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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens. Go. Vq|. 90 No. 100 Wednesday, Moy 11,1960 News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1 791
On-campus students will pay to park
By TOMMY SIMS
RH imi BUrk Snkr Rrparirr
A new University campus-parking policy, for
the first time ever, will require University
Students, faculty and employees to pay parking
lees on all cars registered on campus
The new policy, announced Tuesday by Direc
tor of Business Services Joe Broadhurst. will re
quire car owners living on campus to pay $15 a
year to park in University Housing lots These
Students currently park in University Housing
lots for free
The new policy will generate $540,000 a year
over the next five years to finance the construc
tion of two new multi level parking decks, build
new lots and maintain and improve existing
parking facilities. Broadhurst said
Students commuting to campus and who park
in non-residential parking lots will not be chang
ed
Also under the plan, faculty and administra
tion personnel will be charged $18 a year to park
in their designation lots An additional $20 will
be charged to all personnel who register a se
cond car.
Last year the University hired parking-
survey company Bartholomew and Associates
Inc . of Memphis, to determine the University’s
parking needs
Broadhurst said the parking fees and pro
blems here were right along with what other col
leges were experiencing
He said charging parking fees was needed to
bring about more efficient parking
"Of course, we always expect some objections
to payingfor parking," Broadhurst said
George Postell, a University Auxiliary Ser
vices department official, said the new fees
were needed to raise funds to expand existing
parking facilities on campus He said parking
facilities currently did not meet the University's
increasing parking demand.
"Parking is insuch a state that we have to
raise funds to alleviate the lack of parking,"
Postell said
By 1985, University officials plan to build two
parking decks, one each on north and south
campuses, and to build new parking lots on
University land along East Campus Road Also,
several existing lots will be expanded. Postell
said.
The expansion of existing lots should be com
pleted during the 1983- 84 academic year which,
combined with the new lots, will add an
estimated 568 spaces, Broadhurst said.
A multi-level parking deck has been planned
for the current Myers Hall parking lot, and a
new deck is planned for a yet undisclosed loca
tion on north campus These facilities should
add another 1.300 spaces by 1985
Other parking changes next year will be:
• $9 for graduate permits;
• $18 for motorcycle permits;
• $18 for first-car faculty, staff and employee
permits in perimeter lots;
a $20 for second-car faculty, staff and
employee permits in perimeter lots;
• $20 for faculty, staff and employee permits
in key-card lots;
• $50 for faculty, staff and employee permits
touse two campus parking regions;
• $70 for faculty, staff and employee permits
to use three campus parking regions;
a $24 for faculty, staff and employee motor
cycle permits.
Broadhurst said enforcement would be
stricter for students and employees who did not
pay parking fees or parked in non-designated
areas.
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COLUMBUS, Ga - The Board of
Regents building and grounds commit
tee Tuesday approved the allocation of
Won,ooo to remove asbestos from the
ceilings of eight University dor
mitories
Frank Dunham, vice chancellor for
Facilities, said the University was
waiting on the regents' authorization,
which should come today, before awar
ding the contract to remove the
asbestos from eight dormitories
The $800,000 is part of a $15 million
bond issue authorized by the General
Assembly in February for the removal
of asbestos from the don ns and one
Georgia Tech lab
Dunham said the regents originally
expected only to have enough funds to
remove the asbestos from Russell,
Brumby and Cres well halls and the
Georgia Tech lab. "but the bidding
market brought prices way down and
created a buyers market "
“They are doing studies for every
building at the University and the
University system," he said "We were
just asked to do the dorms first."
The $800,000 would go toward remov
ing the asbestos, cleaning the ceiling
and spraying on a sealant The project
is scheduled to begin in June and be
completed by Sept 1
Dunham said the regents would have
money left over after this summer's
asbestos removal project at the Univer
sity and Georgia Tech were completed
to paint the ceilings and to fund further
asbestos-removal projects if the state
division of Public Health found asbestos
| in other University System buildings
In other business, the regents educa
tion committee discussed the decline in
the number of requests tor tenure
presented to the regents this year
Systemwide, only 262 requests for
tenure have been presented to the
regents this academic year, compared
to 323 requests last year This marks a
20 percent decrease in tenure applica
tions
The regents initiated a study last spr
ing when they felt an excessive number
of faculty within the University
1 System's 33 colleges and universities
were earning tenure
Increased caution by individual col
lege administrators is the primary
reason for the decline, said Ray Cleere,
vice chancellor for Academic Affairs
"Presidents and chief administrative
officers are becoming much more
careful in determining who is recom
mended for tenure," Cleere said "We
don't have a liberal tenure policy ”
Of the 262 tenure requests so far this
academic year. 62 came from Universi
ty faculty as compared to 85 all last
year.
