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The Red and Black
Thursday, .lune 16, 1HKX
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Greene is Regents head
Joseph Greene of Thomson was named chairman of the Board of Re
gents last week
Greene is only the second black to be appointed chairman.
An insurance executive at Pilgrim Life Co. in Thomson, where he
has worked since 1969, Greene was the first black elected to the Me
Duffie County school board, in 1971 He kept that position until 1984
when Governor Joe Frank Harris appointed him to the Board of Re
gents
Edgar Rhodes of Bremen, currently the chair for the Regents Edu
cation Committee, will take Greene's place as assistant chairmanof the
Board of Regents
In other business last week, the Regents appointed Carl Wayne
Jordan as director of the University’s Cooperative Extension Service;
John J Kozak, of the University of Notre Dame, was named new Aca
demic Dean and Professor of Chemistry at the University; and Mai
colm Albert McNiven was named director of the University’s Center for
Marketing Studies.
Harris la keen profile low
ATLANTA (AP> — Georgia Gov Joe Frank Harris, who has shied
away from national politics during his two terms as governcr, doesn’t
plan to change his approach when he welcomes delegates and the
media to next month's Democratic National Convention.
During the July 18-21 convention, the conservative Democrat will de
liver a brief speech welcoming the members of a national party he
often has found too liberal
“It is not that major.' said Harris “We just want the people to have
a warm sincere welcome to the state, and I’ll try to express that.”
Harris also will host a brunch and a lunch for Democratic governors
and major party contributors at the Executive Mansion. As a board
member of Atlanta '88. the committee organizing the convention lo
cally. Harris plans to meet with national reporters at a media party
and will participate in the “Victory Celebration" party on the conven
tion's final day
Although he was a key figure in helping woo the convention for At
lanta. Hams has never sought the role he will play next month as host
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^Theater of Sound’ to hit big time in fall
Sliarr and Teena syndicated in the South
By Nicole Gustin
Red and Black Staff Writer
Chris Harmon has complained
about people often requesting him
to, "say something funny; make
me laugh." With the Intercolle
giate Broadcast System’s (IBS)
syndication of “Theater of
Sound," a radio-comedv show.
Harmon must now do it on call
Harmon, a senior graphic de
sign major, adapted WUOG FM’s
"Theater of Sound" from dra
matic readings to comedic acts,
in spring 1985
“It was mostly 30-minute
dramas They were tedious and
boring," he said. "I decided no
body wanted to listen to that. Col
lege audiences have short
attention spans So I changed it to
comedy."
In fall 1985, Harmon collabo
rated with Mike Stiles, whom he
met through a friend, and the two
began doing "skits, songs, what
ever we could think up "
The pair mastered close to 90
voices, Stiles said — both imita
tions and originals — including
Sharr and Teena, two ditzy so
rority girls.
The show gained instant popu
larity on campus and around
town. Stiles and Harmon at
tempted to expand their audi
ences and made it to the last cut
on "Saturday Night Live." IBS
contacted the team in 1986.
"They heard about the show
and the popularity in Athens,"
‘The North thinks a
Southern comedy
show is going to be
like Hee Haw.'
Stiles has formed Theater ot
Sound Productions. Inc , and he
and Harmon may lie on their way
to making a living from radio
comedy
“We always thought, wouldn’t
it be fabulous to make money,’ ”
Stiles said. "We thought it was
only a joke to do this for a living.”
The finances and length of con
tract have not yet been arranged.
For now, however. Stiles said
they will continue to target a stu
dent audience.
“It’s where the humor is aimed
at,” Stiles said. "Our audience
sits in well with the progressive
program. They’re fun people to
deal with. Later we might do
some commercial ventures. "
WUOG, being the perpetrator of
the show, will begin airing "best
of’’ sequences sometime this
quarter. Manfred Jones said.
However. Stiles and Harmon are
now calling the shots on "Theater
of Sound."
"We had no idea how popular
the show was," Stiles said, “until
people asked us to do Sharr and
Teena when we were walking
downtown, and they started
giving us free pizzas."
Stiles said. "We weren’t ready to
do that. We didn't know how long
it would be for.”
However, Stiles graduated, and
the show ended. Two years and
several jobs later, Stiles and
Harmon are both ready for syndi
cation and will start cranking out
fresh comedy in the fall. Although
IBS would prefer the hosts to
make a cluster of shows ahead of
time, Stiles noted the impracti
cably of this because "Theater"
deals with current issues.
College stations all around the
Southeast have demonstrated in
terest in the show already.
“It’s easier to do regional
shows," Harmon said. "When you
deal with the North and the West,
they're suspicious; of a comedy
show from the South. They think
it’s going to be like Hee Haw."
"Stations have expressed a real
need for some kind of comedy,"
Stiles added, “and there's not
anything out there. They’re not
satisfied with the quality."
