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The Rnl and Black
Friday. April 2, 1982
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Charles H. Russell, General Manager
Mack Browning, Editor-in-chief Tim Bonner, Managing Editor
An independent student newspaper not affiliated with the University of Georgia
Minority hiring
The recent flap created by University student
Marvin Nunnally in calling attention to the lack
of black coaches on the Georgia football staff,
points out why many universities, and this one
in particular, is behind in hiring blacks: Most
college administrators (predominantly white)
just don’t think about making an effort to inform
possible black applicants of job openings.
In the case of Georgia athletic director and
head football coach Vince Dooley, his recruit
ment of applicants to fill the position of offensive
line coach was predictable.
Advertisements were placed in papers where
possible candidates from Alabama, Texas, etc.
would be sure to see them. No possible can
didates from black colleges — Grambling,
Jackson State, Tennessee State — would have
had easy access to an advertisement an
nouncing the Georgia coaching vacancy
because none was placed in papers which serve
those university communities.
The oversight was not intentional; Dooley just
didn’t think about it.
To hire the most qualified candidate for any
job requires that all possible candidates know a
vacancy exists. When Dooley said no blacks had
applied for the job, the blame for that rested
partly with him.
We urge Dooley to send advertisements to
publications which will reach all possible ap
plicants.
With a representative list of candidates, a
better decision can be reached in filling staff
vacancies.
Opposing evolution theory
With Georgia's creation science bill
tabled until the 1983 session of the
General Assembly, il looks like the ma
jority of Georgia's high school students
will be subjected to another year of the
same deception that you and I were
subjected to in our high school years.
Thousands of Georgia students will
be presented the general theory of
evolution in science classes as some
sort of sacred truth
For the past two or three decades this
has been the case throughout most of
the country. Evolution has been
presented in science classes exclusive
ly People whose religious convictions
included a belief in creation have not
opposed the rise of evolutionary theory
because they were told that the general
theory of evolution was somehow scien
tific while the idea of creation was just
a religious belief.
This was evidently the mind set of the
judge who overturned the Arkansas law
requiring balanced treatment of crea
tion science and evolution science. He
ruled that the law violated the separa
tion of church and state clause of the
First Amendment
The problem is this: The idea, that
the general theory of evolution is more
scientific than creation, is false.
In his introduction to a 1971 edition of
Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species,"
L.H. Matthews states: "In accepting
evolution as a fact, how many biologists
pause to reflect that science has been
built upon theories that have been pro
ven by experiment to be correct, or
remember that the theory of animal
evolution has never been thus proven?
Presenting the general theory of
evolution without opposition has given
it, in many people's minds, the status of
an unalterable law of science But, the
general theory of evolution is not even
in the realm of scientific facts such as
the law of gravity It alleges past pro
cesses and events which were not
observed and cannot be reproduced in
the laboratory It is no more than a
hypothesis
What is presented as evidence of
evolution is actually scientific data
which has been interpreted in support
of the general theory of evolution That
same scientific data can be used as
evidence of creation if interpreted in
light of that theory
The fossil record is a good example of
this point When Darwin wrote his
"Origin of Species,” he supposed that
further discoveries would fill the gaps
in the fossil record With this hope, and
a few examples of gradual change
(which were later discredited), evolu-
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tionists interpreted the fossil record as
proof of evolution
Futher discoveries failed tc produce
the graduations in the fossil record, and
leading evolutionists in the field of
paleontology now conclude that the
gaps in the fossil record do exist.
However, evolutionists are not shaken
from their faith. They simply devise a
new idea of how evolution supposedly
progressed. The fossil record, inter
preted in light of their new idea, then
becomes evidence of evolution
The creationists, on the other hand,
accepting the gaps in the fossil record
all along, interpret the separate kinds
represented by the fossil record as
prixif of special creation.
Matthew puts it well. "Belief in the
theory of evolution is exactly parallel to
belief in creation — both are concepts
which believers know to be true — but
neither, up to the present, has been
capable of proof ."
There is no scientific proof of the
general theory of evolution. Small scale
change, or micro-evolution, is fact. It
takes place every time you develop a
new rose or new breed of dog, But such
small scale changes or variations
within species fit equally well with the
idea of creation. Micro-evolution or
small scale change docs not prove the
general theory of evolution.
