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Athens, Go. Vol. 90, No. 46 Friday, Jon. 14, 1983 News 543 1809 Advertising 543 1791
Workmen more '56 Chevy in to position to lower it from its perch (top photo). But
a cable snaps (middle photo) and the car plunges to the ground eight stories
below (bottom). (Photos by Mark League)
Those old ’56 Chevies
could really move out
This one did —
at 32 ftJsec. 2
By ELIZABETH VAETH
Rnl and Black Stall Writer
It was a case of not wanting to leave home
While construction men lowered the pink and
white 1956 Chevrolet from its permanent parking
slot on the eighth floor of the University Tower
complex, the cable holding the car broke and the
auto crashed to the ground
Thursday was the first time the car had
touched the ground in 25 years, according to one
report.
Jeannette Stevenson, sales executive for
Benchmark/Atlantic, the developers of the
University Tower project, said the automobile
was abandoned in 1958 when the structure served
as a parking deck
But Mary Wathen, part owner of the deck on
Broad Street, formerly the Atrium project, said
the car had only been there for a few years
before the structure closed for parking in 1968
Attempts to find the owner have produced only
dead ends, Wathen said
After many calls to authorities and the city
which owned the structure before she bought it
Wathen said she was unable to obtain any in
formation about the owner The car had no
license plate and had been stripped of its motor
and paneling by vandals, she said.
When Fortis Construction attempted to
remove the car Thursday, the cable securing it,
which was taken from an old elevator shaft in the
deck, unexpectedly broke even though it had
been doubled, said foreman Ken Moss.
The crane that lifted the car suffered about
$5,000 worth of damage when the car fell on it,
Mark Collins of Collins Crane Rental said.
“My toes curled and I thought. Dear Cod
please let nobody be hurt,’" Wathen said
i he crane injured no one except the car itself,
which was totaled Wathen said she had hoped to
sell it before it fell
“It was in pretty good condition (before the
crash) as far as the body goes,” she said
Stevenson also said the car had quite a history
She said she has heard rumors that University
students would climb up the back stairs of the
deck and use the auto for “amourous, ex
tracurricular activities."
Many alumni interested in University Towers
have called her and asked if the car were still
there, she said.
Now she will have to tell the callers about the
Chevy's tragic death
Proposed SGA denied
power to allocate fees
By EVE MAJOR
Rnl and Black Senior Reporter
University administrators won't allow a
proposed student government to allocate
student activity fees, a spokesman for a
student group drafting the government’s
constitution said Thursday.
Although administrators have not yet seen
the most recent draft of the constitution, "it’s
been explicitly explained to us that it's
(allocation power) out of reach," said Scott
Klosinski, president of Students for Student
Representation.
The last student government was abolished
by a student referendum in 1979, about a year
after administrators took away its allocation
powers. The old SGA's lack of such power was
one of the main points of attack of proponents
of abolition.
“They had become a decadent government.
They were corrupt," said SSR member Sam
Harben. They had the right (to allocate activity
fees) takenaway."
The old government’s power to allocate fees
was “a joke," Klosinski said. "It was abused.
They’re (administrators) certainly not going to
give it back to us right away ... it's going to
have to be earned back."
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs
Bill Mendenhall told SSR members that
allocation power is "out of reach,” Klosinski
said. However, Mendenhall said Thursday, “I
wouldn't make it (the statement) that strong...
I have told them that getting it tied in would
create muddy water."
Allocating student activity fees and im
proving student representation are two dif
ferent issues, Mendenhall said, adding that he
thought representation was the primary issue.
“At this point in time I would say that it’s
unwise to address (theallocations) issue."
Were SSR to request that the proposed
government be given power to allocate activity
fees, Mendenhall said, administration ap
proval “would depend a lot on what the request
was.”
He said a new government could possibly be
given power to allocate a portion of the fees or
to become involved in "programmatic”
decisions, but said he saw no future in giving
the proposed government total allocation
power. “I think everything's negotiable,” he
said.
