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Volume 91 Number 35 Thursday, August 22, 1985 Auburn University, Ala. 36849
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University awaits
fraternity settlement
By Kim Best
News Editor
The Auburn administration
last week successfully squelched
rumors that the proposed confer­ence
project had been dropped, by
announcing an apparent low
bidder on the demolition contract
for four fraternity houses being
removed from the center site.
T.M. Burgin Co. of Bir­mingham
offered the lowest bid
of $89,712 when bids opened Aug.
13. The only other bidder was
D&J Enterprisers of Auburn.
Awarding of the contract has
been postponed,however, until a
settlement between the univer­sity
and the respective fraterni­ties
can be agreed upon, said
Rhett Riley, Auburn business
manager.
The four affected fraternities
include: Phi Delta Theta, Delta
Sigma Pi, Pi Kappa Phi and
Alpha Gamma Rho.
Riley said the university had
offered settlement proposals to
the fraternities and vice versa,
but no agreement has been
reached.
According to provisions in the
long-term land lease that each
fraternity has, an appraiser has
to be chosen by both the univer­sity
and the fraternities.
"The university had two
appraisals done months age,"
said Riley. According to spokes­men
from the fraternities, most of
them have already had their own
appraisals done.
Each of the parties will name
another appraiser in addition
to the previous ones and the three
will get together and decide on an
equitable settlement, said Riley,
"unless the lawyer of the fraterni­ties
can come up with an accep­table
(settlement) figure."
Both the fraternity and the
University have had the old Pi
Kappa Phi house appraised, but
the University is offering less
than either appraisal, said Bob
Buhay, a spokesman for the Pi
Kaps.
Discussion over possible pay­ment
to the fraternities for the
value of the unused portion of the
lease is currently being pursued,
said Riley.
The University is offering the
fraternities another free property
lease, plus up to $300,000 in lower
than market rate loans with
which to rebuild their houses,
said Riley.
The property is located on Wire
Road, and adjoins the lots cur­rently
housing the Beta Theta Pi
fraternity, and the old Delta Chi
house, according to Riley.
The Pi Kappa Phi's have
signed a two year lease for the old
Delta Chi house, but will be
unable to buy any property until
a settlement with the University
is made, stated Buhay.
Also under consideration by
the University is a plan to give
the fraternities a cash settlement
on the value of the lease, but not
providing additional land or loan
funds, added Riley.
Plans are being finalized by
developers for the 225-room con­ference
center. The main devel­oper
handling the project is the
Algernon Blair Co., a private
developer.
The center will sit on a 5.16 acre
site across from the Ralph B.
Draughon Library and is
expected to cost $16 to $18 mil­lion,
and is being funded through
private investments, said Riley.
No student funds will be used
in the project, he said.
Once a settlement is decided
upon, the fraternity houses will
be torn down and construction
will begin, Riley said.
"We don't feel any kind of dead­line
pressure, but we don't want
to delay the project any more
than we have to," stated Riley.
At present, the university is
involved in a $42,000 project to
remove the asbestos from the
buildings before they are torn
down. The Envirornmental Pro­tection
Agency requires that the
asbestos be removed before
demolition.
GETTING READY—Auburn football coach Pat Dye stands by
cornerback Kevin Porter, a sophomore from Warner Robins,
Ga. during Picture Day last Saturday. The smiles were
genuine as the players gear up for another winning season.
Photography: Debbie LOBS
Porter is best known for intercepting a pass and running 35
yards for a touchdown in last year's Liberty Bowl game
against Arkansas.
Teacher training may stretch 5 years
By Debbie Long
Managing Editor
The Auburn University Col­lege
of Education is developing a
new teacher training program
which could require students to
earn a master's degree in addi-
Punishment for DUI costly:
ine, prison, license taken fi
By Stacye Simmerson
News Staff
A few simple cocktails can cost
much more than a bar tab and
tip.
When mixed with driving, that
"one last drink" could run as high
as a life, and at least a license
suspension, a hearty fine, a jail
sentence and attendance in an
alcohol awareness course, said
District Judge Richard D. Lane of
the Lee County Justice Center.
PITCHER BEER
Misuse of alcohol brings unpleasant results
Because of the increasing
number of drunk-driver-related
deaths, Lane said that Driving
Under the Influence laws have
been changed more than three
times within the past five years
and penalties have grown more
severe.
Lane said that driving with a
Blood Alcohol Concentration
(BAC) of .10 percent or higher
constitutes a DUI.
A government report on alco­hol's
effects revealed that a 160
pound person must consume
seven drinks (each containing
one ounce of 86 proof alcohol)
within two hours to reach a BAC
of .10 percent.
Lane explained that under the
current law, a first-time violator
of a DUI will lose his license for
90 days, can be fined between
$250 and $1,000 and can be sen­tenced
up to one year in jail.
In addition, the violator must
complete an eight-hour course on
alcohol and its effects adminis­tered
by East Alabama Mental
Health Center at the Auburn
Police Department.
"Much depends on the facts of
the case and the offender's
record," said Lane, "but usually
on the first offense, if no accident
occured, a person is fined the $250
minimum, required to turn in his
license and attend the class."
In addition, Lane said he will
often sentence a first-time viola­tor
to 30 days in Lee County Jail.
However, if he believes the
offender learned his lesson, the
judge said he generally releases
him after the first few days and
puts him on a two-year "sus­pended
jail sentence."
Lane explained that placing
the violator on probation, gives
him leverage to make certain he
attends the alcohol program,
pays all fines, adheres to all laws,
and upholds all agreements
arranged between the judge and
the offender during the hearing.
If the offender fails to maintain
See ALCOHOL, page A-6
tion to an undergraduate degree
before becoming certified to
teach.
Jack E. Blackburn, dean of the
college, said the five-year pro­gram
would combine the current
undergraduate and graduate
programs, giving students a
more complete groundwork for
education than they now get with
the shorter four-year program.
"Teachers who go through the
four-year program have not had
enough experience in public
schools to know what it is like in
the public school setting," Black­burn
said.
With the additional time spent
training, he said the extra expe­rience
would be available, mak­ing
the quality of teacher higher.
Blackburn said the program
will be implemented by summer
quarter of 1986. This will make it
possible for students who receive
bachelor's degrees next spring to
stay in school the additional four
or five quarters to receive the
master's degree.
Changes will have to be made
in the current education program
such as restructuring of some
classes. "We are going to have to
make the program manageable
so the students can complete it,"
Blackburn said.
The program will also have to
be approved by the University's
administration and the State
Board of Education, but Black­burn
said he does not anticipate
any major problems getting its
approval.
When first implemented, the
five-year program will be
optional, Blackburn said, with
the current four-year program
still available.
During the additional year
students would take accelerated
teaching methods classes along
with an internship.
The dean said that students
who are committed to teaching
would choose the five-year pro­gram
because of the additional
degree and because "they will be
able to enter the career ladder at a
higher level."
The recent interest in improv­ing
the quality of education has
attracted more students, accord­ing
to Blackburn, who said that
during the last three years there
has been an increase in the
number of students enrolled in
the college.
After almost a decade of
decline, Blackburn said the enroll­ment
increased 30.7 percent this
summer.
Bringing into the teaching pro­fession
people who have been
more thoroughly educated will
help improve the image of
teachers in society, Blackburn
said.
Professor to teach in China
By Murphy Wood
Features Staff
Auburn University is one of the
few American universities to
have a faculty member playing a
part in China's attempt to
become an international fore­runner.
Enrollment
of 19,000
anticipated
By Wade Williams
News Staff
Auburn's admissions depart­ment,
under Charles F. Reeder, is
hard-worked but excited about
the amount of students entering
Auburn this fall.
Even though the admissions
office stopped accepting applica­tions
for out-of-state freshmen at
the end of February this year,
and in-state freshmen at the end
of March this year, they still
expect about 3,000 entering
freshmen this fall.
This figure includes those
freshmen who entered during
summer quarter and is about
normal for this time of year,
stated Reeder.
The admissions office is still
accepting applications from
transfer students, however; and
the University expects an overall
attendance around 19,100 stu­dents
this fall, according to
Reeder.
Dr. Dwight St. John of the Eng­lish
department is planning to
travel to Hunan University in
Changsha, China, where he will
spend a year instructing Chinese
teachers in the English lan­guage,
i St. John explained that
these instructors will then be
prepared to educate Chinese stu­dents
in English.
Hunan University, founded in
976 A.D., is one of the oldest uni­versities
in the world and was in
operation several hundred years
before the first European univer­sity
was founded.
St. John will be one of the
teachers helping China with the
language barrier which has hin­dered
China's relations with
other nations for decades. China
is using a system of translitera­tion,
call Pinyin, which was con­ventional
Roman letters to spell
difficult Chinese sounds, gener­ally
making the language easier
to translate. The Chinese will not
abandon their native language or
symbolic spellings.
The trip is being made possible
by renewed relationstetween the
United States and China, based
on China's desire to make Eng­lish
a second language and be
able to compete economically
with the international trade
leaders. The trip is jointly
financed by the Chinese govern­ment
and through a professional
improvement leave granted by
Auburn University.
St. John became interested in
the Far East as a young child
when he accompanied his father
on a trip to Bangkok which, in St.
John's words, "changed my life."
An instructor at Auburn since
1977, St. John attended Hamlin
University in St. Paul, Minn.,
and earned his master's and doc­torate
degrees at Ohio Univer­sity.
An important aspect of this trip
which will directly affect Auburn
students is the addition of Chi­nese
to Auburn University's
foreign language department.
The Chinese instructors who will
teach this up-and-coming lan­guage
will be the second phase of
this cultural exchange.
Courses in the Chinese lan­guage
will be offered in the fall of '
'1986.
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A-2 Wait Suburn JJlatirtman Thursday, August 22, 1985
Old memories find home in campus archives
By Becky Williams
Features Staff
Walking into Room 143 of
Ralph Brown Draughon Library,
one can smell the musty aroma of
centuries — old books filled with
the brittle yellowed pages of
history.
It is in this room, Auburn Uni­versity's
Archives Department,
that one can find old, old memo­ries
wedged between the time-worn
volumes on the shelves,
some of which date back as far as
the 1770s.
According to David Rosen­blatt,
current records manager of
Student dies in collision;
Opelika man injured
By Missy Beck
News Staff
An Auburn University student
was killed at 10 a.m. Thursday,
Aug. 8, in a head-on collision on
U.S. Highway 280 in Alexander
City. Also critically injured was
an Opelika resident.
Karla May, 21, of Birmingham
was killed in the accident. She
was a junior majoring in pre-law
and was enrolled in the summer
quarter at Auburn University.
Sources say May was on her
way back to Auburn after a brief
visit at home.
Opelika resident James Von-seeberg,
68, was listed in critical
condition at Russell Hospital in
Alexander City, following the
accident.
Vonseeberg has since been
moved to Baptist Medical Center
in Montgomery and is "making
progress" according to his
nephew, Dick Hayley of Auburn.
Police Chief Lynne Royall said
that the accident occurred in the
northern part of the Alexander
City city border near Robinson
Crossroads.
"May's car was on the wrong
side of the road traveling east, so
it looks like she was trying to
pass another car," said Royajl.
May was a resident of 417 W.
Glenn Ave. in Auburn and of
3345 Culloden Way in Birming­ham.
Vonseeberg is "still in very
serious condition at Baptist in
Montgomery with possible per­manent
paralysis, a severe cut to
the eye and head trauma," said
Hayley.
"He has a long road back, but
we're sure he's going to make it."
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Archives, the department was
established in 1963 out of a
demand for the storage of old
written records and documents.
A place was especially needed to
store minutes from Auburn Uni­versity
Board of Trustees meet­ings
dating back to 1856.
The most important, useful and
updated records are found on the
library's first floor, but rows of
filing cabinets full of inactive
material can be found in the
basement of the library.
Rosenblatt explained that the
purpose of Archives is threefold:
to manage University records, to
collect private non-Universtiy
records and to teach graduate
students to become archivists.
These students usually go on to
work in large state libraries.
Archives not only keeps
University-related records but
also records of regional interest,
mostly from the Auburn-Opelika
area and farm records from
across the state.
In the Archives Department,
one can look at written docu­ments,
photographs and motion
pictures, primarily of Uni­versity-
related activities like pre­sidential
inaugurations and
sporting events. Auburn football
and basketball games are on
record in the Archives via entire
film footage, but access to these
films is controlled to some degree
by the Athletic Department.
