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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspoper serving the University of Georgio community
Athens, Ga. Volume 94, No. 19 Thursday, October 23, 1986
Proposal to keep minors
News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
out of bars
By Bill Kent
K«*d and Black Scuioi Hr potiri
Some University students may
lose the privilege of entering Athens
bars if a Tuesday night proposal
made at the Athens City Finance
Committee meeting passes a city
council vote on Nov.4, a city official
said Wednesday.
The committee, a subcommittee
of the city council, will present two
major proposals to the city council
for a vote.
One advocates barring people be
tween the ages of 18 and 20 from
bars, and another proposes pushing
back the weekday time limit for al
cohol consumption from 1 a m to
midnight, said Jerry Nicholson,
chairman of the committee.
“I submitted these (proposals) to
the finance comittee because al
cohol-related accidents are still a
serious problem in Athens," said
Malcolm Cummings, executive di
rector of the Georgia Association of
Christian Schools. “In fact, alcohol
is involved in 66 percent of all tra
ffic accidents and is the number one
killer of those who are under 25
years old."
Also, it's practically impossible to
enforce the drinking age once pa
trons have entered the bars, he
said.
Some local barowners refuted
Cummings' claim. r t
“The hand stamping pdlicy is
really an effective means of policing
the patrons and we can usually de
tect a false identification," said
Joan Chamberlain, owner of the
Night Owl Lounge and president of
the Athens chapter of the Georgia
Hospitality and Travel Association.
Parking deck rises to
Regents’ priorities list
By Keith A. Phillips
Uril mill HI.ii k SrnhM Mrpurln
A request for planning funds to survey the possibility of a parking
deck for high rise residence halls is on a priorities list sent to the
Board of Regents, University officals said Wednesday.
"We submit a capital needs list each year and the parking deck is
on that list." said Allan Barber, vice president of Business and Fi
nance.
Although the University has a lot of critical needs. Barber said stu
dents desperately need the parking deck.
"The number one priority of the University right now is the Bio-
Science Complex." he said. “I place a high priority (for the deck) in
my view of needs on campus, but there are other high priority
needs."
In a letter to Myers Hall Council President Bran Parker con
cerning unanswered questions from his Oct. 1 "Fireside Chat" with
Myers residents. University Interim President Henry King Stanford
said information al>out the deck had been sent to the regents
information to be used for requesting planning funds for a second
deck has been submitted to the regents." Stanford's letter read "The
most severe shortage of spaces is in the highly-populated high rise
residence hall area
Calling the lack of student parking the "most critical facility need
1 have seen on campus to date," Stanford said he’s hopeful that
parking problems can begin to be solved during his tenure.
University Director of Parking Services Jim Tardy said he would
support the idea of a deck for the high rise residence halls but offi
cials first need to study the project.
"I think a deck is what we need I support it (the idea) 150 per
cent," Tardy said “1 recommend that the deck be built back there in
the Bussell lot, but this is something that w ill have to be studied."
Regent Fred Branch said that he hadn't seen the proposal as of
Wednesday.
Other regents couldn't be be reached for comment
Athens bars open to minors use
hand stamping or identification
bracelets to differentiate between
legal and underage patrons
There is a real need to enforce the
21 drinking age so that young people
will be protected from harm. Athens
resident Louise Burch said at the
meeting Tuesday night
“My daughter was seriously in
jured in an automobile accident
after being served at a local bar
when she was 17 years old and she
still has scars to prove it," she said.
However, representatives from
local bars said the new drinking age
is putting a tight financial squeeze
on their businesses.
“We would like to push the hours
forward to 2 a m. on weeknights and
continue to allow 18 to 20 year olds
into local bars because liability in
surance for bars is rising rapidly
and also the 21 drinking age is re
ducing our profits," Chamberlain
said.
She said that she wasn’t asking
for a handout from the city but
wanted the opportunity to see how
an extension would work
If the extension is passed, it will
be a progressive move for Athens,
but if it’s refused. Athens may lose
some conventions and tourists to
other Georgia cities with longer
drinking hours, Chamberlain said.
University students also ex
pressed concern over the proposed
changes in drinking policies.
"There is nothing wrong with un
derage people entering bars as long
as the establishments can control
drinking." said University junior
Jim Manley. 20. “It is enough to
change the drinking age to 21 and
we don't need any more change at
all."
University senior Kevin McCoy
said non-drinking students go to
bars for the music, dancing and so
cializing."
But times are tough for 18-20 year
olds in college towns throughout the
state.
Bonnie Deal, manager for Anton’s
Lounge in Statesboro, home of
Georgia Southern college, said.
“The sheriff's department here will
only allow 21 year old Georgia
Southern students into Statesboro
bars."
In Atlanta, the city government
started banning underage patrons
on Sept 30 when the drinking age
was raised, said Frank Quiza, an
employee at Spellbound Night Club
in Atlanta
“Our business dropped 25 percent
the first week." Quiza said
Athens Police Chief* Everette
Price said “We can't enforce the
drinking law inside the bars be
cause there are too many people to
be able to distinguish who is legal
and who is not."
