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University of Georgia Thursday, October 19, 1978 Volume 8$, Number 16
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Academic committee to debate course load proposals
By BILL KRUEGER
Assistant campus editor
A proposal to limit students to a maximum course load of 18
hours rather than the 21 hour limit presently in effect will go
before a subcommittee of the University Council tomorrow
The course load limit is one of a set of proposals concerning
withdrawal, drop-add and academic advising that is going
before the Education Affairs Committee of the University
Council tomorrow.
The proposal will either be approved and sent to the
University Council, be amended first, or sent back to the
committee that drew up the proposal for more work, according
to Dr. Louise McBee, chairman of the Educational Affairs
Committee
The main change proposed for the drop-add procedure is to
set aside the fourth day of each quarter primarily for drop-add
The drop-add procedure would be centralized in the Coliseum,
instead of being held in departmental offices as it is now.
Classes would not meet on drop-add day.
If the proposal is passed the withdrawal period would be
extended to the midway point of the quarter instead of the
current cutoff of three weeks
ANOTHER PROVISION under consideration is to give a
student an “F” if he fails to follow the correct procedure for
drop add and withdrawal. Another provision asks instructors to
provide a course overview on the first day of class
Numerous suggestions have been made for changes in the
academic advising program The first suggestion is that an
advisor s workshop be held during every tall quarter, the first
ol which has already been held this quarter, according to
McBee
The proposal also suggests that a system of rewards be set up
for advisors, one possibility being recognizing advisors during a
ceremony of Honors Day.
If the proposal is passed, students will be limited to signing
up for no more than 18 hours during pre- and late registration,
unless students get specific exemptions from a designated
officer in his school The three schools exempt from the 18 hour
limit are Law , Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy The reason
for their exemption is "some of these students have to take
excessive loads to get done.” McBee said.
IF THE PROPOSAL is passed through the committee, to be
enacted it will only have to be approved by the University
Council at its quarteily meeting near the end of the quarter
The 18 hour limit was suggested bv students working on the
project, according to McBee Its purpose is to discourage the
cafeteria approach-shopping for classes," McBee said.
"Students have been prostituting the pre-registration
process Hopefully this will stop the shopping tor courses, or at
least discourage it.' McBee said.
"People are singing up for 25 hours and then dropping five
hours. Gregg Jocoy. a student working with the proposal said
"We have more than 30,000 drop-adds a quarter,” McBee said.
However, it will not be possible for students to take 20
hours "A lot of students can handle 20 hours. If a student
needed 20 hours in his last quarter to graduate he would be
allowed." McBee said
Empty garage could be used by developer
Built in 1958, the $40,000 complex on
Broad Street stands useless to the
city of Athens and drivers stuck in
holding patterns for parking
spaces.
By Nita Birmingham
Assistant city editor
The city parking garage on
Broad Street which has been on the
market since closing Dec. 31, 1971,
may finally be sold to a Seattle,
Wash, housing firm.
An offer from Security Properties
to purchase the garage has been
temporarily withdrawn to “amend 4
the language" of the agreement,
according to a Security Pacific
representative.
Security Pacific is the parent
organization of Security Properties.
An offer to purchase the building
was made a couple of months ago,
according to Ann Davis, Security
Pacific representative. She said
apparently the terminology of the
agreement, was “not what the city
attorney would have liked."
A CHECK from Security Proper
ties for $1500 was tendered about 45
days ago as a ‘good faith deposit.”
City council has possession of the
check and it is theirs provided they
don't put the garage on the market
for 180 days.
The 180 days is part of a
purchase agreement which allows
time for Security Properties to
conduct architectural and engineer
ing studies on the garage At the
end of 180 days if Security
Properties decides their plans for
the garage are not feasible, they
lose the $1500 and any money
invested in the studies.
Security Properties plans to
renovate the garage into a
multi-family housing unit, accord
ing to Davis. Estimated redevelop
ment cost is $2 million.
City Attorney Denny Galis said
he is still negotiating with Security
Properties and he was unsure when
an agreement would materialize.
Davis commented that Security
Properties has not lost interest in
the parking garage.
