1993-10-21 The Auburn Plainsman

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Thursday. October 21. 1993 "A Century of Excellence" Volume 100, Number 3, 36 pages
Alumni asked to help offset losses from NCAA penalty
by Greg Walker
Plainsman Staff Writer
The establishment of The Auburn
Loyalty Fund further eases the financial
strain on the University's athletic
department.
The fund, suggested and voted for by
the Auburn Athletic Council, was passed
; by the Board of Trustees Sept. 24 and will
provide a way for Auburn alumni and
friends of the University to assist the
athletic department with financial
problems brought by NCAA probation.
The probation, which bans the
University's football team from bowl
appearances for two years and television
appearances for one year, stems from
player Eric Ramsey's accusations that he
received improper benefits while playing
at Aubum.
Terry Windle, associate athletic director
of finance, said the probation is expected
to cost Auburn $4.6 million in projected
revenue.
Alumni were notified about the fund
through a letter signed by head football
coach Terry Bowden and Director of
Athletics Mike Lude.
Lude said, "A number of Aubum people
have called and written wanting to know
what they could do to help us through
this period of financial strain.
"The Loyalty Fund was established in an
effort to give them a recognized,
organized fashion in which to show their
support and love for Auburn," he said.
More than 10,000 letters were mailed to
Auburn supporters calling for one-time
$100 "second mile" donations.
The letters describe this short-term fund
as a way to help Auburn during a "critical
point in the growth of its athletic
program."
"We're making very certain that people
know that this is a one-time donation,"
said Lude.
Although the athletic department wants
the support of alumni, Lude said it does
not want to snatch contributions from
other departments in the University.
"We do not and we will not and we
absolutely insist that no one contribute
any money that they were going to give to
any other entity of the University to the
football program," he said.
"Please give as much as you've given
and more to the other parts of the
University, but look and see if you can
also contribute something to the athletic
fund."
The letters sent to alumni primarily
stress the financial plight of the football
see LOYALTY, page A3
Accident
claims
grad's life
by Lady Hereford
Assistant News Editor
A recent Auburn graduate was
killed instantly in a head-on
collision on Interstate 185 Oct. 10.
, Brain Walter Johnson, 22 of
Columbus, Ga., and 81-year-old
Augusta Williams, of Pittsview,
Ga., died when Williams drove
down the wrong lane of 1-185.
A third
driver, David
• Allen Kelly, 23
of Pine
M o u n t a i n ,
, Ga., was
injured in the
wreck.
Authorities
' later learned
W i l l i a m s
suffered from
> Alzheimer's
disease.
Johnson received his degree in
, electrical engineering from
Aubum in the spring of 1992.
During his career at Auburn, he
was a member of Circle K and a
'follower of the martial arts, said
Mike Scheiderich, 06MBA and a
former roommate.
• "He was a very shy person, very
conscious of achieving and being
better," Scheiderich said.
"He was dedicated to his work,
dedicated to engineering. He
see CAR, page A3
TODD VAN EMSTV Plainsman Staff
Tasha Jackson, a 6th grade student at J.F. Drake Middle School, is one of many
area students whose education is supplemented with computer literacy courses.
See story, page A6.
JOHNSON
Two for the price of one
Duplicate course listing books cause registration confusion
by Ashley Lovejoy
Associate News Editor
Which one of these is not like
the other? Which one of these is
doing its own thing?
Two course listing booklets
appeared on campus this week,
one printed by The Auburn
Bulletin and the other by the
University.
Registrar John Fletcher said The
Bulletin contacted the registrar's
offices and requested information
concerning course listings to put
out its own scheduling booklet.
"This is a project they are doing
to raise money as a business
venture. I want it to be explicitly
clear that we do not in any way
derive any benefit and we are not
involved in any way other than
giving them a listing of the
courses," Fletcher said.
Because the University did not
include advertisements in the
scheduling booklet this quarter,
The Bulletin wanted the
opportunity to do it.
"It was put out to tell the
students the dates and time of their
classes, and it contains advertising
like a football program does and
the schedule has for years. Up
until this year, the official book
had advertising, and we don't
know why because it raises their
cost to produce," Fletcher said.
"They said this year they didn't
want advertising, and we said we
would like to print our own and
run advertising, and they said
see SCHEDULE, page A3
Rising tuition costs keep students home
by Jason Sanford
Plainsman Staff Writer
Figures released by University
admissions this week show more
students than in recent years are
attending two-year colleges
before transferring to Aubum. The
main reason — to save money.
Charles Reeder, director of
admissions, said the number of
-freshmen at Auburn, 3,070,
-dropped 3 percent this year,
-While the number of transfer
-Students jumped 153 to 1,858, a 7
percent increase.
J "I think this shows that more
Students are going the junior
•College route than before," Reeder
•said.
i According to figures released by
the Alabama Commission on
C Higher Education, the number of
'students in Alabama's four-year
.public institutions decreased
'between 1988 and '92 by 2.4
I percent.
X" But during that same period,
the number of students in junior
and community colleges
increased.
"This shows that many people
are going to community colleges
because they are more
affordable," said Catherine
Simmons, the registrar for
Southern Union Community
Colleges.
"Our enrollment has increased
steadily for the last few years. A
lot of (students) come here for
financial reasons."
Chris Taylor, 04PG, said he
attended George C. Wallace State
Community College in Dothan
before transferring to Aubum for
this reason.
"It was a great deal cheaper,"
he said. "Tuition was less than
half what it was at Aubum. I was
able to get rid of my freshmen
classes without spending very
much."
According to Simmons, 15
hours at Southern Union costs
$367 per quarter, while 15 hours
at Auburn costs $650. She said
this difference is similar to other
two-year colleges in the state.
keeps students at home
TOTAL ENROLLMENT
All Alabama Higher Education Institutions
1982 1986
Public Senior Institutions 101,833 103,569
% of Total
Public Junior Institutions
% of Total
Public Community Colleges
% of Total
Public Technical Colleges
of Total
56.0
11,674
6.4
35,593
19.6
14,017
7.7
57.7
13,571
7.6
33,744
18.8
11,024
6.1
1992
127,527
55.4
18,973
8.2
47,555
20.7
14,320
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Taylor said, "The cost difference
is definitely why I chose (the
community college) route.
"I could have handled a four-year
college right away, but
economics sent me to the
community college."
In other figures released this
week by University Registrar John
Fletcher, the number of minority
students at Aubum increased by
almost 10 percent, reaching 1,185.
The numb&r of students at
Aubum is 21 £63-
Stress levels high
among law officers
Local police shaken about loss of co-worker
by Nancy Blstritz
Assistant News Editor
A police officer's job is to
"protect and to serve," but more
often than not, the duties
accompanying that motto leave
officers feeling burdened, fatigued
and, above all, stressed.
With an exceedingly high
divorce rate, suicide rate and
alcohol rate, the police officer's
need to cope with stress has
become a -
necessity.
According to "There's a lot of
William Kelly, an
—Mike Walter
Opelika police officer
, hatred for what those
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being a police J
officer is "one of
the most
stressful jobs."
"If s in the top
10 list of the " ^ —
most stressful jobs," he said.
Police also have to deal with
other negative emotions on a daily
basis, he said.
"Police tend to get pessimistic as
a result of what they see every
day," Kelly said.
Patrolman Mike Walter, of the
Opelika Police Department, has
been a police officer for three
years and said he knows these
emotions all too well.
"We try to break the stress by
just joking and kidding with each
other during the day and the shift
meeting.
"But the real stress hits when
you get out there and you get in
your car and you hit the streets,"
Walter said.
According to Walter, the stress
comes from the fear of simply not
knowing.
"Every time you pull a car over,
you never know who you're
pulling over."
Walter said because police
officers sometimes get "lax," they
are not always on their guard.
Walter said one of the most
stressful scenes an officer can be
called to is a domestic dispute.
"You go to these people; you
have the wife who's been beat up.
You have to deal with that — you
have to see that," Walter said.
book used for police study, Larry
K. Gaines verifies the hardships of
police life.
"Police officers are required to
work unusual hours in terms of
shifts, training courses and
attendance at court.
"These unusual hours make
family life difficult and prohibit
officers from many family or
recreational activities."
Walter, recently engaged, said
he found the stress of the job
affects both him
and his fiancee.
"If s a lot
tougher on her
than it is on me
because she
never knows.
whether I'm.
coming home or
not. Thaf s tough
because you just
never know
— — — — — what's going to
happen,'' he said.
Along with trying to maintain
family lives, police officers go
through a change in their social
lives.
According to Walter, becoming
an officer helped him find his true
friends.
"You lose some of your friends.
A lot of them disassociate
themselves with you.
"They don't really want to have
anything to do with you because
you're a police officer."
Gaines said positive and
negative stress exist. Police most
commonly are exposed to negative
stress and little appreciation from
the public.
"Honest, law-abiding citizens
seldom care about or want to have
contact with police until they need
them. **
"These feelings are reinforced
when officers meet citizens
socially or in the public," he said.
Walter said when police put on
their uniforms people tend to see
them as "gods."
"(People) expect you to answer
every question they ask you.
You're supposed to know
everything.
"That's a lot to ask out of
someone who's just human like
In "Critical Issues in Policing." a SOO STRESS, page A3
Index
On the Concourse A2
Editorials A8
Letters to the Editor A9
Student Life B1
Classifieds B7
Tempo C1
Music C4
Comics C8
Sports Dl
Out on a Lirfb D7
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Student Development Services:
Appreciating Multicultural Diversity in the
Workplace: Today, 4-5 pan., 202 Foy Union.
Test Taking Strategies: Oct. 27, 4-5 p.m., 202
Foy Union.
Placement Service Announcements:
On-campus Interviewing Opportunities for
those graduating by August of '94. Orientation
session Tuesday, Oct. 26, 5 p.m., in 202 Foy
Union. Each session lasts an hour; no pre-registration
necessary.
