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VOLUME 79, NUMBER 93
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THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA. 30602
FRIDAY. MARCH 30, 197.1
Political parties start campaign trail
Greeks hear Coalition;
position papers given
The Great Zodiac and Mathilda Gorilla arc no longer in the student
government presidential campaign it was learned Thursday.
According to Kandy Hansen, chairman of the Elections Code Committee,
the Great Zodiac was disqualified from running because of the insufficient
number of signatures on the required petition.
The Red and Black said that the Great Zodiac's petition was confirmed
Wednesday night. The list of petitions that had been turned in to The Red
and Black were not confirmed at that time.
The Great Zodiac, who is Barbara Dawn Latta. had 263 signatures and
not the required 31)0 names for an executive office petition.
Latta had no comment about her disqualification She was informed
Thursday afternoon of the rejection
Also, iate Thursday afternoon Mathilda Gorilla's campaign manager.
Raphael Semmes. announced in a letter to Hansen and The Red and Black
that Mathilda was withdrawing from the campaign
According to Semmes, Mathilda's decision came after the gorilla felt she
had already fulfilled the purposes of her campaign.
"So. believing we have fulfilled our purpose of pointing out some things
we feel need to be done, we would like to withdraw Mathilda's name from
the ballot at this point. We issue a challenge to those who claim a serious
interest in effecting change, to do what Mathilda would have done and to
have these things remedied as soon as possible." Semmes' letter said
"We must all swing together, or we're liable to get lost in the jungle." he
added
Capsule
news
By MIKE C LARK
Assisant news editor
Campus political party Coalition began
this year’s campaign for the Student
Government Association elections last
week with various appearances by the
executive slate and the release of position
papers expounding on specific platform
planks.
Presidential candidate Steve Patrick
spoke at Kappa Delta and Delta Delta
Delta sororities Monday. Sigma Delta
Tau sorority and the Free University of
Georgia on Tuesday and Alpha Chi
Omega and Alpha Gamma Delta
sororities Wednesday.
Susan Fansler. administrative vice-pre-
dential candidate, appeared Monday at
Phi Kappa Theta fraternity.
In his sorority appearances Patrick
emphasized what he termed “the lack of
leadership" in student government. The
result has been a lessening of student
influence, according to Patrick, exempli
fied by attempts on the part of Dean of
Student Affairs Suthern Sims to override
Student Senate allocations.
Patrick also cited SGA President Joe
Fowler's letter to state legislators
concerning student allocations as being
sent in “opposition to the student senate"
and as further evidence of the erosion of
student power.
OPPOSITION has been raised by
Patrick to the "second rate treatment" of
students by the University in the area of
housing.
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DAVID BELL TALKS TO STUDENT
Coalition candidates have started on the campaign trail
PSA CANDIDATES RECORD SHOW
Hughes. Tankersley and Currier spoke on WUOG last night
Society taps initiates
The new initiates of Mortar Board, the senior women’s honorary
society, began initiation late last night. Thirteen women were tapped and.
as their initiation, will be required to go through today dressed in
graduation robes and will not be allowed to speak The selection of the
new members was made on the basis of scholarship, leadership, service to
community and service to the University Tapped last night were: Anne
Benefield. Elaine Bunn. Cindy Fryer. Gail Hall. Jan McCorkle, Cindy
Mercer. Donna Pass. Jan Pooley. Margaret Anne Ruppersburg.
Rosemary Shade. Claudia Townsend. Sue Tuggle and Mary Williams
Poll workers wanted by SGA
The SGA is seeking interested students to man the polling places during
the upcoming SGA election Forty-three poll workers are needed for the
April 11 election, according to SGA sources.
Poll workers will be paid $1.75 per hour and must be free for either
morning or afternoon sessions Interested persons, who are not directly
involved in campus politics, may see Thomas Lauderdale, student
employment coordinator, in the White Avenue Building
Patrick has endorsed efforts of the
Committee of the 6000 to improve
dormitory living conditions and strike
down the disclaimer of Georgia’s
18-year-old age of majority bill.
The disclaimer has been used by the
administration to continue freshman and
sophomore residency requirements, and
Patrick states Sims has refused all
efforts to compromise their repeal
At Wednesday’s Alpha Gamma Delta
appearance. Patrick said he would make
the addition of another Milledge Avenue
bus “top priority in the area of services."
