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Thursday, November 4,1993 "A Century of Excellence" Volume 100, Number 5,36 pages
Auburn history professor named Alabamian of the Year
by J. Elizabeth Smith
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Mobile Press-Register honored
Wayne Flynt, Distinguished University
Professor, Oct. 29 as Alabamian of the
Year for 1992.
Flynt, who has been on the faculty at
Auburn since 1977 and was named
Distinguished University Professor in 1990,
was named as winner of the award in
January.
He is the first recipient of the award,
which Bailey Thompson, assistant editor
of the Mobile Press-Register, said the paper
started giving last year.
He said the editors of the paper created
the award to honor someone who had
given a lot to Alabama.
Flynt said he feels the paper chose him
for the award because of a speech he
gave before the Alabama Press Association
last year.
This speech sparked the Mobile Press-
Register to run a series of articles called
"Alabama at the Crossroads," which
received an award from the APA for the
best series of articles, he said.
"What they said in the series of articles
was that I called attention to the problems
that had not been addressed over a period
of years," Flynt said.
"And it was more or less in this series as
a voice in the wind (I tried) to call
attention to the fact that we left 20 percent
of our people behind in our progress
through the years."
Flynt feels the award will have a
positive effect.
"It amplifies the message. You win an
award like this, and people listen to you a
little bit more. To me the most important
part of the award is that it lends credibility
to the message," he said.
The message Flynt is concentrating on is
one that deals with poverty, a lack of
health care and educational inadequacy,
he said.
He not only is trying to send his
message to the students of Auburn, but is
also sending it into the public forum,
where he has
gained most of his
recognition.
"The whole idea
behind Auburn
from the time it
was made a land-grant
university
was that
knowledge was
not something that
existed between
four walls on a FLYNT
particular piece of land in East Alabama,"
he said.
"Knowledge is something that is
democratically accumulated and
democratically disseminated and that
people out there learn and have the
capacity to learn, no matter where they
are, no matter who they are."
He said this theme led him across the
state, in hopes of giving the people of
Alabama an understanding of the
problems they are facing.
He also said taking knowledge off the
campus and into the public forum is in
line with the philosophy of Auburn.
"I view myself as a teacher fully as
much when I'm out there talking to
somebody as when I'm in here talking to
somebody," Flynt said.
He said he feels students just consider
history a requirement to get their degree.
AUM mascot
may change
to War Eagle
by Lady Hereford
Assistant News Editor
If students at Auburn University
at Montgomery have their way,
they soon may change their
mascot and school colors to those
of the main campus.
About 700 students voted last
week to change the mascot from
the Senator to the War Eagle, said
Stan Battle, chief justice of the
AUM Student Government
Association.
"The War Eagle, the battle cry
for the main campus, was on the
ballot as a mascot. We also voted
whether or not to change our
colors to the Auburn main campus
colors also. Both won," Battle said.
Battle is drawing up a proposal
• to submit to Interim Chancellor
Guin Nance, who will appoint a
committee to study the change.
"What I have told leaders of the
SGA is that once I get their
recommendation, I will solicit
recommendations from other
interested groups and probably
see MASCOT, page A3
Hubbert speaks against
in-state casino gambling
Candidate for governor said alternatives
should be explored to fund education
by Ashley Lovejoy
Associate News Editor
JASON SANFORD/ Plainsman SUIT
After hours of pumpkin designing, carving and judging, students participating in the
Great Pumpkin Extravaganza at Dudley Hall Friday set their entries aglow.
See story, page B1
Paul Hubbert took the direct
approach to politics when he said
he will vote no on the issue of
casino gambling and wants people
to know that.
In a speech to the Kiwanis Club
last Thursday Hubbert, a
gubernatorial candidate, addressed
issues, including the subject of
casino gambling, he felt were
important to Alabama.
"I just don't feel that is the way
to fund education," he said.
Hubbert encouraged
communication with Rep. Glenn
Browder when he addressed the
issue of the proposed North
American Free Trade Agreement
agreement.
"NAFTA may be a good thing
for this nation over a 50-year
period, but it may be, over a
shortterm, a very painful thing," he
said.
Hubbert also discussed the
burden of formulating a national
health care system.
"Having agreed on the ends,
there are many versions on how to
do it."
Hubbert predicted the medical
there will have no single solution ,
but said he expects responsibility
to fall in the hands of each state.
"It is going to fall back to the
state to put together a delivery
system that makes sense to them. I
suspect that Congress is going to
put down a broad perimeter here.
"They are going to say to the
state of Alabama, 'Develop a
health care delivery system that
makes sense to Alabama.'"
Hubbert discussed the desperate
need for education reform in the
Alabama saying everyone agrees a
change in education is necessary,
but not everyone agrees on how
to implement and fund those
changes.
"Are we going to be willing to
see HUBBERT, page A3
.Police rule death
• of student suicide
•Mother, friends
remember Cullen
as wonderful
•by Ashley Lovejoy
Associate News Editor
a Daniel Cullen's mother
described her son as a wonderful
person.
Daniel, a sophomore in
prebusiness, died Oct. 29 in his
College Park II apartment of a self-inflicted
gunshot wound, police
rsaid.
Ashley Reddick, one of Daniel's
roommates, said he left two notes
•explaining his death, one to his
roommates and the other to his
girlfriend.
Daniel's mother said, "He was a
wonderful person. Everyone loved
him. He had good friends, and he
was a good friend."
* Reddick agreed, saying, "He is
one of the nicest friends I've ever
had.
• "He would do anything for you;
all you had to do is ask," he said.
Reddick said everyone was
„»mazed this happened because
Daniel had such "se^f-confidence."
Cullen described "tier son as an
intense person.
"He was very serious, like my
dad. He was focused. He knew
what he wanted to be, a lawyer. I
know he would have done well."
Cullen said her son was a bright,
happy child who loved animals.
"When he was a little boy, he
went to the zoo, and people were
throwing rocks at the alligators
because they thought they were
ugly He got defensive and told
them to stop," she said.
Cullen said her son was always
a happy child.
"He was a happy kid. He loved
to read. He was a bright little
boy," she said.
"He was a handsome boy."
Cullen said her son, like most
boys, did not talk much.
"He didn't want to let us know
that he was hurting," she said.
"We are devastated. He was a
wonderful son. I was lucky I had
him for the time I did.
"This is something we just don't
know about. Something mixed up
his mind."
Daniel would have been 21 on
Nov. 11.
Daniel is survived by his parents
of Norcross, Ga., a brother and
two younger sisters.
"We h^fi a good family," said
Cullen.
Owner says dispute with city may cause
Bragg Avenue recycling center to scale back
City manager
says Schaeffer
was treated fairly
by Greg Walker
Plainsman Staff Writer
The owner of the Auburn
Recycling Center announced plans
to begin scaling back the recycling
of some of its materials amidst
criticism of the city's recycling
program.
Robert Schaeffer, who has run
the center on Bragg Avenue since
1986, said that because of profit
loss and cost ineffectiveness, the
center would be cutting back on
the recycling of glass, regular
paper and cardboard.
"We're making about $15 a ton,
but at the same time, it costs us
$15 to ship the material as well as
labor and other costs involved. So
we're actually losing money," he
said.
The center will continue to
recycle aluminum, newspapers
and some types of ferrous metals
such as old stoves and
refrigerators.
Schaeffer explained the
recycling business gains little profit
and safd he stays open as a
service to the Auburn people.
"There is a misconception that
recycling has to pay you
something. It doesn't pay."
"The prices on everything are
terrible right now," he said, "but
the recycling business isn't a
business to make money."
"What the recycling business
does is pays environmentally."
Schaeffer said at one time he
employed eight people, not
including his mother who also
works for him, but now only two
people are employed at the
center, one of whom is Schaeffer's
son, Russell.
Profit loss is not the only reason
the center is having to cut back.
According to Schaeffer, the market
for recyclable goods is flooded, so
the demand for material is low.
The city of Auburn used to
bring its recyclables to the Auburn
center, but because of differences
between Schaeffer and the city, ha
said it now takes its recyclable
material to Waste Recycling in
Opelika.
"The city is no longer bringing
goods here because we had a
problem with them failing to
separate goods when it got here,"
he explained.
Schaeffer said the city would
pull its trailer into the center and
leave it, J^aving he and his
employees 5b unload and separate
Contributed photo
Money problems may cause the recycling center to close.
the goods.
"What they were bringing us
wasn't recyclables; it was trash.
They brought us everything from
soiled baby diapers to paint cans,"
he added.
But city manager Doug Watson
said the city b not to blame for the
halting of sh^ments to the center.
"We feel like we treated
(Schaeffer) fairly and we're sorry
that our recycling with his
business didn't work out," he said
Although scaling back at the
center will not affect pick-up of
curb side recycle bins by the city,
see RECYCLE, page A3
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Panhellcnic's Week of Giving - Eat at Niffer's
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House, Pike Road, Alabama (located 12 miles
southeast of Montgomery). $1 admission.
Beat llama 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.
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21 or older.
Environmental Awareness Week - Nov. 8-12
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Economics Club and AU Libertarians will host
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Business Bldg. Dr. Mark Thorton will speak on
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Eagle Eye News premiers Nov. 6 at 12 p.m. and
6 p.m. on Channel 6. Tune in to a behind the
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tribute to Alumni and campus candids.
Auburn Swimming: Auburn vs. Georgia, Nov..
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Medieval Roleplaying will be at the Chewacla
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Bone Marrow Drive - Nov. 16, 17, 18 in Haley
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At a glance...
LOCAL
Opelika officials investigate possibility of illegal land sales
Opelika city officials are looking into
apparently illegal land sales conducted by
the city's school board 20 years ago.
At least two local corporations have
made payments on parcels of land on
and around Opelika's old Darden High
School that they don't legally own.
Questions about the sales arose when
the Alabama Council on Human Rela­tions,
Inc., which operates a Head Start
program at Darden School, sought
approval for a community project on the
property.
The Opelika Planning Commission
rejected its request because the ACHR's
deeds on the property were invalid.