Writing Resumes and Cover Letters session
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Haunted Hayride in the Forest, presented by
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Friday and Saturday nights and until 10 p.m. on
Sundays. Located on Montgomery County Road
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Cage, Concourse, and War Eagle Patio.
Program for Students With D i s a b i l i t i e s -
volunteer readers needed for 1-2 hours/week to
read textbook material for students in our
program. Call Katy Landers 844-5943 or stop by
1232 Haley.
The Auburn Circle staff is starting work on the
winter '94 issue - our 20 year anniversary issue.
Staff meetings are every Monday at 4 p.m. in
the Circle office (Publications suite, basement of
Foy). Newcomers welcome. The Publicity
Chairman Position is now open. Call Wynne
Johnson at 844-4122 for more info.
Pike Road Arts ac Crafts Fair and Flea Market
will be Nov. 6, 10-4 p.m., at Historic Marks
House, Pike Road, Alabama (located 12 miles
southeast of Montgomery). $1 admission,
children under 12 free.
Beat Bama Bash, hosted by the Lee County
Auburn Club, will be Nov. 19, at the Silver
Spur, doors opening at 7 p.m. Pep rally will
start at 9 p.m., and music and dancing begins at
10 p.m. Call Cindy Singley 749-7211 for tickets.
Must be 21 or older.
Technical Writing Short Course, instructed by
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Dunstan Hall. To register, call 844-5101. Early
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Oct.27.
Lee-SCAN Volunteer Training - Nov. 1, 6:30-
830 pjn. at the Auburn City Library. Call 826-
7226 for registration and info. Volunteers
needed to work with pregnant teens, parents,
and children in Lee County area. Practicum and
internship credit available.
Marine Corps Birthday Ball will be hosted by
Semper Fidelis Society, Nov. 12 at Auburn
Conference Center. Tickets are $40/couple; may
be purchased at NROTC unit.
Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science
Honor Society, will be taking applications for
membership through Oct. 29 in 7080 Haley
Center.
Hospice of Lee County will be holding
volunteer training Nov. 9-16 (evening and
weekend hours). Call Susan Smith at the
Hospice office at 745-0200.
Muslim Association of Auburn presents "The
Other Israel" video produced by "National
Prayer Network Production" on Fit, Oct. 22,204
Foy Union, 6 p.m. All welcome.
Project Aim is presenting an opportunity to
•own the game football from the Auburn
University vs. University of Alabama game.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit Project
Aim, a non-profit organization providing early
intervention to children with disabilities and
their families.
Opelika Pilot Club will be having crafts, baked
goods, casseroles, breakfast and lunch, Sat., Oct.
23, at Opelika Recreation Center on Denson
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Amnesty International meets every Wednesday
at 8 p.m. in 137 Cary Hall. Everyone welcome.
Call Robbi at 826-7507.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets Wednesday, 7
p.m., at Auburn United Methodist Church
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Study Partner Program offers free study help
Sundays through Thursday in Haley Lounge.
For more info, call 844-5972 or come by 315
Martin Hall.
Overeaten Anonymous will meet at 6 pjn. on
Mondays at Grace Methodist (next to Kroger).
No membership requirements. Call Matt at 821-
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all about. Need more info? Call Lisa Brooke at
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Tues. & Thurs. 5:45-8, Student Act Room 207-D.
CallJT at 821-2266.
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Lambda Tau National Medical Technology
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LOCAL
Grand jury's three capital murder indictments a first
CAR
The Lee County grand jury indicted
three people on capital murder charges
during its fall session, which ended Oct.
13.
Assistant District Attorney Nick
Abbett said this was the first time he
could remember the grand jury handing
down three capital murder charges in
Lee County. Abbett became part of the
criminal justice system in 1966.
Jurors indicted Lynda Lyon Block and
George Sibley Jr. in the shooting death of
Opelika Police Sgt. Roger Motley.
The third indictment was handed to
Angel Manuel Ferrer in connection with
the May 26 robbery and shooting of a
clerk at John's Fill-And-Go in Smiths.
-Compiled from
Opelika-Auburn News reports
Circuit judge dies at 93, remembered as legend in his own time
Circuit Judge Lee Joseph Tyner,
remembered as a legend in his own time,
died Oct. 15 at East Alabama Medical
Center. He was 93.
Tyner served as circuit judge of the old
5th Judicial District of Lee and four other
counties until 1970 when he began serv­ing
on the new 37th District.
One of his biggest cases was the so-called
"camper murders" in which a
couple picked up hitchhikers and left
them for dead.
-Compiled from
Opelika-Auburn News reports
City plans to realign dangerous zig-zag on North Ross Street
The Alabama Department of Trans­portation
will begin realigning North
Ross Street where it zig-zags across the
intersection with Opelika Road.
According to a traffic study, 23 acci­dents
occurred between Jan. 1988 and
Dec 1990 along the zig-zag location.
-Compiled from
Opelika-Auburn News reports
STATE
Mother blames 'Beavis & Butt head' for fire son started
The mother of a 5-year-old boy who
started a fire in his room blamed the tele­vision
show "Beavis & Butthead," saying
that her son mimicked the anti-social
duo.
No one was injured in the fire, but
Brenda Sheffield and her son were evict­ed
from their public housing apartment
in Sheffield, Ala.
'It's because of that stupid show," the
mother said.
The show has also been blamed for
two house fires started by children in
Ohio. MTV issued a statement saying it
would re-evaluate the show's content
because of the Ohio incidents.
-Compiled from
Opelika-Auburn News reports
Clinton official says NAFTA will create, keep jobs in state
Deputy Treasurer Secretary Roger Alt-man
said ratifying of the North Ameri­can
Free Trade Agreement by Congress
would increase Alabama exports in Mex­ico
and increase jobs in the state.
The briefing for Alabama reporters
was part of an administration campaign
to win approval of NAFTA.
Altaian cited the new Mercedes-Benz
plant as his supporting evidence. If
lower wages had been the determining
factor, the company would have built
the plant in Mexico, Altman said.
"NAFTA is going to make it harder for
jobs to leave."
-Compiled from
Opelika-Auburn News reports
continued from page Al
wanted to be a successful engineer," he
said.
Johnson completed Auburn's
engineering curriculum in four years.
He was a competent and polite
student, JoAnn Loden, academic adviser
for electrical engineering, said.
"He was a good student. His GPA
was really good," Loden said.
"He was just a really good student
with a really bright future. It's just a
terrible tragedy to lose someone like
that," she said.
Johnson, who was living with his
great aunt in Marietta, had begun
graduate work in electrical engineering
at Georgia Tech.
He was traveling from Columbus to
his great aunf s house at the time of the
collision, family members said.
State troopers at the scene of the
accident determined Williams and
Johnson were not wearing seat belts.
Witnesses told police Williams had
his bright lights on just before his car
collided with Johnson's car.
Kelly's car then slammed into the rear
of Johnson's car.
Johnson's death came less than a
month before his 23rd birthday.
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ontinuedfrom page Al
'Certainly,'" said Paul Harris, publisher
of The Bulletin.
Fletcher said he did not want the
course listing to include advertising this
quarter. He said he thought it detracted
from the publication.
Fletcher said he was proud of this
course listing because it includes more
information than before.
"The information in the one that we
put out is the one that should be used
to register. I don't mean the course
information in The Bulletin version is
incorrect because it is not; it is the
same," he said.
Fletcher also said the University
listing has more instructions for
registration.
He said he knew the intention of The
Bulletin was to publish a course listing,
but he didn't know it would be
producing a "mirror image."
"It's kind of unfortunate this
happened, but it is something they
wanted to do," Fletcher said.
If this happens again, it will be clear
which organization produced which
booklet, he said.
Both listings contain errors, such as
30 minutes left off class finishing times
and class credit values.
Fletcher suggested students call the
registrar or department heads to clarify
such errors.
Harris said if The Bulletin's listing
contains any wrong numbers, then the
University gave it the wrong numbers.
STRESS
continued from page Al
everyone else," Walter said.
He also said blocking feelings on a
day-to-day basis becomes difficult.
"I get tired of seeing it, but I get to
where I just block it out, and I try not
to bring it home with me at the end of
the day," Walter said.
He said strong feelings remain
concerning the death of Sgt. Roger
Motley, the Opelika police officer who
was killed.
"We have very strong feelings about
what happened, and we have strong
feelings about what those two people
did to him.
"There's a lot of hatred for what
those two people did to him — a lot of
hatred,' he said.
LOYALTY
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program, but Lude admitted the money
will be spent on all of Auburn's athletic
programs.
"We stressed football," he said,
"because that's where most of our
income comes from."
No projections about the amount of
money the athletic department hopes to
raise with the fund have been made,
but Windle said Auburn is looking at a
projected $1 million deficit.
Lude said because the fund is new,
"there's not a guide to guess how much
we're expecting to receive.
"If s never been done before."
Will the fund affect other University
fund-raising campaigns?
James Samford, President Pro tern and
member of the Board of Trustees'
athletic committee, said, "We have to be
sensitive to other colleges and
organizations on campus and their
f u n d - r a i s i n g
efforts.
"We don't want
to get into fund-r
a i s i n g
competitions. We
want to maximize
our fund-raising
efforts."
The athletic LUDE
department also is
raising money for the baseball complex,
the athletic complex and an athletic
endowment.
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SGA repaints symbol of Auburn spirit
by Shelley Gilliam
Plainsman Staff Writer
To help boost Auburn spirit for
last week's football game against
the University of Florida, the
Student Government Association
spirit committee repainted the tiger
paw on the intersection at
"roomer's Comer, at 3 a.m.
