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2 » The Red and Black • Friday, January 19. 1990
BRIEFLY
Counselor gives speechmaking advice
■ UNIVERSITY
Funeral service today for Dooley's stepmother. The
funeral service for Athletic Director Vince Dooley’s stepmother, Annie
Theresa Dooley, will be held today at noon at the Radney Funeral
Home in Mobile, Ala. The 82-year-old native of Lower Peachtree, Ala.,
died of natural causes.
Final games of the College Bowl tournament tonight.
Teams of brainy University students will match wits tonight in the
final and semi-final games of the College Bowl tournament. The semi
finals will start at 5 p.m. in the Reception Hall at the Tate Student
Center The final competition will start at 6 p.m. University
President Charles Knapp will moderate the event, in which self-
formed teams of students are quizzed on a variety of subjects. Jim
Crouch, associate director for Student Activities, said the finals
winner will be eligible to compete in the regional College Bowl
tournament, which may include teams from Florida, Alabama,
Auburn and Mississippi. He said students are welcome to go to the
games and watch.
Road Race scheduled for Saturday.Athens Sixth Annual
Road Race, the Jaguar Caper 5K, will take place at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday Jan. 30. Registration forms are available at Athens
Athletics and other sporting goods stores, Rick LaFleur, race director,
said. The race will be run in the Green Acres area. Registration fee is
$8. Race day registration will take place between 8 a.m. and 9 a m. in
the Cedar Shoals High School lobby. Late registration will be $10.
LaFleur said the record is 14:50. There will be 14 age groups with
first, second and third place trophies for men and women, he said.
By SUSANNE MAYBIN
Contributing Writer
Everyone in your class has given
their oral presentation except you.
With sweaty palms, a stiff neck
and weak knees you walk to the
front of the class and attempt to
utter the first words. Your mouth
moves, but there is no sound.
Mike Slavit, Counseling and
Testing Center psychologist, con
ducted a workshop on enhancing
class presentations in Clark
Howell Hall Tuesday. He said the
anxiety felt before public speaking
can be reduced by learning and
practicing physical relaxation.
“Controlling anxiety and speech
preparation are the most impor
tant factors to give an effective
class presentation,* he said.
He said once the student is re
laxed, he or she will be able to focus
on their presentation
Elizabeth Strickland, a graduate
student in nutrition, attended the
workshop to liven up her presenta
tions.
Slavit recommended that Strick
land “start with something that
will completely baffle the audience
— something that has nothing to
do with the subject of the presenta
tion.*
Slavit said the introduction, one
of the most important parts of the
presentation, should win the atten
tion of the audience. This can be
achieved by asking the audience a
question or telling a short story.
Also, the introduction should in
clude the purpose of the presenta
tion, background information and
a preview of the main points.
“Don’t attempt to write out your
speech or memorize it. This will
cause you to stumble," Slavit said.
He said students should prepare
thoroughly and have enough extra
information so they never run out
The introduction, one
of the most important
parts of the
presentation, should
win the attention of the
audience.
of anything to say if questioned by
the audience.
Slavit said students also should
try to relax and take a deep breath
just before their speech and re
member that “everyone is nervous
in front of an audience.*
Slavit recommended several
techniques to relieve pre-orienta
tion jitters:
• Choose a comfortable position
— usually in on armchair or stack
of pillows.
• First, tense and relax each
muscle group as much as possible
to distinguish between tense and
relaxed feelings.
• Second, take a deep breath,
relax the muscles while exhaling
and say a word to yourself, such as
“calm" or “serene/
• Third, imagine a scene that
makes you feel relaxed. Imagine
the sights, sounds, feelings and
aromas of the scene.
• Practice these exercises to
relax at the earliest onset of ten
sion in everyday life.
