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The Red and Black
Athena, Os, Tuesday, April B, 19BE voi.BO, No.BA An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
CM PM closed; hazing, drugs cited
By TIM BONNER
and DAVID NELSON
Red and Black Stall Wrllen
For the first time in almost two decades,
University officials have closed a fraternity
house and evicted most of its residents because
some of the fraternity members hazed pledges
and abused alcohol and drugs.
The Chi Phi fraternity will remain closed for
at least the remainder of spring quarter, and the
fraternity members are prohibited from
"organizing, sponsoring or participating in any
organized social activities," said Bill
Bracewell, director of judicial programs. The
fraternity can also hold no rush parties this
quarter.
After being notified last quarter that the
University was planning to hold an ad
ministrative hearing on the fraternity's con
duct, the fraternity — in consultation with the
national officers of Chi Phi — conducted an in-
house investigation and expelled 12 members of
the fraternity prior to the hearing, but
Bracewell said, “It was a little too late."
Bracewell said the problems at the fraternity
were brought to the attention of University of
ficials through police reports and reports of
students.
The reports "seemed to involve the abuse of
alcohol and drugs to the extent that it en
dangered the lives of others," he said
Bracewell also classified the hazing activities
as life-endangering.
"Any one of the three would have been suffi
cient to close the house down,” Bracewell add
ed.
Fraternity adviser John Opper compiled the
reports and presented the package to
Bracewell. Acting Director of Student Activities
Phil Weast and Bracewell then conducted the
administrative hearing March 15, at which time
the fraternity officers admitted "that all three
had gone on at the house," Bracewell said.
Testimony at the hearing indicated that in
dividuals were allowed to abuse alcohol to the
extent that they were unable to care for
themselves and that no attempt was made by
members of the fraternity to care for these peo
ple, Bracewell said.
The story was much the same for the reports
concerning drug abuse "Individuals were pro
vided with marijuana," Bracewell said, and
then left unattended even though the individuals
could not care for themselves.
Bracewell said at least one of the hazing in
cidents reported to University officials involved
sending two pledges to the University of
Alabama to steal composite photographs from
some of the fraternities on that campus,
Bracewell said he was pleased with the
response of the chapter officers during the hear
ing. “They did not attempt to deny or justify
their actions,” he said. "They made the story
complete.”
Bracewell said eight officers of the fraternity
would remain in the house during spring
quarter to act as caretakers of the building and
to work on the "long list of things that they have
to accomplish by the end of spring."
The long list is actually a comprehensive
review of the fraternity, including its social,
rush, pledge and scholarship programs. The
fraternity officers must prepare reports on each
area “to demonstrate that they have a pledge
program, that they have a scholarship commit
tee," Bracewell said.
He said the fraternity must also become
fiscally sound before officials would consider
allowing the fraternity to reopen
Weast said the only activity the fraternity as a
whole would be allowed to conduct' would be
weekly chapter meetings at which the members
would work on "strengthening the chapter."
University officials will conduct a review May
1 to evaluate the fraternity's progress toward
making the necessary improvements, and then
hold a final review near the end of May, at
which time the fraternity's future may be decid
ed.
"If we were to find that they had made some
substantial improvements, they could be back
in the house at the beginning of next quarter,"
Weast said.
Bracewell agreed, but he said if, by the end of
May, the fraternity has not satisfied the Univer
sity’s demands, then he would recommend to
the fraternity’s national headquarters that the
chapter's charter be revoked.
Weast said the closing of the house is a serious
situation “It implies that there Is something
basically wrong with the chapter," he said.
But he said he wps optimistic that the frater
nity would right itself •They have some poten
tially strong chapter leaders," Weast said,
This is the fourth time the University has
disciplined a fraternity since September, but
the punishment handed down to Chi Phi is by far
the most severe.
Fraternities "are part of our responsibility,"
Bracewell said "You have to remember, they
are all here at the invitation of the University.
