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The Red and Black
Athens, Qa. Friday, April S3,198S Voi.B9, No. 95 An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Tuition increases outpacing inflation rate
By JACK TIIKEAIHilLL
Krd and Hlark staff Writer
Tight state appropriations, inflation
and efforts to get students to pay an in
creasing share of their education costs
are bringing matriculation increases
not only to the University System, but
to public and private institutions
throughout the South and the country.
The increases for the upcoming
academic year are averaging around 15
percent — well above the current rate
of inflation.
Nancy Callow, a research specialist
in the College of Business Administra
tion's division of research, said the Con
sumer Price Index increased 39.4 per
cent between 1978 and 1981.
During that time the University's
resident tuition increased 34 percent,
from $185 a quarter in fall 1978 to the
current rate of $248 The non-resident
matriculation increased 47.6 percent
from the fall 1978 rate of $502 to last
fall's $741.
University one of first in the country
to comply with Title IX regulations
By SYLVIA COLWELL
Krd and Hlark AiaWtant New* Editor
The University is one of the first in
stitutions in the Southeast acknow
ledged by the U S Department of
Education to be in full compliance with
Title IX anti-sex discrimination regula
tions, according to a University athletic
official.
"To my knowledge, we're one of the
first schools in the country to be
recognized," said Women's Athletic
Director Liz Murphey. "We’ve been
waiting a long time for the Office of
Civil Rights to say we’re in good
shape.”
The Department of Education's Of
fice of Civil Rights in early march sent
a letter to University President Fred
Davison giving him the results of a
four-year investigation into University
policies towards female athletes.
The OCR found that, in all 11 areas it
investigated, the University either
already complied with Title IX or had
plans that would soon bring it into com
pliance, said University Affirmative
Action Officer Len Davis.
Davis said some of the areas in which
the investigators found improvements
were in equipment, locker rooms, prac
tice and training facilities, recruit
ment, tutoring and travel allowances.
The University has plans to construct
a new athletic office building to pro
vide space for women's coaches and to
increase scholarships for female
athletes. When the University com
pletes these projects, all Title IX re
quirements will be met, Davis said. He
estimated that both plans would be car
ried out within two years.
The investigation stemmed from
complaints lodged by women athletes
in 1973 and 1976 charging that the
University had inadequate facilities
and funding for women's athletics. In
vestigators first visited the University
in 1978, and returned in September 1981
after the now-extinct Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare
established a new set of guidelines for
Title IX compliance
“We enjoyed showing it (the women's
athletic program) off this fall," Mur
phey said, adding that University
Athletic Director Vince Dooley has
been “instrumental" in improving con
ditions for female athletes.
Murphey would like to see more
female coaches, but said few qualified
women are available. "Our very
thorough searches have indicated a
drought in this country of women
coaches. We are a little bit weak in that
area but it’s not just here, it’s
everywhere.”
Joel Eaves, who was the University's
athletic director at the time the in
vestigation began, said, "The women’s
program under Liz has grown and now
it is an excellent one.”
Eaves said he opposed government
interference in the University's athletic
program, but felt the University had
benefited from making the im
provements gradually.
Associate Vice President for
Academic Affairs Louise McBee, the
former Title IX coordinator for the
University, said she has seen great im
provements in the women's program
In the past, she said, "the girls would
all load into a camper, travel all night,
eat hamburgers and so on" when they
played off-campus.
“They didn't have scholarships, there
was no track team at all,” McBee said.
“I can't think of anything about it that
hasn’t changed and hasn't improved."
Senior Denise Dunlap, a forward on
the women’s basketball team, cited in
creased funding for travel and the hir
ing of a full-time assistant coach as im
provements she has noticed.
"I don’t feel deprived in any way,"
she said, but added she would like the
University to have a women’s softball
team.
Guard Lou Sims, a sophomore, said,
"We still don’t get as much as they (the
men) do — they get funding from alum
ni and stuff," but said she thought the
University women are being treated
fairly.
"Our dressing room is 10 times as
nice as the men’s,” she said. “The
facilities and everything have been
brought up by leaps and bounds, to
meet the guidelines. "
The Board of Regents last week ap
proved a 15 percent matriculation in
crease beginning summer quarter and
cited a tight state appropriation and a
goal to eventually have students pay 25
percent of their education costs as
reasons for the increase.
Mike Myers, a research associate
with the Southern Regional Education
Board, said states experiencing severe
economic hardships may face In-
creasesupto20 percent.
"When there’s a shortfall, with not
enough money, states generally try to
raise tuitions," Myers said.
In Georgia, a shortage of state funds
has been cited as the major reason for
previous increases and the reason next
year's matriculation increase will jump
from the original proposal of 8 percent
to the 15 percent which passed
Regents Assistant Vice Chancellor
for Fiscal Affairs for Budgets Roger
Mosshart said the regents' budget re
quest submitted to the Governor in
September "said nothing about a fee in
crease” since “in the past, these deci
sions came later,”
Last fall was different, Mosshart
said, because "it was the first time we
had guidelines" from the state Study
Committee on Public Education.
