1987-01-22 The Auburn Plainsman

              dbe^uburn Plainsman
Ninety-three years of serving Auburn students
The dictionary is the
only place where 'suc­cess'
comes before
'work'.
—Arthur Brisbee
Volume 93 Number 11 Thursday, January 22, 1987 Auburn University, Ala. 36849 24 pages
(Library expansion
oinds raise question
Jy Bret Pippen
lews Editor
The University will have to re­strain
and be able to defend the
spending of $700,000 allocated by
the Public School and College
Authority for the expansion of
lalph Brown Draughon Library.
Gov. Guy Hunt announced
Tuesday that his administration
yould review the $12.5 million in
liscretionary funds allocated to
ligher education by the PSCA, a
three-man board made up of
jformer State Finanace Director
iBuddy Mitchell, Gov. George
{Wallace and Superintendent of
|Education Wayne Teague.
According to The Montgomery
lAdvertiser, Hunt advised the col-lieges
and universities not to
•spend the money allocated from a
l$300 million bond issue, which
|was adopted in October 1986.
"In 1985-86 the education
{budget had some PSCA funds in
[the budget, these funds were not
[distributed during that year,"
Isaid Dr. Grover Jacobs, financial
I adviser to State Finance Director
I Robin Swift. "They were prorated
land encumbered at the end of the
(year for distribution at a later
date."
After proration these education
funds totalled $14.2 million,
according to Jacobs.
"In the $310 million bond issue,
there were also some 'discretion­ary
funds' again to be distributed
by the PSCA," Jacobs said.
Those funds were divided 60-40
with $28 million going to secon­dary
education and $12.5 million
going to higher education,
according to Jacobs.
"I don't think you will see a
move to remove anything," Ja­cobs
said. "It means he will pro­bably
write the institutions and
ask that they hold up on spend­ing
money until his office has a
chance to review the budget
situation of the state," Rhett E.
Riley, vice president for business
and finance, said.
Riley said the University is
going to double the size of the
library, and the money was allo­cated
for that purpose.
"We're not going to hold up on
the project, but we are going to
get clarification," he said.
"There are two main questions,
a legal one and a political one,"
Linda Malone, president of the
See Funds, A-6
Plainsman Files
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW - At left is George
Wallace early in his political career. At right is new Gov. Guy
Photography: John Reed
Hunt reading the schedule of events for his inauguration
Monday. See A-8 for The Plainsman's look at Hunt.
[Liberal Arts
\left with
\$2 million
•By Colleen Moran
IStaff Writer
The new College of Liberal Arts
Jhas more than $2 million in
lendowments after the split up of
|the School of Arts and Sciences.
The money was not from new
lendowments, it was brought from
jthe former school. Caine Camp-
[bell, acting dean of the College of
|Liberal Arts, said they simply
'took stock of our holdings to get
|an accurate total."
The Malone Fund, a $317,000
[endowment, was established in
Ithe 70s for the fine arts. This
lamount added to the other exist­i
n g endowments pushed the new
(total to nearly $2.2 million.
Campbell said the largest
lendowment is the $625,000
[Humanities Fund initiated by the
IHumanities Advisory Council.
'The Advisory Council is a group
of alumni and friends from off-campus
who advise toward aca­demics
and look for ways to sup­port
humanities," Campbell said.
He said, "We are contemplat­ing
creating a Fine Arts Council,
Communications Council and a
Law and Social Scienes Advisory
Council from people who are
already on other councils.-" ** '
The Stroud-Liddell-Hall arch­aeological
site is a perpetual
resource for teaching .^fti
research. The site is iirvWjJcBx
county where Indian,Wltifacts
have been fo»u£3) '-'This endow­ment
was given to the University
for research only, it is not to make
moneyV' Campbell said.
The new College of Liberal Arts
is taking stock of its existing
endowments. "We need to begin a
campaign for more money,"
Campbell said. Last year the
Auburn Generation Fund got
together and raised some needed
money.
Campbell said, "Some dona-tors
must be sought after; the
Alumni Office will send informa­tion
to the alumni to keep them
aware of the need for funds."
Campbell also said the funding
will be used for professorships,
scholarships, new buildings and
special equipment. Money given
to the College of Liberal Arts may
buy equipment for departments
who do not have large endow­ments.
"The endowments help to sup­plement
a professors salary, it
does not pay it," Campbell said".
The attempt is to make the posi­tion
more attractive to a quality
professor. One endowment, the
Hudson professorship, is a large
supplement to a base salary.
When the University receives a
large endowment, the donator
may specify how the money is to
be spent. Campbell said, "In the
Humanities, there is the W.C.
Bradley Award for Student
Acheivement in Humanities."
This award is given annually. "It
was given to be used for scholar­ships,
only," he added.
Campbell said he wants to see
the endowments expand in the
future. He would like to see more
support for professorships and
other means of improving the col­lege's
programs.
Decay not
just for
your teeth
By Leanne Potts
Staff Writer
With more than 1 million
volumes on the shelves of Ralpl
Brown Draughon Library, pro
tection and preservation of the
older books can be expensive.
The Special Collections room
has recently been closed to
browsers in an effort to protect
aging books from theft and dam­age.
The collection has books on
all subjects, ranging from Ala­bama
history to Southern novels
and short stories.
Many of these older books are
filled with yellowed and brittle
pages that are beginning to
crumble. Some of the books in the
collection are more than 400
years old, but the books most in
danger of being lost to decay are
the books printed since the 1840s.
The main culprit that shortens
a book's lifespan is the low-grade
acidic paper used to produce most
books since the mid-19th century,
said librarian JBrady E. Geiger.
"Before tt^laJRtentury, most
books were^rintecRamoaper that
had a hijffter rag conros^and was
lower ill acid," he saia^jS
Increased literacy
denfland for a cheaper ar
iffttiful source of paj
ipers and books.
lisTBkiand, the printiy
try begBi using papejA d i fro n
chemjoB^ treated;
parties
fate used
runnii
books'
combin
trio
es:
will
paper to form'sul
breaks down the cellule
in the paper.
The result: crumbling ]
Another factor in the
older books is a shellac thar"wus
put on the binding by librarians
in the early 20th century in an
attempt to preserve the leather.
"Unfortunately, the shellac
caused the leather to become brit­tle,
causing more harm than
good," Geiger said.
Techniques for preserving a
book include microfilming,
r e b i n d i n g and obtaining
reprints of the damaged text. The
method used depends on the con­dition
and value of the book in
question.
Existing preservation tech­niques
are too expensive and
time-consuming to be used on all
of the books. "It's a judgement
J n most cases," Geiger said,
collection's value will be
dimlrrUifejHi by the loss of the
book, ther>*|gwill attempt to save
Yjbook. EjJery effort is being
Ide to preserve the books worth
ing." '
ie Mbok's value is weighed
ft the cost of preservation,
lic/ofilming costs $20-$30 per
book and means the loss of the
wok in its original form.
Rebinding costs about $4.50
per book, but can only be done if
the pages of the book are still in
good condition. Reprints are not
always available, especially for
the older, rarer books.
Study shows Alabama dropouts rank second
Study completed by
Auburn professors
By Bret Pippen
News Editor
The typical high school drop­out
does not come from an impov-erished,
one-parent home,
according to The Alabama High
School Dropout Study, conducted
and written by the College of
Education.
The study was done in response
to findings that Alabama ranks
second behind Louisiana in
terms of high school dropouts.
According to the State Depart­ment
of Education, the dropout
rate is 32.7 percent as compared
to a national average of 30 per­cent.
Louisiana's rate is 43.3
percent.
The six-month study, con­ducted
by William A. Spencer,
associate professor of education,
and Lisa J. Bearden, assistant
professor of counselor education,
was presented to Gov. George
Wallace on Jan. 14.
College of Education Dean
Jack E. Blackburn said, "The two
most surprising things to me
were that the dropouts don't come
from one specific kind of back­ground,
and the rate was not
higher in minorities."
The study, started spring 1986,
was funded by the Governor's
Reform Commission with
News Analysis of Alabama Education, see A-4
$150,000.
The study began with about 40
interviews with people who had
dropped out of high school one to
six years ago, but then developed
into interviews with approxi­mately
400 students.
The findings were based on the
interviews with the 400 students,
of whom 325 had dropped out dur­ing
the 1985-86 school year, the
remaining dropped out a year
earlier. The interviews were con­ducted
between July 15 and Sept.
15,1986.
The study reported 63 percent
of the dropouts were white and
16.9 years old.
Sixty percent of the dropouts
failed at least one grade previous
to the year they dropped out, and
62 percent of them had been sus­pended
at least once before gra­duation.
Sixty percent of the drop­outs
had participated in at least
one extra-curricular activity
while in school, and more than 78
percent of them reported they
used no drugs, including alcohol,
while in school.
Seventy-three of the dropouts
said they probably would have
gotten a better job if they had a
diploma, but only 23 percent said
a diploma would help them in
their current job.
The reasons cited by the drop­outs
for leaving, according to the
study, were: having problems
with teachers and administra­tors
(11.7 percent), pregnancy
(11.5 percent), preferred work to
school (11.2 percent), bad grades
(10.5 percent), finances (7.7 per­cent),
school was boring (7 per­cent),
absenteeism (6.7 percent),
expulsion or suspension (5 per­cent)
and apathy by the teachers
(3.7 percent).
In the study, the majority of the
students said they would have
stayed in school longer had there
been communication between the
couselors and students.
Among the 12 recommenda­tions
proposed were:
—Each school district should
be required to submit a plan for
following up its droputs and for
establishing a dropout preven­tion
program.
—In schools where the number
of dropouts appears to be high,
school administrators should
organize rap sessions.
—The state should establish a
statewide computerized tracking
system for students.
—Each high school counselor
should be required to follow up
each student who ceases attend­ing
school.
—Each principal should be
held responsible for seeing that
the individual dropout data
sheets collected by the State
Department of Education are
completed for every dropout and
submitted on a timely basis
instead of at the end of the year.
What's Inside
Cooperative
In the second part of The Plains­man's
series on cooperative educa­tion,
graduate students discuss
their reasons for being in the pro­gram.
The main reason is to get a
job with the government after gra­duation.
The graduate program,
run separate from undergraduates,
is about the only way these gradu­ate
students can get a government
job. See A-9.
Presidential Interview
Want to know what President Mar­tin
thinks about the Brent Full-wood
issue? Concerned that he
thinks teaching is
not comparable to
research? Turn to
A-5 for The Plains­man
interview
with the president,
as he discusses his
health problems,
his view on an
early fall quarter
and semester and other issues,
including what Auburn does to
meet financial ends.
Sort of Homecoming
Back at Auburn taking classes and
practicing baseball, Bo Jackson
feels relaxed to get back. After
spending the fall
in the Florida In­structional
Lea­gue,
he feels ready
for next season
with the Royals,
even if Ray Per­kins
has said he'll
try to lure Jackson
to football. See B-1
for a story on Auburn's greatest
athlete.
Restroom Blues
The residents of several Quad
dorms received a surprise last week
when problems with old pipes left
them without water for showers.
The residents used the restroom
facilities at Haley Center and
Parker Hall. See A-3 for story.
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•Campus Briefs
Post-Alabama art
Foy Union Gallery will display
the Post-Alabama Contemporary
Art Show through Jan. 30. It will
feature works by Alabama artists
now living in New York City.
Artworks ranging from oil
paintings to mixed media and
photography will be presented by
artists Sara Garden Armstrong,
Dore Albritton, Harriet Cloud,
Robert Evans, Mike Howard,
Dennis Harper, Ed McGowan,
Carl Martin, David Sandlin,
Wayne Sides and Michael Mar-ston,
Thorton Willis, Scott Pfaf-fman
and Mike Tice and Jerome
Whitworth.
Police blotter
DUI-Jan. 17,1:15 a.m. on Wire
Road; Jan. 20,10:40 p.m. on Wire
Road, also cited for speeding 54
mph in a 35 mph zone.
PROPERTY THEFTS-Jan. 16,
11 a.m. on Donahue Drive, a
license plate was stolen from a
vehicle; 3:40 p.m. at University
Bookstore, backpack with prop­erty
valued at $175 stolen from
cubicle at store entrance; Jan. 19,
3:15 p.m. at Haley Center theft of
piece of jewelry valued at $2,500
left in classroom; 4:40 p.m. at
Swingle Hall, a calculator and
two textbooks valued at $185
taken from unlocked office.
BREAKING AND ENTER-ING-
Jan. 16 12:30 p.m. at CDV
Extension parking lot, radar
detector valued at $150 removed
from unlocked car.
