1991-01-17 The Auburn Plainsman

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Volume 97, Number 11 Thursday, January 17,1991
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4 sections, 28 pages
To Foster the Auburn Spirit
Auburn University, Ala.
Senate censures Martin MARTIN CENSURED
Kriste Goad
Assistant News Editor
The University Senate voted
by secret ballot 48 to 39 Tuesday
in favor of a resolution calling
for the censure of President
James E. Martin.
A special Senate meeting was
held after senators voted Jan. 8
to postpone action concerning
the resolution which was intro­duced
by the Senate Executive
and Senate Rules committees.
Senators said they wanted to
poll their departments to deter­mine
which wav tn vnte in the
issue.
A censure means the Senate
disagrees with Maritn's deci­sions
specifically concerning his
denial of tenure to the Rev.
Charles Curran.
Before the vote, Miller
Solomon, member of the Senate
Rules Committee and former
Senate chairman, stated the spe­cific
actions which led to the
writing of the censure resolu­tion.
"Both committees (Executive
and Rules) have had access to
information not available to the
Senate before now," Solomon
said. "We are here to vote"yea or
nav on Martin's decisions in the
Curran case. I can like James
Martin as a person and still con­cur
that his actions in the Cur­ran
issue merit censure."
The first of four actions merit­ing
censure, Solomon said, was
Martin's violation of Auburn's
guidelines for tenure as stated
on page 16 of the Faculty Hand­book.
Martin has said he made
the tenure decision prior to any
recommendation made by the
Promotion and Tenure Commit­tee.
He has also said he refused
to give the Promotion and
Tenure Committee a written
statement of his rationale in
denying tenure for Curran, stat­ing
furthermore that his reasons
were nonacademic.
Secondly, Solomon said, Mar­tin's
decision was a result of
pressure from certain members
of the Board of Trustees.
"Three members of the Board
of Trustees have reported that
some members of the board
were concerned about Curran
and advised the president to
refuse tenure, even if it meant a
censure of the president,"
Solomon said.
Members of the board
allegedly expressed these senti­ments
at a Lake Guntersville
retreat held April 7,1990.
Gary Mullen, Senate chair­man,
yielded his position and
See CENSURE, A-6
The following are the four allegations
that led to the University Senate's
censure of President James E. Martin
at its special meeting Tuesday.
Alliance
rallies for
King Day
Lee County chapter
honors slain leader
Student loses cancer battle
Nicole Liddon
Staff Writer
Blake Chisam
Staff Writer
As national leaders voted to
allow the use of military force
in the troubled Persian Gulf,
the Lee County Alliance gath­ered
Saturday to recognize a
man famous for non-violent
solutions: Martin Luther King
Jr.
It was the fourth year the
alliance has celebrated the
birthday of the slain civil
rights leader.
The ceremonies began at the
Lee County Courthouse and
were followed by a march that
ended with a meeting at the
St. James Baptist Church in
Opelika.
"The Lee County Alliance is
an interracial organization
committed to giving tribute to
Dr. King," said organizer Judy
Cumbee, who also sang "He
See RALLY, A-6
Former Auburn student Jeff
Kurtz, 20, died Friday after a
year-long fight with Hodgkin's
Disease, a normally curable
lymph node cancer.
While at home during winter
break of 1989, Kurtz was diag­nosed
in Phoenixville, Penn.,
with the disease, said Auburn
roommate and Sigma Chi frater­nity
brother Louis Nequette.
"He was sick all quarter and
didn't know why," said Ne­quette,
who described Kurtz as
optimistic about his disease.
"He was the one with the high­est
spirit about his ordeal out of
his family and friends.
Fraternity brother Ned Cox,
03AC, said, "He did exactly
what the doctors said. He
always had something good to
say about getting better."
Nequette said, "His spirit was
what made him last so long."
The fraternity donated the
proceeds - some $2,000 - from
last fall's Sigma Chi Derby to
help pay medical bills.
Staff photo by Owen Barnes
Last week's rain didn't keep Auburn stu- to the Eagle's Nest to show their support
dents from marching from Samford Hail of peace in the gulf crisis.
Auburn one of most underfunded in state
Londa Paulk
Staff Writer
Calling Auburn "one of the
state's most underfunded uni-
• versifies," President James E.
Martin on Jan. 10 requested a
28.8 percent increase in state
> funds from the Alabama Com­mission
on Higher Education
(ACHE).
A Martin requested $182.6 mil­lion
in state funds for the Uni­versity
for fiscal year 1991-92, an
increase of $40.8 million from
the previous year.
ACHE formulas, which use
each university's degree pro­grams,
enrollment and other
factors to decide funding, deter­mine
the requests for everything
'except the operations and main­tenance
budgets for Auburn's
main campus, Martin said.
r/ "We scaled that one back
because that generates such a
big number. We thought we
would lose credibility," Martin
said.
"We only asked for a 32 per­cent
increase for the campus.
Given the environment we're in,
if we asked for a 50 percent
increase, folks would just laugh
at us."
Auburn is seeking $120.9 mil­lion
for the main campus, $16.2
million for Auburn University
in Montgomery, $20.8 million
for the Alabama Agricultural
Experiment Station and $24.7
million for the Alabama Cooper­ative
Extension Service.
Auburn's main campus has
failed to meet the ACHE needs
computation by about $125 mil­lion
in the past 11 years, Martin
said.
"While Auburn is receiving 80
percent of the funding it needs
based on ACHE's recommenda­tion,
several state universities
f
are receiving 90 percent, and
some institutions even more
than 100 percent of the funding
that ACHE recommends," he
said.
If proposed revenues from the
state are insufficient to meet the
computed needs, then indexing
should also be used, Martin
said.
Formula funding assembled
with indexing would distribute
funding more equally, he said.
"If the state can't afford the
needs at 100 percent, (and) they
can only provide 90 percent,
then everyone would get rough­ly
90 percent. Everyone would
have a level playing field."
Shortfalls in the past will also
make the impact of proration
more severe, especially in
regard to research funding,
Martin said.
Gov. Guy Hunt announced a
3.72 percent education funding
cut last week in response to
shortfalls in the overall state
budget.
Proration hurts research
when the University has to dis­continue
programs or projects
associated with it, Martin said.
"Because you can't add addi­tional
people to teach classes, it
means you pull people that
might be doing research out of
the classroom in order to get the
classes taught, and therefore it
has a negative impact on
research."
More than $5 million is
expected to be cut from
Auburn's budget, Martin said.
Most of that amount would
have to come out of operations
because salaries and benefits
cannot be reduced.
"This makes it extremely dif­ficult
to operate," Martin said.
While visiting Auburn for a
weekend last fall, Kurtz told
Nequette that a total blood
transfusion was the last step to
recovery and that he felt better.
"But it kept taking longer and
longer. He was in, like, the .01
See KURTZ, A-6
Peace
Jeffrey Kurtz
Group gathers for prayer, awareness
Valerie Smith
Assistant Technical Editor
Despite heavy rain, more than
60 students, faculty and clergy
members marched and prayed
here Jan. 10 for peace in the
Middle East.
March organizers Leila Telan,
03 CH, and Mary Morris, 04 AE,
both of St. Dunstan's Episcopal
Student Center, said the march
was a prayer for peace, not a
protest.
"It wasn't a protest; it was
prayers for peace to make peo­ple
think about the possibilities
of other ways to achieve peace,"
Morris said.
"We realize how complicated
this issue is; we're not trying to
make it black and white," she
said. "We're just trying to make
people aware of the situation
and the alternatives for going
into war."
Telan said, "The economic
sanctions are working. No one
is buying (Iraq's) oil — they
can't live alone in a world com­munity
like ours."
One participating faculty
member agreed with Telan, say­ing
the United Nations should
have given the sanctions more
time.
See MARCH, A-6
News Briefs A-2
Inside Auburn A-3
Campus Calendar A-2
Editorials A-4
Letters A-5
Classifieds A-13
Marquee B-2
Funky Tiger A-6
Life in Hell B-6
Weather
The weekend will be partly
cloudy with fairly consistent
temperatures, ranging from
lows in the upper 20s Friday
night to highs in the mid 50s on
Sunday.
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A-2 News The Auburn Plainsman mursdaay, JJa nuary
Local
Improvements delay Eagle's Nest opening
Eagle's Nest is scheduled to open Feb. 4 at 8:30 a.m.
According to the Dec. 6 issue of The Plainsman, the Eagle's
Nest was expected to open at the beginning of this quarter.
The opening was delayed because of unexpected classroom
improvements including fixing tile floors.
State
Hunt's second term gets official start
Gov. Guy Hunt was inaugurated in Montgomery on Monday.
Supporters and spectators were on hand for an inaugural
parade.
Also on Monday, Georgia Gov. Zell Miller was inaugurated.
Nation
Number of year-round schools rises
The United States has about 859 public schools and 13 pri­vate
schools currently on year-round school schedules.
The number of schools following this procedure has increased
by 40 percent, and some say this number will continue to rise.
Those in favor claim a three-month summer is too long a time
for students to be away from the classroom.
Target areas for the program include schools without enough
money and too many students.
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The War Eagle Girls and
Plainsmen, hosts and hostess­es
of Auburn University, will
hold preliminary interviews
Feb. 11-14. Twenty members
will be selected. Applications
and details will be available
Feb. 4 at the Foy Union desk.
Financial Aid for 1991-92. The
time to apply is now! Applica­tions
are available in 203 Mar­tin
Hall. Workshops on com­pleting
applications will be in
321 Foy Union Feb. 13, Feb. 28
and March 5.
Project Uplift - Pro Volun­teers.
Men and couples who
wish to work with Lee County
youth, we invite you to attend
our next training session on
Jan. 21 and Jan. 22 from 6:30
p.m. to 9 p.m. in 1239 Haley
Center. For details, call 844-
4430 or come by 1132-34
Haley Center.
The SGA will be accepting
declarations of candidacy
applications for the elected
positions of president, vice
president, treasurer, school
officers, senators and Glomera-ta
and Plainsman editors from
Jan. 28-Feb. 8.
The Auburn University
Blood Drive will be Jan. 21-26
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily in
Haley Center Basement. For
further information, call 844-
4240.
Free Study Help - The Study
Partner Program offers free
study help in several subjects
each week, Sundays through
Fridays, in Haley Lounge. Call
844-5972, or come by 315 Mar­tin
Hall for a detailed sched­ule.
Angel Flight will hold rush
Jan. 20-24. Applications are
available at Foy Union. For
more information, call 844-
4819.
MEETINGS
The Auburn University Cam­pus
Club will entertain new­comers
to the University and
their spouses at a wine and
cheese party on Jan. 19 at 7:30
p.m. in the Colonial Bank
Room. Bring a favorite bottle
of wine to share. For more
information, call 826-6029 or
821-2161.
Placement Services urges you
to register with them at once if
you are planning to interview
on campus this year and have
not already registered. Winter
is the last major recruiting
quarter of the year. The next
registration sessions being
held are Jan. 21 in 213 Foy
Union at 3 p.m. and Jan. 24 in
322 Foy Union at 2 p.m.
Placement Services will have a
workshop on interview fol­low-
up Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. in 322
Foy Union. Anyone wanting
to learn more about the next
steps after an initial interview
is invited to attend. You do
not need to pre-register to
attend the workshop.
