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University of Georgia Wednesday, January 31, 1979 Volume 85, Number $3 "Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper’
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Stage struck
Drama dept, hosts theatre festival
By ANNE IIKYBALA
Last year, the University dis-
sapointed the movie industry after
refusing to allow the filming of
Animal House on its scenic
campus This year, however, the
acting profession will make a great
break onto the scene as the
University drama department hosts
the American College Theatre Film
Festival, Feb. 1-4, allowing six of
the South's most creative plays to
reveal their worth.
The festival's first production,
"Barnum and the Mermaid," is an
original to be presented Thursday.
Feb. 1, at 8:30 p.m. by the
University of Florida The plot
centers around P T. Barnum's
efforts to convince the public that
his fiji mermaid is authentic This
play was presented at the state's
American College Theatre Festival
last year.
Two productions will hit the stage
an Friday, Feb 2. “The Home
coming," a play by Harold Pinter,
dramatizes the loss of man's sense
of roots. The play is presented by
the University of North Carolina at
11:30 am
“Happy Hour’’ will be performed
by actors from the University of
Virginia. Written by George
Kraovic, the play is a two act
drama that deals with both the
comic and tragic sides of life The
performance is scheduled for 8:30
p.m. Friday.
TIIE UNIVERSITY of Monteval
lo in Alabama introduces the
PiMitzer prize-winning play, “The
Shadow Box.” This production,
staged for 11:30 a m. on Saturday.
Feb. 3, combines sensitivity and
comedy to form a harmonious and
moving drama
Ihe curtain will rise again at 8:30
p.m Saturday, with Preston Jones'
“Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Ober
lander.” the second of his "Texas
Trilogy,” which has received much
Strauss ’ action examined
attention from theatre goers throughout the
country. This three act play focuses on the
trials and tribulations of a small west Texas
town, as seen through the eyes of Lu Ann
Oberiander Lu Ann is a divorcee who supports
herself and her child by working at a bearuth
oarlor. and finally, bv driving a Howdy Wagon
The final entrant in the ACT Festival will be
Agnes Scott College of Decatur, Ga Kevin
o'Morrison’s "Ladyhouse Blues." features
couth St. ouis at the end of World War I. A
mother and her torn daughter* strive to
survive in a world without men. each seeking
her own happiness “Ladyhouse Blues" begins
at 1:00 p.m , Sunday, Feb. 4
Series and single play tickets are available
and can be purchased at the Fine Art Theatre
box office. The office is open weekdays from
noonuntil 5:00 p.m.
AS A special treat this weekend, the drama
department and WGTV will present "The
Touch Dreamed Up. an original
teleplay by John Kendall Wilson, a
former graduate student with the
University. Wilson developed the
work, using it as his Master of Fine
Arts thesis project The setting for
this drama takes place in a bar
during the Great Depression,
involving five men and their
relationships with each other. The
film will air at 11 p.m Saturday on
Channel 8.
Under the direction of Michael
Fairman. a professor in the drama
department, the work was per
formed at the 1978 ACT Festival,
where it won a number of awards
While focusing mainly on play
production competition, the theatre
festival also includes acting and
playwriting competition Beginning
today, the festival is holding
auditions for participants in the
Irene Ryan Acting Competition
The late Miss Ryan, best known as
“Granny" in the TV series The
Beverly Hillbillies, established a
large trust fund, assuring a series
of scholarship awards for acting
One award at every regional
festival consists of $500 The winner
then competes at the National
Festival in Washington for a $2000
prize.
“I feel that encouraging young
people in their endeavors is a good
way to give something back to the
industry.” Ryan said beofre her
death
PRIZES FOR the National
Playwriting Competition include
$2500 in cash from the William
Morris Agency, as well as the offer
of an agency management con
tract. full membership in the
Dramatists Guild and publication-
distribution of the winning play by
Samuel French. Inc.
Artistic talent and creative
material combine this week,
offering entertainment and pro
found learning experiences as the
American College Theatre Festival
brings the best of the South to the
University.
By MIKE ROBERTS
Staff writer
Student Body President Roger Strauss
may get a symbolic slap on the wrist
tonight if the Student Senate approves a
motion to reprimand him for his actions
at last week's senate meeting
Slated to convene at 7 p m in Brumby
Rotunda, the senate will consider acting
on what the motion's author has termed
Strauss' abuse of power while speaking to
the senate.
At last week's meeting. Strauss
announced the firing of Consumer Affairs
Minister Greg Jocoy. Strauss had not
consulted Jocoy before the meeting
In his motion advocating Strauss'
reprimand. Sen. Harold Mulherin (Arts
and Sciences) accused the student body
president of acting “irresponsibly.”
AN IN a Monday night telephone
interview, Mulherin said. “I don’t think
that he 'Strauss) should come out in
front of the senate and act like a joke in
front of s.”
