large ceramic dog with
bull horns glued to the top of its head,
hundreds of chains around its neck and,
of course, a feather dangling from its
ear. I was admiring the work of art when
a man came from behind and said, "He
ain't for sale." I was too stunned for
words at that moment. I walked a few
paces and said, "Take me now, Lord. I've
seen it all; I can die happy." And I meant
it.
Nothing was the same after that. On
the way out a man commented over the
loudspeaker: "Jane Smith, your family
is at the car."
What can I say? I made it through the
weekend with flying colors and enjoyed
it in spite of myself. My eyes were opened
to many new and wonderful things.
Most important though, I realized we all
hold prejudices of some sort. Whether it
be for a particular lifestyle or a particu­lar
food. They should not be viewed in a
poor light. But recognized for what they
are-a lack of knowledge.
I may not have cracked a book over the
weekend, but I learned more about
myself and getting along in life. And
isn't that what higher education is all
about?
Realizing local problems is important
As I have walked from my classes to
the Plainsman office each day, I have
either noticed, or have been approached
by someone representing, organizations
formed by concerned students who want
to voice approval or disapproval of
national issues.
These organizations' presentations
have been constructively displayed, and
the purpose of each of them has been
carried out well; however, I have seen so
much display of opinion on national
issues and very little display of student
opinion or attention being paid to local
issues which should concern every stu­dent
at Auburn University directly.
One national issue that has been
given enormous attention on campus is
nuclear disarmament.
It seems to many students, at this
point, that there is no alternative for the
U.S. except to build up arms because of
greed for power and the need to avoid
being overshadowed by other countries.
When officials are elected or
appointed to office, they rightly assume
that they have the faith of their constit­uents.
When we elect our president and
Congressmen, we're putting our faith in
them to make justifiable decisions. Is it
too much to suggest that we let our
national government officials do the job
we elected them to do?
Government officials have to focus
their attention on their constituencies as
wholes while the concentrated popula­tions
should be willing to focus some
attention on individuals and local issues
which demand their concern.
Granted, we're each given the right to
express our views, as do those in favor
and opposed to nuclear arms; however,
our opinion and concern for national
business should not prevent us from tak­ing
notice of local business which pres­ently
demands our attention.
Nuclear war, because of its great
effect, is being considered by national
governments to be the last resort in
achievement of power over other
nations. We, as informed citizens, regret
the prospect of that sort of war occur­ring,
when, in fact, there is a war pres­ently
being fought which has gone
unnoticed by too many and is nowhere
near being won. This war is combat
against crime.
While so many people are concerned
about the great number of deaths which
would result from a nuclear war, they
are overlooking the devastating effect
which local crime is presently having on
those victims and families involved.
In my opinion, we're each responsible
for every crime being committed within
the jurisdiction of city police as well as
the jurisdiction of campus security,
because the negligence we often over­look
on our own parts, as well as the
parts of others, does little to aid preven­tion.
According to George Gunn, sergeant
and director of the Auburn city crime
prevention unit, the total number of
reported felonies from October 1983 to
August 1984 was 1,101, a 10 percent
decrease from the 1,221 reported from
October 1982 to August 1983. The
number of misdemeanors reported from
October 1983 to August 1983. Many of
these crimes, stated Gunn, were commit­ted
by University students.
University campus security records
show an increase in reports of attt mpted
assaults; reports of other types of crime
on campus show very little, if any,
decrease from last year. The only
noticeable decrease has been among
reports of theft, ranging from 468 in 1983
to 272 in 1984 (excluding November).
The decrease in reports of some crimes
is encouraging, but there are still areas
in which reports are increasing due to
lack of precaution on the parts of some
students, lack of concern from others
and lack of respect from those who are
committing the crimes. Besides those
crimes reported, there are also crimes
which haven't been reported.
There's no limit to the concern we
should have for the crime war being
fought in our local vicinity. We
shouldn't be expecting the police
departments to do all of the protecting—
the security of our badged officials can
be spread only so far. It's a responsibil­ity
of all of ours to prevent a crime before
it occurs and disrupts the lives of inno­cent
victims.
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Thursday, November 29, 1984 Wat Suburn plainsman A-5
Stories of Outlettown
relayed by native son
It was nice growing up in the middle of
nowhere. It was nice having clean air,
no crime. And n a traffic. But that was
before VF.
I was brought up in a little place called
Sardis City in northern Etowah County,
on the tip of the huge plateau called
Sand Mountain. We had two red lights,
but one is now a caution light. It is a
pleasant place, mostly residential, but
without any stores to satisfy a healthy
consumer's desires.
For serious shopping, Gadsden is less
t h a n a half hour away, Huntsville only
an hour, and Birmingham only an hour
and a half. A quick five-minute jaunt to
Boaz was all that was needed for incid­entals
or for some leisurely window
shopping.
Boaz is bigger t h a n a bread box (and
Sardis), but not big enough for a traffic
jam. That, also, was before VF.
About two years ago the Lee Company
built a new factory in Boaz, and in the
building which housed the old one,
opened VF, the Vanity Fair Factory
Outlet. Word spread across the state and
the consumers came like Moslems seek­ing
Mecca. Years before, Boaz and
nearby Albertville had bricked up their
main streets hoping to attract a larger
inflow of shoppers, but it didn't work.
VF, however, opened the eyes of ev­eryone
in town.
Within the space of a year, almost
every business in town changed their
stores' names so that they could each
feature the word "outlet." Now there is
the Book' Outlet, Blouse Outlet (and
Blouse Outlet II), China and Glass
Outlet, the UFO (Unlimited Factory
Outlet), and J. Ralph's Outlet ("a cut
above"). And many many more. The
new stores came, too. So many, in fact
that they actually had to build an outlet
mall.
A former teacher of mine joked that
the local junior college was soon to
change its name to the Boaz Educa­tional
Outlet.
Now traffic is completely out of con­trol.
This is no joke. Tour busses from all
over the state make what my friends and
I endearingly call "Outlettown," a regu­lar
stop. One friend of mine wrote a few
lines which go like this:
Well, we're living here in Outlettown
And they're closing all the factories
down
Up in Albertville they're having a ball
Bricked up the street, called it a mall
Well, we've waited here in Outlettown
For the shoppers we all knew were
around
At the Lee plant they took out the
machines
Swept out the dirt, brought in the jeans
We know businesses are booming 'round
here
Look what happened in just two short
years
People come to shop from near and far
Please bring your dough, please lock
your car
Every store had a pretty good chance
To see if they could peddle socks, shirts
and pants
Some of them tried it and you know what
they found?
. Those suckers sold as fast as the speed of
sound
Now Boaz is as crowded as Times
Square. One time the fire marshall had
to prevent any more people from enter­ing
the VF Outlet because there was no
more room inside. He let only as many
go in as came out until the crowds
thinned.
I made the mistake of driving into
Outlettown on, of all days, the day after
Thanksgiving. It was easier being
caught in the Birmingham rush hour
while I was on my way home to eat tur­key.
I only went to Outlettown to see a
good friend of mine who worked at one of
the stores. It took me almost 20 minutes
to find him once I got inside. That
wasn't the biggest problem. Parking
my car was the problem. Some stores
that don't have "outlet" in their names
will not let anyone park in their spaces
unless they promise to come inside. At
the time I didn't know that, so I got a
space with no problem. All around me
were hundreds of automobiles, none of
them local. Birmingham, Huntsville,
Talledega, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois;
they were all there. Everyone was rush­ing
around as if in a bizarre obstacle
course. Apparently their very lives
depended on buying what Boaz had to
offer. I was in a hurry, too: to get out of
there alive.