Student Development Ser­vices
offers free seminars:
"Time Management," Jan. 22
from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in
203 Foy Union and " What
You Can Do With A Major
In...," Jan 23 from 3:30 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. in 204 Foy Union.
Mariner Rush will be Jan. 27 -
31. Orientation will be Jan. 27
at 7 p.m. in Foy Union Ball­room.
For more information,
contact the NROTC unit.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets
every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at
the University Chapel at the
corner of College Street and
Thach Avenue. Everyone is
welcome.
"Should We Be in the Middle
East?" Shelley Douglass, lead­er
of a 13-member U. S. peace
delegation to Iraq last Decem­ber,
explores the issues Jan. 22
at 7 p.m. in 1203 Haley Center.
Douglass, former national
chair of the Fellowship of Rec­onciliation,
and her husband
Jim Douglass are internation­ally
known Gandian-Christian
activists, authors and mentors
of nonviolence. For further
information, call 887-7580.
The East Alabama Task Force
for Battered Women will hold
volunteer training sessions on
Jan. 22 and Jan. 23 from 6 p.m.
to 9 p.m. and Jan. 24 from 6
p.m. to 10 p.m. We need vol­unteers
for Intake Counseling.
The shelter and 24-hour hot­line
are staffed primarily by
volunteers. Volunteers are
required to attend the entire
10-hour training and are asked
to commit themselves to three
nights per month. For more
information, call Shirley at
887-9330.
The January Salad Luncheon
of the Auburn University
Campus Club will be Jan. 23 at
11:45 a.m. at the Elk's Club on
Opelika Road. Tom Eden of
The Garden of Eden will pre­sent
the program, "Getting
Ready For Springtime Plant-mg.
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For the second year, the city
of Auburn will recognize Mar­tin
Luther King Jr.'s birthday
as a paid holiday on Monday.
Auburn city officials passed a
resolution in July, providing for
a paid holiday for all city
employees. Emergency person­nel
receive time-and-a-half pay
for their work during the holi­day.
Levi Knapp, Auburn's direc­tor
of finance, said the holiday
will cost the city approximately
$25,000. This figure includes
additional expenditures paid to
emergency personnel.
The city of Auburn switched
the King holiday with Memorial
Day to acquire the funds for the
holiday, Knapp said.
The University has issued a
statement in recognition of King
Day, but there will not be a paid
holiday since any such change
must be state-mandated.
"As the nation prepares to
officially observe the birthday
of the Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr., let us go beyond remember­ing
and rededicate ourselves to
the ideals of justice, peace and
brotherhood that are his lega­cy,"
President James E. Martin
said in the statement.
Congress passed a 1983 law
designating the third Monday
in January a legal holiday in eel-ebration
of King's birthday. -
Former President Ronald Rea­gan
proclaimed Jan. 20, 1986,
the first Martin Luther King Jr.
Day.
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The Auburn Plainsman
Thursday, January 17, 1991 A-3
Auburn
Some say drinking beer eases hangover pain
Lisa Cunningham
Staff Writer
That last toddy may lead to
something less pleasurable - the
dreaded hangover, a signal that
the fun is over.
Hangovers are associated with
the pounding of a headache, a
"cotton mouth" and the uneasy
Reeling of nausea.
While trying to remember
what it was you did last night
besides drinking too much, you
stumble out of bed and for...
what? What do you do for a
hangover?
Unfortunately, there is no
method to relieve a hangover
quickly. Some students, though,
claim their personal remedies
actually make them feel much
better.
Patricia Ellis, associate direc­tor
of student health nursing
and health education at Drake
Student Health Center, said,
'Time is the only thing that will
cure a hangover."
But despite the professional
advice to the contrary, students
have their "sure-fire" remedies.
Lawanda Swinford, 02 GLA,
said, "The first thing I do when I
wake up with a hangover is
reach into my refrigerator and
grab a small can of tomato juice
and a raw egg. I put it into my
favorite little cup, stir it and
down the hatch. This always
makes me feel just fine."
For those who find this less-over?
Staff photos by Jeff Snyder
Here are some suggestions offered by stu­dents
in an informal survey.
1. Drink lots of water.
2. Mix up vegetable juice and a raw egg;
drink and enjoy (Tabasco sauce may be
3. Stay in bed all day and veg.
4. Take a couple of aspirin before climbing
in the sack (a preventive method).
5. Have a drink (an alcoholic one).
6. Load up on carbohydrates before going
7. Eat the Speedy Gonzalez Power Break­fast
-stick your bead into bucket of ice
until numb, eat two slices of bread chased
by swig of Pepto Bismol or Milk of Magne­sia
and stick your bead back in ice.
8. Sip on a tall glass of seltzer, Alka Seltzer,
9. Smoke lots of cigarettes,
lp^f^c^w bananas or btberpotdssittrn-loaded
items.
than-appetizing, the most popu­lar
remedy is to drink lots of
water and take two pain killers
every couple of hours.
"Tylenol is probably the least
harmful thing to do in the morn­ing,"
Ellis said.
Libby Heald, 03 VAT, said she
takes two Tylenols before going
to bed at night when she has
been out drinking.
Ellis stressed the danger of
taking medicine before going to
bed. "The mixture of alcohol
and any kind of pill dramatical­ly
stimulates the nervous sys­tem.
After you sleep it off for a
couple of hours, then it is safe to
take Tylenol."
Some people prefer to wake
up and drink another beer to
ease a hangover. Jason Dean, 04
FI, said, "A nice, cold Heineken
will do the trick for me in the
morning."
While these so-called reme­dies
work for some, others just
lie back and "veg out," Laurie
Estes, 02 GLA, said.
"Nothingreally worked for
. Park developers plan to offer plenty
Kiesel wills land
to city for park
Michele Reed
Staff Writer
George Kiesel's last wishes are
coming true.
« He was an instructor here of
large animal obstetrics and
surgery from 1948 until his
retirement in 1982. He died in
1986.
When Kiesel's will was read,
many people were surprised to
discover that Kiesel had left his
128-acre farm to the city of
Auburn to be developed into a
park.
He willed the rest of his
worldly possessions to his
brother Charles Kiesel, and he
left the land, the house, the barn,
the storage building and the
tractors to the city.
George Kiesel was a bachelor,
and veterinary medicine was his
life, said one of his former stu­dent
H.C. Morgan, who is the
associate dean of academics and
administrative affairs for the the
College of Veterinary Medicine.
In 1960, when the veterinary
offices were moved from Cary
Art by George Govignon
Hall to Sugg Laboratory where
they are today, Kiesel worked
long hours, Morgan said.
"He didn't know what a clock
was for; he just kept working."
In the 1960s, Kiesel bought the
land on Webster Road (High­way
99) between Highway 14
and Wire Road. "Keeping up the
land was sort of a hobby for
him," Morgan said.
Kiesel raised hay and fruit on
that land, but no one knew what
he had in mind until his will
was read.
Mayor Jan Dempsey said that
in September 1986 the city
received a notice from Kiesel's
attorney about Kiesel's will and
its stipulations.
Kiesel wanted the land to be
developed into a park for cul­ture
and education, with no ath­letic
fields, no roads and no
hunting or fishing areas, she
said.
"It is what is called a passive
park," Dempsey said: It is strict­ly
for strolling and picnicking.
Every other park in Auburn is
a ball park, Dempsey said.
"This is a chance to have a
beautiful park; it's a wonderful
See KIESEL, A-8
Comic books thrive with collectors
Chrissy Fink
Staff Writer
Staff photo by Owen Barnes
Richardson tfnjoys comics
Sex. Violence. Nudity. Adult
themes.
No, these are not terms which
refer to the latest rating system
for restricted movies. These
terms describe the content in
many comic books on the mar­ket
today.
One who usually thinks of
children reading these picture
books may find it difficult to
understand how a comic book
store could survive in a college
town like Auburn.
"A college town is one of the
best possible locations," said
Jeff Richardson, 23, owner of
Collector's Corner on North
Gay Street.
About 20 percent of his cus­tomers
are younger than 18,
whilejfche average age ranges
from 18 to 24, he said.
Auburn graduate Patrick
Gross, 23, said, "(Comics are)
almost like a soap opera for me,
except it comes out once a
month. There are certain charac­ters
that you really get hooked
on."
These comic books generally
have more mature themes than
others and draw a large adult
audience.
"There is more sex and vio­lence.
In some you may even
have full frontal nudity," said
Greg Pew, 21, an employee of
Collector's Corner and a comic
book collector. 'The comics that
don't have sex and violence
generally deal with more.adult
themes."
Most of today's college stu­dents
grew up in the 1970s, a
time when comics were popu­lar.
"Students come from a comic
book age," Richardson said.
Pew said, "Comic books were
probably a lot of guys' first
forms of literature. They were
fun to read when you're 10.
Then people started reading
them because they had more
meaning."
Wes Wilson, 03 MAH, said he
was first interested in comic
books after "Star Wars"came
out.
"I was a big 'Star Wars' fan
and saw a 'Star Wars' comic
book one day. I thought that
was really neat," Wilson said.
He said he then started to
look on the shelves more often
and bought about two comic
books a month. He gradually
became a superhcroes fan after
he saw his friends reading "The
See COMICS, A-8
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me, so I just lie in bed all day
long and become a hermit. By
late afternoon, I am on two feet
again," she said.
Steve Serra, 03 MA, said time
is the only factor that heals
hangovers.
"Remedies and such are only
hallucinations of hangover
cures. If I drink too much, I pay
the consequences. I generally do
nothing for hangovers." He does
admit to hangover tradition - a
peanut butter and jelly sand­wich.
-
"It doesn't cure my hangover,
but it does satisfy my appetite,"
he said.
Even though there is no cure
for a hangover, Ellis does recom­mend
drinking lots of liquids. •
"Particularly juices," she said,
"to replace the electrolytes that
the alcohol absorbed and to get
rid of the dry, cotton mouth."
Ellis said she does not recom­mend
drinking coffee to relieve
hangovers.
"Coffee and soda drinks con­tain
a lot of caffeine which will
only dehydrate the body even-more
and lengthen the hangover
process," Ellis said.
She said large quantities of
alcohol consumed at a fast rate
dehydrates the vascular and
nervous systems which in turn
causes the headaches, cotton
mouth and nausea.
Time is the only sobering
agent that cures hangovers.
"The commonly practiced cold
shower, vomiting techniques or
any other remedies just won't
work," Ellis said.
"I have heard of some self-made
remedies. Most of them
do not seem too promising. Not
drinking at all will solve all the
problems."
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Pretending for children
encourages creativity
Wendy Watkins-Oakley
Staff Writer
If you went around telling
everyone you were Superman
or pretended to drink from an
imaginary cup, two things
might happen.
You would either be carried
off by men in white coats, or
you would be called eccentric.
But make believe or pre­tend
play is a common aspect
of childhood.
It is a developmental pro­cess
all children go through,
said Steven K. Shapiro, assis­tant
professor of psychology.
"Pretend play is the use of
symbols to represent things,"
Shapiro said. It also involves
role-playing.
Children generally "make
believe" about who they are
and sometimes where they
are, said Linda Voitle, a
kindergarten teacher in
Auburn.
Pretending to be super-heroes
is popular among chil­dren.
"Particularly little boys
pretend to get the bad guys,"
Voitle said.
However, having an imagi­nary
friend may not be a com­mon
occurrence during child­hood,
Voitle said.