Spring has really arrived
Calling the general theory of evolu
tion science, while dismissing cregion
as a religious belief, is deception, and
the American people have swallowed
this deception for the past two to three
decades. Matthews writes: “The fact of
evolution is the backbone of biology,
and biology is thus in the peculiar posi
tion of being a science founded on an un
proved theory — is it then a science or a
faith?”
The general theory of evolution is no
more than a belief with scientific data
which has been interpreted in such a
way that the data supports evolution.
Finally some scientists have dared to
look at the data from a different angle.
Creation science, or scientific data in
terpreted in support of creation, is no
less scientific than evolution science. In
the case of the fossil record, even some
evolutionists have admitted that crea
tion provides an equal, if not better, in
terpretation of the data.
The American people are finally
beginning to see through the deception.
According to an Associated Press-NBC
poll, 75 percent of the American people
want both theories taught in public
schools. Unless another biased judge
tries the case involving the Louisiana
creation science law, by next fall Loui
siana's students will be able to hear
both sides of the issue and decide for
themselves whether evolution or crea
tion is more credible. And similar bills
have been introduced in at least 20
other states. The defeat of the Arkansas
bill was certainly a setback, but it won't
prove fatal. The American people are
going to wake up.
Bart Parker is a senior in the School of
Journalism.
While getting ready for class Thurs
day, a friend who had just returned
from campus walked into my room and
exclaimed, “Man, you wouldn't believe
all the good-looking girls that are out to
day, It's incredible!"
Ah, springtime has returned to
Athens. Isn’t life grand?
But spring means more than the un
covering of all the natural beauties on
the campus. (I'm not talking about the
things like flowers, grass and trees,
either, though they are certainly nice,
too.)
People associate many different
things with spring. To some, it means
the Masters Golf Tournament, the
Atlanta Steeple Chase (which is Satur
day, by the way) or the beginning of
another losing season for the Atlanta
Braves,
Still others may think of beach
weekends, band parties and afternoons
spent on the decks at O’Malley’s,
T.K.'s or The Fifth Quarter.
(And softball fanatics of all ages,
sexes, shapes and sizes start limbering
up their arms for yet another season of
battle. Heck, this newspaper even has a
softball team, and while we may not be
able to conquer the King and His Court
— or the Queen and Her Court, for that
matter, — we have a good time. We are,
in a word, entertaining, and we
welcome all challenges. We'll even play
a sorority — we re not proud Besides,
it would give us a better chance to win.
Just give us a call if you are in
terested. )
Anyway, for all these different spec
tator and participatory sports, there
seems to be one that runs away with the
popularity race.
I am talking, of course, about tann
ing It just may replace baseball as the
national pasttime. George Hamilton
and Zonker Harris would surely be pro
ud.
For many, tanning is an obsession.
The same friend I mentioned earlier
Tim Bonner
told me during final exams last quarter
that his spring quarter schedule allow
ed him to take advantage of the op
timum tanning hours each day.
I'm not exactly sure what optimum
tanning hours are, though. I always
thought if it was sunny and warm then
it was good weather to try to bronze the
skin in, but what do I know — I’m just a
fair-skinned Atlantan who freckles in
stead of tans.
People will also do the strangest
things to get a tan, if my research is ac
curate. (My research consisted of con
sulting a native Floridian who used to
spend his younger days surfing and sun
ning. 1 figured he had to know
something.) Some people, I’m told, will
sit in a bathtub of lukewarm water after
getting burned by the sun and rub tea
bags all over their bodies. Frankly I
think I’ll stick to drinking the tea.
Besides, what do you do with the lemon
and sugar, not to mention the ice?
It’s easy to spot the non-tanners or
people who work during the day (like us
unfortunate journalists) when you are
in a crowd of people. The non-tanners
and workers seem to have a tendency to
wear as much as possible to cover their
paleness — no matter what the
temperature — just as the tanners wear
as little as possible to reveal their tan
ness. And the tanned folks wear white,
lots of it, so the tan will stand out. Geez,
whatshowoffs.
