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1-85 will see traffic
problems this season
Construction to improve the Col­lege
Street/Interstate 85 overpass
could prove could probe a problem
for football fans this year S&L, A3
Alabama ACT scores rise by
percentage point
ACT Assessment reports Alabama
students' ACT scores increased by
one tenth of a percentage point last
year. States averages still fall below
national averages. S&L, A8
Tows cause parking woes
for some students
As new regula­tions
go into
effect students
face increasing
parking fines.
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Cosmetic and plastic
surgeries climb in popularity
About 2 million young people had
plastic or cosmetic surgery in 2003.
Find out why, and the two most
common surgeries for college-age
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Columbia Records artist to
perform at tonight s party
Music artists Kicking Howard and
Ari Hest are to perform in front of
Foy Student Union. Block party
starts 6:30 a.m. today. Kicking
Howard opens. Intrigue, C2
Auburn medals in Athens
Olympic games
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meter backstro ke. &
Senior swim­mer
becomes
Auburn's first
female
Olympic
medalist.
Kristy
Coventry won
in the 200-
tmpus, B3
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amazing to have so
many people support
you."
—Jane Brooks,
senior in public relations
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Aug. 26,2004
CLEANING HOUSE
Six administrative positions terminated
By LINDSAY EVANS
Content Editor
Making good on a July promise,
Interim President Ed Richardson
eliminated five central administra­tive
positions this week.
For Richardson, who has prom­ised
to examine administrative
positions and academics, the job
cuts are business.
For Bob Lowry and four others f
whose positions were terminated,
it's more than that
Lowry, who worked in Auburn's
Communications and Marketing
Department since it was known as
University Relations, came to
Auburn in 1991.
He found out just before noon on
Tuesday his editor position had
been terminated.
Deedie Dowdle, director for com­munications
services at Communi­cations
and Marketing, said the
position cuts were made at the
beginning of the week
On Monday and Tuesday, Tim
Meeks, Elizabeth Peel, Dan Rosen­thal
and Janet Saunders were also
told their positions had been cut
"Re-organizing and re-structur­ing
is primarily due to efficiency,
maximum use of existing
resources," Dowdle said. "The presi­dent
wants to make sure we're uti­lizing
the resources we have 100
percent"
Lowry said he feels he hadn't
been utilized as one of those
resources for almost two years.
He said since Communications
and Marketing Assistant Vice Presi­dent
John Hachtel came to Auburn
in Fall 2002, he was not given mean­ingful
work.
In this case, it would be easy to
eliminate his position.
"I wasn't too shocked (Tuesday)
because I felt like he had been try­ing
to push me out the door for a
long time," Lowry said.
Hachtel "left me without a whole
lot to do for my job," he said. "A
meaningless job.
"He steadily pushed me away,
and empowered other people until
> Turn to JOBS, B6
Three
vie to
lead
alumni
By DAVID MACKEY
Managing Editor
The race for president of
the Auburn Alumni Associ­ation
is in full swing.
With ballots in the hands
of alumni, the three candi­dates
are pushing their
platforms
INSIDE: and their
>• In-depth visions
looks at each for the
of the three future of
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Associa­tion
Vice
President Andy Hornsby, L.
Nick Davis and Jim Carroll
have waged a contentious
three-way race since June,
when the controversy
began.
The Alumni Association's
nominating committee
tapped Hornsby for presi­dent,
but the Board of
Directors rejected his nom­ination.
They instead chose
Davis, a Thomasville, Ga.,
businessman and board
member.
Hornsby made the ballot
by way of petition, as did
Carroll, president of Carroll
Air Systems in Tampa, Fla.
Auburn resident Don
DeMent owner of Momma
Goldberg's Deli, also
announced his intention to
run for president, but soon
withdrew, throwing his
support to Davis. DeMent
is the husband of former
University Vice President of
Alumni Affairs Betty
DeMent, who was fired in
March in a controversial
move by Interim University
president Ed Richardson.
Ballots from voting
members must be received
by Sept 28. Election results
will be announced Oct 9 at
the association's annual
meeting.
A SURVIVOR'S STORY Bama ranks
above AU
By KATE STAMPS
Assistant Campus Editor
MARK OUS— ASSISTANT PHOTO tOflOR
BACK TO SCHOOL: Senior Jane Brooks, left, who was diagnosed
with leukemia in June, returned to Auburn this fall to earn her
degree.
Former cheerleader
returns to classes
ByCABAPABRELL
Senior Reporter
When Jane Brooks checked
her voice mail last Tuesday, she
heard a chorus of "War Eagle"
coming from a packed bar.
The crowd at Highlands was­n't
celebrating the end of sum­mer.
It was helping raise
$18,000 for Brooks at a charity
concert performed by the band
Trotline.
Brooks, former Auburn
cheerleader and fifth-year sen­ior
studying public relations,
was diagnosed with leukemia in
June.
Kenny Strickland, Trotline's
lead singer and close friend of
Brooks', organized last Mon­day's
event and used his cell
phone to leave the enthusiastic
message.
Though Brooks couldn't
attend the concert in her honor,
Strickland said he wanted to
make her a part of it
"It was so easy to raise
money," Strickland said. "Every­body
knows how nice she is,
and they wanted to help."
From local businesses to
strangers around the country,
Brooks has been surrounded by
support. She received more
than 50 cards for her birthday,
which left no space on her hos­pital
room walls.
"I'm blown away," Brooks
said. "It's amazing to have so
many people support you."
Brooks spent most of July in
the University of Alabama-
Birmingham hospital undergo­ing
chemotherapy treatments,
but she has surprised her
friends by returning to Auburn
> Turn to CHEERLEADER, A5
Auburn University
ranked 42nd in US.
News & World
Report's 2004-05
rankings for the
nation's top pub­lic
universities.
"We are delight­ed
to have moved
up in rankings,"
said Deedie Dowdle,
director for communica­tions
services in the
Department Communi­cation
and Marketing.
"It indicates good aca­demics."
Auburn ranked
beneath the University
of Alabama, which
ranked 39th.
"The universities have
US.News1,i
been neck-and-neck for
a while," Dowdle said.
"We look at the large
picture. The state bene­fits
when two universi­ties
make top SO, and the
citizens win
either wayT
This is the first
time in a few
years Alabama
has ranked above
Auburn. Dowdle
said "there is no
way to tell" if the lower
ranking is due to the
recent SACS accredita­tion
issue.
To rank the universi­ties,
the magazine staff
used indicators of seven
categories, including
retention of students,
alumni giving, gradua­tion
rate performance
and financial resources.
Stadium work
back on track
By LINDSAY EVANS
Content Editor
The second phase of Jordan-Hare Stadium's
renovation will begin this fall, after summer
budget projections showed the Athletics Depart­ment
didn't have enough money to do everything
planned.
The original design for phase two would have
. cost $8.5 million more than Auburn can afford.
John Mouton, special assistant to the president
presented the budget shortfall findings Aug. 12.
Now, Auburn officials are narrowing the scope of
> Turn to STADIUM, A5
SUM
STADIUM:
The second
phase of
Jordan-Hare
renovation is
expected to
be finished
by Fall 2005.
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Road- Burglary of an auto
reported. Items stolen were a
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Del Mar sunglasses, a set of
keys and $50.
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a red purse, Tiger Club card
and a bank check card.
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Street- Fifteen dollars in regu­lar
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stolen.
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Arbors- Burglary and larceny
reported. Five DVDs and $115
in cash was stolen.
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Drive- Larceny reported. The
resident's Giant Iguana green
bicycle was stolen.
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Drive- Criminal mischief
reported. Property damage
included a cut seat on a Cater­pillar
bulldozer and also two
broken side mirrors, four bro­ken
headlamps, two broken
turn signals, damaged trailer
wires, a broken tail light and a
broken light on a Caterpillar
trackhoe.
Aug. 20, Country Squire and
Old Country roads- Burglary
of auto reported. Items stolen
included a brown leather wal­let,
$70 in cash, American
Express card, Discover card,
bankcard and a book of checks.
Aug. 20, Laurel Drive- Theft
from yard reported. Two Sears
Craftsman lawnmowers were
stolen.
Aug. 21, McDonald's, South
College Street- Burglary and
criminal mischief reported. A
safe, alarm key pad, door,
motion sensor and roof air
conditioner unit was damaged.
Aug. 21, The Highlands-
Theft from a public building
reported. A Canon digital cam­era
was stolen.
Aug. 21, Copper Creek Tav­ern-
Theft of property report­ed.
Items stolen include a
black cloth wallet and a
Chevron gas card.
Aug. 21, AC Fitness for
Women- Theft from a public
building reported. Cash total­ing
$140 was stolen.
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Criminal mischief reported. A
glass window was damaged.
Aug. 22, Big Cat Fuel- Theft
and shoplifting reported. Nine­teen
dollars in gasoline was
stolen.
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and larceny reported. Items
stolen were a Fossil watch,
rolled U.S. coins and a purple
Crown Royal bag.
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Theft from a public
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Opelika City Councilman Gary
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Tuesday Aug. 24.
Killer bees trapped in
Mobile
For the first time, the Alabama
Department of Agriculture trapped
Africanized bees, nicknamed "killer
bees," in a routine trapping pro­gram.
Toys "R" Us committed to
Tiger Town
Geoffrey s Toys "R" Us committed to
being a part of Phase III of Tiger
Town. They are the first store to
give a commitment to Tiger Town.
U.S. District judge approves
Tutwiler Prison lawsuit
Alabama female prisoners will have
better living conditions and med­ical
care thanks to US. District
Judge Myron Thomspon's approval
of the Tutwiler Prison lawsuit.
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victim of state funding cuts. Several
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record that 1 have denied
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me, and I am proceeding
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Landfill contract in limbo
Waste Management wants
to expand Salem landfill
for Atlanta garbage
By ASHLEY HUNGERFORD
Assistant State & Local Editor
The Opelika City Council voted
unanimously on Aug. 17 to oppose
a proposal allowing Waste Man­agement
to deposit Atlanta
garbage at Lee County's Salem
Landfill.
The City Council awaits the Lee
County Commission's Oct. 25 deci­sion
on Waste Management's
request.
The County Commission has
ultimate authority because the
Salem Landfill is located outside a
municipality.
Opelika City Councilman Gary
Fuller said he "hopes a lot of citi­zens
will attend the Commission's
Aug. 30 meeting, voicing their
concern for Waste Management's
plans to shorten the life of the
landfill."
Waste Management handles
garbage collection and dumping
in Lee County, and has requested a
modification in its current landfill
permit for the Salem Landfill.
In a letter to the Lee County
Commission, Waste Management
suggested putting "an average
daily volume of 2,500 tons (in the
landfill) and permitting the Salem
Landfill to expand its service
area."
The landfill's current cap on
average daily volume is 1,500 tons.
