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THE RED AND BLACK
Athens, GA., Vol. 92, No. 100
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Thursday, May 2, 1985
News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Students who drop classes risk losing aid
By Sl’ZANNK WOOD
Kr<l and Hlai k Srii«r Krporlrr
As the University registrars tally the quar
terly rush of class withdrawals that ended
Tuesday, financial aid officials said Wednesday
they plan to crack down on students who collect
aid for dropped classes
Although the official returns aren't in yet.
University administrators estimate that about
4,000 students will withdraw from classes this
quarter
Assistant Registrar Nan Long said about half
of those requests for withdrawal came in the
few days before the midpoint of the quarter on
'We're going to look up exactly how many
courses they sign up for, and how many they
kee P'- Ray Tripp
Tuesday She said that prior to this week
students had made 1,728 requests
"We generally get about 4,000 withdrawals a
quarter. ' Long said
She said the Registrar's Office won't know
how many students withdrew from classes this
week until all of the requests come in from the
different schools
“Technically, they could be dribbling in all
quarter," she said “But the majority will be
coming in in the next few weeks "
Ray Tripp, director of student financial aid,
said students who withdraw from classes after
the drop-add period cannot get tuition refunds
unless they withdraw from school completely.
In those cases, students can only receive
refunds if they withdraw during the first four
weeks of class, he said
Tripp said students receiving financial aid or
state or federal scholarships must pay back
some of what they receive if they drop classes
during the drop-add period After that time,
students can keep the financial aid for that
quarter.
He said, however, that the financial aid office
reviews a student's history of dropping classes
when it considers him for future scholarships or
aid.
“In the past it's been an informal look at
students' class records," Tripp said. "Now,
Murder lawsuit due in court by fall
By SHEILA JONES
Hrd and Blac k .Senior Krportei
The $3 million lawsuit against convicted murderer Warren
Reid Hall, the Board of Regents and Hall's University
psychologist probably will not reach court until next fall,
lawyers involved in the case said Wednesday
"I can't imagine (the case) would come up for less than six
months," said Timothy Floyd, the Legal Aid lawyer
representing Hall
Alfred Evans, senior assistant attorney general for the
state, is representing the Board of Regents and University
Psychologist Jack Jenkins He said lawsuits like the Donna
Lynn Allen case generally take between six months and a
year to settle.
The defendents in the lawsuit fill'd in March by the parents
of Allen, the University student slain on campus in December
1983. responded to the suit last month
J.C and Bernice Allen filed suit March 18 against Hall, the
Board of Regents and Jenkins The suit charged that Jenkins
should have notified the police when he found out about Hall’s
dangerous tncHnattons
The Board of Regents filed a motion April 24 to dismiss the
suit because of the "doctrine of sovereign immunity," which
forbids individuals from suing the government.
Hall's April 19 answer to the suit denied allegations that he
stabbed Allen to death His murder conviction is on appeal in
the Georgia Supreme Court
Hall also denied telling Jenkins and Maya Singh, a
graduate student assisting him, that he contemplated raping
and murdering a woman
The April 18 response by Jenkins defended his treatment of
Hall, denying that "dreams, urges and even obsessions to
commit a criminal act ..necessarily demonstrate a
‘dangerous inclination.”
Jenkins also denied the suit's charge that he diagnosed
Hall as a sociopath, an individual “who could commit
horrendous crimes without any guilt due to the fact that such
an individual has no conscience " Jenkins said he did
diagnose Hall as anti social, but believed that Hall had a
conscience.
The response adds that Jenkins drove Hall to the Northeast
Georgia Community Mental Health Center in February 1983
for evaluation when he learned his patient wanted to rape
and stab someone
Slip si id in ’ away
Karl Kortr inner The Rrt and Black
Finally, a solution to the agr-old problem of how to rvenly
coal one’s back with oil to get that perfect tan. Rick Metcalf
W ednesday tried out a new technique in the art of oiling one's
back, sliding across the Zeta Beta Tau front lawn on a pool of
cooking oil. Mike Patterson. Karen Parker and John Becard
waited impatiently for their turn at the greasy plastic slide,
sure to be loads of fun. Did Florence Henderson give them the
idea by singing the praises of Wessonality? Or maybe they
were celebrating In anticipation of a lovely meal of delicately
greased onion rings at the local Varsity.
