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Wednesday. April25 1984
The Red and Black
Women in business
increases in South
By ALLISON GRAYSON
Rtd and Black l af.trth.Uag Writer
Southern college women are more in touch
with computers and calculators than with the
tea parties and MRS degrees they are
traditionally linLrfl with, statistics from the
L S Census Bui'eau show
The percentage of women executives,
administrators and managers in the South
increased to 31.4 percent in 1980, up from 19 5
percent a decade ago The percent of
Southern women in management positions
exceeds the 30.5 percent of executives and
managers for the country, the bureau's
statistics show
University women are following this trend,
according to enrollment figures from the
business school.
The proportion of women enrolled in the
Master's of Business Administration
program jumped from 20 percent to 33
percent between 197* and 1983, said Ann
Scott, the program's director
Sandra Wooley, the Business Ad
ministration Program coordinator, said 48
percent of the present undergraduate
enrollment are women
’ Women see there are opportunities for
them in business, " Wooley said
Women are increasingly choosing business
majors over traditionally female degrees
becayse jobs are becoming more available,
Wooley said
“Women see options rather than the
traditional women's careers," said Betty
Whitten, a management science professor
Undergraduate admissions reports in
dicate that the highest chosen business fields
are international business, marketing,
management science and accounting
“Fifty percent of the students in ac
counting are women," Wooley said
Karen Wingo, a sophomore in accounting,
said she chose business as a background for
law so she might "be her own boss."
Ann Pinyan. a senior in management in
formation systems, chose business because
"that’s where people are getting jobs.”
Susan Cohen, the president of the Graduate
Business Womens Association, chose
business because "the job prospects are
good ."
“I'm interested in making a contribution to
society," Cohen said.
The support of parents and friends en
courage women to seek business degrees
Often parents even provide role models.
Scott said
Kim Parker, an MBA student, said her
parents, both in business, set an example and
encouraged her to get a business degree
"My parents encourage me by funding my
MBA degree," Parker said
Kathy Vaughn, a senior in personnel, was
encouraged by a neighbor she highly
respects
“Mr Norman Fowler, a Delta Computer
Center expert, influenced me to seek
business." Vaughn said
Many University business majors said
they are confident they can combine both a
family and a career
"I plan on having both," Vaughn said "I
will take time to have and raise children,
then return to work "
Change in Chow is on the way
By HEIDI KHERON
R*4 and IIlark Huff t%rHrr
A pizza place may seem
like a far cry from Chinese
Jewish cuisine, but Bob
Russo is out to prove he can
successfully manage both
Russo said Tuesday he
plans to renovate Chow
Goldstein's. 233 E Clayton
St., into an "authentic piz
zeria" by early next week
“It's hard to set a definite
deadline on when we will
open." said Russo, who is
spending S15.000 to renovate
the building and retain his
staff "We won't know
exactly when opening day
will be until the day gets
here, but our projections are
for early next week "
Chow Goldstein's opened
last year amid controversy
and protests from its
downtown neighbors, such
as George Dean's men's
store The protesters said
sidewalk cafes should be
banned from Athens, but the
Athens City Council
disagreed and didn't abolish
sidewalk cafes
The new restaurant, which
will be called Rocky's
Pizzeria, will incorporate
Chow Goldstein's sidewalk
cafes. Russo said
"After what we went
through for that, there's no
way we'd change Dial part of
it," Russo said
Russo said he decided to
close Athens' first Chinese
delicatessen because
business wasn't as suc
cessful as anticipated The
new restaurant should
generate a lot more
business, he said
"There are a lot of pizza
places in Athens, but I plan
to offer Italian food other
than pizza," he said. "This is
a cross between a pizza joint
and a full restaurant "
Changes in decor will be
minimal for the pizzeria,
Russo said, because he
wants to concentrate on the
authenticity of the food
“I've been training with a
family from Rome, Italy, for
two weeks, learning to make
fresh-dough pizza," Russo
said. "They have a place in
Conyers, and are helping me
train my employees ”
Russo said he plans to
keep most of his employees
Russo said he got the in
spiration to open a pizzeria
from his father who has
owned a pizza business in
New York City for more than
50 years.
