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THE RED AND BLAC
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Go. Vol. 91, No. 122
Thursday, July 12, 1984 News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Board official says
suit unnecessary
Board denies racial bias
By JOE CAFIERO
Hed and Black Senior Reporter
Zhou: China gains from U.S.
By MARY MITCHELL
Hrd and Mark Staff Writer
i/The Red and MCT
Zhou Nanzhou of the China Central Institution of Education
higher education, he said.
The Chinese Government is making
great efforts to expand and improve
education, with many reforms at the
higher education level, a member of the
China Central Institution of Education
said Wednesday
'The Chinese have always attached
much importance to education,
especially in recent years," Zhou
Nanzhou said in a private interview
Zhou, who will speak today at the
Georgia Center for Continuing
Education, said this renewed interest in
education will help reverse the harm
done to the Chinese educational system
during the cultural revolution from
1966 1978
Enrollment and the quality of
education declined during these years
"These 10 years meant a great set
back for higher education," he said.
The United States and China can
learn much from each other in the area
of higher education, he said
"I believe in the U.S. and China as
two great nations of the world We have
much in common and can learn from
each other, especially in higher
education." Zhou said
The Chinese hope to increase
enrollment in their higher education
system, he said
"In terms of enrollment, the Chinese
system is not as developed as the
American system, but the total
enrollment in higher education is to be
doubled in the 80 s," he said
He added that the Chinese are also
increasing the diversity of their higher
education institutions and the courses
they offer
Although nearly all Chinese colleges
are four-year institutions, the Chinese
are developing more two- and three-
year universities for middle-level
technicians and engineers, Zhou said.
Because most higher-education
programs deal with natural science and
engineering, the Chinese are also
emphasizing business classes including
finance, law, economics and
management, he said
Zhou said there is a movement to
decentralize the administrative system
so that individual universities can
control their own monies The
Education Ministry controls budget
decisions of the individual universities,
he said
Zhou said Chinese educators also
hope to improve the China National
College Entrance Exam In addition to
the exam score, teacher recom
mendations and the students' moral
and physical aspects should be taken
into account, he added
Students from rural areas now have
more opportunities in the Chinese
educational system, and the China
Education Ministry asks universities to
admit a certain number of freshmen
from rural areas, Zhou said. Without
these quotas, a disproportionate
number of university students are from
urban areas, he added
Zhou said an effort to strengthen
scientific research has resulted in
centers which combine both instruction
and research Before this effort, too
much emphasis was placed on
teaching, he said.
To further the research, the China
National Society of Higher Education
established many places to study
The relationship between high
schools and secondary education is also
the object of reforms, he said. A few
years ago. only 5 percent of high school
graduates were admitted to college, but
12 percent are admitted now.
However, the number of students
applying to universities has decreased,
Zhou said. This is because the number
of technical schools that send graduates
directly into the labor market has in
creased, he added.
Female V.P. idea raises some doubts
By KIM HAYS
Hrd and RUrk Mentor Krptrlet
Local political leaders and University professors say they
have mixed feelings about the possible success of a female
vice-presidential candidate for Walter Mondale
Recent national press reports indicate Mondale may con
sider a female vice president on his ticket, if he wins the
Democratic Party nomination in the national convention
next week
Marisue Hilliard, the former president of the Athens
chapter of the National Organization of Women, said, "A
female vice-presidential candidate will generate a lot of ex
citement
"The more people who vote, the better the Democratic par
ty will do,” Hilliard said “NOW's push is to defeat Reagan
this year I think we've got a 50-50 chance with a female vice-
presidential candidate "
Margaret Collins, the secretary of the Clarke County
Republican Committee, said "it's about time" for a Innate
candidate, but Mondale stands little chance of defeating
Reagan in this election
By selecting a female running mate, Collins said. "Mon
dale is doing exactly what men have been doing to women
throughout time He is using them as a status symbol, not for
their intelligence."
University Political Science Professor Charles Bullock
said he is also skeptical about the success of a male-female
presidential ticket.