INJURIES-Jan. 19, 12:25 p.m.
at Magnolia Hall, person fell
from top bunk onto floor. He was
taken to East Alabama Medical
Center by ambulance.
Hunt at groundbreaking
Gov. Guy Hunt is expected to be
at Monday's groundbreaking
ceremonies to begin construction
on Auburn's hotel and conference
center.
Hunt's first appearance as
president of the Univeristy Board
of Trustees marks the final
stages of a project that has been a
major goal of Martin's admini­stration.
Martin said the complex will be
"especially helpful to our contin­uing
education and public service
efforts."
The facility is being built by the
Algernon Blair Group, Inc. of
Montgomery.
Black leadership conference
The Black Student Action
Committee is conducting a con­ference
of black campus leaders
from around the state Jan. 23-24.
In addition to about 100
expected student leaders, Cleo
Thomas, former president of the
University of Alabama's Student
Government Association and
now a member of the Board of
Trustees, will be the main
speaker.
Registration will begin Friday
at 4 p.m. and the first meeting
will begin at 6 p.m.
For more information or regis­tration,
contact the BSAC at 345
Foy Union.
Students use action to protest missile
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Pantyhose
at Ampersand
By Lila Richie
Staff Writer
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one,
PEACE!
An estimated 50 area residents
participated in a national dem­onstration
at Cape Canaveral,
Fla., last weekend to protest the
first flight test of the Trident II
missile.
Cancel the Countdown, which
was described by several
members of the group as "peace­ful
civil disobedience," drew more
than 5,000 protesters to the site.
"We look at the world as a par­ticularly
fragile place where peo­ple
have got to learn to resolve
things in ways other than the
military ways," Judy Cumbee,
regional coordinator of the dem­onstration,
said.
The missile is a first strike
weapon designed to hit Soviet
missiles in their silos, not to be
used as a deterrent or as retalia­tion,
according to Cumbee.
"The missiles are offensive not
defensive," Saad Elzanapi, 06
MH, who also participated in the
protest, said.
"I was exercising my right as a
human being," he said. Elzanapi
is not an American citizen and
said that he would have partici­pated
in the demonstration
"even if I had been from Russia."
The purpose of the demonstra­tion
was to attempt to delay the
test flight and to let people know
that "we have to do more than
just write a congressman," Cum­bee
said.
"We have got to put our bodies
and our whole hearts into trying
to stop what could be the annihi­lation
of everything we love on
earth," she said.
"It's hard to know what the
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effects of something like this is
going to be. You go and do it and
sort of leave the fruits of it to God,
if you are a person of faith,"
Cumbee said.
Several of the local demonstra­tors
had also taken part in a pro­test
at King's Bay, Ga., the site of
what will soon be the largest
submarine base in the world. It
will be the base for submarines
which will carry the Trident II
missiles.
Elzanapi took part in the
march from King's Bay to Cape
Canaveral.
The group included people
ranging in age from infancy to
80-year-olds. Dr. Benjamin
Spock, pediatrician and noted
author of several medical advice
books, was one of the leaders of
the protest.
Spock, 82, was one of the pro­testers
who climbed the fence and
went onto the test site.
"Even though the test did go
on, I felt we accomplished a lot,"
Sarah Webb, 02 EH, said.
"It seems to me we could stop
by saying that we are able to
verify that it is not a matter of-trusting
the Soviets, it is a matter
of having scientific technology to
verify whether or not they are
testing because to develop, you
have to test. If they were testing
we could start developing agair
if that is what we wanted to do J
Cumbee said. "But we haven]
done that."
The estimated daily expend!
ture at the King's Bay submarin|
base will be about $1 million
day according to Cumbee. Shi
pointed to programs such as stif
dent loan, medicare and fool
stamps that the government i|
cutting.
The homeless rate in Americl
is continually growing, and pro
grams to help people live a qua]
ity life are much more importan
than building weapons that dq
stroy, according to Cumbee.
"In working together with ped
pie who share the same valued
and these values are deep, it's likl
coming to know a larger family\
Cumbee said.
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More loans for living
Financial aid
increases mean
one less thing
to worry about
By Bob Murdaugh
Staff Writer
There will be increases in
Guaranteed Student Loan max­imums
for undergraduate and
graduate students, according to
Larry Ridgeway, director of
financial aid.
Each qualifying undergradu­ate
may now receive up to $4,500
over a period of two years,
Ridgeway said. The student may
be allocated up to $9,000 by the
time he finishes undergraduate
studies.
Each qualifying graduate stu­dent
may receive up to $18,000
during his studies, Ridgeway
added.
Maximum loan increases are
Photography: Carmella Costanzo
MODERN ABSTRACT — Students look at a exhibit in Foy Union Gallery will r un through
display of art by post-Alabama artists. The Jan. 30.
Old pipes leave quad dorms bone dry
: By Laurie Elway
Staff Writer
The restroom facilities at
Haley Center and Parker Hall
were used by residents of the
Quad dorms last week when
several buildings were without
water for periods up to 54 hours.
Early last week residents of
Dorm 6,8,9 and 10 experienced a
severe water shortage in their
dormitory restrooms and show­ers.
Dorm 9 was without water
one morning, and Dorm 6 went 54
hours without water.
According to Kyle S. Drake,
Physical Plant Systems Analyst,
it was a problem of "diminished
pressure as a result of insufficient
flow through the 57-year-old
pipes." The delay in fixing the
problem came when the engi­neers
could not determine where
the blockage occurred. Drake
said that originally i t " appeared
that only insignificant measures
would have to be taken" to restore
proper water pressure to the
dorms. "As it turned out," Drake
said, "it was a combination of
things." Repair was completed 54
hours later when the "size of the
main pipe coming into the area
was increased."
Edith S. Dunn, head resident of
Dorm 6, attributed the problem to
"old pipes." She said that the
girls "hated it but seemed to
understand and even made a joke
of it."
Many residents were not as
light-hearted about it as others.
Julie Jordan, 01 IB, said they
"tried to bribe the maintenance
men" into restoring the water.
She said they "had to take
showers elsewhere and couldn't
flush toilets or brush their teeth."
Willie Griffin, city of Auburn
public housing director, said the
Housing and Urban Develop­ment
Authority requires that res­idents
in public housing have to
be "moved immediately" when
their utilities, such as water, are
cut off.
According to Ed Sprayberry,
area director of Public Housing
Authority in Birmingham, col­leges
and univerisities don't fall
under the same minimum prop-
Travel to foreign countries,
experience different cultures
By Wendy Haught
Staff Writer
The Auburn Abroad Program
gives students the opportunity to
improve their language skills,
experience different cultures and
earn college credit at the same
time.
Jacqueline Tusa, 04 IB, and
Chris Filben, 04 LHY, partici­pated
in the Vienna, Austria,
program in the summer of 1986.
Tusa said/'The Europeans
knew more about current events
in the United States than I did,
and they all spoke English.'
"They had their opinions about
Reagan's policies, and they
believe all Americans just want
to get rich."
She said she was able to
change some of these misconcep­tions
by talking with Europeans
during her travels.
The experience, she said, made
her want to keep up with Ameri­can
politics more. "They seemed
so much more intelligent than
me, and they knew so many
languages."
The trip fulfilled a life-long
desire for Filben who used the
opportunity to select a university
to attend. After touring Austria,
he chose the University of Salz­burg
and will attend school there
in the fall with a scholarship
from Rotary International.
Filben said he had completed
one year of German before the
trip and the program improved
his language skills. "I didn't
really know anything before I
went," he said.
Dr. Renate Latimer, associate
professor of foreign language, is
the Vienna program director. The
1987 trip will be her fourth.
The program builds students'
self-confidence when they see
they can communicate and gives
them a broader perspective by
being exposed to different cul­tures,
she said.
"They have contact with other
American students from all over
the United States and with Vien­nese
in the grocery store and
waiting in line at the opera," Dr.
Latimer said.
The trip is a learning expe­rience
for Latimer as well as the
students.
She said, "I went to my first
rock concert with my students in
Vienna. We saw Santana, Bob
Dylan and Stevie Wonder.
"I take them to opera like Ivan
Illustration: Martha Jones
Berg's Wozzeck,Mozart'a Magic-
Flute or Verdi's La Traviata and
they take me to rock concerts."
Students who have no previous
foreign language training can
participate in the program as
well as fluent speakers.
Students are tested when they
arrive and placed in language
classes according to their skills.
Multinational business, music
history and art history classes
are also offered.
Acceptance into the program is
based on the recommendation of
a committee of the University's
foreign language faculty mem­bers.
A maximum of $2,500 covers
the round-trip jet transportation,
housing in Vienna and tuition at
the Institute of European Stu­dies.
Meals and other expenses
should amount to approximately
$600.
A partial payment of $200 must
be made by Feb. 1 and full pay­ment
by April 1 to participate in
the 1987 Vienna program. It lasts
from June 8 to July 17.
The program offers up to eight
hours college credit for courses
taken at the Institute. The faculty
are all native Austrians.
"I took two classes, German
and Art History," Tusa said. "We
went to the museums and cathed­rals.
We actually saw the work
instead of looking at slides. The
experience was well worth the
money."
Business program makes
major, minor changes
By Kimberly Taylor
Staff Writer
The College of Business has
established a business minor and
revised its Master of Business
Administration (MBA) program.
Bill Holly, associate dean for
Academic Affairs, said.
The business minor was
initiated because "we recognized
that a lot of students were taking
the courses now specified in the
business minor and felt students
should get some recognition on
their diploma," Holly said.
Courses for the minor are: EC
202, MN 310, AC 215 (students
may substitute AC 211 and AC
212), MT 331 and FI 361. Holly
felt these courses should satisfy
some of the foundation courses a
nonbusiness graduate would
have to take if he does graduate
work in business.
"At least they will satisfy a
large portion of the required
foundation courses in our new
MBA program," Holly said. This
new MBA program could con­ceivably
be completed in five
quarters. However that's not the
only advantage, Holly said.
"All students enter as a class
and continue as a class. Four
courses make up the area of con­centration.
An integrative course
in corporate and business stra­tegy
and policy formulation
meets once per week throughout
the program. A course in legal,
social and ethical aspects meets
once per week throughout
the program."
Also "Mandatory orientation
(lasts three days) to socialize stu­dents
to develop professionalism;
and a board of visiting CEO
(Chief Executive Operative)
/Presidents visit once over a
three year period to meet with the
MBA class.
Though both programs go into
effect when the 1987-88 Auburn
University Bulletin is published,
Holly recommends that under­grade
start enrolling in the busi­ness
minor's courses this spring.
erty standards of public housing.
Jordan said because they
"couldn't flush the toilets, they
sneaked around using other peo­ple's
toilets until everyone
started locking their doors." Jor­dan
added, "You sure take water
for granted."
Although water pressure has
been restored to the lower Quad
dormitories, many residents
have complained to the Univer­sity
about the amount of time
they were without water.
part of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1986 passed by
Congress. Before new GSL max­imums
became effective Jan. 1,
u n d e r g r a d u a t e s were each
entitled to a maximum of $3,000
for the first two years of study.
The most each student could
receive during his entire under­graduate
career was $6,000.
Qualifying graduate students
were each entitled to a maximum
loan of $12,000.
Higher Education Amend­ments
of 1986 also require that
National Direct Student Loans
be issued to students with "excep­tional"
need first.
"Those students with excep­tional
needs are usually those
who receive lowest family contri­butions,"
Ridgeway explained.
"In the past, a need has been the
only criteria to receive aid —
nobody came before anyone else
in preference; now, we (financial
officers) have to decide who needs
aid the most before any aid is
distributed."
Ridgeway estimated that $1.3
million is annually given in
National Direct Student Loans at
Auburn.
"These loans, known as Carl D.
Perkins National Direct Student
Loans, are campus-based. Money
for Perkins Loans comes from
loan payments made by Auburn
students after graduation," he
said.
Individual student gifts in the
Pell Grant Program will grow
annually by $200, according to
orders from Congress. By the
1991-92 academic year, qualify­ing
students will be receiving
individual grants of $3,100.
First-time Pell recipients after
July 1 will be eligible for only five
annual grants. Students in
pharmacy and architecture cur-riculums
will be allowed gifts for
six years.
The new limits won't apply to
students already receiving Pell
grants, confirmed Ridgeway.
"At the present time, there is no
limit on the number of grants a
student can receive during his
undergraduate career," he said.
Consolidation of loans is now
permitted for borrowers with
debts of $5,000 or more, according
to Higher Education Amendment
changes.
