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ESP AY, APRIL 25, 1989 » ATHENS, GEORGIA » VOLUME 96, ISSUE 93
Improved pay tops 5-year plan
By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
The Universit/s five-year Strategic
Plan, released Monday, calls for an in
crease of more than $60.5 million in state
funding and makes University salaries a
toppriority.
The plan, developed by the University’s
deans and department heads, outlines
the University’s goals for the next five
years, said William Prokasy, vice presi
dent for Academic Affairs.
These are the things we believe are
most important to the University,” he
said, “what our needs are.
The plan sets goals for the University
salary structure, he said. It calls for $3.5
million a year to bring the University's
average salaries up to the Association of
American Universities middle range for
comparable departments.
‘There is a discrepancy between sala
ries within the University’s departments
and peer departments around the na
tion," he said.
The plan’s salary structure is based on
each department’s average salary, not in
dividual salaries. Prokasy said that be
cause of this, the pay increases of the plan
aren’t across-the-Doard measures.
For example, if the English depart
ment’s average salary were below the me
dian salary of AAU institutions’ English
departments, then they would receive
salary supplements. If it were more than
the median, they wouldn’t.
The plan lists the University’s eight
goals for the next five years as: Ad
vancing the University's research status;
improving curricular and co-curricular
programs; enhancing faculty quality; im
proving public service programs; at
tracting and recruiting increasingly
superior students; enhancing the quality
of the support staff; improving support
services; improving and enhancing Uni
versity facilities.
The success of the plan hinges on an in
creased investment from the state legis
lature, Prokasy said.
The plan’s requested funding calls for
more than $10 million a year for the next
five years.
The plan’s cost requests include five-
year totals of $7.5 million to expand in-
tructional, research and service pro
grams; $9.4 million for operating and
equipment expenses, including grants;
$4.89 million for academic support units,
such as registration end library services;
$13,434 million for institutional support
units, such as the Student Affairs offices;
$7.8 million for major repair and replace
ment and $17.5 for salaries The total for
five years is $60,524,000
Prokasy said the plan’s figures are in
addition to predicted funding in these
areas based on the fiscal 1989 budget.
Public Information Director Tom
Jackson said the strategic plan is a
“working document.” Changes in funding
or emergency priorities will require
rhanges in the plan’s execution, but the
goals will remain the same.
The final draff of the Strategic Plan is
subject to approval of the University
Council at its spring meeting June 1.
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William Prokasy
Hotel owners expect
crowds for graduation
By MOLUE BATTS
Staff Writer
Recent special events at the Uni
versity have boosted hotel business
in Athens, and local inn owners are
looking ahead to full houses again
during graduation weekend.
Susan Mingledorf, manager of
Quality Inn/History Village at 295
E Dougherty St., said business has
been booming the past few week
ends because of the NCAA Gym
nastics Championships, School of
Law alumni events and College of
Veterinary Medicine alumni
events.
Upcoming weekends will also
bring a load of guests because of
the Michelob/Athens Twilight Jazz
Festival and the NCAA Tennis
Tournament, she said.
Casant Patel, a desk clerk at the
Red Carpet Inn at 2715 Atlanta
Highway, said the hotel has been
full the past three weekends and
expects this weekend to be the
same.
„ “It would be good if we could
have business like this every
month,” he said.
As graduation weekend (June
17-19) nears, local hotel managers
say it will get increasingly harder
for friends and family members to
find a place to stay. Many hotels in
crease rates during graduation
weekend and some are booked
completely for the weekend.
Delores Norris, desk clerk at the
Days Inn at 2741 Atlanta
Highway, said the inn has no avail
able rooms for Friday, June 17. She
said rates go up $2 for graduation
weekend and other University spe
cial events, including football
games.
Patel said rates at the Red
Carpet Inn increase by about $6 on
graduation weekend and other
times the University draws crowds
to Athens.
However, the average customer
doesn’t pay much more than the
normal rate because there are
usually more guests to a room, es-
Mingledorf said rates at the
Quality Inn will increase from the
usual $42 a night to $75 a night on
graduation weekend for a room
that sleeps four people.
Leroy Dukes, manager of the Ra-
mada Inn at 513 W. Broad St., said
rates will increase from $49 a night
to $60 a night. There are few rooms
left open for graduation weekend
and employees encourage guests to
pay in advance for their rooms to
ensure getting it upon arrival, he
said.
Ann Thompson, assistant man
ager of Howard Johnson’s Motor
Lodge at 2465 W. Broad St., said
that although rates are increased
during football season, the motel
won’t charge more on graduation
weekend this year.
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A real squealer
One of the many teams competing in the Pig Tote at the Great South
land Stampede Rodeo struggle to keep the playful porsine In their
wheel barrow. This was one of the favorite events at the rodeo, which
also Included bareback riding, calf roping, steer wrestling and bull
riding. The Pig Tote was sponsored by Coors and Classic City Bev
erage.
Meal plan
fees rise
6 percent
By ANDY ROGERS
Staff Writer
The effects of last summer’s
drought will catch up to students
this summer through increased
meal plan fees.
