1986-01-30 The Auburn Plainsman

              sntan We mourn seven
heroes.
—President Reagan
Volume 92 Number 13 Thursday, January 30, 1986 Auburn University, Ala. 36849 22 pages
Ecstasy new
wonder drug
for students
See story,
page A-9
LSU stays
home and
scratches
See-story,—
page B-l
Campus Calendar A-9
Classifieds A-6
Doonesbury B-6
Editorials A-4,A-5
Entertainment B-7
Sports B-l
Week in Review A-2
Auburn students shocked by disaster
SHOCKED SILENCE
Students in Foy Union watch replay of shuttle disaster
Photography: Jay Sailor*
Photography: Jay Sailor*
IN MOURNING
All University flags will fly at half staff this week
From combined reports
Faculty and students crowded
around television sets Tuesday
and watched in disbelief the
reports of the space shuttle Chal­lenger's
destruction off the Flor­ida
coast.
On Auburn's campus, a mid­shipmen
flag detail lowered the
American flags to half-staff in a
sigh of mourning for the seven
astronauts who lost their lives.
The ill-fated shuttle was on its
10th flight that only lasted a brief
74 seconds. The $1.2 billion Chal­lenger
had been delayed on sev­eral
occasions before the 11:38
a.m. EST takeoff Tuesday. The
explosion was the worst disaster
in the history of the American
space program.
Members of the crew included
the commander, Francis R. Sco-bee;
the pilot, Michael J. Smith of
the Navy; Dr. Judith A. Resnik,
mission specialist; Ellison S.
Onizuka, mission specialist; Dr.
Ronald E. McNair, mission spe­cialist;
Gregory B. Jarvis, pay-load
specialist; and Christa
McAuliffe, payload specialist.
Ships, planes and helicopters
hurried to a 50-mile area off the
Florida coast to begin salvaging
debris, but were delayed approx­imately
an hour as the flaming
debris fell from the sky.
"I.regret. that I have tp report
that based on very preliminary
searches of the ocean where
Challenger impacted this morn­ing,
these searches have not
revealed any evidence that the
crew of the Challenger survived,"
said Jesse Moore, associate
administrator of NASA and head
of the space shuttle program.
"I will not speculate on the spe­cific
cause of that tragedy,"
Moore added. The shuttle was 10
miles high and eight miles out
when it burst into flames.
NASA will take the bits and
pieces salvaged from the sea to
begin a failure analysis to deter-
' George'finds life different from Taiwan
By Kim Smith
Features Staff
For only a year, Jai-Jing Jau
has been known by a new name,
"George."
Jau selected 'George" for his
first name while he is in the Uni­ted
States because it sounds sim­ilar
to his Chinese name and is
easier for Americans to say.
A 4.0 chemical engineering
student, George is a graduate
research assistant at Auburn
University who will receive his
master's degree in June.
In September 1984, George left
his home in Taiwan, a small
island-nation off the coast of
mainland China, to study at
Auburn. The dark-haired, slender
man traveled 18 hours-by plane to
come to Alabama.
Jau has had to make many,
adjustments living in a culture
totally different from his own.
George's eyes sparkle as he
smiles, remembering when he
first came to the States. The
bachelor didn't enjoy preparing
meals at all because he is such a
poor cook. He quickly tired of
cooking and learned to appreci­ate
American fast food, which is
expensive compared to eating out
in Taiwan.
At McDonald's, $2.60 will pay
for a hamburger, fries and a coke.
In Taiwan, the same amount will
buy a steak dinner. George now
budgets more for food.
However, the hardest ad­justment
for Jau has been having
Birmingham, Auburn
fight for 'Iron Bowl'
MikeMahaffey
News Staff
When the Jordan-Hare expan­sion
is completed in the fall of
1987, the stadium will be one of
the largest in the southeast, seat­ing
approximately 85,000 people.
When construction is complete,
the stadium will have about 9,000
more seats than Legion Field in
Birmingham where, Auburn
presently plays its home game
with the University of Alabama.
In 1985, the Iron Bowl Classic
celebrated it's 50th aniversary.
The city of Birmingham has
played a major part in the success
of what many feel is the greatest
college rivalry in the nation. But
in 1989, Auburn University
hopes to bring the game back to
Auburn and play it in Jordan-
Hare stadium.
According to Auburn Assistant
Athletic Director Oval Jaynes,
"The University will have nicer
facilities and safer areas than
Legion Field." He also feels that
the city of Auburn deserves a
piece of the economic pie.
Finance Director Levi Knapp
of the city of Auburn says that
the city would stand to gain quite
a substantial amount of money,
some of which would come from a
three percent amusement tax,,
sales tax and additional gross
amusements from restaurants.
However, according to Mayor
Richard Arrington of Bir-mingham,
"the Iron Bowl gener­ates
$10 to $12 million" and
would be a major loss to the city
of Birmingham. When asked
what the changes Birmingham
See STADIUM, A-10
fewer close friends.
"At home, I can call a friend
whenever I want. Here I feel
lonely," George says in broken
but clearly understood English.
"Kevin, though, he is my spe­cial
friend. When-1 feel disap­pointed
or something bothers me
much, I just talk to him," says
George of Kevin Spriggs, a fellow
chemical engineering student.
Spriggs, a native of Spanish
.Fort, Al., describes one frustra­ting
obstacle that George and
many internationals face: the
negative attitude of Americans
toward foreign students.
"The foreign students who
come here are the best from their
countries. They have to do well
academically to get here.
"The hardest barrier for the
students to cross is the language.
A person (from another country)
may not understand English
well. Many times you'll have to
go back and explain (things to
them). Americans are impa­tient,"
says Spriggs.
"What I see inside the graduate
school is little socialization
between Americans and foreign
students. Americans see them as
strange, foreign, geeky," con­tinues
Spriggs.
"Many people think foreign
students don't understand the
way they are treated. Not true.
They understand," says Spriggs.
Graduate programs in the Uni­ted
States attract the interna­t
i o n a l student to Amer­ica.
George estimates that
5,000-6,000 students per year in
his homeland study for graduate
degrees in the United States and
Europe.
"Many go out of the country to
study (for graduate degrees).
There are so many universities
here, much more than Taiwan. It
is considered an honor to get a
degree in another country," says
Jau.
Many Taiwanese parents
desire that their children obtain
an education in other countries.
So much, says Jau, that they are
willing to work hard and save
money for several years. It costs
approximately $10,000 per year
for a Chinese student to study for
a graduate degree in the States,
according to George.
Another reason the honor stu­dent
came to America is because
he knew more about this country
than other countries. In Taiwan
he became familiar with Ameri­can
society through TV, maga­zines,
concerts by American
artists and movies.
"I wanted to come here and see
if those things in the movies were
true," he says with a big grin.
Although he was accepted in
eight other graduate programs,
the 24-year-old from Taipei, Tai­wan,
chose Auburn University
because of the financial support
he receives from the chemical
engineering department.
At the University, Jau works
with Dr. Timothy D. Placek, a
chemical engineering professor.
They research how computers
can be used to regulate the chem­ical
process necessary for mak­ing
pulp and paper.
Because there are few paper
plants in Taiwan, George doesn't
feel he can utilize the findings of
his research there. However, he
does believe that his study is
teaching him a new way of think­ing
that he can apply to any
industry.
"My research is teaching me a
way of...solving problems. When­ever
a problem comes up (in using
a computer to regulate a chemical
process in an industry), I can
solve the problem," says Jau.
Dedicated is the word Spriggs
uses to describe his Taiwanese
friend.
"George works all the time. He
spends 80 percent of his time on
research," says the 22-year-old
See GEORGE, A-10
mine the cause of the accident.
Reports indicate that the space
shuttle program will be tempor­arily
suspended until the cause of
the accident is known.
President Reagan addressed
the nation late Tuesday after­noon
and expressed his sorrow
over the disaster. "The crew of the
space shuttle Challenger hum­bled
us by the manner in which
they lived their lives. We will
never forget them, nor the last
time we saw them this morning
as they prepared for their journey
and waved goodbye and slipped
the surly bonds of earth to touch
the face of God."
Housing
to be rated
in spring
By Stacye Simmerson '
News Staff
The newly formed Student
Consumer Organization (SCO)
will publish an off-campus hous­ing
guide next spring that will
rate the condition of and services
rendered by local apartments
and condominiums, said SCO
Director J. Cole Portia.
Formerly a branch of SGA's
Off-Campus Senate Committee,
SCO expanded to a chartered
organization status winter quar­ter.
The 25-member group, which
is funded by Student Activity
Fees, works to facilitate better
relations between students and
area businesses.
Portis said the group will base
its first project, the 10-page hous-ing
evaluation, on tenant
responses to questionnaires
issued by SCO because "it is
unfair for an outside group to
judge a complex."
Kevin M. Stipe, assistant direc­tor
of SCO, is working with Pro­fessors
W. D. Henley and Richard
M. Durand of the marketing and
transportation department to
determine the best means of
obtaining an accurate represen­tation
of the housing complexes.
"You can't just make up a ques-
See HOUSING, A-10
Photography: Jay Sailara
DEDICATED STUDENT
'George" learns to adjust at Auburn
LSU game
rescheduled
The Auburn-LSU basketball
game, postponed last Saturday
because two LSU players deve­loped
chicken pox, has been re­scheduled
for Tuesday, Feb. 5 at
7:30 in Memorial Coliseum,
according to the Auburn Sports
Information Department.
LSU and Auburn officials
agreed to postpone the nationally
televised contest after doctors
•aid infected players John Willi­ams
and Bernard Woodside could
have passed the highly conta­gious
disease to the rest of the
team. .
A-2 TOjr 9uburn plainsman Thursday, January 30, 1986
Week in Review
International
Muammar Khadafy, radical
Libyan leader, says that he'll
recommemd Arab terrorists to
end attacks in Europe if the Uni­ted
States agrees not to strike at
Libya, according to Italian Prime
Minister Bettino Craxi.
Catholic churchmen are urging
Filipinos not to permit voter
fraud in next week's elections.
Thousands of Ugandans are
fleeing to Kenya in fear of the
government troops that are
retreating from the rebel forces
that have taken power.
National
School children mourn the loss
of their teacher,Christa McAu-liffe,
who was killed in the crash
of the space shuttle Tuesday
morning.
Vets test animals for deafness
.Crime log.
Jan. 26 — A power booster ana
a flashlight valued at $50 were
reported taken at 11:25 p.m. from
a vehicle on Mell Street.
Jan. 25 — A drafting table
valued at $225 was reported
taken at 12:30 p.m. from a room in
the Telfair Peet Theater.
Jan. 23 — A gold and diamond
ring valued at $900 was reported
taken at 11:30 a.m. from a room in
Dorm D. The room was un­secured.
— A wallet and contents valued
at $105 was reported taken at 4:40
p.m. from an office in Haley
Center.
— Approximately $48 was
reported taken at 10 a.m. from a
desk in the office of the Terrell
Bakery. The money had been left
unattended.
University Police issued 36
traffic citations and made 4 DUI
arrests last week.
Student dies in collision
traveling on Highway 14
By Bret Pippen
Assistant News Editor
James Wesley Kenyon, 19, of
1214 Terrahaute Ave., Decatur,
Ala., was killed at approximately
12:55 Tuesday morning when the
car he was driving struck a con­crete
bridge support.
Kenyon was currently a fresh­man
in pre-engineering at the
University and was living at
1041 Webster's Crossing.
According to police reports, he
was traveling east on State
Highway 14 and struck the con­crete
column that supported the
bridge of State Highway 267.
Detective Sgt. Benjie Walker of
the Auburn city detective's
department is in charge of the
investigation and said that from
the indicaiton of the damage, the
vehicle had been traveling at a
high rate of speed.
"The car was totally destroyed.
It burst into flames on impact
and left glass strewn everywhere
from the shattering of the wind­shield.
There was no glass left in
the car," he said.
