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from anybody on this matter.”
Hollingsworth said A questionnaire
will be sent to the departments for
distribution, giving faculty members
an opportunity to comment on grade
inflation. Hollingsworth said
He said his committee hopes 10
give a full report at next month's
senate meeting
A & S adopts procedures
By JACK TIIREADGILL
Staff writer
The Franklin College of Arts and
Sciences Faculty Senate Thursday
unanimously approved a grievance
procedure, the first formal proce
dure ever approved by the college.
The senate also unanimously
approved a resolution endorsing the
suggestion that the new student
center be named for the late Dean
of Men Emeritus William Tate
Ellen Mattingly, president of the
University’s chapter of the American
Association of University Professors,
congratulated the senate for the
approval of the procedure.
"We have long been concerned
about the absence of a grievance
process for this college, and I
congratulate this body for a
marvelous step forward,'' Mattingly
said
Mattingly added that during the
past three years, the Board of
Regents has upheld the recommend
ations of grievance committees in
every case.
"In every single case, the Regents
voted against the recommendations
of the president, and with the
recommendations of grievance com
mittees. When a grievance
committee would recommmend a-
gainst a grievant, the Regents would
go along with that. I just hope you
can make it work, and make it work
fairly," Mattingly said.
After the procedure was accepted
with amendments, Arts and Sciences
Dean Jack Payne told the senate the
proposal needed approval from no
other level, and the college would
begin to operate under this
procedure.
Ernst von Glasersfeld, psychology
professor and chairman of the
college Faculty Relations Committee
said the new procedure calls for an
attempt to settle the grievance
within the department, and if that is
not successful, for it to be sent to the
dean's office.
If not alleviated in the dean’s
office, grievances will be sent to the
FKC If the FRC fails to reach a
decision, the grievance will be given
back to the dean, von Glasersfeld
said.
Several amendments were made
to the procedure document, including
a major rewording of Its first
paragraph
The paragraph originally' statesd
that no grievances concerning racial
or sexual discrimination will be
covered by the procedure, but would
be considered on a University level.
The senate deleted some phrases
from the paragraph that the senators
considered redundant and unclear.
The paragraph, as amended,
states, ‘This document establishes a
procedure for /acuity grievances ' ~
Claims of racial or sexual discrimin-eoR
ation are to bfc dWW^with by the
appropriate committee of the Uni-^
versity Council accov^Jttg to thfj
procedures developed wy-' them for
that specific purpose." tr
Other amendments were propbsed
and accepted, l including one to
specify administrators who could be
excluded from consideration for an
FRC review panel
The procedure, as amended,
prohibits the dean and his staff,
department heads and division
chairmen from serving on a review
panel.
Also at the meeting, the senate
decided to ask Vice President for
Senate decides grievance procedures.
Academic Affairs Virginia Trotter or
a member of her staff to meet with
them at their next meeting to discuss
faculty evaluation procedures
At the senate's May meeting, Tim
Almy, associate professor of political
science, proposed nine recommenda
tions be made to Trotter concerning
faculty evaluations, and the senate
agreed to follow up on the matter
John Hollingsworth, associate pro
fessor of mathematics and chairman
of the senate special committee on
grade inflation reported to the
senate, asking for "something more
than numbers from students, faculty,
and alumni," concerning grade
inflation.
"We would welcome suggestions,
questions, information and opinions
Beat the clock
How many times have you prayed or begged for just one more hour of
sleep? Well, thanks to Daylight Savings Time, this Sunday, Oct. 26, you'll
get your wish At 2 a m ESP. Sunday, roll back the hands of time one
hour and enjoy a few more Zzzzzzzz! si,.n iiiu»ir.in.«i nut rh..n.ti«T
Construction worker killed
Candidates contend they treasure education,
but both have trouble with funding questions
A construction worker at the
Georgia Square Mall on the Atlanta
Highway was killed late Thursday
morning as water from a broken
waterline hurled a cement slab into
the trench where he was working,
trapping him under the flow of
water.
Clint Royston, 20, of Route 1,
Royston, died in the emergency
room after being rushed to Athens
General Hospital, according to a
hospital spokesman.
The accident occurred shortly
before 11:30 a m A spokesman for
Clarke County police said witnesses
said Royston was working in a
trench when the waterline broke and
Hu- cement slab trapped him under
Four inmates sawed their way out
of the Clarke County jail Thursday
morning, and used a hand-made
sheet rope to descend the side of the
four-story building to freedom One
was recaptured within two hours of
the excape, but the other three
remained free late Thursday.
Clarke County Sheriff Larry
Williams said the four apparently
liad outside help in their"well-plan-
ned and well-executed" escape from
the jail, located on the top floor of
tne courthouse on East Washington
Street.
The men used hacksaw blades,
which were smuggled into the jail, to
cut the bars in the cell, but they
camouflaged the bars so that "they
looked like they were intact.”
Williams said.
