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University of Georgia Tuesday, April 3,1979 Volume 85, Number 80
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PSC stresses safety precautions
ATLANTA <11*11 Georgia Public
Service Commission Chairman Bobby
Pafford said Monday the nuclear
accident at Harrisburg. Pa., means
'very, very few" new atomic energy-
plants will be licensed.
Commissioner Billy Lovett, who flew to
Pennsylvania Sunday and personally-
checked the situation at the Three Mile
Island generating plant, said he came
away worried that neither the govern
ment nor the generating industry has been
fully candid about nuclear energy.
Pafford said he contacted James
O'Keilly, the southeastern regional
director of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, to set up a briefing next
Thursday on safety precautions at all
nuclear plants in the Southeast Pafford
said he is concerned that Georgia plants
have sufficient safety precautions but
also that no unduly restrictive steps be
taken in a panic after the Pennsylvania
incident.
1 think you've got to consider that this
is the worst nuclear accident we've ever
had in the history of this nation, but still
we've not lost the first life," Pafford said
UGA Today
Explore a cave
Make plans now to go on the University Union’s Cave Exploring Trip April 7 &
H in the Northwest Georgia mountains The group will leave Memorial Hall at 7
a m Saturday and return Sunday at 8 p m The cost is $18 00 for students and
$24 for guests The fee includes meals, transportation, and camping equipment.
For more information about the supplies you need to bring and to register for
the trip go by the business office at Memorial Hall before Friday.
Award winning books
The Georgia Press has arranged to
display all of the winning books in this
year's Association of American
University Presses book design
competition. This exhibit includes 49
books judged as superior in design and
production among all books judged as
superior in design and production
among all books published by
university presses in 1979 The books
are on display at the University Press
offices on the ground floor of Terrell
Hall until April 13. All of the
University Press' winning books were
designed by the press' design and
production manager. Martyn Hitch
cock.
Nunn Internships open
If you were interested in applying for one of the 1979 80 Sam Nunn Internship*
but didn’t get an application submitted in time, the deadline date for these
applications has been extended to April 10 The reason for the change is due to a
delay in distribution of applications and information concerning the program.
Anyone interested in applying for one of these internships may pick up
applications and information in room 203 of Terrell Hall
Prose and poetry
Stillpoint. the annual publication of
the Jack Donne Literary Society, is
now accepting original poetry and
short prose for its 1979 edition All
submissions should be typed, including
name and address, and turned in to
room 254. Hark Fall, before April 16
Last chance to sign up
If you're planning on taking the April 16 Hrgrntt' Kxam. you must sign up
before Friday iEffective July I. any student that has attempted 105 quarter
hours is restricted to remedial courses if he has not passed the exam ' You may
sign up to take the exam in room 309 of the Academic Building this week Only
I2IKI students have signed up so far. so there are plenty ol openings left!
Special report
Find out how the handicapped fight
back watch the CBS special report.
• How Much for the Handicapped 1 '"
tonight at 8 p m on channel ;> The
report deals with particular problems
disabled Americans encounter, such
as the lack of housing and transporta
tion geared for people restricted to
wheelchairs, and the shortage of
interpreters for students with im
paired sight or hearing Handicapped
Americans have recently become
more militant, using demonstrations
to call attention to their cause
in an interview.
Because of the incident, however, he
said. “There will be very, very few
nuclear plants licensed in the future.''
Pafford emphasized that he did not
want any unsafe plants operating, but
said that once adequate safeguards are
built in. T think it would be a grave
waste of funds and a tremendous
increase in utility rates if you close them
down'' and forego nuclear generation as
a potentially plentiful energy source
Lovett said he was worried about
nuclear accidents at the Hatch plant of
Georgia Power Co., near Baxley, and
claimed that Georgia Power has "made
light'' of construction problems at the
plant. Pafford said the NRC assured him
there is no danger and that plant
construction is being closely monitored
‘‘I’ve also been assured today by the
NRC that there is a field nuclear
engineer on a fulltime basis assigned by
the NRC to Plant Hatch." Pafford said
One unit at Hatch is operational and
.another is being built
Meal plan costs
rise by 20 percent
By ROBIN RINGLFH
Staff writer
The price of University Food Services meal plans will increase by 23 percent next
year due to food shortages and inflation, according to J W Broadhurst. administrative
director of the business services division. The increase is significant since past
increases have been held to between two-and-one-half and five percent
Food Services will also be offering nine more 15 meal serving days and 13 additional
20 meal serving days, another factor in the increase. Broadhurst said
"Without these extra meals, the increase would be 13 percent," he said
Bad weather conditions are the cause of certain food shortages which force the prices
up on some Food Service staples. “If we haven't already ordered some foods, we just
won't be able to get them for next year." Broadhurst said
Frozen and canned green beans, fruit cocktail, apricots and peaches are some of the
foods affected by nationwide shortages
Of 124 food items usually purchased by Food Services, the price of 68 has increased
more than 10 percent, 35 more than 20 percent, 19 more than 30 percent and 12 more
than 40 percent Most of the beef items, lettuce, onions, fruit cocktail and pear halves
have increased more than 50 percent.
