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The Red and Black
Athens, Georgia Wednesday, May 6, 1981 Volume 88, Number 101 An independent student newspaper serum/i the University of Cjeorgta community News 543 1809 Mnrtnini 543 1791
Decisions on disbursement
of student fees begin today
By JACK THREADGILL
lied and Black Stall Writer
Deliberations begin today for the 1981-82 student
activity fee budget, with most campus groups
requesting the same amount or less money than last
year, according to Tom Cochran, accountant for the
Student Affairs office.
The student-activity-fee allocations committee,
consisting of University administrators, faculty and
students, concluded the budget hearings Monday for
such groups as the University Union, the Black Af
fairs Program and campus radio station WUOG.
The committee hopes to finish its report by
Thursday or Friday, Cochran said.
After finishing the report, the committee will send
its recommendations to Vice President for Student
Affairs Dwight Douglas for final approval.
Campus groups realize there has been no great
increase in available funds and have made
"reasonable requests,” Cochran said.
"They (campus group officials) have made a
concerted effort to hold the line on increases," he
said.
Requests increased from $244,726 of last year to
$249,060, with the University Union's executive
committee and Competitive Events Division and the
Black Affairs Program's Pamoja Dances requesting
significantly less than last year, and the Union’s
Cinematic Arts division, the All-Campus
Homecoming Committee and WUOG radio station
making significantly larger requests.
Other student organizations have made little or no
change in their budget requests from last year
WUOG requested the largest increase, from $33,866
to $38,913. because the station was denied an increase
last year and needed additional funds to keep up with
increasing operating costs, Cochran said.
Some of the requested increase would go to
"upgrade and improve programming.” he said.
The All-Campus Homecoming Committee
requested more funds to expand its activities as the
University's Bicentennial approaches (1985), and the
Cinematic Arts Division requested more funds to
consider the possibility of reducing ticket prices,
Cochran said.
Those requesting less were cutting back on
programs, he said.
The committee received fewer requests than in
past years because more of the smaller organizations
have decided to make requests from the small clubs
account, Cochran said.
The account, which contained $12,000 last year, is
used to allocate money to clubs requesting funds for
specific projects instead of granting the clubs a lump
sum budget, he said.
Davison given list of two candidates
for affirmative action-EEO officer
By GREG HELMS
Kcd md Black Contributing Writer
University President Fred Davison
will soon choose a new Equal Employ
ment Opportunity and Affirmative Ac
tion officer to suceed Leonard Davis,
acting EEO-AA officer
Davison will choose from a list of two
possible candidates compiled by a
search committee set up to find a
replacement for Myrtle Reul, who
retired as EEO-AA officer in August
1979 to return to teaching, said Public
Relations Director Barry Wood.
Bill Solomon served as interim of
ficer until June 1980 when he left a
similar job at the University and Davis
assumed the office
The 11-man search committee began
its work in September 1979 under the
leadership of Carlton James, director
of University Personnel Services.
Davison asked the committee to con
duct a nationwide search and to submit
a list of three to seven qualified can
didates
The committee concluded the search
in June 1980 and sent a letter to Davison
stating that the search had not turned
up the minimum of three qualified can
didates, James said.
Davison ordered a second search to
commence with an application deadline
of Dec. 31, 1980, according to James,
who passed the chairmanship of the
committee to committee members Tom
Russell, associate dean of journalism
when James became ill in August
The committee selected two can
didates: Davis, the current acting
EEO-AA officer, who was selected in
the second search, and Mary Helen
Gasser, head of Affirmative Action at
the University of Southern Illinois, also
selected in the second search A third
candidate, a colleague of Gasser's at
Carbondale who was selected during
the first search, sent a letter Friday to
Russell asking to be withdrawn from
consideration Davison will try to select
a nominee from the two remaining can
didates to submit to the Board of
Regents by its May 13 meeting, ac
cording to Wood
Davis is also assistant to the director
of the University's extension service, a
post he had held 3ince 1974 Before that
he was a student at the University's law
school from 1970 to 1973. He has also
served as a business consultant in Palm
Beach, Fla.
