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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga„ VoL 92, No. 103 Wednesday, May 8, 1985 News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Students criticize housing plan
Campus organizations
attract the gamut
of special interests
By JOE KEENEY
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From cave exploration to the
re-creation of medieval splendoi.
University special interest
rganizations link together people
with similar scholarly interests and
hobbies
Of the 380 groups registered with
the University, a vast assortment of
cultural and political interests are
represented
UGA for Africa, for example, is a
non profit organization Umveristy
advertising major Jamie Hood
foAded three weeks ago The group
Tnds to raise money to donate to the
AfBcan hunger problem through the
sale of T shirts and the release of a 45
entitled ' Answer the Ury for Life,”
written by Hood
“I jusi started the organization
myself because I thought it was a
good idea,” Hood said "As soon as I
got the approval of the Red Cross. I
^ent to the people at student activities
and they were real helpful Everyone
was positive towards it "
Registration with the Department
of Student Activities enables the
organization to use University
facilities and gives them a listing in
the Directory of Student
Organizations In some instances, an
organization may be eligible for
funding as well
"When students come to campus
there are so many groups to get in
volved with that they can get lost
easily My jot) was created to reach
out directly to those groups said
Student Organizations Coordinator
Vickie Triponey
Because the number of University
groups has increased steadily.
Triponey s office was created spring
quarter of 1983 to coordinate the 38n
organizations As coordinator, she
helps conduct surveys detailing in
terests of incoming freshmen in order
to distribute information about
organizations relevant to those in
terests
Triponey receives applications for
new organizations each year, and one
doesn't need a brilliant theme or a
large membership to l>ecome a
student organization
In fact, any group of at least 10
people who want to form an
organization may fill out the
necessary registration certificate and
draft laws which serve as an
operational guideline
The organization, in turn, must
follow a set of Department of Student
Activities guidelines
In addition to the groups registered
with the DSA. several groups exist
independently from the University
and aren't listed in the directory
"Some groups function that do not
need University facilities, so they
don’t bother registering with us."
Triponey said
But one group that does have a DSA
listing is the Society for Creative
Anachronism, an organization that
explores slightly less modern themes
This group, headed by Haul
Schleifer, is part of an international
organization that has memt>ers in
Canada. Germay and Great Britain
There are 40 members of the
University chapter
"Were a medieval interest
recreation and re-creation group We
have a lot of fun trying to re-create the
best part of the Middle Ages."
Schleifer said
Members often dress in authentic-
looking costumes and hold fighting
tournaments, display leather and
metal crafts and make mead and wine
using techniques from the Middle
Ages
“A lot of research goes behind
making mead or wine," Schleifer
said "We do things the way people
did back then, but some of the tools
they used are too hard to get ’ ’
He said the group uses as few
modern conveniences as possible
when they try to emulate medieval
traditions
Other unique clubs listed in the
directory include the Etiquette Ap
preciation Society, Adonai Films
Unlimited (a group which tries to
produce its own films each year),
Students Who Conscientiously Oppose
War. Speaking of Sexism and the
Athens Cave Club
By JOHN ALDEN
Krd and Black Senior Reporter
Local property owners and students Tuesday ex
pressed their disagreement with a proposed two-
renter limit in Athens single-family houses
"My opinion is that the city should mind its own
business." said Carol Wissinger of Grayson Realty,
which manages several properties in the Five Points
area "They have plenty of other things to do without
fiddling around with things like this "
The city council and the Athens-Clarke County
Planning Office are considering a proposal by the
Midtown Neighborhood Association that would
prohibit homeowners from renting single-family
houses to more than two unrelated people The
current limit in all neighborhoods is four
The proposal was scheduled for discussion at the
Athens City Council meeting Tuesday
Wissinger said that many times when she rents to a
certain number of students, more end up moving in
But. she said she disagrees with the city’s proposed
solution.
if the property owners want to rent to students.
they ought to be able to rent to them,” Wissinger said.
If the city won t allow more than two unrelated
people to live together in areas zoned for single
families, students will be forced out of those areas,
she said.
"I don’t see how students are going to be able to
afford it," she said. "I think it really will cut students
out of this type of housing ”
And although the proposal, which may be decided
as early as this summer, won’t affect duplex and
apartment neighborhoods, it will affect about one-
third of the city’s rental properties, said Ken Sud-
dreth, assistant director of the Athens-Clarke County
Planning Commission.