"Inflation is just unbelievable." said Chester J. Malanoski. administrator of auxiliary
services
Last year. Food Services took in $3 8 million from contract and cash customers
Approximately 48 percent of that is actually spent on food Personnel services, which
includes employee pay, takes up 39 percent of the money Operating supplies such as
telephone bills and cleaning materials cost 2 9 annually Repairs, minor maintenance
and utility bills use 3 8 p-rcent and major repairs and equipment replacement cost six
percent.
"In the future we want to maintain quality and try to decrease cost. Broadhurst
said.
The fall quarter meal plan count came to 4300 participants of which 74 percent are
on-campus residents "We also have quite a few participants who live off campus "
Broadhurst said
"And if Oglethorpe House is purchased we could get more contracts which would help
lower the cost." he said.
University Food Services will operate the Oglethorpe dining hall, opening it to all
meal plan participants and not just residents of Oglethorpe House.
"We also plan to continue operating the Bulldog Room until the new student center is
open," Broadhurst said At that time. Food Services will In-gin serving meals in the
new building
Local protests
Mall phm.. ||*| t
Athens citizens marched Monday in reaction to the accident in a nuclear power
plant at Three Mile Island. Pennsylvania The accident has sparked nationwide
reaction, although Energy Secretary James Schlesinger said Monday he sees no
reason to outlaw nuclear power Read Wednesday s Red and Black for further
state and local coverage.
Esperanto—a world language?
By ELIZABETH HARDIN
While the governments of some
countries spend large amounts of money-
on interpreters and translators, advo
cates of an artificial world language
contend that man could solve the
problem - with a new longue called
"Esperanto
Dr Ralph A Lewin, of the Scnpps
Institution of Oceanography at San
Diego, will speak at the University
Wednesday on the language, invented in
the 19th century to help solve the
problems of international communica
Murphy to call for regional primary
ATLANTA H Pli A powerful Georgia
politician who fought Jimmy Carter when
he was governor plans a meeting of
Southern political leaders this spring to
form a regional presidential primary that
he concedes would give Carter a big
boost toward renomination.
House Speaker Tom Murphy said the
idea behind having one “Southern
primary," or at least coordinating as
many state dates as closely together as
possible, is to prod the national political
parties into commissioning a nationwide
primary in 1984
Murphy, a west Georgia lawyer who
was House floor leader for ex-Gov Lester
Maddox 1967 71 and ran Lt Gov Maddox
a close second as Carter's most bitter
critic 1971-75, called fellow House
speakers together shortly after the 1976
campaign to discuss the possibility- of a
regional primary in 1980
The logistics advantages - reduced
travel time when stumping, costly
television campaigns being polled in
border cities like Chattanooga. Augusta.
Jacksonville and Memphis had appeal
for candidates running on a shoestring,
like Carter did in 1975 The political
realities - weeding out all but the
heavyweight contenders and giving the
South a unified voice - appealed to the
party pros
With Carter holding all the advantages
of incumbency , and neither Sen Edward
M. Kennedy. D-Mass nor California
Gov Jerry Brown showing any major
Southern strategy , party leaders said
Carter s main advantages in a Southern
primary might be rebounding from any
setbacks he might suffer in the early
Iowa causus or New Hampshire primary
Such a southwide test would also let the
White House assess the crowded
Republican field
With less than a year remaining before
Alabama's primary, set for March 4 and
second only to New Hampshire's late
January tradition. Murphy said support
ers of a regional primary are planning to
meet next month or in May to see what
laws would have to Ik* changed to get the
states together Florida's primary, which
Carter us«*d in 1976 to surpass ex-Gov.
