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THE RED AND BLACK
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Athens, (, a . Vol. 92, No. 22 Tuesday, October 30, 1984 News 543-1809 Adverting 543-1791
Atlanta warden rejutes
charges of atrocities
ATLANTA (AP) - The warder oT
Atlanta's federal penitentiary Monday
defended his decision to "lock down"
about 1,000 Cuban detainees and con
fiscate personal property from their
cells during a four-day disturbance this
month
Warden Jack A. Hanberry called a
press conference to refute charges by
an attorney for the Cubans that they
had been the victims of “atrocities."
"They (the Cubans) have been
stripped naked; they have been cuffed
to their cells; all of their personal
belongings have been taken away from
them; photographs of their families
have been thrown on the floors and
stomped on by the guards; and Bibles
and crucifixes have been taken from
their cells and thrown in the dump
ster," said attorney Dale Schwartz
Schwartz also called for an in
vestigation by the U.S. attorney general
into the situation at the prison
Hanberry admitted personal items
were confiscated, and some destroyed,
but said the Cubans were given “ample
opportunity” to secure their
belongings
"The detainees were told in advance
to lock their belongings in their lockers,
which were removed and placed in
storage," Hanberry said. “Any item
not placed in the locker was picked up
and disposed of by staff. Detainees
were allowed to retain their bedding
and personal toilet articles. At no time
was any detainee handcuffed to the
bars or to the furniture."
Hanbery said many of the personal
items disposed of were “left behind by
detainees who have been long since
released" fom the prison.
Hanberry said he ordered the
"lockdown" following the original
disturbance Oct. 14 because “we were
not sure who was involved and could not
afford to go ahead with normal
routine."
There are 1,507 Cubans detained in
the prison in southeast Atlanta, but
Hanberry said the lockdown only af
fected about 1,000 detainees in two
cellblocks
During that disturbance', Hanberry
estimated 40 to 50 Cubans began
demonstrating in the prison's
recreation yard, and unfurled two
sheets saying "liberty or death.”
The next night. Hanberry said,
"many detainees set fire to clothing
and threw the burning clothing on the
walkway In front of their cells.”
He ordered the property confiscated
the next morning
New chancellor
could be chosen
at Nov. meeting
While watching entire Bulldog football game*
funding up has been de rtgeur for many fans for
years, we can’t help hul feel a little bit sorry for tbe
unlocks people who sat behind this fan at Saturday's
game against Kentucky in Lexington. While the
Aunt Bea’s wig?
people behind her struggling for a view may have
been mumbling something about Little Orphan Annie
moving to Three Mile Island, or the B-5Z's holding
auditions, perhaps this lady Just had a lot to cheer
about on the field, as the Dogs trounced the WtldcaU
By JOHN ALDEN
Hrd anti Mark Sr liter Reporter
The long wait for the announcement
of a new University System chancellor
may be over on Nov 14, when the
Search Committee of tbe Board of
Regents will take its vote. Search
Committee Chairman Sidney Smith
said Monday
"Instead of aborting the search, we
will go forward and make a decision in
November We will most likely vote for
a chancellor at the Nov 14 meeting,”
Smith said
The search has been held up in
definitely, with reports that it might be
suspended or even scrapped completely
because of the effects of publicity
Last week. Smith said at a regents'
meeting at Sapclo Island. Ga , the
weekend of Oct. 21-22. that the situation
was discussed but no action was taken
After the meeting, Smith decided to
consult with all the regents to deter
mine whether the search had been
irreparably damaged by the releasing
of the names of the candidates.
“At Sapelo Island we did not have a
full complement of regents Now, after
touching all bases. I can tell you that
we’ve decided to proceed with a vote,"
Smith said Monday
Smith said that he had spoken with all
of the regents and they had informed
him they felt the search process had
been drawn out in the press and that a
decision on the chancellor could be
made
Vickie Fair, regents public affairs
specialist, said Monday that although
the issue will come up for discussion,
there is still a possibility that there
might be further discussion before an
actual vote
“You never can tell with a regents'
meeting," Fair Said "They might
even table a vote if there is any con
troversy over the choice, but it’s about
as definite as you can be with this."
