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I'MVKRSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS GEORGIA 30601
THURSDAY, AFKII. 29. 1976
BIFTAD, Z-Club to maintain
single sex status this year
At the races
Photo by CAROL ENNIS
Robert Dover and his horse, who are nationally ranked eighth in dressage,
performed at legion Field at noon yesterday They were previewing the Hunter
and Dressage Show which will be held at Renfrew Stables this Saturday and
Sunday The horse. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, who is a registered thoroughbred
gelding, and Dover will perform Sunday at noon.
By S\\ \\\ SEILER
Two campus organizations have de
cided not to open their doors to the Title
IX membership requirements this year.
Biftad and Z-Club, both honorary
societies, have taken stands not to open
their membership to members of the
opposite sex at the present time.
Title IX. a directive issued by the
Department of Health. Education and
Welfare, prohibits sex discrimination in
public educational institutions.
According to past BIFTAD president
Steven Glennon. BIFTAD members
decided not to consider women for
membership "because one. they have
Z-Club to join, two. BIFTAD was founded
in 1922 for males, and three, the
principals on which BIFTAD was estab
lished must be upheld
"WHEN I originally had signs put up
on campus I had them worded to read
'highest honor a freshman or sophomore
can obtain at the University of Georgia'
because everyone else (other honorary
clubs) was wording their signs that
way." Glennon said.
“When I got in our selection meeting
the guys decided not to consider women
to preserve our standards." Glennon
said.
"The decision was not unanimous, a
couple of the guys thought we should let
the girls in." he added
The approximate figures on applicants
given by Glennon were 18 applications
from women and 20 applications from
men. As a result of the selection 11 men
were inducted into the honorary club
“I LOOKED over the applications
myself before the meeting and there
were several women applicants that
looked like they had the necessary
requirements to be considered," Glennon
said
BIFTAD considers applicants for mem
bership on the basis of academic record,
service to the University, and the
eventual passing of initiation require
ments.
Z-Club. established as the "highest honor
a freshman woman can obtain at the
University of Georgia.'' has placed
reworded signs on campus which say the
society is "the highest honor a freshman
can obtain at the University of Georgia "
According to Z-Club president Leigh
Ixingston. "Z-Club will choose members
May 18th. and we will put the problem of
membership selection before them since
they will be the ones to handle it next
year."
"IF WE ACCEPT men its going to
change our entire selection format, it
would take at least a year to figure out a
wav to organize "Z-Night" to include
fraternities and arrange our skits."
Langston said
Z-Club supports itself through funds
raised on "Z-Night."
According to Assistant Vice President
of Instruction Dr Louise McBee. "Title
IX regulations regarding student organi
zation practices are in effect this year
even though the system is going through
a self-evaluating process. If someone
brings a charge against an organization
or it is brought to our attention that the
organization is discriminating in its
programs, activities or membership, then
they would be investigated and. if guilty,
the University would stop assistance to
that organization until the practice of
discrimination was stopped." she said.
Jl'LV :il*t is the date the self
evaluation study is due By that date all
organizations (with specified exceptions)
desiring University assistance will sign a
paper stating compliance with the Title IX
regulation.' she said
Organizations are assisted by the
University if they use a faculty advisor.
University facilities, meet in University
buildings, or solicit University students
Omicron Delta Kappa and Mortar
Board have already complied with the
Title IX regulations prohibiting sex
discrimination in public educational insti
tutions
Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta
Sigma, formerly single sex honorary-
societies. are national organizations and
will have to comply eventually with
national regulations
According to Glennon. "If necessary,
BIFTAD will go off campus lo preserve
our male membership "
Money routing changed
by vet school organization
By SANDI MARTIN
News editor
A vet school representative organiza
tion has voted to route its 10 per cent
allocation of student activities fees
through the Ag Hill Council at its meeting
Wednesday.
The Student Chapter of the American
Veterinary Medicine Association
(SCAVMA) decided to request that the
Student Government Association (SGA)
consider the council as its school council.
MOST ARE ACCIDENTAL
Russell has numerous small fires
Such a designation would allow the Ag
Hill Council to receive Hie lunds the vet
school would otherwise directly receive
The decision was made with the
understanding, however, that the vet
school would receive loo per cent of its
money from the council The move was
made, according to Harry Kemp, a vet
student, to show unity on South Campus.
The money has become available due
to a recently passed amendment to the
student body constitution which guaran
tees that a minimum of 10 per cent of
student activities fees of the students
enrolled shall go directly to that school
However, the school must have a council
which has been cerlilied as fiscally sound
by the Student Senate
Kemp urged SCAVMA to channel its
funds through the council because "it
would benefit the Ag Hill Councils
integrity on campus."
He called for unity in order to more
effectively accomplish Ihe goals of slu
dents on South Campus. "There are a lot
of cold, hard people on North Campus
who don't give a damn what we want to
do.' he said
There was some dissenlion 'bout
routing Ihe money through the council
Chris Wealherby, a former student
senator and a member of SCAVMA,
asked. "What dillerencc does it make
that it goes Ihrough Ihe Ag Hill Council?
