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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 6
INSIDE
Even veteran actor Gene
Hackman can’t deliver
Andrew Davis’ “The
Package.”
Weather: Here comes the sun...
by this afternoon it'll be here.
Highs in mltl-70s. Thursday: A few
more clouds, highs again In the
70S.
Milledge motorists target of crackdown Fowler hosts
R.E.M. gala
Police to begin ticketing
for turn-lane misuse
By JULIE GARDNER
Staff Writer
Frustrated motorists planning to use Mil-
ledge Avenue’s turn lane to pass stopped
buses won’t save any time if an Athens police
officer is nearby.
Athens Police started crocking down last
weekend on motorists using the turn lane im
properly to pass any stopped vehicles,
according to a public service announcement is
sued Friday by the Athens Police Department.
Motorists entering the turn lane several
blocks before they plan to turn also will be
cited for improper lane usage, the announce
ment read.
Hilda Spratlin, Athens police public infor
mation assistant, said the police department
began enforcement of the improper lane usage
laws on Milledge Avenue last weekend.
Spratlin said she doesn’t know of any cita
tions given for improper lane usage on Mil
ledge Avenue since the announcement.
The fine for the citation could be as high as
$50.
The announcement said the primary
problem areas are on Milledge near Broad and
Woodlawn streets. Increased vehicle and pe
destrian traffic in those areas prompted the
crackdown.
Maj. Joseph Lumpkin, uniform division
commander, said police have been patrolling
Milledge Avenue sporadically since last
weekend.
Spratlin said the patrolling of Milledge to
enforce this law won’t create an extra burden
on police units or take police units away from
other areas of Athens.
Milledge divides three police zones and is
the dividing line of the east and west zones of
Athens.
Spratlin said this means that five police
units already patrol Milledge Avenue as part
of their routine patrol. Traffic units with radar
also patrol Milledge on their patrol, she said.
Student: Abduction
was two-fold trauma
By NEAL CALLAHAN
Staff Writer
Afler being abducted, robbed
and beaten over the course of 10
hours, University freshman Eric
Daine said his trauma had just
begun.
Daine said he went to the
Athens Police Department after
his release only to find that the po
lice wouldn’t believe him until
after his assailants were arrested
on an unrelated charge, and after
they had confessed to abducting
him.
Afler his “night in hell,” he said
the police were rude and accused
him of drug abuse, homosexuality
and sexual misconduct.
Daine said, “I felt more molested
when I left the police station than
when I had entered.”
The ordeal began on Aug. 31
when Daine said he picked up a
group of teen-age hitchhikers he
spotted while driving down
Clayton Street.
Following their directions, he
took them to a dirt road whereupon
one of the teen-agers pulled a knife
on him and forced him to take off
his clothes. He said they then stole
his automatic-teller-machine card,
withdrew money from his account
and partied on his money.
'They then forced me to drive
with them all night while they
bought and smoked crack cocaine,”
he said.
Daine said the teen-agers
learned his home address by inves
tigating the contents of his wallet
and they threatened to kill him
and his family if he went to the po
lice.
A friend convinced him to file a
report with the Athens Police De
partment the next day. But instead
of giving him support, he said the
authorities only made matters
worse.
"After the initial attack of ques
tions and stabbing accusations, I
came to the conclusion that the po
lice didn’t believe my testimony.
P*
hel
'In the eyes of the Athens city
dice, I wasn’t abducted. I wasn’t
eld for over 10 hours at knife
point. I wasn’t robbed, and I wasn’t
beaten,” he said.
Daine said when he spoke to
Det. Clarence Holeman, the officer
believed Daine had been cheating
on his female roommate who had
called the police inquiring Daine’s
whereabouts.
After informing Holeman he
wasn’t romantically involved with
his roommate, he said the detective
accused him of being a homo
sexual. Upon convincing the detec
tive that he wasn’t gay, Daine said
the detective suspected he was in
volved in a crack cocaine deal that
had gone awry.
Maj. David Holland said the four
Athens teen-agers — the same four
that had allegedly abducted Daine
— had been arrested in Florida on
a traffic violation and charged with
driving a stolen vehicle. The four
then confessed to kidnapping
Daine and another Athens man in
an unrelated incident.
A Sept. 19 article of the Athens
Banner-Herald reported that
Randy Shields, 19, Staci Wooten,
18, Willie Leon Perry, 19, and Pat
ricia Bush, 18, all of Athens, were
arrested and charged with 28 crim
inal acts including kidnapping,
robberies and assault.
Holland said the police investi
gated the case and were successful.
“Mr. Daine is quite obviously a
f ierson who does not like the po
ke," he said. 'The individuals are
now in custody and Daine will have
his chance to testify against them
in court.”
Holeman, who investigated the
case, said, "Basically whut Daine
said is not true. When he first came
to us, he did not tell us the whole
truth and he later admitted to that.
“He said he did not want to come
to the police, but that his friend
had persisted that he did.”
Holeman said the whole story
seemed like it was out of a movie,
but that he had agreed to work on
the case anyway.