Cleere said only 25 of the 262 requests
for tenure this year were from
minorities
"Right now. a lot of minorities and
women are in the junior ranks, assis
tant professors or instructors." Cleere
said "We hope that will increaae in the
next few years "
The Finance and Business-
Operations committee, at the request of
the Georgia Athletic Association, ap
proved conveying the title of
Georgia Bulldog trademarks and logos
from the regents to the athletic associa
tion.
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Trademarks are officials under the
regents' domain until it grants the title
of trademarks to the college
The trademarks include the Bulldog
logos, the "G" on football helmets and
the slogans “Silver Britches," “How
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.... with the greatest of ease
Hubert Ktchlton file* through the air with the greatent of eaae at a gymnaatica
exhibition Iueaday at the Tate Student Outer. Lie his on, a Junior from Monroe,
participated in the exhibition with other member* of the Georgia Gymnaatica
Team.
By HAN8-CHRI8T1AN V A DSL Til
Keel and Black Senior Krportrr
A group of students opposing the
formation of a new student government
has begun organizing resistance and
encouraging students to vote against a
May 24 referendum that would
establish the government
Members of Students Against
Misrepresentation will wage an intense
campus campaign to inform students
that they think the University needs no
student government and that such a
government would not benefit students,
according to SAM leader Dan Mitchell
"Students for Student Representation
has been working very hard in favor of
a student government. It is time for
people against a government to do
something," Mitchell said
Mitchell said he opposed the idea of a
student government because he didn't
think it would represent the majority of
students.
"They'll be speaking on behalf of the
Local churches eyeing more politics
By TOMMY TOMLINSON
IM RUrfc ( MUIkMIal Wrtwr
Local religious leaders say a recent American
Roman Catholic pastoral letter denouncing
nuclear war gives churches a license to become
more involved in political issues
The letter, ratified May 3 after nearly two years
of preparation and two drafts, opposes any
nuclear first strike and any nuclear strike on
population centers The document also supports a
nuclear weapons freeze and asks Catholics to take
responsibility in helping to bring about nuclear
arms reduction
The Rev William Floyd, pastor of the First
United Methodist Church of Athena, said he felt
church leaders should speak out on pressing issues
such as the nucelar-arms race. Although Floyd
said he had mixed emotions about the actual con
tent of the pastoral letter, he said, "When the
issues touch someone, we need to do something "
Floyd said religious leaders should not let their
religious preferences stop them from airing their
political views or actions
But. said Floyd, “I think it's wrong for me to
say, 'Let's support this candidate because he’s a
Christian "
Catherine Rogers, campus minister for the
University Catholic Center, said. "1 hope that
there are a growing number of Catholics involved
in political issues."
While Rogers said some Catholic students were
"passionately connected to peace” most leaders
agreed the pastoral letter was not an isaue.
The Rev William Calhoun, pastor of St.
Joseph's Catholic Church, said, "It's a peripheral
issue A lot of other things are more important to
our people " Rogers agreed
"We have a group who doesn't even think about
it,” he said
The bishops have stood firm in their anti-
nuclear-weapons stand despite Reagan ad
ministration lobbying for a softening of the letter
Rogers said the letter, titled "The Challenge of
Peace: God's Promise and Our Reponse," follow
ed traditional Catholic values despite its oppose
tion to administration policies
"I feel that it's consistent with old views, ideas
older than government views of the 20th century,"
Rogers said She added she was unsure if the letter
would affect the actions of Catholics in the armed
services during a nuclear war
Floyd, although pleased at the initiative toward
disarmament, said he thought the bishops might
be unrealistic in their views
"It’s hard for me to say, 'Let's Just freeze where
we are,'" Floyd said "I wish we could do away
with all nuclear weapons, but I don't think it's go
ing to happen "
However, all the religious leaders said churches
had become more involved In political affairs,
especially those dealing with moral topics
Rogers said, "There are always groups who see
religious issues as having moral implications in
social issues
“There are people in the community who are
thinking about (the letter) and praying about it,"
she added
Said Floyd: "If we can convict the people who
make the choices (on moral issues), I think that's
legitimate
“I wouldn't back off from that — that's the
business we’re in,” he said
Rogers hopes for more political involvement
student body without having its sup
port," Mitchell said. "They want to
speak for me and spend my money. I
don't like that.”