The autopsy was to be per­formed
Tuesday morning and at
press time, no information was
available.
Veterinarians face problems
not encountered by medical doc­tors
in testing for hearing loss. A
person can signal a doctor when
sound increases or decreases in
either ear during a hearing test,
but dogs do not.
The need to detect hearing loss
in dogs becomes apparent when
they are being selected for breed­ing,
when prolonged use of anti­biotics
threatens an animal's
hearing or when the animal no
longer responds to its owner's
commands.
Traditional methods of detect­ing
hearing loss can be highly
inaccurate, especially if the
animal can hear normally out of
one ear, notes veterinary scient­ist
Arvle E. Marshall of the
department of anatomy and his­tology
at Auburn University.
Dalmations seem particularly
vulnerable to the inherited deaf­ness
trait. Thus, because animal
breeders find it difficult to weed
out carriers of the trait, about 40
percent of dalmations are at least
partially deaf.
Marshall, who tests hearing in
dogs with an electronic stimulus-recording
system, recently found
that approximately half of 48'
dalmatians at two kennels were
deaf in one ear even though the
dogs showed no signs of
deafness. V
By eliminating those carriers
from the breeding stock, the
breeders were able to take the
first step toward reducing the
chances of deafness in future
generations of the breed from
their kennels.
If dogs with good hearing in
both ears were selected for breed­ing
stock by all kennels, heredi­tary
deafness in the breed could
be significantly reduced over
time, he said.
The equipment used for testing
of hearing is available at veteri­nary
colleges such as Auburn's,
but is not usually available in
private clinics due to its high
cost. Many of the animals tested
at Auburn for possible hearing
loss are referred to the veterinary
college by private clinics.
Small electrodes attached to
the animal's head transmit
response patterns from the
brainstem when click sounds at
varying decibles are transmitted
to each ear. If the animal does not
lie still, light sedation may be
used without altering the test
results, according to Marshall's
experiments.
The testing procedure is also
used to help veterinary re­searchers
determine the safety of
certain antibiotics that may
harm hearing during prolonged
usage.
Established safe dosages can
prevent hearing loss from treat­ments
administered for other
medical problems, Marshall said.
Veterinarians sometimes send
an animal for testing when dis­eases
of the brainstem are sus­pected.
Analysis of the response
patterns can help determine if a
problem is caused by deafness or
brainstem diseases.
Although dogs are the primary
test subjects, they are not the
only ones. Marshall, for example,
used the method on a horse to
help veterinarians locate a lesion
which had been suspected to be in
the brain, but was actually in the
inner ear. The test has also been
used in cattle to measure hearing
damage by high doses of an
antibiotic.
As testing of the brainstem
auditory-evoked response grows,
its use will expand to other anim­als
for which response patterns
need to be determined, Marshall
said.
DIAMOND FACTS
FACT; There are lour (actors
that establish the value ot any
diamond »old anywhere:
Cutting, Color, Clarity and
Carat Weight.
FACT: Color is the most
important (actor in establish
Ing the value of a diamond.
Crystal clear absence of color
in the body of the stone is the
most desirable. You should,
however, see "fire" in such a
stone. Lack of the prismatic
colors suggest a poorly cut
stone. Crystal clear diamonds
are very rate indeed. Nearly all
diamonds have some degree
of "yellow" in the body color
In the stone. The degree of
yellow is the factor which
effects the price. Degrees of
color are often so slight they
aren't recognized by the lay­man.
We have a box of
"master" diamonds in each
store to assist you in recog­nizing
that tiny color change
with each drop in color.
FACT: The terms "Blue
White," "Perfect," and
"Clean" have been so mis­used
that American Gem
Society Members are lor-bidden
to use them.
FACT: Cutting is a most Im­portant
(actor. Maximum
beauty depends on ideal
proportions. Improper cutting
diminishes the value of any
diamond. The ideally cut
stone is proportioned so that
when a ray of light enters it,
it will be reflected back,
through the crown or top of
the diamond, with the
maximum prismatic "fire"
consistent with maximum
brilliance.
A great many claims are being made these days about "bargains"
in diamonds. Most of them sound pretty ridiculous to people in
the business of selling gemstones. However, people who are not
in the business cannot be expected to realize how nonsensical
certain claims are unless they have the facts to make a judgment.
As a member of the American Gem Society, we know the facts.
And for your sake and ours, we'd like to share them with you.
FACT: Clarity is the third
most important (actor in
establishing a diamond's
value. This is the term used to
describe the presence or
absence of flaws and
blemishes. A flaw that can be
seen by the unaided eye mars
the beauty of a stone and
greatly reduces its value. So
does a distinct small external
crack known as a cleavage.
Even if this can't be seen
without a glass, it may make
the diamond more fragile and
so decreases its value.
Minute inclusions seen only
with difficulty under 10-power
magnification reduce the cost
of a diamond, but do not mar
its beauty or endanger its dur­ability.
A stone without ex- .
ternal flaw or blemisn that can
be seen under 10-power mag­nification
is considered flaw­less.
Some diamonds are
being altered with laser
beams to disguise these im­perfections.
A diamond cut either too deep
or too shallow below the
girdle allows an unnecessary
amount of light to escape
through its pavillion facets.
Either stone lacks maximum
"fire" and brilliancy and there­fore
is worth less per carat.
Ideal cut in a diamond. A
diamond cut with the pro­portions
indicated above will
return the majority of rays fall­ing
upon its upper facets to
the eye of an observer, as in­dicated
at the right. These
proportions are designed to
produce the greatest possible
amount of brillancy and "fire"
in a diamond brilliant.
Diamond with too broad a
table. Both exhibit less "fire"
than correctly proportioned
diamonds and are therefore,
worth less per carat: above,
what is often referred to as a
"spread stone."
In seeking uniformity of
both terminology and
standards, the American
Gem Society has deve­loped
its own system for
grading a diamond.
Under this system, the
quality factors of Color
and Clarity are graded on
a 0 to 10 basis. A
diamond that is color­less,
and flawless would
Degraded 1010. The
poorest quality diamond
would be graded /10/10.
Tolerances are much
narrower in the better
grades, broader in the
poorer grades. The dia­gram
shows that a
diamond graded at 5
would be much closer to
the ideal of 0 than would
a stone graded at 10.
Few diamonds on the
market today will
measure up to the ideal
of 1010. However, a
diamond can vary two or
three grades from the
ideal — In Color or
Clarity and still be a very
(Ine and desirable gem.
u
FACT: Carat weight is, in a
sense, the least important
(actor in determining a
diamond's value. However, if
all other factors are equal, the
larger stone will naturally be
of greater value, it is import­ant
to understand that size
alone is no indication of the
comparative values of two or
more stones. The finer the
stone, the smaller its size at a
given price.
FACT: At Wares we let you
check the quality ol the stone
you buy with equipment de­signed
(or that very purpose.
As a member of the American
Gem Society, we have several
methods of showing you
821-7375 tu ers
whether your diamond meets
the standards we claim for it.
1. We have a permanent set of
pre-graded Master Diarr -ids"3
against which you can com-,
pare your stone for color.
2. We will show you under our
Diamondscope any stone you
care to consider. We will
point out to you any flaws or
inclusions, however tiny, that
determines its clarity.
FACT: Wares gives you a cert­ificate
specifying the qual­ities
of any diamond you
select. Ware's diamond cert­ificate
states the shape, color,
perfection, cutting, weight
and proportions. It certifies
mounting style, finger size
and replacement value. Check
the so called "guarantees" of
many firms. If they do not con­tain
this information, you may
want to find out why they.are
reluctant to put their specific
claims into writing.
FACT: Wares is a member of
the American Gem Society.
This is important because
membership in AGS not only
must be earned by passing
stringent examinations, it is
renewable yearly and can be
withheld (1) if any question
arises as to a member's know­ledge
of diamonds and other
gem stones, and (2) when
there is any question that a
member is representing his
products ethically and ac­curately.
FACT: We have been in
business in the same location
since 1946. We have 3 mem­bers
ol our stall that hold
degrees o( Graduate Gemoio
gist Irom the Gemologlcal
Institute ol America. We have
2 members ol our stall that
are Registered with the Amer­ican
Gem Society. We plan to
be right here lor a long, long
time.
FACT: We have our own stall
ol craftsmen. ...jewelers,
diamond setters, engravers
and watch repair personal.
Many of our sales are design­ed
and manufactured right in
our own shops.
FACT: We Invite anyone
that would Ilka to discuss dia­monds
to drop In for a "chat."
Wares trained diamond ex­perts
will explain, answer
your questions...help you to
understand diamonds. We
want your business and the
mora you understand about
dlamonda the better our
chances are of getting that
business.
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Thursday, January 30, 1986 Wnt 9uburn JHaitwman A-3
SGA blood drive fails to reach goal
By Bret Pippen
Assistant News Editor
The Student Government
Association's annual winter
blood drive collected 2,305 pints,
which was short of their set goal
of 5,000.
Sandra Burney, a blood service
representative with the Ameri­can
Red Cross, said that there
were 2,432 offering to give blood
and 360 first time donors.
"Even though the students
didn't reach their goal, it was
considered a success," she said.
"We felt that if we collected over
2,000 pints, we would think it was
a success.
"The SGA blood drive had been
on a downward trend, and this is
the first time in eight years that
they have beaten last year's col­lection.
It was about an increase
of five percent," Burney said.
"Last year we collected a total
of 4,044 pints, and right now we're,
ahead of last year," she said. "We
expect to collect close to 5,000
pints this year. I would like to
mention all of the work that went,
into it.
job."
Everybody did a super
Man indicted in stabbing
Photography: BUI Harris
SING OUT PROUD O-A News
Carol Anne Gibbs, 03 PN, sings during pageant
UPC selects Gibbs
as new beauty queen Graduate has lock on invention
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By Jody Kamins
News Staff
An Opelika resident, Ronald
Alan Mace, 24, of Young's Trailer
Park, was indicted for murder by
a grand jury last week in a stab­bing
which occurred on Auburn's
campus homecoming night last
Nov. 10.
The victim, James Linwood
Murphy, 21, of Opelika appar­ently
died of a stab wound to the
chest, said Dr. J. Sullivan of East
Alabama Medical Center.
A grand jury also indicted
three university students on bur­glary
and theft charges. The stu­dents
allegedly stole a couch from
Scarborough Square Apart­ments.
William Camp Blackwell,
20, of 637 Webster Crossing and
Jonathon Edward Walworth, 20,
of 417 W. Glenn were indicted for
third-degree burglary and
second-degree theft charges.
Andrew Preston Hornsby III, 18,
was indicted on a second-degree
theft charge.
By Bret Pippen
Assistant News Editor
After two nights of competition,
Carol Anne Gibbs, a junior Pre­law
student majoring in Speech
Communications, was named
Miss Auburn University from a
field of 28.
"I was surprised and excited.
You can never tell who will win,"
she said."Even the judges don't
know how each of them are vot­ing
so it was a complete surprise."
With her win, Gibbs is awarded
three quarters of fully paid tui­tion
and a chance to go to the
Miss Alabama pageant which is
to be held in June in Birming­ham.
"I won Miss Lake Martin last
year and got to go to the Miss
Alabama pageant last year also,"
she said.
She said that the Miss Ala­bama
pageant includes a swim-suit
competition so she will have
to exercise a little more.
Other winners in the Miss AU
pageant were first runner-up
Debbie Webb, 03 PRS, of Vesta-via
Hills; second runner-up Vicky
Limbaugh, 03 GSC, of Childers-burg;
third runner-up Tawana
Greer, 03 CEC, of Dadeville; and
fourth runner-up Kelly Roberts,
01 VAT, of Enterprise.
By Bret Pippen
Assistant News Editor
Fall quarter honors graduate
in mechanical engineering,
Henry A. Holmes Jr. and two
others recently filed for a U.S.
patent for a new design in dead-bolt
locks.
