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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga. Volume 93, No. 23
Thursday, October 31,1985
News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
UGA lawsuit decision pending
Senate to consider
parade resolution
By Greg Freeman
Krd and Black -Srnlor Reporter
With the University's Home
coming weekend just getting under
way, the Arts and Sciences Faculty
Senate will consider a resolution
today condemning the cancellation
ot classes for the annual Home
coming parade.
The resolution won’t affect Fri
day's 2 p.m parade — for which the
University has cancelled classes be
ginning 6th period — but simply
would express disapproval for the
cancellation of classes for parades
and other extra -curricular activ
ities.
John Hollingsworth, a member of
the senate’s Steering Committee,
said the committee included the res
olution on the agenda at the request
of concerned faculty
"It's fairly obvious that some fac
ulty members aren't satisfied with
the situation," he said. "We felt
there was enough concern to bring
it before the senate.”
The resolution reads:
“Whereas the administration's
cancelling of classes for the Home
coming parade sends a definite — if
unintended — message to the stu
dents that participation in extracur
ricular activities justifies absence
from class and neglect of studies, be
it therefore resolved that the Senate
of Franklin College states its opposi
tion to the cancellation of University
classes for any reasons other than
legitimate weather or other emer
gency conditions."
The resolution may come to a
vote at today's meeting,
Hollingsworth said. The senate
hasn't notified officials in charge of
cancelling classes about the resolu
tion and won't notify them unless it
passes, he said.
Dwight Douglas, vice president of
Student Affairs, said he works with
Virginia Trotter, vice president for
Academic Affairs, and representa
tives from University President
Fred Davison's office to decide
when classes should be cancelled
for specific events Douglas said he
doesn't agree with the resolution.
"The support of the academic en
deavor is pretty apparent when only
once in the year are classes
cancelled,” Douglas said.
The decision to cancel classes for
the Homecoming parade is made
before the beginning of the aca
demic year so instructors can plan
for the missed classes, he said. The
Unversity makes the decision on a
yearly basis, and afternoon classes
have been cancelled for the parade
for the past several years. Douglas
said.
The organizer of the Homecoming
parade, junior Cary Cunningham,
sald,“I think that cancelling classes
for three periods in the afternoon
should be understood
“I don't think cancelling classes
one day of the year, and not even
the whole day, should be a
problem.”
By Tami Dennis
M and Black Scalar Reporter
With a decision due early next
week on a newspaper lawsuit re
questing disclosure of the Georgia
Athletic Association's financial re
cords, State Attorney General Mike
Bowers said Wednesday he'll file a
response to the suit no later than
Monday.
Bowers, who represents Univer
sity President Fred Davison, the
state Board of Regents and Allen
Barber, vice president for Univer
sity business and finance, had 30
days from the Macon Telegraph and
News’ initial lawsuit date to file a
response in Augusta Superior Court.
The deadline to file is Monday.
“We have filed nothing," Bowers
said. “It’s supposed to be filed on or
before Monday.”
Bowers said he wouldn't disclose
the response because he wants to
reveal it in court first.
Augusta Superior Court Judge
Franklin Pierce, in Athens
Wednesday for a judge's confer
ence, wouldn’t comment on the case
but said he was considering several
factors.
The Telegraph and News filed a
suit this past spring against Da
vison, Barber and the regents to
gain access to the athletic depart
ment's financial records.
The newspaper claims the records
should be public under the Georgia
Open Records Act, Walter Bush, at-
Wednesday. He said the newspaper
claims that Barber and Davison
have those records and, as public
officials, are obliged to release
them to the public.
“We filed a request under the
Georgia Open Records Act to see
the records, and the University and
the athletic association refused to
University Athletic Director
Vince Dooley and the athletic asso
ciation also were named in the suit,
he said. Bush said Pierce ruled
against the paper in those cases be
cause the athletic association is an
independent, private organization
and not subject to the Open Records
Act.
The basis for the suit is that Da
vison and Barber have copies of the
records in their public offices, and
it’s their job as University officials
to monitor and maintain these re
cords, Bush said.
Under the Open Records Act,
public institutions such as the Uni
versity have to disclose their finan
cial reports.
The University doesn't deny that
Barber and Davison have the re
cords Bowers has argued that al
though the records are held in a
state office, they aren't records of
the finances of a state agency and
therefore don't come under the
Open Records Act.
