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University of Georgia Wednesday, April 25,1979 Volume 85, Number 93
\ Georgia’s only collegiate daily newspaper
News 542-3441 Advertising 542-3414
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Registrar Shutt proposes
registration in an instant
By BOBBY BYRD
Assistant campus editor
• A new computer-based system of class registration centralized in the Coliseum would
take effect for spring quarter 1980 if a proposal from the office of Registrar Bruce T.
Shutt is adopted
In a 48-page proposal released this week. Shutt and a committee in the registrar’s
s office outlined a plan calling for the centralized process, which would rely on computer
terminals to make scheduling information instantly available to students
The main feature of the proposed system would be that as an in person, on-line
aystem. it will allow students to know if a class section they want is closed. Students
* would then be able to select an alternative class on the spot
In addition, registering students would be given a final copy of their class schedule
and a total fee assessment at the time they register
The goal of the new system is “to make students happier with registration,"
4 according to Shutt “They can pick out their own courses and times, instead of having
the registrar do it.'' he said
The proposal will be discussed at a meeting of student leaders tonight at 7:30 in the
small ballroom of Memorial. All students are welcome to attend and ask questions.
# Shutt said
The proposal will be discussed tonight at 7:30 in the small
* ballroom of Memorial. All students are welcome to attend
The proposal will go before the Academic Affairs Advisory Committee for
Consideration May 14 The system should be operational in time for next spring's
registration, according to Shutt
Under the new proposal, students will still meet with their advisors for consultation
and advice. Schedule selection itself, however, will take place at the Coliseum for all
students
Sometime “several weeks prior to registration" the registrar's office will distribute
appointment cards to each student, informing him of the scheduled time and date for
him to register If problems arise, the appointments can be changed by calling the
Office. Shutt said.
Phase I (or normal' registration will be held during a 15-day period, according to the
proposal Appointments will be scheduled according to the present priority system:
seniors first, freshmen last Handicapped students, honors students and athletes will be
registered before Phase I begins, as will law and veterinary medicine students.
Phase II (latei registration will be held during the two days preceding the beginning
of the quarter During these two days, students will be admitted to register or adjust
their schedules according to the last two digits of their ID number.
Drop add will still be offered during the first three days of the quarter, as it is under
the present set-up Shutt said that one of the goals of the new system is to reduce
drop add so it could eventually be centralized in one location
Registration for incoming freshmen will also be handled by the new system, but still
during summer orientation.
Shutt pointed to one potential flaw in the proposed system: the possibility of
overcrowding in the Coliseum during the “schedule adjustment" day. Students could
possibly find the desired courses were unavailable and “clog up the place," he said He
added that students in such cases would not Ik* allowed to “just squat there and wait."
UGA Today
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How the other half lives
The University Union is proud to present "The Other Half", a
production by the Acting Company, under the direction of John
Houseman. The play focuses on live women and their lives, and it will be
presented on Thursday. April 26. in the Memorial Hall Ballroom Ticket
prices are $1 for students with valid I D and $3 lor general admission
Tickets may be obtained from the Memorial Hall Business Office.
Race for life
Make plans now to attend Better Life Day this Saturday at Bishop Park.
The event is being sponsored by the Athens Association of Life
Underwriters Included among the scheduled events are 10,000 and 5,000
meter marathon races, and a 50-mile bicycle rally The entry fee for each
race is $4 and starting time is 0 a m All other events and exhibits will
begin at 10 a m. The celebration, which is open to the public, is planned
for all day.
Closed for inventory / bookstore
If you're planning to purchase
anything at the Bookstore this
week, do it today! The University
Bookstore will be closed for
inventory Thursday and Friday this
week.
Women and law'
The University Women’s Law Student Association will sponsor a
seminar on "Law School and Aftei for Women" tonight at 7 p m in the
Law School Auditorium The program will feature discussion on the
transition between undergraduate and law school, with emphasis on the
special problems of law students as wives, mothers, and women returning
to school There will also be information on law school admissions and job
placement Everyone is invited to attend For more info, call 542-7541
Can’t go home
Watch the two-hour dramatic
special. You Can't Go Home \Kain.
tonight on channel 5 at 9 p.m. This
1979 TV movie is an adaptation of
Thomas Wolfe's novel concerning
the struggles of a writer along his
road to fame The film, set during
the 1920’s and 30's, stars Lee Grant,
Chris Sarandon, and Tammy
Grimes
Enjoy Johnny Carson tonight,
with guest host Bill Cosby, at 11:30
on channel 2 Peter Sellers. Susan
Anton, and Sergio Mendes are
scheduled to appear
‘Live! from New York...’
Editor's note: This is the second part of
a three part series on the goings on
behind the scenes before and after the
taping of a typical "Saturday Night
Live" show. Today's installment begins
on Saturday, the day of the show.
By JAY DOWNER
1 went out and came back in again to
make sure I was in the right place. The
chaos was gone There wasn't a trace of
anarchy I would have laid money that
Friday's jumble of two-by-fours would
not be ready until Sunday Night Live.
