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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga., Vol. 92, No. 105 Friday, May 10, 1985 News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
University’s ’86 budget complete
By SUZANNE WOOD
KH and Black Senior Reporter
University administrators have finished calculating the
University's budget for next year and expect to send it
along to the Board of Regents for consideration at its June
meeting.
The budget for this year totals $13 million, $9 million of
which will go toward salaries, said James Kenney,
assistant to University President Fred Davison
Both University and regents officials agreed that this
budget was a difficult one to work out. at both a University
and a system-wide level.
“This was an extremely difficult budget year,” said
Jacob Wamsley, regents vice chancellor for fiscal affairs
“The legislature was extremely generous with money for
specific purposes, but we are hurting in the area of
equipment and supplies."
Kenney said, “It’s always touch when you don't have
enough money to fund all the projects you feel are im
portant ”
Kenny said the University Budget Committee finished
fine-tuning the budget at a meeting Wednesday
The meeting followed two weeks of budget conferences at
which the University’s deans presented requests for new
staff, equipment and supplies
“My office called each of the deans (Wednesday) and we
are in the process of putting the final recommendations on
paper," he said. "The recommendations should go to the
regents early next week .”
He said the deans seemed satisfied with the com
mittee's decision.
“President Davison met with them after the conferences
and told them what he'd done," Kenney said "Everybody
seemed pretty happy."
Albert Niemi, dean of the College Business Ad
ministration, said that although he had not heard from the
budget committee yet, the recommendations probably
wouldn't hold any big surprises for him.
"The president told us it would be a pretty lean year," he
said.
Alphonse Buccino, dean of the College of Education, his
school didn't receive all the support for which he had asked,
even though he was pleased by some salary increases.
“We never have enough resources for all the things we
want to, Buccino said. "But I think we were treated
very properly and fairly."
lie said that because the recommendations didn't include
allocations for as much equipment as he would have like,
the College of Education will begin to try to find that fun
ding from outside sources.
“The College of Business Administration received $2
million from IBM," Buccino said. “That would be hard to
duplicate, but it's certainly a model to emulate."
Wamsley said the ratio of salary funding to other funding
was fairly common
"Usually, about 80 percent of the budget goes for
personnel services," Wamsley said. "Our business is so
labor-intensive, it sometimes leaves very little for other
things."
Still, Kenney said he thought the budget deliberations
went well this year.
“All in all, it's not a bad budget." he said "We're in
pretty good shape.”
Alphonse Buccino
Logan: Bills banning happy hour look less likely
$ i Kiner i ne nea ana mam
Horsin' ’round
The ( onfederacy was revived for a short time this week as the members of Kappa
Alpha fraternity celebrated Old South Week. Rebel soldiers whisked away their
Southern sorority belles Thursday afternoon as they paraded down Milledge
Avenue. Jill Short, a Kappa Alpha Theta, awaits her beau as Thunder grabs a bite
to eat. Thunder, and 30 of his stahlemates from Marietta, wound their way down
Milledge Avenue to Baxter Street and then up Lumpkin Street, to the amusement
and aggravation of some Athens motorists. The boys in gra> planned a hasty
retreat to Hilton Head. S.C.. to relieve the tensions of a rough da> in the streets.
Not exactlv a march to the sea. but whatever.
By JOHN ALDEN
Hrd ami Black Senior Krportrr
Although two bills that would ban multi-drink
promotions and happy hours remain in state
legislature committees, it appears less likely that
they'll become law next year. Rep Hugh Logan. D-
Athens, said Thursday
“I really don't see any legislation coming out on
happy hour." Logan said. He said the momentum has
shifted away from state-level action towards or
dinances at the county level.
DeKalb County already has passed a law this year
prohibiting the sale of more than one drink for the
price of one, and Cobb County has passed a resolution
calling for voluntary restraint on the part of
businessmen
In Gwinnett County, a similar piece of legislation is
on the agenda for the commissioners to vote on May
28
But Clarke County isn’t considering any such
legislation, said Clarke Commissioner Walter
Padgett
Logan said, however, the state and the area will
continue to feel pressure from the national trend ol
tightening up on laws affecting drinking, especially
where driving is concerned.
