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THE RED AND BLACK
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VOLUME 70. NUMBER I0:t
THE UNIVERSITY OF. GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA. 30002
WEDNESDAY. APRIL IK. 1973
Student Senate meels
to consider officers
Defender society
seeks members
Tante defends judiciary;
SGA investigation possible
By JOYCE MURDOCH
Assistant news editor
Senate officers and Allocations Com
mittee members will be elected tonight at
the first meeting of the newly elected
Student Senate.
According to Student Government
Association President Steve Patrick,
other senate business may include setting
up other committees, reviewing Parlia
mentary procedure, and forming a
committee to investigate the Student
Judiciary.
“I hope the senate will start off
smoothly this year,” said Patrick A
smooth start might help "change the
image the average student has of the
senate." he added.
Coalition caucused Sunday and consi
dered nominations for senate offices. A
Coalition senator reported that the group
decided to back Bill Condon for Student
Senate President. Leslie Becnel received
Coalition’s approval for senate vice
president Candidates also agreed on
were Steve Letzsch for treasurer and
Nancy Cline for secretary.
Black faculty
plan appeal
The attorney for the freshman class
and the Association of Black Faculty
Members of Fort Valley State College
has announced plans to file an appeal to
the decision handed down by Federal
Court Judge Wilbur Owens in March.
Owens asked the Regents to come up
with a plan to integrate the nearly
all-black school within 90 days.
The appeal that Tom Jackson, attorney
for the two black groups is filing, is
separate from but similar to the appeal
the Board of Regents announced they
would file.
If the appeal fails, the attorney will ask
the judge to expand the suit to include all
schools of the University, since, he said,
they are all racially identifiable
He said that the judge's order would
make it necessary for blacks to have
higher SAT scores to Ik* admitted to
colleges than they must have now.
Jackson expects aid in the case from
the NAACP U*gal Defense Fund, because
he said it was the sort of case they
were usually interested in
PATRICK denied that a slate was
selected. "Those names were mentioned
among others which included PSA and
independent senators." he said
However, concerning Coalition's slaie.
senator Elizabeth Getter said. "The
general consensus of the caucus of newly
elected senators felt that those four
people would best serve the senate in the
coming year ” She mentioned that there
was some disagreement before the slate
was finalized But "We could lose five
Coalition votes and still win," she noted.
"From what I’ve heard not all of
Coalition is happy with their slate, so we
might be able to elect a few officers,”
said senator Sammy Smith regarding
By JOYCE MURDOCH
Assistant news editor
The Defender-Advocate Society which
assisted in more than 300 cases before
the Student Judiciary last year kicked off
its membership drive today.
The society will accept applications
through April 20. A training program for
applicants will begin the following
Tuesday. April 24.
The Defender-Advocate Society needs
new members because it is down to eight.
Many members resigned during this
year’s disagreement between the society
and the Student Government Association.
Director Harvey Brown said, “I would
like to see the Defender-Advocate Society
have about 25 or 30 members so that each
member would only have a case every
couple of weeks.” He added that
members now have as many as "three
cases a night, three nights a week.”
BROWN W AS elected director by the
group after Fred Miles resigned in the
dispute with the SGA. Miles had been
appointed by Student Body President Joe
Fowler.
No agreement has been reached by the
society and the SGA. yet. But. Brown
said, "We think we will be able to work
very well with the new senate. We’re
anxious to work this thing out.”
According to Brown the disagreement
centers around who controls the
Defender-Advocate Society and how
much control they should exercise. Also,
the society wants to be completely free of
all political ties.
SINC E IT CREATED the society two
years ago. the senate has had the power
to confirm the new members appointed to
PSA's chances tonight "We haven’t had
a caucus since the election, but we might
have one before the meeting.” Smith
added
COALITION is planning another caucus
half an hour prior to the meeting
An Open House is being held by the
new SGA officers in their offices in
Memorial from 2 until 5 p.m. from
Tuesday to Friday this week Yesterday,
Patrick said. "About one hundred people
have come by so far. I’m pleased with
the size of the turn out." Several people
at the Open House predicted more
students would come as the "word gets
around."
the society by the student body president.
