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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga. Vol. 92. No. 25 Friday, November 2, 1984 News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Sophisticated ’ blacks go Republican
By ELIZABETH VAETH
Hi* .Ml Black sun Writer
Although Walter Mondale and
President Reagan anticipate victory
in Tuesday's presidential election, the
winner most likely will have a
majority among America's most
courted voting group - blacks
Representatives from both sides
agree that although Mondale will
maintain his base ot support among
black voters, his comlortable lead
with this minority will diminish
Blacks will be voting more
Republican this year, said Portia
Scott, second vice chairman at-large
tor the Georgia Republican party and
a delegate to the 1984 Republican
convention.
"Ronald Reagan took 14 percent ot
the black vote in 1980. and I'm
projecting he will take about 25 to 30
percent of the black vote in this
election, "shesaid
Scott attributed the increase to a
trend among black voters to move
towards the Republican party plat
form
"Black leadership is more liberal,
but masses of our people are more
conservative,” she said. “The
Republican party is opening up to
blacks."
This conservative trend among
black voters is reflected in several
surveys published recently in a Wall
Street Journal report Sixty-two
percent of blacks oppose
abortion (National Opinion Research
Beanter, 1984), 52 percent of blacks
oppose busing (The Associated Press,
1983), and 71 percent are in favor of
school prayer (Gallup, 1984)
While the Democratic Black
Congressional Caucus hasn't openly
advocated abortion, enforced busing
in public schools and opposed school
ra.
Police Chief Max Smart
By JOHN WILLIAMS
IM sad BUck Senior Reporter
Representatives of the University’s Public Safety
Department and other interested local groups Thurs
day said they will be out in force to make Saturday's
Homecoming game assafe as possible
Greg McGarity, the athletic department's coor
dinator of athletic events, said University Police en
force policies that prohibit any object deemed hazar
dous by game management to be brought inside the
stadium
These objects include all food and drink, bottles,
horns, ice-bags and hard surface materials such as
flags
'\ou have to be prepared for anything." he said.
"You can't take anything for granted "
Linda Painter, head of Athens Police Department's
Alcohol Countermeasures Program, called the in
stallation of alcohol testing booths outside of the
Physics Building and the Coliseum “very suc
cessful." She said, however, that no booths would be
out for Saturday's game against Memphis State
The booths are there to help people make a decision
about driving after drinking, Painter said
She said that out of 280 people tested, the average
breath alcohol concentration was 06. The legal level
for a DUI charge in Georgia is .10
The booths were open only for the Vanderbilt and
the Ole Miss games because there were not enough
volunteers to open the booths at the other games, in
cluding this Saturday's, she said
McGarity said that, in addition to 85 University
policemen, 100 extra security guards will be hired for
the game from World of Security in Carrollton, Ga.
"The guards are used for everything from sideline
control, to guarding fences," McGarity said.
He said there Is also a stadium manager who is
responsible for any situation that would arise in the
stadium McGarity said the worry of people conceal
ing things inside the stadium is not so much with
alcohol as it is with something that they could throw
into the crowd, such as a bottle
"To find everything that people are concealing, you
would have to have a shakedown search of everyone
entering the stadium," McGarity said.
"I think the University Police are trying to do the
best job possible"
He added that the police inspect, but do not search.
University Police Chief Max Smart said "to search
someone requires a search warrant, and you can look
through anything on or about the person."
He said inspection involves taking one particular
item and merely opening it and looking inside.
Smart said that the major problems are en
countered before and after the games Because of
limited parking space, traffic In and out of the city is
very congested, be said.
"We try to keep all emergency lanes open."
People wait until the last minute to get into the
stadium, creating a crowding problem and potential
ly dangerous situation. Since gates open one-and-a-
half hours before gametime, police advise people to
go inside as soon as they arrive at the stadium, Smart
added
Smart said there Is a pre-season planning i ess ton
involving University Police and the athletic depart
ment, In which "We see if there are any changes to be
made that could affect the present stadium opera
tions.” Smart said
Smart also said there are numerous first-aid
workers inside the stadium corridors
UGA Police to enforce safety on Homecoming
Need a hand?
