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VOLUME 82, NUMBER M
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3 0 )976 TUESDAY. MARCH IIO, 1976
Regents to consider request
for $15 dorm fee increase
By BUDDY HALLER
Staff writer
Along with the 10 per cent tuition hike
which took effect this quarter. University
students may soon face increased costs
for living in the residence halls.
John W Bowden, an accountant for the
Univeristy Housing Department, said
Monday a request for a $15 per student
per quarter increase in dorm fees has
been presented to the Board of Regents
for approval If the regents approve the
increase, it would take effect fall quarter,
Bowden said
For residents of Brumby and Russell,
the quarterly costs would increase from
$160 to $175; for all other dorm residents
the rise would be from *145 to $160
INCREASES IN utility rates, sewer
taxes and water bills have created a
projected deficit in the operating budge!
of the residence halls of $86,730 for the
current fiscal year, according to Bowden
"Utility rates just exploded a year ago
The sewer tax has gone up 70 per cent
this year Water rates have gone up 12
per cent since March 1,” Bowden said in
explaining the increasing costs of operat
ing the residence halls
Officer orientation motion
In the one-year interval from June
1974, when the last hike in dorm fees took
effect, until June 1975, the housing
department was forced to pay $219,514.33
in increased costs of operation of the
to provide SAC continuity
halls, Bowden said “There's just no way
we can cover these inflationary costs '
without a fee hike, he added
By ROBERT ALEXANDER
State editor
first meeting and we weren't familiar
with the people running." he said.
The Student Advisory Council (SAC) to
the Board of Regents approved motions
at last Saturday’s “lame duck" session
which would help new officers in orien
ting themselves to the council and
establish a system of “continuity” for
them.
The council also approved a motion to
recommend to all Student Government
Associations (SGA) in the university
system to conduct "presidential prefer
ence polls" on their campuses.
Vice Chairman Howell Swain proposed
in the Rules and Efficiency Committee
that the council recommend to the SGAs
that they hold their executive elections
one SAC meeting prior to the SAC
elections. This would be done “so new
officers will have a chance to run for SAC
TIIE OFFICERS for SAC include the
chairman and vice chairman, secretary
and the chairmen and secretaries for
each committee.
The council also approved a motion
from Carolyn Wildes, administrative vice
president of the SGA at the University,
which recommends that each school
conduct its own presidential preference
poll
Wildes said the polls would be, "an
effort to create student interest and
awareness in the U S. presidential can
didates and their qualifications."
The polls would also generate some
publicity for SAC and would cost between
$20 and $25 for the individual schools.
Swain said
atives that, “the Regents will defray the
cost of the test."
"The individual departments at individ
ual institutions have selected the tests. In
most areas we can use a standardized
test. There are just a few areas where
they don't use a standardized test," he
said.
ESTIMATING i HAT the increase would
provide an additional $255,000 in revenue,
Bowden said “Historically, we try to
budget (a fee hike) every two years.
"We don't get any state subsidy. We
have to raise money from rents,” he
said.
As an auxilliary of the University, the
housing department is prohibited from
operating at a loss, Bowden said
He added that the revenue shortfall of
offices," he said
The elections of SAC officers occurs at
the first meeting of new SAC members.
This year the University’s elections
will be held on April 7 and the next SAC
meeting is scheduled for April 23. The
statute will go into effect next spring and
Swain hopes the schools will change their
election dates by then.
IN ORDER to establish continuity for
the change of officers, Swain also
proposed that the SAC elections occur
one quarter before the new officers take
office.
This waiting period would give new
officers a period of orientation before
they take office, Swain said.
Mark Korsling, executive vice presi
dent of the SGA at the University, voted
for the motion. Lack of continuity for the
council "has been a problem, he said.
"At last May's elections we held our
TIIE COUNCIL also established in
writing that the regent's Major Area
Exam would be known as such and not as
the “exit exam." In addition the stu
dent’s transcript would only show that
the student had taken the exam.
The motion as it came out of the Legal
Rights Committee was intended to esta
blish in writing what the regents have
already stated their policy would be. The
action would hold the regents account
able in the case they renege on their
policy.
One of the recommendations SAC sent
to the board at February’s meeting asked
that students would not have to pay for
the exam. That recommendation was
adopted by the board.
Last week The Red and Black reported
the test would be paid out of the Regent's
Contingency Fund. In the Academic
Improvement Committee Saturday Dr.
Charles Nash assured the SAC represent-
Capsule news
Sr. class president open
Persons interested in running for the position of senior class president may pick
up applications at the Student Government Association Office in Memorial The
deadline for completed applications iS Wednesday, March 31. For further
information call 8-3319.
Allocations forms due
If your campus organization has not yet received forms for spring line item
allocations, you may pick up the appropriate forms in the Student Government
Association offices. In order to be eligible for student activities money for Fiscal
Year 1976 77, these forms must be completed and returned to Student Government
by April 1.