Archives also has a microgra-phic
center and can easily get
written pages duplicated on
microfilm.
Most of the written and photo­graphic
material in Archives
comes from sources like Univer­sity
Relations, The Opelika-
Auburn News, The Auburn Bul­letin,
The Auburn Plainsman.
the Glomerata (the student year­book
at Auburn University) and'
from all departments of the
University.
As for donations of historical
artifacts, Rosenblatt said that
Archives has to turn down this
kind of contributions. "We just
don't have the facilities that
would accommodate artifacts —a
museum at Auburn would be
great. We've been interested in
getting one for a long time but so
far there's been no response from
the administration."
Students don't use Archives
much. Only about 40 people pass
through the doors of the Archives
department each month and only
a small portion of those are stu­dents.
Those students who do are
usually working on a research
paper or project. Those most
interested in using Archives are
scholars — graduate students
working on a thesis or someone
documenting a history of
Auburn.
Current secretary of Archives
Darlene Armstrong says that
most of the people who visit
Archives want to see the Univer­sity
budget. Every fall, Archives
gets a new copy of this budget,
free for public viewing. It lists
each Auburn University staff and
faculty member and his or her
salary.
The Archives photograph col­lection
includes more than
100,000 prints and negatives
depicting evidence of the devel­opment
of Auburn University for
more than 100 years.
This i s the l a s t i s s u e of The Auburn Plainsman for the
summer. The paper will resume fall quarter with a coupon
book Sept. 26. The first regular issue will be Oct. 3. We hope
everyone has a wonderful break.
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Society initiates top 5 percent seniors
By Denise Self
Assistant News Editor
On Aug. 20,31 undergraduates
and six graduate students were
inducted into Auburn Universi­ty's
highest honor society, Phi
Kappa Phi.
Graduating students ranked in
the top 5 percent of their school
are initiated each quarter, some
of the recipients of national and
local scholarships.
"Any senior student that has a
grade point average of 3.6 or
above prior to graduation is elig­ible
for membership," said Sally
D. Stroud, the 1985-86 president
of Phi Kappa Phi. Stroud added
that "schools who don't fill their
quota can go down to a 3.4
G.P.A." to complete their
percentage.
"It's the most prestigious
organization on campus," said
Stroud,who is also an assistant
professor in the school of
nursing.
However, many students fail to
recognize the value of accepting
such an honor. "We have the
problem of students rejecting the
acceptance letters, thinking the
Greek letters are of a fraternity or
sorority. They don't realize they
can always be a member; stu­dents
can put it oh their resume,"
Stroud said.
At each initiation the scholars
receive a certificate of member­ship,
an emblem which may be
worn as a key, tie tac or pin and a
ribbon to wear on their gown the
day of graduation. The recipients
will also receive the National
Forum, the Phi Kappa Phi jour­nal
for the next year.
"Historically, Phi Kappa Phi
has been a strong chapter for
Auburn," Stroud said. Founded
in May 1914, the Auburn chapter
is the oldest university chapter in
the state of Alabama as well as
the 13th chapter to affiliate with
the National Phi Kappa Phi
Honor Society.
The Auburn chapter ie not
limited to graduating students.
Strcud also said the society
initiated non-members including
the administration, teachers,
research or extension staff,
alumni and outstanding mem­bers
of the community.
Auburn-Opelika Airport offers alternative to driving
By Ronda Pulliam
News Staff
People wishing to fly "The
Ultimate Atlanta Connection"
board their planes at the Auburn-
Opelika Airport where Eagle Air­line
flies two round trips a week to
t h e Atlanta International
Airport.
Eagle Airline was founded
March 1,1985 providing people in
this area with an alternative to
driving to Atlanta.
Beginning Oct. 1, 1985, they
will be making three round trips a
week on Sunday through Friday.
The planes fly into concourse
D, gate 27 at Hartsfield Airport,
located at the Atlanta airport.
Ann Eklund-Whitaker, station
manager for Eagle Airline,said,
"Passengers have been very
pleased with our gate location in
Atlanta."
The airline clears passengers
through security in Auburn so
that they do not have to bother
with it in Atlanta. It also checks
baggage all the way through to
the destination.
Passengers flying from At­lanta
to another city may wish to
fly on Eagle Airline's joint fare
which charges $39 for the flight
to Atlanta.
This price applies to flights
from Auburn to Atlanta, then
onward to 114 cities throughout
the United States. Mrs. Eklund-
Whitaker said, "We like to give
people the joint fare if we can."
The airline has been supported
mainly by businessmen; how­ever,
students do fly on the air­line.
"Auburn University has
been a very big support to us,"
said Eklund-Whitaker.
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Volume 91 Thursday, August 22, 1985
Frats abused
This week we were told emphati­cally
that plans for the new confer­ence
center were definitely not being
scrapped. This is nice to hear, since
four fraternities have already been
forced to move out of their houses to
make way for the center and those
houses have been vandalized.
The way these fraternities were
treated, however, doesn't say much
for the fairness and courtesy of the
people in charge of the project. When
the plans were initially introduced
and the frats were told they would
have to move, haste was empha­sized.
Now that the frats have been
rushed out of their houses, those in
charge of the conference center pro­ject
are saying that there is no hurry
in getting the center built; therefore,
we have no idea as to when it will be
completed.
Meanwhile, the fraternities are in
limbo because no settlement has
been reached with the University on
how much money they will receive
for relocation.
It is clear that little practical cour­tesy
has been extended to the frater­nities
during this ordeal. Some of the
members are upset, and rightfully
so. They should be quickly and ade­quately
compensated for the tre­mendous
inconvenience to which
they've been subjected.
Students get seats
For once something has gone
right for students. Because of the
seating needed to accommodate
.contributors to the Greater Auburn
Fund, three faculty sections have
been moved into the student section.
In exchange for the loss of these
seats, three sections behind the
north goal have been changed to
student seats.
The new sections contain about
100 more seats than the sections
lost. The location of the seats is bet­ter
as well. The new seats are located
on the floor risers in the north sec­tion
of the coliseum.
According to SGA President John
Stein, the seats will be better for the
students. The seats lost are in the
lower sections of the northeast
corner, seats that few students sit in.
The new seats will provide an oppor­tunity
for some students to watch
games from a location closer to the
court. This could make it more fun
for us to cheer for Auburn, and eas­ier
for us to antagonize our oppo­nents
as well.
Construction continues
We have been told that campus won't interfere with the crowds
construction will be well enough pouring in for football season. We'll
completed by September 7 that it believe it when we see it.
Unsung heroes
The Plainsman is full of names
each week — the names of news­makers,
advertisers, writers and
editors, daring columnists and irate
letter writers. Upon looking back,
however, we see that a few people
without whom the paper, would not
have existed this summer have yet
to be mentioned once.
To remedy this situation:
Ed Williams, journalism professor
and faculty adviser to the Plains­man,
has been a constant source of
enthusiasm, constructive criticism
and encouragement. He has
inspired us in those moments when
inspiration was sorely needed and
friendly words were not expected.
Joy Bufford, our account supervi­sor,
is the epitome of efficiency,
practicality and common sense, all
of which have been immensely val­uable
to this staff. Joy goes beyond
having good ideas to actually get­ting
things done.
Agness Casaday is our resident
computer technician, classified ad
organizer, typist, conversationalist
and (her favorite role) matchmaker.
Her ability to crack us up in those
moments when we took ourselves
too seriously has helped preserve the
sanity of this staff (well, most of it).
Finally, we would have been lost
without the services of our hard­working
typesetters: Kristi, the
strong, silent type; Wendy, a breath
of spring; and Chris, who has never
been silent and talks too rapidly to
breathe.
These people have proven their
worth many times over and have
earned a place in our hearts. We
thank them.
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People getting easy on governments
In the journalism field, one of the first
things we are told as students is to
expect and even welcome criticism.
Regardless of how well you think you're
doing your job, someone is going to take
exception to the way you approach one
of the countless ideas, phrases, implica­tions
or decisions a writer must wade
through while doing his duty.
The criticism we receive here at the
Plainsman — and it comes in every week
— is often helpful and reasonable. Some­times,
however, we are criticized simply
because we ourselves are bold enough to
criticize the government, the University
administration, the SGA and other
organizations and people who hold posi­tions
of authority on our campus and in
our nation.
All over America, a tendency is aris­ing
to view those who speak out against
perceived injustices and wrongs as
"troublemakers." Children are taught in
many homes that a feature of good
behavior is going along with authority
regardless of whether they understand
the reasons for its decisions. This "don't
ask questions" method of child rearing
might make parents' jobs easier, but it
can also produce a society full of mental
sluggards.
Somehow the idea has been ingrained
into the minds of millions of Americans
that questioning the actions of the
American government is unpatriotic.
This is one of the deadliest fallacies cur­rently
being perpetrated among Ameri­can
youth by often well-meaning but
misguided people.
One need look no further than the high
schools, smalltown hangouts and,
unfortunately, college campuses of
America to see that young people are
falling into this trap in droves. Adher-
Phil
PIERCE
ence to the dictates of the mainstream is
evident in every area of these people's
lives, from the clothes they buy to the
music they prefer to the ideologies that'
spring, stale with familiarity, from their
mouths.
Actually, blind faith in our govern­ment
is itself unpatriotic; the suppres­sion
of opposing viewpoints and not-so-pretty
truths is antithetical to our
much-lauded but often conveniently
forgotten Bill of Rights. Continuous
testing and probing builds stronger
leadership.
We rush to label arguments as liberal
or conservative without even examining
them for their content. Categorizing is
easy when one deals with imagined
simplicities and requires little thought,
so it's perfect for a lot of America's intel­lectually
lazy citizens.
Criticism is voiced as often out of love
and concern as out of hatred and spite.
The best critics of the Plainsman are
those who write because they care about
the paper and want it to live up to its
potential. Likewise, when people take
exception to the actions of the SGA, the
Board of Trustees, the state legislature
or Congress, it's often because they love
their town, state or nation. People who
love America should not ask for or toler­ate
anything less than fairness and
justice.
For some reason, though, throughout
the ages people have allowed themselves
to be guided like sheep by unscrupulous
leaders who appreciate willing candi­dates
for brainwashing. America has
passed through several periods when
those in command (not necessarily
nationally, but in the majority of the cit­ies
and towns) fooled most of the people
most of the time and never suffered the
worse for it.
I hope this time is forever past in our
country, but the current trend toward
docile acceptance of everything we're
told is disheartening. Some seem to
think freedom should be nothing more
than a nice set of privileges most coun­tries
don't have; well, trustees in prison
also have more privileges than their fel­lows,
but you'd be hard pressed to find
one that considers himself free.
True freedom involves the spirit, and
freedom, like muscles, will vanish if not
properly exercised. That people would be
willing to give this up simply to avoid
conflict is hard to believe, but they do,
and expect everyone else to follow suit.
If our society continues to embrace
this appalling trend, there will, as in
times past, be an excessively ugly but
necessary rebellion by those who feel the
borders of their freedom shrinking; if
people start thinking for themselves, or
at least tolerating those who do, it can be
avoided.
I don't want everybody to be weird. I
don't think all my friends should become
card-carrying social activists. If people's
lives are great, there's nothing wrong
with feeling a little contentment and
satisfaction; but a lot of us have gripes
and beefs. I'd just like to be assured that
people are thinking about these things.
Women reporters interested in sports
There's a small misunderstanding
that needs to be cleared up. It's about
sports, me and sports.
When I started doing some writing for
the sports section of The Plainsman last
fall, I got a few really weird looks from
fellow writers, especially those guys who
wrote sports. They seemed to think I had
no business nudging into what they
called their area of expertise.
"Yeah," they snickered, "We know
why you want to interview those football
players. Ha, ha, ha."
Real funny guys.
I was naive. I thought I could just slip
in and ask my questions like every other
reporter. No big deal. Talk about being
mistaken.
First of all, you go up there to Sewell
Hall on Tuesday afternoon, looking for
Mr. So-and-so, the linebacker. You walk
in the door, and all these rather large
bodies look at you like you are green or
something.
And there are the reporters from Bir­mingham,
Montgomery and other pla­ces,
almost all men, who look like they
know everything there is to know about
sports.
That experienced look is enough to
make you want to do a 180 and make
your way back out that door.
No way, Jose. When the going gets
tough, the tough get going.
Let's get down to the nitty gritty.
