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VOLUME 79, NUMBER 95
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHENS. GEORGIA. 30602
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 4. 1973
Photo bv BILL DURRENTE
ABOVE IT ALL
"Back to Nature" seems to be the theme of this lone male student. Far from the
hustle and bustle of the crowd, far from hortatory talk and bombastic diatribes that
seem to plague this time of year, far from assignment crazy professors, far from
worries about housing, rising food prices, war and famine, and far form the insane
rush that seems to identify the well adjusted student, this modern age romantic seems
to be finding satisfaction in the mere perusal of a good book Emerson and Thoreau
would have their collective hearts warmed to know that, after all the paens paid to
technology in the past years, nature still has an appeal that some find irresistable. His
perch might cause them slight dismay, being more suited to one of avian character
than mammalian, but we have no doubt that, in the final analysis, his preoccupation
would be to their liking
ON DORM CAMPAIGNS
Housing rules
By MITCHELL SHIELDS
News editor
The Department of University Housing
yesterday released a ruling denying
campus political candidates the right to
conduct door to-door campaigns in
University residence Halls, but. following
a meeting with the candidates, said they
would release a memo to housing
personnel today saying that campaigning
will be allowed to continue under specific
conditions
The 4M*iginal ruling, according to
housing personnel, came as the result of
a complaint from a student staff
member.
The ruling was based, according to the
letter, on a housing policy that does not
permit solicitation in residence halls.
’ Though funds are not being requested,
actual votes are being solicited by the
candidates.” the letter said.
THE CANDIDATES of both Coalition
and PSA expressed strong disapproval of
the action.
”PSA believes that all students have
the right to know where a student stands
on political issues, and this should not
exclude dormitory residents.” Danny
Hughes, presidential candidate for PSA
said.
Steve Letzsch. speaking for Coalition.
■aM Im fdl this was a 'complete
violation of past precedent They cannot
prohibit people from campaigning.''
Steve Patrick. Coalition's presidential
candidate, agreed with Letzsch and
addl'd that he felt, by refusing to allow
door-to-door campaigning, the housing
department was eliminating one vital
access the candidates have to students.
IN THE letter, the housing department
suggested that candidates utilize the
campaign bulletin boards, place their
printed material on distribution tables
located adjacent to all residence hall
( tjiail rooms, use the campus media and.
if they wish to speak directly to
dormitory residents, contact the student
government in each residence hall to
arrange a forum whereby they could
discuss their platforms
"We have also offered to set up tables
in public areas in the dorms for the
parties to distribute literature and talk to
students as long as the tables don't block
passage of egress.” the housing
department said
But the candidates, while saying they
would take advantage of all these offers,
said they did not feel the housing
department's alternatives could take the
place of direct contact with the student
The housing department said that the
ruling was made in the interest of the
student According to the department, the
ruling will help prevent students from
being bothered by campaigners.
Coalition mokes
campaign talks
By MIKE ( LARK
Assistant news editor
The executive slate for campus
political party Coalition has continued its
appearances at various sororities and
fraternities this week
Presidential candidate Steve Patrick
spoke Monday at Alpha Omega Pi and
Chi Omega sororities David Bell,
executive vice-presidential candidate,
appeared before Pi Beta Phi sorority and
administrative vice-presidential candi
date Susan Fansler discussed this year's
campaign issues at Sigma Kappa
sorority
Patrick and Bell also appeared before
a meeting of Phi Mu sorority.
Coalition's presidential hopeful has
reiterated his concern over # the "lack of
leadership” in the student senate that is
exemplified, according to Patrick, by
student body President Joe Fowler’s
letter to state legislators concerning
allocations
PATRICK has also continued to
endorse the efforts of the Committee of
the 6000 to repeal the disclaimer of
Georgia's 18-year-old age of majority bill
and to improve dormitory living
conditions.
At Monday's Alpha Omega Pi
appearance. Patrick said he favored
establishing a recreational area and
snfcjk bar similar to Memorial Hall on
South Campus
Patrick also encouraged alloting ail
schools a minimum of two student
senators, a proposal in the student senate
jointly sponsored by Steve Letzsch and
Bobbv Tankersley
.speaking before Phi Mu. Patrick
attacked the new method of distributing
football tickets, saying it was an unfair
policy drawn up by Fowler and not
approved by students
PSA charges Coalition only
'phony activisls' on committees
By ARNOLD PUNARO
News editor
Progressive Student Alliance (PSA)
recently leveled charges against opposi
tion party Coalition claiming, among
other allegations, that Coalition is a party
of "phony activists."