When Thomas Wolfe said that you
can't go home again, I'm sure he didn't
realize t h a t it would pertain to factory
outlets, but my stomping grounds are
now a far cry from what they were dur­ing
my childhood. Memories of going "to
town" with my grandparents when I
was 4 meant a lazy day of dealing with
salespeople that didn't rush us, and
being able to cross the street against the
light.
But far be it from me to stand in the
way of progress. I'm even planning on
getting in on the action myself. Every­one
be sure and stop by Tommy's
DeLorean Outlet. Or maybe Edsel
Outlet. I haven't decided yet.
Having noisy roommates
isn't as hard as living alone
I'm sure that many students at
Auburn who have roommates look for­ward
to living alone I remember how in
past quarters I would hold the pillow
tight over my head to drown out my
roommate's dish clattering early on
Saturday morning, and I yearned for the
solitude and quiet of my own apartment.
I sometimes would even daydream
about being a hermit, or living alone on
a desert island like Robinson Crusoe,
and I thought such a solitary and peace­ful
life would be pleasant in many ways.
When I found myself staring at a
rerun of "Lome Greene's New Wilder­ness"
on a bleak Sunday afternoon, liv­ing
alone in an unfamiliar town to work
at a co-op job, I wondered how Robinson
Crusoe survived without a television to
keep him company until Friday came
along.
"Yes, indeed, living alone is the life," I
would reassure myself as I wandered
from room to room in the small apart­ment,
checking to see if anything had
moved since five minutes ago. I cleaned
house when I felt like it, never having to
hear anyone complain about the mess. I
had plenty of time to read, draw, write,
build models and watch television with
no interruptions.
After coming home from work to the
quiet, peaceful, empty house for five
days, I would be ready for some excite­ment.
Often I would go to movies by
myself, which allowed me to give my
undivided attention to the plot. I would
walk through the mall, checking to see
what prices had changed in the past
week and lingering in the bookstore for
as long as I wanted.
Eventually, when I began to know a
few people in town, I would forego my
weekly inspection of the mall to visit
someone. I spent afternoons driving all
over town, stopping at the homes of eve­ryone
I knew in an attempt to find some­body
at home. If nobody was home on
the first round, I sometimes made the
circuit again before going home to watch
J a c k Palance talk about dancing
skeletons.
I did make some good friends by going
to see people. One married couple practi­cally
became an adopted family for me,
but I sometimes felt as if I was intruding
on them with my frequent visits.
Loneliness is a fertile bed for alcoho­lism.
I recognized this danger when I
realized I was tempted to drink just to
forget about being alone. With enough to
drink, you enjoy talking to yourself,
even if it is redundant. When I had beer
in the refrigerator, I could hear Mr.
Busch and Mr. Bud debating politics in
there and I wanted to join the conversa­tion.
Reluctant to become an alcoholic, I
avoided keeping beer around.
My experience with solitude made me
forget the idea of becoming a hermit. I
now have an increased appreciation for
the abundance of people at college. Com­ing
home to an empty house gets old
quickly, and I am horrified at the pros­pect
of doing so for very long after
graduation.
There is little reward in going home to
tell your television about what you did at
work today. I used to scoff at girls who
come to college just to get their MRS.
degree, but I don't anymore. Happily
married people have it made.
Desert islands are out there waiting on
many of us. In the meantime, try to
enjoy your roommate's company. It may
be difficult to do at times, but it's better
than talking to yourself.
College Bowl holds auditions
Editor, The Plainsman:
Auburn University College Bowl
would like to announce its fall quarter
tryouts this Thursday, November 29, at
7 p.m. in Room 322, Foy Union. All who
are interested are invited.
The tryout procedure involves a
written quiz consisting of questions
t a k e n from r e c e n t t o u r n a m e n t s,
followed by participation in an actual
College Bowl game.
For more information, please contact
Pat McLoughlin at 826-4290, or come by
the College Bowl office in 309 Foy
Union.
William R. Jones
02PN
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Nicarauga hardships explained
Editor, the Plainsman:
". . . Our oil refinery bombed. Chesa­peake
Bay mined and foreign ships
damaged in the harbor. Acres of corn
burned, completely destroyed by Cana­dian
saboteurs. Even the hospitals tar-getted.
But this fall has brought the
worst of all events.
"On Sept. 1 Mother and I travelled
with 18 other women and children to
visit my brother and their sons at the
military base. Helen and Joan, my 12-
year-old cousins, were selling lemonade
they had made at home outside the cen­ter.
Suddenly there was a rocket attack
and instant death, Joan's body com­pletely
blown apart. Her funeral became
one more in the mournful, almost daily
procession of anguish. But violence does
not keep mothers from their sons; they
worry more and long to see them safe
and well. Last month Mother would not
let go, but she returned to see my brother.
Now I will never see her again. Attacks
continue on the buses of mothers, on the
hospitals, on the fields...."
If the actions were happening in the
U.S., instead of Nicaragua, if jets frorB
Canada were zooming overhead, if Can­adian
members of parliament were cal­ling
for a quarantine, blocking us from
trade while our shelves were almost
bare, what would the United States be
doing? Would the "enemy Canadian"
have any credibility proclaiming that
the U.S. doesn't "need" to prepare mil­itarily,
that such a build-up must mean
the U.S. is planning to take over Mexico
and her neighbors which Canada is try­ing
to "protect"?
What is the U.S. actually doing to/a­mongst
Central American neighbors?
In Sojourners, Aug. '84, Eva Gold's
report of U.S. activities in Honduras,
which borders Nicaragua, should help
us better understand Nicaraguan fears:
"U.S. troops with giant earthmovers are
leveling the Honduran landscape, build­ing
or improving airstrips and roads,
digging wells and tank traps, and erect­ing
radar stations, piers, and barracks.
In little more t h a n a year, the logistical
and support structures to sustain a
major U.S. deployment have been put in
place."
Our overt, covert activity is well
known. The results of private U.S. fund­ing
and action is less well known. Helen
and Joan above were in reality Elena
Herrera and Juanita Beltran killed by
the helicopter piloted by Alabama CMA
members. Doreen Duley of Wedowee,
Ala., who recently visited Nicaragua
with a Church Women United tour, tells
of the mothers killed as contras attacked
the buses carrying women on their
familiar visits to see their sons. Mary
Averhart of Montgomery who partici­pated
in an earlier CWU tour describes
the aftermath of the CIA bombing of the
harbor and the bombings and burning
of the contras. Wanda Lewis of Opelika
describes her experiences of one year
ago in Nicaragua. These women will
speak in Auburn Wed., Dec. 5 a t a brown
bag lunch at noon at the First United
Methodist friendship hall and that
evening at 7:30 p.m. at St. Michael's
Catholic Church* The public is urged to
come.
Dottye R. Ricks
Students should have good study habits
Editor, The Plainsman:
Thoughts of turkey and all the trim­mings
have probably already faded as
you consider how in the world you're
going to prepare for final exams just 10
days away. This week and next we will
be sharing some ways to avoid that end
of the quarter panic.
First of all, no general waits until the
battle to formulate his strategy; so, like­wise,
you must begin now to organize
your time in order to handle all of your
projects and term papers and prepare for
exams. We strongly suggest that you
write, out a detailed schedule for each
day of the next two weeks. Include each
class, any work or organizational com­mitments
and, yes, even a few fun times,
too. Write in your schedule and specific
objectives for each block of time and
stick to it. Do you notice those little one
or two hours of times between classes
that somehow are wasted? Instead of
going back to the dorm or apartment,
why not go to the library or other study
area to catch up on your reading or
review your class notes? According to
Walter Pauk, author of How To Study In
College, the best way to study for an
exam is to "consolidate your lecture and
textbook notes into sets of summary
sheets and then recite them. As you
make up the summary sheets, you are
accomplishing three things. First, you
are reviewing the notes you took
throughout the semester, adding to the
information you have retained. Second,
you are categorizing information under
specific headings, which will help you
retrieve it from your memory during the
exam. Third, you are preparing a
condensed set of notes that you can used
as a refresher immediately before the
exam."