Regent Jackie Ward said that the
decision to go ahead with the search
was reached at an informal meeting
Friday at Georgia Tech. The occasion
was a social gathering of all regents
and former regents, along with
members of the Georgia Tech Advisory
Board
Ward said that the substantial
publicity, which surrounded the can
didates and affected the performance
of their jobs, had caused at least three
of the candidates to remove themselves
from consideration Among those who
stepped down in the past two weeks are
Joab Thomas, the president of the
University of Alabama, and most
recently, Barbara Uehling, the chan
cellor of the University of Missouri-
Columbia
‘I think the research
process has been
exhaustive. ’
— Jackie Ward
Both University president Fred
Davison and Vice Chancellor Dean
Props! remain candidates for the
position
Ward said the decision to continue
was shared by all the regents
“It was my impression that it was a
unanimous decision by all the regents,"
Ward said
"1 think the research process has
been exhaustive. And there were a few
more names removed from the list,
which narrowed the pool from which we
could choose We need to get on with
thebusinessat hand.”
New IFC review board to eliminate
J7-7. The win moved Georgia from Dlh to eighth
place In the latest Associated Press writer s poll. So
while some fans may have heard "Go home you hairy
dogs' from the partisan Kentucky crowd, at least
they went home winners.
Black freshmen enrollment rises
due to UGA policies, official says
By TOMMY TOMLINSON
Red and Black Senior Reporter
A 21 percent increase in black
freshman enrollment this year is not a
response to Department of Education
pressure, but is a reflection of long
standing University policies, a
University official said Monday
Len Davis, University affirmative
action officer, said Tuesday that the
University “has been undertaking
tough desegregation policies since at
least 1970."
The University reported 193 black
freshmen enrolled this fall quarter, a 21
percent increase over last year
Bucking a national trend toward
decreasing college enrollment, overall
University enrollment increased by 1.3
percent to 24,694
"If you look at the enrollment figures
for midwestern universities, you'll
probably find that they haven't met
their goals, either," he said. "It’s
mainly because we’re a southern
university that we’re catching the brunt
of the criticism."
Davis added that the DOE standards,
outlined in a 1978 plan in which the DOE
accused the University of not following
in 1983, are unrealistic
"If we recruited every eligible black
student in Georgia, Florida and South
Carolina, it still wouldn't meet DOE
guidelines," he said. “Black students
are just in a great demand now, and
sometimes there aren't enough
students to meet the demands "
There are 1,437 blacks at the
University as of this fall. University
Registrar Bruce Shut! said Monday
The Office for Civil Rights in Atlanta
had no figures for black enrollment
nationwide
“The figures are significant for two
reasons," Davis said. “One, the
University is enrolling more students
overall; and two, the black enrollment
is a very big increase over both state
and national figures."
Davis said the University had con
ducted recruitment programs, such as
visits to predominantly black schools
and promotion of the state 4-H program
well before the U.S. Department of
Education began pressuring it to
desegregate.
"People don’t realize it, but things
like 4-H have larger numbers of blacks
percentage wise than there are blacks
in the schools overall,” he said.
Davis said the University is “no
different and certainly no worse" than
colleges in other regions of the country
with respect to black enrollment.
"We want to prove to incoming
students that UGA is a place for black
students to come and have rewarding
social and academic careers while
they're here," he said.
Davis said that support for Univer
sity desegregation efforts must come
from primary and secondary schools.
“I think higher education's being
penalized for some failings in primary
and secondary education.” he said
Nevertheless, Davis said the
University is progressing well.
"Recruitment has been steadily
rising, and I think that says a lot for our
hard work,” he said.
He added that the increase in
enrollment will likely cause a
snowballing effect that should make
blacks an even larger percentage of
University students in the future
‘...They could have a
hell of a good time
without violating
rules.’
