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Senator Jocov speaks during senate meeting
Referendum voted binding
By CINDY JACKSON
Assistant campus editor
The Student Senate voted 37-8 Wednesday night to make todav's referendum to
abolish student government binding on the Student Government Association
The senate voted in two consecutive meetings by a two-thirds majority to make
student body president Harold Mulherin's referendum a binding amendment to the SGA
constitution
A majority vote on today's referendum will require SGA to disband, according to
Senate Treasurer Mike Hearn, who sponsored the motion
'it would be binding It would be no opinion poll It would be no joke And it would be
no attempt to hood wink the students.” Hearn said
Polling places for the abolition referendum will be open from 9 a m to 4 p m at the
library. PJ plaza. Grad Studies. Plant Sciences. Memorial Plaza. Biological Sciences,
and between the Law School and the Business School
A poll will be open from 11 a m to 6 p.m outside Bolton Hall.
Barry Irwin (Law) took the lead in opposing the motion and offered a substitute
motion which would have allowed for the continued existence of the Student Judiciary.
i think there are a lot of people waiting around for this mess to end so we can start
something new.” Jim Braden 'Business* said in support of the original motion
"We were selected by the students and we decided to let the students decide the fate
of SGA There's no way possible that 66 people can decide honestly what 22.000 students
want." John Breaugh (Arts and Sciences) said.
Irwin said passing the referendum as a constitutional amendment would sound like
the senate was endorsing the abolition of SGA.
"This is going to leave a giant void of nothing.” Staci Kramer (Arts and Sciences)
said, speaking against the motion.
There will be two separate ballots at the polls tomorrow One will be an opinion poll
on student services and the other will be the Mulherin referendum
The senate voted down a motion last night by Gregg Jocoy (Arts and Sciences) to set
up a $2000 bail-bond fund for students arrested for possession of marijuana
Some senators felt passing the motion would convince students the senate advocated
possession of marijuana Students should bear the responsibility themselves, opponents
of the motion said
A motion to express senate disapproval of a proposal from the University calendar
committee to reduce the final exam schedule from four days to three days was passed
by acclamation
The senate also passed a motion to prohibit campaigning within 50 feet of polling
places, and another motion to revitalize the student buying power card program by
next spring
A motion ordering the senate academic affairs committee to look into a proposed
tuition hike and decide what action the senate should take passed overwhelmingly.
Senate President Lynn Johnson announced that Tom Cochran, accountant for student
activities, has been named official advisor to SGA by Dean of Student Services Dwight
Douglas
A member of the Georgia Credit Union League also spoke to the senate about
establishing a student credit union
There is already a faculty credit union which is not open to students and a Clarke
Community credit union which is open to students, according to Larry Seagers. GCUL
spokesman
He felt that a student credit union would be helpful, but said that there would be
numerous problems in staffing an organization of this type and keeping it in operation
Athens council to make decision on
bus service extension past city limits
By VINCENT A. PAPSIDERO JR.
\ssistant city editor
City bus service may be extended
beyond city limits if a proposal from tin*
Joint Services Committee is approved by
the Athens City Council
Jewel John, chairman of the commis
sion. requested Wednesday night that the
council consider a feasibility study to
determine whether bus service could he
extended to certain areas of the county.
The request was referred to the
Community development Committee.
"We've had a number of requests from
people in the county outside of the city
for bus service.” John said. "It looks like
it would he a good time to do something
about it .”
Throe separate areas will be con
sidered for the trial period, according to
Athens Transit Director Jerry Mooney
The areas will include a large
industrial section north of downtown,
which has a potential of being a high
density ridership area.
UGA Today
Have your say
Students will have the opportunity to
vote in a referendum today concerning
whether or not to abolish the Student
Government Association Polls are set
up in strategic places around the
campus.
Ampersand today
Read about Umdons rebel rockers
The Clash in today's Ampersand
Other features include a story on
Marilyn Hassett's new movie. The
Hell Jar. and a nostalgic review of
Benny Goodman. Enjoy'
Women’s workshop
A workshop entitled "Women and Development" will be held April from 2
p.m. -6pm in the small ballroom of Memorial Hall. The workshop,
co-sponsored bv the Office of International Services and Programs, the
National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, the Sociology Department,
women in Science, and the Campus Ministry Association, will deal with the
social and cultural roles of women in the development of third world
countries. The program is open to the public.
