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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Univer«ity ot Georgia Tuesday, October 30, 1979 Volume Bt, Number 24 Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper" News $42-3441 Advertising $42-3414
DAVISON FAULTED
Students awarded
$1500 settlement
By NELSON d. ROSS
Staff writer
U.S. District Judge Wilbur Owens
Friday awarded over $1500 in attorney’s
fees to two University students who filed
suit claiming in part University President
Fred Davison failed to forward their
requests to speak before the Board of
Regents, as required by regents policy.
Marshall Dayan and David Shellcdy filed
suit Nov. 3, 1978 after unsuccessful
attempts last fall to speak before the
regents about their dissatisfaction with a
core curriculum proposal for the University
System. Dayan sought to speak to the
regents about the speakers policy itself.
“Since plaintiffs obtained substantial
voluntary relief,..as a direct result of this
lawsuit, they arc prevailing parties and
reasonable attorney’s fees arc awardablc."
Owens ruled
“This whole incident shows only that
President Davison's cavalier attitude to
ward student rights is. as a practical
matter, going to cost taxpayers’ dollars and
they should be aware of that." said Hue
Henry, attorney for the students.
TO BE awarded attorney’s fees a
plaintiff must “obtain relief through
voluntary action of the defendants."
according to Henry.
Both parties in the lawsuit agreed on an
amount of $1662.50 for attorney's fees,
according to the order
Owens ruled in May against the
students* claim the Board of Regents policy
• is unconstitutional. The policy requires
that a student who wishes to speak to the
regents submit a request to his college
president, who then forwards the request
* to the regents with a recommendation.
Other requests to speak to the board go
directly to the regents.
According to Owens’ order. Davison
forwarded the requests to speak as a direct
result of the lawsuit by Dayan and
Shellcdy. "While President Davison had
received such requests...he had forwarded
f neither of the requests to the chancellor at
the time this lawsuit was filed." Owens
said in his ruling.
IN A Nov. 6 letter to (then) Chancellor
George Simpson. Davison forwarded the
Shellcdy-Dayan requests pursuant "to the
direction today of Assitant Attorney
General A! Evans."
"They were told quite explicitly by their
attorney that they had to comply. He knew
there was no practical defense for
President Davison's actions." Henry said.
The students were awarded attorney’s
fees for "only that portion of their
attorney’s efforts which broke the ‘log jam'
and resulted in their requests being
received and honored by the Board of
Regents, according to Owens' signed
order.
The students were not awarded attor
ney's fees for the pan of the case which
"included an unsuccessful constitutional
attack" on the validity of the regents
policy.
Evans, who argued the case for the
University, said Monday the suit speeded
up the process of forwarding the recom
mendations from Davison to the regents.
EVANS ADDED the state could appeal
the awarding of attorney’s fees, since it is
unusual to win a case and lose attorneys'
fees. "I don’t know whether it’s worth...
appealing it." Evans added.
Shellcdy and Dayan's suit argued the
policy infringes on their First Amendment
right of free speech and violates the equal
protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Henry expressed the plaintiff’s intention
Monday to appeal the judges' substantive
ruling against them.
Davison was out of town Monday and
unavailable for comment.
Dayan and Shellcdy were also unavail
able for comment Monday but Dayan said
Thursdav they "have every intention of
appealing" the judges' ruling on the
constitutional issue.
"I believe he wasn’t fully aware of our
arguments...from his ruling it appears that
way." Dayan said.
"I don’t think he took enough time in our
case once he got to it." Dayan added.
A pack of hounds
Pai McShea and Pat Collins lead a
host of swarming Georgia Bulldog
tacklcrs Saturday as Kentucky's Shawn
Donigan 140) was the recipient of this
onslaught b\ the Dogs’ defense.
Donigan did manage to ground out 88
yards on 22 carries but it wasn't enough
as the Buldogs prevailed for their fourth
consecutive victory. Georgia now needs
to defeat only Florida and Auburn to
complete an unbeaten SEC season and
earn the coveted New Year’s Day trip to
New Orleans and the Sugar Bowl. For
complete details of Saturday's 20-6 wit,
plus other hint ball new s, see page 8.
Basketball, volleyball, swimming, water
skiing and the rifle team are featured on
page 6.
Man dies, student injured
during Saturday’s game
A fatal heart attack and injuries to a University student who was sitting near the
train tracks at the east end of Sanford Stadium marred Saturday's football game
Dan Aldridge. 49. of Atlanta, died of an apparent heart attack near the end of the first
half of Saturday's game
And Missy Slenker, 19, was treated, then later released from Athens General
Hospital, after she was struck by a fan who fell or was pushed from the railroad trestle
above her as she watched the game
An Athens General spokesman said Slenker was in good condition Sunday and was
released Monday after suffering neck and back injuries when she was hit by the body of
David Ring. 27, of Savannah. Ring was not charged in the incident.
