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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga. Volume 94, No. 49
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Wednesday, January 21, 1987 News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
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The transfer point will be moved until construction is completed
Athens Transit
Bus transfer site on the move
By Jeff Turner
Bed and Black Senior Reporter
Construction on a major transfer point for the down
town Athens Transit System began Tuesday and will
culminate in a more efficient and aesthetically pleasing
city bus system, city officials said Tuesday. ^
Current construction has resulted in the transit offi
cials temporarily moving a city bus transfer point be
side City Hall one block west of the road work
Project director Steve Martin said the transfer point
at Washington Street will be one block to the west, be
tween Lumpkin and Hull streets, until the project is
completed or nearly completed.
The two-block project, which will involve replace
ment of sidewalks, resurfacing of streets, heavy land
scaping and the creation of an underground sewer
system, will take five or six months. Martin said.
Athens Transit System Director Jerry Mooney said
the project will provide much-needed space for riders
and buses.
Mooney said transit officials first began to realize
how many riders transferred downtown when they
moved the transfer point from Broad and Herty streets
to the present point beside City Hall.
The arrangement at City Hall didn't provide enough
waiting-area space for riders and also, presented a
problem when more than one bus came to the transfer
point, he said.
Since the area was small, buses were forced to drive
in back-to-back, creating a problem for riders
searching for a certain bus.
“People were actually having a problem finding the
right bus," Mooney said
The new arrangement will alleviate that problem by
stretching out the area and making room for the buses
to stop in a saw-tooth pattern Now a bus will stop in
one of eight designated angled slots, so riders will know
before-har.d where their bus will arrive, he said
The project also will provide a sheltered waiting area
that will seat about 50 people, Mooney said
“While waiting, riders up to now had to put up with
the weather,” he said.
Workers are starting construction with an under
ground drainage system that will have water running
below rather than on the streets, Martin said
Mooney also said the ATS is doing preliminary work
on the mall bus route, which the Clarke County Com
mission voted last Tuesday to reinstate this summer
He said this preliminary work includes estimation on
costs for different numbers of buses to the mall, but
also will include input from riders
“We realize that most people do have (transporta
tion) options," Mooney said. "We are putting together
the best deal possible.”
He said he encouraged comments from riders of thd
city transit system
“Some of our best ideas came from the public," he
said.
Council prepares University for worst
By Mike Krensavnge
Red and Black Settlor Reporter
While stories of Atlanta University’s emer
gency financial condition are topping
Georgia’s news. University officials are de
signing plans to bail out AJniversity System
schools should they face financial difficulties.
The University Council’s Executive Com
mittee will ask its Faculty Affairs Committee
Thursday to review a Board of Regents re
trenchment proposal, addressing the dis
missal of faculty to reduce costs at financially
troubled state schools, Council Executive
Committee Chairman Kent Middleton said
Tuesday.
The faculty affairs committee will review
the regent’s retrenchment proposal and sug
gest changes, Middleton said
Atlanta University’s vice president, Creigs
Beverly, resigned last Thursday in an effort
to attract attention to what he termed a finan
cial crisis. AU has sustained a budget deficit
for the past 10 years and the college's endow
ment has dropped to $11 5 million from $20
million, according io an article in the Atlanta
Constitution.
Ray Cleere, regents vice chancellor for
Academic Affairs, said Tuesday no Univer
sity system schools are in financial crisis, but
predicted a “rocky road” for University
System schools.
Cleere cited fewer college-age students as
the reason for the potential trouble
“Trends indicate that the population will
decrease dramatically." he said. “(It’s the)
end of the baby boom."
Cleere said he has sent the retrenchment
plan to 34 University System schools and has
asked the schools to suggest changes in the
regents’ plan
Atlanta University is a private school, so
regents policies don’t apply to the institution
The regents retrenchment proposal will
clarify the procedure of cutting faculty num
bers from payroll during a financial crisis,
Cleere said.
