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Baird
takes on
athletic
duties
Athletics faces
leadership
shake-up
By AUSTIN PHILLIPS
Assistant Sports Editor
In yet another shake up in the
Auburn athletic department,
Senior Associate Athletic Direc­tor
Hal Baird was named Athlet­ic
Assistant to Interim President
Ed Richardson March 25.
After Athletic Director David
Housel announced he would be
stepping down as athletic direc­tor
in January 2005, Baird began
overseeing many of the day-to­day
operations.
His new title makes it official.
Under his new title as athletic
assistant to the president, Baird
will continue to oversee most of
the athletic program, his newest
duty being to find a replacement
for the recently fired basketball
coach Cliff Ellis.
"I am pleased to have the
opportunity to continue to work
at Auburn University and take
on these additional responsibili­ties,"
Baird said.
Baird, who was Auburn's head
baseball coach from 1985-2000,
has served as senior associate
athletic director and the liaison
to many of the sports at Auburn
since stepping down as a coach
in 2000.
"Clearly there are changes
that have take place," Baird said
of the recent moves made by
Richardson.
"This is part of Dr. Richard­son's
plan to ease the transition,"
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Anybody out there?
By MEGAN SMITH
Assistant Intrigue Editor
Rebecca Mangus would say she is a spiritu­al
person.
"I don't feel organized religion is for me,
and for the longest time I felt different," she
said. "But people in Auburn, in general, are
open to learning."
Mangus, a Pagan and sophomore in busi­ness,
said she's glad there's a Pagan organiza­tion
at Auburn, even if she doesn't want to be
part of organized religion.
Mangus is one of 76 percent of students
searching for the meaning of life, according
to a recent survey released by UCLA's Higher
Education Research Institute.
The study also found 77 percent of stu­dents
report that they pray and 78 percent
discuss religious matters with their friends.
But 62 percent say their professors never
encourage religious discussions.
"College is a time of searching and lots of
students want to search," Pat Yates, campus
minister of the Church of Christ, Disciples of
Christ "Students challenge where they are in
their faith. They are away from their families
and looking for a variety of ways of thinking,"
Yates said.
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Interim
president
supports
audit
By JAMES DIFFEE
Managing Editor
Interim President Ed
Richardson delivered his
first State of the University
address Tuesday, throwing
his support being a trustee
auditing committee, paint­ing
a positive picture of
Auburn's future and cau­tioning
senators against
dissension.
Richardson also defend­ed
his decision to fire Betty
Dement, the former vice
president of alumni affairs.
Since addressing the
Richardson
Board of
Trustees
after his
appoint­ment,
Richard­son
has
continu­ously
stressed his commit­ment
to moving the
University out of cademic
probation.
Among the reasons
Auburn's accrediting
agency, the Southern Asso­ciation
of Colleges and
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C-zones factored
out in big picture
By APRIL JO LOVE
Assistant Campus Editor
The University will con­tinue
with it's plans for a
pedestrianized campus,
according to Baker Mel-son,
assistant vice presi­dent
of facilities.
During the Administra­tion
and Professional
Assembly's (A&P) meeting
Tuesday afternoon, Melson
said pedestrianization was
Auburn's ultimate plan,
and that the University will
continue to push for park­ing
reforms.
"This plan does not take
away many spaces," Mel­son
said. "There were A, B
and Q-zone spaces). A and
B(-zone spaces) are still
there. It's the students who
have been moved out"
Bradford Boney, SGA
president said that while
the move toward a pedes­trian
campus will be met
with mixed emotions, it is
the best for the campus as
a whole.
"The gradual move
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Two new trustees confirmed
Nearly half of Board nominated in less than nine months
McCrary
State senators confirmed
two new Auburn trustees
Tuesday.
Alabama Power President
Charles McCrary and Opelika
hospital official Virginia
Thompson are the fourth
and fifth new members
approved by the Senate Con­firmations
Committee to sit on Auburn's
Board in the past eight months. All vacant
seats on the Board are now filled.
\ "I am humbled and honored by the nomi­nation
and confirmation to the... Board of
(Trustees," McCrary said in a statement. "I
pledge to do my best to support the students,
faculty, alumni, administration and citizens
of Alabama."
Thompson did not return
calls for comment
McCrary and Thompson
will participate in the May 17
Board ot Trustees meeting as
voting members.
Interim President Ed
Thompson Richardson said he met April
. 1 with Confirmations Com­mittee
Chair E. B. McClain, D-Midfield.
Richardson said he wouldn't take credit for
the speedy confirmations, but it was impor­tant
to him.
McCrary and Thompson will follow
Charles Ball, Dwight Carlisle and Sara New­ton
as most recent members of the Board of
Trustees.
— Plainsman staff writers
Grad programs make top 50 list
U.S. News and World Report recently ranked
four Auburn graduate programs among the 50
best in the nation.
The civil engineering program was ranked 22,
audiology ranked 44 and systems engineering
and speech pathology were ranked 50.
The graduate audiology program was also
among four SEC schools to make the U.S. News'
top 50. Vanderbilt University's program was
ranked first The University of Florida ranked
eighth and the University of Tennessee ranked 30.
The Samuel Ginn College of Engineerings over­all
graduate program ranked 78 among all engi­neering
schools, with six of its nine programs
included in rankings.
Other Auburn graduate programs ranked
include chemical engineering, 56; computer engi­neering,
57; electrical engineering, 62; mechanical
engineering, 66; clinical psychology, 68; public
administration and public policy, 76.
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Best
Graduate
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The rankings compared graduate programs in
business, education, engineering, law, medicine,
public affairs and various health disciplines. They
were compiled as part of the book, America's Best
Graduate Schools 2005.
—from staff reports
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Louisiana State University
Byron Smith, owner of The Flag
Shop in Baton Rouge, La., does
not sell purple and gold Confeder­ate
flags anymore. Todd Shelton.
director of communication for
Kappa Alpha Order, said KA fra­ternities
never are allowed to dis­play
them on KA grounds.
The University of Mississippi
has banned Confederate flags
from its stadiums to avoid offend­ing
future black recruits. LSU has
taken a "middle-of-the-road" nosi-tion,
pressuring vendors to not
use LSU colors on them, but look­ing
the other way when fans wave
them at football games 01 display
them during tailgating parties.
LSU football players are on the
fence as well. Some said watching
Ole Miss fans wave the flags con­jures
up images of hatred and big­otry.
Some whti gave
contradicting responses said it's
OK for LSU fans to wave them
because they're only showing
pride in their heritage and excite­ment
for the game.
It has been 139 years since the
Civil War ended and 44 years
since the last surviving veteran of
the war died. The Confederate
battle flag is still as divisive a sym­bol
today as it was back then.
The NCAA released a statement
April 27, 2001, saying it would not
award championship site con­tracts
to states where the Confed­erate
battle flag continued to have
a prominent presence. Although
Louisiana's state flag does not
include the battle flag, LSU took
steps to prevent being denied
championship hosts in the future
because of association with a con­troversial
symbol.
Ralph Gossard. former associ­ate
vice chancellor for administra­tive
services, released a letter the
same day to all flag and specialty
advertising businesses in the
Baton Rouge area, stating the uni­versity's
stance on the issue.
"During this past football sea­son,
we received u number of
inquiries and complaints about a
'Confederate' flag, presumably the
Naval Battle Jack flag, printed in
the LSU school colors," the state­ment
said. "LSU has not and will
not license the use of its colors for
this use and will take necessary
legal action to prevent any unli­censed
use."
Several stores closely associated
with LSU stopped selling the pur­ple
and gold battle flags. Smith
experienced the effects of this
decision firsthand.
"LSU requested that we not sell
them because we do a lot of busi­ness
with the athletic department
with making flags and banners for
sporting events," Smith said.
"They didn't want to be associated
with that."
Vanderbilt University.
Narcotics investigators for the
Starkville Police Department want
Mississippi State University stu­dents
to know the consequences,
both legal and medical, of the
abuse of prescription drugs for
Attention Deficit Disorder and
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Dis­order.
Starkville's narcotics officers
will be looking for signs of illegal
drug use and will deal with the
illegal actions as they would the
use of any other illegal drug, said
Maurice Johnson, SPD narcotics
investigator.
"We're going to start looking in
to it, and if there are students out
there distributing prescription
drugs, we will arrest, charge and
prosecute them," Johnson said.
Depending on the circumstance
surrounding the arrest, students
involved in illegal drugs would
have to go through an educational
sanction in which they appear
before a judicial board and may
have to go though a series of on-campus
classes dealing with their
offense, said dean of students
Michael White.
"The circumstances dictate the
sanction applied," White said.
"Now, selling on campus would be
treated a bit more strictly than a
simple possession. It would most
likely result in suspension from
the university. Suspension
involves the withdrawing of class­es
and a loss of a semester's worth
of class credit and tuition."
University of Alabama
A University of Kentucky-female
student was improperly
touched on the stairwell in Park­ing
Structure 5 on Limestone
Street across from Administration
Drive Thursday, according to UK
Police.
This incident may be linked to
five or six indecent exposure cases
reported over the semester, said
Commander Travis Manley, public
information officer with the UK
Police.
"It was a pretty brazen act sim­ply
because that parking structure
is so heavily traveled, and it was in
broad daylight." Manley said.
According to police, the
unknown suspect touched the
woman on her buttocks. She was
not hurt, Manley said.
Based on the parking struc­ture's
surveillance videos, this sus­pect
is similar to the description
of a man who exposed himself in
public and ran naked between
campus buildings. Manley said.
The suspect is described as
black, in his mid-20s, 5-feet-ll
inches tall, with a muscular build
and short, cropped hair.
He was last seen wearing white
slacks, a turquoise shirt and white
shoes.
Manley said it is strange for a
person committing indecent
exposure acts to abuse someone.
"There's typically a clear line
between someone who exposes
himself and some one who moves
on I to abuse)," he said.
Generally most indecent expo­sure
acts are random, sometimes
tied with fraternity pranks. Man-ley
said.
Usually, most aren't prosecuted.
—from wire reports
Crime
reports
March 30 - April 6
March 30, Dillard's-
Shoplifting was reported.
Various clothing valued at
$592, and a necklace
worth $14 were stolen.
March 30, Pine Hill
Cemetery- A bronze rec­tangular
vase valued at
$1,125 was reported
stolen,
March 30, Bedell
Avenue- Criminal mis­chief
was reported. A
weedeater, weedwacker
and ceramic planter were
reported stolen.
March 31, Dillard's- Two
hundred dollars was
reported stolen.
March 31, Sherwin
Williams- Forgery was
reported. Seven hundred
dollars in a fraudulent
check was stolen.
March 31, Beehive
Boad- Two 14-week-old
pit bulls yalued at $500
each were reported
stolen.
March 31, AC Fitness
For Women- A wallet,
assorted credit cards, $20
and an Alabama pistol
permit were reported
stolen.
April 1, Kirkland Drive-
Theft from a vehicle was
reported. A bank bag
with $3,000, checks and a
gold necklace were stolen.
