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VOLUME 80, NUMBER 108
BLACK
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS, GEORGIA 30602 TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1S74
WEATHER
Fair and hot today, with a
chance of rain tomorrow.
High today and tomorrow
should be in the low KO’s,
with a low tonight in the
mid-50's.
Allocations will be
first priority-Walsh
Photo by JOHN BASSETT
Doggone hot
The phrase a "dog's life" took on new meaning this past advantage of the Humane Society's dog wash Saturday at the
weekend as a segment of Athens canine population went Coliseum. The cool water was probably a welcome relief to
through the wash. This dog. along with many others, took week-end temperatures which reached the 80 s.
Bike thieves active
during spring, summer
By CAROLYN TATUM
The number of bicycles stolen on
campus increases sharply in the spring
and summer quarters, according to Chief
William T. Dean, of the University
Police
Dean said that these quarters were
particularly bad because "people seem to
get in a hurry and leave their bikes
unchained.''
Bicycle theft is a serious problem on
university campuses, and Dean pointed
out that 89 bicycles were stolen during
the 1972-73 fiscal year. Only around eight
percent of these .were recovered.
These thefts represented a loss of
approximately $7,440 according to owner
estimates.
"Bicycles are good items to steal."
Dean said. "They alter easily, come in
expensive models and are easy to sell
because of the good market for them."
THIS FISCAL YEAH. 29 bicycles at a
total value of $2,970. have been reported
stolen, and the recovery rate has been
around 11 percent
"We hope to have fewer stolen this
year." said Dean, who explained that the
department is currently working on a
more effective crime prevention pro
gram.
"We are relocating the racks to get
maximum utilization from them.” he
said.
"A public safety department survey
recently indicated that some people are
not being able to lock their bikes in racks
because there aren't enough where they
are. such as the situation around Boggs,'*
according to Dean.
Other racks are not filled to mid-capa
city. such as at the College of Education
Of the total 1.432 racks currently located
around the dorms and campus buildings.
889 were filled
The survey results also showed 495
were out of racks and tied to trees or
other stationaiy objects Three-hundred
of the approximately 1800 bicycles on
campus were not in racks at Married
Housing, which currently has none
"This will lx* our target are for
installing racks." said Marvin Van Vleck.
manager of the Traffic Safety Depart
ment.
"More are also needed at the dorms,
and academic." he said.
The majority of the bicycles are
currently located at the dorms or other
housing on campus and is used for
recreational purposes.
Relocation sites are also going to be
selected on how well-lighted and open
they are. which will facilitate easy
patrol. Van Vleck said
"The ease of altering bicycles makes
recovery more difficult than in other
thefts. The stolen vehicle can be painted,
the handle bars can be switched, a new
body can be put on or the serial number
changed." said Dean
Some manufacturers do not put a serial
number on. and thus, unless the bicycles
are registered with the University Police
and given a number there, they have no
wav of being identified if even slightly
altered, he added
TIIF. PUBLIC Safety Department s
free mandatory bicycle registration pro
gram is designed for the owner’s benefit
as an aid to recovery
By RICK FRANZMAN
Assistant news editor
The first priorities of the new Student
Government will be to allocate funds and
appoint new ministers, said President-e
lect J Rivers Walsh Monday.
"We re going to sit down this week and
review the allocation requests for next
year and channel them to where they will
benefit the most people,” Walsh said
during an interview.
"We won’t be able to give everything to
everyone." Walsh continued.' "for in
stance, the veterans' organizations has
requested $16,000 and we think an
appropriate and just allocation to them
will be $6,500. I know it sounds arbitrary,
but we will trim the budget according io
need and how many people are benefi
ted. ”
ACCORDING TO Walsh, executive and
senate salaries will not be included in the
budget requests. ONWARD had pledged
throughout the campaign to "remove the
economic incentive to hold student office
by rechanneling the $700 per year
presently going for salaries and using it
for other programs which serve the
student body but which have been
hampered by inadequate funding.”
Walsh explained that he will spend a
good deal of time reviewing minister
applications for next year.