The board already has the authority to dis
miss faculty members during a crisis, but it
has no specific procedures, he said. The
board wants to design a policy that incorpo
rates faculty opinion into the selection of fac
ulty members to be fired, Cleere said
"We’re trying to develop a policy that will
ensure the appropriate faculty input ion
choosing those to be dismissed) when and if
an emergency occurs that results in faculty
cuts,” he said.
Cleere said he hopes the schools will return
suggestions to the board in the spring for re
gents action by April or May.
University Interim President Henry King
Stanford said although the regents are
working on a retrenchment plan, the Univer
sity isn’t on the verge of declaring financial
crisis.
Jake Wamsley, regents vice chancellor for
academic affairs and treasurer, said that fac
ulty payroll is usually HO percent of a school’s
costs, so officials cut taculty numbers to re
duce costs at financially troubled schools.
He said the University is in stable condition
since enrollment numbers haven’t signifi
cantly changed.
Wamsley doesn’t forsee any financial prob
lems unless the state sharply reduces the
amount of money available for the Univer
sity’s state appropriations, he said.
University rapidly running out of room
By Bill Kent
Rrd and Black Senior Rrportrr
The University is running out of land to build on so officials are devel
oping the current campus, despite the fact that doing so will create a
parking shortage
“We are going to add some important buidings on the south and south
eastern part of campus, beginning with the Biological Sciences building,"
said Dave Lunde, director of Campus Planning
But Physical Plant Director Ken Jordan said room is seriously limited
on North Campus
"If we add any more to North Campus it will be like a concrete jungle
consisting of buildings and concrete," he said "I don’t want us to get like
dents' parking spaces
"I am now considering the possibility ot setting aside some spaces for
the graduate students in the vicinity of the printing building off. East
C ampus Road." he said
Besides new construction, the University also is making plans for im
provements and additions to existing buildings
"We are planning additions and renovations in such buildings us Visual
Arts, Forestry, Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy," Lunde said “More
specific details about the specific dates of these projects aren't known at
this time. "
Jim Tardy, director of Parking Services, said a new art complex is
planned for construction on the corner of River Road and College Station
Road for an unspecified date in 1987 or 1988
Country celebrates
life work of MLK
<AP)— A symbolic tapping of the Liberty Bell was echoed by bells tolling
across the nation and across the sea Monday as Americans marched,
prayed and sang “We Shall Overcome" in honor of Martin Luther King and
his dream of racial justice on the day that bears his name.
“If Martin Luther King were here today, 1 would say to him Thank you
for teaching me that by being black, I need not be ashamed, " 12-year old
Takeisha Roach said at an observance in Washington. D C "The children
of the world thank you. Dr King, for show ing us how to share the dream
As many as 15,000 people braved freezing weather in Arizona to protest
the governor's action in rescinding a King holiday
Coretta Scott King, widow of the slain civil rights leader, stood at his
grave in Atlanta with Secretary of State George Shultz and black leaders as
a wreath of red and yellow flowers was placed at his crypt
In Philadelphia. Samuel Pierce Jr . secretary of Housing and Urban de
velopment, tapped the Liberty Bell at 12:30 p.m EST. triggering the
pealing of replicas in state capitols across the United States and in London
at Parliament's Big Ben
"Let us reaffirm the wisdom of Martin Luther King’s mission, the righ
teousness of his message, the glory of his cause." Pierce said “Let us con
duct our lives in relentless pursuit of his dream."