April 1, Sally Beauty
Supply- Several packs of
Vienna brand human hair
valued at $56 was report­ed
stolen.
April 1, A.P. Pearson
Boutique and Salon- A
check written on a closed
bank account was report­ed.
April 1, Kingston Court
Apartments- A frozen
pizza, a box of Pop Tarts,
a Family Guy and Simp­sons
DVDs were reported
stolen.
April 1, Auburn Bank-
Three forged checks were
reported valued at
$1,378..
April 2, Snack Attack
gas station- Gas drive
off was reported. Twenty-six
dollars of gasoline was
stolen.
April 2, Terrace Acres
Drive- Criminal mischief
was reported. Damages
valued $600.
April 2, Eagle Landing-
Three homes were report­edly
burglarized. About
$4,000 worth of belong­ings
were stolen.
April 2, Auburn High
School- Criminal mis­chief
was reported. Six
windows valued at $600
were damaged.
April 3, College Street-
Theft was reported. Elec­tronic
equipment valued
at $1,500 was stolen.
April 3, Goodwin Apart­ments-
Theft from resi­dence
was reported. A
computer and a television
were stolen. The property
was valued at $3,800.
April 4, Genelda
Avenue- Burglary was
reported. More than
$2,000 worth of property
was stolen.
April 4, St. Michael's
Catholic Church- Crimi­nal
mischief was report­ed.
A window pane was
damaged.
April 4, Neill house
Apartments- Theft was
reported. A blue and
white Fender Stratocast-er
and various other
items valued at more than
$2,000 were stolen.
April 5, Concourse
Apartments- Theft from
an automobile was
reported. A Samsung cel­lular
phone was stolen.
April 5, Bidgewood Vil­lage
Trailer Park- Theft
was reported. A Pier 1
table and chairs valued at
$200 were stolen.
April 5, Eagle Chevron-
Shoplifting was reported.
A $19 baseball hat was
stolen.
April 5, Pi Kappa Alpha-
Theft from an automobile
was reported. An Alpine
car stereo was stolen, and
the dashboard and win­dow
of a Jeep Cherokee
were damaged.
April 5. Eagle Landing-
Theft from a residence
was reported. A comput­er
tower and 150 DVDs
were stolen. The property
was valued at $3,600.
April 6, Walmart Super-center-
Theft from an
automobile was reported.
CDs and other items val­ued
at more than $300
were reported stolen.
April 6, Walmart Super
Center- Theft from an
automobile was reported.
A CD player and an
amplifier were stolen.
The items were valued at
$550.
reports provided by the
Auburn Police
Department
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Schools, listed for probation
were failure to prove
trustees are not controlled
t by "a minority of board
members" and failure to
prove a majority of trustees
have no personal or finan­cial
interest in the Universi­ty.
Richardson said monitor­ing
the trustees' financial
ties will address some of
SACS concerns.
He plans to present the
Board with a plan for an
auditing committee at i*s
May 17 meeting.
Richardson lauded the
quantity and quality of high
school applicants to
Auburn, saying it spoke well
for the University.
He mentioned the Uni­versity's
plan to cap enroll­ment
at 25,000 students,
and stressed the need for a
successful endowment
campaign to fund the
enrollment increase.
He said regardless of the
number of students on
Auburn's campus, funding
from the state remained the
same.
"We must have an
endowment larger than
what we have now," he said.
Campus dissension,
Richardson said, threatened
that endowment
"The more dissension we
have on campus, the more
difficult it is to raise funds,"
he said.
Richardson said "that
doesn't mean we have no
opposition," but that indi­viduals
on campus discuss
issues and put aside per­sonal
agendas.
Richardson said the Uni­versity's
main problem was
that "many people have lost
sight of the primary objec­tive:
the future improve­ment
of Auburn University."
After Richardson con­cluded
his addrtso, Conner
Bailey, University Senate
chair-elect, asked him to
explain his intentions in fir­ing
Betty Dement, the for­mer
vice president of
alumni affairs.
Bailey said there was no
documentation, but there
was a "walking around
knowledge that a certain
member of the Board...
wanted Betty Dement out
of office."
Richardson said he
couldn't go into details
because of the possibility of
a lawsuit, but strongly
denied any trustee coercion
in his decision.
"I talked to every Board
member before 1 accepted
(the interim presidency),"
Richardson said. "1 said I
would run the show."
Richardson said his
administrative decisions
were based on who he felt
worked for Auburn, and not
for personal gain or old
agendas.
He said the Auburn
Alumni Association was
one step away from sever­ing
ties with the University,
and implied that his per­sonnel
decisions would
bring the alumni associa­tion
and the University
closer.
Richardson also said he
hoped to have a new bas­ketball
coach at Auburn
sometime next week.
"(Trustees) don't know
(who he i«), and I'm not say­ing,"
Richardson said.
PLAN
>• FROM PAGE 1
toward (a pedestrian campus) will be
for the betterment of Auburn because
it is more beneficial to make it safer
(since adding more parking spaces is
not feasible at this time)," Boney said.
Melson said the pedestrian campus
will extend to Samford Avenue, Mag­nolia
Avenue, Thach Avenue and
Duncan Drive.
"We want to stop the use of Sam-ford
as a thoroughfare," Melson said.
Many additions, such as raised
sidewalks and welcome huts, will help
make Samford Avenue more pedestri­an-
friendly.
Eventually Samford Avenue will be
closed to all traffic with the exception
of emergency vehicles from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., Melson said.
Several employees expressed con­cerns
about transporting heavy
equipment on and off campus.
Melson said buildings on the
pedestrian campus will have service
access areas.
By fall 2005 Melson hopes to limit
deliveries to outside the core campus.
Deliveries onto campus would only be
allowed before 8 a.m. and after 3 p.m.
While some of the reconstruction
has already started, much more is to
come.
Although the University president
and the Board of Trustees have not
approved it, the facilities division is
discussing the development of a joint
parking deck with the City of Auburn,
to be located on Wright Street and
Glenn Avenue.
The city is interested in the parking
deck, Melson 'said, and would assure
the University 400 parking spaces.
Money for a University-owned park­ing
deck is not in the budget at this
time.
If parking permit prices were raised
$25, it would still take 10 to 15 years
to raise enough money to build a 600-
space parking deck, Boney said.
"It's almost not feasible at the
moment to build something (the cur­rent
students') kids will see," Boney
said.
Instead of funding parking decks,
the money raised will go toward
upgrading the Tiger Transit system,
Boney said.
Installing digital locators to find
out exact bus location from personal
computers is one upgrade being dis­cussed
for the future.
"I think it's fairly inevitable that
we're moving toward a pedestrian
campus. We're going to lose parking.
As employees, we need to accept it,"
said Mary Ann Taylor-Sims, A&P stu­dent
affairs representative. 'I've tried
the transit, and it's worked fine for
me. I'd like to challenge employees to
give it a chance."
As of right now, however, some stu­dents
are weary of the Transit system.
"The Transit is not consistent," said
Ben Booth, an undeclared sopho­more.
"It's suppose to run on 15-.
minute increments. You just have to
guess which 15-minute increments
(it's working on). It's never the same."
Whether the Transit system works
does not matter to all students. To
some, the larger concern is why buy­ing
a parking permit does not assure
them a space.
"Ifl get a parking decal, it needs to
be assigned to a space," said Danielle
Jones, a sophomore majoring in
chemistry. "I shouldn't have to fight
for a parking space."
Several areas, such as the parking
area between Lowder Business Build­ing
and Noble Hall, will be shut down
temporarily over the summer while
water basins are added. The basins
will control rain flow on campus and
prevent flooding. In summer 2005,
many streets will be temporarily
closed to replace the University's
sewer system.
RELIGION
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"When they find that
place that encourages that
search it can be an enrich­ing
experience," Yates
said.
Religion professor
Richard Penaskovic said
every student should
think about religion and
how it applies to them.
"Students are forming
their own identity and
examining the faith in
which they were raised
and sometimes when they
get to college they discov­er
they want to move on
to something else," he
said.
But he said at Auburn,
it's hard for students to go
in-depth with the study of
religion.
"If we were to offer a
course in comparative
religion with multiple
instructors that was a
part of the core require­ment
for all students,
maybe that would prompt
a big change of the reli­gious
feel of the campus,"
Steve Silver, professor in
education said.
"I don't feel this campus
is religiously sensitive,"
Silver said. "Students
come into Auburn with a
belief system that's firmly
entrenched and they leave
the University feeling the
same way, so the Universi­ty
hasn't really done its
job in encouraging differ­ent
beliefs."
Both Silver and
Penaskovic said Auburn
needs more religion pro­fessors.
"Georgia, Florida and
Tennessee all have reli­gion
departments, while
Auburn doesn't. I'm the
only full-time professor of
religion at Auburn,"
Penaskovic said.
He said the University
of Georgia and the Univer­sity
of Tennessee offer
master's degrees in reli­gious
studies. At Auburn,
he said, you can't get a
bachelor's degree.
Only six religious stud­ies
courses are offered at
Auburn.
"Ifl didn't have to close
the courses out, I'd have
around 100 students in all
my classes, but since I
don't have GTAs, I have to
limit the enrollment,"
Penaskovic said.
"One of my professors
has discussed many reli­gions,
which is good to
help people find them­selves,"
Mangus said.
Among Auburn's stu­dent
religious organiza­tions
are Campus
Crusade, the Muslim Stu­dent
Association and the
Bahi Group.
"Some churches reach
out aggressively, but only
if there is a reach out from
the student," said Fran
Stafford, a freshman in
psychology.
"I think a lot of church­es
in Auburn do a great
job of embracing college
students, because some
have a vision to reach the
emerging generation,"
Matt Dean, director of
Gray's Campus Ministries
said.
"Local churches who
operate from a fresh
vision will most definitely
reach this emergent gen­eration,"
he said.
Christian students say
Auburn offers many out­lets
to encourage students
to get involved.
"I am a Christian and
consider myself religiously
active and I pray," said
Brian Pressnell, junior in
landscaping. "As far as
Christianity, I feel there
are plenty of outlets for
students to get involved
in, and the campus min­istries
at Auburn do a
good job of guiding us
toward reaching our reli­gious
goals."
Discussion among peers
is essential for people to
understand religion more,
Penaskovic said.
"Auburn does a good job
of providing students with
religious outlets. With all
the proliferation of cam­pus
religious organiza­tions,
it provides and
opportunity for social
interaction," said sociolo­gy
professor Charles Fau-pel.
"I believe we primarily
are spiritual beings. We
only understand ourselves
from a materialistic
prospective, what we can
observe with our senses,"
Faupel said. "Our spiritual
aspect is not observed
that way, so we must
access it through our reli­gious
side."
"I've met two of my
good friends through
Bible study and campus
ministries," Stafford said.
"I think the university
should stay out of reli­gious
matters, but should
have references of places
where people can go."