Embargoes not likely to quell Sandinistas
By R. GREGORY NOKES
APIMeWniaUeWrHer
WASHINGTON — The imposition of a trade embargo
against Nicaragua shows the Reagan administration isn’t
easing up in its efforts to make the Sandinista "say uncle."
But it’s doubtful it will change the policies of the leftist
government
Nobody in the Reagan administration was claiming
Wednesday that the embargo will bring down the leftist
Sandinista government, and it probably won't. It will make
life more difficult, however
One question raised by congressional critics was whether
the embargo will drive Nicaragua deeper into the arms of the
Soviet Union
Another was whether other countries would impose em
bargoes of their own There was no rush by other nations to
join in, and the Organization of American States took a
position Wednesday that seemed to disapprove of the U S.
action
The United Sta'es has had a trade embargo against Cuba
since 19(2 and the government of Fidel Castro has survived.
There are also embargoes against North Korea, Vietnam and
Cambodia None have crumbled because of them
Nicaragua has sold bananas and other agricultural goods
to the United States, and bought such items as fertilizer,
irrigation and industrial equipment and pesticides It can get
these elsewhere, but at greater cost
Analysis
It probably can sell its bananas in Europe, but at lower
profit If the Soviet Union offsets the loss, that would put a
new drain on the hard-pressed Soviet economy
One senior State Department official said a clear message
of the embargo is, "We won’t be paying for their
revolution.” Besides trade, the administration barred
Nicaraguan aircraft and ships
But Sen Mark Hatfield, D-Ore . the chairman of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, was among several lawmakers
who worry that the embargo will drive the Sandinistas closer
to Moscow "We are slamming the door on the possibility of
peace We’re driving them into the permanent embrace of
the Russian bear "
However, Langhome A. Motley, the assistant secretary of
stale for Latin American affairs, said the Sandinista ties to
Moscow already are cemented "If there was any jumping to
do, it was done about five to six years ago ”
There will be some cost to the United States. A Commerce
Department official, who insisted on anonymity, noted that
Nicaragua had a trade surplus last year, although it was
small at (82 million Trade had been sharply declining
anyway
DUIprocedure can entail
variety to test sobriety
By GREG FREEMAN
Rrd and Rlark staff Hrllrr
First o/lwo parts
The blue lights flash in the mirror
and the officer gives a quick blast on
the siren to be sure he's got your at
tention. You've been stopped for
drunken driving by on of Athens'
finest
What happens now?
Although the problem of driving
under the influence has received
increased attention in recent years,
many people are still unfamiliar with
the details surrounding a DUI arrest
Most don't know what actually
happens until they're out in the cold
trying to balance on one leg and recite
the alphabet wondering how they're
going to convince the officer that he
wasn’t really weaving
The police officer’s assessment of a
suspect's driving ability begins im
mediately after stopping a driver on
suspicion of DUI, said Lt. Joseph
Lumpkin of the Athens Police
Department’s DUI Task Force
“If we detect an odor of alcohol or
other signs, such as a person having
problems finding his license, then we
suspect a DUI,'' Lumpkin said
This suspicion, however, isn't the
only basis for an arrest Police use
field sobriety tests at the location of
the stop, again with the officer
carefully observing every move.
Several tests can be administered,
from walking a straight line to a
complicated eye test in which a
specially trained officer watches for
abnormal eye movement in the
suspect's attempts to follow an object.
Each test is done with specific in
structions, and failure to follow or
comprehend the instructions is one of
10 or so failure indicators for each
test.
But a single test isn't necessarily
conclusive. Lumpkin said
“If they stumble on a rocky incline,
then that's not a fair assessment of
being under the influence," Lumpkin
said
But if the driver is determined to be
more than just clumsy, an alco-sensor
may be used as a final field test An
alco-sensor is a hand held device,
similar to a breathalyzer, which
measures the alcohol content of a
person's breath Before using the test,
however, the officer must give the
driver an implied consent warning
This warning, both read aloud and
presented for signing, explains that
the driver's license will be suspended
for six to 12 months if he refuses
chemical tests of breath, urine or
other substances. The driver also has
the right to have subsequent tests
performed.
