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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA :iosik>
FRIDAY. AFRII, t, 1975
Residency
poll to be
distributed
A survey probing the opinions of
University students on the constitutional
validity of the freshman residency re
quirement will be handed out to students
by the Committee to Eliminate the
Freshman Residency Requirement.
The committee, formed by Student
Government Association (SGA) President
J Walsh, approximately one month
before the end of winter quarter, is
chaired by Randy Hutchins and co-chair-
ed by Grant Raeside.
“The committee is a diverse group —
we got input from every conceivable
side," Hutchins said
The survey is aimed primarily at dorm
residents and sorority and fraternity
houses. "Greeks may not live in dorms,
but most of their pledges do," Raeside
said.
Statistics of the survey will be formu
lated and a report will then be made to
Walsh who will then present the results of
the survey at the May meeting of the
University Council, in hopes of gaining its
endorsement.
“The main reason housing needs the
freshman residency requirement is to
pay off the high-rises. Freshman are old
enough to make their own decisions. We
want the requirement dropped now," said
Raeside
Donald J Wisthuff, acting director of
Housing, said, “I haven't seen the survey
yet, so I can't really react to it. But
several students took the residency
requirement to court last year and the
case was thrown out because the plaintiff
did not have a case."
Decisions based on the Office of
Student Affairs recommendation to
retain the freshman residency require
ment for educational benefits have alrea
dy been made for the next academic
year, Wistuff said.
The SGA is represented in the Office of
Student Affairs, he added
Photo by ROBERT PCSEY
SEN. HERMAN TAI MADGE LISTENS TO STUDENT QUESTIONS
Questions locus on Indochina situation
NO SOLUTION YET
Vet shortage in state
By VICTOR IIALL
Associate state editor
Thirty-nine Georgia residents were
accepted last fall to The University's
College of Veterinary Medicine, an
increase of 10 over the previous annual
quota
That's progress, but it is not enough to
satisfy residents of the 46 Georgia
counties which are without a practicing
veterinarian
There is at least one other hopeful sign
for these vetless counties, most of which
are located in the rural, livestock-produc
ing regions of the state Also starting this
academic year, scholarships are availa
ble through the State Scholarship Com
mission to a few veterinary students who
agree to practice for at least five years in
a Georgia community with a population
of 10.000 or less which is in need of a
veterinarian
Most people agree on the basic nature
of the problem which this "incentive
program’’ is intended to alleviate ‘Most
graduating vet students want to go to the
cities and work on dogs and cats so they
can make a fast buck w ithout doing much
physical labor.” said Jim Vogt, secretary
of the Georgia Angus Association
IT IS ALSO a matter of security,
according to Dr David P Anderson, the
recently appointed dean of the veterinary
school How. he asks, can a young
veterinarian with no money and no home
go to a rural South Georgia community
where there are no offices, no facilities
and no established vets, when he could go
into practice in an established city pet
clinic and start out making a decent
living?
Some doubt the effectiveness of the
"incentive program" as a long range
solution to the rural vet shortage "I’m
not so sure that’s the answer." Vogt said
"A guy's got to have it deeply instilled in
him that he wants to work on big animals
and do a good job of it."
Most, however, feel that it is a good
program at least as far as it goes. Lester
Crawford, associate dean of the vet
school, pointed out that medical and
dental schools have had a great deal of
success with similar programs in the
state "I'd say it's certainly worth a try.’’
Crawford said "At any rate it’s all the
vet school can do. We can’t tell our
students where to practice."
The shortage of vets in Georgia is often
blamed on the large number of out-of-
state students which the veterinary
school is obligated to accept by the terms
of a cooperative agreement with four
nearby states
FORTY-SEN I N out of the 86 freshmen
accepted this year are from Maryland.
