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VOLUME 81. NUMBER 13
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA 30602^
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25 '074
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Treasurer selection
may be postponed
CAMPUS POI.IC E JURISDICTION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 01 TER LINES
Shaded area *how% campus boundaries
"one term” requirement and would
resign the treasurership upon passage of
the amendment "So that the full spirit of
the amendment may take effect immedi
ately."
“I AM DETERMINED that the letter
of the law be followed until that law be
changed or re interpreted," said Penning
ton. citing the maintenance of strict legal
procedure as his main reason for
running
"Coalition is concerned that the letter
of the law not be bent to political whimsy
by any political faction in order that we
may insure that the confidence of the
student body be guaranteed by our
adherence to our own rules," Pennington
said.
"I do not believe the year’s term
requirement is in the spirit of a free and
open democracy, but until the law is
changed it should be enforced." he said.
Pennington explained he feels a year’s
experience in the senate does not
necessarily give anyone an "edge" in
holding a senate position, and that the
requirement is too restrictive.
"Politics and opinion change too rapid
ly on any college campus for there to be
anything like a year’s requirement," he
said.
THE PROPOSED amendment received
approval from Wehunt. "Although I’m
not a senator. I would strongly support
Pennington's amendment," he said
Doug Eaves. ONWARD party member,
said he would support the amendment
but felt it was unnecessary since proper
interpretation of the constitution would
achieve the same results
In addition a constitutional amendment
would require a referendum for ratifica
tion by the student body and this. Eaves
charged, would mean unnecessary
expense
By THOMAS R. FRANKLIN
Assistant news editor
An effort to postpone the selection of a
new Student Senate treasurer will be made
by ONWARD at tonight's senate meeting,
according to a party leader
ONWARD member Terry Wehunt said
there would be no move to select a new
treasurer until six vacant seats have
been filled, to insure that the senate is a
"full and representative body.”
"ONWARD’s main concern for the
upcoming senate meeting is to fill the
senate vacancies. We feel only after
these senate seats are filled can a
treasurer be rightly selected and elect
ed." said Wehunt.
HOLDING A majority of the senate
seats. ONWARD has the power to
forestall action on the issue.
ONWARD’s statement came after Buck
Pennington said in a press conference
Tuesday that he would run for senate
treasurer
Pennington also said that he was
resigning as Coalition co-chairperson in
order to help "revitalize the party."
A controversy has arisen over finding a
replacement to fill the position vacated
last week by Bobby Tankersly.
The student body constitution requires
the treasurer of the senate to "have
served at least one term in the senate."
According to the constitution “A-
member’s term of office shall run from
one student body election to the next.”
COALITION PARTY members say the
new treasurer will be a Coalition senator
since ONWARD does not have any
senators meeting the requirement.
ONWARD party members contend,
however, that the constitution can be
interpreted in ways that would allow an
ONWARD senator to hold the post. They
argue that the requirement is meant to
insure that the president and treasurer
will have a year’s experience and that
there is nothing "magic” about serving
from election to election
At least one senator from ONWARD
has served a year in the senate following
his appointment last fall, according to
party leaders
In response to the controversy. Pen
nington said he would introduce legisla
tion for an amendment to abolish the
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Roller Derby
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campus lad Lasl spring, streaking was the thing to do llul cooler weather will
probably cur-Mail) that spoil Anyway, these students seem to take their skating
seriously Are they practicing for roller derby*'
University police
authority extended
By BOB MASSEY
Assistant news editor
Jurisdiction of University Police and
security personnel has been extended
from strictly campus authority to 500
yards past the boundaries of "any
campus properties ”
The extension came with the amend
ment of a Georgia state law earlier this
year which previously gave University
law enforcement officers arrest powers
only on University system property
Chief of University Police David Saye
said the amendment "will not significant
ly affect the jurisdiction and cooperation"
that now exists between the campus
police and area agencies
"Anything we work out will be just as
an aid," he emphasized "We won’t be
taking over any jurisdiction from any
body "
Saye cited one reason as to why the
legislation would not affect the present
arrangement
"We have all we can handle now," he
explained, "and we want them (the
patrolmen i to stay strictly in their
jurisdiction" If there are any changes
made, the law stipulates it can only be
done "after written consent of the
governing authority of any municipality
having police jurisdiction over such
property" is granted
We "always had good cooperation"
with the other area law enforcement
agencies. Saye said
"Whenever we went into another
jurisdiction in the past, we've contacted
the agencies involved as a matter of
professional courtesy." he added.
Chief Thomas McGahee of the Athens
police, echoed Saye's feelings on the
matter. "Anytime we can cooperate is
good." he said, "because we don't want
to be pulling against one another .”
Saye explained that any change in
procedures would involve "only those
city streets that run through or border
the campus.” He said the change would
involve minor incidents such as "traffic
control and accidents" in those areas
designated
Campus police as sworn deputies of the
Clarke County Sheriff's Office, have
always had the power to enforce state
laws They have also aided in situations
where the need arose that was not on the
University campus
Hugh Logan, a State representative
said the amendment was passed for the
benefit of Georgia State and Georgia
Tech and not for Athens specifically.
