1996-02-15 The Auburn Plainsman

              WEEKEND WEATHER I THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1996 VOLUME 102, NUMBER 15, 34 pages
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Christy Booker named
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with look at Christian
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Swimmers lose to
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Movies C-4
Opinion and Commentary A-8
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Letters to the Editor
Local Crime Report
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On the Concourse
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Life In Hell
Tracking the Tigers
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"An Auburn Tradition Since 1893
SGA Budget and Finance hearings end
Some organizations displeased
with process, lack of knowledge
By Tara Andersson
Assistant News Editor
Emotions were no doubt a part of the
budget and finance hearings on Feb. 7 and
12 for the 14 projects funded by student
activity fees. Some leaders of those pro­jects
were not pleased with the results.
"We're trying to have a forum within
the next three weeks inviting all the stu­dent
activity projects to come and bring
their input," Andy Edwards, 04CE, and
Budget and Finance Committee chairman,
said.
Nicole Robinson, 10IB, president of the
Black Student Union said, "I think the
whole process needs to be revamped."
Edwards said, "I'm more than open to
revamp the system as best we can."
Robinson said the main problem with
the process is the committee's lack of
knowledge about the projects.
She said although the projects have the
opportunity to defend cuts at the hear­ings,
many of the committee members are
not directly affected by groups such as
BSU, and therefore don't see the need for
some of their expenses.
"If their minds are made up, the cut is
going to be made," Robinson said.
"A lot of money was lost, not just to the
organization, but also to the University,"
Karen Zagrodnik, 09EH, and president of
the Graduate Student Organization, said.
Zagrodnik said she was disappointed
not just because GSO had its budget cut,
but also because of the reasoning behind
the cuts.
A $10,000 cut was made to the Graduate
Student Support, which funds the presen­tation
of papers out of town and reflects
on the quality of Auburn's graduate stu­dents,
professors and programs,
Zagrodnik said.
"We use that money to sell Auburn,"
she said.
The trips are not merely job searches,
which is the reason some senators favored
the cut, but required parts of the students'
majors, and therefore a part of their edu­cation,
Zagrodnik said.
Edwards said the difficulty with the
committee not being informed about the
projects can be attributed to inconsistency
in the senators and project heads.
"The advisers are the only people who
get to see the process year after year," he
said.
Robinson said it disturbed her that
some of the projects' requested budgets
were untouched.
The committee did not approve any cuts
to the following projects' requests: SGA,
Tiger Cub, the Glomerata and the Aquatics
Center.
Alex Magg, 09EPG, and vice president
of GSO, said he wondered, "Why doesn't
everyone have to tighten their belts?"
"SGA is a project that comes before the
Budget and Finance Committee just like
every other organization," Edwards said.
"They were the only budget this year to
give themselves a decrease. The percent
received from last year's budget is lower
for the SGA than it is for anyone else,"
Edwards said.
The Senate's own line-item has been
zero-funded since last year's budget.
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Student tries to
'STOP!' parking
problem
Sa-wing
By Matthew Willett
Assistant Copy Editor
The latest light at the end of the tunneHn a stdry
of WfOng turns and dead-end roads is one student
who wants to make a difference.
Like many students, Glenn Cook, 06AE, is fed
up with parking. So fed up, in fact, that he has
founded STOP!, a student organization he hopes
will encourage the University administration to
take concrete action to resolve the parking issue.
STOP! is an acronym for Students Take On
Parking.
"What I'd like to see is everyone interested meet­ing
to discuss the issue and to solve the problem,"
Cook, a graduate student who returned to Auburn
last spring, said.
"I'd like to see STOP! become large enough to go
en masse to the administration," Cook said. "The
biggest group around is the student body, and if
we get organized, then somebody has got to lis­ten."
In October 1995 University officials met publicly
to discuss and hear student reaction to six parking
plans that included building a parking deck, a bus
transit system and paving the drill field. The
Plainsman reported student attendance at these
meetings was low.
"A parking feasibility study is just a survey,"
Cook said. "It's not a proposal and it's not getting
anything done about it."
Jim Ferguson, vice president for administrative
services, is optimistic about the group's function.
"I hope they'll feel comfortable with working
with Mark Graham, who is the chairman of the
University traffic and parking board," Ferguson
said. The board is a permanent group that studies
traffic and parking and presents possible solutions
to the Board of Trustees.
Cook said he has received e-mail from alumni
who said that parking was a problem in the 1960s.
"The first thing I noticed when I came back to
Auburn (since leaving in 1992) was that nothing
See STOP! / A-3
Faculty rejects
reports of
grade inflations
By Chris Wilkerson
DRAQOS NOUR/Photo Staff
Tiger pitcher Ryan Halla winds up for a pitch on opening day at
the newly-renovated Plainsman Park. See story, page D-1
Campus Editor
At Tuesday's meeting, the University Senate reject­ed
a preliminary report by the Academic Standards
Committee which'cited evidence of grade inflation at
Auburn.
Mathematics professor Richard Zalik presented
the senate with a report which said grade inflation is
"an erosion of the value of letter grades as measures
of academic performance."
Zalik said the average grade point average of
undergraduates at Ajuburn has, risen from 2.72 in
1994-95 to 2.78 in 1995-96. According to the report,
these GPAs are up from about 2.51 in the early '80s.
Zalik said in his research he came across a New
York Times article which suggested the national GPAs
are not rising.
"It would seem these statistics are bucking the
national trend," he said.
The results of the preliminary report brought an
emotional response from the senate.
Cindy Brunner, associate professor of pathobiolo-gy
and senate secretary, said the report merely
announced a trend without thoroughly demonstrat­ing
significance of that fact.
After being questioned about the validity of the
report, Zalik suggested perhaps graduate teaching
assistants and non-tenured faculty "give high grades
to get good teaching evaluations."
Michael Melancon, associate professor of history,
said, "We should avoid the casting of aspersions for
the moment."
Zalik said his personal experience is that since he
began his teaching career at Aubum in 1984 students
have come to expect better grades, but have not nec­essarily
been earning them.
The senate was divided on this issue, but decided
in a majority vote not to accept the report.
See Faculty / A-3
FBI investigations of Fenton death continue
By Stephanie Morris
State/Local Editor
After almost seven months of
investigation, the death of 19-year-old
Candice Fenton remains a
mystery.
Auburn police continue to
search for answers in the puzzling,
suspicious death that has left
many people asking questions.
Police found Fenton dead in her
Genelda Place apartment on July
18,1995 after conducting a welfare
check requested by her parents.
Death investigation reports
from the Alabama Department of
Forensic Sciences in Montgomery
revealed that Fenton had been
bound by a dog leash around the
neck and wrists, which resulted in
"tight secure ligature (binding)
around the right and left wrists,
securing them at the level of the
mid to lower back."
The report stated Fenton died as
a result of asphyxia, or suffocation.
Police maintained that Fenton was
not strangled, stabbed or shot.
An Auburn graduate, who will
remain anonymous, contacted The
Auburn Plainsman last week asking
questions about the case.
The alumnus said he had been a
suspect in the case and "wanted to
clear the air."
"The reason I was a suspect in
this case was because when I was
an undergraduate in December of
1991 my mom was murdered in
south central Alabama. She was
found nude from the waist down
and handcuffed."
He said because Fenton also was
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found with ligature around the
wrists, the similarities in the two
cases made him a suspect. He also
had been a suspect in his mother's
murder, but he said, "I had
absolutely nothing to do with it."
He said his mother's murder
case is still open, but, "I've been
exonerated from it."
He said because there had been
nothing mentioned in the case
recently, he was "afraid people
had formed conclusions" about
him. Because the former Auburn
student is currently trying to find
employment in another state, and
the application process requires
background checks and reference
checks, he was worried his refer­ences
in Auburn may become
biased by rumors.
"There were some rumors going
on down there, and there was
noticeable change in people's
behavior (towards him)," he said.
The alumnus said he, like
Fenton, was an education major.
But he said he had never met her.
"I had absolutely nothing to do
with this young woman's death,"
he said.
The alumnus said while he was
a suspect in the case, Auburn
police tapped his phone line.
Captain Frank DeGraffenried of
the Auburn Police Department
denied this.
The alumnus said he recently
had spoken with DeGraffenried.
He said DeGraffenried told him
the police were talking with
lawyers on the case.
See Fenton / A-3
FENTON
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Accounting Honor Society, will be
offering free income tax assistance to
the people of the community at the
Auburn Wal-Mart on College St. The
dates for this service are Feb. 17, 24,
and March 2 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
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or visit 1133HC. All majors welcome.
Samples of rock from the moon and
a video on lunar geology will be on
display in 210 Petrie Hall, 7 p.m.-9
p.m., Feb. 22.
Lecture: Joerg Fichte (University of
Tuebingen), "Authurian Traditions
and Audience Expectations in Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight." Feb.
22,4 p.m., Pebble Hill.
St. Dunstan's Student Center
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Feb. 27,1996. Service begins at 5:30
p.m. with supper following. Dr.
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University Courts. Short meeting
and play afterwards. For info, call
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Building Room 125. For more info,
call 887-2858.
Ultimate Frisbee Club meets 3
days/week Need cleats. Have men,
women and coed practices. Call
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Tuesday, 6 p.m., Flight Sim Lab
(Wilmore 155). Open to anyone
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Lee County Touch Meeting Feb. 15,
6 p.m., EAMC Cancer Center. Guest
Speaker: Reverend Raymond Logino
of Bethesda Baptist Church.
Auburn Society of Environmental
Scientists will meet on Feb. 20, 7
p.m., 136 Cary Hall. All environmen­tal
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to Current Research at Auburn."
Speakers: Dr. Barbaree and Dr. James
C. Wright, DMV, Feb. 21, 1996, 7
p.m., 112 Life Sciences Bldg.
Wildlife Society meeting on
Tuesday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. in 336
Funchess Hall. Speaker: Mark Bailey.
Everyone is welcome.
Social Work Club meeting Feb. 19,6
p.m., in Social Work Department,
HC, 7th floor. We will be electing
new officers and planning book
drive.
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meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 6 p.m.
in 210 Thach Hall. Anyone interested
is welcome.
APICS Meeting - February meeting
of the Chattahoochee Valley Chapter
of the American Production and
Inventory Control Society (APICS)
will be held at Lee's Lakeside
Restaurant in Opelika on Tuesday,
Feb. 20, at 5:30 p.m. CST. This will be
a joint meeting with the student
chapter. Speaker: David Peterson.
For reservations and more info, call
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Phi Eta Sigma scholarship review
committee meeting Feb. 21, 3 p.m.,
321 Foy Union. Open to all Phi Eta
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Snapshots of Chuckles and
Laughs is a humorous collection of
anecdotes by Jim Mitchell. He shares
with us his personal experiences as a
child in Srewtppy Alabarna; as a student
at Auburn University and divinity
school; as an instructorv a minister and
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administrator of Personnel Services at
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meniories of panty raids, tub fishing,
students- best excuses, and first loves.
