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Thursday, April 6, 1995 Scrritii liiburu community Volume 101. Number 18, 48 pages
AU employee charged with molestation
Copy Cat manager arrested during break
' for suspicions he abused 6-year-old girl
By Dawn McDonald
Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 22, Signard
Dennis Hale, a University employ­ee
and manager at Copy Cat print­ing
service, was arrested and
charged for suspicion of first-degree
sexual abuse toward a 6-
year-old girl.
As to guilt or innocence, Hale
would not comment.
"I have been advised not to
comment on the legal aspects of
the charges right now," Hale said.
"I enjoy working for the
University and the people I work
with. I believe my employees
enjoy me. I have watched Copy
Cat's birth, growth and interest by
people on campus.
"I look forward to the end of the
matter," Hale said.
When Glenda Miley, assistant
manager of Copy Cat, was ques­tioned
concerning the matter, she
said, "I was instructed not to com­ment."
Hale, 55, and former director of
missions for the Coffee County
Baptist Mission, was transferred to
the Lee County jail shortly after
his arrest where he was released
on bond.
Hale served as director of the
Baptist Mission in New Brockton
from July 1991 to Feb. 2,1993.
Claude Gossett, an University
music professor and close friend
of Hale's, said, "Hot heads can
bring pain. Cooler and calmer
people bring healing. This case
will not blow over, but to fan the
flames is worse."
Hale was a missionary in Spain
for approximately 28 years,
Gossett said.
"No matter the outcome I will
continue to love and support him
(Hale). It is easier to be human and
condemn than to be Christian and
forgive," Gossett said.
"The University is aware of Mr.
Hale's arrest," University
Relations Director Pete Pepinsky,
said.
According to Pepinsky, the
University policy includes provi­sions
involving arrests and convic­tions
of University employees and
possible employment termination.
"Mr. Hale's employment status
has not changed at this time. He
has been arrested. He has not been
convicted," he said.
First-degree sexual abuse is a
class C felony. If convicted, Hale
could receive a maximum fine of
$5,000 and up to 10 years of
prison.
Auburn Police Chief Ed
Downing would not comment on
the matter.
The AubQm Plainsman/BRIAN FlJizSIMMONS
Untill 12:00 a.m., campaign billboards decorated College
Street and Toomer's comer. Candidates in the SGA erections
were required to have removed all sigrjs by midnight Results
will be announced in the Student AflP&vilion at 10 p.m.
Walton's attorneys counter rumors
Eight-month roller coaster continues as former police chief
claims he was falsely accused, wants his 'dignity back'
By Greg Walker
Associate News Editor .
After months of silence from the
University, Jack Walton and his attorneys,
a small glint of light may be shed about
why the former police chief is no longer
employed by Auburn.
University administration placed Walton
on administrative leave with pay Aug. 17,
1994, amidst rumors of drunk driving and
wrecking his police car on private time.
But, Kenny Mendelsohn, Walton's lawyer
and partner in the law firm of Jemison and
Mendelsohn, said in an interview Tuesday
there is no truth to such rumors.
"Jack was formally charged by Dr. (Jim)
Ferguson, (vice president for administra­tive
services) with having 'willfully lied to
me (Ferguson) on two occasions,'"
Mendelsohn said.
"Dr. Ferguson, in his Aug. 16 letter, said,
'As a result of this you (Walton) are imme­diately
discharged for gross insubordina­tion
and gross disregard to your obliga­tion.
According to Mendelsohn and partner
Mays Jemison, that is what began the
eight-month roller coaster.
One of the two incidents Ferguson
referred to as willful lies, Mendelsohn
explained, related to a Feb. 4, 1994, inci­dent.
"There was a building-planning meeting
and Chief Walton did not go, but sent one
of his captains in his place to the meeting,
and Dr. Ferguson said Jack lied about his
reason for being absent," Mendelsohn said.
Mendelsohn said the second lie reported
by Ferguson involved Walton getting his
personal pickup truck stuck near his pri­vate
farm.
Mendelsohn said Walton was on his way
home when his truck stalled on the side of
the road.
He added that there was no damage to
the truck, and no one else was involved in
the incident.
"Ferguson called Jack in and asked him
about the accident and said there were
some anonymous complaints about the
accident," Mendelsohn said.
"Jack said 'Who complained?' and
Ferguson refused to tell him, and Jack
denied the incident. So Ferguson said T
want a full written report,'" Mendelsohn
said.
Mendelsohn said Walton sent out a
report on the incident, but stressed Walton
was on his own time when the accident
occurred and driving his own vehicle.
"It was not an Auburn police car; it was
not an Auburn University car; it was Jack's
own personal truck," Mendelsohn said.
Mendelsohn said the situation heated up
when Ferguson, in light of the report and
Walton's denial of the accident, claimed
Walton lied to him a second time.
"Ferguson said 'Now you've lied to me
on two occasions' — what actually hap­pened
is they called him in and said 'Jack
you lied, I'm going to fire you or you can
resign,' and Jack said 1 didn't do anything
wrong, and I'm not going to resign.'"
See WALTON / A-3
AUM professor accused of husband's death
University Senate delays vote
on semester versus quarter issue
By Laura Robertson
Staff Writer
A scheduled vote on the proposed
change from a quarter to a semester
system at the University Senate meet­ing
Tuesday was tabled after senators
agreed that debate on the issue had
become too lengthy and not enough
time was left in the meeting to vote on
the topic.
A Student Government Association
request that the Senate postpone voting
on the possible switch to a semester
system until fall quarter was also
rejected at the meeting.
The SGA resolution from its March
27 meeting asked for the delay "in
order for a true assessment of student
opinion to be gathered."
SGA President Michael Musselwhite
told the senate he also thought a delay
would give the new SGA administra­tion
elected today a chance to "get their
feet wet" before having to face such a
major issue.
But Associate Professor of
Pathobiology Cindy Brunner said she
thought the SGA has had adequate
time to gather student opinion.
"I think we need to be sympathetic
with the students, but Mr. Musselwhite
is a member of this body and was
aware that a committee had been insti­tuted
to investigate this issue," she
said.
Associate Professor Steven
McFarland said he surveyed students
in world history classes and found
them overwhelmingly in favor of the
quarter system. Of 524 students, he
found 487 preferring the quarter sys­tem,
27 preferring the semester system
and 10 with no preference.
But results of a survey in a report
See SENATE / A-3
By Stephanie Morris
Assistant News Editor
Monday, March 27, at 5:20
p.m., the Lee County Sheriff's
Department responded to a
call at the residence of Stanley
and Janet Sidicane in
Beauregard, Ala., only to find
Stanley Sidicane had been
fatally shot.
"When deputies arrived,
they located Sidicane in a room
that had been converted into an
office," said Lee County Sheriff
Department's Capt. Jay Jones.
Jones said Sidicane had sus­tained
several gunshot
wounds.
He said Sidicane's body was
sent to Montgomery for an
autopsy. The sheriff's depart­ment
has not received the
results yet.
"We did recover a handgun
at the scene," Jones said. "We
feel it is the one used in the
murder."
Jones said Ms. Sidicane,
Sidicane's wife, an assistant
nursing professor at Auburn
University at Montgomery, was
arrested at the scene, taken into
custody and booked, charged
with the murder of her hus­band.
"Bond was set at $25,000,
which she made the next day,"
Jones said. "She is out on bail
n o w
Jones said the couple had
been involved in a "domestic
disagreement — the extent and
See SHOOTING / A-3
Police arrest 15-year-old for murders
By Stephanie Morris
Assistant News Editor
An attempted robbery
proved fatal Tuesday at
Huckeba's Indoor Flea Market
in Opelika.
In a press conference at 6
p.m. Tuesday, Opelika Police
Capt. Tommy Barnes reported
that the department had
responded to a robbery call at
Huckeba's Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
and found three women had
been shot.
"When officers arrived there
... they found two females had
been shot. Further investiga­tion
showed a third had been
shot," Barnes said.
Barnes said the gunman had
fled on foot.
He said two of the women
were found behind the counter
in the store and pronounced
&
dead at the coroner's office.
The third victim was found in a
different part of the store and
pronounced dead at East
Alabama Medical Center.
The victims were store owner
Betty Daniel Huckeba, 52, of
115 Lee Road 717, Opelika; Inez
Hudson Chavis, 74, of 518
Sherwood Drive, Auburn; and
Dorothy M. Benefield, 71, of
421 Brookside Drive, Auburn.
Lucy Pennington, East
Alabama Medical Center's
director of public relations, said
Chavis was admitted into the
hospital at 3 p.m.
"She was in critical condi­tion,"
Pennington said. "She
had a gunshot wound to the
head. That was her primary
injury."
Pennington said Chavis' time
of death was 3:34 p.m.
Barnes said, "It appears, at
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Police investigate Tuesday's robbery at Huckeba's
Indoor Flea Market which left three dead.
this point of the investigation, fled the store after seeing a man
that three people came into the enter with a gun.
store together at the same Barnes would not release the
time." third woman's name, but said
He said the third shopper - ROBBERY / A-3
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Opelika police arrest suspect in Friday theft at Midway Plaza shopping center
Opelika police arrested a suspect Tuesday for a theft that occurred in the parking lot of the
Midway Shopping Center Friday night.
Shelton Carl Green, 18, of Tuskegee, has been charged with three counts of first-degree robbery
and is currently being held in the Opelika City Jail, said Opelika Police Cpl. Ronald Robertson.
Three girls were robbed of their purses at gunpoint in the parking lot around midnight outside
the Carmike 7 movie theater. The girls' belongings were found a few hours later in the Hamilton
Road-Frederick Road area.
—Compiled from Opelika-Auburn News reports
Walton Continued from page A1
Shooting Continued from page A1
duration of which is unknown."
He said a mutual acquaintance of both the sus­pect
and the victim reported the shooting.
"She was present at the time of the shooting,"
Jones said. "She was not an involved party in the
dispute. It appears she may have been a victim of
circumstance."
Sherri Fulford, director of university relations at
AUM, said Janet Sidicane has not been in the class­room
since the incident.
"I think right now someone is covering her class­room,"
Fulford said.