"With the permittance of con­solidation,
a student's burden
after graduation will be les­sened,"
Ridgeway explained,
using the example of someone
who has received separate loans
in the Guaranteed Student Loan
and Perkins Loan Programs.
"The lender (bank, credit union,
savings and loan institution or
insurance company), from which
the student received a GSL loan,
can pay us (Auburn Financial
Aid) the amount of the Perkins
loan; then, the student doesn't
have to make payments at two
places."
In all financial aid programs,
the definition of "satisfactory
academic progress" will be
altered after July 1, according to
Ridgeway. "Currently, a student
applying after completion of two
or more quarters of college is only
required to have passed an aver­age
of 11 hours for every quarter
he went full-time. After July 1,
each applicant must also show
that he achieved a cumulative 2.0
or better average at the end of his
second academic year to continue
receiving loans."
AUsome
blood drive
draws pints
By Robert Stack
Staff Writer
An estimated 3,000 units of
whole blood will be donated by
the close of the SGA-American
Red Cross blood drive, but it's
never enough, according to Kim
Floyd, student blood drive
director.
Ninety-five percent of all peo­ple
will need blood at some time
in their life, Floyd said, but only
3-4 percent ever give.
The annual four-day event is
expected to collect close to 3,000
units of whole blood for surround­ing
area hospitals and will end
today at 4 p.m. in the Haley Cen­ter
Lounge.
The University drive is vital to
Red Cross blood services to meet
a heavy demand during post hol­iday
months. Many patients opt
to postpone elective surgery until
after Christmas and New Year's
Day. This tendency takes a
heavy toll on Red Cross deposits.
The University drive has been
a consistent supplier of blood. It
set a world record of 4,713 units in
1967, the most ever given by any
institution. The University also
ranks as the most giving institu­tion
in the world, having supplied
over 93,000 units to date, Floyd
said.
Tuesday was designated
Community Involvement Day.
Free parking was provided
between St. Michael's Catholic
Church and First Methodist
Church on East Magnolia
Avenue. Shuttle buses ran to and
from Haley Center at 30-minute
intervals.
Tommy Agee started the event
by giving the first pint. He has
donated a total of one gallon, two
pints to date. Head basketball
coach Sonny Smith is the honor­ary
chairman.
Photography: John Craft
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Alabama fclimbing steps to better education
Editor's Note: This is the
second of a two-part story on the
state of education in Alabama.
By Bret Pippen
News Editor
Qualitative improvements in
education were the first steps
Alabama took to improve its edu­cation
level, according to Dr. Ed
Richardson, superintendent of
education in Auburn.
"The next step seems to be a
legislative decision," he said.
"There has to be an elimination
of duplicating programs and a
cutback in the number of Univer­sity
programs so we can improve
the quality of existing programs.
"I see a major and difficult
decision so that poor programs
will be run out. Although these
will be difficult decisions, if
taken, these steps will give Ala­bama
a bright future in
education."
Concerning K-12 education,
Richardson said the state has
taken a close look at the gradua­tion
requirements and the fund­ing
and support of the state
programs.
"The next step we're going to
see will be a reduction in state
mandated programs and controls
in a reduction of state funding
with a corresponding increase of
local funding," he said.
The result will be the public
schools, with funding under local
control, improving, according to
Richardson.
"We have responded to a
number of popular and social
issues without regard to the pro­ficiency
level of the students com­ing
out of the programs. We are
more concerned with the process
than how the students are com­ing
out," he said. "We have not
devoted the resources to improve
education. We've been trying to
dodge the bullet."
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education level in the state looks
bleak, according to Robert Dot-son,
principal of Auburn High
School.
"In the past three to four years,
Alabama has turned around," he
said. "It's going to be hurt by pro­ration.
When you talk about qual­ity
education, you can't talk
without funding. With money,
the quality of education will
improve.
News Analysis
"However, 80 percent of the
school's budget is in teachers'
salaries, and by state law, we
can't cut that. We can cut
teachers' positions, but
haven't had to yet," he said.
Solutions to the funding prob­lem
have been tried by the Legis-we
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expanded the state's 4 percent
sales tax to food, beverages and
souvenirs sold at the dog tracks,
which was adopted during the
last legislative session. The tax is
predicted to generate $1.3 million
for the education budget.
"When you're considering a $2
billion budget, then one percent
of that is $2 million. So with the 4
percent tax, you're talking about
less than 1 percent of the educa­tion
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"Simple solutions do not solve the
problem."
The problem lies at the local
level, according to Harvey, and
the solution could be in the form
of higher local taxes.
"I feel that education in Ala­bama
is awakening," Richardson
said. "We've fallen back in recent
years. I'm optimistic that we are
going to make the difficult deci­sions
to imDrove education."
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Plainsman Interview
Discussions
of his health,
campus concerns
Auburn University's president
talks about tenure, Brent
Fullwood and other topics
Despite a recent heart attack, Pres­ident
James E. Martin said his
health is back to normal and the
attack will not cause him to
retire. He laughed and said, "I
wish I could afford it."
Martin's health was of prime
concern when he arrived in
Auburn in 1984 because of an
attack in 1982 while president of
the University of Arkansas system. Plainsman Editor Chris
Roush, Managing Editor Stephanie Hunt and News Editor Bret
Pippen discussed this and other campus topics at a meeting last
week with Martin and J. Herb White, director of University Rela­tions.
The following are excerpts from the interview.
Q: President Martin, how is your health and how will it
affect your work?
A: I think it probably is as good as it was before the heart attack. I
don't anticipate it having any effect on my work. They gave me part
of a stress test before they let me come home and that was before
Christmas. I'm back working a full day.
Q: What a r e you doing for exercises and eating?
A: Walking and riding an exercise bicycle. And I'm cutting down
on salt as far as eating.
Q: If you're not going to get the money Auburn needs to
meet basics in next year's
education, what is a priority
list of what goes first?
A: The first thing we start
doing is limit the enrollment
more than we would otherwise. If
the moneys were here, we'd prob­ably
accept more students
because there are a large number
of good students who have the
desire to enroll at Auburn. We
have already done some prelimi­nary
work with respect to enrol­lment
next fall, and we anticipate
it being essentially the same as it
is this fall. We don't anticipate
sufficient funds. We are really
working this year with about 15
percent less state dollars than we
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had last year. That amounts to
about 15 million dollars.
Q: What comes after limit­ing
enrollment?
A: Some other things that are
very helpful to us, and I want to
say that one of the other things
we're going to have to consider is
we did not give raises this past
year unless a faculty or staff
member was promoted, so we are
going to have to address the
salary problem. We are going to
have to give some raises. That
will be a top priority, so we are
going to have to find some addi­tional
funds somewhere.
One of the things that has been
helpful is our research program.
In a period of about four years,
the grant contract research work
on campus has increased from
about $6 million to about $18 mil­lion.
Our total research effort has
gone to where we are up to about
$46 million. Those funds, we get
indirect costs off of grants for
contracts and research. It's usu­ally
a proportion of salaries and
wages. That money helps reduce
the costs to the state and helps
pay for utilities we would nor­mally
use. The growth in our
r e s e a r c h program, in that
respect, has been very helpful in
relieving some of the burden.
We continue to look at things
that will help us. We have a com­mittee
that is reviewing things
we might do to reduce some of our
costs. The committee is looking at
scheduling some things in the
summer so we don't keep all the
buildings open. We only have
about half of the student body
here during the summer.
We've already reduced our out-of-
state travel budgets and we've
reduced our operating budgets in
our departments. We've done
about all of that we can do. Right
now, Auburn is at the bottom of
all the institutions of higher
learning with respect to the
actual appropriations relative to
what we need for the kinds of
programs run at Auburn. The
state has not funded based on
what the formula has said, the
state has funded on what the
state had, and Auburn has grown
in terms of numbers of students.
Q: You mentioned research
programs bringing in a lot of
money to the University,
what is your opinion about
the debate between research
and teaching and how they
work with tenuring profes­sors?
A: I hear a lot about that
debate. I don't happen to feel that
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large, high-quality research pro­grams
are incompatible with
high-quality instruction pro­grams.
They are complimentary
to each other. My experience
leads me to believe that one of the
easiest promotions a faculty
member gets is associated with
good teaching. The problem is
documenting good teaching. If
you can document that a faculty
member is in fact a good teacher,
that's the easiest promotion. It's
very difficult to document good
teaching when you don't have
any type of first-hand informa­tion.
In research it's a lot easier to
evaluate the document. It's there
in black and white.
I can count publications and
people who are experts in a given
field can evaulate those research
publications based on their
knowledge of the field.
I don't want to imply that I
don't think you can't evaluate
teaching. I think most depart­ment
heads, deans and students
know the good teachers in a
department. Student evaluations
are helpful, but they can never be
the final determination.
Q: From what we under­stand,
Brent Fullwood did not
go to classes after the car
wreck of his parents. What do
you know about this issue?
A: Let me say that what you
understand and what I under­stand
are two different things.
From what I understand he did
not go to most of his classes and
did not take all of his final exams.
I have not seen Brent Fullwood's
transcript, so I don't know for a
fact, but my information is that
some time in mid-October he
stopped going to most of his
classes, but not all, and that in
fact he did complete one of his
courses.
That's my understanding. I
have not checked his transcript
because that's his personal data.
I was not aware of Brent or
anyone else during the season.
The grade awarded the student
in a class and the requirements
with respect to classroom attend­ance
are primarily the responsi­bility
of the instructor of that
class. The University does not
have a requirement that every
student has to particpate in every
class.
We do not require students,
who are not student-athletes, to
go to class until they are seniors.
The athlete is under more res­traint
than the average student.
But what happens in a particular
class is much more a function of
that instructor than what the
University says. I think most
instructors would follow the Uni­versity
policy, they have the right
to be more rigorous than the Uni­versity
requires them.
Q: There has been a lot of
talk about starting fall quar­ter
earlier in September and
about a semester system at
Auburn. What do you think
about a semester system at
Auburn?
A: I have been a student under
both quarter and semester and I
have been a faculty member
teaching under both. I have been
on both sides of the issue. If I'm a
student I'd rather go to school
under the quarter system, but if
I'm a teacher I'd rather teach
under a semester system.
I can teach more under a
semester system. There's less
dead time in terms of registra­tion,
p r e - r e g i s t r a t i o n , final
exams in a semester system.
Q: Could you ever see
Auburn changing to a semes­ter
system?
A: That is being discussed right
now and there are some papers
that have been written and dis­cussion
is going on in the faculty
senate and the students have
proposed we start early and quit
before Thanksgiving. Sure, insti­tutions
all over the country have
changed from quarter to semester
and some have even changed
back from semester to back to
quarter.
Even after a decision to make a
change is made, there's quite a bit
of time and it's terribly expensive
to make a change. It's much more
difficult to make a change from
quarter to semester system than
from semester to a quarter. (Ten­nessee
recently made the change
to semester and it took about two
years to implement).
Let's suppose you're looking at
a three-quarter sequence of calcu­lus
with three different instruc­tors.
When you go to a semester
system, if you take that same
body of knowledge and you now
have two semesters of calculus,
what do you do with that third
instructor? Somebody gets left
out or you have to team teach.
That always involves a great
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Martin
deal of discussion among the
faculty. You have to redo every
curriculum.
Q: On this issue of the
mechanical engineering pro­fessors
that filed suit against
t h e U n i v e r s i t y , it l o o ks
optimistic from the Universi­ty's
side since the judge
denied the injunction. If the
University does win the case,
do you feel this would set a
precedent where a depart­ment
head can decide that a
professor is a trouble-maker
and the dean of the school
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could move him out of the
department?
A: That particular case is in lit­igation
and we don't typically
discuss those, especially person­nel
issues. This is a specific case
and it'll be judged on it's merits.
We have grievance procedures in
the University that are available
to individual faculty should they
decide to use them. That's all I
want to say on that case.
Q: How close are we to
complying with Judge Clem-
With the presentation of
Auburn University's budget
to the Alabama Council of
Higher Education (ACHE) on
Jan. 27, next week The
Plainsman will run a segment
of this interview concerning
Auburn's budget and t he
problems facing the univer­sity
in becoming properly
funded.
on's ruling in the desegrega­tion
case?
A: Well, there was a stay placed
on Judge demon's order, so we
are in the 11th Circuit Court and
again, that's in litigation and we
don't know when we will get any­thing
out of that. We would have
thought it would have been done
by now.
Q: Last quarter there was a
recommendation before you
about Phi Delta Theta frater­nity,
to remove them from
campus. What went into this
decision?