Davison and Barber have the re
cords because they’re members of
the private association's board of di
rectors, Bowers has argued
RHA action
Forum on parking problems suggested
By Joe Feeney and Tom Jones
Rfd and Black Senior Reporter*
A specially formed Residence Hall Association
parking committee is seeking a public forum
with University parking and police officials to
discuss the campus parking situation, an RHA
official said Wednesday.
Rex Templeton, chairman of the Residence
Hall Week committee, said he proposed the
forum at Tuesday’s RHA meeting.
Templeton said he wanted the RHA parking
committee, University parking and housing offi
cials and University police to get together during
Residence Hall Week - Nov. 11-14 — in a public
discussion about the problem and to propose pos
sible solutions.
Templeton said he hasn't talked to any of offi
cials so far this week.
However, Maj Ernest Nix, assistant chief of
the University police, said the department would
be willing to participate in a public discussion
and Dan Hallenbeck, University housing di
rector, said he also might attend if asked.
‘We had so many people
that wanted to serve on the
committee that we could
not let everyone
participate. ’
— Mike Havrilla
RHA President
"It is possible," Hallenbeck said "It depends
on the time. I wouldn't cancel other things for
James Tardy, manager of Univeristy parking
services, declined to comment on the forum until
he knows more about it.
However, Tardy said he spoke with John Ko-
nopka, chairman of the RHA parking committee,
about having a closed meeting face-to-face with
the committee. Tardy said he was enthusiastic
about the idea.
RHA President Mike Havrilla said 14 residents
were selected for the parking committee at
Tuesday night's RHA meeting, although many
more wanted to get involved.
“The response was overwhelming," Havrilla
said "We had so many people that wanted to
serve on the committee that we could not let ev
eryone participate."
Konopka said the committee has received
strong response to a petition drawn up Oct. 22
asking parking services officials to find solutions
to the chronic lack of parking for housing stu
dents.
Konopka said members of the committee will
work this week on gathering more signatures for
the petition.
"Once I feel we have enough signatures, we
will go to Mr. Tardy," Konopka said.
Hot looks
Madonna, Dracula in tonight
By Jetties Saunders
RH and Black Senior Reporter
One customer fingers a feather
boa, another picks up a fake
rubber hand.
The dozen customers crammed
into the rear comer of Much Ado
are ignoring the store's regular
merchandise such as gifts, statio
nery and cards.
Many Athens stores have shifted
aside their normal merchandise to
make way for the masks, robes,
swords, rubber snakes and Boy
George hats that are for sale to
transform their new owners into
figments of imagination
It’s Halloween, and Athens’ nov
elty and costume stores
Wednesday were filled with
would-be wierdos, spooks and sex
goddesses ready to party tonight
John Widmer, co-owner of Much
Ado, said elaborate, original cos
tumes are the norm this year
"People are being more original
this year. They put together their
costumes when they get here
rather than coming in and saying,
'Hey, I wanna be Julius Caesar,’”
Widmer said
However, he said the old tradi
tional costumes still are selling
well.
"People were punks last year,
as well as the regulars like Dra
cula or a witch," Widmer said
“This year, we've sold a lot of
devil and bunny stuff. For the
guys it's really hard to say, but
we’ve sold a lot of these gangster
hats."
Widmer said the Halloween
spirit is less evident this year
"Last year there was this big
rush right at the end,” he said.
'This year the enthusiasm for it
seems just a tad off Maybe it's
the weather
"I don't think Halloween is cele
brated anywhere else in Georgia
as much as Athens," he said. "It’s
more of a holiday here than in
other places
A few blocks down Clayton
Street at Steppin' Out, a costume
rental store, the crowd is smaller
but just as fascinated by combina
tions of fake fur and glitter
Tiffany Batte, a University se
nior, was shopping Wednesday at
Steppin' Out for a costume to wear
to her two jobs She couldn't de
cide.
“I have to go to the spa in this
and then wait tables at the Hatter,
so I don't want it to be too cum
bersome," Batte said
Steppin' Out stocks seven Dra
cula outfits, 15 southern gen
tleman costumes and 20 flapper
suits, owner Harriet Timm said.
"Dracula is real popular al
ways Elvira is real popular this
year and last year," Timm said.