The proposed expanded-service
area would included Dallas Coun­ty
and the following metro Atlanta
counties: Carroll, Chattahoochee,
Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dekalb,
Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Heard,
Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot
and Upson.
Lee County Commissioner
Harry Ennis said Waste Manage­ment
should find another place to
dump Atlanta's garbage. Georgia
forced the closure of its Live Oak
Landfill in Dekalb County.
"(The Commission) will look at
Waste Management's request and
do what is required by law," said
Lee County Commissioner and
Probate Judge Bill English.
The Commission plans to set a
public hearing in early to mid-
October. The date of that hearing
is likely to be set at the Commis­sion's
Aug. 30 meeting, English
said.
"It is important for the public to
> Turp to LANDFILL, A4
KA1IEBBUMBE1«: — PHOTO EDITOR
GARBAGE DAY: Ocie Griffin collects trash on an Auburn street. The Opelika
City Council has officially opposed the import of Atlanta trash into a Lee
County landfill. The Lee County Commission is expected to make a decision
Oct. 25.
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RACHU. IVANS — PHOTO S1AIT
BYPASS THE OVERPASS: State Department of Transportation workers are constructing a larger over­pass
at the South College Street/Interstate 85 intersection. City officials suggest Auburn football
fans take other routes into town on game weekends.
1-85 construction to .
impede football traffic
By JAMES WALDRUP
StaffWriter
Construction on the South
College Street/Interstate-85
overpass is in full swing.
As the construction progress­es,
public works officials urge
locals to find alternate routes
to enter and exit 1-85.
"It's definitely an area I would
avoid during construction," said
Jeffrey Ramsey, Auburn Public
Works Director/Engineer.
The project will make the
overpass a six-lane bridge with
four through lanes and two
turning lanes. Construction is
expected to be completed in
summer 2005.
At least two lanes of traffic
will be open on the bridge
throughout construction.
After the west side of the
bridge is completed, it will ease
traffic flow while the current
bridge is renovated.
When the project is finished,
South College Street will be
widened to five lanes at Sand­hill
and Beehive roads to
accommodate traffic from the
bridge.
"Football in Auburn is huge.
This (bridge project) should
help traffic during and after
football season," said Contessa
Cook, a senior in fiber engi­neering.
"(Until the project is
complete), I'll go down Glenn
Road to exit 57."
Signs encouraging motorists
to find alternate routes to 1-85
during football season will be
erected around the city.
Exits 42,57 and 58 should be
> Turn to TRAFFIC, A4
Judge may
drop charge
in fraud
case
Perjury charge may be
dropped in bid-rigging case
By MEGAN LYNCH
StaffWriter
Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo awaits
a judge's ruling on whether one of eight
charges against him in an alleged bid-rig­ging
scheme will be dropped.
Chief U.S. District Judge U.W. Clemon is
expected to decide Oct 4.
After a three-hour hearing Aug. 17,
Clemon indicated possible dismissal of a
perjury charge against Bobo, who was
charged after allegedly lying under oath in
his 2001 trial.
"The perjury charge against (Bobo) is
pretty likely to be thrown out," said L. Drew
Redden, Bobo's attorney and a partner at
Redden, Mills and Clark. "However, it is yet
to be decided."
Bobo, former Gov. Don Siegelman and his
former Chief of Staff Paul Hamrick are
accused of conspiring in an alleged 1999
bid-rigging scheme.
According to the indictment, the three
tried to move $550,000 from the state edu­cation
budget to the Alabama Fire College
at Shelton State Community College.
Bobo was the school's medical director.
They allegedly spent the money paying
bidders vying for a state contract to provide
maternity care for poor women.
According to the indictment, :he trio
faces charges on conspiracy, health care
fraud and program fraud.
"If convicted (Bobo) is facing a serious
> Turn to BOBO, A4
A4 (The Auburn painsfman Thursday, Aug. 26,2004
Local merchants prepare for
busy football season
By JULIE DAVIS
Staff Writer
Jennifer Turner, assistant manager for
Toomer's Drug, will work her third season of
Auburn football this fall. She's preparing to
work in one of the biggest crowds she's ever
seen Sept. 4.
"Since I have been working here, game days
just seem to be getting bigger," Turner said.
Employees at Toomer's on North College
Street will squeeze lemons to prepare for
gameday. Turner said Toomer's also makes a
point to schedule more employees than usual
and to stock up on merchandise.
Like Toomer's, local merchants,
police officials, restaurants and
hotels are preparing for the
crowds.
Statistically, more fans will be
in town because of added stadium
seats.
Most stores are making sure
they have enough employees
available to work and a variety of
their products in stock.
Hotels have large crowds on
gamedays and are sometimes sold —
out years in advance for big
games. The Hotel at Auburn University &
Dixon Conference Center is always sold out
by repeat customers, said Alvin Bettcher,
director of sales and marketing for the hotel.
The hotel also prepares its conference
rooms for customers looking for a meeting
location on gamedays.
Heartstrings manager Peggy Ann Hall said
one of her responsibilities is to change win-
"Fans have to
understand
that there are
going to be
delays."
-Willie Smith
lieutenant. Auburn
Police Department
dow and store displays, adding orange and
blue. Hall likes to keep the store, located on
North College Street, fresh for repeat cus­tomers.
"We like to have plenty of workers on hand
to provide good customer service and keep
the store well organized," Hall said.
Hooters, located on South College Street, is
trying to reach customers stuck in traffic by
providing a portable Hooters kitchen.
Todd Hughes, assistant general manager,
said pressure for its first football season on
the Plains will go to the cooks. But Hooter's
waitresses will also appear on public radio
before the first game.
City police are also affected.
Since University and city police
merged, the city has changed its
gameday routine.
This will be the first time for
city police to handle all the game-day
traffic and provide security.
Lt. Willie Smith said traffic is
one of the biggest issues the city
is facing for the first game. Famil­iarizing
every officer with game-day
procedures is a priority, he
said. Traffic will be regulated this
year by new routes blocked off by-officers
and with signs to get drivers where
they need to go.
"Fans have to understand that there are
going to be delays," Smith said.
He said police want to be as efficient as
they can be on gamedays.
After the first game and new traffic control
measure, Smith hopes to have an effective
and efficient routine for officers and fans.
TRAFFIC
> From A3
used to avoid potential delays of at least one
hour said Jim Jackson, University supervising
producer with the Office of Communications
and Marketing.
Aerial photographs will be taken before,
during and after football games to help deter­mine
the best traffic flow.
Motorists are also cautioned to look for
lane shifts on 1-85 under the bridge.
1-85 traffic will be moved from shoulder to
shoulder while crews install columns and
girders.
Updates to traffic flow plans and cautionary
statements can be seen at the University's
gameday Web site, www.auburn.edu/commu-nications_
marketing/gameday04.
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> From A3
felony conviction," Redden said.
He could be fined and jailed.
Bobo also faces two counts of witness tam­pering
and three other counts, including wire
fraud, lying to the FBI and lying under oath.
Bobo, Siegelman and Hamrick
pleaded not guilty.
Bobo was charged and con­victed
by state and federal prose­cutors
in 2001 for offering a
maternity care bidder $800,000
not to bid.
An appeals court later
reversed the charges.
Prosecutors re-opened the
case on May 27, and Bobo was re­indicted
along with Siegelman
and Hamrick.
Reden is optimistic.
"I am satisfied that the judge is
giving serious consideration to
both sides of the story," Redden
said.
"Clemon is an intelligent man, and he will
digest every piece of information before he
rules."
"Clemon is an
intelligent
man, and he
will digest
every piece of
information
before he
rules."
— L. Drew Redden,
attorney for Phillip Bobo
Clemon, who normally presides in Birm­ingham,
was assigned to the case after three
other judges stepped down because of con­flicts.
However, the prosecution asked Clemon
last Tuesday to step down because of his
daughter's work under Siegelman's adminis­tration,
his connection to a lawyer in the case
and his alleged personal bias against federal
investigators.
According to Alice Martin, U.S.
attorney for the northern dis­trict
of Alabama, four different
judges have represented the case
in less than three months.
The prosecution is once again
looking for a new judge.
"We have asked Clemon to
refuse (himself), and he has
denied, so we are looking at
options to appeal," Martin said.
Prosecutors have asked that
the case be re-assigned to a
judge outside Alabama.
"I have indicated on the record
that I have denied the motion of
(federal attorneys) to disqualify me, and I am
proceeding with the case," Clemon said.
Clemon declined to speak on the case.
LANDFILL
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understand and to look past
the emotional aspects," he
said.
Ennis said the increased
amount of garbage is a more
important issue than its
source.
"There are several compo­nents
in the request, but the
bottom line in the increase
in the cap that has been
requested is the issue," Ennis
said. "Where it comes from
is secondary."
Ennis said he can't sup­port
the current request
from Waste Management as
it is presented, but said he
still has an open mind.
Another issue surround­ing
the request is Waste
Management paying Lee
County a host fee.
would be used
roads affected
by the garbage
trucks driving
on them daily.
Currently,
Waste Manage­ment
does not
pay Lee County
a host fee. They
are not legally
bound to.
The host fee
agreement was
declared void
early this year
when Tal­lapoosa
County
brought suit
against the East
Alabama
Regional Solid
Waste Disposal
Authority.
Waste Management offi-
A host fee cials said they are holding
to repair the host fee in escrow until a
new agreement
"There are
several com­ponents
in the
request, but
the bottom
line in the
increase in the
cap that has
been request­ed
is the
issue."
— Harry Ennis.
county commissioner
is reached.
The East
Alabama
Regional Solid
Waste Disposal
Authority was
created to have
a more cost-effective
way of
disposing solid
waste. It is
made up of 12
local govern­ments
including
Lee County,
Auburn and
Opelika.
English said
the Commission
will decide on
the proposal
after its public hearing.
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to take classes.
"I wanted to come back here and be a
little more norma!," Brooks said. "It's bet­ter
for me to be here hanging out with my
friends."
Brooks needs only four classes and an
internship to graduate.
"She wanted to get back where her
friends are," said Jane's mother, Pam.
"That's what makes her happiest. She
doesn't expect to hold on to her classes."
Brooks expects to spend about one
week per month for the next six months
at UAB's hospital, undergoing intense
chemotherapy treatment, followed by two
years of oral chemotherapy.
With emerald-green eyes and a bright
smile, the 22-year-old shows little change
from her days on the football field.
Doctors credit her good health to her
athletic background.
After a bone marrow test at the begin­ning
of August, doctors were unable to
find leukemia cells in her body, but she
will still receive chemotherapy and will be
retested next week.
So far, the treatments have placed
Brooks on a rollercoaster of physical ups
and downs.
"When I feel good, I can imag­ine
myself doing anything, and I
forget what it was like when I felt
bad," Brooks said. "You have to
take it one day at a time because
you never know how you are going
to feel."
Brooks credits her strong reli­gious
faith and her family and
friends for keeping her attitude
strong.