In yesterday’s media release. PSA
chairman Jim Langford said. "Coalition
vocally claims to represent the students
but when it actually comes down to
attending and working on committees
deciding policy concerning students,
Coalition never attends
Langford cited Coalition's failure to
attend any meetings of the Faculty
Committee on Student Affairs, the
Advisory Committee on the Day Care
Center, the Georgia Student Lobby, and
the Student Advisory Committee to
Health Services as evidence of "phony
activism.”
Langford said the lack of interest on
Coalition's part points up the fact that
Coalition is simply a party of “phony
activists only vocally claiming student
interest.”
COALITION presidential candidate.
Steve Patrick said in reply to Langford’s
charges that "it is poor perception on
PSA's part to equate activism and
student representation with mere attend
ance at meetings. That’s not how changes
are effected under the present system.
PSA also failed to mention that some of
those committee’s listed hardly ever
meet and then don't accomplish much."
BOTH PATRICK AND HUGHES
replied to this by saying that no student
has indicated to them that they consider
the campaigners bothersome.
"If students don't want us to talk to
them they can ask us to leave But this
policy prevents us from talking to
students who may want to hear us.”
Patrick said
Housing officials replied that they had
received complaints last spring quarter
about this, and were merely attempting
to solve the problem before complaints
came in this year
Patrick said that Coalition will continue
to go door-to-door in the dorms despite
the ruling Hughes, while refusing to say
he would ignore the ruling, did say that
"PSA intends to continue to talk to
various students on campus by any
means possible.”
At about 4:30 yesterday representatives
of Coalition and PSA met with an official
of the housing department to discuss the
new policy. The housing official
expressed concern over the possibility of
persons pretending to be candidates and
gaining entrance to students rooms under
that pretense The candidates said they
would agree to wear name tags with
name and party information on them to
prevent this from happening.
Langford claimed that neither Patrick
nor David Bell. Coalition vice-president
ial candidate, have attended any Faculty
Committee on Student Affairs meetings
where "vital student issues such as
housing appeals and policy decisions on
residency are decided.”
Bell replied that the issue here is much
more complicated than mere attendance
"No. we <Patrick and Bell) haven’t
attended any meeting of that committee
this year, but this doesn't imply lack of
interest in these areas.” he said
Bell pointed out that both he and
Patrick, as members of the Resident Hall
Association, were not allowed to attend
FCSC meetings last year. "How can we
attend when we’re closed out.” he said.
PATRICK said. "Look at the record
The question of who attended what is
blown out of proportion. PSA hasn’t
attended a lot of other commitee
meetings either. We 'Patrick and Bell)
have continued to work on housing issues
in our own committees
Langford also claimed that Patrick has
never attended any meetings of the
Advisory Committee on the Day Care
Center where policies "concerning
expanding facilities and direction are
decided.’'
Patrick replied that "I have worked
since my sophomore year to bring to
reality the day care center. Myra Klein,
director of the day care center, asked
that I be placed on that committee and 1
was refused. Even so I did attend a
meeting this year and Langford was
absent."
LANGFORD also alleged that no
Coalition people "who claim to Ik*
lobbyists” ever met with the Georgia
Student Lobby, “whose purpose is to
insure student representation in issues in
the State legislature '
Patrick replied that "Coalition never
claimed to have registered lobbyists
although Bell's committee has worked
with the legislature laying the ground
work lor registering next year I
personally have met with Gov. Jimmy
Carter to discuss concerns of students
about housing This is very much a form
ot lobbying. As far as I'm concerned the
Georgia Student Ixibby is not a good
channel for representing student interests
as they have never done anything
concrete.”
Langlord also alleged that no Coalition
members have never worked with the
Student Advisory Committee to Health
Services w hich "is working on expanding
services to spouse and dependent care
and other areas "
Mobile homes damaged
By FRAN FULTON
City editor
Mobile homes, largely located outside the city limits, took
the heaviest share of the destruction when the tornado ripped
through the unincorporated areas of the county, according to
county officials.
