1988-08-24 The Auburn Plainsman

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(Ibe^uburn Plainsman
Volume 94 Number 36 Wednesday, August 24, 1988 Auburn University, Ala. 16849 14 pages
ILocal
" Sept. 2 has been set as the
day Auburn professor Michael
Littleford may present her
appeal before the Board of
Trustees concerning her termi­nation
notice,
Littleford, a tenured profes­sor
in the College of Education,
received notification of her
dismissal Aug. 16 in a letter
frotn President Martin.
State
Gov. Guy Hunt is expected
to reveal a proposal to raise
$102 million for the General
Fund before the start of the
Special session of the Legisla­ture,
scheduled to begin Aug.
30. -
According to legislators who
have seen the proposal, Hunt
will propose a tax increases on
gambling, soft drinks and
automobiles and increased
state fees.
State Sen. Roger Bedford; D-Russellville,
said a fee increase
for dumping hazardous waste
and other fee bills would be
approved, but predicted failure
for the soft drink tax.
Either the soft drink* lax or -
automobile sales ta# could
produce $61 million in state
revenues, the pari-mutuel win­ning
tax approximately $19
million and the fee bills tax
about $22 million, according to
Rep. Bill Fuller, D-LaFayette.
^National
Republican presidential
nominee George Bush
defended his choice of running
mate this week as questions
arose concerning Sen. Dan
Quayle's military record.
Allegations were made
chaarging that Quayle used his
family's money and influence;
io*keep him from being ;
assigned to active duty in
Vietnam. Instead of active
duty, Quayle served in the
National Guard.
Monday, Quayle's father,
James Quayle, told reporters
that family connections were V
used to land his son's first job
in the In dian a Attorney Gen- '.
eral's office, but kaid that ; •-
reports that Quayle used the
National Guard to avoid serv­ing
in Vietnam were "so
unfair, BO untrue."
World
An earthquake registering
6:5 on the Richter scale hit
"eastern India and Nepal Mon­day,
killing at least 550 people.
Indian officials said that
more than 300 people were
killed, at least 5,000 injured-and
25,000 homes destroyed in
the state of Bihar.
The Nepalese government
confirmed 252 deaths, more
than 1,000 injuries and thou- ,
sands of dwellings were des­troyed
in that country.
In addition, landslides and
toonsoon rains hav^ hindered;
rescue efforts in the disaster,
the worst earthquake in the
Himalayan region since 1950.,
ao
In the tipint cf freedom and
'v.vf for break.', this is the last
Jseae^ot summer quarter. The
fnituiniuusiill resume publi-
.a'UIn Sept: 2& A geneval.staff
tnetling will beheld Sept. 22at
5 p.rri. in The Plainsman office
located in the basement of Foy
Union for anyone interested in-.'
becoming involved. . V >
Martin discusses AU future
By Phil Crane
Sports Editor
ILK! ka
'We are the most
underfunded uni­versity
in Ala­bama...'
— James Martin
After four years as president of
Auburn University, James E.
Martin continues to battle for
appropriate state funding for the
University which would be based
upon enrollment, number of pro­grams
offered and student credit
hours.
An increased appropriation
could come as early as Sept. 28
when the state Legistature con­cludes
a special session deciding
on a budget, Martin said.
The following is an excerpt
from an interview:
Q. You have asked the state
Legislature for a 13 percent
increase in state funds for
Auburn University. If the Uni­versity
receives an increase,
where will the money go?
A. We have developed a tenta­tive
budget which sets as priori­ties
faculty and staff salaries,
and to try to boost the operating
dollars for academic depart­ments.
Additional funds will
increase the number of library
volumes to qualify for the Asso­ciation
of Research Libraries.
This association consists of the
top libraries in the country
besides the Library of Congress.
However, the additional money
may come in the form of 'one­time'
money earmarked for a spe­cific
use. This money would be
used for cabikal expenditures
such as teachifg and research
equipment, jiprary enhance­ments,
construqjion and mainte­nance
and repaf of facilities.
Q. Comparedlvith other uni­versities
in Alabama, how much
money does Aublrn receive from
the state?
A. We are tHt most under­funded
university in Alabama,
relative to needs, hm amazed at
how few people kirow how taxes
are being spent in-he state. This
is the first year weiave received
more state approbations than
the University of Ahbama. Even
though we are a|nuch larger
school, they still feceive more
state dollars per person than we
do.
Q. A consulting firm from
Michigan has been hired to
update the long-range campus
master plan by this month. Has
its report been completed?
A. The firm has made a preli­minary
proposal to the property
and facilities committee, but
have not completed the plan. The
kind of perimeters they are lookr
ing at are an enrollment of 23,000
by the year 2000. They are look­ing
at the kind of traffic patterns;
facilities and utilities that will be
See TALK, page 6 l
Senior dean named
acting vice president
By Kay Taylor
News Editor
Dean of the. College of Educa­tion
Jack Blackburn assumed the
duties of acting vice president of
academic affairs Aug. 22, and
will continue to fill this role until
a permanent replacement is
found for the position.
A search committee is--curr
reri'tly reviewing applications for
the position vacant since Aug. 1,
when past vice president Warren
Brandt retired.
"I am pleased that Dean
Blackburn is willing to serve in
this important position until the
search committee can finish its
work, and we get a permanent
vice president for academic
affairs," President James E.
Martin said.
Blackburn, the senior dean at
Auburn, came to the University
in 1976 to become the dean of the
College of Education from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
At UNC, Blackburn was a pro­fessor
of education and chairman
of the division of curriculum and
instruction.
"I expect to <be,>sv.orlrfng with
matters related to tenure and
promotion during fall quarter. I
also will be involved in curricu­lum
matters.
"I'll be working with the var­ious
deans throughout the. Uni­versity
concerning appointments
of faculty," Blackburn said.
Blackburn received his bache-
See DEAN, page 6
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4,
Graduate students
want own senate
By Sarah Hicks
Assistant News Editor
For the past few years, the
Graduate Student Government
(GSG) has been striving for auto­nomy
from the Student Govern­ment
Association, but it is still
officially unrecognized, accord­ing
to elected President Bill
Revington.
"Separation isn't an approp­riate
word because it is defined
differently by so many people,"
Revington said. "We are working
with the SGA under propositions
that will allow graduate students
autonomy to deal with graduate
student affairs."
"The troubles are in making
clear specifically what we're try­ing
to do. It's no one's fault, but
people seem to have the feeling
that the graduate students are
trying to usurp power from the
SGA," Revington said.
He stressed that the intentions
of the graduate students were
good. "We have no intention of
undermining the SGA. We are
Auburn students and as such we
will follow campus guidelines."
However, in the past there have
been some misunderstandings.
Former SGA President Harold
Melton believed that the gradu­ates
could work within the
framework of the SGA. Melton's
work with the GSG included
increasing the number of senator
positions from one to three, but he
did not want to give them separ­ate
funds.
The SGA receives funds for
student activities that under the
present system, graduate stu­dents
are eligible for, according
to Revington. If the GSG did
separate, a percentage of these
funds would be allocated to them.
From the 1988 student fees
See SENATE, page 6
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TIGER FAN — Coach Pat Dye greets 4-
year-old Scott Scroggins of Selma. Scott,
the son of Art and Dale Scroggins, was
born with spina bifida (an open spine), leav-
PhotoKl-nphy: Slacy Moore
ing hiliaralyzed from the waist down. He
was nfer supposed to walk, but it seems
Scott (Isn't know that. J
Spirit representati vekttend camp
By Dana Roberts
Assistant Features Editor
The Auburn cheerleaders,
Tiger Pause and Aubie took top
honors in a Universal Cheer­leader
Association camp at the
Middle Tennessee State Univer­sity
campus in Murfreesboro
Aug. 8-12.
Aubie was returning as last
year's Overall Camp Champion
and won many blue excellent'
ribbons for his daily performan­ces
and a gold 'superior' ribbon
on the last day for "being \|it a
mascot should be," Aubie
There were 60 costume m
at the camp, and they wer
uated at all times. In and
the suit and during and aft
sions, the UCA people wer
them all the time, he said.
Aubie won the Overall
Champion award again thi
and plans to go on to the nati
competition where he p
second last year to Buzz
Georgia Tech.
The cheerleading squad
peted in three divisions:
th
IIP
song, sideline (chants) and
cheers.
They were taught pyramids,
partner stunts and cheers which
they performed every night for
the other squads. They won third
place in the final competition in
the cheer division.
Of the 15-member squad, five of
the women and four of the men
have never been to camp before.
"We did well and had a good
time," Sandra Stephens, head'
See CHEER, p a g e 6
Enrollment drops in agriculture, foestry schools
Art: Beth Becker
By Sarah Hicks
Assistant News Editor
By the mid-'90s, one-quarter to
one-third of the faculty teaching
agriculture and forestry educa­tion
will retire, according to
Robert Voitle, associate dean of
the College of Agriculture.
"The major reason for this
problem is that so many people
have such a negative image of
agriculture," Voitle said.
"People are misinformed about
agriculture, especially young
people," according to Voitle.
"They have a fixed idea about
agriculture and the work
involved, but less than 10 percent
of people in this line of work are
out in the field. Most of these peo­ple
are in white-collar jobs; in
fact, quite a few are working with
Fortune 500 companies."
There has been a nationwide
drop in enrollment for these dis­ciplines
recently because produc­tion
has become much more effi­cient,
Voitle said. New techno­logy
has surpassed manpower.
and related careers.
"Students think there is
future in it, and high sch
counselors are no more help
when they make no pitches
the possibility of a career in a
The major reason for this problem is tht
so many people have such a negativl
image of agriculture.'
— Robert Voith
The result of this decline in
interested students "has made a
shortage at the other end of the
tunnel," Voitle said.
Projections by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture esti­mate
a large surplus of jobs for
agricultural scientists, engineers
culture," Voitle said.
Voitle pointed out that almos
every major field has some anal
agous path in agriculture, but the
same amount of studying is
involved.
Agriculture requires a rigorous
background in the sciences just
like any other kind of science,
according to Voitle. "Too many
students are coming to college ill-prepared
to major in agriculture."
"We need to make younger peo­ple
more aware of the tremendous
possibilities. There are opportun­ities
in finance, personnel and
management and they can all be
rewarding," Voitle said.
Auburn's faculty, along with
other agricultural schools across
the nation, are trying to tackle
this problem. Voitle mentioned
regional programs working with
agriculture alumni using forums
or retention and aquisition of
ew knowledge.
"We are trying to get better
epresenlation in career day
xhibitions at high schools and
See AG, page 6
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page 2 Zht 9uburn plainsman Wednesday, August 24, 1988
State
Bribery trial set for Nov. 7
A trial date of Nov. 7 h a s been set in Montgomery Circuit
Court for Rep. Thomas Reed, D-Tuskegee. Reed was indicted for
bribery in June by a grand jury on charges that Reed accepted
$10 000 from Bobbv Eugene Chesser of Columbus, Ga., in
return for trying to gain an early release from prison tor
Chesser's nephew, convicted murderer Anthony Dennis
ISJflfiGSlPJ* It
The county jurv indicted Reed just days after a federal grind
jury handed down an indictment against the representative!
