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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga., Vol. 92, No, 46 Friday, January 18, 1985 News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Kim Mmmm The Red and HUck
Security blanket
While mom Edith Summers takes
advantage of a free hand to reach out
and touch someone, Prater Mearham
teems to be content with just hanging
on. Fraier's riding in splendor in a
cloth device Summers discovered on a
trip to Africa. However, any cross-
cultural implications teem to he lost on
Fratrr, who is simply happy to be
comfortable on a cold January af
ternoon. So while Summers makes a
phone call, her son gates at some of
Athens' downtown life in College
Square. Not a bad life, being carrM
around warm and limber while life
bustles everywhere else. And although
Frater refused any comment further
than a gurgle, we can see the wander so
his face as he studies the creature he'll
toon grow to be.
Events scheduled
for Bicentennial
institutions in this country. The list of
leaders educated by these institutions is
endless "
The first activity of the week is a
reception Monday at 4:30 p.m in
Memorial Hall that will open an exhibit
of 10 original pencil drawings of the
campus by William Beery, a professor
in the School of Environmental Design.
A Bartlett Giamatti, president of
Yale University, will deliver the 1985
Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture Tuesday at
11a.m. in the fine arts auditorium. The
lecture is named after a 1983 University
graduate who became a trustee of the
school
F, Nash Boney and Thomas G. Dyer,
authors of Bicentennial histories of the
University, will be honored by a
reception in Memorial Hall at 4 p.m.
Wednesday.
John W Reps, a Distinguished
Visiting Bicentennial Professor at the
University, will give the winttr quarter
Vincent Lecture Thursday at 3:30 p.m
in the Ecology Auditorium. The School
of Environmental Design is sponsoring
Reps, a professor of city and regional
planning at Cornell University
The Abraham Baldwin postage
stamp will be unveiled Friday in a
ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in the Fine Arts
auditorium.
A student Bicentennial birthday
party will be held in the Georgia Room
of the Dean Tate Student Center from 11
a m until 3 p.m. Friday Live music
will be provided by the Accidentals, the
Buzz Saw Boogie Band from the UGA
Men s Glee Club, jazz eqsembles and
the Encore Singers
Fran Tarkenton, national chairman
of the Bicentennial Capital Campaign,
will host the Founders' Day dinner and
celebration Saturday at 7 p.m in the
Coliseum * •
Founder's Week concludes Sunday
with a concert by the Atlanta Sym
phony Orchestra at 2 p m in the Fine
Arts auditorium The show will feature
"Symphonic Suite," composed by
Pulitzer Prize-recipient Karel Husa.
College may see jump in enrollment
By CHRIS McCARTER
M iM Stark Sentmr KrporW-r
Gov Joe Frank Harris' proposed
teacher pay raise could mean increased
enrollment and higher quality in the
College of Education
"The pay raise is a move toward
equity with what teachers could make
in other occupations,” William
McKillip, head of elementary
education, said. "Any move is very
good, if teachers can get a real living
wage, but (Harris' proposali is not
enough.”
Harris proposed a pay raise of an
average of 10 percent in his special
address on education Wednesday, with
some teachers getting raises of up to
11.7 percent The raise is part of an
overall 4 percent co6t of living salary
increase for state employees, coupled
with an adjustment to make their
salaries compatible with salaries in
private industry
For teachers, the adjustment was 6
percent, 3 percent more than other
state employees
But while other state employees are
14 percent below the market average,
teacher salaries are 26 percent below
the market average, Daryl Brown,
assistant press secretary for Joe Frank
Harris, saidThusday
The proposed pay increase will cost
the state 1135 million, but will still leave
teacher salaries 16 percent below the
market average
For this reason, state and University
officials say many good teachers leave
or do not even enter the teaching
profession They add that low salanes
may account for Georgia's poor
education system, ranked 49th in the
nation by the U S. Department of
Education
"We’ve underrated our teachers and
have not spent what we should have on
them," McKillip said "They should
have an adequate reward for the dif
ficult and demanding job they do."
Yet officials, including Gov Harris,
admit that many teachers in the state
are below par
Harris said Wednesday, "Education
in Georgia is not where it needs to be.”
College of Education Dean A1 Buc-
cino said many of the state teachers are
provisionally certified, meaning they
have completed a bachelor's degree,
but have no professional post-graduate
training in education.
Buccino said this was because of the
undesirability of the teaching
profession for many qualified
graduates.
