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THE RED AND BLACK
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
Athens, Ga. Volume 95, No. 124
Thursday, June 30, 1988
News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1 791
Louise McBee
McBee retires from University today
By Sarah Hawk
Red and Black Saw* Kditor
As one University administrator leaves
her office today, so will a part of the Uni
versity’s history
Mary Louise McBee, acting vice presi
dent for Academic Affairs for two years,
officially steps down today after 25 years
of service to the University.
"ft’s with mixed feelings that I leave,"
she said. “I’ve had these past 25 years
happy and rewarding memories "
McBee joined the University faculty in
1963 as dean of women and held many
other administrative positions including
dean of students and senior associate vice
president for Academic Affairs
“I’ve had the opportunity to be here in a
period of the University's history that's
probably been the most exciting and dra
matic ft's doubled in the size of the stu
dent body and faculty, ft’s moved from
being a state university to one with a na
tional and international reputation," she
said
Long known for her open relationship
with students, McBee is considered a
person who will always help a student and
lend a sympathetic ear. Perhaps she's a
product of the late '60s when the Univer
sity acted “in loco parentis," in place of
the parents
“I think the students lost that institu
tional expression of concern and caring,”
she said. "You know who gets called now
when students get hurt? They call the po
lice."
June Blackwell, McBee’s secretary,
said, "She’s tremendous with kids. When
they come in with a problem, she always
helps them,”
Said McBee, "The first and primary
reason the University is established is for
the students We should never forget
they’re the reason we're here
"I’ve found the human side of the Uni
versity the most interesting part —
working with students and faculty I'll try
to work out a problem, settle some dispute
or cut some red tape I think that’s what
it's all about," she said
Blackwell also characterized McBee as
being "very serious, very fair, honest, full
of integrity and one who listens ."
Steve Frankel, spokesman for Univer
sity President Charles Knapp said, "Her
reputation for integrity, competence and
compassion is well known across the
campus and across the state
"Dr. Knapp has relied on her advice and
counsel may times over the past year She
has been a great asset with her insight at
the University, having spent so much time
in a position of great responsibility,” he
said
'I’ve found the human
side of the University
the most interesting
part.'
— Louise McBee
Tom Dyer, acting senior associate vice
president for Academic Affairs, also
leaves his position today after working
with McBee for four years,
“She’s absolutely superb It’s been a
great job working with her. I've learned a
lot from her," he said
"I'm sure she'll be missed by many of us
at the University, but I
Please See McBEE, Page 3
Anderson
to play for
San Antonio
By Jeff llart
Red and Black Sports Writer
Willie Anderson, University star
and U S. Olympic Team hopeful,
heard what he had been waiting to
hear for most of his life Tuesday —
that he had been selected in the
NBA draft
Anderson was the 10th player
taken in the draft, by the San An
tonio Spurs, and is expected to be
rubbing elbows with former Navy
star and Olympic teammate David
Robinson. Spurs head coach Larry
Brown went so far as to say An
derson was "the second-best player
in the draft,"
based on his
skills as a player
“Willie comes
from a great pro-
gram,” said
Brown ‘I like
kids who can de
fend and handle
the ball Willie
does both, and I
he's a good per- Anderson
former inside and outside. I think he
will last a long time in this league.”
At 6-foot 7-inches, Anderson was a
two-time All-Southeastern Confer
ence selectee at the guard position
and lead the Bulldogs in scoring his
last two years. As a senior, he aver
aged 16.7 points per game and was
among the SEC leaders in assists.
He was named to the 1987 Pan
American team and is expected to
make the 1988 Olympic team.
Anderson was in San Antonio
during the draft visiting his agent
Lance Luchnick, and was in Hemis-
Fair Arena when the announcement
was made. Anderson had made an
earlier visit for an interview with
the Spurs and quickly fell into grace
with the city
"I fell in love with this place when
1 came for my interview," said An
derson. “I can't believe how people
just walked up to me and said
hello', when I know they don't know
who I am."
The Spurs took Anderson over
some other highly rated players,
possibly due to his play during the
Olympic tryout camps The Spurs
said they wanted Anderson over ev
eryone else in the draft except No. 1
pick Danny Manning
"I think the key to me moving up
(in the draft) was me moving to
point guard,” said Anderson. "I owe
it all to Coach Durham ''
Anderson will be given the chance
to make contributions to the Spurs
in his first season
"He'D be given the opportunity to
play there It just depends on what
he does with It while he's there,"
said Durham
Anderson will be taking the spot
vacated by reserve guard Jon Sund-
vold, who was picked by the Miami
Heat in the expansion draft He will
be backing up starters Johnny Daw
kins and Alvin Robertson and if
things go his way, he could be chal
lenging them for their spots within
two years
"I was hoping things would work
out, and I’m really looking forward
to coming here to play," said An
derson "I’m still kind of pinching
myself from all that’s happened "
I)r. Cliu of the University’s Pharmacy School in one of his laboratories
FIGHTING AIDS
Drug by Chu, partner may be marketed
By Jim Farmer
Krd and Black Managing Kditor
Thanks to a new drug co-invented by University sci
entist Chung Chu, the combatting of Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome may become simpler.
Chu, of the University’s College of Pharmacy, joined
forces with Raymond Schinazi of the Emory Univer
sity School of Medicine's department of pediatrics and
the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Atlanta
to invent the new drug, CS-87
The two men presented it at the Fourth International
Conference on AIDS in Sweden on June 13.