The inside stories
Want to plan a trip to New York 1 ' Get tips on where to go and what to
see in the Big Apple on page 6
If you're more industrious, and are not planning a trip to New York, see
information on how to get a summer internship, page 5
Public celebration
WUOG will celebrate its 10,000 watt
power increase by having a party
tonight at 7 00 p m in the Memorial
Hall Ballroom Music will he .supplied
by the Wuoggers. Steve Davidowski,
and J C. Oliverio Admission is free
and the public is invited Come on out
and party with W'UOG tonight'
Homecoming theme contest
Be original Submit an idea for the 1979 Homecoming Theme Contest This
year's theme should be related to Sanford Stadium's 50th Anniversar\
Entries must be submitted before 5 00 p m on Friday. April 13 to the
Memorial Hall Information Booth The winner will receive a "Homecoming
Package”, including tickets to the Homecoming game against Virginia and
free admission to other Homecoming events
Behind the scenes
A new mini-series. Doctors' Private
Lives, will air tonight on channel 11 at
10 00 p m The series stars John Gavin
and Ed Nelson as the head and chief
surgeon (respectively) of a hospital's
cardiovascular unit Tonight's show is
the first of four parts
For late night entertainment, tune in
to Tomorrow on channel 2 at 1 a in
Tom Snyder will host actor Cliff
Robertson and casting director Joyce
Selznick
The second area is along Atlanta
Highway, Mooney said. If service were
extended into this area students living in
apartment complexes along the busy
thoroughfare might benefit.
The third area, east and southeast of
the city, is bounded by Lexington
Highway. Gaines School Road and
College Station Road A number of
apartment complexes are located in this
general area also
At the present time. Mooney said, it is
hard to determine the exact kind of
service that might be required “Pending
constraints we might not be able to do
it.” Mooney added 'That’s what the
feasibility study would show us "
Athens Transit System has at times
been plagued with serious financial
problems, escalating this fall to an
operating deficit of $325,000
Mooney said it "would be hard to say”
whether additional routes would add
revenue to the system and decrease the
deficit. "This will be a condition” in
determining feasibility, he added
"I have to live with the budget I'm
given," Mooney said "It is our policy to
minimize the deficit."
See BUSES, r 3
Broadcasting ’ s finest
Barbara Jordan to help select Peabody winners
By KATHY STEFFENS
Members of the national advisory board for the George Foster Peabody
Broadcasting Awards will meet at the University April 5-6 to select the winners in
this year's competition.
Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan will join educators and media figures in
choosing the top entrants in each Peabody awards category
The Peabody awards are named for noted New York philanthropist and
University patron George Fostei Peabody, who was a native Georgian
The advisory board includes Harold Niven, vice-president of the National
Association of Broadcasters, and Sidney L. James, founding editor of Sports
Illustrated and former assistant managing editor of Life.
The board will judge entries on the basis of University faculty recommendations,
content of program, originality, interest, production, technical quality and overall
excellence.
This year the competition drew a total of 724 entries in the categories of news,
entertainment, children's programs, documentaries, public service, and individuals
or organizations There were 486 television nominees and 238 radio entries
"They (the board) get what the broadcasters themselves consider their finest
programs.” said Dr Worth McDougald. director of the awards and head of the
radio-TV-film sequence in the journalism school.
Some of the television programs nominated are "Summer of My German
Soldier ”. "The Muppet Show ”, "I, Claudius' . "Alaska The American Child",
"Scared Straight", the Proposition 13 debate, and coverage of the Jonestown
massacre
Radio programs up for the award include "CBS-FM Remembers Elvis” and
coverage of the papal elections and the Stokie. Ill . Nazi rally "The board may. on
its own initiative, choose a winner that is not among the entrants. McDougald
said.