Holmes, of Enterprise, worked
with Robert Marotto, Dexter
Lock's vice president for engi­neering,
and Vincent Kemp.
Holmes had co-oped with Dex­ter
Lock for three quarters when
they assigned him the project.
The company already had an
automatic deadbolt lock, but it
was larger than normal. What
Dexter Lock needed was a lock
that would fit standard holes in
all existing doors, said Holmes.
" Vince and Bob were my tutors.
I designed a lock that would fit in
the confines of a standard lock.
The bolt is spring loaded," he
said. "It has a button on the face
that can make' the lock either
standard or automatic. It auto­matically
throws the bolt when
you shut the door and it will work
on doors that swing either way."
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Gordon C. Bond, head of history department, gives blood
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QitieSuburnPIainsnian
Paul Sullivan, Editor
Tommy L. Wofford, Business Manager
Volume 92 Number 13
EDITORIAL BOARD OPINIONS
Student input
What exactly does SGA President
John Stein do as an ex-officio
member of the Auburn University
Board of Trustees?
Not much.
But that's not really his, fault. He
can't do anything because he is not
allowed to. Even though he is the
student body's representative, he
can't vote on issues pertinent to stu­dents
orl speak about such issues
unless spoken to.
So why does he sit on the Board of
Trustees?
Probably so the Trustees can
show everyone they are concerned
'• about student welfare by having a
student there. It doesn't do us any
good though because most of the
important discussions and deci­sions
happen in closed executive
committees that Stein cannot
attend. Once the open meetings
begin, the Trustees roll off decisions
one right after the other because
they have already discussed the
issues. Having a student sit there
and not do much doesn't help us
much.
Why can't we have our own vote
and our own say-so? The Trustees
make decisions that directly affect
us at every meeting. Theoretically,
they are supposed to do what is
"best" for the students and the rest
of the University, but we all know
that doesn't always happen. What's
"best" for the students could be
decided more accurately if a student
told them what was best.
Auburn is actually behind the
times by not having a student trus­tee.
Other schools do it. The Univer­sity
of Montevallo is an example
right here in Alabama. Each board
of trustees has at least one student
that sits as a voting member on the
board. The students have just as
much voice as any of the other
trustees.
Our student trustee should not be
the SGA president. That guy has
enough to do as it is, so someone else
should be assigned the job. The best
way to choose a student trustee
would be through a campus-wide
election, most likely the SGA elec­tions
in the spring. It would not be a
good idea at all to have the student
trustee appointed by anyone,
whether the administration, faculty
or SGA. Appointments such as these
often end up being political favors,
not well-investigated decisions.
The student trustee would be
laden with much responsibility, so it
would be important for students to
choose a qualified candidate. He
would be responsible for polling stu­dents
before Trustee meetings to get
the student view on various issues
and for keeping up with student
opinion at all times. He would also
be responsible for reporting fairly to
the students what the Trustees are
up to.
It's a good idea, a student trustee.
It has worked well for other schools,
and Auburn should investigate the
idea. It is doubtful the administra­tion
or Board of Trustees will insti­gate
such a campaign, so it is up to
the students to do the job. Student
organizations such as the SGA need
to think about the; possibility and
begin a petition for our rights.
Tuesday's shuttle disaster
Tragic.
That's probably the best waj to
describe Tuesday's space shuttle
disaster at Cape Canaveral. The
space shuttle Challenger, sup­posedly
the most reliable of the four
NASA shuttles, ended its tenth
flight in a fiery explosion Tuesday
while the nation watched in fear.
Challenger's disaster is tragic
mostly for the. families of the seven
Americans aboard the shuttle and
for the students of Christa McAu-liffe,
a teacher from New Hampshire
and the first private citizen aboard a
space flight. President Reagan
announced Tuesday that the whole
nation felt the loss of the heroes who
died and that all Americans grieved
with the relatives and friends.
The accident is also tragic for
NASA, both financially and pro-
• gressively. Taxpayers and con-gressmen
are sure to complain about
the money that was lost because of
the disaster,-but this issue is not
important when compared to what
may be lost in the future of space
exploration.
NASA officials have announced,
though, that all research and plans
for future flights have not been
halted, although a dual space shut­tle
flight scheduled for May will be
postponed. NASA took a similar
approach to tragedy 19 years ago
when three Apollo astronauts were
killed in a launch pad explosion.
Pressure from frightened citizens
and concerned government officials
did not stop then what has become a
very successful program, and NASA
promises that such pressure will not
stop it now. The space program is
still in its infancy, and to halt or
even slow down space research
would be an injustice to the whole
country.
A tragedy of this magnitude will
have a sobering impact on everyone
across the country and around the
globe, but we must remember that
the seven Americans killed in the
explosion died for a worthy cause.
Commending SGA's blood drive
Congratulations SGA for a great
blood drive.
What? Congratulate the SGA for
missing their goal of 5000 pints?
Some of you are probably thinking
that right now.
Well, many of you who are think­ing
that probably didn't give blood,
so don't complain.
Our apathy kept the SGA from
reaching their goal and breaking
our own world record.
Maybe the SGA should publicize
more next year. Maybe the blood
drive should be held in the spring
when fewer people are sick and more
are able to give.
The Auburn Plainsman
Managing Editor—Beth Hughes, Associate Editor—Suzy Fleming, News
Editor—Kim Best, Entertainment Editor—Phil Pierce, Sports Editor—Jeff
Stumb, Features Editor—Dara Kloss, Copy Editor—Diana Houghton, Pho­tography
Editor—Jay Sailors, Technical Editor—Sid Browning, Research
Editor—Debbie Long, Art Director—Carl Gleghorn and Religion Editor—
Johnna Rice.
Assistant News Editor—Chris Roush, Stephanie Hunt and Bret Pippen,
Assistant Entertainment Editors—Ken Boyte and Abby Castellanos', Assist­ant
Sports Editors—Chris Linville and Chuck Cole, Assistant Copy Editor-
Shannon Adcock, Assistant Photography Editor—Russ Austin, and Assist­ant
Art Director—D.W. Folds.
Associate Business Manager—Margie Gentle, Layout Coordinator—Sandy
Mullins, PMT Specialist—Mike Mahaffey, Layout Specialists—Charlotte
Turner, Katy Worthirtgton, Susan Ham and Keith Blaydes. Advertising
Representatives—Susan Fleming, Chris Hershey and Barbie Ledbetter, Cir­culation
Route—Robert Minshull. Typesetters—Philip Benefield, Amber
LeClaire, Dawn Lindsey, Chris Weldon and Wendy Woodall.
Tragedy shouldn't alter plans
When I understood the totality of
Tuesday morning's shuttle Calamity the
second thought that entered my mind,
after the loss of life, was that the 25th
shuttle mission was possibly sabotaged.
After watching and following numer­ous
terrorist attacks and hijackings over
the past two years, I could easily manu­facture
a scenario for a technician or
"white collar" terrorist being responsi­ble
for the Challenger's demise.
What better mission to target than one
with a schoolteacher whose dramatic
death would result in a tempest of oppo­sition
outcry against the space shuttle
project.
The program is undoubtedly and
rightfully bolstering the United State's'
national defense and could evolve into a
vital link in the Strategic Defense
Initiative.
Also with President Reagan's 1987
, budget being released in mere days and
i the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit-cutting
plan dictating at least $70 billion
in 1987 budget reductions, the nurturing
of the nation's skepticism of man's abil­i
ty to master technology couldn't be
more appropriately timed.
The disastrous shuttle trip will trigger
an effect on budget allocations for shut­tle
projects and will shake confidence in
the SDI or Star Wars defense system.
The scenario could only be a list of
unconnected events and the ultimate
cause of the shuttle's explosion may
never be known to the general public
even if the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration or other federal
authorities discover the origin of the
explosion.
Human error could well be the culprit.
Consider that Monday's shuttle launch
delay was provoked by a ground crew's'
inability to remove a hatch door from
the shuttle.
A screwdriver couldn't budge the
bolts, and one drill lacked a charged bat­tery
while another drill's bit broke.
An attempt to cut the door loose with a
hacksaw was thwarted by high winds.
The example hints the simple can
prove to be fatal, and a NASA mistake is
certainly plausible.
Whatever the cause, the course set for
space research within the shuttle pro­gram
or SDI should continue with equal
or preferably renewed determination.
Shuttle delays and Tuesday's catas­trophe
confirm NASA hasn't mastered
the level of competency desired and
necessary to use space to this nation's
advantage.
Technology played us a harsh hand
and the previously relative routine shut­tle
take-offs left many of us not even
realizing the Challenger was scheduled
for liftoff Tuesday.
Doubtlessly, the next shuttle launch
will be assaulted with attention.
John F. Kennedy's final frontier
edged farther away on the the horizon
Tuesday, but the spirit and knowledge
that put a U.S. flag on the moon will
certainly overcome the ill-fated Chal­lenger
voyage.
Paul Sullivan is editor of the Plainsman.
We all participate in making history
History.
Boring textbooks, stuffy lectures and
unexciting fieldtrips to DeSoto Caverns.
These are just of the few things the word
history connotes for students. Others
may think of ancient events or stories
from "way back then."
But this is not all history is. History
takes place everyday, everywhere. The
front page headlines in today's morning
news will be chapter subheadings of
tomorrow's history books.
We are all a part of this history mak­ing
process, whether we know it or not.
We each participate in our own way in
the writing of history.
First of all, we are observers of history
making.
Our generation has seen one president
assasinated and one president resign.
We have witnessed the computer"
invasion-and the sexualrevolution. •, • 9 • [;
We watched as women entered, the
man's world and as blacks integrated
the white's world.
We shunned soldiers who fought a war
we wanted no part of, but we later re wel­comed
them as heroes with open arms
and open hearts.
We reached out with feelings of good
will and hope as Samantha Smith
spread words of peace in the Soviet
Union, and we drew back with fear and
horror when terrorists attacked our own
citizens abroad.
We cringed at the sight of starving
children in Africa, but we sent our
»money and hope to the rock stars who
tried to help them.
( We rejoiced when Neil Armstrong
stepped onto the moon and into the
future of space exploration.
We cried when the space shuttle Chal­lenger
ended its flight in a ball of fire
and seven Americans lost their lives.
We have seen all of this and so much
more, yet so many people our age do not
Jseem to realize the magnitude of what
we have witnessed. They don't seem to
realize that these are the things histori­ans
write about, that these are the
things that are remembered. So many
students do not seem to care about what
is happening in the world around them.
The only thing on these people's mind is
what to order from Wendy's for lunch,
what to tell Mom and Dad about that F
in accounting or what to wear on a date
Friday night.
Come on, folks. Wake up.
There are a lot of things going on in
the world today that deserve your atten­tion.
You are a part of history-in-the-making,
and many of you do not even
know what history is being made.
No one expects everyone to know
everything about current events, but
people should at least have a grasp on
major events that are taking place. You •
need to know, about the -.problems and,-; ,
issues our leaders face, about the discov­eries
and accomplishments of our
scientists, about turmoil and terrorism
in other countries that could eventually
affect us. You need to observe what is
happening around you because it could
all affect you in some way.
We are not only observers of history,
though. We are also participants in its
making.
Sure, none of us personally had any­thing
to do with the hostage crisis in
Iran or the Watergate scandal or the
Reagan/Gorbachev summit. But each of
us has had a part in history in some way.
Many of you cast a vote that elected
George C. Wallace to an unprecedented
fourth term as governor of Alabama,
just as many of you pulled the lever that
put Ronald Reagan in the White House
in one of the biggest landslides ever.
How about something a little closer to
home?
Many of you were first or second grad­ers
when some Alabama schools were
integrated for the first time and the doc­trine
of "separate but equal" was found
unconstitutional.
Many of you watched as the legendary
Bear Bryant broke the record for football
victories with his 315th win, making
him the winningest coach in history.
Many of you cheered as Richard
Arrington was elected the first black
mayor in the city of Birmingham.
