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Aw nuts!
University professor w orks on
changing goobers to gas.
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Alive and kicking
Cut last year, Rex Robinson
gives the NFL one more try.
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The Red and Black
Athens, Ga. Thursday, April 2E, 1982 Voi.89, No.94 An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Fee hike brings more
activities allocation funds
By EVE MAJOR
Knl and Black Staff Writer
University officials will have about $30,000
more than last year to allocate to student
organizations because of the Board of Regents
approval last week of an $8 per quarter in
crease in student activity fees.
However, allocation requests will probably
not be higher than in previous years, said Tom
Cochran, accountant for Student Affairs.
Monday is the deadline for student organiza
tions to submit their 1982-83 allocation requests
for Student Activity funds. The Allocation
Recommendation Committee will review the
requests in early May, Cochran said.
About $330,000 is available for distribution
among campus-wide organizations for 1982-83,
up from the $300,000 budget for 1981-82, said Bill
Mendenhall, associate vice president for Stu
dent Affairs Funding for student organizations
comes directly from student activity fees,
Mendenhall said, and the increase in student
activity fees resulted in a larger budget for stu
dent organization allocations
Student activity fees will rise from $10.50 to
$18.50 beginning summer quarter, but most of
the increase will be used to maintain the stu
dent center.
Clubs and organizations may receive a little
more money than in previous years,
Mendenhall said “I imagine the funding level
will be slightly higher," he said. “It’s going to
cost more money to do the same thing We have
to have more just to keep pace.”
Cochran said he expected to see normal re
quests despite the higher budget. "Every year
we receive requests for more money than is
allocated," he said. “The major programs will
be requiring increases for normal inflationary
things. 1 anticipate it to run fairly consistent
with previous years."
Last year the University Union requested
and received $145,000, while the Committee for
Black Programs received their requested
$14,500. Edgar Ragin, vice president of the
Committee for Black Programs, said the
organization has not yet decided how much it
will request for 1982-83. No one at the Union was
available for comment.
Last year WUOG requested and received
$38,915, up from $33,866 the year before — the
greatest increase of any organization from
1980-81 to 1981-82. Mike Henry, general
manager for WUOG, refused to comment on
the budget request for 1982-83.
Some of the smaller organizations request
money from the small clubs account, which
allots funds on a quarterly basis, rather than
ask the allocations committee for a yearly
lump sum The budget for the small clubs ac
count, which also comes from student activity
fees, will be decided at the May committee
meeting. The 1981-82 account contained $10,500.
The allocations committee will meet during
the first two weeks of May to consider requests
and make recommendations to the vice presi
dent of Student Affairs on the basis of each
organization’s program emphasis, its impact
on campus, how previous allocations were
spent and plans for spending the proposed
allocation.
Chaired by Mendenhall, the committee con
sists of five students and five faculty members
and staff administrators Cochran is a non
voting, ex-officio member of the committee.
Asbestos plan still undecided
Staff photo/f'harhe KrgUtrr
Take this job and shovel it
No this isn’t an outtake from “Yondar — The Pile restaurant that replaces lloagie’s. Although the
of Gravel That Walked Like a Man." That’s Klliot place is as yet unnamed, it will be operated by the
Franklin lending his muscle to the completion of folks at Spaghetti Store and will not feature such
the new semi-formal (yep, coat-and-tie) items as "rocks au gratin'* or "gravel fricasee.”
British fleet sails near Falklands
By MELISSA JORDAN
Rnl anil Black suit Writer
University officials have yet to decide what
action they will take regarding the asbestos
present in eight University dormitories,
despite having had the results of an indepen
dent firm's tests for more than three months.
An Atlanta counseling firm, Patton and
Associates, began testing the asbestos content
in the dormitory ceilings in September 1981,
and submitted a report of its findings to Univer
sity Housing Director Dan Hallenbeck in
January 1982
Hallenbeck, who has repeatedly refused to
release the results of the report, predicted in
January that some conclusive decisions about
the asbestos situation would be made by mid-
February.
By I'llM Prrt* International
British warships were reported Wednesday
moving into position for a possible attack on the
South Georgia Islands — a stepping stone to the
disputed Falkland Islands invaded by Argentina
three weeks ago.
In a move seen placing the country one step
closer to a war economy, Argentina announced it
was suspending cash payments on “interest,
dividends and technical assistance" to investors
outside the country.
Argentina also halted the transfer of profits
from foreign investment and ordered they be paid
instead in Argentine government external bonds
In London, Foreign Secretary Francis Pym
told Parliament Britain would not rule out the use
of force in the Falklands, invaded April 2 by
Argentina. He was due in Washington Thursday
to present a set of proposals in reply to Argen
tina’s latest peace plan for the 149-year-old
British colony.
The British Defense Ministry refused to
disclose the location of the task force and also
declined comment on press reports that a
spearhead force of destroyers, detached from the
main task force, was speeding toward South
Georgia, the Falklands' dependency 800 miles
southeast of the islands
The London newspaper Daily Mail quoted
unidentified "Pentagon sources" in Washington,
saying the leading warships of the British fleet
"could be in position (Thursday) for an assault on
South Georgia."
Because of the small number of Argentine
troops on the islands, estimated at 300-500
soldiers, London military experts said it would be
relatively easy to recapture the South Georgias
for use as a staging post dangerously close — for
Argentina — to the Falklands
Argentine government sources expressed
concern over the reports and the Defense
Ministry declined comment.
In Buenos Aires, Foreign Minister Nicanor
Costa Mendez said he will travel to Washington
Saturday to participate in Monday's meeting of
the Organization of American States, scheduled
to vote on Argentina's request for aid.