Buccino said lack of respect and poor
working conditions also account for this
unattractiveness.
“There is a lack of support on the part
of teachers and parents." Buccino said.
"There are unruly students and parents
who don't reinforce what the school is
trying to do. Also, there is a very heavy
workload "
By SHEILA JONES
H«l and Black Hull Wrtli-r
The third of six major events in the
University’s Becentennial takes place
Jan 21-27 as the University expands its
annual Founders’ Day into a week of
activities.
“This is an important event in the life
of the University and a significant
event in American education,” said
Larry Dendy, University assistant
director of public relations
Activities will include a speech by the
president of Yale University, a
ceremony honoring the first-day-of-
issue for a new U S postage stamp and
a student-organized birthday party
“This is a national event for a
national monument," said Barry Wood,
assistant vice-president for develop
ment and University relations 'it's the
200th anniversary of state-sponsored
Del Fuegos’ luck
still running hot
A Preview
By JIM TREMAYNE
Red and Rlark KBlfilimmrnt Mll«r
If there is such a thing as a blessing in disguise, then Del
Fuegos singer / guitarist Dan Zanes is thankful for it.
A year ago, Zanes was confused about the prospect of
releasing the Fuegos’ debut album The Boston-based roots
rock band had gained an enthusiastic following on the East
Coast, won praise from critics and earned admiration and
respect from fellow rhythm-and-blues oriented bands like
The Blasters But the same, tiresome cry of "When is the
album coming out?” was wearing thin.
In the meantime, the Fuegos continued to blow audiences
away with their brand of drunk, raucous party rock until they
were approached by Ace of Hearts Records, an independent
Boston label that had released records from other Beantown
acts such as the Lyres, Mission of Burma and the Neats. An
oral agreement was reached that stipulated cutting an
album. Zanes was happy
A funny thing happened though After the Fuegos laid down
basic tracks for the forthcoming Ace of Hearts album. Slash
Records from Los Angeles expressed interest in signing the
band Slash, itself an independent label, was more attractive
than Ace of Hearts because it had a distribution deal with
Warner Brothers allowing it to put records in malls from
Boston to Butte, Mont The Del Fuegos would have to get out
of the oral deal with Ace of Hearts
With the help of expensive lawyers, the Fuegos were freed
niversity on trial
NCAA-papers ruling due Monday
Brent ‘Woody’ Giessntann, Tom Lloyd, Dan Zanes and Warren Zanes will be at the 40 Watt Saturday
to forge ahead with Slash with the album they always wanted I
to make Call it a career move in a dog-eat-dog industry j
"We didn't feel real good about it (backing out of the
deal)," Zanes said in a telephone interview from his Boston |
apartment "But, it was something we felt we had to do "
With the legal harangue behind them the Fuegos, Zanes,
bassist Tom Lloyd, drummer Brent “Woody" Geissmann I
and Warren "Ork Boy” Zanes, Dan's younger brother, set
out to make a record with the sound and feel of an early I
Rolling Stones album like “Out of Our Heads.” Because the I
Fuegos have been favorably compared to older Stones efforts |
for their chunky riffing and straight-ahead rhythm section,
the band wanted to make an album that emphasized these I
strengths
"We even though about doing it in mono," Zanes said
Then they met Mitchell Froom Frooni, a keyboard wizard I
whose album "The Key of Cool” served as the soundtrack for
the film "Cafe Flesh,” was suggested by Slash to produce the
Fuegos debut, "The Longest Day." It was a move, Zanes
said, that changed the Del Fuegos' career
"Working with Mitchell was one fo the best things that ever I
happened to us,” Zanes said. "We had this idea to make this
rough Stones album But, hey, the Stones can't even do that
anymore.”
Froom shored up arrangements of-rough, oncc-trashy
songs by separating guitar parts on some songs and adding
keyboards to others The result was an album fit for college
airplay and even Album-Oriented Rock stations in some
areas, a clean record with tight arrangements and no
monkey business with overdubs, yet a straight rock 'n' roll
album with guts
“Mitchell helped us concentrate on a groove throughout the
record," Zanes said "Before, the guitars were laying all
over each other I hate to think what we would have sounded
like if we wouldn't have met Mitchell and tried to make the
album ourselves (by staying with Act; of Hearts).
