1990-11-08 The Auburn Plainsman

              Sports
O'Neil takes top spot in golf
tournament C-1
Michael Hedges taps deeper
musical roots B-1
Reservist students standby
to defend Gulf region A-3
Volume 97, Number 6 Thursday, November 8,1990
(Ete^uburafilamsntan
Auburn University
To Foster the Auburn Spirit
Auburn, Ala.
Board to discuss
tuition increase
Mary Omdorff and
Elizabeth Lander
Staff Writers
The Board of Trustees will
discuss a proposal Friday which
could result in a tuition increase
for the 1991-92 academic year.
The board's five-member bud­get
committee will recommend
a gradual tuition increase in
accordance with the inflation
rate, Jack Venable, committee
chairman, said Tuesday.
"I prefer that an increase be
reconsidered annually rather
than an 11 percent increase one
year and nothing the next,"
Venable said.
"We (the entire board) have
discussed this just briefly," he
said. "We will try to take the
best figure we can get and go
with it."
Although President James E.
Martin told student leaders last
week that a 10 percent increase
will be recommended to the
board, Venable said his commit­tee
is working toward 5-8 per­cent.
Venable said he would like
tuition to equal 30 percent of the
state's funds or charge $30 for
every $100 worth of credit
hours.
State appropriations for the
1990-91 academic year work in a
70 to 30 ratio with student
See TUITION, A-18
A n n Vf\\/Arl • ^ ^ discusses, allows
/AppiUVeU. Gay a n d Lesbian charter
Ramon Scott
Assistant Photo Editor
The SGA Senate decided by
secret ballot Monday to give the
Auburn Gay and Lesbian Asso­ciation
a probationary charter.
The vote overturned the Sen­ate's
original vote of 14-13
against, with one abstention.
The decision was reversed 16-
7, with four abstentions follow­ing
a period of debate.
"This is obviously a contro­versial
issue," Senator Susannah
Jones, said. Before the first vote,
Jones gave the association's
qualifications, and said it had a
"right" to a probationary char­ter.
The nay vote came despite the
Gay and Lesbian Association
having met all charter require­ments
outlined in the SGA Code
See SENATE, A-8
Kickin' back...
The stress of midterms doesn't
affect everyone the same way.
At a time when schoolwork is
Staff photo by Owen Barnes
on overload, Sammy Lott, 03
COM, takes time out to relax
and play Hackey Sack.
AAUP questions
Martin's actions
University's reply elicits surprise;
association anticipates results
Wade Williams
Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C - Auburn's progress toward
being removed from the American Association of
University Professors' (AAUP) censure list has
been hindered by the denial of tenure to the Rev.
Charles Curran, one of the AAUP officers said
here Friday.
"In a couple of previous instances where an
institution was a locus of development (in tenure
issues), it has caused major concern.
"In those cases, the AAUP has had more to say
in a separate report. You might anticipate some­thing
like that with the Curran case," said Jordan
E. Kurland, associate general secretary of the
AAUP.
Auburn's censure by the AAUP began in 1983
after music instructor Lida Mayfield was denied
tenure. Mayfield alleged tenure was denied
because of her sex and handicap.
Kurland said there has been good progress with
bringing the rules and regulations of the Universir
ty in line with the policies of the AAUP.
"Auburn is on the list as a result of-the Mayfield
case, a case which she (Mayfield) lost resoundingly-in
court. The AAUP never accused Auburn of act­ing
illegally, but unprofessionally.
"Even though it won the case, Auburn hasn't
closed the door (on the changes)," Kurland said.
"Auburn is supposed to have a commitment to
uphold academic freedom. I'm not sure it has been
upheld in the Curran case," he said.
See AAUP, A-8
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Only Art by Liza Darby
Branch reacts to pressure
McDonald's bans plastic foam
Jana Rogers
Staff Writer
McDonald's Corp. recently
decided to abandon foam con­tainers
in response to consumer
pressures for environmentally
safe packaging.
The Auburn McDonald's on
244 W. Magnolia Ave. is in the
process of phasing out the
polystyrene packaging and con­verting
to paper.
The owner, Richard Heckler,
said during the next 60 days, 75
percent of the foam packaging
for sandwiches and other items
will be changed to paper wrap­pers.
"McDonald's has always been
committed to environmentally
sound business policies. We are
in the business to satisfy our
customers," Heckler said.
"Our customers want their
food to be hot and fresh, and the
polystyrene containers enabled
McDonald's to do just that.
Paper wrappers cannot keep
Proposed medical park sparks concern
Martha Cronk
Associate Editor
f
Some residents fear rezoning
a 23-acre tract in Auburn may
bring a more commercial project
if the proposed professional
park is not constructed.
The land in question is
between Glenn and Thach
avenues and Brookwood Drive
and Ryan Street.
Fred Fox, general partner of
Cascade Partners, Ltd., said,
"We propose a very low-density
subdivision with very expensive
buildings - a professional office r rk mainly forimedical profes-sionals."
The complex would be named
University Center Professional
Park.
Don Vives of 132 S. Brook-wood
Drive said, "I think the
proposal...would be a reason­able
thing to do. ...(But) once it
is rezoned, it can be used for a
lot of things that...would be
objectionable in this part of
town. I am very leery of the pro­posal
if it is rezoned."
Fox said, "As a matter of pub­lic
policy, I believe it would be
in the public interest that the
city of Auburn have an ordi­nance
that allowed conditional
zoning^'
City Planning Director Robert
J. Juster said conditional zoning
would allow the property to
revert to the previous zone if the
proposed project failed. This
would control speculation and
ensure applicants have a specific
project in mind.
The Auburn Planning Com­mission
will examine condition­al
zoning at the Triannual
Review this month.
The land currently zoned as
development district - housing
must be changed to develop­ment
district for this project.
Since this land was originally
zoned, Glenn has been widened,
apartment projects have been
built and Lakeview Baptist
Church has acquired land in the
area, Juster said.
"The (planning) staff recom­mended...
in that vicinity, that
the best way to handle the
request was to look at the entire
area," he said. This includes
Glenn to Thach avenues and
Debardeleben Street to Dean
Road.
At the Oct. 11 Auburn Plan­ning
Commission meeting, it
was agreed to look at the whole
area during the Triannual
See ZONE, A-8
food as warm or as fresh as
foam containers, and is not as
durable either.
"McDonald's didn't want to
give their customers paper
wrappers that food can leak
through. The reason why it's
taken us some time to make the
change is because we had to
develop a new insulated layered
paper wrapper," Heckler said.
The paper wrapper McDon­ald's
is planning to switch to
will be coated with wax, making
it non-biodegradable.
Heckler said the federal Food
and Drug Administration pro­hibits
the use of recycled paper
to be used as food wrappers
because it is not sanitary.
"McDonald's made the big
switch from foam to paper
wrappers because of consumers'
demands, not because of the
harmful effect of the CFCs (chlo-roflourocarbons)
in Styrofoam
on the environment," said Deb-
See FOAM, A-8
This Week...
t
News Briefs A-2
Inside Auburn A-3
Campus Calendar A-2
Editorials A-6
Letters A-7
Other Campuses A-14
Classifieds A-16,17
Marquee B-2
Funky Tiger B-8
Life in Hell B-8
Weather
Partly cloudy through the
weekend.
Highs will be 60-65 on Friday
and in the 70s by Sunday. Lows
will be in the 40s.
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A-2 News The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 1990
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Local
Opelika mill operates with no layoffs
While other West Point Pepperell mills are preparing to lay off
employees in mid-January, the Opelika mill is running better than
it has for the past five or six years.
Scheduled shutdowns have been planned for several plants in
the area. The shutdown for the Opelika plant will be a seven-day
halt during the week of Thanksgiving.
State
Hunt remains in governor's mansion
Guy Hunt, 57, was re-elected as the governor of Alabama. Win­ning
by a margin of more than 40,000 votes, Hunt remained as one
of the two Republican-elected statewide officials this century. The
other was Sen. Jeremiah Denton who was defeated in 1986.
Hunt, former farmer, preacher, Amway salesman and Cullman
County probate judge, received monetary support from the busi­ness
community, and he supported himself with his four-year
record.
The Auburn Plainsman (USPS 434740) is published weekly except
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MEETINGS
EAO - Environmental Aware­ness
Organization will meet
today at 7 p.m. in 136 Cary
Hall. Ed Passerini of UA New
College will speak. Everyone is
invited.
The support organization for
those who have loved ones
overseas in the military will
meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. For
more information, call 821-6958
or 826-8346.
Pi Lambda Sigma Pre-Law
Society will have its final meet­ing
of the quarter today at 7
p.m. in 3218 Haley Center.
Local attorney Yetta Samford
will speak and the Glomerata
picture will be taken following
the meeting.
Economics Club will meet
today at 7 p.m. in 104 Thach
Hall. The guest speaker will be
Llewellyn Rockwell, president
of the Mises Institute. She will
present the economic and polit­ical
cases for not going to war
with Iraq. Everyone is wel­comed.
The Society for Advancement
of Management will have a
meeting on Monday in 203 Foy
Union.
Amnesty International will
meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. in
2228 Haley Center. Latin
American issues and cases will
be discussed.
People for the Ethical Treat­ment
of Animals meets every
Thursday at 8 p.m. in 2218
Haley Center.
The Auburn Marketing Club
will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in
Tichenor 206. The speaker is
Bill Shealy of W.P. Shealy
Advertising in Dothan. The
topic is specialty advertising.
All majors are welcome.
The Auburn University Ama­teur
Radio Club will meet
Tuesday at 7 p.m. in 205 Foy
Union. The program will be
"packet radio." Anyone inter­ested
is invited to attend.
The Auburn Italian Club (II
Circolo Italiano D'Auburn) will
be having its Glomerata picture
taken today at 6:15 p.m. in the
Greg Pratt Room in the Student
Activities Center. New mem­bers
are welcome.
The Association of Graduate
Business Students will meet
today at 7 p.m. in 210 Thach.
The guest speaker will be
Jimmy Lawrence of the
Auburn Placement Center.
The fall quarter meeting of
Phi Beta Kappa members in
the Auburn community will be
November 15 at 4:10 p.m. in
2046 Haley Center, the Dean's
Conference Room. All Phi Beta
Kappa members are welcome.
For more information, call
Patricia Duffy 844-5629.
En Garde! The Auburn Fenc­ing
Club meets Mondays and
Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. in the
Student Activities Center
upstairs, at the far south door.
ANNOUNC
Free by Choice program will
be Monday at 8 p.m. in the
Residence Life office in the
Quad Center Basement. The
program features carefully
screened prison inmates speak­ing
on the effects of drugs on
their lives.
The UPC Religious Commit­tee
will present "The Hiding
Place" on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.
in Langdon Hall.
Student Development Ser­vices
will offer a free seminar
entitled "What You Can Do
With a Major in..." Wednesday
at 3:30 p.m. in 203 Foy Union.
Please call 844-4744 to sign up.
