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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1990 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 48
INSIDE
Cartoonist Mike Moreu
looks at Gorbachev’s
problems in the
splintering Soviet Union.
Weather: Today, mostly cloudy,
high In micT60s. 50 percent
-* chance of rain; tonight, ditto, low
50s. "Cut down a tree with a
herring? It can't be done!" — GC
Students
interview
candidate
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
A candidate for director of Mi
nority Student Services and Pro
grams said Wednesday he sensed
a fairly high level of frustration
among black students he spoke
with during interviews at the
University.
Eddie Daniels, currently asso
ciate director for programs in the
Department of Student Life at
the University of South Carolina,
fielded questions from represen
tatives of student groups during
a series of interviews Tuesday.
Interviews were conducted by
faculty, staff, administrators and
students in two separate group
sessions.
Daniels said students ex
pressed concern about race rela
tions in the University’s Greek
system, apathy among them
selves and their lack of access to
existing services and programs.
Please See DANIELS, Page 3
Cycler,
By STEVEN M. SEARS
and SUSAN HILL
Staff Writers
A bicyclist and a pedestrian
were seriously ir\jured when they
collided on Sanford Drive
Wednesday around noon. Both
were in stable condition at Athens
Regional Medical Center
Wednesday night.
Michael William McLeod, a
freshman journalism mtyor and
Red and Black reporter, was riding
his bicycle toward North Campus
on the bridge near Sanford Sta
dium when he ran into pedestrain
Melissa Deas, according to infor
mation received from University
police reports.
Two eyewitnesses said Deas, a
freshman pre-pharmacy major,
didn’t see McLeod as he rode down
the hill and she stepped directly
into his path.
When McLeod collided with
Deas he was thrown over his han
dlebars of his bicycle, according to
Kim Williams, a senior education
major, who watched the accident
from about 20 feet away.
Emergency medical technicians
said McLeod had a four-inch cut on
pedestrian collide on Sanford
his forehead that was down to the
skull, according to University po
lice reports.
Deas’ face, knees and arms were
badly cut and scraped when she
was knocked to the ground. She
was wearing a neck brace when
she was taken on a stretcher to the
ambulance.
McLeod was also wearing a neck
brace when he was put into an am
bulance by the medical techni
cians.
Senior speech communications
mqjor Scott Bonner was walking
very close to Deas at the time of the
accident. He said she apparently
was waiting for the bus to pass and
didn’t notice McLeod as he rode
down the hill behind it.
“He tried to get out of the way,
but she stepped right in front of
him," he said.
McLeod’s girlfriend, Tonya Phil
lips, said doctors had sewn up the
cut on McLeod’s forehead and
taken X-rays.
“He should be able to leave to
morrow,’’ she said.
Contributing writer Robert Haag
added to this story.
Michael W. McLeod: Suffered head injuries and was taken to Athens Regional Medical
Center, where he was listed in stable condition Wednesday night
Andy Young speech
lauds MLK philosophy
Pursuing The Dream
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 106$
By JOEL GROOVER
Staff Writer
After a terrorist bombed his
house in 1955, a mob angered by
the attack went to see Martin Lu
ther King Jr.
Some held baseball bats, others
guns. They were ready to draw
blood to stop white oppression.
But King refused to embrace vio
lence that day. He took the oppo
site stand.
That stand served as a lesson to
the world, said former Atlanta
Mayor Andrew Young, who was on
campus Wednesday to deliver the
King week keynote address.
“Martin’s answer was the reason
we’re celebrating his birthday,”
Young told a full house in Georgia
Hall of the Tate Student Center.
‘This is not a black holiday, nor
is it a white holiday,” he said.
“What we’re celebrating is the tri
umph of the idea that people can
solve problems without violence.”
Young was active in the Civil
Rights Movement. He once di
rected the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, a civil
rights organization founded by
King.
