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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1996 VOL. 103, NO. 3,36 PAGES
>ut-of-state, freshman enrollment figures drop
fith fewer students enrolled, University -
wpes to offer more seats, better education
SALLIE OWEN
\ssistant Campus Editor
There are 344 fewer Auburn students
lis fall than last, and more of the students
who are here are Alabama residents.
is is good news and bad news.
There are 21,778 students presently
Inroiled at the University, down 1.6 percent
from 22,122 in 1995, John Fletcher,
registrar, said.
Freshman and graduate enrollments
dropped, which was offset by a slight
growth in upperclass enrollment, according
to data from the Office of Planning
and Analysis.
Freshman enrollment
The freshman class shrank more than
any other, going from 3,592 a year ago to
about 3,350 today, Fletcher said.
"That was rather planned," Fletcher
said.
"It's a commitment on the part of the
University to be able to offer a better quality
educational experience.
> "The fall quarter of 1995 when we had
3,592 (freshman) students — that's forever
etched in my mind. Students will recall
how difficult^ was to get classes.
"This fall the Provost's Office worked
diligently to make sure there were adequate
seats, so really it's a reflection on the
part of the administration to provide a
better educational opportunity," Fletcher
said.
Not only did freshman enrollment slip,
but the percentage of in and out-of-state
students changed, he said. A greater percentage
are from Alabama than in previous
years, Fletcher said.
In 1995, 35.7 percent of all students
were from other states. Now 34.4 percent
of all students are, according to planning
and analysis figures.
He said he thought there were two reasons
freshman enrollment slipped:
Auburn's new residency policies and
Georgia's HOPE Scholarship program.
Both of these affect out-of-state students.
"We're believing that the difference in
the undergrad is primarily the out-of-state
students," Fletcher said.
The Board of Trustees enacted a new
residency policy effective this fall making
it more difficult for out-of-state students
to qualify for in-state tuition. Out-of-state
tuition is about three times higher.
Georgia students had another incentive
drawing them away from Auburn: the
HOPE scholarships. Students with a 3.0
high school GPA get free tuition, fees and
books at in-state schools. The program is
funded by the Georgia Lottery.
The HOPE program has been around
since 1993, but it could have greater
impact on 1996 enrollment because the
program has become more inclusive,
Fletcher said.
"It's a real good deal for Georgia students.
Georgia has always been one of our
primary feeder states," he said.
However, in 1996 Auburn still pulled
more students from Georgia than from
please see ENROLLMENT, A-3
Blind Faith . . .
Owners give love, guide dogs
\give independence
CHAD BARWICK
State /Local Editor
Keetoh and Dallas know
their way around Auburn
well enough to do it
blindfolded. Their owners
know how they feel.
Jennifer Foley, a sophomore in
social work, and Sarah Lanier, a
freshman in science and math,
trust their guide dogs to avoid the
bicycles, cars and hurried students.
They trust their black labrador
. to keep them from harm and safely
follow the route to their next
class.
This trust and confidence is one
built over time. Countless hours
of training are needed to teach the
guide dogs, and more time is
• needed for the dogs to train their
owners.
Foley said she is confident with
Keetoh now, but when she first
tested with the docile lab almost
two years ago, she was scared.
She said she doubted whether
everything would work out and
thought, "Is she really going to
correct me (if I make a mistake?)"
This fear is slowly worked out
at a number of guiae dog training
schools throughout the country.
Lanier and Foley met, bonded
and trained with their dogs at
Southeastern Guide Dog
Incorporated, which opened in
Palmetto, Fla., in 1982.
Judy Whittaker, a manager of
the school says nervousness is
common at the start of the program,
but added the fear is quickly
replaced.
"We are helping them to build
confidence," Whittaker said.
If the future guide dog is bom
in the South, Whittaker said,
chances are it got its start from the
breeding program in Palmetto.
After 10 weeks, the puppies are
taken from the mother and placed
in foster homes with volunteers
known as puppy raisers.
"The volunteers play with the
pups and socialize with them to
get them used to being around
people," she said.
Next, the puppy's owners start
to teach the basic disciplinary
skills. Whittaker said good discipline
is essential if the dogs are
going to be successful guides.
"The puppy raisers start to
teach them love and discipline —
things like no sitting on the furniture
and no people food. They
also teach them to sit, come, stay
and stand," she said.
The volunteers continue to
train the dogs, and at the end of
the year they are taken to the vet
for a final exam.
If the dogs are healthy, they are
given to a professional trainer for
the next four months.
The trainer introduces the dog
to the harness it will wear, and
starts training it on the rural
Florida roads near the school.
The next step comes when the
dogs are tested in Bradenton.
With a population of 60,000,
Bradenton, Fla. offers a new challenge
to the dogs — traffic.
please see DOGS, A-3
21st Century
Commission plans
Auburn's future
I BONDS/Photo Editor
Jennifer Foley and Keetoh, her guide dbg, navigate the stairwells
of Haley Center. Keetoh leads Foley across campus
each day, ensuring she reaches her destination.
• STEPHANIE DAVIS
Assistant Campus Editor
Students can expect significant
improvements at Auburn over the
next five years.
A group of Auburn faculty and
staff have been working on a set
of recommendations for the
improvement of the University
since July 1992.
After 17 meetings, including
almost 50 hours of formal deliberation,
the 21st Century
Commission has now completed
its assignment.
The commission's planning
process involved every
University department. The commission
heard all reports given by
the vice presidents, deans of the
schools and colleges and other
administrative units.
A mission and a vision statement
were incorporated into the
commission's planning process.
"The vision statement gives a
long-term vision of what is hoped
the University will become,"
University President William V.
Muse said.
The first sentence of the vision
statement reads, "Auburn
University will emerge as one of
the nation's pre-eminent land
grant universities in the 21st century."
Muse said, "The mission statement
is more specific. It is the
response to the vision statement;
It includes the purpose and role of
the commission."
The strategy of the commission
was to work from the general to
the specific, he said. They started
with the vision statement. Then
they looked at the mission statement
and at specific goals and
objects as a whole and then the
specifics in each division.
John Grover, chairman of the
University Senate, said the earliest
part of the function was to set
forth statements to serve as
guidelines.
As the statements
were
d e v e l o p e d ,
they were presented
at the
dean's level to
the commission.
The
departments,
schools and
colleges will
have their
goals and priorities
incorporated
in the
greater report
presented to
the board.
The work of
the commission
was segmented
into
several different areas. Some of
the areas were: Auburn
University at Montgomery and its
relationship to Auburn, student
enrollment, academic programs
in schools and colleges and intercollegiate
athletics.
In relation to AUM, the commission
recommended there be
please see FUTURE, A-3
"The vision
statement
gives a
long-term
vision of
what is
hoped the
University
will
become."
— WILLIAM
V. MUSE
University
President
\City zoning laws
\block student housing
M LEE DAVIDSON
'Staff Writer
Lush green grass, immaculate
| ^houses and a serene atmosphere.
Students, does that sound good to
you? Well too bad, because there
are some neighborhoods in
*Auburn where students simply
are not welcome.
The City of Auburn's planning
•and community development
department has revised a city zoning
ordinance prohibiting more
than two unrelated individuals
from living in a house in specified
sections of town.
Auburn is divided into zoning
districts based on lots per zone,
acreage and proximity to the university.
The three restricted zones are
neighborhood conservation, limited
development district and
development district housing.
These districts can only be occupied
by two or more persons related
by blood, marriage, adoption
or guardianship, plus one unrelated
person, Kay Stone, a planner
for the City of Auburn said.
These units cannot be occupied
by more than two unrelated individuals,
such as a group of stu-pleuse
see LAWS, A-3
Students get chance to voice
opinions on semester issue
Do you support a
quarter or semester
calendar?
On Nov. 8, the Auburn Board of
Trustees will vote on whether Auburn
should move to a semester calendar
beginning fall of the year 2000.
Information is being gathered by
University President William Muse and
will be presented to the trustees at this
meeting.
The Auburn Plainsman wants to know
how you feel about the proposed
change. The Plainsman will set up tables
on Thursday and Friday for the next two
weeks in War Eagle Cafeteria, Take 10
and Terrell Cafeteria from 10 a.m. until 2
p.m.
Fill out the survey, complete with
your student ID number, name and vote
and bring them by one of those tables. If
you cannot stop at a table, drop your
survey by The Plainsman office from 8
a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday.
The office is located under War Eagle
Cafeteria down the brick steps.
The Plainsman will also take votes over
e-mail. Our address is
plainsm@mail.auburn.edu. Double
votes will not be counted. You can also
vote from The Plainsman Web page at
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Editorial refutes Muse's reasons for
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Career & Student Development Service
Placement Orientation Sessions: Oct.
noon, 203 Foy Union.
14,
Spinners is accepting applications for its 15th
Pumpkin Patch Arts and Craft Show to be
held Oct. 26-27. This invitation includes craft
exhibitors, food vendors and youth area concessionaires.
For information call Isle Mears
(334)365-1010 or (334)365-6608.
Arts on the River Fall Arts Festival will be
held in Columbus, Ga., Oct. 19,11 a.m.-6 p.m.
at Bay Avenue between the Dill Ingham
Bridge and 11th Street.
Volunteers needed to read books on tape for
the Program for Students with Disabilities.
Come to 1244 Haley Center to fill out volunteer
data sheets or call 844-2096.
Small Time Community Theatre will present
Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, Oct.
18-20. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 8
p.m. Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m.
Performances will be held at The Book Cellar,
120 N. College St. For reservations and ticket
information call Rhett Luedtke at 502-9644.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets every day in
the Auburn/Opelika area. For times, places
and information call 745-8405.
The Auburn University Chapter of the
American Association of University
Professors invites the Auburn community to
its fall Welcome Back reception at 4 p.m., Oct.
17, at Pebble Hill.
Auburn University Speech and Hearing
Clinic is having a free speech and hearing
screening, Oct. 30, 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m. No
appointment necessary. Services provided by
Auburn University Speech and Hearing
Clinic, 1199 Haley Center.
ASCE Field Trip: The American Society of
Civil Engineers is planning a trip to the
Montgomery Zoo, Oct. 29 at noon. We will be
giving a behind-the-scenes look at how things
work. Come to the meetings and sign-up or
call Dr. David Pittman for information at 844-
4320.
Rock The Vote Voter Registration sponsored
by the Auburn Black Caucus and other campus
organizations. Food, drinks, music,
speeches and step shows. Come enjoy fulfilling
your civic responsibilities. This is your
home for the next four to five years. Vote here
in Auburn.
BSU and Alpha Phi Alpha Talent Show will
be Sunday, 7 p.m., Foy Ballroom. There will be
an admission fee. See you there. War Eagle!
