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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga. Volume 95, No. 32
Friday, November 13, 1987
News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Security officer at a previous Georgia-Auburn game
Police prepare for game day
By Rich Faulkner
Krd and Black Senior Reporter
It'll be business as usual for law
enforcement officers at Saturday’s
Georgia-Auburn game, but some
students said problems could arise.
University Police Capt. Connie
Sampson said security at the game
will be ‘ pretty much the same."
There will be a capacity crowd at
Sanford Stadium, and law enforce
ment officers will deal with it like
any other capacity crowd game,
Sampson said.
Some students, on the other hand,
predict problems.
Jon Pollard, a sophomore pre
medicine major who attended last
year’s Auburn game, said hostility
generated at last year's game could
be directed at Auburn fans.
Last year. Auburn University po
lice turned water hoses on students
charging the field, also dousing
people still in the stands
“They (Georgia fans) are going to
be rowdy. Georgia students want re
venge," he said.
Asa Boynton. University public
safety director, said law enforce
ment officers aren’t anticipating
any unusual trouble w ith the game
“It would be a little naive to say I
wasn't concerned about it," he said.
“We're not worried about it, but
we re concerned," he said.
Boynton said enforcement offi
cials are hoping University students
will regulate their own enthusiasm,
but officers are prepared to make
arrests.
• We need to try to rely on people
to contain themselves, he said.
"The whole emphasis during a
game is not to make arrests. If we
see something developing, we try to
nip it in the bud "
Greg McGarity, University game
manager of all home athletic
events, said about 215 security per
sonnel will be present at the sta
dium
Representatives from the Univer
sity police, Clarke County Sheriff's
Department. World of Security.
Georgia State University police and
Georgia Medical College police will
be present, he said.
Ken Ashley, a junior marketing
major and band member who at
tended last year’s game, said he
thinks hostility about last year's in
cident still lingers with University
students
He said the use of water cannons
lor crowd control at last year's
game was warranted lor the people
who ran out onto the field, but not
for the people in the stands
Drew Mitchell, a sophomore pre
journalism major, said added secu
rity probably will be necessary, con
sidering the importance of the
game But he said he thinks the
abundance of security at last week's
Florida game was unnecessary
“I think it was ridiculous to put
the whole National Guard out on the
field That’s what it looked like." he
said
Boynton said officers wouldn't go
so far as to stand shoulder-to
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No sugar — cubes or powder
Punishment won’t be sweet for offenders
By Rich Faulkner
Rfd uml Hlurk Settlor Reporter
Larry Munson may like to see
sugar falling out of the sky. hut
University law enforcement offi
cials said they belter not see any
at the Auburn game Saturday or
ejection and prosecution will
follow.
Asa Boynton. University public-
safety director, said law enforce
ment officers will crack down on
students throwing objects from the
upper seating decks, a popular
pastime for tootball spectators.
'There is a continuing problem
of debris being thrown from the
stands, " Boynton said.
"Plastic cups, when thrown
from the top decks, can cause
pretty serious injury to people in
the lower decks," he said.
Ice. drinks and tissue paper are
commonly thrown at a game, he
said
l-aw enforcement officers won't
1 tolerate people throwing sugar ei
ther. Boynton said
"To somebody in the lower deck,
a sugar cube is as bad as a rock."
he said.
Asa Boynton
Greg McGarity. University
game manager of all home games,
said granulated or powdered sugar
is dangerous too
"II someone turns around and
idoks up and gets sugar in his
eyes, it can cause serious injury."
he said
Students caught throw ing things
from the stands will be punished.
McGarity said
"Anyone caught throwing any
thing from the stands will be
ejected from the game immedi
ately and may face charges,” he
said.
Boynton said, "If someone is in
jured, you can be charged with a
crime.'
If no one is reported injured, a
guilty thrower will face punish
ment by the Student Judiciary or
the Clarke County courts, he said
"It depends on the severity of
the act. Boynton said
McGarity said hundreds oi com
plaints to the Georgia Athletic As-
sociation prompted the
crackdown.
"They (people throwing debris'
need to realize these are letlow
students down there They don’t
appreciate Cokes or ice being
thrown on them,' lie said
Police will take on a high visi
bility approach to stopping the ac
tivity. he said.
"Obviously, you can't eject 5 or
fi.UOO people at once, but if you
take one or two out. hopefully the
others will get the message," he
said.
Boynton said students should
have respect lor other people at
the game
“Just have a little compassion
for your fellow Buildog fans," he
said
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SA sets date for representative elections
Hy Kevan Ward
Red and Klark Senior Reporter
Represent ives of the Student As
sociation Interim Committee an
nounced Wednesday night they have
set Feb. 3 as the tentative date for
SA elections.
The interim committee's Election
Committee announced Wednesday
that they hoped to sponsor elections
as early in February as possible
Co-founder Brett Samsky said if
University resources can be ob
tained. and if students will sign up
in early January to run for office,
the election should Ik* held Feb 3
"If we can get the word out fast
enough, we re going to try for that,
he said. "That is the date we re
shooting for "
Co-founder Audrey Haynes an
nounced earlier this week that the
interim committee has chosen Tom
Cochran, assistant to the vice presi
dent for Student Affairs, and lajch
Johnson, a political science pro
fessor, to advise the committee
Haynes, along with Samsky and
several others, initiated the idea tor
a new student association and Uni
versity students approved its forma
tion last spring.