But, Fulford added, "As far as I know, she is still
employed (at AUM)."
When asked her thoughts on the investigation,
Fulford said, "The matter does not involve the
institution."
She did say, however, that the AUM campus has
been hushed on the topic.
"I've not heard any concern on the students'
part," she said. "In fact, there has been very little
discussion at all."
Jones said Ms. Sidicane's case will be presented
to the July term of the Lee County Grand Jury.
Until then, she is out on bail.
Mendelsohn said it
was Walton's refusal to resign that
prompted the Aug. 16 formal letter
from Ferguson calling for Walton's
termination.
He added that no other inci­dents
were involved except
Ferguson's claims of Walton's
lying.
Ferguson would not comment
on the incidents of lying and said
only, "The University's position on
this is it is a confidential personnel
matter that has been resolved.
Whatever Walton or his attorneys
wish to say is their business."
After Ferguson's recommenda­tion,
Walton was allowed a griev­ance
hearing so he could present
his side of the case.
The grievance committee report
reads: "The grievance committee
recommends that Mr. Jack Walton
not be reinstated as Auburn
University chief of police, but reas­signed
to another University posi­tion
outside the police depart­ment."
After reviewing the committee
reports, University President
William V. Muse issued a state­ment
March 27 which said, "I have
carefully reviewed the report by
the University Grievance
Committee, responses of the par­ties
involved and a transcript of
the committee's hearing on the ter­mination
of Jack Walton's employ­ment
as police chief. I have sus­tained
the committee's recommen­dation
that Mr. Walton not be rein­stated."
Pete Pepinsky, executive direc­tor
of University Relations said
Muse's March 27 statement is the
only comment the University will
make.
"What you have from us in the
statement that we came out with
last Monday is the complete
response from the University at
this point," Pepinsky said.
Mendelsohn said it is Muse's
action which has he and his part­ner
stunned.
"Nothing in this (report) do they
say he ought to be terminated, all
they say is we feel Ferguson is jus­tified
in not keeping Walton as
police chief,, but he ought to be
reassigned to something else,"
Mendelsohn said.
Jemison said Muse's statement
is misleading.
"The recommendation was that
he be reassigned," Jemison said.
Currently, no lawsuit is pending
against the University from
Walton to get his job back, but
Jemison said there is a possibility
of one in the future.
"He's true and true a policeman.
His time has come and gone, but
he's going to get his dignity back."
Robbery Continued from page A1
she was an Auburn resident. He
said in a press conference yester­day,
"She is scared to death. She
said she was in (the store). She saw
a man with a gun. She fled the
store."
After issuing a composite sketch
of the suspect with height and
clothing descriptions of the gun­man
given, a 12-and-a-half-hour
search began.
The police offered a $5,000
reward for information leading to
an arrest and hit the streets of
Opelika with canine units looking
for the suspect.
The search ended yesterday at 2
a.m. when police arrested a 15-
year-old Opelika man for the mur­ders,
Barnes said yesterday in the
He said the youth admittedt to
the crime and would be charged
with three counts of capital mur­der.
"We are going to seek certifica­tion
(as) an adult," Barnes added.
Barnes said the police were able
to make the arrest after following
up on leads.
Barnes would not reveal the
identity of the young man because
the arrested is a minor. He also
would not elaborate on the details
of the crime scene or evidence
found, only saying, "We have dis­covered
evidence that corroborates
his admission."
Opelika Police Chief Thomas
Mangham said, "You've got to
understand we are in the very
early stages of the investigation,
and we do not want to do anything
to jeopardize (it).
"We appreciate the council and
mayor's support and the citi­zens',"
Mangham said, adding,
"We relied on the public, and they
responded."
Senate Continued from page A1
from the senate's
committee to study the possible
change said the faculty favors the
semester system. Out of 1,077
members surveyed, 51.3 percent
prefer the semester system, and
47.1 percent prefer the quarter sys­tem.
After the senate decided not to
delay its vote until fall, civil engi­neering
Professor Ed Ramey, a
member of the ad hoc committee
studying the possible calendar
change, said he also favored the
quarter system, disagreeing with
the committee's report.
"The (semester) system would
be easier to administrate, but there
would be no significant cost sav­ings,"
he said.
Information Ramey presented
included a cost-analysis from
Georgia State University, estimat­ing
that implementing the semes­ter
system saves $33,000 a year, but
this is only .02 percent of its annu­al
budget.
Ramey's summary of pros and
cons said benefits of the semester
system would include a better
schedule for classes requiring
extensive reading, writing and
research.
But, he says the quarter system
provides more flexibility, helps
maintain student interest and
enthusiasm and provides a
stronger summer term.
The University Senate is sched­uled,
to vote on the proposed
change at next month's meeting.
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April 3-6
April 7
April 10-11
April 12
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Election results announced 10:00pm
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Cheerleading Clinic 3:00-5:00pm
& 7:00-9:00pm at Coliseum
Cheerleading Clinic 2:30-9:00pm
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Honors Week
This year's annual honors week is May 1 -
May 4. Tapping for Squires will be at 11am on
Monday, May 1, and tapping for Mortar Board will
follow at noon. Rho Lambda will tap its new
members on May 2 at 11am with Order of Omega
following at noon. Tapping for Lambda Sigma is
on May 3 at 11am, and Omicron Delta Kappa fol­lows
at noon. The final day of honors week will
include tapping for Cardinal Key at 11am and
Cater Society at noon.
Honors week will conclude with a recep­tion
on Thursday, May 4 at 4pm. This reception is
to honor the members received into the respective
honoraries. The reception is being held in room
213 of Foy Union.
Cultural Awareness Week
Cultural Awareness Week is May 1 - May 5.
Activities for the week include the UPC Tiger Pick
Movie, "Cinema Paradiso" and the International
Students Organization's World's Fair. The Office
of International Studies will conduct a seminar
discussing study abroad opportunities. If those
activities don't suit you, consider attending works
from the Theatre Upstairs series as performed by
the University Theatre Department.
TODAY
Student Opinion Survey
The SGA student opinion survey began in October, and it has
had over 12,000 responses to a variety of questions. The SGA imple­mented
this electronic, computer run poll to eliminate complicated
paper surveys. The previous method of surveying student opinion was
costly and ineffective. The most important reason a n ew system was
developed was to hear how students feel about issues facing the
University.
If you would like to participate in the student opinion survey,
call 844-5800 and press option five. New questions are added bi-week­ly.
Students can only answer once per question. If you have an idea for
a question, contact the Director of Student Lobby, Jon Feit at 844-4240.
Here are some results.
What is Auburn University's most pressing
issue concerning students?
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April 20
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Would you be willing to ride a bus
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Senate Summary
This winter continued to be a busy time for
Student Senate. One of the biggest projects the Student
Senate tackled this quarter was the annual Budget and
Finance hearings. In just over four days the Budget and
Finance Committee trimmed over $74,000 from the 13
budget requests. It was a daunting task that was complet­ed
without a flaw. In the end, the final requests were
approved and the recommendation for allocation was
forwarded.
Many other notable business highlights con­tributed
to this winter's tradition of "Building Auburn."
The Student Senate amended several important sections to
the code of laws. Chartered organizations on Auburn's
campus continued to grow with the addition of ten new
groups. Similarly, Phi Alpha Theta was granted $400
through the Organizations Fund committee. The need for
some services on Memorial Day was also addressed in the
form of a resolution. In other news, the SGA office has
been alive with activity as a new group of people are
geared-up to run for office.
The regular meetings of the Student Senate are
Monday nights at 7:15pm with our first meeting scheduled
for March 27.' I encourage all of Auburn's students to con­tact
their senators and voice their opinions and concerns
so that this year the Student Senate can function more pro­ductively.
You can contact me at the SGA office in 332 Foy
Union or via E-mail at sga@mail.auburn.edu. It has been
a productive year. Thank you for the opportunity to
serve you.
Patrick T Scarborough
SGA Vice President
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Thursday, April 6,1995 / A-4 The Auburn Plainsman
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Expert urges students to eat healthy .
By Meredith Bonner
Staff Writer
What does the "five-a-day"
message mean to you?
If it does not mean five fruits
and vegetables — it should.
"Most students probably don't
get five servings of fruits and veg­etables
a day," said Dr. Barbara
Struempler, nutritionist at the Uni­versity's
Cooperative Extension
Service and associate professor of
nutrition and food science.
She said this means three serv­ings
of vegetables and two serv­ings
of fruits.
"We call this the 'five-a-day'
message," Struempler said.
She also said that many female
students don't get their two serv­ings
of dairy products a day.
"This is important for college
age women because until about
age 25 you're still depositing calci­um
into your bones, and it is
saved like a bank account,"
Struempler said.
"After age 25, calcium is not
kept in your bones."
"You should have at least two
glasses of milk a day," she said.
Skim milk is best, and low-fat
yogurt is also a good source of cal­cium,
she said.
Struempler is aware that it is
hard for students, especially those
who live in a dorm, to cook well-balanced
meals.
Her advice is to keep a lot of
canned vegetables and fruits in
dorm rooms or apartments.
She also said any kind of beans
are good for you and easy to cook.
"You can't go wrong with a can
of beans," Struempler said. "Beans
provide high fiber, a lot of protein,
and they have no fat."
The Auburn Plainsman/J. THURSTON
Other ideas for easy, but nutri­tional
foods are lowfat ramen noo­dles,
baby peeled carrots and fat
free cheese.
"Fat free cheese still has the cal­cium,
"she said.
- Regular exercise is as important
as a good diet, Struempler said.
"Walking won't tone your
tummy, but it does wonders for
your heart," Struempler said.
Generally, walking or running a
mile will burn 100 calories, she •
said.
She also stressed how easy it is
to consume 100 calories. "You get
100 calories in 20 peanuts!"
One student who gets regular
exercise, Kimberly Kozlowski,
03JM, and a member of the
Auburn tennis team, said she
thinks exercise is even more
important than watching what
you eat.
"Being on the team helps me to
watch what I eat, but I think if I
wasn't on the team I would still be
aware of food I eat," Kozlowski
said.