Lee County AIDS Outreach: Stomping out
AIDS will be held Oct. 21, 4-7 p.m., in the
Gold's Gym parking lot. There will be a $10
admission fee. A variety of items including a
football autographed by Terry Bowden will be
raffled off, and free food will be provided. For
more information call Murray Adams at 844-
2826.
MEETINGS
The Society for Creative Anachronism
researches and re-creates the combat, fun and
feasts of the Middle Ages. For information call
844-5683 or send e-mail
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"CRUSADE" The weekly meeting is
Thursday, 8 p.m., 125 Business Building.
Sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ and
Athletes In Action.
J.V. Swim Club practices will be held every
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
For information contact Ken at the Aquatic
Center pool or call 821-1292.
Lee County Touch Meeting Oct. 17, 6-7 p.m.,
East Alabama Cancer Center. Guest Speaker
will be Frieda Posey, vice president of public
issues for the American Cancer Society.
Association For Systems Management will
meet Oct. 17, 6 p.m., 153 Business Building.
Russell Athletic Corporation will be represented.
Auburn Bike Club meets Oct. 22, 6 p.m. Foy
Union. For anyone interested in riding or racing
road or mountain bikes. Group rides on
Mondays, 4 p.m., Southside Bicycles. Contact
Travis for more information at 887-4237.
ASCE: The American Society of Civil
Engineers is meeting Oct. 22, 6 p.m., Harbert
111. New members are always welcome.
Come sign up for upcoming activities.
Auburn University Judo/Ju-Jitsu Club meets
every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. and
Sunday at 2 p.m., upstairs in the Student
Activities. Come and learn the ultimate art of
unarmed combat.
The Black Student Union meeting will be
Monday, 5 p.m., 208 Foy Union. Come out and
support the BSU.
Auburn Tennis Society will meet every
Monday, 5:30 p.m., AU Tennis Courts. For
information call DJ at 844-8028 or Brian at 826-
0694.
Amnesty International human rights organization
meets every Wednesday, 6 p.m.,
upstairs in the Coffee Banque. For more infor--
mation call Chris at 502-8653.
Auburn University College Republicans will
meet Oct. 22, 7-10 p.m. in the Business
Building. The speaker will be Lee County
Commissioner Sam Pierce.
Auburn University College Democrats will
meet Oct. 17,4 p.m., 246 Foy Union. Come and
get politically involved.
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Continued from A-1
As the dogs develop skill with
raffic and streets, they are taken to
Tampa for more intense training.
The dogs are pushed to learn
;very situation, mastering revolv-ng
doors, escalators and overhead
valkways.
Though a small percentage of
logs don't make the grade, the
nes that pass the class start the 26-
lay human training program.
"The new dog owners come here
n a Monday. They are assigned a
log on Tuesday and they start
vorking on Wednesday. A certain
mount of things have to be
ccomplished while they are here,"
Whittaker said. "The 26 days are
he shortest amount of time possi-le
needed to train."
Though the time matching dog
o owner is quick, the duo spends
!4 hours a day together.
Foley was matched with Keetoh
n her second day of class and a
:ompanionship soon followed.
'These dogs aren't allowed on
he beds. If my dog wasn't going to
sleep on the bed, then I'm not
;oing to sleep on the bed," Foley
;aid. "I got quilts out of the closet;
he trainers walked in and saw me
sleeping on the floor with her.
"I heard them say, 'If that's not
onding, I don't know what is.'
>Vhen we left there, we were
lready really close," she said.
Lanier also expressed the impor-ance
of bonding quickly to the
uide dog. Closeness between
our dog is crucial to trust, Lanier
said.
After the initial bonding experi-
;nce, Whittaker explained, the dog
earns about its human counterpart.
As the person learns the roads
and the essential commands, the
dog gets used to quirks in personality
and the person's gait.
"People who lose their sight usually
have a right or left hand drift
when they walk; some people have
a loss of hearing or other problems
if they have diabetes (which can
cause blindness or severe vision
impairment.)
"The dog is getting used to them
during this time," Whittaker said.
Preparation was key for Lanier,
who arrived at the University this
year from the small south Alabama
town of Castleberry. She said many
adjustments had to be made to get
used to a more urban environment.
"We had a little bit of a problem.
Traffic is something we had to
brush up on here," Lanier said.
She also said the closeness of her
family presented a problem when
she left.
She explained that if Dallas recognizes
somebody, because she did
a majority of activities in a group,
he will sometimes follow them.
This comes from times when
Dallas would follow her father in
shopping excursions.
Both Lanier and Foley said problems
can also stem from students
who don't understand guide dog
etiquette.
Foley said she learned the best
routes to and from classes before
the beginning of fall quarter, and
she doesn't vary from them. She
said problems come when people
nearly hit her with bicycles
because they don't pay attention or
think they have the right-of-way.
"I have to have a certain route,
and I sure can't see them coming,"
Foley said.
Lanier added the problem gets
worse as football games approach.
"Cars start cutting across your
path and alumni come in and park
on the sidewalk. Although I trust
her (Dallas), I don't like to walk
around the street and cut around
cars."
Lanier and Foley hope awareness
of guide dogs on campus will
grow. Foley, vice president of the
University's Advocates for
Disability Awareness, thinks a project
in the works will bolster student
knowledge of guide dogs.
The American Disability
Association is working on sponsoring
a guide dog puppy for the
University. A local family will act
as puppy trainers, and donations
will be taken along with suggestions
for a name.
The $1,000 cost of sponsoring a
puppy will be paid from the naming
contest. Foley thinks the university
will benefit by naming the
puppy.
She said, "Wherever the dog is
placed, someone will ask, 'how did
your dog get named?' That says a
lot for the University."
Foley and Lanier said the price
of sponsoring a puppy and the
$8,000 - $10,000 cost of training the
dogs doesn't matter.
"You can't put a price on it,"
Foley said. "She gives everything
to me and she doesn't take anything
in return.
"I give her all the love I can give,
and she gives me independence."
Laws
Enrollment Continued from A-1
any other outside state, according
to planning and analysis information.
University admissions had tried
to control the size of the freshman
class, Fletcher said.
"We wanted 3,250, so we came
in just a little bit ahead, but really
we didn't start managing it very
effectively until during spring
quarter," he said.
Out-of-state applications were
cut off early for 1996, he said.
Admissions is approaching the
1997 freshman class differently.
"This year we have an admissions
priority deadline, and that's
going to be Dec. 15," Fletcher said.
"We want everyone to apply by
Dec. 15 so we can start working
with our class. Students that apply
after that date will be put on wait-
Future
closer cooperation between the
two campuses, Muse said.
The highest priority of the commission
was the undergraduate
educational program.
"The commission believes this
area involves the largest portion
of the University. It is the area that
has gained the most recognition,"
he said.
"The focus of the commission is
on maintaining and enhancing the
undergraduate experience," Muse
said.
The commission's recommendations
will be presented to the
Board of Trustees in January.
"I've sent a report of the coming
lists until we look and see how
many we have," he said.
Graduate School enrollment
The Graduate School enrolled
2,993 students this fall, down 130
students or 4 percent from 1995
based on planning and analysis
data.
"I do not think that a drop in
graduate enrollment is a good
thing at all, but I don't know if this
is just a one-year blip," John
Pritchett, dean of the graduate
school, said.
Pritchett said he thought the
drop was caused by the new residency
policy.
"If anything, that is probably
what has had the impact," he said.
The graduate school depends
more heavily on out-of-state students
than the rest of the
Continued from A-1
University.
Usually about 45 percent of
grad students are out-of-state,
Pritchett said. That's about 10 percent
higher than the University
overall.
Pritchett said he would have to
watch enrollment in the next few
years to see if this is a momentary
dip or the beginning of a trend.
Grad enrollment had grown
during the 1990s, from 2,544 in
1990 to 3,123 in 1995, he said.
However, despite the drop, this
year's graduate enrollment veered
only slightly from overall enrollment.
Grad students made up 14.1
percent of 1995's total enrollment,
slipping to 13.7 percent in 1996,
according to planning and analysis
information.
mission to the SGA, the
University Faculty Senate, the
Staff Council and the administrative
and professional assembly,"
he said.
"I am holding a presidential
retreat that will involve all the
deans, vice presidents and members
of the presidential cabinet.
All people will have an opportunity
to review and make comments
on the report, and those
comments will be submitted to
the board along with the report in
January," Muse said.
It will be early 1997 before the
plan will be approved, he said.
Some of the things in the plan
have already been done, and some
are in various stages of planning
and development.
"You will see changes occur all
during this time period," Muse
said.
Grover said, "President Muse
deserves credit for trying to put a
long-term perspective on what the
University is doing."
Minnie Bryant said the ideas of
the commission will improve the
future of the University.
"I am expecting a great future at
Auburn, not only for the staff, but
for the students also," Bryant said.
Continued from A-1
dents, Stone said.
Jennifer Girardeau, a sophomore
in elementary education,
said, "As long as the students
have the resources and the funds
to buy a house, they should have
the right to do so just like anyone
else. Students are citizens of the
United States and they have the
same rights to live where they
rhoose as a married couple with
two kids."
The "family plus one" system of
residency was established in 1984
'in effort to keep a neighborhood
atmosphere present and to cut
down on the transient traffic of
college students renting out houses
or apartments there Stone said.
Stone said she receives calls and
complaints from residents who
Voice their concern about possible
violations of this ordinance in
these restricted areas.
i Ninety percent of these calls
come as complaints from a neighbor,
she said.
A specific series of events occur
when a complaint is made, Stone
said. Some calls are made anonymously,
but most residents give
their name in hopes that prompt
action will be taken.
"All complaints are taken seriously,"
Stone said.
When a call has been made to
the department addressing a complaint
or a violation suspicion of
the ordinance, a certified letter is
sent to the owner noting the reason
for complaint and requesting
a response within 10 days, she
said.
Stone said if a response is not
received in the allotted amount of
time, a citation notice is issued to
the resident in question describing
the penalty for ignoring the
request for information.
If the resident still disregards
this request, a court subpoena is
ordered and a court hearing must
be set, she said.
Conviction results in fines up to
$500 and imprisonment for no
longer than six months, Stone
said. Each day of continued violation
constitutes a separate offense
and additional penalties may be
acquired.
Lisa Guilmet, a junior in pre veterinarian
medicine, defended the
rights of the residents.
"Although Auburn is primarily
a college town, there are people
who have their permanent residence
here and do not want college
kids disturbing their neighborhood.
Families have every
right to want a tranquil environment
in which to raise their children,"
Guilmet said.
The Auburn planning and community
development department
meets on a tri-annual basis to
review the city codes and layout
plans. The last review of the ordinance
occurred in July of this year,
Stone said.