The three men still at large are
identified as Michael Millstead, 20,
serving a life sentence for rape;
Frank Parrish, 31, who is awaiting
trial for armed robbery and
attempted rape; and George New-
some, 51, who was being held on a
federal escape warrant
The fourth man, Bernaby Milan
nes, who is reportedly absent without
leave from the U S Navy, was
recaptured at 2:30 a m in the Trail
Creek Estates trailer park.
the water flow.
Royston was pinned in the debris
for eight minutes as Athens General
Hospital paramedics, rescue squad
members from the Athens rlrt
Department and fellow workers tried
to free him
Hospital officials could not deter
mine whether Royston drowned or
was crushed under the weight of the
concrete slab
In a separate incident. Clarke
County police said $2,100 worth of
welding equipment is missing from
the mall construction site The
equipment disappeared on Oct. 22 or
23, police said.
Milannes was jailed Tuesday, and
could face up to a year in prison for
his two hours of freedom. Williams
said.
Based on information from other
inmates, Williams estimated the four
escaped near midnight The rope
they fashioned from sheets and
blankets was discovered by a deputy
at about 12:15 a m
Williams declined to speculate
whether the men escaped by car or
on foot. There is no indication the
men are armed, and Williams said
they are not considered dangerous.
Williams said Newsome had been
housed in the facility for two months,
waiting for Kentucky officials to
return him to the reformatory from
which he escaped Williams said he
was "a little perturbed’’ because
Newsome remained in the jail for so
long. "We knew he was a security
risk, and he's not a Clarke County
prisoner I think they had enough
time to pick him up." Williams said
Despite the escape. Williams still
has confidence in teh security at the
old jail "The jail itself has a good
record. I hate that we lose anyone,"
but Thursday's escape marked only
the second such escape in four years,
he said
"No matter how sound your
procedures are, you're going to get
beat and we got beat we were just
unlucky and they got lucky."
WASHINGTON. D C.. (CPS)-Both
Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan
seek a balanced budget as soon as
possible, but neither candidate will
specify which segments of govern
ment's aid to higher education would
be cut to meet that goal.
Almost certain victims of any
belt-tightening, colleges and univer
sities are still in the dark as neither
man has designed a long-range
strategy to cope with the escalating
costs of higher education.
At the same time, the two
candidates have been waging quiet
campaigns claiming they are the
closest friend of the nation's colleges
and universities. The president's
crew points to his long list of
accomplishments in subsidizing col
lege education for many lower and
middle-income youth. With the same
pride, Ronald Reagan’s team makes
it sound like no other former
governor ever did as much for the
students of his state.
"Jimmy Carter has done more for
students of higher education than
any other president," said Anne
Wexler, special assistant to the
president "Over a four-year period,
he has increased aid to the system
by more than 72 percent Our focus
will continue to be to help students
Fall fantasia
‘Leaf 1 your worries
on your dorm steps
By KARLEEN CHALKEK
Staff writer
Fall has swept into Georgia and
with it. people are heading for "them
thar hills" to see what array of
colors nature has dabbed across the
mountain leaves.
Pat Thomas, supervisor of the
Chattahoochee-Oconee National
Forests, said the peak weekend for
seeing the North Georgia leaves will
be this weekend, Oct. 24-26. She
recommends a drive down the
Richard B Russell Scenic Highway,
located between Helen and Blairs
ville A visit to Tallulah Falls and
Gorge, located off Highway 441,
between Toccoa and Clavton or a
stop at Toccoa Falls, just north of
Toccoa would give any fall mountain
lover a treat.
Persons wanting a breathtaking
view or pictures should plan to visit
the state's highest point, Brasstown
Bald, which has an elevation of 4.7B4
feet. Tourists can walk or ride a
shuttle bus to the top of the mountain
and see acres and acres of Georgia.
Other places Thomas suggested as
enjoyable sites for persons looking
for fall colors are Dukes Creek Falls
and DeSoto Falls.
About two hours from Athens is a
small town that almost every
Georgian and even large numbers of
non Georgians love to visit at least
once Helen, a town transformed
into analpine village, attracts many
sightseers and buyers of the unusual
Denise Motuz, a University senior
from New Jersey, visited the
Georgia mountains and Helen for the
first time two weeks ago
“1 thought Helen was very com
mercialized, but I liked just getting
away from school, work, every
thing," Motuz said. She saw some
comparison between the real villages
of.Germanv which she visited a lew
years ago. and Helen "The shops
make it into college ”
"Ronald Reagan boosted state
loans and across-the-board scholar
ships by 900 percent during his two
terms,” said Mary English, a
Reagan press aide. "He raised state
expenditures for state schools and
community colleges by several
times."
And. of course, along with
evidence of past committment, come
promises of future concern.
"The president knows education is
an important investment in our
future," Wexler said, "and he would
Campaign
never cut anything out that would be
vital to that investment."
Wexler, though admitting there
would have to be budget cuts
somewhere to achieve the provised
balanced federal budget, refuses to
speculate where they would be.
Instead, she said, the American
people should leave it up to the
and the small alleyways looked
pretty much like those you would see
in Germany." Motuz said. The best
part of her trip though, was eating
some of the famous mountain apples,
and enjoying the fall colors, she said.