Gasser has headed the Affirmative
Action program at Southern Illinois for
six years. Before that she served as
associate dean of student services at
Carbondale and was involved in
developing a program for handicapped
students at that University.
Gasser also helped start a women's
program at Carbondale to conduct
counseling and workshops for women.
She is also a member of the women s
caucus, a group of students and faculty
that serve as an advisory body to the
campus and the president on women's
issues Davis is vice president of the
Carbondale chapter of the American
Association of University Women
The search committee put ads in
publications throughout the nation,
such as the New York Times, R'issell
said, and received a total of 82 applica
tions from both searches.
The ad called for a "knowledge of
Equal Employment Opportunity and
Affirmative Action guidelines and
related federal non-discrimination laws
and regulations. " as well as "familiari
ty with university personnel systems
and recruitment procedures" and ad-
R.E.M. is serious about having fun
By JAY WATSON
Bed and Black Staff Writer
They called themselves R.E.M as
"sort of a joke," the letters pulled from
the dictionary entry "rapid eye move
ment."
Recalls guitarist Pete Buck:
“Nobody could think of a name and we
all thought, ‘Nobody'll ever think of
this!'"
It was almost exactly a year ago that
the four young Athens musicians form
ed a band and began playing at local
parties and a few clubs R.E.M has
since built a solid local following and
expanded out of Athens, playing clubs
all across the Southeast, opening for the
Police in Atlanta’s Fox Theatre and for
XTC a week ago in Athens’ B and L
Warehouse. The band's rise to success
has been a relatively simple affair, bas
ed largely on R.E.M. s amazing ability
to generate a clean, simple, gimmick-
free brand of music with an undeniable
call to the dance floor
But despite the band's dance appeal
and its rabid following, these four guys
know they're not yet ready to break into
the big leagues They’re not even sure
they want to
“1 think on the crawling-walking-
running scale, we're still a notch below
walking." says lead singer Michael
Stipe. Adds bassist Mike Mills: “We're
more comfortable with each other and
with the crowd, but never too tight."
Comfortable but not tight indeed
seems to sum up the band's stage per
formances. Stipe steps away from the
mike between verses to urge on the
crowd with a jerky, rag-doll breed of
dancing that’s a wonder to watch (“I
don’t think I dance!" he insists). Drum
mer Bill Berry chums out his ever-
steady backing, sweating profusely and
raining a hybrid of admirable timing
and power upon the audience through
favorites like “Rockville," "Pretty
Persuasion" or "Gardening at Night ”
Buck stays out of the limelight,
emerging briefly upstage at times to
kick at an imaginary assailant while
landing on a particularly deadly,
ringing chord And Mills' bass provides
much of the lead role for the band,
rushing around and caressing the
melody as Mills himself challenges
Stipe with soaring backing vocals.
R.E.M.'s crowds dance themselves
into a sweaty state of ecstasy; the
bands fans dance harder than virtually
any rock audience. But one particularly
significant question remains for
REM: Recording is an inevitable step
for a successful, up-and-coming band;
so can R.E.M. sell to a purely listening
audience? If there is no sweaty,
frenetic crowd of dancers, can this
band survive?
Berry, though he believes the band’s
strong point is definitely "dance ap
peal,” refers to the Police concert, a
Guitarist Pete Buck and singer Michael Stipe at a performance
performance at a large concert hall
where dancing was not the crowd’s
primary objective. "One-hundred and
fifty people got up and danced and 3,000
asked for an encore, so I’m not really
too worried (about REM being label
ed as solely a dance band). I mean, we
went over pretty well."