Pretending in general
occurs frequently in child­hood
at an early age. Pretend
play begins after the age of 1,
Shapiro said.
"The child may try to drink,
pour or stir a cup of tea, and
(he or she) may carry out
familiar activities away from
customary settings," Shapiro
said.
Playing house or restaurant
is a good example of this
behavior.
However, pretending is not
for social purposes at this
point. They are doing it to
imitate, Shapiro said.
"Up until 2 or 3 years of
age, children use props to
help them engage in imagina­tive
play," he said.
Before age 3, play has been
solitary, Shapiro said. At age
3 they start to play with other
children.
"Children who are 3 years
old are deep into pretend
play," Shapiro said.
And children who partici­pate
in pretend play a great
deal tend to exhibit behavior
other children do not.
"Studies seem to suggest
See PRETEND, A-8
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Dramatic media coverage not beneficial
Inexcusable...
The Alabama House of Representatives approved a 29.5
percent,,pay increase for state legislators last week.
Although the Senate has not voted on the issue yet, the action
by the House can only be described by four words: unthink­able,
ludicrous, shameful and selfish.
The state's educational system is battling the effects of pro­ration
by slashing programs and allowing previously unal­lowable
conditions such as overcrowding.
With the education of so many children, teenagers and col­lege
students being adversely affected by a lack of funds, the
mere thought that legislators would vote themselves a pay
increase for a part-time job is ridiculous.
Rather than raise their own salaries, the legislators should
give that money to the education budget and raise the
salaries of full-time educators, many of whom make less than
than our state representatives.
We can only hope the House did not clearly think about the
action it was taking and the Senate will nullify its mistake by
voting the pay increase down.
Otherwise, the legislators may find the pay increase coming
back to haunt them around election time.
Prayer and policy
Unfortunately, our publication schedule forces us to
write things ahead of time. Therefore, we couldn't be
sure if war broke out in the Persian Gulf last night after the
paper was printed.
In any case, it is the hope of everyone at The Auburn Plains­man
that not only will the crisis end soon, but also that all
soldiers and sailors come home quickly thereafter.
Although across the country opinions are divided about
this conflict, the troops in the gulf region need to know every­one
is praying for their safety and supporting them, if not the
overall policy.
Good News...
Ralph B. Draughon library is completing renovations to
the old part, and it should reopen around the end of Jan­uary,
after the books are moved back in.
Additionally, the library has added a new drive-up book drop
off Mell Street and opened the existing one at the south
entrance.
The north elevators in Haley Center are operating again, and
the improvements are nothing short of dramatic.
Not only are the interiors extremely clean, but also improve­ments
for the disabled, such as lower buttons and Braille next
to each button, have been added.
Lef s keep these elevators in working order longer by leaving
well enough alone. Vandalism accomplishes nothing.
Amid all the "to war or not to
war" debate on the Persian Gulf,
another issue is coming to the
forefront: how the media will
cover any fighting that occurs.
While protesters scream, "No
blood for oil," without thinking
of the consequences losing that
oil would bring, journalists
scream, "Complete freedom for
the media," without thinking of
consequences either.
Don't mistake my reasoning;
journalists need complete access
in most cases, and in most cases
journalists are extremely
responsible in their reporting.
However, in this case journal­ists
may be jumping the gun.
The Pentagon has said if shoot­ing
breaks out, all material must
pass a security review and all
journalists must be escorted.
The Pentagon says the security
review will not be censorship,
simply a review for national
security violations. As of yet, the
journalists should have no rea­son
to doubt them.
It's obvious the Pentagon is
trying to avoid the hard lessons
learned in Vietnam. In Vietnam,
Crisis hits
everyone,
everywhere
The United Nation's deadline,
criticized as "arbitrary" by sev­eral
key Democrats, kept many
Americans up Tuesday night
following up-to-the-minute
reports, but,President Bush
announced he would be asleep
when the midnight hour struck.
For more than five months,
Americans have watched and
waited as their leaders have put
their political careers on the line
to decide between war and
peace, though they'd argue it's
a matter of method.
"I am determined to do abso­lutely
everything possible in the
search for a peaceful resolution
to this crisis," Bush said in a
recent letter to college newspa­pers,
"but only if the peace is
genuine, if it rests on principle,
not appeasement."
So the power struggle rages
on. And so confident is Bush
with the decisions he has made
that he said he was able to sleep
Tuesday night.
Bush's security in his judg­ment
makes for good fiction,
but in reality if s simple propa­ganda
based only on keeping
that political support.
Students and faculty here
have been bracing themselves
for conflict in the Middle East,
some by activation to the gulf
and others by marching for
peace.
Wade
Williams
Editor
press coverage was virtually
unrestricted. While Americans
were able to get the whole story,
the whole story eventually
undermined the war effort.
Once war is entered, it must
be fought with 110 percent
effort until victory. I'm not sug­gesting
the media should lie or
not give the whole story, but the
media - television in particular
- should keep a careful check
on the classic tendency to put
the most dramatic material on
the air or in the paper.
Sending home graphic pic­tures
of injured or dead Ameri­can
soldiers or even injured
Iraqi citizens will bring about
the same negative attitudes that
were prevalent during Vietnam.
Support will drop, Congress
will feel the tug on its leash, and
before long, the resources and
resolve being put into the war
effort will be reduced signifi­cantly.
As more and more protests
spring up, support dwindles.
And with almost mathematical
precision, the more support and
resources dwindle, the more of
your sons, daughters, brothers,
sisters and friends will die need­lessly.
There were plenty of exam­ples
in Vietnam of the press's
desire to get good images on
television or on film without
thinking of the consequences
back home.
Everyone remembers the pic­ture
of the Vietcong boy crying
as he was about to be executed
by an American soldier. That
picture caused outrage in the
United States.
What most did not realize,
because the media failed to
point it out, was that the boy
had been responsible for the
deaths of more than 10 U.S. sol­diers
just moments before the
photograph was taken.
The Pentagon Papers was
another example. Without argu­ing
the right or wrong of the
issue, the press did release the
information, knowing it was
violating a law by doing so.
Newspapers bound to ethical
guidelines broke those guide­lines
by violating the law in
order to publish a big story.
Again, whether they were justi­fied
in the end is a personal
decision; I'm simply examining
the ethics involved.
If fighting breaks out, the time
to argue whether we should be
fighting is past. The troops will
need all of our support. The
media are the only organiza­tions
with the power to control
the support of the American
people.
The media should continue to
strive for the full story, but not
in a dramatic way which inten­tionally
or unintentionally caus­es
an undermining of support. If
the media don't, we should
place the blame for a large num­ber
of the casualties on the
media's head, rather than on
President George Bush.
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Paige
Oliver
News Editor
The first of such rallies was
held Jan. 10, with more than 60
faculty, student and clergy
members participating.
Organizers for that march said
they were rallying to keep peo­ple
alive, but respected the pres­ence
of the military in the gulf.
By Tuesday night, there had
been several more rallies and
vigils for peace, but that didn't
make those Auburn residents so
secure that they tucked in early,
depending on a morning paper
to learn of "deadline" events.
Even the hustle and bustle of
The Plainsman office came to a
halt at two minutes before 11
p.m., as editors, managers and
staff gathered in silence in the
middle of the newsroom.
We listened to a radio, some­what
relieved that, just this one
time, we couldn't be there to get
the story ourselves. For a
moment, all we could do was
search the solemn faces for
answers.
Finding none, we turned
toward the voice of our editor
who asked that we consider our
servicemen and women in the
gulf region. To keep them on
our minds. To pray for their
safety.
His words were calm and lev­eled.
The seriousness in his tone
was incidental. The prospect of
being called to fight for eventual
peace in the Middle East could
someday happen to any of us.
But more likely, it could happen
to him.
I noticed a section editor to
my left bow her head and shift
slightly, then stiffen, when we
were asked to keep her brothers
in our thoughts. Both have been
deployed in conjunction with
Operation Desert Shield.
So each prayed his own
prayer for peace, loved ones and
a resolution to the conflict that,
despite our outstretched wishes,
will no doubt continue for some
time.
But my mind hadn't fully
comprehended how close to
home this crisis had hit to the
people I see everyday. I was
humbled by their bravery and
felt ashamed for not suspecting
their pain.
It reminded me of the Alaba­ma
servicemen already killed in
the conflict, and the tragic reali­ty
of war - with or without a
cause - has me praying for
peace that much more.
Students need to help fight illiteracy
After waiting in line for about seven
hours to pay my phone bill, I was ready to
get out of Glendean Drug Store. But as I
headed toward the door, a voice accosted
me.
"Miss, miss," the owner of the voice said.
I turned around and saw an older woman
motioning at me to come to her.
Curious, I did so. She told me she had
been waiting for someone who had a nice
face, and I fit the bill (having red hair and
freckles has saddled me with the girl-next-door
image).
She asked me if I would fill out a check
for her. It seems as if, in addition to collect­ing
phone payments, the store takes insur­ance
payments as well.
Without a thought, I filled the check out
for her and watched her sign it.
What I saw was extremely disturbing. The
woman spelled her name wrong. Finally,
the reason she asked me tc^jill out the check
Valerie
Smith
Assistant
Technical Editor
hit me. The woman could not write.
Shaken, I said goodbye to her and left the
store. I could not believe what I had just
witnessed. In a country where education is
mandatory, illiteracy should simply not
exist.
I realize some people read and write bet­ter
than others, but at least by the age this
woman was, everybody should have
enough skills to fill out a check.
Of course, I have heard of court cases
where former students have sued their
schools for allowing them to graduate with­out
learning to read or write, but I guess I
just did not actually believe those people
could be illiterate. Seeing this woman really
brought it home to me.
What bothered me the most is that a per­son
could live in a college town and be illit­erate.
This should not be true. With all the
talented and well-educated people in this
town, illiteracy should be stamped out by
now.
The University and the city have pro­grams
to teach adults how to read, but is
this enough? How will people know about
such programs if they cannot read? This is
an issue I believe students can help with.
Students could spread information about
the classes by word of mouth so those who
would most benefit will know about them.
I challenge students to volunteer time to
help solve this problem. It may seem far
removed to you (as it was to me), but illiter­acy
is alive and well in Auburn. And it
needs 4p be stamped out. Permarfently.
Thursday, January 17,1991 A-5
Letters The Auburn Plainsman
omo asKmovtgiUyfioeuJ^—UWTSPRS&TWZ^" s&o— Glance back
10 years ago, 1981: Students found themselves unable to get into many classes because of over­crowding
caused by a faculty hiring freeze imposed by the administration in the spring.
15 years ago, 1976: The Board of Trustees approved a 12 percent increase in room and board fees
because of increased salaries and food costs. The increase was estimated at $15.
20 years ago, 1971: Five paintings, which were part of a master's thesis, were stolen from Smith
Hall Annex during the Christmas vacation. The paintings were valued at more than $1,000.
Quote of the week
"If the draft were called, we could get 500 names immediately who could be drafted tomorrow.
It's very, very real. If s not hypothetical." — Dan Johnson, master sergeant for the Alabama Army
National Guard, on the current status of a re-instated draft.
Auburn soldier asks for prayer s t u d e n t s apathetic about issues
• Editor's Note:
Although the following letter is
not standard style and longer
than the standard length, the
subject matter warranted its
being run unedited.