Athens area art community reviewed;
Businesses small, need new resources
Black writer to present work Monday .Internationally
known black writer Sonia Sanchez will present her work in Georgia
Hall at the Tate Student Center Monday at 8 p.m., University Union
spokesperson Audrey Hanes said. In 1967, Ms. Sanchez introduced
Black Studies courses at San Francisco State College. They were the
first of their kind. Since then, she has won numerous awards for her
fiction, poetry and plays. Her books include “Homegirls and
Hand grenades” and “We a Baaaaad People," Hanes said. The Union’s
Ideas and Issues division is sponsoring the program. Admission is
free.
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Bush In Atlanta today. President George
Bush will be in Atlanta on Friday, but not for long. Bush is to make a
15-minute speech to about 11,000 members of the National
Association of Homebuilders at The Omni arena. In his address, Bush
is expected to renew his call for a cut in federal income taxes on
capital gains. He will be leaving town shortly afterward.
LOS ANGELES (AP): Mother and son found Innocent.
Jurors today acquitted the operators of the McMartin Pre-School of
52 counts of child molestation in the nation’s longest and costliest
criminal trial. The judge declared a mistrial on 13 remaining counts.
Raymond Buckey, 31, and Peggy McMartin Buckey, 63, were found
innocent of lewd and lascivious conduct with minors under 14.
Mother and son cried as the verdicts were announced. The panel
deadlocked on 13 child molestation charges against Buckey, and
Superior Court Judge William Pounders declared a mistrial on those
counts. The jury spent nine weeks deliberating on the 65 molestation
and conspiracy charges against the pair, who were accused of
molesting 11 children during a five-year period at their family owned
McMartin Pre-School in Manhattan Beach. Buckey spent nearly five
years in jail without being convicted until his release on $1.5 million
bail last February.The trial ran nearly three years and co6t $15
million.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP): Flight systems tested.
Columbia’s astronauts Thursday tested their flight systems for
today’s homecoming after taking control of their ship when a bad
navigation signal from the ground sent it into a slow spin.
Commander Dan Brandenstein, roused from sleep, manually
overrode the shuttle’s navigation system and stabilized the craft until
Mission Control transmitted correct guidance signals. There was no
danger to the five astronauts, but “we had a little excitement
tonight,” said flight director Bob Castle. The incident happened
Wednesday night, about 2Vi hours before their scheduled wakeup. A
false fire alarm also got them out of their beds Wednesday. A third
wakeup, at the planned time, was music to their ears: a rendition of
Washington and Lee University’s fight song. One of the astronauts,
David Low, is a graduate of the school.
POTOSI, Mo. (AP): Convicted killer Smith executed.
Convicted killer Gerald Smith was executed by lethal injection early
Thursday, becoming the the 121st nationwide since the U.S. Supreme
Court allowed states to restore the death penalty in 1976. Smith, 31,
of St. Louis, who had asked that his death sentence be carried out,
was pronounced dead at 12:09 by a physician, said Dick Moore,
director of the state Department of Corrections. Smith had no last
words and refused an opportunity to write a last statement, prison
spokesman Dale Riley said. Death-penalty opponents made a last-
ditch effort to save Smith’s life by filing a motion Wednesday
afternoon with the U.S. Supreme Court, but the court voted 7-2 to
reject the appeal by the Missouri Capital Punishment Resource
Center in Kansas City. It was Missouri’s second execution since 1965.
Smith was sentenced to be executed for the beating death of Karen
Roberts in St. Louis. Another death sentence was imposed for the
slaying in 1985 of a fellow death-row inmate.
UGA TODAY
Announcements
• Sandy Creek Nature Center
and the Athens Astronomical
Association are sponsoring a
Winter Sky Watch program
tonight from 7:30 to 9:30. The
program is free and open to the
public and will be held at Sandy
Creek Park. In case of clouds or
for more information, call Sandy
Creek Nature Center at 354-
2930.
• Georgia Hillel will be holding
Shabbat services and dinner at
the Hillel House tonight at 6. The
cost for non-members is $5.
• A four-week summer program
in Russia is open to all UGA
students. No knowledge of
Russian required. For further
information, call Margareta
Thompson at 542-2458.