"When you mix alcohol and gasoline together,
you've got a volatile situation," I^ogan said. “1 think
it’s a movement of grass-roots America, and I think
young people have had a part in it."
Rep Betty Jo Williams, R-DeKalb, who proposed
the House bill, said the local legislation may indicate
the state bill will pass next year
“I have very high hopes that this will pass in some
form," Williams said
She said members of the state alcohol regulatory
board would he meeting this summer with
representatives from Massachusetts, which has
banned happy hours for 10 months
"We just don't want people getting drunk, getting
Rapping with old rustler:
Cowboy co-star talks about his new role
By SCOTT WILLIAMS
K<4 .Ml Mart Hull fttUrr
Television and film personalities are just like normal
folks Some aren’t so pleasant to meet, most are amiable
and a rare few are downright fun to talk to
Veteran character actor G W Bailey belongs smack
dab at the top of the "fun to talk to” list.
Bailey, msot recognisable as Rizzo an the classic
television series “M*A*S*H," is promoting his co-starring
role in the new motion picture “Rustlers' Rhapsody "
Filming started last fall under the direction of Hugh
Wilson, who was responsible for last year’s megabit
"Police Academy " In "Police Academy," Bailey played
the constantly-harassed cadet instructor Once again,
director and star team to bring audiences another two
hours' worth of entertainment.
"The movie was filmed in Spain due to the fabulous
locations and the particularly strong dollar overseas."
Bailey said
But he said the foreign locale caused some problems
"There was a tremendous language difficulty at first,
due mainly to an almost entirely Spanish crew, but the
people were quite open and wonderful and. besides, now I
can order food in Spanish."
Not wanting to be associated in any way with another
western parody released earlier this year called "Lust In
The Dust," Bailey said, “This film was meant not to make
fun of, but to have fun with, the old time idea of grade-B
westerns ”
The exceptional stuntwork in "Rustlers’ Rhapsody" is
just one example of the difference in the two films, Bailey
said
There is a whopper of a scene reminskent of the film
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid " In the scene, the
lead character, Rex O'Herlihan (Tom Berenger from
"The Big Chill" > and his faithful sidekick Peter the drunk
(Bailey) find themselves trapped at the edge of a mile-
high plateau
The only choice they have ia to jump to the waters that
flow far beneath their feet When asked whether or not he
contemplated doing the stunt himself, Bailey laughed
heartily
“I'll walk into walls, jump through windows and bounce
around, but that jump was one of the highest ever done,
and I left it to the professional stuntman." he said "Both
of the stuntmen were hurt slightly as It was,” he said
The western has been almost nonexistent on the big
screen for about a decade and has been absent from
television for at least that long. But suddenly, 1985 has
brought a major resurgence of the cowpokes.
There's something about watching a stagecoach roll
across the desert that I like," Bailey said. "I took my
video camera along on the first day of filming just so I
could put it on tape Westerns are plain fun to do.”
One may be suprised to discover that "Rustlers’
Rhapsody" is rated PG. This is from the same director
that gave us the raunch-filled "Police Academy ”
But Bailey said Wilson tamed his approach in
"Rustlers' Rhapsody" to get a wider audience
"Wilson wanted to do a loving homage to the B
westerns," Bailey said "We feel that the humor will
appeal to all ages and not just the youth market. ”
The loving homage is complete, down to the final scene
that has our hero riding off into the sunset with his good
sidekick close behind And Bailey said a sequel is passible
if the film works some magk at the box office.
And the ending to “Rustlers' Rhapsody" may be even
more appropriate, as Bailey approaches stardom
"Rustlers’ Rhapsody." 0 comic western starring Tom
Berenger and G W Bailey, opens today at Georgia Square
Cinema.
Physical Plant to replace worn-out locks
By MICHAEL KOENIG
KrS |U Matt Ilf Mr KffMr.
The University 's Physical Plant is replacing old,
worn-out locks all over campus, a project for which
the department has authorized $19,800 for this
fiscal year alone
Physical Plant Director Ken Jordan said the old
locks could cause security problems in some
buildings, but he said the program isn’t a response
to recent thefts
“It's not related to a specific instance," Jordan
said "It’s simply a maintenance problem that
needed resolution ”
Jordan said the problems are centered in the
science center, with the Chemistry Department
first to get new locks He said the locks haven’t
been changed since the building was built in I960,
and each time the lock is turned, the metal casing
endures more wear and tear
According to University police reports, a $92
toolbox was reported stolen from a Chemistry
Building storage room Feb 27 A computer ter
minal and keyboard, valued at $3,400. were
reported stolen from the building the same day.
