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UNIVERSITY OE GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA IU802
THURSDAY, MARCH II, 1976
Exit exam planned
for spring quarter
By JANE SINGER
Staff writer
The first major area exit examinations
will be given over a four-day period to all
graduating seniors, probably in early
May, according to a memorandum re
leased Wednesday by Williams L. Hays,
vice president for instruction.
All seniors are required to take the
test, although it is not necessary that
they pass it or obtain any mininum score
or grade The test is being administered
because “the chancellor 1 George L.
Simpson. Board of Regents) has said he
wants some measure of general compe
tence from 1 University system 1 gradu
ates," Hays said.
Time's up!
Photo by BOB NICHOLS
The deadline for paying fees for spring quarter was 3:30 p.m.
yesterday, and as usual, many students had waited till the last
minute to shell out the money. Consequently, they had to take
a break from writing term papers and studying for exams to
stand in line with all the other procrastinators. Some probably
wondered if they really wanted to pay for the privilege of
studying yet another quarter, but it loos as if most decided to
stick it out three more months.
He added the exams would have a
"comparative purpose" among the edu
cational institutions in Georgia, and
results of the exams would be for use of
the regents only, individual records of
test scores will not be kept at the
University for use on transcripts or other
records.
There will be no charge to students
taking the test, Hays said, adding that
normally a similar test would cost the
student $21 if he opted to take it.
THE REGENTS are funding the exit
exam through “special allocations" to
the University. Hays said he "had no
idea where the Board of Regents is
getting the money from;” no board
members would offer comment on the
matter to The Red and Black
There will be 19 versions of the exit
exam made available and students will
be asked to take the test which corres
ponds most closely to their major area of
study, Hays said The recommended tests
will all be standardized, he added
Schools and colleges will, in addition,
have three general options available as to
the type of test they will give They may
give a form of the Graduate Record
Exam (GRE) which contains verbal and
quantitative aptitude sections and an
advanced test in the students' major
area.
The second option is a form of the
Nations Teachers’ Exam (NTE), which is
similar to the GRE and also includes a
standardized test in the students major
area
IF THE NTE is opted, records of
scores on it will be retained by the
University and will appear on students’
transcripts, as has been the practice in
the past. Hays said
The third alternative is the GRE plus a
special examination developed by faculty
of the local school or college instead of a
national standardized major area test.
Several schools at the University have
assigned members of their own faculties
to make up tests for the exit exam: they
have been working on these for “some
months," Hays said.
The exit exam was first mandated by
the regents in October, although more
time has been needed since then “to
study the situation," Hays said However,
the regents have now decided the Univer
sity “must have a test spring quarter,"
he added.
Regents replace Harris with Bell
Coalition picks
executive slate
By JOYIA ANTHONY
News editor
Charles Harris was replaced as chair
man of (he Board of Regents by Dr. John
A. Bell Jr., and George L. Simpson was
reappointed chancellor of the board at its
monthly meeting Wednesday.
"He will continue to serve as a full
fledged member of the board" until his
term expires. McMillan said
Bell, whose term expires in 1977, was
replaced as vice chairman—his former
position—by board member Charles Ox
ford
psychology al the University who attend
ed the meeting.
Bell's replacement of Harris is "partly
a result of the situation here at the
University.” Goolsby said.
Harris, who has acted as chairman
"for several years," elected "not to run
for reappointment," according to board
member Eldridge W McMillan
BOTH SIMPSON and his vice chancel
lor John O. Eidson were reappointed by
the board. Simpson's reappointment was
termed "unfortunate" by Tom Goolsby,
an associate professor in educational
The regents “tried to make it appear
that change was being done with the
other appointments and that’s not so." he
said.
“You have to gel the flavor for their
maneuvering. They're pulling fingers in
the dike to plug the holes," Goolsby said.
IN HOSPITAL SUII
Testimony continues
By JIM GALLOW AY
City editor
Prosecution witness Dr. James Beall, a
psychiatrist who held a short meeting
with Ina Mae Lynch on the day before
she disappeared from her hospital room,
testifies Wednesday afternoon that Mrs.
Lynch should have been "under close
care and supervision than the average
patient."