North Carolina. South Carolina and
Virginia These states, none of which
have a veterinary school, pay the
University $4500 per student per year in
return for waiving out-of-state tuition
fees
Many feel that the vet school should
withdraw from the Southern Regional
Kducational Hoard iSKKB), which admi
nisters the cooperative contracts between
the southern states
Walter H Mitchell, executive vice
president of the Georgia Cattleman’s
Xssociation'. said “Georgia should take
care of its own needs first I d like to sen.*
the vet school double the number of
in state applicants accepted "
NET st liooi. officials maintain how
ever that it is not within their authority
to withdraw from SREB since the
contract involves other University sys
tem committments and is administered
through the Board of Regents Any
change in the University’s contract with
SREB would have to be made by the
regents Spokesmen for the board say
that there has been no consideration of
such a move
Although they are sympathetic, veteri
nary school officials are not convinced
that accepting more Georgia residents at
the expense of the neighboring states
would solve the vet shortage problem
This would only aggravate the shortage
in the other states, resulting in a flow of
Georgian vet school graduates into the
out-of-state void created in the market.
Anderson said
Mitchell countered this speculation by
saying The reverse side of the coin is
that if their 'the neighboring states !
quotas of vet students were cut. they
might put more emphasis on getting their
own facilities established
Capsule news
Courselector endorsed
A motion applauding and endorsing the concept of the Uoursrlector program was
passed by the Student Senate by acclamation at the last meeting of the 1974-75
senate Wednesday night.
The motion was co-sponsored by Carolyn Wildes i Journalism) and Preston Lewis
(Business)
The senate also unanimously passed a motion to prohibit smoking on campus
buses introduced by Jennie (Fig) Newton (Journalism)
Mead to speak
Universally acclaimed anthropologist Margaret Mead will lecture in the Reed
quadrangle Apr. 8 at 7 p.m In case of rain, the lecture site will be moved to the
main ballroom of Memorial, in which case tickets will be required for admission
due to the limited seating capacity. Free tickets will be available at Memorial's
information booth on Monday.
Workers needed
Volunteers are needed to assist voters at the polls on Apr 9 Anyone interested
should call Jan George at the Student Government office
Talmadge says aid
to Viets academic
By BUDDY WALLER
Associate news editor
Before Congress can act on President
Gerald K. Ford's request for increased
aid to Indochina, the entire area may
have fallen under Communist control.
U.S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge said here
Thursday
In a matter of “weeks or months, at
most Communist rebels will probably
have seized control of Cambodia and
South Vietnam, making Ford's plea for
additional military assistance to the area
“academic.” Talmadge said in an in
formal question and answer session with
University students
Talmadge visited the campus to be ini
tiated into Alpha Zeta national agricul
tural honor society and to talk with
students about current affairs.
Of America’s military involvement in
Indochina. Talmadge said. “On reflec
tion. I think it was probably wasted. U
was an unusual war It was a war we
wouldn't fight It was a war we wouldn't
quit.
"WE II WE spent over $150 billion and
lost 56,000 of our finest young men and
over 300,000 wounded. The entire world is
startled at the rapid advance of the North
Vietnamese Army. The South Vietnamese
Army doesn't have the will to fight." he
added.
Talmadge said that Congress approved
$7oo million in aid to South Vietnam in
the current fiscal year alone and that
Ford requested an additional $300 million
"If 1 thought that amount of money
would save South Vietnam. I would vote
for it. but I don't think it will," Talmadge
said
"Certainly we will not introduce any
new (American! troops" into Indochina.
Talmadge said, adding. "I hope that
never again, under any conditions. will
American troops be committed to battle
unless our direct national security is in
volved."
DESPITE Ills prediction of an econom
ic upturn in the fourth quarter of 1975,
Talmadge said. I doubt that we will
ever again have the free and easy living
we had in the ’50s and '60s As long as we
have to pay blackmail prices for energy,
that can mean no other thing than a
reduction in the standard of living."
On the energy front. Talmadge urged
"mandatory" fuel conservation meas
ures. such as closing service stations on
Sundays and suspension of gasoline
credit cards
Additionally, the U.S. must "develop
alternative sources ot energy so we won’t
be dependent on the OPEC (Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries* na
tions or any other nation — friend or
toe." according to Talmadge
Areas for scientific research should in
clude liquification and gasification of
coal, solar energy and nuclear energy, he
said
TALMADGE DEC LINED to express a
preference for any candidate for the 1976
Democratic presidential nomination, but
said that he expected a brokered con
vention between four or five candidates "
U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissin
ger received high praise from Talmadge.
who said. I think Kissinger is the
greatest secretary of state in my life
time Of course, with the collapse ot
Southeast Asia and the failure of the
so-called Kissinger mission to the Middle
East, it doesn't make him look so good."