• After filling out your week's schedule,
each evening write down a "to-do" list
for the following day. Include every­thing,
even eating and sleeping! Then,
put an "A" by those things that abso­lutely
must be completed that day. The
less important tasks receive a " B , " and
the other tasks, a "C." Do all your "A's"
before starting on "B's." Remember,
completing the list is not as important as
f i n i s h i n g your high-priority tasks.
Checking off assignments gives you a
real sense of accomplishment and a psy­chological
boost to tackle other tasks,
too. Throughout the day ask yourself,
"What is the best use of my time right
now?" Beware of wasting time by
stretching that well-earned 15 minute
break to a half hour—or more!
Don't delay getting started. Why not
begin writing down your weekly sche­dule
now?
Next week we'll be offering tips on
actually taking those tests—from those
tricky multiple-choice to the exhausting
essays. In the meantime, for more per­sonal
help—and encouragement—call
us at 826-5976 or stop in at 315 Martin
Hall.
Peggy Holloway
Kitty Niebuhr
Study Skills Counselors
Career Development
Baha'i Club receives charter
Editor, the Plainsman:
The Auburn University Baha'i Club
received its permanent charter as a stu­dent
organization on November 12 (the
b i r t h d a y of B a h a ' u ' l l a h — P r o p h e t/
founder of the Baha'i Faith). The
recommendation to grant the perman­ent
charter met with no verbal dissent in
the vote. This was a climax to a long,
arduous effort by the Baha'i Club to
overcome opposition, red tape, and few­ness
of numbers. To make a long story
short, after a probationary charter
period of one year the Baha'i Club was
refused their permanent charter on the
grounds of instability and failing to
meet the obligations of their charter.
These were false representations of the
Baha'i Club, so legislative channels
were pursued.
The Baha'is in I r an are suffering mar­tyrdom
and then are falsely represented
by statements. In America, though, one
can plea for justice. The Baha'i Club
appealed and won their appeal. They
then had a membership drive and when
they went again before the review com­mittee
there were no more loopholes for
those opposed to the Baha'i Club to use.
The Baha'i Club wants to extend its
appreciation to the SGA and to its legis­lative
process and to the persons in the
University Administration who offered
counsel and showed respect for the basic
human right called freedom of religion.
Bruce Koerber
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Folks in Mayberry have flock of fans
By Carol Muse
Features Staff
The folks of Mayberry are good
models for people to live by, said
Albert Culbreath, founder and
member of the "Don't Hit Your
Granny with a Big Ole Stick"
chapter of The Andy Griffith
Show Rerun Watchers Club
(TAGSBWC) in Auburn.
Jerry Templeton, a senior in
finance, also a member of the
\uburn chapter, said the show
has a good clean humor, and the
values the show puts forth are
what is so appealing, even today.
The Andy Griffith Show
(TAGS) ran from 1960 to 1968,
and even though it is syndicated,
the show is still tremendously
popular today, and is shown on
several networks several times
daily.
So popular is the show, in fact,
that a club began in Nashville,
Tenn., in 1979 as a small group of
TAGS watchers.
Founded by Jim Clark of
Nashville, the club grew steadily.
On Jan. 24, 1982, an article
appeared in the Nashville Ten-nessean
on the club, and the club
"has not been the same since,"
Clark said.
The response was so great that
Clark began putting out a news­letter
called The Bullet (named
for the bullet Barney Fiffe carries
in his shirt pocket.) The newslet­ter
is put out about three times a
year for a voluntary $1 member-shipfee
from the club's members
to cover expenses.
Clark encourages club mem­bers
to send any material or
comments to The Bullet. The news­letter
carries these comments,
actual interviews with the cast,
trivia, puzzles and other informa­tion
on club chapters and
members.
Clark says the club has a sim­ple
purpose: to promote the airing
of TAGS in all television markets
and to have fun watching the
show.
A TAGSRVfC convention is
tentatively planned, according to
The Bullet, for Nashville dur­ing
the summer of 1985 for the
rerun watchers to get together.
Ed Williams, a professor in
journalism and a member of
2MGSRWC, said he would like to
be able to go to the convention.
Williams is one among the
many Auburn people who have
grown up with the show. He said
he thinks the show has so much
appeal because of "the small
town flavor. It's the way you'd
like life to be," he said.
Freddie Hester of Opelika,
director of the School for the
Mentally Retarded in Roanoke,
is founder and member of the
Opelika chapter of TAGSRVfC
called "Barney Loc ted in the Cell
Again." He said he saw Lewis
Teacher incentive pay
to be conference topic
Merit pay for Alabama
teachers will be the subject of a
one-day conference in Montgo­mery
on Monday, Dec. 3.
The conference is sponsored by
the Auburn University Center for
Cooperative Educational Lead­ership
and will feature an analy­sis
of the critical issues of incen­tive
pay programs for teachers.
The main speaker of the morn­ing
session will be Paul Salmon,
executive director of the Ameri­can
Association of School
Administrators, who will discuss
'"Incentive Pay for Teachers:
A n a l y s i s of Approaches,
Strengths and Weaknesses."
Also on the agenda for the
morning session are J. Boyd Sce-bra,
associate dean, AU School of
Education; Wayne Teague, state
superintendent of education; and
William E. Mellown, deputy state
superintendent of education.
Principal speakers for the
afternoon session will be Robert
C. Hanes, deputy superintendent
of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg,
N.C., school district, and C.C.
Baker, assistant state superin­tendent
of education in Alabama.
Hanes will discuss a career
ladder pay plan being imple­mented
in his school district. The
career ladder plan is one of sev­eral
being considered in Ala­bama.
Baker's topic will be
"Plans and Unresolved Issues in
Alabama."
Also on the agenda for the
afternoon session are Allen
Cleveland, coordinator of educa­tion
extension at Auburn Uni­versity,
and Jack Blackburn,
dean of the AU School of
Education.
The conference will begin at
9:30 a.m. at the Capitol Holiday
Inn, with registration starting an
hour earlier. It is open to educa­tors,
school board members and
interested citizens. A $25 regis­tration
fee will be charged, but
preregistration is available for
$20 through Nov. 21 by writing to
the Office of Education Exten­sion,
3363 Haley Center, Auburn
University, AL.36849-3501.
fn the desert of boredom,
the Plainsman is your oasis.
Auburn University
Criminology Club
To promote the opportunities for broader exposure to
social science fields related to the phenomena of crime and
criminal justice system enhancing the educational
experiences beyond the classroom.
Members
Mitchell Dendy (Pres.)
Dorothy Lockwood (V.P)
William Jordan (P/R)
Leslie Luther (Sec./Tres.)
Pat Gilbert
Tim O'Keefe
Leslie Christman
Alicia Hendrick
James Former
Paige Huddleston
Tina McCook
Michael Ellington
Nancy Flowers
Tracy Franklin
Keri Lembcke
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Charles Faupel, Assistant Professor of Sociology
1121 Rudd Ave., Auburn. 821 -9047.
Grizzard's column on the Nash­ville
club in the Atlanta Constitu­tion
and he decided to join. "My
wife thought I was crazy when I
joined," he said.
