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Setting the limit
University, government clash over regulations* intent
Kdilor'i note: 1 his is the final install
ment of a series on federal involvement
at the University. Today's installment
looks at federal involvement from a
general perspective.
B> BRIAN O’SHEA
Staff s riter
Univwtty ol Otorgl* Friday, WoTwbw IS, If7f Volume 86, Number M Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper" News S42S44I Advertising $42-341$
$15 Mil l ION STRUCTURE
. Davison says mill a great gift
The role of the federal government at
the University seems to revolve around
a central issue: where should the line be
drawn.
The railings against federal regula
tion by University administrators na
tionwide often come down to a
difference in opinion over the original
intent of laws such as Title IX.
affirmative action, laws dealing with the
handicapped, safety regulations and
others.
Title IX provides that “no person in
the United States shall, on the basis of
sex. be excluded from participation in.
be denied the benefits of. or be
subjected to discrimination under any
education program or activity receiving
federal financial assistance."
From this law. the Department of
Health. F.ducation and Welfare pro
duced volumes of regulations governing
compliance. The first regulations ex
cluded such things as single sex
fraternities and sororities as well as
single-sex honor societies. The law also
applies to college athletics, but HF.W
has not released a final set of
regulations in that area
The rules were amended to exempt
fraternities and sororities. University
UGA Toda
International PR
officials and the National Collegiate
Athletic AsvK'iation have- called for an
exemption for revenue-producing sports
as well. No final action has been taken
on that front.
SECTION 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 is another law which affects
the University and comes under HEW s
enforcement purview. The law prohibits
discrimination in programs on the basis
of handicap and the HF.W guidelines for
access stipulate that all buildings must
be made accessible.
Most of the administrators inter
viewed by The Red and Black stressed
that federal involvement in higher
education has been go«>d.
"The man that pays the piper has the
right to call some of the tunes." said
Louise McBee. associate vice president
for academic affairs. Higher education
would not be where it is today without
federal suppon of research and pro
grams like the Gl bill, she added.
See REGULATIONS, p 3
A seminar to discuss the expanding world of International Public Relations
will be held Tuesday. Nov 20. from 10 a m 12 in (he Memorial Hall
Ballroom
Dean Scott Cutlip of the School of Journalism will speak beginning at 10.
followed by Ken Raldawski spokesman from the Coca-Cola Company's
Public Relations Department
Some of the other topics to be discussed include preparing for a career in
public relations and the various opportunities available within the field. The
seminar is free to the public
A Night with Josh
The University Union presents a
convert on Monday. Nov It*, entitled
An U.veninK With Josh White The
concert will he held in the Memorial
Hall Ballroom starling at 8 p m
Student tickets are tree with a valid
I D at the Memorial Hall Information
Booth General admission tickets are
S:i at Memorial Hall Business Office.
Swing Your Block and Bridle
The University College ol Agriculture s Block and Hridle flub will sponsor
a square dance on Saturday. Nov 17. beginning at 8 pm at the Catholic
Center located at 1S-M S Lumpkin SI
The square dance will take the place of the annual Harvest Ball usually
sponsored bv the dub
Tickets for the event are $2 50 per person or St per couple and may he
purchased from any Block and Bridle Club member or at the door
Be an Engineer
The College of An* and Sciences is
presenting a Pre-Engineering Infor
mation Session You are encouraged
to attend this session and learn about
the various requirements and options
for engineering degrees
The following areas will be
covered—current Ga Tech admission
requirements. 3-2 requirements, trans
fer requirements, and course selec
tion.