Klosinski said, however, the constitution
would not ask for allocation power. "It's not
explicitly said in the constitution," he said.
"Even if we can’t get it, we will be able to
watch and see where it's (activity fees) going
and voice an opinion on whether it's right."
Committee members met Wednesday night
to discuss final revisions of the constitution,
and "apparently the final draft is complete,"
said Harben, who chaired the committee.
Committee members will sign the document
Tuesday night, he said.
If the constitution is approved by the entire
SSR organization, it will be sent to the ad
ministration and, if approved, will be made
public, Klosinski said. No timetable for the rest
of the process has been set.
“We don’t want to hurry an election. .. We
want them to know how the system is set up,"
he said, describing it as a "good system of
checks and balances."
The proposed constitution provides for a
president and another unspecified officer to be
elected at large, Klosinski said, and the
president would appoint a cabinet of executive
officials The document also calls for a senate
with about 60 members, who would be elected
by an undecided method
Five committees would be set up dealing
with rules and regulations, finance, external
affairs, academic affairs and student services,
Klosinski said, and committee members could
be either senators or volunteers
"We don’t want to shut students out and we
want their input," he said.
Under the proposed constitution, strict at
tendance codes would be enforced for senators,
Klosinski said, adding that poor attendance
hurt the last student government.
Klosinski said he hoped students would not
lobby against the constitution because of a lack
of allocation power
"If they do, 1 hope they will see our point of
view that we’re going to start small and build,"
he said. “They’re (the proposed government)
going to have to earn that respect It was
abused once Who’s to say that it’s not going to
be abused again?
"I would hope that the students would not be
so naive to believe that student government
would be ineffective without allocation
powers.”
Dorm warnings an ‘obligation’
By SHERI FOX
Rrd and Black Senior Reporter
The University has a "moral obligation" to
warn students, either with signs or written
notices, of passible asbestos exposure in its
buildings where the substance may pose a
health hazard, said an environmental
specialist with the Department of Human
Resources
jBmes Drinnon, who is currently studying
the existence of asbestos in eight dormitories at
the request of University officials, said some
type of asbestos warning is commonly provided
in public and private buildings that contain the
cancer-causing substance.
Drinnon has previously said he felt the
University had a moral obligation to take steps
to eliminate the asbestos hazard.
Officials at Georgia Tech, for example, or
dered the posting of asbestos warning signs
through that institute's highway-research
laboratory. The laboratory contains asbestos
insulation material in its ceilings and hallways,
according to Clyde Robbins, Tech’s vice
president for campus planning.
A dozen 2-by-3-foot signs have been placed in
prominent areas of the building to "advise
people that there is asbestos in the building and
that continued exposure may be hazardous to
their health,” Robbins said.
Plans for the removal of the asbestos are
already underway, Robbins said.
In Massachusetts, slate law requires war
ning signs be posted wherever building con
struction or repair might cause asbestos fibers
to be released into the air.
University officials first learned of a possible
asbestos hazard here three years ago when
tests taken by the University Public Safety
Division showed that 10 perent of the ceiling
material in Boggs, Hill. Mell, Lipscomb,
Church, Brumby, Creswell and Russell Hali
contained asbestos.
Parents of several University students
recently told The Red and Black they want the
University to warn students of the campus
dormitory situation before opening the halls for
occupation.
University Housing Director Dan Hallenbeck
said he considered posting some sort of
asbestos warning in the tainted halls last year
but decided against the plan because the
University "didn’t know enough" about the
asbestos situation.
Al Adams, an attorney with the Atlanta law
firm of Greene, Buckley, DeRieux and Jones,
was also hesitant to advocate the issuing of
asbestos warnings, saying that such warnings
could be "counterproductive."
"If the danger is not clear, then it may alarm
people unnecessarily," he said.
