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University qf Georgia Friday, January 26, 1979 Volume *5, Number SI
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PAULEY, OSGOOD FEATURED
Natl broadcasters talk
STRAUSS SAYS GO, BUT...
Jocoy refuses to give up job
By JKANIK MAKSII
Staff writer
Jane Pauley. John Hart and Charles
Osgood will speak at the 34th annual
Georgia Association of Broadcasters’
Radio and Television Institute next
week at the Center for Continuing
Education
The three broadcasters will be
heard by more than 100 radio and
television officials from across the
state at the Jan 30-Feb 1 meetings.
The Journalsim school is co-sponsor
ing the event, held here annually since
it began.
NBC newsman John Hart will
replace the previously announced
David Brinkley at the Wednesday
morning session Brinkley, the sched
uled institute speaker, was assigned
last week to cover the visit of
Cl.incoc Vice Prcr-.icr Tens Heine
ping, according to Dean Scott Cutlip of
the Journalism School
Mark Goodson and Bill Todman will
be honored with the Distinguished
Broadcaster Award and J B. Fuqua,
cnairman of Fuqua Industries. Inc .
will receive the DiGamma Kappa
Pioneer Broadcaster Award during
the Institute Dean Emeritus and Mrs
John Drewry will also he honored
guests at the award banquet Tuesday
night.
All sessions are open to students
free of charge except for the
luncheons, according to Dr. W. Worth
McDougaid. member of the institute
committee To hear speakers at
luncheons, students may buy tickets at
the center for lunch or may attend the
speech without eating lunch
The purpose of the institute,
according to McDougaid. is "to bring
broadcasters and students together to
learn about problems of mutual
interest " Both students and broad
casters benefit from meeting each
other, he added
Jane Pauley, a regular on the
"Today” show, will speak at the
Thursday luncheon beginning at 12:15.
Before the ‘ Today" show. Pauley
co-anchored on the nightly news at the
NBC station in Chicago.
Jiiim Han. a newsman with NBC,
has been an anchorman and writer for
documentaries and special news
shows as well as a well-known face
during coverage of the 1976 presiden
tial election He will speak at 10:30
a m Wednesday.
Charles Osgood will follow Hart at
12:15 Wednesday Osgood, a CBS
correspondent, has been anchorman
for a number of documentaries and
special reports.
By CINDY JACKSON
Staff writer
Although Greg Jocoy maintains he will continue to hold his
position as SGA Minister of Consumer Affairs and operate the
Student Book Exchange, SGA President Roger Strauss feels
differently.
Strauss fired Jocoy from his position Wednesday night at a
Student Senate meeting because. Stauss charged, "he was using
student government as a way of promoting his All Campus
Ticket
Jocoy categorically denied this accusation
Strauss later said "he (Jocoy) couldn't stand me he was
dividing the cabinet up ”
"I will not take my firing seriously and I will continue to do
my job." Jocoy stated He went on to say that, "being fired by
Roger Strauss is like being fired by Joseph McCarthv it
doesn't hurt a lot.”
Jocoy was not aware that Strauss planned to fire him. but he
said that he believed "all of his (Strauss’) fraternity brothers
knew.”
Strauss said his reason for not letting Jocoy know of his
decision was that. "I wanted to see his political death come as
agonizingly as possible I think I owed it to him
Jocoy also felt that "one ot the things that may have
precipitated this is that Roger Strauss doesn't like me
At first Jocoy said whatever happened to his position was
"basically up to Roger," and that he would either give the
account books and receipts for the Book Exchange to Strauss
and "see what he could do with it" or explain everything about
the operation to someone else Strauss chose
He later changed his statement, saying. No matter what the
final outcome is, I will be operating the Book Exchange until
February 15th with or without Roger's approval "
Jocoy said he has tried to talk to Strauss about his dismissal
but has been unable to contact him.
At the meeting Strauss did not give Jocoy a chance to reply to
his accusations “I have the authority to hire and fire, he said
"and 1 have the final say "
"I really didn’t think he had the right to reply." Strauss said
Strauss stated that he has really not thought about a
replacement for Jocoy because "our terms are almost over "
He did say that he will probably get a replacement for the Book
Exchange so that it can continue to operate
Other student government ministers either could not be
reached or had no comment.
Three shops damaged by smoke, water
By MARY Tlil'RSTON
Assistant city editor
Although the fire Wednesday night in
the building at the comer of Clayton
Street and Cdllege Avenue caused
extensive damage in two businesses, the
other three shops in the building suffered
only smoke and water damage, according
to Athens Marshal Johnny Pritchett.
The fire began in Beussee's Florist
about 6:3C p.m.. and spread through the
uT.pl; 2ttu uoor of tne building. It also
damaged Pants Circus, the corner shop
of the building Three other businesses.