The senator added. "I just think that
the 'way) Strauss did that was pretty
bad...I just wanted to have something on
paper saying the senate disapproves of
it.”
When asked for comment. Strauss said
he thought Mulherin had a “personal
vendetta" against him. Strauss added he
didn’t believe the motion would pass
Mulherin said he first considered
stronger language in the motion, but
decided to stop with “reprimand" in view
of the senate's refusal to oust Billy Key
from the senate presidency on charges of
campaign misconduct
SOME SENATORS felt ousting Key
was too strong an action to take on the
evidence presented at last week's
meeting
In other business, the senate will
consider a motion by Sen David Shelledy
(A&S) to withdraw the University from
the Student Advisory Council SAC is a
liason between the Board of Regents and
the student bodies of each school in the
University system
Shelledy's motion asserts "SAC does
little to promote the interests of the
students of 'the University), and
weekend vacations to SAC meetings for
student government officers are expen
sive for the student body "
The motion also claims SAC is used by
the University administration to prevent
“individual University students" from
influencing the Board of Regents
OF THE motion. Shelledy said. "SAC is
not aggressive enough to be effective ”
Students must protect their own
interests, he added
The motion was to have been presented
to the senate at last week s meeting but.
with items remaining on the agenda, the
body adjourned immediately after
defeating the Kev ouster motion
See SENATE, p. 6
President Strauss
Protestors plan a greeting for Teng
ATLANTA (UPI)—Chinese Vice Pre
mier Teng Hsiao-ping will be greeted
Thursday by hundreds of protestors at
some of his stops in Atlanta
Almost 400 American and Taiwanese
members of th Coalition for a Free China
and Georgians for Fre<» Chi'’? «' in
dem^tralc outside the plush Peachtree
Plaza Hotel in downtown Atlanta where
Teng will attend a luncheon
They will be joined by others in a
march from Peachtree Street in
Buckhead to the governor’s mansion
vhnre another protest will be held during
a formal banquet Thursday evening
Doyle Payne, who organized the
Coalition for a Free China specifically to
protest Teng’s visit, said the demonstra
tions would be peaceful and the group
would not get close enough to threaten
the vice premier
“But we will be seen and heard,”
Payne said
David Yu, a native Taiwanese who hoc
^0*™ 2?. Amcrlc^.. A.$uzen, said some
300 Chinese would join the protest march
to the gOVtniOl s mansion
He said the group would carry banners
and placards reading “Keep Free China
Free” and “Down with Communists.”
Ministers protesting "the betrayal b\
President Jimmy Carter" will be handing
out leaflets outside the Ford Motor Co
plant in Hapeville where Teng will tour
The group said in a formal statement
r ! » r .«r c rt.munition of mainland
China was the “most flagrant violation ot
human rights ever perpetreated by a
United States chief-of ^tate
Atlanta is the second stop on Teng
eight-day. four-city tour of the US He
will leave Friday for Houston
Downtown stores recover from fire damages
By MARY THURSTON
Assistant city rditor
Cookies & Company, one of five downtown shops damaged by fire last week will
open at its present location “hopefully Thursday and definitely by Friday,” according
to part-owner Susan Brooks
Cookies & Company was the only shop in the building to suffer minimal damage.
Carson’s Barbershop, next door to Cookies & Company has already relocated Pants
Circus and Beussee s Florist have indicated that they would like to reopen in the same
location, as soon as the necessary renovation can be done, according to building owner,
James T Heery, Jr
Heery said the building is being temporarily repaired to make it secure "for any of
the shops that want to reopen " Damage to the building was at least $50,000 to $60 000,
he added Temporary repairs include installing a roof and containing the area of the
fire dmage in the building
* We want to renovate as much as we can,” Heery said "Of course, it’s to our
benefit The building is about 140 years old. and we certainly think it is worth saving,”
he added
According to Building Inspector Brice Bishop, who was checking the electricity at
Cookies & Company before it could be turned on. the building is structurally sound and
renovation is possible
Brooks said, “We were fortunate Everything around us has been condemned.” She
added that the shop suffered some smoke and water damage “We have to do some
cleaning up and we’re trying to deodorize the wood.”
Brooks said the repairs are to “protect us from the elements” and that building
owner Heery is buying the materials “We are furnishing the labor." she said. "Every
body has been coming by and offering to help We had one customer. 1 don’t even know
his name, and he just came by and said he wanted to help We really appreciate it,"
she added
Aftermath of recent fire
Future holds possibility for R&B independence
Editor’s Note: This Is part one of a series concerning an issue many students hate
heard rumors about, hut very few facts—independence for The Ked and Black.
Today s Installment discusses the possibility and implications of independence as
well as the work of the Independence Committee.
