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Accident hospitalizes student, TKE suspended
BY CASSIE WALKER
News Staff
A freshman girl is in satisfactory condi­tion
at University Hospital at the
University of Alabama Birmingham after
an early-morning incident at the Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity house.
TKE has been temporarily suspended
pending an investigation into the acciden­tal
fall that took place Saturday.
The student's name has been withheld
pending an investigation into possible
sexual assault.
According to a preliminary investiga­tion
by the Auburn University
Department of Public Safety, the incident
involved consumption of alcohol.
Fraternities must adhere to
Interfraternity Council policies regarding
alcohol at social functions. These policies
forbid the consumption of alcoholic bev­erages
by minors.
On Monday, Grant Davis, assistant vice
president for student life, announced the
temporary suspension of TKE in a letter to
the its national office.
Davis cited failures to abide by IFC alco­hol
and risk management polices, to
obtain a chapter adviser and to pay
assessments to the Interfraternity Council.
Davis said TKE would also be subject to
a review by the University Committee of
Fraternities and Sororities for violating
IFC policies.
"They could be subject to a variety of
things as liabilities," Davis said. Possible
liabilities could be withdrawal of
University recognition of TKE, restructur­ing
the way the fraternity operates or
community service.
Alan Chappelle, president of TKE, said,
"Our main concern is the well-being of the
girl who was injured."
Jim Hardin, assistant director of Foy
Student Union and IFC adviser, said all
TKE activities were "shut down" until the
investigation was completed. Residents
of the TKE house on 554 W. Thach Ave.
will be allowed to continue living in the
fraternity house.
In his letter, Davis notified the TKE
national office that the fraternity house
could possibly be vacated on order of the
University if there is any further indiscreu
tion. The house is on University property
leased to the fraternity.
Davis said, "The University and IFC
have policies and programs in place
designed to promote a safe environment
for educational and social development,
but on some occasions students do not
make wise decisions."
Chappelle said, "Right now we are not
concerned with what happens to us."
Special Olympics hosts athletes
BY AMBER JACKSON
Staff Writer
On a chilly Saturday morning, a
group of special athletes from Lee
County competed at the
University.
The 30th Annual Auburn
Invitational Special Olympics
Track and Field Competition was
held at Wilbur Hutsell Track, on
April 17.
The activities started with the
Parade of Athletes, led by the
Auburn Air Force ROTC color
guard. The Special Olympics flag
was carried in the parade by
Special Olympian Jordan Hunt
from Auburn.
John Hutling, Special Olympics
Alabama program director, wel­comed
everyone to the day's
events. The Special Olympics
oath was recited by Auburn City
Teacher of the Year Ginger
Hughes.
With about 200 volunteers, the
athletic events ran smoothly. A
majority of the volunteers were
members of Auburn's fraternities
and sororities. These volunteers
helped the athletes during their
events and made sure they went
to the awards table to receive the
ribbons they earned.
Ralph Teague, interim director
of the Auburn area Special
Olympics, said, "I am pleased
with the turnout of volunteers.
Today would not have been such a
success without them."
The friendly competition
included events such as a 25-
meter walk, 100-meter race walk,
50-meter dash, 100-meter run,
Jill Andrews dies
despite transplant
THINH NGUYEN/Assislant Photo Editor
Cheryl Hively wins second place in the standing long jump competition at her first Special Olympics.
shot put, standing long jump, run­ning
long jump, a Softball throw,
and the day ended with the 400-
meter relay.
All 125 athletes were competi­tive,
but in the end everyone
cheered and encouraged each
other.
These athletes are students from
Alexander City, Auburn and Lee
County schools. They brought
their teachers, families and friends
along for encouragement.
Teague said, "The smiles on the
athletes' faces make it all worth
it."
By the end of the day, everyone
who competed received a ribbon
for participating. Awards were
given out through sixth place in
some events, depending on the
number of students involved. No
events had more than six children
participating. This way no one
went home empty handed, and
everyone felt like a winner.
This year's event was such a
success that there are plans
already being made for next year's
Special Olympics.
Teague said next year's event will
be held during the week, probably
on a Friday. That way more stu­dents
will be able to participate.
"This year many schools could
not let their students out due to
them switching to semesters and
they are involved in testing at this
time," Teague said.
BY JENNIFER MCCULLARS
Assistant Campus Editor
There was a standing-room only
crowd as friends and family gath­ered
at the First Baptist Church of
Andalusia to say goodbye to Jill
Spann Andrews.
Andrews, a 27-year-old wife and
mother of an 18-month old baby
named Jake, died March 16 from
complications after undergoing a
bone marrow transplant. She suf­fered
from Hodgkin's Disease.
In November, the SGA held an
emergency bone marrow drive to to
find Andrews a match.
"We knew the chances of finding
a match were like finding a needle
in a haystack, but we thought it
might help someone else even
though we didn't find one for Jill,"
Martha Watson, Andrews' mother-in-
law, said.
Andrews eventually found a
donor and had a bone marrow
transplant on Feb. 12.
Her body accepted the bone mar­row
and things were going well,
Watson said.
"On the 13th and 14th she was
walking down the hall with her
mask over her face with Baby Jake
helping her push her IV bag," she
said.
ANDREWS
"Then, we
started seeing
complications."
First, she had
trouble breath­ing
and had to
be put on a res­pirator,
Watson
said.
Her kidneys
started to fail,
and she had to be placed on kidney
dialysis. Her liver eventually start­ed
to fail as well, she said.
"Jill was fighting so hard and we
didn't want to give up on her,"
Watson said. "But, at the same
time, she didn't want to just lay
there and linger and linger and
linger if there was no hope.
"The whole family had gathered^
Jill's and our family, and we all got
to say goodbye. We were fortunate
that, with God's blessing, we were
all there."
Amanda Bradley, who grew up
with Jill and was a lifelong friend,
said she found out Jill died through
e-mail.
"I knew, fr6m my own intuition,
it wasn't going to be long," she
said.
"In her final days her faith was
her rock. She just really had peace,"
Bradley said.
Two graduation
services to be held
Lottery will move to public vote
BY TOMMY PEAVY
News Staff
State senators voted last week to
pass Gov. Don Siegelman's lottery
plan.
The vote from senators follows a
similar passing vote from
Alabama's House of
Representatives last month.
Siegelman's controversial and
much-anticipated plan will allow
:or Alabama's state constitution to
•>e changed to allow for a state lot­tery.
With favorable votes from
joth Senate and House members,
the lottery plan's future will be
jut into the hands of Alabama's
voters.
A special election will be held,
ikely in the fall, in which
Alabama's voters will decide
whether or not Alabama needs a
state lottery.
The lottery is expected to raise
an estimated $150 million toward
)llege scholarships, prekinder-garten
classes, and school comput­ers.
Lawmakers will be asked to
vote this Spring on four enabling
acts that are expected to set the
framework for the lottery.
Siegelman's enabling acts are
expected to follow the same pat­tern
as the state lottery in Georgia.
"The enabling acts haven't been
released, but I assume it will be
architected after Georgia's lottery
system," said Sen. Ted Little, D-Aubum.
Georgia's lottery system
allowed for such programs as the
HOPE scholarship. The scholar­ship
was designed to allow in­state
students with at least a B
average in to receive tuition fund­ed
by the lottery.
Siegelman's lack of a solid
framework to the lottery thus far
has become a concern to some law
makers however.
"I haven't seen them (enabling
acts) yet," said Rep. Mike
please see LOTTERY, A3
Senate Approves Lottery
The Alabama Senate has approved
Siegelman's lottery. 24 votes (69%) were
in favor, with 11 votes (31%) in opposition
DAVID PATTON/Assistant Business Manager
BY ALICE HAYGOOD
Staff Writer
For the first time in Auburn his­tory,
the school will split gradua­tion
into two separate ceremonies
instead of the one.
"We've reached the point where
we can't handle the graduates that
are leaving," said Lynne
Hammond, secretary to the Board
of Trustees. "This is the highest
number on record."
Students graduating in the
Colleges of Agriculture,
Architecture, Design and
Construction and Business are
scheduled to walk at a 10 a.m. ser­vice.
Those receiving diplomas from
the schools of Forestry, Human
Sciences, Liberal Arts and
Mathematics will graduate at 2
p.m.
The College of Veterinary
Medicine and the School of
Pharmacy will continue to hold its
services earlier in the day.
In previous years, all students
graduated at a single 2:30 p.m. cer­emony.
By splitting the ceremonies, the
Graduation Committee hopes to
cut down on the length of the cere-;
mony, said Sidney James, chair-;
man of the committee.
"This sounds good to me," saict
Sharla Livingston, a senior irC
architecture. "I had some friends!
last year who said it was really!
long."
The reduced ceremony is expect­ed
to last only 1 1/2 hours, as
compared to the average three-!
hour service, said University
President William V. Muse.
The split-graduation decision
came because of seating elimina­tion
in Beard-Eaves Memorial
Coliseum. The approximately
2,000 spring graduates "just won't
fit," Muse said.
"We've been encountering this
problem for a while now because
most students will bring six or
seven guests to watch them," Muse
said.
Safety concerns also factor into
the Graduation Committee's com­mencement
day ceremony.
"We were very concerned about
the aisles getting blocked and the
doorways," James said. "If there
was a medical emergency, the doc-please
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S t a f f W r i t er
Jocelyn Elders, former U. S. Surgeon
General, will be s p e a k i n g in A u b u r n April 27.
Elders is p a r t of a College .of Education con­ference
on "Race, Poverty, Health and Health
Care in the N ew Millennium."
She will take p a r t in an interactive panel dis­cussion
with other health specialists, as well as
a d d r e s s the issue of h e a l th care in t h e 21st cen­tury.
Renee Middleton, conference coordinator
and College of Education director of admis­sions,
said, "She will talk about h ow she views
health care now a n d . . . her perceptions of
where we need to b e headed."
