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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga. Volume 94, No. 34
Wednesday, November 19, 1986
News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Phi Kappa Tau placed on probation
This banner was put up when Phi Kappa Tau was charged with violating dry rush, an
incident that contributed to the national chapter’s decision to place them on probation
By Tony I.. Wilson
Krd and Hlat k Srninr Mr pot lei
Phi Kappa Tau's national frater
nity have placed the University's
chapter ol the organization on pi li
bation because of several incidents
ending in some pledge arrests last
Thursday, officials said Tuesday.
“They don't know how bad they’re
messing things up. said Bill Crane,
southeast domain director for the
national fraternity. “They can't
continue on the path they're going
The fraternity has been warned
several times since last spring
about conduct stemming from sev
eral incidents and the deciding
factor to place the fraternity on pro
bation occurred last Thursday.
Crane said.
A fraternity alumnus hosted a
party in Gainesville and some fra
ternity members obtained their own
alcohol, he said. The alumnus didn't
provide the alcohol, he said.
When the time came to leave. 14
of the members objected to driving
under the influence of alcohol and
these were left to gel hone on their
own. Crane said.
At 1:42 a m. Hall County police of
ficers arrested eight of these stu
dents on charges of pedestrian
under the influence of alcohol, and
one of the eight for theft, said Hall
County Sheriff Sgt. Ed Barfield
David Gregory Howland. Kevin
Michael Long. William James
Davis, Richard Anthony Rice, Ed
ward Hoseph La gratae IV, Paul
Lewis Odendahl. Robert Phillip
Acuuid unu Scull Warren Black
were the pledges charged,
according to police reports
Barfield said although the stu
dents refused to reveal their frater
nity affiliation to him. apparently
they were part of a group of 14
pledges who were taken to Hall
County by fraternity members.
“This is just a speculation," he
said. “It was just a minor prank-
type thing."
The Hall County Sheriff's Depart
ment discovered the pledges when
responding to a noise complaint.
Barfield said
An employee of Newell's An
tiques. located on Highway 129 near
Clermont, Ga., reported that
someone had broken the store
window and had taken five letters
from a sign in front of the store, he
said. A search of the pledges turned
up the missing letters but it couldn't
be proved that the pledges broke the
window, he said.
Police released the pledges on an
unspecified amount of bond Friday.
Barfield said.
Phi Kappa Tau President John
Walters said the national fraternity
is trying to straighten out problems
and the fraternity
“They're just trying to get us
back on the right track,'' he said.
The national fraternity suspended
$200,000 for funding and renovation
of the chapter house and the ir.stia
lion of pledges. Crane said The fra
ternity is on social probation for the
rest of fall and all of winter quarter,
he said.
Fraternity executives will be re
placed by Dec. 1 by new officers ap
proved by a 12-member board of
Phi Kappa Tau alumni. Crane said.
The fraternity is disqualified from
receiving national awards for the
1986-87 academic year and the fra
ternity has to submit a written pro
posal of what the pledges will have
to do for the next 10 weeks, he said.
If the fraternity doesn’t obey the
sanctions against them, it faces
fines of $100 per member, suspen
sion of its charter and reorganiza
tion of the fraternity. Crane said.
The fraternity faces closure and
sale of the chapter house, revo
cation of its charter and the closing
of the chapter on campus if the
sanctions aren't obeyed, he said.
The penalities and probations
against the fraternity will be up for
review by the 12-member board at
the end of winter quarter, at which
time, the probations and penalties
could be reduced or the fraternity
could be shut down. Crane said.
Police may use
loophole in RH alcohol policy
By Bill Kent
Hrd and Klaik Smlw Krpurlrr
University police haye an
agreement with University housing
not to issue citations inside the resi
dence halls unless there’s a com
plaint. but this agreement does have
its exceptions, University officials
said Tuesday.
One such exception has resulted
•n a University student having to
appear in court at 9:30 a m. today
for an underage drinking violation
that occurred in Reed Hall a few
weeks ago. said University Police
Chief Maxwell Smart.
"David Anderson, a University
freshman majoring in political sci-
ence. will appear in the Clarke
County State Court for an arraign
ment on Wednesday and he will
have a chance to plead guilty or in
nocent," Smart said
'We normally don’t
enter the dorms
unless we have a
complaint or one of
the halls is having a
party where a lot of
alcohol will be
consumed.