Yet. there it was—the familiar set that
beams into our homes each week It
was much smaller than I had imagined.
Alas, the magic of television
I was wandering around, just looking
things over, when I spotted a new face
in the studio. Dressed in a blue uniform
shirt and wearing a gold earring, he
was leaning in the doorway which l**ads
to the star's dressing rooms. I asked
Alice the page who he was.
“That’s Ray He is the regular
caterer. Once the stars get here on
Saturday, they aren't allowed to leave
All the meals are catered."
laughing not even at "Fred Garvin.
Male Prostitute ”
"Dats because dey know its just de
dress Dese guys waited all season for
de show en all dey get is de dress
Here's no way for dem to get on TV.
Youse undastand**"
Gilda Kadner and Margot Kidder
LATER. I saw some of the left-overs
being wheeled away. They were so
sumptuous that it looked as though
Queen Elizabeth must surely have
taken over the stars' dressing rooms.
I really didn’t understand why they
kept the stars imprisoned in the NBC
building until I passed the security
desk. I nearly lost my life when I
stepped out of the elevator into the
main lobby. A large crowd had
gathered to star gaze, and they had
become so anxious, they would mob
anything that came out
By 6 p m. things were gearing up
With make-up bib and curlers. Jane
Curtin began the news sketch
“Update" is first performed moments
before dress rehearsal. The entire
sketch might change before its
performance on the air “Update" is
done like a real news show Pictures
and stories are taken right off the wire
to keep the sketches current, and items
are often written as late as show time
At 7 p.m. dress rehearsal began A
full studio audience and the less
influential reporters awaited. The dress
is supposedly performed exactly as if it
were the air version, but that never
happens. There were long pauses
between each segment ; the director
gave technical nrtnr« in
the middle of a bit. and one sketch was
completely cut The audience hardly
responded, and things seemed to be
going badly for the repertory stars
(Because of the success of the show,
they are no longer titled the * Not
Readv for Prime Time Plovers'
"BOY. THE show is really bombing. '
I chortled to a nearby assistant
something-or-other
“Nah. it’s always dis way during de
dress Dey gotta get all de technical
crap just right Dey time de skits en
how long it takes de actors to gc*t ready
for de next bit Stuff like dat, ' he
garbled back
"I mean the show itself Nnbodv is
I MAS told that about 20 extra
minutes of material is prepared each
week so it can be cut or lengthened
according to the pace things move on
the air. I was also promised that the
show would be great by air time I had
my doubts
After dress rehearsal a solemn crowd
filed out while the writers and cast
attended the production notes meeting
Technical problems were reviewed, and
certain "non-humorous" sketches were
dropped At this point the writers set to
work re-vampmg the script
Finally 11:30 p m rolled around The
audience had been seated Bill Murray
had the chore of warming up the
audience this week Then the director's
countdown to show time began On cue.
the fabulous Saturday Night Orchestra
blasted music through the studio.
Everyone danced as the music flowed.
All the boredom and fatigue of a week's
hard work vanished as the familiar
"Saturday Night Live" theme pumped
adrenalin through the veins of cast and
crew Even the audience was caught up
in the wave of energy Announcer Don
Pardo began his spiel, and the show
was under way.
Ninety minutes later it was all over
but the shouting. “Update" had been
re written and two sketches. "Glamour"
with Baba Wawa and Dolly Parton and
"Veterans of Foreign Hairdos'' had
been cut. but my promise had come
true The show was indeed great'
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Shot is fired inside motel;
circumstances sketchy
By TOM KELLEY
Staff writer
Participant in biofeedback research
A desk clerk saw a man stick his arm out a door and fire a gunshot down a hall in the
Holiday Inn early Tuesday morning. Athens police reported
The guest stated someone entered his room and fired at him. and the guest returned
fire down the hall The night clerk stepped out of the elevator in time to see the
gunshot, fled, and called the police
No one was injured, and police detectives are still investigating the incident
However, a source at the Holiday Inn stated there were no indications of a gun. other
than the guest's No other subject was reported at the scene, although the guest alleged
there was someone in his room other than a woman he was staying with.
The guest apparently locked himself in the bathroom of his room in fear of another
person in his room and fired five or six shots through the bathroom door, the source
said A mirror in the room was broken, and the shots were probably embedded in the
wall ol the room, and did not harm the woman or anyone in neighboring rooms
The guest then opened the door t*» his room and fired a shot down the hall, the source
said.
There were about 20 other guests on the hall at the time of the incident, but they were
not in any immediate danger because the walls between the rooms are made of "about
five or six inches of solid concrete." the source said.
The Holiday Inn could do little to prevent any such incident from happening again
because it is not the hotel's policy to frisk its guests or search luggage for firearms, the
source said
But the Inn has .1 number of security measures All outside doors, except for the main
entrance, are locked between 11 p.m and 7am every night to deter strangers from
entering the building Also five or six television cameras scan different parts of the
Inn. and are connected to monitors at the main desk
The only way a person could enter a locked room door, other than by using force,
would be if the per>on had a copy of the key to that lock, the source said But the door
locks are changed after the rooms have been used to prevent people from copying keys.