A tan is much like a status symbol,
particularly since we are only into the
second full week of spring. Anyone who
has a tan now is telling the world, “I
went to the beach for spring break and
had a great time sitting in front of the
surf while you sat at home and watched
soap operas.” How depressing. It’s no
wonder many of the non-tanned of this
world have inferiority complexes.
People will also spend hours trying to
perfect their tan by either darkening it
or "evening” it out. Some even resort to
tanning clinics to keep that just- bronz
ed look, but that’s cheating. It seems
kind of absurd to pay someone so you
can go stand in a little booth for five
minutes, particularly when the sun is
free. But hey, who am I to say.
I guess rationality and tanning just
don't mix. If they did, why would people
cover themselves with baby oil before
going out into the sun — it would be
quicker for McDonalds to dip you in
their french frier, which operates on the
same basic principle.
But, no matter, tanning in its many
methods and forms will undoubtedly
persist, and that’s just great with me. I
enjoy sitting around a pool, ocean or
Brumby Beach and watching girls pur
sue that elusive bronzed look. Besides,
my new shipment of cocoa butter just
came in, and I can’t wait to test it. Eat
your heart out, Zonker.
A FINAL NOTE: While home for spring
break I asked a few people what they
thought of the legislative session that
was quickly drawing to a close. Rick
Allen, the Atlanta Constitution’s
political editor, may have put it best
when he sid it was the session “that
gave equal rights to dogs and
billboards, but not to women." That
says quite a mouthful about Georgia
politics. And you still wonder what pro
blems face this state?
Tim Bonner is managing editor of The
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TO THE EDITOR:
For the record, a recent columnist
reported that I suggested Pittsburgh
Steeler’s wide receiver Lynn Swann as
a candidate for a job vacancy on Vince
Dooley's staff What should have been
reported was that Swann and I had
communicated concerning a list of
candidates presented to Dooley in a
recent meeting.
Swann was not on the list and never
considered Georgia, but merely was to
communicate with me concerning
names of professional athletes and
coaches on the list.
To think that white players have
dominated college football until
recently is ridiculous. The fact that
integration only came about in the past
20 years evidently means that the
media did not follow black athletes
prior to integration. Our columnist is
incorrect in saying “blacks have only
begun playing college ball in the past 20
years." Maybe he is negligent of the
fact that blacks were playing organized
football well before he was born. Maybe
the media wasn’t aware of the fact that
Coach Hornsby Howell was a starter for
Athens Industrial High back in 1947,
1948, 1949 and 1950. Maybe our media
wasn’t aware that blacks had organized
collegiate football years before Howell
played for North Carolina A and T.
For a bit of black history, Grambling
State University, Morehouse College,
Albany State College, North Carolina A
and T, Jackson State University,
Prairie View A and M University,
Florida A and M University and other
black colleges were competing in
football and other sports decades prior
to integration. A large percentage of
black colleges have impressive winning
records The excuse of not finding a
qualified black coach is a cop-out. Our
columnist said, "It will take time for
the number of qualified black ap
plicants to reach that of white.”
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Dooley into
his decision.
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It is true that discrimination against
blacks has been carried over since
(integration). The NAACP’s goal and
main purpose for existence is for the
upgrading of civil liberties and stan
dards of living among minorities. White
America will never be able to fully
understand what it is like in being a
minority. The NAACP did not pressure
Coach Dooley into making his decision.
Our goal was to make known to all
black coaches that there was a job
vacancy on Georgia's staff.
The meeting between University
President Fred Davison, Represen
tative Tyrone Brooks, Mr Eddie
Daniels, Attorney Michael Thurmond,
Dr. Winfred Hope, Dooley and me was a
productive one. It was pointed out that
Georgia would in the future advertise
and recruit in the black media and at
black colleges. The point to be made is
that everyone, black or white, should be
given a fair chance to apply for a
vacancy at the University or at any
other tax-supported institution in the
United States.
Howell is by far the most qualified
coach to direct his duties here at
Georgia. I hope he will be a role model
for the athletes, especially the blacks.
No one wanted Dooley to hire a less
qualified man for any position, black or
white. Alex Gibbs has excellent
credentials for the offensive line coach
Dooley went with what he thought was
best for his program at Georgia. Let us
only hope that the athletes learn to
produce in the classroom as well as
they do on the football field.
MARVIN J. NUNNALLY
Senior, political science
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