Still not personal enough?
Many of you were freshmen when
Auburn University President Hanly
Funderburk resigned three years ago
under pressure from the faculty and
students.
Most of you were students at Auburn
last year when the University was one of
five institutions selected to participate
in the federal goverment's Strategic
Defense Initiative.
All of you are students at a university
that has been, named "the most segre­gated
school" in the state and that has
achieved nation-wide notoriety for
racism.
These are all the kinds of things that
• go in history books. These are the sub­jects
that our children will write term
papers about.
These are things you should care
about.
Take an interest in history-in-the-making.
If we all show some concern
about what is going on in the world
around us, maybe we can.prevent some
of the bad history from repeating itself.
Beth Hughes is managing editor of the
Plainsman.
Birmingham Crimson Tide haven
This summer I had the distinguished
chance to work with three University of
Alabama students and Ralph.
Ralph is a man who still lives in the
Bear Bryant era. He feels that the Crim­son
Tide (whatever that is) was placed
on this earth for the advancement of all
people. He also feels that the Iron Bowl
should stay in Birmingham simply
because Alabama football made it what
it is today.
There is more than one Ralph out
there. Many Ralphs are out there and
they are all the same. So to you Ralph,
(wherever you are) I want to say, WAKE
UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE. The
days of the one-team state are over.
Auburn is back and will remain for some
time to come.
Ralph, I'm tired of hearing that
Auburn will not be able to handle the
crowds. I'm tired of hearing about the
tradition of the Iron Bowl and all of the
memories formed at Legion Field. But
most of all Ralph, I'm tired of hearing
that Birmingham is a neutral site for the
game.
Many people feel that since Auburn is
a small town, we won't be able to handle
the crowds. But we always sell out
games such as Florida, Florida St.,
Georgia and Tennessee. Those people
have much farther to come and would be
more likely to stay the night and we
handle them just fine.
Hey Ralph, guess what? Auburn even
has restaurants. That means we could
feed those crowds you talk about. That
should knock one problem out of the
way, right Ralph?
Ralph, you are right that many memo­ries
and great traditions were formed at
Legion Field. This includes events such
as the great clashes between Coach Jor­dan
and Coach Bryant, the many pic­tures
of Coach Bryant leaning against
the goalpost and determining the SEC
Championship for both teams.
But Ralph, we would still have these
type memories if the game was played in
east Atlanta and we will continue the
strong tradition and great memories
wherever the game is played.
Over the past few years the rivalry
between Alabama and Tennessee has
strengthened and more columns about
the past tradition have been written.
That should surprise you, Ralph, since
they do alternate home fields. See, you
don't even have to worry about the tradi­tion
and memories, they will take care of
themselves.
I have lived in Birmingham for more
than 13 years now and there is no way
anyone could convince me that it is a
neutral site. This is evident in that
Bama plays at least three of their home
games there during the year. Also, when
you are walking to the stadium, there are
twice as many Bama souvenir stands as
there are for Auburn, and this is even
when we are the "home" team.
Ralph, it is also a known fact that if an
Alabama student leaves his or her
shaker or student I.D. back in Tusca­loosa,
he or she could go back to Tusca­loosa,
retrieve the item and be almost
back to Birmingham before an Auburn
student could reach Childersburg.
Don't get me wrong Ralph, I really
have nothing against you. At times we
get along. What I don't understand,
however, is how you can sit there and
judge Auburn and say that we are tam­pering
with something that we
shouldn't. You try to make us the vil-lainain
this whole problem. But Ralph, I
ask you, why is it so wrong for us to want
to play ALL of our home games at our
own stadium? Why is it so wrong to want
to be able to let more of our fans see the
game at least every other year? Is it
awful that we would like to take you on
in a stadium with real grass as opposed
to artificial turf? Why shouldn't the city
of Auburn be allowed to get a piece of the
economic pie?
One of those Alabama students I men­tioned
I worked with this summer told
me "It'll be a cold day in hell before the
Crimson Tide runs into Jordan-Hare."
And to that I say, get out your coats,
the BIG CHILL is on.
Mike Mahaffey is PMT specialist for the
Plainsman.
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Incident shows writer
chivalry alive at Auburn
Chivalry is not dead. At least not
around Auburn's campus. The "lovliest
village" has actually proven that to this
supposedly tough girl. We women do try
and convince ourselves of that, but it
doesn't always hold true.
Last quarter on the first day of finals, I
experienced a flat tire. A routine proce­dure
for most guys to fix, and I'm sure
there are plenty of girls out there who
can fix a flat tire, but not this one!
I've always dreaded the time this
dilemma would strike me down because
I knew I wouldn't know what to do.
Luckily when this occurred, a kind
guy happened to be around to point out
the flat tire to me. He volunteered to put
on the spare tire and saved me from a fit
of desperation.
Many people in this world, and even
Auburn (where southern gentlemen
supposedly roam), guys wouldn't bother
to stop and help out a poor soul. Every­body
figures in this self-centered society,
"Oh they'll fix it themselves — they
don't need my help."
Well, when it comes to anything con­cerning
an automobile, I need a man's
help! I hate to admit it, especially in
print, but I'll plead ignorance.
Having grown up without brothers or
a father around, I never saw men fid­dling
with their precious cars. I never
experienced bringing a towel or food and
drink out to the car where the man was
hidden under.
My mother has always tried to educate
me (bless her heart) about my car,
because after all I was the "owner" and
should know what "to do in case of
emergency."
It's helped a little bit but not much. I
do listen to the mechanics and don't like
to be ripped off. They know they can
prey upon naive minds like mine when it
comes to engines, carburetors and other
such things. I always pay close atten­tion
when they start talking about how
much it is going to cost though.
I admit it's not too smart to be this
way. I'm one of those fools who just gets
behind the wheel (assuming everything
will run smoothly) and drives. I do fill
the tank with gas every now and then
(by myself!). Well, at least most of the
time. I have been known to run out of gas
once in Auburn — it was very embar­rassing.
It will never happen again.
Anybody who has had the distinct
pleasure or misfortune of riding with me
is quite aware of my abilities as a driver.
Most people in Auburn try to get out of
my way when they see my little white
Ford Escort charging their way.
Back to chivalry. I'm grateful to nice
men who take the time to help a young
lady out when she doesn't know what is
going on. Especially during finals —
who has their heads on straight,
anyway!
I learned a valuable lesson to be more
aware of the condition of my car and to
take a little extra effort in driving care­fully
so as to not damage the tires.
Which is difficult considering the condi­tion
of the roads around this town. I'm
glad that since I had a flat tire, someone
was there to help me.
Auburn has always had the reputa­tion
of politeness. I hope it always stays
that way. It's definitely a part of our
tradition. It does set us apart from other
universities today.
Diana Houghton is copy editor of the
Plainsman.
Elliot explained opinions based
on Bible, women's duties differ
Editor, The Plainsman:
In response to Laurie Winfield's letter
to the editor concerning the Jan. 16 arti­cle
about Elisabeth Elliot's seminars, I'd
first like to say that I can understand her
viewpoint since she did not actually
attend the seminars, but received the
information second-hand. I went to both
seminars and would like to make few
comments.
Winfield seemed to scoff at the idea
that Elliot's views were based on biblical
truth. At the beginning of her seminar,
Elliot stated that she didn't expect
anyone to come hear her speak about her
opinions. Everything she said would be
based on God's word, and if anyone
questioned or doubted her stand, she
expected to be challenged.
Elliot then pointed out that there is a
difference between disliking and dis­agreeing.
No one had to like what she
said, but if he disagreed, he would be
disagreeing with God's word, not hers.
Winfield states, "It seems that Elliot
hand-picks her narrow-minded ideas,
yet she uses broad generalizations
which cannot be based on the Bible."
Basis for Elliot's admonitions for
women to be "submissive to husbands,
workers at home, teaching children and
other women" can clearly be found in
the following references: 1 Peter 3:1-5,
Eph. 5:22-24, Col. 3:18, Titus 2:3-5. These
verses were hardly pulled out of context
and twisted to fit Elliot's point of view.
Furthermore, Elliot never asserted
that "a woman becoming a nurse is any
more godly than her becoming a doctor."
In fact, Elliot mentioned her own youth­ful
desire to be a (single) missionary
doctor.
However, she urges women not to go
into fields like law or medicine because
of the time and expense involved and
because married women with children
are called to stay at home (see Titus 2:5),
which would irecessitfttie giving up their
painstakingly achieved careers. »"-
However, if a woman still chooses a
non-traditional career, fully realizing
she may eventually have to put it aside, I
doubt Elliot would condemn her.
Elliot did not say that women's life-work
is less important than men's but
that women have different duties and
responsibilities to consider. Elliot once
said that women are capable of doing a
lot of things that, scripturally, they
aren't supposed to do.
Yes, it's a large pill to swallow, espe­cially
today when many women have
been brought up so differently (I was).
But we can choose. We can, as Elliot
said, refuse to be "just" a woman and try
to upgrade our condition (like Eve in
Eden-Gen.2), or we can be thankful for
our gift of femininity and offer ourselves
in His service as we are, like Mary did
("Behold, the bondslave of the Lord..."
-Luke 2:38).
Are these views "backward" and
"narrow"? I don't think so. When Elliot
was once accused of having Victorian
standards, she replied, "They're a whole
lot older than that!"
Amen.
Linda Tidwell
04CEE
Editor's Note: All letters to the editor
should be typed, double spaced and
those of more than 300 words are subject
to cutting without notice, and the editor
reserves the right to make any copy con­form
to the rules of newspaper style.
All letters must be presented with a
valid ID card. Unsigned letters will be
accepted for publication only under spe­cial
circumstances.
Plainsman stands corrected on budget error
Editor, The Plainsman:
How can you publish erroneous statis­tics
in a major story on your front page
(Jan. 23)?
Recalculating from your figures,
Auburn's main campus loses 10.37 per­cent
(not 10.1), AUM loses 17.92 percent,
and we suffer an overall loss of 11 per­cent,
not 10 percent in the new, proposed
budget.
M. Bonnet Ray
Editor'* Note: The Plainsman stands
corrected on the main campus percen­tage,
but the headline, 'Budget proposes
10 percent cut for University', purposely
didn't include AUM's loses.
BSAC representative's doubts renewed
Editor, The Plainsman:
I felt somewhat reassured after the
Jan. 15 meeting between black student
leaders and University administrators
as I was able to perceive a level of sincer­ity
and a commitment on the part of the
administration to do everything possi­ble
to address the problems that face
minorities here in Auburn.
Recent developments, however, have
served to renew my doubts and caused
fresh concerns as they pertain to the
safety of minorities and the overall
social condition.
First of all let me take issue with the
decision of the Board of Trustees not to
officially recognize the Martin Luther
King, Jr. holiday by allowing classes on
that day. This show of indifference on
the part of the administration is deemed
a direct slap in the face by most stu­dents,
minorities in particular.
Why was Auburn University the only
major institution of higher learning in
the state to hold classes on such a com­memorative
day in our history?
Events that took place on that so-called
holiday served to confirm my
deepest fears. It is quite evident that
there are forces on campus and in this
community that are engaged in a cam­paign
of racism that breeds tension and
may ultimately lead to a nasty
showdown.
The first sight that greeted me on
Monday morning was three Confederate
flags hanging from the windows of the
Alpha Gamma Rho house on Magnolia
Street. In addition, witnesses have come
forward to state that they observed pup­pet
images of the slain leader hanging
from a noose in front of the house.
That was not the only distasteful inci­dent.
Residents of Genelda Place
Apartments, who have been identified
as students, were observed and photo­graphed
while taking pot shots at a
black mannequin with a toy gun.
Another incident that took place on
Monday night serves to further convince
me of the validity of accusations against
the Auburn city and campus police con­cerning
the harassment of black males
by the police, especially at night.
