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Author Taylor Branch delivers Athens address
The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1990 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 49
INSIDE
Jennifer Carbone and the
rest of the Gym Dogs
trash Auburn in their
Athens opener.
Weather: Today, mostly sunny,
high in the mid-60s. Tonight,
increasing cloudiness, low 40s.
Wednesday, cloudy, high in low
60s, 30 percent chance of rain.
Under-21 bill, drug bills getting attention
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
A bill prohibiting anyone under
21 from entering bars probably
won’t make it out of the state Sen
ate’s Consumer Affairs Committee,
Athens Sen. Paul Broun said
Monday.
Broun said he has support from
Lt. Gov. Zell Miller and Sen. Ar
thur Langford, D-Atlanta and Con
sumer Affairs Committee chair.
Langford said the bill will cause a
lot of hardships on young people.
“I’m not in favor of it. I just don’t
see the bill passing at this point,”
he said.
The bill will be discussed before
the full Consumer Affairs Com
mittee, and it may come up on
Thursday’s calendar.
Broun said he’s supposed to be
given at least three days notice to
prepare for a committee hearing,
but he doesn’t think it will get that
far.
Phil Smith, senior political sci
ence major, said student represen
tatives from Young Democrats will
attend Thursday’s committee
meeting to voice their opposition.
Two other proposed drug and al
cohol bills aifecting students are
being negotiated by Rep. Thomas
Buck, D-Columbus, and the Uni
versity’s Student Association.
Buck is chairman of the University
System Committee and helped to
draft the original bills.
Buck is preparing alternative
bills after meeting with SA Presi
dent Mark Schisler. These bills
and the originals will be presented
at the University System Com
mittee meeting Wednesday.
One bill calls for suspension of
students convicted of drug use or
possession, and for expulsion of
students convicted of manufac
turing or distributing drugs.
Under SA’s proposed changes,
students convicted of misdemeanor
drug charges would face their
school’s judiciary. Only those con
victed of felony drug charges would
be suspended or expelled.
The second bill the SA wants to
amend calls for the expulsion of
any University organization which
“condones” the illegal use of alcohol
or drugs.
SA has asked that the term “con
dones” be changed because it’s am
biguous. The term “knowingly
permits” may be used instead.
SA also has asked that the word
“alcohol” be omitted, so that the
bill applies only to the use of illegal
drugs, pointing out that the Uni
versity already has an effective
system for dealing with campus or
ganizations which violate the Uni
versity’s alcohol policies.
Buck said he has no problems
with these recommendations, but
other state universities don’t have
such effective judicial systems.
Buck said the final version of
these bills will probably be some
sort of compromise between the
original bills and their alterna
tives.
Schisler and Sophomore Sen.
17 years of Roe vs. Wade
A group of pro-lifers (foreground) counter-demonstrate at the pro-choice Roe vs. Wade anniversary march,
which was held Monday night on College Square.
BILL
NUMBER
STATUS in GEORGIA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
■"TTSf* 1225: Would expel
J' 1 * student organizations
caught possessing or
distributing drugs or
alcohol unlawfully.
Read in The House on Jan.
8 Assigned to University
System Committee on
January 9 and is still there.
Will be dicusscd next
Wednesday at 9:00 o.m.
-]r5=> 1231: Would suspend
_K>*> students for first drug
conviction, and expel
students for further
convictions.
Read in The House on Jan.
8. Assigned to University
System Committee on
January 9 and is still there.
Will be discussed next
Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.
Trtf 3 1236: Would prohibit
Jr"* 3 * citizens under 21
ycarsof-oge from
entering bars, as is
now allowed.
Davit OKaalfa/Tha Rad and Black
Introduced to The House on
Jan. 8. Went to the
Regulated Beverages
Committee on January 9 and
was voted upon favorably.
Was assigned to the
Consumer Affairs
Committee, and it goes
before The Senate today.
Roe vs. Wade vigil
Laura Bourg will go to the Univer
sity System Committee meeting
Wednesday to explain their posi
tion.
