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Stapler wins case
against University
» By STEVE BURNS
Executive editor
The U S. Department of Health. Educa-
» lion, and Welfare (HEW) ruled Friday
that University graduate Emily Jo
Stapler was not selected sports editor of
The Red and Black because of “discrim-
, ination against her on the basis of her
sex."
In a letter and investigative report
mailed by HEW's Office of Civil Rights in
r Atlanta to Stapler and University Presi
dent Fred C. Davison, the University is
asked to “advise its Board of Student
Communications to consult with student
, editors ot The Red end Black for the
purpose of developing safeguards to
insure that sex discrimination does not
occur in the future in the selection of the
, staff of the sports department."
HEW also asked that the University
"advise us within 30 days of the receipt
of this letter as to action the University
, has taken with reference to the above
matters."
Davison's office acknowledged receipt
of the letter from OCR’s Division IV
* Director William Thomas Monday and
“is currently studying options available
to the University." according to a spokes
man
* SUCH A statement does not indicate
what action the University might take,
according to University Director of
* Public Relations Barry Woods, but com
pliance with HEW’s requests as well as
legal challenge of the ruling, is a
possibility.
Stapler originally filed a complaint
* with HEW in January* WW* shortly
before she graduated. The matter has
been pending in Atlanta and Washington
since, with testimony from former editors
* and sports editors of The Red and Black,
as well as University faculty members,
solicited for the investigation.
Stapler wrote sports for The Red and
% Black from 1970 to 1973. and claimed she
did not experience "natural progression
of rank." She was continually passed
over as sports editor for lesser qualified
people, she claimed, “and I began to
realize it wasn’t me."
HEW also asked that the University
"remove and-or eliminate the use of all
* signs, printed negotiations, etc. restrict
ing for women entry in a utilization of the
Sanford Stadium press box."
According to the investigative reports.
* “a clear violation of Title IX exists under
University policy which prohibits women
from entering the stadium press box
Thus the University must demonstrate
* that it has taken all steps necessary to
insure that such policy has been elimin
ated and that it is widely known that such
policy has been eliminated."
ATHLETIC’ ASSOCIATION policy pro
hibits "non working" women from enter
ing the Sanford Stadium press box and
signs displaying such policy are or have
been posted outside the press box and on
press passes issued to reporters covering
football games.
"Well just have to sit tight and see
what the University does on this."
Athletic Director Joel Eaves said.
"The remedy for Stapler as an individ
ual is at best elusive." the OCR report
says "However, it is clear that it will be
necessary for the University to make
changes in the selection of persons to be
in leadership positions in extracurricular
activities Such changes will necessarily
include the development of a mechanism
to insure that such discrimination based
on sex docs not and will not occur in
extracurricular activity.
“SPECIFICALLY, WITH respect to
sports editor." the report continued, "the
University should be required to (1> state
the selection criteria for sports editor in
writing and make them generally known
to the applicants; (2) take positive action
to lx* sure that women are encouraged to
apply for the position of sports editor, (3)
the Board of Student Communications
should develop a policy statement which
clearly states that sex is not a criteria for
any position on the newspaper or for any
other position of leadership in the
activities under its control."
Regarding Item 2 above, the report
requests that such "action" should in
clude identification of all women current
ly qualified for position of sports editor;
notice to such identified women that the
position of sports editor is open to them
and they should apply at their earliest
convenience; and develop a mechanism
which will provide for a showing on the
part of a selection committee in the event
that a male is selected for such a job that
such selection was not a result of
discriminatory action."
Board of Student Communications
Chairman Richard Notes refused com
ment on the ruling and said that he would
wait for University action on the matter
Included among those corresponding to
Stapler's charges were 11 persons who
have served as chief editor of The Red
and Black, according to the investigative
report
During the period of these, six do not
feel that sex was the cause of her not
becoming sports editor, one took no
position on the matter, another could not
rule out the possibility of there having
been discrimination, two felt she was
correct in her charges, and one felt
"there was a natural progression in rank
which she did not enjoy .’’
Of three former sports editors, two
comment unfavorably on Stapler’s talents
while one is "shocked that she has not
been named sports editor" since she was
on the staff
Legion Pool
opens today
for spring
Legion Pool will open this morning at
II a m.
The pool will be open to University
students, faculty and faculty dependents
with their University ID cards for the
price of 25 cents
According to Walter Hanley, a member
of the special committee on Legion Pool
and of the allocations committee of the
Student Senate, the delay in opening the
pool this year was due to several causes.
Initially, the pool's equipment had been
declared unusable by W. K. Jordan of the
University's Physical Plant No
money was immediately available to buy
new equipment until the student body
voted to allocate $310(1 for that purpose
earlier this quarter.
The money went largely toward the
purchase of a new chlorinator which
arrived in Athens yesterday and was
immediately installed. Hanley said.
A new pump for the pool is also needed
but cannot be installed until the end of
the summer because holes have to be
drilled in the pool for it to be put in place,
he said.
The pool also had to be cleaned and
lifeguards hired before it could be opened
to the University community. Now that it
is open, it will remain in operation until
the end of the long session this summer,
and, it is hoped, during September and
October next fall
This summer will be the first one in
which the pool will not be available to the
public; it will be closed to everyone
outside the University community this
year, according to Hanley.