There was no way in the world that I
could have possibly had a genuine inter­est
in writing sports. The fact of the mat­ter
is that I simply craved that meatloaf
they serve the press for lunch.
I'm not into ERA and all. I like having
my doors opened for me and all the typi­cal
things that those in favor of equal
rights are probably against. But when it
comes down to what I want to do with
my life, I wish people wouldn't look at
me like I've lost my mind when I men­tion
an interest in sports.
Of course, I know what you are all
thinking. You think I don't know much
about sports because I never played real
football, or baseball, or whatever. Well,
maybe not, but I have a brother who is
just three years younger than me, who
has played football, baseball or basket­ball
since I was about eight years old.
You would be badly mistaken to think
that big sis didn't go to all those games. I
remember tee-ball. I remember Little
League. I was a little four-foot cheer­leader
way back when.
Years of watching Monday Night
Football and listening to my brother
talk about Don Shula, Joe Cribbs and
James Brooks left me marked, locking
the thought of sports in my mind.
Believe it or not, I watch the World
Series. I saw Hank Aaron hit his 715th
home run. You know the one. And I don't
think of football games as just a chance
to dress up and yell a lot. I watch the
game. I know the rules.
So, now for all you sports fans, I'm
going to put your knowledge on the line
and ask a few questions. Let's see if you
know the answers.
1. Can you name the first five national
champions of the '70s (according to AP)?
2. Who led the Pac-10 in scoring last
fall?
3. How many starters, of the five who
made up the Great Wall, has Florida lost
this year?
4. How many fumbles were made by
Oklahoma in the 1983 season? I'll give
you a hint: 29 of them were recovered by
opponents.
5. Who made the greatest comeback in
major-college football history last sea­son
by winning 42-40 after trailing at the
half by 31 points?
6. Who was Auburn's leading receiver
with 1,051 yards in 1970?
7. What Auburn place-kicker set a
NCAA record for most field goals in one
season with 13 in 1960?
8. Who won the 1974 Gator Bowl
between Auburn and Texas?
And here are the answers:
1. Nebraska (twice), USC, Notre Dame
and Oklahoma.
2. The Washington Huskies, averag­ing
two turnovers per game.
3. Four of the five, leaving Florida
with offensive problems.
4.39.
5. Maryland, in their game against
Miami.
6. Terry Beasley, of course.
7. Number 38, Ed Dyas.
8. Auburn won, 27-3.
What am I trying to prove? Nothing,
except that I'm not completely ignorant
about football. And that those conversa­tions
about sports don't fly over my
head.
So, guys, next time I'm at football
practice taking pictures, or walking in
Sewell Hall for an interview, or even just
standing around while you're talking
about sports, don't look at me like I don't
know what I'm doing, or like I don't
understand.
I at least halfway know what's going
on, and what I don't know I make up for,
by giving it the old college try.
Auburn should be more tolerant of difference
When I moved to Auburn five years
ago, I encountered a conservative
Southern town. It was comforting to
leave for college and find security in a
quaint community. My home in Atlanta
had left me unfamiliar with such areas
and I felt I had discovered a second
home. The small-town consideration
and hospitality comforted the typical,
shaky freshman in me.
Now, as a senior, I view this town with
much less enthusiasm. Naturally, the
classroom scene has taken its toll. Stu­dent
burnout grows with each quarter.
Most of my close friends have graduated
and gone their own ways.
This alone makes Atlanta seem like
an exciting, distant land, but it is not the
main reason for my dissatisfaction. A
recent incident has allowed me to exam­ine
the old stomping ground of Auburn
in an unfamiliar way: negatively.
Let me set the scene. Two friends from
California visited me and both dressed
liberally in the eyes of Auburn preppies.
One of my friends got up to get a Coke
while we were at a movie. An entire row
of premps (preppy wimps) made nega­tive
comments while sitting behind us.
They proceeded to follow him out of
the theatre to cause trouble because they
did not like the way my friend dressed.
No violence resulted because my other
friend threatened to use his black belt
skills in Tai Kwon Do.
Silly and trivial instances like this one
are pointless. They anger me.
There was no reason for such an
attempted conflict, except for ignorant
intolerance. My friends ignored the
whole situation, but more attention
needs to be given to it.
If the simple variance of dress causes
chaos in Auburn, then why are many
students so passive about world affairs?
Many scenes like the one in the movie
theatre do not end so peacefully. Think
of all the wasted energy. The whole reta­liation
game frightens me.
It is a vicious cycle. Personal conflict
results in what can be destruction. Des­truction
feeds conflict. Conflict breeds
itself.
Too much concern is placed on petty
matters. Too little concern is placed on
national upheavals. People need to
examine their own anxieties and do
something about improving themselves.
We need to take action in self-improvement
vs. the improvement of
others.
Back to Auburn. The security we find
here is healthy as long as a perspective
of the surrounding world is maintained.
Closed minds are dangerous, especially
to their owners. Conservative attitudes
are part of Auburn's traditional, secure
environment, but it worries me when
these attitudes become recklessly intol­erant
of the tastes of others who lean to
the liberal side.
You may justly ask why I categorized
the preppies behind us as "premps." I
intentionally made such an unfair refer­ence
to illustrate my stance. I have every
right to my opinions, but not to derogate
another. By attacking, I place myself on
the low level of denying others equal
freedom of expression.
Freedom of expression is a privilege
not to be abused. Whether it be six guys
in a theatre or hundreds of men on a
battlefield, the degradation is there.
When preference is denied so is the
essence of liberty.
No matter how disgusting a person's
preference may be to some Auburn con­servatives,
there is no purpose in conflict
against it. Strong convictions are heard
only when differing convictions are
given a chance to express themselves
freely.
My purpose is to provoke needed self-analysis.
Through criticism comes
improvement, not through conflict.
Fierce wars are seldom over deserving
matters. Could it be that such wars
begin with minor conflicts in a theatre?
Of course not, you say.
Today's generations often ignore their
feelings of disgust toward war and sit
passively disinterested. This disinterest
is because many of the world's problems
seem so far away. Yet are they? The
crime reports even in our town of
Auburn are continuous and just as
ghastly as those in Atlanta. Something
can be done.
While you munch your popcorn and
watch the latest war comedy, put your-,
self upon the screen for examination.';
Your remarks or reactions may seem
harmless, but know that there are people
who take criticism seriously and
defensively. i
America is built on the foundation of
freedom and Auburn is but one brick.
Think of what could tumble without the
support of one brick.
Thursday, August 22, 1985 Wft Auburn 3M«in*inaii A-5
Southern speech problems:
girl from Jurldeen confesses
I've always thought of myself as a
semi-normal person. I like football, I
love going to see good movies and I
always wear socks with my tennis
shoes.
But when I came to Auburn, I found
out something that my friends from
Geraldine (pronounced "Jurldeen")
never told me: I talk funny.
Oh, sure, I was aware that I had a
slight Southern accent. I kne"w I
stretched every syllable out as long as I
could, but after all, I was from Sand
Mountain. But I never knew it was any­thing
I should be ashamed of.
I noticed when I went to my first class
at Auburn that everyone else seemed to
talk different. They all had a habit of
turning their noses into the air when
they talked, and most seemed to have a
severe case of lockjaw.
I was doing fine until someone asked
the inevitable question: "Where are you
from?"
Being the honest person I am, I replied
^'Jurldeen."
Immediately, other conversations
stopped and every eye was glued on me.
"Jurldeen?" my Yankee neighbor
snorted. "Egade, you talk strangely.
What state is that in?" ' j
That really got under my skin. Before
thinking, I shot back with "What state
are you standing in, Industrial Breath?"
Later, my new Auburn friends tried to
reform me. "You can't possibly think
you'll be a success in life if you go around
talking like a character from The Bev­erly
Hillbillies."
"Gooooollllleeee," I said to myself.
"Ah wunder haow Ah eyver mahde iut
fur 22 yeeeaaars wiethawt theese suhpe-riur
peeeeple to haelp me."
So I did try to change. I thought I was
doing pretty well, too, until I went home
for a weekend and my parents couldn't
understand a word I said. "Hit must be
t h a a a a t theayere Spanish she's
a'takin'," my Dad said.
After a week of "reforming" my
speech, my lips and jaws began to ache
from speaking with a Yankee twang,
and I decided it wasn't worth the strain.
Now that I'm graduating and already
have a job, I find I really don't care what
people think about how I talk. It may
sound corny, but, "Hey, I've gotta be
me."
Except I say, "Heeaaayyy, Ah've
gahtta be me."
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE
'My fellow Americans, I n i n terrupt inp, regularly scheduled proRrammini.-,
on all networks to warn you our enemies are cleverly manipulating the
media to advance their political goals and influence public opinion!1
Prejudice dangerous sickness
Editor, The Plainsman:
Is Auburn University to be continu­ally
plagued by the spectre of prejudice
and bigotry? As if good ole' AU hasn't
suffered enough in that area lately,
Plainsman editorials now refer to homo­sexuality
as a "disease" and call AIDS
"nature's way of handling this prob­lem."
Though this view defies rational
response, it does reveal the presence of a
strong prejudicial element in our society.
Webster defines prejudice as "irra­tional
suspicion or hatred of a particular
group." Homosexuals ask nothing more
than to be granted the rights due all
Americans (indeed, due all human
beings. I would argue) and to be treated
accordingly.
Where is the rationality in a hatred of
people who ask nothing more than this?
Quite obviously, there is none. This
hatred is a result not of reason but of
blind emotionalism — an emotionalism
brought on by those who admittedly are
"disgusted by the thought of it
(homosexuality)."
Rationality becomes involved only
when the individual realizes that social
harmony does not result when one
attempts to impose his "disgust" on oth­ers.
The fact that some minds remain
prejudiced, operating at the emotional
level and apparently incapable of mak­ing
the step up to rationality, may be
indicative of a mental shortcoming.
Perhaps, then, prejudice is the real
sickness.
H David Williams
09HY
Polio's logic on Neanderthal level
Editor, The Plainsman:
In rebuttal to the editorial entitled
"AIDS, homosexuality both sicknesses"
by John Polio, we in the medical field
wish to set the record straight. In light of
Auburn University's recent blood drive,
why would anyone make the quote "it is
now thought that people who give blood
...are susceptible to this epidemic
killer."? O.K. #1. How can a virus be
transmitted from a sterile system to a
donor? #2. What body fluids are
exchanged? and #3. AIDS is not consi­dered
epidemic.
Furthermore, after wading through
paragraphs of Neo-Nazi philosophies
we see that Polio has reiterated the
above fallacy. May we state as represent­atives
of the health care field that the
American Red Cross makes use of sterile
techniques and it is IMPOSSIBLE to
contract AIDS, hepatitis or any other
virus by donating blood.
Polio's article is not only misleading
but is harmful to the community. He has
perpetrated a myth that might restrain
private citizens from donating the much
needed blood to help save lives in emer­gencies.
Thank you, Mr. Polio, for a les­son
in convoluted Neanderthal logic.
Al Kratzer
04PPY
Nick Logiotatos
06 MN
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Many not disgusted by homosexuality
Editor, The Plainsman:
John Polio's column in last week's
Plainsman, "AIDS, homosexuality both
sicknesses," is full of foolish, ill-conceived
notions. Certainly, Polio is
entitled to his opinion, but when writing
it down for publication, he should try to
be consistent and logical in his thinking;
his writing should, at the very least,
make sense.
For example, he asserts that the fact
that 73 percent of all AIDS victims are
homosexual and bisexual men is "the
most alarming statistic, depending on
what side of the issue you're on." What
multi-sided issue is he referring to? Can
the same thing be said about Muscular
Dystrophy victims and the percentage
of them that are children? Both are
alarming figures regardless of which
side of any issue one is on.
Polio is disgusted by the thought of
homosexuality, and he has no compas­sion
for those who are victims of AIDS.
He remarks that perhaps AIDS is
nature's way of handling the problem of
homosexuals. Perhaps it is nature's way
of handling the problem of the Haitians,
the hemophiliacs, the intravenous drug
users and the businessmen in contact
with prostitutes. Perhaps, too, famine is
nature's way of handling the problem of
overpopulation. I am tired of reading
about all the poor starving Africans and
how they are dying off.
Polio adds that not only is homosexu­ality
disgusting, but it is an unnatural
act, and it goes against the grain of our
very nature; but homosexuality cannot
be an unnatural act, for it indeed
happens in nature as we know it. Any­thing
that happens in nature is "natu­ral"
by its very occurrence. An offspring
from a dog and a cat is unnatural
because it doesn't happen.