Bourg said they also may sug
gest that students who are sus
pended from state universities or
colleges be given the opportunity to
undergo a drug treatment program
to shorten their suspension. The
SA would like to see the under-21
bill killed in committee.
Athens Rep. Karen Irwin, also a
committee member, told the SA at
a meeting Friday that she was
pleased the SA has offered amend
ments and changes.
Rep. Frank Stancil, D-
Watkinsville, a committee member
who helped draft the original bill,
has been supportive of SA’s pro
posed amendments, Schisler said.
Stancil told SA Friday that the
amendments are the right thing to
do, but added that the Legislature
has its mind made up about getting
tough on drugs.
130 hold
By ANNE-MARIE FANGUY
Staff Writer
About 130 pro-choice demon
strators gathered Monday night in
College Square downtown to cele
brate the 17th anniversary of the
U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe vs.
Wade decision.
Carrying signs which read “We
won’t go back” and shielding their
candles from the wind, the group
listened intently as speakers from
the Athens Pro-Choice Action
League read personal accounts of
women who had illegal abortions
prior to the decision.
Beneath their voices was a
chorus of about 40 pro-life demon
strators singing Bob Dylan’s
“Blowin’ in the Wind” as they
circled 20 feet from the vigil and
waved a “Protect Life” banner.
Pro-life demonstrators directed
one message to Athens Rep. Karen
Irwin, who is pro-choice, through a
sign reading “Why do you work for
and support the killing of the un
born?”
Brad Rountree, chairman for
United Students Against Abortion
(USA), said he would speak on be
half of the group, but then declined
comment.
Carol Myers, a member of the
vigil’s coordinating committee,
urged listeners to let their rep
resentatives know their feelings on
the issue.
Myers called the crowd up to
light candles and asked them to
think about the women who have
died because of illegal abortions.
‘This is the 10th year that we’ve
done something,” Cindy Short, a
member of APAL’s coordination
committee, said in an interview
prior to the march.
The league has about 350 to 400
members, one-third of which are
men, according to Short, who also
manages the Feminist Women’s
Health Center.
Daryl Black, University senior
and pro-choice demonstrator at the
vigil, said he feels “morality rests
with an individual, not with a
group or an influential majority."
Short said with the increase in
legislation to restrict abortion
rights, people are turning out to
voice their opinions.
“We saw in the Webster case,
that there’s a possibility that we
can lose some ground,” she said.
“State legislatures are going to be
busy all over the United States.”
As a result of the Supreme
Court’s Webster decision, handed
down this summer, states now
have much more control over abor
tion restrictions.
In this session of the Georgia
Legislature, Short said most activ
ists are predicting they won’t get
into abortion at all.
Program tells of chemical hazards
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
President Charles Knapp took his turn, along with
more than 100 other University employees, attending
the weekly Basic Hazard Communication Training
presentation Monday in the Tate Student Center the
ater.
All University employees must attend one of the
presentations.
Wendy Kennel, a senior animal science major and
main library employee, said the presentation is a good
idea.
“We need to know about it (hazardous chemicals). If
I think any chemical is a hazard, I’ll certainly ask
about it now,” she said.
Warren Safter, Public Safety Division assistant di
rector, said the meetings have been conducted since
the beginning of October and will continue “forever."
The meetings were created by the Public Safety Di
vision and Personnel Services Division to comply with
the State of Georgia Public Employee Hazardous
Chemical Protection and Right to Know Act of 1988.
The act went into effect in July 1989.
Although the Georgia Department of Labor hasn’t
come out with its official list of regulations yet, Safter
9aid, “If we hadn’t done anything and someone got
hurt, we could have gotten sued; it’s almost like neg
ligence. Since we knew where the law was going we
felt comfortable putting together a package.”
Opal Tyson, department manager of training and
development for Personnel Services, estimated that
out of 11,000 full-time and 4,000 student employees,
8,000 have gone through the program already.