The ACHR signed a 20-year lease pur­chase
for the property in the early 70s
when the city's school board conducted
auctions for land even though it did not
own the property, Planning Commission
Chairman James A. Stokley said.
- Compiled from
Opelika-Auburn News reports
Turnham says 'church-going people' of Alabama oppose gambling
Auburn state Rep. Pete Turnham voiced
his disapproval with Gov. Jim Folsom's
announcement that Folsom would not
veto casino gambling if the bill passes in
the Legislature.
Folsom said the casino gambling bill
may arrive in the special session and, if it
does, he has no plans to veto it.
Turnham said, "We're not a recreation
state. We're a home-based state with a
solid, church-going people who don't
want gambling,"
The Democrat is opposed to gambling-financed
education, saying that tax-based
funding would prove more responsible.
Turnham said a lottery-funded educa­tion
program would create a cycle of
gambling-crutched poverty.
"If we're going to tell our children, 'Go
tell your parents to go gambling, so we
can send you to school,' ... what kind of
message are we sending?"
-Compiled from
Opelika-Auburn News reports
MASCOT
continued from page Al
put together a broad-based committee
to look at the recommendations of
those various constituencies," She said.
Although the War Eagle won the
majority of the votes, the campus
remains divided on the issue, Nance
said.
"I don't see a real clear mandate in
the numbers that I see right now. There
were about 23 votes more in favor of
the War Eagle than remaining the
Senator," Nance said.
"There were a substantial number of
votes for some other possibilities,
panther being one," she said.
The movement for changing the
mascot originated with the drawing of
the Senator, rather than its similarity to
a Confederate figure, Nance said.
"I don't guess I really see it as a racial
issue. I know there have been questions
about the representation of the drawing
of the mascot. Some folks have seen it
as kind of antiquated-looking. Some
have seen it as rather cartoonish.
"I suppose you could make racial and
gender questions out of it, but the issue
has been does it appropriately represent
a modern university," she said.
He said the push for the change
began last year, some students wanted
to rid the mascot of its Ole Miss Rebel
image.
But changing the mascot to the War
Eagle will involve examining the overall
image of the school, he said.
"The administration supports change,
but they do not support any link to the
main campus.
"AUM is separate, but then again, it's
the same. We're at the point where we
need to decide if we're going to be
another UAB," he said.
Nance said, thousands of alumni and
the approval of the main campus will
also have an impact on the final
decision.
"There is a great deal of concern on
the part of the alumni that we do not
lose the identity of the Senators," she
said.
"If the overwhelming
recommendation was for the change,
obviously the Auburn campus would
very much have a vested interest in
that."
STATE
Alabama Power parks more than half its company vehicles
The Alabama Power Co.'s top brass
soon will be commuting to work.
The utility company is eliminating 450
of its 800 company cars, hoping to save
$1.5 million annually.
Chief Executive Officer Elmer Harris
along with 64 other upper-level execu­tives,
will hand over his company car.
The 350 employees who will retain
Court supports ruling to return commission to white majority
company vehicles either travel so much
that it is more cost-efficient to let them
keep company cars or have vehicles with
special equipment installed that cannot
be replaced by a private vehicle, compa­ny
spokesman Dave Rickey said.
- Compiled from
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports
HUBBERT
continued from page Al
raise the taxes to pay the half billion
now and the $942 million in five years?"
Components of casino gambling are
proposing gambling pick up the the bill
for education reform calls for by the
passage of gambling, he said.
"It does represent a way to fund
education reform, but looking at other
states, if gambling provided sufficient
funding, Florida would be an
educational mecca today."
Hubbert said casino gambling does
not present a stable enough income to
support education.
"The problem with gambling money
is that it is relative to employment and
to people's salaries."
Hubbert touched on the issue of
prison reform, saying that the $16,000 a
year spent on prisoners is not
proportional to the $4,000 a year spent
a child's education.
Hubbert closed by addressing the
need for welfare reform and promoting
the adoption of a workfare program
similar to that of the Tennessee River
Valley Association of years past.
"It teaches the work ethic," he said.
Bob Andrews, air coordinator for
Hubbert's campaign, said the Kiwanis
meeting was
one of six
appearances
he and
H u b b e r t
would be
making that
day.
"Paul is the
type of
person who
likes to speak
one on one
with people. HUBBERT
If he spoke to
everyone in this room, he could recite
two-thirds of all the conversations."
A federal appeals court refused to block
the Dallas County Commission from
returning to white control. Dallas County
is based in one of the early battlefields of
the civil rights movement.
The Justice Department had sought an
emergency order to keep elected commis­sioner
John Lide from taking his seat
while it challenges his election. The U.S.
11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta
refused to block Lide from sitting on the
commission.
Whites would hold a 3-2 majority if
Lide takes his seat at the Nov. 8 meeting.
- Compiled from
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports
RECYCLE
continued from page Al
Schaeffer said the city is not doing
much in the way of recycling anyway.
"I have people come in here every
day," said Schaeffer, "and they bring in
three times as many cans as the city was
bringing in.
"The city bought a nice new $30,000
recycle trailer, but it just isn't big
enough for a city of this size," he said.
"They say they are going to continue to
recycle though."
Schaeffer said of all the materials the
city collects each week, only a fraction
is recycled.
"We were getting about 10 percent of
the recyclable goods the city ships each
month," said Schaeffer. "This is only 2
percent of the total trash picked up."
Schaeffer admitted he is feeling the
effects of the city going elsewhere.
"The loss of the city bringing in
newspapers hurt me," he said.
Schaeffer said he offered the city
several options to keep the center open
and recycling available in Auburn,
including selling his business to it.
Watson said the city wants to avoid
conflict with the owner of the center.
"We're not interested in getting in a
public argument with Mr. Schaeffer," he
said.
Schaeffer said even though there is
not much profit in recycling, recyclable
goods have to be treated as marketable
commodities.
"The sad thing is most of what we
call trash isn't really trash," he said. "It's
a marketable commodity with
differential value.
"You have to treat your recycle
collection as commodity collection.
Recycling isn't just melting stuff down,
it's re-using material."
Schaeffer also said responsibility plays
an important role in recycling. "The
thing that bothers me is there's less than
a half-hearted effort to recycle," he said.
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Experts predict Aristide will return
by Laura Robertson
Plainsman Staff Writer
According to a U.N. agreement
signed in July, last Saturday was
supposed to be the day ousted
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide returned to power, but the
plan fell through.
During the weekend, anti-
Aristide parties called for his
resignation and shut down the
Capitol in Port-au-Prince.
But Auburn sociology professor
Paul Starr said he thinks it is
possible Aristide will return to
Haiti.
"There should be a multi­national
effort to put steady
pressure on the existing regime to
bring Aristide back. They ought to
know that military action of some
sort is a plausible response," Starr
said.
Economics professor Donald
Street, who worked with Starr in
Haiti from 1988 to '91, said he
agrees Aristide's return is possible,
but said the leader exercised some
poor policies.
"Aristide is a real problem. He
had economic policies like price
and wage control, which really
-had the country headed toward
-disaster," he said.
- Starr said Aristide's return is
^possible because "it does not take
r» lot to topple a head of state in
IHaiti.
2 "Very small groups acting
^quickly have deposed leaders in
"the past," he said.
" Aristide's problems started, Starr
"He was the overwhelming choice of a vast
majority of the population, so there's no question
about his popularity."
—Sociology professor Paul Starr
said, because he wanted to change
the status quo.
"Aristide wanted to bring change
in Haiti. This angered people
engaged in illegal activities.
"Aristide tried to introduce
change too rapidly, and he was
naive in some respects," Starr said.
Aristide, for example, fired a
large number of Haitian military
leaders in the middle of his
inaugural address, Starr said.
"I'm sure these people deserved
to be fired, but you do not do that
when they are the only ones with
guns in the country," he said.
But Aristide would be an
improvement from the military
regime presently in place, he said.
"He was the overwhelming
choice of a vast majority of the
population, so there's no question
about his popularity. He's quite
capable of running a government
successfully.
"The status quo is a hoodlum
regime that is supported by a
number of killers. There's no
doubt about significant
participation in the drug trade
among high-ranking Haitian
military officers," Starr said.
Street said he feels U.N.
sanctions will not affect the
military officials, but may hurt the
citizens, especially the poor.
"The embargoes and blockades
seem to affect the populace much
more than they affect the people
in power. The people in power are
somewhat insulated against these
embargoes," he said.
But Starr said these short-term
problems may be necessary for
long-term gains.
"It may be that some of the
population would be harmed, but
the overall improvement that
would come from a change in the
regime would be well worth the
price of temporary inconvenience,"
he said.
Street said the country's poverty
is a result of an ever-increasing
population and mismanagement of
natural resources.
"But human capital can
overcome the lack of good natural
resources.
"These people are crying for
education. You would see kids out
by a street lamp reading their
lessons at night because they had
no electricity in their homes and
maybe not enough money for a
kerosene lamp.
"But with poor facilities and
poor teachers, it is very difficult for
them," Street said.
Light repairs just phone call away
:City involves community with repair,
;: wants to make system more efficient
t^by Lady Hereford
';S Assistant News Editor
•-. Auburn residents no longer have
'?to be in the dark about what to do
?when streetlights fail.
•'. The city's Engineering
'. Department, the Alabama Power
'Company, the Alabama State
^Highway Department and the
2 Auburn Police division of the
SPublic Safety
''Department are
"We need help from
people who see a
problem, fust give us a
call."
—Rex Griffin
City engineer
teaming up to
enforce a more
e f f i c i e n t
streetlight repair
system.
Rex Griffin,
city engineer,
said residents
who notice that
streetlights are
not working are
the key to
making the system work.
"We need help from people who
see a problem. Just give us a call.
"Citizens' eyes are our best
source of information," Griffin said.
Stan Dowdy, supervisor and
district engineer for Alabama
Power, said, "The customers or the
citizens are the ones that are out
and about and seeing these things
in the evening or the police as
they're out on patrols."
By ensuring streetlights in need
of repair are recorded, the power
company's service department and
the city will be able to keep better
track of the lights, Dowdy said.
