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IITTHE RED AND BLACK
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
VOLUME 78, NUMBER 117
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA 30601
FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1972
NATIONAL NEWS
■ From United Press International wires 1
Wallace hopes
to resume bid
SILVER SPRING, Md. -
George C. Wallace, under
going physical therapy to
maintain circulation in his
paralyzed legs, hopes to
resume his bid tor the
presidency with a national
television address before the
Democratic convention
begins July 10, his aides
said Thursday.
The Alabama governor’s
press secretary, Billy Joe
Camp, reported that Wallace
is ’’continuing to do well”
and outlined detailed plans
to press on with the
governor’s quest for the
Democratic nomination.
”1 think he can be and will be nominated for the
presidency in the Democratic party,” Camp told
reporters at Holy Cross Hospital, where Wallace is
recovering from gunshot wounds that left a .38-caliber
slug lodged in his lower spine.
A noted neurosurgeon not associated with Wallace’s
case told UPI that the 52-year-old governor could well
be campaigning actively from a wheelchair within
month barring complications.
Byrd urges death penalty
WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the Senate’s
assistant Democratic leader, Thursday called for a
mandatory death penalty for persons convicted of
assassinating, or attempting to assassinate, a presidential
candidate.
He spoke out on the Senate floor as a Senate
subcommittee sought agreement on a bill that would
prohibit manufacture of cheap handguns called ‘‘Satur
day night specials” and the House Judiciary Committee
prepared to open hearings on proposed new gun control
legislation, including a measure to ban the sale of all
handguns to private citizens.
Moved by Monday’s shooting of Gov. George C.
Wallace in Laural, Md., Byrd, D-W.Va., said, “It’s about
time we put these people out ofcommission . . .I’m
convinced the only way to stop some of these people is
to confront them with the certainty that, whether or
not they are successful, they will get the death
penalty.”
King endorses McGovern
Mrs. Coretta King Thursday endorsed Sen. George S.
McGovern for the Democratic presidental nomination,
declaring that she had reached agreement with the
South Dakota lawmaker on a number of domestic and
foreign policy matters.
The widow of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
told a news conference in Los Angeles, where McGovern
began his primary campaign Thursday, that McGovern
“will bring an end to the era of division in our nation
and will usher in a new era of reconciliation.”
Mrs. King said she had reached agreement with
McGovern on a “new urban and rural land use policy
which recognizes the yearnings of minority groups, the
end of colonial rule in Washington, D.C.,” a program to
spend billions of dollars for minority education, and an
end to providing arms to countries such as Brazil,
Greece and Portugal.
Frogmen search luxury liner
LONDON Four British
underwater bomb disposal
experts arrived in the mid-
Atlantic Thursday night
aboard the 65,863-ton lux
ury liner Queen Elizabeth 2
to seek explosives that
Cunard officials feared
might blow up the ship
with 2,230 persons aboard
unless they paid $350,000
ransom.
Cunard Line officials in
New York and in London
; said there had been tele
phoned threats saying six bombs were hidden among the
giant liner’s 13 decks.
They said it might be a hoax but they could take no
chances with the passengers aboard the $71 million
liner.
The British Defense Ministry said a British Royal Air
Force aircraft carrying four frogmen reached the QL2 in
mid-Atlantic at 8:30 p.m. The bomb men were
I equipped for underwater searches of the ship’s hull
Showers
Chance of icallcrcti
shower* or thunder
showers today through
Monday. High today
and Saturday in the
upper 70 s. Probability
of showers: .10% today
and 20% tonight. Warm
temperatures *t r
expected for Monday.
WORLD NEWS
Dorm time
cut proposed
Outdoor artist
Photo by TOM HILL
Not everyone gets to just sit around outside and
enjoy the spring weather these days, as these art
students will attest. They've moved their class
outside, but the change of studio surroundings
hasn’t meant any less work. While the artists
sketch the beauties of North Campus, the fellows
Committee
to reassess
on the bench behind them present an attitude a
little more typical of the average student lately . .
. no doubt they're just resting up before the last
hig push for finals. Or maybe they're serving
(inadvertently) as models for a spring “still life"
formed
statutes
By JIM CORBETT
Assistant news/feature editor
A faculty committee investigating
possible University statute revisions
which would lead to the University
Senate concept has been established,
according to SGA President Joe
(Bubba) Fowler.
The 15-member committee is
composed of faculty members along
v'ith Fowler and Ted Kassinger, SGA
minister to University Relations, the
only student members. Fowler said.
