The debate sharpens over President Funderburk's policies
"We have an all-out family feud here, and in a family feud there are no winners," says William Godwin, student-body president. "The loser will be Auburn University."
The bitter feud that has split one of the South's best-known institutions of higher learning swirls around President Hanly Funderburk, 51, who took office in April 1980. Funderburk's policies have sapped morale, antagonized many members of the faculty and administrative staff, raised the specter of political control and brought into question the mission of the 127-year-old institution in the Alabama town that bears its name. Three...