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Vol. 103, No. 32, 16 Pages
Committee announces details of semester programs
B Y SEAN GOURLEY
ASSOCIATE News EDITOR
Students know how their quar­ters
operate, how many hours to
take, class structures and how
long they will be in class.
What some may not know is
how their classes will operate
under the semester system after
the transition in the fall of 2000.
The University Transition
Committee has released its plan
for how classes will be scheduled
and structured under the semester
system.
Christine Curtis, coordinator for
the semester transition program,
said the semester structure will
still give students "a reasonable
opportunity to graduate in four
years."
The four years, or eight semes­ters,
will be comprised of 120
hours required for graduation,
Curtis said.
While some curriculums may
exceed 120 hours, she said, "most
curriculums will be very close."
Under the current quarter sys­tem,
180 hours is the minimum
required for graduation.
An hour in the quarter system
equals two-thirds of an hour in the
semester system, she said.
The semesters will be 15 weeks
long, lasting 75 days, in the fall
and spring. There will be a 10-
week summer semester that can
be divided into two five-week
terms, she said.
Students will be required to take
at least 12 hours per semester, she
said. The average will be between
15-17 hours. The maximum hours
allowed will be 20.
Classes will be structured in
three-and four-hour formats.
Those classes meeting four days a
week will mostly have labs with
them, she said.
"Anything without a lab will be
three hours," she said.
There will be "very few" two-hour
classes. Physical education
classes will mainly be the two-hour
classes, she said.
Classes will meet on either
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
or on Tuesday and Thursday.
The classes meeting three days a
week will meet for 50 minutes,
with 10 minutes between classes.
They will start on the hour and
end at 10 minutes until the hour,
she said.
The Tuesday and Thursday
classes will meet for 75 minutes
per class period. There will be 15
minutes between classes. The
classes will start on the hour or
half-hour.
If the time spent in class is com­pared
between the quarter and
semester systems, Curtis said, the
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- A minimum of 120 mill hour* u th» graduation r»quirrmtnt for unit waduttt
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- On* quarter credit hour equals two-thirds of a semester credit hour.
• The academic year will have two 15- week fall and spring terms with a shorter 10-1
week summer term that can he divided into two J-week terms.
• (lass sessions will typically run SO minutes on the M, W,F schedule and 75 minutes |
on the T,H schedule.
• Full-time undergraduate student status requires a minimum course load of 12
semester hours. Full-time graduate student status requires a nine semester-hour
minimum course load
JERROD WINDHAM/Art Staff
Governor plans to
form new task force
to study higher ed
ROBERT SMITH/Photo Editor
The former Chi Alpha house at the corner of Wright Street and Magnolia Avenue, owned by Ronnie Anders of Anders
Bookstore fame, is up for grabs. The new owner will need only to move the house off the site — a $70,000-$80,000 job.
Council changes city alcohol sales law
BY B O B GRANT
STAFF WRITER
In an unanimous vote Tuesday night, the
Auburn City Council adopted an ordinance
requiring all restaurants' gross receipts from
the sale of alcoholic beverages be no higher
than 60 percent for a one-year period.
This means the gross sales of food and
meals can be no lower than 40 percent. If a
restaurant fails to meet these standards it will
be placed on a three-month probation.
If the restaurant has not met the council's
requirements at the end of the three month
probation, its business license can be
revoked.
According to Mayor Jan Dempsey, the ordi­nance
is designed to prevent disturbances in
the downtown area.
"There should be no misunderstanding
about the objective of the council or the com­munity,"
Dempsey said.
Dempsey specifically referred to com­plaints
registered against the club Crazy
Horse, which closed in 1994.
"There would be beer cans and bottles scat­tered
all over the place and people would be
intimidated by its customers," Dempsey said.
Denaro's owner Bob Fucci agreed the
downtown area had a bad reputation at one
time.
"We suffered when Crazy Horse was
allowed to operate the way it did. People
were intimidated," Fucci said.
However, Fucci added that the downtown
area has out lived its bad reputation and this
ordinance will hurt its growth.
Fucci said, "After 14 years in business in
downtown, living down the bad reputation
from Mother's and Crazy Horse, I've spent a
lot of money on improvements.
"This drastic change will change the com­plexion
and integrity of the downtown area."
Fucci said the ordinance will force the own­ers
already established in the downtown area
to change their style of business operation.
"Shouldn't (restaurant owners) be given a
two- or five-year opportunity to relocate or to
change our business to conform with the.new
law. One day we are one thing, and the next
day we are something else," Fucci said.
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B Y MEGAN GAMMONS
ASSISTANT News EDITOR
Appointing a task force to review
the recommended budget cuts is
the next step in Gov. Fob James'
plan.
Alfred Sawyer, director of com­munications
for the governor, said,
"The task force will look at the
issue of governance for higher edu­cation."
He said the problem with the
authority was no one knew who
had the juris­diction
to
decide where
cuts could be
made.
"The task
force will look
at questions
such as 'Who
has the authori­ty
to make deci­sions?'
and
'Where is there waste?'
said.
The task force will be comprised
of people with an educational or
financial background, he said.
"Those who have an experienced
stature in the state will be includ­ed,"
Sawyer said.
The task force will also look at
the dispute between the Alabama
Commission on Higher Education
and the Higher Education
Partnership, he said.
Kay Ivey, director of communica­tions
for ACHE, said, "This is a
very healthy thing to do. It's good
to put as many ideas on the table as
possible."
Ivey said the task force needs to
look at "what kind of policies the
JAMES
Sawyer
state needs to have for all the agen­cies
to work together."
"We need to eliminate the com­petitiveness,"
she said.
"We congratulate him on this
idea. It's a good place to start and
we look forward to the results it
provides," Ivey said.
Student Government
Association President Jonathan
Crawford said, "This puts us in
another situation where the ax is
falling."
Crawford summarized the
events which led up to the task
force.
"First (James) asked the schools
to cut back their budgets. Then the
schools cut back. James didn't
think that was good enough and
went to ACHE. He didn't like their
recommendations either, so he is
hiring a task force," he said.
"It seems to me like he's search­ing
for someone to agree with him
and he'll keep trying until he finds
them," he said.
James previously asked ACHE to
make recommendations on what to
do with the $100 million cut from
the higher education budget, Ivey
said.
"We recommended $50 million
go to a state-funded scholarship
and $50 million transferred to main
campuses," she said.
James wanted all of the $100 mil-'
lion to go towards the scholarship
fund, she said.
These disagreements will be dis­cussed
by the task force, Sawyer
said.
"Keep in mind that ACHE only
dealt with two-year schools. The
task force would deal with much
broader areas," Sawyer said.
Commission strives to keep Auburn pretty with corridor overlay plan
BY JEFFREY W I L L IS
News EDITOR
It's as if the city walked up to a
cosmetics counter in the mall,
because it might be getting a
make-over.
No, the loveliest village on the
plains isn't talking about blush
and eye shadow. It's talking about
such things as signs, landscaping,
lighting and broken-down cars.
The Auburn Planning
Commission has proposed the
Corridor Overlay Area
Regulations to govern lots on
College Street, Glenn Avenue,
Shug Jordan Parkway, University
Drive, Dean and Wire roads and
Alabama Highway 14.
A public hearing will be held
Aug. 14 to discuss the plans.
Kelly Templin, director of plan­ning
and community develop­ment
for the city, said, these areas
were singled out because of their
direct impact on Auburn's econo­my.
"For many people it's their first
impression of the city," he said.
According to the plan, any
property within a neighborhood
conservation district will be
excluded from the regulations.
This plan would not regulate
single family homes, Templin
said, but would regulate apart­ment
complexes.
Auburn Mayor Jan Dempsey
said, "The planning commission
has been working for several
years toward an agenda of
improving the visual clutter on
our streets."
She said, "We are interested in
more attention to site plans, set­backs,
building materials and
landscaping.
"We feel, as the city makes mil­lions
of dollars of investments in
our major corridors, that it is an
appropriate time to ask the
(groups endeavoring in) public
development to participate in this
upgrade in the appearance of
development," she said.
"We want to have the overlay
(regulations) in place before addi­tional
development occurs," she
said.
One thing the regulations dic­tate
is how high and how many
signs a business can have. If a
business' sign does not meet the
requirements, it will have seven
years to change.
The plan also details where
plants should be put on the lots
and how many parking spaces
may exist before there is a land­scaped
island separating them.
Garages, car washes and other
service bays must be built with the
openings at right angles to the
street and must be 40 feet from the
front property line.
Dempsey said this would not
put these businesses at a disad­vantage.
"We have two already being
built that have agreed to do it in
accordance with this ordinance
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ROBERT SMITH/Photo Editor
The Auburn Planning Commission proposed a set of regulations
designed to keep downtown, and other areas of the city, beautiful.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you or your family are having individual,
couple, child, family or other relational prob­lems,
Auburn University's Marriage and
Family Therapy Center can help. For more
information call 844-4478.
Project Uplift needs volunteers to be big
brothers and sisters to Lee County children.
The last summer quarter training session will
be Aug. 11, 5:30-9:30 p.m. in 2228 Haley
Center. For details call 844-4430 or visit 1133
Haley Center. All majors are welcome.
Auburn Sailing Club will hold an organiza­tional
meeting on Aug. 7, 6 p.m., 3334 Haley
Center. For more information call Dr.
McDaniel at 844-2076 or Dr. Kamen at 844-
6795. Beginners are welcome.
The Auburn University Theatre Department
is now offering season ticket subscription sav­ings.
Season subscriptions for the 1997-1998
season include six productions. Call the
Theatre Box Office before Aug. 31 at 844-4154.
For more details call 844-6617.
MEETINGS
Alcoholics Anonymous meets every day of
the week in the Auburn/Opelika area. For
meeting times, places and more information
call 745-8405.
The Lee County Democratic Club optional
dinner will be held Aug. 11, Quality Inn
University Center, 1577 S. College St., 6 p.m.
Program begins at 7 p.m. Judge Sharon G.
Yates, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals of
Montgomery, Ala., will discuss the Alabama
Court System. The public is invited.
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Campus Crime
7/31, 12:43 p.m., Aerospace
Engineering Building Parking
Lot - An accident with no injuries
was reported.
7/31,10:54 p.m., 110 Smith Hall -
Police responded to an activated
alarm.
8/1, 11:10 a.m., Haley Center
Loading Center - Emergency
Transport Services responded to a
call of someone experiencing
chest pains. Subject was transport­ed
to East Alabama Medical
Center.
8/1, 1:40 p.m., Redbud Court -
The theft of electric hair clippers
was reported. The clippers were
valued at $50.
8/1, 1:45 p.m., Haley Center
Basement (Partner's Room) - The
theft of books was reported. The
books were estimated at $600.
8/2, 1:30 a.m., Samford Hall - A
door was found unsecured.
8/2, 7:05 a.m., Dunstan Hall - The
breaking and entering of a vehicle
involving damage to the console
was reported. The damage
appeared to be done with a crow­bar.
8/2, 3:30 p.m., Theta Xi fraternity
house - The breaking and enter­ing
of a vehicle involving a broken
driver side window was reported.
Nothing was stolen.
8/3, 4:45 a.m., Comer Hall -
Attempted theft of property was
reported. Officer responded to an
alarm and found a printer with its
electronic and computer plugs
unattached.'
City Crime
7/31, 2:20 a.m., 207 Auburn Drive
r- The theft of services involving
taxi fare was reported. The fare
was valued at $6.56.
7/31,5:00 p.m., Wrights Mill Road
Elementary School - Damage to
two wooden doors and three
vending machines was reported.
Damage was estimated at $700.