Auburn does offer 20
different religious campus
organizations. University
of Georgia offers 23 min­istry
organizations, Uni­versity
of Tennessee offers
14 and University of
Alabama offers 10.
But Kevin Little, a fresh­man
in aerospace engi­neering,
says he doesn't
.use them. He said he just
does his own thing.
"I'm a spiritual person,
but I choose not to join
any of the outlets Auburn
offers," he said.
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he said.
Housel will remain with the
University until 2006 to assist
with projects already in
progress and to ensure a
smooth transition, although
no time frame has been set to
name his replace­ment.
Housel will
continue to over­see
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soliciting donations, coordi­nating
the strategic plan for
the NCAA certification proj­ect.
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serve as a member of the
NCAA champion cabinet, the
baseball issues committee
and the executive committee
of the SEC, which holds hear­ings
when rules violations are
brought up by a participating
SEC member.
Jay Jacobs, senior associate
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his many day-to-day opera­tions
while taking on some of
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pretty much
remain the same
for Baird.
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be instrumental
in these two
hi rings."
"The day-to-day operations
will remain pretty much the
same for (Baird)," Jacobs said.
"However, he will be instru­mental
in these two very
important hires."
As the January 2005 time
frame Housel set to retire as
athletic director
draws near, Jacobs
said Baird's job
should entail
more and more
responsibilities.
"(Baird's)
role will continue
to grow as
(Housel's) transi­tion
grows closer,"
Jacobs said.
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weekend, Baird
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head coach Jeff Lebo,
Alabama-Birmingham head
coach Mike Anderson and
Virginia Commonwealth head
coach Jeff Capel.
All three coaches are
expected to make official vis­its
to Auburn to meet with
Kichardson.
While Baird is responsible
for finding and interviewing
each candidate for the head
basketball coaching position,
Richardson will have the final
say in the hiring process.
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his title as athletic
assistant to the president
when a new athletic director
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Editor's Note — Thank you for taking The Plainsman online
survey! Knowing what readers want helps us give you a better
paper. Percentages may not equal 100 because of rounding.
• Why do you read The Plainsman?
Because they're available at buildings where I have class.
32.79% (20)
For campus news
70.49% (43)
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22.95% (14)
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13.11% (8)
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19.67% (12)
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• What is your favorite section?
Campus
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16.39% (10)
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11.48% (7)
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• What do you like most about The Plainsman? (selected
responses)
1. It gives me a day to day feel for what's going on at Auburn.
2. Being able to post opinions to the articles. I also really like
the fact that is is a real newspaper...not just a flyer or a little
"rink\' dink" campus paper.
3. The truthful stories and the very well thought out editorials
4. Pretty good attempt at comprehensive coverage of campus
• What do you like least about The Plainsman? (selected
responses)
1. The obvious bias that comes through on a regular basis. For
instance, being against Dr. Walker because he was believed to
be the one who put journalism and communications together.
2. Too liberal at times
3. Conservatism
4. I wish The Plainsman would have a more "student" focus --
i.e. cover more intramural sports, etc.
• What do you want to see more of in The Plainsman? (select­ed
responses)
1. Wider range of topics. Students opinions on global issues,
interesting research by grad students: Find the unique and
exciting in Auburn
2. Better coverage of Auburn city politics, growth issues
3. More student-related news. Every week we read about the
student senate. Why can't there be half a page on other major
organizations? Or even a fourth of a page on intramural sports
scores? That'd be great.
4. More color photographs
• What do you feel is The Plainsmans greatest weakness?
(selected responses)
1. Only published once a week
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"different"
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4. Boring stories about stuff that already happened
• Do you feel the information in The Plainsman is relevant to
you?
1. The news sections are quite relevant. The articles on local
bars have always been completely irrelevant
2. Less than when I was a student but it is still a good read.
3. Sometimes, but th*re seems to be a lot of fluff articles here,
and lets face it, Alabama is obsessed with sports, and frankly.
I'm not!
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FOREST IXFERXO: As fires spread across Alabama, with 40 counties under burn alerts, officials recommend tips like storing flammable
liquids in a safe place and not using heaters and lanterns inside a tent.
State seeks forest fire reduction
By DAVID STEELE
Staff Writer
Summer is fast approaching.
This is the time of year when Auburn students
begin to think about beaches, tans and summer
jobs, but this is also the time of year local, state
and national fire officials get concerned.
Hot, dry summer months mean an increased
risk for wildfires. The National Interagency Fire
Center reports nearly 60,000 wildfires charred
nearly 4 million acres in 2003.
Though wildfires are often associated with the
Southwest, Alabama is also at risk.
"The entire state of Alabama is in a 'no burn,'
and that status will remain until we get some rain,
real soaking rain," said Dean Garrett of the Auburn
Fire Department. "The humidity is so low right
now, and we've had several dry fronts come
through."
Garrett recommends to stay with a burning fire
at al! times. He said not to leave it for a few hours
and come back.
He also said a hose or other extinguisher should
be carried at all times.
"It will shock you how fast these things can
spread," Garrett said.
Phillip Bryant, a forestry specialist with the
Alabama Forestry Commission said there is cause
for concern because about 40 counties are under
burn alerts.
"Macon and Russell counties are having a lot of
trouble with wildfires, and both of them are right
here in west central Alabama," Brvant said. "We
are all short on manpower due to proration, so it's
harder to fight fires."
The AFC s highlights wildfires as a major threat
to Alabama's timber industry.
The timber industry brings in $13 billion a year
to the state economy and employs 170.000 people,
about 10% of Alabama's labor force.
"For years we've tried to keep fire out of the
woods, but now we've discovered thai the ecology
of the southern pine almost requires burning." said
Dick Martin, a professor in the School of Forestry
and Wildlife Sciences. "We're learning more about
both how much burning is actually needed and
how to manage that burning all the time."
• For fire- prt-t t-iilion tips, turn to A7
j\f% Amendment to
prevent legisla­tors
from serving
on Board of
Trustees makes
progress
Thursday, April 8,2004
Senate
embraces
religion
Commandments
issue resurfaces in
state Legislature
By GABE CARPENTER
Associate State & Local Editor
A proposed state constitutional
amendment that would allow the dis­play
of the Ten Commandments in pub­lic
buildings was introduced into the
state Legislature.
Sen. Gerald Dial, D-Lineville, is spon­soring
the measure.
"This is the third year
I've put this bill up,"
Dial said. "I just think
that we should be able
to post the Ten Com­mandments
without
going to court."
The issue has become
a hot topic among Alabamians since
former Chief Justice Roy Moore was
ordered by a federal court to remove his
religious monument from the court­house
rotunda last fall.
"It's obviously an amendment that
will answer some concerns that people
have." said Sen. Ted Little, D-Auburn.
The proposed amendment passed
unanimously through the Senate and is
now awaiting action in the House.
"I think it will pass easily (through
the House) if the Legislature sees it as
what it really is: a feel-good matter, not
a practical one," Little said. "If judged
practically, it will probably be found
unconstitutional."
Little also said he supports the bill,
but there needs to be strict guideline as
to how the Ten Commandments could
be displayed.
The least controversial way to display
them, Little said, is to place them in a
historical setting, as Gov. Bob Riley did
in the Capitol.
If the proposed amendment passes
through the House, it will have to be
voted on by Alabama citizens.
Dial hopes to have the amendment on
the ballot in November.
"I think there will be overwhelming
support," Dial said. "This is a way to let
the people decide."
John Giles, president of the Christian
Coalition of Alabama, also thinks the
people would support this amendment,
V Turn to AMENDMENT, A7
Dial
Grille loses financial fight, bids farewell
ByMARCPRADOS
Assistant State & Local Editor
The Auburn Grille served its final
meal last week.
Owner Kathy Butts fought an eviction
notice for a month.
March 30 was the last day The Grille
was open.
The restaurant stood on College
Street for almost 30 yeai s.
"A little bit of what is Auburn has
faded," Sheriff Jay Jones said.
When Butts bought The Grille three
years ago, she gained ownership of the
name and everything inside the restau­rant
Since Butts owns The Grille's rights, it
can not re-open under new manage­ment
The Grille's problems started a few-months
ago when building owners said
they wanted to more than double Butts'
rent to bring the fees to current value.
She could not afford this, and negoti­ations
yielded no settlement
In February, Butts received an evic­tion
notice from the Libscombs, requir­ing
her to vacate by March 31.
Butts said The Grille, an Auburn tra­dition,
should not be moved out of the
downtown area.
"We are looking for another place
downtown," Butts said. "As of now, we
have not found a location."
Butts is the most recent in a line of
owners dating back to 1936 when The
Grille was opened by the Gazes, a Greek
family from the Isle of Patmos.
It was the first air-conditioned build­ing
in Lee County
"There is no telling how many people
have been to The Grille over the years."
Jones said. "Its just very unfortunate
that The Grille is no longer there."
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GOODBYE GRILLE: Leigh Shaw orders one of the Grille's final
meals. Last week Auburn lost one of its oldest restaurants.
SOLI HERN COMFORT:
Alabama now has an offical state whiskey.
The Senate voted Tuesday to override Gov.
Riley's veto to have an offical state
whiskey.
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DELINQUENT DAMAGES:
Police arrested an 11-year-old and two 13-
year-olds in Tuscaloosa Monday for caus­ing
$75,000-worth of damage to 52 city
school buses during spring break.
RARR1ER FOR MARRIERS:
A Senate committee approved a con­stitutional
amendment Tuesday that
prevents marriage licenses from being
issued to two people of the same sex.
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"1 think he fired five or six shots
inside his apartment I think a
neighbor had asked him to turn
down his music."
- Auburn police Lt. Willie Smith
on the 45 minute police standoff with 23-year-old
Christopher hruenewaU
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Trustee amendment moves forward
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Proposed amendment prohibiting legislators from serving
as trustees passes House, goes to Senate
By CLAY HARRIS
Associate Sports Editor
In a surprise turnaround,
the Alabama House passed a
constitutional amendment
Tuesday, March 16, that
would prohibit legislators
from serving on university or
college trustee boards.
The amendment, spon­sored
by Rep. Mike Hubbard,
R-Auburn, passed 73-7 after
failing to receive the
required 63 votes the week
before.
"There is a conflict of
interest when legislators
serve on trustee boards."
Hubbard said. "Hopefully,
this will do away with the
perception that everything is
political."
Andy Hornsby, vice-presi­dent
of the Auburn Alumni
Association said he also feels
strongly about the issue.
"There is an inherit con­flict
of interest when legisla­tors
serve as trustees,"
Hornsby said.
The amendment was
reconsidered Tuesday at the
request of Rep.
Joseph
D-who
down
week
Mitchell
Mobile,
voted it
the
before.
"There were
some represen­tatives
out of
chamber, so we
came up two
short," Hubbard
said. "But 1
talked to some
of those legisla­tors
after, and it
passed over­whelmingly
the
second time."
Hubbard said
he sponsored the amend­ment
after Gov. Bob Rilev
"There is a
conflict of
interest when
legislators serve
on trustee hoards
Hopefully, this
will do away
with the
perception that
everything
is political."
asked him to as a part of his
"accountability" bills pack­age.
