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Fag* I The Red end Black. Tuesday. March 3d. ITT*
The center jump
A few months ago when bas
ketball recruiting season was in
the formative stages, there ap
peared to be no more level
headed prospect than Metter
High’s Lavon Mercer.
Now the exact opposite seems
the case.
Whether or not Mercer will
play basketball for Georgia is
still a matter of hotly debated
conjecture: he has signed to play
both here and at Georgia South
ern College in Statesboro, not far
from his home town.
Metter High Coach Len West
said Mercer signed with South
ern because Georgia lacked a
“winning tradition and national
prominence.” If that’s what Mer
cer is after, he certainly isn’t
going to get that at Southern;
better he should have signed
with Tennessee or Alabama.
Georgia is now the only confer
ence affiliated school in the
country he can play for.
Now Mercer is saying he
doesn’t know which school he
will attend. “At the moment,
truthfully, I don’t want to go to
Georgia or Georgia Southern,”
he said last weekend. “The way
it is, one half of Metter wants me
to go to Southern, and it's
tearing me down the middle.”
Though Georgia coaches are
confident he will eventually
come here, Mercer appears to
have been twisted and misled by
friends he considers trustworthy.
He signed with Georgia on the
first day he was eligible, which
is a pretty good indication where
he really wanted to go. Now he is
confused, which is no way to
start what couldn’t help but be a
brilliant collegiate career.
If he doesn’t want to come to
Georgia, he will do the team no
good if he is coerced into a
Bulldog uniform.
With Tony Flanagan out for
spring football practice, it brings
to four the number of potential
stars which may not be in
Georgia uniforms next season—
the others being Jacky Dorsey,
Charley Dorsey, and Mercer.
They could make a difference
but probably won’t get the
chance.
Brubeck's return
Nothing more needs to be said
about the lack of top performers
or performing arts facilities at
the University. The sad situation
has been evident for a long time.
But the return of jazz musician
Dave Brubeck to the University
campus Monday night is a real
feather in the cap for the music
department as well as the re
cently remodeled Fine Arts Aud
itorium.
Brubeck was so impressed by
the department’s productions of
“The Gates of Justice” that he
agreed the night of the first show
(March 7) to return at a later
date for a television taping. If he
was impressed, then so are we.
It just shows, even with limited
resources, a first class musical
production is still possible at the
University. Thanks to Brubeck
and the music department for
their fine efforts.
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THE RED AND BLACK
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Dealing in a 15-hour fix
Narrator:
The man is a dealer The first week of
every quarter finds him catering to every
academic junkie without a 15 hour fix.
The boy is a tur
key. Never before
had a computer spit
out his schedule. As
an honors program
student, his schedule
was among the first
to go through right '
after the football
players. But not this
time. He was lost, confused—a perfect
target. (Pause.)
(Music) Dum-de-dum-dum. Dum-da-
dum -dum-DA!
Narrator: The story you're about to
hear is true. Only the names have been
changed to protect the innocent. (Music
rises, fades slowly with dialogue.)
Dealer: Next! Sorry, closed out. Next!
Forget it. lady, tears won’t help Move
along, NEXT! Waddiya want kid?
Turkey: Please, sir, I want need
460 Please
Dealer: Sorry, kid, closed. Next?
Turkey: Please, please. I gotta have a
class. 1 only got 11 hours—I can’t live on
11 hours' Jesus Christ, man. look at my
hands! They’re shaking!
Dealer You a graduating senior?
Turkey: No, but I’d like to be.
Dealer: Sorry, kid. No way.
Turkey: AAAAU'UUGGGHHH!!!!
Dealer: You sound desperate, kid. Tell
you what—you get your hands off my
throat, step into my office, and we’ll talk
about it. (Two second pause, then sound
of door closing.) Okay, kid. I won’t play
games with you, I got some heavy
classes here. Ya wanna do business?
Turkey: Black market stuff? Geewill-
ikers!
Dealer: All pure, real high grade. A
couple 260’s, 385 . 419H. I've even got a
kilo of 460 But it’ll cost you.
Turkey: I haven't got much. Just scuba
diving, speech communications and a 553.
Dealer Lemme see your schedule
Hmmmm—looks legit. Scuba diving's
paying pretty high on the market right
now. And I sure could use that 553—1 got
three seniors that need to satisfy them
selves with that class, but so far I've only
got one opening
Turkey: How bout the speech com
munications?
Dealer SPC 101? Hey, come on. man.
that’s kid’s stuff. You're dealing big
league.
Turkey: What can ya give me for just
the scuba diving and 553?
