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New online system offers alternative pay method
BY BRAIN REID
Staff Writer
Auburn students will soon be
able to pay their Bursar bills with
a credit card. This will be one of
the options available with the
Online Auburn Student
Information System (OASIS) that
will be ready to use fall quarter.
OASIS is a new system
designed to give access to general
student data. It can also be used
for registration, scheduling, pur­chasing
football tickets and also
the Bursar bill.
Students will be able to pay
anything online they would nor­mally
pay in person or through
the mail said Fred R. Bobo, the
director of the Bursar's Office.
This means students will be
able to pay their tuition, among
other things, online.
Bobo said paying things like
the Bursar bill online is the way of
the future.
"Convenience" will be the most
noticeable advantage of this new
feature, Bobo said.
"Sometimes a student Will mail
in his payment on time, but it will
arrive after the due date," Bobo
said. "Whereas this system is
online and immediately updates
the student's account."
Another convenience Bobo
pointed out is students will now
have additional time to pay for
their tuition as their credit card
bill will not arrive until later.
Auburn is not the first school to
allow students to pay tuition with
a computer. Miles Lester, who
works for the Division of
University Computing, said a
similar system has been used at
the University of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma is satisfied with their
program Lester said.
Students may wonder what
kind of security they will get
since they will be exposing their
credit card number online. "It
will be like the kind of security
you would get if you ordered
from somewhere like Land's
End," Bobo said.
Lester said to enter OASIS stu­dents
will have to enter a user
name and then a personal identi­fication
number. In addition, all
transmissions over the Internet
will be encrypted.
D a v i d
Anderson,
an Auburn
s t u d e n t ,
said he
s
"Why not?," he said. "You can
pay anything else with one."
Anderson went on to say he has
friends that owe money because
of more trivial purchases and
education seemed like a better
use of the credit.
Summer quarter enrollment increases Student attendance
BY JOSH JOHNSON dwindles at games
Staff Writer
Instead of hitting the sandy
beaches of the Gulf Coast and exit­ing
to other vacation hideaways,
many Auburn students have dedi­cated
their summers to taking
tests, preparing for speeches and
worrying whether they will grad­uate
on time.
Summer quarter enrollment at
Auburn has risen 1 percent over
1997, ending an eight-quarter peri­od
in which summer enrollment
had been on the decline. This sum­mer's
increase in enrollment, the
first since spring of 1996 increased
over the previous spring, is due
largely to a 2.4 percent increase of
undergraduate enrollment.
But, according to some Auburn
students, the switch from quarters
to semesters, which Auburn will
be implementing in the year 2000,
and the way summer classes are
conducted, were some factors
which led them to decide to attend
summer school.
"I want to finish up early," said
Doria Daud, a junior in manage­ment
information systems.
"During the summer quarters
there are not many students and
the teachers don't put too much
stress on you."
Theresa Congdon, a senior in
zoology, said beating the switch
from quarters to semesters was a
major factor why she decided to
attend summer school.
"I want to graduate and avoid
the change from quarters to semes­ters,"
Congdon said. "I feel some
summer classes are laid back, but
my classes in chemistry and
physics are not."
But one Auburn student feels his
classes are just as hard during the
summer compared to the other
three quarters and also wants to
avoid the switch to semesters.
"My teachers follow their rou­tine,
they look at it as a job and go
CHRIS COMPTON/Photo Editor
The 1998 summer quarter enrollment rose 1 percent over 1997. This ended the eight-quarter
period in which summer enrollment has declined.
at it the best they can trying to
teach the class," said Scott
Fitzgerald, a junior in history. "I
just want to finish up earlier, and
not get caught up in the semester
mess."
Though most undergraduate
students have decided it is best to
avoid the switch from quarters to
semesters and attend summer
school, there is an indication there
will be an increase in enrollment
for the fall.
This year's increase of fall
enrollment will be expected large­ly
by the record or near-record of
enrollment of this year's freshman
class.
Bob Karcher, director of admis­sions,
said there are two key fac­tors
why this year's freshman class
will be so large — reservations for
Camp War Eagle, Auburn's orien­tation
program and the total num­ber
of freshmen which have been
accepted.
"Based on our latest data, we
have seen an 11.6 percent increase
in acceptance of freshmen over last
year and a 23 percent increase in
the number of reservations for
Camp War Eagle for the same time
period last year," Karcher said.
"The number of incoming fresh­men
could potentially be 3,800 stu­dents."
The success of Camp War Eagle,
which began in the summer of
1995, is a good indication of the
actual number of freshmen which
might enroll this fall.
"Last year, we had 3,032 stu­dents
make reservations for Camp
War Eagle and of those who
attended, better than 99 percent
were enrolled in the fall," said
Mark Armstrong, director of
Camp War Eagle.
"Camp War Eagle this summer
has had an increase in the number
of student reservations. We will
have a number around 3,600 stu­dents
who attend, so we anticipate
an increase in freshmen enroll­ment
for the fall," he said.
Camp War Eagle attendance is
important for incoming freshmen
students to attend, and by the
increasing numbers throughout
the last three years, students and
parents are aware of how benefi­cial
Camp War Eagle is for them.
"We feel it is critical for students
to attend," Armstrong said. "It not
only benefits the student's acade­mic
life at Auburn, but also their
social life as well."
But there are some pros and
cons from deciding whether or not
to attend Camp War Eagle. If a stu­dent
attends summer school, he or
she have the opportunity to get
settled in and learn about the city
of Auburn.
"I think it is beneficial for a stu­dent
to attend Camp War Eagle,"
Karcher said.
' Police investigate multiple vehicle break-ins
BY LIZZ FULLERTON
Associate News Editor
* Eight vehicles were broken into
on Sunday morning, and tires
slashed on three other vehicles.
, Seven of the eight break-ins
occurred at Scarborough Square
and Eagle's West apartments.
Cary-Pick Realty, the owner of
both apartment complexes, has a
night watchman on duty who did
not detect the criminals.
* "This is a really rare event," Les
Williams, manager of Cary-Pick
Realty, said.
The offenders have not been
arrested, but the break-ins are cur­rently
being investigated by the
Auburn Police Department, said
* Drucilla Cooper, spokesperson of
the department, said.
"The number of break-ins can
, vary. We could have somebody
come in and start burglarizing
houses. We could have a burglary
ring move in and have 50 residen­tial
burglaries in three days,"
Cooper said.
The motives behind some of the
break-ins are not yet clear. In one
case, nothing was stolen from the
vehicle.
In two other cases, the property
stolen from the vehicle was left at
the scene, according to police
reports.
Of the eight break-ins, seven of
the vehicles were sports utility
vehicles.
Of the three tire-slashed vehicles,
two were sports utility vehicles. In
all three cases, the tires were
slashed to ribbons.
The strange nature of the crimes
and the lack of 'professional' thiev­ery
has led some to believe the
break-ins were perpetrated by
juveniles.
"We can't be sure of the motives
at this time. Apparently whoever
did it wanted the money or proper­ty
for whatever reason. Until we
have an arrest we won't know the
CHRIS COMPTON/Photo Editor
Seven vehicles were broken into at Scarborough Square
and Eagles West Apartments Sunday morning.
motives," Cooper said.
David Schmohl, a junior in horti­culture,
awoke Sunday morning at
Scarborough Square to find the dri­ver's
window of his Isuzu Trooper
broken.
"They broke my window. They
looked through all my stuff and
took my wallet and just threw it on
the ground. It was about 10 feet
from my car. This happened last
year at this time, also at
Scarborough Square. I'm just glad
they didn't take anything," he said.
BY RACHAEL NORRIS
AND BILL BARROW
Staff Writers
Rumors of stadium expansion
and student ticket sales are float­ing
around the Plains.
Currently, there is a feasibility
study being done for the expan­sion
of Jordan-Hare Stadium.
There is no set date as to when it
will be done or if it will be done at
all, Larry Long, director of devel­opment
for athletics, said.
Steve Naughton, assistant ticket
manager, said he knows nothing
about the stadium expansion, but
that there have been preliminary
talks of reducing the number of
student tickets for sale in the near
future.
Tim Jackson, university ticket
manager, said student attendance
is dwindling, as is their rate of
purchasing season tickets.
"In 1997 we sold 15,132 student
tickets. No one who tried to order
by the deadline was turned
away," he said.
"This year we are 2,000 tickets
behind the pace we were last
year."
Conversely, the demand for
general season tickets has
increased. There have already
been more requests for suites,
scholarship seats, and Greater
Aubum Fund (the athletic depart­ment's
fund-raiser, which deter­mines
ticket priority) seats than
are available.
As of Wednesday, Jackson
reported 11,700 tickets had been
sold, leaving about 3,300 tickets.
"I'm hoping there are just stu­dents
out there who have forgot­ten
to order tickets."
The deadline for students to
order tickets is tomorrow.
Jackson said the number of stu­dent
tickets will not be reduced
this year. "We still have a few
days left and freshman still
haven't ordered. They should
account for about 2,000 tickets,"
he said.
Despite last year's high ticket
sales, Jackson said attendance
was not where it should be.
Naughton said this was shown
through photographs of the stu­dent
section which reveal large
numbers of empty seats.
Long said alumni have also
noticed empty student seats and
have complained.
Jackson said, "Since students
now use the swipe cards we can
keep an exact count of how many
students attended. Last year,
attendance at games during
school was at about 75 percent (of
tickets purchased)."
Jackson reported 1997 student
attendance as follows: Ole Miijs
game, 7,487; Central Florida
game, 10,143; Louisiana Tech,
8,546; Florida, 12,531; Mississippi
State, 6,945; Alabama, 12,897.
"I don't know what's hap­pened,
and it's not just here, it's a
national trend. Nebraska aver­aged
16,000 students per game
two years before they won the
national championship. The year
after they won it they averaged
6,000," Jackson said.
"The involvement of students is
just down. The furthest thing we
want to do is take away student
tickets. We are not out to try to get
tickets from students."
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Forestry, zoology and wildlife
science may be absorbed by
College of Agriculture
BY LIZZ FULLERTON
Associate News Editor
The College of Agriculture may expand to
form a new college — the College of
Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences.
The proposal was submitted to the
Commission to Review the University's Role at
its July 10 meeting.
"The purpose of the proposal is to make us
more efficient in agriculture, not only to stu­dents,
but to our clients within the state," said
Jim Marion, dean of agriculture.
Many in the School of Forestry, such as
Richard Brinker, dean of forestry, do not feel
the merger will benefit the department.
"Our faculty is not very supportive of this
proposal. This has been suggested in the past
and was not greeted with open arms. We
would lose our autonomy as a separate school.
We would be answering to another dean. It
would reduce our flexibility and reduce our
ability to manage ourselves. Our autonomy is
the biggest thing," he said.
The faculty of the department of zoology and
wildlife science are equally wary of the merger.
"We would lose faculty and majors, and
there are pretty immediate losses we would
suffer," Micheal Wooten, dean of zoology and
wildlife science, said.
The budget for some departments, such as
forestry, will be cut if the proposal is accepted.
