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Star Trek returns
By RON CLARK
"Space The final frontier."
When William Shatner first
spoke these words on Sep. 8,
1986, no one knew just how
wide the Star Trek frontier
would be, or the number of
willing settlers it would at
tract. Star Trek has been
written about, video-taped,
made into plays, animated,
analyzed, analogued prodded
at and poked about, and it’s
still a growing phenomenon.
The newest addition to the
Star Trek universe is Star
Trek: The New Voyages.
Though books have been writ
ten on Star Trek adventures
before, such as Alan Dean
Foster's Star Trek Log series'
which was, to use a Harlan
Ellison term, a lox, and the
James Blish Star Trek books
(which were just as bad, al
though the covers were more
interesting) this one is the
best
The New Voyages is like a
iong shore leave on an M-type
planet The book is a collection
of eight short stories written
by fans which are (forgive me,
Spock) fascinating.
For those who drool at the
mere mention of the name
"Roddenberry,” the producer
of the television series wrote
the foreword-one of the weak
er points in an otherwise out
standing book. He throws in
every catch-phrase he de
veloped in the last decade of
Star Trek promotion, including
the dead horse, "We thought
there must be an intelligent
life out there beyond the tele
vision tube.”
With that pain behind you,
the remaining portion of the
work is an unblemished mas
terpiece. Cast members have
written introductions to each of
the eight stories Fittingly,
Leonard (Mr. Spock) Nimoy
does the first—Clair Gabriel's
“Ni Var,” a tale of shattered
personality. Spock’s never-end
ing battle with himself finally
comes to a climax when the
Vulcan and human in him are
separated into two separate
Spocks.
The two examine each other
in the round and see their
reluctant and vital dependence
upon each other. The venture
is painful for the Vulcan and
almost unbearable for the hu
man "Ni Var" rates with
"Amok Time” by Theodore
Sturgeon in showing Spock at
his most anguished
"Intersection Point" by
Juanita Coulson, with intro by
James (Scotty) Doohan, has
the Enterprise in contact with
an unknown energy field that
has dealt a gaping wound to
the star-vessel. The ship can
not leave until it has retrieved
a vital component but the field
ruins the mind.
“The Enchanted Pool" by
Marcia Ericson, with intro by
Nichelle (Uhura) Nichols, has
Spock trapped on a planet with
a wood nymph. Only the Vul
can’s kiss can free them both
from the evil spell that binds
them.
Ruth Berman's “Visit to a
Weird Planet Revisited” with
introduction by “Nurse Cha
pel" (Majel Barrett Rodden-
bury-the producer's wife), is
about a routine day on the Star
Trek set that goes wrong
Everyone is hot and sweaty
under the shooting lights as
William Shatner, Leonard Ni
moy and DeForest Kelly step
onto the transporter
When they get off, the cam
eras have disappeared and
they have a real Klingon
cruiser breathing down on a
real Enterprise How do TV
actors take command of a real
star ship when there’s no
director around?
“Face on the Barroom
Floor," "The Hunting” and
"The Winged Dreams," intro
duced by George (Sulu) Takei
and DeForest (Bones) Kelly,
are all outstanding narratives
of the Enterprise and her
crew. These stories take the
characters down from their
demi god perches and make
them breathing, moving peo
ple
The last story in the book,
"Mind Sifter” is the best of
these superlative stories.
If you’ve ever wanted to see
Spock as Captain don't miss
this book Read it and savor.
Book review
Resignation due to faculty unrest
By STEVE BILLS
Assistant news editor
It would be difficult to trace
the resignation of Provost S.
William Pelletier to a single
cause. It seems rather that the
provost was partially a victim
of circumstances surrounding
the University and Georgia
over the past nine minths •
Three general areas of con
flict-faculty unrest, internal
dissensions and externa) dif
ficulties—contributed to the at
mosphere that led to Pelle
tier's resignation on March S.
A brief chronology of events
in each area that led to the
current situation at the Uni
versity follows.
FACULTY UNREST. Gover
nor George Bus bee surprised
the state last June when he
called a special legislative
session to cut the budget.
There was speculation that
promised pay raises to Univer
sity employes wtodld fall uhder
the axe Representative Hugh
Logan (Athens) said raises to
teachers didn’t seem to be "a
high priority."