Four miniature state flags, five
sets of books and miscellaneous
coins and food items were also
stolen. The merchandise was esti­mated
at $418.
8/1,2:08 a.m., University Chevron
- Four cases of 20 oz. bottled cokes
were reported stolen. The mer­chandise
was estimated at $92.
8/1, 12:30 p.m., 1800 Crawford
Road - One 18 pack of Budweiser
beer was reported stolen. The
merchandise was estimated at
$12.
8/2,1:00 a.m.. Magnolia Plaza - A
Coca-Cola vending machine and
its contents were reported stolen.
Merchandise was estimated at
$170.
8/2, 11:00 p.m., BJ's Auto - One
cellular phone, 35 CDs and one
CD case was reported stolen.
Items were estimated at $438.
8/3, 1:00 a.m., #8 Ridgecrest
Apartments - Cruelty to animals
was reported. ,
8/3, 1:40 a.m., 535 Moores Mill
Road - Damage to a mailbox and
its post was reported. Damage
was estimated at $40.
8/4,1:30 p.m., Community Center
- $285 in cash was reported stolen.
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time is "very close."
While this fall's incoming
freshman class will be the first
full class to graduate under the
new system, she said some stu­dents
currently enrolled will not
graduate until the transition is
over.
"Students need to be in contact
with their adviser," she said.
It is "particularly important"
for those students graduating in
the fall of 2000 to see their advis­er,
she said.
She advised students to look at
sequences in their curriculums. If
a student starts a sequence in the
"The semester
system encourages
independent
studying."
CHRISTINE CURTIS
Coordinator, Semester Transition
Program
quarter system, they should fin­ish
it in the quarter system. If
they cannot, they should start it
in the semester system "if at all
possible," she said.
One thing Curtis emphasized
is "Students need to realize that a
15-17 semester-hour schedule
will be different."
"The semester system encour­ages
independent studying," she
said. With more time between
classes, students will have a
"bigger block of time to devote
to that particular field of study."
Students will be "more
responsible for their own learn­ing,"
she said.
"It should be a more reward­ing
experience in the end," she
said.
Rabid fox caught in Caiy Woods
BY GOODLOE SUTTON
STAFF WRITER
Hydrophobia hit home when a
rabid fox was captured in the
Cary-Woods subdivision by a
Lee County animal control offi­cer
on July 18.
"There was no human expo­sure
to the animal, but it brings
home the fact that these animals
are close by," Lee County Rabies
Officer Dr. Ralph Womer said.
The call came from the home of
Ed L. Thrash, 1147 Jenkins Drive
of Head Estates.
"We keep expanding subdivi­sions
and the animals run out of
room, and don't have anywhere
to go," Womer, owner of Village
Veterinary Clinic, said. "It's a
rare occurrence though."
An average of two to three
cases of rabies are reported annu­ally
in Lee County according to
the Alabama Department of
Public Health reports.
So far, only two rabid raccoons
and one fox have been reported
in Lee County since Jan. 1, 1997.
Ten rabid bats and 20 raccoons
have been reported statewide.
"Rabies is a a neurological dis­ease
that attacks the nerves at the
point of infection and spreads
throughout," Womer said.
"That's why it's more serious
when someone is bitten in the
face, because it's so close to the
brain. It causes fatal insephalitis.
It also attacks the nerves in the
throat. When the victim sees
water, it swallows and it hurts.
That's why the disease is nick­named
hydrophobia," he said.
"I've only heard of one or two
cases where humans caught the
disease and survived," Womer
said. "Rabies is pretty much 100
percent fatal."
Alabama has a rabies law
applying to all cats and dogs,
requiring them to be vaccinated.
Womer urges all dog and cat
owners to have their pets vacci­nated.
Only 54 percent of Lee
County's dog and cat population
have been vaccinated for 1997.
"Lee County has one of the
higher rates of rabies in the state,
and we're up there in total num­bers,"
Womer said.
"Sixty-six percent of the dogs
and 38 percent of the cats have
been vaccintated," he said.
Vaccinations totals are up com­pared
to only 38 percent in 1990.
Dekalb County had the highest
vaccination rate with 95 percent,
while Lawrence county had the
lowest with 14 percent.
Rabies vaccinations range in
price from $8-$15, Womer said.
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City Council voted Tuesday to
As for the percentage of food
sold, Fucci said it will be difficult
to keep an accurate record.
"There are so many innovative
and imaginative ways to serve
food. Right now, Denaro's has
about a 70-30 ratio. And that's
not counting our delivery busi­ness,"
Fucci said.
In addition, the Council added
a nuisance clause which makes it
possible for a restaurant owner's
business license to be revoked
because of complaints of "unrea-allow
establisments to have up to
sonable conduct which annoys
or disturbs the public."
"Auburn has made great
strides in helping the downtown
area with things like the Tiger
Trail and just the overall beautifi-cation
of the area. And I am not
opposed to change, but this is
drastic and it is going too far,"
Fucci said.
Dempsey said,"We have talked
a lot about numbers and percent­ages,
but there is no magic for­mula
that will help people have a
ROBERT SMITH/Photo Editor
60 percent liqour sales.
decent establishment."
In other action the Council:
• Awarded the Labor Day fire­works
show to Pyrotecnico.
• Approved the placement of
Lee County Emergency
Management outdoor warning
sirens at Auburn High school,
Village Mall and Drake Middle
School.
• Awarded the construction of
a land-fill to Sand Hill Recycling
Center Inc.
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even though it hasn't been adopt­ed,"
she said.
The plan also gives preference
to buildings constructed with nat­ural
materials such as wood,
brick, stone and stucco.
According to the plan, lighting
cannot interfere with any sur­rounding
residents.
Also, vehicles being repaired
must be screened from public
view.
Utility meters, air conditioners
and other mechanical units must
also be screened from public view.
Fences cannot exceed four feet
in height nor can they be con­structed
out of wire fabric fenc­ing.
Awnings and canopies must be
maintained and kept free ofdirt,
mildew and tears. If they are
worn or faded they must be
replaced.
Templin said these changes
have been a long time in the
works.
"People have been clamoring
for some sort of provisions," he
said.
Several years back a study by
KPS Inc., was conducted on
College Street, Templin said.
"They were talking about the
quality of that environment," he
said.
Council member Cheryl
Gladden said, "We're growing so
very quickly."
"I think it will make things
much nicer, make people want to
build here, move here, come .
here," Gladden said.
The regulations must be passed
by the Planning Commission and '
then the Auburn City Council
before they are put into effect.
Gladden said she hopes to see [
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or early September.
Dempsey said after the plan is !
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Vet school makes medical advances
Researchers keep animals' needs in mind
THINH NGUYEN/Photo Staff
Catherine Condon, a laboratory assistant at the
Institute for Biological Detection Systems, holds Cole,
a research animal, as he waits for a doggie treat.
BY THINH NGUYEN
STAFF WRITER
Before going out the door after fin­ishing
a series of laboratory tests and
exercises, Cole paused, sat down,
waited and wagged her tail.
A lab assistant hand-fed her the
dog biscuit she wanted.
Cole is a research subject at the
Institute for Biological Detection
Systems at Auburn.
Cole is one of hundreds of animals
involved in research on the Auburn
campus everyday.
About half of the research benefits
animals directly while the other half
has human applications, Dr. Larry J.
Swango, executive director of
Animal Resources of University,
said.
He is in charge of all vertebrate ani­mals
used in teaching and research,
and he has to make sure all research
is in compliance with federal regula­tions,
Swango said.
He has reviewed all research direc­tives
involving animals within the
last eight years, Swango said.
Studies range from the effects of
nutrition on a dog's sense of smell to
training for detection of chemicals or
explosives.
Researchers find products to con-may
trol fleas and other parasites and
develop vaccines benefitting both
animals and humans.
Dogs are used as aides in develop­ing
prosthetic ligaments for human
use and as models to better under­stand
congestive heart failure in
humans.
Some areas of research
involve more than ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^
one kind of ani­mal,
Swango said.
Some animals
are bred specifical­ly
for research,
and some, like
hunting dogs, are
donated from the
surplus of licensed
sporting organizations.
Private owners also donate ani­mals
if they own an animal suffering
from an incurable genetic disease.
Researchers then produce offspring
from that animal and continue study­ing
the disease after the original ani­mal
dies.
Before a researcher uses any ani­mal
for study, the Institutional
Animal Care and Use Committee of
the University must approve the
method
This includes approving the ani­mal's
proposed use, housing and vet­erinary
care.
"Every animal must be
treated humanely."
Dr. Larry J. Swango
Executive Director, Animal Resources
IACUC inspectors visit all animal
holding facilities on campus twice a
year to make sure they comply with
federal standards.
Swango said the inspections are
necessary to protect the University
and the researcher.
After an animal is no longer need­ed
for research, it may or may not be
^ _ ^ ^ _ ^ _ _ _ _ e u t h a n i z ed
depending on
the protocol,
Swango said.
Furthermore,
without special
justification, an
animal can have
only two major
surgical proce­dures.
"The second one must be termi­nal,"
Swango said.
Some studies, like those on nutri­tion,
require the entire normal life
span. Some animals are used for
other studies later if possible.
In a few instances, Swango said,
adoption is an option, but it is usual­ly
limited to people who have
worked with the animal.
Some protocols require the animal
to be euthanized after which
researchers can collect tissues and do
a thorough investigation to see if the
animal had any abnormal changes
during research.
For example, in studying rabies
vaccines the animal is exposed to
rabies after a vaccination and later
euthanized after a specified time.
Nerve tissue from the brain is then
collected and examined to find any
evidence of rabies or pathological
changes.
Some animals are incinerated at
the School of Veterinarian Medicine.
A rendering service also collects ani­mal
carcasses and body parts and
incinerates them or processes them
into usable items like glues and
gelatin.
"Most researchers approach a
study from an objective standpoint,"
Swango said. "All animal users have
compassion for the animals. Some
may become attached to them emo­tionally."
Researchers do everything they
can to minimize any stress on the ani­mals,
providing social enrichment,
Swango said
"In raising puppies, the cruelest
thing you can do is put them in an
environment or individual cage
where they cannot see what they
hear," Swango said. "We put them
together, so they can play and have
visual and sound communication."
"Every animal," Swango said,
"must be treated humanely."
New arthritic drug helps lame horses
BY KATHRYN WILSON
STAFF WRITER
Giddy-up little dogie. That's what
researchers at Auburn's College of
Veterinary Medicine are saying about the
drug Cosequin.
Dr. Reid Hanson, assistant professor at
the College of Veterinary Medicine, is
overseeing the Cosequin project.
He said the powdery substance is given
daily as a nutritional additive and is prov­ing
effective in treating navicular syn­drome
in horses.
Hanson said navicular syndrome is the
most common cause of arthritic lameness
which can turn an athletic horse into a
backyard horse.
The promising results of the Cosequin
studies are providing a real breakthrough
in the horse industry, he said.
Before, medicine was injected into the
joint, making it more difficult for horse and
Hanson has conducted two studies with
the product and both have shown success­ful
results.
"Cosequin is a much more marketable
product to horse owners," Hanson said.
"The real advantage is not having to
give shots. The horses consume the prod­uct
every day which provides a constant
supply," he said. Shots initially give a high
dose, but it gradually breaks down, he
said.
Cosequin is considered a nutritional
supplement, not a drug.
Cosequin is believed to help the prob­lem,
it can be given every day and it has no
detrimental side effects, Hanson said.
"This is good for Auburn University
because we are doing lameness research
for a big product," he said.
There is a two-fold benefit in this
research, Hanson said.
First, the University is getting to
research the product and test its effective­ness
and second, University students can
participate.