The savings to the University would be
$637, 000 in salary, benefits and support.
Brinker said, "We only have a dean and asso­ciate
dean. My job would become a department
head and one job would be eliminated. We
would lose our ability to attract graduate stu­dents
because the associate dean works with
the graduate recruiting and graduate admis­sions."
The College of Agriculture would receive
more money, a change Marion sees as much
needed.
"The combination of the budget for these
units would result in a larger budget. I hope
that we will get more support in the future. We
have grown very rapidly in the past eight!
years, and we don't have adequate support fori
our teachers," he said.
The funding changes would not cause thel
School of Forestry, to lose teachers, but couldj
hurt them in other ways.
"It would put bureaucratic administration inl
front of us and will affect our funds, amongl
other things. The way it would hurt us is that|
we will lose a lot of support from endow­ments,"
Brinker said.
"What we do needs to be enhanced.
Opportunities, not only for our students but|
for the 400,000 forest land owners in the state,"
he said.
For now, the College of Agriculture is thel
only school at the University that is pleased
about the proposed merger.
"The agricultural industries we serve are just I
like our agricultural and other industries on
campus. Our industry is changing very rapid­ly.
Any changes we make in our structure here I
should meet the needs and the shape of agri­culture,"
Marion said.
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Please call 844-5123 for more infor­mation.
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Alcoholics Anonymous meets
every day in the Auburn/Opelika
area. For meeting times, places
and more information call 745-
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Beyond, Auburn University's
new RPG/ Strategic Board Game
Organization meets Wednesdays,
6:30 p.m. in 203 Foy Student
Union. Come by and see what's
running this week.
Auburn University Society of
Anime and Mange meets
Tuesdays, 7 p.m. in 205 Foy
Student Union. Stop by and see
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News Bri
Tennessee sheriff shoots himself in
foot with pistol, still in charge
Sheriff Bruce Sea! of Claiborne
County shot himself last
Thursday with his Glock 9mm
pistol.
He keeps the pistol in his pants
pocket with his car keys.
The bullet went through his
pocket, down his pant leg and
into his foot.
Seal had been reaching for his
car keys when he accidently set
off the pistol.
No surgery was required on
Seal's foot, but he was hospital­ized.
He was admitted to the
Claiborne County Hospital in
Tazewell.
Seal remains in charge of the
sheriff's department, and is run­ning
the department from his
hospital bed.
Seal is in good condition, and
said he believes one of his keys
had gotten hung on the trigger.
Auburn University Montgomery
students discover historic markers
A group of AUM students will
spend the next six months locat­ing
and studying the historic
markers of Montgomery County.
Two professors from the uni­versity,
Nancy Anderson and
Blair Gaines, will write their sec­ond
book about local historic sites
after the study.
The book is planned to help
tourists discover the historical
sites of Montgomery.
Each student participating in
the research is assigned an area in
which to search for markers.
The students will document the
place of each marker as well as
the information they provide.
The professors expect more
than 150 historic markers to be
found across the county.
Anderson and Gaines are hop­ing
to have the manuscript ready
for publication by January.
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THURSDAY. TULY 30. 1998 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN A3
GAP opens doors to swarming customers
BY AMY WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
A new neighbor is being wel­comed
with open arms and a
catered party.
What more can you ask for said
Jeff Ingram, GAP store manager.
"I think we've gotten flowers
from all of the florists. A lot of mer­chants
have came in and wished us
well. Taylor's Bakery catered the
opening," Ingram said.
"Our huge opening has far
exceeded expectations. There will
be another opening when school
starts. I think everyone is excited
about it (the GAP)," he said.
San Francisco is the headquar­ters
for GAP, Banana Republic and
Old Navy.
"We've always had good busi­ness.
The company is thrilled to be
here and we want to do a lot with
the University," Ingram said.
To start off, the GAP will provide
a work-study program to help stu­dents
in majors such as fashion
merchandising and marketing.
"We want to be community
active. Being a member of the
chamber will help," Ingram said.
The GAP has already hired sev­eral
students and will continue
accepting applications.
"Pretty much everyone was
hired for the season. Basically
everyone is on a part-time status,"
Ingram said.
As far as prices changing for the
excitement, "We always get new
merchandise. There haven't been
that many mark downs," he said.
There will be no advantages as
far as prices on football game days.
"We have to operate on the same
bases as other GAPs in the state,"
Ingram said.
But the store will be open longer
on game days, for after game shop­pers.
The store is open from 10 a.m. to
7 p.m Monday through Saturday
and 12 to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
Ingram said some customers are
unaware they're open on Sundays.
The customers are aware of their
prices and politeness.
Michelle Harris, junior in pre-dentistry,
said, "Their clothes are
cute, however, they are a little on
the expensive side. I like the way
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has hired several students and continues to accept applications.
Thursday: $2.99 Pitchers
were nice.
Another customer from out-of-state
seemed excited about the
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"We have a baby's GAP, kid's
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This has different things than our
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Arboretum Committee voices opposition to site
BY BILL BARROW
News Editor
The Donald E. Davis
Arboretum Committee met last
week with University President
William V. Muse to discuss their
opposition to the arboretum as
the site of an art museum.
During the meeting, Muse said
he went through, step-by-step,
the process by which the site was
' selected.
The Arboretum Committee, in
turn, took the opportunity to
voice its opposition to the site.
Both sides agreed on the pro­ductiveness
of the meeting.
Muse said, "I thought we had
a good meeting. I talked with
them about the process and
where we are in the process, and
they told me where they are
coming from."
Harry Ponder, professor of
horticulture and Arboretum
Committee member, said the
meeting was productive.
"Both sides were able to sit
down and express their views on
the matter," Ponder said.
"I think the administration
and President Muse listened to
everything we said. I think he's
sensitive to what we said."
However, he said he could not
predict what, if any, policy deci­sion
will come out of the meet­ing.
"It's hard to tell right now.
There's a lot of forces beyond
him (Muse) that it has to go
through."
Roland Dute, chairman of the
Arboretum Committee, declined
extensive comment on the mat­ter.
He said, "We're simply trying
to get our concerns put on the
table."
The committee may be able to
do this at the September meeting
of the Board of Trustees. The
committee has made a request to
be put on the meeting agenda.
If this request is granted by the
board, Dute said George
Folkerts, horticulture professor,
would make a presentation to
the trustees on behalf of the
Arboretum Committee.
Folkerts is the spokesperson
for Swarm, a grassroots move­ment
opposed to the site.
Muse said, "I did not
guarantee (the arboretum com­mittee)
that the board would
reconsider the site. They need to
specifically request and present
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Muse described the issue as
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However, Muse said he is defi­nitely
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OUR VIEW
The expressions of
this newspaper's
opinion are restricted
to this page. The
unsigned editorials
reflect the views
of The Auburn
Plainsman's editorial
board which is
comprised of the
executive staff, section
editors and assistants. Other
opinion, often
contrasting, is offered
in adjoining columns.
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Stephanie Davis
Editor
Wendy Lawrence
Managing Editor
Karlyn Bogie
Copy Chief
Bill Barrow
News Editor
David Ching
A&E Editor
Rachel Norris
Sports Editor
Chris Compton
Photo Editor
Kira Rubin
Art Editor
Robert Edmonds
Business Manager
CORRECTIONS:
Mistakes sometimes occur
in the production of the
Auburn Plainsman. When
corrections are necessary,
they are printed on page
A-3 in the following
week's edition.
Student section 'priority seating'
T here is a feasibility
study under way
concerning possible expansion
of Jordan-Hare Stadium. .
Auburn's Director of
Athletics David Housel was
on the radio talk show "Sports
Call" last week discussing this
possible expansion. He said he
was not in full support of this
expansion because people are
no longer attending college
football games in the droves
they once did.
Housel said in the last 10
years people throughout the
country have begun to lose interest in this
great American sport.
, Housel said Auburn has begun to see
the effects of this disinterest. According to
Housel and others in the athletic depart­ment
fewer people, especially students, are
attending the games.
There is even talk about cutting back on
the number of tickets provided to students
and selling them to season ticket holders.
One ticket office representative said they
have been collecting data on the number of
students attending the games for the past
couple of years. One means of collecting
data is through taking pictures of the stu­dent
section during the games. The repre­sentative
said many of the pictures reveal
large areas of empty seats in the student
section.
Another method used is the computer
count of the number of student IDs scanned
at stadium entrances. The ticket office said
this data reveals "about 65-75 percent atten­dance"
in the student section.
We received an e-mail from an Auburn
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fan who strongly supports the idea of cut­ting
back student tickets. He said at many
of the games he has attended the student
section was only half to two-thirds full and
he feels the tickets are being wasted.
There are times that students do not give
the support to the football team that they
deserve. Our excitement and attendance at
a game versus a directional Louisiana
school does not equal that of games against
conference foes, and our numbers do slack
off during bad weather, but so do the num­bers
of those outside the student section.
When there is a large number of fans
missing in the student section you can bet
there is a comparable number missing in
the general sections.
In addition, students sit closer together in
the "prime seats" of the student section,
leaving less desirable end zone seating
vacant. Fifteen thousand students can
occupy 13,000 seats. So, to alumni who see
empty seats: often we are there, we just
take up less space than you do.
The Auburn Plainsman sees no hard evi­dence
that student support
Auburn football is disinte­grating.
Student ticket sales
are 2,000 tickets behind last
year's pace, but 4,000 fresh­men
have yet to order tick­ets.
However, we do see the
athletic department's finan­cial
interests increasing.
Any attempt to sacrifice
student tickets revolves
around the desire to make
more money. Student tick­ets
sell for $37. Season tick­ets,
conversely, are priced at
$190. That doesn't even
include "donations" to the
Tigers Unlimited and the
Greater Auburn Fund, the
athletics department's fund-raising cam­paigns
which determine priority seating.
Students do not donate to GAF, and the
handwriting on the wall says we are not a
priority.
Does the athletic department truly care
about attendance or do they care about pur­chases.
Alumni who do not attend games
— their are numerous empty scholarship
seats at most games — would never be
penalized. They have donated too much
money.
We remind the athletic department that
this is an institution of higher learning. The
student body perpetuates the University.
We are the future alumni base.
We ask the students to prove the ticket
office wrong. Make your presence known
at all seven home games this year.
Stadium expansion may not be the
answer to providing more tickets for gener­ous
athletic donors, but neither is the sacri­ficing
of student tickets.
Our Auburn spirit is not for sale.
Color consciousness alive and well in Alabama
Love may make the world go
'round, but race drives Alabama
along with it.
It has been 30 years since the
assassination of Martin Luther
King Jr. What have we learned?
Civil rights legislation galore
has flown through Congress, yet
how civil are we?
Brown vs. Board of Education
ended "separate but equal" laws
44 years ago, but we remain
separate in many ways.
Alabama's alleged race woes
made their way to Washington
this week as three black political
leaders met with Justice
Department officials to complain
of racism and discrimination.
Congressman Earl Hilliard,
state Rep. Alvin Holmes and
Montgomery City Councilman
Joe Reed went to Washington
with requests for "massive law­suits"
against various govern­ment
entities for their "discrimi­nation
against blacks."
