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The Red &/BWck
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
URSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1989 « ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 38
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Stonewalls
workers open
new club
By GENE COLTER
Staff Writer
Lee* than three weeks after
Stonewalls called it quits, three
employees of the erstwhile night
club are reopening a progressive
nightspot tonight called Wax
Alley at the same location.
The club has a new direction
and a new entrance. Passageway
to Wax Alley is on the opposite
side of the building from the
Stonewalls entrance, which was
on North Jackson Street. Wax
Alley management decided on
the new entrance on Wall Street
to make it clear that the club isn’t
a Stonewalls clone.
Manager John Adams said
Kathy Clabby, a University grad
uate student studying English
literature and longtime Stone
walls employee, approached
building owners Fred Loef and
Robert Blumberg with the idea
for the new club.
“I guess she was the one that
went to the owners and Baid let
us put something new here’ —
new and exciting," Adams said.
Clabby, the club’s general
manager, said she was worried
that the owners wouldn’t like the
idea of another nightclub.
Stonewalls closed due to a drop
in patron turnout, Loef said. He
said earlier that the bad business
was caused by an editorial car
toon that appeared in the Oct. 17
edition of The Red and Black.
The cartoon depicted a club
called "J.B. Stoner-Walls” where
every night was “Aryan Nite” and
part-military doormen turned
away ‘gypsies, Jews and homo
sexuals."
The cartoon ran after two
women, believed to be lesbians by
Stonewalls’ management, were
thrown out of the club for alleged
lewd behavior.
Clabby, Adams and Joe Con
nelly, who tended bar at Stone
walls, make up the new
management team at Wax Alley.
Adams said Stonewalls general
manager Carmine Costello will
still be involved with the club,
but not as a “hands-on* manager.
Wax Alley will open at 6 p.m.
on Thursdays, Fridays and Sat
urdays throughout December.
Adams said December will be a
preview at the club.
“We’re going to be a more pro
gressive club (than Stonewalls
was),’ Adams said.
An acoustic guitar set will
start off opening night, to be fol
lowed by progressive dance music
on the club's sound system.
Works by local artist Mot
adorns the brightly colored walls
at the club, and management will
continue to rotate artists’ exhibi
tions.
Regardless of efforts to sepa
rate the two, Wax Alley will
mirror the bar service of Stone
walls, which had one of the best
stocked bars in the city.
Adams said Wax Alley will
stand out among Athens’ night
spots, offering the best combina
tion of bar and dance club.
“Early in the night you can
hang out and have a few drinks,
then late at night you can dance."
Clabby shared Adams confi
dence in Wax Alley.
“Hell yes, I’m confident,” she
said.
Student hit by car has broken leg
Athens police examine the Toyota Supra involved in the
accident downtown near the Arch.
By NEAL CALLAHAN
Staff Writer
Senior business major William
Scott Kennedy said he suffered a
broken leg and concussion after a
car struck him Wednesday
morning as he attempted to cross
Broad Street near the Arch down
town.
Kennedy was struck at about 10
a.m. by a grey Toyota Supra driven
by Dennis Fulton, of Athens, who
was heading east in the inside
lane, according to Athens police re
ports.
Kennedy said he also suffered
pulled knee ligaments and slipping
vertebrae in his neck.
He was liBted in satisfactory con
dition Wednesday night at Athens
Regional Medical Center but was
being held overnight for obser
vation.
An Athens police report said no
charges were filed against Ken
nedy or Fulton.
Lee Johnson, a passenger in Ful
ton’s car, said Kennedy had just
gotten off a University bus when
he walked in front of the Supra.
“He was not at a crosswalk and
before he entered the road he was
blinded by the bus which was ob
structing nis view of oncoming tra
ffic," Johnson said. ’The bus kept
him from seeing us, just as it kept
us from seeing him. One minute
the road was clear, the next there
was a guy right in front of us."
Kennedy said Wednesday in a
telephone interview from his hos
pital room that he had just left his
advisement appointment and
crossed in front of a bus when he
stopped to avoid a red car. He said
i don’t remember
anything...’
— William Kennedy
injured student
he never saw the Supra and doesn’t
remember being hit.
“I don't remember anything be
tween the time I stopped to avoid
the red car, and when I woke up
with the paramedics putting a
brace on my neck," he said, f
Fulton said he didn’t see Ken
nedy until after the impact.
“1 don’t remember seeing him
until I noticed him on the hood of
my car," he said. “When he hit he
sort of flipped up on the hood.”