JOE BURNETT of the Athens
Downtown Development Authority
said the garage was included in
downtown redevelopment plans as
a reconversion. He added that
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some of the studies conducted by
the authority for downtown rede
velopment were responsible tor the
interest shown in purchasing the
garage
The garage was built in 1958 at a
cost of approximately $40 thousand.
Burnett said, he continued that the
city lost money on the garage each
year it was operated and the
garage "never came close to
paying for itself."
The wiring and control equip
ment of the two elevators in the
garage had deteriorated to the
point that it would have cost the
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city several thousand dollars to
repair them. Burnett said He also
said the garage was inconvenient to
enter and exit because of traffic
jams in the area. For these reasons
Burnett said city officials felt the
best alternaive was to shut the
garage down
Detailed desegregation
plans determined by
Board of Regents
ATLANTA <UPI>—The Georgia Board of Regents Wednesday unveiled the final
phase of its complex plans for speeding desegregation of the state university system,
proposing that some courses be shifted to historically black campuses to attract more
whites
The board is scheduled to vote on the 149-page plan, submitting it to the U S
Department of Health. Education and Welfare at a specially called meeting Thursday
BOR chairman Milton Jones said the state had submitted a university desegregation
plan June 1, 1974 and that it was approved for three years by HEW He said "We feel
that substantial progress was made during that period of time ." But that in January
of last year HEW decided that “satisfactory progress was not being made" in
increasing white enrollment at Georgia's predominantly black Albany State, Fort
Valley State and Savannah State-Armstrong State campuses.
BOR hearings on the desegregation proposals have been marked by frequently
rowdy protests by groups of black students from the Atlanta University Center,
protesting admissions requirements they considered discriminatory. A few dozen
student leaders and black legislators attended the Regents’ preliminary briefing
See REGENTS, p.fi
Infirmary reports student
‘crud’ cases on the rise
By ROBIN RINGLER
Staff writer
The Crud is here and it’s affecting more students every day Two weeks ago 12
percent of the patients at the Health Services Infirmary had the crud Last week the
percentage rose to 22 5. and just last Monday the infirmary treated 83 cases of the
crud
The symptons of the crud are very much like those of the Russian flu, but it’s too
early in the season for the Slavic onslaught, according to Dr Walter Brown, associate
director of Health Services The disease is a respiratory or viral infection. Brown
said.
Apparently, the increased number of "flu" cases is no surprise to Brown "This
happens every year, he said "About two weeks to a month into fall quarter we get a
large number of patients complaining of sore throats, nasal congestion, runny noses,
cough and some fever—the ordinary cold-type symptons But this happens in every
school.”
Brown attributes these annual outbreaks to the large number of students getting
together again after having been in different places all summer picking up different
bugs "All these different bugs are grouped together and spread between all the
people." he said. "And there's no way to identify a single organism when a variety of
them could be the cause "
There is no specific treatment for the infection, so health service clinicians try to
treat the symptoms "The natural history of these things is that they will increase in
number, hit a peak in a week or so, then subside," Brown said "I hope this has
reached its peak, but we'll know for sure by the end of the week ”
Brown suggests avoiding crowds on campus right now If you don't have the bug.
you’re likely to get it since it's passed by respiratory droplets through coughing and
sneezing And if you have it. you’re likely to give it to someone else So either way,
avoid crowds
See URl'D. p 6
HOW ZONING AFFECTS US
Decisions have long range effects
By MATT PRICHARD
Staff writer
Kditor, note: Thi, i, the third and final article in a three-part
serins on toning in Athen, and Clarke County. The series deals
with recent toning issues, what tonig is all about and how it
affects students.
