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APR 61973
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VOU MK 79, NUMBER 97
Candidates swap charges at Russell
By ANTHONY IIEALY
Assistant news editor
Student government presidential can
didates sharply challenged and criticized
each other’s records, platforms and
sincerity in a two hour debate Wednesday
night in Kussell Hall.
Coalition’s candidate Steve Patrick
attacked the Progressive Student Alli
ance (PSA) and its candidate Danny
Hughes for not supporting the attempt to
impeach student government president
Joe Fowler last quarter.
Patrick said Fowler “did not have the
right" to use his title and student
government stationary in a letter to the
state legislature. The letter Fowler wrote
indicated he did not support student’s
allocating student acitivity fees.
HUGHES IIAI) said that the decision
was Fowler's and he would not vote for
moto DV STEPHEN jauksuN
RUSSELL HALL DERATE
Hughes fields issue query
Hughes predicts
victory for PSA
From staff reports
Progressive Student Alliance's Danny Hughes claimed in a Wednesday night speaking
appearance that his campaign is going well and that his party will win the April 11
student government elections
The PSA presidential candidate appeared Wednesday and Thursday night before a
group of fraternities and sororities, and said that “Greeks have a big stake" in the
upcoming election
Hughes claimed in one speech that Coalition's presidential candidate Steve Patrick
voted against funding the IFC and Panhellenic secretaries with student activity fees. At
the same. Hughes said. Patrick voted for funding the Vietnam Veterans Against the
War and the Committee on Gay Education.
“Coalition speaks only to small interest groups such as gays. Steve Patrick has never
done anything for the Greeks on this campus." Hughes said at Alpha Gamma Delta
would first work with the administration,
but would resort to court action if that
did not work
I am not going to beat my head
against the wall if 1 can do something
another way." he said
Patrick replied to the question by
saying that he represented “students,
faculty and workers and not Steve
Patrick."
"I will go as far as necessary because I
have a commitment, and will go as far as
getting arrested, demonstrating and
taking court action." he said.
Patrick also said students need a
higher level involvement in University
Housing decisions including a bigger part
in making selections of graduate resident
assistants and resident assistants.
COALITION WAS attacked for not
being involved with the Georgia Student
Lobby and not attending Regents board
meetings. Jim Langford. PSA campaign
manager who is also the head of the
Regent's student advisory board, defend
ed his attempts to have the 194H statutes
revised to eliminate the University
President’s control over student alloca
tions.
His suggested changes were altered by
the chancellor's office, Langford said,
and said further that the new statutes
now read the allocations board must have
students, faculty and administration
Capsule news
Certificates available
William Powell, director of the University Union, recently announced that students
who have not received their registration certificates for spring quarter must pick
them up today in the Business Office located in the Memorial Hall Activities Center.
“This quarter, for the first time, the certificates were mailed. The fact that we
had planned to mail them during previous quarters but did not may have confused
some students so that they didn’t put their name and address on the certificates," he
said.
According to Powell, between four and five hundred registration certificates were
not mailed and are in Memorial.
Powell said that for the first seven days of the quarter certificates had been
replaced for free but after this week, a $10 replacement fee will be charged.
Certificates can no longer be replaced for free, he said, because they are “free
tickets to anything on campus."
He emphasized that the Union is only serving as a service organization in the
distribution of the certificates.
Pandora editor selected
Deborah Benson has been named to edit next year's Pandora with Delaine Dobson
as managing editor
Benson is a Junior in Home Economics and this year's Organizations editor
Dobson is a Senior in Journalism and this year's Greek editor
McCarthy recruits Georgian
Babe McCarthy, the University’s new head basketball coach, has announced the
signing of Julius Brown, a 6-4 guard-forward from East Hall High School in
Gainesville, Georgia.
Brown, who averaged 25 points and 10 rebounds a game during his senior
campaign, led East Hall to a 27-2 record and the quarterfinals of the stale Class A
championships
The signing represents a breakthrough for McCarthy, who promised at the press
conference announcing his appointment to try to get the best talent available in the
state
McCarthy was out of town yesterday morning and could not be reached for
comment about how he plans to use Brown or about the possibility of other signees
his impeachment but would have voted
for censoring the present president if the
motion had been made “Fowler had the
right to dissent." Hughes said.
A number of other candidates aiso
appeared at the debate, including PSA’s
executive and administrative vice-presi
dential candidates Bobby Tankersley and
Debbie Currier David Bell. Coalition's
executive vice-presidential candidate,
was also present along with former
Coalition candidate David Alonso.
About ten senatorial candidates from
both parties were present in an audience
numbering less than 50 people The
candidates answered charges and ques
tions from the audience.
Pete McCommons. a faculty member
arrested in the housing sit-in last spring,
criticized Hughes for pleading guilty
when arraigned last year for participat
ing in the sit-in.
