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The lied and Black. Thursday. March II. 1976
STEVE BURNS
Editorials
Join the journalist jump
The Red and Black
Another barrier
As if it weren’t hard enough to
graduate from college..
Seniors’ nightmares have ma
terialized. Seniors in the Univer
sity system (and that means
seniors at this University, too,
WILL be required to take the
senior exit exams effective
spring quarter, 1976. It is upon
us, in other words.
The Board of Regents has
struck again. This body has
autocratically dumped another
meaningless hassle upon stu
dents. This is plainly another
case of University students get
ting it in the back without
comment or chance for reaction,
not unlike the two recent tuition
hikes.
Law, veterinary medicine and
pharmacy students will not have
to take the exam, “since those
schools do not offer baccalaureate
degrees," according to William
Hays, vice president for instruc
tion. Students will have to take
either the National Teachers
Exam, the Graduate Record
Exam (GRE) or the GRE-
Aptitude “in addition to an exam
designed specifically by that
school or college,” according to
The practice of drafting col
lege basketball players before
their graduation is well into its
seventh year of existence. Dur
ing that period of time, much
criticism has been leveled upon
the "hardship draft” and those
players who have left promising
college careers in search of the
almighty dollar, not to mention
fame and fortune.
For the first time, the Georgia
basketball team may fee the
effects of the hardship draft as
sophomore forward Jacky Dor
sey, the team's leading scorer
and rebounder, has applied for
hardship status for the upcoming
pro draft.
Georgia has never had a
player with the talent and capa
bilities of the Atlanta native. In
just two seasons Dorsey has
become the fifth leading scorer
in Georgia history and seems
destined to reap All-America
honors and lead the Dogs into
contention for the SEC cham-
the regulations. All schools or
colleges have to administer one
of these three tests.
Interesting is the note that the
Board of Regents plans to foot
the bill for the test ($21 per
student i. With over 130,000 stu
dents in the entire system, this is
indeed a substantial cost. How
can the regents afford this
expense when they supposedly
couldn't afford to pay their
professors contracted-for pay
raises this year, and money is
supposedly so tight?
What is the test supposed to
prove? We understand a student
cannot fail the test, and the score
does not go on the student’s
transcript. Therefore, it is ob
viously an attempt by the re
gents to measure academic
achievement and performance.
This could prove very embarras-
ing to the system.
These tests are being imple
mented in Georgia at a time
when many universities around
the country are doing away with
similar tests. There, but for the
grace of the regents, would we
be.
pionship if he remains in school
until his four years of eligibility
are complete.
Arguments exist on both sides
of the matter concerning the
education and life experience
lost by giving up half of one's
college education.
Certainly there is much to gain
monetarily if Dorsey signs with a
professional team, but the mone
tary issue could be sweetened, so
to speak, by remaining on the
college level, receiving more
national recognition and shar
pening his skills in the next two
seasons.
Maybe Dorsey would profit by
studying the examples of players
like David Thompson, John Lu-
cus, Keith Wilkes and Adrian
Dantley, all of whom have
turned down the professional
urge and have come out ^11 the
better for their patience.
What really needs to be said is
“Jacky won’t you please stay?”
Issues and problems never seem to
take on proper magnitude until they
strike close to home
Monday evening. Georgia basketball
sensation Jacky Dorsey announced he
would file for profes
sional hardship,
meaning he will be
eligible for the pro
draft even though he
is only a sophomore.
This is nothing
new Pro basketball
teams have been
plucking college un
derclassmen and even high school seniors
from their campuses, dates and drive-ins
with regularity the past few years. The
Atlanta Hawks have three active players
who have not yet reached their senior
year in college The robbing will go on
and on as long as fans continue to pay the
"Politics at national level can still be
comprehended by politics-as-property
provided one remembers that moral
integrity lor the public impression of
such) in a high politician is also property,
since it brings power
and-or emoluments
to him."