Everyone writes and arranges the
songs, though Stipe generally provides
the lyrics The sound itself is
characterized by an astonishing lack of
waste. Buck shies away from single
note guitar solos, opting for challenging
chord series to complement the clean,
Byrds-like rhythm work from his
Fender Telecaster or Rickenbacker
guitars
"Guitar solos aren't worthwhile for
me," Buck says. "If I were, say Jeff
Beck, I'm sure there'd solos every
night "
The songs are generally tight, two-
and three-minute arrangements
showcasing the band as a unit The ef
fect is dense, powerful and utterly
kinetic, with a deadly potency for mov
ing people onto the dance floor The
group shuns any attempt at labeling its
music, but its members admit they are
heavily influenced by the old masters of
the ’50s and their '60s pop disciples
The covers the band includes in its
playlist usually have the fresh,
breathtaking enthusiasm of the rock-
and-roll classics.
How long can REM last? Will the
band get bored and find itself hopeless
ly trapped inside the stereotype of
"dance music"? How serious are these
guys?
Stipe says what R.E.M. has to offer
above all is a sense of “unadulterated
fun” transmitted from stage to crowd.
The audience cannot fully enjoy the
show if the band itself is not enjoying it.
"I put tape on the bottom of my shoes to
make sure I don't fall down (from danc
ing),” Stipes says That's enthusiasm
But perhaps Buck best vocalizes the
purpose of what has become Athens’
most popular band "We’re serious
about whet we do," he says, "but we re
doing it for fun This really isn't a big
career for us Whatever happens, hap
pens That’s the big thing: We re doing
this because we enjoy it."
ministrative experience with a
"minimum of a baccalaureate degree
required.”
The committee screened the applica
tions and interviewed the preterrea
candidates, Russell said The finalists
were invited to the University for
special public meetings to allow
students and faculty to question the
candidates, Russell said. Two public
meetings were held for each candidate,
Russell said, one for students and one
for faculty.
The EEO-AA was set up to comply
with federal regulations by a Universi
ty committee established in 1973 to
study the need for a program, said
Reul, the former Affirmative Action of
ficer The committee wrote the original
plan for the program through the Office
of Education within the now-defunct
Department of Health, Education and
Welfare, Reul said
Starting in 1974, tremendous progress
was made, according to Reul Several
employees were reinstated and job
titles were adjusted to better reflect the
responsibilities in various campus jobs,
Reul said.
"I was elated with the progress,”
Reulsaid.
A philosophy existed then that af
firmative action was a good thing to do
and should therefore be done on its
merit. Reul said. But. starting, in 1976,
there was a nationwide reversal in at
titudes, which began with the reverse
discrimination outcries, Reul said
Staff photo Nancy Shepherd
Suntanning 101
Professors, have you wondered where all your students arex Guys,
have you wondered where all those great tans the gals have come
from? Girls, have you wondered where your boyfriends disappear off
to in the afternoons?
Just when you though it was safe to go back in the water, you can't
get there. Why? Perhaps it’s because everyone and his bottle of suntan
oil is parked between the entrance and the water of the fabled Legion
Pool.
Each spring the University's sun worshippers and people watchers
tiock to the pool to burn the vestiges oi an all-too long winter lioin
their pale skin.
Admission to the pool is 50 cents for students, with a University ID.
and 50 cents for faculty members Guests of University students are
charged $1 Students wishing to leave the pool and return can have
their hands stamped at the gate.
Hours of pool operation for spring quarter are seven days a week
from 11a.m. to7p m . closed for holidays and rain
Belfast rioting hurts 21
following Sands ’ death
By GREGORY JENSEN
l lilted I'rm International
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The
emaciated body of Bobby Sands was
carried in solemn silence Tuesday in a
pine coffin to his parents' home as
gangs of Catholic youths took to the
streets to vent their anger against
British security forces at the death of
the IRA hunger striker
At least 21 people were injured in
sporadic rioting in Belfast but there
were no reports of trouble elsewhere in
the province and Catholic and
Protestant leaders tried to prevent the
street strife from spreading
Sands. 27. died in the early hours of
Tuesday, withered away to barely 90
pounds after a 66-day fast to win
"political prisoner" status for IRA
convicts in Ulster jails.