By the end of the special
session the legislature had cut
over $5 million from the Uni
versity’s budget, including $2.8
million in promised pay raises.
Davison in a July 15 mem
orandum called restoration of
the rescinded pay raises his
“top priority."
The American Association of
University Professors (AAUP)
would go to court to restore
the raises, Rolf Bargmann
announced July 30. After the
case traveled through the
courts for six months, the
Georgia Supreme Court ruled
in AAUP’s favor.
Meanwhile, reports of facul
ty discontent were sufacing.
The political science depart
ment was said to be losing
faculty members because of
low pay, lost raises, hiring
and promotion policies—which
were implemented through
Pelletier’s office—and the de
partment's structure.
Five nontenured instructors
in the art department allegedly
lost their positions in a depart
mental shakeup These were
"strong members" of the de
partment, one source said; but
the senior faculty members
who voted on the dismissals
were under a "pledge of si
lence" not to reveal the cir
cumstances.
Associate Professor Thomas
Goolsby sued the University
over the promotion policy. His
suit said he "had met all
reasonable requirements" but
had "spoken out on controver
sial issues" and was not pro
moted as a punitive measure.
Tenure policy was a source
of confusion to many nonten
ured faculty members. A new
policy from the University
Council was unclear to some,
and others did not know whe
ther they fell under the new
policy or the old one.
The AAUP opposed the “up
or out” provision of the new
policy; namely, that professors
who were not promoted within
a certain period of time would
lose their contracts and that
promotion depended more up
on researching and publishing
than teaching
The Atlanta Journal and
Constitution reported on Oct.
25 that some untenured profes
sors could lose their positions
because of the new policy.
INTERNAL DISSENSIONS.
Dean of Men Emeritus William
E. Tate spoke at the first
protest rally and said, "Wis
dom does not lie with him
(Pelletier).”
Pelletier objected to Tate's
speech and wrote him a letter
demanding a public retraction
of alleged misstatements. Tate
sent Pelletier's letter, along
with a letter containing his
observations, to the Athens
Banner Herald for publication.
The Atlanta Juurnal did a
story on the conflict between
Tate and Pelletier, in which
Tate reportedly accused Pelle
tier and Beaird of "interfer
ence... with the law school"
that led to Alford's resignation.
Beaird threatened to sue Tate
over the statement
EXTERNAL DIFFICUL
TIES. The same week the
Georgia Supreme Court ruled
in favor of the AAUP, Busbee
announced a second round of
rollbacks creating a profound
shift in emphasis on University
problems.
On March 2 The Red and
Black reported faculty morale
so low it was beginning to
interfere with the operation of
the University.
THE FACULTY POLL. All
this merely a prologue to the
poll conducted by the Arts and
Sciences faculty senate Con
ducted by the Arts and Sci
ences faculty senate Conduc
ted during the week preceding
Thanksgiving. 54.9 per cent of
the faculty gave Pelletier an
“F” rating.
Pelletier announced his res
ignation on the windy after
noon of March 5 Response was
mixed.
Exam schedule
Monday, March 15
8-11 a m. BIO 101,102; BOT 121,122
Noon-3 p.m. Period 6
3:30-8:30 p.m. CHM 111, 112, 122, 240, 241, 340, 341
7:30-10:30 p.m. Periods 10, 14; QM 109, 312
Tuesday, March 16'
8-11 a m. Period 8
Noon 3 p.m. ENG 100, 101, 102, 131, 132, CML 121, 122
3:30-6:30 p.m. Period 4, 9
7:30-10:30 p.m. Periods 1,13
Wednesday, March 17
8-lla.m. ACC 110, 111; MAT 253 , 254
Noon-3 p.m. Period 7
3:30-6:30 p m. FRSp- GER 101, 102, 103; FR 104
7:30-10:30 p.m. Periods 3, 11
Thursday March 18
8-ll a.m.
Noon-3 p.m.
3:30-6:30 p.m.
7:30-10:30 p.m.
Period 2
Period 5
POL 101
Period 12. PCS 101. 127, 128, 229
Dr George E Boyd of the Chemistry
department, has been named recipient of the
1976 Charles H Stone Award, presented
annually by the Carolina-Piedmont section of
the American Chemical Society (ACS).
The award, endowed by the estate of the
late Charles H Stone, recognizes outstanding
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