1996-03-07 The Auburn Plainsman

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'An Auburn Tradition Since 1893
Students rally for education
By Tara Andersson
Assistant News Editor
MONTGOMERY—"No more cuts."
That's what 20 Auburn students chant­ed
with a crowd of 500 to 600 others
from the state's other colleges and uni­versities
on the steps of the Alabama
State House in Montgomery Tuesday,
during a rally for higher education.
As the group from Auburn toured the
Capitol, Sarah Martin, 03AEC, the SGA
director of legislative relations, suggest­ed
trying to speak with the governor.
The students representing Auburn
asked to see him and got an unexpected
visit with Gov. Fob James.
Martin, acting as spokesperson for
the group, told the governor they want­ed
to express their concern about the
proposed 6 percent cut and show sup­port
for Auburn. James explained his
reasons for the cuts.
"We must get the cost of government
under control," James said.
As the elected governor, James said
he is responsible to present a budget
that reflects the public interest to the
best of his ability.
"If we don't do those things, it will
jeopardize your future, your children's
future-and already taxes are going
through the roof," James said.
The governor's office has tried to
"start the ball rolling" in the direction
See Rally / A-3
MIGUEL TRIVINO/Assistant Photo Editor
Sarah Martin, 03AEC, the SGA director ot legislative relations, shakes the hand of Gov. Fob James as (left to right)
Patrick Klesius, 02HY, Lora Schwenk, 06EH, and Katie Plunk, 03CLA, look on. Martin acted as spokesperson for
the group when they met with the governor, expressing her concern about the proposed budget cuts for next year.
Student, wife die in plane crash
By Christopher Brandon
i. i . i!
Assistant News Editor
A University student and his
wife died last Friday night in the
crash of their privately owned
plane near Gainesville, Fla., dur­ing
a heavy storm.
James Duncan McRae, 27, 03CJ,
and Christy Poetz McRae, 25,
were flying to Orlando in their
Cessna plane for a family wed­ding.
The couple had taken off
from the University airport on
Friday evening.
Encountering heavy rains,
McRae radioed Jacksonville's air
traffic control tower at about 8
p.m. Friday, asking for a place to
land. He - was routed to. the
Gainesville^jjlegjonal Airport and
was expected to land at about 9
p.m. or 10 p.m. The plane disap­peared
from Jacksonville's radar
about 50 miles east of the airport,
authorities said.
The plane wreckage was found
Saturday morning in eastern
Alachua County, just eight miles
from the Gainesville Regional
Airport.
Speaking on behalf of the
crash's investigators, University
Relations Director Pete Pepinsky
said authorities believe McRae
was trying to make it to the
Gainesville airport when the plane
struck a 50-foot-taJl tree. It is
believed the combination of
inclement weather and darkness
led to the accident. The couple
apparently died instantly,
Pepinsky said.
McRae, originally from
Columbus, Ga., was a junior
majoring in criminal justice and a
student of aviation management.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army
and of Operation Desert Storm.
McRae was a Big Brother with the
Family Counseling Center in
Columbus.
One of McRae's professors,
political science instructor Dean
Houston, said, "(McRae) was just
starting out in life and then to
have this happen ... it's a terrible
tragedy."
Christy McRae was a real estate
leasing and sales agent for The
Brooks condominiums in Auburn.
She was a graduate of Columbus
College.
Funeral services for the couple
were held Monday at St. Ann's
Catholic Church in Columbus.
In lieu of flowers, the family
asks that contributions be made to
the Muscogee Humane Society,
7133 Sacerdote Lane,. Columbus,
Ga., 31907, or to the Family
Counseling Center, 1350 15th
Avenue, Columbus, Ga., 31901.
Student Affairs VP
rejects budget proposal
HEAR YE: Hearings
will reopen to further dis­cuss
the cuts to the GSO
budget.
By Jenny Deville
Staff Writer
Bettye Burkhalter, University
interim vice president for Student
Affairs, has rejected the Budget
and Finance Committee's 1996-97
proposal.
Andy Edwards, 03CE, made the
announcement at the SGA Senate
meeting Monday night. He said
the committee will reopen the
Budget and Finance hearings at 6
p.m. April 8, the first Senate meet­ing
of spring quarter and the last
meeting of the current Senate
before new officers are elected.
Burkhalter said she did not
want to veto the budget. She said
she unofficially requested that the
SGA consider reopening the hear­ings
during a meeting Monday
with Edwards and SGA executive
officers who helped her work out
a draft of the authorization letter.
Burkhalter said the committee is
a "very fine group of students,"
and she believes it will make
the right decisions.
The main issue she was con­cerned
about was the cut made to
the Graduate Student
Organization budget, Burkhalter
said.
The Budget and Finance
Committee decided two weeks
ago not to reopen the hearings
after hearing the GSO's appeal, an
event that had no precedent in the
Code of Laws, The Plainsman
reported on Feb. 22.
Burkhalter said she feels the
GSO budget deserves further con­sideration
because of the leader­ship
they now have with Dean
John Pritchett and the achieve­ments
made through the quality
improvement program.
"We were prepared for it just
because we knew it might hap­pen,"
Edwards said.
Edwards said he feels a sense of
urgency to complete the Budget
and Finance process under the
limited time remaining in the cur­rent
senators' terms.
"We want to be sure that we
don't dump this on the new
Senators," he said.
Edwards said he still plans to
hold a forum to reform the Code
of Laws concerning the budget
and finance hearing process and
will continue that effort even after
his term ends.
— Additional Reporting by
Tarn Andenson
SGA Senate
passes elections,
exam resolutions
MUSE
By Jenny Deville
Staff Writer
The SGA Senate passed several
important resolutions in its meet­ing
Monday night.
Among them
were a resolu­tion
to change
the current
exam schedul­ing,
and one to
allow Greg
Walker, 03JM,
to run in the
spring elections
for Plainsman
editor, though
he was recently
d i s q u a l i f i e d
from the race.
A code of
laws revision
was also ^ _ _ _ _ ^ _^
passed, chang­ing
the testing process for
Plainsman and Glomerata editor
candidates.
The resolution for the final
exam schedule stated, "The exam
schedule should entail three finals
per day over a five day period,
starting no earlier than 9 a.m
each day, nor any later than 4
p.m. each day, with a one and one-half
hour period left unscheduled
We've been
approached by stu­dents,
so we want to
make the University
aware that there is a
problem, and it needs to
be changed.
•
AMY BALLEW
Chairperson, SGA Academic Affairs
for lunch."
Amy Ballew, chairperson of aca­demic
affairs, said, "We've been
approached by students, so we
want to make the University
aware that there is a problem, and
it needs to be changed.
"What we do
has no bearing
on what will
go into effect. It
has to go
through John
Fletcher, the
U n i v e r s i t y
committee and
P r e s i d e n t
Muse," Ballew
said.
The Senate
approved the
Code of Law
revisions from
the Election
B o a r d .
H o w e v e r ,
these revisions will not go into
effect until next year.
The revisions stated that a test
will be given to all candidates for
Plainsman editor and Glomerata
editor on election law and the
rules and regulations pertaining
to campaigning, as specified by
the Board of Elections. The candi-
See Resolutions / A-3
Governor
discusses
ciits with
AU Trustees
By Dawn Kent
Assistant News Editor
For the first time in three years,
an Alabama governor attended
the University's Board of Trustees
meeting, held Wednesday morn­ing
in Auburn.
Gov. Fob James called the spe­cial
meeting to discuss his recent
budget propos­al
to the state I
l e g i s l a t u r e ,
which includes
a $7.5 million
decrease in
Auburn's state |
appropriations.
"The $13.5!
million reduc­tion
in this
year's budget has been difficult to
absorb," University President
William V. Muse said. "But
through a variety of means we
have done so."
The James administration con­tends
that Auburn's administra­tive
growth is out of line with its
student enrollment, and the bud­get
cut is an attempt to decrease
University overhead.
James said that when consider­ing
Auburn's budget, his office
had not considered the myriad of
expenses that constitute overhead.
"The governor's office is not
equipped to micro-manage two
and four year schools," James
said. "Our resources are finite, not
infinite, therefore, we have to
force ourselves to set priorities."
James said his first step in con­sidering
the budget for Alabama's
higher education was looking at
other states' budgets. He said that
in terms of population, he found
that Alabama's spending on high­er
education was significantly
greater than states like Tennessee,
Wisconsin and Virginia.
"These states spend anywhere
from $50 million more to $50 mil­lion
less on higher education than
we do, and yet they all have a
population of one to two and a
half million more people than we
do," James said.
However, James said his figures
did not take into account the num­ber
of institutions that are in these
states. Muse said if that
See Trustees / A-3
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Psycho-Educational Workshops
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Girlfriends & Boyfriends! What
more needs to be said? How to
have a successful relationship:
March 7, 3-4 p.m., 203 Foy.
The Society for Creative
Anachronism researches and
recreates the combat and culture,
tournaments and feasts of the
Middle Ages. For info., call
Andrea at 844-5683.
Jay Vee Swim Club meets
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, 3:30-5 p.m. and Saturday
mornings for team practices and
improving swimming skills. There
will be a quarterly fee. Those
interested may compete if desired.
All practices are at Martin
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Selma-Dallas County Annual
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10 a.m., Fiji House. There will be a
student speaker, entertainment
and plenty of food!
Free Conversational English
Classes on Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30
p.m., Lakeview Baptist Church,
Room N206. Childcare is provid­ed.
Call Betty Martin 821-5066.
If you or your family are having
marital, child, family, drug, alco­hol
or other related problems,
Auburn University's Marriage
and Family Therapy Center can
help. Call 844-4478.
Opelika Arts Festival: April 20,
9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Opelika
Municipal Park. Rain or shine.
Applications for artists and crafts­man
to participate in the festival
are now available. For info., write
or call Betsy Gore at 749-8105,
Opelika Arts Association Office.
Deadline is April 1.
Pastor Frank McLeod will hold
services each Sunday at the
Auburn University Chapel on
College Street. Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Morning Service, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday Night Service, 7 p.m.
This is temporary housing while
the church is being built on
Harper Street.
Lenten Reflection on Catholic
Social Teaching - The Social
Issues Committee will host a
series of presentations focused on
our social responsibilities as
Christians to be held every
Thursday in March (March 7, 14,
21, 28), 7:30-9 p.m. in the chapel of
the parish center. On March 7,
Frank Sacks, CM., will initiate the
series, speaking on "The Call to
Political Involvement for the Poor
That is Found in. the Scriptures.".