Greg Hendricks, SGA director of
spirit, said, "The tiger paw started
because of the Alabama game
being here in 1989- Ifs just kind of
been a symbol of spirit for the
students and especially for the city
of Auburn to have."
The new tiger paw was painted
Oct. 13 at 3 a.m.
When the original tiger paw was
painted in '89, the students
involved were taken to the police
station because they did not have
the city's permission to paint the
road.
Nathan Levy, SGA.secretary of
political affairs, was one of the
spirit committee members involved.
Levy said the idea for the tiger
paw came at about 5:30 a.m. after
the committee had spent two nights
painting tiger paws on the highway
leading into Auburn.
After the tiger paw was about
three-fourths of the way completed,
three police cars arrived to take the
students to the police station.
"(The police) were worried that it
might cause a problem since that*s
the most congested intersection in
Auburn," he said. "And that maybe
people would look down and get
distracted, and it would cause
fender benders."
After the students spent about an
hour at the police station they were
granted permission to continue.
"I was just at the right place at
the right time. I'm really excited
that I'm going to be able to look at
it and know that I was there when
it started. I almost got a police
record for having great Auburn
spirit," Levy said.
Hendricks said, students
complained that the state repaired
over the orange symbol of auburn
spirit.
"The reason we pointed the tiger
paw in the direction it's in is so that
when people are rolling Toomer's
Corner and standing at the gates,
they'll be facing the direction of the
paw and able to look at it,"
Hendricks said.
City Manager Doug Watson said
he thought the tiger paw fits the
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The intersection at Toomer's Corner wears a fresh coat of
orange after the SGA spirit committee's 3 a.m. paint job.
"I think it shows a lot of spirit in
the community and among the
students," Watson said.
The new tiger paw was outlined
and designed by John Galassini,
SGA director of graphics.
"Since Auburn's going through a
transitional period with a new
football coach, we thought it would
be a good idea to do something
different," Galassini said.
Hendricks, Galassini and Rux
Bentley, assistant director of spirit,
mainly were responsible for the
new paw, but about 40 people
helped paint it. Aubie, the
cheerleaders, War Eagle Girls and
Plainsmen and the SGA Cabinet
and senate expressed an interest in
repainting the tiger paw and were
asked to help.
Circle escapes censure in Comm Board judgment
by Jennifer Acevedo
News Editor
Auburn's general interest
magazine, The Circle, escaped
from the Board of Student
Communications meeting relatively
unscathed Thursday after
discussion of its falsified letters.
• The magazine, which fabricated
three letters to the editor and
signed false names to each, was
brought before Comm Board to
defend its actions. But board
members said the offense
warranted no formal action on
their part.
Jerry Brown, acting head of the
journalism department, said
mistakes such as this one serve as
learning tools.
"I think this is just something
you do as you learn," he said. "I
don't think that censure or
reprimand is necessary."
Circle editor Wynne Johnson,
who read a statement to the board
on behalf of her publication's staff,
said the letters were fabricated to
interest students in the magazine's
new Letters to the Editor page.
"Our efforts are sincere. We did
not intend to harm our audience,"
she said, "only to catch their
interest."
Johnson said she assumed the
names, including Corwin R.
Random and Ariel M. Pilot, would
be obvious enough to indicate
sarcasm.
Brown said a general interest
magazine such as The Circle often
needs to aim segments at the
lowest common denominator in an
audience to ensure all members of
the audience understand. Only in
more specialized publications such
as Mad magazine do readers
assume a level of sarcasm about all
features.
Board member David Housel
was less satisfied with Johnson's
explanation. He was concerned
with damage to the magazine's
credibility and the apparent "end-justifies-
the-means" defense of The
Circle's actions.
"My concern is that you got what
you wanted so that makes it OK,"
Housel said. "I do have a problem
with that kind of reasoning."
Johnson denied any damage had
been done to the magazine's
reputation and said the feedback
she has gotten in response to the
incident primarily has been
positive.
"Several people have come up to
me personally," she said. "The
people who have come up to me
have said, 'Obviously, if we're in
college, we're intelligent enough to
figure out that those weren't real
names.'"
Johnson also argued that a
general interest magazine cannot
be held to the same standards as
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Attorney: Death penalty biased
by Ashley Lovejoy
Associate News Editor
Since 1985, Bryan Stevenson, an
advocate of the poor, has
represented inmates on death row
to champion the cause of human
rights.
"What death penalty cases
represent in my mind are situations
or cases where if there is racial bias
or discrimination against poor
people, the consequences of that
are just intolerable," Stevenson
said.
Stevenson and a panel of civil
rights experts, in a four-hour
seminar on race, poverty and the
criminal justice system Thursday,
said the Supreme Court decided
discrimination against minorities
and the poor was inevitable in
capitol punishment cases, but it is
an area of bias most people find
acceptable.
"We are more tolerant because
we are talking about bad people,
right' We are talking about people
who anger us, who frustrate us,
people who make us fearful,"
Stevenson said.
"If racial bias, discrimination and
poverty lead to someone being
executed by this society, that says
something about who we are and
what we are about."
Stevenson said being a civil
rights attorney is about changing
the quality of a person's life.
"I think that is reflective of the
nature of this work. It is very
overwhelming at times, very direct,
but it is very critical, very
important," he said.
Stevenson's most prominent case
involved Walt McMillan, a man
sentenced to death for a crime he
did not commit.
McMillan was later found
innocent of all charges against him.
Stevenson said the case,
generated from Monroeville, was
all too similar to the story line of
"To Kill a Mockingbird."
Stevenson said he wants to make
it easier for society to punish the
actual criminals without worrying
that the punishment is racially
discriminatory.
STEVENSON
But misrepresentation with
regard to race still continues to
count for the disparity in death
penalty cases, he said.
Senate discusses benefits
of telephone registration
Women's Caucus attempts to bag campus issues in 18th year
by Vanessa Ray
Assistant News Editor
The Women's Studies program
received $10,000 in funding, a
dramatic increase over the past
$500 annual funding, Emily Myers,
extension program associate for
social work, told the Women's
Caucus.
Over apples, Saran Wrapped
sandwiches and salads, Women's
Caucus members gathered at the
monthly meeting Oct. 13.
"Five hundred dollars was the
most we ever received in the past,"
Myers, co-chairwoman for the
group, told the 15 members in
attendance.
Also discussed at the brown-bag
luncheon was the need for tuition
remission for University graduate
teaching assistants and staff.
In the United States, waiving
tuition fees for GTAs is widespread
practice, said Yvonne Kozlowski,
Librarian HI and head of the social
sciences department in Ralph B.
Draughon Library.
"Auburn charges tuition, making
it not competitive with universities
who don't," Kozlowski said.
The University does not
encourage its employees to earn
degrees, Kozlowski said.
The city of Auburn will pay
employees' course tuitions for
every class in which they earn an
"A" or a "B."
"We're a university. Most
universities encourage their staff to
improve through education,
Kozlowski said.
Mary Burkhart, associate director
for the center of aging and the
only original member of the
caucus, said since its origin in
1975, the Women's Caucus has
witnessed few advancements for
females at the University.
"I'm concerned that there aren't
many more women in higher
administrative positions than there
were 18 years ago," Burkhart said.
But Kozlowski noted great
strides in the availability of
women's health care and
counseling services.
"Health programs — boy have
they improved. When I began at
Auburn, Drake Student Health
Center was not allowed to discuss
birth control. Now they have a full-time
gynecologist, and they can
advertise in The Plainsman."
The Women's Caucus focuses on
more than just women's problems,
Kozlowski said.
The group, for example, is
concerned with tenure policies that
often make job security and having
a family mutually exclusive.
"Stopping the tenure clock is not
just a women's problem. It's a
family problem. As it stands now,
it's very hard for a family unit
trying to cope. The tenure clock
continues to tick (during a leave of
absence)."
by Christopher Hyde
Assistant Technical Editor
The new registration process
was one of many topics which
were discussed during the
Student Government Association
senate meeting Monday night.
Registrar John Fletcher said the
University has been working on
the system for the past year and
hopes to meet students' needs
effectively.
"We needed to raise our level
of automation," he said.
Fletcher told the senators the
administrative staff and
University computing services
use the phone lines during the
day.
He said, "it runs great"
between 5 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The University cannot buy
more lines until the mainframe is
improved, but Fletcher said that
would not be a problem.
Fletcher said the system has
two advantages.
First, students can make
choices the computer cannot.
When one class is full, students,
not the computers, can choose
an alternate class.
Second, the new system is not
a request line. Choices are final,
and the computer cannot change
the class.
The schedule a student
requests is what he or she will
receive.
In senate awareness, Shannon
Scarbrough brought up a
• problem concerning police
officers standing in the middle of
the student ramps leading into
the stadium at the Auburn vs.
Florida game last weekend. The
problem was assigned to the
rules committee.
The off- campus committee
agreed to check into purchasing
the parking lot across from
Funchess Hall to make it a C-zone
lot.
In new business, a resolution
was passed, allowing
engineering students seeking
senate positions to campaign in
the Aerospace Engineering
Building and Parker Hall.
The SGA cabinet collected 800
names from the volunteers drive
last week.
In other oabinet business, a
cultural diversity group is being
formed, and the Greek Blood
Drive wiH be held Nov. 8
through Nov. 12.
Cabinet members also cleaned
their Adopt-A-Mile for the first
time this year.
They picked up items such as
dirty diapers, dead snakes, a
dead dog, broken toilets and
discarded urinals.
The cabinet mentioned
anyone interested in tutoring
kindergarten through high school
students should contact Isabella
Wells in the SGA office.
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Students + computers = learning
by Lllla Hood
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The Auburn city school system
has become part of the computer
generation.
In the coming months,
_ computers will be put into
classrooms in elementary and
middle schools throughout the
city.
£'• Carol Chunn, principal at J.F.