"I know God has a plan, even
though I don't know what it is yet,"
Brooks said.
Brooks said some of the best advice
she's received has come from a friend's
father who survived Hodgkin's disease.
"He said that sometimes you see peo­ple
in their cars having fun and being
happy, and you think, 'How can they feel
that good?'" Brooks said. "He said you
have to keep looking at the light at the
end of the tunnel and know you will feel
better."
Other than the physical toll of the dis­ease,
Jane and her family are dealing with
the financial repercussions.
Brooks' student insurance, which she
purchased last year through Auburn Uni­versity,
has until recently denied coverage
of her hospital bills because of technicali-
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"We talked to the legal head
of the insurance company, and
she's fighting for us," said Jane
Seal, Brooks' aunt. "It's looking
' pretty positive. Up until now we
thought the company was com­pletely
denying us."
Even if the insurance compa­ny
comes through, the policy
will only cover $50,000 — a
fourth of Brooks' hospital bills
so far.
Auburn has since changed
insurance companies — a decision unre­lated
to Brooks' experiences'.
"We wanted to make it so students had
a very comprehensive plan for the money
they were paying," SGA President Brad­ford
Boney said.
The family is paying what they can and
researching different cancer funds.
Brooks' sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi, has
also done a great deal of fundraising for
her.
Despite the challenges facing Brooks,
she has found her light at the end of the
tunnel in the form of her favorite greasy
food.
"I can eat whatever I want. That's good,"
Brooks said. "I eat french fries like every
day, then lose 10 pounds."
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> From Al
the project.
Original phase two plans
were to include additional rest-rooms,
gating and fencing,
concession stands and light­ing.
Concourse surface repairs
were also planned.
But building that blueprint
would have cost $23 million.
The renovation's first and
second phases share a $29 mil­lion
budget. Because phase one
— upper deck and suite reno­vations
— cost $2.3 million
more than planned, only about
$16 million remains to fund
phase two.
"We over-spent on phase
one and over-designed on
phase two," Mouton said.
He said modified phase two
blueprints will be finished
sometime this fall.
"We put the (original) plans
on the shelf, took a scope of
what everyone wanted, priori­tized
it, and we're (redesign­ing
the project," Mouton said.
"In construction, you don't
want to take $8.5 million out of
a pre-design plan."
So you start from scratch, he
said.
Basic phase two plans focus
on additional restrooms, light­ing
and fencing.
"We will do something on
those three, but we will not
complete the scope of the rest
of it," Mouton said. "We want
what's most important to the
fan experience."
If the University —
gets low construc­tion
bids, bottom-priority
features
will again be
added.
Shortfall fall-out
The Board of
Trustees approved
stadium renova­tions
last April,
capping the pro- —
ject's budget and
splitting the project into two
phases.
Mouton said the plan was
intended to generate revenue.
"They decided that to do a
portion of the project, first we
would produce revenue," he
said. "So we added seats and
new suites and moved forward
fast to generate revenue."
Athletics Director David
Housel said phase one renova­tions
had more to do with tim­ing
than revenue, but revenue
was a factor.
"We did get some revenue,"
he said, "increased ticket sales,
increased priority donations
"We overspent
on phase one
and over-designed
on
phase two."
—John Mouton,
special assistant to the
president
and increased suite leases.
Those are used to help offset
cost of project."
Phase one was allotted
about $11 million in the March
2003 pre-design budget.
Phase two
~ was allotted about
$17 million.
More money
was allotted to
phase one in
August 2003,
bringing its esti­mated
cost to
about $13 million.
Construction
budgets typically
— swell when archi­tects
and design­ers
get past pre-design budgets
and into specifics, Mouton
said. But since the Board won't
allot any more money to the
project, phase one spending
took money from phase two.
"We had planned to go back
to the president and the Board
and ask for a slight budget
increase," Housel said. "But
when we saw the magnitude of
the problem, we decided to
(work within) the $29 million."
Although the report Mouton
presented at the Aug. 12 Bud­get
& Finance Committee
meeting showed an $8.5 mil­lion
difference in phase two
design plans and the project's
budget, earlier figures looked
worse.
Calculations at a June 11
Board meeting incorrectly
pointed to a $14 million short­fall.
The estimate caused trustee
outcry.
Trustee Bobby Lowder
called it a "very scary" miscal­culation.
Trustee Dwight
Carlisle said whoever was
responsible should be black­listed.
Interim President Ed
Richardson fired project archi­tect
Trey Trahan for the over­sight,
but hired him back when
Trahan explained items added
to the budget were tacked on
by athletics officials.
Trahan said he could factor
them out.
Mouton said overspending
-on phase one could be
explained in part because orig­inal
blueprints are never
entirely accurate.
In the beginning, Mouton
said, there's no way to know
what needs to be done.
"In the long run, the most
important part of the project
to me is straightening out the
restroom situation..." Housel
said. "Everybody in the Univer­sity
is hopeful to be able to get
it done by the fall 2005 season."
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A6 COMMENTARY Thursday, Aug. 26,2004
Wbz Auburn ipiamtfman
Founded.In 1893 As The Orange & Blue
Vol. 111. No. 1
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Campus Editor
MARY JO WOODS
Intrigue Editor
Editorial Board
JAMES DIFFEE
Editor
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Our View
Welcome back
' Enjoy a fun, probation-filled
year on the Plains
Welcome freshmen, and wel­come
back the rest of you.
The first full week of classes is
almost over, and the first football
game is just around the corner,
over a gravel walk-way and past
several chain-link fences.
Before any nasty business
comes up (sadly, it always seems
to at Auburn), The Plainsman edi­torial
board wants to share our
hopes for the 2004-2005 school
year.
1) We hope the University's pro­bation,
and the issues that caused
that probation, are resolved.
None of the reasons listed by
the Southern Association of Col­leges
and Schools for Auburn's
current status concerned the
strength and character of the Uni­versity's
academic programs.
Auburn was recently ranked
42nd among the nation's top 50
public universities by US News
and World Report. Its faculty is
engaged in innovative and award-winning
research in many fields.
And its student body is getting
smarter, judging by the new fresh­man
class' standardized test
scores.
Auburn is academically sound.
It's our management that gets us
in trouble.
The University's trustees are
lightning rods for attention and
scandal.
Whether by their own fault, or
the fault of a few people yelping
and hollering, Auburn's trustees
seem to have an endless supply of
headline grabbing material.
And we're sick of it.
Trustees, if you're ever tempted
to use your position to exercise
some influence over the Universi­ty
outside a meeting of the Board,
don't.
It will make all our lives simpler.
There are more than 23,000 stu­dents
at Auburn. It would be a
shame to lose the nation's respect
and all the University's federal
funding because of a 14-member
board of trustees.
We hope when SACS returns in
December, our accrediting agency
finds that appropriate changes
have been made, and we hope
those changes stick.
Auburn doesn't need to change
for SACS. Auburn needs to change
for Auburn.
2) We hope that when Auburn
does change, Interim President Ed
Richardson will have someone left
to help run it.
3) We hope that our football
team makes it to the SEC Champi­onship.-
Yeah, we sometimes think the
student body is too preoccupied
with pigskin, but it's easy to see
why.
Football at Auburn is an experi­ence,
and we hope this year it will
be a successful one.
If it's not, and Interim President
Ed Richardson decides to fire
another coach, we hope he exer­cises
a little more sense then our
last president.
And we hope Bobby Petrino
isn't on the market.
4) We hope the construction on
Thach ends before the school year
ends.
The University is closing the
road, claiming this action will
make students safer.
Well, most of us would rather
be hit by a slow-moving car then
flattened by a bulldozer or swal­lowed
in a hole.
So be careful students, and fol­low
the helpful pedestrian access
signs. You can't miss them.
5) We hope Auburn remains
affordable.
It's a great school, but every
year it gets more difficult to pay
for.
Higher education is underfund­ed,
professors need raises and for­mer
presidents need their salaries
as well, so students have to foot
the bill.
If you're a freshman or sopho­more,
chances are you'll be paying
a lot more for your education
come senior year then you are
now.
So don't overuse those cell
phone minutes, and take good
care of your fancy cars, 'cause that
money needs to go to learning.
6) Finally, we hope each student
will make a decision to get
involved with something this year,
whether it's the SGA,*the college
libertarians or, perhaps, The
Plainsman.
Lots of things are happening —
on this campus, in this state and
across this nation.
Get involved, state your opinion
and fight for change.
Our Policy
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official opinion of the newspaper. The opinions expressed in columns and letters
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How to play democracy game
Move over, Jews for Jesus. Here
comes Republicans for Nader.
There are no stranger bedfellows
to be found than in this cynical
marriage of convenience that
demonstrates, once and for all,
why the electoral process is a bad
joke.
Republicans across the country
are helping Ralph Nader light a fire
under his wet blanket candidacy in
hopes that he'll snag a few votes
that might've gone John Kerry's
way.
Michigan Republicans gathered
43,000 signatures to put Nader on
the ballot, circumventing the laws
they wrote to keep riffraff like him
out of elections.
Nader will take any support he
can get, and Republicans are more
than happy to shave \otes from
Kerry in an election as close as this
one looks to be.
Usually, Republicans and
Democrats heartily agree that out­siders
have no place in American
politics. Ballot-access restrictions
aimed at maintaining the duopoly
always enjoy bipartisan support,
and why wouldn't they? There's no
one else around to complain.
As the Nader sham illustrates,
both major parties view democra­cy
as a game only they can play. If
Bush wasn't in desperate need of a
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stooge to distract the left, Nader
would be warming the bench in
Michigan and other states, begging
for write-in votes.
Take, for instance, their presi­dential
campaigns. Let's hope you
enjoy the Democrats' tmd Republi­cans'
national conventions,
because you paid for them. Mil­lions
of your tax dollars are spent
to stage disgusting week-long
spectacles for two parties whose
candidates' nominations were
already sealed. Millions more are
lost to security costs and the
inconvenience of shutting down
large portions of major cities.
It doesn't end there. If they had­n't
refused it to avoid spending 1
limits. Bush and Kerry would each
have enjoyed $75 million of taxpay­ers'
money to berate you with cam­paign
ads over the next few
months.
You'll also pay for their debates,
which only Bush and Kerry get to
participate in. Don't like it? Tough.
Can't stand one or both of the can­didates?
Your opinion doesn't mat­ter.
Apparently, subsidizing lies
and idiocy is your civic duty.
Americans are conditioned by
the state to believe there are only
two choices. Every issue boils
down to two options of how the
government gets to run your life.
They'll disagree on the details, but
the left and the right both presume
you're too stupid to make your own
decisions.
It's well past time to kick these
bums to the curb, but it will proba­bly
never happen. America will
have a black president, a female
president and a gay president (or
all three in one) long before a
third-party president.
In the early 20th century and
before, parties used to come and
go like pop stars. Bull Mooses and
Know-Nothings had a fair shot at
power.