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and find out more about the War
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Call 887-3818.
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Government's Area Agency on
Aging is looking for volunteers to
work with the Alzheimer's
Respite Group. This program pro­vides
a weekly break on
Thursdays to family members
who are taking care of an older rel­ative
with Alzheimer's Disease.
For info., call Lisa Barnes at
(334)749-5264, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
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Quarter Initiation and Reception
on March 7,5 p.m., 213 Foy Union.
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the Graduate School, will be the
guest speaker. For info., call 844-
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National
Federal Reserve to ship newly redesigned $100 bills, other bills to follow
On March 25 an initial shipment of $80 billion in newly redesigned $100 bills will be shipped to U.S.
banks, the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve System announced Monday. The Federal Reserve will
also issue the new bills to U.S. banks to fill orders for financial institutions in other nations.
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said, "We have worked hard to educate cash han­dlers,
both domestically and abroad, about the new features and the introduction process."
Some of the new features of the new C-notes include a larger off-center picture of Benjamin Franklin,
a Franklin watermark to the right of the portrait and a new polymer security thread embedded in the
paper. Also included in the new feature is color shifting ink in the "100" which is located in the lower
right corner that looks green when seen straight on, but black at an angle. Also, if photocopied, the bill
shows up as a splotch.
The new $100 bill is the first of six redesigned bills with the other five smaller bills being released
one per year for the next five years.
As banks deposit worn money to the Federal Reserve, the new bills will eventually replace current
ones. However, both old and new bills will be honored at full value.
— Compiled from Birmingham Post-Herald reports
State
Legislature chooses to renovate State Office Building at cost of $4 million
Alabama is poised to spend about $4 million renovating the State Office Building in Montgomery.
The building was built in 1963 and underwent major renovations in 1984.
"This has been an on-going project for three years," House Clerk Greg Pappas said. "We have looked
at all the options: 1) Do nothing, 2) Renovate or 3) Build a new building. We (the state legislature) have
chosen to renovate," he said.
"The reasons for the renovations are to provide more public access, better working areas and larger
committee rooms," Pappas said.
Bids were received Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. "The low bid was $4,324,500 by Stallings and Sons of
Montgomery, and the high bid was $4,588,093 by Central Contracting Inc. of Montgomery," Pappas said.
— Compiled by Philip Lord, Plainsman Staff Writer
Rally Continuedfrom A-1
of being qualitative rather than
quantitative.
He said the universities must
make adjustments to keep the
overhead increases for administra­tion
and clerical personnel in line
with the 15" percent increase in
student population during the last
10 years.
"I do not see how (cutting
administration and clerical per­sonnel)
will affect the quality of
education," he said.
Martin said this year's cut
would have the same effect as last
year's. It would hurt the students'
quality of education because of
limited sections of courses offered,
and, she said, many students
already find it difficult to get class­es
they need to graduate within
four years.
At Wednesday's Board of
Trustees meeting, James respond­ed
by asking why the money goes
to other overhead costs rather
than to more teachers and classes.
The Auburn students who
attended the rally, representing
the War Eagle Girls and
Plainsmen, The Panhellenic
Council, Interfraternity Council,
SGA Senators and appointed SGA
officials, had different reactions
about what James said.
"I was amazed or positively sur­prised
how seriously the governor
took us as a group," Thomas
Ruchti, 04EE, said.
Martin said she was a bit skep­tical
James would change his posi­tion
on the issue of higher educa­tion.
However, she said, "I hope that
he would take us seriously."
"I think it's important to attend
events like that to represent the
student body," Ruchti, an SGA
senator from the College of
Engineering, said.
He said it was "maybe a little bit
disappointing" that only 20 stu­dents
out of 23,000 showed up,
but he said it was understandable.
During the last week of classes
many students have tests and pro­jects
to do.
"What the Auburn group there
did one-on-one with the governor
was unique and had as much or
more of an impact (as the support
from other schools)," Buddy
Mitchell, University director of
government relations, said.
"The legislators themselves are
committed to restoring the cuts
the governor recommended"
Mitchell said.
Mitchell urged all Auburn stu­dents
to "become more politically
astute, know their legislators and
the issues, especially those in this
day and time affecting higher edu­cation,
both academically and
politically."
"We're wide open to bring
down the facts," James said.
Martin said she hopes the uni­versity's
budget will at least be
level-funded this year and not suf­fer
from cuts as it did last year.
However, things are different
this time.
"This year we're definitely
fighting back," she said.
The University's office of
Government Relations is working
with the Auburn and Opelika
chambers of commerce, which are
sponsoring a rally for higher edu­cation
at 5:30 p.m., March 13 at the
Quality Inn University Center,
1577 S. College St.
Trustees Continued from A-1
tion was taken into account, it
would impact the numbers signif­icantly."
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"We have too many institutions
for a state of our population,"
Muse said. "That's why we have a
larger per capita funding of higher
education than most Southern
states."
James said another one of his
concerns besides overhead cost is
the high number of out-of-state
students at Auburn.
"I would love to open up the
doors for everyone, but we can't
afford to subsidize students from
other states," James said. "Other
states don't do it."
James was referring to the rela­tively
easy guidelines to attain
Alabama residency and thus pay
lower tuition rates.
- Lowell -Rr Barren; an Auburn
trustee; said the BSard has already'
begun to tackle the problem iaf lax
residency requirements.
"This institution is conservative­ly
run," Barron said. "We bit the
bullet some time ago to address
out-of-state tuition."
Jack Venable, another Auburn
trustee and chairman of the
board's budget committee, said
the Board's policy tightens resi­dency
requirements and makes it
much more difficult for out-of-state
students to come to Alabama
and become an in-state student in
a year.
"I still believe that people will
come to Auburn despite the
tougher requirements," Venable
said.
Muse said James' most recent
budget cut would be "devastat­ing"
to a University already under
enormous'financial pressure.*/He;
presented an outline of four points,
in which the trustees suggests
James' approach of handling the
University budget is incorrect and
should be re-evaluated.
• Formula for comparing
growth in administrative posi­tions
with growth in student
enrollment is not the best method
for determining funding for
institutions of higher education.
Since 1984, Auburn's adminis­trative
area has increased by about
50 percent while its enrollment has
increased by 20 percent. Muse
said these statistics are misleading
because much of the administra­tive
increase is a result of re-classi­fication
of jobs and a growth in
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date must score 90 percent or
higher on the test, which can be
administered twice.
A revision also stated if the
Board of Communications only
identifies one candidate for the
Plainsman editor or Glomerata edi­tor,
then the position will be con­sidered
filled by the Board of
Elections.
Laura Palmer, 03PO, presented
the resolution to allow Walker to
run in the spring elections.
She said she felt Walker's dis­qualification
was unfair, because
"the reasoning was wrong. He is
completely qualified, and nobody
else showed any interest in the
position."
Walker, who is currently manag­ing
editor of the Plainsman, was
disqualified as a candidate after
refusing to take a test by the SGA
Election Board.
Walker was approved by the
Communications Board.
In protest, Walker took the first
test, consisting of the SGA
Constitutional Law and Budget
and Finance functions of the SGA,
and failed. He refused to take the
test again.
Palmer said, "I agree with the
Election Board on its original deci­sion,
but I also think it's the
Senate's job to re-examine the
laws and rules when they're not
reasonable.
"If the election law is able to
override anything in the code of
laws, they should have been able
to change the rules," she said.
Catherine Egge, secretary of
political affairs, said the Election
Board "had already made its deci­sion
about him having to take the
test, because he agreed with the
Communications Board to do so.
research ,and outreach activities,
which are fund.ed J,b,y;,,e^err+al_
sources. If the data is adjusted to
accommodate these exceptions,
Auburn's administrative area has
increased by 15 percent compared
to a 20 percent student enrollment
increase.
•Administrative costs at
Auburn are below average when
compared to other peer institu­tions.
Muse presented a chart which
showed administrative expense
per Auburn student and other
peer institutions. Auburn's
administrative expense per stu­dent
is $3,667; that figure ranked
22nd on a list of 23 schools that
included Georgia Tech ($6,195),
the University of Tennessee
($4,602) and the University of
Alabama ($4,524).
| • Although''per capita funding
of higher education in Alabama
\s greater than most Southern
states, Auburn receives fewer
dollars per student than most
other peer institutions in the
South.
Auburn's state appropriations
per student is $5,523, Muse said,
while other schools such as the
University of Georgia and the
University of Florida receive
$7,389 and $7,133, respectively, per
student.
•Auburn ranks high on indica­tors
of quality.
"Auburn is a very good steward
of the state funds," Muse said.
"We have produced a product that
compares extremely favorably
regionally and nationally."
Auburn is in a critical state of
development where it needs addi­tional
resources, not Tess," Muse
said.
James said he hopes to work
closely with the Board's budget
committee within the coming
weeks.
"Let's take a good hard look at
all expenses and get them all on
the table so we can find the bottom
line," he said.
"I don't think he's going to
change his mind," Muse said. "It's
clear that we have to influence the
legislature. They make the final
decision. We have considerable
support in the legislature, and I
believe they will support at least
level funding."
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Candidates converge in Columbus
By Adam demons
Staff Writer
They came in planes, buses and
automobiles, from places such as
Tennessee, Alabama, Texas,
Arizona, Kansas and Washington,
D.C., all seeking votes and sup­porters.
The campaigns of Lamar
Alexander, Pat Buchanan and Bob
Dole all made their last-minute
pitches to the voters of Columbus,
Ga., on the eve of the state's presi­dential
primary.
Georgia, along with Colorado,
Connecticut, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Vermont, held their presidential
primaries on Tuesday, March 5.
The presidential campaigns all hit
Georgia hard, with its 42 delegates
at stake. It takes 996 electoral votes
to win the Republican nomination.
Pat Buchanan, who lives in
Washington, D.C., delivered his
pitch Monday night at Columbus
College, about why he should
replace Bill Clinton as president.
"We need leaders, be they con­servative,
liberal or moderates,
who mean what they say and say
what they mean," Buchanan said,
who accused Bob Dole of stealing
his ideas.
Buchanan said his campaign is
not about him, but the causes he
believes in. He said he is running
for the "Americans who have no
voice, the unborn, and people who
make less than $30,000 a year,
who no one cares about," he said.
Focusing his speech on his dis­approval
of the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),
Buchanan said it has "sold out the
jobs of Americans." He said he,
Jesse Jackson, Ralph Nader and
Ross Perot were against it.