Alabama Power service
supervisor Wilbur Bass said since
several hundred lights operate
daily, callers can help make the
process more efficient by giving as
specific a location as possible.
"Sometimes you get calls from
citizens. They say, 'I've got a light
out on Holland Avenue,' or
another street like Dean Road.
They don't know
exactly the
address," Bass
said.
Checking pole
after pole in
search of the
correct streetlight
can become costly
for the power
company, Bass
said.
When the nearest
street address is not known, he
said callers can give a description,
such as the fifth pole from the
corner of Magnolia and Gay, north
of the intersection.
Dowdy said before the new
system, citizens who saw problems
had no specific phone number to
call.
Now calls concerning streetlights
can be directed to the city's
Engineering Department, 887-4910.
"In the past, I think, some
people called the city, some
people called the police, some
TIM MATSUI/ Plainsman Staff
A repairman gets a lift to fix
a street light on Stage Road.
people called (the Alabama Power)
service department," he said.
Griffin said, "There have been
problems. We thought someone
was supposed to do the job, and it
turns out that someone else was
supposed to have accomplished it,
so some lights didn't get repaired.
"The power company owns and
maintains part of the lights, and
the State Highway Department
owns part of the lights. So we're
just trying to get that roadblock
removed, so we can start providing
better service quicker," he said.
Bass said for a state-owned light,
Alabama Power makes only minor
repairs like replacing the bulb or
photo cell, which is the switch that
activates the light after the sun
sets.
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Council examines license
granting in-state residency
by Elizabeth Mayfield
Plainsman Staff Writer
In its Tuesday night meeting,
the Auburn City Council tabled a
discussion about Auburn students
buying business licenses until the
next meeting.
City Manager Doug Watson said
many students, to qualify for in­state
tuition, buy business licenses
for home occupations which have
certain space stipulations..
The city cannot deny the
students business licenses, but it
wants to raise the price of them,
he said.
The price for a business license
is less than $5; Watson wants to
increase it to $35 for students.
Christian Caracciolo, 04PR, said
he bought a business license to
qualify for in-state tuition because
it costs one-third less than out-of-state.
"The people at the courthouse
ask what you need the business
license for, but they know why
you are really there," Caracciolo
said. •
Most students lie about why
they need the license, he said.
Mayor Jan Dempsey said after
the meeting, "A lot of students
come and get a city business
license, and yet it is pretty obvious
that they don't have a business.
We need to deal with that."
The Council also passed a
resolution allowing Milo's
Hamburgers to build in Auburn.
The Birmingham-based restaurant
will be built on West Magnolia
Avenue, and the Delta Sigma Phi
fraternity house will be torn down
to create the space for it.
Dempsey said the restaurant is
considered an improvement.
During the Citizen's
Communications portion of the
meeting, Rev. A.L. Dowdell of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference commented on the
makeup of the Council.
He said the student population
and the black population are not
represented by the Council. He
also said the Council and t he
mayor are insensitive to the needs
of the black community.
"Mayor, if you were to be
graded on sensitivity, you would
make an F tonight," he said.
"We need a wake-up call in
Auburn," he said.
In other action, the Council
approved Alcoholic Beverage
Licenses for the Silver Spur,
formerly CM. Ride, and the
Auburn Motor Lodge.
Hubbert says A+ reform
fails to make the grade
by Ashley Lovejoy
Associate News Editor
Despite the popular approval
of the education reform package
A+, the Coalition for Better
Education, gubernatorial
candidate Paul Hubbert is not as
pleased with the efforts.
A+ was designed to be a
community forum to initiate
change in education.
Community ideas were
compiled into a 14-point
package. The changes people
said they wanted to see in the
Alabama educational system
included raising expectations,
p u t t i n g computers in every
classroom and promoting
parental involvement.
Hubbert said communities
generally agree there is a need
for a change in the education
system but like the cure for the
common cold, there are various
remedies.
"We have agreed that our
schools need to change. They
need to change because the
perception of this state is that
young people are coming out of
the 12th grade in our school
systems and are not productive
workers in the market place, and
they do not have sufficient
academic skills to pursue a
higher education," he said.
But Hubbert said the package
left him confused because his
questions were not answered.
"I know the ultimate goal is to
improve education, but t he
question is what happens
differently and that question
remains unanswered."
Hubbert said one problem he
had with the program is that it
creates about eight study groups,
and the groups are charged with
20 other reports.
Another fault he said, is the
lack of specificity with the
package.
Hubbert said the A+ reform
package did not address one of
the more important issues, the
funding problem.
Hubbert mentioned the
upcoming special session, in
which the state Legislature is
expected to deal directly with
education reform and its funding.
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Mickey invites children to 'Be our guests!'
by Miranda Anthony
Plainsman Staff Writer
To celebrate Mickey Mouse's
65th birthday and National
Children's Day, some
underprivileged children will
receive a special treat, a trip to
Disney World.
Mickey Mouse came to the
Darden Center of the Alabama
Council of Human Relations in
Opelika Saturday to visit 19
Alabama children and to give each
of them a personal invitation to
Mickey's Worldwide Kid's Party.
The children had the chance to
become celebrities as camera
crews from the Walt Disney
Company recorded the event.
"We're going to Disney World,"
the kids said.
Twenty-nine Alabama children
will be among the 20,000 children
given a free trip to the Magic
Kingdom.
Children from other countries
will visit theme parks in France
and Japan.
Nancy Spears, the Alabama state
coordinator for the event, said
children were selected locally by
Head Start workers.
Extra effort was made to include
children with special needs, said
Spears, also the program director
for the Alabama Council for
Human Relations.
While visiting Disney World, the
children will take part in a special
parade at EPCOT Center.
The Children's Defense Fund, a
sponsor for the program, a nd
Disney will hold a Children's
Forum at the park to give the
children a chance to voice their
opinions, hopes, fears, goals and
challenges.
As Mickey Mouse left the party,
the children showed him the spirit
of the Auburn community.
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If you don't succeed,
why not try again?
SGA proposal offering second chance
would allow students to improve GPAs
Out with the old and in with the
new.
The "Academic Second
Opportunity" policy being proposed
by the Student Government
Association is a novel idea.
Not only will it benefit student
grade point averages, it also will
give students who make mistakes in
their early years at Auburn a chance
to make a recovery.
Critics of the proposal claim the
policy would hurt the University's
academic reputation and cause
GPAs to skyrocket unfairly.
For years schools such as
Harvard, Alabama and Florida State
have practiced such a policy, and
the results have not hurt their
reputations — obviously.
Not every student will choose to
take advantage of the plan if he or
she errs, but at least they would
have the opportunity. And that is
something everyone deserves.
In so many job markets a
student's GPA can be the difference
between landing a job or moving
on to another interview. This plan
would help elevate Auburn
students' GPAs and thus graduates
to the apex of the job market.
That result cannot be negative.
The SGA still has miles to go
before this policy can be approved,
but the benefits will be many for
Auburn students.
We at The Plainsman hope the
student and faculty senates will
listen and weigh the facts before
making a decision on this matter
and help Auburn students excel.
Here comes the wagon;
everybody catch a ride
Auburn faculty, students can help A+ program
by signing dotted line for reform in November
Education in Alabama has
reached perhaps its most crucial
point in history, and it is time for
Auburn to take the lead in the fight
against illiteracy and poor funding
in our public schools.
When the state Legislature begins
its special session later this month,
education reform will be the sole
issue at hand — and Auburn can
make a difference.
It won't take long, and it won't
cost money.
As a matter of fact, Auburn's
students, faculty and staff won't
even have to break from their
everyday routines — all they have
to do is sign the dotted line.
Tables will appear on the
concourse and across campus
extolling the virtues of Alabama's
new A+ program. The program,
designed by Alabamians for schools
in the state, will address the most
crucial problems in public
education and try to solve them.
Alabama ranks 43rd in the nation
in teacher salaries, 11th from the
bottom in teacher-pupil ratio and
spends nearly $2,400 less than the
national average on each student
per year.
These numbers must change if
Alabama is to make progress in the
21st century.
A+ can make those changes
happen, but the group needs
Auburn's support.
Simply taking time to stop and
pledge your support will pay
dividends for generations to come.
Why not spare a minute in
exchange for a lifetime of improved
education?
Whafs in a name?
Auburn University at Montgomery proposal
to change mascot absurd, insulting to students
Can you imagine the University of
Alabama at Birmingham being
called the Roll Tiders? What about
the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga being called the Baby
Vols?
The AUM student government has
a proposal pending to change the
school's mascot from the Senators
to the War Eagles. We at The
Plainsman feel changing the
mascot is AUM's decision, but
attaching themselves to Auburn is a
mistafee. r
The Montgomery campus is a part
of Auburn by funding and name
only. Changing its mascot will not
alter that — especially when the
mascot is the wrong one.
Auburn is known as the Tigers,
not the War Eagles.
We respectfully ask the students
at AUM to withdraw this proposal
to save itself the embarrassment of
following its big sister around and
losing its own identity.
Every school is unique and has a
special spirit. Auburn has a special
spirit. Perhaps*AUM should find
one of its own.
Miss Homecoming causes confusion
Auburn students have been subjected
this week to the pomp and priss of the
five young women searching so
feverishly for the ever-elusive Miss
Homecoming dream.
We've all seen them on the concourse
— hindering our way to class, irritating
those of us who have stayed up all night
with those horribly shrill screams and
interrupting our dinner — and we have
wondered exactly what this Miss
Homecoming thing is really about.
Is it about beauty or pageantry or
success or popularity or what'
Why do we have a Miss Homecoming
anyway? And what does she do?
Many people that I talk to claim that
Miss Homecoming is a figure head for
the University proving to returning
alumni the quality of student Aubum is
producing.
Others claim she symbolizes the
beauty of Auburn women.
Judging from some past candidates,
though, this can't be true.
What about the theory that Miss
Homecoming exists because every other
day on the Aubum calendar was taken.
There is already a Miss Hey Day, a Miss
Auburn, Miss Glomerata, Miss Auburn
University, Miss Fall Rush, Miss Greek
Week and rumor has it that next year
there will be a Miss Auburn Ground Hog
Day. I guess that is a little far fetched,
also.