As for one's personal "nature," mean­ing
tendencies and attitudes, j Polio
should speak only for himself. Homo­sexuality
goes against the "grain" of his
nature, against all his friends' grains,
and yes, probably against most people's
grains. But obviously, homosexuality is
in harmony with the grains of many,
many people's natures.
I would wager that nobody chooses to
be homosexual just as nobody chooses to
be black or white, tall or short. And I
would guess that it is just as difficult for
a homosexual to imagine having hetero­sexual
desires and further to change his
desires as it is for Polio to see himself as
a homosexual.
Polio concludes by saying that AIDS
and homosexuality are synonymous,
and that both are major problems. Are
AIDS and Haitians, hemophiliacs,
intravenous drug users and business­men
in contact with prostitutes syn­onymous?
And are they major prob­lems?
Of course not. Homosexuality is
not a problem; AIDS is. Africa is not a
problem; famine is. Black people are not
a problem; racism is. Religion is not a
problem; persecution is.
Polio uses a Biblical allusion in his
editorial, and I would like to conclude
with one of my own. He points out that
the Old Testament harshly condemns
homosexuals. The New Testament
harshly condemns those who judge oth­ers,
for God shall be the sole judge. Jesus
says in the parable of the adulteress,
"Let him who is without guilt cast the
first stone."
Laure Bell
06FLF
Scriptures don't support condemnation of gays
Editor, The Plainsman:
In the August 15 personal editorial by
John Polio, "AIDS, homosexuality both
sicknesses," AIDS is discussed in an
informative manner, but unfortunately
such is not the case for homosexual­ity.
The first point Polio makes concern­ing
homosexuality is that it is unnatural
(with no definition of natural given).
This argument is used frequently by
those who are anti-homosexual, yet
modern research has shown that homo­sexual
activity occurs in nature. Not
only do animals engage in same sex
activity, but some primates have also
been observed engaging in such activ­ity.
Additionally, man has been engag­ing
in homosexual acts for thousands of
years.
Polio then cites Biblical reference as a
condemnation of homosexuality. As is
frequently the case, a selective use of
scripture has been made. There are two
explicit references to male homosexual­ity
in Leviticus, verses 18:23 and 20:13.
These verses are part of Israel's Holi­ness
Code which includes command­ments
not to eat meat with blood in it,
not to wear clothing made of two kinds
of yarn, not to plant fields with two
kinds of seeds, etc. Consistency and
fairness would require that those who
eat rare steaks,-"wear mixed fabrics or
farm should also be punished under the
Holiness Code. Do the laws of 3,500
years ago still apply today?
The Bible does not have much to say
about homosexuality, but when it is dis­cussed
it is in a very negative context,
such as adultery, promiscuity and vio­lence.
Many Christians have tradition­ally
ignored the negative context and
focused only on the sexual aspect.
Furthermore, the Bible says nothing
about homosexual love and monogam­ous
relationships. It is evident that a
careful examination of what the Bible
has to say about homosexuality leaves
many questions unanswered.
It is ironic that Polio cites a Christian
reference for condemnation and also
states that he has "little compassion for
them (homosexuals with AIDS)." Jesus
told us to "love thy neighbor as thyself"
and Jesus moved about the oppressed
persons of his day carrying his ministry
of love. Where is the Christian love,
understanding, forgiveness and spirit­ual
support today? I see only condemna­tion
and disgust.
Aside from the religious perspective,
Polio's implication that AIDS is
nature's way of handling the "problem"
appalled me. Should society just stand
by and let nature run its course, letting
thousands of people die? Would saving
these people go against nature, and
therefore be "unnatural?" We could even
extend Polio's1 logic to many other di­seases
besides AIDS, even cancer, which
knows no prejudicial boundaries and
can kill anyone. Did Polio not see how
'silly, this implication really is?
I suggest that in the future Polio
seriously examine his arguments for
weaknesses before he carries misinfor­mation
to the public. It frightens me that
someone out there may read this misin­formation
and believe it. Homosexuals
are already stigmatized, stereotyped
and discriminated against to a great
extent and I hate to see it reinforced
through editorials such as Polio's.
In closing I would like to commend
Phil Pierce for his excellent article
"Hypocrisy hinders AIDS research." I
found the article timely, informative
and sadly true.
Michael H. Hicks
03EE
College Press Service I
AIDS not acquired through giving blood
Editor, The Plainsman:
The article "AIDS, homosexuality
both sicknesses" by John Polio pub­lished
in The Plainsman August 15 was
called to my attention by a co-worker
who is a student at Auburn. It is obvious
to someone such as myself, who every
day is in contact with blood banking,
that Polio has not well researched all
aspects of his topic.
His statements, "It's now thought
that people who give blood or have blood
transfusions are also susceptible to this
Blood greatly needed
to help save lives;
columnist mistaken
Editor, The Plainsman:
It was both disturbing and disap­pointing
to read in John Polio's column
last week the erroneous reference to
acquiring AIDS by donating blood. It is
important that your readers understand
that this simply is not true. AIDS is
communicated from infected to non-infected
persons through the transfer of
a body fluid.
The use of sterile needles in drawing
blood from donors precludes the possi­bility
of obtaining an AIDS infection in
this manner. The misunderstanding
about blood donations and AIDS rests
with the fact that recipients of blood
transfusions can acquire the disease
from infected blood.
We should all remember that tens of
thousands of lives are saved and
hundreds of thousands of surgical
procedures performed each day in this
country because of the availability of
voluntarily donated blood. Through a
lack of journalistic responsibility and
ignorance, Polio has made his contribu­tion
to the increasingly difficult task of
recruiting adequate numbers of quali­fied
blood donors.
W.H. Mason
epidemic killer," and "People from all
walks of life are being exposed and con­taminated
by this homosexual scourge,
people who are giving blood or having
transfusions..." are extremely inac­curate.
. .
Any licensed, reputable facility
allowed to draw blood donors will be
FDA approved and draw these donors
using sterile techniques. It will be virtu­ally
impossible to find a reported case of
AIDS that was caused by giving blood.
Also, as of July 1, 1985, any donor
facility approved by the American
Association of Blood Banks had to
implement strict donor screening and
testing for AIDS by using the Anti-
HTLV-III test. (Most donor facilities,
such as the American Red Cross, had
implemented these AIDS screening
procedures long before July 1.)
These prpcedures assure the public
that the blood supplied by these facili­ties
is safe for transfusion. In fact, the
Congressional Office of Technology
Assessment in a report released Febru­ary
13, 1985 stated: "The U.S. blood
supply today is safer and more types of
blood products are available than, 10
years ago."
The type of false information .pub--.
lished in this article discourages and
unnecessarily frightens much needed
blood donors and as a consequence is
detrimental to our community, state and
country. As a matter of life or death, on
April 1,1985,1 had to receive three units
of blood. I thank God for the persons
donating those precious gifts of life; I
also thank Him that those three units
were available when I needed them; and
I pray other donors will not be deterred
by unprecise articles such as Polio's.
Kathy O. Jones, M.S., M.T. (ASCP)
Section Head-Blood Bank
Jesus Christ not rebellious,
showed ultimate submission
Editor, The Plainsman:
Last week, Ken Boyte wrote an article
on rock 'n' roll music. In the article,
Boyte made reference to Jesus Christ
and raised the question as to whether
Jesus was the "ultimate rebel."
Webster's defines a rebel as being one
who opposes or disobeys one in author­ity
or control. It is my intent to show that
Jesus was definitely not a rebel, but
rather demonstrated the ultimate in
obedience.
We can search the scriptures with
great scrutiny, yet we won't find Jesus
portrayed as a rebel. Rather we read,
"When they hurled their insults at Him,
He did not retaliate; when He suffered,
He made no threats." (I Peter 2:23). And
in the same way, His disciples are
taught to "Submit yourselves for the
Lord's sake to every authority instituted
among men..." (I Peter 2:13). Are these
the actions or teachings of a rebel?
Philippians 2:8 tells us, "And being
found in appearance as a man, He
humbled Himself and became obedient
to death — even death on a cross!" The
cross does not represent the ultimate in
rebellion, but rather the ultimate in
submission. It is that same self-sacrificing
submission to Christ that is
required of all who desire to spend eter­nity
with Him: "and, once made perfect,
He became the source of eternal salva­tion
to all who obey Him." (Hebrews 5:9).
Jesus Christ, the ultimate rebel? Not
hardly.
Jesus Christ, the ultimate servant?
Without a doubt.
Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord
of Lords? Most definitely!
Bruce Sullivan
04AY
A-6 ttht Auburn 9Uinmnan Thursday, August 22, 1985
Proposed computer speeds up work grants
By Debbie Long
Managing Editor
The proposed Alabama 'super
computer' will mean a boost in
technological research and will
make possible an increase in
research dollars for state univer­sities,
an official working on the
project said.
James H. Rowell, director of
data systems management for
Alabama, said the super compu­ter,
a high speed computer which
does extensive work, would allow
university researchers to do more
work in a shorter period of time.
Powell said more grants would
be accessible, because state uni­versities
would be doing the fas­ter
work. "It puts the state of Ala­bama
on a deciding edge," he
said.
The project, which could cost
$18 a 22 million was proposed by
Gov. George C. Wallace and will
probably be funded by revenues
from an education bond which is
Alcohol- • continued from page A-l
these requirements, the offender
must fulfill the remainder of his
jail sentence, said Lane.
The judge noted that there are
several other hidden costs for the
violator. For example, Lane said
the person must pay $50 for the
alcohol awareness program and
$42 for court fees.
Lane said that if a person is
arrested for DUI more than once
within five years, his penalties
are increased.
For instance, on the second
conviction of DUI the fine is set
between $500 and $2,500, and the
driver's license will be revoked
for an entire year.
While Lane said a first-time
offender who is placed on proba­tion
may not have to serve any of
his one year sentence in jail, the
law specifies that a second-time,
offender must be imprisoned for
at least 48 hours or serve 20 days
of community service before he
his sentence can be suspended.
Sgt. George Gunn of the
Auburn Police Department said
that 580 drivers have been
arrested for DUI in Auburn since
Jan. 1,1985, and that already last
year's total of 573 has already
been surpassed.
Gunn noted that 353 (or 62 per­cent)
of those arrested for DUI
this year were persons between
the ages of 18 and 24.
expected to be discussed in a spe­cial
session of the Legislature
this summer, Rowell said.
Auburn University Executive
Vice President George Hv Emert,
who was recently named to an
authority overseeing the creation
of the system, agrees that
research potential will be
enhanced by the super computer.
He explains that the system is in
the planning stages.
Still undecided by the author­ity
is whether there will be one
computer located in one of the
state's major cities, with tele­communication
links with all of
Alabama's doctorial schools or
several smaller computers based
at those universities and linked
together with industrial businesses.
Emert said the computer net­work
would be accessible to those
interested by one of three ways:
through use of satellite, use of
microwaves, or through T-l trunk
telephone lines.
"We haven't gotten all the
numbers in to determine which
one is economically feasible,"
Emert said.
Paul F. Parks, Auburn vice
president for research, said the
University's physics department
is already using an out-of-state
super computer for its research in
fusion energy.
Researchers connect with a
system in Livermore, Calif., for
situations in which there are
complex numerical problems.
Renting now for fall quarter, 2 &
3^BR mobile homes, Wire
Road area. Call 821-0398 or
821-4624.
Reserve now for fall. 2-BR,
12x50 trailer for rent, conve­nient
to campus, $160/mo.,
821-0747.
Mobile home lots—we have a
few nice shady lots, available
now in the best student com­plex
in Auburn. Close to cam­pus,
free water, sewage & gar­bage,
basic cable & swimming
pool. $70/mo. Call now.
821-0747.
Village Green Apartments—3-
bedroom furnished, 12 mo.
lease. $450/month. Swimming
pool. Walking distance to cam­pus.
555 W. Glenn. Call 821-
1410 for details.
Mobile homes for rent—1 -BR,
all utilities paid, $225/mo.; 2-
BR, $160-190/mo.; 3-BR
$200/mo. Mt. Vernon Village,
821-0747.
New 2-BR, 2 bath mobile
homes on large shady lots with
pool & washeteria. 3Vi mi. from
campus. Also Ig. lot spaces for
rent. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., M-S,
749-3322.
Want to walk to campus? 3-BR
furnished apartments. Village
Green apartments $450/mo.
Call 821-1410 for info.