Buchanan, who is a former com­mentator
on CNN's Crossfire, ran
for president in 1992, challenging
George Bush in the Republican
primary. He lost, but is not shy in
saying he was the only Republican
BRAD HANNA/Art Editor
to stand up against Bush after
Bush broke his promise to not
raise taxes.
In 1995, Buchanan re-entered the
GOP nomination process. He won
the Louisiana Caucus, came in sec­ond
to Bob Dole in Iowa and won
the first of the nation's primaries
in New Hampshire. Buchanan's
campaign has been hurt recently
after coming in third in the
Arizona primary and second in
South Carolina primary, both of
which he expected to win.
Bob Dole was in Maryland, but
another Dole, his wife Elizabeth,
was in Columbus campaigning on
behalf of her husband, the GOP ;
front-runner.
Mrs. Dole brought to the
Columbus Sheraton Inn U.S. sena- i
tors Paul Coverdale (Georgia),
John McCain (Arizona), Kay
Bailey Hutchenson and Phil
Gramm (both of Texas). Gramm is
a Columbus native and a former
candidate in the GOP nomination
process.
Bob Dole did pick up one key
vote and endorsement. House
Speaker Newt Gingrich voted by
absentee ballot and announced he
voted for Dole. "I think he is the
next president," Gingrich said.
Lamar Alexander, former gover­nor
of Tennessee and former edu­cation
secretary, was at the
Columbus Metropolitan Airport ,
with Tennessee Gov. Don
Sundquist at his side. Alexander
said Georgia was an important
state in his campaign.
Alexander, who has not finished
higher than third so far, said the ,
end of his campaign may be near.
"If Bob Dole beats me in Florida,
I'll get out and he's our nominee,"
he said. Florida holds its primary
on March 12.
New York holds its primary
today, where only Bob Dole and
magazine publisher Steve Forbes
are on all of the state's ballots.
Buchanan is on almost half the bal­lots.
Dole is favored to win.
Schools gain new writing, reading tool
'Writing to Read'phonics program brings
mixed opinions from state educators
By Tim Devine
Staff Writer
Several Alabama schools will be
implementing new reading and
writing programs beginning next
school year. Some think the costly
program may be unnecessary.
Dr. Anita Buckley, executive
director of Reading Alabama Inc.,
a non-profit coalition of business­es
and community leaders, has
announced that it will be funding
a reading program in 115 elemen­tary
schools throughout Alabama.
'Writing To Read' is a computer
program which was developed by
Dr. John Martin and marketed by
IBM as a phonics program that
helps children read and write by
identifying letters and the sounds
they make.
"It is a tool that bridges the gap
between reading and writing,"
Buckley said. "Whatever they can
say, they can write, and then they
can turn around and read it."
This is not a new program. It is
has been used in more than 11,000
schools in the United States and in
about a third of the public schools
in Alabama for the past 10 years.
"The response of the business
community to Reading Alabama's
effort to provide 'Writing to Read'
programs for every elementarv
school has been encouraging," Dr.
Ed Richardson, State superinten­dent
of education, said. "I am con­fident
that it will produce
improved academic achieve­ment."
"We're hoping that it's going to
push our scores right up," Jean
Madden, principal of Loachapoka
Elementary, one of the schools that
will receiving the program, said.
"'Writing to Read' is a very
effective program," Dr. Byron
Nelson, former superintendent of
education for Decatur, one of the
original school systems to use the
program, said:; ''These' youngsters
werej excited and anxious, to con?
tinue their writing activity."
The program costs more than $6
million, $24,000 for each reading
lab. The labs consist of nine com­puter
stations and five listening
stations. They also include a
library of reading material and
audio books.
Dr. Janet Taylor, coordinator of
Auburn's elementary education
program, is skeptical of the pro­gram
because of the high cost,
especially with current problems
in funding education in the United
States.
Taylor and the education
department have been working
with kindergartens and using a
much less expensive Australian
system developed by reading spe­cialists
and teachers Don Holdawa
and Dr. Marie Clay. Australia
has a higher literacy rate than the
United States.
"1 would like to invite the gov­ernor
to come out to see Dadeville
kindergarten," Taylor said. "It's
such an old building. You would­n't
think anything good could
come out of there, but you would
be amazed at the kind of reading
and writing these children do."
This program depends on the
expertise of the teacher, and the
only tools required are books,
paper and pencils, Taylor said.
'Writing to Read' doesn't
replace the teacher, but it is a use­ful
tool in the hands of a good
teacher," Nelson said.
Taylor admits that a computer is
a good writing tool, but "we tend
to think that something on com­puter
is better than a classroom."
The cost is not Taylor's only
objection to the program. The pro­gram
"puts too much emphasis on
the symbols rather than their
meaning," Taylor said. "It is most
BRAD HANNA/ Art Editor A
important to learn to communi­cate
meaning."
Before programs such as
'Writing to Read' were developed,
schools were using methods mod­ern
education specialists don't rec­ommend.
'Writing to Read' was a
step in the right direction, Taylor
said.
"It's not a bad program," Taylor
said. "It's just not the best and at a
such an expense."
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Thursday, March 7,1996 QlheguburnHainsmaii A-5
State senator proposes Alabama lottery
By Chris Parker
Assistant News Editor
The lottery craze that has infect­ed
many states, including two of
| Alabama's neighbors, Florida and
Georgia, may make its way into
Alabama if a bill, introduced by
, Sen. Gerald Dial, D-Linevelle,
passes.
The bill came out of committee
on Feb. 28 and is now awaiting
i approval by the Senate, according
to Dial. If it is approved, it will go
to the House of Representatives
and from there to the ballot in
November, Dial said.
He said the proposed lot­tery
program will be named
STARS, Student's Tuition
Assistance Resource and Safety
program. Its main purpose would
be "to fund tuition for high school
graduates with a B average," Dial
said.
He said the money would also
be used to make schools safer and
provide more up-to-date learning
environments.
Dial said he designed the pro­gram
in the likeness of the HOPE
program, which is funded by the
I Georgia Lottery.
Brenda Hayes of HOPE, Helping
Outstanding Pupils Educationally,
said of the program, "HOPE pro­vides
tuition assistance for stu­dents
at public and private col­leges
in the state."
She said the requirements are
that a student must have graduat­ed
high school in or after 1993,
with a B average or better.
Hayes said HOPE also provides
an incen­tive
for ££F*^:;<*t'i
h i g h
school
Our kids and grandkids deserve as
much opportunity as theirs, so I'm
proposing this program."
Dan Gropper, assistant professor
of economics and director of the
MBA program in the College of
Business, explained in general
how money is
gained from a
lottery.
drop­outs
by
offering a
$500 HOPE
voucher that can
be used after receiv
ing a GED.
Hayes cited that more
than 105,000 Georgians were
assisted with their tuition during
the 1994-95 academic year.
Dial said, "Over 100,000 stu­dents
are going to college on schol­arships
through (Georgia's) lottery.
m o n e y
pay for
the jackpot
comes from
ticket sales."
He said,
depending on the
state, about 50 cents
on the dollar is used
for prize money, with
the rest going to advertising, run­ning
the lottery and to funds such
as tuition.
Gropper said that a primary
benefit to Alabama adopting a lot­tery
is that the money currently
going to neighboring states' lotter­ies
will "stay at home."*
Both Dial and Gropper said
another benefit of having a lottery
is that it would give students an
incentive to do well in high school
and attend college for free.
Dial said his best estimate
showed that after four years, a lot­tery
would be bringing $140 mil­lion
to the state per year, with $90
million going to fund tuition.
However, Gropper said that
according to a study done on lot­teries,
the net revenue in Alabama
from a lottery was estimated to be
$50 to $60 million per year.
He explained the net amount is
the amount left after money has
been taken out for the expenses of
running the lottery and prizes.
"This is not a small number, but
you need to be realistic and make a
decision on the best possible esti­mates,"
he added.
Dial said the only opposition he
has had so far is from "some
Baptist preachers and anti-gam­bling
people."
"I see it as being like buying a
chance at PTA for a television. It's
a way to help young people," he
said.
"We're going to let the people
vote, let them determine if they
want it. You can't go wrong if you
let the people decide."
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By S. Morris and C. Parker
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Sen. Ted Little of Auburn
i announced his candidacy for the
' 3rd Congressional District
Tuesday on the steps of the Lee
County Justice Center.
I Enthusiastic supporters don­ning
"Ted Little for U.S. Congress"
stickers gathered for his
announcement.
Running as an independent,
Little said, "A congressman must
be a hands-on individual. He must
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domestic violence centers and
promoting public daycare cen­ters."
Little said he wants to go to
Washington to help real people —
white and blue collar workers.
"I want to be a part of streamlin­ing
government in order to make
it more responsive to average
Americans," he said.
Little spoke on the slipping stan­dard
of living and the working
class's struggle. "Too many
American families are having to
live like two ships passing in the
dark in order to make ends meet,"
he said.
"After 15 years of rising taxes
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put something, back into the pock­ets
of our working people," he
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"The democratic and republican
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By Andrew Small
2/29 12:25 p.m., Steve
Wittmann of 2185 Lee Road 137,
Auburn; reported the theft of an
Aspire Pentium computer val­ued
at $2,000, a Hewlett Packard
660 bubblejet printer valued at
$400, a 19-inch Magnavox color
television valued at $150, a 12-
inch bass amplifier valued at
$150, a Yamaha dual cassette
deck valued at $150, a VCR val­ued
at $100 and a black and yel­low
California, King snake valr
ued at $100. The items were
stolen from Wittman's residence.
2/29 12:30 p.m., William
Christian, also of 2185 Lee Road:
137, reported the theft of an
; Ovation Applause acoustic gui?
tar valued at $450, a Pioneer
VSX-454 stereo receiver, serial
number SN-PD3621741, valued
at $300, a Pioneer six-disk
changer valued at $300, a BC
Rich electric guitar valued at
$400, a Peavy 5150 tube guitar
:i amplifier valued at $500 and a
-Marshall guitar amplifier valued
at $300.
3/1 10 aim., Dan James report^
ed $200 damage done to a build­ing
at 305 S. Gay St, Auburn.
The building is managed: by
Evans Realty.
3/1 11:15 a.m., Don Milam filed:
a report of felony forgery at the
IKroger;, on North Dean Rpatdl: 1
Auburn, for $298.