Now the Opelika chapter is
patiently awaiting its charter,
which Hester said it plans to
celebrate with an "Otis Campbell
Keg Party."
Hester said some groups only
watch the show, but his group is
going to try to do things together,
too.
"I grew up with these people,"
Hester said of TAGS characters.
"I can relate to it, coming from a
small town."
Culbreath, a graduate student
in plant pathology, was one of the
most enthusiastic members
interviewed. He knows a lot of
trivia about the show and can
talk for hours about it.
He described himself and his
club as "a bunch of people dedi­cated
to the Mayberry way."
Forming the club about mid­term
of this quarter, Culbreath
said they had tried to keep it
quiet, but several people have
shown interest in joining as well
as an entire fraternity, so he said
they'll have to get organized.
The national club has famous
members, .too. Auburn's own
Randy Campbell is a member of
the Auburn chapter, and other
famous members include Ted
Turner, former North Carolina
Gov. James Hunt, and Andy
Griffith and Don Knotts, who
both starred in the show.
Culbreath said the show has
"humor, not comedy." Most
members interviewed cited the
clean, simple humor of the show
as one of its most appealing
qualities.
In corresponding with Jim
Clark about the show, he was
generous with information, back
issues of newsletters, and bumper
stickers. He did not charge any­thing
for them. Culbreath proba­bly
would have said that this
generosity is "the Mayberry
way."
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Prisoners' objective is survival
Sociologist researches prison problems, studies reforms
By Bob Murdaugh
Associate Editor
Chiefly motivated by a desire
to make others aware of the
enormous need for reform in U.S.
correctional institutions, Dr. Eric
Poole, associate professor in the
sociology department, has been
doing studies in the area of cri­minology
for 10-12 years.
"My studies of criminology
have made me more aware of
human suffering and my respon­sibility
to social growth in the
community," commented Poole.
"As a sociologist, I was
impressed with the malleability
of human organisms. In the cor­rectional
institutions where I've
conducted studies, I've learned
that the main objective of each
prisoner is to learn to survive.
Those who have backgrounds of
lives on the streets are the ones
who have adapted the best."
Poole's interest in criminology
studies started in correctional
institutions in the areas of
inmate organization, takeovers
and the rights of inmates.
Research has been done on rule-breaking
and disciplinary
response, including examination
of official records of charges and
penalties.
His studies have involved find­ings
from over 40 different cor­rectional
institutions in 12 U.S.
states, from Walla Walla Institu­tion
in Washington to correc­tional
institutions in North
Carolina, where the greatest
number of institutions are
located. Most of the studies have
come about through Poole's own
searches around the country,
though he has received contacts
from interested wardens and
other officials.
"Many opportunities for stu­dies
have come about when I
have volunteered my services,
searching for data and asking for
little, if any, financial support in
return," Poole said. "It's just a
political arena out there—I have
to rely on interested officials."
One of Poole's most recent stu­dies
has been at a Texas institu­tion
in Fort Worth, where he
worked for three months with
John D. Hewitt of the criminal
.Justice department at Ball State
University and Robert M. Regoli
of the Sociology Department at
Institute of Behavior, University
of Colorado. Besides examining
the behavior of the inmates,
analyses were done in the area of
guards, one of the most neglected
sources of studies.
It was found, according to the
Sept. 1 edition of Justice Quar­terly,
the publication in which
reports were given, that inmates
are much more extensively
involved in rule-breaking than is
usually presumed from official
institutional records; guards
claim to observe nearly the same
number of violations admitted by
inmates; and guards report very
few of the violations that they
observe. The institution's desire
for stable control seems to make
guards reluctant to report fully
the infractions of inmates for
whose conduct they are responsi­ble;
this gives inmates consider­able
power over guards.
"I noticed much concern
among the guards I talked to,"
reported Poole. "They were in
favor of the research I was doing
with them, and they were glad
that some interest was being paid
to their concerns. They believe
the research will pay off in the
long run."
The most distinct correctional
institute studied by Poole has
been Patuxent Institution in
Jesup, Maryland, 25 miles north
of Washington, D.C. Patuxent is
run by one of the few female
wardens in the U.S. and is heavy
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has it's own parole board; there­fore,
the need for consent from a
central-state parole board is
unneeded.
During his studies at Patuxent
Institution, Poole viewed behav­ior
of inmates in a more open
atmosphere, in contrast to Fort
Worth, where there is more sepa­ration.
He saw that inmates are
more able to walk up and down
the corridors at different hours of
the day and night; on the top level
of the institution is an open area
where the inmates who have
acquired more freedom are
allowed to live.
"The top level was the strang­est
area for me, because I lost all
awareness of time. There was
time for constant rap sessions
and much more access to
inmates," said Poole. "This was a
big incentive for the inmates to
behave."
While in Patuxent, he was able
to closely examine the jobs of
female guards. He noticed that
the females were restricted more
than the male guards so as to pro­tect
the privacy of the inmates;
male guards were more physical,
while the females were more ver­bal;
and the female guards were
better able to manipulate social
relationships since they pos­sessed
less violent characteris­tics.
They were watched more
closely by supervisors, and there
was always sexual harassment
from the higher officials.
Poole's studies, besides making
himself and others aware of the
need for improvements in correc­tional
institutions, will enable
him to fulfill the University
tenure requirement of research
contributions in publications.
His observations have been
reported in over 50 publications
dating back as early as 1973. His
book on juvenile delinquency and
juvenile justice is to be published
by Random House and should
come out in February.
"Most of us have limited living
experience; so, we fail to appre­ciate
the variety of human behav­ior,"
he remarked. "Punishment
in correctional institutions is
confinement; this confinement is
producing sociological impair­ments,
making it unjustifiable."
Photography: HUBS Austin
URGING PRISON REFORM
Sociologist Dr. Eric Poole has done extensive research in criminology
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A-8 &be Suhurn plainsman Thursday, November 29, 1984
Stadium expansion not firm
By J o h n Polio and
Lynne Hopkins
News Staff
Plans for a 10,000 seat expan­sion
to Jordan-Hare Stadium are
still tentative, said George
Emert, executive vice president.
Expansion of Jordan-Hare has
been in consideration since the
completion of the last addition of
the upper deck, said Emert, but
there are obstacles that preclude
expansion at this time.
The most formidable problem
faced is where Auburn will
appropriate the funding for the
project because the University is
adamant about devoting aca­demic
dollars for the expansion.
Emert said the only way for the
University to finance this project
at this time would be through the
private sector.
Another problem Auburn faces
is the overexposure or dilution of
college football on television.
This problem is due to the abun­dance
of TV contracts which
enables the viewing of three or
four football games every Satur­day,
raising the question of
whether fans will be available to
fill the new seats.
The final circumstance that
puts stadium expansion on the
backburner is Auburn's desire to
improve the academic environ­ment
of the campus, said Emert.
With the present reorganization
of the University faculty and the
readjustment of academic pro­grams,
the administration has
had little time to address the
expansion issue.
President James Martin said
the main concern he has about a
possible stadium expanion is
how the funding will be raised.
"The only way I can recom­mend
it (the expansion) is if the
funds come from the contest," he
said. "I could not recommend
using student fees or state appro­priations
for that purpose."
The stadium, built in 1939,
originally held 7,500 people. A
series of five additional expan­sions
gave Jordan-Hare a capac­ity
of 75,000 when completed in
1980.
The possible expansion could
increase the capacity to 85,000
and at the earliest it would be
completed in 1986.
Photography:. Bill Perkins
MORE SEATS?