It is hoped tha the committee will
rewrite the present statutes of the
University expanding the University
Council, the school's highest decision
making body, to include student and
administration representation,
Fowler said. The approximately
150-member body would then be the
government of the University.
The committee has held its
organizational meetings and has
begun the proces of researching
alternatives, according to Fowler.
“Right now we’re (the
committee) doing research into the
policies of the Regents, the current
Statutes of the University of Georgia
Summer to
count for
probation
Summer school will carry aca
demic responsibility for the First
time this year.
Assistant Registrar William
Parker said a number of phone
calls to the registrar’s office has
indicated some schools have not
understood 'he University Council
action on Dec. 7 of last year that
m-de the readmission and proba
tion policy identical for all four
quarters
Previously, a stud-nt on aca
demic probation co 'Id attend
school in the summer and try to
raise his average. It he didn’t raise
his average, no harm was done.
Now low summer quarter grades
can put a student >n probation,
keep him there or get him
dismissed, Parker aid
Under the new polic/ students
on acauemic probation may return
to school fall quarter, contrary to
the old policy
and the various statutes of colleges
and universities in an effort to
determine the most reasonable way
to reconstruct our statutes,” Fowler
said.
Chairman of the committee Dr.
Albert Saye said, “There is a great
deal of study to do first. It will
probably be next fall before any
concrete proposals will be made.”
Speaking for student government,
Fowler agreed.
“We (the SGA) want to sec the
final document drawn by Jan, 1973.
And we feel that the six months time
will be sufficient time to bring
Srs. elect
Amos pres.
A very light turnout of 216
students out of approximately
3000 seniors, voted in yesterday's
senior class elections which
Danny Amos won.
Amos received 106 votes (53
per cent) while David “Chicken”
Little polled 94 or 47 per cent
of the votes. Anne Porterfield
who ran unopposed for secretary
received 40 votes.
“I hate there was such a small
turnout,” said Amos, “because I
think the president of the senior
class is more than many people
think.”
Amos also said. “I hope by the
end of next year people will take
it more seriously. We hope to
prove by what we do." that there
is more to the senior class
presidency.
“I’ll be getting together with
Bubha (SGA President Joe
Fowler) and coming up with
ideas with what can be done with
the office,” Amos said. “I’ll be
talking to alumni and trying to
keep good relations with them,’’
he said.
Steve Saunderv chairman of
the senate elections committee
gave his personal opinion on the
reason for the small turnout. “I
think possibly peopld didn’t turn
out because Little became pretty
well known while running for
president of the student body
and because of Amos’ work in
the senate."
the
together the proposals from
various groups,” he said.
After the committee completes
its work the new statutes must
receive the approval of the present
University Council, which now has
Five non-voting student members, as
well as the Board of Regents before
the University Senate concept could
become reality.
The University Senate was a
major point of Fowler’s
Action-Union platform, on which he
was cLcted to his post last Apr. 5.
“We've (the SGA) set this as top
priority on our list because we feel
'hat it will bring more power to the
students,” he stated.
This is the second committee
established toward the goal of
revising the statutes, according to
Fowler. The forrrer committee,
which did not complete revisions,
was abolished last year. This new
committee began its own research, he
said.
By HOLLY WEAVER
Assistant news/feature editor
The Faculty Committee on Stu
dent Affairs yesterday passed a
recommendation that beginning fall
quarter 1973 freshmen and sopho
mores be required to live in
dormitories for only four quarters,
instead of the now required six
quarters.
The motion, proposed by Dr.
John Granrose, must be approved
by the University Council, which
meets Monday, May 29.
The Senate proposal on hand
book revisions had requested that
the sophomore residency require
ment be done away with complete
ly. O. Suthern Sims. Dean of
Student Affairs, spoke against this
motion and the one which was
adopted, saying that “we simply
can’t meet the budget unless we
keep the sophomores in.”
Senate
winds up
allocation
The Student Senate wound up
it’s annual allocation duties last
night in its third meeting this
week.
The senators also approved tem
porary justices for the summer
main court of the Student Judici
ary after two abortive attempts to
agree on the appointments.
Approved were Gloria Lewis, Ed
Tante, Ronald Reece, Linda
McRorie and Roy Tritt.
The summer appointees had
been approved at the Tuesday
Senate session, but were approved
on a two-thirds vote rather than
the three-fourths required.
When the mistake was pointed
out Wednesday night, the appoint
ments failed following arguments
on the senate floor that the
appointees should appear before
the senate.
Last night judiciary chiarman
Charles Hall, (Graduate) said the
judiciary committee served the
purpose of screening the appoin
tees.
