1988-11-03 The Auburn Plainsman

              Honorable
SID helps athletes
get honors
Sports/C-11
Murder
Auburn student stabbed to death
last Friday morning
News/A-3
Tigermania
UPC gets spirit rolling with
homecoming week events
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Volume 95, Number 6, 32 pages
'To foster the Auburn Spirit'
Thursday, November 3,1988 Auburn University, Ala.
NewsBriefs
Local
Republican vice presiden­tial
candidate Dan Quayle will
be on campus tomorrow to
speak to students and sup­porters.
Quayle will speak some­time
between 1-3 p.m. Friday
in front of the Eagle's Cage,
according to Keno Helmi,
SGA director of marketing
research.
State
A seventh federal judge has
taken over the ongoing
desegregation suit against the
state of Alabama.
U.S. District Judge Robert
B. Propst has decided that he
will preside over the five-year-old
case.
The plaintiffs in the case are
now appealing and asking that
Propst be excused from the
case because they claim that
he has ties to both the
University of Alabama and
Auburn.
Nation
Jn efforts to restructure.its
plan aimed at improving Its
financial performance, Sears,
Roebuck & Company has
decided to sell its Chicago
tower, the world's tallest
building. The restructuring is
in defense of a recent wave of
multlbillion-doUar takeovers.
Real estate experts estimate
that the sale of the tower will
bring more than $1 billion,
which would be the largest
sale of a single building on
history.
World
U.S. experts are saying that
the newly-acknowledged
Soviet deficit is larger than
America's and could threaten
the Soviet Union's reform
program.
The Soviets are likery to
print more money, raise prices
and reduce subsidies such as
housing and food to ease the
deficit, economists said.
Soviet Finance Manager
Boris Gostev said last week
that a deficit of 34 billion
rubles ($55 billion) on a
budget of 493 billion rubles
($795 billion) is expected for
1989.
Weather
Today's weather will be part­ly
cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 70s and an overnight low
in the mid 50s.
Tomorrow will bring more of
the same with an increasing
chance of showers.
Homecoming weather
Saturday is looking dismal
with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Sunday should bring
a clearing and lower tempera­tures
and clearing.
Index
Arts & Entertainment B-3
Auburn Weekend B-6
Bloom County. C-9
Campus Calendar. A-2
Classifieds A-9
Crime Report.. A-2
Extra! B-1
Letters A-11
Opinion ......A-10
Sports C-1
Poll reveals 'surprising1 partisanship
By Paul DeMarco
Assistant News Editor
Presidental candidate George
Bush leads Michael Dukakis by
78 percent according to a poll
taken of Auburn students by a
University political science
class.
Only 15 percent of the 132
students polled would like to
see Dukakis elected president.
'There were not a lot of sur­prises,
it confirmed the general
Impression that Auburn is a
place that is very conservative,"
Dr. John G. Heilman said.
The poll was conducted by a
political science research meth­ods
class taught by Heilman, an
associate professor in the politi­cal
science department.
The students called were ran­domly
selected from a list of all
students registered at the
University this quarter. Every
student had an equal opportu­nity
to be selected, except for
students without phones and
those who had not given the
University permission to release
any information on them.
The expected error with this
size sample is within plus/
minus 8 percent, according to
Heilman.
"I am surprised that there is
such a high percentage of party
identification," Heilman said.
The poll showed that 63 per­cent
of the students Identify
themselves as Republicans,
while 17 percent said that they
are Democrats.
"The students' choice of can­didates
seems grounded in their
political party preference,"
Heilman said. "This seemed to
take precedent over issues in
the campaign in the opinions of
students."
When the students were
asked if they watched the presi­dential
debates, about 34 per­cent
of the students said they
watched both while about 37
percent of the students said
they watched both nominating
See POLL, page A-8
Graphics by Kirsten Schlichting
GOP gets biggest slice of pie in student poll
Bush Dukakis
ECONOMICS
No tax increase
Encourages employer
sponsored day care
Supporst abortion only
in cases of rape or incest,
or mother's life Is in danger
Tax Increase as last resort
Supports federal aid
for day care
Supports the woman's
right to choose
to have an abortion
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Supports aid to freedom
fighters in Nicaragua
Supports production
of MX missiles
DEFENSE
Supports research, development
deployment of SDI
Against military aid to
Nlcaraguan Contras
Opposes production
of MX missiles
Opposes Increased
SDI funding
Plainsman Files Plainsman Files
Bush struggles for his
own political identity
By Laura C. Barnwell
News Editor
Presidential candidate George Bush is
wrestling with the problem of how to
separate himself from his current boss.
President Ronald Reagan, and still be
associated with the administration's
popularity, according to recent media
reports.
Trying to sketch their own identity is
a problem for most vice presidents who
run for president, including Richard
Nixon in 1960 and Hubert Humphrey in
1968. according the Washington Post.
Another problem for Bush is that
during much of the '88 campaign, the
Democrats have referred to him as a
wimp. "This {Bush's image problem} Is
the GOP's worst strategic nightmare and
the single most absorbing aspect of the
1988 presidential race," according to the
Washington Post.
In response to reports of his being a
wimp, Bush said, "Maybe it's my back­ground.
Maybe it's that I try to be polite.
Maybe its because I make friends easy.
See BUSH, page A-12
Too much self-control
hurts Dukakis1 image
By Vlck Vessels
Assistant News Editor
Democratic presidential candidate
Michael Dukakis has been described by
the media this year as running a cam­paign
of traditional Democratic values
coupled with an almost apathetic
image of control.
In his administration as the governor
of Massachusetts, he served over an
economy that boasted a 3.2 percent
unemployment rate and $500 million in
tax cuts.
However, in the same administration,
Massachusetts' state government saw a
72 percent spending increase and an
approximate 13 percent growth in the
state payroll.
Although Republicans have tried to
label him as an ultraliberal, he has
refuted that by his constant battles with
social service advocates over program
cuts.
The tax cuts of Dukakis' administra­tion
that he boasts of, he repeatedly
resisted.
See DUKE, page A-8
Students show party support
College politicos debate, defend their candidates' issues
By Amy Layfield
Staff Writer
Pi Sigma Alpha, the political
science honorary, sponsored a
debate between the College
Democrats and the Young
Republicans Tuesday night in
Broun Auditorium.
Debating for the Republicans
were Andy Mantler and Stan
Koryta; David Drissel and
Wayne Pressgrove represented
the Democrats. Thomas Haynes
was moderator.
Student Government Associa­tion
President Cindy Holland,
The Plainsman Editor David
Sharp, Pi Sigma Alpha President
Denise Rasmussen, Vicki
LeMarchand, a graduate stu­dent
in political science and
Mark Thornton, a graduate stu­dent
in economics, made up the
panel that posed three rounds
of questions to the debaters.
Koryta in his opening remarks
charged that Gov. Michael
Dukakis is out of touch with his
running mate, Sen. Lloyd
Bentsen, on such issues as gun
control and school busing.
"Dukakis is no Truman,
Roosevelt or Kennedy," Koryta
said characterizing him as a
"Boston Harbor liberal" who
"thinks bestiality is OK."
Drissel defended Dukakis'
"outstanding record" which he
said included "strong fiscal
management" and a lowering of
Massachusetts' crime rate by 14
percent.
The Reagan Administration
has been "the most fiscally irre­sponsible
administration in
American history" that has been
"selling off the nation's assets to
foreigners," Drissel said.
He credited the Reagan
Administration with a larger
increase in the national debt
than all the previous presidents
combined. A Bush Administra­tion
would favor corporate
socialism, he said, with tax
breaks for the rich and the
needs of the poor ignored.
Mantler charged that while
Dukakis claims credit for ten
balanced budgets In Massachu­setts,
he did so by borrowing
from the state pension fund.
When asked how Vice
President Bush would-be suc­cessful
In balancing the budget
without raising taxes, Mantler
spelled out the word "veto," and
emphasized that Congress is
responsible for passing a bud­get.
Dukakis was the first to
describe himself as a "card car-
See DEBATE, page A-9
Low voter turnout
expected Tuesday
By Wade Williams
Staff Writer
Although Lee County resi­dents
have been turning out
In large numbers to register
for the upcoming election.
Probate Judge Hal Smith
believes election day will not
produce record numbers.
"We have registered about
2,500 voters in the last two
weeks. There has been quite a
rush to register." Smith said.
'We expect at least 50 to 60
percent of the registered vot­ers
to vote, which is approxi­mately
54,000 people in Lee
County."
Smith said that he felt like
the way the campaigns have
been run will contribute to a
lower voter turnout this year.
"I think that there will be
less voters than the last presi­dential
election because of the
public's opinion of the candi­dates,"
he said.
Dr. Gerard Gryski of the
political science department
agrees that the conditions are
right for low voter turnout.
This is partly because of a
general trend of depressed
turnout that's continued since
the 1960s. Gryski said.
"It also depresses when the
voters are confused, and they
certainly are that," he said.
Smith said, "I recently read
a survey that said that 65 per­cent
of voters would check
'none of the above' if there was
such a block.
A-2 (Ebe$uburnPIainsman Thursday, November 3,1988
NewsWeek
Local
Auburn student killed
Carroll Arils Burch, 06 BA, was pronounced dead Friday at 2:10
a.m. at East Alabama Medical Center. He received several stab
wounds to the chest, according to an Auburn City Police
Department statement.
The exact cause of death has not been determined, according to
a Lee County Coroner's Office spokesman.
Burch, 24, was transported to EAMC at approximately 1:30
a.m. in a private vehicle after an alleged fight with another stu­dent
at Patio Apartments.
He was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and had received a
bachelor's degree from Auburn In 1987.
He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Arlis Burch of Rt. 4 Box 168A,
Douglas, Ga.
State
Molestation case continues
A former Monroeville city employee pleaded Innocent to 15
charges of sexually molesting children on Monday.
Attorneys for Mike Smith, the former city director of recreation,
have also asked that the trial be moved out of Monroeville because
of pre-trial publicity.
National
Marcos bail set for $5 million
Bail was set for $5 million for Imelda R. Marcos, who pleaded
not guilty Tuesday to racketeering charges involving fraud and
embezzlement. The indictment she faced also included her
husband Ferdinand E. Marcos, former president of the Phillipines.
The Marcos were charged with buying Manhattan real estate
with $103 million embezzled from the Phillipine government. They
were also charged with fraudulently borrowing $165 million for
the refinancing of major buildings in Manhattan.
The main racketeering charge alone calls for a maximum
sentence of 20 years in prison.