For some, fall means getting out
the old tent and backpacking equip
ment and heading for a campfire,
toasted marshmallows and a good
hiking trail in the mountains Ellen
Lerch, a senior, and her fiance said
they enjoy visiting Unicoi Stale Park
just north of Helen “We usually just
pack up the truck and go for the
weekend." Lerch said At Unicoi
you don’t need reservations to camp
and the space usually costs only
about $6 per night Roasting corn
and drinking hot chocolate beside the
fire just gives you a serene feeling, a
feeling of just being at peace with
yourself and nature "
Going camping is an inexpensive
way to just get away from every
thing." said Julie Dibling, a soph
omore "It’s a good way to meet
people and to just discover new
adventures ”
Backpacking is another activity
that abounds during the fall Steve
Foisey, a backpacker for eight
years, said persons interested in just
better judgment of Jimmy Carter to
decide what is necessary and what is
fat in the budget
"Reagan wants to restore the
integrity of our higher education
system, especially the student loan
program," English adds "Most of
all. he believes that if we fix the
economy, that would be the best
solution for the colleges ”
Yet Reagan's record in dealing
with higher education has been
highly controversial As California
governor during the turbulent
protests of the sixties, he became
very impatient at times
"If students want a bloodbath, by
God they’re going to get one," he
said during that period.
Some critics say many of the
massive student aid programs he
signed into law were stuffed down
his throat by a liberal-minded
legislature. They say he was
personally against those programs.
Carter, on the other hand, raises
some doubts about his future plans
for higher education Even Wexler
concedes that the president has
developed no concrete overall plan to
deal with the upcoming problems of
colleges during the next four years
Despite the certainty of difficult
financial conditions, neither aide
"getting away from city life" for a
weekend should try the Appalachian
Trail "It's the easiest trail for
amateurs," Foisey said The
official starting place of the trail is
Mt Springer However. Foisey said
amateur backpackers should begin
at Amicalola Falls near Dahlonega
"The trip is pretty inexpensive, if
you’ve already got your gear,"Foisey
said "Two people can usually eat for
between $15 and $20. The only other
expense would be the gas to drive
from Athens up there
Other places Foisey recommended
for backpacking trips are Yonah
Mountain, between Helen and Cleve
land. where there is no trail and a lot
of rock climbing. Kennesaw Moun
tain and Brasstown Bald
For persons planning to travel to
the mountains this weekend, some
fall festivals are still in progress In
Cleveland, the annual Fall Leaf
Festival, featuring mountain crafts,
boiled peanuts and cider for sale will
be going on from 8 a m to 6 p m
The annual Fall Bluegrass Festival
in Hiawassee will also be held this
weekend The festival will feature
over 100 bluegrass bands and mus
icians.
could promise that the federal
government would be there to pick
up the slack
"Everybody has to learn how to
tighten the belt,” Wexler said,
implying that colleges and univer
sities would have no choice but to
reduce or even eliminate specific
programs of departments.
"The role of the federal govern
ment will be what it has always
been," she said, "and that is to help
the students as much as possible If
we do our part and the states do
theirs, there shouldn't be any
problem Still, we cant be
responsible for mismanagement ”
Either candidate's position can
hardly be a source of optimism for
college administrators and faculty
members across the country
Carter's draft registration pro
gram has also drawn a lot of
criticism from college students
Wexler said the White House
lawyers are working vigorously to
settle the constitutional problems of
the nationwide program In July, a
federal court judge in Philadelphia
ruled the program unconstitutional
because it discriminated against
see COLLEGE p. 2
Marijuana
shipment
arrives
ATLANTA. (UPD—Authorities say
the first shipment of marijuana
destined for cancer patients undergo
ing radiation and chemotherapy
treatments arrived in Georgia
Thursday
The marijuana will be given to
cancer patients to keep down the
nausea that is sometimes a side
effect of chemotherapy and radiation
therapy It will be administered
under a program set up this year by
the Georgia General Assembly
The drug comes both in a pill
form and in a leafy form that can be
smoked
The state medical board's Bonnie
Legett said the marijuana arrived in
Georgia from a federal facility in
Mississippi where it is grown for
research purposes It is being stored
at a secret location, she said.
State officials said about 20 people
have applied to use marijuana,
though none will be immediately
issued the drug
None of the applications have yet
been approved All the applications,
which must be backed up by a
doctor, are currently being consider
ed by a patient qualification review-
board
The delivery of the marijuana ends
doubt over whether the federal
government would be able to provide
enough pot for Georgians and people
from other states that have passed
similar laws
Miss l^egget said future shipments
are expected
The Georgia General Assembly last
year passed legislation allowing the
state to distribute marijuana to
people who are undergoing radiation
therapy , chemotherapy and suffering
from Glaucoma, an eye disease
Some doctors say marijuana eases
the nauseous side effects of the
therapies
Denise Neale)
Local jailbirds fly the coop
By BRIAN O’SHEA
Editor