George Wallace, is set for March 11. but
North Carolina, wh'ch gave Carter his
first clearcut majority. is considering a
move to afxilish its presidential primary-
next May
Tarheel House members last week
refused to separate the presidential
preterence primary from the primaries
for state elections, but a resolution is still
pending to cancel the presidential
sweepstakes
tion.
Lewin will speak at 4.30 in Room 144 of
Park
The vocabulary of Esperanto is
borrowed from English, the Romance
languages, and various other tongues,
according to Dr John T. Algeo, head of
the English Department The grammar is
original, highly regular, and easy to
learn. Algeo said
The inventor of Esperanto was a
Russian Polish Jew named Zamenhof
who wrote under the pseudonym "Dr
Esperanto" The meaning of
“Esperanto" in the language is "one who
is hoping''
Zamenhof hoped that his language
would serve to bridge destructive
communication gaps between people of
different native languages
Esperanto is only one of several
invented languages which originated in
the 19th century, according to Algeo It is
learnable. regular, and has a vocabulary
which is familiar to anyone who speaks
English or any European language
Esperanto is both written and spoken
as a second language Lewin is the
author of an F^speranto translation of
A A Milne's children s story Winnie the
Pooh
There are clubs and organizations
throughout the world whose purpose is to
teach Esperanto and to promote its
continued survival and expansion
The language is also taught at a few
universities.
Among Lewin s scholarly pursuits are
experimental phycology and comparative
marine microbiology
While on campus. Lewin will also speak
to members of the marine sciences
program
A&S surveys advisor reaction to
proposed non-faculty program
By MURRAY GAR NICK
Approximately 18 percent of the lower division academic
advisors are opposed to the hiring of non-faculty advisors,
according to a survey conducted by a student affairs counselor
for Career Planning and Placement in February
At a more recent meeting of faculty advisors, however, the 15
people who attended were "surprisingly positive" about the
hiring of non faculty advisors, according to Ann Majestic,
coordinator of academic advisement for the College of Arts and
Sciences
Majestic’s meeting was held to discover advisor reaction to
an earlier memorandum from Arts and Sciences Dean Jack
Payne's office proposing the hiring of professional non-faculty
advisors to replace the current advisors who are drawn from
the faculty
The survey, conducted by Katie Boardman as part of a
project underaken with three other graduate students, found
that advisors fell into three categories on the subject of
non-faculty advisors, out of the 27 replies. 13 advisors were
opposed, seven were in favor with some reservations, and seven
were not committed, needed more information, or thought that
it was a good idea for departments other than their own
According to Boardman. the art and music departments were
especially opposed to non faculty advisors Students majoring in
art or music must start their majors right away, while other
students "do no! feel the same push," Boardman said
Most of the advisors who favored non faculty advisors felt "it
does not matter who advises as long as he is well prepared.”
Bourdiiian said One advisor thought (acuity wite types that
have master's degree could do it."
Majestic accounted for the discrepancy between the survey
results and views expressed at the later meeting by pointing out
that advisors in the survey did not have the specifics of the
proposed program
"They had never been given specific details," Majestic said
"There were a lot of rumors and misunderstandings "
Department heads in the college will discuss the issue at an
upcoming meeting. Majestic said "The dean »Payne* feels that
department heads carry a lot of weight ”
Beside the discussion of non-faculty advisors. Boardman's
survey- also included questions about what the advisors thought
were the disadvantages of the present system
Generally, she found that they were "very supportive of the
administration '
According to the Boardman survey, advisors fall into two
categories Either they advise because they feel it is important
for students or they are doing it for the additional income of
$1000 The survey indicated the second type of advisor tends to
see advising as merely scheduling
The major disadvantage of advising, according to the results
of the survey , is that there are no rewards
"Advising gets pushed to the back burner like teaching."
Boardman said, adding that academic advisement has little
effect on the rewarding of promotions, salary increases, and
tenure
Another drawback is that advising takes time and attention,
leaving fess time for research and other activities. Boardman
said
Bridle beer
Budweiser* famous Clydesdale horses pulled their
old nine beer wagon through campus over the weekend,
visiting Athens for a double purpose The huge
equestrians pranced along the rodeo parade route
Saturday and stopped bv the FIJI house to publicize FIJI
Budweiser Clean Up Week, which runs all this week The
Clydesdales are kept by the Anheuser-Busch brewery,
and travel all over the country publicizing Budweiser
beer