Also, a $700 weighing scale was reported stolen
March 11. None of the incidents showed signs of
forcible entry, but the scale incident was classified
as a burglary instead of a theft because it happened
in a restricted area, said Sgt. Richard Haynes of
the University police
He said no arrests have been made in any of the
cases
L.B Rogers, interim head of the chemistry
department, said he’s glad the locks are being
changed.
“A lot of the locks are completely defective,”
Rogers said "You can open them with a
screwdriver."
But Rogers said the weak locks aren't
necessarily the cause of the recent thefts
“There are zo many ways to get into the
building," Rogers said. “We’re simply trying to
make sure the locks there are real locks ”
Haynes said few campus thefts involve forcible
entry He said heavy traffic in campus buildings
makes it easier for thieves
Haynes said police usually check the security of
the outside of a building only If the door is
unlocked, the officer will check the building to
make sure it's occupied by people authorized to be
there, he said
Jordan said the locks must be replaced because
no manufacturer makes replacement parts
Physical Plant designed specifications for locks
which would be strong enough and would fit into the
space in the existing door, Jordan said Then the
department invited sealed bids, and Corbin Co , a
lock casing firm, won. Physical Plant employees
will install the casings
Jordan said the speed at which the installation is
finished depends on the availability of funding
Physical Plant can’t carry over money from one
year to the next, so all money this year must be
spent by June 1, and no money for next year can be
spent until then, he said
in their cars and going out and killing innocent
people,” Williams said
During the 1985 session of the state legislature,
which ended in March, bills were introduced both in
the Senate and House of Representatives not only to
raise the drinking age to 21, but to restrict drink
specials and promotions, especially happy hour and
other multi-drink promotions The Senate bill passed,
but the House bill bogged down in a House com
mittee. Both bills are still alive for next year's
session.
Ixigan said the bill's sponsors often held them up
purposely to gain more publicity mileage in their
home districts from an extra year of discussion
But he said any law stopping happy hour would be
very difficult to enforce.
“You know, there are a lot of ways to get around
that two-for-one thing," Logan said. "They can have
happy hour and give away drinks for an hour if they
want to ”
Abram talks
at law school
graduation
By TAMI DENNIS
Krd and Hla« h Haaior Reporter
The University’s School of Law will
hold its graduation ceremony Satur
day with Morris Abram, a member of
the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and
a University alumnus as the speaker
This year's graduating class has 236
graduates, the highest number in the
school's history
The Law School holds its graduation
earlier than the rest of the University
because it’s on the semester system.
“This is the best time of the year for
the semester system," Robert
Brussack, assistant dean of the law
school, said Thursday.
The University’s law school
graduates have an opportunity to
begin work at the same time as other
law school graduates, he said. Most of
the law schools in the country are on
the semester system, Brussack said
Morris said Thursday he was going
to speak on what he’s learned and
unlearned during his 40 years at the
bar
"One thing I’ve learned is that
everything labeled progressive is not
necessarily progressive," he said.
An example of this, Morris said, are
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
that were passed in 1948 These rules
were going to make trials faster, less
cumbersome and enable the court to
get to the truth quicker, he said.
"After 40 years, they've resulted in
making some trails much more
cumbersome, much more lengthy and
much more expensive," Morris said
Morris, who graduated from the
University ir. 1938, said, "Not all in
telligence is at Harvard. Columbia
and Yale In fact, there’s a lot of error
up there as there is everywhere else
and I’m very proud of Georgia .”
Though Morris' career has included
extensive civil rights activities and a
Presidency of Brandeis University,
Brussack said most of this year's
graduates will start their career on a
smaller scale.
“The majority of the class enters
private law practice," Brussack said.
“Some graduates go to work for the
government; others take judicial
clerkships.”
The ceremony will take place in the
president's garden at 11 am.,
Brussack said. The diplomas will be in
Latin in observance of the Universi
ty’s bicentennial celebration.