A: This recommendation came
to me from the Committee of Fra­ternities
and Sororities. They felt,
I suppose, in view of the record of
Phi Delta Theta, that they were
justified in making the recom­mendation
they made. I saw no
reason not to concur with that
recommendation. I might say
that Phi Delta Theta has applied
to that group to see what condi­tions
it would take for them to be
invited back on campus.
Alabama Education Association,
said.
Telling the institutions not to
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Malone said.
"It is a legal, as well as, a politi­cal
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whether the Legislature will
allow the governor to stop the
spending," she said.
Legally, she said she thinks it's
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whether the governor
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pool. $180/mo., lease thru
August 31 s i 887-3821.
Roommate • female, non-smoker
for own bedroom and
bath in two-bedroom condo.
Shuttle bus, A/C, dishwasher,
washer, dryer, pool $235/mo.
plus Va utilities. 821-2270.
One to three roommates
needed to share two-bedroom
apt across from campus. If
interested, leave message for
Ken at 826-4130 or come by
T-1 Eagle's West Apts.
Trailer for sublease at Webs­ter's
Crossing. Includes 2
baths, furnished 2-bedrooms,
cable, water, garbage, sewage.
Call 826-4035 before 4:45.
Female roommate wanted
Tiger Terrace. Price negotia­ble.
Block from campus. Fur­nished.
Call Jean, 826-7968.
Spacious two bedroom apart­ment
New carpet dishwasher,
central heat/air, close to cam­pus
and only $285/mo. Fun
neighbors also. For informa­tion,
call 821-5129.
Wanted: Up to 4 people to rent
or buy 2-bedroom condo at
Lakewood Commons starting
spring quarter until whenever.
Only $160/mo. Call Kathy at
821-7392.
Male roommate needed to
share 2-bedroom apartment
many extras. Contact former
roommate by calling collect to
Pelham, AL 663-6600, alter­nate
663-4799.
Three-bedroom apt (duplex)
walking distance to campus,
1V4 baths. 821-2167.
Female roommate needed for
2-BR apt $100 plus V4 utilities.
Must be neat responsible and
non-smoking. Call 821 -9962.
Wanted: Male roommate for
EAQLS member. 1-bedroom
apt, near campus. Call Bill
821-6598.
Condo, 2-BR, 2 ba. Available
now. Family, 3 females or 4
males. Tim, 821 -4357. No pets.
Mobile home for rent, Wire
Road area. Call 887-7774.
RENT RE^I n ^
NEW
YEAR'S
SPECIAL
from
RENT
Move in by
February 1 and
pay $200 first
month's rent
Call Now...
745-5739
Male roommate wanted now
$130/ month plus Vi of very low
utilities. Call Tony, 821 -1320 or
821-0398 between 8-6.
Help! Graduating senior needs
someone to take over lease at
Brookes' condominium! Lots of
luxuries! Call Dean, 887-2511.
New 2-bedroom, 2 bathe, fur­nished
deluxe mobile home.
Central heat/air. $290/ mo.,
total for 2 people. Henderson
Realty. 749-3431 or 821-5891.
Apartment for aubleaae.
Spring quarter with option on
lease, LeMan's Apts. New
carpet & frig., dishwasher. Call
826-6464.
Mate roommate needed! two
bedrooms, one bath. Only $110
per month, unfurnished. Paul
821-6102.
Roommate needed Imme­diately
for house on West
Glenn. $95/mo. and 1/5 utili­ties.
Convenient location. Call
821-5935.
Furnished or unfurnished
duplex K mile from campus,
carpeted, central heat/air, 2-
BR, 1 bath. Sun Properties.
826-1200.
Perfect sublet for two or three.
2-BR, 2 ba. trailer in Webster's
Crossing. Nice lot and porch.
Central heat/air. $285/per mo.
Call 826-6434.
Sublease at Crooatand Downs,
shuttle bus, furnished, pool,
tennis courts. Call Sonya at
821-7962.
Subieeser needed, PatJo Apts.
III. Includes pool, tennis, and
iaccuzzi. Great for spring, need
now. 821-1115.
Roommate needed to share 2-
BR, 2 ba. trailer in Tiger Trailer
Park. Marc, 887-6649.
Fully furnished one-bedroom
apartment Walking distance to
campus. Available spring quar­ter.
821-6202.
One bedroom apt. for rent.
Good location, 2 blocks from
campus, quiet area, low utili­ties.
$220/mo. Call 826-8452
or 826-6349.
Convenient! Furnished 1-BR
apartment VA blocks to cam­pus.'
1 or 2 people. Laundry
facilities in building. $280.'Call
821-4661 day or night
FOR SALE
NOW
LEASING
Available Now:
• 2-BR Town Home,
Crossland Downs, Furn.
for 4-$660/mo.
for 2-$525/mo.
• 1-BR Unfurnished
Short Term Lease
Available - $325/mo.
* * * * * * * * * * *
NOW LEASING
For Summer & Fall
• Village Green
Apartments
$300-$350/mo.
e Crossland Downs
Studio, 1-BR, 2-BR
Condos
PINEWOOD PROPERTIES
»ROrtSSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT PROPERTY SALES
887-6575
Male roommate needed to take
over lease for graduating
senior. Nice trailer. Low utili­ties.
826-0695.
Mobile homes for rent, 1, 2 &
3-bedrooms, excellent condi­tion,
available now & spring qtr.
Wire Road area. Call 821-1335
(anytime).
Male roommate needed for
winter quarter to live at a(3-
bedroom trailer at Gentilly Tr.
Pk. Share of rent is$81.66/mo.
plus 1/3 utilities. Call
821-9322.
Mobile Homes
for
Rent
Available now and for
Spring Quarter
1,2-3 Bedrooms
Excellent Condition
Newly Refurnished
Also Available Homes In
Ridgewood
Gentilly
Conway's
Tiger
Phone
821-1335
at
Barron's Trailer Park
Wirt Rd.
Home Was Never Like
HABITAT!
1001 N. DONAHUE DRIVE. AUBURN
Now Leasing For
Spring, Summer
& Fall
Limited number of units
available
Sales & Rental Info
826-6161
Bo Jackson Rookie baseball
cards $5 each. Call 821 -7455
day. 826-6639 night Buy now,
limited supply available.
Ski Spring Breakl Two airline
tickets to Denver, Colorado.
826-0119.
Sweats for your sweet! Wond­erfully
appliqued sweatshirts
for Valentine's Day. Five heart
designs to choose from. Dead-line
for orders, Feb. 1.
821-8146.
1982 Yamaha XT200J. Was
bought in 1985, looks and runs
great. Must see. $600.
887-7084.
For sale. Pioneer Stereo Sys­tem.
Best offer. Call 826-1755.
Trailer in Ridgewood, 12x60,
furnished, 2-bedrooms,
washer and dryer, excellent
condition. $6,500. 826-3257.
Trailer in Gentilly. 12x65 fur­nished,
2-BR, washer/dryer,
A/C. $5,000. 887-5637.
Guinea pig and cage for sale,
$15. Needs good home. Ann,
821 -6897.
For sale, 1980 Yamaha XS850
midnight special. Excellent
condition. $1,000 or best offer.
Call 826-8298.
For sale, 1972 Kirk wood
mobile home. 2-BR, 1 ba., all
electric, central heat/air. Good
condition. Available spring
quarter. Located at 218 Stone-gate
Park. $6,500. Contact
, Larry at 821-1272. _
For sale, Gemeinhardt solid
silver open hole flute. Price
negotiable. Call 826-1755.
For sale 12x55 Frontier mobile
home, 2-bedroom, 1 ba., fur­nished,
dog pen. $4,800. Call
nights, 821-9835.
Three foot Boa Constrictor for
sale. Very tame. $130 or with
aquarium and hot rock, $160.
826-0695.
Mobile home for sale. Wire
Road area. Call 887-7774.
1964 two-bedroom trailer,
located in student park. Good
condition. Call 821-1335 or
263-4882.
1970 trailer 12x60, good condi­tion;
nice patio area. Near vet
school. Call 826-4690 after 6
p.m. Ask for Jodi.
Corvette convertible 1968.
$7,800. Call Kathy, 826-4234.
Motorcycle CB650 for sale.
Less than 1,000 miles. Like
new. Call 727-5259.
Trailer for sale. Great condi­tion,
cheap lot rent with pool
Washer/dryer, air. 826-8347.
Brand newl 10-speed bicycle
made by Focus. Great for the
serious cyclist and very rea­sonably
priced. $350. After 5,
821-4647.
For sale or rent: 1984 12x52
2-BR, 1 ba., CH/A bar, ceiling
fan, $6,500 or $214/mo. 1 -404-
921-4580 collect
| Balfour class rings on sale
: Monday-Friday - 7:45-4:45.
Room 332, Foy Union.
1978 Capricei Classic V-8,
good condition, air, AM/FM, 4-
door, $2,250. Call Joe,
821-7719.
Like new men's 23" black 12-
speed bike for sale. Call M.J.
after 8 p.m. 826-6764.
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hear what a pair of excellent
DALI loudspeakers from Den­mark
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Seven models, all reasonably
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Guitar
Shoppe
* New & Used Fretted
Instruments
* Amps. P.A.'s Accessories
* Professional Sound
Equipment Sales
& Rental
* Discount Prices
* Layaway - Repair
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"For All your Pickin' Needs"
Across from
the Auburn Depot
113Mitcham Ave
821-6818
M-F 11-7 Sat 10-4
Thursday, January 22, 1987 Chr Suburn Plainsman A-7
University
unaffected
by Boesky
By Natasha DeWees
Staff Writer
•. Ivan F. Boesky was indicted for
illegally trading stock with
inside information on Nov. 14,
1985. Since then trading on the
stock market has fluctuated with
the discovery of additional facts
about Boesky's dealings.
Boesky would illegally obtain
information about a probable
merger and invest in the com­pany
just before it was bought.
The price of the stock would rise,
and Boesky would sell it to the
company taking over.
"Boesky had information
nobody else did and so had an
illegal a d v a n t a g e , " Robert
Brooks, an assistant professor of
finance, said. "People unaware of
that information may have
unknowingly sold their stock the
day before the merger. They lost a
potential gain."
The University's funds weren't
affected by Boesky's illegal trad­ing,
Clinton Gilbert Jr., manag­ing
director of Scudder, Stevens
and Clark, Auburn's investment
firm, said. The University held
no interests in companies that
Boesky had been involved with,
Gilbert said.
If Auburn had held stock in a
company Boesky dealt with, the
University probably still would­n't
have been affected, Erneat
Phillips, Auburn's assistant
treasurer, said. "We couldn't
have lost or gained much." he
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Mike new condition, $75.
826-3257.
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•The lowest
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•Quality installation
Cobra Pioneer
Jensen Craig
Sherwood SX402
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Radar Detectors $159.95
Specials good thru 2/28/87
424 Opelika Rd.
821-9900
JOBS
Attention Business Majors:
Intership available for 15 stu­dents.
Make $350+/week and
receive college credit. To
apply, send name, major,
phone # and address to
Summer Work Internship, P.O.
Box 2451, Athens, GA 30612-
0451. Must be willing to work
overtime.
National college marketing
company seeks individual or
campus group to work part-time
assisting students in app­lying
for credit cards. Flexible
hours, excellent $, full training.
Meet students and have fun.
Call Angela at 1-800-
592-2121.
Godfather's is now hiring
delivery drivers. $3.50 an hour
plus commission, tips, and
incentives. Apply between 2
and 4 p.m. M-F.
Help wanted, kitchen and
counter workers. Apply God­father's
Pizza between 2 and 4
p.m., M-F.
Blondy's Pizza now hiring 50
drivers full and part-time. Start­ing
pay $3.60/hr. Apply in per­son.
153 N. College.
Help wanted, War Eagle
Cafeteria, cashiers and line
workers. Apply at cafeteria or
call 826-4201.
We're looking for a fraternity,
sorority or large student organ­ization
that would like to make
$500-$1,000+ for a one-week
long on-campus marketing
project Group must be organ­ized
and hardworking. Call
Andrew at (800) 592-2121.
Part-time marketing position
on campus. Potential to make
$6,00/hr. Call Cindy at
1-800-592-2121.
SUMMER JOBS
CAMP
COUNSELORS
WANTED
World's Largest Camp for Disabled
Have fun working with
physically and mentally
disabled children and
adults.
Earn College Credit
in some curricula.
START NOW!
Plan for Summer "87 Job
Also, volunteer to work
any of these weekends
and interview for a
summer job.