Hubbard said the amend­ment
also restricts current
trustees and
their immedi­ate
family
members from
having financial
contracts with
the university.
After passing
in the House,
the amendment
then moves on
to the Senate.
Sen. Ted Lit­tle,
D-Lee, has
taken up the
cause in the
Senate.
"I think it is
a very good
idea," Little
said, "It is very
important to me."
Little said he requested
-Rep. Mike Hubbard
R-Auburn
the amendment be brought
into committee, but has yet
to place it on the agenda.
Three senators serve as
trustees at Troy State, Mon-tevallo
and South Alabama.
Sen. Lowell Barron, presi­dent
pro tempore of the Sen­ate,
is a former Auburn
trustee.
"Sen. Barron has not led
me to believe he is for or
against (the amendment),"
Little said.
What will happen in the
Senate is unclear.
"I certainly hope it will
pass, but 1 suspect it will
have difficulty getting
through the Senate," Horns­by
said.
Hubbard agreed the
amendment may face oppo­sition.
"1 really don't know what
will happen in the Senate,"
Hubbard said. "I think it will
be an uphill battle."
This week in
Alabama history
April 8,1911
An explosion at Jefferson County's Banner Mine kills 129
miners. Most of the miners were prisoners leased to Pratt
Consolidated Coal Company under the states notorious
convict lease system. While many Southern states leased
convicts, Alabama's program lasted the longest, from 1846
tol928. In 1883 at least 10 percent of state revenue was
derived from the convict lease program.
City Council meeting
Three key organizers in the annual Bike
Bash in March were honored for the fund rais­er's
most successful year, with 172 partici­pants.
A request by Snapper O'Malley's owner to
have outdoor alcohol drinking was approved.
The restaurant made the request to coincide
with its two-day boxing event this month.
Restaurant retail liquor licenses were given
to The Creole Shack, on Shug Jordan Parkway,
and Benji's Restaurant and Lounge on South
College Street.
An outdoor cafe permit was granted to
Mellow Mushroom on College Street. The
restaurant plans to expand outdoor dining.
—from staff reports
STATE YOUR OPINION
Wriat is your stance on
same-sex marriages?
"7)o what you mint to
do, man. Personal busi­ness
is tiieir own \Mio
am I to decide?"
pmior,
rartkulture
I'm not opposed hut I
have mixed feelings with
the whole aspect
Ken Zadnlchek
freshman,
business
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with a female from a reli­gious
point of i4ew, 7
mink it's immoral"
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pre-nursing
"Ibelieve it's wrong.
Marriage is between a
man and a women.
Gender is the essence of
marriage"
Wes Reynolds
senior,
journalism
— interviews by Evan Casey, assistant state <& local editor,
photos by Gabe Carpenter, associate state & local editor
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Spring Semester 2004
AGRICULTURE
.Ashley E. Austin
Rache! Creei
Sarah F. Creel
Connie N. Johnson
Levi M. Plunkett
Barbara S. Rickman
Kellie L. Segrest
Melissa M. Steinhauer
Karyn E. Watts
ARCHITECTURE.
DFSIGN.&
CONSTRUCTION
Abigail B. Barron
Lucas J Cooke
Robert P. Crittenden
Abigail S Eaton
Joshua C. Manner
Jill C.Harper
Emily Horton
Matthew L. Hughes
Bradley L. Martin
SommerM.SIartery
David T Townsend
Travis Welden
BUSINESS
Julie D. Allen
Julia C. Benton
Emily A. Bonawitz
Michael J. Broughton'
Landon M Burton
Ryan 0. Chambers
Mary K Davis
Ro:.aldJ Dovich
Jennie B. Duvall
Bradley L Garland
James A. Giennon
Amy S Goode
Joseph P. Gyengo
Richard W Haley
Dustin A. Hays
Lauren R. Hines
Nolan L. Hudson
Matthew W. LeMay
Amanda K. Maddox
Gabor Mate
Jonathan A Mayer
Amber E.McElduff
Kenneth N. McMillan
Elizabeth B. Milam
David T. Milton
Monica D. Morris
Jeffrey L. Mumford
Haven A. Neims
Kathryn ML Nichols
Kyle J. Omastiak
Mollie E. Peete
Justin L. Poole
Jeffrey C Pope
Melame L Price
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but he said he is unsure whether it will
pass through the House.
"Usually on this subject, you get into
partisan politics," Giles said. "But every­one
knows this is a no-brainer. Most
Alabamians are in favor of this measure."
Steven Brown, an assistant political sci­ence
professor at Auburn University,
agreed most Alabamians would support
the amendment.
However, he said he doubts it will make
it as far as a public referendum because of
constitutional questions involved.
"It's probably not going to be viewed as
constitutional because the Supreme
Court has spoken to (this issue)," Brown
said.
"To try now to put the Ten Command­ments
into a government building for reli­gious
reasons, you're going to be on shaky
ground."
In his bill, Dial prohibits the use of state
money to defend the display of the Ten
Commandments.
Brown said there are people on both
sides of the argument that would tackle
this issue, namely
conservative reli­gious
groups and
other groups that
want religion taken
out of government.
Giles declined to
say whether his
organization would
defend the com­mandments
in court.
"Christian Coali­tion
of Alabama is in
favor of the Ten Com­mandments
being placed anywhere, any
time," Giles said.
lis probably not going to be
viewed as couslitutionaLto try
now to put the Ten Command­ments
into a government build­ing
for religious reasons,you're
going to be on shaky ground."
— Steven Brawn
assistant professor of political science
A spokesperson from the Southern
Poverty Law Center(SPLC) , which was
actively involved in litigation against
Moore, said it was not familiar enough
with the bill to comment on it.
"The state constitu­tion
can't trounce the
federal constitution,"
said Danielle Lipow, a
staff lawyer at the
SPLC. "Any attempt
to do so is just politi­cal
maneuvering."
Little said there is a
possibility of the
amendment being
misused, but said vot­ers
could decide
whether this is a law
that "people will appreciate, rather than
abuse."
Coalition fights Bingo for Books'
BY GABE CARPENTEB
Associate State & Local Editor
Christian Coalition presi­dent
John Giles said his organ­ization
would consider a legal
challenge, the "Bingo for
Books" constitutional amend­ment,
if it were to be approved
by the House.
"We're leaving all options
open," Giles said. "We're just
focused now on trying to kill
(the amendment)."
A House committee met
yesterday to review the pro­posed
amendment.
"We're going to give them
sound economic and social
reasons why this is a poor
public policy."
The amendment would
allow gambling in designated
places.
The proceeeds would be
used to provide books for
Alabama school children.
Giles said, though, that tax
payer money needed to treat
addicted gamblers would
exceed the funds generated
for books.
He added that education is
not in that grave of danger.
"This is a lousy deal for the
state," Giles said. "It is unnec­essary."
He gave several social draw­backs
as well.
"It is proven that gambling
preys on the poor, the elderly
and the young," Giles said. "It
is proven to tear families
apart. We're in the business of
strengthening families."
There has also been some
question as to whether this is
a regulatory bill or a tax bill.
According to the state's
Constitution, all legislation
regarding revenue must origi­nate
in the House.
"Gambling gets preferential
treatment, because it is some­times
considered as a regula­tory
bill, not a revenue bill,"
Giles said.
Still, he said, the Christian
Coalition is considering its
constitutionality.
The proposed amendment
cleard the Senate shortly
before the Legislature went'on
break at the end of March.
The amendment could
come before the entire House
within the next few weeks,
where, it seems, its chances of
passing are slim.
Several legislators say they
will not support the measure
based on economic reasons,
and Giles believes the decks
are stacked in his favor.
The people would then have
to vote on it. and each county
where a dog track exists
would have to approve the
measure for it to go into effect
in that location.
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A8 Commentary
Thursday, April 8,2004
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Our View
WWJD?
Probably teach kids to read
In an effort to generate revenue
for the state's struggling schools,
Alabama's Legislature might legal­ize
high-stakes bingo at dog tracks,
taking a 10 percent state and 4
percent local tax from the games'
net revenues.
Sen. Gerald Dial, D-Lineville,
who proposed the program, has
dubbed it "Bingo for Books."
"Bingo for Books" comes at a
time when the state is allotting
just $5 million to purchase school
books, enough only to buy work
books for kindergarten, first and
second grades.
Some estimates place the state's
potential bingo revenue at more
than S55 million.
State Finance Director Drayton
Nabers said the legislation is a bad
deal for the state, giving track
owners too much profit.
And the Christian Coalition of
Alabama, the marauding moralists
who helped defeat Amendment
One and, several years ago, former
Gov. Don Siegleman's lottery, are
planning to fight "Bingo."
John (iiles, the president of the
state's chapter, announced his regi­ment
of Christian soldiers may sue
the state if the Legislature
approves the bingo program.
According to past stances of the
Christian Coalition, revenue for
the state should not come from
lotteries, bingo or property taxes.
The obvious source for educa­tion
funding is the change that will
rain from heaven when Alabama's
citizens bow before Roy Moore's
monument.
It's true, the Bible discourages
gambling, but Alabama is not a
theocracy. There is no pillar of
smoke over Montgomery, no burn­ing
bush in the Capitol.
. Since Alabamians seem hell­bent
on avoiding forced taxes, vol­untary
taxes are the best bet.
If people want to draw lots, they
will, whether it's lotteries in Ten­nessee
or Georgia, casinos in Mis­sissippi
or Vegas, or Saturday
afternoon card games in the back
yard.
All of Alabama's neighbors have
some form of gambling in place,
and all-out prohibition only drives
revenue out of state, buying books
for school children in Georgia,
Tennessee. Florida and Mississip­pi.
Maybe the "Bingo" bill needs to
be tweaked. The state can take
more money from the game, and
few people would care.
But to take issue against it
because of personal religious con­victions
ignores the real problem.
Of course, change comes slowly
in Alabama.
Our children haven't been able
to read for years. Why would we
want to change that now?
The Christian Coalition of
Alabama could improve its rep-utability
if it would offer alterna­tives
to everything it boo-hoos.
WWJD has sadly become What
Wouldn't jesus Do.
Monumental mistake
Alabama Legislature ignores
Fourteenth Amendment, again
Alabama's Legislature is finally
tackling the state's most pressing
issue.
It's not education. It's not tax
reform, or a new constitution.
Apparently, Alabama is not
Christian enough.
Sen. Gerald Dial, D-Lineville
proposed an amendment to the
state Constitution allowing the
display of the Ten Command­ments
in public buildiags.
Sen. Ted Little, D-Auburn
admits the proposed amendment
should be analyzed as a "feel­good
manner."
"If judged practically, it will
probably be found unconstitu­tional,"
Little said.
But that's not stopping the
Decalogue devotees from sup­porting
the legislation. They
won't let anything stand in their
way.
Including the First and the
Fourteenth Amendments.