Male roommate needed start­ing
fall quarter to share two
bedroom, two bath trailer at
Webster's Crossing, $132.50
/mo. Nice place. Call 821-
7343. Ask for Alan.
Ft. Walton Beach Vacation
Special—condominium, swim­ming
pool, pier, color TV.
$250/wk. 1-288-1710.
Snuggle up to a fireplace this
fall! 3 large B-R, 2 full baths,
microwave, W/D hookups,
many extras, close to campus.
New for fall. $550 per mo. Call
Alabama Land Locators at
821 - 8 2 1 0 or 826-1172
evenings.
Roommate needed starting fall
qtr. $125 per month plus % utili-ties.
Call Nick Mullins,
574-6780.
Attention Seriousminded
upper-class, graduate & mar­ried
students. Before leasing
for fall be sure to see the Pine
Haven Apts, Auburn's most
spacious and quiet complex 1
mi. from campus. Large pool &
decking, laundromat, efficient
heat/cooling,, dishwasher,
disposal, tile bath, full carpet
Noise & parties controlled to
provide quiet setting. No child­ren
or pets. Resident manager
(couple) on premises. 1-BR
furn. from $250 (unfurn. $240);
2-BR furn. from $320 (unfurn.
$310). 12 mon. leases. Water/-
garbage, cable, pest control
included. See at 650 N. Ross
St., Manager, Apt. C-1, 821-
3828, afternoons. If no answer
call 821-0119.
Two & three-bedroom mobile
homes, 2 baths, central A/H,
skirted w/ frt. deck. Webster's
Crossing Mobile Home Park.
821-0171.
Mobile homes—two and three
bedrooms, nicely furnished,
Wire Road area, reasonable
rates, 887-8128.
Female roommate needed fall
quarter only. Large, fully fur­nished
2-BR trailer. $150
/month. Utilities included. Call
821-4834.
Wanted: Non-smoking female
roommate to share fully fur­nished
apartment at Auburn
Hall apartments, very close to
campus. Call Jackie Freeland,
305-626-9899.
For rent, two and three bed­room
houses. 12 mos. lease,
pets allowed. 887-3605 or
821-3234.
Tamarack Apts., female
roommate needed, $108
monthly, 2-BR, 2 baths, 1 /3 util­ities.
826-8152.
Thinking about a condo? Don't
sign a lease until you see
Crossland Downs. 2-BR luxury
townhomes completely fur­nished
for 4 with loft/study
area, outside storage, large
bedrooms, patio, plus pool,.
Jacuzzi, tennis courts, club­house
& shuttle bus. Model
open every day. Call 887-6574
for details.
Female Christian roommate
needed starting fall for 3-BR, 2
bath townhouse. Has dish­washer,
microwave, fireplace,
fenced yard for pets. Fully fur­nished.
Call 826-8561.
Mobile homes for rent, excel­lent
condition, Wire Road area.
Call 821-1335.
Lakeside II female dormitory,
one block from campus,
swimming pool, refrigerator io
each room, central kitchen,
beautiful lobby, semi-private
rooms $310/quarter; Private
rooms $425/quarter. Pridmore
Agency 887-8777.
Male roommate needed.
Eagles West Apts. Fall, winter
and spring quarters, V4 rent and
utilities. Call 1-839-5043.
2 roomates needed: Preferred
"Grad-student looking for nice
apt." $170/month on the pool.
Visit Court Square. Call for
Monte, 887-6503.
Non-smoking female room­mate
needed: Court Square
condo (Unit 204B), 2-BR, 2-
bath, furnished, $160/per per­son/
mo. Cheryl Watson,
887-6503.
Needed: female to take over
university housing fall quarter,
Dorm A. Call 826-7022.
One non-smoking male
roommate needed to live at
Court Square Condominiums.
Call Dave at £87-6008 or Erie
at 826-6277.
College Arms, large 2-
bedroom brick apartments
available immediately, unfur­nished
$260/month, or fur­nished
$280/month on a 9V4
month lease. Pridmore
Agency, 887-8777.
Needed two people to share
master bedroom of brand new
condo. 1360 sq. ft., 2-br, 2V4
baths, great location, fully fur­nished,
fully supplied, full kit­chen,
oven, range, microwave,
frost-free refrigerator & freezer,
washer/dryer. Two girls pres­ently
occupying small bed­room.
$171 per month per
roommate. Call 821-5355.
Mature Students who appre­ciate
a quality living expe­rience
and enjoy association
with success oriented stu­dents.
Court Square Condomi­nium,
601 No. Gay St. Available
for Lease, Fall Term, 887-6503.
A Good Sense Alabama Power
Home.
Female roommate needed
Lakewood Commons, starting
fall quarter. 2-bedrooms, 2V4
bath townhouse. Furnished.
821-2921,1-404-427-2074.
Female roommate needed!
Fall—spring, 1 bp^oom, fur­nished,
w / d i ' ^ & . n e r . New
apartmen*£?^ing, V4 block
from ca. v u s - $130/month.
826-6789.
2 bedroom house, roommate
needed, great location. $120
per month plus V4 utilities. 821-
7512, Rob.
Roommate needed: 2-BR
house close to campus, rent
$150 plus 1/2 utilities. Mon. call
Kris, 404-769-8207 after 7.
Roommate wanted for new
condo near campus, responsi­ble
female, 20 or older, neat,
non-smoker and no drugs.
$160/mo. plus utilities. Ask for
Dena, 887-6503.
Lee Apartments: private rooms
with refrigerator, Vi block from
campus, all utilities furnished.
$ 3 7 5 / q u a r t e r . Pridmore
Agency, 887-8777.
For rent: Brand new condo 2-
BR, 21/2 baths, 1360 sq. ft. Great
location, fully furnished, fully
supplied, full kitchen, oven,
range, microwave, frost-free
refrigerator & freezer, washer &
dryer. $684/per month.
Designed and set up for 4
roommates. Call 821-5355.
Female needed to share quiet
duplex. W/D, dishwasher,
$105/mo. Close to campus.
Call Carolyn, 887-8824.
Trailer for rent, two bedroom,
two bath, fully furnished, Wire
Road. Call 826-7468, 887-
8246.
12x56 trailer, 2-bedroom, IVi
bath, furnished with washer
and dryer. Central heat and air.
Storm windows. 516 Ridge-wood
Village. Call 821 -9547 or
821-4525.
Are your parents thinking
about buying a condo? For a
free copy of "How To Sell Your
Parents A Condominium", stop
by Crossland Downs sale
office today, off Wire Rd. just
past the vet school.
For sale, Kawasaki KZ550LTD
1981 model, only 6500 miles.
CallJohn, 821-2535.
12x60 2-BR, 1 bath partially
furnished, W/D, low utilities.
Great condition, customized
shelving/storage space. Call
749-5766 until 5, ask for
Lavina.
For sale: MacGregor sail­boats:
21', 22', 15', trailerable.
Also 65'. Sleeps 4, 5, or 10.
Easy-handling, affordable. Call
Free-Breeze Sailing, 821 -5162
or 1 -794-6097 after 6.
2-BR, 1 bath mobile home.
Central A/C, many extras.
14x52, clean! Call 826-1172.
Keep trying.
1982 Yamaha SECA550. Great
condition. Call 826-6508 any­time
after 5 p.m. Price includes
one red helmet.
Trailer good condition, 2-
bedroom, 2 bath, washer/
dryer, $6,000. Call 821-6205
after 5 for info. 133 Ridgewood.
12x65 mobile home 2-BR, 2
bath, W/D, central H/A,
underpinned. Must be seen.
Call 1-756-9671 after 5.
Double bed—almost new and
perfectly clean, $100. Book
shelves—white blocks (snow-flake
pattern) and cedar
shelves, $15.00. Call 821 -9218.
For sale, Honda XL70. Runs
great, good beginner motorcy­cle.
$100. Call 821.-4391. „.
1980 Commodore 14x60
mobile home for sale, 2-BR, 1
bath, completely furnished,
A / C , W/D. $7800. Call
821-9645.
Commodore computer sys­tem,
includes disk drive, prin­ter,
monitor, modem, and meg­atons
of software. $500. Call
826-4603, ask for Kevin.
For sale, Honda CX500 cus­tom,
runs good, looks good. V-twin.
Willing to negotiate or
trade. Call 821-4391.
For sale, 14x65 mobile home,
very quiet, fully shaded, great
for pets. Needs some work.
Must sell now! Make an offer.
(2-BR/1 ba.) Call 821-7790 or
567-3889.
RV for sale, '79 Midas Ford
chassis. 24,000 miles, like-new
condition. Call 821-9445.
12x60, Gentilly Park, 2-BR, 1
ba., central air, W/D, unfur­nished.
821-2813 after 1 p.m.
12x60 mobile home, 3-BR, 1Vi
bath, redecorated, partially
furnished, W/D, storage,
covered porch. 821-3597 or
442-3597.
Sleeper sofa, good condition,
$50 OBO and new papazan
chair, $75 OBO. Call Gavin
after 5. 749-8364.
Chlldcare. Wanted responsi­ble
person to car^lo 9 mo. old.
My home, M ^|f.<\>rnings, start
mid-Sep ^ o \ , n transportation.
821-2490, 7-9 p.m.
Lunch and dinner dish­washers
needed immediately.
Please call 749-0902. The
Greenhouse.
Resumes that highlight you in
the job market and produce
results. The Write Place.
821-7181.
Experienced dental assistant,
full time. Willing to train capa­ble
person. Call 821-4322.
Night Work—Data Processing
position with Farmers National
Bank. Computer or processing
experience required. Approx.
30 hours a week. Apply at main
office, Opelika; or call 749-
8361 Personnel Dept.
Office Assistant wanted part-time,
mornings or afternoons,
starting mid-September. Pre­vious
office experience
required. Must type 50 wpm.
Call 821-9196 weekdays.
Graduate
Assistantships
Available
The Department of Rehabilita­tion
and Special Education at
Auburn University has re­ceived
funding to support Mas­ters'
degree students in Early
Childhood Education for the
Handicapped. The program is
designed to train teachers in
the education of'young handi­capped
children, birth to age
eight, across all categories of
exceptionality. Assistantships
of approximately $4,000.00 for
the 1985-86 academic year are
available. Students may enter
the program at the beginning
of any academic quarter during
the year. For further informa­tion
contact Mary McLean or
Nancy Burdg, Department of
Rehabilitation and Special
Education, 1234 Haley Center,
Auburn University, AL 36849.
£ WANT TO EARN SOME
EXTRA MONEY
BETWEEN QUARTERS?
An experience of a lifetime and
exciting challenges can be yours
at Camp ASCCA, Alabama'*
Special Camp for Children and
Adults, working with mentally
retarded adults. The opening will
begin August 25 through Sep­tember
20. You can work for all
four weeks of the camping ses­sions
or any of the four.
August 25 — September 20
September 1 — September 20
September 8 — September 20
September 15 — September 20
You get weekends off and use of
camp facilities. Camp ASCCA is
located on Lake Martin 40 miles
from Auburn. It has a pool plus
canoeing, boating and mountain
climbing skills all for the disabled.
It's possible to earn credit toward
your Internship or practlcum. For
more information call Camp
ASCCA at 825-9226. You can
help yourself while you help oth­ers
at Camp ASCCA. Salary
ranges from $75-8125.
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Tighter ^f
Waster Seals
Accurate Audio—Your alterna­tive
to mass produced Japa­nese
Hi-Fi. Quality compo­nents
from American and
European companies sound
better and cost about the same.
Visit us at 110 E. Samford Ave.
Lost,
markings, shave spot on left
side. Lost near Godfather's.
Call 821-06904.
Found, small Mack kitten, 5-6
wks. old. Ridgewood Trailer
Court Will dispose of by Sat. if
no response. 826-3725.
WordPower: Professional typ­ing
and editing. Writing and/or
typing of resumes. Next to
Burger King. Call 826-3357 or
887-7083.
The Final Draft: Professional
word processing and typing
services. Above Baskin-
Robbins. Call 821-4813.
Appointments encouraged.
The Write Place for editing,
resumes, typing, word process­ing,
tutoring. Appointments
recommended. 113 North Gay.
821-7181.
Mary Kay Cosmetics!!! Call
Debbie Hettinger—Sales
Director for a complimentary
facial or reorders at 826-8086.
Lose weight and feel greatl I've
lost 30 lbs. and 5Vz inches and
cellulite from my waist You can
too. Guaranteed! Call Andy at
821-1344.