Race obviously matters to
these gentlemen.
Also cited was a campaign
advertisement mailed out to
Alabama voters on behalf of
Gov. Fob James after Richard
Arrington, Birmingham's black
mayor, endorsed Winton Blount,
BILL BARROW
James' opponent.
Days before the election, polls
showed James and Blount in a
dead heat, but James won by 13
percentage points. Blount won
Madison, Jefferson, and Lee
counties, and he still lost.
How? The ad, which pictured
Blount and Arrington together
and in essence asked "Do you
want Richard Arrington running
Alabama," prompted hoards of
rural, white voters to the polls in
support of James — or at least in
opposition of the man who was
endorsed by Birmingham's black
mayor.
What have we come to — or
what have we not grown out of
— when our casting of votes
revolves around race?
Emory Folmar, Montgomery
mayor and James' campaign
manager, has even admitted to
the race baiting. James cam­paign
claims no official role in
the ad, but Folmar proudly said
he set a trap for Blount with the
Arrington endorsement.
In all his color-conscious wis­dom,
Folmar knew the rural,
white voters of Alabama would
resent a black mayor's potential
influence in the governor's
office. So he took advantage of
it.
Wayne Hynt, a noted Auburn
professor, told me after the elec­tion
"Race still drives everything
in Alabama — politics, religion,
education."
We live in an Alabama of two
different worlds — and both
races perpetuate it.
Blacks and whites worship in
separate houses of God. For the
most part we attend separate
universities.
Auburn is 92 percent white
and six percent black. The num­bers
are essentially reversed an
hour down 1-85 at Alabama
State.
White-flight private schools
abound, perpetuating an exis­tence
in which some white chil­dren's
only exposure to African-
Americans is through the maid,
gardener or nanny.
We even separate our congres­sional
districts. Hilliard's own
district is one of a gerrymander­ing
twist through Jefferson and
Tuscaloosa counties.
The district boundaries essen­tially
guarantee the election of a
black representative, something
that seldom occurred in Alabama
before.
Why? White Alabamians don't
tend to vote for black candidates,
and black candidates don't seem
to try to get them to.
This two-sided coin of race
consciousness should cease. A
color-blind society may be Utopi­an,
but I will not apologize for
idealism.
King had a dream, a dream of
freedom, a dream his children
would one day be judged by the
content of their character , not
the color of their skin. Alabama
does not live in such a dream.
Freedom is not ringing in the
Heart of Dixie.
Somewhere King is singing
new words to that old Negro
spiritual: "Set us free, set us free,
please God Almighty, set us
free!"
Hill Barrow is news editor ol
The Auburn Plainsman.
Spielberg film offers realistic view of war
Veterans nationwide are get­ting
a second glimpse of the
atrocities they have spent the last
50 years attempting to forget.
Steven Spielberg's latest film,
"Saving Private Ryan," has been
both praised by veterans and
criticized by parents for its
graphic scenes depicting the
storming of Omaha Beach in
which thousands of Army
Rangers are slaughtered.
Veterans who have seen the
film of the last great war compli­ment
its accuracy, but for some,
it only forces them to relive the
experiences they had.
It is not unusual to see them
leave the theater throughout the
course of the film.
But some veterans, after view­ing
the film, are finding it easier
to discuss their own experiences
for the first time in half a centu­ry-
Granted, the film is not suit­able
for children, but that is why
it is rated R, and any parent
wishing to see the film should
definitely get a baby sitter.
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Those that don't should be criti­cized
for poor judgement.
Those criticizing the film's vio­lence
should take an afternoon to
speak with a veteran, hear the
stories he has to tell and then
decide whether the film should
be edited.
Isn't it more important to give
audiences, especially the future
leaders of this nation, the most
realistic view of war possible?
Maybe then we as a nation
will not be able to neglect the
veterans of wars past or discount
the interests of those we send off
to fight.
The younger generations are
fortunate to not have experi­enced
a war as devastatingly
painful as World War II or
Vietnam, but as a result, it makes
us too eager to step in where we
don't belong and risk American
lives.
And any film that can place
audiences on the battlefield to
see the human carnage following
a bloody confrontation gives
essential insight that can, with
any hope, stay with them when
deciding a course of military
action in the future.
For too long the nation's lead­ers
have been overly eager to go
out and fight for whatever
appears to be a good reason.
But if American lives should
be lost, it shouldn't be to save a
nickel on a gallon of gas, but to
defend this great nation in the
hopes of offering a better life for
future generations.
Any film that can bring the
slightest amount of realism of
war's atrocities to viewers igno­rant
of it can only help in the fur­ther
development of this nation.
But for the younger genera­tions
that have never experi­enced
a war of such magnitude,
the film gives a more profound
meaning to World War II and
war in general.
Unlike other war films which
glamorize and romanticize the
war and its heroes, "Saving
Private Ryan" gives more horror
and realism than films of the
past.
Despite the impact of the
film's graphic violence, I think it
is important to keep in mind no
matter how realistic the scenes
are, any Hollywood recreation
can never compare to actual
events; it can only scratch the
surface of the trauma that took
place.
Until someone experiences
such atrocities first hand, they
cannot presume to have even the
slightest hint of comprehension
of the effects of war.
It is impossible.
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Nature more
than fashion
statement
Everyone has a passion. For some
it may be sports for others it may be
astronomy or reading. Mine is the
outdoors. There is nothing I love
more than sleeping underneath the
stars.
I share this passion with many peo­ple,
but it seems in the last several
years American's love for the out­doors
has become more than just a
passion, it has become a trend, par­ticularly
among the young adults of
this country.
Everywhere you go, especially on
college campuses, you see people
wearing hiking boots, Patagonia
shorts and North Face jackets. Even
their key chains are adorned with an
apparatus called a D-ring, which is
used for repelling.
Some people dress this way
because of their true love for the
outdoors and their desire for adven­ture.
Others dress this way simply
for the image. Their expensive gor-tex
hiking boots have never touched
the path of a trail.
Whatever the reason, there is an
obvious trend. It is considered cool
to be in tune with nature.
I am glad people are becoming
more conscientious about our envi­ronment
even if it is somewhat
superficial, and I am pleased that
more and more people are able to
find pleasure in hiking a trail or
climbing a mountain, but just
because you have all of the equip­ment
does not mean that you are
ready to take on nature.
I am concerned by what I have
noticed lately. While our society's
love for nature and the outdoors has
increased, it appears that true respect
for the wild parts of this country is
lacking.
I recently finished reading a true
story about a young college graduate
who decided to live in the Alaskan
wilderness near Mt. McKinley by
himself for the duration of the
spring.
He was not prepared to take on
such a task even though he was an
avid outdoorsman. He underestimat­ed
mother nature and overestimated
his own ability to survive.
He lasted through the spring, but
became weak and malnourished as
the summer approached. He eventu­ally
died after failed attempts to
make it back to civilization across a
river that had become swollen dur­ing
the summer melt.
I witnessed this same lack of
respect with my own eyes when my
boyfriend and I went backpacking in
the Gallatan Mountains a couple of
summers ago. We decided to go
with some people we had just met at
work.
They were obviously not experi­enced
hikers and did not take the
trip seriously. They became intoxi­cated
and became separated from
the group about 10 miles into the
hike.
Despite a strong storm they man­aged
— by pure luck — to make it
back to the car the following day.
Just last month I heard of a young
man that was found dead in the
wilderness of Colorado. His body
had been partly consumed by a griz­zly
bear. The last I heard the coro­ners
had not verified if the grizzly
killed him or if he was injured or
dead before the grizzly found him.
Either way he was hiking alone in
dangerous country. If he had had a
companion he may still be alive
today.
To me there is nothing more ful­filling
than venturing outdoors and
testing myself against mother nature,
but people sometimes underestimate
her power and become arrogant in
her presence. She is beautiful, but
she is dangerous. The minute you
forget your place in her palace, she
will quickly remind you.
Stephanie I),} vis if editor ol I he
Auburn Plainsman.
THURSDAY, JULY 30,1998 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN A5
ON THE CONCOURSE
What do you think about a possible football stadium expansion?
Interviews and photos by Thinh Nguyen, assistant photo editor
ROBB TEAGUE
Sophomore, mechanical engineering
"I don't think we need it. The
stadium's pretty damn big to
begin with. If we're going to
expand it, expand it for the stu­dents.
Are they going to make it
bigger for alumni so they spend
thousands of dollars for it to get
in?"
ANNA CHO
Freshman, aerospace engineering
"I think that's wasting money to
me. I'm not a big football fan,
anyway. What's wrong with the
one we already have."
ANDREW GERHARDT
Junior, chemical engineering
"The more people the merrier.
The thing is packed already but
Tennessee has'105,000. If the
money doesn't take away from
other things it's good."
KAREN THAMES
Junior, mass communication
"I think it's good considering the
large crowds Auburn gets during
football season. More seating,
more people and everybody's
happy and comfortable at the
same time. It's not as congested."
DEVAL RUSH
Junior, health promotion
"I think it's a great idea. I think
they need to add on so that
more people can have the
Auburn experience. More peo­ple,
more money. Compared to
Gainesville, we need to expand
it in a way that the stadium can
get louder than the opposing
team. It's loud as hell there
(Gainesville)."
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
On July 21,1998, the
University Student Senate adopted
Resolution 98-0714-01, protesting
the currently proposed site of the
new art museum inside the
Donald E. Davis Arboretum. With
the information provided by two
guest speakers, Tom Tillman (an
architect in the University archi­tect's
office) and Ronald Dute
(chair of the Arboretum
Committee), numerous personal
interviews done by senators and
Bill Barrow's informative coverage
of the issue in The Auburn
Plainsman, the Student Senate
unanimously agreed the aesthetic
potential of the art museum
grounds is not worth the trade off
in terms of the negative impact on
the arboretum.
To my fellow students, commu­nity
members, faculty/staff,
administration, alumni and
trustees: the whole issue centers
too heavily on the issue of aesthet­ics
— the beauty of the art muse­um's
and surroundings and land­scaping.
The first viable (and still
viable) site was directly across the
street from the new Women's
Softball Complex at the intersec­tion
of Samford Avenue and Wire
Road. This location was dismissed
after the architect's office deemed
it too far from "central" campus
and too embarrassingly close to
the Facilities Complex. However,
there seems to be only one reason
why this was turned down. The
undeveloped land would be too
much trouble to clear. Instead, the
nicely "pre-cleared" land in the
newer portion of the arboretum
seemed like a dream come true —
a ready-made site.
Supposedly, the art museum is
going to blend naturally with the
delicately planted species in the
arboretum — that is the part not
covered by the footprint of the
building paved for service drive­ways
and parking. Also, the area
is supposedly accessible to the
highway (through College Street)
and to central campus. When did
the roads surrounding the presi­dent's
home and the Hill
Residence Halls, already heavily
traveled and over-parked, become
vast thoroughfares for service
trucks, visitor's cars and school
buses? There is even a factor of
making the building face Ross
Hall, straight down Mell Street, so
the art museum building doesn't
feel lonely, isolated behind the Hill
residence halls.