Michigan's Liberty Bell replica was rung by 23 fifth-graders from Lan
sing. A bell rung in Boston was cast by silversmith and Revolutionary War
hero Paul Revere
Singer Harry Belafonte joined New York Gov Mario Cuomo in leading a
march by about 1,000 people through Albany before a 2*- hour ecumenical
celebration of the battle tor human rights that included Buddhist chants
and American Indian dancers
"This is not a black’ event This is an American holiday, black and
white.” Gov. Arch Moore said at a ceremony in Charleston. W Va . where
participants sang "We Shall Overcome "
Martin Luther King Day came less than 48 hours alter blacks and whites
marching in Georgia's all-white Forsyth County were pelted with rocks and
bottles by a crowd of Ku Klux Klansmen and their supporters Mrs King
and other civil rights leaders on Monday said another march will be held
there Saturday
It was nearly a month after a gang of white youths in New York City at
tacked and beat three black men, chasing one to his death when he ran onto
a road and was hit by a car
About 150 people turned out, despite a wind chill of 18 degrees below
zero, at the Capitol of Wyoming, the “Equality State." to urge adoption of a
state holiday there
Georgia State "
There should be no problem in the next few years finding room to put the
proposed buildings, as long as the construction is limited to the southern
portion of campus, he said.
However, Jim Tardy, director of Parking Services, said, “there may be
a problem in building new academic buildings because they need to be
within reasonable walking distance for students As we move further away
from the central part of campus, this could be difficult to do ”
Lunde said a new physical education, recreation and dance building
probably will be built on College Station Road near the intramural fields
Also, there are plans for a new music building at an unspecified location
"We have a list of priorities as to the order of this new construction, but
the information isn't available for the public," Lunde said. “You can run
into problems because everyone considers their building or their project the
most important one ”
However, the top-priority biosciences complex will cost the University
>arking spaces
Jordan said workers will remove at least 400 parking spaces when they
dear grounds this spring for the complex
"The University is looking into ways to replace these parking spaces in
other areas on campus." he said
Officials are considering three different locations for added parking
spaces, including the western end of the River Road commuter lot. a lot on
the corner of Thomas and Mitchell streets and improvements in the busi
ness services parking lot, Jordan said
Presently, “we have some engineers checking into the feasibility of
adding 400 to 450 spaces to the River Road lot He should report back to me
in the next few weeks and the bids sliould be out by the first of June." he
Sa '?t’s important that this parking construction begins by the first of the
summer so that the spaces will be ready before next fall’s student influx, he
"During summer quarter, the missing spaces from the bioscience (lot)
probably won't be missed, but beginning fall quarter there could be a se
rious parking shortage if we don’t make some other arrangements," he
ia *Tardy said the majority of the spaces to be cleared will be graduate stu
Research budget doubled in 20 years
By Mark Wheeler
lied and HI* k Senior Reporter
In the past 20 years the University’s re
search budget has more than doubled and
looks to be incresing further, according to
a national survey
The University ranks 34th nationally in
research funding and is only one of four
southeastern schools in the top 35.
according to the National Science Founda
tion’s 1985 fiscal year report
The University, whose budget suffered
^because it has no medical college or struc
tured engineering program, worked with a
budget of $83.5 million in the fiscal year
(July 1 to August 1 of each year), said Joe
L. Key. vice president for research
Usually more federal funds are given to
institutions with medical and structured
engineering programs, he said
Combining the Medical College of
Georgia. Georgia Tech and the University
results in the University system ranking
sixth nationwide, Key said. This is because
all three major areas of research are rep
resented within the system, he said
“The University wasn't a research area
oriented school until the mid-sixties,” Key
said "At that time a lot of emphasis was
put on research by the state and they se
lected a president (Fred Davison) who
would focus on research.”
Sigreid Sanders. University research
communications specialist, said half of the
total budget was state institutional grants
approved through the Board of Regents.
Key said since 1967 the amount of
funding for research at the University has
doubled and still is grow ing
The breakdown of the research budget
includes $1 5 million trom slate and local
governments. $3 million Irom private in
dustry, and $49 million from institutional
funds, he said.
Georgia Tech ranked 29th on the list with
more than halt of its budget made up ot
grants from private corporations and de
fense contracts
"Tech deals more with applied engi
neering, whereas the University deals in
the areas of agricultural research and even
agri-genetics." Key said
Individual researchers apply for grants
from private corporations in their specific
areas of research Corporations invest
money into the research that not only will
benefit the University but also then
product and services, he said.
The University’s projected research
budget for the fiscal year 1986 is slightly
more $96 million. Sanders said