An underage individual must be
caught with alcohol in hand, he
said.
Also, il someone is caught, it’s dif
ficult to prosecute them and there's
no danger of the bar owners actu
ally losing their liquor license be
cause of the present laws. Price
said.
Depsite all the fuss, council
member Gwen O'Looney said the
city council won't necessarily pass
the proposal
"We need to keep the present tra
dition and let the bar owners en
force the law unless it is necessary
to step in." she said
Stanford sends letter to Myers
Answers many questions, some not completely
By Tony L. Wilson
lleil .iiid Black Senior HepnrIn
He promised he'd get to the
bottom of things and University In
terim President Henry King Stan
ford did just that — almost.
Stanford was unable to answer
several questions fired at him at an
Oct. 1 “Fireside Chat" with Myers
Hall residents, so he promised to
send Myers Hall Council President
Bran Parker.a letter containing the
answers
Stanford kept his promise earlier
this week, sending Parker answers
that now are posted in the Myers
Hall lobby.
Although he said he’s glad Stan
ford responded, Parker said he was
slightly disappointed with some of
Stanford’s answers.
"I appreciated his getting back to
us," he said. “But, I would have
liked it if some of the questions
were answered more in-depth."
The question in particular that
needed more thorough answering
concerned the transportation needs
of handicapped students, he said.
One handicapped student. Myers
resident Kristine Groenenboom,
Henry King Stanford
asked Stanford why the University
only uses one van to serve about 11
handicapped students while two
other vans aren’t used.
Stanford's response to this ques
tion contained the phone number of
Karen Kalivoda, Coordinator of
Handicapped Services, as the
source for a complete answer.
"I was pleased to learn that a fine
van service is provided to those stu
dents needing assistance." Stanford
wrote
But Groenenboom said one of the
three vans is dangerous because it
doesn’t have a radio and the
steering column has one bolt
holding it together
When the newer van needs re
pairs, students are forced to ride
the dangerous one. she said.
"Last year we had to drive
around in an unsafe van for a
week," Groenenboom said. "It's not
a safe feeling."
The third van isn’t in service be
cause it doesn’t have an automatic
lift, which makes it hard to serve
the students sufficiently, she said.
In other matters. Stanford ad
dressed the issue of Sanford Sta
dium being opened for University-
wide events such as graduation arid
the pep rally scheduled to precede
this year’s Homecoming game
against the Richmond Spiders.
“I should add that requests to use
the stadium often are denied when
the event might cause damage to
the playing field," Stanford wrote.
"I am told the surface or field in
volves an investment of $400,000, a
figure that cannot be easily ig
nored."
Anyone interested in scheduling a
function in the stadium should con
tact his office, Stanford wrote.
Students also voiced their con
cerns on University parking prob
lems at the Oct. 1 meeting. One
resident asked how many student
spaces surrounded Myers Hall and
asked about the possibility of a new
parking deck.
There are 337 spaces around
Myers Hall and 425 housing permits
for the residence hall were sold.
Stanford wrote.
Stanford wrote that University of
ficials have submitted a funding re
quest for a second parking deck to
the Board of Regents. The parking
shortage is greatest in the parking
lots of Brumby. Russell and Ores*
well halls. Stanford wrote.
A final question concerned
whether a student can earn a de
gree through the University’s eve
ning credit program.
Stanford wrote that although a
student currently can t earn a de
gree through the program, the Uni
versity Curriculum Committee of
the University Council is consid
ering such a proposal
The letter will be presented offi
cially to students at the Myers Hall
Council meeting Sunday night.
Parker said.
Stanford couldn t Ik* reached for
comment Wednesday
Record 21 motions on agenda approved
for upcoming quarterly council meeting
By Hector Vargas
Bed .mil Blac k \somlalr News IiIiIim
The University Council’s Exec
utive Committee approved
Wednesday an agenda for its Nov 5
quarterly meeting that includes a
record 21 motions to be brought be
fore the council fpr approval,
council officials said Wednesday.
"In my 11 years that I’ve been
here, this will be the most motions
presented to the University
Council," said Bruce Shutt. Univer
sity registrar and secretary to the
University Council’s Executive
Committee.
The motions are the result of the
council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Aca
demic Policies' report to be pre
sented to the full body of the
University Council on Nov. 5
The ad hoc committee was
formed last March to investigate
University policy in light of Jan
Kemp’s successful suit against the
University.
The report includes reforms in
five major areas of University
policy including University statutes
and council by-laws. University
grievance prixedures. admissions
policy, the Developmental Studies
Program and athletics as it relates
to the University.
The executive committee, which
sets the agenda for all council meet
ings, unanimously voted to include
the entire report as part of the
council meeting's agenda
“I think the only motion we need
is to place the Marshall (com
mittee) report on the agenda.“ said
Emily Pou. dean of College of Home
Economics and executive com
mittee member.