Two names are on the ballot,
but that doesn't mean you have a
real choice. Revolving oligarchy
isn't democracy.
David Mackey is managing editor of The
Auburn Plainsman. You can reach him at
844-9108.
Playgroundfights appeal to children of all ages
My great aunt was a school teacher
for 43 years. She taught in one-room
country school houses, boarding in
the homes of her students' wealthy
parents before the city built a public
grammar school. She taught almost
every white fourth-grader in Jackson
until she retired in 1966.
"Sut," we called her. She lived in half
of an old house across from that
school for most of her life. She saw
the old school burn and a new middle
school be constructed in its place.
She lived just around the corner
from our house. She would walk by
our house a couple of times a week on
her way to the Piggly Wiggly to pick
up a couple of days' sustenance. If I
was outside when she hobbled by
(she was quite feeble by that time), I
would yell in the back door to Mama
that I was going to the grocery store
with Sut
Being a selfish child, I would beg
her to buy me things while in the
store. Almost every time, I would
return home with a cheap toy like
jacks or a paddle ball.
When Sut died of a heart attack in
1988, we found boxes full of toys she
had confiscated from school children
too impatient to wait for recess to
play with them.
The most abundant items in the
time capsule of adolescent playthings
were loads of marbles. I mean great
marbles — art deco and modern
design glass balls little boys would
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play with in a ring in the dirt in the
schoolyard.
My dad informed me that the mar­bles
had most likely been taken
because the boys in question were
playing for keeps.
Marbles is a fun, harmless game
until little boys start playing for
keeps. Then, crippling gambling
addictions are formed within 20 feet
of the monkey bars.
I played with marbles as a child,
too. The game hasn't completely died.
But I never played for keeps. It never
really occurred to me. I was taught
well to respect others' things, and for
the most part, I did.
But here I am, about 16 years later,
and I still see children fighting over
marbles. But these little boys are men.
They hang out in the schoolyards,
and they run and fight over things
that amount to a childhood game. If
they don't like the way others are
playing they will take as many mar­bles
they can get their hands on and
start their own marble club.
They try their best to get others'
marbles and keep them in their col­lection.
"These are my marbles,"
they'll say. They'll throw away the
marbles they inherited for newer,
shinier marbles they like better.
They'll start talking bad about you
so no one will play marbles with you
anymore.
The game of marbles will turn ugh/.
No one will enjoy playing marbles
anymore. It will be all about the com­petition,
the war that ensued when
little boys once united over the love of
the game became bitter adversaries,
only interested in discrediting others
and taking their marbles.
This is when little boys not only
learn about gambling, but about poli­tics
— politics that will take them to
high-ranking positions in state gov­ernment
and business and education.
Long after the threats and the
name-calling, these little boys will
separate the parties of a group once
dedicated to a common purpose — to
play a harmless game called marbles,
and with the fervor of a tent-revival
preacher, will attempt to polarize
anyone interested in supporting the
game of marbles against the other
group.
Oh, the games little boys play.
Richard McVay is state & local editor of
The Auburn Plainsman.
You can reach him at 844-9109.
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COMMENTARY Thursday, Aug. 26,2004 A7
That better be a banana in your pocket
Turn back, Alabama legislators.
This column contains references to
devices designed or marketed primari­ly
for the stimulation of human genital
organs.
That's right, sex toys.
About a month ago, the 11th Circuit
Court of Appeals refused to overturn
an Alabama law banning the sale of
grown-up toys, claiming there was no
guaranteed right to sexual privacy in
the Constitution.
The decision was the latest in a six-year
suit over adult novelties.
The plaintiffs, six Alabama women
— two who sell and four who use sex
toys — claimed the law violated their
right to privacy and placed an undue
burden on that right (can't use sex toys
if you can't buy them).
But they met stiff resistance from
two of the three judges hearing the
case.
Judge Stanley Birch Jr. wrote in the
majority opinion that sexual privacy is
not guaranteed, and if the court were
to establish it, judges "would be bound
to give that right full force and effect
in all future cases — including, for
example, those involving adult incest,
prostitution, obscenity and the like."
That's the slippery slope argument,
popular among social conservatives
who try to restrict liberties with
doomsday predictions.
Birch wrote that last summer's
Supreme Court decision in Lawrence
v. Texas, which overturned The Lone-
Star State's (anti) sodomy law, did not
establish fully the right to sexual priva­cy.
For anyone interested, the majority
opinion in the case legitimized a dis­senting
opinion from an earlier
sodomy case, Bowers v. Hardwick,
which stated:
"..the fact a state's governing majori­ty
has traditionally viewed a particular
practice as immoral is not a sufficient
reason for upholding a law prohibiting
the practice and individual decisions
concerning the intimacies of physical
relationships, even when not intended
to produce offspring, are a form of'lib­erty'
protected by due process."
Basically, that paragraph sums the
Supreme Court's most recent position
on sexual privacy.
Smarter men and women then I are
already debating the legitimacy of sex­ual
privacy. But I'm just beginning my
fourth year in Alabama, so the law
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itself is what interests me most.
First, where did this law come from?
Who would do this, and why? We're
not talking about 1950. This was 1998.
The answer is someone in the Madi­son
County district attorney's office,
who, at the request of Sen. Tom Butler,
drafted legislation aimed at prohibit­ing
nude dancing and X-rated videos
in North Alabama.
Butler, D-Madison, has said it wasn't
his intention to ban sex toys. Whoever
wrote the bill slid the toy statue in,
and Butler just went with it, he said.
So basically, this guy was tired of
seeing nudie bars in his hometown.
And he probably figured it was his
duty to protect other good citizens in
his district from the same troubling
shuddered windows and those oh-so-suggestive
neon silhouettes that
plagued him.
The fact that he was eliminating
masturbation tools, well, that was just
a bonus.
Sadly, it's not that hard to believe
someone would work to take away
freedoms they don't agree with.
Legislators are human, after all, and
there is a long history of self-righteous,
intolerant or just plain ignorant
humans who have passed laws in the
past. Like banning birth control.
So, next question: How did this leg­islation
pass?
Yeah, this is the home state of Roy
Moore, so it makes sense that there
would be a few legislators willing to
jump on the anti-orgasm bandwagon.
But only in Alabama would those
few make up the majority.
I wonder if there was a senator on
the floor that day with enough sense
to question the legitimacy of the
cause.
"Hey guys, nude dancing/dirty
videos/sex toys, what's the big deal?
What's the big deal?"
Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham,
actually did try to repeal the law, five
years after the fact. '
But his effort was motivated by a
desire to preserve the ban on nude
dancing and X-rated videos. He was
afraid a court decision to strike the
sex-toy statute would strike the law's
other provisions as well.
Of course, Rogers' repeal failed.
Finally, I want to know why then-
Attorney General Bill Pryor (now a
judge on the 11th Court) appealed the
first ruling on the case, which did in
fact strike down the law.
Did Pryor have nothing else to do?
Was there not a more pressing issue?
And did the state really have that
much money to waste six years ago.
I wish I could quote statistics on
how much money Alabama has wast­ed
pursing this case, but I don't need
them.
It's a lot, and its wasteful.
Alabama legislators, and the men
and women charged with enforcing
the law, need to realize that morality is
not for legislation, it's for the bed­room.
James Diffee is editor of The Auburn
Plainsman. You can reach him at
844-9108
Your View
Fan-terrible
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
If you have not already
received complaints about the
way Fan Day at the Coliseum
August 7,2004, was handled,
please allow me to be the first
I arrived at the Coliseum
promptly at the starting time of
3 p.m., and honestly all I want­ed
to do was buy the 2004 foot­ball
media guide and hopefully
meet Cadillac Williams...
Naturally, buying the media
guide was not a problem
because, after all, that involved
me spending money.
However, I got in the "seniors
line" as soon as I arrived at the
Coliseum, but when the seniors
all left at 5 p.m., I had still not
gotten anywhere near the
tables where the seniors were
located.
I was evidently not alone in
my frustration. I heard nega­tive
comments from other fans
who were ahead of me in line
(meaning they got to the Coli­seum
before 3 p.m.) and were
also unable to meet any of the
seniors.
One could argue that the fans
who showed up at 2 p.m. to
ensure they would have a better
place in the line were either
smarter than the rest of us or
just wanted to meet the players
that much more, and such an
argument would hold at least a
slight degree of merit.
However, as an industrial
engineering graduate from
Auburn University, I know a
few things about queuing theo­ry,
and I know that the setup of
Fan Day was far less than ideal.
By having all the seniors
bunched into one group, you
ended up with two sets of fans:
the happy ones that got to meet
everybody and the upset ones
that got to meet no one.
I have enough of a perspec­tive
on life to know that there
are billions of people in the
world living in poverty or living
in war-torn nations like Sudan
and Iraq that would love to
have a Saturday in which the
worst thing that happened to
them was that they didn't get to
meet Cadillac at Auburn Fan
Day. I am not naive about that.
But if we are going to bother
to have a "Fan" Day, let's make it
as fan friendly as possible.
Tony Borelli
class of 2000
Family affair
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
John Kerry said it best in his
speech: "It is time for those who
talk about family values to start
valuing families."
Family values means provid­ing
jobs and health care for all
Americans. It means support­ing
education and sending kids
to college. It means real pre­scription
drug benefits for our
seniors, not benefits for drug
companies.
And it means not cutting pay
and benefits for our soldiers
and veterans who so nobly
serve our country.
John Kerry is the candidate
who truly understands family
values.
As I was at the Democratic
Convention in Boston, I was
proud to be a Democrat The
convention was about hope. It
was about standing up for our
country. It was about real
issues. It was about inclusion.
And it was about standing
shoulder-to-shoulder with all of
our fellow Americans.
For years now our country
has been headed in the wrong
direction, but the tide is finally
turning in America. It's time to
put Democrats back in the
White House and Congress and
get this country back on the
right track.
Jessica Eastman
president.
College Democrat*
Aubie
Dines Out.
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Jospeh Blythe
From the Message Boards
Terrorists for Kerry
dmbguster: Today I was reading an article
on Yahoo about suspected Al Queda attacks
on the U.S. There is suspicion of attacks to
disrupt the presidential election. They
interviewed an intelligence official, and he
said, "The view of Al-Qaeda is Anybody but
Bush.'" Ha, what's funny is this sounds like a
lot of liberals. Well, they way I see it, if Al
Queda does not want Bush to be president
then that's who needs to be president. They
want anyone else because nobody else will
go after them as hard. We all know who Bin
Laderfs voting for.
t
QueenofClubs: I have posted several arti­cles
that say how much terrorists do want
Bush. It's a load of trash.
Adult Swim Rep: I see. So it's kinda like
when Brer Rabbit really wanted to be
thrown into the briar patch, but he said he
didn't want to be thrpwn in there? And you
know what? Brer Fox and Brer Bear threw
him in because he begged them not to.
