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University •> Georgia Friday, November 30, 1979 Volume 86, Number 40
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University eases regents ’ test requirement
By STACI KRAMER
Staff writer
In an effort to “ease students into the
rigor of the policy," University officials will
propose lenient requirements effective
winter quarter only, for meeting the
newly-revised regents’ test policy dead
lines.
.nder the tentative proposals, students
who have completed 75 hours of credit
courses without passing the regents' exam,
will be encouraged but not forced tc take
remedial courses winter quarter.
Students who complete their seventy-
fifth credit hour at the end of this quarter
will have winter quarter to pass the Rising
Junior Exam without penalty. Although
students will not be required to take
remedial courses, students should consider
...And other schools help
with studying before test
By CATHERINE RODRIGUE
Staff writer
While University administrators have met to discuss the implementation ol the
recently revised Board of Regents exam policy, other University System schools
continue to concentrate their efforts on helping the students pass the regents test
Jerrv Robbins, vice president for academic affairs at Georgia State University, said
Thursday he “does not anticipate any insurmountable problems ” Record keeping will
be the only problem area because GSU has not kept separate records of the reading and
writing scores, Robbins said But that will be well under control within a short period of
time, he added
GSU is “approaching it from a positive point of dew." Robbins said, citing two kinds
of remedial courses, a learning resource center, and a writing lab as evidence
See REGENTS, p. 2
taking them as insurance, said James
Colvert, acting English department chair
man.
The tentative proposal was set at a
Thursday meeting of University officials
chaired by Louise McBee. associate vice
president for academic affairs. The
proposal must now be approved bv the
vice presidents and deans at a meeting
Monday morning.
The final product of Monday's meeting
will become University policy and will be
distributed to academic advisers, McBee
said.
The proposed policy would apply only for
winter quarter, and the committee will
propose a stricter policy for spring quarter.
TTie letter that will be sent to advisers
after Monday's meeting will deal with
three specific areas: winteT quarter’s
policy, pre-registration for spring quarter
and the new system for appealing failing
grades on the test.
For those students who complete 75
credit hours during winter quarter, a
stricter policy will be in effect. Theae
students will be required to pre-register for
remedial courses under the proposed
policy. However, if students take the
regents test in February and pass it, they
will be allowed to drop the remedial
course.
Under the policy, students who fail the
test must take a remedial course in the
areas failed while taking regular courses.
Students who have not passed the test by
ihc end ol 105 credit hours will be
restricted to taking remedial courses until
they pass the test.
The College of Education will offer one-
remedial course this winter and two in the
spring. The English department will offer
one course in remedial composition winter
quaner and two in the spring. Additional
sections for ENG 099K. the composition
course, will be added as needed. McBee
said.
The appeals process will be coordinated
by the English Department. The process
could involve as many as 200 students a
quaner based on past predictions, accord
ing to Dwight Douglas, vice president for
student affairs.
Over half the students meeting the
appeal requirements will probably be
forwarded to Atlanta for review. A student
is noi excused from remedial courses while
his tasc is under review. If the appeal is
granted, he can then drop his remedial
course, the committee decided.
I he appeal process involves only the
essay part of the test, but the University
could expand it to include students who fail
the reading exam if thev have a good
academic record in key subjects. McBee
said.
Students who need to take the regents'
exam should sign up for the test at the
Office of Counseling and Testing in Clark
Howell Hall
Appeals court upholds Lindsey ruling
By NELSON it ROSS
Staff writer
The Fifth U S Circuit Court of Apnea's
Wednesday upheld a dec ision that former
University assistant professor ol educa
tion Bryan I, Lindsey was tired illegally
for circulating an anonymous question
naire concerning the University adminis
(ration
Unless there is an appeal by the state
attorney s office, the case will return to
Judge Wilbur Owens in Fifth District
Court where the questions of tenure and
damages are to be decided
None ol the parties in the case have
seen the ruling but all commented based
on press accounts and the original
decision by Owens
I haven't lost faith, even though I've
Stocking stuffers
Buying that perfect gift on a student’s budget
By INGRID SCHORR
Features editor
There once was a time when you
could give vour best friend a book of
Lifcsavcrs for Christmas...wrap it up in
some old Sunday comics...and expect
about the same in return.
Bui if you • w ant- h> impress anyone
these days, the rule of thumb seems to
be if you have enough cash on hand lo
pay for il. you're being loo cheap. The
most* popular stocking-siuffers run
about S20io $100 this year, but keeping
Ihc college budget in mind, let's look at
a few goodies for under $50.
