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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA 30602
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 197K
Pancakes away
Photo by DAVID Tt’LIS
Weii, the official results of the 1978 WUOG Celebrity Silver
Dollar Pancake Throw across the Oconee River have been
tabulated and the SGA was a big winner. In first place was a
student senator. Walter Muller <A&S). Coming in a close
second was SGA Administrative Vice President Grant
Raeside. Congratulations to both. This contestant, Abdul
Feldman, wasn’t as fortunate We are sorry to report the
pankcake throw was marred bv a cheating scandai Jack
Flapp was discovered to have inserted his 1966 Pancake
Patron of the Year Award into his pancake, thereby adding
illegal weight This sorry discovery was made when Jungle
John Jemima bit into Flapp’s pancake after it landed on his
side of the river
Pro wrestling:
loyal fans love it
By IIARKY ANGEVINE
An example of loyalty can be found every Thursday night
at the J&J Center Loyal wrestling fans come out week
after week to cheer their heroes and intimidate the bad
guys
These fans take their Tasslin" seriously. Some wrestlers
are good, some are dirty The favorites seem to be Mr.
Wrestling II (who wears a white mask), Tommy Rich and
Raymond Rougeau The villains are Stan Hanson, Sgt
Jacques Goulet and the Bounty Hunter.
‘Wrestling draws anywhere from 800 to 1200 fans each
week,'' Jerry Farmer, a spokesman for the center, said.
“We have people who sit in the exact same seats every
week They wouldn't miss the weekly wrestling matches
for anything."
According to Farmer, there is no way to categorize the
crowds that attend wrestling matches. Senior citizens,
married couples, students and youngsters are all
represented The only similarity it seems is a love for the
sport
TIIK ADMIRATION of wrestlers by many fans borders
on the unbelievalbe The door to the dressing rooms is
always jammed with people hopeful of getting autographs.
Young girls long to be looked upon by Raymond Rougeau
or Tommy Rich.
But it appears that Mr Wrestling II is the foremost hero
of the Athens throng
Most wrestlers view their profession and lifestyle as both
enjoyable and strenuous
"We wrestle five or six nights out of the week,” Rich
explained “The road gets old but we like the attention
"In wrestling, you’re in the limelight and you meet a lot
of nice people."
TIIE WRESTLERS who are not-so-well-liked often face
many difficulties and dangers. In a recent incident, a
wrestler was stabbed in the chest by an irate fan following
a match.
"It scares you,' Stan Hanson, a local wrestling villain,
said. “You have to worry just about getting to and from the
ring But you can't dwell on it. If you do, you’ll go batty."
Hanson said once when he was wrestling Dusty Rhoades
in Columbus. Ga . a fan threw a knife at Rhoades.
Many professional wrestlers have distinguished
backgrounds in other sports Two of the wrestlers in Athens
last week, Hanson and Charlie Cook, are former
professional football players
Be it sport or entertainment, wrestling is an extremely
profitable profession Hanson said he doesn’t mind being
considered a “villain." "I enjoy going to the bank," he
said.
BOTH RICH and Rougeau said they expect to be
Photo by JOHN CAREY
Wrestler tells crowd how he feels
financially secure enough to retire by the time they are 30
years old They are 21 and 22 respectively
Even though there are traveling expenses, the money is
real good." Hanson said
Questioning the validity of wrestling to a wrestler is not a
very good idea The wrestlers don't like to hear people tell
them that their sport is fake
"Anybody that thinks it's fake is welcome to get in the
ring with me." Rich maintained.
"I broke Bruno Sammartino's neck." Hanson bragged
"In fact, he's out of wrestling now
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CAMPUS HOUSING HURT
Apartments raise rent
By SKIP HULETT
Assistant campus editor
Rate increases by Athens apartment
complexes could place a larger number
of students than in past years in
triple occupancy and overflow housing
situations for fall quarter 1978
Assistant Director of Housing Jerry
Studdard said Wednesday several stu
dents have approached him to inquire
about the housing situation on campus for
fall and they have informed him about
rent increases at several complexes
which predominantly house University
students
“It is especially important that
returning students (in dorms) sign up
early during the upcoming spring quarter
if they want to reserve space (for next
fall),’’ he added
“In the past, we’ve had roughly
somewhere between 250 and 300 returning
students who missed the option we gave
them to reserve space for the upcoming
fall during spring, but we were generally
able to accomodate them by setting them
up in overflow until vacancies appeared
I don’t know if. w.th a tighter situation
overall, we will be able to promise that
alternative to as many next year."