Financial sources said Argentina's suspension
of cash payments apparently did not touch the
repayment of Argentina's foreign debt, valued at
more than $30 billion The sources said the moves
were aimed at preventing the flow of dollars and
other hard currency out of the country.
It also said businesses must give top priority to
military purchases
On the high seas, a British Harrier jump jet
scrambled from the aircraft carrier Hermes to
intercept an Argentine military Boeing 707 that
flew within 12 miles of the fleet, the BBC repor
ted, without specifying when the incident oc
curred. There was no shooting.
The BBC report said the Hermes, steaming
toward the Falklands, was expected to be "in
range of attack" Friday and its sailors and air
crews were carrying out a constant series of
alerts and war exercises as the fleet sailed on.
Britain also revealed that a few Argentine navy
ships arrived at the Falkland Islands before its
blockade was imposed.
But Hallenbeck said Tuesday "We decided it
would be best to further consider different
alternatives before taking any action."
Original bulk ceiling samples taken in spring
1980 by University Public Safety officials,
showed that 10 percent of the ceiling material
in. Mell, Creswell, Brumby, Church, Hill,
Boggs, and Lipscomb dorms was composed of
asbestos, while 5 percent of Russell Hall's ceil
ings was asbestos.
Chrysotile asbestos, which was sprayed on
the dorm ceilings to serve as fireproofing or in
sulation during their construction in the 1960s,
was banned by the U.S. Environmental Protec
tion Agency in 1973.
University Public Safety conducted a second
set of tests in a different lab during summer
1981, which showed an average of 4.6 percent
asbestos in the ceiling material of the eight dor
mitories.
Because the bulk tests were inconclusive, the
University housing office retained Patton and
Associates to conduct further tests to deter
mine if the asbestos is posing a danger
The primary goals of the tests were to deter
mine ceiling content and to assess the physical
damage already done to the ceilings, Tom Pat
ton of Patton and Associates said.
Hallenbeck received the firm's report of its
findings and recommendations in January
1982, but said he was unable to release a copy of
the report at that time He said housing of
ficials were considering the firm’s recommen
dations and gathering and evaluating informa
tion
"We will consult with Physical Plant to
choose the best possible solution and make a
timetable outlining exactly what is going to be
done and where, and when the work should be
completed," Hallenbeck said in January
Since that time, Hallenbeck has repeatedly
said that no decisions have been made about
the situation, and that officials are still con
sidering the alternatives.
' ‘There is nothing new to report; the informa
tion contained in the report is just a rehashing
of the same material," he said Tuesday
However, he still declined to release a copy of
the report.
Hallenbeck said four alternative methods
could be used in this situation: encapsulating
the ceilings with a substance that prevents the
asbestos from escaping into the air; putting in
a sheetrock covering; removing the ceiling
material; or leaving it alone.
According to a U.S. EPA publication,
asbestos only poses a danger when asbestos
fibers are released into the air, “If there's
asbestos in the air, it's dangerous If there's
not, it’s not a problem," Hallenbeck said.
UGA drug-related arrests rise sharply
By ROSS BODI.E
Kfd and Black < onlributlng Writer
University police are keeping a close watch
on illegal drug activity on campus — and the
result is a sharp rise in the number of drug-
related arrests since last year.
"We constantly have our eyes and ears open
to any information that leads us to believe that
drugs and drug dealings are on campus," said
University Police Chief Asa Boynton.
In fiscal 1981, University police arrested nine
people on drug charges and documented 21
complaints of drug-related activities that did
not result in arrests. From July 1981 to April 19,
1982, University police had arrested 32 people
on drug charges and filed 32 complaints
In fact, there have beep more University
drug-related arrests so far this year than in any
of the last five years
University Police Sgt. David Brown at
tributed the increases to the philosophy of the
new University police chief Boynton, chief
since last May, said he believes police ef
fectiveness in all areas of crime is due to an
emphasis on student awareness and police
visibility.
"We want students to know that we are going
to be looking and hope that you will be smart
enough to not engage in illegal activity while
you're here on campus That relates not only to
drugs but to everything," Boynton said.
"We don’t send officers out and say 'You go
out and look for drugs.' We have not gotten into
that mode We have not found it necessary We
do make them aware that the possibility of
drugs on campus is great and that we should be
alert to signs of any drug involvement or drug
dealing," Boynton said
The police chief said he did not know if the
amount of drugs on campus had increased in
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the past few years, but guessed that it had not
Compared to the city of Athens, the
University does not have a drug problem,
Boynton said "If you compare the University
of Georgia to another institution, there's a good
possibility that it would seem we don’t have a
drug problem," he said
"However, if you compare the University of
Georgia against its own standards, we don't
have a drug problem but we do have drugs that
we are concerned about, so it’s more easily
termed a drug problem," he added
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Referral program
educates student
about use's effects
By ROSS BODLE
Krd and Mark ( oMribdtlnl Writer
“I think my words were 'we need some
weed,'” said the 18-year-old freshman who
made that remark on the phone just as a
plainclothes University detective walked past
his open dorm room door
One Friday night in early February about
1130, John tnot his real name) answered the
phone — it was a friend. They started talking
about going out that night and John men
tioned that he needed "some weed ” About 30
seconds later he looked up from the phone
and, to his surprise, saw a man standing at
the door He flashed a badge and said, "I need
to talk to you." Confused about what was
happening, John went into the hallway.
The detective asked him for his ID, and
John turned it over, asking, "What did I do?”
The detective responded, ‘“I heard you say
the word weed on the telephone,"' according
to John
The detective, R E. Weaver, took the
student's ID and said John would have to see
the drug officer at the University police
department to get it back.
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