World
Rebels to resume peace talks
Salvadoran rebels say they are ready to talk with the U n ­supported
government of Panama in order to end the nine-year-old
civil war, but they will not surrender weapons as a precaution.
A Roman Catholic archbishop of San Salvador presented rebel
leaders with a suggested solution to t h e conflict that has claimed
65.00Q lives. ,,.,.,.... ,s ..,.—:...«*•• . -r
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His report Was based 6ri observations froni more than 60
Salvadoran organizations.
CampusCalendar
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Homecoming Pep Rally
tonight! Come to the Coliseum
at 7:30 p.m. to fire up the
Tigers. We wouldn't want to suf­fer
the same homecoming fate
as Florida.
If the hassles of day to day
life are getting you down, call
Personal Assessment /Coun­seling
Services at 826-5123 to
sign up for the next seminar on
stress management.
Alpha Phi Omega presents
"Meet the President" on the
Haley Center Concourse
Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 10:45.
Students who would like to
meet President Martin or ask
him questions please attend.
Freshmen women interested
In joining a support group
focusing on college adjustment,
call Personal Assessment/
Counseling Services at 826-
5123 for an initial interview.
The last public talk by Ayn
Rand, Sanction of the Victims,
will be shown on video tonight
at 6:30 p.m. in Haley 2104.
Students who are shy,
uncomfortable In new situations
or meeting new people should
call Personal Assessment/
Counseling Services at 826-
5123 to sign up for the next
seminar on Understanding
Shyness.
The Speech and Hearing
Clinic is sponsoring free
speech-language or hearing
screenings Thursday, Nov. 10
form 2 to 4 p.m. No appoint­ment
is necessary.
MEETINGS
Auburn Dance Theater will
meet Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 3:30
p.m. In Telfair Peet Theater. All
interested should come pre­pared
to dance.
SGA Celebrity VIP Auction
Friday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. on the SADD will hold an organiza-drill
field. Proceeds will go to ttonal meeting Tuesday, Nov. 8
the handicapped. at 7 p.m. in Foy 321.
O.D.E., the economics hon­orary,
will meet tonight at 6:30
p.m. in Thach 104.
Phi Eta Sigma will hold offi­cer
elections Tuesday, Nov. 8 at
6 p.m. In Foy Union 319. All
members are eligible to run for
office.
Habitat for Humanity will
meet Thursday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m.
in Foy 208. Come help us elimi­nate
poverty housing in the
world.
Alpha Kappa Psi, Profes­sional
Business Fraternity, will
meet tonight at 7 p.m. in Thach
310.
Auburn Women's Caucus will
meet Wednesday, Nov. 9 at noon
in Foy 208. Darwin Liverance
will speak on the campus-wide
reclassification study, and
everyone is invited.
The Graduate Student
Organization will meet
Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Pharmacy Building 115.
Beta Beta Beta, the biology
honorary, will meet Nov. 8 at 8
p.m. in Cary 136. Dr. Cliff Perry
will speak about bioethics.
The Economics Club will
meet tonight at 7 p.m. in Thach
104. Dr. John Jackson, head of
the economics department, will
speak.
Auburn Rodeo Club will meet
Monday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in the
Animal Science Building 203.
Diamond Dolls will meet
tonight at 7 p.m. in the athletic
department lobby.
The Pre-Vet Club will meet
Monday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in the
Animal Science Building 203.
The Marine Biological
Society will meet Monday, Nov.
7 at 7 p.m. in Cary 136. Dr.
Robert S. Boyd will speak about
Sea Rockets on California
Beaches.
The Italian Club will show
the movieSeduced and Aban­doned
on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 6
p.m. in Haley 3235. The movie
is free for members and $1 for
non-members. Glom pictures
will be taken.
The Marketing Association
will meet Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 7
p.m. in Tlchenor 206. All inter­ested
students are encouraged
to attend, and two free dinners
at Ryan's will be given away.
CrimeReport
10/31 - A subject reported the
theft of a wallet from the cubi­cles
inside the University
Bookstore in Haley Center.
The wallet contained $3.
-A subject was contacted by
officers concerning possible
damage to his vehicle. The
subject reported that someone
had cut the top of his convert­ible
and attempted to steal the
radio. The thief was unsuc­cessful,
but damage to the car
was estimated at $500.
-A Dorm K resident reported
the theft of a watch and $25
from her dorm room. Her
roommate also reported the
theft of $80 as well as a ring
and necklace. The room was
unsecure and there were no
signs of forced entry. Total
value of the items stolen is
$1025.
-Officers received a report of
the theft of a gold necklace
sometime between Oct. 5-7
The necklace was valued at
$500.
1 1 / 0 1 - Two subjects were
arrested for criminal littering,
which is the knowing deposit
in any manner of litter on any
public or private property or in
any public or private waters,
without permission.
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Lee County Commission
District One
Tuesday, November 8,1988
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to elect an Auburn University graduate to the Lee
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graduates on the Lee County Commission. You can
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Fight leaves
student dead,
one arrested
By Laura C. Barnwell
News Editor
A fight at Patio Apartments
early Friday morning left one
student dead and another
charged with murder.
Carroll Arlis Burch, 06 BA,
was pronounced dead at 2:10
a.m. at East Alabama Medical
Center. Burch received several
stab wounds to the chest,
according to the Auburn City
Police Department statement.
The exact cause of death has
not been determined, according
to a Lee County Coroner's Office
spokesman.
Tracey Glenn Earnest, 02 PB,
was arrested and charged with
murder in connection with
Burch's death. He was released
from the Lee County Jail on
Oct. 28 on a $25,000 bond.
According to a statement, the
City Police Department received
a complaint of a fight with
weapons at Patio Apartments at
1:40 a.m. When officers arrived
at the scene, they found that
Burch, 24, had been transport­ed
to EAMC in a private vehicle.
Earnest, 21, who was also
injured, was present when offi­cers
arrived. After being treated
at EAMC, he was transported to
the Police Department and
charged with murder early
Friday morning
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Bike lanes proposed
By Donnald Dobbin*
Staff Writer
Staff photo by Tony De Guzman
Architecture students make various kinds of pumpkin art for contest
Students carve their own Halloween fun
By Wade Williams
Staff Writer
Serious architecture gave way
to serious fun in a pumpkin
carving contest held at the
school of architecture on
Halloween.
The contest, which was open
to all architecture students, was
the idea of Allan Hing, a profes­sor
of architecture.
'The contest was sponsored
by Omicron Kappa Pi, the interi­or
design honorary. The stu­dents
formed teams of up to
four people and had one hour to
carve a pumpkin into a build­ing,"
Hing said. "They could add
anything to their sculpture as
long as it was edible."
The jack-o-lanterns were to be
given to area children to help
them celebrate their Halloween.
"Fall quarter is a time which
does not have any other activi­ties
for the school of architec­ture,"
Hing said. "So this was
just a fun hour for the students.
"It's possible this could
become a yearly event, maybe a
fundraiser for charities;"
The act of turning a pumpkin
into a building turned out to be
a feat for all the participants.
Many attempted to follow the
rules verbatim, but some found
that it was more fun to stray.
One pumpkin was titled, "Our
Experience in Architecture."
'The pumpkin represented vari­ous
architectural techniques as
well as having a machete, some
knives and other sharp imple­ments
stuck inside it," Ann
Mullarkey, 05 AR, said.
"As with all architecture pro­jects,
it's never finished, you
j u s t present it," she said.
"Everybody else always breaks
rules and gets away with it, so
we broke all the rules. Our
pumpkin is structurally sound
however."
In contrast, the pumpkin of
Mercedes Montes, 05 AR,
applied some of her classroom
instruction. "We (her team)
tried to apply the architectural
concept that less is more,"
Montes said.
The contest was won by the
team of Gayle Tubbs, 04 BSC;
and Craig Arnold. 04 BSC, with
a pumpkin entitled "City-scapes."
In return for their win­ning
effort, the team received a
drawing set which was donated
by Dietzen, a drawing company.
Monday night the SGA dis-
' cussed the Installment of a bicy­cling
lane on Wire Road that
had been removed to widen the
road to four lanes.
The Senate passed a resolu­tion
asking the physical plant to
remove one foot from each of
the lanes while the road Is being
repaved in order to make room
for a four-foot bike lane. Wire
Road is scheduled to be
restriped over the Christmas
holidays.
Complaints came from those
living on or near Wire Road,
said Paul DeMarco, chairman of
the student interest committee.
Students from five fraternity
houses, over five trailer parks
and three condominium com­plexes
use the road for bicycling
and jogging, and now feel that it
is unsafe to continue to use the
road for these purposes, reads
the resolution.
The resolution was written
because bike lanes that were on
both sides of Wire Road were
recently removed. The SGA Is
not asking for two new lanes,
only one lane, which would not
involve repaving the road,
DeMarco said.
The SGA feels that taking
away one foot from each 12-foot
lane would leave sufficient room
for bikers and motorists alike,
said Todd Smith, a member of
the student interest committee.
Another resolution approved
by the Senate requested the
physical plant to provide for a
crosswalk In front of Funchess
Hall on College Street.
A large number of students
park across the street from
Funchess that are also going to
Spidle and the Animal Science
Building and need a safe route
across College Street, said
Merle Flowers, the agriculture
senator.
In other action, a Campus
Wide Prayer Day was passed
unanimously by the SGA. The
event is to be sponsored by
Campus Vision, who is also
sponsoring Celebration '89. on
Nov. 9-11, and concentrates on
prayer and spiritual movement.
Prayer Day Is scheduled for Nov.
10.
Also, the Senate approved
Leigh Nichols to replace Paige
Robbins as senator from the
school of education.
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Auburn provides
low-cost education
In-state tuition fees rank 4th lowest
as compared to 15 Southern colleges
By Teresa Gaston
Staff Writer
Auburn's in-state tuition
ranked fourth lowest among 15
Southern colleges surveyed by
the University.
"The educational programs at
Auburn are really one of the
best buys for the money." said
President James E. Martin.
Auburn's in-state tuition at
$1,323 for 15 hours for three
quarters is $418 below the aver­age.
The out-of-state tuition at
$3,969 for 15 hours for three
quarters was $499 below aver­age.
Since the University conduct­ed
the survey. Auburn was not
included in figuring the average.
Keeping tuition so low was
not easy, Martin said. "It's very
difficult. That's one of the rea­sons
that we have some of the
problems around the campus
that we have," he said.
Some of the problems Martin
discussed were maintenance,
lack of equipment and the ero­sion
in faculty and staff
salaries.