Studdard said
Several of the apartment complexes in
Athens populated predominantly by
students indicated rate increases had
already taken place since last
September, or anticipated increase prior
to next fall
River Mill Apartments have already
experienced a rent increase of $20 for all
new leases, a representative for the
complex said LaChateau Club
Apartments said the increase for one
and two-bedroom apartments is $15. and
for three-bedroom apartments the
increase is $25 over last fall.
Sussex Club Apartments anticipates a
rate increase of $10 this coming June for
all apartments, a spokesman said
Cambridge Apartments also acknow
ledged a $10 increase over last fall's
rates Village Apartments said the rate
increase there varies from $10-$15,
depending on the size apartment
University Gardens and Callaway
Gardens Apartments, under the same
ownership, have indicated increases in
the $10-$15 range
Studdard said there are presently no
students in triple-occupancy or overflow
housing and he expects more than enough
vacancies to accomodate students during
spring quarter. “Last year, we had about
289 cancellations for space during spring
quarter and as of today (Feb. 22). we've
had 109 applications for space for spring
“There should be about 75 more
applications for space (for spring>. so we
are anticipating around 25 or more
vacancies next quarter." he said
Studdard said during spring quarter
available space is traditionally abundant
due to the low number of transfers and
the tendency for most students to leave
for practice-teaching assignments during
the quarter.
Vandalism may close dorm elevators
By MATT PRICHARD
Campus, editor
Vandalism in Russell Hall elevators
has prompted the Russell Hall Council to
threaten to shut down the hall’s elevators
for a week and offer a $60 reward for
information leading to the apprehension
of the vandals.
“Wanted-alive please the vandal or
vandals responsible for the latest arson
attempts on Otis the elevator,” one hall
council sign reads
Plastic buttons inside the elevators
were burned “weekend before last, I
think." according to Robert Ward,
ervlce representative for Southeastern
Elevator, the company responsible for
servicing the elevators for the high-rise
community.
One Russell Hall employee said a
result of burning the buttons is the
elevators get stuck and alarm buzzers go
off
WARD SAYS vandalism could possibly
create the danger of physical injury for
elevator occupants, but that it usually
doesn't. “It's just inconvenient and
usually shuts the elevators down." he
said.
This type of vandalism also appears to
be very expensive. Housing pays an
average of $3000 per year to maintain
Russell elevators, according to Jim
Burnside, a resident life coordinator.
Burnside said the threat to stop
elevator service would only be used as a
last resort. “We would hate to cut off the
service when it is only a handful in the
hall (vandalizing) and most residents use
the elevators wisely.” he said
THE AMOUNT of vandalism in
elevators of the other high-rise dorms "is
not worth mentioning," Ward said.
However, he says there are times when
he may have to repair Russell elevators
two or three times a week
Burnside says since there are 1000
males between the ages of 17 and 22 it is
going to be hard on the building
However, he says he doesn’t think there's
necessarily more vandalism in Russell
than in any other hall
However, one seventh floor Russell
Hall resident said the threat will
probably be carried through "They’ll
say. "Let them walk; it's only 10 floors ’ ’’
Many residents feel it would be breach of
the housing contract
Another resident said closing the
elevators wouldn't do any good since the
people that did it “don't care anyway."