Drake Middle School, said her
school already has a computer lab
available for fifth and sixth graders,
but soon will have two or three
computers in each sixth grade
classroom.
"We are trying to integrate the
curriculum into the normal
classroom," Chunn said.
Fifth graders now are learning
keyboarding and word processing
in the computer lab, she said. But
.'with the new computers placed in
"the classrooms of sixth graders,
using a computer will become
more of an everyday activity.
"Computer activities will become
-more of a normal part of academic
Work," Chunn said.
The computers will assist with
f^-w-riting skills, make learning fun
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;g their work, she said.
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networked together, according to
Chunn.
Steven Silvern, professor of early
childhood education at Auburn,
said he was in favor of putting
computers in schools, saying they
should be used as tools like a pen
or pencil.
"The computer is virtual access
to thousands and thousands of
people and information that goes
beyond the encyclopedia," he said.
Silvern said teachers should not
have a difficult time adapting to
computers in the classroom
because classes are available in
computer education.
"Computer courses are available
for education students who want
to take them, but they are not
required," he said.
But, Alabama provides a Master's
program, with full tuition, if a
student wants to expand his or her
degree in computer education. The
program usually consists of 12 to
13 hours plus the regular master's
courses, according to Silvern.
Silvern cited a program named
Gopher developed at the
University of Minnesota. He said
the program uses a key word to
access worldwide information.
"This is a research tool that goes
way beyond what is in any school
library," Silvern said.
Using computers in the
classroom, he said, could change
the way people think kids learn.
"The notion that in order to
learn to add you have to drill kids
on addition doesn't fit in," he said.
"When you are done with all
that addition, it doesn't mean
anything. Maybe kids should learn
addition in the context of doing
projects in which addition is
required. They may make
mistakes, but those mistakes are
cheaper than mistakes made in
real life."
He said kids using the
computers to figure things out is
how they will learn the skills —
not by practicing over and over.
Chunn said parents were happy
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made at J.F. Drake Middle School.
"The more we put into
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liCity Council raises cemetery plot prices
• by Karen Klnnlson
Plainsman Staff Writer
Burial in Auburn is significantly
Jj-more expensive since the Auburn
City Council passed a resolution,
^recommended by the Cemetery
»-Board, Tuesday night, to increase
• plot prices at Memorial Park and
Westview cemeteries.
At Memorial Park plot prices,
-originally $700 for residents and
•nonresidents, was increased to
7 $1,400 for residents and $2,800 for
•nonresidents.
At Westview the price for
• residents and nonresidents was
$350 per plot. Residents must now
pay $700, and nonresidents will
pay $1,400.
Mayor Jan Dempsey said at the
council meeting Oct. 5 that one
quarter of the lots are bought by
outsiders.
Rather than pay for perpetual
services with the Aubum resident's
tax money, as has been done in
the past, the price of plots for
nonresidents is now twice as high
as the price for residents.
The council also authorized a
loan for $75,000 to Auburn Motor
Lodge, Inc., on 1577 South College
St.
City Manager Doug Watson said
the owners of Auburn Motor
Lodge, which used to be Best
Western, agreed to try to obtain a
significant national franchise.
The city plans to give the
owners a loan at 2 percent below
the Wall Street prime rate, said
Watson.
City Council members denied
one ordinance proposed by Paul
R. Leonard of the Moore/Leonard
Ltd. Partnership. The proposal
requested rezoning 2982 acres
south of Interstate 85 from a rural
district to a development district.
The Auburn City Planning
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prospect at its meeting in
December.
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by Ashley Lovejoy
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baseball cap in your literature class
or the girl who always arrives late
to chemistry may be one of the
240,000 students who will die in
alcohol-related accidents this year.
Auburn is recognizing alcohol
awareness this week in
coordination with the national
collegiate Alcohol Awareness
Week.
Brad Schild, member of the
Student Government Association,
said he hopes to educate students
about alcohol and drinking.
"My goal for this week is to
boost awareness of students in the
dangers of drinking and driving
and the health dangers that alcohol
abuse encompasses," he said.
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convey the message that drinking and driving do not mix.
"I am not trying to get students
to stop drinking, because I
understand this is the age when
students experiment with alcohol.
"We want to show them that
people can indeed have a good
time without abusing alcohol."
Schild said the program is
intended to be relaxed and revolve
around awareness activities.
The week's activities included
such events as a bar stocked with
alcohol-free mixed drinks and a
paper-bag graveyard display on
the Child Study Center lawn. The
movie "Less Than Zero" also will
be shown tonight.
Schild said the exhibit he
expects will gain the most
attention is the lighting of the
graveyard bags along Wire Road.
"We want to make an
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and lungs. Persons with the flu
usually feel ill and have a variety
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which is more likely than
most strains to cause illness and
death. Compared to last year, this
should be a severe year for
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What are the symptoms of the
flu?
With true influenza, the patient
usually suffers an abrupt onset of
fever of 101 degrees or more, a
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Sometimes the patient also
experiences diarrhea, vomiting or
a rash.
What is the treatment for flu?
Most people recuperate with
supportive treatment such as
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analgesics such as
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However, complications, such as
bacterial infection, may occur . In
such cases an antibiotic will be
necessary for relief of symptoms.
With influenza A but, not
influenza B, the drug amantadine
may be useful as a prophylaxis or
treatment. The drug must be
administered with 48 hours of the
onset of illness.
Who Is susceptible?
Anyone can get the flu. It is
contagious and has a short
incubation period.
This virus is spread through
droplets in the air and carried on
the hands of contacts. The old or
young and persons with chronic
illnesses or lowered immune
systems are especially susceptible
to the flu.
How can one avoid the flu and
its complications?
The best way to avoid the flu
and its complications is by taking
the vaccine in the fall of each year.
The Center for Disease Control
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receive the influenza vaccine to
minimize the disruption of routine
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The recommended time for
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Viewpoints and Insight
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"Celebrating 100 years"
Tom Strother
Editor
James Foster
Managing Editor
Jan Clifford
Business Manager
Brian Pember
Production Director
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Copy Editor
Lisa Griffin
Special Sections Editor
Ashley Lovejoy
Associate News Editor
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Photo Editor
Alex White
Editorial Page Editor
To move or not to move,
we know the answer!
Moving start of fall quarter to earlier date
will benefit University's faculty, students
Auburn spirit makes glorious return
The Student Government
Association overwhelmingly
supported a proposal this spring for
an earlier fall quarter start.
So what is the deal?
The Faculty Senate Calendar and
Scheduling Committee began
studying this dilemma in May, and
as of yet no conclusion has been
reached.
Eighty two percent of Auburn
I students supported this change in a
| series of polls in fall, 1992.
Perhaps the committee wUl take
I them into account when making its
I decision.
The benefits of a change in dates
I will outweigh any negative
repercussions for the University, its
faculty or students.
And we at The Plainsman don't
feel it will cause any problem at all.
By starting the quarter earlier,
students who regularly are forced to
stay in Auburn during Thanksgiving
would be able to travel home and
remain there until after Christmas.
And on-campus students who
have had to find alternative homes
during the Thanksgiving break
because of the University shutdown
would be saved.
Students who work also would
benefit because their opportunity to
find work would increase.
We urge the committee to
recommend an earlier start in fall
quarter, 1994 — and match
Auburn's schedule with other
schools across the nation.
We're ready for some
real food — all day!
|\A/ar Eagle Cafeteria closes food lines
too early for nutrition-conscious students
With one piously raised eyebrow
larie Antoinette declared, "Let
lem eat cake."
While Auburn students are hardly
comparable to French peasants, War
iagle Cafeteria seems to have the
pame apathetic attitude toward our
jrowling stomachs and nutritional
leeds.
The cafeteria offers hot items
from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., while its
jrill, which offers hamburgers and
>ther fast food, is the only section
)f the cafeteria open until 7 p.m.
When War Eagle opened its build-rour-
own salad/sandwich section
lis fall, it seemed to be listening
the cry of Auburn's health-bonscious.
But the three hours,
]0:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., it stays
kpen hardly makes it worthwhile
for those with busy schedules.
We realize it is impossible to
please everyone all of the time. But
our request seems reasonable.
Feed us — all day.
At a school the size of Auburn,
students come from different
backgrounds. While some lifestyles
can be supported by fast food
alone, others still require nutritious
foods that build a strong and
healthy body.
Keeping the hot food and salad
bar open a little while longer
would not be overly difficult, and
we hope that War Eagle will try.
By only giving us hamburgers,
tacos, chicken sandwiches and
barbeque after 1:30 p.m., War Eagle
seems to be piously telling Auburn,
"Let them eat junk!"
feather in our cap
klpha Phi Omega's effort to raise money
>r eagle training facility deserves applause
Hooray for Alpha Phi Omega!
After struggling for more than a
|ear to raise money for the new
igle training facility, the national
;rvice fraternity finally had its wish
jme true when the concessions
|oard awarded $14,500 to its
instruction fund this past week.
I This money may have saved the
[niversity the embarrassment the
[niversity of Southern Mississippi
ffered several years ago when its
igle mascot died from
kalnutrition.
Tiger currently suffers from the
disease bumblefoot. If she
continues to live in her present
conditions, the disease could
worsen.
Auburn and Tiger owe this group
of young men a tremendous
amount of gratitude for their
undying effort, spirit and
enthusiasm during this entire
campaign.
We at The Plainsman salute Alpha
Phi Omega for all it did to bring
Tiger her new home.
A subdued silence enveloped the
northeast corner of Jordan-Hare Stadium
Saturday afternoon.
The estimated 15,000 Gator fans who
trekked to Auburn from their respective
comers of the earth sat silent and shell-shocked
in the aftermath of Auburn's 38-
35 comeback win against fourth-ranked
Florida.
