1987-04-10 The Auburn Plainsman

              For a complete list of SGA election results and winners, see A-9
Qlbe^uburn Plainsman
Ninety-three years of serving Auburn students
Politics is the science of
how who gets what,
when and why.
-Sidney Hillman
Volume 93 Number 20 Friday, April 10, 1987 Auburn University, Ala. 36849 28 pages
Graduate Problems
To pull out of the SGA or not, that is
the question facing the graduate
students on campus today. While
some graduate
students want to
stay in, the major­ity
want to pull
out. Rick Cantrell,
president of the
graduate senate,
said he advocates
a t o t a l l y sepa­rate
organization,
while John Crofton, vice president
of the senate, felt it might be good to
stay in the SGA. See A-4.
Second Place
With a 3-game sweep of Vanderbilt
this weekend, the Auburn baseball
team moved into second place
the SEC stand­ings.
This week
end the Tigers will
host Florida, the
only team ahead
of Auburn in the
standings. Coach
ttal Baird said, "I
am e x t r e m e ly
pleased in the way •
the team battled back to win three
games." Tiger pitching limited
Vanderbilt to 20 hits. See B-l.
in
Weygand returns
Remember two years ago when
freshman sensation Freddy Wey­gand
was amazing Auburn fans
with his spectacu­lar
catches? The
r e d - h a i r e d split
end set a freshman
receiving record
with 796 yards on
32 receptions in
1984, but Wey­gand
left school
last summer for
academic and personal reasons.
Now back on campus and in spring
practice, Weygand said he won't be
competing with Lawyer Tillman
"because we're playing for the same
team. Everything's fine as long as
we're winning and accomplishing
(team) goals." See B-4.
Dance Theater
Auburn's Dance Theater is no
more. The budget has been cut 100
percent, according to Dottye Ricks,
director of the pro­gram.
The group
has been around
for more than 15
y e a r s and the
University offers a
maximum of 10
hours humanities
credit for student
members. "Our
purpose is to further dance as an art
form in the community." Ricks
said, "It's not shake it to the left,
shake it to the right." For the story
on the Dance Theater, see C-l.
Bloom County C-7
Campus Front A-3
Classified Ads A-6, A-7
Editorials A-10
Entertainment C-l
Sports B-l
First black SGA president elected
By Chris Roush
Editor
History was made yesterday as the
Auburn student body overwhelm­ingly
voted in the first black Student
Government Association (SGA) pres­ident
in the history of the University.
Harold Melton, secretary of student
life this past year, was elected over
College of Business Senator Hal Fin­ney
and Magnolia Senator Del
Holley.
Melton received 3,468 votes for 65
percent of the 5,338 votes cast yester­day
for president. Finney received
1,270 votes for 24 percent of the vote.
Holley came in third with 600 votes.
Melton said, "I'm relieved. It's kind
of sobering to recognize the responsi­bility
in the near future.
"Before the election I felt fairly con­fident,
but I didn't know what to
expect. It's great to look around. It
seems that everyone is together, I
want that to continue. I was surprised
by the amount of Greek support I
received. The first thing I want to do
is call Mom."
When asked about becoming the
first black SGA president, Melton
said, "It's an honor, but it's kind of
intimidating because there's a lot of
tension. I feel I hav&a responsibility
to the black groups as well as the rest
of the University."
See President, A-2
Resolutions
get student
approval
By Leanne Potts
Staff Writer
Students approved referendums to
build a new pool and to make student
activity fees a percentage of tuition
instead of a flat rate in Thursday's
elections.
Of the approximately 6,700 votes
cast, 62 percent of the students voted
for construction of a new aquatic
complex while 38 percent voted
a g a i n s t it. Sixty-one percent
approved a proposal to make student
activity fees a percentage of tuition
while 39 percent voted no.
Both proposals must be approved
by the Board of Trustees before any
action can be taken.
See SGA, A-2
By Heidi Pearson
and Stephanie Warnecke
Staff Writers
With a combination of seven years
of experience, Glomerata editor Mary
Sue Collins, 04 ME, and Plainsman
editor Bret Pippen, 03 GJM,will take
over the reins as the directors of the
University's student print media.
Both Collins and Pippen ran unop­posed
for their positions.
Design quality is an area where
Collins would like to see improvement
in the Glomerata. This past fall she
attended a design workshop put on by
the Collegiate Press in Washington,
D.C. The workshop taught college
yearbook editors and staffs the latest
techniques and trends.
Although she said she will teach
her staff what she learned from the
workshop, she hopes to see more of
her staff attend the workshop next
year so they can learn firsthand.
Pippen has served as news editor
for the past year and has written for
The Plainsman since the summer of
1984. He said he hopes "to continue
the tradition of The Plainsman by
giving the campus community a well-rounded
and local angle of events
going on in the country, city and
world."
Pippen was a sports writer for The
Decatur Daily, in Decatur, Ala., this
summer where he wrote numerous
features and covered a variety of
sports, from softball to tennis.
For the past year, Pippen has
served as a news correspondent for
The HuntsvMe Times. He covers
Board of Trustees meetings and other
big news events.
Pippen is also the president of The
Society of Professional Journalists,
Sigma Delta Chi.
Photography: Runs Austin
FIRST EVER
Harold Melton, first black SGA president, will serve on Board of Trustees
Fallon wins
Miss Auburn
By Colleen M. Moran
Staff Writer
After a week of stress, Miss Auburn
wasn't just a pageant — it was an
important position as representative
of the University, 1987 Miss Auburn
Jean Fallon said.
"I felt like I did everything I could
this week. I met so many people and
that meant a lot," she said. Fallon, 03
IB, a member of Alpha Gamma Delta
sorority, was sponsored by the
Arnold Air Society and Angel Flight.
The interviewing for Miss Auburn
began at the end of winter quarter.
"When I made it to the top five, I
couldn't believe it," Fallon said.
Paige Walls, 03 PRS, another can­didate
for Miss Auburn, said, "I want
to thank all the people that worked so
hard on the campaign because it
couldn't have gone so smoothly with­out
their help. I know Jean will do a
great job.
"I feel like I've won just being in the
top five," Walls said.
Kim Floyd, 03 PRS, also a candi­date,
said that being escorted every­where
"kinda makes you feel stupid,
because you know you're really no
one special." When Floyd was asked
if she would run again she said, "No!
"Jean is awesome, she will do a
great job as Miss Auburn," Floyd
said.
"People have really pulled through
for me," Sally Young, 02 CTC,
another top five candidate, said.
Kim King, 03 AC, another candi­date,
was unavailable for comment.
See Miss , A-2
Photography: Eric Davia
SCREAMS OF VICTORY
J e a n Fallon celebrates after winning Miss Auburn
Collins, Pippen claim editor spots
According to Collins, Auburn has
the second-largest yearbook in the
nation. She says, "It's a good book,
but not the best."
Collins says she wants to see the
Glomerata, which she thinks is
improving every year, become award
winning.
She said one of the weak points of
the Glomerata is that it's not as well
written as it should be. She said she
wants to encourage journalism stu­dents
to help with the Glomerata by
writing feature articles. For example,
instead of having just facts she wants
See Editors, A-2
Johnson, Herndon win unopposed races
By Colleen White and
Heidi Pearson
Staff Writers
For most SGA candidates, election
day is filled with some anxiety, but
for the candidates running for vice
president and treasurer, election day
was not quite as stressful.
Jim Johnson, 03 MK, unopposed
vice presidential candidate, said he
was "thrilled" he could relax some­what
on election day, but he said at
first he was "disappointed at the lack
of people running for major offices.
It's either apathy or people are scared
to run for big offices, or both." John­son
explained he would like to see this
attitude change because "it's easy to
get involved."
Steve Herndon, 03 FI, the candi­date
for treasurer, agreed with John­son
that "it felt good" to run unop­posed.
However, he said it is not good
for the SGA because the students
should have a choice. He said he
believes that student apathy toward
the SGA may be one reason for the
lack of involvement in this election.
Johnson said that foremost he
would like to improve the "lines of
communication between the students
and administration through public­ity
.-One idea, he said, is to have a talk
show on WEGL enabling the students
to talk to the president of the SGA and
enabling the SGA to "find out the
views of the student."
Another idea is to distribute fliers
with the names and phone numbers
of the people who represent the differ­ent
schools so students can call and
ask questions. "We want to give the
people a chance to take advantage of
the SGA," he said.
Johnson also said he wants to
increase the amount of money avail­able
to student activity projects.
According to Johnson, tuition has
increased more than 70 percent since
1980, but he explained that student
activity fees have not changed. To
increase funding, he said he would
like to see student activity fees
become a percentage of tuition
instead of a flat fee.
Because of his previous position as
off-campus senate chairman, John­son
said he has "a good working
knowledge of the senate" and feels
qualified to serve as vice president. "I
want to represent the student body
and do what's best for Auburn," he
said.
Herndon said that foremost he
would like to help maximize the use of
student activity fees by carefully
s c r u t i n i z i n g SGA committees'
expenditures.
Herndon said the hardest part of
his job will be to say "No, that's not a
feasible project."
He said he realizes he must be
objective and cannot play favorites.
He will appoint three assistant treas­urers
this quarter to help him review
•each project's budget before giving
his approval.
Herndon's second goal is to
"further financial procedures" by
using the SGA's new computer.
Running for SGA treasurer is
something Herndon said he did
because he enjoys being involved,
and he thinks being treasurer will be
a rewarding experience.
His qualifications include Phi Eta
Sigma treasurer, an ex officio budget
and finance committee member and
an AU Student Recruiter.
Herndon estimates he will work 15
to 20 hours a week as treasurer.
He also said he believes the SGA's
strongest point is that most of the
people involved in the SGA are inter­ested,
qualified and hard-working,
not just seeking a SGA title.
Both candidates agreed that every
year there is some apathy, but they
hope in the coming year more stu­dents
will take the time to become
involved.
A-2 CbtSuburn plainsman Friday, April 10, 1987
Campus Briefs President -continued from A-l
Charge dropped
A Lee County circuit judge
dropped the 2-year-old charge of
public lewdness against state
Sen. Danny Corbett, D-Phenix
City.
Arnold Umbach, Auburn city
prosecutor, and Larry Morris,
Corbett's attorney, agreed to the
dismissal Monday.
Corbett was convicted of the
charge of exposing himself to a
University coed and fined $107 in
Auburn Municipal Court in 1985.
His first appeal ended in a mis­trial,
his second appeal trial was
to begin Monday.
The alleged victim agreed to
drop the charges, Umbach said,
only if Corbett sought psychiat­ric
evaluation. Corbett has com­pleted
the evaluation.
Mathematician conference
The National Science Foun­dation
has underwritten the Uni­versity's
department of founda­tions,
analysis and topology's
spring conference scheduled for
April 10-11. Mathematicians will
present and discuss papers on
analysis, one of the three main
areas of mathematics.
Intellectual Freedom Award
Joan Nist, associate professor
in the department of educational
media, won the 1986 Alabama/S.-
I.R.S. I n t e l l e c t u a l Freedom
Award for her efforts in actively
promoting intellectual freedom
in Alabama. She was recognized
for her work in opposing censor­ship
in children's literature.
The award is sponsored by the
Alabama Library Association,
the Alabama I n s t r u c t i o n al
Media Association and the Social
Issues Resources Series Inc. The
$500 award will be donated to the
University's Learning Resources
Center.
Police blotter
The following reports are taken
from University police reports
March 30-April 5:
March 30 — 12:50 p.m., Pi
Kappa Phi house - fireworks dis­charged
within city limits.
March 31 — 2:25 p.m., north
Coliseum parking lot - breaking
and entering of auto and reported
theft of a radar detector valued at
$400; 9:15 p.m., Dorm D - a direc­tive
sign was found in laundry
room.
April 1 — 2:45 p.m., Wire Road -
a regulatory speed sign was
found in roadway.
April 2 — 8:30 a.m., Thatch
Avenue - complainant reported
that the right rear passenger
window of her vehicle had been
broken by rock thrown by a
weeder.
April 4 — 1:30 a.m., Dorm 7 -
receiver portion of coin operated
telephone was found broken in
half; 9:05 p.m., Theta Xi house -
public intoxication.
April 5 — 12:16 a.m., Dorm J
parking lot - trespass warning
issued to one white male for all
the south Hill Dorm area; 6 a.m.,
Haley Center - restroom signs
were reported stolen from the
fourth floor. A
Melton becomes the second
black student to hold an elected
office in the SGA. In 1971,
Anthony Copeland was elected
SGA vice president by receiving
79 percent of the vote in an elec­tion
in which 47 percent of the
students voted, becoming the
first black ever to be elected to an
SGA position.
