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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga. Volume 94, No. 66
Thursday, February 19,1987
News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Harris to replace 11th regent
Ky .Mike Krensavage
Red and Hlark Senior Reporter
Officials familiar with state gov
ernmenl policies called Gov Joe
Frank Harris’ decision Tuesday not
to reappoint regent Sidney O Smith
to the Board of Regents customary
procedure
Harris announced Tuesday he
wouldn't reappoint the former fed
eral judge who headed the com
mittee that selected Charles B
Knapp as Universit) president
elect
‘ This is a legitimate function of
the mcutivc branch l'mvn-*it>
System Chancellor H Dean Propst
said
When Harris replaces Smith, he
will have appointed 11 of the 15 re
gents and will have the opportunity
to replace two more regents, whose
terms expire before his
Sen. Bill Fincher. 1)-Chatsworth,
chairman of the Senate Higher Edu
cation Committee, said he was dis
appointed with Harris' decision
"I thought he <Smith» made an
excellent regent." he said “Harris
Harris appointees
Date appointed
William Cousins
Feb. 18, 1987
William Turner
June 11, 1988
John Robinson
Jan. 7. 1986
Edgar Rhodes
Jan. 8. 1985
Carolyn Yancey
Jan. 1.1985
Joseph Greene
Jan. 10, 1984
Jackie Ward
Jan. 10, 1984
John Anderson Jr.
March ie, 1988
Arthur Gignilliat
March 1ft. 1988
has made good decisions up to
now."
Lt Gov Zell Miller praised Smith
hut said he supports Harris' deci
sion
“Sidney Smith is one ol the finest
people I know." he said. “But I sup
port the governor "
The Georgia Constitution grants
the governor authority to appoint
regents The Senate must then ap
prove the appointees, who serve a
seven-year term if appointed.
Regent Joseph Greene also
praised Smith, hut said he respected
the governor's decision
“I have enjoyed working with
Smith He's a very effective re
gent." he said. “I respect the gover
nor’s exercising his right to appoint
who he wants to the board "
Dunn said the governor's decision
wasn't unusual
“I don't see it as a case of the
governor overstepping his bounds in
terms of his constitutional duties,
he said. “The governor has the
power to make these appoint
ments.”
Harris’ replacing most of the re
gents isn’t unusual either. I>unn
said.
Propst estimated that two re
gents' terms expire each year
Harris said Tuesday he has an ap
pointee to fill Smith's position in
mind, but wouldn't disclose the
name
A Harris aide told state Rep. Joe
Wood that Harris policy is not to re
appoint regents, but Smith said he
doesn’t know the reasons for the de
cision.
"As tar as I know, there was no
issue between us." he said. "I as
sume there's someone else he wants
to appoint "
Harris was unavailable for com
ment Wednesday.
Smith said he wasn't surprised by
the decision but was disappointed
by it.
"I would have liked to serve
again." he said
Gov. Harris named Cousins to regents Wednesday
Latest regent also
major contributor
to Harris campaign
Physicists want a $4.4 billion collider
By Mark Wheeler
Red anil Him k Srnlwr Itepnrtri
A concerted push by Georgia physicists, in
cluding University researchers, is aimed at
bringing home a $4 4 billion physicist's dream
the world's largest sub atomic particle accele
rator.
A committee of state physicists and astro
nomers is attempting to win U S. Department of
Energy approval of Georgia as a site for the Su
perconducting Super Collider (SSCt complex, a
mammoth structure that accelerates protons
and other elementary particles close to the
speed of light and then crashes them together,
said committee director Haul Elbert, a physics
professor at Middle Georgia College in Cochran.
"The U S. has taken a strong lead and been
very committed to basic research that in due
course will produce practical applications and
spin off technologies." he said.
Astronomers will Ik* interested in the SSC’s
experiments because particle collisions will pro
vide key information to the composition and
makeup of the early universe. Elbert said.
"They accelerate protons around in opposite
directions and each build up 20 trillion electron
volts of energy." he said "Their collision re
sults in 40 trillion electron volts of energy and
the collision of the motion is transformed into
mass So astronomers can study Einstein's rela
tion of energy and mass "
The DOE will consider prospective sites from
various states on April 4 and will announce the
site four months later
The SSC will be 52 miles in circumference and
will be a huge oval covering 500 square miles.
-Elbert said Its proposed location is Dublin. Ga..
a town between Macon and Savannah near 1-16
Georgia is a very attractive site for the SSC
because of its low seismic activity (movement
in the earth's crust*, close proximity to trans
pollution centers and universities and its topo
graphical qualities — coastal plains and flat
land, he said
Flat land is important for purely economic
rt—0B», Elbert Biud With flat land, the Struc
ture can have the SSC's eight experimental
hulls, huge structual facilities the size of football
fields, built above ground rather than buried.