Burnside said the most effective way to
stop the vandalism would be students
stopping other students from vandalism
MOST RESIDENTS attributed the
damage to “immature impulses We
have a lot of freshmen, and this is the
first time they've been away from home,
so they raise hell." one resident said
However. Bill Johns, a seventh floor
resident, feels the vandalism is a
rebellion against conformity, to tear
down the uniformness of Russell The
hall council tries to make it a family
affair, but you can t change the situation
with names." he said
Ward listed other damage done to the
elevators “Recently some of the metal
doors, the ones you see from the outside.
paint burned, scratched
were kicked into the hatch and the
elevator came up and hit them The
safety edge returns, the things in the
doors that stop them when they hit
something, get pulled out
The arrival lights, the little arrows,
get stolen, so we bolted them down Last
year they flooded the building (with a fire
hydrant and damaged the elevators
They us«*d to take out the suspended
ceiling, so we bolted that down." he said
VNard says he inspects the elevators
twice a month, top to bottom, but when
they are abused, they aren’t as pretty
and don t operate quite as well
Health center
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last of a
three-part series on the University Health
Service. Principal reporters are Ed
Grisamore. Marcia Griffith. Nelson d.
Ross. Jackie (ilass and Cal Callaway.
Many students have complained about
medical practices at the University
Health Services Charges of mistreat
ment and incorrect diagnosis have been
leveled against the infirmary, but few
have actually been reported
“Students will sometimes feel that they
are not being treated fairly because the
health services is large and they can't
identify with some of the doctors,”
University Health Services Director Dr
• John R. Curtis said “Students don’t have
the same sense of loyalty they would
share with their hometown physician "
Curtis said differences in medical
opinion can be found anywhere
"We get fewer complaints than most
health services." Curtis said "If there is
a complaint, either the clinical director,
the associate director or myself talks to
the student
"IF THE student is not satisfied, the
case is referred to the Grievance and
Special Appeals Committee ’’
Most complaints about health services
involve billing and the unavailability of a
doctor in the building at night. Curtis
said
“When a student does complain about
misdiagnosis, we try to evaluate and find
out if that is the case." Curtis said If
so, we reprimand the physician, but Ihi*
doesn't happen often
There are two “mechanis.
evaluation of health cente» accoru.
is evaluated every two years
Curtis. The University Health Center is
evaluated every two years by the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of
Hospitals, although Curtis is president of
the American College Health Association,
which is the other evaluating group
“The joint commission standards are
more rigid," Curtis explained.
THE UNIVERSITY is also part of a
uniform reporting program. Curtis said.
This is a survey administered by the
American Hospital Administration
Twelve participating schools contribute
monthly reports which are combined and
analyzed A major report is issued for
each year.
In addition to the University, other
universities participating in the program
are Massachusetts. Florida. Rochester.
South Carolina. Minnesota. California at
Berkley. Harvard. Alabama. Arizona.
Duke and Clemson
According to this -tudy. the University
rankled below the aurage in outpatient
visits The median in e for this is 4 25
visits per full service subscriber while
the University rates 3 2 A full service
subscriber is defined as a student who
pays health fees
The University was above the average
in direct costs per outpatient visit The
median cost of the participating clinics
was $7 53 Georgia's direct cost was $7 71.
slightly above the average
Cl ItTIS BELIEVES the health ser
vices has the support of both the
administration and the .-.indents
“We enjoy good student and adminis
tration hacking. ’ he said “Each time we
have had an increase in health fees, we
have had corresponding student sup
port ’’
Curtis said he also feels the majority of
students prefer a mandatory payment
rather than optional health service fees
“In the past, that’s what they've
indicated." he maintained
Curtis said he depends on input from
Student Government to determine how
students feel about the increases He
ci»ed examples of SGA support for
increases as reasons to justify them
"ONE YEAR I went before the student
«ena?e 1 concerning a lee increase 1 and
they grilled me." Curtis said “When I
mushed they unanimously endorsed a fee
increase
!.i T’. Curtis said the administration
did not endorse the increase because the
infirmary was going to charge for
prescriptions The need for an increase
was appealed to the Board of Regents
The current SGA also supported both
the fee hike and the decision to charge
for drugs this year, according to Curtis
“Last year we met with student
government leaders and had a number of
discussions. ' he said
Curtis admitted that the use of student
government officials as a representation
ttf student opinion “could be biased "
SGA MINISTER to health services.
Haire Cornwell, was not in office when
the increases were approved last year
but said she meets with Curtis “at least
every two weeks "
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