"I want to thank everybody for
their support," Melton said. "It's
been real encouraging. As far as
the campaign, if people believe in
me, then everything will get
done, and it did with my cam­paign
and I appreciate that."
Finney, a junior from Bir­mingham,
said, "We put up a
hard fight and did the best we
could. The voters have spoken
and that's why we have elections.
I think Harold will do a good job."
Finney said he would continue
to work in the SGA next year.
"There's a lot of potential that
exists in the future of the SGA,
and I want to be a part of it."
Holley said, "I'm a little let
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down, but we've got such quali­fied
candidates, I'm not con­cerned
about the fate of the SGA.
I think they'll do a great job.
"I'd like to stay involved," Hol­ley
said. "I've been involved with
the SGA so long, I can't see
myself not being involved.
"When you're thinking about
the people running for SGA pres­ident,
they're always the most
qualified. If they lose and don't
stay in, then next year's group
will lose something," Holley, a
junior from Cleveland, Tenn.
added.
Miss from A-l
As Miss Auburn, Fallon will
automatically become a member
of the War Eagle Girls and
Plainsmen and will serve as offi­cial
hostess of the University.
"I chose Auburn because I went
to a small Christian high school.
I came here because I wanted to
be at a school where I could meet
someone new every day and yet
have a sense of belonging," Fal­lon
said.
"Miss Auburn must be a well-rounded
representative of each
student's love, spirit and dedica­tion
to Auburn."
Working for an international
company and traveling abroad is
what Fallon sees in her future.
She said she would like to work
for Proctor & Gamble or IBM
overseas.
SGA from A-l E d i t O r S from A-l
Construction of the new swim
complex will be paid for with a $7
fee added to tuition for the next 15
years. The SGA recommended
that the athletic department pay
one-third of the estimated $4-5
million needed to build the facil­ity
if the proposal is adopted by
the administration.
The existing pool was built in
1968 and is used about 17 hours
daily. Complaints were filed that
the aging pool was only open
three hours a day for student use.
If approved by the Board, stu­dent
activity fees will be adjusted
from the current flat rate of $8 per
quarter to a percentage of tuition
in an attempt to cover the deficit
caused by proration.
interesting profiles on coaches
and players.
Her qualifications include
being managing editor this year,
sports editor last year and assist­ant
academics editor for the 1984-
85 book.
When asked about changes for
next year, Pippen said, "There
will be some changes, however,
nothing radical.
"I am planning to bring back
the motto, 'To foster the Auburn
spirit' because I feel The Plains­man's
duty is to criticize and
comment on the University for
the betterment of Auburn,
Pippen said.
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Architects get opportunity
to use space in new way
By Rich Thigpen
Staff Writer
Professor Wayne Drummond
has been an especially busy man
since January. That was when
Martin Marietta Corporation
asked the School of Architecture
to help design part of the nation's
first permanently manned space
station.
Drummond, the project's coor­dinator,
said Auburn received the
project through the efforts of Pro­fessor
Steffen Doerstling, who
has been involved in NASA work
for some time. Doerstling learned
of the competition between Mar­tin
Marietta and Boeing Aero­space
and made the initial con­tact
with Martin Marietta, who
then asked the School of Archi­tecture
to put a team together to
work on the space station habita­tion
module. The space station
consists of four major modules —
$1.1 million
budget
Tuition increase
helps provide
new equipment
By Kimberly Bradley
and Laura C. Barnwell
Staff Writers
A new $1.1 million instruc­tional
equipment fund has pro­vided
the University's depart­ments
with much-needed equip­ment.
"This is the first time that we
have had a specific budget just
for equipment, and it's some­thing
we truly need to do to pro­vide
the kind of education our
students expect and deserve,"
President James E. Martin said.
The fund began spring of 1986
with the increase of tuition by $35
for a 15-hour load. Through win­ter
of 1987, $1,143,635 has been
distributed to the University's
schools, colleges and depart­ments.
The fund is distributed quar­terly.
A portion is shared equally
among the schools and colleges
while the remainder is divided
based on student laboratory
hours in a specific school or col­lege,
weighted by relative costs of
instruction.
Dean Caine Campbell of Lib­eral
Arts said, the formula
devised "applies a limited
amount in the best possible way."
When more money is available
and the formula is revised,
Campbell said he "would like
recognition of the fact that
equipment is needed in lecture
classes also."
Expensive equipment is needed
for classes that do not have
designated lab hours, Campbell
said. "More hours of instruction
are done in lecture than lab."
Computers were the most popu­lar
purchase in all the depart­ments.
Other uses include the pur­chase
of a $70,000 gas turbine for
use in instructional labs for aero­space
and mechanical engineer­ing,
meeting a deficiency cited
specifically by a previous accred­itation
review of the College of
Engineering. The turbine has
been the largest single purchase
out of the fund.
The plant pathology depart­ment
has been able to buy 10 mi­croscopes.
Foreign languages
bought tape recorders for faculty
use in teaching Chinese and Jap­anese,
and the department of
music bought software for com­posing
music on a computer.
The fund is appreciated by the
administrators of the schools and
colleges.
"Inis really has been a saving
grace for all of our departments,"
said Dean June Henton of human
sciences.
"It gives us flexibility because
it is money that we can carry over
at year's end, unlike state funds.
We also can save up our quarterly
allotments when we need some­thing
special."
The needs of the College of Lib­eral
Arts are so great the funds
are spent virtually as soon as
they are received, according to
Campbell.
There is a "backlog of equip­ment
needs" from when there
was no fund, Campbell said.
American, Japanese, European
laboratory modules and a habita­tion
module where the astronauts
will eat, sleep and spend most of
their personal time.
Faculty members from the
departments of architecture,
building science, industrial
design and interior design make
up the design team. "In addition
to this team, we've added Peter
Harzem, hi. id of the department
of psychology," Drummond said.
"He's been very helpful in defin­ing
some of the critical psycho­logical
needs of people in space."
These psychological needs are
important when designing the
space station, according to indus­trial
engineer Melinda Naderi,
whose Man /Systems Integration
design team at Marshall Space
Flight Center is building a mock-up
of the U.S. laboratory module.
"It's vital to consider the human
factors aspect," she said.
"Although you don't have a sense
of'up-and-down' in microgravity,
it's much easier for the astro­nauts
to adjust to weightlessness
if controls, displays and such are
oriented the same as they would
be in a 1-G environment.
"Also, the color schemes we're
using in our mock-ups have
darker floor racks and lighter
ceiling racks, which help estab­lish
a vertical plane of reference.
"Each module contains 44
interchangeable racks, and one
of the big considerations in their
design is the neutral body pos­ture,
which is the position a per­son's
body rests at in micrograv­ity.
You see, a number of physical
changes occur due to weightless­ness,
such as a change in the
normal line of vision and an
increase in height. All of the work
stations we design have to
accomodate a 5th percentile Jap­anese
female to a 95th percentile
ENOUGH SPACE?
An Auburn design of a space station habitat
American male, which is a pretty
wide range of height.
"Plus, to keep things from
floating all over the place, every­thing
must have some type of res­traint.
There are many factors to
consider and it takes a lot of
research."
Drummond said Martin has
already spent several thousand
man-years in the development of
the engineering aspects of the
module
habitation module and that
many sub-systems have already
been extensively designed. "Our
task is to complete the co-relation,
or bringing together, of
all those separate pieces of design
work," he said.
Perry's last lecture
'modest proposal'
CONCENTRATION-Dan Flynn, 03 AM, (1)
and Steve Babin, 03 FI, take advantage of the
mild 60-degree weather to practice balance
Photography: Eric Davis
and coordination with a Hackey-sack. The
average temperature for this time of the
month is 74 degrees.
By Colleen Moran
Staff Writer
"If this were my last lecture I
would discuss things that bother
me, so they would bother you,"
said Cliff Perry, associate profes­sor
of philosophy. His was the
third in a series of supposed final
lectures put on by the Catholic
Student Union.
"One of the reasons I went into
philosophy was so no one would
ever know if I was wrong; but my
father still doesn't understand
what I do," he said.
"My mother doesn't completely
understand what I do either —
she is still waiting for me to psy-choanaylze
her," he said. Perry
majored in philosophy at Cali­fornia
State University as an
undergraduate and graduate
student.
Perry majored in philosophy at
California State University as an
undergraduate and graduate
student.
"What shall we do for the poor,
needy and starving?" Perry ques­tions.
In his last lecture these
would be his topics, because he
said, "If you didn't like what I
said, what are you going to do,
fire me?"
Perry said, "The liberal theory
on starvation entails the right to
life and therefore gives us the
right to save. The conservative
would say it's good to help, but
it's not bad when you don't," he
said.
We should save our food, but
the question begins when we dis­cuss
how far the sacrifice would
go, he said.
"The minimalist theory says
it's wrong to harm people, it's
wrong to cause someone to
starve, and it is wrong to stop
them from saving themselves,"
Perry said. We must let them save
themselves with the resources we
don't want or use, he said.
Most Americans throw away
10 percent of their food, he said.
"Would it be wrong if a starving
I
person asked for the 10 percent as
you were throwing it away and
you said 'no I want to waste it?'
"If you could save someone's
life by doing or not doing and you
are not sacrificing, then it's
immoral not to." If your lifestyle
doesn't have to be altered then
you should let people take wha­tever
you don't want, he said.
"Let us pose a problem — an
ineffective machine, into which
we put eight pounds and receive
one pound. Isn't this waste, it's
simply before consumption?" He
compares this to animal farming.
We use 78 percent of our prime
grain to feed the cows. We^hen
kill them for their meat because
this makes it taste better result­ing
in a waste of 87.5 percent, he
said.
This would make everyone a
"situational vegetarian" because
no one would eat animal protein
that was the result of animal
farming, he explained.
Since we are "situational vege­tarians,"
he said, "what if I told
you there were a great source of
animal protein that needs no pro­cessing,
and it's use would free
great portions of now unattaina­ble
land?" His solution — the
consumption of the flesh of the
dead, carrion.
"This is a modest proposal," he
said, "we let them die, give them
an FDA stamp, disinfect them
and give them away to the
hungry." The moral principle
involves the lack of waste, Perry
said.
He said, "You don't necessarily
have to eat anyone, but let them
eat you." The right to religious
practices and violation of the
right to cremation have to be
taken into consideration, Perry
said, and consent would be
needed.
"I wouldn't mind being eaten
...upon my death," Perry said.
This measure would be taken dur­ing
a period of famine, and rules
See Perry, A-8
Detoxification 'milkshake' could sober partiers
By Janet Jimmerson
Staff Writer
It's Friday night and you're
driving home after a night out
with your friends when you see
blue lights reflecting in the rear-view
mirror. Now those three
beers come back to haunt you.
No problem.
You took an "alcohol detoxifi­cation
drug" before leaving the
bar.
If Dr. Robert P. Chambers,
head of the chemical engineering
department, and graduate
assistant David Whitmire are
successful, party-goers will be
able to sober up by taking a drug
to speed up their alcohol metabo­lism
rate.
"We are shooting for 20 to 30
minutes," said Whitmire, who
has worked on the project for four
years.
Normal metabolism, he said, is
slow for large amounts of alcohol
(ethanol) because of the "over­whelming"
ratio of ethanol to
available enzymes, the substan­ces
responsible for the reaction.
"Coffee will actually make some­one
drunker if they drink it after
alcohol."
—David Whitmire
"For an average male 19 to 34
years old, weighing 169 pounds
and having a blood-alcohol level
of .1 percent (3.2 beers), there is a
drop of .016 percent per hour."
They have designed a drug to
"augment the liver," Chambers
said, by increasing the amount of
available enzymes and making
them more efficient. "These
enzymes," Chambers said, "are
derived from plant and yeast
sources."
Three of them, according to
Whitmire, are found in zucchini
peeling, baker's yeast and spin­ach
leaves which he described as
"a rich source."
Whitmire, a Clemson graduate
with a master's degree in chemi­cal
engineering from Virginia
Tech, said that, if successful, he
expects the drug to be produced
as a mix, similar to an instant
breakfast. "It'll be like a milk­shake
rather than a pill," he said.
He and Dr. Allen R. Dillon, an
associate professor in small
animal surgery, will test the drug
at the vet school this month on
dogs who, Chambers said, "have
a metabolism relative to alcohol
very similar to humans."