Jan. 1,1991
Dear fellow students, faculty
and staff of Auburn University:
I never thought I would be in
the situation I find myself in
today. In fact, just about three
months ago, I was preparing
myself for my last two quarters
at Auburn: my last football sea­son,
my last basketball season
and then finally graduation
from the only university that I
had ever wanted to receive a
degree from - Auburn. Every-
' thing was finally falling into
place. School was going great;
my wife and I had just celebrat-
• ed our first anniversary on Sept.
21 with a trip to Texas to see the
Alamo and my sister and her
. husband in Austin. We were all
enjoying our 21-month-old
daughter, and life was wonder­ful.
Then the fatal day arrived; I
was being called to active duty
for participation in Operation
Desert Shield in Saudi Arabia. I
was to report on Sept. 27, the
first day of classes at Auburn, to
' my home station in Mon-roeville,
Ala., for preparation for
deployment. As a sergeant in
' the Alabama Army National
Guard, I knew this day would
happen. Since the beginning of
* the trouble in Kuwait, I figured
it was only a matter of time
before my unit, the 778th Main-
, tenance Company of Mon-roeville
and Jackson, Ala.,
would get activated. I had pre-
, pared myself for this, but I had
hoped it wouldn't happen. I was
too close to finishing my prima-
, ry goal - to graduate from
Auburn University.
We were sent to Ft. Rucker for
our mobilization processing and
preparatory training for deploy­ment.
On the morning of Nov. 6,
my wife's birthday, we left Ft.
' Rucker for Ft. Benning to catch
our flight to Saudi Arabia. We
flew from Ft. Benning to New
York City for a crew change,
then on to Frankfurt, Germany,
where we had a three-hour lay­over.
We were able to leave the
plane while we were at Rhine
Main Air Force Base for a show­er,
a meal and our last beer
before we left for Dharhan,
Saudi Arabia. Because of the
nine hour time difference, we
arrived in Saudi on Nov. 8 at
around 0330 hours in the morn­ing
(3:30 a.m.). As if it was a sig­nal,
we were welcomed by four
F-15 fighter jets taking off for a
morning patrol of the border -
welcome to Saudi Arabia and
Operation Desert Shield. We
spent the first three weeks "in
country" at a tent near Ad
Damman, on the coast of the
Persian Gulf. We used this peri­od
of time to get accustomed to
the local environment.
Saudi is basically a desert
environment - hot days and
cool nights with winds coming
off of the gulf during the day
and toward the gulf at night.
The "sand" isn't really sand as
most house party veterans
would picture. It's more like a
very fine powder, the kind that
gets into everything.
We moved to the desert on
Nov. 25 (a day after my 28th
birthday) to the place that we've
called home for the past month
and a half. We've set up camp
approximately 60 miles from the
Kuwaiti/Iraqi/Saudi Arabian
border. Our company is a part
of the 731st Maintenance Battal­ion
from Tallasee, Ala., and our
higher command is the 226th
Area Support Group from
Mobile, Ala. So we're still with
some home units. But we have
grown a lot since we've been
here and continue to grow. We
are an assortment of regular
Army and National Guard units
working together in the largest
joint exercise in history. I'm
proud to be part of this exercise,
but I miss the hectic life of a full-time
student, husband, father
and part-time employee in the
radiology department at East
Alabama Medical Center, where
I'm a radiology technologist (X-ray
technologist). I miss that life
and the trials and tribulations
that come with it.
We don't know when we will
be coming home, and we don't
know what the future holds for
us as we approach the United
Nations deadline for complete
withdrawal from Kuwait by the
Iraqi military. But we're here
until we're told to pack up and
go home. We have made the
best of a bad situation that we
possibly can. We've spent
Thanksgiving, Christmas (my
daughter's birthday) and New
Year's in a country that I'll have
very fond memories of when
this is over. I have been separat­ed
from my family, friends and
loved ones, except my dad and
an aunt who are in my unit, for
over three months, and I really
don't like that, but that is proba­bly
the hardest thing about
being over here.
I am and always have been
proud of the fact that I'm a
member of the Alabama Nation­al
Guard and that we have had
a chance to prove to the world
and nation that we aren't just
"weekend warriors." We are a
group of professionals that have
given up a part of our lives to
stand up for something we
believe in - our way of life.
I would like to take this time
to wish everyone at Auburn
University a happy New Year
and a prosperous 1991.1 would
like the players on the football
team to know that I am proud of
the way they performed this
year. To the seniors, I wish a
grateful farewell for the great
things you have accomplished
at Auburn. Good luck in the
future. Always remember where
your seed was planted and how
that seed grew into a mighty
tree in Jordan-Hare Stadium.
You will always be remembered
for your triumphs, not your fail­ures.
Congratulations on your
Peach Bowl victory.
And to Coach Eagles and the
basketball team - keep up the
good work. You can accomplish
a lot this season.
To all my friends, faculty and
staff of the University and in
particular the business school,
Good luck in 1991. Pray for our
safe return, and keep us in your
thoughts. We shall return.
I've always been proud of
Auburn University, and since
my three years that I have spent
there my pride has been imbed­ded
in my heart for the rest of
my life. God bless, and please
write!
War "Damn" Eagle from
Saudi Arabia and Happy New
Year!
Sincerely,
Sgt. William C. King Jr. 04 MN
778th Maintenance Co.
Operation Desert Shield
APO, N.Y. 09616
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at 5 p.m.
Editor, The Plainsman:
At the end of every quarter, I
look back over the Plainsmans of
the past quarter to see what
happened. Of particular interest
to me are the letters to the edi­tor.
I like to know what other
AU students are thinking. Well,
this time I was disgusted with
how shallow the letters were.
Fall quarter there were so
many important issues to speak
out about, but they were rarely,
if ever, mentioned.
The Plainsman writers wrote
articles almost every issue on
the effects of President Martin's
decision not to give Charles
Curran tenure. It was so impor­tant
that CNN News reported
on it. Apparently, Auburn stu­dents
just didn't care.
The same could be said about
Operations Desert Shield. Quite
a few of our fellow students
were called to serve and I think
it is safe to say that all of us
have friends or family affected
by it. But again, no University
students seem to notice or care.
What did we care about?
Well, the two major issues were
fraternity/sorority bashing and
whether or not there should be a
gay and lesbian club on campus.
Wow, that's really important
stuff. I'm impressed.
There are about 22,000 stu­dents
here at Auburn, and with
a number like that, our opinions
could be very important. But,
with what I've seen, maybe we
don't have opinions on impor­tant
issues. Thaf s pretty sad for
an institution of higher learning.
It's a new year and a new
quarter. Maybe we can tackle
important issues instead of the
ones we've been concerned with
lately.
Rebecca A. Quigley
03IB
SGA gets Eagle's Nest reopened
Editor, The Plainsman:
On behalf of the Student Government Associa­tion,
it is my pleasure to announce the reopening
of the Eagles Nest starting Jan. 4. In my opinion,
this is a project that is long overdue, and I am
very excited about the thought of once again get­ting
to view our beautiful campus from the top of
Haley Center.
This project was implemented by our Student
Lobby Committee, which is lead by Keno Helmi.
They worked extremely hard to acquire the signa­tures
of many students, which convinced Presi­dent
Martin to approve our request. At this time, I
would like to commend them for their hard work
which was targeted on a project that can benefit
everyone. As you may recall in the last Plainsman
of the fall quarter, there was a feature story which
was about the reopening of the Eagles Nest. Since
then, there have been a few changes that I would
like to clarify.
The Eagles Nest will be open to the public as of
Feb. 4. It will be open seven days a week from
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It will close on dead day,
and it will reopen the first day of classes, the fol­lowing
quarter. If you would like to visit the
Eagles Nest at a time that it is not open, contact •
the Foy Union desk to see about making arrange­ments.
I would like to stress that the part of the Eagles
Nest that will be open is the deck area on the out­side.
The two rooms on the inside will not be
open to the public.
For those of you who have viewed the campus;
from the top of Haley Center, I am excited about!
you getting the opportunity to experience it once
again. For those of you who have never been to
the top of Haley Center, I encourage you to do so
as soon as you can once it is opened on Feb. 4.
Once again I would like to publicly thank the
Student Lobby Committee for the efforts it put
into this project. It is very rewarding to know
that the SGA is working on projects that benefit •
all of Auburn. I hope all of you take advantage of
the opportunity to view Auburn from such a nice
place. Please contact me or your school senator if
you can think of other projects that will benefit.
the students.
Terry McCarthy
SGA President
Curran's abilities not considered
•V
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Editor, The Plainsman:
Throughout the Charles Cur­ran
controversy, the objections
to Dr. Curran's position as a
professor at Auburn have cen­tered
around his censure by the
Vatican. What continues to
amaze me is that no one has
asked what the censure has to
do with Dr. Curran's ability to
teach the courses that he is
teaching at Auburn.
I completed Dr. Curran's con­temporary
Christian ethics class
fall quarter, and I can assure
those concerned that Dr. Cur­ran's
personal views as a
Catholic were never really men­tioned
and had no influence on
what I learned in the class. Dr.
Curran was a professional
throughout the course, the kind
of teacher every student should
hope to have. He encouraged us
to think as critical and intelli-gent
individuals; he listened to
our ideas and showed interest in
and appreciation of our
thoughts. At the beginning of
the quarter Dr. Curran stated
that he was a Catholic and then
never really discussed it again;
if he had not told us, I would
never have been able to tell by
what he said in class.
Furthermore, I do not recall
Dr. Curran mentioning his
views on abortion, homosexual­ity,
birth control or divorce in
his lectures. The course I took
with Dr. Curran dealt with
developing an ethical stance
based on beliefs of various reli­gions
and one's own personal
beliefs. It is an insult to myself
and to other students at Auburn
that the administration and oth­ers
do not think we have the
ability to hear varying opinions
and ideas and decide for our­selves
what we believe. I
thought that was one of the
goals of higher education.
I am thankful that I had the
chance to learn from Dr. Charles
Curran, someone who realizes
and respects the ability of his
students. And I am thankful
that I do not have to be taught
by the close-minded people who
have no need for academic free­dom
and are more concerned
with their own beliefs and prej­udices
than with the progress of
education.
Perhaps these people are so
worried about Curran's ability
to separate his personal views
from what he teaches in the
classroom because they are
unable to do the same in leading
the University.
Elisabeth Gullett
04GEH
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A-6 News The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 17, 1991
MARCH continued from A-1 t ^ t l N ^ U K t continued from A-1
"We had a real chance for a
new way of solving crises, and
all we had to do was wait till
the economic sanctions had
taken effect," sociology profes­sor
James Gundlach said.
Jason Kunkler, 01 PO, said,
"We ought to think twice about
going in there militarily before
we let the sanctions prove
themselves."
Telan said the march was also
intended as a statement to show
elected officials a differing
viewpoint from those who sup­port
military force in the gulf.
"It's very important for us to
let our elected representatives
know how we feel. We have
really wonderful rights, but
-they're not worth the paper
they're written on if they aren't
used," she said.
The Rev. David Bargetzi,
adviser for the Episcopal Stu­dent
Center, said the rally gave
participants an opportunity to
use those rights.
"I think the whole reason that
this is a great country to live in
is because the government is set
up on the idea that we're sup­posed
to express differing
views.
"If I stop speaking, I become
unpatriotic. If I stop marching, I
stop being an American.
"It seems questionable to me
to lose so many lives, both ours
and Iraqis, without being sure
why we're doing it," Bargetzi
said.
Sister Sharon Haskins of St.