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887-5022
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826-8561
Academic Computing
844-4813
Dept. of Management
844-6516
This offer is available only fo qualified students, faculty, staff and institutions that purchase IBM Selected Academic Solutions through participating campus locations. Orders are
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Micro Channel
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Price j
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Microsoft
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Homecoming pep rally for the
Mississippi State game will be
Friday at 7 p.m. at Graves
Ampitheater. Fireworks will
follow the rally.
Mortar Board Homecoming
Mums will be available on the
War Eagle Patio, for those who
ordered, between 7:30 a.m. and
8:30 a.m. this Saturday.
SGA Community Relations is
sponsoring a Thanksgiving
Food Drive from Tuesday to
Nov. 19. Please bring all cans
to the SGA Office in Foy
Union.
Auburn's Annual "Hey Day"
will be on Nov. 15. Events
include entertainment, food
and refreshments, a "Burn the
Bulldog Parade," a VIP auction
and the crowning of Miss Hey
Day.
A VIP Auction will be Nov. 15
to raise money for the Brandon
Ross Leukemia Fund. VIP lead­ers
on the Auburn campus will
be auctioned off.
The Conscientious Alliance
for Peace will sponsor a book
reading and discussion for all
ages Sunday from 2:30 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. at the Auburn Munic­ipal
Library. For more infroma-tion,
call 821-2048.
Campus
Invlovement
from the Office of
Student Affairs
TIGER CUB
EDITOR AND
BUSINESS MANAGER
Applications for the posi­tion
of Editor and Business
Manager of the Tiger Cub,
Auburn's Student Handbook,
are currently being solicited
and are encouraged by the
Board of Student Communi­cations.
A list of qualifications and
application forms are avail­able
in the Office of the Vice
President for Student Affairs
on the first floor of Cater
Hall. Applications are still
being accepted.
Qualified candidates will be
interviewed at a Board of
Communications meeting in
the near future. If you have
questions about this positions,
or need additional informa­tion,
contact Liza Mueller,
Communications Board Sec­retary,
in Cater Hall, or call
844-4710.
AUBURN CIRCLE
FACULTY
EDITORIAL BOARD
The Auburn Circle is
seeking applications for its
Faculty Editorial Board.
Faculty editorial advisors
will be asked to attend two
meetings per issue, as well
as make comments on stu­dent
essays, articles, fic­tion,
and poetry submitted
to them by the Circle Edi­tor.
Auburn's general interest
magazine welcomes and
encourages faculty mem­bers
from all departments
of the University commu­nity
to apply. Please indi­cate
your interest in join­ing
the Board to the Secre­tary
of the Student Com­munications
Board-Liza
Mueller, Student Affairs
Assistant, Cater Hall, or
call 844-4710.
\
The Auburn Plainsman
A-3
e Auburn
Students on alert prepare to defend Kuwait
Kim Bartholme
Staff Writer
In a cluttered dorm room underneath a bunked
bed sit a pair of black leather combat boots, an
olive duffel bag, a sleeping bag and a gas mask.
This scene is familiar to the University stu-
; dents enlisted in the reserves and on alert to take
part in Operation Desert Shield.
"I've heard from my battery gunnery sergeant
that there is a pretty good chance that it's not a
matter of if we'll go; it's a matter of when we'll
go," said Marine Reservist David McNeely, 04 FI,
an assistant operations chief for fire direction
control of the 4th Marine Division in Bessemer.
The number of Auburn students who may go
to Saudi Arabia is difficult to compute since
these students come from various units.
Some of these students are quarters away from
graduation. If they are called to active duty,
their education will be put on hold.
Pat Barnes, vice president of student affairs,
said a new University policy has been set to
accommodate these students.
The policy states that any student who is pass­ing
a course and has completed all requirements
except the final exam will be assigned the grade
he has earned. When the student returns to cam­pus,
he can take the final exam to improve his
grade. •
If the student has completed the course
requirements but is failing, he will receive an "X"
and will be permitted to take the final exam
upon his return.
Any student called to active duty before com­pleting
the course requirements will be assigned
an "X" and will be permitted to complete the
course when he returns.
This policy may affect Richard Mullins, 04 AC,
who is on alert with the Army National Guard
unit in Griffin, Ga., and Newnan, Ga.
"Right now, I'm just going day by day,"
Frank Sandrock, 02 MIS, prepares to
leave for Saudi Arabia at a moment's
Staff photo by Ian Droves
notice. Sandrock is a member of the
Alabama National Guard.
Mullins said. "I have no doubt that I will be
going, and I think before Christmas. But since I
didn't know what was going to happen, I signed
up for classes, and everything's packed up and
ready to go."
Sgt. Ray McBurney of the Army National
Guard's 167th Material Management Center in
Opelika said eight students are enlisted in his
unit. Because of the uncertainty of the situation,
he said, students should remain in school.
Some of these students seem worried that with
the current threat of war, Congress may enact the
War Powers Act.
This law states that in time of conflict, the mili­tary
can hold reservists on active duty for up to
two years.
And that could mean a two-year delay in
someone's education.
"I'm sure they all will be affected; they just will
react differently," McBurney said. "But I do have
one in the unit who said to me, This is really dis­rupting
my life.'"
With this exception, McBurney said his stu­dents
have expressed neither great reluctance
nor a desire to get out of the reserves.
A student can be released from the reserves as
long as his unit is not on alert.
Col. Ralph LeBlanc, commander of the Auburn
University Air Force ROTC, said he does not
want to hear complaints from anyone called to
active duty.
"As far as I'm concerned, all active-duty mili­tary,
National Guard and reserve units are get­ting
paid to train in the event of just such a world
situation as this," LeBlanc said. 'They should be
ready for it, and if they don't like it, they should
get out."
McNeely, who is 20 hours from graduation
after this quarter, said he keeps a positive atti­tude.
"They helped pay for school, so I can't com­plain,"
McNeely said.
Although students may be enlisted in units all
over the the country, they experience similar
preparation and training when put on alert.
"We go through all records and make sure that
their physicals are current," McBurney said.
"They then have the opportunity to have wills,
the power of attorney and their checks directly
deposited."
They then begin to train in survival skills as
well as prepare equipment to be shipped over­seas.
When all preparation is complete, they return
to their daily routines and wait to be further noti­fied.
Preparation at school is minimal, however
Students are instructed to keep up with the news
and uphold their financial responsibilities.
Mullins said his personal preparation includes
training someone to take over his duties as fra
See DESERT, A-18
.Competitions characterize homecoming
Candidates work
for weeks to win
homecoming
, Leigh Ann Lane
Staff Writer
Five Auburn women have
been keeping busy this week
campaigning, with the hopes of
being named Auburn's next
' Miss Homecoming.
But homecoming campaigns
began long before the official
* start Sunday.
Allison Lehr, 1989 homecom­ing
campaign manager, said the
«key was to start early.
"Immediately, we called for
billboard locations, escorts and
, scheduling for appearances,"
Lehr said.
"Committees and committee
heads were told what to do, and
thaf s how we got it done," she
said.
Elections Board began its
work before this week by inter­viewing
candidates and
approving all that goes into a
* campaign.
Kristi Stillwell, director of
elections, said billboards, colors,
•posters, marquees, concourse
time, slide location and store
windows must be approved
, before campaigns start.
Stillwell said that, unlike
Auburn, the University of
* Alabama allows anyone to write
an essay and to be interviewed.
Ten girls are then selected by a
vpanel, and they do not cam­paign.
"I like our system better. I
»know it's hectic on E-Board
members and the groups that
help the girls, but the candidate
.gets a better feel for Auburn,"
Stillwell said. "Students can see
the girl and decide who to vote
.for."
Paig€ Woodruff, 1989 Miss
Homecoming, said, "I'm glad I
had the opportunity to learn
'about so many organizations
and see so ma^iy aspects of
Auburn that f would have
Candidates (I to r by rows) Vice, Perry, Prather,
Barineau and Boswell display their homecoming smiles.
never seen.
"I feel like I gained a lot of
friends. Even though I may not
remember the names, I remem­ber
the friendly faces,"
Woodruff said. "I enjoyed every
minute of it. It's a once in a life­time
thing."
Candidates for this year said
they looked forward to meeting
and seeing the organizations on
campus.
Patricia Barineau, 03 FLTF,
said, "When I was a freshman, I
remember candidates who I felt
I could approach as a good
friend.
"I hope after campaigns, I
would have an impact on peo­ple
so they can rely on me," she
said.
Jackie Boswell, 03 AC, said, "I
like how campaigns are held
because it gives people the
chance to get to know you.
"I expect to get to know more
people and learn a lot about
Auburn," Boswell said.
Stephanie Perry, 04 MT, said,
"I've been a candidate before,
and youmeet a lot of people.
"Being escorted for four days
is great, and you get to know
them," Perry said. "That week
you go through and see what
people do at Auburn for just a
few seconds."
Katie Prather, 04 MIS, said,
"I'm really honored to be up for
Miss Homecoming, but I'm
much more excited about hang­ing
out with people during the
week than campaigning for
myself.
"I want students to remember
me as just another student on
campus," Prather said.
Kristi Vice, 04 NUR, said,
"I'm a senior in nursing school,
and those are the only people
you're around.
"This is my chance to meet so
many different types of peo­ple,"
Vice said.
Elections will be today from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. Ballot boxes will
be placed at about 30 locations
around campus. The winner
will be announced at halftime
during Saturday's game.
" " ^ ODK Cake Race
offers winners
food, kisses
Katherine Perry
Staff Writer
Auburn alumnus Marshal
Caley ran in the first Omicron
Delta Kappa (ODK) Cake Race
in 1928.
He returned from California
last year and again this year to
run the race and to help contin­ue
the ODK Cake Race tradi­tion.
The race was Wednesday at
3:30 p.m. at the Wilbur Hutsell
Varsity Track.
Coach Wilbur Hutsell held
the first ODK Cake Race in 1928
to help find talent for his track
team.
With that race, Hutsell estab­lished
a tradition that has lasted
62 years.
The race is sponsored every
year during homecoming week
by ODK Leadership Honorary.
ODK said its goal for the race
is to attract more participants
each year and to keep the race
going.
Last year more than 337 par­ticipants
ran.
Auburn track coach Mel
Rosen said the race has been
kept alive because of tradition.
"Tradition has gone by the
wayside," he said. "This race is
one of the last traditions
Auburn has been able to hold."
Phillip Ratcliff, 04 GRT, co-chairman
of the race, said the
race was popular in 1928, but
then interest dropped. Now,
the popularity has risen again,
he said.
'The race is not a fundraiser,"
Ratcliff said. All T-shirts and
cakes are donated by the Alum­ni
Association, he said.
The winners' trophies are
donated by ODK, and the race
Auburn dancers
travel overseas
Leigh Ann Lane
Staff Writer
Set ODK, A-18
Coordination, dedication
and a lot of hard work have
given Tiger Pause the oppor­tunity
to perform in Frank­furt,
Germany, during spring
break.