3/1 3:36 p.m., Scott Harrison
reported the theft of a white
Cabin Creek shirt valued at $18,
two pairs of Levi's shorts valued
at $59.98, a peach Hunt Club
golf shirt valued at $24, a pair of
pSA children's swimtrunks val­ued
at $10 and a Cabin Creek
print top valued at $18.99. The
items were stolen from J.C.
Penney in the Village Mall,
Auburn/'- -
3/1 4:45 p.m., Amber Lynn
Chesnutt of 700 W Magnolia
Ave., Auburn^ filed a report of
misdemeanor forgery -
3/1 7:08 p.m., William
McCurdy of 608 Edgevvood
Drive. Auburn reported the theft
of a silver watch valued at $238
from Custom Clean. 465 Opelika
Road> Auburn.
3/2 6 a.m., Fdecia Maddox of
838 Lee Road 6". .".aburn,
inch color television, serial num­ber
422-32110947. valued $250.
The television was stolen from
her residence.
3/2 1:45 p.m., Travi9 Dobbs of
129 Campus Trailer Court,
Auburn, filed a report of crimi-nal
mischief. He reported $400
damage done to the tires, wind­shield
and rear window or .;
gray lVi-ifr Honda Accord while it
was parked at Lot 80,
Ridgevvood Village, Auburn
3/3 4:30 p.m., Lorene Guthery
of 946 Moores Mill Road,
Auburn, reported the theft of a
cellular bag telephone valued at
$150. The item was stolen from
a gray 1^92 Pontiac Bonneville
while it was parked at her resi­dence:
3/3 5:32 p.m.. Angel;
Richardson of SI* Bedell Ave.
Aubum. filed a report of crimi­nal
mischief. She reported $70
damage done to her residence.
3/3 9:48 p.m., Allison Wellman
of 266 S. Gay St., Auburn, report­ed
the theft of a gold 1988
Hondi '• -:•<-• ! "Jenu'fi-cation
numbe
IHMCA5635.IC0S7997. The
vehicle, valued at $6,000, was
stolen from Garden Court,
Auburn.
3/4 8:15 a.m., Amelia Lynn
Calhoun ot 140 Williams St.,
Woodland, Ala., reported the
theft of a red 1993 Nissan
extend I . I fou*»whe« drive
pickup truck, vehicle identifica­tion
number
1N6HD16Y6PO30970. The:
vehicle, valued at $17,500, was
stolen from the Brook<
Apartments on Wire Road,
Staff Writer
Whether they're two-stepping, doing the
Foxtrott or just line dancing, the senior citizens
who attended the first "Snow Ball Dance" last
Thursday night were definitely not showing
their age.
The dance, sponsored by the Auburn Parks
and Recreation Department and held at the
Frank Brown Recreation Center, is just one of
many events that area senior citizens have
become involved with lately.
"What we did when we first started was we
decided to start a senior citizens social group
(called Young at Heart) for the entire commu­nity,"
Donna Forbus, founder of the group and
a director at the Parks and Recreation
Department, said. "We put up some flyers,
gave information to the newspapers and we
sent out flyers to different recreation depart­ments
and senior citizen's groups."
The Snow Ball Dance was the first winter
dance among other outings the senior program
has put on, Forbus said.
"We do something in the spring or the sum­mer,"
she said. "In the,past, we've done what
we call 'Auburn Nights.' It's in the fall, and it's
a thing we do with the Auburn Knights
Orchestra."
More than 100 people turned out for the win­ter
ball.
"If the weather is good, and everything's
going well, we'll have a good crowd," she said.
The seniors danced to the sound of Magnolia
Highway, an Auburn area three-man, one-woman
band, and filled up on barbecue sup-
LEE ANN PHILLIPS/Photo Staff
Local seniors cut a rug at the Frank Brown Recreation Center last Thursday evening.
plied by the Barbecue House.
"This is the first time we've been here," Tom
Christian, a Snow Ball attendant and avid
dancer, said. "We danced a lot around here. We
read about this in the paper. We were the
right age to get in on it, so we decided to come
on over. I think it's good. We enjoy two-step­ping
and the music is great."
Forbus said, "We use different groups. We
try and get a variety of sounds. Everything
from jazz to big band to oldies — whatever
we find that we think everyone will like."
She said the group has many upcoming
events planned for the seniors, including a
fish fry at Kiesel Park in Auburn.
"Every other Tuesday, the first and third
Tuesday of each month, we have what we call
— really just a group that gets together and
does lunch," Forbus said. "They bring a cov­ered
dish, we play bingo or people will come
and talk about different aspects of senior citi­zens
— anyone from doctors to bankers, who
talk to them about investments or savings."
Forbus also said the group is planning a trip
to the Bahamas and a trip to Gatlinburg, Term.,
in the fall.
"I think it works out real well for the
seniors," Tom Card well, attendant and Auburn
Parks and Recreation employee, said. "It gives
them the night out and somewhere to go."
Council gives awards, hears complaints
By Pat Shell
Staff Writer
It was business as usual at the
Auburn City Council meeting on
Tuesday.
Mayor Jan Dempsey called the
meeting to order about 7:40 pm.
Everyone on the Council was pre­sent
except Sam Teague, the repre­sentative
from Ward 3 Place 1.
The first order of business was
the Employee of the Month which
was awarded to Cliff Clark. Clark
is employed in the Public Works
Department.
The second order of business
was the presentation of service
pins. Pins were awarded to Robert
Heath, Robert Robinson, Jerald
Sparks, and Katie Trunzo.
Crenshaw Cook, who has served
in the Public Works Department
for 30 years, also was awarded a
service pin. Dempsey pointed out
that this was the first 30-year ser­vice
pin she has given.
Drew Ratterman spoke, repre­senting
Auburn's Student
Government Association.
Ratterman said two buses of
Auburn students, faculty mem­bers
and concerned citizens trav­eled
to Montgomery to lobby
against proposed cuts to higher
education in the 1996-97 budget.
Ratterman announced that on
March 15, there will be a rally at
the Auburn Quality Inn concern­ing
the best interests of higher
education in Lee County.
During the next order of busi­ness,
Brady Pitts stood to address
his concern about his sewer line
on his property at the corner of
Jordan and Richland roads in
Auburn.
In 1974, when Pitts moved to his
property, there was no city sewage
line. Pitts built his own line, and
within the next year, the city built
its own line. Upon building the
city line, Pitts' line was damaged.
The Council asked to meet with
him at a later date.
The cr>j|ncil proceeded to the
rest of the business, passing every
order of concern. A new truck was
purchased for the Parks and
Recreation Department, and a new
long distance carrier was
approved for the city.
More problems about city
sewer lines arose when citizen Pat
Whitman was recognized by the
Council. Whitman talked about
the sewage problem in the
Tanglewood neighborhood.
There are no city sewer lines in
this neighborhood because of the
cost to the residents. Fifty-one per­cent
of the neighborhood must
agree to the installation of the line.
She said the problem was that
the city would not give the neigh­borhood
a set figure each lot-owner
must pay for the line.
Dempsey proposed that a figure
be decided as soon as possible, so
the neighborhood can vote.
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Thursday, March 7,1996 Qlhegjuburn glamsman
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•8 gThegfubiirn Blainsman Thursday, March 7,1996
Ifie^uburnBlainsiiiaii
"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, 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; Meredith Bonner Production
In the Clouds . ..
Students' ignorance about presidential primary
candidates raises serious questions about future
u
I don't know," "I don't know," "I
" * • don't know," and "I really don't
know." These were last week's
responses to the question in the popular "On
the Concourse" feature of The Plainsman.
No, the question did not involve complex
formulas in quantum physics. No, the ques­tion
had nothing to do with how tissues con­tinue
to come out of the box. The question
was: "Who would you vote for if the
Alabama primaries were held today? Why?"
A college campus, in theory, is where the
educated leaders of tomorrow can be found.
It is unfortunate that the future agenda-set­ters,
at least here at Auburn, don't know, and
don't seem to care about who will lead them
into the next century.
The Plainsman recognizes that five arbitrari­ly-
selected thinkers might not adequately
represent the Auburn community as a whole,
but the problem of apathy is not specific to
this group, or even a minority.
Auburn's apathy rash, clearly displayed by
consistently low turnouts in campus elec­tions,
is not, by any stretch of the imagina­tion,
inclusive.
Local and national disinterest in politics,
often attributed to corruption, is the disease
of which Auburn's problem is merely a
symptom.
But to cry corruption and then deny a
weapon with which to battle it is, in The
Plainsman's opinion, wholly ignorant.
The Auburn students of today will be the
home-owning commuters of tomorrow, and
people who will govern their pursuits are
being chosen this year.
The Plainsman urges the community to turn
on a television or pick up a newspaper and
find out what is going on so it can make an
educated decision in the November elections
about its future.
The first step . . .
Twenty Auburn students visit Capitol in support
of higher education, Plainsman shows gratitude
On Tuesday, 20 Auburn students
made their way to the Capitol in
support of higher education in this state, in
support of an institution we all know is
worth every penny of state money given to it.
These students went to the Capitol in sup­port
of Auburn, and The Plainsman would
like to show its gratitude.
There has been a lot of talk about budget
cuts and their impact on this institution.
There have been questions asked about what
we, as students of this university, can do to
try to curb the negative effects of what we
know is inevitable. It's good to see some peo­ple
making the first steps in the direction of
getting our voices heard.
We'd not only like to challenge the 20 stu­dents
who went to the Capitol but also the
rest of the student body, to not let this first
step be the last.
We suggest writing a letter to Gov. Fob
James in support of Auburn. His address in
Montgomery is:
Alabama State Capitol
600 Dexter Ave.
Montgomery, Ala. 36130-2751
or via e-mail at: govjames@asnmail.acs.edu.
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 assistants. Other opinion, often contrasting is offered in adjoining columns.
U police are the good guys
The Auburn University Police
department may well be the
lost widely criticized organiza-lon
on campus.
Popular opinion holds that the
lUPD officers sit atop hills wait-ig
for speeders or patrol the
lampus trying to find frisbee
trowers.
For a long time I was also a
Iritic of the University Police. I
lan't recall any particular reason
•hat I criticized the department
Ixcept that everyone else seemed
|o.
They say you can't judge a man
inril you've walked a mile in his
Ihoes. Last week I took that walk
^nd learned the truth of that wise
liche. I learned that I was
vrong.
While on a photo assignment
or the Plainsman, I had the
ipportunity to ride along with
Dfficer Jerry Harris for the better
>art of a beautiful Monday.