The meeting is Monday at 7 30 p m
in Room 221 of the Physics and
Astronomy Building For more info,
call 542-1412
It's Qassic
By 8TACI KRAMER
Staff writer
The University’s acquisition of the Chicopee Mill and
surrounding property is “the best offer we 'the University
tern) have ever received,” according to a Board of Regents
staff member, but University officials have yet to determine
how the property will be used
The cotton-weaving mill is presently worth $15 million,
according to the staff member, and specialized in bandages for
medicinal purposes It is located at 1180 E Broad St., about one
mile east of the arch
University President Fred Davison called the gift “a
magnificent act of generosity and good citizenship" by Johnson
and Johnson, owners of the property since 1950
“This gift will enable us to solve several critical space needs
of both an academic and non academic nature.” Davison said
“Careful planning for its most effective use will take p'ace
Staff phon. Rill
Trotter says there needs to be more flexibility in current laws
Tune in tonight at 8 on ABC for the
Celebrity Comedy Football Classic
Former coaches George Allen and
John Madden call the plays as two
celebrity teams square off Players
include Ed McMahon. Jayne Kennedy
and Wilt Chamberlain Burt Reynolds
and Tim Conway comment on the
action as wdl as a halftime show by
the Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders
during the next few months, he added
In a statement released Wednesday. Davison emphasized the
historical value of the plant We place considerable
importance on retaining the historical character ol our buildings
while using them in a productive manner, he said
According to Allan Barber, vice president for business and
finance, “the facility will become our property before the end of
the year."
The agreement between the Board ol Regents and Johnson
and Johnson provides for the deed tranfer by Dec 31. 1979 and
will allow the company to continue operations at the facility
through June so. 1980
The company will pay the University a Sin rental fee while
paying all operational costs and absolving the University from
liability under the tenant occupancy
See MILL. P. 3
The Chicopee Mill was donated to the University by Johnson and Johnson
Halfway house likely to be in Atlanta
Davison praises University
while Goolsby criticizes
By TOM LEE
Staff writer
Fred Davison
the house, according to Fallin, is the
supportive attitude in the midtown com
munity. **We’ve even received a letter of
support from the Midtown Business Asso
ciation." he said. He added that he is more
confident about getting the house than he
was about a proposed Athens site in
Cobbham. "Community opposition was
strong there." he said.
Tallin was referring to the Hunnicutt
House on Milledgc Avenue which depart
ment of rehabilitation officials were
considering as a possible site of what will
be the state's first women's diversion
center. Residents of the neighborhood and
city leaders banded together in opposition
to the center and the site was dropped.
The Hunnicutt location was to have
originally housed 3b female offenders who
would have taken jobs or gone to school in
the area. According to members of the
Historic Cobbham Foundation, residents
were opposed to the center because there
are already a number of similar facilities in
the area.
University President Fred Davison pro
claimed the state of the University
"sound" and challenged faculty members
to “make the University of Georgia
responsive to the needs of its students" in
his annual state of the University address
Thursday at the law school auditorium.
"By any quantitative or qualitative
measure, the assessment of the individual
aspects of the University ranges from
* good* to ’excellent’.” Davison said.
“Wc work hard to look beyond the
immediate future to what our institution
will be in five. 10 or 20 years." he added.
More than half the audience of faculty
members and students gave Davison a
standing ovation after his address, but not
all were pleased with what he had to say.
Faculty member Tom Goolsby, a past
critic of Davison, shouted "it’s a ripoff" ai
Davison’s mention of the University re
search foundation.
Thom Goolsby
When the Hunnicutt House site was
dropped, department officials continued to
look in Athens and Atlanta for a location for
the center. A possible site on Prince
Avenue had been mentioned by local
newspapers but Fallir. said the house, at
present, was no longer under considera
tion. "The owner of the house called and
asked us to consider the house." he said.
"We looked at it but wc told him we could
not make any decisions until a citizens
advisory board discussed it.”
Fallin said the department still was
interested in the Athens area. "We have
not placed Athens totally out of the
picture." he said. "Maybe later on down
the road if we open another center wc will
look at Athens again. We don’t want
people to think that we are no longer
interested in the area.
"We feel good about the Atlanta site,’
Fallin added. * If wc do get the house we
hope to stan hitusing the women at the
latest by spring.”
