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Edwards’ appeal may cause a showdown with Davison
Former graduate dean Hardy Edwards
By STACI KRAMER
Staff writer
University President Fred Davison's reasons for ousting
former Graduate School Dean Hardy Edwards may be made
public Wednesday at a Board of Regents hearing held at the
former dean's request
Edwards requested the hearing to formally aupeal Davison s
decision to fire him and transfer him to a faculty position in the
College of Agriculture
In a letter dated Nov 9. Edwards asked that he be reinstated
as graduate dean and that his salary situation for the past three
years be reviewed
“Since there is no professional basis for my being removed as
dean of the graduate school at the University of Georgia. I am
asking the Board of Regents to reinstate me in that position."
Edwards said in his letter
Davison expects to show just cause for his actions concerning
Edwards, according to Barry Wood, spokesman for the
president
“We are confident that the president made the right decision,
the proper decision and I think that will he made abundantly
clear <on Wednesday*. Wood said
I think the regents will feel the same, he added
Davison will be accompanied by “a number of deans, four
vice presidents and other individuals. Wood said “It s
open-ended about whether any or all will speak in the hearing
The president might do all the talking The idea is that they
•witnesses* should be available for questioning." Wood said
Each side will have a limited amount of time to present their
case and to submit evidence They can divide this time as they
please, according to Pat McKee, assistant executive secretary
to the regents
Last time I heard the time limit was one hour, but I think
that a change has been requested." McKee said “They have a
right to reserve time for cross-examination "
Another undetermined aspect of the hearing is its availability
to the public
Even though Edwards has publicly stated his intention to
have an open hearing, the chairman has the right to close the
meeting if it appears that evidence involving other personnel
matters will be involved
'As far as I'm concerned, it's an open hearing," Edwards
said
When asked if he had seen the letters allegedly signed by
several deans supporting the president's actions, Edwards
replied. "At the time I made my original request for appeal. I
also requested to be sent a copy of the letters I did not receive
an answer to this request
"Two weeks ago when I was in A1 Evan’s office 'the
assistant attorney general representing the University) I again
asked for copies of the letters I have not received an answer to
this request." he added
Edwards was asked if he believed the letter to exist
"Do they exist? I don't know ”
"Did they exist 9 I believe so ”
I intend 'o present reasons for my reinstatement with quite
a bit of documentation—mainly excerpts and reports from
already published material pulled together for the first time."
Edwards said
"I have no intention to go to the courts 'if the decision is not
in my favor),” he added
Acting Chancellor Vernon Crawford was unwilling to
comment on the matter "I try to keep as far away from these
things as possible "
Observer wins ruling
By JUSTIN C1ILM8
Staff writer
The Georgia Supreme Court late last
week ordered the University to release
the full text of a hitherto secret
evaluation of its mathematical sciences
programs, but the plaintiff in the case
said he believes it will be another two
weeks before the report is made public
Athens Observer reporter John Toon
went to court Iasi February to secure
release of the full eight page report,
prepared for the University administra
tion by a visiting committee of faculty
members from other schools
The University released an edited
version of the report to the Observer
after the suit was filed, but several key
sections were deleted
State Superior Court Judge Joseph
Gaines ruled the report should remain
secret, even though it is a state document
falling under the purview of Georgia’s
open records law
The University argued successfully in
Gaines' court that personnel information
contained in the state-funded report
should be kept from public scrutiny to
protect the privacy of the individuals
involved
The Supreme Court reversed the
decision, holding the law requires release
of the report
The report “falls clearly in the
category of documents, papers and
records prepared and maintained in the
course of the operation of a public office,
and is, therefore, a public record under
the (open records* act." the court held
Toon said he understood the report
might not be made public for at least two
weeks, since the University could ask for
a rehearing and the decision must still be
remanded to the lower courts for
implementation
In a three-page petition, the Observer
originally requested Gaines issue a writ
compelling University Vice Presided for
Research Robert Anderson to release the
report in full
See OBSERVER, p 7
UGA Today
Faster than a
speeding bullet
It’s a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a
student who mistakenly signed up (or
25 hours and is racing to drop at least
half of it or die trying. Drop-Add ends
today at 4 p.m.. so have all cards
turned in by this time or be doomed to
never tasting the joys of skindiving 101
this quarter
Visions of leading freshmen to glory
If you're convinced that UGA is the only way. drop by 114 Academic Building
and pick up an application for the position A of summer orientation leader
Applicants must have completed at least thrw quarters at the University by
June '80, must have at least one full year remaining as an undergraduate and
must be in good standing academically Applications must be returned to the
Admissions Office by Monday. Feb 4
Late great ’70s
For picks and pans of the late great
'70s. refer to the entertainment
section, page 8. where various sages
and seers will fill you in on the highs
and lows of the decade
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* Picks^ Pans \
Bob and Bing fins and cheap dales alike will enjov The Hoad to Utopia. (he
Union's Jan 8 offering In Ihis wildesl of the pair's road' piclures. Ihe duo
imitates a pair of hardened killers and discovers Ihe fabled Paramount
"mountain '' Show times are 7 and 9:30 p m SPJ Admission is $1 for students
and $1.50 general
MEETINGS
CEDCUGA
CEDCUGA will meet Wednesday.