“I would say that there is, indeed, a large number
of students renting houses in those areas,” Suddreth
said
Preston Anderson, a rental agent for the real estate
(irm of Craven-Henderson-Curtis Company, said
property owners probably will lower their rates to
soften the impact of the change.
"They’ll have to lower their overall rates for
houses, because students won’t be able to afford
something they’ve been splitting four ways with only
two incomes,” Anderson said
Dick Crew, director of the Planning Staff, said
most of the neighborhoods around the University,
including the Midtown Area near Five Points, are
exempt from the rule because of the way they’re
zoned.
However, a comprehensive rezoning ordinance
being considered this summer may change many
areas to single-family neighborhoods, especially in
the Rutherford Street area, Crew said
University senior Kenny King, who lives in a house
on Boulevard, said he has lived with as many as four
other students at one time The neighborhood wasn’t
harmed in any way, he said.
"We’ve also had a good rapport with our neigh
bors,” King said
But Katherine Hoard of the Midtown Neighborhood
Association said students bring some problems to
Athens neighborhoods that need to be controlled.
“When you get a large number of people occupying
property, nobody seems to take the responsiblity for
keeping up the premises," Hoard said.
Lomax stresses blacks’ opportunity
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Michael Lomax. Fulton County commission
chairman and visiting University professor, said
today’s black students have the prospect of being
better educated, better skilled and bettci trained
that ever before
"My first message to you is to learn," Lomax
told his audience of more than 300 University
students at a minority assistant forum Monday.
Lomax, in a speech titled "Blacks on While
Campuses,” said. "You are the next generation.
You hold the key that spans the door either to
advancement of the race or retreat
Lomax told listeners to gain a sense of their
cultural heritage and history All too often, black
people have forgotten their ancestors and history,
he said
Blacks also need to develop a sense of dignriy.
racial awareness and group pride, Lomax said
For all black people, the struggle for humane
treatment in this country will continue, he said.
"We still have a lot of changing to do.” Lomax
said
Blacks need to develop a sense of group
solidarity and build coalitions, Lomax said
Iaomax said at the end of his speech that
University blacks need to develop a sense of social
conscience and social consciousness.
"It isn’t enough to achieve and excel for your
self," l^omax said. "Your obligation is to help pull
up those who are left behind.”
Black students at the University are lortunat-*
just in getting the opportunity to come to college,
Lomax said. When they get depressed because
something isn’t going right, blacks need to realise
they don’t have the luxury of that kind of despa r,
he said.
In a question-and-answer period after laomux’s
speech, Anthony White, acting associate vice
president for Academic Affairs, said "There are
more similarities than differences among the
races ”
Blacks feel more a part of the system than they
did in the past, he said.
"Students are better prepared academically
than they were to years ago." White said "If a
student is at Georgia, he is a select group to start
with and he would have to be pretty good to start
with.”
Committees approve College of Education degree
By BETII PATE and SUZANNE W(H)I)
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AUGUSTA — Committees of the
Board of Regents approved here on
Tuesday a new degree for the College of
Education and more funding for a
University Bookstore addition
The committees also discussed
allocation of Regents’ Scholarships and
the distribution of funds *•» the Georgia
Eminent Scholars Endowment Trust
Fund
The Committee on Education ap
proved a new master's degree program
in education, which would establish (he
first computer-based education
program in the Southeast
Graduates of the program would be
able to leach others using computers,
telecommunication facilities and other
high-technology equipment
According to a University report, the
University expects 25 students to enroll
in the program in its first year and 45
students to enroll after three years
The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds approved a 1650,000 budget
increase for the construction of an
addition to the University Bookstore
Frederick Branch, regents vice
chancellor for facilities, said the in
crease finally should allow the
University to begin construction after
three years of planning
He said the University approved the
initial design in 1982, but contracting
bids exceeded the regents' initial
budget
“The University revised Ihc scope of
the project and brought down the
price,” Branch said. "Now they want
us to bring the money up This lime we
hope they've gol the funds and the
design in balance "
The Finance Committee approved
the allocation of J200.000 in regents
scholarships, of which the University
will receive $35,300
Jacob Wamsley, regents vice
chancellor for fiscal affairs, said the
scholarship fund, established in 1976, is
allocated to institutions on the basis of
the schools’ enrollment of Georgia
residents.