She also said that at least once a
week she eats whatever she wants
for dinner because "you have to
do that."
Struempler said her advice to
students trying to change eating
habits is, first, to eat less fried
foods. It is also important to cut
down on high-fat foods, she said.
"You can't eat a Whopper every­day,"
Struempler said.
Any student trying to get advice
or ideas about eating right should
go to Drake Student Health
Center, said Struempler.
"Drake has a dietician who
works with weight and eating dis­orders,"
Struempler said. "There
are dieticians everywhere—hospi­tals,
health centers."
Contributors receive tax deductions for cars 1
By Jennifer Lacy
Assistant Copy Editor
Seeking a tax deduction from
income taxes is a thought seldom
passed through the mind of a stu­dent.
However, as graduation
approaches and jobs become filled,
the reality of the April 15 deadline
becomes clear.
Now that tax season is here,
steer in the direction of the
American Lung Association of
Alabama for a tax deduction.
Donate an old car, new car or
broken car, and it will be accepted
and sold as proceeds to the
American Lung Association of
Alabama and serve as a tax deduc­tion,
said Nancy Martin, director
of the capital region for the associ­ation.
"We'll accept any type of vehicle
— cars, trucks, vans, boats or
motorcycles. The vehicles can be of
any age and in any condition.
We'll pick them up at no charge,"
Martin said.
An individual who donates will
receive a tax deduction based on
the fair market value of the vehi­cle,
Martin said.
"The American Lung
Association of Alabama will
receive valuable funds to aid our
ongoing fight against lung disease,
and individuals with lung disease
will receive a wide array of pro­grams,"
Martin said.
The organization offers a large
number of programs and funds
research, Martin said.
"They include a camp for chil­dren
with asthma; nonsmoking
programs to companies and orga­nizations;
and nonsmoking pro­grams
in schools," Martin said.
Jim Hughs, executive director,
said the effort is in its "infancy
stages" since its licensing in
September 1994.
"Our goal is to reach $20,000,"
Hughs said.
Laura Vann, the American Lung
Association public relations direc­tor,
said 70 cars have been donat­ed,
and ali have been in "good"
condition.
"We've even had boats and
motor homes donated," she said.
A public auction of the vehicles
will be held May 6 in Bessemer,
Ala., at an auto disposal company,
Vann said.
The American Lung Association
of Alabama's toll-free number is 1-
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[ Alabama nets most pot in nation
By Ellen Greenhalgh
Staff Writer
Alabama ranked first in mari­juana
eradication last year, accord­ing
to the Alabama Department of
Public Safety.
The Domestic Marijuana
Eradication Program came to
Alabama in 1982 and has been
very successful in its efforts.
The purpose of this program is
to "seek out and destroy the
home-grown marijuana through­out
the United States/' said Dorris
Teague, spokesperson for the
Alabama Department of Public
Safety.
Last year, 585,150 marijuana
plants were destroyed in
Alabama. In Lee County,
21,420 plants were found, ranking
the county fifth in the state for
marijuana destruction.
Although there were 124 arrests
made in connection with the erad­ication
effort, Teague said, "The
main focus is to go in and destroy
the plants before they can be har­vested
and processed and then
sold."
Capt. John Toney of the Opelika
Police Department said even
though there are a lot of marijua­na-
related arrests each year, "The
vast majority of our cases are non-students."
Many factors contribute to
Alabama's top ranking.
One is the large amount of mar­ijuana
growth in Alabama each
year because of the state's favor­able
weather conditions and ade­quate
rainfall, Teague said.
Another reason for the pro­gram's
success is Alabama's law
enforcement agencies' commit­ment,
Teague said.
The program involves the
Alabama National Guard as well
as federal, state and local law
l Opelika police seize $70,000 in meth, pot
By Ellen Greenhalgh
Staff Writer
"Poor man's" cocaine has hit
close to home. Opelika police
seized $70,000 to $150,000 worth
of illegal drugs March 23.
Before midnight, Vernon Wayne
Jamieson, 30, of Pensacola, Fla.;
Laurel Bernice Romero, 39, of
Phenix City; and Carlos Romero,
44, of Phenix City were arrested
for possession of methampheta-mine
and the intent to sell.
The drug, known as "crystal
meth," "ice" or "speed," is named
methamphetamine and is an ille­gal
form of an appetite suppres-
•- sant known as amphetamine,
according to Capt. John Toney of
the Opelika Police Department.
Along with the 13 oz. of meth,
police found a "small amount" of
marijuana, Toney said.
"This wasn't a long, drawn-out
investigation," said Toney. "The
information that we needed came
relatively quick."
Capt. Tommy Barnes of the
Opelika Police Department said
the suspects will likely go to trial.
"There's a lot of vehicles that
could be put in motion before they
go to trial. They could plead
(guilty) or something else could
happen. But charges have been
pressed, and it's in the system."
Although these were the only
arrests made, "None of these three
actually made the meth," Toney
said. "At the very least, they had a
source. "
"This is the first major
encounter that we've had with
meth," he said.
Meth has been popular in the
west for years, but experts feel it is
spreading rapidly throughout the
United States, according to Erich
Goode in his book, Drugs, Society
and Behavior. Because of its easily
accessible components, Toney
thinks it will become more com­mon
in Alabama.
Meth was known in the sixties
as "speed." Most often inhaled, it
creates an "up-all-night" rush
along with paranoia which often
results in violence and can last up
to 48 hours, Goode said. Similar to
cocaine , only cheaper, and with
longer-lasting effects, medical
experts have proven methamphet­amine
to have been a factor in a
high number of murders, he said.
Toney said one gram of meth
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Reinstating prison chain gangs causes statewide controversy '
By Chris Wilkerson
Assistant News Editor
On Feb. 7, Ron Jones was named
Alabama Prisons' Commissioner,
and the rattling of chains could be
heard.
In only a couple of weeks the
sight of chain gangs will become a
common sight on Alabama inter-states.
Prison Commissioner Ron
Jones said, "We are the only state
who plans on using (the chain-gang
system)."
Chain gangs, or "Shotgun
squads" were prevalent on south­ern
roadsides earlier in the centu­ry,
but have not been seen in a
while. The gangs will consist of
five medium security prisoners
shackled together, picking up lit­ter
and doing general roadside
maintenance.
Jones inherited a prison system
that is "$12 million in the red," he
said. Putting chain gangs back
onto the roadsides, he said is an
economic issue. "We've always
worked inmates on the highway.
There's nothing new about that.
We normally run about 20 inmates
per officer. By going to leg irons,
we can double that number of
inmates," he added.
The bulk of the prisoners who
can expect to be shackled will be
repeat offenders, Jones said. He
wants to focus on the highly
recidivistic group those who come
back, "again and again."
"We are very selective in our
classification for it," he said.
"Shotgun squads" also are
designed to deter prisoners from
behavior that might land them in
shackles, he said.
However, Jones sees deterrence
as an extra— saving money is his
main priority.
"One of the main reasons for
going on the interstate was that
(Alabama Prisons) qualify for
almost $1 million in federal trans­portation
money from the high­way
department," Jones said.
Allan Tapley, director of AUM-based
Sentencing Institute of
Alabama, said "I don't think it's a
good idea. I think if (a prisoner's)
mean enough that he has to be
chained, put him behind bars
where the judge put him," he said.
Tapley is not an advocate of let­ting
prisoners sit around. "I don't
think prison ought to be fun."
He wants every prisoner to have
to work in one medium or anoth­er,
be it roadside clean-up, or
prison maintenance, he said.
Tapley sees many problems with
the chain-gang system, "It is a
public safety threat," he said. The
average non-life prison sentence in
Alabama is 2.9 years, he said.
If Alabama chains prisoners
together it is "going to make them
animals," he said. Tapley said that
the system will "make a bunch of
real mean people, and they're not
going to stay in prison. In 2.9
years, they are coming back out,"
he said.
State Rep. Pete Turnham of
Auburn said the system is in the
experimental stage and has not
been put before the legislature.
The Montgomery Advertiser
reported March 29 that state Rep.
John Knight of Montgomery will
oppose the system through legisla­tion
on the grounds that it is
"inhumane."
State Sen. Ted Little of Auburn
sees the issue as a "controversy as
to whether or not the budget gains
will outweigh the (negative)
image to the state."
Little recognizes that anyone
traveling through the state will
notice that there are prisoners
shackled to each other on the side
of the road.
Lady Tigers coach to chair fund-raiser for special school
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Staff Writer
Auburn women's basketball
coach Joe Ciampi is part of a spe­cial
fund-raiser in Valley, Ala.
The goal of the fund-raiser is to
raise $100,000 in one day for the
Valley Haven school budget. The
money raised will be matched by
state and federal funds. Ciampi is
the honorary chairman of the
annual Hike/Bike/Run at the
Valley Haven School for Retarded
Citizens, scheduled for May 6.
Valley Haven School is a year
round school for all ages of people
from Lee and Chambers Counties
who are mentally retarded or
multi-handicapped.
"Once you go there you fall in
love with those kids and the com­mitments
of everybody in the val­ley,"
said Ciampi, who has been
honorary chairman of the event
the past seven years.
Valley Haven's event, one of the
biggest one-day fund raisers in the
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By Jan Clifford
Editor
The multi-billion dollar, multi-faceted
Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc., known in every
American household, is knocking
on college doors.
Since it first took root in 1984,
Turner has grown like kudzu in
spring rain latching onto the cable
industry and spreading its vines to
encompass everything from news
to movies.
Now, it reaches out to snag the
best graduating seniors for its
newest venture.
Turner is offering a 12-month
internship-type program to six
seniors. Those chosen will partici­pate
in what is being called f-
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Kathy Mandato, T-2000 manag­er
for Turner Entertainment
Group Human Resources,
explained the origin and concept
of T-2000.
"Turner Entertainment Group
has been considering this for a
couple of years," Mandato said.
"It's an effort to begin building a
work force for the future. It's
about attracting creative, talented
people and building from the
ground up," she said.
Mandato described T-2000 as an
"intensive training program,"
rather than a strict internship.