Underlying message to this thread: "The ter­rorists
wear the pants in this country." Oh,
and for the [censored] who is going to com­ment
saying something about pants, I was
being idiomatic. It means "makes the deci- -
sions."
dmbguster: Well, the terrorists want
another Democratic president because the
last one let them pretty much do what they
pleased. They know Bush will come after
them and that Kerry won't be as hard on
them.
QueenofClubs: Bush makes up threats
and goes after them. He has done very lit­tle
to fight terrorism. He has been too busy
fighting Iraq.
TheHurricane: You are so right! We
should have just sat back and let Sadam
breed more terrorists! We shouldn't have
gone to Afghanistan either. We should just
sit back and let the terrorists come to us.
QueenofClubs: Saddam was not breeding
terrorists. If you think the war in Iraq has
anything to do with a war on terrorism,
you are mistaken. Afghanistan was differ­ent
but of course, we failed to finish the
fight there, so I doubt we have accom­plished
much in harming terrorism.
Instead, we invaded Iraq, and that had
incredibly little to do with terrorism of any
variety. If we wanted to fight states that
support terrorism, there were far better
options.
To think that terrorists fear Bush when
he has proven so incompetent is a bit
absurd. Personally, I don't think they care
who wins the election, but if they have a
preference, every bit as good of a case (or
better) could be made for them preferring
Bush to preferring Kerry.
Editor's note: Content taken from The
Plainsman Message Boards represents the
opinions of the posters only. It has been
edited for grammar and space.
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A8 GTrje auburn $lain0man Thursday. Aug. 26,2004
Funding cuts cause Legal Services to close offices
By STEPHANIE SMITH
Assistant State & Local Editor
Legal Services Alabama (LSA) will close
offices in Decatur, Gadsden and Monroeville
and reduce staff in its 10 remaining Alabama
offices because of budget cuts from federal and
foundation funding.
Melissa Pershing, executive director of LSA,
said offices will be notified of lay-offs later this
week, but employees will continue to work until
Sept. 17.
LSA is a non-profit organization largely fund­ed
by federal resources.
"About 85 percent of that funding comes from
groups like the Legal Services Corporation, the
Department of Justice and Housing of Urban
Group providing legal counsel to poor facing cuts,
will only be able to handle life and death'cases
Development (HUD)," Pershing said. "The other
five percent comes from the Alabama IOLTA
(Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts)."
After the 2000 Census, funding was cut
because the poverty population had declined.
Patrick Scott, senior attorney at the LSA
office in Opelika, said there will be a shift in the
types of cases the offices will handle.
"Right now our caseload is mainly Social
Security and disability cases," Scott said. "We
will have to stop handling those cases also."
Scott said this reduction has been an ongoing
trend. He began working in the Opelika office in
1988, when there were nine advocates to cover
the Opelika and Phenix City area. The Phenix
City office has now closed, and there are only
four attorneys to cover the same area.
Offices all over the state will have to cut back
on their caseloads.
"We are only going to be able to handle life
and death situation cases," Pershing said. "We
won't be able to take any family law cases unless
domestic violence or child abuse is involved."
The Opelika office has four attorneys on staff,
which Pershing expects to reduce to two.
According to Pershing, many of the employ­ees
will be given a voluntary severance package.
She said some have already found other posi­tions
and some will probably get into private
practice.
However, Scott said the clients who can't
afford legal service will suffer most.
"The Volunteer Lawyer Program is over­whelmed
already," he said. "There is really no
other alternative in the state where the poor
can go."
Scott said he hopes another source of funding
will be found, and LSA can eventually begin to
expand its staff.
State ACT scores rising, still below national average
By SALLY CREDILLE
Staff Writer
According to a national data
release by the national ACT Assess­ment,
Alabama ACT scores have
increased one-tenth of a point in the
last year.
For the first time in seven years,
the national ACT average composite
score is up to 20.9 from 20.8 in 2003.
Alabama's ACT average score is
up to 20.2 from 20.1 in 2003.
Alabama's percentage of gradu­ates
tested also increased from 73
percent in 2003 to 76 percent in
2004.
Percentages of graduates tested
decreased in neighboring states
Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and
Florida.
Average composite scores
decreased in Georgia, Tennessee
and Mississippi. Florida's composite
score remained the same as 2003.
Betty Peters, Alabama State Board
of Education member for District 2,
said it's good so many students are
taking the ACT.
"The ACT gives a feel over time for
whether, in general,
a state's students are
improving," Peters
said.
The 2004 average,
composite scores for
Lee County schools
are 19.9 for reading
and science, 19.4 for
English, and 18.9 for
math.
. Average scores for
Lee County schools,
Smiths Station High
School and Beaure­gard
High School are
20.2 and 19.5.
Although the ACT found 30 per­cent
of Alabama's graduates are not
ready for college algebra and biolo­gy,
Rebecca Leigh White, a spokes­woman
for the Alabama State
"The ACT gives a
feel over time for
whether, in general,
a state's students
are improving."
— Betty Peters
Board of Education member
Department of Education, said she's
optimistic.
"We're encouraged," White said.
"Sixty-seven percent (of Alabama
students) have the
skills to do well (in
English composi­tion)."
White credits the
Alabama Reading
Initiative for the
success of reading
and English scores.
The program,
directed by the state
Department of Edu­cation,
aims for 100
_ percent literacy
among kindergarten
through 12th grade
public school students.
"There's a nationwide trend that
students need harder classes to pre­pare
for college," White said. "It's
important that we not lose sight of
the preparation for (college) course-work."
To improve the scores, Peters said
students should complete more rig­orous
coursework in every grade.
"It takes time to improve new pro­grams
in the beginning," Peters said,
whose campaign focuses on
strengthening basic classroom mat-erail
like textbooks and teaching
methods.
White said, according to ACT
data, the top three majors for gradu­ates
taking the ACT in Alabama are
health sciences, business manage­ment
and engineering. Many
Alabamians with health, business
and engineering focuses attend
Auburn.
ACT data also found increased
national composite scores for
female and minority students.
The ACT, a test used for college
placement and admissions, includes
math, English, reading and science.
It was first administered in 1959
and is administered in all 50 states.
ACT INFO
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Testing has
administered the test
slue* 1959.
> Alabama's average
ACT composite score in
2003 was 20 JL In 2004,
the average score rose
to 20.2.
> The National average
composite scon Is 20.9.
> Seventy-six
percent of Alabama
high-school graduates
take the ACT.
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Lost & Found
IN BRIEF
Correction to fall 2004
final exam schedule
The exam schedule located in the
printed version of the fall 2004
schedule of the courses booklet has
an error To find the correct dates,
use the online exam schedule at
www.auburn.edu/student_info/stu
dents_aftairs/registrar/finals.html.
COSAM labs temporarily
closed in Parker
Because of the loss of the first floor
computer lab to flood damage, the
OIT public access lab in Parker
Room 245 will be used until further
notice. Public labs in Parker 252
and Parker 256 are open.
Miss Homecoming
nominations due today
Miss Homecoming nomination
forms are available at Cater Hall
and the SGA office. Every student
organization may nominate one
candidate to interview for Miss
Homecoming. The top five candi­dates
will campaign during Home­coming
week
Contest to name the
Athletic Department
Students can submit ideas concern­ing
the new name to the Athletic
Department. The winner will
receive two men's basketball season
tickets, an autographed basketball
from Coach Jeff Lebo, and be recog­nized
at Midnight Mayhem and the
first home game of the season. For
more information, visit
www.auburntigers.com/mensbas-ketball/
page.cfm?doc_id=7594.
FUNGUS AMONG US
Facilities Division is working to
remove harmful moid and asbestos
from campus buildings. Thach Hall
is one building closed this semes­ter
because of asbestos cleanup.
B5
A number game
"Nationally, we're known
as a Republican state,
but it is a fact in Alaba­ma
that 72 percent of all
elected officials are
democrats.''
field director for the Alabama
democratic party
CAMPUS STAFF
APRIL JO LOVE
Editor
love@theplainsman.com •
KATE STAMPS
Assistant Editor
kstamps@theplainsman.com
LAURIE CARESTIA
Assistant Editor
carestia@theplainsman.com
CRYSTAL JARVIS
Senior Reporter
jarvis@theplainsman.com
334-844-9108
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CAMPUS Aug. 26,2004
B8—SGA
Senate hears new
towing and
parking policies
Tows cause parking woes
tlons are
good.
> llth-Jock
By CRYSTAL JARVIS
Senior Campus Reporter
Auburn University has a special
personality.
It is characterized as
a "jock school" in a SURVEY
small town where the SAYS:
students pack the sta- > 10th—
dium like a can of sar- town and
dines on game day, gown roll'
filling it to its 87,451
capacity.
After games, the
students keep home- •e"00* (•"*•»•
town traditions alive JJJJ^,.
by rolling Toomer's | W , t p 0 l |i
Corner after major vie- are highly
tories. popular.
The University's per- • 13th—
sonality is reflected in Groat college
"The Best of 357 Col- library.
leges," a review based > 15th— Stu-on
student surveys dents pack
published by the the stadiums.
Princeton Review. • 19-Future
Auburn ranked in Rotarlanaand
the top 20 in six cate- »»"**terf of
ao r i e s the American
It ranked No. 10 in •"•»•«•••
good town-gown rela­tions,
meaning there is
a good relationship
between the University and the city of
Auburn.
"The students are relating that rela­tionships
are positive," said Erik
Olsen, editor of "The Best 357 Col­leges."
Auburn ranked No. 11 as a "jock
school," where intramural and inter­collegiate
sports are highly popular.
It ranked No. 15 for the number Of
students who pack the stadium.
Redshirt linebacker Travis Williams
looks forward to upcoming football
games in Jordan-Hare stadium.
He said he gets excited when he
sees fans giving players major sup
> Turn to REVIEW, B2
KATIE B1UJMBFJ.OE — PHOTO EDITOR
TICKET MASTER:
Jim Holliday, who
works for Angels
Security, records
vehicle informa­tion
at the on-campus
towing lot
across from the
Ham Wilson live­stock
arena.
By LAUREN BRANAS
Staff Writer
As the University inches closer to a
pedestrianized campus, parking con­sequences
are becoming more strin­gent.
This semester, parking tickets, tow­ing,
wheel locking and hang tag
prices have increased, sending a
stronger message to students who
abuse parking privileges.
"We want to get the word out that
this is serious and will be enforced,"
said Kent Smith, dean of students. He
urged students to follow the rules and
start riding the Transit.
David George, director of Parking
and Transit Services, said students
pay $49 per semester for the Transit
regardless of whether they use it.
"A year-and-a half ago we had 14
buses. Now we have 33, and it's not
enough," George said.
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Survey
ranks
campus
personality
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RACHEL EVAN* —PHOTO STAFF
BACK TO THE GRIND: Rob Thompson, a sophomore in business administration, competes in many competi­tions
during inline skating season, which runs from March to November. While he doesn't see a future in
skating, he's making the most of the experience.