National
National Guard helps fight drugs i
• One hundred American National Guardsmen have been J
deployed along the U.S.-Mcxican border since early August ,n
£ attempt to stem the flow of illegal drugs into this countfy.
In what has been described as a limited test program, j
Guard "men have been searching commercial vehicles entering
the country from Mexico at major border crossing points j
E t c h i n g from Brownsville, Texas, to San Luis, Am., juft
south of Yuma.
^Vorld
Striking in Poland continues
i Leaders of the outlawed trade union Solidarity caled for a
strike at the shipyard in Gdansk, Monday continuing a week of
strikes across Poland. It is estimated that at least 7.000
vvorkers have participated in the strikes calling for Jigher pay
and government recognition of the union.
\ Strikes have been called at coal mines, shippingfiorts and
transportation depots across southern Poland.
1 Lech Walesa, leader of Solidarity, said he is read for the
^fikes to end, and wishes to speak with the goverraient, say­ing.
"We cannot pull Poland out of her troubles byneans of
strikes."
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Student media
fulfill purpose
By Leigh A. Beck
Staff Writer
A u b u r n ' s various student
media programs are provided to
"respond'to all the different needs
of all the different people at
Auburn," according to Vice Pres­ident
of Student Affairs Pat
Barnes.
The media programs include
The Plainsman, the Glomerata,
Circle Magazine, The Tiger Cub
and WEGL.
"It seems t h a t we have enough
publications. If each one is doing
as good a job a s it could be doing
then every media need should be
met," Barnes said.
Barnes said she hopes "There
is enough diversity in the media
forms that we respond in some
way to every student."
Barnes is chairman of the
Board of Student Communica­tions
which oversees the media.
The Board does not regulate or
censor the media in any way, it
only "helps out" in the event of a
problem, Barnes said.
Barnes said the only change
she sees necessary in t he student
media is t h a t "the problems with
WEGL be solved."
Barnes said the board was
"very surprised" that a lack of
communication exists between
WEGL management and speech
communications, but t h a t it is
expecting a report from an ad hoc
committee on t he matter by next
week.
"I wish that the student media
could all be trouble free, but I
don't think that any operating
media form is always going to be
without s i t u a t i o n s t h a t need
some attention," Barnes said.
Barnes said that WEGL and
Circle Magazine are "not as
widely received as The Plains­man,"
but t h a t they appeal to dif­ferent
segments of the student
. population.
"Circle Magazine is comprised
of different forms of expression,
such as creative writing, draw­ing
and layout that students
don't find in the other media
forms," Barnes said.
"My overall feeling is t h a t the
student media forms at Auburn
do extremely well. Year after year
it seems that both The Plains­man
and the Glomerata find
themselves winners in the var­ious'
kinds pf~;competitions and
assessment programs in which
newspapers and yearbooks are
evaluated," Barnes said.
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a b o u t a m o n t h ago. T h e T o b a g o is b e i ng
used a s a t r a i n i n g p l a n e o n a t r i a l b a s i s . It
was ordered when production of t he
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stopped. If s t u d e n t s h a v e no p r o b l e m s h a n ­d
l i n g t h e s p o r t i e r , more complex Tobago,
more will be o r d e r e d .
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The Inside Front
Wednesday, August 24, 1988
Che Suburn plainsman page 3
Adviser tours the Orient
Mary Jo Wear
impressed with
Taiwan culture
By Sarah Anne Henderson
Staff Writer
Picture this:
While sitting in your office,
mulling over the hopeless
mounds of work staring at you
from the desk, the secretary
brings in the mail.
A mysterious envelope, stamp­ed
with a return address from the
Orient, catches your eye. When
opened, you discover an invita­tion
for a week's visit to an exotic
Oriental city and an offer to stay
in the lap of luxury — all
expense-paid.
Sound like a dream?
. This fantasy recently became
reality for Auburn University's
Adviser for International Stu­dents,
Mary Jo Wear.
Hosted by the Republic of
China (Taiwan), Wear and a
group of eight other college
advisers got a first-hand view of
Taipei, Taiwan, and the Taiwa­nese
countryside July 18-23.
Still full of excitement, Wear
shared her experiences and dis­played
a table full of souvenirs,
with everything from coins and
jewelry to bamboo and various
Taiwanese handicrafts.
The trip took off with a flight
on China Air. The flight was the
first hint of the unique, exciting
experience ahead, Wear said.
Flight attendants, dressed in
fancy red and blue silk suits, fur­nished
each passenger with a
rich navy blue leather flight kit,
complete with toothpaste and
perfume.
And this was' only the start.
Upon landing, the group headed
for the Taipei Grand Hotel.
Again, Wear was pleasantly
surprised and astonished at the
culture's grandeur, she said.
The incredibly expansive lobby
was filled with rich red, green
;and gold Chinese artwork and
-marble at every turn.
< Each guest's room was
^equipped with stocked refrigera­t
o r s and fruit baskets, Wear said,
;and free laundry and ironing
-were available with a phone call.
: This royal treatment was only
Ian example of the hospitality
iTaipei would hold for the visiting
I advisers, Wear said.
''.' The city's population is about
- 2.5 million^ with suburbs that add
I-up to 4 million — the area itself
liould contain Alabama's entire
I population. But even in the mas-
- sive city, Wear said she felt com-
"pletely at ease.
I- Radio, television and news­papers
were widely available in
Photography: Brad Dale
Back at her desk, Wear recalls her Taiwan trip
English. Hotel and store clerks
spoke fluent English and treated
Wear as if she were at home, she
said.
Tourism, handicrafts and
industry are big businesses in the
city. In fact, Wear described the
city as litter and crime-free.
She and her companions never
worried about walking late at
night. "I have a 16-year-old son
that I would set loose in that city
with no problem," Wear said.
But above all, Wear was
impressed with the people, she
said.
'I certainly deve­loped
a greater
appreciation for
bamboo.' >
— Mary Jo Wear
It struck her that most of the
people she met seemed happy and
proud. They seemed to enjoy their
work and took pride in the pro­cess
of work as well as the fin­ished
product.
Wear drew parallels between
Alabamians and the Taiwanese.
The country's people were always
courteous and helpful, even in the
city, she said.
Amazingly, when on a 10-lane
highway, drivers were polite
about letting other vehicles
change lanes.
And talk about a small world.
On the street one afternoon,
Wear met a girl who asked where
she was from.
"America," Wear replied.
The girl smiled and asked
where in America.
When Wear answered "Ala­bama,"
the girl immediately said,
"Tuscaloosa?"
It turned out the girl's husband
was studying at Tulane while she
stayed in Taiwan to work in the
family business.
Wear also felt at home in the
climate: It was hotter and more
humid than Auburn, she disco­vered
while sight-seeing.
One stop was the Mandarin
Training Center in Taipei, where
students receive intensive train­ing
in Chinese language and cul­ture,
to become fluent in about a
year. Many American business­men
and students take advan­tage
of the small classes and the
short time frame.
One of Wear's favorite attrac­tions
was the National Palace
Museum, which houses about
620,000 pieces of Chinese art. She
marveled at the jade, exquisite
tapestries and sparkling bronze
which adorned the walls of the
museum, she said.
At the Chinese Medical Col­lege,
Wear witnessed acupunc­ture
first-hand. It was being
given to patients to cure a variety
of ills, and not one of the patients
flinched when the needles were
put into the skin — but Wear said
she flinched enough for all of
them.
In addition to touring the city,
the group was taken through the
Taiwanese countryside. Wear
loved this trip because she viewed
more rural scenes, she said.
She saw people working in rice
patty fields, and buildings being
built with bamboo, common
sights in Taiwan.
Bamboo was used everywhere
because of its abundance and
durability. "I certainly developed
a greater appreciation for bam­boo,"
Wear said.
See TOUR, page 6
Opelika recreation center
lets you feel like a pro
By Kevin Young
Staff Writer
It's full count, bottom of the
ninth. And you're the mighty
Babe Ruth. The pitch comes from
behind the shadowy face of your
opponent and... CRACK!...
you've added another homerun to
your record.
In a flash, you're teeing off on
the 17th hole. You line up your
shot on the par-3 and rocket the
ball 250 yards... into the sand
trap. You chip out onto the green
and sink the nine-foot putt with
ease, as Trevino and Palmer
don't even make par.
Next, you hop into your super­charged
race car and you're on
the NASCAR circuit. You fly
around the track at blinding
speed, leaving the Andrettis and
the Allisons in the dust as you
pass the waving checkered flag.
Nearly everyone dreams of
being a professional athlete, no
matter what the sport. At the
entertainment center, Workout
Like a Pro, now you can add a
little realism to your dreams.
Spread out on a 14-acre area in
south Opelika, Workout Like a
Pro brings the excitement of
baseball, golf and race-car
driving.
There is an 18-hole miniature
golf course to challenge even the
best of putters. Or you can take a
bucket of golf balls (about 55
balls) out on the driving range
and practice that swing you've
been having trouble with.
Owner Bob Rothfuss will be
glad to give you a free tip or two if
you need it. There is also a sand-trap
to practice getting out of the
rough spots and a 9-hole putting
green.
For those who feel more com­fortable
on the baseball field,
Workout Like a Pro also has five
batting cages, three for baseball
and two for Softball. Each pitch­ing
machine can throw at speeds
ot up to 80 miles per hour.
A new addition at Workout, the
go-cart track, seems to be a big hit
with the customers. June Roth­fuss,
Bob's wifej and partner at
Workoutj said the races can get
exciting. After a couple of laps
people learn how to control the
car and then it's "Watch out,
Mario!"
At 5 p.m. the track opens. Tires
screech and rubber burns, but
there is no horsepjjay. "These are
the safest go-caits manufac­tured,"
June said. But if people
start to fool arouid too much
then somebody's jbjoing to get
hurt."
The ride is exciting enough in
itself, reaching speds of 20 miles
per' hour on the'heart-shaped
track. Amid the scunds of the
screaming engines; ind screech­ing
tires can be head the joyful
shouts of people hayng fun.
But wait... thafs not all.
According to thef'Rothfusses,
Workout's pro shop has the wid­est
selection of golf clubs and
accessories in east Alabama. Boh
can also repair any damaged
clubs you may have.
No respectable clubhouse
would be complete without a
"19th hole," so Workout has a
snack bar with soft drinks, juices,
wine coolers and a full line of
beer.
But the most striking thing
about Workout has nothing to da
with the activities. The owners
and employees are just like fanv
ily. And they will treat you that
way. The Rothfusses have
created an atmosphere that is
relaxed, and you can feel it when
you walk in the door.