Mitchell published Snapshots
Mmself mrbu^t^e University Printing
Service. Mike E>eMent, of the
Veterinary Medicine School, sketched
the cover using a caricature of Mitchell
as a student at Auburn during the 1960's.
: J & M Bookstore is hosting an
autograph party for Mitchell on
February 19,1996, from 2:00 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. at the Auburn University
Hotel and Conference Center.
Thursday, February 15,1996 fflheguburnfilainsnmn A-3
World
Bosnia peace efforts earn Clinton nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
President Bill Clinton has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Clinton and his peace emis­sary
for Bosnia, Richard Holbrooke, are among the 103 people and organizations nominated thus far.
Geir Lundestad, the non-voting secretary of the Nobel Peace Prize committee said 82 people and 21
organizations have been nominated.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee does not give candidates' names, mainly to protect those who are
struggling against oppressive powers.
Some candidates' names become public when those making the nominations announce them. This year
some of the known candidates are Holbrooke and Clinton, who were both nominated for their efforts to
bring peace to Bosnia. Former President Jimmy Carter also was nominated for his international peace
efforts.
y) From the Feb. 1 edition of The Plainsman on page B-l, the story "IFC proposes no bottles at band par-
C ties" incorrectly stated that fraternities pay about $70 an hour for security. According to Scott Peters
>n from Velvet Hammer Security Services the going rate is $30 for two guards per hour. From the Feb. 8
O edition of The Plainsman on page A-l, the story "Alpha donates $5 million to College of Agriculture"
2. incorrectly identified Alfa as Alpha in its headline. Also, the Alabama Farmer's Federation was incor­rectly
identified as the Alabama Farmer's Association. Also, in the story "Opelika teen receives life sen­tence"
Dorothy M. Benefield was incorrectly identified as Dorothy M. Beanfield. O
o Faculty
Richard Kunkel, dean of the
College of Education, said the
University faculty uses the grade
"C" to mean "acceptable." This
comes from the 1995-96 Auburn
Bulletin.
The report refers to a "C" grade
as average. Kunkel suggested this
as an example of how the report
does not accurately reflect what is
Fenton
Continued from A-1
going on in the University.
Glenn Howse, professor of agri­cultural
economics and rural soci­ology,
said the data is "very inter­esting
and very useful, but I am
not willing to support acceptance
of this report."
The report contained a list of
suggestions by the committee to
check and correct grade inflation.
Continued from A-1
Brunner said this data is a large
part of why the senate refused to
accept the report.
"I didn't agree with the recom­mendations,"
she said.
The faculty was "concerned that
the results could be overinterpret-ed.
"
"Their recommendations
involved our budget," she said.
"He (DeGraffenried) was very
ambiguous," the alumnus said. "I
find it very puzzling why the
police would be sitting on this
information."
the police have no further infor­mation
on the case!T'
As far as speaking with
lawyers, DeGraffenried said,
"There are some people that were
questioned early in the investiga­tion
that got lawyers, but I under­stand
them because I have col­lege-
age kids too. If the police
come back and talk two or three
times to them, (parents) say, 'Are
you harassing my child or should
I be worried? Do I need to get an
attorney for them?'"
The alumnus said he was a sus­pect
before he went to the police.
"I was tipped off by someone who
told me I was a suspect. That's
why I went to (the police)."
But DeGraffenried said the
alumnus had come down to the
station during the time of the
investigation fearing Ije may b,e a
suspect. _. '! V *," T _,
His name neyer popped up in
anything until he contacted us,"
DeGraffenried said.
As far as progress in the case,
DeGraffenried said, "I'm checking
out all kinds of different avenues.
"I just check out suspicious-type
stuff," he said.
"We've turned (the case) over to
the FBI for their profile service,"
DeGraffenried said.
He said the FBI will study the
case to determine the manner of
death. DeGraffenried said he
hopes to hear from the FBI soon,
but he does not know when. Until
the manner of death is deter­mined,
the case remains labeled as
a suspicious death.
DeGraffenried said he is not
ignoring any^lley. He s a j d ^ a s ,
talked to ' .hundreds, pf people."
iti a WPf things ^er^sftarige; to
me, and I investigate them fur­ther,"
DeGraffenried said.
One thing DeGraffenried said
was suspicious was the alumnus
contacting The Plainsman.
"If you're really not wanting to
be considered a suspect, why do
you keep calling people telling
them, 'I'm a suspect.' That bothers
me a little bit," DeGraffenried
said. "I might check further into
his background than I had initial­ly
done, but he's not the first per­son
to come up and say,
'Somebody said I should be a sus­pect.'"
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Budget
Magg also said reform was
needed in scheduling because
there is no order in the way the
budgets are called. He said one
solution would be to schedule one
set time when each budget would
be reviewed, one line-item at a
time.
Because of their teaching and
class obligations, no one from the
GSO's budget committee was at
the Feb. 16 hearing, Magg said.
Edwards said he requested at
that hearing that senators hold off
on any budget cuts to the GSO
until a representative could be
there.
After one and a half hours of
Monday night's hearing, "It was
becoming evident that we were
getting closer to our final number
and that the Budget and Finance
hearings may be over that night,"
Edwards said.
"We received several requests
from other projects, (who said)
that they didn't feel like it was fair
for a budget not to be touched
simply because the people weren't
there to represent them," he said.
The senators on the committee
received all the budget requests
one and a half weeks before the
actual hearings, Edwards said.
"There wasn't as much that had
to be cut this year. It's easier to cut
from requested increases than it is
to go back over someone's budget
and cut an existing project,"
Edwards said.
"The hearings did go faster this
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year, but I really think that was an
improvement over the long and
drawn-out debate sessions that
sometimes can get heated," he
said.
Robinson, who has been a part
of the hearings for three years,
said when going to the Budget and
Finance hearings, she expects to
defend the need for money to be
spent, but not the entire organiza­tion.
"We have to fight every year as
to why we should exist," she said.
Robinson said senators repeat­edly
asked BSU if its events were
exclusive to its members. She said
everything they do is open to all
Auburn students.
Although it is not always possi­ble
to determine the motivation
for certain line-item cuts, some
cuts seem to be made based on
personal feelings in retaliation of
remarks that organization makes
while trying to explain its expen­ditures,
she said.
"It is hard to separate (personal
feelings). We are all human,"
Robinson said.
"I felt like (the hearings were)
run more professionally this year
by the individual senators, and I
appreciate all their work there,"
Edwards said.
Zagrodnik said GSO received
3.5 percent of the total student
activity fees, but graduate stu­dents
make up 14 percent of
Auburn students.
She said she doesn't expect the
exact percentage, but thinks tr(e
allotment should be more in line
with what GSO as an organization
does for the University. I
"If each budget only covered '&
special set of students, you could
allocate based on the percentage of
students represented," Edwards
said.
However, "numerous organiza­tions
on campus serve all the stu­dents.
That doesn't mean th^t
since they provide for every stri­dent
they deserve 100 percent of
the student activity fees," he said;.
Zagrodnik said although GSQ
has received negative publicity
about the mismanagement 61
funds by its former president, the
newly-elected executive board ha$
already made changes to set thfe
organization in "a new positive
direction."
Robinson said Auburn gives th£
message that it is working toward
diversity, but that these actions
don't agree with that philosophy.;
"We want this campus to bf
diverse, but we have to be realis!-
tic," she said.
Robinson said many people
don't understand that part of
BSU's role at Auburn is the retenj-tion
and well-being of black stul-dents
on campus.
She said, "We're going to keep,
our heads up regardless. We're not
going to let anything stifle us from
what we need to do."
STOP! Continued from A-1
had changed."
"Nothing had been done to try
to relieve that problem," Cook
said, "I just couldn't understand
why the University won't do any­thing
about it."
The plans and promises of the
administration to resolve the
parking issue "seemed to have a
hollow ring," Cook said.
"There are a number of obvious
solutions out there," he said, "and
maybe someone out there has an
even better idea. , ... ~
I 'just don t understand why
we haven't moved on this yet," he
said.
Ferguson said that the plans
suggested and discussed in
October were sent to the Board of
Trustees to review at their January
meeting, but that because of time
constraints the issue had been
tabled, and the Board hopes to
consider the issue next month.
Cook feels strongly on the issue
and put into words what he said
many students grumble about on
a daily basis.
"There comes a time when a
student has to make a decision,"
Cook said, "about whether to park
illegally or just not go to class.
"A lot of students live far from
campus and walking is not an
option," Cook said.
"Students should not be forced
to make a decision about going to
class or parking illegally; students
should not be put in that posi­tion,"
he said.
About 19,500 permits are sold
for about 10,600 parking spaces.
Cook said this insures a constant
income for the University in park-ing^
rickatfges.--, -.,.•** » » • ,
j 'They don't even.use the money
from p^kWg^feas*fd^arking,"
Cook said.: c > *
"Sure, it's not the University's
responsibility to provide parking
spaces for every student," Cook
said, "but if they're going to give
tickets then they do have the
responsibility to provide adequate
opportunities to avoid getting
tickets," Cook said.
"It's not right for the University
to fine us when a certain percent­age
of the student population
must park illegally every day,"
Cook said.
Mike Brady, 02RTF, said that he
had never had to skip class
because of a lack of parking, but
that he "would be very interest­ed"
in a group like STOP! ]
Cook believes that solution^
exist, and he hopes that the
University will react favorably to;
student demand for resolution of
the parking issue.
"I'm interested in this being a!
non-painful experience," Cook;
said. "I'd like to see an open dia-;
logue about this issue. We're all in
this together. Let's sit down and
gtalkaboutihis and.ilhinfcwe cart
find an equitable solution.
"Figirtfingi:WDrf;t..,get us any-;
where. This will just get worse as;
time goes on," he said.
Cook plans to hold the first
meeting of STOP! Tuesday, Feb. 20
at 6 p.m. Those interested can'
contact him at 821-3811 or e-mail;
him at cookgle@eng.auburn.edu!
for information about the meet-'
ing's location.
"I'm not the only one," Cook
said. "I have heard from a lot of!
students who are fed up with
this."
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2/9 12:59 a.m --; the theft of a pair of
Head of 235 E. Glenn Ave., white and blue Reebok shoes, val-
Aubum, reported an accidental ued at $10(1. The shoes were
Injury to Jon Collins Conlin of stolen from her residence.
2/9 5:53 ajm., Allen Atford of Carpenter HI filed a criminal mis-room
27 Plaza Motel. Opeiika chief report at the Heart Of
Road, Auburn, reported the theft Auburn Motel, 33? S. College St..
of an extra-large blue duffel bag Auburn. The wood siding area
containing clothes valued at $400, received puncture-type damage
a small duffel bag containing vari- and a pane of glass was broken,
ous clothes valued at $50, $100 Total damage* are estimated M
calh 1 1 1 rod and reel .'omhtna- I IH
tions valued at $200 and a tackle 2/10 1:02 p.m., Ben Douglas
box valued at $50. The items Miley of 420 Blake St., Auburn,
were stolen from a red 19S7 reported the theft of a 22-cnliber
Honda Civic while it was parked Sport-King Hi Standard semi-at
the Plaza Motel. The window automatic pistol, serial number
of the car was broken; police esfi- 504337, valued at $100, a 357-cal-rr
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$200 ZTi Shite goS diamond Apartments, aprWent 15,
ring with brushed sides and a Auburn, reported the theft ot 5>J
Windsor stamp inside valued at from her residence.