As the first African American woman to hold
the position of surgeon general, Elders made
health care a priority.
"She has a lot of information because of her
role as surgeon general a n d initiatives she con­tinues
as a physician.
"She understood where w e n e e d e d to g o as a
nation in terms of h e a l th care," Middleton said.
The conference, held
at the Auburn University
Hotel and Conference
Center, will be broadcast
n a t i o n w i d e and made
available via t h e Internet.
It is one p a r t of the
College of Education out­reach
office's initiative to
connect itself with the
needs and interests of the
community, Middleton said.
Walter Williams, director of minority health
for the Centers of Disease Control, will speak
in the morning.
ELDERS
Williams, the keynote speaker for t he morn­ing,
will focus on general health care condi­tions
in Alabama and h ow it impacts the com­munity
and t he n e e d s of children.
Tricia Darrah, a junior in secondary educa-tion,
said she believes health care is a major
issue facing teachers today.
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home into the schools. "Teachers have to
deal with more than the ABCs today," Darrah
said.
The conference's afternoon panel discussion
and speech by Elders will look at the impact of
health care on a national level.
Middleton said, "It is a way to connect us
with the nation.
"The things we're struggling with in
Alabama are the things every state is strug­gling
with."
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Muse appoints review committee
BY RICHARD WHATLEY
Staff Writer
On April 7, University President William
Muse appointed a committee of 14 people to
review policies of The Auburn Plainsman.
The Board of Student Communications
Policy Review Committee consists of faculty,
university staff, students, and professional
journalists or those associated with journal­ism.
"Obviously, we had a number of questions
raised in the winter quarter about the Comm
Board and the actions or resolutions it had
passed concerning the editor of The
Plainsman," Muse said.
Last quarter, Editor Lee Davidson was cen­sured
by the Comm Board because of the
paper's coverage and editorials on the SGA
and Board of Trustees.
"It is certainly timely," chairman of Comm
Board, Grant Davis said. "This is an educa­tional
environment, and it is very timely and
prudent on Dr. Muse's part to review this in
light to some of the the things that have hap­pened
this year."
"What I have asked the committee to do is
study the issue on what should be the respon­sibilities
and the authority of the
Communications Board and clarify, if it needs
to be clarified. And to look at the editorial poli­cies
of The Auburn Plainsman and give me
advice about whether or not there should need
to be changes in that set of policies," Muse
said.
The committee appointees were notified on
April 7, by mail along with the
Communications Board policies and The
Auburn Plainsman editorial policies for
research. The members did have a choice to be
a part of the committee or not.
One member of the committee, Roy
Summerford, editor of the AU Report, said he
believes the committee can come up with a
policy that will be beneficial to The Auburn
Plainsman and students.
Another member is Judy Sheppard, profes­sor
of journalism, who said she has been fol­lowing
the coverage of the Comm Board and
The Auburn Plainsman dispute. She has also
had Davidson in some courses she has taught,
she said.
"My immediate sense of the whole thing is
that I have always thought it was kind of
incongruous for an editor to be selected by
vote," Sheppard said. "A popular vote seems
COMM BBARD
REVIEW C O M M I TT E M
BETT/E BURKHALTEft
vice president of Student Affairs
and chair of the committee
LEE ARMSTRONG
AU General Counsel
DENNIS BAILEY
general counsel,
Association
Alabama Press
JOE DISTELHEIM
editor of The Huntsville Times
BILL KELLER
president of the Alabama Press
! Association
JUDY SHEPPARD
journalism professor
JOHN W. STEVENSON
publisher of The Randolph Leader in
Roanoke
ROY SUMMERFORD
editor of AU Report
HOWARD THOMAS
textile engineering professor
Student Members
WARREN SEASON
MARCUS LITTLES
JOHN SCOTT
SARA HAZLETT
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odd for that kind of job. 1 am leaning toward
some other way to choose the editor."
Policies like these and more will be dis­cussed
by the members of the committee.
Muse set the deadline for the committees
response to the policy reviews by May 28.
"It seemed to me apparent there was some
disagreement, lack of understanding, uncer­tainty
of the proper role of the coordination of
the Comm Board and its authority." Muse
said.
Sara Hazlett, a senior in pre-med microbiol­ogy
and a member of the Presidential Student
Leadership Council, was also appointed to the
committee by Muse.
"I feel like I was selected to represent the
average students because I have an open mind
going into this. I just want the best for the stu­dent
body and for the University as a whole. I
do not have a lot of pre-conceived ideas,"
Hazlett said.
Muse said he asked the vice president of
Student Affairs to nominate some students
and the chairman of the faculty senate to sug­gest
some faculty members. And then Muse
asked Jerry Brown, the head of the journalism
department, for suggestions on journalists in
the state who could serve on the committee as
well.
Joe Distelheim, editor of The Huntsville
Times, is another member of the committee.
"I have taken some interest in the Auburn
journalism program," Distelheim said. "1 have
been down there several times and am well
acquainted with Dr. Brown. I am also a mem­ber
of the Alabama Press Association
Foundation, which is the separate arm of the
APA whose mission is to help in journalism
education."
Committee member Dennis Bailey,
Montgomery attorney who represents the
APA in legal matters, said it is obvious hV
policies were written in the early 1980s, possi­bly
earlier, and are sorely in need of revision.
Sheppard said, "I am not hostile at all
towards the student government, but I think it
is important that people understand the gov­ernment
and the press are very separate enti­ties.
"
The other committee members are Bettye
Burkhalter, vice president of Student Affairs
and chair of the committee; John W.
Stevenson, publisher of The Randolph Leader
in Roanoke; Bill Keller, executive director of
the Alabama Press Association; AU General
Counsel Lee Armstrong; textile engineering
faculty member Howard Thomas; and stu­dents
Marcus Littles, John Scott and Warren
Beason.
Hubbard, R-Aubum. "I find it
amazing that people can vote on
something they haven't even seen
yet."
The possibility of a state lottery
has become a hot topic for law­makers
and citizens of Alabama.
Strong feelings from both pro and
anti-lottery groups have persisted
at Alabama's state capitol in
Montgomery and around the
state.
"Those who are for the lottery
are ecstatic right now and those
who are against it are prepared to
fight till the end at the ballot box,"
said Rep. Jack Venable, D-Tallassee,
an Auburn trustee.
Venable said the proposed lot­tery
plan has its problems.
"At Auburn, for instance, we
price in-state tuition at one-third
of the actual cost. The lottery will
put state colleges in the position
to find the other two-thirds,"
Venable said.
"Another problem is that the
University of Georgia is funded
from $500 to $1,000 per student
more than Alabama funds
Auburn University and the
University of Alabama," he said.
Despite some questions about
the proposed lottery, many peo­ple
around Alabama remain opti­mistic.
"I really anticipated the lottery
bill would pass," Little said. "I
felt as though the people of
"I find it amazing that
people can vote on
something they haven't
even seen yet."
MIKE HUBBARD
Representative, R- Auburn
Alabama wanted to be able to
vote on this issue."
If the state Legislature votes on
Siegelman's enabling bills, a pub­lic
vote would come at least 90
days after the end of the legisla­tive
session. By law, a vote on the
lottery could come as soon as
Sept. 14.
In related news, state senators
killed a plan that would allow
video poker and other gambling
machines inside Alabama's four
dog tracks. Senators voted 14-20
to refuse the video poker propos­al.
Senators then voted 15-18 in
refusing to erase the previous
vote, officially killing the propos­al.
The video poker proposal
began in hope that Alabama dog
tracks could compete with the
popular casinos in Mississippi.
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tors have to get in there."
The only other alternative to
dividing graduation was to move
the ceremony to the Jordan-Hare
Stadium, Muse said.
"But there would be problems
there, too. Nobody wants to sit in
the rain or even the heat for a
graduation service," Muse said.
Although the stadium is not an
option for the spring ceremony, it
will be considered a possibility
for graduation in 2001, after the
semester switch.
Graduating seniors will receive
a letter explaining the commit­tee's
decision from Registrar John
Fletcher.
Information about graduation
times is included in the notice.
The letter should arrive within
the next week, James said.
James said he feels positive
about the switch, but is interested
in how students feel about it.
"We really want feedback from
students on this," James said. "We
plan to give student surveys after
graduation to see other people's
reactions."
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BY CLARKE PITTS
Staff Writer
Existing state law prohibits
elected officials from participating
in state retirement systems, but a
bill passed recently by the state
Senate may change that.
The Senate's filibuster against
Gov. Don Siegelman's state lottery
proposal continued in the
Wednesday, April 14, session.
Thursday, April 15, this filibuster
was interrupted at 3 a.m. for a vote
on a bill that would allow elected
officials to participate in a retire­ment
system.
The bill passed 21-8. It proposes
"to phase out existing supernu­merary
programs and provide that
public officials may participate in
the Employee's Retirement
System."
Sen. E. B. McClain, the bill's
sponsor said, "This was required
as a
Constitutional
amendment. It
is the same
one that was
on the ballot a
couple of years
ago and was
barely defeat­ed."
McClain
said the bill
will allow elected officials to con­tribute
to the state pension plan.
He said, "The purpose of this bill
is to get rid of the supernumerary
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Alabama leads nation in
toddler immunization rate
BY MIKE DELAUNE
Staff Writer
Alabama leads the country in
immunizations, with 87 percent of
2-year-olds vaccinated, 11 percent
above the national average.
The National Immunization
Survey, implemented in April 1994,
monitors vaccination coverage lev­els
as part of a national program to
ensure high vaccination percent­ages.
"Alabama has such high immu­nization
rates because state law
says children must be fully vacci­nated
before they can start school,"
said Linda Anz, president of the
Alabama chapter of the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
Daycare centers also require
immunizations.