Their silence completely contrasted the
more than 70,000 jubilant Tiger faithful
who stood as one to lift a spine-tingling
ovation to the young men clad in navy
blue.
For the first time in several years the
Auburn faithful had something to cheer
about. For the first time in years Auburn
is back on track.
Any sports writer or fan could look at
Saturday's game and say, "that was a big
win," or, "Auburn finally has made it
back."
Sure, Auburn is undefeated.
Sure, Auburn is ranked 10th in the
nation.
Sure, Auburn could easily be 10-0
when Alabama comes to town Nov. 20.
But, for me, Saturday wasn't about
winning, losing or looking ahead — it
was about savoring the moment.
Three years ago when I came to
Auburn, the Auburn spirit was at a peak.
The campus buzzed with excitement,
and "War Eagle" wasn't a phrase of
humor, but one of pride.
Fans and students alike would come
early and stay late on football Saturdays,
and when the game was on the line, the
Auburn spirit was alive and well.
This past Saturday I felt for the first
time in a while that same Aubum spirit.
Fans didn't come early, but they did stay
late. And when the game was on the
line, the Auburn spirit unleashed a
mighty roar.
So many people boldly proclaim that
Auburn football is but a small part of the
University and its spirit.
I have to boldly disagree.
For the past two years this University
has suffered from an identity crisis —
much of this can be associated with the
dilapidated state of the football program.
Spirit plummeted, turnout at many
University events declined and the
general attitude of the campus suffered
tremendously.
As a senior I found a special solace in
this past weekend's victory — a special
feeling I haven't experienced since my
freshman year in 1990.
Not only in the fourth quarter, but
several times throughout the game, the
Aubum crowd showed what a home-field
advantage is all about.
After the Gator's last visit to Aubum in
1991, Florida football coach Steve
Spurrier commented about the lack of
noise and how Jordan-Hare wasn't as
intimidating as he expected. He never
had a chance to comment on his
thoughts about this year's visit because
he darted from the interview tent in a
rage after only a couple of questions
from reporters.
That probably is because this year was
a different story.
The football team's success is directly
proportional to the spirit around campus,
and no football-deprived academic junky
can even attempt to sway me from that
position.
This past Saturdays game brought
more excitement, spirit and enthusiasm
to the Plains than it has seen in several
years. That excitement wasn't there
because of the weather, the day or the
occasion.
The excitement was there because of a
result.
And that result may have thrusted
Auburn back into the spotlight for a long,
long time.
Mr. Strother is Editor of The Auburn
Plainsman.
A+ holds key to educational reform
"Huckleberry Finn," one of the most
famous works of American literature, has
been banned from some public schools
because of racist language. At the same
time, books in New York about
homosexuals are being considered for
use in elementary schools because they
teach tolerance.
This trend seems to be sweeping the
nation. Our schools slowly are turning
into day care centers where political
correctness has become more important
than reading, writing or arithmetic.
In 1992, 12 percent of Alabama's high
school seniors failed the reading section
on the Alabama High School Graduation
Exam. Twenty-one percent failed the
math section, and 26 percent failed the
language part.
These numbers are startling, but they
represent what our public schools are
becoming — vehicles of social change.
Fortunately there is a solution. A group
has been organized to help reform
Alabama's public schools.
A+, a grass-roots organization that is
made of thousands of Alabamians who
have had enough of substandard
schooling for their children, has decided
to make an effort at change.
According to an A+ press release, the
group "believes in testing students only
on what they know — not on attitudes
or values."
This means A+ wants to find out how
well Alabama students read, calculate,
solve problems and write — skills
needed in the work place, skills needed
to succeed.
Surviving in todays job market is a
challenge. But it can be made easier if
we teach our children to survive within
it.
A+ plans on using mainstream reform,
not extreme ideas that could cause
school systems to crumble under the
pressure of massive renovations.
These reforms include a greater
emphasis on academics, better
technologies in the classroom, more
parental involvement and improvements
in school safety and discipline.
These changes, of course, will not be
free, but they don't need to cost a
fortune. And any money we put into the
education of our youth will be returned
tenfold when our children grow to be
successful, self-supporting tax payers, not
uneducated citizens fighting to keep their
heads above water.
Thomas Jefferson once said, "If a
nation expects to be ignorant and free, in
a state of civilization, it expects what
never was and never will be."
This statement still holds true today.
Perhaps "Huckleberry Finn" shouldn't be
taught in our schools and maybe there is
room somewhere in our school system to
teach people to get along. But when the
debate overshadows the true reason we
have public education, everyone loses.
The only way to be free of the chains
of poverty and dependence is through
useful education, the type A+ is striving
for.
For more information on the A+
program, call Liz Humphrey at 1-800-253-
8865.
Mr. Foster is Managing Editor of The
Aubum Plainsman.
Slap on wrist sends wrong message
For the past two weeks, we have
watched the latest controversy
surrounding Auburn's general interest
magazine, The Circle, unfold.
Last time, a center-spread photo essay
of a dead dog lying on railroad tracks
and a feature story about homosexual
students landed the magazine's editor in
hot water.
This time, three fabricated letters to the
editor are the source. Amazingly enough,
the actions taken by the current Circle
staff have stirred an outcry among a
select few. This year's controversy du
jour cannot compare to the criticism the
previous issue drew.
According to Circle editor Wynne
Johnson, what she and her staff did was
not only ethical but also good publicity.
Taking the idiom, "any publicity is good
publicity" to heart, Johnson explained
that her staff had accomplished what it
intended. Her staff had generated interest
in the magazine.
Apparently we are led to believe it is
far better to make up a few measly letters
to spark interest rather than to do so
legitimately by producing a magazine
that challenges its readers' thinking and
broadens their intellectual horizons.
The editor responsible for the dead
dog issue, as it is called in one of this
edition's fake letters, incurred the wrath
of the majority of Auburn's largely
conservative campus. The editor
eventually resigned in what would prove
to be the most popular move of his short
career as editor of the magazine.
This time, however, The Circle editor
escaped relatively unharmed. Although
Johnson was subject to some probing
questions by members of the Board of
Student Communications at its Thursday
meeting, her defense seemed to satisfy
members that no formal board action
was necessary.
What well-crafted and honest defense
convinced eight board members that no
harm had been done?
Johnson matter-of-factly explained that
the staffs goal of generating interest in
the magazine's new "Letters to the
Editor" page had been accomplished.
Furthermore, given the opportunity to go
back to square one, she said she would
plot the same course.
Johnson also made the claim that The
Circle cannot be held to the same
journalistic standards as professionally
produced magazines such as The New
Yorker. While admittedly The Circle does
not fare.well in the comparison, is it that
far-fetched for student publications to
strive for professionalism and high ethical
standards?
The vast resources, both human and
financial, which The New Yorker has
within its reach are not necessary to
pursue ethical standards. Last time I
checked, honesty was still the best policy
(and certainly cost-free).
If The Circle does not aspire to the
level of quality and values maintained by
its professional counterparts, what level
of professionalism is it satisfied with?
In her statement, Johnson also
criticized The Plainsman for giving its
opinion of other campus media and "not
playing fair."
If one were to follow her reasoning, it
can be concluded that supposedly
offering up biased news is a far greater
affront than systematically and
deliberately fabricating it.
What concerns me the most about this
incident is that the board's unwillingness
to punish or at least restrict such actions
leaves open the possibility for another
occurrence.
In an age when everything from the
federal deficit to George Bush's loss in
the election is blamed on the "liberal-biased
media," is it a good idea to
condone deception when the media is
caught in the act?
Ms. Acevedo is the News Editor of The
Aubum Plainsman
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The Circle not first
to print fake letters
Editor, The Plainsman:
There's an old saying you surely
know about people living in glass
houses and stones.
The 7 October Plainsman is full
of self-righteous snipes at The
Circle for printing fictitious letters
and, since it's clear from
erroneous statements in The
Plainsman that historical research
wasn't a priority that week, I
thought your readers might be
intrigued by a possible defense of
The Circle.
The first English periodical to
include letters from readers, The
Athenian Mercury (1691), had a
set of editors that included
distinguished members of the
Royal Society, the clergy and the
business community. Sometimes
they made up letters so that they
could give answers that they
believed readers would find
entertaining and educational.
The most famous early
periodicals, the Tatler and the
Spectator, routinely made up
letters. They used these letters not
just for entertainment and
education but also developed
them into a variation on the
editorial, one seen to be less
didactic than the usual essay form.
In all of these three early
papers, readers (and modern
scholars) could not always sort out
the fictional letters from those
arrived through the mail. Wynne
Johnson's comment, "We just
needed letters," was made by the
editors of these early papers, too,
and today we admire the art,
creativity and effectiveness of
fictional letters.
You may wonder what other
historical research your editors
could have done for the 7 October
issue: An example in your
editorial is when you state that
Auburn went on the AAUP
censure list for the Father Curran
affair, not so. Here is a true error
of fact, and example of
"misleading," "irresponsible"
journalism.
And the time in history will
come when the easy assumption
that the administration will "make
a stand and hire not only the right
man for the job . . ." will sound
hopelessly out-dated, and editors
will write, "the right person" for
the job.
In an editorial that mentions the
21st century at a university that
has graduated some nationally
famous women journalists and
public relations people, we can
hope such a time is near.
Paula R. Backscheider
Pepperell Eminent Scholar
Auburn University
Finish job in Somalia
Editor, The Plainsman:
Sometimes our leadership is
wrong.
Sometimes our leaders are too
eager to give in to perceived world
opinion.
Our involvement in die U.N. relief
effort in Somalia is an example of
the kind of mistakes our leaders can
make.
These mistakes have cost too
many American lives.