Tiger Pause Coordinator
Nicole Parker said the dance
team was invited to Germany
by the World League of
American Football.
Auburn's dance team has
never been invited overseas,
she said. The team will be in
Germany for one week per­forming
for football teams
from all around the world.
Krista Ackerbloom, a Tiger
Pause member for two years,
said, "Memphis State has
been No. 1 for so long, and
they're always invited to go
places.
"When we were invited, I
felt our team was being rec­ognized
as the same class as
Memphis State. I was so
proud."
Mary Beth Transue, a new
member of Tiger Pause, said,
"I've never been overseas. It's
been a great honor to be
picked.
"I'm excited we get to rep­resent
Auburn so far away. It
will be exciting to perform for
people who might not be
used to that kind of entertain­ment."
B.J. Adamson, captain of
Tiger Pause, said, "It's one of
the biggest honors we've ever
had.
"We'd like support from
students and alumni. Not
only will they support Tiger
Pause, but Auburn Universi­ty."
Tiger Pause is asking for
donations for the trip. The
women need $30,000 to make
the trip, ft
Staff photo by John Roper
Tiger Pause members prac­tice
for a trip to Germany.
In order to raise money,
Parker said, "We are writing
letters to companies and bas­ketball
scholarship donors.
"We'd even like support
from businesses because any­thing
will help," she said.
Tiger Pause consists of 16
women who are selected in
the spring. The members per­form
during basketball half-time
shows, doing what they
call "contemporary funk
dancing."
Tiger Pause attended the
Universal Dance Camp at
East Tennessee State Univer­sity
this summer. It was the
largest camp held in the
world, Adamson said.
Tiger Pause came back with
the Most Collegiate Award,
See DANCERS, A-18
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A-4 News The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8,1990
Peace Corps means
continued education
Anne Holliday
Staff Writer
Auburn became the country's
second university on Nov. 2 to
sign an agreement with the
United States Peace Corps to
become involved in the Fel­lows/
USA program.
The program allows returning
Peace Corps volunteers to pur­sue
a master's degree in educa­tion,
College of Education Dean
Richard C. Kunkel said.
New York City's Columbia
University Teachers College is
the other university in the coun­try
actively participating in the
program that was organized in
1985, Kunkel said.
By 1992, Peace Corps officials
hope to have more than 20 uni­versities
participating.
"Auburn became connected
with the program as a direct
result of the Peace Corps direc­tor,
Paul Coverdell, choosing us
as one of the institutions to
invite," Kunkel said. "He was
so interested in us being fel-lowed,
he came here himself
three or four months ago and
visited President Martin, Dr.
Henry and me.
"Our program at Auburn is
unique in that the volunteers
will be working in rural school
districts where there is a prob­lem
attracting math, science
and foreign language teachers,"
Kunkel said.
The program will enlarge the
pool of teachers in the schools
and help those who have had
Peace Corps experience teach­ing
in other countries to get
licensed to teach in the state.
It will also give former volun­teers
an opportunity to work in
communities in rural Alabama,
he said.
To qualify for a fellowship,
the volunteer must be nearing
the end of a two year stint in the
corps and planning to pursue a
master's degree.
Kunkel said qualified candi­dates
have to apply to the grad­uate
school and be accepted as
any other potential graduate
student.
"In our case, they will be
involved in our fifth year pro­gram
which enables a student
with a undergraduate degree in
majors other than education to
return to college for a master's
in education. This helps them
become licensed to teach.
"A volunteer participating in
the Peace Corps Fellows/USA
program here at Auburn will
teach at a rural school during
the day and attend classes at
night and during the summer.
They will be required to teach
two more years in the rural
school after receiving their mas­ter's
degree," Kunkel said.
Andrew Weaver, head of the
department of curriculum and
teaching, said, "We hope to
have some students in the pro­gram
by the 1991 summer quar­ter."
William Baird, assistant pro­fessor
of curriculum and teach­ing,
and his wife were Peace
Corps volunteers in Micronesia
from 1968 to 1970 and taught
English as a second language.
"I think this program is a
wonderful way to use our land-grant
universities to accomplish
domestic objectives. It will
bring volunteers to us as
defined by the needs of the
United States," Baird said.
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Thursday, November 8,1990 The Auburn Plainsman News A-5
State-of-the-art facilities provide rehabilitation, convenience
Wounded golden eagle heals Imaging center places Vet School in national forefront
Glover Graham
Staff Writer
A golden eagle named Aquila is undergoing
rehabilitation at Auburn's veterinary clinic, with
the goal of one day being returned to the wilder­ness.
"He was found last January in Lake Gun-tersville
with a gunshot wound," Theresa Robin­son,
04 VM, said.
The Alabama Wildlife and Rescue Service
brought the golden eagle to the Auburn veteri­nary
clinic Sept. 24, she said.
"He is a threatened species ...he's one step
below the bald eagle, but more common in this
area," she said.
"He had a broken wing. He didn't require
surgery, but he was cage rested. Like athletes, if
they just sit around, they lose their condition.
"Aquila is an aggressive bird toward people,
which is what we want him to be," Robinson
said.
David Hannon, co-director of the Southeastern
Raptor Rehabilitation Program, said, "We keep
the least human contact as possible in order to
minimize stress and because this is a releasable
bird."
Robinson said, "We (Raptor Rehabilitation)
take in any injured raptors, including hawks,
eagles, falcons, vultures and owls.
"We don't raise them because thaf s illegal. It's
illegal to even have a feather from one of these
birds because they (authorities) don't know if you
shot it or just found it," she said.
Raptor staff members usually place baby birds
in the same cages with mature birds of the same
species, Hannon said. It helps the baby identify
with the bird species instead of humans.
If the bird identifies with human beings, it
relies on them for food and is not capable of sur­viving
in the wild and therefore is not releasable,
he said.
The program has a "kill cage" where live
rodents are placed to test the birds' abilities to kill
prey.
"We can't release the birds until we know they
can kill," he said.
Once the bird has passed this test, as well as 10
flights of at least 100 yards each, the bird is then
releasable.
"We get about 100 birds in a year and release
about one-third of them. That's about average,"
Britt Blake
Staff Writer
Staff photo.by Paige Wooldridge
Aquila, a golden eagle, rehabilitates to
soon be returned to the wilderness.
Hannon said.
"The ones that don't die, we sometimes have to
put them down. If a bird has an injured leg, we
have to amputate. It's cruel to keep a bird with
one leg because he can't function," he said.
The program tries to find facilities, such as
Camp ASCCA's wildlife facility, for the birds
which are not releasable.
"We get attached to the unreleaseable birds,"
Hannon said. All the birds in the raptor program
have names and special characteristics.
The program's main goal is to educate people,
especially children, on the laws regarding these
animals, Robinson said.
"We want to teach them at a young age that it's
illegal to shoot these animals," she said. "A
majority of our injured birds have been hurt by
humans."
Fifty four student volunteers help take care of
the 22 birds in the program, Hannon said.
"Everyone seems to enjoy coming out here; it's
something different from vet school."
The Raptor program plans to release Aquila
next January after making sure he is capable of
surviving in the wild.
Auburn University's College
of Veterinary Medicine will
dedicate a new imaging center
Nov. 18 that will be one of the
few of its kind in the nation.
The center is expected to
draw nationwide attention
because of the additional facili­ties,
Jan E. Bartels, director of
the center and head of the radi­ology
department, said;
The Holland M. Ware Imag­ing
Center features an advanced
cancer lab, a nuclear medicine
lab and equipment such as
ultrasound, magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) and computer­ized
axial tomography (CAT
scan).
"In the past we've had to go
to East Alabama Medical Cen­ter.
We have not had the avail­ability
of MRI facilities. Having
it right within the confines of
the department of radiology in
the College of Veterinary
Medicine is going to help clien­tele,
veterinary faculty and
researchers," Bartels said.
"We're combining sophisti­cated
high-tech pieces of equip­ment
with what's already exist­ing,
which was good to start
with.
"Our radiographic facility
was as good as you could get it.
We're combining that with
three or four other modes of
imaging so we'll have a com­prehensive,
up-to-date imaging
facility," he said.
The new imaging center will
give researchers the equipment
they need to further studies in
animal diseases, he said.
"It gives us a fantastic oppor­tunity
to look at all orthopedic
diseases and opens up a whole
realm of disease processes asso­ciated
with the brain (including)
Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy
and neuromuscular diseases,"
Bartels said.
With better equipment to do
research in diagnosing and
treating animals, researchers
can learn more about how dis­eases
such as cancer affect
humans, he said.
"Cancer occurs at the same
rate, in the same age and in the
same cell type in animals as it
does in humans. Cancer as a
disease in animals would serve
as an excellent model for the
study of cancer in humans," he
said.
Bartels said the center will
work on research projects with
the University of California in
San Francisco, the University of
Alabama at Birmingham and
Emory University.
The construction of the center
was made possible by a
$500,000 grant from Holland M.
Ware, said Robyn Hearn, an
assistant editor for University
Relations, said.
Ware also pledged $10 mil­lion
to the College of Veterinary
Medicine during the Auburn
Generations Fund Campaign.
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Editorial The Auburn Plainsman
Qlbe^uburn Plainsman
To Foster the Auburn Spirit
Associate Editor
Martha Cronk
Copy Editor
Monica Hill
A & L Editor, Chris Smith
Photography Editor, Jeff Snyder
Technical Editor, Meg Keogh
Art Editor, David McCormick
Editorial Staff
Editor
Wade Williams
Managing Editor
Juleigh Sewell
News Editor, Mary Orndorff
Sports Editor, Greg Klein
Features Editor, Jennifer Costar
Graphics Editor, John Chen
Assistant News Editors: Elizabeth Lander and Kriste Goad, Assistant
Sports Editors: Mike Shands and John Fox, Assistant Features Editor:
Tara Nichols, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editors: Brian Walker and Sher-ri
Chunn, Assistant Photography Editors: Ramon Scott and Cliff Oliver,
Assistant Copy Editors: Sheila Hall andAlyson Linde, Assistant Tech­nical
Editors: Valerie Smith and Chappell Chancey, Assistant Art Edi­tor:
Liza Darby.
Business Staff
Business Manager Creative Director
Dan Lyke Shayne Bowman
Advertising Representatives: Mary Frances Burdeshaw, Beth Gault,
Anthony Sedberry, Mark Wavra, Production Artists: Michael Gordon,
Tracy Droessler, Stephen Lohr, Isa Sabillon, Brandy Cropper, Phil
King, Circulation Manager: Scott Miller, Assistant Circulation Manager:
Mike Malloy, Copy Editor: Michelle Kirtley, PMT Specialist: George
Govignon
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by The Auburn Plainsman. Other publications desiring to use
copyrighted advertisements may obtain information about purchas­ing
copies of advertisements from The Auburn Plainsman business
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Biggio nightmare
Anyone who has ever driven on Auburn's campus for
any period of time has his own horror stories about
giant potholes. Some of the most mammoth are grown on
Biggio Drive by the intramural fields.