The cost to bury them would Ik* more than $1 bil
lion.
The SSC will have an operating budget of $270
million a yeoi and will provide $2 billion in
state-contracted labor, he said
Georgia Sens Sam Nunn and Wyche Fowler
and University System Chancellor H Dean
Propst all endorse the SSC
Gov. Joe Frank Harris has appointed a com
mittee of Propst. Georgia Industry and Trade
Commissioner George Berry and economic de
velopers from different parts of the state to
meet with Elbert to discuss the SSC.
University physicists Gary Love and T P
Chou also are on the committee, but were un
available for comment Wednesday.
Edward Thomas, committee steering member
and director of physics at the Georgia Institute
of Technology .said that the SSC will be an “in
ternational machine" that will attract physicists
and astronomers from various areas of the
world.
“Physics is a commuting business — you go
where the action is," he said.
The SSC will help nuclear physicists answer
medical questions concerning cancer and other
medical technologies such as X-ray machines.
Thomas said.
Echoing Elbert. Thomas said the most impor
tant use of the SSC will be in stud> of the pos
sible origins of the universe, such as the big-
bang theory, which states that the universe orig
inates from a huge particle explosion
Local police chief
spends most of
his time on job
By Jefl Turner
Kr«t anil Klatk VtiiM Kepoctn
A profile
A self described “workaholic," Athens Police Chief
Everett E Price spends the majority of his time on a
job he didn't think he would keep longer than six
months
"I feel good when I have about 40 things to do at one
time." said Price, who has been police chief for 11
years
Price said he came to Athens in October 1975. at a
time when the Athens Police Department was under'
close scrutiny for several abuses
"I arrived on Sunday and Tuesday night I went to the
city council meeting where they were discussing police
brutality." he said
During the first three or tour months. Price was in
volved in an internal investigation of police abuses At
one point, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was in
volved in the investigation, he said
“The honeymoon was very short." Price said
Price said he probably would have left after the first
few months, but a several lawsuits kept him in Athens
That first suit, a reverse discrimination suit in which
the department was charged with unfairly promoting
minorities, lasted about two years, he said
“Any time there is hiring or firing, you can expect lit
igation." Price said "To my knowledge, we have won
all the suits we have had "
He said he has worked hard at improving hiring prac
tices that existed when he arrived in Athens
“Before, if you knew somebody in politics, you got a
job I think the department has come a long way in a
very short time."
Now the department does a comprehensive back
ground investigation to screen out undesirable appli
cants Politics doesn't enter into the selection process,
he said
Another area Price has attempted to improve is
training and education of Athens police officers
“We encourage officers to go back to school and re
ceive their degrees." he said
Price said he also encourages members of the depart
ment to take training courses in areas such as com
puter management
Price himself has taken training classes in areas
ATLANTA (AP) — A Marietta
physician who contributed heavily
to both of Gov Joe Frank Harris
gubernatorial campaigns won an
appointment to the Board of Re
gents Wednesday
Harris' press office announced
that Dr. William l^amar Cousins
was the governor s choice to suc
ceed Regent Lloyd Summer of
Rome, whose seven-year term ex
pired in January.
Cousins is the physician of the
governor's wile. Elizabeth
According to campaign disclosure
reports, he contributed $16,500 to
Harris two gubernatorial cam
paigns, his initial race in 1HH2 and
his 1986 re-election campaign
Harris previously appointed
Cousins to the Board of Human Re
sources in 1985 He will have to re
sign that position to take the Bojrd
ot Rflgsnts [m>m
Summer is one of two regents
with expired terms who aren't being
reappointed by Harris. The other is
Sidney <) Smith ol Gainesville, who
most recently let! the search lor a
new University president
Summer said Wednesday that he
was ready to move on and thus
didn't seek reappointment
"I feel like we (Smith and
Summer) left the system m good
shape, he said "The governor de
voted lots of effort to make educa
tion a top focus in his
administration."
The governor told reporters
Tuesday it has been his policy not to
reappoint regents after they have
completed their seven-year terms.
“Seven years is a long time."
Harris said
He hasn't announced his choice
for Smith's replacement on the
board, but said Tuesday Ik* had
someone in mind.