The friendly doubters? They're
the Unitarian-Universalists at
500 E. Thach. Join us Sunday
at 11 a.m.
WanleoToDuy^oIT silver
diamonds, class rings, add-a-beads.
Highest prices paid.
Hill's Jewelry, Auburn, AL
fi-fiX-3J921.
Student wife here at least three
years to train as dental assist­ant
Call ..821-2846,.
I need a ride to Pensacola,
Labor Day weekend. Will help
with gas money. 826-8576.
Moving to Atlanta? Female
roommate need to share an
apartment in Cobb County. Call
Jolie Creuser, 1-404-636-
6018.
Need truck and two men to"
help with moving August 30-1
31. Will pay well. Contact:
Daniel Nelson, 826-5370 or
821-3777.
Free Room plus $60/per wk.
Male handicapped student
needs a roommate to assist:
him with daily activities includ-',
ing personal care, approx. 2 or
3 hrs. daily. Call collect, Irvin,
913-649-3983, or Debbie Lid-dellL826j-'
22
^hapstick: Thanks for the
summer! "I know you are but
what am I!" Love, Hollywood. .
AWR—Happy 21st Birthday!
Love, Your favorite typist and
chauffeur.
To all who laughed and cried
and took the high road, my love
and thanks. P-man Ed.
Summer.
Martha C. and her co­conspirators:
whatever hap­pens
at my bachelorette party
could happen at yours too!! Oh,
sweet revenge!!! Love, Mrs. P.
C.M.W.—Happy Birthday
Daddy. I love you! Always:
remember "My heart belongs:
to Daddy!" —Chris.
Mrs. P: How many more days? :
I'm going to miss you. Best of;
luck in Kentucky! Mrs. A.
Goodbye single life party for
Carole A., alias Moby, on Sept
5. Call 821 -7611 for details.
Thursday, August 22, 1985 £be Auburn fcUownan A-7
Establishing credit now may help
student build future credit record
COMING UP
Preliminary construction begins on stadium
Campus construction continues;
coliseum to get air conditioning
By Earl Thaxton
News Staff
While much of the construction
on campus will be completed
soon, other projects will just
begin, according to Cathy Love,
civil engineer for the physical
plant.
Construction on Wilmore Drive
and on Mell Street across from
the library should be completed
by the end of the month and pre­cautions
will be taken to ensure
no construction interferes with
the .first football game against
Southwestern Louisiana on Sept.
7, she said.
Projects yet to begin include
installing an air conditioning
system in the coliseum, widening
South College Street and paving
a 112-space freshman parking lot
near Terrell Cafeteria.
"Contractors have been asked
to make all construction sites
safe and clearly marked during
all the home football games,"
said Love.
Other major construction pro­jects
have been postponed until
after football season, she said.
Work near Thach Avenue
adjacent to Haley Center will
continue indefinitely because of
complications in removal of
asbestos in the area, she said.
Construction of the civil engi­neering
building on Magnolia
Avenue is scheduled to be com­pleted
by the end of the year, Love
said.
Bids are still being taken from
contractors to install an air con­ditioning
system in the coliseum,
Love said. No date has been set
for the installation, but definite
plans have been made to com­plete
the project, she added.
South College Street will be
made into a four-lane road
beginning at the intersection of
Samford Avenue and College
Street.
This project is scheduled to
begin in January and will create
a four-lane highway from Sam-ford
Aveneue to Interstate 85,
Love said.
To Mike
Two days and counting
.and then we're off to the woods
or Tallapoosa County...
which ever comes first.
I Love You, T Laurel
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By Earl Thaxton
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Ron Jones, a recent graduate of
Auburn, knows the importance of
having a credit record before
graduating.
"I was turned down several
times when I tried to get loans.
You know the 'you can't get credit
if you haven't had credit' story,"
he said. "I had no past loans, so I
had trouble getting one then."
John Jahera, assistant profes­sor
of finance, cites three oppor­tunities
for the student wishing
to establish a credit rating. These
are bank loans, credit cards and
student loans.
"The easiest thing to do if
someone sends you a credit card
application is take advantage of
the situation," he said.
Companies often mail credit
card applications to college stu­dents.
"They know that most stu­dents
will be making a reasona­ble
income, therefore they are a
good risk," said Jahera.
"Out of 10,000 students that
receive the credit card, 8,000 are
going to make their payments
with no problem at all," he
explained. The cards are benefi­cial
to the company and the stu­dent,
he said.
If Sears, Gulf or some other
company sends you a credit card
application, send in the applica­tion
even if you do not need the
money; use the cards to build
your credit record, he said.
There is a catch to using these
cards. Credit cards have an
annual percentage rate (APR) of
18 to 21 percent, said Jahera. A
student should make sure he
knows what a company's APR
charge is before applying.
"Some credit cards also require
a yearly service charge of up to
$20 or more, especially Visa and
Mastercard," he said.
Bank loans are an alternative
source of credit but are much
harder to obtain than credit
cards.
Students often have no record
of payments on anything, and a
bank needs evidence that you will
repay the loan, Jahera said.
There is a way to get around the
problem; two ways, in fact.
First, a student can borrow the
money and have his parents gua­rantee
the loan. "Make sure the
loan is in the student's name," he
said, "then make the payments
on time, and you have estab­lished
some form of a credit
record."
Second, one could start a sav­ings
account at a bank and use
the savings as collateral on a
loan. This way the bank has no
risk, Jahera said.
If the payments are made, the
student will have a good credit
reference.
With about 4,500 students
receiving them, student loans are
the most widely used form of
credit at Auburn, Jahera said.
Most students do not think of
the loans as credit references, but
"all creditors are looking for some
indication that you are honest
and intend to repay," he said.
Those students whose annual
family income is less than $30,000
automatically qualify for the loans.
No matter which source of
credit a student uses, he should
always make the payments on
time or he cQuld damage his
chances of getting credit later,
says Jahera.
A person with a poor credit
record could be forced to pay
interest rates of 20 percent or
more on a loan, Jahera said.
How much credit is enough? Of
course that depends on the indi­vidual,
but Jahera said two fac­tors
can be used as guidelines.
First, a person's income level
determines how much he can
repay. "Creditors look real
closely at your income," he said.
Second, how well one manages
his money determines if he can
make payments. "You have to
have some self-control," he said.
The time to start building your
credit references is prior to being
on your own, Jahera said. And if
you're a student, that means now.
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A-8 H\\t Auburn JJlairuirnan Thursday, August 22,198
Library benefits from A-Day game proceeds
By Ronda Pulliam
News Staff
The 1985 A-Day football game
proceeds will soon be available in
book form when the Ralph B.
Draughon Library receives 450
new books that were purchased
with the library's third of the
proceeds.
The other two-thirds of the pro­ceeds
were divided between the
AU music/band program and the
A-Club.
Since 1981, Coach Pat Dye has
named these three areas as the
benefactors of A-Day game
profits.
During these four years, Dye
has never specified what he
wants this money used for, but
said only that he wanted to do
something for the school.
"Actually, the football team is
for the students and the alumni,
and I wanted to do something for
the school and the students," Dye
said. "I felt like the best way to do
something for all the students
was through the library."
William C. Highfill, director of
the Ralph B. Draughon Library,
said this year's contribution
brings the total for the past four
years to $43,727.04.
In a letter to Dye, Highfill
wrote, "Your contributions for
the past four years have provided
approximately 1,750 books for
the collection that the library
staff could not have obtained
otherwise."
Highfill said he felt like the
library's share of the proceeds
should be used in a way to benefit
the students.
"What we attempt to do is buy
books which relate to students,"
the director said. "We try to buy
the books in a subject area in
which we offer courses at
Auburn."
Bobby E. Holloway, assistant
librarian for circulation and
technical services, said, "We try
to use it for every discipline we
possibly can, so that it does
benefit every subject on campus."
Highfill said the new books will
be plated with the inscription
"Provided by the 1985 Game Pro­ceeds"
ao that the students will be
aware of where the books came
from when they open them.
The books "will be made freely
accessible to Auburn students
and faculty to be used in meeting
No immediate tuition increase scheduled next year
By Emily Bentley
News Staff
There is no tuition increase pro­jected
for winter quarter 1986,
President James E. Martin said
Wednesday.
Martin said rumors of an
impending tuition increase may
have resulted from a Board of
Trustees meeting in which the
president mentioned the possibil­ity
of the state Legislature
approving a $5 million grant for
expansion of the Ralph Brown
Draughon Library.
If state funding for the expan­sion
is approved by the Legisla-
Fitness craze hazardous
threat to unprotected eyes
"It's cool to exercise. It's almost
unacceptable not to," a Wesleyan
University student was quoted as
saying in a recent New York
Times article about America's
current health and fitness
movement.
In this era of preventive medi­cine
and wellness, students are
taking responsibility for staying
healthy and fit.
They are using exercise and
physically strenuous activity,
such as racquet sports, to relieve
tension and stress.
Competitive games like rac-quetball,
squash and tennis,
however, pose threats to the eyes
of players, says the National
Society to Prevent Blindness.
The cruel irony of this fitness
boom is that, in the flash of an
instant, a ball traveling at the
speed of 90 mph can strike a play­er's
unprotected eye and cause
permament vision impairment.
Recent studies have shown
that sports injuries increase in
direct proportion to the popular­ity
of these games.
Responsibility for health and
fitness must include eye safety,
says the Society.
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ture, Martin said, student, fees
could be increased by 10 percent
to provide matching funds to
complete the project.
The Legislature has not
approved the expansion grant.
Tuition increases usually take
effect at the beginning of a school
year, in the summer or fall,
James Yerkey, assistant bursar
over fees, said, although the last
one went into effect winter quar­ter
1983.
Should a tuition increase be
initiated by the president, appro­val
by the trustees and necessary
paperwork would require several
months to complete, Yerkey said.
Therefore, he said it is highly
unlikely an increase could be
implemented by winter quarter
1986.
President Martin said he plans
to appoint a committee to study
suggested changes in student fee
s t r u c t u r e , but he has not
appointed committee members
yet.
The committee will look at the
possibility of Auburn converting
to a graduated fee structure.
Using a graduated fee struc­ture,
fees are charged according
to the individual classes a stu­dent
takes. For instance, an
engineering course using techni­cal
equipment would cost more
than a history course.
The University of Florida uses
a graduated fee structure.
Yerkey said several depart­ments
or schools in the University
have urged the use of a graduated
fee system because their classes
cost more to offer.
"None of the recent sugges­tions
to increase tuition • from
$365 have been favorably looked
at from the administration's
standpoint," Yerkey said.
their library needs as they partu
ipate in the University's instruc
tional and research programs,
Highfill wrote in the letter to Dyt
Dye said he wanted to give om
third of the proceeds to the bam
because they have "been a bij
support to us in the past."
He said he thought the bam
was using its share of the pro
ceeds to provide scholarships i
students in the music deparl
ment.
The other third of the proceed
were donated to the A-Clu
because "I wanted to do som<
thing for our A-Club," Dye said.
The reason, he said, was tha
he didn't know much about th
club when he first came t
Auburn, and it seemed lik
nobody else did, either.
Rusty Deen, A-Club advisor
said the club's share of the pro
ceeds have been donated to chari­ties
such as the Alabama She
riff 8 Boys' and Girls' ranches.
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minor move made to gain contributions
By Andy Smith
Assistant Sports Editor
The University announced a
new seating program for the
Memorial Coliseum beginning
with the upcoming basketball
season, according to Wilford Bai­ley,
chairman of the Committee
on Intercollegiate Athletics.
. The basketball team had its
best season ever in 1984-85 by
capturing the SEC tournament
championship and advancing to
the final 16 in the NCAA
tournament.
"A major objective of the pro­gram
is to increase the donations
for scholarships for members of
the basketball team and, in this
way, to make more of the revenue
from men's basketball available
for support of men's and women's
non-revenue sports," said Bailey.
Contributors to the Basketball
Scholarship Program and to the
Greater Auburn Fund/Basket­ball
will be relocated from sec­tions
1,2 and 40 to sections 30,31
and 32 on the west side.
The faculty and staff who pur­chased
reduced price season
tickets will be moved to the west
side in sections 10, 9, 8 and in
sections 6 and 4 if necessary.
Bailey said the new program
has been in the works for several
years and in 1983 was reviewed
by the Faculty Welfare Com­mittee.
