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TITLE IX INVESTIGATION
Release of bias findings postponed
This wooden
Photo by DANIEL PRANSKY
parking barrier has been broken 14 times at a cost of approximately $30 a shot
By BILL KRL'KGKR
Assistant campus editor
“Some things stand out here and there, but we have come to no conclusions yet," a
Health. Education, and Welfare official said about the current investigation being held
to find out if the University is in compliance with Title IX regulations.
Mr. Lamar Daniel, head of the HEW investigation team, said they are wrapping up
the investigation at the University and will submit their findings to University
officials at a meeting next Wednesday instead of today as was previously planned
The team, from the Civil Rights Office of HEW, will not discuss areas of specific
non-compliance at the Wednesday meeting, according to Daniel. "We will just report
on problem areas we have found." Daniel said.
The University will have ninety days to comply with Title IX guidelines after
University officials receive their “letter of findings" from the HEW team, according
to Daniel.
Compliance does not necessarily mean righting all of the wrongs either, according
to Daniel. "It could be a reasonable plan that could be agreed upon by HEW and the
University," Daniel said.
Daniel also said HEW does not plan to breathe down the necks of colleges to get their
athletic programs in conjunction with Title IX regulations until the ninety day period
is over. “First we try to get the school to do it on their own," Daniel said
The HEW team is here due to two complaints filed against the University, one in
1973 and one in 1976 The reason they are just now being investigated is that when the
complaints were registered there were no rules concerning collegiate athletics,
according to Daniel
The complaint filed in 1973 was concerned with the women’s athletic program in
general. A brief inquiry was made into that complaint but no major action was taken
due to the fact there were no rules regarding athletics, according to Daniel
"But some progress has been made since that time. Some changes have been made
In 1973 there were no women s athletic teams Now there are six." Daniel said.
The complaint filed in 1976 was specifically citing irregularities in the scholarship
program for women athletes. This one was signed by every woman on an athletic
team, according to Daniel. But Daniel said there have been improvements in this area
since the complaint was filed.
One problem with Title IX is that people do not fully understand what it entails,
according to Daniel “Women’s athletics does not have to duplicate men's athletics
There are a lot of things to be considered We have to look at the entire program.
Daniel said.
Some of the problems the HEW team has run into in running the investigations,
which will be going on around the country, is a lack of manpower and time, according
to Daniel.
“There are only eight of us to handle the investigations for all of the schools in an
eight state area." Daniel said. In addition some of the members have other
responsibilities. Originally there were three members of the team investigating the
University, but one member had to return to Atlanta Wednesday night to fulfill her
responsibilities as a lawyer, according to Daniel.
“We re trying to get in as much as we can while we re here." Daniel said They will
be at another school next week for another investigation and will have to finish the
paperwork on the University there, according to Daniel.
The team members are meeting with all of the head coaches, both men’s and
women’s, student representatives, trainers, managers, the athletic directors, as well
as others, according to Daniel.The University is the second college, but the first major
school to be investigated. North Georgia College in Dahlonega was the first
GRAPHICS ORDINANCE
Planning group discusses change
Beat the Gamecocks
The Georgia cheerleaders led a crowd of people to cheer on the football team in a
pep ralley neld downtown Thursday night Even though the team will be playing in
South Carolina on Saturday, the enthusiasm of the students and Athens residents
was still strong here Hopefully the football team will be as strong on the field as
the spirit is of their followers. Next weekend the Bulldogs will return home to meet
Ole Miss between the hedges. Go dawgs'
Parking enforcement can be expensive
Jim Tardy. Director of Traffic Safety "I
believe most of these cases are
accidental but l have no surveys of
figures to support that statement
Since January 1978. Physical Plant
workers have received 53 work orders to
repair broken arms on the key card
machines In the same period, they have
received 48 orders to repair malfun
etioning key card devices. Jordan said
The total expenditures for these repairs
was $2,823
Since January, 1977, $4,857 09 has been
spent for the same types of repairs.
Of the nine key card parking devices on
campus, those most frequently repaired
are the gates next to the psychology
building and the gate at the Herty Drive
entrance accross from the Journalism
School, both numbering 14
The next highest are the Graduate
Studies lot and the Visual Arts lot with 10
and nine respectively
The cost of replacing each wooden arm
is approximately $30 and involves
purchasing the lumber, fabricating the
arm and installing it on the machine.
Jordan said
Both Jordan and Tardy said breakage
of wooden gates at the Herty Drive
entrance is probably caused by cars
driving down the slope at a speed greater
than that for which the automatic gate
opening is set
Normally.the drivers keep ongoing
and don’t call us to report breaking an
arm. even if it was an accident.” Tardy
said
Pope dies
Rome il’PI>—Pope John Paul I.
elected in the shortest conclave in history-
last month, died in his sleep early today
after a 37 day reign the shortest in
modern history, the Italian news agency
ANSA said
The pope's death was discovered at
5:30 am. 12 30 am EDT ANSA said
the 65-year-old pontiff apparently suffer
ed a heart attack shortly before midnight
Thursday.
By KRIS YOUNG
Since January of this year, a
combination of driving errors and
vandalism in key card parking lots has
cost the University over $2,800 in repairs.
This is the amount of money the
University has spent replacing the
wooden arms of parking gates and
repairing malfunctioning key card
devices, said Ken Jordan. Physical Plant
Director
The repairs are necessitated in most
cases by drivers who carelessly or
accidentjy drive through the lowered
parking gate or accidently hitting the key
card device. Vandals may also cause
breakage of some gate arms.