— Maxwell Smart,
University
Police Chief
Anderson was cited on Oct. 17 just
before midnight for illegal alcohol
possession outside his room in Reed
Hall. Smart said. Twenty-nine
drinking law citations were given on
that night
"We normally don’t enter the
dorms unless we have a complaint
or one of the halls is having a party
where a lot of alcohol will be con
sumed," he said “I would expect
that Lt Jones (officer who gave the
citation* saw him outside the resi
dence hall with a drink in his hand
and chased him into the dorm. "
Jones wasn't available for com
ment
Anderson said, “I was standing
outside my room fixing to enter my
room when I saw an officer about 30
yards away The officer yelled and
told me to 'hold it,’ and he started
running toward me."
The officer stopped in front of the
defendant and asked for identifica
tion, he said.
“Then he gave me a citation and
took my license in lieu of bond," An
derson said.
At the same time, a resident
across the hall walked out of his
room with a cup of beer in his hand
and two other officers who were
also in the building only issued this
man a warning and told him to pour
out his drink. Anderson said
"These tactics seem unfair to me
because everyone should be treated
the same and the officers should
have cited both of us or neither one
of us," he said.
The officers shouldn't have en
tered Reed Hall unless they re
ceived a complaint and they didn't
receive one. he said
"I could understand if I was out in
the street somewhere but I was in
side my dorm," he said.
Anderson refused to give the
name of the other resident who was
stopped by an officer.
Reed Resident Assistant Blane
Holt, on duty during the incident,
wasn't available for comment. *
Other RAs said the University po
lice don't normally check residents
inside the building
“I haven't observed any officers
roaming the halls for random
checks of alcohol offenders," said
Kevin McCoy, an RA in Russell.
"The normal police policy is to
check at the desk in the lobby to see
if any complaints have been filed
and then go to the halls if any com
plaints are recorded."
However. RA's do tell their resi
dents to be aware of the fact that
the drinking age of 21 does apply in
side the building, he said
Debate surrounds justification for
rent increases for downtown stores
By Bill Kent
Hrd 4*d Hl.it k Srakur Krparlrr
Downtown developers who renovate their properties
are justified in raising their rents despite complaints
from a few store owners, a city official said.
"Frances Smith, owner of the Hobbit Habit, is^one of
the few downtown tenants who is displeased with their
landowner's rent policies," said Joe Burnette.* exec
utive director of the Athens Downtown Development
Authority. “The majority of downtown tepants are
pleased w ith the price of their rent ’ ’
Smith complained about her new landlord
Wednesday. Nov 12 because he's planning to renovate
the building, which will in turn cause her rent to in
crease
However, downtown developer Marion Cartwright
said Howard Scott, the new owner of the Hobbit Habit
building on Clayton Street, will renovate his new prop
erty to make it more attractive and valuable
This renewal consequently will cause an increase in
rent, said Cartwright, who rents to Gorin's Ice Cream
and two other stores on College Avenue
Scott, a local lawyer, defended his actions ,
“Anytime that new property is purchased, the owner
has to raise the rent to pay for the interest on the pay
ment and to pay for any necessary renovations." he
said
The Hobbit Habit needs to increase sales volume so
the business can cover its rent increase, he said
Smith said the rent has only increased about $100 per
year for the past five years and this increase has been
affordable
“We’ve been able to cut advertising expenses in
order to cover the increase in the past, but when these
renovations are completed this spring, the rent will be
at least doubled and we will be forced to find another
location." she said.
Other store owners are pleased with their present sit
uation
Jo Anne Smith, employee at Logo's Bookstore on
Clayton Street, said. “We are really happy with our
rent and location and I believe the Hobbit Habit case is
an isolated situation "
Bob Pease, owner of Spaghetti Store, said he also is
pleased with his present situation because he owns the
property where his business is located
Smith said. “Most of the downtown business owners
are pleased with their rent because they don't have any
rent to pay."
However. Pease and Cartwright said Smith didn't re
alize the responsibility of building owners to meet
building codes and maintain the value of their property
Cartwright said. “When a property owner has owned
the property for 20 or more years, then it’s easier to
keep rents iow because the value of the property is in
creasing and few new expenditures are required."
