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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga. Volume 94, No. 51
Friday, January 23, 1987
News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Attack on student appears to have racial
By David Winfrey and it hit me in the face.” she said. “They called me a ‘nigger-lover’ be- University Police Sergeant Lisa Boone sa
Krd «nd Black srnior Hruortrr cause I was in the march." Tuesdav. but she didn't know whv Bain was ur
By David Winfrey
Bed ind Hint k .Srnior Itrportn
Forsyth County isn't the only Georgia area where racial tensions have
turned violent.
A University student sustained minor injuries la lursday when she
was struck in the face by a piece of brick in th te Student Center
parking lot. a University police report read.
Chame Bain, a Duluth freshman and pre-meu /, said passengers in
a moving car threw the brick as she was walking ner car after she par
ticipated in the Martin Luther King remembrance march
“I was walking to my car through the parking lot behind the Tate
Center, and a car drove by and (someone) threw a brick out the window
and it hit me in the face.” she said. “They called me a ‘nigger-lover’ be
cause I was in the march. "
Bain said she thinks there were two men in the car. but she and police
declined to release any description of the car for fear it might jeopardize
the ongoing investigation
She said she was irritated with the response of the University Police De
partment to the incident.
After being struck. Bain said she went inside the Tate Student Center
and some friends escorted her to the University Police Department She
said she waited for more than an hour to file a report, but no one in the of
fice was able to assist her.
“The police didn’t have time for a report after 1 waited about an hour
and fifteen minutes, so I just left.” Bain said.
Stanford to speak to General Assembly
By Tony I.. W ilson
Hrd uiid Black Senior Kr|M>iirr
The Georgia Senate and House
of Representatives don't hold a
joint session for just anyone. Only
for U S. Senators, presidents, gov
ernors and. now. a university
president
University Interim President
Henry King Stanford is scheduled
to speak to the General Assembly
at 11 a m Monday and LL Gov
Zell Miller said such a speaker is
unprecedented in his career.
“This is the first time I can re
member it happening and I’ve
been around 25 years.” Miller
said “He’s a dynamic salesman
for the University
Stanford said he was happy to
be invited.
"I think it’s one of the highest
honors I've ever received.” he
said “It’ll be a fun experience for
me to speak in the same room
where I was a page about 60 years
before.”
Although he didn't reveal any
details of his speech. Stanford said
he’ll be discussing the goals he
has for the University and Mhat
direction he would like to see the
University take.
Sen. Paul Broun (D-Athens)
said Stanford is the best person to
speak to the assembly about the
University because of the out
standing job he’s done since
taking the reins July 1,1986.
“I think it’s very appropriate
for him to talk to the general as
sembly because they are the ones
who fund the University.” he said.
“Dr. Stanford has done an out
standing job in putting the Univer
sity back on track and helping to
heal the wounds. I’m delighted
he’s coming "
Broun said the University and
the Georgia Athletic Association
received a lot of bad press during
and after Jan Kemp's successful
lawsuit against the University last
year.
Kemp, a University instructor,
claimed the University violated
her First Amendment rights by
firing her for protesting the pref
erential treatment of student ath
letes and others.
Broun said members wouldn't
be able to ask Stanford any ques
tions because the joint assembly is
basically an honorary event.
“This is strictly in honor of Dr.
Stanford because he has done such
an outstanding job in the short
time he has been with the Univer
sity,” Broun said.
Rep. Tommy Smith (D-Alma>
said he agrees it's appropriate for
Stanford to speak.
“We’ve been saddled with the
burden of funding of the schools
and we need to establish a rapport
with university presidents.” he
said.
Chris lUriimn/Thi- IU-d ami Mack
Henry King Stanford, president of the University
Forsyth students say that
town is shown unfairly
By Keith Phillips
llrd and Black Senior Krportrr
University students who call Forsyth
County home agree that a lot of the violence
that developed in the last "brotherhood anti
intimidation march” was caused by influ
ences from outside the county
Philip Kontos. a University senior ma
joring in telecommunications, is one of many
students who are organizing groups to march
this Saturday in Forsyth. Kontos said racism
in Forsyth isn’t as rampant as the press is
portraying it.
“I believe most of it was caused by out
siders.” Kontos said. “It was mostly outside
people coming in. I’m not going to deny there
are some uneducated people who are misin
formed and ignorant (but) it’s not a strong
hold of the Klan The Klan does not speak for
us.
