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VOLUME K4. NUMBER 49
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA 30802
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 5, 1978
Photo by CHARLIE REGIS’
Students suffer through dropp-add foulup
Long lines greet students
seeking schedule changes
B> KATIIERYN HAYES
Assistant campus editor
Students involved in the drop-add process
have done more than the usual amount of
waiting this week. An unexpectedly large
turnout of students combined with a
shortened time period allowed for early
drop-add Tuesday morning created
unusually long lines of waiting students
at the coliseum, according to Registrar
Bruce Shutt
More problems were encountered
Wednesday morning when the opening of
courses for drop-add was delayed by
computer problems in printing class
rolls. Shutt said Many students waited in
even longer than usual lines for adding
courses
Time allowed for early drop-add
Tuesday morning was cut to one hour
from the usual two hours. Shutt said
We cut down the time to 10:30 to 11 30.
since we had previously allowed more
time than was needed for early
drop-add. shutt said
All students with incomplete schedules
were eligible for this schedule completion
period. Shutt said from the number of
students who used that time in the past,
he was expecting about 46 to 52 per cent
of the 32(H) eligible students to turn out
WHEN WE OPENED the doors
we had an absolute mob out there." Shutt
said “About 75 to 80 per cent of the
eligible students came in.
“We had a jam of students picking up
cards and the mathematics add line
snaked several times across the
auditorium." he said
"We were supposed to close at noon
and reopen at 1 p.m for late
registration." Shutt said “We never
closed. Many people had to work all day
and got no lunch break. I'm terribly
grateful for their sticking with us." he
added.
Part of the problem at the math line
was that only one faculty member was
available to register students for
mathematics courses. Shutt said.
The faculty member from math
ematics. Marshal Saade. said. "I never
saw the end of the line Some students
said they were in line for an hour or
more
THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE will
reevaluate the time to be allowed to
handle early drop add in the future. Shutt
said
Computer problems Tuesday night
delayed the distribution of class rolls
Wednesda> morning and delayed the
regular drop-add process, according to
Shutt.
Class rolls were scheduled to have been
printed and distributed by 7 a m
Wednesday, according to Walter McRae,
director of the Division of Computer
services Due to problems encountered
with registration programs, class rolls
were not printed out until 7:30 a m
Criticism leveled
at math center
Ex-law student loses court bid for readmission
By MATT PRICHARD
Campus editor
Although Athens is considered by some
to be "dead" while students are gone for
Christmas break, the town did not stop
running Here’s a wrap^up of what went
on
An ousted University law student was
denied readmission to the law school
when he lost his bid for "declaratory and
injunctive relief” in Clarke County
Superior Court. The student. Nolan E.
Cloud, whose grade point average was
1.46, filed the suit in October
The Clarke County Grand Jury was
busy, too Presentments by the jury on
Dec. 20 included a proposal that a new
single story jail be erected on the site ot
the present county work camp, a
recommendation that the Board of
Education spend more money toward the
education of students and less on the
furnishings and decor and a suggestion to
discontinue the investigation into the
Sheriff’s Department
“Action of the sheriff pertaining to the
unauthorized release of prisoners from
the Clarke County jail did not violate
existing laws, according to the jury.
They also credited Sheriff Larry
Williams with a "sincere and effective
effort” to correct problems of jail
procedures
The farm strike also produced local
activity. Seventy farmers that had been
blocking the driveways of the Gold Kist
plant in Talmo. Ga were told they must
refrain from doing so by Judge Joe
Gaines in the Clarke County courtroom
on Dec. 21.
The farmers had been blocking the
plant since early the previous day in
support Of tilt form strike by the
American Agriculture movement
A group of 40 cattlemen from Clarke
and surrounding counties attended the
weekly sale at the Northeast Georgia
Livestock Auction on Winterville Road
Dec 28 to persuade the other 100
cattlemen at the sale to take their cattle
home, but managed to convince only
about a dozen of their colleagues
The striking farmers said they obtained
a promise that the barn being used for
the auction would be closed in support of
the strike but auction operators reneged
However. Clarke County Extension
Agent Hal Tatum says that most Clarke
County farmers are not participating in
the strike since, “most of our folks are of
the old school and don't want any
association with something called a
strike "
By SKIP HI LETT
Assistant campus editor
During the Christmas break, several allegations of improper and unethical behavior
were leveled against the Center for Applied Mathematics and its director. Dr George
Adomian
In early December. President Fred C. Davison directed Vice President for
Research Robert C. Anderson to investigate accusations charging the center's
associate director, William Ames, with presenting material previously published in a
I960 article as part of an informal lecture and giving the impression the material was
his
The original accusations against Ames surfaced when Dr Richard G Weigert.