However, Martin stressed that
students did not suffer in the
quality of their education. 'You
get more in terms of quality for
what the student pays than
almost any other place in the
country," he said.
The last 10 percent increase
in tuition was in the summer
and winter of 1987. Martin rec­ommended
another 10 percent
Increase for fall 1989 in
September. His recommenda­tion
will be reviewed by the
Board of Trustees on Nov. 4.
"I think it's going to be need­ed,
and that's the reason I rec­ommended
it," Martin said.
Martin said he would like to
keep the tuition increases level
with the inflation rate.
Martin said he would like to
propose that each year's tuition
be compared to that year's infla­tion
rate and be raised accord­ingly.
The University of Virginia had
the highest tuition in the survey
at $2,526 for a full in-state load.
North Carolina State Univer­sity
had the lowest tuition at
$922 for a full in-state load.
Florida State University and the
University of Florida also had
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Hunt plan stresses quality education
By Michelle Marek
Staff Writer
Although Gov. Guy Hunt's
Equality in Education Plan did
not pass in the last legislative
session, he will reintroduce this
plan for accountability in edu­cation
in the next legislative
session.
This plan, better known as
The Standards and Account­ability
Act, stresses that Ala­bama's
educational system's
problems can not be solved with
money alone, said Dr. Ed
Richardson, superintendent of
Auburn City Schools. The state
needs to demand better perfor­mance
from the schools.
'We need to overcome the per­ception
people have that schools
are not doing what they
should," Richardson said. "We
feel enactment of the account­ability
plan will help overcome
this perception.
"Improved education is also
important because if educators
continue to resist change, and
businesses have to assume the
responsibility for training which
should have taken place in the
schools, businesses will become
less interested in helping the
schools."
The original plan involved 24
major points including: accred­iting
schools based on their per­formance,
establishing evalua­tion
programs for teachers and
administrators, setting require­ments
for instruction in specific
classes and requiring two addi­tional
subjects for graduation,
Richardson said.
Although the majority of the
points were accepted without
controversy, the plan to estab­lish
a Commission on Quality
Education created problems,
Richardson said.
The Commission would
appoint committees composed
of local citizens to assess the
quality of education in the
school system.
Several pilot plans, including
a program to determine the
most effective teacher/pupil
ratio, were also points of debate,
Richardson said.
Because of these points, Hunt
will review the plan, change a
few points and resubmit a
revised plan to the Legislature
when it meets again in
February, Richardson said.
"I feel a decision will be made
in the next few weeks by the
governor and the staff as to
what the new plan will consist
of," Richardson said.
"Gov. Hunt's interest in
accountability Is still strong,
and he will continue to promote
it," he said.
In order for America to
remain competitive in the world
economy and for people to bene­fit
businesses, they must be
properly educated, Richardson
said.
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Stall photo by Beth Becker
Students protesting animal experimentation in front of Village Mall
PETA protests Benetton's use of animals
By Beth Becker
Features Editor
Plainsman Files
Miss Homecoming
Today is election day for Miss Homecoming with polling stations located around campus. The winner
will be announced at half time at Saturday's game vs. Southern Mississippi. The candidates are Lynn
Loyd, 02 PB, of LaGrange, Ga.; Stephanie Allen, 02 PRS, of Columbus, Ga.; Lisa Peek, 02 CE, of
Naples, Fla.; Missy Harris, 02 FCD, of Opelika; and Kim Groover, 03 GSC, of Birmingham. Clockwise
(I tor)
Members of Auburn's People
for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA) organization
gathered in front of the Village
Mall Saturday to protest
research methods used to test
Benetton products.
An undercover informer for
PETA found out about violations
of state and federal cruelty laws
carried out by Biosearch, a
Philadelphia laboratory that
tests Benetton's products,
according to the group's leader.
Karen Kite. 04 LPA.
"We're trying to tell people
there are non-animal forms of
testing," Kite said.
A pamphlet distributed by
Benetton states that it is a myth
that there are many alternatives
to animal testing.
In the pamphlet, Dr. Frank
Young of the Food and Drug
Administration said. "...The
agency is aware that there are
many potential non-animal
replacement tests which are in
various stages of evolution, but
none have been accepted for
such use by the scientific com­munity
at the present time."
The pamphlet also refutes
PETA's argument that animal
testing is not required. Accord­ing
to Young, "The FDA cannot
condone the use of any poten­tially
harmful substance in
humans prior to preliminary
testing in animals to provide
reasonable assurance that it is
not injurious to humans."
An article entitled 'The True
Colors of Benetton" (Novem­ber/
December 1988 issue of
PETA news) states that "PETA is
in possession of records and
photographs that document
Benetton's use of animals in
painful tests at Biosearch...
"These documents show that
the animals used to test
Benetton's new line of cosmetics
and toiletries suffered great
pain and distress...None of
these tests are required by law
and the results are in no way
helpful to consumers..."
However, Benetton's pamphlet
states that tests performed on
animals provide protection from
injury due to exposure to prod­ucts
(such as shampoo, clean­ing
products and hairspray,
either in contact with eyes or
See PETA, page A-9
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Academic advice
to change, expand
By Sarah Hicks
Staff Writer
Auburn's academic advising
system may face some changes
soon.
A task force set up by
President James E. Martin has
been studying the advising sys­tem
since January.
The task force, which consists
of representatives from each
college and school on campus,
submitted its preliminary rec­ommendations
in a report to
Martin. The report focuses on
the need for coordination of the
University-wide advising effort.
"The current system appears
to work well, but it is heteroge­neous
and can be fine-tuned,"
said Dr. Bill Mason, associate
dean for academic affairs in the
College of Sciences and
Mathematics.
"Some of our colleges have
individual faculty advisers.
advising activity, according to
Mason.
"Schedule advising involves
registration matters: Are cours­es
being taken in proper
sequence? Is the quarterly load
consistent with the student's
past performance? Are the elec-tives
being used to best prepare
for the student's future plans?,"
he said. "Sometimes these
answers are best provided by
faculty; sometimes non-faculty
can suffice."
After answering these ques­tions,
the adviser may provide
career counseling or may refer
students to individual faculty
for this service if he is not quali­fied,
according to Mason.
"The third type of advising
that students often expect is
personal counseling," Mason
said. "Here the adviser must be
careful. Generally speaking, fac­ulty
advisors are not trained to
provide this service and should
50 new teaching positions
to help offset enrollment
By Sarah Hicks
Staff writer
'We have a good system because
Auburn folks are interested in the
students, but there are capable
people who aren't being used.'
-Bill Mason
while others do not," said
Mason, who also serves as
chairman of the task force.
IThis does not necessarily
mean that some students do not
receive adequate advice, he
said.
There are three main types of
refer the student to a profes­sional
counselor."
In an effort to meet these stu­dent
needs, the task force sug­gested
the employment of a
campus-wide advising coordina­tor
who would pull together the
different approaches to advising
now in use.
One of the advising coordina­tor's
first and most important
tasks would be to develop a
campus-wide adviser's hand­book,
according to Mason.
"Not only would such a manu­al
provide guidance to individu­al
advisers, but it should also
contain the published advising
policy (regulations) that the
University should have," accord­ing
to recommendations made
in the report.
Other suggestions made In
the report included the develop­ment
of periodic orientation and
training programs for faculty
who are assigned an advising
role.
This program, also supervised
by the advising coordinator,
should result in more capable
advisers, according to Mason.
"We have a good system
because Auburn folks are inter­ested
in the students," he said,
"but there are capable people
who aren't being used.
"The problem with faculty
advising at Auburn is that it is
not plugged into the reward sys­tem,"
Mason said.
"Advisers should be evaluated
on their advising performance,
as they are on teaching perfor­mance."
Mason said. "These
evaluations should be used in
decisions regarding promotions,
tenure and salary adjustment.
"When this happens, the quali­ty
of the system will improve
because our best people will be
drawn into it," he said.
Because of the increased
demands of rising enrollment,
the University has added 50
new teaching positions at vari­ous
levels on campus.
The funding for these posi­tions
came from an 1988-89
budget increase, said Jack
Blackburn, acting vice president
for academic affairs. Of the 50
total positions, 20 are faculty
openings and 30 are new gradu­ate
assistant positions,
These positions created the
equivalent of 30 full-time
instructors. The 30 graduate
positions are one-third-time
jobs rather than full-time,
Blackburn said.
"We are unable to accommo­date
everyone, but we are
addressing the most critical
areas," he said.
In addition to the positions
created by this budget, another
13 positions for this fall were
approved because of increases
in departmental budgets in
1987-88.
"These positions were allotted
last spring," he said. "Some
departments were able to make
a proper Job search but others
could only hire temporarily."
To create more positions, the
University also used one-time
money to aid several depart­ments
which had unmanage­able
enrollment, according to
Blackburn. This money is avail­able
to the University only once
unless it is awarded again
another quarter.
The need for more instructors
became more critical this fall
when enrollment increased
1.051 from the fall 1987 total.
Enrollment was higher because
of increased numbers of incom­ing
students combined with a
higher retention rate.
About 84 percent of the
accepted freshman appeared at
Auburn this fall whereas only
34 percent usually do, accord­ing
to statistics from the admis­sions
office.
"It is my understanding that
President Martin is working
with the trustees on a
policy concerning enrollment,"
Blackburn said.
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SGA forum addresses football seating
Becky Jeffers
Assistant News Editor
The SGA is making plans to
try to reduce overcrowding in
the student section at football
games next year.
At the Oct. 27 student forum,
the SGA told students that it is
considering three possibilities:
selling guest tickets, removing
the seat numbers from student
tickets and placing a fence
around the student section,
said Bob Farris, SGA director of
athletics and recreation.
Selling guest tickets would
allow non-students to sit in the
section without taking up seats
reserved for students, Farris
said.
"It seems a lot of students
want to have alumni or friends
from out of town come in the
-games and that's been one of
• the problems that caused the
„student section to be so
•overcrowded," he said.
The approximately 1,500 to
2,000 seats would be located
•within the student section and
the ticket sales would begin the
Monday before each game,
Farris said.
• Each student would be
•allowed to purchase only one
'ticket, but tickets would be sold
.by seniority, he said.
Rather than just open ticket
£ales to all students, as with
;this year's Auburn vs.
IJniversity of Georgia guest
"tickets, seniors would be given
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the opportunity to buy first, he
said. Sales to the rest of the
students would follow with
juniors, sophomores and
freshmen.