See PRO, page 6
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Paige Oliver, Editor
Michael Malone, Business Manager
J Managing Editor — Kay Taylor; News Editor — Saiah Hicks; Sports
Editor — Phil Crane; Arts & Entertainment Editor —Sharon Forshee;
Copy Editor — Tim McKinney; Features Editor — Beth 3ecker; Technical
Editor — Anessa Sewell; Art Editor — Ann Healy; Photography Editor
—Stacy Moore.
Assistant Sports Editor — Jon Collins; Assistant Jopy Editor — B.
Bryan Bittle; Assistant Features Editor — Dana Robe ts.
Layout Specialists — Amy Layfield, Glenn Little,lank Adkison and
Jamie Callen; Art Director — Jeff Battles; PMT Socialist — Jamie
("alien; Advertising Representatives — Hank Adkispi, Steve Blagg and
. Andy Ausley; Circulation Route — Darrell Duck'woth; Typesetters —
;'Philip Benefield and Kathleen Morgan.
Back to basics
With all t h e p r e s s coverage
; of Coach Pat Dye and his
; c o m m e n t s c o n c e r n i n g the
: abolishment of p a r t i a l quali-
: Iters by 1993, it seems some
: are m i s s i n g t h e point.
When t h e r e was public con-
', c e r n t h a t Dye, who has
\ repeatedly stood in s u p p o r t of
i p a r t i a l qualifiers, would be
• u n d e r s c o r i n g academics by
* h i s r e m a r k s , P r e s i d e n t J a m es
i 'F'l M a r t i n publicly denounced
' Dye's perspective.
'• '. Then the Faculty Senate
j p a s s e d a r e s o l u t i o n in support
'> of M a r t i n ' s s t a n d — a n act
[ t h a t b r o u g h t f r o n t - p a ge
s p o r t s coverage to Dye, the
j SEC's p a s s a g e of Proposition
"' 48 a n d t h e issue of following
I t h e S E C ' s l e a d by e l i m i n a t i ng
> p a r t i a l qualifiers nationwide.
[ It was e n c o u r a g i n g to see
; the faculty, a p p a r e n t l y still
\ s t i n g i n g from l a s t y e a r ' s Jeff
; Burger academic downplay,
; make a token show of their
; priority — academics.
; - But it would be even more
; e n c o u r a g i n g if t h e authorities.
a s they rray be, would use
recent eveits as a guide to
s o l v i n g iie r e a l p r o b l e m,
because i< d o e s n ' t start in
college.
To e l i m n a t e p a r t i a l quali­fiers
i s a g>od p l a c e to e n d up,
but t h e pDposal only proves
t h a t t h e >roblem lies in our
public hi^i schools a n d their
t r e a t m e n of a t h l e t i c s c h o l a r s.
T e x a s et t h e p a c e for aca­demic
piority several years
a g o witr a policy known as
"No pas, no play." And
t h o u g h i r e c e i v e d a g r e a t deal
of criticim, i t w a s a d o p t e d by
m a n y soools i n o t h e r s t a t e s,
includir? Georgia.
We ejeourage t h e p a s s a ge
of t h i s oncept n a t i o n w i d e as
i t provles s t u d e n t s with an
o p p o r t n i t y to succeed before
t h e y fal. I t m a y a l s o incorpo­r
a t e mtivation to advance
s c h o l a t i c a l l y at an earlier
age.
Succss in the classroom
c a n oiy e n h a n c e success on
the fid.
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Plainsman survives as traditional
Just in case I never round this
corner again...
I dubbed it The Cruel Summer.
Nothing more, nothing less.
It was a period in my life that
was controlled, quite simply, by
the powers of Murphy's Law. It
was survived by a love of journal­ism
and faith in a green staff
turned golden.
Now I don't know who this
Murphy guy is, but he sure made
for a frustrating last few weeks at
this cave known as The Plains­man
office. And I don't believe
that any of the remaining staff
members of this summer were
unaffected by the experience of
working through it all.
Criticisms by readers, profes­sors
and former staffers flooded
the airwaves of WEGL, the mail­boxes
of editors and the phone
lines of the office. Some construc­tive
(those we heeded), and others
that we just blew off.
The criticisms confirmed that
our humble publication cannot
and will not satisfy everyone all
or even most of the time. Having
been praised for our creativities
since childhood, it was a discou-
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PAIGE
OLIVER
raging reality to fathom.
Those of us who thought we
could, learned we couldn't
change the world in one quarter.
Some felt it was because of this
conservative institution that The
Plainsman has, over the years,
become.
Those who chose not to con­form
to such conservative practi­ces
will establish their own
medium in the fall. They will
attempt to bring a different pers­pective
to the Auburn campus,
something it desperately needs.
Of course there were those who
could care less about the paper or
campus issues. Seeking a cause
for their apathy, an executive edi­tor
at a major newspaper (and a
former sports editor at The
Plainsman) told me that the
problem with today's Plainsman
is "too many journalism majors."
In his day, apathy was
squelched by an over-abundance
of history and political science
majors. I would have liked to
have been here then.
We learned well the words, "no
comment," but subscribed to a
concept known as persistance.
From that we gained insight into
the art of deciphering what
information we had, and sifting
t h r o u g h c o n f i r m a t i o n s and
denials.
After learning the phrase
"accuracy, accuracy, accuracy,"
we l e a r n e d the difference
between that phrase and truth.
Prevention of libelous statements
was stressed.
With the basic learning pro­c
e s s e s t h a t occurred came
another obstacle: the renovation
and expansion of The Plains­man's
office quarters.
For years the paper has been
trying to expand the office to pro­vide
adequate space for a grow­ing
staff and improved technol­ogy.
When the demolition crew
finally arrived this summer, we
were r e a d y , but far from
prepared.
With the tearing down of walls
came more dust than doorway,
an indication of debris to come.
Some found that the adrenaline
that usually kept them going at
deadline was turning to anxiety.
It was a condition brought on by
paint fumes, glue fumes, varnish
fumes and the usual pressure
brought on by my banshee
shrieks.
But perhaps the greatest lesson
of all has been the realization
that journalism is as political as
rain is wet. It's not so much what
you know, but who you know.
And inside the office, it's worse.
But the paper survived, as it
always has, and carried on the
ways of former editors and staff
writers. A conservative institu­tion
it may be, but only in the
sense of tradition.
As I end my term today as edi­tor
of The Plainsman, I leave
thankful of those members of the
editorial board and staff who
waded through "thick and thin"
to put out the best damn college
newspaper in Auburn.
Ciao.
Food for thought on eating
There hasn't been much writ­ten
about them lately, but there
has been talk. The girls who
find the deep, dark secrets of
eating disorders fascinating are
still infatuated with the idea of
having one.
So, although the trendy mag-a
z i n e s h a v e p r e t t y much
stopped talking about them, the
diseases still lurk about, attack­ing
innocent victims whose
only crime is a desire to be thin.
There are also those who
think that having an eating
disorder is glamorous. If they
have one, they'll get comments
about how good they look since
they've lost the "freshman 10,"
or they'll be able to wear the
trendy clothes that catch the
eyes of the best-looking men.
These are the lies the victims
of eating disorders tell them­selves;
But that's all they are — lies.
An eating disorder is far from
glamorous, unless you find it
appealing to kneel before the
"porcelain god" for 15 minutes
after each meal, or you happen
to prefer munching on an Ex-
Lax instead of an after-dinner
mint.
Features Editor
BETH
BECKER
Then t h e r e ' s the horrible
breath that accompanies the
purging process. How appeal­ing
can it be to those good-looking
men, for whom you've
vomited your way to thinness,
to put up with you popping
sugarless breath mints just to
cover up the foul smell brought
on by your habit?
Not very, I'm sure.
Does the idea of losing the
enamel on your teeth sound
appealing? If so, try purging
your meals. The passing of all
those stomach acids through
your mouth eats away the
enamel on your teeth so that,
although you'll probably be
thin when you're 35 (if you live
that long)*, you'll probably be
wearing dentures.
Then there's the other way —
the laxative method.
Notice the fine print on the
box that says, "Use only as
directed." The manufacturers
don't just put that there to fill up
space.
Laxatives are dangerous if
they are taken too often. They
contain chemicals that can dis­rupt
your natural body func­tions
so you will eventually find
it impossible to live without the
chemicals. Wouldn't that be
wonderful?
The third form of eating dis­orders
is equally harmful,
although it may not be as .dis­gusting
to others as the first
two. This one involves not
eating.
Sure, you'll lose weight, but
you'll be so weak you'll have no
energy to go out and have fun.
And the way your body con­tinues
to function is by draining
energy it has stored for an
emergency.
Eventually you'll become so
weak t h a t you'll probably catch
the first cold that comes along
and it will stick with you
because your body won"t have
enough energy to fight it off.
Also, since you have none of
the fat cells necessary to keep
you warm, you'll probably wear
piles of clothes, thus keeping
your thin body under wraps
anyway.
If all this is glamorous to you,
go ahead and try it. But the final
warning is t h a t these things are
killers. Purging places a strain
on your heart, weakening it.
The chemicals found in laxa­tives
and water pills make you
dehydrated and can weaken
your heart and other muscles.
Stopping eating can break
down yoiir system so that you
can no longer fight off infection.
This means that an eating
disorder is just a long, drawn-out
form of suicide if it is not
stopped in time.
There's the ultimate glamour
of an eating disorder — you lose
the pounds, your health and
possibly your life.
Being thin is not worth such a
risk. If you want to be thin, get
together with a dietician and
work out a sensible eating and
exercise plan that will get you
there.
Believe me, your friends will
miss you when you're gone.
Experiencing GOP convention 'a thrill'
Never have I seen as many
limousines, cellular phones and
good looking men in funny hats
as I had the pleasure of seeing at
the Republican National Con­vention
in New Orleans. The
Republicans were, in general,
quite a chic group, making New
Orleans even more of a people
watcher's paradise than usual.
The media, with the estimated
ratio of print journalists alone
being 15,009 to 5000 delegates,
put on a show which equalled the
one they were sent to cover. Jour­nalists
from several countries,
including the Soviet Union, were
present. Accommodations for
them were impressive, and just
watching them as they covered
the convention from every possi­ble
angle was a thrill.
As great as George Bush's
speech was, it was not, for me, the
h i g h l i g h t of the convention.
Rather, the highlight was almost
colliding with George Will as I
was walking into the Hyatt. After
this brush with greatness, even
the risky choice of a little-known
senator from Indiana as the vice
presidential nominee could not
kill my buzz.
Yes, Binkley, Marie Osmand
may have gotten a divorce, but
there are still a few things in life
which won't disappoint, such as
baseball, the saxophone and one
man I still trust — George Will.
Will predicted the selection of
Sen. Dan Quayle, something
which few others did. Even fewer
still were those who prayed, "Oh,
please God, let it be Quayle," as
they heard Bush announce his
choice.
In fact, the crowd at first
responded unenthusiastically. It
gave a few " Oh no's, "and "We've
lost its," before breaking into a
chorus of "Bush, Quayle!"
Even if most convention goers
were less than thrilled about
Quayle, they remained loyal and
left New Orleans fired up.