The study committee, composed of
legislators, higher education ad
ministrators and private citizens,
recommended that students eventually
pay 25 percent of their education costs,
with matriculation increases of no
more than 15 percent per year. Current
ly, Georgia students pay about 19.3 per
cent.
Gov George Busbee endorsed the
committee’s recommendations in Oc
tober and recommended an 8 percent
matriculation increase
By the beginning of the legislative
session in January, budget restrictions
brought a forecast of a 10 percent in
crease, which in March jumped to 15
percent when the recession caused
Busbee to revise his budget and make
cutbacks In many areas, including
higher education.
Mosshart said the regents had no
long-term plan on tuition rates because
they "depended on inflation and so
many factors."
The highest increases for next year
may be in state of Washington, which,
according to the Chronicle of Higher
Education, may require a 54 percent In
crease for the University of Washington
and Washington State University and a
40 percent increases for the regional
universities The Chronicle reports that
neighboring Idaho may see a 46 percent
matriculation increase
An American Association of State
Colleges and Universities March
survey found at least seven states that
planned to raise matriculation by 15
percent or more and at least 11 states
that planned on raising matriculation
by 10 to 14 percent
Recommended increases for
southern states include a 10 percent in
crease in Maryland, 13 percent in
Florida and 15 to 20 percent in Ten
nessee
Private institutions are also having to
raise matriculation to keep up with ris
ing costs and inflation
Vanderbilt University Vice President
for Business and Finance William
Haywood said he expected the school to
increase matriculation by 15 percent
for undergraduate students for the up
coming academic year.
“At private institutions, considerably
more of our income than public institu
tions comes primarily from tuition and
fees," Haywood said, therefore
matriculation has to keep up with infla
tion.
Haywood said tuitions for public in
stitutions in the Northeast were much
higher due to greater emphasis on
private institutions. He said since
southern states "generally have been
very generous" in their support of
public institutions, their tuition rates
were much lower.
Census reports local shifts
By LISA DEMER
Krd and Black Contributing Writer
We rent, are predominantly middle class, the county
population is grow ing while the city’s is shrinking, minorities
are coming here to roost, whites are flocking from the city
and Athens’ women are older than its men.
At least, that's what the 1980 Census shows, now that local
figures have begun to filter in from the census bureau.
Although the analysis of local figures is incomplete,
preliminary data from the once-in-ten-year count may tell us
more about ourselves than we really care to know, or, for
some, more or less what we already figured
A majority of Athens families live in what is known to
sociologists as the traditional household — a married couple
and their children Traditional families make up 5,527 of the
total of 7,924 households Women head more than 2,000 of the
single-parent households, while 335 men raise their families
alone
More people rent their homes than own them in both the
city and the county More than 14,000 of the 26,587 occupied
homes in Clarke County are rented. In Athens, rented homes
number 9,506 of the 15,031 of the occupied units
Though the construction industry boomed during most of
the 70s. almost 5,000 residents are said to live in overcrowded
homes, having more than 1.01 persons per room exclusive of
kitchens, bathrooms and hallways.
"The college population doesn’t mind living like that for a
couple of years," said Hortense Bates, an information
specialist at the University’s computer center. "It’s okay
until they start to get on each other's nerves ”
Athens and Clarke County residents are firmly entrenched
in the middle class. I-ess than 1 percent of the area population
lives in homes valued at $10,000 or less. Slightly more than 1
percent live in houses valued at more than $80,000. The rest
rent or live in houses valued somewhere in between
And the middle class in Athens is much like that of any
other urban area. While the Athens population has dropped
by slightly more than 4 percent over the last decade, the
white population has fallen at a much greater rate — 10.8
percent.
The minority population, on the other hand, Is on the up
swing in both Athens and Clarke County. The black
population In the city has risen from 10,225 in 1970 to 11,548 in
the latest census, an increase of 12.9 percent. In the county,
the number of blacks increased from 12,806 to 17,568 in 1980, a
37.2 percent increase Other minorities — Including Indians,
Japanese and Koreans — showed a 158.9 percent population
increase In the county and a 97 4 percent increase in the city,
although the actual numbers Involved were much smaller
While the city population fell over the last 10 years, the
county population rose from 65,177 in 1970 to 74,498 in 1980, a
14.3 percent increase. Even so, the county's growth failed to
match the 43.7 percent growth rate that the county ex
perienced between 1960 and 1970
As might be expected in a college town like Athens, the
population is considerably younger than the national
average Athenians beat out the rest of the country by a score
of 23.7 to 30 And yes, girls — according to the 1980 census —
the men are younger The average age of the males is 23 4
years, while the average age of the females is 24 2 years
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Jack Watson spoke at a rally in Memorial Plaza prior to the environmental forum.