"There has always been this attitide that
blacks were unwanted and if you spoke out
against racial prejudice, they’ will get you
I’ve spoken out in front of classrooms and no
kid went home and told his parents,” he said
Kontos charged that most of the Klan ac
tivity that interfered with last weekend’s
march was caused by outsiders.
“J B. Stoner had his Ku Klux Klan mem
bers with him Lester Maddox was there.”
he said.
This weekend’s march is expected to be
much bigger with much tighter security to
Organization
time changed
By Ketlh Phillips
Hrd and HI..* S»ninr II,port..
The meeting originally scheduled for
Thursday to coordinate student groups
planning" to march this Saturday in Forsyth
County has been changed to tonight at S
p m. in the Law School Auditorium
The meeting was rescheduled for tonight
after snow closed the University and its
buildings Thursday, organizers Philip
Kontos and Regina Weir said
The purpose of the meeting is to organize
a list of participants, distribute maps and
to confirm participants' committment to
non-violence, organizer Bill Clark said
Organizers will try to hold the meeting
tonight even if classes are canceled today.
Clark said
protect dignitaries who are expected to at
tend and prevent violence. Some of the more
prominent dignitaries expected to attend are
the Rev. Jesse Jackson and presidential can
didate Gary Hart
Kontos said he hoped there is no violence
at this weekend's march and that he has con
fidence in Forsyth County sheriff Wesley
Walraven.
"Wesley Walraven is a great guy," he
said "It seems like there will be adequate
protection for both the marchers and the
counterdemonstrators. “
The publicity generated by the marches
and the community spirit of Forsyth County
would aid a black family moving into the
area, he said.
"It's that kind of community where if
somebody is in trouble, you help them out"
he said. ' There are blacks that work in For
syth County. I've had black friends from At
lanta come in and and never had any
problems with that."
Forsyth County and the South in general
both have a bad reputation on the issue of
civil rights, Kontos said.
"I've talked to blacks in Atlanta and supri
singly enough, some guy from Cleveland,
Ohio, was aware of it (Forsyth County's rep
utation! Among the black community it’s es
tablished, you just don't go there"
Regina Weir,a junior majoring in art and a
Forsyth County resident, said the attention
draw’n to the march and subsequent coun
terprotests could help ease racial tension
elsewhere.
Weir said her family moved to Forsyth
from New York when she was 11 years old
and was shocked at the complete absence of
blacks.
“It was so hard for us to believe that
people could not live with black people," she
said.
Weir said she is suprised that calls for
change in Forsyth didn't come sometime
sooner.
"It has always amazed me that it took this
long." she said
University freshman Joyce Freeman, also
a Forsyth resident, said she couldn't forsee
what the march's effects would be, but said
' integration will eventually come to Forsyth
County.
Time eventually will bring about integra
tion, she said
Freeman said she won't march Saturday
, for personal reasons
"I'd rather not be a part of it I prefer to
keep my views to myself," she said. "I'm not
a racist."
Frosty the giraffe?
While Russell Hall residents Mere throwing it. Karen
Payne sculpted Athens’ (mo inches of Met snoM
Thursday If the Frosts The Snowman Principle applies
to this animal. Athens is in for a scare. Actually, the
above-freezing temperatures Thursday didn’t give this
Spotted African Leaf-Eating Giraffe a chance.
University Police Sergeant Lisa Boone said Bain did file a report
Tuesday, but she didn’t know why Bain was unable to report the incident
Thursday Jan 15.
“It could be perhaps that all the patrol officers were out on patrol.” she
said.
The department usually has to call in a patrol officer from his patrol to
fill out such reports. Boone said.
University police refused to release any information on the investigation
Thursday afternoon, but said they haven’t caught the perpetrators yet
“I just don’t have any information to give you at the moment (on the in
vestigation)." Boone said
Bain said Tuesday that no one in the police department remembered her
repeated attempts to file a report Thursday.
However. Bain said University police were very helpful Tuesday
“The guy I talked to today seemed pretty nice about the whole thing."
she said. “I still just find it hard to believe that none of them remember me
being in there (last Thursday).”
W r hen asked about the investiga
tion. Detective Donald Cowart said!
“I’ve been instructed not to say
anything.”