What is Dial hoping to accom­plish
with this amendment?
If the Ten Commandments are
the basis for our law, why are
adultery and covetousness not
legally prohibited?
The First Amendment pro­hibits
government from estab­lishing
religion. The Fourteenth
Amendment applies that statute
to the states.
It sounds like legislators quit
reading the Constitution after
the Tenth Amendment.
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Staff Opinion
Twenty million silent in 2004
If you haven't noticed the new
MTV voting campaign, it is titled,
"20 million loud in 2004."
What a bunch of bull, Kerry!
For those of you who weren't pay­ing
attention in 2000, the election
was the biggest sham in the history
of the United States.
How, after the turn of the millen­nium,
can a man lose the presiden­tial
election with the majority of
the popular vote?
The electoral college, that's how.
Only the Bowl Championship
Series has a more confusing and
idiotic way of determining a cham­pion.
I must come clean. As the elec­tion
drew near in 2000,1 thought
Gore was the smarter, more quali­fied
candidate.
The first part I still agree with.
Bush may not be as intellectually
smart as Gore, but he surrounds
himself with smarter people.
Gore proved to me how smart he
really was when, after 9/11, he
announced he wquld not attempt
to run for the presidency again.
AUSTIN
PHILLIPS
phillad@aubuhi.edu
I think I even heard him give a
sigh of relief as the Twin Towers
fell.
Gore losing the election because
of the biggest voting conspiracy
this country has ever seen was just
what the people needed to oust the
ridiculous electoral college.
Take this math lesson as an
example.
In 2000. more than 10 million
people voted in California. One-and-
a haif million Alabamians par­ticipated
in that same election.
Hypothetically, what if Californi-ans
had voted 5,000,001 for Gore
and 5,000,000 for Bush?
In Alabama, what if 750,001 had
voted for Bush while 750,000 voted
for Gore?
While the vote would have been
tied in popular votes, Gore would
have won, in those two states, by a
landslide of 54-9.
Are Californians really six times
as important as Alabamians?
This situation is not that far
fetched and the numbers, and his­tory,
give that conclusion.
In this day in age, where anyone
who wants to find out about the
candidates can by television, radio,
newspapers or the Internet, the
electoral college is obsolete.
It was established because candi­dates
couldn't travel the country to
campaign to all people. Now, they
can.
If young people want to send a
message in 2004, stay at home and
watch it all unfold in the comfort of
your own home. I know I will.
Austin Phillips is assistant sports
editor of The Auburn Plainsman. You
can reach him at 844-9104. •
The Iraq conflict in question
Normally, during your average
week, I would have spent a good five
hours a day watching, reading and
talking about the news with friends.
Over spring break, I was in Hawaii
and didn't have a care in the world,
except enjoying the beautiful weather
and spending time with my friends.
The events of the world seemed so
far away from me, on a miniscule
island in the Pacific Ocean.
It wasn't until early Friday morning
when I returned to Atlanta and was
en route to Savannah to see a friend
that I picked up a copy of the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution and saw what
was taking place in Iraq.
The horrible news stated four civil­ian
contractors were killed in Iraq,
their bodies mutilated and dragged
through the streets, Mogadishu style.
The networks painted a more repul­sive
picture, showing citizens of that
nation gloating and in jubilation over
these dead Americans.
On the flight over to Hawaii, I had a
total of 18 hours to kill, so I read a
number of books, notably the
thoughts of Paul O'Neil in "The Price
of Loyalty," and Richard Clarke's
"Against All Enemies."
As a conservative, I wanted to see
what the two former close confidants
of President George W. Bush had to
say about him and the War on Terror­ism.
The evidence they have on the
leader of our great nation is devastat­ing,
as they paint a picture of a bum­bling,
ineffective leader, obsessed with
Iraq once he took office.
In fact, I'm somewhat saddened
that people who call themselves
MICHAEL J.
THOMPSON
thompmj@auburn.edu
Republicans drive around with those
silly 'W- The President' stickers on the
car still support this man and wish to
seem him re-elected.
He is no conservative, just look at
his record. His administration and
Cabinet appears to be much the same,
hijacked by crazed neo-conservatives
who wish to make the world over as
they see fit
In Clarke's book, he writes he was
stunned that on 9/11, Donald Rums­feld
called for the bombing of Iraq -
not Afghanistan, where al-Qaida was
- because there were better "targets"
in Iraq, though Baghdad had had
nothing to do with the atrocities.
Of course, then came Colin Powell's
admission that some of the evidence
used to justify the war with Iraq to the
United Nations was false.
But forget all of this for a moment,
because history will be the judge of
the current president and his ambi­tious
plans to remake American for­eign
policy into a Wilsonian venture.
Let me get one thing straight, I'm
not anti-war, like many of these radi­cal
Liberals, Marxist and leftist out
there who hate America and wish to
see us defeated in Iraq and any war we
get in.
They are the true enemies of Amer­ica,
and as Sean Hannity has rightly
said in his new book, are guilty of a
sortoftreasork
However, when 638 American sol­diers
are dead for no apparent reason
in Iraq, and more brave servicemen
are getting slammed and pinned
down by a 10,000 man militia in Fallu-jah,
something is wrong. Since Iraq
poised no direct threat to the US and
had no WMDs, why the hell should we
continue to put American's lives on
the line?
This may irk the tolerant, one-world,
liberal, everyone-is-equal,
moral relativist reader, but an Ameri­can
life is\vorth much more than our
enemies lives.
We are merely fanning the flames of
radical Islam worldwide — in London,
Paris, New York, Atlanta and every
major city in Europe that has even a
tiny Muslim population. More
attacks, like that in Spain, are sure to
be a daily part of our lives soon and
probably our children's.
Samuel Huntington was right when
he wrote about the clash of civiliza­tions'
between the West and Islam,
and 1 fear things are about to get
much worse.
Electing Bush or the radical liberal
John Kerry will further lead this
nation into complete collapse.
We need a third party candidate who
isn't peddling the same lies the two
major parties always do.
Michael). Thompson is associate
sports editor of The Auburn Plains­man.
You can reach him at 844-9118.
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Thursday, April 8,2004 Commentary A9
Entertainment industry shouldn't plus-size villains
The Little Mermaid's worst night­mare
is not a pretty picture. Ursula,
the evil sea witch who cuts a mean
deal with 16-year-old mermaid diva
Ariel, is no child's favorite Disney
character.
She is the villain, and artists sketch
a white-haired, purple-skinned half-octopus
with a waist more than three
times as wide as her pudgy neck.
Frank Herbert's "Dune" series fea­tures
the noble House of Atreides, the
protagonists' family, versus the greedy
spice-grubbing House of Harkonnen.
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is the
house's ruthless political figure. He
has an insatiable appetite, and is so
overweight he must wear a special
anchoring device. Many scenes con­tain
descriptions of his weight. (The
Atreides are described as serious and
distinguished in appearance, with
sharp angles and lean bodies).
Why is overweight the look casting
experts, novelists and filmmakers so
often give the bad guy?
Whether it's Star Wars' Jabba The
Hut, Austin Powers' Fat Bastard or
Drew Carey's Mimi, large and unat­tractive
characters appear to be the
ideal embodiments of evil and vil­lainy.
It's nearly impossible to pinpoint
the motives of casting agents, authors
and scriptwriters.
However, its not a stretch to pre­sume
that, like the overweight glutton
in "Seven," overweight bad guys and
not-so-hot antagonists are an easy
means for artists to get the point
across.
One could argue that in the presen­tation
of drama, characters and their
flaws and virtues must be exaggerat­ed
to get the point across.
Hence, to make a bad guy, enter-
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Frogs and snails
ana puppy dog tails
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
When students at a high school
"Participation in Government"
class were asked to invite outside
speakers to debate controversial
issues, I accepted this opportuni­ty
to discuss why I
believed the school
should stop pur­chasing
animal
"specimens" for
teaching biology
and should instead
use lifelike three-dimensional
plastic models with
removable parts and/or interac­tive
computer programs.
I showed the class a People For
The Ethical Treatment of Ani­mals
(PETA) video, "Classroom
Cut-Ups," which depicted, among
other abominations, workers at a
dissection supply house embalm­ing
animals — from cats to crabs
— while they were still alive.
Frogs are usually dropped into
an alcohol solution, which takes
about 20 painful minutes to
cause death.
According to
Physicians Com­mittee
For
Responsible
Medicine, the
formaldehyde
used to preserve
the animals' bod­ies
can harm peo­ple
exposed to it.
Formaldehyde is
a carcinogenic
irritant to eyes,
skin, throat,
lungs and nasal
passages.
The National
Association of
Biology Teachers
has urged schools -
to offer alterna­tives
to dissec­tion.
I shared all this with the stu­dents
and asked if their biology
class dissection experiences
helped them learn biology. Most
replied 'no.'
One student wondered if it was
unethical to dissect fetal pigs
that were taken from the bodies
of their butchered mothers. They
would not have survived anyway.
1 replied that dissecting fetal pigs
was perhaps a lesser evil than
killing live animals for dissection,
but why dissect any animal?
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer told
Dateline NBC, "in 9th grade, in
biology class, we had the usual
dissection of fetal pigs, and I took
the remains home, and I just
started branching out to dogs
and cats." I suggested to the stu­dents
that while I trusted their
dissection experi­ences
had not demo-nized
them, I
nevertheless agreed
with Adelphi Univer­sity
biology professor
George Russell, who
wrote that "dissec­tion
not only fails to promote
reverence for life, but encourages
the tendency to blaspheme it" by
desensitizing students to cruelty
and to the sanctity of life.
But most schools and colleges
in America continue to empha­size
dissection. Educational
administrators should listen to
what one student told PETA- "I
passed geography without leaving
my home state, and passed geolo­gy
without seeing planets collide.
It's insulting to argue that stu­dents
can't understand anatomy
unless they
stick scissors
into a frog's
brain."
Joel
Freedman
New York
Scars and
bars
Editor, The
Auburn Plains­man:
April is
Confederate
History Month,
as declared by
Gov. Riley and
the State
Board of Edu­cation.
April 26
is Confederate
Memorial Day.
So where are the planned
events by the University's Com­mittee
on Diversity? Where is
there any sign of recognition by
our city leaders? What special
activities are being undertaken in
our schools? Why is it every year,
we fail to acknowledge our own
local history?
Auburn, the city and the Uni­versity,
are rich in Confederate
history, from the secession
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tainment artists must compile every
not-good quality possible into a rep­resentative
character.
Whatever the reasoning, entertain­ment's
antagonists are more often
overweight and unattractive than not.
I'm not going to pull the offensive
card. If people don't want to watch a
movie because it offends them, they
don't have to. End of story.
The prevalence of such stereotypi­cal
characters is mostly just a sad.
though interesting, glimpse into soci­ety's
view of what sorts of people are
bad and which are good — based
entirely on looks, which just so hap­pens
to be an easy way to get a char­acter
across.
A duck is a duck, not because it
acts like one or talks like one, but
because it looks like one.