Beall qualified his statement under
cross examination, however, and admit
ted that, although Mrs. Lynch exhibited
"ambivilency and anger," he did not
have enough information to say whether
she acted "peculiar" to her situation
The $1 million damage suit against the
Hospital Authority of Clarke County and
Athens General Hospital, filed in Superi
or Court by Edmund Lynch, Mrs.
Lynch's husband, and their three chil
dren. charges negligence in the April S,
1974 death of Mrs. Lynch.
While recovering from surgery to
repair a perforated sigmoid colon, Mrs
Lynch wandered away from her room in
Athens General Hospital April 5, 1974.
and five days later was found dead in the
hospital's first floor stairwell closet.
HER . DEATH was later ruled acci
dental
Beall said he was asked to examine
Mrs. Lynch by her doctors.
Defense attorney Eugene Epting asked
Beall if he had had a "psychiatric
interview" with Mrs Lynch. Beall said
he had only had an informal talk with
her, but had recommended further psy
chiatric consultation in the hospital
report he filed, which was also read into
the court's record.
"Did she in anyway indicate that she
would hide or leave the hospital?” Epting
asked Beall replied no.
"Did such a possibility enter your
mind?" Epting asked Beall again said
"no.”
Testimony began Wednesday morning,
and witnesses heard before the afternoon
recess included Lynch. Dr Nile Clark,
the Lynch's family physician, and Dr
David Maxwell, the surgeon in charge of
Mrs Lynch's operation.
UNDER TESTIMONY. Lynch said he
did not "communicate" to hospital per-
sonel his concern for his wife's behavior
after her operation, according to The
Athens Banner-Herald
Lynch said he did convey to hospital
personnel Mrs Lynch's complaints that
visitors across the corridor were being
too "noisy” and "kept coming in and
using her bathroom."
Also testifying Wednesday afternoon
was William Haynes, maintenance super
visor for the hospital in 1974.
Haynes, who discovered Mrs Lynch's
body, said he had been asked "personal
!y” to look for Mrs. Lynch the day her
body was found because he is so familiar
with the hospital's layout.
Under defense questioning, Haynes
said he had been approached by one of
the nurses searching (or Mrs. Lynch the
day she was discovered missing, and
subsequently assigned another hospital
employe, the "only man on duty" at the
time, to help in the search.
Opening statements made Tuesday
indicated the plaintiffs intend to prove
that Mrs Lynch, suffering from psycho
logical problems, was "permitted in that
condition to do harm to herself.”
THE BOARD'S maneuvers “are the
same as the position being taken here,”
he added
Bryan Lindsey, who is an assistant
professor in the College of Education and
also attended the board meeting, said the
change in top board personnel was
"something we must interpret for our
selves
"We have to ask the question, ’Why did
they appoint Bell?' Harris had served as
chairman for several years and his term
won't expire until 1978 while Bell has only
a few months to go," he said.
The board also resolved that University
System faculty members would not be
granted pay raises for next year. Pay
raises granted in 1976 would be annualiz
ed for faculty, according to Goolsby
However, the board took no formal
action on the budget for fiscal year 1977,
McMillan said. "We discussed the bud
get. but 1 understand we will meet in the
future to review the four areas covered in
the budget."
No students appeared at the meeting
"but spring is just around the corner,"
one member said.
Faculty and student discontent at the
University was discussed at length Tues
day which indicates that the regents have
felt the pressure from faculty and
students. Goolsbv said.
By BEVERLY THOMAS
Staff writer
Nelson Ross, a junior journalism
major, was chosen to head Coalition's
executive slate during the spring elec
tions and vie for the position of president
of the Student Government Association
(SGA)
During a meeting Tuesday night, the
party members also nominated Mark
Zornig. a cultural geography major, for
executive vice president. Lisa Green
(Arts and Sciences), a member of the
Student Senate Allocations Committee,
will be the party's candidate for adminis
trative vice president.
In addressing party members, Ross
said, "There is a serious educational
crisis here " He added. "Students need a
voice in decisions that affect them." He
vowed not to run on a "50-point plat
form" which he cannot deliver but to be
honest with the students
Despite internal problems within Coal
ition fall quarter which led to the
resignation of several party members,
Ross said Coalition is "even stronger now
and I see it as becoming more of a vital
force in the future ”
ZORNIG IS a member of the Idea-
Production-Idea Processing (IP) group
which sponsored the two campus rallies
Athens—Atlanta
flights altered
Ry Jl I.IK KL’HR
Southern Airways announced a change
in its flight schedule Tuesday that would
Capsule news
Impression on sale
The Impression fantasy issue will go on sale today through March 17 at
Memorial. Park, the main library and various other campus locations Cost of the
magazine is 25 cents.