"Interviews will be conducted and the
criteria will be based on an individual s
ability to do a job and ability to get along
with people.” Walsh said
"This is a key area and we want to be
sure that we fill these positions with
quality people for next year." he said.
Applications are now available for
ministerial positions in the areas of
academic affairs, alumni relations, athle
tics. business and finance, student affairs,
community affairs, communications, wo
men. veterans affairs, environment and
planning, health services, housing, infor
mation. minority affairs, organizations
and public safety in the SGA office in
Memorial
Walsh added that once the groundwork
is laid over the next few weeks, he
intends to work to abolish the freshman
residency requirement, improve the day
care center and establish a deferred
tuition plan for veterans.
“I'll be meeting with President <Fred
C.) Davison in the near future to discuss
what has been done with these projects
and what we can do,” Walsh said.
WALSH SAID that he is looking
forward to working with Coalition sena
tors next year. "They have a lot of
experience and we will need their help or
else we’ll be in trouble." he said
Walsh then referred to the Friends of
ONWARD matter. He said. "I am going
to clear the air on that Tuesday at a
press conference. This isn't going to be a
Watergate type thing with cover-ups and
secret contributions. I have spent the last
week attempting to find out the entire
story and I won’t withhold anything about
it."
Walsh also said that he will work
toward unifying what he termed "gaps
between students" on campus
"We want to get South Campus and
North Campus students and Greeks and
independents working together in student
government this year." he said.
"To have a strong student government,
we ll need to unify students and that is
the end we will work toward the rest of
this year and all of next year." Walsh
said
State plan
rejected
by HEW
Georgia’s plan for desegregating the
state University System was officially
rejected a second time Monday by the
U S Department of Health. Education
and Welfare. which gave the state until
June 1 to submit a new proposal.
The state's efforts again were com
mended by HEW but the plan was turned
down because it was not specific enough
as to a timetable and other "critical"
actions
"We believe the modifications we seek
are attainable." Peter Holmes, director
of the HEW Office of Civil Rights, said in
a letter to University System Chancello
George Simpson "If your plan deals
accurately with the critical actions, it
will be accepted." Holmes said
Simpson said he was studying the
letter "We plan to reply by June 1," he
added "I hope we can come forward
with a suitable response "
Holmes' 13-page letter called for more
specifics on such matters as when the
desegregation plan can be put into effect,
when it can be completed, how much it
will cost and how it will be monitored.
The "critical actions" mentioned in his
letter dealt with such issues as student
recruitment, retention of black students,
desegregation of faculty and students,
duplicate curriculums and black and
white enrollment at various institutions.
The letter was not so much a criticism
of the plan as a request for more
information, according to Harry Murphy
at the Board of Regents office
Photo by HUB NKLLANS
Legion opens
Legion Pool has once again opened for students to romp or relax in the sun While
some adventurers spend hours playing their favorite water sports, others lounge
near the pool in apparent com tort
Capsule News
Candidates here tonight
Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honorary Society, is sponsoring a
political forum tonight featuring many of the candidates in the upcoming
governor's race. Republicans scheduled to speak include Bill Coolidge and George
Lankford Democrats George Busbee, Harry Jackson. David Gambrell. Bobby
Rowan, Georg*? T. Smith and Jennings J. Thompson IV are also scheduled to
attend.
BALSA files suit
The Black American Law Students Association's I BALSA > University chapter
has filed charges against the School of Law because of alleged discrimination
In a letter to the editor in last Friday's paper, BALSA claimed that the law
school is using an "anonymous" grading system against black students The letter
also stated that statistics show blacks as a group are "at or near the bottom of
their respective classes except in a few token instances "
BALSA went on to say that charges have been filed with various "legal
organizations and governmental agencies," and that they expected to "be involved
in a protracted conflict" with the law school administration over the issue
Ray in custody here
James Ray, former manager of the Loser’s Club, was turned over to Clarke
County officials late Friday after being held in custody by Wisconsin officials.
