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The Red and Black, Thursday, May 9, 1974
THE OPINIONS OF
THE RED AND BLACK
GSU law school
The Regents at their meeting
yesterday considered the recom
mendation of Chancellor George
Simpson that plans for a law
school at Georgia State Univer
sity in Atlanta be laid and
definite strides be made toward
the development of the school.
We believe, despite protesta
tions by Regent Margaret Peter
son, that a law school in Atlanta
would be a great asset to the
state.
We agree with Chancellor
Simpson that the growing educa
tional needs in Atlanta demand a
facility such as the one proposed.
A city the size of Atlanta
certainly needs a state supported
law school. Emory law school,
though excellent, is not nearly
large enough to accomodate the
city’s needs.
Peterson seems to think that
the competition provided by a
new law school in Atlanta would
be detremental to the Univer
sity’s law school. We, however,
assert that competition so close
to home would serve to raise the
standards of both schools. At any
rate, the long standing reputa
tion of the University of Georgia
law school could hardly be
damaged by a new metropolitan
school in Atlanta.
We, therefore, urge that the
Regents follow Simpson’s sug
gestions and implement plans for
the new law school.
Jails
A federal judge toured the
Clarke County jail earlier this
week and, issuing directives for
alleviating some of the problems
there, declared it “awful." He
should see the Athens city stock
ade.
Judge Wilbur D. Owens met
with lawyers for Sheriff Tommy
Huff, Chief Deputy “Sarge"
Lumley, and the Clarke County
Commission who are defendants
in a class action suit filed last
week in United States Middle
District Court by the Community
Law Project, represented by
attorney Ed Augustine.
The suit challenges the way in
which county prisoners are treat
ed and asks that their pretrial
rights and privileges be assured.
Owens reportedly directed that
such practices as the censoring
of prisoners’ outgoing mail and
the reading of prisoners’ incom
ing mail be eliminated and that
the prisoners be allowed recre
ation, access to a telephone.
increased visitations, and prison
fatigues and baths before being
admitted to the inmate area.
While we agree wholeheartedly
with Owens’ directives and the
goals of the Community Law-
Project in improving the situ
ation at the county jail, we must
point out that the county jail, as
bad as it might be, is a virtual
paradise compared to the city’s
stockade.
It is true that both facilities
failed a recent inspection by
state authorities, but while the
county jail was cited as needing
only minor improvements to
meet minimum state standards,
the city stockade received a
much lower score and was
condemned as being unfit for
occupation by prisoners in its
present state.
Yes, changes are needed at the
county jail, but the city stockade
needs immediate attention even
more desperately. We urge that
such attention be given and
soon.
MICHAEL SIMPSON
'Education molds attitudes'
It s always nice to hear someone else
document assertions you made earlier.
Yesterday's release of the political
science survey indicating that Coalition
was indeed the most strongly supported
party of any on this
campus prior to the
SGA election was no
surprise What was
a surprise, though,
was the statement at
the end of the article
about the growing
correspondence be
tween small local
election habits and
national voting trends.
The last statement, at first glance,
seemed to be a direct contradiction of
what most people believe When asked
why they did not vote, most students tell
you it was because the election was not
important The implication, of course, is
that when elections become important
they will bother to register their feelings
at the polls
Time does not validate that assumption,
however After all. we are doing much
more than receiving a formal education
at this institution: we are molding habits
and attitudes which we will use through
out life. People who can't find time to
vote for candidates in a SGA election
because they need to study for a
definitive quiz on the nature of asexual
reproductive habits won't find time to
vote in a state or national election either
because it will interlere with the after
noon bridge game or might require
postponement of some business meeting.
But. the argument runs, grades are the
important thing during a student's uni
versity experience and all else should
come second to this pursuit This reflects
the samesadness foundin Albert Szent-Gy-
orgyi’s Personal Reminiscences. In it he
explains how he lost the essence of life in
his atteinpl to find it. He had broken
down cells and DNA codes and found
molecules. He had broken down mole
cules and found atoms Atoms consisted
of neutrons, protons, and electrons But
where was life? He concludes that
"electrons are just electrons and have no
life at all. Evidently on the way I lost
life, it had run out between my fingers."
Yes. you can say that you as a student
are here for the purely academic pursuit
But what about you as a human being?
You must eventually cope with the fact
that we as human beings, not students,
have certain greater responsibilities.
It is true that if you break down your
academic stay into a series of textbooks,
classroom lectures, and professors you
have discovered the core of academic
study. But, in doing so you have lost the
essence of university life. A university
education is far more than books. These
are only the tools for learning, not the
end itself. If we lose our humanity in
exchange for words on paper, we have
made a poor trade indeed.
We are the men and women who are
being called upon to assume the task of
holding our nation together and directing
it toward a better future. If we disect this
responsibility into a simple series of jobs,
cut out the humanity of our experience,
we become like the drones who follow the
queen, skilled from birth to perform their
simple tasks by instinct and without
thought.