SGA president Cindy Holland
said she Is not sure why the
Georgia tickets were not offered
to seniors first, but that the
tickets "were sold on the spur of
the moment."
"They (the Athletic Depart­ment)
undersold the student
section this year," she said. "Not
intentionally, students j u st
didn't buy the seats.
"I think they were just worried
about getting the tickets sold."
The Athletic Department
reserves about 15,000 seats for
students but sold only about
12.500 tickets. A surplus of
2,000 tickets were sold to
s t u d e n t s as guest tickets,
Holland said.
The second suggestion to
solve overcrowding was to take
the seat numbers off student
tickets altogether to eliminate
confusion over reserved seating
in the section, Farris said.
Seating would be awarded on a
first come, first served basis.
"Nobody's going to have a
reserved seat," Farris said. "It
would be, in effect, the way it is
this year."
Students would still be
allowed to buy block seats.
Although it has not been
determined how blocks will be
established without seat
numbers, he said.
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would also prevent non-students
from entering, he said.
"The fence would not be so
much to keep students from
going out; it would be to keep
other people from coming into
the section, taking over student
seats," Farris said.
The fence would be placed
within the stadium and not
underneath the seats between
the gates and the portals.
Students would still be allowed
to leave the section whenever
they want to use other
restrooms, buy refreshments or
visit other sections and would
have to show their ticket and
I.D. to get back to their seat.
One student opposed to the
fence said that it would be like
caging students in. "It's kinda
like we're criminals or
something," said Abby
Castellano, 04 IB.
However, simply adding 2,000
guest tickets to the section
without placing a fence around
the entire area would not solve
overcrowding; it would only
create a larger place for the
same problem, Holland said.
The SGA began looking for
solutions to the overcrowding
situation reasons other than
comfort. Safety is also a factor,
Holland said.
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Haiti reforestation project moves rapidly
By Robert Boyce
Staff Writer
A University reforestation pro­ject
in Haiti is now progressing
rapidly after facing postpone­ments
caused by coup attempts
and election problems, accord­ing
to Dr. Walter D. Kelley, an
associate forestry professor.
The six-man research team is
acting from a purely humanitar­ian
standpoint and is not affect­ed
by Haiti's political problems,
Kelley said.
"I don't know if I would say
the team is secure, but they're
certainly in no immediate dan­ger,"
he said.
The project, supposed to have
begun in 1987 and slated to end
in 1990, reached full strength
this fall. The team is working
overtime, said Kelley, the
Auburn coordinator.
"In essence, we're trying to do
a 27-month job in 15 months,"
he said. 'They're working 10
and 14-hour days, and they
haven't taken a single holiday
since they've been in Haiti."
The project hopes to reverse a
trend that has left Haiti with
virtually no tre«s. Population
growth, coupled with no refor­estation
efforts, means that the
Haitians are running out of
wood for cooking and building,
he said.
Haiti was once completely
wooded, but it is now less than
7 percent forest.
A $2.7 million contract
with United States Aid for
International Development
(USAID) funds the team to act
as the research component of
the project.
'In essence, we're
trying to do a 27-
month job in 15
months.'
-Walter Kelley
The technology they develop is
implemented in the coun­tryside
through Pan American
Development Foundation
(PADF) and CARE.
The project is important to the
University in developing new
techniques and in increasing
man's knowledge of agro-forestry,
according to Kelley. It
is equally important in getting
the University recognition, cred­ibility
and visibility, he said.
"If we're going to be recog­nized
internationally as a uni­versity
of merit, one way we're
going to do it is programs like
this," he said.
When this project is over.
Auburn may continue to be
involved in Haiti with a five
year, $30 million follow-up pro­ject
slated to begin in January
1990.
Meanwhile, the Auburn team
continues to make progress,
having already set up research
plots on 60 farms, he said.
The team includes: Paul
Starr, professor of sociology,
serving as project leaden Pierre
Rosseau, research associate in
agronomy and soils, serving as
soil specialist; Don Street, pro­fessor
of economics, serving as
economist; Gene Hunter,
research associate in horticul­ture,
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Duke
continued from A-l
The tax cuts of Dukakis'
administration that he boasts
of, he repeatedly resisted.
The most unpopular tax, a 7.5
percent income tax surcharge,
which Dukakis himself pushed
through the legislature in 1975,
was repealed only after 137,000
residents signed a petition
demanding the cut.
One of the most publicized
programs on Dukakis' record is
the one that allowed first-degree
murderers out of prison on
weekend passes. This program
stayed In effect even after one
prisoner on a weekend pass
raped a woman in Maryland at
gunpoint.
It was reported that Dukakis
abolished this program only
after aides warned that it might
jeopardize his presidential cam­paign.
Still, in a time when govern­mental
figureheads dominate
headlines with some sort of
scandal, even the most vehe­ment
Dukakis critics have not
been able to challenge Dukakis'
personal honesty or discover
any unethical behavior in his
personal life.
Dukakis was first elected to
the Massachusetts state legisla­ture
in 1962. He served his
stormy first term as governor
from 1974-1978. when he was
repeatedly characterized as
stubborn and condescending.
Some of his high school
friends said Dukakis had
always managed his life flaw­lessly.
Everything in his life had
been managed and controlled
until he unexpectedly lost the
gubernatorial race in 1978.
For the next four years, he
taught at Harvard's Kennedy
School of Government where he
rode to class on a bicycle, com­plete
with clips on his pants
legs, and carried a brown bag
lunch.
He says the four years were
good.for him since he had time
to think over his mistakes.
Afterward, he was able to reach
out to the same legislature he
had treated with contempt. And,
according to those Congress­men,
he emerged as a totally
different candidate.
Now, he Is basing a great deal
of his international campaign
on compassion. For example, as
governor, Dukakis implemented
the first state to have a basic
health insurance provided to
every person in the state. He
promised to initiate the same
type of universal health insur­ance
program nationwide.
In an interview with the edito­rial
board of the Concord
Monitor in New Hampshire on
J a n . 22, Dukakis explained
another one of his economic
ideas. "What I've suggested is a
national economic redevelop­ment
fund of half a billion dol­lars,
wh'oh is one-seventh the
cost.of Star Wars, which I'm not
going to spend money on,"
Dukakis said.
"That commitment every year
would provide grants, low-inter­est
loans or economy-building,
Job creating public-private part­nerships
in which every federal
dollar is matched by four or five
private dollars.
"Those resources would be
focused in on special projects in
distressed communities in dis­tressed
regions of the country."
Dukakis, In the same inter­view,
said that before he would
implement any tax increases as
president, he would first
attempt to track down all those
who are getting out of paying
their taxes.
Currently, nearly 20 percent
of the country's taxpayers, busi­nesses
and individual taxpayers
are not paying their taxes, he
said. This adds up to approxi­mately
$110 billion a year.
"It's grossly unfair to the vast
majority of American taxpayers
who pay their taxes on time and
in full to Impose new taxes on
them before you go out and
make a very serious effort to
collect what's due," he said.
Dukakis, who has been cred­ited
with the "Massachusetts
Miracle" balancing of the state
budget, said that most of the
cuts he would implement to bal­ance
the national budget will
come out of defense.
Those states relying on
defense resources will do better
by shifting the resources to
research and development, he
said.
Dukakis has repeatedly been
critical of the Reagan-Bush
administration's defense poli­cies.
One of his stronger state­ments
came In the Concord
Monitor interview concerning
the United States' roll in the
Nicaragua conflict and the sup­porting
of the Contras there.
"Look, this administration
won't be satisfied until they've
overthrown a government. And
let's not kid ourselves: The
Contras are not a legitimate
force in Nicaragua. They are a
wholly owned CIA subsidiary."
Dukakis' critics continue to
dwell on his willingness to take
whatever steps are necessary to
succeed and his lack of person­ality.
It was said in a May 3
Washington Post article, "Some
who know him best, even while
praising him as honest and
decent, tell chilling stories of a
man willing to sacrifice friend­ships
to achieve his goals."
In the same story Dukakis
answered this charge. "Every
once in a while you have to
make a painful decision that
might affect a personal relation­ship,"
he said.
'That's the price of being in
political life. If this happened to
me two or three times in 25
years, I'm very fortunate. It
doesn't mean I welcome it."
Social service lobbyist Judy
Meredith said, "He's not a liber­al,
he's a moderate Republican.
I'd be the first person to warn
people, human service advo­cates,
that should he become
president they are really going
to have to keep an eye on him."
Poll
continued from A-l
conventions.
"These events did not seem to
change students' opinions,"
Heilman said. "It does not seem
to be an election of issues."
Another set of figures sur­prised
Heilman. When asked
which vice-presidential candi­date
would make a better presi­dent,
Bentsen was chosen bet­ter
than or equal to Qualye by
51 of 87 Bush supporters, while
only 2 of 16 Dukakis supporters
believe Qualye was better than
or equal to Bentsen.
"I believe this shows that most
Dukakis supporters believe the
vice-presidential selection is a
bigger issue than the Bush sup­porters,"
Heilman said.
Another interesting factor
about the vice-presidential can­didates
that Heilman pointed
out was that 55 percent of the
men surveyed think Bentsen is
a better candidate, while 46 per­cent
of the females surveyed
believe Quayle is the better
choice.
"The males in the poll may be
responding to Bentsen's appear­ance
of seniority," Heilman said.
The poll also showed that
Juniors and seniors support the
Republicans by 94 percent,
while freshman and sopho­mores
prefer the GOP team by
79 percent.
"Studies have shown in gen­eral
that students become more
liberal than when they get
older," Heilman said. "Auburn
may be the exception, but we
were looking at candidates not
ideologies.
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Debate
continued from A-1
iying member of the ACLU."
In defense of Dukakis,
iPressgrove said there are posi­tions
of the American Civil
Liberties Union with which
Dukakis disagrees such as
adoption by homosexuals and a
tax exempt status for churches.
' In response, Mantler said
Dukakis was a "believer of the
ACLU" who wants to extend the
1964 Civil Rights Act to protect
the rights of homosexuals.
Addressing the education
issue, the Republicans told of
Bush's plan for the creation of
tax-free savings bond certifi­cates.
He also claimed that gov­ernment
assistance is less likely
to be needed to fund education
in an economic climate of lower
interest and inflation rates
such as those brought about
during the Reagan years.
Drissel, for the Democrats,
proposed "putting money into
education, not Just weapons"
and claimed that many students
were hurt when the Reagan
Administration put a $4,000
limit on student loans.