The accident occurred 10 ya
from a cross walk.
Sen. seeks day-care facility for student fanfflies
By JOEL GROOVER
Staff Writer
Jamie and Kim Porterfield have
to write papers, finish homework
and study for finals just like ev
eryone else.
But unlike most students here,
the Porterfields also have to buy
baby food, change dirty diapers
and play with their newest respon
sibility — Lauren, an eight-month-
old baby girl.
For them, getting the right class
schedule is a matter of necessity
more than convenience. While one
parent sits in class taking notes,
the other sits at home taking care
of the baby.
That’s a situation some say
could be eliminated if the Univer
sity sponsored a child-care system
for its student families, who often
can’t afford the cost of commercial
day-care.
And it’s a situation Student As
sociation Sen. Scott Smith has an
interest in eliminating. HiB wife,
Jill, is due to have a baby next
month.
As his SA project, Smith, a grad
uate student studying microbio
logy, plans to work to establish
such a system.
Although 21 children of students
and faculty attend the University’s
McPhaul Center, it’s usually full
and has a waiting list of up to a
year. The full-day program there
costs $65 a week.
Smith said the University needs
cheaper child-care facilities de
signed primarily for students — an
assessment shared by other stu
dent parents.
“It could be very beneficial,” said
John Kissane, a senior manage
ment major who has a 14-month-
old daughter.'T can see where
there’s a need.”
To live in the Family Housing
Complex, families with children
are required to rent a two-bedroom
apartment unit. There is a year-
and-a-half waiting list for such
units, according to Betty Evans, an
office manager in family housing.
Currently, 240 children live in
the complex, but at three local day
care centers employees said few
students, if any, have children en
rolled in their programs.
To enroll a child in a commercial
day-care center usually costs about
$3,000 a year, Kissane said. That’s
more than he and most student
families can afford.
In addition, day-care centers
usually offer only full or half-day
programs. Most students don’t stay
in class that long.
If the University set up a day
care center, Jamie Porterfield, a
senior finance mcyor, said he'd
need to use it for a few hours each
day. Such a center would make
things easier for him and his wife.
“We have talked about that so
many times — how helpful that
would be," he said. “It would be
great.”
Smith said a child-care center
Jamie and Kim Porterfield with daughter Lauren
would benefit the University and
its student families.
“I Bee it as a recruiting tool for
faculty as well as students who
have children," he said.
As at the McPhaul Center, edu
cation and early childhood devel
opment majors could get
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experience working with children
at the facility, Smith said.
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SA opens committees to students
For more SA coverage see page 3
By JOEL GROOVER
Staff Writer
The Student Association approved a proposal
Tuesday allowing students not affiliated with the SA
to join its committees.
Sens. Molly Mednikow and Ian Henyon submitted
the proposal, which was approved unanimously.
According to its constitution, all students techni
cally are members of the SA, but in the past only
elected senators could serve on committees.
Next quarter, students will be able to apply for posi
tions as SA "general committee members.
Although they won’t be able to vote in senate pro
ceedings, the non-elected members will be able to lead
subcommittees and work on individual SA projects.
They will be appointed by senate committee
chairmen.
Any student may apply, and Mednikow said those
who do will be given a position. There is no ceiling on
the number of positions.
According to the proposal, the only requirement is
that committee members “participate on a regular
basis in order to maintain their position.”
Mednikow said having more students on SA com
mittees will boost the senate’s manpower and improve
its productivity.
She said that also will help the organization find
out what issues students want the SA to tackle.
“We want to get a variety of perspectives,” Med
nikow said. “When we have more ideas, we have more
things to do.”
Before the senate voted on the proposal, several
senators spoke out in favor of it, saying it would help
dispel the idea that the SA doesn’t do a good job rep
resenting the students.
Lara Gardner, a transfer student from Chicago,
urged senators to pass the proposal, saying the stu
dent government at her school established a similar
committee system that has restored students’ confi
dence in the organization.
The SA has six committees —Student Life, Commu
nity Affairs, Cultural Affairs, Public Relations, Aca
demic Affairs and Internal Affairs.
U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments
on abortion parental-notification laws
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Supreme
Court was asked Wednesday to
rule that most young girls have no
right to abortions without first
telling their parents.
The justices, who have allowed
limits on the availability of abor
tions for minors in the past, ques
tioned lawyers defending and
attacking parental-notification
laws in Minnesota and Ohio.