Michael's Catholic Church said
a U.S. offensive in the Middle
East would not be worth the
number of deaths that would
result.
"It's important to give as
much time as is needed to come
to a negotiated peace," she said.
Joel Levins, 04 EE, said, "I
think this thing could have been
settled peacefully. I don't
believe we're going to war to
avenge innocent Kuwait, if
RALLY
Kuwait is innocent. I think
we're going to war for oil.
"We shouldn't try to be the
moral police of the world,"
Levins said. "We shouldn't
send any troops off to fight
unless somebody comes over
here and drops a bomb on our
shore."
Despite the political senti­ments
expressed at the rally,
participants said they support­ed
the troops in the Middle
East.
"I think a lot of people misun­derstand
what we're doing,"
Kunkler said. "We're not
against the soldiers that are
over there. We support them
fully; it's just a question of
where the soldiers go from here
and what they do that we're
concerned about."
Julie Burnes, 02 ID, said, "I'm
not against us trying to help
another country that's in trou­ble,,
but against us using
weapons to do it."
continued from A-1
Had a Dream" at the rally.
Based on King's concepts of
non-violence and peace, mem­bers
of the alliance said this
year's observance of King Day
is of special importance because
of the Persian Gulf conflict.
"Those of us who love peace
must organize as effectively as
the war hawks. As they spread
the propaganda of war, we
must spread the propaganda of
peace,"' Cumbee quoted King
as saying years ago.
The Rev. Emory Searcy Jr.
was the keynote speaker at Sat­urday's
"Living the Dream"
rally. Citing the necessity for
peace in the Middle East, he
told the crowd, "No blood for
oil."
Other participants in Satur­day's
rally included state Sena­tor
Ted Little, Opelika Mayor
Bobby Freeman, Lindberg Jack­son
of the Alabama Democratic
Committee and the Rev. George
Bandy, president of the Lee
County Alliance.
said, "(Ronald J.) Henry (vice
president for academic affairs)
conveyed to me directly that the
president said he fully expected
to be censured over this issue."
Henry told both the Promo­tion
and Tenure Committee and
the Senate Executive Committee
that Martin's decision to deny
tenure to Curran stemmed from
pressure from members of the
Board of Trustees.
The board threatened future
involvement in tenure deci­sions,
as well as taking away
Martin's power to grant tenure,
if he didn't comply with its
wishes, Solomon said.
Barry Burkhart, member of
the Senate ad hoc investigative
committee, said Trustee Bobby
Lowder told the committee that
the Board of Trustees "would
be pleased" to take away power
to tenure and that he would
guarantee more tenure would
be overturned in the future.
The Board of Trustees, how­ever,
issued on Nov. 9 a state­ment
which said, "We deny
Board of Trustees' involvement
in tenure decisions. These deci­sions
are independent presiden­tial
judgments."
The third action, Solomon
said, involved Martin's knowl­edge
of the dissemination of
statements in relation to Curran
and the religion department.
KURTZ
A fact sheet was issued in
early November by Herb White,
director of University Rela­tions,
which was "filled with
errors and distortions,"
Solomon said. The fact sheet
was then used by Reginald Ray,
representative to the governor
on the Board of Trustees, in
writing a letter that was pub­lished
in several local newspa­pers,
condemning those who
disagreed with Martin on the
issue.
James M. Dawsey, religion
professor, wrote a letter on
Nov. 19 to Henry and Mary P.
Richards, dean of the college of
Liberal Arts, stating, "Herb
White's exercise in disinforma­tion
is severely hurting our
department and should be con­tested.
...The information in the
so-called 'Fact Sheet' was not
only incomplete. It, in places,
"distorted the truth."
Martin originally denied
knowledge of the distribution of
the fact sheet. At the Nov. 20
Senate meeting, however, Mar­tin
said the fact sheet had been
distributed with his knowledge.
The fourth action, Solomon
said, was damage Martin's
actions may have caused
Auburn's national image.
John T. Vaughan, dean of the
College of Veterinary Medicine,
stated before the vote, "It's a
sad occasion when issues divide
friendships. ...Dissent is a natu­ral
check and balance between
faculty and administration
...that's desirable. ...However,
when dissent must be satisfied
by sanctions against a govern­ing
body, that's a different mat­ter.
"I cannot find it within my
own power to warrant a vote of
censure," Vaughan said.
Burkhart said he is proud of
the Senate.
"It (the Senate) showed it will
not be trampled on in matters
concerning academic freedom,"
Burkhart said.
Martin issued a statement
Wednesday in response to the
Senate's action. "It is my hope
that the University Senate
action on Tuesday will bring to
a conclusion the disagreements
between the administration and
the faculty leadership over the
Charles Curran affair. While I
do not agree with the vote
taken, I respect the faculty's
right to express its opinion on
this and other matters."
Also in response to the vote,
SGA President Terry McCarthy
said, "I hope the vote will not
adversely affect Auburn and
will motivate the University
Senate and the administration
to make the necessary changes
in the tenure process."
continued from A-1
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chemotherapy," Nequette said.
Kurtz hoped to return to
Auburn to finish a degree in
accounting and to run for a fra- back," Cox said,
ternity office.
"He was always talking about Services were held Tuesday in
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Thursday, January 17,1991 The Auburn Plainsman News A-7
Auburn aids in Persian Gulf crisis
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1 it would have to be passed inCcngress just like any other
ation.
2 i nose turning 20 in the same yearar WJ
instituted would be the first drafted.
3 The process would then proceed to those 21 years of age
and continue in the same fashion all the waj pasoKsin
the 24-year-old age group.
4 There are about two million people in each aj
totaling 14.4 Bullion who are
System, said
5 Names wouldbe chosen by a lottery system,
6 No automatic exempti<«ts would be granted,
7 Draftees would have to file for exemption with a
5-mernber board. "If you're in school you're gonna go
unless you're graduating within six month I'Air t x«\
of the Alabama Army National Guard, said.
Source: Selective Service Bureau
Federal officials say draft unnecessary
Kriste Goad
Assistant News Editor
A reinstatement of the draft is
not expected if indeed the Unit­ed
States goes to war, according
to federal officials.
"There has been no indication
from Congress, the White
House or the Department of
Defense that a draft is neces­sary.
And the president has stat­ed
one is not necessary,"
Samuel K. Lessey, Jr., director of
Selective Service Systems in
Washington, D.C., said Tues­day.
Captain R.H. Phelan, profes­sor
of naval science, said, "I
have my doubts that a draft will
ever be reinstituted. I don't
think the American public can
go through another draft."
After U.S. involvement in
Vietnam, the last draft ended in
1973.
If the draft were to be rein­stated,
it would have to be
passed in Congress just as any
other legislation.
Those turning 20 in the same
year in which the draft is insti­tuted
would be the first drafted.
There are about 2 million peo­ple
in each age group, totaling
14.4 million who are currently
signed up for the draft. Selec­tive
Service spokesman Larry
Waltman said.
Dan Johnson, master sergeant
for the Alabama Army National
Guard, said the draft is already
in place and does not have to be
put together.
"If the draft were called, we
could get 500 names immediate­ly
who could be drafted tomor­row,"
he said. "It's very, very
real. It's not hypothetical."
Names would be chosen by a
lottery system. Mail grams
would then be sent to those cho­sen,
ordering them to report to
the nearest military induction
center to be examined and
sworn in. No automatic exemp­tions
would be granted, Walt-man
said.
Locals activated for Persian Gulf duty
Stephen Jones
Staff Writer
As tensions increase in the
Persian Gulf, Auburn finds itself
well represented in Operation
Desert Shield.
Family and friends of soldiers
in Saudi Arabia eagerly await
cards and phone calls, while
some students prepare for possi­ble
activation.
Creig Stanfield, 03PBSC, has
been in Saudia Arabia since
Dec. 5, his father Herbert Stan-field
said. Stanfield's parents
last heard from him about three
weeks ago.
"He wanted to know what the
papers were saying because it
sounded pretty serious there,"
his father said. He was still
homesick but better adjusted,
his father said.
Stanfield told his father he
hadn't received any of the pack­ages
or letters sent. His parents
are wrapping up thermal shirts
that he requested because of
cool nights there.
Alan Love, 04IB, "had gotten a
lot of mail and was doing fine,"
said his mother, Gerutha Love.
She spoke with her son Jan. 9
when he was allowed time for
rest and relaxation. Love has
been in the Middle East since he
left Camp Lejeune, N.C., on
Dec. 26, his mother said.
Richard Hupf, 01 PAM, re-enlisted
in early December
because he "didn't want to miss
anything," he told his sister, Tri-cia
Hupf, 03VAT.
Hupf was in the Army for two
years. "He wanted to make sure
Saddam Hussein got what he
deserved," his sister said.
Lee Sanders, 01GLA, was
moved to the Kuwaiti border
Jan. 8, his mother, Joan Sanders,
said. She said he wanted every­one
to write and complained
that there were no showers at
the border and no junk food
available.
Nathaniel Husman, 03CE, vol­unteered
for duty on Monday,
and was given the option of
leaving now or in another
month.
"If I wait, then I'll be going
straight over when the time
comes. So I want to go now in
order to receive more training,"
Husman said.
Husman originally joined the
Armed Forces because, he said,
"I've always wanted to be a
Marine, and the benefits are
good."
He won't be leaving without
some uncertainty, though.
"You've seen all of the war
movies and listened to the veter­ans,
but you still can't know
what to expect," he said.
The soldiers said they were
honored to serve their country,
but they did not invite the
prospect of war, their families
said.
"I take it a day at a time. I
know we're there for a good
purpose, but that doesn't make
it any easier," Love's mother
said.
Stanfield's father said, "I back
Bush on what he's doing, but I
wish we didn't have to be there.
If if s going to happen, I wish it
would now so they can come
home."
Kara Jacobs and
Lynn Jeter
Staff Writers
Wade Williams is accustomed
to pressure, but tension in the
Persian Gulf could force his
duties as Plainsman editor to
take a back seat to Uncle Sam
and Operation Desert Shield.
The elected student leader,
who also serves the U.S. Navy
on active reserve duty, has
already had one false alarm
with his Montgomery-based
unit preparing for what might
be the real thing.
"I never thought about going
until I got a call from my com­manding
officer," Williams
said. The journalism senior got
a scare at the beginning of the
quarter when he was notified he
was being activated.
His name had mistakenly
appeared on a list of reservists
who had voluntered. Williams
said no one knows how his
name got on the list, but the call
was canceled when the error
was discovered.
"I wasn't concerned until I
received the first call, and I will
try not to be concerned until I
get another," Williams said.
"It's an obligation I undertook
some time ago, and it's my job.
So I will have to go."
Though an editor will be
elected by a general vote in
April for the 1991-92 year,
Williams' tenure does not offi­cially
end until the final issue of
spring.
In the event Williams is
called, the Communications
Board will meet and follow a
course of action as prescribed
by Pat Barnes, chairman of the
Comm Board and vice presi­dent
of student affairs.
"We will either try to call a
special session of the Comm
Board and take a vote with a
quorum of the members present
or take a telephone poll of the
members," she said.
Barnes said when Williams
was interviewed for editor, "it
was a possibility, but not a
imminent reality" that he would
be called to active military ser­vice.
Jack Simms, Comm Board
member and former Plainsman
editor said, "If he goes, I don't
feel there will be a real problem
at The Plainsman. They will miss
him, but the paper will go on."
