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2 • The Red and Black • Thursday, July 13, 1989
BRIEFLY
■ UNIVERSITY
City police investigate student's death. Athens Police are
investigating the death of a University student that occurred at 1:30
p.m Wednesday in the Waddell Street area. Police are witholding
any details pending completion of their investigation nnd notification
of the deceased’s next oi kin.
■ STATE
No site set for civic center. With a 1992 projected opening
date for the Clarke County Civic Center, the Clarke fount) Board of
Commissioners has yet to decide on a possible site for the center.The
commission has met in three closed-door sessions to discuss possible
sites. In a closed-door session July 7, the commission was expected to
choose a site for the civic center. County Clerk Lynn Ould said the
commission has not announced a decision. A 1 percent sales tax
referendum to fund the proposed $22 million center was approved
last November.
Lakes doing well. State lakes are reaping the benefits from
summer showers. Lake Lanier is full for the first time since the
summer of’87. Lake Allatoona, located northwest of Atlanta, is
almost four feet above it full level. One lake that is not receiving as
much rain is Lake Hartwell located on the South Carolina border, it is
still more than two feet below full. The number in parentheses
represents the lake’s full level Allatoona (840.0) 843.84, Andrews
102.0) 102.30, Blackshear (237.0) 236.75, Burton (1865.0) 1865 50,
Carters 11072.0) 1076.70, George (190.0) 189.95, Goat Rock (400.0)
401.80, Harding (521.0) 520.40, Hartwell (660) 657.62, Jackson
(530.0) 528.10, Lanier (1071.0) 1071.39, Oconee (435.0) 434.10,
Russell (475.0) 473.03, Seminole (77.5) 77.35, Sinclair (339.8) 338.90,
Thurmond (330.0) 325.69, Tugalo (891.5) 889.40, Weiss (564.0)
564.05, West Point (635.0) 636.67 and Yonah (744.2) 743 40.
ATLANTA (AP): Young denies knowledge of money
Mayor Andrew Young said ne didn’t even know he was getting an
honorarium for a civil rights speech, so he couldn't have refused to
donate it to charity, ns some blacks in Chattan<x>ga, Tenn., contend
he did.Young w as out of town when the criticism was made public last
week. This week, he said no one ever asked him to forgo the $10,000
he received for a speech at a human rights conference in
Chattanooga, nor was he asked to donate the money to charity. He
said he was unaware he had even received a fee for the speech, which
was arranged by Young Ideas Inc., the Washington, D.C., firm that
coordinates his paid appearances.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
•There will be a Cocaine
Anonymous meeting at 8 p.m.
every Tuesday at Charter Winds
Hospital, 240 Mitchell Bridge
Rd. For more information call
546-7277.
through August 20. The
presentation contains the works
of 18 Southeastern artists,
including five Georgians. The
museum is open Monday through
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
Sunday, 1 a m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is free.
What happens behind the registration wall?
By ELIZABETH GRADDY
Staff Writer
The setting is Memorial Hall
during registration.
A typical University student
dressed in ripped jeans, a T-shirt
and sneakers slings his book bag
over his shoulder and scans the
posted class listings.
Crap! Math 253 is offered only at
7:50 a.m., and Econ is at 3:10 p.m.
Sighing, he bubbles in the
course’s call number and his social
security number with the manda
tory No. 2 pencil.
He checks his ‘'bubblings” about
64 times. He doesn’t want to be em-
harassed, having to go up and get a
yellow problem card when the man
behind the podium calls out,
"Wrong social security number.
Nine-five-four-four-seven-zero-eig-
ht-three..."
At the back of the room, he care
fully slips his purple and white reg
istration form into the slot marked
“Single Sheet*."
He takes a seat near the front
while...
While what? While three-foot
tall Ewoks from “Return of the
Jedi” snicker gleefully over his
messed-up schedule behind that
back wall? While a giant metal and
glass computer chomps up his
forms behind that wall?
Just what exactly is behind that
mysterious back wall in Memorial
Hall?
Eight people, on a busy day, and
four computers called optical scan
readers, Registrar Bruce Shutt
said.
When you put your forms, in sin
gles or multiples, into those slots,
they slide down on a rack, Shutt
said. Employees hired part-time
for “registration season” read the
forms, then feed them into the com
puters, which also read them.
The computers then instanta
neously perform 27 different tasks
on the forms, he said.
They check, among other things:
• validity of the social security
number
• eligibility of the student to reg
ister.
• time conflicts among courses
for which the student is attempting
to register.
• whether the studert needs and
possesses permission of depart
ment or permission of school cards.
All of this is done in seconds, so
the student receives his schedule
moments later.
Frankly, it’s all pretty boring,
workers (not Ewoks) said. Just
take the forms, read the forms,
feed the forms to the computer and
file the processed forms.
Shutt said the registration forms
are filed and kept for at least two
quarters back tnere in that little
room behind the wall.
Saving them is a precaution
against error, he said. If something
goes amiss, everything can be
checked out to correct the mistake.
“Something going amiss" might
include students tampering with
the system, he said.
The worst such incident occurs
when one student drops another
student from a class, Shutt said.
All it takes is knowing the other
student’s social security number
and schedule.
And a motive.
“In two cases it was disgruntled
roommates doing it," he said.