The University is reasserting its authority and
reassuming its rightful responsibility."
This is the first time the University has closed
a fraternity since 1965, when Dean of Men
William Tate closed the same fraternity — Chi
Phi — after some members were caught forg
ing tickets to the Masters Golf Tournament.
None of the officers of the fraternity could be
reached for comment despite repeated at
tempts
EPA ponders study
of Luminous cleanup
7 don't like spiders and snakes'
But these people do. Visitors to Zoo Day at the Athens Zoo In
Memorial Park got a chance to check out this creature of the
reptilian persuasion, along with many other creatures great
and small. Saturday’s Zoo Day, sponsored by the Athens Zoo
Alliance, was aimed at promoting Interest and awareness of
the Athens Zoo, and attracted curious kids of all ages.
By COLLEEN WALSII
Rrd and Black Contributing W rltrr
The Environmental Protection Agen
cy will soon ask ‘all interested local
government agencies and public
groups" whether an extensive en
vironmental impact study should be
completed prior to the start of cleanup
operations at the radioactive Luminous
Processes site.
The questionnaires may be sent to the
public even before the signing of an
agreement that would allow release of
an already approved $780,000 federal
cleanup grant, said EPA public in
formation officer Hagan Thompson
"The feeling is that a full-blown en
vironmental impact statement of the
site is not needed. The public-opinion
brochure will inform the public of the
situation and allow them to comment,"
Thompson said.
According to the EPA official, "The
cleanup process at the Luminous Pro
cesses site would not cause undue en
vironmental problems or incon
venience to Athens citizens, other than
small amounts of noise and dust."
The EPA regularly conducts impact
studies to determine possible positive
and negative effects of any proposed
change to the environment, Thompson
British fleet sails toward Falklands
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (UPI) — Argentina
captured the last six Royal Marines on the Falklands
Islands without a fight and poured In more troops and
weapons to defend against an approaching British
war fleet, reports said Monday.
“We are now starting a period of consolidation
during which military action against an eventual
English threat is tremendously important," said
Gen. Mario Menendez, the new Argentine governor of
the Falklands, as he assumed his post.
The Argentine government, flatly rejecting a U.N.
resolution demanding its immediate withdrawal
from the Falklands, vowed it would take “not one
step back."
In London, British Foreign Secretary Lord
Carrington and two of his deputies resigned Monday
over what Carrington called the "humiliating af
front." He accepted responsibility for alleged
diplomatic bungling.
Argentina sent the troops and weapons to the
islands to defend against an armada of about 40 ships,
the largest British war fleet assembled since the 1956
Suez crisis, steaming toward the South Atlantic for a
confrontation.
“The English pirate fleet sets sail," said a headline
in the Buenos Aires newspaper Cronica Monday.
"They want war."
It will take two to three weeks for the British task
force to reach the Falklands, 8,000 miles from Britain
which has warned it is ready to fight for the islands if
diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis fail.
The last six Royal Marines on the Falkland Islands
surrendered late Sunday near a cave where they
apparently have hidden since Argentine troops in
vaded the disputed islands Friday
Details of the capture came from Argentine
reporters, the only journalists allowed to enter the
islands since the Argentine occupation. Non-military
communication with the islands was nearly im
possible
The newspaper Clarin said the Argentine military
was airlifting troop reinforcements and more
weapons onto the isolated islands, 450 miles east of
the Argentine mainland.
The report also said U.S,-built Hercules C-130
transport planes were ferrying troops into the
southern coastal city of Comodoro Rlvadavla, the
staging point for forces holding the islands.
Three Argentine troops were killed in a battle with
British marines on the Falklands dependency of
South Georgia Saturday. Four Argentine soldiers
have died in the conflict over the British colony
claimed by Argentina since 1833
said.