Under the act, the University must advise workers
of hazards in the workplace, obtain material safety
data sheets for each hazardous chemical used, label
all hazardous chemicals and proside educational pro
grams, such as Monday’s, Safter said.
The programs warn employees of hazardous chemi
cals and inform them of safety measures and their
rights under the act.
The Public Safety Division keeps an eye on the haz
ardous chemicals U9ed by the University by com
paring the State of Georgia Chemical List compiled by
the Department of Labor with research from three
areas:
• Computer printouts coming out of Central Re
search Stores, the central warehouse through which
all chemicals are bought.
• Surveys sent to all departments requesting a list
of all chemicals.
• Public Safety’s weekly pickup of hazardous chem
icals.
Safter said all departments on campus should have
their hazard communication program folder in two
weeks. The folders’ purpose will be the same as the
program.
Tyson said the programs will continue to be pre
sented each Monday at 3 p.m. at the Tate Student
Center theatre. Employees unable to come at that
time will be given opportunities Feb. 2 and Mar. 1
from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
She said new employees will be exposed to a video
taped version at employee orientation.
Safter said employees concerned about a chemical
can call the Environmental Safety Services Depart
ment of the Public Safety Division at 542-5801 for in
formation. They need the name of the chemical and
the manufacturer in order to help.
UGA expects fewer would-be freshmen to apply this year
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
After a decade of record-
breaking numbers of applicants,
the University Office of Admis
sions expects the number of would-
be freshman to bottom out this
year.
The office doesn’t expect to reach
the phenomenal levels of the past
three years again until 1996.
John Albright, associate director
of Admissions, said the University
has received 11 percent fewer ap
plications this year than at the
same time last year.
“As goes Georgia, so goes the
University,” Albright said.
‘The major reason in the de
crease of applicants is the 9 per
cent drop in the number of high
school seniors this year compared
to last year,” he said.
Admissions Director Claire
Swann said the office has received
only 7,600 applications since the
fall. The total number of applica
tions received last school year was
11,580.
The number of applications is
expected to increase slightly as the
Feo. 1 priority deadline rolls
around, Swann said. However, she
couldn’t say by how much they
would increase.
Albright said the increased stan
dards for admission required last
year may have an effect on the
number of applicants this year.
“Counselors are beginning to
discourage marginal applicants
from tiding here,” he said.
Albright stressed that applica
tions are only one part of the re
cruiting process.
“We won’t get a real idea of en
rollment numbers until after orien
tation,” he said.
Those hoping a significant drop
in applications will mean more
available apartments and parking
spaces in the fall may be disap
pointed.
Swann said total enrollment
next year should stay at about 27,-
000 students.
“It is too early to tell if the drop
in applications will affect the
number of freshmen enrolled in the
fall," she said.
However, the current target is
3,000 — 350 less than the target
had been for the current freshman
class, she said. The all-time Uni
versity high was set in 1988 when
3,750 freshmen enrolled.
Albright said most Georgia insti
tutions are experiencing a similar
decrease in the number of applica
tions for entry.
‘The only exception is Georgia
Southern, which is currently con
sidered a ‘hot’ school,” he scud.
The reason for the decrease in
Georgia high school seniors is two
fold, Albright said.
One factor is the current leveling
off of 18-year-olds that will con
tinue until the mid-1990s. This can
be attributed to many baby
boomers’ delay in marriage and
their smaller family sizes.
The second factor is the result of
a 1978 state requirement that all
entering first graders’ birthdates
be on or before Sept. 1, as opposed
to the previous cutofT date of Jan.
1, Albnght said.
The high school class of 1990,
the first class to come under this
requirement, is 10 percent smaller
than previous years’ classes, he
said.
The Western Interstate Com
mission on Higher Education, a
group studying the sizes of states’
high school graduating classes
from 1986 to 2004, expects an in
crease next year of only 3.7 percent
from this year, according to a study
it released.
GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
1987-1989
AND PROJECTED GRADUATES FOR
1990-1997
(source: Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education)
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