Many areas of Auburn are not
affected by this ordinance, she
said. Of the 11 districts, only three
are under this restriction. Areas
immediately surrounding
Auburn's campus are not bound
by this code.
The Comprehensive
Development District which
encompasses areas such as
College Park and Northpoint
Apartments, is an area sectioned
off for "a considerable mixing of
land uses" the statement of purpose
and intent of zoning districts
stated.
Other areas are reserved for
industrial areas or commercial
businesses.
"I can understand how families
would want to maintain a peaceful
neighborhood without the distraction
of college students who
disrespect the community by having
unruly parties every weekend.
But, I also feel that graduate students,
for example, should have
the right to live in a neighborhood
which offers an atmosphere more
conducive to studying. However,
Auburn students don't need to
worry about finding a home within
these restricted areas because
Auburn has so many other housing
options from which to
choose," Dee Essex, a sophomore
in pre-optometry, said.
A recent edition of The Auburn
Plainsman printed an announcement
outlining the requirements
for living in these zoned areas.
The purpose was to inform students
of the importance of checking
the zoning of different sections
Of town before signing a lease,
Stone said.
The zoning code was designed
for the "preservation of the community
character of the city of
Auburn for those restricted residential
neighborhoods, but at the
same time, provided adequate residential
development for the student
population," Stone said.
There are fair housing laws
which ensure adequate housing is
available for students and residents
in any area, she said.
The restrictions to these neighborhood-
oriented sections do not
prevent college students from
having sufficient housing options,
Stone said.
This ordinance applies to all
individuals and was upheld in the
Supreme Court case, Village of
Belle Terre vs. Boraas which raised
the question of what constitutes a
family consists of was raised and
decided to be equitable and fair as
it was stated, Stone said.
The City of Auburn planning
and community development
department is always open to
acknowledge' exceptions when
written documents are submitted
and extenuating circumstances are
proven valid, Stone said.
The office encourages individuals
unsure of their specific zoning
requirements to call and inquire
about possible regulations before
signing a lease, she said.
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Internet shopping spree raises concerns about safety
MARK LIBRIZZI/Art Staff
• LORIE M.JOHNSON
Sports Staff
When it comes to ordering with
a credit card over the Internet,
most people say they just don't
want to do it.
"It's risky; that's what I hear,"
Mark Robinette, a graduate student
in aquaculture, said.
"You just don't know what's out
there. Those hackers—they can
ruin your credit with a keystroke,"
he said. "I wouldn't mess with it."
His sentiments echo those of
many Auburn students.
"It's too easy for those guys to
download your number off the
Internet and just use it for anything,"
Matt Eelman, a sophomore
in criminal justice, said.
Christian Sparrow, a freshman
in architecture, agreed. "I wouldn't
use it. From what I hear, most
of those things on there are rip-offs,"
he said.
Peyton Greene, a junior in pre-medicine,
said, "I,bought a T-shirt
off the internet with a credit card."
"I don't have a computer of my
own, but I use my brother's. We
were out west, and I saw a beer
bottle that said Dead Guy Ale on
it.' I liked it, so we browsed
through under the microbrews
and found the company, Rogue
Beer," he said.
"They had a list of their retail.
They had caps and shirts and stuff,
and I got a shirt with Dead Man
Ale on it," Greene said.
"I just typed my credit card
number in and got the shirt a few
days later," he said.
Greene said he experienced no
problems and had no fear of purchasing
these items by credit card
on the Net.
"It was actually easier than dealing
with people over the phone,"
he said. "You just punch in your
number and then wait a couple of
days on your shirt."
Viper Computer Systems, located
in Auburn, said they agree
using the Internet can be safe and
easy.
"It's safer to use the secure server
than to order by the telephone,"
Em Matthews, of Viper Computer
Systems, said.
"Credit card scams on the
Internet are a combination of maliciousness
and not knowing any
better," she said.
Scott Ingram, the company's
Web master, said, "One of the
problems with transmitting sensitive
information is what we call
packet-sniffing."
"When you order by credit card,
information is going from point A
to point B. Hackers track information
going from point A to point B
with a program that picks out all
the numbers used, and then they
go back and look for the numbers
that are from credit cards," Ingram
said.
"To protect people from that we
use a secure server that encrypts
the information before it leaves
point A so that it is almost impossible
for the hackers to decipher it.
"There's a joke that it would
take a hundred Crays (a brand of
powerful computers) a thousand
years to decode it. Secure servers
have become a standard on the
Internet," he said.
Those servers may be secure,
but Sam Ypther, a freshman in
business, said he still doesn't trust
them.
"I just never thought it was real
safe giving out your credit card
number and personal information
like that without knowing who
could intervene," Yother said.
"I've always wanted to do business
person to person."
Fall flu vaccinations give students edge over winter's malady
• LIZZ FULLERTON
Staff Writer
October marks the beginning of
the flu season and the perfect time
to get a flu vaccination.
"The Center for Disease Control
recommends this time for vaccinations
so people will be prepared
for the season," Pat Ellis, associate
director of Auburn Student Health
Center, said.
College students are at a greater
risk of a flu epidemic than others
of the population, said Fred Kam,
Vice President for Health Delivery
Services of Collegiate Health Care.
"College students are confined
in small spaces. Dorms, classrooms,
football games and other
places of interaction make college
students susceptible," Kam said.
"There are many viruses in the
world right now, and some of
them reach epidemic proportions..
That's happened before over the
years," he said.
The Auburn Student Health
Center will be giving flu vaccinations
Oct. 22-24 from 8 a.m.-12
p.m. and 1-4 p.m. The shots will
cost $10 each.
"These will be the only dates we
will be giving the vaccination,
unless we have some left over,"
Ellis said. — — • • « —•
This year is the
first year East
A l a b a m a
Medical Center
will give the
shots, but they [nfecte± "
are for hospital
employees only,
Benji Morgan, an
employee health
nurse at EAMC,
said.
People with chronic health problems,
such as cancer or heart disease,
should get the vaccination, as
well as people with immune system
problems, such as HIV.
Residents of long term care, like
nursing homes, should also be
given the vaccination, Morgan
said.
"Whether or not to get a flu vaccination
depends on your philosophy
and what your plans are. The
flu is a virus, and there is no
'quote-unquote' cure. For most
people it is not
deadly, except
for very old or
very young people,"
Kam said.
A flu
shot should be
taken once a
year and will
protect a person
for six months,
Ellis said.
Yearly flu shots are important
because flu strains change, and the
vaccine has to change with them
by adding dead cultures of the
new strains to the vaccine, Kam
said.
"The one that they added this
"If more people get
the immunization,
fewer people will be
— FRED KAM
Vice President, Collegiate Health Care
year, specifically, is the Nanchang
strain. It is new," he said.
Kam said the more people who
get vaccinated means that fewer
overall will become infected.
This concept is called herd
immunity and was derived from
cattle farming, he said.
"If you inoculate more than 50
percent of your cattle, the ones
who did not get the vaccine will
have some protection. The
chances that they will be infected
drops," Kam said.
"This works on college campuses
too. If more people get the
immunization, fewer people will
be infected," he said.
And for those who fear the needle,
have no fear.
"Nasal spray vaccinations are in
the experimental stages now.
They're trying them on children
this year. They are not yet available
for the public, but they
should be out in a few years,"
Morgan said.
J BONDS/Photo Editor
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of Dr. Charles Veale, with the flu vaccine at Auburn Family Care '
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Thursday, October 17,1996 Qflie&ubiirnPlainsHian A-5
Need for schoolbus drivers in U.S. increases
• JENNIFER ELLIOTT
Staff Writer
If your bus driver didn't show
up to pick up your kids today,
don't be surprised.
Nationwide, schools are struggling
with finding and keeping
bus drivers. "It is a national
trend," Charles Henry,
Birmingham Public Schools trans-
. portation director, said.
Fifty-four percent of all K-12
students in the United States ride
• yellow school buses to and from
school, according to an on-line
resource from School
Transportation News.
"Kids need to get to school,"
Mike Holden, Auburn City
Schools transportation coordinator
said. "I've got to drive a route
to make sure all the kids get home
in a timely manner."
Holden is not a bus driver. He is
in charge of transportation in
Auburn. It is not part of his job to
drive the buses.
Statewide school districts have
been affected by this trend. "We
cut back routes for the first 30
days," Henry said.
"We were short 20 drivers when
school started this year," he said.
Because school bus drivers work
part-time many candidates for the
job are eliminated.
"We always have a lot of
turnover," Henry said.
One problem with transporting
Students on a daily basis is that not
enough drivers are permanent
employees.
• Holden said, "If you are short
one driver, that's bad. If you're
short five, that's terrible."
Michael Hall, Montgomery
Public Schools director of transportation,
said, "We always have
difficulty in finding a source of
drivers to fill both full and part-time
jobs."
It is difficult for drivers to work
two hours in the morning and two
hours in the late afternoon. These
varying hours make it difficult to
balance another job, Hall said.
Not only do drivers face awkward
work hours, but they can use
with the amount of bus drivers.
In Delaware, they lost almost
half of trained drivers. "That's a
pretty large pool to lose," Tull
said.
One of the problems is the
demands of the job. Unlike a
teacher who stands in front of the
children, drivers are turned away
from the students.
"The kids don't always behave,"
their training elsewhere working
full-time.
"There is a great deal of competition
with truckers," Henry said.
Drivers acquire their Class B
commercial driver's license
through bus training and then
leave to drive trucks.
Ted Tull, administrative director
for the National Association of
State Directors of Pupil
Transportation Services, said
there has always been a problem
CHAD BARWICK/State/Local Editor
Tull said. Along with safe driving
duties, there are often kids misbehaving,
he said.
Some states are putting video
cameras on the buses. The cameras
are placed randomly in one out of
ten buses. This way, schools can
discipline the students, relieving
the responsibilities of the driver,
Tull said.
Drivers not only have multiple
responsibilities, but they have
training to complete.
Billy Crews, state coordinator of
pupil transportation, said they test
the drivers thoroughly.
"Bus drivers have at least three
tests for the commercial drivers
license— general knowledge, passenger
endorsement and air brake
tests," Crew said.
Drivers also have to learn laws
and correct procedures along with
has to discipline. "They must take
a written test and pass it," Crew
said.
"It's time consuming," most drivers
have to start out as substitutes,
Crew said.
"Then before they drive a vehicle
they must have taken a drug
test," he said.
Aside from the training a driver
must complete, they need to also
be aware of any problems with the
buses.
Drivers need to "catch small
things quickly," Crew said.
Drivers are expected to spot problems
with the buses.
"The buses should be safe at all
times," Crew said.
To ensure safe buses, the local
systems are supposed to do a
monthly inspection. In compliance
with local safety precautions, the
state checks out buses yearly,
Crew said.
"Some systems do a much better
job than others," he said.