On that night a black man, an Auburn
University alumnus, who was in town
for a short visit, was stopped by the
campus police on Magnolia. The police
officer informed him that his tag had
expired. He proceeded to present docu­ments
which showed that he had
recently purchased the vehicle and that
in the time period that had passed he
was not required by law to have a new
tag just yet.
After acquiring his drivers license, he
was informed that it had been sus­pended.
The police officer began to probe
his eyes and nose with a flashlight and
continually asked whether he was
drunk.
The gentleman replied to the negative
and asked the police officer to proceed
with writing the citation and allow him
to be on his way. It so happened that he
was on his way out of town and needed
to be at work in the morning.
In the meantime, backup had arrived.
He was questioned further and again
probed. The officers then subjected him
to a vehicular inspection.
While voicing his discontent with the
way he was being treated, he was
arrested and jailed for disorderly
conduct.
After an hour-and-a-half stay, during
which he was fingerprinted, he was
made to pay a $60 fine and was subse­quently
released. The question of a pos­sible
traffic violation was never
addressed.
This is not the only example of clear
police harassment and badgering. The
average black male can almost expect to
get stopped in Auburn if out walking or
driving after 10 p.m.
The fact that organizations or indi­viduals
who represent this university, or
are in some way affiliated with it, are
allowed to adopt such unhealthy pos­tures,
is an indictment against this
institution.
The current mood is foreboding and
the situation potentially explosive.
On behalf of all concerned, I make a
desperate appeal to your good character
and sense of rightness. I ask that you
spare little time in coming to grips with
this situation and deal firmly with the
perpetrators.
Finally, I call upon all of Auburn to
awaken from its sleep and realize that
times have changed and so must people.
In anticipation of a deep and lasting
solution, I thank you.
William J. Brathwaite
Representative:
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Sigma Delta Chapter
Black Student Action Committee
Club president disputes with coverage
Editor, The Plainsman:
Recently, a representative of the
Auburn University Sailing Club
attempted to submit an article to the
Plainsman for publication. This was an
article involving the progress and activ­ities
of the club.
Your features editor told our represen­tative
that she could not print our arti­cle.
Her reason was that you (the
Plainsman) cannot put an article on a
club in the paper because you would
have to do it for all the organizations.
My question for you is, why not give
all the clubs an opportunity to submit an
article?
I tried to think of what reasons you
might give in response to this letter.
Your features editor gave the response
'that there was" no room in the sports or
features sections for these articles. It
seems to me that a Religion section cov­ering
a full page was just recently added
to the paper.
Not meaning to detract from our excel­lent
varsity athletics or any religious
denomination, we (the sailing club) feel
the activities of the students as a whole
are just as important (and interesting)
as the select few involved in these other
published activities.
I also noticed that many times several
articles were written on the same person
or same activity. I personally would
much rather read one article on how
Auburn is going to 'whoop up' on Florida
and one article on the ski team going to
nationals than two articles on the Flor­ida
game.
If there is not enough room in present
sections to add these kinds of articles,
why not add a new section to the paper
exclusively for these organizations?
I realize that it takes people to write all
these articles, but I'm sure the various
organizations around campus would
love to write the articles themselves. I
also don't feel it would be too difficult to
come up with a diplomatic way to decide
when certain articles are to be printed.
Lastly, I thought you might mention
the fact that this extra print would cost
money. Recalling one of your own arti­cles,
(Oct. 10 issue) the Plainsman was
allocated $28,672.00 through the school
budget, made $254,483.38 through
advertising, and spent $238,153.38. This
produced $45,000.00 profit. Why can't
some of this money be used for more
print?
The Plainsman lias had some excel­lent
articles in the past and I don't mean
to degrade it in any way. I just think the
students, all the students, could be more
adequately represented.
Robert J. Szelistowski
President
Auburn Sailing Club
Airing of King's speeches appreciated
Editor, The Plainsman:
I would like to commend the staff of
WEGL for airing excerpts of Dr. Martin
Luther King's speeches on Jan. 20.
The moving and passionate words
spoken by this great man could greatly
benefit a whole generation of people too
young to understand and appreciate
their meaning when they were first
spoken. Hearing these words again
could be equally beneficial to an older
generation who understood but failed to
appreciate.
It is a quirk of human nature that we
require time and/or distance to gain
perspective and thereby properly judge
the value of one's accomplishments and
the worth of his character.
This peculiarity was epitomized by the
awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to
King at a time when many people in the
United States saw him as a trouble­maker.
(The previous year Linus Paul­ing
had been awarded the peace prize for
his efforts to ban nuclear teating—an
effort the U.S. government recognized
by confiscating his passport and ther­eby
preventing him from attending the
presentation ceremony in Stockholm,
Sweden.)
The FBI went to great lengths to
gather "evidence" of King's infidelity
and sympathy to communist causes for
the purpose of destroying his credibility.
U.S. Senator Jesse Helms recently
attemped to have this "evidence" made
public to drum up opposition to the
establishment of a national holiday in
memory of King.
We can learn a great deal from the
teachings of Martin Luther King. We
can also learn a great deal from the
efforts of those who opposed him. Those
who possess power by virtue of their
position have always, and will always
continue to oppose those who possess
power by virtue of their principals.
There will always be people to fill posi­tions,
but people of principals are far too
rare and must be remembered.
J.P. Crow
06PY
Student disagrees with column rebuttal
Editor, The Plainsman:
David Feller placed an editorial in the
Jan. 23 issue of the Plainsman in rebut­tal
to Debbie Long's column of the week
before. My response is this:
I would like to know if Feller is receiv­ing
any compensation for his comments.
I have never heard of anyone who so
strongly supports the way the Univer­sity
police enforce the law. He has
obviously never been pulled over by the
local authorities, which is a sheer mira­cle
in itself.
Also, Feller needs to realize that driv­ing
15 mph does not warrant his descrip­tion
of "suspicious behavior" because
there are numerous roads around cam­pus
(Hemlock Drive next to the rugby
field and West Thatch just to name two)
that have this same maximum speed
limit posted.
And make no mistake, the police can
and will write you up for going 16 mph.
So, there really is no way to win - go 15
mph and get arrested for DUI or go 16
mph and get a ticket for speeding.
Here in Auburn, the police are going to
get you no matter what you are doing,
and they will probably be rash and in­considerate
while doing so. Feller just
does not seem to understand this.
As far as his comment goes about the
University police having a "tough" job, I
think the only occupational hazard that
could affect an Auburn University
police officer is a severe case of writers
cramp.
Jeff Clauser
03 PUB
The Auburn Plainsman (USPS 434
740) is published weekly except dur­ing
class breaks and holidays for
$12.50 per year and $4.50 per-full
school quarter by Auburn University,
Auburn University, Ala., 36849.
Second class postage paid at Auburn,
Ala. POSTMASTER: Send address
charges to the Auburn Plainsman, B-
100 Foy Union Building, Auburn
University, Ala., 36849.
Teacher's work hurt by lack of parking
Editor, The Plainsman:
I have a problem one of your readers
may be able to help me with. I am inter­ested
that this University is paying me
to spend approximately an hour per day
driving around looking for a parking
place and then walking back and forth
to Haley Center. (I can find a place when
I get here at 7:00 a.m., but then I have to
go out to the*schools to work with
teachers and supervise students,!then
return to Haley Center.)
My problem is this: I can't find the
person who is doing the work I'm sup­posed
to be doing while I wander around
campus. I need to find that person
because I hope he or she has been using
that time to prepare to teach my classes
tomorrow.
Meg Cooper
RSE
Number of men at demonstration noticed
Editor, The Plainsman:
Newspapers sure make me think! Pic­tures
of the pro-life people last week
show more men than women! How
come? Maybe there is more chauvinism
than moralism in the high-sounding
claims of anti-abortionists.
Is the person on the front page of the
Plainsman Jan. 23 issue a "guy" or a
"doll"? Never mind, at that age he/she is
being exploited and for whoever pro­vided
the sign to that 4-year-old
"Abortion, the ultimate selfishness" I
say - "large birthrates while people are
. starving • the ultimate selfishness."
And, for a change of pace, - for heav­ens
sake Paul Sullivan! Don't rub in the
well-known ignorance of geography of
college students!
Surely it is not only Auburn students!
We have a good library and it has
atlases. If you want to know where
South Yemen is, go look it up.
W. Blakney
Assoc. Professor
Industrial Engineering
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A-6 QL\)t auburn Painsman Thursday, January 30, 1986
Disabled
Dyslexia most common learning disorder
By Pam Hartley
Features Staff
They have been called "invisi­ble
handicaps" by some and
"imaginary ailments" by others.
But learning disabilities are real,
and they are not infrequent on
the Auburn campus.
"Sometimes professors will
think I'm just making this up and
will want an excuse from the
University," said a senior with
dyslexia. (Dyslexia is a reading
disorder in which a person per­ceives
letters or words to be
reversed.)
-':"The most common learning
disability I have encountered at
Auburn is dyslexia," said Deb
Liddell, coordinator of Special
Programs.
The Office of Special Programs
offers support and other services
for students with learning
disabilities.
People with learning disabili­ties
receive inaccurate informa­tion
from their senses or have
trouble processing that informa­tion.
Like static on the radio or a
bad TV picture, the information
becomes garbled as it travels
from the eye, ear or skin to the
brain.
These perceptual problems
may lead to problems with writ­ing,
reading, speaking or
listening.
Alexander Astin's research on
the 1980 college freshman class
showed 3.8 percent of students at
public colleges were learning dis­abled
in some way. The number
of learning disabled students at
Auburn is unknown.
"We have not asked students
with any type of handicap to
identify themselves," said Lid-dell,
adding that there are proba­bly
a lot more learning disabled
students at Auburn than her
c
RENT
Male roommate needed
beginning immediately to
share 2 bedroom trailer in
Campus Trailer Ct $90/month
plus 1/2 utilities. Call 826-1107.
Sublease—Lakewood Com­mons.
Rent paid through
".March. Washer/dryer, dish­washer,
poolside, 1 /3 utilities.
Call Milly, 821-9220.
2-BR apt., lots of closets and
storage. Cent. A/H, pets
allowed. 821-4656.
-Male roommate needed now to
share 1-BR fully furnished
•apartment. Close to campus.
jBEnt $130/mo. 826-8807,
leave message.
Sublease Fox Den apt., one-bedroom
furnished, dish­washer,
garbage disposal.
Rent$260/mo. Call 821-6157.
For rent 1, 2, 3-BR mobile
homes, free water, sewage,
garbage, cable. 821 -0747, stu­dent
discounts.
Duplex for sublease, available
now or spring quarter. 2 large-bedrooms,
Vk. bath, tons of
storage space. Very nice! Call
887-7149.
Female roommate wanted to
share 1-bedroom apt. New
fully furnished. $140/month.
Call 826-0265.
Small apartment in nice home.
Share kitchen. Includes utili­ties,
washer & dryer. Furnished
or unfurnished. 887-6333.
For rent mobile home lots at
$79.00. Free water, sewage,
garbage, cable. 821-0747.
Good location.
Desperately seeking sub­lease,
roommate ran out We
pay $100 of deposit nice
trailer. Call 887-6158.
New fully furnished apartment
within two blocks of campus.
Must sublease spring and
summer quarter. Call 821-
2064.
Graduating senior wants to
sublease Patio III 1-bedroom,
poolside apartment for spring
and summer quarters. Call
821-2994.
Roommate needed now thru
May or March. One bedroom,
$135/month, has pool, laun­dry,
fully equipped kitchen. Call
Nathan at 821-8053.
For rent or sale, 3-BR house,
central heat, carport, pets
allowed, 120 Shelton Rd.
887-3605.
Mobile homes for rent, 1,2 & 3
bedrooms. Excellent condition.
Available now & next quarter.
Wire road area. Call 821 -1335.
Apartment for sublease imme­diately.
Oak Manor Apart­ments.
Furnished, close to
campus, $265/month plus utili­ties.
Call Rick at 821-4216 or
come by apartment 112.