Summer, president of National
City Bank m Rome, represented the
state's 7th Congressional District on
the hoard ami was appointed by
former Gov George BunImh hi 1980
According to campaign disclosure
reports. Cousins contributed a total
of $12,500 to Harris during the 1982
governor's race and hosted a fund
raiser lor hun He also contributed
$1,000 a year to the governor's re
election fund in 1982. 1984. 1985 and
1986
Barbara Morgan, the governor’s
press secretary, said Harris and
Cousins have been close* friends lor
years
Senior Reporter Tony l. Wilnon con
tributed to tki* *tor \
AIDS sufferer speaks to students
Athens Police Chief Everett E. Price
such as fingerprint classification, homicide training,
management computer management and narcotics
from such institutions as the FBI National Academy,
the Treasury Department in Washington and the Uni
versity of Louisville
He went to school for 10 years at night to earn his de
grees a bachelor's degree m criminal justice from
Armstrong Mate College and a master's degree in
public administration from Georgia Southern College
While working as an officer in Savannah, where he
served from 1956 to 1975. Price said he volunteered for
every training school he could attend
"While others were interested in fishing. 1 was taking
classes. " he said
Price's present extracurricular activities include
fishing with his 15-year-old son. photography and tea
thing at Green Acres Baptist Church, where he is a
deacon
Price also has four daughters: three are teachers,
while the other attends the University of South Caro
Mai
By Bill Kent
l(nl 4ml HUi k .Sen lot Repot ler
Personal testimony of an AIDS sufferer drew at>out
75 people to the Forestry Auditorium Tuesday night for
the first in a two-part series titled "Perspective* on
AIDS
The Athens Gay/l^esbian Alliance. Hospice of Athens
and the University Social Work Club co-sponsored the
program
“Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is some
thing that you can’t run away from, and so we're
meeting here tonight to inform students and others ol
the realities ol the virus so we can better understand
and deal with it as a community." said Arlene Ligotti.
St. Mary's Hospital infection control coordinator
The program came Tuesday as the Georgia House of
Representatives unanimously passed a bill to permit
exchange of information on AIDS patients between
medical professionals The bill is intended to protect
AIDS patients' spouses and other patients treated by
the professionals
The second portion of the program will be held at the
same location Tuesday Feb 24 and will focus on Uni
versity and Athens community involvement in helping
the gay community and those with AIDS
Ligotti gave a speech on the AIDS virus from a med
ical viewpoint
"The word AIDS is frightening to people and we were
nervous when we received our first patient about three
years ago." she said “It’s a devastating disease, but
our hospital deals effectively with each of its cases "
Since the discovery of the disease in 1981. the Athens
area has had 15 to 20 reported cases of the disease. Li
gotti said
"We train all of our staff members the proper ways
to avoid catching the virus and how to really help these
suffering people." she said
Rick Bowles, an Augusta AIDS victim, spoke on the
personal impact of AIDS
“Three years ago I was lirst aware of my exposure to
the virus, but I wasn't actually diagnosed as having
AIDS until about a year ago." he said
The virus can have up to a seven-year incubation pe
riod.
“I tried to remain anonymous at first, but people at
work soon found out and began trying to get rid of me,”
Bow les said
Boyles' employer made up reasons why he should
leave his job and “things got ugly." he said
Last year, when the disease was diagnosed. Bowles
took a medical leave and has traveled the country since
that time
"At first. I thought it was the end of the world be
Mk t»art I .oolsbi Tlx- Red am) HU< k
Bowles, AIDS victim, speaks to students
cause the disease is 1U0 percent fatal, but life is 100 per
cent fatal," he said "You just have to make the best of
the time that you have."
Ligotti cleared up some misinformation about the
much-publicized virus.
"AIDS is a retrovirus which means that it’s a back
wards virus and it's much more difficult to catch than
the general population thinks." Ligotti said "You can't
catch it by shaking hands, eating after someone or by
using a toilet "
The virus only can be passed through intimate con.
tact, specifically through blood and body fluids, she
said
There is no "typical" AIDS victim, she said
"Seventy-three percent are sexually active homo
sexual or bisexual men and 17 percent are illegal inlra
venous drug users," Ligotti said "Eight percent are
homosexual and bisexual men who also are IV drug
users "
The remaining portion is made up of people with
blood-clotting disorders who have received blood trans
fusions, heterosexual men and women, and infants born
to mothers infected with the AIDS virus, she said
"The majority of the sufferers are either homosex
uals or intravenous drug users, but the highest risk
group may soon be prostitutes who are normally drug
users," she said
Athens Gay Lesbian Alliance member Bill Thompson
who attended the program, said next week's program is
the most important portion of the two-part series
"The next meeting is crucial because it can be a
springboard for activating the resources of the Athens
community for slowing down this epidemic " he said