$500. The items were stolen from » » * » P-m- E n c J * " * 1™4 of
Auburn. «** $3tXXX) damage done to the
2/9 8:05 p.m., David Wiggins windshield and driver's door of a
reported the theft of a pair of maroon 1988 Ford Thunderbird
Guess blue jeans valued at $60, a while the vehicle was on Sanders
5.1-ounce bottle of Hugo Cologne Street near the Bra^g Avenue
valued at $50 and a 3.4-ounce bot- intersection.
tie of CK One cologne from 2/11 5 a.m., Chris Taylor report-
Gavfers department store in the ed $150 in damage done to wood-
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1221 Commerce Drive, Auburn, Auburn.
By Christopher Brandon
Assistant News Editor
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is
the third story in a four-part
series on the Internet.
As the popularity of the Internet
and the World Wide Web continues
to boom, it seems every billboard
and glossy magazine advertisement
contains the fashionable "http:" Web
address.
Virtually anything can be found on
the Net, from the latest medical
research on AIDS to Waffle House's
24-hour breakfast menu.
Individuals and businesses with
cyber-know-how have plunged
headfirst into cyberspace and discov­ered
a sea of opportunity
The cover story of the Oct. 30,
1995, issue of U.S. News & World
Report described a number of new
career opportunities called "cyber-jobs,"
most of them less than a year
old. Ranging from on-line marketing
manager to digital journalist, cyber-jobs
are in great demand by busi­nesses
of all disciplines.
"One that stands out in my mind is
designer for home pages," Susan
Tanner, 06MPA, said. "Most com­mercial
enterprises, as well as many
public entities, have home pages on
the Web."
U.S. Nexus listed a home page
designer, also called Webmaster, as
one of 20 hot jobs for the future. On­line
experience and knowledge of
HTML (the computer language used
to write Web pages) are a must.
A number of other on-line jobs
which don't require the technical
knowledge have also developed.
As electronic newspapers and
magazines crop up on the Net, on­line
journalists have found a new
niche for reporting.
The Auburn Plainsman editor
Elizabeth Smith, 04JM, was recently
hired by The Atlanta journal —
Constitution for her journalism
internship. She will be writing sto­ries
and designing pages for the
paper's home page on the World
Wide Web.
An on-line marketing manager is
another hot cyberjob. Most major
companies and many small business
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are now using home pages to pro­mote
their products. Marketing on
the Net costs less and reaches more
people than direct mail (snail mail),
and companies need on-line business
representatives with Internet experi­ence
to get their products into cyber­space.
A number of other cyberjobs are
establishing a place on the Internet.
Technical assistants for Internet ser­vice
providers are in demand as the
number of providers increases regu­larly
Sales consultants for new vir­tual
malls on the Internet will soon
become necessary. Teledoctors are
emerging on the Net offering med­ical
advice to patients and other
physicians based on uploaded med­ical
records.
New occupations are not the only
result of the Internet boom. Careers
from all disciplines are making use of
the Net to increase efficiency.
Department of zoology geneticist
and professor Michael Wooten is one
person whose profession benefits
from using the Net. Wooten has been
actively involved with networks in
research and teaching for 12 years.
He described a number of ways
scientists are using the Net. E-mail is
the primary means of communica­tion
between colleagues.
Newsgroups provide statistical
analyses. Web pages set up by com­mercial
organizations and scientific
societies produce journal articles,
abstracts and the latest genetic
research.
"We routinely use Genebank's Net
site as a place to make our sequencies
public and to gain access to the data
of others," Wooten said. "Genebank
is the major electronic repository for
nucleotide and protein sequences.
Via the Net, one can submit, search
and retrieve sequences from this
massive data base in seconds."
Scientists aren't the only profes­sions
using the Net. Truck drivers
search Web pages to plan their routes
ahead of time. Politicians are creat­ing
their own Web pages to present
their views. Florists access the Net to
find creative techniques to arrange
flowers. Pizza, restaurant?, are, even
on line taking delivery orders via the
Net.
Web pages
offer detailed
job listings
When a position opened at a
company in the past, employers
would call on headhunters and
place ads in the classifieds.
However, businesses of the infor­mation
age are cruising for poten­tial
employees on the Internet.
The new trend in corporate
recruiting is placing job openings
on World Wide Web pages, and
job hunters are responding with
e-mailed resumes.
Job postings on the Net provide
more detail than a classified ad,
and the cost is virtually nothing
compared to hiring a headhunter.
Companies seeking technical
expertise are also impressed
when a candidate finds the job
listing on the Internet.
Likewise, potential candidates
respond to ads by e-mailing their
resumes.
Resumes reach employers
faster, and utilizing the Net
makes the distinction, "I am on
the cutting edge."
Finding job listings on the Web
is as easy as searching for today's
news. Using a browser, type key­words
like "jobs," "careers" and
words relating to a specific field.
A number of databanks are pre­sent
on the Web that contain links
to employment opportunities.
Employment databases contain
thousands of job listings and will
also keep your resume on file for
employers to review.
Yahoo has an employment
database in its business pages
(http: / /www.yahoo.com).
Some other databases are
CareerPath (http://www.career-path.
com) and CareerMosaic
( h t t p : / / www.careermosaic.com).
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GOP candidates meet in Auburn
By Graham Hadley
Assistant News Editor
The six republican candidates for
the 3rd Congressional District came
together Tuesday at the Auburn
University Conference Center for a
forum sponsored by the Young
Republicans of Lee County and the
Auburn University College
Republicans.
Jack Sexton, Bob Riley, B.B. Comer,
Ben C. Hand, Don Sledge and Rick
Hagans are seeking election to the
U.S. House of Representatives. The
candidates met to discuss their
stands on various issues.
The candidates outlined their plat­forms
in their opening statements.
The most frequently discussed
issues were budget and government
reform.
"I see an America in the next five
years where we are halfway to a bal­anced
budget for the first time in 40
vears," Riley said.
Several of the candidates con­curred
on the need to reduce the role
of the federal government and trans­fer
power back to state and local
governments.
Comer is pushing to "reduce the
role of federal government in our
daily lives," he said.
Sledge agreed, stating he was
"pro-business; anti big-govern­ment."
Hand took the issue further by
advocating the closing of many fed­eral
organizations including the
Department of Education and
Housing and Urban Development.
Additionally, Hand said he sup­ported
a bill that would withdraw
the United States from the United
Nations.
After the opening statements, the
candidates were given a chance to
answer questions from the audi­ence.
Prompted by these questions, the
candidates addressed several key
issues including tax reform and
environmental protection.
All the candidates said they sup­ported
some form of environmental
regulation, but they disagreed on the
method by which it is enforced.
Hand suggested that the
Environmental Protection Agency be
shut down and regulation of envi­ronmental
issues be given to state
agencies.
Riley said each situation must be
considered separately.
"I think that we can't look to it as
one size fits all wfiere the environ­ment
is concerned," he said.
Sledge said he supports a clean
environment. "Clean water, clean air
and woods to hunt in are impor­tant,"
he said.
He added that the "tree huggers"
have gone too far, and their actions
often endanger the environment.
Hagans, who runs His Place, a
men's christian community shelter
MATT MCLEAN/Photo Staff
Bob Riley speaks to area republicans during a forum Tuesday.
in Opelika, said he would do any­thing
to protect the environment.
"I even like the swamps; good
deer hunting there," he said.
When asked what tax plan they
support, the candidates offered sev­eral
different views, though several
were in support of some form of flat
tax plan. All agreed that some type
of reform is needed.
"I am for a tax system that
removes the tyranny of the IRS,"
Sledge said.
"What we presently have is not
right," he said.
Hand said he supports a flat tax.
Riley agreed somewhat, saying he
supports "a flat tax or a modified flat
tax."
In addition, the candidates agreed
on the need for some form of term
limits for legislators.
"Career politicians are the prob­lem,
not the solution," Riley said.
Hand said he would support term
limits only in the form of a constitu­tional
amendment. This would give
the people the right to vote on it.
Several of the candidates fur­thered
support of term limits by
promising to enact self-imposed per­sonal
term limits.
State primaries narrow political field
DOLE
By Graham Hadley
Assistant News Editor
Sen. Bob Dole finished first in the
Iowa republican presidential caucus­es
Monday, followed by Patrick
Buchanan and Lamar Alexander.
The primary elections establish
who will run in the general elections
from each party.
Nationally, the republican pri­maries
this year will determine who
will face President Bill Clinton in the
presidential election.
At the state level, the elections nar­row
the field within the parties so
that one candidate from each major
party will remain for the general elec­tion.
Usually the incumbent candidate
receives no opposition from within
the party.
The New Hampshire primary next
Tuesday is considered one of the
most important primary elections in
the country. Many politicians view
this primary as an indicator of trends
to occur in other primaries.
The Alabama primary, June 4, is
one of the last to take place.
"Because our primary is so late ,the
national candidates are usually
decided, but that does not make the
race any less exciting," Jack Sexton, a
Republican 3rd Congressional
District candidate, said.
Because many people feel the
national candidacies are resolved
before the Alabama primary, some
local candidates are taking additional
measures to stimulate voter turnout.
Congressional candidate Bob Riley
said he hopes the national campaigns
will not be firmly decided by then so
that more Republicans will turn out
to vote.
Ben Hand, another candidate, has
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A-6 gthe.^luburn Blainsman Thursday, February 15,1996
James proposes money for parks
By Jeffrey Hahne
Staff Writer
Gov. Fob James' general fund
budget proposal was introduced
last week to the state government.
The proposal includes an allocation
of $10 million per year to state parks
for the next three years.
According to Kelly Ammons,
assistant director of communica­tions
for the governor, "Gov. James
feels that the state parks are in dire
need of repairs and are a major pri­ority."
The deci­sion
to allocate
the money
from the gener­al
fund of the
Conservation
Department
was made
months ago.
The state
parks have
received little
money in past ^^a^^^m^^^mm
years because
they are thought of as self-support­ing.
According to Gary Leach, direc­tor
of state parks, all of the parks are
"at least 20 years old and showing
their age."
Sen. Gerald Dial, D-District 13,
proposed a bill in regular session to
privatize the state parks in order to
raise the money. Lench feels that pri­vatization
and state owning of parks
will have the same outcome.
Jimmy Shivers, park manager of
Chewacla State Park, said he feels
that privatization is impractical
because it would raise the state­wide
entry fee from $1. Shivers and
Leach agree that raising the entry
fee from $1 is a last resort to increase
funds.