Skater rolls from
boards to blades
Auburn student appears
in magazines and videos
By SHALONDA MOORE
StaffWriter
Michael Jordan has Nike. The
Neptunes' Pharrell Williams and 50
Cent have Reebok. Rob Thompson
has Salomon, a subsidiary of Adi­das.
Thompson, a sophomore in busi­ness
administration, is a profes­sional
skater and an inline skate's
namesake.
"Having my own rollerblade is a
dream come true," Thompson said.
"Once it happened, it's like cool."
Thompson began sending per­formance
tapes to possible spon­sors
when he was 14 years old.
A year later, he was approached
by a representative from Salomon
after a competition.
Thompson is famous in the skat­ing
world. He has appeared in skat­ing
magazines and videos.
He said he started out skate­boarding,
but made a transition to
inline skates for more versatility.
"More things are possible on
roller blades than on a skateboard,"
Thompson said.
The first time Thompson
attempted roller blading, he broke
his leg in three places.
"I stopped roller blading for a
while after that and went back to
skateboarding," Thompson said. "I
was worried it. would happen
again."
Ultimately, roller blading cap­tured
his interest.
Through the cuts and scrapes, his
parents supported him.
"I just think they wanted me to
be happy," Thompson said. "My
mom is probably my biggest fan."
But his friends are proud of him
> Turn to SKATING, B2
End not always what it seems
APRIL JO LOVE
bve@theplainsman.com
April Love is campus editor
of The Auburn Plainsman. You
can reach her at 844-9118.
We spend our lives looking
for ends.
Just wait You'll spend the
whole semester waiting for the
end, but come week nine in
the semester it'll be hidden in
an endless sea of tests, papers
and lecture notes. You'll panic.
Unfortunately, I found
myself searching for an end
earlier in the semester than I
planned. It actually happened
Tuesday night, and I panicked.
You have to understand how
the paper works to fully grasp
my evening, but since we
would hate to kill the illusion
that the paper magically writes
itself, we'll just say nights can
get long and days can be short.
I had been in the office
working for what seemed like
forever, but couldn't see an end
in sight.
I looked at the empty drink
cans and the remaining
change from a late night Waf­fle
House trip. I smiled.
See, I love my job. I know
that sounds corny, or even
predictable, but I'm serious.
No matter how little sleep I
get or how many catastrophes
strike between the notepad
and the press, I wouldn't
change a thing
It's what gives me common
ground with many of my
friends and what makes me
feel I'm doing my part for the
University.
The more I thought about it,
the clearer the end became.
A lot of famous people say it.
but I think it's true. Life is what
we make of it.
If we find the inspiration in
the day, even if it's buried
under piles of newspapers,
we'll find ourselves smiling
and even appreciating the
moment we're in.
B2 CIic Auburn plainsman Thursday. Aug. 26,2004
PARKING
>• From Bl
Currently, 16 routes exist with routes being
added or changed to accommodate more stu­dents
and locations.
Smith said only five students have offered
suggestions about new routes, but the Univer­sity
is open to new ideas. All the suggestions
were implemented, and two have become the
most popular routes.
Smith said safety is the main reason for the
push toward a pedestrian campus, which is
part of the University "s master plan.
"It's our responsibility as a University to
maintain a safe environment," Smith said. "I
am aware of several accidents and near acci­dents.
A pedestrian campus will give students
a different view and lead to camaraderie."
Another part of the University's plan is a
parking deck. The parking deck will be any­where
from four to seven levels and house 580
to 700 vehicles, Smith said.
The deck, which will be located behind
Petrie Hall, is the first phase of a new student
village that will eventually replace Foy Union
with multiple buildings built south of Haley
Center.
According to Smith, the goal of the con­struction
is to make the new additions a nat­ural
fit into the existing campus.
As a result, students will have to deal with
increased fines and ticket prices.
"Since August, I have towed over 170 cars.,"
said David Vedder, manager of Parking Ser­vices.
"There is close to a three-to-one ratio of
students to parking places. Anytime of day
there are 200 empty C-zone spaces. Many are
near the drill field, but the Transit comes by."
Vedder said about 500 B-zone spots
changed to A-zone, and many graduate stu­dents
were not upgraded this semester
because of a lack of space.
"There are two times the number of faculty
and graduate students than A and B parking
spaces, so A- and B-zones have more reason
to complain," Vedder said.
Another significant change is the reforma­tion
of University police — it was absorbed by
the Auburn city police.
Auburn pays the city to patrol the Universi­ty
and expects to save around $500,000 the
first year.
Vedder said the University receives around
$1.5 million in revenue, not profit, from tick­ets
each year, which he described as "really
just a drop in the bucket."
Jim Hardin, the senior program advisor,
handles students who attempt to beat the sys­tem
or repeatedly break parking rules.
Hardin, Smith, George and Vedder agreed
some students take parking tickets to the
extreme, accumulating fines totaling thou­sands
of dollars.
"This is not a game. We are very serious this
year about rules and enforcement," Hardin
said. "The key is planning to be to class on
time without parking next to the building you
want to go to."
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J.B. Mcree, a junior majoring in logis­tics,
has known Thompson since they
were in seventh grade.
"He skates better than anybody I've
ever met," Mcree said. "No one around
here can do the things he can."
Thompson first skated competitively
when he was 13 years old.
When Thompson goes out with
friends, sometimes he gets odd stares.
"In his world, he's a superstar," said
Ryan Crane, a senior in public adminis­tration.
"He acts like its no big deal."
"A lot of little kids stare," said Tiffany
Benko, a sophomore in accounting. "One
will build up courage to ask for an auto­graph."
Although it comes with some perks,
skating can be dangerous. Last year
Thompson tore his anterior cruciate liga­ment
trying to grind the rail of a five-story
building.
"I jumped off of the side and fell two or
three stories and landed on my feet and
tore my ACL," Thompson said.
Benko, also Thompson's girlfriend, said
she is proud of his accomplishments, but
she doesn't always like to watch.
"I don't like to watch him because it
scares me," Benko said.
Thompson has skated in competitions
all over the United States and in parts of
Europe.
The skating season, which begins in
March and ends in November, is almost
over, but he will compete in more this
year.
This weekend he will be in Tuscaloosa,
and before the season's end he will visit
Miami, Texas and Paris.
After graduating from Auburn,
Thompson plans to start his own compa­ny.
RACHI.I IVASS
SAIL DOWN THE RAIL: Rob Thompson, a
sophomore in business administration,
practices grinding down the stairs.
Blackout leaves campus in the dark
By KATE STAMPS
Assistant Campus Editor
Much of Auburn's campus
was left powerless when an
outage occurred Tuesday
around 9 p.m.
"We lost power around
9:06 p.m., but everybody was
back on by 10:11 p.m." said
Jan Ellis of Alabama Power
public relations. "We re­routed
the power."
Ellis said the cause of the
power outage is still
unknown.
"We really haven't found
out what exactly caused it."
Ellis said. "We're still investi­gating
that."
Ellis said what they do
know is that there were
transmission problems.
"That's the big line that
runs in and feeds the smaller
lines," Ellis said. "About 8,300
customers lost power."
Amanda Loveland, a fresh­man
in liberal arts, was in
her dorm when the power
went out.
"We were eating filet
mignon," Loveland said.
Ian Bowling, sophomore in
political engineering, said
the outage did not disrupt
his evening.
"It didn't inconvenience
me very much," Bowling
said.
"We were meeting people,
and waiting for the looting
and rioting to begin," he
added.
"Once we had the kerosene
lamp, we were good to go,"
said Jonathan Dean, a sopho­more
in liberal arts.
REVIEW
> From Bl
port during the Tiger Walk.
"A lot of fans pat us on our
backs and root us on and get
us pumped up for the
games.," Williams said.
"We see our family out
there, and they give us a lot of
support."
He enjoys hearing the fans
screaming _
Auburn's tradi­tional
cheers.
"It's crazy. We
have the most
loyal fans,"
Williams said.
"It's a great list to
be on if you're
looking for a
school with^great
team spirit,"
Olsen said.
"They have more
apparent team
spirit."
Auburn is
ranked No. 12 for
having a great
campus library.
Ralph Draughon Library
has 3 million volumes, 15,000
journal subscriptions and
spends more than $1 million
a year for students to have
access to databases, said
Glenn Anderson, assistant
dean of collection develop­ment.
The library is part of the
Association of Research
"... Every­where
you go
someone
knows you. It's
a good thing
I'm a good guy
because they
watch your
every move."
— Travis Williams,
Auburn starting
linebacker
Libraries, where only 114
libraries are members by get­ting
accepted into the pro­gram.
"For years people have told
us that among student servic­es,
they've always ranked us
as the highest in services,"
Anderson said.
Auburn ranked No. 13 as
students being most nostal­gic
for Ronald Reagan, mean-
_ ing most
students lean
right politically.
The book has
64 categories,
each reporting
the top 20 col­leges
in each cat­egory.
The rankings
were based on
student surveys
compiled of 70
multiple choice
questions about
the school's aca­demics,
campus
life, student
body, politics
~~ and opinions.
The surveys were conduct­ed
on campuses and via the
Princeton Review Web site
where more than 110,000 stu­dents
responded.
"Auburn is small, so every­where
you go someone knows
you," Williams said.
"It's a good thing I'm a good
guy because they watch your
every move."
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Auburn Zen meets Thursdays from
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Auburn Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship, 450 E. Thach Ave.
Newcomers to sitting meditation are
especially welcome.
For more information, contact John
Clifton at cliftjo@auburn.edu or Tom
Hodges at hodgetf@aubum.edu.
The Student Life Welcome Back Day
will be held on the Haley Concourse
today from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Free
cokes, free games, extra credit and impor­tant
information will be available. To
learn more, visit www.auburn.edu/slwel-come.
Co-Op Registration Meetings will be
held on the following dates in Lowder
Business Building: today at 6 p.m. in
Room 110; Friday, Aug. 27 at 3 p.m. in
Room 129; Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. in
Room 112; and Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 3
p.m. in Room 129.
The Joseph House Art Gallery's fea­tured
artist of the month is Adrian Also-brook.
For more information, call
706-321-8948.
Introduction to Libertarianism, fea­turing
2002 Alabama gubernatorial candi­date
John Sophocleus, will be held 7 p.m.
today in Foy Room 202. Free pizza and
soft drinks will be provided.
SGA Fall Volunteer Drive will be held
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today on the Con­course,
Lowder Building, Parker Hall or
Foy Union Patio.
Organizations Day will be held from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today on the Con­course.
You may also visit the organiza­tion's
Web site at
www.auburn.edu/sga/organizations.
Tiger Tuesdays and Freshman
Forum orientation will meet today at
3:30 p.m. in Foy Room 217 and at 8 p.m.
in the Ralph Brown Draughon Library
auditorium.