The seats formerly occupied by
the students in the northeast
corner (sections 8,6 and 4) will be
changed to the bleacher sections
behind the north goal (sections 1,
2 and 40). The students will gain
approximately 100 seats plus the
opportunity to bother opponents
in the process of shooting free
throws.
The two sections that were
reserved for the sports depart­ment
on the students' side (10 and
9) will be occupied by faculty and
staff, while the sports depart­ment
will be moved to the west
side (sections 30, 31 and 32) with
the GAF contributors.
Sports Z\]t Suburn JHamsman
Thursday, August 22, 1985 B
Could 1985-86 be best sports year in history?
. We are getting ready to embark on what could be
one of the greatest sports years ever on the Plains,
and maybe even in the nation.
No team in the conference has won the SEC in
football and basketball in the same school year
since Kentucky did it in 1976-77, but the Wildcats
shared the football title with Georgia and the bas­ketball
title with Tennessee. No one has won both
titles outright, since Kentucky did it during the 1950-
51 season.
• Last year Florida won the trophy for the SEC
football championship and Kentucky won the
basketball championship. As far as I can figure out,
Florida won a trophy, but not the championship.
Auburn could be going for an unbelievable sweep
of football, basketball and baseball. The Tigers
have the talent to do it. .>
Everyone is familiar with Pat Dye's football tal­ent;
and some know about Sonny Smith's basket'
ball. But not everyone realizes that Hal Baird could
be putting together one of the best baseball pro­grams
in the conference.
If Auburn fans do not attend these sporting
events they will miss out on some of the most excit­ing
moments in sports. I am not talking about foot­ball
because Jordan-Hare Stadium will probably be
sold out for every game after school starts.
Basketball attendance down
But basketball is a different story. Basketball
attendance is not what it should be at Auburn.
If only half of the students would go to a game,
there would only be 3,000 tickets left for the faculty
and alumni and the coliseum would be sold out.
Auburn already is a hard team to beat at home,
but if the crowd got into the game more, the Tigers
would be almost unbeatable at home.
But the students at Auburn have the tendency to
jump on the bandwagon. They only go to sporting
events after something good happens. Now that
Auburn has won the SEC in basketball, the stu­dents
will start going to the games.
Students will now be allowed to sit in the
bleachers behind the north goal and stomp their
feet and distract the opponents. The students will
gain about 100 seats because of a rearrangement of
the seating at the basketball games.
Does this mean the Athletic Department is
expecting more students to come to the games? It
must be, because it increased the number of student
seats and it moved the students closer to the court.
Surprise national champions
Everyone else is giving their predictions on this
football season coming up, so I thought I would.
This is based only on the talent of the teams at the
beginning of the season, and it is not how I think
the teams will finish at the end of the year. I doubt
that anyone has picked a winner of the national
championship at the beginning of the season.
Remember Georgia in 1980 was coming off a bad
year, Clemson was the surprise team of the 1981
season winning it all, Penn State in 1982 lost in
mid-season to Alabama and fought back to win it
unexpectedly and we all know how Miami won it in
1983. Neither Clemson nor Miami were in the Top
20 poll to start their championship seasons.
Last season BYU was 13-0. No one thought that
BYU would win it even if it did win 13 games, but it
happened.
SMU's Pony Express rides again
This year the best team at the start of the season
will be SMU. The Mustangs have the best backfield
in the nation with quarterback Don King and run­ning
backs Jeff Atkins and Reggie Dupard. Also
SMU knows how to win,averaging 10.3 victories
each season the last three years.
Oklahoma has the second best talent right now.
The Sooners might be No. 1, but they will start a
new quarterback because of the loss of Danny
See STUMB, B-4
FOOTBALL BEGINS
Practice opens with healthy Jackson; Burger No. 1 quarterback
By JeffStumb
Sports Editor
Monday morning was the first
official football practice for the
1985 edition of the Auburn Tig­ers.
The team worked out in
shorts and helmets for a two-hour
session in the morning and again
for two hours in the afternoon.
The freshmen went through
five workouts before Monday
since arriving on Aug. 12. The
rest of the team reported Friday,
and Saturday Coach Pat Dye
held a press conference to talk
about this year's team.
The few surprises of the day
came when Dye said that quar­terback
Jeff Burger would start
the fall as No. 1, and the
announcement that tight end
Sherman Johnson and offensive
tackle Deron Huerkamp did not
come back. "I haven't talked to
them, but I just have the idea that
they have given up football," Dye
said.
"The quarterback situation is
certainly a critical problem right
now," Dye said. "We're going to
work all three, but we'll probably
start Jeff Burger off as No. 1
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Coach Neil Callaway conditions the offensive line
Linebackers hold key
to defensive questions
By Cary Estes
Sports Staff
The Auburn Tigers enter the
1985 season with a defensive
squad that has the potential to be
extremely good. However, certain
key questions have yet to be
answered!
Can three important players,
free safety Tommy Powell, end
Gerald Robinson and cornerback
Jimmy Warren, return to full
strength following surgery?
Can Auburn find a player to
effectively replace graduated Ail-
American Gregg Carr at
linebacker?
And can the Tigers provide
enough depth to protect -them­selves
in the case of injuries?
If the answer to all three of
these questions is "yes," then the
Auburn defense could be better
than anyone is predicting.
The strength of the Tiger
defense should be the front line.
Seniors Gerald Williams at
tackle, Harold Hallman at nose
guard and Robinson combined
for a total of 326 tackles, includ­ing
35 for losses.'
"These men are the nucleus of
our front," said defensive coordi­nator
Frank Orgel. "We are
expecting excellent play and a lot
of leadership from them."
The other tackle spot will be
filled by sophomore Nate Hill,
who Orgel said "should be out­standing,"
while senior Pat
Thomas has been moved from
linebacker to the end spot oppo­site
Robinson.
"We are very pleased with the
progress of Pat Thomas so far,"
Orgel said. "He is quickly learn­ing
his new position."
Redshirt freshmen Tracy
Rocker, Ron Stallworth and
Brian Smith should provide
depth for the front line according
to Orgel.
The weakest part of the defense
Photography: Debbie Long
SCREEN PASS
Quarterback Bobby Walden warms up his passing arm as fall practice begins
will probably be at linebacker,
where the Tigers are lacking in
both experience and depth.
Junior Ben McCurdy, the only
player with much playing time at
linebacker, will return to his
starting post, while sophomore
Edward Phillips will attempt to
replace Carr.
The rest of the linebacking unit
will consist mainly of unproven
freshmen, but Orgel remains
optimistic.
"We need improvement, but I
like our prospects," he said.
"These players have worked
extremely hard during the
off-season.
Our starters will be solid, and
our back-ups are all physical
players. They will all be good;
they just need experience."
The main concern in the secon­dary
is the same as at linebacker:
no proven depth.
Junior Tommy Powell returns
following knee surgery, and he
has been shifted from strong
safety to the free safety position,
a move Orgel considers impor­tant
to the sucess of the
secondary.
"We are hoping Tommy will
make the adjustment to free
safety," he said. "I think he will,
and that would definitely be a big
plus to our defense."
Junior Arthur Johnson, who
Orgel said has "great athletic
ability," will start at strong
safety, a position he shared with
Powell last year.
A knee injury to Alvin Briggs
that has left him out for the sea­son
leaves only three experienced
players to battle for the two cor­nerback
spots.
See DEFENSE, B-4
because we felt like he was a little
bit more consistent in the spring.
"Certainly Bobby Walden and
Pat Washington will have every
opportunity to win the quarter­back
job."
The good news around the
practice field was that Walden
will not have to have surgery on
his elbow, as was originally
expected.
"I talked with Bobby (Friday)
and he didn't give me any indica­tion
that his elbow was bothering
him," Dye said. "I don't think he
has thrown anything in the past
two weeks and we'll probably
have to take it easy with him to
start."
Dye has said that all three
quarterbacks will play in the first
two games against Southwestern
Louisiana and Southern Missis­sippi.
"We're obviously going into
some major changes this year as
far as offense is concerned," Dye
said.
"My biggest concern about this
football team right now is how
quickly they can adapt to this
new offense and develop a strong
personality with it."
The offense is relatively injury
free to start the season. Bo Jack­son
is healthy, as is tackle Steve
Wallace. Tight end Ron Mid-dleton
was involved in a motor­cycle
accident in the spring, but
Dye said "he's had some skin
grafts done, but he looks fine."
The kicking game lost transfer
David Moffett, who is ineligible
because of academics, but Dye
said the kicking duties were up to
Chris Knapp and John Ellis now.
Some freshman receivers have
caught Dye's attention. "We have
, three receivers that catch your
eye every time you go out there—
Lawyer Tillman, Anthony
McCall and Kenny Pollard."
Other freshmen Dye menti­oned
were running back Vincent
Harris and quarterback Brian
Bell.
After the practices started on
Monday, Dye said the highlight
was watching the players that
missed spring practice because
they were coming off of an injury.
The Tigers will continue to
work out in shorts until Thursday
when they finally put the pads on
and begin contact work.
The season opener with
Southwestern Louisiana will be
shown live on WTBS Sept. 7
starting at 11:30 a.m.
B-2 Wnt Auburn fclainsman Thursday, August 22, 1985
Cincinnati's Rose about
to catch great Ty Cobb
Cary
ESTES
Sometime in the next few
weeks, barring an unexpected
accident, Pete Rose will knock his
4,192nd base hit, and knock Ty
Cobb out of the top spot as the
player with the most hits in a
. career. The record will give Rose
more respect than he has ever
had from baseball fans.
I, like many other people, haye
never been much of a fan of Rose.
I have always considered him a
hot dog, a player who was inter­ested
more in his own statistics
than the team. _
In years past, Rose wasal ways
loudly booed on the road when-even
he came to the plate. The
fans simply did not like his atti­tude
and cockiness. Most of all,
they didn't like his success.
In a matter of minutes, Rose
can recite all of his statistics,
records and personal achieve­ments.
He takes pride in his
records, and he is not afraid to tell
anybody this.
So for many years, Rose was one
of the most successful yet least
liked players this side of Reggie
Jackson.
Then last year Rose did some­thing
that is unheard of in mod­ern
day sports. When he signed
with the Cincinnati Reds in
August of 1984, he took a pay cut.
His annual salary dropped from
more than $1 million to less than
$500,000, a cut so large that Rose
had to convince the Players'
Association to approve it.
Suddenly Rose found new pop­ularity
among baseball fans. It
was evident that he was playing
the game because he loved it so
much.- His cockiness became
youthful enthusiasm, his hot dog
a n t i c s simply part of his
character.
In these days of free agency
and million dollar, no cut con­tracts,
Rose became a refreshing
relief. Here was a player who
enjoyed baseball enough to put
his ego aside and take a reduction
in salary so he could continue
playing at age 44.
Now Rose is on the verge of
passing a legend, and fans
around the country are begin­ning
to realize what an accomp­lishment
he is about to achieve.
Four thousand one hundred
and ninety-two hits. That's 4,192.
Rose is fewer than 20 hits away
from that magical number. Only
16 people in the history of base­ball
have had as many as 3,000
hits. Rose passed that number
seven years ago.
With his pursuit of the record
has come an even wider popular­ity
among fans. Baseball, more
than any other game, is a
numbers game, and the fans love
to see records broken.
Rose is now being cheered in
ballparks where he was once
booed. His face seems to be on the
cover of every magazine, his
comments leading off every
sports report.
There are still people who do
not like Rose. They say he would
rather go for the base hit than to
try to sacrifice the runner. Base­ball
purists note that many of his
hits came on artificial turf where
the ball shoots though the hole
quicker than on grass.
OUT ON A LIMB
Aug. 29
BYU - Boston College
Sept. 2
Alabama - Georgia
Sept. 7
SWLa. - Auburn
Florida - Miami
UCLA -BYU
USC - Illinoia
Penn State - Maryland
Sept. 14
Texas A&M • Alabama
So. Miss - Auburn
UCLA - Tennessee
FSU - Nebraska
Maryland - Boston College
Notre Dame - Michigan
SMU - Oklahoma
JeffStumb
Sports Editor
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Tenneaaee
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Plainsman Summer Editor Phil Pierce makes his lone appearance on the
limb, and displays a definite lack of confidence in the Crimson Tide. Sports
Editor JeffStumb will either become a prophet or fall off the branch with his
predictions. Plainsman adviser Ed Williams opts for Georgia over his alma
mater between the hedges, while Andy Smith, assistant sports editor, is
conservative with his picks. Old Pro plans to grab the lead with some early
accuracies.