Hockey bus trip
A bus trip to the Atlanta Flames vs. the Minnesota North Stais hockey game
Friday will be sponsored by the University Union. Reservations may be made at
the information booth in Memorial
Candidates
qualify
FOR SWINE FLU
No vaccination planned yet
Following is an additon tc the list run
in Friday’s Red and Black of candidates
who have been certified by the Student
Government Association Elections Com
mittee to run for office in the spring
elections:
Certified to run for president are Reid
L. Sifen (I) and Munchin Mark Capallo
(I). Mike Anastasia (I) was certified to
run for executive vice president.
Certified to run for the seat.in the
University Council representing Agricul
ture, Home Economics, Forestry Re
sources. Environmental Design and So
cial Work is David Day (F).
Mark Grantham (I) and Dianne Woo
ten iF) were certified to run for the seat
representing Law, Veterinary Medicine,
Pharmacy, and Journalism
Jodie O'Connell (D and Anderson
Frazer (A) have been certified to run for
the two seats representing the Graduate
School.
Cedrlifted to run for the two University
Council Seats representing Arts and
Sciences were Tony Dawley (I), Andy
Anderson IF) and Marshall Rogers (AA).
In the Student Senate, Andy Anderson
tF), Bruce Parsons (AA) and David
Moreland (I) of Arts and Sciences were
certified to run.
Faye Lamhut (I), Donald J. Hoeler (I),
Jay Brill (I) and David Perrie (F) were
certified to run from Business Adminis
tration
Certified to run for senate in Pharmacy
were Ted Hunt (I) and William Carter
Bullard (I).
John Crowers (F) and Keith Winn (F)
were certified to run for Education
By CHRIS GUIDE
Assistant news editor
University Health Services has no
concrete plan yet to implement President
Gerald Ford's proposed program for
vaccinating every American against a
potentially lethal strain of influenza
known as swine flu, according to Dr Joe
Tollison, assistant director of Health
Services
“The Center for Disease Control (CDC)
hasn't given us any instructions on that
yet," Tollisor said, adding that Health
Services would probably contact the CDC
if they have not heard Pom them by next
week
Tollison expressed mild skepticism of
the build up the vaccine program had
been getting. “I’m less alarmed about
this thing than the President is—I don't
know how much of this thing is political
Although the President was advised by
epidemiologists of the probability of an
epidemic of the flu virus, Tollison said,
“The epidemiologists can be wrong—
they said there wouldn't be much of an
epidemic this year and look what
happened ”
tie trouble" implementing a campus-wide
vaccination program, he said.
Swine flu. which killed 548,900 Ameri
cans during the winter of 1918. is
an especially virulent form of the virus.
centering in the respiratory system and
often locating in the brain and spinal
cord area, he said
Rates same
at hospital
TOLLISON STRESSED, however, that
“we're going to do the best thing for the
students, but we want to get the opinions
of the most qualified people in the field.
If the word is go, believe me, we ll do it."
Dr. John Curtis, director of the Health
Services, agreed "This is something
where the epidemiologists will be advis
ing us
Health Services would experience "lit-
Athens General Hospital Administrator
Bill Singleton anticipates no patient room
rate increases at this time, although the
hospital must come up with at least
$100,000 per year to supplement Clarke
County Commission's $125,000 per year
funding for hospital improvements
"Although it is too early to make that
kind of a projection. I do not predict a
room rate increase in the near future.”
Singleton said
The hospital probably will be able to
fund its portion of the program, but the
situation will require additional study, he
added
Singleton also said higher occupancy of
the county-owned facility is an encourag
ing sign
Hospital officials will reexamine and
study the hospital authority's 15 item
minimum needs list before any decision
can be made concerning which projects
can be funded under the County Commis
sion's $2 25 million portion of the hospi
tal's original $5 million request
the dorms will have to be made up from
the projected surplus of $93,8679 in the
operation ef the Family Housing complex
(formerly known as Married Housing)
Family Housing showed a surplus
because it was full for the first time"
and residents of the complex "pay
utilities flat out," whereas dorm dwellers
have utility costs included in their
quarterly payments. Bowden said He
said. "If we don't have the increase, we
will have to reduce the maintainance
tfor the hallsi and we certainly don't
want to do that
"We are running about the lowest
(costs of dorm living) in the Southeast
and we have the halls in a reasonable
state of repair We hope to keep them
that way." he added
Bowden said the Board of Regents
could vote on the Housing Department's
request as early as its April 14 meeting.
If the regents turn down the request,
"We will simply have to go back and ask
for relief We simply can't operate
without (the increase)," he added.
Currently, the residence halls have an
occupancy rate of about 92 or 93 per cent
and cost $235,006 to operate, Bowden
said
. *
Sifen enters race
for top SGA post
By SANI)I MARTIN
News editor
Reid Sifen. an independent has an
nounced his candidacy lor Mudent Gov
ernment Association <SGAi president in
the upcoming elections.