Repeated requests to have the road repaved have gone to
the facilities division. At first, we were told it was too cold.
Next, facilities said it would pave it after the lights were
put on the intramural fields, pointing out the heavy equip­ment
needed to erect the lights would ruin the road.
Winter's gone; the lights are up. But why isn't the road
paved? Paving should have begun the day after the lights
were completed.
In any case, if it's not paved soon, winter will be upon us
again, preventing the paving until spring.
No interest rate
he SGA is accepting applications for the Eagle Escort
service which is slated to begin again after homecom- T
ing.
Unfortunately, it has received disappointingly few appli­cants.
After plenty of student complaining, the SGA put
some hard work into bringing this valuable service back to
campus.
There's plenty of good to be done with the service. If only
one attack is prevented, the service has proved its value.
Although volunteers are needed, only the serious and
mature need apply.
Good News...
A
soon.
golf course to be built by the same Japanese firm that
owns the kudzu farm in Opelika should be underway
Even though the owner is a foreign enterprise, the end result
is that Lee County benefits. The Japanese have found some cre­ative
uses for the kudzu, and the golf course is something
everyone can enjoy.
Score one for Opelika - it recruited the Japanese investors.
The SGA has rescinded its rule which required organizations
seeking a charter to publish the names of its members in
The Plainsman. Because of this, some groups, such as the East
Alabama Gay and Lesbian Society, have been unable to receive
a charter.
Regardless of one's opinion about the group, it has a right to
apply for a charter without embarrassing or endangering its
members.
McDonald's has stopped using plastic foam products.
McYeah for the McEnvironment.
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Bright lights, beautiful city, big shame
It was a night straight out of a
novel. Clear and crisp, the lights
shone on the dome of our
nation's Capitol seemingly cast­ing
a white, pure light across the
city.
A few blocks from the Capitol,
however, the effect of the Capi­tol
and Mall dissipated com­pletely.
Streets were dirty, dark
and inhabited by some who
looked as if they had the qualifi­cations
for mayor (read as they
looked to be the type to make
drug deals). The reference to
drug deals and Marian Barry is
not racial in any way. Those
who look the type to make drug
deals are of any color.
His arrest illustrates that those
in Washington, DC, who want
to do good, who want to clean
up the city, have no motivation
when their own leaders are get­ting
arrested for dealing drugs.
It's amazing that Washington
Wade
Williams
Editor
and New York, the two cities
which should be the showpieces
of the country, are the last two
cities we should want visitors to
see.
Washington is a beautiful city
- for about a five square block
area. It has the highest crime
rate of any city in the nation,
though in terms of area it's not
that big.
As we walked down the Mall,
we saw park police frequently,
and although we felt more com­fortable
with them around, it is
sad they are even needed.
Questioning a park ranger at
the Vietnam Memorial (an unbe­lievably
touching sight), we
were told they had been "lucky"
this season; the nearby Lincoln
Memorial had been vandalized
only three times.
Lucky? I'd say they had three
times too many. It is unfath­omable
that someone could van­dalize
the Lincoln or Vietnam
memorials.
The park ranger did say the
Vietnam Memorial doesn't get
vandalized too often because
the veteran groups who main­tain
a 24-hour vigil on the
memorial tend to treat those
who vandalize the Vietnam
Memorial roughly.
Unfortunately, outside of the
Mall, where the police are most
needed, they are less evident.
On the positive side, the sub­ways
in Washington are amaz­ingly
clean and efficient.
Although it was scary to walk
the streets at night, the subways
felt reasonably safe.
One sure reason for the crime
is the cost of living (the Cokes in
the hotel were $1.25 and the Fig
Newtons were $3). Seriously,
there would be less crime if peo­ple
could afford a place to live
and buy a decent meal occasion­ally.
Washington has a twofold
problem. The tourists bring a lot
of money to the city, money
which could be used to improve
the city. But instead, businesses
within the city jack up their
prices to make more profit from
the tourists. By doing so, they
hurt the local residents of Wash­ington.
The bottom line is, the city
which could and should be the
most beautiful, the pride of our
county, is in fact largely a dirty,
overpriced, crime-infested city
of which we are embarrassed,
not proud.
Plainsman not exempt from censorship
"Freedom of speech, yeah. Just watch
what you say."
— IceT
Despite the good intentions of the writers
of the Bill of Rights 200 years ago, censor­ship
is still alive and well in the United
States and even in The Plainsman office.
Any time Moral Majority (which is neither
moral nor a majority) or any other repres­sive
group is offended by a song/show, pic­ture,
book or magazine, it lobbies to have it
destroyed.
What these people are usually objecting is
life. While these people would like to deny
it, things exist outside their five-bedroom
houses that are ugly.
Rather than explaining these things to
their kids, they label them pornographic or
obscene or just offensive.
Sometimes their labels are correct. I don't
like 2 Live Crew. Unlike Ice T and some
other groups, the Crew, I think, is obscene
just to be obscene rather than to make a
point.
However, I don't go out and tell other
people not to listen to the Crew. I don't
demand that the Crew is arrested, and its
albums banned. I just don't buy the music.
However, the censorship brigade targeted
2 Live Crew and tried to shut it off from the
world. It made the Crew one of the hottest
Greg
Klein
Sports Editor jm
bands around.
Instead of getting the Crew banned,
they've got their 13-year-old daughters
singing Crew songs.
With all the problems of prude people try­ing
to censor the country, one would think
the backlash would spring up on campuses
everywhere.
Not here.
Every week while trying to put out a
sports page that Auburn students will find
interesting and informative, I find myself
defending my assistants, my staff writers
and myself against censorship. Unfortunate­ly,
I usually lose.
First, some ugly history.
Last fall, while I was an assistant sports
editor, I wrote a headline that can properly
be called pornographic.
While I don't want to repeat it here (and
probably can't for that matter), it used a
nickname for the University of South Caroli­na
mascot, and another form of the word
"win." Add the word "ladies" in front, and
you've got women's basketball coach Joe
Ciampi chasing the sports editor around the
press box during last year's 'Bama game.
A year of maturity has made me regret
that headline, but it hasn't taken the micro­scope
off my section.
A few weeks ago the headline "Game­cocks
excited about SEC entrance" was
rejected because a happy chicken is obvi­ously
a pornographic chicken.
Two weeks ago, a chunk was cut out from
the Bo Jackson book review. The section
was a direct quote from the book that talked
about Jackson having sex. It used a four-let­ter
word starting with "\" that I had never
thought to be a "bad word."
The point of having that section in was
clear. Jackson has come a long way since he
first came to Auburn. That's the reason the
Birmingham Post-Herald and many other
papers reprinted that section verbatim.
The argument given to me was that Editor
Wade Williams was responsible for every­thing
in the paper. That's true. It's why we
don't print libelous material.
It doesn't explain why we couldn't run
the excerpt with a warning to the easily
offended.
Maybe censorship isn't a great problem
here yet. But if it continues on the course it
is currently running, then a Plainsman chap­ter
of Moral Majority could form at any
time.
Election
promises
not true
By the time you read this,
there will be no more political
commercials, at least for a
while.
Thank God. I really hate those
things, and it's not just that you
know the politicians will never
do anything they say.
If s not that they're necessari­ly
bad people. It's just not in
their nature to actually do the
things they say they will.
But if you believe the ads,
they will do everything they say
and more. In fact, they would
have us believe they are the
ones to put this state back on
track.
After so many years of lies
and electoral heartbreak, they
expect us to believe them just
because they are somewhat tele­genic.
The TV ads for the campaign
have been horrendous. Espe­cially
the ones for the gover­nor's
race. As political ads are
designed to do, they try to
make their candidates look like
God's salvation to humanity.
That's not the problem. I
expect that. The ads sell their
candidates just as detergent
commercials sell detergent and
Michael
Hatcher
Staff Writer
soap ads sell soap. Since we are
talking about politicians, those
are probably the wrong exam­ples
to use.
These ads are obviously made
with the brain-dead voter in
mind. There's,no other explana­tion.
They can't expect the vot­ers
to think that Guy Hunt will
do anything for them.
I'm sure he tries, but he's a
laughingstock. The other gover­nors
call him "Gomer" behind
his back, and progressive gover­nors
like Ray Mabus of Missis­sippi
probably should call him
that to his face. Why can't we
ever get politicians like Mabus
or Gov. Buddy Roemer of
Louisiana?
We always seem to get the
ones who spit chewing tobacco
or ride around in their pickup
trucks with their gunracks and
the bumper stickers that say
things like, "If you can read this
don't thank me" (especially
appropriate for our governors).
I'm not certain that Paul Hub-bert
is any better. He'll probably
put all teachers in his cabinet.
And in the woeful state our edu­cational
system is in, do we real­ly
want that? I think not.
Besides, Hubbert will proba­bly
try to get them all tenure, so
no matter how bad they mess
up, nothing can be done about
it.
But the ads are done in such a
way so that you would think
there will be no more families
on the streets, everyone will get
off welfare and Alabama will be
hailed as the haven for educa­tion.
However, it doesn't matter
whether you voted for Hunt or
Hubbert. The ads say we can't
lose. They fail tonsay that we
have no chance of winning.
Thursday, November 8, 1990 A-7
Letters The Auburn Plainsman
Guard policies
create danger
It was 4:30 p.m. on Oct.20, and Jordan-Hare Sta­dium
was packed with football fanatics and sport
fiends.
"War Eagle" cries and Seminole chants had
already begun. It was a typical Auburn vs. Florida
State game.
Anticipating a sellout crowd and limited seat­ing,
students began making their way to the Sta­dium
as early as 3 p.m. for the evening game.
With two or three hours to spare, fans were visit­ing
the concession stands, admiring the tables full
of football-game paraphernalia and, of course,
making trips to the rest rooms.
I suppose such time-consuming activities are
allowed for fans who aren't students, but if you
happened to carry that oh-so-valued student ID
card that Saturday, you needed to stay glued to
your seat - or just remain corralled in the student
section.
A friend and I decided to grab a Coke and visit
the rest room before the crowds came. While we
were out in the keep-the-fans-occupied area, the
crowds came.
So we fought through the orange, blue, maroon
and gold hell and prepared to make our way back
to our seats and our dates.
We were fumbling through our purses looking
for our IDs and tickets to show to the man who
"guards" the entrance to the student section when
I noticed the beginnings of a pretty nasty scene.
The" gatekeeper" would not let anyone in
through that particular passage. Half-drunk guys
were screaming and becoming belligerent, and
one student almost started crying.
While the man with the power was attempting
Sherri
Chunn
Assistant
Arts & Leisure Editor
to calm the ever-growing crowd, my friend
sneaked by him and left me there to find another
way into the student section and to my seat.
I saw everyone getting panicky, so I attempted
to remain calm thinking to myself that surely this
man has a good reason for closing this entrance
and directing the students to the next one.
Without putting up a fuss, I, along with hordes
of other students went to the next gate. No dice.
Go to the next one, so we did.
And it happened again. This time I was a little
upset, so I asked the guard why they were closing
the entrances.