Many people rent the Elvira
costume without even asking to
see it, Timm said. She said she is
making a second one that will go
out to a customer this morning
Timm said she doesn’t custom-
design costumes for Halloween be
cause there isn't enought time, so
she usually makes suggestions to
prospective buyers.
"The most popular accessory is
ears - any kind of ears," Timm
said.
But Timm said costume busi
ness from students is off this year
“We’ve been here for three
years and this is our third Hal
loween," Timm said. “The first
two years, 60 percent of our busi
ness was UGA This year, it seems
like students don't know there's a
west end to Clayton Street."
Foreign Affairs on College
Square also is a popular place to
head for costumes
Roger Mosshart, a University
senior, was buying a blond wig
with a black streak down the
middle
"I'm trying to go as Madonna,"
Mosshart said “I've got the halter
top, the miniskirt and the jewelry
Now all I’m missing is the shoes
Women have too small feet.”
Lisa Duffell, a Foreign Affairs
salesperson and University grad
uate student, said University
women are going for the sexy
.look.
, “Women are buying a lot of
bunny ears and tails, devils and
witches,” Duffell said. “We're
.selling a lot of greasepaint and
colored hair spray, so I think
people must be painting them
selves a lot if they aren’t going as
the conventional witches and
things "
Duffell said the popular hair
spray colon are black and glitter,
while the most popular mask has
sequins and glitter
"We’ve sold a lot of white clown
makeup, but I don't think they're
all going as clowns," Duffell said.
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Spook out
This site reserved...forever. The site of a Halloween party often is as im
portant as the guests and the coelumes. Unfortunately, this site is reserted
for those souls for whom tonight's Halloween party is truly a once-a-year
bash. The huge Oconee Hills Cemetery, behind Sanford Stadium. Is a veri
table Hitchcock movie set, filled with obelisks and ornate monuments to
those who get to make themselves known tonight. It's also filled with Lump
kins and Phlnliys and other University legends. The party's been prells
wild in years past, but uninvited guests are dealt with severely. And watch
out for the statue with no head. But for those timid souls who just aren't
Into cemeteries, there will be several other grand celebrations in and
around Athens tonight. Private parties aside, two local bands should raise a
ruckus guaranteed to rattle bones. The rather danceable Squalls will make
their annual Halloween appearance at the 40-Watt Club, while Led Dog Sh-
will play at the Uptown Lounge. Any of those stubborn spirits who plan to
be out trick or treating still need to beware of the haunting chill of the wind
and the intermittent fury of the rain. And for those serious folk who are just
too busy to even bother with Halloween, there's always Cosby to keep them
company. They'd Just better be sure they're well-stocked with candy or
they’ll sure be sorry. Gee, Wally, we'd better dress up and have some real
fun.
Officials
meet on
complex
By W.8. Boozer
RrS and Black -Senior Reporter
University and Board of Regents
officials met this week with rep
resentatives of Gov. Joe Frank
Harris' office to discuss the future
of the University’s proposed biosci-
ences complex, officials said
Wednesday
The officials met Tuesday in At
lanta, but didn't make any substan
tive proposals, Clark Stevens,
director of the governor's office of
planning and budget, said.
"The meeting was to talk about
what proposals we might consider,”
Stevens said. “Mostly, the meeting
was just informational .”
However, he refused comment on
the details of the meeting until
Harris has had a chance to review
the information.
Dave Lunde. University director
of Campus Planning, said he at
tended the meeting, but also had no
comment on its details or who else
attended.
The future of the bioscience com
plex has been under scrutiny since
Stevens raised questions about the
plan for the 632 million complex at j
regents retreat on Oct. 20.
Stevens advised the regents to re
view the plans because he didn’t be
lieve the University could keep up
with maintenance and operations
costs once the complex is built. He
said some cutbacks in the building
itself might make the plans more
feasible.
The proposed Biosciences Com
plex is an integral part of the Uni
versity's continuing emphasis on
biotechnical research. University
President Fred Davison has
stressed that he wants the Univer
sity to become a leading institution
in scientific research.
Peter Albersheim, noted plant
physiologist, is head of the Univer
sity’s complex carbohydrate re
search team, which will be working
in the complex upon completion.
The research team currently is
housed in the Richard B. Russell
Agricultural Research Center, in co
operation with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.