That price ceiling eliminates the
Pierre Cardin backgammon set so many
of us arc drooling for. but there are siiil
plenty of baubles for less than $50 that
should placate even the most status
seeking of us.
Show your girl jusi how boundless
your love is with a diamond...a fake
diamond solitaire (“who'd know the
difference?”) front Avon, at the low. low
holiday price of $27.95. Why pay
$32.(XX) for the real McCoy ai Tiffany's
when you can use the extra money for
ihc down payment on your mobile
htmie'’
Celebrate the holidays with the best
champagne 50 bucks can buy ...Pom
Pcrignon. ai $49.99 a fifth.
Need a gift for someone who's heavily
into ihc karnta scene, but can't gel il
together on his own? Help him out with
a biorhyihnt computer from Radio
Shack. Only $29.95. and even the most
anxiety-ridden biorhyihnt faddist will
know which "critical davs" he needs lo
be on his guard.
Eor ihe practical gifi-giver, a trip to
Saks Fifth Avenue lo pick up a sterling
silver razor—monograntmed. of
course—will only lake an outlay of $30.
Well, what can you say about a
monograntmed ra/or. except MY dad's
Kuralt: life
‘On the Road’
By TAMMY S.N AGE
Staff writer
It's hard to write about someone who say* he never does
anything important but the slightest mention of his name brings
forth a sigh from the average, or. as the case may be. not-quite-
so-average. person
An Eccentric Guide to the United States hangs in the book
rack behind the small table that serves as his desk A goose
neck swivel lamp, pulled haphazardly across the work area,
glares down on the atlas and road maps scarred by pencil-
traced routes and small circled destinations
The title. An Eccentric Guide to the United States could just
as easily be applied to the book as to the man himself He's
Charles Kuralt. and he's On the Road for CBS News
Kuralt was in Athens this week to film a segment for his On
the Road' spot seen, as he terms it. "irregularly'' on the "CBS
Evening News ’’
The site of Kuralt s Athens story was a house on Boulevard
that is supposedly inhabited by the ghost of a young gypsy giri
"It’s a very haunted house Kuralt said, “but I didn't see her
"I did." piped in one of Kuralt s two crew members, but he
doesn't believe me."
So much for companionship in the bus. but Kuralt said, we
don't have any problem getting along Sometimes though it s
probably hard deciding where to eat dinner
Yet why go traipsing off through the hinterlands and to a
three or four minute piece of tape that will be tacked onto the
end of the broadcast on a slow news day’’
"There really isn't any rhyme or reason to our traveling we
just follow our nows." Kuralt said
He seems very happy and very contented, almost smug,
about his work Undoubtedly, he enjoys it
“The freedom of it is what is so much fun. it's what keeps us
happy.'' Kuralt grinned *"If we were doing stories other people
suggested it just wouldn't be the same."
Other people do suggest stones, and Kuralt said he gets
hundreds of story suggestions in the mail People write letters
in great numbers, but we mostly just stumble across our
stories."
There’s only one requirement for an “On the Road
See KURALT. p. 3
not going to get one.
Saks also offers the ultimate gift for
ihe credit card groupie: a “mouth
watering milk chocolate" Saks charge
plait. Ai $27.50 for one pound of choco
late. why not charge a few dozen and
hold onto them for next Halloween?
Some folks swear by mail-order shop
ping; they say it saves time, gas and
your arms front being lorn from their
sockets by over-zealous shoppers. Well,
then, drop a line—and $49.95—to
Select Video in New York, and receive a
video cassette of The Poseidon Adven
ture, The Graduate or r ‘arnal Knowl
edge for the family film freak. Order
now. and receive a free cartoon
cassette—choose from Deputy Dawg.
Might Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, or a
number of other faverave anthropomor-
phiies.
Another way out of actual, physical,
arch-collapsing shopping is lo give the
gift of travel...send a friend lo Scratch
Ankle, Ga. in the heart of the
Appalachians, on a one-way bus ticket,
for only $20.30. Even if h* doesn't like
the idea, he won’t be around to whine
about il.
This Christmas, show them you
care—leave the price tags on. And if
you run out of dough...charge it on yott.
mouthwatering chocolate charge card.
been through a lot m this case I think the
faculty can function with less fear as a
result of this. " Lindsey said
State assistant attorney general AI
Evans who filed the appeal said the
ruling "leaves the door open 'for
Lindsey) to prove damages If we had
won on appeal, he wouldn't have had a
chance at damages. Evans said
Lindsey's case was handled at the
appellate level by National Education
Association attorney Larry Dessem but
Dessem gave credit to Lindsey’s Athens
attorney Hue Henry for the favorable
decision
“It was Hue Henry who won the
victory.’’ Dessem said
The NEA has a teacher defense fund
that supports cases it feels will set a
precedent in higher education, according
to Dessem
Because Lindsey was an untenured
assistant professor, his contract came up
for renewal every year. Owens' ruling
required the University to give Lindsey a
contract for the year 1977-78 stating that
he was not renewed due to his circulating
of the questionnaire.