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Chris Harmon and Mike Stiles in their WUOG days
Students plan to reach peak of Mount Everest
technically, Dinnan said. But ice
climbing is more dangerous than
regular rock climbing.
The boots the climbers wear have
48 sharp points and will have sharp
ice picks, he said. The chances of
these cutting the ropes are greater
than during rock climbing
As the air becomes thinner with
higher altitudes, the climbers will
experience physical detonation, Po-
litz said.
Dinnan said every day above 20,-
000 feet, the climber doesn’t regain
energy.
"As the days go by, the (climber)
is literally dying." he said.
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After three years of planning, a
University student’s dream of
climbing the world’s highest moun
tain is becoming a reality this fall.
Joe Dinnan, a senior music
major, is the captain of a nine-man
team, preparing to climb a virgin
route on Mount Everest in August.
Dawson Mims, a first-year Uni
versity law student, and Steve
Foisy, trek coordinator and part
time University student, also will
climb Mount Everest.
Preparation for the expedition al
most is completed, and Dinnan has
raised 90 percent of the team’s
$200,000 budget through
sponsorship.
The team members are Gary
Troyer, an Aspen, Colo., doctor who
specializes in high altitudes, Andy
Politz of Ohio, Pete Athens of Colo
rado, Dawson Mims and Steve
Foisy b«th of Athens, Hank Hoder
lerfield of Atlanta. Richard Tyrell
and Joe Dinnan of Athens. The ninth
member is yet to be named.
Bob Weils Communications is
planning to gain footage of the
climb for possible media distribu
tion, and an independent re
searcher. Bob Perkins, will study
the climbers’ psychological stress.
Louise McBee, acting vice presi
dent for Academic Affairs, aided
Dinnan in gaining the climbing
permit and will accompany the ex
pedition on a trek to its base camp,
a 25-30 mile walk, she said. The trek
will take from five to eight days and
will reach the altitude of 18,000 feet
above sea level.
"1 was on the bottom of the world
making a trip down the Grand
Canyon when I got this job, and I’ll
be on the top of the world at the end
of it," she said
McBee said she plans to vigor
ously train for the trek in July by
* walking six to eight miles a day.
Although McBee has gone on
other adventures such as traveling
around the world with students and
climbing Mount Washington in New
Hampshire, nothing compares to
the Mount Everest trip, she said.
"This is probably the most pos
sibly dangerous environment that
I’ve ever gone in," she said.
Dinnan said McBee and seven
others will comprise the trek group,
including President Emeritus
Henry King Stanford and his wife,
Ruth, and an Atlantan lawyer —
Alex Patterson, also a trustee of the
University Foundation
Andy Politz 28, of Ohio, may be
the team's strongest and most expe
rienced climber, Dinnan srfid.
"It's like being with a star ath
lete," he said. "He’s got a good
shot " for reaching the summit
Politz was a professional guide for
Mount Ranier in Washington State’s
National Park in 1979 at the age of
19, he said.
Politz said he views climbing as a
dangerous mental game that must
be approached humbly.
“1 constantly keep that in mind,”
he said “No mountain’s worth
dying for."
“It’s less dangerous than
driving," Politz said. “If you go
with a humble conscience for
safety, there's a chance in a million
you'll run into trouble.”
Climbing is a team effort, Politz
said, and the climbers need to be in
good physical shape.
“If each person doesn’t train cor
rectly, there’s no benefit.”
Dinnan said the group will meet
at the mountain’s base camp in Au
gust and wait for the monsoons to
stop They will begin climbing at 4,-
000 feet, during which each climber
will fix ropes and haul supplies of 30
to 50 pounds several times.
After about 25-30 days, the expedi
tion will make a series of thiee
camps in the snow and from the
final camp, attempt the summit, he
said.
In a pyramid fashion, the team’s
goal is to push two or three climbers
with enough food and equipment to
ward the summit.
Having had friends die from
climbing hazards, two from av
alanches. Politz knows the deathly
risks of climbing Mount Everest
The whole team is good enough
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the climb is "living," Dinnan said.
"We’ll sleep four or five hours a
day. and work about 12 to 15 hours
daily “
Politz said during the two months’
time expected to climb the moun
tain, the climbers will face "one
long bout of pushing" themselves.
"At 3 a m. in the freezing cold,
it’s hard to wake up and climb," he
said. Dinnan said the strong gusts of
winds will be the strongest enemy of
the team.
"It’s characteristic of the post
monsoon to have clear days, with
gradual colder weather," he said.
"There'll be less snow, but more
winds.”
Those who are reasonably relaxed
and refreshed and feel strong
enough will try the summit. Dinnan
said. Ultimately, "it’s not the re
sume, it’s how good the climber is."
But, regardless of “whoever
makes it, it’s a team effort," he
said.
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