If passed, Leach said that he
would use the $10 million in the first
year to repair hotels, cabins and
campgrounds. Leach said, "Some of
the parks need major repairs from
deferred maintenance in the past.
Everything from equipment to roof­ing
and swimming pools needs to
be replaced or repaired."
Leach also discussed the golf
courses that are part of the parks.
They are more than 20 years old and
Dome of the parks need major repairs from
deferred maintenance in the past. Everything from
equipment to roofing and swimming pools needs to
be replaced or repaired.
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GARY LEACH
Director of State Parks
need repairs as well. Those would
be taken care of with the second
year's allocation. The general goals
are to get things back up to a stan­dard
and to raise the bottom profit
line so that the parks can become
more self-supporting.
As far as Chewacla State Park is
concerned, Shivers said that he
would use the allocated money to
make minor repairs on buildings
and upgrade sewage systems.
Shivers feels the parks are "a
valuable asset for the state of
Alabama, and the money would
help keep the parks going so that
the public can keep enjoying them."
Shivers also said Chewacla is
nearly 60 years old. Some repairs are
neededfor deteriorated wood
caused by aging. He also said,
"Chewacla is a small park with less
than 100,00 visitors a year. Other
larger parks in the state are in worse
shape than we are."
Shivers said he would just want
to improve the general appearance
of Chewacla and "work with what
we've got." Most trails are kept up
by volunteers and painting and
^ — basic repairs
have been done,
but simply not
enough mainte­nance
to with­stand
the test of
time.
Ammons dis­pelled
a rumor
that the money
for the state
parks was
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ "™ g°ing t 0 come
from money
that was formerly allocated to road
building. She said she has looked
into that and the money is coming
from the general fund to the
Conservation Deptartment. It has
always been there, she said.
Budget officers have said the state
parks need more than $10 million a
year, and Leach agrees. Leach said
that the money would get things
back up to a standard, and a raised
bottom profit line would hopefully
provide enough money to keep
maintenance in the parks going in
the future.
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Law requires wait for divorces
By Jeffrey Willis
Staff Writer
Do you take this person in good
times and bad, in sickness and in
health, for better or worse, until
death do you part or until 30 days
are up?
As a couple enters the sanctity of
marriage, divorce is never on their
minds, but it is always an option for
the marriages that can't last.
However, divorces are going to be
harder to get in Alabama now.
A new law, which won't take
effect until Jan. 1,1997, states that 30
days must pass after filing for
divorce before it can become final,
Kelly Ammons, assistant director of
communications for the state capital,
said.
"They wanted people to have a
cooling-off period between the time
that they filed for divorce and when
it was actually final," Ammons said.
The bill passed in the Senate 20-0,
in the House 63-4 and was signed
into law by Gov. Fob James on Feb.
7, Ammons said.
"Under current law you can walk
into a courthouse and file for divorce
and be granted a divorce the very
same day," Sen. Chip Bailey, D-Dothan,
said.
Bailey, who introduced the bill to
the Senate, said that since 1971
Alabama's divorce law has been the
no-fault divorce law, allowing cou­ples
to divorce for no reason. Prior to
1971, couples had to have a reason to
get a divorce. This law brought
about an immediate 30 percent
increase in Alabama's divorce rate.
"The laws of Alabama have accel­erated
divorces," Bailey said, "and it
especially hurts the one parent who
is trying to keep the family together.
"It's to your disadvantage in a
court of law if you're trying to save
your family. You almost have to go
to court and aggressively fight for
the divorce in order to have an equal
position, and if you don't want a
divorce, and you want to hold your
family together, you end up being
penalized by the court," he said.
Rep. Demetrius Newton, D-Birmingham,
District 53, said, "In
order to reconcile, they would have
to go back to the judge and file a new
petition in court saying, 'we want to
reconcile, judge, set this divorce
aside.'"
"There are about 30-odd states
that have waiting periods, many of
them up to a year. The average is
about six months," Newton, who
introduced the bill in the House,
said.
The divorce rate for Alabama is
6.4 divorces annually per thousand,
Bailey said. Compared to that, the
divorce rate for Massachusetts and
Connecticut is just 2.4 divorces
annually per thousand.
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Preparation
Seminar
March 1-2,1996
First Baptist Church of Opelika
301 S. 8th St. Opelika, AL
Friday, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Saturday, 9:00 - 12:00 a.m.
Celebrating Your Uniqueness
Expectations: So This is Married Life
More Than Talk: Couple Communication
The Honeymoon is Over: Conflict Resolution
Durable Love: Developing Marital Intimacy
Enough is Enough: Managing Your Money
Mike King, Minister of Education
Seminar Leader
There is no cost for this seminar. However, registration
is required. For information and registration call the
church education office at 745-5715.
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Bailey said almost 50 percent of
marriages in Alabama end in
divorce. "We're in the top 10 states in
the United States in the number of
divorces," Bailey said.
Newton said divorce rates are
high because "people get divorces in
a fit of anger — and the parties are
too, for want of a better phrase,
stouthearted to reconsider."
Bailey added that the divorces not
only affect the couples, but children
are often involved, and "the result of
divorce on children is very dramatic.
"Divorce is the single largest con­tributor
to the discipline problems
we have with our children today,"
Bailey said. Seventy to 80 percent of
all juvenile delinquents, students
expelled from grade schools and
juvenile psychiatric admissions, are
from broken homes, he said.
The new law "will bring some
couples back together. It's been
proven that people who have a
chance to think over, to cool off,
some do go back together. It's not
going to mean a major reversal in
divorce trends, "but it will help,"
Bailey said.
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A-8 (Eheguburnglainsman Thursday, February 15,1996
QlbeQuburn Plainsman
"An Auburn Tradition Since 1893"
J. Elizabeth Smith
Editor
Greg Walker
Managing Editor
Ashley Wright
Business Manager
Jerrod Windham
Production Director
Cady Duncan
Copy Editor
Chris Wilkerson
Campus Editor
Stephanie Morris
State/Local Editor
Tanya Holt
Scene Editor
Dennis G. Dube
Sports Editor
Shon Newton
Photo Editor
Assistants— Kelly Dyer, Nora Holzman, Jennifer Lacy, Patti Long, Matthew Willett Copy; Tara
Andersson, Christopher Brandon, Dawn Kent, Graham Hadley, Chris Parker News; Jason Harris,
Eliott McLaughlin Scene; Jim Aired, Mike Willis Sports; Daniel Trivino, Miguel Trivino Photo
Vrrrrroooooom. . .
SGA speeds through budget and finance hearings
leaving behind traiJ^ of grievances about the process
T I he Student Government
- J L Association's Budget and Finance
hearings on specific line items,
which began last week, ended after speedy
discussion on Monday night, even though
there were five more days of debate and
examination allotted for the process.
The Plainsman thinks this may have been an
injustice to the student activity projects
involved.
We think more time is needed to fully
understand all the line items that make up a
student activity project's budget, even
though on the surface the SGA's leaders
might think they do understand. Time is nec­essary
to ask the right questions, and we
think the people involved in next year's bud­get
and finance hearings should take this to
heart.
But above and beyond the speediness
issue, The Plainsman would like to address
two others.
sees their activities and acts as an advisory
council.
We see a flaw in the fact that the SGA acts
as its own "watchdog" without any other
board to throw into the mix. This is simply a
double standard.
The Plainsman suggests that the SGA think
long and hard about the fairness of the way
things are.
The solution we suggest is having a board,
similar to the Communications Board, which
is comprised of faculty and Students and
would act as an advisory council and a
watchdog on behalf of students.
In the interest of students
When the preliminary hearings began,
there was discussion by some Senate mem­bers
about some of the projects catering to a
specific audience.
In fact, this was one of the arguments for
almost cutting The Circle.
We'd like to point out that every organiza­tion
on the roster for funds, even the SGA,
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Even though we don t suspect foul play on
the part of the members of the SGA, especial­ly
since their own organization received the
highest cut in comparison to last year's bud­get,
we still see a problem with the amount
of checks and balances" placed into the sys­tem.
All organizations that go through the
process have advisers and automatic watch­dog,
the SGA.
And some organizations, like student
media, even have another board which over-
, Then* are people'VSfirtFfere who are ohly
*'' 'touched'by SGA hinds when they pick up a
Circle, and the same principle goes for any
other organization on this campus. And of
course, there are people on this campus who
are never touched by the SGA at all.
We are a diversified student body and just
because some people in SGA don't see a pro­ject's
value in respect to their own lives does­n't
mean that project isn't worth millions in
somebody else's.
It's a grand shim!
Plainsman Park renovations completed,
Plainsman applauds efforts, urges student support
T 1 o say the new Plainsman Park is
M nice is an understatement. The new
stands, bathrooms, speakers, facade
and press box have brought Auburn baseball
to a new level. < • '•• J
The Phiiismdn applauds the Auburn
Athletic Department for the job they did in
making this state-of-the-art facility possible.
Last.year, as various media flocked to
Auburn to see the No. 1 ranked Tigers, they
were appalled by the conditions of the park.
Most people felt that a team that is ranked as
the nation's best deserves a good park.
There were long lines outside the portable
toilets and the audio system was so bad most
people couldn't tell the "Star Spangled
Banner" from "Take Me Out To the Ball
Game."
This will never happen again. The new
park has actual restrooms. Yes that's right.
No more standing in long lines outside a
smelly makeshift toilet.
The new audio system is loud and clear.
No one can mistake any of the songs played
for our national anthem. The speakers are so
loud they had to be turned down after the
first game because they were interfering with
post-game interviews.
The once nasty, hard metal stands have
now been transformed into wonderful seats
with backs. That's right, no more backaches
after sitting through a three-game series,
when every game goes into extra-innings.
The hill has been terraced and resodded
and will be able to seat 500 Auburn faithful
when it opens this weekend.
The players will have a clubhouse, which is
currently under construction, and won't have
to walk over to the coliseum to get dressed
and undressed after each game.
The opening weekend was host to a mod­erate
number of fans. The Plainsman encour­ages
everyone to get up and go to the park.
We can think of three good reasons why.
The first is that Auburn's baseball team is
again ranked among the nation's best and
has quite an exciting mix of old players and
new faces to give every fan someone to cheer
for.
The next reason is to see the park. If you're
a baseball purist, you will love it. Even if you
aren't the biggest baseball fan in the world,
you will still love it. This might be the nicest
athletic facility to be built in Auburn until the
next century.
The final reason to come to the park is to
prove to everyone that Auburn is a baseball
school too. Other conference schools like
Mississippi State and Louisiana State
University have huge crowds at all their
home games. Auburn's team is just as good
and with its new improvements, so is the sta­dium.
There are no more excuses not to go to
the game.
Auburn has built it. It is now up to us to
come to it.