By BRIAN O’SHEA
Staff writer
"The nature of studenl newspapers" and the "nature ot law and the student
press" are two issues which have prompted The Red and Black and University
officials to investigate the possibility of independence for the campus newspaper
"The institution has been defined as publisher but at the same time, it has been
prevented (by the courts) from acting as publisher." according to Associate Dean
of Student Affairs William Mendenhall
"The newspaper and the institution have been placed in a paradoxical situation.
The only way out is either for the newspaper to become a laboratory arm of the
imtitution or an independent entity serving that institution." said Mendenhall, who
chairs a committee looking into the independence question
As the committee and Red and Black staff members are rapidly discovering, the
independence question is a complicated one because of the many legal and
financial considerations involved
The independence qtaestion is not a new one It has been raised time and again
siwe the Board of Studenl Communications investigated the possibility in 1971 The
depth of this most recent study, however, as well as comments from
administrative officials and student newspaper executives suggest they are not
crying wolf The Red and Black could be an independent newspaper as early as
next fall, according to Mendenhall
As it stands, The Red and Black is a student organization, which until this year
received an annual allocation from student activity fees legally, the University is
publisher of the newspaper This has no bearing on the editorial content, but the
Univrsity may be liable if a lawsuit were filed against the paper, according to
Editor Hope Dlugozima
Close to 85 percent of operating expenses in the past tew years have been paid
through advertising revenues. This year, ad revenues are paying an even larger
chunk of the bills as the paper officially received no allocation from the University.
However, a contingency fund of $20,000 was set aside by the allocations
committee to fund the newspaper's independence. Out ot this money, salaries have
been provided for a general manager and part-time bookkeeper All other expenses
this year will be paid through ad revenues
The decision on independence is further complicated by the number of people
involved Red and Black staffers studying the problems include Dlugozima,
Executive Editor Cathy Lewis. General Manager Ed Stamper and Advertising
Manager Charles Russell
Also involved in the issue are University President Fred Davison and his official
representative in all matters involving campus media, the Board of Student
Communications
At the request of last year's editors and the Board. Davison appointed a
four-member committee last spring to study independence According to
Mendenhall, the committee hopes to come up with "the best method or methods to
facilitate i ndepe rale nee ' without passing judgement on the merits of independence
itself
THE INDEPENDENCE COMMITTEE
According to Mendenhall, the committee has been concerned with two key
questions ill What would he required to maintain an independent newspaper and
(2) What would be the best method of facilitating the transition to ensure the paper
continues
The committee’s recommendations are still in the tentative planning stages, but
Mendenhall said they hope to have some plan to Davison by the end of the quarter
Members of the committee have studied other college newspapers which went
independent to help them evaluate the needs of an independent Red and Black
Must of the papers studied were non-profit corporations headed by a board of
directors
Mendenhall was employed at the University of Florida when the Florida
Alligator, one of the papers studied, went independent after being ordered off
campus The Red and Black is fortunate that this has not happened here.
Mendenhall said
"At many campuses, independence took place because of an incident or incidents
which caused an administrative edict." The Red and Black independence move is
"not an adversary thing,” he said
See THE RED AND BLACK, p. S
UGA Today
Memorial Fund
A scholarship fund has been started in memory of Lisa Bailey, the siud*r
killed in the accident at the intersection of Baxter and Lumpkin Streets on Jan
14
Contributions should be sent to “The Lisa Bailey Memorial Fund in tare of
Becky Russo at the Reed Community office
The scholarship will be given to a student who is pursuing a career in dental
hygiene, which was Lisa s career objective
GAB sessions
The 34th GAB Radio Television Insti
lute has interesting speakers and
seminars scheduled this week
Highlighting today's sessions are
speeches b> John Mart, of NBC News
who will speak a! In
One, on the first floor of the Journalism
building and Charles Osgood. CBS
Radio, who will speak at the luncheon at
12 15 p m at the Georgia Center You
need not order lunch in order to listen to
■ the speech >
Candidacy petitions
15, you need to pick
the SGA office in
If you want to be elected to the University Council on Feb
up a petition for candidacy Petitions are available
Memorial Hall and in the Office of Student Affairs. 201 Academic Building
Students for the following schools-colleges will Ik .•!<*< led
Sciences. Business Administration. Education. Environmental Design Forest
Resources. Graduate School, and Journalism
Picture this
Three biographical films on well-known
artists. Nevelson. Neel, and Cardew. are
scheduled for 7 p m tonight in room 116
in the Visual Arts building Admission is
50 cents
Cabinet meeting today
All ministers and interested persons should go to room 414 in
Memorial Hall, at 3:30 p m . today for a meeting of the SGA Executive
Cabinet.
Early and late
Atlanta's Lewis Grizzard will be
interviewed in a segment of PM
Magazine tonight at 7:30 on channel 5.
(Grizzard s column will soon be
syndicated )
Then, try to slay up for the hilarious
1962 Peter Sellers film, "Only Two
Can Play." at 1 25 am , on channel
17. (Don’t adjust your color—it’s in
black and while )