When I asked to take a photo of
m AUPD officer, I didn't expect
o be offered the opportunity to
examine the AUPD up close. But
accepted, not really knowing
what to expect.
I mean, aren't these the people
hat I've heard were responsible
JONATHAN W.
LARTIGUE
for harassing students, keeping
them from rollerblading on cam­pus
and ticketing them for dri­ving
in restricted areas?
But, I figured that I'd be a jour­nalist
one day, and I decided that,
above all, a journalist has to be
open-minded.
So I rode along with Officer
Harris.
I was there when he helped a
young woman get into her car
after she locked her keys inside. I
was there when he spent nearly
an hour tracking down a gradu­ate
student to tell him that his gas
tank was too full and was leaking
in the parking lot. And I laughed
along when he told me of the
captured squirrel that one officer
mistook to be a hostage girl.
We talked about what it was
like to be a cop and why some­one
would do it. We talked about
why he shoots radar and pulls
over speeders (most of which get
only a verbal warning) to slow
down traffic at dangerous inter­sections.
And we talked about
the legitimate safety hazards of
high numbers of cars driving on
campus during busy hours.
But above all, I learned that
Officer Harris wasn't doing his
job because he wanted to harass
students. He wasn't doing it
because he needed the paycheck.
He was doing it because he cared.
And I also realized that it took a
special person to do his job, to
care as much as he did about
people he had never met.
And guess what? Every other
officer I met that day, from the
chief to the newest patrolman,
felt the same way.
It's been too long since some­one
said it. I think now is a good
time. Good job Officer Harris,
good job Chief Nevin, good job
AUPD.
Jonathan W. Lartigue is a Staff
Writer for The Auburn Plainsman.
Last week's insert shocks, surprises
Every Thursday I go through the
same ritual.
I wake up at about 8:45 for my
9:00 class. I frantically run around
my apartment wondering where I
am and what I should be doing. I
remember, and I bolt out the door.
I get to campus, and I grab a
Plainsman in an effort to see what
things went right and what things
went wrong during the nights of
delirium in the hallowed basement
of Foy Union.
Last week, my ritual changed.
Instead of picking up a
Plainsman and looking at the final
product we had worked on that
week, my attention was drawn to
an insert found in the middle of
the paper instead.
It was titled "She's a Child Not
A 'Choice'" and it was a complete
surprise.
My gut reaction was that some
deranged person had come along
and put these pro-life propaganda
mags in all of the papers. I felt as
though I was going to throw up.
I began to investigate.
It turned out that the insert was
a paid advertisement and that the
folks on the business side of our
office knew about it fully, though I
J. ELIZABETH
SMITH
did not.
I don't know if this is a good or
a bad thing, but The Plainsman
operates with the business part of
the paper completely separate
from the editorial part, and neither
side knows what the other is doing
until it actually happens.
After I found out about the ori­gin
of the insert, I began thinking
about the implications of it.
I was furious that something like
that would run in our paper. I was
furious that I had not been
informed.
I completely disagree with the
premise of the insert, so on a per­sonal
level I was deeply disturbed.
But above and beyond that, I
realized there actually may be peo­ple
out there who believe that
advertisement is representative of
the views of the paper. Even
though some people who work
here do agree, it is definitely not
the opinion of the paper as a
whole and should not be taken
that way.
Before I really thought about
things, I thought it was horrible
that the insert had run.
I wanted to go to every stack of
papers on campus and "monopo­lize"
them (although I'd do the
smart thing and just take the
inserts, not the stacks of papers).
Then I realized the only thing
stifling that opinion would do was
put me on the same level as Tipper
Gore or the sponsors of the
Communications Decency Act, a
place I know I never want to be.
I am a proponent of free speech,
and that even means free speech
when the sides of issues being dis­cussed
are not my own.
I have only one regret about the
insert from last week — that the
advertising disclaimer was not
bigger. That's something we'll
work on for next time, I suppose.
/. Elizabeth Smith is Editor of The
Auburn Plainsman.
Of love lost and lessons learned
I am haunted by ghosts, and I
am afraid.
Loneliness, in all of its splendid
glory, has become my closest com­panion,
and the personal demons I
struggle with continue their relent­less
onslaught.
There have been many times
when I've wanted nothing more
than to escape from this hell I've
brought upon myself, to sever my
ties with this world I once knew.
But I will continue my journey
into the unknown, and I will be
stronger and wiser when I return.
And when I feel as though the
weight of my burden will smother
me, I look back on the time spent
with her and I smile, knowing
happiness will once again know
my name.
But the pain is still with me, and
I accept it with open arms.
After all, I brought this agony
upon myself.
It is only fitting I learn this way,
a baptism of sorts, a trial by fire if
you will.
And I will emerge from this
rebirth whole again, the void non-
MlCHAEL B.
WILLIS
existent, filled by her love once
again.
I have learned many things dur­ing
this unbelievably sad time in
my life, and I have grown because
of it.
I have come to understand that
her love, in its purest form, could
never be replaced by another's.
I have grown to realize that she
was nothing short of perfect, and
she would have walked to the
ends of the earth for me if I had
asked.
But most importantly, I have
been taught to not take her love
for granted.
And now the tears begin to flow
and the emptiness returns.
How could I have been so blind,
so unresponsive to her touch?
Her love was of the rarest form
and I did not accept it.
Many people go their entire
lives searching for a love of this
caliber — it took me only 18 short
years to discover it.
And I will know her love again,
and I will cherish it all the days of
my life.
And the bad times will surely
come as well, but I will know how
to handle them.
I will know when to listen.
I will know when to advise.
I will know when to lend a
shoulder to cry on.
And I will know how to love as
she does.
And the sadness slowly begins
to fade, and the weight on my
heart begins to lighten.
For I truly believe there's a place
where we belong, and in it, there is
no sadness.
Michael B. Willis is Assistant Sports
Editor for The Auburn Plainsman.
University education invaluable
Do you ever wonder why we
are here? Here at Auburn I mean.
Because a college degree is
increasingly necessary to get a
good job, and with tuition always
going up, a lot of people have
started wondering what it is
about a university education that
is so valuable.
Did you know that most of the
people who go to colleges and
universities nowadays are actual­ly
older students who have come
to school to get new job skills?
The world around us is chang­ing
faster and faster, and employ­ers
are increasingly looking for
people who can not only use the
latest technology, but also can
deal with diversity and work well
with others.
This isn't just a business prob­lem
either; many of our commu­nities
are falling apart under the
pressures of a changing world.
Whether in the courtroom, the
street or (increasingly) the school­yard,
we are resolving our differ­ences
not through understanding,
but through conflict.
Upset at someone? Sue them.
Stab them. A few years ago, a kid
brought a sawed-off shotgun to
my Mom's middle school. Why?
TV talk shows peddle humilia­tion.
Disregard for human dignity
JEFF
HENRICHS
becomes disregard for human life.
One guest on the Jenny Jones
show was murdered by another
recently, but hey, murder makes
for good ratings, so who cares?
More and more we are desensitiz­ing
ourselves to the uncomfort­able
things around us, and we
only end up feeling more and
more isolated from each other.
I have had six years of "higher
education." In that time I've
learned about passive vibration
control, music theory and consti­tutional
law, but most of my
learning has occurred outside the
classroom.
It was at Auburn University
that I learned about racism, when
my roommate had "Nigger go
home" keyed in his car. Gay
rights isn't just a wacko-liberal
issue when you see good, kind
people treated with hatred and
cruelty.
It was here that I learned about
domestic violence, when a friend
of a friend was killed by her hus­band.
"Women's issues" like rape,
abortion and sexual harassment
become more than just words
when they happen to people you
care about.
Unfortunately, a lot of these sto­ries
never get told. There are rep­utations
to consider, and some
things seem better resolved in
quiet.
If something does happen to
you, speak up. If not to the prop­er
authorities, then at least to
your friends. If nothing has hap­pened
to you, listen. There is
much to be learned.
Whether you are here to
become more employable, to
become a star in your field or just
to find out more about yourself,
the value of a university educa­tion
is that it can teach you,
tomorrow's leaders, about the
world you will lead.
The University is a microcosm
of our world. Nowhere will you
find a more diverse group of peo­ple.
Nowhere will you find so
much opportunity to learn. And
never before have we needed to
feffHenrichs is a Staff Writer for The
Auburn Plainsman.
Thursday, March 7,1996 Qlhegluburnglainsman A-fr
Letters to the Editor
Vegetarianism should be an informed, personal choice
Editor, The Plainsman:
It was very nice to see an article per­taining
to vegetarianism in The Plainsman
(in the Feb. 29 issue, under "Area dieti­cians
shed light on vegetarianism") This
is so especially because of all the mainly-meat
restaurants advertising their prod­ucts
in The Plainsman week after week.
It is also nice since Auburn offers pro­grams
directly related to the production
of food made by animals (i.e. .animal and
dairy .science). Looking through my cat­alog
finding a course titled "Advanced
Beef Production " is always unsettling to
me as well as others who choose not to
eat animals (or other animal products,
i.e., eggs and dairy). But this is not my
main point.
My point is in reference to a comment
that Carol Dillard made. She said it is
"dangerous" for the (strict) vegetarian
who cuts out eggs and dairy from their
diet (although she did qualify the state­ment).
The reply to this type of vegetari­anism
is that these people do not get
complete protein (the essential amino
acids found mainly in meat, dairy prod­ucts
and eggs).
But read the literature on nutrition,
especially on protein (except possibly by
the animal food industries, who want us
— indeed depend on us — to buy their
products.) So they sometimes tell us it is
not wise to drop their products out of
our diet. It is seen that one can easily
attain one's daily (complete) protein
requirements without resorting to animal
products by, as the article subsequently
mentioned, combining the right veg­etable,
legumes or grains. And this is not
a difficult task, once one learns which
ones to combine and in what quantities.
If one is planning on dropping animal
products out of their diet and cares about
his/her health (which, I must add, most
vegetarians that I know do care), then
surely he/she will take a little time to
read some books on the subject, So, if
one reads the literature or gets the subse-quential
information on the subject of
health and nutrition (in particular, what
foods contain which essential amino
acids), then one can easily see that it is
not dangerous after all to retire animal
products from one's diet.
By the way, it is curious how many
non-vegetarians respond to someone
being a vegetarian. The non-vegetarian
usually expresses concern (I'm not so
sure how sincere this concern is) about
getting enough protein. This is especially
curious since many of us were taught
growing up that vegetarians do not get
enough protein or complete protein.