“1 did the best that I could for
Daine. I made a special trip to
Florida specifically for the case. If
Daine wants to say all of this, then
that is fine, it is a free country."
Baldwin Crunch
Pickup pileup
P«t*r Fr»y/Th« Red end Blech
The reasons for the Baldwin Street ordinance, which prohibits pas
senger pickup/dropoff, couldn’t be clearer to the driver of this car.
The Pontiac 2000 Sunbird belonging to Amy Lancaster, a junior
landscape architecture major, was involved in a four-car accident on
Baldwin when another car made a sudden stop to pick up friends
around 4 p.m. Tuesday, witnesses said. That car left the scene.
By JOEL GROOVER
Staff Writer
U.S. Sen. Wyche Fowler (D-Ga.)
hosted a reception in Washington,
DC., Monday to thank Athens rock
band R.E.M. for its efforts to stamp
out environmental destruction and
the apathy that causes it.
Leslie Harless, an employee
with Bahnsen Communications,
the public relations firm that orga
nized the reception, said about 400
people paid $100 each to attend.
Proceeds from the event will be
donated to four environmental
groups: Greenpeace, the Environ
mental Defense Fund, the National
Resources Defense Fund and the
Nature Conservancy, she said.
Harless said she won’t know the
amount of money the event raised
until later in the week.
Along with Fowler, Georgia
Reps. Ben Jones, George “Buddy”
Darden and Richard Ray attended
the reception. Former presidential
candidate, U.S. Sen. Albert Gore —
whose wife heads a group opposed
to lewd or offensive lyrics in rock
music — also attended.
Mary Alice Resch, a
spokeswoman for Fowler, said the
senator decided to host the recep
tion because he was familiar with
the group and shares their interest
in the environment.
Fowler, R.E.M.-lead-singer Mi
chael Stipe and other members of
the band, spoke during the recep
tion which was held at the U.S. Bo
tanic Gardens, Harless said.
The four environmental groups
put together a video for the recep
tion featuring R.E.M. songs and in
formation about each organization,
she said.
Blair Palese, a Greenpeace
spokeswoman, said that during the
reception, R.E.M. gave the director
of each organization a platinum re
cord from sales of the band’s latest
album, “Green." One platinum re
cord represents one million sales.
Sen. Wyche Fowler:
Thanked the band
The band donated the records
because part of the proceeds from
"Green" are being given to the four
groups, she said.
Skid Weiss, national director of
communications at Warner
Brothers records, said he isn’t al
lowed to say how many platinum
records R.E.M. has earned or how
many copies of “Green” have sold
R.E.MVAthens Ltd. employees
couldn’t be reached for comment
Tuesday.
Palese said the band’s dedica
tion to cleaning up the environ
ment is *
She said 1
young people and “brings about a
change of attitude."
Palese said R.E.M has been
good to Greenpeace The band al
lows the organization to give out
information at concerts and —
along with U2, Sting, Sade, the and
other groups — played on an album
sold in the Soviet Union designed
to raise money for a Greenpeace of
fice in Moscow.
“pretty amazing.”
aid R E.M.’s music reaches
New name, same game
Son’s re-opens, soon to be Mo’s Pizza
By GENE COLTER
Staff Writer
Son’s of Italy, an Athen’s pizza-and-party in
stitution, has re-opened its doors.
Former owner Steven Mastrangelo passed
the business on to Atlanta restaurateurs Kevin
Wright and Mike Dervales. Under their own
ership, Son’s soon will be known as Mo’s Pizza,
the same name Wright and Dervales’ Atlanta
restaurant carries.
Other than the name change, which will take
place within two months of the Sept. 22 re
opening, the restaurant will be mucn like the
Son’s where thousands of University students
have blown their paychecks and allowances.
Wright said he wouldn’t risk challenging
Son’s longstanding popularity by vast changes
in the menu or atmosphere of the restaurant.
“If someone’s been coming into a restaurant
for 10 years to get their sandwich, I'll make
sure they can still get it,” he said.
Wright said he would continue the kindred
relationship Son’s had with its neighbor, Steve-
rino’s Pizza and Sub Shop.
“We’re kind of twins,” he said. "If they do
well, we do well.”
The new owners will try out occasional menu
changes on the Son’s faithful. Such additions
may include various salads, buffalo wings or
fried zucchini.
One notable change in the menu since the re
opening is the addition of individual pizza
slices. Previously, Son’s sold only whole pizzas
or "pies.”
“I like to get a salad and a slice,” Wright said.
‘To me, that’s a good lunch.”
Other chunges may be less apparent such as
a change in management strategies.
Son’s previous owner conducted most of his
business from Atlanta There he owned another
pizza parlor named Son’s of Italy, which also
has closed.
Former employees of Son’s and members of
Athens’ restaurant community were unsure
why the restaurant closed Son’s seemed to be
successful on all fronts, enjoying a steady flow
of customers and sponsoring events like Sons-
tock, an annual spring music festival.
Son’s former owner couldn’t be reached for
comment.