After 26 years in registration,
these incidents don’t surprise
Shutt.
“If there’s any wny the system
can be broken, students will find a
way to do it," he said.
The University’s registration
system, known as OptiScanning
Terminal-Assisted Registration
(OPSTAR), was created here and is
state-of-the-art, he said.
It has been copied by over 25 col
leges nnd universities around the
country, including the University
of Houston, Youngstown State
University in Ohio and Indiana
University at Bloomington, he
said.
The registrar’s office is con
stantly trying to improve it*
system, he said.
The University is currently ex
ploring the use of telephones to
Providing schedules
register, he said.
William Prokasy, vice president
for Academic Affairs, said that
would allow student* to register
using touch-tone telephones.
A telephone system ha* draw
backs, including long waiting pe
riods, Prokasy said.
For now, student* will still have
to bubble in forms, stick them in
slots, and wait while they’re proc
essed by those eight people (on a
busy day) and four computers.
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•The Athens Area Alzheimer’s
Support Group will hold its
regular monthly meeting on
Tuesday, July 20 to discuss
information about the disease
and its effects on family
members, including children.
The meeting is open and free to
anyone interested. Call 542-9739
or 542-3881 for more
information.
Events
•Jennings Mill Country Club
will hold the “Run at the Mill”
road race Saturday, July 22. The j
event will consist of three races, !
a 5K run, a 5K “Healthwalk" and j
a half-mile “Fun Run.” Runners
will be treated to complimentary 1
refreshments and T-shirts. A
pre-registration fee of $9 will be I
in effect until July 15, $11 after
until race day Race packets and
entry forms are available at Pro j
Appeal in Beech wood Shopping
Center. For more information
call Chris Brown, 548-1852, or
Lee Gatew(X)d, 354-0278.
•Sandy Creek Nature Center
a sponsor NIGHT CRAWL IN
THE SWAMP, Friday, July 14 at
8:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the
Nature Center. Bring a
flashlight, bug spray and nn old
pair of shoes to get muddy.
•Sandy Creek Nature Center
will sponsor TURTLES AND
TREEFROCS July 15 at 10 a.m.
at the Nature Center
nterpretive building. It is the
third in a series of family
programs offered each Saturday
morning in July. Most activity
time will be spent outdoors, so
dress accordingly. Each program
is free and open to the public.
Pre registration is required nnd
is limited to 20 children. For
more information, please call
Sandy Creek Nature at 354-
‘2930.
•The East Georgia chapter of the
American Red Cross will conduct
a blood drive Thursday, July 13
at West Athens Community (fire
station across from Target) from
Noon to 6 p.m.
•The University Union Visual
Arts Division nnd the
Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service will
present “Spectacular
Vernacular,” an exhibition at
The Gallery in the Tate Center
until July 14.
•The Georgia Museum of Art
will present an exhibition
through August 20. "Visions of
Nature English Romantic Prints
from the Permanent Collection"
will include works by William
Blake, J.M W Turner, John
Martin, John Sell Cotman, David
Lucas nnd Samuel Prout.
•The Georgia Museum of Art
will present the 41st Biennial
Exhibition of Contemporary
American Painting from July 15
Announcements
•The Insurance Field
Investigator from Insurance
Commissioner Warren D. Evans’
Office will help with problems
and questions July 19 from 9
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the second
floor of the Courthouse in the
Community Affairs Room. For
more information about this free
service, cnll Commissioner
Evan’s office at (404) 656-2070.
Movie schedules for summer
films at the Tate Theater are
available at the Tate Center
Information Desk. Pick one up
today! The movies are sponsored \
by the Cinematic Arts division of j
University Union. For more
information about movies and
other upcoming events, dial 54-
UNION.
•Summer volunteers are needed
to tape college textbooks and to
read for students with visual
disabilities. If interested, please
contact Handicapped Student
Services at 542-9719
•International Education
Forum, a non-profit
organization, needs host families
for English-speaking student*
from Europe and Asia. These
students will be arriving soon in
the U.S. to attend high school
and need to be placed with
families immediately. For more
information call Stephanie
Kurtz, 1010 Windbrooke Ct.,
Wntkinsville, GA 30677, 769-
9750 or 1 800-346-2826.
•Community Connection
announces the establishment of a
support group for single women
who ore raising children alone
and know the problems of
receiving public assistance and
child support from ex-spouses. If
I you want to meet with other
women who have had these same
I problems to work for
I improvement of the system, call
| 353-1313 weekdays 8 a.m. to 5
) p.m. for more information.
j •Submissions are wanted for the
summer edition of S.L.E.A.P.
j Magazine, a creative magazine
published by the Student League
for Environmental and Animal
| Protection. Poetry, essays,
cartoons, pen nnd ink or screened
drawings with an animal rights
| and/or environmental rights
theme are welcome. Send non-
returnable submissions to A.
Newton, Box 5201, Athens, GA
30604 The deadline is Friday,
July 21.
Items for UGA Today must be
submitted in writing at least tuo
day$ before the date to be printed
j So items wdl be accepted by
i telephone. Please include specific
meeting location, speaker's title
and topic, and a contact person's
I day and evening phone number.
Items are printed on a first come,
> first-served basis, as well as on a
1 space available basis.
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