I find it odd that the conservative
editorial staff of The Plainsman
supports our country's role as world
cop, yet the same editorial staff
excuses its own ignorance and
bigotry by rebelling against Rush
Limbaugh's favorite boogie-man
"THE Politically Correct"
I don't know what kind of military
experience the staff at The
Plainsman can claim but I served
my country with honor for six years.
While I may not be a foreign policy
expert I can certainly say that the
only enemy worth fighting in today's
world is ignorance.
"Eliminate Aidid"
What crime has Aidid committed?
What court will he be tried in? Who
wishes to enforce the laws of such a
court?
If we are not careful America will
become known for our export of
the same kind of justice we gave
Rodney King.
Carl B. Swanson
02MOB
Bikes impair safety
Editor, The Plainsman:
In response to the article
concerning cycling on the
concourse, pedestrians have been
injured on this campus due to
careless bicyclists.
Also, cyclists on sidewalks pose
a hazard for the handicapped
students (there are over 325 on
campus).
One incident on another
campus involved a blind student
who uses a cane to find her way.
When a cyclist got too close, the
cane became entangled in the
spokes of the bike.
The cane was ripped from her
hand and broken. Her only
consolation was that the rider was
ejected from his bike.
So for all of you that are against
the AUPD's renewed vigor on this
subject, try this: put on a blindfold
and make your way across the
concourse.
I think you will find it difficult
enough without bikes whizzing in
front of you.
In fact, you may even find it an
"eye-opening" experience.
Next time you are considering
riding your bike down the
concourse (or on the sidewalk),
be considerate and walk it.
I do not think the extra minute
would ruin your day.
James Bradwell
04MBM
NAFTA could only lead to U.S. entanglements
Editor, The Plainsman:
As a citizen who, over a period of several
months, has read and researched the North
American Free Trade Agreement, I continue to
see almost nothing concerning the specifics of
NAFTA.
Instead, we are deluged daily with fuzzy
economic predictions and debates over free
trade from politicians, media pundits, think-tank
theorists, lobbyists and corporate high
rollers who are far removed from everyday life.
However, as the debate heats up and the
backroom deal making rises to a fever pitch, I
urge citizens to go to the library and look at the
NAFTA document.
Chapters 16 and 20 alone will show you that
NAFTA is not about merely the free flow of
goods and lowly factory jobs are not the only
ones that will be affected.
In fact, under the reciprocity of the
agreement, 66 listed professions may use a
license granted in Mexico to work in this
country for an indefinite period of time while
paid from a Mexican source. (Pharmacists,
dentists and nurses are among these
professions.)
Yet, in the second whole volume of
exceptions Mexico and Canada have opted out
of this reciprocity, leaving the U.S. only with
these lax entry regulations.
Furthermore, the most expensive government
contracts must be bid out to all three nations.
This could negate the "Buy American" laws in
many states.
Also, at a time when there are concerns
about cutting government bureaucracies and
over-regulauon, especially in creating a health
care system , many of those most loudly
complaining about health care regulations and
bureaucracy seem to think that it is perfectly
acceptable to entangle the U.S. in a maze of
layers of tri-national bureaucratic oversight
commissions and panels, which have the
power of binding arbitration and whose
decisions can supercede our judicial system.
These disputed panel members cannot be
affiliated with one of the three countries, but
there are no restrictions against affiliation with
a corporation. Therefore, trade disputes could
be settled by all powerful, non-elected
corporate lobbyist.
It is interesting to note that Canada opted out
of this bureaucratic alphabet soup, but the U.S.
and Mexico remain with more bureaucracies
created in the side agreements to oversee those
already created in the main document.
Food safety has also been a hot NAFTA
debate issue and we have been
condescendingly reassured that the agreement
states that the U.S. can set as high food safety
standards as we desire.
That is true, but it is also stated that each
country will meet at least the international food
safety standard. What we are not told is that
international food standards are lower than
those of the U.S. and when we accept Mexican
food products we ar lowering our food safety
standards in order to do so.
Anyone who finds any of this hard to believe
should go to the library and find out for
themselves, but we must stop being so easily
led by bought-and-paid-for politicians who will
never feel any ill effects from a wrong decision
on NAFTA and by media pundits who daily
pass off corporate press releases as news.
If the American people do not wake up, then
a big dose of poison like NAFTA might be just
what we need and deserve!
Helen Kicker
Class of'73
Cheers should
incite unity
Editor, The Plainsman:
Perhaps it started with Florida
State.
Many teams have been
intimidated by thousands of Florida
State fans performing the "chop."
It is a great tradition that
followed Deion to the Braves.
Other envious schools have tried
to start their own traditions
showing us cheap imitations like
the Florida Gator "chomp."
It would appear that Auburn
cheerleaders are trying to start our
"new Auburn tradition."
I'm referring to the new cheer "to
go home."
All cheers led by cheerleaders
should incite team unity and
represent their school in a positive
manner.
I feel this "new tradition" does
neither.
Whose ever decision it was to
start this cheer, I ask you to please
rethink your position.
Auburn is a great school with a
life-long tradition of its own — if s
called pride.
Let's stop this new cheer while
we still have that.
Matthew Megginson
Class of 92
Bikers need courtesy
Editor, The Plainsman:
I recently became aware of the
hazards of biking around Auburn.
Riding through the city,
I was harassed and being
passed at unsafe distances.
It is frightening. Be courteous of
bicyclists — it will only slow you
a few seconds.
Is your urgency to get there
worth a fatality?
I'm sure by now most bicyclists
are now cheering this letter on.
Stop. You play a role in this
equation.
In Auburn you have to ride the
streets, so follow the traffic laws
like a car.
Make yourself visible and bike
safely. Is your urgency to get there
worth a fatality?
Here is where the community
interaction comes in. It is agreed
bicycles riding the streets can be a
nuisance.
It's dangerous and disrupts
traffic flow. Solution? Bike paths
on the main routes of commuting,
not paths out to Chewacla!
Paths out there are a great idea
after the real problems are solved.
Blame what you want on the
federal government, but it starts
on the local level.
I recently asked an Auburn cop
if the city is ever going to build
bike paths. He said, "Ever? Uh-huh."
In the meantime, lets try to
respect and be conscious of each
other on our travels.
Neil Pederson
08FY
Atlanta not
'filthy city'
Editor, The Plainsman:
Yes, this is Auburn, not Atlanta,
and for that reason I can understand
(.Plainsman Sports Editor Erik
Weber's) objection to people rolling
Toomer's Corner after Braves
victories, but I do not agree with it
Braves fans and Auburn football fans
are not mutually exclusive. The
same people support both teams.
Thaf s a whole bunch of people as
proven by the turnout at Toomer's
last fall when the Braves won the
NL
I will understand your objection,
but your slam on the city of Atlanta
is intolerable and completely
irrelevant to your gripe about people
rolling Toomer's for the Braves.
Your slam wasn't just to Atlanta but
to a huge percentage of Auburn
students.
Do you have any idea how many
people in Auburn are from the
Atlanta area? As you may have
guessed, rm from Atlanta and I'm a
Braves' fan, and there are thousands
more like me here.
Thaf s thousands of Auburn fans
you just slapped in the face by
calling our hometown "a filthy
crime-ridden city filled with
homosexuals and other deviants." I
have lots of friends and family in
Atlanta and if you dare try to tell me
they're a bunch of homosexuals and
deviants I'll beat you blue and
orange.
You should have stuck with your
main objective which was limiting a
traditional celebration to Auburn
football victories. Expressing your
homophobic opinion and bad-rnouthing
a beautiful city to defend
your point of view is as out of place
as if I were to comment on your bad
hair day in your mug shot when my
main purpose is to defend Atlanta.
Jennifer Fielding
03NS
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Fans freak for football
by Adrlenne Short
Plainsman Staff Writer
T/ ootball fans swarm the Auburn campus in the fall, filling
every nook and cranny to cheer on the Tigers.
Keith Bagwell, an assistant director of Beard-Eaves
Coliseum and the Student Activities Center, said each
football season, more campers buzz around showing their
Aubum spirit.
One of this season's favorites, a beat-up 1964 Dodge
Van spray painted bright blue and orange, found its usual
parking space in front of Parker Hall.
A group of Auburn students said they bought the van
for $300 and created art on wheels.
The van, owned by Scott Tisdale, 04IE; Jeff Powell,
04MS; Danny DuBose, 06CSM; Dan Grider, 04EE; and
Pat Grider, a 1988 graduate, is covered with the names
of the fans who sign it at each game.
"We wanted people to come support Auburn and to
get the Auburn spirit going since we are on probation
_____^^—^_____^^_____ this year," said
"We get lots of looks,
and it drinks a lot of
gas. But it is worth it
because of Auburn
football."
—Jim Apple
Auburn Fan
Grider.
gigantic "WAR
E A G L E "
painted on the
van ensures
other drivers can
read it in their .
rearview mirrors when
the van roars behind
them. And a car tag on
the front proclaims the van as the "AU Official Pace Car."
The group said the message, "If we ain't going, ain't
nobody goin'," is written in bright orange on the van's back
bumper and has become the group's motto as they go to
each game.
Veteran football fans Vernon and Joyce Smith, Francis
Woods and Doe Handley said they have been coming to
Aubum football games since they graduated in the 1940s.
Early Friday morning on game weekends, the Smiths
said they leave Lillian, Ala., in their Allegro Camper and
head to Auburn to meet Birmingham residents Woods
and Handley. Once in Auburn, they find their favorite
spot behind the Psychology Lab and set up the camper.
In about 30 minutes, Smith creates what looks like an
Auburn shrine. A string of lights hangs on the canopy
next to ceramic Auburn wind chimes. An American flag,
an Alabama state flag and an Auburn flag flap from the
camper's side. Stuffed Auburn tigers peek through almost
every window, and a computer-printed banner saying "War
Eagle — Gig The Gators'* is taped to the canopy.