Sam Hendrix, associate editor in veteri­nary
medicine administration, said,
"These students are at an advantage
because Cosequin is a relatively new prod­uct."
Current students can take their knowl­edge
of the product into the real world, he
said.
Steve Barron, a senior in veterinary med­icine,
has been involved in two Cosequin
studies.
"It's kind of expensive, but helping a
horse is worth every penny of it," he said.
But the cost isn't bad compared to treat­ing
by injection. Hanson said injections
cost $200-$300 for a 4-6 week period.
Cosequin is $130-$150 per container.
Each container lasts 4-6 weeks depending
on the dosage.
Hanson said he will present the results
of a previous study at the World Equine
Veterinary Congress in Padova, Italy, in
September.
MATT MCMAHON/Photo Staff
Dr. Reid Hanson, assistant professor at the Vet School, examines the arthritic
legs of a horse while Shea Hewell, a freshman in the College of Veterinary
Medicine, looks on. Hanson is conducting a study on the drug Cosequin.
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Staff wages not on par with region
BY M. MCGEIIEE
STAFF WRITER
University staff members are upset at the
failure of the University to provide competi­tive
wages for its laborers.
Waymon Abner, Staff Council Chairman, said
he speaks for the group when he complains.
"We are doing more work, and haven't
received additional raises for that work,"
Abner said.
Staff members include secretarial, clerical,
maintenance and custodial personnel. Though
they received a 3 percent wage increase this
year, the raise was overshadowed by an
increase }n insurance costs.
A rumor that the Board of Trustees was con­sidering
a pay increase for faculty but not staff
members has been a main concern for staff
personnel.
"The rumors shocked us," Abner said.
Donald Large, vice president for business
and finance, made a presentation to the board
with regard to the wages of faculty, adminis­tration
and staff members.
In the presentation he stressed that the
wages of staff and faculty have become gradu­ally
noncompetitive over the past few years.
Large said it will cost approximately
$29 million to bring the wages of faculty, staff
and administrative personnel up to being 100
percent competitive with other schools in the
region.
Large said, "If we do increase wages, it will
be across the board, not just the faculty."
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University staff are concerned about whether they will receive a pay raise from
the University. Currently, staff wages are 85 percent of the regional average.
In a Board of Trustees meeting on July 17,
Large made a presentation comparing faculty
wages with other universities.
It was this presentation that gave the staff
the impression only faculty members would
receive more competitive wages.
Large said the faculty figures were the easi­est
to use, and he said the assumption was
made that similar wage differences would be
found for staff and administrative personnel,
though no data was presented.
Abner said a committee is being formed to
compare Auburn's staff wages with other
schools.
"It won't hurt to find out," he said.
Large said currently, employees receive
about 85 percent of what other employees in
the region are making.
The trustees agreed to use funds provided
by Alabama State Legislature to bring
University employees up to a competitive per­centage.
Large and Abner agree it is too soon to tell
how great an increase to expect.
Student Affairs given national award
BY MEGAN HEALY
NEWS STAFF
The reconstruction of Auburn's
Division of Student Affairs has
been recognized nationally and
internationally by the National
Association of Student Personnel
Administrators for excellence in
restructuring student affairs.
Auburn's program is one of six
selected by NASPA as "exem­plary"
in standards, Gwendolyn
Jordan Dungy, NASPA's executive
director, and Jack R. Warner,
NASPA' president, said.
The reconstruction began on
Sept. 1, 1995, when University
President William V. Muse
appointed Bettye Burkhalter as
Interim Vice President for Student
Affairs.
"First of all, we did not apply for
this," Burkhalter said.
Dungy read Auburn's newslet­ter,
"The New Direction for the
Future," and was so impressed that
she called the student affairs office
personally, Burkhalter said.
Dungy wanted a presentation
for this international award, but
Burkhalter was out of town for a
week. NASPA's deadline was in a
few days, so Dungy agreed to put
the National Committee on hold
just for Auburn's presentation.
"That in itself, to me, was such a
great compliment for student
affairs," Burkhalter said.
She said the restructuring of
Student Affairs entailed three
things.
Student Affairs improved the
quality of the department, lowered
the cost and improved response
time to students.
"You've got to set your programs
up based on program priority that
directly relates to the vision, mis­sion
and institutional goals of
Auburn University," Burkhalter
said.
"In this case, ^ —
number one are
the students and
number two, the
faculty and who­ever
we serve,"
she said.
Six areas in
Student Affairs
are focused on,
beginning with
the enrollment
management ser­vices
which
includes admissions, financial aid,
scholarships and registration.
James Golson, assistant vice
president for enrollment manage­ment
services, said one of the first
steps in improving this program is
looking for a closer relationship
between students and these offices.
"I bring a marketing perspec­tive,"
Golson said. "It's what I like
to call relationship management."
Another area of reconstruction
is the Student Success Center.
"It is a national organization of
students, so I felt like this would be
a good selection," Burkhalter said.
The center' is compiled of four
parts: freshman year experience
and students in transition, academ­ic
support, student counseling and
career development.
"From the time students apply at
Auburn until they graduate, they
can use these programs that inter­face,"
Burkhalter said.
"We want to see this as a one
step seamless process from the
-^————— time you come to
Auburn until
you graduate,"
she said.
N a n cy
McDaniel, direc­tor
of Student
Affairs, was
brought in on
May 1, 1997, as a
part of the
restructuring.
As an
Auburn alumna,
"I have a good perspective on stu­dent
needs from the academic
point of view and now through the
student affairs view," McDaniel
said.
"Our Student Success Center is
trying to build a network and a net
to keep students from falling
through the cracks academically,
personally and socially," she said.
McDaniel wants to get students
in the center to give them the sup­port
they need both in their course
work and their University lives.
The center is trying to help stu­dents
who are on academic warn-
"That in itself, to me,
was such a great
compliment to
Student Affairs."
Bettye Burkhalter
Director, Student Affairs
ing and suspension, McDaniel
said.
"We want to prevent students
from getting in this situation and
help those who are already in it,"
she said.
"We're after giving students
those tools, those resources to get
in and stay in school," she said.
"We want to help them achieve
their graduation goals, get them a
job and get them out into the real
world," McDaniel said.
Another area being restructured
is a four-year graduation plan of
study with the College of
Architecture, Design and
Construction.
Next is the president's student
leadership program with the presi­dent,
faculty and students.
The last project is the student
health program with colleges,
schools and East Alabama Campus
Health.
These services are in different
buildings, but hopefully one day
we will get all of this in the same
building, Burkhalter said.
Burkhalter said the NASPA
award is a great marketing oppor­tunity.
"I think it's a recognition of
Auburn University that hopefully
will attract other students that will
want to come to Auburn," she said.
"Even though we continue to
lose funding, it is phenomenal the
quality job that our faculty, staff
and administrators continue to
do," Burkhalter said.
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The expressions of
this newspaper's
opinion are restricted
to this page. The
unsigned editorials
reflect the views
of The Auburn
Plainsman's editorial
board which is
comprised of the
executive staff, section
editors and assistants. Other
opinion, often
contrasting, is offered
in adjoining columns.
EDITORIAL BOARD:
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Editor
Nora Holzman
Managing Editor
Wendy Lawrence
Copy Editor
Melissa Parker
Associate Copy Editor
Jeffrey Willis
News Editor
Sean Gourley
Associate News Editor
Jeffrey Hahne
Intrigue Editor
Michael T. Wall
Sports Editor
Robert Smith
Photo Editor
Chad Barwick
Art Editor
Shane Harris
Business Manager
CORRECTIONS:
Mistakes sometimes occur
in the production of The
Auburn Plainsman. When
corrections are necessary,
they are printed on page
A-3 in the following
week's edition.
CONFLICTING OPINIONS
Plan will keep village beautiful
You drive down the
streets of the loveliest vil­lage
and spot a burned out
Chevette with shattered
windows and more moss
than a Spanish oak.
Shouldn't someone get that
cleaned up?
You drive downtown
and see quaint shops that
make Auburn seem like
the friendliest village, until your eyes fol­low
a pole up to the bright yellow neon
sign that towers over the entire street.
How did they let this place get so tacky?
Somebody should make sure the loveli­est
village doesn't become downtown
Columbus or Phenix City. Somebody is
trying.
The Auburn City Council will get the
chance to vote on a proposed corridor
overlay soon.
The overlay is a set of regulations that
will protect Auburn from the huge, tacky
signs and un-neighborly actions of some
Auburn residents.
The proposal tries to keep Auburn's
businesses from fighting for the tallest,
brightest, most glaring signs. It limits
their height and girth.
The proposal will also keep parking lots
from growing to vast oceans of tar. At
more than 12 spaces, you have to have an
island with a tree. At least this will give
some cars shade.
Construction material should also
receive the scrutiny of the proposal. I
hope Auburn will continue to be made of
bricks, wood and stone and not of vinyl,
aluminum and plastic siding.
This isn't an economic issue, but a cos-
CHAD BARWICK
metic one. Auburn has the
look of an old town, and
littering it with futuristic,
cheaply-made glass and
vinyl businesses is a
shame.
As bad as the new gas
station on Glenn and Gay
streets is, it could have
been much worse if it was­n't
made to loosely follow
the brick/wood look of traditional
Auburn.
Anyone prefers an old rustic house to a
gas station. But if-Auburn is growing fast
and businesses come, I hope they will try
and fit into the general scheme of the city.
If the corridor overlay passes, they will
have to fit in.
Homeowners won't be hurt by the pro­posal.
The changes again are mostly cos­metic
and not economic. They aren't tar­geted
at houses, but apartment owners.
The proposal requires apartments' air
conditioners and meters to be behind the
structures — most already are.
Also, the plan cuts out one of the
biggest eyesores to a community. Cars
can't be left in the front of a building if
they are being fixed unless they are cov­ered.
Thank you. Nothing lowers property
values and the pride on a street than bro­ken-
down cars and trucks lying dead in
the yard.
I hope the City Council unanimously
approves this proposal as soon as possi­ble.
Auburn is too nice a town to be lost in
the pursuit of a quick buck.
ChnJ Barwick is art editor for The Auburn
Plainsman.
Freedom ? Anybody ? Freedom %
Welcome to America, the
land of life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. It's a
land of freedom; well,
except for several streets in
Auburn if the Auburn
Planning Commission gets
its way.
The commission recently
released a proposal of regu­lations
that would affect
business owners throughout the city.
The mission of the regulations is to
"ensure that development in these critical
areas is visually and economically
vibrant."
Let me be the first to say I don't want
an ugly city. I think Auburn is called "the
loveliest village on the plains," for a rea­son
— it is. I would hope that all residents
would want to keep it that way.
But let me be realistic. Not all people
care. So, yes, maybe the city should regu­late
certain things. But these proposed
regulations aren't what this city needs.
First, I feel these regulations discrimi­nate
against certain businesses.
Auburn is known as much for Wal-Mart
or Village Mall as it is for the little places
such as Behind The Glass or Toomer's
Drugs. Actually, it is better known for the
smaller places.
One regulation states that no more than
12 parking spaces may be in a row. The
spaces must be broken up by a "land­scaped
island," which includes at least
one tree.
Often, small businesses may only have
enough room for a few parking places, so
all space is valuable. Furthermore, this
causes business owners needless expense.
JEFFREY WILLIS
I know I have never
shopped at a business
because of its beautifully
landscaped islands.
This discrimination con­tinues,
however. The plans
allow for shopping centers
to have two free standing
signs while other business­es,
smaller businesses, are
only allowed one.
Certain businesses such as garages and
car washes are even further discriminated
against because their buildings have to be
at least 40 feet away from the front prop­erty
lines with the openings angled away
from public view.