Cookies and Company. Carson Barber
shop and The Art School, are on the first
floor of the building.
Cookies and Company manager,
Richard Caskins. said his shop hnd "a lot
ot water damage and a little smoke.”
Gaskins said the big problem was water
seepage from the upstairs floors
"We had just closed and two of us were
working on a new cookie recipe and we
smelled smoke. Somebody came in and
told us the building was on fire," Gaskins
said. "We had about ten minutes and we
started carrying stuff out."
Gaskins said they took out some of the
furniture and the cash register, “but
there might have been some water
damage to those things.”
Gaskins said he thought there was a
possibility the building will have to be
condemned, and Cookies and Co. will
have to relocate. "There’s been no
decision on the outcome of the building
yet; we’ll just have to wait and see," he
said.
Gaskins said he could not estimate the
cost of damages yet. “Of course, we’re
simply out of a business,” he said,
adding, "We want to get back in business
as soon as we can. We feel like we have a
reputation here.”
Gaskins said people had been coming
by the shop to check on them Thursday.
"We really appreciate everything people
have done, coming by and offering to
help. Cookies will be back as soon as we
can," he assured The Red and Black.
Saye and Butler to be honored at Founder’s banquet
Spencer's Jewelers, next door to the
burned florist shop, was open for
business Thursday "We had some water
and a little smoke damage." owner Eva
Spencer said. "We were really lucky We
have a big firewall between us. otherwise
we would have had a lot more damage ”
Spencer said that customers have come
in. "surprisingly enough The jewelry
shop owns storage space upstairs in the
building, but smoke caused the only
damage up there "It gets pretty stutty m
here, anti a while because of the smoke,
but we’re just glad we were able to oe
open today." she said.
Fire Marshal Johnny Pritchett said he
did not believe damage was substantial
enough to condemn the building. "It’s
really in much better shape than you
would think/* 'Pritchett said
Pritchett said the fire apparently began
above a showcase window around a light
fixture at the florist shop "There s been
some talk that faulty electrical wiring
was the cause, but we haven’t found
that " Pritchett said investigation of the
fire had to wait Thursday morning until
"the ice in the building could melt
Pritchett said the Building inspector
would check the building Monday to
determine which parts of the building are
beyond repair
The fire was discovered about 6:30
p.m.. but firemen were th«»re all r.iglii
even after it was brought under control in
case high winds should start the flames
agains
"With a deep-seated fire like that we
always keep a company on duty all
night." Pritchett said, adding that the
adverse weather conditions made the fin-
more hazardous
UGA Today
Rugby Club clinic
The University will celebrate its 194th birthday and two University personalities will
9 be honored tonight at the annual Founders’ Day banquet
Political Science Professor Dr Albert Saye and Alumni Society Director Tyus Butler
will receive the Abraham Baldwin Award, which honors people from Athens who have
made "notable contributions to the University." The award is named after the
‘f University's first president and was established in 1977
Judge Alexander A Lawrence of Savannah, a senior U S. District judge and Georgia
historian, will speak at the banquet at the Athens Country Club
The banquet will commemorate the chartering of the University, the nation's oldest
chartered state university. It is sponsored by the Athens-Clarke County chapter of the
' Alumni Society
Although Jan 27. 1785, is generally accepted as the chartering date, there seems to be
some uncertainty surrounding this point of history
According to tne text of the charter, "the General Assembly met this twenty-seventh
day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty five (to)
enact, ordain and declare” the charter.
However, newspaper clippings in the University library quote "official records of the
state legislature" setting the chartering date as Jan. 28. 1785
Whichever date is correct, the charter was drawn up by Baldwin, a Yale graduate
Though written in the elaborate style of 18th century literature, the charter has been
praised for its dignity and clarity and has been a model for the founding of many other
colleges and universities.
Dr. Willis H Bocock. a classics professor at the University for 50 years, ranked the
first sentences in the English language It reads:
"As it is the distinguishing happiness of free governments that civil order should be
the result of choice and not necessity, and the common wishes of the people become the
laws of the land, their public prosperity and even existence very much depends upon
suitably forming the minds and morals of their citizens ”
Now extremely faded and fragile, the charter is on permanent display in the rare
books room of the main library
Soviet farming
•4
Agriculture student spends three months in U.S.S.R.
Hj
By SKIP HU LETT
Assistant feature editor
r, ‘ A wedding ceremony where strangers
are invited in to propose a toast and the
guests yell for the couple to kiss as long
as they can (with the crowd shouting a
• # countdown)
This might seem strange to most
people here in the United States, but not
to University law student Alex Booth
•» Maybe it’s because he not only saw it—he
proposed the toast.