These lines were
written by Norman
Mailer in his book.
Miami amt the Srige
of Chicago, soon af
ter the Chicago De
mocratic convention
of 1968.
Mailer's statement that "politics-is-
property" is important in light of the
Tuesday Florida primary.
Jimmy Carter came out of that
primary a winner and in so doing took
with him some of the property of Wallace
—that of the Washington D C. outsider,
the down homer, the "good ole boy" who
will bring the country back to its people
He also did not lose any of his property
to Sen. Scoop' Jackson who diligently
tried to push Carter under the same
Hob Alexander is slate editor of The Red
and Ifluck
circus tent as Wallace who as we all
know stood in front of the school house
door and yelled "damn Yankees!"
Moral integrity in the 1976 elections can
be translated twofold: that of honesty
and that of being outside the Washington
power base. Much to the chagrin of the
other candidates Carter has moved in on
that piece of property.
Next door is Jackson who accuses
Carter of actually being Wallace's back
yard. Wallace who is also next door
makes the same accusation and declares
that he is the chosen one to lead the
"American" people out ol the bondage
the Washington "pointy-headed bureau
crats."
Carter just sits there on his land
grinning that Plains. Ga. smile knowing
that his hard work and determination has
put him on top of the heap forcing the
other candidates to dig away.
The bone of contention among political
animals is that Carter has indeed moved
ticket prices that keep the checks from
bouncing.
The practical and moral considera
tions are numerous and are strictly up to
Dorsey himself. He has a tremendous
future either as a colegian. where he is
easily the finest player ever on this
campus, or as a professional, where he
will also undoubtedly excel as well as
reap a bundle in a hurry.
But the educational and mental devel
opment of the individual is what is
imperiled by such action Young men
suddenly thrust into the harsh, profes
sional world, even though it may be just
a game, are too often unprepared and
make their life a shambles from acting
out of sheer ingnorance.
I know The opportunity was presented
me during the past few days. Though I
carefully suppressed, diluted, or misdi-
in on their property. First, as a matter of
down home politics, he did ask Wallace
next door to speak to the Georgia
Legislature and he asked his fellow
Georgians to turn on their lights in
protest of Lt. William Calley’s conviction.
Second, he balanced that show of color
around his neck by appointing more
blacks to state government than any of
his predecessors which takes some of the
property away from his liberal opponents
lodged in their ivory towers.
Third, Carter happened to be the
governor of a progressive state and his
governmental reorganization boosts him
nationally although it is still debated here
whether it was for the good or better.
However, our little game of land-use
classification is not complete without our
stale clown, former Gov. lister G.
Maddox, who took it upon himself to
show those Yankees what a crook Carter
is.
His little display of assininity in New
Hampshire probably gave Carter more
property than he lost, but it also gave
Jackson some ammonition by linking
Carter and Maddox together even though
they are bitter political foes.
To people who never heard of Carter
but have heard of Maddox, Jackson can
just put their names together and some
of that property will erode. Jackson
(hopefullyi can only carry that charade
so far before he looks about as clownish
as Maddox.
Of all the candidates running so far, it
seems to this observer that Carter has a
large slice of property. This is not to say
Jackson or Hubert Humphrey do not
either because their ace in the corner is
the big union vote of the industrial north.
It Carter can hop up there and annex
some of that land (most notably the rank
and file) then the chances of his
nomination will certainly be stronger
from the two foundations of properly:
that Mailer describes as important:
ideological institutions and the electorate.
"A statesman or leader has no political
substance unless he is the servant of
ideological institutions or interests and
the available moial passions of the
electorate, so serving, hw is the agent of
the political power they bestow on him,
which power is certainly a property.”