Dealer: Tell ya what I’m gonna do. I’ll
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and Black
take your 553 and the scuba diving, give
you a 460 and throw in a 385 to boot
That’ll give ya 15 hours, and ya can pick
up the PE next quarter.
Turkey I can keep the SPC 101, free
and clear? No catch?
Dealer: I'll need a little something to
even it out. You married" Got a kid?
Turkey: “No" on both counts.
Dealer: Hmmmmm. Then I tell ya
what. This contract guarantees me an
option on any five of your 15 hours next
quarter. All right?
Turkey: I’ll sign!!! (sound of scrib
bling pen). I already feel it working!
(Music rises, indicating presence of
euphoria). By God! It feels good to be
overworked again!
Dealer: See" You've done yourself a
favor, as well as helping me. Now I can
get those three seniors in 553
Turkey: I thought you only had two
openings.
Dealer: I think I've decided to accept a
contract on one of the juniors in the
class. .
Turkey: Huh’’
Dealer: Grab him in a dark hallway,
pin him up against the wall, and hold an
unlit Cricket lighter under his nose Pressi
the button, and in three minutes you have
an opening in the desired class.
Turkey: You guys play for keeps
Dealer: Sure we play rough But.
believe you me, it’s necessary (Awe
inspiring, patriotic music rises.) Without
some control over the enrollment in
classes, this school will lose its accredits-,
lion, its right to educate the citizens of
this state.
Certainly assassination is a crime. But
ignorance is also a crime, and if we haves
to snuff out a few students so we can
offer enlightenment to the whole, then
we'll do it! Amen. (Sporadic claps of
confusion, ultimately followed by wild,
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RICK RICKS
Harris' ideology deeply rooted
The candidate steps towards the mike.
Short and stodgy, with rumpled suit, he
looks much like the back room manipula
tor he himself so despises
wealth in the country and the upgrading
of the status of the various minorities.
When he begins to speak, the audience
immediately quiets, listening attentively
to a voice distinc
tively reminiscient
of Huey Long or
William Jennings
Bryan-the populist
The speaker is
Fred Harris, now an
almost obscure can
didate for the t
Democratic presidential n( ruination,
Harris is the exponent of a breed of
politics he calls ’’new populism" which
has as its purpose a redistribution of the
A native of Oklahoma, Harris served
that state as a U.S Senator from 1964
until 1972, when he started a short, ill
fated campaign for the 1972 Democratic
nomination.
Essentially, Harris has been steadily
running for the presidency since 1972, but
has accomplished little other than to
publicize his version of the chicken in
every-pot politics.
But Harris' ideology is more substan
tive and deeply rooted than any of the
candidates currently running
A champion of the liberal cause,
Harris’ voting record during his years in
the senate bespeaks the Democratic
Party's philosophy of the masses: Harris
gather supporters for his second race for
the presidency With his wife, LaDonna,
chaired the Democratic National Comm
ittee in 1969-70.
During his senate career, Harris voted
for increased benefits for the needy in the
areas of Social Security, food stamps and
unemployment, and against legislation
that would have reduced social pro
grams
Harris proved a staunch adversary of
he has covered many miles, campaigning
from a large camper emblazoned with •*
campaign rhetoric
When he speaks, Harris mesmerizes
his audience with his populist elocution
ary-style Simple and direct, his speeches • '
send voters home feeling as if they have
finally found the candidate with all the
answers.
Rick Ricks is a columnist for The Red
and Black
letteis^lelters
'Waller column ignored issues'
the Nixon administration during his
senate tenure, voting against many of the
former president's executive appoint
ments including: Richard Kleindienst,
attorney general; Earl Butz. secretary of
agriculture; and G. Harold Carswell.
Clement Haynesworth. and William H.
Rhenquist, appointees to the U.S. Sup
reme Court.
Harris voted consistently against legis-
War
TO THE EDITOR:
In Thursday's Red and Black, Buddy
Waller had a political commentary in the
slightly venomous, witty, and intellectual
tradition of William F. Buckley The
column larked, however, the wit. intel-
Young Socialist Alliance. I have run for
Student Senator from the School of
Environmental Design twice, winning
both times, as a member of Coalition I
am currently running for SGA president
as a card carrying independent
lectual bearing, and general regard for
rhich
the facts which characterize Buckley's
writings leaving only dilute venom and
pour taste.