In the rainy evening, his body was
carried into his parents' home in a
street on the outskirts of Belfast where
black flags of mourning hung in
neighbors windows
A small black bow was on the Sands
door as 150 mourners, their heads bared
in respect, watched in silence. His
parents. John and Rosaleen Sands,
loked distraught but did not weep
Sands will be given a "Republican
funeral" Thursday with IRA men firing
a volley in his honor He will be buried
at Milltown cemetery, a traditional IRA
resting place, said Sinn Fein, the
political wing of the outlawed Irish
Republican Army, which seeks to unite
the British province with Ireland
In London. Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher stressed her government's
stand against terrorism and said she
would never grant political status to
convicted IRA prisoners, which would
amount to "a license to kill "
Sands, who was elected to the British
Parliament April 9 from the cell where
he was serving 14 years for firearms
possession, died at 1:17 a m . 8:17 p.m.
Monday EDT. after lapsing into a coma
44 hours earlier
Application availiabe soon for post
of student liaison to City Council
Council Liaison Breaugh
By ANN DEACON
Rrd and BUck .HUH WrtUr
Applications for the position of stu
dent liaison to the Athens City Council
will be available within the next two to
three weeks, said Bill Mendenhall,
associate vice president for Student Af
fairs.
The liaison, a link between University-
students and the City Council, serves as
an ex-officio member of the council
and. with the exception of voting, has
much the same privileges as a regular
councilman, said Tom Cochran, ac
countant in the Student Affairs office
The student who serves in this capaci
ty attends all regular council and com
mittee meetings, giving student opinion
and feedback The liaison is free to
73-year-old woman dies
after being hit by truck
A 73-year-old Athens woman died
Tuesday after being struck by an 18-
wheel tractor-trailer near the
University arch at the intersection of
College Avenue and Broad Street
Margaret Green of 226 W
Cloverhurst Ave was apparently
crossing against the light when she
stepped in front of a truck driven by
George Simmons of Atlaata. witnesses
told police
She was taken to the Athens General
Hospital emergency room, where she
died two hours later from massive
injuries
Simmons was charged with failure to
yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian.
Athens police said. Failure to yield is a
misdemeanor that carries a possible
fine of up to $1,000, one year in jail, or
both, said Cpl Tim Lyle of the
University police
The Athens police are investigating
the incident in conjunction with the
district attorney's office, said Cpl Mel
Hegwood. public information officer
Hegwood said numerous witnesses
saw the accident and gave statements
to the police
“If anyone witnessed the entire in
cident and did not make a statement,
we would ask them to call the Athens
police department criminal-
investigation division.” he said
comment during meetings and to
discuss how students may be affected
by council decisions
Cochran said the liaison-City Council
relationship has been very beneficial in
the past
"It is an effective way to bring about
some type of action," he said “The stu
dent is able to contact the proper person
when a problem arises ."
City Council members appear to ap
prove of the post, saying it has helped
establish an understanding between the
city and the University Nancy Denson,
fifth-ward city councilwoman, said the
liaison has been very valuable to the Ci
ty Council in presenting research and
data
When the city's transit-fee increase
was discussed by the City Council last
year, council members had considered
putting it into effect immediately The
liaison, John Breaugh, was instrumen
tal in getting the increase delayed until
this year, Cochran said
The liaison opening will be advertised
within the next two to three weeks, with
applications accepted at the Student Af
fairs office in the Academic Building
The applictions will be reviewed by a
screening committee consisting of
Dwight Douglas, vice president for Stu
dent Affairs; Mendenhall Breaugh,
and two members of the University
Council's Student Affairs subcom
mittee The screening committee will
then conduct interviews and pick the
new liaison
All interested students are invited to
apply Applicants should be in good
academic standing and have a good
overall knowledge of the University, its
functions and its various organizations
Statl writer Elizabeth Wong assisted in
preparing thie story.