This incident at the tracks, a popular vantage point for football spectators, comes on
the heels of a warning from University Head Football Coach Vince Dooley that rowdy
behavior at the tracks could lead to an end of the ‘track tradition ’’
But observers at the tracks Saturday have said that aside from the Slenker incident,
spectators at the tracks were on good behavior following Dooley’s warning
Aldridge, the heart attack victim, was pronounced dead on arrival at Athens General
Hospital Witnesses said Athens emergency medical personnel acted quickly to save
Aldridge’s life, and that fans nearby offered what aid they could when Aldridge was
stricken.
Aldridge's son. Doug, and Doug's wife, both former University students, were with
the elder Aldridge at the time of the heart attack Darryl Aldridge, another of the
victim's four sons and a University student, was in another part of the stadium when
his father was stricken
The elder Aldridge, a native of Little Rock. Ark., was executive secretary of the
National Association of Life Companies
He had been in the insurance business since 1955 when he helped organize the
Foundation Life Insurance Co. and became, at age 25. the youngest life insurance
company president in the United States
He became director of services for National Association of Life Companies in 1966
and was named its director in 1978
Several deans refuse to release self-study reports
By TOM LEE
Staff writer
Deans of several of ihc University's
schools and colleges have refused to
release self-study reports on the schools,
even though a majority of the reports have
been completed, printed and forwarded to
a University-wide committee responsible
for compiling the self-study.
The documents arc draft copies, many of
I he deans said, and are thus exempt from
release under Georgia's open public
records law.
Associate law school Dean Ray Phillips,
tile administrator responsible for the self
study, agreed to make copies of the repons
available in his office, hut declined to
release the full reports or allow reporters to
make copies.
The Georgia open records law requires
state employees to make available to the
public all records of state agencies, but
subsequent coun interpretations have held
"working documents" exempt from re
lease under the law .
The self study is conducted every ten
years and is submitted to the Southern
Association of Schools and Colleges for
accreditation purposes.
Each school or college in the University
prepares its own individual repon and then
submits it to the University committee,
chaired b\ Phillips for compilation.
When various University deans were
contacted and asked to release their
school's self-study, they refused.
"We can't release the report vet." said
Dean Robert P. Nicholls of environmental
design. "Until Phillips has finished writing
the entire study, the component parts
aren't to he public information."
Dean Howard l. Ansel ot pharmacy
called it "a matter of protocol. The repon
should first go to the University commit
tee."
Four of the University's schools, how
ever were willing to make their reports
public.
The journalism school released its report
Friday. Oct. 12 and The Red and Black ran
a front-page story detailing the school’s
goals and major projects for the next few
years.
School of Social Work Dean Charles
Stewart said he would release his report
shortly. "Ours was a rather unusual
situation in that the report was made up for
two different agencies." Stewart said.
"Not only did the University get a copy,
but we re also being accredited by the
Council on Social Work Education."
Two schools whose reports were not
compiled by deans—Graduate School and
Arts and Sciences—both agreed to release
their reports as soon as they were finished.
Dr. John Algeo. professor of biology in
the College of Arts and Sciences and
the man responsible for the college’s
report, said "We really don’t plan on being
done until December. However, it is my
understanding that it (the report) will be a
public document."
"Oh sure—no problem" said Dr.
Murray Blum, author of the Graduate
School's report, when asked if he would
make his report public upon completion.
Deans Joseph Williams of education and
Allyn Herrick of forest resources both
refused to release their reports, calling
them "just preliminary reports."
Deans Henry Garren of agriculture. Emi
ly Pouof home economics, and Ralph Beaird
of law could not be reached for comment
The prison failure
Institutions are criticized worldwide,
but the county’s is a ‘model prison’
Editor's note: This is the first of a
three-part series on the Clarke Counts
Correctional Institute.
By CATHY GAULT
At 6 a.nt- 77 men are awakened by the
clanging of a bell outside their dormitory.
The bell, which sits atop a tall, white brick
obelisk, resembles an old dinner bell used
at a kids’ summer camp.
They climb out of their metal beds, lined
up side by side in regimented, military
fashion. The 14 men in the two downstairs
sleeping areas have toilet stalls, but the 63
men upstairs have no such privacy. It's
embarrassing at first, they say. but
eventually they get used to it.
