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THE RED AND BLACK
Athens, Ga. Vol. 92, No.26
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia commurity
Tuesday, November 6, 1984
Local campaigners finalize plans,
ready parties for election outcome
By CAMILLE STURDIVANT
K«l and Black Senior Reporter
Local Democrats and Renublicans Mondav
finalized their plans for today's election, including
everything from going to "victory" parties in Athens
and Atlanta to offering free rides to the polls
Voters who do not have a ride to the polls today can
call the Democratic Headquarters at 354-4624' The
headquarters has five pick-up points in Wards 1 and
2. seven pick-up points in Ward 4, tw o points in Ward 5
and a mobile call-in pick-up system for the second
and outlying wards
“If anyone needs a ride to the polls, they can call us
and we ll do our best to get that ride to them." Mit
chell Howard, director of the Clarke County Mondale-
Ferraro Headquarters, said Monday
Handicapped students needing rides to the polls
can call the A Phillip Randolph Institute, a non
partisan organization, at 543-9474 or 543-9013
Victory parties are scheduled for both candidates
tonight The Republicans are having a celebration
with the Young Republicans at the Georgian Hotel
Reservations for this party should be made by 5 p m,
today with the Republican Headquarters.
The rest of the local Republican leaders will be in
Atlanta at the state party's celebration at the Holidav
inn at Powers Ferry Road and 1-285
The Young Democrats are meeting at Abbott's
upstairs tonight starting at 8 p m
Local Democrats are having a get-together at 7
p.m at their headquarters next to Pizza Inn on
Baxter Street, and will move to the Catholic Center
around 9p m
Some local Democrats also said they will attend
their respective celebrations in Atlanta at the Atlanta
Cabana Hotel
Students living on campus may be a bit confused
about exactly where to go to vote. University housing
is divided into five different voting wards within the
Athens city limits Two other wards apply to
University married student housing in Clarke County
outside the city limits
All polling locations are open today from 7a m to 7
p.m.
Students living in Creswell Hall, Morris Hall or the
Baptist Student Union are in Ward 4 and should vote
at Chase Street School
Residents of Mell Hall. Lipscomb Hall and all of
Hill Community are in Ward 2A and vote at the Fire
Station at Five Points
Russell and Brumby residents are in Ward 3 and
need to go to Clarke County Middle School to vote.
Students living in Myers. Mary Lyndon, Rutherford
and Soule Halls are in Ward 1 and vote at the Boy's
Club on Oconee Street.
McWhorter Hall residents are in Ward 2B and can
vote at Memorial Park.
Students must be registered to vote in Clarke
County, however, to vote at these locations. Students
registered elsewhere had to vote by absentee ballot,
or go to the polls in the location in which they are
registered
Students living in fraternity or sorority houses or in
University married housing should call the Clarke
County voter registration office at 354-2750 if they are
unsure of their ward or polling place
Myers Hall residents to get refund
Lunde says parking construction should start by Christmas
By JENNIFER QUAY
Hr<l and Black Senior Reporter
Myers Hall residents will get a par
tial refund of their parking fees because
of inconveniences caused by construc
tion this winter of a nearby parking
deck, according to University Business
Services Director Joe Broadhurst
However, Scott Russell, chairman of
the facilities committee of Myers Hall
Council, said he is sending a letter ask
ing the University for other conces
sions. Russell said he was "pleasantly
surprised” upon hearing of the refund,
though.
Construction on the nearby parking
deck should start soon after Christmas,
David Lunde, director of Campus Plan
ning. said Thursday.
“We hope construction will not take
longer than six months because it's pre
cast constructing that goes up fast and
needs little finishing work," he said.
The deck will be built behind Mary
Lyndon Hall on a parking lot now
designated for Myers Hall residents. It
will eliminate all the spaces during con
struction and leave the residents with
180 of the 281 spaces afterward.
The residents are asking for two
employee lots, a 55-space lot in front of
Soule Hall and a 63-space lot north of
Myers Hall, to be rezoned to housing
lots.
“This is especially for the safety of
the girls," Russell said. He said he
wants the spaces to be reserved for
women on an honor system.
"The guys here are pretty conscien
tious since last year that girl got raped
on North Campus," he said.
