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2 • TTie and Black • Tfiuraday, January 25, 1990
BRIEFLY
UNIVERSITY
University alumnus wins national journalism award.
University alumnus Jack Starker placed first in the national William
Randolph Hears: Foundation Journalism Awards Program with a
column that ran in The Red and Black last fall He received $1,500 for
his story of a hitchhiking tnp to the west coast. The college of
journalism received a matching grant from the foundation as well.
Ster.ger graduated in December with a bachelor of arts in journalism,
and is currently serving as an intern for Moms News Service
coverng the Georgia Legislature.
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Carter plans trip to Nicaragua. Former
President Jimmy Carter leaves for Nicaragua on Friday to check on
the progress cf national elections scheduled in that country Feb. 25.
“With the election just one month away, it's crucial that the
remaining problems that might cloud the campaign be addressed
effectively so that the candidates can debate the issues of Nicaragua's
future," Carter said in a statement Tuesday. Carter, who will be
making his third fact-finding tnp to Nicaragua m sixth months, will
talk with President Daniel Ortega, National Opposition Union
presidential candidate Vioieta Chamorro, election officials and other
Voserver groups. Carter, one of hundreds of observers who will
monitor the election, is chairman of an international delegation
formed by the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government. He
was invited last August by Ortega and opposition leaders to observe
the voting
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP): Book bags banned. Students
at Bald Air. High School have been forced to put their bock bags away
in a fight against drugs that has drawn criticism from parents. Tre
abrupt bar., aimed at preventing students from bringing drugs to
school, should n:t have been implemented without notice to parents.
Elois Finney a parent of a Baldwin High student, told the school
board Tuesday Principal Mike Star ton would no: say if the schxl
has had problems with students using the bags to transport drugs,
but he said the school has no serious dr-g problem.
ATLANTA (AP): Baby of AIDS home dead. Barbara
Chariness said she knew that pain would be close a: hand when she
opened her home to three AIDS-infected children. This week, it hit
hard. John 'Jake* Lynch, who had been given up for adoption by his
drug-aousmg mother, died Tuesday a: 14 months, the firs: of Mrs.
Cham.ness foster children to die. The other two children — John and
Annie — remain with Mrs. Chariness, founder of Childkind, the first
Georgia residence for infants infected with the AIDS virus.
WASHINGTON (AP): House panel to meet with Carter.
The House Armed Services Investigations Subcommittee will meet
with firmer President Jimmy Carter next week in Atlanta to discuss
the War Powers .Act. The subcommittee, which is examining the
effecr. ven.ess of the law that was passed over then-President Nixon’s
veto :r. 1973, me: with former President Gerald Ford las: year to get
ms s -rgesr crs or. how the law could be improved. Congress approved
the War Powers .Act during the Vietnam War in ar. effort to ensure
that Congress is consulted before a president commits U S. troops
into hostilities abroad. The law requires that the president consult
with Congress before sending troops into areas of potential hostility
and then to report to Congress if he decides to place American troops
in such areas. If Congress does not approve the action within 60 to 90
days, the troops must be withdrawn.
BUCHAREST. Romania (AP): Protest for step down.
Hundreds of protesters broke through lines of police and soldiers
Wednesday and surged toward government headquarters,
demanding the leadership resign and accusing it of being a front for
Communist rule. The crowd of about 1,000 people at Victory Square
pushed through two lines of unarmed police and then through a line
of armed soldiers who took no strong action to hold them back. The
army moved in tanks very slowly and the crowd retreated, still
chanting “Communists in disguise!" and “Elections without the
Front!" — a reference to the National Salvation Front’s plans to
participate in elections May 20. The Front, which has beer, governing
Romania since dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was ousted Dec. 22, had
said it would not run candidates in the election. On Tuesday,
however, it reversed itself.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society-
will meet tonight at 7 in Room
140 of the Tate Student Center.
• The Association of Collegiate
Entreprenuers will have an
organizational meeting tonight
at 6 in Room 138 of the Tate
Student Center. ACE State
Representative, Ashish
Merchant, will give a brief
presentation about the
organization. All students
interested in entrepreneurship
are invited to attend.
• UGA Affiliate Habitat for
Humanity will meet tonight at
7:30 in Room 142 of the Tate
Student Center. Attendance is
important for those who can
help.
• The UGA chapter of Golden
Key National Honor Society will
meet tonight for election ot new
officers at 7 in the reception hall
of the Tate Student Center. All
members are encouraged to
attend and run for office.
• The American Chemical
Society/Chemistry Club Student
Affiliates will meet tonight at
7:30 at Rocky’s Pizzeria. Physical
Chemist Dr. Mike Duncan will
speak. Anyone interested is
encouraged to attend.
• The Athens group of the Sierra
Club will meet tonight at 7:30 at
the Garke County Board of
Education Annex. Pete Schrantz,
a naturalist at Sandy Creek
Nature Center, will present tips
for nature photography and a
slide show. The public is invited
to attend.
• UGA Gean and Beautiful
Committee will meet tonight at 6
on the second floor of the
Academic Building. Committees
will be formed and ideas
discussed. Casual attire.