“A female Republican {candidate) would stand a better
chance of being elected," Bullock said.
"The latest polls show Reagan is far ahead of Mondale, and
Mondale already has 55 percent ol the female vote," he said
In order for Mondale to defeat Reagan, If all other current
issues and polls remain constant, he will have to gamer near
ly 75 percent of the female vote, Bullock said
Jean Friedman, a University associate professor of
history, said, "I think it's an excellent idea whose time has
come From all indications, Mondale has something to gain
from a female running mate
Friedman said Mondale would gain 10 percent of the elec
toral vote with a female vice-presidential candidate
"This could only help the women’s political position,”
Friedman said
Hilliard said, "1 think it would take a lot of courage on his
iMondale's) part to select a female vice-presidential can
didate "
Bullock said, “Not all women (voters) will react the same
way Mondale may lose some of the conservative Democratic
vote. Dome conservative Democratic women may prefer not
toseea woman in office.”
A suit filed against the state of
Georgia by the NAACP and about 30
voter registration groups alleging
restrictive registration procedures is
unnecessary, according to an Athens
election board official.
Ann Jarrell, the chairwoman of the
Athens-Clarke County Board of Elec
tions, said Wednesday the board is con
ducting business as usual, despite the
suit.
"We have not been advised by the
Secretary of State to change anything
that we’re doing,” Jarrell said "We
have no instructions to proceed dif
ferently."
Laughlin McDonald, the director of
the Southern Regional Office of the
American Civil Liberties Union, said
the reasoning behind the suit is that
minorities encounter unreasonable dif
ficulties in their effort to register to
vote
“The state's voter registration
system is a restrictive one," McDonald
said "The student situation in Athens is
typical of this.”
Jarrell said such a complaint is
groundless, at least in reference to
voter registration in Clarke County and
the city of Athens.
She said the board supervised 24
registration drives between May 1983
and May 1984. She added the board con
ducted several drives last week
Matthew Ware, chairman of Citizens
for Better Government, has charged in
the past that the board denied
clearance for voter registration drives
designed to register minority voters.
But Ware said Wednesday the board
has improved at its job of registering
voters
“In the past year or two, they would
only let us have drives at a few places."
Ware said. "But it's a lot easier to have
a drive now,”
Ware said he thinks the suit filed by
the National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People has caus
ed the board to make a greater effort to
register voters
“They're still not where they should
be, but they have loosened up a little bit
lately," Ware said "(Secretary of
State) Max Cleland has loosened up the
situation some We've wanted all along
to resolve this problem peacefully "
Attorney General Michael Bowers
was unavailable for comment on the
state's defense
The NAACP has asked U.S. 11th
District Court Judge Richard C.
Freeman to declare unconstitutional
the Georgia laws that allow local
China’s teachers
moving into 80s
UGA files
to be used
in Hall trial
By DEAN LOONEY
Rrd and Black Staff Writer
A Monday Superior Court decision
makes a University Psychology Clinic
transcript acceptable evidence In the
trial of murder suspect Warren Reid
Hall, despite objections from defense
attomies
The transcript, which Superior Court
Judge Joe Gaines ordered released
Monday, is a recording of a con
versation between a University
graduate student and Hall at the clinic
in February 1983, nine months before
the December 1983 slaying of Donna
Lynn Allen.
The conversation resulted from a
court-ordered pyschological
examination of Hall, although court
records give no reason for the
examination.
Allen, a 19-year-old University
sophomore, was slain on the night of
Dec 21, 1983 as she walked to her car,
which was parked in the Candler Hall
parking lot behind the Academic
Building
Autopsy results showed that Allen,
whose body was found by a campus
patrolman, died of multiple stab
wounds
In the order, filed in the Clarke
County Clerk of Court's Office, Gaines
decided that no psychologist-patient
privilege exists in the case.
Gaines cited two reasons for his
decision First, Hall didn’t enter the
February, 1983 therapy voluntarily,
and second, the graduate student who
performed the examination at the clinic
wasn’t a psychiatrist or psychologist.