Jan. 23-25 Feb. 20-22
Feb. 6-8 Mar. 6-7
Feb. 13-15 Mar. 20-22
Earn from $1200 to
$1500 this summer with
no expenses. Room and
Board are FREE
Contact Tom Corner
P.O. Box21
Jackson's Gap, Al 36861
1-825-9226
MISC.
WordPower: Professional typ­ing
on word processors and
editing. Writing and typing of
resumes. Next to Burger King.
Call 826-3357, 821-0316 or
887-7083.
EASTERN AIRLINES presents
great rates for '87. Fly w/10
people or more & get up to 40%
off fares. Fantastic individual
fares also. Call Marcy, 821-
8211 or info.
said, "Auburn's investments are
so diversified that only a small
percent of any one company is
owned."
The Securities and Exchange
Commision warned Boesky of his
arrest so he would have time to
sell some of his stock. The SEC
wasn't giving Boesky special
treatment, they were protecting
the market.
"Boesky dealt in billions of dol­lars.
If the SEC had arrested him
immediately it would have
affected the market worse than it
did," Brooks said.
The New York Stock Exchange
now has a multimillinn Hollar
computer programmed to detect
unusual trading. Brooks attend­ed
a meeting in October at the
NYSE where security was
discussed.
"The computer checks every­day
to see if trading is normal,"
Brooks said. "If a certain stock is
selling unusually, the exchange
looks for a reason. If a reason
isn't found, and the company
merges shortly after, the
exchange checks the names of
buyers for those who aren't regu­lar
traders. Those names are sent
to the SEC for investigation.
Boesky was discovered this way.
"What's funny about this is
that Boesky wrote a book about
how to make money off of a
merger," Brooks said, "I don't
think it included illegal trading."
The book, Merger Mania: Arbi­trage:
Wall Street's Best Kept
Secret, has been taken off of the
market, just like Boesky.
CLEARANCE!
Regular Store Hours
Selected Styles
•Men's •Ladies' •Childrens'
Shoes and Sandals
[Ladies' handbags reduced tool J
"Auburn's Complete Shoe Store' B00TERY 116 N. College St AMrium
MISC. MISC.
Lacrosse Little Sister There is
a Mandatory meeting tonight at
6 p.m. in Haley Center base­ment
If you're unable to attend
and still wish to remain active,
please contact Tara at 887-
8708 or Carolyn at 887-6136.
Tutor Accounting, Math, Statis­tics.
826-7649.
Free puppiesl HS' Golden
Retriever, Vs> German Shep­herd.
Call 826-8995.
Circle K, a service organiza­tion
club, is having open house
on Monday, Jan. 26. HC3218,7
p.m. Everyone's invitedl
Interested in exploring
Europe? Travel to Czechoslo­vakia,
Germany, Austria and
Italy. A 15-day trip. For more
information, call 826-8501 or
826-6740.
Europe and Tourism. Take a
course about Hotel, Restaurant
and Tourism and travel in
Europe. If interested, come by
Spidle Hall 360 for information.
Learn to fly at Tuskegeel More
economical and friendlier than
Auburn! Call Americair.
727-7767.
Medical & Veterinary Schools,
Mexico & Philippines, PhD to
M.D. program, Schools comply
with NEW regulations, English
programs, Loans, Live in the
USA, Proven Student Service,
Box #406, Inwood Station, N.Y.,
N.Y. 10034, 212-601-1888.
Want to find out what's going
on with SDI? Come to PkH316,
6:30 Monday.
Writing Resources tutoring,
editing, preparing theses, etc.
Speciality and experience in
ESL 887-7949,1-5 p.m.
Learn discipline and
self defense
Develop character
AuburnTaekwondo Club
Monday - Wednesday
6-8 p.m.
Student Act Building
Rm207
Mike Conder 826-1078
Young Park 826-4522
B.B. Schaer 826-4340
V.W.
ir
service and parts
for Volkswagen
749-2406
1010 Frederick
Road
Opelika, Al.
36801
Want a Terrific tan???
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We feature the
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The Final Draft: Professional
word processing and typing
services. Above Baskin Rob-bins.
Call 821-4813.
Stay tuned for the Delta
Gamma Hannah Awards, Jan.
26-29. Watch for Auburn's
Delta Gammas.
Parking $25 for winter quarter.
V2 block from campus, behind
Krystal's. 317 Genelda,
between Toomer St and Tho­mas
St 826-3635.
Cassette deck repair, 826-
8859 cleaning special $5.00-
tapeheads de-magnetized,
belts and pinchrollers cleaned,
more.
EHA PROFICIENCY EXAM
TUTORING by former college
English teacher. Excellent
success record. The Write
Place. 821-7181.
POfaculty
take part
in journal
By Rhonda Goode
Staff Writer
This year Auburn political
science faculty members will take
a greater part than ever before in
the Southern Political Science
Association, which publishes the
country's most widely circulated
general political science journal.
Robert Montjoy, acting head of
the political science department
and director of the Master of Pub­lic
Administration program, was
elected to a position on the execu­tive
council for a three-year term.
He will assist in making policies
for the association, such as last
y e a r ' s decision to chang*
publishers.
Only a dozen colleges have
more than one faculty member
represented in the association's
highest offices, and Montjoy said
Auburn's elected representatives
and appointees this year reflect
"a growing recognition of
Auburn's political science
department in the association."
Keiax anrl read your
Plainsman...
Wilbro
JEWELERS • CATALOG SHOWROOMS
JANUARY
CLEARANCE
in Progress thru January 25th
Savings in:
Electronics, Housewares, Toys,
Jewelry, Gifts
Located 1 mile east of
Village Mall
25% off
Large selection of Gold and Diamond Jewelry
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MISC. LOST&
FOUND
Begin making money imme­diately
working part-time while
at school. Work your own
hours, make $100-300 per
week part-time. Call 821-1987
or 279-8429.
THE WRITE PLACE for profes­sional
typing, word processing,
writing, resumes, dissertation
support and editing. 821-7181..
SpringBreaM87)Slxt« AflfiWSl
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Sail, swim, snorkel, ana
party. All food and beverage
included, only $450. Be unique!
(305)427-3716 or (404)
543-6633.
Lost: White & orange cat. Male,
neutered, declawed. 826-1740.
Found: Husky dog in Stone-gate
Park with leash and collar.
For more info. 821 -5645.
Found: Black and white male
cat. Call 821-1541.
Found: Black and brown dog.
Red collar. Mixed breed. Call
ridrie, 821-3765 or Mike,
887-9243.
WANTED
Resumes - Typing
& Tutoring
by College English
Teachers/Editors
Resumes-$25- 50.00
Typing-$2.00 page
Typing & Editoring-$4.00 pg.
ESL & EHA Tutoring
Writing, Tutoring, Editing
$20.00/hr.
Letter-Quality Printer Copies
(IBM software & others)-
887-6333
821-0645
WORDSHOP
30% off
Cockatiels and
Cockatiel Cages
Wanted to buy — gold, silver,
diamonds, class rings, add-a-beads.
Highest prices paid.
Hill's Jewelry, Auburn, AL.
887-3921.
Wanted: to buy or trade Base­ball
Cards. Call 821 -2083.
Guitarist and bass player look­ing
for drummer to form band.
Call Jim, 887-9076 or Brian.
826-7138.
Need ride to Montgomery
every weekend. Will help with
expenses. Call Ken after 5 p.m.
826-3415.
Wanted: Drummer, Bass
player, lead guitarist, and key­board
player, to form a classic
rock band. If interested, call
Jon at 821-5906.
[ PERSONALS
LOST&
FOUND
Lost: on 1/14, Trl-gold heart-shaped
bracelet. Reward
offered. Please contact Cheryl,
821 -8773. Bracelet of personal
value.
Send your Valentine message
on our Super Heart Shaped
Chocolate Chip Cookies. HRM
Valentine Cookies, 60 on sale,
Jan. 26.
Happy Birthday Sid!!! You
mean everything to me. Love
always, Michelle.
Tiger, you renamed about last
night to Wow! What a night, I
love you! Bunches.
Cathy Williams. Just two more
days! I'm so proud of you! TTF.
Your big sis.
Bubbal Do ya' miss me? i miss
you alot! I can't wait 'til Febru­ary.
I love you. Love, Babey.
Get your copy of the Delta
Gamma Rush Guide. Call 826-
7565 for info. Go DG.
East Alabama Gay/Lesbian
Society (EAGLS) offers peer
support and confidentiality to
Auburn's gays. P.O. Box 821,
Auburn, 36831-0821.
Free Plane Ticketsl Plan a trip
with 15 people or more & get
discounts, Kickoff party, free
tickets with Eastern Airlines.
Call Marcy, 821 -8211 for more
info.
Chf 9uhurn plainsman Thursday, January 22, 1987
Gov* Guy Hunt
• ' Mill GOP
back
New governor
faces challenge
of raising funds
to replace aid
By David Sharp
Staff Writer
Gov. Guy Hunt faces the unen­viable
task of replacing federal
funding cuts for Alabama with a
tax increase or a sharp reduction
in existing programs as he enters
his term of office.
Dr. Keith J. Ward, director of
the University Center for
Governmental Services and edi­tor
of Alabama Issues 1986,
said the state's first Republican
governor in more than 100 years
will have to replace up to $150
million in federal aid during his
first year alone.
Unless Hunt addresses the
problems before the next fiscal
year, Alabamian's quality of life
may suffer as a result of federal
budget cuts, he said.
In fiscal 1984, Alabama citi­zens
received $1 in federal funds
for every 79 cents paid in federal
taxes, according to Tax Founda­tion
reports. This is the result of a
U.S. government policy of redis­tribution
which has been prac­ticed
for the last 50 years, Ward
said.
Redistribution means wealthy
states carry the burden for
weaker states. "States are taxed
on the ability to pay" and the
taxes "are distributed on the
basis of need," Ward said.
However, President Reagan's
policy of decentralization and the
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act is
putting an end to redistribution
and placing the burden of domes­tic
programs on the states. Rea­gan
wants all states to be self-sustaining,
Ward said.
Without this funding, next
year's budget may be cut by 5
percent in addition to the 10 per­cent
lost this year^jn prortjtion. •*£,
Ward said the state has already "'
borrowed against next year's
money when $25 million was
transferred from the Insurance
Fund during a financial crisis
earlier this year.
The state's problems are not
entirely caused by Reagan's poli­cies,
but are also an "accumula­tion
of decades" in which not
much attention was given to the
State's overall economic devel­opment,
Ward said.
Hunt's first priority will be
attacking this economic under­development,
Ward said.
• "Before Alabama can effec­tively
compete in industrial
Jevelopment, economic devel­opment
must take place," accord­ing
to an essay written by Ward
hi Alabama Issues.
H A N G L O O S E Photography: John Reed
Gov. Hunt and his wife, Helen, enjoy t h e inauguration Jan. 19
This will come from a "signifi­cant
increase in property taxes,"
Ward said. Presently Alabama
relies too much on special sales
taxes, such as tobacco and alco­hol,
and highly regressive taxes
which tend to "inhibit economic
growth," according to Alabama
Issues. However, Ward said
major restructuring must take
place before property taxes can
be increased.
Restructuring of the property
tax is based on equity which
would mean a progressive tax
structure which encourages
growth in both urban and rural
areas, according to Alabama
Issues.
Hunt would have to bring
about an amendment to the state
constitution to rescind former-
Gov. George Wallace's 1978 Tax
Package before any restructuring
or new property taxes could take
place. Wallace's 1978 plan states
that rjgo new property taxes may
be made law without being voted
on by the Legislature and the
people affected by it.
Once completed, the governor
would probably seek to drop the
four classes of property taxes in
the state and reduce the number
of exemptions, he said.
Ward said Hunt will also work
to protect and expand existing
industries, instead of emphasiz­ing
recruitment of new industries
which are only interested in low
taxes and cheap labor.
"Economic growth through
creation of new jobs receives too
much attention," according to
Alabama Issues. This often
attracts industries which are not
interested in the welfare of com­munities,
Ward said.
The increase and restructuring
of the state's taxes and the gen­eral
growth of the economy from
Hunt's pro-business administra­tion
will also have a positive
affect on Alabama's education
system and roads, Ward said.
Ward stressed that improve­ments
sought by Hunt will take
many years to occur. He cited
North Carolina's "Commitment
to Excellence in Education" pro­gram
as an example.
This program was adopted by
North Carolina in 1948 and has
resulted in the famous Research
Triangle Park and the state's
present prosperity in high tech­nology
research.
Ward said North Carolina's
economic development took
decades, and the positive effects
of Hunt's policies probably will
not be felt for many years.