They plan to raise the animals'
blood-alcohol level to the DUI
limit (.1 percent), administer the
enzyme mixture and, by testing
the blood at intervals, determine
how quickly the reaction can be
performed, Whitmire said.
"There is a lot of mythology
surrounding ethanol," he said.
He cited the sobering effect of cof­fee
as an example. "Coffee will
actually make someone drunker"
if they drink it after the alcohol. It
stimulates the heart which, he
said, causes the alcohol to reach
the brain faster.
It would be better to drink a
couple of cokes, he said, because
of the fructose they contain.
"Fructose will reduce the alcohol
level by about 10 percent."
Whitmire said he had two res­ervations
about putting a detoxi­fication
drug on the market.
"First of all, people spend a lot of
money to get drunk. They like
being drunk. And second, you
may have good intentions when
you're sober but, when you're not,
you may not behave logically."
He mentioned that similar
drugs have been developed in an
attempt to combat the negative
effects of alcohol abuse. For
example, there is drug designed
to inhibit drinking by its adverse
effects. "Antabuse," a compound
developed in the United States,
he said, "interferes with the com­plete
breakdown of alcohol caus­ing
a buildup of acetaldehyde
which makes you sick."
And, according to the Decem­ber
issue of Science, a compound
was discovered in Switzerland
that "blocked the behavioral
effects of alcohol intoxification."
However, the company did not
develop it for clinical use because
of "the legal and ethical difficul­ties"
involved with a drug that
causes apparent sobriety al­though
the alcohol level may
reach lethal limits.
"An anti-drunkeness pill," said
a company spokesman, "cer­tainly
in the long term would not
reduce ethanol consumption, but
would encourage it."
Whitmire said the substance he
and Chambers have designed
will be the first to correct "alco­hol's
physiological and narcotic
effects."
"The unique aspect of this pro-ject
is the interdisciplinary
nature...We have pulled together
resources from the pharmacy
school, vet school, chemical
engineering and the biotechnol­ogy
center."
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Graduate school in limbo
discussing independence
By Stephanie Warnecke
Assistant News Editor
President James E. Martin has
appointed a committee of gradu­ate
and undergraduate students
to review the graduate school's
request for independent govern­ment.
The committee, headed by Vice
President of Student Affairs Pat
Barnes, will recommend the
action Martin should take,
according to Dr. Norman Doo-renbos,
dean of the graduate
school.
"They will review what has
been proposed and discuss the
structure and operation of a
separate organization," Dooren-bos
said.
The graduate school has set up
an interim senate, elected by the
graduate students, to work as a
group on the proposal.
Shortly before Christmas
break, the graduate school held
elections for a president and one
senator from each department.
Almost 40 students ran for presi­dent,
according to Doorenbos, so
a run-off was held between the
top two during winter quarter.
The new organization began on
February 1.
The graduate senate has sub­mitted
several proposals to the
president's committee, but they
were sent back for revisions. Doo­renbos
said the preamble to the
Constitution and the bylaws,
lack of a secretary and lack of an
office were problems in the last
proposal sent back to the senate.
The revisions to the constitu­tion
are underway, Doorenbos
said, and Hargis Hall, the office
of the graduate school, has
offered the senate office space. He
said the organization does not
have a secretary right now
because it has no budget.
; Rick Cantrell, president of the
fe-enate, advocates a totally
separate organization — the
Graduate School Association
(GSA). The Constitution sets up a
liaison between the Student
Government Association (SGA)
and the GSA, but they would
each operate separately.
The discontent of the graduate
students with the SGA began
about a year ago. The graduate
students felt they did not have
adequate r e p r e s e n t a t i o n or
enough voice in the SGA.
SGA President Robert Maund
said he hopes the graduate school
remains part of the SGA.
"I think we can work a lot more
effectively as one organization,"
he said.
Until something definite is
decided, Maund said the SGA is
proceeding according to its Con­stitution.
The SGA has increased
the number of graduate school
senators from one to three, and
three students ran in the election
Thursday.
"I think we can
work a lot more
effectively as
one organiza­tion.
"
-Robert Maund
The SGA also proposed creat­ing
presidentially-appointed
cabinet positions for the gradu­ate
student and having the grad­uate
school senate become an
advisory board "to facilitate
communications between the two
groups," Maund said.
John Crofton, vice president of
the senate and a member of the
president's committee, said he
spoke with Maund about the new
proposal and felt it was a good
idea.
"Perhaps there's something in
the middle — an opportunity for
compromise," Crofton said.
Crofton and another member
of the senate, Miles, Baron, sug­gested
accepting the SGA prop­osal
to the graduate students. It
was voted on at a senate meeting
that night and rejected unani­mously.
Several of the students were
angered by the proposal and felt
like he had "sold put on the
organization," Crofton said.
"Some felt it was legitimate, some
felt I had no business bringing it
up.
"I saw the senate was having a
great deal of difficulty proceed­ing
to a separate government," he
said. "I feel an obligation to the
whole school — if the GSA cannot
function, it will hinder the school
as a whole."
Baron said he felt the SGA
proposal would have a 100 per­cent
chance of working, while the
GSA only has a 50 percent
chance. He said he wanted to
work with a government that is
already established and effec­tive,
as the SGA is.
Pat Barnes, vice president of
student affairs and head of the
president's committee, said "I
have enough confidence in the
committee to recommend some­thing
viable. It will become the
responsibility of the GSA to
implement it."
Besides working on the Consti­tution
revision, the senate also is
a member of the Graduate Coun­cil,
consisting of professors in the
graduate school and is co-sponsoring
the Graduate Student
Research Forum on April 15.
No one is sure what will
happen to the SGA positions
should the GSA be established.
"It would be terrible (for the SGA
graduate school senators) if Mar­tin
said the positions no longer
existed," Cantrell said.
Barnes said it was a "limbo
kind of situation" since there has
been no official withdrawal from
the SGA.
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HAND IT OVER—Champion Internataional
Corporation recently presented the School of
Forestry with an annual support grant of
$1,500. (1-r) Dr. Warren Brandt, vice president
for academic affairs; Dr. Richard Porterfield,
general manager, Alabama region timber-lands
for Champion; and Dr. Emmett Thomp­son,
dean of the School of Forestry.
By Carrie Sikes
and Allison Bishop
Staff Writers
A student owning an Alabama
driver's license may no longer
"get by" with an out-of-state
license plate.
Auburn City Police Sgt. Jerry
Holder was made aware of a cer­tain
automobile registration law
by Alabama State Troopers
about a month ago.
During a class conducted by
State Troopers on fraudulent
licenses and identifications, the
question came up about persons
with Alabama driver's licenses
and out-of-state car tags, said Cpl.
James Bass of the driver's license
department in Opelika.
Bass said that the state law is
not new and that troopers have
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prices ranging from $500 to
$2,000, including airfare, a place
to stay and meals.
Joe Hoechner, who works with
American Youth Hostels from
Pittsburgh, Pa., said, "The sche­dule
is set so you don't kill your­self.
A lot has to do with the par­ticipant's
experience." Hoechner
also said if the participant was in
good shape, they could travel as
many as 70 miles in one day.
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and a well-qualified leader go on
each trip. Each person is pro­vided
with a map of the entire
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with a complete list of what
to bring, including rain gear, once
they are registered," Hoechner
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since they are on the road, they
have easy access to medical help.
If they are hiking, local medical
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Available trips are cross­country
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Mountain huts with rustic
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Hikers provide their own gear
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Youth Hostels is an interna­tional
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"We've just been
told recently to
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it."
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Holder
"If you have an Alabama driv­er's
license or have been an Ala­bama
resident for 30 days, you
are required by law to have an
Alabama tag," Holder said.
"This is not a new law," Holder
said. "It's been around for a long
time. We've just been told
recently to start enforcing it."
"We don't know if we'll start
enforcing it or continue to give
warnings," Holder said. He said
there have been a few tickets
handed out and there have been a
few hearings. "But it will be up to
the judge to decide whether the
complainants are guilty or not
guilty," he said. "It's up for
interpretation."
Many students are obtaining
an Alabama driver's license to
avoid paying out-of-state tuition,
but they are failing to obtain
Alabama license plates, Holder
said.
The Code of Alabama, 1975,
requires that persons who own
vehicles and are residents of Ala­bama
must register those vehi­cles
and obtain state tags within
30 days of entering the state. Stu­dents
who don't own the automo­biles
they drive "can't register
what they don't own," Tom Stall-worth,
University registrar, said.
However, the law, 40-12-262 of
the same Code, states "sections
relative to registration and dis­play
of registration numbers
shall not apply to a motor vehicle
owned by a non-resident of this
state and not used for hire or used
for commercial purposes in this
state for a period of 30 days from
date of entering the state."
"The whole thing to me
revolves around who owns the
car," Stallworth said.
Bass said, "The law says if the
car is used in the state of Ala­bama
more than 30 days, it must
be registered — regardless of who
owns it."
The fine for not having proper
tags ranges from $25-$100.
"I've pulled over some students
who have admitted that they
obtained an Alabama driver's
license solely to keep from paying
the higher out-of-state tuition.
But, they were unaware that they
also need an Alabama license
plate, regardless of who owns the
car.
"This is not only unfair to those
students who do pay out-of-state
tuition, but the money from the
license plates helps to maintain
Alabama's roads, which the
students are using freely," Holder
said.
Most likely Auburn Police
won't pull over students just to
check their driver's license,
Holder said.
"But, if pulled over for another
reason, the student might be
given a ticket for improper tags."
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A-6 Che 9uburn plainsman Friday, April 10,198
The creation of a fraternity I Campus Calendar
Colonies work
for recognition
under auspices,
rules of IFC
By Tessie Guell
Staff Writer
By the time Lee Blakely and
Tom Dunn leave Auburn Univer­sity,
they will be experts on how
to establish a new fraternity on
campus.
Students Blakely and Dunn
have the common goal of estab­lishing
a national fraternity
chapter at Auburn and therefore
have to follow certain rules
imposed by the Interfraternity
Council (IFC).
Blakely, a transfer student
from Virginia Tech, arrived at
Auburn in the fall of 1985 and
was disappointed to find that
Auburn's campus had no Pi
Lambda Phi chapter, a national
fraternity he had joined at Vir­ginia
Tech.
Blakely contacted the Pi
Lambda Phi national, which
showed a lot of interest since it is
growing nationally with 47 chap­ters
and 10 colonies. By the
spring of 1986, there were 18
founding fathers for the colony at
Auburn.
The next step for Blakely and
friends was to be recognized as a
colony by the IFC. "To officially
gain colony status at Auburn,
you need to express your interest
to form a fraternity, but still be
missing some of the requirements
to become a chapter," Tom Nick-les,
IFC president, said.
"You need to be recognized by
Auburn University as an organi­zation,
you must be recognized by
your national as a colony and you
must submit a progress report to
the IFC every quarter," Nickles
said.
"It all works in circles, you need
to be recognized as a colony by
your national in order for IFC to
do the same and afterwards you
need to be recognized as a chapter
by your national for'JFC to do the
same, but you can't skip steps,
you must be a colony before you
are a chapter," Nickles said.
Dunn, president of Delta Chi,
went through the same process to
gain colony status recognition
from IFC. Delta Chi had a chap­ter
at Auburn that was taken
away by their national in the
spring of 1985.
Last fall Delta Chi national
came to Auburn with the inten­tion
of re-colonizing and individ­ually
interviewed all those inter­ested.
Sixty-eight men were
chosen — 64 pledges, three
transfer brothers and one brother
from the old chapter.
"I've heard different rumors
about the reason national pulled
the chapter away, but no one has
a definite conclusion," Dunn
said. "We are trying to start
something new here — we've
gone to sorority meetings to offer
our friendship, we're working
hard on scholarship matters and
in conclusion we like to think we
are trendsetters," Dunn said.
Nickles said that for both fra­ternities
to be recognized as a
chapter by the IFC, they must
meet the following criteria:
—operate as a fraternity six
consecutive months immediately
prior to application,
— c u m u l a t i v e grade point
average of 2.3 or above,
—30 members at the time of
application,
—satisfactory record of being
invloved with Auburn and com­munity
services,
—adequate housing facilities,
—good finances (house bills,
etc.) and
—proof of being in good stand­ing
with Auburn University.
Seth Lynn, secretary of Pi
Lambda Phi, said the fraternity
has received a lot of support from
both national and IFC. "We have
had great freedom to work with
and we have 21 brothers right
now." Lynn added that Pi
Lambda Phi held their first for­mal
rush in Foy Union this quar­ter.