Dukakis' lack of foreign policy
experience would be not be a
problem, Pressgrove said,
because "no experience is better
than bad experience." He then
mentioned Bush's ties to
Panama's Gen. Manuel Noriega
and depicted a vice president in
a passive role while arms were
being traded for hostages.
In his rebuttal Mantler said
"strength leads to peace;
ambivalence to war and conven­tional
arms buildups leads to
war."
Dukakis, he said, would make
foreign policy decisions based
on "international legalism that
binds our hands in the real
world," claiming Dukakis, who
was opposed to the air strike on
Libya, would have deferred to
the decision of the United
Nations in that instance.
The debaters took questions
from the floor before time ran
out.
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PETA
continued from A-5
ingested). "...Without this scien­tific
work there would be no
data on the nature of products
and the potential damage they
could do," the pamphlet states.
Janna Everett, a manager at
the Village Mall Benetton store,
said of the PETA protest, "If
they're standing up for a cause,
that's fine. We don't have any­thing
to do with it."
"(The testing) is the govern­ment's
doing. We don't have any
control over it," Everett said of
the Village Mall store.
Everett said the protest has
not hurt the store's business.
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Opinion
3IheSuburn Plainsman
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Serving Auburn University for 95 years
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Kirsten Schllchtlng
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Kirksey
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Philip Benefield, Kathleen Morgan and Jennifer Woolbright; PMT Specialist-Jamie
Callen
Senseless death
Last Friday at 1:20 a.m.,
an Auburn student was
stabbed to death by anoth­er
student in the parking
lot of a Dean Road apart­ment
complex.
A month ago, a former
Auburn student was shot
in the face by a student on
Toomer Street.
There have never been
this many killings in a year
at Auburn - much less in a
quarter.
One cannot attempt to
understand incidents like
this: such pointless death
is incomprehensible to
most of us. Yet it has hap­pened
twice at our very
doorstep.
If this isn't disturbing
enough, people's attitudes
are still more troubling.
The killings Initially elicited
surprise and curiosity, but
people soon forgot about it.
People have become so
conditioned to accept such
reprehensible acts that
they are no longer shocked.
Two people have died.
Have we become so indif­ferent
to violence that
senseless death is an
accepted fact of life?
Danger ahead
Driving in Auburn has
never been a pleasant
experience.
A cruise around Auburn
will give one the thrill of
experiencing numerous
potholes, plenty of dirt
from road construction and
inconsistent and poorly-marked
traffic signs.
When drivers
approach these
intersections,
there is no way
of knowing
which lane goes
where.
During the past few
years. Auburn has made
strides in improving traffic
flow around town (Does
anyone remember when
Magnolia was two lanes
next to campus?). And
believe it or not, the city
has also reduced the num­ber
of potholes.
But there Is one problem
which nothing is being
done about.
There are several inter­sections
in town that are
dangerous because they
are not properly and con­sistently
marked. These
include College Street-
Thach Avenue, Thach
Avenue-Gay Street and
College Street-Samford
Avenue, to name a few.
When drivers approach
these intersections, there
no way of knowing which
lane goes where.
This has been a particu­lar
problem in front of the
new hotel and conference
center. The right lane
abruptly ends, the middle
lane turns right and the
left lane goes straight (or
turns left). Sound confus­ing?
A simple sign would
be helpful to inform drivers
before its too late.
This is a simple problem
with a simple solution. It
wouldn't take too much
effort to repaint lines and
put up some signs. We
hope the city can do can do
something about these
intersections.
Time to vote
It's that time again.
Every-one can breath a
sigh of relief.
For better or for worse,
its time to go vote for our
next president.
The SGA has gone
»through great pains to get
students registered and
signed up for absentee bal­lots.
The campus cam­paigners
have done their
share expounding their
parties' virtues. And the
candidates have done their
share of mudslinging...
The Lee County probate
judge has predicted a low
voter turnout around 50-
60 percent in the county.
National analysts also pre­dict
a low turnout at the'
polls.
At the risk of being
redundant, we would like
to encourage all students,
faculty and staff to go vote
next Tuesday.
For whatever reason -
whether you are voting for
a candidate, against a can­didate
or for the lesser of
two evils - go out and exer­cise
your Constitutional
right.
Voters fall into 11 categories
Michael Dukakis gave a twist
to the presidential campaign
last Monday. After months of
struggling with the "L" word
label, Dukakis did a 360 degree
turnabout and declared himself
a liberal, in the tradition of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry
Truman and John F. Kennedy.
Unfortuntely, this still does
little about defining liberal.
The terms "liberal" and "con­servative"
have been bounced
about freely during this year's
campaign. But these terms are
confusing and have lost their
meaning over the years. These
conventional labels are about as
relevant today as the past terms
"Whig" and "Federalist," accord­ing
to a 1987 study of American
voters by the Times Mirror.
The average voter is influ­enced
by a myriad of powers
that have little resemblence to
the traditional definition of lib­eral
and conservative (if there
ever was a true definition). The
study shows that American vot­ers
are influenced by many
basic beliefs such as religious
faith, tolerance, social justice,
financial pressure, feelings
toward government and feelings
toward big business, to name a
few.
The study breaks American
voters down into 11 specific cat­egories,
based on extensive per­sonal
interviews with more
than 4,000 people. In which
category do you fit?
The GOP
• The "enterprise Republi­cans"
make up 10 percent of the
adult population and 16 percent
of the likely electorate. These
voters, who are affluent, educat­ed
and 99 percent white, form
the core of the Republican
party. They are pro-business
and anti-government, and 96
percent voted for Reagan in
1984.
David
Sharp
• The second biggest sect of
the GOP voters is "moral
Republicans." These voters form
12 percent of the population
and 14 percent of the electorate.
They are middle income, conser­vative
and strongest In the
South. Most will vote and 97
percent voted for Reagan in
1984.
The terms "liber­al"
and "conser­vative"
have been
bounced about
freely during this
year's campaign.'
• The "upbeats" is a young,
optimistic group which leans
toward the Republicans. They
are middle income, have had lit­tle
college and are characterized
by their faith in government.
These rock-n-rollers have an
average turnout at the polls,
and 86 percent voted for Reagan
in 1984. They form 9 percent of
the population and electorate.
• "Disaffecteds" are middle-class,
middle age and pes­simistic
of both big government
and big business. However, they
are strongly pro-military. These
voters usually listen to country
music and less likely to vote
than most. They form 9 percent
of the population and 7 percent
of the elctorate. In 1984, 81 per­cent
voted for Reagan.
The Democrats
• The "seculars," as their
name implies, are the only
group to profess to no religious
faith. They are well-educated,
mostly white and heavily con­centrated
on the east and west
coasts. They make up 8 percent
of the population about 9 per­cent
of the electorate. They have
a high likelihood of voting, and
34 percent voted for Reagan in
1984.
• The "followers" are riding the
( fence, although they lean
toward the Democrats. They are
young, blue collar and poorly
educated. They have little reli­gious
commitment, are not like­ly
to vote and generally are not
interested in politics. They
make up 4 percent of the likely
electorate and 7 percent of the
general population. They favor
increased social spending and
will likely vote.
• The "'60s Democrats" are
upper-middle class and mostly
female. They have a strong
sense of social justice and Iden­tify
with many of the issues of
the '60s such as peace, civil
rights and the environment.
Only 25 percent voted for
Reagan in 1984. They make up
8 percent of the opposition and
11 percent of the likely elec­torate.
• The "New Deal Democrats"
are traditional Democrats and
66 percent are past age 50.
They are strongly Democratic,
although some defected to
Reagan in 1984 (30 percent of
the vote). They make up 11 per­cent
of the adult population and
15,, percent ofthe electorate, ••»-.-
• The "passive poor1" have a
strong faith in America and are
uncritical of its institutions.
They are older, poor. Southern,
mostly black and strongly
Democratic. They favor
increased spending on social
programs. They make up 7 per:
cent of the population and §
percent of the electorate, but
their tendency to vote is below
average. ' *
• The "partisan poor" form the
most solid Democratic group In.
the country and have strong
faith in the Democrats to''
achieve the social Justice they"
seek This group is 37 percent'
black, low income. Southern,
and poorly educated. They are j
more likely to vote than average j
and make up 9 percent of the!
population and electorate.
No affiliation ',
• The last group is the'
"bystanders." They identify with J
neither party and they probably •
won't vote at all. They are usu- -:
ally under 30 years old and 82 i
percent white. They go to dis- j
cos for entertainment, and;«
most don't care who is elected. '
•
This brief description of».
American voters from the study 5
does not offer the definitive ;
explanation of how and why :
Americans vote as they do, but^'
it does demonstrate the com-!
plexity of how Americans vote.
It's difficult to define voters \'
on where they stand on the;
issues because our country i s!
so diverse. It's certainly not a s j -m
easy as defining one as "liberal"
or "conservative." i'
•
Thus, the bickering betweerjt ,
Dukakis and Bush over thatv
silly "L" word business has done
nothing to help voters define
their positions. It has only *
served to insult the voters one
more time. ,r^
David Sharp is editor ot The) '
Plainsman. ,
Alter ego making life difficult
It's happening again. 1
thought I was rid of her, but
she's back. It's my evil twin,
Nickl. She's found me.
I thought by coming to
Auburn I'd be safe. I drove all
the way to Mississippi to drop
her out. There's no way she
could have followed me.
You see, Nickl was always the
sloppy one and the bad one and
the stupid one. It was decided
long before we were to start
kindergarten that no one would
ever know that Nickl existed.
So, she was locked in the
closet (give me a break, it was a
walk-in), and I - being the
sweet, neat, smart one - entered
society as the only Vessels girl.
Eventually, my mother started
to feel guilty and made me let
Nicki go to school in my place
every once in a while.
By the way, let me just set the
record straight on a few things.
It was Nicki, not me, who spit
mayonnaise across the table
Vicki
Vessels
pretending to be a zit In eighth
grade. I don't know where she
got that. It was Nickl, not me,
who broke into the home eco­nomics
kitchens and ate all the
food.
And most of all, it was Nicki,
not me, who carved my name in
the hood and sides of the sta­tion
wagon that time.
Of course, I always got In
trouble for the things Nicki did.
Well, now she's here at
Auburn, and she's about to get
me In trouble again. Last week,
she found out the stories I was
working on and decided to call
some of the people involved for
me. In two of the cases she
didn't give her name.
So how can I say it's Nicki,
you might ask. In these two
cases, I can't. For one reason,
I've always half jokingly said I
was schizophrenic. I even said
so in my speech class when
asked one word to describe
myself. But I was only Joking ...
and so was I.
