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UalTMBtty mt e«of|l« Wednesday, November IS, 1979 VoMn»« 96,"Number 39 Georgia s only colleglap daily newspaper ■ News $42 1441 Advertising $42-3414
Study now makes regents’ test scores available to students
By STACI KRAMER
Staff writer
Although ipany questions concerning the
newly revised Regents' Test policy remain
unanswered, a study detailing the results
of all Rising Junior Tests taken at the
University since 1974 has been completed.
Students can go to the Office of
Crrnseling and Testing and request their
piwious scores on the two different parts
of the test. Until this study, only a pass-fail
score was available.
The atudy only applies to students who
have taken the test at this university which
according to Dwight Douglas, vice-presi
dent for student affairs, lessens its value.
"What we need is complete access to the
records of any student (here at the
University) who has taken the test
anywhere in the system," he said.
A list of 70 or so students who have
already completed the requirements under
the retroactive policy has already been
compiled and these students will be
notified in due course. Douglas added.
Douglas said the information would not
be "particularly productive" at this point.
"We’re talking about a policy not in
effect until January 1, 1980. And as to the
mechanics (of that policy), those have not
yet been determined," he said.
Douglas said Monday students should
take the initiative in contacting their
advisers to find out where they stand under
the new po'icy. Douglas clarified this
Tuesday, saying students should contact
their advisers in January.
"At this point, the advisers have not
been given any University policy (about the
regents' test) so they have no official
answers," Douglas said.
The necessary system-wide information
is not yet available at the regents office and
will not be for some time, he said.
According to Michael Weissberg, direc
tor of the Office of Counseling and Testing,
at least a third of the students taking the
test each quarter will fail. For example,
1,875 students took the Rising Junior in fall
of 1979. Following past predictions, 625 of
these are likely to fall the exam
Ninety-five percent of those tailing will
probably fail the essay pari while passing
the reading requirements. Weissberg said
"When the results for this fall quarter do
arrive, they will already be broken down
into the various parts." Weissberg said.
The number of people affeclcd by the
new policy cannot be determined until the
fall results come in. which should be soon,
he said.
A group of University administrators w ill
meet Thursday to discuss the impact of the
new policy on the University. Topics for
discussion include the status of students
who complete 75 credit hours this quarter,
the on-campus appeals process, and the
procedures that will be used to inform
students of their status under the new
policy.
The meeting, chaired by Dr. Louise
Me Bee. associate vice-president for aca
demic affairs, will be attended by repre
sentatives from the English department,
the registrar's office, the College of
Education and the office of student affairs.
Decision may affect Clarke’s local option tax plan
By SETH COHEN
and SKIP HL'LETT
Once again the local option sales tax is in jeopardy ... ..
Last week, Superior Court Judge John Land ruled the tax unconstitutional in a
decision in Taylor County that could cause problems for the >1 counties, including
Clarke County and Athens, which instituted the tax
Athens City Treasurer Johnny Fowler said Tuesday local officials would wait and see
what decision is reached by the Georgia Supreme Court before taking any action
Governor George Bus bee has asked the high court to rule on the appeal as soon as
possible so local governments will be able to accurately forecast revenue for the
coming year.
Even if the Supreme Court upholds the decision Fowler said he interpreted Busbee s
remarks to mean local governments “would be allowed to collect taxes until the General
Assembly makes amendments" to the tax legislation.
If the high court rules the tax unconstitutional, it will not be the first time Late In
1*71, the court ruled the original l*n local option sales tax legislation unconstitutional.
New legislation was then rushed through Ihe legislature and passed into law April 1.
Thai legislation is at the heart of the current controversy
If the court rules the lax unconstitutional again, the legislature must amend the law
or the money collected after the ruling will no* be distributed to the local governments.
In the latter. Fowler said, the city would either have to cut back services or find
another way to pay for them
The most likely alternative would be a renewed hike in the city's millage rate, set at
an unprecedented low of l mill late this year
Even if the tax is upheld, city and county officials face another hassle in the
distribution formula for the tax revenues
In a series of agonizing meetings this past spring city and county officials decided on
a 50-50 split However, neither side was satisfied with the solution—a compromise
reached on the verge of a June I deadline which if not me: would have killed the tax for
the Athens-Clarke County area
The current formula is effective only until Dec 31, 1979. and officials have until
March 1 to arrive al another formula It is likely this decision will be no easier than the
last, with both sides vying for a greater share than they received in June
IN ‘SYMBOLIC’ MOVE
Goolsby leaves grad faculty
By CHUCK REECE
Assistant campus editor
By TOM LEE
and USA WIEGERT
Staff writers
Plans to expand Sanford Stadium arc
currently being formulated, but the actual
expansion may be quite a ways off.
according to Mike Woolen, architect for
campus planning
"We're still in the planning stages right
now," Woolen said Tuesday, adding that
several problems prevent the proposed
expansion.