In his speech, Young said King’s
hilosophy of nonviolent change
as helped people win freedom all
over the world, especially in
Eastern Europe, where nonviolent
protests have toppled several com
munist regimes.
He said some Eastern European
protesters even sang “We Shall
Overcome,” the anthem of the Civil
Rights Movement.
“I’m reminded that that’s a
Georgia Baptist hymn," he said.
Elected mayor of Atlanta in
1981, Young recently left office
after two terms. Although he
hasn’t announced his candidacy, he
is expected to run for governor of
Georgia.
Much of Young’s speech con
cerned his thoughts on the future
of the state.
People from other countries as
sociate Georgia with progress and
the Civil Rights Movement, which
he said could help win Georgia the
1996 Olympic Games.
Young dismissed the assertion
that racism is getting worse. He
said two racially-motivated
bombing deaths and recent Ku
Klux Klan activity — including a
rally next Saturday — could be at
tributed to the "normal insanity of
a complex society."
Pointing out that he was a “solid
‘C’ student” in college, Young said
running for governor at one time
seemed impossible. The audience
burst into applause when he men
tioned his possible candidacy.
In a question and answer ses
sion after the speech, Young was
asked what his priorities would be
if elected governor. He said he
would try to improve Georgia’s
economy and alleviate crime and
drug problems.
When asked about the possi
bility of a state lottery, Young said
he was opposed to the idea but
thought the people should decide
whether they wanted to have one.
AIDS virus infects
many health workers
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Public
health officials say the number of
health care workers who have
been infected with the AIDS
virus on the job is higher than the
government’s official figures, but
they don’t know by how much.
Government health experts
say all surveillance systems, in
cluding the one tracking health
care workers who become in
fected with the human immuno
deficiency virus, are prone to
underreporting, but they reject
suggestions from critics that they
keep the numbers low to prevent
alarm.
“It’s true that the number of
HIV-infected health care workers
exceeds that which is reported,
but we don’t know by how much,”
said David Bell, chief of AIDS ac
tivity in the hospital infections
program at the federal Centers
for Disease Control in Atlanta.
The CDC reports 27 cases of
occupationally acquired HIV in
fection by health care workers
worldwide, 19 in the United
States. The agency is investi
gating 34 other cases, he said.
Larry Gostin, executive di
rector of the Boston-based Amer
ican Society of Law and
Medicine, said the actual number
of cases in which health care
workers are infected on the job
could be as much as five times
the CDC’s official count.
“I don’t want health care
workers to be unduly alarmed by
the risks,” Gostin said. '1 think
the risks are small. But they
have a right and society has a
right to have the numbers be as
truthful as possible.
‘That way, a clearer calcula
tion can be made about the risk ...
and there’s more incentive to see
that the risk is real and that its
necessary to use precautions.”
Andrew Young: Potential gubernatorial candidate calls
King’s non-violence an example to the world
Clarke County police
looking for suspect
in assault/burglary
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
Clarke County police are
looking for a man suspected of
aggravated assault and at
tempted rape in connection with
a Tuesday morning burglary at
the residence of a female Univer
sity student.
Police reports describe the sus
pect as about six feet in height,
wearing black clothing and a
black ski mask.
The suspect awakened the 23-
year-old woman at her residence
in the Willow Mist subdivision.
She began screaming. After a
brief scuffle, the woman escaped
to a neighbor’s house and called
the police, reports read. The
woman’s hands were cut in the
scuffle.
Upon arrival, the officers
searched the residence and the
surrounding area. Nothing was
reported missing, according to re
ports.
Cpl. Greg Paul a Clarke
County Police Department ad
ministrative assistant, provided
tips for students to avoid bur
glaries and attacks:
* Leave lights and the radio on
inside.
* Leave all outside lights on.
Police reports
describe the suspect
as about six feet in
height, wearing black
clothing and a black
ski mask.
• Pick up all newspapers, or if
you are away, have a neighbor
pick them up for you.
• Make sure all windows are
closed and all dead bolts are
locked.