Please See FUEGOS, Page 2
By IVAN ARON1N
Hrd and Black Staff Writer
Superior Court Judge James Barrow will announce
Monday whether the University must release documents
concerning the ongoing NCAA investigation of its athletic
program
Cox Communications Co. and Morris Communications
Corp. filed a lawsuit against the University to obtain
documents that detail the National Collegiate Athletic
Association’s investigation into the University’s football
and men’s and women's basketball programs.
Cox Communications also is suing to get documents
pertaining to all NCAA investigations into the University’s
athletic program dating back to 1980. These papers would
include records of recruiting violations involving Clemson
running back George Smith that resulted in the loss of three
football scholarships in 1982
Barrow ruled that the University would have to surrender
the documents pertaining to Smith to Cox Communications,
which owns the Atlanta Journal-Constitution The
University illegally recruited Smith out of high school
However, Barrow requested an opportunity to view the
documents to determine whether or not the names of the
athletes, coaches and informants should be deleted.
Atlanta attorney Keegan Federal, representing Cox
Communications, argued that withholding the documents
violated the Georgia Open Records Act.
James McKee, state assistant attorney general, said
Fred Davison acted as University president of the
Georgia Athletic Association, a private corporation that
does not fall within the guidelines of the Open Records Act.
McKee also said that the NCAA's investigation into the
University's athletic program constituted a single probe
that encompassed three separate parts of the athletic
program the football, men's basketball and women's
basketball programs.
Therefore, McKee said, a distribution to the press of
documents concerning an ongoing investigation would
hinder the University and the NCAA's ability to continue
the investigation
"By disclosing any information now regarding previous
investigations, our sources will dry up,” McKee said
McKee said that because neither the NCAA nor the
University has any subpoena power regarding the in
vestigation of athletic misconduct, to reveal sources
prematurely would influence other sources not to cooperate
with the investigations
Athens attorney Kent Lawrence, Davison’s special
consultant, testified that eight to 12 sources who assisted in
the football investigation have also or can also provide
information into the men's basketball investigation.
Lawrence said some are identified in the documents by
name. However, he said that he and Athens attorney Kirby
Moore, a member of the Georgia Athletic Board and
governing body of the athletic association, promised
confidentiality to all of the sources.
McKee said the University is prepared to release the
documents on or about March 1.
Lawsuit seeks grades of athletes
By SUZANNE WOOD
Krd and Hlauk Senior Krportrr
A federal judge will hold a hearing
today to decide whether the records of
nine University student athletes are
necessary evidence in a former
University professor's 1982 lawsuit
against the Board of Regents, the
University and University Develop
mental Studies Director Leroy Ervin.
Hue Henry, attorney for former
Developmental Studies professor Jan
Kemp, said the University demoted
then dismissed Kemp because she
objected to favorable treatment to
student athletes in the program
The University Division of
Developmental Studies provides
classes that develop reading, English
and math skills to prepare certain
University students for core-
curriculum classes.
Students in the program may work at
their own pace, but within four
academic quarters must have either
passed their courses with a C or better
(called exiting), or face dismissal from
the University.
In early 1983, Kemp and other
teachers formed a committee to protest
abuses of the program, which included
allowing student athletes to take five
Leroy Ervin
quarters to finish and exiting students
who received Ds, Henry said
"At that time, Jan Kemp was chosen
to draft a statement for the group," he
said. Kemp then was demoted from her
teaching position by Ervin, and later
was dismissed.
“The University didn't have to give a
reason for her termination, because she
was not tenured," Henry said.
Henry said Joseph Nelson, Kemp's
otlier attorney, has filed a request that
the academic records of nine student
athletes be released for use in the
suit.
Nathan Schatz, a law clerk in the
office of Judge Horace Ward, said that
Ward has scheduled a hearing to decide
whether the records are necessary to
Kemp's case
"The judge still has to decide whether
the hearing will he open or closed,"
Schatz said. “It will probably be closed,
since there is a privacy consideration."
Henry said, "I don't believe the judge
has any choice here Measures will be
taken to conceal these students'
identities, and protect their privacy,
but the records should be released."
Students' records are normally
protected from disclosure to third
parties by the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
sometimes called the Buckley
Amendment, said Joan Grafstein,
University Student Affairs and legal
adviser.
She said that under the act,
student's records can’t be released to
anyone other than the student, unless
he gives his permission Exceptions are
made in some cases, she said, including
that of a court order or subpoena
Kemp was unavailable for comment
Neither Ervin nor his attorney, Hal
Almand, would comment on the suit.