The beckoning buck
ROB ALEXANDER
Infighting marks
campaign trails
letter$i^3ietieis
'Sandy , I'm a horn player'
TO THE EDITOR:
Although I appreciate Sandy Evans'
remark that I played the opening of
Brubecks' The Gates of Justice in a style
that was "emotionally dramatic." please
stand corrected that I play horn, not
tuba The next time you send someone to
do a review , please make sure they have
at least had Music 300
It. CLAY RAMSEY
'Discrimination
against golfers'
TO THE EDITOR:
Propaganda would have us believe the
University does not discriminate against
any of the various segments of its
population Well, I consider myself a
member of one of the most discriminated
against groups on this campus
Why? I happen to like to play golf, and
as all you golfers know, it costs an arm
and a leg to enjoy a couple of hours of
our favorite sport
There is only one course and it is
always crowded, while those who happen
to like tennis can play and play for free
Now I ask you—is this fair’
I know the argument that it costs a
fortune to build and maintain a golf
course, while tennis courts can be built
in a small space for only a few thousand
dollars and cost little to maintain. But I
say that in all sense of fairness, if the
University cannot furnish free golf
courses, then let them charge the tennis
players. •
It would be a great source of much-
needed revenue and would eliminate a
case of flagrant discrimination at the
same time The fees charged could be
scaled down due to the shorter amount of
time it takes to play and the small space
needed, but I'm dead serious when I say
that if 1 and my golf loving friends have
to pay. then let the tennis buffs pay also
NAME WITHHELD
'Where are the
evaluations ?'
TO THE EDITOR:
For almost a year I've heard Student
Government officials promise faculty-
course evaluations. Where are they - ’
Statements spread from "reliable
sources" said we would have these
evaluations by fall 1975. SGA affiliates
ran around spring quarter 1975 gathering
data for these faculty-course evaluations
Where are they?
Last fall in several classes. I filled out
a long list of questions upon the request
of SGA persons. I did my part and
answered the questions to the best of my
ability I was assured this information
would aid students in registration for
spring quarter 1976 Spring registration
came and went. Where were the faculty-
course evaluations' 1
After a year of promises for this
faculty-course evaluation, it has not been
delivered. If it takes this long for SGA to
complete a simple project, how in the
hell do they expect us to believe they can
accomplish such teats as a new Universi
ty Union, the abolishment of the fresh
man residency requirement, and a stu
dent on the Board of Regents
I don't know what person and-or
persons have been given the responsibili
ty of delivering this service to the
students, but they have failed miserably.
ROBERT ROPER
'I won't take
other's credit 1
TO THE EDITOR:
There were several errors in last
Thursday's front-page article on the SGA
candidates It attributed one accom
plishment—that I was instrumental "in
designating pedestrian areas of the
campus during class hours' —to me This
was. in fact, not due to my efforts. Joe
Fowler, as a senator in 1971. spearheaded
Letters policy
Letters to the editor should:
o Be t>ped. double spaced, on a
60-space line,
o Be brief, to th« point,
o Include name, address and phone
number of contributor.
o Be original, rather than duplicates
of letters to other persons or publi
cations.
Names will be withheld (or good
reason upon request, but must bear
the abo\e information
Tetters are subject to editing for
style and libel la*s as sell as for
space limitations.
this policy change I. also, am chairper
son of the academics committee rather
than chairperson of student affairs.
Whether the information was derived
from an over-zealous supporter I do not
know But 1 will not take credit for the
work of others.
STEVE IIATHCOCK
C andidate for S(iA President
Action Alliance
Take time out
to show core'
TO TIIE EDITOR:
Pete Foley in his article "Not Solid
Gold" wrote a most appropriate and well-
intentioned piece He concludes by stat
ing that friends need one another The
rarest and yet kindest gift an individual
can give another is his time—time to just
chat, to compliment or gently chastise, to
encourage or suggest, but mainly to care.
Foley makes this point succinctly. But
many of us are "to busy to bother"—too
busy with research articles, or prepar
ations for class, or just "living"
Slow down a bit and listen for others.