Contrary to the nationwide
dilemma of lack of drivers, the
buses are in top shape, Tull said.
Some states are putting forth
great effort to continue to invest in
new buses.
One benefit to driving the buses
is that drivers receive benefit packages.
On average, drivers base pay
is an estimated $8,800 annually,
based on a nine month year.
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Investigation of church burnings continues to spark controversy
• GINACORDELL
Staff Writer
The flames of crime and controversy
surrounding recent church
fires are still smoldering for officials
in charge of the investigation.
Members of the Rising Star
Baptist Church in Greensboro,
Ala., found their church burned to
the ground at 3 a.m. on June 3.
They are now in the beginning
stages of rebuilding.
Officials have no suspects and
have not ruled on the cause of the
fire.
There have also been other
church fires occurring in
Alabama, including the Little
Zion Church and Mount Zoar
Baptist Church, both in Boligee.
"Church fires occur throughout
the country from the east to the
west, but the South currently has
the media's attention," Alan
Clark, president of International
Association of Arson
Investigators, said.
There are numerous agents and
task forces assigned to the investigation
of the recent church fires,
Clark said.
The FBI and insurance industry
officials are also involved.
The motivation behind the various
fires appears to be a "little of
everything," Clark said. "Some
appear to have a hate motive,
while others are race or religion-based
crimes."
"Other than one or two small
pockets, there has been no giant
conspiracy," he said. "Some fires
are started to cover up other
crimes, while juvenile fires and
vandalism are other possibilities."
There have been numerous
arrests made so far, he added.
If arson is proven to be the case
in the church fires, the arsonist
can face some "pretty hefty penalties,"
Clark said.
The severity of the penalty
depends on whether the criminal
is charged under federal or state
codes.
If the arsonist is charged under
federal law, the punishment is.
more severe than i f charged by
the state. States differ in the severity
of laws and punishments, he
said.
An arsonist's punishment also
depends on what other crimes
besides arson occurred at the time
of the incident, John Robison,
state fire marshall, said.
"A criminal could face up to 20
years of imprisonment," Robison
said.
One concern of investigators is
the occurrence of copy-cat crimes.
"When church fires hit the media,
we start worrying about copy-cat
crimes. It's always a concern
because there's always someone
looking for attention," Clark said.
The International Association of
Arson Investigators has taken
steps to make churches more
aware and safe. There have been
250,000 fire safety brochures distributed
to churches nationwide,
he said.
Churches often think they're
immune to fires, but they need to
consider the possibility of accidental
fires, Clark said.
Seminars teaching common
sense approaches to fire prevention
are also being held in many
states, with 75 to 100 people
attending each session, he said.
The seminars cover both external
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Churches need to keep bushes
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Council takes action against K&K, proposes curfew for areas of city
• MICHAEL SWISHER
Staff Writer
The Auburn City Council voted
to revoke the business license of
K&K Auto Paint & Body Center at
its Tuesday night meeting.
City Manager Doug Watson said
Kenneth Anderson, owner of
K&K, owed the city $2,319 in business
license fees and taxes.
"Basically, they will no longer be
able to do business in the city of
Auburn," Watson said.
Watson said papers have been
served to Anderson alerting him
of the city's actions and a representative
has signed for them.
Collecting the money that is
owed to the city won't be easy,
"Watson said, because Anderson is
being sued by former customers
and other government agencies.
The issue was brought to the
'attention of the council at the Oct.
1 meeting, prompting the hearing
Tuesday night.
. Unhappy customers of K&K
appeared in front of the council to
complain. There was no one representing
K&K at either meeting.
In other business, councilman
Arthur L. Dowdell suggested to
the council that a curfew for
minors be considered for certain
areas of the city with high crime
rates, such as the public housing
located on North Donahue Drive
and Martin Luther King Drive.
Dowdell suggested a 10 p.m.
curfew on weeknights and a midnight
curfew on weekends.
Getting minors in their houses at
night should cut down on the
crime, he said.
"Something needs to be done to
stop the crime," Dowdell said.
"We need to do something to save
these kids."
Mayor Jan Dempsey noted possible
problems with the suggestion.
"I am not sure what the legalities
will be in enforcing a curfew
on just a certain part of the city
and not the entire city," she said.
Enforcing the curfew would
take more resources, Dempsey
said; but promised the council
would look further into the matter
and discuss it in more detail at.the
next meeting.
The council also approved the
purchase of five new police vehicles.
A bid was accepted from Ben
Atkinson Motors of Tallassee for
$94,862.50.
An agreement with the East
Alabama Medical Center was then
approved for the center to purchase
Auburn Fire Station
Number Two, located on
Pumphrey Drive, for $250,000.
The city will use the money to
help finance the building of two
new fire stations by next summer.
The city will then buy back the
fire department from EAMC over
a 10-year period for $25,000 a year.
"This is called creative financing,"
Dempsey said.
The city is essentially getting an
interest-free loan from EAMC to
build the two new departments,
Watson said.
"They needed space, and we
needed more space. It is a win-win
situation for EAMC and the city,"
he said.
The two new departments will
be located on Ogletree Road and
Shug-Jordan Parkway and are
expected to be operating by June
1997.
The council also approved the
purchase of 15.47 acres from local
landowners to expand Duck
Samford Park.
The total cost will be $108,290,
taken from the city's annual budget,
and the land will be used to
build a new little league baseball
complex.
Zoning for two new apartment
complexes was also approved.
The zoning for two new apartment complexes on North Dean
approved by the City Council at its Tuesday night meeting at
geared toward college students.
At the Oct. 1 meeting, Lydell
Vines accused the city of unjustly
firing him. He also said he had
video tape of city employees misusing
city vehicles.
At that time the city council
promised to review his claims.
"Since then, the council has
viewed the tape and felt he had no
The Central Park First subdivision
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Road. The triplexes are to include
garage space, extensive landscaping
and a wood and brick privacy
fence. Rent will be between $650-
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Center Point Estates will be
located north of Martin Avenue.
The 23-lot subdivision is said to be
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the Auburn City Hall.
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said.
However, Dowdell said,
changes will be made in city vehicle
use.
"Just because we didn't bring it
up doesn't mean nothing is being
done," Dowdell said.
The council's next meeting will
be Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
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Residents examine influence of debate on election
• CARMEN SACERIO
Staff Writer
The presidential debates have
left many with mixed feelings and
attitudes about both of the candidates.
The first debate held on Oct. 6
featured heated discussions from
President Clinton and Republican
presidential candidate Bob Dole.
Political science professor Gerard
Gryski said th debate most likely
did not change the attitude of voters
because, "if you like Clinton,
you thought he won, and if you
like Dole, you thought he won."
This concerns College
Republicans president Adam
Clemons, a sophomore in political
science.
He said he felt the first debate
actually helped Dole's showing.
Clemons said Dole's personality
came out and it "showed the
clear distinction between the
two."
The College Democrats president
Jared Lisenby, a senior in
political science, agreed that Dole
did well. Dole came out better
than what was expected, but
"(Dole) didn't gain on Clinton,"
he said.
Although election day is less
than a month away, some believe
the race is already over for Dole.
Ted Becker, a political science
professor, said in order for Dole
to do well in the Oct. 16 debate,
"he'd have to have a personality
transplant."
Becker said the probability of
Clinton winning the election is
great, but he predicts Clinton will
not win by as much as polls show.
However, Clemons said Dole's
qualifications compared to
Clinton's are much more impressive.
The decline of moral issues has
also been a dominant topic during
the debates.
Dole has been a superior role
model compared to Clinton,
Clemons said, but not only are
the moral issues expected to be
brought up, but the age and well-being
of Dole will be used by the
Clinton side.
Clemons said these issues are
irrelevant.
What is important, he said, is
that Dole has a "distinct plan that
will help America."
Lisenby said, "Dole served his
country well," but "Clinton may
be the best orator of our era."
"In order for Clinton to lose,
something major has to happen,"
he said.
Lisenby said he expects Dole to
attack Clinton's character, but
said, "People are tired of hearing
about character issues. Those are
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Some of the issues Lisenby said
he wants to hear about are on college
loans and health care.
Such issues, he said, are what
should be concerning Auburn students.
Lisenby said, "The Clinton
issues are better for a college student."
Gryski said, "I've been looking
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for Clinton supporters, and I
haven't found many as far as
Auburn's campus."
Even though many students are
involved with the campaign and
trying to get students to register
to vote, Gryski said, "the
younger they are, the less likely
they are to vote."
Becker said, "Students don't
vote. They don't care."
Alabama teachers face new certification criteria
If the proposal is approved, then
the amount of hours needed for
certification will be up to the institution.
However, they must meet
certain requisite (pre-teaching and
internship) and
• TAMARA MOSER
Assistant State/Local Editor
By next fall, teachers and education
students in Alabama might
have to follow new certification
requirements that lessen the students'
curriculum hours and
increase teacher re-certification.
A committee of teachers and
others involved in education programs
in Alabama met
Wednesday night and will meet
again tonight in Montgomery to
discuss the proposed changes for
teacher education.
"There are two main changes we
are looking at," Meyers said. "The
first is to lift the state requirements
of a set number of hours in an education
curriculum."
Presently, the state prescribes a
set amount of hours for students
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said.
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give the institutions
more flexibility,
but they
will have to
ensure that
their graduates
meet certain requirements," she
said. "If the graduates have problems
in their jobs, the institution
they came from will be held
responsible."
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education, said she would
"The better the teachers,
the better the
education is for the
students."
— STEPHANIE BEARD
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"I have to take 40 hours of a concentration,
and I think it would be
better if they used those hours to
cover more subjects," she said.
"We definitely need more classroom
manage-
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will not make it
easier on the students,
but will be
giving the institutions
more control
over their
programs.
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major change the
committee is
looking at is how often a teacher
should be required to be re-certified.
"Right now re-certification is
required every eight years for
bachelor's degrees and every 10
years for master's degrees,"
like to see this change approved. Meyers said.
The proposed change is for
teachers to be re-certified every
five years no matter what type of
degree they have, she said. This is
the most common time span
nationwide.
Stephanie Beard, a junior in
early childhood education, said
she feels this would help weed out
the bad teachers because they
would not want to go through re-certification
every five years.
"The good teachers shouldn't
mind being re-certified that frequently,"
Beard said. "The better
the teachers, the better the education
is for the students."
Burns said, "This will keep the
teachers up-to-date so they can
teach the students better. I don't
agree with 10-year re-certification"
The State Board of Education
will meet Oct. 24 at Opelika High
School to discuss the final proposal
drafted at the committee meeting
tonight.
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i *
OUR VIEW
Auburn should remain on quarter system
T he Auburn Plainsman tried to
explain to the administration last
week that it should consider students'
opinions when making
such large decisions as switching to semesters.