The books on society's tendency to
classify people based on appearance
could probably fill a library. It's cer­tainly
nothing new.
But in drama, it is unrealistic. Most
of the time in real-life situations, the
villain isn't unattractive or over­weight.
The villain looks just like
everyone else, and there's no reason to
make a distinction.
You know the villain by what he
says (or doesn't say), how he behaves
or how he treats people.
People will judge others based on
looks. That's just a fact.
Entertainers should take the social
high road and think about the impli­cations
of someone like Ursula for
young children.
They should also take the high
road, artistically. Characters should
be convincing because actors and
actresses play them well.
It looks like a cheap shot and
insults the intelligence of an audience
to overblow and distort characters
and insert personal stereotypes.
For entertainers interested in their
audience, such judgmental and obvi­ous
characterizations are offensive to
some.
Bottom line: It shows subtle lack of
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Patrick Giles
debates in Langdon Hall to Jeffer­son
Davis reviewing troops at the
train depot.
The entire student body at
what would later become Auburn
University joined the Confederate
army en masse; four University
presidents served Confederate
officers.
Many troops were raised in the
Auburn-Opelika area, including
those raised by WJ Samford, later
governor of Alabama and name­sake
of AU's Samford Hall. One
building on campus served as a
Confederate hospital. Even the
legend of "War Eagle" is entwined
with the War for Southern Inde­pendence.
Union General Rousseau
passed through here on his way
to Decatur and skirmishes broke
out in the area, so confirmed by
the graves of young boys and old
men at Union Grove Cemetery. I
could go on. There is so much
more.
And yet, except for this year's
Luminary Tour of Rosemere
Cemetery and the annual small,
quiet service provided by the
local United Daughters of the
Confederacy, there is no mention
of the past.
Our community leaders contin­uously
call for our allegiance to
tolerance and diversity.
What better opportunity to
lead by example than to publicize
and celebrate this officially state-sanctioned
celebration?
I call on you all to join in this
celebration of Confederate histo­ry
and offer this holiday the same
reverence and respect as dis­played
for all other such celebra­tions.
Greg Creech
Auburn
Full voice, full force
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Auburn students, however,
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"It" is swarming into the streets
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for something you believe deeply
in, something denied you by Low-derism-
respect, freedom of
speech, a valuable college degree,
top flight educators, trustees and
presidents you can look up to,
fundamental rights of 21st centu­ry
college students.
When thousands hit the streets
peacefully, the whole world takes
notice, and things get changed.
Auburn students, you can make
real history. You can end Auburn's
long agony.
Get off your butts.
Nicholas Davis
retired professor
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On the Concourse • Campus Calendar Classifieds • Campus Life Thursday, April 8,2004
HOG
HEAVEN
Motorcycles provide hip
ride for campus cruising
By ANNA CLAIRE STAMPS
Campus Editor
It's the perfect time of year to go for a
ride, wind whipping through the hair,
sun warming the face.
And campus parking? Not a problem.
High gas prices? No sweat.
An elite group of Auburn students say
they've got it made — they're motorcy­cle
owners.
"Motorcycles are a chick magnet," said
Phil Caraway, a senior in geography with
a history minor and the owner of a 1980
Honda Twinstar. "If I could somehow
figure out how to tie a dog or a puppy on
the back, I'd be all set"
Aside from its influence on his love
life. Caraway said his motorcycle is easi­er
on his wallet than an automobile.
"It's a lot cheaper than owning a car,"
he said. "I spend two bucks (a week) on
gas."
Wes Hokanson, who graduated in
December and now works in the Haley
Center bookstore, said his motorcycle is
less expensive, too.
"I get about 50 miles to the gallon,"
said Hokanson, who owns a Kawasaki
Ninja.
"It's definitely a lot cheaper," said Nick
Gray, a senior in architecture and the
new owner of a Honda Shadow.
Campus parking, a headache for most
Auburn students, doesn't bother Hokan­son.
"If you have a motorcycle, it's as good
as having an A- or B-zone," he said. "All
my classes were in the business building,
and there's a (motorcycle) lot right up
next to Lowder."
Other convenient motorcycle parking
locations include a lot behind Foy Stu­dent
Union.
"There seems to be a big gaggle of
motorcycles behind the geology depart­ment,"
Caraway said. "That would be
where I'd park."
Gray said parking can be a problem
every now and then, just like regular
automobile parking.
"(Parking spaces) are not labled very
good sometimes," Gray said.
He also said the lots can get crowded.
Caraway also rides his bike to work on
South College Street
"This is a really good season for rid­ing,
with the weather (like it is)," he said.
"It's just good to get out and ride."
Hokanson said he also likes to get on
the highway and ride.
"It's great riding back and forth to the
lake," he said. "That's probably (my
favorite) part"
One of the few downsides to owning a
motorcycle, the owners said, is bad
weather.
"I have a car for when it rains," Car­away
said.
Hokanson agreed, saying he rides his
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KATIE I1KI MKI.I Ol — PHOTO KDITOR
11 VI AM l \ ( i ACT: Phil Caraway, a senior in geography with a history minor, balances on his 1980
Honda Twinstar. Caraway said spring is the perfect time to ride his motorcycle.
Senate chair shares
views on governance
— Interview by Dave Mackey, online editor
Q: How do you define shared gov­ernance?
A: As it relates to the University,
shared governance is like a working
relationship between the Board of
Trustees, the University administration
and the faculty. On paper, it says the
Board of Trustees is responsible prima­rily
for policy-making decisions, and
then the day-to-day operation or the
administrative aspect of the University
is done by the president and his admin­istrative
team. And then, of course, all
the academic-type recommendations
and policies comes through the faculty.
So on paper, we have a good under­standing
of what shared governance is,
but the problem comes in with the
practice aspect of it
Q: With regards to how it is prac­ticed,
how would you rate Auburn in
terms of shared governance?
A: I think in the past we have had a
lot of problems with shared gover­nance.
Either actual activity by Board
of Trustee members or other people, or
perceived. You know, sometimes per­ception
is just as harmful as actual
knowledge. But I think, now, there are
some parameters being set by Dr.
Richardson, and I think he's clearly
delineating all of those roles and
responsibilities. And I think if everyone
will adhere to what he's trying to do and
stay on their side of the fence, then
we're going to do well.
Personally, I think Auburn University
operates well, and one of the reasons
that 1 say that, if you look at U.S. News
& World Report, whenever they come
out with their rankings. Auburn Uni­versity
still ranks very high. So if we
were so dysfunctional, then I don't
think that would be the case. Although
we're not perfect, and we have a lot of
things to work on, for the most part, in
terms of our presence and position in
Southeastern universities and also
major universities throughout the
country, we do a great job.
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Willie Larkin
"On paper, we
have a good
understanding
of what shared
governance is,
hut the problem
comes in with
the practice
aspect of it."
-Willie Larkin
chair of the
University Senate
'Big Fish" author to
hook audiences
"He'sjustajunny
speaker. He's very
light-hearted and
entertaining."
By EMILY WEBSTER
Staff Writer
"Big Fish" author, Daniel Wal­lace,
will visit Auburn Saturday,
May 1.
The Auburn University Center
for Arts and
Humanities,
Auburn Arts Asso­ciation
and the East
Alabama Medical
Center will sponsor
the evening at the
EAMC Health
Resource Center on
Pepperell Parkway.
All proceeds will
go to the Auburn Arts Association.
The evening will begin at 6 p.m.
Saturday with a buffet- style din­ner,
including chicken and catfish.
Following the dinner, Wallace
will talk about "Big Fish" and his
new book, "Watermelon King."
"He's just a funny speaker," said
Faith Nance, past president of
Auburn Arts Association.
"He's very light-hearted and
entertaining."
When "Big Fish" was released in
theaters, some were surprised ti
discover it originated in print.
"I didn't know until recently that
is was a book," said Jeff Walker, a
senior at Montevallo
High School who audi­tioned
as an extra for
the movie.
"Book sales of "Big
Fish" definitely
increased when the
movie came out," said
Andrew Thomason, a
manager of Books-A-Million
in Auburn.
"The 'Watermelon King' and 'Big
Fish' are both available at Books-
A-Million," Thomason said.
Hope Gautney, manager of
Movie Gallery in Auburn, said the
movie version of "Big Fish" will be
available to rent April 27 at Movie
Gallery.
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-Faith Nance
Auburn Arts Association
RELAY TO RAISE RESEARCH FUNDS:
Relay for Life will be April 16 from 5 p.m. to
5 a.m. at the Wilbur-Hutsell Track. Partici­pants
will walk through the night to raise
money for cancer research. Donations from
sponsors are due April 15.
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THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT:
The UPC will present Shakespeare's "A
Midsummer Night's Dream" on April 7 at
5:30 p.m. in the Student Activities Center.
It will also present The Rock Project on
April 22 at 7 p.m. on the president's lawn.
Sister Hazel, Ingram Hill and Gavin DeGraw
will perform.
SERVICE WEEK PLANNED:
The Honors College will hold Service
Week April 12-17. Activities will
include service projects such as Habitat
for Humanity, doing yard work, and col­lecting
old clothing and other dona­tions.
"Not all role-players are math or
computer geeks. We're some of the
most easy-going people because we
do something tliat's involved with
fantasy and imagination."
- Lea Neuhauser, president of
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Q: Like you mentioned, we have a
new president; we're getting five new
trustees. What opportunities does
this present for improving shared
governance?
A: Well, 1 haven't visited with the two
persons that got approved today (Tues­day),
but the three, Charles Ball, Sarah
Newton and Dwight Carlisle, those
three persons, in my opinion of the
short time I \isited with them, they're
independent thinkers, they're success­ful
business people, political figures
and also educators, so they bring diver­sity
to the Board. Also, I think that, the
fact that they're new, they probably are
independent thinkers, they
have autonomy to say what
they feel and think, so 1 think
tha. will add a great deal of
diversity to the Board. That
perception of one or two peo­ple
controlling the Board and
the University will, I think, be
diluted as a result of that.
Q: What's left to be done
to create the proper balance
in shared governance and to
remove the perception that
you just talked about that
one or two people run
things?
A: You know, I don't know
whether this is a good exam­ple,
but if you are a right-handed
person, and you write
with your right hand and your
right hand gets hurt and you start to
write with your left hand, it's going to
be awkward, initially. But after a while,
you start getting better at doing it, and
then it's much smoother. So I think
what's happening with these new peo­ple
coming on board, with an interim
president, he is a leader. He under­stands
education, and he understands
people. So I think all of those dynamics
coming together will allow us to start
off on better footing with each other.
And also, I think the fact that this is
being talked about and verbalized on a
regular basis will also give us a different
aspect of how we cooperate and how we
work together.
The last thing that I think is going to
impact us is that everybody realizes the
SACS probation was a wake-up call. 1
think the potential disciplinary actions
that will be taken against the men's bas­ketball
team is another wake-up.