• The Georgia Rotary Student
Program is offering two UGA
students scholarships to attend
school in Germany. The
scholarships will pay tuition, fees
and will provide tne student with
enough money to rent a room and
to pay for meals, books and daily
necessities. For application
information, call Dr. Arv
Vasenden in the evenings at 353-
0262. Deadline for applications is
Feb. 28.
• Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
will nave an Eta Xi reunion,
beginning with a party tonight at
10 in Memorial Hall. Saturday
there will be a mixer and reunion
dinner and Founder’s Day will be
celebrated Sunday at 4 p.m. at
I First AME Church.
Upcoming
• The UGA chapter of Amnesty
International will meet Monday
night at 7:30 in Room 137 of the
Tate Student Center. New
member orientation is at 7 p.m.
The guest speaker will be Abdul
Farah, who will discuss human
rights in Somalia. The public is
welcome.
• The Chinese Student
Association and the Federation
of Chinese Student Associations
in the United States are
presenting a Chinese movie
festival on Monday night at the
Tate Student Center. At 7 p.m.
“Last Romance” will be shown
and at 9 p.m., “When the Ocean
is Blue* will be shown. Both films
have English subtitles and
admission is free.
• The University of Georgia
School of Music will present
Tammy Doud, soprano, in her
senior recital Monday night at 8
in the South P/J Auditorium. The
recital is free and open to the
public.
• The Athens Pro-Choice League
wil hold a candlelight vigil to
commemorate the Roe v. Wade
decision on Monday night from 7
to 9 at College Square in
downtown Athens. For further
information, call 353-0488.
By SHANNON SAVAGE
Contributing writer
More than 50 citizens met with a
special arts task force to review re
sults of a survey on the Athens art
community and its problems.
The survey, sponsored by the
Athens Chamber of Commerce, in
dicated that the majority of the
arts businesses in Athens are
small, having an average annual
payroll of less than $25,000 and
gross revenues of less than
$50,000.
Chamber member Tom Glasor
said the survey, which was devel
oped to identify the factors inhib
iting the growth of Athens’ arts
businesses, was mailed to approxi
mately 160 businesses.
Only 45 businesses responded.
This lack of feedback was another
reason for the public meeting,
Glasor said.
The survey determined five
main problems facing the area’s
artists. These factors included lack
of affordable space in prime retail
areas, financing for business ex-
f iansion, management problems,
ack of coordination and regulatory
issues (such as liquor laws), oper
ating hours and zoning issues.
Members of the public and the
arts community that attended the
forum agreed that these were prob
lems that needed to be addressed
and also suggested other areas of
concern.
Paul Butcher, a local artist, de
clared that merely promoting the
arts was insufficient.
“We need to promote Athens as
an artistic community rather than
the home of the double-barrelled
cannon and the tree that owns it
self,” he said.
Chamber member Tom Glasor
said the task force was put to
gether to find out more about the
art and music scene in Athens and
how it affects the city and the art
ists economically.
“We want to know what poten
tial there is, what obstacles to this
potential there are, and what to
suggest to the local government,
the chamber and artists them
selves to overcome the obstacles,”
he said.
Rick Vanderpool, task force
member, said he disagreed on the
economic reasons for the survey.
He was interested, rather, in the
coordination and unification of the
needs and actions of local artists.
Tm thinking about people,
where Tom is thinking about the
money involved,” he said,“ I don’t
care about a head count to see how
many people are going to bring in
money.”
Vanderpool said artists have to
make committments to the com
munity and to themselves.
‘Talented people have taken
their inputs, products and pres
ence nnd moved," he said,“We’re
losing them weekly, even daily.”
Other areas with which the au
dience was concerned included:
• Artists’ lack of knowledge in
running a business.
• The need for an information
network in which artists and re
tailers could locate resources and
other artists.
• The destruction of local ware
houses that could be potential
practice and performance loca
tions.
Both members of the task force
nnd audience seemed pleased with
the attendance nnd discussions
that occurred. Task force members
plan a similar forum in the near fu
ture.
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