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Bulldog Visa card generates more than
$20,000 in its first month for University
Tuoday, November 17, 19B7
The Red and Black
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By Amy Belle*
K«d *n4 Black Senior Reporter
University President Charles Knapp has re
ceived a $20,122 check, the first monthly instal
lment of funds from the Bank South Bulldog Visa
card revenues.
Bo Spalding, Bank South vice president of
public affairs and communication in Atlanta,
said this first check will be the largest because it
represents the income from the initial influx of
approved cards from August through October.
The University recieves $7 of the $12 annual
fee that is paid up front on each newly approved
card, he said.
Currently, there are 3,321 approved cards in
circulation, he said.
Bob Ridgway, Bank South Athens branch pres
ident, said the initial check accounts for between
2.500 and 3,000 of these cards.
“That was probably the largest check unless
we have a large influx of new applications,” he
said.
David Muia, University director of devel
opment. said the University had been consid
ering the program for several years.
“We looked at other schools that have a card
- Georgia Tech, Florida, LSU, South Carolina —
and tried to use the best ideas from their pro
grams to develop our own,” he said.
Bank South presented the best total package
and was given the contract, he said
' The money is not a gift from Bank South, it is
a share of a business transaction,” Muia said.
Ridgway said, under the terms of the contract,
Bank South presents $7 of the annual card fee of
$12 to the University The first annual fee is paid
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upfront upon approval of the card. The Univer
sity also receives a percentage of each trans
action in which a Bulldog card is used.
The card, which is being marketed through
Bank South and the University Alumni Society,
was first offered in late August.
Muia said the Georgia Athletic Association
gave the University Alumni Society and Bank
South permission to use the Bulldog logo which is
featured on the card.
Ridgway said the card's annual fee is no
greater than the standard fee for existing Master
Card customers.
The Bulldog Visa card is available to anyone,
he said.
"The card is a great way for a student to es
tablish credit. We feel most students have their
parents' cards anyway. Why not be a co-appli
cant (with parents) on a Bulldog card?" he said.
Biotechnologists working to improve on nature
By Marty Hames
Kra .ml (link (rmtrItHJlIn, Writ..
Biotechnology.
The $32 million Biological Sci
ences Complex that will house the
University's genetics and bioche
mistry departments is scheduled to
be completed by September 1989
But what is biotechnology?
Sidney Kushner, University ge
netics department head, said bi
otechnology is the application of
biological research in a number of
areas to improve naturally existing
processes.
“Scientists are looking for a way
to put extra (genetic) information
into plants to make them a better
source of protein," Kushner said
“If corn happens to be a major food
source, you could develop a protein
deficiency."
If the nutritional value in plants
can be increased, it will alleviate
some of the Third World food prob
lems, he said.
Milton Cormeir, a biology re
searcher, has made a major beakth
rough after 26 years of research
involving radioactive testing in
which biotechnology is the key link
Cormeir has discovered a way to
substitute a radioactive tracer used
in diagnostic testing, with a biolumi-
nescent protein found in a partic
ular jellyfish from the north Pacific
Ocean.
"We took advantage of the break
throughs in biotechnology in the late
70s and found a way to clone the
genes in jellyfish," Cormeir said.
Rick McCann, one of Cormeir’s
research technicians, said that by
using bioluminescence, the hazards
and high costs of working with ra
dioactivity will be eliminated, he
said.
Cormeir said, “Biotechnology and
genetic engeneering is becoming a
nationwide phenomenon. Everyone
is trying to get into the act, in
cluding the University.
“It's definitly a positive move for
everyone in the field. The new
center will be the tip of the ice
berg," he said.
Former University President
Fred Davison paved the way for the
construction of the center. Davison
said that biotechnology is a total
change in every aspect of life.
"The revolution has begun and is
accelerating," he said.
ALCOHOL
leered to serve on the committee,
but I was really more interested
that this be students representing a
constituency," Douglas said.
Although SCAAR1 (Students Con
cerned About Alcohol-Related Is
sues) didn’t get a representative on
the committee, it did have an effect
on it, he said
"They provided some additional
sensitivity to the average student,
but that sensitivity took the form of
a suggestion to the committee to
have at least one open meeting,”
Douglas said.
The open meeting will allow stu
dents to relate their concerns first
hand, he said.
Greek organizations received
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heavy representation because they
primarily sponsor the parties af
fected by the policy change,
Douglas said
“I tried to be particularly sensi
tive to those who have been putting
their cash on the line, so they are
not excluded in the formation of the
committee," he said.
The task force’s non-student
members include Mac Coile, Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity adviser and
Athens City Council member-elect;
Carol Middlebrooks, a University
Health Services alcohol educator;
and Art Lee, Student Affairs legal
adviser
Paul Kurtz, a law professor, at
torney and fraternity adviser, will
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chair the committee.
Student Activities Director Bill
Porter and Assistant Director of
Housing Rita Moser also will be on
the task force, as well as University
Police Maj. Chuck Horton and
Athens Police Deputy Chief Mark
Wallace.
Porter said, “I hope after due de
liberation, people, even if they may
not agree with the policy, (will) at
least feel okay about the fact that
students had the opportunity to have
input, and whatever the outcome is,
it’s one they can understand and re
spect."
As the committee investigates
other schools' open party policies
Douglas said, students will realize
the University's policy isn't too re
pressive.
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