RENT
Space — we have It! Auburn's
largest 2-BR apt for sublease.
All amenties included, Ig. pool,
laundromat, free cable, fully
carpeted, dishwasher, dispo­sal,
pest control, water & gar­bage.
$310/mo. Call Mgr. at
Pine Haven, 821-3828.
$100 cash to first renter of nice
2-bedroom, 2 bath, furnished
trailer. Call 749-5831 after five.
Roommate needed to share
two-bedroom apartment.
$135/month plus Va utilities.
Washer & dryer. Three blocks
from campus. Call 821 -9785.
% April rent free, Lakewood
Commons, female roommate
needed, nice roommates, pool
area, washer, dryer. Ask for
Nancy, 826-1457.
Female roommate needed for
Courtsquare Condominiums,
only $160/month. First month
rent free. Call 887-8379.
Male roommate needed winter
quarter, first month rent free,
very nice apt across street
from campus. Call 887-3640.
FOR SALE
Trader for sale, 12x65, 2BR, 2
baths, W/D, AC, furnished.
Available March, 1986.
826-6194.
1971 Ford Mustang, very good
condition. $1800. Call 826-
8706.
For Sale 10x60 trailer, shaded
lot, utility shed, new carpet.
$2300. Call Judy 887-3845.
1979 Honda XR250R, newly
rebuilt engine, Terry fork kit
White Bros, swingarm, 2 hel-ments
and tiedowns, $600.
More info, call Mike Lenga,
826-6655,
Ladles boots, all leather,
bought in Austria, size 6, paid
$96, price negotiable. Riding
type boots. Never been worn.
826-3610,826-8133.
Comic Collectors—comics for
sale. New and back issues.
New comics delivered weekly
in bags at discount prices. Fine
to near mint condition. All titles
available. 887-7671.
Cruiser Bike, great for riding to
class. Must sell. $60. Call Chris,
826-1600.
1978 Black Trans-AM Firebird,
replaced 400, runs great good
tires, good body. $2970.°°. Ed,
821-4921.
1982 Destiny 14x65 mobile
home. Located on 1/4 acre
wooded lot w/V* acre fenced in
yard. 2-BR, 2 ba, Cent. H/A,
tied down/skirted. Large
roofed deck & rear porch. 8x10
storage building. Excellent
condition, only 5 miles from vet
school. Must see to appreciate.
Call after 5,821 -4560.
280-ZX Bug Bra for sale. Fits
1979-81 models. Best offer.
887-7334.
office knows £\bout. She ex­plained
that some students
attempt to deal with their disabil­ity
on their own.
Often students don't want spe­cial
treatment and want to avoid
trouble with their professors. For
this reason, they fail to take
advantage of the help offered
through this office, said Liddell.
But she said students should not
hesitate to utilize the services.
Section 504 of the Rehabilita­tion
Act of. 1973 requires that all
federally assisted programs and
activities be accessible to handi­capped
persons. This means an
institution must make academic
adjustments to eliminate dis­crimination
on the basis of a
handicap.
The academic adjustments
might include allowing a student
to have more time on a test, to
take a test orally, to tape class
sessions, or to provide a reader
for tests and assignments.
Some students just need an
advocate to explain their problem
to their professors and make spe­cial
arrangements.
The senior with dyslexia
advises students with learning
disabilities to take advantage of
the help offered by the Office of
Special Programs. "I think a lot
of people don't know about the
program or that there is help if
it's needed," he said.
Extended testing time and tape
recorded textbooks are two ways
he has been aided.
Other study aids available
include special "no-carbon note
paper" for students whose dis­ability
may interfere with their
note-taking skills. Another per­son
takes notes for the student,
and this paper works like carbon
paper, producing a copy for the
disabled student.
Students who have problems
reading can order their textbooks
on tape through this office. These
taped books are provided by a
federal program at no cost to the
student for a term of one year.
Encouragement and under­standing
are two other benefits
offered by the people from Special-
Programs.
How do professors react to stu- >
dents with learning disabilities?
Most teachers are fairly under­standing,
said the student. But
there is no consistent policy.
"Some professors are very
accomodating...and some won't
budge at all," said Liddell.
How can a professor best deal
with a learning disabled student?
"With flexibility and under­standing,"
said Liddell.
She said faculty members
should be familiar with campus
resources and study-helps avail­able
to these students through
her office. The professor should
also try to understand the special
needs these students may have
and try to encourage them with­out
being overbearing.
"We all learn in different ways
and we all exhibit what we've
learned indifferent ways," said
Liddell. "In my experiences,
learning-disabled students tend
to be overachievers academically
by the time they get to college,"
she said.
Education is part of the foun­dation
for being able to earn a
living and enjoy and contribute
to society. Learning disabled
people often overcompensate for
their handicaps and turn wea-
: knesses into strengths.
The better the University com­munity
understands and accepts
learning disabilities, the better
able it will be to appreciate these
special students.
F
FOR SALE
Trailer for sale! Excellent con-diton!
14x64, 2-BR, 2 ba.,
appliances included. Cen.
H/A, carpeted, $10,500. Many
extras! Call 826-1503.
12x65 3-BR, 1 bath, central
heat/ac, W/D hookup, carpet.
Large dog pen, in Gentilly Park.
Lots of shade. Available March.
826-7689.
Trailer for sale, fully furnished
kitchen, den, two bedrooms,
washer, dryer. Fenced yard.
826-3725, $5,000 or best offer.
Contemporary dining table, 4
chairs. Great for apartment'
$200/best offer. 826-0864
after 5.
12x60 trailer for sale. 1974
Champion Titan. Call 826-7864
on weekends or after 5 p.m.
weekdays.
Pinto parts, dirt cheap and
good condition. You will have
to take off the car yourself. If
serious, call Tim, 826-7140.
Had better hurry!
Get your girlfriend the ultimate
Valentines gift, a genuine mink
Teddy Bear, limited supply.
826-3781.
1986 Cavaller-RS, 5 spd., 3000
mi., blue sporty, perfect condi­tion.
Paid $11,500. Must sell,
$9000 OBO. 826-6340.
MISC.
Need help with proficiency
exam? For EH A 304,307 315 or
415? Call 821-0316 or
826-3357.
Tiger Tutors can help in math,
physics, english and account­ing.
Call 821-8618 qr 821-
1841,
FIAT
Parts
and
Service
749-3481
Board the War Eagle Express
— Fly Eastern Airlines to your
favorite destination. Call
Marcy, 821 -8211 for travel info.
MISC.
The Write Place for resumes,
editing, tutoring (EHA and
teacher education exams),
word processing. Ask around.
Our reputation is excellent and
well deserved. 821-7181.
Appointments encouraged.
WordPower. Professional typ­ing
and editing. Writing and/or
typing of resumes. Next to
Burger King. Call 826-3357 or
821-0316.
Student resumes: $35.00, con­sulting,
writing, typing. Individ­ualized
- not a "fact sheet." 10
copies - quality paper. Word-
Shop, 887-6333. fc, „ ^ .,
WordShop typing includes
writing assistance, corrections
(grammar, spelling, mechan­ics),
proofing, revisions. 1 -Day
turnaround. 887-6333.
Spring Break on the beach at
South Padre Island, Daytona
Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort
Walton Beach or Mustang
Island/Port Aransas from only
$89; and skiing at Steam boat
or Vail from only $86! Deluxe
lodging, parties, goodie bags,
more... Hurry, call Sunchase
Tours for more information and
reservations toll free 1-800-
321-5911 today! When you
Spring Break counts...count on
Sunchase.
Experienced secretary will do
your typing for you. Reasona­ble
rates. Call 826-8320 for
more information.
Typing service on word pro­cessor.
Low rates, no graphs,
columns, etc. Call Linda,
821-6942.
Typing, resumes, tutoring in
Economics, Spanish, B&P. Call
826-0265 today.
Mary Kay Cosmetics!! Call
Debbie Hettinger—Sales
Director for a complimentary
facial or reorders at 826-8086.
JOBS
IMMEDIATE
EMPLOYMENT
TREE PLANTING IN
SOUTHEASTERN STATES
MUST BE
WILLING TO TRAVEL
and
HAVE OWN
TRANSPORTATION
for more information, call *
Southern Pinea
Forestry Service
(615)894-3937*
•NEVER ON SATURDAY
Classified advertisements are 20C per word (25« for
non-students), with a minimum charge of 14 words.
Ads must be placed in person, in our office in the Foy
Union basement. Deadline is Tuesday at 11 a.m. For
further information call 826-4130.
JOBS 3
Secretary. Full or part-time. 60
wpm. Word processing skills
preferred. Some bookkeeping.
Call 821-9424.
Earn full time income on a part-time
basis. For information, call
821-3740, 826-0646, 821-
5072.
WANTED
Wanted to buy—gold, silver,
diamonds, class rings, add-a-beads.
Highest prices paid.
Hill's Jewelry, Auburn, AL,
887-3921.
Wanted: Person to care for
child in our home during after­noon.
15-20 hrs per week. Call
826-3209 after 5 p.m.
Need Bicycle, off road ten or
fifteen-speed. Call Stephen,
887-3598.
LOSTSL
FOUND
Lost: Gold double-strand bra­celet
on 1/20 on campus. Sen­timental
value. 887-5331.
Lost: Pair wire-rimmed
glasses at Movie Pub 1/22.
Call Joan, 821-1185.
Lost: Ring — Cocoa Beach
High, initials JCI, Call John,
821-0089.
Lost, gold cross necklace with
inlaid pearls. Reward if neces­sary.
Please call if found.
821-0202.
STEREOS
Akal Dual Cassette Deck. 2x
dubbing, Dolby B1 HD leads.
Never used. $150 negotiable.
821-5246.
Save on stereo—used and
demo models at or below
dealer cost. Technics re-ceiver-$
59.00, Sony speakers,
$49.00 ea., new Teac cassette
decks-$99.99, and all Senn-heiser
headphones 40% off.
Accurate Audio, 110 E. Sam-ford
(Behind KA House)
826-1960.
10 band 400 watt car stereo
graphic equalizer power boos­ter
with fader, LED indicators
and headphone jack. Brand
new, still in box, $45.749-5831
after 5.
Complete Pioneer System.
Excellent condition. Equalizer,
tuner, turntable, amplifier, dou­ble
cassette, timer. 70 w. varia­ble
pitch, high speed dubbing,
music search, relay play. Call
Dave, 826-0267.
Quality stereo—save 10% to
40% Thursday thru Saturday
on NAD, KEF, Klipsch, EPI,
Grade and more. Accurate
Audio, 110 E. Samford Ave.
(behind KA House) 826-1960.
Alpine car stereo digital
receiver with many features, 7
band equalizer and amp, pair
6x9 60 watt speakers and 5
inch 40 watt speakers, good
price. Call Brian, 821-8894.
STEREOS
Sacrifice: Stereo equipment.
Audio research D100B & SP-
6A. Excellent condition. $1,000.
821-6529.
PERSONALS
Booboo—I missed you this
weekend. We'll groove in
Atlanta. The Big N.
J.E.S.II you once told me to
have patience. I do. I hope you
do too. Every good thing takes
time, and time spent with you is
always magical. Love. A.A.L
Edward, 2 In 1 paper! Just a
reminder—Don't forget the red
(excuse me, burgundyjones ,
next week!
Kathryn, Lisa, Susan, Beth
Ann, Sharon, Stephanie, Jes­sica,
Deone, Leigh, Nancy and,
Carla: Congrats on your sister­hood!
Love, Jody.
Hey. Zlm—Ready for New
Orleans? It's going to be great! -
Love, Beth.
Stop dragging your heart
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Nursing proposes graduate program
HOSPITAL TRAINING
Susan Stone, 03 NUR, looks over patients' charts
Photography: Jay Bailors
By Allison Bishop
News Staff
The Auburn University School
of Nursing submitted its prelimi­nary
proposal for the establish­ment
of a graduate program to
the Alabama Commission on
Higher Education Friday along
with Jacksonville State Univer­sity,
according to H. Terri
Brower, dean of the nursing
school.
