Newspaper Page Text
Durham's Dogs face Vandy Saturday night 8
The Red & Black
Art independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 45
INSIDE
“Steel Magnolias” is in
town this weekend; for
other fun stuff to do, see
After Hours.
Weather: Today, partly cloudy,
high In the mld-SOs. Tonight, fair
and cold, low In the mid 20s.
Saturday, fair. mid-50s. Have a
memorable MLK Day.
UGA fund raising lagging behind nation
more time raising funds
By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
Part 1 of 2
Recent figures «how that the University
raieee less than half of what public institu-
tione average in donations. And with a
mqjor fundraising campaign at the halfway
point, administrators are becoming increas
ingly concerned.
University President Charles Knapp,
who in May 1987 projected a five-year $200
million Third Century Campaign, is now so
concerned with fund raising that he plans to
dedicate much of his time to raising support
for the University among alumni and in the
State Legislature.
According to 1989 Council for Financial
Aid to Education figures, total voluntary
support to publicly funded higher education
increased an average of 44 percent during
the past five years. However, voluntary
support to the University only increased 18
percent. This includes the last two years
FUND RAISING GROWTH OVER
THE LAST TEN YEARS
(sourc* Council for FWwicul Aid to Education)
University of Georgia CZJ 105%
University of Tenn.
1—4 185%
University of Florida
2197.
UNC Chapel Hill
■ 3307.
University of Alabama
495%
Georgia Tech
: L089%ri
Deli mMS/lra Rrt arxf Black
(1984-1985) of the University’s Bicenten
nial Campaign —the biggest fund-raising
effort in University history.
Nineteen percent of the University’s rev
enue comes from grants, gills and contracts,
including student aid.
“It’s a little bad,” CFAE Information Di
rector Paul Miller said. “It does appear that
(the University) has been lagging amongst
similar public institutions.*
The CFAE is a national organization
which monitors fund-raising efforts of both
public and private higher education institu
tions.
Miller said that although the University
occasionally showed signs of fund raising
improvement, it lacked consistent dona
tions.
“(The University) has shown signs here
and there that they have strong corporate
support,’ Miller said. "The point is, 1 would
be concerned that Georgia’s program cannot
sustain strong levels. It doesn’t consistently
reach alumni and the like.’
Knapp said the CFAE figures do indicate
problems in the University’s fund-raising
efforts. But, Knapp is quick to point out he
is only in his third year as University presi
dent.
“I will not take responsibility for figures
that go back that far,* Knapp said.
"We do have, I think, some serious issues
to deal with,” he said “Our proportion of
alumni that give to the University is very
low.”
Please See FUNDS. Page 3
Continuing the struggle
Students in rally and march
celebrating the life
University student* celebrated
the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
and pledged to continue his
struggle Thursday at a rally held
at the Tate Student Center plaza
and subsequent march.
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority,
whicn sponsored the fifth annual
rally and march to Athens City
Hall, performed skits and songB to
the theme “Against All Odds.’
Scheduled speaker Tandi Gca-
bashe, a civil rights activist pres
ently in exile from the South
African government, couldn’t at
tend because of illness.
Members interspersed readings
about King’s life with hymns and
theme songs of the Civil Rights
movement, such as “Amazing
Grace” and “We Shall Overcome.”
The sorority’s dean of pledges,
Alires Almon, said, “Dr. King once
said, ‘A threat to freedom any
where is a threat to freedom every
where.’ We must remember this
quote as we continue to struggle
against the odds.”
Sorority members asked the
crowd to join them in a silent
prayer for those suffering under
apartheid in South Africa.
of MLK
They are going through today
what we went through yesterday,”
said Almon.
At the rally’s conclusion, mem
bers led the crowd in chant* and
songs in a march to city hall where
Hamilton Holmes Sr., one of the
first two black students to attend
the University, spoke.
Chris Starr, a University horti
cultural researcher, brought his 2
1/2 year-old daughter, Nova, to
the march. He said he started
marching when he was 15 years
old and wants her to start earlier.