Well that brings us to the theory that
Miss Homecoming is something that has
been done since the early days of
Tom
Strother
H i ' 'mm 1 • !
Auburn. Miss Homecoming has
emblazoned the field at halftime for
decades, so why stop now?
Make sure to swing by the voting
booth and vote for your favorite beauty,
even if you do find this ever-lasting
tradition ridiculous.
Watch those tickets
Auburn Assistant Ticket Manager Tim
Garner said this week that students may
be out of luck if their student ticket
happened to find its way into the
washing machine or was eaten by the
dog.
"We have just been audited, and I was
able to replace some of the tickets for
students that had pre-ordered, but I can't
anymore," he said.
He said that washing tickets has not
been the only problem for Auburn
students, though, as more than 50
student identification cards and tickets
have been confiscated for misuse.
Garner warned against using another
student's ID.
"If a student ID is confiscated, it will
cost them $50, and the ticket will be lost
for the season," he said.
The Tide walk
My heart fell yesterday when I heard
that the Auburn Athletic Department had
given permission to the Alabama football
team to have the equivalent of a Tiger
Walk on the Auburn campus.
The mere thought of the arrogant,
egotistical, hate-provoking Crimson Tide
walking cockily across campus brought
me to a rage, and I am sure that I
wouldn't have been alone in these
feelings.
Auburn Athletic Director Mike Lude,
when asked about the possibility, said,
"The answer would be a resounding no."
Lude said the Alabama team would be
parking in front of the gymnastics
building on campus and walking to the
south entrance of Jordan-Hare Stadium
and that Alabama fans probably would
gather to welcome their heroes in a
similar way that Auburn fans form the
Tiger Walk for the Tigers.
Lude said the reason for the walk this
year will be to improve relations
between the two schools and to help the
team buses avoid maneuvering
problems like they had in 1989-
If they can't maneuver on wheels,
good luck doing it on foot.
Mr. Strother is Editor of The Aubum
Plainsman.
Dark cloud over University lifts
When I agreed to this stupid job, I didn't
think it would suck, but it does.
I'm sick and tired of late nights.
I'm sick and tired of sorting daily events
to publish a paper I like to think people
read, but deep inside know they probably
don't.
Sometimes it seems like the weight of
Auburn is on my shoulders. Everything that
happens on this fine campus comes
through the Foy Union basement on its
way to the pages of The Plainsman, and it
gets frustrating to hear about everything
that is going wrong here.
That is exactly how I felt when I started
working at The Plainsman a few years
back. Everything was going wrong. The
University was on the American Association
of University Professors' blacklist, the
football team was in a downward spiral,
students were on the verge of rioting
during the KA parade and the AGLA was
the talk of the town.
Everything that was written about
Aubum seemed to be an embarrassment,
and school spirit was in need of repair.
How quickly things change. Those harsh
memories are still with us, but they are just
that — memories. So after years of
negativity, I will take this time to accentuate
the positive.
The list obviously needs to start with the
football team. The cloud that has haunted
the Tigers ever since the Eric Ramsey affair
has been lifted, and the football team is
handling the punishment perfectly —
James
Foster M absolutely, positively, eight-wins-and-no-loses
perfect.
Being undefeated entering the
Homecoming game was nothing more than
a dream at the end of last season, but now
it is a reality — and if it is still a dream,
don't wake me.
Not everything positive is as obvious as
the winning season, though.
Let us not forget the work Alpha Phi
Omega did to make sure Tiger, the symbol
of our school spirit, is adequately housed.
Or the fine job the IFC did to rework the
fraternity noise policy. Now the
responsibility to enforce noise violations is
with the IPC, exactly where it belongs. This
gives the Greeks yet another way to prove
that fraternity men are responsible and can
take care of themselves, not a group of
drunks who cause problems, as some
Greek-haters would have people believe.
And how about the work of President
William V. Muse. Aubum has been
removed from the AAUP blacklist, the KAs
willingly ended the Old South Parade and
diversity has charged from being taboo on
campus to being practiced widely and
accepted.
Improvements by every campus
organization are too numerous to mention
— these are just the ones I happened to be
thinking about on deadline — but the list
definitely goes on and on.
The only controversies that continue to
plague this fine University involve helium-filled
footballs and loud-mouthed
Kennedys. This definitely makes for boring
journalism, but some compromises need to
be made. Things certainly seem fine in
Aubum, and things certainly seem to have
worked out for the best.
As I sit in the basement of Foy Union,
almost three years after my first article ran
in The Plainsman, I can see how the
University has changed, for better and for
worse.
The weight of Aubum still rests heavy on
the pages of this paper, but the work is
much more justifiable when the load being
carried is the combined efforts of the
students and faculty to make Aubum a
better university.
And there is no better time than
Homecoming weekend to celebrate the
steps this University has taken.
Welcome back alumni, and I hope
everyone has a safe and uncontroversial
Homecoming.
Mr. Foster is Managing Editor of The
Aubum Plainsman.
Some students go home for Homecoming
So it's Homecoming. Big deal.
Even a winning season and a new
century of Auburn football won't sway a
large number of black students, who are
convinced Homecoming is not meant for
them.
We would rather drive by the carload
to take part in Tuskegee's homecoming
activities. Or like many students did last
weekend, we make the yearly journey to
Birmingham for the Magic City Classic.
There's certainly nothing odd about
that, but it's as if some of us feel more of
a kinship with Alabama A&M and
Alabama State University than with our
own school.
And that's understandable. Few black
students, that I've met anyway, have
parents who are Auburn alumni.
After all, integration occurred so late at
Auburn that some of us were already
bom when the first black students set
foot on the campus.And many students
are the first in their families even to want
to attend school here. I am.
The Homecoming issue reflects a much
deeper morale problem among black
students, though. The love that so many
white students feel for Aubum, its
traditions^nd what it represents simply
isn't there.
When you're on the outside looking in,
it's hard to get excited.
Not to mention the lack of black Miss
Homecoming candidates this year and in
the past. Surely there have been some
qualified black person who doesn't share
this attitude who could have represented
Aubum well.
Believe it or not, there are a number of
black students here and at other
predominandy white schools who have
more school spirit than some of their
white classmates.
I have met black students from the
University of Alabama who have a great
deal of respect for — and I would even
go so far as to say like— being loyal to
their school. They have a sense of pride
that we at Aubum find almost bizarre.
Andljsiaybe it is. But I at least give
them credit for trying.
Black students are as much a part of
Auburn and its traditions as anybody
else. We each selected this school for a
reason, and we chose to give Aubum our
money for the four or five years that
we're here.
Things are bound to change for the
better. With more and more black
students entering each year, the
graduation rate is likely to improve.
In 20 years, some of us may decide to
send our children to Aubum. Not all, but
some.
By then, maybe we will return to
Auburn and know what the
Homecoming spirit is all about. We see it
every year at the historically black
colleges' homecoming events.
But until then, many of us will look at
Homecoming as a good weekend to go
home and visit the folks.
Maybe when we embark on our third
century of football, the entire black
campus population will be present in the
student section cheering our team to
victory.
But as for now, don't count on it.
Ms. Hereford is an Assistant News
^Editor of The Aubum Plair&man.
Qllieliibiirn^Iainsman Thursday, November 4,1993 / A-7
ETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Merits of individual should determine success
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am writing in response to Gary
Sudborough's Oct. 28 letter published in The
Plainsman. He states that "capitalists are trying
to accomplish an impossibility —impoverish
the whole world and yet maintain markets at
the same time!"
Sudborough's economic stance is a prime
example of how some intelligent people know
bits and pieces about a given subject and yet
feel the need to make overbearing
generalizations like this. It is also prime
example of how intelligent thinkers make the
personal decision to be pessimists of those who
are the vital decision makers and responsibility
bearers in America.
To suggest that corporate entities (which will
always be condemned by the media) are
categorically vile and oppressive, is nothing
more than an appeal to the frustrated masses.
Corporations and the larger part of the
economy, small business, continuously improve
product quality and minimize product cost.
These are compassionate results for all
American workers, who, as he said, are
simultaneously consumers.
What Sudborough calls an impossible goal of
impoverishing "the whole world and yet
maintaining markets at the same time" is
nothing more than typical pessimism and
misunderstanding of what brings him the
stability and free time to think of ideology —
the free flow of capital in this country.
It is government which creates most volatility
and oppression of wealth creation for the rich
and poor alike. For example, if minimum wage
is a loving thing to do for people, then maybe
we should impose it at a level of $50 per hour.
According to Sudborough, this will stimulate
demand for goods and the economy will be
rosy.
Certainly the common layperson can see that
this extreme example will increase
unemployment (for the poor, unskilled
workers) and increase product prices, resulting
in more harm than gain by the poor society.
I say, free the poor to succeed and fail on the
merits of the individual.
The poor would be fine while working for
what may seem to be a paltry sum of money,
gaining an economic skill (such as typing or
welding), having the legal permission to own
property and to generally be engaged in the
average American lifestyle of work (or the
creation of work).
If we really cared about the poor, we would
scrap the minimum wage law and give these
people some sort of negative tax base income.
Hopefully they would someday work
themselves into the middle class.
Let us stop the feel-good federal guarantees
and free people to fail in this country. They will
be fine if we allow for the overall economy to
grow by getting government off its back.
P.S. Is Sudborough a student of Auburn or not?
His class and curriculum were not printed with
his letter. I personally believe that only
University students, alumni and employees
should be allowed access to the Letters to the
Editor section of The Plainsman.
Gary Templeton
06MMIS
Officials need to re-trunk traffic policy
Editor, The Plainsman:
Warrrr Eagle. The Auburn Tigers
won the most exciting football
game in Jordan-Hare stadium since
the 1989 Alabama game.
Auburn football fans have had
little to cheer about in the past
three years, but Auburn's 38-35
victory over Florida changed that.
The Auburn faithful erupted in a
geyser of noise that showered the
stadium long after the game was
over.
Fans were buzzing as they left
the stadium and the air was still
charged with electricity. Let's cheer
some more.