"Auburn fans are true fans. We love Auburn," Vemon
Smith said.
The four fans, all wearing various Aubum
apparel from Auburn caps to fluorescent
orange shoes, said they enjoy picnicking
under the decorated canopy before the
games.
"We eat all day long, all the time, and
we have the best picnics," Woods said.
For three years, Jim Apple of Atlanta
and his family have driven a fan favorite
— a navy blue 1968 Cadillac hearse — to
almost every Aubum football game.
An Auburn flag flies from the door of the
hearse, and Auburn stickers decorate its sides. The
license plate appropriately says "XPIRD." Apple's children —
Jimmy, an Aubum graduate, and Courtney, a freshman at Auburn —
added some Grateful Dead stickers to the hearse's windows.
"We get lots of looks, and it drinks a lot of gas. But it is worth it
because of Auburn football," Apple said.
Football season is definitely the time to see the
spirited Auburn fans, however strange they may
seem.
Brooke O'Neill, 01FCD, said, "Everything
catches your eye and gets you ready for
the game."
Jay Waggoner, 02CE, said even
though the campus is crowded and
some fans get carried away, most
Aubum students enjoy the excitement.
"It's an example of how loyal Auburn fans
are," he said. CHASE STEPHENS/ Art Editor
Northern students find new world in South
by Meg Conger
Plainsman Staff Writer
Imagine getting into your car to
go home for winter break and
having an all-day drive ahead of
you.
Or imagine coming from blizzard
territory to a school where everyone
panics or celebrates at the first
mention of snow.
More than 7,700 of Auburn's
20,800 students last fall came from
outside of Alabama. About 300 of
those came from New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania.
What do these few Northerners
expect when they arrive?
Matt O'Connor, a sophomore from
Upper Saddle River, N.J., said, "I
came down blind with no idea what
to expect — anywhere from Scarlett
O'Hara to the movie 'Deliverance'."
Students who come to Auburn
from the North often have a difficult
time traveling back the long distance
home.
Melissa Pleva, 03GL, said her car
broke down during spring break of
her freshman year, hours away from
her home in Allentown, N.J.
"I was hysterical," she said. "It was
11:30 at night, and my dad got in his
car and drove straight to Lavonia,
Ga. He went 36 hours straight
without sleep," Pleva said.
Holidays can be tough, too.
For Thanksgiving, for example,
many students who live far away are
forced to spend the weekend with
family or friends who live nearby.
For freshman Stefanie Lorenz,
spending her birthday away from
her family and friends in Weston,
Conn., was something new. "At
home it was a family thing. This
year I spent it with friends," she
said.
O'Connor said, "The only time
distance matters to me is when I
want to go home. It would be
comforting to know I could go
home if I wanted to."
Another problem these students
have to cope with is homesickness.
Craig Babcock, a sophomore from
Boston, said, "I miss my family a lot.
It's very hard to be away from them
for 10 months at a time, especially
when I need money."
Megan Adolf, a sophomore from
Easton, Pa., said the conservative
attitude of many Southerners is the
biggest difference between Aubum
students and people in the the
North.
"I'm used to seeing people who
don't really care what other people
think about them, and it's more
difficult to be socially accepted
depending on your race, sex or
sexual preference," she said.
But Auburn is not a completely
different world, she said. One of the
reasons Adolf came to Auburn was
because it was so similar to her
hometown.
"I'm from a very small town
where everybody knows everybody
else's business," she said. "I wanted
a big university with a small town
atmosphere."
Northerners In Dixie
Maine 7
New York 102
Massachusetts 54
Pennsylvania 130
New Jersey 90
Source: Auburn University Bulletin: 1991,' 1993
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Fraternity guidelines change 'Animal House' image
by Amy French
Plainsman Staff Writer
The movie "Animal House"
showed fraternity life as a nonstop
drunk fest in which pledges were
spanked and women were sex
objects. Fraternities have since
been forced to change their ways.
Lee Thomas, Auburn's assistant
director of activities said, "Risk-management
and law suits — all
that changed everything."
Anti-hazing laws, recent
judgments that have expanded
liability for alcohol-related
incidents and increased awareness
of date-rape each played a role in
defining a new kind of fraternity
life, he said.
For one thing, kegs and other
common sources of alcohol are
prohibited at fraternity functions.
"A group that does serve alcohol
through a common source or keg
could lose their charter here,"
Thomas said. "That's a serious
offense."
Also, access to fraternity parties
is restricted now to members, their
dates, alumni and specifically
invited guests, he said.
"In the past, we have had some
huge rock 'n' roll parties where a
lot of people have just shown up
at one time."
"We couldn't control the flow of
alcohol in or out of the function,
and there was no way, with that
many people there, to provide
designated drivers for people who
had too much to drink," Thomas
said.
Pledging activities have also
changed.
Every national fraternity
prohibits hazing of any kind; many
have gone so far as to eliminate
pledging altogether.
Pledging, a period during which
candidates for membership learn
about their fraternity's history and
traditions, sometimes involved
dangerous or emotionally stressful
tests of a pledge's dedication
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Thomas said, "The leadership that
they had experienced had been
military-style leadership, so they
brought with them the things they
had seen and learned in the
military to their fraternal
organizations."
These long-standing traditions
were slow to change, but Thomas
said the change has been
welcomed by the many young
men who rush.
"Of course, any time a university
or national organization has been
hands-off for years and years, and
suddenly we jump in and start
regulating, people get offended,"
he said.
He said until about 20 years ago,
fraternities' national headquarters
didn't involve themselves with
running the chapters. They only
collected dues and initiation fees.
"The national organizations now
have to be involved with the affairs
of the chapters because they are
liable."
"Of course nobody likes to do
anything they're forced to do, but I
certainly think it's helping."
The "Animal House" image of
fraternity life also depicted
negative stereotypes of women.
Thomas said this issue is
addressed through educational
programming within the Greek
system.
"I know that even within the first
year we've had some incidents on
our campus where I think women
have been concerned with the
insensitivity of fraternities, but I
think that there's a heightened
awareness of that in the fraternity
system now."
With increased regulation of
alcohol consumption, pledge
programs and social activities,
what traditions are enduring?
"I see a return to scholastics,
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"When you're in a fraternity, it
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Thomas said what stands out
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a Sigma Nu at Mississippi State are
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experiences, such as spur-of-the-moment
football games with guys
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Auburn band remains tradition
by Kelly Lang
Plainsman Staff Writer
As the Auburn football team
rumbles into Jordan-Hare Stadium
on Saturday, it can count on one
thing — the support of the Auburn
University Marching Band.
To many, the excitement of an
Auburn football game would be
lacking without the ever-faithful
fight songs roaring from the east
corner of Jordan-Hare.
Drummer Michael Shane
George, 01MUL, said, "If we didn't
play Tiger Rag' during the game,
Td quit."
Auburn is a school of steadfast
traditions, and one band member
said the Auburn band is definitely
one of them.
Glen Granberry, 04ME and a
trombone player in his sixth
season with the band, said,
"Everyone has a lot of pride in our
history."
Since its founding in 1898, the
band membership has grown from
about 16 to more than 330.
Tim Kelley, marching band
director, attributed the band's
long-running success to its ability
to produce and perform an
exciting combination of music and
drill.
Talent and dedication of the
staff, drummers, instrumentalists,
flags and majorettes, combined
with hours of sweat and brain
power, go into each detailed
halftime show, Kelley said.
The band gathers early in
September to begin almost three
weeks of band camp. There it
learns the pregame show, two
halftime shows of three to four
songs each, and marching
fundamentals, such as straight
marching lines and rolling your
feet while marching.
"The toughest part of the season
is having to start from nothing and
learn everything in two to three
weeks," said Bryan Flanagan, a
senior trumpet player.
Kelley said, "We also learn a
new show for Homecoming each
season."
During the school year, the band
practices an hour a day, five days
a week. It also spends an hour
and a half to two hours practicing
before each Saturday football
game.
Though participation demands
extra time and energy, most band
members seem to be able to
"balance their school work
successfully with practice
schedules," said senior majorette
Laura Lindsey, 04EMS.
"Most of my teachers are very
accommodating and supportive of
the band," Lindsey said.
The band sometimes goes on
the road to support the Tigers, as
it did this year for the Louisiana
State University game.
The band alternates its shows
for every game so fans will
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Most band members agreed that
all of the sweat and hard work
during the season pays off when
they perform for a packed house.
Senior drummer Chris O'Gwynn,
04PO, said his most memorable
band event was "listening to the
fans go nuts when we played "War
Eagle'" during the Auburn vs.
Alabama game.
Playing at the football games
makes band members feel "more a
part of the action," Granberry said.
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Thursday, October 21,1993 / B-4 Qfte^ubumPIainsmaiT
AIDS patients rely on buddy system
by Daphne Meeks
Plainsman Staff Writer
Just call her "Scarlet." To keep
her identity confidential, she uses
the name of the adored woman
who struggled with love and
against war in the American classic
•Gone With the Wind."
But the character Scarlet
O'Hara's lavish lifestyle is far from
the life of this challenged woman.
This Scarlet is a divorced black
mother in her early 30s, who has
AIDS.
In her last years of life, Scarlet is
battling an incurable disease
without support from family or
friends. Luckily she has developed
special friendships with volunteers
through the Lee County AIDS
Outreach "buddy program."
Scarlet admits, "Without the
buddy program, I honesdy don't
think I would still be hanging on
(to life). My buddy, Christine, was
there for me when my own family
wasn't there for me. Christine
didn't care that I had the disease.
She knew she couldn't get AIDS by
breathing the same air I breathe."
And though Christine has moved
to another town, Scarlet said they
still talk frequently and visit when
they get the opportunity.
The volunteer program,
established in 1990, helps ease the
pain of these victims, who prefer
to be called persons with AIDS or
a client.