‘Profiles
The wedding was last summer in the
Soviet Union where Alex was a
* participant for three months in a
cooperative exchange program between
the National 4-H Council and tne Soviet
Ministry of Agriculture
* • Alex and eleven other students from
across the country traveled to the
U.S.S.R for a month of intensive study at
the Academy for Agriculture of White
•; Russia and two months of farm work on
collective farms in the Ukraine, Soviet
Georgia and Armenia
Preparing for the trip was rw. easy
•, task. Booth will tell you He and the other
Americans first spent three months at
Georgetown University in Washington. D
C.. cramming their heads full of. among
.9 other things. Russian history. Russian
culture and. of course, Russian language
"One of the professors was this old
Russian lady, a Jewish immigrant, and I
just loved her to death but she drove us
hard—a real taskmaster. Booth said
Once they got fo the Soviet Union,
however, the study became a little more
familiar as Booth and the rest of the
group began taking a smattering of
different subjects in the field which they
were all accustomed: anricullure
After spending three or four days in
Moscow and ironing out bureaucratic
affairs, the group headed on to Minsk and
the agricultural academy where Booth
estimated 10.000 or so students were
enrolled
"On the weekends, they’d have dances
at the academy and there would be bands
made up mostly of students that would
play for everybody About 40 percent of
what they played was American music,
some Beatles and stuff like that," Booth
said He also said the Americans were
pretty free to roam around and talk to
whomever they wanted, mostly Russian
students and students from other
countries
The other foreign students at the
Academy were from African nations like
Ethiopia and Nigeria Booth and the
other Americans grew to be really good
friends with these students, especially
because of the Africans' exposure to
Western language and culture in their
homelands
"They (the Africans) were really
interesting to talk to and discuss things
with because they had. for the majority
spent most of their college careers there
in Russia and they weren't intimidated
by the Russians at all," Booth said
"These guys still had their feathers and
they just didn't give a damn about all the
bureaucracy that the Russian govern
ment throws at you.”
The Russians were just as interested in
the Americans as the Americans were in
,K *»m. according to Booth, and street
conversations between the two weren t
uncommon
"Folks would try to buy our blue jeans
from as and we’d start talking to them
That's how I learned about how the black
market works," Booth said He felt
perfectly free to talk with anybody he
w anted and political discussions w ere more
the rule than the exception He recalled
one such debate got a little heated
”1 was talking to this one Russian
student and we got pretty loud in our
disagreement We were up in one of the
dorm rooms and the hall commander or
whatever you’d call him came down and
threatened to toss me out but we talked
him out of it and told him we were only
having a friendly discussion." he said
See RUSSIA p i
The UGA Rugby Club will be holding a clinic at the Intramural Fields
on Saturday. Jan 27. at 1:00 p.m.
No experience is necessary You can call Peter Cumin at 546-8776 for
more information
Museum exhibits
Two exhibitions will open Sunda\.
Jan 28. at the Georgia Museum ot
Art The exhibits, 1 The Human
Form and "West Meets East, will
be at the Museum through March 4
"The Human Form" presents works
by Austrian artist Fritz Wotruba Ii
includes bronzes, lithographs, etch
ings. and drawings
"West Meets East" is a collection of
graphics illustrating the influence of I
Japanese prints on late 19th centurv
French art
Summer in England?
How would you like to work in England for the summer, or for six months'’
Get more information about course oriented or holiday-type jobs today between
11 00 a m and 1:30 pm in Memorial Hall Ballroom (during the International
Coffee Hour). B
Capra lecture
Here s some good news and some bad
news for movie buffs First, the good news
Frank Capra "One of America's great film
directors." is going to lecture Tuesday. Jan
30. at 8 30 p m
Now . the bad news, the lecture will be at
Clay ton Junior College in Morrow Georgia
This news isn’t too bad though because
Morrow is only about 10 miles south of
Atlanta
A synopsis of Capra's films includes It
Happened One Night, Mr. Deed's Goes To
Town, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
All you can eat
If you wake up hungry this Saturday (Jin 27). go to the Timothy Element.'ry
School PTA'j Pancake Breakfast in the school cafeteria, on Timothy Road,
between 6 30 and 11 30 a m.
Get "all you can eat”, and the coat is only $1.75 for adults and $100 for
children
He’s in the pink
“The Pink Panther Strikes Again."
starring Peter Seilers as the
inimitable inspector Clouseau, is the 9
o'clock movie on channel 11.
It's the first time on TV for this film
which features the revenge of former
Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert
tomi.
Never fear though-despite dastard
ly attacks on clumsy Clouseau-the
inspector remains in the pink