Donald Williamson, state health
officer, said "Barring catastrophe,
Alabama should reach its year-
2000 goal of having 90 percent of 2-
year-olds adequately immunized."
Children require several series of
vaccinations before they can start
school.
The survey looked at the 4:3:1:3
series. This means the child has
had:
• Four or more doses of DTP-DT
(diphtheria and tetanus toxoids
and pertussis vaccine/diphtheria
and tetanus toxoids).
• Three or more doses of
poliovirus vaccine.
• One or more doses of the
measles-containing vaccine.
• Three doses of Haemophilus
influenza Type B vaccine.
"You can't get immunized with
one shot so it is important to finish
up each series," said Barbara
Wilder, assistant professor of nurs­ing.
Wilder said having all children
properly vaccinated can contain
certain diseases.
"People in their 40s and 50s were
all vaccinated tor smallpox. By giv­ing
the vaccinations small pox was
erased. Polio is also following that
trend," he said.
Countries without standardized
immunization practices still have
problems with these diseases and
others controlled in the United
States.
"It is much easier to prevent a
disease than to treat it," Wilder
said.
"The whole health care industry is
moving toward disease prevention
because it is safer and more cost
effective."
Anz also suggests adults keep up
to date with their immunizations.
programs.
"The Constitution prohibits
elected officials from participating
in state retirement programs,"
Sen. Lowell Barron said. "A few
years ago Sen. Howell Heflin got
this removed for judges."
Barron said, "(The bill) will stop
drains on counties being ham­mered
by money being drawn out
of supernumerary programs, and
it will make all elected officials eli­gible
to participate in a retirement
program.
"A lot of county officials step
down and continue receiving pay
through these supernumerary
programs. This is a back-door way
of getting retirement."
Sen. Curt Lee voted against the
bill. "I voted against it because it
was brought up at 3:30 in the
morning," he said.
"I'm not saying that it was a bad
bill," Lee said. "I didn't like the
appearance of the timing. There
was never any debate over it."
With the supernumerary pro­grams,
officials receive money
without having paid anything in.
Barron said, "Everyone that par­ticipates
in this retirement pro­gram
will pay the same amount
out of their salary."
The bill allows people already
participating in the supernumer­ary
program to continue doing so.
Anyone taking public office after
the effective date of this amend­ment
will not be eligible for super­numerary
programs.
House to consider Siegelman
promise to raise teacher pay
BY SCOTT PARROTT
Staff Writer
Last Wednesday, a state House
committee unanimously approved
a bill that will raise Alabama's
teacher salaries to the national
average.
The House Ways and Means
Committee approved a bill that
will raise the salaries of Alabama
teachers over a five-year span,
starting in the fiscal budget for
2001.
Twenty percent of the difference
will be funded in the fiscal 2001
budget and another 20 percent in
each of the following four years.
Gov. Don Siegelman promised
the boost in teacher salaries during
his campaign.
The pay raise wi|l only affect
teacher salaries, leaving the
salaries of principals, superinten­dents
and higher education teach­ers
unaffected.
Rep. Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn,
said he would like to see the raise
in teacher salaries, but does not
know how it would be funded.
"I think we should put his
(Siegelman's) feet up to the fire and
hold him to his campaign
promise," Hubbard said.
Hubbard said he would like to
see the faculty of higher learning
establishments included in the bill.
Alabama Education Association
Executive Secretary Paul Hubbert
said the average teacher salary for
Alabama teachers is about $35,800
annually, compared to the national
average of $42,800.
"Students graduating from
Auburn in education can cross the
imaginary line into Georgia and
make up to five thousand dollars
more, said Hubbert, who is back­ing
the bill.
The bill is being sponsored by
Rep. Betty Carroll Graham, D-Alexander
City. Giaham said K-12
salaries should be brought to the
national average over a five-year
span, but the salaries of higher
education teachers are being debat­ed
at this time.
Siegelman sent a letter to
Graham saying he wants a pre-cer­tification
test for teachers, teacher
evaluations and a process of
removing ineffective school princi­pals.
Hubbert said these policies
are already in effect in some areas.
Raising Alabama's teacher
salaries to the national average will
cost taxpayers and estimated $750
million.
The bill will possibly be consid­ered
bv the full House this session.
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Campaign law reform on horizon in House
BY BEN NEWBERN
Staff Writer
Two key bills in Alabama Secretary of State
Jim Bennett's election reform package will be
sent to the House of Representatives for a sec­ond
reading, after passing a House committee
last Wednesday.
HB412, the Post-Election Fund-raising
Reform Bill, and HB413, the Code of Fair
Campaign Conduct Bill, are being pushed by
Bennett as part of his election reform package
and are being sponsored by Rep. Riley
Seibenhener, R-Hartford.
HB412 closes a loophole in Alabama cam­paign
finance law that allows candidates not to
count any leftover money in their campaign
accounts against the amount owed.
HB412 would require that the amount that
can be raised during the debt fund-raising
period be reduced by the amount of assets held
by the candidate's campaign committee.
HB413 sets standards of decency for candi­dates
running for public office
Bennett, in an article originally published in
the Mobile Register on March 7, outlines a
dozen major changes in Alabama's campaign
laws.
Included in the package are the Voter
Identification Bill, a proposed cap on campaign
contributions and a bill to move Alabama's
presidential primary back to March.
Seibenhener said full disclosure by political
candidates is necessary in the
state.
"I think the public has a
right to know your finances,
who's financing your cam­paign,"
he said.
Seibenhener also said he
was led by personal experi­ence
over a campaign contri­bution
he received from the
Alabama Education
Association.
"I was given a donation by
AEA after I won. After I
returned the donation, I told
them I did not have a debt, '
and I was told there was a way to get around
that, that I could create a debt. I thought that
was wrong," Seibenhener said.
Both bills passed the House Constitution
and Elections Committee with strong support
and will be sent to the full House with five
other bills in the Bennett election reform pack­age.
REP.
"There was a lot of discussion about it, a lot
of support for it. I was really surprised it came
out of committee," Seibenhener said.
The passage of the bill doesn't mean an end
to the loopholes in Alabama's campaign
- finance laws.
"There are some
ways you can still get
around this. You can do all
sorts of things to hedge
around the law. This just
closes one of the loopholes,"
Seibenhener said.
. He said HB412 could
face an uphill battle in the
House if sent back to anoth­er
committee.
"I think if it makes it
to the House floor, I believe
it will pass. But, if it runs
into trouble getting to the
floor, it has a 50-50 chance. I have friends in the
Rules Committee, but it depends on if the lead­ership
wants it onto the agenda," he said.
The secretary of state's Web site features
information on the Bennett election reform
package. On the site, Bennett said he believes
the 1999 regular session represents the best
chance at its passage in the next four years.
"I think the public has
a right to know your
finances, who's
financing your
campaign »
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Council approves controversial liquor license
BY JAMIE PILARCZYK
Staff Writer
Topping discussion at the
Auburn City Council meeting
Tuesday night was the approval of
an alcoholic beverage license for the
Auburn Ale House.
To be located at 124 Tichenor
Ave., the Auburn Ale House would
sit across from the First Baptist
Church of Auburn.
"The church was notified and
they discussed it at their church
meeting," City Manager Doug
Watson said. "They had no objec­tion
to it, probably since the
entrance is off the parking deck in
back.
"They are putting half a million
dollars into it, so it will be a nice
restaurant," Watson said. "They
just happen to brew their own
beer."
Michael Ray Chavez of the
Auburn Ale House, Inc. said it
should not take long to build.
"We should be open Aug. 1, or a
little bit sooner," Chavez said.
Another major topic of discus­sion
at the council meeting
involved debate about the Moores
CHRIS COMPTON/Photo Editor
The Auburn City Council approved a liquor license for the Auburn
Ale House Tuesday night. The business will be located here on
Tichenor Avenue across from Auburn First Baptist Church.
Mill Golf Club.
The question involved the rezon-ing
of the residential development
surrounding the golf course.
"There would be 380 dwelling
units with a density of 1.5 units an
acre," Planning Director Kelly
Templin said. "The total property
includes 252 acres."
"A good portion of it is golf
course," Templin said, "that winds
its way through the development."
Peter Probst of 1854 Hillbrook
Circle voiced his concern.
"This development will add to
the density and traffic in the area,"
Probst said.
Councilman David Cicci was
concerned about the access to the
golf course for the public not living
in the development.
"You can't go out and walk in the
evening with your kids and your
dog," Cicci said. "1 have a problem
with that."
And so the unanimous consent
necessary to pass the rezoning rec­ommendation
was not met.
The council will vote on it again
at the next meeting in two weeks.
"Next time it will just need a
majority vote," Mayor Bill Ham
said. "And I expect that it will
pass."
In other action the council:
• presented the steering committee
and volunteers of the Hickory
Dickory Park
• approved the rezoning of proper­ty
located on the north side of
Beehive Road and west of U.S.
Highway 29, to be used for com­mercial
retail frontage.
• approved the annual report of
the Alabama Department of
Environmental Management's
Municipal Water Pollution
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Lowder Still • • •
Mr. Robert Lowder, for the good of Auburn University, please resign from the Board of Trustees.
Gov. Don Siegelman, for the good of Auburn University, please do notreappoint Lowder to the Board of Trustees. : : ; • : :
Graduation split not worth the time
T
• he time saved by splitting grad-
• uation services into two parts is
• « • not worth the cost of dividing
friends and family on students'
most important day in their college career.
The University's reticence to announce
this change of plans is more than a frustra­tion
for graduating seniors, it indicates a
last-minute surprise approach to organiza­tion
and planning that typifies Auburn.
That is a much more serious problem. It
is understandable that changes must occur
to accommodate larger graduating class­es,
but the shotgun approach taken by
administrators was not well-advised.
For the first time in Auburn's his­tory,
there will be two separate
graduation services on June 11.