Within the past year, the
program has expanded to include
18 buddies and 14 clients. The
majority of the volunteers are
Auburn students majoring in
nursing, psychology and social
work.
Buddy Captain Jim Werth said,
"The program provides emotional
support to clients and helps them
stay in control of their lives while
they fight this disease."
Werth, a 25-year-old graduate
student in counseling and
psychology, acts as a liaison
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Kate Kellenberger, project coordinator for the Lee County AIDS Outreach, said her visits
with AIDS patients through the buddy program gives them needed emotional support.
between volunteers and clients.
Volunteers and clients are
matched up after a day of training
at East Alabama Medical Center.
Training sessions educate the
volunteers about the disease,
responsibilities to LCAO and the
clients and ways to assist the
clients physically and emotionally.
"To be a buddy, all that we ask
is that the volunteer honor the
client's confidentiality, contact the
client at least every other week,"
Werth said.
"I remember one afternoon a
buddy called all excited that her
client, a young boy, had asked her
to come to his birthday party. And
another buddy called to tell me
that his client had asked him to be
the godfather of his newborn
child," Werth said.
"But the one buddy-client
friendship that stands out in my
mind," Werth said, "is the one of a
client who needed special
attention. She was a single mother
who had been diagnosed with full­blown
AIDS since 1991. Her 5-
year-old daughter was hospitalized
for around-the-clock care of AIDS.
And this buddy went way beyond
her duties as a volunteer and as a
friend, caring for the client's two
little girls while her youngest was
dying of AIDS in the hospital,"
Werth said.
A volunteer can help fulfill other
important tasks such as filling
prescriptions, picking up food
from the food bank or answering
the hotline, rather than have direct
contact with a client. But one
volunteer insists that being a
hands-on buddy is "a rewarding
experience."
"Spending time with the clients
increases their self-esteem. And I
think that's doing more for
someone (with AIDS) than just
handing them all the money they
need," remarked the longtime
buddy.
Kate Kellenberger, project
administrator of the LCAO, said the
program was "the most vital link to
the clients for the LCAO."
Kellenberger, a 25-year-old
Auburn graduate who became
involved with the program in
November 1991 after spotting a
flyer on campus, said she is proud
to be a leader in an organization
that is "empowering people (with
AIDS) to help themselves with
emotional and practical support."
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Businesses accept rare check policies
by Joseph Blankenship
Plainsman Staff Writer
A valid signature and piece of
paper are all an Auburn student
needs to buy a hamburger.
In most cities, Burger King and
McDonald's will not accept checks.
In Auburn, however, checks are
welcome at most fast food
establishments.
Burger King manager Derek
Davis said, "Business might
decrease by as much as 60 percent
if we didn't take checks."
Guy Goodman, owner of Big
Beat Records, said, "I couldn't stay
in business if I didn't accept
checks."
Goodman said he also wrote
many checks when he was in
college. "Things were the same
way when I was in school," he
said.
Auburn students are used to
writing checks for almost any
purpose. Ryan Brenneman, 03AL,
said he once wrote a 62-cent
check for a hamburger.
And the problems checks cause
are minor. Goodman said he has
had only one bad check in eight
months, and it was written by a
nonstudent.
"There is no more of a risk in
taking a check from a student than
from a nonstudent," he said.
Sean Thomas, 04RTF, said he
writes lots of checks because he
seldom carries cash and because,
"Every place I go takes checks."
Thomas said he doesn't carry
cash because he "spends cash too
frivolously." The smallest check he
said he has written in Auburn was
for 38 cents.
Convenience is why Chris
Taylor, 04PG, writes checks. "I
never know when I'll need cash,
so I always carry my checkbook,"
Taylor said.
Taylor writes approximately 15
checks a week, the smallest one so
far for $1.15.
Delores Ledbetter of Central
Bank said most of the checks she
handles are for amounts less than
$5.
She said the smallest check she
has ever seen returned was written
for 38 cents. It ended up costing
the check-writer $20 in bank fees.
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by offering unlimited checking.
Lisa Ross, 04HSA, said, "I moved
my account to SouthTrust so that I
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is a way to keep their
budgets in line.
"It's easier to keep track of
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It's also a deliberate act to write a
check," Brenneman said.
"Ninety percent of students don't
know how to balance their
checkbooks," she said.
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bounce their checks. But so do
nonstudents, she said. The bad
check rate is about the same for
students and nonstudents.
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Qftc&iiburn Plainsman Thursday, October 21,1993 / B-5
Frisbee, the ultimate sport
Auburn club
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in popularity
by Tracy Jlmmerson
Plainsman Staff Writer
Auburn has a new sport that
involves competition and die-hard
players.
Scott Lincicome, 04AMF, said
Ultimate Frisbee started when "a
bunch of guys wanted to get
together and play." The team, now
recognized at Auburn, has gained
the support of many students.
The team started in the spring of
1992 and soon will be divided in
two. The "A" team will be more
advanced, while the "B" team will
not be as serious about the sport.
"Practices will be a lot more
serious on the 'A' team," Kirk
Stansbury, 03HES, said.
Stansbury said he prefers the "B"
team because he is not able to
travel, and this team plays more
for enjoyment and laid back
competition.
The game attracts students
because it combines different
activities, he said.
"I was looking for something
that still had running, but no
contact."
But Ultimate Frisbee should not
be mistaken with beach frisbee.
"If s just like soccer in terms of
scoring, or any other sport for that
matter," Stansbury said.
The sport is more popular up
North, he said.
"Colleges give scholarships up
there and more people are
involved as well as interested in
the game," he said.
Lincicome said he has always
enjoyed playing the game, but
became more involved while
attending Georgia Southern
University his freshman year.
"It was a big intramural sport
there," he said.
Stansbury said although frisbee
may be seen as a care-free activity,
"It requires a lot of cardiovascular
output."
One of Auburn's 20 players said
he believes the team is getting
better.
"We're improving a lot and
getting more organized," Jamey
Stroull, 04PG, said.
"We play from a recreational
standpoint," Lincicome said.
Ultimate Frisbee, composed of
seven starters per team, does not
use referees, even during
nationals.
The seven players try to score 11
or 15 points. Lincicome said, "The
game starts off by pulling the
frisbee, and as soon as the disc is
thrown, you're allowed to move,
and then you can catch it or let it
fall. Once you get the disc in play,
you try to advance it down the
field to the opponent's goal, and
thafs the point."
The sport is different from most
other sports because the players
have to rely on each other's
honesty.
Teams compete in sectionals; the
winners compete in regionals, and
nationals follow.
Tournaments are held during
winter and spring, and the team
travels often. It has played in
Nashville and is playing in
Arkansas at the end of the month.
Stroull said, "Me and a couple of
friends who are Lambda Chi's
started playing just for fun. Our
interest increased; we learned the
rules and went to our first
tournament in Birmingham."
The team made it to regionals
last year and has higher
expectation J for the future.
"We have a better time
competing instead of getting beat
real bad," Stroull said.
Stansbury said, "The teams we
play aren't always club-related. A
lot of the good teams are not even
college teams."
The University of Alabama funds
its own team. Other colleges,
especially in the North, see the
sport differently.
Player ages also differ.
Lincicome said they range from
high school students to people in
their mid-40s.
Stansbury said Auburn's Ultimate
Frisbee team is all male. But
women are also welcome to play,
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Curfews curb neighbors' noise
Music, loud voices fuel dilemmas
for Auburn students, residents
by Karen Klnnlson
Plainsman Staff Writer
No matter how many curfews
are enforced by police and
resident assistants, many students
will still, at some point, want to
beat their paper-thin walls when
the music blaring next-door makes
it impossible to study.
The question is the difference
between annoying and
unreasonable noise.
April Johnson, 03EH and a
Teague Hall R.A., said most noise
problems in dormitories come
from radios and loud voices during
quiet hours between 9 p.m. and 10
a.m.
"I've honestly had girls get really
excited and
scream, and I have
to rush down there
and tell them to be
quiet," Johnson
said.
E d w a r d
Douglas, 02PO
and an R.A. in
Harper Hall, said fe nUiet "
he hasn't had
many problems
with noise levels,
but when a :
problem does
begin, he talks to the offender first
to try and work things out with
him.
If offenders refuse to comply
with R.A. requests, R.A.s may turn
over the problem to the Peer
Review Board, Douglas said.
City Police Chief Ed Downing
said those living off campus do not
actually have a curfew or specific
quiet hours enforced by the city.
Instead, city ordinances state that
disorderly conduct, which includes
unreasonable noise, can be
stopped at any hour. And this
comes down to a judgment call by
the individual police officer.
"If he considers it unreasonable,
he can ask someone to turn it
down," Downing said.
The campus, though, has a
curfew for parties, which is
enforced by the campus police.
University Police Chief Jack
Walton said outdoor amplified
sound must end by midnight
Sunday through Thursday and by 1
a.m. Friday and Saturday. Indoor
amplified sound must end by
midnight Sunday through
Thursday.
Interfraternity Council President
Josh Wright said a new curfew of 2
a.m. has been established for
indoor amplified sound on Friday
and Saturday.
This on-campus curfew also
applies to off-campus fraternity
houses.
"In the past we've been shutting
them down," Walton said.
K e i t h
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April Johnson two partles
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"It was difficult to study while
the parties were going on, but
since then they have only had
parties on the weekends," Speaks'
roommate Chris Kennedy, 01PTE,
said.
Wright said the IFC has
implemented its own policy to try
and eliminate friction between
fraternities and the police. And
since off-campus fraternities now
have the same curfew as on-campus
fraternities, it will help
reduce drunk driving.
Wright said.the AUPD, city
police, the Office of Student Affairs
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policy to deal with noise
complaints about fraternity parties.
When the campus or city police
receive a complaint about a
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