Ray was charged on the Athen's warrant with theft by deception in connection
with a Feb. 8 Cheech and Chong comedy show billed at the club Cheeeh and Chong
never appeared.
Ray was taken into custody in Dodgeville, Wise., in connection with missing gate
receipts from a Conway Twitty concert at a local high school
IN CONDUCT VIOLATIONS
Judiciary gives students authority
B> STEVE FOX
\**i»tant news rriiloi
Students may complain al>out lack of
power in matters such as allocations or
residency requirements, but in one area
their authority is clear and fairly close to
absolute determination of guilt or inno
cence and assessment ot penalties for
violations of student conduct regulations
By an amendment to the Student Body
Constitution and a resolution of the
University Council, the Student Judiciary
was granted authority to conduct hear
ings and to adjudicate cases arising
under University Student Regulations" in
1969
The judiciary consists of a Judicial
Council. Main Courts and Lower Courts
Lower Courts include Campus Courts
and Traffic Courts The two Campus
Courts, each having three justices, han
dle open house violations, fireworks
cases, misuses of IDs and other lesser
cases
The 12 traffic courts, with one justice
each, handle traffic ticket appeals,
primarily parking ticket appeals Moving
violations, like running a stop sign, are
handled by the Main Courts
The maximum sentence which a Cam
pus Court can impose is probated suspen
sion Traffic Courts do not assess
disciplinary measures They merely de
termine if appeals are valid
I III FOl It M MS Courts each having
live justices, hear more serious cases,
such as accumulations ot unpaid traffic
tickets, book thefts and academic irregu
larities 'cheating'
Editor s note:
Most students probably
know little about the Student Judiciary,
except lor those who have been charged
with some violation of l Diversity regula
tions In order to Inform those who have
remained ignorant about this branch of
student government. The Red and Black
presents a two-part series on the Judici
ary .
The Judicial Council, highest appellate
body of the Student Judiciary, assigns
cases to the various courts
Student courts are not like a court of
law. said Cindy Fryer, chief justice of
the Judicial Council There are no argu
ments about state or federal law.”
Hearings, held in journalism class
rooms. are informal, according to Fryer
"The justices don t wear robes." she
said
Shi- added, however, that certain
procedures are followed The University
advocate makes an opening statement
and presents evidence and witnesses,
who can be cross-examined by the
student defendant The defendant then
makes his statement and presents his
ev idence and witnesses
THE VDYOC VIE and the defendant
both make closing statements Justices
can ask questions at any time prior to the
defendants closing remarks
"There are no formal rules of evi
dence Fryer said Each court decides
which evidence to admit Usually, the
ev idence is not that legally technical ”
All hearings have been closed up to the
present time However, an amendment to
the Student Body Constitution approved
by students in the recent election states
that all hearings will be open, unless the
defendant requests a dosed hearing
The judiciary tries to insure due
process, according to Fryer Defendants
have the right to cross-examine wit
nesses. to be notified of a complaint filed
against them and to remain silent.
One of the primary confusions about
the judiciary, according to Fryer, con
cerns the way in which cases are brought
before the courts She said that the
judiciary receives complaints, but does
not file them
COMPLAINTS C AN be brought directly
to the judiciary office and filed there, but
they are usually filed in the Student
Judicial Affairs office by University
police, professors <in cheating cases) or
students
When a complaint is brought to
Judicial Affairs, they interview all the
people involved, according to William R.
Bracewell. director of that office. If there
is sufficient evidence for a hearing,
Judicial Affairs files a complaint with
Student Judiciary
Judicial Affairs sees that the student
defendant gets a copy of the complaint
and refers him to the Defender-Advocate
Society <composed of students) for coun
sel An advocate is obtained from the
society to present the case
After the hearing, the judiciary sends
the decision to Judicial Affairs, which
gives it to the student “We receive the
report and give out the decision so we
can hopefully enter into some kind of
counseling situation." Bracewell said
"We want the whole process to be an
educational situation," Bracewell added
"Student conduct matters should not be
handled as in criminal courts, which are
punitive only It’s easy to get more
interested in procedures and forget about
the student — that’s bad " he said