HE ALSO stressed the need for greater
student input to all facets of the
University, particularly housing. Patrick
stated students should be given greater
opportunities to determine housing
policies and select resident and graduate
assistants.
Coalition has issued five position
papers dealing in greater detail with the
party’s campaign platform. Papers have
been released concerning veterans,
student services, the student senate,
academics and housing.
Further papers on such topics as
women, gays and campus media will also
be issued.
COALITION’S EXECUTIVE slate is
scheduled to appear Monday at various
sororities and fraternities, including Phi
Mu. Chi Phi. Sigma Kappa. Alpha Omega
Pi and Pi Beta Phi
Other appearances are slated at
various campus locations as the
campaign continues.
PSA stresses planks;
debates, gives speeches
Tankersley appeared liefore the 4-H
Club, the Agriculture Economics club.
and the Block and Bridle club after
several fraternity and sorority dinner
speaking engagements.
Speaking before about 70 people in the
clubs. Tankersley charged that “Coali
tion has repeatedly failed to meet the
needs of the South campus community.
“South campus is very much in need of
a student center." he said, "and the
Bulldog Room does not serve our needs "
Tankersley advocated conversion of
rooms in Barrow Hall or another building
for the center.
Tankersley. current president of the Ag
Hill Council, also said that the
Hughes Tankersley-Currier executive
slate is proposing “giving number grades
at 5 intervals rather than letter grades
He said the “system is more equitable
and beneficial to everyone."
Touching on what he termed "inequities'
at the University, the PSA candidate said
"the head administrator of the Board of
Student Communications is salaried by
student fees We’ve got to correct
inequities such as this, and PSA is the
only party that can do it.’
Also appearing at the Agriculture
Economics and the Block and Bridle
clubs were PSA Ag School senatorial
candidates John McKissick and Randy
Knuckles The two repeated Tankersley's
charge that Coalition has failed tp meet
the needs of South campus and that
Coalition were "concerned with issues
which are out of the realm of the
University."
B> TONY IIEALEY
and PHIL KENT
Progressive Student Alliance's cam
paign began this week with executive
slate candidates' speeches and debates
before different University organizations
Danny Hughes. Progressive Student
Alliance <PSA> presidential candidate,
was slated for a debate Thursday night
with Coalition's presidential candidate
Steve Patrick before a Committee on Gay
Education meeting in Phi Kappa Hall.
Also. Hughes gave a short statement of
his party’s platform and answered
questions on a special WUOG broadcast
with other candidates yesterday at 6 p.m
An appearance before the Home
Management Club, scheduled Thursday,
was cancelled.
Bobby Tankersley. executive vice
president candidate, was also on the
campaign trail He spoke before the Ag
Hill Council, of which he is president.
Thursday night and said that "speaking
as a senator and president of the Ag Hill
Council. I believe that there is not enough
representation of the little schools "
Following Tankersley’s speech, the Ag
Hill Council voted to endorse the PSA
slate in the upcoming SGA elections.
Thursday night both Tankersley and
Hughes made speeches before fraternity
and sorority dinners
Tankersley appeared alone Wednesday
with speeches before three Ag Hill
student clubs and in his speeches
denounced Coalition for "not serving"
South campus needs.
Zodiac rejected;
Mathilda quits
From staff reports
DISCUSSES HANDBOOK REVISIONS
Candidates discuss race
Amendments passed by senate
Bv JOYCE MURDOCH
Assistant news editor
In the Student Senate's final regular
meeting before the election, several
amendments to the student body
By ARNOLD PUNARO
News editor
Two of the campus media presented
proposals to the Board of Student
Communications at yesterday’s meeting
that, if implemented, would alter their
present structure.
Beau Allen, program manager of
WUOG, expressed hope that the campus
radio station could receive the financing
necessary to start stereo operations
Allen maae his proposal while
presenting the station’s preliminary
budget proposals for the coming
operating year.
The Pandora. The Red and Black, and
WUOG all presented preliminary budgets
for consideration by th£ financial
subcommittee of the board
WUOG also requested funds necessary
to put their own production facilities in
operation
constitution were passed and agreement
was reached on proposed handbook
revisions.
the amendments which passed for the
first time on March 7 unanimously
passed the senate the second time
Allen said, "This is our most critical
need. Our growth and development is
limited without these facilities We are
currently enjoying use of equipment
belonging to the Journalism school "
The Red and Black proposed that the
Board investigate the possibility of the
newspaper becoming a legally indepen
dent campus newspaper
Editor Claudia Townsend said. "This is
not a decision (hat can be made suddenly
but will entail deliberate and lengthy
consideration of all aspects. All
ramifications must be studied so the
paper can continue to best serve the
students and the University."
