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Walking it
Photo by GEORGE S1CAY
Sometimes it's just easier to walk your bicycle up the hill on Sanford Drive than it
is to try to ride it After going to classes all quarter, you find that somehow all
your energy has just disappeared, and the problems of college life make you want
to take the easy way out And in addition, you sometimes get the feeling that
somebody has given you the shaft.
Regents okay Owens, others,
but demand written report
By DAVID LUNDY
State editor
The state Board of Regents Wednesday
approved the appointment of Dr William
A Owens as acting provost with the
conditon that the University submit a
written report “reviewing the adminis
trative structure" within 90 days
The regents also approved the
appointment of Dr J. Ralph Beaird as
law school dean and Dr. Scott M. Cutlip
as journalism school dean
The motion concerning the provost
reads as follows:
"We approve the recommendation (of
Owens! as submitted by (University)
President (Fred C.) Davison with the
proviso that the University submit a
written review of its administrative
structure within 90 days with an
appropriate job description. If in the
event the University takes no action
within the 90 day period, then this
appointment shall be vacated.”
Regents Milton Jones of Columbus and
James Maddox of Rome were the lone
•dissenters as the motion passed 8-2.
Contacted by telephone at the
University. Davison said a report on the
top administrative positions was already
being compiled.
A SUBSTITUTE motion that would
have changed the name of the provost
position to “executive vice president"
proposed by Regent Lamar Plunkett. Sr
of Bowden was dropped by the regents.
The motion that passed, proposed by
Regent Erwin Friedman of Savannah
Wil l I \M V OWENS
was actually a “substitute for the
motion, but was the same motion
recommended by Davison except for the
provision calling for review of the
“superstructure. ’
position is comparable to executive vice
president" in a corporate structure
Friedman .aid he discerned “some
grave concern among the regents about
whether economic waste and adminisira
live improprieties" were involved with
the position.
"We want the position studied and
justified." he said.
IN WOTIIKK MATTER. Senior Class
President Rob Hancock presented the
regents with a petition against the senior
exit exam containing 2800 students and
faculty signatures
The preamble to the petition proposes:
That students never be charged to
take the test.
That the tests be made optional and
students scoring low on the test never be
kept from graduating. (Currently there is
no minimum score requirement for the
exam.)
That the grades not be placed on
student transcripts. <Currently it is noted
on the transcript whether the require
ment to lake the exam has been met.)
According to Simpson, the exit exam is
not considered necessarily unchangeable
and he expressed hope that departments,
as time goes on. might improve and
develop better tests.
• We re not hung up on a test We want
the tests to be used until we get
something belter. Simpson said
IN Ills argument against the exam.
Hancock said some seniors did no* know
what was going on in the spring when the
exam was initialed and some seniors
were given tests outside their majors
Friedman said the test was designed to
lest whether this system is performing its
job.
"We should be giving more tests, not
fewer tests." he said Friedman added
lluit students should be in the forefront
pushing the testing program
One of Simpson's staff members,
instrumental in the origin of the exit
exam idea, said the intent of the test is to
encourage the respective faculty to
improve the academic quality “We have
to test the students in order to test the
system." he said
Simpson said we are having problems
with reading and writing. “There is a
failure rate on the regents test (rising
junior test) that I hope can be
improved." he said.
Simpson cited growth in the University
System over the past few years as one of
the problems. He said there are a large
number of persons brought into the
academic system poorly prepared to
pursue college work
No action was taken by the regents
regarding the exit exam.
PROGRAM WJLL NOT STOP
Pa. vaccine used
Report already
underway-Owens
By SWANN SEII.ER
Assistant news editor
Approximately 60,000 dosages of the
same vaccine used in Pennsylvania,
where three deaths were reported earlier
this week, have been distributed in
Georgia
According to Huel Keowan. coordinator
for the Georgia swine flu program, some
of the vaccine is left and is still being
distributed and used within the state
"CDC (Center for Disease Control) has
been consulted back and forth all day
about the problem, and they have given
us no reason to stop the program."
Keowan said Wednesday.