• The International Business
Gub will meet tonight at 7:30 in
Corpon
nted at
Students open their hearts to elderly
By SANDRA STEPHENS
Staff Writer
University students who have
worked with the elderly in volun
teer programs find the interaction
can fill empty momenta with fun
and excitement.
Com muni vemty, a University
organization that links students
with the Athens community, has
an Adopt-A-Orandparent program.
Mindy Demonet, a coordinator
for the program and junior adver
tising major, has been working
with Comm university for about
two years.
Demonet said that Commu-
niversity also has other volunteer
programs such as Adopt-A-Grand-
parer.t. Big Brother/Big Sister, Re
cording for the Blind, The Boy’s
Gub and the Special Olympics.
Christy Bell, coordinator for the
program and senior psychology
major, said she enjoys Adopt-A-
Grandparent because it means
spending quality time with older
people.
Bell said activities for volunteers
and their adopted grandparents in
clude bingo, movie nights, hot choc
olate breaks and a trip to the
Botanical Gardens in the spring.
Kristi Amdur, coordinator for
volunteers and junior merchan
dising major, teaches an aerobics
class once a week at the senior
center at Dudley Park.
Bell said the classes don’t in
volve anything strenuous, but they
involve basic movements like
standing up and sitting down.
Grandview Convalescent
Center, located on 165 Winston
Dr., is another place where some
students have volunteered their
time and creative ideas.
Diane Steed, activities director
for the center, said the University
and Athens community have really
opened up their hearts to Grand
view this winter.
During Christmas, Grandview
received donations, fruit baskets
and gift* for the residents. Many
volunteered from the Athens com
munity.
Beth Morris, a volunteer coordi
nator for the center, visits a family
that includes a 104-year-old grand
mother, mother and a grand
daughter.
The junior early childhood edu
cation major said during her visits
they talk about school and stu
dents at the University. Morris
said they usually want to talk
about her and how long she’s going
to be at the University.
The Athens-Ciarke County Se
nior Center located at 496 Reese
St, has a variety of activities such
as ceramics, exerase, crafts and
overnight trips, said center di
rector Robin Clancey.
The senior center also has a
friendly visitation program that in
volves volunteers phoning or vis
iting someone unable to come
outside his home to the center.
Clancey said that after talking
with people at the center, volun
teers often find they’ve had similar
problems or experiences.
Steed said she interviews stu
dents who show an interest in
working with the elderly and tells
them what to expect when they
come to a nursing home.
It’s amazing how many stu
dents have never been in a nursing
home," she said.
There is a certain process she
follows to obtain volunteers.
“I spend as much time as pos
sible getting to know the student,"
Steed said.
After the interview, the volun
teer is matched with a resident
who might not have a family or
regular visitors.
There is no commitment to the
relationship, so if their personali
ties happen to clash, there won’t be
any hard feelings, she said.
Body shape and fat indicate cholesterol level
f've Assoc atec ^ess
BOSTON - It’s healthier to be
shaped like a pear than an apple,
and now experts believe they know
why: Cholesterol levels are closely
linked with where people carry
their fat-
Researchers have long noticed
that folks with fat posteriors tend
to have healthier hearts than those
with big guts, but the reason for
this tendency w as unclear.
A new study offers a possible ex
planation. It shows that people
with beefy hips and trim waists
have higher levels of a protective
form of cholesterol called HDL
than do those with potbellies and
small behinds.
“When patients come in, we ad
vise them to lose weight," said Dr.
Richard E. Ostlund Jr. “This paper
suggests that more important than
that is how the fat is distributed."
His study, conducted with
healthy elderly people, found that
body shape alone could account for
a large portion of the differences in
people’s HDL cholesterol levels.
HDL — high density lipoprotein
— is the so-called “good" choles
terol. The more people have in
their blood, the lower their chances
of heart attacks. Women typically
have higher HDL levels than men.
MAI QAM
IMPORTED FROM CANADA.
A BREEZE GOING DOWN.
Room 107 of Caldwell Hall. Tom
DeCarlo will speak on marketing
yourself to employers. All majors
welcome. Professional attire
requested.
represented at the Minority
Business Students Association
meeting tonight at 6:30 in Room
139 of the Tate Student Center.
All majors are welcome for
prospective job interviews.
• The Georgia Recruitment
Team will meet today at 4:30
p.m. in Room 137 of the Tate
Student Center.
Announcements
• Dr. Tamas Kozma, co-director
of the Hungarian Institute of
Educational Research, will speak
today at 3:15 in Room 140 of the
Tate Student Center about
r >litical change in Eastern
urope. The talk will be followed
by a reception.
• Campus Crusade for Christ
will sponsor a talk on
relationships at the Kappa
Kappa Gamma sorority house
tonight at 7. Refreshments will
be served. Everyone is welcome.
• The Athens Chapter of Bread
for the World will show the video
“Exploring the Linkages: Trade
Policy, Third World Development
and United States Agriculture"
tonight at 7 at the Lutheran
Chapel, 1010 S. Lumpkin St. A
discussion will follow. Everyone
is welcome to attend.
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