Staff Writer
AMY
LAYFIELD
While Quayle's use of influence
to get into the National Guard
has offended those who lacked
influence and simply took their
orders, what person with influ­ence
is expected not to use it?
My grandfather chose to serve
in the Navy rather than the
Infantry during World War II to
avoid the trenches. Quayle made
a similar choice to serve in the
Guard and then simply used the
resources that were available to
him.
How many of you have ever
had your dad make a few calls on
your behalf or are planning to
pull a few strings as you
approach graduation? As one
who will probably never serve in
the military in any capacity and
who plans to pull strings like
mad, I can't criticize Quayle in
the least.
Furthermore, it is unfair to
insinuate, as did the cartoon in
last week's "Plainsman," that
because of his upbringing and
status, Bush is insensitive to the
needs of the poor. Wealth and
insensitivity are not necessarily
simultaneous trai.ts.
One shouldn't resent a wealthy
person for being wealthy any
more than he should resent a
short, shoulderless guy from
Massachusetts for being a short,
shoulderless guy from Massa­chusetts,
(bearing in mind that
the guy from Massachusetts is
not poor.)
In fairness to Auburn's five
democrats, I will give their can­didate
credit for that weekend
furlough idea. Also, paying for
everything he has promised with
no new taxes — well, maybe —
should be easy enough.
On the other hand, SDI will not
be cheap, and with Bush's policy
of, read his lips, "No new taxes
period," getting Congress to cut
its favorite programs to pay for
SDI would be a neat trick for a
resurrected President Lincoln, let
alone a President Bush.
While admittedly neither can­didate
is the heroic looking type,
(one popular campaign button
read, "Our wimp can beat your
shrimp,") one candidate, Bush, is
a war hero. Superficialities such
as income and appearance
should be put aside in deference
to the facts and the records of th^
candidates. ;
While it is your right to vote, it
is your responsibility to not do so
in ignorance. Not voting, or vot­ing
in ignorance is, for someone
with a college level education, an"
example of inexcusable laziness.
Those who do so must share the
blame for making images rather
than issues the order of the day.
Wading through the rhetoric
for obscure bits of truth requires
effort, and although neither can­didate
is perfection personified
and will often disappoint you,
don't allow yourself to become
apathetic.
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Letters
Martin's stand applauded
Editor, The Plainsman:
Is it a new athletic center and
office complex or the First
Church of Pat Dye, Patron
Saint of Football? Only the
Alumni Association knows for
sure.
Mind you, I have nothing
against Mr. Dye personally, or
football for that matter. I'm
proud to be an Auburn Tiger,
Waaaaar Eagle! and all that.
The games that I can't attend I
watch on T.V. But gee, Lumpy,
don't you think they were a little
hard on 01' Jeff Burger for that
plagiarism deal? I mean, mak­ing
him sit out ONE WHOLE
PLAY and all.
OK, so in my infinite naivete I
came up to Auburn University
thinking that the academic
situation here would be just a
wee bit better than the one I
endured in high school. After
all, I came from northwest Flor­ida,
where High School Football
(yes, with a capital F) is prac­ticed
as an orthodox religion.
Our esteemed principal seemed
to think that the school year
should be cut to the length of the
football season, and he had
been quoted as saying, "If you
don't have a good football team,
you don't have a good school."
The only place a c a d e m ic
achievers received any recogni­tion
was in the school news­paper
which nobody read after
the football season was over
because that was all they were
conditioned to be interested in.
You only had to have a 1.5 GPA
to participate in athletics, and
you better be a damn good ath­lete
because you'll need them
there muscles for the ditch dig­ging
job that the 1.5 GPA is
gonna get you.
I applaud President Martin's
recent stand against Pat Dye's
recent stand against the SEC's
recent stand (you may all be
seated) on partial qualifiers
(namely that athletes must
meet the same academic stand­ards
t h a t the rest of us Joes do to
be admitted into the Univer­sity.)
Mr. Martin seems to be
genuinely interested in Au­burn's
reputation as an institu­tion
of higher learning. Mr.
Dye's position, however, is
somewhat less clear. On one
side we have his well-document­ed
opinion of the new SEC rul­ing,
while on the other side we
have a few lines from the public
s e r v i c e a n n o u n c e m e n t he
recently did for Alabama Public
Television. I quote: "Athletics
are important to us here at
Auburn, but so are our academic
programs." Maybe I missed
something, but there seems to
be a contradiction here.
. It's probably just me, but I
don't follow the logic of building
a new athletic center when the
fisheries students are packed
like sardines, the agriculture
students are stacked on top of
each other, and the computer
s c i e n c e and e n g i n e e r i ng
department suffers from an
appalling lack of space and
equipment.
Academics. Word for the day.
The sin qua non.
Ward, I think you need to talk
to the Beaver. His priorities are
out of whack again.
Ken K i r k s ey
02 CPE
Driving a privilege, not a right
Editor. The Plainsman:
Something precious is fast
becoming extinct on the roads
and highways of this nation...
and it isn't V-8 engines or
leaded gas. It is common cour­tesy
and competence.
One has to wonder about the
faculties of drivers who seem to
regress into their own little
world of 'I can do anything I
want' mentality once behind
the wheel. For example:
(1) The person who drives
around town on a clear night
with driving/fog lights glaring.
(Why don't you turn on the high
beams too, jerk? Thanks for the
cauterized retinas.) A proper
greeting to such a person might
be: "Hey! I see you have your fog
lights on...Where's the fog?
Between your EARS maybe?
(2) The Unhandicapped per­son
who parks in a handicapped
zone. After all, hazard lights are
the universal parking permit,
right? Why don't you kick in
some wheelchair spokes while
you're at it.
(3) The person who takes up
two or more parking places for
any reason, except handi­capped
drivers unable to park in
their zone. (See above)
(4) The person who blithely
drives down the left lane of a
divided haighway, preventing
other drivers from passing.
Passing on the right is unsafe at
best. In Germany, where they
take driving seriously, passing
on the right earns you a license
revocation. Ever seen a sign
that says "SLOWER TRAFFIC
KEEP RIGHT"? I'm just guess­ing,
but if you're getting passed,
I'd say that makes YOU 'slower
traffic'
(5) The guy who j acks his veh­icle
to some ridiculous height. I
guess it would be a thrill to see
the entire top of the car you just
ran into ripped off by your
bumper, as well as the pas­sengers'
heads. It may come as
a shock, but there are valid rea­sons
behind bumper height
restrictions.
(6) The person who, for rea­sons
unknown, is unable to pull
onto a road unless it is done
directly in front of oncoming
traffic. They sometimes even
w a i t . . . t h e n ZOOM. (Inciden­tally,
this seems to be a local
phenomena).
This list could go on and on. It
seems a large part of the prob­lem
is t h a t it is jusfctop e a s y for
someone:to get a driver!s.license
in t h i s country. Perhaps if there
was some pride in having a
driver's license, people would
take driving seriously and not
treat it a s their irrevocable, inal­ienable
right to go tearing
around in a 2-ton metal missile.
S t a t i s t i c s jockeys love to
blame higher speed limits for
alarming numbers of highway
fatalities. Perhaps the real rea­son
is t h a t some licensed drivers
out there are UNSAFE AT ANY
SPEED.
Dave K r o m a nn
C l a s s o f 87
Bittle practices intolerance
Editor. The Plainsman:
Mr. Biddle a g a i n r e a c ts
against members of society who
do not conform to his idealized,
encapsulated and intolerant idea
of society in "Heretic searches for
Temptation."
He claims the protestors were
short sighted, "without really
c h a n g i n g anything for the
future." I am sure that is what
many zealots claimed in the six­ties
about "peacenik demonstra­tors."
It is quite evident that Biddle
represents the intolerant liberal;
t h a t breed preaches "open-mindedness"
and the "equality of
ideas," but practices intolerance.
What about the equality of Chris­tian
beliefs? Out the door..."ex­iled,"
according to Biddle's
America.
What about the right of "Free­dom
of Choice?" Well, it seems
supply and demand, not censor­ship,
determined the fate of
Temptation. Similarly, supply
and demand determines that no
Rolls-Royce dealership or Neo-
Nazi films come to Auburn, and
few grits go to Tahiti.
Turning from Biddle's intoler­ance
and economic ignorance to
the film itself, is t he film a n artis­tic
coup de theatre? I cannot
judge because 1) I have not seen
the film and 2) I am not qualified
to measure the aesthetics of film.
So what do we have with Bid­dle?
An open-minded fellow?
Nope. We've got a bitter-end ico­noclast,
venting his intolerance
of ideas he despises.
Sam S e l l e rs
0 3 G HY
Last Temptation total blasphemy
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am writing in regard to the
articles in your paper regarding
the movie, The Last Temptation
of Christ. I would like to express
why myself and other Chris­tians
do not want this movie
shown.
Let me put it into terms you
•can relate to. What if your
•father, who was somewhat
ifamous, had a movie made
about him. Your father is a very
loving, caring and cheerful
father. He cares about people.
He's a very well respected man
in the community and through­out
the world. What if the pro­ducer
of that movie portrayed
your father as a money-hungry,
short-tempered and lustful
father? The whole movie was a
lie, the producer added things in
there just to draw more people to
the box office. Would you let
everone have their freedom of
choice to see the movie even
though it was total blasphemy?.
Well t h a t ' s exactly what The
Last Temptation of Christ has
done to my Father, Jesus
Christ. You see, that man por­trayed
in that movie is living in
my heart today.
There are only two positive
things t h a t I have seen come out
of this whole situation:
— The uniting of all Chris­tians,
regardless of religion,
protesting the movie.
— The name of Christ is being
heard by everyone because of
this movie.
I just pray that those people
who hear Jesus' name being
thrown around choose the Bible
to learn about Him and not this
movie.
Randy Cox
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Being like Mom not so bad
Don't fight it, it's going to
happen. No matter how much
you don't want it to, it happens. I
never thought it would happen to
me, NEVER. It's uncontrollable,
it takes you over and you don't
even seem to notice it, and then
one day you are doing something
and all of a sudden you say to
yourself "Oh my gosh, I'm acting
just like my mother" (or father,
depending on what sex you are or
wish you were), and then you tell
yourself "stop it." But it's ines­capable,
it's actually happen­ing,
you are growing up!
How do you explain something
that takes you by surprise? I
heard that on the radio the other
day, I'm not sure what song it
was in, and actually I think it
was talking about love, but the
question still applies. But the
answer is t h a t it's inexplicable. It
Assistant
Photography Editor
STACY
MOORE
seemed to hit the hardest when I
tried to join in the festivities with
my friends at a party one Satur­day
night and ended up getting
sleepy and went home before
midnight.
I know, a lot of you just don't
understand because this dreaded
disease-like mystery hasn't crept
its way into your life. I was actu­ally
convinced for a while that I
didn't have to grow up, but its
inevitable, unless you've found
that long-sought-after Fountain
of Youth. '
I've searched far and wide
unsuccessfully and decided that
if the many generations before
me survived the gloomy trenches
of adulthood, then maybe there's
a possibility of existing in spite of
adversity.