Sifen said he wants to have shelters at
the campus bus stops constructed, ex
pand the menu of the Bulldog Room to
include sandwiches, and bring “major
events of student interest to campus
often" if elected.
Although he has announced his candid
acy several weeks later than most of the
other SGA hopefuls. Sifen anticipates no
problem in winning the election. “I’m
going to win this campaign. Students
around here don't care about voting and
I'm going to give them a reason." he
said.
Mis platform is what Sifer. believes will
win him votes He said most of our needs
here are met. “but there are some things
we could use here. I have spent a lot of
hours researching to find out what is
needed "
It KID SIFEN
SIFEN SAID he wants bus shelters
installed because they will “help keep
our ladies' hair pretty and that is a good
thing."
He also would like sandwiches such as
those made by the sandwich shops
downtown served on campus for cost. By
offering the food at cost students would
save money, and the Bulldog Room
would do much more business, he said
Sifen also said bringing new cultural
programs to campus is important He
said they would give students an oppor
tunity to “see things going on in the
world.”
Although he declined to comment on
what type of programs he would book.
Sifen said. “People will like the things we
bring
been doing all my life fqr DeoDle.”
Issues such as increased funding from
the legislature, the abolition of the
freshman residency requirement, and
saving the Milledge bus route affect
students. Sifen said. Students' needs
could be met further if they had a
guaranteed representative at the state
legislature explaining student feelings on
such issues, he said
I SEE NO reason these three things
cannot be done as soon as reasonably
possible. We can do things. It is what I’ve
“The legislators think that is impor
tant. too We live on this campus and we
know what is important." he said.
Sifen is not worried about his competi
tion for SGA president He said he knows
several of the candidates, such as Nelson
Ross, the candidate from Coalition. "I
know Nelson has ability. I went to high
school with him and I saw him run track.
He could run fast," Sifen said.
He lives next door to Mark Korsling.
presidential candidate from FOCUS, and
he said Korsling has ability also. Howev
er. he added. “If I thought anybody else
running was better qualified to do the
things I want to do for the students, I
would not run "
Tuition suit filed
£
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THE VIRUS surfaced in the united
States last month. An outbreak of the
disease in Fort Dix. N.J. killed a
19-year-old soldier and infected about 500
other people on the post
The outbreak proved that swine influ-
enza-so called because it was thought the
disease was transmitted only from hogs
to people—could be transmitted from
person to person. Like all flu viruses, it is
highly contagious.
Tollison and Curtis both cautioned
against a panic about the possibility of an
epidemic of the virus, which, because it
is a virus, is incurable
"The people killed in the 1918 epidemic
were mostly the very young or the very
old." Curtis said. "College-age people are
generally one of the healthiest groups in
the nation ”
Convincing students to take the vaccin
ation when it becomes available may
present something of a problme "There
will come a time when the students will
have to make their ow.. choices on
whether or not to take the vaccine,”
Curtis said “I think if they’re intelligent,
they'll take it."
The vaccine will probably have some
side effects on certain people. Tollison
said but "these will for the mosl part ho
minor."
Vaccinating as many as 25.000 Univer
sity students and personnel "will require
a massive effort." Tollison said, "but
we're confident we can do it"
against regents
Bv JIM GALLOWAY
C its Editor
A University law student filed suit in
Clarke County Superior Court Friday
against three University officials and the
Board of Regents, seeking a "aeclara.orv
judgement" on the University ruling
requiring him to pay out-of-state tuition
Contending in his petition that he
should be given resident status. John T.
Croley, Jr has claimed exception to a
university system rule regarding classifi
cation of residents and non-residents
The petition states that the rule
"violates an act of the General Assembly
of Georgia” and is thus beyond the
authority of the regents
Also named in the suit are University
President Fred C Davison; Albert B
Jones, assistant to the president and
chairman of the residency committee,
and James E Landers, associate regis
trar
IT IS NOT known how the hoard
will react to the suit. since
Gov George Busnee signed a bill two
weeks ago providing the regents w ith the
same status as other state agencies and
immunity from lawsuits
As of Monday afternoon, the petition
had not yet been served upon the
defendants, all of whom declined to
comment on the suit.
Croley, a first-year student, is asking
that the board grant hint the status of a
resident student, and that the board
return the three quarters of out-of-state
tuition fees Crolejr lias already paid.
Current university system policy states
that a student may register as a resident
"only upon showing that he or she has
been a legal resident for a period of 12
months immediately preceding the date
of registration."
Under this requirement, Croley does
not qualify as a resident student’ How
ever. in his petition, Croley points to a
Georgia statute stating that'The resi
dence, for tuition or fee purposes, of any
person receiving regular financial assi-
tance from his parents, shall be the
same as that of his parent.”
Croley claims a right to pay only
instate tuition because he has been
receiving regular financial help from his
parents, who have resided in Georgia for
27 years Croley is an Alabama resident
Croley works as a clerk in a local law
firm and is presently serving as hii own
attorney