He said, "Because I said to."
So I said,"Yes, I know, but why?"
He said the passageways were becoming too
crowded. (There was no one in the closed pas­sages.)
I suppose he thought it was better to rustle the
students through one entrance (thaf s right, only
one entrance was open) on the end zone and have
them fight their way back to their seats which
were about three gates down.
It took me 30 minutes just to get back to my
seat. I'm sure this happened to other people as
well.
The question remains: why did the guards do
this? To protect us by sending three times too
many people through one opening?
If anyone has the answer to this question (par­ticularly
one of you guards), please give me an
answer.
Occurrences like this can lead to fights, injured
people and bad memories.
Race relations: a matter of respect
Editor, The Plainsman:
Good relations between the
races come naturally when the
simple truth is accepted that it is
normal for people to have pride
in and a preference for their
own race in social and intimate
relations, and this is honored.
We do unto others as we
would have then do unto us
when we have high regard for
all peoples and when we har­moniously
work together and
cooperate for mutual well-being
but never insult anyone's honor­able
racial heritage, nor do any­thing
that might adulterate their
various distinctions.
This understanding, demon­strated
by mutual respect, good
manners and helpfulness, brings
racial harmony and lasting good
will.
T.J.Campbell
Smyrna, GA
Derby banning hurts good cause
Editor, The Plainsman:
It appears that Greek Week
'91 will be the last one. I am
assuming, of course, that sorori­ties
will be prohibited from par­ticipating
because of its
"unhealthy competitiveness"
after the Sigma Chi fiasco.
After witnessing the sororities
being "torn apart" during Derby
Week a few weeks ago, I am not
surprised.
I was there during most of the
events and usually I could not
even hear myself think because
the screaming participants were
showing their spirit.
They were hardly tearing each
other apart, but in the Auburn
tradition of spirit, the girls were
supporting their individual
teams, and I do not understand
how anything to the contrary
could be read into that. T h e re
was bowling night, an event
from which alcohol was
removed this year unless one
simply wanted to buy it individ­ually
from the bar.
There was field day, an event
including the age-old tug-of-war
that was simply enjoyable
to watch, as well as to partici­pate
in. There were no bad feel­ings
present.
There was chorus line, an
event in which the sororities
had their own versions of
singers like Madonna or even
Elvis.
All of these were definitely
not destructive, demeaning or
abusive, which are pre-requi-sites
(in addition to promoting
divisiveness and negative image
of the Greek system) designated
by the National Panhellenic
Council for eliminating such
activities.
Sure, sororities are divided as
separate groups in competition,
but it is not negative. Sports are
simply that way.
As far as negative images are
concerned, I fail to see how they
are generated when sororities
come together and raise money
for our brother Jeff Kurtz, who
is stricken with Hodgkins' Dis­ease.
Derby Week T-Shirt sales
are a main contributor, which at
$7 a pop add up when a few
thousand are sold.
We could not have raised that
much money without the sorori­ties'
help and participation in
Derby Week.
And lastly, serenading the
sorority dorms is an old-fash­ioned
tradition that we can
carry out any time, not just dur­ing
Derby Week, so eliminating
the girls' participation cannot
eliminate that tradition.
In addition, Jim O'Connor and
Ned Cox, the Derby chairmen,
worked extremely hard since
last spring revising this and cut­ting
out that in order to cooper­ate
with Debbie Shaw and the
Panhellenic Council.
I would consider it unfair that
their work go to waste after a
58-year-old nationwide tradi­tion
is ended here at Auburn.
No hard feelings are intended
to be inflicted by the article, but
the brothers at Sigma Chi are
hurt by the decision because
Derby Week is an event eagerly
anticipated every two years.
Stephen B. Smith
Sigma Chi Fraternity
03 ME
Plainsman Policies
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at 5 p.m. '•('• fc
Glance back
10 years ago, 1980: The SGA Senate tabled for future consideration a resolution that would have
requested the University Social Life Committee to permit consumption of alcohol on campus for
students 19-years-old and older.
15 years ago, 1975: A majority of the Auburn Trustees said they would favor discussion of a
schedule change allowing fall classes to end before the Thanksgiving break.
20 years ago, 1970: Administration officials were "very disappointed" that Alabama voters have
rejected the constitutional amendment which would have given an additional $20 million per year
to education.
30 years ago, 1960: The Plainsman spoke out against panty raids saying, "We would hope a sensi­ble
Auburn student body may steer clear of future disturbances involving the formation of uncon­trollable
mobs, merely because of the dangers inherent in such practices."
Quote of the week
"Most theology departments would give their right arms to have Charles Curran." - Jordan Kur-land,
associate general secretary of the American Association of University Professors, discussing
its censure of Auburn.
Florida State exercises more intimidation
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am writing in response to a letter in the Nov.
1, 1990, edition of The Plainsman written by Rick
Robinson, a Florida State fan who insulted
Auburn fans.
First of all, I was a little surprised to see this let­ter
because, frankly, most Auburn fans don't care
what Florida State fans think about us.
Secondly, for as long as I can remember Florida
State fans have had a reputation of intimidating
their opponents. Therefore, who is he to cry about
our intimidation of them?
I would also like to say that when it comes to
their war chant, it is so dull and monotonous,
booing was the best thing to ever happen to it.
In conclusion, if this hole (excuse me, 'nole)
wants to whine about the way Auburn fans treat­ed
Florida State fans maybe he should not attend
any more Auburn vs. Horida State games (at least
not in Auburn).
Hub Donald
03 ME
City government acts as own worst enemy
Editor, The Plainsman:
I would like to applaud the
cautious tone The Plainsman
used when discussing the pro­posed
water park ("Opportunity
park," Oct. 25).
The editorial warned that mis­management
could leave
Auburn "with an unsightly bit
of progress that was not needed
.enough to warrant further
destruction of the look of the
city or its fragile environment."
The editorial suggested that
the city must develop an
Auburn "vision/ which includes
something other than dollar
signs and fast food establish­ments."
Sadly, I fear that those beauti­ful
words of wisdom will fall on
deaf ears.
A couple of years ago, the
same developer who wants to
build the proposed water park
approached the city with a plan
to cram a bunch of his "kiddie
condos" into the residential
neighborhood in the vicinity of
the Unitarian Church on Thach
Avenue.
To go forward with this pro­ject,
the developer needed an
interpretation of existing ordi­nances
which would have made
the most unscrupulous city
planner blush. The developer
got the interpretation he need­ed.
The outraged citizens in the
neighborhood did what you are
supposed to do when threat­ened
by tyrannous acts by an
unscrupulous city government.
They organized, signed peti­tions,
hired lawyers and went to
City Hall and raised hell.
'Too bad," said the city.
The residents then schlepped
the city to court in Opelika,
where even the notorious cronie
of a judge had to rule against
the city.
The city still refuses to reim­burse
the residents for their
legal expenses.
In the Oct. 4 issue of The
Plainsman, Council member
Trey Johnston said about the
developer, "We have someone
who is locally responsible. I
think they are serious about
doing a good job."
I think that anyone with any
question about the quality of
this developer's handiwork
should take a trip down Burton
Street where the developer has
substantial property holdings.
For those of us whose vehicles
are not equipped with four-wheel
drive, I recommend walk­ing,
with comfortable shoes.
What had been one of
Auburn's most charming neigh­borhoods
is now the most glar­ing
example of what is wrong"
with our town's inner city.
Clearly, I am not optimistic
about the future of the west side
of Auburn. I predict that by this
time next year, the water park
will be splashing with taco
stands and reptile farms soon to
follow. Maybe even a topless
bar will open across the county
line.
The city of Auburn will con­tinue
its pursuit of the fast-buck
without considering the human
consequences or the reduction
in quality of life of its citizens.
This wreckless path of devel­opment
will continue as long as
Auburn's city government is
controlled by its "mayor for
life."
Sadly, the best chance Auburn
has for ridding itself of "her
honor" will be when the
inevitable economic recession
hits.
Only when hit in the pocket-book
will residents of this town
recognize the folly of being gov­erned
by the greedy.
John C. Varner
06GHY
Columnist creates own difficulties at library
Editor, The Plainsman:
We believe Shayne Bowman's
column in last week's Plainsman,
"Library staff lacks courtesy,
knowledge," was misleading
and contained a factual error.
The root of the problem rests
in Bowman's first three sen­tences.
"It's 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
My 20-source annotated bibliog­raphy
is due tomorrow for polit­ical
science class. I stroll into
Ralph Draughon Library to col­lect
my final two sources."
Two weeks earlier, two librar­ians
spent many hours prepar­ing
a presentation along with a
list of sources to this very class,
in order to give Bowman and
his classmates an introduction
to materials needed to complete
their bibliographies;
As in all library orientation
sessions, we stressed that fewer
staff members are available on
weekends and nights, therefore
library users will receive better
assistance if they can come to
the library during the day. We
further pointed out that full-time
staff members leave at 10
p.m., and that only part-time
student assistants are available
after that time.
After talking to staff members,
we found that it was after 10
p.m. when Bowman asked for
help, not 9:30 p.m.
Finally, we urged the class not
to wait to seek assistance until
just before the assignment was
due.
It is quite common for staff at
a single reference desk to
receive more than 20 questions
an hour. To stretch these staff
resources by asking personnel
to stay until closing and still
provide adequate reference cov­erage
during the busier daytime
hours is not practical.
Nor is it possible for student
assistants, many of whom work
only 10 to 15 hours per week for
a few quarters, to provide the
same level of service as full-time
staff with years of experience.
If Bown^n feels he was treat­ed
rudely," we are sorry and we
make no excuse for that, but we
hope he has learned why his.
class was warned of staffing'
shortages and the perils of last-minute
research.
The library is responsive to
suggestions, and comments on
service can be made to depart­ment
heads, to the library
administration or placed in the
suggestion box near the reserve
desk on first floor.
Incidentally, if anyone sees
someone running around with
the 400-pound microfiche cabi­net
Bowman says was missing,
we'd like to know about it.
Margaret K. Alexander
Kevin L. Cook
Paula A. Duffy
Joyce Ledbetter
T. Harmon Straiton, Jr.
Marilyn A. Thomas
Microforms and Documents
Department Librarians*and
Staff
A-8 News The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8,1990
SENATE continued from A-1
of Laws.
"We realized they met all the
requirements," said Beth Mar­tin,
chairman of the Board of
Student Organizations, which
brought the matter to the Senate
but did not recommend proba­tionary
approval.
"I think (the board members)
were voting on their convic­tions,"
Martin said of the
board's decision not to recom­mend
the Gay and Lesbian
Association.
Grant Davis, director of stu­dent
activities, initiated the dis­cussion
after the nay vote.
"It is your responsibility to act
prudently and responsibly and
to serve the interest of all
Auburn University students,"
Davis said.
Davis urged the Senate to
"give strong reconsideration" to
the matter.
Senator David Khoo opposed
granting the charter and said, "I
don't see why they have to meet
here on campus."