Is growing up really neces­sary?
I never thought so, until I
realized that destiny was goipg
not to allot the ruling of the world
to me. I mean isn't t h a t the ulti­mate
goal, to be famous and rule
the world? Discovering this fal­lacy,
I decided to it was time to
find a tangible goal and pursue ii
to its fullest.
And it's not like I settled for
less, I just became realistic. I fell
into a realm of identity and found
out that being ordinary and
growing up are not as bad as they
seem. >
SGA Forum
Guest seatingftop priority'
I can see it. Throngs of excited
students, fans tailgating in the
parking lots (or when they're
full, on the grass), 100 degree
temperatures and three people
to every one seat in the student
section.
You know what that means;
it's football season, and it be­gins
Sept. 10.
Everyone looks forward. to
opening kickoff, but never have
there been so many complaints
by students and other ticket
holders than those concerning
the crowding and spill-over of
the student section.
Personally, I never minded
where I sat or how many people
I sat on as long as I sat with my
friends. However, even those
students who share my attitude
will have to admit it's unsafe to
have myriads of students seated
in the aisles.
If someone was hurt in the
upper decks, it would take much
too long for the rescue teams to
r e a c h that person. Conse­quently,
this h a s been a concern
of the athletic department for
several seasons.
Many students have sought
to explain the overcrowding,
blaming the athletic depart­ment
for overselling the under-allotted
student section. How­ever,
since our tickets are
numbered and reserved, it is
impossible to sell the same seat
twice.
Upon closer look, one will
realize the overcrowding prob­lem
is a result of two identifiable
problems. First, the influx of
n o n - s t u d e n t s (i.e. young
alumns, high school students
and out-of-town friends) into an
already-full student section.
Second, the expanding of the
block seating into other block
s e a t i n g sections and other
reserved seating sections. This
has been caused in the past by
dates not accounted for within
the block.
S ( i \ President
CINDY
HOLLAND
The athletic depatment has
printed the revisej football
seating policies and jrocedures
for this season,'" anojeach stu­dent
will receive a ccpy in the
m a i l with fall ichedule
distribution.
The policies are i partially
quoted as follows:
First, only students with the
proper student seasjtn ticket
card, the new single tiiket card
to be punched at each gime, will
be seated.
Second, block seating i n the
s t u d e n t s e c t i o n has been
enlarged in order to afcommo-date
the actual size* of the
blocks. Also, blocks wijh tradi­tional
seating areas hare been
assigned block seating h those
areas.
Third, reserved seatirfi in the
student section will be enforced
upon request of the stucent in
possession of the designated
seat. This policy was ad*ted to
keep the existing priorfi.' sys­tem
intact (seniors, graduate
students, juniors, sophdhores,
freshmen).
This system is desig&d to
keep non-students out q the
student section to reduci the
overcrowding problems. How­ever,
I must sympathizefvith
the non-students and thestu-dents
who bring them becatse I
was once a high school stifent
who found my way into th|-.tu-dent
section.
Since the deadline for tiny
significant changes in the Sat­i
n g policy is in Januarylve
were unable this year to a|lw
for guest tickets, which wold
allow students to legally brig
non-students into the student
section.
This is, however, a top prior-
- ity of study for next year, and
student polls already taken at
summer schedule distribution
show 79 percent of the approxi­mately
300 students randomly
polled favor guest tickets.
We will discuss student foot­ball
seating policy and guest
.tickets, at the Oct. 27 Student
Forum that will be held at 7:30
p.m. following the pep rally in
the Foy Union ballroom. If you
have complaints or ideas about
how, to improve the system',
.SGA will be willing to listen.
Also included on the athletic
department's mailout are dates
regarding pre-season tickets.
Students can pick up their pre-ordered
season tickets Sept. 26r
30 at the Memorial Coliseum
Box Office from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. You must have your stu;
dent ID card to pick up your
tickets.
Students who did not pre-order
season football tickets
may purchase tickets during
this time as well, and you must
have your student ID card in
this case, too.
For the Kentucky, Kansas-,
a n d Tennessee games, prev
registered students will receive;
a card in the mail with their fait
quarter schedule and that wilt
entitle those students to pur£
chase one ticket a t $4 to each' of?
these games. The card and pic­ture
ID will be required to pjir4
chase a ticket and to enter the*
game. ' 1
Students who did not pre-;;
register, because they will Jbei
unable to register until the T$n-:
nessee game, will have to pay;
full price until then. \
We hope having this informa-:!
tion in advance will keep your';
football season uncomplicated;!
and enjoyable. '.*' \
Have a great break and War/]
Eagle! i
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TALK, continued from page 1 CHEER SENATE TOUR, continued from page 3
meeded. Walking patterns will be
^determined that will help minim-fize
the time it takes to change
gblasses. They have done most of
'the background work, and we
expect the report within the next
six to nine months.
Q. If the win/loss record of
Auburn's football team declines
as a result of eliminating proposi­tion
48 players, and there is an
outcry from alumni, would
Auburn consider reversing the
decision?
A. Let's look at our football
schedule. There are seven of 11
teams in the Southeastern Con­ference.
They have the same rules
that Auburn has. The other four
are of little threat, but the real
; poSver houses are playing under
the same rules.
You may argue that if we had
fyeen able to recruit partial quali-
' jfiexs (students who meet some but
n'o.t all of the academic require­ments)
we might have won a bowl
game that we lost. However, that
- is all speculation. Most of our ath­letes
are not partial qualifiers,
"aild ybu^have to depend on the
tittijority.
• TThe good coaches are going to
vfi'ri under the rules established
"by the conference in which they
"aVe playing.
. Q. Has the Faculty Senate sup-
-ported the decision to phase out
the admission of proposition 48
students?
A. They voted to support the
actions of the SEC presidents
with respect to partial qualifiers.
By 1993, you have to be fully
qualified academically to play
sports. But that doesn't change
the standards at Auburn one bit.
Both the SEC and NCAA
(National Collegiate Athletic
Association) set academic stand­ards.
Those standards are usu­ally
lower than they are at
Auburn.
Q. When will the $150 million
construction plan be completed?
A. We haven't started the life
sciences building or the business
building. The architects are
working on those plans. We
haven't started three dormitories
that we have just gone out for
bids on. It will probably take
another four years. The library
will take two more years to
complete.
DEAN
continued from page 1
lor's degree from Florida State
University, his master's from
Peabody and his doctorate in cur­riculum
and instruction from
New York University.
continued from page 1 continued from page 1
cheerleader said. "A lot of people
have never been to camp before,
and we did great to have such a
new squad."
They plan to use a lot of the
band chants and cheers they
learned at camp during football
season this fall, Stephens said.
Tiger Pause, the dance team
that performs during halftime in
basketball season, went to the
camp this year for the first time.
They held tryouts at the end of
last spring quarter instead of
next fall like they usually do so
that they would have the group
chosen in time to go, said Leigh
Hubbard, a member of Tiger
Pause.
They won the Key to Spirit
award, which is voted on by all of
the dance teams present and
given to the group that best
represents the spirit of the event.
They also won a superior rating
and many ribbons.
They were divided into groups
and each group learned different
dances so when they came back
together, they knew a total of 21
new routines.
"We are trying to build a repu­tation
up and make Tiger Pause
better and more organized,"
Hubbard said.
budget of $631,912, about $6,000
to $7,000 would be needed to fund
the GSG.
Graduate students make up 10
percent of the total student popu­lation
at Auburn and the admin­istration
has mandated that this
percentage double. This percen­tage
compares with that of other
institutions of the same size that
have separate senates for gradu­ate
students and undergradu­ates.
"We need to have our own
entity because we are so frag­mented,"
Revington said. "We
don't share classes with many of
our peers and we are missing an
important opportunity for
interaction."
The GSG could meet some
other needs of graduate students,
according to Revington. Re­search,
proposal writing and
working up a good rapport within
the school to discuss curriculum
changes and regulations are a
few goals of the group.
"We have had problems in the
past communicating our needs
with the SGA executives, but
Cindy Holland's attitude has
changed that," Revington said.
"I have every respect for Cindy.
She is open-minded, responsible
and she asks questions pertinent
to our situation."
In a tiny village outside of His-tou
Park (an experimental
forest), Wear said the combina­tion
of heat, humidity and alti­tude
was so overwhelming "Even
the dogs didn't move.
"They just lay there completely
still. That's how hot it was,"
Wear said.
All of these experiences com­bined
to broaden Wear's view of
the world and her role at Auburn,
she said.
There are about 180 Taiwanese
students at Auburn, most of
whom pursue their master's or
doctorate in engineering or hard
sciences, Wear said.
In Taiwan, because of the large
number of excellent, qualified
students and limited number of
spaces, universities are filled to
capacity. Therefore, competition
is stiff to get to the United States'
for further education.
Wear's invitation was an
expression of thanks for all of her
work with Taiwanese students at
Auburn. "I see the world rotate
through my office every day. But
now I have a much better appre,
ciation for these students and a;
broader view of their life," Wear
said.
It is important for Auburn stu­dents
to realize the benefits of
learning about other cultures and
appreciating the differences
between people rather than
emphasizing them, she said.
Would she recommend Taipei,
Taiwan, as a vacation spot?
"I will go back as soon as I
can," Wear said.
AG
continued from page 1
colleges," Voitle said. Auburn
faculty also has good communi­cation
with all the community
colleges in the state, Voitle said.
"Auburn has also set up an
honors program to expose stu­dents
to the broad view of agri­culture,
maybe things they
haven't yet considered.
"Our target now is just to get the
negative out of the agriculture
picture."
PRO
continued from page 3
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Wednesday, August 24, 1988 Zbt Sluburn plainsman page 7
FORSHEE
Beer, hair
and cheap
philosophy
When I was young, I used to
ispend every Saturday night at
my grandmother's.
We would always fix my
liavorite meal of macaroni and
Wu>ese with extra milk or
chicken with dumplings made
by breaking off chunks of white
dough and dropping them into
boiling broth until done.
After dinner we'd watch her
favorite TV show. The Lave
Boat, while she attempted to
teach me something useful like
crochet, cross-stitch or how to
make sachet pillows out of lef­tover
fabric scraps.
As The Love Boat wound
down with all the new couples
strolling on the moonlit deck
before retiring to their rooms, (it
was a while before I figured out
why). I knew it was time for the
horrid pin-curl ritual.
Grandmother would bringout
her tin of bobby pins and twist
and contort my straight brown
hair until I had little knots all
over my head. Next she would
insist I sleep with one of her
frilly nightcaps as to not mess
up her handiwork, and the next
morning I'd have a head full of
curls for earlv church,
My grandmother lived in a
small house made of stones
she'd picked out herself on the
corner of a lot t h a t used to be my
g r e a t - g r a n d f a t h e r ' s 200-acre
farm, but had been whittled
away by street-widening pro­jects
and franchises until one-half
acre was left nextto a Winn
Dixie with a Domino's Pizza
across the street. I would sleep
in the added room which jutted
out from the side of the house
and had served as my mother's
bedroom.