Luminous Processes, Inc., a
Delcware-based firm, manufactured
glow-in-the-dark watches and instru
ment dials in a building located on the
Atlanta Highway across from Georgia
Square from 1963 to 1978. The EPA lists
the site as one of the 115 most hazardous
waste sites in the United States. Ac
cording to state surveys of the site,
radiation levels there exceed by 10
times the allowable federal standard
Radioactive contamination caused by
the radium-226 and tritium-based
paints used at the plant prompted the
Department of Human Resources to
refuse renewal of the plant's operating
license in 1978.
The EPA announced in January that
it would award the state $780,000 for
cleanup of the site. Up to now, the state
and the DHR had failed in several ef
forts to force Luminous Processes to
decontaminate the abandoned
manufacturing site
The federal grant will come from a
five-year, $1.6 billion "superfund"
created by Congress in 1980 for the
cleanup of hazardous radioactive sites
“The agreement has to be signed by
the state and the EPA before we have
the money to work with," Thompson
said, "It's not far off — it could be
signed as soon as next week "
After the EPA receives the money,
the state will be given cash or a letter of
credit. It will then begin accepting bids
from contractors to clean up the sites,
according to Jim Sctser, chief of pro
gram coordination for the environmen
tal protection division of the Depart
ment of Natural Resources.
As project manager, Setser will coor
dinate a cleanup management team in
cluding members from the DHR and
DNR Preliminary testing has already
been done on the site
"We did soil samples In the spring of
1980 to find out where the radiation is
distributed and how much soil we'U
have to remove," Setser said. He
estimated that 15,000 cubic feet of
material — mostly dirt — will be
removed from the site. Extra precau
tions will be taken, including construc
tion of barriers around portions of the
site to contain the dust, Setser said.
The material will be sorted in 55-
gallon drums and transported in ac
cordance with state regulations, Setser
said. Waste will be sent to one of two
dumping sites — Richland, Wash., or
Beatty, Nev., according to Setser. He
estimated a 60- to 90-day cleanup period
once contractors begin work on the site.
“We expect to move on this cleanup
in the near future," Setser said. “We
expect to have the cleanup start and
finish this summer.”
Since the Luminous plant is the site of
one of the first radioactive cleanup pro
jects in the nation, Setser said he will
alert the cleanup crew to possible
media coverage
"As the first superfund project to get
underway, the Luminous site will pro
bably get national attention," Setser
said.
Setser blamed the one year delay in
taking action at the site on the relative
ly new federal Interest in the rating and
cleanup of hazardous waste items.
The 1981 suit iiied by the DHR against
Luminous for failure to decontaminate
the site is progressing slowly. The suit
asks for $750,000 in actual, and $S
million in punitive damages from
Luminous Processes.
"The suit is not progressing too well
at all," said Robert S. Stubbs, executive
assistant for the state attorney
general's office "Civil cases go on
forever."
The suit is approaching its terminal
date for 'discovery', which Involves
deciding what evidence has bearing on
the case, Stubbs said. The next step will
be the filing of a pre-trial motion in
court Stubbs said he didn’t know how
soon this motion would be filed.
Blacks and IFC mend fences
By EVE MAJOR
Rnl ami Black Sun Wrlur
Black Student Union President J J Frazier and
Interfraternity Council President Charlie Fiveash
plan to begin working together on a project to im
prove relations between the two organizations,
Fiveash said.
Frazier talked with Fiveash Sunday night after
receiving a letter from Fiveash concerning an earlier
protest by the BSU of the IFC's handling of the Miss
UGA pageant.