Despite this, Ward said Hunt
appears to be prepared to deal
effectively with Alabama's
problems. .
House Speaker Jimmy Clark,
D-Eufala, will be an effective ally
of Hunt, Ward said. He said this
could make a difference in Hunt's
dealings with the Democrat-controlled
Legislature.
Ward said Clark is a "capable
person who wants to make the
House a forum for debate," unlike
past Legislatures which usually
"rubber stamped its approval" on
the governors' bills.
Hunt's problems will lie more
with the apathy of Alabama citi­zens
toward state politics than
with the Democratic Legislature
though, Ward said.
However, despite the tremend­ous
obstacles which face Hunt's
administration, Ward said, "I
believe Hunt will make an ener­getic
effort to solve" the many
problems which face the state.
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Hunt cut from different cloth
By Leanne Potts
Staff Writer
Although Guy Hunt is the first
Republican governor in Alabama
since Reconstruction, he is the
political opposite of the last
Republican to serve as governor.
Hunt is more like George Smith
Houston, the first of a 112-year
line of Democratic governors,
than David P. Lewis, the last
Republican to hold the office,
said history professor and former
Auburn archivist Allen Jones.
The outgoing administration
of former Gov. George C. Wallace
is somewhat similar to that of
Republican Lewis, Jones said.
The Lewis administration of
1872-74 was plagued with
charges of cronyism and exces­sive,
wasteful spending.
As was common during Recon­struction,
Republicans were
elected with the support of the
lower socioeconomic classes,
which consisted of blacks and
poor whites, Jones said. Republi­cans
spent a lot of money for edu­cation,
social programs and
transportation, especially rail­roads;
some of the money was
used illegally.
The conservative Democratic
administration of Houston that
succeeded Lewis viewed nearly
everything the Republicans had
done as bad, Jones said. Sup­ported
by wealthy landowners
and industrialists, the Demo­crats
were determined to end
Republican programs, end politi­cal
cronyism and pay off the
public debt."
"It's a complete reversal," he
said. "Hunt is seen as coming in
to redeem the state from the
Democrats' irresponsibility and
wasteful spending and to bring
respectable government.
"That's exactly what the
Democrats were saying in 1874."
The Republican leaders who
surround Hunt sound like the
"Redeemers" of 1874 who wanted
to put an end to Republican rule
of that era and all the excesses it
represented to them, Jones said.
The state was plagued with
dire budgetary problems in the
1870s, just as it is now, Jones
observed. The problems were
magnified by the Civil War,
which had been a decade earlier,
Reconstruction, corruption, and
the Panic of 1873, he added.
Because the state's problems
were so overwhelming, Republi­can
Lewis was an ineffective
governor, according to Jones.
As Reconstruction came to a
close and the federal government
loosened its grip on the state,
Houston led the Democrats to
power in 1874 and began to raze
Republican programs.
A new state constitution favor-ing
the conservatives was
created in 1875, the Ku Klux Klan
prevented blacks from having
any voice in Southern politics,
and the "liberal" Republicans
were out of power for the next 112
years.
Now, the political picture is
quite different. Conservatives
wave the Republican banner, and
the Democratics are supported by
blacks and poor whites.
Because of its links with organ­ized
labor and black political
organizations, the Democratic
Party has acquired a negative,
liberal image among many
whites, Jones said. As before,
much of the split has been along
racial lines.
"The strangest thing is the con­fusion
of political terms," Jones
said. "Most elected Democrats in
Alabama are in philosophy basi­cally
Republicans. Hunt's elec­tion
gave a lot of these people,
especially those who had been
voting Republican in presiden­tial
elections since the 1950s, the
chance to go over as Republi­cans."
The Hunt administration must
deal with major economic prob­lems,
and "many entrenched
Democrats do not share the same
concerns" as the new administra­tion,
Jones said. Thus, the paral­lels
made between the two admin­istrations
may not continue, he
added.
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Editor's note: This is the
second installment on a three-part
series on cooperative
education.
By Chris Roush
Editor
Robert Rummer needed a job.
He had gotten a master's degree
in forestry in Idaho and started
looking for one. He wanted to
work for the government.
His only problem was that jobs
in his field became scarce when
he began looking because of the
timber recession in the West.
"The U.S. Forest Service
wasn't going to hire me unless I
had some engineering degree
from an accredited program,"
Rummer said. "I decided to come
down here and co-op while get­ting
my engineering degree. It
was the only way to get a job with
the Forest Service."
Now Rummer co-ops with the
U.S. Forest Service in Auburn
while in graduate school. He is
one of 13 Auburn graduate stu­dents
who are in the graduate
cooperative education program.
They all want a job with the fed­eral
government after grad­uation.
According to Tom Padgett,
director of the program, one of the
few ways these students can
acquire a job with the govern­ment
is to co-op.
"That has been the case to
d a t e , " Padgett said. "The
government was looking for this
kind of program. There are other
assignments besides government
jobs, but we haven't used them.
"It (co-oping) is a requirement
to get a government job for a
graduate student, as opposed to
civil service testing, which is
much harder."
The graduate cooperative edu­cation
program is run separately
from the undergraduate pro­gram,
and differs from it in that
there are two plans — the normal
alternation of work and school
quarters, and the parallel plan,
which provides a plan for gradu­ate
students who can work within
t r a v e l l i n g distance of the
campus.
Padgett recommends the alter­nation
plan because the parallel
plan does not allow a student to
concentrate on work or school
only.
"Your interest and energy is
divided," Padgett said. "As far as
the parallel plan, it does allow
you to continue with school and
not get out of the habit of study­ing.
You can still graduate on
time.
"In the Auburn area it's a diffi­cult
thing. There are only a
limited number of things we can
offer."
The basic goals of the graduate
program are the same as the
undergraduate, but the program
has more potential because a
graduate student can base his
thesis or dissertation on his job.
Rummer is an excellent exam­ple.
He is able to do forestry
research towards his degree
which he must also do on the job.
"The two just work together real
well," Rummer said.
Although the graduate pro­gram
is a fairly new concept,
according to Padgett, it's some­thing
all government agencies
are interested in because they can
train prospective employees
without having to go through
civil service testing. The private
sector has not readily accepted
the program, Padgett said,
because most companies don't
have any use for graduate
students.
For this reason, every graduate
co-op student at Auburn works
for the government. Eight psy­chology
students work for the
Army Infantry Center, an agron­omy
major works with NASA, a
geology student works with the
Department of the Interior,
Rummer and another engineer­ing
graduate student work for the
Forest Service, and Nancy Baker,
who is learning archival studies
while working at Maxwell Air
Force Base.
Baker's program was worked
out between Padgett and Dr.
Allen W. Jones, former Univer­sity
archivist. She works with Air
Force records helping officers do
research.
Jones said, "What they (the
graduate student in archival stu­dies)
do here is go to school the
first year. They then have to
intern one quarter. They have 30
months to finish, but they're
almost guaranteed a job with the
civil service when they grad­uate."
Padgett said with graduate co­ops
his office tries to become more
personal and work with the stu­dent
to find the right program.
With undergraduates, they usu­a
l ly don't consult major
professors.
While the undergraduate pro­gram
usually involves six or
seven work quarters, the gradu­ate
co-op is different in that he
must only schedule a minimum of
two work quarters. Padgett said
they have had graduates work
four or five quarters.
Padgett doesn't keep a running
list of spots available for gradu­ate
students because they want to
tailor to the student's needs.
And that's exactly what the
program has done for Rummer,
who is taking engineering
courses while being almost
guaranteed of that Forest Ser-v
ice job he wanted before, but
couldn't get.
Next week: A look at coopera­tive
education from the employ­ers
standpoint.
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Humanism vs. Christianity
is the topic next Tuesday, Jan. 27,
in Foy Ballroom at 8 p.m. Dr.
Delos McKown, head of philos­ophy
department, will defend
secular humanism against Dr.
Norman Gesler from the Dallas
Seminary.
Alpha Phi Omega Little Sis­t
e r Rush will be held Jan. 26,27
and 29 at 7 p.m. in the Student
Book Exchange. Call 826-4978 for
escort or more information.
Aubie Calendars will be sold
at a reduced price of $2 in War
Eagle Cafeteria. Jan. 26-30.
Eagle Escort I n t e r v i e ws
will be held Jan. 28-29 from 2:30-6
p.m. Applications are in the SGA
office.
Student Development Ser­vices:
Career Choice, Thursday,
Jan. 22, 3-5 p.m. in Foy Union
321; Learning Responsible
Assertive Behavior, Monday,
Jan. 26, 3:30-5 p.m. in Campus
library, film room; Exam Prepa­ration,
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 4-5
p.m. in Martin Hall 315.
The SGA is holding its annual
blood drive Jan. 20-22 in the
Haley Center Lounge from 10
a.m.-4 p.m.
The Society for Creative
Anacronism meets weekly on
Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Foy
Union. For more information,
call 887-8329 or 887-5504.
Modeling Board meets every
Monday at 5 p.m. in Spidle Hall.
AU Racquetball Club will
meet at the racquetball court
behind the Coliseum on Sunday
at 4:55 p.m.
War Eagle Triathletes will
meet tonight at 7 in the Greg
Pratt Room. Soft tissue therapy
will go through a stretching rou­tine
for runners. For more infor­mation,
call 821-4996.
AED will meet on Tuesday at 7
p.m. in HC 2207. Guest speakers:
h u s b a n d and wife clinical
psychologists.
An open house meeting of The
Auburn Circle K Club will be
on Jan. 26 at 7 n.m. in HC 3218.
I n t e r n a t i o n a l B u s i n e ss
Club will meet on Monday, Jan.
25, at 5:30 p.m. in Foy Union.
Guest speaker: L. Lemley, vice
president, general manager of
Alimenta Inc.
Management Club will meet
on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 6:30 p.m.
in Thach Hall 210.
AU PC Users group will meet
Monday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. in
Ramsay Hall 217A. Guest
speaker will be IE professor Jim
Leach.
Phi Beta Lambda meeting.
Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 5 p.m. in
Wallace Building 107. Bring an
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Science Fiction and Fan­tasy
Society will meet at 7:30
p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25, in Foy
204. Talk on "Horrors of H. P.
Lovecraft."
Auburn Dance Theatre will
meet Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. in Memor­ial
Coliseum 2093. For more
information, contact Dottye
Ricks at 826-4484.
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Luz M. Sabillon, Business Manager
Volume 93 Number 11
Quick reflexes
Pat Dye has shown us the quick
reflexes and reactions t h a t he once
displayed on SEC gridirons and
that he instills in his own players.
When a problem comes up, solve it
as quickly as possible by offering a
solution. That is what his recently
proposed class attendance policy is
all about.
The policy, proposed last week,
c a l l s for r e g u l a t i n g classroom
a t t e n d a n c e , and is specifically
aimed at seniors. I t will be known in
history as Brent Fullwood's Law of
Attendance.
You can be optimistic about this
policy and say it is a change for the
better. That is obvious. You c a n also
be optimistic and say if it hadn't
been for Brent Fullwood, it would
have possibly never been done.
Although it's better late than
never, at least they are addressing
the problem. But here's the catch —
after the furor breaks down, it might
happen again and we won't know it
unless it's another Fullwood. Loop­holes
can be found in almost
anything.
And to avoid another Fullwood
escapade will they keep a n eye on
the big name stars and avoid the
bench warmers?
There is something wrong when
this babysitter service is given to
athletes, but not to those other non-athlete
students who refuse to
attend their classes. Once again the
student-athlete has been ostracized
and set apart from regular students.
The rule is impossible to enforce
all the time — there is simply too
much work involved. But this ques­tion
should be asked: Do they need
someone looking over them while
supposedly "normal" students don't
have the same service? If they do,
something is drastically wrong.
Either hire babysitters/counselors
for every student or don't do it at all.
Athletics and academics are a
sticky issue, and there are athletes
who are more than average stu­dents.
However, there are others, the
bad apples, who abuse the system
that allowed them to come to college
in the first place to get an education.
The Plainsman offers no solu­tions.
The problem may be too great
for our feeble minds to understand
and evaluate. But we see the prob­lem
as it looms above Auburn's
head.
Poor state
While we're discussing academ­ics,
let's shift gears and discuss the
state of education in Alabama.
The Plainsman has run a two-part
series, ending this week, on Ala­bama
education. It is one of issue
and debate. Only one thing is cer­tain
— the state of education in this
state is abysmal.
Auburn University recently com­pleted
a study that said in terms of
high school dropouts, Alabama
ranks second in the nation. That's
not second best, it's second worst.