On to Toomer's Comer to revel
in the victory, share the glory of
winning with Auburn students and
citizens.
Unfortunately the only glow I
saw was the glow of headlights as
Auburn police directed traffic
through Toomer's Corner. The
intersection was packed with fans
wanting to celebrate and throw
toilet paper into the trees. Fans
darted into the street and dodged
cars and buses, as the vehicles
continued to move slowly
homeward.
The situation was dangerous,
and spirits were dampened. Why?
What is wrong with a happy
football crowd celebrating a
victory at Toomer's Corner as
tradition has dictated for many
years?
Why risk injury to celebrating
fans from passing traffic and
potential confrontation between
police and the fans as police try
and remove revelers from the
intersection to allow traffic to flow?
Is it possible to cordon off
Toomer's Corner for 30 to 60
minutes to let Auburn fans
celebrate?
Football fans that want to return
home quickly after the game may
have to spend an extra 15 to 20
minutes waiting for traffic to clear,
but this is a small price for the
continuation of an Auburn
tradition and eliminating a
dangerous situation.
Auburn city officials need to re­evaluate
their new traffic policy
after Auburn football games. I
have lived many years in Auburn,
and I enjoy celebrating a big
football victory at Toomer's
Corners as much as the students.
City administrators are wrong and
need to help Auburn fans
celebrate a victory by diverting
traffic around Toomer's Corner to
ensure the safety of the
participants. Police should not be
asked to carry out an ill-advised
traffic policy that may end in injury
and dampens spirits. If Auburn
beats Alabama this year, do you
really think police can contain an
Auburn victory celebration?
An Offended Auburn Fan,
Leonard L. Lovshln
Professor of fisheries
Landscape workers not to be pitied
Editor, The Plainsman:
I would like to submit a reply to LaRonda Conley's
letter concerning the University landscape service
workers. It pleases me to see someone exercising
their constitutional right to free speech and exposing
their personal view to the scrutiny of others, but lets
all try to remember that until you have walked in
someone else's shoes and actually know their
circumstances the view you have may be one of a
biased perception.
The Auburn University Facilities provides its
landscape employees with equipment such as gloves,
safety glasses, ear protection, blowers, rakes, Weed
Eaters, mowers, backhoes, etc.
Maybe there does exists a Dr. Seuss-type mobile
devised to tiptoe through the pansies to remove
weeds but the facilities does not at the moment
possess it.
You are very lucky Ms. Conley to be able to pursue
your education and "to gain knowledge" but, you
must also take into account that "wisdom" is knowing
all sides and having a cognitive understanding of a
situation. It is not however, exercised by jumping the
gun with a clouded perception.
The University landscape workers are not to be
viewed in a condescending way nor with pity. They
are fine, hard workers that do their job with pride.
Maybe it is a throwback to the "Dark Ages" here in
1993 to take a certain satisfaction in tilling and
tending the soil, but if that is true then it is nothing to
be ashamed of. There is a certain pleasure Ms. Conley
in reaping what you sow.
Suzanne Woods
Landscape Services Employee
Help others with bone marrow drive
Editor, The Plainsman:
Only two tablespoons of blood and you can give a
person diagnosed with Leukemia a chance to live, a
chance to fall in love, receive their diploma or blow out
• their sweet sixteen candles. These are times we all have
or plan to experience Ln our lifetime.
Those people who suffer from this fatal disease are
_ not any different from you or me. They are mothers who
have daughters and sons, they are friends who share
your secrets, they are teachers who give you knowledge.
Look around next time you are bored in class or at
" halftime at a football game.
Pick 25 people and try to remember their faces
because tomorrow they could be gone. Leukemia kills
• 25 people a day, adults and children. Children so young
they can not even pronounce what is killing them.
What is it going to take for you as a person to realize
you can help?
The bone marrow drive is the way. The common
misconception about getting tested for being a marrow
donor is that it is some painful ordeal.
• All that is asked takes five minutes. A vial of blood is
taken, that is only two tablespoons. The chance to
volunteer is Nov. 16 and 17 down in Haley Center
basement.
You can come down anytime between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m. Do not leave it up to someone else. Most of all do
not assume Leukemia will never affect you. That is what
Dolly Campbell, an Auburn student, thought until her
freshman year when she heard her mother had one
month to live. Dollys mom was dying and there was
nothing she could do.
"I never thought something like this could ever
happen to me or anyone I cared about until I was faced
with it," Dolly Campbell. Her whole family got tested to
see if they were a match, however no one was. There
was no hope until a donor turned up as a match. It was
a stranger through the bone marrow drive that saved
Dolly's mother.
Registering for being a donor is truly giving the gift of
life. If you have already thought of an excuse not to, I
hope you never have to face this detrimental disease.
Juliet Janlewicz
01PV
Letters to the Editor
Acevedo view
hypocritical
Editor, The Plainsman:
It is unfortunate that Jennifer
Acevedo, in a column last week,
had to be the one to criticize The
Circle for fabricating letters to the
editor. Problem is, Ms. Acevedo
has much to answer for regarding
her own journalistic standards —
and like most people who drip
with piety, she comes off as a
hypocrite.
What bothers me is that she
composes an opinion column on
page 8A, but when I flip to page
4A I find her again, this time
writing a news story about the
editor of The Circle's face-off with
the Communications Board over
the fake letter issue.
Here is the same writer, who
makes clear her disgust on one
page, trying to write an unbiased
news account on another.
Knowing this, I can no longer take
the news story at face value.
She has tainted her objectivity
and the newspaper's credibility.
Readers now must wonder
whether the story about the Comm
Board hearing is fair — or how it
possibly can be fair — given Ms.
Acevedo's rant on the editorial
page. As with fabricated letters,
Ms. Acevedo's actions arouse
suspicions that otherwise would
not exist. Given her actions, will
she too have to face the Comm
Board in a hearing?
She may well argue there is a
shortage of writers to cover such
stories — just as The Circle said
there was a shortage of letters. Or
maybe she, like the folks at The
Circle, is simply a hard-working
young writer who has not quite
learned all there is to learn about
journalism. I encourage Ms.
Acevedo to keep on writing and
reporting, but she should monitor
her own actions — and standards
— before she slings more arrows.
Jaimee Fowler
02PO
Occasional controversy
beneficial for University
Editor, The Plainsman:
Some years ago, I heard that the
primary purpose of a university
environment was to train young
minds to think critically and
clearly about important issues. But
my brief time here at Auburn —
however pleasant otherwise —
leads me to believe this goal has
been sacrificed to one more
modern. It seems one's thinking
need not be critical nor clear so
long as it is politically correct.
Being slow to catch on to the
true value of this modern mission
of higher education, I still
appreciate a good controversy —
an opportunity to critically
examine the arguments on both
sides and to form an opinion of
the relative merits. Those
opportunities are few when
everyone is trained in political
correctness. I thought about the
apparent debate of the decade,
the bicycle on the concourse
issue, but it simply did not grab
my intellectual gut as it seems to
have done with the general run of
studentdom.
For that reason, I am indebted
to The Circle editor (Wynne)
Johnson, Circle writer R. Perrin
Ehlinger and the Plainsman staff
for the only decent dispute of this
young quarter. I mean of course,
the phony letter flap. The debate,
however, has probably climaxed
with the excellent letter to this
paper from Eminent Scholar
Backsheider, who did a masterful
job of defending the Circle staff by;
attacking the Plainsman staff. (To
a Plain man, this sounds Circular.)
Backsheider also proved with
scholarly research that the sharp
practice of fabricating letters goes
all the way back to that English
epitome of ethics in journalism,
the Tattler. This historical tidbit,
she argues, justifies the Circle
staffs clever marketing tactic.
Now it seems to me that an
appeal to the British press on the
question of how to make good
journalism is about as convincing
as an appeal to British Leyland on
the question of how to make good
cars. Can you imagine the eminent
scholar rattling up to Kroger in her
MGB to pick up a copy of the Star
(the closest thing we have to a
London daily)?
While we may yet discover that
Ehlinger, Johnson and
Backsheider are mere pen names
for "Random, Pilot and Fisherson,"-
I am nevertheless indebted to
whomever for tilling this fertile, if
small, field of controversy.
With the Tigers off this week,
the "Auburn spirit" therefore
superfluous and the constables
staying away from the Concorde in
droves, perhaps The Plainsman
will find room in the next edition
for more topics like this one. I.
aver that I am truly yours,
David Christy
10PG
Grazing fees increase
no threat to ranchers
Editor, The Plainsman:
When I read the letter by Paul
Wright in last week's Plainsman
about the proposed increase in
grazing fees I could not decide if
he was actually being serious or
trying to get some sort of reaction
from people who actually know
something about the topic.
I still do not know if he was
serious, but I feel that it is
necessary to enlighten Wright and
anyone else who is ignorant of the
facts about grazing rights and fees.
The Bureau of Land
Management issues grazing
permits for parcels of public land
called Allotments (keep in mind
that this is public land owned by
everyone who pays taxes).
The average allotment size is
8500 acres. Of the 31,000 total
allotments, 27,000 are held by
ranchers. These ranchers are
paying a price far below fair
market value for the land that they
are using for grazing. Ranchers
pay $1.97 a month for each animal
that they graze on public land
compared to $8.70 a month per
animal paid by ranchers who
graze on private land.
Do the math, and it is clear that
ranchers using public land are
practically stealing the land with
the government's permission.".
What is even more ridiculous is;
the fact that permit holders^
sublease this public land to other
ranchers at an average of $7.76
per month per animal. The^
ranchers are making a profit on
the land that we own while the
BLM is losing money (the BLM
spends $45 million a year on
grazing programs and only makes
$19 million from fees).
If you are not a "save the rain
forest type," that is fine — not
very intelligent but ignorance is
bliss right? How can you say
ranchers will be losing money by
an increase in grazing fees? I have
heard that the proposed increase
is only 20 cents. If you are not
concerned for the rain forest or
the immense damage caused by
cattle grazing on the land and
rivers, shouldn't you at least be"
concerned about a bunch of rich-ranchers
getting richer at our
expense? I mean, how important
is McDonald's to you anyway?