—Marla Edwards
Chris Starr and daughter
Holmes tells marchers
to fight for civil rights
By CHRISTOPHER GRIMES
Staff Writer
“You are our salvation,” Ham
ilton Holmes Sr. told a group of
students following the Martin Lu
ther King Jr. Remembrance March
outside Athens City Hall
Thursday.
Holmes, one of the first two
black students to attend the Uni
versity, said today’s generation of
students must take up where his
generation leaves off in the
struggle for civil rights.
This sentiment no doubt meant
a lot to Holmes, because among
those listening in the audience was
his son, University senior mar
keting major Hamilton Holmes Jr.
“My son has never experienced
discrimination like I did. We were
humiliated, really, now that I
think about it. We didn’t have nice
restaurants we could go to. We
could spend money at places, but
we couldn’t drink out of their water
fountains or use their nice res
trooms.*
The elder Holmes said the cli
mate at the University now is
much different than the one he ex
perienced.
He said the University is still
making progress toward elimi
nating discrimination and racism.
But some things haven’t changed.
“Racism is still here — it has be
come more subtle in some ways,
but when racism becomes subtle, it
becomes harder to fight,” he said
“Knapp is trying to bring in good
black professors and good black
students,” he said.The way to
eliminate racism is quality.”
The elder Holmes said when he
Hamilton Holmes Sr.: One
of first black UGA students
and Charlayne Hunter-Gault came
to the Uni verity in 1961, they
“didn’t feel like pioneers," although
he admits the idea has popped into
his mind since those days.
Now medical director at Grady
Hospital in Atlanta, Holmes said
he didn’t get out much when he
was here between 1961 and 1963.
However, he said he feels lucky if
his son makes it home to visit once
a quarter.
The younger Holmes said he still
feels *a little uncomfortable” when
he looks around and doesn’t see
any other black faces in his classes.
Tm the only black student in
two of my classes," he SAid “We’re
doing well at getting black stu
dents in the University, but we just
need to keep them here."
Afro-American studies:
Regents OK institute
Harris budget puts education on hold
By QAYL BARRETT
Staff Writer
Under Gov. Joe Frank Harris’
1991 state budget proposal, Uni
versity system salary increases
and campus construction have
been put on hold in lieu of
funding for welfare, prison con
struction and the drug war.
The Board of Regents’ recom
mendation to increase faculty
salaries by 9 percent was reduced
to 2.5 percent to accompany the
standard 1.5 percent University
supplement awarded each year.
In addition, the University got
a little over one-fourth of its pro
ject proposals, according to Tom
Jackson, public information di
rector.
University President Charles
Knapp expressed disappointment
at the governor’s proposals and
concern for fiscal year 1991.
“The University of Georgia can
enter the top rank of the univer
sities of this country, but we will
need increased state support to
achieve this objective. Without
this increased support we will
lose ground,’ he said in a re
leased statement.
“The failure to deliver quality
higher education will further di
minish Georgia's competitiveness
in the region, the nation and in
ternationally,’ he stated.
Regent's spokesman Michael
Baxter said the lower salaries in
the University System as com
pared to other states could result
in a lower standard of teaching.
“With the rise in teacher re
tirement and the decline in
Ph.D’s, teachers have grown into
a high demand. Schools every
where are going to find them
selves with a shortage of
teachers,’ Baxter said.
Jackson said that in the past
seven years, University System
faculty salaries have fallen from
first to fifth out of the 14 other
Southern states.
In his proposal, Harris also
denied University requests for a
music/fine arts building and a
new campus parking deck,
Jackson said.
Of the regent’s 21 proposals
from various schools in the state,
he said the governor only ap-
S roved two. These include a stu-
ent center at Southern
Technical Institute and a Contin
uing Education building for
Georgia Southern College
A revenue payback project also
was approved. It will go toward a
new parking deck for the Georgia
Institute of Technology, Jackson
said.