Allocations forms
If your campus organization has not yet received forms for spring line item
allocations, the appropriate forms may be picked up in the Student Government
Association (SGA) office In order to be eligible for Student Activities money for
fiscal year 1976 77 these forms must be completed and returned to SGA by April 1.
Mangione sold out
Tickets for the March 12 concert of Chuck Mangione have been sold out
replace early morning and evening
service form Atlanta to Athens with late
morning and afternoon flights
“I consider it a schedule that eli
minates two strong flights," J.B Giles,
Clarke County Municipal Airport mana
ger. said
A flight leaving Athens at 7:25 a m and
arriving in Atlanta at 8 a m. and a flight
leaving Atlanta at 8:35 p m and arriving
in Athens at 9:09 p.m. have been
canceled due to the action
The Clarke County Airport will be
provided with a flight leaving Atlanta at
10:25 a m . turning around in Athens, and
arriving back in Atlanta at 11:50 a m
Photos by IVA NICHOLS
Wanna be a star?
People interested in becoming a star are shown being interviewed for their big
chance—the opportunity to appear as an extra in a movie currently being filmed in
Madison. The movie. l>o You Rmember those Poker-playing Monkeys?, stars
Arthur Godfrey and Richard Benjamin Auditions will continue in Madison
through! Ihe weekend
ALSO, A flight will leave Atlanta at 3
p.m., stop in Athens, and then return to
Atlanta at 4:25 p m.
The schedule changes will go into effect
as of April 1, a Southern spokesman said
"There will be the same amount of
service, just the times have changed," he
said.
A total of 20 cities were given sche
duling changes recently since Southern is
"always making changes," he added
Asked whether the flight changes have
any connection with a Clarke County-
owned landfill located near the airport,
he said there is no connection. "I don't
even know about that situation," he
added
Federal funds have been withheld from
the airport because the Federal Aviation
Administration >I-AA> said the landfill
attracts birds to the nearby airport,
causing a hazard to aircraft using the
facility
Parking
penalty
changed
on the educational crisis earlier this
quarter In addition, he was SGA minis
ter to the environment in 1973.
O' his lomination Zornig said, "I have
some mixed emotions about it. I was
seeking the presidential nomination." He
added, however, “I feel my service in the
party can help get the platform into SGA.
My main effort will be to get the
platform in.
"With Nelson's experience and my vote
drawing ability as well as Lisa, we will
be able to win the election," Zornig said.
Coalition, which was formed in 1972
and is the campus' oldest political party,
also began work on its party platform for
the coming campaign.
IN THE tenative platform outline, the
party addresses the educational crisis,
vows to implement “effective communi
cation between all segments of the
University community," and to continue
support for the rights of women, blacks
and other minorities
Steve Patrick, senate treasurer and
veteran Coalition member said in an
opening statement that “Coalition has
always stood for quality education,
human rights and democratic decision
making "
He added that the party has often been
"at odds" with the University administ
ration "The reason for that position is
because the administration in the past
and even today has not shared our belief
of democratic decision-making,’ Patrick
said
He said. "Coalition has been a pace
setter in many things It wasn't popular
two or three years ago to say you were
discontent with the president or provost
We were saying that before it became
popular and this ithe platform) is just a
continuation of our efforts
"Coalition is people, people who share
common beliefs about a political process
and who seek to apply that process to the
institution of which they are a part,”
Patrick said
Marvin Van Vleck. head of the Traffic
Safety Department, has announced that
effective immediately students will be
allowed to park in any student zone after
3 p m. without getting a ticket.
The previous rule had been that
students could park in any zone after $
p.m.
The rule was changed because there
were "not many cars in the lots in the
afternoon." Van Vleck said. "It was
foolish to keep students out of them."
The reason there are not many cars in
the lots in the afternoon is that moat
students have their classes in the
morning, he said The overcrowding _ of
the lots in the morning could be
alleviated if "we could get professors to
schedule more classes in the afternoon "
The new rule applies to all zones except
A and D. which are faculty and staff
parking lots. Van Vleck added