Bobby Lippert
04ZY
Letters to the editor must be submitted to The Plainsman in B-100 Foy Union no
teter than 3 p.m. Monday to run in the following paper. A valid student ID must be
presented at ttie time of submissionytetters should be less than 300 words. The
Plainsman reserves the right to edit for length and grammar.
Thursday, November 4,1993 / A-8 (EbegJuburniSIainsntan
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Thursday, November 4,1993 A Century of News' Section B, Page 1
Campus at a glance
CAMPUS
Professor plants lasting image at Auburn
Robert T. Gudauskas, a professor of plant pathology,
retired after more than 30 years of helping farmers control
and identify plant diseases.
During his years at Auburn, Gudauskas conducted research
concerning corn, wheat and peanuts. Through this research,
he helped discover a way to grow virus-resistant corn plants.
In addition to teaching virology courses, diagnosis of
disease and several other graduate courses, Gudauskas was
acting head of the plant pathology department from 1984 to
1987.
A longtime member of the Alabama Academy of Science,
he served as editor of the Academy's Journal, president of
the Academy and a member of the editorial board and board
of trustees.
A native of Illinois, Gudauskas earned his bachelor's
degree at what is now Eastern Illinois University and his
master's and doctorate in plant pathology from the University
of Illinois.
Calling all donors: blood supply critically low
The Alabama region of the American Red Cross Blood
Services is asking that all eligible Auburn donors come
forward.
With patients in surrounding hospitals using more blood,
the demand for blood is on the rise. Blood drive donations
have dropped dramatically during the past month, forcing
Alabama to import blood from other areas.
Every day in Alabama, trauma, neonatal and cancer
patients need 700 units of blood. But with the blood
donations decreasing everywhere, there is little blood to
spare for Alabama patients.
Blood types O negative, A negative and B negative have
reached emergency levels, while type O positive has reached
critical status. To donate blood, volunteers must be 17 years
old, weigh at least 110 pounds and have not donated blood
within the last 56 days.
The school of science and math will have a drive Nov. 4,
and the Greek pledge will have theirs Nov.8-10.
OTHER CAMPUSES
Former editor gives Chapel Hill students
special report concerning newspaper future
Kurt Luedtke gave journalism majors at the University of
Chapel Hill at North Carolina a "news flash" when he said, "I'm
not sure that newspapers, in fact, are going to make it."
The screenwriter of "Out of Africa" and former executive
editor of the Detroit Free Press said his speech most likely did
not agree with Chapel Hill professors.
Luedtke said people are looking to newspapers not just for
information but for excitement as well.
"We would really like to pick up a paper and say 'Holy
Smoke!'" Luedtke said.
He also said another factor causing the success of
newspapers to decrease is that they are trying to appeal to an
"overly broad spectrum of people."
"I think we're going to have to redesign newspapers so that
they serve only people who want to read newspapers ... I think
that if they don't do that, they are quietly, one by one, going to
continue to die," Luedtke said.
He continued by saying newspapers could learn how to be
successful from Hollywood.
"Holly wood does not, will not, ever intend to make pictures
for people who don't want to go to the show," Luedtke said.
—Compiled from The Daily Tar Heel reports
JASON SANFORD/ Plainsman Staff
Max Cook, son of Auburn building science teacher Patricia Cook, examines the winning entry in the architecture
school's Great Pumpkin Extravaganza. The event is held yearly to give students a chance to use their design skills.
Hundreds of 'great pumpkins7 spotted
despite adverse weather conditions
by Catherine Roberts
Assistant Tempo Editor
Halloween may have ended, but
visions of lit pumpkins linger like
a bad Freddy movie in the minds
of many architecture students.
The architecture department
held its fourth annual pumpkin
carve last Friday despite ominous
weather conditions.
Ben Mosley, 04AR, said he
thought the rain and cold hurt the
usually high turnout.
"Because of the weather, we
didn't do as well as we could
have," he said.
But according to some
participants, the event was still a
success. Students carved most of
the 425 pumpkins into works of
art before offering them to the
public.
Ross Piper, 02AR, said the event
is popular among a wide variety of
spectators.
"Everybody talks about how
they come to see the pumpkins
every year," he said.
Derrick Walker, 02AR, said, "It's
a chance to design something plus
have fun, celebrate the holiday."
Though the pumpkin carving
began as a requirement for certain
architecture classes, Jason
Fondren, 04AR, invited students of
all majors to join the department in
the celebration.
"Anybody can come and do
this," he said. "The architecture
school is just the nucleus for the
event."
Mosley, organizer of this year's
event and president of the
American Institute of Architecture
Students, said he wants to keep it
within the design school.
"We wouldn't object to anybody
coming in and carving," he said.
"We try and keep it within the
school of architecture."
Mosley said the tradition draws
"students out of the studio and
experience in Auburn community.
"Everybody looks forward to it,"
he said.
The event also serves as a fund­raiser
for the department, with
proceeds paying for membership
fees for AIAS, more educational
activities such as lectures and an
annual review of the student's
work.
A T-shirt design contest also was
held before the carving.
Dan Osborne, 01AR, claimed the
winning design. The shirts remain
on sale at the school of
architecture.
At the end of the day, the
pumpkins were entered into a
contest, with the winners receiving
gift certificates from J & M
Bookstore and Anders Bookstore.
Three faculty members, a student
and the head of the department
JASON SANFORIV Plain-rain Staff
John La Voy, a senior in chemistry, carefully carves his
entry in the pumpkin carving contest. Students from
various schools on campus participated despite the cold.
judged the competition, picking
Heather Thompson's Halloween
image of a lion's head as the
winner.
Mosley said the carving provides
the entire community with a safe
place to hide from the ghouls on
Halloween night.
"It's something for the whole
family to enjoy."
Past editorial asks question: Should The Plainsman accept liquor ads?
by Lisa Griffin
Special Sections Editor
Under Alabama law, The Plainsman
cannot run advertisements for liquor
coupons, illustrations of liquor
consumption or promotional activities
awarding alcoholic beverages.
. Yet 20 years ago, The Plainsman staff
struggled to decide if they should run
liquor advertisements. The following
* article is an editorial written by 1973
Plainsman editor Thorn Botsford.
Jan. 18, 1973 — Forty years have
passed since national lawmakers realized
that prohibition of intoxicating beverages
created more problems than it solved.
And, yet, in our part of the country, the
controversy over sale and consumption
of alcoholic drinks erupts often enough
to generate excitement akin to the great
temperance fights of the 1910s and '20s.
For example, a newly-elected city
council unanimously resolved last
November that a "state store" should be
legated within the Auburn city limits. The
action was a victory for the "Wets" who
had struggled unsuccessfully to take
steps toward opening such a facility
during the previous council's term of
office.
Participants in the council "liquor
controversy" remember well the
dominating influence of Dan Hollis,
former chairman of the council, who
gave frequent sermons to the public on
the dangers of alcoholism.
But even with the ascendance of the
"Wet" council, there seems to be another
Hollis at the head of the Alabama
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. A Mr.
Henry B. Gray thinks there is no need for
a "State store" in Auburn since one is
located near the Midway Plaza shopping
center, a few yards away from the
Auburn city limits.
For the present, local consumers of
hard liquor will have to cruise down the
dangerous Opelika-Auburn highway to
make a purchase. Let's hope that too
many heavy drinkers don't run out of
booze during the day and proceed to
make the trip for some refills. This
controversy, I predict, will be with us for
a while as will another "liquor" debate —
one that concerns the printing of this
newspaper and the intake into student
coffers of a few thousand dollars per
year.
It seems like such a simple matter to
resolve: should The Plainsman accept
advertisements from enterprises selling
alcoholic beverages?
The matter popped up at the last
meeting of the Board of Student
Communications, the student-faculty-see
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Thursday, November 4,1993 / B-2 CEbe^uburnPiainsnian
CAMPUS CRIME REPORT
Drake expert offers hints
to avoid holiday weight
10/21 1:50 p.m., Wire Road and
Roosevelt Drive - Complainant
reported a traffic accident. Joy
V. Bowles of Columbus, Ga.,
was transported to East
Alabama Medical Center by
private vehicle. Allan S. Hatcher
of Auburn was transported to
Drake Health Center.
10/21 2:59 p.m., Auburn
University Police Department -
Complainant reported a stolen
bicycle.
10/21 5:50 p.m., Haley Center -
Complainant reported smelling
smoke.
10/21 7:42 p.m., Thach Avenue
and College Street
Complainant reported an
accident with no injuries.
10/21 8:55 p.m., Village Kitchen,
CDV Extension - Complainant
reported an accident with no
injuries.
10/22 11:02 a.m.. South
Scholarship Parking Lot -
Complainant reported an
accident with no injuries.
10/22 11:20 a.m., Knapp Hall -
Complainant reported an
accident with no injuries.
10/22 9:54 p.m., Foy Union -
Complainant reported stolen
property.
10/24 12:45 p.m., Auburn
University Police Department -
Complainant reported an
accident with no injuries.
10/24 12:55 p.m., Auburn
University Police Department -
Complainant reported a stolen
identification and dorm key.
10/24 2:36 p.m., Parking lot,
Boyd Hall - Complainant
reported an accident with no
injuries.
10/25 9:09 a.m., Martin Hall -
Complainant reported the theft
of a Hewlett Packard Laser Jet
Printer, valued at $1,000, from
Room 204. The room was
unsecured.
10/25 10:14 a.m., Haley Center -
AUPD responded to an
activated alarm at the ATM.
Bank employees were refilling
the machine and reset the alarm.
10/25 10:35 a.m., Davis Drive -
Two vehicles collided when one
unit's attachment struck the rear
of a parked vehicle.
10/25 11:40 a.m., Davis Drive -
Three vehicles were damaged
when one vehicle exited a
parking space and was struck by
an oncoming vehicle.
10/25 6:15 p.m., Haley Center -
Complainant reported the theft
of a checkbook from her
bookbag in the basement. The
checkbook was found later in
her classroom.