Triton Biosciences. Inc., a biotechnology company
based in California, was impressed and decided to
commercially develop it once it has been approved by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administratiion.
Through research obtained by laboratory and ani
mals, the drug (also known as AZDU) has shown to
have less serious side effects than does AZT, currently
the sole drug the FDA has okayed for AIDS treatment
The findings indicate the new drug is as potent as
AZT in preventing the spread of HIV-1, the virus be
lieved to cause AIDS.
AZT is 20 times more toxic than CS-87 in the pre
cursor cells becoming white blood cells and 100 times
Please See CHU, Page 3
Only blood drive of summer today
By Gloria Kowbotham
lt«l and Black stall Writer
Only 4 percent of Americans do
nate blood for the entire population
of the cout try, but the University
has a chance to do its part today.
The Atlanta Region of the Amer
ican Red Cross is holding the only
blood drive of the summer from 12
— 5 p.m today at the Main Library,
Supplies are a concern in the
summer months because of the drop
in donors
Lila Cartledge, a medical techno
logist at St Mary’s Hospital, certi
fied by the American Society of
Clinical Pathology, said, "With the
months being so hot, people don't
want to be bothered or they’re
afraid they'll gel sick."
Doug Verdier, Director of Com
munications for the Red Cross
Blood Services of Atlanta, said the
amount of blood the Red Cross
keeps on shelve* during the year is
80-90 percent of what they could
hold
During the summer months the
stock drops Supplies have currently
dropped to 40 percent of capacity
due to the decrease in local collec
tions.
Of the 204,706 total donors in the
Atlanta region, 21,139 are college
students, Verdier said. A large
blood supply comes from drives
held at colleges ?nd high schools
During the summer, the lack of stu
dents contributes to the decline.
The Atlanta Red Cross must im
port blood from other regions in
order to supply 108 hospitals with
their orders, Verdier said. When
other region’s supplies start to de
cline, the Atlanta region loses a
large source.
The most needed blood type would
be the O—type because it’s the most
Pints like this needed
common, he said He pointed out
that donors only give one pint, but a
single accident victim can use up to
too pints A regular transplant sur
gery patient can use up to 75 pints
In order to meet the demands of
hospitals, 12 to 13 blood mobiles are
operating daily.
"Blood has a storage period of up
to 35 days," said Cartledge "After
that, we send it back to the Red
Cross for disposal "
"It usually doesn’t stay on our
shelves that long," Verdier
Many people won’t donate be
cause of the fear of Acquired Im
mune Deficiency Syndrome
"There's absolutely no way to get
AIDS from donating blood,” he said.
"You’re not sharing a needle with
anybody You get your own."
Judy Cantrell, recruitment coor
dinator of Donor Resouces Devel
opment for the Red Cross, said they
will ask hospitals to postpone elec
tive surgery in event of low sup
plies
The Red Cross is concerned about
the upcoming Fourth of July hol
iday. because it means one less day
(or blood donors and a number of
assured accidents
Franklin Prof Warnke
dies in Belgium accident
By Jim Tyrell
Hrd ami Black suit Writer
A Franklin Professor of compara
tive literature died Monday from in
juries he received after being struck
by a car in Antwerp, Belgium on
Friday, June 24
Frank Warnke was visiting Bel
gium as part of an exchange pro
gram between the University and
the University of Antwerp
Warnke came here in 1978 and
was head.of the comparative litera
ture department until the summer
of 1987 when he was appointed the
Franklin Professor
A Franklin Professorship is a spe
cial program recognizing professors
who've made unusually great con
tributions to their departments, said
Jack Payne, dean of Arts and Sci
ences.
Before coming here, Warnke was
chair of comparative literature at
the University of Washington and
taught at Yale He was also dean of
Arts and Sciences at Queens College
in New York from 1975-77
A prolific scholar, Warnke was
the author or editor of nine books as
well as numerous articles and re
views in scholarly journals and gen
eral magazines. His most recent
boqk was on translations of the
Spanish poems of Louise Labe, Ga-
para Stampa and Sor Juina Ines de
la Cruz.
Payne said Warnke was cele
brating the end of the term Friday
night and was crossing the street
after leaving a restaurant when he
was blinded by some cars and hit by
oncoming traffic.
He never regained consciousness
and died on Monday morning,
Payne said.
Payne first met Warnke when the
University was searching for the
comparative literature head, he
said Warnke was one of the first
faculty members Payne hired after
coming to the University.
Egbert Krispyn, dean of the de
partment of comparative literature,
said that during his nine years here,
Warnke brought the department
from its "modest beginnings" to one
of the leading departments in the
Southeast
Krispyn said one of Wamke's spe
cialties was lyric poetry Although
Warnke didn't do much work in the
field of baroque opera, it was an
area he loved, said Krispyn
Payne describes Warnke as a
"gentle person” who was old-fash
Please See WARNKE, Page 3
Naptime at summer camp
Alicia Seelev, a majorette at Stephens County High School, takes a
break from the Joycliffe Twirling Camp Wednesday on the University
campus. ‘We've been out here every day from 8:IS to 4:38. and then at
night." Seelev said The camp runs through today, w-hen an exhibition will
be given from 9 to 11 a m. on the Russell Hall basketball courts. For a story
on summer camps at the University, see page 2.
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