— Bill Bracewell
Desperate starvation
hits African countries
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - More
than 35 million people living in all parts
of drought-ravaged Africa are
desperately hungry, and their plight is
the “worst human disaster in the recent
history" of the continent, a United
Nations report said Monday
Around the world, more appeals and
promises of aid were made for
Ethiopia, where an estimated 6 million
to 7 million people are in danger of
starving. But the International Red
Cross warned that “similar horror
pictures" are possible in other parts of
Africa.
"Despite a massive relief effort by
national governments and the in
ternational community, there is no end
in sight for the silent suffering of what
is undeniably the worst human disaster
in the recent history of Africa," said a
report from the office of the U N
Disaster Relief Coordinator.
U.N. officials said they had no
estimates of the number of deaths
caused by the drought and resulting
famine Much of Africa has been af
flicted by droughts almost continually
for the past 15 years
The report said 27 African countries
urgently need food aid, and that in 18 of
the worst-hit countries "over 35 million
people are In desperate need of help "
Between 20 percent and 30 percent of
those affected are children age 5, it
said
The report cited food shortages in all
areas of Africa, but said the situation
was most severe in eastern Africa,
particularly Ethiopia and Somalia.
Reporting on the situation in
Ethiopia, Red Cross Officer Gill
Whittington said the problem was
largely because of the "poor response"
to appeals for aid made earlier this
year
However, she said. “We have the
food, 1.000 tons just arrived by sea. We
have the land transjiort to move it Into
the stricken province of Wollo What
we need now are pledges of aid that will
keep a steady flow of food coming into
the country throughout 1985.”
Paul Dahan. a Red Cross officer who
just returned from Chad, said a two-
year drought has been exacerbated by
civil war Thousands of children and
adults have already died there and that
200,000 people displaced by drought are
"moving around the country in a
desperate search for anything to eat,”
he said.
"Parents are abandoning their
children because they cannot feed them
any longer, " Dahan said
In Rome on Monday, the head of the
UN. Food and Agriculture
Organization called for urgent food
contributions to Ethiopia and other
African countries.
Edouard Saouma said that despite
increases in world cereal production
this year food crises have increased,
especially in Africa.
Greek cases in Student Judiciary
By KIM HAYS
Hrd and Mark Heater Hr porter
A proposed Intcrfratemity Evaluation and Review Board
will eliminate many Greek-related cases now handled by
the Student Judiciary, University and Greek officials said
Monday
IFC Chief Justice Mark DeGuenther said the Evaluation
and Review Board would replace the defunct IFC court
"The present court systems on campus cannot deal with
any problems until they are full-blown." DeGuenther said
He added that the board would be able to correct in
dividual fraternities' problems before IFC rules are
broken
DeGuenther said the IFC must make changes in its
bylaws and constitution for the establishment of the board
"No other campus in the country is proposing a
progressive board like this for fraternity disciplinary
problems,'' DeGuenther added
Stuiknt Judicial Program Director Bill Bracewell said,
"If we have the board working for improvement in
leadership within the organization, I wouldn’t have any
problems "
Bracewell said current fraternity infractions would
appear before the Student Judiciary’s organizations court,
but individual infractions would appear before the main
Student Judiciary Court
"The board would be able to visit those chapters and
remind them that they could have a hell of a good time
without violating rules," Bracewell said
DeGuenlher said the board would investigate any
i-umored rule infractions by fraternities and counsel the
chapter leadership If the entire fraternity committed an
actual violation it would be referred to the organizations
court.
“If a particular fraternity was suspected of hazing, a
direct violation of University organizational rules, the
Evaluation and Review Board would hold a fact-finding
session and call witnesses to determine if the hazing was
actually taking place." DeGuenther said.
DeGuenther said if the session finds the fraternity guilty
of hazing, the board would meet with the executive officers
"to discuss brotherhood development and to review pledge
rules."
If the board's actions fail with the hazing fraternity, the
IFC can recommend sanctions against the fraternity to the
Department of Student Affairs
DeGuenther said, "The board would be proactive rather
than reactive. It would make punitive measures a last
resort "
Bracewell said the Student Judiciary would not be
directly working with the proposed board but is offering
"moral support and lots of enthusiasm "