'- I'd lie beneath the soft, cool
sheets listening to carloads of
feena.ners whiz past, screaming
and laughing, music blaring,
occasionally tossing an empty
beer can which would first hit
She driveway with a plink and
Then tattle as it rolled down the
incline.
- I would think about those
leengers and how I'd never be
like them and be able cruise
about in cars on Saturday
nights drinking beer. As I lay
there. I d watch the shadows of
Ihe windows careen across the
: See FORSH, page 9
Farewell:
Photography: Stacy Moore
Kidd Blue and the Blues Kings perform at first reunion
T m a c r i n a r v * Recor(* store stocks
illutgiimi j . alternative music
By S h a r o n Forshee
A & E E d i t o r
If there is a rare album by a
somewhat obscure artist that
you've been trying to get your
hands on, you might try Imagi­nary
Records
Nestled in an upstairs corner of
Behind the Glass, Imaginary
Records is not your usual record
store found in a mall with the Top
40 groups posters plastering the
walls. Rather, owner and man
ager Lloyd Townsend plans to
stock his store with the more
hard-to find music from jazz,
reggae and African to New Age.
folk and traditional Irish and
Scottish as well as alternative
rock.
"I have a broader selection
than any other store in the area
There are more different titles in
this little aiea than other record
stores have m their entire store,'
Townsend said.
Townsend owns and operates
Imaginary Records himself and
is not affiliated with any chain
corporation, thus he said he can
afford to find tare.) titles that
would not be economical foi a
chain establishment."
Instead of a corporation com
ing in and dumping what they
think people will like, I can pick
and choose myself by dealing
with the distributors directly.'
Townsend said.
"My primary consideration is
this: Will someone have to drive
to Atlanta to get this if I don't
stock it? I also have some things
you can't even find in Atlanta."
Townsend said.
Townsend's small business
dreams were born when Oz and
Eagle Records went out of busi­ness
and nobody else seemed
interested in opening a new
record store. He borrowed money
and decided it was his turn to
succeed or "go down in flames."
"I started out with a small sec­tion
when Behind the Glass first
opened up and that did fairly well
so 1 planned to scale it up,"
Townsend said. He scaled the
business up during winter quar­ter
aad has been trying to pro­mote
it ever s i n c e . "Some­times
it's hard to convince people
that there really is a record store
up here," Townsend said.
In addition to record sales,
Townsend said he also hopes to
help local bands by developing
some performance space for them
either at Imaginary Records or
somewhere close by.
Imaginary Records also has
recently branched out and begun
showing science fiction and fan­tasy
artwork by artists such as
Bob Giadrosich. Townsend said
he plans to attend the World
Science Fiction Convention in
New Orleans to meet other artists
and discuss showing their work.
Townsend carries CD's, tap«"
LP's, higher quality blTti.il; i •••
and a broad selection •. ' •>'<>>
tive music magazines M.-I!- ...- •
Side and Option. He also does
recordings, for bands and indi-
-v-iduralo-gjicl helped produce The
Sonic defense liu'tiatii < . ••
pilation tape of 12 local h a c '
including Mr. Resistor, Kidd |}Ji«>
and Nothing Personal. Mis
recordings of the recent Auburn
Knights Jazz Reunion will be
available for sale fall quarter.
When asked what his future
goal for Imaginary Records was,
Townsend answered jokingly.
"To have a store that carries one
of everything ever released,
always in stock. Seriously I hope
to deliver a good selection of
music that otherwise would not
be easily found in this part of the
country."
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Please call Song at 826-3899.
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one distinctive brown ring
at the tip. 821 5878 or
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Auburn
Kidd leaves Blues Kings
By Sharon Forshee
A & E Editor
When the Auburn Knights held
its annual reunion Aug. 5-6, and
Kidd Blue and t he Blues Kings
held its first reunion Aug. 20,
they both had something in
common: They waved goodbye to
Tim Cham bliss."
Chambliss has been a familiar
face around the Auburn music
scene for many years. He sang
with the Auburn Knights in '85,
played drums in '86 and was
frontman for the group from
1987-88.
Chambliss has also been vocal­ist
for t he local blues band Kidd
Blue and the Blues Kings for
almost three years.
Yet, Chambliss is leaving for
Amherst, Mass., where he and
fellow musician Jon Smith will
try their hand at playing music
for a living. "We hope to do small
group and combo jazz, some stu­dio
work as well as try to put a
band similar to Kidd Blue
Chambliss has
been a familiar
face around the
Auburn music
scene for many
years.
together," Chambliss said.
Why is Chambliss leaving?
"It's easy for things to get dry or
stale or whatever, but it's like
that with any bar band. Then you
have to decide where you person­ally
want to be and go there,"
Chambliss said.
C h a m b l i s s said leavi'ng
Auburn, where he's lived for 18
years and where he got his" first
taste of musical experience in the
Auburn High School jazz band,
won't be easy for Chambliss^Bat
he said he felt it was time to nrcfve
on.
"The band is rooted in Auburn
and I wanted to try to make some­thing
of it," Chambliss said. "You
couldn't ask for a better group of
musicians to play with though."
Now that the "kidd" is gone,
Kidd Blue and t he Blues Kings
will be The Blues Kings, but they
will be adding a female vocalist,
Kim Raadt. The Blues Kings will
continue to play frequently in
Auburn and will add more
female-based songs to their repe-toire.
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Top of the Shelf
Fiction
1. Cardinal of the Kremlin, by
Tom Clancy
2. Alaska, by James Michener
3. Till We Meet Again, by Judith
Krantz
4. To Be The Best, by Barbara
Taylor Bradford
5. Doctors, by Erich Segal
6. Bonfire of the Vanities, by
Tom Wolfe
7. Zoya, by Danielle Steel
8. Love In The Time Of Cholera,
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
9. Timothy's Game, by Law­rence
Sanders
10. Shining Through, by Susan
Isaacs.
—as compiled by the
Nonfiction
1. A Brief History of Time, by
Stephen W. Hawking
2. Talking Straight, by Lee
Iacocca
3. Generation of Swine, by Hun
ter S. Thompson
4. Trump: The Art of the Deal, by
Donald Trump
5. Duchess of Windsor, by Cha­rles
Higham
. 6. Riding the Iron Rooster, by
Paul Theroux
7. Senatorial Privilege, by Leo
Damore
8. Capote, by Gerald Clarke
9. Rise and Fall of the Great
Powers, by Paul Kennedy
10. Thriving on Chaos, by Tom
Peters
New York Times
Updike, Hawthorne, yoga and yogurt
Burned:
Books censored in 1987-88
Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
Of Mice and Men, by John Catcher in the Rye, J.D.Salinger
The Martian Chronicles, by Ray
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller Bradbury
On the Origin of the Species, by The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott
Charles Darwin Fitzgerald
Slaughterhouse 5, by
Vonnegut
Kurt Great Expectations, by Charles
Dickens
John Updike's latest novel, S.,
is a collection of letters and
recordings by a dimly philoso­phical
housewife who has left her
rich husband, her home in New
England, her life and begun
arr'iiw at an ashram in the Ariz­ona
desert.
Yes, well
Inasmuch as the book is about
upper-class pretensions and
socio-religious hang-ups, S.
comes dressed for the occasion.
But the fictive pretense is unac­commodating
in a way that
resembles a jokeless punchline.
Though Sarah Worth, our
heroine, seems real enough as a
female, Updikean patrician,
campy, clever, effusive and sinis­ter
all at once, she somehow fails
to emerge as memorable, even
when she continues to meddle in
her previous life's affairs through
her letters.
Having denied her role of
mother arid wife, Sarah perceives
herself as some ki-id of spiritu­ally
uninhibited advice colum­nist.
The truth is she can't or
won't let go of the very "ephe-meralities"
her contrived femi­nism,
yoga, yogurt and move to
the ashram were supposed to help
her purge.
Don't hear about it,
Read about it.
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references to household and
garden maintenance instruc­tions,
thoughts on her daughter
and mother's romantic and
financial lives. It is enough to
make any self-respecting mate­rialist
blush. And It is indeed
comic.
That is, of course, what it
comes down to: a societal inabil­ity
to divest of its stuff and the
comedy that must necessarily
attend any attempt at such a div­estment,
however noblv intend­ed.
Sarah is a funny woman.
Sarah is an agile if corruptible
thinker. And Sarah is a bit^ch,
which, oddly enough, should
charm us, but in the end we are
far more likely to recall Updike's
surreptitious handling of her
than anything else.
The big time pundits have
made much of the parallels
between this novel and The Sca­rlet
Letter, but not forgetting
Updike's admirable execution of
a less-interesiing-than-self-
.absorbed heroine, it is okay to
suggest a more general signifi­cance
— our culture's not-quite-contemptible
love of things adrift
in the universal desire for self
purification.
Yes, well.
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Ideas, chariots and potatoes
By Scott Wilkerson
Assistant A & E Editor
When in second grade, the
teacher passed out books called
dictionaries, she said they would
help us to better understand what
words mean. I supposed that
definitions would be symbolic
analogues to the words defined
and was disappointed when defi­nitions
turned out to be just more
words which required another set
nf definitions and on and on.
Given that problematic rela­tionship
it seems like a wonder
that language is possible. And
people a lot smarter than me have
offered up sylogistic models that
say language must be learned all
at once or not at all.
But language does exist and
considering all there is to be
learned, even an unusually rapid
comprehension of language is, by
comparison, pretty slow.
While I have learned to take the
language impossibility for
granted, my childhood response
*till seems curious and legitimate
enough to re-examine. And the
problem, as I understand it,is:
Someone forgot to tell me that
language is a thing. No one even
suggested this to me. I had to
arrive at it on my own. For disin­terested
parties, language as or
as not a thing may or may not be
Someone forgot
to tell me that
language is a thing.
significant. But for readers and
especially writers, it should be
discussed at least three times a
week and twice on weekends.
Even if I'm insane and lan­guage
is not a thing, I am con­vinced
that writers, who regu­larly
immerse themselves in
language should be thinking
about it in a more objective sense.
And any other response, particu­larly
that language is not a thing,
strikes me as misguided if not
heretical.
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Take For Example This
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Billy Childs' debut album on
[he Windham HillJazz label is an
innovative and emotional work
set within the traditional con­fines
of a rhythm quartet format
of bass, drums, piano and horns.
Songs on the album range from
frantic jams like "Room 101" and
Backwards Bop" to more
-iubdued, even-tempoed and easy-listening
pieces like "Quiet Girl"
and "Timeless."
"Timeless" is an uncluttered,
melancholic song that highlights
the soprano sax playing of Bob
Sheppard, whose style is remin­iscent
of Branford Marsalis'
work with Sting.