Colleges of agriculture, archi­tecture,
business and education
will graduate at 10 am. All
other colleges will graduate in a
service held at 2 p.m.
Invitations printed thus far
announce a 2:30 p.m. gradua­tion.
This is inaccurate informa­tion.
But it's still out there, and
students are being asked to mail
out correction cards to inform
guests of the appropriate change
in time.
The inconvenience of resched­uling
with relatives or rerouting
out-of-town guests is a nuisance
as will be the difficulty in com­bining
graduation celebrations
with students from different colleges and
majors.
It's bad enough that this change is taking
place with minimal notice, leaving stu­dents
to scramble to reserve hotel rooms
for guests they thought could just drive in
Auburn the same day, but now must
arrive earlier to make a morning service.
But it is perhaps worse that the change
was made without consideration of stu­dent
opinion.
This adds more insult to injury, because
the university didn't make a formal
announcement about any of this.
Rumors have circulated since
early winter quarter suggesting one
course of action versus another. And
now, with less than two months
before graduation, the University
just mentions the fact and assumes
this will serve as an adequate
introductioft to a major change,
affecting many students
on campus.
This does not allow
for a sufficient time frame
for students and families to
readjust.
The last-minute timing of
this by the University
implies one of two things.
Either extremely poor time
management is to blame
which makes the University
look foolish for not realizing
the problem of having too
many students trying to
graduate at an earlier
time, or neglect to con­sider
student opinion is
to blame.
Neither is good.
Lee Davidson
Lottery may not deliver promised goods
Maybe I think too much, but
what good would a lottery
actually do for Alabama?
Sure it seems so harmless:
eyes panning tickets spread
across the table, heart beating
in anticipation, the hope of
winning it all.
Is the state lottery the great
equalizer of the masses?
Isn't this the one time every­one
has a fair shot at making
it?
Granted the odds aren't in
your favor, but might that 11th
ticket be the big winner?
It all seems so easy, so sim­ple,
so perfect. And don't the
lottery profits go toward social
betterment, in particular
schools? So why is the lottery
not right for Alabama?
Let's start with that lotteries
are perhaps the most ineffi­cient
way of raising funds for
government programs.
Lotteries are popular alterna­tives
(37 states and D.C. have
state lotteries) to taxes for
obvious reasons. Because those
most likely to play state lotter­ies
are the poor­er
and less-edu­cated
members
of society (those
least able to
afford loss of
income), the
general public
rarely sees the
negative aspects
of state-spon­sored,
pro-lottery advertising
campaigns.
The promises of quick riches
and seemingly vast wealth
will soon be advertised on
Alabama billboards, TV and
radio.
These state lottery commis­sions
are not subject to the
Federal Trade Commission,
nor does the Better Business
Bureau monitor them.
They are only regulated by
their state governments that
depend on their revenues for
the state's budget.
Obviously, it is not in the
state's best interest to put
restrictions on advertising —
only a handful of lottery-host­ing
states cur­rently
do.
The state of
Alabama is not
trying to get into
the lottery busi­ness
to better
our schools and
•n m m * • i » i universities, to
MaC MiraPlle help the elderly
or any other
claim it may make.
The state of Alabama wants
the lottery for one reason:
money.
Lei's look at where the
money from a typical state lot­tery
actually goes. From your
$1 ticket, more than 50 cents
will go to prize payouts, about
12 cents will pay operating
expenses (advertising and the
lottery commission).
Only about 34 cents actually
trickles back to the state as
profit. And very often, it is
very difficult to keep track of
where the government chooses
to allocate this new income.
Eventually lottery profits
simply become part of the
state's yearly income to be
divided up with the other
state revenues instead of sup­plementing
existing funds as
promised.
States without lotteries
spend on average 10 percent
more of their budget on edu­cation
than do states with lot­teries.
Do we want to spend
less?
Dreams of striking it rich
have their place in our society.
It's called Las Vegas.
You are rhore likely to find a
pearl in an oyster or be struck
by lightning than you are to
win a multi-million dollar
jackpot.
State lotteries are, in reality,
the antithesis of the American
Dream.
They are simply devices that
the state can trick its citizens
into gambling away their
income and unemployment
checks in hopes of hitting that
jackpot.
Mac Miranile is assistant Intrigue
alitor for The A uhurn Pla insman.
Which way is right in Alabama politics?
Don't you just love politicians in the
Heart of Dixie? They have successfully
become a Johnny Cash song.
The one on the right was on the left, and
the one in the middle was on the right and
the one on the left was in the middle and the
guy in the rear ... was a Methodist.
In case you missed it, the actions of
the Alabama Legislature and Auburn
Board of Trustees have more than
proven that in this fine state we find
ourselves emmersed in, nothing more
than political ties and personal vendet­tas
serve as motivation for legislative
and parliamentary action.
Political animosity prevailed upon the
stage.
If you don't believe me, look at the
last couple of weeks. In the state Senate,
the Republican party mounted a day
and night filibuster mounted to halt a
vote to decide if Alabama citizens could
choose their own destiny with the lot­tery.
Why? Politics as usual. It has to be,
because the only alternative is that the
party is opposed to the great democratic
system that elected them in the first
p l a < j e ' j
tlltt they took their politics seriously.
They take it so serious­ly
that discussion during
the filibuster ranged from
golf courses across the
state to college decisions
by various officials.
If they must delay the
democratic process in
such a blatant manner,
couldn't they at least dis­cuss
something relevant to
the matter to be voted on.
I'm sure a very intriguing conversa­tion
could have come about concerning
what Senator such-and-such would do
if he won the lottery, or better yet, a
high-stakes game of video poker could
have broken out.
Regardless, most anything would
have been more productive than the
pointless waste of time used to delay
the inevitable.
At least our Board of Trustees had
their minds in the right places. We all
know personal politics have no place in
the successful running of a major
American university.
Sure.
It's pretty much an agreed upon fact
that the economics Ph.D. was dropped
Matt Romano
out of personal spite
rather than for the greater
good of the University.
The little spat at the meet­ing
between Bobby
Lowder and John Denson
more than proved this to
be true.
They had a free-for-all.
After being successfully
shut out by the Eastern
Bloc, Denson excused himself from the
meeting.
The one on the right was on the bottom,
the one in the middle was on the top, the
one on the left got a broken arm, and the
guy in the rear said, "Oh dear."
Gentlemen, do us all a favor and take
Cash's words to heart.
If you have a political conviction, keep it
to yourself.
The reason the rest of the country
thinks Alabama and the rest of the
South is backwards isn't because of
some imaginary grudge held since 1865.
It's because of actions like that of the
past two weeks by the politicians of the
state that have been going on for the
past 200 years. (
Whether the topic is states' rights,
segregation, separation of church and
state, an education lottery or the funda­mental
mismanagement of a University,
the same old tired attitude remains.
It's not about what's right or wrong;
it's about who owns the biggest planta­tion.
No, it's not exclusive to Alabama, but
it is most prevalent and most exposed
deep down in the Heart of Dixie, and
until this changes not only will the rest
of the civilized world view this part of
the Union as backwards, it will be back­wards
and going nowhere fast.
I love living in the South. I was born
and raised in this part of the country,
and I will most likely see my last days
here too. Nothing can match the natural
beauty and personal hospitality found
in this little niche of the world.
Fortunately, nothing matches the poli­tics
found here either.
It's a shame that such a wonderful
region can continually be shamed by the
misuse of the political system that
helped shape the country we live in
today.
wUitt Romano is managing editor tor
The A uhurn Plainsman.
Board loses
7"-.
good man in
John Densdh
For members of the Board of Trustees,
integrity seems to be a rarely present
characteristic. One man dictates board
policy, and therefore university policy.
One man speaks for the 20,000 + people
at the University, inclusive of its presi­dent,
athletics director and football
coach.
However, at the most recent meeting
of the Board of Trustees, a critical, brave
voice was heard at what may have been
his final appearance as a trustee. The ,
voice belongs to trustee John Denson,
an attorney from Opelika.
Denson used his voice to counter
Robert Lowder in October when
Lowder pushed Terry Bowden out of
his coaching job.
Denson has exemplified strength and
grace throughout his term as a trustee.
He is in grand company with trustees
Emory Cunningham, Charles Glover
and Bessie Mae Holloway Together,
they have attempted to raise the stan­dard
of decency and ethics for members
of the Board of Trustees. They vote to
keep what is best for Auburn in the
forefront, and not with anticipation of
an expanded pocketbook.
At the most recent board meeting,
Denson asked for just one reason to cut
the doctorate program in economics.
Lowder's flock was able to offer little in
defense of the cut. Trustee Paul Spina
said he didn't want a dean to be forced
to find another program to cut from
within the College of Business. Lowder
agreed.
Then Denson cited reasons to save
the program, following suit with the
recommendation of President Muse and
the Program Review Committee.
There is little doubt the cut had any­thing
to do with the validity of preserv­ing
an economics doctorate program.
"This is a sad day for Auburn" was
among the departing words Denson
said as he left the meeting just after the
board voted to cut the program.
I agree. It is sad. It is sad to witness
the clearest example to date of Lowder
bullying the University. This is the most
tangible example of his controlling
power. With Terry Bowden's mid sea­son
"resignation" Lowder's silence left -
room for speculation for some.
But there is no doubt of microman-agement
this time. Eye contact says a
lot. Watching trustees plan their moves
cleverly aligning themselves against
Muse and Denson made their motives
clear. Shifty eyes darting from ally to
adversary reveal personal, not profes­sional,
intentions.
To those of you who have not attend­ed
a meeting of the Board of Trustees, I
strongly encourage you to attend. It
provides a birds-eye view to the under-workings
of this University. There is no
better way to understand or believe
how the board operates than to witness
it firsthand.
Watch the body language of its mem­bers
as they position themselves for
attack. Walk up to Lowder. Shake his
hand. Tell him your name and major.