Though the changes proposed probably
will not affect current students, the
University has a responsibility to listen to
those who are here now to plan for the
future.
The issue was addressed last week, but no
formal opinion was delivered. The Plainsman
editorial board thinks it's time to take a
stand on the matter and unanimously support
quarters.
University President William V. Muse has
given several reasons why Auburn should
move to semesters, one of the most vocal
being students will be in Auburn for all
home football games.
So what?
Auburn is a place of education. College
football means college then football, not
football then college. Using this as one of the
main arguments for a switch such as this
doesn't float.
Students already pay for student tickets
with the pre-quarter games on them, so
money is not a question. Last year, when
students had to come to games early to buy
tickets, the story may have been different,
but not this time.
Another argument for semesters is students
get to compete with semester schools
for summer jobs if the switch is made. One
thing being forgotten is companies like to
hire Auburn students because they can stay
later than semester students who have to
leave before Labor Day.
Many large companies that hire students
in the tourist industry or vacation industry
like to keep them as long as possible to finish
up the season, and in that area, Auburn
students have the advantage.
Just look at Disney or the companies in
the national parks or summer camps. Some
students may suffer when it comes to getting
hired at the local Piggly Wiggly back
home, but the majority have not had problems
with this.
Still another reason Muse gives for the
switch is that semesters allow more in-depth
treatment of subjects. Muse, however, has
said before students cannot pay attention for
more than 50 minutes and sometimes less
than that. How does he expect students to
pay attention in an hour-and-a-half long
class?
This might even reduce the quality of education
because students will not see their
professors as often per week to clear up any
questions or concerns.
Muse has expressed a concern for co-op
students in his quest for semesters, saying
co-op students will benefit the most. He
based this on Auburn's competitors going to
semester systems and said other schools will
have an advantage. First, Aubur should not
follow other schools, but be a trendsetter
itself.
Secondly, Muse is forgetting that co-op
students are just that, students, and on the
quarter system co-ops are able to practice
what they have learned more frequently.
Students can learn concepts one quarter and
apply them the next.
Quarters also allow co-op students to take
more classes between their co-op jobs so
they will not be as far behind while trying to
gain practical knowledge and pay for
school.
Though some schools might be on
semester system for its co-ops, many
employers look for Aubum students
because they can apply what they have
learned and do not have to wait an entire
semester.
Muse said last week "Students are probably
concerned about the transition period,
but much of that concern is caused by lack
of knowledge about semesters." He is right.
Admittedly, semesters may make students
work harder because they won't have as
many chances to take classes over, and there
might be other advantages, but until enough
information is gathered to curb this "lack of
knowledge" The Plainsman thinks the
University should remain on the quarter
system.
Future looks good, but concentrate on now too
The future.
The future of Auburn
University looks good. Well, at
least I think it does.
Auburn has changed the face
of Samford Hall, added new
gates to the campus, added funds
to get our accreditation back at
the vet school and has set up the
pharmacy at the University
Health Center to be a lab for students.
Auburn has taken steps to remedy
the parking problem by
expanding Max Morris Drill Field
to include.more spaces and has
decided to renovate Beard-Eaves
Memorial Coliseum.
Auburn is renovating the
dorms in the quad to make them
more livable and is considering
the semester system for future
GREG WALKER
students.
Now as great as all these things
might be, I am worried. I keep
hearing quotes like, "the students
who are here now won't be
affected because they won't be
here," and "the student input
doesn't matter because they
won't be here then anyway."
Maybe these quotes are exaggerated,
but it is that idea that I
keep hearing.
I am grateful the University is
taking steps to remedy problems
and make things better, but are
we forgetting the now?
If the University could ask the
high school students in ninth and
10th grade now what they want
down the road at Aubum, that
would be great, but it can't.
If there is to be any student
input into any of these ideas and
issues, it must come from us, the
students. We cannot be quiet on
issues. At the same time, a
respect must be maintained
between the students and administrators
and vice-versa.
We can't rant and rave about
opinions based on a spoiled brat
attitude, but the administration
can't blow us off because it
thinks we don't know what's
going on.
Of course students won't get a
parking space for every car on
campus. That is just not going to
happen, and students must realize
this. But at the same time, the
University must realize the decisions
it is making affect students
and who better to ask on student
issues than the students.
I guess my point is we should
be using the education we're getting
now for now. It is great to
get this college education and
wait until we get jobs to use it.
But why not put it to use now?
Don't let someone tell you you're
opinion doesn't matter just
because you won't be here four
Greg Walker is Editor of The
Aubum Plainsman
On the nose ring road to self discovery
I have a vision of pulling up to
a little country church of cracked
white paint with a black cloud
hovering over it.
Once inside the doors I navigate
the maze of halls until I
reach one of the back rooms,
probably where fifth grade
Sunday school is taught.
I walk into the room and take a
seat in a circle of multi-colored
plastic chairs.
And then it begins. The first
guy introduces himself, states his
problem and we all welcome him
with a unified chant. Slowly the
members rise one at a time.
Two people left. One left. My
turn. I stand. "Hi, my name is
Jeffrey," I say convincingly. "And
I'm a freak," I add, uncertainly.
"Hi Jeffrey," the group chants
back.
I'll be the first to admit I may
have somewhere in my life
verged off of the road of normality,
but then again, that road didn't
much interest me.
However, until recently my
abnormal road of self-discovery
had not affected anyone other
than myself.
r
JEFFREY WILLIS
Then I entered the horrific
world of nose rings. Yes, I was
one of those brave oddballs who
decided this would be a nifty
thing to do, so I did it.
Things were going great with it
— meaning I liked it and there
were no infections.
I had become that hip youngster
who I had so yearned to be.
Yes, I understood this nose ring
actually revealed nothing about
myself. It was just a ring, or so I
thought.
But my life has actually
changed since I got it. Complete
strangers are compelled to ask
me, "Why did you do that?"
The only answer I can give is
that I got bored with myself and
my appearance.
So it is all about me, me, me.
And because of this, I would
have never thought I would be
hurting anything other than my
own nose.
But then there were my parents.
Oh God, I actually had to
tell them what I had done. A nose
ring isn't all that easy to hide.
So I bit the bullet and told
them over the phone before a
weekend when they were supposed
to visit me.
A nose ring wasn't that bad, I
thought. Well, I was told differently.
"You did what?" my mother
screamed, a scream still echoing
in my ear.
And she then continued to tell
me what she thought about it,
and how ashamed she was of me
for doing such a thing. I was also
told about how my morality had
ceased to exist.
I know I may have never had
the highest morals, but I don't
think I missed that lesson in
Sunday school. But then I heard
the most disturbing thing of all
from my mother. After explaining
to her that I was trying to be an
individual and that I didn't
always want to fit into the crowd,
she said that for the life of her
she could not understand why I
would feel like that.
And then I thought to myself,
why would I want to be an individual?
I could easily go through
life blending in and fitting into
my pre-existing mold, but this
isn't what I want. I want to live
for myself.
People are continually placing
others into categories, molds and
ideas of what they should be. But
when is a person allowed to be
what they want?
Well, my parents still aren't
happy about the nose ring, but
then again it's time for me to
move a little farther down the
road of self-discovery.
I'll probably take the ring out
soon. Who knows. I may try
looking normal once again, but I
hope that what ever point I get
to, it's because I wanted to go
there and not because someone
told me to go.
Jeffrey Willis is Assistant Stale/Local
Editor for The Auburn Plainsman
JEREMY HOLLOMAN
Editor has
been there,
prefers
quarters
Semesters are the most awful,
horrible, God-forsaken, piece-of-;
junk things to ever happen to
most students.
Quarters rock. No doubt about
it. Ask yourselves, do I really
want to sit through 16 weeks of -
Great Books hell?
Unless you're into archaic crap,
the answer is no. It's okay to be
into archaic things, it's just that
you're in the vast minority.
Having attended a school on
the semester system before I came
to Auburn, I have experienced the
benefits and lack of benefits of
each.
Here's an example. Back at my
old school, I had an English class
led by Franken-teacher.
Coupled with my physics class
taught by Dr. Speaknoenglish, it.
made for an incredibly long
semester.
I'm lucky to be alive today.
In a quarter system, you only
have to endure 10 short weeks of
a bad instructor.
Here at Auburn, I had a bad
instructor for calculus. He was
borderline retarded and spoke
about seven-and-a-half words of
English.
All quarter, anytime someone
asked a question, he would define
slope. Bizarre, huh?
One of us would have died if
that was a semester-long class.
Likewise, when a student gets a
good instructor, el estudiante will
have more opportunities to take
that instructor on a quarter system.
Case in point. I took the geology
110 - 111 series to fulfill the science
portion of the wonderful
core curriculum thingee we have
here at Auburn.
My instructor for 111 was my
kind of teacher, not too picky
about absences and pretty funny
in class.
I enjoyed his class, so I signed
up for another one, probably way
over my head, but what's one
more less-than-an-A among
friends anyway?
Most majors allow time for a
few electives, so why not take an
instructor you like for those
instead of someone you've never
had (which reminds me, English
department people, put the names
of the great books instructors in
the schedule so we know who
we're taking).
In a shorter class, your attention
has less time to wander. The quarter
has barely started and your
instructor is already talking midterm.
Once that's through, you've
barely had enough time to even
begin to consider getting bored
and the final is upon you.
Plus, it's a whole lot easier to
catch up on a quarter's worth of
work than a semester's.
Feeling stressed? Burned out?
Bill collectors on your back? Need
to earn a little grit money? Take a
quarter off. You don't get too far
behind. It's only 10 weeks.
Try doing that in a semester
system. You just missed about half
a year and pushed your graduation
date back to some point near
the age when you're able to apply
for Social Security.
Co-oping rules on the quarter
system. You've got more chances
to co-op, which makes your
schedule a lot more attractive to
an employer. Just ask the dude
that runs the co-op place here
about it.
I know this has been only one
person's slanted ravings, but in all
seriousness, I urge the Board of
Trustees not to just meekly accept
what Dr. Muse reccomends, but to
make their own informed decision.
We may not be here in the year
2000, but a lot of students just like
us will be.
Jeremy Holloman is Sports Editor
for The Auburn Plainsman
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Thursday, October! 7,1996 (Ebeliuburnfftuiisnian A2.
ON THE CONCOURSE
Do you think the administrators listen to student opinion?
Interviews and photos by DJ Butler, photo editor
KELLY TAYLOR
junior, pre-med
"I think that the University pays
more attention to what the alumni
thinks instead of what the students
think."
BEDARIUS BELL
graduate student, special education
"I think they try to adjust to
accommodate all the students on
campus. That's kind of hard
having as many different types
of students and professors that
we have here."