Evans appealed the decision in 1977 but
the University complied with the judge's
ruling while waiting for the appeal to be
decided.
“We appealed hoping we would get it
determined right away.' Evans said
Since Lindsey was issued a contract
and paid for 1977-78, attorney's on both
sides say the appeals court ruling is in
part "moot.”
The questions of tenure and damages
remain, according to Lindsey's Athens
attorney Hue Henry.
Judge Owens will have to rule on
whether the University treated Lindsey
fairly for tenure" and on the question of
damages, according to Henry
We expect substantial damages—-
compensatory and punitive,'' Henry said
Thu s uit originally asked for $100,000 in
punitive damages and $100,000 for
damage to Lindsey's reputation
In 1975, Lindsey participated in the
distribution of an anonymous question
naire which asked questions about the
University administration The question
naire had a statement at the bottom
asking that it be sent to then Board of
Regents Chairman. Charles Hams
see LINDSEY.p. 2
R&B offices
moving to
Jackson St.
By BRIAN O'SHEA
Campus editor
The Red and Black will relocate its two
offices under one downtown roof bv ihe
beginning of next quarter. General Man
ager Sieve Crabill said Thursday.
The new office, located at 123 Jackson
Si., will unite the editorial, advertising and
production departments in one location,
replacing ihc campus office in the
journalism building and ihc business office
currentIv located at b9h S. Millcdge.
Cramll said the paper will begin moving
into ihe new office Dec. I and the staff
hopes to be sci up b\ the beginning of
winter quarter “This will really have no
effect on the content or workings of the
paper." Crabill s^id
U rtTT put us in a location that is
convenient to campus as well us to down
town merchants." he added.
The move to one off-campus office
“shows optimism on the paper s side and
the University's side that we can come to
an agreement." on efforts bv the paper to
become independent of the University
Newspaper officials and ihe University
administration have been studving the
possibility of independence for slightly
over a year.
“For the first time, ihc production,
advertising and editorial departments will
N together." said Editor Bill Krueger I
think u will make for a more efficient,
better product
I'm looking forward to it." Krueger
said.
Ihc new office will give ihc paper twice
as much space as it currently has. "We re
bursting out ihe seams in both offices."
Crabhill said Both sides of the paper
need to be in one building." he added.
UGA Today
If you can’t go to Iran, try intramurals
Diplomatic? Able to settle disputes with a single tweet of your whistle 0 If so.
officials for winter qua. ter intramural basketball and soccer are needed All
you have to do is go by room 214 of Stegeman and sign up Officials will be paid
$4 a game plus $1 for attending a training clinic Soccer games will be held
Mon Thur at 4 and 4 45 p m . basketball games are at 4 30. 5:30. 6 30. 7:30 and
8:30.
Join the ‘Fall Affair’
fight against cancer
This is the last chance for you to
support the American Cancer Society
with contributions to the Kappa Alpha
Psi fraternity's Miss Fall Affair
competition Tables will he set up in
Memorial Plaza from 11 a m. to 2 p m if
weather permits The winner of the
“Affair" will be announced Saturday.
Dec 1 at the Station during a
semi-formal dance Tickets are $1 50
single and $2 couple
Yet another self-study hearing
I he l Diversity Self-Study Subcommittee on Health Services invites any
student who would like to address criticism or praise toward the Health Service
to stop hy conference room E of the student activities center in Memorial today
from II a m -2 p m
Suddenly, you’re
the star
Picture yourself in the spotlight!
Six Flags is looking for some
talented people to fill the spotlights
in their theme parks throughout the
country Positions are available for
all types of variety acts, singers,
and dancers Auditions are open to
nyone 16 or older You've got all
o! break to bone up on the old soft
shoe, or whatever it is you do best
because auditions are scheduled for
Jan 5 6 and 17 ai Six Flags Over
Georgia and here in Athens on Jan
17 For more information, call
4i>4 -984-9290
Goodbye 70’s,
HELLO 80’s!!!!!!!!!!
Noi only is this the last paper (or
fall quarter, it's the last Red and
Black for the decade Dorms open
Jan 2 (or winter quarter Late
registration is Jan 3. and classes
start < yea' 1 Jan 4. Being in the
eighties is sort ot awesome, isn't
if- Have a great great break!
Happy holidays!