Pi Lambda Phi is still looking
for a house.
Lynn said Pi Lambda Phi
expects to be recognized as a
chapter by national and IFC next
fall and Dunn said Delta Chi
expects the same next winter.
Physics Colloquium: P. Beir-ersdorfer,
Princeton Plasma
Physics Laboratory, will speak
on the "Spectra of Highly
Charged Atomic Ions" today at 3
p.m. in Parker Hall 213.
Sports Clubs Day will be held
on the Haley Center Concourse
Tuesday, April 14, from 9 a.m.-2
p.m.
Student Development Ser­vices
offers: "Exam Prepara­tion"
on Monday, April 13 at 4
p.m. in Martin Hall 315; "Know
Yourself Better — Improve Your
Study Skills" on Tuesday, April
14 at 3:30 p.m. in Martin Hall 315;
"Time Management..." on Tues­day,
April 14, at 4 p.m. in Foy 204;
and "How Does Registration for
Summer or Fall Quarter Fit Into
the Rest of Your Life?" on Wed­nesday,
April 15, at 4 p.m. in Fov
204.
Free Study Help — The Study
Partner Program offers free
study help in several subjects
each week, Sundays through Fri­days,
in Haley Center Lounge.
Call 826-5972 or come by Martin
Hall 315 for a detailed schedule.
Professor John Vance from
the University of Georgia will
deliver a public lecture, "Bio­graphy's
Victim: Samuel John­son,"
at 3:30 p.m. in Foy Union
205 on April 14. The lecture is
sponsored by the English
department.
Talons junior honorary is now
accepting applications. Availa­ble
at Foy Union desk. Appli­cants
must have a 3.0 GPA or be
in the top 25 percent of their class.
Advanced Life Saving
Course — American Red Cross
Advanced Life Saving course will
be offered. Requirements: at least
15 years old and a proficient
swimmer. Class will begin on
Wednesday, April 22. For more
information, call Auburn Uni­versity
Continuing Education,
826-5101.
OTS Second Annunal Old
Country Fair. Arts and crafts,
dunking booth, exhibits, good
food, petting zoo. All proceeds go
to Camp ASCCA. Saturday,
April 11, at the National Guard.
Armory from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Auburn Society for Envir­onmental
Protection will meet
in HC 2222 at 5 p.m. on Thursday,
April 16.
AU Racquetball Club will
meet Sunday at 5 p.m. in the Rac- >
quetball Court.
The Auburn Alumni Phi;
Theta Kappa Chapter will
meet Wednesday, April 15, in HC
3206 at 5:30 p.m.
The Science Fiction & Fan­tasy
Society will meet Sunday,
April 19, a t 7:30 p.m. in Foy
Union 202. New members wel­come.
Talk on the works of Andre
Norton.
Delta Sigma Pi's service pro­ject
will be Monday, April 13, at 4
p.m. Tuesday, April 14, Tony
Amason will speak at 6 p.m. in
Foy Union 204. Officers' meeting
at 5:30 p.m. Pledge test at 5:15
p.m. in Tichenor 319.
Students of Objectivism will
present a video of Auburn philo­sophy
professor, Tibor Machan,
on William Buckley's "Firing
Line." Place: Mises Institute
(behind Petrie Hall) on Wednes­day,
April 15, at 6:30 p.m.
Loan default crackdown begins
Editor's Note: The term
"default" was used instead of
"claim" for clarification pur­poses.
By Cindy Jones
Staff Writer
Ellen Misczak, a welfare recip­ient
and divorcee, waited for her
income tax refund.
It came, but it was $91 short.
The Internal Revenue Service
docked her refund to pay her stu­dent
loan default.
"I'm glad they took the money.
I don't see the money so it doesn't
hurt as much," said Misczak, who
receives $287 a month in welfare
payments. , ^
"I just didn't have the money te
give them. After paying rent anrf
utilities, I only have $10 left trj
pay for my daughter's shoes and
school supplies," she said in a tel­ephone
interview from her New
Kensington, Pa., home.
The IRS, in its first loan default
crackdown, has the names of
750,000 defaulters of $1.6 billion
in government loans. Eighty-seven
percent are student loans,
according to the May 19, 1986
issue of USA Today.
The Department of Education
has collected $81.1 million from
149,860 defaulters, according to
the article.
The IRS's tax refund-docking
program has been "incredibly
successful," said Budget Director
James Miller in the article.
Joe McCormick, president of
the National Council of Higher
Education Loan Programs, said
the main-problem people have is
they don't have the money. More
than 90 percent of all students
who ever borrowed are trying to
pay it back.
Nate Jones, who went to the
University of Tennessee and is
now a civil engineer for the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, said,
"Without my loans, I would have
never been able to go to college.
My parents couldn't afford it."
Jones has five $2,500 grants.
"In the long run it's good, but it's
something to consider," he said.
About 50 percent of Auburn
University students receive
financial assistance.
According to William Watson,
assistant dirrector for the Stu­dent
Financial Aid Office, 6,269
students receive loans either in
Guaranteed Stw'ent Loans, pri­vate
bank loans., National Direct
Student Loans, a federal loan
program',. Health Professions'?
Student Loans, available to .
pharmacy and veterinary medi-v
See Loan, A-8
tDS AWARENESS-^Dr. Lawrence Robey
speaks at Opelika Junior High School on
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS). The program sponsored by Lee
ttfj -j Photography: J<tme» LeCroy
County Extension Service, East .Alabama
Medical Center and Lee County Health
Department took place on April 2 and
included a film Sex, Drug* and AIDS.
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RENT
Sublease summer quarter with
fall option, 2-BR, 1 bath, fall
option. 2-BR, 1 bath, unfur­nished.
Village West Apt.
$310/mo. Spacious rooms,
dishwasher, washer-dryer
hookup, swimming pool, tennis
courts. Graduating, must rent.
Call 821-2526 after 5 p.m.
Large duplex available June 1.
2 spacious bedrooms. 3 baths,
nice yard. Scenic location. Call
Steve, 821 -5093 after 5:30 p.m.
Wanted female roommate for
summer quarter, Leman's
Apartments, 2-bedroom. Call
Jennifer, 821-5876, 826-1439.
RENT j | RENT | | RENT RENT RENT
2 bedroom - 2 bath
Mobile Homes
$250-290 per month
TOTAL RENT!
Top Condition
Furnished or unfurnished
Central heat and air
See these units before you
lease somewhere else
Get more for your rental
dollar
Henderson Realty
749-3421
Melanie
(rental agent)
821-5891
For rent: Spacious 1984 lake-front
mobile home. Furnished,
central H/A, W/D hookup, 2-
BR, 2 ba. Take over lease of
$290/month. Call 821-0625 or
821-5891.
For rent, 2.5 cubic ft. refrigera­tor.
Rent by the quarter. Great
for dorm. Phone 821-2331.
Mobile home - two bedrooms,
two baths, furnished, Wire
Road area, shady lot, privacy.
Call 887-8128.
Big clean 2-BR, 2 bh trailer for
sublease spring & summer.
First month's rent FREE,
$290/mo. Has a bar in LR. 948
Webster's Crossing. Call
Melanie. 821-0171 before 5.
821-1819 after 5 p.m.
Live at Crossland Downs
summer qtr. You and three
friends, non-smokers, call
821-4975.
Want to sublease 1-bedroom?
Fully furnished apt. for summer
qtr. 2 blocks from campus at
Tiger Terrace. Phone 821-
8053.
For rent, 2-BR turn, apt., cen­tral
A/H, close to campus. 2
girls, $145/mo. each, total
$290, with fall option.
887-3544.
Two bedroom duplex for
summer qtr. Fall optional,
$185/month, 7 miles from
campus, 821-4078.
Need one female to sublease
summer quarter at Lakewood
Commons. Rent negotiable.
Call 826-7132.
Students only—nice mobile
home, carpet, air-condition.
Wire Road. Vi mile from vet
school. $165/mo. 826-1169.
Female roommate needed for
summer quarter to share 4-
bedroom, 21/2 bath townhouse,
fully equipped kitchen, air con­ditioner
and W/D. Rent only
$115/month plus utilities. Call
Carolyn at 821-7367.
1-BR duplex available sum­mer.
Excellent condition.
Fenced yard. Great place. Get­ting
married, must rent. Only
$175/mo. Call 826-6705.
Special Offer...
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We Can Do...
3051 Birmingham Hwy.
•Opelika«745-5739
Ski Lodge Apt. will give you
$200 off when you sign a
lease of one of our 1, 2, or 3
Bedroom Apts. Come Visit
Us and take advantage of
the Lease we can do for you.
Model Apt. shown by appt.
only.
745-5739
Roommate wanted: Your own
bedroom in spacious furnished
3-bedroom apartment. 1 block
from campus. Grad. student
preferred. $105/mo. Call
821-1343.
Available for summer sublet:
Beautiful 1-bedroom duplex
fully furnished, parking in front.
Must see! Perfect for 1 or 2
people! Call Kay, 887-8936.
Now accepting leases on
Brookside Apts. Brand new 2
and 3-BR apts. 'Good Cents'
construction. 21/2 blocks from
campus. Washers-dryers in
each unit, pool. Rent from
$395/mo. Call Folmar Realty,
887-3425.
Webster's Crossing - 2 & 3-
bedroom trailers for rent. 2-
BR-$250; 3-BR-$265. Call
Merriat821-0573.
Furnished duplex for sublease
summer quarter, close to cam­pus
with large yard. $150/mo.
Call 826-7454.
Need non-smoking female
roommate this quarter. Prefer
graduate student or pre-professional.
Lakewood Com­mons
Apartment. Only $100
/month. Call 826-6678.
The Folmar Realty Co. has
Auburn's best selection of one,
two and three-bedroom cot­tages,
duplexes and houses.
Call 887-3425.
Condo for sale or rent, 3 blks.
from campus. 2-BR, Vh. bath,
W/D, Shady Glenn. $480/
month. $52,000. 887-7439.
Townhouse sublease $395
/mo., 2-BR, Vh bath, micro­wave,
D/W, garb, disp., pool,
tennis. New grads. and profes­sionals.
887-3144.
Needed: Two girls to sublease
furnished two bedroom double
bed apartment for this summer.
Please call 821 -6039 or leave a
message at 826-3655.
Two bedroom duplex available
immediately. $185/month. One
mile from campus. 821-4079.
New duplex, 3-bedroom, 2
bath. Available early May.
$450/month. 1314 Hampton
Drive. 887-6977.
Hearthwood Apartments,
close to campus, W/D, dish­washer,
cable, microwave,
fireplace, 3-BR, 2 ba., from
$425-$575 per month. Call
Alabama Land Locators,
821-8210.
Sublease summer 2-BR apt.
Large, 1 mi. from H.C.
$290/month. Linda/Liz, 826-
7602 or 887-3544.
One-bedroom apt. unfur­nished,
Westshore Landing,
$50 off regular priced apart­ments,
great location, micro­wave,
ceiling fan. 821-2800,
day; 821-5361, nights and
week-ends. Qreat for grad.
students.
Female roommate needed
immediately ($250 spring qtr.)
option of leasing. Four rooms,
available summer qtr. ($225,
own room, 1/6 utilities.
821-8161.
Two-bedroom turn, trader for
summer sublease. $150/
month. Barron's. 826-3714.
Helpl Fun-loving, largo, fur­nished
2-BR apt needs up to
three tenants summer quarter.
Newly redecorated with cen­tral
air. Please call 826-6595.
Sublease summer quarter. 2-
bedroom, 2 baths, furnished,
pool, tennis courts. Good price.
821-7812.2-4 people.
One-half duplex for sublease
summer qtr. Big yard. Ultimate
privacy. Pets allowed. Rent,
$1l2.50/mo. Call today! Dan,
821-4404.
Now 3-BR townhome. Conve­nient
to campus. Freeman
Realty, 887-7436; night
887-7443.
Male roommate need to share
2-BR house, $95 monthly plus
V* utilities. Call 821-6768 after
5.
Duplex apt. for rent. Heat and
A/C. Good location for stu­dents.
Call 887-9076 or
887-5846.
Lakewood Commons Apart­ment
for lease summer. 4 peo­ple
- $100 each, 3 people -
$120 each. Call 826-6678.
Sublease Crossland Downs:
Female needed spring/or
summer. Price negotiable. Call
826-1113.
Radar Detectors for rent.
Available at both Spectrum
stores. Ask clerk about 4 day
rental special.
One or two female roommates
needed at Crossland Downs
immediately. Call 826-6984.