P. MATTHEW ABBOTT
senior, history ;
"No, actually, I do not believe the
University listens to student opinion.
But, unless all the students
are unified in their complaints
against the University, it's hard to
expect the University to pay close
attention."
JENNIFER HANSELMAN
sophomore, liberal arts
"No, I don't think the University
listens to student opinion because
especially the issue of parking.
We've always said what we think
and they don't respond in any way
or make adjustments to help us."
MICHAEL WALL
senior, journalism
"If students had an opinion and
they were voicing it I think the
University would listen, but I don't
think students voice their opinions
enough for the University to give it
their full attention."
Tailgaters respond to new campus regulations
Editor, Hie Plainsman:
An open letter to president Muse:
For the past five years, my wife and I
have been contributors to the Greater
Auburn Fund and season ticket holders to
Auburn football games.
Each fall, my wife and I look forward to
going to Auburn and tailgating with our
friends. This is our favorite time of the
entire year, a time that we cherish. We have
been parking in the same spot each year,
until now.
Last year and this year, Dr. Muse, tailgating
at Auburn has grown more and more
difficult because of hundreds of concrete
posts and police enforced barricades put in
around campus.
Why these obstacles have been put in
place is beyond me. We showed up at the
Fresno State game and found all of the
concrete posts in place, obviously to hinder
where people can and cannot park.
We showed up this weekend and found
the concourse by the Eagle's Cage closed
off with more posts. These aren't the only
areas either. I know you have already
closed off the amphitheater area.
What is your problem? Can't you let
people park and enjoy the Auburn experience
without having to dodge police barricades
and posts?
After the old gym burned down and it
was learned that a tailgate party had
caused the fire, I was scared to death that
you would use the fire as an excuse to ban
tailgating altogether — one fire in 104
years of football.
I can see you closing off the entire campus,
forcing people to park outside of the
city and walk to the game. Thank God
David Housel stepped in and said tailgating
would not be restricted.
Dr. Muse, Auburn plays seven home
football games per year. That means for
seven days out of 365 days people are
going to park on grass.
Is this that big of a deal? Why is it so
important to you to mess up football weekends?
When Auburn expands the stadium and
more people come to the games, are you
going to restrict parking even more? I'll tell
you one thing Dr. Muse, you are messing
up something many people love and cherish.
There are people who have been coming
to Auburn football games for 30 years and
tailgating in the same spot. How do you
think these people feel when they show up
and find they have to go somewhere else
and tailgate because "somebody" has put
up a barricade preventing them from parking
in their spot?
It's not only going to make them mad,
it's also going make them think twice
when it comes time to write that GAF
check each year.
I've got an idea for you Dr. Muse. Why
don't you take a walk around campus during
a home football game, specifically
around the Haley Center/Eagle's Cage
area and ask the people there how they feel
toward some of your parking "policies?"
I have heard nothing but bad things
about you and some of your other popular
policies.
Dr. Muse lay off!! You and your Yankee
ideals are ruining Auburn University and
the Auburn experience, and I for one am
not going to let that happen.
You were hired and you can be fired. I
would like an explanation regarding your
parking policies.
Alex Powell
Class of 1991
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Self-defense not always effective
Editor, The Plainsman:
» I'm writing in response to Gina
Cordell's article titled "Attitude
Can Protect" (Oct. 10).
I'd have to say that I was disappointed
in her choice of words
when she described the prevention
of crimes through the use of
' self-defense. Ms. Cordell's opening
statement said, "Muggings,
robberies, rapes and murders all
have a common bond aside from
their illegal nature. They are all
preventable with the use of self-defense."
How can anyone infer that ALL
crimes are preventable? I find this
statement to be not only unfair
but insensitive as well.
As a student at Auburn, I
appreciate the coverage The
Plainsman gives to crime prevention.
However, I was more than a
little disturbed by Ms. Cordell's
insinuation that if a woman
knows how to protect herself
properly, she is 100 percent guaranteed
from being raped.
Suggesting that all rape victims
could have prevented their
assaults if they only knew how to
fight back is irresponsible. To add
to the guilt and shame some victims
of rape and other crimes feel
by saying they could have prevented
their assault is harmful.
I would hope that in the future
Ms. Cordell and other writers
would be more careful before
writing a "catchy" phrase like this
for good, journalistic copy.
Name Withheld
Editor, TJie Plainsman:
Auburn fans beware!
Saturday's game did not turn
out quite like everyone planned.
A South Carolina team with a
good game plan came in and
gave Auburn a scare. A close
game, but we won.
Let me say that again. A close
game, we won.
Auburn fans have always been
very support-oriented, and this,
in my opinion, is what makes
Auburn fans just plain better
people that fans at other schools
(examples — Alabama, Florida.
LSU, Miami, etc.).
Saturday afternoon I heard the
first boos I have heard in a long
time.
People have taken for granted
what Auburn has become.
We are on the upswing, and if
those two or three thousand that
booed are too ignorant to see
this, then they can go to
Tuscaloosa where they boo their
team weekly.
I believe Auburn is a power
and a contender in any game
you put us in.
I also believe we got to this
level together.
Be proud to say you go to
Auburn.
Stick with the team through
thick and thin. Earn every right
to call yourself an Auburn man.
Don't become like the average
Alabama fan who has never
darkened the doorway of a classroom,
someone who has sworn
allegiance to a Tide detergent
box and a few rolls of toilet
paper.
Take pride in walking into
Jordan-Hare Stadium, even take
pride in the stupid new ticket
scanner thing that takes us 20
extra minutes to get into the stadium.
Cheer loud, be rowdy, scream.,
your selection of choice words.
But don't ever boo your Auburn
Tigers. War Eagle!
Tim Stanfield
Junior, Health and Human
Performance
Graduate commends
program's requirements
Editor, The Plainsman:
I graduated from Auburn with
an industrial design degree last
June.
I am now in Germany preparing
to intern with a firm.
I received a great deal of feedback
from those that interviewed
me.
During those conversations, it
was revealed to me that the
greatest single factor that persuaded
them to offer me the
position was my portfolio.
That portfolio was the result of
a new course requirement put in
place by the faculty and administration
of the Department of
Industrial Design.
I would like to thank the faculty
and in particular Professor
Randall Bartlett for his guidance
in the portfolio's development.
After being at Auburn as a
student and now as an alumni, I
am consistently reminded of
how amazing Auburn really is.
The University provides an
education worth far beyond
what its funding suggests.
It is very telling that as a
German firm is making a huge
economic impact on the State of
Alabama, an Auburn degree creates
an impression in Germany.
Jason R. Matheson
Class of 1996
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A-10 CEbe^uhimfiJainsnian Thursday, October 17,1996
10/9, between 11 p.m.-ll a.m. —
Sandra Waldrep of 915 McKinney Ave.,
Auburn, reported being harassed.
10/10, around 8 a.m. — Clete Snipes of
135 N. College St., Auburn, reported the
theft of two soft water hoses.
10/10, between 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. —
Rosalyn Castile of 1101 W. Thach Ave.
#7, Auburn, reported an unauthorized
use of a motor vehicle. The alleged crime
occurred at K&K Auto Paint & B.ody
Center on 1165 Opelika Road.
10/10, between 7 p.m.-ll:30 a.m. —
Valencia Brown of 1226 Combs Ave.,
Auburn, reported an act of criminal mischief.
The damage was estimated to be
worth $5, or three car washes.
10/11, 3 p.m. — Adam Lofton of 140
Cone St., Auburn, reported an assault at
the National Guard Armory on Shug
Jordan. There was reported damage to
the victims car, estimated to be worth
$450.
10/11, between 7 a.m.-ll p.m. —
Kayle Cooper Hanula of 3526 Lee Road
filed an unauthorized use of motor vehicle.
10/11, 12 p.m. — Jerry Hutchinson of
425 Webster Road #112, Auburn, reported
a stolen surfside boat. The stolen item is
estimated to be worth $800.
10/11, 5 p.m.— Ricky Griffin of 790 Lee
Road #23, Auburn, reported stolen stolen
ladders. The alleged crime occurred in
Sugar Creek Subdivision. The estimated
value of the stolen items is $400.
10/11, 8:15 p.m. — Chris Belch reported
stolen gas from University Chevron on
191 N. College St. The estimated value of
the stolen gas is worth $2.78.
10/11, 9 p.m. — Almita Hornsby of 771
E. Glenn Ave., Auburn, reported stolen
gasoline from The Shell station. The estimated
value of the stolen gas is $10.
10/12, 5:45 p.m. — Andre Morgan of
3160 Co. Rd. 33, Auburn, reported an
assault involving a small caliber handgun.
10/12, 8 a.m. — Betty Stalings of 3300
Betty's Lane, Auburn, reported a burglary
at National Screen Printers at 480 N. Dean
Road, Auburn. Some of the stolen goods
included two framing nail guns, a staple
gun and a rechargeable drill estimated to
be worth $930.
10/12, 8:26 a.m. — Joseph Morris of 141
N. Ross St., Auburn, reported a fire in
Campus Courtyard Apartments at 540 W.
Magnolia Ave.
10/12, 3 p.m. — Gayfer's of the Village
Mall, Auburn, reported a stolen pair of
jeans, two shirts and a sweater. The items
were reportedly recovered.
10/12, between 4 p.m.- 2 p.m. —
Bill Chance of 1449 Richland Road Apt.
#5-K, Auburn, reported arson. A coke
machine inside the laundry room was
destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated
at $1,800.
10/12, between 4 p.m.- 9 a.m. — Keith
Goodermath of 6618 Beaver Trail
Midland, Ga., reported an attempted burglary
with damage estimated at $700.
The Lovliest
Village...
Yancey starts
first school
in Auburn
From the beginning of Auburn's
township, approved on Feb. 2,
1839, the founders placed great
value on religion, education and
commerce.
The Methodists built a log
church in 1837, with Rev. Morgan
Turrentine as the first minister.
The Baptists built their church the
next year and the Presbyterians
followed in 1850.
On July 4,1850, the Methodists
began a new church which included
a balcony for slaves to attend
services.
The first school in Auburn was
started by Simeon Yancey in 1838.
It was a school for boys and girls
and attracted boarding students
from nearby counties. It was located
on Gay Street across from the
present site of Kinnucan's.
By 1856, Auburn had two more
schools: W.F. Slaton's Male
Academy and the Auburn
Masonic Female College.
Slaton's Academy was located
south of the original school house
and the Female College, with the
largest auditorium in East
Alabama, was across Magnolia
Avenue from what is now the Old
Methodist Church building.
The most outstanding accomplishment
of Auburn in the 1850s
was its success in establishing the
East Alabama Male College on
Feb. 1,1856.
The town wanted a Methodist
male college and raised $100,000,
claiming other assets such as four
churches, two academies, no
saloons, train service (begun in
1847) and the absence of yellow
fever in its effort to gain the college.