Another addition may be in store for Jordan-Hare Stadium
Special programs office helps handicapped students
By Lynn Schrader
Features Staff
There is a special population at
Auburn University for whom
coming to school presents a phys­ical
and emotional challenge
each day.' This population is
made up of the handicapped stu­dents
on campus. The Office of
Special Programs wants these
students to know that its job is to
aid them in dealing with that
challenge.
Charlotte Billings, the han­dicap
programs assistant, says a
problem in the Office of Special
Programs is finding handi­capped
students. "Minority and
foreign students are easy to pick
out, but handicapped students
are sometimes hidden," said Bil­lings.
Special Programs wants to
find these students and assess
their needs. The handicapped
students dealt with in Special
Programs range from wheelchair
students and vision or hearing
imparled students to those with
learning disabilities.
For students confined to wheel­chairs,
Special Programs can
provide accessibility information
and work on moving classes if
their location is a problem. Pres­ently,
Special Programs is trying
to coordinate efforts with the
Parking and Traffic Committee
to raise fines on illegally parked
cars in handicapped spaces. Bil­lings
points out that students
who are not handicapped must
realize that without these park­ing
spaces, a handicapped stu­dent
is usually incapable of get­ting
to class.
In addition to higher fines,
Special Programs can work on
getting curbs cut or ramps built
for wheelchair accessibility.
Blind or vision impaired students
can also benefit from these alter­ations
as they remove the hard-
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ship of stairs. Special Programs
wants to do things that don't cost
much. Billings suggests that
perhaps the additional funds
from parking fines could be used
in making these changes.
For the student with a learning
disability, a program is currently
being planned to aid students in
this category. In some cases, stu­dents
with learning disabilities
in reading, math or language
comprehension have previously
been misdiagnosed as lazy. Spe­cial
Programs can act as a refer­ral
source for these students and
assist them in dealing with their
disabilities.
In addition to services for deaf
and blind students, services for
students with partially impaired
hearing or vision are offered.
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AU officials deny wrongdoing
By Bill Kimber
News Staff
Auburn University Founda­tions
and several University offi­cials
have denied any wrongdo­ing
in their official answers to a
lawsuit concerning the construc­tion
of the new Civil Engineering
building.
The suit, filed by Conner
Brothers Construction of Aub­urn,
alleges that the Foundation
and several University officials
plotted to award the contract to
the second lowest bidder, Bras-field
and Gorrie Construction of
Birmingham.
Auburn University may be
dropped as a defendant from the
lawsuit because it is a state insti­tution,
and according to the Ala­bama
Constitution, "shall never
be made defendant in a court of
law or equity."
Conner Brothers may try to
stop construction on the building,
according to Julian McPhillips,
attorney for Conner Brothers.
McPhillips said the University is
named as a defendant for injunc­tive
relief, not actual damages,
which means that construction
could be stopped pending the out­come
of the trial.
Because it is not known if the
University will remain a defend­ant
in the suit, the University has
not filed an answer to the lawsuit
yet.
Named as defendants in the
lawsuit are Auburn University,
Auburn University Foundations,
University President James
Martin, Business Manager Rhett
Riley, University Architect Tom
Tillman, Foundations Director
George Bradberry, Brasfield and
Gorrie Construction and Hous­ton,
Texas, architect Harry
Golemon.
Depositions are to be taken
from all the defendants on
December 12 and 13, McPhillips
said, adding that he would like to
get a deposition from construc­tion
magnate John Herbert, a
wealthy Auburn alumnus who
donated the money for the pro­ject.
Minority enrollment up this year
Auburn admissions officials
report that 153 black freshmen
entered AU this summer and fall,
the largest group ever and 125
percent more than the number
entering as freshmen in the same
period a year ago.
That brings the number of
black students on the main cam­pus
from 462 last fall to 583 this
year, making it the first time the
number of black students has
topped 500. Auburn's black enroll­ment
in 1969, five years after the
first black was admitted, was
148. In 1974 it was 369 and in
1979 it was 448.
While current black enrollment
is still about 3 percent of
Auburn's total enrollment of
18,888, officials say they expect
the number of black students to
continue to grow.
"We are trying to get Auburn's
name into the black community,"
said Dru Welch, a black woman
who earned her master of counse­lor
education degree at Auburn
two years ago and now is in
charge of minority recruiting.
Welch said based on her exper­iences
as a student, it is not bias,
but tradition in the black com­munity
that has kept AU's black
enrollment down.
Welch said the dilemma is that
traditionally white universities
must develop a peer group of
black students before other black
students will come.
"Because Auburn is not tradi­tionally
thought of in the black
community, exposure in those
areas is very important," she
said.
"Maybe down the road we
won't have to do something spe­cial,
but will simply have to
recruit good quality students."
Welch noted that since integra­tion
began only in 1964, there are
no second-generation blacks at
AU. On the contrary, many white
students have parents and
grandparents who are Auburn
graduates. Only the passage of
time will allow that same type of
tradition within the black com­munity,
she said.
Welch said she found few
biases at Auburn, but isolation is
a problem she says only
increased black student enroll­ment
and involvement can
resolve.
Recruiting programs now
include a minority weekend held
each fall quarter in which quali­fied
black high school students
spend a weekend on campus.
They mingle with students, tour
the University, meet with aca­demic
officials and attend a foot­ball
game. It is the first contact
with Auburn for many and has
been successful.
More than 180 black students
came this year. Welch said she's
certain that she'll see many of
them as freshmen next year. A
similar program also is con­ducted
during the summer speci­fically
for potential minority
engineering students.
The University also has
initiated a scholarship program
for the best minority students.
Welch said she thinks she has
been successful because she is
honest with potential students.
She says she tells black students
there might be more social oppor­tunity
at a smaller, predomi­nantly
black university.
"But," she said, "I also tell
them it is important to go to a
university that can help them get
the marketable skills they need,
and Auburn can do that.
"Out in the real world, there
aren't any all white or all black
communities," she said, adding
that a better mixture allows for a
better educational experience for,
everyone."
Welch said current recruiting
methods are necessary, but she
looks to a day when the number
of black students at Auburn is
large enough so that black stu­dents
naturally choose the school
and student recruiting can be
done without regard to race.
"That won't happen over
night," she said. "But we have
improved the situation a great
deal within a short time."
Auburn joins three other vet schools in FDA project
Auburn University's School of
Veterinary Medicine will join
with three other veterinary insti­tutions
in research expected to
help reduce disease losses in
minor food animals.
Minor food animals include
fowl, fish, sheep and goats. Drug
companies haven't been inter­ested
in researching drugs for
these animals, Dr. Waldir Peder-
8oli of the physiology department
said.
Under the leadership of Mis­sissippi
State University, the
consortium includes Louisiana
State University and the Univer­sity
of Illinois in addition to AU.
Funded by the Food and Drug
Administration, research on
minor use drugs will receive
$360,000 on an annual basis with
potential for renewal up to three
years.
Auburn will provide expertise
in minor poultry species and
comparative pharmacodymanics
with Waldir M. Pedersoli, asso­ciate
professor of physiology and
pharmacology as representa­tive
and co-investigators
Laverne M. Krista, professor of
anatomy and histology; Robert J.
Kemppainen, assistant professor
of physiology and pharmacol­ogy,
and Joseph S. Spano, pro­fessor
of pathology and parasi­tology.
Mississippi State will focus
research efforts on catfish and
minor poultry species; the Uni­versity
of Illinois, on small rumi­nants,
and Louisiana State Uni­versity
will work on comparative
metabolism.
The consortium provides a crit­ical
mass of some of the nation's
leading comparative pharmacol­ogists
and toxicologists, accord­ing
to Dean J. Thomas Vaughan.
Investigators will also address
the need for methodology to
improve the economics of drug
development for minor species,
he said.