The low point on the album is
easily the song, "One .Fleeting
I nstant."Its piano progression is
so syncopated and dissonant, it
will leave anyone but a hard-core
jazz enthusiast scratching their
heads and wondering "why?"
My favorite cut on the album is
"An Afterthought." It moves
without losing you and high­lights
more playing by Sheppard.
who plays the flute on this track.
Take For Example This is a
great debut album, but I'd like to
see Childs' songwriting gravitate
more toward pieces like "An
Afterthought" and leave the dis­sonance
created in songs like
"One Fleeting Instant" just that.
Childs' playing is by far at its
most emotionally moving on the
album's title cut, Take For
Example This. The song is suc­cessful
in taking the listener on
an occasionally uneasy, disson­ant
limb without making him fall
off completely. _ T . R - B a i n
John Locke said: "The use of
words is to be the sensible marks
of ideas, and the ideas they stand
for are their proper and imme­diate
significance."
I agree that, ultimately, it is the
fact of the idea that should inter­est
us, but a good rhetorical
handmaiden can make or break a
brilliant thought. I don't believe
language is a thing in the same
way a chariot or a potato is a
thing, but it. is surely more objec­tive
than the ideas it conveys.
Ernest Gellner's Words and
Things: An Examination and
Attack on Linguistic Philosophy
is a good argument against the
language-as-a-thing contention.
He seems willing to concede that
language might actually be a
thing, but insists that proving it
would be a matter of cutting
through too much metaphysical
red tape, a distinctly subjective
project with little chance of
reward.
About the literary perspective:
Prose is a pretty good argument
for my side. And while poetry is
FORSH,
not quite so convincing a defense,
I don't think any poet worth his
weight in metaphors would
openly contest the theory.
The conservative view is that
the best language is the kind that
disappears into a story, does not
interrupt the communion be­tween
reader and narrative. But
I'm with John Barth who says
that language is the matter of
story and should be "splendor-ously
musicked out."
To say this or that passage is
well or poorly written, is to my
mind, about the same as saying
this or that food tastes good or
bad. Bad ideas are fine and so are
bad sentences, but one is easily
disengaged, the other is not.
Everytime we communicate,
we are reinventing language,
celebrating its ubiquity and reli­ability.
Language is so compre­hensively
bound up in our
thoughts and ideas and sensa­tions
that it has, perhaps by acci­dent,
been thrust beyond concep-tuality
and into the most lyric
realm, our s.
continued from page 7
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walls as every car passed, and
its headlights illuminated the
window for a moment.
Then, still unable to sleep, I'd
tiptoe barefoot across the hard­wood
floors, to the bookshelf
in the den. The Swiss grand­father
clock would tick menac­ingly,
and I'd wade through
titles like The Jungle. 0 Ye Jigs
and Juleps and How to Win
Friends and Influence People.
Most of the time I would stop
at the slender, eggshell-colored
hardback version of Kahlil
Gibrahn's The Prophet. Its
cover with shadowy faces with
empty eyes intrigued me and I
felt that by reading it, even at
age 11, I had uncovered some
philosophical secret.
If a passage struck me as
especially profound, I would
write it down in a notebook I
kept. I suppose my favorite at
the time was, "Here I've spent
half my life trying to figure out
how things really are, when all
the time they weren't."
Early the next morning ray,.
grandmother would wake rfre"'>
and we'd drink chamomile tea
made from strange pink roots
she bought each year from an
old black man and slow-cook
oatmeal with raisins and brown
sugar. Then she'd take out the
pin curls and brush my hair to a
curly poof. I'd spend the rest of
the day trying to smooth it
down when she wasn't looking.
We'd go out to the car and on
the way she'd notice the dis­carded
beer cans which she'd
pick up promptly and put in the
garbage can exclaiming,
"Those good-for-nothing teen­agers.
I know you'll never be
like them sweetie, thank good­ness."
I'd nod in agreement and
then look away wistfully into
the trees, wondering what it
would be like to be like them and
wishing with all my heart that
someday I could.
At 15,1 threw up my first third
of a beer. And -when I was a
freshman in college, myEnglish
literature professor pointed out
that Kahlil Gibran was just
phnosopjiJca 1 ly ambiguous.
enough to appear profound.
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PHIL
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Dare-Dye
controversy
helped out
It's been a pleasure.
Summer quarter is coming to a
close and the football machines
are fueling up for another season.
Soon your faithful summer
sports editor will be moving on to
bigger and better horizons, leav­ing
another at the helm to bring
you the excitement of 1988
Auburn football.
I returned to school last June
with the responsibility of this
position not knowing what to
expect.
Last year it seemed like the Jeff
Burger scam gave everyone at
The Plainsman something to
write about, especially the sports,
section!'
The poor guy's face was plas­tered
all over the front page.
This summer that didn't
happen.
There were no football games,
no basketball games, no baseball
games, no track meets, no gym­nastic
events, no swim meets, no
volleyball games, no soccer
games, no tennis events, nor was
there any news of academic dis­honesty
among Auburn athletes.
However, the summer was not
totally uneventful. Several weeks
.ago Robert Dare yelled foul play.
And when he did, it was about
none other than football coaches
Bud Casey and Pat Dye.
Let's face it, if it weren't for the
Dye-Dare contro.versy.,yo.u
wouldn't have remembered any­thing
you read in the sports sec­tion
this summer.
Robert is the father of Charlie
Dare, a highly-recruited Enter­prise
standout who signed with
Alabama.
Charlie is ineligible this season
because he didn't meet the NCAA
minimum academic require­ments.
At first the coaches didn't
expect him to make a passing
grade on the ACT. But it was his
grade point average that kept
him from qualifying.
Information has surfaced that
could discredit the older Dare's
accusations and cause many to
question the validity of his
testimony.
As unrelated as it is to the pres­ent
situation, a recent report
revealed th at Dare was wanted in
Colorado on a bad check charge.
This happens to a lot of people
though. And believe it or not even
to some Auburn students.
The report also said that he had
gone though bankruptcy.
The situation will probably
come down to one person's word
against the other's. When it does
neither better have any ghosts in
his closet.
It has gotten downright dirty
because of the potent ramifica­tions
that could occur.
These are no light charges
made against Auburn.
Both parties have appointed
See DARE, page 14
Tiger Talk: Dye's eighth edition dons pads tomorrow,
prepares to face challenging season ahead
By Jon Collins
Assistant Sports Editor
Pat Dye delivered a "state of
the Tigers" address Saturday
morning at a press conference
held two days prior to the begin­ning
of varsity football practice.
Heading into his eighth season
as Auburn's head coach, Dye said
that the 1988 edition of theTigers
had a tremendous challenge in
front of them.
Dye, who has compiled a 62-21-
2 record on the Plains, must
replace five starters on offense
and six starters on defense from
last year's SEC Championship
team.
"I'm not a coach that thinks
you've got to have a great player
lined up at every position," Dye
said. "But I feel very strongly in
having 11 guys out there that
play well together, and that are
all playing with the same
heartbeat."
The Auburn mentor is looking
for players he refers to as "solid
citizens."
"That's what we're looking for
right now is 11 solid citizens on
defense and 11 solid citizens on
offense that can play together
and believe in each other and
believe in our plan," Dye said.
Prior to the varsity's first prac­tice
on Monday, Dye said he was
eager to see his players get down
to business.
"The difference in maturity
and growth over a summer can
mean a great deal," he said. "It's
amazing sometimes how much
they can improve over the
summer with the lay off, and how
different they look sometimes
from spring practice to fall
practice."
Dye said that although no one
would miss the start of practice, a
few players would be limited in
their preseason preparations.
Senior offensive guard Rodney
Garner is recovering from knee
surgery he underwent this
summer. And All-America can­didate
and senior wide receiver
Lawyer Tillman is still feeling
some pain as a result of two
automobile accidents he was
involved in this summer in
Mobile, according to Dye.
Dye said that Garner and Til­lman
will probably work on
rehabilitation in the mornings
'He (Slack) has
done everything
that weVe asked of
him and then some
to prepare for this
season.'
—Pat Dye
Photography: Stacy Moore
Ogletree looks to big season
By Jon Collins
Assistant Sports Editor
If you were to meet Craig Ogle-tree
on the street, you might
never guess that one of his pas­times
is hitting guys with jarring
tackles.
Sure, Ogletree has the size to be
an intimidating college outside
linebacker at 6-foot-2, 226-
pounds. But, his even-tempered,
soft-spoken manner is what
would fool you.
Ogletree quietly made a name
for himself last year in the
Auburn defense and in the SEC.
So effectively that he was
selected the best outside line­backer
in the conference this sea­son
in a Birmingham News poll.
Coming on strong late in the
season, Ogletree recorded a total
of 50 tackles, with almost half of
those being solo (24). He had
three quarterback sacks, caused
two fumbles, recovered one and
broke up two passes. Ogletree
also intercepted a pass against
Vanderbilt and returned it 21
yards to the Commodore's one-yar(
d line to set up an Auburn
touchdown.
Now with a promising junior
season on the horizon, Ogletree is
glad that preparations have
started.
"I've been waiting on-it (prac­tice)
all summer," the Barnes-ville,
Ga:, native said at Jordan
Hare Stadium prior to Fan Day
on Sunday. "I'm really excited
about getting started."
The varsity began practice on
Monday and will put the pads on
for the first time tomorrow.
Ogletree is hoping to make
'I try to thrive on
making big plays.'
—Craig Ogletree
more big plays for the Tigers this
season.
"I try to thrive on making big
plays," the 20-year-old said. "I
just try to come up with the big
play in a big-play situation."
In Auburn's 27-11 victory over
Georgia in Athens, Ogletree had
his biggest game. He posted 11
tackles in an effort by the Tiger
defense that held the SEC's lead­ing
rushing team to 187 yards on
the ground.
"A lot of people from my home­town
are big Georgia fans," Ogle­tree
said.
He was heavily recruited by
Vince Dooley and his home-state
university. Ogletree said he felt
that he had to prove something to
someone going into the battle
with the Bulldogs.
"I didn't have to prove any­thing
to them, it was just proving
something to myself," Ogletree
said. "That I could play in a big
game like the Georgia-Auburn
game."
The junior feels that the outside
linebacker corps will be solid
even with the absence of Aun-dray
Bruce.
"I think we're gonna be as good
or better," Ogletree said. "We've
got Alvin Mitchell, Brian Smith
and a lot of young guys that I
think are gonna come around
and be a big factor in the season."
Ogletree was of course team­mates
with Bruce, who has since
become a member of the Atlanta
Falcons. Bruce was the first
player selected.in the entire NFL
draft this year.
"I'm happy for him," Ogletree
said. "And I hope one day I get a
shot at playing in the NFL. I
guess it does motivate me — play­ing
with him for two years and
seeing some of the things he
does."
When asked if he thought the
defense would have to bare the
biggest part of the burden early
in the season, Ogletree said, "It's
kind of always like that at the
beginning of the year. Because
the offense has to get a lot of tim-
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and practice some in the
afternoons.