• Get a dog. They make good
warning alarms.
• Put secondary locks on all
windows and doors.
• Have the post office keep
your mail if you are away.
• Put alarms around your bed.
If a burglar has broken in, you
can pull the alarm to scare him
away.
• If a burglar has broken into a
house while you ure there, leave
as soon as you can safely and get
to a neighbor’s house to call the
police. Don’t try to confront the
burglar.
• Dial 911.
SA reaction to House drug bill mixed
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
The Student Association had mixed reactions
Tuesday to a bill, currently in a state House of
Representatives committee, which requires a
one-year suspension of all university students
convicted of drug charges.
Despite the objections of SA President Mark
Schisler, junior Sen. Todd King and sophomore
Sen. Laura Bourg introduced a proposal asking
SA to sponsor an amendment to the proposed
bill.
The amendment states that only students
convicted of felony, not misdemeanor, drug
charges should be expelled.
Although Schisler said the proposed amend
ment has a lot of merit, he strongly urged sen
ators not to vote for the proposal at this time,
citing the need for further investigation into
the bill.
“Every senator should hove some input into
what you’re doing,” Schisler said.
Many senators weren’t present for the dis
cussion because they left after a presentation
on physical education requirements.
Bourg said, ‘There is an element of time
here. This is what we are for and this is what
we have to do.
“College is a time for experimentation. God
knows I’m not up here advocating drugs, but
it’s going to happen,” she said.
Only four senators voted in favor of the pro
posal. Schisler said a group will be assembled
this week to deal with this and two other pro
posed bills which affect students.
Senior Sen. Djuana Austin said this amend
ment is going to make it look as though SA is
advocating the use of drugs regardless of the
good intentions behind the proposed amend
ment.
“I think this is all about a deterrence,” she
said. “We need to have stricter laws.”
Under the proposed amendment, only stu
dents convicted of felony possesion or use would
be suspended for one year. Students convicted
of a second felony for possession ar use, or stu
dents convicted of manufacturing or distrib
uting drugs would be permanently expelled.
Senior Sen. Molly Mednikow said the bill
should make a distinction between misde
meanor and felony, just as other laws distin
guish between the two.
Schisler said he will ask for input from stu
dents, the Student Judiciary, University Presi
dent Charles Knapp and other state
universities. The proposal will be re-introduced
Tuesday.
SA Adviser Tom Cochran said he was disap
pointed that the proposal didn’t pass because
the Legislature would have listened to it.
The proposed bill is still in the House Univer
sity System Committee.
PE requirements should stay, SA says
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
The Student Association voted
Tuesday to recommend that the
University keep mandatory phys
ical education requirements.
Currently, all University under
graduates are required to complete
five credit hours of PE. The Uni
versity Council’s Curriculum Com
mittee has been reviewing the
necessity of the requirements and
asked the SA for input.
The SA will send a breakdown of
the vote to the committee along
with their recommendation. The
vote was as follows:
• 17 senators voted to make no
changes in the current require
ments.
• 12 voted to reduce the number
of PE credits required to three.
• One senator voted to require
one course which would incorpo
rate both health and physical edu
cation.
Stan Brassie, head of the phys
ical education department, pre
sented a report on the status of
physical education programs
across the nation.
In his report, Brassie stated that
65 percent of the nation’s schools
with enrollments above 10,000
have PE requirements which count
in the core curriculum.
The University falls into the 7
percent that requires PE, but not
in the core curriculum. Another 20
percent allow individual depart
ments within a school to set their
own PE requirements. Only 8 per
cent of the nation’s universities
place PE in the core curriculum as
an elective.
Brassie said that at universities
where PE is an elective, only 27
percent of the students enroll in PE
courses.
It would be difficult, he said, to
predict how many University stu
dents would take PE if the council
chose to make it an elective. But,
he said, the number of sections of
fered is directly related to the
number of students enrolled.
Brassie emphasised in his report
Please See BRASSIE. Page 3