I'll be honest, I don't want Auburn
plagued by these businesses any more
than the next guy, but this still does not
mean they should have to go through
excessive headaches just to exist.
Secondly, the plan takes the idea of per­sonal
property with full ownership away
from the owner. A business someone has
paid for is theirs, and the government has
no right poking its nose in matters where
once again, it does not belong.
There are many problems with these
plans, but the basic fact remains that they
destroy the fundamental ideas of freedom.
Does the city feel its business owners
are unable to keep the plains lovely?
I, for one, feel they have enough sense
to do this on their own. You don't punish
the whole for one person's actions. So it
would be best to look at each case indi­vidually
instead of making ridiculous
rules that punish the whole.
Jeffrey Willis is news editor for The Auburn
Plainsman.
OUR VIEW Last one didn't work, so let's try another one
T • hree weeks ago, the Alabama
M Commission on Higher
Education released a set of recommenda­tions
for attaining Gov. Fob James' goal of
cutting $100 million from higher education
in the state.
While some of these recommendations
showed promise, for the most part the list
was another sign of the disturbing trend
toward bringing the state's schools to their
knees.
While the recommendations would pro­duce
the desired amount of cuts, it still
didn't fully attain the governor's goals.
James wants to use all $100 million to set
up a scholarship system similar to
Georgia's HOPE scholarships. Instead of
devoting the full amount to the scholar­ship
program, ACHE recommended half
be devoted to the new program and half
be returned to the institutions left standing
after the cuts were made.
While The Auburn Plainsman still oppos­es
the idea of taking random slashes at
higher education to provide increased
funding for certain schools, given the gov­ernor's
goals, ACHE's plan was certainly
the lesser of two evils.
However, the governor apparently does­n't
see it that way.
Recently James announced he would
form a task force to study higher eduction
and make recommendations of its own.
Alfred Sawyer, the governor's director of
communication, said, "The task force will
look at the issue of governance for higher
education." It will also identify areas of
waste.
Isn't this what ACHE did? Why does a
whole new task force need to be put
together to look at this again?
The Plainsman believes Student
Government Association President
Jonathan Crawford answered this question
when he said, "It seems to me like he's
searching for someone to agree with him
and he'll keep trying until he finds them."
If this new task force doesn't come up
with the answers James is looking for will
he form another one and have them take
yet another look at higher education?
The Plainsman has said all along, and will
continue to say, the governors goals are
totally irrational if we want to maintain a
decent standard of higher education in the
state.
Instead of forming countless task forces
to make recommendations for achieving
impossible goals, James should leave the
decisions to those who know the most
about higher education — the educators.
Places own us, shape who we are, leave us with memories
We don't own land.
This may be a shocking state­ment,
but I've decided places
own us.
We constantly discuss our
impact on the land as we culti­vate
or, more frequently, abuse it.
But we rarely see how it shapes
and cultivates us.
My family and I have "owned"
a house on West Beach in Gulf
Shores, Ala., for more than 60
years. Its name has always been
Sandcastle, but we joke we
should re-name it "the Rock."
When it was built by my
grandmother (Gigi) and my great
aunt (Bobbi), all of Gulf Shores
was residential. Most everybody
who summered there were regu­lars.
Sandcastle has survived every
hurricane God and nature have
thrown its way from Frederick,
the scariest, to Danny, the most
recent, with fairly minor damage
and considerable dignity.
Hurricane season is increasing­ly
a time of cardiac arrest for me.
Each time I hear a storm warning
I think, "This is it. Surely it will
go this time because it's so old."
As I grow older and become
aware of the practical aspects of
house ownership, my brain
works in new ways.
"We've just painted, bought
new linens and comforters and
replaced all the light fixtures. The
water and wind will destroy it
all," I lament silently.
I'm 22 years old. I graduate in
eight months.
I wince at the thought of
money bleeding out of a trust
fund I never realized I had until
now. I contemplate getting
engaged, getting married — start-
AMY MLISCOLINO
ing my life. Most clearly, I see my
master's degree looming in the
distance.
Still, my mind fills with the ide-alisitic
thoughts of my youth. I'm
10 and 13 years the junior of my
siblings, forever the baby of the
family. Perhaps this is why I can't
seem to grow up.
More than light fixtures, I
worry about what's intangible.
That house stands as the most
concrete reminder I have of Gigi
and Bobbi.
When I walk into that house I
remember being 2 years old. I
taste the butter rum Lifesavers
Bobbi and Gigi always gave me.
I remember the sound of Gigi's
hard, red fingernails clicking on
the dining room table and Gigi
and Bobbi's laughter as they
drank highballs out of tall, thin
glasses.
I also remember them explain­ing
that God had made me a pool
to play in whenever the tide rose
enough to leave water behind on
the beach when it went out.
Sandcastle was a childhood
paradise. Memories of it are more
precious in light of present cir­cumstances.
My Gigi died of Alzheimer's
disease. By the end she had no
memory of me, my siblings, my
mother and father, Bobbi or our
times together at Sandcastle.
Disease robbed her of these
memories and robbed me of her.
This is, perhaps, why I protect my
memories so fiercely now.
As I grew, Sandcastle became
less a place of childhood pleasure
and more a place of protection
from the "real" world.
Now it's where I let go of my
college life — taking 18 hours,
working here at The Plainsman
and hardly ever sleeping.
Sandcastle is where I am happi­est
and most whole.
I don't know what will happen
to the house. It was left to us as a
gift and a part of our family tradi­tion.
We often forget that.
The one thing I do know is this.
I don't own Sandcastle. That
house owns me.
Amy Muscolino is an assistant copy
editor for The Auburn Plainsman.
A
Thursday, August 7,1997 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN A7
ON THE CONCOURSE
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Freshman, electrical engineering
"If they're doing it for the better
of humans, it's justified."
CASSANDRA THOMAS
Freshman, textile management
"Instead of creating a problem,
they should try to fix it."
JOHN ANDERSON
Junior, electrical engineering
"Yes, because it is a good way to
learn more about humans."
KRISTEN ROGERS
Senior, nutrition and food science
"No, it's wrong."
WEIWEN JIANG
Graduate student, biomedical sciences
"For sure. I conduct experiments
on animals. It helps us provide
more care for animals and
humans."
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Faithful fans have true spirit
Editor, Tlie Plainsman:
The student who calls himself a
devoted fan of Auburn football
and goes on to criticize our team
so rudely has surely never been
the sort of fan which has pro­duced
the great and unmatchable
Auburn Spirit. I believe he
belongs across the state at that
other U.
My father graduated from
Auburn in 1927. He used to tell
me about the losses Auburn
sometimes suffered on the play­ing
field. When the cheerleaders
asked, "Are you downhearted?"
the students replied, "We're used
to it!" This was said in wry, good
humor. My father loved Auburn
football his entire life and fol­lowed
the games faithfully on the
radio. To me he WAS the Auburn
Spirit.
I started at Auburn in the fall of
1957. With most of the fantastic
national championship team just
graduated, we didn't win too
many games for a while. I had
less spirit than my father and lost
interest in football for many
years.
Now I have two students at
Auburn. Suddenly, I find myself
the sort of fan my father was. I
am mature enough to appreciate
the real meaning of spirit. It's
more fun to win, of course. But I
believe our men on the field cry a
lot harder than I do when they
lose a game.
Anyone can pick a random
championship team to follow and
admire. But I can't believe these
people feel the same exultation at
a win as those of us who love our
team because of close, personal
ties to the school and who contin­ue
to support and encourage our
team through its less glorious
periods, as well. We have some­thing
special they will never
understand.
Sincerely yours,
Bennie Curtis Taylor
Class of 1962
Editor, Tfie Plainsman:
The article in the July 31 edi­tion
of the Plainsman by Joy Rillo
presented the viewpoint of what
some people would call that of a
close-minded, female chauvinist
pig. I agree the aspect of mother­hood
is a great and wonderful
thing, and that the gift of life is a
responsibility which some men
shirk or even completely avoid.
However the "short time the
man contributes," as Ms. Rillo so
eloquently put it, is still a neces­sary
part. The last time I checked,
a female of the Homo Sapiens
variety does not exist that is asex­ual.
There are men in this country
who nurture, care and accept the
full responsibility of having a
child. They are called fathers, and
each and every one of us has one.
Some, I will admit, leave some­thing
to be desired. But neverthe­less,
it is a fact which cannot be
disputed.
The miracle which makes "the
female species the closest thing to
God, because we can give the gift
of life," still takes the participa­tion
of a man willing or other­wise.
The gift of life which God
bestowed on women was under
the condition that men would
have to share it.
The child she so lovingly
describes will someday grow up
to be a man. Today's medical
advances have admittedly made
it easier for a woman to get preg­nant
without a man physically
being there, but his "seed" must
be present and that would make
it 50 percent his miracle.
Even from a scientific perspec­tive
it is impossible to overlook
the responsibility a man has. Of
the 46 chromosomes that make
up the human body, exactly one
half are from the man. That
would make him equally as close
to God from my perspective.
The gift of life is a great, won­derful
and mysterious thing
which none of us can truly
understand until it is experienced
from our own eyes as a parent. I
offer my congratulations to Ms.
Rillo's friend on the successful
birth of her son, Gaven.
I hope Ms. Rillo will think long
and hard in her quest to stop her
"biological clock" from ticking.
There is a 50-50 chance she will
bring another "useless" man into
this world and be forced to re­evaluate
her thinking.
Men play important roles in the
miracle of life and deserve the
opportunity to bask in the glory
as well. No one can do it alone.
Greg LeHew
Sophomore, journalism
Plainsman staff: check | Original bands deserve support
facts before you write
Editor, The Plainsman:
I'm really not going to even
bother to explain the reasons
behind the lack of UPC's summer
programming to The Plainsman.
And there are reasons.
Maybe you'll actually have to
ask. Oh wait, I forgot, you don't
do that. You repeatedly write arti­cles
without finding out facts,
reasons or even truths.
Maybe one day you will actual­ly
attempt to fix The Plainsman's
own problems (and trust me,
much more than an editorial
would be required to list those)
before lashing out on other orga­nizations
with unfounded editori­als.
Sam Rembert
Editor, The Plainsman:
Hey Jeff, wake up and smell the coffee. In your
article, "Local bands exhibit variety at local cafe,"
you say these two bands gave Auburn something
we hardly ever see.
What you must understand is that 99.9 percent
of Auburn students do not go out to see original
bands. It is impossible to keep your bar open if
all you have is original bands.
The Supper Club has many different types of
bands come in, some of which play originals.
There have been many times that I have been
there for a band like Memory Dean (an original
band that has a major record deal and two CDs
out) and there were maybe 30 or 40 people there.
Why should you book a band that brings in
such a small crowd? I understand Amsterdam
Cafe does this, but 30 or 40 people is a full house
there.
If you owned a bar and you wanted to stay
open and make any money, you would bring in
the bands that bring in the crowds.
Next time you try to slam other bars for not
having your style of music all the damn time,
think about the reasons rather than being an ass
about it!
Steve York
Beware of drunken, violent squirrels behind nursing school
In honor and appreciation of
William S. Burroughs
Before I came to be employed
here at Tlie Auburn Plainsman, the
most powerful institution in
America, I was blessed with the
opportunity to work with land­scape
services here on campus.
I worked with Fred Heard (the
greatest boss in the world) and
his crew for more than a year, and
during that time I was able to see
and witness things most other
students don't ever get to see.
For instance, I've spent days
picking up empty Cisco bottles
and Schlitz Malt Liquor cans from
the president's lawn the day after
his parties.