For sublease spring quarter
One room efficiency w/full
(private) bath and kitchen, fur­nished.
Close to campus. Des­perate!
Let's talk perks.
821-5532.
Court Square
Condominium
Rentals
Located at 601 No. Gay,
one mile from Toqmers Corner.
Each residence has two bedrooms,
2 full sue baths, and double walk-in
closets. Completely furnished
with amenities such as micro­wave,
dishwasher, disposal, and
standard size washer and dryer.
• Good Cents Energy
efficient rating.
e Leasing for spring,
summer and fall
• Swimming Pool
St M'KOI'l Kill S I X .
118 No. Ross St. • Auburn, AL
• 826-1200
We also have 2-bedroom
duplexes available spring,
summer and fall.
• D M _ t _ U ^ O _ i a * .
R E N T I1 RENT
Castilian apartment, 2-
bedroom, close to campus.
Available summer with fall
option. 887-9619.
Sublease: 1-BR turnished
Patio II. 1 or 2 persons, 2 pools,
Jacuzzi, tennis. $300/mo. plus
utilities. Quiet. Call David, 887-
3867, 5-9 p.m.
Help! Duplex available now!
Very spacious 2-BR, only
$180/mo plus 1/2 utilities. Call
826-6705. Walking distance to
campus!
For rent, summer only, 3-
bedroom house, close to cam­pus.
$400/month plus utilities.
Call 826-1486.
Two bedroom, 1 ba. duplex,
$290/mo. water & garbage
included. Freeman Realty,
887-7436; night 887-7443.
Need female roommate or per­sons
to sublease 2-BR, 2 bath,
14x64 trailer. Rent negotiable.
Call Jennifer at 821-8507 or
1-825-9570.
Sublease 2-bedroom apart­ment
summer with fall option.
Call 821-4643.
Sublease, fully furnished 1-
bedroom apartment. #1,312 W.
Glenn. Studious atmosphere.
Close to campus. 826-6605
days.
Wanted: 1 or 2 male room­mates
for spring qtr. Lemans
Apts. $87.50 plus V* utilities
each. 826-6464.
$100 reward for subleasing my
room in a 4-bedroom house.
Spring and/or summer quar­ter.
Calll 826-3244.
LOST&
FOUND
Lost Passport (Indian) driving
license in brown pouch. Find-er/
s, please call. 821-2239.
Ramesh will reward the
finder/s.
WANTED
Mobile homes
for rent
1, 2, & 3 bedrooms
excellent condition;
Available now, summer, & fall
quarter. We provide excellent
maintenance service & very com­petitive
prices. These mobile
homes are located in the follow­ing
parks on Wire Road.
Tiger
Barron's
Ridgewood
Conway's
Check at Barron's Trailer Park
office or call 821-1335 anytime.
Please check with us before rent­ing
elsewhere.
P.S. We sincerely appreciate your
business.
Wanted horse to lease. English
rider. Call 826-6678.
Classical/Acoustic guitarist
seeks jamming partner. Call
Dan,821-4404.
Gold, silver and diamonds.
Class rings, wedding bands.
Highest prices paid. Hill's
Jewelrv, 111 E. Magnolia,
Auburr H87-3921.
FOR SALEJ
Female roommate need­ed
ootid $117.50/mo., i&jutiUaiMHi
ties-. 1 bltefroftfcgmpujs. Phone
H826-6485. notsi •jtx'i
Eagles West Apt. D-6 for sub­lease.
Spring quarter only,
$600. Call 821 -7432 8:30-5:00.
After 5 p.m. 1 -345-0608 collect.
Male roommate wanted, will
have own bedroom. One block
from campus on Genelda. Call
B26-3825.
Male roommate needed to
share 3-bedroom trailer.
$140 a month plus 1/3 utilit-ites.
For more information,
call Joe or Ed at 826-7007.
Needed: Two girls to sub­lease
2-bedroom double bed
apt. for this summer. Please
call 821-6039 or leave a mes­sage
at 826-3655.
Spacious 1-BR apt., 2
blocks from campus, $175/
month, furnished, unfur­nished.
749-3374, Marty.
Inexpensive house dormitory
rooms for rent. Single or dou­ble
occupancy. Utilities
included. Internationals wel­come.
Also female roommate
needed in apartment. 887-
7177.
April rent FREE! Cozy 2-
bedroom, quiet, close to
campus. More than you've
ever hoped for. $240/mo.
Call 826-1831.
Great duplex available
summer. Two bedrooms,
unfurnished, rent negotiable.
Must see to appreciate.
887-5992.
One bedroom apartment, large
rooms, private entrance, utili­ties
furnished, quiet neighbor­hood.
3 months lease. Availa­ble
immediately. $250/mo.
887-8962.
One or two roommates
needed for very large house,
many amenities, leave mes­sage
at 821-3240.
Sublease one or two
roommates for two bedroom
apartment for summer quar­ter.
Call 826-7169.
For rent, summer only, 3-
bedroom house, close to cam­pus.
$450/month plus utilities.
Call 826-1486.
Evan's Realty ha* 2
houses. Available now—3-
BR, 1 & 2 baths with fenced
in back yard. Stove & refrig.
and extras. Call Evan's
Realty, 821-7098.
For sale or rent: Well-maintained
old trailer. One
bedroom with study, W7 D, dish­washer.
$3,200 or $145 per
month. Available now. Call
Fred Swann, 887-8429.
For sale, one pair JBL speak­ers,
model 4311. Studio Moni­tors.
Call 821-8303, leave
message.
Must sell 12x50 trailer, 2-
bedroom, 1 ba., furnished,
washer, dog pen, porch.
$4,200. Call 821-1018 at night.
BMW 2002, 1973. Some
repairs needed. $2250.
B87-6333.
For sale, men's 10 speed bicy­cle
in great shape. Must sell at
a sacrifice of $175. Call
B26-6813.
Bird sale, mating pair of Afri- ,
can ringnecks. Sell babies for
profit. Quiet birds. 826-0605.
Cheap.
Trailer for sale, Stone-gate,
2-bedroom, 1 bath, fur­nished.
Call after 5, 826-
6127.
Trailer for sale: Excellent con­dition,
2-BR, 1 bath, furnished,
AC/heat, patio. Available fall.
Call 821 -7727. Campus Tr. Ct.
#152.
1981 Ford Escort, 4-speed.
runs well, new tires, asking
$1,400 or best offer. Call
826-3651.
Sofa & chair set, $100. Queen-size
sofa bed, $150. Call 826-
1761 after 5 p.m.
Ladies mountain bike/cruiser,
five speed, 1986, blue. $175.
Call 887-7875.
19" Nishiki Sport for sale.
Great bike, great buy! Must
well. Call 821 -0244 after 6 p.m.
Great deal! Trailer for sale.
Central A/H, furnished, dog
pen. Price negotiable. 821-
5871,821-1513.
Practice piano for sale. $75.
Call after 5, 887-6333.
Mobile home for sale, excellent
condition, 12x65, 2-bedrooms,
2 full baths. Wire Road area.
Call 821-1335 anytime.
Honda Hawk 400 cc. Asking
$475, call 826-3553.
For sale, Commodore 64,
software word processor, data
base and more. Call 826-6820
anytime before 10 p.m.
Smith & Wesson: Model 59,14
round magazine, 9 mm, blue,
good condition, call 826-1175.
Datsun 2802, 1977, 5-speed,
tinted windows, louvers,
repainted, excellent mechani­cal
condition. Call Kirk, 826-
5926, 887-9245.
21" Trek 400 series bicycle 12
speed, $200. Call 821 -6909.
For sale, Mead Telescope
model 97d 3.5 90mm. Makes
great telephoto camera lens.
Call 821 -8303, leave message.
Microwave, originally $400,
will sell for $110. Electric
typewriter, $30, OBO. Call
Mike, 821-9570.
FOR SALE
Must sell. AM/FM cassette car
stereo. Still in box. Never
opened. $54. Call Harry,
887-9352.
Computer — Commodore-64,
T.V. Monitor, and drive. Call
887-8806.
'85 Honda motorscooter, runs
good. $500 or best offer.
821-5756.
For sale, 1982 Showcase
trailer, 14x60, fence, deck,
excellent condition. Call
821-5889.
Fot sale, 10x50 trailer. 2-BR
furnished, gas heat. $3,500.
Dog pen, new carpet. 821 -
2884.
Scuba mask (Tabata TM-
2900Q) and scuba fins (Tusa
SF7000). Like new, $100 for
set Call 821-6909.
Motorcycle Honda 400CME,
1981, black, runs great. $550.
Call 749-5327 with new Nolan
helmet.
AKC Labrador Retriever pup­pies,
excellent bloodlines,
great hunting stock or pets,
chocolates, blacks, deposits,
calls welcomed. 821-9075.
TREK 500, many extras; Also
HydroSlide PRO $500. 826-
8503.
For sale, 2.5 cubic ft. refrigera­tor.
Excellent condition. Great
for dorm rooms. $160. Phone,
821-2331.
1985 Honda Nighthawk
w / h e l m e n t . $900. Call
826-3337.
For sale: 1970 green Volkswa­gen
Beetle. Excellent condi­tion.
Asking $995. Price negot­iable.
Call Ralph, 887-5830,
leave message.
Balfour class rings on sale
Monday-Friday, 7:45-4:45,
Room 332, Fov Union.
MISC.
10% Sweet Feed 50 lbs. @ $4,951
I l 2% Horse Pellets 50 lbs. @ $4.95J
^Hi-Pro Dog Food 40 lbs. @ $8.95|
We guarantee that your dog will eat it.|
Coming for Spring:
Animal Health Products
Horse Equipment Products
Wire Road Hardware
• Hail mile past Vet School I
I 821-0398 on Wire Road I
service and parts
for Volkswagen
749-2406
1010 Frederick
Road
Opelika, Al.
36801
Professional
Resumes
& C o v e r L e t t e rs
Complete Services
Preparing, formating, typing
IBM-Compatible Computer
Letter-Quality Printer
12-mo. Free Storage
for Revisions
$25.00-$60.00
Multiple mailings
(priced separately)
887-6333
(anytime)
WordShop
MISC. MISC.
Free
Stringing, Tune &
Polish with Purchase
of Strings
Guitar
Shoppe
* New & Used Fretted
Instruments
* Amps, P.A.'s Accessories
* Professional Sound
Equipment Sales
& Rental
* Discount Prices
* Layaway - Repair
* Guitar & Bass Lessons
The Guitar
Shoppe
"For All your Pickin' Needs"
Across from
the Auburn Depot
113 Mitcham Ave
(205)821-6818
M-F 10-6 Sat 10-4
COMING
SOON!
Complete
Pet Stock
Auburn Feed & Seed
Pel-Center
Look for specials
in next week's paper
Typing-Editing
by
College English
Teachers /Editors
Professional Writers
Typing $2.50 ds-pg
EHA Courses: $3.50 ds-pg
All work includes spelling, punc­tuation,
grammatical & word cho­ice
corrections; IBM-compatible
Computer; Letter-Quality Printer
Proficiency Exam
Tutoring
Editing, Proofreading,
Writing Assistance $20/hr.
8 8 7 - 6 3 3 3
(anytime)
WordShop
aaau
Parts
and
Repair
Service
749-3481
Import
City
Auto
Parts
S. 10th St. Opelika
The Final Draft: Auburn's orig­inal
professional word pro­cessing
service. Above Baskin
Robbins. Call 821-4813.
The Write Place for profes­sional
typing, word processing,
writing, resumes, dissertation
support and editing. 821 -7181.
OTS Old Country Fair, Satur­day,
April 11, 10-4, National
Guard Armory. Arts and Crafts,
dunking booth, petting zoo,
food and fun.
Special r/t air tickets Atlanta-
London nonstop July 4 & July
25. 1-800-433-1333. Ask for
Killearn Office.
Typing done in my home.
Reasonable rates. No calls
after 10 p.m. 821-1109, ask for
Jean.
Mobile home dwellers: Save
money on needed repairs:
e l e c t r i c a l , plumbing, etc.
Skilled student working part-time.
Call Tom, 826-1169.
Giant Yard Sale—TVs, kitchen
cabinet, motorcycle, toaster
oven, electronic games,
clothes, toys, books, fabric,
jewelry, dishes, linens, kitchen
stuff, shoes, lamps, pictures,
bedspreads, curtains, odds
and ends, junque, etc. etc. —
lots of Free things. April 11; 9-2.
Rain Date: April 12; 1-5. 325
Tullahoma Drive, Auburn (Off
Shelton Mill Road).