The expression of this newspaper's opinion is restricted to this page. The unsigned editorials above reflect
the views of The Auburn Plainsman's editorial board which is comprised of the executive staff, section edi­tors
and first assistants. Other opinion, often contrasting is offered in adjoining columns.
ommentary
Free speech gets 'proverbial finger'
President Clinton and Congress
gave the First Amendment the
proverbial finger when the
Telecommunications Act of 1996
passed last Thursday.
I recognize that by opening up
the market for local telephone and
cable providers to jump in and cre­ate
some competition, the law is a
good thing.
But, like so many other laws that
get passed through Congress, there
were parts that truly infuriated
me, namely the section titled
Communications Decency Act of
1996.
In essence, the parts of the
Decency Act directed at the
Internet makes it a crime to say
anything which could be consid­ered
offensive on newsgroups, bul­letin
boards, the World Wide Web
and real-time chat areas like those
offered through commercial
Internet providers.
The act has prompted much
response from the Internet world
in the way of protest, and for good
reason.
The main motivation cited for
the law is to protect children from
the evils of "obscene" language
and pictures that the powers that
be think are easily accessible via
the medium.
1 think this is an admirable cause
in theory, but in practice it totally
J. ELIZABETH
SMITH
violates the rights guaranteed to
the American people by the First
Amendment.
The law, which allows the gov­ernment
to fine violators up to
$250,000 and force them to serve
up to two years in jail, makes it
illegal to say or publish things
which would never be contested if
they were in print or verbal form.
This country has a severe fear of
the unknown, and it must stop
before it goes past the point of no
return.
The Internet, as it existed before
the passing of this act, was a true
democratic forum. It exemplified
free speech at its best.
It gave a voice to anyone who
wanted it, a voice I'd hate to see
stifled by the long arm of the law.
• The burden of covering the eyes
and ears of children is not a bur­den
the federal government
should even attempt to bear.
It's time the government stops
trying to play mommy and daddy
for the children of this nation.
It's time for the mommies and
daddies of this nation to start tak­ing
responsibility for their own
children, without expecting gov­ernment
to take up their slack.
The whole idea of a decency act
for the Internet is ludicrous any­way.
How on earth does one begin to
censor a medium that is as global
and as instantly accessible as it is?
Our government as a whole is so
egotistical that it thinks it can say,
"Hey! Stop using four letter
words!" and people in Australia
and Bangladesh and everywhere
else in the world are going to say,
"Um, okay" and actually stop
immediately.
The implications of this thing
scare me to death, but I have this
feeling in my gut that justice will
prevail.
Oh wait, maybe that's nausea. I
guess we'll soon see.
• More information about the
Telecommunications Act of 1996
can be found at
http: / / mirrors.yahoo.com / ef f /
speech.html
/. Elizabeth Smith is Editor of The
Auburn Plainsman.
Organic gardening, here I come •
Now let me get this right. I can
pay $1 and get into Plainsman Park
to see the Auburn Tigers compete.
And I can use the Student Activity
Center for free with my I.D. But
after paying $750 I still cannot get
into the classes I need.
Something is wrong here.
Everyone I talk to has had some
sort of problem getting the classes
they need. From seniors plagued
by sophomores taking up their
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quarter to enroll in Great Books,
registration is a headache.
I know this sounds like a column
where I just vent because I'm bitter,
but it's more.
GREG
ALKER
I am asking for all of you out
there who have trouble registering
to send me ideas for a new system.
I don't know what could be done,
but if we all put our heads togeth­er,
maybe something good will
come out of this.
Currently (saying this might get
me in trouble) I just registered for a
certain number of hours only to
meet my financial aid requirement.
You know you've done the same.
office 'only to be told to go to the
professors and ask them if I can get
into their class.
Now don't get me wrong, I love
registering in the comfort of my
own home.
But how am I supposed to grad­uate
in four years when I have to
take organic gardening and com­panion
animal management (yes,
this is how to take care of your
pets), instead of newspaper design
or French III?
I think the registration system is
a plot by the administration to get
$1,500 more of my money because
I have to stay here two more quar­ters
and take tennis and insects.
Seriously, it seems like there are
fewer classes this quarter to sign
up for. I understand it's winter, but
cold or not, I have to go to school.
If my parents were paying for
college, they would yank me home
in a heartbeat if they knew some of
the classes I've taken.
After talking to alumni, I agree
registering in person is not a good
thing, but with increased enroll­ment
and fewer classes because of
cutbacks, a phone-line traffic jam is
going to and has occurred.
Perhaps we should all be
allowed to register at the same
time so freshman could get what
they need and seniors could get
what they need.
Or how about this. Maybe we
can line up all the students and put
cards on the intramural field with
classes on them. Then, when the
starting gun goes off, we can make
a mad dash to the cards. It would
be just like the land-claiming days.
Or maybe I'll just major in mate
selection or flower arranging since
that is all I can get into right now.
Greg Walker is Managing Editor of
Tlie Auburn Plainsman.
On the Air' skirts the issues
Thursday nights used to be
exciting.
I remember just a few years ago
picking up a Plainsman on the way
to class on Thursday mornings,
and then tuning in to WEGL for
"On the Air" each Thursday night.
"On the Air" was one of the best
(and unfortunately one of the
only) places to hear and partici­pate
in stimulating and intelligent
conversation about the issues of
the time.
Do you remember when the
SGA denied the Auburn Gay and
Lesbian Association a charter to
become a student organization?
There were so many people calling
"On the Air" to give their opin­ions,
getting through was harder
than trying to register on a Friday
night at midnight when registra­tion
starts.
Unfortunately, those golden
days of robust debate carried out
over the airwaves are behind us,
and we are once again faced with
few means to express our opinions
and political beliefs.
Now don't get me wrong. "On
the Air" is still broadcast every
Thursday night from the WEGL
studio. However, it is hardly what
I would call an exciting program
of intellectuals debating the politi­cal
and social issues that plague
our society.
Rather, "On the Air" is currently
a pathetic excuse for a radio talk
show and is a waste of radio air-time.
There is little reference, and vir-
CHRIS
BRANDON
tually no debate, to political or
social issues.
That's sad because there are so
many hot topics to discuss right
now: the 1996 presidential race,
chain gangs, censorship on the
Internet and the peace-keeping
mission in Bosnia.
I never hear these topics come
up. Instead, listeners call in to
announce parties going on that
night or to insult other people
(usually based on race or sexual
orientation). The favorite topic of
last week's show was the return of
the Dukes of Hazard on television.
Worst of all is the large number
of regular characters who call in
every Thursday. With names like
Captain Bob and the Nupes, they
disguise their voices and call
sometimes two or three times each
week. It's like listening to a really
bad sitcom.
My first thought was that the
people calling in were just shallow,
narrow-minded and dull individu­als
who had nothing better to do
on a Thursday night.
However, the show's hosts can
also be blamed for "On the Air's"
demise as well. Rather than pick­ing
an important issue and dis­cussing
it with the callers, they just
randomly move from topic to
topic, never going anywhere with
any one issue.
I frequently hear one of the hosts
bringing up his obsession with
rave music, hardly a topic I would
call interesting or appropriate for a
college radio talk show. Last week,
he enlightened listeners with his
theory of raping chickens. I have
yet to see The Auburn Plainsman,
the New York Times or even Rush
Limbaugh discuss chicken-rape.
The WEGL management and the
hosts of "On the Air" need to con­sider
some new ways to make the
show serious again. Believe it or
not, the show used to be a strong
political voice in the Auburn area.
Perhaps they could discuss only
two or three topics each night.
Listeners should be asked to call in
and discuss only those topics, and
the hosts should immediately
move to another caller if the cur­rent
caller has nothing enlighten­ing
to say. Some serious advertis­ing
on campus might draw some
intelligent listeners to the show as
well.
If nothing is done to improve
"On the Air," WEGL should just
can the show and stop wasting
radio air-time.
Chris Brandon is Assistant News
Editor for The Auburn Plainsman.
Thursday, February 15,1996 Olhe Auburn glamsman A-9
Letters to the
AUPD's Nevin preaches bureaucratic nonsense
Editor, Tlie Plainsman,
It's always quite enjoyable as I
sit to part the pages of The
Plainsman each week to discover
who is enjoying the taste of their
feet in that week's publication.
None has been so entertaining,
and at the same time infuriating,
as the well-rehearsed quote by
our beloved University Police
Chief Mr. Bill Nevin, as he stated
that the intent of this ridiculous
crackdown on illegal on-campus
driving by his department was
"not harassing the students, so to
speak."
Just what does one mean by
the phrase, "so to speak?" Does it
act as a qualification of the
preceding statement or does it
simply fill a void in one's vocabu­lary
by relieving attention from
the statement itself? Those of you
with degrees in grammar will just
have to assist me on this one, but
what it sounds like to me, in this
case, is that Mr. Nevin is actually
admitting to harassing student
drivers ... so to speak.
Well, I don't know about you,
but this sounds to me a lot like
some bureaucratic nonsense he
picked up by reading some politi­cian's
account of, "Where are
those campaign contributions?"
or better yet, "What about that
promise to reduce taxes?" There
always seems to be some higher
and mightier purpose to be
served at the expense of the tax­payers
or, in this rase, the stu­dents.
In this instance, and I quote,
"The intent behind the whole
thing is safety." Well, excuse me,
but I have yet to see some poor,
unsuspecting pedestrian get taken
out by a free-wheeling freshman
out for a joy-ride between classes.
I mean, we all know the conse­quences
of "attempting" to drive
by Parker Hall during a class
change, so we're not so naive that
we need the University Police to
hold our hand to keep us from
enacting "vehicular justice" on
those of us unfortunate enough
not to have had mommy and
daddy teach us how to cross the
street as a child.
So what could be the reason for
this "vehicular harassment"
besides the obvious safety
infringements we've just dis­counted.
Let's see ... hmmm ...
when police write tickets and
then we pay the fine ... hmmm ...
Oh, my goodness! Could it be the
money? No, surely we pay enough
money to the school, already in ...
"Hello," parking fees for an imag­inary
parking spot for the
University to operate without
additional subsidies from our
protectors in blue. This just can't
be true. I refuse to believe it.
Of course, should we ask Mr.
Nevin about the revenue collect­ed,
I'm sure we would get anoth­er
sob story almost as good as the
"safety" one about it going to
provide presents at Christmas for
underprivileged children or
adding park rangers in Montana
to protect our endangered, pin­striped
mountain goat... or some­thing
like that.
Students probably wouldn't
mind this unjust harassment if the
revenue went to something like
fixing the parking problem so we
wouldn't have to drive our cars
across campus to drop off our
friends ... or something like that.
Anyway, I'm as fed up with this
kind of nonsense about as much
as when I hear one of my profes­sors
remind me that I only pay 40
percent of my college education
and the taxpayers subsidize the
rest. Well, if we didn't pay that 40
percent, then they would only
make 60 percent of what they
make now! Let's see who's free-loading
then.
Being the kind of person who
refuses to complain without offer­ing
a solution, here's mine: As
you probably noticed on the front
page, along with this whimsical
story, was also one with higher
billing, about the city being struck
by a higher incidence of crimes.