Broadhurst said the rezoning of thost-
lots is not under consideration now
Russell said his group also is asking
for concessions for a handicapped stu
dent living in Myers Hall whose only ae-
Heads up
and HIjk-Ii
Lonnie Woods of Athens paints his
head. It might seem like an obvious
statement, hut Woods might have been
asked if the strange configuration on
his scalp Is a birthmark, or something.
We know better. We know Woods is an
avid Bulldog fan who does his best to
support his team. "It lakes about a half
hour." says Woods, who has a friend at
cess to the building is through the park
ing lot.
Lunde said he wasn’t aware of the
handicapped student living in Myers
Hall and that he may have to work
through the housing department in
relocating her to another dorm.
Christine Groenenboom, who is con
fined to a wheelchair, said she does not
like the idea of being relocated.
"I’m all settled In here,” she said.
thr Athens Lumber Company paint this
attractive hut short-lived logo, lie is
shown here on his way to Georgia's 13-3
victory over Memphis State at Sanford
Stadium Saturday. We like Woods'
spirit, and we hope he kept his eyes
open for southbound Tennessee
pigeons. Look up, Lonnie.
"My friends are here and this place is
great.”
Russell said he also was proposing a
refund of parking fees He said he was
"pleasantly surprised" to learn that
Broadhurst already was planning a re
fund.
After construction, the students will
be gaining 100 spaces in the Georgia
Center conferee lot to make up for the
100 lost from the Myers lot under the
current plan, Lunde said
Student conduct code
may undergo changes
By JOHN AI.DEN
Red and Black Senior Reporter
Officials in the University's Office of
Student Affairs are proposing changes
in the student code of conduct, a code
that states what students can and
cannot do on ca mpus
Two of the provisions in the new code
are not present in the old code They
relate to the theft of materials from
University libraries, and to the
prevention of "providing false or
misleading information or by
misrepresentation of the facts" to a
University official
The changes, which would affect as
many as 10 of the 16 articles of the code,
will be proposed at a Nov 8 meeting of
the Executive Committee of the
University Council After that meeting,
the changes may be put on the agenda
of the meeting of the full council Nov
20 All proposals must be approved by
the committee for them to be acted on
by the full council
Bill Bracewell. director of Judicial
Programs, said Thursday, "Although it
seems like a lot of changes, most of
them are editorial, not substantive.”
Many of the changes involve the in
sertion of one or two words that do not
change the meaning of the provision,
Bracewell said
The new library proposal says, "No
student shall take, attempt to take, or
keep in his or her possession items
belonging to the library, or items
placed in the library for display,
reference, etc "
“1 have always thought it was in the
code for it to be illegal for students to
take books out without checking them
out," said Christine Burroughs, an
administrator in the office of the main
library
Bracewell said that right now the
provision in the code, which is
published in the student handbook,
prevents the theft of University
property in general terms, and usually
calls for a strict penalty from the
Student Judiciary Officials recognized
that a large number of students caught
leaving the library with books had
unwittingly included the books in their
own belongings, and were not guilty of
willful theft
"The courts felt very bad about
finding students guilty of theft, when
they were really only guilty of
negligence ” Bracew ell said
Burroughs said that, although no
direct statistics were kept on stolen
materials, she thought there were in
dications that the number of missing
materials was increasing
"Now the only way we know this is
from an increase in book searches,”
Burroughs said. "A lot of other
variables enter in, though ”
‘The difficult part is
finding the proper
penalty. ’
— Bill Bracewell
Bracewell said that the second new
proposal is intended to stop student
fraud. It says: "No student shall hinder
or mislead or attempt to hinder or
mislead a properly identified
University official in the performance
of his or her duty by providing false or
misleading information or by
misrepresenting the facts "
Bracewell said that, while the
measure's intent is to prevent students
from lying, it would be difficult to prove
intent in such circumstances He said
he hoped the meaning of the proposal
would not be ambiguous to students
"If it is misleading, I hope the council
will pick it up It was meant to address
the problem of a student who is at
tempting to commit fraud by lying,"
Bracewell said
In all cases of violation of the code,
Bracewell said, the violator may be
subject to penalties if he is found guilty
by the Student Judiciary The penalties
include "anything from expulsion, to
work discipline, oral reprimands, to
written reprimands,” Bracewell said.
"The difficult part is finding the
proper penalty,” Bracewell said. "You
know, what can the University really
do?”