This is what many in the animal food
industry would like for us to believe.
And this is usually the only objection the
non-vegetarian can make. Why?
It's probably because many of them
believe what they hear from such indus­tries
on television. A more serious con­cern
for the strict vegetarian is getting
enough of the vitamin B-12, but I rarely
hear this objection (except in books on
nutrition). But one can easily get this vit­amin
from some vegetables and supple­ments
(from plant sources). Most non-vegetarians
do not consider that, nor do
they usually consider the waste of feed
used in the production of animal foods.
The places where this feed is grown
could grow a variety of foods fit for
human consumption. In fact, there
would be much more food to go around,
thus, there would be less hungry people
in the world.
Anyway, I am not intending to convert
anyone. I just wanted to point out a few
things about vegetarianism. Every-one
has to make their own choice about their
diet, but one should get reliable informa­tion
from more than one source on what ,
one eats, vegetarian or otherwise.
Ken Roblee
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Editor, The Plainsman
This past Friday evening my car was vandalized.
Apparently someone felt so strongly against my
ten-year-old Honda that it was necessary to break
the front and rear windows. The same person let
the air out of my tires, but did not slash them
(thanks).
The only thing that I can figure is he hates glass
more than rubber. Of course, windows do seem to
have a more intimidating aura about them than
tires ever have. Maybe it was the fact it was an
import made this person so angry with my car that
it had to be punished.
Boy, I know that can sure get a person riled up.
Perhaps, just maybe this was someone's attempt to
feel powerful. This is the same person who will
abuse their child or their wife for the sake of being
in control, but for now will stick to beating up cars
in the night.
I just wanted to write a formal apology to the
individual who did this, and say my car has
learned its lesson and it told me it will NEVER
mess with you again.
Oh, and by the way, thanks for putting the air
caps back on the tire when you were through. After
paying $500 for the new windows, I just could not
have afforded another 38 cents for new ones.
Travis Dobbs
04CJ
Student involvement is key to learn more about SGA
Editor, The Plainsman:
Recently, much has been said in
The Plainsman regarding the
Student Government Association
of Auburn University and its
activities. After regarding some of
the more recent editorials, I am
compelled to send this letter in
response. I am delighted to see the
SGA receive this much news cov­erage
because, as you know, any
publicity is good publicity.
However, lately you have accused
the SGA of being "shifty," and you
have questioned the need for stu­dents'
loyalty towards the SGA.
Furthermore, the Student Senate
has been criticized for its actions,
and one submitted editorial has
proposed that the SGA does noth­ing
of value.
First, and foremost, it is my
belief that if you have so; many
problems with the decisions made
by the Elections Board or the
Student Senate, you should run for
a position within the SGA. It is
necessary to understand that
simple criticism is cowardly. By
neglecting to provide viable solu­tions
to the items over which you
take issue with the SGA, you fail
in your "quest" to change the sys­tem.
It is important to remember that
the individuals who make up the
Student Senate were elected by
their peers. Therefore, their actions
merely reflect the concerns and
views of their constituents. I am
amazed to see members of the
media fill themselves up with the
belief that they are the last right­eous
saviors of democracy and
that they alone know what is best
for Auburn. If so, how many mem­bers
of the media were elected by
the students of Auburn
University?
Secondly, it has been said that
SGA does nothing of value. I
feel insulted for the members of
the SGA Executive Cabinet when
someone says that what they are
doing is not important. I also
challenge your implications of
anyone being "shifty." I encourage
you to prove any "shifty" deal­ings.
Each year the SGA sponsors
the Blood Drive, the Bone Marrow
Drive, a canned food drive,
Alcohol Awareness Week, Hey
Day, elections, Environmental
Awareness Week and Minority
Involvement, just to name a few.
This year the Fall 5K raised $3,000
for Project Uplift, and every shak­er
given away at an Auburn sport­ing
event was paid for by the SGA.
The Student Government
Association is composed of
every student at Auburn
University. We represent the
views and concerns of every stu­dent.
Its purpose is not to pro­mote
the ideologies of any one
individual. The SGA also serves
as a liaison between the students
and the administration. Through
the SGA, there is also student rep­resentation
on the Auburn
University Board of Trustees and
University committees.
I must apologize if not all of the
above mentioned items are not
of any importance to the author of
the particular editorial in question.
However, as members of The
Plainsman staff will note, a recent
"Man on the Street" article
showed that 4 of 5 students asked
said that* SGA did affect ;them and
that they were aware of the pro­grams
provided. Also, loyalty
must be earned and consistently
proven. I feel that the SGA has
proven itself worthy of students'
loyalty and respect.
As stated in the constitution of
the SGA, all meetings are public.
We encourage participation and
input from all students. Therefore,
I invite you, your staff and all stu­dents
to participate more with the
SGA. Express your views at a
Student Senate meeting, or show
your support for a Student
Activity Project all 52 weeks of the
year and not simply after Budget
and Finance Hearings. It is only
through involvement that we all
can learn more about the Student
Government Association.
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
SAMFORD HALL
AUBURN. AL
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Mistalqzs sometimes occur in the
production of The Auburn
"Plainsman. When corrections are
necessary, they are printed on vagi
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If you can't pick up a Plainsman, be
sure to check it out online at
http://www.auburn.edu/~plainsm
I realize that it is your job to talk I
about something. It is my belief;
that the media must always fight"
with someone in order to get'
attention. Also, it is my hope that
this gesture can help you and your I
staff in your attempt to attain a J
level of genuine investigative <
reporting and professional jour-j
nalism. As we all strive to work for 5
the betterment of Auburn.'
University, we should realize that;
everyone will not always agree on,'
the same manner in which to make
Auburn better.
Thank you for your time and I
attention.
Winston Tucker'
President, SGA
Don't blame
The Plainsman
for abortion ad'•-,
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am sure many of you who
are reading this saw the adver­tising
supplement concerning
abortion last week. In my opin­ion,
it was truly offensive and I
called The Plainsman with a
righteous fire to tell them how I
felt.
As I began to state my points,
I realized that this pamphlet is
nothing more than freedom of
speech in action.
The Plainsman must give
equal time to all views or else
face legal retribution. The
Human Life Alliance of
Minnesota, Inc. created the
pamphlet and paid for its distri­bution.
Therefore it is to them that I
am going to direct my outrage.
Do not let this put The
Plainsman in a negative light
because they are doing what
any good, responsible newspa­per
would do.
James Hill III
04GY
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Drake B-6
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On the Concourse B-8 Campus
Thursday, March 7,1996
Drake's future remains unclear
PRIVATIZATION:
Student health center awaits
decision from administration
on independence.
By Eric Kammerud
Staff Writer
The decision on whether to pri­vatize
Drake Student Health
Center, the on-campus student
health service, hinges on a report
from a student affairs quality-improvement
team to be released
on March 18.
"All we know right now is there
will be some level of out-sourc-ing,"
Dr. Michael D. Goodlett,
director of health services, said.
The team's report will serve to
nail down what actually needs to
be done.
Interim Vice President for
Student Affairs Bettye B.
Burkhalter said, "No decisions
have been made yet."
A decision will be made once
the team's report has been made
and considered.
An ad hoc committee created
last quarter by University
President William V. Muse issued
the first report, calling for "some
level of out-sourcing."
"We don't know what it will
said. It is still too early in the plan
to tell exactly how privatization
will affect the services Drake
offers.
Goodlett said he isn't sure if
privatization will affect the cost of
student health care at Auburn.
"There are so many different
factions involved at the moment,
it's hard to tell," he said.
Currently the quality improve­ment
team is looking into differ­ent
possibilities.
A survey has been randomly
distributed to students in an effort'
to find out what they think will
work best, so "the students are
represent­ed,"
Goodlett
said.
In an Oct. 5 article in The
Plainsman, Associate Director of
Drake Pat Ellis expressed con­cerns
that privatization might
increase health-care costs for stu­dents.
"Now students pay $20 per
quarter for health care. That's
about the lowest in the world,"
she said. "If we're privatized,
those fees will increase signifi­cantly"
But costs may not be the only
problems involved with privati­zation.
In the previous story Ellis
expressed concerns about changes
in the quality of service and ques­tions
about the job security of cur­rent
Drake employees.
WHITNEY WEBSTER/Photo Staff
Mike Huxtible, 01PB, and other members of Tau Kappa Epsilon
show underprivileged youth a day of fun with activities and food.
Fraternity holds
day of fun for
Project Uplift kids
By Pat Shell
Drake Student Health Center
cares for about 36,000 sign-in
students every year. This is how
the numbers have broken down
seasonally in the '90s.
Winter crowds clog student health center
By Anthony Merulla
Staff Writer
It's Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. and
there are about 20 students lan­guishing
in the waiting room on
the second floor of Drake Student
Health Center, five more in the
"pre-screening area" and another
five in the "pre-pre-screening
area." One of the six doctors on
Drake's staff has gone home sick
for the day.
Aside from the doctor getting
sick, this is just another day at
Drake.
Dr. Patricia Ellis, associate
director of the student health cen­ter,
acknowledges that there is
overcrowding at Drake. An
appointment system was put in
place this year to try to solve the
problem, Ellis said.
Students are encouraged to
make appointments around their
class schedules. Many "walk-ins"
frequently have to wait for a
time between students with
appointments. During the winter
quarter flu-season, the problem of
a large number of walk-ins is
accentuated, Ellis said.
The wait for the about 150 to
See Clog / B«3
Staff Writer
This past Tuesday the Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity teamed
with Project Uplift to provide
underprivileged youth of the
Auburn area a day of fun, food,
and companionship. More than 30
children and 70 students played
and dined on hamburgers and hot
dogs.
Project Uplift is a charity organi­zation
that was founded in 1973. It
was designed to provide young
children with an opportunity to
bond and grow in an environment
that normally would not be avail­able
to them. Children are paired
up with older individuals who act
as a "big brother or sister" to the
kids. It is totally voluntary.
Liane Davenport, coordinator
for the organization in the city of
Auburn, said, "The purpose of
Project Uplift is to give the chil­dren
a one-on-one relationship
with an elder to develop a friend­ship
and give the child a role
model to look up to. The great
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thing about Tau Kappa Epsilon
donating its house for the day is
that there is no cost to the big
brothers and sisters. The big
brothers and sisters take on finan­cial
responsibility for entertaining
the children."