Williams said, "People don't
need to be worried about me or
anyone else; they need to worry
about those that have already
been called. We need to support
them."
Auburn's own deployed
Auburn has had numerous
members of its faculty, student
body and alumni deployed in
the last five months in con­junction
with Operation
Desert Shield.
The following is the most
up-to-date listing available
campuswide. ThePlainsman
welcomes information about
these or other Auburn stu­dents,
faculty o r alumni
involved in the gulf conflict.
STUDENTS and FACULTY
Lee Sanders, 01 GLA
Oxford???'-
Nathaniel Husman, 03 CE
HuritsvUle?
Creig Stanfield, 03 PBSC
Birmingham
• Richard Hupf, 01 PAM
Sfobile
• Alan Love, 04 IB
Ashfbrd
• Richard Brihker
Department of Forestry
Auburn
• Eric Westerlund, 03 NUR
Birmingham
• Charles Faulkner Jr., 02 PBSC
Greenville
l_y
•:•' Kurt Warmbrod, 04 BSC
Huntsviile
• Richard Buck, 02AR
Eclectic. ::
• • James Floyd
Department of Agriculture
Auburn;-?".?. •
• Sean Fisher, 02 CJL
Deerfield Beach, Fla.
• Justin Bishop, 01GPO
Gadsden
• William Brown, 01 CSM
Auburn,?.?:??:
•:Samuel Chard, 04ME
Florence
?ALUMNIv '?-;'::
• Lt. Cmdr. Charles W. Davis 77
OX DIV/OPSDEPT
• Maj. Robert L. Davis 74
Operation Desert Shield
• 2nd Lt. Matthew J. Ferguson '88
"B" Co.; 782 MT BN, FAST II
• Capt. Thomas Fluker '80
• Capt. James Paul Foshee 78
63rdTa.ctical Airlift Squadron
• Lt. Byron M. "Monty" Hudson
-83
• 1st Lt. Timothy S. Mundy '87
3rd Bartalion/3rd Marines
•Maj. Robert F. Russell 78
363TFWDeployed/JA
• Capt. R.M. Schmitz '84
USMC, Det MACG38
The Auburn Plainsman welcomes
any names, additional informa­tion
or corrections to complete the
listing of Auburn soldiers in or en
route to the Persian Gulf.
Students offer support in time of crisis
Meg Keogh
Technical Editor
Staff photo by John Roper
j Thomas Czerkawski, 03TH, Cline, Kathryn Colegrove, 03
TH, and Sutton sing prayers of peace for the gulf crisis.
With the threat of war
approaching, three theatre
majors joined together to orga­nize
a peace vigil 24 hours
before the United Nations'
deadline.
Michelle Sutton, 05 TH, Amy
Wilson, 04 TH, and Jenny Cline,
03 TH, were sitting in the green
room of the theater before class­es
Monday morning discussing
what to do for the soldiers in
Saudi Arabia, Sutton said.
"We knew we had to do
something, instead of sitting
idly by and waiting for some­thing
to happen," Cline said.
Sutton said, "We were dis­cussing
the possibility of war,
and the more we discussed it
the angrier we became. Jenny
'We knew we had to do something, instead
of sitting idly by and waiting for something
to happen.'
—-Jenny Cline
and Amy decided to set up the
vigil so we could send our
thoughts and prayers to the sol­diers."
Approximately 65 students
showed up at the candlelight
vigil to show their support.
"When I saw everyone com­ing,
I realized it was a nice
spark during such a dismal
time," Cline said. "It is so good
to see everyone come together."
Sutton said, "I didn't know
whether to cry because I was
sad or because I was so happy
at the turn out."
Stephen French, 02 TH, said
everyone who came to the vigil
came because they had one
common hope: that everything
turns out all right, and no one
else has to die.
The group recognized the
soldiers with songs such as
"Teach Your Children Well"
and "Kumbayah."
"The songs are not going to
be depressing because we want
the mood to remain light,"
French said before the vigil.
"We want to remain strong for
the soldiers, seeing how most of
us have someone over there."
The group decided this would
be its way of showing the sol­diers
that it was supporting
them, Wilson said.
"I was asked if this was a
protest; I just laughed," she
said. 'This is not a protest, it is a
bunch of people - and not just
theater majors - coming togeth­er
to pray and support each
other."
Sutton said she has started to
look at people at the University
differently, wondering if they
were going to have to go and if
they were going to come back
alive.
"All of us are so scared about
what's going to happen," Sut­ton
said. "We came together for
security. It wasn't just one
group that showed up, but a big
group of people praying for
peace."
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SGA calls for University harmony
Londa Paulk
Staff Writer
SGA President Terry Mc­Carthy
asked that the Curran
affair be left behind when he
spoke to a special University
Senate meeting Tuesday to vote
on the censure of President
James E. Martin.
"The most positive outcome
of the tenure dispute is not test­ing
whether changes need to be
made regarding academic free­dom,
but rather looking at the
procedural faults in our sys­tem,"
McCarthy said.
"We must act as administra­tors,
alumni, faculty and stu­dents
for the betterment of
Auburn."
The SGA Senate called for a
restoration of Auburn's image
Monday night in response to
the debates regarding the local
theologian's tenure status.
"We are concerned that this
issue will continue to adversely
affect Auburn University," SGA
Vice President Merle Flowers
said.
The resolution, which the
SGA Senate passed unanimous­ly,
stated that the vote on Tues­day
by the University Senate
regarding the censure of Presi­dent
James E. Martin will be the
end of the Curran issue.
"It was a matter of Auburn's
reputation," Flowers said.
"Hopefully, University harmo­ny
will be restored."
The resolution also said the
Faculty Senate should focus its
efforts on exposing any possible
flaws of the written tenure pro­cess
to ensure a case of this
severity will not occur again.
The restoration of Auburn's
reputation would "promote full
cooperation between student,
faculty, and administration,"
according to the resolution.
In other business in the SGA
Senate meeting, the elections
agenda for winter 1991 was
passed.
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The Auburn Alumni Associa­tion
issued a statement Jan. 10
in support of President James E.
Martin, even though the Uni­versity
Senate voted Tuesday
afternoon in favor of a censure
resolution.
Martin said he was pleased to
have the support of the Alumni
Association.
"I would like to move on to
other things," he said. "I made a
decision for Auburn that I
thought would be best in the
long run. I don't feel like I have
violated academic freedom or
the tenure process."
The statement said the
Auburn Alumni Association is
deeply troubled and concerned
about the course of action and
the general tenor of the debate
by the University Senate.
The association has been
involved in University affairs
since its beginning in 1893, so
it's natural that it is concerned
about current Senate activities,
said Joseph F. Busta Jr., vice
president for advancement.
Gary Mullen, chairman of the
Senate, said he didn't think the
members of the Senate would
be affected by the statement
issued by the association.
"It's understandable that the
members of the alumni feel this
issue is important and feel com­pelled
to make a statement, but
the Senate is an independent
body that shouldn't be swayed.
They have more information
than the alumni."
The association's statement
said the association felt as
though Martin had followed
policy and had not violated aca­demic
freedom. The censure
resolution was based on false
and unproven allegations, the
statement said.
The vote of censure is a strong
public statement of position by
the Senate, Mullen said.
"In the academic community,
some will take the censure very
seriously, while it won't carry
much weight with others," he
said.
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Thursday, January 17,1991 The Auburn Plainsman News A-9
Research V.P.: Additional funding will benefit all programs
Greg Suskin
Staff Writer
Auburn may be well on its
way to becoming a top universi­ty
in the area of scientific
research as colleges such as
agriculture, engineering and
veterinary medicine get more
funds for research projects than
ever before, officials said.
Total expenditures for fiscal
year 1990 were $65.4 million, up
, from the $22.2 million allotted
10 years ago, research depart­ment
statistics indicated.
Research funding has grown
drastically in the College of
Engineering, where expendir
tures topped $13 million last
year. This figure was barely $1
million in 1980.
The college's dean, William F.
Walker, said he is convinced
this growth will have a positive
effect on Auburn.
"There is a popular miscon­ception
that you're either a
teaching institution or you're a
research institution," Walker
said, "but I believe the quality
of instruction will improve as
research improves. It has to."
There are currently seven
centers of research in engineer­ing,
each with several different
laboratories, Walker said.
The majority of the funding
for engineering research has
come from the federal govern­ment
and private industry,
Walker said.
"Competition for federal dol­lars
is tough," he said. "We cur­rently
have about 40 percent of
our proposals approved, which
is above the national average."
Walker said he believes
Auburn is succeeding as a
growing research university.
"We are making it, and I feel
that we simply need to continue
trying to get state assistance."
Graduate students are the tar­gets
of much of the research,
Paul Parks, vice president for
research, said.
"Schools with strong gradu­ate
programs will benefit from
increased research directly,
while other schools will grow
because of research," he said.
The Board of Trustees has set
a goal to increase the enroll­ment
of graduate students at
Auburn from 2,500 to 5,000 dur­ing
the next several years, Parks
said.
But while all areas do not
benefit directly from the
research funding, research itself
is important at any level, Parks
said.
Increased research funding
also means money from the
general fund can be loosened
up to be used in other areas, he
said.
"Extra funds provide support
for faculty salaries in the form
of indirect cost dollars which
are used for the University in
general."
Indirect cost dollars are usual­ly
a percentage of funds that are
part of each grant or contract,
Parks said. These funds are
used in other areas as needed
by the University outside the
research project.
"This is a great plus for the
University," he said.
The College of Agriculture
has also experienced rapid
growth in research projects in
recent years. Total expenditures
for 1990 were more than $26
million.
James E. Marion, dean of the
College of Agriculture, said the
total grants and contracts for
agricultural and agricultural
business research exceeded $5
million last year.
"Money is very carefully allo­cated
to specific projects, and
objectives are clearly defined,"
Marion said. Such research will
bring Auburn national respect,
he said.
"It will firmly establish
Auburn in the scientific
research world as a respectable
institution," he said, "and we
will gain much more national
recognition." Marion said he
also believes increased research
efforts will help academics and
instruction.
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University may pad economy
Anissa demons
Staff Writer
Despite national recession
trends, economic slowdown is
less apparent in Lee County
than in others statewide, par­tially
because of the Universi­ty's
presence, local experts said.
'The University is our largest
employer. They're our largest
tax base in the city," Levi
Knapp, city finance director,
said.
"With the University you
have a lot of stability," said
James R. Barth, Lowder Emi­nent
Scholar in Finance. "The
University, seems to me, is
going to be here a long time. It
has indeed weathered previous
recessions."
Although the University is a
stabilizing factor in the local
economy, some University offi­cials
deny Auburn is safe from
the ills of recession.
"I guess the University isn't
recession-proof. The governor
just called a proration of 3.72
percent, and that's been a heavy
effect on us," said James Mc-
Donough, acting vice president
of business and finance.
McDonough said he feels pro­ration
is a direct result of the
nation's economic downfall of
the last few months.
"We have not seen any reces­sion
trends (in Lee County) up
to this point," Knapp said.
The three sources of economic
revenue — sales and use tax,
occupational licenses and busi­ness
licenses — have remained
steady, he said.
Like revenue figures, the
unemployment rate is typically
monitored for economic fore­casts.
Lee County's latest unem­ployment
figures show a drop
in November from 5.7 percent
to 4.6 percent, Connie Spades of
the area employment office
said.