The price of a meal plan will go
up 6 percent, said Food Services
Department Head Michael Floyd.
The increase, which wus re
quested by food services and ap
proved by the Board of Regents,
will bring the total for three quar
ters from $1,176 to $1,248 for a
five-day plan and $1,392 to $1,476
for a seven-day plan.
One of the mqjor reasons is the
rising prices of food resulting from
last summer’s drought, he said
“Food prices have gone up dras
tically," Floyd said, “and a lot of
that is caused by the drought."
The price increases are evident
in food stores, he said.
“It’s unfortunate that we had to
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go up at all,” Floyd said
He said because the department
is an auxiliary unit supporting
University students, everjrtning is
funded through student payments
— no state funding. The University
doesn’t even pay for building main
tenance.
Richard Delinsky, food services
business manager, said food serv
ices will try to cut back on the
number of part-time employees in
the coming year. These cutbacks
won’t be made with student em
ployees, he said.
Floyd said the increase is com pa
rable to increases at other college
food services. He scud the Univer
sity of Tennessee at Knoxville has
requested an 8 percent increase for
its meal plans, thl I'niversitv of
Kentucky wants to increase 6 per
cent, and Georgia Southern Col
lege wants to increase 5.5 percent.
Campus parking, security
top SA candidate priorities
By JOEL GROOVER
Staff Wnter
We need more parking spaces. The campus isn’t
safe — and it’s time to do something about it.
That’s what most of the candidates for Student As
sociation senate said in response to a questionnaire
given by The Red and Black.
Out of 72 candidates, 57 responded.
Asked to write their top priorities if elected, 22 of
the candidates said they would try to solve the
parking shortage.
Some suggested building a parking deck on North
Campus or near Russell Hall.
A majority of the candidates also indicated that se
curity on campus needs to be improved.
Thirteen candidates said parking lots near resi
dence halls need better lighting. Twelve candidates
said the University needs some type of escort system.
Daniel Little, a junior accounting major, suggested
creating an escort system in which the University
would send “Safe Ride" vans to popular night spots to
pick up drunken students.
Instead^>f arresting them after an accident, he said,
the program would prevent drunken people from get
ting behind the wheel in the first place.
The University already owns several vans, he said
The questionnaire shows that 22 candidates think
the SA needs to better serve the interests of the stu
dents.
Some suggested doing this by conducting opinion
polls or getting SA representatives appointed to com
mittees in the administration.
Seventeen candidates said the SA needs to commu
nicate better with the administration
Nine candidates indicated that they would try to
improve relations between whites and non-whites or
try to solve problems important to minorities
Charlita Stephens, Black Affairs Council president,
said this shows that most of the candidates “obviously
are not putting minority affairs and minority issues
high on any kind of priority list.
“I think that says a lot about what they're
thinking," she said.
On the questionnaires, nine candidates said stu
dents need better representation on the Athens City
Council.
Several candidates said the open party policy and
the open container ordinance should be changed, but
didn’t say how.
The open container ordinance makes it illegal to
carry alcoholic beverages in cans, bottles or cups in
Athens.
The open party policy places restrictions on Univer
sity parties where alconol is served
Dwaln Chambers
The University Says No
Mayor asks for more student bus fees
By ELIZABETH GRADDY
Staff Writer
Mayor Dwain Chambers’ pro
posed budget for 1990 asks the
University to pay $2,500 more for
city bus service than in 1989.
But the city won’t get it, Univer
sity Business Services Director Joe
Broadhurst said Monday.
Broadhurst said he hasn’t seen
the request, but the University has
a contract with the dtv for 1990
that doesn’t provide for an in
crease.
Each quarter, students pay
$22.50 in transportation fees to the
University.
Athens Transit Director Tim
Lett said the University then pays
$2 a student each quarter to the
transit system.
In return, students only have to
show their identification and fees-
paid cards to ride city buses.
About a 1,000 students a day
rode the city buses in fiscal 1988,
Lett said.
About 2,100 students a day have
ridden the buses since the begin
ning of fiscal 1989.
Chambers based the requested
increase on a projected increase in
enrollment, Lett said.
Associate Admissions Director
David Tucker said there isn't a
sure way to know how many stu
dents will be retained and register
for fall quarter until September.
"We should have about 400 or so
fewer freshmen than we had last
year," he said.
The University paid $152,500 in
1989 — 11.9 percent of the Athens
transit system’s projected total
revenue for 1989, tne mayor’s pro
posed budget read
Chambers recommended the
University pay $155,000 in 1990 —
11.6 percent of the transit system’s
projected total revenue for 1990
The amount paid to the citv from
the student transportation fees is
slightly less than the amount paid
by other bus riders combined
Non-student bus fares will pay a
13.3 percent of the transit system’s
projected total revenue for 1989
Non-student bus fares will pay 14
percent for 1990.
The federal government picks up
the lion’s share of the transporta
tion tab — projected 42.3 percent
in 1989 and 42 percent in 1990.
The city will contribute a pro
jected 27 percent in 1989 and 26.4
percent in 1990.
Joe Broadhurst