Wright said he's a capable manager and
owner who will be on top of the business In ad
dition to Wright and Dervales, one of two man
ager-owners, Steven Ellis or Russell Smight,
will be at the restaurant at all times
A catfish story
Charleston gets Hugo relief
Other areas
still waiting
The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tap water became safe,
some stores reopened Tuesday and a ton of catfish
was on its way to ease the plight of this city’s hu*ri-
cane survivors, but 80 percent remained without
power and striken outlying areas grew desperate.
Generators and other necessities poured in to this
historic port from around the nation. The Mississippi
Agriculture Department arranged to send a ton of do
nated catfish along with cooks to fry it and serve it
with hush puppies, the region’s beloved cornmeal side
dish.
While Charleston regained some services, the pic
ture was bleaker in isolated areas.
“We have no ice, no lights and we’re low on butte
ries,” St. Stephen Mayor Bobby Hoffman said. “Every
thing is funneled to Charleston, but we had a
hurricane, too. People are desperate. They’re going to
panic.”
He said roods were still blocked b> downed trees,
making it impossible to reach some people in the town
of about 2,000 bordering the Francis Marion National
Forest north of Charleston.
“We can’t get to their houses to see even if they’re
still alive or not," Hoffman said.
Some other towns and the barrier islands had sim
ilar problems, officials said.
Hugo and its remnants killed at least 33 people in
the Carribean and 28 on the U.S. mainland, including
17 in South Carolina.
Charleston schools remained closed for at least an
other week; some colleges in the area plan to open
Monday.
Residents climbed onto roofs to repair shingles
under a sunny sky, while others shopped in grocery
stores opened for the first time.
'They’re cleaning the trees out of the streets. We’re
going to get along with help of the Lord," said John
Gale, whose house collapsed when Hurricane Hugo
swept through South Carolina on Thursday night and
Friday morning.
Power was restored to about 80,000 people in the
Carolinas, but at least 480,000 remained without
service. It could be a month before full service is re
stored.
In Charlotte, N.C., Duke Power Co. said it had re
stored power to about 75,000 customers out of 230,000
who lost it. The others, including Duke Power
Chairman Bill Lee and his family, may have to wait
up to two weeks, she said.
Power and phone outages led the PTL bankruptcy
trustee to speed up plans to close Heritage USA, a
2,200-acre Christian theme park in Fort Mill, S.C.,
that has been on the decline since the downfall of
evangelist Jim Bakker.
In Charleston, lines for water and ice were shorter
as more stores opened and the city’s water supply be
came potable.
One arrest was reported for price gouging. A tree
clearing company told a homeowner it would cost
$22,000 to clear a yard of some trees, Mayor Joseph P
Riley Jr. said.
President Bush on Tuesday expanded his earlier di
saster declaration to include five more South Carolina
counties, bringing to 12 the number eligible for fed
eral money in the state.
Anti-harassment rules examined
for freedom-of-speech conflicts
By ELIZABETH GRADDY
Staff Writer
Adding provisions against
sexual, racial and religious ha
rassment to the Student Conduct
Regulations of the Student Hand
book may conflict with free
speech, said Claude-Leonard
Davis, Equal Opportunity Office
director.
The revisions, approved Friday
by the University Council’s Exec
utive Committee, include a new
paragraph which prohibits
“threatening, intimidating, ver
bally abusing, impeding, tele
phoning, following or persistently
bothering or annoying” persons
on the basis of sex, race, religion
or national origin.
‘The potential problem is that
sometimes guidelines of this sort
are accused of causing a conflict
between the right of an indi
vidual to be free of harassment
and the right of another indi
vidual to free speech," Davis said
The changes, which will go be
fore the University Council Oct.
11, are extremely broad, Davis
said.
“Does that protect a student of
one sex from catcalls or whistles
from a student of another sex?”
he said. “I don’t know.”
‘The intent is to have a better
state of human relations on
campus,” he said.
William Braceweil, student af
fairs director of the Office of Judi-
c i a 1 Programs, said such
harassment isn’t a problem on
campus.
The Faculty Committee on
Student AfTairs added the
changes in response to growing
awareness of harassment, partic
ularly sexual harassment in so
ciety.
‘They are not a response to a
problem that the University has,
but rather a concern that the
University has," Braceweil said.
"It is a topic that is discussed a
lot."
‘These are statements by the
University which tell the world
what is acceptable behavior on
this campus," he said 'This is
not gong to interfere with your
daily life one bit.”
Some of the provisions already
are state law, Braceweil said
Provisions coinciding with the
law are enforced by the Univer
sity Police Department.
Vic
violations also are reported by
Bill Braceweil:
Judicial Programs director
faculty and staff, he said.
The Executive Committee also
approved adding to the Student
Conduct Regulations:
• A section reiterating Georgia
law prohibiting underage
drinking.
• “Sexual assault* to the defi
nition of physical assault.
• "Dangerous instruments"
under the heading of prohibited
weapons.
• A section prohibiting plagia
rism. The current regulations di-
rect students to acknowledge
borrowed quotations and ideas,
but the word plagiarism doesn’t
appear.