During the turn of the century, many self-styled planners
conjured up images of what the ideal city of the future would be
like They imagined an idyllic, totally landscaped environment
Occasionally the outlandish models that were exhibited at
world's fairs are brought out of the closet for a laugh and a
shake of the head
Many people don't realize that planning for a city or a county
involves much more than this But planning for future
development is as important as zoning the already-existing
structures. This involves more than just considering whether
someone would like to build a hamburger joint down the street
in the next few years
As one citizen told the Clarke County Board of Commissioners
Tuesday night, “You have been charged with planning for the
county. Your decisions will last longer than we will They will
affect the way things are 100 years from now" The comment
was made at a public hearing on the proposed new county
zoning ordinance
One of the most significant effects of the new ordinance would
be to restrict the areas, presently CO percent of unincorporated
Clarke County, now zoned rural The rural zoning now allows
almost any type of use; channelling development in these areas
will certainly affect how the Clarke County of the year 2000 will
look
BUT WHEN planning an area, you don't start out with a
clean slate, according to Harry Hayes, assistant director of the
Athens-Clarke County Planning Commission
"Some uses don't ultimately fit in with the scheme of planned
development, such as in the case of an old neighborhood
grocery store Now the concept is the convenience store along a
thoroughfare Commercial use ir. a residential district, such as
a grocery store, becomes non-conforming." he added
The non-conforming use would be allowed to continue
indefinitely unless its use changes or it is destroyed more than
60 percent, according to the proposed ordinance In that case,
"it is not permitted, so that ultimately, all of it conforms. '
Hayes said
But there are forces, some predictable and others not so
predictable, that are shaping the future growth or lack of it in
Athens and Clarke County
One such force is the Georgia Mall, which is scheduled to
open its doors on Highway 78. a few miles west of Athens in a
few short years.
NO ONE is sure what this will do to Athens, but there are
fears that many merchants will move to the mall and the
downtown area, which is already struggling to increase its
attractiveness to shoppers will become vacant
In a move to increase the usefulness of the buildings
downtown, the planning commission is studying a proposal
which would allow conditional use for apartments to be built in
the upper floors of the buildings This will allow merchants to
earn extra income on these largely vacant areas of several
downtown buildings, according to Joe Burnett, head of the
Athens Downtown Development Authority
One such building that could be used for apartments is the
former Georgian Hotel At one time plans were made to convert
it into a ritzy residence for the elderlv. but those plans were
abandoned due to renovation costs, which would be Si 5 million,
according to Barry Stiles, property manager tor Stiles
Properties, owner of the building
The apartments, if allowed • uld surely play a part in wh.,'
the Athens of 20 years hence would be. adding a residential
element that would draw potential downtown cu tomers
"You'd be surprised how many people would be interested
See ZONING, p. s
UGA Today
Sen. Nunn to speak
today at Memorial
Sen Sam Nunn will be the featured
speaker at 12:30 p m today in the Memorial
Hall Ballroom Fresh from the adjournment
of the 95th Congress. Nunn will conduct an
open meeting, giving his comments on
issues and fielding questions from students.
The Georgia Democrat is in his home
state for the week and plans to attend the
Georgia-Vanderbilt football game Saturday
Chemistry career conference
Chemistry majors take note The American Chemical Society will hold a
chemistry career conference at 9 a m Friday in the chemistry building A $2
registration fee is required to cover luncheon expenses
Topics to be discussed include career opportunities for chemists, career
alternatives, problems of transition from college to industry, industrial
management, research and development in industry and chemists in
government
Open to graduate students, undergraduates and high school students, the
conlerence will feature speakers from the chemical industry
Atlanta Hawks manager here today
Stan Kasten. manager of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team, will speak to a
University management class at 1:15 p m today in Brooks Hall Kasten's topic
will be "The Manager as a Leader ”
The talk is one in a series by business and civic leaders and is open to the
public
Chipmunk purity
Today The Red and Black reports on
an up-coming study of the purity of
chipmunk races. A University pro
fessor has been given a $6000 grant to
see how chipmunks that live in the
same area can remain separate To
find out just what's going on. turn to
page 2
Of interest to any college student
who has ever had to cram for that
make-or-break exam, the "Waltons"
episode tonight at 8 on Channel 5
demonstrates what happens when you
overdo Mary Ellen gets hooked on
pills she's taking to help her study for
her nursing license
Switching from heavy to light, Jerry
Lewis stars in the 1958 flick
"Rock-a-bye-Baby" at 9 p m on
Channel 17 Lewis agrees to babysit
with a movie queen's triplets