EHA Proficiency Exam Tutor­ing
by former college English
teacher. Excellent success
record. The Write Place.
821-7181.
OTS Country Fair, Saturday,
April 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
National Guard Armory. Arts
and Crafts, dunking booth, pet­ting
zoo, food, and fun.
AA/AL-Anon meetings, Mon­day,
7 p.m., Foy Union, rooms
205/203.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
Tuesday and Friday, 3 p.m.,
"45 E. Drake, (upstairs).
Eagle
Imports
Complete
German Car
Service
<& BMW
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424 Opelika Rd. 821 -9900
STEREOS
SAVE $$$
ON NAD
KLIPSCH
NAD 1130 Pre
Amp - 228.00
$17800
Klipsch KG-4
Speakers - 600.00
$49800 pr.
NAD 1155 Pre
Amp - 448.00
$32800
Klipsch Heresy
Speakers - 700.00
$59800 pr.
—Also—
$19800
Magnavox CD
Player - 300.00
ADCCD100CD
Player - 200.00
$14800
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Behind KA House
826-1960
Scholarships, financial aid,
grants, Results Guaranteed for
information call toil free:
National Scholarship Services,
1-800-USA-1221, ext. 7032.
JOBS
Now accepting applications
for sales assistants (full and
part-time) at JAN'S. Apply in
person 9:30-5:30 Mon.-Sat. at
1908 Pepperell Pkwy., Opelika
(near E.A.M.C.).
Licensed dental hygienlst and
trained dental assistant to
begin work between now and
July. Call 821-4322 or write
Box 951, Auburn, for interview.
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.
April 10-12
May 1-3
May 8-10
Earn from $1200 to
$1500 this summer with
no expenses. Room and
Board are FREE
Contact: Tom Collier
P.O. Box 21
Jackson's Gap, Al 36861
1-825-9226
Part-time jobs available;
Montgomery based firm seeks
recruiters in Auburn area. For
info, call 887-5475, Kevin.
Mature student, with at least 2
yrs. school left, for Resident
Manager position. Must be
dependable and have some
mechanical aptitude. Reply
with brief resume to Box 1551,
Auburn, 36831.
Now hiring cooks with expe­rience.
Restaurant is located
25 minutes from Auburn in
Lafayette. Good pay. Call
1-864-7388.
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Don C. and Kantoroshi, Greet­ings
from the social window!
Thanks for the magil and
peaches! Your little son.
Russell W., last night was only
the beginning. I'm yours, BODY
and soul. Always, Ramon.
Auburn Lacrosse, for the first
time since 1981, crushed
Georgia in an unrivaled display
of stick handling wizardry. Stay
tuned for the results of this
coming weekend's Bama
Tournament. Everyone knows
we will place first, because no
one can control the Violence
with Grace cult.
D&D to Risk. Auburn Fantasy
Club meets every Friday at H.C
2300 sec. at 6:30 p.m. Join us.
Amy Beall, thanks for the dip in
the pool at Daytona. It took my
breath away! Maverick.
Ridgewood 324 Revenge is
sweet. We've tasting sugar!!
The Fourth Annual Sacred
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legend continues...
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McPheeters is back - to teach Loan • c o n t i n u e d from A-6
Shirley Schofield
Staff Writer
After 18 years as the dean of the
iSehool of Architecture, Keith
McPheeters is resigning.
McPheeters will keep his posi­tion
as dean until a replacement
is found and will then return to
teaching full-time. He said he
would like to teach courses in
^architecture design studio on the
|third- or fourth-year levels.
When a successor is found,
McPheeters plans to take a leave
of absence for two quarters to
prepare for his return to full-time
teaching. McPheeters said he
Svould like to develop a new
teourse in architecture detailing.
This course would give students
more practical instruction on
construction with relation to
design.
' "I have been a dean for 21 years
now and that's long enough,"
McPheeters said. He added he
has missed having closer rela­tionships
with students while
being a dean. Although Mc­Pheeters
has kept in contact with
students by being on the student
advisory council and by partici­pating
on design juries that
Comment on students' designs, he
said this required only minimal
contact with students.
"Administration is no longer
the challenge it once was. I would
like to spend more time doing
more creative and stimulating
things like teaching, painting
£nd practicing architecture,"
McPheeters said.
McPheeters designed the addi­tion
to the Trinity Lutheran
Church in Auburn and has
yvorked on projects for the Ala­bama
Power Company, South
Central Bell and the Alabama
School of the Arts. McPheeters
plans to have more time to prac­tice
architecture when he resigns
as dean.
' Watercolor painting is a hobby
McPheeters hopes to have morei
time for after resigning. He had
his own show in Auburn of
watercolors he painted based on
a trip to China. One of his paint­ings
hangs in the Southtrust
Bank in Birmingham.
McPheeters plans to retire after
a few years of teaching and reside
in Auburn. "I have lived here
more than anywhere else so I
plan to stay here," McPheeters
said. He added he liked the many
activities available in a college
town.
Auburn is exciting and vital
because of the students, Mc­Pheeters
said. "Associating with
students keeps you young,"
McPheeters said.
"I have always thought of
myself as a teacher and I would
like to finish my career at Auburn
back in the classroom," Mc­Pheeters
said.
McPheeters said he had been
planning on resigning for a long
time and chose now to resign to
give the School of Architecture
enough time to find a replace­ment.
Some of the programs estab­lished
during McPheeters' dean-ship
are landscape architecture
and community planning. Indus­trial
design also became a
department.
State's 'unsung heroes'
recognized by Mosley
By Dianne Shaw
Staff Writer
Famous people receive awards
for their acheivements all the
time — Hank Williams Jr., coun­try
music entertainer of the year,
Paul Newman, the Oscar for best
actor in The Color of Money, Bo
Jackson for his athletic abilities
— the average person seems to be
overlooked. But there is a pro­gram
at Auburn that tries to
award Alabama's "unsung
heroes."
The W. Kelly Mosley Environ­mental
Award is given annually
to people throughout the state
who have made a significant con­tribution
to forestry, wildlife and
related resources. Past recipients
have done such things as conduct
forestry camps, encourage the
Alabama Senate to pass a "Save
the Butterfly Day" resolution and
develop wildflower trails for pub­lic
use. Past winners have also
included a now-graduated
Auburn student for his work with
spoonbill catfish.
There have been 121 recipients
Perry
would be set up to avoid "black
market body selling."
Perry said, "If you bought the
part about not wasting food, then
it's wrong not to let people eat
you."
"Think of the menus in restau­rants:
sloppy joes , stack of pan­creas,
rump roast, open-faced
sandwiches and finger foods.
After the period of famine had
ended, everything could return to
normal, and these would remain
as delicacies," Perry said.
of awards in 45 of Alabama's 67
counties.
The program, carried out
through the Cooperative Exten­sion
Service, is possible through
a $15,000 annual gift from Dr.
W. Kell y Mosley and the Frank­lin
Foundation he heads.
Mosley, a 1924 Auburn gradu­ate,
wanted to encourage others
to improve their land as he has
done with timberland he owns in
Morengo County. Because, he
said, "you don't inherit land, you
borrow it from your grandchild­ren
and should return it better
than you got it."
Dr. John D. Freeman, associate
professor of botany and microbi­ology
and curator of the Alabama
State Herbarium, received the
award for his study of geographi­cal
ranges and plant distribu­tions
throughout Alabama. He
said he was honored and sur­prised
to receive the award. He
also felt honored his nominee
won.
Freeman said the committee
tries to "bring recognition to
those who go above and beyond
what's expected."
cine majors; and institutional
loans, for students with special
financial needs.
An average four-year loan is
$2,500 to $3,000, said Carolyn
Pound, Auburn student loan
manager.
Sue Basso, a senior with $7,300
in loans, said, "I feel fortunate I
have the loans because I couldn't
get through school without them.
It's scary to think of all I owe."
Pound said, "With default
rates, we have a pretty good
record." National Direct Student
Loan which is Auburn's largest
federal loan had a 3.27 percent
default rate and Health Profes­sions
Student Loan had a 1.55
percent default rate last year,
according to Pound.
Auburn's loan department
reviews a loan repayment sche­dule
with each recipient before he
or she graduates, Pound said.
"Students that don't come by
for an interview will probably
become delinquent," she said. "If
a student leaves and only gets a
written loan schedule, it can be
hard to read, making it hard to
abide by the rules."
When a student defaults he
receives bills, letters and phone
calls asking for his loan pay­ment,
Pound said. "If the pay­ment
is not received we report
the account as delinquent and
his grades and transcripts are
frozen," she said.
If the account is 120 days past
due Auburn sends the account to
a Montgomery collection agency,
Pound said. The agency adds 25
to 30 percent of the account's
remaining balance and interest
to the collection fee to be paid
with the loan, Pound said.
For example, a $5,000 loan with
a remaining balance of $3,000
and $500 interest can have a
$1,050 collection fee added, total­ing
$4,550, Pound said.
continued from A-3
"If the defaulter has sufficient
assets, then the agency will file a
lawsuit," she said.
After about 18 months, the
account may return to the Uni­versity.
If the University can't
collect the loan, then it is sent to
the Department of Education,
according to Pound.
The Department of Educa­tion's
collection agency works
with the IRS to dock the income
tax refunds, Pound said.
"I think that a lot of people
graduate thinking they'll get a
fabulous job and be able to pay
their loan, but students don't get
great salaries and can't pay
back," Pound said.
Scott Golden, senior, said he
hopes to pay back his $3,000 loan
iii one year. "I think students that
default on their loans are slime,"
he said.
The University's Financial Aid
department also certifies appli­cations
for Guaranteed Student
Loans. This loan is granted by
local banks.
"The two types of Guaranteed
Student Loans we have are
HEAL, medical, veterinary and
health education loans and Plus
and/or Supplimental Allowance
loans," said Caroline Wilson,
SouthTrust Bank a s s i s t a nt
manager of the student loan
department.
Pound said, "I think most stu­dents
have a Guaranteed Student
Loan because the student is eligi­ble
for more money with less
requirements."
According to Watson, Auburn
has the lowest default rate on
Guaranteed Student Loans of all
the major state universities.
As of 1985, the University's
default rate was 1.57 percent
based on 8,292 loans. The Uni­versity
of Alabama's default rate
was 2.75 percent with about the
same number of loans, Watson
said.
The Alabama Guaranteed Stu­dent
Loan Corporation buys
loans from banks and the Com­mission
provides the administra­tive
work on the loans purchased,
said Sonny Brasfield, director of
public relations for the Alabama
Higher Education Commission.
"Students need to understand
the agreements they sign are
legally binding contracts," Bras-field
said.
April 10th - 2 0 th the
Perry said he does see the pos­sibility
of this getting out of con­trol.
"We would have to be careful
of the black market, and relatives
coming to a deathbed with a knife
and fork," he said. "We may not
consider this good eating, but
possibly the third-world coun­tries
might, we could send it to
them."
There is still the problem of get­ting
the food to the people. "Qjtr,
responsibilty may end with put­ting
the food on their docks,"
Perry said.
One person in the audience
asked Perry if he was worried
Auburn University Food Servi­ces
would put his carrion theories
into practice. He said, "I fear they
will follow this line. I had a
Catholic meal there once, I
believe it was filet of soul."
Perry concluded his lecture by
s a y i n g ^ i k e ^ p ^ t things in my
life, I'm confusedv"
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President
Victor Segrest
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*David Fowler
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Michael Colpack
* Calvin Durham
•Richard Walker
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140
191
87
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123
Gary Hartman 69
Business
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•Stephen Davis
*Tom Fabbrini
* Mark Murphy
* Brian Voecks
• JeffWalding
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Chip Bankston
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* Cyndi Holtz
Bobby Welch
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536
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Shawn Buchanan 211
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Thomas Collins 237
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QlbeSlubiirn Plainsman
Chris Rousb, Editor
Luz M. Sabillon, Business Manager
Volume 93 Number 20
Victory's warning
While we were gone over spring
break, the 11th Circuit Court of
Appeals in Atlanta upheld Auburn's
decision to suspend two veterinary
students for cheating on an exam.
Good for the Court of Appeals and
for Auburn University for sticking
to their guns.
Upholding the academic honesty
on Auburn's campus does nothing
but good, and we applaud these
decisions. But in the Circuit Court's
written opinion, there was some­thing
which could be construed as a
possible warning in future cases of
this matter.
The two students charged argued
that two key elements that would
have ensured their due process,
notice of the evidence to be pre­sented
and cross-examinaton of
accusing witnesses, were missing.