Jones said it is not right to dis­criminate
against people.
"God will judge them; we will
not."
SGA President Terry
McCarthy and Vice President
Merle Flowers indicated they
were "very much in favor,"
McCarthy said, of approving
the probationary charter.
According to the Code of
Laws, the probationary period
lasts at least one year before an
AAUP
organization may be officially
recognized and granted a char­ter.
The Gay and Lesbian Associa­tion
will not be required to sub­mit
the names of 15 members to
The Auburn Plainsman for a min­imum
half-page ad, as was the
case previously with probation­ary
charters.
Last week the Senate
removed the section of the code
which would have required the
publication. Instead, the club
continued from A-1
will send the names to Student
Affairs.
In other discussion, Paul
Sykes, a senator on the Student
Interest Committee, said there
will be more bicycle racks on
campus "hopefully by winter
quarter."
To fund the project, $2,000
has been requested from the
Concessions Board, which
Sykes said there is "a pretty
good shot at getting."
Sykes said Charlie Crawford,
the superintendent of grounds
at the facilities division, told
him the chief considerations for
placing the new racks are
"impact on the landscape and
pedestrian traffic flow."
In other business, the duties
of the secretary of political
affairs, as outlined in the Code
of Laws, were amended to
include serving as head of the
Elections Board and appointing
an executive secretary to that
board.
HEYU.!
Kurland said his letter to
President James E. Martin last
week called upon him to come
forth with any sound academic
reasons for the denial of tenure
to Curran.
Kurland said in a normal case
of tenure denial, Martin would
not be asked to give reasons for
the denial, but he did so under
the special circumstances of the
Curran case.
"Charles Curran burned some
bridges to go to Auburn. The
only proper thing to do is to
give him an explanation. The
whole situation is compounded
by public statements made,
especially those made by mem-
FOAM
continued from A-1
bie Folkerts, adviser to the
Environmental Awareness
Organization (EAO) in
Auburn.
During spring 1989, the
EAO participated in McToxic
Day sponsored by the Citi­zens
Clearing House for Haz­ardous
Waste, a national
environmental awareness
group.
EAO members wrote letters
to McDonald's national head­quarters
requesting that they
change their packaging.
At the Auburn McDonald's,
EAO volunteers picketed and
passed out flyers to cus­tomers.
Most of the EAO
members boycotted eating at
McDonald's even before the
McToxic Day, Folkerts said.
EAO President Lynn
Nichols said McDonald's
decision to abandon
polystyrene packaging is a
victory for environmentalists.
"This is an example of
grassroots activism when a
large corporation such as
McDonald's responds to con­sumer
groups like the EAO,"
Nichols said.
"With McDonald's being
the largest fast-food chain
around the world, maybe the
switch to environmentally
safe packaging will make oth­ers
take notice," Nichols said.
Tibor R. Machan, philoso­phy
professor and an expert
on marketing and business,
said McDonald's realized the
public preferred using paper
over foam.
"It was a good business
decision to make the change,
but it had little to do with the
environment," Machan said.
He said he sees the switch
as a "proper response to the
people with whom they do
business."
The decision to change was
probably based on market
research, Machan said.
Jim Harris, associate profes­sor
of marketing, said, "The
decision to make the switch is
a reactive response to con­sumer
pressure. It would
have been a better marketing
strategy for McDonald's to
have been proactive and
made the change before con­sumers
put pressure on
them."
- * - *
bers of the Board of Trustees
that cast a cloud of question on
the climate of academic free­dom
at Auburn," he said. "The
administration should speak to
remove that cloud."
Curran called the AAUP to
discuss Auburn before accept­ing
the position, Kurland said.
"Most theology departments
would give their right arms to
have Charles Curran. But
boards and presidents are stick­ing
together on this and won't
touch him.
"This (fear of Curran's contro­versial
nature) has extended
past the world of Catholic high­er
education and has occurred
ZONE
at Auburn. That is pretty sad,"
he said.
Kurland said in order to be
removed from the AAUP's cen­sure
list, Auburn will need to
redress the original incident,
alter its regulations and reform
its policies to prevent future
incidents.
"There are only two possible
courses of action: Either come
up with a satisfactory answer or
properly offer retention with
definite tenure," he said.
In a telephone interview
Tuesday, Kurland said he
received the response letter
from the University, in which
continued from A-1
Review.
Fox said he conducted a meet­ing
with residents to dispel
fears and questions about the
proposal on Oct. 4. Residents
were concerned with his origi­nal
plan for a lake to prevent
drainage problems.
"The neighbors are scared
their kids will get in there and
drown. ...(Also) if you are going
to build a lake, the trees must
come down," Fox said.
To appease adjoining proper­ty
owners, alleviate excess
drainage and save as many
trees as possible, Fox said he
will install a catchment pond.
Because .he pond will remain
dry until a lvrd rainfall, which
may come twioe a year, more
trees will survive.
City Engineer Rex Griffin said
with the dry pond concept, the
retention area is landscaped 99
percent of the time. This will
enable revegitation and replant­ing
of trees.
Although the final evaluation
of the drainage situation is
incomplete, Griffin said he
thinks it will be "nothing
unusual."
"(Traffic) is going to have an
impact, but it is not going to be
severe," Griffin said.
An access from Thach and a
right of way to Glenn will keep
traffic to a minimum, Fox said.
Fox hired Hudson, Geci &
Home Engineers, Inc. of
Auburn to conduct a traffic
impact study.
In a letter to Fox, President
Byron M. Hudson said, "Our
study indicates no significant
traffic network impacts should
be expected as a result of your
project."
Juster said a traffic report
allows the planning department
to recognize "any change to the
traffic system, and if in fact you
find that those effects occur,
you can require the developer
to incur those costs."
When the planning depart­ment
receives a rezoning
request, the staff collects all per­tinent
information about the
proposal site and surrounding
areas and gives it to the com­mission,
Juster said. A public
hearing is conducted before the
commission, and concerned
groups may debate the issue.
Gene A. Bramlett, commis­sion
chairman, said, "If there is
any valid reason to prohibit a
project, we will do what we
have in our power to prohibit
it."
So far, there have been no
substantial reasons, but the
information is not yet complete,
he said.
"We are guided by the ordi­nance
itself. It is the law. The
law gives us flexibility to use
judgment," he said. "We have
to be careful in our final deci­sions
so we can be legally
defensible."
The commission adopts a res­olution
which contains its rec­ommendation
to City Council.
Regardless of the recommenda­tion,
City Council holds a public
hearing and takes action. More
often than not the council
accepts the commission's sug­gestion,
Juster said.
"The planning staff recom­mended,
in this case, applying
the criteria for rezoning, that the
site in their judgment met these
criteria," Juster said. But the
final commission decision was
delayed until the Triannual
Review.
History professor Allen Jones
said, "It will ultimately lower
the value of our property."
Jones lives at 102 N. Ryan
Street, which backs up to the
undeveloped area.
"They don't plan any real
neighborhoods in Auburn. This
town looks awful," Jones said.
"(The developer needs to) look
around the city and see what
else is there.
"The Planning Commission
and City Council say, 'The more
we build, the more taxes we
receive,'" Jones said. "Best per­formance
means what produces
the most money and what can
be had out of the land."
Bramlett said, "It is not clear
if these people are against this
project or one in general.
"On the face of it, it doesn't
seem to be a bad development
for that area. (But) we need to
see if we are maintaining our
buffers between zones," Bram­lett
said.
With at least eight current
commitments to buy a piece of
the 21-lot development, Fox
said there are many positive
aspects about this site.
The impact on the Auburn
economy will be "consider­able."
Approximately 200 peo­ple
will eventually be employed
in the professional park, he
said.
Students and Auburn resi­dents
would be closer to spe­cialized
medicine.
"It has not yet been deter­mined
what we will do if this
(site) fails," Fox said. "We are
optimistic that this property
will be rezoned and the subdivi­sion
will be approved."
Cascade Partners, Ltd.
includes Drs. Emil F. Wright Jr.,
William E. Mock and Bertrand
M. Anz.
Thomas Samford, general coun­sel,
said the University will not
respond further until the Senate
completes its investigation.
"I am somewhat surprised to
receive the response from the
general counsel for the Univer­sity,"
Kurland said. "We raised
no legal questions at all. Hear­ing
from an attorney rather than
an academic representative is a
bit unusual."
He said the AAUP is also
awaiting the results of the
investigation.
News editor Mary Orndorff
contributed to this report.
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Thursday, November 8,1990 The Auburn Plainsman NewsA-9
Kuclzu grows its way into heart of Alabama, diet of Japan
Green vine turns into green money
Ramon Scott
Assistant Photo Editor
Kudzu, the fast-growing vine
which covers much of the
Southern landscape, has
brought the Japanese to Opelika
to open the world's first kudzu
farm.
"We've turned a detriment
into an asset," David Thornell,
executive director of the Opeli­ka
Chamber of Commerce, said.
Thornell traveled to Japan a
year ago with Opelika Mayor
Bobby Freeman to attract indus­try
to this area.
Sakae Bio Inc., a division of
the Japanese company Inoue
Tengyokudo and Co., has pur­chased
165 acres just south of
Opelika between Highways 77
and 80 to experiment with
kudzu cultivation.
Hayoto Inoue, president of
Sakae Bio and its parent compa­ny,
made the announcement in
Opelika early last month.
Thornell said the company
will "hopefully establish an
office by the end of the year"
and begin operation.
Jeff Clary, county agent coor­dinator
at the Lee County
Extension Service, said the
Japanese extract a starch similar
to corn starch from kudzu roots.
Thornell said Sakae Bio has a
two-phase plan for the farm.
In the first phase, kudzu will
be planted to experiment on the
feasibility of cultivation, and
tests of the starch extraction
process will be made on wild
strains.
In the second phase, which
should begin within two years,
provided the first phase suc­ceeds,
a processing facility will
be built to extract the starch on
a commercial level.
All the roots and starch will
be exported to Japan, but if both
phases are successful, Sakae Bio
will investigate the possibility
of marketing the starch in the
United States.
Jim Miller, a research forester
with the United States Forest
Service, said the starch is
extracted by a non-chemical
process involving a centrifuge.
According to a release from
Sakae Bio, the by-products of
the process are a nutrient-rich
waste water, which Koreans
drink as "a sort of root beer"
and a high-density fibrous
material, which is woven into
fabric.
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Staff photo by Ramon Scott
In this processed form, kudzu is used as a corn starch
substitute. It can be used as gravy thickener.
Ramon Scott
Assistant Photo Editor
In the 1930s it was a savior,
but today people see it as art,
food, profit - or just a nuisance.
Kudzu has received much
attention in the Auburn-Opelika
area since the announcement
that the world's first kudzu
farm will be rooted here.
"A profitable use for kudzu is
kind of a new twist," David
Thornell, executive director of
the Opelika Chamber of Com­merce,
said.
But the plant is no stranger to
new twists.