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Tuition hike planned for winter
By Lee Ann Landers
News Staff
Beginning winter quarter, tui­tion
will be increased by $5 to
support the increased financial
needs of the Drake Student
Health Center.
The hike in tuition is an across
the board increase for all stu­dents
to help balance the budget
for the Drake Student Health
Center, said Pat Barnes, dean of
students.
Over the past few years, said
Barnes, there has been no
increase in funds for the opera­tion
of the health center, yet there
have been increased expendi­tures
in salaries, supplies, utili­ties,
etc.
Barnes added that the increase
in tuition for the health center is
like any other increase at the
University and increases must be
made to make up for inflation.
"Any time there is an increase
in some type of supply, there
must be money made available to
pay for those expenditures,"
Barnes said.
"It is important for us to raise
the money now to keep the health
center from building a deficit,"
Barnes added.
Although no definite plans
have been set, other alternatives
for additional funds are being
considered. Such services as x-rays
and laboratory tests may be;
charged, Barnes said.
Campus Calendar
UNIVERSITY
ANNOUNCEMENT
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The Criminology Club will be
meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 29 at
Foy Union 204. Richard Lane,
former city judge of Auburn, will
be speaking. All interested please
attend. Call 821-7426.
The Marine Biological Society
will meet Monday Dec. 3 in 136
Cary Hall at 7:30 p.m. Dr.
Richard Modlin of the Univer­sity
of Alabama at Huntsville
will speak on the phylogeny of
Mysid shrimp in the Western
Atlantic.
The AUBURN UNIVERSITY
SAILING CLUB will be holding
officer elections at its next meet­ing
on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Foy
Union. All members are re­quested
to attend and to vote. For
more information call 821-8225.
Got a game you want to play? The -
Auburn Fantasy/WarGamers
Club is willing to try any game
once. Come and see the wide var­iety
of games we play, from
Avalon Hill to that old standby
Dungeons and Dragons. For
more information call Billy at
887-9788 or join us Fridays at 6
p.m. at Haley Center 2320.
The Auburn Science Fiction
and Fantasy Society will meet
Sunday, Dec. 2, in Foy Union
Room 246 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
There will be a presentation on
the works of A. Bertram
Chandler, with discussion fol­lowing.
Newcomers welcome.
A discussion on toxic waste,
sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi,
will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 29 in 3242 Haley Center.
Featured speakers will be Gunter
Booth, Mike Williams and Cathe­rine
Lamar.
There will be a Toys for Tots
party benefit on Friday, Nov. 30
from 10 p.m.-l a.m. in the South
Meeting Room in the Bir­mingham
civic center. Admis­sion
is $3. All proceeds go to Toys
for Tots.
Registration for winter quarter
AU Community Service Pro­gram
noncredit short courses
will be from Dec. 10 to Jan. 16.
For more information, call
826-5100.
Pi Lambda Sigma Pre-Law Fra­ternity
will hold its last meeting
of the quarter Thursday, Nov. 29
at 7 p.m. in Haley Center Room
2326. The speaker will be Lt.
Johnson, and he will speak on
law in the military.
Learn to skydive!! Auburn Uni­versity
Sport Parachute Club
meetings Thursday night 7 p.m.
at the ROTC Hangar. Come see
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EVENT
The Auburn First Baptist Church
and Auburn Methodist Church
will present a concert, Handel's
Messiah, on Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at
Auburn First Baptist Church.
There will be no admission fee.
The performance features the
talent of Auburn University
music professors and their wives.
Living Word Fellowship is
now meeting on campus. Come
and experience God's love and
power each Thursday night at 7
p.m. in Foy Union Room 208.
The Baha'i Club has two
weekly firesides, Fridays at 8
p.m. and Saturdays at 10 a.m. We,
encourage everyone to call and
ask about the Baha'i Faith—the
Cause of God for this Age. Call
821-3875.
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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER-The leaves
have finally started to turn colors and fall off
the trees following the unusually warm
weather of the past few weeks. Because of
this Indian summer, the beautiful autumn
colors should be around a little longer for all
of us to enjoy.
Photography: Russ Austin
The university workers don't seem to be too
thrilled with the leaves, though, because it
seems the longer one rakes, the faster they
fall. But they won't have to keep up the work
for long, because winter's barrenness is just
around the corner.
In-state residency cuts tuition costs
By Tracy McCain
Features Staff
Out-of-state students have a
chance to save themselves some
money by becoming residents of
Alabama. The present tuition
structure at Auburn University
requires that non-Alabama stu­dents
pay an additional charge of
$470 per quarter. This additional
cost increases the university fee
of $365 to $835 for non-Alabama
students.
The Registrar's Office offers
counseling to non-Alabama stu­dents
and a way for them to
obtain residency in Alabama in
a reasonable amount of time and
under legal standards. This
counseling can mean the differ­ence
in affording an education at
a university or not going to
college.
Associate Registrar Bud Smith
said that out-of-state costs can be
alleviated by the Alabama and
Non-Alabama Student Policy. He
said this is a "policy of the Board
of Trustees based oh legal docu­ment
and interpretation, not just
a policy of Auburn University."
The Alabama and Non-
Alabama Student Policy is found
in the Auburn University Bul­letin,
but Smith has found that
students are unaware of its con­tents
because they do not take the
time to pick up the handbook and
read the rules. They rely on
advice from those not qualified to
represent the situation which
results in misunderstandings. "A
student who is more mature will
pick up the handbook and read
the rules," Smith said.
The basic criteria for becoming
an Alabama resident contained
in the policy requires that a per­son
be a U.S. citizen or resident
alien, 19 years of age and physi­cally
present in the state of Ala­bama
for 12 consecutive months
immediately prior to the aca­demic
quarter applying for
residency.
Smith said that the burden of
proof that a person has been
physically present in Alabama
for 12 consecutive months causes
the most trouble for students. He
suggests three actions: enroll in
school, be employed full time in a
company that has no vested
interest in you or write four or five
checks per week in the state of
Alabama. He said that school
records, a letter from an employer
or cancelled checks will be
accepted as proof.
The associate registrar said
that the residency policy is based
on a degree of trust. There is no
investigation staff and there is
"no doubt a student could cheat,"
he said. A person caught cheat­ing
would be sent before the Uni­versity
Disciplinary Committee,
and face charges of fraud.
When a student has met the
basic criteria, he must present an
Alabama driver's license to the
Registrar's Office. The State
Highway Patrol in Opelika has
scheduled test times for drivers'
licenses as Monday through Fri­day,
8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 12:30
p.m. to 2:30 p.m. A $15 fee is
required for taking the written
exam.
In addition to obtaining an
Alabama driver's license, a stu­dent
must register to vote and
open a checking or savings
account in the state of Alabama.
Smith said that the difference in
Alabama from other states is
that "we require that you obtain
these things, but you do not have
to have them in your possession
for a whole year." Other states
require that these items are
obtained one year prior to apply­ing
for residency.
Applications for residency are
accepted during pre-registration
of each academic quarter. After
the criteria are met and presented
to the Registrar's Office, Smith
estimated that it takes three
minutes to sign a form, change
the computer and grant a student
in-state residency.
Smith suggests that any stu­dent
eligible for in-state resid­ency
should "come by and talk to
us." The Registrar's Office would
prefer to see each student and
explain the process to avoid hav­ing
to say "I am sorry, but you
don't meet the guidelines."
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By Mike Money
News Staff
The U.S. Army Chemical
Research and Development Cen­ter
has recently awarded Auburn
University a $452,032 grant to
research the potency and detoxi­fication
of chemical and biologi­cal
pathogens used in warfare.