Caring and happiness are qualities that
come from within No one can steal these
from you. although they are. in a real
sense, true valuables Look about and
just tell someone you care. Maybe in this
wav someone else can be made some
what happier by your presence Obvious
ly Foley understands these needs of
others
MARIA FRIEDA KILLINGS
reeled news reports of it, I was offered a
$l2.000-plus expenses multi-month con
tract to join Sports Superhvpe Triweekly,
a budding sports publication.
"We think you've got unlimited poten
tial as a sports journalist." said the
Steve Burns is editor of The Ited and
Black
managing editor, fresh from a stint as
Hollywood Horrors editor, "You were a
dud as a grade and high school athlete,
you don't care at all about your classes,
you have minimal knowledge of the
sports you cover, you drink a lot, and you
have a sense of outrage and don’t care
who you offend with your stories"
I was flabbergasted Here I was, all set
to serve out my term as editor and
scrounge for a job this summer and fall
(and winter and spring, probably) and
just kind of ease along on the campus
scene, when alone this come.
"It sounds like a good idea," 1 told him,
“but why don't you let me check my
options and advisors before I give you
my final word, okay?" He agreed, and
hung up.
Good fortune didn't stop here, though
Since I have also ventured into music and
political writing. I began receiving feel
ers from the pros there, too. (When word
gets out. you're ready to jump, the word
spreads like fire. I guess).
The "Chief Dude” (that’s his title) of
Potomac Plunder, a new unbound weekly
news, music and politics rag printed on
parchment, said they wanted me to join
them as a “dirty tricks" reasearcher and
occasional off-color columnist
"I don't know if that's really up my
alley." I told him. "How much money
are we talking about?"
"About $10,000 a year, plus we have
24-hour a day stereo vibes playin' in the
office and parties every weekend with all
the congressmen’s wives and children.
They get loose and really let fly with the
secrets," he said.
A day or so after that, I spoke with a
young man over the phone who said he
wanted me to get in on the gound floor of
a new monthly musical mag. Disco
Dump.
“You can become our resident gonzo
journalist and do live-in interviews and
profiles of people like Bob Dylan and
Ravi Shankar, all kindsa dudes,
y’know,", he said in his low, hazy
monotone. "You gotta good head on your
shoulders and we know you didn’t learn
any of that standard journalism trash at
the school you’re at now. You'd fit in
good here. We'd pay ya what we could
None of us make a lot, but we get by and
we've gotta hell of an operation.”
I was in a quandary. Should I jump, go
for the big money and possible instant
stardom and come back for my minimal
degree requirments? Or should I stay on
another quarter or so at the ol' Henry W
Grady school, spending long nights
hunched over an archaic writing machine
sucking on machine coffee or warm
beer?
“I think I oughta go.” I told my advisor
who had engineered similar journalist
jumps to major newspapers and maga
zines. "I don’t think I can improve much
more here I can write with the best of
'em and my market value won't be that
much higher later. What if I break a
finger or something?"
I had followed with interest the athletes
,
who jumped to the pros or who held out
for zillion dollar contracts. They all had
slick, conniving agents who did all the ^
work for them and then wound up getting
75 per cent of the money or something
equally devious
This is why 1 very reluctantly ap-,
preached my advisor on this matter. I
was not sure whether to put my future in
the hands ol someone who had been
instrumental in my getting enrolled in t
some of the worthless classes ever
devised, but I figured age counted for
something.
"And also, you have to keep in mind
that Superhype might buy out the other*
sports mags and then they would have
the market cornered No more competi
tive bidding and you're out in the cold,"
he reminded me
"Yeah. I could enjoy it a lot more
there. I could do my own thing, be a lot
looser, perfect my style and not have to
worry about some hack teaching me bad’
habits." I said.
After much travail and agonizing, I
decided more seasoning was necessary
I'm still unproven in big league compel) ’
tion and this way of life does have it's
good advantages.
Listening, roundballers?
FRANKLY SPEAKING
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