I've also always had a sleep­walking
problem. And one of my
favorite things to do while I'm
asleep is call people. So maybe I
dozed off in the Plainsman office
and made the calls.
Both of these are highly prob­able
except for that other
instance. Someone called a high
ranking sort of person here at
the University saying she was
Vicki Vessels from The Auburn
Plainsman. I know this because
another Plainsman reporter was
sitting in his office at the time.
This occurred at approximate­ly
1:15 p.m., but I was taking a
midterm that started a t 1 p.m. fi
can cancel my appointment at ]
Bryce Mental Hospital, but it j
still leaves me a problem - j
Nickl.
IVe looked at this pretty light- f"
heartedly, but, seriously, this [
mystery caller could get me In a I
lot of trouble. [t
I can't imagine who it is or ;
why she's doing it, but until I J
find out I guess I'll have to do :
my interviews in person. So I"
take a look at the picture with* •
this column. That's me. You.,
may not want to talk to anyone | ,
else claiming to be Vicki 5
Vessels. Why would anybody*"
want to claim that anyway is.-
what I want to know. -•
And, Nicki, if you really are
here, come on over. IVe got the,,
closet all ready and set up nlce.it
for you.
> ,
Vicki Vessels is an assistant',
news editor of The Plainsman.
it) Rent-a-cop for sale: only $2t
A couple weeks ago, while sit­ting
at an Auburn football game
with a group of friends, I wit­nessed
something that shocked
me. and it convinced me that
probably the main reason peo­ple
break rules is because of
slack enforcement.
My friends and I were sitting in
the student section next to a
group of guys who were drink­ing
heavily. They were being
loud and obnoxious, but that
didn't bother us at all. What
would an Auburn football game
be like without rowdy fans?
They were Just having a good
time.
What bothered me was the
security guard that approached
them from behind.
First, the guard asked the
boys to hand over their flasks.
But, instead of taking them and
leaving, the guard sat down
Michelle
Garland
with the group and began talk­ing.
One of the boys offered the
guard a drink. The guard looked
around to see If anyone would
notice. My roommate and I were
looking straight at him, -but he
didn't seem to be intimidated by
us because he accepted the
drink.
And If that wasn't enough, the
boys began to see if they could
make a deal with this gullible
"cop." One of the boys offered
the guard two dollars in
exchange for the flasks.
The guard decided that was a
fair deal. He took the money
and began to leave, without the
flasks.
Apparently, my friends and I
weren't the only ones who wit­nessed
this scene. A guy who
was sitting about three rows in
front of us stood up and said, "I
can't believe you're doing this.
I'm going to go call a real cop."
At that, the guard walked
back up the steps, threw the
two dollars at the boys and took
the flasks. However, the guard
leaned over and told the boys to
meet him after the game and he
would make a deal with them.
In a way. It didn't bother me
that much that the boys were
trying to take advantage of the
guard. What made me mad was
that the guard obliged.
If there Is going to be a rule
that no one can bring alcohol
into the stadium, there should­n't
be any exceptions.
Sure, every game there are
hundreds of people that get
away with it. There are country.,
less ways of sneaking it in. , i-
But if someone gets caught,;,
they're caught. They should just
accept that It is a rule and pick>-
up their flask at the end of the: i
game.
I often wonder why rules are
made if they are not going to be
enforced. Why should a few peo- •;
pie be able to get away with it
while others must adhere to the *
rules to the letter? -.,:
It's tough knowing the people-^
supposedly enforcing the rules,,,
are guilty of breaking them. But'- "
the scariest part of all is that -.
Auburn students are at the--
mercy of a security guard who.-* *.
can be bought off for two measly
dollars. •'
Michelle Garland is an assistant.,
sports editor of The Plainsman.
Thursday, November 3,1988 QMuburn Plainsman A-11
Letters
Death of friend brings resolve, commitment
Editor, The Plainsman:
*- Friday morning, I called to
talk to a friend of mine. The
voice that answered was not the
voice of my friend - his voice
has been silenced forever.
,,My friend was killed early
Friday morning. He has left us
too soon.
'He was an irreplaceable mem­ber
of the human race, and the
World will be a poorer place
without him. The lives of every­one
he has known will be miss­ing
an Important part, and
those who would have known
him will never have the pleasure
of calling him a friend.
I have tried to understand the
reason for his death, but I can­not.
I do not believe he deserved
to die. I know at this time there
is another man sitting in a
prison cell trying to Justify in
his own mind the actions he
took which caused he death of
another human being. I cannot
judge that man, but I cannot
forgive him for what he has
done.
My friend's death happened
here in Auburn. He was a
University student, as is the
man charged with murder. It is
strange that such a tragic inci­dent
could occur here among a
society of supposed intellectu­als.
We are blessed with the gift of
an education, but we have failed
to learn that the most precious
gift of all is the gift of life. No
one has a right to endanger the
life of another innocent human
being.
Quote of the week
The educational programs here at Auburn are one of the best buys for the money ... You get more
in terms of quality for what the student pays than almost any other place in the country." -
President James Martin
The week in history
10 years ago, 1978: UPC Director Lowell Ledbetter was dismissed from his position following
investigation of grievances against the director. Seven UPC student directors returned after his
dismissal.
20 years ago, 1968: Simplified dress codes for coeds were proposed by the University's Associated
,Women Students rules committee. The code states: "Girls must dress neatly and appropriately at all
,* times and use their own discretion. Shorts or slacks may not be worn in classrooms, administration
^buildings, Union building or the library." The proposal went on to Dean of Women Katharine Cater
for consideration.
35 years ago, 1953: Following a protest, the election of a junior senator during fall student
government elections was declared "null and void" by the elections committee because of a conflict
involving placing more than one poster per bulletin board on campus.
Also this week, the Sigma Chi's broke ground on their new fraternity house to be built on Magnolia
Avenue at the cost of $ 100,000.
s 40 years ago, 1948: Putting an end to rumors, The Plainsman reported that the student ticket
'pripe for the Alabama football game would be $1.25.
Dukakis has much to offer
Editor, The Plainsman:
This is my fifth fall at Auburn.
My first was also an "election"
fall quarter, and in both cases it
has been interesting to see the
work of various student groups
supporting both candidates. I
dare say that fall quarter 1988
has seen a big increase in stu­dent
political activism over fall
quarter 1984.
While it is commendable for
all college s t u d e n t s to get
involved in this political pro­cess,
I would like to offer a few
reasons to vote for Mike
Dukakis, the Democratic nomi­nee.
Here is what America has
to look forward to under a
Dukakis administration -
• Higher inflation, taxes,
interest rates and unemploy­ment.
• Increased regulation of busi­ness.
• Slashing of our military,
which is already at a disadvan­tage
when compared to our
adversaries.
• A solidified communist
stronghold in Central America.
• A possible abolition of the
death penalty, from a man who
is "tough on crime."
I believe the choice is clear.
Let's hope America makes the
right one.
Kevin Broughton, 04 GJM
Deadlines
Campus calendar Monday, 5 p.m.
Classifieds Tuesday, 11 a.m.
Display ads Friday, 5 p.m.
Letters to the editor Monday 5 p.m.
Florida students lacking class
Editor, The Plainsman:
r
You know, you j u s t can't
appreciate a high class college
.until you experience one of a
lower caliber. The lower class
college I'm referring to is the
University of Florida.
Maybe it's Just me, but when
the home crowd doesn't even
support its own band, such as
in Gainesville, it's kind of sad.
Perhaps a large portion of the
home crowd in Florida had par­ties
to attend about the time the
Tigers scored their first TD last
Saturday.
Maybe some of the cokes that
flew into the AU student section
from the UF section Just slipped
from the sweaty palms of some
Gator fans.
All that aside, I'm proud to be
affiliated with a first class
marching band program, the
finest college in the South and
the strongest football team in
the SEC.
Let's get out there and sup­port
the Tigers this homecoming
Saturday. War Eagle!
Andy Loving. 02 PB
Prof discusses 'Eve' theory
"Editor, The Plainsman:
In answer to Stacye Hathorn's
eletter in the Oct. 27 issue of
The Plainsman, let me say that
the "Eve" theory of human ori­gin
is nothing but an exercise in
'obscurantism. The notion that
all races shared a common
ancestor only 200,000 years ago
, is refuted by human fossils
which show that racial differen­tiation
goes back more than a
million years.
* Furthermore, "Eve" propo­nents
employed sloppy research
techniques. I recently read a
, magazine article that debunks
the "Eve" theory point by point,
which I will be glad to share
with anyone who is interested.
•For a copy, just call or write me.
Stacye raises the subjects of
"brotherhood" and "compas­sion."
Certainly, all living things
"are made up of similar organic
components (We all "bleed red"),
and, in that limited context, all
creatures are "related."
Obviously, man is part of
nature.
Nevertheless, there is a hier­archy
in nature: a man is supe­rior
to a cow. To acknowledge
that creatures are superior or
inferior to each other does not
imply that the former should
mistreat the latter, however.
On the other hand, is it
humane to allow genetic defects
to become wider and wider
spread as a result of random
mating, as is now happening? Is
it humane to burden fewer and
fewer problem-solvers with more
and more problem-makers?
That is how civilizations self-destruct.
Not only is man part of
nature, but he is subject to the
dynamics thereof- like it or not
We cannot hide behind "cul­tural"
buffers. Animal breeders
put eugenic principles into
practice every day. If you want a
better cow, you selectively breed
for desired characteristics.
If you want a better human,
you do the same. Random
breeding succeeds only In creat­ing
a nondescript "generic man."
Nathaniel Weyl wrote: "The
eugenics movement is con­cerned
with encouraging the
bright and healthy to raise chil­dren
and dissuading the stupid
and genetically impaired from
exuberant fertility."
The potential for higher man
is real, and the first advanced
nation that promotes human
quality through applied eugen­ics
will, in a few generations,
leave the rest of the world to
dust.
Jim Dewitt. '73
Opelika
It is an unforgivable crime,
and it is a crime I have commit­ted
often.
On countless occasions, I
have stumbled to my car, too
intoxicated to walk but confi­dent
I could drive. Each time
that I have driven inebriated, I
have placed my own life in dan­ger
as well the lives of my
friends and the lives of anyone
who crossed my path.
I was not in control of my
actions, but I was responsible
for them. I have been lucky that
I have not become a murderer
or a corpse. I am sorry for what
I have done, but that is not
enough.
From the death of a friend, I
have learned that life is not to
be taken for granted. It is a priv­ilege,
and it can be taken away
in the blink of an eye.