Jeff Clary, county agent coor­dinator
at the Lee County
Extension Service, said the
Japanese have recognized
kudzu's value for over 2,000
years, using it for many food
products including starch, a
root beer-type drink, tea and a
number of sweets.
The plant was introduced to
the United States in 1876 at the
Philadelphia Centennial Exposi­tion.
But instead of being recog­nized
as a food product, if was
hailed as a promising solution
to erosion problems in the
South.
Bill Ray, owner of Ray Farms
in Lafayette, discovered
kudzu's land-saving properties
for himself in the 1930s.
"Our land was washing away.
There were huge gullies every­where,"
Ray said. He said the
land was mostly open fields
ripe for erosion, but kudzu
turned those lands around.
"Without the kudzu vine the
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Thursday, November 8, 1990 The Auburn Plainsman News A-11
Fraternities provide male role models for local kids
Adopt-A-School connects
campus with area's youth
Scott Register
Staff Writer
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) has formed a
program with the goal of providing male role
models for Auburn's school children.
The program assigns each of Auburn's 30 fra­ternities
to one of three elementary schools one
week per quarter, IFC adviser Tim Hebson said.
"During the time they are there, they tutor,
provide reading assistance, help in athletics or
just do anything the teachers want them to do,"
Hebson said. "Some of them carved pumpkins
last week."
Jim Douglas, assistant superintendent of
Auburn city schools, said, "We feel the program
will help our students a lot because there are
very few males in the elementary schools."
There is one male teacher in the city's elemen­tary
schools.
"Some of these kids come from broken homes
or for some other reason don't have a father fig­ure.
So fraternity members help them out, and
they look up to them," IFC President Sean
Thomas said.
The program, which began last month, has
been "fantastic," Dean Road Elementary Princi­pal
June Spooner said.
"It is good to have all these males in the build­ing
working with the children. The kids love it,"
Spooner said.
Art by Bob Atkins
"It gives them an opportunity for one-on-one
tutoring, and it gives them a good self-concept
building experience because they are with col­lege
students who are good role models for them
to relate to."
Douglas said, "I heard one of the kids say,
'Hey, I've got a cool dad for the day.' It's gone
really well."
Fraternity members also feel the program is a
success.
Kappa Alpha fraternity member Scott Smith
said, "All the kids come up and hug you and
have a real good time. We told a Halloween
story, and the kids just piled all over us."
Sigma Chi President David McNeely said,
"They were very receptive. They called me Mr.
David."
In addition to helping the students, the pro­gram
allows the fraternities to promote their
images in the community.
"AH (that) most community members associate
fraternities with are noisy parties, but now the
kids go home and tell their parents that a frater­nity
member helped them in school, which helps
change the parent's concept of fraternities," Heb­son
said.
Absenteeism is a problem so far, Thomas said,
but that can be resolved if the fraternities do
their part.
"We've got to make sure we fulfill our obliga­tion
to them. If s not all perfect, but we've got to
make sure we do our part," Thomas said.
IFC's Adopt-A-School is part of a nationwide
program sponsored by the state Department of
Education and involves volunteers from busi­nesses
and organizations.
More than 2,200 fraternity members will spend
time with the 1,500 students at Dean Road,
Wright's Mill and Cary Wood elementary
schools.
Thomas said, "The NIC (National Interfraterni­ty
Conference) has expressed interest in making
this a nationwide program, so we are standing
on the forefront of a great thing,"
Hebson said the NIC has already contacted
him about the program, and the conference plans
to do an article about the program in its national
magazine.
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A-12 News The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, Novembers, 1990
WEGL
sends
silence
Elizabeth Lander
Assistant News Editor
Neither squirrels nor grem­lins
can keep WEGL 91.1 from
broadcasting, but a power surge
Monday night did.
At about 7 p.m., station
employees noticed the transmis­sion
meters indicating the sta­tion
was not sending out sig­nals,
show engineer Huey
Gardner said.
"It only took a few minutes to
get back on the air after we real­ized
the problem. It's hard to
say when power was cut, but
we know it was broadcasting at
6 p.m.," he said.
Chief Engineer Dale Courtney
said, "The FCC (Federal Com­munications
Commission)
requires that we control and
monitor what the transmitter is
doing at all times."
Station Manager Van Tilbury
said a power surge in Haley
Center is believed to have
tripped the Haley Center trans­mitter,
resulting in transmission
interruption.
Courtney said there is a
phone in the control room so
disc jockeys can make calls to
hook up the transmitter when
problems occur.
"It's just one of those things.
We're dependent on the power
thaf s provided."
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Joe M. Morgan - Vice President Mary M. Millman - Marshall
Clarence E. Johnson - Treasurer Gerald W. Johnson - Public Relations
William H. Mason - Recording Secretary Curt M. Peterson - Immediate Past President
COLLEGE AND SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES
Harry G. Ponder - Agriculture Cherrie Pancake - Engineering Daniel L. Parsons - Pharmacy
Cathryn Campbell - Architecture gr e? L
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contact Daniel Parsons, Membership Secretary, at 844-8336.
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ARCHITECTURE
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Ralph B. Tenison
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Michelle A. Gilbert
James Hattaway
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Tammy A. Turner
Jennifer K. Weiland
BUSINESS
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Dana Brukett
Carrie M. Cardwell
Jan Henderson
Mark L. Henry
Kimberly D. Hockman
Frederick J. Kleckley
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Katherine M. Likos
Matthew L. Massey
Rebecca Massey
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Jeffrey Sommerfeldt
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Christopher B. Wise
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Marlene Bennett
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Sheri D. Callahan
Brian P. Gill
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Anne M. Nock
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John F. Bentley
Athena P. Clark
Adam W. Divelbiss
Susan S. Hill
Elizabeth Hipps
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Kimberly Montgomery
Robyn Newman
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Laura Salmon
Paul A. Stone
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Initiates should assem-a
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ble in Foy Union Exhibit Lounge at 5:30 p.m. The initiation and reception will follow at 6 p.m. in the
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Thursday, November 8,1990 The Auburn Plainsman News A-13
Student leaders meet with Martin to discuss campus issues
Dan Lyke
Staff Writer
More than 80 student leaders
and University administrators
gathered at President James E.
Martin's house Nov. 1 to dis­cuss
various issues, including a
possible tuition increase, cam­pus
crime and the current hir­ing
freeze.
"Going to the president's
house each fall allows students
to voice their opinions to ensure
that the administration is aware
of student concerns," SGA Pres­ident
Terry McCarthy said.
Martin first discussed WEGL
improvements, computers on
campus, the new core curricu­lum
and laws requiring release
of campus crime statistics.
. . "•/. about the University's current
"I am especially concerned / am especially COflCemed aOOUt thejt at policy regarding hiring new
about theft at Auburn. Recently, Auburn. Recently, there has been a large i*%£*f. u.. .
there has been a large amount We do have a hiring freeze
of theft of small items," he said. amOUflt of theft of Small items.' on right now. The situation will
Regarding an important move
the administration will make on
Nov. 9, Martin told students
that a 10 percent increase in
tuition will be recommended to
the Board of Trustees.
"We still have to pay the
bills," he said, "especially the
utility bills."
In an update regarding facili­ties
division, the president men­tioned
several current projects.
While intramural lighting, the
new amphitheater and library
renovation to the old wing were
reported as completed or on
time, Martin said the progress
of the new aerospace engineer-amount
of theft of small items.'
—James E. Martin
ing building is "way behind
schedule."
Biggio Drive, which runs
adjacent to the intramural
fields, has been a concern of the
past three SGA senates.
"We hope to get (the road
paved) within the next year,"
Martin said. The project was not
started until all lights were in
place, he said.
The building of the natatori-um,
a modern swim complex,
was voted on by students in
April 1987, accompanied by a
$7 tuition increase for all stu­dents
during the next 15 years.
The project will "be bid in the
next 60 days, and according to
Mr. (Stan) Drake, will be com­pleted
well before 1993," Martin
said.
During the question and
answer session following the
president's address, students
expressed concerns relating to
their positions on campus.
Traci Bryant, graduate school
senator, asked the president
exist until $1.5 million dollars is
saved on payroll," Martin said.
Michael Holt, SGA director of
Eagle Escorts, said he is con­cerned
about the new program
designed to escort dorm resi­dents
back to campus dormito­ries.
Holt's inquiry regarded the
possibility of compensation for
those participating.
Pat Barnes, vice president for
student affairs, responded to
Holt's question, citing the
already tight controls on Uni-.
versity payroll and the pro­gram's
basis of volunteer partic­ipation.
Beth Crain, president of the
College of Business, asked Mar­tin
about the 15-hour full-time
student requirements while no
major offered at Auburn could
be completed in a 12-quarter
period, given that constraint.
"The rationale is that is what
is considered a full-time student
by the state," Martin said.
Peter Baljet, SGA secretary for
political affairs, said a perform­ing
arts complex is needed, and
he asked when the project
would receive priority.
Martin cited construction cur­rently
taking place on campus.
"$160 million dollars has been
spent on building since I
arrived. Of that, only $16 mil­lion
has come from the state,"
Martin said.
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A-14 News The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8,1990
College Board changes SAT for 1994
Ann Pruett
Staff Writer
The College Board recently
announced that a revised ver­sion
of the Scholastic Aptitude
Test (SAT) will be used begin­ning
1994.
Fred Moreno, director of pub­lic
affairs for the College Board,
said the new SAT will be used
for more than admission pur­poses.
"It will aid in placement of
students and counseling once
they attend college," he said.
Director of Admissions
Charles Reeder said suggestions
that the old SAT was discrimi­natory
toward women and
minorities were speculative.
Moreno said the SAT had no
discriminatory elements.
"The SAT reflects what the
students know. It doesn't show
who they are, but what each
person brings to the test," he
said.
The studies on the new SAT
began about three and a half
years ago, Moreno said, and
106,000 students and educators
were involved in the changes.
"Students and teachers took
test samples and gave opinions
about the new test," he said.
The scoring method will not
change, he said. However, the
new test will be significantly
different.
There will be much more crit­ical
reading comprehension in
the English section, and vocabu­lary
questions will be in context,
Moreno said.
Analogy questions will still be
included, but antonym ques­tions
will be removed.
In the math section, calcula-
'The message we want to send to the stu­dents
is that if they're considering going to
college, they need to brush up on their
math and English skills.'
— Fred Moreno
tors will be allowed, Moreno
said.
Twenty percent of the ques­tions
will require students to
give written answers without
multiple choice. Some mathe­matical
analysis will involve the
use of math in real-life situa­tions,
he said.
Another addition to the SAT
will be the SAT-II to be phased
in next year. The SAT-II is an
optional test that requires writ­ing
essay-type answers instead
of multiple choice answers.
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are also available,
Moreno said.
"The message we want to
send to the students is that if
they're considering going to col­lege,
they need to brush up on
their math and English skills,"
he said.
Another college entrance
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couple of years ago , Moreno
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Officials suspend fraternity for hazing
The University of Alabama's Kappa Sigma chapter had its
charter "indefinitely suspended" Oct. 27 for hazing. Mitchell
Wilson, executive director of Kappa Sigma's national chapter,
said the fraternity was found guilty of mental and physical
hazing.
