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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga„ Vol. 92, No. 99 Wednesday, May 1, 1985 News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
University investigation papers due (again)
Bv BETH PATE
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Unless the NCAA Infractions Committee reaches a
decision on the investigation of the University's
basketball program this week, the University and
Cox Enterprises Corp may find themselves back in
court, anattorney for Cox said Tuesday
Both Cox Enterprises, owners of the Atlanta
Journal and Constitution, and Morris Com
munications. owner of the Athens Banner Herald and
Daily News, requested on Friday the relase of
documents on the University's in-house basketball
program investigation
According to the Georgia open records act. the
University lias until today either to release the
documents or appeal the request
Law School Dean J Ralph Beaird and Cox’s at
torney, Keegan Federal, said they expect the NCAA
committee to rule by Friday, but an NCAA official
said the rumors of a decision this w eek are incorrect.
Federal said he expected to get the documents by
Friday, pending the infractions committee's ruling
He said he doesn't expect the University to give up
the documents voluntarily until a decision has been
reached by the committee
"The University of Georgia lawyers said the NCAA
ruling might be filed by Wednesday and the
documents would lie released then." Federal said.
Beaird said. "Normally, it's usual practice for the
ruling to come down shortly after the hearing The
attorney general's office has advised them (Cox and
Morrisl that they will get the documents when the
ruling comes dow n We are fairly confident that the
ruling will come down fairly quickly and the
documents will be relased then. "
David Berst, NCAA director for enforcement,
refused to comment on the investigation but said the
ruling might take up to a month
Both Cox and Morris filed a suit against the
University in January to force the release of
documents on the University’s investigation of the
football and women's basketball programs.
Federal said the ruling in that suit didn't cover the
current request for documents on the basketball
investigation.
University officials and lawyers met with the in
fractions committee Sunday in Kansas City, Kan , to
discuss the 27 allegations against the basketball
program
The Georgia opens record act calls for release
of public documents three working days after
the request. Cox Enterprises requested them
last Friday.
'It’s usual practice for the (NCAA) ruling to
come down shortly after the hearing... they
(Cox Enterprises) will get the documents
when the hearing comes down.’
— Law School Dean J. Ralph Beaird
B> MICHAEL KOENIG
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A pedestrian bridge between the
Thomas Street parking lot and Baldw in
Hall is in place.. nd University officials
said they expect it to increase parking
dramatically in the lot.
The lot opened at the beginning of the
quarter to help ease the chronic
shortage of parking spaces on north
campus, but it has remained largely
unused
The lot is divided into two roughly
equal sections, one for students with
[larking permits and one restricted to
University faculty and employees
The bridge is in the faculty and
employee section of the lot, which
University Parking Services Director
James Tardy said has more than 300
spaces, yet has been used by no more
than 20 cars a day.
The bridge is also expected to in
crease Iraffice safety in the area
because the area behind Baldwin Hall
is on a sleep hill, making it difficult for
pedestrians to get across.
The construction project manager
said the bridge might be ready for use
within a week or todays,
Ed Sewell of Terry Development Co.
said his company still must build a
wooden platform and steps to connect
the bridge with the parking lot
Sewell said the only possible im
pediment to an on-time opening would
be a few da vs of bad weather
By TAMI DENNIS
Krd and Mat k Mentor Reporter
The Interfratemity Council has set up
an evaluation and review board as the
first step in investigating fraternity
problems, IFC Adviser John Opper said
Tuesday
Opper said the board, which will
begin work in mid-May, will promote
and improve the fraternities' individual
organizational development
"The board will address problem
areas it. the fraternity system," Opper
said
The main purpose of the board is not
to hand down punitive measures, but to
work with the fraternities and
have their problems and concerns dealt
with by other fraternity members, said
Charlie Williams, director of chapter
development for the IFC and the
board's chief justice.
The new board members hope to be
able to identify and solve problems
before they come to the office of
Student Judicial Programs, Williams
said.
"Within this preventative sense, the
IFC will not have to only react to a
problem, but will work to prevent them
and in doing so will exhibit true self-
government," Williams said
The board will deal with the source of
the problem and try to eliminate it
there rather than just handing out a
punishment, Opper said
“The hope is that we will strengthen
the system," Opper said. "It's real
new It's not being done anywhere else
that I’m aware of.”
The board is composed of nine
fraternity members who undergo in
tensive training in all aspects of run
ning a fraternity. Opper said He said
the need for a board stems from the
elimination of the IFC judiciary, which
was disbanded fall quarter 1984
because of the creation of a Student
John Opper
Judiciary student organization court.
"The IFC judiciary was working
quite well, but we're taking that a step
further," Opper said
The Student Judiciary holds hearings
to determine whether a University
regulation has been violated, Opper
said The evaluation and review board
will focus differently on the problem in
that the board will try to find the cause
In almost every case of a violation,
the problem results from a flaw in the
chapter's organization or program, Op
per said
"We would deal with them l problems
or infractions) only in the areas the IFC
has control over,” he said.