Damage to trailers — such as those at Wonderland Estates
— accounted for roughly a third of the $9 million figure now
projected as the financial loss suffered by the county,
according to Assistant County Administrator Bill Foster
In terms of dollars, trailer homes suffered more total
damage than homes, businesses, or timberland. Foster said
"The actual number of homes destroyed completely was very
small,” he noted, "and this is even though the tornado went
through some very heavily populated subdivisions
REALIZING that a tornado can cause such damages the
Georgia civil defense unit has distributed information on the
means of protecting trailers from high winds This advice, in
the form of a pamphlet, can be obtained from the Athens
Clarke County unit, according to Bill Clack, deputy director ot
the Georgia Department ol Defense
"We have encouraged mobile home owners to anchor down
or underpin trailers and to turn the narrow side towards the
southwest, usually the direction ot the tornado. " he said
"Another thing we've encouraged is putting trailers in areas
where there are natural barriers Trees will not do as much
damage as winds from the tornado itself.” Clack said
Clack, who heads ^he civil defense efforts tor the state,
noted that Savannah was the first city to require that all
trailers be firmly anchored, and that several cities and
counties in Georgia have followed its lead
STATEWIDE legislation requiring "tiedowns” was
suggested as a possibility by Gov. Jimmy Carter after his tour
ot the stricken area. But Clack countered this idea with the
assertion that, although such regulations "seem to he common
sense.” he has seen no prool that tied down trailers have a
better chance ol withstanding tornado damage.
AMI
TRAILER TIPS GIVEN
WORKERS CLEAR l'P WRECKAGE FROM MOBILE HOMES
Trailers outside the city limits took most of tornado's damage
Capsule news >1^
Poll workers still needed
Poll workers are still needed by the SGA to man the polls for the April II SGA
election Forty-three poll workers are needed 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 sec
Thomas Lauderdale, student employment coordinator, in the White Avenue Building
Tornado aid contact listed
The office of the mayor has requested all tornado victims needing aid to contact
the emergency relief office at the Lyndon House on Hoyt St. and College Ave An
outpost of the Governor's Recovery Task Force, the office is staffed with
representatives of all agencies working with relief efforts
The Lyndon House may be reached at 349-3838. 346-1354 and 348-2246
Inside today
NO MONEY — two stories are concerned with federal fund cuts The youth center
has been hit See page six for Patrick Frye's story on the Athens Youth Corps The
Vet School's expansion has been curtailed by federal fund cuts to grants for vet
science See page five for story
Altt.F AN 1M \l.N AM) SMAI.I. KIDS — Commumversity kids got a treat when
llheir Big Brothers and Sisters took them to Lum Country Safari. See page two for
Istorv
PSA candidates
explain positions
From Slaff reports
Progressive Student Alliance's execu
tive candidates began their last full week
of campaigning this week before the
April 11 student government elections
In appearance at fraternities and
sororities the candidates reiterated and
expanded their party’s platform Presi
d^ntial candidate Danny Hughes told Phi
Mu Monday night that the election would
be "a contest between ideas and
notations.”
Hughes also said that Coalition was
anti-Greek, and claimed that Coalition
blocked an attempt to fund the
Panhellemc and Interfraternity Council
secretaries with student activity fees last
spring
Bobby Tankersley. executive vice-pres-
idential candidate, appeared at Alpha
Tau Omega Tuesday night with
administrative vice-presidential candi
dale Debbie Currier and criticized the
Red and Black's treatment of PSA in
Tuesday's paper
"THEY REALLY ripped us today,” he
said in reference ot the story on
Coalition's charges against PSA.
Currier appeared Monday night at
Delta Theta fraternity and said that
charges that PSA was really Action
Union "in disguise were not true She
explained that PSA is only a month old
and was lormed by herself. Hughes and
Tankersley
Also. Currier said PSA supported a
reciprocal tuitions agreement with
university systems in other states She
said a system of deferred fee payments
for Gl bill beneficiaries is needed too
/it Pi Kappa Phi Monday Currier said
that Coalition turned the Senate last year
into "a farce" that would shame the
University.
Hughes appeared Tuesday night before
about 2»M) people at three fraternities, and
said that PSA was the only party that
could advance student government