I owe it to him to not let his
death go in vain. I made a vow
to never endanger another inno­cent
human being's life again so
long as I live. That is my
promise; that is my responsibili­ty.
Carroll Burch will live on in
the memories of those who have
known him. I believe that one
day we will see him again in a
world without pain, and he will
be smiling.
But until that day, we must
remember what he has taught
us in his absence: we must
treasure the gift of life.
David Formwalt, '88
Bikers need to learn rules
Editor, The Plainsman:
A few comments on your edi­torial
regarding the bicycle haz­ard
which read:
"University police officials say
... the police can do little about
it (bikes ridden on the side­walk).
Ticketing students for
riding bikes on the sidewalk
wouldn't do much for their
image." Enforcing the law
doesn't do much for their
image? Okay. Right.
"Bikers have a strong argu­ment
that they have no where to
ride because there are no bike
lanes." Wrong, again. A bicycle
operator who abides by the
rules of the road generally will
find sufficient room for riding
on the road.
Many motor vehicle operators
have been frustrated by individ­uals
on bicycles who choose to
obey road regulations only
when it suits their fancy. This
frustration is compounded
when the motorist-turned-pedestrian
gets hooked by a
speeding bicycle on a sidewalk.
Such behavior on the part of the
bicycle operator does not engen­der
respect from motor vehicle
operators or pedestrians.
I make these comments not
as a bike-hater, but as a road
cyclist who once almost had a
riding partner killed by a drunk
driver. Respect is something
that may be earned, deserved
or expected. It also may be
eroded by irresponsible prac­tices,
irrespective of how it was
initially attained.
I feel quite annoyed whenever
I see a bicycle operator who
behaves in a fashion that only
undercuts the respect that
cyclists should be able to expect
on, and off, the road. Such irre­sponsible
behavior makes
cycling on the road much more
difficult for those who do con­duct
themselves properly.
As a cyclist, I feel like clothes-lining
with my frame pump
and it makes me wonder
these morons who masquerade
as "bikers." They should either
learn the rules of the road and
cycling etiquette or keep their
bicycles at home (on a leash?).
It is not difficult to stop at sig­nal
lights and stop signs, to
yield to pedestrians at cross­walks,
to hand signal when
turning in traffic or to dismount
upon reaching the sidewalk.
By the way, sidewalks are not
"siderldes." Something about
the name seems to imply that,
but I suppose that some people
are Just too slow-witted to make
the connection. College stu­dents
in particular should con­sider
this: you are supposedly
sufficiently intelligent and
mature for admission to college;
are you too backward or imma­ture
to learn some rules that
many of us were taught in grade
school?
Steve Hung, professor
College of Engineering
HoAiecorttMo* PA/zAoe:. Horteccrtirtcr So<VA*-s...
by brady thompson
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A-12 Qttiegluburnplamsmaii Thursday, November 3,1988
Bush
continued from A-l
"Maybe it's because I don't,
you know, go for the Jugular,
always trying to tear down the
other guy. I think these are
strengths, and I think the peo­ple
will think they're strengths."
The Bush staff also points to his
service record including three
air medals and the
Distinguished Flying Cross, as
proof that Bush is not a wimp.
He became the youngest
Naval pilot in 1942 when he
enlisted in the Navy Reserve.
From 1942-45 he flew torpedo
bombers over the Pacific. On
Sept. 2, 1945 his bomber was
shot down, and he bailed out
after finishing his bombing.
After several hours at sea he
was rescued by a U.S. subma­rine.
While Reagan was not
referred to as a wimp in dealing
with terrorists. Bush is said to
have wanted to be tougher with
Panama's General Noriega than
the administration has been. "I
won't bargain with terrorists,
and I won't bargain with drug
dealers either, whether they're
on U.S. or foreign soil," he said.
On the other hand he wants
to highlight his association with
Reagan's treaty with the
Russians.
Because of these possible
conflicts in Interest, Bush had
wanted to wait until after Labor
Day to start addressing issues
presently concerning the
administration. He began
addressing these issues sooner
than announced, and according
to an adviser, "Politics was defi­nitely
a factor."
Whether he had waited to
address the current Issues is
not critical to the campaign
based on psychology research
by a Yale University professor.
"Our research says in effect
that approximately 75 to 80
percent of the time, a voter will
choose a candidate based on
feelings or personality attributes
CPR
For Students, Faculty
and Staff
Learn Basic Techniques
of CPR
Following The
American Heart Association's
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Robert Abelson said in a
Wasington Post article.
Reagan's tax increase is hurt­ing
Bush's promise not to raise
taxes. He acknowledged that the
President had raised taxes, but
Bush said, "What does that
have to do with what I'll do as
president? I am saying no,
never."
He also wants to reopen the
tax laws to give new breaks for
capital gains to increase Invest­ment
and supports a
Constitutional amendment to
require a balanced budget. To
balance the budget Bush favors
spending a little less on every­thing,
rather than cutting deep
into one thing.
Bush contends that he is the
only presidential candidate with
foreign policy experience. He
has been vice president since
Reagan took office in 1981.
Before that he also served as
U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations in 1971-72 and head of
the U.S. mission to China in
1974-75.
On foreign policy, Bush sup­ports
aiding the Freedom
Fighters in Nicaragua and
Angola. He opposes a unilateral
nuclear freeze but supports the
research, development and
deployment of SDL
The president should be able
to mobilize the National Guard
and U.S. troops should be kept
in South Korea, according to
Bush.
Regarding crime, he favors
mandatory sentencing and the
death penalty for drug kingpins.
But he opposes any federal gun
registration and waiting period.
Bush opposes abortion except
in cases of rape or Incest or
when the mother's life is in dan­ger.
He encourages employer-sponsored
day care and propos­es
a tax free savings bond
option for families saving to
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send their children to college.
He opposes allowing homo­sexuals
as foster parents.
Bush has also called for leg­islative
and executive action
prohibiting discrimination
against carriers of AIDS virus.
In regard to acid rain he said,
we can "no longer afford to sim­ply
study the problem." He
favors setting specific emission
reduction goals and speeding up
the cleaning of toxic waste
dumps.
Bush also favors more trade
with the Soviet Union.
His involvement in national
politics began in 1966 when he
was elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives from the 7th
district in Houston. He was
named to the Ways and Means
Committee.
After a second term in the
House, Bush was defeated in
his bid for a seat in the U.Si
Senate by Lloyd Bentsen.
He next served the United
States as ambassador to the^
United Nations.
In 1973 Bush became chair­man
of the Republican Nationals
Committee at Nixon's request/
Bush later said the chairman^-
shlp was the worst time of his*
career because of the growing
Watergate scandal.
President Gerald Ford
appointed Bush to head the.
China mission and later as'
director of the CIA
In 1977 Bush began his cam-,
paign for the Republican presi­dential
nomination. In 1980, he
won six primaries but lost the
nomination Reagan. •
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Arts & Entertainment/B-3
Auburn Weekend/B-6 Extra! B
Greek revival
Sigma Kappa chapter adds new sorority to Auburn Panhellenic scene
By Michelle Garland
Assistant Sports Editor
Geena Goodhand woke up
on Squeal Day expecting
to become part of a
group. She had gone through six
grueling days of smiling, small
talk and ice water teas.
As she got out of bed the last
day of rush and began to get
ready for, supposedly, one of the
most exciting days of her college
life, she heard a knock on her
door.
Her rush counselor had come
to tell her she had been cut out
of rush. After surviving six days
on false hope, she had been
rejected.
Goodhand, 01 PB, was just,
one of 121 girls cut out of rush
on the final day this year,'
according to Panhellenic Adviser
Debbie Shaw.
"66 percent of the 1.320 girls
that went through rush received
a bid to join a sorority and 282
girls were left out," Shaw said.
But this year, girls like
Goodhand, now a pledge for
Sigma Kappa, were offered an
alternative to formal rush.
"I felt rejected at first when I
got cut out of rush," Goodhand
said. "But Sigma Kappa has
already made me feel like part of
a group."
With the folding of Auburn's
Delta Gamma chapter last year,
Panhellenic decided to invite a
new sorority to join Auburn's
Greek system, according to
Shaw.
"I, along with the Panhellenic
executive officers, reviewed
Can it!
Students help
collect food for
needy families
By Angle Holding
Staff Writer
•hile many of us are
well aware that there
are families that will
suffer this holiday season, most
of us choose to ignore this fact,
forget our fellow man in need,
and enjoy the luxuries
Thanksgiving and Christmas
usually bring.
However, this year, many
Auburn students, along with
The Alabama Coalition on
Hunger, decided to make this
holiday season a better one
for all.
W!
* They did this by involving
dorms, fraternity houses, and
Christian centers across the
campus in a holiday food
collection drive.
According to Owen Hall's
Dorm Director Sandra Appel,
the effort was a huge success.
"We were excited with the
response to the food drive;
many needy families in Lee
County will benefit from the
generosity of the students,"
. Appel said.
The food drive was held from
Oct. 17 through 24 and more
, than 300 cans of food were
gathered from the dorms alone,
according to the coalition.
4 The supplies were then
collected and placed in the
food closet in The Boykin
Community Center in Auburn.
The food will be distributed to
needy families as the holiday
season draws nearer.
v When asked about her feelings
concerning the food drive,
Resident Adviser Cathy Barber
„ replied, "I am grateful to all the
Residence Life Housing
Facilities for making the food
drive such a success. It shows
t that people are very much
aware of the less fortunate and
are willing to lend a helping
hand."
statistics from rush last year and
saw that we were cutting too
many girls on Squeal," Shaw
said.
An original field of five national
sororities were considered
and an extension committee
narrowed the selection to two.
The two sororities, Sigma
Kappa and Gamma Phi Beta,
were judged on extensive
applications, interviews and oral
presentations, according to Kim
Groover, panhellenic assistant
rush vice president who is in
charge of extensions.
"Choosing the right sorority
was not an easy job," Groover
'We were not look­ing
for any certain
stereotype.'
-Cheri Morrell
said. "But Sigma Kappa's
application was perfect It just fit
exactly what we were looking for.
"They were just so real and
down to earth. Everyone felt at
home with them."
Representatives of Sigma
Kappa were present during
formal rush only for ice water
teas. This allowed them to
introduce themselves and
provide the rushees with
Information about the sorority.
A few weeks after formal rush,
Sigma Kappa began a
promotional campaign followed
by a week-long rush period,
under the supervision of national
chapter members and chapter
consultant Cheri Morrell.