As important as it is to make
every Auburn building feel a part
of the Auburn family, this would
only push the museum closer to
the universally-acknowledged
untouchable older portion of the
arboretum. The absurdity of such
a consideration is quite obvious.
Another officially stated reason for
building in the arboretum is the
allowance for expansion in the sur­rounding
land. There is limited
land available for expansion
because of the agriculturally
sacred Old Rotation, the oldest
continuous cotton rotation in the
world, and the private ownership
of the bordering land on College
Street. This would drive future
expansion of the arboretum
around the art museum's building,
parking lot, service driveways, and
artificial landscaping, and back
between private property and
immovable agricultural experi­ments.
This doesn't sound like
easy access for arboretum
researchers and visitors.
The main official counterargu­ment
against the protest is that the
selected part of the arboretum is
just an undeveloped plot of land.
Although the museum would be
located in the newer portion of the
arboretum, this area has been
under faithful development by
University professors and
researchers for 15 years, with spe­cial
soils, plants, and even wildlife
placed carefully into various
miniature ecosystems. Therefore,
Preserve other natural areas
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
The controversy concerning the
art museum in the arboretum
prompts me to voice a suggestion
that I have been considering for
about four years.
The natural areas of the campus
are almost all gone, replaced with
buildings and parking lots.
The arboretum is the nearest thing
to a natural area, and it is very
pleasant to visit. However, there
is one other area on campus that is
an even prettier area, and perhaps
now is the time to make sure it is
preserved and made into an area
that could be enjoyed by the stu­dents.
It is not presently accessible
except by the more adventure­some
I am referring to the wooded
area at the south end of Duncan
Drive next to the dormitories and
extending to the intersection of
Donahue and Lem Morrison. If
you have not been there, get a
camera and go! Take a compan­ion
also, because you might not
feel safe there by yourself! Park at
the cleared off area at the end of
Duncan, just before the old hidden
road starts at the top of the little
hill. Then walk to your right
(west) until you reach the old
trees near the little stream. There
was a path, but it has become
hard to find.
Observe the terrain near the
stream, and observe the old beech
trees that bear the markings of
lovers and others who visited
there many years ago.
Now imagine a few trails
through the area, and benches and
maybe even a small area with a
picnic table or two. Listen to the
birds and wind in the trees.
Clear out just enough to keep it
safe for students, and put up a
small chain to remind some stu­dents
that natural surroundings
should not be walked on.
Now, solicit alumni donations
for its usage on the condition it
never will be used as the site for
an art museum.
If you see it the way I do, put a
(ew pictures in "The Auburn
Plainsman," and start talking.
L.C. Mathison, Class of 1968
Russell not giving state loyalty
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
Several years ago, the University's athletic depart­ment
faced the decision of choosing between Russell
and Nike to outfit Auburn's athletic teams. Out of
loyalty to the Alabama-based corporation, Auburn
chose to renew its contract with Russell and forego
Nike and the millions of dollars and national expo­sure
offered by the Swoosh.
Now, Russell has jumped at the chance for more
money and increased national exposure at the
expense of the same loyal people of Alabama that
supported the textile giant when their market pres­ence
dwindled.
Russell, currently (and not for long) headquartered
in Alexander City, 40 minutes north of Auburn,
employs 11,000 Alabamians and operates half of its
26 production facilities in Alabama, including plants
in Montgomery, Sylacauga, and Fort Payne. Because
of Russell Corporation's importance to the state of
Alabama and the relative closeness of its headquar­ters,
Auburn spurned Nike's offer to supply Tiger
teams with uniforms. In turn, Nike was not given a
licensing agreement to produce and sell Auburn
University merchandise.
Undoubtedly, an Auburn alliance with Nike, an
"internationally known company and industry leader,
would have increased the presence of Auburn mer­chandise
in retail stores across the country. This
would have greatly benefited the University and the
athletic teams by giving Auburn the same marketing
power as schools such as Notre Dame, Michigan and
Florida State. This would help academic and athletic
recruiting and place Auburn in the conscious of peo­ple
nationwide, including sports writers, poll voters
and Rhodes Scholars.
Russell has not returned Auburn's loyalty. Last
week Russell announced plans to lay off 4,000
Alabamians and close several facilities in the state
and relocate them to foreign countries. Friday, Russell
announced plans to locate their "second" headquar­ters
in Atlanta, bypassing Birmingham.
Russell claimed the move to Atlanta is necessary to
increase their presence in the international market. As
a business major, I do not condemn, or even blame
Russell for their decision, but obviously loyalty from
one party does not always ensure returned loyalty
(scratch my back, and I'll let yours itch). Russell has
moved on to more prosperous, greener pastures in
Atlanta, as should Auburn with Nike.
Glen F. Smith
Senior, accounting
the arboretum is not the beautiful
park it has been so hastily deemed
by the architect's office. Instead, it
is a beautiful living classroom,
needed by researching students
and professors and appreciated by
all Auburn men and women, not
just those who live here. Although
the museum would "only" take 2.5
acres as currently allocated, this
represents a significant percentage
of the 13-acre arboretum, necessi­tating
the destruction of some of
these foreign "ecosystems" which
have been so painstakingly culti­vated
in our east Alabama soil.
Everyone acknowledges that the
museum and the arboretum (if
treated like a park) would win all
kinds of landscaping awards.
However, relegating the arboretum
as some ancillary landscaping for a
modern museum is ignoring the
priceless value of our living class­room.
I am proud of my fellow stu­dents
who have invested so much
of their time and effort to cam­paign
for the preservation of our
arboretum. Do not let the pes­simists
who don't believe in the
power of the student voice to dis­courage
you. Instead, let us con­tinue
our efforts by educating our
fellow students and the rest of the
Auburn family, including our
trustees, of the importance of the
arboretum. There are not two
"sides" in this debate — we are all
Auburn men and women who
love our University enough to
want to improve it by building a
beautiful art museum somewhere
on campus. Please don't be so
hasty in judging the trustees. They
too are Auburn men and women,
trying their best to serve the needs
of Auburn's present while keeping
their eyes on Auburn's limitless
future. This is a difficult task, so
we should kindly ask to facilitate
their decision-making process by
calmly convincing them of the
facts, instead of inundating them
with words of criticism.
Together, let us, the students of
the University, entreat our Board
of Trustees to listen to the com­bined
concerned voices of knowl­edgeable
scientists, informed citi­zens,
and educated students.
To our trustees: we ask that you
select an alternate site in order to
preserve this irreplaceable asset of
the Auburn that we all cherish.
We thank you for listening to us
and for always working for the
betterment of Auburn.
Ching-Wei Tzeng
SGA Vice President
Senior, chemical engineering
KATHRYN RUBIN/Art Staff
Don't add arboretum
to endangered list
Alternative museum site in everyone's interest
to the
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Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
As an Auburn alum and a lover
of art, I'm all for AU branching
out and finally getting a much
needed, long awaited museum.
However, I don't think the arbore­tum
is the proper forum to house
the building. It's one of the few
places left on campus that hasn't
fallen victim to the massive
amounts of construction that have
been ongoing for a number of
years.
Change is good (and needed, of
course), but to think of taking
away a place of refuge and study
is far from the best solution. Even
though they're talking about only
taking 2.5 of the 13 acres, I'm sure
there are other repercussions
(besides environmental) that will
arise for which we cannot account.
I work at the University of
Virginia, and one of the great
things about working here is the
administration's ability to main­tain
the natural beauty of the envi­ronment
during building and ren­ovations.
I hate to say it, but
based on my previous experience
as an Auburn student, this
is one area AU severely lacks.
Nothing green is sacred anymore
— let's not add the arboretum to
that list.
Shannon Autry
Charlottesville, Va.
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Pier 1 Imports to open,
offer choice of furnishings
BY JEFF SCHREIBER
Assistant Sports Editor
Pier 1 Imports will open its
newest location on Aug. 7.
Pier 1, a billion-dollar company
out of Fort Worth, Texas, has
mote than 750 stores spanning
f^the globe. Patty Reardon,
regional visual merchandiser for
Pier 1, expects the store to do
well in a college town.
"Our customer base starts any­where
from the 18-year-old going
into their first apartment or col­lege
dorm, and then we decorate
anybody's house from there until
they are in their 70s and 80s,"
Reardon said.
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that comes in and they want their
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like that to put on their patio,"
Reardon said.
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starting out, that just grad­uated
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start all over," she said.
Pier 1 has a housewares area,
which stocks everything from
dinnerware and flatware, to
stemware.
"Our prices are middle of the
line," Reardon said, "but our
quality goes against any competi­tor."
The store also carries a wide
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fragrances, lamps, pads, pillows
and a variety of window treat­ments.
Mary Caneer, a junior at
Auburn in liberal arts, is looking
forward to the opening of Pier 1.
"I love shopping at Pier 1, and
I'll be glad to see the store open
here," Caneer said. "I just can't
wait until my parents are in
town."
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BY BRIAN REID
Staff Writer
About the end of spring quarter, the 12 resi­dents
of 150 Toomer St. found themselves with­out
a place to park their cars.
There is a parking lot behind their house that
can only be accessed by driving through a
neighboring driveway,
The access to this parking lot is now obstruct­ed
by a privacy fence across it and a large
dumpster beyond that.
The problem arose when the neighboring
property was purchased by Mary Ann and
Warren Stiles. "It was like someone driving
through the front yard," Stiles said.
Anne Phillips, a resident of 150 Toomer St.,
said the reason given to them was using the
access was a liability to the Stiles, who are
responsible for the cars in their adjoining park­ing
lot.
Several possible solutions were discussed by
the Stiles and Jim Lin, the real estate agent in
charge of the Toomer Street property. The Stiles
offered to lease parking space in their parking
lot.
The rent for one of those spaces, according to
Phillips, was $30 per resident per month, mak­ing
the total cost for all the residents $4,320.
The Stiles also offered to sell their property to
Lin, who refused. Lin then asked to buy two feet
of property along the edge of the property so a
new access could be built.
This request was turned down on the basis it
would decrease the value of the Stiles' property.
Katie Rolader said her father, who is an attor­ney,
told her the access was a prescriptive ease­ment.
An easement by prescription is the
right to use someone else's property because it
has been done traditionally although no official
documentation exists.
Stiles said she and her husband had their
lawyer investigate the situation before bought
the property. They were told by their lawyer the
access was illegal.
Lin tried to get written permission from the
Stiles to use the access but was refused.
Lin said he tried to get an attorney, but had
some trouble because the lawyers he
approached were friends of the Stiles.
Lin said he tried to approach city officials, but
was told the property belongs to the Stiles. Lin
said he feels he is not being treated fairly.
"Mr. Stiles is a doctor and Mrs. Stiles writes
for the Opelika-Auburn News, but they don't
know who I am," he said.
Mrs. Stiles said, "Really they should take it up
with their landlord."
She indicated she thought every effort had
been made to remedy the problem and now it
was between Lin and his lessees.