Well, if our University Police have
enough time on their hands to
harass the students for petty
offenses such as driving their
cars, then maybe we could loan a
few to the city when the crime
rate rises. I mean, isn't the intent
of the whole thing safety ... so to
speak?
Jeff Watkins,
04EC
Month is for everyone
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am writing in response to the
letter written by Patrick Wilson
in the Feb. 8 edition of The
Plainsman. Many things dis­turbed
me about Mr. Wilson's let­ter,
but I managed to narrow my
list down to six questions that I
believe he needs to ask himself.
1. Since when is Black History
Month just for 6 percent of the
Auburn campus? Contrary to
Wilson's suggestion, it is for all
of the people of the United States
in an attempt to foster education
and tolerance in our children.
2.1 would like to ask who died
and elected Patrick Wilson the
sole official representative of
white America? I know many
people who make up the 91 per­cent
majority that he alluded to
that do not share his opinions.
3. What exactly did Robert E. Lee
do fhat really.warrants the sanc­tioned
observation of a holiday
in his honor? Just in case you
hadn't noticed, the rest of the
people we have holidays for
actually did something for the
greater good of the United States.
I could be wrong, but I do not
think the same could be said
about Robert E. Lee. Yes, he was
a good general, but we do not
have a Patton day either.
4. Did anyone's ancestors really
die for the existence of a
Southern holiday? I do not
believe I have ever heard anyone
say right before they died, "I
hope I get a holiday out of this."
To put things in perspective, my
ancestors died making someone
else rich on a plantation, so you
will have to excuse my lack of
sympathy for your ancestors.
5. Would you really fight for the
existence of Old South Week if
white people had been slaves? I
think you might feel a little dif­ferently
about it if white people
had been taken from their
homes, packed in ship hulls,
forced into labor, whipped,
chased by dogs, sprayed with
fire hoses, and labeled stupid
and lazy.
6. Have you seen what the rest of
the country says about Auburn?
The Princeton Review character­izes
the student body at Auburn
as a bunch of racist Southern
rednecks. President Muse has
every right to criticize anything
with an underlying racist mean­ing.
It is his job to make sure that
people think of this University as
a good place to open your mind
to new ideas, not to perpetuate
attitudes that have been around
for decades.
In conclusion, I would like to
point out that perhaps Black
History Month is exactly what
people need around here. No one
can make you change the way
you feel about other people, but
how can things get better if we
don't try?
Jason Herron
02HES
Undergraduates create parking problems, not AUPD
Editor, The Plainsman:
This letter is in reference to the letter
Mr. John M. Martin, 06FAA, had pub­lished
in the AU Plainsman on Feb. 8,
1996. The AUPD safety plan is definitely
not student harassment. The AUPD is
here to protect and serve OUR
University and they do a very good job.
To begin, Mr. Martin, I suppose you
would not think a male walking at the
Hill Dorms at 2 a.m. suspicious! (Seeing
that the Hill Dorms are all women facili­ties
and no males are allowed to enter
after midnight.) This is in reference to
the point you made about "suspicious
person and/or known offender." I know
that if I were the parent of a young lady
attending AU, I would want that area
patrolled and any suspicious character
stopped. There have been several
instances when people were randomly
stopped and it turned out they were
wanted for something. Would you want
suspicious people lurking around your
house, apartment, car, etc.? No, I think
not! As citizens we have a right to be
protected, and that's what these officers
lay their lives on the line for each and
every day. Must I remind you of Sgt.
Roger Motley of the Opelika Police
Department, who was shot and killed in
the line of duty for trying to help a child
he thought was in trouble?
Secondly, the ticket issue must be
addressed. First of all, let me start by
saying that I am a graduate of this won­derful
institution, and yes, I did walk
everywhere I went, whether rain, sun,
sleet or snow. It didn't kill me and it
won't hurt others to do it either. I also
donate money, along with thousands of
other alumni, to this fine institution, and
still abide by the laws of this campus,
which is not hard to do. I did, however,
notice that you were an 06, which means
you are a graduate student and entitled
to a B zone hangtag. A and B zones may
drive on campus and park at the build­ings,
so I don't see the relevance in you
being able to "hardly get to class."
The problem is with C zone students.
We are all aware of the parking problem
at AU. This has always been the case and
always will be until something is put in
motion to clear this up. (This is not the
AUPD's fault.) Although, there have
been other alternatives. There were D
zones until 1988 where freshmen were
able to park. These were later turned
into C zones and created more space.
The problem is not with the zones, it's
with the driving on campus. Employees
on this campus can't get to work because
of the C zones parked in the A and B
lots. Can you imagine the frustration of
arriving at 7:45 a.m. and fighting with C
zones in order to report to work? I know
students are the reason we get paid. But
if we are not here to process, teach and
serve students, how would students be
able to graduate? The faculty and staff of
this University can't even go to the bank,
credit union, etc., during their breaks,
and come back to work without cruising
for a space for 10-20 minutes or longer.
Heaven forbid we go to lunch!! Have
you ever been to Mell Street, Samford
Square, or the Library Parking Deck dur­ing
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.? It's like a
bunch of vultures swarming on prey for
spaces. At 11:45, students line up for
spaces and are still there (illegally, I
might add) at 12:45 when we are sup­posed
to be back at work to serve you.
Maybe if more of us would go home
when we can't find a space, the students
would get the picture. Then it might hin­der
their progress. I doubt it!! I think the
parking problem is one for all the
University, not just the students.
One final note... the police department
is doing their jobs by enforcing the rules
and regulations of this campus. These
laws are set aside by the traffic commit­tee.
If anyone doesn't like them, they
need to contact the traffic committee or
Dr. Muse. But remember, it can always
be worse! This campus could allow only
walking and bikes!
Stephanie Ponder
Class of 1992
Brandon took path
of least resistance
Editor, The Plainsman:
I would like to respond, in gen­eral,
to the letters concerning evo­lution/
creation debate.
Most people I come across have
Mr. Brandon's opinion about evo­lution
— it is the path of least
resistance. However, it is a faulty
one. It is also a bit annoying to
hear that I am against evolution
just because I am a Christian and
evolution doesn't fit with my
world view.
When Darwin first published
his works, they came under fire,
not from religious groups, but
from proven scientists of the day.
The only way evolution got away
with it was because of the lack of
fossils.
Evolution can be shown an
impossibility from the second law
of thermodynamics which, in
effect, states that all things tend
toward disorder. Evolution
requires chaos to become order,
and a direct violation of that law.
It is a sad thing that most peo­ple
do not think about what they
believe, but merely believe what
others tell them. I suggest that
those of you who really want to
know the truth, to consider the
book by Michael Denton,
Evolution: A Theory in Crisis. In
this book, Michael Denton very
thoroughly shows, from a biologi­cal
standpoint, that evolution is
an intractable problem. And, by
the way, he is not a religious per­son
defending his beliefs. It
makes you wonder why
America's public schools teach
evolution like it is a fact, almost
to the point of indoctrination. Are
we doing it here at Auburn too?
So, consider this: Only the fool­ish
cannot defend their belief.
And that goes for Christians also.
Marc Ulrich
09PS
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made in ignorance
Editor, The Plainsman
I am writing in response to Jim
Alred's derogatory column about
the Auburn cheerleading and
dance squads which appeared in
the Sports section of The Plainsman
last week.
First of all, Mr. Aired obviously
didn't do his homework when he
ignorantly made his comments
about the cheerleading and dance
team nationals which are aired on
ESPN. The Auburn Tiger Pause
were, in fact, one of the few
squads selected in the country to
go to the National Competition.
The one and only reason why the
Tiger Pause did not represent the
University at Nationals is very
simple — the University would
not help them financially, even
though it would have given
Auburn a lot of the national pub­licity
which it is always trying to
obtain.
The squad has practice three
hours a night and is at every men
and women's home basketball
games/home football games,
some performances at swimming
and gymnastic meets, along with
several alumni functions through­out
the entire year.
The squad puts all of their time
and effort into promoting Auburn
spirit and does everything which
the University will allow them to
do. So please Mr. Aired, when you
see Kentucky's dance team at the
SEC Basketball Championships
don't come to the conclusion that
Auburn's dance team doesn't
have the desire or ability to be
there. Even though the Tiger
Pause is limited by the University,
it does everything it can to keep
the wonderful tradition of Auburn
spirit alive. WAR EAGLE!
Name withheld
at author's request
A-10 fflie,9uburnfflainsmnn Thursday, February 15, 1996
Community Center strengthens faith, lives
His Place offers shelter, learning center for local men;
owner says preparations underway for new Ladies' Home
By Jenny Deville
Staff Writer
His Place, a Christian community center in
Opelika, has been helping men change their lives for
more than 15 years.
Rick Hagans, director of the ministry, began the
community center as a drop-in coffee house on
College Street in 1980. About three years later, it
moved to an old car wash and began housing
men in need.
John Peters, assistant director of the center and an
ordained minister, runs the daily operations.
Twenty-two-year-old Michael Wimberly is the
house manager and lives upstairs. "I'm responsible
for anything the guys are responsible for," he said.
Wimberly teaches devotion classes and provides
counseling for the men.
The program is free and lasts for one year. The men
decide if they are ready to commit to the program in
the first 30 to 45 days.
Hagans said, "The next six to nine months, we try
to get them a job and try to work them back into soci­ety.
We continue to be involved with them in the
evening in classes."
The first part of the program teaches the men how
to accept themselves. "Learning acceptance is one of
the biggest problems we have," Hagans said.
"The Lord has helped us to help them. We give all
the credit to the Lord, because there is not a book or
program you can do to make this work. He is a god
that touches the people and changes them. We just
buy them a little time," he said.
Hagans said that more than half the men that com­plete
the program go on to lead successful lives.
Twenty men are currently living in His Place, and it
costs less than $50,000 a year to run the shelter. "One
person in jail is half of that," Hagans said.
Most donations are not in cash. Restaurants includ­ing
Jim Bob's Chicken Fingers, Chuck's Barb-B-Que,
Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken, Mr. Jay's and
Traditions provide at least one meal a month. Some
restaurants provide one meal a week, and others pro­vide
food as it is available.
Funding comes from two main sources. Hagans
said, "We travel and speak to churches all over the
country, and some of those groups choose to be
involved."
Most of the funding comes from newsletter recipi­ents.
Hagans said, "The newsletter tells what goes on
with the ministry and lets people know the needs. It
goes out to about 2,000 people all over the United
States, Canada, England and Mexico."
One 25-year-old homeless man has been in the pro­gram
since Dec. 27,1995.
He began using and dealing cocaine while attend-
" ing Auburn. He said, "I withdrew from my friends
and family. I had the money, so I did it. I depleted my
savings after two months."
After dropping out of school, he moved to Miami
to work for an industrial roofing company. "I thought
it would be the life, but it got out of control. I was
spending $150 a day and $400 to $500 on the week­ends,"
he said.