The institution opened in 1859
in a new four-story building
called Old Main, where Samford
Hall is now.
It began with six professors and
51 trustees. Eighty students studied
a curriculum emphasizing
Greek and Latin. Fees were $54 for
the year and room and board ran
$10-12.50 per month.
Not only had religion and education
flourished, but by the mid-
18505, this town of 1,000 people
had about 30 businesses. These
included eight large dry-goods
stores, a jewelry store, grocery
stores, pharmacies, a cabinet
maker's shop, a bank, two tailor
shops, a shoe factory and the Rip
Van Winkle Somnific Mattress factory.
— Compiled from Auburn: A
Pictorial History of the Loveliest
Village by Micky Logue and Jack
Simms.
Get a glimpse
of the past —
The Lovliest
Village*
Only in
The Auburn
Plainsman
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Thursday, October 17,1996 Section B, 8 pages
Interim graduate school dean takes position permanently
PRITCHETT
• GLORIA P. GRAHAM
Staff Writer
Knocking from door to door the
new Dean of Graduate School,
John F. Pritchett, helps increase
funding for graduate students.
Since becoming interim dean
last year, Pritchett has worked to
improve services like the
Graduate Fellowship Fund, which
support graduate student research
and travel.
Last year "I went knocking on
doors talking to several other vice
presidents, as a result, the $5,000
was increased to $28,500, and of
course, all of the money supported
graduate student travel to professional
meetings. It goes to support
individual graduate student
research projects," Pritchett said.
"This year, I've gone back to
knocking on doors, and it looks
like the total amount of money
available is around $40,000," he
said.
"The important thing is to get
out and do something to help our
students," Pritchett said.
Pritchett said the administration
is trying programs that are helpful
to the faculty and the students in
the graduate program.
"We developed a strategic plan
for the next five years," he said.
The administration wants to
develop more policies that assist
graduate students through their
degree.
According to Pritchett, the hard
work comes from the individual
departments. "This is where the
support for our graduate students
come from," Pritchett said."
"We are trying to increase the
quality in our service," Pritchett
said.
"The important thing is to get out there and
do something to help our students."
— JOHN F. PRITCHETT
Dean, Graduate School
"We established policies that
hopefully have had a positive economic
benefit to our graduate students,"
he said.
Students can take GS690 and
GS790 while working on their theses.
These are no credit classes
that allow students to be enrolled
in school while leaving them free
to work on their theses or dissertations.
This makes it possible for
them to defer payment of student
loans.
"All of the sudden, our students
please see DEAN, B-3
Fire's ruins may yield more parking
• APRYL TARRANT
Staff Writer
Out of the ashes of the old Sports
Arena springs a new parking lot that
will create about 73 new spaces.
At its Oct. 4 meeting, the Auburn
Board of Trustees, considered proposals
to build a new parking lot in the
180-foot by 260-foot area where gymnasts
once practiced.
"We will utilize funds allocated to
facilities for major alterations and
repairs as part of the normal budget
process," Jim Ferguson, vice president
of administrative services, said.
"We don't have all the plans worked
out. I wish I could tell you more specifically
when it will be happening. It will
probably be the early part of spring
quarter before it is completed," he
said.
"It would be my own personal
desire to see it as an A- or B-zone lot
with an R-zone (after 5 p.m.) so that
students living in the Quad will have
somewhere closer to park," Ferguson
said.
The traffic and zoning committee,
made up of faculty, staff and students,
will decide the zoning of the new
parking lot.
Rhonald Jenkins, professor of aerospace
engineering, was appointed as
chairman of the committee.
Jenkins said he would not be able to
give any specifics until after meeting
with facilities.
"We would be pleased if they made
it into an R-zone lot because of the
Workers clear debris from the site
Quad," Gail McCullers, director of
housing and residence life, said.
"There are 900 students in the Quad,
so it will help with parking and safety,"
she said.
"We will be designing the parking
lot in-house. There is not going to be a
huge amount of new spaces,"
Ferguson said.
As for a new gymnastics facility, a
of the old Sports Arena to make way
site will be recommended at the Nov. 8
Board of Trustees meeting.
Ferguson said the new building will
most likely be on a site adjacent to the
coliseum.
"I don't know what they've decided
to do and when they've decided to do
it," gymnastics coach Robert Dillard
said. "We're looking to the future
for a new building ourselves. What we
JAMES H. BANKER JRVAssislant Photo Editor
for a proposed 73-space parking lot.
will be getting in the process will be
certainly better than what we've ever
had before."
Until then, the gymnasts will practice
in the Auxiliary gym near the
swimming facilities.
"Everything is getting back to
almost normal. Because this gym is
smaller, we have to use it a little bit differently,"
Dillard said.
Trustees review
scholarship plan
• KATIE GALLOWAY
Staff Writer
On Friday, Oct. 4, the Auburh Board of Trustees
received a proposal that would waive out-of-state
tuition fees for children of alumni provided they
meet certain academic requirements.
If approved, the Auburn Legacy Scholarship
would be available to children of Auburn alumni
who are active members of the University's
National Alumni Association.
Students who enroll at Auburn and earn at least
a 3.0 grade point average on their first 47 quarter
hours of course work would be eligible for the program.
The scholarship, which would waive all fees
exceeding the in-state tuition rate, would remain
in effect throughout a student's undergraduate
work provided they maintain the 3.0 GPA.
The proposal, presented by the Alumni
Association Board of Directors, is the association's
response to concerned alumni and to the recent
decline in out-of- state students.
Though traditionally one-third of Auburn's student-
body is not from Alabama, out-of-state
enrollment has greatly declined since the state's
change in residency requirements.
According to President Muse, out-of-state
enrollment has already declined about 20 percent.
The scholarship program would aim to reverse
the decline by providing a way to continue tradition.
Slay ton Simms, a sophomore is now part of that
tradition. After spending one year at Mississippi
State, Simms transferred this fall to Auburn, the
alma mater of both her parents.
"My father is so excited that I am at Auburn,"
said Simms. "He would be thrilled to know that
Auburn might soon recognize me as a legacy."
The Board of Trustees will review the proposal
again at their meeting on Nov. 8.
Auburn nursing school
to merge with AUM
• MAXINE CLAYTON
Staff Writer
Auburn University at
Montgomery and Auburn have
decided to merge their nursing
* programs.
"This merger will cause AUM
and AU to «— 1 — l - 1 ^ ^ ^ ^_
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nursing school,
Parks said.
— PAUL
PARKS
Provost, Auburn
University
"The joining of AU and AUM's
* nursing programs will cause a
stronger program, a coordinated
curriculum and students will have
# access to the nursing program on
both campuses," Parks said. "This
merger should be great news to
the students that it will affect."
University President William V.
Muse asked Parks to assist with
the nursing merger project along
with Roy Saigo, chancellor of
AUM, and Mike Michael, AUM's
vice chancellor for academic
affairs.
A joint committee of Auburn
and AUM nursing faculty, the
Auburn and AUM Consolidation
Committee, was put together to
facilitate the merger.
The committee was headed by
Jennifer Hamner, an associate professor
of nursing at Auburn. It
was "charged by (Muse) to determine
how (the merger) would
proceed," said Kathy Jo Ellison, a
committee chairman and associate
professor in nursing at Auburn.
The Auburn faculty members
on the committee are Ellison,
Barbara Wilder and Charlotte
Pitts. "The committee was
charged by the president to work
with the process," Ellison said.
"The dean of the school of nursing
at AUM retired and has an acting
dean just like us (Auburn's
nursing department). The higher
education committee was looking
please see NURSING, A-3
Judge talks to students on drinking, bad checks
• JOHN BEEHNER
Staff Writer
Young men pledging Auburn's
social fraternities gathered together
Oct. 9 to hear about the dangers
of underage drinking from Lee
County District Judge Richard
Lane.
"We require that all pledges
attend an alcohol awareness
speech because young people historically
have had problems
involving alcohol abuse the first
couple years away from home,"
Interfratemity Council President
Jim Hardin said.
Lane focused on the law regarding
the underage consumption of
alcohol.
Lane also spoke of the dangers
of drinking and driving, and the
laws on check bouncing and fake
IDs.
The law states that anyone
under the age of 21 driving a
motor vehicle with a blood alcohol
level of .02 is considered to be
under the influence of alcohol,
and is subject to a driving under
the influence.
Drivers 21 and older require a
blood alcohol level of .028 for a
DUI, Lane said.
D.U.I, fines are expensive. The
initial fine is a minimum of $600.
Court costs can be as much as
$400, and most drunk drivers are
required to attend a counseling
program at a cost of $100. This is
all in addition to jail time, community
service, loss of driver's
license, increased insurance costs
or loss of insurance. The DUI stays
on your record for five years, Lane
said.
"Alcohol affects your judgement
first, which affects your decision
to drive," Lane said.
Steve York, a bouncer at the War
Eagle Supper Club and a junior in
landscape architecture, "I see a lot
of people drink and drive every
night."
"We try to deter people from
drinking and driving with the
'slush bus' that will pick up and
take home Supper Club customers
for free," York said.
Lane said he sees consumption
of alcohol by minors and false
identification cases daily.
Possession of alcohol by a
minor is punished by $50-$500 in
fines, as much as 90 days in jail
and a minimum of 90 days suspended
license, Lane said.
"Don't put yourself in a situation
where you have alcohol in
the car, and you are underage or
have an open container," Lane
said.
DJ BONDS/Photo Editor
Possession of alcohol by a minor can cost a person up to $500
and 90 days in jail, according to Judge Richard Lane.
A driver's license is an official
document of the state of Alabama
and tampering or impersonating
someone else's license is in violation
of the law, Lane said.
"If you even attempt to buy
alcohol and you aren't 21, you are
breaking the law," Lane said.
"If you're pledging a fraternity,
and a brother tells you to buy alcohol,
tell him to go fly a kite or
quite the fraternity all together,"
Lane said.
"On a busy night we will take
away two or three fake IDs, but
usually we get just one or two fake
IDs a night," York said.
Writing invalid checks is another
law students break, most of the
time unintentionally, Lane said.
"Bouncing checks is a criminal
offense. Even a $3 check to
MacDonald's written with insufficient
funds is a crime," Lane said.
Court costs and fees for
bounced checks may run from
$270-325, Lane said.
Toward the end of the speech
please see JUDGE, B-3
MISS HOMECOMING
Who will wear the crown this year?
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AUBURN IN PICTURES
The revised Pictorial History of Auburn hits the shelves at a bookstore
'.' near you.
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Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine brings new hope to sick pets with
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Homecoming candidates chosen, queen to be named
• KASEY NIX
Staff Writer
On Nov. 9, Auburn will have its
homecoming game. Alumni and
students will gather to partake in
this exciting event.