Body function control possible
B\ KAREN OLSON
Biofeedback, or information about what
is going on inside one's body, allows a
person to learn rapidly what takes a yogi
or meditator years of training to learn,
according to Dr. Henry E. Adams of the
University Psychology Clinic.
Biofeedback can teach a person to
partially control his or her blood pressure
or muscle tension and use this ability to
get rid of migraine headaches and
chronic muscle pains. Adams said
"No one really knows." he added, "how
a person learns to control these body
functions which were once thought to be
involuntary."
Adams has supervised the biofeedback
research at the University since 1972 He
and his graduate students have developed
one of the most successful techniques for
treating migraine and tension headaches.
Adams said
This technique, which Adams calls
“blood volume pulse.’’ helps patients
learn to constrict the temporal artery to
the brain. "Headache pain occurs when
this artery dilates and puts pressure on
the nerves. If the patient can learn to
constrict the artery." Adams said, "the
pressure will subside and the headache
goes away."
A polygraph machine is used to teach
the patient to control the artery
Electrodes are pasted to the skin above
the artery which detect the amount of
blood flowing through it.
The patient is asked to make the artery
constrict and the machine "feeds back"
information on his progress using lights
and tones Adams said when the patient
hears a tone, he knows he is constricting
the artery so he will continue whatever
he is concentrating on until his headache
is gone
After eight or ten one hour session'
Adams said, most patients report that
either their headaches quit coming back,
or when they feel a headache coming on
they can stop it using the technique they
have learned
What do patients think about to make
the artery constrict'*
"Each person has his own approach."
Adams said Some will visualize the
artery tightening up “One person
though' of his head as a vat with a faucet
which he slowly shuts off .” Others simply
relax, and for some ever, sexual fantasies
seem to vork
"The patient goes through a process of
trial and error until he finds something to
concentrate on that keeps the machine
feeding back reinforcement." he said
Dave Tollison one of the graduate
students working with Adams, is studying
the use of bioteedback for treating
hypertension (high blood pressure
“We treat most hypertension cases
with a combination of biofeedback and
blood pressure regulating drugs "
Tollison said However in many
borderline cases in which the blood
pressure is just above normal, biofeed
back training alone will bring the blood
pressure down
"The advantage of using biofeedback
alone." Tollison said "is that side effects
that accompany drug usage are
avoided "
According to Tollison. the clinic treats
students on a fee for service basis with
fees based on the student's financial
situation
HEW sued over desegregation
RALEIGH. N C <l'PI>—The state of
North Carolina filed suit Tuesday to
block the Department of Health.
Education and Welfare from cutting off
federal funds to the University of North
Carolina system in a dispute over
desegregation.
The suit filed in l S District Court :n
Raleigh charged HEW with "misdirec
tion. malfeasance and abuse" in
enforcement of the I9*>4 Civil Rights Act
and asked the court to rule the university
was in compliance with the law
It claimed HEW s inconsistent applica
tion of the law in different regions of the
country violated equal rights provisions
of the constitution and the rights of
university faculty members and students
to academic freedom under the First
Amendment
In a related development, a spokesman
for Gov James B Hunt Jr said the I NC
Board of Governors will ask the General
Assembly to appropriate an additional
$41 million for construction and new
academic programs at the five pre
dominantly black campuses in the UNC
system
The university had offered to seek the
money last week as part of a settlement
offer in the nine-year old desegregation
dispute, but HEW Secretary Joseph
Califano announced Monday he was
rejecting UNC* $41 million offer because
of failure to agree on reopening the
question of duplicate programs at
neighboring black and white schools at
the end of the four year span of the UNC
proposal He said HEW will continue
plans for a May 2 cutoff of some of the
$89 million in federal funds received by
the university
Joseph Levin, a Washington lawyer
representing the university in the suit,
refused to confirm talks with HEW would
continue However, Levin said he had
never known of a lawsuit in which there
was no possibility of a settlement
The 'ini admits the state's higher
education system was segregated prior to
1954. when the first black students began
attending formerly all white institutions,
but said there were minority students •
either white or black • at all IS
institutions of higher learning existing in
the state bv 1965
The suit charges the UNC system has
spent millions of dollars and thousands of
hours in “overcoming the effects of a
formerly segregated system of higher
education "
Enrollment of black students at white
schools and white students at black
schools has increased steadily since 1972,
the suit said
In the nine years since North Carolina
was brought into an NAACP lawsuit
charing discrimination in higher educa
tion. "The only standard to be issued by
the HEW department is contained in a
newspaper interview," the state's com
plaint said, and the standard was
"enough" black students at white schools
and "enough" white students at black
schools
When UNC officials sought guidance in
coming up with an acceptable plan for
Hew. the suit says Peter Hamilton, the
HEW deputy general counsel, said the
agency "could not be in a position of
dictating a case by case and program by
program plan which would be necessary
to satisfy the department's view of
compliance."