Youth embrace Republicans
Patriotic images excite
students, activitsts say
By CHRIS MCCARTER
Krd ana HI., k Hull Wrllri
America's youth, traditionally the
most liberal-minded sector of society,
is becoming the most conservative,
according to both conservative and
liberal activists in the Athens area
“The new conservatism is a
response to both the extremes and
failures of liberalism," said Eugene
Miller, a University professor of
political science "Young people have
become exhausted with liberalism."
Frances Kane, president of Young
Democrats said, "Young people are
moving away from liberalism
because of the bad connotations it got
in the 1970's Now people are becom
ing more status quo-oriented. Con
servatism is peaking "
Yet this “new" conservatism is not
new, according to Cleveland Sasser,
coordinator for the Athens Pro
gressive Resource Center.
“It's always been there, but before
it wasn’t popular to voice conser
vative viewpoints," Sasser said
"Now the conservatives are more
vocal and are coming out to do
ideological battle with the left
"I’m glad there are conflicting
viewpoints Mao 'Tse Tung, former
emperor of China) said. Without
struggle, truth will not out ' I'm pur
suing the truth, just as the conser
vatives think they are.”
Various theories explain the new
conservatism
"Most college students are from
white upper-middle class families, the
conservative sector of society,"
Sasser said "They like to emulate
their conservative parents, ”
James Campbell. Georgia chair
man of the Committee of Scholars for
Reagan /Bush '84 and professor ot
political science, expressed a dif
ferent opinion of the movement's
origin
"Young people are more idealistic
and they see the conservative
Republican side as an administration
acting in the public interest rather
than private," Campbell said.
"They're making decisions based on
merit rather than political goals
"Also, admittedly, there is a self- in
terest element involved They see the
Republican party as the party of op
portunity, one which rewards merit.
The Democrats have lost this "
Joel Kriner, chairman of the Col
lege Republicans, agreed, saying
"The new conservatism is a response
to a party of hope and optimism The
Democrats just can't offer what col
lege students want — the best job
market in years "
Mitchell Howard of the
Mondale/Ferraro campaign staff
said today's youth is attracted by the
pro-American fervor Reagan has
created.
"Young people today have no ex
perience of Vietnam or Watergate All
they know is what they’ve seen from
the Carter and Reagan administra
tions," he said "What really has
created the new right is Reagan's can-
do optimism, buoyancy and up-
beatism Young people have been in
fluenced by his image
"The 'new patriotism' and 'new
American strength’ is an image that
has been sold, like selling soap or
Mickey Mouse watches Reagan has
been selling things all his life They
(students) like the image even though
the polls show that they disagree with
his policies Reagan and the new con
servatism is a fad among the young,
just as the liberal left was in the '60s "
However, Alice Samson, treasurer
for the Women's International league
for Peace and Freedom, said the
growing right influence could be
dangerous "This new conservatism
worries me," she said "They're using
the tools of the liberals, like rallies
and vigils, but they are trying to ra
tionalize unjust policies rather than
change them, i.e. the arms race.
"The problem is that people are
dividing into extremely right and left
factions, and when that happens, we
ram our heads together and can’t get
anything done. "
Both Dan Mitchell, former chair
man of Young Americans for
Freedom and Joe Muck, chairman of
the University’s Students for Reagan
said the new conservatism is a move
ment away from the naive idealism of
the ’60s to a more opportunistic
outlook
Kane disagreed, saying "the new
coaservatism is a threat to American
justice. People just aren't valued like
they used to be Liberalism is that
which the individual benefits most
from They have tolerance, and don't
try to force their opinions on others.”
However, conflicting views on what
Reagan calls “the new patriotism"
arc emerging. Sasser said, "The new
patriotism is a mechanism designed
to get the American youth excited
about fighting and dying in a third
world war. It's designed to galvanize
the country around the concept of
God, country and apple pie It's
leading people who would ordinarily
know better than to throw their lives
away.”
Samson said the future of liberalism
in the midst of this new conservatism
could be doomed if liberals don’t
reorganize.
"Conservatism has now pushed
itself to its limits," she said. "The
liberal movement has great urgency
now with the increased threat of
nuclear war and arms proliferation
that has come with the new conser
vatism The left must reorganize and
find new vehicles to voice its views.
We must form a united front "
Students are responding to President Reagan’s “new