“We are going full speed ahead with
our immunization program," Keowain
said. Clinics are scheduled for the rest of
this week and further nothing has been
changed, he said
The dosage for the vaccine (five-tenths
of a CC) will not be changed for this
phase. Keowan said.
“There might be recommendations
later for those chronic patients receiving
the vaccine to be given a smaller
dosage." Keowan said.
TEN STATES have stopped their swine
flu vaccination programs and five states
have altered their programs as a result
of the deaths this week of three elderly
recipients of the vaccine.
The deaths, which occured in Pittsburg,
have not yet been directly connected to
the vaccine All three victims were in
their 70s and had histories of heart
disease
“Naturally we are concerned with the
deaths of those people, hut you have to
expect at least 10 of 10.000 to die in this
age group." Keowan said.
“Every state is responsible for the
health and well being of its own people,”
Keowan said “It is our opinion that it is
in the best interest of t^* people of
Georgia to continue the program until
there is suffient information given to halt
in state
the program," he said.
“Those other states think in different
wavs I can’t answer for their actions."
Keowan said.
The vaccine used in Pennsylvania and
in several other areas of the country
came form the Parke-Davis Company in
Detroit.
Utah. Florida. Massachusetts, and
Georgia have continued using the vaccine
from the Parke-Davis lot.
CDC in Atlanta is now preparing a
report on the outcome of a study on the
deaths and the vaccine
“In my opinion the deaths of those
persons were definitely coincidental,”
Keowan said
The proposed bus routes for the Athens
Transit System (ATS) will go into effect
on Nov. 1. according to the timetable set
forth by City Transit Director Ted
Waters.
The routes, which were approved by
the Athens City Council in a meeting
Tuesday, are based on a loop or partial
loop structure. Waters said This struc
ture should minimize the number of
routes and the number of vehicles per
route, he added
Riders on the ATS should not have to
transfer buses more than once to reach
any destination. Waters said
ATS service will be limited tc the city,
as no agreement has been worked out
with the county for county use of the
svstem. he said Athens Mayor Upshaw
Bentley said reaching some form of
agreement with the county will be one of
the "major goals" for the future of the
!*>siem
Waters stressed that the system was
never intended to serve the entire
community but to “move the highest
demand areas to their needs and provide
an native to the existing" commu
ters This is the goal of the system as
stipulated in the capital grant request.
Waters said
Bentley said. "There are going to be
mistakes We've done all we can do for a
good start With a cooperative effort and
some patience. I think we can work this
out ”
Councilman Robert Kimbrell said the
city council’s interference in the last
proposed bus system in Athens is what
caused it to go into bankruptcy "I don’t
think a political body has the technical
expertise to tell you (Waters) what to
do " W added
AS PLANNED, most of the buses will
ALL THREE appointments had been
tabled at the regents’ September
meeting, with assurances coming later
form Regent John Bell of Dublin that
there was nothing personal in the
appointment delays.
Several of the regents complained at
the Sept. 8 meeting that they had not
received the information sent from the
chancellor's office in Atlanta on the
appointments until shortly before leaving
for the meeting in Atlanta.
Reportedly. Simpson’s office had
Cutlip’s application for appointment in
June. Beaird's in July and Owens' two
weeks before the September meeting.
There was much discussion Wednesday
before the motion reached its final form
and subsequent passage
Friedman said the controversy that has
previously surrounded the office of
provost “whirled around the man more
than it did the position itself."
Plunkett wanted to know the function of
the provost
According to George L. Simpson,
University System chancellor, the
run from 6 a m. to 6:30 p.m., with a few
buses running until 8 30 pm The system
will operate six days per week, excluding
Sunday On Saturday, the bus system will
only operate for 12 hours. Waters said
Routes four and five of the system,
serving the Five Points. Beechwood.