The brothers of TKE played
football, baseball and chase with
the children for two hours, with
the highlight being a huge water
balloon fight. " It is a blast," stated
a soaking wet Brian Daley, 04PO, a
brother in the fraternity. One other
brother, Lauritz Adriansen 02ENS,
said, "It is really a great time. I
rarely ever get to run around like I
am 8 years old again."
James Osborne, 04PR, who is
member of the fraternity and is
also involved in Project Uplift as a
big brother said, "I feel it is a
responsibility as a society to take
the time to spend with these chil­dren.
I only wish everyone could
see what these kids have to go
through. Many of them come from
broken homes and bad neighbor­hoods.
It makes you realize how
See Kids / B-3
University experts research dinosaurs in Alabama
By Christopher Brandon
Assistant News Editor
The numerous types of ecosys­tems
found in Alabama have pro­vided
a rich diversity of animal
and plant life. Most people, how­ever,
don't realize that dinosaurs
once roamed Alabama's terrain.
David T. King Jr., associate pro­fessor
in the geology department,
has maintained a research interest
in Alabama's dinosaurs for a num­ber
of years. King is currently
researching dinosaur fossil occur­rences
in Alabama. Elizabeth
Jones, 01GL, is assisting King in
the project.
There are 20 accounts of
dinosaur remains discovered in
Alabama, King said. Those
include carnivorous (meat-eating),
herbivorous (plant-eating) and
omnivorous (meat and plant-eat­ing)
dinosaurs. All of the fossils
found came from the Cretaceous
period, the era occurring before
the Jurassic period.
King said the dinosaurs discov­ered
in Alabama include
Albertosaurns, Ornithomimus,
Lophorhothon, Hadrosanrns and a
few unidentified fossils.
Combining the published
accounts of fossil findings in
Alabama and all along the east
coast, King and Jones have plotted
each dinosaur occurrence in their
respective states. Examining this
fossil record, they have developed
an original theory describing
dinosaur migrations in the eastern
United States.
King and Jones said they believe
there is a "connection between sea
level changes and dinosaur occur­rences."
Their data "clearly
shows" patterns of dinosaurs
migrating up the eastern coast as
the sea levels changed over time.
The changing of sea levels is
King's major area of study.
The two dinosaur enthusiasts
said they plan to publish their the­ory
in professional journals within
the next year.
King said it is important to get
the information published
because there is very little written
information about dinosaurs in
the eastern United States. Only a
few dozen people research
dinosaurs in the Southeast, King
said.
"Alabama or other states in the
eastern U.S. are not usually
thought of as places to look for
dinosaur bones. But a significant
number of specimens have been
found here," he said.
In 1982, King and his field party
discovered the most complete fos­sil
of the eastern North American
dinosaur Albertosaurns. The
dinosaur's remains were found on
the side of a road in Montgomery.
Standing 19 feet high, it is now on
display at the Red Mountain
Museum in Birmingham.
The AlberhisaiirUs is a smaller
version of the tremendous
dinosaur Tyrannosaurus Rex, King
said. He and Jones speculate that
only smaller dinosaurs are found
on the eastern coast because they
alone could get across the vast
barrier of water that separated the
western and eastern United States
during the age of dinosaurs.
Large weil-known dinosaurs
like the Tyrannosaurus and the
Triceratops were not found on the
eastern coast, King said.
He will be speaking on the topic
at the Lee County Historical
Society's March 10 meeting in the
Lee County Museum in
Loachapoka. Scheduled to begin
at 2:30 p.m., King will present
illustrations of Alabama's
dinosaur species and photos
chronicling the excavation
process. He is also planning to
teach a class on dinosaurs for the
geology department summer
quarter. He said the class will go
looking for dinosaur remains.
Jones, who plans to continue
dinosaur research in graduate
school, will possibly assist King in
teaching the course. King said
Jones is becoming a local expert
on dinosaurs.
"I've always liked dinosaurs.
It's really challenging, especially
in Alabama and the Southeast, to
try to find dinosaur occurrences,"
Jones said.
Albertosaurns
• LENGTH: 26ft
fi#IGHT:2tfM\
• DIET: meat eater
• MBlTAT:^QUsi#as
• GROUBDYNAMICS: Hunting packs
• PREY: Hadros<iurus
Hadrosaurus
• LENGTH: 26-32 ft.
• WEIGHT: 3 tons
• DIET: plant eater
• HABITAT: Coastal areas
• GROUP DYNAMICS: Large herds
• PREDATOR: Albertosaurns
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By Margaret Marston
Staff Writer
Most Auburn students go to
class, watch TV, study when need­ed
and go out in Auburn on the
weekends. However, this is not
true for all Auburn students.
Some students do all the same
activities, but in other countries
such as Belgium, Austria, Italy or
Japan.
Through Auburn's Study
Abroad Program, while other stu­dents
in Auburn were going to
football games during fall quarter,
Lauren Arrington, 03COM, was
traveling in Europe in order to
"experience life outside Auburn,"
she said.
"The only college experiences I
had ever had were in Auburn, and
I t h o u g h t
s t u d y i n g
abroad would
give me the
chance to travel
while pursuing
my education."
A r r i n g t o n
grew up in
Colorado, and
while living in
Alabama she
has missed the
m o u n t a i n s .
Her most mem­orable
experi- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^
ence traveling
abroad was riding the train from
Paris to Geneva the first weekend
in November.
"I had not seen the mountains
in quite a while, and as we were
on the train coming into the Swiss
Alps all the trees were changing
colors. It was the most spectacu­lar
autumn I had ever seen," she
said.
The benefits of the Auburn
Study Abroad Program are
twofold.
George""Konstaritr assistant
director of Study
Abroad/Exchange, said, "The
program is beneficial because stu­dents
can get credit for courses
taken abroad, therefore bringing
that credit back here and not los­ing
any time at Auburn."
Another benefit "is that it
allows a student to experience liv­ing
in another culture," Konstant
said.
One of Arrington's favorite
t was an
incredible experience
in which I learned a
lot about myself, my
education and foreign
countries.
•
Lauren Arrington
03COM
activities while abroad was gro­cery
shopping. "It was always an
experience. They don't have
everything we do in America, but
their bakeries are amazing," she
said. Sugar loafs, big bread loaves
sliced thinly with chunks of sugar
in them, are a delicatessen in
Europe and Arrington's favorite
food while in Belgium.
Students studying abroad keep
in contact with the study abroad
office in Auburn during their trips
through letters, postcards and e-mail
according to Jutta Kaiser,
executive secretary of
International Programs.
Amanda Harris, 01FCD, is cur­rently
traveling abroad on the
Semester at Sea program and sent
a postcard that said, "I am having
so much fun. I love my classes
and the professors are wonder­ful."
t^mmmmmmmimfrnm Auburn,
students that
study abroad
do so for differ­ent
reasons.
S t e p h a n i e
B o w e r s ,
0 3 E C / G R ,
grew up travel­ing
with her
father and
a l w a y s
dreamed that
she could
study abroad
when she went
to college.
Bowers studied at the
University of Salzburg in
Salzburg, Austria from August
1994 to March 1995. She said
studying abroad "is great because,
you can get on a train, fall asleep
and wake up on the other end of
Europe."
One of Bowers' most memo­rable
experiences was visiting a
remote lake that was surrounded
by the Swiss Alps. "In the middle
of the lake wasli'sma'n islahcTwith
a church on it where people go to
get married. It was one of the
most beautiful places I had ever
seen. It was a perfect picture," she
said.
Once these students come back
to Auburn they are able to share
their experiences with other study
abroad returnees in a club the
Study Abroad office created called
the "Why am I here?" Club.
"When students come back
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Lauren Arrington, 03COM, visits the casino in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
from studying abroad they are in
shock. They have been somewhere
so different, and it is hard for
other people who have never been
abroad to understand their experi­ences.
The 'Why am I here?' Club
gives study abroad returnees a
time they can get together and
share pictures and experiences
with each other," Konstant said.
A benefit to studying abroad
when these students return to
Auburn is that studying abroad is
beneficial in the job market by
adding to students' resumes,
Konstant said.
"It is going to make my resume
stand out from other applicants
right out of college, and that has
already been the case for me in
applying for internships. I was
able to put down I was planning
on studying abroad and the com­pany
was very impressed,"
Arrington said.
The Auburn Study Abroad
Program is a way students can
experience traveling and studying
outside the United States. The
University offers the opportunity
to all students who are enrolled
full-time at Auburn University.
The students that have gone
abroad share similar experiences
from their very different trips and
are enthusiastic about sharing
their memories.
"I got to travel to Switzerland,
France, Austria, Germany, Italy
and see more than most grown
people have seen. It was an
incredible experience in which I
learned a lot about myself, my
education and foreign countries.
But there is still nothing like being,
an American, and studying
abroad makes you appreciate it,"
Arrington said.
For more information on the
Auburn Study Abroad Program
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RE: Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship Awards
NOMINATION DEADLINE: March 31,1996,4:45 p.m.
The Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship Awards Committee
requests your assistance in nominating outstanding students
for awards to be made by the Auburn University Chapter
of Phi Kappa Phi.
L.M.Ware Most Outstanding Senior Award. Presented
to the most outstanding senior at Auburn University.
Criteria are scholarship, activities, and character. The
nominated student must have a minimum 3.7 GPA.
Graduates for Summer and Fall Quarters 1995, and Winter
and Spring Quarters 1996 are eligible. Two letters of
recommendation by faculty members who have taught
the student must accompany the nomination.
Susan Stacy Entrekin Yates Scholastic Achievement
Award. Presented to outstanding junior students at Auburn
University. Criteria are scholarship, activities, and
character. The nominated student must have completed
a minimum of 100 credit hours by Spring Quarter 1996
with a minimum 3.7 GPA. Two letters of recommendation
by faculty members who have taught the student must
accompany the nomination.
Eugene Current-Garcia Award. Presented to the most
outstanding senior in Humanities (English, Foreign
Languages, History, Philosophy, Music, Drama, and Visual
Arts). The nominated student must have a minimum 3.7
GPA. Graduates for Summer and Fall Quarters 1995,
and Winter and Spring Quarters 1996 are eligible. Two
letters of recommendation by faculty members who have
taught the student must accompany the nomination.
Please send nominations to:
Betty J. Fendley, Chair
Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship Awards Committee
202 Dudley Commons
Campus
For more information about these awards or for nomination
application forms, call Pat Mason at 844-4285.