Regardless of what people may
say, one fact still stands out. Rose
will soon have more hits than
any other player in the history of
baseball. More than Hank Aaron,
Babe Ruth, Joe Dimaggio or Stan ethic. He has proven that hard
Musial. More than Ty Cobb.
As I said earlier, I was never
much of a fan of Rose, but I am
now. He personifies the work
work, hustle and the desire to
improve pays off in the long run.
Rose has always been re­spected
by his peers and by peo­ple
in baseball management. He
has now conquered the only goal
he had left, respect and admira­tion
from the fans.
Everybody, including myself,
should have given the man that
years ago-
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Thursday, August 22, 1985 tEfjr Auburn JHaiiwman B-3
Top teams offer some new faces, old favorites
By tfeffStumb
and Andy Smith
Sports Staff
The Auburn Tigers have a
winning record over every team
theyplay this year, except Geor­gia
and Alabama. The Bulldogs
lead the series 41-40-7, and Ala­bama
leads 29-19-1.
The SEC is probably the
strongest football conference in
the country from top to bottom,
and-as usual, Auburn plays a
tough SEC schedule.
Auburn returns 10 starters on
offeMse, but some teams aire not
that,.lucky. We know what
Auburn and its opponents are
going' to look like, but what about
the rest of the nation? Some of the
top fpams in the nation lost key
players that will be hard to
replace.
Boston College lost Heisman
Trophy winner Doug Flutie,
Oklahoma lost quarterback
Danny Bradley and Miami lost
Berfiie Kosar. But the best
runners in the country are return­ing
to teams that have the ability
to win their conference's and
cause trouble in the Top 10.
The three top rushers in 1984
are all back for their senior sea­sons
this fall. Keith Byars of
Ohio State, who led the nation
with 1,655 yards, will be giving
Bo Jackson a fight for the Heis­man
Trophy.
Washington State should
improve its 6-5 record with
Rueben Mayes, who gained 1,637
yards last year, shooting through
defensive lines. State could have
the best team out West.
TCU, which went to a bowl
game for the first time since 1965,
and had the third leading rusher
in the nation in Kenneth Davis
with 1,611, will keep,the Horned
Frogs jumping in theSWC.
Other running backs who could
lead their teams to bowl games in
1985 are Spencer Tillman of
Oklahoma, Doug DuBose of
Nebraska, Alonzo Highsmith of
Miami, Napoleon McCallum of
Navy and Dalton Hilliard of
LSU.
SMU might have the best back-field
in the country, but it will not
go bowling this year because of
probation. Reggie Dupard gained
1,154 yards at tailback last year
and his alternate, Jeff Atkins,
added another 717. Together
they have earned the nickname
"The Pony Express II." SMU also
has a great quarterback in Don
King, who passed for 1,598 yards
last year.
There will be a couple of quar­terbacks
that could have a shot at
winning the Heisman. The one
with the best chance is Chuck
Long of Iowa. A darkhorse can­didate
will be Jack Trudeau of
Illinois, who just might be the
most exciting player in the coun­try,
but Illinois is on probation
and can't be on TV.
Defending national champion
BYU returns Heisman hopeful
quarterback Robbie Bosco, but a
tougher schedule this year will
put the Cougars' 23- game win
3treak, the nation's longest, on
the line. BYU plays Boston Col­lege,
UCLA and Washington in
its first three games.
There are some teams that
might do well because of their
defense. Some of the stronger
defenses are in the SEC this year
with Alabama and Florida. Some
t r a d i t i o n a l good defensive
schools need to have consistent
performances from their defenses
to avoid a possible losing season.
Penn State, Pittsburgh and
Georgia are a few teams that
don't seem to have the offenses to
win the big games, but their
defenses can.
Some schools might have good
seasons even though they don't
have any superstars. It is possi­ble
if the team has a good coach
or it has a lot of character. The
Army, the Air Force and Virginia
all fall into that category.
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TWO-A-DAYS—Fall football practice started Monday, and the
big question on offense is which player will start at quarter­back:
Bobby Walden, Jeff Burger or Pat Washington. Coach
Pat Dye said before practice started that Burger would start
the season at No. 1. The offense does, however, return 10
s t a r t e r s from last year, but the defense is the big question
mark. If Coach Frank Orgel can get the oneness he wants from
his troops, the defense will be good.
Walden
Stumb -continued from B-l Defense -continued from B-l
Bradley.
Oklahoma and SMU play on
Sept. 14 in Norman, so we will
find out quick then which is the
better team.
Auburn is third because of an
unproven defense.
The Iowa Hawkeyes should go
to the Rose Bowl this year and
end the Big 10's losing streak.
Iowa could make a run for the
national championship through
the air with quarterback Chuck
Long. Long could win the Heis-man
on the wa v. but it would take
3.500 yards and a 10-1 season.
Florida could easily be in the
No. 1 or 2 spot, but I hate to put
the Gators so high. Knowing they
can't go to a bowl will hurt them
some.
Oklahoma State could have the
sixth best talent in the country.
The Cowboys were 10-2 last year.
Another surprise team could be
Washington State. The Cougars
have a solid team to go with All-
American running back Rueben
Mayes.
Ohio State will be challenging
Iowa for the trip to the Rose Bowl,
and if the Buckeyes can stay con­sistent
on both offense and
defense, they might just go to
Pasadena.
Other traditional powers that
will be strong again include
Nebraska and Washington.
Some surprise teams should be
Arkansas, Maryland and Ala­bama.
A special award goes put to the
team that is the toughest at
home, Syracuse, for knocking off
biggies like Nebraska, Pitts­burgh,
Boston College and West
Virginia in the last two years.
The best independent team
will, believe it or not, be Boston
College. Doug Flutie is gone, but
Jack Bicknell is one of the best
coaches in the country and he has
a drop back quarterback named
Shawn Halloran, who at 6-4 is six
inches taller than Flutie.
Notre Dame will again go 5-6
and be asked to go to a bowl
game, but the Irish will turn it
down so they can find a new head
coach. Remember when Notre
Dame used to be a power? I don't
miss those days at all.
Sophomore Kevin Porter will
probably be one of the starters,
leaving the other position to
seniors Jonathan Robinson and
Jimmie Warren.
Warren started every game at
cornerback in 1983, but he was
redshirted last year after he
missed the entire season because
of knee surgery.
"Robinson is a solid corner-back,
and right now he is our
starter," Orgel said. "But we
think Jimmie will be completely
recovered from his injury. '
How well Auburn's young
players improve is vital to the
success of the defensive squad.
There will probably be only five
seniors among the starting 11,
and depth at linebacker and in
the secondary is suspect.
"We need a few of our freshmen
to step out and prove them­selves,"
said Orgel. "We also need
more oneness and unity out of our
defense. We won't be a mature
team, but if we get that oneness
we could still be an excellent
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Thursday, August 22, 1985 B-5
Students petition to change campus station
WEGL'sformat called 'tooprogressive' " "
By Michele Head
Features Staff
A number of Auburn students
have been approached to sign a
petition in support of changing
the format of campus radio sta­tion
WEGL.
Auburn students Jeff Hinkle
and John Mosley started the peti­tions
to change WEGL's format
from a predominantly progres­sive
format to a more rock-oriented
format.
They got t he idea for t he peti­tion
after hearing several stu­dents
complain that the station
didn't play enough rock music.
Hinkle is quick to point out that
he and Mosley don't want to do
away with the progressive music
being played now, but instead to
combine album-oriented rock
with the progressive in main­stream
programming.
"We don't want to t u rn WEGL
into a Top 40 station; there are
enough of those around. We're
not proposing a drastic change in
programming. We want to keep
the specialty shows and some of
the progressive music while get­ting
more album rock into the
m a i n s t r e a m p r o g r a m m i n g ,"
Hinkle said.
Requests were also high on the
complaint list. Hinkle said that
students complain because the
music they request is never
played. One reason Hinkle gave
for some requests not being
played is t h a t the music for some
CONCOURSE PETITIONERS
Jeff Hinkle, J o h n Moseley and Tom Tatom collect signatures
of the specialty shows is kept
locked in lockers. This makes it
unavailable for requests.
Otho Wilburn, Chief Engineer
at WEGL, said he would like to
see more album rock incorpo­rated
into the programming. "I
worked at the station in 1978
when it was basically an AOR
station and I would be in favor of
more album rock in the current
programming," he said.
Tom Tatom, one of the D J s for
the specialty show Whiplash on
WEGL, is also in favor of a
change in programming. He
said, "A lot of people misinter­pret
what we're after. We don't
want to eliminate t he progressive
music or the specialty shows."
Tatom also estimated that 75
percent of the mainstream pro­gramming
on WEGL is progres­sive
and he doesn't feel that 75
percent of t he Auburn students
want that type of programming.
Randy Armistead, Station
Manager of WEGL, is opposed to a
change in format. "We have a
format that reaches a good many
Auburn s t u d e n t s , " Armistead
said. He said he feels that the
s p e c i a l t y shows offered on
WEGL, such as Whiplash,
Southern Pride and the Oldies
Show, more t h a n cover what isn't
p l a y e d in m a i n s t r e a m pro­gramming.
However, WEGL does play
rock, Armistead was quick to
pcint out. "We have a majority of
the Top 10 AOR cuts in rotation
now," he says.
When asked if WEGL would
consider changing its format if
enough s i g n a t u r e s were col­lected,
Armistead said that of
course they would look at it, but
he feels that there is as much
support for WEGL as there is
Wofford defends musical middle ground
I am a rock 'n'
roll weirdo.
Often I listen
to m a i n s t r e am
r a d i o s t a t i o n s,
sometimes even
an adult con­temporary
one. I
d o n ' t always
change the sta­tion
when Barry Manilow comes
on. I own several Abba albums.
f have a picture of Minnie Pearl
on my wall at home. I know all
the words to most of the Par­tridge
Family songs.
I don't really like the Who, but I
love Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's
Dead." I love music, every kind of
music. I don't buy every kind, but
I find something in almost every
different style that I can identify
with (not much in heavy metal,
but occasionally something).
Mv musical friends think I am
backward. I have said Talking
Heads, Burt Bacharach and
Elvis Costello in the same breath.
I don't always flip when some­thing
is new and counterculture. I
don't always laugh when lyrics to
songs I hear are less than
enlightening. They smirk when I
say Rosanne Cash or Michael
Jackson. I like to pat my foot and
shake my head to songs, but I
also like to get sad and smarmy
sometimes. My favorite album is
the music from the stage show
Chess.
My non-musical friends think I
am a basket case. They don't
understand why I laugh when I
hear the B-52s sing "Wanna be
the king of the Zulus, wanna be
the nicest guy on Earth." They
can't hear past Bob Dylan's
voice. They don't understand
what Joan Armatrading means
when she says, "Everybody's
gotta know this feeling." They
think Journey, Loverboy and
Survivor are t h e h e i g h t s of
creativity.
In a black and white world, it's
not easy being gray. The middle
ground is always the shakiest,
and the pressure there is worse
than anywhere else because i t 's
coming from both sides.
It's not because I'm wishy-washy
that I like the middle, i t 's
because I like variety, and mostly
because I like what I like no mat­ter
which direction the pressure
to conform comes from.
I like variety and I like diver­sity,
and I'm glad t h a t I can hear
a large variety on my car radio. I
can receive more stations I want
to hear t h a n I have buttons on my
radio to mark. People hate to ride
with me, because I'm a dynamic
radio listener. I'm constantly
See WOFFORD, page B-8
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WEGL Station Manager Randy Armistead
against it. Armistead also com­mented,
"I really don't think he
[Hinkle] has any idea about
programming."
As for requests, Armistead ad­mits
they are at the D J ' s discretion
and that some specialty music is
indeed kept locked in lockers. He
also said a lot of music not locked
up is not played because it doesn't
fit into the programming.
The results of a poll taken in
1984 by the UPC and used in
Columbus station WCGQ's sales
packet reports that WEGL was
first in the area with WCGQ
second (but the first commercial
station). In a more recent poll
commissioned by WEGL, the
exact results were unavailable,
but the campus station did not
fare as well. Rick Smith, Station
Manager at the time of the sur­vey,
said he was pleased with the
results of the survey and felt that
the programming served the stu­dents
and public well.
The petitions, which were
started last Wednesday, have
been signed by about 300 stu­dents
so far. Hinkle plans to
carry the petitions over into fall
quarter.
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