"But since it's a state law, it applies here
as well," he stated
Early in January there was a push for
this extension of jurisdiction because of
the amount of money Tech and State had
to spend for traffic control, according to
Logan
State alone had to pay over *30,000 in
hiring Atlanta Police to handle the traffic
problems around the school With this
new amendment, those schools will be
able to handle traffic snarls without
hiring from other agencies
BY HEW PLAN
I'.iolo b> DAVID BKKSLAUER
No snow?
Although it has been unseasonably chilly in Athens of late, no
one has yet reported seeing snow Actually, the ground and
the truck fender are covered with sand, caused by extensive
sand-blasting which will be going on around Memorial for the
next two and a hall months. However, unlike the sandblasting,
this cold snap will he over within the next two days, according
In local weather officials.
University life changed
By CAROLYN TATUM
Assistant slate editor
Editor's note: This is the first of a three
part series explaining the implications
and effects of IIEW’s Title IX guidelines
on the University.
The Department of Health. Education
and Welfare is now formulating an equal
opportunity plan called Title IX which
may dramatically affect the prwfnt
student life at the University.
Opposition to sections of the proposal
have been registered by various Univer
sity officials, but non-compliance will
eventually mean loss of all federal
funding to the institution.
The guidelines are an attempt to
rectify discrimination based on sex. race
or ethnic origin, according to Dr Myrtle
Reul, director of Equal Employment
Opportunity at the University (EEO).
Title IX is an expansion of the 1972
Education Amendments to the Civil
Rights act of 1964
THE THREE AREAS included in the
Title IX guidelines involve the institu
tion's policies on admissions and recruit
ment of both faculty and students,
treatment of students, and employment
in the University community.
The University no longer practices
discrimination in admissions, according
to Dean of Affairs Student Louise McBee,
but she added that this has not always
been the case
"Women had to have a higher grade
point average and higher SAT scores
than men to be admitted to the University
until about two years ago This had just
been the accepted practice, and had gone
on for years without anybody really
thinking about it,” McBee said
Title IX will also abolish certain tests
for admission which might be discrimina
tory by sex or former experience, such as
the disadvantages of poverty
Another discriminatory admission pro
cedure, discrimination because of mari
tal. parental status, or pregnancy, is also
outlawed under Title IX.
Besides discrimination in recruitment
and admissions, Title IX forbids discrimi
nation in the treatment of students, which
is probably the broadest area in the
program.
THE FUNDING of women’s intercolle
giate sports falls in this area of student
treatment, probably the most heated
issue surrounding the Title IX guidelines
The present guidelines allow the Uni
versity to set up separate teams for men
and women, but does not require equal
financial expenditures for both teams
The area of student "treatment,"
according to Reul. includes course offer
ings. housing, financial aid. athletic
assistance, campus organizations, any
kind of health benefits and other pro
grams
The third area of the guidelines deal
with University employment, both full
and part-time, an area of obvious
discrimination, according to Reul.
"Benefits for employees have not
always been the same There has
frequently been a difference in fringe
benefits (insurance, leaves, social securi
ty, retirement > between full and part-time
employees such that the part time
employees, who are mostly women, are
most often stuck in the dead-end jobs
which have no future." she said
Citing the faculty and administration
as a prime example of lack of recruit
ment and lack of promotion for qualified
women, Reul said that very few women
were serving in high positions at the
University.
"There are only 319 women and faculty
members out of the 1.970 total, and only
17 of these are full professors, whereas
there are 428 men who are full professors.
Slightly over 75 percent of the women
faculty members are non tenured and
only one of the 13 academic deans is a
woman, and that is in home economics, a
traditionally female profession." Reul
said
"The administrative positions are no
better." Reul added "Only two out of the
28 top administrative positions on campus
are occupied by women."
"It is interesting to note where women
faculty members are concentrated," she
said. Most are in areas like home
economics, social work, education, or in
the College of Arts and Sciences, teaching
courses like English. The rest are
scattered, with some areas completely
lacking women," Reul said.
A MAJOR PART of the problem,
according to Reul, is the lack of
recruitment of women for high-level
positions. "Women were recruited quite
actively for the subordinate positions, but
are overlooked for positions in which a
lot of money is paid and the office carries
a prestigious title,” she said.
Capsule news
Student arrested
University student John Waldon Severence was arrested Monday for allegedly
possessing marijuana University Police report Severence was' stopped in a
parking lot for “suspicious activity". A subsequent search of his car uncovered a
small quantity of the drug, according to police
Impression needs workers
't here will be a meeting of all students who would like to work on the campus
general interest magazine. IMPRESSION, Thursday at 4 p m. in the activities
center at Memorial Writers, photographers and businessmen are needed