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Auburn
Marine Corps Band puts on show in Auburn
The Marine Corps Band from the Marine Corps Logistics Base in
Albany, Ga., will perform at the Auburn High School auditorium
tonight at 7:30 p.m.
The program is sponsored by the Alabama Bandmasters Association
as part of the Alabama All-State Band Festival at Auburn. The band
will present a program of marches and patriotic favorites, as well as
traditional classics. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Marine Corps Band was formed in 1990 and is the largest and
most recent addition to the Marine Corps Band Field. It travels more
than 50,000 miles a year in service to corps and country.
— Compiled from University Relations press releases
AU buys powerful equipment for researchers
The materials engineering group at Auburn has purchased a new
200kV-rransmission electron microscope.
"It's the most high-performance unit of this type on campus,"
William Gale, assistant professor of materials engineering and marv-ager
of the electron microscope facility, said.
The unit was purchased with a $520,525 grant from the National
Science Foundation's Academic Research Infrastructure program and
is located in the Wilmore Building
The electron microscope is available to any faculty or student
researcher in the physical science or engineering programs. Gale said.
— Compiled from University Relations press releases
Other Campuses
Politicians challenge law school ban on military
Eighty law schools across the country, induding Harvard, Yale,
Stanford and the University of Alabama, have forbid military
recruiters from contacting potential military lawyers on law school
premises because of the Pentagon's ban on homosexuals in the mili­tary.
In most cases, the law schools are complying with an accreditation
group's stance against job discrimination on the basis of sexual orien­tation.
At Alabama, Army recruiters must meet prospects in the campus
ROTC building instead of the law school. The policy has become an
issue at the statehouse in Montgomery where Attorney General Jeff
Sessions is promoting a bill to allow the military back into the law
school at Alabama.
"We would not have a rule of law in this country if millions of
Americans had not risked their lives white serving in the armed
forces," Sessions said. "For a law school to treat them as anything less
than first-class citizens is a disgrace."
— Compiled from The Crimson White reports
250 walk-ins per day this winter
can be up to three hours, Ellis
said.
Sometimes the time of Drake's
7:45 a jru to 4:45 p.m. workday can
expire on a walk-in student, Ellis
said. But she stressed Drake tries
to get every student in. Many
waiting students will give up and
make an appointment for the fol­lowing
day.
Ellis said the problem of over­crowding
at college campuses is
not unique to Auburn. Like any
other primary-care facility, same-day
appointments cannot be
made. "The best we can do is tell
them to bring their books and
we'll try to work them in," she
said.
Tuesday afternoon, Kristen
Earheart, 06CD, said that she has
been in Drake for two and a half
hours. "I've already seen a doctor
once, then he sent me down for a
blood test, and I've been waiting
45 minutes for the results,"she
said.
Ellis realizes there are students
everyday that come in feeling
sick, but not sick enough to go to
the emergency room.
Unfortunately, if these students
don't have an appointment, they
might not receive immediate care
"The first priority is 'urgent
care'... if someone comes in Weed­ing
or vomiting, they will receive
immediate attention. Our next
priority is for appointments and
then to walk-ins," El lis said.
Ellis said the best solution
would be to have Drake's staff
doubled, but because of econom­ics,
"That can't happen."
"(Overcrowding) is a problem
mat's been with us and we try
new things, and we are still trying
new things to handle that prob-j
lem, but I don't have any magical I
answers for it," she said.
Ellis emphasized overcrowding I
doesn't mean that Drake is unable I
to care for its patients, it just I
means there is going to be a waitl
involved.
Ellis and the Drake staff are cur-|
rently working on more ideas
curb the overcrowding probla
but the proposed solutions are nc
yet final, she said.
Kids Continued from B-1
lucky we are to have all that we do
because many of these kids have
nothing,"
Jamie Jackson, 04PR, has been
in charge of putting together the
functions between Project Uplift
and TKE for the past three years.
He said, "I feel that today was the
best day between the two organi­zations
in a long time, ft came off
as a big success, and I think every­one
had a good time." When
asked how events like this affect
the fraternity, Jackson said, " ft
definitely brings us closer as a fra­ternity.
Any time we can come
together and work as one, I think
our tightness as a fraternity
increases"
As the sun went down, all the
children piled inside for dinner.
This gave the students and chil­dren
a time to sit and talk. "I met
a wonderful child and I know that
Project Uplift is a very important
organization," Meredith Carder,
01COM, said. "Many of the chil­dren
left with smiles on their
faces. However, it probably could
have been from the brown bags of
candy they received as they
departed. Hopefully it was from
the day of fun and games though"
David Horn, 02CJ, said.
It was definately a fun an<
enjoyable day for everyone wh<
took part. The Protect Uplift
is located in 1133 Haley Cen
and the phone number is
4430. Contact Liane Davenport
interested in becoming involved.
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By Phillip Lord
Staff Writer
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Monday the Auburn communi­ty
and campus was visited bv
renown entomologist Edward
Wilson.
Wilson is a native of Alabama
and received his bachelors and
masters degrees at the University
of Alabama. He then went to
Harvard University to get his doc­torate
in entomology. Currently,
Wilson is the Pellagrino
University professor and curator
of entomology for the Museum of
Comparative Zoology at Harvard
University. The nationally-known
entomologist spoke in the Auburn
University Hotel and Conference
Center auditorium on "Biological
Wealth." It was part of the series
of lectures called the Franklin
Lectures, which are sponsored by
the AU Department of Sciences
and Humanities.
Wilson spoke about how the
biodiversity of the world was
being destroyed. "Five percent of
the earth's surface is burned every
year (specifically the rain forests
of South America and Africa),
according to the National
Aeronautic and Space
Administration/' he said. "Also
in the last 45 years, 17 percent of
the arable land is now unusable.
"More than 50 percent of the
world's biodiversity is found in
the tropical rain forest," he said.
According to Wilson, reducing
the habitat causes organisms'pop-ulation
to decline. "(By) reducing
an area 90 percent, you are doom­ing
50 percent of the species of
that area," he said.
The Harvard entomologist gave
three reasons we should care
about the environment: 1) the vast
potential in new products, espe­cially
pharmaceuticals; 2) mainte-
BRAD HANNA/Art Editor
nance of a strong ecosystem; and
3) psychological (beauty of the
environment and the sense of loss
we feel when we are deprived of
nature).
Wilson devoted a portion of the
lecture to the biodiversity of
Alabama. According to the scien­tist,
Alabama has the largest
diversity of freshwater fish in the
United States. Also, Alabama has
among the greatest variety of tur­tles,
crayfish and other types of
aquatic organisms in the world,
he said. "Alabama is known as
'the aquatic state,'" Wilson said.
Wilson suggested to those in the
audience aspiring to the field of
biology that they look beneath the
soil for their opportunity of great
discoveries. The mites, bacteria
and other organisms that live
beneath the soil are mostly
unstudied, yet they are vital to the
survival of the environment, he
said.
Wilson briefly discussed the
uniqueness of wood grass. It is a
variety of tree that grows rapidly
and produces good pulp. The
best part is that it can be mowed
like grass and it regenerates
quickly without replanting. "This
project is in the early stages of
development, but could help save
many habitats," Wilson said.
Wilson spent Tuesday meeting
with faculty and students in zool­ogy,
veterinary medicine and the
human odyssey series.
Wilson's lecture opened the
eyes of all those attending and
inspired many to work harder at
preserving the environment.
Wilson is presently giving scientif­ic
advice to members of Congress,
including Georgia representative
Newt Gingrich, as they try to
redefine the Endangered Species
Act,
ROTC speaker encourages leadership
By Sabrina Jacks
Staff Writer ~~ ~
As Black History Month drew to
a close, Auburn's Air Force ROTC
brought a speaker who could
motivate and encourage not only
minorities, but everyone. John F.
Phillips, deputy undersecretary of
logistics, was invited to Foy
Ballroom to speak on Feb. 28.
Phillips spoke about leadership
and management and the impor­tant
roles they play in business
and society.
He also talked about being an
effective leader and how to deal
with people if you are in manage­ment
positions. He encouraged
everyone to aspire to be a leader.
Phillips brought a humorous
approach to management and
kept a captivated audience for the
hour he spoke. After his speech,
he answered questions from the
cadets.
Capt. Ronald Burgess, an Air
Force ROTC leader and the person
responsible for bringing Phillips
to Auburn, said, "Mr. Phillips is a
fine example to all people, no mat­ter
what race, of what someone
can accomplish."
Although Phillips was brought
specifically for Black History
Month, Burgess was quick to men­tion
that Phillips is an "outstand­ing
person first and foremost, and
a black leader second."
Phillips served in the Air Force
for 30 years as a fighter pilot and
commander of the Sacramento
Linguistic Center. He retired as a
Major General, he said.
Phillips was inducted into the
Texas Historical Hall of Fame. He
is also co-author of a book on mil­itary
project management.
He began his new job rafenftssabecause of his prominent role in
deputy undersecretary of defense the government and his past work
After speaking about the roles
John F. Phillips fields questions
in November 1995. He is current­ly
working in logistics there, he
said.
Phillips gives speeches around
the country to various audiences
about management skills.
Phillips was chosen to speak
in the Air Force, Burgess said.
With 16 percent of Auburn's Air
Force ROTC being black, the
AFROTC wanted to honor Black
History Month in a special way,
Burgess said.
This speech also counted as a
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of leadership and management,
from a group of ROTC cadets.
leadership lab for the Auburn
AFROTC to promote attendance,
he said.
Although the speech was open
to everyone, most of the almost
300 people in attendance were in
AFROTC. Tuskegee's AFROTC
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UF beats AU as research center site
By Tim Devine
Staff Writer
The Auburn building science
department was ranked second
out of 44 universities considered
for the site of a new national
research and education center, but
came up short of being chosen.
The University of Florida was
chosen to be the academic sponsor
for the National Center for
Construction Education and
Research, sponsored by the
Association of Building
Contracting. The center will help
with the development and expan­sion
of constructioni craft.
John Mouton, head of Auburn's
building science department, said,
"It was great recognition for our
program to be considered." Along
with Auburn and Florida, Arizona
State University and Clemson
University were among the final
four universities being consid­ered.
Florida was considered over
Auburn, because they have the
only building science department
in the country with a Fh.D pro­gram,
Mouton said. Florida also
has the oldest program, and
Auburn has the second oldest, he
said.
"There was a minimal differ­ence
(between the four finalists),""
Tom Obert, president of the center.
said. "We were looking at the four