"It was real friendly conversation," Fiveash said,
adding that the two would meet formally at the Hall
of Leaders banquet Wednesday to discuss the
possibility of working together on a project
After the IFC-sponsored Miss UGA pageant in
March, Frazier said he planned to send a letter of
complaint to IFC adviser John Opper because black
organizations did not receive specific information
concerning deadlines for entering contestants
Frazier said he decided not to file an official
complaint, however "It would have kept the whole
thing running longer and longer, and that's what I did
not want to do," he said. “To keep an issue alive with
as little significance as that has is causing more
problems than good "
The IFC mailed newsletters Jan. 11 and Feb. 2,
Opper said, and extended the application deadline
from Feb. 5 to Feb 10. The BSU received only one
newsletter, however, and did not find out about the
extension until the day of the extension, Frazier said
Although Opper said he called and left messages for
Frazier at the BSU office, Frazier said he never
received the messages
Frazier received a letter from Fiveash last Wed
nesday apologizing for the misunderstanding and
suggesting the possibility of working together on a
project "It's a positive letter. It's in good taste,"
Frazier said.
“I feel like with that letter everything was pretty
much settled," Fiveash said. “All is forgotten, I
guess, and everyone has been forgiven.”
Fiveash said he hoped that in the future, the two
organizations would confront each other about any
misunderstandings before making public statements
Despite some disorganization, Frazier said the
pageant was “great" and suggested that the IFC
allow black fraternities and sororities to participate
in planning future pageants
The University's three black fraternities are not
members of the IFC
University’s appeal grows worldwide
By ALEX JOHNSON
Hrd and Black malt Writer
Think about it Most of the foreign
students at the University are heavily-
accented social outcasts who can solve a
mathematical equation quicker than the
fastest computer Right?
Unfortunately, this stereotype is one of
the biggest hurdles a foreign student
must overcome at the University, ac
cording to Kathy Benson, an adviser in
the Office of International Services and
Programs.
Actually, she says, one of the prime
requirements for admission to the
University for a foreign student is a
strong knowledge of English, as shown
by a minimum score of 500 out of 700 on
the Test of English as a Foreign
Language And more foreign students
are in food science and agricultural
programs than are in physics or any
other “You must remember that we
have one of the best ag schools around,"
Benson says
Since Benson came to the University in
fall 1980, foreign student enrollment has
increased from 672 to last auarter's 826. a
23 percent increase, and she expects
another 21 percent jump, to 1,000, this
quarter. From fall 1980 to the present,
that's a 49 percent leap — in less than two
years.
Because the University gives no
special funding to foreign students, an
applicant must prove he is capable of
paying the estimated $5,643 Benson says
is necessary for a foreign student to
survive in Athens. "And that figure in
cludes only $100 for personal expenses,”
she says
Accordingly, proof of firfancial in
dependence is hard to get, as the
evidence must be absolutely solid. In
their desire to see qualified students
receive an American education, some
consuls have been known to “give a
student a check for $10,000 to prove he
has the money," Benson says.
Indeed, foreign officials are very
selective in whom they send to America
Because the student will presumably
return to his native country to apply his
training at home — and because each
country understandably wants him to be
proficient in the new field — consulates
must send only the brightest of students
for an American education And because
of the University's reputation, "we get
the cream of the crop who get here,"
Benson says
This selectivity shows in the foreign
students' performance Most of them,
she says, are carrying a maximum
courseload with close to a 4 0 average
Since she arrived at the University "only
two or three" of nearly 2,000 have been
dismissed for academic difficulties.
One reason for the superior per
formance of the foreign students is that
they are more dedicated to their studies
after traveling to study in another
country, Benson says.
In addition, the Office of International
Services and Programs tries to make
adapting to American life as painless as
possible The office provides several
programs designed to help foreign
students integrate Into the student body
The most visible of these, the In
ternational Coffee Hour, is held every
Friday in Memorial Hall Ballroom
Benson says it is extremely popular,
usually attracting over 400 students
Another program is Host Family. In
effect, a local family will "adopt a
student," taking the student into its
household just as if he were a family
member Currently, Benson says, there
are 58 host families in Athens, and some
of them even sponsor two or three
students.
An outgrowth of Host Family is a
program called Campus Friend. "It’s
sort of like Big Brother on a campus
scale," Benson says A new foreign
student is paired with an American
student of the same sex and similar in
terests "Usually, the American boy or
girl benefits just as much as the foreign
student," Benson says
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