"I think the greater majority of this is
done accidently by drivers, even though
it might be due to carelessness." said
Brice Bishop, city building inspector,
explained that when the Athens City
Council adopted the ordinance on
January 1, 1978, a mandatory review
after six months was included. “We
wanted to find out what was wrong and
what needed changing. We need to know
if what we have is correct or if it needs to
be corrected or deleted," he said.
Bishop said the Permit and Inspection
Office has had some complaints
concerning the graphics ordinance, most
of them miscellaneous. "It’s only logical
that if somebody is planning to do
something and they find out there’s a law
against it. they're naturally going to
complain,” he said.
Bishop could not predict whether the
Athens Clark* County Planning Com
mission would alter the ordinance or not.
He explained the commission was
Photo by JACK WATERMAN
The Athens-Clarke County Planning Commission is considering
I developing an easy guide to the street graphics ordinance
t Motorcycle accident
puzzles authorities
By RUSS GREEK
Features editor
He might have tried to turn the sharp
College Station Road corner too quickly
Or he might have just let his
motorcycle wander too closely to the
curb.
Police and witnesses, remained puzzled
Thursday by what caused University
senior Daniel Foster to lose control of his
motorcycle Sept. 16 and smash into a
guard rail after jumping a curb
Funeral services for the 21-year-old
Foster, who died Tuesday, will be held
today in Park Hill Cemetary in
f Columbus, Ga. at 3 p m
Foster, who was married a month ago.
f was watching the Georgia-Baylor football
game with his brother-in-law shortly
before the accident, said his brother. Dr
, Thomas V. Foster. Jr., a psychiatrist at
the University Health Center
As the game was ending and hundreds
of cheering Georgia fans raced to their
> cars, Foster offered to take his
' * brother-in-law home on his motorcycle
Clarke County Police Lt.FJE Maddox
said Foster was traveling east on College
Station Road when he lost control of his
I * motorcycle, jumped a curb and smashed
into the guard rail which seperates the
east and west bound traffic.
| Foster’s brother-in law was thrown off
* the motorcycle when it hit the curb and
was later treated for minor injuries.
Foster, however, received head and neck
injuries and was taken to St Mary’s
* Hospital where he lived for ten days,
Maddox said
Several University classes were called
off the day after he died in memory of
the speech and communication major
Assistant Professor of Speech Com
munication John Hocking was one
University faculty members who can
celed classes
"He was a quite good friend." said
Hockins who had taught Foster in two
classes and frequently rode motorcycles
with him.
Foster was a motorcycle enthusiast
who had recently bought a new bike.
Hocking said
He described his former student as a
"friendly, charming guy. Easy to like
and very hard working He was very
much into school."
Another faculty member who was a
friend of Foster, Assistant Professor of
Speech Communication Michael D.
McGuire, returned from an overseas trip
recently to discover that Foster had been
in an accident
The two had corresponded about
Foster’s future and McGuire said he was
hoping the student would decide to go on
into graduate school
To help support himself and his new
wife, Ashley. Foster held various jobs
around Athens including working for a
local textile factory
A native of Salem. Oregon. Foster had
lived in Athens for three years and was a
“permanant " resident McGuire said
The senior is survived by his wife, his
parents. Dr and Mrs 'ihomas Foster a
sister. Martha Foster, and two brothers.
Dr. Thomas Foster and John Allen
Foster
By KATHY STANFORD
Assistant city editor
Possible changes to the recently
adopted street graphics ordinance may
be coming as the Athens-Clarke County
Planning Commision discusses the law.
The street graphics ordinance relates to
billboards and street business signs
working in so many directions, they had
not had time to fully look at the
ordinance.
Ron Ncislar of the planning com
mission said, “Eight provisions were
referred to the commission for review
and recommendation ” He explained the
five feet setback requirement for signs
from the highway and the exemption
section dealing with permits for signs of
civic clubs would be reviewed
"The commission also was asked to
clarify the wording of the provisions
dealing with the maximum number of
billboards per mile and when a new
permit is qualified," Neislar explained
People are confused as to when
maintenance work on business signs
require a new permit," he added.
“It was recommended we develop an
easy guide to street graphics in the f orm
of administrative procedures in the form
of a check list." he said "The staff
recommendation has not been developed
yet. but will be made at the November 2
meeting of the planning commission ”
After the commission makes its
recommendation, the City Council will
then Set on it and pass their decision on
to the inspection office.
UGA Today
Mull tickets on sale
Today is the first day Martin Mull tickets will be sold Tickets for the
October 6th performance are $1 for students and $3 general admission and can
be purchased at the Business Office in Memorial Hall
It’s a Wilder weekend
It's a Gene Wilder weekend for the Union when two films he stars in will be
shown at the South PJ auditorium Mel Brooks "Young Frankenstein" returns
to campus for showings at 7 and 9:30 p m on Friday and Saturday Wilder has
a two part role in the midnight flick. "Start the Revolution Without Me", also
Friday and Saturday night
Getting down to the Dregs
Dregs!'! The Dixie Dregs are back from Europe and welcome They’ll have
two shows tonight at the Georgia Theatre. 8 and 10 p m Tickets are $4 50
Join the paper
Do you feel crazy’’ If you do. you ought to be working for the Red and Black
There's nothing to lose Come to the organizational meeting at 7 p m in Room
309 of Journalism Bldg this Sunday We need photographers, graphic
designers and. of course, writers