Ask him what he envisions the Auburn
of the 21st century to be ...
Then you may better answer the
question: Should one man be the voice
of more than 20,000?
Lowder has only one voice, but he
has been allowed to let his voice over­power
the opinion of the silent majority.
Denson was a trustee with thoughts
and ideas independent from influence.
He voted the way he thought was right.
He stood up for the programs he
believed in. Because he supported the
Ph.D. in economics last fall, Denson
was publically punished for his belief,
and the program was cut just to spite
him.
However, what the cohesive majority
failed to recognize was that the eco­nomics
cut will hurt Auburn as a com­prehensive
University much more than
it will hurt Denson.
Lee Davidson i&edilorof
The Auburn Plainsman. s\
Thurstlay, April 22, 1999 Trie Auburn Plainsman A7
ON THE CONCOURSE
How do you feel about the change in graduation times?
Interviews and photos by Chris Compton, photo editor. TO THE
KEVIN SAUNDERS
Freshman, undecided
"That's stupid. Everyone
should graduate together."
MELANIE REESE
freshman, human andheaCth
development
"It's bad because you can't
graduate with friends, but it's
good because you can watch
friends."
MATT MULLINS
Junior, art
"It should work out because
people you know are in your
major. With so many people it
shouldn't matter."
PATRICK POINDEXTER
freshman, industrial and systems
engineering
"I'm not graduating this quarter,
but I think everyone should grad­uate
together. It should be a
group thing."
Ross SHARPE
Senior, language arts education
"It'll be pretty good. You won't
have to sit through one long ses­sion.
There will also be less traf­fic
after graduation. It'll be
great."
Ticket boycott could bring change
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman,
I have been at Auburn for 10
years and have bought faculty
season tickets to AU football for
each of those years. I have
always loved college football.
However, I will not buy tickets
this year. I refuse to allow my
money to be used as hush money
so the truth will never be learned
about the Terry Bowden fiasco.
I refuse to allow my money to
be used for the buyout of the
Florida State game, under the
pretense of protecting the poor
players from rehashing the con­troversy.
What a pathetic excuse.
The FSU alumnus who ran the
full-page "COWARDS" ad in this
newspaper several weeks ago,
was 100 percent correct. The ath­letic
administration knows it,
and so does Coach Tuberville.
If, by our silence, we sanction
the football program's continued
embarrassment of this
University, they'll never stop.
The Auburn football program
is morally and ethically bank­rupt;
it deserves no support.
Unfortunately, football rev­enues
serve to fund all of the
many other, truly deserving, ath­letic
programs at the University.
For me, the way out of this
dilemma will be to write a check
for my two season tickets, but
stipulate that it go to all Auburn
sports programs except football.
I know that this is merely a
drop in the bucket. But maybe if
it were repeated by thousands of
Auburn students, faculty, staff,
alumni, and fans, the AU athletic
administration would get the
message and put its moral and
ethical house in order.
Mark Fischman
Professor, health and human
performance
JASON KEY/Art Editor
Don't be fooled by false defense
Not too long ago, I was meet­ing
some new people and the
subject of martial arts came up.
And a female within the group
that I was talking to stated that
she practiced kickboxing. I
thought that this was wonderful.
I've been practicing Jeet Kune
Do Concepts that involves Thai
kickboxing for two years or so
and knew of its benefits and its
practicality on the streets. I asked
what type of kickboxing she does
and she said, "Cardio kickbox­ing."
People ... cardio kickboxing is
NOT self defense.
Don't get me wrong. I think
cardio kickboxing is a wonderful
form of exercise and a great way
for men and women to gain con­fidence
and build their self
image. It stresses the whole body
and will get anyone in shape very
quickly. I wish everyone would
try it and see for themselves the
benefits that can be attained. But,
it's ONLY A WORKOUT.
Women and men are getting
the idea that they are learning
fighting skills that can be applied
on the street. Yes, cardio kickbox­ing
is mainly based on the the
Korean martial art Tae Kwon Doe
and Western Boxing. Both are an
excellent form of fighting, but
neither is taught properly in the
cardio kickboxing workouts.
I don't see many health clubs
or video workouts (i.e. Tae Bo)
rigorously stressing the fact that
this is only a workout and NOT a
means of defense. This is a big
mistake because people are being
given a false sense of confidence.
This overconfidence is dangerous
because it is based on ignorance.
A street situation is unpre­dictable
and unless you've
trained extensively in all ranges
of combat (weapons, kicking,
punching, trapping, grappling)
you are ill equipped.
In fact, even if you've trained
all the ranges for years and years,
you're still not going to be 100
percent prepared for a street situ­ation.
I'm not saying that I'm an
expert in combat or that I've all
the answers. I never trained with
Steven Seagel, and I think Jean
Claude Van Dumb is a joke.
All I'm saying is that women
and men should know the facts.
If you are looking for a means of
self-defense, there are plenty of
sports clubs here at Auburn and
also periodic seminars sponsored
by the University that deal with
the issue.
I urge you to go to the clubs
and seminars that stress contact
and allow you a chance to try the
moves for yourself. Yes, contact.
I can recommend the Tun Fan
Martial Arts and the Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu clubs, and I'm sure other
clubs are just as good.
If you think you can watch
someone do some technique and
then do it yourself a month later,
you're badly mistaken. Also, if
you perform a technique once
and then think you can do it a
month later, you're mistaken
again. Self-defense is a skill, and
like any skill, it has to be prac­ticed.
Research instructors and ask
questions. I can't stress this
enough so I'll just have to repeat
it... Ask questions! Anybody that
professes to teach self-defense,
but doesn't allow you to ask
questions about their background
because, "it's disrespectful" is
obviously a fake.
Train hard and be safe.
Marc Yoon
Senior, finance
Jun Fan Martial Arts Club
Where's the love for
our national champs
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Editor, The Auburn Plainsman,
I am writing this letter to con­gratulate
the Auburn University
Men's Swimming and Diving
Team on winning the 1999
NCAA Division 1 National
Championship.
Congratulating the team, how­ever,
is not the main reason for
this letter. I am extremely disap­pointed,
as well as frustrated, in
the community and student body.
This team accomplished some­thing
no other Auburn team in
any sport has ever done in school
history. They won a second
national championship title. Not
only did they win their second
title, the won their second title in
three years. The only other
national title Auburn University
has ever won was earned by the
1957 football team.
On April 13,1999,1 attended
the "Celebration of the
Champions," the formal presen­tation
honoring the team's
national championship, at Beard-
Eaves Memorial Coliseum. I
counted just over 100 people in
attendance. Of those 100+ peo­ple,
most were either the Auburn
Women's Swim Team, the Tiger
Splashers, which is the student
support group, or the Auburn
Aquatics Swim Team, the age
group swimmers ranging in age
from 5 to 18.
Auburn University, as well as
this community, has known of
this celebration for nearly three
weeks. I did not see the first
University cheerleader. I did not
see Aubie. I did not see the
band. I did not see a coach or
team member from any other
University team. I could go on
and on listing people who should
have been present, but were not.
I moved to Opelika from
Tuscaloosa where I have wit­nessed
many celebrations of
national championships. When I
first moved to Opelika, I saw
bumper stickers, tie tacs, lapel
pins, and T-shirts that read
"Auburn Pride." I would ask
Auburn fans, supporters, stu­dents,
faculty and staff one ques­tion.
Is the support (or lack
thereof) you showed the Auburn
University Men's Swimming and
Diving Team on April 13,1999,
Auburn pride?
Al Mattox
Auburn aquatics father
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Asking for help is best way to heal
Being a guy, no one ever
warned me about sexual assault
happening to me. It never
crossed my mind ... not until after
his hand crossed my chest.
He was a friend in my commu­nity.
He was a trusted college
professor.
Here is the story:
I needed his signature for class
withdrawal, but he said he wasn't
going to be on campus for a few
days. When I offered to stop by
his place, he said it would be fine
and gave me directions; I put the
meeting on my checklist of
errands for the day.
I must note that I was with­drawing
from classes because of
stress from family deaths and
hardships because I believe he
used this fact to manipulate the
tone of my visit.
When he met me at the door,
he immediately gave me a hug. I
didn't think I needed one, but I
took it as a gesture of sympathy,
so I did not think it was too
strange. Until then in our rela­tionship,
he had done no more
than shake my hand.
He then invited me inside to sit
down. Sitting across from me he
asked more about my reasons for
withdrawal, so I tried to explain,
but because the reasons are too
emotional, I became distressed.
Seeing this, he rose from his
chair, leaned over and put his
arms around me to console me.
At this time, I was too disconcert­ed
to realize immediately what
he did, and I froze.
Is he rubbing his hand up and
down my back?
Yes, I think he may be.
Did his hand just slip under my
shirt?
No way. I don't think so.
He wouldn 't do tfiat.
Wait, do I feel his bare hand on my
Thinh Nguyen
back?
Yes, I think I do.
It feels too rough to be over my
shirt.
My God, his hand is on my chest.
What do I do now? What do I do?
This can't be happening.
Why is he doing this?
Is this really happening?
Yes, it was. I grabbed his fore­arm
and pushed the rest of his
arm out from under my shirt. I
said I had to leave, got up and
walked out the door without
looking at him.
Stop. Check your watch. The
amount of time it took you to
read the italics, if you read them
slowly, is about the actual dura­tion
of the assault, about 15 sec­onds.
Fifteen seconds may not sound
long to you, but it's 15 seconds
too long for someone's uninvited
hand to be under your shirt. Go
ahead. Check your watch. I've
checked mine several hundred
times.
Fortunately, I snapped out of
my daze and got out of the situa­tion.
Some people never unfreeze.
My perceptions of social norms
and restraints were being severe­ly
distorted, so nothing made
sense, not even reacting.
But after the assault, most
importantly, tell someone.