The ad hoc committee sometimes
is referred to as the Marshall com
mittee after George Marshall. Uni
versity English professor and
chairman of the ad hoc committee.
Marshall attended the executive
committee's meeting to get feed
back from the committee on how to
present his report to the entire
council, he said
"(The purpose was) to have an in
formal meeting with the executive
committee about the methods of
presentation of our report to the
council," Marshall said
The report contains a total of 37
recommendations but only 21 of
them will be presented to the
council as formal motions.
"This is the first time in 11 years
that the council has had an opportu
nity to really chew on something."
Shutt said
L.J Peacock, psychology pro
fessor and executive committee
member, said he hoped the ad hoc-
committee's report would provide
the council with a lot of discussion
despite the past history of the
council.
“The history of the council did not
contain much open discussion and I
hope the new attitude on campus
will result in fresh, frank and open
discussion," Peacock said "I think
there will be great discussion and
modification <of the report' I cer
tainly hope there will be discussion
and modification "
Anti-apartheid group president says UGA students ‘inactive’
By Polly A. Manely
Bril and Bl.uk Srniur Hp|mm In
Educating students about the injustices
of the South African government's policy
of racial separation is virtually impossible,
said an official of an anti-apartheid
campus organization
People for Justice in South Africa and
the African Student Union are planning a
rally and march to downtown Athens
Friday, Oct. 31 to help advertise the prob
lems of South African blacks and promote
student activity for their cause
"It (inactivity) is so typical of UGA,
said Hank Bass, president of PJSA. “It is
even hard to get students to read a news
paper to find out what is going on."
The southern culture doesn't promote po
litical activism, said Ed Ralph, Lutheran
Center minister.
"Here tat a southern university) it is
more important to belong to a business or
greek organization than to work for human
solidarity," he said.
Exchanging of ideas and opinions is of
primary importance at a university but
University students are afraid to present
their views to others, he said
A series of films offered two years ago
by a coalition between the Lutheran, Pres
byterian and Catholic Centers on campus
brought the South African issue to the Uni
versity. Ralph said
"We 'Lutheran Center) wanted to bring
this issue forward to the religious organi
zations who were not active but were sym
pathetic," he said
PJSA grew out of that film series, he
said.
Bass said virtually no anti apartheid ac
tivity has occurred at the Univeristy, so
PJSA was started to educate and activate
students as to what actually is occurring in
South Africa.
The group currently has eight active
members and a mailing list of 150.
The Oct. 31 march will begin at 11 a m
at the Tate Student Center, move to
Jackson St. 'downtown' and then return to
the student center for the rally, said ASU
President Pierre Owusu, a graduate stu
dent in geography
“The way this Univeristy has been ad
ministered. making all power centralized
over the last 20 or so years that I have
been here, created a great decline in ac
tivism," Ralph said
PJSA is just “spitting in the wind, unfor
tunately." he said.
Federal budget director may be on presidential selection list
By Christy Richards
Krd and Hlat k Srniur Hr|MM In
A high-ranking White House offi
cial is among the candidate pool
from which the hext University
president will be selected,
according to a statement issued by
the official
Although members of the presi
dential search committee, Univer
sity officials and the Board of
Regents couldn't confirm the nomi
nation of Federal Budget Director
James C. Miller, Miller said
Tuesday that his name was sub
mitted to the committee
"It is jny understanding that my
alma mater, the University of
Georgia, is undertaking a broad
search for a new president and, as
part of this process, has solicited
names for possible candidates." he
said. "I was quite flattered to learn
that my name had been put for
ward."
No formal discussions have taken
place and none are scheduled.
Miller said. ’ .
Miller’s duties as budget director
would make him unavailable until
September 1987
"I fully anticipate drafting the
fiscal year 1988 budget and seeing it
through to its completion in Con
gress." Miller said*
Miller, 44, was bom in Atlanta
and received his qndergraduate de
gree in business administration
from the University in 1964 and his
doctorate in economics from the
University of Virginia in 1969
He has taught economics at
Georgia State University and Texas
A&M University.
Before being appointed budget di
rector by President Reagan in 1985,
Miller was chairman of the Federal
Trade Commission for four years
Regents’ Chancellor Dean Propst
refused to comment on whether
Miller is a candidate
"The Chancellor is not going to
comment on any names that may
surface during the selection
process," said Kay Miller, vice
chancellor for Public Relations and
Information Services
Meml>ers of the selection com
mittee also said they can't comment
on any thing relating to the selection
process
However, committee member and
University History Professor
Emory Thomas said he didn't recall
Miller s nomination.
"We went through a lot ol names
and I don't remember seeing his
name," Thomas said
University Interim President
Henry King Stanford is scheduled to
leave office on July 1 and said
Wednesday that he hasn’t been
asked to stay here longer and
doesn’t expect to be asked
The search committee plans to
‘The Chancellor is
not going to
comment on any
names that may
surface...’
— Kay Miller,
Public Relations
have made its selection by late
winter or early spring. Kay Miller
said.
"Right now, they are getting
background information on the
nominees,” she said.