"Recruits will rotate among TEG
divisions so they will get hands-on
experience in several areas,"
Mandato said. The divisions
include Turner Network
Television, TBS Superstation, TBS
Productions, the Cartoon Network
and Turner Home Entertainment.
Each rotation is to last between
four and eight weeks.
"In the Cartoon Network, for
example, recruits will be exposed
to a division that has international
scope," Mandato said.
Full-time Turner employees will
mentor recruits.
"All mentors are senior-level
management," she said. "They are
there to guide as well as evaluate."
Scott Safon, vice president of
marketing for Turner Network
Television and a T-2000 mentor,
described the intensity of the pro­gram.
"(Recruits) will be functioning
as full-time employees. We want
them actively participating as they
pick up business skills, as their
creativity is challenged.
"We want them to see the nature
of the business from top to bot­tom,"
Safon said.
"As a mentor, my job is two­fold.
First, to watch over the
trainee and make sure (he or she)
gets hands-on experience. And so
that they will have the opportuni­ty
to learn from full-time employ­ees,"
Safon said.
Press releases which announce
the nationwide search call for
"convincing presentations" to be
sent by April 7.
Mandato, who has helped mold
T-2000 since December 1994, said
the program is indicative of the
underlying motivation at Turner
Entertainment Group.
"When I started working with
T-2000, and we were deciding
how to begin our search, I started
with a more structured approach,
the old routine: send resumes,
cover letters and such. But that
seemed to be too rigid," she said.
"Creativity is such a big part of
TEG. This program had to empha­size
that aspect," she said.
Post office establishes complaint committee
By CaDie Murray
Staff Writer
The U.S. Post Office in Auburn
recently formed a committee to
hear and act on the community's
postal complaints.
The Customer Advisory
Committee is a group of volun­teers
who will deal with problems
having the most impact on the
community, Postmaster Dan
McLaughlin said.
"We basically want to improve
our service to the community," he
said.
Anyone interested in this com­mittee
is encouraged to join.
"We are still advertising for
more members. Ideally we want
seven or eight on the committee,"
McLaughlin said.
The committee has been togeth­er
since February and has only
four members.
Anyone that wishes to file a
complaint may submit it to any
committee member, McLaughlin
said.
"Each member has their own
post office box used exclusively
for complaints," he said.
Mary Smith, a member of the
advisory committee, said that any
complaint registered to the com­mittee
will be turned into a recom­mendation
at that time.
This recommendation will be
given to McLaughlin for approval,
Smith said.
"I consider every recommenda­tion
I receive, but sometimes it
may cost more money than I can
approve. I then turn it over to my
boss," McLaughlin said.
An issue being considered cur­rently
is more lighting in the post
office parking lot, Smith said.
There has been little response so
far because many people do not
know the committee exists, Smith'
said.
"We want it known to the public
that we are here," Smith said.
Those from the community vol­unteering
their time are Jack
Pickerell, Mary Smith, David Hall
and Jim Dangler.
All members can be reached
through post office boxes for com­plaint
filing.
The committee also encourages
students to become involved.
"We entertain students serving.
We want to hear their voice
because students contribute to
such a large part of the communi­ty,"
McLaughlin said.
Any student interested in serv­ing
on the committee can contact
the post office for information, he
said.
The committee hopes to make a
difference in community and post
office relations.
McLaughlin said,"We are basi­cally
designed to be a liaison
between the postal service and the
community."
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Airport plans
second phase
of expansion
By Alicia Simmons
Staff Writer
Sen. Howell Heflin announced March
28 that the Auburn-Opelika Robert G.
Pitts Airport will receive funding for
expansion and development.
The Auburn-Opelika Airport has been
awarded $713,865 from the Federal
Aviation Administration for the second
phase of the project to acquire land for
development.
Jim Ferguson, vice president for admin­istrative
services said, "The expansion is
going to provide an additional margin of
safety for the airport."
In what Ferguson describes as a "multi-year
multi-project," the school-owned air­port
also plans to lengthen the runway for
larger aircrafts.
"The community sees it as an economic
opportunity.
"Their primary motivation for the
expansion is a way to import business
and industry into the area," he said.
Ferguson said a corporation consider­ing
moving to the Auburn-Opelika area
may look at the advantages of an airport
with longer runways for larger aircrafts,
as a means to increase business.
He said the first thing on the agenda
will be the acquisition of Lee-Scott
Academy, which is currently located on
Heflin announces retirement
The Auburn Plainsman/ANNE WYNN
The runway expansion will be funded by a grant from the FAA.
East Glenn Avenue, near the airport's
runway.
The first increment of the grant for
expansion was $1.6 million.
He said, "The balance of the funding for
the relocation project will come from the
local governments and the state."
Lea Hurt, Heflin's assistant press secre­tary/
said the funding will be used to relo­cate
the school because "Lee-Scott is locat­ed
within the building restriction lines of
the airport."
Lee-Scott Principal John Meals said the
school was allowed to build at its Glenn
Avenue location under different guide­lines.
Meals said at the time the school was
built in 1967, the restriction lines fell out­side
the school's property, but because of
rezoning, the lines were moved.
"(The school was) grandfathered under
the old clause," Meals said. "Under those
guidelines, the school could remain as
long as there was no (airport) expansion."
Students attending the academy will
attend school at a new location Fall 1996.
The school will take up residence on 75
acres of property at the end of Gatewood
Drive, Meals said.
The FAA also awarded the Birmingham
International Airport $3 million to contin­ue
its noise-compatibility plan.
The improvement grant will be used to
buy land, build fences and prepare an
updated map of the airport property.
ByPattiLong
Staff Writer
"Today marks one of the most difficult
decisions I have faced during my 16 plus
years in (Congress)," Sen. Howell Heflin
said March 29 in a statement to Congress
announcing his decision to retire after his
current term ends in 1996.
Heflin won his first senate race in 1978.
"The time to pass the torch is near,"
Heflin said, but gave no clear reason for his
decision.
Fellow Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby
said, "I will certainly miss his council and
his leadership."
Heflin is a member of several congres­sional
committees, including the
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Committees and the Judiciary Committee.
He is chairman of the subcommittee on
Rural Development and Rural
Electrification and the subcommittee on
Courts and Administrative practice.
Alabama state Rep. Pete Turnham said,
"Howell Heflin is one of the greatest pub­lic
servants Alabama ever produced."
Heflin's successful campaigns include
opening and maintaining foreign markets
for American producers of cattle and poul­try
and leading the fight to keep the
Cooperative Extension Service.
Richard Guthrie, associate dean of agri­culture,
said, "He has been a major sup­porter
of Auburn University and agricul­ture
in all of Alabama."
In his announcement Heflin said, "The
agricultural community, while small in
number, is considerably better off today
when I came to the Senate in 1979."
While he is well known for his agricul­ture
work with the cotton, peanut and soy­bean
programs, Heflin also has helped
HOWELL HEFLIN
Senator
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North Alabama, among other things.
According to Guthrie, Auburn was
involved with the planning and design on
these projects, but he said it benefits agri­culture
in general.
Heflin is currently supporting a grant for
Auburn's poultry science department to
improve its program. "We're optimistic
that money has already been appropriated
and approved. We're still working closely
with him now, and he's just as powerful as
ever," Guthrie said.
Turnham said Heflin was dedicated to
meeting the needs of the state.
"He knows how to get things done,"
Turnham said, describing Heflin as an
"honorable man" and a "solid senator in
all areas."
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"Serving the Auburn community 101 years'
Jan Clifford
Editor
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Managing Editor
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Business Manager
Ashley Wright
Production Director
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Copy Editor
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Special Sections Editor
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Art Editor
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News Editor
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Scope Editor
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First Assistants- Grace Byrd, Scott Butler, Dennis Dube, Lianne Norcutt, Dena
Pollard, Libby Waldrop, Chris Wilkerson
SGA elections provide students
chance to make campus changes
Candidate diversity, promises of solutions to problems
offer opportunity for each vote to make a difference
S omething is taking place today which
should concern students very much.
The winds of change are blowing down
the Plains today as new leaders replace the
old.
As Auburn students, we have a vested
interest in what goes on around this campus
and what changes will be made.
We've all heard the politician's promises
that ring hollow as soon as their oaths are
taken.
On the other hand, we've also seen good
leaders elected, leaders who will work hard
to ensure their promises are kept and their
debt paid.
It's up to you, fellow students, to make
sure the leaders we elect will do their best to
represent you.
"But I don't even know them." While this
may be true, they're going to represent you,
whether you have a say or keep quiet.
It's worth it to you to take a few seconds
of your time and vote for the candidates you
feel will do their best to try to understand
you and your needs and support them as
they campaign for office.
Student apathy has been a problem in
Auburn elections for years. This year, a turn­around
is expected because of the extensive
diversity of the candidates and the wide
variety of changes they've promised to make
— if elected.
The students are the ones who pay to
attend this institution of higher learning;
therefore, we should be the ones who choose
tomorrow's leaders after evaluating their
perceived ability to exact change from the
administration, faculty and other powers
that be.
You can make a difference. Vote today.
Auburn's homophobic atmosphere
forces gays, lesbians into closet
Community attitudes deny basic human rights,
tolerance provides key to vital social change
Page C-l of this week's Auburn
Plainsman, the Scope section features the
first article in a series about minority groups
in Auburn — their lifestyles, concerns and
hopes for the future.
We chose one of the most discussed
groups to begin the series: the homosexual
community.
When this story idea originated, The
Plainsman's sources were willing to speak
honestly about themselves. But, as deadline
drew near, many felt uneasy about seeing
their names in print. While a variety of rea­sons
were given, the one reason most often
articulated was fear of harassment.
,In light of this perceived fear, the editors at
The Plainsman are compelled to respond to a
community who, while calling itself educat­ed,
may be denying its citizens' access to a
life without fear.
It is difficult negotiating perceived threat
with what, in actuality, exists. However, the
consistently strong feelings these sources
had, cannot be dismissed.
What is the climate in Auburn? If we had
to rank on a scale of one to 10 our individual
tolerance levels, where would we fall?
Precedence does shed some light. In
January 1991, a student shot, with a pellet
gun, another student who was standing with
a group from the Auburn Gay and Lesbian
Association.