The society is now going to train new
members and try to present them
directly to the senate for approval.
The Defender-Advocate Society is
divided into two sections, the Defenders
and the Advocates. Members generally
switch sections occasionally although
some specialize in one section.
The Defenders represent students in
the student judiciary. When a complaint
is filed against a student, that student
receives a letter from the judiciary and
from the society. If he wishes to be
defended, the student contacts the
Defenders who then aid in the
preparation of his case.
The student is assisted inside the court,
also. "That’s where we help him the
most,” said Brown. The Defenders try to
keep students from "blowing it in court.”
Students main problems are that "They
tend to clam up or say things they
shouldn’t say,” Brown said. "We can
question him to get him back on the right
track,” he added.
IF A STUDENT is found guilty, the
society sometimes appeals the decision.
Without the Defenders. "Students would
not know how to appeal," said Brown.
In all but s few cases before the
judiciary last year, Defenders represent
ed students Advocates represented the
University in all cases.
"A lot of people think it is bad for a
student to be an Advocate,” said Brown.
"They think of Advocates as working
against the students. But, the idea isn’t to
win or lose. We are just trying to get
enough information into the court so the
court can make a good decision,*'
explained Brown.
By LAURIE GREGORY
Controversy over last week’s judiciary
ruling withholding announcement of
student government election results is
still alive.
The judiciary impounded the SGA
election results Wednesday night follow
ing a suit filed by Jay Peacock, a former
Coalition senator.
According to an informed source.
Peacock’s suit was originally filed to stop
the election on Tuesday. The judiciary,
however, voted not to stop the election
fearing that voter turnout would be
adversely affected if a second election
were held, the source said. Ed Tante.
chief justice, was not available for
comment
A Coalition senator reported that a
motion was made to investigate the
judiciary’s ruling and to propose
revisions in the disputed election codes at
a Coalition caucus meeting on Sunday
night. Steve Patrick. SGA president-elect
denied that such a motion was made.
PATRICK charged earlier that "the
student judiciary went far beyond their
powers and had no constitutional basis
for impounding the results.” No
candidate had been disqualified, and
therefore the judiciary had no basis for
acting on the charges as they did. he
said.
Ed Tante, student judiciary chief
justice, defended the judiciary's action.
"We did what we had to do to insure
fairness to everyone. I don’t know of any
precedents to this action, but we don’t act
on precedents,” Tante said.
Tante said the action was based on
Article III. Section B. Paragraph Three
of the student body constitution which
allows the judiciary to issue orders to
protect student rights and interests.
Bobby Tankersley, PSA’s defeated
candidate for vice-president, said he
thought that the judiciary made the
correct ruling in impounding the ballots.
“Under the circumstances, it is what
should have been done whether they had
the authority or not." Tankersley said If
a candidate knew he had lost, he could
plead guilty to nullify the entire election,
he added
JIM LANGFORD. PSA campaign
chairman, also defended the judiciary's
right to act in the matter. "The judiciary
can do anything they want to do." he
said
He said the results should not have
been impounded, but he did not feel
anything could have happened to them
while impounded
Patrick, however, said that something
could happen to the ballots while they
were impounded, especially if they were
impounded the duration of the trial
Tante denied this possibility. Ballots
had already been fed into a computer at
the University’s computer center, he
said, and the results had been tabulated
and recorded on a print-out sheet
SGA HOLDS OPEN HOUSE
Newly elected officers familiarize students with process
Photo by MI NLA LINN
FORMER R&B EDITOR
Morris heads Regents
Photo by KICK DUNN
REGENT CHAIRMAN CHOSEN IN ATKI NS
I'rrMdrnt Davison <1.1 confers with now Chairman Dill Morris
By SUSAN PARKER
State affairs editor
William Morris was recently elected
chairman of the Board of Regents, and
his involvement with the board dates
back even before his appointment in 1967
as Carl Sanders was leaving office
Morris' father was a member of the
hoard before that The 38-year-old Morris
was the youngest member of the board
until recently
Morris, who graduated from the School
of Journalism in 1956, is the president of
the firm that publishes the Athens
Banner-Herald and Daily News, and
papers in Savannah. Augusta. Texas and
Alaska He also operates a 1400-acre
farm.