Freshmen wishing to get involved
should attend and can find more infor­mation
by calling 844-4240 or visiting
www.auburn.edu/sga.
Tiger Tuesday & Freshman Forum
applications due to the SGA office in Foy
Room 332 Aug. 30 by noon.
Miss Homecoming Applications
due to Cater Hall Aug. 27 at 4 p.m.
Auburn University Theatre contin­ues
its production of the highly
acclaimed musical "You're A Good Man,
Charlie Brown" at Telfair Peat Theater.
Shows will be at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.,
running Aug. 26 through Aug. 29 and
Sept. 1 through Sept. 3.
Family tours of the Jule Collins Smith
Museum of Fine Art will be given Aug.
27 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
MEETINGS:
Eagle Eye News orientation meeting
will be held today at 5:15 p.m. in Foy 321.
SGA Cabinet Meeting will be Aug. 30
in Foy Room 213 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The SGA Senate will meet, discuss and
vote on campus legislation. The meeting
is open to the public.
For more information, log on to the
SGA Web site at www.auburn.edu/sga or
call 844-4240.
An organizations' presidents meet­ing
will be held Sept. 2 from 5:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. For more information, contact
the SGA office at 844-4240.
EVENTS:
Student Alumni Association, Fresh­man
Year Experience and UPC will
hold their annual Block Party on Foy
lawn today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Curator's Choice Film will show John
James' "Audubon's Birds of America"
today from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Jule
Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. The
documentary was produced by The
National Geographic of Art.
Top 20 Miss Homecoming Call-outs
will be held Aug. 30 at 10 p.m. in back of
Cater Hall. For more information log
onto www.auburn.edu/elections or call
844-4240.
Professional Development Seminar
will be held Sept. 2 from 12 p.m. to 1:30
p.m. in Foy Room 202. The seminar will
feature "A Model for Understanding Col­lege
Teaching," presented by James E.
Groccia, director of the Biggio Center for
the Enhancement of Teaching & Learn­ing.
For more information, visit the Biggio
Center Web site at
www.auburn.edu/biggio, or contact
Meredith Peel at 844-8530 or
biggiol@auburn.edu
After Hours: Carnival of the Senses
will be held Sept. 2 from 5:30 p.m. to 8
p.m. at the Jule Collins Smith Museum
of Fine Arts.
The night will feature the William
Dunlop Collection, which is currently on
display. Attendees can enjoy music by
Andy and the Oompahs, puppetry
artists and clowns, and carnival delica­cies.
The cult classic "Baby Doll" will be
shown at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium.
Admission is free to members who
have renewed their membership or do so
at the door, $5 for members and $8 for
non-members.
ON THE CONCOURSE
What is the best thing about
being in Auburn?
1like howeveryone is so
friendly. I didn't ktiow
anyone, and'itwasan
easy transition!'
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marketing
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nice, andthe
atmosphere is good"
freshman,
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people are great"
sophomore,
physical education
""Just seeing my friends
and hanging out, trying
to finish up"
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electrical engineering
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Hotel adds new restaurant,
coffee bar, elegant decor
By MEREDITH COMIN
Staff Writer
After months of construc­tion,
renovations to the Hotel
at Auburn University & Dixon
Conference Center are com­plete.
The hotel features a reno­vated
lobby, conference rooms
and a new restaurant, Ariccia.
A simple decor has been
replaced with a more elegant,
sophisticated style.
In the restaurant, diners are
greeted by polished wood
floors, soft lighting and the
aroma of Italian food.
"We wanted to offer fantas­tic
food in a casual, upscale
environment," said Alvin
Bettcher, director of sales and
marketing for the hotel.
Ariccia offers a wide selec­tion,
but mainly concentrates
on Italian, seafood and steak
dishes.
The restaurant also holds
"Grill Night" on Wednesdays.
For less than $20, patrons
can relax on the outdoor patio
and enjoy house specials,
including $2 domestic beer.
The hotel also added a fire­place
room, located just off
the dining area.
Leather chairs and plump
couches around a gas fireplace
provide a great spot for infor­mal
business meetings,
Bettcher said.
"Often times, we'll have
associates just sitting in here
talking for hours with their
cups of coffee and notes,"
Bettcher said.
That coffee comes from the
new espresso bar located just
inside the hotel.
Featuring Starbucks coffee
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THE DUST CLEARS: The Hotel at Auburn University & Dixon
Conference Center finished renovations on the lobby, con­ference
rooms and restaurant.
and assorted pastries, the bar
opens at 6:30 a.m. and is open
to the public.
At the conference center,
each ballroom received new
ceiling tiles, carpet and chan­deliers.
Floor-to-ceiling partitions
were also added to hide serv­ice
doors from the public.
Before, banquet servers had to
carry food through a curtain
hung across the doors.
"The new partitions are
great because they allow us to
do our job more efficiently,"
said Brad Colonna, a junior in
hotel and restaurant mange-ment
who works as a server.
"The renovations make
working there more interest­ing
and fun."
Hotel employees are drilled
daily on the importance of
good service, Bettcher said.
"Our service standards are
what set us apart," he said.
Now that the Hotel and
Conference Center are an
extension of the University,
Auburn spirit is more evident
at the hotel.
A bronzed eagle statue
greets guests at the door, and
a painting of two tigers hangs
above the front desk.
Teacher honored for spirit
By PATRICIA BAKER
Staff Writer
Susan Hubbard, associate pro­fessor
in the College of Human
Sciences, was announced the
2004 winner of the Pamela Wells
Sheffield Award Aug. 18.
The award's namesake,
Pamela Wells Sheffield, devoted
her life to serving the University
and the community.
The Alumni Association
established the award after
Sheffield's death in 1991 to rec­ognize
a woman who has devot­ed
her life to improving Auburn.
Hubbard, also hotel and
restaurant management pro­gram
coordinator, said she was
humbled to be nominated for
the award and honored to be
chosen.
"The list of past winners is
quite impressive, and all of those
people are role models for me,"
she said.
"I certainly do think that
Susan exemplifies the qualities
of Pam Sheffield," said Elizabeth
Peel, director for Alumni Pro­grams
and Services.
Sheffield graduated Auburn in
1965, married an Auburn man
and sent her children to Auburn.
An alumna, student or friend
can be nominated for the award.
A five-person committee of
athletics, alumni and student
affairs officials chooses a winner.
Doug White, head of the
Department of Nutrition and
Food Sciences and a colleague of
Hubbard, said she always has a
positive outlook
"Even when things don't go
right, I've never seen her down,"
White said.
Hubbard was born in Opp and
received her bachelor's and mas­ter's
degrees in home economics
education, and her doctorate in
vocational and adult education,
all from Auburn.
She worked as conference
facilitator at the Hotel at Auburn
University and the Dixon Confer­ence
Center for three years
before being approached by the
dean of the College of Human
Sciences to work in the hotel
and restaurant management
program.
She saw it as a great opportu­nity
to do what she always want­ed
to do — teach, she said.
"I was able to marry the two
things I love, which is the hospi­tality
industry and education,"
she said.
What Hubbard enjoys most
about her job is the interaction
she has with her students.
"I love to see them come in
and hopefully get them excited
about their major," she said.
It's also rewarding for her to
see them succeed.
Hubbard served on the Mortar
Board from 1996-1999. She is
also a faculty adviser for the
Cater Society, Tigerettes/Tiger
Hosts and Omicron Delta
Kappa.
Hubbard said her most
rewarding experience lately is
seeing the partnership between
the West Paces Hotel Group and
the University, which she played
a key part in.
The group has developed a
program at the Hotel at Auburn
University and Dixon Confer­ence
Center for students to learn
the business hands on.
"I think now we can offer stu­dents
an even stronger educa­tion
in the area of hotel and
restaurant management," Hub­bard
said.
Hubbard is married to State
Rep. Mike Hubbard and has two
sons, Clayte, 9, and Riley, 4.
She will receive the award on
Oct. 23 during the football game
against the University of Ken­tucky.
Thursday, Aug. 26,2004 gOhe giuburn -piamgman
Auburn Dems begin new season
By ANNA CLAIRE STAMPS
Senior Reporter
It was standing room only as more than
150 Auburn students packed into a meet­ing
room in Foy Student Union Tuesday
night for the Auburn University College
Democrats' fall kick-off party.
Even the campus-wide blackout at the
end of the meeting didn't stop the crowd
from hanging but in the dark to talk poli­tics,
eat pizza and buy political parapher­nalia
ranging from College Dems T-shirts
to Kerry Edwards bumper stickers.
"We even had people registering to vote
by cell phone light," said Jessica Eastman,
the AU College Democrats president. "It
was beautiful."
The party was the first College Dems
meeting of the school year, designed to
introduce students to the organization
and get them excited about upcoming
events.
"We wanted to start the semester off on
the right foot," Eastman said, "so that the
rest of our events will be just as success­ful."
The night featured Jim Wrye, the field
director for the Alabama Democratic
party, who spoke about political issues
facing the state and why the upcoming
elections are important.
"Nationally, we're known as a Republi­can
state," Wrye said, "but it is a fact in
Alabama that 72 percent of all elected
offices are Democrat."
Wrye also urged the student audience
to get involved in campaigning.
"You're going to be talking to people,"
he said. "If you're doing your job, you're
going to have to get out there."
Taylor Hill, a senior majoring in English
who attended the event, said he enjoyed
Wrye's speech.
"The speaker was very energetic and
reminded us how important this election
is, not just at the national level, but at the
local level, too," Hill said.
Eastman said the College Dems want to
get students who may otherwise be indif­ferent
involved in politics.
"The 2000 presidential election showed
us that every vote does count," Eastman
said.
"Politics does affect college students. It
could affect college tuition, student loans
or even sending family members over­seas."
. .
Cliff McCollum, a freshman in political
science who joined College Dems during
Camp War Eagle, said the student vote
can be a powerful tool.
"The reason college tuition keeps going
up is because students don't get involved,"
McCollum said.
"When we do (get involved) and people
look to us as a source of votes, that's
when we'll get attention."
McCollum sold College Dems T-shirts
in the semi-darkness in the hallway out­side
the meeting room while students
lined up to buy a shirt before they ran out.
"This is the first year we've come," said
Nicole Cox, a sophomore in marine biolo­gy
who was waiting in the T-shirt line
with friends. "We really enjoyed it"
"I have more democratic beliefs, which
is why I came," said Sara Rademaker, a
sophomore in fisheries. "It's been very
interesting."
The next College Dems meeting is Sept.
9.
"Our goal is to have a real effect on
Democratic elections," Eastman said.
Wrye ended his speech with a piece of
advice.
"Have some fun with politics," he said.
ANNA CLAIRE STAMPS — SF.NIOR RCPORTO
DYED-IN-THE-WOOL DEMOCRATS: David
Simon, a senior in philosophy, buys cam­paign
pins from F. Grant Moon, a junior
in finance and University coordinator for
John Kerry with the state campaign, dur­ing
the AU College Democrats' kick-off
meeting Tuesday night.