Dr. Eugene J. Clothiaux of
Auburns' department of physics
is the principal investigator and
will be assisted by Dr. W.C. Neely
of the department of chemistry.
The research is a continuation
of work Clothiaux has been doing
since 1981 on microwave plasma
processing. He is using micro­waves
to render chemical and
biological agents ineffective and
"the things we have treated have
shown the method to be very effi­cient,"
Clothiaux said.
With the help of Clothiaux, the
Army hopes to be able to give the
soldier more protection from
chemical agents. The process
that Clothiaux is using involves
placing a toxic substance in a
micro-wave discharged plasma
environment to convert the nox­ious
material into a less harmful
substance.
Dr. Robert Kribel, a spokesman
for Clothiaux, said that "by
changing the temperature of the
plasma environment, different
conversions of substances take
place. Dr. Clothiaux was
awarded the grant to find the best
possible conversion conditions
for various substances." Kribel
went on to say that not only will
the research be useful to the mil­itary,
but it also may lead to
improved methods of the disposal
of dioxins and other chemical
wastes.
"Of course the military could
use the research to develop a con­verter
of some sort to mount on
the front of a tank to filter air to
the tank crew. The same type of
converter could also be used on a
civil defense shelter," said Kribel.
With the two year grant, the
Army hopes to learn the neces­sary
conditions for the detoxifi­cation
of agents.
Currently, the U.S. Army bases
its protection against chemical
and nerve agents on charcoal
treated in various ways. Treated
charcoal filters are currently
used in the Ml 7 series protective
mask or "gas mask" and in the
lining of an overgarment consist­ing
of a shirt, trousers, overboots
and gloves, called a "mission-oriented
protective posture suit,"
or "MOPP suit."
The MOPP suit is worn with
the protective mask in a contam­inated
environment by the
modern-day soldier. The suit pro­tects
the soldier's skin by absorb­ing
the agent, and the mask fil­ters
the air that the soldier
breathes.
The problem with the MOPP
suit is that it is extremely hot and
bulky. The mask allows the sold­ier
to breathe 60 percent of the air
he would normally breathe.
Therefore, the performance of
common duties becomes difficult.
Fort McClellan has begun con­struction
of a training facility
that will test a soldier's ability to
function in an environment that
has been contaminated by a
chemical or nerve agent. It will be
named The Chemical Decontam­ination
Training Facility and
will be capable of housing
equipment as large as an Ml-tank.
Individual rooms will be
used to train as many as six sold­iers
at a time on various military
skills while in a contaminated
environment.
Included as one of those skills
will be the use of an M-8 chemical
identification kit that will allow
the soldier to identify the type of
pathogen from which he is pro­tecting
himself. After the soldier
has performed his assigned
duties and the day's training has
been completed, the MOPP suits
are incinerated. The exhaust
from the substances burned is
released into the air after being
brought to EPA standards.
There will be three types of
pathogens used in the decontam­ination
facility.Two of the path­ogens
are nerve agents and the
third will be a blistering agent
commonly known as "mustard
gas."
According to Allen Whistine, a
representative for the training
facility, "the nerve agents will be
so diluted that should a soldier
inhale the contaminated air, the
worst effects that he would suffer
are a dilation of the pupils and
perhaps a slight queasiness of
the stomach. Should the mustard
gas come in contact with the sold­ier's
skin, the worst that would
happen is that he might develop a
very slight rash but it certainly
wouldn't linger." There is also
emergency medical equipment on
hand should a soldier become a
casualty in any way while
training.
"We want the soldiers to know
that the equipment they have
been issued really works," Whis­tine
said. Until now the only conr
taminated environment that a
soldier has been placed in was a
CS.or "tear gas," chamber. The
new facility will improve the'
soldier's confidence in his
equipment and in his ability to
perform under contaminated
conditions.
In a class given to a local
National Guard unit on Soviet
military affairs recently, a U.S.-
Army spokesman said that
"every eighth round of Soviet
artillery" should be estimated to;
be a round containing chemical
agents. Chemical and biological
pathogens can be introduced to
an environment by aircraft
spraying, by artillery rounds, by
bombs from aircraft, and by
powder which rises into the lower
when disturbed. At present, there
are no international treaties or
laws banning the use of chemical
weaponry.
AUBURN UNIVERSITY STUDENT CHAPTER
OF THE
ALABAMA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
It is a pleasure to announce that the Auburn University Student Chapter of the Alabama Society of Professional
Engineers has been chartered by Auburn University. The purpose of the organization is to familiarize students with the
aspects of professional practice. Membership in this society should be considered to be complementary to membership in
the various technical societies that now exist on campus. The chapter seeks to acquaint engineering students with the
importance of registration of engineers and encourages students to embark upon the path to professional registration by
passing the EIT examination.
The chapter waa formed under the direction of an organizational committee composed of Thomas Fromhold (EE), Teri
Castleman (CPE), Doug Barton (EE), Nancy Denning (IE), Leslie Vaughn (CE), John Patton (ChE), and Russell Duke
(ME).
The officers for the administrative year are as follows:
President: Doug Barton Vice President: Russell Duke
Secretary: Teri Castleman Treasurer: John Patton
The faculty members of the Board of Sponsors co-operating with the chapter are as follows:
Dr. Sidney N. James, Chairman
Electrical Engineering Dept.
Dr. C. William Roos
Chemical Engineering Dept.
Dr. John S. Goodling
Mechanical Engineering Dept.
Dr. Joe M. Morgan
Civil Engineering Dept.
The Student Chapter Liaison for the Auburn Chapter of ASPE is Mr. Henry Cobb of the Electrical Engineering
Department. Mr. Cobb will also serve as the advisor to the student chapter. His phone number is 821-4668.
Membership in the chapter is open to all students enrolled in the undergraduate engineering program at Auburn
University. As a student chapter member, students will also become enrolled as student members of the Alabama State
Chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers. Those who currently hold a student membership in NSPE are
automatically members in the newly formed student chapter. Current members of the student chapter include, but are not
limited to, the following:
Richard Amos
Ginger Cox
Nancy Denning
John Fontaine
Ronald Gero
Ricky Pender
Donald Seal
Bruce Bendy
Darion Davis
John Elliott
Robin Galloway
Michael Hamm
Deldre Johnson
Belinda Turner
Lyn Channon
Patti Denney
Paula Falocco
Daniel Harper
Chris Niggeler
Tim Rayborn
Leslie Vaughn
The Auburn University Student Chapter wishes to thank Dr. Lynn E. Weaver, Dean of the School of Engineering at Auburn Uni terjirv, the FVxird
of Sponsors, and the Auburn Chapter of ASPE for their assistance and encouragement during the organitational period. It ii (he n'm-ere desire of the
student chapter to serve erujlnerrinx education at Auburn University and die engineering profession.
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A-12 Hbt Suburn plainsman Thursday, November 29, 1984
Independent study not new, just unfamiliar
By Becky Williams
F e a t u r e s Staff
Independent Study is a pro­gram
that is offered here at
Auburn University that could
benefit many students, but only a
small number of people are famil­iar
with it. This program is
exactly what its label suggests—
the opportunity to take under­graduate
courses independently
(by correspondence), on t he stu­dent's
own time and at his own
pace.
The Independent Study pro­gram
is just one part of a group of
programs offered by the Office of
Continuing Education at Au­burn,
including such programs
as the Community Service Pro­gram
and Elderhostel.
Becky Duning, the program
director for Independent Study,
points out t h a t although it is not
a familiar program, Independent
Study is not new at Auburn.