Gubernatorial candidates express
environmental platforms atforum
By KI> I.EGGE
llrd and Ilia, I, Stall Wrllrr
Gubernatorial candidates Buck
Melton, Jack Watson and a
representative of candidate Billy
Lovett said Thursday the state must
protect its environment while en
couraging economic development
The candidates, speaking at an en
vironmental forum in the ecology
auditorium, said the state's govern
ment must provide jobs for its people,
but not at the environment's expense
"I know there is perhaps a conflict
between economic development in a
broad sense and the environmental
interest of our state There is a
tremendous economic pressure to
provide jobs for the people of Georgia,"
said Melton, a Democrat and former
Macon mayor. "People In politics must
appreciate the need for jobs while
having an interest in the protection of
the environment .’’
"We are facing hazardous times,"
Melton said "We must deal with en
vironmental problems today More
they become so Imbalanced that we
cannot deal with them at all. A great
deal can be done to solve problems
British warships near invasion staging point
By lolled Pre*» International
U S intelligence sources said Thursday British
warships steaming toward the Falkland Islands
were within 800 miles of the South Georgia Islands
and were expected to seize them as a staging point
for further military operations
Argentine President Gen Leopoldo Galtierl flew
to the disputed Falkland Islands to inspect
Argentine troops and their fortifications He said
he was "convinced the blue and white (Argentina
flag) won't be hauled down
"Physically, nothing is impregnable, but
spiritually, the islands are impregnable," Galtieri
told reporters aboard his plane
"All necessary defense measures have been
taken" to defend the Falklands. he said.
In Washington, British Foreign Secretary
Francis Pym met for four hours with Secretary of
State Alexander Haig to discuss a three-point
British proposal on the Falklands. a Britiah colony
of 149 years that Argentina invaded April 2 and
claimed as its own
"There is much work to be done and we are
dealing with a very difficult problem," Pym told
reporters as he emerged from the meeting
In London, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
told Parliament "the idea of force cannot be ruled
out" at any point in the negotiations over the
islands, which are 450 miles east of Argentina in
the south Atlantic
Intelligence sources in Washington who refused
to be identified said the British aircraft carriers
Hermes and Invincible were among the forward
ships in the British task force branching off for the
South Georgia Islands. 900 miles east of the
Falklands
In an interview aboard his flagship Hermes,
task force commander Rear Adm John "Sandy"
Woodward said the force would be placed on a full
defense alert against possible attack from mid
night Friday.
South Georgia is part of the south Atlantic ar
chipelago and according to military sources is
occupied by 140 Argentine soldiers
Because of its mountainous glacier-pocked
terrain, it may be difficult to land a force on South
Georgia Only a few areas of the windswept,
almost uninhabited islands are flat, said an
Argentine expert
Before the Argentine invasion, 15 British
scientists living at a meteorological and zoological
station were the only inhabitants on the islands
The British task force includes several nuclear
attack submarines in addition to other submarines
enforcing a blockade extending 200 miles from the
Falklands, the U S sources said
If the task force, about 800 miles from South
Georgia, maintains its present speed, lead
elements should be at the island by Saturday, they
said
The U.S. intelligence sources said it was highly
likely that the British first would attempt to retake
South Georgia and use it as a staging area for any
operation against Argentine forces on the
Falklands
Royal marines embarked aboard both the
Hermes and Invincible, small "pocket carriers"
that ferry helicopters, two weeks ago and had
been reinforced by two regiments of paratroopers
totalling about 800 men
About 10,000 Argentine troops were believed to
be holding the Falklands, intelligence sources in
Washington said The troops were being supplied
by airlift because of a blockade by British sub
marines
The British peace proposals, which have not
been publicly released, were said to call for
complete withdrawal of Argentine forces in ac
cordance with the U.N. Security Council
resolution passed after the Argentine invasion
without upsetting the system Melton
said the state lacks a vehicle for en
forcement in the environmental area
"There's presently no legal manner
through which environmental
protection laws can be enforced," he
said
"Any environmental concern would
Include economic health and vitality,"
Watson, a Democrat from Atlanta,
said. "We owe it to the people not to let
them spend tens of thousands of dollars
on environmental concerns More
government intervention is made That
process should he triggered at an
earlier time,"
Tim Johnson, issues coordinator for
Lovett, said, "Environmental
protection is necessary for the state's
physical and economic development.
The next four years will determine the
future of our environment, Billy Lovett
is one who has saved our environmental
concerns in the past."
Watson also called for stricter en
forcement of environmental laws
“We must not only have sound en
vironmental laws protecting the air,
water and land, but we also need the
enforcement of those laws — constant,
balanced enforcement," he said
Watson said water conservation and
clean, renewable energy were two
major environmental concerns. "An
abundant water supply is one thing that
differentiates us from other sunbelt
states We need to be careful not to take
advantage of our water supply, and be
careful about salt water Intrusion and
toxic waste disposal, " he said.
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