10/26 11:32 a.m., West
Scholarship Parking Lot -
Complainant reported a vehicle
fire. The Auburn Fire
Department was summoned,
and the flame was extinguished.
There was no damage to other
parked vehicles.
10/26 3:05 p.m., Scholarship
Parking Lot - Two vehicles were
damaged in a traffic accident.
One of the vehicles left the
scene.
Don't look now, but the holidays
are fast approaching. And what
does this mean for most of us?
Eating, eating and more eating,
plus weight gain.
Wait a minute — let's discuss
this. Does it really have to be that
way? How many times have you
pushed yourself away from a
holiday meal, feeling
uncomfortable?
In reality, many traditional foods,
such as turkey and sweet potatoes,
are high in nutrition. Turkey is
considered lean meat, and if you
don't eat the skin or dark meat,
you'll avoid much of the fat.
It's extras like honey and brown
sugar on the sweet potatoes,
gravy, desserts, rolls and dressing
that get you. Much depends on the
way you prepare your holiday
foods.
Here are some hints for
decreasing the fat and calories:
• Gravy doesn't have to be fat-laden.
The stock can be cooled
and the layer of solidified fat can
be skimmed off.
• In most of your favorite
recipes, the fat can be reduced by
one fourth to one half, and the
sugar can be cut by one fourth to
one third.
• When sour cream is called for,
plain yogurt can be substituted.
• Use skim milk in recipes that
call for whole milk or cream.
A healthy holiday regimen
should include comfortable
™xercise and eating habits, so you
always burn off the same or more
calories. Increase your daily
exercise to balance the rise in
holiday caloric intake.
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Do some form of aerobic
exercise, such as jogging or brisk
walking to burn off holiday
calories, but more than a few
minutes is needed to burn off a
piece of pumpkin pie or one
candied sweet potato.
A 150-pound person would have
to jog a half of an hour or walk
briskly for 50 minutes.
Remember, there are no "good"
or "bad" foods. All can be
consumed in moderation.
The key to eating right for the
holidays is to eat smaller portions,
eat slowly, pass by second
helpings, exhibit some willpower
and exercise rccularlv.
By chewing your food for a
longer time, you trick your brain
into thinking that you are eating
more, so you feel full, and you eat
less.
Better eating doesn't have to
mean more eating, even during the
holidays.
— Ms. Carol Dillard is a health
educator at Drake Student
Health Center
From
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10 years ago: Talk show host and women's rights advocate, Phil
Donahue, spoke to a crowd of 6,500 Auburn students and faculty
about himself and the state of affairs in America.
15 years ago: Gov. George C Wallace was on hand to dedicate the
new $4 million agricultural research center in Milstead.
25 years ago: Memorial Coliseum and Haley Center, the two major
campus construction projects, were almost complete. Haley Center, the
largest single construction ever undertaken on Auburn's campus, would
contain 122 classrooms and 353 offices, seminar rooms, conference rooms
and special lab areas.
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administration body that
deliberates on policy for this
newspaper and other campus
communications.
Plainsman Business Manager
Bob Witt told the group that
present policy prohibiting such
advertisements was probably
costing The Plainsman $3,000 a
year in revenue. If the paper
could accept the ads, Witt
commented, there would be more
money for more newspaper space
which, in turn, would allow
Plainsman writers to cover more
student activities on campus. And,
he added, the expectation of extra
revenue would be a step toward
publishing The Plainsman twice a
week, a move many of us nave
long favored.
I asked Board Chairman Jim
Foy, dean of student affairs, why
the restriction was on the books,
As noted in the minutes of the
meeting, Foy and others gave the
following "Reasons;" (1) most
students are under 21 years of age
'(2) The Plainsman does not need
the revenue; (3) the subject has
never been discussed before; (4)
•the image of The Plainsman might
be damaged.
Despite that collection of
"reasons," the measure passed the
board by a vote of 6-3- Of course,
a final decision on the matter rests
with the President's office which is
presently occupied by Acting
President Ben T. Lanham while
President Philpott is touring the
East.
During the board meeting,
opponents of liquor ads leaned
upon comfortable arguments.
They exclaimed: what would the
University Board of Trustees think?
What would parents think? Would
under-aged students be influenced
to buy alcoholic beverages if they
read liquor ads?
Only the last of these objections
deserves an answer. No, I do not
believe that the mere presence of
an alcoholic beverage ad will
induce an under-aged non-drinker
to take his first drink.
Or course, there's no way to
prove that, but even if a young
student was persuaded via
advertisement to break the law,
must the philosophy of an open
advertising policy be sacrificed to
protect weak individuals? Let the
advertisers freely sell their goods,
and let the individuals who read
the ads decide for themselves
whether or not they want to
consume advertised products.
Dr. Lanham said later that he
would decide on the matter after
members of the Communications
Board prepare a written report
explaining how the new "liquor"
revenue could be utilized.
CTU president seeks
kinship with Auburn
r
by Thomas Moore
Plainsman Staff Writer
• Editor's note.- This interview
was conducted through translator
Gang Sung.
In China, a portrait of high
mountains symbolizes friendship.
And friendship is just what
China Textile University in
Shanghai wants with Auburn.
During the past month Jun Kang
Sun, vice president of the Chinese
university, has been researching
and observing how Auburn runs.
To start his visit on the right
foot, Jun Kang presented President
William V. Muse with a scroll
painted with a naturalistic scene of
two mountain peaks side by side.
Jun Kang's goal is to return to
China after four more months here
and a few weeks at Georgia Tech,
North Carolina State and Clemson
University, to assume his new role
as president of CTU.
"I have been in charge of the
academic affairs and also in charge
of all the labs for the
undergraduate students" at CTU,
said Jun Kang.
He said he wants to use his
experiences at Auburn to do an
even better job than the past
presidents of CTU.
Jun Kang actually will be the
first president of the university
because the proper titles of his
predecessors has been "acting
president."
Jun Kang said he also is
interested in meeting with some
Auburn students to hear their
reactions to the educational
program on the Plains.
"Auburn and some of the other
larger schools have so much more
experience (at running an
educational program) than we
have at this time," he said.
Gang Sun, an Auburn graduate
student who is also in the CTU-Auburn
program, said, "My
opinion is that Auburn's lab is far
more advanced. So we will try to
improve (our labs)."
Jun Kang said his university
chose CTU for many reasons.
"China Textile University is a
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Native American Powwow brings dance, dress to Auburn
by Jennifer Acevedo
News Editor
Indians from Oklahoma to
Florida will meet at the Auburn
Indoor Arena next week for the
city's first Native American
Powwow.
The event, which is the
brainchild of area resident Mary
May, is designed to heighten
awareness about the mark Indians
Students
bring video
to 'real' life
by Nancy Bistritz
Assistant News Editor
Not too long ago Atari was the
latest fad in video games. But
Auburn students discovered that
video game makers have gone
much further to bring games to
life.
Friday in the Foy Union
Ballroom students had a chance to
find out what virtual reality was
about.
The latest trend in video games
has brought a new meaning of
technology to life. Its players can
see not only what is in front of
them but also what is to the sides,
above and behind them.
Chris Taylor, 04PG, said the
experience was better than a video
game but also much different.
' "The most difficult thing about
doing it was getting used to
moving my head around to see
different things," Taylor said.
Two games, one in which
people stood and tried to shoot
each other and another in which
they sat and tried to shoot enemy
planes, were set up.
Terrence Rucinski, a professor in
education foundations, said the
basis of virtual reality is just that —
reality.
"Virtual reality is a simulation.
It's to an extremely high degree of
fidelity.
"In other words, it tries to make
a situation as real as possible, even
though the situation is a
simulation," he said.
Rucinski said the reasoning
behind this technology is that
computers are able to do things
today they could not do years ago.
The use of virtual reality is not
just limited to the video games, he
said.
"It can be used in a work
environment, social environment
or a play environment.
"A lot of people have been
doing research in things like virtual
reality. The military has been
doing a lot of training with it," he
said.
Rucinski said virtual reality is
also helpful in astronaut training.
"If you have to repair a space
station, they can set up virtual
reality simulation so that the
person would be wearing the suit
and everything they would be
experiencing would be similar to
what they would experience in
space."
Rucinski said a virtual reality
station was available at a
. conference he attended last year
for people who wanted to play
handball.
"You put on the glove, knocked
the ball back and forth. You
weren't doing it; it was all by
screen. But the way you moved
your arm and your hand, you
could see the ball moving and
hear the sounds — almost feeling
like you were doing it," he said.
Rucinski said computers are
responsible for virtual reality.
"You can get all kinds of designs
on computers so they can set them
up and project these images.
"Designers are constructing all of
these things to be around you
assuming this is going to happen.
They know, for instance, what an
airplane is going to be like flying
overhead, so they simulate that,"
Rucinski said.
He added that while virtual
reality is good for sensory
entertainment and educational
purposes, it is "extremely
expensive to do."
After Friday's experience Taylor
said, "I don't think people will
think twice about paying to play
these games."
have left on this area.
May said given her heritage, the
idea for a powwow came to her
naturally.
"I am a Native American. My
family are Cherokee, and we live
here," she said. "I'm 53 years old,
and we've never had anything like
this in this area."
The mark Indians have left
provides a demand for events such
as these and supplies the resources
to keep an audience interested.
"Opelika is an Indian name, and
Tuskegee is an Indian name.
We've got it all around us," she
said.
Through native dances, food
booths and arts and crafts, the
powwow will illustrate the history
of Indians native to Lee County as
well across the country.
Tribes such as the Choctaws,
Sioux, Cherokees, Plains and
Seminoles will be represented at
the powwow, and each will bring
its distinct culture to showcase.
"The clothing will be beautiful in
color. The Plains Indian women
wear the buckskin whereas the
Indians in this area of our country
wear ... the tear dresses which are
representative of the trail of tears,"
May explained.
May said the powwow has a lot
to offer to those who have never
been to such an event. "There's no
way, if you've never been to a
powwow, to explain the colors,
the sights, the sounds, the taste of
the food," she said.
Most of the events will be
contained within a ring inside of
the arena, May said.