After a friend's mother called in September to tell
him about His Place, he returned to Auburn. "I was­n't
through partying yet," he said.
He finally committed himself to the center on Dec.
27. "My whole life has changed since then.
Everything is greener. love to be alive now. 1 gave
my life to Jesus, and the cravings are disappearing
with time," he said.
He is working for an electrical company and plans
to return to school to complete his studies in mechan­ical
engineering.
JONATHAN W. LARTIGUE/Photo Staff
His Place, a Christian community center in Opelika, serves as help and home for several local men.
"I want to give back what this place has done.
When my friends turned their back, His Place didn't.
It feels like deliverance. Whatever it is, it's working.
This is the best thing that has ever happened to me,"
he said.
Hagans and others are working on a women's shel­ter
which will be run by Hagan's wife, Kim.
"It will be the same program. It will be dealing
with addictions and problems, but also dealing with
the root causes," Hagans said.
The building that will be used for the women's
shelter was donated and is in need of repairs.
"We made a commitment to our board of directors,
churches, and the people that work with us that we
weren't going to open the women's home until we
have a year's operating budget in the bank. And most
of all, that's a commitment to the women that will
come to us," Hagans said.
It will cost $20,000 plus non-monetary donations to
operate the home for one year. "Right now we have
about $8,000 in the bank, so we still need to raise
$12,000," Hagans said.
Volunteers are needed on Saturdays to work on the
women's shelter. Those interested can call His Place
at 749-2130 or Rick and Kim Hagans at 745-3943.
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Thursday, February 15,1996
Senate expresses 'deep disappointment'
By Dawn Kent
Assistant News Editor
Tuesday's University Senate
meeting gave senators a chance to
vent their frustration over two
high-ranking administrative offi­cers'
pay raises that many faculty
members label as unfair.
The Jan. 11 issue of The
Plainsman reported that Senate
Chair Kent Fields said the $10,000
salary adjustments for Gerald
Leischuck, assistant to the presi­dent
and secretary to the Board of
Trustees, and David Housel, ath­letic
director, are in violation of the
recently adopted policy which
allows for no raises except for pro­motions
for the 1995-96 academic
year.
On Tuesday, senators passed a
resolution which states their "deep
disappointment in this violation of
trust by the University
Administration and the Board of
Trustees, both in the granting of
these raises and in the manner in
which they were given."
"I think there's a considerable
acceptance of that's the way it's
going to be, but the anger hasn't
been resolved," Fields said. "It's a
symbolic issue. It feels like a slap
in the face though, and that's
exactly what it is."
Before the resolution passed,
senators discussed amending it by
omitting "the University
Administration" as a target and
focusing solely on the Board.
"From listening to (President
William V. Muse's) comments on
this issue at the last senate meet­ing,'
I got the impression that the
Board almost told him to give this
raise," Richard Penaskovic, pro­fessor
of history, said.
Penaskovic proposed that the
senators limit
their disap­proval
to the
Board since
Muse was obvi­ously
not the
originator of
the pay raises.
J o h n
Denson, mem­ber
of the
Board, wrote a letter published in
the Feb. 1 issue of The Plainsman in
which he stated that a committee
MUSE
within the Board was responsible
for the salary adjustments. Muse
was only implementing that com­mittee's
decision.
Gary Swanson, professor of
physics, presented the original res­olution
to the senate and opposed
the amendment.
"I still find that Muse shares
some of the responsibility," he
said.
Glenn Howze, professor of agri­cultural
economics and rural soci­ology,
agreed.
"It was Muse who first commu­nicated
to us that there would be
no raises except for promotions
this year," Howze said.
He said it was wrong to give the
raises after the budget book was
published so that no one would be
aware of them, and Muse shares
responsibility in that action.
The amendment to exclude the
University administration as a tar­get
of the resolution failed by a
narrow margin. Twenty-seven
senators opposed it, and 26
favored it.
Gordon Bond, dean of the
See Senate / B-3
Booker shines among
pageant contestants
MIGUEL TRIVINO/Assistant Photo Editor
Booker is congratulated by members of her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, after being crowned the 1996 Miss
Auburn University on Friday night. She will represent Auburn in the Miss Alabama Pageant in June.
Christy Booker, 04HRMN, was
crowned Miss Auburn University
before an audience of 700 at the
Student Activities Center Friday
night.
"I consider it an honor to repre­sent
Auburn University in this
capacity," Booker said.
Booker was chosen from 22 con­testants
to represent the University
in the Miss Alabama Pageant in
June.
Booker said she has attended
and participated in pageants, but
she said, "I can't believe I'm going
to the Miss Alabama pageant and
become one of those women I have
always watched on the stage.
"I've gone to the Miss AU
pageant ever since I was a fresh­man,
and I decided since this was
my last year, I might as well try,"
she said.
Although the University
Program Council began preparing
for the pageant in late October, the
competition began for the contes­tants
Thursday morning with per­sonal
interviews.
"The contestants were judged on
their poise, personality and
knowledge of state and national
issues," Elizabeth Burgess, 04MIS,
assistant director of committee
involvement for UPC, said.
The preliminary competition
began Thursday afternoon for tal­ent,
evening gown and swim wear.
These scores were tallied and,
because there was a tie, the top 11
contestants were announced.
Then each contestant performed
talent, evening gown and swim
wear once again.
Booker sang, "As If We Never
Said Goodbye" from the
See Booker/ B-3
Elections Board deals with first issues of campaign
By Chris Wilkerson
Campus Editor
The first week of preparing for the
Student Government Association's 1996
elections barely began before controversy
reared its ugly head.
In an unscheduled meeting of the SGA
Elections Board,which was held Monday
night, the board discussed apparent viola­tions
and potential violations in the elec­tions.
Leah Thomas, 04PO, SGA director of elec­tions,
said two potential election rules vio­lations
were on the horizon and one viola­tion
occurred Thursday, Feb. 8.
The violation occurred when a candidate
running for Senator-at-large ran a column
in The Auburn Plainsman on Feb. 8, after his
candidacy had already been
announced.
This is a clear violation of the
SGA's Code of Laws under the
election laws (707.5).
According to the Tiger Cub,
"No candidate shall be allowed
to have paid or donated adver­tisements
in any mass media.
Such media shall be defined as
newspaper, radio, television, or
any other publication, periodi­cal,
newsletter or bulletin." ••"•"^P*
According to section 705.3 of the Code of
Laws, "After filing a Declaration of Intent, a
candidate or political party shall be respon­sible
for obtaining a thorough knowledge of
all election regulations.
"Ignorance of such regulations shall be
no excuse for any breach or violation there-
J\.fter filing a Declaration of Intent, a
candidate or political party shall be responsible for
obtaining a thorough knowledge of all election regu
lations.
SECTION 705.3
SGA Code of Laws
of."
Thomas suggested the candidate be repri­manded
by giving him no further platform
to be published in The Plainsman and not
allowing him to distribute posters until the
Formal Campaign begins on March 30.
Other candidates will be able to do this
beginning Feb. 28.
Thomas noted one candi­date
is vying for the posi­tion
of Miss Auburn and a
senator.
While there is no rule
against this in the SGA's
Code of Laws under the
election laws, the board
felt she could gain an
unfair advantage by run­ning
two campaigns.
^mmmm^mm^^ The Miss Auburn cam­paign
can be run across town, while the
senatorial campaign may only be run in the
school she aspires to represent, Thomas
said.
There is a possibility that her Miss
See Campaign / B-3
Hammond
takes post in
president's
office
By Chris Wilkerson
Campus Editor
Lynne Hammond began her
career at Auburn addressing greet­ing
cards in the president's office
during winter break in 1970. This
week she began a new job as the
president's assistant for special
programs.
After Emily Leischuck retired
from her position as the presi­dent's
assistant last quarter,
University President William V.
Mytee h a t f ^ ^ l ^ S a t ' ^ i t f l o i f i ll
iri'tus office.
Hammond said Muse accepted
only internal applicants for the
position because he wanted an
Auburn person with strong ties to
the University and to the commu­nity.
Muse said Leischuck, "was
extremely well thought of in the
community, and I think Lynne will
follow in those footsteps."
Hammond said, "I've seen the
University from all different
angles. I think
a love for
Auburn and an
understanding
of the commu­nity
is real
important to
this job."
Her new
position will
primarily involve events manage­ment.
This means she will be in
charge of events from building
dedications and recognition of
retirees, to award ceremonies and
graduation, she said.
"My job, too, is to project the
Auburn spirit," she said.
Hammond has worked in sever­al
functions at the University. She
began at personnel services, where '
she did "anything having to do
with personnel issues with' non-faculty."
She then graduated in 1984 with
a degree in management from
Auburn.
In 1987, she became the execu­tive
director of Opelika Main Street
Inc., the project for downtown
revitalization of Opelika.
She said their goal and her job is
"economic development within
the context of historic preserva­tion,"
Hammond said.
"A lot of the issues I worked
with in that job are going to help .
me here," she said.
Hammond is looking forward to
working in the president's office.
"I think I am going to really enjoy
working with him," she said.
Muse said, "I am very impressed
with Lynne. I think she will be a
very good person for the position."
Hammond lives in Auburn with-her
husband, Mac, Class of '72, and
her son John, 18. Her daughter,
Audra True is a nurse at East
Alabama Medical Center.
HAMMOND
B-2 Slhe^uburnBlainsman Thursday, February 15,1996
Drake holds ninth Health Fair
WORLD'S GREATEST 6 " TUNA SUBS.
By Henry Gimenez
Staff Writer "
Auburn's ninth annual Health
Fair for students, faculty and staff
was held Wednesday in the Foy
Union Ballroom. It presented par­ticipants
with an array of health
information.
Sherry Bennett, health fair coor­dinator
and health education
director at the Drake Student
Health Center, said the event pro­vided
"information for health-conscious
individuals and screen­ing
for certain health problems."
The day-long event involved
seminars and booths containing
information on a variety of health
issues, both physical and emotion­al.
Seminars included presenta­tions
on how to prepare healthier
meals, avoid heart attacks and
ensure a healthy relationship.
Anne Carpenter of the Lee
County Extension Service demon­strated
"Healthy Cooking." She
said it's important for students to
establish good eating habits early.
"We are trying to get students to
eat healthier by providing them
with recipes and foods that are
low in fat and sodium. However,
we present them with foods that
are full of flavor and enjoyable,"
Carpenter said.
Dr. John Mitchell of the Heart
Center of East Alabama Medical
Center conducted a heart health
seminar. He spoke about the pre­cautionary
steps a person can take
to avoid "having to come and see
me," Mitchell said.
"As a heart specialist, I give
information on how to correctly
SHON NEWTON/Photo Editor
Drake put together the ninth annual Health Fair in Foy Ballroom.
treat your heart and the things to
do to avoid a heart attack," he
said.