Hughes said he went to President
Davison's office to protest the housing
situation, and claimed he was not
attempting to deny he did it. Hughes
asked McCommons “if you think that
pleading guilty improved University
Housing?"
WHEN QUESTIONED regarding to
what extent the candidates would support
student interests. Hughes said that he
representation instead of "significant
student representation (majority)."
Both candidate reiterated their support
of students allocating their own funds.
Also. Ixith Patrick and Hughes agreed
on the necessity of having a legal counsel
for students Under Code 40-1614 of
Georgia law . this counsel-would be used
only for suits not against the state, and
must be approved by the attorney
general, they said
lll'GIIKS ALSO proposed a four point
housing plan which was originated by Dr
John Granrose last spring to remove
housing restrictions on students.
Support for the Committee of 6,000 was
given by Patrick who said it would
employ lawyers to eliminate the special
Regent's restriction in the age of
majority bill passed last summer
Coa/KfCO
RUSSELL HALL DEBATE
Patrick answers platform questions
JACKSON
Support of party
solicited by Bell
By FRANK TITT
David Bell, Coalition candidate for executive vice-president, and Susan Eansler,
Coalition candidate for administrative vice-president, visited fraternity and sorority
houses this week soliciting support for the Coalition platform.
In their visits to the Greek houses, the candidates briefly stated Coalition's aims and
objectives and then fielded questions from those members present
One of the most frequently asked questions was how much power student government
had to implement the various programs being proposed David Bell admitted that the
extent of the power delegated from the administration was very small, but said that
student power could be increased through effective leadership
"We don't intend to stop when the administration says no, ' Bell said "We will work
with faculty, alumni, the legislature and the Board of Regents to have our programs
Hughes also criticized Coalition for wanting to establish
University student membership in the National Student
Association The association, he said, has been "traditionally
opposed to Greeks.”
At another stop Thursday night. Hughes again attacked
Coalition's presidential candidate. “Steve Patrick switches
party every year depending on how he thinks he can get
elected," he said.
Patrick ran with the "conservative right wing" New Party
in his first senate race. Hughes said, and added that last year
Patrick ran as a "moderate" for senate.
The RAH will publish a special elections supplement Jlundm
including: voting information, a complete list of candidates,
an interview with the six executive candidates, and the
complete party platforms.
Hughes also called for more equitable methods of arranging
student football seating, and to have more students on the
Athletic Association in another Thursday night speech
In a Wednesday night engagement Hughes elaborated on the
PSA parking situation plank, and said that "in the long run, it
would be cheaper to build a double-decked parking lot" even
with floating a bond issue to pay for the lot. It would be
located near the Bon-Cam Apartments across the railroad
tracks in the north campus area, he said.
in a Wednesday night general party meeting. Bobby
Tankersley explained the Ag Hill Council's endorsement for
PSA for which the party has been criticized. Tankersley is
president and was the only executive slate candidate at the
meeting.
put into effect."
When asked if a sufficient student mandate existed to
support student government in its efforts to bring about
change. Bell replied. "If we can show students that we are
making a serious effort, they might cease to be apathetic."
Both Bell and Pansier refuted charges that Coalition is
anti-Greek "This is simply untrue Both our president and our
secretary are Greek We hope to have all students represented
in Coalition." Pansier said
Speaking at Kappa Sigma. Susan Pansier defended
Coalition's policy on gays. "They have just as much right to
, . ■
The RAH will publish a special elections supplement Monday
including: tiding information, a complete list of candidates,
an interview with the six executive candidates, and the
complete party platforms.
representation as any other group on campus We support
those efforts bv gays to increase our understanding of gays'
problems," she said
Both Bell and Fansler charged that the Progressive Student
Alliance is simply the old Action-Union party under a new
name "There is no difference between Action-Union and PSA
There are nine old Action-Union members running under the
PSA banner They knew that they wouldn't stand a chance if
they ran under that name again." Fansler said.
Pansier also denounced the Ag Hill Council's endorsement
of PSA "Coalition was not invited to. not represented at. not
even aware of the meeting at which PSA obtained the
endorsement." she said
Tankersley said the meetihg was regularly scheduled and
the motion for endorsement by an independent senator was
spontaneous from the floor
"At no time did I present a speech or enter into a debate."
he said
In an effort to increase the membership of the UGA chess club
and "encourage interest in chess in general." University
chess champion Steven Hunt played a simultaneous exhibition
match with II students in Memorial Hall Wednesday . Hunt
won seven of the games while losing four The turnout was not
as large as hoped due to poor publicity. Hunt said, and
another may be held in the future Anyone inlerested in
playing chess should come by the club's Wednesday night
meetings in Memorial, he added
On Tuesday. Bell spoke before Tau Epsilon Phi; Susan
Pansier spoke before Kappa Alpha and Kappa Sigma On
Wednesday. Bell spoke before Phi Gamma Delta. Pansier
spoke before Alpha Tau Omega and Chi Psi