The court ruled that the potential
value of these two additional proce­dures
is doubtful.
However, in future cases, these
two elements might be cause for a
case to be overturned. In this case,
the court ruled t h a t the two students
never requested an extension of time
or suggested they were at a disad­vantage
by continuing on with the
meeting. But what if a student does
feel at a disadvantage because of a
lack of these two elements?
The ruling said "due process
requires that students have right to
respond to charges which lead to
dismissal, but their rights in the
academic process are not coexten­sive
with the rights of litigants in
civil trial..." In effect, due process is
not required in an academic deci­sion.
Something to ponder when
thinking about his and future court
d e c i s i o n s c o n c e r n i n g A u b u rn
University.
The Plainsman thinks this deci­sion
to uphold Auburn University's
ruling to suspend the two veterinary
students is an excellent one and
insures t h a t academic integrity on
campus is upheld.
But The Plainsman would like to
see some caution thrown to the
winds over the question of due pro­cess.
It could result in some sticky
problems in the near future if prob­lems
such as these arise. Do some­thing
now to solve any possible
future problems before it comes back
to haunt Auburn.
Fullwood again
Once again, the occurrences in
Brent Fullwood's life compels The
Plainsman to discuss him.
Fullwood has been charged by a
New York agent with accepting
money from this agent while he was
playing football for Auburn last fall.
Fullwood was not the only player
charged, but this repeated foul-up
about his goings-on last fall is cause
for concern.
Fullwood has declined to com­ment
on this case; he now has
another agent. But you have to
wonder what exactly was going on
in the life of Brent Fullwood l a s t fall.
He has caused Auburn embarrass­ment
for the second time in the last
five months, and this time it might
possibly merit an investigation by
the NCAA and suspension.
Pat Dye h a s ordered a n investiga­tion
into this matter in the athletic
department, and if no one over at
Memorial Coliseum knew about Full-wood's
dealings with this agent,
then Auburn should not be penal­ized.
But what if someone did know?
Dye knows the rules, and he
knows players are going to talk to
agents, they just can't reach into
agreements with them. Tell the
players now and threaten them with
being kicked off the team if Dye
should find this out. The question
remains, as it does with Reagan,
what did Dye know a n d when did he
know it? If he knew something did
happen, The Plainsman thinks he
might need to be released.
What can we do about this?
Nothing now. Fullwood put Auburn
in a position to be put on probation,
'and we know what recurrent proba­tions
do. Is this to be the downfall of
Auburn? Probably not, but it does
bring up some alarming questions.
Fullwood, from what we gather,
was thinking of what to do for him­self
and not for Auburn University.
Not that bad considering he has a
wife and child to support. But as a
representative of Auburn Univer­sity,
he failed more t h a n just a cou­ple
of classes.
No solution
The recent 6-3 Supreme Court
decision t h a t stated a woman can be
hired over a more qualified man has
brought cries of injustice from all
over, including several of t he women
editors of The Plainsman.
The Plainsman thinks that a per­son
should be hired on their qualifi­cations
and t h a t women should get
jobs on the same merit as men. It
seems as if the Court was aiming
this decision against businesses
that don't hire men and women on
an equal basis, but it failed in it's
attempt to solve this problem.
The only thing this decision is
going to do is further muddy the pic­ture
over hirings of prospective
employers. Who's going to say who
is more qualified t h a n another? How
do you prove to t h e government that
someone's skills are better?
Hiring someone over a more quali­fied
person, be it a n y gender, is only
going to hurt the businesses in the
long run. The decision did nothing
for t h e improvement of t h i s problem.
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Stubbornness is a relative term
Chris
ROUSH ...
A friend of mine jokingly told me
recently, "I think fat is a relative term"
after we watched a rhinoceros of a
woman waddle down the beach. He is
fond of using "relative" to describe
many terms and situations just to show
how grossly out of kilter this world can
be.
What a screaming young child thinks
of as a raging inferno might be a grease
fire to the Auburn Fire Department. It's
a relative term.
What someone else might think of as
reason for a new paint job on their car,
others drive unabashedly. Have you
seen my car lately? It's a relative term.
What a person from Chicago thinks of
as a slight gale might be a raging hurri­cane
to us wind novices in Alabama.
Windy is a relative term.
What someone thinks of as art I would
think of as garbage. Modern sculptures
are neither — they are pieces of junk. But
again, art is a relative term.
What was seen as a snow blizzard last
week by some in Alabama who get
excited at one snowflake, my relatives
from Colorado wouldn't give it a second
thought. Blizzard is a relative term, as
are messy rooms, dirty and clean, early
and late, stupid and smart, etc.
I could go on and on with this sort of
thing, but the point I'm trying to make is
there are always two different and oppo­site
beliefs to every subject, bone of con­tention,
argument or dispute. Let's take
two of the many possible examples from
Auburn University.
There are those of us, myself included,
that think this University is becoming
more of a technical and research-related
institution than a well-rounded Univer­sity
that equally supports all facets in all
scholarly attempts. Of course, there are
those, the ones who make the decisions
and others, who believe even though
they have increased research money,
which by nature helps the technical-fields
more, they have also helped the
other areas of Auburn.
Support is a relative term, basically.
What one side sees as equal, another
sees as favoritism. It all depends on your
viewpoint.
There is another excellent example for
relative, and that is what has happened
with the mechanical engineering
department. These professors think they
presented the facts of what was wrong in
their department, while the administra­tion
thinks these professors are out to
cause trouble. Rabble rousing can be a
relative term in your own viewpoint, but
this one will be decided in court where
this relative term will be decided by jury
and judge. What will they see as rabble
rousing.'
Which leads me to another term I often
wonder about, objectivity. Journalists
on the whole try to be as objective as
possible, and for the most part they suc­ceed.
But with the usage of some words
and what they connote, it is my skeptical
belief that the only thing objective in
newspapers are race results and box
scores, and box scores are questionable
because of official scorer's judgments.
That is the nature of a journalist — to
strive to write the most objective news
story in the history of man. I doubt if
anyone has ever achieved this on their
own — writing should show personal
style. No matter what someone writes, it
can never be completely objective.
As hard as we try, objectiveness is
hard to achieve for any person in this
world or Auburn — student journalists,
faculty, staff or administrators. Sure, we
try hard not to advance what we believe
in when working, but it's impossible not
to. We are all guilty. 'Fess up.
Everyone has different ideas, and
when conflicts happen, their attempts at
objectivity are gone. And that is a prob­lem
in Auburn today, that we cannot
have a small bit of objectivity and work
with other sides we disagree with. We
are all guilty of this thing called
stubbornness.
But then again, I think stubbornness.
is a relative term.
Chris Roush is editor of The
Plainsman.
SGA Sample Ballot
(Pick one candidate for each position)
SGA Vice President
Jim Johnson
SGA Treasurer
Steve Herndon
Glomerata Editor
M Mary Sue Collins
Plainsman Editor
Bret Pippen
Where's the choice?
Give scholarship money to scholars
Stephanie
HUNT
Bill is about 45 years old and still
hanging out in Ryan's with the stu­dents.
He is handsome, but I gpt the
impression that he was lonely. The bar­tender
knew him and his drink by name.
He ate at the bar.
I was there celebrating a birthday
with a friend. We stopped at the bar after
dinner to watch the finals of the NCAA
basketball championships. Both of us
are avid basketball fans and we debated
the merits of the short three-point shot
and Syracuse's chances to win over a
couple of drinks.
Bill, looking for someone to talk to,
joined the conversation. He, too, knew a
lot about basketball and later I found out
why. He was on the 1960 SEC cham­pionship
Auburn basketball team. He
didn't start (he was just a sophomore),
but he did letter.
"Allow me to brag just a minute," he
said sheepishly as he showed us his
championship ring. "We just got these
rings a few months ago and I'm real
proud of it."
It seems the University just got
around to authorizing the rings — for
the players to buy — even though they
were the only Auburn team, according to
Bill, to win the championship outright
before the SEC tournament was started.
During the evening we learned that
Bill had held at least three different jobs
and was about to start his second busi­ness
in the 27 years since he left Auburn.
I never asked him if he graduated.
Thinking about it later, I wondered
what it would be like to be most proud of
something you had done on a college
basketball team. I could see Bill moving
around a lot looking for something to
make him feel like the championship
had, but he won't find it. Bill had a cho­ice,
though, because he had the oppor­tunity
to make something of himself
through an education.
Brent Fullwood had the same oppo-tunity
and refused it. Where will he be in
27 years? I doubt he'll be dominating the
sports and the news pages then like he is
now. And how about the rest of our scho­larship
athletes who use the University
the way the rest of us use an internship?
What really concerns me, though, is
not the ones who had the opportunity to
go to college on a scholarship and
wasted classroom time working out, but
rather the ones who never had the
chance. Scholarship money should go to
scholars, or at least to athletes who meet
admission requirements.
Athletes like Fullwood who take scho­larship
money, and agents' money, but
never darken the door of a classroom are
taking an education away from someone
who wants and deserves it.
There is nothing wrong with student-athletes
on scholarships; the majority of
them go to class and graduate. There is
something wrong with paying the tui­tion
of a student who doesn't want an
education, especially when he can make
the money on his own to pay for it.
Stephanie Hunt is managing editor of
The Plainsman.
Sticks and stones is boldface lie
Patti
(COLEGROV
Sticks and stones can break my bones,
but words can never hurt me.
That's a lie. That's a boldface lie.
Words have power. Strong power. The
power to build up. The power to tear
down. Words can cut like a knife. Words
can pour salt into an open wound. Words
can rub salt into an open wound.
I know.
I've held the knife, maybe even
twisted it a little. I've poured the salt.
But, more importantly, I've had words
hurt me.
Everyone can relate to this feeling. It's
a feeling you don't want anyone to know
you have, but you do.
You're floating along, living your day,
thinking you've done everything right
when suddenly, someone says some­thing
out of anger, out of spite, out of
humor.
And it hurts.
It feels like you have been stabbed in
the stomach. You do everything you can
to not show your feelings. You look
down. You try to busy yourself. You
might even be so dramatic as to get up
and walk away. But the feeling lingers
on.
You can run away from the person
who said it, but you can't run away from
the words. They sound over and over
again in your mind. What did I do? Why
was he yelling at me? What's his
problem?
That's what saves you. It's his
problem.
He let his mouth work faster than his
brain and without knowing it, said some­things
that hurt your feelings.
Your teacher snaps at you. Your
friends snap at you. Your co-workers
snap at you. Your boss snaps at you.
Your roommate snaps at you.
You don't think it's ever going to end.
So you snap back.
You yell. You say something snide.
You might even cuss at them.
If you're lucky, snapping back will
make you feel better.
If you have half a brain, you know it
will only make you feel worse.
Next time you want to snap back, stop
a minute and think before you speak.
Choose your words carefully.
For instance, don't say, I hate my
French teacher. Say, my French teacher
and I have different views.
Don't say, WEGL-FM stinks. Well, if
you choose your words carefully, and
you're sure that is exactly what you
want to say, you could say it.
Oh, darn. Since the paper came out on
Friday instead of Thursday, they
couldn't say anything about The
Plainsman.
Patti Colegrove is copy editor of The
Plainsman.
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Letters-
What should I tell my wife?
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am an engineering student here at
Auburn. My mother and father live in
Albany, N.Y., and I have a brother who
is a bookie. My father is a junkie and my
mother is an alcoholic, so neither can
work.
Both of my parents are totally
dependent on my sisters who are prosti­tutes
in Louisville, Ky. My older brother
is serving a life sentence in Sing Sing for
rape and murder.
I am in love with a prostitute who
solicits in front of the L building. She
knows all about my family background,
but she still loves me. We intend to get
Why are people allowed to hold parked cars?
Editor's note: The following letter was
sent to Jan Dempsey, mayor of Auburn.
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am an Auburn graduate, along with
my wife and older daughter. My younger
daughter, Rita, is a student there now.
She called Tuesday and told me of an
incident that happened in your city. I
called your office and was transferred to
Ms. Wilder in Revenue who in turn
transferred me to the Police Department
where I talked to a Captain Lockwood.
Her complaint was that she had
parked off street in the vicinity of some
of the fast-food places, apparently on'
some apartments' property. When she
returned, someone had placed a boot on
her car and MADE her pay $25 before
releasing her car.
She said there were no signs there and
the "boot man" said he could not help
that. He put them up, but people kept
tearing them down. He stated he would
not release her car without payment of
$25.