What helped me most was a
session at Student Counseling
Services. There I was able to
focus my confusion and anger
and decide my next course of
action. I talked to friends, family
and ministers, and they were all
supportive and caring.
I also wanted this incident to
be on some record, so I went to
the people at Student Affairs.
They helped me tremendously by
hearing my story and speaking
with the professor.
At my request, they also medi­ated
a face-to-face meeting with
him. Even though he denied the
assault, confronting him was part
of my healing process. And so is
this column.
Guys, speaking up might be
hard for you because you feel like
you are tough.
You wish you could beat up the
assailant. Maybe you could have
in a purely physical altercation. I
get my kicks and punches from
Muay Thai kickboxing, but I
think the only thing that might
have alerted me to such a subtle,
psychological attack would have
been caution through awareness.
Most guys don't think regularly
about sexual assault or harass­ment
happening to them. Most
girls are aware of its possibility
eveiy day. Maybe they are told
about it more often and for good
reason, but awareness programs
must address both men and
women as potential victims.
This is everyone's problem. In
my experience, I find it not gen­der
specific.
Thinh Nguyen is assistant photo
editor lorThe Aulium Plainsman.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Attend speakers on
sexual assault today at
6:30 pm. Program for
men is in Foy 213; for
women, Fpy Ballroom.
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Section B, 8 page:
Student-backed union
faces trustees in June
BY CATY HOUSTON
Assistant Campus Editor
Backed by student support, the
Foy Student Union Outlook
Committee hopes to present a
proposal at the June Board of
Trustees meeting for final
approval of a new Foy Student
Union.
"We have one more hurdle,"
Debbie Conner, director of Foy
Student Union, said.
"The next step is for the Foy
Student Union Outlook
Committee, consisting of all stu­dents,
to plan to approach Dr.
Muse to ask to be put on the
agenda of the next Board of
Trustee meeting," she said.
The next meeting is planned for
June 7. Conner said she feels
good about taking the proposal to
the board.
"I feel very
good about it
because with
the results of
the student
vote, the stu­dents
have
c l e a r l y
voiced their
support, and
I really believe the Board mem­bers
take the student voice seri­ously,"
Conner said. "It's a situa­tion
where students said we not
only want a new union, but we
will pay for one."
Conner said if the board
approves the project, the plan­ning
stages for the new union
will begin.
Asim Masood, chairman of the
Foy Student Union Outlook
Committee, also said he feels the
board will have no problem pass­ing
the proposal.
He said the current building
and the Aquatics Center were
both voted on by students and
were passed with no problem by
the board.
"I think in general the board is
CONNER
very student-friendly, and they
are probably going to listen to the
student vote," he said. "The bot­tom
line is it's good for Auburn.
It's new income and will not cost
Auburn anything."
He said if the board passes the
referendum the next step will be
to establish a building committee
who will discuss location and
design.
"Students will have a lot of
influence on how it will look and
on what Will be in it," Masood
said. "It will be far better than
what we have right now."
He said his major concern is
not the referendum passing the
board, but the location of a new
Foy
"I'm more concerned about the
site," Masood said. "It needs to
be in central campus to be suc­cessful
and all our options are
controversial. It is a complicated
issue."
Masood said funding for the
new student union will come
largely out of student fees, but
may be helped by a percentage of
sales from the new food court
and retail stores being brought to
War Eagle Cafeteria and Terrell.
However, he said this issue
would have to be worked out
between Sodexho Marriott and
the University.
"We are also going to try to
latch on the Auburn Foundation
capital campaign to solicit
money," Masood said. "This is
not guaranteed. In order for this
to occur, Dr. Muse will have to
decide funding the new union is
a priority for a capital cam­paign."
Conner said there is no set time
limit on when the new Foy will
be constructed, assuming the
Board of Trustees gives the
approval.
"If things run very smoothly,
we could see the new building in
2003, however that's contingent
upon several factors," she said.
Donations boost art museum ptans
BY KATHY STEWART
Staff Writer
Because of tremendous com­munity
and alumni support,
resulting in a dramatic increase
in donations, Auburn will enjoy
a museum more than twice as
nice as had been anticipated in
the previous budget.
The Board of Trustees
approved schematic plans and
an $8.44 million budget for the
Jule Collins Smith Museum of
Fine Arts April 9, said Lynne
Hammond, secretary to the
Board of Trustees.
"It's great news," said Nancy
Hartsfield, professor and interim
head of the art department and
co-chairwoman of the museum's
building committee. "Everyone
was just thrilled."
The new budget of $8.44 mil­lion
increases the previously
approved $3.5 million budget
more than 141 percent.
The increased budget is a
direct result of the increase in
donations.
Susan Phillips of Franklin,
Term., is credited with getting
the ball rolling in terms of finan­cial
support for the project.
"She was very, very important
in the early years of the museum
project," said Leslie Parsons,
director of development for the
museum. "She gave the project
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located between Woodfield and Kimberly drives. Recent donations prompted the Board of
Trustees to increase the museum's budget from $3.5 million to $8.44 million.
credibility." Miller was Phillips' grand- and a reception room leading
Phillips initially facilitated a mother, she . said, and the into the gallery Parsons said,
gift of more than 100 John James Audubon collection is "the finest She then established- a
Audubon prints, valued at $1 in the United States." $500,000 endowment for mainte-million,
from the Louise Hauss Phillips donated $500,000 for a __
Miller Foundation, she said. large gallery to house the prints please see MUSEUM, B3
University increases tests for Y2K readiness
BY CATY HOUSTON
Assistant Campus Editor
As the new millennium approaches,
Auburn is stepping up its preparation for the
potential problem of the Y2K bug.
University President William V. Muse
appointed Syd Spain, vice president of acade­mic
affairs, and Jim Stone, executive director
of computing and telecommunications, as co-managers
of year 2000 activities at the
University. Muse also established a policy
committee to assist them.
"All of our organizations are looking at
conversions to become year-2000 compati­ble,"
Muse said.
"I just wanted to make sure Auburn was
doing the same thing. I want to make sure we
were looking at every possible problem and
that we are ready for the conversion," he said.
Stone is in charge of remediation of com­puters
and software, and he is coordinating
Auburn's compliance efforts with the state's
Y2K task force.
Spain is assisting campus units with contin­gency
planning and response teams. He is
also helping with the compliance of off-cam­pus
vendors.
"Our job is to make sure the University is as
compliant and that we perform tests on our
system as well as we possibly can," Spain
said. "We have requirements from the State of
Alabama's department of finance issued Y2K
plan."
Spain said Gov. Don Siegelman has issued
additional requirements for contingency
planning and testing.
"Contingency is planning for significant
threats and unusual circumstances that might
create failures you have to work around,"
Spain said.
Repaying, improvements close Donahue Drive, Wire Road
BY JENNIFER MCCULLARS
Assistant Campus Editor
Another street on campus is now under­going
long-needed repair, with the
Facilities Division beginning its first phase
of street repair on Donahue Drive.
Randy King, senior project manager for
facilities, said the repair began Tuesday and
is scheduled to last until July 19. They plan
to upgrade road maintenance between
Samford Avenue and Biggio Drive, he said.
The repair includes an asphalt pavement
upgrade and a utility upgrade, King said.
They will also extend the chilled water sup­ply
to improve services at Sewell Hall,
Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum and the
Sports Complex, he said.
They also plan to upgrade gas lines out to
south Donahue Drive, King said.
He said pedestrian walkways will be
open, but they will do some minor curb and
sidewalk repair. Also, two bicycle lanes will
be added.
David Story, public relations director for
facilities, said the intersection between
Samford Avenue and Donahue Drive will
be closed around April 29 for 10 days.
The road between Samford Avenue and
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Construction on Wire Road, shown here, will be completed by May 23. Construction
began on Donahue Drive April 20 and is scheduled to be completed July 19.
Biggio Drive will be closed around May 13
for about a week, King said.
"We'll just try to get people across as best
as we can," he said.
"This is the most convenient time to do
the work. It's impossible to do during foot­ball
season, and we can't do it in the winter
due to weather constraints.
"At no time will we have the entire area
shut down."
King said they are working closely with
representatives from the bus system to keep
them informed so buses can be rerouted.
They are also working with the Department
of Public Safety to keep the fire department
and emergency vehicles aware of what is
going on, he said.
"If people just pay attention to the
signs," King said, "there should be no
major problems.
"We will try to keep the traffic problem at
a minimum. The walkways and major
parking lots won't be affected," he said.
The second phase of the Donahue Drive
reconstruction project will begin around
February 2000, King said.
The Facilities Division is also working on
the first phase of the Max Morris Parking
Improvements Project.
The reconstruction has closed Wire Road
between Thach Avenue and Roosevelt
Drive.
The road should be re-opened around
May 23, King said.
Story said the second phase of the project
is scheduled to begin sometime in 2000. He
said the project will provide "badly needed
parking."
During the summer, Story said, facilities
plans to begin work on the driveway by
Cary Hall.
"As always," King said, "we appreciate
the patience of the students."
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Com 100
absent in
summer
course book
BY CATY HOUSTON
Assistant Campus Editor
Those students looking to take
Communications 100 summer
quarter must register on the Web
or go to their adviser to find out
the call number of the course.
COM 100 is not listed in the
registration booklets, but
Rebekah Pindzola, associate
dean of liberal arts, said there
are eight sections available.
"Eight sections were opened
after the printing of the schedule
books," she said.
"All the advisers know the
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BY CURT BROWN
Staff Writer
Last Saturday marked the annual
one-day transition of the Alpha Psi-
Conway Arena on Wire Road into
the location of the biggest party in
Auburn, complete with bulls and
greased pigs.
Alpha Psi, a fraternity at the vet­erinary
school, held its annual char­ity
fund-raiser, the Alpha Psi
Roundup, better known as Rodeo
to fans.