What would you say to a person who
Juggles by day, studies by night and
plays In the Redcoat Band on the
weekends? Perhaps It would be
something snide like “You’ve got
talent, boy. but It won't pay any bills."
Or something lightheaded like, "My,
what a well-rounded young man." But
John Ernst has undoubtedly heard it all
anyway. Here he puts on a Juggling
display at the Tate Student Center
Plaza. Saturday he will be out with the
Redcoat Band as the Bulldogs take on
Memphis State In the Homecoming
Game. He won’t be juggling down
there, but If the band needs one person
to carry three tubas, at least they'll
know who to call.
Local activists remind
people to vote Tuesday
By CAMILLE STURDIVANT
Rrd ind Mark Hnlar Reporter
Representatives from local political
organizations said Thursday they are
concentrating last-minute campaign
efforts on reminding people to vote in
Tuesday’s election.
Joel Kriner, president of College
Republicans, said his organization will
conduct a "grass roots" campaign this
weekend by calling Reagan supporters
to encourage them to vote. He also said
the group will continue to have “poster
blitzes" on campus through next
Tuesday.
The Clarke County Reagan/Bush
headquarters has no plans for a last-
minute push A representative said that
some individuals plan to campaign for
state candidates at the University’s
Homecoming game Saturday.
The Clarke County Mondale/Ferraro
headquarters will conduct a “fairly
massive leafleting effort" Friday and
Saturday, said Mitchell Howard,
headquarters director.
Young Democrats President Frances
Kane and Students for Mon
dale/Ferraro Chairwoman Tracey
Atcheson said both their groups will
help with the leaflet distribution to
registered voters’ homes and to game-
goers Saturday
"We’ll be talking with people and
answering their questions,” Atcheson
said about the leafletting effort. "We're
encouraging people to vote.”
Howard also said the headquarters
will continue phone banking "in a grass
roots, networky way."
Today and Saturday from 10 a m. to 8
p.m., the Mondale/Ferraro
headquarters is holding a
"homecoming, homestretch, victory,
Democratic barbeque," Howard said.
The cost Is 84 per plate and the event
will be held at the Mondale/Ferraro
headquarters on Baxter Street.
The only contested election in Clarke
County is for Sheriff, between
Democratic incumbent Jerry L.
Massey and Republican challenger Don
Autry.
On the state level, Paul C. Broun, a
Clarke County citizen, is running un
contested for Georgia State Senator
from the 46th senatorial district.
Uncontested local elections are: for
District Attorney of the western
Judicial circuit, Harry M. Gordon; for
Judge of the Probate Court, Margaret
P. Hartman; for Clerk of Superior
Court, Dolores Brooks; for Tax Com
missioner, Nancy B Denson (former
city council member); for Coroner,
Tom Lord; for Judge of the Athens-
Clarke County Magistrate’s Court,
Pierre Boulogne; for County Com
missioner, Post Four, George Bullock;
and for County Commissioner, Post
Five, James R. Holland.
A new City Councilman for Ward
Five also will be decided, because
Nancy Denson, former Councilwoman
Is running for Tax Commissioner. Chris
Harmon and Gwen O’Looney are
running against each other in the
special election.
prayer, members have taken stands
on an individual basis, said Tracy
Simmons, spokeswoman for Caucus
Chairman Julian Dixon, D-Calif.
Simmons predicted that Mondale
will retain black support and carry 80
to 90 percent of that vote
However, those three issues alone
won't determine which platform
black voters will choose, said Asa
Hilliard, a Fuller E Calloway
Professor of Urban Education at
Georgia State University.
“I think there are probably other
topics that are more important to
black voters that will determine
where they'll go at the polls,” he said.
"Blacks see their fate as headed in a
better direction with one party more
so than the other Traditionally, the
Democratic party has been that
party," Hilliard said
Charles Bullock, a University
professor of political science and
percei
becau
author ol numerous studies on black-
white voting trends, said. “Blacks
have become the most stalwart group
of support the Democratic party has."