Even so. Talmadge added. "You can’t
expect him to work miracles Kissinger
can't stop Communism singlehandedly
The senator reserved harsh remarks
for the nation's foreign policy, labeling it
"substantially bankrupt
"WE'VE TRIED to act as banker and
Santa Claus and policeman of the world
I’ve never subscribed to the philosophy
that you could buy friends with money."
Talmadge said
Nevertheless, he said. "I want to con
tinue to support Israel with aid" because
America remains that nation's "only
friend on the face of the earth."
Talmadge called President Ford "forth
right and candid, adding. "1 have a
very high opinion of Jerry Ford He had
By NANDI M NRTIN
Assistant news editor
Dr Richard Noles. director of the
Board ol Student Communications, has
requested the views of Dr Worth
McDougald. head of the radio TV film
sequence of the journalism school, con
cerning possible Federal Communica
tions Commission (FCC) violations com
milted by campus radio station WUOG in
an April Fool’s Day joke
McDougald said he has responded to
Noles’ request, but he declined comment
on his recommendations
On /U)ril 1. WUOG played Kraftwerk’s
"Autobahn" for five hours They stopped
only to insert taped messages and
comments of questionable taste. McDoug
ald stated He added that the song's
"lyrics were not in good taste "
A SPOKESMAN for WUOG said.
"We’re just waiting to see what hap
pens "
McDougald said that if an official com
plaint is filed with the FCC. a number of
things could happen
The commission could write a letter to
the station's licensee, the University, to
ask them for their version of the incident
The FCC could also do some investigation
on their own to decide if the material
broadcast was obscene. The investigation
would be entered into WUOG's file, and
at license renewal time the incident
would be taken into consideration
25 years of creditible service in Congress.
He is agreeable to working with Con
gress
I don’t think he is the most brilliant
leader we have ever had He is doing the
best he knows how and my sympathies
are with him." Talmadge said.
WHILE TALMADGE noted that he had
voted for "12 or 15" consumer protection
bills in recent years, he stated that he
opposed such a measure presently before
Congress being pushed by consumer ad
vocate Ralph Nader.
The bill creates two governments —
one. a government of consumers and one.
a government of the U.S. — and sets
them at war with each other." according
to Talmadge.
Although Talmadge said he approved
of Congressional oversight of the nation's
intelligence agencies, such as the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Feder
al Bureau of Investigation (FBI), he said
that he preferred those duties to continue
with existing committees, rather than to
create new panels for that purpose
"! do not think it is at all likely to
result in a failure to renew WUOG’s
license." McDougald said
THE FCC could also impose a fine on
the station, or take away the third class
radio broadcast operator's licenses of the
people on the air at the time of the
incident However, McDougald said. "I
think we are talking about eventualities
that are not likely to happen."
The FCC could recommend federal
prosecution on the grounds that the
broadcast was obscene. McDougald said
The FCC defines obscene material,
according to McDougald. as being coarse,
vulgar, suggestive and susceptible to
indecent double meaning.
The final determination of obscenity
would have to be with a jury, but
McDougald doubts that the matter will go
that far
In my opinion the material broadcast
was in incredibly poor taste." McDougald
said "It showed a decided lack of respon-
sibility on the part of the people
involved." McDougald stressed that he
was not saying whether the material was
obscene or not. but that it was in bad
taste
He stated that he thought WUOG had
done many good things, but. while he
does not want the FCC to take any action,
he hopes that the Board of Student
Communications will keep such an inci
dent from happening again.
Violations possible
in WUOG joke'
Photo by ROBERT PUSEY
Rompin' stompin' bluegrass
Thi- North Georgia Bluegrass Band had students rompin’ and
stompin’ at Memorial Hall Wednesday night Members of the
group are David Potter, mandolin. Uhris White, guitar. Steve
Burden bass. Larry Saye. guitar and Ron Arrington on banjo
The group s appearance was sponsored by the University
Union