The other thing is there are so many
of us that want to do it right, until those
who don't are outnumbered, and they
will be coerced into doing the right
thing, or either, I think, they will be
identified as negative for Auburn.
Q: How do you think the attitudes
of certain groups on campus (Uni­versity
Senate, the American Associ­ation
of University Professors,
University administrators and the
Board of Trustees), that they hold
toward each other impact shared
governance?
A: It probably has
affected it to some
degree in a negative
way. However, I think
that when people have
differences, if you are
able to get past those
harsh feelings and
focus on the issues
rather than the person­alities,
then you get to
the point where you can
actually resolve those
problems. I think that
each group (Black Cau­cus,
AAUP, students,
Faculty Senate), all of
chair of the University Senate u s h a v e a n important
role to play in shared
governance.
Right now, our biggest problem is
that has not been clearly defined or
understood or practiced long enough...
You know, you haven't heard as much
bickering over the last couple of
months, so I think that's dying down.
Q: What are your goals for leading
the University Senate in its role in
shared governance?
A: I think that a good leader, in order
to get your goals accomplished, first of
all, you have to realize that you have to
take into consideration what the goals
are for the members of the Senate. So
we have two groups: We have the facul­ty,
we have two meetings a year, and
then we have the Senate, and the Senate
7 think my objec­tive
«to make
sure I'm in touch
and in tune with
what the faculty
and the Senate
members want,
and also that I'm
in close contact
and communica­tion
with the
administration."
- Willie Larkln
represents the faculty. So what I have to
do, I have to be an effective leader, 1
have to be a great communicator and 1
also have to listen, which is part of that
communication process.
So I think my objective is to make
sure I'm in touch and in tune with what
the faculty and the Senate members
want, and also that I'm in close contact
and communication with the adminis­tration.
Now, I don't anticipate doing a
lot of talking with the Board of Trustees
because I think Dr. Richardson's idea of
shared governance is that the personnel
of Auburn University, in order to talk to
the Board of Trustees, they need to fol­low
protocol and proper channels to
come through him.
But I think it's all about relationship-building,
it's about leading by example,
and it's about basically taking this puz­zle
of shared governance and putting it
together so it all fits. And the other
thing is, I don't expect perfection. I
know that there are going to be some
rocky times. My job is to facilitate and
to be aware of everything that's going
on on the campus, which requires me to
do a lot of studying and reading.
Q: What is the balance in your job
between reflecting the opinion of
faculty and leading them towards
something else?
A: I don't know what that percentage
ought to be, but I would say probably
it's a 50-50 proposition, because the
chair of the Senate has opportunities to
meet with people and hear things and
see things that the faculty is not aware
of. So there are rules and regulations
and procedural-type matters that you
can't go outside of those things. So my
job is to listen to the faculty and to be
vocal, but at the same time, a leader. I
don't want to be a reporter. I don't want
to be a person who says, "Well, the fac­ulty
said this and here's what we need to
do." I want to be able to rationally help
them think through the suggestions
and recommendations they're making
to make sure they represent us well, and
that they have some impact, some rea­sonable
impact and influence on what
we can do to support the University.
Basically, that's my mission. I think that
if I, as the leader of the faculty and the
Senate, were to go and just report what
they say, you could get a robot to do
that.
Q: Finally, when your term as chair
is over next year, what do you want to
look back on and see that you've
done?
A: I had initially, when I ran for the
position, four initiatives that I wanted
to get accomplished. I accomplished
one by putting the suggestion box in
the back, one of those things was to
have a Senate orientation for new mem­bers,
and we'll do that August 17, and
the other was setting up a mentor pro­gram
for junior faculty.
Since that time, I've listened to facul­ty
members, and I've had discussions
and listening sessions, and I've added to
that number. I have 12 initiatives that
we're going to try to get accomplished.
So at the end of the year, if I can look
back, and if I have accomplished 80 per­cent
of those things, that will be a suc­cessful
year. Oh, the other thing I said I
would do, I would have a long-term
strategic planning committee, and
that's going to be chaired by Conner
Bailey, the new chair-elect.
Ultimately, at the end 1 want people
to say, "He was a prepared leader, he lis­tened,
he was proactive and he had
ideas that he brought to the body and
we were able to respond and tweak and
give him the endorsement to go for­ward."
I'm getting some pretty good
response. I was surprised today that we
didn't have as many faculty members
here, given the fact that the president
was giving his "State of the University"
address. And I know people are teach­ing
and all of that.
That's another thing, I really would
love to, at some meeting, it doesn't have
to be every meeting but at one meeting,
I'd love to fill this place up. Because to
me, as the representative of the faculty
and the Senate, if I go to the adminis­tration
they are going to be more apt to
respond to my request if they see this
room filled, because they'll say, "Larkin
represents a constituency that is really
interested in what goes on at the Uni­versity."
So that's one of my ultimate goals, to
fill the place up at least one time, and
after that 10 or 15 will do.
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motorcycle everywhere
unless it's raining.
Gray ran into bad weather
on a road trip to Rural Studio
last month.
"It was about a two-and-a-half
hour trip, and it started
to rain on me on the way
back," Gray said.
He was a little worried, but
said he just had to be cau­tious.
"You have to watch out for
puddles," he said.
Another common problem
many people see with motor­cycles
is safety.
According to the Okla­homa
Rider Education Pro­gram,
the likelihood of injury
in a motorcycle accident is
extremely high, with a 9K
percent chance of being
injured in a multiple-vehicle
crash and a 96 percent
chance of injury in a single
vehicle, or motorcycle only,
accident.
Forty-five percent of all
motorcycle crashes result in
more than a minor injury.
"I don't worry about
myself... I worry about other
people not noticing me,"
Gray said.
He was almost in a crash
in Auburn.
"During a football game
weekend, I was driving on
College Street, and this guy-bumped
my back tire," Gray
said.
"I definitely think safety is
always a concern, but that's
part of the thrill of it, that it
can be dangerous." Caraway-said.
One of his favorite memo­ries
is from riding his bike
out west.
"That time, I saw a bald
eagle flying overhead," he
said. "I thought, man, this is
the American dream."
BIG FISH
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After the dinner and lec­ture,
Wallace will attend a
reception at the home of
Mary Anne Stiles, a donor
of Auburn and Auburn
University Arts.
"Mrs. Stiles is very gen­erous
to the arts," Nance
said.
Tickets are S50, and only
120 are available.
Included in the ticket
price is the Southern style
dinner, Wallace's lecture,
reception at Mrs. Style's
home and an autographed
copy of Wallace's "Big
Fish."
TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
• Call Faith Nance at 826-
8346
> Call the Arts Association
at 887-2832
The
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Submit announcements on forms to The Plainsman office between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. no later than the Monday prior to publication.
Limit 30 words. May be edited for pertinent content.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Earth Day poster contest will award
gift certificates for first through sixth
place winners. Posters are due April 9 by
4 p.m. to 119 Dudley Hall.
For more information, contact Norbert
Lechner at 844-5378 or
lechnnm@auburn.edu.
National Alcohol Screening Day is
today. Get a free individual assessment
of your alcohol usage at Auburn Univer­sity
Psychological Services in 1122 Haley
Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Van Cliburn Silver Medal Pianist,
Yakov Kasman, will perform April 17 at
7:30 p.m. at the Tallassee High School
auditorium.
Tickets are available at the Tallassee
City Hall mayor's office.
The College Life Lecture Series will
present "Surviving Science & Math:
Study Tips" April 14 at 4 p.m. in 217 Foy.
Extra credit will be given for selected
classes.
The Auburn Marriage and Family
Therapy Center provides therapy and
.premarital counseling for students and
non-students, couples, families or indi­viduals.
Sliding fees.
For day or evening appointment, call
844-4478.
Auburn University Psychological
Services Center, 1122 Haley Center, pro­vides
individual and group therapy and
assessment services to students, adults
and children in the community. Call 844-
4889.
Safe Harbor provides free and confi­dential
counseling to students who have
been sexually assaulted. For more infor­mation,
call 844-5123.
The Crisis Center of East Alabama
needs volunteers. Boost your GPA with
independent study credits while helping
others. Call 821-8600 for information.
MEETINGS:
Campus-wide Bible study meets each
Monday at 7 p.m. and the first Sunday of
each month at 6 p.m. in Haley Center
2116. Free food and a chance to win a
book.
Auburn Zen meets Thursdays from 7
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Auburn Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship at 450 E. Thach
Ave.
Newcomers are welcome. For more
information, contact John Clifton at
cliftjo@auburn.edu or Tom Hodges at
hodgetf@auburn.edu.
EVENTS:
Tau Beta Pi is sponsoring a funda­mentals
of engineering exam review for
all engineering students April 6 through
9 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Broun 238.
The exam will be in Broun 239 April 8.
The SGA is asking students to vol­unteer
at Auburn Day April 20. Auburn
Day is a time for Alabama legislators to
meet with Auburn representatives and
students to work for the betterment of
Auburn.
Any students interested in participat­ing
can sign up on the SGA Web site at
WAVw.auburn.edu/sga, or call the SGA
office at 844-4240 by April 16.
The SGA will hold several focus
group discussions April 26 through 30
on topics including campus parking, the
new student union, and SACS accredita­tion.
The groups will offer students the
opportunity to voice their opinions on a
variety of issues.
To sign up or for more information,
visit the SGA Web site at
www.auburn.edu/sga.
The Auburn University Vocal Cham­ber
Ensemble will present, "Love atthe
Opera," April 6 and 7 in the Goodwin
Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
The ensemble will perform scenes
from operas "Don Giovanni," "Cosi fan
tutte," "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Old
Maid and the Thief." Admission is free.
The Auburn Asian Association will
hold a cultural show featuring various
organizations on campus.
It will be held April ] 1 from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m. in the Foy Ballroom. Please come
wearing traditional ethnic clothing.
Aubie tryouts will be April 19 and 20
at 1 p.m. in the Student Activities Center.
The Jule Collins Smith Museum of
Fine Art will have Free Night today from
5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The permanent collec­tion
and temporary exhibitions are open
to the public, and free tours are available.
The gift shop will remain open until 8:45
p.m.
UPC will show its free movie, "Mystic
River," April 16, 17 and 18 with two
shows each night at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
The movie will be shown in Foy 213.
Pebble Hill will hold an exhibition of
paintings by Professor Emeritus Richard
Millman.
The show opens April 8 at 4 p.m. and
will last all month. The public is invited.
Auburn resident poet Chris Forhan
will read from his book, "The Actual
Moon, The Actual Stars," at Pebble Hill
April 13 at 4 p.m.
The Department of Music will hold a
faculty piano recital April 12 at 4 p.m.
showcasing the talents of music profes­sor
Roy Wylie.
Callouts for honors organizations
will be April 14 at 9 p.m. at Katherine
Cooper Cater Hall.
ON THE CONCOURSE
What campus issues should
Dr. Richardson address?
"Thetrustee issue. Just
look at the distribution of
power throughout the
University."
aviation management
"Registration because
everybody is trying to get
on at the same time.