A.G. HALL/Photo Editor
Access to the parking lot behind 150 Toomer
St., has been denied by the owners of the
access road located beside the house.
The residents of 150 Toomer St. have now
resigned themselves that any legal action would
be more trouble than it would be worth.
Phillips had a garden which she estimates
cost her around $400. The garden had to be
destroyed to make room for the new parking
area being built in the front yard.
"It just wasn't nice," she said.
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Cash paid for household items,
furniture and miscellaneous items.
Yard Sale Store., Railroad Avenue,
Opelika, 749-9449.
University Barber Shop. Best
prices on hair cuts and tanning bed.
$20.00 a month. 887-^240.
3 Bedroom House, 2 Bath - central
h/a, 2 hot water heaters - fenced
backyard - stove & refrigerator fur­nished.
$700/month, 12 month
lease. W/D hook-ups. Call
887-1822.
2 Bedroom, 1 Bath apartment.
Great location, 376 West Glenn
$400/monthly, includes water.
Students only. 887-7432.
1 Bedroom, 1 Bath apartment.
Great location, 376 1/2 West Glenn.
$250/monthly includes water.
Students only. 887-7432.
1 Bedroom, 1 Bath Cottage. Great
location, 378 A West Glenn.
$250/monthly includes water.
Students only. 887-7432.
Large, modern 2 BR/ 2 Bath late
model mobile home on nice shady
lot. Close to campus. W/D, DW,
central h/a, ceiling fans, mini-blinds,
storm windows, Jacuzzi, fireplace,
large covered front deck, excellent
condition. Water furnished.
Available/ Sept. 1. 826-8056, please
leave message.
4 bedroom, 2 bath house $700 per
month; 2 bedroom, 1 bath house.
$325. Lee Road 10, Auburn.
Deposit + 1 months rent. J49-1873.
2 Bedroom, 2 Bath upstairs &
downstairs. 1 block off campus.
$500/month. Leasing for fall. Call
821-2763 after five p.m. ask for
Scott.
Duplex for Rent... 2 large bed­rooms,
1 1/2 baths, kitchen appli­ances
furnished, 1 mile from cam­pus,
available Sept. 1, 1998. Inside
utility room with w/d connections.
Lawn maintenance provided. $510
per month for 2 people. Call
741-8300.
Two bedroom, Two bath apart­ment.
Washer, Dryer, Dishwasher.
Across from public Library.
887-9669. $480/mo.
Walk to campus. 1, 2 & 4 Bdr.
apartments. C/H/A, dishwasher,
w/d. Convenient parking. 887-9530.
Excel, apartment starting fall qtr.
to share w/ AU male student.
$330/mo. plus 1/2 utilities. Private
room and bath. Short walk to cam­pus.
Furnished. No smoking.
(205)978-9893 or (334)8B?-8777.
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For Rent
Auburn, Harman Estates new
duplex 3 BR, 2 BA major appliances
included. Pets considered.
705-0554.
3 Bd. houses in Auburn. $675,
$750 and $1,100.00 per month.
Pets allowed. 826-0955.
3 and 4 Bedroom duplexes avail­able.
Furnished and unfurnished.
Northpointe and Center Point.
Excellent condition! Henderson
Realty, 749-3421.
Family owned and operated
Complex with 1 BR apts available
fait. Close to campus,
hardwood/parquet flooring, some
with C/H/A, some built-in furnish­ings,
quiet neighborhood, plenty of
parking, garbage pick-up provided.
Cats allowed with pet deposit. Nine
month lease available.
$300.00/month. Call 887-9865.
Apt. Private entrance, two-bed­rooms.
One full bath, fully furnished,
utilities included. $700.00/mo.
821-4110,
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1 Bedroom apartment - Water,
sewage & garbage furnished - 12
month lease. Stove & refrigerator
furnished. $225/month. Call
887-1822.
2 Bedroom apartment - 1 Bath -
heat pump - water, sewage &
garbage furnished - stove & refriger­ator
furnished - 12 month lease -
$425/month. Call 887-1822.
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DEERFIELD II
CONDOMINIUMS
427-449 Harper Ave.
Spacious two bedroom/
two bath completely
furnished units with full
size washer and dryer.
Condominium provides
pest control, garbage
service and water.
Auburn Realty, Inc.
233 West Glenn Ave.
Auburn, AL
(334)887-8777
Pine Haven
Apartments
650 N. Ross St.
* 1 & 2 bedroom, turn, and
unfurn. apartments
Total Electric
* Pest Control, Water,
Garbage Service included in
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* Laundromat on Premises
* Resident Manager,
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2 Br. From $340
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Centerpoint 3 BR/ 3 BA duplex
available Fall. Convenient, quiet, all
appliances plus w/d. $840/mo.
821-1094.
Quiet study atmosphere 2 BR
duplex & 2 BR T/House on 5 acre
lake w/fishing privileges in
Loachopoka. No pets. 887-7718.
Available July and August. Tiny 1
bedroom apt. Pets allowed.
826-0725.
DUPLEX FOR RENT! Year lease
starting Fall '98. 3 BR/ 2 BA, Wa/ Dr,
all appliances. 826-9568.
NEW STUDENT SECTION NOW
OPEN! Close to AU. Free Rent
Move-In Specials! Spaces are filling
up fast. Call: (334)821-0171. See us
at: www.websters-x.com
Pets allowed. 3 bedroom, 1 bath
house. Central h/a. $600/mo.
826-0725.
September Rent Free! 2 bedroom,
1 bath house. Central h/a. Pets
allowed. $550/mo. 826-0725.
Looking for furnished 2-4 bed­room
apartment near stadium for
Fall quarter. Would like to start sub­leasing
Sept. 1. Please call
(205)871-1397. Leave message, I'll
call you back.
New 3 Bd, 2 Bth duplex for rent off
S. College. Wash/Dryer. $810 mth.
Call 821-3414.
Female roommates needed Fall -
Spring. 3 BR/ 2 B duplex. 810 Cliff
Drive. W/D, DW, MW, Private
Parking. 502-5313.
Cavell Apartments 1 Bedroom
efficiencies. Walk to class! Fall qtr.
$300/mo. with 12 month lease.
Water furnished, laundry, 333 West
Magnolia. Call Todd, 821-8948.
Nice unfurnished 3 BR/2 B house.
Central h/a, w/d, fireplace, deck.
Pets allowed. $825/mth. Avail./
Sept. (334)262-2185.
Duplex for rent. 2 Bed, 1 bath. Pet
friendly. $425/month. 887-8316,
page 501-0035. 173/175 Oak
Street.
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2 BR, 2 Bath or 2 BR, 1 1/2 Bath
mobile homes for rent for fall of
1998. Students only. Wire Road
area. 745-3937.
Brentwood Mobile Home Park.
Approximately 4 miles from Vet
School. 2 and 3 bedrooms available
now and Fall. 821-5674.
3 BR, 2 BA. Appliances furnished.
Small pasture & barn. 7 miles from
Vet School. Available August 1st.
(334)257-3065.
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Available June 3 BR/ 2 BA, 2 BR/
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BR/ 2 BA and 2 BR/ 2 BA mobile
homes. Three blocks from campus.
Heritage Park, 319 Bragg Ave.
821-0927 or 704-6051.
Rent of Sale Trailers. 2 and 3 bed­room
on Wire Road. Call 749-0396,
message.
Male Roommate Wanted for Fall
'98 - Fall '99 - Share nice 2 BR - 2
B. 16x80 MH - Campus Trl. Ct.
$225/mo. 334-588-2481.
Good selection of 3 bedroom and
2 bedroom, 2 bath mobile homes.
14 ft. wide, 16 ft. wide & double
wide. $375 - $500 monthly. Campus
Trailer Court. Students only.
887-7432.
Female roommate needed. Private
bath and bed (unfurnished) kitchen,
laundry, etc. Competitive price. Call
Jennifer at 502-6679.
2 BR, 1 Bath, 12x65 Kirkwood. 52
Steeplechase. Good condition with
a dog pen. $8,000 o.b.o. Call
502-0232.
1984, 14x65 fully furnished,
underpinned, central air, located on
quiet farm 5 miles from vet school.
For more info, call 256-435-4778.
$9,500 o.b.o.
FOR SALE: 16x80, 1997 Southern
Homes Mobile Home. 3 bedroom, 2
baths for more information. Call
745-5741.
Trailer for sale 1991, 14x64
Clayton. Two bedroom, two bath in
Steeplechase park. 502-9780, leave
message.
Computer: 166 mmx, 24x CD
ROM, Windows 95, MS Office & lots
more. 33.6 Fax/Modem, 4 MB 3 D
Video Card, 32MB RAM, Keyboard
& Mouse & Instruction. $650. Call
502-8004.
Sega Genesis and several video
games. $150.00. Call 844-9103 and
ask for Donna.
Boxer puppies, shots started,
wormed. Male, $150.00, Female,
$125.00. 749-6298.
1990 Honda Accord EX, 4D,
Champagne, auto, AC, PS, PB, SR,
CD/AM/FM. Maintenance current,
excellent condition. 826-3965 (e),
844-1153. Cost: $6,000.00
Plustek Scanner B&W 256 colors,
$40. 15" color monitor, $100. Red
color currently Inop. 502-8004.
'89 Beretta, 2 doors, AC; 98k;
Runs Great! Asking $2,000. Call
826-3024.
1990 Honda Accord EX, 4 D,
Champagne, auto, AC, PS, PB, SR,
maintenance current. Good condi­tion.
826-3965 (e), 844-1153 (d).
Cost: $5,000.00.
Scrap Gold - Highest prices paid.
(Chains, class rings, diamonds,
etc.) Hills Jewelry, 111 E. Magnolia,
Auburn. 887-3921.
Video Games: Nintendo 64
Playstation, Sega Gameboy. Buy,
Sell, Trade - Almost Anything Pawn.
887-6774.
Attention! We pay CASH for used
car stereos. Call or come by Almost
Anything Pawn, 691 Opelika Rd.
887-6774.
Comic Books - Buy. Sell. Trade.
Thousands of issues. Lots of
Golden & Silver Age. We also trade
in cards, toys, etc. Almost Anything
Pawn. 887-6774.
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For Sale Loans on jewelry. Hill's Jewelry on
Toomer's Corner. 887-3921.
10% off Jeans/ Jewelry. Swim Suits
$5. Upstairs Style, 120 1/2 N.
College. Mon/Sat. 12-6.
New Scuba Gear includes fins,'
booties, mask, snorkel, weights,
weight belt and equipment bag. This
gear is very nice, and has only been
wet twice. Call: 826-3993, ask for
Steve.
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Gladden for the environment
BY JENNIFER MURPHREE
Assistant News Editor
A "cleaner, greener Auburn" is
what Cheryl Gladden will strive
for if re-elected to Auburn's City
Council.
Gladden, who has served one
four-year council term, is running
again for Ward 2, Place 2, in the
Aug. 25 election.