Morris, who described himself as a
"product of the system." said he could
not point to any one specific act he had
performed as a member of the board
"I HOPE I've been able to bring some
balance, stability and expertise to the
board." Morris said He said that during
his term with the Regents the University
System has grown from 60.000 to 100.000
students.
"Any student in the state can get at
least two years of a college education
within one hour s drive of his home."
Morris added
The Augusta Regent said the biggest
problem the Regents face is relating the
needs of the state to the money available,
using the machinery of the chancellor's
office
"I wish we were out of the dormatory
business — we could take the money and
spend it on classrooms and instruction,"
Morris said
He said that private enterprise could
probably build dorms more cheaply than
the state. "Let students live at home or
rent an apartment Why make the
taxpayer put up hotel and motel
accommodations for students’.’" Morris
asked
Morris said, though, that he is not in
favor of making dorms co-ed to attract
more students "I'm old-fashioned in that
regard," he said
In the 80 s Morris expects the growth of
the University system to slow. partly as a
result of Zero Population Growth
"AS THE growth stabilizes, more
money will be spent on quality, and less
on brick and mortar." Morris said He
said that in the last ten years, the sy stem
had just been keeping up w ith the student
growth
He said he expected students to become
more concerned with the "quality of life"
and how it relates to the educational
processes than at any time in the past
As a newspaperman Morris has a
somewhat different perspective from
other members of the board "I'm more
concerned with the public's right to
knowhe said, since the hoard is dealing
with public funds and "public trust
He said he would even favor letting the
press into executive sessions that are
now closed, if some ground rules could be
worked out
Morris, a former editor of The Red and
Black, describes himself as politically
conservative, "hut not totally" He is
married and has two boys, to and 13
years old. and a five year old girl
Capsule news
SGA OPEN HOUSE CONTINUES
The newly elected SGA executive candidates will continue today the week long
"Open House" in Memorial Hall in an attempt to familiarize students with SGA
offices and facilities It will last from 2 to 5 p.m today, and will be held at the
same lime the remainder of the week.
RELIEF CENTER CLOSED
Tht* relief center at the Lyndon House which was established to help tornado
victims closed its doors yesterday, and Civil Defense officials have asked that
anyone needing assistance contact the appropriate agency at its new location
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development is handling the
relocation of tornado victims at the Department of Family and Children Services
office at 1125 Boulevard and can be reached at 549-6203 or 549-5990
Loans for property and business repairs can be obtained from the Small Business
Administration, also at the DFCS office, at 548 2249 or 548-2246
Tax assistance is still offered by Internal Revenue Service officials, who may be
reached at 546-2223
DEAN TATE A GROOM AGAIN?
The Athens Jaycees will present a Womanless Wedding tonight at 8 p m. at the
Clarke Middle School gymnasium Dean William Tate will be the star of the show
As an added attraction, one of the Jaycees will do an impersonation of Archie
Bunker Tickets will be sold at the door and are Si 25 for adults and 50 cents for
children
INSIDE THE PAPER TODAY
oVt Wll'US DINING — A look at the meal ticket plans of the campus cafe
terias See page two
Rl I I Dot. Room Speaking of on-campus dining. A1 Ferry reviews the fare at
the Dog for UGA Gourmet See page three
HI - M I II HINTS The University Health services tells us what the causes and
ciir«*s of nosebleed are See page three