UPCOMING EVENTS
> Today- Auburn for Kerry Meet Up, 7
p.m. at the Ole Auburn Ala House.
> Sept. 9 - AUCD meeting, Screening
"OutFoxed," bring textbooks for Bagh­dad,
8 p.m. In Foy Union 246.
> Sept. 16- Debate trymrts, Foy Union
321 at 8 p.m.
> Sept 18- Auburn/LSU College
Democrats Joint tailgate.
> Sept. 2 3 - AUCD meeting, Foy Union
246 at 8 p.m.
> Sept. 2 6 - AUCD Run Against Bush.
University battles mold, asbestos
By ANNA CLAIRE
STAMPS
Senior Reporter
It's the same mold story.
The Auburn University Facili­ties
Division and the Risk Man­agement
and Safety office are
continually working to rid cam­pus
buildings of harmful mold
and asbestos.
"We've got a lot of small mold
projects going on right now,"
said Steve Nelson, associate
director of risk management.
Nelson added that the proj­ects
did not pose an immediate
health concern.
One of the biggest recent
projects was the renovation of
the exterior of the AU Hotel &
Dixon Conference Center
because of mold and other
problems.
"There was a mold compo­nent,
but the biggest issue was
moisture intrusion, which feeds
mold growth," Nelson said.
Spidle Hall and Parker Hall
are other campus buildings
with mold prob­lems.
—
"We've had
mold problems in
just about every
building on cam­pus,"
Nelson said.
"But in almost
every case, it has
been just a little
bit of growth.
There's not been
anything exten­sive."
He said
Auburn's humid
air and the age of
most of the cam­pus
buildings
contributes to
mold growth.
. "Our biggest
issue is with
humidity levels," Nelson said. "If
you can control those, you can
control mold growth."
"We've had
mold problems
in just about
every building
on campus. But
in almost every
case, it has been
just a little bit of
growth. There's
not been any­thing
extensive."
— Steve Nelson,
associate director of risk
management
When there is a problem,
Facilities and Risk Management
send mold abate­ment
crews in to
clean affected
areas.
"We normally
come in and take
a look at the
area," said Carlos
Flakes, asbestos
technician with
the asbestos con­trol
unit, which
sometimes han­dles
mold
cleanup.
"We go into the
area and check
that out, then we
look at the tiles,
the wall and the
carpet," Flakes
~~ said.
Nelson said
asbestos is also present in many
buildings on campus, but it isn't
harmful as long as it's not dis­turbed.
"Asbestos is something peo­ple
should be aware of, in things
like ceiling tiles, floor tiles, pipe
insulating and spray-applied
fire proofing," Nelson said."
Often when a building is ren­ovated,
asbestos can potentially
be disturbed, prompting the
asbestos control unit to remove
it.
Thach Hall is under renova­tion,
and the psychology
department has been temporar­ily
moved to the basement of
Haley Center.
"The original plan was a tem­porary
move for the fall semes­ter,
but we don't have a definite
(move-in) time," said Martha
Escobar, a professor in the psy­chology
department. "I know
there's some renovation being
done (involving) asbestos
removal."
Student labs in the School of
Veterinary Medicine have also
experienced cleaning.
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"I just became a non-entity in that office,"
Xowry said.
Lowry said he hung on because his wife,
Angela, is associate editor at the Auburn Mag­azine
and his daughter attends school here.
"We had hoped to stay here and retire here,"
he said. "We enjoyed living in this community.
Most likely, we're going to have to leave
Auburn."
Now Lowry, 58, has consulted a lawyer. He
said his former department hired a young
associate editor—probably paid less than
Lowry's former $75,000 a year—while gradual­ly
factoring him out
"It appears to me they were bringing in edi­tors
to replace me," Lowry said. "It strikes me
as age discrimination."
He said Tuesday was normal until Hachtel
mentioned "bad news" and called him to a
meeting with a human resources representa­tive.
A letter explained his position had been ter­minated.
"1 tried to ask Hachtel questions," Lowry
said. "But he wouldn't give me an answer.
"(Hachtel) said to ask someone else, and I
said 'Who?'" Lowry said. "He said 'I can't
answer that.'"
Lowry's conclusion: after he and Hachtel
vied for Hachtel's job two years ago, Hachtel
wanted him out.
Hachtel declined to comment, saying, "It
would be completely inappropriate for me to
engage in a dialogue with him through The
Plainsman?
He said Lowry should go through the
human resources process to discuss job-relat­ed
issues.
Lowry said financial reasons for job termi­nations
seem phony, and the position cuts are
an easy way to get people out.
"If there was a budget crisis here, we would
have a hiring freeze, restrictions on travel, no
pay raises," Lowry said. "I think they're target­ing
specific people and picking."
Dowdle said she doesn't expect to see many
more firings.
"I don't believe there will be a large group of
position eliminations," she said. "But some­times
it takes time to examine."
Terminated
Positions
• Bob Lowry, who worked in
Auburn's Communications and
Marketing Department since it
was known as University Rela­tions,
came to Auburn in 1991. His
position was eliminated Tuesday.
•• Development programs man­ager
Tim Meeks also learned his
position was terminated on Tues­day.
Meeks began working at
Auburn in 1996, formerly as the
Alumni Association's marketing
director.
• Auburn alumna Elizabeth Peel
found out early this week her posi­tion
as director of alumni pro­grams
and services had been
terminated. She'd been on payroll
since 1984.
• Associate director of planning
and analysis, Dan Rosenthal, also
got a termination notice. Rosen­thal
put in 10 years at Auburn.
• Executive director of affirma­tive
action Janet Saunders found
out her job now falls within
human resources.
• Mike Jernigan, who recently
announced his retirement, will be
the last editor of the Auburn Mag­azine.
That position is also termi­nated.
Peel was offered another posi­tion,
coordinator of alumni pro­grams.
The position would be
similar to Peel's former job, but
pays less and bumps her down a
notch on the administrative lad­der.
Richardson's re-structuring
plans include taking some power
from Alumni Affairs, Student
Affairs and Outreach and Devel­opment.
Communications and
Marketing now oversees commu­nications
efforts for the three.
Alumni headline of some sort
Homsby
Auburn Alumni Association vice
president Andy Homsby took the
long road to his candidacy for
president of the Association.
Now Hornsby is banking on his
experience to convince members
that he's the man to succeed presi­dent
Owen Brown. <
"I think I have enough experi­ence
to govern more effectively
than the other two candidates," he
said.
"We're on the brink of having a
major breakthrough in having a
strong, powerful organization,"
Hornsby said.
As vice president of the Alumni
Association, Hornsby was selected
to sit on the last two Trustee Selec­tion
Committees, which chose the
last five members appointed to
Auburn's Board of Trustees.
"We need to appoint an out-of-state
trustee," Hornsby said.
He also linked trustee interrela­tionships
to Auburn's being placed
on probation by the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools in December 2003.
"I don't think any member of the
Board of Trustees should engage in
business relationships with other
trustees," Hornsby said. "We would
not be on SACS probation if we
had an independent Board of
Trustees."
Hornsby said his two opponents
lack the benefits of his experience.
Of Davis, he said, "I don't believe
that Nick has the maturity or lead­ership
abilities that I have, nor the
experience."
Hornsby said of Jim Carroll, "I
don't think he's been as engaged
with Auburn other than as an ath­letic
donor."
Davis Carroll
After a brief struggle
between Alumni Association
factions, L. Nick Davis found
himself the chosen candidate
of the Association's Board of
Directors.
"I would like to be clear that
I am the legitimate candidate
of the Board," Davis said.
The Thomasville, Ga., resi­dent
holds a 1984 Auburn
degree in economics and owns
Progressive Restaurants, Inc.,
which operates Taco Bell
restaurants in Florida.
Davis has served on the
Association's Board of Direc­tors
since 2000 and was a for­mer
president of the
Tallahassee, Fla., Auburn Club.
"To me, that's a great honor
to be nominated by those peo­ple
you served with for four
years," he said.
Davis said the role of the
Alumni Association "should be
to support the University."
He gave interim University
president Ed Richardson "high
marks."
"Dr. Richardson has my
respect," he said. "He's been
extremely decisive."
The Alumni Association,
Davis said, should have a
strong relationship with the
University president. Davis
said he feels confident he
could work effectively with
Richardson.
"I met with Dr. Richardson
on June 9 after I was nominat­ed,"
he said. "We had a very
productive hour and 45-
minute meeting."
Jim Carroll, a Tampa, Fla.
businessman, says his run for
president of the Auburn Alum­ni
Association is aimed at
rejuvenating the organization's
membership.
Carroll, president of Carroll
Air Systems, Inc., holds a 1954
industrial management degree
from Auburn. He served on the
Association's Board of Direc­tors
from 1984-1985 and was
president of the Tampa Bay
Auburn Club in 1978.
"In recent years I've become
very disappointed in the lack
of actions taken towards clubs
and for the individual mem­bers,"
Carroll said. "There's
many excited Auburn alumni
that belong to clubs around
the country that are not mem­bers
of the Alumni Associa­tion."
Carroll said he wants to be a
peacemaker for the divided
organization.
Many of Auburn's problems
are amplified, Carroll said,
when those involved air griev­ances
to the media.
"I think Auburn people
should solve their problems
and iron them out by dis­cussing
them among them­selves,"
he said. "I wouldn't go
to the press and make state­ments.
I would go to the peo­ple
involved and sit down with
them."
Carroll praised interim Uni­versity
president Ed Richard­son.
"I see him as a goal-oriented
person who wants to see
Auburn great in every respect,"
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Senators talk traffic, express concerns about parking
By LAURIE CARESTIA
Assistant Campus Editor
SGA senators expressed their concerns about
student parking on campus during their first
fall meeting Monday night
David George, director of Parking and Transit
Services, presented the new parking and towing
policies effective this year.
"There is not enough parking on campus, and
that is our number one problem," George said.
"We and you as students both know this."
George emphasized the importance of park­ing
legally. Those students with parking per­mits
must park in their designated areas.
A-, B- and C-zone parking permits have
increased in price to $60, $40 and $30, respec­tively.
"Auburn is way behind on parking and towing
fees compared to the University of Alabama and
the University of Georgia," said George.
GTAs and GRAs now have a process to go
through in order to receive a B-zone parking
permit.
Effective Sept. 1, a student's first ticket will be
$10 instead of $4. In addition, towing fines will
be $60 and will include a $50 ticket.
Colin Brooks, senator in the College of Engi­neering,
expressed concern about the increased
fines.
If students are going to "justifiably pay more"
for parking permits and fines, they need to see
an improvement in Parking Services, he said.
The fees the University acquires from parking
permits and fines go to the general fund, but
George said he hopes to use some of that
money to improve Parking and Tran