Allocations business centered
around requests that had been
returned to the Allocations Com
mittee for raises in the committee's
recommendation.
The Red and Black was granted
$20,700, an amount nearly $5,000
more than the original Allocations
Committee recommendation.
The Defender Advocate Society
was allocated $550, the amount
the committee had recommended.
After extensive argument, the
Day Care Center culled $26,077
$9,293 less than requested.
The Black Student Union was
allocated $10,000.
The University Union’s Cultural
Affairs Division received $75,000
and $17,000 wts approved to
employ a student body lawyer.
OTHER MEMBERS of the com
mittee proposed keeping students
in the dorms by making them
more attractive places to live. “I
find living on campus very conven
ient,” said Granrose. “Many pro
grams which could be implemented
in dorms could be done by
psychological, as well as physical
changes. We have an obligation to
try and take a step in the
direction of a voluntary housing
program.”
In speaking of Granrose’s pro
posal, Sims said, “That would be
dynamite in terms of what it will
do to the financial picture of
housing.”
Joe Fowler, president of the
student body, said “I do believe
there are certain things we could
do that cost no money” to make
the dorms more attractive.
GRANROSE SAID he felt that
if sophomores were required to live
in dorms during fall quarter, and if
the dorms were livable and attrac
tive, they would be likely to stay
the whole year.
The committee also adopted the
Student Senate proposal on hous
ing, which would allow students to
determine their own housing hours
within a 24-hour period. The
senate proposal would also allow
for closed housing in certain areas.
Dr. Granrose, in speaking for the
Senate proposal, said “It would be
psychologically good for students
to see that petitioning and taking
things through the Student Senate,
which they’ve been trying, can be
effective.”
Pandoras
distributed
next week
The 1972 Pandora will be
distributed next week in the
Memorial Hall ballroom, 9 a m. to
4 p.m. daily.
Seniors may collect their year
books Monday, juniors on Tuesday,
sophomores on Wednesday and
freshmen on Thursday. On Friday
any student who has not already
picked up a Pandora may have
one.
Students must come in person
and present their own I.D.’s to get
their yearbooks.
Dialogue
plans continue
The University Leadership Board
decided to continue plans for
Dialogue '72, the annual student-
faculty-administrative conference at
Rock Eagle in September.
The deadline for applications has
been extended to next Wednesday
for students.
BEER IN AUDITORIUM
Law dean ousts senate
By JIMMY JOHNSON
Assistant news/leature editor
The Student Government Asso
ciation was notified yesterday that
the Student Senate can no longer
meet in the l aw School Auditor
ium.
Ihe ban came from the law
school administration after several
complaints were made concerning
the consumption of alcohol at
senate meetings Tuesday and Wed
nesday nights
Several members ot the senate
and gallery were drinking beer and
wine during the meetings held to
approve the budget for 1972-73
student activities allocations.
The first complaint came
approximately three hours into the
meeting Wednesday night while the
allocation for the University Union
was being considered < hrista Buf-
fone. a senator from the School of
Home Economics, rose to a point
of personal privilege and expressed
her feeling that having beer on the
floor of the senate was unbecom
ing and irresponsible.
Her comments were countered
by Sam Davis (Graduate) “Wine is
constant proof that God loves us,
and likes to see us happy,” Davis
said, attributing his remark to none
other than Ben Franklin.
Following comments by several
other senators, attention returned
to arguments concerning funding of
the Union.
Allocations business was once
again interrupted when Joel Collins
(Law) stated that as a representa
tive of the law school he objected
to the presence of been in the
Law Auditorium and that its
presence was in violation of
University regulations.
Collins further informed the
senate that unless the alcohol was
removed he would notify campus
security and the dean of the law
school.
Despite the complaints of a few
senators the beer and wine contain
er 1 were ruiJiJ uvai the auditor
ium and glasses were emptied.
Business had begun again when
Steve Saunders (Graduate), vice-
president of the senate, who had
himself imbibed a few beers,
escorted Collins to the front of the
auditorium and announced that the
senator had a statement to make
to the body.
Collins then informed the sena
tors that he had contacted campus
security and learned that there was
no statement in University regula
tions prohibiting the presence of
alcohol on university property but
that Associate Law Dean Charles
Ellington had objected to the beer
The senator apoligized for having
misinformed his colleagues but said
since the law school extended the
senate the privilege of using its
facilities it should not conduct
itself in a manner the school’s
administration found objectionable.
The senators met last night in
the Biological Sciences Building.
No permanent meeting place has
been arranged yet for future
meetings of the senate.