New property owners have all kinds of expenses, es
pecially in renovation costs, he said
Smith disagreed with Cartwright, citing another ex
ample of a raise in rent causing a tenant to leave
“The Hobbit Habit doesn't have an isolated situation
because Marilyn Shoes, a subsidiary of Butler Shoe
Company , on Clayton Street was forced to move on Oct
30 when it's rent was tripled due to new ownership."
she said
Jim Heery. new owner of the property , wasn't avail
able for comment
Pat Lacey, senior vice-president for finance for
Butler Shoe Company , said. “I am disappointed that
our business had to close, but we had to do it.”
Smart said University officers
don’t enter rooms unless they have
a warrant and also don't have the
jurisdiction to ask residents to come
out of their rooms, but they can
make arrests and give citations in
side the building
“We try to allow the housing offi
cials to police the dorms with RA’s
and graduate assistants unless we
receive complaints." he said.
University students expressed
concern about the incident
“1 didn’t know that they could
come in and give us tickets inside
the dorms My friends and I are
now a lot more careful," said Lisa
Carey. 18. a University freshman
Holmes receives an award for ’meritorious service* from Chris Ward, of Alpha Phi Alpha
Holmes helped break racism
First of two parts
By Tony I.. W ilson
Hrd and Hlark Semof Kry«rtrr
The name no longer rings a bell
for many University students and
faculty members. %
Most, in fact, have never heard
the name Hamilton Holmes Sr, a
landmark figure in the Univer
sity's history
Holmes was one ol the first
black students to be accepted
during a time when integration of
the South s oldest chartered uni
versity was the source of much
controversy
Holmes was one ot two black
students at the University, consti
tuing half of the 02 percent of
black students enrolled at the Uni
versity. said Bruce Shutt, Univer
sity registrar
Today, black students, num
bering 1.358. are 5.3 percent of stu
dent enrollment which totals
25,698
White students number 23,297
(9U.7 percent), he said
In retrospect the times were
trying, but Holmes said he is glad
he broke the University’s racial
barriers to get the best possible
education.
"I was scared and nervous." he
said “I'm glad I did it because it
opened the door lor others to get a
good education "
Yellowed newspaper clips tell of
the court orders, threats and ri<Xs
that surrounded Holmes' attempt
to attain an education for himself
comparable to his white coun
terparts.
But clips can only tell thje story ’
Holmes said he still feels it
“People didn't go out of their
way to help me." he said. “I was
taboo, and if anyone showed me
any friendship, they would be
taboo "
Holmes began seeking admis
sion to the University in the
summer ol 1959 He was admitted
in January 1961 after a U S. Dis
trict Court Judge ordered the Uni
versity to admit him The judge.
William Bootle of Macon, ruled
that Holmes was qualified for ad
mission but it had been denied be
cause of his race
Holmes arrived on campus for
registration Jan 9 as a wave of
disruption hit the University
An estimated 150 students gath
ered at the University Arches Jan.
10 to protest Holmes' presence on
campus by burning an effigy of
him Later that same evening,
about 1.000 students gathered at
the University track for a cross
burning
The Georgia State Patrol es
corted Holmes back to Atlanta for
his own safety
Police also had to guard him as
he went to and from classes for the
following eight weeks The ha
rassment was tremendous, he
said
“It would be hard for you to
imagine how much so." Holmes
said
The tires on his Ford Fairlane
were slashed
He said there were other inci
dents but they were too long to
talk about
Holmes found no solace from the
constant harassment in extracur
ricular activities, because to the
only black man on campus, there
weren't many opportunities to get
involved.
Playing basketball at the local
YMCA and attending the Can
terbury House, an Episcopal
worship center, were the extent of
his extracurricular involvement.
Holmes was the only black at
the Canterbury House and al
though the whites there were cor
dial, no friendships developed, he
said.
Holmes survived all the threats
and prejudices and graduated
from the University in 1963 with a
bachelor's degree in pre-medicine
In 1963. Holmes went on to an
all white Emory University in 4*-
lanta where he received his doc
torate after four years of study
It was a bit easier for Holmes at
Emory, he said
"It was much better there." he
said “I had friends there."
Today, he is an orthopedic sur
geon with practices in Atlanta and
Conyers.
Although the efforts to integrate
the University were successful,
the struggle for black equality, es
pecially in the area of education,
needs to keep going. Holmes said
Prejudice has lightened but it
still is present on campus to some
extent, he said
Please see related story on Page
2 for coverage of Holmes' lecture
given Monday night during which
he received a service award