"Probably conditioning will be
the biggest obstacle that they're
facing," Dye said. "At this time of
year, in the heat, that is critical. I
hope that we can get both of them
through workouts and into condi­tion.
Hopefully by game time
they will be both at 100 percent.
"Overall I think our football
team is in excellent condition.
They've worked hard throughout
the year. At this point right now,
it's a matter of going out there
and putting all the pieces
together."
Like many Auburn faithful,
Dye said he is looking forward to
seeing how junior Reggie Slack
responds to the role of starting
quarterback.
"I'm anxious to see the devel­opment
of Reggie Slack at quar­terback,"
Dye said. "I think it's
obvious that he's a talented
young man, and we all have con­fidence
in his ability. He's done
everything that we've asked of
him and then some to prepare for
this season.
"It is critical that we as a
coaching staff give him a plan
that fits his talents and his abili­ties
and make sure that the sup­porting
cast does what they're
supposed to do."
Part of the supporting cast
includes the offensive line. That
area was hampered by some key
injuries and position changes
last season Dye said, adding that
he would be disappointed if the
offensive line did not improve
this season.
"I like our offensive line," Dye
said. "We're in better shape on
the offensive line than we were a
year ago because we have more
people to work with and several
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of them are capable of playing
more than one position."
Dye said that Jim Thompson
should prove to be the best offen­sive
tackle to play the position at
Auburn. He also mentioned that
it will be interesting to see how
quickly freshman offensive
lineman Ed King develops.
"We're gonna be counting on a
lot of young folks," Dye said.
See TIGERS, page 14
Plainsman files
Ogletree stalks opposing offense at outside linebacker •
ing down and a lot of things you
just cannot do in three weeks —
the time we have in preseason
camp.
"So, I feel like the first couple of
games of the season we'll proba­bly
have to play at our best until
they (offense) come around."
Ogletree has confidence in his
teammates however.
"I feel they've got a good group
out there," he said. "They've got
some good leaders on offense,
and the offensive line is locking
pretty good. I think they will
come around and we'll compli­ment
each other later on in the
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Fla. St-AU will
meet in Sugar Bowl
Staff Writer
PATRICK
NICHOL
The Auburn Tigers don't have
Florida State on their football
schedule this year, but the Semi-noles
"will be the Tigers' first
opponent in 1989, New Orleans
style.'.'
Florida State, picked by many
to win the national title, should
finish the season 11-0 beginning
with an early victory over Miami
on Sept. 3. Being an independent,
they will have their choice of
bowl games and opponents come
Jan. 2.
—- Hence, a match-up of two unde­feated
powerhouses. ABC will be
glad they kept the Sugar Bowl at
night.
St>, you think I'm crazy.
Auburn, with a murderous sche­dule,
must replace 11 starters:
Five on offense and six on
defense. Still, defense wins
championships, and there is
none better in the SEC, maybe
the nation.
Start with possibly the best
front line in the country in Tracy
Rocker, Benji Roland and Ron
Stall worth. This front line will
once again control the trenches.
If any of these three should tire,
David Rocker, Tracy's little
brother, will show that he is a
future Ail-American.
If someone does manage to get
past these three, our linebackers
will make them regret it.
Craig Ogletree and Brian
Smith should start as outside
linebackers and create havoc for
offensive coordinators. Ogletree
has the unenviable task of replac­ing
Aundray Bruce. He may not
make people forget Bruce, but he
will make the transition a lot
smoother.
Quentin Riggins and Smokey
Hodge will replace Kurt Crain
and Edward Phillips at inside
linebackers and present a for­midable
blockade in the middle.
The Tigers might have the fin­est
pair of safeties in the SEC.
:;Pat Dye has said that Carlo
Cheattom might be "the best free
safety in the country." Strong
safety Greg Staples led the
secondary in tackles and had
fgfur interceptions last year.
' A healthy Shan Morris would
give the Tigers unequalled depth
a"t;both positions.
;Cornerback will either be the
Tigers' biggest weakness or
surprise.
Kevin Porter and Alvin Briggs
have both departed, and Perry
Reed was recently suspended.
Junior Dominko Anderson and
sophomores John Wiley and Eric
Ramsey will battle for the corner
positions.
It is conceivable that the first
team defense could hold oppo­nents
under 100 points for the
entire year. If so, New Orleans
and a national championship
won't be far behind.
Lawyer Tillman heads the fin­est
group of receivers in the SEC.
Tillman should be an Ail-
American and a first-round draft
choice in May.
Freddy Weygand, Alexander
Wright and Greg Taylor will
catch plenty of passes if teams
double cover Tillman all season.
The tight end position is set
with senior Walter Reeves. An
excellent blocker and pass •
receiver, he may prove to be the
best in the nation.
The three returning starters at
the offensive line will scrimmage
against its toughest challenge
everyday in practice. If it can
give Slack time to find his smor­gasbord
of receivers, it will also
open up holes for the running
game.
For the second consecutive
year, Auburn will lack the break­away
threat at tailback. The days
of handing the ball to Bo Jackson
or Brent Fullwood and holding
your breath to see if they would
score from any place on the field
are over. But between James
Joseph, Stacy Danley and Vin­cent
Harris the running game
should be consistent. Both
Joseph and Danley should be
fully recovered from knee injuries
by opening day.
The key to the whole season
may be junior quarterback Reg­gie
Slack. Last year against Mis­sissippi
State, Slack threw for 185
yards and three touchdowns in a
38-7 win. Poised and confident,
he must prove that he can win in
places such as Baton Rouge and
Gainesville.
The kicking game is in excel­lent
shape with pre-season All-
SEC candidates Brian Shulman
and Win Lyle. Last year Shul­man
averaged 40.4 yards per
kick, and Lyle converted 15 of 19
field goals and made all of the 32
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Walk-on receivers
work to catch up
By Phil Crane
Sports Editor
As a walk-on at wide receiver
last year, Dale Overton didn't
expect the water to ripple much
when he dove into the pool of tal­ented
Auburn football players.
However, with three solid years
starting at Hackleburg High
School in Hackleburg, Ala., and a
ton of determination, the5-foot-9,
155-pound freshman made a
bigger splash than he expected to
at freshman practice last August.
"As a walk-on I got more atten­tion
than a scholarship player
during the first week," Overton
said. "Making those diving
catches is what impressed
everybody."
More receivers are being used
now that Auburn has developed a
stronger passing attack.
The wide receiver spot has
become important to Auburn's
success and Overton said that he
has worked hard to contribute
there.
"I broke my wrist in the 11th
grade and it hurt my weight
training," Overton said. "My
senior year was really when 1
started lifting weights. Since I've
been here, I've gotten a lot
stronger and gained about 22
pounds in five months.
"I expected the transition to be
hard," he said. "You have to get
up early in the morning and do
the work, and that's what makes
it so hard."
The hard work has paid off,
however. The coaches feel that
Overton has earned the sixth
spot at wide receiver behind other
talented players like Lawyer Til­lman,
Freddy Weygand, Alex­ander
Wright, Greg Taylor and
Shayne Wasden.
Just behind Overton is another
walk-on, Andy Stidfole, who has
earned the seventh spot. A 5-foot-
9, 170-pound wide receiver from
Vestavia Hills High School in
Vestavia Hills, Ala., Stidfole said
that he was unsure about
walking-on at first.
"It's hard to come in and play
the first year because there is a lot
to learn," Stidfole said. "I only
caught 37 passes in high school
which is not a lot. During my jun­ior
year, Vincent Harris was our
running back, so we ran the ball a
lot."
Stidfole said that freshman
quarterback Scott Gurosky, also
from Vestavia Hills, had a big
influence on his college choice.
"I wanted to play football, but I
didn't have any offers from large
universities," he said. "Scott
Gurosky called me and asked me
if I wanted to play football and I
really wanted to. So we became
roommates and I went where he
did."
"My goal is to get some playing
time this year," he said. "I
wouldn't be here if I didn't think
that I could play. I may lack in
size but I can make up for that in
determination. It is good to have
people like Lawyer Tillman and
Freddy Weygand to learn from."
Wide receiver coach Larry
Blakeney said that both walk-ons
have a chance to see playing time
this year.
"They've both got really good
hands and are pro-type receiv­ers,"
Blakeney said. "They are
not going to be deep threats,but
they catch every ball and they
work hard. They're still not
burners.but they know how to run
the routes and are trying to get in
at the sixth or seventh spot."
He mentioned other walk-ons
that are accomplished players at
Auburn.
"Alvin Mitchell and Steve
Brown were walk-ons who have
both earned scholarships,"
Blakeney said. "Los Angeles
Raider's starting outside line­backer,
Kevin Green, walked-on
for Auburn."
"We use so many receivers we
need at least six ready all of the
time," Blakeney said. "Last year
we used four wide-outs on third-and-
long yardage. If I can rotate
them (Overton and Stidfole) in
the second half and in the fourth
quarter, they can be fresh."
Overton had an offer from the
University of North Alabama to
play football,but turned it down.
"I have always been an Auburn
fan," Overton said. "I felt like I
could play here and nowhere
else." .
Photography: Stacy Moore
'Making those div­ing
catches is what
impressed every­body.'
—Dale Overton
Photography: Stacy Moore
'I may lack in size
but I can make up
for that in determina­tion.'
—Andy Stidfole
Roland sets goals for season
By Julie Sorrells
Staff Writer
With just two weeks left until
football season, Auburn's defen­sive
line is looking for leadership.
Benji Roland, noseguard for the
Tigers, is prepared to supply that
leadership.
Roland along with Tracy
Rocker and Ron Stallworth are
the only defensive line starters
returning from the 1987 SEC
Championship team.
"We're going to be looked upon
early for leadership," said
Roland, a 6-foot-3, 270-pound
senior. "And we'll be there."
"I'll think we'll be the strength
of the team," Roland said.
Roland has been a big part of
Auburn's defensive strength in
the past. In 1987, he made a total
of 55 tackles, 32 solo and 23
assists. He also led the team in
tackles for losses with seven tack­les
for a total loss of 17 yards.
Roland was named the Most
Valuable Defensive Player fol­lowing
spring drills in 1987.
"Spring is when you really get
better," Roland said. "Going into
spring drills, I was determined to
work harder and play harder."
As a sophomore, Roland was
the team's fifth-leading tackier in
1986 with 66 total tackles. He
recorded two quarterback sacks
that year and his top game was
against Alabama with 11 tackles.
"My sophomore season was the
best so far," Roland said. "I made
more tackles and bigger plays."
"I was in better shape at the
beginning of that season than at
the beginning of my junior year,"
Roland said.
But Roland is setting his eyes
on the coming season.
"I want to make All-SEC and
All-America," Roland said. "I
also want to be recognized as one
of the best defensive linemen in
the country."
It will take hard work and
determination to reach these
goals, according to Roland, a two
year starter for the Tigers. He is
looking to Coach Wayne Hall to
help him reach his goals.
"Coach Hall is reall