Haynes also said instead of
choosen applicants making up the
interim committee, any University
student who attends each of the
committee's meetings can partici
pate
Haynes said 22 people attended
last week’s meeting, including 2
who were members of Son of SAM
(Students Against Misrepresenta
tion). the group opposing SA last
spring. About 15 students were at
Wednesday's meeting
I think it's a positive sign." she
said.
Samsky said the interim com
mittee is divided into four subcom
mittees: Elections. Qualifications
and Programming, Campaigning
and Public Relations
All of the group's founders will
have graduated after this quarter,
she said
The interim committee meets
every Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:30
p m in Room 137 of the Tate Stu
dent Center.
Police to be on lookout for scalpers
By Jeff Wohl
Krtl anil ItUrk senior Reporter
University and Athens police will look for people
scalping tickets to Saturday's Auburn game as part of
normal gameday activities, officials said Thursday.
University Police Sgt Lisa Boone said people are
not allowed to sell tickets on University property for
any price "
The University will have officers in plainclothes and
in uniform to spot scalpers Saturday, she said
Boone said University police weren’t doing anything
diitcrent for Saturday's game.
Sgt Mel Hegwood. Athens police public information
officer, said city police also will have plainelothed offi-
eers monitoring city streets as at any other University
home game
Athens police have no jurisdiction on campus, but
they will patrol Baldwin and Lumpkin streets, which
belong to the city.
"AH available officers will be working and. as part of
their duty involving traffic and patrolling, will observe
for people scalping tickets." Hegwood said
Georgia Athletic Association Ticket Manager Freddy
Jones said last week. “Scalping is obviously illegal The
Georgia Athletic Association is opposed to scalping, but
in respect to the authorities, it is hard to control ."
Clarke County Superior Court Judge James Barrow
said last week the maximum penalty for someone
charged with the misdemeanor offense is a $1,000 fine
and 12 months in jail.
Lyndon LaRouche supporter Connie Carr set up a table in front of the
Athens l*ost Office main branch Thursday to hand out AIDS literature to
passersby. Here, \thens resident Greg Shaw inquires about LaRouche in
formation. According to a pamphlet describing l.arouche's proposed ac
quired immune deficiency program. I^ltouche supports mass-testing and
isolation of \IDS carriers for the next 10 years. LaRouche also proposes an
“ Apollo-st\le crash program of combine I clinical, conventional biological
and optical biologv research."
Dukakis interviewed
via satellite for students
B> Jonathan Tully
Rrd and Black Senior Rrporter #
Presidential candidate Michael
Dukakis will answer questions
today via satellite from students
from 40 colleges and universities na
tion wide, including the University,
the campus coordinator of Students
for Dukakis said Thursday.
Pavton McManus said the Univer
sity will broadcast the conference at
4pm in Room 1^ of the Georgia
Center for Continuing Education
The conference, sponsored by the
Clarke County/UGA Young Demo
crats, will be broadcast from Texas
A&M University, said McManus, a
junior political science major
Dukakis, the governor of Massa
chusetts. will give a short speech
and then answer questions from stu
dents telephoning from different
parts of the country The conference
will last for 45 minutes, he said
The University will be one ol only
two colleges in the state to broad
cast the event, he said Georgia
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Director Hughes remains ruler of teen movies
By Scott Williams
Red and Black Staff Writer
This is one in a series of Athens
exclusive interviews
LOB ANGELES John Hugftm
is the man who gave Ferris a day
off. called the Breakfast Club to
order, made pink a prettier color
and proved 16, not 40. is the most
heart-breaking number of candles
that can be placed on a cake.
He is quickly proving to the
world that comedy and compas
sion can walk hand-m hand on the
screen.
"The actor must find the char
acter and stay in character when
shooting out of continuity over
long periods of time in different
cities If the actor gets the char
acter right, then you get the
reality and the comedy, and ev*
erything else will follow
Hughes' newest film, “Planes.
Trains and Automobiles, focuses
on mismatched traveling compan
ions, Steve Martin and John
Candy, who experience cross
country confusion while on their
way to Chicago for Thanksgiving
Aptly, the movie opens Nov 25
Hughes didn't speak of any cer
tain Muses who must sit on his
shoulder and whisper quiet little
inspirations, but he did say how he
came up with the notion for
"Planes. ’
"This actually happened to me."
Hughes said "1 left Chicago for
New York for a one-day trip, plan
ning to come back that night 1
ended up in Wichita and then
Phoenix and then got home five
days later
Hughes' keen insight into the
teen psyche has been a box office
bonanza One might suppose his
relationship with his parents was
either that of complete ease or
maybe the usual mid-teen crisis
“1 think I liked them more than
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Hughes tr) chats with Steve Martin (c) and John Candy (I), the stars of his latest film
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