"We’re not sure yet just how many seats
we want auu. u wuiu uv amnnv.iv ......
10.000-20.000 It all depends on how much
money the athletic department can raise."
Woolen said.
Other problems facing the architects and
the University include location of the
addition (east or west end of the stadium),
maintaining continuity in stadium appear
ance. and possible violation of Title IX.
"We were originally thinking about
adding on to the west end." Woolen said.
"That’s because the sun wouldn’t be as
bad there. However, if the student center
is built in Stcgcman parking lot, then we
would rather put it on the east side, so as
not to block that view.
"But then again, there’s the problem
with the sun. So. there is a real problem
here...."
Maintaining the same appearance of
two levels with club seating in between
also poses a problem. "Logically, we want
to keep the same profile all the way
around. That would mean 11.000 seats on
the lower level, and 9,000 in the upper
deck." Woolen said.
However, the problem of how many
scats w ill be added plays an important role
in this decision.
"If we only expand to say. 10.000. seats,
then the logical thing to do would be to
build just a lower deck." Woolen said.
"Here, however, you’re faced with the
problem that with end zone seats, the
lower ones are usuallv the least desirable."
Woolen suggested the expansion may
just be partially "wrapped around" one
cud of the stadium, not making a complete
horseshoe.
Expansion will most likely be delayed
until a method for financing the expansion
is approved. Currently, those donating
money to the University athletic associa
tion arc given the option of purchasing club
level season tickets.
"We might do something like that."
Woolen said, when asked if those who
made donations would have an option to
purchase a season ticket in the new
addition.
UCA Today
University’s self-study hearings
Three subcommittees will be holding hearings on campus Wednesday as part
jf the University's self-study, a complete evaluation done by the University
every 10 years The hearings are as follows
The student financial aid subcommittee will accept oral and-or written
comments on financial aid from 2:15-5 p m in room 504 Journalism
The student discipline subcommittee will hold hearings on discipline at 4 p m
in Room H of the Law School All interested persons are invited to attend and
comment
The student records subcommittee will hear commtMits from interested
persons from 2-5 pm in room 109 Graduate Studies Building
When nothing else will
do — Reefer Madness
One last J.A.M. for
fall quarter
If you can't get the real thing.
Keefer Mailmss is just about as
close as you can get The
drug-classic will he shown ( again)
in the Memorial ballroom Dec 1-2
at 7:30. For the crowd Saturday
night, an added treat Boto-Temi
an Atlanta hand that even The Red
and Black entertainment staff
couldn't classify A $1 donation will
be asked for at the door.
The Journalism Association for
Minorities will have its last
meeting of the quarter tonight at 7
in room 205 of the journalism
building. After the business meet
ing. a Christmas social will be held
for members and interested stu
dents
Palace on Peachtree
By TAMMY SAVAGE
Staff writer
Books into money? Awesome
Finals, the quarter's climax The end of ten grueling weeks behind those
hardbound havens of knowledge and one thought dominates them all get rtd of
those books. And what better way than the Student Book Exchange Open
Wed.-Fri. from noon to 4, you can purge yourself of the books for that all
important "celebrate-the-end-of-the-quarter" party money Or stock up for next
quarter, if you're the studious type and plan to get a head start on your reading
during the break For more information, call 542-8485
Meetings
New members of the < totdeu, Key
National Honor Society take note!