Among the priorities she will
stick to as a council member are:
environmental issues, continuing
support of education and preser­vation
of Auburn's historical
buildings and neighborhoods.
"I'm pretty much the sole envi­ronmental
candidate. I want to
make sure every new industry in
Auburn keeps the air and land
around them clean. I will contin­ue
following up on new indus­tries
to make sure they do,"
Gladden said.
She said she'd like to see the
city purchase more land for parks
and bike trails.
"Anything that's going to make
the city look better, I'm for it," she
said.
Gladden teaches K-12 gifted
students in Lee County schools,
and supports measures needed to
improve or maintain the quality
of their school system.
"I support our schools without
any reservations. There's no
question — if they need more,
they get my vote," Gladden said.
Gladden has taken a stand
against fellow council members,
supporting Auburn's historical
sites and buildings. She says like
others, she is for growth, as long
as it's "pretty" growth.
"A home is most people's
biggest investment. That's why
it's important to protect neigh­borhood
zoning districts — so
they remain the neighborhoods
they moved in to."
Gladden's concern with
Auburn's aesthetics includes stu­dents
as well as permanent resi­dents.
She plans to continue sup­port
of improving the looks of
downtown Auburn, continuing
to make it more "student friendly,
including more entertainment."
In the past she supported out­door
eating areas for students to
congregate, enjoying the view of
campus from downtown Auburn.
Gladden supports moving the
election date to June. It would
then coincide with the primary
elections.
"I don't have any problem mov­ing
the election. In fact more peo­ple
would probably vote," she
said.
THURSDAY. TULY 30.1998 Giddens: Experience matters
BY BILL BARROW
News Editor
Walter Giddens, a local business­man
and an Auburn alumnus, is
running for Auburn City Council
with his "Experience and observa­tions
from the past, for the future."
He is seeking election in Ward 2,
Place 2. The seat is currently held
by Cheryl Gladden.
Giddens is a longtime Auburn
resident. He was born in what is
now the Auburn University
Medical Clinic in 1941 and, with the
exception of 1957-1963, has lived in
Auburn since.
"My grandfather, E.W. Camp,
founded the textile department
here, both of my parents went here,
and two of my three children went
here; and the third one starts in the
fall. So you can tell, we love
Auburn," he said.
Giddens served on the city coun­cil
for five years, from 1972-1977,
when he had to vacate his seat
because he moved out of his ward.
He said he wants to use experi­ence
on the council and his observa­tions
since being off council to
guide the city of Auburn into the
21st century. "I've seen a lot in my
22 years off the council," he said.
One of his prime goals would be
to move the city elections to corre­spond
with the June primaries, a
move Giddens said would save
money.
"You think it doesn't cost any
money to run an election at City
Hall. It most certainly does. Why
have another in August. Put it in
June and it would save money, and
the students could vote."
One problem, though, is that the
students who could vote might not
still vote. "The city has forgotten
about Auburn's largest industry -
22,000 students that generate sales
tax, rental-tax, occupational tax.
"But they don't seem to be inter­ested
in Auburn politics. Nobody
cares until it affects them in some
form or manner. I want to change
that," Giddens said.
Another change Giddens wants is
what he perceives as the city's focus
on heavy industrial growth.
"As Auburn grows, you might
have services that get left behind or
not upgraded.
"You reach a saturation in your
development. We are going to have
to slow down in our development."
Giddens said his driving force as
a city councilman would be serving
the people of Auburn.
"Somebody has got to get out
there and make the citizens aware
of the problems. If they don't it'll
just covered up," he said.
Auburn police get laptops from drug bust
MATT MCMAHAN/Photo Staff
Lt. Howell of the Auburn Police Department demonstrates one of
the new laptop computers purchased with drug-bust money.
BY MANDY MITCHAM
News staff
Nine Panasonic CF25 laptop
computers were purchased by the
Auburn Police Department for a
bid of $41,778 after receiving the
City Council's approval at the
July 21 meeting.
Captain Wilbur Brown of the
Auburn Police Department said
the computers have been ordered,
but the department still needs
mounting brackets.
"There will be a mount in every
car for a computer, but only nine
computers have been purchased,"
Brown said.
"We plan on every officer on duty
to have one in their car," he said.
He said the computers will
replace the paperwork used for
written reports.
"The way we envision it to
work is when an officer gets a call
fro a theft or any other crime, he
can take the report and place the
answers he receives from his
questions into the computer.
"We are looking for a paperless
environment for report taking,"
Brown said.
The money used to purchase
the computers was obtained from
a forfeiture of money and proper­ty
rights from a drug bust five
years ago.
He said it has taken that long to
do the paperwork.
Doug Watson, Auburn's city
manager, said ACR Technology
received the bid of $41,778.
"We have invested a good bit of
time and money in computer
technology throughout the city
for past few years."
Watson said a number of police
departments in other areas have
used this computer technology,
and it has saved both time and
money.
"Writing reports slows down
the job, and then the data has to
be converted," he said.
Brown said the new computers
will be a time saver for everyone.
The officers simply type the
report into the computers and
download it in the office, Brown
said.
Rebecca Turnbach, a senior in
nursing, said she thinks the lap­tops
are a wonderful idea.
"Both the public and the police
force will benefit from this
because it will allow the time and
money saved to be used for more
important assignments," she said.
Danielle Hooks, a senior in
apparel merchandising, said the
computers were much needed.
"It's great something positive
can result from a drug bust," she
said.
Brown said as soon as the
mounts are installed, the police
officers will check out a laptop
and place it temporarily on the
bracket. He hopes to have them
installed within the month.
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Quote of IW Week
'I haven't had thit much fun winning a
game since I w u coaching high ickool hall.
Everybody ww jumping around in the
locker room... I loved it."
— Utah Stars* coach Frank Layden on hie
rxnt game on the Utah bench
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
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THURSDAY, JULY 30,1998
NCAA considers reducing number of football scholarships
BY BRYAN BAKER
Sports Staff
The NCAA Management
Council is likely to vote this week
on a reduction in football scholar­ships.
Each Division 1A school is
allotted 85 scholarships per team
at any time, but only 25 scholar­ships
can be signed in one year.
If this rule passes, each school
would be granted 75 scholarships
at any time and the 25 per year
would remain the same.
Sources say the NCAA has con­sidered
these measures to satisfy
Title IX, which creates equal ath­letic
opportunities for men and
women.
"We're (Auburn coaches) hop­ing
it doesn't pass," said Larry
Edmondson, recruiting coordina­tor
and wide receiver coach.
"People don't understand that
it might be good up North, but
down South, it's hot. Guys are
getting bigger, stronger and faster
... you get more injuries and you
just run out of people," he said.
David Housel, athletics direc­tor,
agrees with equal athletic
opportunity, but not at the
expense of just football
Another option the
NCAA Management
Council is considering
allowing teams partial
scholarships for 95 play­ers.
"It's the same thing you're
seeing in the NFL right now,"
Edmondson said. "You never see
the same team from year end to
year out, because they are having
to pay so many guys (starters) so
much money that there is a huge
drop off in the back-up players."
Coach Terry Bowden has
said this legislation
would cause non-power
teams to catch
up to the big-powers
without any hard
work.
Until the 1960s
there was no limit' on the
number of scholarships offered.
The first reduction, to 105 total
scholarships, took place in the
1970s and has been declining ever
since. It now stands at 85.
Edmondson said, "It's really
something that I hope they (man­agement
council) stop and think
about ... you're taking 10 kids off
of each campus that normally
would have had a chance to get a
good education."
Not only would this action
have an effect on students already
attending college, but it would
also affect recruits.
"Let's say we have a kid over
here that is a great athlete, let's
take him and we can slide him
into a spot somewhere cause he's
a great athlete. You almost can't
do that any more, you've got to
go ahead and recruit specifically
for a position," Edmondson said.
That puts a strain on the high
school coaches who have to uti­lize
a limited number of players
for a set number of positions.
Many coaches and athletic
directors, especially from big
schools, are opposed to this possi­ble
reduction.
"I wish they would use there
head on some of this stuff and
realize everything that is going
on, not just 10 scholarship num­bers,"
Edmondson said.
Junior nationals
come to Plains
BY JEFF SCHREIBER
Assistant Sports Editor
The James E. Martin Aquatics Center will be
overflowing next week, when swimmers from
across the Southeast come to compete in the Junior
National Championships.
John Asmuth, director of the aquatics center, is in
charge of the meet.
"This meet is geared toward 19-year-old and
under swimmers, boys and girls, who are just not
quite to the national level," Asmuth said.
In swimming, there are the national champi­onships,
and then this is a meet that is just below
that. In fact, since most of the times seen at Juniors
are not far behind those at Nationals, many of the
top junior swimmers go on to compete at the high­er
level.
"There are three of these meets going on in the
country," Asmuth said. "There is one here, there is
one up in New York for the Northeast and there is
one out in San Jose for the western states."
The results from each meet will be compared in
order to determine a champion.
"The kids that will be coming here will be coming
from an 18-state area as far in the north and east
and Maryland and Virginia, and across to West
Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, parts of Missouri,
Arkansas, parts of Texas and everything south and
east of that."
The Junior Championships, whether in New
York, San Jose or Auburn, are a stepping stone in
the world of swimming.
"It's a kind of proving ground," Asmuth said.
"It's a very elite type of meet. Most of the top swim­mers
have, at some point in their career, competed
at the Junior Championships. A lot of the 1996
Olympic team are former champions."
The Aquatics Center and its staff are anticipating
possibly upward of 1,000-1,200 swimmers, based
upon hotel reservations and such.
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CHRIS COMPTON/Photo Editor
The aquatic center will be overflowing with
boys and girls 19-years-old and under to com­pete
in the Junior National Championships.
According to Asmuth, rooms are booked as far
out as Phenix City.
As for recruiting possibilities, the director said
not all of the athletes will swim in college, but it
doesn't hurt to bring the high school-age kids and
even younger ones onto Auburn's campus.
"If they are recruited by Auburn, and come back
for the official visits later on, they feel more com­fortable
here, because they've been here before and
they know their way around town, that's our big
selling point," Asmuth said.
Even outside the realm of Auburn Athletics, there
are advantages to having meets of this caliber in the
area.
"I think it provides a lot of income for the local
economy," Asmuth said. "In the Auburn-Opelika
area, besides hotels and motels, they all have to eat
meals, they all will go out and buy souvenirs and
that kind of thing, so it produces a lot of revenue in
the local area."
The meet will run from Aug. 1-5. The first night
will showcase the 800-meter freestyle only, but from
Aug. 2-5, preliminaries will begin at 9 a.m. every
day and finals will start at 6 p.m.
Spectator admission will be about $3.
Students traded for money
Looks of new scoreboards and
talks of stadium expansion seem
to be contradictory to the rumors
of decreasing the number of stu­dent
tickets for sale.
The million-dollar scoreboard
to be completed by the first
home football game in
September and the feasibility
study of expanding the stadium
in the future would imply that
ticket sales and attendance at ball
games is not a problem.
Decreasing student tickets is.
Ticket sales to students might
not matter to the athletic admin­istration,
but they should.