I've set up altars complete with
black and red candles in the
S shape of a pentagram in a secret
room deep inside Pebble Hill.
I've even been forced to weed-eat
over piles of needles and
syringes dumped underneath the
administrative office windows at
Samford Hall.
But these horrors that reveal
mankind's true nature are tame in
comparison to the brutality I wit­nessed
at the hands of ferocious
beasts that run free on Auburn's
campus.
The nightmares still haunt me. I
seldom come to campus after
sunset and never without my .38.
It takes a higher power to keep
my pants dry whenever I see the
man-eaters scurry across my path.
It happened on a breezy
Saturday last fall. The Tigers were
playing Harvard inside Jordan-
Hare, Hind the air was filled with
MICHAEL T. WALL
celebration as the last of the tail-gaters
made their way into the
stadium.
As the battle between the two
teams raged inside, another battle
of equal importance was about to
begin behind the nursing school.
My co-worker, Brian Bauhng,
and I were walking around pick­ing
up trash when we came
across a deserted picnic area. The
area was covered with beer bot­tles
and paper plates as the small
flames in the mini-grill were still
dancing in the wind.
Brian saw them first and point­ed
toward the bushes. I glanced
in that direction and had to do a
double-take to make sure I wasn't
seeing things.
There, in the bushes, was the
roughest, meanest group of squir­rels
I had ever seen. Seven of
them in all, obviously drunk and
still drinking like there was no
tomorrow.
They were loud and getting
louder. The biggest one had an
eagle tattooed on his chest and
kept telling offensive jokes about
chipmunks.
Brian said, "Forget this, man,
I'm out of here," and turned
around. I followed him and that's
when I got.hit in the head with a
beer bottle.
I woke up in the hospital two
weeks later in the intensive care
unit and was told by my doctor
that Brian didn't make it. He was
pronounced dead at the scene
and had a closed casket ceremony
after what they did to him.
I was saved because one of the
squirrels had enough heart to call
911 before they all went to
Harry's.
I was walking again after
another month and a half, but it
took me another year before I had
the nerve to go back to campus.
Anyway, Mom and Dad, that's
why I am 24 years old and am
just now getting around to gradu­ating.
Michael T. Wnll is the sports editor
tit The Auburn Plainsman.
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J& THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Thursday, August 7,1991
Chain letter conspiracy victimizes philanthropic organizations
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STAFF WRITER
Although Internet use is monitored by the
University, students are finding e-mail chain letters a
common occurrence.
One e-mail scam caught the attention of the
American Cancer Society. A chain letter was circulat­ing
stating that a 7-year-old girl's last wish was to tell
p.eople to live life to the fullest. She had cerebral car­cinoma,
and the ACS would donate a few cents
toward research each time the letter was forwarded.
- "-While most e-mail scams are money-making
-Schemes, this one only wanted e-mail addresses.
Once the addresses were received, they were added
to a bulk mailing list.
Sharon Blackwell, the executive director for ACS,
said they were in no way affiliated with this letter.
"Most of our appeals are through special events
telemarketing campaigns, but nothing over the
Internet," Blackwell said.
Gene Stewart, a manager of network support for
the Division of University Computing, said if some­one
reports a student using the Internet to send false
claims and chain letters, the University first sends a
warning. Punishment for repeat offenders varies
according to the violation.
Stewart said sending chain letters is against
University computing policies, but they cannot mon­itor
what people send off-campus.
He said students should treat this like junk mail
and delete it.
The American Cancer Society is not alone in being
a victim of e-mail fraud.
Shea Miller, a sophmore in liberal arts, also
received a letter in reference to the Make a Wish
Foundation and the Mayo Clinic in regard to a termi­nally
ill child who wanted his letter to be "eternally
passed on."
"You need to be aware that a lot of things aren't
serious and don't believe everything you read,"
Miller said.
She believes people should have the "freedom to
write what they want, but there should be a dis­claimer
because it does affect people."
Miller, who has a relative with cancer said, "It's
one thing to have stupid little chain letters, but it's
totally different when it's a serious matter."
Dana Hall, a junior in public relations, said she also
does not believe Internet use should be censored.
"I don't think they should monitor it. If people
want to answer it they should be able to," Hall said.
Although Hall said she ignores and deletes chain
letters, she said, "I don't want the University screen­ing
my e-mail, nor do I think they should be able to
go into accounts and censor or trace who is distribut­ing
it."
Stewart said, "E-mail is private.'
The University gets involved if a letter bounces
back to them because of an incorrect address, if some­one
complains or if DUC is included on the list of
receivers for the mail, he said.
For students unaware of network policies, they can
type "policy" at the Mallard prompt once they have
logged onto their account for detailed information on
rights and responsibilites.
The University monitors the use of the Internet by
providing disclaimers ard prosecuting those who
violate the rules to insure user rights.
It is stated in the Network Policies manual that
"chain letters are a violation of U.S. Postal regula­tions
and are considered a serious violation of DUC
network policies."
"We don't go out and read people's mail. It has to
be brought to our attention," Stewart said.
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Is now hiring note takers for the Fall Quarter! We need
Students with at least a 3.5 GPAto take notes in the
following classes.
AC 241
PG201
COM 100
COM 250
EC 202
EC 203
PA 101
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PA 102
GL110
HY101
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MN314
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PA 219
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We are now offering the following classes for summer.
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Now hiring energetic and out­going
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Experience preferred and must be
willing to get certified. Apply in per­son
at Auburn Athletic Club, 467 N.
Dean Road.
Needed: Nanny for 2 children,
ages 4 yrs. and 1 yr. Mon-Thurs
afternoons and early evenings.
Must be reliable and have car.
Contact 887-5949.
Be your own boss! Business
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MAINTENANCE helper needed for
Rental Department. Full time now.
Please apply at Evans Realty, Inc.
729 E. Glenn Ave. - Auburn
(821-7098).
Babysitter needed for faculty cou­ple's
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September 8th. M-F, 12:00 - 5:00.
Must have car and references.
844-1914 day, 821-9941 night.
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35MM PHOTOGRAPHERS
WANTED part-time evenings and
weekends to shoot campus events.
Must have own 35mm SLR camera
and reliable automobile. No experi­ence
required, will train. Apply in
person to Village Photographers,
445 Opelika Road, by Friday,
8/15/97.
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furniture and miscellaneous items.
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Looking for rides to Atlanta area
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Call 502-5320.
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or national origin, or intention to
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the law. All persons are hereby
informed that all dwellings adver­tised
are available on an equal
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Natalie at 502-5313.
HOUSE AVAILABLE FOR FALL.
Suitable for 4 students. Washer,
Dryer, Disposal, C/H/A. Quiet resi­dential
neighborhood. 887-9530.
Available Sept. 1. 2 BR furnished
apartment, close to campus. 2 peo­ple
maximum. Rent $360/ or
$180.00 each. 887-3544.
Quiet study atmosphere 2 BR
duplex & 2 BR T/House, 3 BR, 2 BA
house on 5 acre lake, w/ fishing
privileges in Loachopoka. No pets.
887-7718.
3 Bedroom, 1 ba house. Cen. H/A.
Pets allowed. 12 month lease.
Large yard. 826-0725.
6 BR, 4 BT house on large lot.
$1,325.00/mo. Students only, Pets
allowed, fishing lake. Only 7 1/2
miles from campus. Also 2 BR
duplex and large house with nice
yard off Dean Rd. Pets allowed, stu­dents
only, $350/side on duplex.
$700/mo. on house. Call Charles or
Tom Whatley. 826-0955 or
826-1857.
2 BD/ 2 BA Townhouse convenient
to campus. No pets. Available 9/1.
$600/mo. Call 826-9603.
2 Bedroom, 1 bath duplex - central
heat/ air, water, dryer $425 per
month. Close to campus. Call Blake
Real Estate. 887-1822.
3 Bedroom/ 2 Bath duplex. Central
heat/ air, large greatroom with fire­place,
washer, dryer, stove, ref.,
and dishwasher. Very nice $795 per
month. Call Blake Real Estate.
887-1822.
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DUPLEX in the country-minutes to Female roommate needed Fall Close to campus 708 W. Glenn.
Auburn or Opelika. Call Christina quarter. Call Courtney $600/montn. 821-0908.
Tedesco, Prestige Properties, 770-425-2528. »'««;.' ^ i .'
887-5274, home 745-2112. 3J*' 1 BT house close to campus.
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' " . " ,, miles from campus. Pets allowed.
subdivision. Belle Tara. 3 acres or students onlv Ernest Whatlev
more. Luxurious living - Auburn city AVAILABLE FOR FALL. Y
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limits. Only 6 lots left in 1st phase. Apartments for 1, 2 or 3 students. /* ° - ° 0 /u
Randall Rogers-821-4192. J ™ * ^ " 9 ' C' ° S e * C3mpUS- S ^ l V B A i u ^ ^ ^ D R ,
Hardwood Floor, C/H/A,
Dishwasher, washer/ dryer hook-up.
Close to campus. No pets. Available
9/1. $900/month. 821-0908.
60 Incredible acres - pasture &
woods on one of highest points in
area - incredible views - streams,
deer, turkey. Outstanding horse
property. $125,000. Near
Notasulga. Owner financing - This is
a one of a kind. Randall Rogers -
821-4192.
Coming Soon. The Ridge at Belle
Tara - Exclusive 3 to 10 acre tracts.
Incredible views on highest ridge in
area. Auburn city limits - private
pool. Reserve yours now. 821-4192,
Randall Rogers.
3 bd, 2 ba house in Auburn, excel­lent
condition. 16 foot ceiling in
great room. NOW $93,000. Call
Lucy Little Purves, Century 21. 749-
3200.
For Sale
(condos)
For Sale or Lease by owner. 1 BR
furnished condo for 2. Fully
equipped, Assumable mortgage
with low int rate (7.87%). Rents
under $200.00. Low utilities, avail­able
immediately. $36,000 or lease
for $450.00 monthly.
(334)260-0973.
Moving to ATLANTA? Looking for
a place to LIVE? How about sharing
a 3 bedroom HOUSE in the
Brookhaven/ Chamblee area.
House is fully furnished, great loca­tion
(inside the perimeter). CaJI
Jackie for full details 770-451-9164.
Large 1 bd / 1 ba unfurnished.
Quiet complex. $260. Water, cable
included. Move in now. 826-9525.
Brand new duplex 3 Bed, 2 Bath,
w/d. All new appliances. Available
Sept. 1. Call 821-3414.
New 3 BR/ 3 BA duplex. Available
September 1. Quiet, close to cam­pus.
W/D, all appliances. $800/mo.
821-1094.
Efficiency Apartments 1/2 block
from campus, students only, no
pets. $165/mo. Water included on
12 mo. lease. Single qtr. leases also
available. Mike 826-0955 or Ernest
703-7771.
For Sale
(mobile homes)
CLASSIFIEDS
For additional
information, please call
(334)844-4130
ffn For Rent
Downtowner
Apartments
Now Leasing for
next year
l a n d 2
bedroom apts.
Newly furnished
Located 1/2 block
from main entrance to
Campus at 156 E.
Magnolia Ave.
Call:
Richard Ledford
821-1060
Swarm's MHP 1997!
4 Bedroom, 2 Bath,
16X80
Brand new!
Ready to move in!
$295 Payment with
5% down.
1998 14x70
2 Bedroom, 2 Bath
With furniture
package.
Delivered, Set-up,
Central Air, and
Skirting
Payments only $189
with 10% down.
LOTS AVAILABLE
WIRE ROAD AREA!
Brand new park has
arrived and we have
homes in stock ready
to deliver!