Because of threats and general harassment
of its members, the AGLA now changes its
meeting locations weekly.
This is an issue of tolerance, not a political
debate. It has nothing to do with demanding
an acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle. It
has everything to do with accepting the
people living it.
World-Series Tigers deserve home
worthy of high-caliber baseball
Parker Construction Co. wins bid for renovations,
Tiger fans eager to visit new Plainsman Park
I f they build it we will come . . . we
promise.
Though the University's original plans for
the new baseball stadium projected comple­tion
in time for this season's SECWestern
Division Championships, high costs halted
progress.
Now, with a low bid and high hopes, the
1996 season is the new prospect.
The Plainsman commends our nationally-ranked
baseball team and coach Hal Baird for
patience during the wait.
We strongly urge University officials to con­tinue
the progress already made on the park's
plans and remind them that fans expect to see
results soon.
With a budgeted $3.2 million dollars and a
low bid from Parker Construction, Co. of
$2.17 miilion, cost restraints should no longer
be an obstacle.
As the baseball season continues to prove
that the Tigers are a national force, there's no
better time than the present to show that the
University wants to provide an equally excel­lent
facility.
The expression of this newspaper's opinion is restricted to this page. The unsigned columns
above reflect the views of The Plainsman's editorial board which is comprised of the executive
staff/and section editors. Other opinion, often contrasting*is offered in adjoining columns. [-
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Fear of differences causes disunity
This week in Scope, we decided
to run an article attempting to
uncover what it's like to be gay in
Auburn.
When Libby Waldrop originally
wrote the story, she only had one
source who said he didn't want to
be named, but when the others
found out that the story would be
published, they decided against
allowing their names to run along
with the information they gave her.
I think this is an indication that
the climate in which we live is defi­nitely
not as accepting as we some­times
think it is.
Auburn is a microcosm of liberal­ism
— not in the way most people
believe politically, but in the way
that we are all here to be educated
and experience new things.
In comparison to other places
Auburn's size, this city is advanced
in its acceptance of differences in
people. But being advanced is not
enough.
With our education should come
tolerance. Not necessarily a com­plete
acceptance of lifestyles differ­ent
from our own, but a tolerance
J. Elizabeth Smith
of different lifestyles in a way that
admits they exist and the people
who live their lives differently are
indeed human and deserve to be
treated that way.
Auburn has had a history of
intolerance that has been heavily
publicized throughout the nation. I
can't tell you enough how much
this makes me sad.
It couldn't have gotten that much
better from the time of these inci­dents,
since as a result of a story
we are running this week, we came
into contact with three different
people who were so uncomfortable
with Auburn's climate that they
chose not to let the students know
how they felt in their hearts.
We need to look at the people we
are shutting out here. We need to
look at how we are closing our­selves
off from experiencing beau­tiful
people and beautiful things
because sometimes we might (for
God's sake) feel uncomfortable.
Feeling uncomfortable personally
is no reason to spread negative
feelings onto others who are just
trying to live their lives the best
way they know how.
In a perfect world, this would
not be an issue. In a perfect world
we could all get along, but obvi­ously
this is not a perfect world.
But it is a world that we all live
in, that we all share.
I think maybe we should take a
long, hard look how we treat other
people. Maybe a close examination
will tell us the choices other people
make do not have a big impact on
how we live, but the way we treat
others and feel about ourselves in
our hearts does.
/. Elizabeth Smith is the Scope
Editor at The Auburn Plainsman
Columnists gains insight from cartoon
When placed in a small group
situation where the leader wants
everyone to introduce themselves
and tell "something interesting
about their life," I generally forfeit
my name and tell the group that
my all-time hero is Schroeder from
Peanuts.
While there are certainly plenty
of worthy recipients of my admira­tion,
I almost always will take after
an artist's creation before I will
emulate a person.
Artists like Jim Henson, Dr. Seuss
and Charles Shultz have more
influence over children than I'm
sure they would be ready to take
credit for.
The characters they created often
make perfect role models — not
just for kids — but for everyone.
It is undeniable that virtually all
of the characters these artists create
have qualities worthy of admira­tion.
Even the Grinch gave back all the
Christmas stuff in the end.
Kermit the Frog displayed amaz­ing
leadership qualities by holding
The Muppet Show together as long
as he did.
His tolerance of Miss Piggy
never ceases to amaze me. His will­ingness
to stay with her is some­thing
everyone can admire.
Linus, in his relentless search for
the Great Pumpkin teaches us how
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to cope with disappointment. His
persistence is also an impressive
feat.
Granted, you might not notice
how much you can learn from even
the most minor of the characters
these men created.
The Swedish Chef has a severe
speech impediment, but doesn't let
it stop him from putting on a cook­ing
show.
Sam I Am is a perfect example of
a man with the tenacity to get
something accomplished. By refus­ing
to take no for an answer, Sam is
able to change a firmly planted
opinion.
But the character I follow the
closest and with the most admira­tion
is Schroeder. Yes, Schroeder,
leaning over his piano with Lucy
kicked back on what gives a new
definition to a baby grand.
Schroeder is the definition of
cool.
By continually refusing Lucy
insight into his life, he remains a
mysterious fourth grader with a
passion for music.
That he can be cool with Lucy
hitting on him so incessantly
would indicate to some chat maybe
he's just not into girls yet, but the
truth is, he is merely selective, and
being picky is an amazingly
admirable quality.
His passion and concentration
are things I have always looked up
to.
The political impact that these
artists deliver cannot be understat­ed.
Particularly Dr. Seuss, was able
to work on the level of a child
while still delivering a message to
the world.
The Sneeches is a story about
accepting who you are, but is also a
satire on classism and racism.
The Lorax is a book that addresses
environmental issues in a way that
makes gross commercialism a true
enemy of kind-hearted folk every­where.
Pay close attention to art that
may be perceived as aimed toward
children, there is content in there
for us all.
Chris Wilkerson is Assistant News
Editor at the Auburn Plainsman
Oprah-osity provides break excitement
Question: What did you do over
Spring Break?
Is the answer: (a) "I went home
and worked, displaying an aston­ishing
amount of maturity and
financial savvy," (b) "I lost my
innocence on the sunny, beer-and-vomit-
soaked shores of Panama
City Beach," or (c) "I went on a
vacation based entirely on the hope
of getting my face on television?"
Well, if you know me, you realize
that (a) and (b) are inapplicable to
me in ways which I won't even
begin to go into here, leaving the
correct answer (c).
Yes, I used my respite from the
hurly-burly campus life of an
English major and all-around
raconteur to trek to Chicago, deter­mined
to have my fifteen minutes
of fame as an audience member of
The Oprah Winfrey Shoio.
Unfortunately, my fifteen glori­ous
minutes turned out to be about
fifteen blurry milliseconds, yet I
emerged from the experience a bet­ter
person, in a way that only my
fellow Oprah-lovers can under­stand.
If you happened to be watching
that fateful March 20, then perhaps
you saw me (along with two fellow
Oprah-philes from the Plains) as
the camera panned away from
Oprah's radiant visage and cut to
the mega-fabulous Vanessa
Williams onstage. Look closely —
ft
Max Jones
I'm the third nebulous white blob
from the left.
But more important than my
appearance (or lack thereof) on the
show, were the fascinating details
of what goes on before, during and
after the actual taping.
After standing in line for over an
hour (we spent what seemed like
hundreds of dollars and thousands
of hours on the phone trying to get
these tickets, and we were not
going to end up in the nosebleed
section, content with occasional
long-distance flashes of Oprah's
Wonderbra-enhanced cleavage), we
were herded into a large holding
pen, allowed to purchase Oprah
paraphernalia (I'll wear my T-shirt
proudly) and ultimately seated in
the pleasantly mauve-tinted studio.
Several annoying pep talks later,
the show finally began. Oprah was
brilliant, of course. And guests
Vanessa Williams, Roberta Flack
and Gloria Estefan all shone in
their own special way. ^
Of course, you would shine too if
you had a phalanx of personal
assistants and groomers descend
upon you during every commercial
— Gloria, did you really need your
hair brushed 18 times in a single
hour?
Once the show was over, my
"Brush with Greatness" moment
had arrived— I got to shake
Oprah's hand! As I touched the
same appendage that had consoled
schizophrenic teenage mothers,
caressed the arms of Satan-wor­shipping
nuns with Attention-
Deficit Syndrome and stroked
Michael Jackson (ooh — don't take
me there), I felt a little bit of her
power, her glamour, her overall
Oprah-osity flow into me. It was
like heaven, in a syndicated-televi-sion-
show kind of way.
So, even though I did not get to
fulfill my dream of calling a pan­elist
"trash," putting my open hand
in another person's face to show
my disdain or accidentally calling
Oprah "Oaf-rah" (or worse,
"Rolonda"), I wouldn't have traded
my Oprah Winfrey Show experience
for all the Ricki Lake hoochie
mamas or Jerry Springer hermaph­rodites
in the world. For that magi­cal
hour in Harpo Studios, I was
every woman. Well, not exactly, but
you know what I mean...
Max Jones is a Staff Writer for Tlie
Auburn Plainsman *••
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1995 (Ebe&uburnPIainsnran SECTION A PAGE 11
TTER
Southerner praises Dixie
Editor, The Plainsman:
With the warming weather, the
roads will start to dry, and 130
years ago that meant our great
armies would start to prepare for
the spring and summer cam­paigns.
It was those campaigns that
gave us everlasting glory in the
annals of world lore. It was those
campaigns that basked our region
in complete and everlasting glory.
Before I go any further, let me
reassert my pledge to the South.
The South is a land that has
known sorrows; it is a land that
has broken the ashen crust and
moistened it with tears; a land
scarred and riven by the plow­share
of war and billowed and
heroic memories.
To that land every drop of my
blood, every fiber of my being,
every pulsation of my heart is
consecrated forever.
I have born of her womb, I was
nurtured at her breast; and when
my last hour shall come, I pray
God that I may be pillowed
under her bosom and rocked to
sleep within her tender and encir­cling
arms.