Waller saw fit to attack the candidates
on the basis of personalities, ignoring the
issues of this campaign. That may be a
poor choice of words on my part; before
one could ignore an issue, one would have
to be aware that such things exist. I saw
no evidence of any such perception in
Waller's commentary
Particularly offensive was the char
acterization of Mark Forsling as having
SID ANDERSON
Independent presidential candidate
'Some remarks
misinterpreted 1
yeoman work for students For instance,
Carolyn Wildes and Nancy Neal (both
Greeks)'helped many long hours on my
Faculty-Course Evaluation Publication.
Without their help, the program would
have suffered greatly And we are proud
of the Greeks in our party.
It would he absurd to claim that “all
Greeks will not work." because many
have But I don’t want students to vote
for a president simply because half his
party is comprised of Greeks.
There are better reasons Look for
them
Thursday's Red and Black, Steve Hath-
cock. Action Alliance president.al candi
date. was quoted as saying Greeks do not
take Student Government seriously.
lation escalating the Vietnam
urging early military withdrawal, and he
has constantly supported large reductions
in the defense budget
Harris has also been the standard
bearer for three civil and equal rights
movements, as his senate voting record
and position papers attest.
TO THE EDITOR:
STEVE HATHCOCK
Action Alliance presidential candidate
the personality of a "boiled cabbage."
” ' writing.
Mark is soft spoken, hard
intelligent, highly competent, and is
respected by his many friends and even
his political opponents
Finally, Waller stated that I had
previously run for SGA office with the
In Thursday's edition of The Red and
Black, a series of remarks that 1 made
were misinterpreted I did not criticize
Greeks, I criticized the inaction of the
FOCUS party in the past year I
further criticized their attempts at hav
ing a Greek from every house, simply to
draw votes
There are many Greeks who have done
'Greeks take
SGA seriously'
TO THE EDITOR:
In an article by Sandi Martin in
That any Student Government Associa
tion (SGA) presidential hopeful would
stereotype a large segment of our student
body as not taking SGA seriously is
exceedingly disappointing to me Having
served in SGA for two years, I have
learned that there are individual from
nearly every campus segment, including
Greeks, who are indeed interested in SGA
and who have worked for students
Unfortunately, there are alsc persons
involved with SGA who at times do not
labor as assidously as many of us would
like.
Hopefully, students voting in the April 7
SGA -lections will consider each candi
date on his or her own merits, and not on
whether the candidate belongs to an
organization which has been bombarded
with unfounded accusations
With regard to the currant campaign,
f his
Harris is amplifying the politics of his
senate terms, calling for changes such as
the restr during of the tax laws, putting
burden
MARK FORSLING
S'OCVR presidential landldlle
a greater burden on those he terms
the "super-rich" and a lesser burden on
the lower income brackets.
In the areas of foreign affairs, Harris
favors cutting off foreign aid to "cor
rupt" governments and the ending of
covert CIA operations
He also opposes intervention into the
affairs of other nations and a foreign
policy that does not evolve around the
dealings of multinational corporations,
which he calls "elitists of foreign policy.”
The former senator perhaps best
• described the nature of his candidacy,
saying: “The basic issue in 1976 is
privilege-whether the government will
begin to look after the interests of the
average family, or whether it will
continue to protect the interests of the
super-rich and the giant corporations ”
And with that. Harris has set out to
Unfortunately for Harris, when no
longer under his spell, people realize that
his candidacy is that of the lengshot, and
so they continue their search for the,
candidate that not only exudes change,
but victory as well.
So now the hopes of Harris have
dwindled, along with the campaign
coffers
The Supreme Court decision that
deactivated the Federal Election Com
mission, and thus stopped the disperse-, ■
ment of matching funds, has hurt the }
Harris campaign, which has been run
ning hand to mouth since its inception
Most of Harris' staff works unpaid, and
campaign literature importunes
supporters to send money and volunteer
time.
As one source of revenue, Harris has, w
like Jimmy Carter, opted for music
benefits; folk singer Arlo Guthrie has
agreed to appear in the former-senator's
behalf
Harris' media coordinator Frank Greer
recently characterized the campaign as
being Ti. *ine shape" despite the candi
dates relatively poor showing in the early,
primaries and caucuses, including a ,
second place finish in his home state.
But Harris can hardly hope for much
more than to finish the primaries with.
enough delegates to deal with He has ,
been handicapped by the, nickel and
diming necessary to keep himself in the
campaign, and even with that, he
controls only twenty-three delegates, at
present.
And Harris is not making another
primary effort until the Pennsylvania I
primary on April 27, virtually ignoring ,
New York and Wisconsin
Despite careful planning and energetic
campaigning, lack of money has doomed .
Harris to perhaps merely finishing the L
race he started in 1972 For in a campaign "
year that emphasizes " ; -new faces," his
will not likely be chosen