EAST ALABAMA
MOBILE HOMES
745-3737
Northpointe Duplex 3 BR/ 2 BA.
Available 9/1. Washer/Dryer,
Dishwasher, C/H/A, Ceiling Fans,
Swimming pool. No pets. 1175
Northlake Dr. $750/month.
821-0908.
Beautiful trees and flowers. 5.8
ac, 3-4 BRs, 2 BAs, LR, DR,
Kitchen. $675/mo. 301 Lee Rd. 15.
3 miles from AU. 821-9923.
Duplex 2 BR, 1 BA, LR, Kitchen,
new floor coverings. 550 Harper
Ave. $380/mo. 821-9923.
For Rent: Duplex, 517 Dumas
Drive. Call 887-5210.
FOR RENT 2 br. apt. furnished in
quiet neighborhood near Kroger.
$315/mo. plus utilities and deposit.
Married couple preferred. Available
1 Sept. 97. 821-1913.
Needed for fall quarter: female
roommate with good values & no
bad habits. 887-7730.
Duplex 2 bd., 1 ba. Close to cam­pus.
Fenced in yard. $495/mo.
Washer, Dryer, Dishwasher. Ph.
502-0444.
5 BR / 3 BA, Fireplace in den.
Washer/ Dryer, Built in Bookcase
w/entertainment center, w/stocked
pond on property. Completely
remodeled and repainted. New car­pet
throughout, new light fixtures
and ceiling fans located on Wire
Road only minutes from campus
and Vet School. Water included in
rent, Available fall quarter. Call
Marty @ 821-4126 or Jay @
741-9290.
C £ N T £ *l
P O I N T
NEW
3 BerXftooms,
3 Baths
Duplexes.
One block off
North Gay.
$8 0 0 per month.
Colt Henderson
R e a l ty
749-3423
For Rent
One bedroom apartment - 12
month lease - water, sewage and
hot water furnished. $220 per month
- H/A, stove, and refrigerator fur­nished.
Call Blake Real Estate.
887-1822.
3 BR/ 1 BA Home in Opelika. Call
745-2727.
iFor Rent
(mobile homes)
3 BR, 2 Bath mobile home in
Auburn. Available now. Call
334-745-2727.
2 BR, 2 Bath mobile home in
Auburn. Available 8-1-97. Call
334-745-2727.
2 BR, 2 Bath Brand new mobile
home for rent in Wire Road area.
745-3937.
Available September 1, 16x80,
1994 Model, 3 bd, 2 ba, central
HVAC, appliances furnished, large
lot, nice quiet park with pool, sorry
no pets, $450/mo. for 2 students.
Inquiries call 821-8074.
3 Bedroom, 2 Bath doublewide.
Appliances furnished. Small barn &
pasture. 7 miles from Vet School.
$600/month. 334-257-3065.
Welcome Back new and old AU
Students. Boat The High Cost of
Apartment Living - Brentwood M/H
Park Now Leasing For Fall. Call
334-821-5674 for more info.
For Sale
(mobile homes)
1996 14x70 2 BR/ 2 BA, CH/A,
Stove, Frig, Washer, Built-in
Entertainment Center, Back Deck.
Stonegate, 502-9866.
Trailer For Sale two bedrooms,
1 1/2 bath, washer and dryer.
Asking $4,000. Call 821-2984.
1974 Shelby Trailer for sale. 410
Ridgewood Village. 12x65, 2 BR/ 2
BA, w/deck. $5900. 826-0188.
Brand new 1997, 16x80 Fleetwood
Trailer "North River" - 3 BD, 2 BA,
F/P, D/W, Ceiling Fans, Garden
Tub, Sep. Shower, Blinds &
Curtains, New Refrig., Washer/
Dryer, 3 1/2 ton air cond., skirting
included, $26,000 o.b.o. Moving is
negotiable. Call Brooks at
334-260-0045.
MUST SELL! In Auburn, 1997
Chandeleur 14x72 shingle roof,
vinyl siding, mobile home w/two
BR's, two baths. Furnished with all
extras. Ph. (334)749-0401.
For Rent
Lifestyle
can be yours too!
College Park prides itself in
offering you not only superior
apartments, but a quality
lifestyle that is designed
specifically
for students1.
Features include:
• 2 & 4 Bedroom Fully Furnished,
Energy Efficient Apartments •
Individual Leases • Private
Bedrooms With Study Desk •
Washer/Dryer in Each Apartment
• Fully Equipped Kitchen •
Beautifully Landscaped Grounds
• Luxury Amenity Package • 24
Hour Emergency Maintenance •
Professional On-Site Management
• Convenient to AU,
Shopping, & Downtown
Summer & Fall Leases
Are Mow Available l
Two Great Locations!
626 Shug Jordan
821-4400
1131 South College St.
887-3400
College Park
Apartments
For Sale
(mobile homes)
Excellent Condition, 16x80, 3 bd,
2 ba, 4 months old. Rented lot
$100.00/mo. 4 minutes to Vet
School. $29,900. Call Lucy Little
Purves, Century 21- 749-3200.
Health rider, almost new,
o.b.o. Call Nora at 502-4328.
AKC Registered, Black Lab-
Puppies, First Shots and Wormed,
Parents on Premises. $150-$200.:
826-0390.
Dishwasher - Hot Point five cycle.
$50. Call 887-8351.
1993 Eagle Talon Huntergreen/
Grey, 60K, AM/FM/CD. Excellent
condition. $9500. 502-8884.
SLR Camera Pentax Mount Auto
Exposure 35-70. Macro Lens MultK
Exposure with Bounce-flash and
case. Great for Photography class­es.
Steal at $325. 502-8004.
Upstairs Style 120 1/2 N College.
Vintage Clothes, Jeans, New,
Bathing Suits, $5. Open Mon-Sat,
12-6.
Musical Equipment - Electrovoice
24 channel mixer, $350.00, Peavey
XR600C Mixer/ AMP $200.00,:
Peavey FH-1 Bass Enclosures -
$300.00, Peavey SP-2 speakers'
$200.00, Peavey 112 Monitor
$50.00, Yamaha 4115 speaker
$75.00, Yamaha Keyboard
$100.00, Vintage Fender Super and
Deluxe. 257-1319.
Brand new king size bed. includes
frame, mattress, box spring. $350..
Call Lindsay: 887-3744.
2 Wanted
SCRAP GOLD - Highest prices
paid. (Chains, class rings, dia­monds,
etc.) Hills Jewelry, 111 E.
Magnolia, Auburn. 887-3921.
I need a roommate fall quarter
only. Own BR/ BH. Washer - Dryer.
Call Jeff, 826-6079. $
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Diablo (network)
Duke Nukem 3d
(network)
Warcraft 2 (network)
Command and Conquer:
Red Alert (network)
Chesswars
Master of Orion 2
Mechwarrior 2 (netmech)
Mechwarrior 2:
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Laser Printing -$0.50
Color Graphic Printing -$0.75
Laser Transparencies -$1.50
Photo Quality Printing -$2.25
Graphic Work -$16.00
Graphic design work
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available.
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A10 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Thursday, August 7,1997
Parkinson's disease support group forms
BY DESIREE RODEN
STAFF WRITER
A new group that may help those
afflicted with Parkinson's disease will
begin meeting on Aug. 8.
The Southeast Alabama Medical
Center in Dothan, Ala., recently became
the sponsor of the Wiregrass Parkinson's
Support Group.
"Each meeting will focus on a differ­ent
topic associated with Parkinson's
disease," said Amanda Smith, commu­nity
relations representative for
Southeast Alabama Medical Center.
Before the group at the hospital was
formed, a group of nurses from the
University of Alabama at Birmingham
started a support group for patients
with Parkinson's disease in March of
1997.
"Our hopes for this group are to offer
camaraderie and give these patients
someone to talk to because sometimes
they can feel alone. We encourage
patients to do as much as they can while
"I look at life with open eyes and expect the best. I
look ahead with promise for the future."
Fire, ETS units in conflict
Ann Wessel
Parkinson's disease victim
they can," Ann Wessel, quality review
coordinator for the center, said.
"We want to keep people up on new
medications and techniques for battling
Parkinson's," she said.
Wessel was diagnosed with the dis­ease
three years ago.
"I look at life with open eyes and
expect the best. I look ahead with
promise for the future," Wessel said.
"Parkinson's disease affects mainly
the age group between 55 and 62, there
have only been a few cases diagnosed
for those younger than that," Julian
Pearson of patient services of the
National Parkinson's Foundation, said.
"There are an estimated 1.5 million
people in the United States who have
Parkinson's," Pearson said.
"Parkinson's disease is a chronic, pro­gressive,
central nervous system disor­der
that is characterized by motor dis­function
including a decrease in move­ment
(hypokinesia), tremors and mus­cular
rigidity," Tom Johnson, a private
practice physical therapist, said.
"There is more than one type of move­ment
disorder associated with
Parkinson's disease, known as
Parkinsonism, that have some of the
same symptoms as true Parkinson's dis­ease,"
Johnson said.
Right now there are drugs being test­ed
that will work in conjunction with
with other drugs taken by Parkinson's
patients.
New medical techniques are also
being tested that show promise.
BY AMY MUSCOUNO
ASSISTANT COPY EDITOR
A decision about emergency response
and rescue made by the city of Auburn
almost eight years ago continues to spark
discussion.
Before 1989, it was the Auburn Fire
Department's responsibility to provide res­cue
services to the city. These services are
now provided by Emergency
Transportation Systems.
The first day ETS ran ambulances was
Aug. 30, 1981, and July 17, 1989, was the
first day ETS ran the rescue trucks that carry
rescue workers and lifesaving devices, such
as the Jaws of Life, to accident scenes.
Dan Goslin, director of Emergency
Medical Services at East Alabama Medical
Center, said ETS is a governmental, non­profit
ambulance provider.
Clyde Prather, the director of public safe­ty
for the city, said, "We contract for the city
and the University with EAMC for ETS."
Goslin said the advantage he sees in
being a non-profit organization is that any
money made is put back into the ambulance
and rescue services.
"Theoretically, we should be able to oper­ate
alongside (a for-profit service) and be
cheaper than they are," he said.
Goslin also sees an advantage in the hos­pital
overseeing ETS' services.
"We truly believe and probably have
more knowledge in what, medically, the
community needs. And we do have a vest­ed
interest in the outcome of the patient
when they come to the emergency room,"
Goslin said.
Auburn Fire Captain Johnny Lawrence
presents a different perspective. He was a
fire medic before the change occurred.
He said, "It was probably a good business
decision. But I think that, in all fairness, the
citizens of Auburn and the community at
the University, the students, should review
this and look at how they can best be served
in an effective and efficient manner.
"You've got firefighters down here that
can be trained to provide rescue services
and respond quickly to assist ETS personnel
in providing service to the citizens in need,"
he said.
Lawrence said the fire department's
emergency responsibilities currently consist
of responding to fire and hazardous materi­als
calls.
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INDEX
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
Marquee B-2
Reel News B-5
Sound Check B-3
Section B, 6 Pages
JEFFREY HAHNE
Auburn:
thanks for
house shows
Recently it seems I have been
going to a lot of shows in town,
but few have been at bars.
A long standing tradition in
this town, as well as many college
towns, are house shows.
By house shows, for those of
you who don't know, I mean the
shows where someone donates
their house, and about 200 people
they have never met cram into
their living room to watch a
band, who is also packed into the
same living room.
These shows usually have the
best sound anywhere in town,
and are also in the most sweaty,
beer-infested and loud places.
(I'm not talking about band
parries at fraternities. Though fra­ternity
houses have band parties
and pack a lot of people into a
small area, they feeling one gets
in a small living room is com­pletely
different.)