This figure, however, is high­er
than 1989's November report
of 3.8 percent, she said.
"Lee County's financial con­tention
does indeed depend
upon how deep and prolonged
the national recession is," Barth
said.
The outcome of the Middle
East crisis will be the major
influential factor in the econo­my,
Barth said.
"If there is a war and it lasts
quite a while, and it's relatively
severe, then of course it's going
to really hurt the U.S. econo­my,"
he said. "If the overall U.S.
economy is hurt quite a bit, then
that will spill over and adverse­ly
affect Lee County."
Barth said sales of luxury
items will decline, but he said
he doesn't foresee a major
depression or any other sort of
shock that will wreak havoc in
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• Tonya Ponds
Staff Writer
Driving along the streets of
Auburn, it's difficult to tell that
much of America is feeling the
crunch of a recession. Business­es
are "popping up" all over
town, but city officials said they
are not surprised.
"The students stimulate an
electricity that you don't find in
a lot of communities," Gail
Alsobrook, head of the Auburn
Chamber of Commerce, said.
"They (new businesses) are
charged with the electricity.
They do their market studies,
visit the city and are charged
with the electricity. That's why
they're here," she said.
There have been 78 new busi­ness
licenses issued since Nov.
1.
Auburn is not recession-proof,
but the business market
is stable, Alsobrook said. "It's
growing, so it breathes more."
City Manager Doug Watson
agreed with Alsobrook.
"Growth has been continuous
for the last seven years. We've
had significant growth in apart­ment
construction, retail con­struction,
and other new busi­ness
openings," Watson said.
"Businesses come because
they think there is a market," he
said. "People are perceiving
that things are positive here,
that there is a market for busi­ness."
Watson said the local econo­my
will remain strong if the
recession stays mild, and the
University, as well as the indus­tries,
will not be greatly affect­ed.
"We are quite optimistic,"
said spokesman Dick Monroe of
Red Lobster Restaurants, which
opened a restaurant near Vil­lage
Mall Jan. 14.
"We think we can do good
business in a community like
Auburn. Of course, we did our
research, but many restaurants
in college communities do quite
well."
A third Hardee's restaurant
has also opened in Auburn,
prompting a "Why not?" from
the chain's regional leader,
Charles Darnell.
"The two in the area are doing
pretty good, and it was a good
area," he said. "Auburn is
growing. We don't see a prob­lem
in the (local) economy."
Christmas sales at the Village
Mall were up 5 percent from
1989, Fred Benson, Village Mall
manager, said. "It was one of
our best," he said.
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Blood drive begins Monday
McCall Campbell
Staff Writer
In 1967, Auburn students
rallied together and held a
two-day blood drive when
several other colleges nation­wide
were protesting the
Vietnam conflict.
That blood drive collected
4,812 pints of blood, setting a
world record. Now SGA offi­cials
want to repeat history
using the Persian Gulf con­flict
to get students involved.
The SGA Winter Blood
Drive will be Monday
through Saturday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. in the lobby of
Haley Center. SGA officials
expect to collect some 2,500
pints of blood during the
drive.
The Pentagon has signed a
contract with the American
Red Cross for blood to help
alleviate shortages in the Per­sian
Gulf.
Jody Wilson, donor
resource specialist for Ameri­can
Red Cross Blood Services,
said the contract states that in
the case of war, the American
Red Cross will be directly
sending a large percentage of
its donated blood to troops in
the Middle East.
But before the Red Cross
can realistically send blood
overseas, more donors must
give blood locally. Currently
there is not enough blood for
Alabama's hospitals, Michelle
Kirtley, SGA director of
media, said.
Organizers have dedicated
this year's drive to the late
William Mason, associate
dean of the College of Sci­ences
and Mathematics and a
long-time adviser for past
blood drives.
Mason, who died Nov. 25,
served as adviser since 1979.
The annual winter drive is
the largest in the state.
Kirtley said it is recom­mended
that donors - who
must be aged 17-66 and in
good health - eat a normal
meal before giving blood.
For more information, call
the SGA office at 844-4240.
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Airport set to undergo facelift
Suzy Priest
Staff Writer
The Auburn/Opelika Roger
G. Pitts Airport will begin reno­vations
to three main buildings
sometime this year following a
University appropriation of
$425,000 for the project.
The airport, University
owned and operated for public
use, will receive renovations to
the North Large Hangar, South
Large Hangar and Administra­tion
Building, all built before
1952.
"Nice, new facilities will
attract more people, student-wise
and business-wise," said
John Bales, assistant chief flight
instructor.
Airport administrators and
City of Auburn officials said
they had hoped to completely
rebuild the airport so a new
instrumental landing system
could be installed and public
use could be increased. Univer­sity
appropriations, however,
allow for minor renovations.
Renovation has been a slow
process because of competition
from surrounding airports and
the Auburn airport's lack of
public charter flights, Bales said.
Large airports in Atlanta, Birm­ingham
and Montgomery pro­vide
for almost all of the public
flights in this area.
The airport is primarily used
for student training in the Col­lege
of Engineering's aviation
management program.
Meanwhile, airport adminis­trators
are still hoping for Fed­eral
Aviation Agency (FAA)
approval of a proposed runway
extension which would reroute
Glenn Avenue.
The runway extension pro­posal,
submitted in November
1989, would mean an estimated
$8 million project, 90 percent of
which would be funded by the
FAA, Bales said.
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Renovations have shut down
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Acting on recommendations
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an Atlanta-based agency, work
has begun at Langdon to make
the restrooms accessible to the
handicapped, said Pat Barnes,
vice president of student affairs.
The restrooms, located down
a flight of stairs on either side of
the building, are being moved
inside.
The renovations will cost the
University less than $5000,
Director of Utilities Steve Swan-son
said. "As a matter of prac­tice,
the University is always
trying to make (facilities) more
accessible to the handicapped."
The free movie schedule will
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As winter.arrived, so did the
1990-1991 Auburn University
telephone directories, complete
with a slick new cover and
Aubie front and center.
The directories were available
Jan. 6, according to Foy Union
desk worker Tina Thibault.
The directories, complete with
phone numbers of faculty and
students, sport business listings
in the back.
All this for free. They can be
picked up at Foy Union or in
residence halls.
But what's new is not what's
in the book, but the calling
directions for in-state long dis­tance
usage.
South Central Bell now
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in-state long distance calls.
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Efficiency Apartment for rent. $200.00 a
month $150.00 deposit). Call 821-3920 or
821-1127.
Sublease 2 Bedroom, 1 bath Duplex with
washer/dryer. Close to campus. Good deal,
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including W/D, AC, VCR and dishwasher.
Located 455 Ridgewood Village. Call 821-
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month. Close to Vet School. Call 1-863-
8569 leave message.
' Must Sublease one bedroom apt. 1 1/2
blocks from campus. $244.00 per month.
Please call 887-6146.
Female Roommate Needed own bed­room,
own bath, $162.50 per month + 1/2
utilities starting spring quarter. Call 826-
'8884.
Large Inexpensive Apartment. Close to
campus. All utilities furnished. 821-8304.
1 or 2 Females to take over lease
at Scarborough Square Apartments.
t$125.00/month plus 1/4 utilities. Pool in
complex, close to campus. Call 826-2076
and ask for Tina.
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Female Roommates needed at Deerfield I
Condosl Great apartment! Lots of room!
Call 844-7380.
Roommate Needed. Nice 3 bedroom
house, with furniture, washer/dryer, car­port,
a nice yard. A good neighborhood,
•can walk to classes. Only $175.00 + 1/2
utilities. Call 821-4548.
Formals for Rent. Sizes 9/10, 11/12 and
13. Call 821-9219.
Mobile Home for rent (students). For rent
1 double wide mobile home, 3 bedroom, 2
bath, washer/dryer, central air/heat, large
deck, patio-awing. Wire road area. One
mile from Vet School. Call 826-1169.
Wanted Female Nonsmoking roommate
Campus Courtyard West Magnolia. Call
Janet at 821-8419. $160.00 a month.
Sublease Northpoint. Own bedroom, own
bathroom, Jacuzzi in apartment, completely
furnished, washer/dryer, everything spring
and/or summer quarters. Call Kelly
826-1340.
Sublease Patio II Apartment. Spring &
Summer. One bedroom. Nice Facilities and
negotiable rent. 821-4221 after 2 p.m.
Room For Sublease at Northpointe.
$260.00 per month plus 1/4 utilities. Spring
and/or summer. Call Dawn at 826-6855.
Please leave message.
Male Roommate Needed at Patio I. For an
available room rent is $192.50 per month
plus 1/2 electricity. Pets allowed. Call
David at 826-1334 after 6:00 p.m. or at
844-2915 between 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Must Sublease 1 bedroom Apartment.
February 1st. Patio 2 Apts., $320.00 or
negotiable. 826-7122.
Need To Sublease Apartment. $450.00
winter quarter. $350.00 spring quarter.
Private room call Amy 826-3208.
Female Roommate beginning spring.
Share 2 bedroom/2 bath house, Wire
Road, 10 minutes from campus, fenced
yard, pet? Computer w/printer $200.00 +
utilities. 257-4373 evenings.
Need A Roommate? Trying to get out of a
lease? Need a new place to live? Call Stu­dents'R
Us. 821-SRUS.
Female Roommate Needed. Share 2 bed­room,
unifurnished. Patio Apartment,
$192.50/month. 1st month Free! 1-882-
2952.
New 2 Bedroom, 2 bath Mobile Home, 3
blocks from campus available now. Lease
negotiable Heritage Estates. 821-4544.
Non-smoking Male Roommate needed all
appliance $165.00/month. Call Eric 821-
4535.
Sublease Apartment for winter quarter.
Female 1/2 block from campus
157.50/month 404-993-5404.
Found: Black and White German Shep­herd.
Has a brown collar. Call 821-1409.
Found: Cat with crooked right front paw.
Found near Eagle West Apartments. 821-
0206.
Microcomputer tutoring, Dos wordperfect
Lotus 3 years experience in instruction.
Reasonable rates 821-4147.
Need a Tutor? Call Students 'R Us. 821-
SRUS start early! Don't get lost in class.
Make that Deans list! Tutors available in all
subjects.
Questions About Aids? Attend the Lee
County Aids Outreach Educational Forum
on Prisons and Aids at East Alabama Med­ical
Center, room D at 7:00 on January 22.
For more information call the Helpline at
887-5244.
Typing Service Call 826-8231 between
8:00 a.m. -10:00 p.m., ask lor Jennifer.
Low rates.
Be a Tutor! Earn extra cash! Call Students
'R Us. New Phone #821-(SRUS).
Tennis Lessons. USPTA certified tennis
professional. Flexible hours, reasonable
rates. All levels. Call Chris at 821-2037.
Are You Afraid that you are pregnant?
SAV-A-LIFE can help. Free Pregnancy
Test. 821-6700.
Help Wanted All Positions. Apply in per­son
4-7 Tuesday through Friday. No phone
calls please. Cappy's 1716 Opelika Road,
Auburn.
Construction Jobs now hiring all posi­tions.
Both skilled & unskilled. Male &
female openings. For information call (615)
779-5505 Ext. T338.
Full or Part-time help wanted for local
Property Management Company. Please
apply in person at 729 E. Glenn between
8-5 Monday thru Friday.