professor of zoology, was approached by three University graduate students who had
noticed similarities between Ames' iecture and the article "Life Can Be So
Nonlinear.” by Ladis D Kovach, which appeared in a 1960 issue of American
Scientist
Weigert in turn discussed the matter with other faculty members who agreed that
serious ethical questions could be raised concerning the matter Weigert then brought
the matter to the attention of Dr Anderson, who in turn informed Davison
Anderson took charge of the investigation and proceeded to contact ten faculty
members whom he knew had attended the lecture and he felt to be objective
Anderson did not contact any of the graduate students present at the lecture
AFTER TALKING to the faculty members. Anderson told Davison he found no
reason to believe that anything improper or unethical had occured, the Athens
Observer reported.
Weigert and two graduate students have since appealed to Davison the results of
Anderson's investigation which they regard to be based on inadequate investigation of
the matter
Davison has not responded, as of this writing, to the request for further
investigation.
In further related developments, additional charges of plagiarism have evolved
concerning Director Adomian
He was charged with plagiarism in 1975 by a former graduate student who said
Adomian failed him because of material in the student's doctoral dissertation which
corrected some of Adomian's work The student charged that his dissertation material
appeared in an article published by Adomian
An investigation into the matter was conducted by Dr James Cantrell head of the
math department, but the results of this investigation have not been released
ANOTHER QUESTION has arisen concerning the staff director) of the Center for
Applied Mathematics, located in Tucker The directory lists five names Adomian.
Ames, Dr Richard Bellman. Dr Elliot Montroll, and Dr Leon Sibel
Sibel and Montroll are listed under a heading which reads "visitors' and teach,
respectively, at Penn State University and the University of Rochester Bellman,
however, is assigned an office with his name on the door, yet has visited the
University only once to lecture
Bellman has stated he plans to make several trips a year to the University in order
to fulfill consulting and advisory duties with the center the Athens Observer reported
Dec 15 Bellman receives $6<HM) a year for his duties with the center
Several faculty members have questioned the propriety of the directory and have
voiced opposition to the listing of Drs Bellman. Sibel and Montroll as being deceptive
Another point which came up during the holidays questions the procedure followed
in naming Adomian as director of the center
Adomian came to the University in 1966 as the second David C. Barrow
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics When the Center for Applied Mathematics
was established, it was set up separately from the mathematics department and
placed under control of the vice president for research.
However, many of the faculty members of the mathematics department who were
involved in the establishment of the center felt it was understood Adomian would not
become director of the center and Adomian’s teaching position and the Barrow chair
would remain in the mathematics department
Farmers on strike
By MICHELLE KILBOURNE
Assistant state editor
Georgia consumers are not being drastically affected by the nationwide farm
strike which began Dec 14. according to state agriculture officials
An estimated 70 to 80 percent of Georgia farmers are participating in the strike,
organized by the Colorado-based American Agriculture movement. The protest is
in response to sharply declining net farm incomes, which averaged about $10.5:10 in
1973. but have dropped to some $5,300 this year.
Row crop farmers, who plant in the spring and harvest in the fall, seem to be the
only group in Georgia which is refusing to plant and market. Because their crops
are put into storage during the winter months there has been no visable shortage,
according to the Georgia Agricultural Commission spokesman. Jack Gilchrist
GEORGIA LIVESTOCK FARMS have resumed operations after a two-week
closing and poultry farm products continue to be marketed, he said.
“The row crop farmers already hi;ve the»r crops and are not as a *i.e 'IV
have more time to hold up trains and ride in tractorcades than the poultry farmer
who must attend to daily duties." said Gilchrist.
"I don’t think the consumer will take the strike seriously unless there is a food
shortage and we don’t expect one," he said
Clarke County Agent Chairman Hal Tatum said most of the area’s farmers are
not actively participating in the strike, although many are sympathetic "The
products farmers have for sale here are being sold," Tatum said
He attributed local farmers' lack of participation to negative "connotations
connected with the word strike."