I can't believe, as I was told, that the
city of Auburn licensed and approved of
such a procedure. What would keep them
from charging $100 if this can be legally
done? I can't understand allowing an
individual to exert this power and espe­cially
charging $25 in a city composed
largely of students. Why can't they insti­tute
an action under the trespass law as
Alabama provides for?
I'm sure this letter will go for zero, but
I would like for your council to know how
I feel. I love Auburn University and your
city. In fact, two car loads of us drove
down this past Saturday night to have
dinner at one of the Italian restuarants
downtown. I hope if we come back no one
puts a boot on our car if we mispark. No,
on second thought I wish one would try
me instead of my daughter.
I hope you can see fit to consider res­cinding
this sort of licensing that you
have allowed. It will not help the image
of your city or the University.
Charles G. Reynolds
Alexander City
Apologies for error in War Eagle Saver issue
Editor, The Plainsman:
You may or may not have noticed a
serious error in the latest issue of the
War Eagle Saver. It seems that someone
at the printing company who prints the
book decided it would be a good practical
joke to place a hidden message in the
border of one of the coupons.
The message reads "Roll Tide" and is
very legible in some of the books. It only
appears in the border of the Kinko's
Copies coupon. The message is not legi­ble
in more than two-thirds of the books,
but is still an insult to Auburn students
and fans to say the least.
As the owner and editor of the War
Eagle-Saver, I would like to extend my
sincere apologies to the campus popula­tion
for this mistake. I would also like to
emphasize that neither I nor anyone at
Kinko's Copies had any idea this hidden
message was in the book. It came to our
attention only after several of Kinko's
customers came in and pointed it out. By
this time all of the books with the mes­sage
had been distributed.
Let me assure you, Kinko's Copies and
the War Eagle Saver are behind the Tig­ers
100 percent. We say "Roll over the
Tide!" WARRRRR Eagle!
We would also like to emphasize that
the management of Waldrup Printing
did not condone or even realize the hid­den
message was in the book or they
would have removed it. It is suspected
that an employee of the company added
it, but that has not been proven.
Jay L. Thompson
Editor, War Eagle Saver
Writer didn't have facts straight
Correction
A story in the March 5 Plainsman
misspelled Tim Haskew as Tim
Askew. The Plainsman regrets the
error. It is the policy of this news­paper
to correct all errors of fact.
An editorial in last week's paper
about the conference center stated
that 18 months from April 1987 was
January 1989. In actuality, it is
October 1988. The Plainsman
regrets the error. It is the policy of
this newspaper to correct all errors
of fact.
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am writing in response to the April 2
letter by Gary Wagoner. In his last
paragraph, Wagoner expresses his
desire for everyone to familiarize him­self
with the facts from unbiased news
sources concerning Nicaragua. If his let­ter
is any evidence of his knowledge, I
am afraid he is not sure of the facts at all.
Wagoner claims that the Nicaraguan
government was elected by a landslide
— false. The current Nicaraguan
government was elected by receiving
only 65 percent of the vote while facing
little or no real opposition because of the
censorship and withdrawal of demo­cratic
candidates (The Washington Post
Nov. 1,1984 and New York Times Nov.
7, 1984). Most observers, including the
Socialist International and European
Student stipends not sufficient
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am writing in response to a letter in
the March 12 Plainsman from David
McCalman concerning student sti­pends.
As the chair of the SGA Senate
committee that investigated student sti­pends,
I feel I must reply to McCalman's
erroneous letter.
The study done by this committee was
not of a limited scope as he stated. The
committee contacted 18 universities
throughout the South and obtained
information about their student leaders'
stipends. An average student stipend for
each position was found from the infor­mation
gathered and Auburn's stipends
were compared to this average. The per­centage
that Auburn's student leaders
receive is:
WEGL-FM 96 percent;
SGA 71 percent;
UPC 41 percent;
Circle 33 percent;
Glom 14 percent.
Thus, you can see, all student stipends
at Auburn University are less than
average, however, some organizations
receive comparatively less than others.
As can clearly be seen and as expressed
in the committee meetings, the Glome-rata
staff is drastically underpaid.
There is no "claiming to be grossly
underpaid;" it appears that they are
grossly underpaid.
The committee realized that student
stipends were in no way meant to com­pensate
a student fully for his or her time
and effort. And it can clearly be seen
that student stipends at Auburn do not
come close to the compensation given at
most of the universities the committee
contacted.
Yes, being a student leader does pro­vide
"unique opportunities" for those
students who hold leadership positions.
But students at the universities con­tacted
also have the same "unique
opportunities" of serving the students
on their campuses while being compen­sated
monetarily.
In addition, some leadership areas
provide better opportunities and are
more prestigious such as the positions in
the SGA, which can be stepping stones
to careers as politicians and lawyers.
Future newspaper writers and editors
will find that having been a leader at
The Plainsman was of great help to
them. But there are virtually no profes­sional
fields in which involvement on
the Glomerata staff will be beneficial.
By virtue of my position on the Budget
and Finance committee, I was able to see
first-hand which student activity fee
projects earn money to support them­selves
and which do not.
The Plainsman, as always, must be
commended for being self-supported.
With the exception of The Plainsman,
however, the Glomerata generates more
income than all other student activity
fee projects combined. Therefore, I pro­pose
the Glomerata should be rewarded
for generating income, and in effect sav­ing
student activity fee monies which
can be used for other projects.
In McCalman's letter he was in error
in saying that no student activity fee
projects other than the Glomerata
requested stipend increases. It is a fact
half of the funded projects did ask the
Budget and Finance Committee for
increases.
In McCalman's opinion, the current
student stipend sums are sufficient. It is
my opinion and that of the SGA stipend
committee that all student activity fee
project stipends at Auburn are not
sufficient.
Mary Sue Collins
SGA Engineering Senator
Student Stipend Committee
Chairperson
Editor's note: Collins ran unopposed
for the Glomerata editor's position.
Democratic Union, called the elections a
farce.
As far as the military' conscription *
record goes, the United States did draft
persons in wartime, but did not coerce
men into doing so with "billy clubs and
sticks" as the Sandanistas are doing
(The Washington Post Jan. 18,1985).
Wagoner's claim that the Contras are
former Somoza allies is so utterly incor­rect
that it is a travesty it was printed at
all. Opposition leaders Alfonso Robelo,
Violetta Chamorro, Arturo Cruz are
former Sandanista junta members.
Eden Pastora (Commander Zero) was
the hero of the Sandanista revolution.
Brooklyn Riveria and Wycliffe Diego are
native Indians who oppose the genocide
practiced by the Sandanistas. The
actual contingent of ex-guardsmen in
the Contra ranks is less than 20 percent
(Toronto Sun Feb. 24 1985).
As far as alleged Contra terrorism is
concerned, let me first point out the San-danista's
record of human rights abuses
is also very well documented. Ask a Mis-kito
Indian or a political refugee in Hon­duras
if he supports the Sandanistas or
the Contras. When the Contras attack is
indeed emblematic of the Sandanista
repression — the collective farms on
confiscated lands and the schools the
spread pro-Sandanista, pro-Marxist
ideology.
Clearly, Wagoner did not have his
facts straight. I hope I have cleared up
any false information concerning the
Contra issue. The Nicaraguan people do
not have their freedom, they have
simply switched dictators. The revolu­tion
is alive and is carried on by the
Contras.
M. Andrew Mantler
02 PB
married as soon as her bigamy case is
settled. It is now in court.
When I graduate from Auburn I plan
to open a house of prostitution in Detroit,
Mich., and use my sisters and wife to
help so that we can keep the money in
the family.
My problem, Plainsman, is this: In
view of the fact that I intend to make this
girl my wife, should I tell her about my
brother-in-law who plays football at
Alabama?
JeffWalding
03 IE
Editor's note: No.
Not only generation without logic
Editor, The Plainsman:
In these days of widespread condem­nation
of students' lack of thinking, it
heartens me to notice a letter in The
Plainsman that indicates we are not the
only generation with no regard for logic.
In her letter of April 2, Carolyn
Hughes drew sketchy, badly-conceived
connections between abortion and germ
warfare, abortion and the loss of jobs
and abortion and the policies of the
Soviet Union. Add to this an out-of-left
field bit which tries to tie the unemploy­ment
problems of England to abortions
by female Chinese factory workers, and
a totally unrelated attack on distribu­tion
of contraceptives, and you see a con­fused
picture of paranoid hype which
suggests no solutions, proves no pre­mises
and makes no sense.
Some of the statements made are ludi­crous
or simplistic. Are we to believe that
some English cities have 65 percent
unemployment because funds "which
usually invest in the industrial America
and the industries in England" were
moved to China? When the writer states
that "the multimillionaire senators give
them (Planned Parenthood) $90 million
that releases the donations from the
Fords and Rockefeller types," what does
she mean? ,
And of Planned Parenthood's
research finding that "if you put every­one
in school on contraceptives, 37 to 50
percent will be pregnant in two years,"
what are the limits of the research? Who
in school is included in the statistic?'•'
Males? First-graders? And what does
distribution of contraceptives have to do:
with abortion?
Not only are her "arguments" not .
convincing, but they are also not intel-ligible:
they are banal propaganda
which frenetically, with no discernible
order, assaults abortion with fuzzy con­nections
to the knee-jerk antipathy '
arousers of Communism and unem­ployment.
When I worked as an editor of
a high school newspaper, such empty :
rhetoric from a staff writer or contribu-,
ter would have never been printed. j
I'm glad that our generation isn't the
only one that struggled with freshman
English and got by without logic.
Geoff Barber
02 GEH
Thanks for saying what's on mind
Editor, The Plainsman:
Being born and raised in Auburn and
graduating from there in 1985, I deve­loped
a deep love for Auburn and was
able to leave the Loveliest Village with
the belief that Auburn stood for truth
and right.
During these years, I also became
addicted to The Plainsman, especially
the editorial pages. For reasons I will
/disclose, later,..I enjoyed your perfor-mance
during your reign as editor as
much as I did Tim Dorsey's and Glen T.
Eskew's. All three of you, in my opinion,
gathered information and then said
what you believed in. Period. I hope you
take my comparison as a compliment.
I applauded the majority of your
columns, if not out of agreement, out of
respect for "saying what's on your
mind." However, the significance and
concurrence increased due to events that
have taken place with my father, Dr.
W.F. Swinson, and others previously in
the mechanical engineering depart­ment.
I believe with all my heart there are
certain educational principles and
values that had to be addresses. They
gathered facts and then said what they
believed in. Period. And now, as we
know, these values and principles must
be tested in court.
Now that I live in Tennessee, it has
been very frustrating to be so far away
and not be able to, by some means, be
involved and stand by my father. How­ever,
I am comforted in a large way by
knowing that a person of your position is
seeing things our way and making oth­ers
aware. For that, I salute you as a son
and as an Auburn man.
In conclusion, I do not think that cer­tain
members of the current University
administration are acting as if they
understand the Auburn Way. However, I
believe that me, my father and yourself
will always understand the Auburn
Way. And this Auburn Way of truth and
right will prevail, as it always has, in
this situations befalling the mechanical
engineering professors.
Michael K. Swinson '85
Idea good, may infringe rights
Editor, The Plainsman:
March 5, in a letter titled "Make old
people pass driving test," the writer
makes a point shared by myself as well
as my friends. Implementing such a pol­icy
sounds good, but may infringe on
certain civil rights of the elderly.
However, I believe a larger problem
exists in the initial process of granting
driver's licenses. The driving tests, in
Alabama at least, test one's knowledge
of stop lights, signs, and usually, park­ing
ability. My test took place in a sleepy
town with almost no traffic.
Now, when a driver enters the "real"
world of five-lane traffic, these tests
prove totally inadequate. Many times, in
Auburn, the simple matter of a four-way
stop throws drivers into a frenzy.
Nobody knows who should go first and
in what order. Young and old alike are
equally guilty, I've noticed.
Another problem I've seen is with the
turning lanes on Highway 29. The prob- .
lem seems to be most common with the
elderly. These lanes are new and some­times
confound the drivers who are not
accustomed to them. Some never use
them, but worse are the ones who slowly
pull into the lane and then sit with half
their car in the lane. '
Granted, it's hard to teach drivers I •
already licensed how to drive better, but .<
a change in the licensing procedure is
needed. In France, for example, one
must pay to attend a driving school and
pass the tests there before being
licensed. We may not need to go to this
extreme method, but I seriously believe ;
the present driving tests must be tough­ened
if highways are to be as safe as they
should be.
Jason McClendon
04LHY
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