The Plainsman sees the problem
as three-fold and intertwining.
First, the local areas are not willing
to fund good education because most
of the teachers aren't good, which is
the second part of the problem. So to
end poor education in Alabama we
need better teachers. What does that
take? M-o-n-e-y.
The third is motivational. A large
amount of children in Alabama do
not have the educational back­ground
in their families to think a
high school diploma is important.
Their parents perceive school as a
public service to keep their kids dur­ing
the day.
Let the state of Alabama take
note: it is time to stop bickering
amongst yourselves about who's to
blame. Blame yourself for once and
improve your state education so that
your children might build a better
state.
At least give them that chance.
Those dormant dorm ants
Last month the Board of Trustees
authorized the issuance of $21 mil­lion
of bonds to construct new dorms
and renovate the existing ones.
Praise these demi-god figures for
doing something for the students.
There are many problems with the
existing dorms, but we'll get right
down to the issue. If you'll excuse the
play on words, the issue of the qual­ity
of Auburn's dorms, or lack of, has
been dormant (or dorm ants?) for
some time and is one that needs
immediate attention.
Several dorms are in need of
serious repairs and asbestos remo­val.
Others, such as Magnolia and
Noble, well, let's just say roaches
have never enjoyed a better life.
Tear them down and don't try to sell
the bricks as souvenirs because
nobody will want them. Rumor has
it they have roaches, inside them.
If you live in an Auburn dorm, you
know of the problems we speak of.
Be rest assured that the Trustees
have come to your rescue.
Let's hope nothing for research
comes up and takes this money
away.
Enforce the rules
The new IFC officers were
installed on Sunday, and we're here
to wish them well for t h e year ahead.
But with this year, The Plainsman
throws caution to t h e winds.
Two years ago t h e IFC started to
get tough with alcohol in fraterni­ties.
Rules to check ID's, curb drink­ing
and BYOB parties all came into
effect. These policies were met with
great acclaim and were enforced to
begin with.
But something happened last
year. Everybody got lax about the
rules and stopped enforcing them. It
was not completely IFC's fault, but
they are the governing body. They
simply do not have enough man­power
to enforce their own rules.
The Plainsman has several edi­tors
in fraternities, and we know
first-hand of the problems. If they
are not enforced in our fraternities,
are we to believe they are enforced
elsewhere? Some, maybe.
Here's to the new year, and to the
hope that the new IFC administra­tion
enforces the rules.
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Bad press or constructive criticism?
Chris
ROUSH i-i
I am upset with several members of
my family.
Not my own personal family of
mother, father and sister. It is not the
mafia either. This family is broader in
scope and has members all over the
country. Some of you are members of the
"Auburn family."
The Auburn family is cozy, quaint and
likes to have good things happen for the
University and community. Some
members of this family spend most of
their lives bettering Auburn.
I consider myself a part of this family.
My credentials include 1.) birth in
Auburn 2.) parents who contribute to the
Generations Funds 3.) 15-year-old
"Punt, Bama, Punt" bumper sticker 4.)
genuine love for Auburn 5.) willingness
to work to improve Auburn, even if it
involves criticizing.
Sometimes in a family this last one
doesn't work. What I think might help
by being critical, others see it as hinder­ing.
President Ronald Reagan calls it
"bad press." I term it "constructive
criticism."
Last quarter I wrote a column (a.k.a. a
writer's beliefs about a subject) which
stated that I did not like what was hap­pening
with the 1986-87 model of
Auburn University, or for future ones to
come. This met with criticism from the
administration (see last week's letter
from director of University Relations),
but acclaim from professors, fellow stu­dents
and even a University secretary or
two.
To understand what the column
meant tc the administration, allow me to
quote from a delightful book which
probably describes how they felt (I half­heartedly
expected a higher-up to call
me in and say the same):
"I applaud your sensitivity to the...uh,
problem. But this has, urn-ramifica­tions
of which I am sure you are not
aware. We at Randolph (read Auburn)
must, first and foremost, have the wel­fare
of this university which we love and
which has given its resources to you
most generously deep in our hearts.
"We depend heavily upon the gracious
offices of some generous alumni
and friends, the good gentlemen of the
Board of Regents (read Trustees) among
them, for our continued well-being.
Especially in...ah, sensitive times such
as these, we must strive to avoid the
appearance of...er, irresponsible radical­ism.
Our university was founded and
continues to thrive upon sound, solid,
conservative principles which must
work for the most good for the most
people."
The passage is from Anne Rivers Sid-dons'
Heartbreak Hotel, a novel of life at
a university patterned after our own
Auburn (read for yourself and notice the
blatant similarities). The scene is a
coming-of-age editor for the school
newspaper being rebuked for a column.
She resigned under pressure.
This is what the Auburn administra­tion
thought about the column. My sour­ces
on the inside tell me this.
What seems strange is that for some
good to be accomplished, there has to be
criticism. But some family members
don't take kindly to constructive criti­cism.
It is a fact that different view­points
brought together yield a higher
level of knowledge. A foolish person is
one whose convictions change when
things get rough or dogmatically
opposed to all change.
I wasn't trying for revolution or radi­calism,
but there was a mute voice out
there in the wilderness dying to speak. If
I didn't, who would have?
Teachers instill certain freedoms,
including those of the press which allow
for both sides to be heard. I am disap­pointed
that some members of the fam­ily
seem to disagree with this freedom.
Just because I, a student, disagree
with some thoughts and actions control­ling
Auburn, does not mean my voice,
and others disagreeing, will be stifled.
This is what happens in South Africa,
not Alabama. Was it Harry S. Truman
who said, "If you can't stand the heat,
get out of the kitchen?"
As a student newspaper, we, espe­cially
myself, attempt a balance
between the good and bad. Criticism or
praise will be given when needed, and
has been. I see good things, but I also see
bad and do not blindly ignore it when it
can be improved.
Family, have you heard me? I was
being constructive.
Chris Roush is editor of The
Plainsman.
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It was about 4:05 p.m., Friday, Jan. 2.
The Interstate 65 southbound traffic
was heavy; the setting sun was at the
point where the visor would not shield it
from the eyes of all the drivers.
My boyfriend and I were traveling to
Mobile to be in a wedding the next day. If
we had only known what was going to
happen on the road that afternoon, we
would have gladly missed the wedding.
As on any long, boring drive with
nothing much to do, we were aware of
the other drivers on the road. I noticed a
white van in the left lane beside us, but I
didn't think much about it except it
blocked the glaring sun for a moment.
I guess I noticed it first, being on the
imme­diately
for us to do anything. The car, out of
control, swerved before it flipped at least
eight times, maybe more. All I remember
is the sounds of screeching tires on the
pavement, glass shattering, metal
crunching around us, and the sensation
of being tossed around like a die in the
game Trouble.
We skidded to a stop in the median
about 400 feet from where the collision
occurred, according to the state trooper.
We were hanging upside down by our
seatbelts. We were able to crawl out of
the car, and by that time many people
had stopped to help us.
The driver of the van didn't.
Everyone kept telling us how lucky we
were, and I believe it. In fact I'm 100
percent sure of it. I am also sure that if
we hadn't been wearing our seatbelts, I
wouldn't be alive to write this. Instead of
being in a wedding that weekend, I
would have been in a funeral. Mine.
To look at us, you would think we were
exaggerating about the severity of the
wreck. We have no broken bones, we
aren't paralyzed — all we have is some
bruises and glass cuts. Truly, we were
extremely lucky. I know that "Someone
up there" was watching over us.
People always say how precious life is
and to live each day to the fullest, and
now I especially believe it since I have
first hand experience. I guess you just
have to go through that kind of expe­rience
to appreciate everything you have
— especially life itself. Through God's
grace I am still alive, and I will always
be thankful for that.
Don't have the attitude "It'll never
happen to me" because it just might.
Don't be a statistic — wear your seatbelt.
Kirs ten Schtichting is technical editor
ofThe Plainsman.
Micturition observers not needed in America
Randy
GLAZER
How far are we, as a country, willing
to go to mitigate societal problems? The
destruction of natural habitats via pol­lution
is an insidious threat that
deserves attention. The overpopulation
dilemma is another pervasive problem
to be dealt with. The depletion of natural
resources is yet another problem that
must be managed if our society will live
50 years into the next century.
These shortcomings of the status quo
are likely scenarios for world destruc­tion,
but what are we doing about it?
Professsor William Ophuls concluded
the only possible solution is to limit
some of our freedoms (expression and
consumption) until the problem is over.
However.most Americans would pro­test
vociferously if the U.S. government
said they could only have one child, or
set an energy consumption ceiling or
had stiffer penalties for polluters. Even
though these are world-threatening
situations, Americans would not give up
their privilege to live as they want.
But when it comes to drugs in Amer­ica,
a problem that pales in comparison
to the end of mankind, Americans stand
up in full force to give away constitu­tional
rights for the "sake of the nation."
The truth is that calls for drug testing
are unfounded because drug consump­tion
rates have not gone up recently.
"Trends in drug use have been misre­presented.
The impression that has been
given is that the problem is out of control
and growing. That's simply not true,"
said Ben Bagdikian, dean of the journal­ism
school at the University of Califor­nia
at Berkeley.
George Lundberg, doctor of pathol­ogy,
has said that, "it is a particularly
opportune time for politicians to rail
against psychoactive drug abuse and
increase spending to counteract it since
it is on a downslope anyway. They can
gain credit for the decline whether or not
they had anything whatsoever to do
with the changes."
The major problem with drug tests are
that they are grossly defective. A recent
Journal of the American Medical Asso­ciation
outlines 14 possible things that
can go wrong in any one test that would
lead to a wrong conclusion.
The amazing thing is that most people
who test positive are not given a second
chance to clear themselves. Even if they
get a second chance and clear them­selves,
the social and employment dam­ages
of being labelled a drug user is
almost impossible to overcome.
If that isn't enough, drug tests violate
at least two amendments of the Consti­tution:
the Fourth Amendment (search
and, seizure) and the Fifth (the right to
deny testimony on the grounds of
self-incrimination).
Additionally, the "war against drugs"
has spawned the marketing of freeze-dried,
drug-free urine samples that
necessitated the forming of a new job
—the "micturition observers" who
watch the urine from urethra to con­tainer.
Lundberg notes that, "proper
urine drug screening requires that spec­imen
collection be done under conditions
of direct and informed observation of
urine flow from the urethra to the con­tainer.
Without large numbers of dili­gent
and devoted micturition observers,
the entire mandatory urine drug-screening
system becomes a travesty
and is certain to fail."
Lundberg, a person who will ironi­cally
benefit from billions of dollars
being invested in drug testing, con­tinued,
"Leaving ethical questions
aside, it wouldn't make any difference to
a person who is drug-free to be tested
periodically — if there were not the spec-tor
of speciman mix-ups, erroneous false
positives, and direct observation, which
will be thought of as odious and demean­ing
by many. The risks are very real."
Other than violating the Constitution
and the inaccuracies of the tests and the
lack of an actual drug trend and the mic­turition
observers, what justifiable
advantage do drug tests have? If we're
not willing to give up a few rights to save
the world, why should we feel it neces­sary
to give up even more rights to ruin
the lives of some people who may not be
guilty in the first place?
Randy Glazer is a columnist of The
Plainsman.
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Pizza ad is vulgar, tasteless suggestion
Editor, The Plainsman:
I simply must speak out against the
Pizza Pronto advertisement in last
week's Plainsman.
I must admit that their offer "To Put A
Hot Piece Between My Lips" arrested
my attention. How could it not have
arrested my attention?
Surely, The Plainsman is not so low on
funds that it has to resort to subliminal
advertising of such a gross nature?
The Plainsman audience is composed
of professors, students and Auburn
alumni. That means it is composed of
relatively intelligent people. Relatively
intelligent people do not want to be sex­ually
seduced into eating pizza...at least,
most of them don't. What some individ­uals
may request only of their pizza
delivery person is their own business.
Surely, The Plainsman realizes it is
worthy enough to be discriminatory.
Certainly, judging from the numerous
advertisements the paper prints weekly,
it can afford to delete one. Or, if The
Plainsman has already entered into an
advertising contract with this promis­cuous
pizzaria, could it not request that
its client submit less steamy seductions
for print?
Think about it. It's rather frightening
when a pizza delivery service gets away
with printing things like "Have I Go A
Hot Piece To Put Between Your Lips."
The next thing you know, they'll be giv­ing
us creative suggestions for their top­pings...
like sausage, for instance.