The proposal would provide for
master's degrees in community
health,' secondary care or care of
the ill and nursing service
administration.
Brower said that Auburn and
Jax State were the only schools
submitting preliminary propos­als,
but that the University of
North Alabama and Auburn
University in Montgomery are
planning to submit proposals
this fall. One of the four will be
chosen to establish a graduate
program.
In the nursing curriculum, pre-nursing
students are required to
keep a 2.5 overall grade point
average and students in the
school are to maintain a 2.0
average.
According to the proposal, 98
percent of the 1984 and 100 per­cent
of the 1985 graduates passed
the required state board
examination.
Brower, who has been here
since May, said that all the nurs­ing
schools in the state are now
warning applicants for the exam
that they will be checked for sub­stance
abuse prior to the test. She
said that it has been a problem at
other schools but not at Auburn.
As the smallest school on cam­pus,
the nursing program has 110
enrolled in pre-nursing and 105 in
the upper level.
The new" dean said that the
standard male participation in
the nursing program was about
10 percent. She said that "it's
now perceived as a female profes­sion."
However, the school will be get­ting
its first male assistant pro­fessor
this fall, Dr. Gregory Bech-tel
from Medical College of
Nursing in Augusta, Ga., Brower
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What do you think?
Chuck Reid, 03 ME:
"I'd go. The space program
consists of experiments and mov­ing
ahead in the future, and we
have to keep going; the space
shuttle is one area to do it in.
Danger is just a part of life. If the
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if we don't experiment and
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Photography: J a y Sailors
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scare me but it wouldn't stop me.
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In the past, the professors were;
nominated by the deans of the
departments and chosen by the
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T h u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 30, 1986 Elje auburn plainsman A-9
Ecstasy termed LSD of the 'SOs by drug users
y C h r i s Roush
A s s i s t a n t News E d i t or
It is, according to the people
rho use it, the LSD of the '80s,
ut the user remains totally in
:ontrol of himself at all times.
I t ' s chemical name is 3.4
nethylenedioxymethaphetam-ne
and it has a similar structure
o amphetamines and mescaline.
t is derived from oil of sassafras
f nutmeg.
To the people who use it, it's
ust plain "x" or "xtc." To the
:ommon person it's known as
tf DMA or ecstasy.
Ecstasy, classified as a Sche-lule
I controlled substance, the
nost restrictive of the five cate-ories
of federally controlled
Irugs, was officially made illegal
ast July 1 by the Drug Enforce-nent
Agency. Schedule I drugs,
vhich include Heroin and LSD,
iave no accepted medical usage
nd are believed to have the
potential of extreme abuse by the
user.
For $25 a pill, you can expe­rience
the effects of "x-ing." To
the ones who use it, the money is
well spent.
The drug, which is beginning
to become a cult drug and spread
around the country, is not widely
found around Auburn according
to all the users.
According to Fred (The names
in this story have been changed),
an Auburn student, "We can find
it at Auburn just about any time
we want it. I t ' s a matter of who
you know. I'm sure a lot of people
can get it easier t h a n I can."
"It's not big here because
Auburn is a close-minded conser­vative
school that's behind the
times."
Ernie, another Auburn stu­dent,
said that the effects of the
drug are tremendous. "You're
weird for about half an hour, then
it's a good five or six hours. You
can sit around and anything's
fun. We sat around a house for
two hours and had a blast."
Chip, also a n Auburn student,
said, "It's too hard to describe. I
talked so much to some people
one Saturday. They laughed so
much and we had a blast."
First developed in 1914 by
Merck Laboratories for use as a
diet pill, Ecstasy was never mar­keted.
It was tested by the U.S.
Army in 1953 on dogs and mon­keys
and found to be highly toxic.
H u m a n t e s t i n g was n e v e r
conducted.
Both Ernie, Fred and Chip said
they have never experienced any
side effects, although they do feel
drained in the morning. "You
never go to bed until you're down,
t h a t ' s why you're drained t he
next day," said Ernie.
Side effects that have been
reported include tension, dizzi­ness,
headaches, blurred vision,
sleeplessness, nervousness and
muscle spasms.
Although they have never
experienced a party at Auburn
where there were people "x-ing,"
Fred said, "I've been at parties
where a lot of people were x-ing.
People are probably x-ing a lot
here, but we don't know it." Ernie
added, "It's probably bigger here
t h a n people realize."
One of the advantages t h a t all
three agreed on was t h a t "x" was
better than any other drug or
alcohol. When you take ecstasy
you don't wake up with a han­gover
or with side effects.
"It'd be cool to go out to a bar
a n d h a v e e v e r y b o d y x-ing
instead of being drunk," said
Ernie. And Chip added, "You're
up when you're x-ing, when you
drink you get sloppy."
According to every user, one of
the advantages of t he drug is t h at
while you are "x-ing" you're in
total control, a s opposed to other
drugs where you hallucinate.
Fred said, "I'd do it as much as
I could afford it. I'd go through
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Although Fred has heard rum­ors
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George -continued from A-l S t f t d i l l l H" -continued from A-l
Alabama resident.
Jau says he has a strong
personality.
"Whatever I do, I do it good. If I
can't-I don't want to touch it," he
says.
The graduate student who
spends nearly 14 hours a day
working, is certainly "at home"
in his one-room office in the re­building,
located behind War
Eagle cafeteria. Computer print­out
sheets, disk files, resource
books and notebooks cover the
area around his department-owned
computer. Pictures from
home, computer prints of cartoon
characters and a newly-pur­chased
guitar fill the spacious
room which Jau has to himself.
Jau is not certain what is in his
future. He will either study for a
doctorate degree at another uni­versity,
find a job in the States, or
return home to work.
Ultimately, George will return
to Taiwan.
"It's fun and interesting to visit
a new country. (But) to live there
for your whole life is a challenge.
I'm. most comfortable in my
homeland," says Jau.
would make in order to keep the
game there, the Arlington replied
"anything."
One of the changes Arlington
mentioned might be free rent. He
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tionnaire and expect it to be
scientific," Stipe said. "It needs to
be really researched."
The junior in economics added
that he is still searching for mar­keting
students who have com­pleted
Marketing Research
Methodology (MT 436) to assist
him in designing a poll.
says that they are prepared to
talk, but Auburn University
doesn't seem to be.
Ray Perkins, athletic director
and head football coach at the
University of Alabama feels that
the Iron Bowl is "the greatest
traditional rivalry in America
today and one thing that has
made it that way is Bir-continued
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Portis said the apartment com­plex
rating booklet will supple­ment
the larger, more statistical
Auburn-Opelika Apartment
Guide, which will also be issued
for the first time next spring.
"Hopefully," he said, "SCO's
booklet will also improve com­munication
between students
and realtors and encourage
apartment owners to improve
conditions in their particular
housing complexes."
The SCO director added, how­ever,
that his main interest is "to
make sure the rating guide is fair
to everybody and not to slant it at
all."
mingham." He goes on to say
that he "wants no part in chang­ing
that tradition."
Many people have brought up
reasons why the game should not
be moved to Auburn. One of these
is that Auburn is not a neutral
site and Birmingham is.
Perkins stated "even though
we play three games in Bir­mingham,
there is no advantage
because each school is given
35,000 tickets." The University of
Alabama has played 171 games
at Legion Field and 153 games in
Tuscaloosa since 1927.
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Thursday, January 30, 1986
Guards are Tigers in Sonny's tank
White leads in assists
Basketball's integrity in
jeopardy with scandals,
academic controversies
What has happened to the game of basketball?
It seems to me that for different reasons this great
game is being sent right down the drain.
What made me realize this was this past weekend
when Dale Brown jerked Auburn around because
his team didn't "feel" like playing here Saturday.
In case you haven't heard, Brown practiced his
LSU team Sunday. I thought they had the chicken
pox?
I have never thought much of Brown, the coach
that has all that talent every year, but has lost 10
straight post season tournament games.
Why did Brown and the LSU president call Dr.
Martin and ask to cancel the game? Could it be that
Brown didn't want one of his players to give the
chicken pox to the Auburn players and fans? These
are the same players that played Kentucky last
night and that will play Georgia Saturday. ~It
doesn't make sense.,
He wouldn't havecanceled the game because he
had just lost Nikita Wilson for the year because of
academics? Or because star player John Williams
and reserve Bernard Woodside couldn't play. (For
the record, Williams and Woodside are the only ones
to have the chicken pox symtoms and have been
hospitalized).
LSU dressed 10 men for last night's game with
the Wildcats.
Brown talked about cancelling the game with
Kentucky, but the Wildcat officials stood their
ground and said play or forfeit.
Why did the presidents of the respective universi­ties
decide what to do and not the SEC office?
Vanderbilt played in Auburn last night with at
least four players with the flu.
I think that Brown showed the power he has in
the league as a basketball coach, and he is starting
to show it again. Auburn coach Sonny Smith wants
to make LSU play here Monday to make up for the
missed game. Brown has gone to the SEC and said
his team doesn't want to play in Auburn on that
day.
Trouble hits Tulane, Minnesota ,
To me that just shows that all the wrong things
are in the news in basketball..
For example: the most popular and well known
coach in America is one that wears Lindsey Nel­son's
jackets and kicks and throws chairs on the
court.
Bad things are happening in basketball right
now. Last year Tulane dropped its team because an
alledged point shaving scandel.
Just last week the Minnesota coach resigned
because 3 of his players were arraigned in a sex­ual
assault case, and they thought about dropping
the program for a while. The Gophers forfeited their
game with Northwestern Saturday, but decided
Monday to continue the remainder of the season.
It is not always situations like this that hurt bas­ketball,
sometimes'it's the games own rules that
hurt the worst.
Last week the entire Waelder High School team
season ended abruptly when the Texas law known
as "No-Pass, No-Play" did not leave anyone eligible
to play. The rule states that any player with one
failing grade can't play basketball for six weeks.
Everyone of the players failed one class each and
that meant they couldn't play. It does not matter if
they make four A's and one F, they can't play.
I can't figure that one out. A player could possibly
have a 3.5 GPA, but fail shop, and he would not be
able to play.
Record crowd for 'Slama Bama'
But there is some good news about basketball at
Auburn.
The Dunkin' Darlings are promoting the Feb. 15
game with Alabama as "Slama Bama" night and
they want to set a new attendance record at Memor­ial
Coliseum. They will be selling orange T-shirts on
the concourse next week and tickets to the Florida
game Thursday night and to the Alabama game
Saturday.
The current record crowd is 12,612 that saw the
1976 Alabama game.
In case you have forgotten, Auburn lost to Ala­bama
in basketball on Jan. 16 and to the football
team on Nov. 30.
I just thought you would like to know.
LSWho?
Dale Brown and his LSU Tig­ers
were supposed to play here
last Saturday, but the game was
canceled by an agreement by the
Auburn and LSU university pres­idents
because of the threat of a
chicken pox epidemic on the LSU
team, sorces at the athletic
department said. •< I \
Head coach Sonny'Smith said
set for Monday Feb. 3. "it's hot'
been set yet, but that's what we're
shooting for." '•
Smith also said that LSU does
not want to play in Auburn on
Feb. 3 because they, play George­town
on Sunday arid Georgia on
Saturday. That would be three
games in three days for an LSU
team that has lost Nikita Wilson
to academics, and John Williams*
and Bernard Woodside" to; the
chicken pox. * ' ''-*,.'" '* :;
"I've never known ;of a league
calling off a game before," Smith *
said. . **•
ByJeffStumb
Sports Editor
Everyone is familiar with the
quarterback of a football team
because he is the general on the
field, the leader of the offense and
the Saturday hero.
But not everyone is as familiar
with the quarterback of a basket­ball
team, the point guard. That
is until Gerald White came along.
White has a flair, a style all his
own that it has made him one of
the top guards in the conference.