At this point, it is not important who
won the student government elections.
We face simple facts. ONWARD was
supported by a hard core of Greek and
pro-administrationstudents and were able
to sieze SGA by questionable financing ol
a mass media campaign. The majority of
students, liberal and conservative, are
now left with a student government
which is corrupt and not representative
of their needs and desires The final
result of all this is a bought political
party in power and a SGA lowered to the
level of a tasteless joke
“Smiling” Bill Powell, Director of the
Student Union and an avid ONWARD
supporter stopped me the other day in
front of the Union to get my reaction to
the elections. Did I not think that the will
of the electorate had been heard, he
asked. I smiled and replied that no, the
will of much money, alumni pressure,
and administrative design had been felt.
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The only reply was a chuckle and the
sound of the change in Bill’s pocket
jingling.
I guess Powell’s and ONWARD’s
philosophy is demonstrated by the axiom
written on the new poster on the wall of ,
the SGA offices these days. It reads,
"Anything worth having is worth cheat
ing for."
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Straights can reach gays by understanding
TO Till-: EDITOR: *
In response to the scurrilous attack on
my gay brothers and sisters by alleged
straight (and I have my doubts). Ken
Maxwell. I must say that such boring and
repetitious diatribe's are symptomatic of
a sadly warped mind Further. I can only
add that Maxwell seems to be dangerous
ly in need of the services of a competent
psychiatrist to overcome his homophobic
paranoid delusions May I suggest the
Mental Health Services.
Untrained in theology as I am. I am not
qualified to respond to Maxwell s "Chris
tian” charges However. I offer for his
perusal the book "The l^ord Is My
Shepherd And He Knows I’m Gay." by
the Rev Troy Perry Let a gay minister
answer this person
Personally. I have never written an
unsigned letter to The Red and Black
There was no need to. I do not know why
the various letters on homosexuality
were not signed, nor do I particularly
care. Nonetheless, with people like Max
well running loose, with their childish
attitudes of hate and disgust, it isn’t any
wonder to anyone of intelligence that
such letters remain unsigned
As a matter of fact. I am proud that I
am not like most of the people on this
campus — "normal." and. therefore,
mediocre and colorless In our society.
we often tend to equate "normal" with
"good." Further, "homosexuality" is
equated with "bad " Well, all misconcep
tions must come to an end. and the time
has long since passed to put away the
myth about homosexuality. If Maxwell
would, as gays are wont to say occasion
ally. "get over himself," he would realize
that, like it or not. attitudes about
homosexuality are changing According
to the experts, homosexuality is (and
always has been) a dysfunction, like
left handedness Are vou left handed, Mr.
Maxwell?
It is patently obvious that Mr Maxwell
is running scared from something —
gays, apparently, but to what purpose 0
He has evidently never had any gay
friends, or allowed himself to examine
homosexuality on anything more than a
psychology book level Well, he can just
continue getting mad I happen to know
that gays are not going to stand for
abridgement of their rights as human
beings merely because Ken Maxwell is
upset
Freak Week is a cute idea, but I have a
better one I propose that the Committee
on Gay Education institute the "Queer of
the Year Award As a matter of fact. I
know of many so-called straights who
could qualify In addition, so there won’t
be any hard feelings, we could also have
the Hide-and-Seek Memorial Award, pre
sented to qualifying straights only. It
would go to those people who love to
insult us from the safety of their dorm
rooms and fraternity houses (with not
one thought to the feelings of their gay
frat brothers!), or behind our backs, but
who would cringe at the thought of direct
confrontation.
I realize that this letter is somewhat
hostile in tone <1 intended it so), and
rapidly reaching epic proportions. Howe
ver. much has yet to be said on this
subject. In my seven quarters here at
UGA. I feel I have been very helpful
promoting understanding between gays
and straights But I know it works, and
can be accomplished with sensitivity,
awareness and humor My straight
friends are living proof of this.
KELLY WALTON
Co-director. C'GE
Vets' attitude
money-hungry'
TO THE EDITOR:
This is in response lo the letter in the
May 7 issue of The Red and Black from
Frank Boyle and David Hutchinson.
First, as to what really happened when
David and I discussed the veterans
allocation request. David turned in a
request for over $16,000 During the
conversation 1 pointed out. and David
was well aware, that the decision on this
request would be made by the new
allocation committee of which I would
not be a pari and that our discussions in
no way was either approval or denial of
any part of the request
I pointed out that part of the travel
money asked for violated the allocation
guidelines and would probably not be
approv ed, and I also pointed out that the
$2,400 for officers fo the veterans club
was not usually funded for that type of
group and 1 doubted that it would be
approved this time
During the conversation David said
their request was based on the fact that
they i veterans) were a certain percent of
the student body and. therefore, were
entitled to that percent of the activity fee
and they were going to get it. I pointed
out that this view was invalid in my
opinion, that groups such as The Red and
Black, Union, and WUOG served all
students and so some of the money each
student puts in goes to these things and
the money is being spent on that person.