A reception and award*} ceremony
will be held tonight at 7 in the
Georgia Center
• ••
The Black Student Union will be
held tonight in room 408 of
Memorial According to the spokes
man, "important issues will be
discussed." Call 542-7005 for more
information
West end of stadium could be site of addition
pOnin C. Talbot Numallv III
Expansion may seat 20,000 more fans
Thom Goolsby, associate professor of educatWnal psychology
and a long time critic of University President Fred C. Davison,
resigned from the graduate faculty Tuesday in a "symbolic"
move that will not affect his status as an instructor in the
graduate school
Goolsby s resignation came in a letter to Davison, Nov. 27
"It's not the same sort of thing as resigning from his
position, said John Dowling, acting dean of the University
graduate school The principle requirement for admission to the
graduate faculty is for a faculty member to "distinguish
himself in research. Dowling said
"The rule is there are exclusively graduate courses numbered
800 and supposedly they are taught by graduate faculty
members." hut the practice varies from department to
department Dowling said "He iGoolsbyi can teach 600 and 700
level courses
Goolsby said when a department had a non-graduate faculty
member scheduled to teach an 800 level course, they simply
downgrade the course to a 600 or 700 number
See GOOLSBY, p. 2
A similar plan is working for the
University of tcnncssce. "Our goal was
SI.5 million, and we reached that point
after less than a year of fund raising." said
Haywood Harris, sports information direc
tor for Tennessee. "One contributor (Paul
Mountcastlc of Nashville) gave us land
worth 1750,000."
"We also might try a one dollar
surcharge on ticket prices until the thing is
paid for." Woolen said.
"Another reason this has taken so long
is w e were originally unsure if we might be
in violation of Title IX (federal legislation
prohibiting sex discrimination)," Woolen
said.
According to Woolen, several architec
tural firms are being considered, with
Finch-Keen of Atlanta having already
done some preliminary sketches of what
the expansion might look like. We really
haven't gotten into the project, however."
said Will Ferguson of Finch-Heery.
Sanford Stadium currently scats aproxi-
matclv 59.000.
Average attendance this season, how
ever. was over 60.000. This figure does
include passes and tickets sold on the
bridge, but does not include those students
sitting on the tracks at the east end of the
stadium. The Auburn game was the
attendance high for the year, with over
6.4.000 people watching.
Thom Goolsby
The Fox
Paradise at the corner of Peachtree and Ponce de Leon, the
fabulous Fox stands as a remnant of antiquated ideals of
frivolity and escapism to a more elegant, a more resplendent
world.
Others like it—the Roxy in New York, the Palace in Los
Angeles, the San Francisco Fox and Atlanta's other showcase.
Loew s Grand—have vanished, dissolving slowly into the past,
aided primarily by the wrecking ball and urban development
The Fox exists as a fortress among the yellowed movie stills of
the likes of Errol Flynn. Joan Crawford. Jean Harlow and
Clark Gable and among the comical newsreels of The Stars
arriving at premieres in true mega star fashion
Christmas Day. the Fox will celebrate its 50th anniversary as a
result of the efforts of several Atlanta civic groups spear
heading the 1974 "Save the Fox campaign that netted nearly
$5 million to stop destruction of the theater, now listed as a
National Historic Landmark The Fox is one of only two
theaters in the country to receive such a designation from the
National Trust for Historic Preservation, according to anniver
sary celebration chairman Thomas Dean
Whether or not the blessing from the National Trust played a
significant role in the upsurge of support for the Fox is
indeterminable, but since 1974 the quality of entertainment
there has been vastly improved. As the demolition of the
majestic celluloid palace became more and more assured,
low-quality films (raunchy sex movies, more precisely) were
playing regularly, with an occasional B-grade movie opening
there
But things began to change Noted for its perfect acoustics,
the Fox began to capitalize on its size (seating capacity of 3934;
before a seating renovation it was 5000) and versatility for
concerts, operas, closed circuit TV telecasts and. more
recently, touring companies of Broadway shows, like “A Chorus
Line."
Showy, gilted, adorned in luxuriant red and gold, but never,
no. never, bawdy, the movie house is famed for its romantic
Moorish courtyard motif in the auditorium The walls are
encircled by castle-like walls, complete with parapets,
balconies and battlements
Transportation into the fantasy world of the Fox is completed
with a look heavenward The ceding is a velvety midnight blue
sky . God's little lanterns glisten and twinkle as wispy clouds
float mesmerizingly from one side of the chamber to another It
is a feast for the imagination and an orgy for the senses Only
the sun is missing from the scene
The sun. which will once again rise on the ceiling, was once a
standard feature of the old theater, according to general man
ager Alan McCracken, who hopes to have the addition ready
for the anniversary celebration
See FOX. p. 2
The Fabulous Fox celebrates 5Ctb anniversary