"We are so excited to be at
Auburn," Morrell said. "We are
being accepted well, even though
some people seemed unsure at
first.
"I think they Just didn't
understand what was going on in
the beginning, but now they've
heard about us and seem to be
supportive.
"We plan to participate in all
the activities the other sororities
participate in like Greek Week,,
socials with fraternities and lake
parties."
Morrell, 22, is a 1988 grad­uate
of California Polytechnical
State University in San Luis
Obispo, Calif. She will be the
chapter consultant for Sigma
Kappa until June and will serve
as an adviser and pledge
educator.
When Morrell finishes her
duties at Auburn she said a local.
alumna will take her place.
Without the help of an active
group, the pledges will be
instantly placed in leadership
positions, Morrell said. "They will
have to turn to each other to find
the support they would normally
find in an active chapter.
"The hardest part for me will
be trying to get individual
attention to each girl. It's
important for me to make myself
available for every girl."
Of the almost 400 girls that
went through Sigma Kappa's
rush, 130 pledges were chosen.
"We were not looking for any
certain stereotype," Morrell said.
"We Just want women who will be
good representatives of Sigma
Kappa at Auburn, who are
polished and take pride in
themselves.
"We pledged two seniors, 19
juniors, 61 sophomores and 48
freshmen. We don't want them to
all be from the same class
because we don't want them to
all graduate at the same time.
"We do have a 2.00 grade point
average requirement that must
be met winter quarter by the
pledges before they can be
initiated spring quarter."
Sigma Kappa's National
Council looked at the money
requirements of the different
sororities on campus and took
the average which is $33 a
month for dues, according to
Morrell.
"So it is not costing any more
for the girls, even though we are
new and may be fewer In
numbers than some of the other
sororities," she said.
Sigma Kappa's rush was
different from Panhellenic's.
formal rush. Jt involved
interviews and informal parties
given by a colonization team
made up of six national officers.
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Sigma Kappa pledges Gena Wills, Gina Estes, Stefan! Lisano, Alison Turner
Get a job: Aubum'^plaeement service can help
By Sam Thomas
Staff Writer
The college experience is a
manufacturing process,
according to Lany Long,
coordinator of Auburn's
placement service at 400 Mary
Martin Hall.
"Education is making a
product - you. We (at the
placement center) are here
to help students market
themselves. We teach the skills
necessary to obtain employment
- a lifetime skill needed sooner
or later," "Long said.
Long said about 600
corporations come to Auburn
every year and the service
coordinates interviews for
graduating seniors. Last fall
about 1,500 students registered
for interviews, he said.
"Students should come see
us three quarters before
graduation," Long said.
Students attend a mandatory
registration orientation during
which the job search process is
explained, and questions are
answered, he said.
Students then choose which
corporations they want to
Interview with and sign up.
Recruiters can Interview up to
13 students in one day, though
some recruiters stay several
days. Long said..
During the interview the
student is on his own,
according to Long.
"If you don't know how to sell
your knowledge, education and
skills, you won't get a Job. They
say that knowledge Is power,
but it's not. Knowledge Is
potential power. You have to do
something with what you've
learned," Long said.
The service has one
counselor, Jimmy Lawrence, on
staff.
"I help students with anything
from trying to figure
out available job oppor­tunities,
employment strategies,
resumes, directing resumes to
specific job markets, first and
'If you don't know
how to sell your
knowledge, educa­tion
and skills, you,
won't get a job;
-Larry Long
second interviews and salary
negotiations," Lawerence said.
What kind of graduates are
recruiters looking for?
"I want someone who has
good communicative skills and
can convince me they have good
direction as to where they're
going and what they want," Bob
Taylor, recruiter for Foxmoor
Specialty Stores Corporation in
Atlanta, said.
During interviews, Taylor
tells students about the
corporation, and asks them
about their Interests and
experiences at Auburn. During
this time he looks for maturity,
motivation and confidence, he
said.
The ability to communicate Is
most Important, said Bill Poole,
recruiter for Tocco Inc. in Boaz.
"Normally I'm looking for
someone who has the skills to
be a project manager," he said.
That, he said, requires
confidence and an ability to
work well with others.
"Auburn is quite good at
teaching teaming effectively,"
Poole said.
David Hopper, recruiter for
Southern Natural Gas in
Birmingham, said his time in
interviews is two-fold.
"First I tell them about our
company and what Is required
See JOB, page B-2
Campus VIPs up on block to
upgrade handicap facilities
By Elizabeth Bowden
Staff Writer
Going once... going twice
...SOLDI Sound like the
auctioning of antiques
or paintings? Wrong - it's the
auctioning of prominent
Auburn students.
Friday you will be able to buy
a football star to coach your
football team or buy a campus
beauty to go on a date. You can
get a cheerleader to do your
laundry or have an SGA officer
be a sober driver at your next
social.
Yes, the campus bigwigs will
be up for sale tomorrow at the
SGA Celebrity VIP Auction. The
event, which will raise money to
improve handicapped facilities
on campus, will take place at 1
p.m. on the drill field platform
area.
"Auburn's handicapped
students have been neglected
for far too long. We are hoping
that the Auburn student
community will unite with the
SGA to alleviate this problem,"
said Keno Helml, 03 EC/GEH,
SGA director of marketing
research.
Free pizza will be served.
Also, $800 In door prizes will be
given away, including an
answering machine, an indoor
grill, a Walkman and dinner for
two to virtually every fine
restaurant in town.
The fundraiser's purpose Is to
equip buildings on campus with
desperately needed facilities
for the handicapped. Cindy
Holland, president of the SGA
said that an article In last year's
Glomerata prompted the SGA to
challenge this problem.
The article claimed that
many buildings' handicapped
facilities are unsatisfactory,
while some buildings are
altogether inaccessible to
someone in a wheelchair. The
latter buildings include Mary
Martin, Langdon and Ramsey
halls.
Planning for the auction
began last year when Holland
specifically appointed Helml as
director of marketing and
research. "It's all I've been
working on since spring
quarter," Helml said.
He and his 18-member
committee hope to organize two
more fundraisers this year, one
See AUCTION, page B-2
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Squeal
continued from B-l
They did not limit themselves
to girls who had been cut out of
rush. There were several girls
who had never been through
formal rush that decided to give
it a try.
Gina Estes. 03 PB. a Sigma
Kappa pledge, has been an
independent at Auburn for two
years. "For so long I've been
happy being the way I am," she
said. "Now I feel like I'm
expanding my horizons because
I'm doing something I've never
done before.
"I have so much confidence in
Cheri. She is so positive and
everybody respects her."
Sigma Kappa will be on a trial
period until February, according
to Morrell. The group will
participate in formal Panhellenic
rush next year.
"I feel confident about Sigma
Kappa's colonization," Morrell
said. "We started a colony at
Florida State last year. They just'
went through their first formal
rush and only missed quota by
two. We were pleased with that
because only half of the
sororities on that campus made
quota.
"We started a new colony at the
University of Alabama this year
and pledged 95 girls. Gamma Phi
Beta was colonizing the same
time we were and only pledged
70 girls."
Panhellenic's biggest concern
for the new sorority involved the
possibility of starting with low
numbers, according to Shaw.
"Now that we see that Is not a
problem, the only difficulties I
foresee for them will be rush
next year mainly because so
many girls enter rush with pre­conceived
stereotypes of all the
sororities, and Sigma Kappa has
not had a chance to establish a
reputation on campus," Shaw
said.
"They may also run into
problems because none of the
members will have had behind-the-
scenes rush experience."
Panhellenic's support of
Sigma Kappa does not end with
this rush, Shaw said.
"Right now we have 14 strong
National Panhellenic Council
sororities and we are looking
forward to having 15," Shaw
said.
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Auction
continued from B-l
possibly being a concert. The
committee welcomes any
suggestions.
Approximately 50 students
will be auctioned off In
tomorrow's event. Admission is
free.
The celebrities may be
bought by either individuals or
groups, and will be at the
buyers' mercy for up to. 16
hours within one week. Terms
will be negotiated between the
buyers and the auctioned'
celebrity.
In case of rain, the auction
will be moved to Friday, Nov.
11, all other details remaining
the same.
continued from B-l
of our employees, then I talk
to them about their
communication and technical
skills. I hire students for roles
with people," Hopper said.
Though not all students find
jobs through on-campus
interviews, many do, and the
placement service can help
those who do not work on
selling themselves effectively,
Long said.
"Though I didn't get a job
through the placement office, I
did learn a lot about what I
need to talk about and how I
need to present myself,"sald
John Insley, a 1987 graduate.
In addition to being shy, he
said, "I was a graduating senior
three different times. I never
knew for sure if 1 was actually
going to graduate, and neither
did they (the recruiters). It (the
service) didn't work for me. but
that's my own fault," Insley
said.
Catherine Clement, a 1987
graduate, did find a Job through
the service. "He (the recruiter)
didn't ask me anything
seemingly important - Just
about my hobbies and strong
points. I think he liked that I
was outgoing - I guess that's
why I got the job," she said.
Those who need help finding
a job should take advantage of
the placement service. Long
said. "If you want to get a job.
we can help."
The service also offers
placement workshops to help
students with resume writing.
Interview preparation and Job
search skills.
For more information about
the workshops or services
offered, call 826-4313.
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Elections:
something
to laugh at
I'm giving up without a fight.
Let's face it - no one wants
either Bush or Dukakis to be
the next president. Would that
there was a choice on the ballot
that read: "I have considered all
the candidates for the presiden­cy
and have found none that
meets my approval. Therefore, I
demand a postponement of the
election until an acceptable can­didate
is presented."
Of course, this is not only Just
a pipe dream, but it would
never work, because everyone
would choose this option every
time and there would be the
problem of filling the position in
the meantime. And heaven
knows, Reagan has a hard time
staying awake as it is...
The fact is. come Tuesday we
will have to select someone to
play leader for the next four
years. The expression "lesser of
two evils" has come up repeat­edly
this time 'round, and it's
not hard to see why; we may as
well elect Pee Wee.
As a matter of fact, when
kindergarten students were
polled about the election a few
months ago, 90 percent of them
said they thought Pee Wee
Herman and Michael Dukakis
were equally qualified for the
Presidency (My guess is that the
other 10 percent considered Pee
Wee the better candidate.)
vAt any rate, I have 'resigned*
myself to the fact that one of
these unsavory characters will
be our next president, and
there's not a thing I can do
about it. So I have decided to
ignore the "serious" side of the
election and just look at it as
another form of entertainment.
I doubt anyone can argue that
the campaigns have not been
e