Why are you insisting that it must he this
wav’"
Garry Carlson, president of Ihe Ag Hill
Council, said it would be advantageous to
the vet school to route the money through
the council because il would give an
impression ol South Campus unity and
strength to the Student Senate
By SWANN SEII.KK
The Russell dormitory is Ihe fire
capitol on campus
The men's high rise dorm has suffered
three fires this month in its trash chute
and stairwells, and according to some of
the dorm's Resident Assistants (RA’s)
many smaller fires go unreported
The Athens Eire Department has not
had to respond to any calls from any
other campus dormitories this year
Fires occurred in Russell on April 2. 4
and 19 The fire of April 2 was located in
a stairwell on the ninth floor of the
building The fire of April 19 incurred in
the trash chute in the center of the
building
“Most of the fires are not intentional,
but the incidents on April 4 are not easy
to overlook." according to Capt Mark
Wallace of the Univeristy Police
THE INCIDENT referred to involved
simultaneous fires on the second, fourth,
sixth and seventh floors of Ihe dorm at
approximately .1:40 a m
Each of the three fires caused at least
three units to be called from the Athens
Fire Department's main station, and cost
the city approximately $450 in manpower
and equipment, according to Fire Chief
Tom Eberhart
"We have the fires under close investi
gation and will continue to do so until we
have a satisfactory explanation.'Wallace.
said
The Georgia Code of Criminal Law
(26-140) states that setting fire to a
dwelling structure is punishable by
imprisonment for one to 20 years.
Wallace said he was concerned not only
about the flames involved with Ihe small
fires, but also with the danger of smoke
inhalation while the residents sleep
Russell does not have any smoke detec
tion system
IN ADDITION to the fires large enough
to merit response from the fire depart
ment, several RA's in the 10 story dorm
have said newspaper fires in elevators,
stairwells and bathrooms "go on all the
time" in the dorm Only “some" of the
fires are reported to the dorm's Graduate
Residents iGR's). they said
Responding to the RA's statements. Dr
' Dan Hallenbeck, director of the housing
department, said he "obviously wouldn't
know if fires were going unreported
"If fires are not reported, someone's
derelict in their duties," because RA's
and GR's are continuously in the dorm to
deal with and report such emergencies,
Hallenbeck said
One RA added that there had not been
any meetings to discuss the fire problem
or procedures "All we know is that we
are supposed to get a GR or phone the
desk Bv the time you find a GR a lot of
time has lapsed and we usually end up
putting the fire out ourselves," he said
The only way to use the fire extinguish
ers on each hall is to break the glass door
of the extinguisher's cabinet, manipulate
the lock, or use a key to the cabinet,
according to those Russell RA's.
Keys to the fire extinguishers are
distributed, but "some of the keys don't
fit." and "some of them (RA’s) don't
have keys at all." the RA’s said
Allocation monies drop,
council status still unclear
By STEVE B1I.I.S
Assistant news editor
The Student Government Association
iSGA> Allocations Committee will have
approximately $475,000 in student activity
fees to allocate this year, according to
Senate treasurer and committee chairman
I’hilio Montgomery
This figure is down substantially from
the roughly $500,000 the committee had to
allocate last year because the University
administration anticipates a drop in
enrollment next year. Montgomery said
Although he hasn't counted the number
of allocations requests submitted to the
committee. Montgomery said he esti
mates about 70 of the University's 300
registered student organizations have
submitted requests
Capsule news
Title IX meeting
There will be a meeting of the committee working for implementation of Title IX
Thursday at 3:30 p m in the Ecology Auditorium Reports of the committee's work
are available at the reserve desk at the Main Library
"The allocations process will not be
complete until every school has notified
us whether they intend to form a school
council." he said
AN AMENDMENT to the student body
constitution this year has made it
possible for an individual school or
college to receive It) per cent of activity
fees its students paid, if it forms a
council that is certified "fiscally responsi
ble" by the SGA Elections Committee
The Allocations Committee will request
the Elections Committee to "set a
deadline for certifications, or the Alloca
tions Committee will assume responsibil
ity" lo make allocations for organizations
in that school. Montgomery said
He estimated 15 small ciubs would fall
under Ihe jurisdiction of college councils
If a school forms a council, then the
committee will not consider the alloca
lions requests from organizations that
fall under the councils' jurisdiction, he
added
Montgomery said he hopes to complete
action on the requests by May 20.
including final senate approval
AFTER THAT, a copy of the budget
will he sent to the dean of student affairs,
hut "the Allocations Review Committee
will not be called in unless some unusual
circumstance arises." the committee
chairman said
Until last year the administration
routinely reviewed and often altered the
allocations made by SGA Last year's
senate passed a resolution stating the
senate did not recognize the authority of
an administrative committee to alter
priorities set by students for the expendi
lure of student funds
Dwight Uouglas.dean ot student affans.
was unavailable for comment on the
matter Wednesday
Montgomerv also commented on the
appointment of John Barrow to the
Allocations Committee by SGA President
J Tom Morgan
"JOHN IS qualified, he has an excel
lent background, and I see no reason to
oppose his appointment to the com
mittee." Montgomery said
Barrow, an appointee to last year's
senate, served on the Judiciary and
Elections Committees Debate on his
appointment has centered on the issue
that he will not be returning to the
University after this quarter
Barrow said he did not anticipate any
problem with the committee
"I want to make it clear that I am not
trying to sneak in." he said "On my
application I stated that I will not be here
in the fall "
Morgan expressed confidence in Bar-
row
"I looked closely at the Allocations
Committee, and I picked John because I
felt he has the leadership that is
necessary, and he sure as hell has the
intelligence." Morgan said "In addition,
he is not affiliated with any campus
political party "
Your move
Photo by BUB LYON
"No. I'll have black, thank you " Playing chess with a computer « one of the
supreme challenges that confront man Mind is pitted against electronic circuits
and memory I tanks for an exhausting work out of the mental processes Although
the computer gives his player a black or white choice, the player only sees a choice
between white at the top of the board or white at the bottom of the board Thu
computer seems to have the upper hand in the game