Gaby Reeves
04GEH
Circle K cares for mankind's betterment
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am president of an international ser­vice
and leadership organization called
Circle K. Even though we are the world's
largest collegiate service orgnaization,
we are basically unknown on this cam­pus.
The most commonly asked ques­tions
are, "What is Circle K anyway?"
"Is is a horse ranch?" "Isn't it a campus
magazine?" "Oh yeah, that's a food
chain store in North Alabama, isn't it?"
Contrary to the misconceptions, we
serve the campus and the community by
doing a variety of projects such as rais­ing
money for special emphasis projects
(e.g. Special Olympics), playing bingo
with nursing home resdidents, partici­pating
in the Big Brother/Big Sister
program, dressing up in costumes and
tutoring high school and elementary
school students.
We travel all over Alabama and across
the United States. Our club recently
went to Lake Guntersville to a Y'all Con­ference
— a convention of all the south­ern
states from Virginia to Texas to
Florida. We plan to go to St. Louis this
summer for our international conven­tion.
Circle K is not only noted as a service
organization, but a leadership organiza­tion.
We help build leadership skills by
having committees involving public
relations, socials and scrapbooks.
Members are also given the opportunity
to hold club, state and international
offices.
If you take a look at Foy Union's
trophy case, you find that Auburn Circle
members kept up the tradition by bring­ing
home state and international
awards. As a matter of fact, the district
of Alabama received the Distinguished
District Award, the highest award given
by Circle K.
Our club is a winner, but not because
we bring home trophies. We care about
people. Circle K caters to a lot of differ­ent
needs and each member joins for dif­ferent
reasons. Whether or not a person
chooses to spend one or 40 hours a week
is up to their discretion. The only
requirement we impose upon our
members is that the individaul care.
Care not only for themselves, but for the
betterment of all humankind.
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On secular humanism/ Christianity debate
Editor, The Plainsman:
A brief letter is, at best, an indequate
arena to tackle the issues provoked by
present confrontations of secular hum­anism
and Christianity. Most notably,
clashes have occured in a Mobile court­room
during the recent textbook case
(still pending), which pitted Christian
against secular humanist in battle over
public textbooks and classrooms.
The issues will strike closer next
Tuesday when Dr. Delos B. McKown,
head of Auburn's philosophy depart­ment,
and Dr. Norman L. Geisler, pro­fessor
of systematic theology at Dallas
Theological Seminary, represent these
opposite camps in debate on Auburn's
campus. Though the issues are upon us,
they are still foggy to many who have
read the headlines, but haven't ventured
into specifics.
According to the Humanist Manifest
I, secular humanists believe God is
either nonexistant or irrelevant to mod­ern
man, the origin of man is evolution,
the universe is self-existing and not
created, not absolute morals of values
exist — rather they are situational and
autonomous — and man is the supreme
value in the universe. According to the
Human Manifest II, secular humanists
"begin with humans, not God" and
Protagoras, who has been called the
father of humanism, declared that
"man is the measure of all things."
The strife between Christianity and
secular humanism is clear. Christianity
holds God, not man, to be the supreme
value in the universe. It believes the uni­verse
and its inhabitants are results of a
personal God's handiwork. Christianity
also opposes the logic of a belief in evolu­tion.
It cites the second law of thermo­dynamics
(entropy) — all matter tends
toward randomness, not order — in
order evolutionary rationale illogical.
Christianity also advocates the exist­ence
of absolute values and morals,
upon which society should base its laws
and individual actions. After all, a
Christian might say a secular huma­nist's
belief that no absolute values exist
is itself intended to be taken as an abso­lute
value, an obvious contradiction.
I have only scratched the surface, but
perhaps laid a foundation and stimu­lated
some curiousities, into these cur­rent
issues. •
Sheila Howard
04PRS
Research story points to new attitude
Editor, The Plainsman:
In the last issue of The Plainsman,
there was an article by David Sharp
about research funding at Auburn Uni­versity.
I understand what is happening
with proration, and that the University
needs as much money as it can get. I also
feel that research grants are an excellent
source for this money, if it is used prop­erly.
A professor who is interested in his
research can better his class by relating
his topic of interest to the students.
Unfortunately, though, it seems that
Auburn University has shifted from a
teaching institution to a research insti­tution.
Many professors are so absorbed
in their research that they neglect their
students. They no longer want to be
bothered by a student who is having
trouble with an assignment; instead
they would rather get back to what they
view as being more important.
I have seen this type of attitude many
times during my four years as an
Auburn student. I am not saying that all
of the professors at Auburn exhibit this
type of behavior, but many of them do.
Something has to be done to show
these professors that the student must
come first and that the research must
come second. I wonder who is really at
fault here? Is it the professor who is
engrossed in his research, or are the pol­icies
of the current administration to
blame?
Letters
Economics challenges debate
Editor, The Plainsman:
As a member of the Economics Club, I
was amused to read Russell Gibbs' letter
in The Plainsman. My amusement
turned to anger when I realized he was
only trying to prey upon people's
emotions.
It shocks me to think he was doing one
of two things. He stated the cancellation
of government assistance to agriculture
would "put the whole economy in a
depression." This indicates 1.) You don't
understand the economy well, or 2.) By
using scare tactics, you are trying to
deceive people into continued support of
an industry which desperately needs to
be streamlined.
As students of economics, we can
sympathize with farmers, but we can't
remain silent when the government
hands out billions of our dollars annu­ally
to perpetuate a fundamentally-flawed
system. It is ironic that agricul­ture
industry is in such a dangerous
position today largely as a result of
government intervention in the 1970s.
It is sad the glory days for small
farmers have come to an end. Advocates
of the free market are not opposed to
small farms — as long as survival is not
dependent on taxpayers dollars.
The small farmer is unfortunately
becoming a relic. How much are we wil­ling
to pay, as taxpayers, to continue to
embrace this highly revered; but out­dated
picture of the happy, self-sufficient,
one-family farm?
To face the 1990s and beyond, our
farmers must be efficient and competi­tive
in the international marketplace —
we expect that of the auto industry, steel
industry and computer industry as well.
If there is one lesson Americans should
have learned by now, it's that you can­not
deny the reality of the marketplace.
If we continue to promote agricultural
inefficiency and simply delay the small
farmer's day of reckoning, are we help­ing
the cause?
As people with a strong self-interest in
agriculture, it is understandable that
Gibbs wants to protect his position. But
if the agriculture industry's resources
could be transferred to increasing pro­duction,
instead of calling for more han­douts,
we might all be better off.
The Economics Club feels strongly
enough that we would like to challenge
the Agricultural Economics Club to a
debate on the issue of federal price sup­ports
for agriculture. If you are inter­ested,
HC 2207 has been reserved for
Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m.
Kevin Stipe
04 EC
President, Economics Club
Look at facts in drinking
Editor, The Plainsman:
My letter is in reference to the letter in
the Nov. 20 issue of The Plainsman writ­ten
by Woody Fairly who claims he
would not ask a girl out for a date if she
drinks.
He claims that every woman he has
known that drinks throws up. He also
states every woman who drinks gets
drunk and does things she normally
would not do when sober.
First of all, not all women throw up.
Women do know how much alcohol they
can handle. I drink, and I can control my
intake of alcohol. I know when I've had
enough to drink. Knowing when you've
had enough to drink keeps a person from
throwing up. My friends and I go out and
have a few drinks and have a good time
without embarrassing ourselves or
anyone else by throwing up. Why is the
issue on women? What about the men
who get drunk in Auburn and throw up?
I read in the same issue of The
Plainsman about a guy who was taken
into, the, emergency rpom. with a blood
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Woody Fairly accuse women when men
are in the same situation or worse? Men
tend to become violent, often fighting.
Those men who were tearing up the field
after the Georgia game weren't sober.
I'm not saying the women on the field
were sober, but the women weren't
fighting.
One last thing I want to point out is
the percentage of male DUI's. I called
M ADD and got some statistics. Between
the ages of 18 and 24, the average per­cent
of male DUI's was 84 percent and
women's 16 percent. Women seem to be
smart enough to know not to drink and
drive.
I'm not trying to justify drinking, but
Mr. Fairly, before you attack women
who drink, you need to look at all of the
facts. I suppose you've seen a lot of
immature drinkers. There are women
drinkers that can handle alcohol and the
things that go along with it.
Elizabeth Porter
01 HA
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This Week
Five years ago — Governor
Fob James, former football star
at Auburn, addressed the Uni­versity
senate on the troubles of
higher education. He donated
blood before the meeting at
Auburn's blood drive.
10 years ago — Due to an
apparent increase in rapes at
Auburn, a shuttle system, aimed
.at helping, girls needing campus
t-trapspprta$ipn,. was, planned, to
begin in a few weeks. ,
20 years ago — University
officials may move to change the
continuation-in-residence rules,
giving an extra boost to lower-classmen
and tightening require­ments
to upperclassmen.
30 years ago — Religious
Emphasis Week went into its
second half after two days of
convocations, seminars and
services.
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Is this guy serious or what?
Escort service to begin operations
Editor, The Plainsman:
After reading Randy Glazer's column
in last week's Plainsman, I have one
question to ask — Is this guy serious or
what?
If you recall, the topic of Glazer's
column was with the NCAA's academic
rules for athletes. He actaully sounds
serious when he writes, "For those play­ers
for whom the rules were made, sit­ting
in class is just another burdensome
distraction that keeps them off the prac­tice
field" and "If players don't want to
attend class, why should they be forced
to? It's not as if they are like the average
student on campus whose major concern
is academics." (C'mon Randy, give us a
break!)
He also asks with regard to Bent Full-wood,
"Why should he have to pass his
classes?" I can answer by saying this is
a school, remember? We came here to
learn, to receive an education, and this
usually includes passing your classes.
Editor, The Plainsman:
It is with much anticipation that I
announce the reinstatement of the Eagle
Escort Service. This service, which was
phased out at the end of the last school
year, will begin operations in the next
few weeks.
For those who are unfamiliar with the
service, it provides female students with
walking escorts at night. The first step,
in order to rebuild, is the selection of new
escorts. Those interested should go by
the SGA Office in Foy Union to pick up
an application and sign up for an inter­view
time. Applications will be available
on Monday with interviews on Wednes­day
and Thursday. All are encouraged
to apply.
Greg Herman
Director of Health and Student Safety
Jeffrey Harris
04 MBI •Letter from the Editor
Just because Fullwood plays football
should not make him any different than
the rest of us. The ignorance continues
on in other mindless statements too
lengthy and worthless to repeat.
Glazer obviously has no conception,
nor the remotest idea of what we as stu­dents
are here for. Auburn was founded
on academics and is commonly referred
to as a university. Webster defines this
term as an institution of learning of the
highest level. Auburn's student bulletin
states the academic instruction of stu­dents
is the primary mission of the Uni­versity.
It should not be difficult to grasp
that at a college, academics comes first
and football second or third at best. It is
regretful that I must accept that people
at this school are still viewing the issue
of academics and athletics in such an
archaic way as does Glazer.
Jeff Clauser
04 PUB
Chris Kimball
04 MN
Limit length of letters; bring proper ID
Seats taken away from students
Editor, The Plainsman:
I would like to find out why the Uni­versity
decided to take seats away from
the students and give them to faculty
members at Memorial Coliseum.
As an avid Auburn basketball fan I
was shocked at the first of the season
when I discovered that two prime sec­tions
of student seating had been taken
away from the students and given to
faculty members. I am not against the
faculty members, as I would be just as
upset if they had placed scholarship
donors in those seats.
On many occasions Coach Sonny
Smith and the players have commented
that basketball is a "student's game." It
appears those individuals charged with
making the decision to place faculty
seating there have no regard for the stu­dents.
There is ample room behind the
Auburn bench or the scorer's table to
accommodate the faculty and not take
away student seating.
I would like for someone involved in
the decision to place faculty seating in
its present position to respond to my let­ter.
They will have an opportunity to
respond to the nearly 20,000 students
enrolled at Auburn University.
James C. Rhyne
04 PUB
I feel compelled to discuss several top­ics
to the readers of The Plainsman so
they may better understand how this
newspaper works and so they can use
the paper to their advantage.
The Plainsman encourages readers to
submit letters to the editor for publica­tion.
However, this past quarter many
were more than the 300-word limit
placed on letters. Although as editor I
can cut these letters, many times it takes
away from the subject.
This quarter I am forced to become
more strict in our policy of the size of
letters. Those more than 300 words will
be cut, regardless of the topic, to allow
the newspaper to print all the letters we
receive.
From now on, we also feel compelled to
require positive identification when a
letter is given for publication. The
Plainsman has received several letters
without securing proper proof of identity
in the past, but