"All of the activity goes on in
that ring. It's where the storytelling
will be done. The blow gun
demonstration is in that ring."
In addition to the ring
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Playfair helps freshmen break out of shells
by Vanessa Ray
Assistant News Editor
Freshmen venturing into the
Student Activities Center Thursday
night for Freshman Convocation
were grabbed by volunteers and
pulled unknowingly through the
basketball court doors into a room
filled with a cheering mass of more
than 1,000 of their peers in football
lineup formation.
Under the instruction of
Playfair's Andy Weisberg, the
crowd joined hands and formed a
snake-like chain that writhed
across the courts as more freshmen
entered the confused but laughing
crowd.
Debbie Shaw Conner, associate
director of student activities and
coordinator of the event said,
"Everyone had different
expectations about what was going
to happen tonight.
"We hope that by walking into
applause, they felt confident and
good about being here."
Playfair, a national college
orientation company, sent
Weisberg to lead the freshmen "for
the most berserk hour you're going
to spend at Auburn University," he
told the crowd.
Freshmen, for example, were
instructed to find everyone in the
room born within the same month
in only 87 seconds. After dividing
by month, smaller circles formed
based on birth date and color of
clothing worn.
Shoulder massages, secret hand
signals and the promise to send
birthday cards were just a few of
the interactions Weisberg
suggested the crowd take part in.
"The intent of this program is to
bring all the freshmen together in
a room where they can meet,
interact and get somewhat away
from their cliques," Conner said.
Volunteers from Residence Hall
Association, Student Government
Association, Panhellenic Council,
Interfraternity Council, Drake
Student Health Center and the
Community to Study Health and
Safety Concerns at Auburn
University wandered throughout
the crowd and urged the freshmen
to participate.
Though the size of the Auburn
crowd was within the average
turnout for Playfair's orientations,
Weisberg said it was less
successful because the event took
place three weeks into the quarter.
"(The freshmen) already know
the campus and know where they
want to go," Weisberg said.
Conner agreed that the ideal
time for convocation was with
orientation at the beginning of the
quarter.
"We wanted to have it as early
as possible but with enough time
to publicize and get the word out,"
Conner said.
The IFC and Panhellenic pooled
efforts to increase freshmen
turnout at the convocation by
requiring all pledges to attend.
"This is the IFC's opportunity to
give them an alcohol awareness
hazing session. We require it every
year," IFC President Josh Wright
said.
Sigma Kappa pledge Shannon
Dewberry said she and the other
pledges met at Boyd Hall and
came together.
"Everybody said it would be fun,
and it was," Dewberry said.
Brown urges SGA
to recruit minorities
by Christopher Hyde
Assistant News Editor
James Brown, special assistant
to the president for minority
advancement, had a few strong
words to say at the Student
Government Association's senate
meeting Monday night.
Brown spoke about minority
recruitment and how it relates to
the Auburn spirit.
"I'm about the spirit of Auburn,"
he said.
Brown said there was so much
excitement at the Auburn vs.
Florida game, he had to go into
the stands to experience the
intensity of it.
He compared this to the
diversity of this University.
"We could have a program so
diverse here; we could be like
Notre Dame on Saturday. Athletic
and academics are one," he said.
Brown also mentioned the
importance of an education.
"If you' re talking about
winning, you're talking about an
education."
Brown said some people
; manage defeat.
"I wouldn't want to do such," he
', said.
i He said many people talk about
| having the Auburn spirit, but he
' wants to see it.
! "I charge each of you with
! recruiting at least two black
i students. Show me you have the
I Auburn spirit."
Brown was appointed special
) assistant to the president by
« University President William V.
» Muse in April.
FILE
BROWN
The position was created in an
attempt to boost low minority
enrollment and retention figures.
Two Code of Laws changes
were made in other senate
business.
And in Cabinet business, the
political affairs committee
announced a tentative meeting for
the Lobbying Board on Nov. 16.
It also mentioned an open
issues forum Monday night at 8 in
the Foy Union Ballroom. Most of
the campus organizations will be
there.
The community relations
committee announced a canned
food drive for Nov. 9- and that
next week is Environmental
Awareness Week.
The spirit committee said the
pep rally scheduled for Friday has
been moved to 6:30 p.m. at
Plainsman Park. Football coach
Terry Bowden will speak at 6 p.m.
Senate resolves to extend
library hours during exams
by Christopher Hyde
Assistant News Editor
The only problem would be
finding the employees to work
— because she said most of the
Students say they want longer employees who work until
library hours during exam times, closing are students.
so that is what the Student
Government Association said it
wants to give them.
A resolution, making a
recommendation to the
University library committee,
unanimously passed Monday
night. It states Ralph B.
Because most students have
final exams, Smith said it might
be difficult for them to work that
late.
"Cost is not a problem. Finding
personnel to work is.
"Maybe they could find
students that don't have an exam
Draughon Library should stay the next day. It would be a small
'7 can't understand
why anyone would not
want to see it open."
—Lisbeth Smith
SGA senator
open two extra
hours on nights
before final
exams.
The SGA
s e n a t e
academic affairs
committee, with
help from
e x e c u t i v e
liaison of the
Cabinet Eugene
Falk, looked into the issue.
Lisbeth Smith, chairwoman of
the committee, said people need
the library as a place to study
before their final exams.
"I can't understand why
anyone would not want to see it s e n a { e ... w o r k i n g o n.
open."
She said energy costs would
not cause a problem because the
lights in the library are left on
during the night for maintenance
reasons. And the salaries would
not be difficult to increase
because the SGA is only asking
for eight extra hours per quarter,
Smith added.
problem, but
not that big of
a deal," she
said.
" W e
want to see the
library open
until 2 a.m."
S m i th
said the issue
came up last
spring quarter,
but was dropped.
"I'd like to see an attempt to
be made this time," she said.
David Martin, vice president of
the SGA, said he is pleased with
this resolution and others the
"We're trying to tackle issues
that we're concerned with and
students are interested in," he
said.
Martin said the SGA does not
receive credit for some of the
things it does.
"We're off to a good start," he
said.
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What do you think about AUM changing its mascot from a Senator to a War Eagle?
ERIC
DARCH
01ZY
"I really don't have any problem
with it because it's a free country; I
could understand the people's
concern for that. I guess if the
majority of the people want to get it
changed, then I guess that's what
should happen."
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FANNIN
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that they're having at AUM, then they
might as well go ahead and change it to
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Depression sends some freshmen packing their bags for home
by Karen Kinnison
Plainsman Staff Writer
Not everyone who first arrives
on a college campus loves it.
But Robin Kurtz, a psychologist
at Drake Student Health Center,
said this type of depression is not
clinically defined. Most people
have their own definition.
Experiencing extremes in
behavior is one symptom of this
kind of depression, Kurtz said.
For example, freshmen, may
overeat, undereat, cry often, isolate
themselves, oversleep or
undersleep, he said.
Problems develop when
freshmen stop participating in the
activities they used to enjoy, Kurtz
said.
"The first thing I do is encourage
them to do things they used to
do."
Resident assistant Julie Davis,
03PG, said freshmen experience
depression in different stages and
to differing degrees.
Davis, who has been an RA for
two years, said several students
she worked with returned home.
"Some of them went to schools
"The first thing I do is encourage them to do
things they used to do."
—Robin Kurtz
Drake Student Health Center psychologist
closer to home because they were
homesick," she said.
Davis said most freshmen start
looking for friends at the
beginning of the year, but the less
outgoing ones stick close to the
dorm all year, Davis said.
Students who are the most
depressed are usually dealing with
a combination of problems, she
said.
Kurtz said some students drink
to escape depression, but alcohol
only intensifies the feelings.
She said some students are so
unhappy they seek counseling on
their own. but in other cases
teachers, resident advisers and
parents refer students to the
counseling program at Drake.
In counseling Kurtz said she
encourages them to be more social
by becoming active in some sort of
support system.
Church groups, fraternities and
sororities are some options, she
said.
If the students have developed
bad habits, such as oversleeping or
undereating, she said she
encourages them to change these.
"Mostly what I do is get them
back to the way they used to be."
The majority of students who
deal with this kind of depression
work through it; others, however,
come to college prematurely, she
said.
How people adjust to college
often depends on the experiences
they have had. People who
already have dealt with difficult
situations are more likely to be
able to adjust, she said.
"There's something called the
resilient personality," Kurtz said.
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leathered friends find help;
program answers birds' calls
by Nancy Bistritz
Assistant News Editor
What do Big Bird, Amazon and
Fledge and Denise have in
common? They are Southeastern
Raptor Rehabilitation Center
residents, receiving the care they
need.
The SERRC is a nonprofit student
organization that provides medical
care and rehabilitation for injured
raptors.
Although specialty skills are
provided by the veterinary faculty,
veterinary students treat and care
for the birds daily.
Margo Wirth, 03VM and student
medical adviser for the SERRC, said
a recently injured bird needs
special care.
"When a bird first comes in, it's
really weak. They need a warm,
quiet, calm place," Wirth said.
Birds are taken into a small
room where they are treated for
their injuries.
"Being hit by a car is one of the
most common injuries. Being hit
by a car or by a gun shot," Wirth
said.
The center contains an
examining room, flight rooms and
a room that holds several cages
containing owls and hawks.
Some of the permanent residents
like Chico are not injured
physically, but mentally.
Chico, an owl at the SERRC, is
what the center calls an imprint.
When a bird's eyes clear within the
first week of its life, whatever it
sees feeding it is what the animal
associates with itself.
Wirth said, "Chico was found by
some people, and he was being
fed by the people, so he thinks of
himself as a person.
"Something happened along the
way, so he is adversely imprinted
on people," she said.
Chico cannot be released yet
because he cannot gather his food
adequately.
The students at the SERRC
display his food for him and fly
him from string to string trying to
make him accustomed to being in
the wild.
The center also has a large flight
cage that enables the animals to
receive their required exercise.
Cases at the center undergo a
process before being released.
"After a case has been treated
medically, we turn them over to
rehabilitation to fly. They fly them
up at the old rotation on a string
about a 100 yards long.
"They let the bird fly out on the
spool