In two hours of relatively narrow
arguments, they gave no sign they
are considering the broader possi
bility of scrapping the court’s 1973
Roe vs. Wade decision that legal
ized abortion — an idea much dis
cussed outside the court whenever
they take up any abortion case.
•The court showed no interest in
overturning a woman’s constitu
tional right to abortion," Cleveland
lawyer Linda Sogg said after the
argument session in which she at
tacked the Ohio law.
Minnesota Chief Deputy At
torney Ceneral John Tunheim
agreed. "I don't think Roe should
be on the table in this case,” he told
reporters after defending his state
law before the court.
Last July, the court voted 6-4 to
give states more authority to regu
late abortions for all women. Four
justices appeared ready to go even
further ana overturn Roe vs. Wade,
but Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
refused.
INDISTINCT PRINT
Groups on both sides of the abor
tion issue had looked to the court
this term to help clarify its alle
giance to the 1973 decision.
But settlement of an Illinois dis
pute over regulating abortion
clinics — a case that was to be ar
gued before the justices next
month — may have eliminated the
greatest immediate threat to Roe
vs. Wade. The Illinois settlement
still must be approved by a federal
judge.
O'Connor is expected to play the
pivotal role again in the Minnesota
and Ohio cases, to be decided by
July. At issue in both artflaws re
quiring parents to be noBed be
fore abortions are perfoAed on
unmarried girls under 18 v are
still supported by parents.
About half the states have laws
requiring parental notification —or
even parental consent — in such
cases, but moat of the laws have
been invalidated after court chal
lenges.
The Ohio law requires that one
of a minor’s parents be notified by
a doctor at least 24 hours before an
abortion is performed. The girl can
avoid telling her parent if she per
suades a judge she is mature
enough to make the decision on her
own, that telling her parents is
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Asbestos removal will
continue in Payne Hall
By JULIE GARDNER
Staff Writer
Asbestos remains in the
hallway ceiling tiles of Payne
Hall despite efforts to remove the
substance from the dormitory
this summer which cost the Uni
versity $80,000.
University officials told Payne
Hall residents at a hall meeting
Tuesday night about the contin
uing asbestos problem. They an
nounced that crews will begin
follow-up work on Dec. 9 while
the residents are away for the
holidays.
Air tests, conducted two weeks
ago, revealed asbestos level read
ings ranging from zero to 67
which are below Environmental
Protection Agency standards for
“clean air." A rending of 70 or
more is considered a health
hazard.
Public Safety Director Asa
Boynton said at the meeting that
although the levels are in accord
ance with EPA standards, they
don't meet the stricter standards
of the University.
The testa were conducted by
pulling air across a filter for a pe
riod of time. A reading of 67
means there are 67 fibers per
filter in the air.
The highest asbestos levels in
Payne Hall were found on the
second floor near rooms 241 and
219 and on the third floor near
room 319.
Asbestos, an insulator and fire
retardant, has been shown to
cause cancer when inhaled in
large amounts, but it’s only dan
gerous when broken fibers float
freely in the air.
Mary Mellein, manager of the
University’s Environmental
Safety Services, said the asbestos
levels aren’t a health hazard to
the 219 residents of Payne Hall
as long as the remaining asbestos
fibers in the ceiling tiles areun-
disturbed. But over time, it could
become a problem, she said.
“Since it’s there and we are
aware of it, we want to go ahead
and take care of it," Mellein said
Jennifer Harkins, Payne Hail
graduate resident, said she isn't
concerned about the high as
bestos readings.
“It’s just another environ
mental hazard like pollution or
smoking."
Harkins said the University
has kept residents informed
about the asbestos problem in
Payne.
The asbestos removal process
at Payne Hall began this summer
and was conducted by the state
Agency for the Removal of Haz
ardous Materials.
Dan Hallenbeck, associate
vice-president for Student Af
fairs, said when samples from the
air tests showed asbestos levels
to be 67, he asked the AFROHM
crews to return to Payne Hall
and correct the deficiencies in the
work done this summer.
Hallenbeck said the removal
crew didn’t do the work the Uni
versity paid them $80,000 to do.
The follow-up work will in
clude removing all the ceiling
tiles containing asbestos fibers
and putting in new carpet. The
old carpet might contain asbestos
fibers, Hallenoeck said.
The University will try to have
all the work done before the resi
dents return winter quarter, he
said.
AFROHM also will be con
ducting follow-up work in tlw me-
chanical rooms of tha
Livestock/Poultry building.
Brumby, Conner, and Park halls.