Spineless Southern school
boards and squeamish adminis­trators
banned the playing of
Dixie at ballgames, and timid,
waffling, local officials retired our
proud flags from our courthouses
and city halls.
Today is a different. We have
had to deal with pests before —
Boll Weevils, mosquitoes and fire
ants — we have dealt with them
successfully.
Yes, today we beat back a
timid, waffling Governor of
Georgia who tried to remove our
battle flag from the state flag.
Yes, today Harley-Davidson
put the battle flag back on its
logo and yes, today we beat the
NAACP and other militant
activist groups who tried to
remove our battle flag from atop
the capital building in South
Carolina.
Tomorrow looks even better.
The world will come to the Deep
South in 1996 and will see what
we are all about. They will help
us DESTROY FOREVER the mis­conceptions
that the rest of the
nation has about us.
Yes, tomorrow looks bright,
indeed.
North Carolina is trying to
incorporate our battle flag into its
state flag, and it is rumored that
the heart of dixie will once again
fly her true colors from atop its
lofty position.
It is not untimely or unreason­able
to tell the South to cultivate
her superiority as a people; to
maintain her old schools of litera­ture
and scholarship; to assert, in
the forms of her thought, and in
the style of her manners, her
peculiar civilization.
We are rising, and the surface is
in sight. Once we break through
the surface, one can only imagine.
Lest we forget.
George Copeland Jr.
05PO
NEA offers opportunities, culture to American public
Editor, The Plainsman:
Your column titled
"Privatization means liberation
for the arts" (March 9,1995) dis­plays
no knowledge concerning
actual National Endowment for
the Arts' programs or the mission
of that organization, and your
"solution" to public debate over
the arts reveals a fundamental
misunderstanding of the intricate
and gradual process of peer
review through which all NEA
money is distributed.
You compound these over­sights
by claiming that "support­ers
of the NEA never stopped to
consider how dangerous to them­selves
and that same society the
subsidization of art could be."
Supporters of the NEA, includ­ing
those of us who have served
on NEA panels and committees,
have certainly considered the
ramifications of government
funding for the arts. We have, in
fact, examined the healthy rela­tionships
between Americans' art
and government in the '70s, as
well as the current relationships
in Ireland (where professional
artists pay no income tax),
Catalonia, France and the
Canadian province of Ontario
(which allocates more public
money for the arts annually than
the entire NEA).
Why do these programs sel­dom
get entangled in debilitating
censorship controversies?
Perhaps because the citizens do
not attempt to micro-manage the
arts, just as most Americans
would not consider telling admi­rals
how to maneuver fleets, sen­ators
how many reams of station­ary
to order or USDA inspectors
how carefully to examine a
porterhouse steak.
Certainly, the arts should be
considered and debated in pub­lic,
for this suggests a lively con­cern
with our culture, but not
with an eye to some defensive
abolition of the centuries-old and
successful patronage of the arts
by governments.
If you examine the funding
sources of valuable arts programs
like the Montgomery Ballet, THE
GEORGIA REVIEW, the Alabama
Shakespeare Festival or Kennedy
Center, you will discover how
crucial to the raising of generous
private funding in the small but
symbolically important seed
money from the NEA.
Perhaps the old saw, "I don't
know much about art, but I
know what I like" is the basis of
much current opposition to the
NEA, and perhaps this debate
provides us with an opportunity
and a reason to reserve a trend
and learn about arts.
If we begin to take them seri­ously
as an arena for the negotia­tion
and preservation of values,
we will come to understand how
healthy dialogue between gov­ernment,
and the arts could
reward us all.
R. T. Smith
Alumni Writer-in-Residence
Alumnus challenges NROTC
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Editor, The Plainsman:
Challenge time! I only saw
Bill Haase, Tim Atkinson, Ray
Emerson, Keith Pierce and Jim
Webb on the First NROTC
Alumni Social Roster. If you will
remember, we always talked
about an alumni organization,
but we let someone else start it!
Still, we can be the largest
group. How about it... let's
make that next roster too big for
the paper!
FYI... After Auburn, I com­manded
the Navy Recruiting
vJCka^Tribuna
Area Four, and my last duty sta­tion
was Governor — of the
Naval Retirement Home in
Gulfport, Miss. — great com­mand.
I retired in 1988, came to
Melbourne, Fla. as Alumni
Director at Florida Institute of
Technology, left there in 1992
and in 1993, accepted a position
as Executive Director of the
Alzheimer's Association East
Central Florida Chapter.
It is a tremendous challenge,
just as it was at Auburn
University. I like the work and
the chance to build a program to
help people. Have my Auburn
University memorabilia in my
office, can still remember most
of you and look forward to see­ing
the 1981-84 Navy, Marine
Corps and Midshipman year
groups and Mariners on the
Plank Owner roster. We never
failed a challenge and ALWAYS
managed to paint that tower.
Joseph L. Steckler
Captain, USN (Ret.)
Executive Director
Alzheimer's Association
CORRECTIONS
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ON CAMPUS
University election results to be announced tonight
Campus election results will be announced tonight at 10
p.m. at the Student Activities Center Pavilion.
In the event of bad weather, the announcements will be
made in the Foy Union Ball Room.
'AULean' inventor wins national award
University meat scientist, Dale Huffman, recently won the
National Agri-Marketing Association's National Award for
Agricultural Excellence.
Huffman, director of the Auburn-based Food Technology
Institute, developed the "AU Lean" reduced-fat ground beef.
NAMA commended Huffman on his "outstanding contribu­tions
in the development of lowfat ground beef and lowfat fresh
pork sausage."
Huffman's "AU Lean" was adopted by McDonald's as the
chief component of the "McLean Deluxe" sandwich, has been
chosen for use in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's School
Lunch Program and adopted for use at Walt Disney World and
Disney land.
— Compiled from AU Report
OTHER CAMPUSES
UF administration lifts fraternity's suspension
University of Florida's chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity is no
longer under temporary suspension.
• The fraternity was suspended after an investigation by uni­versity
police for an alleged rape at the house Feb. 24.
1 "I informed (Sigma Chi President) Rob Bennett that, based on
the investigation, group action was not a factor and therefore
the temporary suspension has been lifted," said Thomas Hill,
student services dean. "That means that if there was a rape it
was not common knowledge in the house when it happened."
According to Irene Stevens, assistant dean of student judicial
affairs, individual fraternity members still may face charges.
— Compiled from Alligator reports
Environmental council works to 'free the planet'
The Alabama Environmental Council recently began its Free the
Planet National Petition Drive.
The council expressed its intent to circulate a petition listing
an Environmental Bill of Rights emphasizing Americans' rights
to a safe, clean environment.
The council also displayed a chart showing recent votes con­gressional
members have cast on environmental issues.
— Compiled from The Crimson White reports
-Forbes 400 member,
'AU contributor dies
1946 graduate
.donated $5 million
for Harbert Hall
'By Kathleen Bynum
Staff Writer
* Auburn alumnus and philan­thropist
John M. Harbert HI died
Friday, March 31, in Houston,
Texas. He was 73.
* Among the mourners gathered
Sunday for
his funeral,
»held at St.
M a r y ' s
' E p i s c o p a l
^Church in
Birmingham,
was Gov. Fob
James.
* H a r b e r t
supported the
Governor in
#his campaign for office last year.
"The Rev. Maurice L. "Rusty"
Goldsmith, rector of St. Mary's,
officiated the service.
Harbert, a 1946 Auburn gradu­ate,
received a degree in civil engi­neering
and began a career in con-
%truction.
Harbert
In 1949, he founded Harbert
Corporation.
George "Ed" Ramey, Feagin
Professor of civil engineering, at
Auburn, said, "He was a very
energetic, dynamic and produc­tive
individual, who didn't believe
in such things as the status quo."
Harbert was among Forbes 400
1984 listing of the wealthiest
Americans.
He was involved with many
projects. He donated $5 million to
the University's civil engineering
department in the early 1980s, that
went to build Harbert Hall.
He gave $3.5 million to
Birmingham-Southern University
for a building in honor of his wife
and provided $1 million to the
Alabama School of Fine Arts for
the construction of a new home.
Harbert served on various
boards including the Eye
Foundation Hospital, Boy Scouts
of America, School of Fine Arts
and AmSouth Bank. He also
served on the vestry at St. Mary's.
Harbert is survived by his wife,
Marguerite; two sons, John
Harbert IV of Birmingham and
Ramon Harbert of Birmingham;
and a daughter, Marguerite Gray
of Birmingham.
Company gets bid on 'field of dreams'
By Sean Hudson
Staff Writer
Hal Baird will finally get his
own field of dreams for" the start of
the 1996 baseball season.
After 11 years of service as
Auburn's head baseball coach,
Baird will realize his dream of
competing in a complex that ranks
with the top teams in the nation.
Parker Construction Co. of
Auburn was awarded the contract
as low bidder. The $2.17-million
contract was the lowest bid
between four companies.
Joe Belser, estimator and project
manager for Parker Construction
Co., said construction will begin at
the end of the Tigers' home base­ball
schedule in May. He expects
the project to be completed by the
beginning of the 1996 baseball sea­son.
"For the first time, we will face
up head-to-head with the top pro­grams,"
Baird said. "It is a terrific
design. It is going to incorporate
all the fan amenities."
Seating capacity will increase
from 1,500 to 2,700 or 2,900,
depending on what type of seats
will be used. There will also be 520
reserved box seats.
Nick McCoy, 02PZY, is looking
forward to the new stadium.
"Now it just looks like a bunch
of bleachers/'McCoy said. "The
new stadium would bring a nicer
atmosphere to watch a baseball
FILE
After two years of buget debates, Plainsman Park refurbishing will begin at the end of May.
game.
"The new stadium would make
me want to go see some games."
McCoy also is excited about the
new outfield wall installed before
the beginning of this season.
"It is going to bring some noto­riety
to Auburn," said McCoy of
the "Green Monster" replica.
The new 30-foot-high left-field
wall was part of the first phase of
the stadium renovation. Baird said
he has received positive reactions
to the new outfield fence from the
visiting baseball teams this season.