"Attention College Students" Interested
in a summer job working as Lifeguard in
the destin Ft. Walton Beach area. Qualifi­cations:
Red Cross Certifications in
Advanced Lifesaving or Lifeguard Training,
C.P.R., and Standard First aid. Job will be
available beginning March 1,1991 through
September 30,1991. For more information
and application write to: Sunset Beach
Service Inc., 9 Gipson Place, FL Walton
Beach FL. 32548 or call (904) 244-0452.
Cruise Ships Now hiring all positions.
Both skilled & unskilled. For information
call (615) 779-5505 Ext. H213.
Accounting Assistant wanted part-time
Must have completed sophomore account­ing,
have office experience, plane to live in
Auburn at least one year. Call 821-9196,
weekdays, by Monday, January 21.
Wanted: Mature person ages 18 or older
to work with after school program hours 12-
3:30 Monday-Friday. Call 826-1756.
Wanted: Female to sublease starting
spring quarter. Own room, furnished.
$150/month + 1/2 utilities. 821-2179 leave
message.
Scrap Gold, Gold, Silver, Diamond, class
rings, wedding bands and gold chains.
Highest prices paid. Hill's Jewelry 111 E.
Magnolia, Auburn. 887-3921.
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couples: Join us for our January 21 & 22
training session, 6:30 to 9 p.m. in 1239
Haley Center. Call 844-4430 or come
by1132-34 Haley Center for more informa­tion.
Just Say Yes? When asked to be a desig­nated
driver. Then don't take a drink! Your
friends lives are more important than a
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This Valentine's Day,
let your sweetheart know
how much you care.
Look for details
about The Plainsman's
Something Special Section
on February 14th.
Bargain Spring Break Panama City
Beach Florida. 7 nights $139.00. Don't miss
the deadline. 821-9465.
Alesis Qaudraverb digital multi-effects
$225.00. BBE 422 sonic maximizer
$150.00. Hush IICX noise reduction system
$150.00. Call Jason 821-9048.
All Kinds of Poster. Inexpensive mounting
U per square inch Poster it 129 South Col­lege.
821-9465.
For Sale Exercise Climber $100.00. Vinyl
chair $20.00, two chairs $10.00 set, (75)
Golf shirts $2.00 each. 826-9470.
1988 Escort. 2 door, A/T, A/C, AM/FM,
excellent condition. $3,850.00. 821-8903.
Leave message if no answer.
Trailer in Ridgewood Village. Two bed­room,
1 bath, fully furnished with
microwave, $4350.00. Call 205-283-6941.
'82 Honda 450 Nighthawk. $600.00/OBO.
Call 826-3072.
Mobile Home -1977 12 x 65,2 bedroom,
large kitchen, covered patio, underpinned,
storage shed, newly remodeled. $6200.00.
826-1747.
Honda 650 Nighthawk 9000 miles, like
new w/KG back rest, eclipse saddlebags,
plexiglass fairing, crash bars, $2100.00.
257-4373.
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Friday Room 332 Foy Union 7:45 a.m. until
4:45 p.m.
2 Bedroom, f bath 1970 Champion, good
condition, $4500.00.821-4149 after 5 p.m.
79 TramsAm T-tops, 4 speed-Hurst, blue,
new engine, new clutch and new transmis­sion.
826-0741.
1986 14 x 60 Mobile Home. Excellent con­dition.
2 bedroom, 2 bath, furnished, large
private lot, two miles from Vet School.
IDeal for pets. Many extras. $11,500.00.
826-3830.
Washer and Electric dryer. Nine months
old. $500.00 or best offer. 844-6967 days.
For Sale Refrigerator and freezer. $60.00.
Call 826-8561.
Size-5 Wedding/Engagement Ring.Turbo-
Grafx Video game w/bonks cartridge, Sony
Color-remote television. Graduating. Must
sell. 826-2456.
1986 Ninja 250RS, low miles, excellent
condition, great transportation around
campus. $1500.00/OBO. Call Rusty at
821-3053.
SpringBreak Sailing Bahamas. 48 ft.
Luxury Yachts, groups of 6 to 8,
seven days Barefoot Sailing The
Bahamas $488.00 each includes private
cabin & meals. Springbreak Hotline
1-800-999-7245 anytime.
1987 Hyundai Excel, Hatchback, only
36,000 miles, 4-speed transmission,
$2750.00/OBO 821-3711.
King-size Waterbed, bevelled support,
mirrored headboard. Call 844-9181 or 826-
2295 after 5:00 p.m.
104 in. Couch $80.00; 4 ft. round coffee
table $20.00; Kenmore portable dishwash­er
$80.00; kitchen dining table with 4 chair
$50.00; lamp $10.00. All in good condition.
Call 826-8418 for more information.
Trek 2300 Pro Racing Bike - carbon frame.
Shimano 600. Shoes Helmet , car rack.
Must sell. 887-8230.
Eucalyptus Valentine Wreaths $3-$30.
Scented Geraniums. Call or visit Village
Arbors (826-3490).
Golden and Silver Age Comic Books. Bat­man
24, 67 and F.F. 47-206. Call Chris at
821-6148 for prices.
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dryer, kingsized waterbed, new carpet,
vinyl. $4000.00. Auburn (205) 347-2052
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A Bahamas Party Cruise; 6 days
only $279.00! Jamaica & Florida 6 days
$299.00! Daytona $159.00! Panama
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Honda Shadow 500cc, low mileage, new
tires needs front fork. $600.00. 887-
6783.
Yakima Long Tray for sale. Call Lotta at
821-1505.
Chocolate Labs - AKC males and
females. Excellent lines. Parents can be
seen. 887-5375 after 5 p.m.
14 x 70 Trailer 2 bedroom, washer, dryer,
refrigerator, central air, underpinned and
mostly furnished. Available spring quarter.
Gentilly 2, $6700.00/negotiable. 826-8754.
Toyota Corolla-80. Excellent condition.
85K Manual Stereo $1995.00/OBO. Call
826-9557 or 844-3348.
For Sale Alvarez Acoustic guitar with case
and strap great condition. $199.00. Call
Keith 821-0109.
Contemporary Tan Sofa. $150.00. Call
887-8052 after 4:00 p.m.
Road Bike 10-Speed Bridgestone. Good
condition. Black $125.00. Call Mark 821-
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A-14 News The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, January 17, 1991
KIESEL continued from A-3
gift," the mayor said. She also
said the city couldn't afford such
a park.
Three phases of development
are planned for Kiesel Park, she
said. The first phase includes a
pavilion, an amphitheater, gaze­bos,
nature trails, a parking lot
and restrooms. Phase I should
be completed by early spring,
Dempsey said.
Paul Butler, the architect for
Kiesel Park, said the amphithe­ater,
which will seat 5,000 peo­ple,
will have grass terraces
edged with granite blocks.
It will be used for low-key
COMICS
entertainment such as string
quartets. "There will be no rock
concerts," Dempsey said. It was
built for family entertainment,
nothing loud, she said.
The pavilion is called the
Frank Brown Memorial Pavil­ion,
Dempsey said. Brown, who
died two years ago, was the
city's recreation director when
Auburn received the land. In
memory of Brown, friends and
relatives donated $11,000 to the
pavilion.
Butler, who works for Brown
Stencil Architecture in Mont­gomery,
said the pavilion is con­structed
similar to the structure
of band parks.
"It is Victorian in flavor," he
said. The gazebos are designed
to look like smaller versions of
the pavilion.
In addition to the pavilion and
the gazebos, there will also be
an astronomy platform, a bird-watching
pavilion, rest stations
along the trails and an ornate
bridge with a gazebo in the mid­dle,
Butler said. These buildings
will also look like the pavilion,
he said.
Dempsey said the total cost of
Phase I is $150,000.
PRETEND continued from A-3
that there is a tendency for
highly imaginative children
to show higher scores on cog­nitive
ability tests," Shapiro
said.
"They tend to be more
cooperative, more friendly,
more independent...and less
aggressive than those chil­dren
who rarely pretend."
• Highly imaginative chil­dren
also tend to be more
popular and have a better
command of social skills, he
said.
Cognitive skills are also
influenced by make believe.
If a child takes part in fanta­sy
role-playing, more elabo­rate
cognitive skills are
required, Shapiro said.
Fantasy role-playing is pre­tending
to be someone like
Superman as opposed to pre­tending
to be someone like
Daddy.
"If a person does not
engage in pretend play at all,
(he or she) will be a very con­crete
thinker," Shapiro said.
Some children pretend
more than others. How much
they pretend depends on
their age and their environ­ment,
he said.
If a child is uncomfortable
in his or her surroundings,
pretend play may be used to
make him feel at ease.
"But everybody engages in
escape," Shapiro said. Even
adults indulge themselves at
times.
"It is just a very important
part of dealing with the
world."
continued from A-3
-X-Men," a currently popular
series.
Some of the books have
bizarre sexual themes, such as
one of Wilson's favorites, "The
Elektra Assassin." The storyline
involves a woman who tries to
kill a demon that is possessed to
kill her lover, Wilson said.
Another example of a mature
theme is "Give Me Liberty -
The American Dream," in
which a black woman is trying
to escape from the slums in a
futuristic, communist society.
Wilson said the book that got
him interested in comics as an
adult is Frank Miller's "Return
of the Dark Knight." In this
book, Batman was turned into a
brutal person in a scene set in
the future.
"I have always loved a good
bad guy," he said. "It totally
turned around how people
looked at comics. Now it seems
most of the books out have Tor
Mature Readers Only' written
on the outside.
"I believe that the literature in
comics is far superior to the
average romance novel, or even
most newspapers and maga­zines,"
he said. "A good comics
writer is usually a good generic
writer. He just uses comics as
his medium."
The "Legion of Superheroes"
line demonstrates a higher read­ing
level. To understand these
books, one must be able to draw
on knowledge from 20 years
ago, Pew said.
"There are so many details
and characters. It can get very
complicated," he said.
"Superman doesn't do stupid
things anymore," Pew said.
"His actions are as close to real­istic
as you can get when deal­ing
with someone who can fly.
Comics are a little bit more sci­entifically
accurate.
"You'd be surprised what you
can get out of the average
comic," Pew said. "There are
some very complex sociological
and political issues."
Some comic books have been
used in the classrooms. Sociolo­gy
instructor Allen Shelton used
Alan Moore's "Batman - The
Killing Joke" in his social
behavior class.
"That book really kept me
interested in the class," Gross
said. "It was fun to read and
was basically trying to show us
the difference between good
and bad."
"I sold my entire 'The X-Men'
series to pay for my trip when
Auburn went to the Sugar
Bowl," Gross said. "I got $290
for them, but we would have
liked to have held on to them
longer. I just really needed the
money."
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Auburn University students through
Student Development Services on campus!
in addition, the career library contains a variety of current books, literature and
curriculum tapes to describe the world of work. The career library also houses
a computer to access career information from the State Occupational Informa­tion
Coordinating Committee (SOICC)
Call 844-4744 to make an appointment, or drop by the SDS Office in Room
304 Martin Hall.
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Edward Scissorhands : Depp slices through suburban satire, B-3 Thursday, January 17, 1991 Arts Leisure
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Poetry professor,
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NEA grant
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Staff Writer
T.S. Eliot once said no poet ever truly knows if
he's done a good job.
After 20 years of writing poetry, Auburn
, Alumni Writer-in-Residence, Rod Smith, finally
knows.
The 43-year-old English professor and estab­li