ISU designated hitter Greg Ferrara is embraced joyfully by
catcher Tommy Saizon (32) alter last Saturday's Southeastern
Conference playoff game at Foley Field The T‘gers won 8-3
to end Georgia’s hopes of capturing its first SEC title in 20
years. The Bulldogs made five errors in the late innings to
give it away For more coverage see page six
Photo by KIRK DUCKWORTH
Bulldog stew for LSU
Photo by DENNIS JAMES
Rising again
A battle hardened regiment of gray clad soldiers paraded
throughout Athens Thursday afternoon, proving themselves
“till able to protect their southern belles and beer kegs
Members of University chapter of the Kappa Alpha fraternity,
wearing rented costumes and riding hired horses, were
celebrating their annual Old South Ball.
AT MONTHLY SAC MEETING
Hamilton named chairman
B> RICK RICKS
and VICTOR HALL
ATLANTA — Running on a platform of
reorganization. DeWayne Hamilton was
elected chairman of the Student Advisory
Council (SAC) to the Board of Regents
Saturday.
Hamilton, an Armstrong College stu
dent, was elected during the SAC
Senate to
complete
allocations
Final consideration of several alloca
tion requests that had been sent back to
the allocations committee will come
before the Student Senate in their
meeting tonight
For the third time this year, the Moot
Court Board allocation will be brought
back to the senate for approval, after
being returned to the allocations commit
tee twice for reconsideration within the
past few weeks
An increase of $2U00 tor the Cultural
Affairs Division of the University Union
will come up for final approval, as will
an increase of $500 for the Entertainment
Division
The additional monies for the Union
Increases are to be secured b> cutting the
Student Affairs budget by $2500. with the
money being made up for from the
Gameroom account, according to a rec
ommendation which was passed by the
senate in their meeting last week
Allocations Committee Chairman Steve
Patrick said yesterday that the senate
said in their recommendation the “money
is the student's" and they expressed the
belief that "money within the Gameroom
account is money generated by students
and as such the money should be controll
ed through the Student Government
Association <SGA> allocation process "
A proposal to extend the number of
days that Legion Pool will be open is
scheduled to come before the senate, as
is a proposed recommendation to de
crease the SGA legislative branch alloca
tion by $:J79
In other action, the senate is expected
to approve an increase* in the allocation
for the Georgia Veterans Association by
H>5 and the shifting of line item budget
allocations within the men's and women’s
intramurals program
monthly meeting hosted by Kennesaw
Junior College
In other election results. Howell Swain,
a Kennesaw student. defeated Bill
Hallisey. Georgia State University, for
vice chairman
In the race for secretary. Cheryl Selph
ot Georgia College defeated Mark
Solloway of Georgia State
1)1 RING TIIE general meeting of SAC.
a resolution calling for the establishment
of a Student Regent Committee for the
purpose of better communication was
passed unanimously for submission to the
ixxird
Also during the session, the council
passed a resolution suggesting the re
gents schedule meetings on weekends
twice a year so both bodies could meet
and discuss certain matters concurrently.
The SAC Academic Improvement Com
mil tee decided to send several previously
approved academic and administrative
recommendations to the regents next
meeting in Atlanta
The first of the recommendations calls
for a uniform policy of withdrawal
throughout the University System This
proposal would allow students to with
draw from a class as late as the seventh
week of class and still receive a “W" or
neutral grade
U'CORDING TO the committee.
gross inequities" currently exist in the
Capsule news
Brumby fire
Free University
A committee to organize a Fph* University will hold an organizational meeting
tonight at 8 p.m. in 403 Memorial. The Free University will be an information
exchange for students to share knowledge and skills about arts and crafts,
mechanics, gardening and other practical areas of interest to students.
policies of the different system schools
The Academic Improvement Commit
tee also recommended that a uniform
policy lx* established within the system to
allow a student to repeat a course with
only the most recent grade being com
puted in the academic average
Currently the system policy is to not
remove a grade from a transcript once is
has been recorded
The committee has set fall quarter as a
target date for implementation of the
new recommendations
1)1 RING THE Saturday session, the
Rules and Efficiency Committee made
minor changes in the duties of several
officers These include making the vice
chairman responsible for the orientation
of SAC members and bolstering the
chairman's responsibility to insure that
all officers properly discharge their
duties
SAC has been working to establish a
Bill of Rights for University System
students
J Rivers Walsh, former Student Gov
ernment Association (SGA) president at
the University, said. "The Board of
Regents is ready to act on it. I think they
are going to approve it as model for
individual schools to act on
Following his election. Hamilton indi
cated he favored SGA President Jodie
O'Connell for chairman of the Legal
Rights Committee and University student
Curtis Porterfield as parliamentarian
A "freak accident" started a lire in Brumby at approximately » a m. Friday,!
according to Herman Swilley. manager of the safety services department of the)
University.
"What apparently happened was that physical plant personnel were welding at
the base of the trash chute and some grease which had been poured down the chute
caughl fire." said Harlwo Dickey, area coordinator in the housing department
Only a limited amount of smoke and fire damage resulted from the fire. Swilley
added
VOLUME XI. NUMBER 117
THE RED AND BLACK
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for
sunny skies with a high in
the middle X(t*s and a low’
tonight in Ihe middle fid's.
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
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TUESDAY. MAY 20. 1975