Warrants issued
in WUOG case
(UPI)—A Clarke County magistrate
issued arrest warrants Thursday for a
Spaulding County deputy and a Griffin
radio newsman for an alleged takeover of
the University radio station on Halloween
night
According to police reports. Spaulding
County deputy Pete Lamb and news
reporter Don Whittcmorc of radio station
WKEU in Griffin, broke into the Athens
station, WUOG. on Oct 31 and took oyer
for one hour of what they termed "creative
radio.’'
Spaulding Sheriff Robert Aaron ordered
Lamb's suspension Monday, saying "that
son of conduct is unbecoming of an
officer.”
Rob Fushin station manager of WUOG.
said the station had not intended to press
charges but the disc jockey who was on the
air at the time of the takeover. Mary
Anglin, fiicd the complaint with police.
By SALYNN BOYLES
Assistant city editor
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Protests dwindle
Several students sat on the front row of
the auditorium holding placards reading
"Dump Davison.”
Davison continued his address without
interruption, however.
"The (research) foundation brings both
flexibility and cohcsivcness to our research
efforts and should eliminate some of the
restrictivcness that hampered our research
efforts in the past." Davison said, vailing
the foundation a "major development" for
the University .
"What he (Davison) has done is he has
formed a private corporation and appointed
himself chairman of the board." Goolsby
said later in reference to the research
foundation.
"He’s forming another organization to
strip the law. Lawyers don't even have
access to ‘public documents' put out by
them (the foundation).” Goolsby added.
According to Davison. "Ihc statistical
barometer of the University's educational
health is quite positive in all areas.
"This fall, wc have 21.711 students, the
largest enrollment in University ...history. '
Davison said.
"The 2535 first-quarter freshmen who
enrolled in September came from a record
7 ()00 applicants." Davison added.
"This fall, about 200 national merit and
national achievement scholars arc en
rolled. including 50 new recipients of these
awards.
"Many of these superior students
participate in the University’s honors
program which this year has an enrollment
of 1221. or n small increase in total number
from 1978." Davison said.
Davison listed the University-wide self-
study and Gov. George Bushev's Commit
tee on Post secondary Education as "fac
tors...which should help us to set the
proper agenda and goals for the Univer
sity... These factors, if wc do our work
properly, may also help to set University
responsibilities in proper perspective in the
public \ icw. ’ *
Davison said although the self-study is at
a premature stage, "a number off distinct
issues emerge.”
Davison said the University’s financial
resources and more public service pro
grams front the University are mah*r studv
areas.
Davison, rarely deviating from his
prepared text, spoke for 30 minutes but
refused to answer questions afterward
The controversial women's diversion
center, a halfway house which had been
proposed for the Athens area, probably will
be located in Atlanta, according to a De
partment of Offender Rehabilitation offi
cial.
"We arc looking at a house in Atlanta
and it looks right now like we'll be able to
get it." said Deputy Commissioner of
Corrections Vince Fallin. "Wc feel very
confident about it."
The house, which is located on West
Peachtree Street near midtown, will be
able to house 20-25 female offenders
Originally department officials hoped to
hold around 40 women in the center.
Fallin said there arc other problems with
the midtown location, most notably t!ic
high crime rate and the amount of
renovation which will be needed to move
the women into the facility. "It’s going to
take a lot of work to fix the house." he said.
One of the major reasons for considering
At least one individual s comment is still
hanging around, but the ranks of
amt Iranian protesters had dwindled
significantly Thursday evening as some
15 students marched through campus
shouting support for any positive
action' the Carter administration might
take to Iree »he Americans captive in the
embassy in Tehran Shouting "L’GA for
USA and Death to Khomeini, the
protesters marched from the high rise
community through mid campus and
hack again Meanwhile, another group of
20 advocating a nonviolent solution to the
Iranian situation marched from the arch
on north campus :<> meet the high rise
group by the bookstore The nonviolent
group said it wanted to educate the
anti-Iranian protesters, but no clash
occurred between the groups