Mitchell also said he doubted the
sincerity and intentions of some of the
students in favor of a student govern
ment.
“I don't think the involved people are
there because of concern for students,
but to build their own resumes They do
it for their own interests,” he said
Leaders for SSR have said a 15-
percent student-voter turnout for the
student-government referendum would
be sufficient, but Mitchell said he felt at
least 25 percent of the students should
vote on the referendum to make it
count.
"If they stick to 15 percent, 7.51
percent of the students saying yes
would be enough to institute a student
government. That's not enough,"
Mitchell said.
Mitchell said he doubted whether a
student government would have a
significant impact on decisions made
by the administration
"It won't work because it won't have
money to allocate,” he said.
SSR President Scott Klosinski said
that, even though a student government
would not be able to allocate money for
student activities, it could still serve
other purposes
By passing resolutions through the
student senate, Klosinski said, a
government could influence certain
cases As it is now, there is no
organization speaking on behalf of all
the students, Klosinski added
"The administartlon catches flak
because there is not student input in the
decision process. With a student
government, the administration will
have to listen," Klosinski said.
Kloskinski maintained that, if IS
percent of the students voted on the
referendum, it would be sufficient to
institute a student government He said
he was sure the government could still
speak on behalf of the majority of
students, regardless of the actual voter
turnout.
"It didn't take more than 10 percent
of the students to abolish the last
student government, so why shouldn't
15 percent be enough to institute it
again?" Klosinski asked.
“It is a need for a student govern
ment," he said "We are tired of not
being represented. "
Thursday, representatives for SAM
and SSR meet in a debate sponsored by
the Demosthenian Literary Society in
Demosthenian Hall. Mitchell said he
would be representing SAM, but Klosin-
ski said he wasn't sure who the SSR
spokesman would be.
SAM battles
Jackson may run if enough blacks register
By BETTY ANNE WILLIAMS
UmuiH friM Writer
WASHINGTON — The Rev Jesse Jackson said Tuesday
his decision on whether to run for the presidency would be
based partly on the success of a voter registration drive to
sign up 2 million blacks in the South before the 1964 elections
The campaign will be launched Sunday in Raleigh, N.C.,
and focus on 18-year-olds as they graduate from high school,
said Jackson, president of Operation PUSH in Chicago
The first goal of the drive is to register 250,000 black voters
by the end of the summer. Jackson told a National Press Club
luncheon audience He announced the drive last month in
Atlanta
He acknowledged that the registration apparatus being
assembled for the campaign would be useful should he or any
other black seek the Democratic presidential nomination
But he added, "I have not yet made the determination to
run."
Jackson, who is a Baptist minister, said his decision would
be based on the success of the registration drive, obtaining
support from a broad coalition of leaders in the progressive
wing of the Democratic party, the willingness of party ac
tivists in primary states to set up a campaign organization
and his ability to finance such a move.
Although he set no firm date for making a decision.
Jackson said, “By August, we need to determine what we
need to do one way or another.' ’
The South is crucial because there sre 86 congressional
districts nationwide where blacks are 20 percent or more of
the population and could forge a decisive swing vote in an
election Although 53 percent of the black population lives in
the South, 60 of those pivotal districts are in the South
Jackson said the forthcoming election provided an op
portunity for blacks to form a coalition which could change
the nation's political course
"Massive voter registration and participation by the poor
and the needy - black, brown and white, male and female,
young and old — is the key to the new course," he said.
"There are too many unregistered and non-participating
potential poor voters and there are too many poor and
middle-class voters voting for the interests of the rich.
"If we combine our strength, the black and white poor can
retire the boll weevils, the anti-poor, anti-black, anti-women,
anti-worker legislators who currently exercise dispropor
tionate power in the Congress and state legislatures," he
added
With the distribution of blacks in the South, there is the
potential to elect 15 additional black members of Congress,
Jackson said There are 20 blacks in Congress. there were 21
before Harold Washington was elected Chicago's mayor
The registration drive will be run in cooperation with
existing groups which have similar projects Those groups
include the Voter Education Project in Atlanta and Operation
Big Vote, a Washington-based project which represents
dozens of civil rights, religious and labor groups
Lamond Godwin, a Jackson aide who will coordinate the
campaign, said the day-to-day work would be done by
volunteers He estimated that the effort would cost about $1
million through 1984 and said the money would be raised by
pooling the resources of participating groups