Jan 9 in 411 Aderhold at 4:30 p m
sea
Israel Awareness
The Israel Awareness Committee
will have its first meeting of winter
quarter Tuesday. Jan. 8 at 8:30 p.m.
at the Hillel House. 1155 S Mi Hedge
Ave
UGA Today
For instant fame and notoriety,
submit notices by noon one day prior
to publication to me. Cindy Bagwell
UGA Today Coordinator. The Red and
Black. 123 N. Jackson St All info
should be: 11 typed, doubled space, on
a 60-space line. 21 bear the full name
of the organiiation and complete
information pertaining to the event
and 31 a name and phone number in
case there's a need for further
information And if v ail don't send me
anything. I swear I'll bombard you
with the most banal, cliche, redundant
trash I can find Or maybe even lie
Such Power'
The student unrest
that accompanied
the 1970 Kent State
shootings, and
brought out Presi
dent Davison (right)
and Dean Tate to
calm the protesters,
was just the begin
ning of the turbulent,
topsy-turvy '70s. Con
tinuing this week.
Red and Black staff
ers take a look back
at the '70s and a look
forward to the '80s.
The 70s
Was it a sexed-up, doped-up, hedonistic heaven-of-a-decade?
The 1970 s brought to the University an
era marked by student unrest, the
elimination of student government and
turbulent times in administration
And yet these were the same years that
found students celebrating a 21-0 foot ball
win over Alabama in 1976. streaking
across Sanford Bridge, and voting in
student government elections that
brought us Ima Duo 'the two-headed
candidate* and Roger Strauss, the
Unknown Candidate
Many have tried to tag the '70s with a
convenient nickname, much like the
Roarin’ Twenties or the Gay Nineties
However, most have failed because the
past 10 years have been as varied and
complex as they have been active and
exci'ing
Perhaps author Tom Wolfe named the
past decade best in calling it. The
Sexed-Up. Doped-L'p. Hedonistic Heaven
of the Boom-Boom Seventies.
With that in mind The Red and Black
presents a look back at the decade that
was-the events and people that shaped
the University. Athens and the world
We have included highlights of some of
the biggest stories of the decade from the
University Unfortunately, we couldn’t
print everything or give perhaps all the
background information we might have
liked to because there just wasn’t enough
room.
Staff members who contributed to this
report are Tom Lee. Catherine Rodrigue.
Brian O'Shea. Justin Gillis. Chuck Reese
Denise Nealey and Jeff Jowdy
1970
1970 was marked by negativism,
particularly over the Vietnam war
Faculty and students screamed “Foul'"
when lormer Secretary of State Dean
Rusk was appointed to the law school
faculty Rusk, a native Georgian, was
also one of the architects of the Kennedv
and Johnson administrations’ Vietnam
policy However, the Board of Regents
approved Rusk s appointment
Students demonstrated for three days
by marching and not attending classes
following the shooting deaths of four
students during a rally at Kent State
University in Kent. Ohio on May 4. The
protests here were said to be the largest
ever held at an institution of higher
learning in Georgia
1971
Freshmen women were able to stay out
later and party longer when the
University lifted its curfew requirement
However, the women still had to have
parental permission to enjoy the later
hours
In September. Provost William
Pelletier approved a radio station on
campus
The Campus Ministerial Association
supported a recommendation that prayer
be suspended from all athletic events
The CM A called the prayers "discrimina
tory and offensive to non-Christians."
and came out in favor of a silent period
at the beginning of each game for
optional prayer
And ir. November, the Committee on
Gay Education was formed by two
University students.
University students reacted negatively
to the conviction of U.S. Army lieutenant
William Calley of murder. Student body
president Bob Hurley called Calley a
scapegoat for higher official* ”
See THE '79*. p 7
The Red and Black
opens new offices
B> BRIAN O'SHEA
tampu, editor
If you've tried to call or stop by The Red and Black offices on
Milledge Avenue or in the Journalism school lately, then you
alreadv know the newspaper has moved The newspaper's news
and editorial staffs began operating from a new downtown
office Jan 1 as was previously announced
The new office, located a! 123 Jackson St between Broad and
Clayton Streets, marks the first joint facility for the paper, a
move which will increase efficiency, according to Editor Bill
Krueger
In addition. "This is one more step toward the newspaper
becoming independent," Kruegei added
Newspaper and University officials have been studying the
possibility of independence for The Red and Black for over a
year
In addition to having a new mailing address, the newspaper's
phone numbers have changed The business office phone
number is now 543-1791 The editorial office phone number ia
543-1809
The move will not affect the content or operation of the paper
except that the editorial, advertising and production offices will
now be in the same building, Krueger said
Formerly, the editorial office was located in the Joumaliam
building and the advertising and production staff* operated
from an office at 698 Milledge Ave
The new facility is the former site of Gladys Shrimp Leather
Shop
Executive editor Gary Fouts said the new building give* the
newspaper more room, adding "we are still only across the
street from campus ”
“In the old facility, we were putting together the newspaper
in a space the sue of a classroom. Our new building has s
newsroom and three other offices," Fouts said