The design is the second design
for the new baseball stadium. The
first stadium design went over
budget and was canceled.
This will be the first baseball sta­dium
constructed by Parker
Construction Co., but the contrac­tors
have built other sports com­plexes
in the past.
"Being an unusual project
makes it interesting," Belser said.
"We are always happy to do some­thing
different and unusual, and
this project is exactly that."
The $2.17-million bid does not
include several options that will
be included in the project. The
extra options will increase the
budget of the project to $3.8 mil­lion.
Batting cages and locker rooms
built beneath the new stadium will
be some of the options added. The
entrance will be surrounded by a
decorative wrought iron fence.
When finished the stadium will
have a grandstand with new light­ing,
a public address system and
an enlarged press box. It also will
feature more concessions and new
restrooms.
Baird expects the renovation to
improve recruiting, add more fan
interest and make Auburn's base­ball
program one of the top in the
country. He also expects the team
to be better prepared in the early
season with the addition of the
new indoor batting cages.
KL accepts sanctions, Dateline holds tape
Kappa Sigma
punished for
hazing charges
ByMarkWDder
Assistant News Editor
During spring break Auburn's
Kappa Sigma fraternity received
its punishment for hazing inci­dents
by members.
The incidents were secretly
taped by Dateline NBC at the fra­ternity
in early December of last
year.
On March 25 members of the
fraternity appeared before their
national organization's supreme
executive committee in Denver,
Colo.
The supreme executive commit­tee
is the governing body of the
fraternity, said Mic Wilson, execu­tive
director of the Kappa Sigma
national organization.
"The chapter had 10 sanctions
placed against it for its participa­tion
in conduct unbecoming a
chapter of Kappa Sigma fraterni­ty,"
Wilson said.
Those sanctions include:
•The chapter has had a special-trustee
appointed to supervise the
sanctions against the chapter.
The Auburn Plainsman/SCOTT BUTLER
Kappa Sigma was reprimanded by its national organi­zation
after alleged hazing incidents in a Dateline tape.
The chapter will continue on sus­pension
indefinitely until that
trustee recommends reinstate­ment.
• The chapter has to initiate its
pledges within 15 days under
the supervision of the trustee.
• A visit has to be conducted by a
member of the fraternity's broth­erhood
development committee
at the chapter's expense.
• The chapter has to submit a
revised brotherhood develop­ment
program by this summer's
enclave meeting.
• Five hours of community ser-vicehas
to be performed by each
brother by this summer's enclave.
• The chapter house and all chap­ter
functions will be alcohol-free
for the remainder of this academic
year.
• Fifty percent of the undergrad­uate
chapter's membership has to
be proficient in the fraternity's rit­ual
by this summer's conclave.
• A representative or delegate
from the chapter has to appear
before the supreme executive
committee at the conclave to
give an update on the progress of
the chapter toward completing the
sanctions.
• If the chapter is guilty of any
further conduct unbecoming of a
chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity,
or if it violates Kappa Sigma poli­cy,
its charter will be revoked.
On Feb. 2, after viewing the
See KAPPA SIGMA / B-3
Fraternity suit
delays airing of
Dateline tape
By Dawn Kent
Staff Writer
Dateline NBC has a tape that
could damage the reputation of an
Auburn fraternity, University offi­cials
have said. So why hasn't it
aired on network television?
"The basic reason it hasn't aired
is that Kappa Sigma has a lawsuit
against Dateline," Lance Putnam,
vice-president of public relations
for the Interfraternity Council,
said.
A Feb. 16 issue of The
Plainsman reported the news pro­gram
had shown University offi­cials
a tape depicting alleged haz­ing
incidents taking place at a
Kappa Sigma Christmas party.
Dateline would not go into
detail about its undercover report­ing,
but said there had been an
investigative team in Auburn in
early December. Students at the
party speculated that the tape was
obtained by two men posing as
Kappa Sigma brothers from
another school.
See DATELINE / B-3
University Senate establishes harassment policy
By Dawn McDonald
Staff Writer
In an effort to protect the rights of faculty,
Auburn employees and students, the
University Senate decided March 14 to estab­lish
a University-wide definition of harass­ment.
On April 4, the Senate agreed to develop a
complaint committee, that will hear the com­plaint
and pending the sufficient evidence of
allegations, it will then proceed to a harass­ment
hearing committee.
The Senate previously agreed that students
on the hearing committee would not possess
voting capacity.
The Senate recently recommended and
approved amending the decision to extend
voting capacity to one student on the commit­tee
if the complaint involves a student.
Currently, a harassment policy exists in the
Tiger Cub. The need for a more indepth defini­tion
became evident a year ago when Larry
Gerber, associate professor of history, received
a letter addressing complaints involving a fac­ulty
member, Senate chair Yvonne Kozlowski
said.
In addition, during winter quarter 1993,
family child and development professor,
Catherine A. Solheim and assistant communi­cations
professor Susan L. Brinson, conducted
a campus study revealing the frequent occur­rences
of contrapower harassment on
Auburn's campus.
Contrapower harassment is defined as
harassment toward a female of power or posi­tion
by a male with less or no power.
More specifically, the survey concentrated
on female instructors receiving verbal or non­verbal
harassment from male students.
See HARASSMENT / B-3
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Candidates target parking, evaluations, involvement
FRANK GATTO
03PO Miami, Fla.
Why do you want to be SGA
President?
"Basically, why I'm running for
SGA president is a lot of things.
"It's very easy to be one of those
people that says I want things to
change, but it takes another per­son
to stand up and take action. I
decided that I want to take action,
and I want to do something. I
want to actually try to change
things, and I think I can do it."
What changes would you make if
elected?
"In my platform I talk about
parking. There is a very simple
and inexpensive solution to the
parking problem. A lot of people
talk about parking decks, but that
is very expensive.
"In doing research, if we open
up the class schedules and have
class schedules in the mornings
and in the afternoons.
"Instead of having the bulk of
classes from 9 to 2 and 10 to 2,
have them morning through the
afternoon.
"With a rotation there will be
more parking spaces open since
you won't have all the students
having to do class at the same
time.
"Then you've got a transit sys­tem.
With the research they've
done here, it is estimated a system
here would cost between $250,000
and $400,000 a year.
"I think if we work with the city,
and the city helps pay for it, that
would make it even cheaper. I feel
very strongly that the city should
help pay for it, because students
are a part of the community. We
pay a two-and-a-half percent extra
sales tax to this community. So
you can't say it won't help the
community. Because if it helps the
students, it is helping the commu­nity.
"When the school collects $1.3
million a year in parking fees and
parking tickets, $400,000 is not
very expensive. So the money is
there, and the research has been
done.
"I also feel very strongly that if
you take a course and don't pass,
or get a 'D', and you have to take
the class again, the grade for the
second class should replace the
first grade. Both grades should not
be on your transcript, and both
should not be averaged on your
grade point average:"
JENNIFER MEITIN
03RL Altamonte Spring, Fla.
Why do you want to be SGA
President?
"I want to run because I know I
can take the SGA to new heights.
The SGA has the potential to
touch so many people, and I want
to see that happen.
"My love of Auburn is what's
inspired me to run. But it's the
tremendous ground work of those
who have worked before me that
will enable me to take the SGA to
a new level."
What changes would you make if
elected?
"The main change I plan to
instate is to reconnect the SGA
with the student body. With the
use of school officers and senators,
more people can be reached. I
plan to be available weekly on a
president's talk show on WEGL. I
also plan to listen and devote a
year of my life to this office.
"I would like for students to
know their rights about things like
how to deal with parking fines.
Another thing that's very impor­tant
is that students realize the
services that are available, a lot of
which are free to them. Things like
career counseling, placement ser­vices
and E-mail accounts. There
are all kinds of things that help
make Auburn a better experience
for everyone.
"Lastly, I'm in favor of an acad­emic-
forgiveness policy. This poli­cy
would allow students to drop
15 hours of course work out of
their GPAs the first time they
change their major. This means
that the course and the grade will
remain on their transcript. But if
you start out in the wrong major,
you can take 15 hours of upper-level
classes that would now be in
your elective hours in your new
major. And you could drop them
off of your GPA. In turn it would
mean people would have better
GPAs coming from Auburn.
"Overall an academic-forgive­ness
policy would help students
who make the wrong decision
when they get here and start out
in the wrong major. It helps the
University have better students,
and helps students have better
GPAs."
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Why do you want to be SGA
President?
"I want to run because I think I
have a lot to offer, not just to the
University, but also to the student
body. There are a lot of ideas that
I would like to bring forward.
"My platform is based not just
on one or two issues, but on a lot
of small issues that fall into three
categories - create, continue and
change. All year long I would like
to work on those to form a basis
not just for this year, but for
administrations in the future.
What changes would you make if
elected?
"One of the first things I would
change is the teacher evaluation.
Right now they're not as effective
as we would like them to be.
"One thing I would like to see is
for the University to put in an
introductory-level course for
every school and college telling
students exactly what they will be
doing in their field. You would get
the chance not just to sit in a class
and learn everything, but also go
to a professional's office to see
what they do on a day-to-day
basis.
"The one thing I would change
about the SGA is I would try to get
more organizations involved in
the SGA. Right now you have 300
plus organizations that are under-represented
on SGA. I think the
communications could be
stronger.
"I also think the communication
between students and advisors
could be stronger."
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Kappa Sigma Continued from page B1
tape, University officials followed
the lead of the fraternity's national
organization and suspended
recognition of the fraternity.
Now the fraternity members
must wait to see if the University
•will take any further action.
Jim Hardin, adviser to the
Interfraternity Council, said the
University is awaiting word on the
sanctions from the national organi­zation.
"Then the Office of Student
•Affairs' Committee on Fraternities
and Sororities will review those
sanctions and decide whether to
do anything above and beyond
that," Hardin said.
That committee is composed of
three people from Student Affairs,
tthree faculty members, two mem­bers
of the Interfraternity Council
and two members of the
Panhellenic Council, Hardin said.
The committee may endorse the
sanctions, make modifications to
them or impose additional require­ments,
Hardin said.