Baxter and Milledge areas, will overlap
with the University bus system In an
interv iew after the meeting. Waters said
the city will be working “in close
coordination" with the University
City bus stops will be “in close
proximity" with the University stops, he
added
Waters said he would be meeting with
University and student government offi
cials to decide the fate of the University’s
Middedge bus and work out an arrange
ment for student fares on city buses
\S IT ST \NDs the University’s Mill-
edge bus will continue operation at least
until the first of the year because of an
agreement between the city and the
University that the city will give campus
officials three months notice of any
change in the bus system which would
affect the University
However, the University's Milledge bus
could be discontinued at any time if
University officials decide to discontinue
it themselves. Waters said
The decision on the Milledge bus
"should be an easy matter to work out”
with the University. he added
The matter has been under discussion
since last spring
The signs to be posted at the bus stops
will cost approximately 50 per cent less
than the estimated cost. Waters said The
signs will have the ATS logo and a bus
schedule on one side and a map of the
bus system on the other side
The blue and white ATS logo resembles
the University bu> system’s logo, a block
design of a person boarding a bus.
By RANDY LOETIS
Assistant news editor
The conditional approval gtven Dr
William A Owens a* University provost
Wednesday will not affect the first few
'I had no idea what
to expect'-Owens
months of his term. Owens said yester
day
Owens expressed confidence that the
condition placed upon his approval by the
Board of Regents that a report on the
University's administrative structure be
filed with the board within 90 days or the
appointment will be invalid —will pose
few problems, since such a study already
has In-en in progress for one month
“What they're asking us to do is
precisely what the president asked us to
do. and what we've already embarked
upon." Owens said in a telephone
interview shortly after the regents ap
proved his nomination..
Admitting that the requirement "makes
the job no easier.' Owens said tne siuuy
will include both an analysis of the
organization of responsibility at the
University, and a nationwide comparison
of the setup here with other schools
The comparison survey is being con
ducted by an intern who worked under
former Provost S William Pelletier, he
added, and should be finished soon
The conditional approval did not come
as a surprise. Owens said, since ”1 had
no idea what to expect ”
In a prepared statement released
yesterday. Owens said his two major
tasks during his one year term will be
finding an acceptable candidate for
permanent provost—a job Owens says he
will not take in any circumstances and
establishing open exchanges of ideas
between all segments of the University.
His refusal to serve as provost more
than one year should "underscore both
the urgency and the reality oi our
search" for a permanent provost, Owens
added.
The most important part will be finding
someone for provost “who can be
enthusiastically endorsed by both the
faculty and the administration,” the
statement continued
He further called for “an open dialogue
of mutual respect and shared purpose
between staff and administration,” coup
led with a “community of purpose" in
University affairs.
Also approved yesterday were the
nominations of Dr Scott M Cutlip as
journalism dean and Dr J Ralph Beaird
as law dean
Cutlip. in a prepared statement, em
phasized that although he did not seek
the deanship. he will work with the
administration for more support for the
University from the General Assemble
Beaird was unavailable for comment
Capsule news
Vandy banners
All fraternities and interested campus organizations are invited to display a banner
in the stadium for the Vanderbilt game Any interested group should call Tau
Kappa Epsilon at 548 5425
Senior class buttons
Senior class buttons for the homecoming game are available until 2:30 p m
today at PJ plaza and Graduate Studies Seniors who want a button must present
their University IDs to the senior representative distributing the buttons
Pamoja meeting
. There will be a Pamoja newspaper meeting at 7 p m Sunday in the Black
Student Union office For more information contact Pat Hampton at 542-4713.
18 senate vacancies
There are currently 18 vacancies in the student senate Eight of these are in the
graduate delegation, three are in arts and sciences, two in environmental design,
and one each in agriculture, business, education, forestry and home economics
Applications may be picked up in the Student Government Association office in
Memorial The deadline for Arts and Sciences applications is Monday
Jackson Browne tickets
Tickets for the Jackson Browne concert, to be held Oct 28 at 8 p m in the
Coliseum, are available between 9 am. and 4 pm. in the business office of
Memorial Students may purchase tickets for $3 with a University ID. while
general admission tickets cost *5
Photo by GEORGE SICAY
Dancehall revue
ll was cold Tuesday night, but some students braved the elements to take part in'
I he sirecl fiance in front of Memorial As music poured forth into the chilly rqjtht
those hardy souls showed their individual styles Occasionally they got together to
perform a popular disco line dance
New transit system
ins routes Nov. 1
By JULIE Kl IIR
City editor