The Miranda Warning, in which a
suspect is advised of his rights to
silence and a lawyer, isn't necessary
unless the officer questions the
suspect about other illegal activities
If the city’s "batmobile," (mobile
breath alcohol tester) is available,
police conduct a breathalyzer test at
the scene. If not, police take the
suspect to one of the four
breathalyzers in Clarke County
located at the Athens Police Depart
ment. the Clarke County Jail and the
Universify Police Department.
The driver’s car then is towed at the
owner's expense or left in the hands of
someone the driver trusts. Any
passengers in the car must be tested
for intoxication before driving the
car.
Breath alcohol content determines
whether one will be charged with
DUI. A reading of 0 06 percent to 0 09
percent leaves the decision to the
officer’s discretion, based on ob
servations concerning driving ability.
With a reading of 0.10 percent the
driver is always charged with DUI
but the arresting officer must Drove in
court that the suspect's driving
ability was impaired. A reading of
0.12 percent or higher is an automatic
violation, and the officer need not
prove impairment.
Breath tests often will show the
driver to have a breath alcohol con
tent of less than 0.10 percent, the legal
threshold for intoxication, although
the driver has failed all the field
sobriety tests, said Sgt Gene Mays
These people are typically non-
drinkers with a low tolerance for
alcohol.
If charged with DUI, the driver is
booked completely, including arrest
paperwork, fingerprints and
photographs, one 35mm photo and one
instant photo The driver is then taken
to the Clarke County Jail Few stay
overnight, and most make bond
before spending time in jail.
The driver charged with DUI then
appears before Judge Pierre
Bolougne in the Clarite County
Magistrate's Court.
Friday. The Red and Black follow*
DUI offondor through the court
system.
though, we’re going to look at exactly how many
courses they sign up for. and how many courses
they keep."
Registrar Bruce Shutt said students can
withdraw from a course with a passing grade
after Tuesday's midpoint under special cir
cumstances only, such as illness or injury.
Shutt said a University regulation passed last
year requiring special permission for a student
to take more than 18 hours a quarter has helped
curb the number of withdrawals during the
quarter
"We’ve seen a significant drop in the number
of drops," Shutt said
Student
center
lawsuit
delayed
By JOHN Al DEN
Hrd and Black Hen tor Hr porter
A Fulton County Superior Court
judge Wednesday granted the
University six more months to
prepare its defense in a $2 4 million
suit filed by the company that built
the first stage of the Tate Center
Charles Richards of the State
Attorney General's office told Judge
Don Langham the stale needs more
time to figure out West Point Con
struction Company's case. Langham
granted a six-month extension
before setting a court date
"In a big construction case, the
facts can be really convoluted It
gets rather complex determining
who's at fault," said James Googe.
state executive assistant attorney
general
The Atlanta-based construction
company claims that faulty designs
submitted by the Georgia State
Finance and Investment Com
mission, the state's bonding
authority, caused the delays The
delays pushed back the student
center's opening by almost a year.
J.L. Glover Jr., attorney for West
Point, said the state's plans were
wrong from the start, in one case
calling for heating ducts to be placed
in spaces that weren't big enough to
hold them The GSFIC did pay to
make the changes, but that wasn't
enough. Glover said.
"What they didn't pay for was us
sitting around for months and
months and months, wondering
what they wanted us to do,” Glover
said. “Delay in construction costs
big money."
Googe said the delays weren't the
GSFIC's fault. The state will try to
prove the delays resulted from
company mismanagement, he said.
However, the state is not ready to
go to court. Googe said.
“They (West Point officials)
haven't set out their allegations with
great specificity, and it requires us
to do a lot more digging," Googe
said "Their allegations are as yet
unknown."
Due to Langham's decision, the
state has six more months to take
depositions and research the case
before reporting again to the court
for a court date
West Point had the contract, worth
more than $4 million, for the center's
Phase I construction, which began in
December 1980 and was completed
in April 1983 The contract was for
construction of the basic Tate Center
structure.
Campus Planning Director Dave
Lunde said there are also problems
in the Phase II construction com
pleted this year DAC Construction
Co., which built the Bulldog Room,
did so without required systems to
shut off electrical equipment in case
of fire, Lunde said. He said DAC had
agreed out-of-court to put the system
in at its own expense