Will McCaw, currently Roundup
chairman for Alpha Psi, said he was
optimistic about this year's atten­dance.
"I'd estimate there to be between
3,500 and 4,000 people here, but I
won't know until we count the
money," McCaw said, as he sur­veyed
the sea of revelers dotted by
confederate flags and four-wheel
drives from the press box.
Auburn police officers at the
event said there had probably been
a total of that many to enter the
gate, but because of people coming
and going, they estimated that only
about 2,000 were in attendance at
one time.
The atmosphere at the event was
light-hearted and diverse. Fans
ranged from young to old and from
cowboy to frat boy, but the unifying
theme was fun.
"This was always my favorite
weekend," said Gusty Walker, a
1998 Auburn graduate.
Walker said the secret to a suc­cessful
Rodeo was an early start.
"You've got to plan ahead.
You've got to know where you're
going to park and have your truck
packed with grills and cookers and
coolers by Friday afternoon. Then
you leave it out there overnight to
hold a space.
"Next, you have to get out there
by 7 a.m. to get organized and to
laugh at the guys who are wearing
costumes and acting crazy," Walker
said.
Marc Scarbrough, a senior in
agricultural economics, brought a
new sight to this year's festivities
with his lawn mower painted like
the General Lee, the infamous car
in television's The Dukes of
Hazzard.
"Oh, we just thought it would be
something fun and different," he
said.
Scarbrough said between trips of
carting people around in a small
trailer hitched behind the convert­ed
mower, "It took a lot of time and
work, but it was worth it."
The events at Roundup included
everything from the traditional
EARL UNDERWOOD/Photo Staff
Bull and bronco riders must spend at least eight seconds on the back of the bucking animal to
qualify for a score. Contestants wear protective gear, including a heavy vest and riding chaps.
rodeo sports like bull riding and
bronc riding to tug-of-war and goat
dressing.
Beth Benton, a sophomore in
nursing and a newcomer to the
Roundup, said her favorite was the
bull riding.
"The bull riding was the most
exciting," Benton said, "It looks
really dangerous."
Chris Mellow, a sophomore in
agricultural economics, was one of
the brave souls who tried his hand
at riding a bull.
"I guess the only thing I was
thinking about was staying on. You
just don't want to get bucked off
and break anything," Mellow said.
Hunter Lauterbock, a freshman
in pre-veterinary medicine who
participated in the bronc riding
event, said his ride was mainly a
blur.
"I just remember nodding my
head for them to open the chute
and then jumping off.
"It's just eight seconds of jerking
and twisting and lunging and then
it's over," Lauterbock said,
The winners at this year's
roundup were:
• Josh Strange — bull riding
• Bill Patterson — bronc riding
• Alpha Gamma Rho — men's tug-of-
war
• Pi Beta Phi — women's tug-of-war
EARL UNDERWOOD/Photo Staff
The annual Roundup draws hundreds of spectators. Many
rodeo fans arrived at the Alpha Psi-Conway Arena before 6 a.m.
The Rat Killers — wild calf rop­ing
• Roy Parten — steer wrestling
• The Swamp Rats — greased pig
chase
• Pi Beta Phi — goat dressing
• The Swamp Rats — goat milking.
Pi Beta Phi was named women's
team champions, while The Rat
Killers were awarded the Trophy
for men's team champion.
Jana Carnley was named Rodeo
Queen by audience vote.
•Auburn's master of business
administration program in the
College of Business was recently
ranked in the top 10 percent of the
nation's MBA programs by U.S.
News and World Report.
The MBA program received the
rank of 69th out of 750 programs in
the United States.
Dan Cropper, director of the pro­gram,
said the MBA program's stu­dents
and faculty make it excep­tional.
"We have really good students.
Many are from Auburn and some
are from as far away as Turkey,
Africa and China. The internation­al
aspect adds a lot," Gropper said.
International students make up
15 percent of the program.
He said the college runs the pro­gram
like an actual business. It
uses revenues that the programs
generate to help funding, because
the state has given Auburn's MBA
program no funding.
• Sarah Gholston, a junior in pre-business
and SGA executive secre­tary
for 1998-99, was appointed
Administrative Vice President
which is part of the SGA Cabinet.
She was appointed this position
at the SGA installation ceremonies
held April 19.
Gholston was a top-five candi­date
for 1999 Miss Auburn. She has
also served as SGA director of
Freshman Forum, a Camp War
Eagle Counselor and a member of
the Foy Outlook Committee.
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nance and promotion of the
priats, she said.
,-";II it weren't for Susan, we
wouldn't be where we are
today," Parsons said. "She is an
extremely generous person."
;A $3 million donation was then
committed by Al Smith Jr. as a
gift to his wife on their 50th wed­ding
anniversary.
The Board of Trustees named
the museum after Jule Smith.
Phillips later pledged an addi­tional
$2 million to the project,
Parsons said.
One million dollars is for fur­ther
gallery enhancements, and
$1 million is to create a botanical
garden and associated landscap­ing
in honor of her mother, her
grandmother and her son, she
said. The landscaping will
include a four-to-six acre lake.
Another major contributor to
the project was Charles Hudson
of La Grange, Ga. He facilitated
two gifts of $500,000 each from
the Callaway Foundation.
"The museum has benefitted
tremendously from support from
all areas and all sizes," Parsons
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"The museum has benefitted
tremendously from support from all areas
and all sizes."
LESLIE PARSONS
Director of museum development
said. "We appreciate the range of
interest from the community."
The site of the museum is a 27-
acre field between Woodfield
Drive and Kimberly Drive on
South College Street, said Bryan
Busch of the University archi­tect's
office.
In addition to the gallery
financed by Phillips, the museum
will have two other large gal­leries
and three small ones, he
said.
One large gallery will house an
"Advancing American Arts" col­lection
comprised of post-World
War II artwork commissioned by
the U.S. government, he said.
"It was a very modern collec­tion,
but the public didn't like it
very much," Busch said. It was
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disbanded and sold as excess
property.
Some University professors
pooled their money and made a
bid on one of the two collections
when they went up for sale, he
said. Their bid was accepted, and
they received the collection some
time later.
They did not know what was
in the shipment when they
received it, he said. As it turned
out , the collection included
works by Georgia O'Keefe,
Kuniyoshi and Ben Shahn.
The third large gallery will
contain temporary exhibits,
including local arts and traveling
exhibits, Busch said.
Of the three small galleries, one
will be used for seminars where
faculty members can select pieces
to be displayed and then bring
students in for class, he said.
Another will house prints and
drawings, he said, and the other
will contain crafts, decorative
arts and textiles.
Batey Gresham of Gresham,
Smith and Partners, the architec­tural
firm in charge of the project,
said the museum will be nearly
30,000 square feet.
It will contain storage and
mechanical space, with room to
triple the size of the galleries fair­ly
easily, he said.
An interactive child's play­ground
made up of various kinds
of sculptures is being considered,
he said, as well as a small cafe.
The museum will be on the bus
route, Gresham said, and that
should provide transportation
from the hotel to the museum.
A source of income, to the
museum will be renting out the
lobbies, terrace and meeting
rooms to the public, Busch said.
We can now move into the pre­liminary
design phase of the pro­ject,
Busch said.
Y2K
He gave the example of a potential power
failure that might occur because of the Y2K
bug.
He said to plan for contingency, organiza­tions
need to write down plans on how they
can operate with
failures of equip­ment.
He said this
way, if a failure
occurs people will
have a manual plan
they can follow.
'"These will be
simplified plans
thai: show what
actions you need to take if a problem occurs.
They will give you guidance," Spain said.
"We also plan to set up response teams at
the end of the year to help with any contin­gencies
that might occur," he said.
Spain said Auburn is cooperating with the
city on water, sewer and fire protection. The
city has tested all systems and they are com­pliant.
."We are offering the city the coliseum as an
emergency shelter in case potential problems
do occur," Spain said.
He said he feels good about where the
University is now, and he feels it will be pre­pared
by the end of the year.
"All tests conducted so far have had excel­lent
results," he said.
"We're finding very few
problems. Once we have
the contingency plan
completed we should be
as well prepared as any­one
in the region."
Stone said the criti­cal
systems have been
the main priority in get­ting
compliant. He said these systems are the
human resource module, which manages per­sonnel
records, the Student Information
Systems, which handle such things as admis­sions,
scheduling, grading and student
records and the Financial Reporting Systems,
which processes all accounting transactions.
Stone said the FRS went into the conversion
two weeks ago and the University has been
functioning with the new Student
Information Systems for a quarter.
"All critical kernels are functioning with the
exception of the Human Resources Systems
which is due to be operating next month," he
said. "I think things are going very well and
we do not anticipate a crisis. By June all cen­tral
servers should have passed all tests."
However, Spain said they are having a hard
time trying to get information from depart­ment
servers. He said the College of
Engineering is the only college which has
reported total compliance.
As for vendor compliance, Stone said they
have received about 100 vendor letters that
say they are in compliance or they are work­ing
on the problems.
"We are holding all letters in our facility to
show due diligence in regard for legal
aspects," Stone said.
He requested that if individual depart­ments
have vendor letters, they should bring
a copy to Spain so he can store all letters in a
central location.
Updates on Auburn's Y2K compliance can
be found on the yt-ar 2000 Web site at
www.auburn.edu/ycur2000.
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Earth Day will be celebrated at Webster's Lake
This Sunday the Environmental Awareness Organization will be
hosting the Earth Day Festival at Webster's Lake from noon to sun­down.
EAO is a campus club made up of students concerned about
a variety of environmental issues.
Featured bands include The banjo Thugs, Local White Bread,
Baghouse, Quadrajets and Whitney Herzogs. ',
Admission is $5, but bicyclers will receive a discounted rate of $2.
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dates, times and course num­bers,"
she said.