Dr Richard Noles. board chairman,
said the board will diligently study the
proposal in light of the goals of the
student paper, the University and the
community He said we will study with
fill interests what we consider to be the
best relationship
Lawrence Weiner (Graduate), chairman
of the Constitutional Revisions Commit
tee. moved that an amendment be passed
"to open up the judiciary."
Weiner proposed students be allowed to
apply for the judiciary by making the
request to the Judiciary Committee and
being interviewed by the committee The
version of the amendment which finally
was approved by the senate added that
applicants take a test before being
interviewed
According to Weiner, the purpose of his
change was “to remove the student body
president's power to formulate a list of
recommended applicants " The only
power the president will have in filling
vacancies in the judiciary will be veto
power over senate appointments
THE PRESIDENT retains the right to
make the original judiciary appoint
ments
The only other new amendment passed
was a bylaw change proposed by Wade
McGuffey (Business* The proposal,
which passed 24-7. will prevent the senate
Persons interested in the editor
managing editor positions on the
Pandora must appl> with the Director
of Student Communications in 222
Academic. Deadline for application is 12
noon on April Ith. The positions will be
filled b> the Personnel Committee of
the Board of Student Communications
at a 2 p.m. meeting on April 5th
from passing constitutional amendments
at two meetings held in one night
- In support of the change. McGuffey
said "two meetings in one night is the
same as one meeting because it doesn t
give you a chance to think about it long
enough! '*
Thursday night the senate met for a
special meeting called to pass Wednes
day's amendments for the second time
In other business at the regular
meeting. Randy Hansen, senate vice
president, announced that at least one
poll worker is being hired for each
polling place in the spring election.
The last several hours of the session
were devoted to discussion of the
Handbook Revisions Committee’s 18-page
report The senate approved the
committee’s report with virtually no
changes. The proposals now go to the
appropriate University officials who may
or may not make the changes in the
handbook
Much of what the Handbook Revisions
Committee suggested would simply bring
the handbook up to date because many of
the changes have already been imple
mented
In one of the few changes, the senate
agreed to approve a $3 transportation fee
for students "if and only if. it would also
apply to faculty and administration " The
motion came from Tommy Lord
«Business»
Media present ideas
on future allocations
Saturday classes during winter and spring quarters will no longer be held at any
school in the University system
According to William Hays, vice president for instruction, the University is having
to revise its calendar to conform with guidelines issued by the Uhancellor’s office. He
said the Chancellor had called for 50 days in each quarter.
"Fall quarter w ill not be affected. " Hays said "There will only be a couple of days'
variation in the other quarters — one quarter will be lengthened by one day and the
other by two days."
Hays said the new system wide calendar would be listed in next year's catalog
which is in the process of being printed
The executive candidates of campus political parties Coalition and PSA last night
outlined some of their feelings concerning the upcoming SGA elections in a special
program on the campus radio station. WUOG.
Coalition's slate emphasized that Coalition is a "party of issues and not
personalities" and has "given an affirmative answer to students asking if SGA can be
a viable organization " Steve Patrick, presidential candidate from Coalition, said he
felt one of the failings of presidents in the past had been their lack of communication
with the student body
PSA s executive candidates emphasized their platform, saying the "platform speaks
to specific issues instead of generalities " Danny Hughes, PSA’s presidential
candidate, said he viewed the issue of the return of allocations powers to the Student
Senate as the most important plank in PSA s platform
Bobby Tankersley, executive vice-presidential candidate for PSA, said he felt the
suggested revision of the grading system and improvements in housing were among
the platform's most important planks
In response to the question on how he would like to be remembered, David Bell,
executive vice-presidential candidate for Coalition, said, "As one of those who finally
were able to put the SGA in student's minds as something important — and not
Mickey Mouse or a farce "
Inside the paper today
< OV ERT DANCE GROUP — The concert dance group will perform tonight and
tomorrow See page five for the story.
VTTITI DKS — Michelle Green wraps up her four part series on the local chapter of
the American Association of University Professors lAAUP) and the faculty
administration attitudes See page two
MARRIED STUDENTS — The Married Student Council was organized and got
underway this week See page two for the story by Joyce Murdoch