Georgia farmery .ire asking for prices equal to 100 percent parity. 30 to 40
percent over the present rate
“The farmers hope new legislation will be enacted which will establish a free
market floor price They are not asking for government subsidies." Gilchrist said
THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION, the U S Department of Agriculture would set
minuinum prices for sale of farm products to food processors The increased costs
the processor would pay the farmer would eventually be passed to the consumer in
the form of higher food prices, according to Gilchrist
Farmers nationwide have complained commercial food processors are raking in
huge profits at the expense of the farmer and the consumer. Gilchrist agreed,
maintaining the majority of consumer food dollars goes into the pockets of
middlemen, with farmers receiving less than 10 percent of the profit
Meanwhile, several Athens grocers say they have not found either a decrease in
the amount of produce received since middle December or any rise in prices
The manager of Bell's Food Store on Lumpkin St. said. "Bread is possibly
cheaper than it was in early December A sandwich loaf runs about 65 cents and
regular loaves three for a dollar. That’s basically what they ran for before the
strike began
Photo by LYNN PLANKKNHOKN
Striking farmers rally in Atlanta
Vote on core curriculum changes delayed
By NEUSON d. RtJT.
Action on a proposal by Chancellor
George Simpson which could have a
major effect on several departments at
the larger colleges in the University
system has been postponed
The Chancellors Advisory Committee
was to have voted Dec. 9 on a proposal
which would have implemented a
system-wide core curriculum of funda
mental knowledge for students in the
system
In a memo to all system presidents on
Nov. 16. Simpson told of the need for
more work in "the fundamentals area of
early college work ” The chancellor
listed these as "English composition and
literature, world history, mathematics
and laboratory sciences "
The faculties of two University schools
reacted with motions which asserted the
right of the faculty to determine
curriculum and urged the matter be
delayed until proper faculty input could
be gathered
At an emergency meeting of the
journalism faculty, a unanimous motion
was adopted reaffirming "the traditional
and legal right of each University or
school faculty to determine its curricu
lum and its requirements for gra
dilation"
A special meeting of the Arts and
Sciences Faculty Senate passed unani
mously a motion which asserted the
rights of faculty "as guaranteed by the
University statutes." The motion stated
that the Edwards Committee of the
faculty of the College of Arts dna
Sciences "has recently completed a
comprehensive year long study of fund
amental education problems "
THE MOTION FURTHER urged the
chancellor to delay action on his proposal
until the faculty of the University has had
a reasonable opportunity for the serious
consideration and consultation that basic
curriculum questions deserve and re
quire
The areas which potentially will be
affected the most are fine arts, the social
sciences and foreign languages The
proposal does not require any courses be
taken in fine arts and allows only a
five hour elective for psychology, socio
logy. geography, economics or anthro
pology
Currently a Bachelor of Arts Degree
requires 18-20 hours of social science and
15 hours of fine arts, philosophy or
religion
Because there is no requirement for a
student to take a foreign language under
the new proposal, some faculty fear the
foreign language departments will suffer
In addition, a memo by Dr Loren Beth
of political science to Arts and Sciences
acting Dean William Payne states the
chancellor is "pushing for a common
system-wide syllabus for each core
course " The memo further states the
chancellor would "like to have written
comprehensive exams in each of the
three areas of humanities, natural
science and mathematics, and social
science
BEYOND THE ISSUE of who will
determine curriculum, many faculty are
concerned that they weren't told of the
proposal sooner Many faculty members
did not learn of the proposal until it was
brought up at the University Council
meeting on Nov 30. which was the day
all the presidents of the colleges in the
system were to vote on it
Dr. Virginia Trotter, vice president for
academic affairs, gave her version of the
history of the proposal at the special
called meeting of Arts and Sciences
faculty senate
She told the senate she considered the
proposal to be "philosophical" until she
received a telephone call from Dr
George Christenberry. president of
Augusta College. Nov 18 asking her what
she thought about the proposal
Christenberry is the chairman of tlic
Transfer of Credit Committee which
originated the proposal
TROTTER HAD attended a meeting
with college presidents while University
President Fred C. Davison was in the
hospital in September She said that the
chancellor "gave an overview about the
problems in education which I thought
was philosophical "
Trotter said that the proposal was part
of the minutes of the Transfer of Credit
Committee w hich the president got “The
presidents were told to take the proposal
back to the campuses to discuss with the
deans. Trotter said.
A Nov. 16 memo from Simpson to
University System presidents states that
"Specifically the presidents have had
beofre them since August recommended
changes by the Transfer of Credit
Committee."
Trotter responded to questions concern
ing why the faculty was not notified
sooner by emphasizing her belief that the
proposal was philosophical
She further stated that "you know we
had some things happen that meant that
maybe communication did not go all the
way August is not the best month in the
world to get a faculty together to discuss
things "
Senior Faculty Advisor Merle Prunty
defended Trotter at the meeting saying.
‘“If you know the chancellor, he has a
very diffuse way of saying things "