Students are the ones where the
traditions and spirit begin.
However, administrators are in
the preliminary stages of dis­cussing
if and how many tickets
should be taken away from the
students and given to Auburn
donors.
The gripe is from alumni who
are upset the students come late,
leave early or just don't show up
at all. They think if students
don't show their support, then
the tickets should be given to
someone who will.
Granted, students may leave
early if a game has gotten out of
hand one way or the other but
the alumni do also.
You will never see an empty
student section and full alumni
section.
During last year's shut out
against Mississippi State it was
raining, freezing cold and both
sections were deteriorating slow
ly but surely. Not one, but both
Rachel Norris
equally.
The students who buy the tick­ets
usually show up for the
game. I know in the sections I sit
in, everyone is crammed in so
that we are all turned sideways
and can only wave one hand.
Although some sections may
look partially empty, others are
over crowded. ^"~-<^_
In addition, last time I
checked, the football team is stu­dents,
the cheerleaders are stu­dents,
Tiger Pause are students,
Aubie is a student, the band is
students and most of the half
time acts are students. The foot­ball
team is for the students.
When there is a big victory,
where do the players come? The
student section.
After the games, the alumni
section is clearing out, whereas
students are hanging around
singing the alma mater.
Even at away games players
can always hear and know where
the Auburn student section is.
After last year's LSU and
Georgia games, the players came
to the student section and
cheered with us, jumped into the
section and just hung out for at
least 30 minutes.
If student ticket sales are
decreasing, take a look at how
many freshmen have been get­ting
tickets the past few years.
There are some who have
never been to an Auburn football
game.
And for those who haven't
been to many games and haven't
sat in the student section, they
don't know what it's like. If they
live without one season they can
live without it the rest of their
years here, and ticket sales could
feasibly decrease. However, this
is not the students fault, it's the
administrators.
Let's think about this. If the
number of student tickets are
decreasing, in a few years the
number of tickets bought by
alumni will decrease as well. If
students become accustomed to
not having tickets and are not
respected while they are in
school, chances are they will not
support and buy tickets as alum­ni.
Then what?
Without the students, there
would be no athletic program.
Students, show your Auburn
spirit and come to the games
early and stay late.
Administrators, don't reduce
the number of tickets available.
Don't take the one thing some
students postpone their gradua­tion
for — one more football sea­son.
Rachel Norris: is lite f/xtrlf edi­tor
lor Tlte A unurit Plainsman.
Defensive back positions see strength in numbers, experience
One of Auburn's biggest losses
in the off season was Martavius
Houston.
He was the fourth leading tack­ier
last year and one of the key
ingredients to an ever-improving
defense. But there's something dif­ferent
about his loss as compared
to other Auburn losses.
He won't be missed.
The defensive back position
returns plenty of experience and
talent and should provide the
Auburn defense with quality play
this season.
The loss of Houston at safety is
compensated for by the return of
Brad Ware and Rob Pate.
Ware earned second-team All-
SEC honors last season after pick­ing
off four passes for the second-straight
season. He led Auburn in
that category.
Ware also showed a nose for the
ball by recovering four fumbles.
He was also sixth on the team in
tackles with 59.
Pate was a freshman All-SEC
performer last season, when he
started eight of Auburn's 13
games. He had 50 tackles and
broke up eight passes.
The one area Houston's loss
could hurt the safeties is depth.
Auburn will turn to senior Adlai
Trone and sophomore Courtney
Rose to fill in if something hap­pens
to Pate or Ware.
Auburn is three-deep at corner-back,
and all three are quality
players.
Starting at left corner will be
Larry Casher. Casher, who joined
Pate on the freshman All-SEC
team, had 31 tackles last season,
including three for a loss, forced
two fumbles and picked off two
passes. He is the youngest of the
three.
Junior Antwoine Nolan will
draw the start on the right side.
Nolan had 46 tackles, two for a
loss, last year and forced a fumble.
He also showed excellent cover
skills by breaking up 12 passes
and intercepting one.
Jayson Bray is the third corner
on the Auburn team and will use
his senior leadership to keep the
defensive backs together.
Bray offers the group more than
just leadership as he has shown
the propensity to make the big
play. He intercepted Peyton
Manning, the No. 1 pick in the
NFL draft, in the SEC champi­onship
game and returned it 77
yards to set up an Auburn touch­down.
Auburn will be even deeper at
corner if sophomore Rodney
Crayton can come back from a
knee injury that kept him out all
last season. Crayton came back for
the spring game but re-injured his
knee in that contest.
The Tiger defensive backs are
experienced and ready and will
provide Bill Oliver with a quality
third tier to his defense. The group
will provide Auburn with quality
pass coverage that is so desperate­ly
needed with quality SEC pass­ing
attacks on the schedule, such
as Horida and Tennessee.
DEFENSIVE BACK GRADE — A
(Sr.)
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Brad Ware Qv.)
(St.)
Antwoine Nolan (Jr.)
PREVIEW BY ADAM WINSLOW
SportsStaff
Please see profile
on cornerback
Antwoine Nolan
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Where are they now?
Barkley continues to rebound his way across the NBA
THURSDAY. TULY 3Qr 19
BY JEFF SCHREIBER
Assistant Sports Editor
After three years on the plains, Charles
Barkley, the "Round Mound of Rebound,"
has punched, kicked and spit his way
across the waxed basketball courts of the
NBA.
During both his collegiate and profes­sional
career, Sir Charles has been a model
for behavior, attitude and vitality.
That is, a model for future Dennis
Rodman-like personas.
Barkley spent three years on the Plains,
before he went to Philadelphia as the fifth
pick in the 1984 draft.
Here at Auburn, he averaged 14.1 points
and 9.6 rebounds per game, and led the
SEC in rebounding each season of his
tenure. In 1984, his last season, he was
named SEC Player of the Year.
He also holds Auburn's record for career
field goal percentages, with .626.
His 1982-83 season, he led the Tigers
with a field goal percentage of .644, good
enough for the best single-season record.
He also holds the No. 2 spot.
He holds the top three spots in single-season
blocked shots, his best being 51,
and has the records for single-game and
career blocks, with eight and 145, respec­tively.
He made the All-SEC team every year he
was here, and was named, as a first-team
selection, to the SEC team of the 1980s.
The Birmingham Post Herald named
him SEC Player of the Decade.
But in Philadelphia, alongside basketball
gods like Julius Erving, Moses Malone,
Bobby Jones and Maurice Cheeks, Barkley
made an impact for the first time in what
was to be a remarkable career.
His rookie season, after being drafted
two spots after Michael Jordan, Sir Charles
averaged 14.0 and 8.6 rebounds per game
and joined Jordan on the NBA All-Rookie
Team.
He was the Sixers' top rebounder in 20
games. He was also the only player in the
team to appear in all 95 regular and post­season
games.
He spent eight seasons in Philadelphia,
proving himself a young leader after the
departure of Erving and others.
During that time, he topped out at 28.3
points (in the 1987-88 season) and 14.6
rebounds per game (in the 1986-87 season).
But, at the end of the 1991-92 season, the
now less rotund rebounder was traded to
the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Jeff
Hornacek, Tim Perry and Andrew Lang.
His first year with the Suns, he won the
NBA Most Valuable Player Award after
leading the Suns to the league's best record
at 62-20. He also carried the team to the
NBA Finals, after a win over the Sonics in
game 7, when he scored 44 points and
brought down 24 rebounds.
The Bulls defeated the Suns in six
<P*\ games, but this was as close as
Barkley was to get, and he
showed that motivation, averag­ing
more than 26 points and 13
rebounds in over 42 minutes per
game.
But still no championship ring.
After the 1995-96 season, and
numerous occasions where he
contemplated retirement,
Barkley went to the Houston
Rockets, a final effort to prevail
with a championship ring.
There he joined Hakeem
Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler,
two of his fellow members of the
"50 Greatest Players in NBA
History" list.
And he goes on, every year
bringing more points to be
scored, more rebounds to be CONTRIBUT
hauled in, and more thoughts Charles Barkley left the Tigers in 1984 to
regarding retirement. pursue g c a r e e r | n ^ N gA
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Bruce makes home in Oakland
BY JOSH JOHNSON
Staff Writer
Former All-American and All-
SEC football player Aundray
Bruce, a productive member of
Auburn's defense in the late 1980s,
is still a pro­ductive
outside
linebacker as a
member of the
O a k l a n d
Raiders.
Bruce, a 6-
f o o t - 5 - i n c h
native of
Montgomery, BRUCE
played for
Auburn between 1984-87, and was
named to Auburn's All-Century
Team in 1992. He is joined with
some of the greatest players ever to
play at Auburn, such as: Bo
[ackson, Pat Sullivan, Tucker
Fredrickson and Terry Beasley.
Bruce was a three-year starter at
Auburn, making Walter Camp,
Scripps-Howard and Kodak All-
American teams as a senior and
All-SEC in 1986 and 1987.
As a junior, Bruce capped off the
1986 season, one in which the
Tigers finished 10-2, by being
named MVP of the 1987 Citrus
Bowl when Auburn defeated
Southern California 16-7.
In his senior season Bruce led
one of the strongest defenses in
school history to an appearance in
the Sugar Bowl, the second for
Auburn in five years. The Tigers
finished the 1987 season with a
record of 9-1-2 and tied Syracuse
16-16 in the Sugar Bowl.
But Bruce may be mostly remem­bered
for his performance in his
senior season against Georgia Tech.
Bruce intercepted three passes,
returning one 45 yards for a touch­down,
causing a fumble that was
recovered in the end zone for
another touchdown, recording
three quarterback sacks, recovering
one fumble and accounting for an
additional nine tackles in a 20-10
Auburn win.
Bruce was recognized as one of
the best college football players in
1987. He was the No. 1 overall pick •
in the 1988 NFL Draft by the
Atlanta Falcons.
As a member of the Falcons from
1988 through 1991, Bruce played in
all but two games. His best season
so far as a professional came in his
rookie year of 1988.
He had 70 tackles, six intercep­tions
and two forced fumbles to
anchor the Falcon defense. With the
Falcons, Bruce registered 176 tack­les,
had 18 quarterback sacks,
picked off three passes and forced
three fumbles in four seasons.
After the 1991 season, one in
which Atlanta made the second
round of the playoffs for the first
time in franchise history, Bruce
signed a free-agent contract to play
with then the Los Angeles Raiders.
In six seasons with the Los
Angeles and now Oakland Raiders,
Bruce has a total of 89 tackles and
has 10 quarterback sacks as a back­up
outside linebacker.
In April, Bruce was rewarded by
Oakland, signing a free-agent con­tract
to stick with the Raiders.
Bruce's career totals as a pro
include 263 tackles, 28 quarterback
sacks and four interceptions.
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Bellhorn finds success after Aubun
BY JOSH JOHNSON
Staff Writer
Former Tiger baseball player
Mark Bellhorn may go down as
one of the best clutch players at
Auburn.
In 1994,
Bellhorn led
Auburn to its
first College
World Series
a p p e a r a n c e
since 1976, and
saved his best
performances
for when it
counted.