"I'm going back to my
roots," he said "It's what I
know best "
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Zoo facelift lacks funding
Jimmy Holder The Red and Black
Recordings censored
ATLANTA lAP) — A New York-based company offering
suggestive telephone recordings claims the taped messages
are protected by the Constitution, but Southern Bell says they
are obscene and give a bad name to a useful service
At issue are recorded messages offered in the Atlanta
dialing area under Southern Bell's "dial-it" service by Carlin
I ommunications, which claims its suggestive tape recor
dings advertised in High Society Magazine cannot be cen
sored
The telephone company cut off Carlin's service Monday,
asserting that the recordings were obscene and violated the
company's operating tariffs
But the question of Carlin's free speech rights versus
Southern Bell's right to control access to its lines is one that
will probably have to be settled in court
549-4936
Number of women
presidents on rise
t CPS) - The number of women college presidents has
jumped 70 percent — from 148 in 1975 to 254 in 1984 — in the
last eight years, according to a new study by the American
Council on Education's (ACE) Office of Women in Higher
Education.
"I think the increase is really significant," said ACE
spokeswoman Judy Touchton. “It coincides with a lot of
attention that's been given to the status of women not just in
education, but in other areas such as politics and business."
Women were seldom even considered for college
presidencies, lei alone appointed to such posts, prior to the
enactment of Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments,
which forbid schools from discriminating on the basis of
gender, she said.
In 1975 “women accounted for scarcely five percent of all
college presidents,” Touchton said "And for the next several
years the changes were minimal "
But by 1977 "there started to be some noticeable in
creases" in the number of women serving as chief executive
officers of their colleges.
Since then, she said, "there has been a net gain of about 14
(women) a year” appointed as college presidents
But a 70 percent increase over eight years "isn’t nearly as
significant when we started with such a low figure to begin
with," said Mary Boyette, spokeswoman for the American
Assocation of University Women
By GENE TAYLOR
Hr* and Mark CanlrtkdUal Wrllrr
Although the city plans to
start giving the Athens
Children's Zoo a facelift next
month, lack of funding could
keep many needed repairs
and expansion plans caged
up for years, zoo officials
said Tuesday.
The city has hired a land
scape architect to plan
approximately $15,000 worth
of renovations which will
eventually include
remodeling cages to more
closely resemble real
habitats, according to zoo
director Karl Enter
However, because funding
for the project is so scarce,
repairs on existing facilities
will take priority over ex
pansion, Enter added
“We don’t get much
money from the city," he
said, adding that, due to
budget cuts, federal grant
funds are drying up as well.
The Athens Zoo Alliance, a
non-profit agency, has been
raising money toward the
renovation, but because of
the $15,000 expense, many
renovations will have to wait
for as long as two years,
according to Mitch ’ Huff,
Recreation and Parks
Department Facilities
superintendent The city
allocates approximately 95
percent, or $3,300 a year, of
the zoo’s budget, according
to Huff
“We’re planning right now
on building new cages,
bigger cages that can house
more birds, and a new floor
in the bear pen," Huff said.
The renovations are
scheduled to begin next
month with repairs on the
bear cage. Enter said. Plans
are also being made to
remodel the bear cage to
more closely resemble the
animal's natural habitat.
A landscape architect has
been hired to plan the
renovation, and zoo officials
hope to repair the current
facilities first and then
"expand later," Enter said,
adding that the zoo needed
signs that are more
educational now
"Better signs would catch
people’s attention," he said.
The renovation calls for
the removal of an owl cage
and the repair of several
others in hopes of making
the cages seem more like the
animals' natural habitats.
Enter said the zoo at
tempted to house only those
animals which are native to
this area About 40,000
people visit the zoo
each year, and the zoo
conducted programs for
about 17,000 additional
people.
Enter said that the
animals come from various
parts of the South, and some,
like the bears, were born in
captivity, while others that
had been found wild, but
were sick and crippled, were
brought to the zoo.
Red and Black Assistant
News Editor Rusty Cartmill
contributed material for this
story.
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