Pete Pepinsky, executive direc­tor
of University Relations, said he
is not sure when the committee
will meet.
Pepinsky is one of the
University officials who has
viewed the Dateline NBC tape.
"Personally, what I saw on the
tape was something that shouldn't
go on. What I saw was individuals
not making wise decisions," he
said.
There were three segments on
the tape, Pepinsky said.
"On the first one, there was a
naked man facing away from the
camera, thank goodness, and it
looked like folks were pouring
beer over his head," Pepinsky said.
Pepinsky said that was the
brothers celebrating "in their own
weird way" a member's having
just lavaliered his girlfriend.
The second segment, Pepinsky
said, showed five fraternity mem­bers
being encouraged to drink.
The third segment showed two
other members who were told to
wrestle in a hallway, Pepinsky
said.
"It wasn't as exciting as profes­sional
wrestling," Pepinsky said.
Hardin also saw the tape. He
said the incidents were hazing
according to University policy out­lined
in the Tiger Cub.
"Auburn interprets hazing as
any action taken, or situation cre­ated
intentionally, whether on or
off fraternity premises, to produce
a mental or physical discomfort,
embarrassment, harassment or
ridicule," Hardin said.
However, Pepinsky said, there is
a question whether the incidents
would be considered hazing under
Alabama law.
"It's my understanding that
under Alabama statute, hazing is a
misdemeanor.
"But hazing requires the hazed
to file a complaint," Pepinsky said.
"If you don't have someone filing
a complaint, it's not considered a
law enforcement issue."
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Dateline Continued from page B1
University Relations Director
Pete Pepinsky said the national
office of Kappa Sigma has raised
^questions about how the tape was
obtained.
"I think that there has been
some controversy raised that the
way (Dateline) went about this
wasn't exactly kosher," he said.
Pepinsky added that the idea of
#two men misrepresenting them­selves
and filming secretly in a
private residence could be seen as
unethical.
* "Dateline's journalistic credibili­ty
is being questioned," Putnam
•Harassment
Solheim and Brinson found
these occurrences to be most fre­quent
when the women conducted
a democratic style of teaching
thus, engaging the class in discus­sion.
' Two hundred and nineteen sur­veys
were reviewed in the study,
which involved graduate teaching
•assistants, instructors, assistant
professors, associate professors
and professors.
. Fifty-five percent of the respon-said.
Frank Patek, legal counsel for
Kappa Sigma, would not com­ment
on the case.
Dateline's camera crews visited
Auburn twice last quarter. During
that time, they taped several fra­ternities'
winter Rush activities
and interviewed administrators
for a show that was to be a cosmic
look at fraternities.
"This piece is not specifically on
Auburn," John Bianchi, a press
representative for Dateline, said.
"This piece is on fraternities
nationwide."
Continued from page B1
However, Bianchi would not
say when the show will air. Some
speculation has been made as to
whether the show has aired in
other parts of the country.
"It's still being shot, so I can't
get into specifics about it," Bianchi
said.
Pepinsky said Dateline has been
vague about the segment's air
date.
"When they were here in
February, they said look for it at
the end of February.
"Then we called them at the
beginning of March, and they said
look for it at the end of March," he
said.
Pepinsky said though the seg­ment
may eventually air, the tape
taken at the Kappa Sigma
Christmas party may not be
included.
Jim Goodwin, president of
Auburn's chapter of Kappa Sigma,
said the way the tape was
obtained has been a major con­cern.
"Basically our nationals and
Dateline came to an agreement
that they're most likely not going
to show the stuff on us," he said.
dents had experienced occasional
contrapower harassment, 16 per­cent
encountered frequent inci­dents
and 28 percent had rare
experiences.
Also, women teaching in tradi­tionally
male colleges (agriculture,
business and engineering) experi­enced
verbal sexual comments,
written sexual comments (found
in teaching evaluations) and
threats of disciplinary action.
It has now been recommended
that the definition of harassment
be extended to include amorous
relationships between faculty and
students and also sexual orienta­tion
harassment.
According to Becky Liddle,
assistant professor of counseling
and counseling psychology,
harassment involving sexual ori­entation
does occur on campus.
Students experiencing such
harassment are not protected
under the current policy.
Kozlowski said, further distinc­tion
of what constitutes harass­ment
will allow issues to be han­dled
with relevant speed — pro­viding
a formal hearing which will
insure adequate protection for all
involved parties.
"Harassment of people who are
different in any way has always
been a problem at Auburn.
Personally, I wish the policy had
always included sexual orienta­tion
for all people of campus."
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By Marie Wilder
Assistant News Editor
On March 27 students and facul­ty
at the University's Large
Animal Clinic noticed a female
llama acting overly aggressive and
injuring her 4-week-old baby, Dr.
James Wright, an epidemiologist
in the College of Veterinary
Medicine, said.
Dr. Larry Swango, a virologist
and the acting head of Laboratory
Animal Health at the veterinary
college, said, "The llama was try­ing
to bite other adult llamas in the
same paddock.
"But (faculty and students)
weren't able to find evidence that
the llama broke the skin of any of
those animals."
Wright said the baby llama did
have a small wound on her tail.
The aggressive llama was isolat­ed
in a stall after displaying symp­toms
of rabies. Within four hours,
the llama had died.
Swango said, "I don't think the
baby will get sick and die. We
don't expect any others in the herd
to get sick."
If any of the other animals do
contract rabies, Swango said, it
could be several weeks before they
show symptoms.
The llama's brain tissue was
tested at both the Veterinary
Medicine pathology lab and at the
State Public Health Rabies
Laboratory in Montgomery,
Wright said.
On March 30, the test results
confirmed that the animal had
rabies.
As a result, 19 veterinary stu­dents,
faculty
members and
employees had
possibly been
exposed to
rabies, Wright
said.
Of those
exposed, 17 had
received pre-e
x p o s u r e
i m m u n i z a t i on
against rabies.
The other two
are new employees who had not
received the pre-exposure vaccine
"All of our students, staff and
faculty who work with the ani­mals
are required to receive pre­exposure
vaccine for rabies,"
Swango said.
Wright said, "Anyone who has
had pre-exposure vaccination only
needs to receive two injections of
rabies vaccine following a known
exposure to rabies."
The two new employees will
receive five doses of vaccine plus
rabies immune globulin, Wright
said.
Sam Hendrix, associate editor at
the College of Veterinary
Medicine's quarterly newsletter
for Vet school alumni, said a facul­ty
member, Dr. David Pugh, did
have his hand in the llama's
//
A11 of our students, staff and faculty who work with the
animals are required to receive pre-exposure vaccine for
rabies m
Dr. Larry Swango
head of Laboratory Animal Health
mouth while investigating the sit­uation.
However, Pugh's skin wasn't
broken by the bite, Hendrix said.
Swango said llamas, like cattle,
are herbivores which feed mainly
on grass or other plants.
Herbivores' teeth are not as
effective as a dog's or cat's at
transmitting rabies, Swango
added.
Wright was uncertain about the
source of the rabies, but said, "The
llama probably contracted rabies
from a raccoon, based on wildlife
diagnosed with rabies."
Swango said that because of
area wildlife, there is the possibili­ty
for rabies cases all year.
"For every one raccoon that is
found positive (with rabies), there
are probably about 100 that die
before they are
f o u n d , "
Swango said.
H o w e v e r ,
rabies cases
among the ani­mals
at the vet­erinary
college
are rare, he
added.
"It is
very unusual
for animals to
contract rabies
here because of the way they are
isolated and confined," Swango
said.
While saying the public should
not be overly alarmed by one
rabies case, Swango stressed it
should serve as a warning for pet
owners.
"The most important thing they
can do is to keep rabies vaccina­tion
up to date in their dogs and
cats," Swango said.
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3/7 11:30"-a.nl. Robert B. Renfroe Jr., 18, 5401 Tilly Mill, Complainant reported an acquaintance harassing her while at
Dunwoody, Ga.7 was arrested on warrants charging him with work. Action on suspect pending.
third degree burglary, first degree theft and second degree erimi- 3/26 7:43p.m. Highway 267 and Wire Road — Accident involving
nal mischief in connection with the theft of: items from the Poultry two vehicles; passenger transported to East Alabama Medical
Science and Research operations. Transported to Lee County Jail. Center by paramedics.
3/7 SM p.m. Joseph Hicks, 19,1131 S. College St., Auburn, was 3/30 2:29 a.m. CDV Extension B — Complainant reported the
'arrested on warrants charging him with third degree burglary, theft of a portable CD player from parked vehicle; entry gained by
first degree theft arid second degree criminal mischief in connec- breaking passenger side wmdpw. Value $220.
ticri with the theft of items from the Poultry Science and Research 3/30 2:43 p.m. University Bookstore— Complainant reported
operations. Transported toLee County Jail. theft of textbooks from the bookstore sometime between March
3/7 7:00 p.m. John B. Schopp, 19,.2877 Spalding, ©unwoody, Ga., 20-29. Value of textbooks $900.
was arrested on warrants charging him with third degree our- 3/3110:10 a.nu AU Police Department — Katharine Beach, 18,
glary, first degree theft arid second degree criminal mischief in Heafhridge Drive, Duluth, Gav was arrested on warrant charging
{connection with: the theft of items from the Poultry Science arid : her with fraudulent \jse Of a credit card and was transported to
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S l - k i U . P ^ 1 0 * VICE t'RESIDENT fpcrras
• Candidates would encourage student involvement in SGA
MIKE PATTON
03PUB Huntsville, Ala.
Why do you want to run for SGA
vice president?
"The reason that I want to run
for vice president is because I have
' had the opportunity to get
involved in the SGA in the past
year by being a senator for Liberal
# Arts. I've realized all the potential
that's in the University and the
students.
"I just want everybody to feel
and know that they do have the
SGA there as a resource for them.
Because I hear everyday students
• saying, "The SGA doesn't do any­thing
for me; the SGA's just a
bunch of people that are Greek."
"But I want all students that are
here to feel the SGA is a resource
for them. Because all the students,
whether they realize it or not, are
members of the SGA.
"We are there to be their repre­sentative
voice for the faculty and
administration as well as on the
city council. And