One of the most interesting
house shows I have been to
recently was on Glenn Avenue,
behind Checker's, where two
bands were taking turns playing.
Hematavore was in the back of
the house and Hotbox Escape
Pod was in the front.
A herd of people started in the
front, and when the song was
done, would herd to the back.
It went on like that all night.
Some people, though, like me,
who were tired, eventually just
stayed in one room.
A little farther down Glenn
Avenue, I once saw Toothless
play in the basement of some­one's
house.
Yet another house, this one on
Ross Street, once had three bands
playing all night and let people
play that weren't even supposed
to have played when the first
three were done.
These strange and yet familiar
"stages" provide a cheap and
easy way for people to see local
talent and other bands that just
happen to be passing through.
For those who don't want to
venture into the abyss of 200 of
their most non-closest friends,
usually the music can be heard
outside as well.
Anyway, the reason I am writ­ing
this column is to thank those
who have had house shows for
the past five years since I started
here, and thank those who are
still having them today.
House shows give the opportu­nity
for a lot of bands to play
Some bands that are just start­ing
out would have nowhere to
play if it weren't at someone's
house.
Not only do they give the
bands a chance to play, but also
let people who are not old
enough to get into a bar a chance
to see some of the local talent that
is quite abundant here in Auburn.
I have been to shows where
windows, doors and furniture
have been broken and police have
shut them down. I have heard
about floors breaking, but people
"still keep the tradition alive.
I am happy to say that every
house show I have been to has
ended with some bit of order
instead of chaos. Most end when
the bands are done, instead of by
a fight or the police shutting it
down. (Thanks to the Auburn
Police, too).
Once again, thanks to all of
those who have donated their liv­ing
quarters to those who are try­ing
to entertain.
I hope this is another one of the
many traditions in this town that
will never die.
Jeffrey Hahne is Intrigue Editor
frr The Auburn Plainsman.
Unclaimed Baggage offers cheap merchandise
BY JOSHUA THREAOCRAFT
STAFF WRITER
Somewhere out West, "Matt"
holds his head in his hands,
awaiting his compensatory check
and crying over his suitcase the
airline lost containing his $335
North Face jacket.
In Scottsboro, Ala., "Frank's"
face lights up as he hands the
cashier $100 for "Mart's" North
Face jacket.
The names have been changed
to protect the innocent, but the
events are real.
"Frank" isn't doing anything
illegal. Like thousands of people
a week, he has
found an incredi­ble
deal at The
U n c l a i m e d
Baggage Center in
Scottsboro, also
known as The
Lost
Capita
World.
At UBC, cus­tomers
have been
finding deals on
everything from
sporting equip­ment
to fine jew­elry
for years.
A three-hour trip from Auburn
could produce deals such as: a
set of Ping Eye 2 golf irons for
$150, a Pentax IQ Zoom camera
for $100, fine suits for $65 or a
Nintendo Gameboy for $15. The
list goes on and on and so do the
deals.
Confused? I'll explain. After 90
days, bags that are unclaimed or
non-returnable are purchased by
UBC.
The bags are shipped to
Decatur, Ala., Boaz, Ala., or the
flagship store in Scottsboro,
where they are opened, their
contents cleaned, sorted, priced
and sold to the public at remark­able
prices.
Kelli King, a junior in commu­nication
disorders, said she
couldn't believe the deals.
"When my boyfriend first sug-
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gested we go
to Unclaimed
Baggage, I
thought it
would be
mostly junk,
but he bought
a $220 camera
for $90," King
"When my boyfriend
first suggested we go
to Unclaimed
Baggage, I thought it
Luggage w o u y De mostly junk,
of the ; J
but he bought a $220 said. "Last
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camera for $VU.
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liinitir, caiiiwiiniculion (Hsimlors
got a
G a m e b o y ,
Tetris game
and batteries
for under
$20."
President and CEO of UBC,
Bryan Owens, son of founder H.
Doyle Owens, said the project
started in 1970.
His father, an insurance sales­man,
bought about 100 bags left
on Greyhound buses and sold
them from card tables.
The project was a success, and
what started as an idea is now a
thriving business, three stores
and making Scottsboro a house­hold
name.
The business has gone through
many changes through the past
27 years.
When it first started, UBC
would sell a suitcase with all its
contents for $20.
People would find money, pic­tures
and many valuables worth
much more than $20. Soon UBC
wised-up and now it processes
the contents before sale.
The store's design has gone
through many changes through­out
the years.
UBC is an architecturally
attractive building that encom­passes
an entire city block.
Three years ago, all its clothes,
sporting equipment and elec­tronics
were in the same room.
Now, UBC has organized prod­ucts
into attractive departments
that make shopping easy and
enjoyable.
In one part of the building
there is a sporting goods and
electronics section. There one can
find everything from kayaks to
electric guitars to cameras.
In one corner of the room is a
rack holding about 100 cameras
selling for about $20 each.
CONTRIBUTED
A large variety of things, from clothing and electronics to
sporting goods, can be found at The Unclaimed Baggage
Center in Scottsboro, Ala.
For expert photographers,
high-grade cameras and lenses
are found below the counter at
astounding prices. All products
can be tested to insure working
order before purchase.
Those skeptical as to the quali­ty
of the golf putters can try
them out on a putting green
located in the middle of the
sporting department.
The clothing department is
neatly arranged by article and
size. UBC does not sell cheap
clothes. It is selling what more
socially affluent people would
take on vacation.
They have Italian suits for $65,
Hermes scarves for $45 and
thousand dollar Versace dresses
for $55.
There is also a sunglasses
department containing name
brands such Vuarnet and Ray
Ban for $20-$35.
On its Web site
(www.unclaimedbaggage.com),
UBC claims to have processed a
signed and numbered Salvador
Dali print, a rare violin and even
a full case of Egyptian artifacts.
The only draw-back of UBC is
that it is a hit-or-miss trip. One
can make the trip and come back
triumphant saving hundreds of
dollars or irritated because you
didn't find anything you want­ed.
A tip: if you are planning to
make a trip to Scottsboro, the
products sold are usually three
months behind the season. For
example, July merchandise is
usually from April.
UBC also has a mailing list and
e-mail address for interested
shoppers.
JOSHUA THREADCRAFT/Photo Staff
The Unclaimed Baggage Center is set up like a strip mall, and contains a variety of sections within. CONTRIBUTED
Tiger paw at Toomer's Corner has short history
BY BRANNON STEWART
ASSISTANT INTRIGUE EDITOR
Have you ever wondered who paints the
humongous orange paw in the middle of
the intersection of College Street and
Magnolia Avenue?
Is it a big Auburn tiger that stomps
through town in the middle of the night?
Not exactly.
Actually, the job falls under the Student
Government Association position of direc­tor
of spirit.
"We always paint the paws during the
middle of the night before the first home
football game," Amy Goodyear, this year's
director of spirit and a senior in business,
said.
"My assistant and I paint the smaller
paws around the city," she said.
"But, we ask SGA workers and other stu­dents
who would like to volunteer to help
us paint the big paw by Toomer's Corner
and the paws by Jordan-Hare."
The first paw painted at Toomer's Corner
was painted in the summer of 1989 and was
done as a fraternity prank.
At 3 a.m. Butch Parsons, a member of
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, roped off the
intersection and painted the paw, said Greg
Hendrix, an Auburn graduate and an alum­nus
of Sig Ep.
"The next day, everybody that helped
paint the paw got arrested," Hendrix said.
The mayor of Auburn said there was no
sense in the students doing this illegally
and that they needed to get permission to
paint the paw and do it legally, Hendrix
said.
Since that summer, the painting of the
paw has become a continued tradition and
was looked after by the SGA.
"The paw was paved over in 1993 and
John Galiassini, also a member of Sig Ep,
redesined the paw to make it look more
realistic along with adding the AU in the
middle," Hendrix said.
Goodyear explained how the volunteers
get the work done in the middle of the
night.
"We get the Auburn City Police and the
University police to help us," she said.
"They block off the roads and follow us
around so that in the middle of the night
cars will not drive over it."
"It is a blast. Last year we had 20 or more
people helping us."
"One group paints the paw at Toomer's
Corner and another group works on the
paws by Plainsman Park and the football
• • . : > •
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MATT MCMAHAN/Pholo Staff
The giant tiger paw located on Toomer's Corner will be repainted this August
stadium. We have to get the largest paw
painted quickly."
"The paws will be repainted in late
August," she said.
However, this year Goodyear has been
worried the construction in town might
cover up the paw.
"I have been terrified that the big paw
was going to be paved over during all the
construction, but so far it has not and I don't
think they are going to cover it up," she
said.
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Arts and Festivals
Gross Currents of Culture: Arts of
Africa and the Americas in
Alabama Collections — Through
Aug. 18. Birmingham Museum of
Art, Birmingham, Ala. Call (205)
254-2565.
Exhibits at the Museum of East
Alabama — Through Decerhber.
Museum of East Alabama, Opelika,
Ala. Call (334) 749-2751.
Rodin: Sculpture from the Iris and
B, Gerald Cantor Collection —•
Through Oct. 12. Montgomery
Museum of Fine Arts,
Montgomery, Ala. Call (334) 244-
5700.
Theatre
Always... .Patsy Cline — Aug. 5-
31. Alabama Shakespeare Festival,
Montgomery, Ala. Call (334) 271-
5353.
Music & Comedy
Radiohead with Teenage Fan Club
— Aug. 10. The Masquerade,
Atlanta. Call (404) 577-2002.
Rage Against the Machine with
Wu Tang Clan — Aug. 10.
Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta.-
Call (404) 249-6400.
Johnny Cash —Aug. 10. Chastain
Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta. Call
(404) 249-6400.
Dennis Leary — Aug. 12-13. The
Punchline, Atlanta. Call (404) 252-
LAFF.
The Who — Aug. 13. Lakewood
Amphitheatre, Atlanta. Call (404)
249-6400.
Sinead O'Connor •— Aug 21.
Chastain Park Amphitheatre,
Atlanta. Call (404) 249-6400.
The Misfits — Aug. 24. The
Masquerade, Atlanta; Call (404)
249-6400. .,
311 with Fishbone —- Sept. 13.
Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta.
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in the Student Activities Center.
UPC Water Aerobics will be held at
7 p.m. in the Aquatics Center.
Friday
The Saint will be shown at 8 p.m. in
Langdon Hall.
Saturday
The Saint will be shown at 8 p.m. in
Langdon Hall.
Sunday
The Saint will be shown at 8 p.m. in
Langdon Hall.
Monday
UPC Step Aerobics and Body
Sculpting will be held at 4:30 p.m.
in the Student Activities Center.
UPC Water Aerobics will be held at
7 p.m. in the Aquatics Center.
Tuesday
UPC Step Aerobics and Body
Sculpting will be held at 4:30 p.m.
in the Student Activities Center.
UPC Water Aerobics will be held at
7 p.m. in the Aquatics Center.
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UPC Step Aerobics and Body
Sculpting will be held at 4:30 p.m.
in the Student Activities Center.
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7 p.m. in the Aquatics Center.
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Thursday
Gypsi Moon at Momma Goldberg's, 500 W. Magnolia Ave. Call 821-
0185.
Chris and Ross Backwater will play at Boardwalk Grill, 2514 S. College
St. Call 826-1660.
Barry and Zig will play at the War Eagle Supper Club, 2061 S. College
St. Call 821-4455.
TBA at Denaro's, 103 N. College St. Call 821-0349.
Friday
Telluride will play at the War Eagle Supper Club, 2061 S. College St.
Call 821-4455.
TBA at Denaro's, 103 N. College St. Call 821-0349.
