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VOLUME HO, NUMBER 40
THE RED AND BLACK
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
Till*: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA 30602
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1973
The University Bookstore is purchasing students’ textbooks through Christmas.
The bookstore will buy selected texts for 65 percent of the purchase price. Students
wishing to sell their books should remember to carry their I D s. The bookstore is
open everyday except Saturdays through Christmas from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p in.
R&B survey results are
similar to recent SGA poll
By RON GRIZZLE
Results of the Student Government
Association faculty study are almost
identical to the findings of a less formal
survey conducted by The Red and Black
during fall quarter
The Red and Black interviewed almost
three dozen faculty members, many of
whom were representatives to the Uni
versity Council.
Most of the interviewed faculty mem
bers requested anonymity, because they
said they would face administration
reprisal for any critical comments.
ONE FACULTY MEMBER in the
College of Arts and Sciences said that
new members to the University Council
were being chosen this year because of
their anti-administration feelings.
“If it turns out that all over the
University you have this opposition
pattern forming, it could be a very signi
ficant thing." the faculty member said.
Other members of the University
Council disagreed that the council would
openly oppose administration actions,
and said they looked forward to working
with Davison.
One faculty member, who is not a
member of the University Council, said
that faculty expressions of grievances
were needed, but such expressions, he
noted, “are often ignored by the adminis
tration."
The same individual particularly men
tioned "the whole corrupt promotion set
up" as one item that needed attention
within the University.
"The current administration pretends
that faculty views are being represented
on promotions committees and the like,"
the faculty member said, “but this just is
not true."
THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL, noted
the faculty member, is “in theory, a
policy-making body " But with what he
called a "heavy lacing of administra
tors," the council is "in fact, a captive
audience for the administrators to give
reports."
"The president discourages any solu
tion to our problems by only appointing
committees," said one North Campus
faculty member.
That particular faculty member went
on to say that the committees appointed
by the president are always "purely
advisory in nature."
"Those committees should allow facul
ty freedom and get behind the jargon of
reports," he said adding "they claim to
address the problems, but they do not.”
The committee system, said another
faculty member, "attempts to obliterate
the diversity of a university."
"We have a system for the exchange of
ideas," he added, “but with the extra
framework of anonymous committees,
there is no one to assume the responsibil
ity for that exchange."
One professor suggested someone to fill
the leadership vacuum
"Many of the faculty are bewildered as
to how to handle problems, and greater
responsibility should be assumed by the
tenured faculty," the faculty member
said.
Some of the faculty members who
spoke with The Red and Black asked to
be excused from making any comment
about the faculty-administration relation
ship They said they wanted to "wait and
see * what happened during the course of
the quarter
ONE PARTICULAR South Campus
faculty member said that he wanted to
see how the administration handled the
"journalism situation."
"I think that is what most faculty
members are looking at now." the same
individual said. “What finally happens
between the members of the journalism
faculty and their dean is most impor
tant."
A University Council representative
said that faculty members in his depart
ment were waiting to see how well the
president implemented his Oct. 11 policy
statement.
Some faculty members in the course of
interviewing mentioned administration
"intimidation." something SGA President
Steve Patrick charged last summer
pervaded the entire University.
One dean said claims of intimidation
were unfounded.
"I certainly don't feel intimidated." the
dean noted "We have been in a period of
flux the past few years, and in the
process ol being upgraded
"And whenever that is happening,
there are bound to be upheavals occa
sionally." said the dean.
That same dean contacted The Red and
Black the next day and asked not to be
identified.
One dean who received several kind
remarks from his faculty during the
series of Red and Black interviews was
new Arts and Sciences Dean John
Stephens.
Stephens, who began his stay at the
University at the start of fall quarter,
said that the University faculty "isn’t
getting the attention it deserves."
SGA survey indicates
faculty dissatisfaction
Senate votes support
of new student center
By MIKE CLARK
Assistant news editor
The Student Senate passed a resolution
' Wednesday night supporting the construc
tion of a new University student center.
The motion requests the center be placed
as the number one priority on a list soon
' to be submitted to the Board of Regents
by the Department of Campus Planning
and Development
Two motions concerning student traffic
• tickets were also approved by the senate.
The first authorizes a letter to Marvin
Van Vleck. department manager of
traffic and safety, requesting students
• not be ticketed when their proper zone is
filled, and they have been forced to park
in a manner which does not block other
vehicles
• The second motion requests the Student
Judiciary to allow appeals in cases where
a student s proper zone is filled and he
has parked in a manner which does not
block other vehicles
Another motion was approved support
ing the institution of a student-faculty
exchange program within the University
System of Georgia.
According to Sharon Tucker, chairman
of the senate’s minority affairs commit
tee, the move is hoped to counter the
University’s failure to recruit minorities.
The senate also approved a motion
supporting the proposed rally in Atlanta
for the Equal Rights Amendment one
week before the state legislature opens
The senate is requesting G.F. Garrett,
unit head of University Pood Services, to
initiate changes in the dissemination of
food service information concerning meal
plans
Also, the senate asks that meats not
offered for seconds be specified at the
time a meal plan contract is signed. It is
also requested that students subscribing
to the plan be specifically told the
program pertains only to Bolton and
Snelling.