Regents spokesman Roger
Moeshart said the budget pro
posal includes several positive
aspecte. It offers an increase in
operating compensations as well
as an increase in insurance.
University Budget Director
Bob Bugby said an estimated $6
million will be awarded to the
University in accordance to the
student enrollment formula.
Jackson said plana for a recre
ational center will be considered
in the Legislature’s 1990 supple
mental budget The money won’t
be awarded until next year.
The governor’s proposals must
be approved by the Georgia Leg
islature before they go into effect.
The legislature should complete
the budget before the end of its
session in March. The budget
would take effect in April.
Bill would expel groups that condone
student drug use, underage drinking
By WAITER COLT
Staff Writer
The Institute for African-Amer
ican Studies may become a reality
on campus as soon as fall 1990,
Norman Harris, African-American
Studies director, said Thursday.
The Board of Regents
Wednesday unanimously approved
the establishment of the institute.
The board’s action makes it pos
sible for students to earn majors in
African-American Studies.
Benjamin Roundtree, Black Af
fairs Council president, said, ‘The
institute is going to be an asset to
University students and faculty. I
commend Professor Harris and all
the work he has put into it.”
Some of the institute’s educa
tional objectives are to introduce
students to African-American ex
periences and to provide a multi
cultural education for all students.
In addition, it will provide fac
ulty interested in African-Amer
ican issues with a way to explore
those interests and to contribute to
making the University responsive
to the contributions and challenges
of African-Americans.
Regent Elridge McMillan, the
firet African-American to chair the
board, said the program “makes
sense. I hope it won't be limited be
cause it is important for the entire
student body to be informed of the
contributions of all groups in our
society.”
The African-American Studies
Program has been on campus for
20 years. But problems such as the
absence of a basic curriculum, min
imal to non-existent financial sup
port and limited space have made
the creation of the institute nec
essary, according to the regents’
Education Committee.
Harris said no new funding is
being requested for the institute
and money will come from reallo
cating existing funds.
Academic Affairs will decide the
exact amount.
He said the institute will be an
asset because it will reflect the
University’s cultural diversity,
better the University's standing in
the academic community end place
the University in a better position
for prestigious grants.
Thera is an increasing need for
experts in African-American
Studies in both academics and pri
vate industry, Harris said.
More univeraitiaa will ba looking
for African-American professor* in
the near future and Pn.D.s can ex
pect at least $30,000 to start, he
said. Businesses are beginning to
realize their need for expert* on
the African-American market
Harris said the nation need* Af
rican-American Studies because
‘cultural diversity is an asset that
can be tapped from the moat tech
nical application to the most mun
dane.”
Future success in the world mar
ketplace will depend on the na
tion's ability to taks advantage of
different ways of viewing the
world, end African-American
Studies can provide that ability, he
said.
By LAURA ROE
Staff Writer
Student organizations found
guilty of violations involving the il
legal us* of drugs or alcohol could
fees campus expulsion if a bill
drafted by six Georgia Representa
tive* passes in the Legislature.
Arthur Leed, Student Affairs
Legal Adviser, Thursday received a
copy of the bill entitled the “Stu
dent Organization Responsibility
for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Act.”
It was drafted by Georgia Reps.
Thomas B. Buck, William J. Lee,
Larry Walker, Bob Lute, Calvin
Smyr* and Frank E. Standi.
The bill states that the us* of
drugs and alcohol constitutes a se
rious threat to the public health,
welfare and the academic achieve
ment of students enrolled in public
colleges end universities.
According to the bill, an organi
zation connected to the University
System would be expelled if
through it* officer! or “responsible"
member* the organization “kno
wingly permits, authorizes, or con
dones the eale, distribution,
serving, possession, consumption,
or use of a controlled substance,
dangerous drug, or alcoholic bev
erage at any affair.*
If expelled from campus, the or
ganization would be prohibited
from using University System fa-
Please See BILL. P^ e 3