Custer and Foster will play at Boardwalk Grill, 2514 S. College St. Call
826-1660.
Barry and Zig will be at The Buffalo Connection, 610 Shug Jordan
Parkway. Call 821-2700.
Saturday
TBA at Denaro's, 103 N. College St. Call 821-0349.
Telluride will play at the War Eagle Supper Club, 2061 S. College St.
Call 821-4455.
TBA will play at Boardwalk Grill, 2514 S. College St. Call 826-1660.
Hot Box Escape Pod at Momma Goldberg's, 500 W Magnolia Ave. Call
821-0185.
Caterpillars of the Community will play at Bottcher's, 1310 Opelika
Road. Call 821-8393.
Tuesday
Blues Healers will play at Boardwalk Grill, 2514 S. College St. Call 826-
1660.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
^>pawn ZJlie -Attbuin
Immortal Records
Though the movie was a little
weak, the soundtrack to Spawn is
anything but.
The CD contains 14 tracks of
music featuring techno bands in
conjunction with an alternative
band.
The opening track on the CD,
"(Can't you) Trip Like I Do" by
Filter and The Crystal Method is
LAUREN HOFFMAN
WefUJo
Virgin Records
I have never heard of Lauren
Hoffman and couldn't tell you if
she has put anything out in the
past, but I can tell you her latest
album, Megiddo, is 12 tracks of
slow and calming jazz/blues and
one of the better tracks on the
album and has the sound of Filter
with a techno beat in the back­ground.
The second track is "Long Hard
Road Out of Hell" by Marilyn
Manson and Sneaker Pimps.
This is also one of my favorites
on the album. It has a strong
Manson sound, with some back­up
vocals done by the Sneaker
Pimps.
The next track, "Satan," is per­formed
by Orbital with Kirk
Hammet. The track uses samples
from the Butthole Surfers' "Sweat
Loaf," and is more of a techno
song with distortion-filled guitar
over it.
Other tracks that have the gen­eral
techno sound with a splash
of rock or alternative are Prodigy
and Tom Morello performing
"One Man Army," Stabbing
Westward and Wink performing
"Torn Apart" and Silverchair with
Vitro performing "Spawn."
Track four on the album is Korn
and The Dust Brothers perform­ing
"Kick the PA." The song
sounds like Korn playing with a
drum machine, but also has a
space-like riff in the background.
"Kick the PA." sounds like a
slightly lighter Korn song, but has
a chorus that kicks in and will
knock you back a little if you
don't pay attention.
Butthole Surfers join Moby to
perform "Tiny Rubberbands,"
which has heavy repetition and
psychedelic overtones.
Other combinations include
Henry Rollins with Goldie, Slayer
with Atari Teenage Riot and Soul
Coughing with Roni Size.
One of the slower and less tech­no
songs on the album is
"Familiar" by Incubus and DJ
Greyboy. The track has a
funk/jazz style to it with a splash
of techno mixed in.
Overall, the album gives some
new flavor to bands you have
heard before and an interesting
introduction to bands you haven't
heard before.
REVIEW BY JEFFREY HAHNE
INTRIGUE EDITOR
QUICK SPINS
slow rock.
There are a few tracks of more
upbeat music, but all the tracks
have a soothing feel to them.
Hoffman's voice comes straight
out at you and is not too harsh or
too soft.
My favorite track on the album
is "Hope you don't mind." The
track has a funny chorus I can't
repeat, but it will surely make
you laugh.
REVIEW BY JEFFREY HAHNE
INTRIGUE EDITOR
EXTREME NOISE
TERROR
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Earache Records
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I have listened to a lot of bad
music in my day, but this CD has
got to take it all. The only reason
this CD got a half a star is
because that's the lowest I let the
ratings go.
LUNA
I up ZJe n I
Elektra Records
AA
I had been eagerly awaiting the
new Luna album Pup Tent for
several months, but when I final­ly
heard it, I was disappointed.
The band's last three albums,
Penthouse (1995), Bewitched (1994)
and Lunapark (1992) had all been
the perfect blend of slow and fast
songs. On Pup Tent, they rarely
get past the slow songs.
Even the best songs on Pup Tent
do not equal the few average or
even fewer poor songs on Luna's
other albums. It is basically an
album of average songs.
The first track, "IHOP," is the
best song on the album, but with
opening lyrics like "Is there a
doctor in the house/in the house
of pancakes," Dean Wareham, the
writer, singer and guitarist,
shows that his songwriting abili­ty
has regressed.
If you are looking for other
projects Dean Wareham has
done, try out his old band,
Galaxie 500 (on Rykodisk) or his
newest side project with his wife,
called Cagney and Lacee. The
album is called Six Feet of Chain
(on No. 6 Records) and is a bunch
of cover songs.
Even if you are an avid Luna
fan, I suggest you listen to this
album before buying it. If you
have been waiting for it to come
out for a while and expect more
of the same Luna you already
love, you will be greatly disap­pointed.
REVIEW BY J I M CARULE
STAFF WRITER
RADIOHEAD
\-/,^J\. (computer
Capitol Records
O.K. Computer, the new album
by Radiohead on Capitol
Records, is one of the better
albums to be released this year.
The CD is 10 tracks of absolute
crap. Loud distortion, heavy
drums and incessant screaming
come together in a big mess
called Extreme Noise Terror.
Compared to this, death metal
sounds like chamber music.
Though the musicians are
obviously talented (you can tell
by the phenomenal rate of speed
at which they play), the CD is
hard on the ears as well as the
neighbors.
REVIEW BY JEFFREY HAHNE
INTRIGUE EDITOR
The first single, "Paranoid
Android," immediately
impressed me and, when I finally
heard the album, I was not let
down.
Even on some of the slower
and more repetitive tracks on the
album, Radiohead pokes fun at
themselves by giving the songs
names like "Exit Music (For a
Film)" and "Subterranean
Homesick Alien."
On the eighth track,
"Electioneering," Radiohead
plays fast and upbeat, something
rarely heard on O.K Computer.
The seventh track, "Fitter
Happier," is a strange computer-generated
voice talking over a
quiet piano track with static in
the background. It is strange, but
even it is growing on me.
"Airbag" and "Climbing up
the Walls" are two of the better
songs on O.K. Computer.
The band has put out two
other albums, Pablo Honey,
released in 1993, and The Bends,
released in 1995. Both of these
albums are also on Capitol
Records.
The newest album, O.K.
Computer, has only been out for
about a month, and it keeps get­ting
better with each listen.
REVIEW BY J IM CARULE
STAFF WRITER
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The unusually cool summer evening gave
me an excuse for my goose bumps.
I was a nervous victim of stage fright as the
master of ceremonies randomly drew names
from the little brown basket to tell who would
perform next for the eager crowd of about 50.
The emcee's stories, anecdotes, jokes and
movie trivia between acts kept the audience's
attention and even helped calm me a bit.
This is how I felt last Thursday at Open
Mike Night on the back lawn of Pebble Hill as
part of the Chautauquan Echoes Summer
Performance Series sponsored by Auburn's
Center for Arts and Humanities.
Some brought lawn chairs, some brought
blankets, but people of all ages brought their
support for local talent.
Poets recited original works with passion
and sometimes fury. Writers read their short
stories and novel excerpts and painted mental
images.
One woman did remarkable animal impres­sions
as her voice mimicked everything from
a small dog to a sick chicken. She ended her
act with an amusing visual turtle impression.
My friend and I performed as an acoustic
guitar duo, singing and playing some of our
own works.
A little girl who could barely reach the low-
THINH NGUYEN/Photo Staff
A crowd of about 50 sat and watched a variety of talent perform at last Thursday
night's Open Mike Night at Pebble Hill.
ered microphone, sang "You Are My
Sunshine" for the final act of the evening.
If you have ever been to an open mike, you
may agree it is always a surprise. As an audi­ence
member, you never know what kind of
talents you will see or even who will go to the
microphone next. It may be the person right
next to you.
As a performer, you may not be as nervous
as I was, but you never know exactly when
your turn will be or if your nerves will make
you bail out all together.
Even though my friend and I made it to the
mike, we fumbled our own song lyrics at
times. Oh well, that's one thing nice about
open mike — though you may mess up in
front of an informal crowd, it will applaud
your effort. But mostly, the open mike is a
great avenue for showing off local talent that
may remain hidden if it is not encouraged
and supported.
I believe some of the best acts I have ever
seen have been at open mike nights, and the
one at Pebble Hill was exceptional in its vari­ety
of talent and color.
Julie Bouchard, a graduate student in
English who read one of her works at the
open mike, started the Chautauquan Echoes
Summer Performance Series. She said she
wanted to give families, kids and students
something to do in the summer evenings.
The series continues with the University
Summer Concert Band tonight at 6 p.m. and a
special performance by the Auburn Ballet
Friday night, also at 6 p.m. Admission is free.
REVIEW BY TmiSIH NGUYEN
STAFF WRITER
AU Theatre offers mystery, madness
Who is the real Inspector
Hound? Only those in attendance
at the latest University Theatre
production know the answer.
Actually, there are probably
people who saw "The Real
Inspector Hound," that don't
know who he really was.
"The Real Inspector Hound,"
directed by Dan LaRocque, was a
murder-mystery spoof with a
story within a story, within a
story, within a play that only
writer Tom Stoppard could con­coct.
Stoppard, author of the stage-and-
screen version of the brilliant
"Rosencrantz and Gildenstern
Are Dead," loves to amuse you as
he confuses you.
However, when the last line is
said and the talented performers
are bowing to warm applause,
the confusion is replaced with the
thought, "Oh, I see now." And
you tell your friends, "I knew it
was him all along."
Here's a summary of the play's
wacky antics:
Two critics, Birdboot (Del St.
John Treese) and Moon (Nevin
Miller) go see a who-done-it.
Birdboot plans to give a certain
actress in the play a good review
because they apparently did a lit­tle
horizontal "wrestling."
Moon is constantly being
upstaged by another critic, Hicks,
and dreams of his death.
Enter Mrs. Drudge (Chloe
Evers), the toadish maid that
makes one wonder, "Can she be
pretty?" and Simon Gascoyne
(Craig Glassco), the handsome
and mysterious stranger.
Then there is Felicity
Cunningham (Shelly Sproles), the
beautiful and easy bimbo, Lady
Cynthia Muldoon (Kathryn
Moise), the beautiful and easy
lady of the house and Magnus
Muldoon (Brandon Joshua
Arrington), the long-lost brother
of Lady Muldoon's late husband,
Albert.
A radio broadcast claims there
is a dangerous criminal in the
area.
Enter the fake Inspector Hound
(Clayton Smith). He's the guy
with the pipe, the magnifying
glass, the cloak and the funny
"inspector" hat.
The inspector discovers The
Body (Timothy Michaels) that has
been lying motionless on the
stage since ticketholders were
allowed to enter the theatre.
The body turns out to be Hicks,
the critic Moon wanted dead. The
fake Inspector Hound was actual­ly
a critic and Magnus Muldoon
was really Albert, Lady
Muldoon's deceased husband, the
real Inspector Hound and
Puckeridge, a critic who wanted
Hicks and Moon to die so he
could be the No. 1 reviewer.
The cast did a great job portray­ing
the stereotyped characters,
but the light and fluffy mood of
the play didn't allow them to
showcase their real talents.
There was, however, one bea­con
of pure genius that permeat­ed
the entire Telfair Peet Theatre.
Timothy Michaels' stellar per­formance
as The Body caused
more than one tear to glide down
distraught faces. The way he laid
on the stage floor throughout the
entire performance was chilling.
The rest of the cast had a rap­port
on stage that was