Georgia
Homecoming raises funds for MDA
All proceeds raised during the University of Georgia's home­coming
week will be given to the Muscular Dystrophy Associ­ation
(MDA), the university's philanthropy. The homecoming
committee hoped to raise $15,000 for the muscular dystrophy
foundation by sponsoring such events as a "superdance" and
selling red and black ribbons for car antennas.
Chapter recognized nationally
McCall Campbell
Staff Writer
The Auburn chapter of the
International Society for Hybrid
Microelectronics(ISHM) has
received national recognition.
Wayne Johnson, Auburn pro­fessor
and ISHM adviser, was
named the national president at
the ISHM Annual Symposium
in Chicago Oct. 15-17.
The chapter also won first
place for the student display
competition, Johnson said.
"We have the best university
hybrid lab in the country,"
Johnson said.
Out of 28 student chapters,
nine competed in the display
competition.
The chapters were judged on
the quality of the display and
student interviews, Johnson
said.
Seven Auburn students
attended, and Ellen Thomas
and Kevin Robb, both graduate
students in electrical engineer­ing,
presented papers.
The 70 members of ISHM's
Auburn chapter sponsor activi­ties
such as seminars on
hybrids, social functions, field
trips to hybrid manufacturing
companies and work in specific
design projects, Johnson said.
Beth Richardson, 04 EE, a
member of the chapter said it is
comprised of electrical engi­neering
majors with a few
physics, material engineering
and mechanical engineering
majors.
The chapter does experiments
and intense research of hybrids.
A hybrid is "a manufacturing
technology for combining two
or more semi-connection
devices to provide an electronic
function," Johnson said.
The chapter is studying elec­tronic
circuits at high tempera­tures,
high power electronics,
high frequency application and
novel manufacturing tech­niques,
Johnson said.
The national organization of
ISHM was founded in 1967.
Today it has 6,000 members.
The society was established
"for advancement and dissemi­nation
of knowledge relating to
hybrid electronics," Johnson
said.
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Thursday, November 8,1990 The Auburn Plainsman News A-15
Commission reviews university departments statewide
Kriste Goad
Assistant News Editor
Phase one of a statewide
review of university programs
by the Alabama Commission on
Higher Education (ACHE) is
currently under way.
Through a policy adopted by
the commission in May 1987,
the program is part of "a contin­uous
program review process to
improve the quality of academic
programs and to demonstrate
accountability for state
resources," according to
reports.
Auburn has submitted a revi­sion
of program inventories, or
"a list of all programs offered
from bachelor's to Ph. D," Jack
E. Blackburn, associate vice
president of academic affairs,
said.
The commission will meet
Nov. 19 to decide which depart­ments
need further review
according to certain criteria,
Minnie Lamberth, public infor­mation
officer for ACHE, said.
The criteria are based on the
annual average of degrees
awarded by each department
from 1984 to 1989. .
"If a program falls below the
given numbers, it is subject to
program review," Blackburn
said.
Auburn has given the com­mission
recommendations for
the deletion of some programs
in which no students are
enrolled.
Such programs, he said, are
often formed when there is a
need for them in a particular
curriculum at the time, and then
shifts in interest or lack of need
causes programs to become
obsolete.
The first phase of the review
is expected to be completed by
January 1991, Lamberth said.
Blackburn, however, said it will
not be completed until spring or
summer.
"Everyone is way behind
with it," he said.
Phase two is designed to fur­ther
review departments recom­mended
by Phase one.
"Phase two could take three
to four years to complete,"
Lamberth said.
Final recommendations from
the commission will be "to
either continue the program
with or without stipulations or
to discontinue the program
through some type of orderly
phase out process," reports
said.
Lamberth said, "We (ACHE)
don't have the authority to close
programs. It would be up to
them(institutions) to follow our
recommendations."
Reports from ACHE officials
said, "We hope the outcome of
this process will result in
improved quality and efficiency
of instructional programs in the
state."
Staff photo by Ramon Scott
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A-16 News The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, November 8, 1990
QMuburnPlainsntair Classifieds
CLASSIFIEDS WORK
Better than any flyer, the
Classified section of your
newspaper gets your
message to Auburn students
each week. With a weekly
distribution of 19,500, the paper
is the most cost effective way to
reach students all over campus.
If you're looking for a place to live,
trying to sell or looking to buy,
Classifieds will get you there.
They really do work.
Classified Advertisements are 20tf per word
(25tf for non- students ) with a minimum buy
of 14 words. Ads must be placed in person
in our office in the basement of Foy Union.
Deadline is Tuesday at 11 a.m.
For information call 844-4130.
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Needed: Student who wants to live on
campus and can lake over my housing
contract beginning winter quarter. Call
Andrea, 844-7651, leave message.
Female Roommates Needed. The
Brookes, $1807month, beginning Winter
Quarter. Call Tracey, 821-3434 for informa­tion.
Female Roommate Needed for winter and
spring. Own bedroom and bath. $130
monthly and half utilities. Call 887-7539.
Sublease: 2 BR spacious apt.
$355/month. Available end of December.
Call 826-1650 (night) or 749-8164 ext. 139
(day).
Duplex for Sublease. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath.
Washer/dryer hookup. $360.00 per month.
Call 887-6032.
I Need A Roommate lor however many
months you want to rent. Call Mike at 887-
3513.
For Rent: Nice late model two or three
bedroom mobile home. Very private. Call
821-6308, after 5:00!
Need Male Roommate winter quarter.
Need housing or make arrangements. Call
Clifton Modling collect (205) 297-7586.
Sublease 1 BR Duplex. Hardwood floors,
washer/dryer hookups, $220.00. 1150
Lakeview Dr. 887-9414.
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For Rent - One bedroom at Lakewood
Commons starting spring with option of
leasing for another year; I must sublease
gradulating! 821-0778.
Trailer For Sublease. Two bedroom, 1
bath on Wire Road, $175.00/month. 826-
2356 or 826-2155.
Male Roommate Needed (behind Godfa­ther's
Pizza) $148.00 and half utilities. 821-
2353.
Formals For Rent. Call 821-6015.
Roommate Needed: Male or female to
share 2 bedroom 2 full bath trailer with 22
year old male. (AM major) Prefer mature,
conservative, serious students. Must be
non-smoker. Quiet country study environ­ment
5 miles from campus. $150 month
plus utilities. Greg 821-3291 (evenings).
2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Mobile Home com­pletely
remodeled lor sale or rent. Located
in Campus Trailer Court. Washer and
dryer, $235 monthly or $3500.887-7432.
Need To Sublease? Call "Students 'R Us".
•Students helping students". 887-3127.
Two Bedroom House, non-furnished,
washer/dryer, pets allowed. 1990 Cox Rd.
on 100 acre farm. $375/month. Available
end of fall quarter. Call 821-4936 (after 5).
One Bedroom Condo fully furnished at
Crossland Downs. $410.00/month. Call
Nancy al Pinewood Properties, 887-6574.
Nice Two & Three Bedroom mobile
homes. Call Melanie, noon til 5 p.m. M-F
821-5891.
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One Quarter leases
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Female Roommate Needed: Foxburough
Apartment close to campus. 2 bedroom/2
bath, low rent. Call 887-6108.
Female Non-smoking Roommate needed
to sublease at College Park starting Winter.
quarter. Call 887-5832.
1 Bedroom Cottage available Winter
Quarter. Walking distance to campus. W.
Glenn $225 monthly. 887-7432 or 821-
2592.
Female Roommate Needed to share new
2 bedroom/2 bath trailer. Fully furnished.
Lois of space. Large front & back decks.
$200.00 month + 1/2 utilities. 826-1944 or
1-285-7112.
Female Roommate Needed to take rest
of lease. $240.00/month + 1/3 utilities.
Magnolia Plaza, need own bedroom - furni­ture.
826-1077 or (404) 694-3643.
Non-smoking Female Roommate
needed starting winter quarter for two bed­room
apartment at The Brookes,
$1800.00/month. Call DeeDee at
887-3354.
Greed Is Good! Why share dwellings with
a roommate when you can have your own
pad for the same price? Interested in a 2
bedroom, 2 bathroom fully furnished trailer
(or $150.00/month? Then call Bill at 1-257-
3031.
Sublease at Lakewood Commons for
Winter, Spring and/or Summer Quarter(s).
2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, bus. Call 277-1364
for more information.
Roommate Problems? Can't find a place
to live? Call Students 'R Us. 887-3127. Call
anytime to leave message.
One Of A Kind - cute, cozy, comfortable 2
bedroom, 1.5 bath cottage at Hearthstone.
Furnished, fireplace, W/D, Hunter fans,
custom vanity, feminine decor, much more.
For information call Pinewood Properties.
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Two Bedroom Condos - Lakewood Com­mons,
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Village Green. For rental information, call
Pinewood Properties. 887-6575.
Roommate Wanted Starting Winter quar­ter,
2 bedroom, 1 bath Trailer, $137.50
month, 1/2 utilities, T.V., VCR. Call Mark.
821-9169.
Wanted Roommate $105.00 month + 1/2
utilities, own bedroom, central heat & air.
Call Mark 826-1491.
Photographer Available for all occasions.
Call 826-8536 evenings.
Money For College! Every year millions
go unclaimed due to lack of knowledge. Let
us help! Tel. 821-8370 for application 8:00
a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Microcomputer Tutoring, WordPerfect,
Lotus 1-2-3, DOS, etc. Reasonable rates, 3
years experience. Call 821-4147.
Trouble with Classes? Any subject! Just
try us. Call Students 'R Us. 887-3127.
Free Fish. Saltwater Grouper. Call 821-
2282.
Let Us Do Your Housework and/or
babysitting. Cleaning, laundry, ironing, etc.
Reasonable rates! 826-7956,826-8222.
Textbook Prices got you down? Discour­aged
at their declining value when you sell
them back? Call Students 'R Us about their
new "Textbook Club". 887-3127. Working
together students can make a difference.
Spring Break Sailing Bahamas 48 It.
Luxury Yachts. Groups of 6 to 8, seven
days Barefoot Sailing The Bahamas.
$488.00 eac.h includes private cabin &
meals. Spring Break Hotline. 1-800-999-
7245.
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resume, chart/graph, or dictation transcrip­tion
needs. We have Laser Printing/Type­setting,
Color Printing, and we take rush
jobs (at no extra charge). Call 887-7773.
Cloverleaf Stables Custom Horse
Boarding, lull care or pasture lighted arena.
Watch for signs on Highway 29, 2 miles
South of I-85.821 -6664 or 821 -5510.
Free Spring Break Vacation! Greeks Wel­come!
Organize a small group or a campus
wide event. Earn High Commissions and
Free Trips! Call: (800) 826-9100.
Hallmark Christmas Ornament Show.
Montgomery Ramada Inn. Nov. 17th. 9 - 5.
Free admission. 277-8122.
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