The student judiciary,, student
organizations court will continue to
receive complaints and deal with them
accordingly, said Student Judicial
Programs Director Bill Bracewell.
There shouldn't be any problem at all
between the evaluation and review
board and the office of judicial
programs. Bracewell said.
Red marks the proposed extention of Ihe Athens bypass
City officials discuss
completion of bypass
By JOHN AI DES
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Construction on the final leg of the
Athens Bypass will begin by summer
if plans discussed Tuesday by Univer
sity county and city planners are ap^
proved. an Athens Iran
sportation official said.
David Hunke, AthensClarke
County transportation planner, said
the seven mile construction will give
Athens a circular penmetrr in about
three years
The construction is part of a multi-
million dollar transportation system,
which includes more than $10 million
earmarked for the perimeter's
completion
Hunke said the bypass will add to
Athens prestige as a city
"Once the south part of the bypass
is completed, the great bragging point
is that Athens is the second city to
have one in the state." he said
The Technical Coordinating
Committee of ACORTS, the Athens-
Clarke-Oconee Regional Tran
sportation Study, decided Tuesday on
a draft form of highway and road
improvements for Fiscal I9H6
ACORTS includes officials from the
University, both Clarke and Oconee
county planning commissions, as well
as state and federal officials
The plans still must undergo
revision by ACORTS' Policy Com
mittee and state-level discussion
before they become final The group
must finish its plans by summer in
order for its fund request to be in
cluded in state and federal budgets for
fl« al 1986
City Traffic Engineer Bobby Snipes
said the perimeter will be good for
travelers. University students and
Athens residents
"It will provide us with more ready
access from one part of the city to the
other, within the perimeter, because
it connects all the major radial routes
out of the city," Snipes said
IFC establishes
evaluation board
for fraternities
Financial aid cuts could
increase UGA applications
Bv SUZANNE WOOD
Krd a Ml Mark Valor Hffnrin
University administrators said
Tuesday that President Reagan's
proposed financial aid cuts actually
could increase the number of students
who apply to the University
Student Financial Aid Director Ray
Tripp said Reagan's proposed 25
percent decrease in financial aid would
hurt some students, but the University
would benefit from the resulting exodus
from private universities to the less-
expensive state schools
"Major cuts would probably benefit
public institutions," Tripp said
"Students here might receive less aid,
but those students who couldn't go to
private schools might come in."
University Admissions Director
Claire Swann said admissions officials
already have predicted higher ap
plication rates due to cuts in student
financial aid
“It's on our minds all the time,"
Swann said. “The more cutting that is
done, the greater chance we feel for
attracting students to the University.”
She said the effects of financial aid
cuts on applications would be negligible
initially, because many students would
apply to several schools at once
"Our show-up rate (the percentage of
accepted students who enroll) is such
an unknown,” she said. “It has been
declining over the last few years, and it
stands at about 50 percent right now ’’
She said many students apply to
private schools, planning to attend only
if they receive aid Because fewer of
those students will get the aid they
want, the University's show-up rate
could increase after the budget cuts,
she said
Tripp said Guaranteed Student Loans
and Pell Grants would be the national
programs most affected by the budget
cuts
He said that under the current terms
of the GSL program, if a student's
family income is less than 130,000,
that student can borrow up to *2,500 a
year He said for incomes more than
*30,000, students must prove financial
need based on factors such as the
number of family members in college
Reagan's proposed changes would
eliminate entirely government
financial aid for students whose parents
earned more than $60,000 a year, he
said
In a speech to the U S. Chamber of
Commerce Monday, Education
Secretary William Bennett defended
the $60,000 cap. even for families with
several students in college He said
families "smart enough" to make
$60,000 could "do their family planning
a little better "
Tripp said the initial intent of
nationally funded student aid was to
provide access to higher education The
emphasis shifted in later years to
providing a choice of institutions, he
said
“Now (with these new proposals) as
we try and go away from choice back to
access, it's kind of hard to get away
from it." Tripp said
Red and Black Senior Reporter Beth
Pate contributed to this story
Workers pul bridge into place Tuesday connecting Baldwin Hall and Thomas Street
The 60-foot bridge was lifted by a
crane and bolted into place Tuesday
morning.
It was built by the Iron Mountain
Forge in Farmington, Mo., and
transported to Athens prefabricated on
a large trailer The purchase price was
$13,9(17
Tardy said construction workers
encountered no delays in putting up the
bridge.
"They didn't seem to have any
problems, other than the normal
routine," he said "It's a well-built,
well-constructed bridge "
PUSH Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Phi brothers Steve Kappinglon (left) and Ken Riley take their turn in a
75-hour push to raise money to help handicapped children as pari of a national
fraternity project. PUSH (Play Units for the Severely Handicapped 1 . More than
100 Pi Kappa Phi chapters across the country will pitch in to donate teaching
materials to institutes for severely handicapped children. The materials will in
clude tactile, audio and video stimulation to help these children learn more
quickly. Fraternity members will push the chair taking collections on campus in
two-hour Shifu until * a.m. Thursday.
Bridge into place over Thomas St.