Also. I expressed my opinion that groups
like the Black Student Union should be
funded at a higher rate then the percent
of blacks since the money is spent not
only to benefit blacks but also whites.
The last SGA election showed that there
is still a lot of racism on this campus and
much of the money is spent for Black
Awareness Week which is designed so
that Blacks can have a better apprecia
tion of their culture, which the white
society has tried to destroy and also so
that whites can get a better understand
ing of blacks in hopes that this will lead
to better relationships among both blacks
and whites. It should also be pointed out
that each person pays one fee per quarter
and that each person usually is part of
two or more groups asking for money
Both groups cannot get the entire fee
without the fund going into the whole
which is not allowed
I pointed out that due to the large
number of requests and the shortage of
funds that those groups that are able to
receive funds from other sources were
encouraged to do so last year so that
those groups which were not in a position
to get other money would have more
available
I was then and am now speaking only
for myself. I think the attitude of the
leaders of the veterans club is very
selfish If they were interested in the
welfare of veterans then they would want
to see the money that is available be put
to the best possible use, which would
mean that the money provided by the
Federal Government, for the very pro
grams the veterans are supposed to be
interested in. should be used and if the
University of Georgia is not getting what
It is entitled to then people should get on
Fred Davison and demand that he do his
job To come to student money for these
programs means either the federal
money will be ignored or will be
duplicated Also it will mean that groups
like The Red and Black. Men's Intramu
ral or your club will not be adequately
funded
The veterans club is a new group and
has not shown that they can carry out
their program or handle the amount of
money they want. What they have shown
is that they don't give a Damn about
anyone but themselves and that they are
willing to lie and distort facts for their
own ends.
After talking to Walsh, this group of
people supported ONWARD, and Walsh,
after being elected, promised $6,500 to
them before the allocation committee had
even been elected, a committee which
Walsh is not even a member of, or before
looking at other requests This along with
the famous friends of ONWARD seems to
indicate we have our own Watergate I
was also interested in the fact that Walsh
voted against student rights and freedom
because the Board of Regents would not
approve. Who is he representing the
students or the Regents? If we are
entitled to the rights then Walsh should
push for them even if the Regents don't
approve It's time he took the watermelon
out of his hand and stopped saying Yes’r.
You don’t wait for a person who is
oppressing you fo give you your rights,
you demand and fight for them, nonvio-
lently.
Wave bye bye to your money and
rights.
W. STEPHEN l.ETZSCll
Interests are
in serving vets'
TO THE EDITOR!
This letter is a reply to that of Frank
Boyle and David Hutchinson in the R&B
Tuesday, May 7th In that letter, they
stated that..."Mr. Gadol has, for a second
time, misrepresented himself to the
student body He may want to support
change, however, it does not appear that
he is willing to support changes for
veterans We say this because of the
support he has shown for Coalition."
I resent the implication that I have
deliberately misrepresented myself lie.,
lied). If I misrepresented myself in not
stating that I was “running under the
Coalition ticket." I did not mean to do so.
My letter of April 25th was indeed a
plug for Paula Cheatham; I believed and
still believe that she was the best
candidate, especially in terms of increa
sing benefits for veterans In addition, ]
think Coalition is a party that supports
veterans. My perception is based on
personal conversations with its leaders,
and I have no reason to believe they were
lying to me.
My interests are in serving the student
body fairly and justly. I am particularly
interested in alleviation of problems
specific to ALL UGA graduate students. I
am NOT against increased benefits for
veterans; nor would I be if Coalition were
against such benefits. 1 am a veteran
myself and am sympathetic to the needs
of all veterans. I have already said so to
both Frank Boyle and Hugh Bird in
telephone conversations with them
Should Frank Boyle and David Hutchin
son like to apologize to me for implying
that I am a liar, I would be most happy
to accept and let bygones be bygones.
LOU GADOL
Route proposed
for new bus'
TO THE EDITOR:
The article which appeared in The Red
and Black concerning the arrival of a
new bus next August brings to mind a
different proposal for the use of the bus. I
currently live in an apartment complex
on Gaines School Road, and every
morning about ten or fifteen cars leave
for class. As we head towards campus,
the number of cars continually increases
as people from other dwellings make
their way to campus By the time
everyone gets to a parking lot it is
usually full, and they end up driving
around wasting gas and time looking for
a place to park their car.
My point is, why not have a University
bus go out Oconee Street (Lexington
Road), turn down Gaines School Road,
and return to campus via College Station
Road? This would save gallons of gas
each day, and help the parking situation
tremendously I'm sure that people would
even be willing to pay a small fare to
ride this bus rather than take a car
every day.
This area of Athens has a great many
students living in Tara, Cambridge,
Parthenon. Maison Royal, Villa del Rio,
and Tivoli. Surely these apartments can
house at least as many students as live in
the Milledge Ave. area, and instead of
being within walking distance, we are
some five miles away from campus, and
our best course of action is to take a car
to campus every day.
WM. D. (CHIP) MILLER
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