Pindzola said if students
choose to register over the
phone, they will need to go to
their adviser to get the call num­bers.
She said students could also
use the Web, which contains all
the information about the course.
Mary Helen Brown, associate
professor and chairman of the
department of communication,
said because of the reallocation
of funds by the College of Liberal
Arts, the department of commu­nications
did not initially plan to
offer COM 100.
"We didn't have enough
money to offer COM 100 initial­ly,"
she said.
"However, since then we have
been given more money, but it
was too late to get the informa­tion
in the registration books,"
Brown said.
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Auburn's local bookstores,
being faced with competition from
the Internet, say they can offer
more advantages to the students.
There are now many web sites
that offer textbooks to colleges
across the country,
VarsityBooks.com being the most
popular.
VarsityBooks.com, based in
Washington, D.C., began in
December 1997 and offers more
than 400,000 books, CEO Eric
Kuhn said.
"We offer a cheaper, faster and
easier way for students to buy
their books," Kuhn said.
"We also have a student repre­sentative
program of more than
300 students from approximately
75 different schools," he said.
"They go to different colleges over
the country and try to promote it."
Kuhn said books are delivered
right to the students' doors within
two business days, and some
books are discounted at up to 40
percent.
"Auburn is one of our featured
booksites, and we deliver right to
apartments and dorms," he said.
"We encourage students to com­pare
our prices to their local book-
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Instead of waiting in line, students can order books from home.
stores."
Local bookstores say direct
delivery is the only real advantage
of the Internet over bookstores.
Bob Ritenbaugh, director of aux­iliary
enterprises at the University,
said an analysis has been done
showing not all books are less cost­ly
on the internet.
"The student has to investigate
the pricing," he said. "Students
have realized that they are not
always saving, and that is why
there has not been a significant
change in bookstore sales."
Ritenbaugh said the disadvan­tages
of the Internet are that stu­dents
cannot sell back their books,
and only new books are sold.
"I think it is tougher to compete
with bookstores since they don't
sell used books," he said.
"The biggest change in the mar­ket
will be if they ever do have
used books available on the
Internet," Ritenbaugh said.
"The bottom line is that when it
can offer a wide variety of used
books, it will be interesting how it
will affect Auburn," he said.
Ritenbaugh said there are a few
used books available on the
Internet and during the next year
or two, the market "will change
drastically."
Ron Anders Jr., vice president of
Anders Bookstore, located at 212
W. Magnolia Ave., said this is "just
a wake-up call for industry.
"We will still have business," he
said. "I would hope we would
appeal to the students. We believe
we have given back to the
University.
"We feej like we try to give back
as much as we take in, and that is
not a relationship you can get over
the internet," Anders said.
Ritenbaugh said bookstores
sometimes run out of a specific
textbook, and students now have
an opportunity to get it some­where
else.
He said he did not see the inter­net
as a financial saving. "It's
reality, and I know our folks on
campus understand that,'
Ritenbaugh said. "It is just a form
of competition."
Anders said students can
reserve books on the bookstores'
Web pages. He said another
advantage is students can charge
to their Tiger Cub and not worry
about credit cards.
"We are trying to provide as
many advantages as we can,'
Anders said. "We've taken steps to
try to make it easier to shop in our
stores."
Anders, J&M and AU Bookstore agree to sell custom packets
BY RYAN LEE
Staff Writer
To make book shopping more
convenient for Auburn students,
three area bookstores have reached
an agreement to increase the avail­ability
of custom course packets.
Anders, J&M and the Auburn
University Bookstore recently
signed a contract to have Campus
Custom Publishing, the largest sup­plier
of course packets in the United
States, produce and clear copyrights
for all custom published packets.
The administration of the three
bookstores said, the agreement will
reduce production time of packets,
provide sufficient stock at each store
and will allow students to shop at
their preferred business.
"A couple of years ago, the AU
bookstore started doing custom
packaging," said Ronnie Anders Sr.,
owner of Anders Bookstore on
Magnolia Avenue. "They weren't
sharing their packets with us and so
students only had one place to go."
CCP's Copyworks, the company
that will be responsible for produc­ing
the packets, has rented a space
in Anders that will be the site of pro­duction
for all packets.
Last quarter, the production of
course packets was done in Atlanta,
and if a store ran out of copies, it
would have to wait several days to
refill its stock, said Anders.
With the site of production now
in Anders, the waiting period to
restock op pack­ets
will decrease
significantly and
ultimately may
disappear.
J & M ' s , V i c e
President Scott
Johnston said he
agrees the pres­ence
of
Copyworks will
simplify the buy­ing,
selling and distribution process
of the custom packets.
"In the event that we sell out of a
certain packet," he said, "and a stu­dent
prefers to shop with J&M, we
can just go down the street and
reorder.
Both Anders and J&M said the
"The bottom line is it
gives students more
choices."
S C O T T J O H N S T ON
Vice president of J&M
benefits
a g r e i
of th
e m e n
include incre
ing the quail
and quantity
packets and
more even disti
bution to th
three stores.
"The bottom
is it gives stu
dents more cho
urn
es," Johnston said.
All three stores said the price
the custom packets is not expecte<
to go down as result of the agree
ment.
Students are not able to s
back packets at the end of eac
quarter.
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STARS holds Higher Education Day
BY BRADFORD CARMACK
Staff Writer
Higher tuition, loss of faculty and
elimination of academic depart­ments
are only a few of the
many consequences of
recent cuts in Alabama's
higher education budget.
The cuts have resulted in
the creation the Higher
Education Partnership, an
advocacy group consisting
of Alabama's 15 four-year
institutions, formed in 1997
to promote the role of high­er
education in Alabama.
Gordon Stone, executive director
of the Higher Education
Partnership, said he believes stu­dent
and faculty voters are an
emerging political force in
Alabama.
"There are over 150,000 voters on
our campuses if we include just
full-time, students, faculty and
staff. That's a huge voting popula­tion
and doesn't even include
alumni and relatives. If all those
people could come together as one,
then they would be extremely pow­erful,"
Stone said.
The Higher Education
Partnership is also
responsible for creating
Student Teams
Advocating Realistic
Solutions (STARS) at
most of its member uni­versities.
The purpose of
STARS is to assist stu­dents
as they conduct
activities in support of
higher education and
to achieve consensus among the 15
four-year institutions.
Each STARS team is run by a
Board of Directors made up of two
Republican and Democrat co-chairs,
the Presidents of the College
Republicans and College
Democrats and several at-large
members.
Auburn's STARS organization
was formed in June 1998, but is not
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an entity within the SGA like the
rest of its counterparts.
STARS' basic responsibility is
organizing the Higher Education
Partnership, a rally recently held at
the steps of the state Legislature.
The purpose of the Higher
Education Day is to make citizens
aware of the fundamental impor­tance
of higher education for
Alabama.
Ben Newbern, one of the two co-chairs
of STARS' Board of Directors,
said Alabamians and the
Legislature should understand the
critical role higher education plays
in their lives.
"The economic impact of higher
education is almost impossible to
measure. They bring in jobs, busi­nesses,
and increase tax revenues
for the state. They also make impor­tant
breakthroughs in research.
Higher Education Day draws atten­tion
to the importance of higher
education and the actions of the
state legislature," Newbern said.
More than 700 students and fac­ulty
as well as the bands from
Jacksonville State University and
Alabama State University attended
the April 8 rally.
Several government officials
spoke at the event, including Gov.
Don Siegelman, Lt. Gov. Steve
Windom and state Sen. and Auburn
trustee Lowell Barron.
STARS coordinated publicity,
food, transportation, the issuing of
class excuses for the event.
Megan Nix, another co-chair of
STARS' board of directors, said
Higher Education Day will help
prevent future cuts in the higher
education budget.
"Higher Education Day is a
wake-up call to our state
Legislature. It was a response to the
massive education cuts of the past
administration. It was a huge suc­cess.
It really showed legislators
that there are many students in the
state who do care and who will do
something about the current crisis
in higher education," Nix said.
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Parent's weekend, open houses
and the scrimmage football game
are a few of the events happening
this weekend for Auburn's main
spring quarter tradition, A-Day.
A-Day weekend will begin with
a dinner for parents at the Auburn
University Hotel and Conference
Center at 6 p.m., Friday, the feature
speaker will be Ed Harrell, the
Daniel F. Breeden Eminent Scholar
in Humanities.
The scrimmage football game
will begin at l p.m. Saturday at
Inrdan-Hare Stadium.
Open houses will also begin
Saturday with several schools and
colleges on display.
The College of Veterinary
Medicine will open at 8:30 a.m.
with tours and will last until 2 p.m.
The college will feature an animal
parade of breeds, a petting zoo and
live reptile exhibit, pet tricks and
obstacle course, dog safety tips for
kids and an art contest.
Also, the Southeastern Raptor
Rehabilitation Center will present a
demonstration at the school. "Our
main event will be Hennigan, the
world famous spinning frisbee
canine," said Cherri Lord, veteri­narian
school assistant.
The College of Architecture,
Design and Construction will also
host an open house. Student work
for design programs will be on dis­play,
along with computer demon­strations.
"It will be a good time for
enrolled students and visitors to
view the year-level work to see if
they may be interested in our pro­grams,"
Associate Dean Betty
Fendley said. "Students and faculty
will be present to talk to and assist
visitors."
The School of Human Sciences
will not be hosting an open house,
but will have project work on dis­play
in Spidle Hall, Program
Coordinator Marilyn Read said.
Displays will include project
work from the Odyssey Travel
Agency, The Circle of Care Center
for Families and the redesigned sta­dium
executive suites.
There will also be tours of the
Auburn Medical Clinic, the Athletic
Complex and the Lovelace Sports
Museum
University President William V
Muse and Mrs. Muse will also host
an invitation-only barbecue from
11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on their
lawn for the Auburn Parents'
Association.
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