The Health Fair not only pro­vided
information for physically
health-conscious people but for
those who are struggling with
emotional health as well. Rebecca
Benton of the East Alabama Task
Force for Battered Women con­ducted
a seminar on "How to
Choose a Healthy Relationship."
Benton discussed the steps neces­sary
to maintain a successful and
healthy relationship.
"We try to show people the
periods involved in finding and
maturing healthy relationships,"
Benton said.
Apart from these seminars,
screening tables at the fair includ­ed
those for cholesterol, blood
pressure, vision, height and
weight, body fat measurements,
sickle cell anemia and health risk
appraisal. Anyone seeking coun­seling
for these problems could
talk to private, on-hand coun­selors.
In addition, clinicians con­ducted
confidential eating-disor­der
screenings as well as provided
educational material concerning
emotional health, acquaintance
rape, alcohol and drug related
problems, AIDS, smoking cessa­tion,
cancer, diabetes, organ dona­tion
and environmental issues.
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Auburn enjoys high Merit Scholar enrollment
Thz Chronicle of Higher Education ranked Auburn 48th in the nation
in the number of freshman Merit Scholars enrolled in 1995-96.
Starting fall 1995, Auburn had 38 Merit Scholars. The universities
of Florida and Kentucky and Vanderbilt University were the only
other Southeastern Conference schools ranked ahead of Auburn.
Harvard and Radcliffe universities tied for No. 1 in the nation with
368 Merit Scholars each. Others in the top 10 were the University of
Texas at Austin, Rice University, Texas A&M University, the
University of Oklahoma, Yale University, Stanford University,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Florida and
Brigham Young University.
In fall 1995, 7,030 freshman Merit Scholars were enrolled through­out
the country. Four thousand seventy-seven are at 225 private uni­versities
and colleges and 2,953 at 144 public institutions.
— Compiled from University Relations press releases
Other Campuses
UGA sorority violates hazing regulations
After a judiciary hearing last month, a sorority at the University of
Georgia was found in violation of a hazing regulation for an incident that
happened in November.
Delta Delta Delta was put on probated suspension for four years. If the
sorority is found guilty of hazing again, the university will revoke its
recognition of the organization for one year.
Delta Delta Delta refused to comment on these sanctions, which
include implementing an educational program to focus on hazing. The
program must be completed before a new pledge class can be admitted.
According to testimony at the hearing, the incident involved two active
sorority members and two pledges. Big sisters Alicia Barras and Leigh
Belden blindfolded two pledges, Katy DeManigold and Melissa
Feuerhahn, and dropped them off on a road in Memorial Park. When
Barras and Belden returned about 10 minutes later, the pledges were with
Athens-Clarke County Police Sgt. Beverly Russell, who had seen them on
the road. Russell didn't file any charges, but spoke to the women about
the danger of their actions.
University advocate Adam Jaffe said these "reckless and negligent"
actions put the two women in danger and constitute hazing. University
policy said hazing is "any intentional, negligent or reckless action, activ­ity
or situation, regardless of the individual's willingness to participate."
Delta Delta Delta accepted responsibility for the hazing incident dur­ing
the hearing. The sorority's standards committee disciplined the four
members by assigning them to 30 hours of community service and
denied them eligibility to become officers and participate in socials.
— Compiled from The Red and Black reports
College of Liberal Arts, said he
supported the intent of the resolu­tion,
but felt it should have been
amended to exclude the
University administration from
criticism.
"I feel that with the information
we have, particularly the letter
from John Denson, we can con­clude
that the raises were initiated
by a Board of Trustees commit-
Booker
Broadway musical, Sunset
Boulevard.
"I was fortunate enough to see
Sunset Boulevard on Broadway,"
she said. Bettye Buckley's perfor­mance
of the song is what inspired
Booker to use it in her presenta­tion,
she said.
She said when she saw the show
she decided, "That's the kind of
tee," Bond said. "The resolution as
worded unjustly placed blame on
the president."
Bond said he understands why
many faculty members are willing
to blame Muse as well as the
Board.
"Faculty members are demoral­ized.
We had budget cuts last year.
This year there are no raises. We
haven't been able to replace all the
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people who left through early
retirement. We've also got a gov­ernor
who's advocating further
cuts," Bond said.
"I think what concerns the sen­ate
is that there is a perceived set
of rules that most of us have to fol­low.
Then people in positions of
authority make exceptions to
those rules. Many people are dis­appointed
and angry," he said.
Fields said the outcome of the
raise issue is now established.
"When news about the raises
first came out, I asked Dr. Muse to
rescind both of them," he said.
"That will not happen now. The
final outcome is that we express
our displeasure at this action,"
Fields said.
thing I want to perform."
"I have been an AU singer for
three years and that has given me
a chance to perform in front of
people," she said.
Burgess said, "The competition
was very tough and the judges all
agreed the final decision was diffi­cult.
Christy will be an outstand­ing
representative for Auburn
University at the upcoming Miss
Alabama Pageant in June."
While waiting to compete in the
Miss Alabama pageant, Booker
will continue promoting her plat­form
on volunteerism.
"I think volunteerism applies to
everyone because everyone has
something to give," Booker said.
Booker is a native of
Birmingham, Ala., and graduated
from Mountain Brook High
School in 1992. As a junior in high
school, she won the Miss
Olympian pageant at Mountain
Brook. She also has placed in the
top 10 in the Jefferson County
Junior Miss pageant and was the
fourth alternate at Miss Fall Rush
her freshman year.
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Auburn campaign might give her
an unfair advantage in the senato­rial
campaign, she said.
"We decided not to recommend
anything to her," she said.
Thomas cited a prior example of
a candidate running for more than
one office. In that case, it was the
board's decision to advise the can­didate
to drop one of the candida­cies.
In this year's case however, the
board decided to "leave it up to
her," Thomas said.
Current SGA President Winston
Tucker, 04BSC, suggested the can­didate
has "visibly different col­ors"
in her two campaigns so as to
keep the race fair.
Another candidate in the elec­tions
works for the University
Program Council, and is often
seen on Eagle Eye Television.
The board decided this was per­missible
because the exposure was
part of her job.
This situation didn't require
much discussion within the board.
"She won't be able to discuss
her candidacy (on television),"
Thomas said.
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Model U.N. teaches world issues
By Andrew Small
Staff Writer
A grenade rolls into Foy Union,
room 203. It's a dud, but it's still a
grenade. The people within scatter
but later return, unalarmed
because it's just another crisis situ­ation
at the Model United Nations.
The Model U.N. is a group of
students who deal with real-life
world problems and issues.
"The Model U.N. is totally stu­dent-
run," Dr. Michael Conniff,
history professor and the group's
faculty adviser, said. "The great
part about the program is seeing
the students act out the problems
presented, debate the problem and
attempt to resolve the issues," he
said.
Robin Nelson, 04CSC, and sec­retary
general for the U.N., said
every winter quarter colleges and
high schools around the Southeast
get together, form delegations of
three to four people and represent
countries dealing with world
issues. She said the delegates
research their respective country's
policies on the current issues, then
fry to resolve those issues using
tjhe research. Conniff said, "This
quarter the delegates represented
^5 countries and the security
(fOuncil," Conniff said. "This year
WHITNEY WEBSTER/Photo Staff
Isreali Consul for the Southeastern States Eitan Surkis-Almog
speaks to the Model U.N. in Foy Union Ballroom last Thursday.
the conference was comprised of
30 Auburn students and about 50
from out of town," he said.
Nelson said, "Many times these
conferences are conglomerates.
Some of the schools represented
this year were Tuskegee
University and Middle Tennessee
State University, along with many
local and regional high schools."
Jennifer Voshake, 04IB, assistant
director of the Model U.N., said
she has enjoyed her last three
years on the council. "What I like
best is meeting different people
and being able to agree on things
that concern us and the rest of the
world," Voshake said. "The simu­lated
crises rate how different peo­ple
react."
Nelson said committees meet on
four different issues: economical
and budgetary finances, political
and security issues, social cultural
and humanitarian issues and secu­rity.
"We base everything we do
on the actual U.N. charter,"
Voshake said. "We take an issue
such as the Bosnian conflict or tur­moil
in a represented country."
Founded by the SGA, the Model
U.N. is open to all majors, but
caters to students in political sci­ence
or international business,
Nelson said.
"The Model U.N. has been in
Auburn for 26 years and is the old­est
and most respected in the
Southeast," Nelson said. The
Model U.N. is offered in conjunc­tion
with the U305 course.
Nelson said a lot of schools have
programs similar to Auburn's.
"Every Ivy League school puts
conferences on," she said. "But
they are typically more involved
and get deeper into the issues."
Voshake said in the future she
would like to see the Model U.N.
become more a part of Auburn
and she would like to see more
schools participate.
"It's a short course on how the
actual United Nations works and
how the world solves its prob­lems,"
Conniff said.
The Model U.N. meets every
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Foy
Union. All students who are inter­ested
in world affairs are wel­come.
CRIME M REPORT
Campus
liberal Arts plans showcase for students
By Stacey Green
Staff Writer
The College of Liberal Arts, the
liargest college at Auburn, is con­ducting
its third annual showcase
So strengthen its relations with
students.
Rebekah Pindzola, associate
<>ean of the College of Liberal Arts,
4aid the college has three goals for
ijhe showcase. The first is to show
Ijhe various aspects of the college
ftself. "Liberal Arts is such a large
(Jollege, the largest at Auburn. It's
io diverse. People don't really
know, many times, what are the
liberal arts. -#
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f So this is a waytoget our mes­sage
across as to the diversity and
richness of the college," Pindzola
said. She said the second goal is to
help students decide what they
want to major in. Of the more
than 4,500 students in the College
of Liberal Arts, 1,440 are unde­clared.
The College of Liberal Arts
Showcase will include at least one
display from each of its 14 depart­ments.
Information about all of the
possible 43 degrees will be avail­able.
"We are trying to really get these
students that have yet to declare to
come to this," Pindzola said. The
showcase will allow these stu­dents
to find put what each major
involves?"
The third goal of the Liberal
Arts Showcase concerns declared
students. Pindzola said that at the
showcase students can "talk with
the representatives there about
career options and career avail­ability."
A major concern for most liberal
arts students is job security. Sallie
Owens, 02JM/EH, said, "That's
one of the liabilities of a liberal arts
degree. When I was in engineer­ing,
I just had to graduate, and I'd
be making $40,000 a year. That's
not going to happen in liberal
arts."
"In addition to the department
and/or program tables, we will
also have a table from out univer­sity
pre-law acfvfsiF "fpFii
Robison)," she said. Many stu­dents
earn a liberal arts degree
with the intent to go to law school.
This feature of the showcase will
help students to plan more care­fully
while at Auburn.
"We will also have representa­tives
from the Auburn University
Placement Service, so if students
have a question about signing up
for interviews, or how to write a
resume or just plain what are all
the services that the Placement
Service offers, there will be a table
right there," Pindzola said.
The showcase is planned for •
Feb. 21 on the first floor of Haley
Center. Information tables will be
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