Adams said any decision to provide warnings
should depend on the actual level of asbestos
present In (he air. Since such levels are often
difficult to determine, Adams said officials
should act with caution before posting such
warning*.—-
Lou Diberidinas, industrial hygienist at
Harvard University in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, said he would consider posting
signs only if he discovered that the asbestos
present in any of the University's buildings had
become airborn because of physical damage or
age
Last January, Hallenbeck disclosed the
results of a report prepared by the Atlanta
consulting firm Patton and Associates, which
was called in to research the asbestos situation
in Creswell Hall. Hallenbeck said the report
indicated that there was physical damage to
the dormitory ceilings and that students should
avoid striking or penetrating them.
Ernest Sanford, an attorney with Sanford
and Bohannon in Marietta, said he agreed that
"there is a duty under common law to warn and
tell people where possible asbestos hazards
are."
In addition. Sanford said the University
should consider notifying past and present
dormitory residents of steps they can take to
protect themselves from or to minimize the
physical effects of possible asbestos exposure.
Bulldog center Terry Fair
ready for Alabama challenge
By NANCY COIIEN
Krd and Black Suit Writer
For Bulldog center Terry Fair the waiting
game has finally ended Three years of being
cast in the shadow of consensus All-America
Dominique Wilkins did nothing for the 6-7
senior’s ego but Fair has dealt with the situation.
"I'm not the type of player who gets jealous at
the success of others,” Fair said. "I knew
Dominique had a great chance of doing well and
I was helping him achieve his goals "
Indeed Wilkins achieved those goals, the most
notable being his becoming the all-time leading
scorer in Georgia history But the light on
Wilkins dims and now shifts to Fair who has been
shining with leadership and maturity
"Being a senior, I definitely consider myself
the leader,” Fair said “To me it comes natural
ly and I like to see the younger guys follow my
footsteps."
But those steps haven't exactly been duwn a
smooth path Both Fair and his feet have
traversed some bumpy terrain in his three years
as a Georgia starter He has had to play center
which often pitted him against players anywhere
from two to six inches taller than he But Fair
has made up for it.
"My quickness and strength compensates for
my lack of height," Fair said "I match up with
them strength wise "
"He does an outstanding job matching up with
those guys underneath," Georgia Coach Hugh
Durham said, "lie takes it as a challenge "
Fair has averaged 11.6 points and 7 9 rebounds
per game over his career Though the season is
still young, Fair has already shown signs of sur
passing those figures in a single season Thus far
he is averaging 14.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per
game and is shooting 71 percent from the foul
line
"It is still early," Fair said "I hope to pro
gress as the season goes on "
Fair has set two goals for himself and this
year's team.
“My main goal is for the team to have a good
record," Fair said, “and I also want to have a
good year personally With dedication and hard
work on everyone’s part, these goals will become
reality."
And where will the Macon native take his
talents when his final season at Georgia ends 7
"If I finish with a decent average I think I’ll
have a good shot at the pros," Fair said. "If not,
I’ll try another league or come back to school to
further my education."
Saturday night against Alabama. Fair will
have his hands full
Alabama rolls into Athens ranked 10th in the
country after dropping five notches with unex
pected losses to Auhurn and Florida. Although
two starters have departed, there is a wealth of
talent in Tuscaloosa, including All-America
guard Ennis Whatley The starting center and
opponent for Fair will be sophomore Bobby Lee
Hurt who averaged 10.2 points coming off the
bench last year.
“He's a tremendous athlete but nothing
super,” Fair said "I will give him 100 percent of
my effort just like I do for everybody else "
Traditionally Alabama annihilates Georgia,
10-2, 1-2 SEC, on both offensive and defensive
boards
"We have to play good team defense for the en
tire game,” Fair said "We have to shut down
the guards and not let them get a good view of the
court My job is to rebound and be a scoring fac
tor.”
“Alabama could well be the strongest team
we've ever played,” Durham said. “Terry has
played well up to this point and we don't feel like
we are asking too much of him. ”
Gametime Saturday is 7:30 p m. at the Col
iseum
Terry Fair skies for tiro
against Kandolph-Macon
earlier this season