"This is a very, very valuable
scholarship for the institutions,”
Wamsley said. "It's almost like a loan
in that we require service lo the state
from the recipients "
Scholarship recipients can work off
the service requirements by working
within the state after graduation,
Wamsley said
"We recover (the money) from those
who don't stay in Georgia," he said
The Education Committee also ap
proved regulations for the ad
ministration of the Eminent Scholar
Fund.
Gov. Joe Frank Harris established
this program as part of his education
bill to attract superior professors to the
University and Georgia Tech. The fund
provides $500,000 to establish an
academic chair for bio technology at
the University and one for micro
electronics at Georgia Tech.
"The intent is lo create chairs for
excellence as a magnet," said Regents’
Aide Tom Daniels. “The money will be
used by each institution’s president to
either supplement salaries or pay the
expenses of one professor "
Harris’ education bill requires each
institution to raise $750,000 to receive Its
half of the $500,000.
Regents chairman Sidney Smith said
he was concerned about the method of
distributing funds.
“I think it would be poor policy to
supplement one professor’s salary by
$100,000 The rest would quit," he said.
The Finance Committee also ap
proved a recommendation that the
chancellor of the University System
have final approval of the system
budget
Wamsley said the slate auditor's
office recommended the change
because of minor discrepancies last
year between the chancellor’s budget
and regents’ amendments
The Finance Committee also ap
proved budgets from eight colleges for
fiscal year 1985 Wamsley said the other
25 institutions, including the Univer
sity, will submit their budgets tor
review at the regents' June meeting
Henry Neal, regents executive
secretary, told the board a staff
committee has been established to
study the impact on campuses of the
raised drinking age The drinking age
Regent Sidney Smith
will go up to 20 on Sep! 20 and 21 on
Sept 20, 1986
"The committee will do some
checking to see what the responsibility
of the University System will be," he
said.
The Board may institute an alcohol
policy or establish regulations at the
institutions, he said
“This will have a serious and far-
reaching effect," he said
Satellite links University
with Soviet war veterans
By MICHAEL KOENIG
Red and Blark SrnMr Hr porter
American and World War II veterans spent Tue3lpy af
ternoon reminiscing via cross-continental hookup at the
Georgia Center for Continuing Education
However, the two-and-one-half hour discussion, titled
“Remembering War." often turned to present strained
relations between the two superpowers
Richard Rusk, an employee of the Rusk Center, said the
program, broadcast to only 10 locations in the United States,
was one of the most moving experiences” of his life
Rusk, son of University Sibley law professor and former
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk, said the telecast might
contribute to peace between the two nations
"I had confirmed what I had already suspected, that the
Russians are human beings just like us," Rusk said "They
want the same things we do, despite many differences We
and the Soviets all want peace and we can build on that ”
Rusk said he understood the Reagan Administration's
decision to downplay celebrations of the Soviet role in the
war, but he said it is unfortunate
'The American soldier shot in East Berlin (Maj Arthur
Nicholson) has something to do with that,” he said “But I
don't think any administration should lose an opportunity for
dialogue with the Russians."
Rusk said he was pleased the Georgia Center is developing
capability for TV satellite linkups with persons all over the
world
"Telecommunications is one of the few things faster than a
speedy ICBM I intercontinental ballistic missile I,” he said
Roy Block, a Monroe, Ga , retiree who attended the con
ference. said he learned a good deal from hearing Soviet
views
“It was extremely important and helpful,” he said
“Usually all our one-way communication is controlled by the
state department and their government ”
Block said he didn't fight, but he worked during the war
years producing war supplies
The program featured a panel discussion with Soviets at
the Go6teleradio in Moscow, and Americans at KPBS-TV in
San Diego
Reactions from American and Soviet veterans were often
tearful as they recalled a spirit of friendship between the two
countries immediately after the war
Georgiy Arbatov, a Soviet political commentator, said
great danger such as World War II causes people to come
closer together
"People are lazy It was much easier not to try to establish
any ties," he said. “Now, our need is noless "