During a career which spanned
from 1993 through the 1995 sea­son,
Bellhorn's greatest perfor­mances
came in the NCAA
Regionals.
In four games Bellhorn batted
.667, had five. doubles in the
regional series, tripled, accounted
for seven runs, and against Old
Dominion went five-five.
His performance led Auburn to
an undefeated record in the 1994
BELLHORN
East Regional played in Clemson,
S.C.
In SEC tournament play,
Bellhorn had an average of .370,
belted four home runs, drove in 13
RBI and forced 13 bases on balls
over three years and in 12 games.
Bellhorn's performance in post
season play resulted in him being
selected to two All-Regional Teams
in 1994 and 1995. Bellhorn was
also selected to two All-SEC Teams
in 1994 and 1995.
Though Bellhorn will be remem­bered
for his clutch play in post
season play, his All-American per­formance
in 1995 is one of
Auburn's finest.
Bellhorn belted 12 home runs,
stole 11 bases, had 147 total bases,
had 35 extra-base hits and a on-base
average of .467 in 1995.
Bellhorn led Auburn to its best reg­ular
season finish in school history.
Auburn finished the season with
then a record 50 wins eventually
being tied by the 1997 team. The
Tigers overall record was 50-13
and had an amazing 19-8 SEC
record, both are best in Auburn
history.
At Auburn, Bellhorn hit 25 hor
runs, had two grand slams, pr
duced 334 total bases, scored 1
runs, hit 43 doubles, had 74 extr
base hits, and stole 39 bases.
Leaving Auburn after his juni
season, he was selected in the st
ond round of the 1995 Maj
League Draft by the Oakland A's
After a brief stint in the min
leagues, Bellhorn was called up
the second half of the season 1
the A's in 1997. Bellhorn batte
.228 in 68 games with the A's. P
produced 33 runs, had 51 hits, be
ed six home runs and drove in
RBI platooning at second base f<
the A's
Now Bellhorn plays for tl
Edmonton Trappers, a AAA affil
ate of the A's in the Pacific Coa
League.
Bellhorn now has switched t
third base and has an average
.268 in 49 games with the Trapper
He has 86 hits, 160 total bases, 1
doubles, three triples and has h
five home runs while driving in 1
runs.
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THURSDAY. TULY 30.1998 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN B3
Athletics museum an unknown treasure for students, fans
BY STEVEN JACKSON
Staff Writer
For the last two years, star foot­ball,
baseball and basketball play­ers
have been sharing limited space
with the swimmers, soccer players
and golfers.
Hardwood courts are up against
the dirt at home plate.
Swimmers seem content to com­pete
alongside other athletes
because of restrictions on space.
But it is not cutbacks in funding
that have forced Auburn's track
stars and former polo players to
gather in full uniform at the
Auburn Athletics Complex.
Players like Bo Jackson, Frank
Thomas, Charles Barkley and
Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines relive
moments of glory on the Plains
every day in the Lovelace Athletics
Museum and Hall of Honor.
The museum is located on the
corner of Donahue Drive and
Samford Avenue.
Right through the front doors of
the athletics complex is a world of
memorabilia, trophy cases stocked
with pictures and plaques and
state-of-the-art displays that make
the experience more than just a
look at shiny trophies.
Athletics complex receptionist
Brenda Headley said about 25 peo­ple
come through the museum
each day, but "a lot of students
don't know it's here."
Some visitors come with tour
groups, and kids come on field
trips, Headley said.
Overall, though, most students
who support the teams on game
day are unaware that since April
1996, the museum has offered a
glimpse of nostalgia and spirit five
days a week at no cost.
Dave Schrimsher, a senior in
management, said, "I had no idea
there was one, and I've been here
over four years."
From the swoosh of the net to
perspiring pep talks in the Tigers'
locker room, a big-screen video
introduction brings fans face-to-face
with the spirit of Auburn
sports and the names that are syn­onymous
with them.
The museum has the usual glass
cases with photos, jerseys and
autographed balls, but stays
unique with the sights, sounds and
adrenaline associated with the
sports.
A walk through the "Traditions"
room places visitors under a fully
toilet-papered tree at Toomer's
Corner.
Philip McGowan, a senior in
radio, television and film, said,
"My favorite part was probably the
replica of Toomer's Corner.
"I have been to the museum a
few times," he said. "It's complete­ly
state-of-the-art."
Through a set of double doors is
a panoramic view of Toomer's
Drugs, complete with the famous
lemonade sign hanging in the back­ground.
Visitors follow giant tiger tracks
through a corridor with 15 TVs and
a wall of mirrors reflecting the
cheering game-day crowd that sur­rounds
Auburn football players on
their way to the stadium.
The "Game" room is carpeted
with Astroturf and features a goal­post
and scoreboard. A video dis­play
shows the last rousing
moments of Iron Bowl victories
and the heart-pounding suspense
and relief of the announcer's call,
"Touchdown Auburn!"
Yet another video shows Bo
Jackson going "over the top"
against the Alabama in 1982.
Behind the screen is a mannequin
re-enactment of the play.
Life-size figures of sports heroes
are frozen in action and coach
Ralph "Shug" Jordan actually talks,
with animated lips and limbs,
game strategy with Pat Sullivan.
A sprinting Harvey Glance is set
at eye level. Women's basketball
great Vickie Orr goes for a lay-up,
and Frank Thomas is poised to put
the "Big Hurt" on the next baseball
to cross the plate.
Headley said the figures were
actually molded from the bodies of
the players.
Trophy cases become "locker
rooms" and are accented by a his­torical
narrative at the push of a
button.
The museum is not just for foot­ball,
baseball or basketball either.
MATT MCMAHAN/Photo Staff
Tourists of the Auburn Athletics Museum stop to look at coach
Shug Jordan talking to players before running on the field.
Track and field, wrestling and
golf have lockers highlighting the
heroes and history of the sport.
McGowan said, "I thought it was
really cool seeing the Heisman
Trophies of Bo Jackson and Pat
Sullivan."
But the museum is not just for
sports fans.
In the April 20, 1996, dedication
of the museum, Auburn Athletics
Director David Housel said, "This
is a museum of the Auburn experi­ence."
The excitement and traditions of
sports is presented in a way that
shows how the history of the
school and the athletics programs
are interwoven in the heritage of
Auburn.
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LPGA to come to Grand National in October
BY RACHEL NORRIS
Sports Editor
In 67 days, approximately 40
professional women golfers will
be hitting the trails of Grand
National Golf Course in Opelika.
The Ladies Professional Golf
Association's, Tournament of
Champions is scheduled for Oct.
5- 11, an away game weekend for
the Auburn football team.
While hundreds will be follow­ing
the Tigers to Starkville, Miss,
hundreds will be coming into the
Auburn-Opelika area for the
LPGA.
This will be the premiere sports
event of the weekend, featuring
players like Nancy Lopez, Annika
Sorenstam and Laura Davies.
Lindsay Woods, assistant tourna­ment
director said.
The LPGA not only helps raise
money to benefit the Susan G.
Komen Fund and breast cancer
awareness organizations, but also
gives you a chance to see the best
women in golf.
"It is the only event where its
just champions, no cuts, four
days," Woods said.
A cut is where you play for two
days and you take a sum score
and split the field in half, he said.
"With this elite field they don't
do that," she said.
To qualify for this tournament
you must be an active member of
the Hall of Fame, or if you've
won an event in the last two sea­sons,
Woods said.
JoAnne Carner and Pat Bradley
are examples of active Hall of
Fame members.
'They haven't won anything in there will be a purse of $750,000
the last two years, but they quali
fy to be in the Hall of Fame and to
be in the Hall of Fame for the
LPGA
you have to have 30
victories and at least
two have to be in one
of the six major tour­naments.
"It's a tough
requirement to get in,
it's very stringent,"
Woods said.
With such an elite
field, this will be the first time in
10 years these golfers have
played in Alabama.
This is also the only time you
will see them all together for four
days, Woods said.
Although this is not classified
as a major it will serve as one,
ne LPGA
divided, Woods said.
There will also be a student day
where you
can bring your student
I.D. and get in free, but
this date has not been
set, Woods said.
The LPGA staff
is still recruiting vol­unteers
and stresses
the importance of
community involve­ment.
"We can't put on
an event of this size
without community involvement.
There is something for everyone,"
he said.
To volunteer, you pay $40 and
get an Izod polo shirt, a hat,
meals for the week and free pass­es
for friends, and you can get on
the grounds for the entire week.
If you work three shifts, you get
one free round of golf, and if you
work five you get two rounds of
golf.
"We'll take volunteers as long
as we can, we want everyone to
get involved, but if you want to
get involved it's best to call our
office at 741-9900 or e-mail lind-sayw@
mindspring.com, and
we'll send you an application
right away," Woods said.
Some of the committees are fill­ing
up, and some are already full,
so if you want to get involved act
now, Woods said.
The tournament also offers
exposure on a national level.
Lifetime Television will air the
tournament and Southern Living
will do a spread on the event to
increase the awareness of breast
cancer.
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What do you get when you cross Dennis
Rodman with Deion Sanders?
Here's a hint. In 1997, he was a starter at
right cornerback in all 13 games, had 46 total
tackles, and 12 broken-up passes.
Antwoine Nolan, the colorful 5-foot-9-inch,
184-pound cornerback, can
usually be found yelling,
shouting and motivating
on the field, whether he is
playing or not.
He also loves Power
Rangers.
"My Power Ranger.
Every game, every Tiger
walk, if he is not in my
pocket, he's on the side­line
with me, sitting on the bench with me,"
Nolan said. "And everybody respects that.
They laugh at it, but it's growing on everybody,
so if I'm missing it, say like in one game I lost
it on the Tiger Walk I lost the Ranger, and it
really may be coincidence, but I didn't really
have a good game.
"But the next week, I had two or three more
Rangers that the players bought me, so it's
been with me ever since," Nolan said.
On the field, though, Nolan himself is an
action figure, but not only with his play
"This year, I'm trying to focus upon being a
leader. With the losses that we've had in the
past two years, it's about time that somebody
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stepped forward and took on that role, with
Takeo leaving early, and the incidents with
Robert Baker and Martavius Houston, and the
quarterback change," Nolan said.
"The program now, we need leaders every­where,"
Nolan said.
"Offense, defense, on the field and off the
field. So, what I am focusing on, especially
over the summer, is to get that role taken care
of," he said.
Nolan is already a leader off the field, espe­cially
in the world of Ghostface and Little
Dirty, his pet snakes.
"They are my world, right there. I had to
have a friend keep them for a while, and for
two or three nights I couldn't sleep in my
room, because, I mean, I'm lonely without my
snakes," Nolan said.
Little Dirty is named after himself. He had
acquired the nickname "Dirty" in high school.
"Being the smallest guy on the field, I had to
gain some respect," Nolan said.
"Receivers come up and look at me and say
'oh, he's 5-foot-9 and 180 so I won't be so
aggressive'," Nolan said. "The name 'Dirty'
came with my aggressive