Walter Mondale will get 80 to 90
rcent of the black vote simply
use he has a strong civil rights
record," Bullock said. "Most blacks
are unhappy about Reagan's stand on
civil rights "
Bullock said a realignment among
blacks to the Republican party was
unlikely.
"I see a gradual trend of more and
more whites voting Republican, but
not blacks," he said.
Scott said black leaders have failed
to address black needs, forcing
minority voters to turn to the
Republican party for guidance
"Black leaders have deliberately
misled black people," she said
“Black people are sick of following
blindly down the wrong road."
One student leader of the Univer
sity's black community says the
leadership will eventually take a
more conservative approach
"We’ve progressed to the point now
where we can be more conservative,"
said Monique Goodman, chairwoman
of the University Black Cultural
Affairs Committee.
Not only are the problems different,
but blacks themselves have changed
The new black voter is a more
sophisticated one, said Milton J.
White, chairman for the southern
region of the National Black
Republican Council and a member of
the Georgia Republican party's
executive committee.
"Black leadership is reflecting the
viewpoint of a new, more
sophisticated black group," he said
The next area black leaders must
approach Is In the area of economics,
White said
“It's that area we've got to em
phaslze The area to de-emphasize is
the idea of doling out funds We must
create a new initiative within their
minds," White said. “If the economy
was down, everyone would be
changing (leaders)."
Black Democrats maintain
however, that Reagan has given them
no reason to vote Republican.
"Overall, there isn't enough
evidence that Reagan will support the
black community, said Bonnie
Wilson, a staff assistant at the
Democratic party state headquarters
"Reagan really hasn't shown us any
reason to realign."
But Scott said the Democrats have
assumed the black vote for too long
"They think they have the vote in
the bag They're going to be surprised
! this Tuesday," she said.
Faculty senate to contact institutions
for semester teaching load evidence
By TOMMY TOMLINSON
KH and BUck HraUr Reporter
Concerned with semester system teaching loads,
an Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate committee
Thursday opted to research institutions similar to the
University that are on semesters
Bill Berentsen, geography professor and com
mittee chairman, said Thursday the committee
would contact University department heads in order
to compile a list of "peer universities” that are
comparable to the University and already have the
semester system
He said the next step will be to get evidence from
those institutions on their faculty teaching loads
“We'll just get information on those peer in
stitutions and try to collect it in a coherent way." he
said
Berentsen said the report the committee will give
to the faculty senate will be more factual than in
terpretive
"We're going to collect the facts and let the faculty
senate interpret it from there,” he said
Although Berentsen said the Arts and Sciences
faculty is "pretty well split" on the semester
question. Thomas Russell, dean of the Henry Grady
School of Journalism and Mass Communications,
said his school has already made its decision.
"We've gone on record at least three different
times as supporting the semester system," Russell
said "I think our record on the issue is pretty clear."
Russell said the teaching loads are basically the
same in both the semester and quarter systems
"My position on the teaching loads is that there is
the same number of students and the same number of
classes, and that alone makes the two systems equal
as far as teaching Is concerned," Russell said.
However, Berentsen said the problems in the
semester system lie in the way classes are grouped
He said that teaching three classes a term in the
semester system instead of two a term in the quarter
system makes it harder to leave the University for
research reasons.
“If you're teaching a required course or part of a
sequence, it hurts both you and the student to leave
for a whole semester as opposed to a quarter." he
said.
However, Berentsen said semesters are more
advantageous in length of class teaching time and
quality of instruction.
"Obviously both systems have their advantages
and disadvantages and that’s what this committee is
all about," he said. “We're going to take this issue
and make a good thorough comparison."
‘We’ve gone on record at
least three different times as
supporting the semester
system.’
— Thomas Russell
Berentsen said he was not sure when the committee
will give its report, saying it could be a matter of
‘ ‘weeks or even months ''
However, he felt the semester issue was important
to the University.
"Instruction is two-thirds of my responsibility, and
the semester system would definitely change my
instruction," he said. "This committee is definitely a
priority responsibility to its members."