Bain said experiencing violence at
a peaceful march in Athens sur
prised her.
“It was his (King's) birthday and
we ought to be celebrating what he
stood for." she said. "I don’t undei»-
stand why people have to be like
that."
Red and Black Senior Reporter
Tony L. Wilson contributed to this
Chame Bain story.
Brumby gas leak
knocks out student
By Mike Krensavage
Krd minI Bl.uk Srnior Itrportn
University officials have asked Environmental Safety Services to in
spect a Brumby Hall generator exhaust system after a resident found her
roommate unconscious on the floor of her room Wednesday.
University freshman April Currie said she found her roommate,
freshman Kirsten Mack, "face down on the floor" after Mack allegedly in
haled exhaust fumes from a diesel emergency generator inside Brumby
“I opened the door and the fumes smelled really bad.” Currie said “The
smell was really nauseating, like I was standing behind a truck . "
She said she took Mack to the Gilbert Health Center, where doctors ex
amined and released Mack, but didn’t administer a test to check gas levels
in her blood
Mack had been sick with the flu, Currie said.
“The flu could have aggravated her condition," she said.
Health center officials confirmed Mack's treatment.
Brumby Residence Life Coordinator Scotti Holcombe said the ESS will
inspect the generator by Monday to determine if the system is unsafe
Brumby officials were running the generator Wednesday when its ex
haust leaked into the residence hall Officials tun the generator, which
powers emergency equipment during power outages, each Wednesday and
it often fills halls liear the exhaust opening with fumes, she said
"This has been going on for several years." Holcombe said "Several
women who lived in the building last year are aware of the problem"
The generator is inside Brumby but its exhaust pipe is outside, near resi
dents' windows, she said.
Open room windows probably aggravated Wednesday's problem, Hol
combe said
"There were a lot of fumes on the hall," she said. "The girls on the hall
were frustrated that tho hall had such a strong odor "
An ambulance transported another Brumby resident, freshman
Courtney McMullins, to Athens Regional Medical Center for a blood test
Wednesday after she felt sick. Currie said.
Holcombe said McMullins' arterial gas test results showed no traces of
the gas McMullins also had been sick before the incident, so determining it
the fumes caused the illness is difficult, she said
Hospital officials confirmed McMullins was admitted to the emergency
room at 9:20 p.m Wednesday
Mack estimated she was unconscious for about 20 minutes after the inci
dent, which occured w hile she was reading in her second-floor room
"I feel a lot better today. Mack said "It was quite an experience"
Holcombe said next week she will give Brumby residents a memo ex
plaining generator test procedures
"That's about as far as I can go." she said.
Determining the exhaust’s effect on the women's illnesses is difficult be
cause both women were sick before the generator testing, Holcombe said
"I don't think it was in any way a life-threatening situation." she said
Mike Castronis dies at 64
By Jim Callis
Bed and Black Nport- Mihm
Mike Castronis. Mho coached the junior
varsity football team and advised
cheerleading squads at Georgia, died of
cancer at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens
Wednesday. He was 64
A native of Jacksonville, Fla . Castronis
was a three-time AII-SEC lineman for the
Bulldogs from 1W3 to 1945 After 15 years
of high school coaching. Castronis returned
to the University in 1961
He began as the head freshman coach,
became assistant to the Dean of Men in
1964. and served as an instructor in the
Health and P E Department and as intra
murals director from 1966 until he retired
in 1982. The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
honored Castronis with a “Service to
Sports Award” in 1986
Bulldog Club executive secretary Loran
Smith was a close friend of Castronis
“I’ve known him for years,” said Smith.
“He was an exceptional person He really
wanted to live in Athens and it worked out
well for Mike because he started on the
high school level, then got the opportunity
to coach here
“The University of Georgia was his life
and he gave his life to the school and to
young people It’s not something he went
around preaching about very much, it was
just very obvious. Right up to the end he
was doing a lot of things in the community
that a lot of people don’t know about ”
Cheerleader Scott Beasley echoed
Smith's sentiments
“'Dus is a very tough time for me, be
cause he did a lot for me,” said Beasley
He showed me more about being a caring
person than anyone He always thought a
lot more about other people than himself
He taught us to put other people first and
to be dedicated to what you're doing. ”
Services will lie held today at 10:30 a m.
at First Presbyterian Church
Mike Castrunisfr)