University Program Council
helps celebrate the game by booking
several different events during
the week. Last year students were
able to enjoy comedian Carrot Top
and singer David Wilcox. This
year there will be events such as
Widespread Panic, caricature
artists and a street party on Thatch
Avenue.
"Please check your UPC calendar
for times," Robert French,
director of UPC, said.
Along with all of the other
events celebrating homecoming is
the voting of Miss Homecoming.
Organizations on campus elected
a woman to represent them in
the running for Miss
Homecoming. After the women
"Your vote does make a difference, and these
girls and organizations are working so hard to
reach Auburn. "
WHITNEY LANIER
SGA director of elections
were chosen from different organizations,
they went through an
interview process.
"The first interview was done by
the student panel. They voted and
narrowed it down to 20," said
Whitney Lanier, a senior in management
information systems and
director of elections, for the
Student Government Association.
"The second interview was done
by a faculty panel, and they narrowed
it down to five girls,"
Lanier said.
This year's top five women are
Melody Arledge, a senior in early
childhood education; Robin
Adams, a senior in political science;
Michelle Chapman, a senior
in pre-medicine; Kathy Waterman,
a senior in public relations and
Stephanie Holden, a senior in
political science.
The women will start campaigning
for themselves. Flyers, T-shirts
and billboards will be seen all over
Auburn's campus with each
woman's logo on them.
A couple of days before the
game, the student body will vote
on which one they think would
represent Auburn the best.
"Everyone needs to vote,"
Lanier said.
"Your vote does make a difference,
and these girls and organizations
are working so hard to reach
Auburn."
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Auburn professor researches intelligence, behavior
A researcher in Auburn's College of Education believes a person's
environment can provide measurable indicators of intelligence and
affective behavior.
"What I'm looking at are some of the building blocks for the development
of cognitive and affective behavior," Ronald Eaves, professor
in the department of rehabilitation and special education, said.
Eaves, has used visual stimuli to measure responses from school-age
children.
"There are two basic kinds of stimuli — one taps into affective
responses from the subject; the other taps into cognitive responses
and the ability to abstract," Eaves said. "I measure how long it takes
the student to respond to an item, and I'm only interested in the
items missed."
Higher-IQ children spend more time trying to identify difficult,
cognitive images than lower-IQ children, Eaves said. Cognitive
developments occur between ages 4 and 20, he said. Between these
ages, all people show interest in cognitive images, while as people
get older, only students of higher intelligence show interest in them.
Responses to affective material also correspond with the student's
IQ and behavioral patterns, Eaves said.
Eaves believes these measuring devices can be used to predict con-ductproblems
and to develop programs to avoid other problems.
— Compiled from Auburn University News reports
Virus researchers will speak at vet conference
The husband-and-wife team whose research of the Ebola virus
spawned the best-seller The Hot Zone and the film Outbreak will
speak at the 89th Annual Conference for Veterinarians hosted by
Auburn's College of Veterinary Medicine Oct. 25-27.
Nancy and Jerry Jaax, both Army colonels and veterinarians, will
speak to more than 1,200 participants expected at the conference.
"This is the largest campus-based veterinary conference in the
world, and we are very excited about the Jaaxes coming to speak,"
Gary Beard, assistant dean for continuing education in the Vet
School, said.
Nearly 900 Auburn Vet School alumni and more than 350 current
Vet School students are expected to attend. Students from Tuskegee
University's College of Veterinary Medicine will also attend.
In addition to the Jaaxes' speech, the conference will offer more
speakers, 11 vet school class reunions and other programs.
• Compiled from Auburn University News reports
don't have to borrow money to
take courses they don't need to
defer loans. This is an example of
using a policy to have a positive
benefit," Pritchett said.
Robert C. Chiroux, a graduate
student in aerospace engineering,
said, "Dr. Pritchett is a tiger when
it comes to graduate student
issues."
"Pritchett will fight. I expect
him to really fight hard," Chiroux
said.
"Most administrators would
rather use research money for
their raise," he said.
With Pritchett, graduate students
may have a chance to get
respect, Chiroux said.
"Dr. Pritchett is a rare administrator,
and he's known for keeping
his word," Chiroux said.
University President William
Muse said Pritchett has done an
excellent job as the acting dean of
the graduate school during the
past year.
"When a person is in a position
and you see how they perform,
that always gives you a good feeling
about how they will perform
in the future and the kind of leadership
they will provide," Muse
said.
He said Pritchett is a capable
individual in terms of his administrative
skills.
"He obviously understands
and knows Auburn well. He has
a very strong commitment to
graduate education and certainly
knows the needs of our graduate
students," he said.
"I'm certainly convinced that
he'll do an excellent job as graduate
school dean," Muse said.
Alexander A. Magg, a graduate
student in educational psychology,
said, "Dean Pritchett has revitalized
the school. Pritchett can
only bring more advancements to
the graduate school at Auburn
University.
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for ways to reduce redundancy and expense. Auburn
decided to maximize its resource by merging with
AUM," Ellison said.
The joint committee will assign a dean to serve
both campuses. The dean will work half of the time
at AUM and half of the time at*Auburn. The search
for a dean is in progress.
"The nursing committee is doing a wonderful job.
The merger should not cause any dramatic changes
(for nursing teachers). The change would make a better
use of faculty," Parks said.
The joining of Auburn and AUM's nursing programs
will cause faculty at both campuses to share
their expertise.
The joint committee had discussed using satellite
technology, currently available at both campuses, to
transmit lectures.
"Students on both campuses could register for a
class that is taught on one campus, but transmitted to
the other by satellite," Ellison said.
"It will help teachers to teach more in their field,
whether their specialty is maternal care, pediatric or
psychology. With a small faculty, teachers sometimes
have to teach something that (they) do not want to
teach," she said.
The new program will not be implemented until
fall 1998.
Nursing seniors in 1997 will finish the old curriculum,
but juniors will start the new curriculum during
fall 1998.
Judge
Lane advised the young men, "If
you are guilty as charged, admit it
instead of trying to compound it
and make it hard on everyone
where the penalty is worse."
"I felt like he was saying don't
drink for our own sake because he
doesn't want to see kids in trouble,
but if we do he's going to lay
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down the law. I probably wouldn't
have gone if I wasn't required
to go by the IFC," Taylor
Springfield, a freshman in the college
of liberal arts, said.
Brian Weems, a freshman in pre-business,
said, "When I was listening
to the speaker, it was hard to
pay attention because I had heard
it all before from parents, teachers
and similar speakers in high
school."
The speech lasted less than one
hour and was put on by the
Auburn Criminology Club, the
University Program Council and
the Residence Hall Association as
part of Crime Prevention Week.
• Clif Perry, Auburn's Hudson
Professor of Philosophy, won
$1,000 and the title of 1996
Alabama Professor of the year
from the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching.
Perry teaches health law and
health ethics. He has been with
the University since 1984.
•The Department of Economics
was ranked third in the nation by
the scholarly journal Economic
Inquiry, behind the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and the
University of Rochester.
The Journal of Economic
Literature ranked the economics
program 58th in the country.
Auburn beat out Georgia, Tulane,
LSU Kentucky and Clemson in
that poll.
Southern Economic Journal rated
Auburn No. 1 in the South for the
scholarly output of its faculty.
• The Auburn chapter of Alpha
Omicron Pi celebrated its 50th
birthday last weekend.
If you know of any student or faculty
member who has recently been recognized,
please contact Sallie Owen at
844-9109.
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Retired professors look back at Auburn again
• SALLIE OWEN
Assistant Campus Editor
Auburn was a different place in
1981.
There were only about 19,000
students here.
The Aquatics Center, Dorm L
and the Life Sciences Building
were barely even blueprints.
Today's freshmen were just
leaving behind the terrible 2's.
Pat Dye's first Auburn team
went 5-6.
Bo Jackson was still playing for
McAdory High School.
That was also the year Auburn:
A Pictorial History of the Loveliest
Village by Mickey Logue and Jack
Simms went from the bookstores
to the coffee tables of the Auburn
family.
Things have changed around
here since then, and now the
Pictorial History has too.
"It was time. It had been 15
years and it was out of print,"
Logue said.
"A lot of people go in the bookstores
and ask for it. And the people
in the bookstore, every time
we'd show up, they'd say 'When
ya gonna redo the book?' Finally
one day Mr. Logue decided it was
time," Simms said.
"I think we had a joint epiphany
on that," Logue said.
Their epiphany yielded 320
pages featuring 604 pictures
detailing the University and the
city of Auburn. The authors
remember back to the days when
the school was the East Alabama
Male College and the town was
almost named Geneva. It's also
current on recent events like
Hurricane Opal and the 1996
Summer Olympic Games.
The 1981 version was 230 pages
featuring 407 pictures.
"This is not the same book,"
Simms said. "It's got the same
title, but this is the revised edition.
A tremendously deep, revised edition,"
he said.
The co-authors not only added
more than 60 pages to cover events
since 1981, but they also added
new photos and facts throughout
the older section of the book.
"(Logue) rewrote a great deal of
the chapters," Simms said.
The pictures and their captions
got the most attention, however,
since they do the bulk of the storytelling.
"We think every caption tells a
story. A lot of (other authors), if
they did this picture right here,
they would have it 'Ebeneezer
Missionary Baptist Church' and
that's all they'd have. And maybe
'Before 1870.'
"But we tell you a story - that
two or three black men and
women built this church, when
they built it and where it came
from," he said.
Some captions needed updating
for younger readers.
"In a lot of places where it said
'across the street from Tiger
Theater,' well, the Tiger Theater
isn't there anymore," Simms said.
So the caption was rewritten.
New pictures were added, and
old ones were recropped, they
said.
"A lot of the 407 (pictures) that
we had in the first book are not in
here anymore. We have other pictures
that we found that were better,"
Simms said.
Each chapter opens with a large
picture that characterizes that era.
Chapter seven earned a new frontdoor
photo, and the authors said
they were glad they chose a 1960s-era
shot of 'The Barn.'
"I think Jack must have had
some inkling that something was
going to happen," Logue said. The
all-wooden gym burned to the
ground Sept. 21.
The picture of 'The Barn' was
enlarged and recropped to show
more of the building, Simms said.
In the first edition, the picture
shows "just a bunch of students
standing somewhere. We (wanted
to) get the contour of 'the barn' in
there," he said.
Once the book was completed,
the publisher, EBSCO Media, had
a hard time getting a copy to
Auburn, they said.
Two days before the book was to
be presented to the archives, it had
not arrived, so Simms called
EBSCO. EBSCO promised to deliver
one to his house for the presentation,
Simms said.
"I didn't think there was really a
chance that would happen," he
said. "She called back a