He has become a household name
with Auburn basketball fans.
But he should be known by the
fans. White, a junior from
Augusta, Ga., has been starting
at guard for three years for Coach
Sonny Smith.
But what makes Auburn's
situation at guard so ideal is that
Frank Ford has started opposite
White for the last three years, and
they know each other inside and
out.
Knowing each other the way
they do helped Auburn win the
SEC tournament last year, but
this season the two have had
some more help, sophomore
guard Terrance Howard.
"I've been in foul trouble the
last two games," White said, and
that has let Smith turn to How­ard,
a dimension the Tigers
didn't have last year.
White also gives some of the
credit to Howard for his high
assist output. "Terrance can help
out because if he has played some
I will not be breathing hard at the
end of a game."
But a lot of the credit goes to
what White calls, "just getting
old and knowing what to expect
and knowing the guys around the
league."
White does not score a lot
points, he is fifth out of the five
starters, but he leads the team in
assists. "If I get 14 assists it is like
credit for someone else getting 28
points."
White and Ford are the only
two players left out of their
recruiting class, and White says
See WHITE, B-6
Photography: Jay Sailor*
PASSING FANCY
White fires a pass past Georgia defender
Ford provides stability
UNDER CONTROL
Ford dishes off a bounce pass to teammate
Photography: Jay Sailors
By Chris Roush
Assistant News Editor
Frank Ford is a coach's dream.
He is the consummate player
with the all-around abilities to
control any game.
Chuck Person may score the
points and get the publicity, but
it's Ford who gets the job done
whenever it's needed. Ford is the
crowd favorite, the coach on the
floor, the most consistent player
on the team.
Last year, Ford played more
minutes than any other Tiger
and was one of only three players
to start every game. He led the
team in field goal percentage last
year and was the second-leading
scorer with an 11.5 points per
game average.
This consistent all-around play
has continued this year as Ford is
looked to by his teammates when
a lift is needed. Once again he is
among the top in field goal shoot­ing
and is averaging over 10
points a game.
Why is Ford so consistent?
Most of it is probably natural
ability, but Ford gives some
credit to Gerald White, his close
friend and teammate.
How close are the two guards,
who have been the starting back-court
for Auburn since they were
freshman? Both are Distributive
Education majors and they take
all the same classes together.
That's close.
You can see the results of this
closeness between the two play­ers
during the game. Ford and
White always have a knowledge
of where the other one is to make
that unexpected pass or move.
"It helps because I know a lot of
his moves," said the 6-4 junior.
""We understand each other
more because of that and we can
complement each other.
The two push each other to try
and be the best they can and this
improves each player's perfor­mance.
Ford credits White for a
lot of things that have helped not
only him, but the rest of their
teammates.
"He helps me with my drib­bling.
He penetrates and creates
See FORD, B-6
McCurdy picks health over football
By Cary Estes
Sports Staff
What do you do when some­thing
you have known for almost
your entire life and loved with all
your heart suddenly comes to an
end, and you are still just 22 years
old?
In Ben McCurdy's case you
simply put that part of your life
behind you, and move on to some­thing
new.
McCurdy was a 6-2, 226 pound
linebacker for the Auburn Tigers
with a year of football eligibility
left. Now he is a newlywed hus­band
and full-time student who is
ready to get his degree and put
football, which he had played
since he was five years old,
behind him.
McCurdy came to Auburn in
1982 and was red-shirted. He saw
limited action the next season,
but in 1984 he became a starter at
linebacker opposite Gregg Carr
and took full advantage of the
opportunity. He had an outstand­ing
season, making 85 tackles, 50
of them solo.
During the 1985 season, how­ever,
McCurdy was hampered by
injury and the state of Georgia.
He was troubled with a bad ankle
throughout the early part of the
season. Then, against Georgia
Tech in Atlanta, he hurt his right
knee.
"I was trying to make a cut, and
my foot snagged on the turf," he
explained. "My knee twisted in
one direction, but my foot didn't
move."
The injury was not serious, but
doctors told McCurdy he would
eventually have to have orthos-copic
surgery on the knee. He
chose to wait until the end of the
season to have the operation so
he would not miss the remainder
of the games.
Then, less than a month later
in Athens, Ga., McCurdy injured
his left knee against Georgia, vir­tually
ending his season. He saw
limited action against Alabama
and against Texas A&M in the
Cotton Bowl.
See MCCURDY, B-6
Photography: Ruaa Austin
CAREER OVER
McCurdy ponders rest of life
Auburn faces 'Cats in Lexington
•3«. -»» > t -
Photography: Jay .Bailor*
By Chuck Cole
Assistant Sports Editor
Gone are the days when
Auburn's chances of defeating
Kentucky were almost zero.
The Tigers have already
beaten-Kentucky once this year.
A sweep is possible, but let's don't
get carried away.
Auburn travels to Kentucky for
the rematch Friday. Lexington,
Ky. is not the most hospitable
place to play basketball on a Fri­day
night if you're not a Wildcat.
Coach Eddie Sutton is pleasing
his employers in his first year at
Kentucky. The surprising Wild­cats
record stood at 16-2 overall
and 7-1 in the Southeastern Con­ference
prior to last night's LSU
game. They lead the SEC.
Kentucky Has utilized quick­ness,
rather than size, in gaining
its early lead in the conference
race. This team contrasts with
the physical squads used by
former coach Joe B. Hall, but the
results are similar.
Kenny Walker.last year's SEC
Player of the Year, is the big man
for Kentucky. Walker averages
20.1 "points and 7.1 rebounds a
game from his center position.
Winston Bennett, who scored a
career high 26 points Saturday in
a win over Tennessee, starts at
forward. The 6-7 junior averages
12.4 points and 6.9 rebounds a
game.
The bulk of the rebounding
responsibility falls on these two
players, as the rest of the starting
lineup measures 6-3 and under,
Richard Madison, Cedric Jen­kins,
and Robert Lock are young
reserves who help out under­neath.
Sutton does not hesitate to
use any of them.
The Wildcats start three true
, guards. James Blackmon is a
heralded junior who is finally
beginning to live up to expecta­tions.
The 6-3 Indiana native is
averaging 8.8 points and 3.9
rebounds a game.
Sophomore Ed Davender is
Kentucky's second-leading
scorer, averaging 12.8 points a
game. Davender has also given
out 60 assists this year.
Roger Harden runs the attack.
The 6-1 senior leads the team in
assists with 118, while scoring 5.5
points a game.
Auburn seems to match up well
against Kentucky. The Tigers
have an obvious size advantage,
and they like to play the running
game. These factors contributed
to Auburn's 60-56 win early in the
SEC season.
Unfortunately for Auburn, fac­tors
like these can sometimes lose
importance when games are
played in front of hostile crowds
of 23,000.
B-2 Sljt auburn $lainaman Thursday, January 30, 1986
FRIDAY'S GAME
Auburn at Kentucky
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
KENTUCKY
F-Winston Bennett (25) 6-7, J r . 12.4 ppg
F-James Blackmon (10) 6-3, J r . 8.8 ppg
C-Kenny Walker (34) 6-8, Sr. 20.1 ppg
G-Ed Davender (15) 6-2, So. 12.8 ppg
G-Roger Harden (23) 6-1, Sr. 5.5 ppg
AUBURN
F-Chuck Person (45)~6-8, Sr. 20.4 ppg
F-Chris Morris (34) 6-7, So. 9.2 ppg
C-Jeff Moore (40) 6-7, So. 9.6 ppg
G-Gerald White (12) 6-1, J r . 4.6 ppg
G-Frank Ford (15) 6-4, J r . 10.3 ppg
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Current Record: Auburn 11-6, Kentucky 16-2
Last Meeting: Auburn 60-56 in Auburn
Auburn travels to Kentucky Friday night to face
the Southeastern Conference's leading team. Prior
to last night's LSU game, the Kentucky Wildcats
boasted a 16-2 overall record, 7-1 in the conference.
The Wildcats feature a small, quick lineup led by
center Kenny Walker, who averages 20.1 points and
7.1 rebounds a game.
Auburn's record was 11-6 overall and 5-2 in the
SEC prior to last night's Vanderbilt contest. The
Tiger's Saturday game against LSU was canceled,
which may cause problems for Auburn down the
road.
Kentucky's lone conference loss this season came
at Auburn. A boisterous Rupp Arena crowd will
attempt to help the Wildcats avenge that loss.
The Wildcats are led by All-SEC player Kenny
Walker, who had a tough time in Auburn on Jan. 6.
New Kentucky coach Eddie Sutton has the 'Cats
back where the fans in Lexington want them, in the
top 10. But the fans are not happy that Kentucky
has lost three of the last five in Auburn.
The Tigers have given Kentucky more trouble the
last three years than any team in the conference or
in the nation.
Auburn is led, as usual, by 6-8 senior Chuck Per­son
of Brantley, Ala. Freshman substitute Michael
Jones has become Auburn's third-leading scorer
since he is receiving more playing time. He aver­ages
10.2 points a game. Terrance Howard has
added backcourt depth to give Gerald White a rest if
he gets tired.
The keys, however, may be inconsistent sopho­mores
Chris Morris and Jeff Moore. When those two
play to their potential, the Tigers are hard to beat on
any court.
—Chuck Cole
Auburn Players
of the Week
Chuck Person
Auburn forward Chuck Person
was named the Player of the
Week for his 24-point game
against Ole Miss last week. Per­son,
the leading scorer for
Auburn, had 20 points in the
second half to boost the Tigers
record to 11-6 with the 73-61 vic­tory
over the Rebels.
Patty Dages
Patty Dages was named the
Lady Tiger Player of the Week for
her 13-point game against the
Miami Lady Hurricanes Mom-day
night. Dages helped lead the
Lady Tigers to a 92-46 win. That
win came just three days after the
women beat eighth ranked LSU.
Person Dages
Baseball team gets
ready without Bo
By Charles Davidson
Sports Staff
While chicken pox, headbands
and a refrigerator have domi­nated
sports news, Coach Hal
Baird and the Auburn baseball
Tigers, minus Bo Jackson, have
been practicing all quarter. The
season opens Feb. 26.
Jackson, Baird says, hasn't
practiced with the team and has
not indicatd when he'll join the
rest of the squad. However, he
has told several people, including
Baird, that he'll play baseball for
Auburn this season. "His word's
good," the Tiger coach said.
Jackson batted .401 and hit 17
homers in 1985.
The Heisman winner hasn't
been the only player missing
workouts. Trey Gainous injured a
knee Monday, the seriousness
wasn't known Tuesday, and
minor problems have slowed
others.
"We've really been pleased
with the way practice has gone so
far," Baird said. "But I don't
know if there's been one day
when we had everybody out there
that we're counting on."
Gainous' injury could be costly,
robbing the Tigers of needed
speed and experience. If he recov­ers
and Jackson plays, they
would join all-SEC rightfielder
Paul Foster to form what Baird
says "for my money would be the
best outfield in the country." Fos­ter
had 74 RBIs while batting
.433 last year and hit 14 homers.
An area that'll unquestionably
be improved is the pitching staff,
the Tigers' weakest link last sea­son.
Freshman Gregg Olson,
tabbed as one of the country's top
prep prospects a year ago, "is
everything we thought he'd be,"
Baird explained. "He'll be in the
starting rotation right away."
Joining Olson as a starter will
be a junior Mark Chapman, who
Baird calls the Tigers top hurler
at this point. "Chapman's made
so much improvement."
Jones' fastball has been
clocked as high as 93 mph, while
Baird calls Siwa "the mosti
knowledgeable" pitcher on the
staff. Senior Scott Tillery will
provide late-inning relief.
Baird said he and the team are
looking to better last season's
performace (30-22; 11-12 SEC) but
a tougher schedule will be an
obstacle. "Our biggest strides
have been in the pitching staff,"
the second-year coach stated.
"We're going to build this thing
one brick at a time."
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