Formerly called the Field Ser­vices
Unit, the program began in
1925 and was orginially housed
in the School of Education. In
1980, the Indepedent Study pro­gram
was incorporated into t he
Office of Continuing Education.
Being enrolled in Independent
Study does not constitute admis^
sion to Auburn University, but
the courses offered through this
program are equivalent to those
taught on campus, and credit
toward a degree can be earned
upon completion of these courses.
Courses t h r o u g h Independent
Study may be taken on campus
Myers to become director of auxiliaries
Warren S. Myers will become
Auburn University's director of
auxiliary enterprises on Dec. 1,
announced Business Manager
Rhett Riley.
Myers has served as director of
auxiliary services at Marshall
University in Huntington, W. Va.
since 1978 when the position was
established. Previously he had
served for nine years as housing
director at Marshall.
As AU director of auxiliary
enterprises Myers will have over­sight
of financial planning and
management for the university's
bookstore. Food service, Foy
Union, student health center,
housing and printing service.
"We are delighted that Warren
Myers is joining the Business
Office to supervise the auxiliary
operations that have grown to
multi-million dollar amounts
with the growth of the univer­sity,"
said Riley. "He brings an
excellent record of accomplish­ments
at Marshall."
As housing director at Mar­shall,
Myers turned the housing
operation from a $350,000 annual
deficit to financial solvency in
five years, established a mainte­nance
program and computer­ized
room assignments, deposit
and billing information. As head
of auxiliary services he ended a
deficit situation at the student
center in three years and doubled
bookstore sales.
Following his 1964 graduation
from Marshall, Myers was a
teacher and coach in the nearby
Ashland, Ky. school system, for
three consecutive years coaching
the baseball team to the state
championship. In 1967 he earned
his M.A. in School Administra­tion
at Marshall and for a year
was assistant prinicipal of an
A s h l a n d junior high school.
Biker
in the b l a s t . " According to
McMillan, the mountain looked
"hellish."
The next day, McMillan had
his first visit from the wilderness
welcome wagon. A ground squir­rel
chewed a hole in his tent and
crawled inside with him.
"Fortunately he didn't do any­thing
except leave me some pres­ents,"
McMillan said.
If Mt. St. Helens was impres­sive,
then the Suzie Q Ranch in
P i c a b o , I d a h o was p l a in
interesting.
McMillan usually camped off
the roadside, or asked farmers if
he could sleep in their fields.
When McMillan went to pitch
tent on his 28th day, he happened
on the Suzie Q Ranch.
The owner, Pat Millington,
welcomed him and invited him to
supper in t he huge log big-house
of the ranch.
McMillan described the ranch
as operating like a circus with
people always dropping in for
visits and supper or to help with
the chores.
"The kitchen looked like a Chi­nese
fire drill. There were no less
t h a n five people cooking, yet
everything was orchestrated. No
one bumped into anyone or got
mad at anyone."
The ranch had people drop in
via all types of transportation,
even a parachutist, but McMillan
was their first biker.
34 days into his expedition,
McMillan reached Yellowstone
National Park. McMillan related
an interesting fact about Old
Faithful. During the Civil War
they used Old Faithful as a
laundry. Soldiers dumped their
clothes into the geyser and when
it blew the clothes out, they were
done.
I n the Yellowstone area,
McMillan saw bison and elk. One
danger was t he possibility of a
grizzly bear attack. Because of
this, McMillan said he had to
take extra precautions to secure
his food and anything t h a t could
have a food-like odor in it a good
Debate council hosts tournament
The Auburn University Tiger
Invitational High School Debate
Tournament, hosted by t he
Auburn Debate Council and the
speech department, will be held
Nov. 30 through Dec. 1 a t Haley.
Some 24 to 30 schools from
more than eight states are
expected to be represented. The
weekend will include both team
and individual debate competi­tion.
Providing jobs for unemployed
United States citizens living in
poverty will be the debate topic. It
is the topic of year, chosen by the
n a t i o n a l high school debate
association.
Meanwhile, according to Ken
Himes, director of forensics and
debate coach, the Auburn Debate
Council is compiling a promising
record for a young team. In six
events this season Auburn
debaters have won two first-place
and two fourth-place trophies.
The first-place finishes were at
Emory and Samford; the fourths,
at Mercer and Vanderbilt.
Earlier this week Auburn fin­ished
sixth among 86 teams from
42 universities in a tournament
at Wake Forest. This weekend
that Auburn team of Ken Arthur,
sophomore from Pensacola, Fla.,
and Scott Ahrens, senior from
Independence, Mo., will be com­peting
at UNC-Chapel Hill.
distance from his camp, up in a
tree. The weather didn't always
cooperate, but McMillan pressed
on, despite storms and miserable
rains.
The weather did work for
McMillan as he climbed Bear-tooth
Pass. He described it as
"...one of t h e most spectacular
rides t h a t I have ever been on."
"Alpine forests with streams
and waterfalls lined the way up
to 9,500 feet; then the forest
stopped and pristine lakes and
meadows lined the way." McMil­lan
went on to add t h a t "...as with
all earthly paradise there was
one drawback, the mosquitoes
loved it."
A thunderstorm skirted all
around t h e biker as he stood near
the summit, but finally blew
around him. It was the first time
in four days that he h a d n ' t been
rained on.
McMillan met many people
during his trans-America trip.
Other bikers, farm families that
gave him shelter and food and
even a pro-bowler t h a t bowled to
make money so t h a t Mike could
continue his trip crossed McMil­lan's
path during the journey.
Bikers can't be too picky about
what they eat. Once McMillan
continued from A - l
and a fellow biker had only
muddy water to drink. They
boiled it to make it safe and then
made hot chocolate with it so
they wouldn't have to look at it.
Probably not too many Auburn
students other than McMillan
can say t h a t they've eaten Buf­falo
burgers before. McMillan
said they're not bad, t h a t in fact
they're pretty good.
The mountain ranges, deter­rent
weather, hard riding and
sometimes not so wonderful
encounters with people were all
worth it for the special moments,
emphasized McMillan.
After 71 days of pedaling
through Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Wyoming, Montana,
South Dakota, Minnesota, Wis­consin,
Michigan and Canada,
McMillan pulled into Bar Har­bor,
Maine, finishing a summer
of two-wheeled adventure.
McMillan plans to t ry biking
across Asia next summer. His
only barrier is financial. McMil­lan
is hoping to receive enough
support by summer to sponsor
the trip.
Keep your eyes open for this
electrical engineering student,
you may see him riding through
the plains of Auburn.
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as well a s off.
Exams are given on campus at
the Office of Continuing Educa­tion
or a t a location convenient to
the student's residence by an
approved proctor. To complete
each course, the student has a
minimum of 30 days and a max­imum
of 12 months. The Inde­pendent
Study program goes by
the Auburn University honor
system.
The courses offered through
A u b u r n ' s Independent Study
program are of a respectable var­iety.
A student can take anything
from business and professional
report .writing to agriculture
finance.
People enroll in Independent
Study for various reasons. For
some, lack of time and money
makes it impossible to take
classes because of job or family
obligations. Independent Study
can become the ideal solution to
those problems. Other people
enroll because they have con­flicts
with their regular class
schedules. The program also
exists for those who a re physi­cally
unable to attend classes.
Others enroll just because they
prefer to work at their own pace
and want to receive individual­ized
instruction.
Duning explains t h a t the trend
toward higher education is
i n c r e a s i n g , especially among
employed middle-aged people
who are looking to improve their
c a r e e r o p p o r t u n i t i e s . This
explains why popularity and
demand for Independent Study is
continually increasing.
Currently, there are 72 Inde­pendent
Study programs on