They need a bigger
server or something
Wl!!!im Harden
sophomore,
software engineering
"Construction. We need
more notice as to what's
going to be closed
down!'
AsMtyAmoM
stnior,
microbiology
"Parking, for the
engineering school
specifically, because we
have to walk farther
than business majors"
MattBenefidd
senior,
mechanical engineering
— interviews by Jane Walker, associate campus editor,
photos by April Jo Love, assistant campus editor
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LET'S REVIEW: Stephen Neslage, Senate parliamentarian, and Chad Bennett, senator at-largc, look over the
test senators took last week.
PHOTO EDITOR
results of a
| Senate reviews E-Board changes
SGA president proposes bill to add members to Elections Board
By JANE WALKER
Associate Campus Editor
Proposed changes to the Elections
Board Code of Laws are in the works (or
next week's SGA Senate meeting.
SGA President Bradford Boney said he
and SGA secretary of political affairs
Jonathan Jennings are working on a bill
that will add members to Elections Board,
as well as create two branches to the
board.
"I kind of want to give you a heads up
(about the bill)," Boney said.
"We're wanting to add peo­ple
to Elections Board. We
want to test out a system
where we have two branches
of E-Board, executive and
judicial."
Boney said the executive
branch will handle the
administrative duties, while
the judicial branch will han­dle
things such as violations
and hearings.
"It kind of divies up the
work on E-Board," Boney
said.
Instead of four members
of the student body chosen
at large by the appointing
committee, the bill proposes
that six members would be
selected.
It also changes the amount of student
at-large members who must be of at least
senior standing during spring elections or
his or her term from two to three.
The bill was tabled this week to allow
senators time to ask Boney questions and
read over the bill.
Next week a more complete bill will be
"We're wanting to
add people to
Elections Board.
We want to test
out a system
where we have
two branches o/E-Board,
executive
and judicial... It
kind ofdivies up
the work on E-Board."
— Bradford Boney
SGA president
brought up for discussion and for a vote.
Two requests to the organizations fund
were made by the Auburn Christian Fel­lowship
and the Indian Students Organi­zations.
Michael Smith, Organizations Board
chairman, said Auburn Christian Fellow­ship
needed $250 for a computer.
The Indian Student Organization need­ed
$529 to purchase items for a spring
festival and music event.
Smith said both organizations requests
were reviewed and itemized, bringing the
cost to an appropriate
amount.
Two probationary char­ters
were granted to the
Auburn German Club and
the Japanese Student Orga­nization.
Lisha Li was appointed
president to College of Sci­ence
and Math. Li was a sen­ator
from the College of
Science and Math this past
year.
Anna Claire Stamps, Code
of Laws chairperson,
brought up a bill to change a
portion of the Sunshine Law.
"The only reason why
we're changing this is
because it was under
Finance Law," Stamps said.
"We didn't change anything,
just moved it to the media law section
where it's supposed to be."
Stamps said her committee is working
on cleaning up the Code of Laws.
"Many parts of the code are outdated,
and some of them don't make any sense
at all," Stamps said. "We want the code to
be clear and concise and easier to under­stand."
Stamps said the SGA had problems
about two years ago with the election law
not being detailed enough.
Members of Cabinet announced
upcoming plans and goals for the year.
Scott Godfrey, director of special proj­ects,
said his committee is working on the
walking trail, as well as an eternal flame
for the University.
"Hopefully, we'll get (the walking trail)
rolling before we leave for the summer,"
Godfrey said.
The eternal flame would represent all
the Auburn students who have died over
the years, Godfrey said. A brick walkway
with students' names inscribed would
lead up to the flame.
Godfrey said other Southeast schools
have similar memorials.
Jennings told senators about the impor­tance
of attending Auburn Day, where
students and University officials go to
Montgomery to lobby legislators for the
betterment of Auburn.
Auburn Day is Aprl 20, from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m.
"This is where we as students can lobby
to our legislators," Jennings said. "Troy
and Alabama receive more funding than
we do."
Jennings said students can sign up for
the trip to Montgomery through the SGA
Web site, located on the Auburn Universi­ty
Web site. Students can also visit the
SGA office in Foy Student Union to sign
up.
Participants must sign up by April 16.
Senators received the results from their
Senate tests, and Stephen Neslage, parlia­mentarian,
said everyone passed.
The test quizzed senators on Senate
procedure and knowledge.
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ByJane Walker
ones
IVE A look into the
funny, frantic
and sometimes
overly emotional
life of one senior
exploring
possibilities
beyond The
Plains
After a week of relaxation and too much
fun, I almost forgot I'm graduating in a little
more than a month.
It's hard to remember when all thoughts of
class and work were left behind in exchange
for mindless hours in the sun and fruity
drinks with little umbrellas in
them.
Over the break I came to two
conclusions: I worry too much,
and 1 want to drop everything
right now and live on the beach
in Mexico.
Spring break really puts things
into perspective.
After careful thought (and
much-needed rest), I decided only one of my
conclusions is valid.
Adios, Universidad de Auburn.
Not really, but I did decide I worry too
much about the future. It's OK to think about
it, just don't get obsessive like me.
Being away from Auburn for a week helped
me (warning: big cliche coming up) step out­side
of myself. I realized whatever choice I
make will not necessarily be a "wrong" choice
and will not be the end-all, be-all decision in
my life.
It's so hard to see (warning: another cliche)
the big picture because right now we are so
focused on school, or at least, my fellow nerds
and I are.
But, if you think about ;t, in 20 years we are
all going to have jobs and be doing something
with ourselves.
If we're not happy with it, we'll change it.
We'll find a way to enjoy life, so my advice is
to not sweat it.
There is no wrong choice for you to make,
unless of course you're deciding between
working on Wall Street or becoming a profes­sional
casserole taster.
Another thing I have trouble remembering
is we should not live to work. People used to
work to live.
Their jobs provided an income so they
could sustain a family or save up for that life
on the beaches of Mexico. Nowadays it seems
we are all workaholics and that our job/suc­cess
defines who we are. i
Last Friday I observed some English classes
at my old high school, and though I felt like
an old lady, my visit showed me we need to
slow ourselves down and not take ourselves
so seriously.
The teachers joked with the students and
had a laid-back approach to teaching.
I was introduced to the students as Ms.
Walker, which really freaked me out, and for
the# rest of the class I got to watch them ask
questions and finish their work.
It made me remember when I was in their
seats, worrying that I hadn't perfectly
Don't
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forbid) I'd be late to class and get a tardy
mark on my record.
We, or at least I, need to lighten up. Those
same things I fretted over in high school are
the same things I fret over now, just morphed
into different worries: not having the perfect
essay for my grad-school entrance applica­tion,
not having a one-point higher GPA, not
having straight hair... oops, that ones on the
wrong list.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is we
shouldn't worry over the small things, and
while we're making our post-grad decisions,
we need to relax.
Growing up shouldn't be so scary. Yes, the
thought of sitting in one spot for eight hours,
surrounded only by cubicle walls, the sounds
of typing keys and coughing cubicle mates is
enough to make me want to fail all my classes
just to stay in college another year, but who's
to say this will happen?
I'm not trying to bash anyone who has a job
where they work in a cubicle. These people
might say that writing silly columns is their
definition of a job from Hades. To each his
own, I guess.
But if by some freak accident I do end up
living the life in "Office Space," it will be OK.
Well, not really, but I will find a
way to enjoy myself outside of
work because jobs should not
serve as the main event in our
lives.
I want to find a job 1 enjoy, but
one I can separate from my per­sonal
life. Also, I shouldn't be so
scared of growing up or of making
a wrong decision because there is
no wrong choice for any of us to make.
While we are making choices about where
to work or where to go to grad school, remem­ber
the ultimate decision is yours and yours
alone.
This is something I have struggledwith
because I am a crowd pleaser. Yes, I admit it. I
want everyone to like me, and I don't want to
disappoint anyone.
Why is this a problem? Because 1 have
heard so many different opinions from so
many different people on what I should do
after graduation, and I want to take every­one's
advice and I want everyone to be proud
of me and like the choices 1 make.
But alas, this is impossible. I may disap­point
some people, perhaps many people,
with whatever decision I make.
I'm here to tell you this is OK. Make your
post-grad decisions based on how you feel.
Sound selfish? It's not.
If you try to please everyone, you're neglect­ing
your own feelings and will ultimately end
up a sad person in a small cubicle, or whatev­er
your idea of Hades is.
I was told George Burns once said some­thing
to the effect of "find something you love
to do, and find a way to get paid for it." This is
great advice, and if you're worried that your
first job or first year of grad school won't be
something you'll rave about years from now,
that's OK
We've got our whole lives ahead of us to
find that perfect job, so take time now to
experiment and have fun with your options.
This is the way we learn about ourselves
and the way we find out what we truly love.
It's all trial and error and it can be scary, but it
can be fun if you want it to be.
For someone who was not thinking at all
during spring break, 1 sure feel like quite the
philosopher.
Look at all these revelations I've come to.
Let's recap: Don't worry, lighten up, enjoy life,
make your own decisions and don't call me
Ms. Walker.
We should have spring break every week.
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Student union location
pending May 7 Board approval
By RICHARD McVAY
Associate Campus Editor
More than five years after
student fees were increased
to build a new student
union, discussion is still
focusing on a suitable loca­tion
for the building.
At the Nov. 7, 2003, meet­ing
of Auburn's Board of
Trustees, then-SGA presi­dent
Jonathan McConnell
and special assistant to the
president Christine Curtis
presented the area occupied
by the Eagle's Cage as a pos­sible
location.
Board discussion focused
on maintaining a green area
around the stadium and
parking availability during
football games for scholar­ship
donors.
SGA President Bradford
Boney is confident student
union discussion will appear
on the agenda for the Board's
May 7 meeting, but the
Eagles Cage location won't
be proposed again.
"We as the (Student Center
Committee) subcommittee
have decided that we feel the
best location for the union is
south of Haley (Center),"
Boney said.
"Students have pushed for
the Eagle's Cage location
since November," said
Michael Krause, student
member of the Student Cen­ter
Committee.
"After analyzing that (loca­tion),
the committee has
decided the best site is south
of Haley Center, in the A-zone
lot and part of the B-zone
lot."
The change in locations
from the Eagle's Cage to the
current proposed location
trimmed the size of the
union from 215,000 square
feet to 180,000 square feet.
Krause said the building
would form a U-shape on the
south.side of Haley Center
and would be connected to
Haley by collonades.
"Students don't want a lot
of retail space," Krause said.
"So we cut out 30,000 square
feet of retail space."
Krause said if more room
is needed, buildings may be
added along the
Concourse.
Since the A-zone
lot was
planned to be
removed, the
spaces covered
by the union
would have to
be replaced,
Krause said.
He said a
parking deck
would be the
logical solution.
He said a deck
placed between
Petrie Hall and
Jordan-Hare
Stadium could
include 500 to
950 parking
spaces.
Krause said the deck could
be funded by a hang-tag fee
increase