They dress in identical white uniforms
and file in line for chow at 6:30 a.nt. At 7:15
a.m. the inmates at the Clarke County
Correctional Institution pile into trucks and
are driven to their work assignments:
paving highways, keeping grounds, repair
ing streets and cleaning buildings.
At noon a pickup brings lunch to the
men. and at 4 p.m. they knock off work.
After the prisoners are searched in the
prison yard, they shower, put on clean
uniforms—white shirts and white pants
with a blue stripe down each leg—and eat
dinner.
In the evening the inmates cun partici
pate in the educational and athletic
programs offered at the institution. At II
p.m. the lights are switched off and
another day of prison life passes. The next
morning the inmates are awakened by the
clanging of the bell, and the monotonous
work cycle begins again.
Sunday the inmates receive visitors for
two hours. An extra two hours' visiting
privilege is given to those who earn it b\
good behavior, which usually is measured
b\ how hard the inmates work.
According to a report in the March 14*4
issue of Atlanta World Press. .» review of
the press around the world, prisons are a
"global failure."
Included in the report is an editorial
excerpted from the London Times which
said, in part:
The blunt fact is that prisons can
no longer cope It is not just the
appallingly overcrowded condi
tions. nor the antiquity and
unsuitability of so many prisons
Nor. on the other side, is it
merely the problem of obtaining
more officers, or paying existing
ones more ...
Photo by GARY FOUTS
Much of life behind bars is a waiting game
little option but to make as much
money as possible available to
alleviate the worst of the
squalor, and to ensure that the
only pivplc sent to prison arc
those who ought to be there
According to Southern Exposure, a
liberal journal specializing in Southern
issues, the privtn system in the United
States has failed—miserably
Our prison* discriminate against the
minorities and the poor, confine people in
overcrowded and ill-equipped prisons, and
do tot educate or rehabilitate the incarcer
ated." said one editorial in the Winter |4**8
issue ot Southern Exposure.
Mar- Miller. Historian at the Institute ot
S>•inherit Studies i which publishes South
ern Exposure compiled statistics on prison
life in the South. "In almost every measure
ot how well we deal with prisoners, the
South Ijgs significantly behind the rest of
the nation." Miller said He found the
South
•Incarcerates more prisoners
than the rest of the nation—wuh
28 percent of the l S. popula
tion. it imprisons 38 percent ol
the country's total prts*>ner
population.
•Hands
blanks than to whites—m Geor
gia 523 whites are serving
sentences more than W years
compared to 106* blacks.
•
mate—an average ot 53416 pet
vear compared to 55414 nation
w idc.
UGA Today
Halloween Rhythm
This is another reminder that the
Union is presenting another coliseum
concert for fall quarter The Atlanta
Rhythm Section with special guest
Delbert Met Union will appear for a
special Halloween show Wednesday at
8 p.m
The $4 student tickets may be
purchased in the business office of
Memorial Hall and the $8 general
admission tickets will be sold at the
business office, Chapter 3 Records,
and Custom Sound
Exchange Yourself
Students interested in participating
in the National Student Exchange
Program, which allows sophomores
and juniors to attend one of 35 colleges
and universities in the United States
for up to three quarters while paying
University tuition and fees should call
or come by the Dean’s Office. 201
Academic Building. 542-3564, for more
information
Ad Club
The UGA Ad Club will hold
a special meeting in the
Forestry Auditorium tonight
at 7:30 Gordon Sawyer from
Sawyer Advertising in
Greenville, will speak on the
"Nine Page Marketing
Plan." All are invited to
attend
Pick-a-Petal from Gamma Sig
Gamma Sigma Sigma Sorority will be taking orders for homecoming
corsages till Thursday The time set up for ordering is 10:30 a m till 3:30
p m The price is $4 and you must pay when you order
Booths will be set up in Russell Hall, Memorial Hall, Myers and Hill Halls
Flowers must be picked up Friday at the same location as ordered during the
same times as listed above
Proceeds will be donated to Clarke
If you want to remember the
old Halloween nights, tune into
NBC from 8 00 to 8 30 tonight
for Casper's Special and A
Witch’s Night Out Casper, the
Friendly Ghost, horrifies his
friends when he goes trick-or-
treating instead of haunting and
Gilda Radner supplies the voice
of a "washed up witch" who
suddenly feels needed again on
Halloween
If you're into more earthly-
shows turn back the time table
to 1865 for Freedom Road
starring Muhammad Ali and
Kris Knstolferson. the turbulent
drama of a man’s rise from
slavery to the Senate 9 p.m on
NBC
County Contract Home
For the moment there seems
See PRISON, p. 3