See PEABODY, p. 3
FOR NEW DEPARTMENT HEAD
Statistics faculty plan search committee election
By NELSON d. ROSS
Staff writer
Statistics department faculty will
apparently elect all members of a search
committee for a new department head,
rather than having members appointed
by Arts and Sciences Dean Jack Payne,
according to sources in the department
The department also voted to allow
faculty from outside statistics to serve on
the search committee
Four members of the committee have
already been elected from the depart
ment and the others will be voted on as
soon as the department decides on how
many additional members it wants,
according to statistics department head
I': ( irl Kossack
Kossack said he has not received any
written communication authorizing the
latter election, however
A&S faculty and Payne are involved in
a dispute over their respective roles in
the selection of department heads
The issue reached the floor of the AAS
Faculty Senate in the form of proposed
bylaws revisions, particularly concerning
the selection and review of department
heads
Stripping— ‘ truest form of comm unication ’
By JILL RADER HAYES
Staff writer
"Ohhhh check ..it out!." a voice boomed over the nightclub’s sound system to a
cheering all female audience Loud disco music thumped as a young honey blond
jumped on stage and danced a bump and grind routine
The performer is male
It's an unusual profession for University graduate Tim Embrv
Peeling off all but a scanty black satin g-string. Embry dances at an Atlanta
nightclub. Kelley's on Peachtree, during Equal Rights Nights" every Tuesday and
Wednesday
"I was a little nervous, but the first time broke the ice," Embry remembered "Now,
it's always so exciting-you can feel it the minute you walk into the club-I love it."
The 27-year-old said he imagines the most beautiful, ideal woman's face and then
places it over the entire audience, then sings he*- a sexy love song with his body while
performing He described it as the truest sense of communication
‘ Where else can you take your pants off in public and not
only not get busted. but get paid for it?’—Tim Embry
"I really enjoy being a sex symbol, the role reversal is incredible." Embry, who has
a degree in music composition, insisted "There are a lot of really attractive women,
that normally wouldn't talk to me on the street, that are extremely friendly to me
here "
Embry expressed surprise that women could be as physically aggressive as they are
at the shows Because no men are allowed in the audience, except bare-chested dancers
between numbers, women get to act like "animals'’ which they would never do in
public. Embry said
"Get rowdy ladies." the anonymous voice commanded over the speakers, "this is
Tim again " Rowdy is an appropriate term for a room packed with women who have
been socializing and drinking for two hours while waiting for a male strip show to
begin The voice returned: "remember these guys work for tips only "
Carefully, a petite young woman approached the runway and gently tucked several
dollar bills in Embry's g string He leaned down to kiss her, and an older woman stood
ready with another bill.
Later, when Tommy Toussaint. the star of the show, was dancing, two grandmothers
stared down at the bar or glanced away when the gyrations became intense, but
remained in their seats, immobile, throughout the lengthy "revue "
See STRIPPER, p 3
Stripper. Tim Embry
The four faculty members trom the
Statistics department were elected by the
department to the search committee in
early March
But in a letter to the committee
members and Kossack. Payne announced
the appointment of three additional
members to the committee from outside
the department
"I’ve asked Dr (Preston* Hunter to
chair the committee and Drs 'William)
Owens and < Henry i Edwards, as friends
of the department and interested parties,
to help with the search.” Payne's letter
said
The elected committee members met
with Payne on March 20 and voiced the
department's disapproval of Payne's
appointing any additional members,
statistics department faculty members
said
Shortly afterward Kossack received a
letter from Payne dissolving the
committee
"I was notified by the dean, in writing,
that he had dissolved the committee and
that (Payne’s* intention was to await the
revision of the bylaws." Kossack said
Despite Payne's letter dissolving the
committee, the eight members of the
statistics department voted unanimously
this week to add outside members to the
committee. Kossack said
The chairman also said nominations for
persons to fill the positions were made
The vote was taken based on verbal
assurance from statistics professor
Kermit Hutcheson that Payne would
allow the department to elect outside
members rather than having Payne
appointing them, according to Kossack
"There is a question in my mind as to
what the status of the elected committee
which was eliminated in writing by the
dean is." Kossack said
"I was told that the dean had said they
might be allowed to serve, although I
have had no written communication to
that effect." Kossack said
Payne and the four elec ted committee
members from the department- Drs
Kermit Hutcheson. Nancy Lyons. Ted
Emigh and William McCormick -have
refused to discuss the situation
"1 don't have anything at all to say
about personnel matters now or ever,"
Payne said
See STATISTICS, p. 3