In other senate business. John Bow was
confirmed as minister for business and
finance with Don Cornwell approved as
coordinator to University operations
Lynn Anderson (Arts and Sciences*
was voted to fill a vacancy on the
allocations committee which will result
when Ralph Garrison (Business* leaves
at end of this quarter
The senate approved 18 more revisions
to the Judicial Council’s handbook for
justices.
By RON GRIZZLE
Assistant news editor
A recent Student Government Associa
tion survey of University faculty mem
bers indicates that most of the faculty is
highly dissatisfied with the current
University administration, according to
one SGA official.
The survey asked faculty members to
respond to eight statements, according to
the extent to which the individual agreed
or disagreed with the statements
The initial sentence read, "The Univer
sity administration is responsive to the
needs and desires of the faculty."
TO THAT STATEMENT, according to
the Graduate School senator in charge of
the survey. Lee Woodward, the majority
of faculty who returned the survey
indicated their reply by marking either
the category of response labeled "disa
gree" or "strongly disagree."
Woodward said that although the final
totals of the survey have not been
"thoroughly analyzed," the overall indi
cation of the poll is that faculty dissatis
faction exists not only with the adminis
tration. but with individual deans, and
with the University Council
Woodward told The Red and Black that
the questionnaire was distributed to more
than 1500 faculty members early fall
Court throws out
Ft. Valley plan
A U S District Court judge in Macon
has rejected the Board of Regents plan
for the desegregation of Fort Valley State
College
Judge Wilbur D Owens Jr said
Tuesday that the plan filed by the board
"is an insufficient response" to his
March 22 order that ways be devised to
increase white attendance at the predo
minantly black institution
The plan rejected by the judge included
voluntary faculty exchange programs
with nearby white colleges, implementa
lion of new academic programs, privately
funded financial aid to minority students
and improvement of the school’s facili
ties
“The court's best judgment is that the
defendant’s plan is not a plan — a
proposed method to desegregate this
college." Owens said. “At best, it is a
generalized statement of defendant’s
intentions to do many things on an
indefinite time schedule that may lead to
the desegregation of Fort Valley State
College "
Despite the rejection of the plan, the
Board of Regents will continue all
programs begun under it. Harry Murphy,
information officer for the Regents said
Thursday
"We have no intention of cutting back
anywhere." he said "We expected the
plan to be rejected, but that hasn’t
changed anything ."
There was some idea that the plan
would be found unsatisfactory after the
Department of Health. Education/ and
Welfare rejected a similar plan for the
entire University system earlier this
year.
In rejecting the Regents' plan. Owens
appointed a seven man team of experts
to create a new desegregation plan
Among those named to the panel were
Dr. Henry King Stafford, president of the
University of Miami, and Dr Leo J.
McLaughlin of Ramapo College. N J
George Simpson, chancellor of the
University System, said he is "glad the
judge did as he did' following the
rejection of the Regents plan and that he
and the Regents will "do everything we
can to help this distinguished panel "
When Hhe pane! will make its report
and what will be done with the report
after it is completed has not been
decided
Murphy said he expects the Regents
will have to give it final approval, but
could say nothing else about any Regent
involvement in drawing up the new plan
The earlier plan was drawn up follow
ing a suit filed by a group of white Fort
Valley residents who said they wanted
their children to attend the college if
conditions could lie improved
Capsule News
Wheeler didn't run!
Contrary to what was indicated in Tuesday’s Red and Black story about a sunken
civil war ferry boat discovered by University student David Evans. Joe Wheeler
didn’t run " The ferry was used by Union Gen E M McCook in an effort to outrun
Confederate Gen Joe Wheeler's troops
Last issue
This is the last edition of The Red and Black fo» fall quarter The Red and Black
will resume publication on Friday. Jan 4 Happy Holidays!
Correction
In the article on the resignation of Delaine Dobson as managing editor of the
Pandora in Thursday's Red and Black, the quote attributed to Dobson should have
been attributed to Deborah Benson, editor, instead
Exam week buses
During exam week, the night bus will run from Russell to Oglethorpe House.
Rutherford by Science and the Physical Plant, turning right on E. Campus Road,
and stopping at Tucker and Aderhold before returning to North Campus via Ag
Drive The Georgia Center stop has been eliminated
Two night buses will be in service starting Mondas The estimated service
interval will be 12 minutes
quarter, and that feedback had been
greater than expected
"We’ve had better than 50 per cent of
the questionnaires returned," Woodward
said.
He stressed that the survey was
distributed to "teaching faculty." but
some of the questonnaires were sent to
other University personnel
"We had to get the list of faculty from
the computer center, and that list had a
number of people on it who are not
actually academic personnel." Woodward
said.
THE GRADUATE Si IIOOL senator
said that people in administrative posts
all over campus probably received the
survey, although he noted that the SGA
has no way to determine exactly who
replied to the poll
However, response to the questionnaire
was not limited to any particular section
of campus or to any certain school or
college Faculty members were asked to
indicate their school and department on
the questionnaire, but they did not have
to identify themselves by name.
However, some faculty members
signed the questionnaire, said Woodward,
and a large number of responses came
from the College of Arts and Sciences
Photo by MINLA LINN
Bulldogs international ?
Raymond appears to be as confused about the paper bulldog as Georgia fans have
been about this year's football season Our clandestine camera snapped this shot at
the Union's annual International Gift Bazaar which closes today at 3 p m