In support of his first reason, Gaines
quoted from an Ohio Court of Appeals
decision. “The crucial prerequisite for
creation of the privilege Is the volun
tary consultation by the patient," the
Ohio decision read.
Although the purpose behind the
court-ordered examination wasn't
revealed, Gaines ruled that Hall doesn't
qualify for the psychologist-patient
privilege
For the second reason, Gaines said
the privilege can only be extended to
discussion between a patient and a
licensed psychologist or psychiatrist.
The reason for this, according to
Gaines, is that due to the great number
of persons engaged as counselors,
social workers or psychological
associates, "It would be difficult to say
what relationship and conversations
fall within the privilege. ”
Robert Peckham, the director of
Legal Aid and Defender Society, the
agency representing Hall, argued
against the release of the report la a
May hearing Peckham aaid there was
a psychologist-patient relationship.
Pets bringing joy to senior citizens
Animals give help therapists can *t
in a Veterinary Schoolprogram
By LOHIE BROWN
Hr<l I ml Slack SUN Writer
The eyes of 86-year-old Ora Beard
lit up when she saw a puppy named
Blackie, and Della Day, 78,
remembered the kitten she had as a
young girl.
Memories came back to the
women and other patients through
"the human-animal bond program."
in which Veterinary School students
and faculty send pets to area nursing
homes for the day.
Doris Miller, a University assis
tant professor of pathology, said.
"Pets give the elderly a sense of self
worth, and a higher sense of self
esteem ”
Since the first visit in February,
1984, the program has expanded so
that volunteers make monthly visits
to brighten the patients' days.
Pat Shipman, the Athens Health
Care activities director, said the
residents relax and talk about their
lives when the pets visit
Janice Pimental, one of the
center's nurses, pointed out one
woman with a kitten perched on her
lap "She does not interact with pa
tients, and interacts very little with
the staff, but look at her with that
kitten." Pimental said
Veterinary School volunteers also
say they benefit from the visits Jen
ny Deardorff, a sophomore
veterinary student, said she enjoys
seeing how people react to the
animals.
"Sometimes they're overjoyed to
see us," Deardorff said The ex
perience will also benefit her career.
she added
According to Miller, most of the
pets belong to University Veterinary
School faculty, staff and students
Two of the pets were donated to the
Veterinary School specifically for
the program A minimum of three
pets are taken on each visit.
All animals are carefully screened
for the program Miller taid the
animals are socialized, a process
that includes checking how the dogs
and cats react to each other and to
people
"Cats and dogs are dewormed,
deflead. and checked for up-to-date
vaccinations," Miller said Also,
pets are bathed and their toenails
trimmed before they can pass in
spection.
For those patients who are un
comfortable around pets, the
animals are kept in one area, away
from kitchens and bedrooms Miller
said the animals haven't harmed
Matthew Ware
boards of election to set their own
registration policies.
The association argues that the cur
rent lows allow local boards to
discriminate against members of
minority groups who want to register to
vote
But Jarrell said there is no such
discrimination in Clarke County
"1 don't understand why this suit is
being brought at this time," she said
"We are making a great effort to
register everyone who wants to vote."
Jarrell said there is now a permanent
deputy registrar located in the Athens-
Clarke County Regional Library. She
said the board will soon establish
several more permanent deputy
registrars in Athens.
Above: Moreen Cook with feline friend
Right: Jenny Deardorff introdncea Blackie to Della Day
anyone.
Interaction between pets and peo
ple is physically beneficial to the pa
tients. Miller said
Research shows pets can lower
blood pressure and lengthen the
lives of people who have suffered
heart attacks, she said
"In prisons, interaction between
prisoners and pets is found to have a
definite calming effect, with less
suicides and depression ,” Miller
said.
Dogs taken to the homes are put
through obedience training by Herb
Morrison, a University research
chemist, at the Russell Research
Center Morrison said, “We make
sure that dogs are stable in all en
vironments."